Last week The College Fix wrote about a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor who offered extra credit to her freshman English students for attending a rally against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System.
One of Beth Lueck’s students told The Fix by email she wants to “clear a few things up” about Lueck’s portrayal and is “sick of her professor getting smeared for no reason.”
Freshman English student Jessica Hallam said Lueck’s extra-credit opportunity was relevant to students in her class because it “WILL [a]ffect them in the future.”
Costs will go up for students, in the form of tuition or fee hikes for certain services or classes that get axed, and some will have to stop attending the school if the budget cuts go through, Hallam said. She added that she wouldn’t have been aware of the proposed cuts without Lueck’s notice.
“The ONLY reason anyone even cares is because of the fact that she ran for office,” Hallam said. Lueck unsuccessfully challenged two Republican incumbents for the state house as a Democrat in 2014 and write-in candidate in 2012.
Hallam said Lueck offers “all kind[s] of extra credit assignments from rallies to lectures and talks,” including two “just the other day” for lectures to attend and summarize. One of those was related to women’s studies, Hallam said.
“All she wants is for her students to get involved,” and Lueck would “most likely” give credit to a student who asked to attend and summarize a Republican rally, Hallam said. “She has NEVER let politics get into her class.
“I Firmly believe politics was the last thing on her mind when she decided to give extra credit to go to the rally,” Hallam said. Lueck “has a heart of gold and wants nothing more than to see her students succeed.”
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