The Clarion 9-28-22

‘Transcend’ gallery exhibit

BRYCE DAILEY Staff Writer

Artist Rae Senarighi’s portrait paintings were displayed in the Truax Gallery this month, spot lighting transgender subjects and a vibrant color palette.

Each portrait makes use of hues spanning across the rainbow. Articles of clothing are an exception to this, being brushed in black and white tones only, to maintain focus on the subject, according to the artist’s statement. The statement also comments on the “erasure from public space” of the transgender pop ulace, which inspired Senarighi to paint the pale empty skies that linger in the background of the exhibit’s 14 paintings.

“I layer color until I can feel that person’s essence coming through,” said Senarighi about his artistic pro cess and deliberate choosing of sub jects based on their personal stories and unique identities.

Senarighi gave two intimate presentations of his artwork in the gallery this month, the first of which

All-in effort to encourage student voter engagement

KELLY FENG Managing Editor

Many can relate to the fall season — the changing leaves, pumpkin spice lattes and cozy campfires. Madison College has added another hallmark to autumn — increasing voter awareness.

As the student program advisor of Student Life, Brianna Stapleton Welch’s responsibilities include advising the Volunteer Center student organi zation and co-advising the Student Ambassadors. She is also tasked with sup porting student voter engagement.

Stapleton Welch doesn’t consider it a job, but a calling.

“Voter engagement is important because voting is an opportunity to give input in the systems that shape our every day lives,” said Stapleton Welch. “We interact with government systems daily: roads, libraries, mail and schools (includ ing Madison College)—voting is one way to affect these systems.”

The process of student voter engage ment began a few years ago when Madison College was invited to be part of the “All In Campus Democracy Challenge.” This organization empowers colleges and universities to achieve excel lence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement.

President Dr. Jack E. Daniels, III pledged to make Madison College’s stu dents engaged, committing to the chal lenge. As part of this challenge, the school agrees to make civic engagement and voter education opportune for students as part of the college’s foundation.

The “All In Challenge” then asked the college to submit a plan of how they were going to increase voter awareness. That’s where the student voter awareness team comes in.

The Plan

In 2018, Stapleton Welch and colleague Ellie Rome co-wrote a plan, spelling out a proposal about aspects that would improve awareness. The plan was timed to increase awareness before the 2020 elections.

Except they submitted the plan just

WolfPack Wisdom a resource for Madison College students

LILLIAN COPPELMAN Editor In Chief

There are many different resources that Madison College provides for stu dents, enough where it can get confus ing where to look to get the information they may need. Incoming students attending the college have many ques tions about where they need to go and what they need to know. The WolfPack Wisdom Youtube channel exists to pro

vide students with the resources they need to succeed at Madison College.

The channel started in fall of 2019 and is a channel by students for students. There are three primary

playlists on the channel. “What's up WolfPack?” is a playlist full of videos to help students explore the services at Madison College, such as the bookstore, library, the salon and more. “How2use myMadisonCollege” has videos to help walk students through the different components of myMadisonCollege and how to do several tasks on the portal. “Madison College Knowledge” covers the more technical aspects of students' lives. It has videos about financial aid,

how to use the Navigate platform and online learning.

In addition to the three prima ry playlists, there are the partners that host videos on the channel.

“International Education” has content about studying abroad and interna tional students coming to Madison College. “Transfer Center” posts videos about students transferring to or from

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Artist Rae Senarighi talks about his show, “Transcend,” which was on display throughout September in the Truax Campus Art Galley. Senarighi participated in an “Artist Talks” presentation on Thursday, Sept. 17.

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Madison College student Michael Sullivan visits the “Transcend” art show on display in the Truax Gallery.

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THE STUDENT VOICE OF MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE 2022-2023

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REMEMBERING

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Displays celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

We’re in the midst of Hispanic Heritage Month, being celebrated Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.

According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, those iden tifying as Hispanic/Latino make up almost 7% of the pop ulation in Dane County, with a significant portion of that population living in Madison or Fitchburg.

Those numbers are projected to grow. Those numbers can be reflected in growing enrollment num bers at Madison College, and in particular, the Goodman South Campus. The Madison College Libraries have tried to expand its collection of mate rials about and supporting that growing population.

If you do a search on the subject term “Hispanic American” in our library’s catalog, you will find a great wealth of material in a variety of formats to explore. You can also search on narrow er terms such as Mexican

American, Cuban American, Dominican American, etc.

Some new titles in the library collection you might want to check out include the National Book Awardwinning verse novel, “The Poet X” by Elizabeth Acevedo, Jaquira Diaz’s award-winning memoir “Ordinary Girls,” Reyna Grande’s memoir “A Dream Called Home” and the award-winning children’s book “My Papi Has a Motorcycle” by Isabel Quintero.

Rather watch than read? Check out the video “Dolores” about Dolores Huerta, an equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers union

with Cesar Chavez but then was largely forgotten by his tory.

You will also find a lot of bilingual titles – for instance, you could read Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s biography, “An Unlikely Journey” in both English and Spanish or Quiora Alegria Hudes’s acclaimed recent memoir, “My Broken Language” in either English or Spanish.

Another title you’ll come across in that search is “I Didn’t Know There Were Latinos in Wisconsin” by Madisonian Oscar Mireles. Mireles’ book aims to share decades of writing contribu tions by Hispanic Americans

in Wisconsin and the Midwest.

Mireles has been the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin and a strong advocate of Latino culture in Madison including being director of the Omega School. You can find out more about all the things he’s done by finding articles on him in our EbscoHOST database.

Also on the local theme, check out the book “Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Heroes” about Hispanic American women political activists in Wisconsin or Sergio Gonzalez’s “History Mexicans in Wisconsin.”

The Madison College Libraries will have displays honoring Hispanic Heritage Month, where you can check out some of the items men tioned in this article and much more. You might also want to take a look at the library’s research guide for Hispanic American History at https://libguides.madisoncol lege.edu/latino.

PUBLICSAFETY

By Sgt. Lucas Adler

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we communicate our activities to the college community. Here are some recent notable incidents.

On Aug. 24, Public Safety was notified of a vehicle pursuit that ended on East Washington Avenue when the driver fled from his vehicle.

Public Safety Officers spotted the individual near campus and relayed his position to Madison Police. The individual was apprehended by authorities shortly after.

On Sept. 21, Public Safety responded to a report of a vehicle that was stuck in the ditch in the student parking lot. Officers ensured the occupants were not injured and then assisted in getting a tow truck to remove the vehicle.

