Three years ago, the Kaua’i Community College Board of Publications produced Ka Leo O KCC campus newspaper for the first time in twenty years. “KCC,” wrote the then-editor Alden Alayvilla, “is again given the opportunity to freely voice its concerns, opinions, and views ...”

Yet that freedom is now coming to an end with the termination of Ka Leo

O KCC this semester. After a two-year revival and trial period, Ka Leo O KCC will again cease to exist, making Kaua’i CC the only campus in the UH System without a mandatory publication fee.

Upon its conception in 2012, the newspaper was intended to be a laboratory class for KCC’s journalism program, thereby contingent upon enrollment requirements: ten students would have to enroll in the class for it to continue.

In an email to the KCCBOP, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, James Dire, also stated that the newspaper was expected to become financially self-sufficient after a two-year trial period ending in 2014. According to Language Arts and Humanities Division Chair Richard Randolph, however, this financial expectation was not required for the program to run.

Thanks to Randolph’s petitioning, College Council agreed to extend the trial period until Spring 2015. However, since 2012, journalism classes at KCC have been unable to obtain the minimum required enrollment. Kaua’i Community College will therefore be canceling both the journalism classes and the newspaper.

Members of the campus newspaper and the KCCBOP will be meeting with Dire to discuss the possibility of producing other types of publications which will benefit students and the college as a whole.

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Amidst a forest of Hawaiian ‘Ohi’a, just two miles away from one of the most active vol-cano on earth, over 130 student representatives gathered for the 2015 Ho'opili Hou Student Leadership Conference.

The attendees of this conference are the next generation of young people who will enter fields and positions to navigate the state at large.

Students from both public and private col-leges arrived January 23 for three days of leader-ship skill building on the island of Hawai’i at the Kilauea Military Camp. Keynote speakers, workshops and breakout sessions were offered; each designed to strengthen capacity, ability and initiative.

The conference theme of "transformation" was set by keynote speaker, Aleysia-Rae Kaha. A recent graduate from UH Hilo with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with a specialty in Agroecology and a certificate in Hawaiian Culture, Kaha spoke to the distinction between academia and connection with life.

“While academics draws

Transformation at the Mountain

Ho’opili Hou inspires student leaders

Robin Shane Matutina / Contributed PhotoASUH-KCC Vice President Leeona Thompson and student leaders from other state organizations prepare for the conference.

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Bransen Agu

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see page 1

from knowledge, the fuel of con-nection is passion and intention,” Kaha said. “One must feel his or her place in the world and thereby plant something deep in the soul.

“I learned that the students at the College of Agriculture needed to be invested in their surrounding community to become leaders.”

Currently she is working with The Million ‘Ohi’a Project to propagate, distribute and teach the community about ‘Ohi’a trees and the native forest.

“There is no clear path for myself,” Kaha said, “I keep in mind that we are earth and our awareness of how to exist extends from this idea.”

A full day of workshops on Saturday allowed the team from KCC to split up in order to cover the most ground.

The workshops offered a wide spectrum of options. They included budgeting, spiritual ideas, human identity self-helps and the impor-tance of diversity.

The “Language of the Oppressed” workshop with Makerusa “Mak” Porotesano of Chaminade University received the most participants. The class brought to attention the everyday language or actions that make soci-ety and people racist, sexist, homo-phobe, ableist and more.

Each attendee was allowed to develop an understanding of what it means to live with power and privilege. The workshop gave students a grasp of oppression in America and explored what that looks like in Hawai’i.

The feedback and response from the audience was moving and everyone sensed the drive to see some dramatic changes in their communities.

“I valued the overall oneness from the venue, and really felt the intentionalism from everyone,” said KCC Senator, Connie Rowe.

Everyone from student to advi-sor was charged and ready to make impact on return to their respected col-leges.

“I really felt it brought a lot of unity to

the board members, said Rayana Rapozo AS UH KCC secretary. “There was great insight there, and I am looking forward to serve at Kaua’i Community College.”

