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There is no single '''Culture of South Africa'''. As [[South Africa]] is so ethnically diverse, it is not surprising that there are vast cultural differences as well.
The '''University of California, Los Angeles''', popularly known as '''UCLA''', is a public, coeducational [[university]] situated in the neighborhood of [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood]] within the city of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. It is the second-oldest campus in the [[University of California]] system and the largest university in the state of [[California]].
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==History==
In March [[1881]], after heavy lobbying by Los Angeles residents, the [[California State Legislature|California Legislature]] authorized the creation of the state's second [[normal school]] in [[Downtown Los Angeles|downtown Los Angeles]] to train teachers for the growing population of [[Southern California]]. The Los Angeles State Normal School opened on [[August 29]], [[1882]], on what is now the site of the Central Library of the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] system. The new normal school included an [[elementary school]] where teachers-in-training could practice their teaching technique on real children.
==Main Cultural differences==
In [[1914]], the school moved to a new campus on Vermont Avenue in [[Hollywood]]. In [[1917]], Director Ernest Carroll Moore suggested that the normal school should be added as the second campus of the [[University of California]], and appropriate legislation was signed into law on [[May 23]], [[1919]] which turned the school into the "Southern Branch of the University of California" and added its general undergraduate program, the College of Letters and Science.
Because of the legacy of [[Apartheid]] segregation, many cultural differences correspond closely to the racial groups defined by Apartheid (Blacks, Whites, Coloureds, Asians). This may change as [[Assimilation (sociology)|assimilation]] progresses, although currently ([[2004]]) many cultural differences between Apartheid-defined racial groups persist.
===Black people===
In [[1927]], the school was renamed the "University of California at Los Angeles." The word 'at' was officially replaced by a comma in [[1958]], in line with other UC campuses. It has since simply been known around the world as "UCLA." Also in [[1927]], the state broke ground at a new campus on the [[chaparral]]-covered hills of a real estate development called [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood]]. The first classes on the new 400 acre (1.6 km²) campus were held in [[1929]] in its four original buildings. In [[1933]], UCLA was permitted to award the [[master's]] degree, and in [[1936]], the [[doctorate]].
The country's black majority still has a substantial number of rural inhabitants who lead largely impoverished and necessarily simple lives. However blacks are increasingly [[urbanization|urbanised]] and [[Western world|westernised]], and usually speak [[English language|English]] or [[Afrikaans]] in addition to their native tongue, which may be one of nine [[Bantu language]]s with official status since [[1994]]. These include the [[Nguni]] languages, [[Zulu language|isiZulu]], [[Xhosa language|isiXhosa]], [[Ndebele language|Sindebele]], and [[Swazi language|Swazi]], and the [[Sotho language group|Sotho]] languages, which include [[Tswana language|Setswana]], [[Sesotho language|Sesotho]], [[Northern Sotho language|Sesotho sa Leboa]] and [[Venda]]. Cultural differences between speakers from the two language groups are comparable to those between speakers of [[German language|German]] and [[Italian language|Italian]]. Many urban blacks speak several indigenous languages, with isiZulu being a [[lingua franca]] in the Johannesburg area.
Most are [[Christian]], with membership of the [[Anglican]] and [[Roman Catholic]] churches being strong as is membership of the predominantly black [[Zion Christian Church (South Africa)|Zion Church]], although many still follow traditional beliefs, many often consulting a ''[[sangoma]]''. There is a vibrant indigenous culture, with local popular music forms, such as ''[[kwaito]]'', while black South African musicians such as the [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], [[Miriam Makeba]], and [[Hugh Masakela]] are well known internationally.
==Campus==
[[Image:Roycehalluc.JPG|thumb|225px|right|Royce Hall]]
The campus currently comprises 163 buildings across 419 acres (1.7 km²) in the western part of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], north of the Westwood shopping district and just south of [[Sunset Boulevard]]. The campus is quite close, but not adjacent to the [[San Diego Freeway]], an oversight avoided in the planning of such newer UC campuses like the [[University of California, Irvine|Irvine]], next to Highway 73, and [[University of California, San Diego|San Diego]], which is ''split'' by [[Interstate 5]].
===White people===
The university campus is world-renowned and has been praised for its architecture and picturesque scenery. It is located in Los Angeles and is bordered by Westwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, and Brentwood. The campus is informally divided into North Campus and South Campus, which are both on the eastern half of the university's land. North Campus is the original campus core with its buildings being more old-fashioned in appearance and clad in imported Italian brick. North Campus is home to the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, and business programs. North Campus is centered around oak tree-lined Dickson Court, which has appeared in many movies such as ''[[The Nutty Professor]]''. South Campus contains the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the UCLA Medical Center; majors typically found on South Campus are math and science based. UCLA is currently undergoing major construction located primarily on "the Hill" and South Campus.