Public Safety would like to remind students that the ditches in the parking lot are very deep. If you attempt to drive through them, you will get stuck.

September is Campus Safety Awareness Month. Public Safety has been tabling for safety awareness and would like to give some tips on how you can stay safe while on campus.

Get to know your Public Safety Department. Stop by our office and say hi or visit our webpage on the Madison College website.

Be cautious after dark when walking to your vehicle. If possible walk with a friend or class mate and try to park in a well lit area. Public Safety offers escorts as well, just stop by the office or dial 246-6932 to request an escort.

Be careful getting into your vehicle. Have your keys or key fob ready and keep an eye on other vehicles parked near yours. If something doesn’t seem right, call Public Safety and go back inside.

WolfPack Alert

Have you signed up to get 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 web page. 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.

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Dr. Maurice Sheppard gave a presentation on the history and framework of

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15 in commenoration of Constitution Day. Thirty-three students attended the event.

CAMPUS FUN DAY

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Above, a student visits with members of the Madison College Geology Club at the Involvement Fair that was featured during Campus Fun Day at Truax on Sept. 13. At right, students compete in an inflatable “axe” throwing contest at the event.

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A student enjoys his meal as another works on a group painting activity put on by the Yahara Journal at the Truax Campus Fun Day event held on Sept. 13.

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Students visit with representatives from BCycle and RoundTrip to learn about commut ing options during the annual Campus Fun Day event held at Truax on Sept. 13. More than 300 students attended the event, enjoying games and free food as they learned about college services and involvement opportunities.

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Student Sentors, right, answer questions from other students during the col lege’s annual Campus Fun Day event at Truax.

Volunteer Like It’s Your Birthday

Madison College students work on birthday bags as part of the Volunteer Center’s Volunteer Like It’s Your Birthday event in the Intercultural Exchange at the Truax Campus on Sept. 22.

Students wrote birthday cards and filled decorated birthday bags with cake mix, frosting and candles. The bags were then delivered to the college’s Cupboard Food Pantries for students to receive on their birthdays. The event was held at the Goodman South Campus on Sept. 19, and 80 bags were made between the two events.

WISDOM

Madison College. “Writing Center” has informational content about writ ing tips called “2minTutors.” In total, there are around 200 videos on the channel.

WolfPack Wisdom is a great resource to help students attending Madison College.

“Sometimes people learn different ly,” said Marty Crabbs, a staff member

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attracted over 40 visitors to the com pact single-room gallery, according to a headcount kept by the gallery’s staff. The artist’s second presentation was Sept. 22, and the small audience was left captivated by a telling of Senarighi’s artistic and personal journey, which includes a battle with cancer.

The Madison resident is non-bina ry himself, and feels his art serves as a form of activism, citing the lack of mainstream trans representation in art as a source of his inspiration.

“This series is really a culmination of the lessons I’ve learned, and putting them into action,” he stated during Thursday’s presentation. “This is very personal.”

Senarighi’s work can now be found on Instagram, @transpainter, or on the web at raesenarighi.com, will appear in the Truax Gallery a final time in a closing reception, set for Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. The event is free.

at Madison College and manager of the channel. “And being able to see a video really helps solidify the concept instead of reading about it on the website.”

“It’s super helpful, and it’s free,” said Cole Downing, a student and member of the WolfPack channel team. “We have a ridiculous number of videos from a bunch of different people who worked on the team over the years.”

WolfPack Wisdom is a channel made to help students succeed during

their time at the college, the team behind the videos work hard to make resources for students readily and easily available to access.

“I’m really proud of the work that the students do,” Crabbs said. “The students do all filming, all of the edit ing, all of the assembling. All the vid eos you see on the channel are made by students."

Students can help get involved with the channel by subscribing and spreading the word to other Madison College students.

VOTER

weeks before the COVID-19 shutdown.

The team thought they would produce events during the 2020 election year, but that didn’t happen because most events went virtual. As a result, they wrote a plan for the 2020 election that they weren’t able to implement as they originally envisioned.

Stapleton Welch said they resubmitted a plan for the 2022 midterms this spring. With that plan, they have been able to carry out their mission more personably.

The “All In Campus Democracy Challenge” recently recognized the plan as a “Highly Established Action Plan,” which Stapleton Welch explains as “basically get ting a thumbs up for the plan.”

Coffee Cup Sleeves

Stapleton Welch rattled off the many aspects of the plan devised to engage students. One example is how the team received 1,300 coffee sleeves from the cam pus coffee shops and put stickers on them that list Madison’s voter registration sites.

Another critical piece is Madison College Turbo Vote, a customized voter registration site for Madison College. Students, staff and faculty can go to that site and register to vote and update their phone number or address.

After students register, they can sign up to receive text deadline updates or request an absentee ballot. The site also sends reminders about upcoming elections.

Because not all students at the school are eligible to vote, Madison Turbo Vote also provides younger people with an opportunity to pledge.

“We have a lot of students at Madison College in our Early College Programs who are under 18, so they’re not eligible to vote yet. But with this site, they can pledge to vote,” said Stapleton Welch.

Madison Turbo Vote will text the stu dent on their 18th birthday, encouraging them to register to vote.

Around the campus, Stapleton Welch and the team have found ways to hand out information, such as their Fall Festival and the student-athlete orientation.

Madison College also sends an online newsletter to anyone who wants more vot ing information. With the team tabling at the Truax and Goodman South, they have contacted the regional campuses, distrib uted handouts and showed slides on the digital screens on those campuses to help reach students.

Stapleton Welch is excited about the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8 and the events that will lead up to that day.

She points out National Voter Education Week, which begins the week of Oct. 3.

Breakfast and Ballots

Beginning with a complimentary break fast, attendees will learn about what’s on the ballot. The breakfast and ballot events are on Oct. 3 and Nov. 3 from 9 -10:30 a.m. on both days. Students can access more information about this event with the WolfPack app.

She says students must learn what is on a ballot, as it isn’t always about the gover nor or senate races.

Stapleton Welch says it’s essential to know the local assembly races and races for the secretary of state and the state trea surer. In addition to voting for candidates, voter awareness includes being informed of local referenda in their county or com munity, as the voter might be trying to get some input.

She notes that if students see some thing on the ballot and don’t know who to vote for, the voter awareness team shares non-partisan resources where they explore candidate positions.

She feels this year is more manageable, and student voter awareness is more acces sible with in-person campus events. “We can sit at a table and say to everyone who walks by ‘Hey, are you ready to vote? How are you feeling? What do you need?’” she said.

