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Basketball

Men’s basketball wins first home game, falls in pair of conference games

Clarion Staff Report January 22, 2013

A challenging season for the Madison College men’s basketball team continued into the New Year. The team only won one game before the holiday break began, and has only won once since that time. The...

Jugglers

Madfest Juggling Festival

George Treviranus, Editor January 22, 2013

Various students, hobbyists and enthusiasts from around the country came to Redstein Gymnasium at Truax during the weekend of Jan. 18-20 to perform. There were many groups, such as Jest Jugglers, and several...

Changing the way you learn

Changing the way you learn

Ellen La Luzerne, Staff Writer December 4, 2012

Free online classes open to anyone interested in the topic being taught could be in Madison College’s future. A group from the college is looking into offering massive open online courses (MOOCs), but...

Christmas on the rocks

Christmas on the rocks

Evan Kingstad, Staff Writer December 4, 2012

“What do we want, Santas?” “Beer!” “When do we want it?” “Now!” This was the battle cry of a legion of hammered Clauses on Dec. 1 at Santacon 2012. No, it is not the Santa...

Race to the top: student skater shoots for the Olympics

Race to the top: student skater shoots for the Olympics

Sarah Weatherbee, Copy Editor December 4, 2012

Luke Tweddale put on a pair of speed skates for the first time in his life six years ago. Today he is a 2014 Olympic hopeful. He recalled stepping out onto the ice in secondhand, oversized skates. Then...

Homeless Illustration

Madison homeless deserve better

Evan Kingstad, Staff Writer December 4, 2012

Three weeks ago, Madison’s disgruntled homeless population propped up a tent village on East Washington Avenue, informally co-opting the Occupy movement. Police captains, and bureaucrats paraded in by...

Pretty Lights show

‘Pretty Lights’ captivates Madison audience

Ellie Dahlquist, Opinion Editor December 4, 2012

Pretty Lights is the vision of Derek Vincent Smith. He’s created a massive stage production that sets the scene for a full-on dance party. It’s a spectacular light show, complete with a 3D LED cityscape...

Courtney Spangler

Spangler is dedicated to her game

Fran Wiedenhoeft, Staff Writer December 4, 2012

Courtney Spangler’s day starts out like many Madison College students. She gets up, showers, brushes her teeth, eats breakfast, and gets ready for school. This is where the similarities end. Like most...

No waste, no problem

An eco-friendly way to reuse plastic water bottles

Ellie Dahlquist, Opinion Editor November 13, 2012

Water accounts for over 55 percent of the adult human body and is essential for performance of all bodily functions. I [Heart] Water, a collaborative campaign between the Student Activities Board...

Karen Johnson works with Graphic Design student Jamie Larsen on creating an animation using a Wacom Interactive Pen Display tablet on Nov. 8.

Instructors give animation and character design lesson

Robin Gee, Graphic Designer November 13, 2012

Working with both hands, Karen Johnson animates a design for Madison College’s Animation and Cartooning Program using Flash. With her left hand, she draws with a stylus on a Wacom tablet, while her...

Referees congregate near the Lego robot playing field.

BadgerBOTS presents seventh regional annual event

Shia Aaron Lloyd Fisher, Staff Writer November 13, 2012

BadgerBOTs Robotics Corporation celebrated their seventh regional annual First Lego League (FLL) tournament in the Madison College Truax gymnasium on Nov. 10. Attendance was great and excitement was greater. The...

Negligence of important social issues turning us into the system we tried to escape

Dwayne Bland, Staff Writer November 13, 2012

From the biblical tale of David and Goliath, to mythical heroes like Odysseus, throughout history, people have been taught to embrace the idea that brain will always win over brawn. Odysseus tricked the...

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