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Written by Joseph Wargo | Photos by Shaina Marie Iloreta | Design by Cato Winkler This semester, Ka Mana’o was able to sit down with Carlos Peñaloza, the newly appointed Chancellor of Leeward Community College, and talk about his life and his plans for Leeward Community College.

What can you tell us about yourself and what brought you to Hawaii?

was born and raised in Venezuela. I moved to New York City in high school and attended college at Queensborough Community College. I experienced research while at my community college, fell in love with Biology. I transitioned to Queens College where I completed my Bachelor’s degree, and then the graduate center from the City University of New York to complete my Masters and PhD in Biology. Being born and raised in Venezuela is a different environment, a culture where people are much closer to each other. Lots of beaches and things that I grew up with that are in my blood. My wife, she was born and raised in New York but she’s of Hispanic descent as well, so we really enjoy going on vacation to islands. Very quickly, [we] grew a bit of a dislike for the really strong four seasons. Back in New York, in the fall I would fill up thirty big bags of leaves, in the winter I’d break my back shoveling snow, in the spring the allergies got us all, and in the summer the heat just really wore us down. I didn’t have a chance to really enjoy my family because every time you get used to something, like soccer, all it takes is another two weeks and the season’s over. Last year, I took my family on a vacation to Cuba. We had been to Hawaii on vacation, as well, and I just, you know, it clicked. It’s a better life for our family. It’s what we were raised with. We didn’t have it in the East Coast. We didn’t have it in the Midwest. Most recently, we came from Missouri. When I saw the opportunity with Hawaii, I said, “Well this checks off a lot of our bucket list items.”

As an immigrant to this country, what are your thoughts on the current administration’s anti-migrant rhetoric?

t touched me very deep. I came to this country and I’ve benefited from this country incredibly. I now have my own children that were born in this country. There are challenges whether they are legal [or] political agendas. The current climate is a challenge emotionally to me. While I do recognize that financially it is very difficult to support the migrant community, these people represent a lot of the workforce that we have. We can’t speak from both sides of our mouths. We have a great need to fill workforce needs. There are lots of jobs that no one wants to do. They can contribute to society. Myself, to have not had the opportunity to come or to have come and be sent back to my country would have been very detrimental. I don’t know if anyone here is following what’s happening in my country Venezuela, but it’s very difficult. There’s absolutely no access to certain essential things like medicine. When you think of what people are running away from and what they can contribute, we need to balance those out. In terms of providing resources to the migrant communities, it’s difficult. We’re challenged right now, our own U.S. citizens and U.S. born folks are challenged financially. It’s difficult to reroute funding to cover the expenses of immigrants, but at the same time this country was built on immigrants. We need to be supportive of that. I don’t necessarily have an agenda. Being an immigrant myself I know that there are some people that have come to this country and that have abused the system. We can’t hide that fact. To shut the doors entirely is detrimental.

What do you hope to accomplish at Leeward Community College and what do you envision for its future?

hat Leeward represents and what Hawaii represents is public institutions where the majority of the students are the underserved population. It allows me to do what I love doing in my work in a bigger capacity, and it brings my family closer to what we enjoy and love doing. It’s the culture and environment, that’s really big. What makes for really good institutions is how happy people are. When you look at the longevity of people here, whether it’s students, staff, or faculty, everyone is staying here a little bit longer than the average. Whereas in most other places you’re seeing a lot more failing. So that makes for a really good environment, and that just means that the dynamics among the employee groups and the students are really good. That puts us in a very strong position. I did research for over a decade. I loved what I did. My work was on cell death and apoptosis. I really enjoyed what I was doing, but as I did that I came to this awful realization that there are many people like me that start but very few of us that make it to the end. This bubbled up because years ago I received an award from the National Institutes of Health, and when they introduced me they commented and said that I was the million dollar scholar, that the government invests a million dollars to get at least one of me to make it through the education pipeline. I started looking more at the data. I started working more with the colleges, and I submitted for some grants that helped strengthen the pipeline [and] helping underserved populations, whether you’re Hispanic, African American, Pacific Islander...etc., to getting through in the STEM disciplines. Where I come from [is] to try and sway in some priorities. I’m seeing the trends that are happening on the mainland and in higher-ed eventually do get here, but it takes a little bit of time. I come with a lot of those [trends] as carry-on luggage. I want Leeward to be more sustainable. Sustainability means that we are able to maintain what we have without too much of shaking the grounds. That means that on the faculty, staff, and leadership, I want to make sure that we try to keep people a little bit longer. That historical perspective is really important, anytime you bring in someone new like myself it’s an opportunity for things to change. Change is not bad, but a lot of change can be detrimental. We’re having a lot of people retiring, so it’s an opportunity for us to bring in people and work our way to keeping them longer. It makes for a stable environment for or students, and that’s key. The other thing that I consider a major priority is working on reducing achievement gaps among different student populations. When you start to look at data you come to notice that a certain population you don’t have to do anything, they’ll come in and they’ll finish. Then there are other populations where if you don’t have interventions, then the likelihood of finishing is very low. That is a major priority for Leeward, I think, primarily because the majority of our students are represented in these groups. Whether it’s military students, Native Hawaiians, [or] English as a Second Language, there are a lot of components that make for students that need a lot more support. That doesn’t mean that they’re not smart, it just means that you need to know the way. For example, I was born and raised in another country and I never understood what a community college was until I finished my graduate degrees. Even as a student I didn’t recognize the place. It took me a very long time to understand that if you take a English class at a community or a university, it’s the same class. It’s the same rigor. That’s important. Educating, providing support services for our underserved students is key to the success here at Leeward. The last priority is really encouraging more of what makes Leeward really strong. We have what I call my Subject Matter Experts, the faculty and staff that have been doing their work for a really long time. They understand what’s happening in the classroom, and they’re creative every now and then in doing something that is gonna make a big difference.

