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Christopher Acacio is excited about his future as he prepares to graduate from Honolulu a College's Communication Arts pro-gram. Acacio expressed enthusiasm about the education he has received in the last two years.Originally Acacio began

his journey at Kapiolani Community College, (KCC), and found the design aspect wanting, as KCC courses were “more focused on the marketing and business.”Realizing that his focus

was more in alignment with the field of adver-tising, Acacio “looked around for what other schools had to offer” and transferred to HCC in 2010. "One of the benefits of

the HCC program is the emphasis on real-world experience," Acaico said.

“Most courses give you a project a semester. Here we have projects due every two weeks, and the classes are taught by actual pro-fessionals in their field of study,” Acacio said. “It is

deadline driven. I learned how to pace myself and multi-task as if I were in a real job,” Acacio said. The communication arts

program’s primary focus is to give student the skills

necessary to enter the work force once they have completed the program. According to Acacio “by

the end of my first semes-ter, I was able to get a job with the skills I learned in the CA program and I am currently interning at Clutch Design.” Acacio is a communica-

tions arts major, who will graduate with an Associ-ates in Science degree. Communication Arts is a

2-year program designed to assist participants in developing the skills necessary to be successful in the challenging field of graphic design. The air was thick with

excitement as Acacio gave an outline of his dedica-tion and enthusiasm to HCC, communication arts, program. Acacio beamed with pride as he revealed several of his finished works of art supporting evidence of the time and energy he spent devel-oping his creative skills while enrolled in the CA program. The Honolulu Commu-

nity College CA program has cultivated his talent and creativity laying the foundation for Acacio's ambitious goals in the field of graphic design. Keep an eye open for this

up in comming talent, his dynamic work will be soon be imbeded in our local media in the near future.

Christopher Acacio Honolulu Community College Communications Arts Graduate

A sample of Acacio's Art to the right

CA Program blazing a trail to the future

Brandie Leong just got accepted to the School of Social Work at the Univer-sity of Hawaii at Manoa. It has been a long and

challenging road for the mother of three.Over the last six semes-

ters, she has been steadily working towards her associate in arts at Hono-lulu Community College. Her dream of becoming a social worker and giving back to Hawaii just got a little bit closer. “I’ve always stressed

the importance of educa-tion to my kids,” Leong said. Her oldest daughter Ka’ohinani is a senior at

Iolani High School and is planning to attend col-lege at Colorado State at Boulder. Her son Thomas is a freshman at St. Louis, where he plays soccer and football. And her young-est daughter Tatum is 16 months old and attends the Keiki Hauoli Chil-dren's Center at HCC. Leong was born and

raised in Waimanalo. She graduated from Kailua High School in 1991. When asked why she came back to school after all these years, she said, “I want to support myself and my family without work-ing two or three jobs and living check to check.” This is a feeling that many college students share.

Looking back at her time spent at Honolulu Com-munity College, Leong remembers what she liked best about going to school here. “The instruc-tors really care about you. Smaller class sizes make it easier to learn. And I’m paying less tuition for the same classes and credits that I would’ve had to take at Manoa.” After Leong receives her

BA in Social Work from UH Manoa, the fun isn’t over yet. She’s going to pursue her master's degree in the same field. “I’ve done a lot of things in my life that I’m not proud of. Doing social work and helping others is my way of giving back,” she said.

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Graduation is just the startMom looks foward to new school, good job

Leong, mother of three with her youngest of 16 months, Tatum.

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Christian Ababa,AA,JPNChristian Ababa,AA,LBRTChristopher Acacio,AS,CAJacob Acob,AA,LBRTPaulo Aga,AAS,APTRMark Agaran,AS,AECImelda Agbisit,AS,CENTKyle Agena,AAS,WELDJesse Chris,Agonias,AAS,APTREmerson Aguilar,AAS,WELDJedd Aguirre,AAS,APTRClyde Agustin,AAS,RACMau Ah Hee,AAS,VESLPalmer Ahakuelo,CA,EIMTMichael Ahue,AS,LBRTBrandon Akiona,AAS,APTRKimberly Akiona,CC,LBRTJonathan Alameda,CA,WELDMichael Alexander,AAS,WELDBrandy Allen,AS,ECEDDaniel Allen,AAS,CARPAline Almeida,AA,LBRTCasey Alop,AS,OESMChad Alvaro,AAS,APTRMalia Amaral,AAS,COSMMona Amisone,AAS,FIREBryan Ancheta,AAS,AMT2Freddie Ancheta,AAS,APTRChad Aoki,AAS,RACJoshua-Paul Aoki,AAS,APTRLahela Aoki, AA,LBRTSharon Aotaki,AS,AECNoah Apalla,AAS,HSERJensen Apana,AS,AECSteve Aplaca,AAS,APTRGregory Aquiningoc,AAS,EIMTAlan Aquino,AAS,APTRIsaac Aquino,AAS,RACJose Mari,Aquino,AS,CENTMelover Arana,AS,UNCLDmitri Arapoff,CA,APCABrandon Armstrong,AAS,APTRBrennen Awana,AAS,APTRJoseph Ayres,AAS,AMT2Ricky Azcueta,AAS,FIREKrystal Baba,AAS,AJReginald Baker,AAS,APTRNorile Baldugo,AA,LBRTSuzette Balico,AS,CAGary Ballesteros,AAS,AJDavid Barayuga,AAS,CARPPhilip Barba,AAS,APTRDarlene Barbadillo,AS,ECEDChelsey Barboza,AA,LBRTJon Barlan,AAS,FIREJake Ryan Bartolome,AAS,AJKeiko Batara,CC,ECEDJarrett Belaras,AAS,AJKaleio Belaski,AAS,DISLJared Bell,AAS,EIMTFrancis Benevides,AAS,AJFrederick Bethel,AAS,APTRAndrew Billos,AAS,APTRRaymond Blouin,AAS,FIREVanesa Boone,AA,PPSYGerald Boyd,AAS,APTRKevin Bradley,AAS,APTRTeresa Brewer,AAS,APTRKelly Bright,AA,LBRTBrandise Brockington,AAS,COSMHillary Brown,AA,LBRTKahealani Brown,AAS,APTRWilliam Bryant,AAS,APTRDejanira Bryce,AAS,AJFrancis Bugarin,AAS,APTRJared Bugarin,AAS,AMT2Rhea Bulaoat,AA,LBRTShawna Bumanglag,AASCA,CARaymond Burciaga,AAS,AJRaymond Burciaga,AAS,PUBAJordan Bush,AAS,AJAnthony Butac,AA,LBRTCharlene Buted,AA,LBRTCriselda Buted,AS,AECCrystal Butler,AA,LBRTBayanbat Buyadaa,AAS,AMT2

