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

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, toe HOI] n. ClfK Since a limited n umber of parking per- mits were given out, few on-campus resi- dents could keep a car nearby. This was also a problem for those living in apart- ments near campus. If a student ' s apart- ment didn ' t have enough parking spaces, they were forced to search for space on the streets. 1 never had this problem at GCSD, said Elvis Menotti, a junior transfer student, Last year, I didn ' t have parking at my apartment, and ended up with quite a few tickets. This year, I brought my bicycle in- stead of my car. Thus, lack of parking compelled many students to use alternate forms of transpor- tation to increase their mobility. And so, the campus, and surrounding areas were full of bicycles, skateboards, motorcycles, the occasional roller skater, and many ten- nis shoe clad feet. --Brad Prickett Transportation 23

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i I , ransportation was something that affected all UCLA students. Everyone needed a way to get to and from campus, and U there were many forms of transportation available. These in- cluded walking, skateboarding, bicycling, riding a scooter, driving, ridesharing, riding a campus van, and riding a bus. All of this traf- fic helped contribute to the congestion in Westwood. This was evidenced by the fact that the intersection of Wilshire and Veteran near Lot 32 was the second-busiest intersection in all of Los Angeles, handling over 105,000 cars a day. For the over 4,000 students who lived on campus, getting to and from class was not much of a problem. For them, getting away from the campus environment was the greater difficulty. Because of their proximity, walking was the most common form of transportation among these students. Bicycles crowd the bike racks at the bottom of Bruin Walk, opposite top. The second busiest intersection in Los Angeles is only steps away from UCLA, op- posite middle. The scooter parking lot by the Wooden Center is always crowded due to the popularity and necessity of alternatiue modes of transportation, opposite bottom. At top, many students cross Cayley Aoenue each day on their way to and from campus. As an alter- natiue to driuing to cam- pus, many students take buses, shuttles, or cam- pus vans, middle. The only way to go up Bruin Walk legally is to walk, bottom left. Many park- ing spaces on campus are allotted for cars pay- ing $3 a day to park, bottom right. Photos by Andrew Lin and Bruce Weinf- 22 Transportation

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The eyes of the nation were focused in- tently on GCLA the week of Oct ober 10th- 14th as the 1988 presidential campaign came to Westwood. Before the third week of fall quarter was over, our campus had hosted the top political and entertainment figures in a week of political activities. The excitement began with the taping of Vote ' 88 - An All Star Celebration in the Royce Hall auditorium. A handful of lucky students served as the studio audience and saw the hottest names of the year in com- edy and music under one roof. The extrav- aganza aired on ABC on October 15th as an effort to encourage citizens to register and exercise their right to vote. Monday ' s taping featured performances by the Fabu- lous Thunderbirds, George Carlin, Cheap Trick and Joe Piscopo, with special ap- pearances by Wil Shriner and Greg Louganis. Concerned celebrities appearing on Tuesday ' s segment included Martin Mull, Paul Rodriguez, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Cocker, Jerry Seinfeld, Judy Tenuta, D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and David Crosby with Graham Nash. The show provided two nights of free enter- tainment for a good cause, one of the few things Republicans and Democrats could II D Reverend Jesse Jackson, top, spoke to a crowd of thousands of students who were captiuated by his speech and his plea with them to make America better and uote with a passion in the election. UCLA ' s Pauley Pavilion, bottom, was the site of the se- cond presidential debate between George Bush and Michael Dukakis, as they squared off in front of a Hue audience of 2,000 and a television audience of millions. Photos by Andrew Lin, courtesy of Terry O ' Donnell. 24 Campaign