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Workforce Training ProgramsThe following courses, degrees and certificates are currentlyavailable to you at Windward Community College.
Workforce Training• Certified Nurse’s Aide
• Ocean Education & Safety
• Foodservice
• CPR, First Aid and AED
• Universal Banker
Associate Degree (AS)‘Associate in Science in Veterinary Technology
Academic Subject Certificates (ASC)
• Bio-Resources and Technology: Bio-ResourcesDevelopment and Management
• Business
Certificates of Achievement
• Agripharmtech
• Veterinary Assisting
Certificates of Competence
jillIn coordination with otherUH Community Colleges:Kapiolani CC: Physical Therapy, Dental Assisting,EMT, Hospitality/Tourism
Honolulu CC: Human Services, Admin. of Justice,Early Childhood Education
Leeward CC: Business, Technology, Digital Media,Computer Science,TV Production 520118
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How Do lApply?Three ways to apply:
J Online Complete the on-line‘Quick Application”form at hinethawaii.org
2 Form by mail Call the HINET office at(808) 235-7320 to request an application formto be sent to you by mail.
3 Make an appointment by calling the HINEToffice at (808) 235-7320 to meet and receiveassistance to complete your application.
If you are uncertain if you qualify pleasecall the HINET office for more information.
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Career and Community Education
HINET OfficeMonday—Friday
9:00 am—3:00 pmHale Alaka’i, Room 70645-720 Kea’ahala Road
Kane’ohe, HI 96744
tel (808) 235-7320fax (808) [email protected]
• Geographic Information Systemand Global Positioning System
•Web Support
• Plant Food Production andTechnology
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HINET: College and WorkiorceTraining Funding and SupportWindward Community College offers a program in partnershipwith the State of Hawaii and other service providers to deliverassistance and support for college and workforce training.HINET (Hawaii Nutrition, Employment, and Training) programis a federally funded program designed to help remove barriersand provide students with access to education and skillstraining opportunities so they can earn a living wage andachieve financial independence.
Students who qualify may be eligible to receive:V Tuition Assistance
V Assistance with Books and Mandatory Fees (funds pending)
V Service Learning
V Workforce Training
V Educational Advising, Academic Coaching andPersonal Support
V Support Services
• Bus Pass, Gas Money •Tutoring
• Employment Advising • Uniforms
• Job Search Assistance • Resume Writing
• Supplemental Instruction
Program Eligibility Criteria
V Completion of the FAFSA
V Currently receiving or eligible to receive SNAP benefitsthrough DHS (Department of Human Services)(We will help you apply.)
V Preparing for vocational, professional technicalnon-transfer degree or certificate program
V Enrolled in Windward Community College at a minimumof 6 credit hours (part-time) or in an approved noncreditworkforce training program or 3 credit hours in a basiceducation course
V Not receiving TANF or SSDI
Are You Eligible?You may qualify if:
V You are a student at Windward CC enrolled in aworkforce program
V You are currently receiving or qualify for SNAP(We will help you apply.)
V You meet the SNAP gross income guidelines:
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What Do You Want For Your Future?Are you looking for a New Career, Job Training, orFinancial Security? Are you wanting to improve your Mathand English Skills to get a better job and Earn A Living Wage?
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• Emergency Costs
• Career Coaching
SNAP GROSS INCOME STANDARDS(effective 2017)
Service Provider PartnersContact Windward Community College, Service providers,or your local SNAP office. Windward Community College willadvise you on job training or retraining courses. We will provideyou with support to cover transportation, books, uniforms andschool supplies and job search assistance.
A SNAP office will assist you with your SNAP needs.
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An Equal Opportunity, AffirmatIve Action Institution. Windward Community College does not discriminate on the basis of age, race,sex, color, national origin, or disability in its programs and activities. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Did you know that more than half of allcommunity college students strugglewith hunger?
According to a recent Maryland study,Food InsecurityAmong CommunityCollege Students: Prevalence andAssociation With Grade PointAverage,approximately 56% of communitycollege students struggle with foodinsecurity. Without reliable access toaffordable and nutritious mealshunger often affects students’abilityto learn. In Hawaii students withfinancial aid often push themselves towork extra hours to cover high rent; asa result their grades suffer. As tuitioncontinues to rise students have lessmoney for other essential expenseslike books, transportation and food.
Windward Community College, inpartnership with the State of HawaiiDepartment of Human Services, hascreated a new program called HINETHo’ola Ike (gift of knowledge) todeliver assistance and support forstudents enrolled in college andworkforce training. The SupplementalNutrition Assistant Program (SNAP)Employment and Training programis a federally funded program that is
After completing her drug treatment, Kuuipo enrolledat Windward CC andjoined HINET With a bus pass
and book money from HINETshe was able to afford school. Together with the help of Windward CCcounselors and HlNUstaffshe decided on the Occupational & Environmental Safety Managementprogram at Honolulu CC HINETprovided a way to keep her on SNAP and earn an employable degree.Kuuipo will complete the occupational safety and health inspectors program this May.
The HINEI Consortium office is located at Windward CCwith campus offices at Hawaii CC, Leeward CC and
Kapiolani CC. We hope to open offices in allUH Community Colleges by 2020.
Learn more about the HINET Ho’ola IkeProgram at www.hinethawaii.org or callthe Consortium office at (808) 235-7320.
Flying High with HINET at Windward Community College
Kathy Heifrich, HINET Consortium Manager, assists studentDanielle with resources available to program recipients.
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designed to help remove barriersand provide students with accessto education and skills trainingopportunities so they can earn aliving wage and achieve financialindependence.
HINET students can go to school fulltime, work ornot work—AND still be eligible for SNAP food benefits.Schoolwork IS considered “work”for HINET students.HINET helps cover additional everyday expensessuch as gas money, uniforms or a bus pass. Students’scholarships and grants are used exclusively for tuitionand housing costs so students can focus on studying.
Makenzie is currently enrolled in Windward CC’Spopular Veterinary Technology training program.This specialized program includes additional fees andequipment costs. HINET helped her stay on SNAP andassisted with money for books, scrubs and special shoesfor use in the operating rooms and kennels. She hasanother year to complete the program and will continueto work at a veterinary clinic before deciding whether togoon to veterinary schooL
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Banking Business, Computers& Technology
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Universal Banker NEt
Breaking the old banking modelAs customers utilize more technology for theirbanking transactions, banks are realizing that
the roles and duties of tellers are changing.
The Universal Banker training program will
enable employees to provide a broad suite
of services and information to our bankcustomers with an emphasis on customerservice and satisfaction. This unique andexciting new program has been validated by
the Hawaii Banking Association and will beoffered by the University of Hawai’iCommunity Colleges. This strong industrypartnership lead to the inclusion of valuableinput from each of Hawaii’s major Banks.
Who May BenefitThis is an introductory course for anyoneinterested in applying for a position as teller,
Universal Banker, Banking Associate, orCustomer Service position with one of Hawaii’s
Banks. We welcome adult learners, careerchangers, Millennials, high school students,and current Bank employees seekingadditional skills.
Course FormatChoose online coached instruction orblended training to fit your learning style.Students will have 4 weeks to complete theself-paced, 8 module course.
See website for enrollment requirements.Financial assistance available to qualifyingapplicants.
INFORMATION/REGISTRATION
Customized Training
We work with you to create customized trainingthat will transform your team and build the skillsthey need to excel in their job performance.