For example, I don’t know if you guys are aware of the Open Educational Resources, the OERs. Leeward right now is leading at the very least in Hawaii on Open Educational Resources, which means students are able to get textbooks that are open access. You don’t need to pay for them. When you look at why students can’t complete, one of the big reasons is money. The faculty and the staff have come together to work on this educational model. Now we have faculty that have engaged in putting together books that are free to our students. That creativity and that approach is what I want to continue supporting, letting it bubble up we support it, invest in it, so there is buy-in from our own people and the students benefit in the long run. Leeward is really in a very good place right now. It’s kind of difficult to say what are some things that I want to change because there are a lot of things I’d like to keep the same. Primarily because I have experienced other community colleges and what we have going for ourselves here is really good.

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Are there any other things that the school is doing to help out the students financially?

e understand it’s important at times for students to work while they go to school. In fact, if you looked at our numbers the majority of our students are part-time. That’s a challenge that we won’t be able to necessarily mitigate, but what we can do is provide more support. Working by chatting and assessing what students’ needs are. Right now we have some faculty and staff that are working on creative ways to support our part-time students. Whether that means more online classes so that the students don’t have to worry about their commute and working, or childcare for example. Offering maybe evening classes or weekend classes for those that need to work. The idea here is that we won’t be able to work against the continued increasing costs of living, but what we can do is provide more access so that students aren’t challenged. Mitigating the cost of attendance by empowering ways in which a student can work and still attend. The other way is continuing to grow in our early college model. A lot of high schools are benefiting from the instruction of our own faculty. Students are able to complete a good portion of their college credits while they’re still in high school. In fact, some have graduated with their Associates degree while still being in high school. That’s at a reduced cost to the student and also reducing time to completion. Those are all ways in which we’re working very intentionally to address some of those financial challenges.

Is there anything else you’d like to say to the students of Leeward?

hilosophically, everything that we do here at the college level is to empower our students, so it’s important that the students remain engaged. Whether it’s through Student Government, or participating in any focus groups or surveys that we send out. Being honest is really critical, there’s no other way for us to know exactly what you are going through. Like I shared in one of my welcoming messages that we sent out at the beginning of the semester, I learn very late. We’re all pretty late bloomers when it comes to learning. It’s like we learn after we should have learned it. The reality is when you as a student are experiencing something whether it’s a challenge or whether you’re seeing something that you find to be unusual, it’s never too early to communicate with someone. Here at the college I feel that our faculty and staff are always willing to listen, so it’s important that you communicate these challenges. If you wait too long it can be too late. It’s never too early to share with us what may be happening so we can be supportive. I walk around [campus] a lot, so feel free to come and chat with me.

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THE LAST CITADEL: The Deviant Preview Written by Nicholas Espinosa | Illustration by Cato Winkler Hotheaded. Egotistic. Lurid. Licentious. The people judge our kind as such. We are to be shunned and isolated into our own little group. We are not to be associated with beyond whatever relationship is necessary to one’s own survival. We are pariahs. We are tacit. We are saviors. We are demons. “Open the gate! We’ve got a scav coming through!” shouts a city guardian. We are scavengers. “You should’ve just shot the poor bastard Mark,” quips another. “Power is scarce as it is. If we keep on opening up the gates for every poor sewage rat that comes through, we won’t be able to turn on the lights back home.” We seem to only bring these people grief. “Don’t worry, Brooks,” says the guardian called Mark, “this one’s special.” Nothing worth being said is said. Not that I have any thought worth saying. We provide these people with a service very few would do. And in return we are alienated, beaten blue, and left for dead in the streets. Even the city guardians barely respect us. And as I leave the entrance to the outside world, I make my way into a different kind of world altogether. The City, or the Citadel, as it’s more commonly called, is the last refuge of humanity on earth, or so the Mayor claims. What we know for sure is that the earth bled when the Hordes came. It closed its ears when the Heretic began to wail his blasphemies... CONTINUE AT ATZ.HOME.BLOG