Ryan Cabacungan,AAS,APTRBryle Cabrera,AS,CENTRomeo Cadiz,AAS,AJKendall Calacal,AAS,RACBonnie Mar Callangan,AAS,WELDDavid Campbell,AAS,APTRMichael Candia,AAS,APTRFreddie Cantorna,AA,LBRTBertram Carvalho,AAS,FIRELeeanna Carvalho,AAS,LBRTRyan Carvalho,CA,WELDLaury Cary,AS,OESMJolynn Casem,AA,LBRTRomarson Castillo,AAS,APIEMichelle Cates,AA,LBRTThomas Cayetano,AAS,AJAntonio Cerezo,AAS,EIMTFrancisco Cezar,AAS,APTRNolan Chai,AAS,WELDBrandon Chang,AAS,AMT2Brittni Chang,ASCAA,GEASColin Chang,CO,ECEDDustin Chang,AAS,APTRDustin Chang,AS,CAJeffrey Chang,AAS,APTRRyan Chang,AAS,PUBAChris Chantavong,AS,AECTrinh Chau,AA,LBRTJessie Chen,AA,LBRTRandall Ching,AAS,APTRAaron Chock,AAS,APTRThomas Chong,AAS,AMT2Crystal Chong Wong,AA,LBRTCrystal Chong Wong,AA,PSWM Chowdhury,AS,APSCDevin-Anne Choy,AA,LBRTEsther Christian,AAS,HSERCollin Chun,AAS,APTRMarcus Chun,AAS,APTRSo Yeun Chun,AASCA,FTBradley Chung,AAS,RACTravis Chung,AAS,AMT2Antoinette Coelho,AA,LBRTKacee Coito,CC,COSMRexan Marc Colobong,AAS,APTRDeja Coloma,AA,LBRTMarcella Cook,AA,LBRTMichael Cooper,AAS,APTRNathaniel Corpuz,AS,CENTMatthew Cowan,AA,LBRTClifford Crenshaw,AA,LBRTBernadette Cruz,AA,LBRTJoy Cuestas,CA,COSMWatson Daengpiea,AAS,EIMTKevin Dait,AAS,APTRKristoffer Daligcon,AS,CAEmilia Daquioag,AAS,COSMMichael Darling,AA,LBRTMichael Davis,AS,APSCReiko Davis,AA,LBRTSavannah Day,AA,LBRTFrence-Wince De Guzman,AASCA,CARP

William Dearmore,AAS,APTRCarmelito DeCastro,AAS,APTRBrockton Deitch,AAS,APTRPercito DelCastillo,AA,LBRTPercito DelCastillo,AA,LBRTRommel Delfino,AS,CAGlenn Domingo,AAS,APTRJoseph Doyle,AAS,WELDJessica Dozier,AA,LBRTGabriel Drill,AAS,FIREJustin Dunleavy,AA,LBRTLily Duong,AS,ECEDCheryl Dupio,AS,HSERMalery Dupont,CC,UNCLChristensen Empleo,AS,CAOanh Enos,AA,LBRTEdgar Esmeralda,AAS,APTRFrancis Estabillo,AS,CAJohn Estores,AAS,FIRENicholas Fahey,AAS,FTTeuila Failauga,AA,LBRTMelissa Fajardo,AS,CADaniel Farias,AA,LBRTJasmine Fe Benito,AA,LBRTKimberlee Feliciano,CC,LBRTJustin-Albert Ferreira,AAS,APTRChristopher Flaris,AAS,APTRDominic Flores,AAS,HSERVictor Flores,AA,LBRTAndrew Folsom,AAS,AMT2Kory Gabriel,AAS,APTRWillie Galam,AAS,RACRonald Galindo,CA,FIREJesse Gallegos,AAS,RACJennaBea Galton,AAS,FTChristina Galvadores,AS,CAGlenn Galvizo,AAS,APTRArthur Ganal,AAS,APTRChristopher-Eri Ganer,AAS,RACEdward Garcia,AAS,EIMTLouis Garcia,AAS,APTRTimothy Garrabrant,AS,AECEj Clarence Gasmen,AAS,RACJustin Gideon,AAS,APTRCobra Gnouilaphi,AS,CAShane Gomes,AAS,APTRKeaka Gonsalves,AAS,APTRLaura Gonzales,AA,LBRTTrisha Gonzales,AS,SSCIVincent Gonzales,AAS,AJRonald Gorgonio,AAS,APTRRachelle Grainger,AA,LBRTRachelle Grainger,AA,LBRTTori Lee Greenwell,AAS,LBRTChester Guevarra,AAS,EIMTJodi-Ann Gum,AS,SSCIApril Haia,AAS,APTRLynnette Hall-Tenney,AAS,PUBAJonathan Hamachi,AAS,APTRDevin Hamada,AAS,APTRRyan Hamada,AAS,APTRJennifer Hamson,AA,LBRT

