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[[image:Bascomhall.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Bascom Hill, historic center of the university, with Bascom Hall at top; on a commemorative postcard reproduced from an 1879 lithograph]]

[[image:Bascomhall.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Bascom Hill, historic center of the university, with Bascom Hall at top; on a commemorative postcard reproduced from an 1879 lithograph]]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is widely considered to be one of the most [[liberal]] public research universities in the nation.<ref>Bill O'Reilly, for example, stated in an interview with a Wisconsin state representative that "This University of Wisconsin at Madison [is] one of the most liberal colleges in the country's history, not just in the country."  The state representative did not dispute that about his own state's school.[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166979,00.html]</ref>   

The '''University of Wisconsin-Madison''' is widely considered to be one of the most [[liberal]] public research universities in the nation.<ref>Bill O'Reilly, for example, stated in an interview with a Wisconsin state representative that "This University of Wisconsin at Madison [is] one of the most liberal colleges in the country's history, not just in the country."  The state representative did not dispute that about his own state's school.[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166979,00.html]</ref>   

Lavishly funded, it has an enrollment of over forty thousand students and a budget of over two billion dollars. It is located in the state capital, [[Madison, Wisconsin]], on a sprawling lakeside campus.<ref>Academically ranked among the top fifty U. S. universities, and among the ten best public universities by [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php U. S. News and World Report]</ref>

Lavishly funded, it has an enrollment of over forty thousand students and a budget of over two billion dollars. It is located in the state capital, [[Madison, Wisconsin]], on a sprawling lakeside campus.<ref>Academically ranked among the top fifty U. S. universities, and among the ten best public universities by [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php U. S. News and World Report]</ref>

It is one of only 15 U.S. Universities found to require a course in Shakespeare in order to receive a degree in English.<ref>http://www.goacta.org/press/Press%20Releases/4-19-07PR.htm</ref>

It is one of only 15 U.S. Universities found to require a course in Shakespeare in order to receive a degree in English.<ref>http://www.goacta.org/press/Press%20Releases/4-19-07PR.htm</ref>

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