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...also argued that because it has been the first instance in many years that Law School students were involved in a sit-in, their punishment should be less severe. A precedent, she argued, that was established by the registrar after the 1992 sit...
...year before the sit-in, Lee had been offered tenure. But then an anti-war student group published a flyer against the draft urging radicals to infiltrate the military and "eliminate" officers. Lee was the group's faculty advisor, and when administrators found out, they promptly revoked his tenure offer and said 1968 would be his last year...
...sit-in was a demonstration of support for Lee as a professor. Ultimately, he got his job back, but only after the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) threatened to censure the University of Hawaii for violating a professor's rights...
...Neither the resignation nor the committee's verdict got Lee his job back. Nor did the student takeover of Bachman Hall in support of Lee's cause that spring. Lee joined the sit-in on the second day and was carried out of the building that night as one of 153 persons arrested by the police. After getting bailed out, Lee and the protesters returned to Bachman and camped out for nine days before folding their tents...
Finally, it is important for the University to realize that its students want to participate in the process of change in this University. We know what our concerns are, and we would love to be able to discuss them with the administration. It shouldn’t take a sit-in, or only happen in the Senior Survey as we process out of this institution. For this University to thrive, and to truly meet the needs of students, it is crucial that the administration reach out and include students in more committees and in large decisions. It is hardly prestigious...