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

City approves mask mandate if state mandate is overturned

City approves mask mandate if state mandate is overturned

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor March 10, 2021

The Oshkosh Common Council passed a city-wide mask order Tuesday that would require residents to continue wearing masks indoors if the state mask order is overturned. “This is just a safety net if...

St. Patrick’s Day vandalism in
Oshkosh on March 17, 1979.

This week in UWO history

Advance Titan, Advance Titan March 10, 2021

March 11, 1920 — Oshkosh lost 14-17 to River Falls in basketball, but the team had a good excuse for their performance. Poor train connections in Hudson forced them to take a sleigh. The drifts become...

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Photo caption: Student assistant Catriona Ellis (left) and assistant professor Ladwig (right) pose with specimens from the 1880s.

Herbarium fourth largest in state

Mackenzie Seymour, Staff Writer March 10, 2021

UW Oshkosh’s Neil A. Harriman Herbarium is a natural history museum that displays a wide variety of plants from all over the world. The herbarium was founded in 1964 by Neil A. Harriman, a biology...

UWO basketball season skids to a stop

Jonathon Samp, Staff Writer March 10, 2021

The UW Oshkosh men’s basketball team season came to an end on March 3 after losing to UW- La Crosse by a score 75-72 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) semifinal. The...

Turning heartache into a message for a generation

Tom Antrim, Staff Writer March 10, 2021

Former Chicago Cubs player Chris Singleton spoke at a UWO virtual event last Thursday about the wisdom he’s gained as a result of racism and the challenges African Americans face on a daily basis. Singleton...

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Ordering food on delivery services such as DoorDash can mean you are paying up to 40% more than if you were ordering that same thing in person.

Food delivery services drain wallets

Katie Pulvermacher, Staff Writer March 10, 2021

People in America have been spending unreasonable amounts of money on food delivery apps which have skyrocketed in business due to COVID-19. Why do people continue to spend more money on goods with...

Courtesy of Hannah Osborn // Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Pi ice-sculpting a boot to represent their theme of Country USA.

UWO celebrates winter carnival

Cassidy Kennedy, Staff Writer March 10, 2021

From March 5 through 11, all of the resident halls, fraternities and sororities were eager to compete this year in a variety of activities for the annual winter carnival. Winter carnival’s 2021...

Courtesy of Oshkosh Parks Department // Whoever finds “Sassy” the shamrock first will receive a prize.

Shamrock scavenger hunt begins

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Staff Writer March 10, 2021

The Oshkosh Parks Department is hosting a scavenger hunt where residents are encouraged to find a shamrock named “Sassy” that is hidden somewhere new in the City of Oshkosh each week of March. The...

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The status of next season’s competition schedule, in terms of whether or not there will be out of conference competition, is still
up in the air.

Swim and dive, Lieder finish off the season

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor March 10, 2021

The UW Oshkosh swim and dive team lost to UW-Eau Claire 199-86 on Feb. 27 at the Albee Pool to close out their 2021 regular season. The meet against UWEC was just UWO’s fourth, and last, of the...

Courtesy of the UWO women’s basketball Instagram
UW-Whitewater’s 58-point scoring total in the WIAC championship was the second lowest scoring game the team had all year. The lowest scoring performance by UWW was when UW Oshkosh held them to 51 points in a 69-51 UWO win on Feb. 12.

Sweet, sweet victory for the WIAC champs

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor March 10, 2021

The UW Oshkosh women’s basketball team defeated UW-Whitewater by a score of 74-58 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship on March 5 in the Kolf Sports Center. The...

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