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Oahu Holistic and Metaphysical Expo By Joseph Wargo | Photos by Manuel Diaz Jr. | Design by Gerald Soria

awaii is a magnet for health conscious individuals, attracted here by the environment but also to discover alternative forms of treatment to those widely available elsewhere. Awareness has been growing, and in recent years practitioners of natural, holistic care on the islands have organized to help promote the goods and services offered to the public. The Organic Holistic & Metaphysical Exposition (OHM Expo) was first put on in 2017. It was itself inspired by the Body Mind and Spirit Expo, which puts on shows here as well as on the mainland. Jadelin Kuencer and Paul Hanson, the original organizers imagined a regularly occurring exhibition showcasing local offerings in the healing arts and self-care that is free to attend. Since that time, there have been multiple events organized each year, and several more coming in the near future. Over the second weekend of October, the Fall 2019 Exposition was held at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, HI. An estimated two to three thousand people attended.

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“The Ohm Expo is a safe space where people who are local or global talents can come to share their true heartfelt gifts with the world,” said Alysia Tengan, manager of the Hawaii OHM Expo. “This show is about so much more than I ever could have imagined.” Attendees to the expo were exposed to a great many products and services related to alternative healthcare. There were booths offering, among other things, acupuncture, cupping, massage therapy, aromatherapy, and the more recent marketed line of Cannabidiol (CBD) products that have become popular alternatives to pain and anti-inflammatory medicines. There were items available you would immediately connect to the new age culture, such as healing crystals and essential oils, but also some that are less known like a device claiming to block electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phones and other electronic devices. There were also services aimed at helping with mental care. Psychics, Tarot readers, and Life Coaches were well represented at the expo.

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Alysia Tengan, in addition to helping organize the events, runs the Light Alchemy booth at them with her husband Michael. “Light Alchemy is a way to use light frequencies to smoothly, instantly guide the meditator through their closed eyes into deep meditative states. You get to go deeper and just stay there. You get to experience the benefits of meditation like you’ve been doing it everyday.” She finds it amusing when people refer to her service as light therapy. “It’s kinda really neat that people call it therapy, because we never called it that,” and adding with a laugh that “I run into people on the street [saying] ‘There’s the DMT light lady!’” As diverse as the booth operators are, so too are the people visiting the expo. Aaron, visiting from Louisiana, remains skeptical. “I like the atmosphere, but I don’t know about all these products.” However, he remains open to learning about these forms of alternative healthcare and medicine, and that is what brought him in and interacting with others.

Some may argue the efficacy of these products and services, and in an industry that can easily attract charlatans it can make it hard for the people genuinely interested in helping others to stand apart. What isn’t so easy to argue is the reactions of people attending. Relief was on the faces of many there, finding people to connect with and a community to grow inside of. In a world of increasingly expensive and impersonal mainstream healthcare, it appears only natural for alternatives to be sought out. “People think of Hawaii as a place to go for therapy, for healing, for bringing more awareness,” says Alysia, “Often when you travel, you find yourself. You go far away only to discover more about yourself. People come to Hawaii and it feels like it’s a catalyst just being here.”

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Arsène Lupin Gentleman Burglar

By Maurice Leblanc

Review by Brandon Ferreira | Illustration by Erika Pascual | Design by Gerald Soria Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar is a collection of stories written by French author, Maurice Leblanc. The first story was published in the year of 1905, in the Je sais Tout magazine, with seven other chapters following suit until 1907, when the tales of Arsene Lupin were collected and released in a single book. The stories enclosed in the book are interesting, especially for the time period they were released. They feature high-stakes, smart and elaborate heists, and descriptions on the human mind under deep-seated fear. All of those brought about by Arsene himself. In fact, it is very easy to say that Lupin is the main draw of the book, with him as narrator for a majority of the plot and describing the intricacies of every plan and movement. His general tone, and written voice, paints the picture of a confident, charming, and calm man who has back up plans, behind every plan. He is theatrical in his speech, lauding in over-dramatic moments, yet not putting everything out in the open. In fact, despite being the narrator of most of the story, nothing is said of the thief’s history, besides the fact that he was active before the events described in the book. Who is he, really? What made him into a thief? Where did he come from? Why does he seem so calm? How did he learn to do that? None of this is explicitly stated, which may be a detractor to some, but leaves much interpretation to the reader who could fill in the blanks with the various tidbits provided. Throughout the story, it is noted that Arsene Lupin is practically a force

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of nature that can cause ruin to anything he touches. His name is enough to scare even the most stone-faced rich person, and more often than not, that fellow would lose their most prized possession to him over the course of the story-- which can be satisfying, or sad. Sometimes the point of view is with a random noble, of whom will struggle and attempt to save their goods from the thief, only to either lose something more valuable or find that the object of their fixation is already gone. Leblanc’s writing style for Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar is quick and punchy. Even in slower moments, the story feels as though it is moving at breakneck speeds-- most likely due to the fact that the stories were serialized and had to end, just in case the next chapter was unable to be released. Despite that, each chapter flows into the next seamlessly, and all events have enough context to make sense. It is very easy to put it down, and then pick it back up because every part of the story is well-defined, and some parts could be read as singular adventures in the life of an extraordinary man. In review, Maurice Leblanc’s Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar is an extraordinary tale of a famous thief and his daring escapades. It is written in a way that allows it to be fast paced, yet dense in content and context. The most charming part of the book though is Arsene Lupin himself, who provides most of the narration and adds a much needed mystery to the book. It is an incredible read and one that is easy to pick up and put down, and highly recommended by myself, if you want to get into fictional thief culture.