Stapleton Welch is optimistic about the interest and enthusiasm.

“I’ve only had positive engagement so far, and that’s been good. People seem will ing to take the information. They might not have time to sit and register at the table, but they seem interested in learning more, which is great,” she said.

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A guest at the Madison College Truax Campus Gallery explores some of the artwork featured in Rae Senarighi’s exhibit, “Transcend,” which is on display through Sept. 29.

How do you feel about Queen Elizabeth's passing?

"I feel like I should be more respectful, but all the memes of her being immortal kind of went down the drain."

- Filip Janos

Censorship divides us

TALEISE LAWRENCE Assistant Editor

Banned Book Week was celebrated Sept. 18-24 this year. This is the 40th year, as the celebration start ed in 1982.

It was created in response to a “sud den surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries.”

This year, the theme was “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.”

Efforts to remove books from library shelves are more common than you might think. The American Library Association reported 729 chal lenges to library, school and univer

sity materials in 2021, which resulted in 1,597 individual book challenges or removals.

The reasons for banning are many. Some reasons are LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, depictions of abuse, sexual references and for providing sex edu cation.

Some have been banned, while oth ers have been only challenged, relocat ed or restricted.

What is the difference between banning and challenging? A challenge is when a group attempts to get mate rials removed or restricted, whereas a ban is when those materials actually do get removed or restricted.

But what’s the point in banning a

book? If you don’t want to read it, just don’t! Don’t stop other people from accessing books just because you don’t like the content.

In 2019, the group that were the big gest challengers were patrons, and the most likely place was public libraries. This really makes no sense to me.

In schools and school libraries, I could understand the perspective of parents a bit more. They don’t want their children doing mandatory read ing on topics they don’t find suitable.

The part that doesn’t make sense to me is banning books in public librar ies. That’s restricting other people’s access to books, which will have no impact on you personally.

Is there still a right to privacy with regard to electronic data?

T CLEARWATER Staff Writer

In the United States, we recog nize the people have a right to privacy. But we’re seeing a growing number of court cases where the right to privacy is no longer recognized when it comes to electronic data.

For example, according to media reports, authorities in Nebraska accessed private Facebook messages between a teen and her mother in relation to an investigation of the ter mination of a pregnancy that ultimately resulted in charges being filed.

Meta, the company that owns both Facebook and Instagram, turned over mes sage records to authorities when given warrants, which led to additional charges.

This move from authorities to access private data is gaining traction in courts, including here in Wisconsin.

In 2016, George Burch (now deceased) gave authorities per mission to search his texts for his alibi after he was accused of a crime. Authorities down loaded the full contents of his phone, going well beyond the consent given for the court case.

There has been questions as to whether it was an ille gal search and seizure, since authorities went outside the scope of the investigation. In a direct statement given to WBAY television by Burch’s lawyer Ana Babcock, “In this case… it is very clear that consent was limited.” Babcock represented Burch during his appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on matters invoking the Fourth Amendment when it comes to what data can be obtained from electronic devices.

"I hope she's in a better place, but I did not care. I feel like we glorify peo ple that did nothing for the poor."

- Louis Hernandez Ponce

A reminder of the pain inflicted by colonialism

IMAN ALRASHID Copy Editor

At age 96, Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Sept. 8, 2022. The whole world was sad, shocked by her passing.

The BBC reports, "some of the first mourners to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state in Westminster Hall have come away in tears, describing the sight of the cloaked coffin as overwhelming."

I am astonished at what is going on in our world. What is really overwhelming is 1.8 million Syrian refugees and Ukraine refugees, most of them starving and dying from the bad living conditions. People in Africa are starving to death. This is overwhelming.

I cannot think of another event or issue that has received a similar amount of attention in recent times.

Not everyone is interested in issues like African poverty and children's hunger. Some people do not care about the refugees' day-to-day life in the desert. But what about global warming? I wish the global warming topic gets attention the same way the queen's pass ing away did. At least global warming affects the whole planet; it should matter to everyone.

When I think of Queen Elizabeth II, the first thing that comes to my mind is that Great Britain has invaded almost 90% of the world's countries in its history. And since the queen represents her country, I can

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"I don't care, honestly. I think it was kind of silly on how people were freaking out about it.

- Cassidy Cotter

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Butterflies need our help

KELSEY GERMANN Staff Writer

We patiently look for the first signs of spring in the air: the warm sun, leaves budding, birds singing and butterflies migrating.

I love butterflies, and I cannot imag ine the world without them. Looking at butterflies flying and bouncing between the flowers makes me happy.

Wisconsin is a great spot for but terflies. There are over a hundred but terfly species in Wisconsin, and there are a lot of places where people can visit and enjoy watching beautiful but terflies, like the Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin, Olbrich Botanical Gardens Blooming Butterflies and other areas.

Butterflies are endangered, which makes me sad and angry at the same time. The greatest threats to butterflies are habitat change and loss due to res idential, commercial and agricultural development, climate change and wide spread pesticide use.

Butterflies are not only fun to watch, but they serve a critical pur pose as well. Butterflies are great for our garden as they are attracted to bright flowers and need to feed on nec tar. When they do this, their bodies col lect pollen and carry it to other plants, and this helps fruits, vegetables and

flowers produce new seeds.

Butterflies are fussy eaters. They like citrus, snapdragons, tea trees, lavender, banksia, wattles, daisies and verbena. Including a variety of these nectar-producing plants in our gar dens ensures that butterfly-friendly food is available throughout the year.

Learning some of the most common

butterflies in your area will help you understand what kinds of butterflies you attract to your yard. This is a great place to start; we can help by providing the right habitat for them.

Let us minimize chemical use and plant more flowers in our garden. With a little more work, we can save butterflies from extinction.

It was upheld that all electronic devices' data were admissible.

But Justice Brian Hagedorn said in an interview that the initial download was beyond what Burch consented to and that the continued and further use of illicitly obtained data went beyond expectation of privacy that one would consider reasonable.

In a way, authorities and Meta are sharing an individual’s private information and, in a sense, directly violating their right to privacy.

In their public defense Meta has claimed that they are working on endto-end encryption to prevent anyone besides the involved parties, the send er and receiver(s), from being able to see the messages sent using their platforms.

This means investigators would be unable to illicitly search through the user’s information on their platform, let alone download that data illicitly.

Again, can that save them?

I also want to know, what has taken them so long to consider such a policy and encryption?

Meta has long been under fire for selling information to other parties for things such as targeted ads and otherwise not protecting people against being hacked or resorting the accounts when hacked or mass attacked by trolls.

