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LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

MANNY CABRAL p. 10 Leeward’s Chancellor Retires

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6 // Mixed Plate 8 // Campus Voices 10 // Manny Cabral 14// Project Rising: Glen Garcia 18 // Intimate Partner Violence 20 // Kawaii Kon Gaming 22 // #luckywelivehi 24 // Book Reviews 26// Game Reviews 29 // Comics 30 // Student Showcase 31 // Instagram Showcase 32 // Off the Eaten Path

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EDITOR’S NOTE Before I begin my actual editors note, I just wanted to thank each and every one of our readers for the feedback on the last two issues. Some were negative, but most of the comments I received in person or through email were all positive. This Spring / Summer issue has been so amazing to work on because I learned more on how to write better reviews and really honest ones at that. In this issue, I did actually write my first bad review. I wasn’t expecting to write a bad review, but after I gave it some thought, I realized that it’s ok to write one because not everything in life is perfect. There was a lot of exploring that my staff and I did back in December 2017. That was so much fun because what we did was a catalyst to hopefully give our designers more options on what they want to put out into this issue. Like they always say, it’s better to have too many things to choose from than little to nothing. There is something that will be missing for this issue, and that is the fashion. I know a lot of our readers enjoy the fashion portion of Ka Mana’o, but don’t worry because fashion will be back for the Fall 2018 issue.

Inside of this issue, I just wanted to thank our Chancellor Manny Cabral and his 38 years of service to this great Community College. I first met Manny when I was became a staffer for Ka Mana’o back in the Fall of 2014 issue. There was an event where he sang a few songs for the Theater Anniversary event. Chancellor Cabral’s voice was golden. I actually got to shake his hand and introduce myself to him at that time, and he greeted me with his infectious smile. Thank you for serving our

community college for the last 28 years.

Also in this issue, I wanted to share a my friend Glen M. Garcia’s comic. I knew Glen from my English 22 class with professor Morita, and from there we became best friends. Glen passed away just a few days after his birthday on December 28, 2017. Glen has battled Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy for more than ¾ of his life. The days leading up to his passing, I wanted to give him a gift from my heart. I asked him if ever wanted to see his comics published some day, and he said, “Yeah. That would be cool.” He began showing me his artwork as well as the things that he was working on. Although MDS limited his mobility, his drive to get work done, his passion for art, all shows in his work.

Please know that what you are reading right now from him, was done right before the day he passed away. He was full of energy and was probably the most energized that I have seen from him since I began visiting him after his birthday. I am extremely happy inside to know that I was able to fulfill this for him. I miss you brother.

by Marcel Saragena illustration by Tanner Issacs

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A COMPILATION OF RANDOM FACTS & OPINIONS

D E X MI E T A PL 8

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FLOWERING TEAS

BY MONIQUE NEIVA ILLUSTRATION BY VANIDA SISOMVANG

Tea is a drink enjoyed by many around the world, that is invested deeply into culture, medicine and even just as something relaxing to have on a chilly day or hot afternoon. The herbal mix can be enjoyed in many ways, but flowering teas have bloomed into the scene. These blossoms of floral flavor are round shaped and can fit within the palm of your hand. It is recommended to enjoy flowering tea: it should be placed within a clear glass or transparent teapot of medium to large size with clear water. When added to cold or warm water, different floral arrangements bloom within the pool of liquid. Ranging from sky-reaching buds to arching bouquets. Each different flower that has bloomed contains different symbolism. They can represent love, prosperity, happiness, eternity and innocence. Stylish as the flowering teas are, they serve their purpose of flavoring water to taste. The spheres contain high quality flowers and other herbs that are carefully sewn together, and heated within an oven. Before the baking process is complete the flowers are infused with the flavors we enjoy. The blossoms are baked five more times before being packaged separately. The origins of these teas are believed to be from the 10th century in China, where the shaping and presenting of teas were placed in the royal court for decoration. These teas were used for looking rather than drinking in that century. In the present, people can enjoy these teas as a beautiful centerpiece, a thoughtful gift to a loved one, or even just a high quality drink to enjoy.

MOLA MOLA

BY LAWRENCE MALLARI ILLUSTRATION BY MONIQUE NEIVA

The mola mola is one of the four presently known distinct species of sunfish.

Each possess differing characteristics that set them apart from each other. The roundtailed mola or the common mola, in particular is round in shape. They wear a very silvery skin that’s rough in texture, similar to sandpaper, often pimpled with varying spot patterns covered in generous amount of mucus. Unlike other ordinary fish, they are armored with scales, but mola molas are suited with thick layer of skin due of the abundant amount of reticulated collagen in their skin. Movement and locomotion are powered by the two fins that sticks out from the top (dorsal) and below (anal) its body. In terms of size, these magnificent marine specimen could grow up to 3.1 meters, equivalent to 10 feet. In addition, their weight capacity could reach up to approximately at 2235 kg (4927 lbs). Their appearance and size makes them seem as if they come from a world of fantasy and wonder.

Similar to any other organism, one of the main functions of life is to reproduce.

Mola mola do know a thing about reproducing. A small female mola is capable of bearing 300 millions of eggs with one ovary. Presumably, a larger female mola could possible hold more than 300 million. A mola egg is about the size of a single nerd candy. Picture 300 million grain of nerds in a cluster, that is how mola mola eggs would look like.

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Even though mola molas are large creatures, their diet is mostly jellyfish, similar to turtles, but their appetite isn’t limited to just that. There have been times that squid, sponges, eel grass, crustaceans and other small fish remains have been found in mola guts. Indicative that mola molas feed both below and near the surface of the open ocean.

Speaking of the open ocean, there are many other animals that scatters around the premises of the open waters. This signifies that there are prey and potentials predators that entrails the path of the mola mola.

The most common predators that is a threat for molas are seals and sharks. Fortunately enough, their tough and thick skin deters predators from eating them entirely after the first few bites. Having to bites and chew too much leaves seals impatient. Should a mola die from being attacked, they would end up at the bottom of the ocean where sea floor creatures will finish their remains.