Ryan Hamura,AAS,APTRMin Hee Han,AAS,COSMTodd Hanagami,AAS,APTRBryce Harken,AAS,FIREKananionapuaoka Hawkins,AAS,APTRJanai Hayashida,AA,LBRTWyatt Hayashida,AAS,EIMTHillary Hee,CA,ENGKaiana Heen,CA,APSMNichola Hernandez,AA,LBRTAdrian Paul Herrera,CA,SMPCale Higa,AAS,WELDSterling Higa,AA,LBRTThomas Higa,AAS,APTRMichael Higa Puaoi,AA,LBRTRick Hiroi,AA,LBRTQuinnie Hoang,AA,LBRTMegan Honda,AA,LBRTRobin Honjo,AS,HSERKaiwikoa Hopkins,AAS,EIMTCheryl Horikawa,AS,ECEDDale Hoxie,AAS,APTRShan Hu,AAS,COSMSteven Hughes,AASCA,CARPKimberly Hui,AA,PREDJonathan Hung,AAS,APTRTiana Ikeda-Rego,AS,CADena Imamura,AAS,APTRRyan Inouye,AAS,APTRPamela Ishida,AS,ECEDBryan Ishii,AAS,LBRTYoshitaka Ishiwari,CA,COSMSheryle Isla,AS,ECEDSheryle Isla,AS,HSERWayde Iwanaga,AAS,EIMTRonald Iwashita,AAS,APTRDaniel Jamora,AAS,APTRRandie Megan Janicki,AS,ECEDKaty Jenkins,AAS,COSMRussell Johnson,AS,OESMJonathan Joiner,AS,CENTNorman Juan,AAS,WELDDanelle Jumalon,AA,LBRTYvonne Kaanaana,AAS,HSERRyan Kadota,AAS,APTRShaz-Zerrae Kaili,AA,LBRTSharon Kakazu,CC,FTJarred Kakuda,AS,CAKC Kaleikini,AAS,APTRHoward Kam,AA,LBRTTira Kamaka,AAS,COSMSteven Kanda,AAS,FIRELilybeth Kane,AS,CAMatthew Kaneko,AAS,APTRSamson Kaonohi,CA,WELDFallyn Kapoi,AAS,APTRKupono Kawaa,AAS,WELDBlaine Kawahara,AAS,APTRShawn Kawamura,AAS,CARPKahoalii Keahi,AA,GEASKahoalii Keahi,AA,LBRTBrannon Kealoha,AA,LBRT

Robert Kekoa,AAS,FIRESean Kelley,AA,LBRTAnnette Kepa,AAS,HSERKyrsten Kidani,AA,BOTJacqueline Kikuchi,AA,LBRTAlice Kim,CO,ECEDDo Kim,AA,LBRTLisa Kim,AAS,HSERSharon Kim,CC,COSMLianne Kirk,CA,AECSeria Kitagaki,AS,ECEDLeon Edwin Kitashima,AAS,FIREAshley Koch,AS,ECEDReise Kochi,AAS,FTMatthew Kohon,AAS,EMTCedric Kojima,AASCA,CARPManaka Kojima,AAS,COSMLauren Komatsu,AAS,APTRDane Kua,AAS,AMT2Carlos Kuhn,AAS,UNCLBrian Kumia,AA,SOCQuin Kutara,AA,LBRTRance Kuwata,AAS,AMT2Calvin Kwan,AAS,AMT2Steven Kwon,AA,LBRTKrista Labanon,CC,HSERDavid Lacuata,AA,LBRTBrian Lam,AA,LBRTMaria Lamontagne-Bermudez,AAS,AJMicah Langaman,AAS,WELDReneann Langstaff,AA,LEGLAlisa Lau,AA,PRDEAnderson Lau,ASAPC,CENTEvan Lau,CA,SMPJason Lau,APC,APSCKimberly Lau,AAS,COSMRichard Lau,AAS,APTRLouis Lauriano,AAS,FIREJohny Le,CA,CARPSonny Le,AA,LBRTLeomar Leano,AAS,PUBALucas Leao,AAS,APTRAlbert Lee,AA,LBRTChristopher Lee,AAS,APTRHo Joon Lee,AAS,AMT2Mary Lee,CO,ECEDMatthew Lee,AS,AECPatricia Lee,AAS,COSMSteele LeGros,AAS,EIMTStephen Lei,AAS,APTRKeahi Leith-Bowden,AAS,FIREBeyra Leon,AA,LBRTBrandie Leong,AA,HSERKameolani Leong,AA,LBRTSelina Levi,CA,HSERZachary Lewis,AAS,WELDJun Jie Li,AA,LBRTGuan Hua Lin,AA,LBRTTodd Lisle,AAS,EIMTPatrick Liu-Man-Hin,AAS,APTRDeborah Loo,AS,ECEDLeimakamae Lopez,AAS,APTRMarek Lopez,AA,LBRTGregory Low,AAS,APTRQuency Lyles,AAS,AJHeather Maae,AAS,PUBAJoel Macato,AAS,RACLianne Maeda,AS,CAJustin Maghamil,AAS,APTRMahina Maii,AAS,FIREBrian Maiwela,AAS,APTRFlorence Mamuad,CAAAS,CARPBenny Manago,CA,ABRPRyan Mark Manuel,AS,AECSherri Markle,AAS,HSERSherri Markle,AAS,HSERChad Martinez,AAS,APPLDonovan Martinez,AA,LBRTRachel Marumoto,AAS,COSMMichael Marzo,AAS,WELDMason Masaki,AA,LBRTChristopher Massad,AAS,APTRIan Mather,AA,LBRTKevin Matsumoto,AAS,APTRRobert Matsumura,CA,SMPRyan Matsuo,AAS,APTRKaniela Matsushima,AAS,WELD

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Honolulu Community College's 2011 graduates

