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Commuter Fair shows transportation options

Ashley Salmon, Clarion News Editor September 14, 2011

Many students live too far to bike or walk to school since on-campus housing is not available. There are several opportunities for alternative transportation to get to school. The college even has methods...

Parents should save now for child’s future

Jacob Ennis, Clarion Copy Editor September 13, 2011

New students and returning students alike are in school with a better job in mind. Paying for college to a four-year university or even a two-year technical college may be difficult. Some students make...

Parking during a period of construction

Parking during a period of construction

Ashley Salmon, Clarion Staff Writer August 29, 2011

The beginning of a school year is always hectic. But with construction preparations underway in the Truax campus parking lots, Public Safety chief Jim Bottoni expects things to be a little busier than...

Student experienced record-setting Joplin tornado

Ryan Spoehr, Clarion Editor in Chief August 29, 2011

On May 22, one of the deadliest tornados in U.S. history struck a community in southwestern Missouri, killing 160 people. That community was Joplin, Mo. New Student Senate President, Jennifer Johnson,...

Madison College instructor in Norway during terror attacks

Ryan Spoehr, Clarion Editor in Chief August 29, 2011

Comparing the magnitudes of the crimes committed on Sept. 11, 2001 and the tragedy in Norway on July 22 earlier this year is just about impossible. However, the feelings and the reactions are quite comparable....

Honoring with service

Honoring with service

Ashley Salmon, Clarion Staff Writer August 29, 2011

Many students attending Madison College are too young to remember much about the Sept. 11 attacks. Hannah Storck, the student director of the Madison College Volunteer Center, recalls what she felt that...

More funding needed to continue college's student bus pass program

More funding needed to continue college’s student bus pass program

Alan Irish, Clarion Staff Writer August 29, 2011

Facing high gas prices and a troubled economy, more and more students have turned to using their student bus pass as an affordable way to get around Madison, but that bus pass might not exist for much...

Healthcare service now available at Truax

Ryan Spoehr, Clarion Editor in Chief August 29, 2011

After months of delay, the Truax campus is offering free healthcare on campus. There is now a health clinic that has been built adjacent to the vet tech area near the corner of Anderson and Stoughton road. “We’re...

Honor society promotes completion pledge signing

Carl Peterson, Clarion Staff Writer August 29, 2011

Statistics show the surest way for anyone to land a job in their chosen field is to finish college and earn a degree or certificate. That's exactly what students at Madison Area Technical College are...

Public Safety

Sergeant Joe Steffen, Crime Prevention Team Leader August 29, 2011

Madison College Public Safety Department responds to many calls for service.  However we would like to keep the college community informed. Here are some of the notable incidents this month. On May...

Libraries work to help students succeed

Julie Gores, Library Director August 29, 2011

As the College heads towards its centennial year it gives us a chance to reflect on the past, appreciate the present and look to the future. Looking through old College pictures, documents and newsletters...

Off the Shelf: Promises you can keep in the New York

Virginia Bryan, Library staff July 12, 2011

The start of a new year is traditionally a time for resolutions. Each year we promise ourselves that this is the year we’ll exercise more, drink less, eat the recommended five servings of fruits and...

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