In addition, molas are often within the vicinity of water warmer than 50 degrees fahrenheit. After their deep dives from tend to manifest a behavior called “sun basking”.

This odd way of soaking up the energy from the sun requires them to stay afloat parallel to the horizon. Mola molas are one of the most wonderful animals in the world. This coming summer, make sure to keep an eye out for these slow-swimming ocean sun.

CAMPUS

By Rawley Riccio photos by Monique Neiva

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My favorite genre would have to be Korean pop music, and my favorite artist would be DPR live.

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What is your favorite genre of music?

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Oh this is a hard one, there’s so many genres. I got to narrow it down, hmm. I guess I’ll say rock, and my favorite band would be Three Days Grace.

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VOICES That’s a tough one. There’s this restaurant in L.A, it’s this little French cafe, and it’s right in Venice.

The atmosphere makes you feel like you’re in France. The food is amazing and the crepes are on point. I think it’s literally called French Cafe.

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Where is your favorite place to eat out?

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Oooh my favorite place to eat out is Taps and Apps.

Best thing to get there is the Happy Hour Flight. It’s three different appetizers for only $15. My favorite out of that selection, because you get to choose, would be the sliders, chicken wings, and the hapa nachos.

It’s pretty much potatoes with nachos.

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MANNY CABRAL RETIRES

by Jessie McGeary | photos by Brandi Kaneshiro

For 38 years, Manny Cabral served our students, campus and community as a vital member of Leeward Community College.

Our Chancellor is finally retiring this Summer, but has nothing but fond memories and feelings of aloha for his campus. It is no doubt his long relationship with Leeward has had its share of challenges, but at the finish line of his career, Cabral says there isn’t anything he can name that he didn’t like about his job. Now, as he heads for a fun-filled retirement, some might be shocked to take a look back to find out some little known secrets about our head administrator.

The role of a Chancellor encompasses a wide scope of obligations and requires them to constantly interact with a broad community on a daily basis. Luckily, Manny Cabral loves people! Besides being a kupuna and the pulse that flows through all veins of a campus, the Chancellor also assumes ultimate responsibility for the campus and all individuals and matters concerned with it.

“Generally speaking my job is to make sure I’m in touch with everything going on on campus,” explains Cabral, who started at Leeward Community College in 1980 as a math instructor.“It’s a job that is never done.” Besides the daily legal, financial and personnel activities required of a Chancellor, Cabral has gone above and beyond his role to ensure the success and happiness of his faculty and students.

“I don’t micromanage my team, but we work really well together and everyone knows that my door is open,” says Cabral. “I just think it’s important to stay connected to your campus and not to become an isolated chancellor in your office or off campus and you really don’t have a real personal connection to the people who work here.”

“I always felt that Leeward was a tremendously talented, strong campus. I just felt that sometimes people didn’t believe it that much about themselves. I often thought ‘we’ve got so much to give!’”, explained Cabral in reference to taking on the role of Chancellor. “Part of what I felt was important or needed was to just kind of help campus reconnect and rediscover the strengths it already

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“I always felt that Leeward was a tremendously talented, strong campus.” important is you need to listen, and you need to give people a sense of ‘I’ve got my leadership support’. If you do that, then their talent just thrives. Which is I think why Leeward has become so innovative and why we’ve taken on so many Leadership roles in the system with our initiatives, because people feel free. When people feel supported and appreciated they will usually rise above and beyond what you’d expect”.

Although the position turned out to be perfect for him, Cabral had initially declined the notion of taking on the interim Chancellor in 2007. During the turnover of the former Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor position was being filled and administrators were asked to recommend others that might be suited for the role. Being the exuberant and dedicated Math and Science Chair that he was, Cabral found himself nominated and approached by Vice President John Morton. Cabral remained reluctant to assume the duty, but eventually decided to serve as Interim Chancellor. The situation was atypical, as administrators were typically chosen over faculty for that position. Within the year he acted as Interim, Cabral claims he “really realized the impact one can have on a

campus,” and began serving as Chancellor on June 1, 2008. Ten years later, our campus continues to thrive on the foundation he set for a successful and progressive future.

With our next college accreditation report this coming October, Cabral anticipates the results and reflects on the previous one, performed in 2012.

He says, “In many respects I think we’re stronger than we were in 2012, and in 2012 we probably got the best accreditation report we’ve ever received as an institution. It was very empowering to the cause to receive such a positive affirmation.” This report is basically a summary of all the things a campus has done and measures the quality of education and institutional effectiveness, to be used when considering the credibility of the college and for accreditation purposes.

Looking back on more memories at Leeward, Cabral also recalled the drastic difference in how people access education. Years ago, there was no online registration. Students had to stand in long lines on campus while faculty drew cards to see what classes were available. Now, almost three decades later, registration and resources is much easier to access for stu-

dents. Another noticeable change in the campus environment, with a much smaller presence of students on campus grounds, but not because we have less students enrolled. According to Cabral, “Physical presence of students is actually much less, because we have 30% of classes online.”

Commencement is a sentimental time for Cabral, and last year was the first time he missed one since taking on his role. It had been a goal of his to be present for one last ceremony before retiring. “I just didn’t feel right”, he said, “The college has meant so much to me so I have to express that.” He will be attending the Commencement ceremony this May, and joining the fresh graduates as he ventures off into the world away from Leeward.

With his retirement approaching that quickly, Cabral has already begun planning what he will spend his free time doing. “I’ve always had things on the back burner that I wanted to get back to. I used to do a lot more artwork. When I first came to Leeward I actually did an art show here,” said Cabral. Not only was our Chancellor an artist, but also a talented musician, songwriter, and game show enthusiast! “Early in the day I used to do crazy

stuff,” said Cabral, reminiscing. “I won song writing competitions, I went to Japan to compete..I was on four national game shows. They were Wheel of Fortune, Password Plus, Classic Concentration, and there was another short lived show..During the summer when I was on break I would be doing music stuff in La, and whenever I was in LA, ‘I thought well I might as well audition for a gameshow!’