Kalani Matsuura,AAS,APTRKeoni Mattson,AAS,APTRSherri Mattson,AAS,AJCelestino Matutino,AS,AECMatthew Mau,AA,LBRTSamuel McArthur,AA,LBRTRemi Mead,AAS,FTLarry Medina,CA,HSERAnna Melhado,AA,LBRTKristi Merry,AA,ENGJossilyn Miller,AAS,COSMLucas Miller,AS,ECEDSara Min,AAS,FTKyle Mira,AAS,AMT2Rodrigo Mirafuentes,AAS,RACOmar Mirza,AS,AECBryce Miyashiro,AAS,APTRIsaac Moe,AAS,CARPTanuvasa Moe,AAS,APTRErina Mojica,AAS,AJKolden Mokiao,AAS,APTRKamuela Mokuahi,AAS,FIREKeeley Monroy,AS,CENTBrian Montero,CA,SMPGino Morales,AAS,GBUSJustin Morgan,AAS,WELDMichael Morinaga,AAS,APTRBaret Morishige,CA,RACDanielle Morris,AS,ECEDMomilani Morris,AAS,APTRAurora Muir,AAS,COSMDanielle Murakami,CA,COSMBlaine Murobayashi,AAS,APTRClint Nestor Nabua,AAS,AJBradley Nakamoto,AAS,CARPKirk Nakamura,AAS,APTRReid Nakasone,AAS,APTRBreanne Naone,AS,AERORobert Narruhn,AAS,PUBAKatie Neish,AAS,FTLarry Nelson,AS,AECNelson Ng,AAS,APTRNicholas Ng,AAS,APTREric Nickelsen,AAS,WELDJefferson Nicolas,AASCA,CARPSheryl Nicolas,AS,CAMark Nishida,AAS,APTRDevin Nishigaya,AAS,EIMTKimberly Noguchi,AA,LBRTKathyrina Nukutala,AAS,WELDAndrea Nunies,AS,ECEDNicole Nunogawa,AA,LBRTRyan Oasay,AAS,APTRKyle Oda,AAS,RACReyetta Ofilas,AAS,AJCharles Ogawa,AAS,APTRSterling Oili,AA,LBRTDerek Okabayashi,AAS,EIMTJames Okemura,AS,CATravis Oki,AAS,DISLJaymie Lyn Okudara,AAS,PSWKeanu Oliva,CA,SMPTauai Olson,CCCO,ECEDKekoa Onaga,AAS,RACCurtis Ortiz,AAS,FIREBryan Osaki,AS,OESMMark Oshiro,AAS,APTRMitchell Otani,AAS,FIREHilliard Owen,AAS,AMT2Corynn Owens,AAS,HSERJasmine Oxentine,AAS,COSMGeorge Oyakawa,AAS,AMT2Rommel Pacba,AAS,APTRLeeAnn Pacleb,AA,LBRTBenmar Pacubas,AAS,APTRLhiberty Pagaduan,AA,LBRTStephen Paludipan,AAS,RACJasmine Paris,AS,ECEDWilliam Park,AAS,APTRMartin Parker,AAS,APTRRicafort Pascua,AA,LBRTRicafort Pascua,AA,LBRTJulius Pasion,AS,AECAlexander Patterson,CA,SMPMichael Paudan,AAS,AMT2Shannon Paulino,AAS,APTRSam Pele,AA,HSERAlvin Penaflorida,AAS,CARPAmanda Peralta,AS,ECEDZeke-Shawn Perry,AAS,CARPJamie Pila,CC,UNCLMichele Popek,AAS,COSMChristopher Prado,AAS,EIMTElroy Quemado,AAS,WELDChristina Quemuel,AA,LBRTJoanne Quindica,AAS,HSER

Rachelle Quiocho,AAAAS,APTRReynell Rabaino,AA,LBRTBeau Rabe,AAS,AJMylene Racusa,AA,PTIMChristian Ramil,AA,LBRTSamuel Ramil,AA,LBRTTrisha Ramos,AAS,CARPAaron Ransom,AAS,APTRFei Rao,CO,ECEDMary Jane Rasay,CC,UNCLAlicia Ratcliff,AAS,LBRTJonathan Rausa Augustin,AAS,AMT2Erick Recaido,AA,LBRTMary Ann Recaido,AA,LBRTJared Reichman,AAS,DISLCharles Reiny,AAS,APTRJacob Reis,AAS,APTRJulius Rellin,AS,CENTGary Remiticado,AAS,APTRKenneth Revis,AAS,APTRCullen Reyes,AAS,FIREAlexander Ribao,AA,LBRTMichael Rice,AS,AECDamian Richard,AA,LBRTKati Riddle,AAS,COSMMizuki Rigoni,AA,LBRTGabby Rivera,AS,CA

Jay-R Rivera,AAAAS,CARPJennifer Rozmeski,AS,SSCIMark Peter Rubia,AAS,COSMKawika Ruelas,AAS,APTRJerry Rufo,AAS,APTRMark Ruiz,AAS,AMT2Ryan Rutenschroer,AAS,AECRodolf Sabalburo,AS,APSCClayton Sado,AAS,FIREJonathan Sagadraca,AAS,APTRLynette Sagario CC,ECEDAdriane May Saguibo,AS,ECEDMichael Saiki,AAS,APTRTaryn Anne Sakumoto,AAS,COSMCindy Salcedo,AA,LBRTJeness Salcedo,AA,LBRTGeraldine Salvador,AAS,AJJonathan Samante,AAS,RACCherylann Santiago,CC,UNCLCrystal Santiago,AA,LBRTGilbert Santos,AAS,AMT2Pomai Santos,AA,LBRTBlake Saranillio,AA,LBRTJeffrey Sardinha,AAS,AMT2Gerald Sarmiento,AS,AECChristy Sasano,AA,LBRTIseulaolemoana Sataua,AA,LBRT

Poima Sataua,AA,LBRTJohnny Sauter,AAS,APTRJon Paul Sayurin,AAS,APTRJohn Scanlan,AAS,FIREWillsie Scott,AS,MELETiara Se’e,AA,LBRTMark Joseph Sebastian,AAS,EIMTAnthony Secrist,CA,CARPKirby Sells,AA,LBRTWilson Shek,CA,ABRPOlga Shevchenko,AS,CASkye Shichida,AAS,AMT2Brent Shigeta,AAS,APIEMai Shigyo,AS,ECEDKendra Shim,AA,LBRTDustin Shimatsu,AAS,FIRETaryn Shimizu,AA,LBRTDaniel Shin,AAS,APTRLane Shiroma,AAS,FIREJanny-Lou Silva,AAS,HSERCayne Simmons-Sabey,CA,ABRPDanny Sisavang,AASCA,WELDWessten Smith,AAS,WELDWil Snyder,AAS,AMT2Shaunarae Soares,AAS,APTRSung Wan Song,CA,RACCaitlin Spracklen,CC,FT

