The Clarion issue 4-5-23

Community therapy for students

PAIGE SHAPIRO Staff Writer

The therapy group program is a general group, so any student is welcome to join. It is a group session that occurs at least once a week between students who want support and who are experiencing challenges throughout the semester—in and outside of school. As well as providing a community for students to feel a part of.

For now, the group is to meet in online video sessions, but if enough students join, they can eventually be made in-person. The time of the group is yet to be determined; the students who join will decide on the time and day that is most suitable for everyone. To join, contact Claudia Marte by email.

According to Claudia Marte, the lead counselor in charge of the therapy group program, the goal is to make students feel that they are part of a community. Marte states that she hears many students feel like they are alone or isolated, or that students only feel like they go to the college for just classes and they do not feel like they are a part of something. The group allows students to come to the group once a week to get support from peers.

“Seeing the history of me working in groups in various settings, you could reach a broader base individually -- one-on-one. But if you have five, 10 students in a group, you’re reaching a broader community,” Marte said.

Marte, a clinician and licensed counselor, was taught in graduate school that one of the key evidence-based research shows the effectiveness of group therapy in terms

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Private study spaces

Copy Editor

Madison College has introduced an innovative solution to provide students and faculty with a space for relaxation and privacy – glass cubicles located in some college hallways.

These cubicles can serve as a serene retreat to unwind, a productive environment to focus on studies or a secluded spot to escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

For the past 23 years, Ally Adams, a facilities designer at Madison College, has been dedicated to creating a comfortable and welcoming student environment. Her passion for enhancing students' campus experiences has always been her top priority. From

day one, she has worked tirelessly to ensure that the campus feels like a second home to students.

"My goal is to create a comfortable and inviting atmosphere at Madison College, with various specially designed corners that will make students feel at home," Adams said.

"It's a team effort," Adams added.

The decision to acquire and employ these units was a collaborative effort inspired by the concept of crafting multi-functional spaces by using adaptable furniture instead of constructing more costly traditional rooms. It is a very creative, smart idea that saves money on the long term.

However, these units come at a considerable cost. But the expense is justifiable when students require a private

space.

Single pod units are around $8,000 and larger pod units for multiple individuals are around $25,000, depending on the interior features and furniture, Adams said.

But prior to making any purchases, Adams and her team provided several sample units from various manufacturers for students, staff and faculty to test out on campus. This was to ensure that the units would indeed be useful and helpful for the intended users.

To ensure the effectiveness of the cubicles, every unit is equipped with a machine-readable QR code that enables users to provide information regarding their status as either a student or

DEXTER CRUSE

Staff Writer Madison College begins the transition to virtual OneCards. Starting in spring 2023, all Madison College students will be able to access a virtual OneCard, which will be an alternate option to the old plastic OneCards. The new virtual OneCards are brought in with the hopes

of convenience.

“The more we looked into it, it seemed like something that would be very simple for students. They might not always have their ID, but they always have their phone,” said Renee Alfano, Student Life Director. It is anticipated that the virtual OneCards will help with busy lines at the beginning of new semesters.

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New private study spaces have been installed in a few locations at the Madison College Truax Campus.

THE STUDENT VOICE OF MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE 2022-2023

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OFFTHESHELF

By Jennifer Graham, Librarian

Earth Day has a Wisconsin connection

It’s springtime! Every year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated across the United States.

You have likely heard of Earth Day and may have even taken part in activities aimed at cleaning up or protecting our environment. But did you know that Earth Day has a close Wisconsin connection?

Earth Day began more than 50 years ago in 1970 when Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator from Wisconsin and former Wisconsin Governor, conceived of the event. He thought a grassroots effort could bring awareness about environmental issues to citizens and politicians alike.

The world in 1970 was a much more polluted place. At that time, there were no laws to stop corporations or others from polluting the environment. Garbage was piling up everywhere, industrial waste was dumped in rivers and lakes and dangerous pesticides were sprayed across food crops. Many people were concerned about the way humans were treating our

valuable natural resources. Something clearly needed to be done to reverse the damage we inflicted on the planet.

According to Gaylord Nelson, the National TeachIn on the Crisis of the Environment (an early name for the event) was expected to mobilize American youth in a huge effort to stop ongoing pollution and destruction of the environment. Millions of school children, college students and others took to the streets, organized events and protested to bring the issue to the forefront of our government’s attention which worked. After the Earth Day demonstrations and out of the efforts of many, the government established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Clean Air Act by the end of 1970.

Gaylord Nelson was born in Clear Lake, Wisconsin in 1916. After graduating from college and fighting in World War II, he returned to his home state to practice law and began his political career.

Gaylord Nelson served as Wisconsin’s governor from 1958 until 1962 when he was elected as a United States Senator. He remained in his Senate seat until 1980 when he was defeated by another.

Gaylord Nelson was an avid champion for the environment and helped enact several laws protecting our natural resources while in office. In addition to starting Earth Day, he contributed to the establishment of the

Section of Anderson Street to be closed starting April 10

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REMEMBERING

Adam Lee Suby, 1987-2009

Philip Ejercito, 1981-2013

The City of Madison will be closing a portion of Anderson Street along the Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus for bus rapid transit construction.

Anderson Street will close April 10 to allow for construction of two bus rapid transit stations.

A station will be constructed on each side of Anderson Street near Wright Street. The April 10 start date will ensure both new stations are

complete before the start of the fall semester. Students should use Hoffman Street as an alternative during the closure.

Message boards and signage will be placed by the city on U.S. Highway 51, Anderson Street, Kinsman and Hoffman Street directing vehicles through alternate routes. Anderson Street will remain open to the Foundation Centre parking lot and the parking lot adjacent to the café and administration building.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, the preservation of the Appalachian Trail, the incorporation of the St. Croix, Namekagon and Wolf rivers into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the development of the Environmental Education Act and aided in the passage of the Menominee Restoration Act and the establishment of the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission.

Gaylord Nelson’s efforts laid the groundwork for many protections yet there is still major and wide-reaching concern over the state of the environment. Want to learn more about Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson or what can you do to help protect the environment?

Check out these resources at the library:

“Earth Day and the Global Environmental Movement: Standing Up for Earth,” by Christy Peterson.

“The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson,” by Bill Christofferson.

“Taking Action to Help the Environment,” by Eric Braun.

PUBLICSAFETY

By Sgt. Lucas Adler

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Public Safety wants the college community to know that we are here to support anyone who is a survivor of sexual assault and make you aware of resources available to you. As always, you can contact the Public Safety Department to report a sexual assault by stopping by our office or calling our emergency number at 608-2452222. If you would like to speak with a Madison College counselor, you can call 608-246-6060.

A good resource in the Madison area is the Rape Crisis Center (RCC). RCC can be reached by calling 608-251-7273. You can also find more information at their website, www.thercc.org.

If you are a survivor of sexual assault, you are not alone and Madison College is here to support you. Public Safety has Officers available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can reach us anytime by calling 608-245-2222. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at lfadler@ madisoncollege.edu.

WolfPack Alert

Have you signed up for WolfPack Alerts from Madison College? These alerts notify you of school cancellations or about emergencies on or near campus. If not, please do so on our webpage. Registration is free, easy and takes about a minute on your mobile device. In addition to our Facebook page, we have a Twitter account! Be sure to follow @ PublicSafetyMC to stay informed of what’s happening on your campus.

