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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

A UWO student takes a drag on a Juul e-cigarette while walking to campus.

Up in smoke: Vaping should be taken seriously

Lauren Reidinger, Columnist October 10, 2019

On campus it’s almost impossible to walk anywhere and not see someone vaping or juuling — it’s become a normalized daily activity for many college students. When I first came to UW Oshkosh, I...

Photo from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Flickr account, Oct. 3.

Incarceration is no laughing matter

Bethanie Gengler, News Editor October 10, 2019

Photos on the UW Oshkosh Flickr page from last week’s Run With The Cops event appear to show UWO students and children dressed in prison stripes standing behind a fake jail cell smiling and laughing...

Burgundy Johnson

Life as an autistic, asexual, agender student

Burgundy Johnson October 10, 2019

As a queer, autistic, asexual and nonbinary person, my pronouns are they/them/theirs and vi/vir/virs, and I have mixed feelings about my safety on campus at UW Oshkosh. On one hand, people seem to leave...

The highway to commuter success

The highway to commuter success

Julia Thompson, Student October 3, 2019

As the new semester begins and I get back into the habit of leaving my Appleton residence at 7 o’clock each morning, I’d like to steer the campus’ attention to an often forgotten group of students:...

Decade of Despair

Decade of Despair

Leo Costello, Opinion Editor October 3, 2019

Decade of Despair: Depression caused me to take 10 years to graduate: Learn from me Since there may be some students who have recently failed their first exam of the semester or have stopped attending...

Fishnets & lipstick: Experiencing ‘Rocky Horror’

Fishnets & lipstick: Experiencing ‘Rocky Horror’

Leo Costello, Opinion Editor September 26, 2019

The Time Community Theater in downtown Oshkosh held its biggest annual event on Saturday: a screening of the 1975 cult classic, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” preceded by interactive games and...

The Pianist

History Club shows brutal horrors of Holocaust with ‘The Pianist’

Owen Peterson, Columnist September 26, 2019

Throughout September, UW Oshkosh has hosted a number of Holocaust-related events, ranging from exhibits about Auschwitz to speeches from Holocaust survivors. On Sept. 18, following a speech by Holocaust...

Life as a woman on campus

Lauren Reidinger, Columnist September 26, 2019

The first six weeks of the school year are called the “Red Zone,” a period of time where an unsettling number of campus sexual assaults take place. Although sexual assaults happen all the time, this...

‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ is pure lyrical perfection

Lauren Reidinger, Columnist September 26, 2019

Post Malone finally dropped his latest album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” on Sept. 6 and I am ALL for it. It’s been an excruciatingly long year since his last album “Beerbongs & Bentleys” dropped...

gags the clown movie poster

UWO alumni-made ‘Gags the Clown’ struggles to terrify

Owen Peterson, Columnist September 19, 2019

While Pennywise is currently out terrifying audiences in the second-largest opening horror movie ever, an independent group of UW Oshkosh alumni screened their own scary clown movie at Reeve Memorial...

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