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The Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Campuses Advance-TitanVol. 129, No. 7 April 1, 2021 advancetitan.com April Lee / Advance-Titan UWO Assistant Dining Director Brian Warzynski stands next to a Tower Garden. The Harvest Room can produce 200 pounds of lettuce and 15 pounds of herbs a month. plants to spend less time extract- ing food from the soil and more The Harvest Room time growing great big delicious leaves and fruit,” according to Fork Farms. grows greens and Flex Farms and Tower Gar- dens provide a sustainable and environmentally friendly way of herbs by the pound producing large amounts of fresh By Mackenzie Seymour 288 plants, while the Tower Gar- produce. [email protected] dens holds 28 plants. Flex Farms produce 20 pounds With the use of vertical agri- of vegetables per 28-day plant UW Oshkosh’s Reeve Union cultural technology, UWO din- cycle, while reducing food trans- dining room contains a futuris- ing services is able to produce portation costs, consuming 97% tic-like garden that could lead to 200 pounds of lettuce and 15 less water, and using less space a more sustainable and environ- pounds of herbs per month. than traditional gardening and mentally friendly way of grow- “In a normal year, that is about agricultural practices. ing produce on campus. 50% of the need for grains and “Environmental benefits in- The “Tower Gardens” was in- greens,” Warzynski said. clude less carbon footprint from stalled in a room located next to The herbs are used at Black- the travel of lettuce that would Clash Burger by UWO Assistant hawk Commons and in the basil normally come from Arizona and Dining Director Brian Warzynski mayo at Titan Underground. energy efficiency by only using in July 2019. According to Fork Farm, the 50 gallons of water a week and “The purpose was to grow company that designed Flex utilizing LED bulbs,” Warzynski fresh produce on campus,” Farms, these agricultural sys- said. Warzynski said. “We have mul- tems are made of recyclable plas- In the future, Warzynski said tiple types of lettuce, basil and tics and use an advanced form of he believes that the garden has parsley growing.” hydroponics. Hydroponics is the the potential to expand through The gardens include nine Flex practice of growing plants with- the addition of three more Flex Farms and three Tower Gardens, out using soil. Farms and by growing micro- which are advanced agricultur- “Instead, you add nutrients greens, which are younger veg- al systems that stand vertically. directly into the water sup- etables that contain a high abun- Each Flex Farm can hold up to ply. Liquid nutrients enable the dance of nutrients. 2 | AdvanceTitan.com April 1, 2021 Advance-Titan Young adults critical to vaccine efficacy Phone: 920-424-3048 By Sophia Voight the opportunity of a normal college Email: [email protected] [email protected] experience. Website: Another positive aspect of be- www.advancetitan.com As COVID-19 vaccination eli- ing fully vaccinated, according to gibility increases across the state, Goffard, is that you won’t have to Editor in Chief Carter Uslabar health officials emphasize the im- quarantine if you are exposed to the [email protected] portance of vaccinations among virus. young adults and continued compli- “I call it a get-out-of-quarantine- Ad Manager Jon Woodall ance to safety measures to make the free card,” she said. “So if you are [email protected] return to normal possible. fully vaccinated, and you get ex- 414-519-6639 “Our goal is to get to 80% of all posed to somebody with the virus … Wisconsin adults to be vaccinated, you don’t have to quarantine.” Distribution Manager so young adults really play a critical This opens up opportunities for Chris Gajdos role in helping us get to that 80%,” more in-person classes and elimi- [email protected] Kim Goffard, communicable dis- nates the need to work from home ease supervisor for the Winnebago because you’re quarantined, Goffard Managing Editor County Health Department, said. said. Cory Sparks Goffard said young adults typical- “The more you can stay out of [email protected] ly don’t experience the adverse side quarantine in your life, the better,” effects of the COVID-19 infection she said. News Editor and are not as likely to be hospital- Haese, who is graduating in May, Amber Brockman ized, but that shouldn’t discourage said getting vaccinated will help them from getting the COVID-19 with his job-hunting because he [email protected] vaccine. won’t have to worry about getting UW Oshkosh Student Health