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Review by Joseph Wargo | Illustration by Erika Pascual | Design by Gerald Soria

Writer/Director Quentin Tarantino has outdone himself with this latest film, a departure from his usual fare. That isn’t to say it will be a disappointment to fans of his previous outings like Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill. In fact, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is arguably the most mature of his films to date, and it really showcases the abilities and experiences of the veteran filmmaker. Set in a 1969 Los Angeles, during the transition from the Golden Age of Cinema to the rise of the New Hollywood style of movies, the audience is pulled into the lives of television actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double/best friend Cliff Booth, played to perfection by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt respectively.

Rick is coming to terms with his floundering career. Once the star and hero of a highly rated western series, he’s now relegated to taking one-off parts as the “heavy” (the bad guy) in other TV shows. Cliff is just happy to find work, but a dark rumor surrounding the circumstances of the death of his wife mars his career. He spends most of his time as Rick’s driver and gofer. Juxtaposed with these two men is real-life actress Sharon Tate’s story. Margot Robbie plays the up-and-coming starlet recently married to Roman Polanski, one of the hottest directors in town. Everything’s coming up roses for her, which puts the audience in an uncomfortable position if they are familiar with her life. 18

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As their stories unfold, you notice that this is truly a “motion picture” in every sense of the phrase. While many of Tarantino’s usual tropes are noticeably absent, one that remains is a constantly moving camera. The camera follows the action in almost every scene, static shots don’t last, and we are treated to several scenes of the characters driving to a soundtrack of the latest radio hits of the day. Ironically, with all this motion and movement taking place, the film isn’t in a hurry to get to the conclusion. At two hours and forty-one minutes running time, the foreboding of what is expected to come can linger, teasing the audience as it builds to a climax you have to see to believe.

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car accident knocks you unconscious, and before you know it you are waking up in an asylum, bandages on your face, and the only thing you know is your name. The alarms are blaring, and every patient is out of their cell, wreaking havoc upon their once somber home. There is only one way out: to survive not just the carnage created by the prisoners, but your own innate insanity. Sanitarium is a point-and-click horror game created by DreamForge Intertainment and published by DotEmu in the year, 1998. You play as Max, a man who struggles to find his identity, as his mind slowly deteriorates . As Max explores the asylum, he finds himself transported to various disturbing places. These places include a town full of mutilated children, a demented circus terrorized by a squid-like creature , a fleshy hive inhabited bycybernetic insects, and an Aztec village. Every time Max leaves these worlds behind, he remembers a bit about himself in the process, and finds himself back in the asylum where he repeats the cycle again; witnessing disturbing things as his own reality crumbles apart – unable to tell the difference between

what is and isn’t real. Through his exploration of these places, he discovers disturbing facts about both the asylum and his past. And in every otherworldly location he goes, it foreshadows everything metaphorically, of how the children are in danger and he is the key to saving them. For example, when Max goes to the Aztec village, he remembers how he used to study native medicine books, trying to find a cure for a lethal epidemic. Sanitarium’s story is powerful and heavy with emotion, with disturbing imagery and decent cutscenes that keep it going. The characters themselves have their quirks and flaws, making them feel that they’re actually human instead of cut-and-dried exposition sources. All of this happening as the theme of saving children remains strong throughout the game. But no game is flawless, as finding the specific item or device can be a headache to click on due to its graphics. Even some of the puzzles are unnecessary, yet they do hint that it is for something important, but to make the connection of how to solve it can be frustrating on its own.

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BUSINESS By Brooklyn Brown | Photos by Anastazia Mcintosh Design by Gerald Soria

Do you want to own your own business? You will discover a lot of amazing business around you, especially on this amazing island of Hawaii that will inspire you into wanting to be a CEO yourself. There are a lot of opportunities for people to network with and to get your skills to be useful either u want to be a fashion designer or even owning your own restaurant. Leeward community college has a lot of opportunities for students to get a head start of what it’s like to be a CEO, there are many business classes such as entrepreneurship to help students dream business that you can achieve. I got to chat with an amazing business owner, Khyra Dillard , the CEO and Artist behind Peace Peep Designs. Khyra’s aim is to spread peace through her fashion and art. Khyra creates amazing characters called Peace Peeps. Their eyes are shut to represent the peaceful mindset they have. Khyra wants to remind people that peace isn’t just for her but for people all over the world and of different backgrounds. Male or female, she believes everyone deserves peace. Her use of bright and bold colors make her standout as a designer and as an artist.

