Regarding phantom emails mis-representing Aloha Airlines management
posted by Hawaiians @ 3:24 PM
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Sunday, February 06, 2005
On the Haole Way: Where Everything Has a Price Tag
* Note the first sentence in this article, "A Stanford University biology professor has assembled an interdisciplinary team of scholars to figure out how to make restoration of native koa forests economically attractive." In other words... she's not doing it for the good of the earth. Instead she is doing it for the good of the wallet. Then non-Hawaiians wonder why Hawaiians don't like it when non-Hawaiians move to the islands. Why? Because overall they just want to make a profit and this epitomizes this mentality:
"Scholars seek to restore koa" by Timothy Hurley
Read his story here:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/06/ln/ln11p.html
posted by Hawaiians @ 7:18 AM
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Saturday, February 05, 2005
On people visiting Hawai'i then grumbling about the conditions of the Islands
* In this letter, the writers go on and on about how Hawai'i is continuing on a downward spiral. The problem is people like them who visit the islands create this downward spiral:
Conditions in Hawai'i continuing downward
My wife and I have been coming to Hawai'i each year for 30 years. In all that time, we have seen a lot of changes, for good and bad, but this year we felt that Hawai'i — especially O'ahu — is downgrading itself. Three examples:
• The roads are in incredibly bad shape. Even on highways there are deep holes. We come from a country where frost and ice cause some holes, but these are repaired even in wintertime. Can you imagine what impression your potholes make on tourists seeing such miserable conditions?
• The Kodak show does not exist any more. Don't you know how many photos have promoted the Islands? These private pictures with the charming old ladies and Hawaiian warriors have provided more publicity than any commercial ad could. People are certainly ready to pay in order to see a show at such a wonderful location as Kapi'olani Park. Do it again, it will pay off (with any sponsor).
• The Ko Olina Resort has a "public access," but there are only 18 stalls for public parking. That is ridiculous and clearly just a symbolic "public access." Proposal: Each year, hold a lottery where some locals can win a parking place at certain times.
It is because we love Hawai'i and its people that we write these lines. We will continue to come again next year, when the holes in the roads are deeper and the cars are dangerously maneuvering around them. We will come anyway because we love the Hawaiian people with their charm, which is so special in these times.
Gunther and Evelyne Hoffelner
Vienna
Seen at http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/current/op/letters
posted by Hawaiians @ 1:59 PM
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On the Natives of Hawai'i Becoming Restless
* Malcolm X was known to have said,
"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change." (Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965)
In this case students at three schools in Hawai'i created lock-downs. This only shows how the authorities on the state and educational levels have a Blind Eye to the plight and frustration of Hawaiians as two of the three schools mentioned, Nanakuli and Waianae, have a high population of Hawaiians. Unfortunately, many of the younger Hawaiians have become more violent because they are not being heard which I can understand because many of them feel invisible and stepped on in their own land. Unfortunately the violence will continue until they are equal and have equal rights as others.
Also it doesn't surprise me that these people of authority are ignoring the fact that it has ALOT to do with race. They also seem ignorant that Hawaii as a state was built on racism. They are in denial. They are also in denial that Hawaiians can be violent. Look at what they did to Captain Cook! (Remember history, people!) Hawaiians can and will be violent. In this case... it seems as though the natives are restless:
Campus fighting strikes 3 schools:
Waipahu, Nanakuli and Waianae high schools go on lock-down after incidents over two days
By Diana Leone
Fights at three Leeward public high schools Thursday and yesterday resulted in campus lock-downs, the arrest of six students and an assault on a police officer, say Honolulu police and state education officials.
Five male students, ages 15 to 17, were arrested for disorderly conduct Thursday after school at Waipahu High as they attempted to "rush" another group of students on school grounds, said Honolulu police Capt. Randy Macadangdang.
One police officer was kneed by someone in the crowd as he arrested one of those students, Macadangdang said.
The injured officer was back at work yesterday, and no other injuries were reported.
Nanakuli and Waianae high schools both had lock-downs yesterday afternoon after fights broke out on their campuses, Department of Education spokeswoman Sandra Goya said last night.
