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

Sophomore Jamyle Brantley soars to a first place finish in the long jump with a distance of 7.25 meters, his best of the season.

Consistent UW Oshkosh close in on Eagles

Greg Sense, Sports Editor March 4, 2020

The UW Oshkosh men’s track and field team placed second and the women’s team placed third at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championship on Feb. 28 and 29. The UWO women’s...

Senior center Jack Flynn tosses up a floater over UW-Eau Claire forward Spencer Page in UW Oshkosh’s 78-72 WIAC Championship home victory on Feb. 29. Flynn put up 19 points, eight rebounds and one assist. The Titans will ride their seven-game winning streak into Naperville, IL to play Transylvania University.

UW Oshkosh title defense begins now

Neal Hogden, Sports Reporter March 4, 2020

The UW Oshkosh men’s basketball team beat both UW-La Crosse in the semifinal and UW-Eau Claire in the final of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament to secure a berth to the NCAA...

McDonald and Devitt to run unopposed for OSA president and VP

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief March 4, 2020

Ian McDonald and Sydney Devitt form the only official slate running for president and vice president in the Oshkosh Student Association elections. McDonald currently serves as the vice president of...

Local bars address fake ID issue.

What happens when you get caught with a fake ID in Oshkosh?

Amber Brockman, News Editor March 4, 2020

Although it’s illegal, people younger than 21 years old drink 11% of all the alcohol consumed in the U.S., according to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Owner of Molly McGuire’s...

Discrimination remains on UW-Milwaukee campus

Discrimination remains on UW-Milwaukee campus

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor March 4, 2020

A former UW-Milwaukee student’s discrimination lawsuit against the UW System Board of Regents was recently dismissed by the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Cherakei Griffin, a female African-American...

The Bateman team and census workers tabled in Reeve last week.

Census workers and UW Oshkosh students raise awareness

Lydia Westedt, Reporter March 4, 2020

On Feb. 27, four UW Oshkosh public relations students were joined by census workers on the UWO campus to inform students about the 2020 census and encourage students to pledge to take the census. The...

Alex Mangmoradeth exhales a cloud of vapor. Researchers found that when e-cigarette taxes increase by 10%, sales of vaping devices decrease by 26% and traditional cigarette sales rise by 11%.

Vaping tax increases cigarette smoking

Heidi Docter, Reporter March 4, 2020

A UW Oshkosh professor’s research on the relationship between the taxation of e-cigarettes and the sales of cigarettes reveals a dangerous consequence of e-cigarette taxation. Chad Cotti, chair of...

Graphic by Tatum Spevacek

Health comes in all shapes in sizes

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor March 4, 2020

Health and weight types are often presented as being one and the same, that beautiful and healthy means skinny while unhealthy means fat. It’s skinny vs. fat, healthy vs. unhealthy. We have learned...

Graphic by Carter Uslabar

Pinocchi-oh my God, my ears are bleeding

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief March 4, 2020

Welcome to my review of UWO-Fox Cities’ production of “Shrek” the musical. The show was spectacular, by which I mean it resembled a spectacle. From my perch in the balcony, behind a bald man with...

Blackhawk Xpress offers better quality food than it’s less favorable neighbor Blackhawk Commons.

Best and worst of university dining

Owen Peterson, Columnist March 4, 2020

UW Oshkosh hosts a wide variety of places to eat for its students, which naturally begs the question: what are the best and worst places to eat on campus? In an attempt to answer this question,...

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