Chancellor Martin believes a demerger would be in the best interest of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If she is correct, she'd go down in history as one of the great leaders of the UW.
Chapter nine of the 4th volume of the history of the University of Wisconsin is the most definitive account of the merger. It is available online here: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=article&did=UW.UWHist19451971v4.i0020&id=UW.UWHist19451971v4&isize=M
The short version is that after the University of Wisconsin was established in Madison, a separate system of teachers colleges developed. By the mid-twentieth century, the teaching colleges had become true universities even offering graduate degrees. At the same time, the UW established the 2-year centers, and 4-year institutions, such as UW-Parkside. As the two systems became more alike, it made less and less sense for there to be two systems with two boards of regents and two budgets. Partial solutions were devised, but continued the inefficiencies. By the time the systems merged in 1971, it had been long overdue.
Lolz! Nowhere on the news anymore?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wisconsin-14-group-of-democratic-senators-returns-greeted-by-thousands-at-capitol/2011/03/12/ABB28IS_story.html
Saturday, March 12 in Madison was the biggest labor protest in US history. ~70,000 in the morning became over 100,000 by mid-day.
We're lifting each other up instead of tearing each other down, and we're not going anywhere. :)
Daydreaming Kotch twins sitting in a tree, can you imagine Plutocracy? One summoned down for Scotty. Scotty lets crush the working people organizers without delay. You can boldly push a bill through in one day, you and fox friends have the peoples house, whale away. No one will fight it, I know its true, I have helped others do it before, so can you. We can lump it all up and jam it all through. Scotty, you owe me now too, we are the King Makers, thats what we do. But the Fab 14 heard about Scottys plan for no collective bargaining rights, they bumped heads, put on their walking shoes, and skipped over to Bear Park. Scotty was so mad, but he couldnt let it show, so he put on his sleepy peepers, and talked like in a trance. He kept his cool, but he threatened none the less, arrest those Fab 14 brats on sight, its a quorum I seek. But the extended long arm of the law could not stretch that far, and besides Bear Park has a sign that says BEAR WEAR OR YOU BE A SNACK. Now others heard too, about no collective bargaining rights, they scratched their heads and said OOO no he did not, that is not right. Others queued in and ears were perked up. The peoples house was now full of full throated chants and beating drums. The badged badgers dressed in blue, thank the Gipper, kept their cool. Scotty and fox friends looked on with distain and said O what a mess, what should we do? Its time to paddle up the uncharted river without a canoe. So they hatched a scheme in the darkness of night. Without peeping a word to any blue soul, they rammed the bill through. It just did not feel quite right. Shame, Shame, Shame echoed in the chamber heights. A battle was won for those on the right, the tea sipping elephants trumpeted you cannot have collective bargaining rights. The donkeys hee hawed but were not amused at this legislative SNAFU. They knew what to do, a recall was in order, so with clicks of a mouse and clipboard in hands, they started canvassing the corn and dairy land.
Your McCarthyistic smears are ridiculous. We stand by the facts we are reporting--they may not fit the propaganda that fuels your absurd claims but the facts are true, that is objective and legitimate by any real measure.
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