Friday, April 04, 2008

Briefly...

The rumor on campus is that some of our Guam students have been chatting online with their counterparts on the Tol campus. Theoretically the computers on Tol are not completely connected to the Internet, yet, and I'm told that the Tol students aren't on the Internet, yet -- officially. However, some students somehow are apparently figuring out how to get online. This is why I'm optimistic about these guys. Just give the students a chance to connect and they suddenly become innovative and initiating. Now, if we can encourage them to venture further into it -- beyond IM and MySpace.

Things are bone dry out here in the tropics and the National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for Guam. ~ Link

Hawaii State Senator Kalani English sees tremendous progress in dealing with Micronesia area migration to Hawaii and other US states after many years of neglect. ~ Link

Islanders from the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia have visa-free entry to the United States. With economic conditions worsening in the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia, an estimated 2,500 are migrating annually to the US. Researchers estimate that close to 30% of the 70,000 Marshall Islanders and 25% of the 107,000 Micronesians now live in the US.

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