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Since her first semester at the University of Hawaii, Heide Murakami has used money from several sources to pay for college.

Most helpful in that ef fort, the junior chemistry major said, has been the Pell Grant shes received from the federal government.

It pays for quite a bit in college, she said. Ive got-ten a Pell Grant for three years so far, and each time, Ive received $5,200 to $5,400. Thats roughly a little over half of tuition (at UH).

Murakami is one of many low-income students at UH this semester who may get additional help paying for their degree thanks to a bill introduced in congress last week.

The bill, introduced by U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and other members of Congress, would restore year-round

Pell Grant funding, an option created in 2008 and elimi-nated in 2011.

It would also make the spending on the Pell automatic, similar to existing programs like Social Security.

But one Hawaii-based nancial aid expert says the con-gressional battle over increasing the need-based Pell Grant is just getting started and that any new funding that the fed-eral government approves wont reach students until 2015.Continued on page 2

CHALLENGES TO ADDRESSAbout 4,000 Mnoa students received money

for the spring 2014 semester through the Pell Grant program, according to data provided by the universitys Financial Aid Services. They received an average of $3,900 for the term, according to the data. The maximum amount one student can receive is $5,645, according to the U.S. Department of Education. UH Director of Financial Aid Services Jodie Kuba said students who qualify for the grant can only receive it for 12 semesters. While many UH students finish their degree in that time, others who take longer and qualify for the grant are cut of f for their rest of their undergraduate career, she said. This semester, for example, about 60 Mnoa stu-dents reached that cap, making them ineligible for more Pell funding. The year-round grant was also challenging to administer because it allowed students to receive money for summer school, according to Kuba. That meant financial aid of ficers had to ensure that students were enrolled in the minimum number of credits during summer to qualify for the funding, she said. (That) required us to constantly monitor anyone on their second Pell Grant since any change in enrollment required revision or cancellation, she said. Current rules only allow students to receive Pell funding for two terms, including summer, each year. Despite the administrative challenges, both the amount of money awarded and the number of

students receiving it at Mnoa jumped dramati-cally after the year-round Pell was implemented. In summer 2009, shortly after the change was approved at the federal level, Kuba said UH distrib-uted more than $100,000 to about 150 students. The following summer, those numbers increased to $800,000 awarded to 600 students, though both saw a steep decline after the year-round option was eliminated.

A NEGOTIATING CHIP But Frank Green, a board member of the Pacific Financial Aid Association, said Hironos legislation wouldnt pass before the mid-term elections this fall. He said the bill is an attempt to get Con-gress to talk about expanding the Pell Grant program ahead of a larger debate about reau-thorizing the Higher Education Act, which governs much of the federal aid awarded to college students. Theyre getting people looking at what might be out there and where the tradeoffs might be, he said. Since the next Congress isnt likely to take up that legislation until next January, Hironos bill and others like it are an indication of what higher education issues members of Congress are willing to fight for, according to Green. It puts negotiating chips out on the table, he said. Green, who hosts college nance planning ses-sions for Hawaii high-school students, said the year-round option encourages low-income students to nish school on time by taking summer courses.

According to Green, the details of Hironos proposal, including the automatic spending pro-vision, would enable students to plan further into the future without worrying about funding. It lends a lot of support to (degree) completion, he said. Congress cant take it away from you.

TO GO OR NOT TO GO In addition to encouraging current college students to nish their degrees, the Pell is also a deciding factor for many high-school students considering higher education. Regan Honda, a college counselor at Farrington High School, said many of his college-bound stu-dents receive funding through the grant. He said many of Farringtons students who receive free or reduced school lunch also qual-ify for a full or near-full Pell. It might not be a full Pell Grant, but they qualify, he said. For our students, nances are such a big determinant. Ivee Cruz, Hondas counterpart at the University Lab High School, said she thinks recent cutbacks in need-based nancial aid like the Pell have forced students to consider options closer to home. While about a third of the schools seniors stayed in Hawaii for college when she started asa counselor at the school six years ago, she said about half have chosen to stay in-state this year. According to Cruz, the debate about Pell Grants in Congress and the uncertainty about the grants future have made it dif ficult for her to advise her students. I hope for the best and prepare for the worst, she said.

