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

Stay entertained while social distancing

Jelissa Burns, Arts & Entertainment Editor March 18, 2020

The rapid spread of COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus, has put a temporary hold on American business as usual. Most, if not all, UW school systems have extended their spring break by at least...

Leavitt: This is all about social distancing

Leavitt: ‘This is all about social distancing’

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor March 12, 2020

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt said the university has the infrastructure in place to move classes online and that work areas will be set up on campus for students who can’t go home after March...

UW Oshkosh to close campuses; will move to alternative teaching methods

UW Oshkosh to close campuses; will move to ‘alternative’ teaching methods

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor March 12, 2020

UW Oshkosh announced this morning that it’s canceling all campus events effective immediately and is canceling classes on the Fond du Lac, Fox Cities and Oshkosh campuses for the week of March 16 in...

Missing players unexplained; UWO: Student records confidential

Neal Hogden, Sports Writer March 12, 2020

Two starters from last year’s UW Oshkosh NCAA Division III men’s basketball national title team did not finish the 2019-20 season with the team, and attempts to find out why have been unsuccessful. The...

The UWO gymnastics team is hoping to keep their positive momentum going as they prepare to compete at the NCGA championship in Ithaca, New York on March 27.

UW Oshkosh gymnastics is partying like it’s 1996

Greg Sense, Sports Editor March 11, 2020

The UW Oshkosh gymnastics team won their first league title since 1996, winning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship in Eau Claire on March 7. With the Titans’ first-place...

Junior guard Leah Porath scored 16 points while shooting 5-for-7 from the field in the fourth quarter alone. Porath led the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in points per game (17.5) and was third in the conference in rebonds (6.7). UWO is the only W IAC team remaining in the tournament.

UWO enjoys ‘sweet’ victory after huge comeback

Cory Sparks, Assistant Sports Editor March 11, 2020

UW Oshkosh has shown everyone that they are an absolute force to be reckoned with. The team defeated Edgewood College in the first round, a team with a 25-2 record prior to the matchup, in a 61-40 blowout...

The UWO heating plant burns about 25 tons of coal per day for approximately 100 days during the winter months.

UW Oshkosh goes coal free

Amber Brockman, News Editor March 11, 2020

UW Oshkosh will be going coal free and making the switch to natural gas after the last load of coal arrives at UWO on March 12. “This move away from coal is important because it reduces our CO2 emissions,...

City Manager Mark Rohloff speaks at the State of the City event about plans for the future of Oshkosh and the importance of community development.

Oshkosh looks to new decade

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief March 11, 2020

City Manager Mark Rohloff discussed Oshkosh’s achievements over the last year and outlined major projects as the city welcomes a new decade of development at the annual State of the City Address on Monday. Rohloff...

Four generations of Weakleys family has participated in Birkie races for years

Four generations of skiing

Jelissa Burns, Arts and Entertainment Editor March 11, 2020

The Slumberland American Birkebeiner is more than just the largest cross-country ski race in America. The 55 kilometer race in Hayward, Wisconsin has become an event for friends and families of all ages...

Wisconsin firearm deaths up 28% from 2014

Wisconsin firearm deaths up 28% from 2014

Amber Brockman, News Editor March 5, 2020

A backyard cookout in the Westhaven neighborhood of Oshkosh took a surprising and potentially violent turn when a 32-year-old man emerged from his home brandishing a pair of AR-15 assault rifles on Sept....

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