While participating on Password Plus, Cabral was actually partnered with Lucille Ball from “I Love Lucy”. Bet you didn’t know that about your Chancellor! Moving on, Cabral plans on doing more songwriting and playing music, and also wants to travel to see his four grandchildren in NYC. Aside from that, it seems there is an unshakeable bond that he feels toward Leeward and the campus community, and is open to contributing to future projects.

Cabral is very proud of all that the campus, faculty and students have achieved. Some of the initiatives that have been growing within our campus are Early College and Free Textbooks for students. These programs have been created with student concerns and interests in mind to encourage a more fulfilling and less stressful college experience.

Early College is a program that enables high school students to begin taking college courses while they work towards earning their diploma.

As a result, we currently have 576 high school students attending Leeward CC classes. At the upcoming commencement ceremony, we are expected to have 12 Waipahu high school students graduating with their Leeward CC degrees while simultaneously receiving their high school diplomas. “I think it’s great. It’s giving them an early start and actually getting them through hopefully with much less debt and a quicker way to their goals and work.”

The Free Textbook Costs movement is an initiative started to lower costs for students. “We’re now up one fourth of the classes of the thousand that are being taught,” according to Cabral. “Just this past year we saved the students almost a million dollars in books.”

In addition to these initiatives, our relatively new Ime Ike building and program have flourished and provided

our students with the tools needed to become successful educators. Cabral believes, “To me it’s all about teaching.

We want to get teachers for the community, from the community,” and is proud to say that Leeward has taken huge steps and created immense opportunities for all. “We are the only ones that offer certification for CTE licensing for the high schools. We’re the only option, Manoa gave it up and we took it over. We offer Special Ed certification now, for not only our students but for people who want to come back from the DOE. Those are major shifts that impact the community.” These implementations are a product of the devotion and effort put forth by our spirited Chancellor, along with the rest of the faculty, staff and students at Leeward CC. Suzette Robinson will take over as the new interim Chancellor on July 1, 2018. She has worked within the UH system for many years and most recently served as the Director of Academic Programs within the Vice-President’s office. Robinson is expected to provide leadership to the campus, uphold and continue upon the progress made at Leeward CC, and represent Leeward CC in October when the accreditation report team will be on campus. In an email to students, UH Vice President of Community Colleges John Morton expressed his trust and faith in our interim Chancellor. “I have absolute confidence in her ability, along with the rest of the Leeward team, to provide the leadership to continue the excellent work of the past ten years,” said Morton.

Whether you catch him contributing in future Leeward CC projects, stopping to chat in the community, or on next year’s game shows, Manny Cabral has created a presence and bond with Leeward that is unbreakable and will not be forgotten. As his legacy at our campus lives on, It is no doubt that he will carry the Aloha spirit of our campus wherever he is. On behalf of the Ka Mana’o staff and Leeward CC students, we would like to say thank you for all that you’ve done and congratulations on your retirement! Enjoy it!

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PARTING MESSAGE FROM MANNY CABRAL “I never planned to be here. You just never know where life will redirect you, but you always have a goal. You’re working towards something but you always want to be completely open to the unpredictable.”

“If you’re asked to do something that kind of challenges you, you really should do it because you just don’t how much you’re capable of doing until you’re pushed.”

“Mahalo. I feel privileged to have been given this opportunity to have been at Leeward as a teacher and as a Chancellor and really I could never have imagined a more rewarding professional life than what Ive had.”

FUN FACT: Aside from having a degree in Mathematics, Manny Cabral also has a degree in French!

After an early introduction to the language as part of his school’s curriculum, he continued building upon his knowledge throughout his education. The years of experience and repetition made learning French easy for Cabral, and during college he took advantage of his lifetime of speaking it and got a bonus degree in the subject!

“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.

-Albert Camus

RISING WARRIORS

by Glen Garcia

FOREWARD Glen Garcia is a former student of Leeward Community College. He loved his family and enjoyed being around friends. In his spare time, Glen loved video games, and especially art. Back in November 2017, he would often talk about his comic book and how each characters related to the elements, such as the sun, the moon, fire, and water.

On December 23, I received a message from Glen asking if I would be able to visit him at Queens Medical Center. I obliged and made my way down to the hospital to see him. We talked and laughed throughout each day. On December 26, I asked him if he would want to become a published comic book artist. Glen smiled at me and said, “Yes.” That day, he went to work on his comic world called “Project Rising.” He was so full of energy that he was just radiating with joy and energy. A few hours later, he was done and I asked him, “Is this what you want me to publish?” Glen replied, “Yes.” which leads me to this Foreward. The day after he finished his comic book world, Glen succumbed to Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy at the age of 21. I miss you my friend and I know you will always be around in spirit.

by Marcel Saragena

CHAPTER ZERO: PROLOGUE

Great beginnings of worlds and universe’s usually start with a small spark of elements bouncing of each other.

However, other worlds have strange beginnings like the world of Jiyuu-Jin. In some terms the existing species of this world is vast; even how it was created is bizarre.

The humans of this world say their myths is a historically account of actual history they say. Alas I have said too much; now we dwell in the beginnings of the world of Jiyuu-Jin. Before any species existed on the surface of Jiyuu-Jin it was a land of destruction. Cosmic energy of the elements fighting for dominance. It was a constant thing for decades until an unknown force stop the elements pointless war. A women referring herself as Pa Mei, goddesses of time and space fought the elements until they were defeated. The elements questioned Pa Mei as to why she intervene. Her only reply to them was, “If you all wish to have peace and harmony with each other help shape this world, so that life can flourish in this

world.” The elements agreed with Pa Mei and, transformed themselves to become human like to control what element they control. With the elements at peace creating a habitable world for life they return to their slumber; leaving Pa Mei to return to her dimension for a mate. Once she found her mate she return to the Jiyuu-Jin world to inhabit it. The elements created a large land filled with creeks, forest, mountains, desert, snowing area, water bay, and Great Plains. With a large land of these resources Pa Mei husband Shin Ryu, god of life and judgment is able to usher an age of species. Shin Ryu created many species of animalistic features, but none with bipedal body. His only reason was it would only cause destruction like in their former dimension.