Our Method
• Customizable content that is software ortechnical skill building specific
• Analysis of specific job workflows
‘Variable course durations and teachingformats for large or small groups
• Provide industry experienced anddedicated subject matter experts
Most frequently requested courses• Business Applications Using Microsoft
Excel 2013 or 2016-Level 1• Business Applications Using Microsoft
Excel 2013 or2016-Level2• Microsoft Word 2013 or 2016 ForThe Business
World - Level 1• Business Applications Using Microsoft
Powerpoint 2013 - Level 1• Microsoft Word 2013 ForThe Business
World - Level 2• Dealing with Challenging Customer
Service Situations• Conflict Resolution: Developing Productive
Work Relationships through Collaboration• Developing an Evolving Customer
Service Program• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Assessment• Business Essentials for the Office Worker
windwardcce.org/business
Food Safety & Sanitation ServSafe8-Hour Manager Certification
This 8-hour certification program provides foodservice managers with training in all areas offood safety relevant to a food establishment.Upon attending this course and successfulcompletion of the examination, managers willreceive a certificate verifying that they are acertified ServSafe® Food Protection Manager.
HOSP811O Staff $330
Program Coordinator
Michael Moser (808)235-7361 [email protected]
Program CoordinatorJane Uyetake (808) 235-7363 [email protected]
Program CoordinatorCharlene Akina (808) 235-7428 [email protected]
Sa 8 am—4:30 pm
5a 8 am—4:30 pm
6/23 Akoakoa 132 lx
7/14 Akoakoa 132 lx
windwardcce.org/food-service
LAST DAY TO REGISTER
Last day to register using ETF assistance is3 weeks prior to the start of the course.
For wait list or group training assistanceplease call Char Akina at (808) 235-7428or [email protected]
Pearl Nakagawa - Registrar For free consultation/information please
tel (808) 235-7491 [email protected] call Jane Uyetake at (808) 235-7363 or
windwardcce.org/universal-banker [email protected]
I UaIa Leaf CafeAT WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FREE CONSULTATION Nutritious, Localicious, OnoliciousOpen to the public. Mon - Fri
windwardcce.org/uala-leaf-cafeA Blue Zones Project Appmved Restaurant
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All recreational vessel operators mustsuccessfully complete this NASBLA-certifiedHawaii-specific course.
F1T8120 Sam Pa’eir.
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 8/4 Kuhina 114 lxSa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 1/5 Kuhina 114 lx
Recreational Thrill CraftOperator Safety EducationAll recreational thrill craft (personal watercraft)operators in Hawaii must successfully completethis certification class.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of NASBLA-approvedSafe Boating FIT81 20 course and proof of certification.
FIT8JJO Sam Pa’eir. $125
Sa 8:3Oam—4:3Opm 5/12 Kuhina 114 lx
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 6/9 Kuhina 114 lx
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 6/16 Haw CC lx
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 7/7 Kuhina 114 lx
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 7/21 Maui C, Hale 218 lx
Sa 8:3Oam—4:3Opm 8/11 Kuhina 114 lx
Sa 8:3Oam—4:3Opm 9/8 Kuhina 114 lx
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 10/13 Kuhina 114 lx
Ocean SafetyEducational CourseAll recreational thrill craft (personal watercraft)operators participating in the sport of tow-insurfing in Hawaii must complete this course.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of NASBLAapproved Safe Boating FIT812O course and Recreational ThrillCraft Operator Safety Education FIT811O
FIT8100 Ian Masterson
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 9/15
Sa 8:30 am—4:30 pm 10/27Sa 8:3Oam—4:3Opm 11/17
windwardcce.org/hi-ocean-edu
This course is a hybrid training with both in-watersessions and an online instructional component tobe completed prior to the first day of instruction.Check prerequisites.Required for D.O.E. Surf Coach certification.
FIT71O4 G. Pang,J. Clark, P. Durkin $450
SaSu 8:30 am—4:30 pm 5/12, 19 & 20 Kuhina 112 3x
FSaSu 8:30 am—4:30 pm 8/17,18 & 19 Kuhina 115 3x
LAST DAY TO REGISTER USING ETF
Last day to register using ETF assistance is3 weeks prior to the start of the course.
Call HOEA at ($08) 235-7331
Rescue Watercraft Operator TrainingPart 2: This advanced course emphasizes using thePWC for ocean safety operations. Check prerequisites.
FIT71JJ T.Wilson TED $800
windwardcce.org/ocean-rec-and-aquatics-safety
American RedCross WaterSafety InstructorTrainingInstructor: Glenn Pang
Complete course listing and more information at:
windwardcce.org/ocean-rec-and-aquatics-safety
HawaiianCanoe SailingInstructor: Leimomi Dierks(808) [email protected]
Complete course listing and more information at:
windwardcce.org/ocean-rec-and-aquatics-safety
Program ManagerDawn Poh t: 235-7328 [email protected]
Certified Nurse’s AideNEW
Apprenticeship Program
Our indigenous curriculum includesWestern medicinal teachings and gardening,and Hawaiiana. The curriculum will preparethe student to achieve a level of knowledge,skills and abilities essential to provide basiccare to ill and disabled persons.
Class: S Weeks, Clinical: 6 days (2 Weeks)Classroom meets: M—Th 8:30 am — 2:30 pmWindward CC, Hale Kuhina 107Clinical meets: M-W, 6 am—2:30 pmAloha Nursing Rehab Centre, Kaneohe
Upon successful completion of the coursestudents will be awarded a Certificate ofProfessional Development which will allowthem eligibility to take the State of HawaiiNurse Assistant Competency Evaluationexamination with Prometric to become aCertified Nurse Aide (CNA).
Apprenticeship (on-the-job training)Qualified students may transition to a paidapprenticeship position with one of theprogram’s employer-partners. Employers inthe network are committed to providingapprenticeship positions to students seekingstate certification as a CNA or NA apprentice.Financial assistance and other opportunities forassistance is available to qualifying applicants.
HuH 7000 J. Boyd Call for tuition information.M-Th 8:30 am-2:30 pm 6/25—8/9 (App due: 6/6) 27xM-Th 8:30 am-2:30 pm 8/27—10/11 (App due: 8/10) 27xwindwardcce.org/cna
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Dawn PohProgram Managertel (808) 235-7328 [email protected]
Hawai’i Ocean Education Academy
Red Cross Waterfront LifeguardTraining & Ocean Safety TechnicianCombo (Lecture, Pool & Beach)
Health
Program CoordinatorIan Masterson (808) 235-7331 [email protected] inquiries to: [email protected]
NASBLATRAINING
Program CoordinatorJamie Boyd, Ph.D., APRN
t: 235-7384 [email protected]
Safe Boating In Hawaiian WatersPower Watercraft Operator Training
This is a two part course. Part 1: Students will receivehands-on skills training designed for safe power
$125watercraft (PWC) operations. Check prerequisites.
