Alcala Yearbook 2004

Satt DteJtJ Beachel Mission and Pacific Beach With tram s s huttlin g to

the s un.

Miss ion Beach is di s tin ctl y mar ked by th e ro ll e r coas te r a t Be lmo nt Pa rk, but thi s is o nl y o ne o f ma ny po pul a r s po ts. The Penn a nt has b come a regul a r USD ha ng– out, a nd Thursd ay ni g hts seem like jus t a no the r day o f schoo l. Fo r the und r 2 l crowd,Ca nesoffe rsa club– like a tmos ph e re a nd o fte n hosts USO pa rti es. Co ns id e ring th e wea the r tha t Sa n Diega ns e nj oy, it's no t ha rd to see why the beach pl ays s uch a la rge ro le in USO life .

a nd fr om, it seems as if the beach is me re ly a n ex te ns io n o f the ca m– pu s. USD s tud e nts Ii ve in a 11 o f th e beach towns fro m Ocea n Beach up th rough De l Ma r, but mos t USO beach res id e nts ca ll e ithe r M iss ion o r Pac ifi c B ach home. Whil e no t a ll s tud e nts li ve the re, the beach is a seco nd hom fo r ma ny . Pac ifi c Beach o ffe rs shop– ping o n Ca rne t, a n exc itin g ni g ht li fe, a nd the oppo rtunity to esca pe th e hec ti c campu s a tmos phe re fo r a re lax in g a fte rnoon s pe nt ly ing in

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