Kresge College is the Owl's Nest, which acts as Kresge's official cafe (the Slug being that of Porter). The cafe is well known for having exotic delicious fruits and vegetables smoothies. In addition, it serves a variety of entree options. Kresge College Kresge College is one of the residential colleges that make up the University of California, Santa Cruz. Founded in 1971, Kresge is located on the western edge of the UCSC campus. Kresge is the sixth of ten colleges at UCSC, and originally one of the most experimental. The first provost of Kresge, Bob Edgar, had been strongly influenced by his
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