The usual UW bashers in the state Legislature certainly provide some good copy for this newspaper and others.
The story line typically goes like this: Outraged lawmaker castigates state university again for (fill in the blank – insufficient patriotism, wasteful spending, mismanagement or wildly unconventional thought).
The raging lawmaker gets to grab headlines and score cheap political points. The University of Wisconsin System suffers an excessive spanking and tries to strike back.
All the while, the reputation of the entire state of Wisconsin is trashed.