GOLDEN STATE COLLEGE ENGLISH

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**Versión en español**

**Golden State College**. It is a fictional university that appears in my stories. It is in the outskirts of the state of **New York**, about fifty kilometers from the "**Big Apple**".

Being a small private university, it would only be made up of several faculties, preferably of letters, among which are teaching, law, sociology or psychology.

The main one for the purposes of the stories is that of teaching, in which **Roy Malden**, **Bertie Malinde** **Tom Rodney** and **Cooan Malinde** among others study. They had partners as **Melanie Sanders**, **Malcolm Roberts,** **Hank Willians** . These are from the graduating class in 1996. The Head of Studies at the Faculty of Teaching where they graduate was Miss **Jane Parker**.

Some characters, for instance **April Sinclair,** study laws**.**

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A quarter of a century later, with **Melanie Roberts** (formerly **Sanders**) as Head of Studies at the Teaching faculty, **Idina Rodney**, **Heather Roberts** and **Neherenia Moon Light** will study there, among other students from the graduating class of 2021.

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**Curiosities**

Among the rules of coexistence, as they were explained by the Head of Studies **Jane Parker** to **Bertie** and **Cooan** the day of their arrival.

**"Breakfast is at eight o'clock. First class It starts at nine, there is a fifteen minute break between classes. Lunch is at 13:30 and classes resume at 16:30. These, with their usual pause, end at 17:45, dinner is served at 19:45. Then, you have free time for what you like. Except for special permission or exceptions, you must not be outside the rooms after 22:15. TO 22:45 the lights in the hallways and halls go out. You can go to bed whenever you want and get up when you want, as long as you respect these hours. After certain hours, people of the opposite sex are not allowed in the rooms. And the rest of the time must be for strictly academic reasons.**

    **As you should know this is a mixed campus and morality is strictly observed. No animals and forbidden to introduce alcoholic beverages, drugs or anything of that type, that is constitutive of immediate expulsion, without prejudice to the appropriate legal actions. Forbidden to make noise, parties and all kinds of fuss from 20.00.At 22.00 on Fridays and Saturdays. You have a laundry service that works every day from 9.00 to 22.00 except on Sundays, which is from 10.00 to 16.00 ". (GWA03)**

 According to **Bertie** and **Cooan** read during their trip to the **United States,** that university was founded by a pioneer, originally from **New York**, who got rich in **California** during the gold rush. Hence its name, alluding to the "**Golden State**"

It has good teams in basketball and in American football. They featured players like **Roy Malden** and **Malcolm Roberts**, respectively.

It was as well as a highly recognized group of cheerleaders. Some of them were **Melanie Sanders**, **April Sinclair**, **Cooan Malinde**, **Heather Roberts**, **Idina Rodney** or **Neherenia Moon Light**, among others.

Here some battles against evil forces were fought. **Roy**, **Tom**, **Bertie** and **Cooan** had to fight against demons and twenty five years later, **Idina** and **Nehie** did the same against the evil versión of **Queen Neherenia.**

Within the university, there is the brotherhood of the **Golden Eagles,** which had as distinguished members those previously mentioned among others.