Welcome, UW alumni, to homecoming 2005. While the big football game between the Badgers and Purdue is the highlight of the weekend, there’s something even bigger that needs to be cheered – the University of Wisconsin-Madison itself.
There have been few times in history when Wisconsin’s world-class university has been under such sustained attack. Its budget has been slashed, its administrators have been pilloried by opportunistic legislators, even some of its renowned research has been threatened by those who would put their unyielding religious beliefs ahead of the promises of science.
So, as you cheer on the football team today, save a little bit of breath for the alma mater. It needs all the support it can get.