UW Together Part II: Unite For Students at the Capitol

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Last month, the Center for Equal Opportunity launched an attack on the students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, trying to pit Badger against Badger to further their partisan goals. However, we resisted, we united, and we stood together in support of the holistic admissions practices at UW-Madison, reminding the CEO that we're more than our scores!

Now, our defense continues as Representative Stephen Nass (R-Whitewater) has invited the CEO to the Capitol for a closed hearing to waste time they should be spending working on job creation or lowering the cost of higher education scrutinizing our legal admissions practices at UW-Madison.

So, what are we going to do? Are we going to protest outside their meeting so they can whine and play the victim card again? Actually, no. They are irrelevant and they know it, so we're not giving them the time of day.

We have set up a press conference one hour before their meeting at 1:00 PM at the 411 South Hearing Room in the Capitol. There we will tell the media what students at UW-Madison really care about. Students will tell the press that we want the government to focus on reigning in the skyrocketing cost of college, reducing student loan debt, and EXPANDING the right to vote among students, not discriminating against us at the polls.

After the press conference, we will march out of the Capitol and down State St to the Memorial Union where we will unite and show the CEO that we don't want to even be in the same building as them while their spread their message of division and hate. Those who want to stick around and watch the hearing together will be able to watch the Wisconsin Eye feed in a reserved room at Memorial Union.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146080368823938