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UCSB to perform ‘Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind’

Santa Barbara News-Press 02 Nov 2021

The UCSB Department of Theater and Dance is presenting “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind .” ... 14 at the UCSB Performing Arts Center ... Tickets in advance cost $17 for general admission and $13 for UCSB faculty, staff, alumni and students, seniors and children. To purchase, call the box office at 805-893-2064 or go to www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu.

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Billionaire insists on windowless rooms in UCSB ‘Dormzilla’

East Bay Times 02 Nov 2021

(UCSB) ... (UCSB). He donated $200 million to UCSB, of which his grandson is an alumnus, to fund the dorms, with the caveat that his designs are followed ... “While the bedroom may be ‘just good enough,’ the entirety of the experience makes it exceptional — ‘our town in the sky,’” the October UCSB design review committee report said.

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Billionaire defends 'prison' dormitory plans for UCSB and boasts of own wealth

The Independent 01 Nov 2021

He was forced to respond to criticism of his designs for Munger Hall at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), following reports of the resignation of an architect consulting his designs.

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UCSB defeats UC San Diego 3-1 in volleyball

Santa Barbara News-Press 01 Nov 2021

LA JOLLA —The Gauchos found their fourth straight win Saturday night as the UCSB Women’s Volleyball team defeated host UC San Diego 3-1. UCSB now boasts an 11-1 record in Big West Conference play. UCSB outhit UCSD by .318 to .118 and scooped up 71 digs to the Triton’s 53 during the match in La Jolla ... UCSB won the opening set 25-16.

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UCSB women’s swim team makes splash

Santa Barbara News-Press 01 Nov 2021

By ARTHUR WILKIE. AND DANIEL MESSINGER. UCSB SPORTS WRITERS. SAN LUIS OBISPO. — The UCSB women’s swim team decisively won their first conference dual meet of the season Saturday, beating rival Cal Poly 174-120 ... Arthur Wilkie and Daniel Messinger, who submitted this story to the News-Press, work at UCSB in sports communications. email ... ....

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Warren Buffett's right-hand man is under fire for his virtually windowless mega-dorm. Charlie Munger's investing ...

Business Insider 01 Nov 2021

JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images Charlie Munger is being heavily criticized for funding and designing a near-windowless UCSB dormitory ... A few years ago, he committed $200 million to help finance the UCSB dorm on the condition that his design for the building would be followed.

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Prestigious list adds UCSB junior center’s name

Santa Barbara News-Press 31 Oct 2021

Junior center Ila Lane of the UCSB women’s basketball team has been selected for the 2022 Lisa Leslie Award Watch List ... A few weeks prior to making the All-America team, Lane was named the Big West Freshman of the Year, becoming the first UCSB player to win the award since ...

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There's a controversy over Charlie Munger's design for a big dorm at UCSB

CNBC 30 Oct 2021

Munger's design for a new dormitory is getting attention after an architect on the school's Design Review Committee quit ... .

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Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm

Democratic Underground 30 Oct 2021

A consulting architect on UCSBs Design Review Committee has quit his post in protest over the universitys proposed Munger Hall project, calling the massive, mostly-windowless dormitory plan unsupportable from my perspective as an architect, a parent, and a human being..

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Architect quits Charlie Munger's mega-dorm UCSB project that consists of many tiny, windowless rooms

Business Insider 30 Oct 2021

The plan contains 4,536 beds for UCSB undergraduate students and is 1.68 million square feet ... But earlier this week, Dennis McFadden, a consulting architect on UCSB's Design Review Committee (DRC) for over 15 years, left the project, the university confirmed in an email to Insider.

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'Unsupportable': Architect quits in protest of billionaire's windowless dorm room design for UCSB

ABC7 30 Oct 2021

UCSB's campus is located on cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean and has its own beach ... Munger, the 97-year-old vice chairman of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, donated $200 million to UCSB to fund the dorms, with the caveat that his designs are followed ... UCSB, like other universities, is facing a housing crisis.

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Architect resigns over billionaire's plans to cram 4,500 students into windowless dorms at UCSB

Colorado Springs Gazette 29 Oct 2021

A member of the University of California, Santa Barbara design review committee resigned this week to protest the school’s decision to move forward with a dorm design that would force thousands of students into tiny rooms with no windows ....

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Architect bashes billionaire Charlie Munger’s windowless UCSB mega-dorm

New York Post 29 Oct 2021

Dennis McFadden has resigned in protest over a mostly windowless mega-dorm financed and designed by billionaire Charlie Munger.UCSB ... UCSB ... UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang has hailed the design as “inspired and revolutionary,” saying that it will let the university expand student housing by 50 percent.

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UCSB men’s golf finishes 13th at tournament

Santa Barbara News-Press 25 Oct 2021

UCSB SPORTS WRITER. The UCSB men’s golf team finished 13th out of 15 teams in this weekend’s Visit Stockton Invitational hosted by Pacific at Stockton Country Club ... UCSB had 161 pars, 41 birdies and two eagles.

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UCSB beats UC Riverside in men’s soccer

Santa Barbara News-Press 25 Oct 2021

UCSB SPORTS WRITER. The UCSB men’s soccer team (10-3-4, 6-0-2 Big West) defeated UC Riverside 3-2 in a wild affair Saturday night at Harder Stadium ... With a win against Cal State Northridge next weekend, UCSB would complete its first unbeaten conference season since 2013.