sick or having to quarantine. Assistant News Editor Center director Karen Sanchez said April Lee / Advance-Titan “I need my body and mind com- Sophia Voight while it is less likely young adults Gov. Tony Evers celebrates the opening of the UWO vaccination pletely healthy as I hunt for a job and [email protected] will suffer from more of the serious site. Since the site has opened, vaccine eligibility has expanded to start to establish my career,” he said. effects of COVID-19, there is still a cover more and more students. Knowing that they can get togeth- Sports Editor Cory Sparks chance they could develop serious to protect himself and people he “When the virus is allowed to just er with their friends and family once [email protected] illnesses. works with. keep spreading, that’s when you can they are vaccinated should motivate “Young people do die, young peo- “I decided to get the vaccine to get those variants, and then even the students to get the COVID-19 vac- Opinion Editor Owen Peterson ple do get seriously ill — the num- protect myself, simple as that,” he vaccines that we have might not be cine once it’s their turn, Sanchez [email protected] bers are not as high as 65 and over, said “I’m a very active person and I as effective if we get more of those said. but they still do,” she said. work nearly three jobs, two of which variants because they have more op- “I have adult children and we Arts & Entertainment Editor UWO senior Marissa Hart said a involve me interacting with other portunity to spread,” Sanchez said. have one family member with a seri- Lexi Langendorf reason she wanted to get the vaccine people.” Failure to achieve high vaccina- ous illness and we just haven’t been [email protected] was because she has autoimmune Goffard emphasized that young tion rates by fall could also disrupt able to get together like we are used diseases and she wanted to protect adults run the risk of spreading the the university’s plans for reopening to,” she said. “We’re just waiting for Copy Desk Chief herself from the virus. virus in these essential jobs. campus for the fall 2021 semester. all of us to be vaccinated, or just my Heidi Docter She knows that when she gets Hart works for Home Care As- UWO Chancellor Andrew Leavitt immediate family of my children [email protected] sick it can be a lot worse and be a lot sistance and said she also got the announced plans to resume in per- and their partners and their children harder to recover, so it’s important COVID-19 vaccine because she son classes, athletics and events to so that we can all get together.” Graphic Designer for her to not risk getting the virus. wanted to keep her patients safe. pre-pandemic times in the fall. Hart said she thinks it’s important Amanda Hollander “Even a simple cold could be dan- “I decided to get the Moderna However, Sanchez said campus to get the COVID-19 vaccine when [email protected] gerous,” she said. “I feel blessed that vaccine because I want to keep my will look a lot like it did in fall 2020 you are eligible to help stop the pan- I was able to get the vaccine very patients safe and help protect myself if a large number of students don’t demic and save lives. early on.” “Wearing a mask and social dis- Photo Editor April Lee and the community,” she said. get vaccinated. Sanchez noted that college stu- tancing are effective, but not com- [email protected] “My patients are all high-risk,” “The worst case scenario when dents are working essential jobs she continued. “I prioritize their we have a lot of unvaccinated [peo- pletely,” she said. “The vaccine will where they have a greater chance of health and well-being every single ple] is that the virus spreads readi- work to fight the virus if you are ex- Web Editor Olivia Ozbaki being exposed to the virus. posed.” [email protected] day.” ly and there are variants,” she said. “Whether it’s health care, edu- Sanchez said variants of the coro- “We could be back to where we She said she knows the COVID-19 cation or food service, you’re at a were in the fall.” vaccines have undergone the most Social Media Manager navirus have a greater chance of higher risk because you’re in those spreading if enough people choose Goffard said she feels bad for col- intensive safety monitoring in U.S. Grant Hunter kinds of jobs and you know having a to not get vaccinated. lege students who didn’t get to have history and that they are safe. [email protected] vaccine is going to protect you in the The Wisconsin Department of a typical college experience over the “It is important to stay educated end,” she said.