Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

2020-Themed Halloween costumes

2020-Themed Halloween costumes

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor October 28, 2020

Zoom professional One of the few bright spots of this year has been how little social interaction people are forced to do. Even when we are forced to confront fellow humans, it is usually in the form...

UWO’s Green Fund has approximately $40,000 to spend on student-driven projects to create a more sustainable campus.

Why stay on campus?

Sami Christiansen, News Writer October 21, 2020

With spring semester registration opening this week, many students are, for the first time, presented with the opportunity to register for a full load of online classes entirely by choice. As classes...

Students who have come within “close contact” of a person with COVID-19 are provided with the option of doing their mandatory 14-
day quarantine in Gruenhagen Conference Center.

Suggestions for Gruenhagen quarantine

Advance-Titan staff October 14, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak forced UW Oshkosh to make tough choices, and given the decline of testing numbers reported in the previous weeks, the university appears to be making good choices. Spread and contact...

Pros and cons of a semester with COVID

Pros and cons of a semester with COVID

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor October 14, 2020

On Sept. 9, classes started up for what was sure to be an unorthodox fall semester. It has now been over a month since then, giving us a lot to reflect on. Here is a not-so-serious look at some of the...

Discussion Posts: Is there a point?

Discussion Posts: Is there a point?

Owen Peterson, News Writer October 7, 2020

The transition to mostly online classes has come with a wide variety of ups and downs, but I believe the lowest low has to be the increased reliance on Canvas discussion posts. The newfound prominence...

Enola Holmes Poster

‘Enola Holmes’ mooches off Sherlock Holmes legacy

Lexi Wojcik-Kretchmer October 7, 2020

“Enola Holmes,” Netflix’s newest original movie, had a good message, but it could’ve been done differently. The movie follows a 16-year-old girl who happens to be the sister of the famous Sherlock...

Pub Crawl: Words of wisdumb

Pub Crawl: Words of wisdumb

Pub Crawl Paul, 'Wisconsiner' October 7, 2020

The name’s Paul. Pub Crawl Paul. No relation to Angel Dust — at least not directly. Never mind, don’t ask. What am I doing this weekend? Manically chugging wheat-flavored, inhibition-reducing La...

Why I deleted my social media accounts

Why I deleted my social media accounts

Ian McDonald, Opinion Writer September 30, 2020

I deleted my personal social media accounts. All of them — Twitter, Facebook, Instagram — gone within the matter of a few minutes. It’s all been gone since Sept. 14 and I feel no different; I don’t...

In praise of physical textbooks

In praise of physical textbooks

Owen Peterson, Opinion Writer September 30, 2020

I love textbooks. More specifically, I love physical textbooks. This may be because opening up a textbook at my desk with a notebook and pen is a part of school that I have become nostalgic for, or...

Flickr — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Reflecting on the legacy of RBG

Lexi Wojcik-Kretchmer, Writer September 30, 2020

The History Club co-hosted a discussion of RGB’s on Sept. 29, 11 days after her death, to discuss her legacy. The guest speakers, professors at UWO as well as representatives from the Women’s Center,...

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