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UW-Madison student ‘completely stunned’ to be Rhodes Scholar

Homework doesn?t stop, even for a newly minted Rhodes Scholar. After surviving a nerve-wracking interview and learning she won the coveted award, Alexis Brown had to set aside her excitement momentarily to finish the task at hand: a paper due before Thanksgiving break. “I was completely stunned,” said the 21-year-old UW-Madison student a few days after the announcement. “Still am.”