However, Pa Mei insisted a bipedal species to flourish and reach a golden age. Pa Mei wanted not to commit the same mistake in guiding a bipedal species. In the end Shin Ryu experimented creating a bipedal species

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GAULET BLADE COMMUNICATOR Day of old the creators of this world created 3 different types of humans with bizzare abilities and knowledge. The Embers with the orange mark were know with dry burnt skin, knowledge of creating highly advance structures, and power of fire. The Shata with the blue mark were known to have a diamond in their skin located on their right shoulder; they have knowledge of magic and forging of weapons.

They also had the power of ice. The Vespers with the green mark were known to have scaley skin; knowledge of medicine and culinary.

They had the power of acid. As centuries go on these humans cross breed, fought amongst each other, migrated, and created modern civilization. Eventualy they lost their powers and became normal human to learn hidden arts and spiritual magic however, some family’s that tampered with dark magic gain other powers and their lineage became monsters or partial human monster. The monsters were banish to another dimension, but some come out of it time to time. Some of the humans of this universe still do their wicked ways.

Matsu Yun a well known protector of Eaos and liberatetor of the continuet of Mu. He is Korean and once a thug turned hitman leader of good deeds.

Each continuet organizations knows him as a Chill ambassodor. He knows majority of the protectors.

SHIRO YOKAI On the top left is the flag of the continent of Pluto a oriental style place of Korean culture of medium villages and humble people. On the top right is the flag of the floating manmade continent of Icarus a good European style monarch culture with higly advance tech. On the bottom left is the flag of the continent of Anaza known as Sleepless land by the Japanese, Native Americans, and Vietnam’s culture mix. Very prideful people, good cooks, and inventors. Urban city life. On the bottom right is the flag of the continent of Eaos known as Gamble Brightlands by the semi Korean-Thaiwanese culture. They are somewhat agressive fighters. Another city life place. In the middle is the flag of the continent of Mu a very chatotic festival town land.

The people are mostly Spanish mix Caucasian. They are known for their rich wine and casino party bars. However, at one time the continent was ruled by a wicked dictator and liberated by the other continent leaders.

FEMALE NOKON YING

TEAM SNOW TIME SKIP

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“It’s important to get involved and to be a voice for people who can’t really speak about it.”

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ccording to the CDC, 35.6% of women and 28.5% of men in the U.S. have experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. This shocking statistic is one of the many eye-opening facts presented in the online Title IX Training course that UH offers to students. This course and the studies UH is conducting are stepping stones in the effort to end gender-based violence and sexual harassment.

In 2017, the University of Hawaii conducted an optional system wide survey of students regarding these topics. “One thing that stood out in the inaugural survey is the prevalence of intimate partner violence, also known as dating or domestic violence: 19.1 percent of respondents who were in a partnered relationship at anytime while enrolled at UH reported experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV).” said David Lassner, UH President, in a press conference debriefing the survey results and what that means for the campus community.

This study defines sexual harassment as, “ Unwelcome conduct that limits or deprives someone of the benefits of their education on the basis of their sex, gender, or sexual identity. If the school “knows or should know” of sexual harassment that interferes with the students’ right to receive an education, it must take immediate steps to investigate what happened.”

The survey works as a gauge for how students are being affected by certain issues, and in turn measures what resources are needed or are actively contributing to the well-being of students on campus. According to University of Hawai’i news, “The data will be used to assess the university’s progress and to guide policy, training and initiatives to meet the university’s obligations under the Violence Against Women Act and Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sexual discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal funding.”

While the UH system is actively try-

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

by Jessie McGeary | illustration by Katrina Zack

ing to move mountains and create change in these prominent social horrors, smaller groups on campus and throughout the community have also stepped up to fight for the cause and bring awareness to IPV and sexual harassment.

Love Pono is Leeward Community College’s own organization committed to encouraging healthy relationships and identifying those that are not. The committee opens doors to confidential and community resources, brings attention to “red flags” in relationships, and lends a voice for those who have fallen victim to sexual harassment or IPV. Kristina Nip, student employee for Love Pono, says, “You see it on social media, you see it on the streets driving by, you can witness it on the bus, walking on the street, it’s just knowing that it’s there and how it affects people, especially in Hawaii, especially on the West side. It’s important to get involved and to be a voice for people who can’t really speak about it.”

One Love is another organization that is taking steps to destigmatize dating violence and bringing awareness to this devastating epidemic. It was founded by Sharon and Alexis Love, mother and sister to Yeardley Love, who was beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend in 2010. One Love travels to colleges all over the country, administering workshops for students and raising awareness for unhealthy relationships. They began the #ThatsNotLove campaign, which identifies and contextualizes some unhealthy behaviors in relationships. In one YouTube video they presented titled “Because I love You”, they portray how many abusive relationships start out with deceptive statements and destructive actions that can eventually turn into more threatening ones. The video gives bold statements such as “Because I love you I should smash your phone, but I’ll let you give me your password instead”, “Because I love you I will check your texts everyday”, and “Because I love you, you’ll stop talking

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to your classmates.” The video finishes with one powerful declaration: “That’s not love.”

As discovered by Love Pono, it is not uncommon for people to not realize when a relationship is taking a turn for the worse. According to the Title IX training, some potential red flags in a relationship can be lack of trust, excessive criticism and external concern. According to Nip, some of these behaviors can manifest in the form of your partner constantly reading your personal text messages, telling you what you can or can’t wear, and trying to restrict who you can talk to. These behavioral seeds can lead to more damaging results such as isolation, coercion, degradation and fear.

An unhealthy relationship featuring these things can construct a hostile environment, which is defined in the training as, “Harassment or conduct that is severe or pervasive enough to interfere with an individual’s performance or create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or educational environment.”

Nip also recognizes the toll a negative relationship can have on other areas of someone’s life and stands behind the idea of walking away from these kinds of circumstances. Nip says, “It’s important for everyone to know especially students here because it helps promote a safe environment, and if students aren’t feeling safe in their relationships at home how do we expect them to feel safe in school and focus on their education?”

