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Alex Kaiser speaks at Madison College’s commencement ceremony in December.
Commencement speaker thanks students and staff for his success
A youth group performs at the annual Hmong New Year Celebration on Dec. 7 at the Truax Campus.
Hmong New Year Celebration
Balaji “Abi” Abishek answers questions during his honors presentation in December.
Presentations mark Honors Program’s 10th year
Madison College Public Safety Logo
Several services are available to help you stay safe in winter
Illustration highlight 2025 New Year Resolutions created with Canva.
New Year’s resolutions and keeping a dying tradition alive
Reflections on my return to school
Reflections on my return to school
Understand history before supporting it
Helping all year round illustration of hands reaching to the sky.
Help all year round
Madison Eagles #623 hosts a Friday night fish fry at 2109 Bartillon Drive, less than a mile from Madison College.
Organization gives back with Friday fish fries
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande use a mirror during the song “Popular” in "Wicked." (Universal Pictures / Zuma Press / TNS)
‘Wicked’ artfully speaks to the outsider in all of us
Participants line up for a re-enactment event organized by The Woodlands in the fall. A historical fencing club is being organized at Madison College by Joan Keizer. Photo by Jack Liska-Verdu.
Student hopes to start Historical Fencing Club
‘Maxxxine’ provides a bloody end to a great trilogy
The Madison College Esports Team won its third-straight NJCAAE Valorant national title this past fall semester.
Esports team earns another national title, its 3rd straight
Madison College’s Aubrie Maass (12) inbounds the ball against Harry S. Truman College on Jan. 4. The WolfPack posted a 96-54 victory.
WolfPack women’s basketball team now at 6-9 after 3 straight losses
Madison College’s Amir Ford, center, soars to the basket in a 79-72 loss against Ellsworth Community College on Jan. 4. Photo by Hunter Radke.
Rebounding from tough loss
Camilla Hauser (24) is about to pivot and swing around her opponent during a home game on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.
WolfPack women’s basketball on a 3-game winning streak
Students work on a mural outside the blocked off Student Services area that is under construction through August 2025.
Remodeling project starts
Madison College student Iman Alrashid and her family fled Syria in 2012, seeking refuge from the dangers there.
Student reflects on hardship but promise in Syria
Madison College Cupboard Food Pantry Logo.
Cupboard Student Food Pantries
Artist rendering of the new child care center being built at the Goodman South Campus. Provided to The Clarion.
Work begins this month on Goodman South Child Care Center
Jovhany Michaud walking out of his polling place on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
Voting lessons from an immigrant
Kodiak Koessl presents the Top 5 Stories from the Clarion video.
Top 5 stories from the Oct. 23, 2024 issue of The Clarion
The Madison College volleyball team celebrates sophomore night on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.
Madison College volleyball sophomore night photos
Top 5 Stories from the Sept. 25, 2024, issue
Top 5 Stories from the Sept. 25, 2024, issue
Vet Tech adopt a pet poster
Mascotas del Programa de Veterinaria listas para ser adoptadas
A new rapid transit bus for Madison Metro.
Las líneas del autobús ‘Rapid Transit’ ya están en funcionamiento
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Public Safety officer Joseph Steffan on his rounds of the Truax campus wearing a taser on his left hip.

Taser resolution passed by board

Daniel Herron, Multimedia Editor • January 22, 2014

The resolution for allowing full-time Public Safety at the college to carry Tasers was passed this month and full-timers started to carry them on campus prior to the first day of classes. The resolution...

Tasers could help ensure safety of first responders, others

Jacob Ennis, Managing Editor • December 11, 2013

When the police show up after someone has broken into your home, you would expect them to show up carrying a firearm. When you are running from a mugger and see a police officer, you’re going to want...

Arguments against arming Public Safety officers with tasers

Colin Bowden, Staff writer • December 11, 2013

Safety. We use that word so loosely at times it can seem to mean everything and nothing at once. It can mean peace and war, noise and silence, weapons and the lack thereof. Such times call for moral and...

Public Safety Director Jim Bottoni holds the type of taser he would like officers to carry.

Public Safety to propose arming officers with Tasers

Ryan Spoehr, News Editor • December 11, 2013

At the Madison College District Board meeting later tonight (Dec. 11), Public Safety will give a presentation on the potential deployment of Tasers to full-time officers. Public Safety is proposing...

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