Keith Staley,AAS,LBRTDavid Starling,CA,WELDDawn Stephens,CC,HSERAustin Streadbeck,AAS,APTRAnnette Strecker,AAS,APTREllen Sugai,CC,ECEDMarjorie Sumajit,AS,AECDeejay Sunajo,AA,LBRTCarolyn Supnet,AAS,AJLola Suzuki,CA,COSMMarc Tablit,AAS,WELDJoseph Tabrah,AAS,AJGirlie Tacazon,AS,OESMRay Tagama,AA,ARTLezter Tagata,AS,AECLayton Takaesu,CA,ABRPSamuel Takagishi,AAS,EIMTAnn Takahashi,CO,TCHKevin Takahashi,AAS,APTRNicholas Takashima,AA,GEASTravis Takehara,AAS,APTRTracy Takiguchi,AAS,APTRTheresa Tam Sing,AA,LBRTYula Tamashiro,AA,LBRTJanice Tampon,AA,LBRTJason Tanaka,AAS,RACRoy Tanaka,AS,CENTKendria Tangjian,CC,COSMDouglas Taufua,AA,LBRTAleki Tavake,AASCA,CARPJeremiah Tavares,AA,LBRTJustine Tenn,AA,LBRTTobias Tenorio,AA,HSERHerwyn Earl Terrado,AAS,AMT2Kevin Thinom,AS,AECAshley Thornton,AA,PREDSteve Tiet,AA,CENTMaria Tijerina,CC,COSMTasa Ann Tiqui-Guillermo,AAS,COSMChasity Toledo,AA,LBRTToby Tolentino,AAS,FIREKendrick Tom,AAS,APTRDayton Tomisato,AAS,APTRKyle Toyota,AAS,APTRLy Tran,ASAPC,APSCKaphen Tso,AAS,AMT2Leia Tsubota,AAS,COSMCody Tsukayama,AAS,APTRMiki Tucker,AAS,CARPDiedra Ulii,AAS,LBRTDesiree Uyeda,AS,CENTLaureen Uyeno,AAS,AJAldrin Valdez,CA,CARPJeremy Van,AAS,ABRPMichel Vasconcelles,AAS,AJFeliciano Vea,AAS,DISLVanessa Verceluz,AAS,AJAllen John Vergara,AA,LBRTShannon Vierra,AAS,APCAPhan Vu,CA,COSMDesiree Wabinga,CC,ECEDAndrew Wang,AASCA,CARPYibo Wang,AA,LBRTAnthony Warren,AAS,APTRMalcolm Wasserman,AAS,CARPSara Watanabe,AAS,COSMZenaMae Welch,AS,SSCIKamalei Wilhelm,AS,AECBradley Williams,AAS,APTRItagiapili Williams,AA,LBRTSheldon Williams,AA,LBRTJohn Willis,AAS,COSMLisa Wilson,AAS,APTRJesse Woehrle,AA,LBRTErick Wong,AAS,APTRFung Wong,AA,LBRTMichele Wong,AAS,APTRRosalie Wong,AA,0Sarah May Woodruff,AS,HSERAnson Wu,AA,LBRTJohnny Wu,AA,AJCheryl Yamanaka,AAS,APTRAkari Yamanokuchi,AAS,COSMMyron Yamashita,AA,LBRTLiu Yang,CO,ECEDMyong Jun Yang,CA,EIMTShih Hsuan Yang,AAS,AMT2Max Yasukawa,AA,LBRTAlana Yee,CC,COSMScott Yee,AAS,APTRHyoung Chol Yim,AAS,AJShin Shan Yip,AA,PBUSKelcie Yomen,AAS,EIMTMatthew Yoneda,AA,LBRTTracey Yoo,AA,LBRTJoseph Young,AAS,APTRKyung Yu,AA,LBRTGernani Yutob,AAS,PUBAJin Zeng,AS,CENT

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By Jennifer KakioKa La editor

The third annual Hono-lulu Community College SpringFest was held Saturday, April 9.The free event, which

took more than five months to plan, brought together students and the members of the Kalihi community, giving ev-eryone a chance to take a break from the daily grind of work, school, and family, and to blow off some steam.Collectively, there were

about 400 attendees and over 50 volunteers, which included members of Phi Theta Kappa, Veteran’s Academic Support Club, Fashion Technology and many more groups. The big-gest draw was the presence of popular local bands: Kamuela Kahoano with special guest and former HCC student JasonTom, Arkeo, Büsekrüs, PIMPBOT, and Kolohe Kai.KCCN’s Lina Girl, Student Media Board

Chairperson Julia Ching, and ASUH-HCC President Howard Kam emceed.Where there is good music, good food is not

too far away. SpringFest did not disappoint in the food category with tasty food from Da Spot, Inferno Pizza, and our very own caf-eteria, Creations in Catering. To wash down the mouth-watering food, SpringFest had Jamba Juice and HCC’s The Hub in attendance.Suzume No Kai held a

bake sale with a variety of desserts like lemon squares, chocolate chip cupcakes, and much more available at $5 and under. Not only were they deli-cious, but also very afford-able at the same time. They raised over $600, which was all donated to the relief effort in Japan.There were a few childern games, but with the short attention span of

a child, there were too few of them to keep the families at SpringFest. Although, there weren’t a lot of children games, they were fun. Many children were seen carrying home little goldfishes from the Fish Toss booth that was run by PTK. If fishing wasn’t entertaining, there were

other booths like Japanese lantern making (Su-zume No Kai), face painting (Fashion Society), and balloon popping (Hawaii Meth Project).At the end of the night, it was a fun event. Al-

though some faculty, administration, and students were in attendance, but many of them were absent from the event, raising some questions about the future of the event.“I had a great time at SpringFest… best part was

seeing Kolohe Kai playing,” said University of Manoa architecture student Rhealyn Dalere, 21, “A lot of people missed out.”

The future of SpringFest is still up in the air.“At the current time,

the ASUH staff is looking at all pos-sible options,” said Senator-at-Large and Spring Fest commit-tee member Ryan Adverderada.Adverderada, who

will be next year’s ASUH-HCC President, wants feedback from the student body to know what they want in the future. “A lot hinges on how much students participate in

the planning. We will continue to engage the student population as well as work with administration to

make the campus vibrant and wel-coming,” Adverderada said. Only time will tell if there will be a

fourth annual SpringFest.

