Critics point out, however, that many students will have no choice but to reside at Munger Hall, given the school’s acute housing shortage and the record-low availability of off-campus options in Isla Vista and other nearby communities. In response to initial descriptions by opponents that the 11-story building would have only two entrances and exits, UCSB clarified Munger Hall would in fact feature 15 smaller access points around its perimeter. | Credit: CourtesyAlso this week, a group of six architecture history professors at UCSB created a petition to stop Munger Hall from moving forward. “Munger Hall at Michigan is for graduate students, is less than one-quarter the size (380,000 sq. ft.), and offers roughly one bathroom for every bedroom, whereas the behemoth planned for UCSB undergraduates offers just two bathrooms for every eight bedrooms.

Source: New York Times November 07, 2021 10:58 UTC