Equality had found its way to this summit of the leadership of the future.

For students who wanted to get outdoors and do something physical, the “Be The Change: A Walking Meditation” workshop was offered, guided by Leomi L. Bergknut, Student Leader Development Coordinator of University of Hawai’i at Hilo. The workshop was intended to host up to 20 par-ticipants, but morphed into over 30. Students enjoyed a walking meditation for peace along the Halemaumau Crater Rim to Jagger Museum.

The workshop included native Hawaiian protocol, a walk in the surrounding natural environment and encouraged an appreciation of the peace and beauty that sur-rounds all who particpated in the present moment.

The truth of the power and splendor generated from that dynamic place enveloped every-one’s spirit. As the hearts and

minds where brewing at KMC for some revelation and life changing ideas, so was Pele at work at her fiery house. This became the great wonder and icon of experience package.

Though Pele was migrating with her spill of lava, at the same rate she was giving birth to new life and cleansing the existing lands. The attendees of the conference were fed this metaphor to teach the contrast that with every destruc-tion, a new time rebuilding is in the making.

Kaua`i Community College’s participation in this trip was designed to strengthen and inspire the new body of leaders with the Associated Students of the University of Hawai'i at KCC.

Ho'opili Hou Student Leadership Conference is held each year on a different island, and was hosted by Kaua'i CC in 2012.

Some criticized the expense to send 15 KCC stu-dents to take this three-day

conference. The total amount came to $6,692.30 for KCC students to participate. This means that air and ground transportation, meals, lodging, workshops and training were provided for $446.15 per stu-dent. Most would agree that is a reasonable cost.

Whether the investment in stu-dents is valued or not, attendees came away with newly devel-oped skills ranging from budget development to meditation. These new skills were brought back and shared at each participating cam-pus, including KCC on February 18 at the student lounge at Campus Life Center. Another presentation is planned.

O piligrim to this mountainYou have one command

Undress these bodily distractions with your right hand.

Leave behind all idols that confound God's Land.

A pure vision is not dictated by the cords of technology.

Bathe the mind in air & light & the God properties in thee.

Prime the body to serve thy friend or to receive heaven.

Attune the ear to hear the sacred healing vibration.

Swallow and digest the deep and thick revelation.

Seek a quiet heart and the journey will show.

Deny the body and embrace the procession of the soul.

Giving Light to the eye saves the body from being sold.

Allow the God sense to throw you into a deep trance.

Mimic nature in posture in feeling and in dance.

Be mindful that you are also a creature of the earth.

Moments to days and days and to years and then to new birth.

Destination is the evolution of thought and when it burst.

Respect the trees and increase the life force.

Walk on hallowed grounds and undo the curse.

Poem by: Bryan Gerald /Ka Leo O KCC

Robin Shane Matutina / Contributed Photo

"One must feel his or her place in the world and

thereby plant something deep in the soul."

"...it brought a lot of unity to the board mem-bers. There was great

insight there... I am look-ing forward to [serving]

at KCC."

Walking the World without Words

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Ke KuKui o KCC

WELCOME to Ke Kukui o KCC!

This column of the paper will focus on news and events involving or con-cerning Native Hawaiians, Kauaʻi’s host culture, some of which will be in the Hawaiian language.

Everything will also be posted on the web ver-sion of the newspaper, but exclusive to the web will be the English trans-lation of the Hawaiian text. So if you are not fluent in ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, and youʼre curious about what is being said, we encourage you to go to the website of Ka Leo O KCC and check out the English translations of Hawaiian language articles:

kaleookcc.org or https://www.facebook.com/Kaleookcc

AND we encourage you to LEARN HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE! (After all, this IS HAWAI‘I, people. Right?)