This illustration shows the section of Anderson Street that will be closed for construction of two bus rapid transit shelters. The closing will start on April 10 and is scheduled to end prior to the start of the fall semester.

The section of Anderson Street that is shaded in red above will be closed starting on April 10

Honor society adds

124 new members

CLARION STAFF REPORT

Madison College’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society celebrated the induction of 124 new student members during a ceremony on March 30 in Mitby Theater. The chapter also recognized 21 staff and faculty members with its Golden Apple Award.

Chapter President

Leonardo Reyes Ponce led the induction ceremony, which featured guest speaker Madison College President Dr. Jack Daniels, III. In addition, retiring Provost Dr. Turina Bakken was awarded an honorary membership into the honor society.

Newly inducted student members were:

Rawan Al Bahadli

Kennedy Anderson

Leah Anganile

Kailyn Angelo

Jesseca Babecky

Camila Becerril-Gutierrez

Darin Beck

Hunter Brinkmeier

Jax Bryant

Lai’Kita Buie

Yvonne Butterfield

Ebrima Camara

Mackenzie Carstens

Nicholas Castellanos

Hawa Ceesay

Lin Chung

Tessara Clark

Dawn Corda

Sai Akanksha Denduluri

Meghan Despain

Jordin Elzen

Xavier Encarnacion

Rebekah Erkkila

Samara Estrada

Caitlyn Foster Colton Godfriaux

Tyra Gustavson

Kimberly Hankel

Carl Harris

Gloria Harris

Jessica Hartwick

Olivia Hathaway

Alex Hayes

Leyna Hegge

Matthew Heggeland

Alec Heikkinen

Danny Her

Fatima Hernandez

Melissa Herritz

Lauren Hjelsand

Gordon Hodges

Shanna Horne

Esther Hunt

Zakariah Idrissi

Ava Johnson

Cale Kappes

Chad Karolczak

Jason Kasperski

Joshua Kehren

Anna Kessler

Kai Krych

Elizabeth Lahaie

Kalam Law

Alvin Lee

Cher Lee

Magdalena Lloyd-Mead

Krystal Lonsdale

Priyanka Lucey

Sonia Lucey

Nuria Marengo

Miles Martinez

Klaire McCann

Leala McDowell

Johnny McGrath

Armando Mendoza Viveros

Jane Mileham

Mohamed Mohamed

Tobu Mone

Samantha Moreno

Lydia Moua

Declan Musser

Gray Mwangi

Manasvi Nalluri

Sara Neary

Claire Neblett

Mathena Neely

Christine Negovani

Chelsea Nelson

Dora Neppl

An Nguyen

Barkwende Nikiema

Michael Onabule

John Parsons

Akshat Patel

Nickolas Patino

Connor Pecard

Maria Pham

Carrie Poster

Yahneil Randhawa

Darius Reddersen

Thin-Thin Rodgers

Estella Rogers

Erin Rolling

Michael Rozier

Eva Salas

Emily Schlender

Cooper Shaw

Miller Solome

Tyler Sommers

Aaron Sowieja

Elizabeth Stanek

Abigail Stern

Elena Studier

Joseph Susalla

Josey Swift

Narges Tavakolibina

Patricio Tinoco

Zoe Toltzien

Lauren Tonn

Anh Trinh

Karen Ugwu

Alex Valand

Chanya Vandall

Eva Vang

Karen Veenhof

Luna Velazquez-Valdes

Ami Veliz

Darin Wellons

Alaina White

Lucille Wineberg

Christopher Yunck

Evelyn Zadzilka

Golden Apple award recipients were:

Theresa Laws-Dahl, accounting instructor

Simon Allard, biology instructor

Jason Razdik, biology instructor

Gina Piscitelli, biology

instructor

Lynn Baldwin, business instructor

Ellie Rome, Student Life advisor

Scarlet Martino, Student Life coordinator

James Reichling, Early College Programs instructor

Debby Ford, psychology instructor

Lisa Bach, veterinary technician instructor

Sheri Parker, mathematics instructor

Natasha Harrell, academic support partner

Ryan Doering, physical sciences instructor

James Magruder, English instructor

Brian Ashland, English instructor

Karla Kwapil, nursing instructor

Christine Cina, history instructor

Brandy Richer, RISE success coach

Sara Bugni, RISE advisor

Business Professionals of America advances to nationals

MACKENZIE CARSTENS Contributor

Every year the Business Professionals of America (BPA) Club competes in the State Leadership Conference.

This year, the conference was held virtually. Students took exams Feb. 13-20 online, and on Feb. 23 students took part in judged events or events that were presented live.

Students competed in the areas of

business, computer sciences, technology, healthcare and leadership. If students placed high enough at the State Leadership Conference, they advanced on to the National Leadership Conference.

Business Professionals of America had 14 students competing in 26 individual events and two team events.

Members had 17 first-place finishes, six second-place finishes, eight third-place finishes, 10 fourth-place finishes and eight fifth-place finishes. Both teams

took first place in their events.

These students all advance to the National Conference which will be held April 22-26 in Anaheim, California.

Students also earned other awards for leadership, knowledge, faith, community and patriotism.

Two students earned the Statesmen Torch Award, recognizing their accomplishment of those values.

Another student also earned the Merit Scholar Award, an award given to students and advisors who show

knowledge of Business Professionals of America’s history, traditions, programs and activities.

Students and advisors received congratulations and praise from instructors, the school of business faculty and Madison College leadership.

Students are encouraged to join Business Professionals of America even if they are not in a business program. Stop by the Business and Accounting Lab for more information.

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Newly inducted members of the Beta Beta Psi chapter of the Phi Theta Honor Society gather for photo in the Truax Gateway following the ceremony on March 30.

JACKSON CROSSEN / CLARION Phi Theta Kappa officers and Madison College President Dr. Jack Daniels, III, join retiring Provost Dr. Turina Bakken for a photo after presenting her with an honorary membership.

The Clarion wins 19 awards in collegiate contest

CLARION STAFF REPORT

The Clarion received 19 awards as part of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation’s 2022 Better Newspaper Contest, including six firstplace awards. The awards were presented on March 24 at the WNA’s annual convention held at the Concourse Hotel in Madison.

Several current and former staff members won multiple awards in the contest.

Former editor Kaleia Lawrence won two first-place awards, winning in column writing for Division B and infographic for Division AB. Her column argued for more support for transgender athletes, while the infographic focused on the college’s move to Division II athletics. She also took a second-place award in the in-depth story category for Division B.

Stuart Pate, the news editor for the 2021-22 school year, received two first-place awards as well. He took first in the public affairs reporting category for Division B and first in the Coronavirus coverage category for Division AB. His winning public affairs reporting article highlighted a childcare training grant the college received, while his Coronavirus story was about

River Food Pantry gets $110,000 grant

TESSARA CLARK Staff Writer

The River Food Pantry, south central Wisconsin's busiest food pantry, recently received a local food insecurity emergency grant from the Dane County Executive's Office that totals over $110,000.

