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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 |
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DLNR Extends Telescope Permit--Ige Cancels 'Emergency'
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 5673 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Higher Education, OHA
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...This morning, at the request of TMT, the University of Hawaiʻi asked for a two-year extension of the Conservation District Use permit deadline for the initiation of construction. The Department of Land and Natural Resources granted this extension until Sept. 26, 2021....
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Monday, July 29, 2019 |
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Feds Force UH to Shutter Chinese Communist Spy Center ‘Confucius Institute’
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 5745 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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“...It’s a sad reflection on the University of Hawaii that it took 13 years to boot the institute off the UH campus — and only then because of the threat of funding cutoffs by the Department of Defense....”
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Friday, July 26, 2019 |
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Maunakea Rules: UH Regents Move Meeting to Aug 30
By News Release @ 7:53 PM :: 6926 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The administrative rules were previously scheduled to be heard at a BOR meeting on July 18 and was rescheduled to August 22. The August 22 meeting was rescheduled in an effort to accommodate increased public interest on the proposed rules ....
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Friday, July 26, 2019 |
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OHA Trustees Call on Ige to Rescind Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 5979 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Regardless of your position on the Thirty Meter Telescope....
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Thursday, July 25, 2019 |
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Imua TMT: Video from Pro-Telescope Rally
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 6874 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...TMT supporters must be patient, but start taking action....
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Thursday, July 25, 2019 |
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HDOT Working with Police to "Address Illegal Actions by Protesters"
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 4792 Views :: Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...HDOT will continue to work with law enforcement to address illegal actions by protestors on neighboring islands to impact the daily lives of commuters on other state roads such as the H-1 Freeway....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Observatories: "Uncertainty About what Lies Ahead"
By News Release @ 4:23 PM :: 5366 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Conflicts and protests on the mountain in 2014 and 2015 frame our expectations of 2019, and perhaps beyond....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019 |
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UH Board of Regents elects new leadership
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 3209 Views :: Higher Education
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...Board of Regents to consider proposed Maunakea administrative rules at August meeting....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019 |
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Judges Refuse: No Halt to Telescope Construction--No End to Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 7850 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, Religion
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...Court’s suspension of governor’s emergency proclamation applies only to one Person....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019 |
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Doomed Telescope: Ige Hands off 'Leadership' to ... uh... Harry Kim
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 7989 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...“I honestly don’t know how this is going to end,” says Doug Simons, an astronomer and executive director of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope....
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Sunday, July 21, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Crying DOCARE Chief Begs Protesters to Open Road
By Video @ 3:55 AM :: 9231 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA, Police
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...“I don't wanna be here,” said Kamakau who is the DOCARE Hawai‘i Island Branch Chief....
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Saturday, July 20, 2019 |
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Machado: “OHA has no position on the siting of the TMT on Maunakea”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:02 PM :: 10788 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
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...Trustees are reminding Governor Ige of OHA’s real goal—not stopping the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) but gaining control of thousands of acres atop Mauna Kea....
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Friday, July 19, 2019 |
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Lt Gov Green: Telescope Not Worth 'Damage to Fabric of our Ohana in Hawaii'
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 8795 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, Law Enforcement, Military, OHA, Politicians
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...In my opinion no single project, not any, is important enough to allow ourselves to damage the fabric of our Ohana in Hawaii....
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Protests: UH Releases Guidelines for Staff
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 3149 Views :: Higher Education
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...with information in the event they encounter forms of expression that may alarm them or prevent them from accessing or leaving their place of employment....
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Ige Signs Proclamation 'To Prevent Lawless Violence'
By News Release @ 3:18 AM :: 5580 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...The emergency proclamation gives law enforcement increased flexibility and authority to close more areas and restrict access on Mauna Kea....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 |
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OHA: Protests are Opportunity for us to Grab Mauna Kea Lease
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 6467 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"...Regardless of your position on TMT, we must all agree with Gov. Ige’s 2015 statement that the state has 'failed' Maunakea...."
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 |
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At UH Confab, Politicians and Lawyers Get Reality Check on Climate Suits
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 6038 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education
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...Politicians and trial lawyers eager to sue energy companies over the costs of climate change received an unwelcome message from a university professor....
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Sunday, July 14, 2019 |
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'Sacrilege': OHA Leadership Predicts Violence at TMT Construction Site
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 9848 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA, Religion
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"...the commencement of construction activities for the TMT will result in bodily harm and psychological trauma to OHA’s beneficiaries and others at the hands of the State...."
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Hawaii--3rd Lowest Student Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 AM :: 4155 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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...Student Debt as % of Income, Adjusted for Cost of Living (3rd-lowest)....
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 |
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Telescope Construction to Begin Next Week
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 4989 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The State Department of Transportation announced that Mauna Kea Access Road will be closed and there could be lane and other road closures associated with large equipment movement beginning July 15....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Kapiolani CC apprenticeship program showcased at mayors conference
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 3727 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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...invited to present a Best Practices session on its apprenticeship program and how it could address employee shortages....
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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Telescope: DLNR vs KAHEA 'No Sound Cannon'
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 6798 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA, Police
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...The assertion that DOCARE utilized an LRAD in association with protests on Maui’s Haleakala several years ago is completely false....
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Monday, June 24, 2019 |
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Microbiologists Complain -- Not Getting Enough Global Warming Grant Money
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 4617 Views :: Environment, Higher Education
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...if you warmers don't pay us, we will blow the top off this scam....
