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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The College originated on May 23, 1919, the day when the Governor of California (William D. Stephens) signed a bill into law which officially established the <a href="/facts/Southern_Branch_of_the_University_of_California/KwPz7AK1">Southern Branch of the University of California</a>. At that time, a two-year Junior College was established as the university's general undergraduate program.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The Junior College held its first classes on September 15, 1919 for 260 undergraduates.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>At its inception, the Junior College was truly a <a href="/facts/Junior_college/NabBEuFJ">junior college</a> in both name and fact, because it offered only a two-year lower-division program. Young people interested in earning bachelor's degrees were required to proceed to the Berkeley campus or other universities to attend upper-division third- and fourth-year courses. The inferior two-year program was intolerable to the many Southern Californians who had fought to establish the southern branch. They vigorously lobbied the <a href="/facts/Regents_of_the_University_of_California/TVfy97mt">Regents of the University of California</a> for a third year of instruction at the southern branch, which was promptly followed by demands for a fourth year. The Southern Californians finally prevailed on December 11, 1923, when the UC Board of Regents approved a fourth year of instruction.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>At that time, the Junior College was transformed into the College of Letters and Science (named after its <a href="/facts/UC_Berkeley_College_of_Letters_and_Science/olNcDCDo">northern counterpart at Berkeley</a>) and was expressly authorized to award the Bachelor of Arts degree.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Charles H. Rieber, a philosophy professor, was named the first dean of the new four-year college.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> The College's original departments in 1923 were chemistry, economics, English, French, history, mathematics, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, Spanish, and zoology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>On June 12, 1925, the College awarded its first Bachelor of Arts degrees to 98 women and 30 men.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>According to UC President <a href="/facts/Clark_Kerr/vkw3aeqd">Clark Kerr</a>, the political science department at UCLA College in his experience was the second-strongest program in the entire UC system after the <a href="/facts/UC_Berkeley_College_of_Chemistry/vYHUufsm">chemistry program at Berkeley</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> To date, three faculty members of the UCLA political science department have become UC chancellors (as listed below). </p> <h2 id="criticism">Criticism</h2> <p>The main disadvantage of the gigantic size of the College (as with its counterpart at Berkeley) is a coldly impersonal undergraduate experience, especially in large lower-division survey courses (before students declare specific majors, begin to work more closely with department advisers and faculty members in their chosen major, and switch to smaller upper-division courses).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> It is because of this specific issue that UC president <a href="/facts/Clark_Kerr/vkw3aeqd">Clark Kerr</a> experimented with <a href="/facts/Residential_college/qr4camNh">residential college</a> systems at the newer UC campuses at <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_San_Diego/srMClpNv">San Diego</a> and <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz/ez1IKCYp">Santa Cruz</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="divisions">Divisions</h2> <p>The College encompasses five divisions — Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences, as well as the Division of Undergraduate Education, which includes 83% of UCLA's undergraduate students.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="alumni">Alumni</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/List_of_University_of_California,_Los_Angeles_people/pfI3GMLI">List of University of California, Los Angeles people</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kay_Ryan/uMSqDu6w">Kay Ryan</a>, English, 16th poet laureate of U.S.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brad_Delson/rEb6uED7">Brad Delson</a>, <a href="/facts/Linkin_Park/zUBCf56l">Linkin Park</a> member</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Heck/IJsACfCd">Richard Heck</a>, 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Terasaki/D4U9hwNv">Paul Terasaki</a>, organ transplant medicine and tissue typing</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ezra_Klein/o43oNblA">Ezra Klein</a>, <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i> columnist and co-founder of <a href="/facts/Vox_(website)/MCnBn2IU">Vox (website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Juan_Felipe_Herrera/R5HsgSgr">Juan Felipe Herrera</a>, social anthropology, 21st poet laureate of U.S.