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The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Courtesy of Wikimedia - By manipulating district lines, parties can gain voting advantages in a state. Protasiewicz, who won her Wisconsin
Supreme Court seat on April 4, said that she’s in favor of reexamining district maps.

What about gerrymandering?

Nolan Swenson, Co-Sports Editor April 12, 2023

After Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, there is now a liberal swing in the court allowing it to take on her campaign goal of addressing gerrymandering within...

Webcam screenshot — One of the four eggs  laid by a peregrine falcon that is nesting on top of Gruenhagen Hall is visible on the box's webcam.

There’s more than just Easter eggs this month

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor April 12, 2023

There are now four eggs in the peregrine falcon box on top of Gruenhagen Conference Center at UW Oshkosh, which has been home to a nesting pair of falcons since 2011. In that year, Wisconsin Peregrine...

Michael Buckner / Advance-Titan - Universities are doing their part in offering affordable emergency contraceptive pills for female students as Walgreens fails to live up to
their word. Boston University is offering emergency contraceptive pills for $7.25 in comparison to a $50 Plan B from Walgreens.

Reproductive rights neglected

Anya Kelley, News Editor April 5, 2023

In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a certificate that allows retail pharmacies to sell mifepristone and misoprostol: a drug duo used to terminate...

Aubrie Selsmeyer / Advance-Titan - According to Mayo Clinic, “44% of college students reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety.” The Just Breathe room is
located in the Student Success Center. Students can rent 30-minute sessions to decompress with music, lighting and aromatherapy.

Make counseling casual again:

Aubrie Selsmeyer, Opinion Editor April 5, 2023

According to Forbes Magazine, “47% of Americans believe seeking therapy is a sign of weakness.” Yet, “despite this trend, 88% said they’ve experienced at least one of the symptoms that professionals...

Photos courtesy of Victor Kielman - 01 Vintage has been open for about seven months in downtown Oshkosh and has brought vintage lovers from around the area to the store to shop for clothing

01 Vintage thrives downtown

Mattie Beck, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 5, 2023

01 Vintage opened downtown Oshkosh in late August, and since then has received lots of business from the Oshkosh community and beyond.  Victor Kielman, owner of the store, is pleased with the high...

Willem Flaugher / Advance-Titan - A student uses ChatGPT to write their online assignment. Though
it’s able to quickly summarize and explain complex topics, ChatGPT can be used to cheat on assignments. Some classrooms across the country have outright banned the chatbot.

ChatGPT redefines teaching at UWO

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor April 5, 2023

More than 25% of K-12 teachers have caught their students cheating via ChatGPT, a recent study.com survey found. A third of the teachers surveyed believe ChatGPT should be banned in all schools. ChatGPT...

Willem Flaugher - Chief of the UWO police department Chris Tarmann presents to UWO students on what to do in the event of a school shooting.

Students taught school shooting safety measures

Anya Kelley, News Editor April 5, 2023

By February 2023, there had been 52 mass shootings in America; six of those were school shootings.  On Feb. 13, a gunman open fired on the Michigan State University campus killing three and critically...

Cory Sparks /Advance-Titan — German students Linda Bachmann, left, and Kim Kristin Loschen toured UW Oshkosh's Radio-TV-Film Department as part of the RIAS Berlin exchange.

RIAS Berlin exchange program educates American, German students

Kelly Hueckman, Managing Editor April 5, 2023

Not unexpectedly, Germans and Americans have many differences when it comes to their day-to-day lives.  While most United States highways cap out with a speed limit of 70 mph, Germany generally has...

Janet Protasiewicz

Protasiewicz elected to Supreme Court

Kim Kristin Loschen and Linda Bachmann, Staff Writers April 4, 2023

Wisconsin tipped the Supreme Court into a liberal direction — for the first time in over a decade — in Tuesday’s election. Liberal Janet Protasiewicz was declared the winner over conservative Daniel...

Free speech or fake news?

Free speech or fake news?

Anya Kelley, News Editor March 29, 2023

Dominion Voting Systems is currently suing Fox News for $1.6 billion in a defamation lawsuit concerning how Fox handled the 2020 presidential election.  Dominion claims Fox didn’t push back enough...

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