The Case Middle School

Volume 4
Issue 1
The Case Middle School
Courier
November
2007
Produced by the Students of Punahou School, 1601 Punahou Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Chain E-mails ...
Something Scarier
than Halloween
By Kathy Lau, Leigh Omizo,
& Anna Winnicki
O
n Oct. 10, 2007, the sixth
grade supervisor, Mr. Lucas,
called team meetings for all sixth
graders regarding chain e-mails.
A number of students had
received them and many had
sent them on to others. Mr. Lucas
wanted to let the students know
the dangers of chain e-mails and
what our Middle School policy is.
Chain e-mails, like chain letters,
often spread a story around by
asking students who get the e-mail
to forward it on to other people,
often promising all sorts of horrible outcomes if the email is not
passed on.
Though rather unrealistic, some
of the chain e-mails received by
students were frightening. They
disturbed parents and students.
This caused quite a stir amongst
the sixth graders. Some students
and parents came to see Mr. Lucas.
One e-mail was about a girl
named Kayla Whitman. It said
she had cancer and told us that
every time we passed the e-mail
on, the Make a Wish Foundation
would donate 7 cents to help her.
At the end it said that if you didn’t
pass on the e-mail, you had a cold
heart. Kayla never existed.
Another of the most forwarded
e-mails told about a girl who got
rejected by a boy. After getting rejected, she was so depressed she
took drastic action to hurt herself.
This story really disturbed some
people.
Mr. Lucas told the students
about different ways you can tell
if it’s a chain e-mail. Here are
some ways to detect an e-mail you
should not forward:
• Underneath the title it might
say, “Fwd.” many times or “Re:”
• If you open the email, normally it will have a hook, a threat,
or a request.
–A hook is a catchy title, meant
to grab your attention.
–A threat is used to play on
your fears: they often use big
words to seem real.
–A request is just a polite asking, meant to tug at your heart
and make you feel bad.
•There’s no contact information so it is impossible to trace the
original sender.
Mr. Lucas told the students,
“If you get a chain e-mail, please
delete it.”
If you feel like you want to:
consider the consequences.
These emails are just hoaxes:
even if they don’t matter to you,
they may be hurtful to others.
If you ever get one, don’t even
read it, just delete it immediately.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
Vandalism at
Punahou School
One of the lighting fixtures in a
Case walkway has been hit by
vandalism.
Photo by L. Kettering
Memories and
Plaques—More
Additions to Case
Two of the new plaques in Case
Middle School.
Photo by L. Dowd
By Lena Kettering & Alison Nichols
A
lthough Punahou does not
have that much vandalism on
campus, there have been some
cases in the past.
John Kapapa, Punahou Security
Supervisor, explained some of the
incidents and procedures
regarding vandalism.
“Sometimes we have
graffiti on buildings,” he
said. “Recently, there
were eggs thrown on
campus.”
These incidents of vandalism do cost the school
money.
“If the vandalism is
graffiti, we have to pay for
the paint and painters to
get it fixed,” Mr. Kapapa
said. All this just makes
the school cost more to
go to.
Graffiti is not the only
type of vandalism that
goes on at Punahou.
“The worst case of vandalism
at Punahou was when there were
computers stolen from Academy
buildings,” Mr. Kapapa said.
Also, some of the bamboo
plants in Bishop Hall’s atrium have
been knocked down by students at
By Loren Dowd
R
ecently, more new signs and
plaques have been appearing around Case Middle School. On
staircases, planters or even just
walls, small, rectangular metal
plaques are being installed around
campus.
Some are
dedicated to
those classes that
had alumni who
gave more than
$50,000 to the
Case Campaign
so that the middle school could
be built. Others
are in memory of
certain Punahou
families that have
special memories
of this school and
donated around
$50,000.
Also, a large sign was put up in
front of the bottom of Kuaihelani
Learning Center. It has a backing of teal colored resin with an
aluminum metal plate overlapping
it. This large plaque is dedicated to
the Case Middle School Leadership
Donors.
All of the small plaques are
made of the same anodized aluminum as the Kuaihelani sign. While
over six have already gone up,
more are yet to come according to
Senior Director of the Legacy Planning Services Barb Morgan and the
Major Gifts Assistant Lisa Oshiro.
Also, plaques that recognize those
who the team spaces were named
after will be going up in the near
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times.
Punahou students who might
be considering vandalism should
re-think it: the least amount of
punishment you may receive is to
be sent to your supervisor.
Another punishment is that you
could get expelled or get sent to
the president of Punahou.
If you are an outsider and you
vandalise on Punahou campus,
Punahou security will hand you
over to the police and the police
will take care of your punishment.
In Bishop, it’s pretty easy to notice the vandalism on the bamboo
trees in the atrium of Bishop.
Many of these trees have
scratches and names written on
them by the students.
There are many different things
written on the bamboo, including names such as Nikki, Tay, Bill,
Davi, and Jess, and also dates like
‘05 and ‘07. There’s a B+, “I ♥ U”,
and even a swear word scratched
onto the plants. Another place
where a lot of vandalism occurs is
Palm Drive.
Over the years, people have
written many different signs and
symbols on these trees, for instance, LEIR and IHA. Some dates
go back many years: 12/22/41,
5/29/44, and 3/23/45.
future. The Leadership Donors
sign was put up in August and the
plaques started appearing in early
September and will continue to be
built in.
An example of one plaque’s inscription is: “Mahalo Nui Loa Class
of 1963 In celebration of their
40th reunion.” This is the plaque
next to Gates CLC.
One of the plaques
dedicated to a
special family is the
one located on the
stairs in front of
the second floor of
Twigg-Smith Pavilion. It is in memory
of the Hamamoto
Family and their
children: David ‘77,
Marty ‘77, Pamela
‘78, Mark ‘80, Paul
‘83. They are honored for their family
relationship with
Punahou since 1948.
The signage is located in different places around campus,
reminding us of the value of giving to others. They are like fancy
thank-you’s to those who donated
the money that made our middle
school possible.
“It is truly amazing how alumni,
parents, faculty and friends from
the Punahou community were inspired to step up so generously to
support the transformation made
possible through Case Middle
School,” Mrs. Morgan said. “Over
5,000 donors became partners
with middle school faculty and
students in creating these new
learning environments.”
The CMS Courier
November 2007
Punahou School
Sustainability
Goals for 2016
Potato chips may taste great, but
what part do they actually play in a
healthy 2016 diet?
Now Where Did the
Water Come from?
By Jacquelyn Ho
B
rush those chips off your
lap and get going! Punahou
School’s Sustainability Goals for
2016 are all set up and ready to
go.
After many meetings, reports,
and the help of faculty and students, the administration at
Punahou School has decided
that the school should
try to achieve
the following
goals.
1. Reduce Punahou’s energy
costs 50% by
2016
2. Reduce
Punahou’s solid
waste consumption 50% by 2016.
3. Reduce number
of cars on Punahou’s campus 25%
by 2016,
4. Punahou’s students and
teachers are selecting healthy food
choices 100% of the time in 2016.
