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Students create in Metal Fabrication Lab

Students create in Metal Fabrication Lab

Lucy Smith, Staff Writer March 22, 2017

The metal fabrication program at Madison College teaches students how to turn raw materials into a completed product through forming, machining, welding and computer controlled navigation of a cutting...

Station 8, the one nearest Madison College, has a logo proclaiming the station “The Beast of the East,”

City fire station logos blaze their own way

Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor March 22, 2017

All but two Madison Fire Department stations have individualized logos that reflect their neighborhood and community history. Cynthia Schuster, the Public Information Officer for the Madison Fire Department,...

Student Senate Candidate Profiles

March 1, 2017

There are 24 Madison College students on the ballot for Student Senate and one candidate for Senate President. Elections will be held online beginning March 2 and running through March 7. These profiles ...

Members of the Madison College Business Professionals of America Club show the awards they won.

Business Professionals of America bound for nationals

Zach Mueth, Staff Writer March 1, 2017

The Business Professionals of America (BPA) have brought home an impressive display of trophies from the State Leadership Conference this year. The three-day conference ended in wild success for the...

Finding pets their forever homes

Jessica Deegan, Staff Writer March 1, 2017

Is work and school stressing you out? Do you find yourself in a gloomy mood with no energy? Well, come to the next Pet Adoption Open House event at Madison College’s Truax campus and find yourself a...

Avoid costly parking citations

Zach Mueth, Staff Writer March 1, 2017

Student drivers at the Madison College Truax Campus experience a stressful rat-race for parking during peak hours. Many resort to parking alongside the curbs and grass throughout the main parking lots. “When...

Public Safety Officer Luke Adler, right, receives an award from Chief Jim Bottoni.

Public Safety

March 1, 2017

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 Feb....

Off The Shelf: A good book – the perfect vacation companion

Off The Shelf: A good book – the perfect vacation companion

Kris Glodoski Wolf, Librarian March 1, 2017

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ~ Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! It’s finally here: the...

China Miller helps a student at the after school Level Up Homework Club.

Madison College student China Miller starts homework club

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor March 1, 2017

In a community room at the Fitchburg Fire House, a dozen kids talk excitedly, work on writing compositions, draw colorful posters, and eat fruit snacks and animal crackers. In the midst of the excitement,...

Members of the Volunteer Center pose with their Action Program of the Year Award.

Service Learning Academy wins action award

Jessica Pokrandt, Staff Writer March 1, 2017

On Feb. 15, the six board members of the Volunteer Center set off to St. Louis for the 2017 IMPACT National Conference, the largest national gathering of student leaders and faculty of programs such as...

Work from students in the college's graphic design program, like this road trip calendar, was available for sale in the Truax Gallery's Printer Wonderland sale.

Holiday-themed sale made gallery a true ‘Wonderland’

Alexandra Christensen, Artistic Director February 15, 2017

Printer Wonderland, a winter pop-up sale, made its debut at the Truax Gallery just before winter break. Paper snowflakes and Christmas lights hung from the ceiling while paper trees, colorful posters,...

A barber-cosmetology student trims a customer's hair in the new TruStyle Salon at the Madison College Truax campus.

New TruStyle salon opens at Truax campus

Sedgwick Smith Jr., Managing Editor February 15, 2017

Madison College’s barber-cosmetology program has a new home in the recently renovated space at the Truax Campus in room B1208L. The program’s TruStyle Salon had its grand opening on Valentine’s Day. The...

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