In contrast to red flags in a relationship, there can also be good signs such as attraction, enjoyment and respect that indicate healthy relationships. Tiffany Salvador, another Love Pono student employee says, “It doesn’t matter how long you’re with the person, everyone just needs to be respected..there’s other ways to handle situations, violence is not one of them.”

KAWAII KON GAMING

by Marcel Saragena | photos by Marcel Saragena

When people are asked what they think an anime convention, like Kawaii Kon, is all about, they often focus on the cosplay and anime. What a lot of people don’t know is that there is more to Kawaii Kon, and similar conventions, than just cosplay and anime. There are also tabletop gaming areas, as well as sections devoted to video games.

Tabletop gaming has really expanded over the years. In previous years, tabletop gaming has evolved from having a small room to host various games, such as Warhammer or even card tournaments such as Yu-Gi-Oh or Magic The Gathering, into whole halls being devoted to these games. This is in addition to the awesome board games that are available to people to borrow between larger gaming sessions. At this year’s Kawaii Kon, Ka Mana’o visited the tabletop gaming section and talked to the volunteers to get their insights on what is there to do and to

find out what tournaments are being held over the course of the weekend.

Christian Velligas, who is has been staffing with Kawaii Kon for seven years, is one of the people that was interviewed. Some of the games that Velligas suggested to first-time Tabletop game goers is a game called “Betrayal on House on The Hill”. The game is a B-rated Horror film game. The players go into the house, but there is a catch: one of the players is a traitor. Velligas did have this advice for anyone that is a first time tabletop gamer, “While it can be very scary for people who are looking for board games for the first time, it’s really not. There’s games for every level of board gaming, whether you are brand new or playing forever. There’s a game for everyone. I think people need to know that, because it is a little intimidating.”

A few years ago, like tabletop gaming, the video game room has expanded as well. In 2012, the video game room was just a single room that had maybe a 300-person capacity. Six years later, the video game room has expanded to three large rooms that are all connected for easy access to the various video game genres. Upon entering the video game room, to the left are the P.C. games; in the middle is single screen setup with various games that can played on that screen; and the right side has retro video games, as well as the current consoles for Kon goers to try out. For video gamers that are familiar with the Harmonix game “Rock Band”, the song list might seem different from the list that was released when it first came out, as well as the Downloadable Content, because it is different.

Ka Mana’o interviewed video game staffer Joshua Nicely. Nicely has been volunteering for six years and he is the one responsible for the custom Rock Band tracks.

Nicely explains his duties in the video game room, “For the past couple of years, my specific duties are being in charge of doing custom Rock Band songs for Rock Band.

You can play a whole bunch of real goofy stuff like video

game songs, anime songs, because that’s not songs that are provided by Harmonix themselves. With the help of custom Rock Band songs now you can play songs that you would not normally think that it would be possible for the game,” which explains why the Rock Band Experience is so different and so much fun.”

In the end, Kawaii Kon isn’t just a convention for amazing cosplay anymore. Kawaii Kon has amazing family friendly games ranging from tabletop gaming to video games. Each room features a variety of games that cater to various ages and skill levels. In the video game room, there are retro game systems that can be played as well as current generation games and systems. The tabletop game room has a vast variety of games that includes skill levels for all ages. Tabletop gaming provides a classic way to get the family together and video games are a great way to play classic games with friends. Just remember to keep an open mind and don’t be afraid to try anything in either the tabletop gaming or video game rooms.

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#LUCKYWELIVEHI BOTANICAL GARDENS

by Marcel Saragena photos by Monique Neiva & Rawley Riccio

Throughout the island of Oahu, there are a few botanical gardens that are great to just go out and walk around. The first Botanical Gardens that Ka Mana’o visited is located in the central part of O’ahu called Wahiawa Botanical Garden. The second location is Foster Botanical Garden and, third is Koko Head Botanical Garden. The three Botanical Gardens each have their uniqueness to it due to different locations.

Foster Botanical Garden

The next garden that the staff checked out is the Foster Botanical Garden. Foster Botanical Garden is located on 180 N. Vineyard Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96817. Foster Botanical Garden is located on 21 acres of land in the heart of Honolulu. Foster Botanical Garden has a certain uniqueness to it that Wahiawa doesn’t have. Their design of the area has mostly Asian influences and one totem pole located near the path way that leads you to the butterfly house. Walking around this location, there are a lot of trees that provide ample amount of shade for every-

one. There is also wide open grassy area that’s located to the left of the entrance. It feels more family oriented, or maybe a place to take a loved one on a picnic. Exploring the area is really fun because there aren’t any hills to be found. The greenhouse that has the butterflies in it also has some of the most beautiful orchids on the property.

The butterflies actually come and go in the greenhouse, but can be seen flying around on the trees and hedges next to the greenhouse.

Koko Head Botanical Garden Wahiawa Botanical Garden Wahiawa Botanical Garden that is located on 1396 California Ave, Wahiawa, HI 96786. Itis 27 acres big that is located in the middle of O’ahu. Like any hikes, wear covered shoes and bug repellent because there are a lot of mosquitoes. Upon entering the Botanical Garden, there will be a help desk located right above the staircase and the person will greet you with a smile, as well as offer a map that shows the layout of the entire property. On a good day, there are some very beautiful birds flying around and plants that can be seen from a distance. There are a few places that can be explored that might seem a little off

the trail, but it is worth it. If Wahiawa isn’t raining, it is safe to say that going up and downhill can be pretty easy.

After about 10 minutes of walking, there is a dried up river bed that can be explored. The river bed actually snakes around a few areas that have some really beautiful flowers. Walking deeper into the river bed, there will be more birds being heard and less noise pollution from the cars that passes by from either left or right from the trail. To explore this whole area, the expected the times can run anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour and a half.

The final Botanical Garden that the staff went to is the Koko Head Botanical Garden. It is located on 7491 Kokonani St. Honolulu, HI 96825. Unlike the previous two Botanical Gardens that were mentioned above, there isn’t a customer service desk. Visitors will be greeted from a security guard sitting under a tree. The area is really interesting, The first thing that is really noticable is the soil that is all around the crater. When looking at the soil, the soil literally sparkles and can’t really be seen on camera.

