UCSD and Herbert Marcuse, philospher of the new Left, who taught there.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5311625903124176509#


"This documentary examines the turbulent life in California of political philosopher Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979), author of One-Dimensional Man, Reason and Revolution and Eros and Civilization, among other books, professor of philosophy at the University of California San Diego, and a visionary and influential force for the student movement worldwide during the Sixties and Seventies. Blending archival footage, interviews, re- created scenes and voice-over narration, the video profiles not only the life of Marcuse but also the history of student protest and social activism. The video features interviews with Marcuse's student Angela Davis, former UCSD Chancellor William McGill, colleagues Fredric Jameson and Reinhard Lettau, and rare footage of Marcuse and former California Governor Ronald Reagan. Directed by Paul Alexander Juutilainen"

Interesting video

My personal perspective on that time in UCSD's history is of a kid who lived a block south of campus, and whose mother worked at the library. I often rode my bike around the Revelle campus, and Muir as it was being built.

I remember seeing Angela Davis, and Herbert Marcuse, and all the protests. You could hear them from my house sometimes, and I was forbidden to ride my bike there when things were hot.

By the time I entered as a freshman in 1975, the war was over and everything was different. I had the privilege of doing my undergraduate years at UCSD when it was still heavily subsidized. The biggest expenses I had were housing and books. With a small amount of money I had inherited, I was able to work my way to my Bachelor's without any loans or subsidies or parental assistance. I got an outstanding education there.

The third college had just opened when I started. It was called Third College, but there was still graffiti everywhere calling for it to be named Lumumba-Zapata. :)

It's very, very different now. There were less than 10,000 students on campus when I graduated. I think it's close to 50,000 now, with something like nine colleges. Most of what's there now was built after 1980. If you look at the students during a lunch hour, you see a sea of mostly Asian people.

It's a shame there have been a few race-related flareups at UCSD. But compared to what things were like in the early 1970s, those are just little flashes in the pan.

The campus is now overbuilt and the school is 50% Asian students (who tend not to get involved in demonstrations). It's a heavily corporatized science and tech university from what I gather from my friend who is there. When I have been on that campus, it has seemed lifeless.

Was UCSD on the quarter system back when you were there? Or did they have semesters?

And there were no Greek organizations. They weren't allowed.

We had MEChA and a Black Student Union, and a few womens' organization, and a gay and lesbian advocacy group the name of which now escapes me.

The student newspaper was largely apolitical. But in my last couple of years there arose a right-wing "alternative" called The Daily Californian. It was the subject of much gnashing of teeth.

This happened all over the country

Brother Jed Smock, walking a few yards from the spot where a student burned himself to death (mentioned in the video). I took this when I was taking an advanced photography class (which I aced).



Cindy Lassiter - From Disco Queen to Gospel Preacher! LOL! I believe I submitted this print in a project for the class.

Why does conversion always remove people's fashion sense?

The kids in the neighborhood all knew him and his wife. They were "fun" people, always had good candy on Halloween!

When I was a teenager they were regular customers at the small grocery store where I worked.

Really nice people, warm and friendly all the time.

It's fun seeing Reinhard Lettau. I partied with him often when I was an undergraduate living in Del Mar.

The footage of Ronald Reagan was interesting too. What a fucking asshole he was!