It was 50 years ago today – on July 5, 1965 – that students attended classes for the very first time at what now is known as the main campus of the University of Regina. Back then, it was known as the new Regina campus of the University of Saskatchewan and was made up of the Classroom and Laboratory buildings. On Monday, July 5, 1965, the Leader-Post newspaper reported that, “400 science and history students picked their way over muddy, still-unfinished roads to become the first to take lectures at the new campus being built on the bald prairie on the southeastern outskirts of the city.” Meanwhile, another 1,200 students took summer classes at the familiar College Avenue buildings, which had been the home of post-secondary education in Regina since 1911.