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Tuesday, May 30

7:40 a.m. – A staff member report-ed graffiti and a broken lock in the men’s locker room at the Duke Kahanamoku pool. A burglary report was filed with Honolulu Police Department.

Wednesday, May 31

12:08 a.m. – An alarm company reported that wierd noises were coming from the Student Housing Office. A microphone that is part of the alarm system picked up banging noises. Campus Security found some residents playing in the recreation room above the office and asked them to keep the noise down.

2:53 a.m. – A Hale Noelani resident suffering from a sea urchin sting and called Campus Security for help.

5:29 a.m. – Campus Security tried to get a stray cat out of Kennedy Theater. They tried until 6:03 a.m., and then gave up.

3:14 p.m. – A man called to report that someone hit his vehicle near Hamilton Library. A report was filed with the HPD.

3:33 p.m. – A Fire Safety Officer was cut by glass from a fire extin-guisher box at Wist Annex. The Carpet Crew cleaned up the glass and blood.

Friday, June 2

1:49 a.m. – A man dressed in black was yelling and talking to himself on University Avenue near the Japanese church.

Saturday, June 3

1:40 a.m. – A member of the United Hawai`i Organized Gaming Society accidentally dropped his keys down an elevator shaft. Security told him to wait for normal business hours before calling the elevator company to save money.

9:06 a.m. – A staff member at Saunders Hall dropped his keys down an elevator shaft and called Campus Security to help retrieve them.

11:14 p.m. – A Freeman guard reported that a vehicle failed to stop at the Maile Way gate. Campus Security located the suspect, an Agricultural Science professor, and advised him to check in with the guard next time.

Monday, June 5

1:15 p.m. – A contractor at Frear Hall reported three men in a white Honda Camry stole his black Honda generator, valued at $900. The man decided not to file a report.

Airline warfare:Battling above the clouds

CampusBeat

DIANA KIM • Ka Leo o Hawai`i

Summer travelers can buy round-trip airline tickets online for as cheap as $59 because of a price warfare between Hawaiian and Aloha Airlines. Both Hawaiian and Aloha offer the same prices from June 9 to Sept. 30.

By Elizabeth DanielsKa Leo Staff Writer

This summer it will be cheaper to take inter-island roundtrip flights than to travel anywhere else one-way. Hawaii’s most popular airlines have been dropping their prices in a ‘warfare’ attempt to boost sales. Hawaiian Airlines, among others, are offer-ing cheap tickets for summer travel and encour-aging the use of bonus points and frequent flyer miles to receive discounts on future flights. “We have the best aircraft and best service to go along with the best fares for flying between the islands,” Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Mark Dunkerly said.

According to reports made by the United States Department of Transportation, Hawaiian Airlines is the nation’s number one carrier for on-time service, fewest flight cancellations and best baggage service reliability. Hawaiian has recently lowered inter-island one-way ticket prices to $39 and weekday round-trip prices to $59. One competitor, Aloha Airlines, offers the same flights for the summer, from June 9 to Sept. 30, but for a dollar less. Hawaiian also offers frequent flyer and club member discounts. According to Keoni Wagner, vice president of Public Affairs at Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaiian offers a $100 dis-count on mainland ticket prices for people who travel inter-island frequently. Five inter-island

roundtrip flights earn $100 off of a mainland fare. The new discount is part of the rewards pro-gram for Hawaiian Mile members. The program is called “Fly Your Way,” and it allows members to earn a $10 credit on any inter-island flight and $20 if the flight is roundtrip. The discount is available for trips taken to any of the nine cities that Hawaiian flies to the mainland, which include Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, Portland and Phoenix. Mainland travelers who qualify for the special savings must complete their trips by Dec. 14, 2006.

Recording industry targets LAN file sharing on college campuses

See AIRLINES, page 8

By Kristen CianoKa Leo Staff Writer

Think twice before believing that stu-dents get away with file sharing over internal campus networks instead of the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America is targeting internal file sharing on college campuses. The RIAA sent out letters to the 40 universities it believes file sharing occurs most at and requested immediate action against piracy. “Piracy on campuses has been a con-cern for quite a while, and we have been actively engaged in a number of efforts with universities to get the word out to students,” said Gayle Osterberg, the Motion Picture Association of America spokesperson. “This particular trend or growing problem is some-thing that is a more recent development and

we are working on all fronts to stay on top of all means of piracy and addressing them.” Programs, such as Direct Connect and OurTunes, use Apple iTunes software to morph local area networks (LAN), or short-range networks, into file sharing networks. Since the software emerged about four years ago, students living on campus have been using LAN file sharing programs. These pro-grams enable iTunes users sharing the same LAN to access music files from each other’s hard drives. Since LANs don’t extend beyond a building and college students who live in dormitories generally share a LAN with everyone in their building, college cam-puses are ideal for song-sharing networks. For as long as college students have been exploiting their dormitory LANs, the RIAA and associated coalitions, such as the MPAA, have been on the offensive while university administrators try to moderate.