Other than that, the Koko Head Botanical Garden isn’t really beautiful to look at. The Garden trail is exactly 1.9 miles long and loops around in the crater. There are a lot of cactus and trees, but most of the trees in the beginning aren’t green. Traveling further up on the right side of the

trail, there will be a handful of cactuses on a small hill top.

When the sprinklers are on, there are a few birds that show up to play in the water. After the cactuses, there will be a slight incline, but it shouldn’t be to strenuous to get over. Proper pacing is key for this, especially if someone’s fitness level is low. Once over the hill, everything just seems the same. There are markers to explain where the plants are from and who ever designed the layout had a great idea, but failed to make it appealing. Overall, the Koko Head Botanical Garden just seem all the same.

There was no eye catching plants, no unique birds to be found, but the porta potty is really clean. This might seem like a joke, but in all seriousness, that porta potty has to be the cleanest and the inside did not stink at all.

Overall, the idea of doing Lucky We Live at the Botanical Gardens is to hopefully motivate our readers to go out and explore the beauty of some of the gardes. Not all of the gardens were the best, but to show what is available out there is what matters most. These gardens are also a great way for people who are looking to get a little exercise in by checking out the flowers, bring their families and friends, or even have a little brunch and talk stories.

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TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT NIGHTS

by Clarisa De Leon | illustration by Elsa Young There is a world not a part of ours. That is where the jinn live. It is called Peristan. Creatures of smoke that only crave sex and chaos. Jinnia, a jinn princess, falls in love with a human and creates a multitude of descendents that spread across the globe as humanity itself discovers new lands. After a thousand years, a battle for power between the jinn spills over into the human realm and Jinnia spurs her descendents into action to help her remain in power.

Rushdie aims to make this a multi-layered book (a story within a story), but only ends up confusing the reader between the three “layers,” so to speak. The audience must always be actively reading, instead of passively reading, which defeats the purpose of reading recreationally. When a person sits and opens a fiction book, they do not want

to be constantly engaging with the text intellectually. They want to be able to relax and wait for entertainment to come to them.

If “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Months” is not read actively, then key events hidden within plots within plots within plots will be lost, and there will come a time when you say, “What? When did that happen? How did this happen?” too many times and give up reading because the book doesn’t make a lick of sense after going through a hundred pages or more.

This book is not for the faint of mind. Read this for a truly challenging, but hopefully growthful, experience as the author has been acclaimed as one who pushes literary boundaries.

THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS

by Clarisa De Leon | photo courtesy of Pantheon Books

A memoir in a comic strip style, Marjane Satrapi describes her life through the Islamic Revolution from 1978 to 1979 and the upheaval that followed for years to come.

Because of its story-style read, this memoir is easy and quick to read but just as impactful to someone’s world views as a literary piece by someone in the 1800s.

Satrapi starts with giving background on how the war started and then proceeds onto her life. As the audience goes through her journeys alongside Satrapi, it’s interesting to see how character illustrations also change due to time or stress of war.

She starts the collection of comic strips with her as a young girl living in Iran with its restrictions, and dangers for women, which leads to the life-threatening start

of the Islamic Revolution. Soon, her parents deem it too dangerous and send her Vienna, Austria, where bombs would not be falling from the sky. Satrapi struggles to fit into a lifestyle where a person does not constantly need to look over their shoulder for people who cruelly enforce the law, or ration food because the country’s economy is in shambles.

Giving a unique perspective into a type of life journey that not many of us in the United States experience, Satrapi fills her drawn memoir with humour and candid observations to balance out the the troubles in her life we watch Satrapi grow and share her hard-earned wisdom with us.

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LISA:

THE PAINFUL

by Kalahiki Reid | illustrations by Erin Murata

Imagine if all the women died out in the world.

The remaining men have nothing to do but hurt each other and replace the sexual cravings they lost. And now, pornographic magazines become the new currency, as any man would trade weapons and food for some nudes of women.

For clarification, Rando is the leader of the most powerful factions in the world, but is one of those few who try to bring law and order in it. He is one of the few men in this world that see woman as a vital source of life, not a sexual plaything.

Some formed their own factions and armies, wearing their own style of armor and weapons. Most try to conquer and enforce their rule with an iron fist in this hopeless world. The few factions actually try to make this desolate wasteland livable, and try to bring order.

Then there is the new drug, known as Joy, which is as addictive as meth, but as common as over-the-counter drugs at a pharmacy. You can get this drug literally anywhere.

Brad, however, denies that idea and wants to raise the baby. He believes that this is his chance at redemption for all his past mistakes, and fears what will happen to this girl. He isn’t wrong, there are sick people out there who wouldn’t care about the girl’s age. Reluctantly, his friends agree with Brad, not liking the idea that Brad is preventing the repopulation of the human race. Brad names the girl Buddy, and raises her in secret, in a cave under the house he and his friends dug.

You play as Brad Armstrong, a miserable man in this broken apocalyptic world. He took drugs to help calm his inner demons, to help him forget his past mistakes.

He tries to forget his abusive father, Marty, and his dead sister, Lisa. Now an alcoholic and addicted to Joy, living in an isolated house with his three friends: Rick, Cheeks, and Sticky.

However, despite Brad quitting his Joy and alcohol addictions, he shelters his daughter and occasionally relapses back into his addictions. But he still tries to be better than his dad, Marty, who is an even bigger alcoholic who raped Brad’s sister multiple times, and Marty would physically and verbally abuse Brad on a daily basis.

One day, Brad takes some more Joy and blacks out, and remembering what happened as he finds a baby in his arms. The infant starts to cry, and Brad accidently drops the baby in an attempt to calm it down.

Not knowing what to do, he takes the child back to his three friends, who are more than shocked to see a baby. The three are happy, knowing that there is a woman in the world that gave birth, and there is hope for the human race.

Just to give you an image on how bad Brad’s childhood is, in the first cutscene of the game, Brad returns to his broken-down home after getting beat up by his bullies, and walks into the living room where Marty is watching television, surrounded by beer bottles. When Marty sees his son injured with torn clothes torn, he insults Brad before throwing a beer bottle at him.