Goya said that there is no indication that the separate fights are related to each other or to confrontations at Radford High School in Salt Lake last week. However, she said, school officials from throughout Oahu will meet next week to discuss campus security.
At Nanakuli the school was locked down from 11:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. yesterday after school personnel broke up a fight between two students that began on campus but moved off campus with an audience of a hundred or more students, Goya said.
One Nanakuli student was arrested by police, who remained on campus until school let out at 1:20 p.m., the normal time, she said.
At Waianae an incident about 1 p.m. yesterday involving three students escalated to include about 15 students, Goya said. Police were called to the school and worked with the staff to defuse the situation, she said. There were no arrests, but the school was locked down until the normal 2:45 p.m. release time.
"It's been a busy Friday," she said. "We've been fielding a number of calls."
The fights come less than a week after a fight among students after a Radford High School basketball game last Saturday.
Lingering animosity led to a lock-down at Radford Monday and extra security this week. The school expelled one student, suspended another and is considering giving students less free time on campus in response to the tensions.
The altercations at Waianae, Waipahu and Nanakuli appear to be unrelated to the Radford incident or to each other, Goya said.
Schools Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto, Deputy Superintendent Clayton Fujie, complex-area superintendents and Oahu principals will discuss the incidents at next week's meeting, Goya said.
Also, officials from the four schools are conducting their own investigations and reviewing their security procedures, Goya said.
School officials and parents have attempted to figure out what happened at Radford, "but nobody seems to know exactly what caused this," Radford Vice Principal Bob Frey said earlier this week.
Parents of some black students -- who make up about 11 percent of Radford's student body -- have complained that the school has a history of racial problems among students.
At Waipahu, Macadangdang said a message on a girl's shirt reportedly had something to do with the fight that developed there. The fight started as a confrontation between two girls, he said.
"There weren't any derogatory statements on the shirt," said Waipahu Vice Principal Todd Fujimori.
"We're going to have a big meeting to bring everybody together" who was involved in the incident, Fujimori said. "Our main goal is to have it safe for students on campus and out of campus and to learn some life lessons from what happened."
Students arrested Thursday at Waipahu were released to the custody of their parents, Macadangdang said. He did not know if they returned to school yesterday.
Seen at http://starbulletin.com/2005/02/05/news/index11.html
posted by Hawaiians @ 1:34 PM
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
On pushing Hawaiians and on possibly pushing Hawaiians out of Hawai'i
* In this article a student of Hawaiian and Caucasian descent has been expelled for using a racial slur. While it's direspectful to use a racial slur for any reason, I wonder why he chose to use it. Then in the article he explained that some popolo people surrounded him and were about to beat him up. This student evidently didn't feel safe. Is that a reason to use a racial slur?
The expelling of this student also shows how when someone of Hawaiian descent is attacked then uses a racial slur then they are reprimanded while the non-Hawaiian(s) are not. I'm not taking sides in this issue. However this shows how many people are unaware of Hawaiian history where Hawaiians have been systematically seen as less than Caucasians and as less than a black man.
This fraction is in the form of "blood quantum" which the state has pushed onto Hawaiians.
In Chapter 10: "Native Hawaiian" means any descendant of not less than one-half part of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778, as defined by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended; provided that the term identically refers to the descendants of such blood quantum of such aboriginal peoples which exercised sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 and which peoples thereafter continued to reside in Hawaii."
Is that a reason to use a racial slur? You decide:
Radford student expelled
By Johnny Brannon and Karen Blakeman
One student was expelled from Radford High School yesterday and another was suspended in connection with a series of altercations that began with a fight after a basketball game Saturday night, and police kept a high profile on campus.
Meanwhile, leaders of the school board and NAACP said they were extremely concerned about allegations that the problems were sparked or fueled by racial prejudice or tension between students born in Hawai'i and those from black families stationed with the military here.
During a meeting at the Bethesda Temple Church last night, about 40 Radford parents told the NAACP and a school board member that they see violence and racial insensitivity at Radford as ongoing problems that have not been addressed by the administration.
