Photos: UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz and Cal State San Bernardino are all celebrating their 50th anniversaries

Nov. 20, 1972: Library, left, and gymnasium on campus of Cal State San Bernardino.

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Oct. 4, 1965: Barbara Terhune, 18, foreground, and dorm friend Linda Teply, ride their bikes before opening-day classes at UC Irvine. Total student enrollment was 1,567.

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Cal State San Bernardino will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of reunions, cultural events and academic lectures.

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High schoolers and parents get a preview tour of the campus and the UC Irvine student center March 16.

(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)