· =-=-· Volume ' ·' 22 ·:· · · No~ :·· -14 ' ,., ,,.,.,. .. ,.,.,, ,., .... ,.,,.,.,. ..,.,.,.,.,._ ··KGpiela,ni:-:: GornrnuA,ity ,.,.,G-oll,ege.,.,.,.,,.,., =-November.,.,28:;:-·:·J-989.,.,.,., ~ ~~ \. 'f~' Banyans make way for new library Banyans being trimmed in the photo will allow the new library to be built close to the line of trees. This will provide space for a grassy mall in the center of the campus that will be used for commence­ ment and other events. Pat Snyder of the Pro­ vost' s office predicts the trees will grow taller than ever, so that they will arch over ihe library building. Photo by Richard de Veas Jr. Juana McCoy and the Berlin wall By Greg Young ''When I talk about it I can'tsleep. I get so After 16 months McCo)' was offered mad that I want to go and shoot them all right parole. She turned it down. "I wanted to go When Juana McCoy heard about the now!" McCoy said. to the end. I didn't want any presents from Berlin Wall coming down, she was person­ McCoy said the beatings were not legal them," she said. ally affected. It meant more to her than to but they did it anyway. And if one had a The living conditions were cramped at most people . During her teenage years she complaint one could tell the prosecutor. best. There were three people living in a cell hated the wall, because she spen! 2 years in McCoy did complain, but the prosecutor built for two, McCoy said. prison for helping someone escape from be­ was never told, she said. When asked what she did to keep going, hind it. McCoy was told by the guards "We are she said, "My cell mates were a T.V. pro­ McCoy said "I was 12 years old when Communist, not FacisL Things like that ducer and a pediatrician, and I would act out they built the wall. I was arrested for the first don't happen in. East Germany." Shakespearean plays. That was great; we time when I was 14 for wearing an American After over 10monthsin the holding prison, had so much fun." army jacket with 'I didn't build this wall so drove him as far as I could, and said good­ she spent the next 17 months in a maximum Finally. 27 months after her ordeal began, I don't honor it' painted on it. bye." security prison. McCoy was ·released from prison. The re­ McCoy was born in East Germany into a That was in 1968. McCoy wasn't ar­ "We (the political prisoners) were kept lease was arranged by her family and Am- family rich in Democratic ttadition since rested until the following year, in July 1969. 1800. Her recalcitrance is in-bred. It is not "My mother said the 'stasi' is here. I a childish stubbornness, but a matter of didn't think too much of it at first," McCoy "They once told us that the wall was -built to confidence in what is essentially her percep­ said. "They took me to the investigator's tion of right and wrong. office and interrogated me for 10 hours." protect us from t~e bad imperialists ..." "My mother got into a lot of trouble over After her firSt day in jail, the police let her me," McCoy said. "I would tell the teacher go with hopes that she would warn the 'you can't tell me the sky is green when I others, leading the police to other suspects. from the 'criminals' so we wouldn't teach nesty International. When fmally released, know it's blue." McCoy said, "I'll admit it; I didn't warn my them anything," McCoy said. "I was told by she called her aunt All she could say was, At 19, McCoy was arrested for helping a friends. But it wasn't because I was so smart. a guard once that what I did was worse than "Ich bin frei, lch bin frei, Ich bin frei." ("I am friend escape form East Gennany in 1969. It was just because I was so busy, I forgot." killing someone." freej l The usual escape route was through the The next day, Juana McCoy was arrested In the maximum security prison the po­ After leaving prison, McCoy was a night ''Green Border", a forest ar~ on the West­ and spent the next 10 months in solitary litical prisoners were treated to political club singer, a fire-eater and even owned her East border of Germany. Where the forest confinement in a holding prison, until she schooling. When asked what kind, McCoy own night club in Berlin. ends, there begins a simple barbed-wire fence received her sentence: five years. She served said, "The right way. the good Communist, Today, Juana McCoy is an attractive 40 and a minefield, McCoy said. 27months. of course!" year old woman in the body of a 19 year old. McCoy said,"' hid my friend for a week McCoy said, ''The food wasn't so bad; in ''They once told us that the wall was built She sings in the opera here and is also em::­ near the border in a ''Gartenhaus" (Garden­ fact it was good. They beat me there though. to protect us from the bad imperialists," ployed by a local glass bottom boat company house) while I made preparations. Then I I lost my teeth there. It was terrible." McCoy scoffed. as a .scuba diver. 