According to the River Food Pantry website at https://www.riverfoodpantry. org/, the pantry operates with the help of dedicated volunteers and local community donations, providing food and other supplies to thousands of people every week. They buy fresh food, take donations and recover food that would otherwise be wasted, using it in programs such as mobile lunches in low-income neighborhoods and roadside grocery pickups.

In 2022 alone, over 2,000 River Food Pantry volunteers helped redistribute almost 3 million pounds of food to contribute to their vision of a fully nourished community.

The additional funding comes at a fortunate time for the pantry, which is expecting a rise in need with the decrease in federal food aid starting early this year.

FoodShare, a federally funded program that helps feed tens of thousands of families in Wisconsin every month, will no longer be supplemented with emergency COVID-19 support funding starting in March 2023.

The end of this additional pandemic support resource will potentially impact the many food distributors, farmers and families which it assisted over the past few years. With this grant, the River Food Pantry can help support the increased number of people in need resulting from the reduction in FoodShare benefits.

According to their website, most of River Food Pantry’s support funding will be used to buy fresh produce and staple foods for their programs, although some will be allocated for hygiene products such as toiletries and cleaning supplies.

The remaining money will be used on packaged meals and to improve River Food Pantry's capacity. Regardless of each dollar's specific purpose, though, the entire grant will be used to reduce the overall impact of food insecurity on the local community.

special training the college offered to help assist hospitals.

Graphic designer Valenzia Cina won two awards, earning first place in the advertising category for Division AB and second place in the page design cat-

egory for Division AB.

Managing editor Kelly Feng won honorable mention for collegiate journalist of the year in Division AB and took home two other awards. She took second place in the sports story cate-

gory for Division B and an honorable mention in feature story for Division B. The contest judges said the four students recognized as finalists for collegiate journalist of the year were “really good journalists who will go far in this industry.”

Copy editor Iman Alrashid received two awards, a third place in the feature writing category for Division B and an honorable mention in feature photography for Division AB.

Camryn Gardner took first place in the arts and entertainment story category for Division B, while Bryce Dailey placed second in the same category.

Courtney Van Horn earned a second-place award in the freedom of information category for Division AB, while Ebenezer Idowu Jr placed third in column writing for Division B. Graphic designer Michelle Meyer earned an honorable mention in Division AB in the infographic category.

Two awards were presented to the staff, a third place for general excellence and a third place for website. Both were for the combined Division AB, which included all student newspapers statewide. First place in general excellence went to The Daily Cardinal at UW-Madison, while second place went to the Marquette Tribune.

Fire/EMS

Career Expo

Madison College held its third annual Fire/EMS Career Expo on March 28 at the Protective Services Building’s Fire Bay. The event was designed to help students learn about career options in firefighting and other emergency services. Current, former and prospective students in EMS and firefighting were able to connect with area employers and learn more about available job opportunities. More than 25 EMS and fire employers from the Madison College district were available to answer questions and share information about available job opportunities.

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The Clarion won 19 awards in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation’s 2022 Better Collegiate Newspaper Contests, including six first-place awards.

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Covid funding is still available

BRYCE DAILEY Staff Writer

Emergency grants are still available to all Madison College students for school COVID-19 related financial crises and school expenses through an online application.

The COVID Impact Fund awards students depending upon the credits they are enrolled in. Students enrolled in at least 12 credits receive a hefty $500 grant. Students between 6 and 11 credits are awarded $250, with $125 being awarded to students below 6 credits.

Poetry reading

The Yahara Journal held a poetry reading featuring Chessy Normile on March 28, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. in the Truax Studio Theater, Room A2031. Normile is the author of “Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party.” The book was selected

Li-Young Lee for the 2020 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize.

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Like the previous OneCards, students will be able to load money onto the Virtual OneCard and purchase with it.

“We have had problems with students losing their OneCards while having money loaded on them,” said Alfano.

If students were to lose their phone, they would still be able to re-access their virtual OneCard. For Apple users, Madison College plans to make the virtual OneCard available through Apple Wallet.

“If we could get the bus pass on the OneCard that would be amazing,” said Alfano.

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Madison College has been in talks with Metro to try and find a way to merge a bus pass with the virtual OneCard.

“In the future, if we could coordinate student bus passes with our OneCard so there are not two separates, that would be the goal,” said Alfano.

Madison College’s ultimate goal with the virtual OneCard is to make everything as simple and convenient as possible.

All students are currently able to obtain a virtual OneCard. They can do so by searching “OneCard” on the student website and clicking on “Deposit money on your card today!” or by visiting Madison College OneCard Portal. Here students can create and view their virtual

of treatment; it has made better strides than individual therapy and Marte and the counseling office hope for reaching a broader audience and expanding the support to allow more people to want to join.

Marte goes on to say that the group allows people “To talk about things that are hard, and if you’re vulnerable, it then allows other people to be vulnerable.”

Reaching a broader audience could expand support and encourage people to want to join and to understand how important mental health is.

If the group has enough students signed up, the counseling service hopes to offer different group therapies for specific students like older students, first year students, LGBTQ+ students and students of color therapy groups.

“Having support is important. The group creates support in people’s differences and opens people’s eyes,” Marte said.

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staff/faculty member, the purpose of their pod usage and their feedback on their experience.

“We had wonderful positive feedback. The takeaway was that they were very well received and that students would seem to use them the most for a multitude of needs, online class, have a phone conversation in privacy instead of the hallway, study alone in quiet space, study as a group, relax/respite and even taking a quick cat nap if needed in the larger one,” Adams said.

Adams said Madison College constantly strives to develop solutions that support both students and staff/ faculty.

“The college is committed to providing spaces and amenities for students to find an area between classes etc. that they can be comfortable in and accomplish whatever it is they need. These types of spaces further support and embrace the sense of community at Madison College,” Adams said.

OneCard as well as deposit money onto the card.

Student Life is yet to strongly communicate the virtual OneCards to students but plans to start the week after spring break.

Alfano says, “We will start with an email. We have fliers with all the directions to help students access their virtual OneCard.”

Students are to keep an eye out for this information to help them with their virtual OneCards.

For more information on obtaining your virtual OneCard, contact Student Life or email OneCard@madisoncollege. edu.

According to Robert Lazzell, a Madison College financial wellness support coordinator, this is the last semester the fund will be offered.

The funding is first come first serve, and nearly 8,000 students have already applied in the spring semester.

“There is still enough funding for most students to apply, but time is running out. Students shouldn’t wait,” Lazzell said.

Grants do not need to be repaid and can be used for a variety of purposes, whether it be tuition, housing or miscellaneous living expenses, though the grant was created to aid COVID-caused emergencies.

The COVID Impact Fund application can be found online within the Madison College student website. The final date to apply is May 12.

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THEBUZZ

Questions asked to you, our readers.

What streaming services do you use?

"I have everything, even Peacock and Apple TV."

- Alec Boswell

The downfall of streaming services

DEXTER CRUSE Staff Writer

Over the last couple of years, streaming services have become more and more popular with more and more options available. Streaming services have a huge benefit: convenience. With a few clicks of a button, you have hundreds of thousands of movies and TV shows available to you at a low monthly price.

This has almost single-handedly driven companies like Blockbuster out of business. There is no need to drive to a store and rent a movie when it is available on your TV.

But with everything, there are problems, and streaming services have plenty of them.

