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

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....

Richard Kalinoskis Beast on the Moon has received numerous awards worldwide.

Playwright Richard Kalinoski : A total beast

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief March 5, 2020

In the Arts and Communications building on the UW Oshkosh campus, Richard Kalinoski sits in his office wearing light jeans and a shirt and tie beneath a Calvin Klein zip-up jacket. Books of plays and papers...

Juhas graduated from UWO in 2017/ Courtesy Christine Juhas

UWO grad hits 1 million TikTok followers

Jelissa Burns, Arts and Entertainment Editor March 4, 2020

UWO Alumna Christine Juhas has recently become viral on the trending app, TikTok. She has over 1 million followers on TikTok and over 110,000  followers on Instagram. Juhas graduated from UWO in December...

In Northeast Wisconsin, 40% of workplaces have not adopted practices to compensate for the worker shortage.

Labor shortage bad for business

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor March 4, 2020

The unemployment rate in Winnebago County is roughly 3%, but that figure doesn’t tell the whole story as only about 67% of adult residents are participating in the workforce. Only about 91,000 of...

The Titans rattled off two consecutive upsets to become back-to-back WIAC champions. The team won at UW-Whitewater by a score of 81-65 and defeated UW-Eau Claire 52-50 on their home court.

UW-Oshkosh Titans crowned WlAC champs, into NCAA bracket

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor March 4, 2020

Urgency. That is something that the 2020 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions, the UW Oshkosh women’s basketball team, has been playing with for the past four weeks. They have shown...

Sophomore Jamyle Brantley soars to a first place finish in the long jump with a distance of 7.25 meters, his best of the season.

Consistent UW Oshkosh close in on Eagles

Greg Sense, Sports Editor March 4, 2020

The UW Oshkosh men’s track and field team placed second and the women’s team placed third at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championship on Feb. 28 and 29. The UWO women’s...

Facts or Fakes’ game show to debunk fake news

Amber Brockman, News Editor March 4, 2020

In 2016, a North Carolina man traveled to Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria in Northwest Washington, D.C. with a rifle and allegedly fired one or more shots, according to the Washington Post. The man claimed...

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