Opinion Archives - Page 34 of 63

Out-of-state student weighs in on opportunity costs

Margherite Pettenuzzo • November 15, 2019

At UW Oshkosh, out-of-state students and international students do not experience the same luxuries as students who live in the state of Wisconsin. For someone like me who chose to go to an out-of-state...

The complicated history of queer representation in film

Rachel Bays, Guest Columnist • November 13, 2019

Throughout history, the negative depiction of the LGBTQ community in film has directly influenced how queer people are treated by society. During the classical Hollywood period from the early 1920s...

New co-op will benefit UWO

Jacob Jossart, Letter to the Editor • November 7, 2019

UW Oshkosh, a campus with roughly 14,000 students, has been considered a food desert for a while now. For an area to be considered a food desert, it needs to be in an urban area in which it is difficult...

‘Jesus Is King’ more concerned with Chick-fil-A than God or music

Zach Stremer, Columnist • November 7, 2019

Kanye West’s “Jesus is King” finally dropped on Oct. 25 after years of reveals, delays and hype. Yet for all the time Kanye put into his current project, it still manages to feel rushed and incomplete. The...

New playground panders to adults

Leo Costello, Opinion Editor • November 7, 2019

As a lifetime resident of Oshkosh, the Little Oshkosh playground at Menominee Park, built by the community in 1997, was near and dear to my heart. Little Oshkosh was like an enormous wooden castle where...

‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ holds up, Fredric March does not

Owen Peterson, Columnist • November 7, 2019

Fitting in with the Halloween mood last week, UW Oshkosh’s International Film Series screened the 1931 horror classic “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” at Reeve Union Theater last Wednesday. The film...

Life as a queer professor at UWO

Jerry D. Thomas, Guest Columnist • November 7, 2019

By Jerry D. Thomas Associate prof, political science I used to view being gay as society’s boot on my neck. My sexuality is the “thing” that marks me as different, which today...

UP responds to complaint concerning Run with the Cops photos

Bethanie Gengler, Columnist • November 2, 2019

I returned to college to get a degree in journalism because all my life I’ve felt silenced. As the seventh out of eight children born in a blended family, I never felt like my voice was heard. This feeling...

Last Minute Halloween Costumes

Leo Costello, Opinion Editor • November 1, 2019

Area 51 ‘Naruto’ Runner Be a meme lord this year by dressing up as one of the people who stormed Area 51 in September to free the aliens. Go find an alien plush toy to carry in order to really sell...

Why I chose UWO over Madison

Owen Peterson, Columnist • October 30, 2019

When I was applying to colleges as a senior in high school, it seemed like everyone was intent on going to UW Madison. So after I got accepted to Madison, many of my friends were surprised to hear that...