Senate seeks feedback at event

The Student Senate held a town hall meet on Feb. 14, its first at the Goodman South campus.

The Student Senate is the elected representative of all students at Madison College. It is the student government of the college, coordinating services for students, advocating for students and more.

Empowered by State Law (Wisconsin State Statute 38.145), the Senate is the students' leading voice and is primarily responsible for formulating and reviewing policies concerning student life and services.

Prompted by the Student Senate hosting a hybrid town hall last semester, where there were various concerns about the Goodman South campus, this town hall centered on receiving student feedback from those attending the Goodman South campus classes.

Using Post-it notes collected from the room, some of the comments included the types of clubs they'd like to see at

Internship Fair held at Truax

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Madison College Career and Employment Services held the Spring Internship Fair on Feb. 20-21. Student Support Advisor Jeff Close oversaw this event. There were many different businesses there, including Buckle, Children’s Theater of Madison and Madison Parks. Many different types of positions were offered and they were paid internships. If you want to know more about internships or how to spruce up your resume, you can contact Jeff Close by email at Close@ madisoncollege.edu or by phone at 608-616-3336.

Goodman South. They would appreciate seeing more identity and culture clubs, addiction clubs and anatomy and physiology labs.

The questions that solicited the most responses were what can students do at Truax that you wish you could do here? They offered a variety of comments, including human services, peer specialists, volunteer activities and leadership roles.

The students also want to see Goodman South promoting the Retention Initiatives and Student Engagement (RISE) programs. They would also appreciate a fitness center, a work area and more in-person tutoring.

Student Senate Advisor Ellie Rome was excited about the variety and amount of feedback they received, although not everybody was ready to offer an issue.

"After the town hall, Senators and Senate officers approached students in the cafeteria at Goodman South to ask if they had any concerns to share. Most students who they talked to did not have any concerns," said Rome.

This exciting certificate prepares students for a wide variety of stagehand jobs. These jobs could include being a roadie for your favorite music artist, working on the backstage crew for theatre productions, helping out at your local place of worship with the live stream or working below-theline for TV and film. The possibilities are endless! This program is extremely flexible and is led by Kristi Ross-Clausen, who has worked in the field for many years in many different jobs.

While these opportunities can have extremely flexible part-time hours working "on-call," there are also a variety of full-time positions available in the Madison area working for manufacturers, AV integrators and related businesses. The industry is open to everyone and is currently looking to expand its diversity by hiring more women and people of color.

To be admitted to the certificate, you must be admitted as a student at Madison College and be at least 18 years old due to the nature of the jobs and the time of day you may be required to work.

Students who choose this certificate will leave the program trained with a wide variety of skills and ready for entry-level work in many careers. There are many opportunities to gain experience in the field while in the program starting about midway through the first semester. The goal is for students to have hands-on experience both inside and outside of the classroom to learn the skills needed for success.

If this sounds interesting, email RossClausen. As she says, “I absolutely love what I do and you can too, so come talk with me if you’re interested. You'll never know what's possible for you unless you ask.”

Email Ross-Clausen at: krossclausen@ madisoncollege.edu.

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Staff

The increase has been in place to help sustain the cost of the fitness center with increased wages for student workers. It also takes into staff considerations, ensuring there is enough manpower during all hours.

Equipment

While the facility was upgraded and expanded, not all equipment was replaced, as the center still utilizes existing equipment. At some point in the future, it will need to be replaced.

Maintenance

Because the center needs more equipment, the staff has more to clean and maintain. As a result, the cost of preventative maintenance for all the

Quake

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According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the initial earthquake struck the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, roughly 150 miles away from the Turkey-Syria border, at 4:17 a.m. local time at a depth of about 11 miles.

The aftershock was expected following the large earthquake, but they were as powerful as the earthquake itself. The aftershocks occurred close to where the original earthquake happened and are due to the fault readjusting after the sudden slip.

People in Syria and Turkey barely overcame the sadness from the first earthquake when they subtend a new earthquake on the evening of Feb. 20. A 6.3-magnitude tremor hit Turkey’s southern Hatay province near the Syrian border.

Between desperation and hope, Gulsan did not give up; she found a way to help people who needed a miracle to survive.

Gulsan teamed up with the Madison Association of Turkish Students to support people in Turkey and Syria, “We collect new products. Blankets, clothes, toys and anything could help. And send equipment has increased.

“There’s a substantial cost with planning in the future, so we can continue to have functional equipment in the fitness center,” said Kegler, who’s now in his seventh year with the college. “The last thing we want is to have six out-of-order signs on machines when students come in. We want every- thing to be operational.”

Kegler said while they need to propose a new referendum for the purposes of the fitness center, it is a continuation of what has already been in place.

Recreation App

Anybody at the college can use the facility. Students require at least one-degree

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It’s important to Kegler and his staff to make everybody’s fitness journey accessible and easy. He’s excited about all the available resources, particularly the Madison College

The play starts with two old friends deciding to have a boy’s weekend to drown their sorrows of single-ness: Charles, whose third wife just left him, and Jack, who was recently broken up with.

When a college friend Betsy happens to be rolling through town promoting her new bestselling book, “Bad in Bed (A Fairy Tale),” they

Recreation app.

The app offers a QR code that scans at the front desk for students to use the facility. Through the app or their website, students can sign up and utilize the resources.

Also available on the college website, that app comes with many free resources to help people in their wellness journey, such as Headspace, a mindfulness and well-being app.

Headspace offers resources to help with sleeping, meditation or breathing through exercises. The app also provides resources such as video workouts for students who aren’t coming to campus.

“So students typically have their phones in their hands most of the time anyway, so we just lean into that and gave them access to it. So they have it right at their fingertips.” all decide to meet up. them to the Turkish Embassy in Chicago, and the Turkish Airline will ship everything to Turkey,” Gulsan said.

The staff welcomes students to tour the facility. They are available to encourage exercise newbies, where they will show available equipment and walk them through its uses. The fitness center is open Monday through Thursday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Betsy reveals a secret from their college days and Charles decides that it is the root of all of his relationship problems.

Written by Saari, the External Communications Director at Madison College, and directed by Allen Ebert, an Executive Director of Children’s Theatre of Madison, this play is full of much heartbreak and humor. Do not miss the opportunity to see this play being performed for the first time ever at the Bartell Theatre right here in Madison.

Thousands of people remain trapped under rubble and those who have survived struggle to meet their basic needs.

“Everyone must have something to offer; even sending thoughts and prayers would help,” Gulsan said.

The incident response team has been overwhelmed as thousands are injured, missing or dead. Thousands already need humanitarian assistance. The need to project several types of economic impacts from this earthquake, including the financial losses resulting from destroyed or severely damaged buildings and other structures and the economic losses due to disruption of the business interruption, loss of revenue and increases in expenses for the public sector, and losses of individual and household income because of injury, death or job interruption, the loss was colossal.

“Everything is gone... everything is gone; it’s a disaster. Even one dollar donation will make a difference,” Gulsan said.

Students and staff who wish to help are encouraged to donate to the Turkish Philanthropy Funds or Doctors Without Borders USA.

EDITOR: MARY SEGALL CLARIONOPINION@ MADISONCOLLEGE.EDU