Another notable mention I am aware of, is a Norwegian cosplayer named Culifax. They are some one I have been a follower of for a while and they are considered a cosplay celebrity, yet at no point has Instagram felt they could determine that their account has been hacked because they allege, they cannot prove, nor disprove, their identity.

They themselves and many others, myself included, have done so much to try and aid in the recovery of their account, which includes direct com munications and testimony that they are indeed themselves.

Thanks to the community the hacker, who has been trying to scam followers out of money, has nearly stopped using the account, blocked dozens of people and changed the username to “NotImportant.”

Culifax has taken to editing their photos and videos to include text of their name and anyone else with them. I very much understand the feeling that it could take away from the work and the art of it but it’s often a needed protection artists ought to use, so I am glad to see that they have done so.

They had to do all of this work even though Meta can still access all their information, all of everyone’s information, all of everyone’s mes sages – yet they still can’t prove that Culifax is themself. Yet, the messages on their platforms can be used to per secute people in court.

So I ask again, do you think the Meta platforms are going to continue to survive with this type of harmful behavior to their users?

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say with a clear conscience, “Queen Elizabeth, rest in peace; I will never forget the war crimes by UK forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and other coun tries.”

“Queen Elizabeth, rest in peace. I will never forget British colonialism, and the people around the globe who were subjected to mass famines and brutal massacres at the hands of imperialist troops.”

I do not think any royal will rest in peace. The aristocrat's appearance in the British royal family will never clear the bloody history of Great Britain.

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'Clerks III' released

GRANT NELSON Staff Writer

This film has been over a decade in the making and has been part of a cinematic universe that every stoner and "Star Wars" fan boy has come to love – “Clerks III” created by Kevin Smith. The “Clerks” cinematic universe began as an Indie film about two slackers, Dante and Randal, and their degenerate companions, Jay and Silent Bob, and now has a cult following.

The collection of films known for its stoner humor and nerd banter has spawned spinoffs such as “Chasing Amy” and “Dogma.” But “Clerks” has always been the core of this world. This film follows Dante and Randal, now in their late 40s and trying to make a film about their lives to leave something behind after years of wasted chances.

The film is a homage to Kevin Smith and all his work, and sort of a way for him and his fans to come to terms with their careers and lives. It is filled with both ‘90s moments and modern-day “Star Wars” humor.

“Clerks III” is very different than Kevin Smith's early work in the sense of growing old and other themes that the film brings itself to ponder in its ending.

Memoir tells a child actress’ experiences

KELLY FENG Managing Editor

“I’m Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy, the child actress who starred in “iCarly” in the early 2000s, is a frank, full-scale memoir that answers many questions about why many child stars end up emotionally and financially broke, addicted to drugs, disillusioned or dead.

Most of us will never understand the harrowing experience of a childhood in the spotlight and the road to developing peace as an adult. Still, McCurdy conveys it brilliantly with an uplifting story of overcoming abuse with resilience and recovery.

Filled with witty references and dark humor, this is an excellent book on how childhood trauma can set the stage for how you function as an adult. McCurdy paints her youth by writing a series of vignettes that capture childhood abuse, addiction and therapy.

After McCurdy’s mother introduces her daughter to the idea of being an actress, 6-year-old Jennette, wanting to please her mother (who always

wanted to be an actress, but didn’t get the chance), agrees to her mom’s request (or demand, depending how you look at it).

A years-long process of acting and dancing lessons ensue, moving between agents and managers and endless auditions.

However, the roles eventually come in for McCurdy, with stints on “CSI” and “Malcolm in the Middle.”

Codependence and a lopsided need to please her mom, along with living in cramped conditions and developing eating disorders also occur.

McCurdy first develops anorexia as an 11-year-old, noticing she is beginning to grow breasts. Embarking on puberty, the wise child actress understands that it is a liability in her work.

Because she is undersized for her age, she is more marketable and can play younger roles, which means she can stand in for children younger than herself. (Some children cannot take direction and are also legally permitted to have more break time.)

‘The Owl House’ gets a third season

MEGAN ANDERSON Staff Writer

On Oct. 15, season three of “The Owl House” will premiere on Disney Channel. This is a show that has touched the hearts of many people, young and old alike, including myself.

The “Owl House” is a cartoon about a 14-year-old girl who does not fit in her world, aka the human realm, in a fictional town called Gravesville, Connecticut. Her name is Luz and she is different for many reasons, some of them regarding her race/origin, bisexual identity and possible neuro divergence. She is fixated on fictional worlds and ironically ends up in a different realm called the “Demon Realm.” Here, she meets Eda the Owl Lady, who promises to teach her magic, as it is a realm made of both demons and witches. The series goes on for a full two well written, well animated seasons.

Within the show Luz meets plenty of other young people that accept her in the demon realm. Although this world is not her home world, she has come to love it and the individuals that live in it. I do not want to give too many spoilers; however, like every cartoon series, there is a bad guy.

Emperor Belos is nearly the complete opposite of Luz in many ways. Rather than the freedom Luz, Eda and others have in this realm, Emperor Belos, the praised leader of the land in the demon realm, promotes rigid rules under the word of “order.”

However, “order” can only be so useful, and oftentimes when people try to control others, it’s not for the best. Emperor Belos’ way of doing this is to enforce a “Coven System,” and seal off certain types of magic for cer

tain people. A Bard can only use Bard magic, an illusionist can only use illu sion magic, etc. Some beings in this world are not fans of this system, and Emperor Belos proves to be a dark villain for a cartoon.

Nevertheless, “The Owl House” had very high ratings through two sea sons so far. However, Disney Channel shortened the third season because “it didn’t fit the brand.” Honestly, quite a bad decision for how much money they could make. Many fans had the ories that the reasons for shortening the third season, then canceling it right after, was because of its repre sentation of LGBT people. Not only are two of the main characters in a

same gender relationship, but they also have a nonbinary character.

The show sadly gained the atten tion of a right-wing group called “One Million Moms.” They call themselves that, but in my honest opinion there is no way there are a million of them.

The “One Million Moms” protested this show not only because of its wonderful representation of LGBT people and many other minorities, but also because of the use of the term “demon” and the imagery of the series.

The series showrunner, Dana Terrance, did her best to save the show and the kids and young adults it gave hope to.

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Luz (right, voiced by Sarah-Nicole Robles) and King (Alex Hirsch) in Disney's "The Owl House."

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Scared of losing roles because of puberty, McCurdy goes to her mother for advice on how to stay small, and astonishingly, her mother introduces her to the world of calorie reduction. Their plan leads to McCurdy’s anorexia and eventual bulimia.

