Watch UH regents interview Lassner, Wiercinski

Tuesday means back to work for most folks who had the Memorial Day holiday off. But for those who have both some interest in the University of Hawaii president selection and the time to spend on the Manoa campus this morning, it’s also the day to get a front-row seat in the process.

The UH Board of Regents will interview each of the finalists — David Lassner and Francis Wiercinski — in a public meeting starting at 9 a.m. in the Information Technology Center.

The site of the meeting is interesting. Lassner, now the interim president, holds a permanent title as vice president for information technology and chief information officer. But plans for the meeting include a video screen to allow wide viewership of the proceedings. An IT building sounds like the place best equipped for that.

A distressing experience for the grizzlies

The operators of A Grizzly Experience tout the display of three brown bears at the 50th State Fair as educational, but we’re not buying it.

Anybody who wants to learn about how these majestic creatures truly live in the wild would be better off watching a documentary on PBS, not observing captive, trained Alaskan grizzlies performing in Hawaii’s heat.

The bears in A Grizzly Experience spend six to eight months every year on the road, working, as they travel with their owners from fair to fair. It’s not anything close to a natural existence.