Monday, August 1, 2011

USC trip

While we were in Caliofrnia last week, we made a trip to the campus of University of Southern California (USC) where Jeff is currently attending school working on a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. We had a great time and got to see a lot of neat things!

Since our camera was in the shop during this trip (and we forgot to borrow Grandma's), we used our phones to take pictures so I apologize in advance if some of these pictures are a little blurry.

A view of the building that houses the school of Education (tall one on the right):















Jeff in front of that building (three times):





















































In the building:














A view of the water fountain sculpture on one side of campus (and you can see the Shrine auditorium in the background):
















We visited two of the libraries on campus... one of them is famous and has been used in several movies including for a scene with Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate.

Outside of the two libraries:
















































Inside the libraries (and you can see Jeff pointing to some books in the education section of one of the libraries):

This is the famous room (the first one is blurry):











































































A cool giant globe in the library:




















Walking through the old books in the archives:




















The old card catalogs:






























Now we leave the libraries and continue around campus... here are some pictures of us standing near statues.

First, with Traveler the horse:





























Next with Tommy Trojan:



























































There was a room called the "family room" right near all of the eateries on campus. This room was one of Kara's favorites since it had lots of reading nooks and secluded areas to lounge in. This is a picture of the fireplace and the giant stone carving above it:

















We had a great day! We can't wait to go back and visit again for Jeff's graduation next May!

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