Something I discovered that might or might not help you ?

If you take classes at a college you could work for the student newspaper and get your stuff published and maybe even get paid a little. This would help your resume and make school a little more affordable not to mention a chance to build your audience.

How do I know ?

I'm currently taking classes at MATC and I applied for the student newspaper and they accepted me as a writer and have been publishing my articles. Here is my next article they will be publishing:


Change in Madison: For the better, or worse?
By Art Paul Schlosser

As I see our city and all the changes occurring in Madison, one thought
keeps going over and over in my head: Is change really always for the
best? I don’t drink Coke, but when the new Coke flavor came out, how
many people said they liked it better than the old? There are some new
things we like, but often the old favorites cannot be outdone. It’s
really getting to me that the things in Madison that were fun to do are
all going away.
There are two types of change that really bother me: familiar things
moving away or (worse yet) closing, and losing friends. I have lost many
of my favorite stores in the State Street area. There is something
special about walking down to where you like to hang out, seeing your
friends there, knowing the owner and buying things you know you can only
find there. So my question is, couldn't landlords recognize this and
freeze the rent as a service to the local fans of that store? Or what about
this: the city could give money back to landlords who freeze rent on a
store that is an commodity to the public.
Then there is the mp3. Was it really a good idea? I remember hanging
out at some of the various CD and record stores on State Street. At one
time there were between five and 12 in the area, but now there are only
two or three. Did we sell out? Did we sell the local friendly service
for a few free mp3s on our computer?
Jamie's Cookies is now Verizon, but you can't get any cookies at
Verizon. The Den, after 25 years, had to call it quits, so forget getting a
big soda for a cheap price. Sugar Shack has still got plenty of used
CDs, records, cassettes and videos – but since Gary had to move the
store, you have to go to the east side. I remember when Cosmo (Bob), used
to go in with some records in really bad shape and trade them for a rare
one in really good shape.
Not only there, but also at Wazoo, which later became Plush Records,
but now is a clothing store. They didn't always let Cosmo get away with
it, but sometimes they would, just to be nice. It makes me wonder if
change is really always for the best in our city and society. We are not
only losing cool places to hang out at, but also losing the owners and
the people who work there.
I owe a lot to Gerry Glaeve, who bought some of my first paintings and
encouraged me to keep going as an artist. Because rent is so high,
you'll never get to see some of the neat pieces of artwork he had in his
store. For me, it isn't just the store, but also Gerry that I’ll miss.
I also miss Bob from Plush records, who inspired me to write the song,
“Never Grow Up;” and hanging out with Dan, the drummer of
Killdozer, when he used to work at Pennylane. We used to eat lunch together
sometimes. I played Dan my first studio tape and he and the other members
of Killdozer had me open for them at Club De Wash. Sheila, the drummer
of Cattle Prod, also used to work at Wazoo and Pennylane. I remember
when she put up this cool window display with Elvis and a mirror in his
face, with a sign that said, “You are Elvis.”
I used to hang out at the University Square, where I also knew people
and saw a lot of movies. Gone are the days of the midnight movies at
University Square, the pinball machine and meeting Johnny Danger who played my music.
With all of these changes: people moving away, stores closing
or moving to new locations, I can't help but think maybe we are losing
the Madison that was voted Best City and are instead gaining a
Condominium Ghost Town.
What will happen to all those CDs, cassettes and records if everyone
decides to download all of their music? What about the personal service?
You will never convince me that no personal service is better. You will
never convince me that checking out your stuff in the self-service
line at the library, or now at Copps, is better than talking to someone as
you check out.
The thing about Madison that made it so great, is that it was a
friendly place to hang out. But now, we are losing all of that to Change. So I
ask once more: Is change really always for the best?