January 2012
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“I just believe his vision for America is the one we need”
– said Tim Lussier, a college student who flew all the way from Hawaii to offer his support.
Nashua Telegraph
December 2011
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“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own....”
I have been selected to join The Greatest Generations Foundation(TGGF) in welcoming 24 Pearl Harbor veterans back to Oahu for the 70th Anniversary commemoration events this week. On December 8th, they have cordially invited a select group of HPU Students to accompany – for free – these Pearl Harbor veterans as they tour Oahu military installations and re-visit bases and locations where they...
November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Hawaii Pacific University: Rematch in new SGA...
NICOLE KATO
Copy editor
A fall special election for Student Body President of the Student Government Association will be a rematch after a complaint regarding the spring vote led to President-elect Yasemin Karabudak’s removal.
Karabudak and her opponent in the spring election, Tim Lussier, have both said they will run for president again in elections scheduled for Sept. 26-28.
In April,...
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August 2011
2 posts
“Americans here in the 20th century built the richest, most prosperous nation in...”
– Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)
June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
3 posts
“The problem with quotes on the Internet is you can never be certain...”
– Abraham Lincoln
March 2011
7 posts
Is there an Afterlife Debate with Sam Harris and... →
“Before Europeans made their first sojourn to Hawaii, chefs topped ham pizzas...”
– Oregonian style pizza with pinecone — makes sense, haha — From today’s Groupon
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I was selected to compete at the United States Universities Debating Championship 2011 held at University of Vermont April 1-3 2011 with the Hawaii Pacific University Debate Society.
Wish us luck!
More info at http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/usu2011/Welcome.html
February 2011
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Does War Help an Economy?
I’m a Teacher Assistant for a Sociology Class.
Today the professor discussed Deviance which is basically what norms and rules we have in society.
One point the professor used to point out the Structural functionalism theory was that deviance can create jobs. The way that is said assumes that jobs created are a good thing. But is it? Creating jobs by imprisoning people is very much a net...
November 2010
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Hawai'i Pacific University Censorship
This article appeared in the Honolulu Advertiser. That newspaper is now called the Star Advertiser.
TITLE: HPU censorship claim reviewed
Posted on: Sunday, November 22, 2009
By Caryn Kunz
Advertiser Staff Writer
Students and administration at Hawai’i Pacific University are working to define the purpose and usage of the school’s student newspaper, Kalamalama.
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Hawaii Pacific University Student Newspaper...
Vice President John Kearns reports they he’s loosened up censorship on the Hawaii Pacific University Newspaper since we began battle.
Hawaii Pacific University Vice President John Kearns just told students he no longer approves Student Newspaper (admitting censorship)
Hawaii Pacific University Vice President John Kearns also mentioned he wants to get a student to serve on Board of...
August 2010
9 posts
Bookends of War
I’m sitting on the USS Missouri where the war ended via the Japanese signing their surrender, this Battleship is a few hundred yards from the USS Arizona Memorial, where the attack on Pearl Harbor started the US Involvement in WW2.
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HPU: (Tier 1) 68th best college in the West.
Ranked better than other island schools: University of Hawai`i at Manoa (159) and Chaminade University (80).
“Hawaii Pacific University is a private institution that was founded in 1965. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,906, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 135 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Hawaii Pacific University’s ranking in the...
“The core of mans’ spirit comes from new experiences.”
– Chris McCandless (as made famous by ‘Into the Wild’ the movie/book).
Life Update:
I’m proud to announce that I’ve been accepted into Hawaii Pacific University Master’s of Arts in Communication program. I will serve as the Assistant Debate Coach(a scholarship position) for the Hawai’i Pacific University Debate Team!
Originally after graduating with my Undergraduate degree I moved back to Oregon to work on a campaign, the candidate quit, so I made the...
July 2010
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Tim Lussier in the News: The HPU Debate Society:...
The HPU Debate Society: the art of argumentation
by Ethan Perry, student writer
“Thank you, madam speaker. We of the proposition are proud to propose…” Thus began one of the many practice debates held by HPU’s Debate Society.
Debate is basically the art of argumentation and persuasion. But winning a debate is not simply a matter of proving your point. To win, you have to prove that your...
Tim Lussier in the News: HPU team does well at...
From HPU’s “Student Run Paper“
HPU team does well at Island Debate Invitational
by Ethan Perry, student writer
Congratulations to Jake Bradshaw, Cody Corcelius and Tim Lussier from the Sea Warrior Debate Society for taking 2nd place at the HPU hosted Island Debate Invitational intervarsity debate tournament on April 24th.
After competing in four preliminary rounds...
May 2010
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April 2010
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On this day in 1866 Anne Sullivan Macy was born, the teacher of Helen Keller. Both women did the impossible. - Critics love to tear people down. Go change the world, prove the haters wrong…
March 2010
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Hawaii Pacific University Student Newspaper...
This week Dave Bergen, Graduate Fall 2009 published in Hawaii Reporter slamming HPU for its attack on students at his Alma Mater
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?60fcffb9-46da-47ad-a57f-cfbcda2ce1cd
HPU Kalamalama Student Editor Slams UH Newspaper on their public blog She avoids the censorship fact and attacks UH over running a story about a student who committed...
In Hawai’i tonight they closed a beach park on the leeward side. City workers cleared 17 tons of rubbish from people living on the beach.
