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Students Protest Tuition Hikes, Stage Hunger Strike at Capital

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Visitors to the state capital over the next few days might notice some University of Wisconsin students camped out amid the marble columns and towering murals. They’re staging a hunger strike in protest of Governor Jim Doyle’s plan to raise tuition. Shawn Johnson eports…

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