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U SD's 180-acre camp us overlooking San Diego 's Mission Bay is regarded as one of the most architecturally unique in the country, with 19 major buildings designed in an ornamental I 6th century Spanish Renaissance sryle. T he USO camp.us was named Alcala Park after a Span ish ciry near Madrid -Alcala de Henares . Founded by rhe Greeks, it became known as Complurum during Roman rimes. The town was renamed Al Kala (the casrle) Nahar (after che river Henares) by the Muslims. C hri stians recaptured the village in I 088 and founded a universiry in 1498 whose buildings became the inspira- tion for USD's arch itectural sryle. All of USD's administrative and classroom facilities are located on the upper campus. At the east end are the Alcala Vista apart- ments, the Miss ion housing complex, and the Sports Center com- plex, which includes Torero Stadium, tennis courts, an Olympic- sized swimming pool, gymnasium, weight room and other playing fields. Since 1984, USO has completed 11 major construction and expansion projects. The former San Diego Diocese building was ren-

ovated and opened for business as the Author E. and Marjorie A. Hughes Administration Center in fal l of 1996. The landscaped Colachis Plaza and Shumway Fountain was finished in the fall of 1995, connecting the entrances of The Immaculata Church and the Hughes Admin istration Center. In 1992, the universiry completed the 45,000-square-fooc Loma Hall , which includes an expanded bookstore, a larger mail center, classrooms, laboratories and office space fo r physics, engineering, and arts and sciences departments. In 1990, the newly expanded and renovated Katherine M. and George M. Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center opened, a faci liry double the size of the former law library and reflecting the latest developments in information technology. The universiry completed and opened the 6,000-square-foor Douglas F. Manchester Family Child Development Center in 1989. Ocher projects completed in the past 15 years include rhe Alcala Vista apartments (1987) , a 156-unir student apartment complex; the Ernes t and Jean Hahn Universiry Center (1987), a 76,000-sq uare- foot building chat houses dining, meeting and office areas; Olin Hall (1984) , home to the School of Business Administration; and the Helen K. and James S. Copley Library (I 984) .

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