However, Radford Principal Robert Stevens said he believed that a small group of students who were trying to establish a gang presence was largely responsible for the disputes. But he said he did not believe that the school had serious problems with gangs or racial strife.
"I might be in denial, but I thought we were a school that celebrated different ethnic groups on campus," Stevens said.
He said there would be "zero tolerance" for any students who threaten others or exacerbate the situation. The goal is to avoid violence, he said.
"I'm not going to wait for that to happen," Stevens said.
Freshman Shane Shelton, 15, said he was expelled yesterday after using a racial slur and confronting a black student who was among a group that had surrounded and threatened him Monday before teachers intervened.
Shelton, who is of Hawaiian and Caucasian descent, said he does not normally use such language, but was angry that he had been accosted. He said he had not been involved in the fight Saturday, and had friends on both sides of the lingering conflict.
"I know I was wrong for saying that, but you don't come and surround me for no reason," Shelton said. "It came out today because I was angry."
His mother, Beverly Shelton, said she was upset that the students who allegedly threatened her son had not been disciplined.
"I really want my son reinstated, or I want those other kids punished as well," she said. "He should have been able to feel safe at school. I'm the first one to say that what he said was absolutely wrong. It's not acceptable, period, and I told him that. But what's good for one needs to go straight across the board."
School officials said they could not comment at length on the disciplinary action, but Stevens said the second student was suspended for several days.
He said the trouble first began when two other students got into a verbal altercation at a junior varsity basketball game Saturday night. They were told to leave the game, and fights later occurred nearby between groups of students. A few students from another school also were involved, he said.
Capt. Randy Macadangdang said police opened three misdemeanor assault investigations stemming from fights in the Radford student parking lot Saturday night.
Stevens said a 15-year-old African-American student who suffered a black eye in one incident that night had been an innocent bystander.
"He was on his way home, and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Stevens said. "He's a model student. Somebody cheap-shotted him."
Stevens said there were a series of confrontations on campus Monday, but no serious fistfights.
Police sent four patrol officers and two plainclothes special-duty officers to the school Monday to monitor activity. Yesterday morning a lieutenant, a sergeant, three officers and two specialduty officers patrolled the campus as school started.
Many Radford students are military dependents who live on the nearby Aliamanu Military Reservation. About 11 percent of Radford students are black, one of the highest percentages of any Hawai'i high school.
Alphonso Braggs, president of the Honolulu chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, last night asked parents and students to submit written statements of the events at Radford so the NAACP could conduct an independent investigation.
Braggs said the group had heard complaints from parents about racial tensions in other Hawai'i schools before the trouble at Radford. He said concerns about bullying, name-calling and fighting had been voiced by students and teachers of many ethnic groups.
"When parents call and say that they are not comfortable about safety and security in our schools, and they ask the NAACP to get involved, then we're here to see that some immediate action is taken and that these problems are immediately addressed," he said.
Breene Harimoto, state Board of Education chairman, said he is very concerned about the situation at Radford but wants to make sure all the facts are investigated.
"Wow," Harimoto said as the meeting at Bethesda Temple Church wrapped up. "I'm glad I came. There is at least a perception of racial problems, and we need to do something about that. There are so many issues here, I don't know where to begin."
The parents had a list of ideas: fire those who have allowed the situation to continue; integrate the faculty so that it resembles the student body; and provide cultural sensitivity training for faculty, students and security guards at the school.
"I've got a lot of things to look at here," Harimoto said.
Parents at last night's meeting said attacks against black students are frequent and ambush-style, and that school administrators often blame the victims for the altercations.
Mutima McArthur, a parent who attended the meeting last night, was among the parents who said violence against black students has been an ongoing problem.
Her two sons had been jumped by a group of boys and beaten with baseball bats last year, she said. "My kids came to Radford a year and a half ago. From day one, they've had problems."
At the meeting last night, the two students, Algin Haynes and Adrienne Peak, described walking toward the base housing after the basketball game Saturday, and seeing two trucks and a car pull up in front of them, blocking the road.
