Hawaii: UH plans new dorms but no quick fix for shortage — The Honolulu Advertiser — Hawaii’s Newspaper: Uhm, that’s a lot of help. “Galvanized by the immediate dorm-space crisis at the University of Hawai’i-Manoa, a UH Board of Regents committee gave approval yesterday to fast-tracking a public/private partnership that would produce new or renovated dorms. While that wouldn’t open up new beds until at least the fall of 2006, it would position UH to handle the influx of students expected to extend for years beyond that. No new dorms have been built at Manoa since Hale Wainani went up in 1978… Regent Jim Haynes said the university hasn’t done a good job in providing student housing. “We’ve failed,” he said. “We shouldn’t be in the business.””
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