Programs such as the Automated Copyright Notice System cut off internet access for alleged illegal downloaders until they remove the copyrighted material from their hard drives. These programs are also popular among the entertainment industry, which tries to save money by cutting down on file sharing on campuses. Though well-publicized RIAA lawsuits now target uni-versity campuses and college students, there continues to be downloading traffic. Universities, like the University of California, Los Angeles, are trying to come up with their own solutions, such as block-ing music download services or purchasing them for student use. Students like Andrew, an on-campus resident who does not wish for his last

SeePIRACY, page 2

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by Blaine TolentinoKa Leo Senior Writer

At the Hawai`i State Legislative vote in April, the University of Hawai`i budget was approved with a line item reflecting the funds to hire eight new counselors for the College of Arts and Sciences.

Eight new counselors budgeted for fall A&SThis fall the new councilors will begin work. “It’s a great day for students,” said President of the Associated Students of UH, Grant Teichman. “This only shows that getting everyone on the same page and working toward a single goal can deliver results for students.” The loss of two advi-sors last December had left the counseling center in an unusual state. Although the nationally recommended ratio of counsel-

or to student interaction is 1-to-300, this campusʻ department of Arts and Sciences is operating under a 1-to-1500 ratio. “While these added positions will bring our student to advisor ratio to about 500-to-1,” said Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Michael Kirk-Kuwaye. There are nearly 10,000 Arts and Sciences Students. “With these additional positions, students will not only get better access to basic advis-ing services – like certification of academic progress – but also be able to talk about deeper issues in planning one’s educa-tion,” Kirk-Kuwaye said. Half of the students seeking counseling at the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences are still “undeclared,” while the other half have signed up for majors in the field. “We want students to start thinking early about their academic programs and how to be fully engaged in their aca-demic field and overall campus life throughout their college career,” Kirk-Kuwaye said. A notice was posted on the UH web site warning students not to visit advisors unless they had Spring 2006 registration problems. There are also some elements of the warning that state the number of GRAD ses-sions, obligatory for graduating students, has been low.

MATTHEW K. ING • Ka Leo o Hawai`i UH Senior Amber Tyndzik prepares for an advising session at the College of Arts and Sciences Student Academic Services office. The box in the background, which ASUH put there in January to request more advisors, helped persuade the State Legislature to add more advisory positions.

Teichman said ASUH reviewed the budget that would be submitted to the State Legislature and tried to tease out which monies would be allocated in the most ef-fective manner in terms of the student population. The effort to appropri-ate funds for new counselors in the College of Arts and Sci-ences began in October when Teichman and fellow senators sat down to discusses the bud-get. Shortly after, ASUH went out into the community to col-lect testimony for the needed improvement in the amount of counselors.

“It’s the first step in making this university that much closer to the university we all hope to see,” Teichman said.

Summer set for filling much needed positions

Campus powerless after massive outageBy Matthew K. IngKa Leo News Editor

Kaipo Alakai, a Col-lege of Arts and Sciences computer specialist, was trans-ferring files to new computers

MATTHEW K. ING • Ka Leo o Hawai`i

Keala Maikui, a Kua`ana Student Services student worker, recycled old phone books in a drop box between Bilger Hall and the Art Building after picking up new ones from Bilger 503. The UH Office of Sustainability is conducting the drive through June 16.

when his monitors flickered and went out. The University of Hawai`i at Mānoa experi-enced a campus-wide power outage on Thursday. The out-age, which began at approxi-mately 2:10 p.m., lasted for

more than three hours. The outage affecting Mānoa was part of an island-wide failure that affected more than 37,000 O`ahu residents. The outage was apparently caused by an electric generator failure, an increasing problem on the island, according to Hawai`i Electric Co. spokes-man Jose Dizon. “It was really sudden,” Alakai said. “I guess it gives everyone a nice early break.” Many on-campus shops had to shut down early in response to the outages. The UH Bookstore closed its doors only minutes after the initial power failure, with Jamba Juice, Starbucks and Paradise Palms soon following suit. Alakai said that the Student Academic Reports (STAR) system, which advis-ers can use to monitor grades and graduation requirements, was down because of a server failure.