WHAT IS YOUR COMPANY CALLED? My company is called Peace Peep Designs.

HOW DID YOU GET YOUR IDEA?

The whole purpose behind my brand is to remind people to have peace. Actually, I didn’t have a lot of peace back then. Back in 2015 I was dealing with a lot of depression. I had a lot of anxiety and fear. So, I started basically creating what I wanted. I closed all the eyes on my characters, because to me that symbolizes that they have peace. They’re not meditating or anything they’re just thinking about peaceful things.

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START YOUR BUSINESS?

My business? Honestly, my mom! I was giving away my art for free. I moved back with my parents after my first year of college living on my own. She was telling me that I should put my art on a T-shirt and start selling it. From there we ordered some samples, and ever since then... that was December 2016.

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HOW DO YOU MARKET YOUR BUSINESS?

I market through Instagram (@peacepeepdesigns) and through the events I’m at. I do a lot of events around the island. I do pop up shops and I do murals as well around the island. I guess networking events too. That’s kinda how I market and I guess wearing the brand itself. Just wearing it fashionably!

WHAT DIFFICULTIES HAVE YOU FACED SINCE STARTING YOUR BUSINESS?

Money, money, money! But, more so in the sense of budgeting my money. Because I make money, but then if I’m using it incorrectly... I’ve gotten alot better with it now! But, the first 2 years, and year in a half of my business.. It really boiled down to me using the money that I made with Peace Peeps and putting it back into Peace Peeps. I didn’t do that. I spent a lot of it... it’s not a good business practice, and I try not to do that anymore.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS?

I do, I do! Okay, for young entrepreneurs I would highly recommend, just start! Even if you don’t have all of your paperwork or all of the money for it, just start. Order some samples, or do mockups and stuff like that! There are a lot of websites where you can do mockups. If you’re a clothing designer, there’s a site called PRINTFUL.COM. You can do mockup designs, there. I would just say “Start!”. A lot of people don’t start! It’s good to have goals, and of course it’s good to plan but if it’s fear that’s getting in the way, just put it out there! INSTAGRAM: @peacepeepdesigns WEBSITE: www.peacepeepdesigns.com

Off The Eaten Path Kamana’o Highlights of Eat the Street

By Brandon Ferreira | Photos by Brandi Kaneshiro | Design by Darell Ganitano

at the Street is easily one of the most popular events in the state of Hawaii. It was first held in 2011, in a small parking lot on Kapiolani Boulevard, and has since then grown a massive following, bringing in thousands of patrons every month and expanding to many locations. The event itself features a large variety of food trucks and vendors, of whom provide consumers with a myriad of cuisines and tastes. Some of us at Kamana’o attended the September 2019, Eat the Street. Here are some of our food highlights!

Drink Highlight: Tea Girls Hawaii Tea Girls Hawaii is a family-owned business that sells various flavors of iced tea and lemonade. That also includes a very delicious, Polynesian dessert drink called a Vaifala which some staff members of Kamana’o tried. Specifically, they tried the Vaifala Explosion of which had: strawberries, mango, and li hing mui powder in it. The Vaifala had a sweet, yet citrusy taste. It was incredibly creamy, smooth and velvety in the mouth, yet bursting with flavor. If you want a refreshing and sweet drink come next Eat The Street, then the Vaifala from Tea Girls could be a good first choice.

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Food-Food Highlight: Angelo’s Hot Malasadas Angelo’s Hot Malasadas features some of the best malasadas on the island of Hawaii, with reviewers often calling them “the best”. We at Kamana’o decided to try out their very own Malasada Burger-- specifically, their Bacon Jammies variety . It was very meaty, a bit of a flavor bomb, if you will. The sweetness of the malasada bun, combines with the saltiness of the burger and bacon jam, thus creating a rather savory taste. But wait, there’s more. The Bacon Jammies also have sriracha aioli and arugula, both of which throw some spice and bitterness into the burger as well. If you want something small, yet dense and packed with flavor, this is the thing for you.

Dessert Highlight: Uncle Lani’s Poi Mochi Uncle Lani’s Poi Mochi is a small extension of Uncle Lani’s Cafe in Wahiawa, that goes with Eat The Street-- providing their famous poi mochi to everyone that attends. The only thing they sell is their poi mochi, which is simply delightful. Uncle Lani’s Poi Mochi is very sweet, filling the mouth with a sugary taste that is addicting. It is fairly hard and crispy on the outside, but gooey and chewy once you bite into it. You also get a good amount of mochi for one purchase. If you need a good dessert, or a small snack, Uncle Lani’s Poi Mochi is a great choice for any upcoming Eat the Street.

