Campus counseling services questioned
The Advance Titan Staff
February 14, 2019
The UW Oshkosh Counseling Center offers free mental health services to students, but is it enough? Several students have said mental health services are lacking on campus and UWO needs to take a more proactive approach to addressing students’ mental health needs. However, the Counseling Center’s...
Drink dairy milk and help out our local farming families
Samantha Huerth
February 14, 2019
Imagine waking up at 4 a.m. to milk hundreds of cows, repeating it at 4 p.m., and starting over the next day, 365 days a year. This is the life of many people in the dairy industry. Today, dairy farmers are making little to no money because of the rising demand for almond milk. I grew up in a small,...
Call to action to commuters: Stick around campus longer and study
Brock Hopkins
February 14, 2019
It’s a common trend if you are studying economics at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh that the “parking issue” will rear its ugly head in discussions. It often comes up when teaching supply and demand, and comes as a result of the many commuters (myself included) who attend the University each...
Foundation secrecy will affect UWO reputation
Staff
December 6, 2018
Recently, the Advance-Titan received court documents revealing that the University has been redirecting funds away from the UW Oshkosh Foundation, potentially harming its reputation and fundraising capacity. Affidavits from chairman of the Foundation Timothy Mulloy, board member Gene Drecktah and...
Food waste problem can be changed
Ethan Uslabar, Columnist
December 6, 2018
Once again, the left is perpetrating fake news, and the claims are nearly as fetid as the subject. Food waste, they claim, is a growing issue, alleging that nearly a third of all food we produce is wasted, which apparently contributes to a so-called 1.3 billion metric tons worldwide. It might sound...
Letter to the Editor
Kyle Peotter
December 6, 2018
Gas prices are now the lowest they’ve been in about a year, according to a Nov. 24 edition of The Wall Street Journal. This beckons the question: Who do we have to thank for this? President Trump believes he is responsible for the sharp drop in oil prices. After all, he is the president, and he did...
Four-year goal isn’t realistic
Joshua Mounts, Columnist
December 6, 2018
It doesn’t matter how long it takes you, as long as you get there. This idea should be the tagline of colleges across the nation as through the many trials, tribulations and the years of hard work, students endure to make it to that graduation stage in four years. The basic concept of a four-year college...
Letter to the Editor
Tristan Piotter
December 6, 2018
The minimum wage hasn’t “really” been $7.25 for a long time now. An ongoing argument between the Republicans and Democrats is whether or not to raise the federal minimum wage. Democrats believe that its current rate of $7.25 an hour is not enough to live off of and Republicans believe that a raise...
Letter to the Editor
Sarah Trachte
December 6, 2018
Many parents looking into schools for their children base their research on school report cards. Produced by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the cards assess every publicly funded school in the state based on four different standards: student achievement, growth, closing gaps and on-track...
Letter to the Editor
Tristan Piotter
December 6, 2018
Following Amazon and others, Werner Electric Supply Company in Appleton has increased their minimum starting pay for the warehouse employees from $12/hour to $15/hour, a significant change given Werner Electric has only raised it by $1.25 over the past 12 years. However, the impact has been a mixed bag....
