College is a stressful time in life. The most obvious causes being pressures from feeling the need to succeed and the fear of failing, as well as the constant tensions of time management. One may struggle...

I must warn you: reading the following article may invoke irrevers- ible feelings of disappointment in your school system. If you take the time to visit the tab “My Academics” in your Madison Area...

Sometimes what we see going on in the world around us is so ridiculous and so absurd that we couldn’t make up the news even if we tried. For your comic relief, here are a few of the more outlandish,...

The two-month-old 99% or “occupy” movement has been described many ways in the national media – as a leaderless movement, as a social-networking movement, or as a loosely assembled protest lacking...

Goblin Valley State Park in Utah, the sliding rocks of Death Valley Park in CA, or the Moaning Cavern in CA. These may be places that are easily on our “to do list” when we are finished with college. But...

Over 4,400 soldiers were killed More than 100,000 Iraqis were killed as well in the Iraq war. Billions of dollars were lost. For what? There were no weapons of mass destruction and no connection with Al...

First appearing on U.S. coins in 1864, “In God We Trust” has been inscribed on our currency ever since. This was due to a large number of people who believed that the instability of that era was brought...

Madison is a melting pot for a wide variety of cultures. Not only are we salt and peppered by Americans from all over the nation, but we have a vast array of exchange students at Madison Area Technical...

Imagine you’re part of a family and due to circumstances in or out of your control, you end up on the streets. You only can stay in public shelter for about 90 days and then you have to go back to a...

In 2008, Obama was inaugurated with high approval ratings of 68 percent. He won the election with a solid 52 percent of the popular vote and with a resounding 68 percent of the electoral vote. He had inspired...

The world reached a mile marker. The earth’s population just surpassed seven billion people. It took roughly 50 years for the world’s population to double to where it is now. At the current rate, it...

The number of recommended vaccinations for a school-aged child has risen steadily over the last two decades, with even more being investigated currently for addition. To many doctors and physicians, that...