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Hours

April 1 to Labor Day: 7 am to 7:45 pm After Labor Day to March 31: 7 am to 6:45 pm

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First Day

By Alexander Nishikawa | Photo by Brandi Kaneshiro | Design by Gerald Soria

irst day at Leeward Community College can be nerve racking. It all startsfrom the night before, making sure you have all your gear ready: your best Hang Ten shirt? Check. Air Jordan’s? Check. Levi’s 505? Check. Believe it or not, a good attitude also counts. Now that you’re all ready, you jump in your car or the bus and head for school. There are three parking lots at the college. The main parking lot is right in the middle of campus, the second is near the portables, and the third is located in the back by the auto mechanics building. Your first class is at 8:00 AM. It is an English class with Professor Turner. It would be best to get there a little early, and sit in the front row, hopefully next to someone who looks smart. Some professors will give group projects and you want to make sure that you have knowledgeable people next to you. Remember to exchange phone numbers so you can get your assignments if you miss class the next day. You’d probably want to head to the bookstore, right next to the cafeteria to get all your books. It is open all summer, so you could get all of them before the semester even begins. Also try to take all of your classes back to back so you don’t have breaks in between. But if you do have breaks in between classes, you can head to the Learning Commons right in the middle of campus. The Learning Commons offers tutoring for your classes, including foreign language. The Writing Center is nearby, and is there to help you with essays. The Halau is a place to either kickback and relax or get tutoring. It is a place on campus where you feel welcome, as soon as you enter. They are also one of the few places on campus with a microwave for students to use. They are located by the portables right next to ED building. There are only four places on campus to buy lunch: Subway, Da Spot, Kimo Bean, and Jason; our hotdog vendor. You can enjoy your lunch at the Student Lounge which is open from 8:00 AM till 4:30 PM, Monday through Thursday. They also have a microwave for students to use. First day of school can be nerve racking, but managing your time is the key to everything in life.

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Health & Fitness By Manuel Diaz

Design by Gerald Soria

inding the balance between school life and regular life is a beautiful, chaotic adventure. Some days it feels like there is no assignment or chore we cannot complete. Then there are other days where we stare at our assignment list for hours thinking about how we could finish all of it. With the amount of assignments that are due, reading to be completed and other interests pulling at us, it may seem exhausting to think about; and adding an exercise/diet routine to it may be asking too much. How are we supposed to have enough time, let alone the energy to do everything we need to do? I had the opportunity to interview two knowledgeable people to share their ideas and tips to gaining a balanced and healthy routine.

Catherine Jarrett, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, shared these five tips to keep in mind: 1. Make sure you take time for self care. 2. Try to get some activity in every day, even if it’s a 20 minute walk. 3. Don’t waste money on supplements, spend it on actual food. 4. Try not to binge drink too much.5. Even though you’re busy with college, make time for family, friends and hobbies you love. 5. Even though you’re busy with college, make time for family, friends and hobbies you love.

Nicole Daoang, who is a personal trainer, competitive lifter, and life coach recalls her time in college as incredibly busy, “...I started off as a nursing student with at least 2426 credits”. Nicole continued:

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”...I remember watching [a] video and what resonated with me was that we are all given the same amount of time in a day and it is up to us on how we decide to go forth with it. That was when my mindset changed… I got a calender and wrote down my schedule. I wrote down everything… I decided I needed more time during the day and the only way I would add more time would be to wake up earlier.”

“There is no magic wizardry to building a healthier body. The real honest truth is to understand your why and show up and put in the work. I’m not talking about putting in hours and hours of hard work. It can be as simple as 20-30 minutes, three times a week. We want to focus on showing up and creating a habit. Eventually getting to a point where it is part of your routine and you are doing it without having to think about it, like brushing your teeth.If you take a small detour, remind yourself that it is okay and start again tomorrow. Keep moving forward. Take it all one step at a time. It is one hundred percent possible to live a healthy lifestyle. Commit to exercise and living a healthier and stronger lifestyle. Your body will thank you years from now”. There are certain health insurance companies that offer discounts to gyms. If you would like a free option, oh heck yes, there is always the campus calisthenics corner (Waiawa Mile Fitness trail). This is a wonderful resource supplied by Leeward community. By scheduling (and most importantly completing) workouts it will begin to form a habit. This positive habit will help build more productive habits. By becoming more productive and not procrastinating we may begin to free up more time for ourselves. The new found energy through workouts may be used to complete assignments as soon as possible rather than as soon as they are due. By completing tasks and not letting them build up to a massive workload we free up time to use for our other interests.

Nicole understands flexibility and also expressed, “Everyone is different and [we] need to find what works best for [us] . [If someone is an] evening person, then by all means go to sleep later and fit in that 20-30 minutes of workout at the end [of] the day”.

Here is Nicole’s five tips to fitting exercise into your routine: Schedule out your whole day from when you wake up till the time you go to bed. There will be pockets in your schedule that you find are not being used efficiently. Find what works best for you and schedule in a workout time. Don’t worry if that time doesn’t work out at first, play with your schedule and find what works. It may be a process, but it will be worth it when it all comes together. When you do find the time, you want to workout efficiently. To do that you want to have a workout plan. Find a workout buddy. Throughout my years of training, having a partner through this journey is so beneficial. It will help keep you and your partner accountable. Choose something over nothing. Trust me when I say doing something small every day will eventually lead to something big.

