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Some more info about the tunnels -

The UCSD utility tunnels are in 2 distinct sections. These are simple enough that they can actually be described pretty easily in words. (something which could not be said for many other colleges!) I figured a textual description would be interesting and useful to some.

• The first, older & smaller section is Revelle. These tunnels start at Anchorview (the old Physical Plant), connect to all of the mud huts (through tiny, unlit, dirty crawlspace tunnels exiting into the Laundry Rooms) , continue to Galbraith Hall (UGL), branch to York, branch to the current Physical Plant, continue on to Bonner, then they become basically “public”, crossing under the Revelle walkway over to Urey. By “public”, I mean you can see this section any time, as it is part of the Urey basement (the part with the huge pipes on the South side of the hall) The section of these tunnels after Galbraith is round, unlike most of UCSD’s tunnels.
• The main section of the UCSD tunnels basically does a loop around the Eucalyptus grove/Sun God in the center of campus. It starts from the East side of the Physical Plant. After a short stretch it branches (at an outside vent which can be seen on Gilman Drive) into the loop. Going clockwise around the loop, the tunnel continues for a long, straight stretch, turning almost directly beneath the Grove Caffe. It turns towards the Gym, which is connected through a small branch. This is also the location of the most well known Tunnel entrance, the manhole on the hump (the one with “UCSD” on it, light can be seen through it at night). Just north of this corner is a branch to Mandeville. The tunnel continues and branches to the Biology building. (this entrance can be walked up to in the basement of Biology.. you can look in, but the door is heavily chained/alarmed) Continuing on, the tunnel splits at AP&M, which has a tunnel entrance in the basement. The branch here goes west to Muir, ending at McGill hall/the Rat. There is a vent here, right next to the stairs going beneath TOQ. Contnuing around the loop, the tunnel turns east at the Muir Booster Station, which is the loud set of fenced-in pipes next to Campus Loop Drive and Petersen Hall. The tunnel then heads towards Cog Sci, where there is a loud vent fan that can’t be missed. It continues east under the walkway at a steep down-grade and passes another vent next to the library. Beneath the concrete area in front of the library there is a 3-way junction, with a manhole out (again, the one with UCSD on it.) The left branch leads into the library, apparently into the utility room inside the music listening library. The right branch goes south, almost prefectly straight, for the entire length of Library Walk, past a loud fan in the middle of Gilman Dr., and to the quad next to the Medical Library. Here is another manhole, and a branch left (East) over to the Basic Sciences Building. The tunnel continues south after this for a bit, then it angles back to the Physical Plant, meeting the beginning of the loop along the way.
• There is also a “Miscellaneous” tunnel, unconnected to any others, which crosses underneath the “ridge walk”-from the bottom floor of Cog Sci over to Chemical Research.

The University of California, San Diego was founded in 1959. It is one of ten University of California campuses (UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbera, US Santa Cruz, UC San Francisco, and UC Merced). The undergraduate housing at UCSD is divided into six colleges (a system of organization modeled after that of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge). If you are an incoming freshman at UCSD or are hoping to go here someday, you may be confused about the differences between the six different colleges. All are a part of UCSD in general, and so no matter which college you are a part of, you are all a part of UCSD. You will still have to complete the general UCSD requirements. However, in addition to those UCSD GE requirements, each college has additional requirements of its students. Each college also has its own core writing course.

Revelle: Revelle College was the first college founded at UCSD (in 1964) and so it is also the most highly structured and organized. Revelle college aims at developing “”a well-rounded student who is intellectually skilled and prepared for competition in a complex world.” Revelle’s motto is “Purpose, Truth, Vision.” Roger Revelle, oceanographer and founder of the college, hoped for its graduates to be “Reinassance scholars.” However, in order to meet these expectations, the work load at Revelle college is quite demanding, making it the hardest of the six colleges. Revelle’s core writing course is the Humanities Course, notorious for its level of difficulty. The majority of students in Revelle are science majors. The housing at Revelle is good, but nothing extraordinary. Take note that the residential halls are some of the oldest cement buildings on campus, and so it is likely that you may have problems with cellular phone or wireless internet connections indoors.

Muir: Muir college was UCSD’s second college. Since John Muir was in fact an environmentalist, his college focuses on the “spirit of self-sufficiency and individual choice.” Muir’s motto is “Celebrating the independent spirit.” Muir’s general requirements are less rigorous than those of other colleges, and the flexibility it gives students is advantagous, especially for those who are yet unsure of their major. Housing in Muir is notable in that it is distrubted almost in between trees. Being an environmentalist, John Muir insisted that no tree be cut down during the construction of the college.

Marshall College: Marshall was the third college founded at UCSD, in 1970. It is named after Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Super Court Justice and lawyer for the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. Marshall emphasizes “cholarship, social responsibility and the belief that a liberal arts education must include an understanding of [one's] role in society.” Marshall College’s general education requirements emphasize this culture of community involvement and multiculturalism. The motto of Marshall College is: “A UCSD Community Developing the Scholar and the Citizen.”

Warren College: The fourth college at UCSD is named after former Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren. Warren colleges requires students to pursue a major of their choice while also requiring two “programs of concentration” in disciplines unrelated to each other and to their major. Warren is also home to UCSD’s engineering department and so houses many of UCSD’s undergraduate engineering students. The motto of Warren College is: “Social justice, individual student responsibility, and life-long learning; towards a life in balance.”

Eleanor Roosevelt College: ERC was founded in 1988 as UCSD’s fifth college. It is named after former American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The college focuses its core education program on a cross-cultural interdisciplinary course sequence entitled Making of the Modern World. ERC’s motto is: “Developing World Citizens Through Scholarship, Leadership, and Service.” After Revelle, ERC has the most demanding general requirements. The housing at ERC is also famous for its aesthetic appeal. ERC students get the newest buildings available, and they look good.

Sixth College: Sixth College was founded in 2002 and as of yet, remains unnamed. Its focus is on “historical and philosophical connections among culture, art and technology.” Because it is the newest college, Sixth College does not have such demanding requirements as other colleges yet, and it is generally thought to be one of the easier colleges. However, take note that Sixth College didn’t exactly get first pick on residential housing. Although it is a new college, its residential halls are quite old and located in the woods, causing some students to nickname the college “Camp Snoopy.”