Because her home life is riddled with dysfunction, McCurdy becomes an expert on one of Hollywood’s most valued skills: crying on cue. Her mother’s controlling behavior and ongoing abuse, coupled with her father’s indifference, give her plenty of reason for the tears.

The ability to cry on cue makes the actress high in demand.

McCurdy lands a prominent role in “iCarly,” and although she can provide for her family, her problems don’t stop but worsen.

The show’s producer is Dan

... A series of vignettes that capture childhood abuse, addiction and therapy.

wear a one-piece and is uncomfortable exposing so much of her body. “I hate this feeling, the feeling of so much of my body being exposed,” she said, “It feels sexual to me. I’m ashamed.”

When she has a scene where she has a first kiss with a boy, “The Creator” screams at her off camera to move her head more.

McCurdy knows that Nickelodeon stars rarely further their career and make it to the big time and that her co-star Ariana Grande’s (from “Sam and Cat”) blossoming singing career is the rare exception to the rule.

outside of entertainment, that is not a realistic option. With no practical choices to continue acting, McCurdy decides to learn directing, asking the “Sam and Cat” staff to let her direct an episode to get TV directing credits added to her resume. The team initially agreed, but later back out on the offer.

Today, McCurdy’s future looks much brighter. She has managed to move beyond the childhood stardom trap and is in therapy for her eating disorders. She also has a career writing, directing short films and hosting a podcast.

In 2018, Nickelodeon quickly severed ties with Schneider saying it was an amicable split. With fans searching online, reports surfaced that there were complaints of abusive behavior, including interactions with minor actors and actresses.

Under “The Creator,” she is forced to wear a bikini, although she pleads to

While her mother dreams of her daughter winning a future Academy Award, McCurdy has learned to adjust her expectations. “Who’s gonna wanna hire me when I’ve spent almost ten years on Nickelodeon?” she said.

But the childhood stardom has also left her without an alternative route, explaining she never went to college and has no fundamental life skills. So, even if she wanted to get a profession

In “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” she paints a bleak picture of child stardom as a system in which children bankroll other people and are eventually turned loose when they lose their value.

This story of McCurdy’s victory over her childhood demons will leave many readers emotionally depleted. Still, her outstanding writing prevails, and the reader has no choice but to stay with McCurdy until she can recover from her childhood demons.

Schneider, although McCurdy refers to him as “The Creator.” Some background on Schneider: he was a huge name in Nickelodeon history and children’s TV from the 1990s to 2000s.

‘Splatoon 3’ offers new content and welcome changes

CRAIG MCKINLEY Staff Writer

Among the abundant quirk iness the “Splatoon” franchise is known for lies gameplay that’s hard to find anywhere outside the series. Its new est game “Splatoon 3” was released recently. Even though it shares much of its core with the two previous games, it also features welcome changes and new content. While “Splatoon 3” has some unusual theming and presentation, it also con tinues to offer something that was nonexistent before the first “Splatoon” game.

In the “Splatoon” franchise, most characters are based on aquatic species. When the player creates their character, they choose from two half-hu manoid, half-cephalopod species. Inklings are more squid-like, while an Octoling is more like an octopus, both of which can transform between humanoid and cephalopod. These two species, among many other aquatic-based characters, inhabit Splatsville. Here, the sports are played with water-gun-like weapons, among other everyday objects that can spread a paint-like substance (referred to as ‘ink’).

How does “Splatoon 3” play? Making use of one of these weapons, the player spreads colored ink across the environment. They may then swim through their team’s ink by changing into their ceph alopod form. This is useful because it reloads the player’s ink, hides the player, lets the

player climb vertical surfaces, slip through grates and lets them travel faster.

Spreading ink is particu larly useful in “Splatoon 3’s” main mode, called “Turf War.” In this mode with two teams of four players, points are measured by which team’s ink is covering most of the ground after three minutes. Ink can also be used to temporarily take other players out of the game to stop them from scor ing or defending, but contrary to many games of similar types, score isn’t directly dependent on this.

While Turf War is often fun, “Splatoon 3” offers other ways to play as well. Other multiplayer modes with dif ferent goals are available once the player levels up a certain

amount. While this means those who don’t care for Turf War still need to play it before they can try other game-types, I find most of these at-first-in accessible modes to be more interesting. They’re also often more fair thanks to more spe cific goals that shouldn’t keep the player guessing as often. For those interested in playing alongside and not against their friends, a cooperative game called “Salmon Run” becomes available more quickly than most of the later-accessible modes. Players work together in Salmon Run to survive and collect “Golden Eggs,” which they’re rewarded in-game for collecting.

Speaking of playing with friends, that’s a fantastic way to play, and something

“Splatoon 3’s” online lobby makes simpler compared to past games. Almost every multiplayer mode can now be played with friends. Players can either group up before starting a game, or even spon taneously join a friend in certain situations. For those who wish to play locally rather than online, players can play together using wireless com munication. “Splatoon 3” does not feature play between mul tiple users on the same device though, which means everyone who wishes to play would need a Nintendo Switch with a copy of the game, and those wishing to play online will also need to subscribe to Nintendo’s online service.

For those more interested in playing offline by them

selves, “Splatoon 3” offers a single-player mode with a new story and changes in gameplay. While this new story may not feel like it fits together that well, the gameplay in this mode feels more refined as progress is made. The story mode is played in a main environment that offers entrances to mis sions with specific goals, and completing these missions will help with traversal of the main environment. The player progresses the story and mode by completing certain signifi cant objectives. There are also many smaller, usually optional missions that can be completed to help the player get around the main environment. While it’s important to note that clever players can skip many missions by planning their path, much of this mode’s fun comes from the gameplay, so I recommend taking the time to enjoy it.

"Splatoon 3" is an exciting game! The first "Splatoon" game offered something fresh and new, while "Splatoon 3" continues to offer an updated form of the same fun. In particular, I welcome the new lobby, changes to playing with friends, updates to the gameplay of the non-TurfWar modes, new weapons and environments and the new story mode. While not all existing "Splatoon" players consider these changes meaningful enough to buy another game, any "Splatoon" game is unique enough to be worth trying for new players if given the chance.

Some great LGBTQ+ music to add color to your playlists!

