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May 2007

Features
Ready for the Real World?

Ready for the Real World?

Why Hawaii's public education system isn’t doing enough to prepare your kids for life after high school.

Ronna Bolante
Bullied

Bullied

Nearly a fifth of Hawaii’s school-age children have been victims, bullies or both. And schools aren’t required to do anything about it.

Pamela Gibson

Castle in the Sky

For a busy single mom, this Hokua penthouse apartment has become the ideal home—after a few tweaks, of course.

Michael Keany

How We Met

Love has to start somewhere. Here, five local couples tell the stories of when the sparks first flew.

Jana Wolff, photography by Sergio Goes

Departments
Editor's Page: No Need Then Archive »

What is school for, if kids graduate unprepared for either work or college?

A. Kam Napier, editor
Letters: Letters 5|07 Archive »

Calabash: 7 Reasons to Get Out of the House Archive »

05|07

Lori Anne Tomonari
Calabash: First Person: Chasing Netflix Archive »

Somewhere on O‘ahu, a movie company bustles through the night.

Danny Simon
Calabash: By the Numbers Archive »

Vital Statistics
Calabash: Books: Lunch Quandary, Solved Archive »

Kathryn Drury Wagner
Calabash: Isla Tango Archive »

Calabash: Scrap Yard: Does God Exist? Archive »

Victor Stenger, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, recently released a book, God: The Failed Hypothesis—How Science Shows That God...

Michael Keany
Calabash: Sports: Bowled Over Archive »

How decreasing profits and interest result in a sport striking out.

Kyle Galdeira
Calabash: Green Inside and Out Archive »

It makes sense: Kaua‘i’s first green building will be a world-class botanical research center.

Sheila Sarhangi
Calabash: Music Review Archive »

He Aloha…, Cody Pueo Pata, (Ululoa Productions)

Michael Keany
Calabash: Places: We need your help. Archive »

Give us your aging, your threatened, your forgotten buildings.
Calabash: Field Guide: ‘Aiea Heights Dr. Archive »

From old-school diners to new-wave bowling, this area is worth a stop.

Lori Anne Tomonari, photos by Rae Huo
Calabash: Shopping: Mother’s Day Gifts Archive »

Being a mom? Very difficult. Giving Mom presents on Sunday, May 13? Much easier, because all you have to give birth to are a few good ideas.

Kathryn Drury Wagner, photos by Rae Huo
Calabash: Food: Soy Story Archive »

A health-minded Manoa takeout restaurant wins tofu converts.

Kathryn Drury Wagner
Calabash: Sip: Coming Attraction Archive »

Kathryn Drury Wagner
Calabash: Food: Milking It Archive »

Testing out a soy-milk maker for home kitchens.

Kathryn Drury Wagner
Calabash: Shop: Downtown’s New Boutique Archive »

Rafael has reopened, this time in Chinatown.

Kathryn Drury Wagner
Calabash: Arts: Illuminate—The Moon Show Archive »

An exhibit shines light on Island contemporary art.

Lavonne Leong
Making a Difference: Reality Check Archive »

Hawai‘i donors turn their dollars into books, computers, an education and a future for Cambodia.

Lori Anne Tomonari, photos courtesy of Jerry and Vanny Clay
Dining: Dashed Hopes in Waikiki Archive »

The report on three restaurants isn’t pretty, but the fourth is a standout.

John Heckathorn
From Our Files Archive »

May

Ronna Bolante
Afterthoughts: Smells Like Fiasco Archive »

The plans for O‘ahu’s rail system are so screwy, even die-hard mass transit fans can’t get onboard with it.

Kathryn Drury Wagner, managing editor