Taking hard shots at the world of academia is nothing new for conservative Charlie Sykes, who wrote a scathing book about university professors back in the 1980s.
Sykes, the longtime WTMJ-AM (620) talk radio host, was at it again recently when he riffed on the University of Wisconsin Badgers and the team?s upcoming trip to the Rose Bowl, the team?s first to the Pasadena, Calif., event since 2000. His target: UW?s plan to pay trip costs for outgoing Gov. Jim Doyle, UW Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, members of the UW Board of Regents and other university officials as part of the official Rose Bowl traveling party.