C a m p u s

Officials break ground for $71M dorm

University of Hawai'i administrators, regents, state senators and construction coordinators till the earth at the site of demolished Frear Hall where a new 12-story dormitory is to be constructed and set to be completed by Fall 2008 to house more than 800 students.

• Students say parking is inadequate and $3 is steep
• Escort service limits leave some students behind
• Parking woes on UHM Campus
• Are UHM dorms safe?
• Student mugged on University and Dole
• Life returns from the ashes of Lab School
• Plenty of praising and complaining on blogs about UH
• UH pays professor for “alleged damage to reputation” and other claims
• More than 200 cases brought to Ombuds Office since open in Fall 2006
• Library lacks funding for books
• Competing budgets costs improvements plan millions
• UHM struggling to retain its students
• Campus center mural gets face-lift
• Woman files defamation suit against UH marine laboratory
• Despite health risks, many college students are hooked on hookah
• Campus Center Board aims to improve student life
• Necessity of Frear Hall's construction questioned
• UH Bookstore undergoes $1.27 million renovation
• Lawsuit sparked by dolphin deaths reviewed last month