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Oh, the Humanities! Wisconsinites Fight Efforts to Kill Off University Majors

Seth Hoffmeister, a UW-Stevens Point alumni and former student government president, noted that Wisconsin has been long recognized as a leader in higher education. It has helped this state thrive, so why dismantle it? “What we propose is NOT radical,” Hoffmeister said. He invoked the Wisconsin Idea, the notion that the entire state could benefit from the knowledge and learning generated at University of Wisconsin System’s twenty-six campuses.