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

Joe Schulz / Advance-Titan

How Oshkosh mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 2, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has strained the Oshkosh economy, as iconic events have been canceled, employees laid off and both small and large businesses face financial shortcomings.  In the months since...

Protesters gathered outside the Governors mansion call for prison reform in Wisconsin. OSCI had 957 cases as of Nov. 25.

Correctional facilities in Wisconsin struggle to contain COVID-19

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 2, 2020

Last month, the Oshkosh Correctional Institution (OSCI) passed a grim milestone, becoming the Wisconsin prison with the most COVID-19 cases since March, as criminal justice reform advocates plead with...

How COVID-19 will change Thanksgiving 2020

How COVID-19 will change Thanksgiving 2020

Lexi Langendorf, News Writer November 18, 2020

With COVID-19 cases continuously rising in the U.S., Americans will be forced to make fundamental changes to their usual traditions this Thanksgiving. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and...

Horizon Village will offer open-gendered housing for their four-bedroom suites starting next year.

Horizon Village to offer mixed-gendered housing

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor November 18, 2020

At UW Oshkosh, there are mixed-gender dorms, and even mixed-gender halls. However, there has never been an instance where an entire residence hall has allowed students of different genders to room together...

In the United States, there have been 800 confirmed cases of and 27 deaths as of Tuesday, according to The New York Times.

COVID-19 impacts local businesses

Joe Schulz, Managing Editor November 18, 2020

Local businesses have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created financial hardship for the Oshkosh Outlet Mall, Rock and Country USA, small businesses and workers. Jason White is the...

UW Oshkosh students react to historic election

UW Oshkosh students react to historic election

Lexi Langendorf, News Writer November 11, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were unofficially declared president and vice president of the United States on Saturday. College students, who played a substantial role in the election,...

Jasmin Floyd was diagnosed with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva when she was 5 years old in January 1999.

Oshkosh native grows second skeleton, fights for FOP cure

Kaitlyn Scoville, Copy Desk Chief November 11, 2020

Imagine growing a second skeleton inside your own body. Imagine painful flare-ups when new bone is forming within you. Imagine having this happen since you were 5 years old. That’s exactly what Oshkosh...

Porath is currently a business major whose 3.65 cumulative GPA made her a member of the 2017-18 and 2018-19 WIAC Scholastic Honor Rolls. After three years as a Titan, Porath is averaging 10.5 points per game, is shooting 48.1% from the field and is shooting 36.7% from behind the 3-point line.

Porath uplifts teammates, terrifies opponents

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor November 11, 2020

From January to the beginning of March, star point guard and now senior Leah Porath was leading the UW Oshkosh women’s basketball team on an absolute tear as they entered round 16 of the Division III...

UW Oshkosh to open new COVID testing site

UW Oshkosh to open new COVID testing site

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor November 4, 2020

UW Oshkosh will be opening a new COVID-19 testing center at Culver Family Welcome Center Nov. 9 with new Abbott BinaxNOW rapid antigen tests that provide results in 15 minutes to help combat the surge...

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What’s on the ballot in Oshkosh

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor October 28, 2020

Election Day is only five days out, and while media attention swirls around Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Oshkosh residents will also see state and local races on their ballot Nov. 3. On the state level,...

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