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Affirmative Action needed to overcome disadvantages

Lucy Smith, Managing Editor September 13, 2017

When students apply to college the factors colleges look at are not inherently equal. Many of these factors like SAT and ACT test scores can be figuratively bought. This leaves students from low-income...

Arr, Matey! Talk Like a Pirate Day

Stephen Fabal, Multi Media Editor September 13, 2017

Avast, me hearties! Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming! It sometimes seems like we are surrounded by stress and negativity. That’s why sometimes it’s important to do something fun and, yes, silly....

Nightmare for DREAMers: Trump administration ends Obama program that offered protection for young undocumented immigrants

Brandon Amato, Opinion Editor September 13, 2017

The fear and betrayal are the things that my mind kept running back to throughout the week as I tried to wrap my head around the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) news. You may have seen something...

Passing the test of anxiety

Matt Withers, Arts Editor September 13, 2017

Anxiety is a sickness that many people experience in their lives. Unfortunately, not all anxiety is created equal. Sometimes anxiety can be crippling. Walking into a new classroom with people you’ve...

Adrienne Oliva will serve as the editor in chief of The Clarion during the 2017-18 school year. The Clarion welcomes all student writers, photographers and artists.

The love-hate relationship that led me to The Clarion

Adrienne Oliva, Editor in Chief August 28, 2017

When I began at Madison College, I hated writing so much that I wrote my first academic paper about it in my English 1 course. The paper included detailed reasons of why I hated writing, how I developed...

Take a stand against hate

Clarion Staff Editorial August 28, 2017

To those who are being freshly exposed to The Clarion this semester, and those whom have returned as readers – the “Editorial” section of our newspaper, by definition, is meant to represent the holistic...

No easy solutions when dealing with North Korea

Anne N. Price, Staff Writer August 28, 2017

The actions of President Donald J. Trump are being debated again. Usually, I am all for the protest of Trump and dismantling of his administration’s agenda, but when it comes to North Korea, the situation...

All soldiers deserve support

Brandon Amato, Opinion Editor August 28, 2017

Imagine you’re a soldier in southwest Afghanistan. You’re six months into your third deployment in the conflict-torn country. As bombs go off intermittently in the distance, all you can think about...

Look up from your phone once in a while

Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor May 2, 2017

How often do you look at your phone? Do you feel like you always need your phone close by? You are not alone. A lot of us feel a need to a pull out our phones. Even though you may not have any notifications...

Little Donnie

“Little Donnie”

Mark Edwards, Artist May 2, 2017

That’s way too much, especially when 1 in 8 families go hungry

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor May 2, 2017

Forty percent of food produced in the United States never gets eaten, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). At a time when one in eight families struggles to put food on the table, this...

‘Survivor’ outing was an act of violence

Adrienne Oliva, Staff Writer May 2, 2017

“Survivor,” one of America’s longest running reality TV shows, recently featured an act of violence that disturbed many viewers. Jeff Varner outed his fellow cast mate Zeke Smith as a transgender...

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