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Yesterday on the House floor, House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) repeated an item of irritation for him: that University of Minnesota regents 

rarely if ever appeared before his committee in past years to protest budget cuts.

In a recent discussion, I asked regent and former board chairman Clyde Allen what he thought of Pelowski's comments.

I asked him whether he thought that in light of Pelowski's criticism, regents might want to start attending hearings and speaking up more. Or does Allen think that's not the regents' job?

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Yesterday on the House floor, House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) repeated an item of irritation for him: that University of Minnesota regents rarely if ever appeared before his committee in past years to protest budget cuts. In a recent discussion, I asked regent and former board chairman Clyde Allen what he thought of…

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