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As the war in Viet Nam escalated, so too did the monthly draft. When it hit 40,000 in December, 1965, Selective Service director General Lewis B. Hershey warned that “marginal” students — about 10 percent of university freshmen and sophomores — could soon lose their 2-S student deferment and be drafted. To define “marginal,” he brought  back the policy from the Korean War, using class rank and a standardized test.  The American Council of Educators, and UW Dean of Students Joseph Kauffman, approved. As do most students; more than 8000 UW men – about three-fourths of the male s...

Opinion: UW-Madison chancellor and state legislators use digital dodges to hide records from the public David Armiak © Journal Sentinel files University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank in her office in Bascom Hall on the campus in Madison. In March, The Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic and students returning to campus in the fall to a private portal used by presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities. “I would be delighted to share informati...

Reconsidering Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy Is All Well and Good—But You Can't Argue with Results Time 6 hrs ago Edward Steers Jr. © Getty Images The 16th American president, Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), sitting and leafing through documents, Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln is one of those individuals whose stature is so large that he has become engulfed in myth—myth that often replaces reality. In poll after poll, the man who died on April 15, 1865, has consistently been ranked by historians and the American people as our greatest president. Both political parties cl...

Veteran finds hope for her dog, others, in melanoma treatment study March 16, 2021 By Maddie Arthur Chester, a 12-year-old beagle mix, is enrolled in a study funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate a novel immunotherapy in dogs with melanoma. The study funds the canine clinical trials at UW Veterinary Care. Photo courtesy of Brittney Maehl From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next generation and reaches out to Wisconsinites to improve their lives. March’s t...

Madison, the first week of March, 1961 Madison in the Sixties The Spring primary on March 7 brings double-barreled bad news for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace auditorium and exhibition hall. In the morning, construction bids are opened for the ambitious project which the city approved in 1954, but which opponents have delayed since then through litigation and legislation. And it’s quickly evident that their plan to kill the project through economic pressures was a good one, as more than six years of inflation knocked the budget completely out of whack. In November 1954, city voters a...