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Editorial: Allow two UW campuses to start governing boards

The furor that erupted a year ago over who should control the state?s flagship UW-Madison campus has given way to sober realism about how best to fund and manage the state?s universities. That discussion resumes this week in Madison, and this time, with any luck, a reasonable solution will emerge that gives the state?s two largest campuses more freedom to run their affairs as state funding dwindles.