The University of Hawaii at Manoa is among the 55 colleges being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for potentially mishandling sex abuse complaints on campus. The education department made the list of 55 schools public for the first time today, the Associated Press reports. The schools, ranging from Harvard to Ohio State, are […]
Alia Wong
Alia Wong previously covered education news for Civil Beat.
A Honolulu native, Alia returned to the islands in May 2012 after graduating from Boston University with degrees in journalism and Latin American studies.
Alia was a longtime intern at Civil Beat before landing her position as a reporter-host. One of her stories, “A Lost Child of Kalaupapa,” won her the 2011 Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter award for best online feature writing.
But not all her intern assignments at Civil Beat have been as glamorous. During the summer of 2012, she had to tour (read: smell) some of Oahu’s nastiest bathrooms for her story The Dirty Dozen: The State of Honolulu’s Public Restrooms.
She sincerely hopes her editors remember she’s no longer an intern.
Before the birth of Civil Beat, Alia wrote for Honolulu Weekly. She also had a number of jobs while in Boston, including as a fellow in Boston University’s writing center and a research assistant on a long-term project that analyzed the relationship among the Mexican Revolution, international cinema and transnational politics.
Alia is a self-proclaimed globetrotter and will do anything she can to travel to new places. She developed a fascination with Latin America while in high school and hasn’t been able to keep herself away since. Most recently she traveled to Ecuador, where she lived and studied for six months.
You can follow Alia on Twitter at @aliaemily
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Living Hawaii: Where Child Care Can Cost More Than College
The average cost for infant care is nearly one and a half times more than in-state tuition at UH Manoa.
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Transportation Dept. Doles Out $2.2M to Promote Safe Walking, Biking to Schools
The state Department of Transportation has awarded $2.2 million total to various schools, nonprofits and government agencies for their efforts to make walking and biking to and from school safer for children. The “Safe Routes to School” grants, funded by the federal government, are earmarked for either advocacy and outreach or infrastructure projects. They’re aimed […]
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Teen Births Cost Hawaii Taxpayers $32M Annually, New Data Suggests
Teenage births are costing Hawaii’s taxpayers lots of money — as much as $32 million in 2010 alone, according to an analysis by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Nationwide, teen childbearing cost taxpayers $9.4 billion in 2010. The costs are often indirect and trace back to the “negative consequences often experienced by […]
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Common Core: Louis C.K. is Not Impressed
Criticism of Common Core is branching out into new territory: comedy. Well-known standup comedian and screenwriter Louis C.K. decided to tweet about his daughters’ Common Core woes last night. In a sequence of 140-character rants — some of them accompanied by pictures — Louis C.K. complained about their difficulty and schools’ growing obsession with standardized […]
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Report: Hawaii High School Graduation Rates Among Most Equitable in US
Hawaii’s high school graduation rates are fairly equitable when it comes to race and income, a new report on national graduation trends suggests. The state’s overall graduation rate, according to the report, is 82 percent — slightly more than the country’s unprecedented average of 80 percent. Here’s a breakdown of graduation rates by category: Native […]
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Contractor Suing University of Hawaii Over Campus Center Delays
The same company is also taking UH to court over a construction project in Hilo.
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Hawaii Legislature: Procedural Mixup Dooms Key Education Measures
The 14 bills had survived the entire session and looked like they were headed for final passage.
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Students Sue UH Hilo for Prohibiting Them From Distributing Constitution on Campus
Two University of Hawaii at Hilo students are suing the school for allegedly violating their First Amendment rights when a UH official told them they couldn’t distribute copies of the Constitution at an outdoor event on campus. The complaint was filed in federal court yesterday. The students, Merritt Burch and Anthony Vizzone, are members of Young Americans […]