In the face of mandated state budget cuts, WCC is asking everyone to help the campus save money.

“People don’t realize the impact of even their smallest actions,” said WCC Ecology Action Team chair Brian Richardson. The team, which includes students, faculty and staff, will be instrumental in making changes on campus.

The bottom line is WCC may have to reduce spending in certain areas by as much as 20 percent over the next two years.

You’ve taken your finals and handed in your term papers. Now what do you do with your stack of textbooks?


If you’re like many students looking for some extra holiday cash, you can take them to the book buyback at the WCC bookstore.


The election is over and Barack Obama will soon become the 44th president of the United States. Hawai‘i, the birthplace of the African-American president-elect, has been credited with helping to shape his attitudes about racial and cultural diversity.

But what are some of the racial issues we deal with in the islands? Does racial prejudice still exist and how should we deal with it?

Windward Community College is in search of a new commander in chief. A Chancellor Search Advisory Committee is in the beginning stages of selecting a new leader to carry WCC into the future.

After eight years as chancellor, Angela Meixell gave notice on Aug. 1 that she has decided to resign her post come June 2009, prompting the need to search for her replacement.

• Kay Beach - professor, Vocational and Community Education

• Bonnie Beatson – WCC marketing director, APT (administrative, professional and technical)

• Patti Chong – counselor, Student Services

• Mark Hamasaki - professor, Humanities faculty

• Bernadette Howard - director, VCE, WCC administrators

• Ellen Ishida-Babineau - professor, Language Arts faculty

• Weiling Landers – professor, Math/Business faculty

• Ross Langston – instructor, Natural Sciences faculty

• Jedd Ramos – cashier-clerk, Civil Service employees

• Brian Richardson – instructor, Social Science faculty

• Tara Severns – associate professor, Academic Support and Institutional Support

• Jamie Simao – janitor, Operations & Maintenance staff

• Kalani Meinecke – assistant professor, Ke Kumu Pali

• Casey-Blu Judd - president, Phi Theta, students

• Alicia Kalahiki - past president, ASUH-WCC, students

• Herb Lee, Jr - director, Pacific American Foundation, community

• Meredith Maeda - principal, Castle High School, community