Spring Has Come--Some UW Pictures

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<p><a href="http://client.webshots.com/album/350789213FHmtFY/0%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://client.webshots.com/album/350789213FHmtFY/0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thank you tsdad! Great photos as spring bursts out in the upper midwest! What a beautiful campus.</p>

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<p>Last week I went on a tour of the State of Wisconsin courtesy of the University. It was part of the Wisconsin Idea, which basically means the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state. It was cold and wet all week until we got back to Madison on Friday, 5/20. It was in the 70s. I asked one of my colleagues: "You know what we call a day like this in Virginia?" He didn't know. I told him: "March."</p>

<p>I didn't mind the cold winter. It was the cold and gray spring that wore me out.</p>

<p>BTW--see the following link on the Parents Forum.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=64886%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=64886&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I'm interested to know where else your tour of the state took you.</p>

<p>I did read your Northland College postings. Back in the day I received lots of brochures from them--and at that time also they were definitely marketing to the outdoorsy young person. Talk about remote locations...</p>

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<p>We went all over the state to farms, small towns, a National Seashore, an Indian reservation, a high school, a community medical facility that serves migrants, a manufacturing company that makes very high end ties ($125.00 for Nordstrom’s), and other colleges. We met with farmers, prison managers, teachers, college Presidents and Deans, cows (close-up and personal for some of my colleagues), professors, students, and politicians.</p>

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<p>Cool! I saw on another thread that you were at LCO--my H's family has had a place on that lake for 70 yrs. Fascinating area, and so beautiful. Will go up this wkend if it is warmer than 40's!</p>

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<p>The LCO are very ambivalent about the dam that created that lake. It covered their tradition wild rice grounds, which was the staple of their diet. After that they went on government commodities and and ran into dietary problems. Some of them want the dam taken down others have piers on the lake and are perfectly happy with it.</p>

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<p>No no no--that is the Chippewa Flowage--I mean Lac Courte Oreilles. Yes, there are still demonstrations at that dam on the flowage each year.</p>

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<p>Those pictures are amazing, tsdad. Thank you so much!!! I can't wait until I get to see that lake in real-life (8 Days left until I leave for UW:))</p>