UCLA
Description
UCLA vaults into Oval Office crisis as elite expert crucible: Sam flags its specialists as essential arsenal for Bartlet's cancer-cure pledge, demanding swift roundup to dazzle press corps and vindicate decade-long federal assault on the disease. Amid Bartlet's pacing renunciation—logistics crush ambition—the university's brain trust glimmers as untapped White House weapon, poised for briefing-room parades that could shield bold rhetoric from fiscal and political flak.
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
S3E11
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100,000 Airplanes
Bartlet and Sam Lamentably Shelve the Cancer-Cure Pledge
UCLA flagged as key university brain trust for press-ready oncologists, its recruitment infeasibility sealing the draft's fate.
Active Representation
Directly referenced in expert assembly list
Power Dynamics
Academic autonomy trumping urgent White House demands
Institutional Impact
Underscores tensions between politics and academia
Organizational Goals
Uphold research independence
Manage faculty availability
Influence Mechanisms
Decentralized expertise deployment
Bureaucratic response lags