FIT711O T.Wilson TED $800
windwardcce.org/ocean-rec-and-aquaiics-safety
FOR MORE IN FORMATION
Hilo/Kona (808) 934-2700Kauai (808) 245-8381Maui (308) 984-3231Oahu (808) 235-7331
Replacement cards order online at:www.wi ndwardcce.org/hi-ocean-edu
$125Kuhina 114 lxMaui C, Hale 218 lxKuhina 114 lx
WindwardCCE ONLINE
Enrollment benefits• One-on-one interaction with a qualified coach• Eight-hour training modules• New course begins every other Monday• Accessible by computer, tablet or smartphone• Self-paced, learn on your time• No cancellation due to low enrollment• Discounts for multiple workshop attendance• Certificate of Professional Development
Learn the techniques ofhow to take photos offamily, scenic and actionphotos like a Pro.Understand how to seeand visualize the worldaround you, capturing beautiful images withany camera. Learn how to use your flash tocreate memorable portraits.NOTE: Participants must have basic camera knowledge.See website for complete equipment checklist.
ART7033 Patrick Delos Santos $125
5a 9 am—12 pm 6/16 & 6/23 Kuhina 106 2x
windwardcce.org/photography
FHave you ever wondered how tofind that perfect bottle of wine?Chef Dan and Wine Educator AliceSwift will give you a “jump-start”session. Learn to appreciate andevaluate what’s in your glass, see it,taste it, smell it and learn new techniques onhow to describe it. The chefs at Uala Leaf Cafewill prepare small bites to compliment yourflight of 6 wines. (lncl. wine notes, wine tasters,pupu w/recipes) Must be 21 yrs. old, w/photo ID.
H05P7096 D. Swift & A. Swift $45Th 5:30—7:30 pm 6/7 Akoakoa Cafeteria lx
windwardcce.org/cooking
Use your aestheticawareness to assemblematerials, choosing theirmost beautiful aspects, assemble them in adifferent order, and endow them with a valuetranscending that which they had in nature.Students are required to purchase or providetheir own supplies. Optional text.
ART7000 Karen Kirk $77
Tu 6—8 pm 5/22—6/26 Kuhina 115 6x
Tu 6—8 pm 7/17—9/4 Kuhina 115 6x
Ta 6—8 pm 9/18—10/23 Kuhina 115 6x
Sa 9:30—11:30 am 5/26—7/14 Kuhina 115 6x
5a 9:30—11:30 am 7/21—9/15 Kuhina 115 6x
(No class: 6/2, 7/7, 7/31, 8/4, 8/7, 8/11, 9/1)
windwardcce.org/art
Work with theinstructor to learnhow to set it up,use your camera’sshooting modesand take yourphotography to the next level. In Part II youwill practice shooting with the instructor (andpossibly a model). Learn how aperture priorityand shutter speed priority modes function andhow to use them to control exposure tocapture quality images.NOTE: Participants must use their own camera.See website for complete equipment checklist.ART7O3O Don Oberheu $125
6/5&6/12 Kuhinall4 2x
windwardcce.org/photography
Photographic CompositionMade Easy - A Two-Part Hands-OnIntroductory Workshop
Learn the basic conceptsand the”rules”ofcomposition. Using yourdigital camera and givena specific photographic“assignment” during theworkshop, get feedbackand suggestions to helpimprove your photos.NOTE: Participants must use their own camera.See website for complete equipment checklist.
ART7O3J Don Oberheu
We 6—9 pm 8/22 & 8/29 Kuhina 114 2x
windwardcce.org/photography
Beer TALEs Local Style EW
Join Nic Wong and crewat BeerLab Hawaii asthey share BeerTALEs - Local Style.Taste, Appreciate,Learn about and Enjoythree special brews.So-o-o fresh, local andonolicious, we won’t know what beers will beon tap until two weeks before the event. Enjoy ahoppy IPA, a porter, and a sour paired with “outtada weeds” neutraceutical appetizers by Uala LeafCafe. You must be at least 21 yrs. old and presenta current picture ID at the door.
H05P7095 Nic Wong & staff $25Sa 11:3Oam—1:OO pm 6/30 Beer Lab HI lx
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Online Leadership Personal Enrichment
Taking Photos Like a Professional DSLR Shooting Modes Made Easy -
with Any Camera A Two-Part Hands-On IntroductoryWorkshop
Online Business andLeadership Training
Enjoy the convenience ofonline learning coupledwith the strength ofOne-On-One Coaching.
Wine Tasting ,j- Ho’okipa 701 , Tu 6-9 pm
CHOOSE FROM THESE COURSES $160/ea
More food and beverage courses at:windwardcce.org/cooking
• Business Writing That Works• Accounting Skills for New Supervisors• The ABC’s of Supervising Others• Building Better Teams• Business Writing That Works• Change Management: Change and
How to Deal With It• Coaching and Mentoring• Communication Strategies• Critical Thinking• Human ResourcesTraining: HR for the
Non-HR Manager• Problem Solving and Decision Making• Public Speaking• Safety in the Workplace• Workplace Harassment: What It Is and
What To Do About It
M—Su Anytime starts every other Monday online
Complete course descriptions at:windwardcce.org/cce-online
Japanese FlowerArranging—Ikebana Sogetsu
$125
INFORMATION/REGISTRATION
CCE Office - Information(808) 235-7433 [email protected] Nakagawa - Registrar(808) 235-7491 [email protected]
Tai Chi (Yang Style)Learn this venerable Chinesemartial art to improve yourmental and physical health. Itis an excellent prescription forstress relief and is noted forincreasing the mind’s ability to
New students are welcome at the first class in Jan,Apr, Jul and Oct, space permitting.
ENR7OJ2 StaffMW 6:30—8:30 pm 6/4-6/27 Kuhina 115
MW 6:30—8:30 pm 7/2-7/30 Kuhina 115
MW 6:30—8:30 pm 8/1-8/29 Kuhina 115
MW 6:30—8:30 pm 9/5-9/26 Kuhina 115
(No class: 6/11,7/4,9/3)
windwardcce.org/taichi
PowerPoint for FunThis course will introduce youto basic Microsoft PowerPointfeatures to efficiently createbasic presentations and finallya PowerPoint show that will beconverted to a movie. PreviousWindows experience recommended.
C0M7050 Stephen Chang $59
W 9 am—12 pm 6/13
windwardcce.org/computer
Meet and write incompany of otherbeginning andexperienced writers.Tap into our mutualcreative energy. Draft a story, poem, memoir,argument, or any other type of writing. Insmall groups, we read these diverse pieces andgive each other non-critical reader responses.Bring writing materials, a sack lunch, andperhaps a mug for coffee or tea. Anyone over
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Conquering Your Finances
ENR7O51 John Au
Th 6—7:30 pm 6/14 Kuhina 114 lxTh 6—7:30 pm 8/16 Kuhina 114 lx
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focus; strengthening and limbering the body;also increases circulation and has been shownto lower blood pressure.
Beginners: 6:30—7:30 pm Adv: 7:30—8:30 pm
CyberSafety Education & AwarenessWorkshopThis workshop will explain in lay cybar safetyterms the safety and security issues
\ N , in computer technology and whatthe Internet poses to the user.
ENR7O15 Chris DuqueSa 9—11 am 6/2Sa 9—ham 7/21
Free (must register)Kuhina 114 lxKuhina 114 lx
16 is welcome. No walk-ins.