The white minority lead lifestyles similar in many respects to whites found in [[Western Europe]], [[North America]] and [[Australasia]], with sport being immensely popular. The ''[[braai]]'' (short for ''braaivleis'' or barbecue) is another national pastime, epitomised by an old advertising slogan for [[Chevrolet#South Africa|Chevrolet]] cars in the [[1960s]]: ''Braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and Chevrolet''.
Historical enmity between [[Afrikaans]] and [[English language|English]]-speaking whites has given way to more amiable banter or rivalry. Afrikaners refer to an English speaker as a ''soutpiel'' or 'salt dick', on account of his divided loyalties: one foot in Africa; the other in England; and his genitals in the sea. A less rude and perhaps more common soubriquet was ''rooinek'' or 'red neck' referring to the sunburn of the recent immigrant. Similarly English speakers have long made 'Van Der Merwe' jokes about Afrikaners (who they sometimes refer to as "Dutchmen"), and who they regard as stupid and philistine — hence their use of the "rockspider" epithet.
Undergraduate housing for nearly 8,000 residents is spread across 12 complexes on a ridge on the western side of the campus, which is called "the Hill." Residential life on the Hill is under the care of the [http://www.orl.ucla.edu Office of Residential Life] (ORL), which is often considered to be a leading residential life department in the United States. Under the efforts of both student staff and professional staff, ORL provides a comprehensive living and learning environment, bridging academics, personal growth, leadership, and community. Housing facilities also include four restaurants and three boutique-style eateries. Students are currently guaranteed three years of on-campus housing, but the Housing Master Plan aims to guarantee housing to all undergraduates for four years by [[2010]].
[[Image:Uclapowellsnow1932.JPG|thumb|left|200px| Powell Library, covered in snow, January 15, 1932.]]
In [[2002]], the university began building a new graduate housing complex, Weyburn Terrace, in order to recruit top graduate students from around the world because there had been no university-operated graduate housing on or near the main campus since [[2001]]. The new complex is located on the western edge of Westwood, a few blocks from the main UCLA campus, and is partially completed with final construction still ongoing in [[2005]]. When completed, Weyburn Terrace will enable UCLA to provide housing to approximately fifty percent of incoming graduate and professional students.
Religious beliefs are also strong, with most [[Afrikaner]]s adhering to the [[Dutch Reformed Church]]. Most English-speaking whites are either [[Anglican]] or [[Roman Catholic]]. Perhaps 90,000 whites are [[Jew]]ish, with a similar number being of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] origin. There are some [[Greece|Greeks]] and Christian [[Lebanon|Lebanese]].
Ackerman Union, the Arthur Ashe Health and Wellness Center, the campus student center, several student organization buildings, and athletic facilities such as [[Pauley Pavilion]] stand at the center of the campus. The Hill is linked to the remainder of campus by a heavily traveled pathway called Bruin Walk, which bisects the campus. In order to accommodate UCLA's rapidly growing student population, multiple construction and renovation projects are in progress, including expansions of the life sciences and engineering research complexes.
Many whites can be extremely defensive about their country, and about their past attitudes under the apartheid regime, which many supported, although there was a vocal liberal minority.
The campus has a large number of [[parking]] garages, both above-ground and below-ground. Yet, the university continues to suffer from a severe parking shortage which is further compounded by Southern California's regional housing shortage. The university has given priority in allocation of parking spaces to staff and students commuting from distant locations like [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] and [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], while encouraging all students living within a 5 mile radius to use [[mass transit]].
===Coloured (Mixed-Race) people===
==Academics==
The mixed-race [[Coloured]]s are, culturally speaking, much closer to whites, especially [[Afrikaans]] speakers, whose language and religious beliefs they share, than they are to black South Africans, despite suffering considerable discrimination under apartheid. A small minority of Coloureds, known as [[Cape Malay]]s are [[Muslim]]. Well known members of the community include [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks]] [[rugby union|rugby]] players [[Chester Williams]] and [[Breyton Paulse]] and [[jazz]] musician [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] (also known as Dollar Brand).
