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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Robert Koehler
As Christian nationalism, the political right and Trump-mania seem to tighten their grip on the country, maybe now is the time for me to take a deep dig into the complex preciousness of . . . life itself. Hey, guess what? I’m “pro-life” — by which I mean, you know, pro-life in a deep, soul-gripping, planet-loving, war-hating way. By which I mean: Let us reclaim Roe v.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Kelly Hueckman
Like every other piece I’ve published, I’ve put off writing this until the eleventh hour. However, this time my delay wasn’t a product of procrastination — it was a product of the bittersweet realization that this is the final issue of the Advance-Titan I will have helped create. My 3.5-year-long journey with the A-T began when I was a timid freshman in 2021. I walked into my first story meeting late because I couldn’t find the sacred (or cursed?) office in the deep, dark depths of Reeve.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Nolan Andler
The UW Oshkosh Women’s basketball game survived a tough battle versus Wheaton College (Illinois) on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Kolf Sports Center. The Titans beat Wheaton with a score of 56-54. Forward Paige Sekar and Guard Sammi Beyer led the Titans in the win as the leading point scorers. Sekar scored 12 points, eight of them from field goals and three from free throws. Beyer scored 10 points, with six of which were three pointers.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Aubrie Selsmeyer
William “Taylor” Wirthlin sat criss-crossed on a traditional Japanese floor mat with a chilled glass bottle of Coca-Cola and a metal tray of vibrant orange and yellow ink beside him. All six-foot-something of him folded over, ink covering every available space on both arms, and chunky clear framed glasses resting on the bridge of his nose. He was wearing loose-fitting nylon pants that zipped off into shorts with a faded pair of leather loafers.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Anya Kelley
Ten days, 51 pick-up locations, 26 states and 16,252 Christmas trees. Over the past 20 years, the Christmas SPIRIT Foundations Trees for Troops (T4T) program has provided 94 military bases across the U.S. a little extra joy during the holiday season. A group called the National Christmas Tree Association decided they wanted to create a new charitable group with a singular mission, to promote Christmas spirit, back in 2005 – that’s where the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation was born.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Nolan Andler
The UW Oshkosh women’s volleyball team earned its second straight Elite Eight appearance two weeks ago in the 2024 NCAA Division III tournament. After winning the Marietta Regional on Nov. 21-23. The Titans took down Marymount University (Virginia), University of Chicago (Illinois) and Illinois Wesleyan University to earn its trip to Salem, Virginia to compete in the Elite Eight.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Kelly Hueckman
One corner of Avery Feathers’ office holds a typical array of work supplies. At her desk, she has a swivel chair perched in front of her computer, pens strewn around. It’s a small, cozy room, but the other three corners hold stacked PVC shelves that resemble a mini-drug store. Each shelf, five layers high, held rows of various brands of laundry detergent, giant blocks of toilet paper and lines of Dove body wash bottles.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Jacob Link
December 4, 2024 The Oshkosh Fire Department announced it will be hosting its 26th annual food and toy drive with five dates for donations between Dec. 2-16, with fire trucks circling each drop-off route between the hours of 5:30-8 p.m.“We are, once again, collecting non-perishable food items, new, unwrapped gifts, wrapping paper/tape and cash donations along the routes or at any fire station,” Oshkosh Fire Department Public Information Officer John Holland said in a press release.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Jacob Link |Kelly Hueckman
Although UW Oshkosh is facing pushback from current and former University Books & More employees about a proposal to outsource bookstore employees, Chancellor Andrew Leavitt is determined to make changes to the business model of the store. Leavitt said that while the university won’t make the decision to outsource or not until March 2025, there needs to be adjustments made to pull the bookstore out of an estimated $1 million deficit.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
advancetitan.com | Claudia Zeamer |Jacob Link
Categories: December 4, 2024 The Oshkosh Police Department arrested a 29-year-old male for disorderly conduct, false imprisonment, criminal damage to property and battery after a disturbance at a residence in the 700 block of Nicolet Avenue Nov. 21. According to a press release, OPD responded to a weapons complaint at 11:20 a.m. where a female had allegedly stabbed a male in a physical disturbance.
