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

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine resumes in state as variant cases increase

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor April 28, 2021

The Winnebago County Health Department (WCHD) resumed administering the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine as COVID-19 cases caused by virus variants increased across the state. Wisconsin temporarily...

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UWO stands to condemn Asian American hate

Katie Pulvermacher, Staff Writer April 28, 2021

Asian American racism, according to the Washington Post, has been around for over 160 years, following the immigration of Chinese men in the 1850s working in mines and on railroad construction, but it...

Leavitt discusses Chauvin verdict, graduation

Leavitt discusses Chauvin verdict, graduation

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief April 21, 2021

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt joined the Oshkosh Student Association (OSA) assembly meeting to discuss the implications of the conviction of Derek Chauvin in the trial for George Floyd’s murder,...

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“The Battlefields of Memory” exhibit, whose theme is ‘home as a medium,’ shows how memories have shaped Hmong lives.

Annex Gallery art explores trauma of Hmong families

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Staff Writer April 21, 2021

The Annex Gallery opened up the exhibit “The Battlefields of Memory” on April 5, which explores hope through artifacts, objects and the stories of Hmong people’s experience of war and traveling to...

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UWO track and field has three remaining meets before the WIAC outdoor championship begins on May 7.

Track takes third in La Crosse

Jalen Dixon, Staff Writer April 21, 2021

The UW Oshkosh Titans ended their meet in La Crosse with a score of 148 and finished third out of four teams. Though their rank may not make it seem that way, the Titans had a very solid outing during...

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UWO currently leads the WIAC in sacrifice bunts with 20 just 18 games into their season. UWO is also second in the conference in team
batting average (.329).

Home sweet home

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor April 21, 2021

The UW Oshkosh women’s softball team came out on top in five of their six home games played in the past week by sweeping UW-Whitewater, splitting a two-game series with UW-Eau Claire and sweeping...

Graphic by Amanda Hollander

UW System won’t require COVID-19 vaccination

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor April 21, 2021

As the list of college campuses requiring students to have their COVID-19 vaccine for fall grows, the UW System campuses will exempt vaccinated students from testing requirements, but won’t mandate vaccinations. Duke...

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With changes to technology, the process of filling out a resume has also changed drastically, opening up many opportunities for both applicants and employers.

Technology has changed the resume

Katie Pulvermacher, Staff Writer April 21, 2021

Everyone is faced with confining their life’s education and experiences to one or two pages by writing a resume to use on jobs they are applying for. In the conference paper titled “The Basic...

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Cassandra Ross, right, embraces a protester overcome with emotion at an Appleton Black Lives Matter protest in May 2020 following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Ross organized the Appleton protest, which marched down College Avenue before ending peacefully in Houdini Plaza and the intersections of Oneida Street and College Avenue.

‘Justice is not just Chauvin’s conviction, justice would be George Floyd being alive’

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor April 21, 2021

Following former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict in George Floyd’s murder, local leaders and organizations rejoiced over accountability being delivered for Floyd’s death, but acknowledged...

Courtesy of Jim Koepnick
Local activist and UWO alumna, Ciara Hill (pictured), said local government and law enforcement need to acknowledge their part in upholding the systemic oppression of people of color in order to bring about equality and equity in Oshkosh.

Police violence still plagues country a year later

Tom Antrim, Staff Writer April 21, 2021

Last year the United States had a rude awakening. The injustices that people of color, especially African Americans, endure was brought to the forefront. Minorities in the western world have...

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