<p>What are they?</p>
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Basically four floors of that ^ </p>
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<p>The tunnels are really hard to access (and illegal) but I think the Koala staff went in there once, hahaha. UCSD was built during the Cold War so I think it was a bomb shelter OR a hiding place for faculty in case students went all Berkeley-esque on their asses. These are just some of the many rumors I’ve heard. I wouldn’t ever go down there, I think you can get trapped :/</p>
<p>columbia’s are much easier to access - so much that we even took a prospective student along. :)</p>
<p>Hahaha astrina haven’t you been in UCSD’s tunnels? I swear I remember you saying you had one time</p>
<p>My friends from High School (I live in Chula Vista) seem to go there and have photoshoots all the time. Can’t believe it’s illegal.</p>
<p>there’s a portion of the tunnels that’s public access in the basement of urey, but nothing spectacular there – just steam hissing around, no graffiti.</p>
<p>i’ve been in the mandeville ones a few times. just psychedelic paintings and a permanent odor of weed.</p>