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Carter Uslabar / Advance-Titan Sophia Voight was a news reporter for The Advance-Titan for a semester before becoming the Opinion section editor. Beginning in fall 2020, she served as the Assistant News Editor.

News editor realizes she majored in journalism: ‘Rats!’

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
May 5, 2021
Click image to view larger // Graphic by Amanda Hollander

Johnson & Johnson vaccine resumes in state as variant cases increase

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
April 28, 2021
Graphic by Amanda Hollander

UW System won’t require COVID-19 vaccination

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
April 21, 2021
Carter Uslabar / Advance-Titan Cassandra Ross, right, embraces a protester overcome with emotion at an Appleton Black Lives Matter protest in May 2020 following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Ross organized the Appleton protest, which marched down College Avenue before ending peacefully in Houdini Plaza and the intersections of Oneida Street and College Avenue.

‘Justice is not just Chauvin’s conviction, justice would be George Floyd being alive’

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
April 21, 2021
Wisconsin suspends Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Wisconsin suspends Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
April 14, 2021
Wisconsin leading in immunization race

Wisconsin leading in immunization race

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
April 7, 2021
Courtesy of Abby Bullard Bullard adopted two cats, Maui and Miles, to help improve her mental health during the pandemic.

Student documents mental health through pandemic

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
April 7, 2021
April Lee / The Advance-Titan Although the Supreme Court struck down a statewide mask mandate on Wednesday, masks are still required on the UWO campus, as well as in the city and Winnebago County.

Supreme Court strikes down statewide mask mandate

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
April 1, 2021
Local elections to decide mayor, school board

Local elections to decide mayor, school board

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
March 31, 2021
Click image to view larger // Graphic by Amanda Hollander

Young adults critical to vaccine efficacy

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
March 31, 2021
Kadihjia Kelly

Women’s Center hosts discussion on importance of Black women’s mental health

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
March 17, 2021
City approves mask mandate if state mandate is overturned

City approves mask mandate if state mandate is overturned

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
March 10, 2021
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
Courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin

Big Brothers Big Sisters in need of volunteers

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
March 3, 2021
April Lee / Advance-Titan

Gov. Tony Evers proposes major boost in UW System funding

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
March 3, 2021

Wisconsin’s effort to create fair electoral maps

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 24, 2021
April Lee / Advance-Titan Gov. Tony Evers celebrates the opening of the Culver Family Welcome Center vaccination site. The community COVID-19 vaccination center opened on the UWO campus Feb. 16 in partnership with Advocate Aurora Health of Oshkosh and the Winnebago County Health Department

Vaccine site opens at Culver Center

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 24, 2021
April Lee / Advance-Titan UW Oshkosh’s annual security report reveals that alcohol violations made up 80% of reported campus crime.

Alcohol violations still UWO’s most reported crime

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 24, 2021

County postpones mask mandate indefinitely, city to decide on similar mandate in March

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 24, 2021
Courtesy of Winnebago County Health Department COVID-19 dashboard

UWO begins semester amid low COVID-19 cases

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 17, 2021
UWO said a software update issue caused over 200 acceptance letters to mistakenly email to applicants.

Hundreds receive false acceptance to UWO

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 17, 2021
Courtesy of Winnebago County Health Department COVID-19 dashboard

UWO begins second semester amid low COVID-19 cases

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 16, 2021
Courtesy of UWO Flickr | Chancellor Andrew Leavitt and Provost John Koker are being sued by a UWO professor who claims that they illegally imposed sanctions after improperly investigating a complaint against him.

English professor joins lawsuit against Chancellor, Provost

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
February 10, 2021
COVID cases trend down

COVID cases trend down

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
December 9, 2020
A conversation with Wisconsin State Senator Dan Feyen

A conversation with Wisconsin State Senator Dan Feyen

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor
December 9, 2020
Winnebago County voting patterns in the 2016 presidential election show the rural-urban divide between Oshkosh and the rest of the county

Rural-urban divide in Winnebago County

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor
December 2, 2020
Consulting firm hired to evaluate UW Oshkosh course offerings

Consulting firm hired to evaluate UW Oshkosh course offerings

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
December 2, 2020
What is the register of deeds?

What is the register of deeds?

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
December 2, 2020

COVID update as cases rise

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
November 18, 2020
Graphic by Sophia Voight Over 30,000 people in Oshkosh voted in the presidential election. The map represents Oshkosh voting patterns in the 2020 presidential election by voting wards. Darker sections represent a wider margin of victory in each ward for either Donald Trump (R) or Joe Biden (D).

How did Oshkosh vote in the election?

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
November 18, 2020

What was on the OASD referendums?

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
November 11, 2020
Courtesy of Sophia Voight with the Advance Titan

UW Oshkosh opens new COVID-19 testing site

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
November 11, 2020
UW Oshkosh will increase its antigen testing at Albee Hall to 600 tests per day beginning Nov. 23.

Wisconsin sees one of the biggest COVID-19 case surges in the nation

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor
November 4, 2020
UW Oshkosh to open new COVID testing site

UW Oshkosh to open new COVID testing site

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
November 4, 2020
Courtesy of Mohammed Hassan from Pixabay

What’s on the ballot in Oshkosh

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor
October 28, 2020
County looking for input on money in politics in ballot question

County looking for input on money in politics in ballot question

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor
October 28, 2020
Courtesy of OASD

What to know about the OASD referendum

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor
October 28, 2020
Winnebago County Board of Supervisors postpones vote on health ordinance

Winnebago County Board of Supervisors postpones vote on health ordinance

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor
October 21, 2020

Judge rules Gov. Evers’ bar, restaurant capacity order back in place

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
October 21, 2020
Wisconsin COVID-19 deaths are at an all time high.

