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When Denim Divides: The Great Jeans Ad Debate

When Denim Divides: The Great Jeans Ad Debate

Mirnah Amer, Staff Writer October 15, 2025

Advertising is supposed to sell style, but in 2025, two denim campaigns ended up sparking different conversations. American Eagle’s Sydney Sweeny “Great Jeans” ad and Gap’s KATSEYE “Better in...

Remembering and Honoring Fiji’s Legacy: A Hui Hou Tribute To Fiji

Kimberly Thai, Staff Writer October 13, 2025

The A Hui Hou Tribute to Fiji was held on September 13, 2025 to honor the late passing of the “King of Island Reggae”, George Brooks Veikoso. The event was a large-scale concert open to the general...

Team Conrad Or Team Jeremiah?

Gorokhovsky, Emily C, Staff Writer October 1, 2025

  Recently, “The Summer I Turned Pretty" a coming-of-age romance aired on July 16th 2025, with the season finale coming out on September 18th 2025. Within the past years, this show has been trending...

How Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Broke Box Office Records

How Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Broke Box Office Records

Christine Cao, Staff Writer September 30, 2025

The release of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle marked a major turning point for anime in cinemas worldwide. Its record-breaking numbers across multiple countries highlight not only the growing...

Photo of the Nintendo switch 2 logo. Photo by Nintendo.

Nintendo Switch 2: Better than the Original, or just a Lazy Cash Grab?

Malia Major, Staff Writer April 22, 2025

The gaming console industry is constantly expanding; With new devices releasing every few years, it's a race to outperform and outdo opponents with new technology and new games. A recent console that might...

New Club Profile : Mental Wellbeing Awareness

Eloise Harrison-Jones, Staff Writer April 16, 2025

Awareness about the impact of mental health issues is becoming increasingly relevant in today’s world. Many people believe that mental health deserves more attention than it currently gets. One of...

Wipeout Crew volunteers run stand, 
Earthfest 2024
Photo taken by Brock Jones

Wipeout Crew brings Earthfest back to the Kaiser Campus

Eloise Harrison-Jones, Staff Writer April 16, 2025

For the past decade, Kaiser High School Students have organized and run an annual Earth Fest; aligning with Earth Day to promote sustainability in our community through a vibrant spring festival. This...

Art Activity on the Kina’u Courtyard

Reasons to Join Family Sunday/Community Day at HoMA

Eleonora Pililyan, Staff Writer December 17, 2024

Family Sunday and Community Day, two monthly community events at the Honolulu Museum of Art, offer a unique blend of art, culture, and family-friendly fun. The entrance fee for Kamaʻāina and kids...

A custom graphic containing the key elements of Angry Birds Space

Childhood Time Machine – Space Fight or Space Flight? Why not both?

Cody Nakajima, Photography Editor November 25, 2024
It's lunch time for the pigs, and launch time for the birds! Angry Birds Space was released in 2012 on March 22nd. The game consisted of multiple levels that took place in space. New to the game were anti-gravity & gravity zone mechanics. The existing birds also got modified designs & some of them even got upgraded powers.
Lana Del Rey fans at her performance during Coachella 2024

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2024

Lain Visoria, Staff Writer May 15, 2024

The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicked off on April 11, 2024. This year, the festival welcomed notable music artists such as Doja Cat, Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator and more. Coachella...

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

Eleonora Pililyan and David Kunihiro April 23, 2024

The main plot is continuing the journey of the main character of the series Po the Panda. Through the series of movies, he has grown from the son of a noodle shop owner to the savior of China and is now...

Official Dune: Part 2 Poster

Dune: Part 2, Destiny , Devistation, And Sandworms

April 23, 2024

Filled to the brim with topics of colonialism, liberation from oppression, and the battle for power in the presence of ever growing tension, Warner Bros. releases another film from the Dune franchise on...

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