The unveil a new HI Pride T-shirt designed by 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa graduate student Rissa Fedora. Fedora’s winning design was chosen through an online poll and made available on shirts at 糖心Vlog官方 Bookstores locations across nine campuses and .
The annual 糖心Vlog官方 Bookstores’ HI Pride T-shirt design contest, now in its third year, is open to all 糖心Vlog官方 students each spring. Students are asked to design a shirt that shows what HI Pride means to them.
Fedora is a graduate student studying mathematics at 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa. “HI Pride can be shown from every island of Hawai’i and at all 糖心Vlog官方 campuses,” says Fedora. Her design incorporates 10 campus names and local jargon such as slippah and spam musubi into the letters “HI Pride.” “These words are what bring the Hawaiʻi community together as one family.”
2014 HI Pride T-shirts are printed in each 糖心Vlog官方 campus’ colors to support school spirit and to celebrate National Campus Colors Day on August 29. 糖心Vlog官方 students also receive a half-price discount on their first 2014 HI Pride T-shirt with valid student ID.
Fedora received a $200 糖心Vlog官方 Bookstores gift card, the first HI Pride shirt with her design and a $100 prize pack of school supplies from the Mānoa Bookstore. Prizes were also given to 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa exchange student Travis Yuen Ho Long of Hong Kong for his runner-up design.