Ua kupu aʻe kekahi pilikia ma ke kulanui. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hōʻea mai nā haumāna hou i ke Kula Nui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa a nui ʻē nā haumāna ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Noho ma ʻaneʻi kekahi o ka poʻe kūloko, akā nui nā haumāna i neʻe mai ka ʻāina ʻē mai. Ma muli o ka nui wale o nā haumāna i hoʻāpono ʻia i loko o kēia kula, paʻakikī ka ʻimi ʻana a loaʻa kekahi wahi e hoʻokū ai i ko lākou mau kaʻa.

He lono kupaianaha kā ka i kūkala ʻia maila iā mākou e pili ana no ka haʻalele haʻaheo ʻana o ka pelekikena o ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi i noho lōʻihi i kāna kūlana. I ka lā 19 o Kepakemapa, ua kūkala ʻia aku ka manaʻo o Pelekikena David Lassner i mua o ka lehulehu. E hoʻomaha loa ana ʻo ia i ka hopena o ka makahiki kula 2024. Ma loko o kāna leka kūkala, ʻī maila ʻo iala no kona "haʻaheo" i nā mea i kō ma lalo o kona noho pelekikena ʻana. Eia kekahi mea āna i haʻaheo ai, ʻo ka hele ʻana o ke kulanui a "culturally strong." No laila, he aha kāna mau hana no ka lāhui a me ka "moʻomeheu" Hawaiʻi? Hōhonu nō ke kawa.

I ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa nei, he mau kānaka e hōʻiole nei i nā pono o ke kula a me nā haumāna. He aha ia mea ʻo ka hōʻiole ʻana? ʻO ka hōʻiole ʻana, ʻo ia nō ka ʻaihue ʻana o ke kanaka i nā mea pono waiwai a kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe.

Auwē nō hoʻi ē! I ka mahina nei nō i puka ai kekahi ʻatikala ma ka pūnaewele no ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi nei, nāna e wehewehe ana i ka ‘ole loa o ke kālā e pono ai ke Kula Nui no ka mālama mau ‘ana i kekahi o kona mau polokalamu e like me ka maʻamau. ʻO kekahi o ia mau polokalamu, ʻo ia nō ka Hana Keaka a me ka Ethnic Studies. He aha auaneʻi ka hopena?

‘Auhea ‘oukou e nā pua i‘a i komo mai i nā loko uluwehiwehi o Hawaiʻinuiākea, kahi e pili a‘e ai i nā wai māpuna o nā kūpuna, ‘ano‘ai me ke aloha. He wahi ho‘olauna kēia i kekahi mau ‘o‘opu ‘ai lehua o Hawai‘inuiākea, ‘o ia ho‘i ka hui i kapa ‘ia ‘o ka Papa Haumāna Kauleo o Hawai‘inuiākea (Hawaiʻinuiākea Student Advisory Board). Ua ho‘okumu ‘ia nei hui me ka mana‘olana e paipai aku i ke kūkā kama‘ilio ‘ana a nā haumāna me nā alaka‘i o kēlā me kēia māpuna o Hawai‘inuiākea.

ʻAuhea ʻoukou e nā ʻōpuʻu e mōhala aʻe nei i ka ua Kuahine o Mānoa. E nā ʻōpuʻu e nehe mālie mai nei i ka makani Kākea e pā mai ana ma Puahia, Kānewai, Piliamoʻo, Paʻakea, Pilipili, Wailele, a me Kauwalaʻa, ʻanoʻai me ke aloha. Maopopo anei nā ʻano kumuwaiwai like ʻole i hoʻolako ʻia no ʻoukou? Ua lohe anei ʻoukou i nā ʻano hana like ʻole a NHSS e alakaʻi ana? E ka mea heluhelu, e maliu mai i ka leo huliāmahi a ka Native Hawaiian Student Services.

E KA ULU HOI:— O ka hua o ka hana, ka liuliu, a me ke kulana o kakou na haumana, he hookahi wale no mea nana e hoike mai i ke kupono, ka makaukau, ka maiau ame ka maemae o ka hana, oia ke Au o ka Manawa.

ʻAʻohe wahi mea a like aku me kēia pilikia ʻo ko Kawaihuelani nele ‘ana i ka hale ‘ole. Inā he haumāna, he kumu, he kākoʻo, a he limahana paha ʻoe ma lalo o Kawaihuelani, ua maopopo akula iā ʻoe nā pilikia o kēia hālau o kākou. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe kamaʻāina i ia pilikia, e ʻupu aʻe ana paha ka manaʻo no ka pono a no ka hewa. E heluhelu mai.

ʻAuhea ʻoukou, e nā manu i lele mai i ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi, mai nā ʻāina like ʻole mai! Ua hānai ʻia e ko ʻoukou mau mākua a kūpuna paha, ma ko ʻoukou mau pūnana ponoʻī. A ua lele maila i Hawaiʻi nei, me he manu ʻōpio lā e noho ana i pūnana hou i kēia kau. ʻO ka wā kēia e ʻīnana aʻe ai.

ʻAuhea ʻoukou e nā ʻōpuʻu lehua e uluwehi ai nā paia o Kawaihuelani. ʻO au kekahi i hoʻomanawanui i ka paka ua o Waʻahila. Lōʻihi ka huakaʻi ʻana o ko kākou waʻa e pae ai i Kapaʻa, a ua hōʻea nō. No laila, ʻo kēia ka manawa e hoʻoponopono ai i ia waʻa no nā pōkiʻi.