===Asian people===
UCLA is organized into the following schools and colleges:
[[Asians in South Africa|Asians]], (predominantly [[India]]n origin) preserve their own cultural heritage, languages and religious beliefs, being either [[Hindu]] or [[Muslim]], and speaking English, with [[Indian language]]s like [[Telugu]] or [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] being spoken less frequently.
[[Image:Andersonucla.JPG|thumb|225px|right|Anderson School of Business]]
* [http://www.college.ucla.edu UCLA College]
* [http://www.arts.ucla.edu School of the Arts and Architecture]
* [http://www.gseis.ucla.edu Graduate School of Education and Information Studies]
* [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science]
* [[UCLA School of Law|School of Law]]
* [http://www.anderson.ucla.edu Anderson School of Management]
* [http://www.spa.ucla.edu School of Public Affairs]
* [[UCLA School of Theater Film and Television|School of Theater Film and Television]]
* [http://dgsom.healthsciences.ucla.edu David Geffen School of Medicine]
* [http://www.jsei.org/index.htm Jules Stein Eye Institute]
* [http://www.npi.ucla.edu Neuropsychiatric Institute]
* [http://www.nursing.ucla.edu School of Nursing]
* [http://uclasod.dent.ucla.edu School of Dentistry]
* [http://www.ph.ucla.edu School of Public Health]
Although Indian languages are seldom spoken or understood, English-[[subtitle]]d [[Bollywood]] films and television programmes are popular among South African Indians.
The aforementioned health-related schools, plus the [[UCLA Medical Center]] and associated research centers are collectively known as the UCLA Center for Health Sciences. In [[2005]], UCLA announced its five year plan to establish the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine; the state of California is rare in its public funding of research with new embryonic [[stem cell]] lines. [http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/mainpage.html The California NanoSystems Institute] is another project that was created out of a partnership with the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] to pioneer innovations in the field of [[nanotechnology]].
There is a much smaller [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] community in South Africa, although its numbers have been increased by immigration from [[Taiwan]] (athough the Taiwanese were classified as "White", rather than Asian by the Apartheid regime, and are thus are more culturally similar in many ways to whites than they are to other Asians).
===Rankings===
UCLA has a very distinguished academic program; in most surveys, it is invariably ranked among the best institutions of higher education on a national and global scale. Of the 36 Ph.D. programs examined by the [[National Research Council]], UCLA had 31 ranked in the top 20 in terms of overall academic quality, third best in the [[United States]]. Twelve departments were ranked in the top 10:[[Image:Powlib.JPG|thumb|225px|right|Powell Library]]
'''Protection of Cultural Rights'''
* History ('''6''')
The rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities are protected in the constitution by the Commission for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities. This is a Chapter 9 Institution which is mentioned in the constitution.
* Geography ('''8''')
* Political Science ('''8''')
* Psychology ('''4''')
* Sociology ('''5''')
* Anthropology ('''8''')
* Chemistry ('''9''')
* Aerospace Engineering ('''10''')
* Physiology ('''4''')
* Philosophy ('''6''')
* Linguistics ('''3''')
* Classics ('''9''')
== International cultural boycott ==
In [[2005]], UCLA was ranked 14th in the world and 12th in [[North America]] by an annual listing of the [http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm Top 500 World Universities] published by the Institute of Higher Education in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]; as of [[2005]], it was also ranked 25th overall by [[U.S. News and World Report]]. In addition, the [[Washington Monthly]] ranked UCLA second in its 2005 college rankings of the [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0509.collegeguide.html Top National Universities].
Many countries imposed cultural boycotts on the apartheid regime, meaning that South Africa was banned from the [[Olympic Games]] until [[1992]], as well as [[Rugby football|rugby]] and [[cricket]]. When the all-white national rugby team, the [[Springbok Rugby Team|Springbok]]s, [[1981 Springbok Tour|toured]] [[New Zealand]] in [[1981]], it provoked public outrage, as did the decision of the British rock group [[Queen (band)|Queen]] to perform in the [[Sun City, South Africa|Sun City]] resort in the [[bantustan]] of [[Bophuthatswana]]. [[Paul Simon]] caused controversy when he recorded his ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]'' album with the South African group [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], even though all its members were black.
UCLA's oldest operating unit, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), is renowned among educators throughout the United States. Its faculty and students have direct access to willing experiment subjects in the on-campus elementary school. In [[2005]], U.S. News and World Report ranked GSEIS as second among American schools of education.
Until the 1990s, the British actors' union, [[British Actors' Equity Association|Equity]], imposed a boycott on the sale of TV programmes to South Africa, although the state-controlled [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] (SABC) happily bought [[United States|U.S.]] programmes instead.