A huge issue with streaming services is there are way too many options available. There is Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Disney+, Amazon Prime, etc. All of them have shows specific to themselves with hardly any sharing services. HBO Max has the streaming rights to DC and Warner Bros. and Disney+ has the streaming rights to Star Wars and Marvel. This makes it where you have to subscribe to stream these companies’ movies.

All of these services have monthly packages for different prices. If you subscribe to multiple, the price can add up quickly.

Streaming services keep getting more and more expensive. Inflation is currently hitting hard, but the prices of these services have continued to go up for the past couple of years.

In the past five years, Netflix has increased the price of its standard plan from $10.99 per month to $15.49 per month. And in the past year, Hulu has increased the price of the ad-supported plan from $6.99 per month to $7.99 per month and the ad-free plan from $12.99 per month to $14.99 per month. In a time of saving money, people will have to cut

back on streaming services.

Streaming services consist of all recorded shows and movies, nothing live. But what about the people who do want live TV?

You can also stream that with services like YouTube TV and Sling. But these are also feeling the effects of inflation. In the next month, YouTube TV is increasing its monthly price from $64.99 to $72.99. In YouTube TV’s six-year history, they have already doubled in price going from $34.99 per month in 2017, to the current $72.99 per month. There is no real “cheap” option for TV anymore. You have to keep your eyes open for deals and shop around.

We are also seeing TV series and movies coming and going with the wind. It seems like a show can never stay on one streaming service for long before it's gone. If streaming services want to make and keep loyal customers, they need to figure out a way to keep shows on their service and not remove them.

The ultimate question is what can be done to prevent these problems? There is no answer. In a perfect world, there would only be one streaming service that includes everything from all of the different services. But the sad truth is that that will probably never happen. One service for a reasonable price that includes everything you want to watch is the perfect answer.

"I have HBO, Netflix and Hulu."

- Vanessa Larson

"Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu and YouTube."

- Ron Krueger

Letter to the Editor

KAI BRITO Contributor

Have you ever needed to drop a class during your semester? Many students have before, due to schedule changes with work, a change in academic major, realizing they have a heavy course load or just unforeseen circumstances.

Dropping a course is not something that students take lightly and they must conduct their own cost-benefits analysis to determine whether it’s the right choice for them. But to add on top of the mental anguish that students face, they must also consider the financial consequences of that decision.

As it stands currently, if a student were to drop a course in the first week of the term, they would only get 80% of the tuition and fees refunded. The Madison College ruling is that you will receive an 80% refund if you drop class before 11% of the class is completed.

However, that rule is actually dictated by a state law.

Madison College is a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS), which is the coordinating and oversight body for Wisconsin’s 16 public, two-year technical colleges. The WTCS has specific guidelines for how refunds can be granted at its member technical colleges and those rules are published into Wisconsin State Law under the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

Under TCS 10.08(3)(c)1, “80% of program fees, material fees

and out-of-state tuition if application for refund is made before or at the time 10% of the course's total hours of instruction have been completed.”

I believe that this rule needs to be changed to better accommodate the needs of students. We should have seven days after the first day of class to receive a 100% refund of tuition and fees if a class is dropped.

My ask of seven days is reasonable and fair, given that students likely haven’t even learned much content yet in the classes since the first day generally covers course guidelines and instructor expectations outlined in the syllabus.

In fact, other academic institutions in the local area have adopted similar policies compared to what I am proposing:

• UW-Madison: Classes dropped in the first or second week of the term may qualify for an adjustment of 100% of the difference between old and new rates.

• Edgewood College: Seven days plus a federal holiday in the Spring 2022 semester.

• Lakeland University: 100% refund for dropping before the start of the second week of classes.

As a community college, we must pay attention to the needs of our student community. And affordability is among the highest needs of students right now.

Editor's note: Kai Brito was recently elected to serve as Vice President of Administration and Finance for the Student Senate.

CLARION EDITORIAL BOARD 2022-2023

Lillian Coppelman EDITOR IN CHIEF

Taleise Lawrence ASSISTANT EDITOR

Kelly Feng MANAGING EDITOR

Mary SeGall OPINIONS EDITOR

JD Smith Nelson ARTS EDITOR

Ross Litscher SPORTS EDITOR

Iman Alrashid COPY EDITOR

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Students should have more time for 100% refund

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A huge issue with streaming services is there are way too many options available. There is Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Disney+, Amazon Prime, etc.

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Sharing the designs, art of Ellen Dudley

BRYCE DAILEY Staff Writer

The work of the late Ellen Dudley, successful designer, artist and Madison College graduate, is on display in the Truax Gallery showcasing her meticulous work and the tale of a life lived to its fullest.

Dudley had a lengthy career which traversed many paths in the art world, from scientific illustration to logo design, both of which are being featured in the gallery this month. After Dudley’s passing in 2022, her devasted longtime significant other Terry Straavaldsen held the duty of continuing her legacy.

As Dudley was a 1967 Madison College graduate of the commercial arts program, Straavaldsen made it a priority to give back to Dudley’s alma matter by organizing the display of Dudley’s work, as well as generous donations.

An opening reception for the exhibit was held March 23. The event was highlighted by a sharing of memories from Barbara Westfield, a colleague who first met Dudley in 1988.

“She crossed disciplines seamlessly. Drawing, painting, calligraphy, design. Ellen

constantly strived to create the best product possible,” Westfield stated.

“Ellen’s personality is something you are immediately attracted to. She was filled with light,” Westfield said. A written statement on Dudley’s free-spirited character penned by Westfield is hung in the gallery for the remainder of the exhibit, telling of Dudley’s passion for social justice, fine arts and an exquisite taste in fashion. The statement is posted beside a showcase of Dudley’s photos, personal belongings and memorabilia from an eventful 31 years in the industry.

There is surely no shortage of elegance amongst the many graceful freehand illustrations displayed in the exhibit. These drawings were often used in area newspaper advertisements for clothing and department stores.

Dudley’s work primarily depicts swaggering female figures in high contrast charcoal sketches, occasionally accented with a sparing use of bold colors. Featuring alongside these drawings are botanical illustrations, logos and other graphics created by Dudley.

The Ellen Marie Dudley exhibit is on display in the Truax Gallery until April 13.

At your mental capacity? Try the Headspace App

KELLY FENG Managing Editor

help with mental health.

Headspace advertises itself as medidation made simple.

There is no shortage of reasons why college students often experience stress and depression, leading to mental health issues. Adjusting to college can be stressful, especially for first-year students, from a packed academic schedule to struggling to adapt to a new environment.

The good news is that there has never been a better time to seek

We can access mental health apps such as Headspace thanks to the digital age. This app, which is normally $12.99, is available for free through the Madison College Recreation app. Headspace advertises itself as meditation made simple. Audio and video clips teach life and self-awareness skills in just a few minutes daily.

The Headspace app centers its theme around meditation. Meditation is nothing new, and it has been around since 1500 BC. The oldest written documentation from that time in India, Dhyana or Jhana is referenced as the training of the mind, often interpreted as meditation.

Meditators strive to connect

with their body in every activity and moment, where they become mindful of how their emotions influence their behavior.

The Headspace menu bar has four categories you can toggle between: Meditate, Sleep, Move and Focus.