$49 ENR7OJ7 Lillian Cunningham
7x Sa 9:30 am—2 pm 5/26 Akoakoa Cafeteria
8x Sa 9:30 am—2 pm 6/30 Akoakoa Cafeteria
9x 5a 9:30 am—2 pm 8/18 Akoakoa Cafeteria
7x Sa 9:30 am—2 pm 10/6 Akoakoa Cafeteria
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$14Do you have debt you wish youcould get rid of? Learn how to
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Student recreates the Mercury Friendship 7 capsuleby Hannah BaileyK ‘Ohana StaffReporter
In1962, Senator John Glenn
became the first Americanto orbit the Earth in a one-
man capsule named Friendship 7, a feat that launchedAmerica’s Space Programinto the global competitionof space exploration. Now,students, faculty and staffcan get a better idea of whatthat first orbit might have feltlike as a replica of the capsuletemporarily sits in Hale ‘Imiloa, the brainchild of WCCstudent Roger Garrett.
Garrett said he dreamedof being an astronaut and wasalways fascinated by the engineering programs at NASA.
“When I went off to college, I started out in theaerospace engineering program at Northrop Instituteof Technology, with the hopeof working for NASA or ideally to actually become anastronaut,” he said. “Thatdidn’t work out as planned.I graduated with a degreein mathematics and endedup with a career in software
engineering. I decided thateven if I couldn’t be part ofthe actual space missions,I could at least build myvery own Mercury spacecapsule.”
According to Garrett, thereplica took two years to produce. He started the processby crafting different sectionsof the capsule and then put itall together in the end.
“The overall model ismade of several sub-assemblies, each such sub-assemblyconsisting of a set of the castparts and supported on theinterior by wooden sectionsbonded to the interior,” Garrett said.
Using just rigid foamshaped by small hot-wiretools or by hand as well ascast molds also made byhand, Garrett made the entirereplica in the small livingroom of his apartment.
While Garrett’s replica only had to travel fromhis home to WCC, the realFriendship 7 traveled 81,000miles during Glenn’s nearly5-hour flight, in which itcircled the Earth three times.
Glenn attended manytechnical institutions to obtain the training to becomean experienced pilot andengineer.
He flew 59 combat missions in World War II and 90missions in two tours duringthe Korean War.
After NASA selected himfor the Mercury team, hewent to NASA’s MannedSpacecraft Center in 1962,where he became a backuppilot for other astronauts andeven helped design space-crafts that contributed tothe creation of the Apolloprogram, which landed thefirst Americans—Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin—onthe moon.
Upon reentry to theearth’s atmosphere duringhis own historic flight, theheat created by the frictionduring Friendship 7’s descentcaused a malfunction in theautopilot, and so Glenn safelypiloted the landing himself.
Garrett’s replica of thecapsule will remain in Hale‘Imiloa for at least anothersix months.
by Eliana ChristiansonK ‘Ohana Editor in Chief
changes in the land as theywere taking place during thebuilding of the H-3 freeway.Hamasaki and Landgraf began documenting the lengthyprocess when the community’s concerns rose over thedesecration of burial sites andreligious structures along thefreeway’s path. The entireproject took over eight yearsto complete and acts as a re
cord for new generations tounderstand what was lost inthe name of progress.
“I want people to knowthe environmental impact ofbuilding this freeway,” Hamasaki said. “Right now, youdon’t really see it because it’sbeen there and you’re elevatedabove the ground. This wasgoing through pristine land.”
Originally proposed in
1960 just after Hawai’i becamethe 50th State, the 15-milefreeway connects Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Pu’uloaand the Marine Corps BaseHawai’i on Mokapu Peninsula in Kane’ohe. It tunnelsthrough the Ko’olau Mountains between Halawa andHa’iku valleys.
Community groups ledby Native Hawaiians, culturalpreservationists and environmentalists succeeded indelaying the project but wereultimately unable to stop it. In1986, Hawai’i’s Senator DanielInouye removed the last obstacles by pushing throughCongress an exemption forthe H-3 from the Transportation Act, which would haveenforced environmental lawsand restricted the building ofthe freeway. In 1997, the freeway was completed despitetwo and a half decades ofprotest and litigation.
The highway was also promoted in the community as ameans of speeding up vehicular travel and reducing traffic
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Student creator Rodger Garrett shows off his friendship 7 replica.
Anew exhibit at Gallery ‘Jolani showcases the pho
tography of WCC art professorand humanities departmentchair Mark Hamasaki andformer art lecturer KapulaniLandgraf.
The exhibit, titled LukeWale B, bears witness to the
E Luke Wale E can be seen at Gallery ‘lolani until May 6. SEE GALLERY PAGE 8
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NEWS ofthe DAYWINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
by Hannah BaileyKz ‘Ohana StaffReporter
Mother’s Day is coming up, but why dowe celebrate our
mothers? Here’s what startedthe tradition and how some inour community celebrate theirmothers.
According to AmericasLibrary.gov, the U.S. celebratedits first official Mother’s Dayon May 14, 1914. PresidentWoodrow Wilson declared itan official holiday and askedall citizens to give a publicthank you to their mothers andall the work that mothers do.
Prior to that, Anna Jarviswas the woman who founded
the Mother’s AppreciationClub at her neighborhoodchurch in Philadelphia, whichmet on May 14, 1908, in memoriam of her mother.
According to a May 2015Buzzfeed article, Russell Con-well, the founder of Philadelphia’s Temple University,openly complimented Jarvis’sneed to appreciate mothersaround the country and herdrive to make Mother’s Daya universal holiday. This inspired the state governor tojoin in, which led other stategovernors to encourage theseMother’s Day celebrations andsparking a flame across thecountry.
The holiday endures to-
day, often marked by cards,flowers, brunches and phonecalls. However, some WCCstudents have special plansthis year.
Eliana Christianson willbe surprising her mother byflying to her home in California for Mother’s Day.
“Usually my family and Itake my mom out to dinner forMother’s Day,” Christiansonsaid. “This is the first timeI’ll be able to spend Mother’sDay with her in about twoyears, since I moved out hereto Hawai’i.”
Cynthia Sinclair will celebrate Mother’s Day by havinga reunion with all of her siblings for the first time in years.
“They’re allcoming to visitthe island for the firsttime to celebrate on thebeach where we scatteredour mother’s ashes,” she said.“It’s the first time we’ve allbeen able to be together sinceshe passed, and it’s going to bereally sweet.”
Justin Poaha is planning abig family bash on the beach.
“We’re gonna have a bar-
beque and do some fishingand most likely play horseshoes and play music,” hesaid.
Poaha said he celebrateshis mother for her uniqueness.
“My favorite thing aboutmy mom is how strong
she is at times, andshe can be reallycrazy.”
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by Mariko KershawSpecial to Ki ‘Ohana
At the WCC Student Employee Appreciationevent on May 2, Bran-
don DiPaola was named the2018 WCC Student Employeeof the Year.
As a performing arts assistant, DiPaola’s primary dutiesinclude assisting theatre facultyand students as a teaching aide,helping students achieve off-campus performance opportunities, acting as fight captain forstudent shows, and aiding in allaspects of the theatre programatWCC.
He was chosen as the winner based on the followingfive criteria: quality of work,reliability, initiative, professionalism and exceptional service.
DiPaola’s supervisor andtheatre assistant professor,Nicolas Logue, wrote in hisnomination essay, “Amongsthis many bright and positivecharacteristics as an employeeand a human being, his selflessness and generous spirit alwaysstand towering above even hisimmaculate professionalism,quick and effective initiativeand excellent quality of work.”
At the event, ChancellorDouglas Dykstra presentedDiPaola with a prize of $250in the Hale ‘Akoakoa cafeteria.DiPaola was also presentedwith a perpetual plaque withhis name engraved, whichresides in the WCC LibraryLearning Commons.
