Protesters shut down a new $150 million engineering building at UW after causing over $1 million in damage.
SEATTLE — A newly opened engineering building at the University of Washington (UW) was closed after protesters caused extensive damage Monday night during an overnight occupation.
The building, which cost $150 million to construct, including $10 million in funding from Boeing, had been open for a few weeks before Monday night’s protest.
The university gave KING 5 an up-close look at the damage. The protesters vandalized walls, glued doors shut, shattered glass, and destroyed lab equipment, some of which had never been used and was still
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