It's not as though they won't ever see the sun, they just need to leave their room, its SoCal ffs

They will be living in a vibrant college community, with common areas, beaches, parks, libraries etc...

I've lived in a room with a Window against a brick wall in NYC.

From my window I can see junkies shitting, but I still get some light, and air.

I’ve been in a windowless prison cell, it sucks.

> I’ve been in a windowless prison cell, it sucks.

That doesn't sound pleasant but college students aren't prisoners locked in their dorm rooms.

I studied computer science in Canada.

I recall being stuck in a room for days working in winter

Not that relevant since at UCSB the "winter" is a chilly 60 degree's...

And FWIW I went to school in a similar climate to yours and was never "stuck in a room for days". How did you get to class? How did you get food?

I lived in a room where the window had to be boarded up and insulated all through the winter. I would much rather be able to live in that room than nowhere at all.