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Even as a Student Activist, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Hated Student Activism « Student Activism

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Even as a Student Activist, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Hated Student Activism

If the voters of Wisconsin throw governor Scott Walker out of office in Tuesday’s recall election, it will be in large part the work of the state’s activist students, who have been organizing against Walker since the day he took office in 2011. For Walker, this is merely the latest chapter in a fight that goes back to before most of today’s undergrads were born.
Scott Walker’s career in electoral politics goes back to the spring of 1988, when he ran for the student body presidency of Marquette University. A 20-year-old sophomore, Walker initially won qualified praise from the