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Randall_Park/Jlcpw0zl">Randall Park</a>, English, actor, comedian and writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sara_Bareilles/2bPBCA1F">Sara Bareilles</a>, communication studies, award-winning singer and songwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar/nrwEtxUG">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, history, former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mayim_Bialik/UIVdexwB">Mayim Bialik</a>, neuroscience, actress, game show host and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ralph_Bunche/KGXSUQon">Ralph Bunche</a>, political science, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gabrielle_Union/9UBsVaeG">Gabrielle Union</a>, sociology, actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kal_Penn/5QLV65lw">Kal Penn</a>, sociology, actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration.</li></ul> <h2 id="notable-faculty">Notable faculty</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Utpal_Banerjee/5IQ8lYPm">Utpal Banerjee</a>, department chair and professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology; professor of biological chemistry, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jared_Diamond/a0akbLKQ">Jared Diamond</a>, professor of geography, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, <a href="/facts/National_Medal_of_Science/2N3FDKNS">National Medal of Science</a> recipient and <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Fellows_Program/2nF5hIJh">MacArthur Fellowship</a> (1985)</li> <li>Alessandro Duranti, professor of anthropology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Saul_Friedl%C3%A4nder/NtaLM0fd">Saul Friedländer</a>, <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Fellows_Program/2nF5hIJh">MacArthur Fellowship</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Andrea_Ghez/yuXaM7G8">Andrea Ghez</a>, <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Fellows_Program/2nF5hIJh">MacArthur Fellowship</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> (Genius Grant winner, 2008), professor of physics and astronomy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ivan_Hinderaker/s6u9bxoC">Ivan Hinderaker</a>, professor of political science and department chair, 2nd chancellor of UC Riverside</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_M._Liggett/CPX1j1MP">Thomas M. Liggett</a>, professor of mathematics, National Academy of Sciences</li> <li>Thom Mayne, professor of architecture, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dean_McHenry/v1h5U59D">Dean McHenry</a>, professor of political science, 1st chancellor of UC Santa Cruz</li> <li>Calvin Normore, professor of philosophy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raymond_L._Orbach/4xpgY5XC">Raymond L. Orbach</a>, professor of physics, provost of UCLA College, 6th chancellor of UC Riverside</li> <li>Theodore Porter, professor of history and department vice chair for undergraduate affairs, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li>Charles Ray, professor of sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li>Debora Silverman, professor of history and art history, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Terence_Tao/Do68JKn6">Terence Tao</a>, Fields Medal–winning mathematician, National Academy of Sciences,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Fellows_Program/2nF5hIJh">MacArthur Fellowship</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> 2006)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Terasaki/D4U9hwNv">Paul Terasaki</a>, organ transplant medicine and tissue typing</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gordon_Samuel_Watkins/XzlWUVsb">Gordon Samuel Watkins</a>, professor of economics, dean of UCLA College, founding provost of UC Riverside</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_E._Young/hxbsYYwf">Charles E. Young</a>, professor of political science, 4th chancellor of UCLA</li> <li><a href="/facts/Heather_Maynard/ryQrxR0T">Heather Maynard</a>, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, 2023 inductee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harryette_Mullen/t2klL7Ph">Harryette Mullen</a>, professor of English, 2023 inductee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li>Daniel Treisman, professor of political science, 2023 inductee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miguel_Garc%C3%ADa-Garibay/X4Nex218">Miguel García-Garibay</a>, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, dean of the division of physical sciences, senior dean of the UCLA College, 2023 inductee to the National Academy of Sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Min_Zhou/XF1XB4ch">Min Zhou</a>, professor of sociology and Asian American studies, 2023 inductee to the National Academy of Sciences</li> <li>Michael Berry, professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li> <li><a href="/facts/Prineha_Narang/LHmXc8Q0">Prineha Narang</a>, professor of physics, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li> <li>Alex Purves, professor of classics, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Rothberg/Asl6bYQX">Michael Rothberg</a>, professor of English and comparative literature, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li></ul> <h2 id="commencement-ceremonies">Commencement ceremonies</h2> <p>The main graduation commencement ceremony for the College of Letters and Science is held annually on a Friday night in June in <a href="/facts/Pauley_Pavilion/lhIhAynf">Pauley Pavilion</a>. For two years in a row, the scheduled commencement keynote speaker had canceled the engagement. <a href="/facts/Bill_Clinton/x5mwYkVh">Bill Clinton</a> canceled in 2008 for not wanting to cross a picket line. Actor and alumnus <a href="/facts/James_Franco/fkgyomWg">James Franco</a> canceled in 2009 because of his filming scheduling conflicts. Rock band <a href="/facts/Linkin_Park/zUBCf56l">Linkin Park</a>'s <a href="/facts/Brad_Delson/rEb6uED7">Brad Delson</a> accepted the last minute invitation to speak at the 2009 commencement ceremony.