That joy turns to dust when Brad reveals how he got the baby: he doesn’t remember because he was high on Joy! So now, not knowing if there even is a woman alive in the world, they ask what gender is the baby.

Brad checks to see that it’s a girl, and everyone’s hopes are reignited. One of them suggests giving the child to Rando so they could be provided with a lifetime supply of supplies in exchange.

Years later, Brad has become bald due to the stress of taking care of his daughter and fighting his emotional trauma. One day, when he gets back home, he finds it destroyed, and his daughter abducted. His friend, Cheeks, is fatally wounded and says one thing before he dies. “Sorry Brad, secret’s out…”.

And now starts Brad’s painful journey.

You will need to track down and find Buddy now that people know about her existence. Along the way, you will meet allies that will join you on your journey, but never reveal your true intentions of finding your daughter.

You will make tough moral choices throughout the game as you discover more dark secrets of Brad’s past, as well as a very disturbing side effect of taking Joy. As for my own opinion: the story is amazing, has somewhat great turn-based combat mechanics of a role playing game, and those tense moral choices that will stay with you as you repeatedly ask the one question in your head: “Was my choice right?”

The only downside is that in order to fully understand the whole story, you need to buy and play the prequel and the sequel of Lisa. The prequel will go more in depth about Lisa herself, and the sequel will be about Buddy.

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FURI

by Kalahiki Reid | illustrations by Erin Murata

If you say you’re skilled in combat video games, with pro-like reflexes, then this game is your chance to prove it. Furi- yes, with an ‘i’is a single player, 3D combat game with a grand adventure involving a plot that will get you hooked onto the story, including the beautiful artwork, voice acting, and the soundtrack and different endings you can get.

But what really makes this game special is that there are no minor enemies to fight, only bosses with their own creepy dialogue and powers that help you piece together the story.

You play as the immortal, human-like entity called “Rider”, who has brown skin with long, white hair hair that has been tied back and who wears a black and orange outfit. In the beginning, he is in a unique jail cell, both of his arms are restrained by chains, spread out, as the jailer constantly tortures him.

Rider, never talking or screaming, can only bear the electrocutions and punches the jailer gives him.

Then, a dark-skinned man, wearing a purple bunny mask appears, saying, “The jailer is the key, kill him, and you’ll be free…” before releasing him, and leaving behind a katana and a laser pistol.

Then Rider has to fight the jailer, called “The Chain”, who has been torturing him. His deep voice and sadistic words makes him all the more intimidating. The Chain’s real face is covered by a device that rotates around his head, placing and replacing three masks that express a different emotion that changes during the fight: neutral, angry, and sadistic.

Now during the boss fights, any boss fight, Rider can only dodge by dashing as the attacks tracks him.

Rider will only have the katana as a way of dealing decent damage, and he has the pistol to deal very minor damage from a distance.

But every boss moves very fast, and they have unique powers as they too can shoot projectiles and swing weapons that are far better than Rider’s. Each boss has multiple lives, and as they slowly lose them one-by-one, their attack patterns changes as they do new moves.

comics Lance & Ryan

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Occasionally during the fight, Rider can parry the boss’s attacks.

Doing this will heal Rider, and he will have a chance to do a combination of melee attacks that will do a lot of damage.

After Rider kills the boss, the bunny man will appear again, congratulating you. Then you will be able to head to the next area, and eventually escape if you defeat the next challenge.

by Tanner Isaacs

Rider automatically walks through the path that will lead to the next area, and eventually the next boss fight. So all you, the player, have to do is relax, enjoy the beautiful artwork, and listen to the music as the bunny man and his calming voice narrates: the current state of the world, how Rider ends up in this prison, information about the bosses themselves, and even something about him.

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Mechs

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But one thing you can be certain is that the bunny man is so desperate, that he had to release Rider, the only prisoner in this massive prison. For what purpose, I won’t tell.

So pick up this game, test yourself, and experience the story of this fantasy world, and hopefully not rage-quit at boss number four.

The difficulty as the game progresses doesn’t increase at a certain pace, because some bosses later in the game are easier than the ones you face in the beginning.

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off the eaten path north shore’s shrimp trucks

by Marcel Saragena, Monique Neiva, and Rawley Riccio

The North Shore of Oahu, Hawai’i is not only known for the beaches and the monster surf, but it is also known for its Kahuku shrimp trucks. There are lot of shrimp trucks to choose from, but Ka Mana’o decided to try these three shrimp trucks: the Ulu’wehi Shrimp Truck, Fumi’s Shrimp Truck, and The Famous Kahuku Shrimp Truck. Over the years, Ka Mana’o has come across a lot of awesome food, but in this issue, we actually wrote a bad food review.

Famous Kahuku Shrimp In Kahuku is the Famous Kahuku Shrimp Truck. Don’t let the rural and rustic appearance fool you, they’re cooking some seriously delicious grindz! Even though they’re known for their garlic shrimp they also have a variety of other foods available, such as squid, mahi mahi, and steak. The plate I ordered consisted of garlic shrimp with fried mahi mahi on top of diced cabbage, two scoops of rice topped with their delicious garlic sauce, and tartar sauce on the side. The shrimp was perfectly soaked all the way through with the garlic sauce with a soft and edible shell. This is one aspect of garlic shrimp that I personally feel is imperative to be con-

Fumi’s Shrimp Truck

sidered good garlic shrimp. Peeling the shell of cooked garlic shrimp can be a hassle and a bit time consuming, sometime you’re just hungry and want to eat. The mahi-mahi was nicely done, not too soggy, as some battered fried fish can get after a bit, but it was still nice and flavorful. Both the mahi-mahi and garlic shrimp paired excellently with the rice, as well as some Sriracha for my personal love of a bit of spice.

Costing anywhere from $10-$14 for a plate it’s about your average price for a nice plate lunch, definitely worth it. Overall 4.3 out of 5 stars. The exterior is not the nicest, lines can get kind of long, but the food is affordable and seriously bomb!

