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

Joseph Schulz / The Advance-Titan — Celebrating 25 years of House of Heroes Comics and Games are, from left, Kevin Kimmes, Tripper Pech and Scott Dercks.

House of Heroes turns 25, continues to evolve

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor September 9, 2020

Scott Dercks has loved comic books most of his life and has spent the last 25 years sharing that passion with the Oshkosh community. He owns House of Heroes Comics and Games on Main Street, which has...

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The Great ‘Titans Return’ hoax

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor September 9, 2020

As UW Oshkosh administrators guided members of the media through the socially distanced campus Sept. 1, Chancellor Andrew Leavitt told reporters his “top priority is going to be the safety and welfare...

Junior Anthony D’Orazio gets the Titans riled up before their home opener last week against Carthage College. This week the Titans traveled to Maryland and fell to Salisbury University 24-19.

Fall sports canceled, UW Oshkosh athletes devastated

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor September 3, 2020

Nothing can truly compare to the chaotic culmination of sounds coming out of the stands at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium when the UW Oshkosh Titans score a touchdown. There also seems to be no instance...

AP marks ‘Black’ as cultural designator

AP marks ‘Black’ as cultural designator

Cody Weisner September 3, 2020

On June 19 the Associated Press Stylebook announced they would capitalize Black as a cultural designator, a decision made in response to the police killing of George Floyd one month prior and after years...

Complaint alleges harassment by UW Oshkosh English professor

Complaint alleges harassment by UW Oshkosh English professor

Heidi Docter and Kaitlyn Scoville September 3, 2020

UW Oshkosh Provost and Vice Chancellor John Koker criticized English professor James “Duke” Pesta’s classroom management after a student complaint for discriminatory harassment against him was filed...

Avoid parties so we can stay on campus

Owen Peterson September 3, 2020

Nearly six months after the spring semester was moved entirely online, the campus is finally ready to welcome back students; but with this opportunity comes great responsibility. In order to adapt to...

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

UW Oshkosh staff and faculty are preparing to bring students back to campus safely through frequent testing and social distancing on campus. “Our top priority is going to be the safety and welfare...

Citizen soldiers and airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard collect specimens for COVID-19 testing June 11 at the Merrill Festival Grounds in Merrill. The National Guard is opening up a testing site in Oshkosh on Sept. 1.  Photo by Sgt. Alice Ripberger

COVID-19 testing site opens in Oshkosh Sept. 1

August 31, 2020

A new regional COVID-19 testing site is opening on Tuesday at Sunnyview Expo Center,  500 E. County Road Y, Oshkosh. Testing is free and will be conducted by the Wisconsin Army National Guard. The...

UW Oshkosh among schools that received bomb threats Thursday

UW Oshkosh among schools that received bomb threats Thursday

August 21, 2020

UW Oshkosh appears to be one of a number of universities across the country targeted late Thursday by bomb threats, according to a university press release. Officials say the UWO Police Department dispatch...

Childcare center on UWO Fox Cities campus temporarily closed following positive COVID-19 test

Childcare center on UWO Fox Cities campus temporarily closed following positive COVID-19 test

August 19, 2020

The University Children’s Center on the UW Oshkosh-Fox Cities Campus is temporarily closed following a positive COVID-19 test, according to a press release. The center was notified of the positive...

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