CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM
Students from Kailua High School cooled off with refreshments from the convenience store and waited for the bus along Kailua Road Thursday afternoon. Sitting on the stairs were Apple Barroga, 18, Aloha Kaehu, 16, and Mark Alex Kassebeer, 15.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Diane Chung, assistant professor at the University of Hawaii, helped Kit Sum Ho yesterday in a crowded fashion design class. Thanks to the popularity of reality programs like "Project Runway," the classes no longer need to recruit students. "They even bring in their own sewing machines!" said Chung.