“When I look back on student politics, I put actual power and teeth in student affairs,” he reflected. He went on to initiate the first student evaluation of the faculty, start a cooperative bookstore, and campaign for students to pay an activity fee that allowed them to bring to campus the musicians and lecturers they, not necessarily the administration, wanted to hear. His first step was to affiliate the school with the National Student Association as a way to give students a voice. “When I was student body president, I was very proud of my university and I loved it, but I was also interested in drawing it into a new world, somewhat controversially at times.” Hackford said.
Despite student uprisings across the country, then USC student president, Taylor Hackford ’68, described the university as an “ocean of tranquility.” He decided to shake things up. The Graduate opened in movie theaters and The Doors’ self-titled album debuted.
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