Hello, In our last college years, my wife and I were together most of the time. But, when it was test week or paper writing days needing some research, our local college libraries closed at 10. Yes, we studied well past 10 and had nowhere to go. So, friends that were at other local colleges we knew mentioned that the UCLA campus library stays open until the wee hours of the morning, like 2 a.m. so, we had to try it out. The day time activity is quite busy with tons of college age kids wandering around. But, at night, the place looks like the nearby college campus overflow. We fit right into the scene. We knew we could not hang out like the other kids, possibly from the campus just up the street. So, we usually got a late snack and headed for the college library. There in the book racks and upper level floor “stacks,” were always the quietest places to study for tests or write papers with the access to the thousands of books there. No, we could not check out the books as we were not college kids from the campus. But, we did our share of researching and reading with notes to get what we needed for the papers or just hanging out in the quiet, studying. Studying? Like college kids? Ha, isn’t that some kind of contrast in illogical thinking? We were serious students wanting to graduate by turning in great written reports, book reviews and final projects for our classes. The quiet zone helped tremendously. Jnaki The area was ripe as a college age hangout, with every corner stuffed with kids from late teens to adults. Some were from the area, but the majority were college age kids having a great time away from home and in a place where there were no strict family boundaries… YRMV Today, remnants of old 50s-60s history still are there. Too small for a regional bank, but a specialized shopping center. Between 1966 and 68, a red El Camino made the long trip to the area for furthering our college education… it was fun to say the least. Yes, we got our papers written and studied for tests that flowed out of every class we both took for the last two years of school. Just in a different campus located far away down the coast, at our local beach side/harbor location, in Long Beach, not Westwood in L.A.
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