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The Clarion receives 5 awards at National Conference

The Clarion receives 5 awards at National Conference

Clarion Staff Report October 30, 2011

The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College’s student newspaper, received five national awards from the Associated Collegiate Press during the National College Media Convention held in Orlando, Fla.,...

Mentors provide support

Mentors provide support

Ryan Spoehr, Clarion Editor in Chief October 26, 2011

Providing a helping hand in the community is something that the Volunteer Center strives to accomplish. With its new Community Mentor Program, the group has the opportunity to do just that. “My own...

Divorce prompts instructor to write book

Ashley Salmon, Clarion News Editor October 26, 2011

After Clair Wiederholt’s divorce, he was unable to see his kids for many years. His ex-wife had been granted full custody of their children and was opposed to his presence in their lives. However, he...

Ghost walks

Ghost walks

Brittany Durst, Clarion Office Manager October 25, 2011

Halloween is right around the corner, and what better time to discover some of Madison’s haunted mysteries. With Madison Ghost Walks, experience an hour and 40 minute guided tour around downtown Madison....

Activists hope to expand Occupy Madison movement

Activists hope to expand Occupy Madison movement

Morgan Engels, Clarion Staff Writer October 25, 2011

Just as a single blog post inspired the Arab Spring uprisings from which the inspiration for it derives the same can be said for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. A series of demonstrations that...

GHC Open House

GHC Open House

Ryan Spoehr, Editor in Chief October 13, 2011

The Group Health Cooperative clinic on the Truax campus has been open since the end of August.  The campus celebrated the new partnership with the health group with an open house on Thursday, October...

Occupy Madison

Occupy Madison

Morgan Engels, Staff Writer October 13, 2011

With the Occupy Madison Movement now underway, the city becomes one of countless others across the nation with ongoing demonstrations that have roots going back to the Occupy Wall Street movement. A...

Chalk as a suicide prevention campaign

Chalk as a suicide prevention campaign

Heidi Adams, CLARION MANAGING EDITOR October 12, 2011

When Jennifer Dugan wrote her message of hope on the walkways of Drew University in 2005, she wasn’t trying to start a national movement. She was just trying to cope with a personal tragedy. But her...

Students OK fee increase to continue bus, shuttle services

Ashley Salmon, Clarion News Editor October 12, 2011

The bus referendum was passed resulting in students being charged $46 per semester starting in the summer of 2012. It will combine the parking lot fee with the current bus transportation fee to create...

Health Clinic Celebrates Open House

Health Clinic Celebrates Open House

Jason Cuevas, Clarion Staff Writer October 12, 2011

The school's health clinic on the corner of Anderson Street and Stoughton Rd. will host an open house on Oct. 13 from 1-7 p.m. All students are welcome to attend at the clinic trailer. Care at the clinic...

Ford works to bring hybrid and electric technology to America

Ford works to bring hybrid and electric technology to America

Branden Kerr, Clarion Media Editor October 12, 2011

On Sept. 29, Ford Motor Company representatives visited Madison Area Technical College on their “Power of Choice Tour.” Ford reps were on hand to give students and local residents a presentation and...

Phi Theta Kappa honor society celebrates adding 151 members

Phi Theta Kappa honor society celebrates adding 151 members

Sam Johnson, Clarion Staff Writer October 12, 2011

On Sept. 28, Phi Theta Kappa held its 2011 Fall Induction Ceremony into the Beta Beta Psi Chapter of the internationally acclaimed honor society at Madison Area Technical College's Truax campus. In total,...

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