They made a break for it, heading back to the school and hoping they would find safety there. As they ran, people — some of them fellow students — jumped out and attacked them, they said.
"It was like an ambush," Peak said.
"When we got onto the school campus," Haynes said, "that is when it happened."
Haynes said a number of boys started hitting him. His friends were able to pull him away from his attackers, parents were summoned by cell phone and Haynes and another boy were taken to the emergency room.
Haynes still has a black eye and a bruised forehead. The other boy had a broken nose, Peak said.
Peak said a vice principal at the school and the security guards did not protect them and treated the black children like aggressors in the incident.
Board member Cec Heftel said that he did not believe racial strife was widespread in Hawai'i schools, but that the board must keep its eyes open and make the public aware of any important findings.
"We have to address the potential or reality of racial discrimination on some of our campuses," he said.
Seen at http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/02/ln/ln10p.html
* Then in another article, Aaron Mahi, a Hawaiian who is fluent in Hawaiian, was recently replaced by a Japanese:
Pearl City High School band director Michael D. Nakasone was appointed yesterday as the 18th bandmaster of the city's Royal Hawaiian Band, replacing ousted Aaron Mahi, who had led the band since 1981.
Aaron Mahi who was the band leader for 24 years.
Seen at http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/02/ln/ln01p.html
In other words, it seems as though people are pushing Hawaiians out of Hawai'i. Is that a valid reason to use a racial slur?
Imagine if you were Hawaiian and being pushed around and/or pushed out of Hawai'i. How would YOU feel? Would YOU use a racial slur?
The expelling of this student also shows how when someone of Hawaiian descent is attacked then uses a racial slur then they are reprimanded while the non-Hawaiian(s) are not. I'm not taking sides in this issue. However this shows how many people are unaware of Hawaiian history where Hawaiians have been systematically seen as less than Caucasians and as less than a black man.
This fraction is in the form of "blood quantum" which the state has pushed onto Hawaiians.
In Chapter 10: "Native Hawaiian" means any descendant of not less than one-half part of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778, as defined by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended; provided that the term identically refers to the descendants of such blood quantum of such aboriginal peoples which exercised sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 and which peoples thereafter continued to reside in Hawaii."
Is that a reason to use a racial slur? You decide:
Radford student expelled
By Johnny Brannon and Karen Blakeman
One student was expelled from Radford High School yesterday and another was suspended in connection with a series of altercations that began with a fight after a basketball game Saturday night, and police kept a high profile on campus.
Meanwhile, leaders of the school board and NAACP said they were extremely concerned about allegations that the problems were sparked or fueled by racial prejudice or tension between students born in Hawai'i and those from black families stationed with the military here.
During a meeting at the Bethesda Temple Church last night, about 40 Radford parents told the NAACP and a school board member that they see violence and racial insensitivity at Radford as ongoing problems that have not been addressed by the administration.
However, Radford Principal Robert Stevens said he believed that a small group of students who were trying to establish a gang presence was largely responsible for the disputes. But he said he did not believe that the school had serious problems with gangs or racial strife.
"I might be in denial, but I thought we were a school that celebrated different ethnic groups on campus," Stevens said.
He said there would be "zero tolerance" for any students who threaten others or exacerbate the situation. The goal is to avoid violence, he said.
"I'm not going to wait for that to happen," Stevens said.
Freshman Shane Shelton, 15, said he was expelled yesterday after using a racial slur and confronting a black student who was among a group that had surrounded and threatened him Monday before teachers intervened.
Shelton, who is of Hawaiian and Caucasian descent, said he does not normally use such language, but was angry that he had been accosted. He said he had not been involved in the fight Saturday, and had friends on both sides of the lingering conflict.
"I know I was wrong for saying that, but you don't come and surround me for no reason," Shelton said. "It came out today because I was angry."
His mother, Beverly Shelton, said she was upset that the students who allegedly threatened her son had not been disciplined.
"I really want my son reinstated, or I want those other kids punished as well," she said. "He should have been able to feel safe at school. I'm the first one to say that what he said was absolutely wrong. It's not acceptable, period, and I told him that. But what's good for one needs to go straight across the board."