This section of the news-paper is sponsored by the Hawaiian Studies Department, and the articles are submitted, for the most part, by students taking classes in that department. We would like to invite ANY students on this campus to submit articles, sto-ries, poems, or news that involves Native Hawaiian issues, history or cul-ture, especially if it is written in the Hawaiian language. Please make your submission to Kumu Pua, for editing, and then she will submit it to the newspaperʻs editor for publishing. Mahalo!

Submit to Kumu Puali’ili’imaikalani Rossi-Fukino at:puali@hawaii.edu

(Of course, it goes with-out saying, you can sub-mit articles directly to the newspaper’s contacts for all the non-Hawaiian topics you would like to write about!)

Waiwai Nui I Kou Ola

ʻO ka huikala ʻana, he mea nui iaʻu ma koʻu ola.

ʻO ka huikala, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo wale nō, akā hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ia mea i loko o koʻu puʻuwai a me koʻu ʻuhane.

He mea nui kēia ʻo ka huikala ʻana no ka mea he kōkua i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mea ʻino e kaumaha ai kekahi poʻe.

A hiki ke kōkua ʻia ka ʻike hohonu a me nā mea pono no kou ola kino.

ʻO kaʻu koho ʻelua ʻo ia ka waiwai ʻo ke aloha.

ʻO ke aloha he mea nui iaʻu no ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kauoha kūpono aloha.

E hāhai kākou i ke alahele o ke Akua a ʻo kēlā ke kumu i alakaʻi ai iā kākou ma ke alahele kūpono no kākou a pau.

Ma kēia oli aloha, aia he moʻolelo e pili ana i ke onaona o ka hā o nā hala a me nā lehua. He mau mea aʻu e ʻiʻini ai e ʻike.

I kou aloha ʻana aku i kekahi poʻe e piha lākou i ke aloha.

He oli welina aloha kēia.

Oli Aloha:Onaonao i ka hala me ka lehuaHe hale lehua no ia na ka noeo kaʻu no ia e ʻanoʻi neie liaʻa nei hoʻi o ka hiki maiA hiki mai no ʻoukouA hiki pu no me ke alohaaloha e aloha e aloha e

Aloha mai kākou! Ua koho au i ka waiwai ʻo Hoʻomana. ʻO ka manaʻo o hoʻomana ʻo ia ka hoʻāmana, ka haipule, a pēlā aku. Like ʻole ka Hoʻomana o kākou a me nā mea i hoʻomana ʻia. Nui ka manaʻo o ka hoʻomana iaʻu no ka mea nui ka waiwai o ka hoʻomana i koʻu hale pule. Akā, he aha ka manaʻo maoli o ka hoʻomana? Ua unuhi ʻia ka huaʻōlelo ʻo hoʻomana i ʻelua mau huaʻōlelo haole kahiko,ʻo ka waiwai a me ka pili. Loli ka manaʻo o ka huaʻōlelo ʻo hoʻomana i ka huaʻōlelo ʻo waiwai pili. ʻO ka manaʻo o ka waiwai pili ʻo ka loaʻa ka waiwai a i ʻole ka mea waiwai. No laila, hoʻomana kākou i ke Akua, no ka mea nona ka hoʻomana. Ma koʻu hale pule, hoʻomana mau mākou i ke Akua ma mua o ka ʻōlelo. Hoʻomana mākou iā ia me nā mele hoʻonani no hoʻokahi hola. I kekahi manawa, hoʻomana mākou iā ia i ka manawa lōʻihi a he mea iki iaʻu no ka mea nui ka maikaʻi i loko oʻu ma hope. ʻAʻole hoʻomana kākou iā ia me ko ʻoukou mau leo wale nō akā me ko ʻoukou puʻuwai, ka manaʻo, a me ke kino. I ka haipule ʻana a me ka hoʻomana ʻana iā ia, ua hoʻomana kākou i kekahi i kekahi. I nā manawa maikaʻi, hoʻomana au iā ia no nā hoʻomaikaʻi nui i koʻu ola. I nā manawa maikaʻi ʻole, hoʻomana naʻe au iā ia no ka mea nāna e kōkua mai iaʻu. Ma ka hale pule, hīmeni mau mākou i kēia mele i kapa ʻia ʻo Hoʻomana Iā Iesu. ʻO kēia kekahi o kaʻu mau mele Kristiano Hawaiʻi punahele no ka mea maʻalahi kēia mele akā he ikaika nui iaʻu. ʻO ke mele holoʻokoʻa pili i ka hoʻomana ʻana i ke Akua a me ka mahalo ʻana iā ia no ko kākou mau hoʻomaikaʻi. Aloha au i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hana mana i ka hale pule no ka mea e manaʻoʻiʻo kēlā kanaka iā ia a me nā mea hiki iā ia ke hana!

