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After winning the Best Memorial award, and Molly Sebbins receiving third in the Best Oralist category, the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Team from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa went on to compete against 90 other national and international teams in the 2006 Hardy C. Dillard Competition. The final round required teams to write a brief which analyzed and applied international law in regards to a hypothetical problem about human rights violations and sovereignty over natural resources within a multinational corporation. The UH team from the William S. Richardson School of Law was second only to the team from China.

"This means that our team has been recognized for writing the best memorial of any U.S. team in this year's competition and the second best memorial of all the teams from all over the world after Xiamen University in China," said faculty coach Professor Jon Van Dyke.

Their brief will now be entered in the Baxter Competition, which will determine the best individual applicants and respondent memorials. The winners of the Baxter competition will be announced in May.

Entomologist and rancher honored by CTAHR

The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources will host the 18th Annual Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 4, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Among the many honors given include the Outstanding Alumnus and Ka Lei Hano Heritage Award for community service, which will be awarded to Dr. Po-Yung Lai and Herbert "Monty" Richards, respectively.

Lai is an alumnus of the University of Hawai'i and an entomologist who addressed pest control issues in Hawai'i and expanded export markets. He received a master's in entomology and was an administrator for the Department of Agriculture in the 1970s and 1980s. Lai was appointed Assistant Dean for Cooperative Extension for CTAHR in the 1990s. In Taiwan, he has created the Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, an agriculture program that includes students from over 30 countries in Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Pacific.

Richards headed the Big Island Kahua Ranch for 50 years, incorporating new technology and methods in Hawaii's cattle production, including artificial insemination and intensive grazing. He has experimented with wind energy and diversification of crops, used solar power and established the ranch as a tourism destination. He has also served on CTAHR's Board of Advisors.

Aquaculture from Hawai'i and Samoa

Aquaculture, the cultivation of sea life, usually for food, is an important part of Hawaii's culture. Residents in Hawai'i consume three times more seafood than people on the mainland, making a sustainable aquaculture even more important. Aquaculture can provide local protein sources and can diversify economies in the Pacific.

With the support of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega of American Samoa, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Sea Grant College Program, a UH Sea Grant, supports a myriad of research programs related to aquaculture as well as outreach programs in Hawai'i and the Pacific.

Research has led to such developments as the first submersible, open-ocean fish mega-cage, the establishment of farms that supply ornamental fish, a clam hatchery in American Samoa and support for an American Samoa farmer of tilapia.

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