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Michael Brestovansky

Government & Politics

Crime & Courts

Another organization has sued Hawai‘i over Act 11, the law passed this year that limits corporate spending in political campaigns.

Act 11, which Gov. Josh Green signed into law in 

, limits “artificial-person powers” granted by the state to corporations; in particular, the law rescinded the power of corporations to spend money on political campaigns.

The law challenges the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court verdict in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, wherein the court found laws prohibiting corporate political spending violates corporations’ First Amendment. Proponents of Act 11 have argued that the law does not impede corporations’ 

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America disagrees. Last month, the national chamber 

 state Attorney General Anne Lopez and Nadine Ando, Director of the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, over Act 11 in U.S. District Court.

In its complaint, the Chamber argues that the law “extinguishes the power to speak on certain topics and viewpoints, enforces that … prohibition with significant corporate penalties up to involuntary dissolution … in direct defiance of binding Supreme Court precedent.”

The Chamber claims that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the fundamental premise of Act 11 — that a corporation’s “powers” conferred by the state are distinct from their “rights” — in Citizens United. It adds that Act 11 applies to foreign entities that Hawai‘i has no authority over.

Furthermore, Act 11 is discriminatory, the Chamber argues, because it permits media corporations to publish content concerning political campaigns while simultaneously prohibiting other corporations from doing the same.

Because the U.S. Chamber of Commerce regularly participates in political speech — including repeated endorsements of Rep. Ed Case and a planned voter-education tour this year about “the virtues and benefits of free enterprise and the dangers of socialism” — the Chamber argues that it has been directly harmed by Act 11.

The Chamber’s complaint notes that its arguments are not original. In fact, it points out that Lopez 

 testified against the bill as it passed through the state Legislature, calling it “likely impossible to defend” and warning that passing the law would all but guarantee costly legal challenges.

, filed in June by Grassroot Institute of Hawai‘i, followed much the same arguments. Progress in that case has been slow; a hearing for a proposed preliminary injunction that would suspend Act 11 until the case is resolved, which was proposed in June, is scheduled for Oct. 13.

The Chamber has also moved for a similar preliminary injunction in its case, but no hearing has yet been scheduled on the matter.

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<title>National Chamber of Commerce sues Hawai‘i over corporate spending law</title>

A second lawsuit challenging Act 11 has struck the state.

National Chamber of Commerce sues Hawai‘i over corporate spending law

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Sterling Higa

Columnists

A young woman is suing Cornell and seven men. She says they raped her in a fraternity house two years ago, when she was 20. Much about the night is disputed, and every version of the story is grievous.

By her own account, she got drunk on vodka at her sorority house and drank more at a bar though she was underage. Her complaint puts it at about 10 drinks in three hours. She walked to a fraternity house around 11 p.m. She arrived drunk, took ketamine, and had sex with two men she knew. She told police she was willing at first. Her lawsuit says she was too drunk to consent to any of it, and that the men who came in afterward raped her.

She did not call it rape at first. Within three weeks she did, and went to campus police. The district attorney read her sworn statement as describing consensual sex and declined to bring charges. Cornell expelled two of the men and suspended two. Now she is suing the university, the fraternity, her sorority, a bar, and the seven men.

Her story has been conscripted to serve political narratives, leading up to the midterm elections. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told a town hall, as settled fact, that seven men “took turns gang raping her for seven hours.” Pundits have made Jane Doe an avatar of #MeToo.

Others online have tried to unmask her. Her lawyer says she has been threatened with harm unless she drops the suit, and that women mistaken for her have been threatened too.

In the coverage of the story, Jane Doe has been treated more as an object than a person. And the seven accused men have been condemned on social media as guilty without trial.

If her allegations are true, they would not be surprising. Sexual assault is common in American universities. It’s especially common during the first months of each school year, and many assaults are related to the culture of wild partying that’s grown up around fraternities and sororities.

This party culture is nothing new. Fraternities and sororities took Greek names and built themselves on the pattern of Greco-Roman mystery cults. Think: Bacchanalia and the cult of Dionysus. Hence the vows of secrecy, initiation rites, and symbols. “Greek life” is not a misnomer.