T CLEARWATER Staff writer

I have probably said her name like 50 times so far this month in school alone. The artist Gia Woods has been an absolute must in my daily listening lately. Woods is an electro-pop genre artist mainly, but all her music revolves around her openly being a lesbian. The first song I heard by her was “Next Girlfriend” a few weeks before spring break, sometime between early and mid-February, giving me PLENTY of time to put it on repeat throughout the semester and give me something to fuel my soul. This song had only debuted a few weeks before my discovery of it coming out on Sept. 22, 2021. As I binged her song another huge hit of hers came into my playlists, “Oh My God,” which debuted on Aug. 27, 2021.

The song “Next Girlfriend” being the newer two of these solo releases is the one that is credited for show ing a shift in Woods’ music, going from very sensitive, lovelorn, edgy, occasionally grungy and even at times like in the case with “Oh My God,” dreamily melodic to very sexual, sensual and full of confident boldness. Don’t worry, she doesn’t lose that grungy flare.

She is my top Sapphic recommendation at this time and can be found on both Spotify and YouTube. I highly recommend her other songs: “Lesbionic,” “Spend It” (with BAYLI who is next on this list and touches a bit into that hint of grungy), “Only a Girl,” “Sabotage,” “Fame Kills,” “Heart Won’t Forget” (guar anteed to make you mushy!), “Hello,” “Ego” and “Keep On Coming.”

When you get to listening to some of her music prior to 2021 you can still hear sensual and sexual overtones in her music, even at times it is explicit as well. Her song “Keep On Coming” was actually released April 5, 2019 and has a lot of sexual refer ences that takes a sensual tone to it. I think whoever claimed “Next Girlfriend” to be her big break into her talking so explicitly about her sexuality must not have listened to this song at the very least. Hopefully they have since then!

My next high mention was an artist I was already OBSESSED with prior to hearing “Next Girlfriend” by Woods would be who I mentioned when talking about the song “Spend It.” It made me SCREAM internally to hear them create a song together, and it is so good! BAYLI has always had a more urban/hip-hop genre in the songs by her that I have heard and is officially

classified into R&B/Soul and pop, but like Woods has very explicitly talked about her sexual attraction and acts with women. BAYLI debuted in her band

“The Skins” 2017 in a tour with DNCE. In 2020 her reputation for her solo work really started taking off, particularly for her song writing, and has written with a number of artists across multiple genres. She has been given the genre of spacey next-level R&B by Liberty Music PR and can be really upheld by her song “TELLY BAG.” Her biggest hit is without a doubt “Sushi For Breakfast” and the song that introduced me to her. This is claimed to be her big debut song and has been added to Billboards Queer Necessities which you will have no arguments from me on! The song is way past being a bop and really show cases her appe tite for sex, lovemaking and over all intimacy with women. She really sells the strength of female-to-fe male relationships in the face of adversity with some of her iconic lines in the song such as:

“Come and see me, got you flying over Texas

Turn you on when you see me

Actin’ reckless

I might blow a check, yeah

Pull up, baby, flex”

Another notable thing about BAYLI that might come a bit as a surprise is that she doesn’t use labels

for her sexuality, but made a statement back in June that her partner is a woman so she calls herself gay. Her song “Boys Lie” really expresses what she thinks of men and it’s hard to tell if she ever liked men or if she’s sworn them off, because honestly, same. I have also had another woman's music that I love who I didn’t initially know was label-less or fluid.

A great guilty pleasure throwback for some may come as a surprise for my next mention – Jessica Origliasso, the identical twin sister of Lisa Origliasso and one half of the hit international pop band “The Veronicas.” The duo is most well known for their biggest hit that debuted in 2007. It was a highlight of my summer and continues to hold firmly a dear spot in my heart untouched.

The duo, while sharing much like their love of their music and general style, have slightly different sexualities. Lisa has gone on record as being straight while her sister Jessica is openly a queer woman, and it has actually had a hand in their music. So, if you ever felt their music had queer flare like I did, then you would be correct. Their song “4ever” really gives this queer flare a front stage and is also a huge hit of their's, siting at 10 million views on YouTube. The song came out in 2005.

Jessica has had some notability in her dating a queer woman as she defines her sexuality as fluid but certainly leans sapphic. During the last decade she has had a roller-coaster on/off relationship with the queer heartthrob of “Orange is the New Black” television series Ruby Rose. Ruby has notably played a role in the sisters' music as Jessica wanted to speak about love, especially queer love, in the face of addiction. The song “If You Love Someone” is direct in its messaging in both the lyrics and the music video (in which Rose does make an appearance). This song is listed as third most popular on Spotify with 21,830,907 listens and is under “4ever” in second place with 31,602,570 listens and their top song which again is “Untouched” which blows the other songs away at a whopping 134,446,544 listens.

While the two inevitably did not work out, Origliasso has found herself very much in love with her new partner, a woman named Alex Smith. The couple got engaged a week before they publicly announced it, a mere two hours before I wrote this article. For the record I am writing this article at 11:13 p.m. on Sept. 21 (deadlines suck sometimes, but after about 30 minutes or so I’m done).

Cover of the album, “OMG,” by Gia Woods.

A screenshot of the game, “Splatoon 3,” shows the environment players can expect to experience.

MEETTHEPACK

MEN’S SOCCER

GABE VOUNG

A freshman forward on the Madison College men’s soccer team, Gabe Voung has started all eight games for the 7-1 WolfPack this season. He leads the team in goals scored with 11 and has two assists for a total of 24 points. Voung has taken 24 shots and has 19 shots on goal. He scored a career-high four goals against Milwaukee Area Technical College on Sept. 7.

Voung is a graduate of Sun Prairie High

School, where he was voted team MVP in soccer as a sophomore and a senior. He was also team caption and first team all-con ference as a senior. The son of Sarah and David Vong, he is a liberal arts major.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

LIZ FOYE

A sophomore on the Madison College women’s soccer, Liz Foye has played in all eight matches for the 5-2-1 WolfPack this season and has scored two goals and had two assists. Last season, she was a second team all-conference selection and was named to the all-region team. She helped lead the WolfPack to the 2021 conference title and regional championship.

Foye played soccer for two years of Sun Prairie High School, where she was voted team MVP twice. The daughter of Becky and Ron Foye, she is a surgical technical major.

Fantasy football stars not living up to the hype

ROSS LITSCHER Sports Editor

If we learned one thing from Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season, it’s that no lead is safe. The Ravens lead the Dolphins, 35-14, in the fourth quarter and ended up losing, 42-38. The Raiders lead the Cardinals, 20-0, at half time before losing, 29-23, in overtime. The Browns lead the Jets, 30-17, with just under two minutes to play, only to allow two quick touchdowns that would lead to a 30-31 loss.

