“The long corridors, lack of real windows, and mechanical ventilation contributed to this feeling. Members of El Congreso visited the Munger Hall mockup in May and described feeling disoriented by the scale and lack of natural light. The review panel “will be presenting a recommendation to the university from its membership that will determine whether and how the Munger Hall project moves ahead as the Chancellor honors the UC principle of shared governance with faculty,” UCSB administration told El Congreso in response to their initial set of demands published April 29.Įl Congreso’s updated demands that were presented to the panel criticize the thousands of student bedrooms, most of which contain LED light panels in place of windows. The existence of the review panel was never shared with the general public in the months it has operated. Yang approved the Academic Senate request for its creation, according to minutes from an April 4 University Committee on Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Equity Academic Senate meeting. The Munger Hall Independent Review Panel was formed earlier this year, after Chancellor Henry T. “We firmly condemn the plan and believe that the continued pursuit of Munger Hall is an obvious waste of time, energy, and resources, which leads us to believe there is a more convoluted explanation for the continued exhaustion of resources to this end,” El Congreso said in its demand letter.
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The panel’s feedback is a “very important part of the ongoing project review and campus feedback and engagement processes,” UCSB Media Relations Manager Kiki Reyes told the Nexus in a statement.Įl Congreso’s Munger Hall demands, updated from an initial set of demands presented to the university in May, illustrate the organization’s concerns regarding the scale of the project, the thousands of virtual windows in students’ bedrooms and the involvement of billionaire Charles Munger. The demands arrived as the Independent Review Panel - tasked with presenting a recommendation to the university determining whether the Munger Hall project moves forward - is said to be nearing a final recommendation, according to El Congreso member and fourth-year Spanish major Erik Magana. Courtesy of El Congreso.Įl Congreso de UCSB - the student-led cultural, social and activist Chicanx organization that works to provide an inclusive space for students of marginalized identities - learned about the panel at a May 4 meeting with UCSB administrators and elected to send in a list of demands to be considered in its final recommendation. Members of El Congreso met with UCSB administrators including Chancellor Yang in a May 4 meeting.
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