Here are some reasons why the
administration of Punahou set up
the Sustainability Goals for 2016.
First off, Punahou uses 140,000
gallons of water from the artesian
By Ella Ito
W
hen we press the knob on a
water fountain, I’m sure we
expect to see water.
Sure, it would be nice if it
spouted soda, juice, whatever, but
you can’t have everything in life.
So, water comes out of our
Punahou water fountains, that’s
simple enough. However, where
does this water come from? What
process does it go through before
it enters our digestive system?
A study of the Board of Water
Supply web site and a phone call
answered these questions.
Our drinking water starts with
the endless water cycle.
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well. Well, about how many gallons is that a month? 4.6 million
gallons.
When we use water, it doesn’t
just go in our bodies, but also
into the greenery in our school.
Punahou is not called a “Green
School” for nothing.
When Punahou uses so much of
everything, what about the things
students write on? Punahou is
the 5th greatest paper consumer
in Hawaii. We use about
622,000 pieces of paper a month. How’s
that for large
numbers?
When Punahou
uses all of this
energy, water,
waste, and
efficiency, you
would think that
they get a sickening
feeling at the sight
of the bills, and more importantly,
Is Punahou really being green by
using all of the priorities?
And even what you eat has
an effect: did you know that in
M&M’s, Nerds, Skittles, or in anything shiny, is carnauba wax? That
is the same substance that people
use to wax their car. (People even
use that wax for polishing apples.)
Trade winds blow across the
subtropics of the Pacific Ocean
much of the year.
These gather clouds and moisture that has evaporated from the
ocean. Steep mountains on the
Hawaiian islands force the wet air
upward. That in turn forms clouds
which then falls to earth as rain.
If O‘ahu had no mountain
ranges and flat plains, we would
not be able to capture enough
rain to support life here.
Thank the volcanos we have
mountains.
Water evaporates when it is
heated and changes into a vapor
rather than a liquid.
The evaporated water take
a quick lunch break around the
ocean and is then carried back on
shore.
Thus the cycle goes on.
Once water falls and is absorbed into the ground it goes
through a natural purification
process.
The process consists of the
water winding its way through
soil, then through porous volcanic
rock.
One raindrop’s trip from the top
of the Ko‘olau Mountains to the
aquifer, or fresh water lens, can
take up to 25 years!
Sometimes when water gets
trapped and can no longer go
downward it seeps sideways and
can appear as a fresh spring.
For water to get to our homes
and schools it has to go up complicated array of pipes.
All this before we drink it. And
don’t get me started on our digestive system.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
The Wait for the
New Pavilion Will
Soon Be Over
Inside the new dance pavilion,
workers are putting on the finishing touches.
Photo by B. Armstrong
Punahou on
“[YouTube is]
a world-wide
phenomenon.”
—Mr. Yuri Biersach
A Change of
Program for the
Newest Laptops
By Bret Armstrong
I
n 2006, Punahou made plans
for a new two million dollar
dance pavilion to replace the old
one above Barwick playground.
At the moment, the building is still under construction by
100 construction workers from
Armstrong builders but should be
ready and finally put to use by the
end of this year, according to project manager.
The builders hope that most of
the work will be done by Thanksgiving.
The reason why Punahou decided to replace the former Connors
Dance Pavilion is simply because
the old one was too old and had
termite problems, said Randy
Overton, director of the Physical
Plant, in an interview last year.
Besides being new, the new
dance pavilion will have special fea-
By Colby Sameshima & Kara Tsuzaki
H
ow many times have you
looked on YouTube?
Although it is blocked on campus, there are over 360 videos
relating to Punahou that have
somehow turned up on the site.
These include various sports
games, creative staff videos, students’ random antics after school,
and even students helping other
students with their homework.
Many of the videos have become quite acclaimed, not only by
other Punahou personnel, but even
from people all the way in California!
One of the most famous
Punahou videos on YouTube, is
“Right Field,” produced and edited
by Mr. Yuri Biersach, Punahou’s
own Director of Video Production.
He doesn’t know how “Right
Field” got on YouTube, and never
By Lauren Stollar
F
or the past three years the
Case Middle School at Punahou
has had a laptop program for their
middle school students which cost
each family $550.
For two of those years, Punahou
committed to giving the laptops
to the families at the end of the
three-year term, according to
Laurel Bowers Husain, Director of
Communications.
This year sixth graders are experiencing something different, as the
program has been changed, according to Wendi Takemoto, Director of
Information Technology.
The laptops (MacBooks) have
changed with many new and improved features for their studies.
Also, the terms under which they
have these computers are also different. The $550 is now a fee that is
paid and the students will no longer
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tures the old one didn’t have, such
as folding doors so it can either
have two rooms or one big room.
Other features include 200
windows, a cushioned dance floor,
huge fans instead of air conditioning, and it will be fully ADA access
compliant, meaning there will be
ramps for people in wheelchairs.
The estimated weight for the
new dance pavilion will be 700
tons, which is a lot more than the
old one.
intended for it to turn up on the
site, but somehow it did.
He describes YouTube as, “ A
world-wide phenomenon,” and
believes that, “It has given people
the opportunity to show what
they’re capable of, creatively,” but
sees how there’s also a downside
to it.
Probably part of the reason it’s
blocked, is due to the low quality
and explicit material that is on it.
But because of easy access,
YouTube could also become beneficial to our education.
Teachers could easily upload
lectures, and any videos to help
students who may need extra help,
or who may need to catch up from
being absent.
In the future, it seems that
YouTube, or at least something like
YouTube, may be a necessary application for Punahou.
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receive their computers at the end
of three years.
It seems as if the 6th graders
are very happy about getting these
new laptops, but some of the 7th
and 8th graders don’t feel the same
way.
Dani Stollar, a member of the
class of 2014, described the features.
“This laptop is really cool because
there are a lot of different applications you can use, and it has better
features than the old one like: a
camera, still and movies, has Photo
Booth, iSight, and the charger is
better because it is a magnet and
just in case you trip over it, it will
come apart, not bringing the computer down with it,” she said.
She says that this new program
that Punahou has come up with
should be kept because it’s good if
the students treat their computers
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The CMS Courier
November 2007
Crowd Control in
the Case Corridors
4YouTube & Punahou
…continued from page 4
At right, Mr. Canfield, French
teacher in the Academy and star of
a YouTube video. To see it, check
out http://tinyurl.com/3dxmel
4Laptops
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Making Smart
Boards Smarter
By Aubrey Thomas
A
ny one who walks past the
lower eighth grade team spaces other wise known as Team 8X
and 8W, could see that the outside
basketball and walkways are filled
with students playing basketball,
volleyball, or just chatting about
the current social events going on
in the grade.
Case Middle School was built
to accommodate the learning
and physical needs of students
in grades 6 through 8.Case
has several basketball courts
through out the nine building
structure.
In the bottom of the sixth grade
team spaces there is a huge empty
space used for various tetherball
and foursquare games. In seventh
grade there is a basketball hoop
located right next to the Gates
Learning Center and behind Castle
Photo by K. Li
Hall. Some team spaces even have
ping-pong and foosball tables.