The same could be said for fantasy foot ball, as if someone in your game had Jalen Hurts or Stefon Diggs in their lineup, odds are they had a good chance at a late come back because both of those players went off in the Monday Night Football doubleheader to cap off Week 2.

The four teams that played on ESPN’s rare Monday Night football doubleheader all had their fair share of fantasy football stars, but not everyone lived up to the hype.

Titans’ running back Derrick Henry had a rough game, mainly because Tennessee’s passing game struggled to balance out his runs without their top receiver from last year AJ Brown.

New win streak started

WolfPack men’s soccer team wins 2 straight after first loss of season

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Madison College men’s soccer team has rebounded from its first loss of the season by posting three straight victories.

Since falling to Harper College, 3-0, at home on Sept. 14, the

WolfPack has beaten McHenry County College and Joliet Junior College to run its record to 7-1.

The loss to Harper was the first time Madison College’s potent offense was held scoreless this season.

But against McHenry County on Sept. 16, the WolfPack scored early and often on its way to a 7-1 victory.

Jacob Howard got the team’s first goal 2 minutes and 43 seconds into the match, off an assist by Gabe Voung.

Madison College upends Finlandia University, 2-0

CHASE DEMASI Sports Editor

The Madison College women’s soccer team defeated Finlandia University, 2-0, at home on Sept. 16.

The first goal came from Madison Johnson in the 20th minute of the match, her fifth goal of the season. Johnson also led the team in shots with three, two of which were on target.

The second goal came from Kierstin McHugh, her third goal of the season, and was assisted by Grace Huber off a counterattack in the 74th minute.

Madison College had a total

of seven shots, six of which were on target. Goalkeeper Morgan Thompson saved 15 shots and picked up her second clean sheet of the season.

After the match, Madison College head coach Matt Schwartz said that the team did a good job at tracking back defensively and playing two touch soccer.

Schwartz also said that Savi Pursley and Lexi Kulow impressed him the most because they are “complete 360 degree players who can play anywhere and can really con trol the game.”

When asked about what

After McHenry County tied the score with its only goal of the match a few minutes later, Voung put the WolfPack back on top with a goal at the 25 minute mark. From there on, it was all Madison College. Dominick Ramirez scored two goals, one in each half, while Caeben Schomber, Adair Tlato and Joao Mendonca each added goals.

After the cancellation of its

Brown did play Monday night, but for his new team, the Eagles. Even though he got injured early and did not return, he is still expected to have a big year because of his quarterback Jalen Hurts. Hurts had a mon ster game against the Vikings, becoming the first Eagles quarterback with 300 total yards in a half since Michael Vick 12 years ago.

The Vikings struggled mainly because their fantasy standout Justin Jefferson was shut down by Eagles cornerback Darius Slay. Jefferson should bounce back this season, but something to look out for is teams with a great corner running man defense on him, as the Eagles and Slay learned from the Packers’ mistake of running zone against JJ last week.

The Packers had a bounce back this week

Profiles of WolfPack athletes

VOUNG

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Madison College’s Gabe Voung gets control of the ball after a long pass during his team’s 7-1 victory over McHenry County College at home on Sept. 17.

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Madison College freshman midfielder Mahala Frey, right, battles a Finlandia University opponent for possession of the ball during their match on Sept. 17.

WolfPack volleyball now stands at 14-7 overall

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Although Madison College swept Lakeland University JV, 3-0, on Sept. 22, each of the games were close battles. The WolfPack won, 25-19, 26-24, 25-21, recording their second victory over the Muskies this season. Now ranked 12th in the NJCAA Division III poll, Madison College has a 14-7 overall record.

Freshmen Daryn Schaefer and Tyra Anderson led the way in the match, with each posting a double-double. Schaefer had 25 assists to help the offense and a career high 18 digs to lead the defense. Anderson had 10 kills and 10 digs. Kendall Weisensel, also a fresh man, had 17 digs in the match.

Madison College next plays at home against Western Technical College on Sept. 27. Conference play will resume with a match at Joliet Junior College on Sept. 29.

Madison College 3, Milwaukee Area Technical College

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A lopsided sweep of Milwaukee Area

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as running back Aaron Jones went off for 132 total yards and a pair of scores. Running back performances like this have been hard to come by so far this season because of either a lack of touches or a lot of teams using two running backs consistently, which is good for the real teams but not ideal for fan tasy football teams because it takes away touches for the main back.

Dalvin Cook, Austin Ekeler and Ezekiel Elliott, have all struggled to be consistent because they are sharing carries with other running backs. Backs like Jonathan Taylor of the Colts are doing well, but he is just not getting the ball enough because his team has fallen behind early in two straight weeks, which leads teams to throw the ball more instead of leaning on their running backs.

I would expect most of these guys to start putting up numbers like their counter parts Christian McCaffrey, Saquon Barkley and D’Andre Swift have once offenses get more settled into this new season.

Passing has been the story of this season so far, as unex pected great performances from Tua Tagovailoa and Kyler Murray make them great quarterback options going forward in an already stacked quarterback league.

Great quarterback play means the wide receivers on the receiving end will have opportunities to make great plays. Diggs and Tyreek Hill had monster games Week 2 for the Bills and Dolphins and are solid options going forward. Another route to go is getting the second wide receiver on teams like that, where in later weeks the top guys may get more double teams. Gabe Davis and Jaylen Waddle have already had some big games this year playing alongside Diggs and Hill.

Wide receivers in pass happy offenses, such as Amon-Ra St. Brown, Cooper Kupp, Keenan Allen and Ja’Marr Chase should be keys to many fantasy teams as the season goes on.

Technical College ended a two-match losing streak for Madison College on at home on Sept. 20. The WolfPack won, 25-9, 25-16, 25-12, posting their 38th straight victory over the Stormers.

Anderson had 12 kills to lead the team, while Weisensel had 10 kills and 11 digs. Schaefer had 34 assists.

Lansing Community College 3, Madison College 1

Madison College lost their final match of the Joliet Junior College Mizuno Invitational, 3-1, on Sept. 17, finishing fourth in the tournament. The match was extremely close, with Division II Lansing Community College winning, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21, 26-24.

Anderson led Madison College with nine kills in the match, while Sophia Venne added eight. Schaefer had 29 assists.

Lake Land College 3, Madison College 0

Lake Land College, a Division I team, shut down Madison College, 3-0, in the

semifinals of the Mizuno Invitational, winning, 25-12, 25-18, 25-14. Weisensel led the team with nine kills, while Anderson and Venne each had seven. Schaefer added 28 assists and 16 digs.

