His dad welcomed the good news also but expressed some reservations. In the few years prior there had been the Free Speech movement and the rise of the radical SDS in response to the ongoing conflict in Vietnam. He recommended that Michael attend the picturesque sister campus of the UC system, UC Santa Barbara. Since his father and great-uncle were to help fund his education, Michael agreed, even though the Bank of America branch in Isla Vista had been burned to the ground by protesters the year before.