Meditate

Meditation courses are guided meditations centered around different topics: grief, inspiring creativity, boosting confidence and finding focus.

Sleep

A common reason people turn

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A show on display in the Truax Campus Gallery features the work of the late Ellen Dudley, a designer, artist and Madison College graduate.

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The Ellen Marie Dudley exhibit is on display in the Truax Gallery until April 13.

Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor-Martyr HEADPACE

GRANT NELSON Staff Writer

A game worth the time is “Warhammer 40K: InquisitorMartyr.” This game puts you into the boots of an Imperial demon hunter as you travel the dark border world of the Imperium hunting down cults, demons and aliens races to keep the empire safe from the shadows.

You get your own ship and face all sorts of quests and role-playing elements.

The game is very similar to “Diablo 3,” as you can travel space with a party of other players and dungeon dive and get loot as well as compete in player vs. player mode. You can choose one of several

classes of inquisitors that reflect the game play and tactics you will use. The game’s story is very well written and takes you across space in search of a lost ship with massive amounts of mystery and conspiracies.

This game makes you feel like an hero as you slash through hordes of demons while leading Imperial troops. Delve into the darkness of space and slay the heretic.

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to meditation is that they have trouble sleeping.

The sleep courses include relaxing guided sessions and Sleepcasts, 45 to 55 minutes featuring audio tours of fictional realms coupled with white noise. The sleep offering also consists of a sleep radio with more than eight hours of rain, ocean or music sounds.

Move

A new offering to Headspace is “Move.” Offering low to medium-impact workouts that are 10 to 30 minutes long, it focuses on the mindbody connection.

Coached by Olympians Kim Glass and Leon Taylor, these sessions encourage breathing, reevaluating anxiety and mindfulness through either yoga or cardio workouts.

Focus

The Focus tab offers selected music and meditation playlists to help you focus on the tasks in front of you. The playlists feature artists like John Legend and Tina Guo, the composer of

“Inception” and “Wonder Woman.” Some playlists feature ambient music and lo-fi beats, while others contain soundscapes like thunderstorms and cinematic themes.

As a whole, much of Headspace’s content works, especially the Sleep, Move and Focus tabs offer various actionable steps to help user’s needs.

It is the meditation classes that can be overhauled. While they offer variety, many users say the number of clips can complicate it. Using the meditation tab involves a lot of scrolling and toggling, and I noticed many similar meditation scripts.

For example, the app uses the theme of “letting go” in several meditation clips, all with different themes and titles.

Also, the courses are offered at various speeds, like five or nine minutes. Yet when I tried to speed up the course, it was still playing at the same rate. So there are a couple of glitches that Headspace creators need to address.

Overall Headspace is still outstanding for moving, sleeping and focusing. Through audio tours, video, animation or playlists, it provides practical and specific steps to help users navigate life stressors.

This game makes you feel like a hero ...

Author’s only novel belongs on your reading list

PAIGE SHAPIRO Staff Writer

Emily Bronte, a young 19th century writer of the time, had only written one novel in her lifetime – “Wuthering Heights.” The genre of the book is a work of fiction, with a romantic theme.

Heathcliff, an orphan who was taken to a mansion in the moors of Wuthering Heights, falls in love with young Cathy (Catherine), the protagonist who’s above his class, and eventually fall desperately in love with each other. Heathcliff, the antagonist, is jealous with rage when he comes back after leaving for three years to find the love of his life married to the neighbor boy, Edgar Linton at Thrushcross Grange.

After a dramatic enthrallment for devotion of each other’s love, Cathy dies. Heathcliff vows to wreak havoc on all the lives of her counterparts, such as Cathy’s daughter Catherine, her brother’s son Hareton and his own son Linton.

One of my favorite characters in the book was Nelly, or Mrs. Dean; she mainly narrates the story of her perspective of being a servant to the family. She is the cleaning servant, a mother figure, a confidant and most of all the justice between the characters. The reason I like Mrs. Dean the most because she gives a nonbiased point of view between the main characters and their actions. She is the voice of reason.

Mrs. Dean always had the biblical idea of right and wrong, and although she became frustrated when involved with the characters misgivings and issues, she grew fond of Catherine and

Hareton, where she raised them as the nanny or pseudo mother figure. I appreciate the way she always stayed humble and cared for the family, even if they were unappreciative of her kindness and advice.

My favorite thing about the book is toward the end, which I will not spoil. But I will say that it is the only happy part, and makes you go “Awww…”

The thing I appreciate most about the book is how the characters act in terms of being human. It shows the complexities of human emotion from enduring love to anger to spite to grief to enduring love to eventually heartbreak.

Being human, feelings and emotions are very difficult to understand, especially feeling them, and the way

Bronte describes these characters and how they speak so vehemently of their feelings, put my mind into perspective of the characters and their true disposition. It shows that we as people can feel an array of difficult emotions that are hard to cope with. How we could be happy for a long time, to then suddenly an event sways one’s emotions so hard that it can negatively affect their health as well as the people around them.

One scene shows an example of one of the complex feelings that was presented in the book.

The scene where Cathy is on her deathbed opened my eyes to seeing how diluted a person can be when they are in love with one person, but be committed and love another. How a person can be delirious to try and find some kind of resolution to keep two people who despise each other in her life, thinking there will be no complications – especially if she makes it a love triangle.

As a reader, I found it difficult to feel bad for the main characters of the book. Specifically, Cathy, Heathcliff and Hindley.

I did not appreciate Heathcliff as a character. I didn’t like how spiteful and surly he is throughout most of the book; to do such unforgivable things to the children Catherine and Hareton, especially to his own child Linton, was extremely abusive and just downright terrible.

I also didn’t appreciate Hindley as a character. He had dangled Hareton, who was only five at the time, over the balcony and drunkenly dropped him from it. Fortunately, he was caught by Heathcliff, but the father had not much

Get your fill of soft pretzels at Stoughton’s Viking Brew Pub

DEXTER CRUSE Staff Writer

Soft pretzels are a food that is hard to master. It’s very hard to find an exceptional soft pretzel. Normally you get one that’s hard as a rock or just a flat-out boring pretzel. But the Viking Brew Pub in Stoughton has aced the soft pretzel.

If you are a fan of soft pretzels, Viking Brew Pub in Stoughton, Wis. is a must-stop place. They serve up a massive soft pretzel that is cooked to perfection. Viking Brew Pub

claims it serves four people, which is an understatement.

This soft pretzel has everything a great soft pretzel should have. A lot of salt, a lot of butter and good dipping sauces. It is served with Viking Brew Pub’s signature “Soot in My Eye” beer cheese sauce, which is fabulous, and a honey mustard that is out of this world.

The soft pretzel is perfectly cooked. It is fluffy on the inside and cuts like a hot knife through butter.

Soft pretzel aficionado Holly Fry says, “I have never had a

soft pretzel this soft; it practically melts in your mouth.”

Overall, this is one of the best soft pretzels I have ever had. It checked all of the boxes of what I look for in a soft pretzel. Soft, salty, buttery. Nailed everything to perfection. I would give the Viking Brew Pub soft pretzel an overall rating of 9.5/10. It will be very difficult to find a better soft pretzel.

