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The students are lounging and conversing on Bascom Mall:
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But what is this display?
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You are invited to take one of these flags and proudly show your support for MEChA:
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I am seeing no MEChA flag taking or waving of any kind. [CLARIFICATION: MEChA is sponsoring the display, but the flag itself is a United Farm Workers Flag.] Here's another hardcore political image from campus:
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In the end politics merges with the more beautiful and gentle aspects of life in Madison.