I kēlā kau aku nei, ua noi ʻia nā haumāna o ka Papa ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Makahiki ʻElua, e koho i mau waiwai pili i ko lākou ola. A laila, ua nīnau ʻia lākou no ke aha lākou e koho ai i kēia mau waiwai. Eia mai he mau manaʻo no Alana Kanahele a me Kiana Kamala.

Alana Kanahele / Ke Kukui o KCC Kiana Kamala / Ke Kukui o KCC

Contributed Photo / Ke Kukui o KCCKa Heiau ʻo Poliʻahu

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Q. What does STEM stand for?

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

Q. What do you do as a STEM Peer Mentor?

As a STEM mentor, I tutor in subjects — mostly graphic design and [digital] media (the “electronics” part of STEM — and I’m also an ear for people to vent to.

Q. What qualifies you to tutor in

graphic design?It’s because I’m

just so smart! No, I’m just kidding. It’s really because it was my first major and my teacher thought I was really good at it... so they referred me to Andrea, who’s my boss, and then they hired me.

Q. When you first went to talk to Andrea (Erickson),

did you immediately think this was something you wanted to do?Not really [laughs]. But

knowing that what I would be doing is kind of what I’m pursuing … helped convince me. And I knew that helping other people with the subjects that I was already working on would broaden my knowledge of it too.

Q. What’s your major now?I’m doing psychology

now.

Q. Did you decide to major in psychology because

you’ve been doing a lot of peer mentoring?

Actually, no. I kind of always wanted to do

it, but I took a detour because I was scared of the curricular [workload], so I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll do something fun!’ But then I was like, ‘Yeah, you probably should have an actual career.’ So yeah, that’s why I switched.

Q. Do you still enjoy doing graphic design?

I do, very much.

Q. What other things do you

help people with?Uh, mental support.

Q. Like dealing with school

stress and stuff?Well, yeah. School

stress. There’s been a lot of “relationship issues” recently. So, you know: personal, school, all those things pretty much.

Q. So I guess that’s what

differentiates you as a peer mentor, rather than a tutor.Yep. We have to

work psychologically with people [laughs].

Q. So since you’re a psychology

major, does that help you deal with people?It does! It helps a lot, for sure.

Because I get put into very awkward situations sometimes, and I have to figure out how to get out of them. So yes, it is great, I’m very happy for that.

Q. So I guess you’d be like, the best kind of

mentor since you’re trained in both graphic design and

psychology.[Laughs] Yeah, I guess so.

Pretty much.

Q. When did you first become a STEM Peer

Mentor?I started [during] my second

semester here at KCC, so… August 2014.

Q. And how many students have you worked with

since then?That’s a good question… A

lot. [Laughs] Off the top of my head, probably more than 20 students.

Q. Are you exhausted by

it?It depends on the

person I’m working with. Some people are really easy to

deal with, others can really test your patience.

Q. What’s your favorite part of being a STEM peer mentor?Having students

come to me at the end of the semester

to tell me that they got an A in the class I helped them with. That’s pretty awesome.

Q. Are there certain requirements to be a

STEM mentor?Yes. Your GPA has to be at

least a 3.2, I believe. And you have to be doing something in at least one of the main [STEM] subjects.

