Monday 8th February, 2010

Philip J. Crowley
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs
Washington, DC

February 4, 2010

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International violence against women is a global problem of enormous proportions. This violence cannot be explained as simply cultural; it is criminal. It is every nation's problem, and it is the cause of widespread destruction and lost potential across the globe. We need a response that is commensurate with the seriousness of the crimes.

Monday 8th February, 2010 

Very few students are taking advantage of a new law that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools, according to university data. For the first time this fall, Wisconsin students who are not legally in this country were eligible for resident tuition under a controversial provision Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law in the state budget over the summer. Only two such students at UW-Madison filed paperwork for resident tuition, four at UW-Oshkosh, one at UW-Whitewater and one at UW-Stevens Point, according to information from those universities. There were none at UW-La Crosse.