Michael Hodges, manager of system services for UH, said that the entire UH system Data Center was down as a result of the outage, online classes, WebCT and university web-mail services. “The whole UH system relies on us [the Data Center] for information and resources,” Hodges said. “However, the mission of UH is to teach, and teachers are still able to do that.” Hodges said that the loss of power in the air con-ditioning units caused him to shut down the system. The machinery room, where the servers and computers were held, needs both power and air conditioning to keep servers running without overheating. In the main parking structure, security reported no major problems and normal functionality in the surround-ing transportation power grids. No one was stuck in elevators.

Generators were connected to the structure after emergency lighting began running low on battery power. According to Cor-nell Dobshi of UH Facilities management, these emergency lights feed on electricity while power is running normally. In the event of an outage, the lights convert to the stored energy until it runs out. “The emergency sys-tems are mostly in stairways, walkways and structures,” Dobshi said. “Otherwise, at night time, there would be no way to find your way around.” In the Pacific Ocean Science and Technology build-ing, elevators and hallway lighting retained some power, though classrooms remained powerless. Ken Ruvin, a pro-fessor of geology and geogra-phy, said that the POST build-ing received emergency power

See POWER, page 3

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By RYAN ADVERDERADAKa Leo Contributing Writer

The Young Democrats of Hawai`i (YDHI) coordinated a forum to address the concerns of voters and potential voters in the 18-25 age range Sunday, May 28th. The organization’s mission attempts to encourage young voters to participate in local elections and in the elec-tion process. The convention addressed concerns that many young active citizens have regard-ing the election process and the inaptitude of politicians in office. YDHI urged youths to take an active role in gov-ernment by stopping the com-plaints and getting active in government, both locally and nationally. The forum featured local Democrat representa-tives Marcus Oshiro, Brian Schatz, Pono Chong and Jon Karamatsu, and was moderated by Al Harrington, a local actor and former history teacher. Harrington opened up the forum

Democrats:addressing youth issues

from a nearby diesel generator. The National Weather Service was unaffected by the outage, as activities resumed as normal on account of a genera-tor specifically designated to the department. Though while Sinclair Library was closed, Hamilton Library was largely unaffected

POWER: From page 2

MATTHEW K. ING • Ka Leo o Hawai`i

Ads on TheBus urge riders to register for voting in three steps: filling out a voter application form, mailing it in and receiving a yellow confirmation card.

with a monologue that asked the people to “hold our govern-ment responsible to us.” Harrington’s opening speech quickly gave way to a host of questions and com-ments about issues, such as extra funding for programs and the rising cost of housing, which were, for the most part, unanswered. Schatz attempted to answer the concerns about affordable housing for the working-class youth by stat-ing that “affordable housing is about $400,000,” a price he deemed attainable for many locals. Oshiro questioned the focus of the affordable housing that Schatz mentioned. “What type of housing are you talk-ing about?” he asked. “Do you want a two bedroom home with a yard? Are you looking for a cheap apartment in town?” Karamatsu added that there are many properties that can be considered affordable. “Exactly which ones are the right ones for you is com-

pletely under your control,” he said. At one point in the discus-sion, a question was presented to the four panelists about any possible plans for the legis-lature to provide additional funding for nursing programs at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. However, none of the panelists were able to answer the question directly. Chong answered the ques-tion generally by saying that “the budgeting committee is always looking for more ways to put money into the school system and into programs that will ensure jobs for the younger generation.” The four panelists and the organizers of YDHI stressed that the purpose of this forum was not for the panelists to promote themselves or the Democratic Party; instead, it was a place where people could voice their concerns and ask questions. Students at UH are strongly urged to vote this upcoming electoral season in November.

by the outage. Only Phase III, the relatively new addition past the bridge, was without power. Following the torren-tial flooding of the Hamilton basement in the fall of 2004, a new emergency power system was installed that is connected to a generator near the Mid-Pacific Institute. According to HECO, power outages are expected to continue as power demands escalate island-wide.

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By Jennifer AnwarKa Leo Contributing Writer

Sadly – or finally, depending – American Idol had its grand season finale two weeks ago where Taylor Hicks, the gray-haired soulful enter-tainer, was announced as the winner. Hicks managed to capture more votes out of the 63 million cast than his opponent, the Los Angeles native beauty, Katherine McPhee. The fifth season of this glamor-ized singing competition is consid-ered by some to be the most suc-cessful season yet with more than 30 million viewers tuning in every week. It’s been stated that the mass of votes cast on that final Tuesday night of performances surpasses the number of votes gathered in any presidential election. This slightly social disturb-ing fact does not fail to bring to mind the movie American Dreamz, starring Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore, which portrays how reality television shows have grown to the extent at which they evoke much more excitement and attention from the public than does choosing their future national leader. American Idol season five has continued to dominate television viewing time ever since it started in January 2001 January. The first episodes of each season shameful-ly draw viewers mostly for Simon Cowell’s brash commentary of the tone deaf, misdirected, or those who solely want to get their 15 minutes of fame William Hung style. The elimination rounds in the following weeks gradually brings real talent to the forefront. The excitement and tension of this season peaked during the last episode on Tuesday where McPhee and Hicks duked it out by singing their final songs. McPhee brought to the table her stunning elegance and ability to perform sultry ballads and snappy jazz songs. Legions of Kat fans dubbed the craze following in her wake “McPheever.”

