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Every student quote in that piece is either overt criticism, or qualified praise (“I personally would not want to live there,” he said. “I would feel trapped”).

It does have positive quotes from a number of people on the UCSB payroll who would never live there.

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Yes, no one praises the lack of windows, because it'll be weird to be thankful for something normal that is missing. But the lack of windows aren't just a middle finger to the students, their absence allows for greater freedom in design of the building. So you have students praising the relatively large private rooms. Which would not be possible without the lack of windows.

[mpalmer]

No one said there was praise about the lack of windows. I said there are no positive comments from students quoted in that piece other than the guy who would feel trapped living there.

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> Many students expressed enthusiasm over the privacy the single rooms would offer, Reyes said, as well as a promise from the university that Munger Hall housing costs would remain 20-30 percent below the market rate of nearby Isla Vista.

> . “On the one hand, it’s really nice,” said McCarthy, who lived in the “funky” Santa Rosa Residence Hall his freshman year. “It’s indisputable. There are all sorts of features — air conditioning, game rooms, balconies, flat-screen TVs in every suite — that would make it the nicest dorm on campus.” He also appreciated the project’s bike-friendly infrastructure

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Yes...that is the first half of the quote from the guy who said he would feel trapped if he lived there.

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Fair enough. Maybe the reporters are just lazy then, if 80% were neutral or positive.