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In what it termed "the biggest open house in campus history" the University of California at Berkeley threw open its doors to the general public last month for a day-long exhibition of what makes the college work.
More than 200 faculty and students conducted tours of the campus, explaining its inner workings to nearly 20,000 visitors.
Visitors were allowed to stroll through university museums free of charge, get free dinosaur bones and computer printouts, autographed posters of the university and even paper airplanes.
The guests toured Berkeley's state-of-the-art scientific laboratories and watched student theatrical productions in rehearsal.
"We had so much fun at the last two open houses [held in 1973 and 1976] that I really don't know how we can miss," said Richard Hafner, the chair of the organizing committee. "There's something is it for everybody." The Daily Californian
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