Madison College 3, Morton College 2

A back-and-forth match saw Madison College prevail, 3-2, over Morton College in their second match of the Mizuno Invitational on Sept. 16. Weisensel posted a career-best 15 kills, while Anderson added 10. Schaefer had 34 assists and two aces.

Madison College 3, Highland Community College 1

After losing the first set, Madison College battled back in their first match of the Mizuno Invitational to beat Highland Community College, 3-1, on Sept. 16.

The WolfPack won, 17-25, 25-19, 25-17, 31-29. Weisensel had 14 kills to lead the team offensively, while Anderson added 12 kills and four aces.

Madison College schedules and results.

VOLLEYBALL

Schedule

AUG. 19 McHenry County College Invite, vs. North Iowa, 3-2 LOSS, vs. St. Louis CC, 3-2 WIN

AUG. 20 McHenry County College Invite, vs. Bryant & Stratton, 3-1 WIN, vs. Owens CC, 3-0 LOSS

AUG. 24 vs. Morton College, 3-1 WIN

AUG. 26 at College of DuPage Invite vs. Genesee CC, 3-0 WIN.; vs. Century College, 3-2 LOSS

AUG. 27 at College of DuPage Invite vs. St. Cloud Technical College, 3-0 WIN; vs. Finger Lakes CC, 3-1 WIN

SEPT. 3 at home vs. Dakota County Technical College, 3-1 WIN; vs. Bay College, 3-0 WIN

SEPT. 7 at home vs. Rock Valley College, 3-2 LOSS

SEPT. 10 at home vs. Minnesota West CTC, 3-1 WIN; vs. Lakeland University JV, 3-0 WIN

SEPT. 13 at home vs. College of DuPage, 3-0 LOSS

SEPT. 16 at Joliet Junior College Mizuno Invite vs. Highland CC, 3-1 WIN, vs. Morton College, 3-2 WIN

SEPT. 17 at Joliet Junior College Mizuno Invite, vs. Lake Land, 3-0 LOSS, vs. Lansing CC, 3-1 LOSS

SEPT. 20 at home vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College, 3-0 WIN

SEPT. 22 at Lakeland University JV, 3-0 WIN

SEPT. 27 at home vs. Western Technical College, 6 p.m.

SEPT. 29 at Joliet Junior College, TBA.

OCT. 1 at Morton College Triangular vs. Joliet Junior College, 10 a.m.; vs. Morton College, noon; vs. Illinois Valley CC, 2 p.m.

OCT. 4 at home vs. Harper College, 6 p.m.

OCT. 6 at College of DuPage, TBA.

OCT. 11 at Milwaukee Area Technical College, TBA.

OCT. 18 at home vs. Joliet Junior College, 6 p.m.

OCT. 20 at Harper College, TBA

MEN’S SOCCER

Schedule

AUG. 21 vs. Rock Valley College, 1-0 WIN

AUG. 22 at Kankakee CC, 6-0 WIN

AUG. 24 at Kishwaukee College, 4-3 WIN

AUG. 27 at home vs. Edgewood College, scrimmage

AUG. 31 at home vs. Bryant & Stratton College, 8-0 WIN

SEPT. 7 at home vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College, 9-0 WIN

SEPT. 14 at home vs. Harper College, 3-0 LOSS

SEPT. 17 at home vs. McHenry County College, 7-1 WIN

SEPT. 21 at Joliet Junior College, 4-2 WIN

SEPT. 28 at Milwaukee Area Technical College, TBA.

OCT. 1 at home vs. Elgin Community College, 4:30 p.m.

OCT. 5 at Harper College, 4 p.m.

OCT. 8 at home vs. College of DuPage, 1 p.m.

OCT. 12 at home vs. Joliet Junior College, 2 p.m.

OCT. 15 at Oakton Community College, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Schedule

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match against Bryant and Stratton College on Sept. 25 due to weather, Madison College has six matches left this sea son starting with a road match against Milwaukee Area Technical College on Sept. 28. The next home match is Oct. 1 at 4:30 p.m. against Eglin Community College.

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he thinks the team needs to work on, Schwartz said, “we still have to get a little better at recognizing our options when we have the ball and maintaining our marks defensively.”

Madison College now stands at 5-2-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play. The team’s next home match will be against College of DuPage on Oct. 8.

Madison College 4, Joliet 2

Freshman Dominick Ramirez scored two goals for the second straight match to help lead Madison College to a 4-2 victory at Joliet Junior College on Sept. 21. His second goal was the game-winner, putting the WolfPack up, 3-2, with 15 minutes left in the match. Other goals were scored by Gabe Voung and Caeben Schomber. Voung’s goal was his 11th of the season, the second most in the nation.

Madison College 2, Joliet 0

Two second-half goals gave Madison College a victory at Joliet Junior College on Sept. 21. Thompson posted her sec ond-straight shutout in goal, while Liz Foye and Johnson both scored goals for the WolfPack. Foye got Madison College’s first goal, scoring her second goal of the season off a pass from Johnson 53 minute into the match. Johnson then added a goal 21 minutes later, her team-leading sixth goal of the year.

AUG. 20 at Rochester Community & Technical College, 1-0 WIN

AUG. 22 at Kankakee Community College, 1-1 TIE

AUG. 24 at Kishwaukee College, 7-0 WIN

AUG. 27 at home vs. Rochester Community & Technical College, 2-0 LOSS

AUG. 31 at home vs. Bryant & Stratton College, 3-0 LOSS

SEPT. 7 at home vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College, CANCELLED

SEPT. 14 at home vs. Harper College, 2-1 WIN

SEPT. 17 at home vs. Finlandia University, 2-0 WIN

SEPT. 21 at Joliet Junior College, 2-0 WIN

SEPT. 28 at Milwaukee Area Technical College, TBA.

OCT. 1 at home vs. Elgin Community College, 2 p.m.

OCT. 5 at Harper College, 2 p.m.

OCT. 8 at home vs. College of DuPage, 3 p.m.

OCT. 12 at home vs. Joliet Junior College, 4 p.m.

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Madison College’s Caeben Schomber battles a McHenry defender for the ball during the WolfPack’s 7-1 victory on Sept. 17.

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Help Finding Housing

Madison College is partnering with Rent College Pads to provide a curated list of houses and apartments avail able near all campuses in the district. The site is exclusive to the Madison College community. Visit madisoncol lege.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.madisoncol lege.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 mad isoncollege.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 avail able 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@madison college.edu for more information.

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Objective Difficulty

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.