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...Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 10 in a case that endangers the funding of student groups at public universities across the nation. Three conservative law students at the University of Wisconsin: Madison sued the school to recover fees they had paid to support campus student groups. They argued that the school was forcing them to pay for the activities of liberal groups whose messages they opposed. While a federal appeals court has found in their favor, the Supreme Court should reverse that decision and recognize the existence of active student groups as integral to the atmosphere and function...
Currently, the University of Wisconsin charges a mandatory fee from each student, which is channeled to student groups through a general university fund as well as through the student government. The students who sued objected to the activities of groups such as Amnesty International, the Madison AIDS Support Network and the Campus Women's Center, and they have asked for the right to withhold their support. Several right-wing law organizations, such as the Washington Legal Foundation, have submitted amicus briefs urging the Court to end the University of Wisconsin's fee system...
...weekend rally at Madison Square Garden was filled with reminiscences rather than rebounds, but on Monday Bill Bradley showed he's still got game, scoring a major slam-dunk over Democratic front-runner Al Gore. Visiting a school in New Hampshire, Bradley was formally endorsed by former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich, who called the candidate "a man of commitment, dedication and vision." Reich left the Cabinet in 1997, long after his decidedly liberal economics pitted him against moderate White House policy. "Reich's biggest frustration was that he felt that by focusing so single-mindedly on reducing the deficit...
...United States Supreme Court will consider this question today when it hears the arguments surrounding a lawsuit filed in 1996 by a law student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison...
...Crimson (2-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) held off Wisconsin (5-4-1, 3-2-1 WCHA) Friday, 3-1, in Madison before pasting then-No. 5 Minnesota (5-3-0, 2-0-0 WCHA), 8-3, in Minneapolis. Despite losing to Harvard, the Gophers jumped to No. 3 in the U.S. College Hockey Online poll by beating then-No. 3 Brown, 4-0, on Friday...