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Maui High wins Science Bowl again
For the second consecutive year, the Maui High School team won first place in the Hawai'i Science Bowl and will head for Washington in May to represent the state in the National Science Bowl.
Members of the team are Jonathan Nguyen, Christian Ling, Daniel Jachowski, Nicholas Jachowski and Matthew Jachowski, its captain. The team adviser is Ed Ginoza.
The Maui High School science department also received $1,000.
The second-place finisher was the Iolani High School team, which won a two-day educational trip to a Neighbor Island. The Iolani science department received $500.
Prizes were awarded for third- though 12th-place teams. The math/science department of their respective schools received cash awards ranging from $60 to $300.
Those teams were from Hilo High School, Kalani High School Roosevelt High School, Waiakea High School, Punahou School, Moanalua High School, Baldwin High School, Kamehameha Schools, Pearl City High School and King Kekaulike High School.
UH groups urge letters against war
The University of Hawai'i faculty union and student caucus have combined efforts with the University Peace Initiative and UH-Not In Our Name to establish a letter-writing campaign against war with Iraq.
The grassroots coalition hopes to present the letters to U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye in late January so he can present them to President Bush, in the hope of encouraging the commander in chief to pursue a peaceful resolution to the dispute with Iraq.
An information table will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this week at the UH-Manoa Campus Center.
Participants in the campaign are asked to submit their letters by noon Saturday. Letters can be e-mailed to peacelet@hawaii.edu or dropped into campus boxes labeled "Peace Letters" at Moore Hall 305, Kuykendall 512, the Hamilton Library circulation desk and the Campus Center ASUH Office. Off-campus collection points are at the American Friends Service Committee at 2426 O'ahu Ave. and KOKUA Market at 2643 S. King St.
Volunteers to add to Manoa greenery
Think the University of Hawai'i campus could look better?
On Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, you'll have a chance to make that happen as part of Campus Care Day at UH-Manoa. Volunteers will plant ferns, ti and palms in a new bed in the courtyard between Kuykendall Hall, Sakamaki Hall and the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics.
To sign up, call the Buildings and Grounds Management Office at 956-8686. For more information call the Office of Sustainability at 956-9346 or e-mail sustain@hawaii.edu.
