Last Friday, I partnered with Student Congress Outgoing Chair Liana Hofschneider for a petition to lobby in the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to pass a moratorium on tuition fee increases for all UH System campuses state-wide for the next 3 years.

For the past 3 years, the University of Hawaii System has initiated a three year tuition fee increase, and this petition aims for an emergency short-term solution on the current economic recession that our country is into, which the common students — working students and their families are currently experiencing. This will help our fellow students and parents to ease their financial burdens even in a small way.

The Cando-Hofschneider Initiative will be formally launched during the opening session of the Student Congress this coming August 2008. As of now, we are in the phases of better research and support gathering from fellow Student Representatives and other UH campuses state-wide.

We urge everyone to throw their support as we are taking this initiative to the next level of deliberations into the agenda table.

Mahalo and remember that we are always going to fight for every student’s interests.