Today is a holiday in Hawaii

The third Friday in August is observed as a Hawaii state holiday each year. It recognizes the anniversary of Hawaii's statehood. For some reason whenever I hear Admissions Day I think of school (school admissions). But in this situation it refers to Hawaii's admission into the union. It's always a school holiday so the kids are happy to have the day off today. Because of the fact that school is not in session to day for most schools tournament my daughter is in runs all day. Last night I heard that some private schools are in session today. My husband's job also recognizes this day as a holiday so he is getting paid double time and a half today.

Despite these nice perks of the holiday, not everyone feels "celebratory" about admissions day. Here are a couple of articles discuss some reasons for this:
http://www.moolelo.com/admissions-day-race.html
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/154.html