Writer: Joel Gaspar

Within the last few years, there has been an explosion of smartphone usage. With the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, it has opened the doors to a technological phenomenon called apps. What is an app you say?  An app is software that can be used on the Internet, computer, phone or mobile device. Since their introduction, apps have been used to keep us up to date with the latest news or play games. Whether it is global, local or simple status updates on Facebook they provide a fun and entertaining way to pass the time.Let’s take a look at what many students at Leeward Community College are using.



Writer and photographer: Missy Trippett

Several weeks into the semester, I decided to try the Master Cleanse for the second time in my life. I had first attempted the cleanse in high school. Having been told about it by a family friend, I wanted to reap the many benefits the cleanse claims to offer: jaw-dropping weight loss, improved mood, energy levels, and complexion being just a few.
I gave up on the third day.

Day or night, you’ll find them on streets and empty lots all over the island. There you’ll find plates of food that are familiar and gourmet — from fried rice and plate lunches, to a new spin on comfort foods like fried musubi, banana split lumpia, and tacos stuffed with kalbi, tofu and kim chee.

Writer: Keo Akina
Photographer: Ethan Hubbard

The start of intramural sports has provided Leeward students with a healthy way to stay in shape, compete in high-level competitive sports, and a way to meet new and interesting students.
Some of the sports offered last fall were volleyball, basketball, flag football, and indoor soccer. Leeward students formed their own teams to compete in volleyball on campus and in the latter sports in the intramural league held at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Leeward teams not only challenged UH students, but students from other community colleges like Honolulu and Kapiolani.

Tuition at all University of Hawai‘i campuses will increase starting in the upcoming 2012-13 academic year and will continue to increase through 2016-17.