‘Schmidt Don’t Quit’ scholarship ride a success
Cody Barnes, Writer
November 16, 2019
UWO kinesiology department head Dan Schmidt held the first annual “Schmidt Don’t Quit” ride to raise money for a scholarship fund devoted to kinesiology students this September. Schmidt has been riding his bike just about every day since 1988. Schmidt’s love of cycling stemmed from being...
Youth culture, cartoons, and creativity
Ethan Uslabar, Editor - Arts & Entertainment
November 15, 2019
One week ago the Allen Priebe Art Gallery welcomed artist Brooke Grucella to campus for the opening of her exhibition titled “Repeat After Me,” a series focusing heavily on pop culture images and classic cartoon imagery to represent our modern society. Grucella said she never had the opportunity...
What’s the state of the First Amendment?
Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor
November 13, 2019
Each year the Freedom Forum Institute, in conjunction with the Newseum, conducts an annual survey to gauge American attitudes toward the First Amendment; this year’s results exhibited a mix of positive and negative trends. While more Americans can recall at least one freedom guaranteed by the First...
The complicated history of queer representation in film
Rachel Bays, Guest Columnist
November 13, 2019
Throughout history, the negative depiction of the LGBTQ community in film has directly influenced how queer people are treated by society. During the classical Hollywood period from the early 1920s to late ‘50s, homosexuality was only insinuated through the use of stereotypes and innuendo. Men perceived...
Student death remains mystery after 56 years
Bethanie Gengler, News Reporter
November 13, 2019
This series includes interviews with the late Stephen Kappell’s best friend, sisters and the Oshkosh Police Department. The case files and evidence were unable to be located or were destroyed by authorities. Numerous news articles as well as autopsy and crime lab reports were examined to gather information. On...
Titans, Warhawks set for Saturday showdown
Greg Sense, Sports Reporter
November 13, 2019
The UW Oshkosh football team dominated UW-River Falls on Saturday 41-20, making this Saturday’s game against UW-Whitewater the de facto Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title game. UW Oshkosh is currently 5-1 in conference and a win against UW-Whitewater, who is 6-0 in conference, would...
UWO alumna receives Fulbright scholarship
Megan Behnke, News Reporter
November 13, 2019
Last June, 2013 UWO graduate Alaina Landi received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Colombia in Teaching from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Landi said the Fulbright scholarship is a program that gives U.S. citizens the opportunity to...
UWO considers restructuring colleges
Jack Tierney, Editor in Chief
November 13, 2019
The University is considering plans to restructure its current four-college system, which could change the names of colleges and schools, and move departments and programs to colleges that are closer aligned to each other. Under one of the proposals, degrees and programs currently located in the College of Letters and Science would be moved to a new college with a dif...
Voyager mission comes to UWO-FC
Lydia Westedt, News Reporter
November 13, 2019
On Nov. 5, astrophysicist and co-investigator for Voyager 1 and 2 and other NASA space missions, Dr. Frances Bagenal, made an appearance at the UW Oshkosh-Fox Cities campus to introduce the PBS movie “The Farthest: Voyager in Space.” The movie, now available on Netflix, was released for the 40th...
Nationals celebrate improbable World Series victory
Neal Hogden, Head Sports Editor
November 7, 2019
Advance-Titan staffers Neal Hogden and Hannah Preissner attended the Washington Nationals championship parade in Washington D.C. on Saturday. The event featured thousands of fans packing the streets and cheering on their hometown team....