It’s not surprising that wild, drunken parties take place in fraternity and sorority houses. That is the highest expression of their culture.

The problem with this culture is that it’s degenerate. And Christians, at least, used to know this.

There was a time when a story like this would have led to the round condemnation of the whole system of “Greek life.” But it is now taken for granted that such a system must exist, that it can be reformed. A few more mandatory trainings about sexual consent, and all will be well.

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Mystery religions will not be reformed. They must be abandoned. And it is a sad commentary on the church today that few Christians are willing to say so.

Such cults start with false worship and end with the ritual abuse of men and women. Solving the problems they cause means getting to the root.

God created man and woman in His image. This is where our dignity comes from. But the woman was deceived by the serpent and ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The man, who was with her, sinned with his eyes open, and in him we all fell. This is where our sin comes from.

Woman is the glory of man, and he was made to guard her, as Adam did not. In a godly and loving marriage, their sexual union is a beautiful and often fruitful thing.

But we are fallen, and our desires are sinful. They run quickly toward worship of false gods like Dionysus.

Dionysus promises freedom. He claims to liberate. His followers drink wine and dance to escape from their limits. And while intoxicated, they are indeed freed from inhibition and restraint. But this freedom is license only to sin.

The Christian account is otherwise. We are born in bondage to sin. True freedom comes when God breaks that bondage and grants a sinner repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. By His blood, we are spared the punishment we deserve for our sin. And His Spirit enables us to live in freedom.

This freedom is no license. Sinful desires remain in us after we are saved. Christ frees us 

 something: to love God and neighbor and to keep His commands.

If it sounds strange to speak of Christ in response to an alleged gang rape, it is only because the church has retreated from its prophetic task.

A silent and hypocritical church cannot witness to the world. The church must first root out its own tolerance of sexual sin.

But then it must call a spade a spade. Greek life is a good place to start. It’s a knockoff mystery religion. It celebrates drunkenness, riotous living, and freedom from restraint. It is not Christian.

But Greek life appeals in part because Christians offer nothing better on most college campuses.

Many churches live next door to universities. They send missionaries abroad while ignoring the opportunity to evangelize next door.

Mystery cults are a pale substitute for true religion. They offer brotherhood for four years and a drunken feast on Friday night. Christ gives His people a family that does not end and table fellowship every Sunday.

, “If we continue to send our children to Caesar for their education, we need to stop being surprised when they come home as Romans.”

And if we send them to the Greeks for their brotherhood, they’ll come home as Greeks.

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<title>Cornell fraternity rape lawsuit: What Greek life worships</title>

A 20-year-old walks from a bar to a fraternity house at 11 p.m. ASD opinion columnist Sterling Higa on why Greek life can’t be reformed and what the church owes the campus next door.

Cornell fraternity rape lawsuit: What Greek life worships

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Stephanie Salmons

Business & Tourism

Interisland and international travelers flying on Hawaiian Airlines, take note: changes are coming.

Daily supplemental service between Honolulu and Kahului take flight Oct. 3 on Alaska Airlines-branded 737-800 aircraft, Hawaiian 

dditional Neighbor Island passenger and cargo capacity connecting the company’s two largest Hawaiʻi hubs while helping maintain the schedule, reliability and frequency that residents, visitors and businesses depend on every day," the post reads.

Alaska Air Group Inc. and Hawaiian Holdings Inc. 

 that Alaska Airlines would acquire Hawaiian Airlines in a deal that was valued at approximately $1.9 billion, including $900 million of Hawaiian’s net debt, according to an announcement at that time. The acquisition was 

 and efforts to combine the two airlines are still underway.

"Right now, just given where we are with integration, that airplane has to stay in the Alaska brand, but it really is to make sure that we're giving as much capacity and flight frequency as we need to for our guests," Hawaiian Airlines CEO 

Although you'll see the 737 on three Honolulu-Kahului roundtrips, Hawaiian's fleet of 717 aircraft will continue to serve all Neighbor Islands with some 140 daily flights, the airline says, but adds that Hawaiian is set to retire its 717 fleet in 2028 and transition to a "more modern, Hawaiian Airlines-branded 737 Neighbor Island service" that will feature premium interiors and free Starlink Wi-Fi.

Also beginning Oct. 3, Neighbor Island guests must check in online or via the Alaska Hawaiian app and drop off checked bags at least 50 minutes before departure — up from 30 minutes.

Nearly all Hawaiian Airlines Neighbor Island travelers already check in 50 minutes before departure, and the earlier check-in will help improve baggage handling and support on-time departures," Hawaiian said in the online announcement.

According to the airline, guests traveling to Kahului on 737 aircraft will continue to check bags at Terminal 1, Lobby 3, using self-service bag-tag stations, while guests traveling from Kahului to Honolulu on the aircraft should visit Alaska's counters for check-in services and bag drop.

Meanwhile, Hawaiian is set to combine check-in and bag drop for all international departures at Terminal 2, Lobby 4, beginning on Oct. 3.

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 to invest in the premium travel experience for both the Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines brands.

For Hawaiian, that means new interiors for its A330 widebody aircraft, a fleet of 24 that serves destinations in Asia, Oceania and select North America routes, a recent announcement from the airline noted. That work begins in 2028 and includes 22 Leihōkū Suites for travelers on international business class and domestic first-class flights, that announcement noted. The updates are part of Hawaiian’s $600 million Kahu’ewai Hawai’i Investment Plan, which was 

As part of broader investments in core guest experiences, Alaska Air Group also will introduce premium reserve, a new premium economy cabin that debuts in 2028 on Alaska's 787-9, 787-10 and select 737-10 MAX aircraft, and on Hawaiian’s A330 fleet, “providing guests with more room, comfort and choice on longer flights,” the announcement said.

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<title>More changes ahead for Hawaiian Airlines' interisland, international travelers</title>

Daily supplemental service between Honolulu and Kahului take flight Oct. 3 on Alaska Airlines-branded 737-800 aircraft, among other changes.

More changes ahead for Hawaiian Airlines' interisland, international travelers

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has concluded that the attorneys involved in the $4 billion Lahaina fire settlement aren’t entitled to a bigger slice of the pie.

Earlier this year, attorneys involved in the years-long Maui settlement case 

 Maui Judge Peter Cahill’s June ruling that determined how much money attorneys could receive for their part in the case.

Cahill’s verdict was that attorneys could only claim up to 8% of the settlement funds. At the same time, he established out of the $4 billion a $222 million common benefit fund that Hawai‘i-based lawyers could tap into to receive compensation proportional to the amount of work they did on the case. Out-of-state attorneys could not qualify for that fund, leaving them only with the 8%.

But although three attorneys from the Hawai‘i law firms Ranken & Shnider, the PACLAW Group and the San Diego-based Montegna & Thickstun appealed that decision — arguing that Cahill didn’t have the authority to establish the common benefit fund — the state Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Cahill’s arrangement will stand, for the most part.

Associate Justice Todd Eddins, writing for the opinion of the court, rejected the attorneys’ arguments. If the court is unable to “coordinate thousands of related claims and to supervise the settlement that resolved them,” Eddins wrote, “it would be powerless over the very proceeding it opened. The one that produced $4.037 billion for the victims.”

However, Eddins did agree with the appellants that Cahill’s order was flawed in some ways. For example, Cahill’s order declared that the decisions of the Common Fee Review Board — the body that determines who gets how much from the common benefit fund — could not be challenged and that attempting to appeal those decisions would void any award from the fund.

These provisions, Eddins said, are unconstitutional. As the state constitution protects the right to judicial review, Cahill’s anti-appeal provisions would inherently penalize people for attempting to exercise their constitutional rights.

Similarly, a provision requiring the claims administrator to withhold all future fee payments to an attorney who files an appeal also impinges on people’s rights.

However, these faults don’t destroy the entire $222 million common benefit fund. Eddins’ verdict simply removes those problematic clauses and keeps the remainder of Cahill’s order intact.

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<title>State Supreme Court ends dispute over Maui fire settlement lawyer fees</title>

Supreme Court upholds $222 million common benefit fund, despite arguments from attorneys that it was unauthorized.

State Supreme Court ends dispute over Maui fire settlement lawyer fees

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Christian Shimabuku

Sports

Kodi Look was born into football. Her father, 

, was the head football coach for ‘Iolani since 1991, a position he held until retiring over the summer. 

"I've been going to games since I was a baby," Kodi Look recalled to Aloha State Daily. "Been around practice since I was little. ... I wanted to be an NFL player when I grew up, but obviously I knew as I got older that wasn't a reality. But I knew I loved the game and loved being a part of it. It was kind of always a dream of mine [to work in football]."

A pair of former Oregon State assistant coaches in 

Mike Cavanaugh and Mark Banker used to frequently visit ‘Iolani on the Island recruiting trail and built a rapport with Wendell Look in the early 2000s. When Wendell introduced the two to Kodi, they told her she could have a job in the football office if she chose to attend the school. After graduating from ‘Iolani in 2008, Kodi Look went on to attend Oregon State in pursuit of her goal of a career in football. 

In 2016, Look joined the University of Oregon's football operations staff. Though she initially joked that getting a gig for the Ducks was "joining the dark side" of the Oregon State-Oregon rivalry, she's been a mainstay at Oregon in her 10 years with the school, which has involved four different head coaches during her time there. 

Look's title as Oregon's director of football operations is as all-encompassing as the gig sounds. Different days and different times of the year each come with their own set of demands. Spring ball and fall camp includes days full of physical and mental training for players and coaches. During Look's time with Oregon, the Ducks have routinely put together recruiting classes that are ranked in the top 10 nationally. Part of Look's duties include assisting with the coordination of recruiting visits and camps. Travel is another part of the job, even beyond the team's national Big Ten Conference schedule. Over the summer, Look was part of a Ducks contingent that went to Japan and held local camps and activation events in hopes of growing the program's fanbase in other parts of the world. 

"I work closely with the administration side as well, the business office, compliance office, and then all the different departments in the building too," Look said. "I work with our dietitian, strength staff, video, so it's really everybody. You have to have communication with everybody every day because it's a big production, especially when we have practice."

Look also works closely with Oregon's coaches, ready to deliver in a moment's notice if a task is needed. She'll also communicate with players on a daily basis to assist with day-to-day needs. The vast majority of Oregon's freshmen are living away from home for the first time, a shock to the system for the 18 and 19-year-old boys who are learning to be independent. Some players may want to write letters home to their families but don't know how to properly address and mail letters. Others may want to buy a suit but aren't sure where to begin. 

Relationships are paramount in collegiate athletics, and Look points to Detroit Lions three-time All-Pro offensive lineman Penei Sewell as an example of how rewarding the job can be. She beams with pride when recalling how much Sewell matured in his years as a Duck and how he's now married and a father of three. 

Beyond the people inside Oregon's building, Look also communicates with NFL personnel. She was even named the 2025 NFL Liaison of the Year. Since 2017, 52 Oregon players have been selected in the NFL Draft, many of those calls made after scouts came to practices and games to see the players in person. 

College football has evolved into a 24/7, 365-day sport over the years, and the rigors of the job keep her busy. Personal time has been one of the tougher sacrifices to make over the years. 

"I missed a lot of birthdays, weddings, and I've never been to an [‘Iolani] reunion because it's always in December, and so I miss a lot of opportunities like that to reconnect with people, and so it is a big sacrifice," she said. "But I look back and just see all the different opportunities and experiences that I get to have with football, and I wouldn't trade it.

Look's desire to work in football was affirmed early on in her career, back when she was with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League in 2014. 

"I had to wear a lot of hats when I worked there because we had a small office," Look recalled. "I was an operations person, I was an executive assistant to the head coach. I helped with ticketing. Our media guy quit right before our season, and I had to help do the media guide. I'd never done it before, but it was worth it."

Back in high school, Look actually played for her father and was the starting kicker for ‘Iolani's HHSAA Division II state championship team in 2007. She remembers during one of her made extra points in the 2007 state title game, she made the kick despite a Lahainaluna defender bumping into her. When she got back to the sideline, she remembers her father yelling at her, telling her she should have embellished the contact in order to draw a penalty. 

"Growing up, he was very strict and critiqued me on every little thing, and I didn't really understand it at first. But when I grew up and went to college and kind of had to be on my own, I started to realize those were life lessons that he was trying to teach me," Kodi Look says of Wendell Look. "I would say he always instilled the One Team [‘Iolani's motto] spirit in me and just working as a team and it's not about you, it's never about an individual, it's about everybody. Just putting in the hard work and not expecting things."

In a male-dominated sport, Kodi Look also wants to show that there's a place for women in it. 

"It was tough at first to kind of get my foot in door and show my worth, but a lot of women are in football now and in director roles, too. It's a great feeling to be able to represent and show that we're supposed to be here," she says.

For the 2026 season, Oregon is currently 2-1 and ranked No. 20 in the country. The Ducks entered the season with national championship aspirations and still possess them heading into a pivotal game at No. 12 USC at 1:30 p.m. HST on Saturday. 

Following its Big Ten opener this weekend, the Ducks will be idle on the field next week. But for Look, the grind never stops. 

"Anyone who's interested in getting into sports, my advice to them is to make sure that this is really what you want to do, because it's a big commitment and it's a big sacrifice in your life," Look said when asked what she tells those who inquire about getting into her line of work. "You give up a lot of personal time with family and friends. If it's something that they really want to do, once they get their foot in the door, just work hard."

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Look is the director of football operations for the Ducks, a job that is as all-encompassing as it sounds.

At Oregon, ‘Iolani alumna Kodi Look plays a vital role for one of college football's biggest brands

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Kelsey Kukaua Medeiros

Aloha Spirit

Hawai‘i History

, a Hawaiian scholar who developed and taught cultural curriculum at Punahou School from 1936 to 1941, the school’s 

 are rooted in being “children of Ka Punahou, the new spring.”

Pukui recognized then the school’s future as a “spring of wisdom. As the hala tree stands firm through wind or storm, so shall the children of this school stand strong and brave through joy and sorrow. And just as the hala tree has many uses, so shall these children be useful to Hawai‘i.”

Fluent in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, she went on to grow Punahou’s Hawaiian Studies program alongside Jane Lathrop Winne and later worked at Kamehameha Schools and Bishop Museum, in addition to publishing more than 50 works, including the “

ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings

.” Pukui devoted her life to preserving and perpetuating Hawaiian language, oral hisory, mele, hula, cultural traditions and practices, and more.

Fittingly, the first day of the 2026-27 school year at Punahou on Tuesday marked the official opening of the 

, which is named in her honor and breathes new life into the school’s former Cooke Library, which was originally built in 1908 and last reconstructed in 1964. According to the school, the historic library’s terrazzo wall, among other architectural features, “have been restored or incorporated into the new design.”

The structure itself has multiple entryways, with one entrance facing Ka Punahou, its namesake natural spring.

“When I was a student, I studied in this building and spent time learning here,” Punahou President Mike Latham, a 1986 graduate of the school, told Aloha State Daily. “As you can imagine, the purpose and function of libraries have changed quite a bit in the past 60 years — the way we store information and knowledge, the way that we teach, the way that we help students learn how to do research.

“We wanted to develop a facility, which would allow us to engage in a lot more collaborative and project based learning, where students are able to draw knowledge from different fields, and they can apply it to authentic real-world challenges and problems. That was really at the heart of the work that we're doing.”

The new, two-level center spans more than 53,000 square feet, and was designed by Honolulu-based 

, which was founded by Punahou alum, Pip White, and is currently led by 

 was the general contractor for the project, which began construction permitting in 2023.

Latham said the Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons is intended for students to engage with each other, teachers and staff, as well as community partners on research and innovation.

“In our professional lives, we are constantly doing collaborative work. Very rarely do we work entirely alone. And we wanted a building that really supported that kind of collaborative engagement by students and that created problem solving,” Latham told ASD. “It's really fundamental to the kind of education that we want to deliver. It's fundamental to the kind of work that Mary Kawena Pukui herself did, especially at Bishop Museum. I mean, she was constantly in collaboration with historians, anthropologists, linguists, archaeologists. ... She's a hallmark for what we're seeking to accomplish.

“This is a building that both looks into the past and draws inspiration from that past. But it's very much about preparing students for a world that's rapidly changing. And the forces of technology, AI, global interconnection, they really require that we think carefully about what students need to be able to do and learn to get ready for higher education, but also for this future workplace.”

The facility features a nearly 27,000 library book collection and expanded archives with a climate-controlled vault; a “History Wall,” or photo timeline connecting past and present; an extended reality design lab with technological capabilities for artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality; a teaching kitchen headed by local chef Mark Noguchi and outdoor garden space growing ʻulu, kalo, ʻuala (sweet potato) and hōʻiʻo (fern); an art gallery; and indoor and outdoor learning spaces.

Latham mentioned the significance of the two-story “History Wall” that “goes back to [Punahou’s] earlier days,” as a tool to "reflect on almost 200 years of history.”

“This building is the home of our archival collections ... and this intersection of two gifts; a Hawaiian commitment to knowledge, to reciprocity, to cultural exchange; and a missionary commitment to education,” he said, “Out of that shared heritage of [blending] Hawaiian and Christian heritage together, what complements that is the fact that Punahou becomes a home for people from all over the world, who come here, find a home, and ultimately, become part of the shared work that they do together.”

Latham added: “Every kid at Punahou, kindergarten through sixth grade, now studies Hawaiian language, which we're really proud of. Every student at Punahou takes a Hawaiian history course as a graduation requirement. Hawaiian is one of the major languages that we offer to all of our high school-level students. And I think we have in a far more intentional way come to recognize and embrace that part of our history, which also goes hand in hand with naming this signature academic building after such a prominent native Hawaiian scholar 

 it's a recognition of who she was and what she did for Punahou, but what she did more broadly for the entire state.”

He said last week that a number of Pukui's descendants, including her grandson, Laʻakea Suganuma, attended the building’s blessing ceremony and groundbreaking and was expected to be present at its opening celebration on Friday, Aug. 7.

The Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons also meets 

 (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification standard, with a rooftop photovoltaic system, rain gardens, water-efficient landscaping that uses native plants, and more.

Looking ahead, Latham said that he hopes that the new building will be used for not only student and teacher development, but also the broader community to continue to build relationships with donors and the state Department of Education, for example, among other partners.

“It's a project that further integrates the scope of our campus itself,” he said. “We're fortunate to have this very beautiful 76-acre campus here in Mānoa, and this building brings the campus together in a way that's really, really exciting.”

Fundraising for the project is still ongoing. Learn more 

Punahou School is the largest private K-12 school on a single campus in the country, with more than 3,755 students currently enrolled. The school’s tuition for the 2026-27 school year is $34,230, though, it has a $11.1 million budget annually for financial aid, which is dispersed to about a quarter of the student population, 

. Latham confirmed that the average award per student is around $12,000.

When asked what he’s been learning lately as a leader, Latham told ASD that having a clear sense of mission and purpose is “essential.”

That’s what first got his attention when conducting more research about Mary Kawena Pukui for the naming of this building.

“[Pukui said] that ‘Knowledge to me is life.’ ... If we can't do everything possible to preserve Hawaiian culture, what will happen to Hawaiʻi? What would Hawaiʻi be like without Hawaiian culture? What then? And so, I think her her sense of commitment and dedication, you know, we often talk about this idea of kuleana, or responsibility or duty. For her, there was a clear North Star. She knew what she was trying to accomplish. And it became her life's work,” he said. “Your mission should matter. And having a clear and compelling mission, which you're proud of, which is resonant, comes back to that idea of a North Star.”

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<title>Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons unveiled at Punahou School</title>

The new center, named after the Hawaiian historian and scholar who taught at Punahou in the 1930s, replaces the school’s former Cooke Library. Aloha State Daily sat down with President Mike Latham to learn more about Pukui’s history at Punahou and in the broader community, as well as how her legacy continues to shape the next generation of students.

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