The University of California, Riverside is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is in Riverside, California, with a branch campus in Palm Desert. Founded in 1907 as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, UCR's undergraduate College of Letters and Science opened in 1954. The Regents of the University of California declared UCR a general campus of the system in 1959, and graduate students were admitted in 1961. To accommodate an enrollment of 21,000 students by 2015, more than $730 million has been invested in new construction projects since 1999. Plans are underway to open a medical school—California's newest one in 40 years—by 2012. The Washington Monthly ranked UCR 15th in the United States in terms of social mobility, research achievement and community service, while US News and World Report ranked UCR's undergraduate program 89th in the nation based on peer assessment, student selectivity, financial resources, and other factors. UCR's extensive outreach and retention programs have contributed to its reputation as a "campus of choice" for minority students, including LGBT students. UCR's sports teams are known as the Highlanders and play in the Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.
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1613:
Mikhail I was elected unanimously by the Zemsky Sobor to become Tsar, beginning the Romanov dynasty in Imperial Russia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_of_Russia
1804:
Built by Cornish inventor Richard Trevithick, the first self-propelled steam engine or locomotive first ran in Wales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick
1848:
The Communist Manifesto by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was first published, becoming one of the world's most influential political tracts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto
1952:
Protesters in Dhaka, East Pakistan walked into military crossfire demanding the establishment of the Bengali language as an official language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement
1958:
British artist Gerald Holtom designed a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that became more commonly known as the peace symbol (pictured). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peace_symbol
1965:
Black nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X
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perfunctory (adj): Performed out of routine and with little care http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perfunctory
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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. --Anaïs Nin http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin