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Volu me 105 Issue 2 4
Peace Corps offers opportunities to recent grads DANIEL JACKSON Staff Writer
S U N DAY, S E P T. 19 A hookah was confiscated from a Frear Hall resident. T U E S DAY, S E P T. 14 A staff at Magoon Greenhouse Facility reported being harassed by a professor from the Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences. A bicycle was reported stolen from the Law Library bike rack. A student reported the theft of a white Toyota Tacoma from Zone 22 of the parking structure. The victim stated that his truck might have been targeted because of his sound system. The wires pulled to disable the vehicle’s alarm were left lying at the scene.
MO N DAY, S E P T. 13 Three bicycles were reported stolen from campus bike racks located at Bilger Addition, Hemenway Hall and Hale Aloha Lokelani. A Hale Laulima and a Crawford Hall resident each reported having their wallets stolen. An individual reported that someone damaged a Nevada sticker on his vehicle and left approximately 50 empty beer bottles in the bed of his truck while he was attending the UH vs. USC football game.
LYNN NAK AGAWA News Editor During her senior year at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Kacie Miura, recent UHM alumna, saw a Peace Corps advertisement that read, “The corner office can wait, but some corners of the world can’t.” The statement resounded with Miura, who was further inspired to apply to the program. Miura, who majored in journalism, thought the program was “the perfect combination of adventure and service.” She now teaches English at a rural university located along the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China. “Teaching has been a great experience. The students are very respectful and eager to learn and teaching them is incredibly fun,” said Miura through e-mail. In addition to teaching English, Miura has participated in teacher training programs, started a women’s leadership group, and tries to organize cross-cultural activities for her students. Besides her love for her students and spicy Chinese food, Miura has also learned more about herself. “I’ve discovered that I am more independent and iron-willed than I had thought. I’ve certainly learned to be more patient and open-minded. I’ve learned a lot about America, about how others in the world view the American people and government. I also realized that there is a lot about living in America that I once took for granted,” she said. The Peace Corps program turns 50 next year. There are currently 13 alumni of the UHM serving as volunteers. They are assigned to sectors such as education, agriculture, health and HIV/AIDS, youth, and environment. They serve in the Philippines, Morocco, Peru and COURTESY OF KACIE MIURA various locations around the world.
Kacie Miura, alumna of UH Mānoa in journalism, is teaching English in Chongqing, China. Miura, right, poses here in Tuija and Miao minority outfits with two of her students.
See Peace Corps, page 3