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Emmalee Pearson has been a visual communications instructor since 2012.

From metal singer to teacher

Ana Bon, Staff Writer October 29, 2015

Visual Communication alumnus and current instructor, Emmalee Pearson remembers how she got her start teaching at Madison College. “I went from metal singer to teacher,” Pearson joked. “ I started...

Planned Parenthood’s mission is often misunderstood. A Planned Parenthood clinic is located near campus at 3760 Orin Road.

Planned Parenthood’s primary focus is providing comprehensive sex education

Brighid Monahan, Staff Writer October 29, 2015

Care. No matter what. That is the mission statement for Planed Parenthood of Wisconsin.  With such a profound slogan as this, you would be surprised by how much people oppose this idea.  The Madison...

A worker with a skid loader clears away fencing and wooden debries from the dilapidated tennis courts at the Truax campus.

Removal of tennis court ‘eyesore’ at Truax

Nicolas LaMorte, Editor in Chief October 29, 2015

Many may have questions about plans for the old tennis court off Wright Street. At the beginning of the month students arrived to the Truax campus to find the tennis court being stripped of its fencing....

Help for students in non-traditional occupations

Jessica Ayala, Staff Writer October 28, 2015

Masaya Xiong is the non-traditional occupations advisor at Madison College. Non-traditional careers are defined as those in which less than 25 percent of the workforce is of one gender. Xiong’s office...

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Public Safety Announcement Oct. 28, 2015

Sgt. Joe Steffen October 28, 2015

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we communicate our activities to the college community.  Here are some of the notable incidents from this past month. On Oct. 7, Public...

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October 27, 2015

Most people tend to think of cybersecurity as a big scale issue, but perhaps more thought needs to be given to it on an individual scale, particularly by college students. A 2015 Identity Fraud Study...

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Guns on campus?

Mouna Algahaithi, News Editor October 27, 2015

There have been more mass shootings this year than days in the year. This fact comes as a shock to many, including State Representative Melissa Sargent, who shared the information from the online Gun Violence...

An officer is pepper sprayed during a training exercise outside the Protective Services building.

Police training more than just classroom work

Ana Bon, Staff Writer October 14, 2015

Hands behind their backs, face forward, opened eyes and a blast of pepper spray. “Oh, its hot! Its like rubbing buffalo sauce in your eyes,” hollered an officer, after being pepper sprayed. The...

Rebecca Waraczynski getting her eye makeup done by Josaba Yerena Guzmán for breast cancer awareness.

Battling breast cancer

Rebecca Waraczynski, Business Director October 14, 2015

October is a month where men and women push for awareness for breast cancer but to those that struggle with breast cancer, it’s an every day fight. The Madison College TruStyle Salon is having a promotion...

Latino artists shared their work in the Overture Center on Oct. 2.

Groups celebrate Latino artwork

Nicolas LaMorte, Editor in Chief October 14, 2015

On Oct 2., more than a dozen artists from Madison and surrounding areas gathered at the Overture Center’s beautiful Promenade Terrace. There, artists exhibited, sold and auctioned off their works, which...

STD testing available near campus, but not at clinic

Brighid Monahan, Staff Writer October 14, 2015

Students can take advantage of many services at the Group Health Cooperative clinic located in the Truax Campus Health Education Building. They can get immunizations, see a doctor or nurse when feeling...

The International Holstein Show was part of the World Dairy Expo on Sept. 28-Oct. 3.

World Dairy Expo show demonstrates that farming is about more than milking

Megan Toman, Staff Writer October 14, 2015

The World Dairy Expo was held at the Alliant Energy Center from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. This year marks the forty-ninth anniversary. Each day from as early as 7 a.m. until as late as 7 p.m., many different...

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