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Mayim_Bialik/UIVdexwB">Mayim Bialik</a> cancelled in 2016 for not wanting to cross a picket line.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p><p>In various years, UCLA has received criticism from students for the relative obscurity of commencement speakers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>2005 – <a href="/facts/Sesame_Workshop/0YwheTHS">Sesame Workshop</a> CEO <a href="/facts/Gary_Knell/FjFTHwEv">Gary Knell</a></li> <li>2006 – <a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Los_Angeles/WhKbvtUe">Mayor of Los Angeles</a> <a href="/facts/Antonio_Villaraigosa/mgVrfYrY">Antonio Villaraigosa</a></li> <li>2007 – Former professional basketball player <a href="/facts/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar/nrwEtxUG">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>2008 – UCLA chancellor <a href="/facts/Gene_Block/XLfMt9uH">Gene Block</a></li> <li>2009 – <a href="/facts/Linkin_Park/zUBCf56l">Linkin Park</a> guitarist <a href="/facts/Brad_Delson/rEb6uED7">Brad Delson</a></li> <li>June 11, 2010 – Columnist <a href="/facts/Gustavo_Arellano/4sQxfUWE">Gustavo Arellano</a> of '¡Ask a Mexican!'</li> <li>2011 – Former <a href="/facts/Peace_Corps/6FWo2THj">Peace Corps</a> director <a href="/facts/Aaron_S._Williams/Iuz1j79F">Aaron S. Williams</a></li> <li>June 15, 2012 – <a href="/facts/Kiva/McJWceVl">Kiva</a> and ProFounder co-founder <a href="/facts/Jessica_Jackley/z7ywwFYK">Jessica Jackley</a></li> <li>June 14, 2013 – Basketball Hall of Famer <a href="/facts/Ann_Meyers/0drmoKXF"> Ann Meyers Drysdale</a></li> <li>June 13, 2014 – Nobel laureate <a href="/facts/Randy_Schekman/m1GvYncu">Randy Schekman</a></li> <li>June 12, 2015 – <a href="/facts/Intellectual_Ventures/JKcku3qW">Intellectual Ventures</a> co-founder <a href="/facts/Nathan_Myhrvold/1vCo2S0X">Nathan Myhrvold</a></li> <li>June 10, 2016 – <a href="/facts/BlackRock/bQWj1qcj">BlackRock</a> Chairman and CEO <a href="/facts/Larry_Fink/uYzWI6Al">Laurence Fink</a></li> <li>June 16, 2017 – Former UCLA basketball player and first African American woman <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles_Police_Department/P4CvFHdY">LAPD</a> area captain <a href="/facts/Anita_Ortega/2mXUMngG">Anita Ortega</a></li> <li>June 15, 2018 –</li> <li>June 14, 2019 – Former NASA astronaut <a href="/facts/Anna_Lee_Fisher/3BwxsagV"> Dr. Anna Lee Fisher</a></li> <li>June 12, 2020 – Actor and activist <a href="/facts/George_Takei/rGVzlDwh">George Takei</a></li> <li>June 11, 2021 – Civic leader and social justice advocate D'Artagnan Scorza</li> <li>June 10, 2022 – <a href="/facts/UCLA_Bruins_women%27s_gymnastics/3FxVw7QJ">Gymnast</a> and activist <a href="/facts/Katelyn_Ohashi/nmSdPd0n">Katelyn Ohashi</a></li> <li>June 16, 2023 – Actor, comedian and writer <a href="/facts/Randall_Park/Jlcpw0zl">Randall Park</a></li> <li>June 14, 2024 – Actor and activist <a href="/facts/Sean_Astin/3PmFX97v">Sean Astin</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/College_of_Letters_and_Science_(disambiguation)/foec5eq6">College of Letters and Science</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://college.ucla.edu/">Official website</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science¶ms=34.07162_N_118.43869_W_type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-CA">34°04′18″N 118°26′19″W / 34.07162°N 118.43869°W / 34.07162; -118.43869</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>UCLA Registrar’s Office Academic Publications (2024). "College of Letters and Science". UCLA General Catalog 2024-25. Los Angeles: Regents of the University of California. Retrieved December 7, 2024. <a href="https://catalog.registrar.ucla.edu/browse/College%20and%20Schools/CollegeofLettersandScience/Overview" target="_blank">https://catalog.registrar.ucla.edu/browse/College%20and%20Schools/CollegeofLettersandScience/Overview</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The College". Retrieved 2022-09-13. <a href="https://www.college.ucla.edu/the-college/" target="_blank">https://www.college.ucla.edu/the-college/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Dundjerski, Marina (2011). UCLA: The First Century. Los Angeles: Third Millennium Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9781906507374. Retrieved 21 February 2021. <a href="9781906507374" target="_blank">9781906507374</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Dundjerski, Marina (2011). UCLA: The First Century. Los Angeles: Third Millennium Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9781906507374. Retrieved 21 February 2021. <a href="9781906507374" target="_blank">9781906507374</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Dundjerski, Marina (2011). UCLA: The First Century. Los Angeles: Third Millennium Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781906507374. Retrieved 21 February 2021. <a href="9781906507374" target="_blank">9781906507374</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Dundjerski, Marina (2011). UCLA: The First Century. Los Angeles: Third Millennium Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781906507374. Retrieved 