The Kane’ohe resident istransferring to East 15 ActingSchool in London, England,next fall.
The event was co-sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office and ASUH-WCC and cocoordinated by Title ifi Ho’onui‘Ike (peer coaching) coordinator Scott Sutherland, Title IIIstudent employee coordinatorAshley Tilton, and librarian!Student Employee of the YearAward manager Mariko Kershaw.
Five other student employees were nominated, inaddition to DiPaola. They wereinstructor and Writing Centercoordinator Michelle Corpuz,circulation assistant KaylaWatanabe, gallery assistantSheila Kurosu, agriculture assistant Paul Silva, and studentemployee mentor Amber Ichinose. Nominees were recognized at the appreciation event
Students find help with food stamps and more at HINETby Cynthia Lee Sinclair
Kz ‘Ohana StaffReporter
HINET Ho’ola Ike is aprogram that very few
students know about thatprovides financial assistancewhile students attend school.It can help with gas moneythrough a mileage reimbursement. It distributes buspasses so that students canget to school. It even helpspay for books and other supplies. That way, a student’sscholarships and grants cango toward paying for tuitionand housing costs.
You must have a C average to qualify.
“There is always a friendly staff member to help youwith your homework or answer any questions you mighthave,” said WCC studentIan Jenss who has been withHINET for two semesters.“You can find hot water forcoffee/tea and snacks. If youhaven’t found your way toHINET yet, now is the timeto get yourself set up for nextsemester.”
I interviewed HINET student support specialist KathyHelfrich to find out moreabout the program.
What is the most important thing that HINET doesfor students?
dent can only be eligible forSNAP (food stamps) if theyare working consistently for20 hours per week (80 hoursper month) prior to applying.They can get an emergencyissuance of food stamps ifthey are not working, butonly for three months. Theywill not be eligible to applyagain for three years.
When students applythrough the HINET program,they can count the time they“work” on their school work,homework, attend classes, doprojects, study, etc. towardthat 20 hours per week. HI-NET makes it possible for students to get food assistanceas long as they are in school—and even beyond when theyare looking for work.
How long have you beenrunning HINET?
HINET started in the fallof 2014 but didn’t really getgoing until the fall of 2015.We started with only oneoffice at Windward Community College. Now wehave offices at Kapi’olaniCC, Leeward CC, Hawai’i CCand hope to add HonoluluCC and Maui College in thecoming fall.
Our goal is to providefood and other assistance tocommunity college studentsearning degrees in a work-
force field at every college inthe state.
What is the most rewarding part of the job for you?
Seeing students I havehelped get good grades andgraduate.
What are the biggestchallenges with HINET?
Getting the word out. Wewant anyone who wants to goto college but doesn’t thinkthey can afford it to comeand see us. We want anyonewho is going to college but isstruggling to feed themselvesand their family to come byfor a visit.
We can help with moneyfor books, supplies, gas andbus fare. We can work withstudents to identify theirgoals and get there.
Where do you see HI-NET going in the future?
We look to the state ofWashington as our inspiration. They have expanded to32 community colleges andtechnical schools. They havea state food stamp programin addition to the federal one,and they are putting peopleto work in good jobs. That iswhat I want for Hawai’i aswell.
The HINET office is inHale Ataka’i 106. For moreinfonnation, go to hinetharvaii.org.
Student employee honored with award
Performingarts assistantBrandonDiPaola wasnamed the2018 WCCStudentEmployee ofthe Year.
with a certificate, copy of their are approximately 225 student about the Student Employee ofnomination essay written by employees at WCC. the Year Award, visit https://their supervisor and lei. There For more information windward.hawaii.edu/seoty/.
CYNTHIA LEE SiNCLAIR
(from left) Kathy Heifrich, Daniel Oka and Danielle Mejia
The most importantthing that HINET does forstudents is make sure theyhave enough food to eat whilethey are in school. Food insecurity is a real problem in ourschools across the country,
and we at HINET want tomake sure we are doing everything we can to see thatour students at the UH Community Colleges are gettingenough to eat. According tocurrent regulation, a stu
May 2018
4 P(a ‘Ohana Campus NewsWINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
by Leighland TagawaKz ‘Ohana Editor in Chief
QnApril 7, the annual Paliku
Arts Festival took place oncampus despite rainy weather.
“We have been worried that therain would stop people from coming, but that was not the case,” saidfestival co-director Ben Moffat. “Wehad an excellent crowd. The truth isthat on sunny days in festivals past,the crowds sometimes got too big andthere were long lines for activities andfood.”
During the all-day event, therewere many hands-on art activitiesaround campus. The tie dye stationwith WCC art professor and Gallery‘lolani coordinator Toni Martin, inwhich participants designed and madetheir own tie-dyed squares, was one ofthe most popular activities among kelki. At Hale Palanakila, there was alsoa drawing studio, face painting boothand screen printing display. Gallery‘lolani showcased an exhibit, E LukuWale E, of photographs by WCC artprofessor Mark Hamasaki and formerWCC art lecturer Kapulani Landgrafof the H-3 freeway under construction.
Many faculty and students volunteered their time at the festival. Student Manowai Morgan Kobashigawawas at the woodcarving station in Hale‘lolani, which was filled to capacitywith kids and parents working on different wood carving activities.
“We were teaching them how tofinish makau (fish hook necklaces),”said Kobashigawa, who has been partof the wood carving class at WCC forthe last two years. “We had makaublanks for them and taught them howto finish them and also had little soapcarving activities for the kids. We alsohad a tour set up of our woodcarvingprogram. Not too much people carveand so getting to see how to carve oldimplements like chisels or angle grinders. From the people that I talked to,it seems that they were really excitedabout it.”
Student Cynthia Lee Sinclair hasbeen a constant presence at the PaliküArts Festival, volunteering at the eventfor three years.
“I first started volunteering at thePaliku Arts Festival as a clown,” saidSinclair, who has been a professionalclown for 30 years. “When I first started helping out, the theatre departmentwas not even involved yet. Now, theevent has tripled in size.”
Former WCC drama and theatreprofessor Ben Moffat started the festival in 2011 during his last year ofteaching at the college. He said the goalis to demonstrate how fun learning canbe and that “enjoyment that can comefrom trying something outside of one’scomfort zone.”
All art supplies at the festival wereprovided for free, and there was noadmission fee.
“The event is to show the corn-
munity on this island the wealth ofopportunities at WCC in the fine,performing and literary arts,” addedMoffat. “In that sense, the festival is agreat marketing tool. So many timesI hear people say, ‘I never knew allthis was up here!’ The college is stilla well-kept secret for many on O’ahu.Also, Doug Dykstra has said that thePaliku Arts Festival is our gift to thecommunity.”
As for the future of the festival,Moffat hopes to see other WCC pro-
Palikü Arts Festival shines desvite the rain
Children learn how to sand makau (fish hook necklaces) at Hale ‘lolani.
grams and classes incorporated in theevent.
“We would like the festival to continue to evolve naturally,” he said. “Afew years back we started to includeLanguage Arts. Next year, we hope toinvolve the Natural Sciences department. At the same time, we don’t wantthe festival to become a burden on thefaculty, students, staff and administration. Everyone already has plenty ofwork to do, so we want it to be an eventthat is manageable.”
