MCC Readies BA Program
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Iced Tea Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kapuhi: Master PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Mastamisis: Europeans HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “If the source of water is dirty, it will travel on.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
TODAY: Maui Community College officials have lined up two provisional classes for this fall as the college prepares to launch its second four-year bachelor’s degree program. More >June 10, 1909: Word reaches Maui that the little dictator who invaded Lanai with a few Marines and turned an independent country into a subservient territory – Sanford Dole – finally died. Changing forever the course of this remote but peaceful country, Dole managed – with help from Christians of course – to ruin a unique culture in a short period of time. As befitting such an evil man, he gathered many honors during his life, the last being a U.S. District Judgeship, and he died peaceably in his sleep at the ripe age of 82. Oh wait….