WI breaks COVID records for cases, deaths

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
October 14, 2020
UW Oshkoshs COVID cases down, countys up

UW Oshkosh’s COVID cases down, county’s up

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
October 7, 2020
Courtesy of Wikimedia

Dems host virtual event, encouraging young voters

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
October 7, 2020
Judge denies injunction preventing prof. sanctions

Judge denies injunction preventing prof. sanctions

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
October 7, 2020
April Lee / The Advance-Titan — Masks are mandated inside all UWO buildings to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Oshkosh, Neenah areas see huge COVID-19 case surge

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
September 30, 2020
Courtroom gavel

UW Oshkosh professor sues chancellor, provost

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
September 30, 2020

The bipartisan fight to end gerrymandering in Wisconsin

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
September 23, 2020
UWO Flickr — Students wearing masks to and from classes is now a common sight on the UW Oshkosh campus.

COVID spread is ‘significant, uncontrolled’ in Winnebago County

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
September 18, 2020
UW Oshkosh instructors spent the summer preparing for a hybrid of in-person and virtual instruction.

Online learning ‘new ballgame’ for many academic instructors

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
September 16, 2020
Michael Van Vonderen

Sentencing hearing set for alleged IT thief

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
September 16, 2020
Make friends at a film festival

Make friends at a film festival

Kaitlyn Scoville and Sophia Voight
September 3, 2020
Sophia Voight / Advance-Titan -- UW Oshkosh staff and faculty are preparing to bring students back to campus safely through frequent testing and social distancing on campus.

UWO ramps up COVID-19 testing as students return to campus

Sophia Voight
September 3, 2020
UWO Flickr — UW Oshkosh employees are busy preparing classrooms for social distancing.

UWO plan to return to campus is ‘flexible’

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor
August 16, 2020
Residents urge county board to vote down health officer amendment

Residents urge county board to vote down health officer amendment

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor and Writer
July 23, 2020
Oshkosh man charged in child pornography sting

Oshkosh man charged in child pornography sting

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor and Writer
July 6, 2020
Former IT specialist pleads not guilty to UW Oshkosh theft

Former IT specialist pleads not guilty to UW Oshkosh theft

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor and Writer
July 2, 2020
Residents voice concerns over amendment giving county health officer enforcement powers

Residents voice concerns over amendment giving county health officer enforcement powers

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor and Writer
June 17, 2020
Photo by Carter Uslabar - A peaceful protest in Appleton

It’s time to put an end to racial violence

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
June 8, 2020
Wikimedia- Students should do due diligence on their landlord before signing a lease.

Housing code violation inspection finds company with multiple issues

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor and Writer
May 27, 2020
From left to right, Daniel Saxes, David Stevens and Mike Stevens perform songs from their album “Ted’s Basement” in Saxes’ kitchen.

Wisconsin bands bring live concerts to people in quarantine

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
May 6, 2020

The trials of online learning

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
April 22, 2020
Graphic by Sophia Voight

Cults and tigers and meth, oh my

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
April 8, 2020
Q&A with College Republicans, Democrats

Q&A with College Republicans, Democrats

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
April 2, 2020
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[Photo] Why aren’t young people voting?

Owen Peterson, Columnist
April 1, 2020

Residence hall evacuations warrant refunds

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
March 18, 2020
Graphic by Tatum Spevacek

Will a woman ever be president?

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
March 11, 2020
Graphic by Tatum Spevacek

Health comes in all shapes in sizes

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
March 4, 2020
Blackhawk Xpress offers better quality food than it’s less favorable neighbor Blackhawk Commons.

[Photo] Best and worst of university dining

Owen Peterson, Columnist
March 4, 2020
Graphic by Susan Lor

Speaking out about sexual assault

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
February 26, 2020
Carter Uslabar /Advance Titan

Grocery Bingo mocks food insecurity

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
February 26, 2020

University vs. community college: my experience

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
February 19, 2020
Illustrations by Susan Lor

Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
February 12, 2020
Graphic by Tatum Spevacek

Respect gender-neutral pronouns

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor
February 12, 2020

UWO joins effort to fight world hunger

Sophia Voight, News Reporter
November 20, 2019

SIRT discusses sustainable preservation of Fox River

Sophia Voight, News Reporter
November 13, 2019

Turo to offer affordable car sharing

Sophia Voight, News Reporter
November 7, 2019

UWO forms workforce development council

Sophia Voight, News Reporter
October 31, 2019
Wisconsin came in at No. 7 out of 47 states analyzed for percentage of its graduates with debt.

Wisconsin graduates seventh for debt

Sophia Voight, Reporter
October 23, 2019
A placard was given to Dreamer Certificate Training participants.

Dreamer training held at UWO

Sophia Voight, News Reporter
October 16, 2019

Titans serve community at Hands on Oshkosh

Sophia Voight, Reporter
October 10, 2019

UWO’s nursing program ranked 4th in state

Sophia Voight, Reporter
October 3, 2019
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