University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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web of interlocking buildings whose sole purpose is function. Another hard-core symbol of UCLA ' s world-reknowned academics is the nearby Molecular Biology Institute, hiding its hard working cancer researchers behind columns of smoked windows. Boelter Hall plays upon your fears in its frustrating, fluorescent maze of hallways--and if you take one wrong turn, you may run smack into the REACTOR (no one seems to really know exactly where it is...). As you move towards central campus, open space becomes a friendly element in the new John Wooden Center. Its spacious lobby and walkway extend down the building ' s skylit center and invite people to stop and visit while on their way to a handball court or gymnasium. And the even wider spaces afforded by nature lend serenity to buildings on the north end of campus. The Murphy Sculpture Garden provides both inspiration and relaxation for Fine Arts majors, and anyone else wishing to ponder life amidst artistic culture. However, before entering the sanctuary, you must sneak past the monolithic Bunche Hall, that appears to guard the gardens from any concrete civilization. The UCLA landscape remains, in a state of change as new buildings are constructed, others near completion, and existing structures undergo major renovations. The current attitude with studednts is that once construction is complete, the campus will attain a new freshness. But when they take a closer look, they suddenly realize that the campus is already attractive...even if construction never ends.