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If you are speaking in historical terms from the 60's and 70's, then certainly Berkley and UM would be up there, as would Wisconsin, where the SDS was founded.
The Weathermen did blow up a building at the UW, and an innocent professor died. One of the perpetrators went on to assume a new life. She was caught several years ago - she'd become a PTA mom, a homemaker, all the "right stuff" - whatever that is.
The truth is, those campuses may not be the most active today. Times and student bodies change, and the issues which may serve as a flash point also change at different campuses. Berkley had a set of students who did not get along with the chancellor, who overreacted to their sit-in in '64 I believe. It snowballed, obviously.
Some of the biggest activists like Jerry Rubin have certainly become huge mainstreamers. He's a big Wall Street guy now.
P.S. Believe it or not, campus unrest and disobedience (the term used, which is quaint now) in the 60's and 70's was overblown. Not nearly as much of it as you might think.
It was like Animal House versus Big Chill. Blutarski and Co. won that one.
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