===Admissions===
== Famous South Africans ==
In [[2005]], 42,207 people applied to UCLA, more than any other American university, and 11,338 were accepted. The average weighted [[grade point average]] and [[SAT]] score for an admitted freshman was 4.25 and 1347, respectively.
[[Nelson Mandela]] is the most famous South African. Other famous recent politicians include [[F. W. de Klerk]] and [[Steve Biko]]. From earlier in the 20th century we have [[Jan Smuts]] who was perhaps South Africa's only international statesman until Mandela. [[D. F. Malan]], [[Hendrik Verwoerd]] and [[J G Strijdom]] were architects of [[Apartheid]]. Perhaps the world's most famous Anglican churchman is [[Desmond Tutu]]. [[Winnie Mandela]] is loved by some and despised by others but known by all. [[Helen Suzman]] was for years the only "one person, one vote" democrat in parliament.
Well known South African sports stars include [[Gary Player]], [[Ernie Els]] and [[Retief Goosen]]; [[Jody Schekter]]; [[Kevin Curren]]; [[Zola Budd]]; [[Jonty Rhodes]].
==Athletics==
[[Image:Ucla-calligraph.gif|right|UCLA]]
The school's sports teams are called the Bruins, with colors powder-blue and gold. The Bruins participate in [[NCAA]] Division I-A as part of the [[Pacific Ten Conference]]. Two notable sports facilities serve as home venues for UCLA sports. The Bruin football team plays home games at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California]]. The men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams play at [[Pauley Pavilion]] on campus.
While South Africa was isolated by the cultural boycott in the 1980s, there are now many well-known South African performing artists, and writers. They include playwrights such as [[Athol Fugard]], and satirist [[Pieter Dirk Uys]], actors like [[Anthony Sher]], Hollywood stars like [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winner [[Charlize Theron]], and ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' co-star [[Arnold Vosloo]].
'''Powder Keg Blue Football Uniforms''' -
When Red Sanders came to UCLA for the 1949 season he redesigned the uniforms. Sanders added a gold loop on the shoulders -- the UCLA Stripe. The navy blue was changed to a lighter shade of blue. Sanders figured that the lighter blue would look better on the field and in film. He would dub the uniform "Powder Keg Blue", powder blue with an explosive kick.
In music, the groups [[African Jazz Pioneers]] and [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]] have found popularity worldwide. Another well known artist of South African origin is [[Dave Matthews]], lead singer of the [[Dave Matthews Band]]. [[Miriam Makeba]], a singer who first found fame in the culturally questionable musical [[Ipi Tombi]], [[Dudu Pukwana]], a gifted jazz musician, and [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] (Dollar Brand), being on the wrong side of the colour bar, had to leave South Africa to fully exploit their talents — their music was not played on South African radio. The alt-metal group [[Seether]] also features two prominent members of South African origin, guitarist and vocalist [[Shaun Morgan]] and bassist [[Dale Stewart]] and have gotten considerable play on mainstream radio and music television in the U.S..
'''The Bruin Mascot''' are Joe and Josephine Bruin, and the [[fight songs]] are '' Sons of Westwood'' and ''[[Mighty Bruins|The Mighty Bruins]]''.
Writers like [[Nadine Gordimer]] and [[J. M. Coetzee]] have also found international acclaim, both being winners of the [[Nobel Prize for Literature]].
As of [[2005]], UCLA has won 97 [[NCAA]] championships, more than any other university. Among these championships, some of the more notable victories are the men's basketball championships. The rich legacy of UCLA basketball has produced 11 NCAA championships - 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1995. Holding the record for most basketball championships, however, is not the only incredible achievement possessed by UCLA's athletics program. From 1971 to 1974, UCLA men's basketball won an unprecedented 88 consecutive games, a record that many sports pundits consider unbreakable. Past rosters of UCLA basketball teams have been filled with such greats such as [[Kareem Abdul Jabbar]], [[Bill Walton]] and [[Reggie Miller]].
The infamous [[apartheid]]-era, [[Afrikaner]] bank robber and ex-[[Johannesburg]] police chief [[Andre Stander]] has gained notoriety in recent years. He has retained folklore status in South Africa since his death and has been the subject of several biographies and a 2004 feature film in the U.S. called ''[[Stander]]'' with American actor [[Thomas Jane]] portraying him. His last remaining accomplice [[Allan Heyl]] is almost as notorious and was released from prison in [[2005]]. Director [[Bronwen Hughes]] interviewed him at length for research regarding the film.
