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During the late 1960s, students at the University of Wisconsin became radicalized by the Vietnam war, and the university was a center of campus unrest. One protest focussed on the presence of Dow Chemical Company job recruiters&mdash;Dow being singled out as a manufacturer of napalm, a weapon thought to be particularly cruel. Others centered on the military-funded Army Mathematics Research Center (AMRC) which performed a mixture of published and secret research, with the university emphasizing its theoretical studies, while campus radicals suggesting it also did work with direct, practical military use. In 1970, Karleton Armstrong and three other students constructed what would now be called a "car bomb," filling a stolen van with a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, a home-made explosive familiar to farmers, and exploded it outside the Sterling Hall building which housed the AMRC.<ref>[http://www.madison.com/library/LEE/sterlinghall.html Sterling Hall Bombing], Madison library website</ref> The explosion killed a graduate student. The ensuing shock and revulsion, and the winding down of the Vietnam war, brought a steep decline to the period of campus radicalism.

During the late 1960s, students at the University of Wisconsin became radicalized by the Vietnam war, and the university was a center of campus unrest. One protest focussed on the presence of Dow Chemical Company job recruiters&mdash;Dow being singled out as a manufacturer of napalm, a weapon thought to be particularly cruel. Others centered on the military-funded Army Mathematics Research Center (AMRC) which performed a mixture of published and secret research, with the university emphasizing its theoretical studies, while campus radicals suggesting it also did work with direct, practical military use. In 1970, Karleton Armstrong and three other students constructed what would now be called a "car bomb," filling a stolen van with a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, a home-made explosive familiar to farmers, and exploded it outside the Sterling Hall building which housed the AMRC.<ref>[http://www.madison.com/library/LEE/sterlinghall.html Sterling Hall Bombing], Madison library website</ref> The explosion killed a graduate student. The ensuing shock and revulsion, and the winding down of the Vietnam war, brought a steep decline to the period of campus radicalism.

It has long been one of the most liberal institutions in the United States.{{fact}} It has a relatively low representation of minorities in its enrollment&mdash;11.5%&mdash;compared to over 20% nationwide and 12.7% for the state of Wisconsin.

It has long been one of the most liberal institutions in the United States.{{fact}}  

It is the birthplace of both the [[political correctness]]<ref>"The University of Wisconsin Madison campus has often been cited as the birthplace of political correctness. Donna Shalala, former Clinton Secretary of Health & Human Services and University of Wisconsin Chancellor has been called the founder of political correctness."[http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9178.html]</ref> and the [[Critical legal studies]]<ref>http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Critical_legal_theory</ref> movements.  It is the reason that Wisconsin, which has a conservative population, has a pro-gun control governor and two liberal U.S. Senators.  John Kerry carried Wisconsin in 2004 on the strength of the vote in Madison, where the large University is located.

It is the birthplace of both the [[political correctness]]<ref>"The University of Wisconsin Madison campus has often been cited as the birthplace of political correctness. Donna Shalala, former Clinton Secretary of Health & Human Services and University of Wisconsin Chancellor has been called the founder of political correctness."[http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9178.html]</ref> and the [[Critical legal studies]]<ref>http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Critical_legal_theory</ref> movements.  It is the reason that Wisconsin, which has a conservative population, has a pro-gun control governor and two liberal U.S. Senators.  John Kerry carried Wisconsin in 2004 on the strength of the vote in Madison, where the large University is located.