09/16/2012:
BUCKY STILL SUX: I've reached the point where I really don't want anything further to do with my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
I had the misfortune yesterday of having to deliver a marching band to Camp Randall for a Badger football game. Here's the t-shirt that many of the fans were wearing.
And this is precisely what happens when you turn over admissions to rich football boosters. Most figures now put "legacies"
— the childen of wealthy alums
— at more than 50% of admissions at UW-Madison, while non-legacies must be in the top 1% of statewide high school graduates to have any chance of getting in (which is why so many students in this group opt for full scholarships at Ivy League universities).
Here's the result of your brain drain at what used to be probably the greatest public university in the United States:
Result? I'll be sending another contribution to Spokane Community College, where I did my freshman and sophomore years and where deserving working-class kids can still get a quality education and earn a shot at the big time.
And where no one chants "EAT SHIT! FUCK YOU!" at football games.
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