However, in eighth grade, the
basketball hoop is connected to
the emergency fire lane and the
games take place there. This has
lead to issues of comfort in passing the area, according to Mrs.
Tyau. As several teachers have
commented, if you were to walk
past one of the games going on in
the middle of the fire lane, there is
the possibility of getting hit in the
head by accident.
Occasionally, too, Mrs. Yap’s
herb garden and her earth boxes
have been damaged or put in danger by off-course basketballs and
volleyballs.
Mrs. Tyau has already identified to other places for volleyball
practice and has gathered information about additional seating
for the students who sit along the
walkways.
“Technology becomes increasingly integral to learning and
teaching, and soon
enough, video will go
hand and hand with
computers as an educational tool, making it
absolutely essential,”
Mr. Biersach said.
So look out
Punahou, because
soon we may begin
seeing more learning
on YouTube!
better knowing that it’s someone
else’s property, and Punahou can reuse them, hopefully using the extra
money to further help expand our
education.
When surveying some 8th graders, they shared some of their
thoughts on the new laptops. They
admitted they were really jealous at
first because they wanted the cam-
era on their computer, but once they
heard that the students weren’t able
to keep the laptops, their perspectives changed.
The 8th graders thought about
how the seniors, juniors, and sophomores felt about not ever being able
to have a laptop for their studies,
and realized that they are really
fortunate.
By Kenneth Li
projector and a normal computer
can be used for a Smart Board but
you need a plug that connects the
screen with the computer.
The Lumens Projector in
most classrooms is known as
the Lumens DC160.
It is portable and is specifically made for schools.
Its battery supply is internal so it doesn’t become
messy like a power brick.
The amazing thing is
that it can zoom in and
out and it is easy to use
projector and it doesn’t
need to be mirrored and
transparent like those other
kinds of projectors and it can
also project color.
Y
it.
At right, the new Lumens projector
now in classrooms.
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ou have all seen the technology in the classroom.
The teachers are often using
Though did you ever
wonder when it was made
and which company made
it?
Want to know more?
Read more then!
Smart Boards are
made from the company
Smart Technologies. The
first was made in1991.
The Smart Board can
project and used on a flat
screen. If you prefer you may
buy a mobile unit. The traditional
The CMS Courier
November 2007
Halloween in
CMS Brought
Crazy Costumes
By Jackie Emley
F
rom ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beastie And
things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
—Scottish saying
Ghoulies and ghosties aplenty
came to school, grades 6 to 8.
What did you wear to scare your
neighbors? Here is what a some
6th graders wore. There were
monsters for example Brandon was
a Necromancer a skeleton ghost,
Taylor was a bloodsucking vampire.
Jamie and Katie were witches,
which witch was a Gothic witch and
which witch was a normal witch?
Spooky Students
The 8th Grade Student Council’s
Halloween
Costume
Contest
brought a bunch of interesting
new looks to Punahou students.
Pictured
upper
counterclockwise
left
is
Justin
from
Ligsay,
Spencer Madanay, the legs of
Max Haworth, Christiane Kotero &
Elena Hoffenberg, Nicole Johnson
& Makanani Bell, Zackery Harris,
Christine Tsai, and Aukai Monroe.
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Jamie was the Gothic witch with
a black and green hat and a black
boots. Katie was a witch and she
wore black and yellow gold.
Amy was a fighter pilot, Nina,
a punk rocker, and Hailey, a black
cat—don’t cross her path. Kira was
a Indian and Jackie Little Red Riding Hood gone goth. Michael was
Elwood from the Blues Brothers.
Also, Student Council 8 had a
costume contest on Halloween at
noon. Here are the winners and
their categories:
Scariest: Justin Ligsay
Fairest Of Them All: Nathan Lee
Funniest: Trevor Misplay
Best Imposter: Diane Galluzzi
(as Brittany Spears)
Most Original: Colleen Fricke
(Starbuck’s Coffee Cup)
Group: Power Rangers (Troy
Sekimura, Austin Ayer, Chris Fong,
Connor Yim)
The CMS Courier
November 2007
A New Fish
Pond in Town
A place for fishies.
Photo by S. Yamaki
Tilapia:
Looks Ugly,
Tastes Great
At right: it’s not tacos, it’s tilapia!
By Shanni Yamaki
A
pond has been recently built
right outside the shop room.
This pond isn’t only for viewing,
it’s also part of the shop and home
economics class.
The shop students and teacher
makes sure that the fish stay
healthy and were in charge of
the building of the pond. The 8th
grade Culinary Travels students
will cook the fish.
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“Fish and kalo can be grown
easily and efficiently in a “back
yard” environment, ” said shop
instructor Mr. Steven Wong.
How the pond and the taro patch
functions: The sprinkler system is
attached to the pond so there is
water flowing in and out, ten gallons per minute. The water that
flows out goes into the taro patch
below. The taro receives a very nutritious watering from the pond.
Inside of the pond: Its the koi’s
look alike but is actually tilapia,
otherwise known as sunfish or Nile
perch. They feed off of floating fish
food and duckweed. Tilapia were
chosen because of their resistance
to a lot of diseases, fast growing,
and they taste good. When ever the
fishes reproduce its called a “fry.”
These “fry” are captured and kept in
a separate tank in the shop room.
The pond itself is made of Ponderosa pine and is 18 inches deep
and can hold 700-800 gallons of
water. “The pond serves as visual
instructional tool for those teachers and students wishing to visit
and observe,” said Mr. Wong.
By Shanni Yamaki
T
hink that tilapia may taste
awful? The grayness of it is
so drab? Want a more presentable
dish for dinner?
Don’t ditch the tilapia! Here is a
way to spice up your meal in Costa
Rican style, in a recipe suggested
by Mrs. Yap, taken from the Global
Gourmet web site:
Photo & recipe from www.globalgourmet.com
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Marinating time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3
tablespoons olive oil, divided
4
tablespoons finely chopped fresh
cilantro or parsley, divided
4
teaspoons minced garlic, divided
1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt,
divided
1/4 teaspoon sugar
6 tilapia fillets, about 5 ounces each
3/4
cup long-grain rice
1 cup chopped
onions
2 oranges, peeled, seeded,
coarsely chopped
1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1
can (15 ounces) black or pinto
beans, drained, rinsed
1 teaspoon
dried oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon
freshly ground black pepper
1/4
teaspoon cayenne pepper
1. For the tilapia marinade,
combine lime juice, 1 tablespoon
olive oil, 2 tablespoons cilantro, 1
teaspoon garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt,
and sugar in a shallow dish. Add
tilapia and marinate 15 minutes,
turning once.
2. To prepare the bean and rice
mixture, cook the rice according
to package directions and keep
warm while the tilapia is marinating. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large, high-sided skillet or
saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons olive
oil on medium heat. Add remaining garlic and onions; sauté until
translucent, about 5 minutes,
stirring. Add 2 tablespoons cilantro, oranges, tomatoes, beans,
oregano, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper,
and cayenne. Cook, uncovered,
until hot, 7 to 8 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
3. Transfer hot rice to a 9 by
13 inch or 2-1/2 to 3 quart baking dish. Spoon the bean mixture
on top of rice and gently blend.
