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Ready to enjoy spring break

Ready to enjoy spring break

Declan Rafter, Staff Writer March 4, 2025

If you’re the kind of person who sleeps, eats and works through spring break each year, you might just be in the minority. Out of nine student interviewees, six said they would be travelling outside...

Oscars still not inclusive enough

Oscars still not inclusive enough

Ryan Stevens, Staff Writer March 4, 2025

Last issue I wrote about the Oscars and their shortcomings, specifically about their blind spots around what gets nominated and their spotty record in deciding what wins. An award ceremony being bad at...

Hand-picked press pool not good for democracy

Kelly Feng, Editor in Chief March 4, 2025

Last week, the White House announced that it “will determine” the news outlets that cover President Donald Trump, instead of rotating traditional ones, breaking more than a hundred years of tradition. The...

AI hyperscaling: Racing toward the peak

Balaji ‘Abi’ Abishek, Tech Writer March 4, 2025

It’s good to be back as a tech columnist for The Clarion after a two-month hiatus. This piece delves into what I’m calling the “hyperscaling” of artificial intelligence — a seismic shift where...

Local churches play role in helping marginalized people, shaping faith

Grant Nelson, Staff Writer March 4, 2025

Let us face it, this t has been a messed-up decade around the world. And even during it all people go about their lives clinging to family, friends, partners, escaping with DND, video games and social...

Protesters march down State Street in Madison on their way to the State Capitol on Feb. 25, protesting against Project 2025, the federal spending freeze and other actions of the administration.

Dispelling rumors surrounding the ‘federal funding freeze’

Mack Biester, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

On Monday, Jan. 27, a memo from the Executive Branch’s Office of Management and Budget called for an immediate pause to certain federal funding, which incited widespread concern and confusion. The memo...

A toast to Toastmasters International

A toast to Toastmasters International

Kristine Gallagher and Brent West February 12, 2025

For 100 years now, an organization that helps people improve their public speaking skills has existed. Clarion Staff Writers Brent West and Kristine Gallagher have not only been members of Toastmasters...

Use your lived experience to support others

Kristine Gallagher and Brent West February 12, 2025

Join the many Certified Peer Specialists in Wisconsin who make a difference every day. "Peer Specialists are an emerging, vital resource. Use your unique lived experience to support others seeking recovery...

Illustration highlight 2025 New Year Resolutions created with Canva.

New Year’s resolutions and keeping a dying tradition alive

Sara Bernabe, Managing Editor January 21, 2025

Out with the old and in with the new – 2025 is finally here! Celebrations continue to stretch on well into January’s first week. No one’s quite ready to stop the party, we’re having too much fun...

Reflections on my return to school

Reflections on my return to school

Brent West, Staff Writer January 21, 2025

In November of last year, I made the somewhat unexpected decision to return to school at Madison College. Following are some of my thoughts regarding this decision, in no particular order. First, I eagerly...

Understand history before supporting it

Sara Bernabe, Managing Editor January 21, 2025

We can all remember where we were when a sudden tragedy strikes. What we were wearing, who we were with, small details you’d forget if it was any other day are engraved in our memories whenever the anniversary...

Helping all year round illustration of hands reaching to the sky.

Help all year round

Sara Bernabe, Managing Editor December 4, 2024

When the trees change color and the weather turns cold, so begins the season of giving. Most celebrate this time of the year by adopting a more positive attitude. Sometimes, it’s a change as small as...

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