To all soft pretzel lovers, if you are in the Madison area, you should make the trip to Stoughton to try the soft pretzel at Viking Brew Pub!

care for Hareton, and basically gave up his entire life and shunned God, all because his wife had died. It’s understandable why he was angry, but he was a shut-in alcoholic with a gambling problem all the way up until his death at 27; it is hard to pity him because of his abhorrent misdeeds and behavior.

Cathy was my least favorite character. I did not like her attitude since the beginning of the book when her character was introduced. Cathy was always selfish toward the people that loved her, always trying to get her way and still getting what she wanted.

Her personality irritated me because she was always abrupt and selfish. When she got older her personality was tamed, but she was still very selfish, especially when she wanted both Heathcliff and Edgar, even after she married Edgar.

After Edgar had told her he never wanted to see Heathcliff again, she stuck herself up in her room for several days and made herself go mad, not eating at all. I found it difficult to care about her after that scene, even up until when she died.

Overall, this book felt very real to me. It made me feel like I was actively watching the characters and feeling their chaotic emotions with them. Watching the characters from a nonbiased view makes it more interesting to read.

I would recommend it to any young or older reader who is interested in Gothic themes and romantic tragedies –or people who romanticize tuberculosis (consumption).

I give this book a 7 out of 10.

‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ review

GRANT NELSON Staff Writer

If you are looking for a great role-playing game, I recommend “Dungeons and Dragons: Baldur's Gate 3.” This game takes place in the forgotten realms, and starts off onboard an alien mind flayers’ ship as dragons and devils attack it.

You are infected with a mind flayer parasite that is growing inside you. As the battle ends with you and your party shipwrecked in the wilderness, you must seek a cure.

The game is a massive open world filled with quests and characters, some of which can join your party and can form bonds with you – even romantic ones. The game allows you to play from the perspective of many races such as elves, dwarves and devil-like tiefling.

“Baldur’s Gate 3” is turn-based and plays the way “Dungeons and Dragons” would play in video-game format. It is filled with all sorts of locations, factions, cultures and races to interact with. The game is also heavily choice and role-play based, with many different outcomes based on your actions.

The game is in beta but it will be out soon, so grab your 20-sided dice and enter a world of magic.

Missing ‘Stargate SG-1’

GRANT NELSON Staff Writer

A TV show I highly recommended is “Stargate SG-1.” For 10 seasons, this show followed the adventures of an elite special forces team known as SG-1.

They and other teams in the top secret stargate command traveled the universe through an ancient alien artifact known as the stargate. In the process, they fought evil alien empires and made contact with all sorts of civilizations, from primitive tribes and villages to hyper-advanced races.

The show often is filled with action, with teams of marines waging firefights against alien slave armies, waging revolts against the alien warlords that ruled as gods over humans all across the universe.

The amount of mythology and history that went into this show made it both campy and magical in its sets and themes. There were great characters who grew to form bonds with each other over the years of the show.

What made the show great is just how human and simple the characters were. The show tackled things like faith, what is right and wrong and the hard choices that the SG-1 team made.

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The soft pretzels at Viking Brew Pub truly serves four or more people.

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MEETTHEPACK

Profiles of WolfPack athletes

BASEBALL

NICK NOWAK

A freshman catcher and infielder on the Madison College baseball team, Nick Nowak currently leads the team in batting with a .409 average. He has 18 hits in 44 at-bats, with one home run and three doubles. He has scored 12 runs and driven in seven. He has played in 12 games, starting 14.

A three-time letter winner in baseball at Waukesha South High School, he earned first team all-conference honors in the

WolfPack baseball stays hot

JAMES PARADISIN Staff Writer

The Madison College baseball team is off to a scorching hot start this season, and they look to continue this throughout the remainder of the year. They have a record of 12-3 to start, with their only losses coming to Glendale Community College and Carl Sandburg College, with both of those being tight contests.

As of March 30, the fourth-ranked WolfPack had five players with batting average above .300, with two of those batting over .400. They are Nick Nowak (.450), Jake Petasek (.444), Ross Grant (.344), Carson Shepard (.314) Peyton Frehner (.308).

To be batting over .300 percent is considered to be excellent, and over .400 is almost unthinkable among most players.

Leading the way for pitching on the WolfPack has been Alex Hayes who holds a 0.49 ERA and a 2-0 record with 18.1 innings pitched and 19 strikeouts. Ben Kasten holds a 1.02 ERA and a 1-0 record with 17.2 innings pitched and 20 strikeouts. Chris Byhre is next in innings pitched with 13 and a 2.08 ERA.

Madison College is coached by Mike Davenport. Because of the snowy and wet spring, you should watch the athletic department website at madisoncollegeathletics.com for schedule updates.

The team is scheduled to have home games against Rock Valley College on April 4 at 3 p.m. and Milwaukee Area Technical College on April 8 at noon.

Madison College 10, Highland Community College 9

After a roller-coaster start, visiting Madison College held Highland scoreless for

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SOFTBALL

SOPHIE RIVERA

A sophomore outfielder on the Madison College softball team, Sophie Rivera leads the team in batting with a .545 average. She has 24 hits in 44 at-bats, including 3 home runs, one trip and two doubles. Rivera has scored 12 runs and driven in 13. She has played in 15 games for the WolfPack and has started 13.

Classic 8 Conference as a senior. His junior year, he was a scholar-athlete award winner at Waukesha South. An undeclared major at Madison College, he is the son of Lori and Dennis Nowak.

Rivera played softball and basketball at Oconomowoc High School, where she was a member of the National Business Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society. A liberal arts transfer major, she is the daughter of Jennifer and Jerry Rivera.

Badgers show life in the NIT tourney

ROSS LITSCHER Sports Editor

When Michigan State lost a 93-98 overtime thriller to Kansas State in the Sweet 16, all eight Big Ten teams that made the NCAA Tournament had been eliminated and the second weekend was just barely getting started.

In fact, the Michigan State Spartans were the only Big Ten team to make it out of the first weekend of the tournament. With Michigan and Rutgers getting bounced out of the NIT early, the Wisconsin Badgers became the last Big Ten team still playing this season and one of the final eight teams in the country still playing.

The team that couldn’t win back-to-back games for over two months rattled off three wins in a row to book a trip to the NIT Final Four in Las Vegas. These wins were not flukes either, with their first two Kohl Center opponents Bradley and Liberty, out for revenge as their NCAA Tournament hopes were taken by their own conference counterparts (Drake and Kennesaw State, respectively) who nearly pulled major upsets in the big dance.

Then came a trip to Eugene where Wisconsin faced a familiar postseason opponent from years past:

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Athletic Hall of Fame inducts new members

CLARION STAFF REPORT

Three former athletes and two legendary local philanthropists were inducted into the Madison College Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony on March 22.

The three former athletes were Jorge Medina, Thresia Elskamp and Mike Goetz. In addition, Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman were inducted for their generosity to Madison College and the community. The ceremony was held at Dahmen’s at Hawks Landing in Verona, Wisconsin.

Medina made

first men’s soccer player inducted into the hall of fame. He was a member of the Madison College men’s soccer team during the 1998 and 1999 season, becoming the first player in program history to earn All-American honors.

In his two years at Madison College, Jorge’s teams went 27-71, winning two conference titles, two state championships and one region title. His 22 career assists still rank second in school history. His 15 assists as a sophomore are still the thirdbest single-season total.

