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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Matthew YoshikawaMatthew Yoshikawa is a 22-year-old student at both KCC and HCC. As a native of Hawaiʻi Kai, Yoshikawa is majoring in the Fire Program over at his home campus, HCC. As a fourth year student, Yoshikawa hopes to receive an associate degree from the Fire Program so that he can become a future firefighter, a job that he said he has always wanted to go into. Along with wanting to become a firefighter, Yoshikawa is also majoring in Botany here at KCC. "I took a couple of classes for Botany to see what it was like, and I liked it," he said. Yoshikawa's love for Botany stems from his likable and passionate instructor, Mike Ross. As a 2015 high school graduate, Yoshikawa has interest in plants and loves to learn new facts about them. Along with looking forward to being a firefighter, Yoshikawa said that majoring in both a Fire Program and Botany is "a good mix."