Fall 2008 - Issue 4

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Grind My Gearz: December 8, 2008

Graphic Problems with Graphic Design Course

Katie Palafox, Staff Writer

The graphic design class here at Chaminade has given its students more than their share of headaches this semester, myself included. What should have been an interesting and beneficial course for any major has become a pain in the you-know-where.

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I’m Just Sayin’

Matt Sanders, Staff Writer

So, rumor has it that Chaminade has a signed contract with EA SPORTS and KemperSports that endows the Maui Invitational’s host school, Chaminade University, to receive only 10% of the tournaments income. According to KemperSports and the Maui Visitors Bureau, the Maui Invitational produced approximately $8 million last year.  The numbers made from this year have yet to be announced, but I think it’s safe to say we could have haggled for a bigger cut.

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Obama: Proud to Be An American at Last

Anthony Garcia, Contributing Writer

It was a whisper. “Hey Dad,” I asked him right around the time of the 2004 presidential election. “You think there’ll ever be a black president.” “Not in my lifetime,” he answered. We spoke in hushed tones, as if talking about it out loud would make it even more of an impossibility. And I figured he was right. My dad usually knows about these things. I figured the same thing, not in this America.

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I’m Just Sayin’ Too…

Ryan Dela Cruz, Staff Writer

If there is one thing about this university that “Grindz My Gearz,” it’s that we don’t have a shuttle that takes us students up and down our giant hill of a campus. I am a cross-country runner for Chaminade, so don’t think I’m some fat slob who is too lazy to walk up and down our hilly campus.

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Bathroom Whoas

Keith Albano, Staff Writer

I’d consider myself as a type of person that doesn’t let anything bother me for the most part. However, having to use the restroom facilities here on campus trips me out. Why you may ask? Well, it is because half, if not most, of the stalls in the men’s restrooms are either filled with droppings that haven’t been flushed or the toilet seats have been left down and have been urinated on. I mean seriously fellas, droppings in the toilet.

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