Besides the basketball championships, UCLA has won [[Division I| NCAA Division I]] championships in the following events:
==Sport — the national passion==
Men's sports: [[NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships| Golf]] ('''1'''), [[NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship| Gymnastics]] ('''2'''), [[NCAA Men's Soccer Championship| Soccer]] ('''4'''), [[NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships| Swimming]] ('''1'''), [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship| Tennis]] ('''16'''), [[NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship| Track & Field]] ('''8'''), [[NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship| Volleyball]] ('''18'''), [[NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship| Water Polo]] ('''8''').
===Major sports===
Women's sports: [[NCAA Women's Golf Championship| Golf]] ('''2'''), [[NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship| Gymnastics]] ('''5'''), [[NCAA Softball Championship| Softball]] ('''10'''), [[NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship| Track & Field]] ('''5'''), [[NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship| Volleyball]] ('''3'''), [[NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship| Water Polo]] ('''3''').
However, [[sport]] is the main national passion, although it has traditionally been divided on ethnic lines. The most popular sport among black South Africans is [[football (soccer)|soccer]], with [[South Africa national football team|the national team]] being nicknamed ''Bafana Bafana'' (meaning 'The Boys'). Soccer tended to be less segregated than white-dominated sports, like rugby union or cricket.
In addition to the unparalleled success of its collegiate sports program, UCLA is always well represented at the [[Olympics]]. In the [[2004 Olympics| 2004 Athens games]], UCLA sent 55 athletes, more than any other university in the country.
Many whites play [[rugby union]], which is especially popular among [[Afrikaner]]s, who dominate the national side, the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks]], and also [[cricket]], traditionally popular among English-speaking whites.
UCLA shares a traditional sports rivalry with the nearby [[University of Southern California]]. The [http://lexusgauntlet.collegesports.com/index-south.html Lexus Gauntlet] is the name given to a competition between UCLA and USC in the 18 varsity sports that both compete in head-to-head; in 2005, UCLA won the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy.
After being tainted by associations with apartheid, the Springboks (or 'Boks') have sought to become part of the 'New South Africa', with President [[Nelson Mandela]] wearing the Springbok jersey, once only worn by whites, at the final of the World Cup in [[1995]], although allegations of racism remain.
==Traditions and events==
===Minor sports===
The [[Los Angeles Times]] Book Fair, held in spring, is the largest annual gathering of publishers and authors in the country.
[[Australian Rules Football]] is a fast growing sport amongst all population groups. One of the oldest football codes, with no class or race segregation, Australian Football promotes its connection to ties with [[Australian Aboriginal]] Indigenous culture with its origins in the traditional tribal game of [[Marn Grook]] or "Game Ball". Australian Football has been promoted by the [[North West Department of Sport, Arts and Culture]] and there are now around 10,000 players. The South African ''Buffaloes'' have competed in the past two [[Australian Football International Cup]]s in 2003 and 2005.
The [http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/jazzreggae/ UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival] gathers musicians from both genres for a two day concert held every year over the [[Memorial Day]] weekend.
==Food==
[http://www.uclalumni.net/springsing/ Spring Sing] is an annually held show of student talent at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on campus.
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The [[braai]] or barbecue is widely popular, especially with whites, and includes meat, especially [[boerewors]] or spicy sausages, and mielies ([[maize]]) or [[Mielie-meal]], often as a porridge, or [[millet]], a staple food of black South Africans. Pastries such like [[koeksuster]]s and desserts like [[melktert]] (milk tart) are also universally popular. [[Vegetarianism]] has traditionally been treated with incomprehension and scorn by South Africans, especially whites, but is now more widely accepted.
Another favourite among most South Africans is ''[[biltong]]'', a form of dried meat usually made from beef or game, and often consumed while watching sporting events.
The [http://www.dancemarathon.ucla.edu/ UCLA Dance Marathon] is an annual event on campus with hundreds of student dancers committed to raising money and joining together to support the [[Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation]].
[[India]]n food like [[curry]] is also popular, especially in [[Durban]] with its large [[Asians in South Africa|Indian]] population, but may be considered mild or bland by Indian or even British standards. Another local Indian Durban speciality is the 'bunny' or [[bunny chow]], which consists of a hollowed-out loaf of white bread filled with curry. [[Cape Malay]] dishes, which have their origins in [[Southeast Asia]], include [[bobotie]] made from curried lamb, fruit and bread, served with rice, and [[sosatie]], a type of barbecued meat. More recently, [[Pakistan]]i and Indian restaurants have been opened in major cities by recent immigrants, and provide a more "authentic" South Asian dining experience.
