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HPU displays community artwork in
annual exhibit
The HPU Art Gallery featured its annual student
artist, staff, faculty, and alumni mixed-media exhibition
from March 18 to April 27. The gallery is located in the
Academic Center on the Hawai‘i Loa campus and displayed
paintings, photography, and drawings. All students, staff,
faculty, and alumni were invited to submit their artwork,
but the final selections were made by a group of panel members
that included Dr. Jerome Feldman, professor of Art History
at HPU. [More]
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Student and staff art at the Windward campus is admired
by students, visitors, and faculty alike.
Photo by Jackie Ruby
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Hawai‘i Maritime
Center opens Alaskan, Polynesian canoe exhibit
In ancient times the Hawaiians and the native
people of Alaska used canoes to reach distant lands. At the
Hawai‘i Maritime Center, a permanent Alaskan and Polynesian
Tradition exhibit opened on Jan. 19, to celebrate the famous
Hawaiian voyage of Hokule‘a and to compare the tools
and materials the Hawaiians and the Alaskans used to build
their canoes. [More]
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Photo illustration
by Andy Cavazos
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Students take advantage
of national conference
The Society of Professional Journalists offered
its annual regional conference April 12 with college journalists
and professionals from across the Western United States.
Participants, including members of John Windrow’s Media
Law class and selected staff from the Kalamalama had the
opportunity to hear from editors, reporters, and media experts
in workshops and panel discussions. Topics included blogging,
ethnic media, and investigative reporting. [More]
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HPU instructor John Windrow, l., at
SPJ conference.
Photo by Eddie London
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Neoconservatism: How dangerous is
it? Has it run its course?
For the past six years, neoconservativism has
emerged as a major intellectual force in American politics,
particularly in the field of U.S. foreign policy. Neoconservatism
isn’t new, of course; it’s been lurking in the
background of political thought and action for many years,
quietly seeking influence in Washington circles. With the
election of George W. Bush in 2000, it suddenly emerged from
the shadows to take a clearly visible and highly vocal position
in the federal government and the U.S. policy-making apparatus.
And with Bush’s re-election in 2004, it fully established
itself as the driving force in foreign affairs in the Bush
administration. [More]
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Singapore--
Asia’s cultural shopping mall
The
Singapore Sling at the Raffles Hotel is what comes to mind
when many people think about Singapore. It is a tiny island
at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula, and it is
both a country and a city. Its strict laws are occasionally
in the news, especially if an American is found guilty of
a crime. (Michael Fay, 18 at the time, was caned four times
for vandalism, mostly spray painting cars.) [More]
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Old Katong Bakery, near the sea front
of East Singapore.
Photo by Johanna Levenius
Photo by Johanna Levenius
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