Some of the activities at the PalikO Arts festival included a giant marching eel, face pointing, a bubble machine and selected photos taken by Mark Hamasaki and Kapulani Landgraf.
May 2018
Community NewsWINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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by Rick Oania-EIamSpecial to K ‘Ohana
Under the cover ofdarkness, two menarmed with shovels
quietly work in downtownHonolulu. The still of thenight is pierced occasionally by the gentle roar andwhoosh of a passing car andthe clinks and scratches ofa shovel meeting gravel.Although faced with legal and physical risk, thesemen simply cannot resistthe temptation to dig fortreasure.
“You’ll never believewhat was buried right under your feet,” Jon PatrickWhitaker says.
Whitaker and JosephPetaia are participants inO’ahu’s underground archaeology scene. They dohistorical research to finddig sites, and they keep tabson new construction aroundtown for the sole purposeof digging the foundationsin search of 100-year-oldpieces from a bygone era inHawai’i’s colorful history.
At one time, Hawai’i wasmore self-sufficient thanit is now. Before the age ofrapid shipping, the islandshad their own dairies, sodashops, distilleries, breweriesand drugstores.
Many companies packaged their goods in glassvessels bearing their namesand locations.
As glass was to consumers as plastic is today, thesebottles were thrown away asnothing more than garbage.But since glass can take amillion years to decompose,these bottles remain timecapsules.
Though bottle digginghas been going on elsewherefor decades, it only caught onin Hawai’i during the 1960s.
Some findings are moresignificant than others, explains Mike Kapili, formerpresident of the HonoluluHistoric Bottle Club. Hesays that a 1960s dig of theWaialua Soda Works dumprevealed thousands of dollars’ worth of rare 1800sbottles, along with a few thathad never been seen before.
Due to their small production numbers and exclusive distribution in theislands, Hawaiian bottlescan be very desirable, commanding top dollar in collectors’ markets.
Kapili says the most expensive Hawaiian bottle heever purchased was a raretorpedo-shaped soda bottlefor $7,500.
Whitaker and Petaia saythat every find, regardless ofits monetary value, is a pieceof Honolulu’s history with astory to tell.
Some Hawaiian bottles,for instance, have the lettersTH written on them, an abbreviation for the Territory ofHawai’i. Older bottles haveHT for Hawaiian Territory orHI for Hawaiian Islands. Theoldest bottles have the inscription SI on them forSandwich Isles, after the Earlof Sandwich.
At a dig in Kaka’akolast December, Whitakerand Petaia found a bottle invery rough condition withits neck broken off and theembossed letters spelling“Tahiti lemonade HonoluluTH.”
The site also producedshards of Chinese potteryand a few intact Chinesevessels such as bean pots,shoyu pourers, even a decorative blue and white glazedvase. With all the clues, itwas determined that the sitemust have been a Chinesesettlement from the mid1800s to the early 1900s.
“The forgotten historyand the nostalgia behindsome of these finds keepus digging. That and thethrill of the hunt of course,”Whitaker said. “It just makesmy imagination run wild.”
“It’s crazy to think oneof these bottles could havevery well belonged to one of
the pirates of the 1884 raidon Honolulu before havingits contents drank and beingcast aside as they made theirretreat,” Petaia added.
While some people mightthink it a shame that suchhistory should be revealedto and kept by persons whoare not professionals in thefield of archaeology, WCCprofessor, archaeologist andhistorian Floyd McCoy says,“It’s good that people aredoing this.”
He just hopes these individuals share their findings,saying that they would notneed to surrender the objects
but just share the information so that the communitycan learn from it. McCoy,however, points out thatvaluable information cansometimes be lost by removing an artifact. Where an object was found and what wasaround it can reveal a lot.
However, if Whitakerand Petaia and others in theunderground archeologyscene don’t dig up this history, many stories and relicswould remain under concrete foundations forever.
The two men add thatthere is an unwritten ruleamong construction work-
ers to ignore archaeologicalfindings for fear of a curse orthat their job site will be shutdown for an archaeologicalsurvey.
Both acknowledged thatso much history is left ignored never to be discoveredby professional archaeologists simply to save construction companies from breaching their deadlines.
So the next time you seea foundation being dug, useyour imagination and youmay just find yourself 10feet under Honolulu’s streetspulling out pieces of longforgotten Hawaiian history.
Digging for glass reveals Hawai’i history
Top: Cloroxbottles datingfrom the 1910sto 1 970s werefound at asite betweenWaipahu andPearl Cityduring a 2017dig.d
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Left: A gin bottlefrom the late1800s wasfound during a2016 dig behindthe Wai’oli TeaRoom.
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May 2018
6 I(a ‘Ohana Editorial
Mental Health vs. Mental Illness: Is it one in the same?May is Mental Health
Awareness Monthand has been recognized assuch since 1949 when MentalHealth America organized it.But how many of us actuallyknow what “mental health”is? And how is it differentfrom mental illness?
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), mental illnessis much like other medicalconditions such as diabetes,heart disease or high bloodpressure in that it is diagnosable. Mental illnesses are alsotreatable with proper careand treatment planning, justlike when you go to the doctor for a broken foot.
Mental illness affectsmany people at differentstages of life (though according to the APA, nearly75 percent of presentationsoccur around the age of 24).It affects all genders, all agesand all ethnicities. It, however, looks different for everyperson. Each individual wilLhave his or her own experience with common threads.
The key though is thatone’s functioning is seriouslydisrupted and there is a significant amount of distressor dysfunction in many, ifnot all, areas of one’s life.For some, it has only a mi
nor impact on functioning;for others, the mental illnessmay require hospitalizationfor a period of time or evenlong term.
One of the challenges forthose with mental illness is tonot be ashamed of it. Thereis nothing to be ashamedof when it comes to mentalillness, and with the rightsupports, individuals willthrive as their best versionsof themselves.
This is where everyonearound them comes in. If wecan learn that mental illnessis similar to other medicalconditions and then teachothers about it, we will beable to focus on destigmatizing it. In doing that, morepeople will be open to seekthe supports they want andneed.
When we talk about“mental health,” we are looking specifically at how wellsomeone is able to functionand cope with everydaystressors in a healthy, positive manner. For example,are they engaged in activitiesthey enjoy? Do they have adequate work-life balance? Dothey have social supports?
This is where the mind-body connection can play abig role. We know that if wehave balance in our lives,
we are able to stay healthierphysically, emotionally andsocially.
Our state of mentalhealth fluctuates throughoutour lifetimes and can dependon what challenges we arefaced with at that point intime. Sometimes we are ableto navigate through life in avery healthy, productive way.Other times it can prove to bea bit more difficult. However,by recognizing the declineand addressing it, people areable to make adjustments andget back to the state of functioning they desire.
What exactly are the benefits of maintaining one’soverall mental health? Having good mental health allows you to recognize yourfull potential. It helps youcope and adjust through various challenges and will helpyou to make connectionswith people and the community around you.
For resources on campus,come to the Mental Health& Wellness Office locatedin Hale Kako’o 101 or go tothe WCC website and search“mental health.” There youcan take a free and confidential screening if you haveconcerns about your overallwellbeing. You can also meetwith me for outside resources
or access the free individualcounseling through the office.
Some local and national information can also befound at the following web-sites: Adult Mental Health
Division, Department ofHawai’i (health.hawaii.gov/amhd/), Mental HealthAmerica (mentalhealthamerica.net), and the NationalAlliance of Mental Illness(nami.org).
