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Though no definite plans have been set for the wedding, Cao and Wu said they plan to get married in one or two years at a chapel in Hawaii, Wu’s native state...
What: The Harvard Hawaii Club welcomes you to share the Aloha Spirit with them, along with homemade Hawaiian treats and hula dance performances. Have your doubts about coming? After this shindig, you'll be able to understand all the inside jokes from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." A-ha! The event is free, but a small donation is suggested...
...arrests have forced the protesters to abandon their sit-in in the latest chapter in Hawaii's months-long "furlough Fridays" saga. Nearly 170,000 students statewide have been affected since the program began last October. There are four more Friday closures planned before the school year ends in May. "While we're disappointed, we take away a victory - that the eyes of the world were focused on the failure of furloughs," says protester Clare Hanusz. "We're disgusted with the governor and her leadership, and we'll be focusing our efforts elsewhere. That doesn't mean...
...furloughs were announced Sept. 21 as part of a contract settlement between the state and its public teachers' union, the Hawaii State Teachers Association. The furloughs have proved a hardship for parents who, with family budgets already constrained by the recession, can't afford day-care costs...
...fear that even if the funds are allotted, Lingle, a staunchly antiunion Republican, might refuse to release them. On Sunday, April 11, she called the protesters "misguided" and said they should be obtaining concessions from the teachers' union, not her. "This is a black eye on public education in Hawaii," says state representative Marcus Oshiro, a Democrat who chairs the House Finance Committee. "Parents are upset and understandably so, and that's frustrating...