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[email protected] NEWS 2 A SMALL WORLD UH shuts down ombuds office Mark Brislin was based “purely on the budget” Editor-in-Chief and not on Milner leaving. “The decision to close the The University of Hawai‘i at office did hit us as a surprise,” Mānoa’s Office of the Ombuds will Park said. shut its doors Sept. 30, making it one of the first program casualties STAFF HAD “GREAT HOPES” of the $66 million budget cut. UH Mānoa spokesperson The ombuds office opened in Gregg Takayama said that “a com- 2006 as a place where students bination of factors” went into the and faculty could confidentially university’s decision to shut down voice their problems and concerns. the office. Two of the three ombuds Park said since the office opened it officers resigned, including Head has seen over a thousand people. Ombudsman Neil Milner, leaving The ombuds office strove to a part-time secretary to run the make people feel safe discuss- office and Susan Park as the only ing their problems, said Park, as full-time ombudsperson.