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Consequences of transgender bathroom bills

Consequences of transgender bathroom bills

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor March 22, 2017

Thirty-one percent of transgender people report avoiding drinking or eating so that they do not need to use the restroom. According to a survey done by the National Center for Transgender Equity, additionally: ...

Madison College students wear protective gear as they help work on a home that was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Rebuilding homes: Madison College students spend break helping with construction in New Orleans

Regis Mizero, Staff Writer March 22, 2017

A group of Madison College students spent their spring break on a volunteer mission with the St. Bernard Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The...

Madison College’s Big Band heading to Germany

Madison College’s Big Band heading to Germany

Jamie Kember, Madison College Big Band Director March 22, 2017

The Madison College Big Band is hosting a meet and greet on Saturday, April 1 from 7:30 – 10 p.m. at the Mitby Theater. Anyone is welcome to attend the free event and enjoy complimentary drinks and dessert...

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,...

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...

Local chef Tory Miller offers advice and stories during ‘Chef Series’

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor March 1, 2017

Local celebrity chef and James Beard Award-winner Tory Miller spoke and did a cooking demo in front of about 50 people as part of the Madison College Center for Entrepreneurship’s “Chef Series” on...

Madison College women’s basketball player Rachel Slaney goes in for a basket against Milwaukee Area Technical College.

3 earn honors for women’s basketball

Clarion Staff Report March 1, 2017

After splitting with Joliet Junior College during the regular season, the sixth-ranked Madison College women’s basketball team knew it would be facing a challenge in the semifinals of the NJCAA Region...

Food is a Human Right: Cutting FoodShare benefits simply punishes people for being poor

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor March 1, 2017

If access to adequate food is a human right recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, why does Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker think it’s OK to restrict and deny this most basic of human...

A barber-cosmetology student trims a customers 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...

Madison College women’s basketball player Rachel Slaney goes in for a basket against Milwaukee Area Technical College.

New Top Scorer: Slaney is new all-time leading scorer for women’s basketball with 1,094 points

Clarion Staff Report February 15, 2017

Rachel Slaney became the new all-time leading scorer for the Madison College women’s basketball team during a 50-point victory over Wilbur Wright College on Feb. 8. Slaney entered the game needing...

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