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Student Jolie Lippit wants to create a safe space at Madison College for people who are affected by domestic abuse

Providing support for abuse victims

Mary Joan Nastri, Staff Writer October 4, 2016

Jolie Lippitt is a student on a mission. She wants to create a space at Madison College and beyond for people who are affected by domestic abuse. Because any kind of abuse is shrouded in secrecy, shame,...

Scahill presentation available online

Josh Zytkiewicz, Broadcast General Manager September 22, 2016

Want to learn about the cost of textbooks, Performing Arts Leadership, or the WolfPack Volleyball team? Then you should be watching “The Clarion” YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheClarionMC). This...

Supreme Court Justice implores students to fight for fairness

Mouna Algahaithi, Managing Editor September 21, 2016

Over 1,500 audience members watched in curiosity as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stood up on stage of Wisconsin Union Theater with a large smile on her face, warned the...

Alex Hipler is the Madison College student senate president.

Hipler joined Student Senate to help amplify student concerns

Stephanie Riedel, News Editor September 21, 2016

“Integrity, respect and communication” are what being Student Senate President means to Alex Hipler. Born and raised in Madison, Hipler is a proud transfer student of Madison College because of...

Madison College Library Director Julie Gores gives members of the Student Activities Board a tour of “The Creator Studio.”

Library’s ‘Creator Studio’ to open in early October

Julie Gores, Library Director September 21, 2016

The Library will be opening up a new kind of space for students in early Oct. at the Truax campus.  The Creator Studio will be a student-centric, flexible space that will allow participants to learn and...

Students and officers push a stalled vehicle out of the flooded roadway on Sept. 7.

Public Safety Sept 21 2016

Sgt Joe Steffen September 21, 2016

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 the past couple weeks. On Sept. 7,...

Program opens access to education

Mouna Algahaithi, Managing Editor September 21, 2016

Madison College is taking even further steps towards their mission of providing “open access to quality higher education that fosters lifelong learning and success” within the community by the launch...

Music festival a showcase of cultures

Carrie J. Puckette, Staff Writer September 21, 2016

I made it to the Madison World Music Festival at 3:30 p.m., just in time to see the dismantling of the Tibetan Buddhist Mandala, which had been worked on with excruciating detail of the last few days. The...

Face painting was one of the activities at the United Common Ground’s Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta on Sept. 15.

Fiesta sponsored by UCG marks Hispanic Heritage

Brighid Monahan, Arts and Culture Editor September 21, 2016

On Sept. 15, over 75 families and friends of the Madison College’s Hispanic community came to the Truax campus to celebrate heritage month in a-four hour long fiesta filled with games, dancing and a...

Community holds clothing drive for the people of Syria

Mouna Algahaithi, Managing Editor September 21, 2016

The Madison community is organizing an emergency winter clothing drive for the Syrian people. Three local mosques are partnering with the Rahma Relief Foundation. The final date to donate items is September...

Long Shadow by David Giffey is on dispay through Sept. 30. Giffey will be at the artists reception on Sept. 22 from noon to 2 p.m.

Horror of war captured in art

Ana Bon, Art Director September 21, 2016

Paintings about remembrances of the Vietnam War currently hang on the walls of Gallery 211 at Madison College’s downtown campus. David Giffey, peace activist and war veteran, has found his “Long...

Frugal students can save with variety of discounts

Frugal students can save with variety of discounts

Elliott Puckette, Editor in Chief September 6, 2016

You have your OneCard. Hooray! Because of your student ID you are entitled to all kinds of discounts that might make the cost of textbooks smart a little less. Here are my top ten discounts. 1. Food The...

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