WINDWARD COMMUNITY Co LLEGE
$ustainahulity Matters with Christian Palmer
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In the week leading up to Earth Day The next activity involved planting They can be stored under the sink,
on April 22, Windward Commu- 10 species of native and canoe plants on a porch or patio or in the garage.
nity College celebrated by having in and around the Hawaiian Studies The worms eat their weight every
a series of Aloha ‘Ama Earth Week garden or mala. These included day quicklybreaking down plant and
activities sponsored by Ke Kumu Pali palapa’ai ferns, alahe’e, loulu palms, vegetable waste into beautiful black
and the Sustainability Curriculum ‘thi’a, as well as several endangered fertilizer, although they are actually
Committee. Students, faculty and species like koki’o ke’oke’o (white eating the microbial community of
staff got together to do some hands- hibiscus), munroidendron and fungi, bacteria and protozoans that
on, experiential learning about living mamaki. We also planted some are breaking down the waste.
sustainably, eating locally and reduc- edible Polynesia introductions like These activities highlight a key
ing our waste. ‘awa, ko honua’ula (sugar cane) and concept of sustainability that involves
The first activity was cooking ‘ohi’a ‘ai (mountain apple). Although taking a resource or product fromwithlocal ingredients, many of which these plants may take years to fully the cradle to grave. Thinking aboutcame from participants’ gardens and develop, they represent an educational sustainability with food involves
local farmers’ market. With the strong opportunity to teach our community knowing where and how it was
winds recently, there is an abundance about the plants and create a physical grown, how it will be used and
of green mangoes falling on the space that reflects the social, cultural prepared, and what will happen toground, so we made pickled mango to and environmental values of our the waste products and scraps whenuse this local resource. We also made community. we are done.sweet potato, ‘ulu and kalo chips and Finally, we held a hands-on So many products and resources
a delicious ho’io fern salad. Cooking workshop on vermicomposting, or we use in our daily lives involvewith local ingredients strengthens our creating worm bins, where people supply chains that span the globe andconnection to the land around us and could create a worm bin and take involve thousands of different people Homemade pickled mangosupports local agriculture. Growing it home. The composting worms that it canbe impossible to observe the a better appreciation of the resourcesyour own food can also help you break down organic waste to create complete lifecycle of the products that we depend on and take a little moreappreciate the time and energy that vermicast, or worm poop compost, we see around us. By thinking about ownership over the processes thatgo into food and discourages waste. that is great for plants. Because the food from the cradle to grave, we gain sustain us.
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EditorialWINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(a ‘Ohana 7What do you think government’s role should be in protecting the environment?
The government shouldplay an active role in protecting the environment.I think that they shouldenforce littering laws more.If they don’t feel like doingthat, then they should thinkof ways where we can makemost items biodegradable.This could be costly, but itwill help in the long run.When I think of things thatare most littered by people,it’s cigarettes, food wrappersand plastic bags.
If they were to start bymaking biodegradable options for those three things,then it would greatly decreased the amount of trashon the streets then eventually the amount in landfills.
I also believe that weshould stop cutting downtrees and eliminating forests to make more room fordevelopment. Trees give offoxygen and are also hometo many animals who shouldbe equally as protected aswe are.
Malina- Jasmine
I think the governmentshould fund research anddevelopment and new usesfor plastic. There was a storyI’ve seen on another countrychopping up plastic in a machine and added to concreteto build affordable houses.To me that’s genius.
Plastic doesn’t biodegrade therefore would be anefficient and a cost effectiveway to build a home. In doing so, less plastic wouldend up in the oceans killingmarine life and even more soin landfills.
lando- John Michael Bar-
I think the government’srole in protecting the environment should be like protecting the family. I believethat because we all havevoices and we all share it tobe heard yet nothing’s beendone. Government says lotsof things yet doesn’t keep it.That’s just ridiculous on theirend because it makes themlook pathetic that they’re notkeeping their word.
That’s what a government is for is to be our voiceand have our support butthe fact that they can’t do itis sad.
- Rhea Cascayan
The government shouldbe very involved in protecting the environment. There’sa lot of money involved whentalking about the environment.
Numbers are alwaysthrown out about tempera-
tures or the amount of icemelting, among others. Thenumbers that are importantare how many fish in theocean eat plastic. How manypeople living on the coastmay be affected by risingsea levels.
We have the informationbut companies with morepower than most governments dictate the environment’s outcome. The government should be able to holdcompanies to strict guidelines to ensure and protectour planet for the future. Wetreat the planet like a dumpand I’m afraid in my lifetimeif the government doesn’thelp what can the averagecitizen do? I hope the government’s role in protectingthe environment is based onscience not money.
The government shouldshow the utmost concernfor the enviornment. Thereshould be laws and regulations that prevent or hinderenviornmental damage. Thegovernment should be at theforefront of envioronmentalprotection because they arethe only one with enoughpower to stop corporationsand industries from abusingthe earth.
If there is a pool full offish, nothing is stoppingeveryone from snatching asmuch as they can, but lawsmade by the government canregulate fishing, so that thefish do not die out.
- Eldred Freitas
The government’s role inprotecting the environmentshould be their top priority.We are not doing enough forthe earth. We all as humanbeings are nothing morethan parasites to the earth.The government should takesteps as small as discontinuing products that cannot berecycled or harmful to theearth. Another step could bemaking it mandatory for every home or apartment complex to have solar panels touse solar power for electricity. There are so many rolesthat the government couldtake on towards protectingthe enviornment, but nothingis done because nothing is agood idea unless it profitsthe top 1 percent of weathyindividuals
-JustinPoaha
The government shouldbe the enforcer of laws thatprotect the environmenti.e. the water, land, forests,parks, state monuments, rivers, lakes and steams. Thegovernment should also be in
charge of who, what and howwe steward these resourcesand land management.
This also includes energy production and how weproduce it. The governmentshould be concerned with allfacets of air, land and sea topreserve what we have for thefuture, before we don’t haveit anymore.
The government needs toput up laws that enforce theusage of recycled productsand outlaw nonreusableproducts entirely.
If they set up laws restricting all companies toreusable resources and toreplace equal amount ofnatural resources that theyuse for their products.
By stopping the indus
The government shouldcare about the environmentgreatly and realize just howfast it’s deteriorating. Theyshould make the appropriatedecisions when it comes tolaws that involve protectingthe environment because itwill affect the future of thisplanet by a great amount.
- Shantel Au
The government shouldreally take action. Theyshould have group cleanups, maybe different typesof ways and methods thingsshould be done. Make lawswhere only certain tyes ofpaint can be used for theconcern of the air.
The things we are breathing in. Another thing is keeping the water clean. Lessfertilizer.
If you love to gardenmaybe use less fertilizer. If itrained really hard that day,then maybe skip wateringthe plants.
Maybe water the plantsthe next day in the morning.By doing that it will help savewater for some day if a mainbreaks, then you have thatextra back up.
- Jadelynn Rogers
trial sites, they can convertthem into evironmentallyfriendly production sitesinstead. There also needs tobe much more strict guidelines for dumps to deal withthe trash and make theminto something more useful.Things like metal and plasticcan be melted down and reused in some way, like using
- Ian Jenss plasic to fix roads.- Rebecca Zabell
- Louis Krahe
Ka ‘Ohana was named the Most Oustanding Community College Newspaper for2017-2018 by the American Scholastic Press Association. Pictured above is ourspring 2018 staff: (from left) Cynthia Lee Sinclair, adviser Kimberlee Bassford,Leighiand Tagawa, Eliana Christianson, Hannah Bailey and lab guru Patrick Hascall.
