The summer road trip is a traditional pastime of the college student. Generally, the destination is a concert by some great artist they have wanted to see all year, other times it is a unique or sunny region of the country. On May 20, 2005, four UW Madison students went on a road trip of their own, only this time they were accompanied by the Chinese department. The destination was the Midwest Chinese Speech Contest in Chicago, hosted by the Consulate General of China in Chicago and Northwestern University. Consisting of students from six states, eight universities, and composing of thirty-five contestants, it was a meeting of the minds of students of Chinese language from the major universities of the Midwest…
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