Opponents of a proposed Navy research center at the University of Hawaii far outnumbered supporters at a meeting of more than 120 faculty members yesterday.

Professors, researchers and specialists in the sciences and social sciences alike came out against the proposal during the two-hour discussion in the School of Architecture's auditorium.

They argued that the Navy's proposed University-Affiliated Research Center would jeopardize academic freedom, put arbitrary restraints on publication and engender an atmosphere of secrecy.

A meeting of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa faculty yesterday served mostly to state the case against establishing a U.S. Navy-affiliated research center.
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A little more than 100 members of the UH-Manoa faculty met to discuss the controversial proposal to create a Navy university affiliated research center, or UARC, at UH. Dozens of faculty members expressed various arguments against the UARC in what ended up being a cordial and one-sided discussion.
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Yesterday's discussion served as a prelude to an Oct. 26 special meeting of the faculty senate at which it is expected to take a formal position on the UARC proposal. That vote will act as a faculty recommendation to interim Manoa chancellor Denise Konan.