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Commentary: Diversity Dust-Up

Bucky, it seems, has found himself in the middle of an old controversy made anew. Last week, the Virginia-based Center for Equal Opportunity released two studies showing that in 2007 and 2008 the University of Wisconsin-Madison engaged in “severe discrimination” based on race and ethnicity. African American and Latino students, the report alleges, received preferential treatment over whites and Asians in undergraduate and law school admissions processes.