I got out to California and played this course a few years back and I just wasn't very impressed, especially at the rate (non-student) I was having to pay. If I went to school there, however, I'd be playing every day for their price.
Not having historical knowledge of the course, it appears that some altering over the years has apparently taken some of the charm out of it. The day I played, we had to start in a shotgun, so the order to holes is a bit confusing to me. It seemed like for every good hole, there would be a letdown on another hole.
I can't remember which hole it is, but you have a big, downhill drive (par 4) to a fairway with a tree smack in the middle of the fairway. That annoys the living hell out of me. Crank a drive to the middle of the fairway and get screwed by a tree. There were a couple other areas where I thought new construction really failed to preserve the old charm of the course, either through landscaping, bunkering or simple seeding. While you get a historical feeling standing on one tee (or bridge), you get a modern feeling on the next hole.
However, I don't want to take away from the good aspects of the course. I loved the use of elevation, not to mention the views of the entire Bay Area from the 18th tee. There are some tremendous green complexes and strategy to your approach shots.
If you can get on there at the student rate (or discounted) it is a nice college course.
That would make a good discussion thread: college golf courses and where they rank: the good and the bad