Free speech for some? UWO tackles 1st Amendment
Advance-Titan Staff
April 3, 2019
President Trump signed an executive order on March 21 aimed at withholding funding from universities that do not protect free speech on campus. With social justice issues being brought to light at UW Oshkosh in recent weeks, some students have said certain types of speech should not be tolerated...
Letter to the editor
Moira Gilles
April 3, 2019
Dear Editor, Smartphones have been prominent for around 10 years now. The idea that a computer can fit in the palm of your hand is no longer so astonishing. The majority of Americans are smartphone owners, 77 percent to be exact according to the Pew Research Center. Is this incredible access to technology...
UWO students call for action: ‘We will be heard’
Advance-Titan Staff
March 20, 2019
In a series of testimonials that finished with a call for action, a diverse group of UW Oshkosh students and faculty members attended a forum Monday to address ongoing discrimination and harassment on campus after a student made a racist and homophobic Snapchat post during the Oshkosh Student Association...
Letter to the Editor
Eskedar Robinson
March 20, 2019
Dear Editor, I have been at UW Oshkosh for six semesters and have not had an African-American professor. I am a black student with an African-American studies minor but have been limited in the opportunity to speak to African-American academic personnel about common ideologies. Don’t get me...
Survivors: Stop suffering in silence
Advance-Titan Staff
March 13, 2019
The violent and degrading act of sexual assault leaves a victim feeling ashamed, traumatized, and often, too scared to report the assault. Those who do report are left with the possibility that their rapist may receive no repercussions for their actions. “They feel like no one hears them....
Campus confronts racist history
Advance-Titan Staff
March 7, 2019
To confront a history of racial inequality on college campuses, more than nine universities in the United States have changed names of buildings with ties to racist pasts. This past August, UW Madison voted to change the name of two rooms in Memorial Union, including one area named the Fredric March...
Lack of representation a cause for concern
Staff
February 28, 2019
Black History Month ends today, signifying the end of a celebration devoted to honoring the accomplishments of African-Americans as well as remembering the adversity they’ve faced in their lives and history. The Advance-Titan has received several letters to the editor from minority students at UWO...
Show support for your student-athletes
Advance-Titan Staff
February 21, 2019
The UW Oshkosh athletics department is handing out 500 free tickets to UWO students to attend the men’s and women’s basketball playoff games this week, which leaves no excuse for students to miss the chance to support these incredibly talented student athletes. The UWO student body has showed...
Letter to the Editor
Austin Lee
February 21, 2019
As a white male in America, I am mostly blinded by real-world issues due to the white privilege I was born with. As obvious as it sounds, we do not choose our race, religion or gender at birth. Everyone is given individual traits at birth that are unique to them. As I grow older and start to realize...
Letter to the editor
Travis Jelinek
February 21, 2019
Dear Editor, Robots are great, aren’t they? They clean your floors, make your coffee and take your jobs … wait, what? Yes, you heard me right, they take our jobs. However, you shouldn’t blame them for taking our jobs because aren’t they just shifting the jobs? Think about it. Sure, robots...