21 February 2021. <a href="9781906507374" target="_blank">9781906507374</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Dundjerski, Marina (2011). UCLA: The First Century. Los Angeles: Third Millennium Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781906507374. Retrieved 21 February 2021. <a href="9781906507374" target="_blank">9781906507374</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Dundjerski, Marina (2011). UCLA: The First Century. Los Angeles: Third Millennium Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781906507374. Retrieved 21 February 2021. <a href="9781906507374" target="_blank">9781906507374</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Dundjerski, Marina (2011). UCLA: The First Century. Los Angeles: Third Millennium Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 9781906507374. Retrieved 21 February 2021. <a href="9781906507374" target="_blank">9781906507374</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Kerr, Clark (2001). The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Volume 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 317. ISBN 9780520223677. Retrieved 14 August 2020. <a href="9780520223677" target="_blank">9780520223677</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Savage, David G. (May 23, 1985). "Seniors Assail Undergraduate Education at UCLA Campus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 17, 2023. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-23-mn-8045-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-23-mn-8045-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Kerr, Clark (2001). The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Volume 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 273–280. ISBN 9780520223677. <a href="9780520223677" target="_blank">9780520223677</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Department and Programs". <a href="https://www.college.ucla.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/" target="_blank">https://www.college.ucla.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"The College". Retrieved 2022-09-13. <a href="https://www.college.ucla.edu/the-college/" target="_blank">https://www.college.ucla.edu/the-college/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez named a 2008 MacArthur Fellow". UCLA. Retrieved 2008-09-23. <a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ghez-64006.aspx" target="_blank">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ghez-64006.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Professors named to National Academy of Sciences <a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-professors-receive-49640.aspx" target="_blank">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-professors-receive-49640.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez named a 2008 MacArthur Fellow". UCLA. Retrieved 2008-09-23. <a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ghez-64006.aspx" target="_blank">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ghez-64006.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Linkin Park's Brad Delson to keynote UCLA commencement, June 5, 2009 <a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/linkin-park-s-brad-delson-to-keynote-93860.aspx" target="_blank">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/linkin-park-s-brad-delson-to-keynote-93860.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Larry Gordon, "Rock star to replace actor for UCLA commencement speech", Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2009 <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla9-2009jun09,0,1688849.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla9-2009jun09,0,1688849.story</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Mayim Bialik withdraws as commencement speaker for UCLA College". <a href="https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/mayim-bialik-withdraws-as-commencement-speaker-for-ucla-college" target="_blank">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/mayim-bialik-withdraws-as-commencement-speaker-for-ucla-college</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"Students debate university's choice for commencement speaker". 2009. <a href="https://dailybruin.com/2009/04/01/students-debate-universitys-choice-commencement-sp" target="_blank">https://dailybruin.com/2009/04/01/students-debate-universitys-choice-commencement-sp</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"Commencement speaker Gustavo Arellano faces opposition from members of community". 2010. <a href="https://dailybruin.com/2010/05/19/commencement-speaker-faces-opposition-community" target="_blank">https://dailybruin.com/2010/05/19/commencement-speaker-faces-opposition-community</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Commencement speaker elicits lukewarm student response". 2015. <a href="https://dailybruin.com/2015/04/22/commencement-speaker-elicits-lukewarm-student-response" target="_blank">https://dailybruin.com/2015/04/22/commencement-speaker-elicits-lukewarm-student-response</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"The Quad: UCLA needs to step up its commencement-speaker game". 2017. <a href="https://dailybruin.com/2017/05/30/the-quad-ucla-needs-to-step-up-its-commencement-speaker-game" target="_blank">https://dailybruin.com/2017/05/30/the-quad-ucla-needs-to-step-up-its-commencement-speaker-game</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>