Is this the end of SpringFest?

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SpringFest brought students, faculty, family and community members together for a day and evening of fun, friendship and music.

Take the SpringFest survey and tell student leaders what you think should happen

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On April 23, Honolulu Community College’s Fashion Technology pro-gram held its end-of-the-year fashion extravaganza. It was an eye-opening experience and one that won’t soon be forgotten by the more than 500 people who were there.This year’s show, entitled

Transitopia, and was produced by HCC’s own famous alum Andy South. The event is the culmina-tion of the program’s year as it showcases the amaz-ingly Transitopia featured designs from current students Katie Evans, Jen-nabea Galton, Karen Gay, Channelle Amberly Hill-man, Kiki Leung, Randie Lunn, Remi Mead, and Caitlin Spracklen. Gay also serves at the president of the Fashion Society, the club which represents the Fashion Technology program. Evans’ collection, en-

titled Caged featured latticework in addition to a modern theme. Her pieces used a salmon and black scheme. Galton’s Status collection focused on swimwear. Many of the designs featured the famil-iar look of 50’s chic. Gay named her collection You are Beautiful and utilized a piercing blue color scheme and was also made ador-able by the use of Gay’s son who presented roses to each model.’Hillman utilized a Vic-

torian feel with her Satire collection. Each piece seemed over the top while also practical. Leung’s Nomad collection seemed to appeal to the woman on the move while incorpo-rating Earth tones. Kuua-loha, the collection from Randie Lunn, featured an amazing Hawaiian-inspired theme and was a contemporary look for

island fashion. Perhaps the two most entertaining collections belonged to Remi Mead and Caitlin Spracklen. Mead’s Ninja Bunny collection was light and went hand in hand with her award winning paintings and drawings. Spracklen’s Love and War collection pulled themes from the world of cosplay and featured a male model with a metal claw. The so-phisticated yet simple look captivated the audience.The night ended with a

final look at all the pieces from the various design-ers. South, who returned to HCC this semester to teach a class, thanked everyone who attended and sang the praises of the entire program. On a night where so many talented designers were present, one thing is for certain: Honolulu Community College has an amazing crop of designers and will continue to pump out tal-ent for years to come. South’s fellow design-

ers from Bravo’s hit show “Project Runway” were in attendance and also featured a few pieces of their own. Crowd favor-ites Casanova and Mondo Guerra were greeted with raucous applause as well

as fellow Season 8 cast mates Christopher Collins and Michael Drummons. “It is awesome that the Project Runway people came down and supported HCC and the students here, ” said former KCC and LCC student Roxanne Rivera.

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Be the change! By Adina MurakamiKa La staff writer

Students get into action and support Hawaii Red Cross

Green Day events in April included a swap meet of recycled goods, tie-dying activities, and a display of 215 plastic water bottles, the amount used by a typical American each year.

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Be the Change! What a powerful challenge. The volunteers of Student Life and Development did just that from March 29-31 when they hosted the Green Day events, encour-aging students, faculty and business in our community to reuse, recycle and repur-pose. This event gave weight to

education and the power of action. The events were innovative and included an opportunity to donate recyclable items, a tie dye activity, a swap meet, Blue Planet collecting old light bulbs and giving away free CFL bulbs, as education on the effects of our carbon foot print. Did you know the average

American uses 215 plastic water bottles a year? I was astounded by the visual of 215 bottles strung from a tree by the music room to the top of Building 2. It provided much needed room for pause. Where do all of those bottles go? Unfortunately, most of them end up in the landfill. However, this event pro-vided several alternative options: several recycling bins were placed at regular intervals for convenience, as well as a booth giving away seedlings in a plastic sleeve. Watching the vol-unteers create cute flower pot container from empty bottles, you could be edu-cated on the damage plastic does to the environment. It was also very nice to walk away with sweet pea, lav-ender and chamomile seed-lings. They will provide much needed color to my small garden. The tie dye activity was

facilitated by Michael Ferguson, an instructor of Chemistry who supplied

some T-shirts, a handout, gloves, stylish protec-tive eye wear, and potent red, green, blue dye for the tie dye activity. Fergu-son spent a few minutes educating the participants to ensure cleanliness and overall satisfaction with the tie dye design. Several students and some faculty enjoyed this creative expe-rience. The swap meet was held

in the cafeteria and ap-peared to be a huge success yielding a total of $500 which was donated to the Hawaii Red Cross to assist with the Aloha Japan Cam-paign. Several students and faculty donated their gen-tly used items for resale. One of the most interesting items donated was a por-table toilet. HCC students Kaiya

Quevido and Lacey Ara-

gosa were browsing the swap meet hoping to find hidden treasures. Quevido said he was “just checking it out,” to see if there were any good deals. Aragosa bought several items with butterfly designs and said “my grandmother liked butterflies and they remind me of her.” Additionally, Aragosa liked the idea that the proceeds “would sup-port the victims of the tsu-

nami that devastated Ja-pan." The multi-day event

provided an opportunity for students and faculty to have fun, share experienc-es, review current habits and recognize that they can “Be the Change.”One small behavioral

change makes a huge im-pact in our attitudes, our actions and in the future of our environment.

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“Ignorance of reality provides little protection from it.” Members of HCC’s newly elected student government knows this well. It is their job to be informed and face the realities that could affect students in a major way. While the rest of us are running between classes, jobs and family, these leaders take on the added responsibility of speaking for students when students can’t or won’t speak for themselves. Ryan Adverderada is the new president of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii

at Honolulu Community College, which serves as a link between students and the administration, as well as as the UH Board of Regents. A political science major

and a former ASUH sena-tor-at-large, Adverderada's commitment to HCC’s student government goes above and beyond what you might expect. “You need to have a real

passion for the work and be willing to put yourself through a lot of stress. It becomes your life, your world,” Adverderada said. Kaleo Gagne is the new

ASUH senator-at-large. He is a self-described “37-year-old freshman and a soon-to-be retiring hair and makeup artist.”

