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A place of our own! Sea Warrior
Center opens
by Jaclynn Fasken, business manager
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Finally. A place HPU students, faculty, and staff can relax
and call their own. On Aug. 1 The Sea Warrior Center, located
on the ground floor of the Blaisdell Hotel, at 1154 Fort St.,
opened its door for business.
The Sea Warrior Center, open seven days a week, houses a full-service
cafeteria with seating for 65, a lounge area, five brand new
computers with Internet access, four televisions including one
big screen TV, and two private meeting rooms. |
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Keola Gerell, property manager of the Blaisdell Hotel said, “the
center offers a unified, central place for the HPU community
to grab something to eat or drink, watch television and check
their e-mail. It’s a one-stop shop for students.”
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| The cafeteria offers fast foods such as hamburgers,
hotdogs, and pizza as well as good quality, nutritious meals,
including three specials per week, at least one a vegetarian
dish. |
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Since the Sea Warrior Center caters to the HPU
community, it will include a quick service line that lets people
make a pit stop for something fast during the mad dash between
classes.
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| The center offers couches and chairs in several
lounge areas, so students can kill time, socialize or study in
comfort. The center has an inviting, relaxing atmosphere and
permits eating and drinking anywhere. |
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| The two meeting rooms can be reserved by anyone
from HPU for meetings and gatherings and include large bulletin
boards so students, staff, and faculty can post meetings or messages
they would like to publicize. |
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| The Sea Warrior Center also has a prescription
for avoiding chronic back pain now or a few years down the road:
375 lockers that can be rented on a monthly basis for storage
of all those heavy, over-priced books. |
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| The student center will offer a VIP discount card
that can be purchased each semester and that will entitle the
card holder to special discounts on food, drinks, and locker
rentals. Gerell added that cardholders would be automatically
entered into frequent prize drawings. |
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| Since the center is exclusively for the HPU community,
Gerell encourages people to hang their artwork on the walls,
either to be sold or just for people to admire. “This a
place for HPU, so we want students to decorate the walls by hanging
their artwork.” |
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| Gerell is hoping in the future to offer weekend
events such as HPU games on the big screen TV and live music
at night. |
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| In August, the center will be open weekdays from
7 a.m. until 7 p.m. At the start of the fall semester, the center
will remain open on weekdays until 9 p.m. and on Saturdays (and
possibly Sundays, depending on business), according to HPU Vice
President for Administration, E. Rick Stepien. |
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| “Were hoping the center will be beneficial
to the students and entire area. It is a great addition to Fort
Street and hopefully because of it, students will have a better
experience all together,” Gerell said. |
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