Slightly overlap tilapia fillets on top
and scrape marinade over fillets.
Bake until the flesh of the tilapia
just begins to flake at the nudge of
a fork, 16 to 20 minutes.
Vary It:
Snapper, striped bass,
whitefish, cod, flounder, halibut,
and haddock are tasty substitutes
for tilapia.
Tips:
A chopstick works well
when you need to stir tender mixtures of rice or couscous to prevent the grains from breaking up.
Use leftover cooked rice (2
cups), if desired, and reheat in the
microwave for 2 to 3 minutes.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
The Flaming “P”,
School Tradition
Keeping the flame alive....
Photo courtesy Mr. J. Burniske
Review: Many
Memories Made at
Camp Timberline
Off the campers go on a hike.
Photo courtesy of Kumu Tai.
By Jackie Thomas
P
unahou is school that is
steeped in tradition. The
Punahou Carnival, the Variety
show, and of course the Flaming
“P.”
The origin of the Flaming “P”
has been traced to the late ’60s.
Mrs. Marilyn Ane, who was the
cheerleading advisor and a mother,
first had the idea of the lighting the “P.” She got her inspiration from the idea of high school
bonfires and made it her own by
thinking of lighting the “P” on fire.
There were a couple years when
our school no longer lit the “P”,
although the event was still held.
The tradition was put to a halt because of some safety hazards and
damage of middle field grass.
In the mid-’80s, Mr. Mike Kim
saw that the event was not as well
attended and took steps to make
the school more aware of the
event.
“It had dwindled down to the
football payers and their families,”
Kim said.
This year there was something
new: T-shirts were on sale at
the Flaming “P”, courtesy of the
Alumni Association. The T-shirts
are navy blue and have a “P” surround by flames in the middle of
a diamond, 1841, and below the
motto “Keep the flame alive”.
At this year’s homecoming,
Punahou played Damien, and
Reminiscence by Byeong Yun Kim
C
amp Timberline was one
of the best memories at
Punahou School. This was because
it was very challenging and was
also very fun. There were all sorts
of interesting things and the meals
were also very good, too.
Some of
the fun things
were pools,
archery, painting bags, and
learning how
to use a digital
camera.
The digital camera
lessons and
painting bags
were in the
arts& crafts
rotation. Pool
and archery
were in separate rotation.
Playing in
the pool was
really cool
in the hot
weather. My
group played
Colors and
Marco Polo. We also did diving,
cannonball, and pencil jump.
Archery was fun, but challenging. Shooting was very fun. It was
a lot harder than just shooting
arrows. We had to aim, control our
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triumphed, 55 to 38. Punahou now
has a 6-2 record. Many people attended the game this year in great
school spirit, there were boys who
did body painting in buff n’ blue,
and young girls who are aspiring cheerleaders learning some of
Punahou’s timeless cheers.
Following the game, there
were some games of a different
sort. Young kids got a chance to
go around to different activities
called” the kiddy games.” They
also had a balloon animal booth.
As usual there was the chili dinner, plus a band of Punahou high
school students performed during
the dining period.
Preceding dinner, there was
a rally in the gym for the whole
school. Everyone filled into the
gym, to support Punahou’s victory.
Lower and middle school students
got a chance to perform their own
cheers. Our middle school students
did the “Gigolo” cheer, which was
learned during P.E. Classes.
Finally it was time to go outside
and watch the P get set on fire.
The area was taped off and the P
was set in the back end of middle
field.
The cheerleaders performed
some cheers, and afterward the
band played.
When asked what she thought
makes the event so special, Aunty
Hattie Phillips replied, “Not only
tradition, but seeing everyone together. It’s a family atmosphere.”
power, and listen to instructions.
But with days of practice and
shooting, we finally got better at
it!
Learning how to use a digital
camera was interesting. But playing
with them was fun, so we just went
on with it.
We took funny pictures with/
without flash.
Painting bags was the most creative thing I did at camp. We did
this in a very weird, but a fantastic
way. In the end, when the paint
was dry, we looked at my bag and
it was very artistic!
Besides these rotation group
activities, we had challenge activities.
In these activities, we had to
cooperate with each other, make
plans, and use teamwork. Some of
them made my brain almost blow
up because they were very hard.
But some of them were very funny
and interesting.
After doing these challenges,
I had a feeling that cooperation
and teamwork is a big part of our
world.
Also, we had hikes when we
were at camp. One of them was a
night hike, and the other one was
an all-day hike. Both of them were
challenging and fun, but were very
tiring.
It was a good thing that I had
plenty of food and water in my
bag. Both hikes were lead by
Kumu Tai.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
UFO Attack? No
Way! Just CrossCountry Lines….
Candy Bars
Old and New
How to Eat
Like a Child
By Jessica Chang
T
he green grass of campus is
lined in white, marking the
route of our cross-country team.
The line starts at Thurston
Chapel and ends at the basketball
courts.
Between Wo International Center and Bishop
Hall is part
of the course
and it leads to
Middle Field
and so on.
Since school
started, the
cross-country
runners have
been to several meets.
Following the white
line and arrows, anyone
can make their way around the
Punahou campus.
It is very helpful because without the lines, the members would
have to memorize the route.
Even though there is only one
meet at Punahou per year, marking the lines is an important part
of the cross-country routine.
At the meet here on October 13,
By Megan Lau
B
efore candy bars were made
people would just drink
chocolate. The first candy bar was
a chocolate bar.
In 1847, Joseph Fry made the
first chocolate bar by mixing cocoa
butter into defatted cocoa powder
with some sugar to make a paste
that can be pressed into a mold.
Everyone started having chocolate
as a snack instead of drink.
M&M’s started during the Spanish civil war. When Forrest Mars
Sr. found soldiers eating pellets
of chocolate enclosed in a hard
sugary coating. This kept the
chocolate from melting. He then
invented the M&M’S® Plain Chocolate Candies. They were first sold
in 1941.
Snickers were first invented in
1930. The bar was named after
a horse. They were first sold for
Review by Megan Ching
& Summer Hamilton
T
hursday October 11, 2007
at 8:15 the 4th-6th graders of
Punahou School went and saw the
play How to Eat Like a Child.
How to Eat Like a Child starred
three 6th grade students, Helen,
Hallie, and Quinn. Mahina and Emily helped backstage. The play was
presented in Dillingham Hall.
The set was made to look like
LEGOS that a child was most likely
to set up.
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runners run either a two or three
mile course.
A cross-country team member
said that even though she didn’t
depend on it too much, she said
other students from other schools
depend on it.
Punahou faculty printed the
lines on the fields. The lines turn
and wind over
two miles.
Did you
ever wonder
what these
lines are made
of?
Looks like
chalk, right?
