University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Yet, there are problems - many problems. And this is just a sampling. But that ' s really no different from what exists on the out side. And it is here that the real value of the University is found. UCLA, for all its flaws, is simply a microcosm of the world around, and survival here is supposed to be an indication of potential for the future. So the questions arises: Why are these people here? How do they What are their motivations, their perceptions, and their aspirations? It is to do adequate justice to these questions in this or any yearbook. But we can go part way, and, in the process, perhaps capture a piece of this year that is, in its way, representative, and will someday warrant examination in retrospect.

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If one wishes to chronicle annoyances, it is impossible to exclude leaflets. UCLA is the leaflet capital of the world. It becomes a daily challenge to make it from one end of Bruin Walk to the other without encountering at least one disciple of some doctrine or concern you haven ' t heard of yet - bearing a stack of leaflets. We thus spend much of our time each day cultivating our capacity for tactlessness. Once mastered, this acquired rudeness comes in very handy when dealing with another group: the seekers of contributions. It seems that someone with a big smile on their face is constantly after your change. Since it is impossible, even on a hot day, to place your desire for a root beet over the requests of a good cause, the philanthropic strain in all of us is quickly exhausted.

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When the editors of the 1963 Southern Campus dedicated that edition of the yearbook to Dean of Students Byron H. Atkinson, another man, Frederick Tuttle — later to become an Associate Dean in the Campus Programs and Activities Office — was an undergraduate at a school in Connecticut. Life was different then. John Kennedy was President. The massive commitment in Southeast Asia was still around the corner. Loyola of Chicago was the nation ' s best college basketball team. And the yearbook was making money at UCLA. But as the world changed and UCLA changed with it, Southern Campus stayed the same, more or less. And when the nation ' s universities exploded in the early seventies and America drifted away from itself for a time, Southern Campus was one of the casualties. And when it went out of business for a brief time, it seemed for a while that no one would notice. Tuttle and Atkinson noticed. And when a group of students realized that the yearbook was not necessarily an anachronism, that it could be molded and revitalized to continue as a successful publication, these men were there to provide direction and guidance. For while it was true that UCLA had grown too large and become too complex and diversified to be within the limited of a yearbook, it seemed an arbitrary measure to throw the away. It was definitely worth saving. And so, largely due to their efforts, Southern Campus lives today. But if it is to continue on its own in the years to come it must keep pace. It must seek to combine what is old and with that which is new and challenging. The best of two worlds. That is not an easy task, for there are so many contradictions. But it ' s not an impossibility, and it has been our goal this year to achieve just this sort of blend. In their own special ways, Barney and Rick represent what is good and valuable and worthwhile in each of those worlds. And it is fitting that they should have combined in such a significant fashion to sustain the life of a publication that is so close to the heart and so essential to the history of this University. So it is with respect and with that we dedicate Southern 1975 to Barney Atkinson and Rick Tuttle.