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Ceremony also maks Marine Corps 239th birthday MiraCosta College held a dual celebration for the military at its Oceanside campus Monday with a cake to recognize the 239th anniversary of the Marine Corps and a ribbon-cutting to open a new Veterans Center. The number of veterans enrolled in colleges and universities has been steadily increasing in recent years as service members return from Afghanistan and Iraq. At MiraCosta, the new 1,600-square-foot Veterans Information Center will serve about 1,500 veterans, family members and active-duty military members enrolled at the school. That’s up from about 900 in 2004, said public information office Cheryl Broom. The college kept the cost of the new center to $75,000 by using money from its general fund to refurbish the school’s old arts building, which had been slated for demolition. Furniture for the space was donated by Bill Kuhner of BKM Officeworks. “We have here a place for veterans to relax,” said MiraCosta interim Pr