Dear Editor: Empire building again. That appears to be what the UW System is up to with its plan for the future of Iraq, making Iraq sort of a sister nation — as if the UW-Madison did not already have enough on its plate. More than enough.
I have over the years watched the UW, obsessed with growth and outreach, chew up the beautiful campus, knock down woods near the tower on Bascom Hill, and continually prostrate itself for the gods of growth — to the detriment of the taxpayers’ ability to pay, and to the environment itself.
Endless growth thrown against a fixed supply of natural resources is an oxymoronic proposition. And the UW should not endorse it.