UH Law’s milieu called best for minorities
The University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law has the "best environment for minority students" in a ranking of law schools nationwide by the Princeton Review.
The Princeton Review does not have a "best overall academics" category because it says every school of the 168 featured in the publication is highly regarded.
The Princeton Review tallied its lists based on its survey of 18,000 students attending 168 law schools during academic years 2011-2012 and 2009-2010.
The survey asked students about their school’s academics, student body and campus life and their career plans.
GOP hopeful for U.S. House injured in fall
A long-shot Republican candidate for a U.S. House seat in Hawaii says he’s staying in the race even after a nasty 14-foot fall from a ladder.
Kawika Crowley told The Associated Press on Thursday that he broke his left wrist and badly sprained his right ankle Oct. 5 while doing a drywall job at a car dealership in Kaneohe.
Crowley is homeless but works as a handyman and lives in his van.
Crowley won the Republican nomination to run against former Honolulu City Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat. Crowley isn’t expected to win, and he’s not getting backing from his party.
Crowley says he went back to finish the job the night after the fall because he needed the money.
He says he’s not letting up on his campaign.
Gabbard won the Aug. 11 primary against former Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Noxious smell empties morgue
A noxious odor prompted the evacuation of 10 people Wednesday morning from the county morgue in Wailuku, the county said in a news release.
The Maui Fire Department hazardous materials crew was sent at 8:23 a.m. to the morgue at 1831 Wili Pa Loop in the Wailuku Mill Yard. A group of police dispatchers taking part in an instructional session started feeling ill from odors in a classroom on the second floor.
The building was evacuated, and technicians tested air samples but were unable to determine the odor’s source. Occupants were allowed back in at 9:30 a.m. One employee, complaining of nausea, was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital as a precaution.
County to show films on quake
Two Japanese documentaries about the spirit of that nation’s people following the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster will be shown Saturday at the Matsuri Kauai Festival at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, Kauai County said.
"Can You See Our Lights?" will be shown at 10:30 a.m., and "Fukushima Hula Girls" plays at 12:30 p.m. Admission is free.
"Can You See Our Lights?" chronicles the efforts of residents of Rikuzentakata, Soma and Minami Soma to repair their towns and rebuild their lives. "Fukushima Hula Girls" follows a troupe of hula dancers from the Spa Resort Hawaiians theme park in Iwaki City as they entertain people in devastated areas.
For more information about the festival, call 822-5353 or 335-3219.