Q. Do you plan on continuing as a STEM

mentor until you graduate?I do! It’s helping me

to be less of a shy person, because I kind of just have to talk to everyone.

Q. What would you personally

want to tell students about the program?If you really are

struggling with school, you should talk to one of us,

‘cause it could really help. I had one student before — he was really struggling — he actually saw both me and Steve [Westerman; the other STEM mentor on campus] and he said it actually helped him, and he got back on track with his school and he ended up finishing his studies last semester. It was really good. So if you just need help or someone to talk to, it’s really good to see somebody. Especially if you don’t have a lot of support with other people.

School sense and life advice from KCC's Peer MentorsKa Leo O KCC took some time to speak to Catherine Antoine, one of KCC's STEM Peer Mentors, about what it's like to help other students.

To make an appointment with one of KCC's Peer Mentors, contact:Catherine Antoine

Digital Media and PsychologyOffice hours: MW 12-5pm, F 9-4pm, TTR by appt.

Student Life Center II Room 20(Office of Ka Leo O KCC)

cantoine@hawaii.edu

Steven Westerman

Chemical EngineeringOffice hours: MW 1-4pm, T 11-12pm by appt.

Daniel K. Inouye Technology Center Lounge/KCC Cafeteriastevenwe@hawaii.edu

Contributed Photo

QA& Shaina Nacion / Ka Leo O KCC

"...if you need help or some-one to talk to,

it's really good to see somebody. Especially if you don't have a lot of support with other people."

"Having students come to me at the end of the

semester to tell me that they got an A in the class

I helped them with... that's awesome."

"Some people are really easy to deal with, others can really test your

patience."

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See page 7 for answers.

Yan Yan, a popular Japanese snack sold here in the KCC Bookstore, describes itself as, "crispy biscuit sticks that you can dip in a delicious vanilla, chocolate, strawberry or mixed flavoured cream."

While they really are yummy, they're also decorated with some bizarre sayings.

What do they mean? Are they cryptic clues to some secret message? Mistranslations? The disjointed thoughts of stoners?

The Meiji company offers a similarly obscure (and badly punctuated) explanation: "Yan Yan’s ... come with cute messages printed on the

biscuit!"

Can you match the messages found on each biscuit to the animal they belong with?

Shaina Nacion / Ka Leo O KCC

HERBIVORE

EAT MORE CARROTS

STAR + FISH

WOOL SWEATERS

BLACK INK

GALLOP AWAY

MUUUUU

GO FOR A SWIM

LOVE IT

YOUR BEST FRIEND

LUCKY NUMBER: 8

SNAIL MAIL?

TALLEST MAMMAL

KOKEKOKKO

LUCKY COLOR: YELLOW

IN A HOLE

ONLY IN THE NIGHT

ACTIVE AT NIGHT

LOVES TO SUN TAN

SAY MEOW

GO FOR MORE

JUMBO

THINK BIG

BIGGESY MAMMAL*

YOU ARE LUCKY TODAY

AMPHIBIAN

HORSE

SNAIL

SHEEP

ZEBRA

COW

GIRAFFE

BAT

WHALE

OWL

CHICKEN

CHICK

STARFISH

SEAL

GOAT

DUCK

FROG

RABBIT

STAG BEETLE

CAT

OCTOPUS

RHINOCEROUS

SQUIRREL

SQUID

MOLE

ELEPHANT

PANDA

CHALLE

NGE

THE

THE IMITATION GAME

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ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS

One of the more interesting things I’ve learned during my time here at KCC is that while teachers do have the best intentions to teach their students (most of the time), it is not their fault that they are unable to provide a place for students to creatively apply what they learn to real life.

As a game designer who found his calling at a very young age, I was always bored in school. I daydreamed, writing formulas for fun patterns to play around with. I yearned to use the passion I had found. That was fine and dandy, but for those who have not yet discovered what they want to be in life (which generally is a lot of people), they then have to undergo the rigors of school life.

