I did the unthinkable, perhaps close to the impossible. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, I gripped my black ink 0.7 G2 pen and filled out the clearance form for graduation. It is a phenomenon to receive a four-year degree in exactly four years. Dare I even call it a miracle to fulfill the four-year myth. I, for one, have...

The Hawaii Rail Transit project has been a hot topic of debate even before the start of its construction in February 2011. The project was originally scheduled to finish in 2020 on a budget of $6.9 billion. That projection was blown out in May 2016 when the Federal Transit Administration revealed that...

When I moved here I told myself that a moped was the first thing I was going to buy. Coming from Oakland, Calif., people may think you're wrong for having one. But I was ready to get my own once I got to Hawaii. I was drawn to the convenience of it but also the fun of riding in the sun with the ...

As a 20-year-old woman, born and raised on the island of Oahu, by definition, I am local. Even though the beach hardly makes it on my to-do list, hence my skin being the glowing shade of pale, I am considered local. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the term local is defined as, “relating or...

Growing up in New York most of my high school classmates went to colleges in the Northeast. Anyone who dared venture out to somewhere as far as California seemed to be taking a risk. Risk is often deemed in a negative light but taking risks is what allows us to grow as individuals and even more importantly...