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

Why Wisconsin has become a COVID-19 hotspot within a month

Why Wisconsin has become a COVID-19 hotspot within a month

Lexi Langendorf, News Writer October 14, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) confirmed that COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin have risen from around 1,000 cases per day in early September to a record 3,000 cases per day the first few...

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

Wisconsin saw 33 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, breaking the state’s record for the largest number of deaths in a single day from its previous high of 27 on Sept. 30, according to the state’s Department...

Courtesy of an Ascension press release -- Area hospitals are nearing capacity amid a spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Fox Valley hospitals nearing capacity, as COVID continues to surge in Oshkosh

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 9, 2020

In a video that has now gone viral, Mark Schultz, co-owner of Oblio’s Lounge in Oshkosh, lays in a hospital bed with oxygen tubes up his nose. As Schultz describes his battle against COVID-19...

There will be record voter turnout this year. Vote early!

There will be record voter turnout this year. Vote early!

October 9, 2020

Hello, I’m Debra, founder and CEO of VoteAmerica, one of the biggest voter turnout organizations in the country. I've lived and worked in Silicon Valley for a long time but I got out of tech and...

FIXED: Family at the heart of Myron’s recovery

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 7, 2020

Myron Batiste shook his head and laughed at the mugshot showing a sullen man with dead eyes, staring into the void. Wearing his best shirt and tie, Myron was laughing because he is no longer the...

Police in riot gear are confronted by a group of people protesting systemic racism and police brutality. (Photo by Leviathan Whitfield)

Chaos in Kenosha: A UW Oshkosh alumnus shares experience on the ground

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 7, 2020

As chaos began to envelop Kenosha in the late days of summer, following the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake, UW Oshkosh alumnus Leviathan Whitfield traveled to the city to document the unrest. Whitfield...

Lacy: ‘Treatment was never going to be enough’

Jelissa Burns, FIXED Writer October 7, 2020

Pain and addiction “When my first daughter was 2, I got addicted to opioids. I had never done them before, but then I broke a bone in my foot and I got a kidney infection in the same three-month...

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

The Oshkosh-Neenah area is experiencing the second-fastest COVID-19 case surge in the nation, according to the New York Times, with 1,424 active cases in Winnebago County as of Tuesday. In addition,...

Your mother just saved your life

‘Your mother just saved your life’

Natalie Dillon, FIXED Writer September 30, 2020

Kurtis Rodriguez only had a few minutes to get ready in his mother’s basement. His father was waiting outside to take him to the Winnebago County Jail for his drug test. Being out on bond sucked....

FIXED: Our Project and the Lessons Learned

Bethanie Gengler, FIXED Student Editor September 30, 2020

The FIXED Storytelling Project was intended to have an event on May 5, 2020. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, that event has been canceled. Stories from this project will be published throughout...

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