In particular, school math, as I have learned, is not tailored to encourage people to follow a calling in math, if that is what they excel at. They are instead taught to spit back answers and memorize. Students are shown that they must learn all these “fundamentals” pounded into their brains over and over again till they are bored and lose their creative inclination.

They are being given rote work. And at the end of the day, rote work is something better left for a calculator or a computer program.

The human mind is powerful enough to have creativity. Just because a painter didn’t go through art school, that doesn’t mean they are not an amazing painter. Just because a musician did not learn the classics and does not know how to write down EXACTLY the “normalized” method of music, that doesn’t mean that they are less talented or do

not have enough creativity to be just as good as the person with the degree.

In fact, the person with the degree might only be someone who is really good at following directions and at the end of they day they are not truly creative or unique. They just know how to follow instructions to the “T” without asking questions or knowing why the instructions work.

So again, as my other articles have echoed, your choices matter.

Your definition of the world is vastly different than mine and your way of portraying your “art” is yours and yours alone, not to be defined by the boundaries of “spitting out a formula” or “writing a vocabulary word verbatim,” with all your I’s dotted and T’s crossed, lest you are marked “wrong” and receive demerits.

Concepts are the key. Playing is the key. Asking why is the key. Not rote work and memorization.

So when you do leave here with your degree in hand, keep asking why. Keep searching for a concept to engage in. Keep playing with the patterns you made and find new ones, because your reality is not bound to knowing that exact formula or knowing word for word what the book says. You’re more important than that and deserve much, much more.

With a lot of good films this year, we have a great one (in my opinion, one of the best), closing out 2014: "The Imitation Game."

This film follows the life of Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) as he and a group of cryptanalysts who attempt to break the “unbreakable” Enigma code during World War II. The Enigma was a machine encryption system Nazi Germany used for their radio transmissions. Breaking it would then help the Allied forces turn the tide of the war, helping save thousands of lives.

What I really enjoyed about this movie were the incredible performance by Cumberbatch and the quality of the screenplay. Cumberbatch takes a com-plex approach to Turing’s life and makes you com-pletely empathize with him. You feel the frustration in his voice, you can see the confusion in his eyes, the insecurity in his posture.He has such a strong perfor-mance that sometimes I for-got he was the actor with a goofy last name, and instead felt he was actually Turing himself.

His acting, paired with the screenplay, made for an excellent thriller. The way each act of the movie seamlessly progressed from one to the other kept you stuck to the big screen. Throughout most of the movie I was on the edge of my seat, just thinking, “My god, what is he going to try now?!”

The biggest downside of the movie for me is some-thing that shouldn't be overlooked. This film is

actually based on a biography and on real-life events. For the sake of being dra-matic, some liber-ties were taken. Some characters and some events were fictional to prompt conflicts that Turing didn't actually deal with during his life. It doesn't really affect the context of the movie, which still turned out to be an all-around great film. It was just a little dis-appointing that some aspects were fictional in a historical set-ting.

Overall, it’s still one of the best films of 2014, and I highly recom-mend seeing it. If the exciting premise of taking place in World War II doesn't catch your interest (which it should ‘cause you know, kick-ing Nazi butt is fricken’ awe-some), you should still watch this for Benedict Cumberbatch's performance. It is truly Oscar-worthy.

Keiaikekai Harris / Contributing Writer

Bransen Agu / Contributing Writer

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VS. ROTE WORKA student's outlook