Mr. Earle,
who has been
the head of
X-country
for about ten
years and
also assistant coach before that, says, “I
think the white stuff is gypsum. It
doesn’t hurt the grass or people,
and it kind of fades away after a
few rains.”
Remember whenever you catch
sight of the lines that suddenly appear on the campus, cheer for our
cross-country runners.
GO GO GO!
a nickel. In 1968, the snicker fun
size was born. It was then brought
to Halloween forever.
That was about how candy was
made and here is what candy companies are doing to the old candy
to make it better for you.
Health candy may seem like an
oxymoron but some candies are
becoming sugar free or less sugary. Gum companies were the first
to become sugar free.
Other companies are doing the
same thing, such as: Coca-Cola,
Kellogg’s, and Pepsi. One candy
bar company named Spa Chocolate helps your heart makes your
skin nicer. Borba Skin Balance
Confections help keep your skin
vibrant.
Cocoa Via is another chocolate
bar that helps your heart healthy.
As you can see candy has
changed over time. But candy bars
are still delicious treats for kids.
The play was 20 lessons to
show people the ways of a child,
like how to eat like a child, how to
torture your sister, and other funny
lessons.
The play included awesome
singing, dancing, and jokes.
Here we asked some people
what they thought of the play.
Most of the people thought that
the play was really good, but some
people thought it could have been
more elaborated.
Over all the play received good
reviews.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
In Memory of
Erich Levi
Punahou Tunnels
Have Wartime
History Here
Some of the wartime photos show
the changes that occurred at
Punahou School—even the tunnels
that ran under the campus.
Photo scans courtesy of Cooke Library Archives
Review by Joylen Nakagawa
I
f you are interested in World
War II, Inge Barth-Grözinger’s
book Something Remains is a perfect way to get started.
The book begins around the
time Hitler gets voted into a
position of power and how that
changed many Jews’ lives forever.
Erich Levi does not understand
why his parents
are so unhappy
when the Nazis
get elected.
But slowly,
things begin to
change for him.
Some of the
teachers begin
to grade him
unfairly—just
because he’s
Jewish. The
Hitler Youth
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boys bully Erich and his best friend
Kurt shuns him entirely. At home,
things are no better. Money becomes scarce as his father’s cattle
business suffers.
When he finds a friend in Gertraud, things start looking up. He
finally has someone he can share
his thoughts and dreams with. But
when their families find out, they
are forbidden to see each other
again.
These kind people help him to
hold on to his hopes even when his
home becomes a dangerous and
alien place. In the end, Erich must
immigrate to America to escape
Germany and to start a new life.
Something Remains is a novel
based on a real person, even
though the day-to-day events are
not real. They are, however, originated from what really happened
to Jewish families.
Hope you enjoy the book.
By Maile Blume
S
tudents wander around campus. They are about to be
evicted, but for now, that hasn’t
taken place. They wear their gas
masks in order to prepare for a
real emergency. Even the kindergartners look like figures from a
Science Fiction
book.
During World
War II, Punahou
students were
evicted from Punahou’s campus. The
school had become
headquarters for
the military.
All teaching was
done in private
homes, and at
the Unversity of
Hawaii.
Now, in 2007,
many students
have been skeptical of the myth of
underground tunnels.
“The tunnels are not a myth,”
says Mrs. Omo, the Punahou historian. She said that while it is true
that they have been filled in, the
tunnels did exist during the war.
They were built to connect
various Punahou buildings. As
our reporter examined some old
photos, she found one of a tunnel
entrance.
In the background of the faded
black and white photo we can
see Pauahi Hall, a building in the
academy.
Other photos reveal that the
tunnels were lined with wood and
were very rectangular. But the tunnels aren’t the only thing found on
campus during wartime.
Mrs. Omo brings out a box, and
gently unwraps an object, folded in
tissue paper.
This brass object is the remain
of a bomb. “You can actually see
the serial number on the bomb,”
says Mrs. Omo.
The faded digits make us thank-
ful that we were not Punahou
students then.
Times have changed but many
Punahou buildings have been here
since before the wartime.
Just think, Punahou students
of the future may marvel at how
Punahou was for us.
We, the Punahou students of
today, who think our homework
load, commute to classes, and
one-hour lunch break are a burden, must remember that times
have been worse.
Much worse.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
The Lion King
Reviewed
“HP” and the
Deathly Hallows
Sweeps the Nation
Review by Malia Staab
T
his amazingly funny, intriguing
and creative musical captures
your attention the minute you hear
the first note of music.
My favorite character was the
notorious Scar, (played by Kevin
Gray),
who was perfect for the
part, sounding and acting just like
Scar in the
Disney movie
“The Lion King”.
Scar’s costume was
very creative; his
mask was the best
part. It was amazing
because it moved
when he was on all
fours and moved
again when he
was standing up
like a human.
When Scar
was standing up on
just two
legs his
mask sort
of rested
on top of his head
like a cap and when he
crouched on all fours,
his mask just popped
out in front or his face
so if you looked at him
directly in the face, it looked
like it was turned up and watching
you.
Other costumes were also very
cool and life like. Of the background animals, I thought the
giraffe was the best. People were
Review by Sarah Hasselman
O
n the night of July 20, literally millions of Americans
fought for a place in long lines to
wait for the seventh book of the
Harry Potter Series. But how many
were Punahou students?
Apparently a lot. As a result,
“the demand wasn’t great
(at the BLC),” said Mrs.
Hayashi, “because a lot
of students had
got the book
during the
summer.”
There are
two copies
of the book
now in the
Bishop Learning Center,
two books also
in Cooke Library, and three in the
Ing Learning Center. All of them
look like they have been there for
years.
But how has this affected
people’s reading level? The BLC librarians say that people who didn’t
read large books before have now
expanded their reading capabilities
to longer novels.
People who didn’t read at all
started reading because peers had
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walking on stilts with costumes on
over the stilts and the body, they
had long masks that went over
their heads and up and above. It
must have been very hard to wear
all that makeup and all of those
costumes.
This musical is much like the
movie but also very different in
unique ways, especially in the
creative use of puppets. When the
director wanted the action to be
a little faster, he used puppets or
shadow pictures that played out
the roles with no sound. People
wore hats that looked like lots
of grass while others ran around
with small puppets, making them
move above the grass as if they
were running on the grass. In the
scene with Mufasa showing Simba
the stars, the actors used animal
puppets.
The music was amazing and it
was surprising how much the actors sounded like the characters
in the movie. There were a lot of
people in the play and they were
all excellent in playing their part.
This play is very special for
Hawaii because such good quality plays are not common in the
islands. It is a big deal because
large productions wouldn’t be able
to bring all the cast and props all
the way to Hawaii from the mainland. Many people are trying to
get tickets because if you stay in
Hawaii, this is probably a once in a
lifetime opportunity.
I think that the Lion King was
amazing and am so glad that I was
able to go. I would advise anyone
to go to this musical. I guarantee
you will love it.
recommended the book to them.
And from May to Summer
School, the Harry Potter books
rarely had time to sit on the
shelves because the Harry Potter fans were constantly trying to
catch up on what they might have
forgotten, trying to solve the
“Snape riddle,” and determining whether or not
Dumbledore was really
dead.
