Welcome students! Here’s a quick question: What do books, bulldozers and birthday cakes have in common?  If you said they’re all connected to Madison College —you win. The books represent...

As a student at Madison College, it has been a long, wild ride that has made me a better person because of it. But all good things come to an end at some point. Five years ago, I walked into Truax for...

Four years ago this September, I walked into the Madison College Culinary Department. Things were different back then: our logos were more abstract, the dining room did not have video feeds to the kitchen,...

Here it comes, that time of the year. The time of final exams, a time of reflection, and a time of farewells. It is now my time to bid adieu to the school that gave me so much. What a long and winding...

The journalism industry has been on unsteady legs for several years now. Since the broad-based publicizing of printing and news companies in the 1980’s, many newspapers haven’t been able to keep up...

Sometimes I wonder if students around me are aware that 226 million pounds of industrial toxins were dumped into our waterways in the year 2010 alone. I think about the 626,000 pounds (2010) of dumped...

As we enter a new political season, we are embarking on one of the most divisive eras this country has ever seen. This election year, I thought it would be interesting to interview both a Tea Party...

The past week, the Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of the Affordable Health Care Act, and it doesn’t look good. The Supreme Court is going to release their judgment in June, five months...

In Indonesia, we don’t have a potluck tradition where guests bring their own food and share. We usually invite people when there is a special event like a birthday or when you have a newborn baby. The...

On April 3, the chaos that has been the Republican primary season comes to Wisconsin. As voters go to the polls to determine the number of delegates awarded to each candidate, they really only have two...

A 10-year-old girl is shot dead as she runs into a neighbor’s house for help while her grandfather lay dying of a heart attack. A volunteer for the local food pantry distributing contribution bags surprises...

It is undeniable that massive problems come along with energy consumption. Although there are benefits that come from oil that are not obtainable elsewhere, it is rare that the other side of the coin in...