Article: Opponents of proposed Navy research center end sit-in at University of Hawaii

JEANNETTE J. LEE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-05-2005
Dateline: HONOLULU
A group protesting a proposed Navy research center at the University of Hawaii ended a weeklong sit-in at the office of the university president.

Dozens of protesters marched out of interim President David McClain's office on Wednesday clapping and chanting. Organizers called the protest a "tremendous victory."

On Tuesday, McClain agreed to delay until October any decision about the proposed research center, to hold a public meeting on the issue and to release documents related to the planned center.

He refused, however, to rescind his request that the Board of Regents grant preliminary approval for the ...

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