Some people
have started reading more thanks
to JK Rowling and her
award-winning series.
But not all!
Some
people just
don’t like reading,
period. And some people think
that the Harry Potter books are too
long. “It would take me a year to
finish that book,” says one person.
Despite these book-haters,
librarians say that they have
never seen a Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows book leave their
library and return with complaints
of how it was unsatisfactory. The
finale of the Harry Potter series
was, indeed, great.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
A Tribute to
Mrs. Teske
By Claire Feeley & Maddie Wilson
P
At right, Mrs. Teske.
Photo by Sterling
Mrs. Yamamoto,
the Brand New Face
Mrs. Yamamoto.
Photo M. Dearden
Superman on
Campus
unahou’s beloved 6th grade
teacher Mrs. Marsha Teske is,
as you may know, recuperating
from the horrible accident in
Minnesota.
Mrs. Teske has been a
teacher at Punahou
for 25 years and a
partner of Mr. Agena
for about two years.
At this very moment
she is recuperating.
Just to give a little background about Mrs. Teske,
she is known as a wonderful mother, wife and teacher.
If you were a former
student
of Mrs. Teske you would know her
expectations of you.
“She has high expectations of
everyone so that they can reach
their goals. She is a very experienced leader and is a role model
By Michael Dearden & Brian Kim
A
s you may already know,
Mrs. Teske got into a bad car
accident which led to one death.
Mrs. Teske survived but she will
not be back to Punahou until early
January (see story above).
Until then. Mrs. Yamamoto, a
teacher that taught at Maryknoll
School and other schools, will
help teach the kids of 6-203 and
6-204.
Mrs. Yamamoto said in the
interview...
CMS: Do you like teaching at
Punahou?
MY: I really love teaching at
Punahou.
CMS: What do you think is the
strength of Punahou students?
MY: In Punahou, students are
very independent and bright.
CMS: What do you think is the
weakness of Punahou Students?
MY: I have seen none so far,
and everyone is so sweet.
CMS: What do you think about
Punahou’s curriculum?
MY: It is excellent, and
By Chloe Nobuhara & Julia Lau
I
f you think your life is hectic and tough, look at Ka‘au
McKenney’s life. He is a father to
two young children, a husband, a
teacher to ninety-two rebellious
pre-teens, and on top of that, he is
an environmentalist.
An everyday hero.
He is also trying to get his students to become more sustainable,
and his method must be working
because ten out of ten students
have said that he has inspired
them to become more sustainable.
McKenney started his involvement in Hawaiian culture and
sustainability when he was on the
Hokule‘a. He was inspired by pilot
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for many,” said Mr. Agena.
Mrs. Teske is absolutely in love
with the Florida Gators and M&Ms.
As for the current sixth graders that were supposed to be in
Mrs. Teske’s class the substitute is a very competent
teacher. Mrs. Yamamoto
(see related story
below).
As for Mrs.
Teske, it is not particularly known by
anyone when she is
coming back to teach
at Punahou. Mrs. Teske’s accident occurred
when she had returned to
Minne- sota on her annual trip to
visit her husband’s family.
Voicing many of the students
opinions, Gracie Kimura wishes
Mrs. Teske a very fast recovery
and cannot wait to see her former
teacher at school soon.
Punahou has very good curriculum.
CMS: What do you think about
students?
MY: Punahou students are very
strong, in terms of academics
and responsibility. Work quality is
excellent, and homework is hardly
missed.
CMS: What do you think about
the school in general?
MY: It is a heaven for teachers
and students.
Also, here are some comments
from students about Mrs. Yamamoto.
CMS: How do you think about
Mrs. Yamamoto?
Kainoa Harrison: It is unbelievable that she can come in one
week before school, and fill in.
Jonathan Dang: If someone
told me this was not a substitute
teacher but real Mrs. Teske, I
would have believed it.
Timothy Kinzler: I think that
she is a very good teacher, know
what she is doing, and it is cool
that she filled in at a week notice.
Nainoa Thompson. What he saw in
him was a person who takes risks
and pulls off big things. He also
observed that Thompson uses past
Hawaiian culture in present day.
While on Kaho‘olawe, there was
a seed of an idea that grew. Mr.
McKenney learned that you have
to cherish what you have because,
“you don’t know what you got
till it’s gone.” Kaho‘olawe really
stressed this idea.
While on Kaho‘olawe, he did
service projects, hiked, swam, and
worked together. His favorite part
of the day though was after dinner,
when they would lie down under
the stars and the crystal clear sky,
drink ‘awa (ceremonial drink of
…continued on page 16
The CMS Courier
November 2007
Lions and Tigers
and Teachers
Without Borders?
Are you looking at me? I’m looking
at you!
Photo courtesy of Chaplain Scott
Superferry Facing
Super Challenges
By Mahina Husain & Nina Oishi
A
giant, angry male elephant
charging at your car in the
dusk of evening, then you snap
a picture! This is just one of the
many exciting things that happened to our very own Chaplain
George Scott!
Chaplain
Scott traveled
to South Africa
for a month
this summer to
participate in
Teachers Without Borders.
A good friend
and teacher at
Punahou named
Mr. Peer invited
him. Chaplain
Scott went
there as the
group’s photographer and
Chaplain.
So what is
Teachers Without Borders?
It’s a program
where teachers’
travel to parts of the world and
help teachers better educate their
learners. (That’s what the African
teachers call their students.) Mr.
Peer is the Hawaii director of this
program, and he was born and
raised in South Africa. He was
raised in the types of schools the
Punahou teachers visited.
Chaplain Scott’s exciting journey began with a 22-hour flight
from New York to Africa. In South
Africa they visited and helped four
rural schools. The teachers there
were very smart but the American teachers taught them better
methods.
The teachers were taught in
By Jordan McCreary & Justin Lee
T
he Hawaii Superferry has been
the subject of controversy
since early 2004.
Since then, protesters have complained about the Ferry’s impact on
the environment, while supporters
have argued that the Superferry
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seminars which they began with
singing and dancing almost like it
was a chapel. They started there
school day just the same. All of
the people that Chaplain Scott met
had singing voices. Even though
there are a couple hundred kids
in each school they start each day
joyfully.
What are the people of South
Africa like? Surprisingly, the South
Africans have British and German
accents. They also have a very
good English vocabulary. Chaplain
Scott recalls being in the car with
the other teachers when a young
African boy approached them,
wearing this tribal outfit. To their
surprise the boy asked them in
perfect English with a tinge of a
British accent, “Sir. May I have
a sweetie?” (Sweetie is a British
word for candy.) Chaplain Scott
said he was really surprised!
How is the food there? The
dishes were very different from
ours. Breakfast was fruits, and
something like a porridge but wetter. They also had a lot of curry
from Indian influence.
But the most amazing things
Chaplain Scott saw were the
animals of Africa. He saw them in
a game park, which is not a zoo
or a arcade. It is a place for the
animals to live in their natural
habitats, and it is about the size of
O`ahu.
