10 Dance Crazes of the Decade
The past decade has been one for the books, especially when it comes to “viral”...
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Author: Jazmyne Pennington
KCC Student Wins 7-Eleven Culinary Competition
BY JAZMYNE PENNINGTON | STAFF WRITER On Dec. 4, seven students from Kapi‘olani Community College...
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Kaira Verdugo
Kaira Verdugo is a 19-year-old Natural Sciences major from Honolulu. She plans to pursue a degree in Forensics after graduating from KCC.
“I like the fact that I could bring closure to families, if something bad were to happen,” she said.
After high school, Verdugo took a year off and went to Guam, where she worked with her uncle at his business consulting firm. She decided that she wasn’t interested in that career path and returned to O‘ahu to enroll at Kapi‘olani Community College.
In her free time, Verdugo likes to do karate, read, and watch Netflix.
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KCC Culinary Arts Students to Compete in 7-Eleven Competition
BY JAZMYNE PENNINGTON| STAFF WRITER Kapi’olani Community College and Leeward Community College...
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WOTS: Thankful
By Jazmyne Pennington | Staff Writer Word on the Street: What are you thankful for? Joshua...
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Loreto Mendoza Jr.
Loreto Mendoza Jr. is a 25-year-old from Maui and is currently in the Respiratory Care Program at Kapiolani Community College.
After graduating high school, Mendoza was a combat engineer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He specialized in working with explosives and urban breaching. In 2014, Mendoza deployed to Afghanistan with a B billet as a 240 Bravo machine gunner.
Mendoza enjoys the Respiratory program because of the opportunity to work with people.
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Body Positivity: Learning to Love Myself
BY JAZMYNE PENNINGTON | STAFF WRITER I’m not sure how many times in my life that I have said or...
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WOTS: One Food You’d Never Eat Again
By Jazmyne Pennington | Staff Writer Word on the Street: What is one food that you have tried that...
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Keanu Rochette-Yu TsuenKeanu Rochette-Yu Tsuen is a 20-year-old bio-engineering major from Faaʻa, Tahiti, French Polynesia. In Fall 2018, Rochette-Yu Tsuen began to conduct his own research project. "It was my first time doing research that was my own," Rochette-Yu Tsuen said. "It was supposed to be a botany-based project that was to be a semester long, but it turned out to be a year and a half." Rochette-Yu Tsuen's research project involves the use of the Naupaka Kahakai plant by extracting a compound that could be used in sunscreen. His hope is to reduce the damage to coral reefs caused by current sunscreens on the market. What he has found to be enjoyable was that the project applied microbiology, chemistry and marine biology concepts and skills. Yu Tsuen has attended three conferences: the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI) in Arizona, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Georgia, and the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference (HCC) in Honolulu. All of which he presented a poster showcasing his data. He won the "Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation" award at HCC. Rochette-Yu Tsuen will be presenting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference in Honolulu on Oct. 31.