By: Eric Balkman

In our glory-hungry society, sometimes we seek out individual athletes to praise for their merits. UW-Oshkosh is no different. In the past month, The Advance-Titan has recognized senior forward D.J. Marsh for his merits on the basketball court. There&rsqu...

By: Andrew Munger

There is a growing problem inherent in the 24-hour news era. There just isn’t enough bona fide national news to fill that hole. This problem leads to an even worse dilemma; broadcasting stations filling the rest of their programming with pundits, or...

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Nancy Pelosi comes from a poor immigrant background, a woman born when there were not many women who went to college, not many women in the professional or business class, and very few women in the U.S. Congress. Raised a devout Catholic, she married a ma...

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Nobody likes to pay taxes. Voters like better schools and “getting tough on crime.” These cost money, but we oppose tax increases to pay for them. Most of us backed the “war on terrorism” with ratcheted-up expenses for Iraq, Afghan...

By: Charles Greenley

We are the least rebellious generation of college students in history. It’s not that young people have stopped doing subversive things in new and ever-changing ways, as “sexts” and pranks posted on YouTube doubtlessly demonstrate. It&rsq...

By: Advance-Titan Staff

As a staff, there are a few select things we would wish to never have to cover: the death of a classmate, a terrorist attack or the rape of a classmate. The other topic that falls in this category, a bigoted attack on minorities, happened on March 1 when ...

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Sen. Harkin of Iowa keeps repeating that health care is a right, not a privilege. It seems that everyone does not agree with Sen. Harkin. But one who does agree is the late Pope John Paul II. When John Paul II spoke at the United Nations in October 1979, ...

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In response to Mr. Genisio's letter, I would encourage him to study history a tad. The Republican Party is the party of true equal opportunity. The GOP is where merit matters; where performance means prosperity. In contrast, the Democratic Party candidate...

By: Katie Holliday

In days past the bachelor’s degree was synonymous with a four-year degree. Undergraduate students could enter a university at 18 and expect to be out by their 23rd birthday. These days, however, most college-bound high school students plan to be in ...

By: Advance-Titan Staff

An investment firm would never use their clients’ money for a spree at the dog track. A television network would never make all of their shows audio only. So why would a green university violate the Clean Air Act? Nearly two weeks ago, Gov. Jim Doyl...

By: Tina Babler

As students of UW-Oshkosh and members of the Public Relations Student Society of America we, are making a call on our fellow students to complete and mail back their United States Census. We have found through our research that students on campus held co...

By: Bob Delaporte

“I’ll put Terrence Wall’s job creation record up against Russ Feingold’s any day of the week,” Murray said. “While Russ Feingold has been drawing a taxpayer funded paycheck for nearly 30 years, Wall has been buildi...

By: Advance-Titan Staff

We bring this up to differentiate what we are about to talk about and the way many people throw around a once meaningful term. We mean, in unequivocal terms, true greatness, achieving what very few could possibly obtain. The greatness of which we speak is...

By: Charles Greenley

In a recent mass e-mail it sent to students, the University spoke of brand workshops … in which you can learn how to incorporate brand messaging effectively into your communications, places where everyone is invited and encouraged to attend and bec...

By: Advance-Titan Staff

UW-Oshkosh now has another option rather than eliminating unpopular majors within the curriculum. This action is a result of the UW System trying to ease schools in removing majors that have poor numbers and do not turn out many graduates as a part of the...

By: James Genisio

When President Obama met House Republicans at the Republican National Conference, did anyone notice that three leaders of the Republican House were all white men? The three leaders of the Democratic House are a white woman, a white man and a black man. Do...

By: State Sen. Judy Robson D- Beloit

Transportation has been vital for economic growth throughout our nation’s history. The transcontinental railroads built in the 19th century linked our east and west coasts to our nation’s heartland. The state highway and Interstate highway sys...

By: Andrew Munger

I transferred to UW-Oshkosh two years ago from UW-Fox Valley, and since arriving here I have been disgusted with the way some of Oshkosh’s professors handle themselves here. In my two years at Fox Valley, I can’t recall a single time when any ...

By: Katie Holliday

The university system is failing us. In days past, being college educated meant a great deal to prospective employers. College graduates were considered worldly and highly educated. But these days the emphasis has moved from getting an education to finish...

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 One positive result of a recession is that it often creates an incentive for unemployed workers to opt out of the labor pool and start their own businesses. Start-up activity rose to a four-year high in 2009, according to the latest Challenger Job M...