He saw everything from baboons to giraffes, tigers to elephants. Hence the picture! The
monkeys would even steal your
food.
Chaplain Scott said he did a lot
of research about South Africa,
but nothing could prepare him
for what he actually experienced.
He says, “No matter how much
research you do, it’s not the same
as actually going.”
would allow cheaper inter-island
transportation.
The Superferry is able to hold
900 passengers and 280 vehicles,
and because of its size the Superferry is accused of being a threat
to whales, and protesters are using
this as a weapon against the Ferry.
The Superferry’s manager, John
L. Garibaldi, says that the Superferry has a “Whale Avoidance
Policy” that includes traveling at
low speeds (25 knots or less0 in
popular whale feeding and mating
grounds. This will help the massive
ship avoid Whales and other marine
wildlife.
Another problem is the spread of
non-native species to other Islands,
such as the Fire Ant. The Fire Ant
exists on Maui and the Big Island
but nowhere else in Hawaii.
Some say the introduction Superferry will make it easy for Fire
Ants to make their way to the other
Islands. But despite all of this, the
Superferry is scheduled to resume
services to the other islands once
an environmental inspection is
complete.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
Bishop Hall: A
Look at Its Past
The present-day Bishop Hall
Photo by H. Oshiro
Cornerstone
Mystery
By Harrison Oshiro & Nathan Higa
D
id you know that the Bishop
Hall that we know today is not
the same Bishop Hall that existed
in the early 1900’s?
The Courier interviewed BLC librarians Mrs. Ramler and Mrs. Ohta,
to find out more about this historical
building and the history of the present-day Bishop Hall. Mrs. Ramler
shared numerous old newspaper articles about its history, ranging from
the beginning of the construction to
the final completion in 1901 and its
destruction in 1969 to be replaced
with the current Bishop Hall.
In 1901, the Board of Trustees at
Punahou School, which was known
as “Oahu College” back then, to
build Bishop Hall, hired The Concrete Construction Company.
The cost of the building was
$58,490 and would be the “first
state’s reinforced concrete building in the state of Hawaii. The
Board of Trustees and Mr. Dickey
and Mr. Newcomb of the Concrete
Construction Company signed a
contract of the construction of the
company.
The Punahou Archives has correspondence letters between the
Punahou Board of Trustees and
the engineers and architects from
the creation to 1911. After the
construction, there were concerns
about cracks in the concrete building and the trustees decided to add
reinforcements and underground
drainage pipes.
In 1930, a team of 3 architects
who reported that the building was
“badly cracked all over” and more
repairs were needed to be made.
During World War 2, when the
Army Corp of Engineers occupied
Punahou, Bishop Hall underwent
another renovation.
The army painted everything a
“hideous” shade of green. Desks,
chairs and walls were painted
green, anything. They even painted
right over the termites according to
Dr. Victor Johnson who was princi-
By Harrison Oshiro & Nathan Higa
H
The remnants of the past.
Photo by H. Oshiro
ave you ever noticed a
cornerstone dated 1901 on
the right when you enter Bishop
Library?
The date on the stone represents the date of the construction
of the old Bishop Library. This
cornerstone is the most historical
valuable portion of the concrete
building located Jack Stubbart who
was supervisor of buildings and
grounds at Punahou School during
the demolition of the old Bishop
Hall that time.
Stubbart and his team had carefully removed the cornerstone of
the old Bishop Hall with a pick and
shovel and placed the cornerstone
where it was now currently lies
today in the present-day library.
A 1972 Star Bulletin article
states that “on October 4, 1901 at
4 p.m., the cornerstone was laid
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pal of the kindergarten class to the
8th grade class from the time the
old Bishop Hall was built.
By 1950, the auditorium was
determined by the Punahou officials
to be unsafe so students were confined to their classrooms. It was
not too ling after that the administration soon decided that Bishop
Hall would be replaced.
The administration made their
decision to demolish the building on
May 28, 1969 at 1:30 a.m. when
custodians felt tremors in the building and discovered new cracks in
the wall and in the main structural
beams.
The Demolition Engineering Ltd.
was hired to demolish the concrete
building on March 17, 1972. Mrs.
Ohta, who was a teacher during
this time, remembered the company having “a difficult time destroying the building and that it took a
heavy steel ball and the experience
of all of its employees to bring the
building down”. She also remembered hearing the crashing of the
steel ball as it shattered the building’s windows and blackboards and
ending with the sound of a boom.
According to a 1972 Star Bulletin
article, the steel ball was two tons.
Mr. Ernest Hara, an architect and
a Punahou graduate of 1928 and
Dr. McPhee, president of Punahou
in 1972, were the two people that
first planned the Bishop Hall that
we know today.
Mr. Hara designed the stone
hala tree frieze at the entrance of
Bishop Hall and constructed the
Wilbert S. Choi memorial garden in
memory of the Choi Family.
Other people who contributed to
the new building is Alice Battle who
planned the Bishop Library, Bobby
Rath, Tom Conger and many other
people who contributed and also
donated money.
The building cost 2.8 million
dollars and today it covers an area
of 78,000 square feet according to
a Star Bulletin 1972 article about
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by Punahou presidents S.P. French
and the Rev. Hiram Bingham at the
old Bishop library.”
Mr. Dickey and Mr. Newcomb of
Concrete Construction designed
and built the box and were built
by Concrete Construction co. The
two presidents left in the cornerstone, $1, 50 cents, 25 cents and
10 cents of Hawaiian coins dated
1883, a Hawaiian penny made out
of copper dated i1847 and a cent
token issued by Thomas H. Hobron
Railroad on Maui in 1879.
Silver coins of the United State,
a nickel and two pennies and
postage stamps of Hawaii and the
United States were also stored in
the box at that time.
Even more surprising, and copies of 33 different island newspapers which represent different
languages, religions and political viewpoints which only half of
dozen exist in the world.
The CMS Courier
November 2007
Wheat Gluten
Is the Culprit
Ghosts, Spirits,
Punahou, and a
New Victim!
4Bishop Hall
…continued from page 14
By Bethany Higa
O
ver the past few months
there have been Pet Food
recalls that have been affecting
many pets.
We interviewed Dr. Walsh,
DVM, from Feather and Fur Animal
Clinic. We asked him, first, what
precautions should people take
with their animals to protect them?
He said people should look at
the ingredients and see if there is
the ingredient wheat gluten.
The wheat gluten
that companies
were using was
from China.
The second
question was
what kinds of
problems have
been reported at
the clinic that you
know of.
Have you had
any experience with
these problems?
He answered that
kidney problems occur
if the pet has been poisoned. Also
the animal drinks and urinates
more and vomits. He has known of
2 or 3 cases that have come into
the clinic.
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We asked him, what should
people do if they want to have
their animal checked to see if it’s
been poisoned or made sick from
the food?
The reply from him was that a
blood test and a urine test to identify if the pet has been poisoned.
A fourth question was, is there
anything people can do at home.
He said no, there is no home test
to see if your pet has been poisoned.