School officials said they could not comment at length on the disciplinary action, but Stevens said the second student was suspended for several days.
He said the trouble first began when two other students got into a verbal altercation at a junior varsity basketball game Saturday night. They were told to leave the game, and fights later occurred nearby between groups of students. A few students from another school also were involved, he said.
Capt. Randy Macadangdang said police opened three misdemeanor assault investigations stemming from fights in the Radford student parking lot Saturday night.
Stevens said a 15-year-old African-American student who suffered a black eye in one incident that night had been an innocent bystander.
"He was on his way home, and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Stevens said. "He's a model student. Somebody cheap-shotted him."
Stevens said there were a series of confrontations on campus Monday, but no serious fistfights.
Police sent four patrol officers and two plainclothes special-duty officers to the school Monday to monitor activity. Yesterday morning a lieutenant, a sergeant, three officers and two specialduty officers patrolled the campus as school started.
Many Radford students are military dependents who live on the nearby Aliamanu Military Reservation. About 11 percent of Radford students are black, one of the highest percentages of any Hawai'i high school.
Alphonso Braggs, president of the Honolulu chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, last night asked parents and students to submit written statements of the events at Radford so the NAACP could conduct an independent investigation.
Braggs said the group had heard complaints from parents about racial tensions in other Hawai'i schools before the trouble at Radford. He said concerns about bullying, name-calling and fighting had been voiced by students and teachers of many ethnic groups.
"When parents call and say that they are not comfortable about safety and security in our schools, and they ask the NAACP to get involved, then we're here to see that some immediate action is taken and that these problems are immediately addressed," he said.
Breene Harimoto, state Board of Education chairman, said he is very concerned about the situation at Radford but wants to make sure all the facts are investigated.
"Wow," Harimoto said as the meeting at Bethesda Temple Church wrapped up. "I'm glad I came. There is at least a perception of racial problems, and we need to do something about that. There are so many issues here, I don't know where to begin."
The parents had a list of ideas: fire those who have allowed the situation to continue; integrate the faculty so that it resembles the student body; and provide cultural sensitivity training for faculty, students and security guards at the school.
"I've got a lot of things to look at here," Harimoto said.
Parents at last night's meeting said attacks against black students are frequent and ambush-style, and that school administrators often blame the victims for the altercations.
Mutima McArthur, a parent who attended the meeting last night, was among the parents who said violence against black students has been an ongoing problem.
Her two sons had been jumped by a group of boys and beaten with baseball bats last year, she said. "My kids came to Radford a year and a half ago. From day one, they've had problems."
At the meeting last night, the two students, Algin Haynes and Adrienne Peak, described walking toward the base housing after the basketball game Saturday, and seeing two trucks and a car pull up in front of them, blocking the road.
They made a break for it, heading back to the school and hoping they would find safety there. As they ran, people — some of them fellow students — jumped out and attacked them, they said.
"It was like an ambush," Peak said.
"When we got onto the school campus," Haynes said, "that is when it happened."
Haynes said a number of boys started hitting him. His friends were able to pull him away from his attackers, parents were summoned by cell phone and Haynes and another boy were taken to the emergency room.
Haynes still has a black eye and a bruised forehead. The other boy had a broken nose, Peak said.
Peak said a vice principal at the school and the security guards did not protect them and treated the black children like aggressors in the incident.
Board member Cec Heftel said that he did not believe racial strife was widespread in Hawai'i schools, but that the board must keep its eyes open and make the public aware of any important findings.
"We have to address the potential or reality of racial discrimination on some of our campuses," he said.
Seen at http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/02/ln/ln10p.html
* Then in another article, Aaron Mahi, a Hawaiian who is fluent in Hawaiian, was recently replaced by a Japanese:
Pearl City High School band director Michael D. Nakasone was appointed yesterday as the 18th bandmaster of the city's Royal Hawaiian Band, replacing ousted Aaron Mahi, who had led the band since 1981.
Aaron Mahi who was the band leader for 24 years.
