After our tour of La Jolla, Alma and I decided to visit our old campus. So many memories! We visited our dorm, where we first met, our dining hall, the apartment we lived in our 2nd year, the lecture halls, the building we worked in our 3rd year, and so much more. It was a great walk down memory lane, in fact, so much fun, we plan to make this UCSD the destination for next year’s reunion.
Where it all began for new students of Third College, now called Thurgood Marshall College.
Where it began for us - Third College dorms, S building!
S1 - the front door to my suite, my home as a freshman at UCSD. It’s also where I met Jeannine, one of my dearest friends to this day. Alma and Dale lived in S4, and many of our guy friends lived in S2. So many memories and stories here!
Our dining hall, OceanView Terrace (fondly known as “Ocean Spew”). We ate many of our meals here that first year, and visited infrequently during our second year, when we lived in the Upper Apartments. Al and I reminisced about our favorites from OceanView - cream of broccoli or broccoli cheese soup, tuna melts, chocolate cake, Ben & Jerry’s pints. Can we say “freshman 15″???
Third College dorm mailboxes
Bridge between the dorms and the Upper Apartments
Upper Apartments - K building - our second year home!
K5 was our 2-bedroom apartment, which we got to choose in a lottery system at the end of our first year. My roommates were Alma, Dale and Rory.
The soccer field next to the Upper Apartments was the site of our graduation ceremony.
Many of our classes were at Peterson Hall.
Sun God
When we lived off campus our third year (at the Villas!), Alma didn’t have a car, so we met at this shuttle stop almost every afternoon to ride back to my car in a faraway parking lot and drive home.
During my third and fourth years, I performed in the Faculty Dance Concert at Mandeville Auditorium, held at the end of winter quarter.
The Food Co-op, in the Student Center, was a great place to pick up a healthy snack.
In addition to a number of books, many of my classes required readers from Soft Reserves as part of the course materials.
Lecture Notes were supplemental and optional, but sometimes helpful.
The Grove Caffe was a popular place to meet someone for coffee, lunch, or to study. I spent a fair amount of time here.
Students would sit on “the hump” to catch some sun, take a break from classes, or do a little homework. Every Friday, bongo drummers gathered here for a casual jam session.
In our day, upstairs in the main gym was where I had all of my dance classes, and many rehearsals. Now, I think there is a new building set up with actual dance studios across campus.
Al and I worked in the Physics Department in Mayer Hall during our third year.
Undergrad Library - I spent many hours studying and napping here.
Career Services was where we found part-time jobs and internships.
Class of 1994 plaque in front of Price Center
Price Center
We used to watch $1 movies at the Price Center Theater.
Geisel Library has the most interesting architecture, and it’s rumored to have made appearances in a few TV shows and movies.
Bunnies munch on grass at the base of the Snake Path, which leads up to Central Library, now known as Geisel Library.
Halfway up the Snake Path is a granite replica of “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton.
Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel was a great contributor to UCSD, and the main library is named for him and his wife. Most of his work sits in a Dr. Seuss collection in the library, and this bronze sculpture of the author and one of his most famous characters, The Cat in the Hat, was dedicated to Dr. Seuss a few years ago.