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E.G. Scharmka, executive director of the Goodman Foundation, joins Jorge Medina andThresia Elskamp for a photograph at the ceremony honoring newly inducted members of the Madison College Athletics Hall of Fame. Not pictured is Matt Goetz.

history as the

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Madison College pitcher Alex Hayes works from the mound during the team’s Arizona trip in March. The WolfPack baseball team is off to a hot start with a 12-3 record.

Former Packer shows you can chase your dreams

ANTHONY MCCULLEY Staff Writer

Former Packers’, 49ers’ and Falcons’ quarterback Kurt Benkert proves why you shouldn’t give up on your dreams and fight through adversity.

Benkert played college football at Eastern Carolina and Virginia. Benkert went undrafted during the 2018 NFL draft and has faced adversity throughout his NFL career.

At East Carolina, Benkert redshirted during his freshman season in 2013. He played in three games during the 2014 season against N.C. Central, North

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the Oregon Ducks. Despite an injuryplagued year, Dana Altman always has the Ducks ready to compete, but the Badgers yet again pulled out a close victory.

Just like that, the first team out of the Big Ten tournament was the conference’s last man standing. All that stood in the way of the Badgers’ chances of an unlikely postseason trophy was the North Texas Mean Green and the UAB Blazers.

The Badgers came roaring from the opening tip against North Texas, scoring 41 first half points led by Chucky Hepburn’s 15 points, including 5 of 5 from three. Wisconsin led by 12 at halftime and seemed like they were well on their way to the title game.

Then the second half happened. Scoring 13 points in 11 minutes isn’t the worst thing in the world, but not scoring over the final nine minutes just might be, at least in the basketball world.

North Texas scored just 10 points over those nine minutes of game time, but that proved to be just enough to overcome the eight-point lead the Badgers had built with a Connor Essegian three with 9:08 left in the game.

The Mean Green didn’t even score a point over the final 2:08 of the game when they took a 56-54 lead, but Wisconsin just couldn’t get one bucket to make up the two-point deficit. Their final possession ended with nobody on Wisconsin even being able to get a shot off, which is honestly a fitting way for the 2022-23 season to end.

This season is a hard one to gauge, all of the positives and negatives seem to somehow balance out. An 11-3 record in non-conference play was impressive, but 9-12 against Big Ten opponents doesn’t get you anywhere.

Missing the big dance was very disappointing, yet the Badgers won 20 games for the 18th time in the last 21 seasons, something that not too many programs can say.

The rest of the Big Ten really can’t do too much bragging either, even Big Ten regular season and tournament champion Purdue suffered one of the most embarrassing losses that I’ve ever seen to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickenson.

We could also check in on future Big Ten members USC and UCLA, who each also lost before the Sweet 16 ended. UCLA even went on an 11-minute scoring drought in the second half against Gonzaga to boost the Bulldogs to the Elite Eight.

So, if you throw geography out the window, I guess they’ll fit in just fine in 2024.

The bright side to any disappointing end in sports is that there’s always next season. Many teams are in a worse position and Wisconsin at least remained consistent in how they competed this year.

The Badgers are still a very young team going into next season and all eyes will be on Greg Gard to see how he does in the transfer portal and whether he can get some more consistent offense out of his team.

Carolina and Florida.

Benkert started all 13 of Virginia’s games during the 2017 season. He also got a piece of history as he became the first Virginia player to hit 3,000 pass yards during a season.

Unsurprisingly, Benkert went undrafted during the 2018 NFL draft. But he signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons and saw himself as a backup for Matt Ryan.

Later, he was released from Atlanta and then got signed to the Green Bay Packers.

Benkert posted an Instagram photo of him achieving an NFL snap by kneel-

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five innings to hold on for a 10-9 victory on March 30.

Madison College jumped out to an 8-0 lead, scoring four runs in both the first and second innings. But Highland battled back to take a 9-8 lead, scoring three runs in the bottom of the second, one run in the third and five runs in the fourth.

Nick West earned the win in relief, pitching 4.1 innings without allowing a run. Grant Ross pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nowak led the offense with three hits and three runs scored.

Madison College 9, College of Lake County 3

A three-run third inning gave Madison College a lead it would not surrender in a 9-3 victory against the College of Lake County on March 29.

The WolfPack then added one more run in the fourth inning and four more in the sixth innning to take control.

Kasten started the game on the

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Elskamp was a starting guard on Madison College’s 2009-2010 National Championship women’s basketball team that went 31-3 and won the conference title for the first time. She averaged 8.7 points, six rebounds, 3.4 steals and three assists that season, earning all-conference, all region and NJCAA all-tournament honors.

That spring, she joined the WolfPack softball team and led the team with a .444 batting average, still good for sixth place in career batting average. In addition, she had four home runs, seven triples and 21 stolen bases. She earned both all-conference and all-region honors.

A season-ending injury cut short her basketball season in 2010-11, but she came back the next year even stronger. She finished the season with a teamhigh scoring average of 11.4 points a game and 7.3 rebounds a game. Elskamp again earned all-conference and all-region honors. She now ranks second in career steals with 227 and is 15th in both assists and blocked shots.

Goetz played two seasons for the Madison College baseball team and currently ranks second in program history for hits with 143 and fourth in career

ing down for the final snap of a game.

Benkert was briefly on the San Francisco 49ers during the 2022 NFL season. He was then released by the 49ers and kept putting in the work and recently found himself signing a contract for the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL.

This just goes to show that no matter how much adversity you face, you should always keep going and not give up on your dreams because it will pay off.

In Benkert’s case, it did as he will be starting for the Brahmas as they are hungry at the quarterback position.

MCSPORTS

Madison College schedules and results.

BASEBALL

Schedule

MAR. 9 vs. Chandler-Gilbert CC, 8-7 WIN, 3-2 WIN

MAR. 10 vs. Mesa Community College, 17-5 WIN

MAR. 11 vs. Williston State College, 4-1 WIN; vs. MIles Community College, 12-1 WIN

MAR. 12 vs. Western Nebraska CC, 6-5 WIN

MAR. 14 vs. Glendale Community College, 2-1 LOSS, 6-2 LOSS

MAR. 17 vs. Paradise Valley Community College, 6-4 WIN, vs. GateWay Community College, 6-1 WIN

MAR. 24 at Morton College, 11-1 WIN

MAR. 26 at Carl Sandburg College, 9-0 WIN, 13-12 LOSS

MAR. 29 at College of Lake County, 9-3 WIN

MAR. 30 at Highland Community College, 10-9 WIN

APR. 2 at Elgin Community College, noon, 3 p.m.

APR. 3 at home vs. College of DuPage, 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.

APR. 4 at home vs. Rock Valley College, 3 p.m.

APR. 6 at Rock Valley College, 3 p.m.

APR. 7 at Waubonsee Community College, 2 p.m., 5 p.m.

APR. 8 at home vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College, noon, 3 p.m.

APR. 11 at home vs. Bryant & Stratton College, 3 p.m.

APR. 12 at Bryant & Stratton College, 2 p.m.

mound for the WolfPack and posted a career-high nine strikeouts. Ross and Shepard combined for six of the team’s 13 hits in the game.