Seen at http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/02/ln/ln01p.html
In other words, it seems as though people are pushing Hawaiians out of Hawai'i. Is that a valid reason to use a racial slur?
Imagine if you were Hawaiian and being pushed around and/or pushed out of Hawai'i. How would YOU feel? Would YOU use a racial slur?
posted by Hawaiians @ 10:45 AM
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
On race relations in Hawai'i
* In this article, a fight is now being blamed on race. It's too bad that some people think that in the islands everyone gets along because it's not that way. Then again many people don't know about the history of Hawai'i which is rich in racism: Hawai'i became a state due to many haole businessmen illegally overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawai'i. Thus... what do people expect? Hawai'i is a state built on racism. History repeats itself once again:
Threat of violence paralyzes Radford
A student confrontation keeps the high school locked down for hours
By Dan Martin
Radford High School officials confined students to their classrooms for several hours yesterday after a confrontation between two student factions threatened to boil over.
The school plans extra security for at least the next two days because of the fighting.
School officials had been anticipating trouble after a violent confrontation between students Saturday night following a basketball game at the school.
One group of students and past graduates attacked another group of current students, said Vice Principal Bob Frey. At least one of those attacked suffered a black eye.
Before the start of school yesterday, the main instigators of the Saturday brawl were identified and told to stay home, Frey said.
However, the school beefed up security as a precaution. Off-duty police officers and unarmed military personnel were brought in, but scattered scuffles between students ensued after one of the weekend aggressors showed up on campus.
School officials said they were forced to implement a lock-down from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., when school is dismissed on Mondays.
"Things got out of hand, so we did what we had to do to ensure the safety of all our students," said Principal Robert Stevens.
Frey denied accusations by the parents of some military dependents that their kids were targeted by locals or that race was an issue. Some of the victims of Saturday's attack were black.
He said the group blamed for the aggression consisted of both locals and military dependents, while the other faction was made up primarily of the latter.
Located near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base, Radford has a high percentage of students from military families.
Off-duty police and military personnel will be back today and tomorrow, possibly longer.
"We want to be prepared for anything," Stevens said.
Those believed to be at the center of the dispute also will not be allowed on campus until a school investigation determines what happened, officials said.
"The vast majority of the kids here are just here to learn, so it's very embarrassing for all of them that something like this should occur," Frey said.
Seen at starbulletin.com/2005/02/01/news/index7.html
Threat of violence paralyzes Radford
A student confrontation keeps the high school locked down for hours
By Dan Martin
Radford High School officials confined students to their classrooms for several hours yesterday after a confrontation between two student factions threatened to boil over.
The school plans extra security for at least the next two days because of the fighting.
School officials had been anticipating trouble after a violent confrontation between students Saturday night following a basketball game at the school.
One group of students and past graduates attacked another group of current students, said Vice Principal Bob Frey. At least one of those attacked suffered a black eye.
Before the start of school yesterday, the main instigators of the Saturday brawl were identified and told to stay home, Frey said.
However, the school beefed up security as a precaution. Off-duty police officers and unarmed military personnel were brought in, but scattered scuffles between students ensued after one of the weekend aggressors showed up on campus.
School officials said they were forced to implement a lock-down from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., when school is dismissed on Mondays.
"Things got out of hand, so we did what we had to do to ensure the safety of all our students," said Principal Robert Stevens.
Frey denied accusations by the parents of some military dependents that their kids were targeted by locals or that race was an issue. Some of the victims of Saturday's attack were black.
He said the group blamed for the aggression consisted of both locals and military dependents, while the other faction was made up primarily of the latter.
Located near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base, Radford has a high percentage of students from military families.
Off-duty police and military personnel will be back today and tomorrow, possibly longer.
"We want to be prepared for anything," Stevens said.
Those believed to be at the center of the dispute also will not be allowed on campus until a school investigation determines what happened, officials said.
"The vast majority of the kids here are just here to learn, so it's very embarrassing for all of them that something like this should occur," Frey said.
Seen at starbulletin.com/2005/02/01/news/index7.html
posted by Hawaiians @ 7:53 AM
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