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MANAGING EDITOR Stephanie Kim BUSINESS EDITOR Eryn Yuasa CHIEF COPY EDITOR Wesley Babcock DESIGN EDITOR Lauren Tabor ASSOC DESIGN EDITOR Brye Kobayashi NEWS EDITOR Kevin Harrison FEATURES EDITOR Kevin Allen ASSOC FEATURES EDITOR Jarin Moriguchi OPINIONS EDITOR Brooke Alcuran ASSOC OPINIONS EDITOR Angelina Spence SPORTS EDITOR Drew Afualo ASSOC SPORTS EDITOR Christian Shimabuku COMICS EDITOR Khari Saffo WEB EDITOR Algeo Rosario VIDEO EDITOR Agatha Danglapin SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Jasmine Yi BRYE KOBAYASHI / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I FS courses currently include PHIL 110/111, MATH 100, MATH 140, MATH 203 and MATH 215. ASSOC PHOTO EDITOR Gabriel Estevez ASSOC PHOTO EDITOR Chase Urasaki SPECIAL ISSUES EDITOR Christina Yan MARKETING DIRECTOR Julius Riguis FS courses to be phased out ADMINISTRATION New FQ courses could be seen as early as next fall Ka Leo O Hawai‘i is the campus newspa- FQ TIMELINE per of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. KEVIN HARRISON According to a list of frequently departments” are being encour- It is published by the Student Media Board NEWS EDITOR asked questions from the General aged to design FQ courses. FS DESIGNATION ONLY biweekly except on holidays and during Education Offi ce, the FS course The General Education Offi ce will SPRING 2016 exam periods and breaks. Circulation is After 10 years of appearing on was deemed insuffi cient because also be conducting workshops to SUMMER 2016 10,000. Ka Leo is also published once a the academic plans of thousands it did not focus enough on quan- help faculty design these courses. FALL 2016 month during summer sessions with a circu- of University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa titative skills. Students will still have the oppor- SPRING 2017 lation of 5,000. Ka Leo is funded by student undergraduates, the FS require- tunity to earn the FQ credit via AP, SUMMER 2017 fees and advertising. ment is going to be replaced. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? 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Beginning in Summer quantitative analysis, calculations and the SPRING 2020 SUMMER 2020 2023, no more FS courses will be application of mathematical principles. ©2017 Student Media Board offered. FALL 2020 SPRING 2021 The FS course was fi rst adopted LET’S HAVE A CHAT in 2006, but according to Hoku- Reasoning from the Philosophy there will only be concurrent FQ/FS SUMMER 2021 lani Aikau and Wendi Vincent from department. courses or FQ only courses. KA LEO O HAWAI‘I the UH Mānoa General Education An FQ course is focused more on Currently, the Associated Stu- FS/FQ CONCURRENT UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA Offi ce, in 2009, UH Mānoa’s accred- quantitative analysis, calculations dents of the University of Hawai‘i FQ DESIGNATION ONLY 2445 CAMPUS RD., iting organization said that the FS and the application of mathemat- (ASUH) are helping the General FALL 2021 HEMENWAY HALL 107 course did not meet their stan- ical principles. 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FALL 2023 AND BEYOND WWW.KALEO.ORG the hallmarks of the FQ course. and, according to the FAQ list, “all Let us know @KaLeoOHawai‘i @KALEOOHAWAII 04 MONDAY, JAN. 09, 2017 KA LEO O HAWAI‘I: THE VOICE OF HAWAI‘I [email protected] Kevin Harrison NEWS @kaleoohawaii News Editor ASUH lobbying for more mental health counselors ment Center (CSDC) at the Univer- an organization which accredits This bill is insurance in case the sity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. This year, university counseling services, the legislature does not approve the they are going to try and get 1.5 recommended counselor-student $200,000 in the budget. However, more psychologist positions under ratio is one full-time counselor per Kamoshida said she also reached the university’s biennium budget. A 1,000-1,500 students. UH Mānoa has out to the state Department of Edu- half position is a part-time position. one counselor for every 2,579 stu- cation and the Department of Health The biennium budget is UH dents – with only seven full-time to see if they could get the counsel- Mānoa’s two-year operating budget, counselors on staff. ors included under their budgets. which is set to go before the state “Mental health is sort of a rela- Enriquez said that in the spring legislature during their next legisla- tively new thing that’s going on, but semester, ASUH will be pushing tive session in January. ASUH worked it’s an issue that we want to make for students to testify on behalf with Interim Vice Chancellor for Stu- sure that we’re ahead of the curve of the $200,000 for mental health dents Lori Ideta to insert $200,000 for on,” Enriquez said. counselors. the 1.5 psychologists. “I think that if we can get as “Being a college student in itself NEW STRATEGY many students involved [sic], as is very stressful and I think a lot of After their bill died in the leg- well as continue to maintain our students go through a lot of stress islature last year, ASUH is reach- relationships with the representa- throughout their years in college so ing out to more state legislators tives and senators, I believe that we to kind of have an outlet for them I to gain their support. They have can get this through,” Enriquez said. think it’s very important for them to also reached out to Governor Ige, ASUH, however, has not surveyed BROOKE ALCURAN / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I have those services for them here though, according to Kamoshida, he students as to whether or not they CSDC is located in the Queen Liliuokalani Center for Student Services. on campus,” ASUH President Roxie has not responded to them. think there is a need for more men- Kamoshida said. Kamoshida also said that ASUH is tal health counselors. Kamoshida KEVIN HARRISON after the bill they lobbied for died This push for more mental health working with State Representatives said, though, that ASUH may do this NEWS EDITOR in the state legislature last year.