Thanks to Digital Initiatives Librarian Sunyeen “Sunny” Pai and Lama Library, you can now research the history of KCC in old issues of Kapi‘o, the student newspaper.

Pdfs of Kapi’o in print (1964-fall 2014) are available at the Board of Student Publications archive (1975-present), along with student journals (1991-present) and yearbooks from the Nursing and Food Service and Hospitality programs (1992-1995).

The earliest Kapiʻo (Spring 1964) was published by the Business Education department when the College was Kapiolani Technical School under Principal Raymond Won.

The issue features reports on outstanding students and on the Legal Secretarial, Hotel and Restaurant, and Practical Nursing programs, as well as interviews with three international students—two  from Hong Kong and one from Thailand.

The following year, Kapiolani Technical School became Kapi’olani Community College, with a two-year Liberal Arts program.

The earliest Kapi’o written by KCC Journalism students dates from 1975, when Ruth Lucas served as faculty advisor. Some of you may remember Ruth as the chair of Language Arts (now Languages, Linguistics and Literature). Students in JOURN 205 and 206 served as staff.

The two 1975 issues report the pros and cons of moving the campus from its former location on the corner of Kapi’olani Boulevard and Pensacola Street to “the Ruger Campus.”

Parking was a problem at the Pensacola Campus. The sign informing students “Parking Lot Full–KCC Permits Only” angered some: “I get more profanity thrown at me than I knew existed,” said a security guard. The article advises, “The best time to get spaces is between 05:30 and 06:30.” One argument for the move was that the Ruger campus would provide more space for cars.

But forty years later, even with more parking spaces, parking is still hard: see “KCC Needs to Address Parking Situation” in the Opinions section of the  fall 2014 Kapi‘o Voices and Views, now published online.

For convenient access to the Student Publications archive, bookmark the Board of Student Publication webpage.