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Local non-profit group hopes to raise $25,000 for recovery support

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor November 25, 2015

The Walk-In Recovery Community Organization (WIRCO) is a nonprofit recovery community organization (RCO), established in 2010 as a community continuum of care for those living in post treatment recovery....

War is not a video game

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor November 25, 2015

Video game technology has made some amazing advances in recent decades. When I was 10 years-old, my mom got me my very first Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and with that, came the Nintendo NES Zapper,...

Feminists lead the quest for social equality

Kimberly L. Michal November 25, 2015

A new club on campus is arguing that men in U.S. society are not taken seriously enough. According to the Zen Men’s page on the Link the club promotes the male perspective with regard to relationships,...

Elections need workers, too

Stephanie Riedel, Staff Writer November 10, 2015

Civic duty is an important aspect of a democratic society. For many of us that duty starts and ends with voting, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, it shouldn’t. We should, by all means,...

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Recovery Corner – From gutter punk to columnist

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor November 10, 2015

As of June 7, 2015, I have been clean for six full years. The events leading up to the moment of waking up in a solitary jail cell, detoxing from drugs, and simply astounded and in all ways exhausted from...

Bacon in moderation, does not cause cancer

Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor November 10, 2015

“Bacon broke the Internet,” was the tweet of the day with a link to a Minneapolis radio station web page showing a bunch of tweets regarding the news that bacon could be a possible the cause of cancer....

Letter from the Student Senate – Parking at Truax

Amanda Love, Student Senate President November 10, 2015

A common concern that students have expressed to the Student Senate is that there is insufficient parking at the Truax Campus, and many have asked why we don’t have a multilevel parking ramp. For most...

Are we being too sensitive?

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor November 10, 2015

Free speech is but one of the key components of a democracy, and a right that Americans have been advocating for and fighting about for centuries. As a journalist, an American, and a free thinker, free...

Indigenous People's Day graphic

Indigenous People’s Day celebrates native culture

Stephanie Riedel, Staff Writer October 27, 2015

On the second floor of the Wisconsin Historical Museum, a giant photograph of a drawing hangs on the wall. A tall, blue crane leads three yellow martens, a brown bear, an orange man and a green fish along...

Forgiveness leads to acceptance

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor October 27, 2015

This week, I’d like to talk about forgiveness. What I think of as forgiveness probably differs from yours, because we’re different people. Some things can exist on common ground, and maybe that’s...

Social class mobility dismissed as a myth

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor October 27, 2015

In the New York Times article, “Shadowy Lines That Still Divide,” we are told of a progressive disparity between those who have much, those who have little, and that the gap between them is ever growing....

Madison College’s West Campus is set to close when its lease ends following the spring semester.

West students deserve easier access to classes

Clarion Editorial Board October 27, 2015

Barring unforeseen circumstances it appears Madison College will be closing the West Campus after the spring semester. Full details are still being worked out and more information will be presented to...

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