It is his first time being involved with student government, but he is no stranger to student clubs and organizations. Gagne is a provisional

member of Phi Theta Kap-pa Honor Society and is the president and founder of the Righteous Rainbow Gay Straight Alliance. “I want to be a voice for the students here at HCC. We need to have a voice in student government so that we can make any changes that need to be made,”

Gagne said. The spring elections

are over, but ASUH does have it in its power to hold special elections if enough students are interested in filling vacant positions. Vice president, business manager, secretary, ambas-sador, senator and events coordinator are among the available ASUH positions.“You don’t have to be

president or vice president to get involved,” Ad-verderada said. “Student volunteers are always needed to help pull off campus events.” Filling vacant positions

and collecting volunteers would lighten the load of the few people who are running HCC’s stu-dent government. If you

want to get involved with ASUH in anyway, contact Adverderada at ryanta@hawaii.edu or visit Build-ing 2, Room 116. Julia Ching will again

serve as chairperson of the Student Media Board, a position she has held since Fall 2009. “What we really need are

more students who want to help. SMB needs editors, writers, photographers, or people who want to help with layout and design,“ Ching said. SMB supports all student

media activities includ-ing Ka La, the student-run newspaper and website, and a variety of of multi-media, including music, art and visual production.

New leaders give voice to student concerns

Adverderada Gagne

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We all know that the earth is round, the sun is hot, and bacon is delicious. These things have been proven, so I wouldn’t need your consent to say that these things are indeed fact. There are so few of these concrete truths in this world, it is actually quite scary. There are so many cracks in this fragile little system we call life. So what keeps it all to-gether? What keeps us, as human beings, from being paralyzed by the chaos of uncertainty? The beautiful glue that holds us together and keeps the world mov-ing forward is trust.What is trust? Trust

means allowing some-one to do something and having the unwavering belief that person will pull through for you. So to be trusted means that some-one has enough confidence in you to do what you are supposed to do, that you are given the opportunity to show you are worthy of such a gift and deserve more of it in the future.Trust is a beautiful yet

fragile thing. It frees us of the burden of not know-ing. It allows a person to accept something that is completely unverifiable without needing much more than a friendly nod or a hug. The essential thing about a person’s trust is that it is very easy to dam-age because there is only one way to keep a person’s trust, but there are many ways to betray it. Things like lying, exposing se-crets, or failure to perform an assignment all lead to bad relationships. It is our responsibility as

human beings to be worthy of the gift of trust and at the same time allow our-selves to offer it.

Trust is beautifulyet fragile

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Shabu shabu: It goes great with friends

In the Philippines shabu is the term used for the drug methamphetamine. In Japan, shabu shabu is the tradition of cooking vegetables and meat in a heated pot of boiling water. To some people, paying to cook your own food at a restaurant may be considered just as crazy, but if you shared an expe-rience like I had with my co-workers recently, you might find it easier to part with your money. When you look at Sushi

Bistro Shun from the outside, it doesn’t look like much, but upon entering this hidden gem you find a portal to another country. The inside is designed to look like a typical izakaya or a restaurant or bar and grill. It even has a formal tea

room in the middle of the restaurant. Izakayas offer dishes that are closer to meals than the pupus you would expect at bar. This

restaurant offers a wide menu of Japanese dishes and expertly prepared sushi. Tonight, however, we had one thing in mind: their $25 all-you-can-eat shabu shabu special. The special works like

this: each person at the table is charged $25 and each uses the same hot pot to boil the meat and vegetables; they give you as many plates of meat and vegetables as you request, just be sure to finish the plate before you ask for

another. Unfortunately, you can‘t bring leftovers home. The meat is thinly cut-fillets of rib eye steak, which are gloriously marbled showing white streaks of fat that make the steak irresistible. When presented with the boil-ing pot, we were a little intimidated as to how to go about using it to cook. After watching us

struggle for a short while, our waitress, Eiko, stopped by the table and gave us a little tutorial. She told

us that as soon as the pot starts to boil the vegetables should go in because things like the mushrooms and Chinese cabbage take longer to cook nicely. You can actually “overcook” the beef, a lesson I learned when Eiko educated me after noticing my poor technique. Shabu shabu translates

to "swish, swish" since the meat is so thin that it takes merely a few swishes in the pot to cook it. Sen-sei Eiko says, “When meat change color, good enough,” in other words the moment the pinkness of the meat is gone your good to go. This a great thing to do

with friends because there is a hint of team work and a greater opportunity for conversation that you don’t usually find when food is just presented to you. So if Sushi Bistro Shun

is your kind of place, set your map to 1914 South King St. you will not be disappointed.

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Shabu shabu at Sushi Bistro Shun comes with fresh sushi platters.

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Hawaii’s 8,067 medical marijuana patients spend an estimated $400 each month on cannabis. In all, medical marijuana is an estimated $38 million industry in Hawaii.But none of that money

goes back to the state. Al-though patients with medi-cal marijuana certificates can legally use the drug for a variety of health prob-lems, they can’t legally buy or sell it. And the state can’t take any taxes on a business that doesn’t legally exist.Beyond medical mari-

juana, studies show taxes from legalization of all marijuana sold in Hawaii would bring in anywhere from $4 million to $23 million annually depend-ing on tax rates. That could help eliminate furlough Fridays, fund educa-tion programs, pay state worker salaries, improve road work, health care, public safety, transporta-tion, parks, and more. State and county law

enforcement agencies spend $4.1 million per year to enforce marijuana possession and $3 million on distribution laws. The courts spend an extra $2.1 million. All told, enforcing marijuana laws costs the state about $9 to $10 mil-lion per year. With decriminaliza-

tion, the state and county government's could save at least $5 million a year, says UH-West Oahu’s Lawrence Boyd, an econ-omist, in “The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Decriminalization and Legalization for Hawai'i.”But there’s a long history

of prohibition and fears

that has kept marijuana illegal in Hawaii and the rest of the country for almost 100 years.Prohibition dates back to

