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

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SPRING CALENDAR Oh! It ' s here, that shocking time of year, when tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear. Spring. If ever I would leave you, it wouldn ' t be in Springtime. No other season brings with it such joy and frivolity. Mmmmmm. Bees bloom, flowers buzz. Something like that. While students busily study, with thoughts of the beach and the upcoming summer vacation. But thoughts of the beach were not the only things on student ' s minds. April brought the start of anti-apartheid protests against the UC Regent ' s financial ties to South Africa. Over 3500 students jammed the steps of UC Berkeley ' s Sproul Hall to express their feelings against the Regent ' s involvement. The protest at UC Berkeley was one of many held across the nation at several other top ranking On a more local scale, UCLA had its own protest. MEChA won their protest against the fraternity theme parties that promote racist sexist attitudes. The protest began when Beta Theta Pi prepared for their annual Tequila Sunrise which MEChA claimed to be racist in t heme, and degrading to their culture. UCLA ' s assistant vice chancellor of Student Relations, Allen Yarnell suspended the Beta ' s privileges through spring, 1986. SPRING CALENDAR 25

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