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Help provided for students in need during the holidays

Tessa Morhardt, Editor-in-chief October 16, 2019

Santa’s Wish List is back again this year. This program helps support students with children who are in financial need by helping provide Christmas gifts for their children. Those who want to sign up...

Off The Shelf

Off The Shelf

Mark Luetkehoelter, Librarian October 16, 2019

National Work and Family Month aims to improve work-life balance in a crazy-paced era that it is difficult to do so. Use either the subject phrases “work-life balance” or “work and family” in our...

On each Friday in October, you will see some Public Safety staff, in partnership with the Dean of Students office, wearing purple polo shirts in recognition of Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. Seen here are Deputy Director Joseph Steffen, center, and Madison College Public Safety dispatchers Sabra Ablakovic and Paul Collins wearing purple to bring awareness to this very serious issue. 

Public Safety

October 16, 2019

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we communicate our activities to the college community.  Here are some of the notable incidents from the past couple...

GSAFE serves LGBT community

Tara Olivia Martens, Staff Writer October 16, 2019

GSAFE, a local non-profit organization, presented a three-hour discourse entitled, “Best Practices for Serving the LGBT,” at Madison College on Oct. 3. Madison has been a city with a number of safe...

Natural Path Sanctuary is a green cemetery near Madison

Britni Petitt, Photo Editor October 16, 2019

When thinking of cemeteries, there’s many ideas that come to mind. Funerals, headstones, and scary movies to name a few. It’s likely you haven’t thought about their environmental impact. From the...

Virtual reality

Virtual reality

Andrew Kicmol, Editor Emeritus October 16, 2019

A virtual reality (VR) classroom is no longer just a cool idea, it’s something that Madison College students in the Digital Innovations class will be able to experience. Recently the college purchased...

Solar panels have been on the roof of the Truax Campus for a year.

Saving energy costs at Madison College

Christopher Bird, News Editor October 16, 2019

It has almost been a whole year since the solar panels on Madison Colleg’s Truax Campus building have begun producing energy, and a great deal of progress has been made in saving energy at the college. The...

Students visit tables at the Study Abroad Fair held at the Intercultural Exchange on Sept. 25.

Students explore many options at Study Abroad Fair

Anica Graney, Design Director October 3, 2019

Madison College’s study abroad fair held on Sept. 25 and showcased everything the program has to offer. The fair was a helpful resource for students wanting to explore study abroad options and check...

Students meet in the Truax Campus Gateway as part of the Programs and Activities Council’s first-ever Spreed Friending event

Speed friending event a fun way to meet others

Tessa Morhardt, Editor in Chief October 3, 2019

Jena Yanagihashi, student leader of the Programs and Activities Council (PAC), hosted a speed friending event in September. The goal for this event was to “make friends and for students not to be lonely.” With...

Students help to support Madison Reading Project

Emily Miles, Social Media Editor October 3, 2019

What do you do with the old childhood books that you don’t need anymore? Give them to your niece or nephew? Donate them to Goodwill? Heaven forbid you to throw them away. How about donating them to the...

Free legal clinic for students at Goodman South Campus

Britni Petitt, Photo Editor October 3, 2019

Many people don’t know where to turn when faced with legal issues, not to mention the monetary cost involved in legal proceedings. Lucky for Madison College, students and the surrounding community now...

Course examines faith in modern America

Grant Nelson, Staff Writer October 3, 2019

Have you ever been curious about how religion works in the modern-day United States, or what direction organized religion, as a whole, is moving, or how religion in a liberal consumer base impacts our...

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