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Slogans Won鈥檛 Solve Campus Gender Violence Problems Civil Beat file photo

Slogans Won鈥檛 Solve Campus Gender Violence Problems

UH Manoa’s ‘Yes Means Yes’ campaign has great brand appeal, but preventing campus sexual assaults will take much more than a memorable catch phrase.

DLNR Chair: This Time, Ige Nails It With Suzanne Case Cory Lum/Civil Beat

DLNR Chair: This Time, Ige Nails It With Suzanne Case

In his second attempt at picking a new Department of Land and Natural Resources chief, the governor taps an experienced conservation lawyer with deep local roots.

Telescope Construction Delay Is ‘Grandstanding’ Courtesy TMT International Observatory

Telescope Construction Delay Is ‘Grandstanding’

The Thirty Meter Telescope will be the last new telescope constructed on Mauna Kea.

HPU: Witnessing, Responding to Homelessness Dan Zelikman/Civil Beat/2012

HPU: Witnessing, Responding to Homelessness

A week of community engagement activities on homelessness reflects the university’s values of pono, kuleana and aloha.

A New Telescope and the Politics of Cultural Destruction Flickr: vkurland.

A New Telescope and the Politics of Cultural Destruction

The University of Hawai鈥榠’s effort to build a 30-meter telescope atop Mauna Kea begs the question, “When does K膩naka Maoli culture matter?”

Meeting the Needs of the Coming Silver Tsunami TSgt Culeen Shaffer

Meeting the Needs of the Coming Silver Tsunami

One-third of Hawaii’s population will be over 60 by the year 2035. Meeting the challenges of an aging society requires that young and old join forces.

David Ige: ‘The Engineer’ Promises To Be a Better Communicator Cory Lum/Civil Beat

David Ige: ‘The Engineer’ Promises To Be a Better Communicator

As Hawaii’s new governor’s to-do list grows, early challenges impart a lasting lesson: Sometimes words are every bit as important as deeds.

Election Problems: The Solutions Are Coming PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Election Problems: The Solutions Are Coming

Several legislative measures are aimed at making elections officials more accountable when problems arise.

Tom Yamachika: Let’s Talk About That Turtle Bay Deal 鈥 Again Civil Beat/2010

Tom Yamachika: Let’s Talk About That Turtle Bay Deal 鈥 Again

It seems that the legislative process, despite some mad scrambles, is working and bad things are being fixed.

Why Everyone Should Support the Telescope Construction Blockade Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Why Everyone Should Support the Telescope Construction Blockade

The project is proceeding on faulty legal grounds, compelling concerned citizens to take the law into their own hands.