on education

COMING TO KCC!See page 7

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EVERY WEEK OF THE SEMESTERCOFFEE BREAK - Clarify your mind! Enjoy FREE freshly brewed cofeee to keep you going through-out the day! Every Monday and Wednesday from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Life Center, Campus Center.STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (SAC) - Be involved by planning activities and events for the campus community! Every Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Student Life Center (above the cafeteria), Campus Center. For more info, visit: http://info.kauaicc.hawaii.edu/asuhkauai/KARAOKE THURSDAYS - Wanna release some stress? Train for the X Factor? Then stop by the Student Life Center every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ASUH-KCC Conference Rm., Campus Center.Located at the Learning Resource Center, room 121D, on November 25 at 12 p.m.ASUH-KCC STUDENT GOVERNMENT MEETINGS - Get involved in community ser-vice, learn about what’s happen-ing around campus and become a leader! Open to all students every Friday from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Student Life Center, Student Government Conference Room.ASUH-KCC STUDENT GOVERNMENT APPLICATION FOR CANDIDACY - Make a dif-ference by becoming a student leader. Applications are available at the Student Life Center, Campus Center, Rm. 203 or Student Life and Advising, One Stop Center. For more information contact John Constantino at 651-4151 or via e-mail at johncons@hawaii.edu

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Special EventsSt. Patrick's Day Celebration — March 16: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm at the Student Life Center. "Free food, free drinks, spirit points."Spring Festival — April 4Job Fair — April 9: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at the OneStop Center. "Come profes-sionally dressed with a copy of your resume!"Suicide Prevention Training — April 10: 1:00 pm at the Student Lounge.Student Government/S.A.C. Elections — April 21-23Movie Night Under the Stars — April 24

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These women, who have witnessed firsthand the hardships women endure, are profiled in their efforts to affect change, both in their communities and beyond.

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Spurred by the Arab Spring, women who were once silent are starting to speak out about gender inequality and are bringing visibility to a long history of oppression. This project draws together leading women’s rights activists and provides a platform where their voices can be heard and serves as inspiration to motivate others to speak out.

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Shaina Nacion /Ka Leo O KCC

8 Spring 2015 | Issue 1

OPINION

Hello everyone — As you know, the

newspaper will no longer be continuing the way it has been these past three years.

For the few of you who kept reading through all this time, thank you all so much for your support. Each time one of you came to thank us or to offer suggestions, or even just to talk story with us, it helped us all know that the hours and hours of work we’ve put into creating this newspaper were not wasted. Just hearing that we helped you share what was, and is, important to you gave us hope. Thank you all!

In these years, Ka Leo O KCC has also grown and evolved, allowing more than 100 students to participate and contribute to the publication. We thank you all for your hard work and your support as well. You really are the ones who made this publication possible!

Sadly, it does not seem like a campus newspaper is something this campus, as a whole, wants. Even after three years running, we were unable to meet the minimum enrollment requirement for the news lab class.

Although the newspaper will be ending, I still believe that a campus publication, of some kind, is a worthwhile endeavor at Kaua’i Community College. After all, every other campus within the UH System has some type of publication; a lasting and tangible expression of student talent, skill, and determination. This expression does not need to cease with the newspaper, and I hope, in the future, to help bring that expression to a lasting form.

In the meantime, we can all look back on the past three years of ink stains and hard work, lasting friendships, transcended stress, lessons learned, and stories shared. These are the takeaways from a program that brought us together and gave us a Voice.

— Shaina Nacion

Shaina Nacion /Ka Leo O KCC

Fromthe editor

Left: Carol Bain / Contributed Photo

A freshly painted dispenser with the Ka Leo O KCC logo was delivered to the Kaua’i High School campus by KCC Board of Publications chairman, Daniel Sieradzki. High School students can now easily pick up a free copy of KCC’s campus newspaper anytime they visit the KHS office area.

Left: Shaina Nacion / Ka Leo O KCCPartnering with the National Tropical Botanical Gardens and The Breadfruit Institute, KCC now has the first `ulu orchard planted in the US for agronomic research. On December 15, 2014, 64 Ma`afala breadfruit trees were planted by Breadfruit Institute and KCC staff, students, teachers and volunteers. The orchard will be studied for effects of fertilizer and cover crops on breadfruit growth and yield, and for the effects of sustainable agriculture practices.The Breadfruit Institute`s mission is to use breadfruit trees for reforestation and food security.