Dr. Walsh said a way that you
might predict if your pet has been
poisoned is the increase in drinking water and urination.
He also said this affect could not
just be the poisoning but it could
be diabetes or several other sicknesses.
The last question we asked Dr.
Walsh was, are there any kinds
of special foods that you might
recommend for a dog or cat, certain brands that we can trust? Are
there brands that we should avoid?
Dr. Walsh said that there are no
special food brands because the
recall has been put under control
so most pet foods are safe for your
animal.
Before the recall was under control almost all the pet food brands
were recalled.
ur world is filled with extraterrestrial spirits and ghosts.
From Ka‘ena Point to Makapu‘u
Beach, these phantoms are everywhere.
Remember a class picnic or day
camp to Sherwood Beach Park?
What you may have not known
is the mystery that shrouds the
forest that lines the shores of the
beach.
The lady in white has been
seen as an elderly woman in an
old-fashioned white dress, or as
a young Hawaiian girl in a long
dress.
Sometimes she is seen with a
large, white dog, or sighted walking alongside the road. She has
been known to dash in front of
cars, then disappear right before
your eyes.
Others have been dragged into
the ocean, and pulled down under
the surf. This lady of Makapu’u
has been sighted on the road from
Halona, the blowhole, or as far as
Sherwood Forest.
Spirits have also been seen at
Punahou, whether it be the lady
in gray, that can be seen floating
along the track, or even across
middle field, or the poltergeist that
haunted the locker rooms, pulling
mysterious pranks on their unlucky
victims.
There is also the ghostly shadow that appears in Dillingham Hall,
it appears sliding along the walls,
and ceilings, often seen by the
maintenance workers that operate
the lights during shows.
There is no real proof that these
spirits are real, perhaps these
witnesses were traumatized out
of their minds. But maybe, these
phantoms haunt our world, forever
seeking a new victim.
the interior of Bishop Hall.
Mr. Hara planned to have movable partitions between 27 classrooms and carpeting for noise
absorptions and planned the central
courtyard, which the rocks are from
the Waialae Stream and the water
is from Kapunahou.
“In the early 1970s there was a
general capital drive led by Robert
R. Midcliff and Punahou alumnus
from the mainland and in Hawaii,”
according to a Star Bulletin article before the construction of the
present-day Bishop Hall.
Some of these people were President of American Trust Company in
Hawaii, Edna Harrison Murray and
Stanley Livingston.
This drive was probably “one of
the most ambitious in the Islands”
by Star Bulletin. Mr. Midcliff formed
the Bishop Hall Fund Executive
Committee with the Punahou alumnus and trustees under this group.
When Bishop Hall was completed,
the class of 1918-1959 met on
different days in the month of October to celebrate their reunion in
the new Bishop Hall.
By Casey Matsumoto & Grace Kimura
O
The CMS Courier
November 2007
John Cruz &
His Music
Reporter Mia Masuda with musician and song writer John Cruz.
Photo courtesy of M. Masuda
The main thing is to
play what is in your
heart and what you
want to play that
way the music you
play can express you
and who you are
and not what others
want you to do.
.—John Cruz
4Super McKenney
…continued from page 12
By Mia Masuda
T
he Courier sat down with Na
Hoku Hanohano award winner
John Cruz. John is a local musician
whose fame is spreading rapidly. John released his first album
“Acoustic Soul’ in 1996 featuring
hit songs like “Shine On,” “Sitting
in Limbo” and “Island
Style,” which has
become a local anthem. John grew up
in Hawaii but it wasn’t
until he moved to the
East Coast in 1983
that he developed his
own style as a singer/
songwriter. John has
distinguished himself
as one of the most
talented songwriters
that has ever come
from Hawaii.
With his newly
released album “One
of These Days,” John’s
reputation will get
even bigger.
Q: What inspired
you to become a musician?
A: As far back as I can remember I felt like I was a musician. It
was the natural thing in my mind.
I visioned in my head one day I
would be a musician and make
records. I felt inside of me I was
one.
Q: Do you come from a very
musical family?
A: Yes, My dad is still an old
style country musician. And my
mom left high school and was
singing in girl bands. When she
met my dad she settled down and
had kids. Music was always in the
house. I would wake up and hear
the radio. After school my brothers
and sisters would race home and
see who could put their favorite
record on. All the neighborhood
kids would come over to sing and
dance. Our life’s pretty much revolved around music.
Q: When you were learning to
play guitar did you ever get frustrated?
A: Yes, for sure a lot of times!
Everyone’s mind is capable of so
many things we all just need to
catch up with our minds. It used
to drive me crazy because, my
brother was such a good musician.
I would love to hang out with him
to learn chords.
I always practiced. I am still
frustrated with my playing because
I feel there is always something
I can get better at. You have to
the Hawaiians), and listen to Walt
Keale play the guitar.
According to the survey we
took, nine out of the ten people
agreed.
Sarah Hasselman, a seventh
grader who was inspired to visit
Kaho‘olawe, spoke her mind in our
interview. She completely believes
that we all must be more sustain-
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put in the time to get to the to the
position you see in your head.
Q: What is your newest album
“One Of These Days” about?
A: This album is about transition, renewal or a shedding of the
old coat. We all stop our life and
analyze it instead of just going
through it. It’s nice to have a new
album because I can shake the
old off. Hopefully fans will like new
songs.
It’s cool playing a gig and not
having to play my hit song of
“Acoustic Soul” “Island Style”. It’s
nice to play with others because
I get the group energy. If I make
a mistake I blame somebody else
its just fun to play with the others
(laughs).
Q: Have you been nominated
for any awards/won any?
A: I was nominated 7 times
for the 1997 Na Hoku Hanohano
awards. I was nominated for my
first 1996-released album “Acoustic Soul. I won two of the Na Hoku
Hanohano’s. One of the awards I
won was most promising artist,
during my speech I said I thought
the award should have gone to
a young artist who hasn’t been
playing for long. The second award
was for the contemporary album of
the year.
Q: What would you say to kids
who want to be musicians?
A: If you want to be a musician
be the best, most fun, most generous, most of a musician you can
be. Don’t let others decide what
kind of musician you are, don’t let
others judge you or pressure you
and don’t pressure yourself.
Music is such a powerful,
beautiful, wondrous thing because
music brings people together.
The main thing is to play what
is in your heart and what you want
to play that way the music you
play can express you and who you
are and not what others want you
to do. You will struggle if you don’t
play what is in your heart.
If you plan to support yourself
as a musician and make a living
of music know that making money
and making music are two different things and don’t get caught up
in the money
It’s priceless for me to see kids
singing my songs and knowing the
words.
When I was young I knew music
made people happy. You could
bring people together and bring
joy in people’s hearts.
Some of the information in this article
came from www.johncruz.com.
able. Justin Lee, another seventh
grader, now strongly supports and
believes in what the Ohana is doing.
McKenney wants Kaho‘olawe
to exist as a lesson to all of us,
we have to take care of our aina.
“I don’t want to dare to hope too
much, but I want to hope reasonably so my hopes can come true.”