UCLA is better known for its architecture than its greenery. This comes as little surprise. An urban campus like ours – spanning a mere 420 acres and hemmed in by a cemetery to the west and the very much alive civilization to the east – has to worry more about housing students, faculty and administrators […]
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Timeline: A brief history of activism at UCLA (1969-present)
As it approaches its centennial, UCLA will almost certainly be celebrated as a university with a stellar academics, deep commitment to research endeavors across many disciplines and, of course, a legendary 112-NCAA-title-winning cluster of athletics programs. Not-so-surreptitiously missing from that list? Any mention of student activism. When it comes to protest-happy campuses, Berkeley first comes […]