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Stories from local tattoo artists

Brighid Monahan, Staff Writer November 10, 2015

Madison, Wisconsin is home to more than 20 tattoo studios that employ at least 100 artists. Just like every tattoo, every artist has a story; an inspiration and a thing that drives them to put their heart...

Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live

Stephanie Riedel, Staff Writer November 10, 2015

By now we’ve all seen the clip. Swirly birds nest of hair and pursed lips, he actually says out loud, “When Mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best …” I can’t bear to finish...

Bone Dance stood out in many ways

Josh Zytkiewicz, Managing Editor November 10, 2015

If you didn’t see “Bone Dance” the last two weekends, you really missed out. Madison College Performing Arts presented “Bone Dance” as this semesters production. Created by Jeffrey Herbst and...

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is interstellar travel for elementary school kids

Allison Althof, Staff Writer November 10, 2015

There are people all over the world with children in elementary school and a lot of those children are probably not the biggest fans of sitting still long enough to read a good book. They might struggle...

‘Medicine for the Soul’ A Look Into the Life of Madison’s Very Own Afrofunk Star

Mouna Algahaithi, News Editor November 10, 2015

Tani Diakite sits in a worn-out gray shirt and baggy pants; his long dreads swing as he caresses the strings of the kamale n’goni, or young man’s harp, sitting on the carpet of his home. My eyes closed,...

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Madison: Haunted with romance

Brighid Monahan, Staff Writer October 27, 2015

The Halloween spirit is all about fright, skeletons, ghosts and costumes, but rarely do we associate Halloween with love. However, two lovers purportedly haunt one of Madison’s historical sights....

“Slasher Girls and Monster Boys” – 14 stories in time for fright night

Allison Althof, Staff Writer October 27, 2015

Some of them might scare you, they may even steal your sleep, and others might touch you somewhere down deep. None is the same but one thing’s for sure, there will be monsters till the last page is turned....

Metal Gear a solid series for gamers

Stuart Benjamin, Arts Editor October 27, 2015

After receiving high marks from almost every major newspaper, website, and magazine two weeks before its release, “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain” has proved it changes not only the “Metal...

Broadway show ‘Wicked’ unfolds magically at the Overture Center

Ana Bon, Staff Writer October 27, 2015

“Wicked: the Untold Story of the Witches of Oz,” has never unfolded so magically. Do you recall the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Lion or the slippers? Do you wonder how did they come to be? This...

‘Unbroken’ a true story of survival

Alyssa Washington, Staff Writer October 27, 2015

The movie, “Unbroken,” is based off the true story of Louis Zamperini, an Italian American Olympic athlete who lived during World War II. Zamperini and his two comrades are stuck in a raft at sea...

Say what? College staff part of show at The Brink

Stephanie Riedel, Staff Writer October 27, 2015

We all know the “that’s what she said!” joke, where you use the punchline to turn any innocent comment into a sexual innuendo and everyone laughs. Or, more likely, they don’t. In Madison, however,...

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Race is not a costume

Mouna Algahaithi, News Editor October 27, 2015

This Halloween, allow two words to be the deciding factor between whether you should wear a certain costume or not: cultural appropriation. A cliff-note definition of culture says that culture “consists...

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