Third College is renamed for Thurgood Marshall. The student body president is ousted when he is revealed as a nonstudent. Fifth College is renamed for Eleanor Roosevelt. The feds temporarily rescind permission for UCSD to enroll patients in federally funded new-drug trials. After a swift response by the Med School, UCSD is reinstated in less than one week.
Student fees rise for the fifth straight year.
3,800 UC technical workers vote to unionize. The engineering school launches a corporate partners program to expand the school's donor base. UCSD chemists report that a meteorite found in 1962 came all the way from Mars. Students swarm the Price Center to protest proposed tuition increases. The Regents abolish affirmative action, setting off rallies and protests on all campuses.