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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 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...

Katie Pulvermacher / Advance-Titan 
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...

Amateur stock trading has become increasingly popular with the advent of platforms like Public and Robinhood. The trend had a Rubicon moment in February after the r/wallstreetbets banded together to drive the GameStop (GME) stock up astronomically.

Stonks: Do they only go up?

Cory Sparks, Managing Editor March 10, 2021

Whether someone conducts hours of research looking through balance sheets and quarterly reports of individual companies or funds in the stock market or not, there is one thing both types of investors can...

Graphic by Sophia Voight
On March 12, 2020 UWO suspended all in person classes and sent students home as cases of COVID-19 rose in Wisconsin.

One year later: How UWO responded to COVID-19

Sophia Voight March 10, 2021

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. This is the month that many people in Wisconsin became aware of the coronavirus and started adapting their...

Courtesy of UWO Photoshelter —
Leah Porath has played at UWO for four years, but with this year not counting towards eligibility, she will be able to play basketball as a Titan for one last year in the 2021-22 season.

Porath lights up scoreboard, motivates others

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor March 4, 2021

Leah Porath is a star point guard on the UW Oshkosh women’s basketball team who has made her name known as one of the best Division III players in the country. But her peers say she is also one of the...

Kerrigan and Tommy Thompson

This week in UWO history

Advance Titan, Independent Student Newspaper March 3, 2021

March 4, 2003 — The Oshkosh Faculty Senate passes a resolution 13-4 condemning a U.S. led invasion of Iraq, supporting diplomacy instead. The resolution “encourages UW faculty to educate our...

Katie Pulvermacher / Advance-Titan
Sophomore forward Levi Borchert (pictured) put up a career high 21 points behind junior guard Hunter Plamann’s season high 27 points in UWO’s 98-89 victory over UWS.

We’re talkin’ about playoffs!

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor March 3, 2021

The Titans Men’s Basketball won their first game of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) playoffs against UW-Stout in an offensive showcase winning 98-89. The Titans, ranked...

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen / Advance-Titan
“Regret/Nostalgia” by Lipinsky using wood, cast porcelain, cast beeswax, copper wire and other found objects.

UWO art galleries present new exhibits

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Arts & Entertainment Writer March 3, 2021

The Allen Priebe and Annex Art Galleries are currently showing two exhibitions called “Confluence” by Kathryn Hunter and Kate MacDowell and “Somewhere” by Debbie Kupinsky. “Confluence” is...

Courtesy of Tame Impala

Tame Impala combines psychedelic rock with a pop landscape

Tom Antrim, Staff Writer March 3, 2021

It has been just over a year since Kevin Parker released his fourth studio album, “The Slow Rush.” His last album was six years ago when he released the brilliant and outstanding “Currents.” In...

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