Ulu’wehi Shrimp Truck

On the outskirts of Kahuku, there is a piece of bright blue architecture fitted into a peaceful scenery of countryside with ponds filled with crustaceans. Fumi’s Shrimp Truck sits right before the town of Kahuku and across farms that attracts locals and tourist alike. The truck is most famous for its shrimp plates, but it is the variety and taste that makes this anything but an ordinary shrimp stop. The shrimp plates come with an array of different flavors and styles of shrimp, from the ever-salivating garlic shrimp to panko shrimp. Shrimp that have a kick are available as well, even with a garlic twist for those who like the two favorites mixed together. Flavors on the tamer side would include the lemon pepper shrimp, but it never lacks in flavor next to it’s more spicy and garlic intensive siblings.

When you first open your plate, you are hit with an aroma of

fresh shrimp and intense flavor. Most people stray away from seafood, especially crustaceans, due to its overbearing smell of seafood that is unique to the water, and muddy flavoring from what they digest. Fumi’s Shrimp Truck has none of the negative stereotypes of seafood, the shrimp is well cleaned and the water the shrimp are raised in is sparklingly transparent. This results in a fresh, almost sweet flavor with the sauce or seasoning. The shell and meat is thoroughly coated while not taking away from that underlying sweet flavor. It’s impressive due to the mere size of the shrimp given, which can easily take up the palm of a hand. The sides included are light to contrast the shrimp, still making the seafare the star of the plate. A small crisp salad, juicy salad and fluffy scoops of rice accompany the shrimp in the warm plate.

The Ulu’wehi Shrimp Truck seemed like a great alternative to the other shrimp trucks. Ulu’wehi Shrimp Truck is located in the back of the Kahuku gas station on the parking lot to the side. The lady who was working the truck seemed friendly because she greeted the staff with a smile and just shared the wonderful aloha spirit. We ordered our food and it smelled really good, but don’t let the delicious garlic smell fool you. After opening the cover of the plate lunch, the shrimp looked really good with a decent size serving. Picking up the shrimp, I noticed that the shrimp wasn’t de-veined, the shell was super hard, and the worse part is that the garlic wasn’t marinated enough. Each shrimp still had veins along the spine which is a deal breaker. The garlic couldn’t be tasted through the shrimp which made the shrimp taste bland. The only garlic that I tasted was the ones on my fin-

gers from peeling off the hard shell. Overall, the taste wasn’t great and I felt like I wasted $12.00 on that plate. Not recommended at all. Although The Famous Kahuku Shrimp Truck and Fumi’s are not big names when compared to other local media food and travel guides, these two names do hold their own. Although the these trucks specialize in Shrimp, it is worth noting that they do offer other alternatives besides shrimp. As far as the Ulu’wehi Shrimp truck goes, they could have soaked the shrimp in garlic sauce for just a little longer because the taste of the garlic stops right at the shell. This might not be a deal breaker for some of our readers, but it just tastes weird when biting into a shrimp that isn’t devien.

Out of the three shrimp trucks, only two of them stood out as Ka Mana’o recommendations while the second shrimp truck just needs time to master the art of cooking shrimps.

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Lexer Chou

Kristina Nip

Our 2017-2018 Student Government has been amazing to work with. We’ve made strides in build relationships with Administration and campus constituents to better serve and meet the needs of our students. I look forward to working with this group again next year!

Aloha! This has been an eventful year with you all with the events (including two Student Involvement Fairs, Senator visit, etc.) and collaboration here on campus. It has truly been an honor to serve as your Student Government President and hope that I have done due diligence as a representative of your voice. Best wishes to you all on your future endeavors.

Marc Earley

Rawley Riccio

Vice President

Treasurer

Hello y’all! This was my very first year being a part of any Student Government and it was a blast! I always enjoy listening to all of you when you all came to us with situations because I always like to get y’all some answers. I am eternally grateful to serve as your Vice President. Do not forget if you have something you would like to talk to us about, stop on by our office! We are always willing to listen.

Sup peeps, I’ve really enjoyed my time at Leeward, it’s been a trip.

My legacy has to be the ping-pong table in the student lounge. To sign out the paddles, and other equipment, come to the SG office with a $5 deposit and a validated student ID per player. Peace, Rawley

Advisor

President

Shura Nishikawa Senator

Khyra Dillard

Aloha Kakou, serving my fellow classmates here at Leeward Community College has been a privilege and honor. I enjoyed all the events SG hosted,and I’m looking forward to many more adventures in the upcoming year. Mahalo and Aloha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Secretary

Aloha all! I’ve truly enjoyed my time so far on Student Government. So many changes have been (and are being) put into effect since I’ve joined SG. I’ve gained meaningful relationships with not only the other members, but with some of the campus faculty as well. I’m glad I joined SG because I wanted to grow in responsibility and leadership, and I’m getting exactly that! I’m excited and hopeful that I will continue to grow with SG throughout the remainder of my time at Leeward. I look forward to the changes that we will continue to make. Remember, your voice matters more than you may think.Mahalo!

Kimo Burgess Senator

The many challenges Student Government have faced have been conquered with teamwork and collaboration by student leaders.

As I graduate from Leeward Community College with my A.A. in Liberal Arts, I am proud to have met the many students, professors, and staff of our college. When I campaigned to be your Senator, I advocated for a universal bus pass, and initiatives to reduce the cost of college education. Always strive to meet yourgoals and never give up!

Mike Riccio Senator

Hello all! I’ve had an amazing time in student government! This opportunity has allowed me to grow as an individual while also strengthening my bonds with my fellow Leeward classmates. The experience and knowledge I’ve gained while serving my term is one I will cherish forever,but what I will remember most of all is the sense of the filament and accomplishment gained from the service I provided for my campus.

Kealohi Leleo

The Awesome Intern Aloha Everyone, It has been a privilege to be part of the awesome team of Leeward CC Student Government. This opportunity has allowed me to learn more about the Pearl City campus as well as let the Waianae Moku Campus be noticed and more involve. I am very glad and proud to be the intern of Student government and hope one day to be one of the nine senators.

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