It is a joke at Berkeley that students there are responsible for electing Ronald Reagan as president ﹘ it was Reagan's confrontations with protesting students in the 1960's that gave him wide national exposure.
因此，美國流傳這樣一個說法﹘﹘要不是柏克萊學生老是搞示威，當年雷根那能當上總統，﹘﹘因美國前任總統雷根擔任加州州長時，常為柏克萊學生示威滋事疲於奔命，不時派警察去監視、鎮壓，為此常和學生發生衝突，但雷根上電視打知名度的機會也相對大增，對後來競選總統大有助益。