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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Jamie Lee18-year-old Jamie Lee is a Liberal Arts major from Honolulu who has just finished his first year at KCC. Interested in anime, Lee hopes to be accepted into the Animation Department's internship once he receives his Liberal Arts degree. Lee works as an AVID tutor at Washington Middle School. Previously, he only tutored in its summer school program for four years while he was in high school, and now he tutors during the regular school year. The tutors help the students with work problems that they are having difficulty solving on their own in any subject. In his spare time, Lee likes to play board games with his friends or practice his animation skills.
