The Brown University class of 1992 graduated under President Vartan Gregorian. They enjoyed visiting speakers such as Spike Lee, Kurt Vonnegut, Elie Wiesel, and Julia Child, and enjoyed regular sporting events and celebrations. Nationally, during their senior year, the Los Angeles riots occurred following the acquittal of four police officers that were filmed nearly beating to death Rodney King during a routine traffic stop. Tennis player Arthur Ashe announced that he was suffering from the AIDS virus, while George H. W. Bush met with President of Russia Boris Yeltsin at Camp David, where they formally declare that the Cold War is over.