FACULTY STAFF CLUB

The California Spanish Colonial building that houses the Faculty-Staff Club was originally constructed as the campus cafeteria and bookstore in 1931. Following World War II and with the advent of the G.I. Bill, the campus population outgrew its original physical plant. The bookstore was moved to a Quonset hut, and a walled patio was added to the "Caf" to serve hamburgers al fresco. The offices of the student government occupied the former bookstore space. When the Bookstore, East Commons, and Aztec Center were added to the campus during the late 1950s and early '60s, President Love granted the faculty permission to use the vacated building as a faculty lounge-cafeteria and Senate Office. Then, on November 18, 1975, the Senate recommended and President Golding authorized the formation of the Faculty Club, a membership corporation. Original members paid an initiation fee and monthly dues to pay off the mortgage required for improvements, and with the start of fall semester 1978, the new..