"Tyler is my boss. He's the Chief Fluff Brains and I'm the Chief Monster Maker," said Kaeti Lindquist, explaining how her business is structured. Tyler, the namesake of Lindquist's Tyler Poncho stuffed animal line, is a four-foot tall red stuffed dragon. Graduating in May from the graphic design program, Lindquist finds herself in a position that most graduates only dream of. The sudden success of Tyler Poncho has her contemplating hiring someone to help her sew so she can keep up with orders from stores and online. "I wasn't really serious about it at all when I first was doing it, but it was really slow build up until February this year. Now it's more serious and the opportunities keep stacking up," explained Lindquist. Read more...
Audience members and participants were able to experience a time-honored Native American tradition held at Madison Area Technical College last Saturday. This year's Pow Wow, Honoring Tradition Through Education, is an annual celebration. Yet again, the gymnasium was packed full of people circling the arena where dancers of all ages and backgrounds performed to the beat of many talented drummers. Read more...
Galant (Please note that the interviewee's name has been changed for safety reasons) is a Madison Area Technical College alumnus who immigrated to the United States nearly 16 years ago. He is originally from Togo, a small country in West Africa bordered by Ghana, Burkina Faso and Benin. Read more...
In baseball, the pitcher position is defined as "the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter." With that being said, the position is often looked at as the most important position on the diamond. Read more...
Madison will host the 2010 Ultimate Players Association (UPA) Ultimate Frisbee Nationals on May 28 through May 31. The Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association (MUFA) is organizing the event, with assistance from the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau. Read more...
Madison Area Technical College has already sent two teams to the national championship this year. In the second week of June, a Madison College golfer will be added to that list. Read more...
On April 9 at the Penthouse East Tower suite at Arbor Hills in Madison, fashion made its glorified return to the empty runway it left last season. Kristi Moe productions once again presented Wisconsin Fashion Week to the fashion starved. The returning annual event has a following of designers and fashion lovers alike. Read more...
In their first show in the state since becoming Wisconsinites, Minneapolis based band "Cloud Cult" endeared themselves to their new neighbors by giving an absolutely amazing performance. Read more...
"Kick-Ass," based on a graphic novel of the same name by Mark Millar is a cinematic masterpiece and delivers in full everything a great movie should have: action, humor, romance and a bit of depth. It takes the cliché good-guy-versus-bad-guy formula of a typical superhero tale and turns it on its ear. Read more...
The stigma surrounding college students is, typically, that we're immature, irresponsible, drunks. Although Madison Area Technical College may be an exception for this mis-informed understanding (after all, UW Madison is the party school of the nation…) there might be some arguable truth to this statement.In the college student's defense, I think we're just confused. About two months ago, I was one of the students described above, unfortunately, even to an extreme. It was much easier to indulge in the stigma, then fight it. I decided to take six weeks off from drinking alcohol for lent. Read more...
As I sit here and ponder what this, my last foreseeable article, will be about, a million questions flood my mind. Oddly enough, most have nothing to do about the impending article. They are thoughts about how I have gotten this far, though most times it feels as if I haven't gotten anywhere. Read more...
See that guy right there, the guy on the TV? The gay one? Yes of course you do, because he is stereotypically gay. Read more...
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