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Think Wide Open isn’t just a tag line.
It’s how we approach everything we do.
Fifty years ago, we started a grand
experiment: to be a different kind of college.
Blending the arts, sciences, and humanities on a single campus, our goal was to create a living laboratory where students from all disciplines live and work side by side.
Where a chance meeting might lead to a new and exciting collaboration. Where creativity underlies everything. Where a fearless, do-it-yourself attitude leads to real accomplishment.
Prepare to lead a life, not simply making a living.
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Author and reporter Adam Nagourney (Economics) covers West Coast cultural affairs for The New York Times.
He was previously the Los Angeles bureau chief and served eight years as the chief national political correspondent. He is the co-author of Out for Good, a history of the modern gay rights movement.
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