Madison College 9, Carl Sandburg College 0

Madison College scored nine runs on eight hits as it shutout Carl Sandburg College, 9-0, for a victory in the first game of a doubleheader on March 26.

Byhre pitched the first six innings, allowing six hits and striking out seven. Will Johannes had two hits, including his first home run.

Carl Sandburg College 13, Madison College 12

Carl Sandburg College exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning with their third home run of the game and then held off a rally to beat Madison College, 13-12, in the second game of the doubleheader.

Nine different players had a hit for the WolfPack, led by Carter Stebane’s two for three effort with a season-high three runs batted in and two runs scored.

batting average at .413. He has the most triples in team history with 10 and is eighth in stolen bases with 35.

For his career at Madison College, Mike and his teammates won two conference titles, two state titles and one regional crown with a combined record of 61-45. During his time as a player he was named all-conference, all-region, all-district and an NJCAA second team All-American.

After Madison College, he played two seasons for UW-Milwaukee and was an NCAA First Team All-American selection his senior season after leading the entire nation in batting average. He spent four seasons playing professional for the Brewers and the Pirates in the minor leagues.

Irwin and Robert Goodman via their Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Foundation have continued to show their generosity well past their deaths in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

The Goodman Foundation provided a $6.7-million donation to create the Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Sports Complex at the Madison College Truax Campus in 2015. At the time, it was the largest financial contribution in the school’s history.

For their spirit of community, generosity, dedication to Madison College and beyond, they are Madison College Athletic Hall of Famers.

APR. 13 at home vs. Sauk Valley CC, 2 p.m., 5 p.m.

APR. 15 at Kankakee CC, noon, 3 p.m.

APR. 21 at home vs. Carl Sandburg College, 1 p.m. 4 p.m.

APR. 22 at Harper College, noon, 3 p.m.

APR. 23 at home vs. Triton College, noon, 3 p.m.

APR. 25 at home vs. College of Lake County, 3 p.m.

APR. 26 at McHenry County College, 3 p.m.

APR. 27 at home vs. McHenry County College, 3 p.m.

APR. 29 at home vs. Joliet Junior College, noon, 3 p.m.

APR. 30 at Black Hawk College, noon, 3 p.m.

MAY 2 at Oakton CC, 3 p.m.

MAY 6 at home vs. South Suburban College, noon, 3 p.m.

MAY 7 at home vs. Oakton CC, noon.

SOFTBALL

Schedule

MAR. 1 at Rochester CTC, 21-0 WIN, 17-3 WIN

MAR. 9 vs. Mott CC, 8-0 WIN, vs. Jackson College, 9-8 LOSS

MAR. 10 vs. Lake Michigan College, 8-7 WIN, vs. Hocking, 5-0 LOSS

MAR. 11 vs. W. Virginia Wesleyan JV, 5-4 LOSS, vs. Mid-Michigan, 9-5 WIN

MAR. 12 vs. Iowa Lakes CC, 19-8 LOSS, 4-0 LOSS

MAR. 13 vs. Heartland Community College, 5-4 LOSS vs. Spoon River College, 3-1 WIN

MAR. 14 vs. St. Louis CC, 9-1 LOSS; vs. Cuyahoga CC, 6-2 LOSS

APR. 2 at College of DuPage, noon, 2 p.m.

APR. 4 at Illinois Valley CC, 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

APR. 6 at Harper College, 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

APR. 7 at home vs. Sauk Valley CC, 3 p.m. 5 p.m.

APR. 14 at Highland CC, 3 p.m, 5 p.m.

APR. 15 at Waubonsee CC, noon, 2 p.m.

APR. 16 at home vs. Dakota County Technical College, noon, 2 p.m.

APR. 18 at home vs. Kishwaukee College, 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

APR. 21 at Black Hawk College, 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

APR. 22 at McHenry County College, noon, 2 p.m.

APR. 23 at home vs. Triton College, noon, 2 p.m.

APR. 27 at home vs. Joliet Junior College, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

APR. 28 at Carl Sandburg College, noon, 2 p.m.

APR. 30 at Kankakee CC, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

MAY 2 at home vs. Bryant & Stratton College, 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

MAY 5 at home vs. College of Lake County, 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

MAY 9 NJCAA Region 4 Tournament Quarterfinal

PHOTO PROVIDED BY MADISON COLLEGE ATHLETICS

A Madison College batter hits during the team’s Arizona trip in March.

THELIGHTERSIDE

Puzzles and Cartoons

CROSSWORDPUZZLE

actress Ortiz

25 “The Godfather”

right-hand man

27 Pants, slangily

29 Descends, as a rock wall

30 “Who __ to judge?”

33 Low-lit

34 “When will u b here?”

35 Studio whose films begin with a roaring lion

38 Ceremonial event

39 Roadside lodging

40 Text alert option

41 Like many multivitamins

44 Passenger transport

45 Span of time

47 Asparagus units

48 __ on the side of caution

50 Punk icon Smith

51 Area before surgery, briefly

52 Works hard for 56 “Thunderstruck” rock band

57 Recurring role for Chris Hemsworth

60 Groupie

61 French “yes”

62 Nashville’s Grand __ Opry

63 __ Vegas Aces

Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis / MCT Campus

BREWSTER ROCKIT

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BREWSTER ROCKIT

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Keepin’ it Classy

The Clarion offers free classified advertising to students. Send your ads of 70 words or less to clarionads@madisoncollege.edu. Space is limited. Submission does not guarantee publication. Must submit 7 days prior to publication.

Help Finding Housing

Madison College is partnering with Rent College Pads to provide a curated list of houses and apartments available near all campuses in the district. The site is exclusive to the Madison College community. Visit madisoncollege.edu/housing to learn more.

Personal Research Help

Madison College libraries are now offering a Personal Academic LIbrarian program to help support students with research help. For more information about the new program, visit the https://libguides.madisoncollege.edu/pal.

Pick Up a Bus Pass

Madison College offers Madison Metro bus passes for its students to help them commute to campus. New bus passes are availabe in Student Life. Bus passes can be mailed to your home. Visit madisoncollege.edu/buspass for more information.

Lockers Available

Students can reserve lockers at the Truax Campus by visiting the Student Life Office, Truax Room B1260 or register them using the form at madisoncollege.edu/locker. Students must provide their own lock. There is no charge for locker use.

50 Clubs to Choose From

There are more than 60 clubs available at Madison College. Participating in a student-led club is a great way to meet new friends or develop a new skill. Visit madisoncollege.edu/ clubs-organizations to learn more about how you can join.

Join the Clarion

Writers, photographers and graphic artists are invited to join The Clarion staff at any time during the school year. If interested in helping out, email clarioned@madisoncollege.edu to connect with our editor and learn more about the newspaper.

WolfPack Alerts

Remember to sign up for the college’s WolfPack Alert emergency messaging system. You will get need-to-know info about school closings and urgent updates. Go to madisoncollege.edu and search “WolfPack Alert” to find instructions.

Listen to Clarion Radio

Madison College has it’s own online student radio station. Listen in at ClarionRadio.com. The station is always looking for students who are interested in producing their own show. Email clarionmedia@madisoncollege.edu for more information.

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Objective

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

Difficulty