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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

Screenshot of Wisconsin's new COVID-19 tracing app

Wisconsin launches COVID-19 contact tracing app

December 27, 2020

WI Exposure Notification, a new mobile app to assist in notifying contacts of people who’ve tested positive for COVID-19, is now live. The voluntary app complements the state’s and partner agencies’...

Students’ opinions clash on UW Oshkosh English professor's conduct

Students’ opinions clash on UW Oshkosh English professor’s conduct

Heidi Docter and Kaitlyn Scoville December 9, 2020

A UW Oshkosh professor who has received two harassment complaints by students within the last three years has many positive reviews on Rate My Professors and mainly full classes every semester. For many...

April Lee / Advance-Titan

To keep his mother living at Evergreen Retirement Community safe from COVID-19, Eric Duwell and his wife, Janell, do weekly “window visits” at the facility. They tried Zoom visits in the past, but found those gave Eric’s mother far less joy.

Wisconsin senior living facilities battle COVID-19

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 9, 2020

Robin Wolzenburg, the director of housing and clinical services for the senior living advocacy group LeadingAge Wisconsin, recently received an email that broke her heart. The email, from a Wisconsin...

The ‘King’ of Oshkosh

The ‘King’ of Oshkosh

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor December 9, 2020

Out of the 7.8 billion people in the world, only 600 are able to say that they are on an episode roster before opening night of the regular season. Oshkosh native Tyrese Haliburton became one of those...

College students rely heavily on caffeinated beverages to get them through finals, but at what cost?

Be wary of caffeine intake during finals week

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor December 9, 2020

With the threat of finals week looming, many students will be preparing to engage in their semesterly toil, full of late-night night study sessions powered by UWO students’ (second) favorite legal drug:...

A conversation with Wisconsin State Senator Dan Feyen

A conversation with Wisconsin State Senator Dan Feyen

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor December 9, 2020

Republican incumbent for Wisconsin’s 18th senate district Dan Feyen beat out upcomer, Democrat Aaron Wojciechowski and is getting ready to serve his second term in office. The newly re-elected...

Since YouTube was created in 2005, the website has evolved into more than a platform for entertainment including a wide variety of educational videos.

How YouTube is changing education

Jelissa Burns, News Writer December 9, 2020

YouTube has just about any video you could think of, from cooking videos to gameplay walkthroughs and everything in between. Since the creation of the website in 2005, people are now uploading 500 hours...

Copy chief’s caffeine-addled hands type thanks to family, friends

Copy chief’s caffeine-addled hands type thanks to family, friends

Kaitlyn Scoville, Copy Desk Chief December 9, 2020

My college career began in September 2017. I was fresh out of high school and ready for a change. However, I was a commuter. I knew from the get-go that meeting new people and becoming active on campus...

Managing editor wakes up, groans

Managing editor wakes up, groans

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 9, 2020

Fall semester two years ago, during my junior year at UW Oshkosh, I made a series of decisions that would inevitably change the entire trajectory of my life. I had just moved out on my own, I was working...

Photo courtesy UWO Flickr — University of Wisconsin Oshkosh nursing students will now be eligible for a tuition credit of $500 for working to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Win-win’: Tuition credit offered to UWO nursing students working in the pandemic

December 3, 2020

Beyond gaining valuable real-world experience, UW Oshkosh nursing students will now be eligible for a tuition credit of $500 for working to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The new incentive, announced...

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