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 |
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Telescope: State Issues Notice to Proceed, Rips Down Protesters Shacks
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 7250 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... So that construction of the telescope can begin safely, four unauthorized structures were removed from Mauna Kea earlier this morning by multiple state agencies ....
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Saturday, June 8, 2019 |
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ACLU: Proposed Mauna Kea Rules Unconstitutional
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 4863 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, OHA
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...proposed rules as they may infringe upon the constitutional rights of individuals seeking to access Mauna Kea....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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UH Regents Vote to Freeze Tuition
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 5250 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living
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...the proposed schedule also includes decreases in resident and non-resident graduate school tuition rates that will increase the university’s competitiveness in attracting graduate students....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii to Sue over Global Warming? UH Law School Debunked
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 7751 Views :: Energy, Environment, Higher Education
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...the idea of suing America’s energy industry for climate change-related conduct and harms has been rejected many times, including by the highest court in the land....
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Monday, May 13, 2019 |
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"Equality" Act Hits Rewind on the Rights of Women
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:42 PM :: 7623 Views :: Education K-12, National News, Family, Higher Education, Military
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... This week Congress will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, sweeping legislation that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the definition of sex throughout federal law ....
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Saturday, May 11, 2019 |
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Carlos Penaloza recommended as next Leeward Community College chancellor
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 3007 Views :: Higher Education
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...Vice President for Community Colleges John Morton has recommended to University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner the appointment of Carlos Penaloza as the next chancellor for Leeward Community College. The effective date of the appointment is July 1, 2019....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019 |
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UH: 95% of our Students Tell Us They are Brainwashed
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 5000 Views :: Environment, Higher Education
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... The vast majority of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa students, 95 percent, are concerned or very concerned about climate change ....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019 |
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Best States for New College Grads--Hawaii 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 AM :: 5077 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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"...Years needed to afford down payment: 25.68...."
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Monday, May 6, 2019 |
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UH Legislative Recap: Challenging yet successful session
By News Release @ 8:29 PM :: 3453 Views :: Higher Education
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...Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2019 legislative session....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 |
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USD Finds 'Hawaiian Day' Legal
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 4324 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...The University of South Dakota determined that a student group naming its party “Hawaiian Day” did not violate the school’s policy....
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Sunday, April 28, 2019 |
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Public urged to participate in next round of hearings on proposed Maunakea rules
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 5823 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...to provide feedback on the latest draft of the proposed administrative rules to govern public and commercial activities on UH-managed lands on Maunakea....
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Thursday, April 25, 2019 |
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Charlie Wade Sex Complaint Filed Over Year Ago
By News Release @ 10:46 PM :: 6185 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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...Wade has been listed as suspended on a public list on the USA Volleyball website since at least last fall....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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UH requesting second round of public hearings for Maunakea administrative rules
By News Release @ 4:55 AM :: 6527 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The regents will take up the request at their April 18 meeting at Leeward Community College....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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New UH Manoa leadership structure approved
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 3542 Views :: Higher Education
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...the president of the University of Hawaiʻi now leads the UH Mānoa campus....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 |
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ACLU: Kealoha Lawyers Threaten Free Speech
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 7739 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, First Amendment, Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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"...The Kealoha case is arguably the single largest corruption case in the history of our state...."
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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Environmental Review for Aloha Stadium Tear-Down Begins
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 8679 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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...We already have a good stadium. And this consultant now admits Aloha Stadium is located in the best possible place. So why tear it down for yet another unnecessary boondoggle?....
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Monday, March 25, 2019 |
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UH Class Constitutes "material support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization"?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 PM :: 6838 Views :: Higher Education, Law Enforcement, Military
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...The 'Humanize Palestine' website was deactivated later in 2017, about two weeks after the University of Hawaii Chancellor became aware of a nexus that consisted of University of Hawaii content, Palestinian terrorism and the website....
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Thursday, March 21, 2019 |
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Trump Ties Federal Funds for Colleges to Free-Speech Pledge
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 4801 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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"...There are 12 federal agencies that award education research grants, and the executive order will leave it to them to decide what schools must do to be in compliance...."
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 |
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Grant Supports Drive to make UH, Chaminade, Kauai CC 100% Tobacco Free
By News Release @ 5:23 AM :: 4347 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...support efforts to advocate for, adopt and implement 100 percent smoke- and tobacco-free policies, including limiting the use of e-cigarettes....
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Monday, March 18, 2019 |
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Innovation? Hawaii Ranks 45th
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 6503 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Small Business
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...Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth....
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Sunday, March 17, 2019 |
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Blank the Amount, Defect the Date
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6083 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Higher Education, Taxes
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"SB 1474 Senate Draft 2 that proposes an increase in the GET now specifies '__ per cent or $ _____'"
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 |
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UH Legislative Update
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 3014 Views :: Higher Education
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...Kalbert Young, University of Hawaiʻi vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2019 legislative session to date....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019 |
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South Dakota law school: Hawaiian Day is offensive. Hawaii state rep: No it's not.
By Selected News Articles @ 11:16 PM :: 6233 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...The school said that the name could be interpreted as culturally insensitive....
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Saturday, March 2, 2019 |
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Leis Banned in South Dakota
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 5:46 PM :: 6016 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...University of South Dakota law students change party theme after 'Hawaiian Day' deemed 'culturally insensitive'....
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