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Article: U. Wisconsin students show support for a free Tibet
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- April 9, 2004
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James Davison
University Wire
04-09-2004
(Badger Herald) (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- Free Tibet Week, a weeklong event, came to a close Thursday at the University of Wisconsin.
The campaign focused on the country's culture and a half-century long struggle for liberation from Chinese occupation.
A series of films were shown throughout the week, and the University of Wisconsin Students for a Free Tibet presented a keynote speaker.
According to Tenzin Kunsang, a UW senior and group member, Students for a Free Tibet is a worldwide organization with approximately 650 chapters, the majority of which are in the United States.
"We have been on this campus for a long time," Kunsang said.
Student ...