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Proposed monster dorm at UCSB sparks controversy

We’re all aware of how public institutions in North America, including some great public universities, are nowadays relying on private donors to get things done. Typically some rich guy will donate a pile of money in order to get his (it almost always seems to be guys doing this) name on a building. I guess rich guys like this. At first glance, Berkshire Hathaway investor Charles Munger’s donation to the University of California, Santa Barbara seemed to fit this usual story. It turns out how…