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

Courtesy of Hannah Lohrenz Lohrenz’s skills in running the countryside has landed her at 31st in the country, which creates high hopes for track.

Lohrenz runs XC leaderboard all year

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief December 8, 2021

After a record-breaking cross country season, Hannah Lohrenz finished 31st in the nation, and the UW Oshkosh senior ended up earning conference-wide recognition. After representing UWO on a national...

April Lee / Advance-Titan Players Brooke Freitag, Leah Portah and Nikki Arnenson attempt to force their way down the court against UW-Eau Claire.

Women’s basketball conference begins

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief December 8, 2021

The UW Oshkosh women’s basketball team split their first two games against conference competition this year when they fell to UW-Eau Claire 70-57 on Dec. 1 and took out UW-La Crosse 55-49 on Dec....

Amber Brockman / Advance-Titan Due to shortages of raw materials to make physical textbooks, publishers are reaching out to bookstores to warn of plausible shortages in the upcoming spring semester.

Textbook shortages expected for spring

Amber Brockman, Managing Editor December 8, 2021

Due to disruptions in global supply chains, publishers have been reaching out to bookstores to warn of possible shortages for the spring semester. “From labor shortages to transportation delays,...

Courtesy Eli Oskey
Eli Oskey, a UW Oshkosh junior and avid hunter, shot this buck in Seymour in 2019. Oskey said despite white-tailed deer testing positive for COVID-19 in Illinois and other states, he is not worried about contracting COVID-19 from game meat.

Deer test positive for COVID, caution urged for hunters

Mackenzie Seymour, Staff Writer December 8, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) is encouraging people to wear masks when field dressing game during the hunting season due to recent studies discovering white-tailed deer testing positive...

Courtesy of Kate Mann From left, Executive Director of the Day By Day Warming Shelter Molly Yatso Butz, Public Affairs and Crime Prevention Officer Kate Mann, Outreach
OPD helps the homeless
Specialist Maddie Conley, Operations Director Amanda Hammond and Program Director Denise Hol

OPD helps two homeless men get an apartment

Katie Pulvermacher, News Editor December 8, 2021

During the frigid winter months, it is almost impossible to think about not having a coat, winter boots or even a house with heat to stay in to fight off the cold. Homeless people are a population...

Katie Pulvermacher / Advance-Titan Emma Hathorne creates a pottery piece in her free time. Elsewhere’s goal of imperfection and realness makes for an inclusive environment where anybody with the time to create their own art work can go in and work

UWO ceramics students ‘gauge the success of their work’ by creating pieces for new downtown shop

Katie Pulvermacher, News Editor December 8, 2021

As an artist, often your biggest goal is to market and sell your art. Having the reassurance that others like what you are producing is a huge form of validation. For a few UW Oshkosh students, this...

Courtesy of Gabrielle Kamentz Virginia Sorenson, a Milwaukee dancing group member, was one of six people killed in the Waukesha holiday parade where Darrell Brooks Jr. drove his SUV through the crowd.

‘Hug the people you love a little tighter’

Katie Pulvermacher, News Editor December 8, 2021

Virigina Sorenson was holding a Milwaukee dancing group’s banner in the Waukesha Christmas Parade when a man driving a SUV came barreling through the parade, killing her and five others and injuring...

Katie Pulvermacher /Advance-Titan - UWO Education sophomore Alaina Wagner works on a class assignment. She says pay won’t change her mind about her intended occupation.

Teacher shortage likely to outlast pandemic

Katie Pulvermacher, News Editor December 7, 2021

School districts are searching for more teachers that do not exist. The pandemic’s consequences, disadvantages in pay and time teaching are contributing to a nationwide teacher shortage sure to outlast...

Selena Yang will graduate in December.

A message to December graduates

Selena Yang, Columnist December 7, 2021

Life consists of experiences, opinions, words of wisdom, failures and successes that ultimately shape us into the people we are today. I ask each and every one of you to think and ask yourselves: “Who...

Courtesy of Ruby Owl Tap Room Facebook page
Ruby Owl Tap Room has a large selection of sandwiches, beers and even fish fry on Fridays.

Ruby Owl Tap Room serves up joy

Cassidy Kennedy, Staff Writer December 1, 2021

Looking for a restaurant with good craft beer and food to go out with family or friends for the holidays? Go check out the Ruby Owl Tap Room. This restaurant offers a menu full of interesting appetizers,...

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