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Kennedy Theatres nal mainstage pro-duction of the season, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, is an amusing musical, per-fect for children and adults alike. The play revolves around Capable, a 10 -year-old girl who spends her days taking care of her father and grooming gappers off of her goats in the small town of Frip. Gap-pers are bright orange creatures with mul-tiple eyes that love goats. However, the goats are unable to sleep when they are covered in gappers, so they become sick. When the gap-per problem becomes too serious, Capable must figure out a new way to handle them, as well as how to handle her eccentric neigh-bors. The play finishes by hinting at uplift-ing morals that are perfect for children, and not too gooey for adults. The wide variety of characters is one of the main reasons this production is lovable. Capable is practical and charming, which makes her a good lead for a childrens play. She also has a wonderful singing voice, which adds to the show. Her neighbors, however, are my favorites. The dynamic between Car-ol Ronsen and Bea Romo, who live on either side of Capable, is absolutely fantastic. Their wacky attempts to upstage each other lead to hilarity, which is further enhanced by the fact that the actor, Timothy Callais, who plays Carol, also plays her husband, Sid Ronsen. The cross dressing alone is quite funny, but when the actor had to converse with himself in both roles, I could not stop giggling. The gappers themselves are well done. While they are cute characters designed to sing and amuse children, they also include some humor for older members of the au-dience. The Smart Gapper also has a great singing voice. The gapper ensemble makes it blatantly clear that they adore goats, but during the show that deep affection is re-f lected upon, which produces an interesting dilemma for the gappers to solve. Although the majority of the show is fun-ny and cheerful, there are some poignant moments that are surprisingly heartfelt. The relationship between Capable and her father usually brings this out, as Capables mother died before the events in the play. Capables

Gappers is persistently funnyfather is heartbroken, but it is clear that he still loves his daughter and wants the best for her. The moments when their grief and love for each other come together produce touching scenes. These were nice additions to a play that is primarily lighthearted, es-pecially because they impart good values to their audience. While the show was ultimately enjoyable, it was not perfect. The lyrics to the songs are pleasant, but not particularly enthrall-ing, and there were times when the groups singing was out of sync. The plot was clearly designed for children, which, while not a bad thing, did make some parts of the show a little tedious for an older viewer. However, such moments are few and far between. This productions comedy treads a fine line between being over-the-top and just right. Luckily, it lands on the side of just right. Beas wacky opera singing, the gap-pers high-pitched screeches at the sight of goats and the silly interactions between the two sets of twins in the show are all bal-anced in such a way that children will be entertained, but adults wont be annoyed. Although some rather obvious sappy mor-als pop up toward the end of the show, they are not obnoxious or distracting, and they also make it more encouraging for people to bring their children to the production. As long as viewers bear in mind that the show is designed for younger audiences, they will love this production as much as gappers love goats.

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In this article, not only will I be following up on an editorial I wrote titled Busting the myth of reverse racism, but I will also be responding to a counter article called Hitting rewind on the reverse racism issue: a statistical analysis by Brad Dell. As a white person speaking out against the concept of reverse racism, I was not surprised to see such passionate responses from readers, and I want to address the issue further.

WHY I WROTE ABOUT RACISM According to NBC News, Hawaii, along with Texas, Cali-fornia and New Mexico, are states with a racial majority that is made up of minorities, particularly Asian-Americans. As a white person who grew up in Honolulu, I was called haole, or foreigner, my whole life. I constantly felt this need to prove myself and my legitimacy to nonwhite people. I entered a college classroom and sat in my rst womens studies class only to face confusion as we learned about white privilege. I face discrimination as a white per-son all the time, so I denied the idea of white privilege, and I quickly grew defensive. I thought: How dare these textbooks make me feel like I didnt work for everything I have, and how dare they make me feel bad about historic events that I had nothing to do with? However, with the more research Ive done, the more I realized that white privilege is not a personal attack on all white people, but it instead explains a deeper social issue. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, racism is

poor treatment (of) or violence against people because of their race a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences pro-duce inherent superiority of a particular race. Privilege is de ned as a right or bene t that is given to some people and not to others.

RACISM IS ABOUT OPPRESSION This is where racism gets tricky, as it has many de ni-tions and interpretations. Many would argue that racism is simply the act of hating someone based off skin color, but in fact, when looking at the issue more deeply, it is truly about systems of oppression. Writer Tim Wise explained that though ideologically, any-one can be racist, systematically, people of color cannot effec-tively be racist in practice because of the inherent oppression minorities face in their lives. He explained that there exist no institutional structures in the U.S. in which people of color could exercise nal and controlling authority not in the school systems, labor mar-ket, justice system, housing markets, nancial markets or media. Therefore, the people of color are unable to oppress white people based on their race.