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WEBMASTERJLAB GURU
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Street artist Beak fills the city walls with birdsby Rick Oania-EIom
Special to Ki ‘Ohana
Graffiti. It’s everywhereand on everything.However, amid the
many players of this illegalgame exists a rare bird.
Beak, as he is known,does a wide variety of artboth on and off the street.What he is most known forthough is his bird-themedart. Bird characters and themany variations of them canbe seen everywhere, on allsorts of surfaces, utilizing every medium.
Bird posters pasted onelectrical boxes, bird facesdrawn on walls and mailboxes, even bird foot tracksstenciled permanently onto the pavement. Some birdsblend in to their surroundings while others blatantlystick out like sore thumbscommanding your eyes to notice them.
“They’re almost like realbirds. Some get put up andstay for a long time, whilesome are gone in a few days,”said Reid Villoria, an automechanic in Kaka’ako whohas seen dozens of Beak’sbirds over the years.
“The versatility andsymbolism behind a lot ofBeak’s work makes it appealing to a broad range of individuals, and the skill behind some of his creationsis undeniable,” said Emily Takahashi, a Universityof Hawai’i art major. “I canappreciate the time he musthave spent making some ofthese paintings. His atten
tion to detail doesn’t go unnoticed.”
Graffiti can be brokeninto two categories. There isillegal graffiti done withoutpermission from the property owner, and there is legalgraffiti done with permission of the property owner.
Within these two categories is another categoryknown as street art. Streetart comes in a wide rangeof forms and mediums compared to traditional graffiti,which is usually based moreon lettering.
Beak has built his reputation mainly around street artand said that he might haveeventually gotten bored ofthe repetitive nature of traditional graffiti. Aside from hispaintings and drawings, hefabricates wire sculptures,panelboards, cardboard cut
outs and even inflatableversions of his birds, bringing a whole different aspectto public art not commonlyseen in Hawai’i.
“1 always liked to put upart in strange places,” Beaksaid. “1 like art in galleriesand on canvases, but there’sjust so much more to it whenit was on a public surface foreveryone to see and interactwith.”
To Beak, the birds represent flying and freedom.He points out that he has asense of humor and some ofhis more whimsical birds arehighly reflective of this.
The letters behind Beak’stag or signature also havehidden meaning. Most of thetime, he substitutes the letterF in his name with the number 3, representing the year2003 when he started doing
street art and referencing thesignificance of the numberin sacred geometry. He alsowrites his name as Beaks onoccasion, replacing the letterS with a 5. The equation 3+5is hidden in his signature, thesum being 8, which is representative of infinity and flow.
Beak said it’s the excitement of street art that haskept him interested in thecraft for almost 15 years,though the associated dangercan negatively interfere withfamily life and relationships.
He was arrested doingstreet art a few years ago.Though he said one of the police officers at the time complimented him for his work.
“Some people don’t carewhat you paint on their wall.They didn’t want it painted inthe first place, and now theyhave to fork the bill to clean
it up,” said one Honolulu Police officer, who wished to remain anonymous.
Others, however, appreciate Beak’s public defiance.
“I love seeing Beak’s birdspop up! It keeps my day interesting and gives the city character,” Reid said.
“Over the last ten years,Beak has painted with almostevery Hawai’i-based notorious graffiti writer,” added Keir McEwan, a longtimegraffiti writer and tattoo artist at Queen St. Tattoo.
For his part, Beak plans tocontinuing producing streetart.
“I am going to die tryingto make something out of myart,” he said. “I’ve seen andfelt so many positive vibesbecause of my artwork thatthere’s no way I could ever stop.”
on O’ahu’s other roadways,but members of the community continued to express heartache, grief and anger over theimpact of the H-3 freeway onthe ‘ama. Human and animalbones, along with approximately 61,000 artifacts andsamples, were collected inHalawa Valley during the freeway’s construction, the bulk ofthe artifacts being small basalt stone flakes and cuttingsfrom stone tools used by ancient Hawaiians. The projectended up being one of the mostexpensive in U.S. history, costing approximately $80 millionper mile.
O’ahu local Mahealani Cypher was a key figure in fighting construction when shelearned about the adverse impacts the freeway would haveon the lands of Koolaupoko(Windward Oahu).
“We felt called, compelledby our ancestors, to do what
we could to respect and honor these special places, theheiau (temple sites) and iwikupuna (ancient Hawaiianburial grounds),” Cypher said.
When first viewing thephotos in E Luku Wale E,Cypher said it reopened thewounds of the battle to stopH-3.
“There were many tearsshed and even lives lost duringthat struggle, so I cannot honor this display as anything buta demonstration of the dominance of western influenceover the Hawaiian people.”
Cypher feels that the P Luku Wale P exhibit representsthe destruction of great beauty,as well as the dishonor to herancestral heritage and the many burials that were disturbed.
“The loss to our heritagehas, perhaps, been the leastvisible,” she said. “It is believed that the ancestors continue to cry out their dismay
from page 1at the destruction reflected inthis impressive and disturbing display of pictures, imagesof colonization of our island’sfirst people and their lands.Countless heiau and wahi pana (famous places) were disturbed in the building of H-3.The state and federal government allowed the bulldozersto follow in the shadow of thearchaeological teams right attheir backs, bulldozing sitesas soon as the researchers haddone any data-gathering inthe area.”
UH Manoa architecturestudent Patrick Hascall attended the exhibit opening andmarveled at the technical workof Hamasaki and Landgraf.
“Knowing the type ofequipment they used andthe terrain they conquered,I can’t imagine how difficultthis project was to put together,” Hascall said. “Their images show just how destructive
being ‘constructive’ can be. Ithink that everyone should seethese pictures so that they understand just what went intobuilding the H-3 and what sacrifices had to be made.”
Hascall also had a specialconnection to the exhibit, as hereceived his associate’s degreeat WCC and had Hamasaki asa teacher.
“1 took his class five timessolely because I loved photography and thought Mark wasan exceptional teacher,” hesaid. “My father is a retiredphotographer, of which I inherited all of his archaic equipment, which I’ve always wanted to learn how to use. WithMark’s expertise and his help,I developed a love for photography that I will take with meto my grave.”
Though the exhibit depictsheavy devastation caused bythe freeway construction, thephotos also praise what re
mains: the mountains, oneof the ‘ama’s most enduringbodies.
With his work, Hamasaki hopes that future generations will be able to see theenvironmental cost the development has had on the islandand will prevent similar actsin the future.
“This timeline shows youhow long it took to build thefreeway; the takeaway wouldbe to follow the rules, follow the proper procedures,”Hamasaki said. “Learn aboutthe place names, the history ofthe place. We all have a responsibility to take care of the land,the place we live, the place wecall home.”
The exhibit runs until May6 at Gallery ‘lolani, locatedadjacent to Palikt Theatre,and is open 1-5 p.m. Mondaysthrough Fridays and Sundays,as well as 6-8 p.m. on Mondaysand Tuesdays.
Beak’s street art, such as the bird image on the right, can be found on walls throughout O’ahu.
Gallery ‘lolani exhibit