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Welcome to, “Local Kine Stories,” stories where the staff at Ka Mana’o shares their stories that are often heard of as a myth or legends. Here at Leeward Community College, we have such students from around the world and this would be a great way to share our experiences with everyone. For this first installment, I would like to share my story about the Night Marchers that I’ve actually had an encounter with.

his story takes place at Yokohama Beach at third dip (for those who are unfamiliar with this beach, it is at the end of the road). It was a warm summer evening and I was with my friend who wanted to learn how to take astrophotography. Since we both lived in Nanakuli, we needed a place that is dark and as clear of light pollution as possible to bring out the milky way. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had picked up my friend Mynda from her house and headed over to Yokohama Beach in Makaha. We had gotten there around 8pm and started to set up. About an hour into our photographing, we had jokingly said, “What if we bumped into some Night Marchers here?” My friend Mynda said, “Don’t make like that Marcel. I don’t want to see that.” As the 10 o’clock hour rolled near, I turned to see where she was and she was maybe five feet away from where I was standing. As I get up to walk to her, a bright flash came over all over us. We didn’t know what to think, so we turned on our flashlight and said, “What in the world is that?’ We turn to look towards Ka’ena Point and we seen flames moving along the road. I thought that it was weird because the flames were moving like a centipede.

It was basically tracing the road that was lined up along the cliffside. As it got closer, I heard drums. Deep hard hitting bass sounds. It sounded like nothing that I have heard before. As the flames got closer, the drums got louder and louder. Then I look up at the mountain towards the military base and the same thing was happening. It was as if the Night Marchers were heading towards us. The next thing I know, there was some local guys yelling at us screaming, “HO BRAH! YOU GUYS BETTAH DIG OUT BRAH! GET NIGHT MACHA’S COMING OUR WE!” All I could tell Mynda was, “Let’s go. We don’t need to be here for this!” We grabbed everything and ran to our car that was parked along the side of the road. As soon as we got to the car, we turned around and went back towards Makaha. As I made the U-Turn, I got a glimpse of the Night Marchers making their way towards the road (from Ka’ena point and the base). That has got to be one of the most scariest things I have ever experienced in my life. I knew of the Night Marchers, but never seen them until that day. I have never seen them up close, but knew enough that I shouldn’t be around them. I respect the islands and its beliefs that I didn’t want to find out first hand what would happen if I stuck around. 37

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The Tea Plant

Despite the different categories of tea, all teas are made from the same plant species; Camellia sinensis. Through a process known as oxydation can Tea create a rainbow of flavors and aromas.

3 Ingredient

Milk Tea Recipe

Ingredients 3 Ounces | Black Tea 2 tbs | Condensed Milk 8 oz | Hot Water

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1. Steep your Tlack Tea in hot water for 6 minutes 2. Stir 2 tbs of Condensed milk. Add more for a sweeter drink 3. Let the drink sit until cool enough to drink Optional: Add Ice to make a cool refreshing milk iced tea

Green Tea

Oolong Tea

Black Tea

Originating in China dating as far as 2737 B.C, this popular drink is well known for its naturally calming effects. While plain green tea is considered bittersweet, it’s mild flavor allows for many different options as to what you can add to make it suit to your taste.

This tea is known to have a wide range of flavors due to how it is made. While green tea is not oxidized and black teas have been fully oxidized, oolong teas have only been partially oxidized, thus giving its varied and unique flavors. Oolong Tea Variety Green: Jade or Emerald in color this variety will look rolled or twisted, its flavor mild and floral. Dark: Moderately oxidized, this variety is known to be long, dark and twisted, the flavor akin to a mildly roasted taste.

Black Tea is generally the strongest tasting due to their oxidation. A bitter drink on its own, this it is popular due to the strong flavor and aroma.

Water Temperature: 160-180 Degrees Fahrenheit (71-82 Degrees Celsius) Recommended Steep Time: 1-3 minutes Ratio: 2 grams of tea for every 6 ounces of water

Popular Flavorings and Additives for Green Tea: • Crushed Mint (Peppermint) • Sliced Lemon or Lime • Honey • Rosemary • Ginger

Water Temperature: 185-205 Degrees Fahrenheit (85-95 Degrees Celsius) Recommended Steep Time: 1-5 minutes Ratio: 2 grams of tea for every 6 ounces of water

Water Temperature: 190-215 Degrees Fahrenheit (87-101 Degrees Celsius) Recommended Steep Time: 3-5 Minutes Ratio: 2 grams of tea for every 6 ounces of water

Popular varieties and flavors of black teas • Chai • Earl Gray • Darjeeling • Assam • English Breakfast

