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Atlas Improv Sign

Atlas Improv – a different show every night

Brighid Monahan, Staff writer September 29, 2015

Teacher and outreach director by day and comedic genius by night, Josh Johnson and Ben Taylor, both members of Atlas Improv, took off their proverbial suit and glasses for a comedy show of superhero status....

Arianna Viscarra

Viscarra has big goals

Ana Bon, Staff Writer September 29, 2015

Madison College has many students who fight each day for a better future. Students with arduous tasks like jobs, extra-curricular activities and schooling. Arianna Viscarra is one of them. You...

Alfredo Ramirez-Pinho (center) kicks the ball downfield during the September 4th win against Rock Valley College.

Paraguayan-born player Ramirez-Pinho helps lead the WolfPack men’s soccer team

Ana Bon, Staff Writer September 16, 2015

Alfredo Ramirez-Pinho is a mid-fielder and known to others on the Madison College men’s soccer team as being tough as nails. Yet, he has a soft side, even admitting that his favorite movie is Disney’s...

Crowd at the Taste of Madison

Taste of Madison offered visitors range of tasty, affordable options

Mouna Algahaithi, News Editor September 16, 2015

Whether it was Venezuelan sweet plantains and roasted garlic empanadas or deep-fried cookie dough, the selection at Taste of Madison was far from average. Madison hosted its 33rd annual end-of-summer food...

Reaching out can save lives

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor September 16, 2015

The world is a beautiful place, full of love, with many wondrous and exciting adventures awaiting our discovery, but some of us will never learn this fact. There is an alarming number of people who suffer...

Skateborder doing a trick at the new Goodman Skatepark

New skatepark provides epic changes for Madison skaters

Jolie Vale, Sports Editor September 15, 2015

Pat Hasburgh and the Madison Skatepark Fund have spent 14 years trying to bring a world-class skatepark to the downtown. The group has persevered through funding struggles and other challenges to create...

The team celebrates a point during the 2015 Volleyball Alumni match

Volleyball team eyes third title

Josh Zytkiewicz, Managing Editor August 25, 2015

The WolfPack volleyball team begins its season attempting to do what no team has ever done in the history of NJCAA Division III volleyball – win three national championships in a row. After an impressive...

Bone Dance costume drawings

‘Bone Dance’ creative costumes will bring multi-cultural ghost stories to life

Seely Umlaut, Staff Writer August 25, 2015

This Halloween, the sights of ghosts and the sounds of traditional storytelling and folk music will be filling the halls of the Truax campus, as Madison College Performing Arts brings the original musical...

Mick Mathy

Back to school after 30 years

MJ Mathy, Staff Writer August 25, 2015

I really did it this time. Not only did I decide to return to school after a 30 year hiatus, but I have signed on to write for the school newspaper having never worked in the field of journalism. Add...

The Anderson Street entrance and parking lot will be closed while construction continues for the next two years.

Construction Underway

Mike Alexander, Copy Editor August 25, 2015

As the 2015-16 semester begins, returning students to the Madison College Truax campus will find a few of the old hangouts and hotspots are going through renovations. The first thing they will notice...

Dr. Carolyn Stoner, chairwoman for the Madison College district board, expresses her gratitude for a $6 million donation from the Goodman Foundation to construct a new softball and soccer facility at Madison College.

Donation to build new Goodman Sports Complex

Marisa Comeau-Kerege, News Editor June 3, 2015

New softball and soccer fields will be coming to Madison College within the next two years thanks to Bob Goodman’s love of softball and a generous $6 million gift from the Goodman Foundation. In a...

Students work out in the Madison College Fitness Center on the Truax campus on May 4. The center will be closed through August as it undergoes a second phase of renovations to make the space more safe, user-friendly and efficient.

Next step for the college’s fitness center

Marisa Comeau-Kerege, News Editor May 11, 2015

With finals approaching, stress levels reaching record highs and thoughts of summer plans begin, many are hitting the gym to relieve stress and anxiety or to work on getting ready for swimsuit season. However,...

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