0 pin ion Poii-Q_ue_s_tlo_n_a_nd_P_h_oto_s_b_y_RI__;ch,;_a_rd_d_e_V_eas_Jr-.----------- How do you study for .finals? MattDochin JoyeTakata Troy Inouye Aireen Caraang Hotel Operations Liberal Arts Liberal Arts Liberal Arts "Sitdownwithmyreggaemusic, "I lift weights, then I study. Gets ''Look over my old notes, look at "I don't know how to study for relax and~ mybooksandsaudy." me going!" my tests and I just cram and pray." fmals wally! It's only my first time inKCC." Kaplo would like your opinion. Call us at 734-9361 or drop a note in ~ur mailbox at Bldg. 923. Please leave us your name and mDjor. Brain Boy ' ' w al 3J tc ---··· --- c by Miles Giesbrecht 31 AUTO FOR $ALE st 1974 VOLKSWAGON n Letter to the Editor New paint job I a! and recently serviced a! Use ofU.H. weight room questioned Days· 734-9439 C a II Ra ndy: Ni hts; 943-0752 On Nov. 8 my friend and I were working to use Maooa'sfacilities. She then told me Hawaii, but students who wish to use the out in the weight room at UH Manoa, as we that the Manoa students pay an activity fee; New York University facilities need only usually do on Wednesday nights. I became I told her so do KCC students. She said show an identification to prove that they are dizzy after working out for 45 minutes and Manoa students pay higher tuitions. I told registered at a school. Manoa says it worries decided I would go outside to wait until my her that I was from New York and my tuition about over-crowded facilities, I seriously friend was finished. As I reached for my at KCC is probably higher than what most doubt that bus loads of students from all the Manoa students pay because I am a non­ schools will fmd their way to Manoa'sdoors. pink slip, I was asked by the supervisor if I 4303 Diamond Head Rd. resident Manoa, stop acting like the University of attended "The University of Hawaii?" I Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 n Hawaii means only your campus! You do replied, "Yes, I do." He then asked, "At When I mentioned to her that a KCC staff Ph: 734-9361 E have eight other sisters! Manoa?" I said, "No, at Kapiolani Commu- · member told me that our pink slips could be el used at Manoa to use their facilities, she by Wendy Walters Kapio il published every Tuelday by the nity College." He told me that only Manoa Boant of Studeal Publications of Kapiolani replied, '--rhe person probably didn't know Community CoUege. h il funded by ~ students could use the facilities and I Editors Note: it sbouldn 't be here. I told him I had been told what they weze talking about" So I said, fees md advertising and reflects the views of rc Dr. Stephen Martin, intramural director, ill edilon and writ.en who are solely respon­ that all University of Hawaii students could "Fine, I will go back to the bookstoreatKCC E and tell them they should remove all articles U.H. said that the students pay a large sible for its c:mtenL Circulation il 2000. use the facilities. He told ·me only Manoa activity fee and part of that goes towards Kapio welcomes c:mtributions to the paper. h of clothing and souveniors that display the Edi1on reserve the right to edit all submissions students can use the facilities because they running the weight room. Activity fees paid fl pay"anactivityfee." Itoldhim, "So do we." symbol of a "Rainbow" on it, since it is a for len&th. JI'IDUilar and libel. Publication is .. Manoa symbol. Also, everyone who isn't a by KCC students don't go towards running not guaranteed. He said his supervisor told him that the the facility and that's the reason they aren't Manoa student should stop purchasing tick­ Editor-in-Chief............. .Ropati Hebenstreit facilities were only available for Manoa stu­ allowed to use the weight room. He said the dents. ets to see any of the sporting events (hey, and Asst. Editor .•••....•.....•.•..•.. Edwin (luinabo my boyfriend plays for the basketball team). problem of over-crowding already exists.