A protest against the passage of Proposition 187 ended peacefully after about 100 rally participants blocked most entrances to the main University of California, Davis, administration building for nearly three hours. The student protesters were seeking Chancellor Larry N. Vanderhoef's signature on a noncompliance statement against Prop. 187. Vanderhoef met with five of the students to discuss their concerns, and then addressed the protesters on the steps of Mrak Hall. He shared a message to the campus community released earlier to the campus that day saying "the passage of Proposition 187 is a most difficult trauma for UC Davis. It asks our educators to refuse to educate. It asks our physicians to refuse to heal." Vanderhoef said, "We are a public university and we must take very seriously a majority vote of the people in this state, we must take very seriously a request from the governor and we must take very seriously the rulings of our courts. "With all of this before us and on my desk, I have decided that we must first and foremost respond to the prevailing law of the land. Therefore, I have decided that until the legal challenges and restraining orders are resolved, this university cannot in good conscience report any student or health-care patient to any other public agency." In addition, the chancellor announced the campus would be planning a teach-in soon on the issues surrounding Proposition 187. The protest began at 11:30 a.m.in front of the UC Davis School of Law. Students marched through part of the campus and then gathered, with 250 to 300 in attendance, on the front steps of Mrak Hall. Following talks by a number of speakers, one participant issued a call to enter the building. The protesters' entrance was prevented when police locked entrance doors.