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The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

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Young adults critical to vaccine efficacy

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor March 31, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccination eligibility increases across the state, health officials emphasize the importance of vaccinations among young adults and continued compliance to safety measures to make the return...

Live commencement slated for spring

Live commencement slated for spring

Lexi Langendorf and Kelly Hueckman March 17, 2021

UW Oshkosh will hold in-person graduation this May that will include four ceremonies and allow each graduate to request two tickets for guests. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the last two commencement...

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UWO moved its Titan LeadHERship conference online amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Titan LeadHERship conference moves online

Mattie Beck, Staff Writer March 17, 2021

With COVID-19 still present, many previously in person activities were forced to move online, and while many struggled, one program has still found a way to thrive in the virtual atmosphere. The...

Wrestling gets third at WIAC final

Wrestling gets third at WIAC final

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor March 17, 2021

The UW Oshkosh wrestling team finished in third place with 115.5 points at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) meet on Feb. 28. UW-La Crosse came in first with 168 points, and UW-Eau...

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Women’s Center hosts discussion on importance of Black women’s mental health

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor March 17, 2021

Having grown up witnessing Black people’s mental health not being taken seriously, Kadihjia Kelly decided to get into counseling to help people of color who have suffered racial trauma and mental health...

City approves mask mandate if state mandate is overturned

City approves mask mandate if state mandate is overturned

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor March 10, 2021

The Oshkosh Common Council passed a city-wide mask order Tuesday that would require residents to continue wearing masks indoors if the state mask order is overturned. “This is just a safety net if...

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Photo caption: Student assistant Catriona Ellis (left) and assistant professor Ladwig (right) pose with specimens from the 1880s.

Herbarium fourth largest in state

Mackenzie Seymour, Staff Writer March 10, 2021

UW Oshkosh’s Neil A. Harriman Herbarium is a natural history museum that displays a wide variety of plants from all over the world. The herbarium was founded in 1964 by Neil A. Harriman, a biology...

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UW-Whitewater’s 58-point scoring total in the WIAC championship was the second lowest scoring game the team had all year. The lowest scoring performance by UWW was when UW Oshkosh held them to 51 points in a 69-51 UWO win on Feb. 12.

Sweet, sweet victory for the WIAC champs

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor March 10, 2021

The UW Oshkosh women’s basketball team defeated UW-Whitewater by a score of 74-58 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship on March 5 in the Kolf Sports Center. The...

Amateur stock trading has become increasingly popular with the advent of platforms like Public and Robinhood. The trend had a Rubicon moment in February after the r/wallstreetbets banded together to drive the GameStop (GME) stock up astronomically.

Stonks: Do they only go up?

Cory Sparks, Managing Editor March 10, 2021

Whether someone conducts hours of research looking through balance sheets and quarterly reports of individual companies or funds in the stock market or not, there is one thing both types of investors can...

Graphic by Sophia Voight
On March 12, 2020 UWO suspended all in person classes and sent students home as cases of COVID-19 rose in Wisconsin.

One year later: How UWO responded to COVID-19

Sophia Voight March 10, 2021

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. This is the month that many people in Wisconsin became aware of the coronavirus and started adapting their...

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