==Peripheral enterprises==
The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] community has also made its mark, with spicy [[peri-peri]] chicken being a favourite. The South African Portuguese-themed restaurant chain [[Nando's]] now has restaurants in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Australia]] and [[Kenya]].
===UCLA Healthcare===
== TV and films ==
The [[UCLA Medical Center]] is actually part of a larger healthcare system, UCLA Healthcare, which also operates a hospital in [[Santa Monica]] and seven primary care clinics throughout [[Los Angeles County]]. In addition, the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine uses two [[Los Angeles County]] hospitals as teaching hospitals: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.
[[List of South African television channels|Television]], which for political reasons was not introduced in South Africa until [[1976]], is also popular. Traditionally, [[US]] programmes have dominated TV schedules. Programmes like [[The Bold and the Beautiful]] have been popular with South Africans of all races, but locally produced soap operas or 'soapies' now draw a large audience. Unfortunately, much of it does not travel well overseas. For example, the soap opera ''Egoli - Place of Gold'' was bilingual in English and Afrikaans, with actors switching between languages, to the incomprehension of viewers in the rest of Africa. The [[South African Broadcasting Corporation|SABC]] drama series ''Shaka Zulu'', based on the true story of the Zulu warrior King [[Shaka]], was shown around the world in the 1980s, but had to be marketed by a US distributor.
Ironically, while many foreign films have been produced about South Africa (usually involving race relations), few local productions are known outside South Africa itself. One exception was the film ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]'' in [[1980]], set in the [[Kalahari]]. This is about how life in a traditional community of [[Bushmen]] is changed when a [[Coca-Cola|Coke]] bottle, thrown out of an aeroplane, suddenly lands from the sky. The late [[Jamie Uys]], who wrote and directed ''The Gods Must Be Crazy'', also had success overseas in the 1970s with his films ''Funny People'' and ''Funny People II'', similar to the TV series [[Candid Camera]] in the US. [[Leon Schuster]]'s ''You Must Be Joking!'' films are in the same genre, and hugely popular among South Africans.
In [[1981]], the UCLA Medical Center made history when an assistant professor named Michael Gottlieb first diagnosed an unknown affliction later to be called [[AIDS]]. As of [[2005]], [[U.S. News and World Report]] has ranked UCLA Medical Center as the best hospital in the Western United States for 16 consecutive years, and placed it among its honor roll of best hospitals in the United States. [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/honorroll.htm]
In [[2004]], the New South African TV channel (NSAT) began broadcasting on [[Sky Television]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], thereby reaching the large (predominantly white) expatriate community, showing a mix of South African entertainment, films, sport and news coverage.
===UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services===
== External links ==
Besides operating the usual dormitories and apartment buildings, UCLA also runs a small, full-service, on-campus hotel, the UCLA Guest House, and a full-service conference center, the UCLA Conference Center, in the [[San Bernardino Mountains]] near [[Lake Arrowhead]]. This is a peripheral enterprise, as UCLA does not have a hotel management program, so it serves no direct educational purpose.
* [http://www.sarugby.net SA Rugby], the national governing body of [[Rugby Union]].
===UCLA Trademarks and Licensing===
* [http://www.safagoal.net SA Football Association]
The UCLA name also doubles as an overseas clothing and accessories brand; in certain Asian countries, it is considered fashionable to adorn oneself with the UCLA brand name. This trend may arise from popular images of the [[Southern California]] lifestyle, emphasizing freedom in a land of perpetual sunshine. High demand for UCLA apparel has inspired the licensing of its trademark to UCLA brand stores throughout East Asia. [http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?ID=32621]
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==External links==
* [http://www.ucla.edu/ Main UCLA site]
* [http://www.uclabruins.com/ Official athletics site]
* [http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/ The Daily Bruin] - UCLA newspaper
* [http://www.ucla.edu/map/ Campus maps and landmarks]
* [http://www.saonet.ucla.edu/bruincam.htm Royce Hall Webcam]
* [http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/Home.htm UCLA History Project]
* [http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~williamsproj/home.html UCLA School of Law's Williams Project] - First legal think-tank on sexual orientation law
* [http://www.bruinwalk.com BruinWalk] - Student-run web portal that features professor reviews
* [http://www.ihomeconnect.com Off-Campus Housing]
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