the 1900’s when Ameri-cans disliked how the minorities and immigrants used cannabis as a part of their lifestyle.America demonized

cannabis by renaming it marijuana. In the 1930’s, Harry Anslinger, director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, and newspaper owner William Randolph Hearst teamed up to spread the false message that mar-ijuana led to violence.Industrial corporations

joined in the prohibition efforts, not concerned about its effects, but to eliminate cannabis as an industrial competitor. By 1937, corruption and yel-low journalism triumphed over science, and mari-juana became illegal on the federal level.In the past three decades,

according to the documen-

tary “Grass: The History of Marijuana,” Americans spent over $200 billion on prohibition efforts.As just about anyone

knows, prohibition hasn’t gotten rid of marijuana, whose distribution is most-ly controlled by gangs and foreign cartels.An American is arrested

every 37 seconds for violating marijuana laws, and it’s mostly for pos-session. Instead of going after robbers, murderers, or sex offenders, money and law enforcement time is wasted incarcerating the non-violent marijuana law violators.HCC student Tim Lapitan

says, "Guys are just going in jail and coming out of jail, but buds is still there." HCC student Timothy Adora says, "This what you call a messed up soci-ety where people are being heard and the system is just doing what they want to do."Today, a number of states

are increasingly allowing open sales and distribution of marijuana to medical patients, and legal dispen-saries are popping up in many areas. In Hawaii, there’s little effort to change the laws. Will legalization increase

use? There's no evidence that marijuana leads to increased violence or other problems.“If marijuana wasn’t in

this world, I think there would be more violence in the streets,” says HCC student Kameron Watson. “Especially when people like go to the hardcore drugs like coke, batu, and all that, you know herb is like the best thing. Not saying that you should do it, but it’s good for people to smoke it, and they have their right.”HCC student Matt Lodge,

“People do it all the time, but should you treat it as a Schedule 1 narcotic? No, I just don’t think it’s that dangerous.”

Marijuana Madness Prohibition just doesn't make good sense

Do you think marijuana laws are effective?

"I don’t do marijuana and could care less about it."

Charlene Buted

"The laws are effective be-cause if it were legal there would be many people on

marijuana."Alex Ribao

"No. People are still smok-ing just as much as they

want, they probably always will, regardless of what the

law says."Matt Lodge

"I think it's overrated because no one follows it, and laws just make every-

body rebel against it." Jason Manzano

"We putting people in jail for nothing. They didn’t kill anybody. It’s just a plant, a tree you know.

Herb will be here forever, yup, and all I gotta say is that, nope, the laws is not helping at all, waste

money. Kameron Watson

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New mural livens up old building A new mural is greeting

students walking into the Essentials Curriculum Computer Lab. Aerosol artist John “Prime” Hina painted the mural in late March. Hina’s organization,

808 Urban, specializes in painting grafitti art mu-rals. 808 Urban is respon-sible for the graffiti art displayed on the lawn of nearby Palama Settlement, which can be seen from the town-bound lanes of H1. The idea to decorate the wall was Jerry Saviano’s, who has spearheaded the the English Essentials program. Why a grafitti mural? The Essential Curricu-lum Complex and its stu-dents mean a lot to Savia-no. “[They] have been told they can’t make it, they can’t write well enough, can’t read well enough, can only do these certain types of jobs,” Saviano told Ka La in February, “We want to have a space that tells them otherwise.” In Hawaiian, the mural reads: “Lawe i ka ma’alea

a ku’ono’ono.” In English, it's “acquire skill and make it deep.” Saviano, an English pro-fessor, returns to teach-ing next semester, but the mural will make it hard to forget what he did during his time off, getting the

Essentials program off to a great start. As part of a long-term

plan, HCC could demol-ish the modular buildings housing the mural in a matter of years. But even if time may be running out for the mural, the center

will perpetuate its message much longer. Language Arts faculty

took up a collection to pay for the mural, Saviano said.Saviano is no stranger

to thinking outside the box. In the past, he has

employed a number of innovative teaching tools, and, once, when students failed to rate him a hot professor on Rate My Professor.com, Saviano dawned a pink bunny suit in an online rebuttal to his critics.

Poker players help out local schoolsAs quickly as the final

two players took their seats, it was all over. With a single hand, carpentry student Wincent De Guz-man became the winner of the Spring 2011 Texas Hold’em Poker Tourna-ment. De Guzman beat out more than 25 fellow Honolulu CC students to take home the grand prize of an iPad 2. Organized by ASUH-HCC, the tournament benefitted the organiza-tion Community Help-

ing Schools, a non-profit group that gathers wish lists from various Oahu public schools. Each list features items

that are desperately needed in classrooms to assist in the learning process. Sometimes these lists include pencil sharpeners and markers. Other times these lists ask for paper and folders. The contin-ued dismal economy has also kept many parents from being able to afford the basic supplies for their children. The grim reality is a classroom with more

students than pencils and not enough pairs of scis-sors to go around. CHS agreed to team up

with ASUH-HCC to knock out as many items on the list as possible. The orga-nization’s founder, Kathie Wells, called it an event of “students helping stu-dents.” Each entry into the poker tournament included school supply donations. Honolulu CC students were able to choose three items from a total list of 10 to donate. As is the case with the giving spirit on campus, event organizers

reported that there were multiple instances where students chose to donate more than the minimum three items and expressed no desire to play. ASUH-HCC President

Howard Kam noted the “amazing aloha spirit ex-hibited by the student body when it comes to helping others.” Participants were greeted with goodie bags provided by CHS, which included various snacks as well as a photo key chain. ASUH-HCC provided an additional gift of a reus-able water bottle. Kam

pointed to “numerous sur-vey responses from the last tournament, which asked for an iPad or laptop. Since we were looking for donations of school sup-plies, why not get some-thing the Honolulu Com-munity College students can use for school?”“The ultimate goal is to

create a relationship with the community by hold-ing these events to benefit various charities. If there is one thing to take away, it is that the students here are willing to lend a hand and help out," he said.

KA LA PHOTO BY MATTHEW URSUAArtist John "Prime" Hina created a mural to help inspire students in the English Essentials program.

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