143: A Meaningful Dialogue at the State Capitol

So here's what's been happening.  State of Hawaii is trying to pay its bills and is stripping everything to find out where it absentmindedly left those million dollar lumps of money lying around.  Unfortunately for UH, some of those lumps have been in use in order to run the Chartered Student Organizations (CSOs), which include such unimportant things as student government, the radio station and Ka Leo, the campus newspaper.  As of now, thanks to a general outcry by anyone motivated enough to submit testimony , the main offender, Senate Bill 120, has been stripped of language that covers the CSO special and revolving fund.  Yay! But there are more bills in the House that still do basically the same thing as the original SB120 did. For more info, visit:
http://www.kaleo.org/multimedia/two-down-three-to-go-1.2477918
Which explains some of the bills still on the table, as well as:
http://www.kaleo.org/news/senate-bill-120-aims-to-gut-uh-and-state-funds-1.2461912
http://www.kaleo.org/news/uh-state-officials-testify-against-senate-bill-120-1.2466920
http://www.kaleo.org/opinions/save-our-school-oppose-senate-bill-120-1.2461939
Which explain some of the history behind this issue.

Peace.

142. The Long and Grinding Road

First comic of the new year is about road paving.  Hope you enjoy it.

Verdict on The iBorg

Well the results are in, apparently, and my comic won! Except that it didn't win any of the top three awards. It won one of the other "almost there" awards.  I get $20 out of it though.  And the comic should be appearing on Student Affairs' web site at some other time.

Extra, extra, Batman revealed to be Bruce Wayne!

Funny story about this one, I made it awhile ago for the December 6th issue of Ka Leo.  The day after, I saw the news about Assange being accused of rape.  Unintentional new levels of depth have been discovered!
Also, Batman is Bruce Wayne.  Sorry.

141: The iBorg

A very special "The Sun Also Shines on the Moronic" that has been submitted to the annual Student Affairs College Cartoon Contest.

Holy balls! There's a monetary prize for the three best comics! Sweet!

Theme for the contest is: "Technology and Campus Life."

They have the same theme every year.  Usually I hate doing technology related cartoons.  Technology is usually cool, not stupid.  Stupid things are easier to make cartoons about.

This year, I received inspiration for this comic, but I only received it a short while ago.  The deadline for the competition is today; Friday the 10th (it's still Friday in Honolulu).  I submitted this cartoon 30 minutes ago.  Talk about cutting it close.

Anyway, hope you enjoy it! (Don't sue me, Steve, fucking, Jobs).

Obesity ruins armed forces recruitment

"An ever-growing portion of America's 17 to 24 year-olds, about 75 percent, is simply ineligible or unavailable to serve for a variety of reasons, above all, health and weight requirements in an age of spiraling childhood obesity."


- Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, United States of America

Art as more than mere aesthetics

Artist profile: Sanit Khewhok

By Will Caron
Editor in Chief

Published: Monday, November 8, 2010 Ka Leo O Hawaii

Without civilization, artists would be nothing more than hunter-gatherers. With that in mind, it is important for artists to use their skills to benefit society. At least, that's what Sanit Khewhok, the 11th recipient of the Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, says.

"If you're living in society, I think [being political] is important. Otherwise would it be useful if art didn't serve [a purpose]?" said Khewhok at our interview outside of the Kahala Whole Foods.

"If we have senses, you cannot avoid what we call art," said Khewhok.