University of Hawaii officials have quietly refloated the proposal to partner with the U.S. Navy on research, renewing concerns from opponents who do not want classified military projects on campus.

The university posted a 90-page proposed contract with the Navy yesterday at www.hawaii.edu/arl.

UH President David McClain said the deal will bring $50 million to the school over five years and that classified research would be prohibited for at least the first three years.

Opponents, some of whom occupied McClain's office in protest of the plans in 2005, say UH officials are not being open with their plans.
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UH journalism professor Beverly Keever said, "This new contract is the same old, same old in general. All the results of UH research will be censored by the Navy and may never be known or known completely to U.S. and Hawaii taxpayers. The UH and its researchers will be forfeiting their patenting and licensing and other intellectual property rights to the U.S. government at a time when the institution is trying to tout its research efforts."