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY DoSomething.org delves into a statistical analysis about race and found signi cant results regarding privilege and oppression between different races in America. It reports that African-Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population and 14 percent of the monthly drug uses, but 37 percent of the

people arrested for drug-related offenses are African-American. Similar studies indicate blacks and Latinos are signi cantlymore likely to be pulled over and frisked by their local policeforces, and African-Americans receive 10 percent longer sen-tences than whites for the same crimes. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics concluded thatan African-American male born in 2001 had a 32 percentchance of going to jail in his lifetime, while a Latino malehad a 17 percent chance and a white male only 6 percent.Even more, 51 percent of Americans expressed anti-blacksentiments in 2012, and 52 percent of non-Hispanic whitesshowed anti-Hispanic attitudes in 2011. In White Privilege and Male Privilege, author PeggyMcIntosh explained how she sees white privilege as aninvisible package of unearned assets that I can counton cashing in each day like an invisible weightlessknapsack of special provisions, assurances, tools, maps,guides, codebooks, passports, visas, clothes, compass,emergency gear and blank checks. While the response to my article was statistic heavy, Ibelieve it missed the premise of my intent in writing aboutthe topic. The issue isnt whether white people believe theyare being discriminated against. There are many factors that could lead to discriminationtoward white people, such as sexual orientation or gender,which were not addressed, but in terms of racism, we knowthat it is a system of political oppression that is inescapablefor people of color in America. And until white people areeducated about their own privilege and the compassionatede nition of racism, reverse racism will always be an issue.

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As head softball coach Bob Coolen described his starting center elder this season, a Univer-sity of Hawaii legend comes to mind. Home run power, ability to hit to all gaps, tons of speed, can be trusted to get on base, he said. His description invokes memories of last years star center elder Kelly Majam. But this is the present, and Coolen is talking about a different player. Meet Hawaiis new star center elder: freshman Lindsey Willmon.

STARTING FRESH After losing a talented senior class last season, Coolen has turned to his incoming freshman class to replace them. Four fresh-men have logged signi cant starting time this season, but none more than Willmon. The native of Elk Grove, Calif., has emerged as one of the key contributors on this years Rainbow Wahine squad, starting all 35 games in center eld for the Bows. I wanted to be sure I would be able to make an impact when I got here and be part of the team and contribute as much as I can, Willmon said. It was something I wanted to do, so I worked hard over summer to make sure I was in shape when I got here. Every-thing has just kinda fallen into place, and I guess hard work does pay off. Her success has impressed Coolen, who brought her in to play more quickly than expected. We expect our scholarship players to be able to come in right away and make an impact somewhere on the team, Coolen said. But her play in the out eld has surprised me. We asked her prep team to try her in the out eld her senior year, and she did OK. But shes come in and done a great job for us.

A QUICK ADJUSTMENT Willmons abilities shouldnt be a surprise to anyone who digs into her past. Her high-school accomplishments include two-time conference champion, three-time all-league and candidate for All-American and National Player of the Year as a senior. But all that came while playing catcher and third base. Nevertheless, Willmon took the chal-lenge of adjusting to the outfield head-on,

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determined to maintain her high standards at a new position. The hardest thing was learning to track the ball while it was in the air, Willmon said. As a catcher and in elder, I was used to hav-ing the balls come in low or in the dirt. It was all up close and personal, and I didnt have to

make so many adjustments to the ball hit up into the air. Despite the challenge, Willmon is grateful for all the hardship the position switch has brought. Coach Bob is always telling us to always be learning and dedicate yourself and be a student of the game, Willmon said. I think that learning to adjust to playing the out eld has just made me a better player because it

has given me a new skill set and a new per-spective to look at the game through.

REPLACING A LEGEND Coming into the season, Coolen knew that the task before him of replacing an All-Amer-ican and record-setter in Majam was a daunt-

ing one. But in Willmon, Coolen feels he has found a player talented and dedicated enough to replace the Hawaii legend. Kelly was a player who can hit home runs, hit it to the gaps and play with a lot of speed, Coolen said. Their (leadoff hitters) job is to set the table for everyone else in the lineup. That was Kellys job for four years, and Lind-sey is doing it for us right now. Its a hard role to ll, theres no doubt

about it. But Lindsey knows what it is, and shes accepted it for us. It hasnt been without some bumps and bruises, but she has weath-ered the storm for the most part. Currently, Willmon is hitting .256 with nine homers, but Coolen believes Willmon is just scratching the surface of her ability. She could stay in the outfield and be a mainstay there for the next three years, Coolen said. I could also move her back behind the plate one day when the guys we have now are gone. She can settle everyone down and control a game, and I think shell be a force for us, in the out-field or behind the plate.

LOOKING AHEAD Although Willmon faces pressure and the high expectations that come with being com-pared to Majam, she has chosen to shrug it off and focus on the task at hand. I think that Ive done pretty well, Willmon said. But like I always say, theres always room for improvement. Theres always some-thing you can get better at, as part of a team and as an individual. Coming here as a fresh-man and stepping into these roles has been a big adjustment and a lot of pressure on me. But I looked at it as something to take on as a challenge. And for me, I always like chal-lenges because theyre always what will make you a better ball player. And if you listen to what her head coach believes, the better ball player Willmon alludes to could be pretty impressive. I think that she can get to the point where she is a feared and respected hitter, like Kelly was, Coolen said. Opponents know shes a freshman now, and they go after her. But with Lindsey, I know shes going to keep getting better to the point where theres no way to go after her.

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