Herbal Tea

Water Temperature: 200-220 Degrees Fahrenheit (93-104 Degrees Celsius) Recommended Steep Time: 5+ minutes Ratio: 2 grams of tea for ever 6 ounces of water A more varied tea category, Herbal or tisanes are prepared from spices, fruits, herbs, and other plant materials. Tisanes as a variety are mostly defined by its concoctions of different flavors and colors. Hibiscus, Peppermint, Citrus Peels, Lavender, etc. are commonly used in herbal tea mixtures. Popular Herbal Tea Mixtures • Lavender, Spearmint, Rosemary • Hibiscus, Cranberry, Blueberry, Jasmine Tea • Ginger, Cinnamon, Apple, Coconut • Lemon Grass, Green Tea • Sage, Rosemary, Basil

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K A M A N A’ O STAFF Advisor Stanley Lee Co-Editors Gerald Soria Brandi Kaneshiro Copy Editor Brandon Ferreira Writers Kalahiki Reid Joseph Wargo Alexander Nishikawa Nicholas Espinosa Adayna Wong Brooklyn Brown Illustrators Erika Pascual Photographers Manuel Diaz, Jr Daniel Fontanilla Shaina Marie Iloreta Anastazia Mcintosh Krisheree Shimamoto

Editors Note

We are the editors of Ka Mana’o, Brandi Kaneshiro and Gerald Soria, work towards making sure our staff have a phenomenal amount of work they can balance with academics, and they are on track. We have been working on this issue, mainly trying to recruit and grow the team we are glad that we have successfully started to do that. We hope that this will continue and that we can make the Ka Mana’o a comfortable work environment and something easy to manage with school. Our goal with Ka Mana’o is to keep it manageable easy student job that doesn’t compete with school. We want school to come first for our staff members and to be able to help each other and work together if you cannot finish things for the magazine.

Designers Darell Ganitano Cato Winkler

What is Ka Mana’o?

Ka Mana’o is the student publication of Leeward Community College. It is published quarterly, funded by student fees and advertising, and administered by the Board of Student Communications. Editorial content reflects views only of staff. Ka Mana’o welcomes students interested in being staff members, as well as submissions of creative works. Ka Mana’o reserves the right to edit for length and content, and publication is not guaranteed. All content published in Ka Mana’o and its website may not be reprinted or republished in any form without permission. Copies of Ka Mana’o are available at newsstands througout campus. Copyright 2019 Board of Student Communications 42

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Leeward Student Life

Student Life on any college campus flourishes with the rise of its student involvement, engagement and interactions. by Adayna Wong

In the past years at Leeward Community College, you’d find a lot of events that have occurred, some with little outcome and others that had epic turnouts. There was always a grand student engagement between the Leeward CC Student Life Office Programs and it’s Leeward CC Student Body.

Today, there are a total of 12 programs that are run through or under the Student Life Office. • • • • • • • • • • • •

Leeward Student Government Student Activities Board IM Lee Sports New Student Orientation Ka Mana’o Love Pono Hanai ia Budget and Finance Student Lounge Commencement RISOs Student Life Office

Each organization, has a mission statement, which also shares the general idea of each organization’s purpose. If you take a look at the Student Life website, http://studentlife. leeward.hawaii.edu/ , you’ll find all that you need to know there, even though it needs to be updated. Students who join and are part of the organization, run it by themselves, for the Leeward CC Students -- under the supervision of their advisor, to whom would be the Student Life Coordinator.

Why join Student Life?

Students share that they joined Student Life to reap the benefits, whether it’d be to get paid or to register for classes that it offers while some joined to gain experience. Being part of Student Life, you benefit from things such as early class registration, paid stipends, gained experience, and even hourly pay if you were to advance in a position.

SECE Link for on campus jobs: sece.its.hawaii.edu

You can find and apply for paid open positions for Student Life and other Campus Jobs on the SECE website and you can also fill out applications to join Organizations under student life through the Student Life Website.

Working on Campus

Balancing work and school can be a daunting task for some. What could be more convenient than an on-campus job. There will be times where you’ll find the work in Student Life alongside of your schooling to be challenging, but it’s important to keep in mind how rewarding it is. What about working in Student Life is challenging, students answers varied from being inexperienced, learning to interact and engage with others to find solutions to obstacles that were in their way. It’s important to understand that people will not all share the same encounters as others when hearing about the challenges of working in Student Life. One student, shared that they learned patience working in the Student Life office because you interact with a variety of personalities in the office. This same student didn’t shy away from that fact and shared how, “there’s bound to be a few that will grind your gears,” and how “having to learn to still work with that on certain projects will teach you how to be professional even when those around you are not.” Another student shared that when you join Student Life, whether it’d be for the experience, free stuff or early registration benefits when you choose to leave, it is impossible to say that you would leave “empty-handed”. You probably won’t leave with things physically in hand but it may be through the connections, relationships you’ve made, the work that you’ve once done or your experience, you leave having gained something. A lot of students who join Student Life, tend to stay in Student Life, some have been with Student Life for years and if that doesn’t tell you that it’s a home away from home then I’m not sure what else to say, except... join Student Life and find out for yourself.