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
All content by Owen Peterson
Barb Benish / The Advance-Titan-- Owen Peterson started writing for the Advance-Titan in 2019 before becoming the opinion editor a year later. He then served as managing editor for the Spring 2020 semester and was then elected editor-in-chief for his final semester at UWO.

Editor-in-Chief chugs final Bubbl’r

Owen Peterson, Previous Editor-in-Chief
December 7, 2022

Should you quiet quit college?

Owen Peterson, Editor-in-Chief
August 29, 2022
Advance-Titan photo As finals week approaches, brush up on your library etiquette for your last-minute cram sessions.

A guide to Polk during finals week

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
May 4, 2022
Astrology: Is it actually written in the stars?

Astrology: Is it actually written in the stars?

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
April 20, 2022
Advance-Titan photo Students feeling guilty for taking time for themselves can lead to overworking and burnout.

Taking Fridays off won’t kill you

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
April 6, 2022
Advance-Titan File Folder Switching studying spots can help improve students’ performance inside and outside the classroom.

Varying study spots is best for students

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
March 16, 2022
Courtesy of Ad Age

Best and worst Super Bowl ads of 2022

Owen Peterson, Managing Editor
February 16, 2022
Image of various social medias

Should social media be used for news?

Owen Peterson, Managing Editor
February 9, 2022
Oviatt House, 1883

The Historical Buildings of UW-Oshkosh

Owen Peterson, Managing Editor
February 9, 2022
Down the road from the old farmstead is Bethesda Presbyterian Church, one of the two remaining traditional Welsh churches in the area (the other being the Peniel Chapel). Bethesda serves as the primary historical landmark of Ring, representing the religious and communal life of the early settlers as well as serving as the final resting place for many of them.

Welsh heritage in Ring

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
December 16, 2021
April Lee / Advance-Titan

Catastrophizing: It’s the end of the semester, not the world

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
December 1, 2021
Owen Peterson / Advance-Titan

Is lo-fi the new classical? It’s not so simple

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
October 6, 2021
Owen Peterson / Advance-Titan With so much time spent doing online learning, students will have picked up many habits, some better than others. Among the ones that may be missed: being able to get out of anything by blaming it on technology.

Online school habits to unlearn

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
September 29, 2021

A-T staffers’ favorite places to study

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
April 28, 2021
The worst of online lectures

The worst of online lectures

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
March 31, 2021

No pleasures are truly ‘guilty’

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
March 17, 2021
Make memories, not ‘memories’

Make memories, not ‘memories’

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
March 10, 2021

500,000 deaths: Quantifying the tragedy

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
February 24, 2021

Rate My Professors: Awesome or awful?

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
February 17, 2021
Bravo pizza restaurant replaced as Titan Taco front at UW Oshkosh

Titan Taco is nothing special

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
February 10, 2021

‘Words of the year’ are appropriately dreary

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
December 9, 2020
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
Wikimedia / Nothing says Thanksgiving like canned cranberries.

Being grateful for missing Thanksgiving

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
November 18, 2020
In the survey, 47 UWO students found Wyoming, nine guessed Colorado, eight guessed Montana, five guessed Idaho, Oregon and South Dakota got four guesses each, three guessed Kansas and Utah, Missouri and Arkansas got one guess each.

Do UWO students know where Wyoming is?

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
November 11, 2020
Connery, as James Bond, in “Dr. No.” He would go on to reprise the role six more times, with his final entry in the series being 1983’s elegiac “Never Say Never Again.”

Remembering Sean Connery

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
November 4, 2020
2020-Themed Halloween costumes

2020-Themed Halloween costumes

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
October 28, 2020
"Surgical Face Mask” by NurseTogether is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Supplemental reasons to wear a mask

Owen Peterson, Opinion Writer
October 21, 2020
UWO students secure 'da bag'

UWO students secure ‘da bag’

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
October 14, 2020
Pros and cons of a semester with COVID

Pros and cons of a semester with COVID

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
October 14, 2020
Discussion Posts: Is there a point?

Discussion Posts: Is there a point?

Owen Peterson, News Writer
October 7, 2020
In praise of physical textbooks

In praise of physical textbooks

Owen Peterson, Opinion Writer
September 30, 2020

Six people you might see in your online classes

Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
September 23, 2020

Avoid parties so we can stay on campus

Owen Peterson
September 3, 2020
Why aren't young people voting?

Why aren’t young people voting?

Owen Peterson, Columnist
April 1, 2020
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

Clash Burger outshines Reeve Grill

Owen Peterson, Columnist
February 20, 2020

Comedy of Canvas Errors’

Owen Peterson, Columnist
February 12, 2020
Disney enlists in the streaming war.

Disney enlists in the streaming war

Owen Peterson, Writer
November 21, 2019
‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ holds up, Fredric March does not

‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ holds up, Fredric March does not

Owen Peterson, Columnist
November 7, 2019
Why I chose UWO over Madison

Why I chose UWO over Madison

Owen Peterson, Columnist
October 30, 2019
A student walks into Webster Residence Hall on High Avenue at UW Oshkosh.

Life on the second floor of Webster Hall

Owen Peterson, columnist
October 16, 2019
The Pianist

History Club shows brutal horrors of Holocaust with ‘The Pianist’

Owen Peterson, Columnist
September 25, 2019
gags the clown movie poster

UWO alumni-made ‘Gags the Clown’ struggles to terrify

Owen Peterson, Columnist
September 19, 2019
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