When Gov. Jim Doyle made plans to come to the University of Wisconsinâ??s Madison campus for a Tuesday press conference about the need-based Wisconsin Higher Education Grant (WHEG), campus officials sent an e-mail to students whose aid awards have been blocked by a statewide budget standoff to see if they might want to participate. â??The governor is looking for a few UW-Madison students who are WHEG-eligible for the 2007-08 year but who have not been awarded WHEG because they are â??wait-listedâ?? due to the budget impasse,â? says the e-mail, sent by the student financial services office to 33 Madison students identified as having received the grant in the previous academic year.
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