However, Hicks truncated her with his unique entertaining style, which is what many thought con-tributed to his ultimate success on becoming this year’s American Idol. Taylor fans countered the catch phrase McPheever with constant chants of “Soul Patrol,” signifying those in support of the soulful blues sing-ing, harmonica-playing artist with his manic-yet-endearing dance moves. The coveted prize of the compe-tition includes a record contract that will enable Hicks to pursue any and every avenue he wishes to explore in the music biz. It is fortunate also that contestants who manage to make appearances on stage receive a pre-mature boost into the entertainment field because of the show’s popular-ity. Achievements of past idol con-tenders include being guest stars in television shows (Lisa Tucker), writ-ing and releasing singles and albums (Clay Aiken), performing in musi-cals (Diana DeGarmo), or hitting the road on tours to promote their music (Constantine Maroulis). Love it or hate it, there have been a significant increase in view-ers throughout past seasons and the judges have signed a contract to stay on for three additional years, which probably indicates that the national phenomenon of American Idol is here to stay. It will quite possibly have a lucrative running period as there is no shortage of people out there willing to audition – whether or not they can really sing. Though the show may go on for a double digit number of seasons like the Real World or Survivor, it will keep on going strong because family, friends and even local townspeople are the fuel for the AI machine. They tune in and vote like mad in support of their favorites in order to possibly get their own 15 minutes of fame-by-association. I have no huge objections to this, though despite the slight high-school-popularity-contest feel,

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Katherine McPhee (left) and Taylor Hicks (right) were the top finalists in the fifth season of American Idol.

By Candice Novak and Blaine TolentinoKa Leo Staff

Dale Chihuly looks like a weathered pirate beyond his good years, plus fifty pounds. He hasn’t touched glass for 27 years; his team does that for him, while he yells out orders. If you don’t know who Mr. Chihuly is, you’ve already got a bad picture in your head, which means you should, naturally, dislike him. Like in Disney films, the witches, dog-torturers, and general ‘bad guys’ are always ugly. But we’re not looking at Mr. Chihuly, though he also has an ugly attitude. No, we’re meant to be focusing on his art, which isn’t so pocked and hunchbacked. It’s actually really ‘pretty’ and colorful glass pieces that are installed and sold worldwide. He’s the Picasso of glass in our time. But, recently he’s been getting into a very bad habit. Not one of the usual defacing artist dependencies (e.g. heroin, prescriptions, hookers), rather he’s dishing out lawsuits. For a few months now, he’s been pursuing the unlikely quest of suing his former acolytes Robert Kaindl and Bryan Rubino for using shapes similar to his. It seems absurd because of the fame and success Chihuly, now 64, has obtained over his life in glass. The world already knows artists look up to Chihuly and imitate his art as a learning rite. He doesn’t need to remind us. It’s only inevi-table that people will copy the best in the business. Need we mention that Chihuly is not doing this for the cash; his clients these days are all the big shot Bills; Clinton and Gates.

Idol phenomenon likely to continue

Glass line between inspiration and theft

ORLANDO CADIENTE JR. • Ka Leo o Hawai`i

Similar to the inaccessible nature of this glass work, Chihuly’s lawsuit attempts to copyright his nature-influenced art, inhibiting others to learn from this style.

American Idol provides some good, clean, family entertainment. It’s been many a time when I’ve gathered around the proverbial water cooler at work with co-workers and friends

to discuss the drama of the compe-tition, tisk-tisk over acerbic com-ments of the judges and debate for or against contestants who deserve to stay on the show.

With auditions for the next sea-son coming up in the next couple months, we anticipate the arduous yet exciting and often times unpredictable process of choosing another American Idol to begin once again.

See GLASS, page 5

Chihuly, who was never void of criticism, now has more because of his flipant lawsuit flinging. Critics have had trouble theorizing his nature-driven figures and their meaning. “It doesn’t have to be functional,” Chihuly said in 1998 of his chandeliers made of balloon and seaweed forms, which don’t have light fixtures, just glass figures hanging from a steel leafless Christmas-tree-shaped core (1998, Kitchen Sessions, Oregon Public Broadcasting). A year after Chihuly’s 1998 description of his work critics, including Eric Scigliano, began to attack its sim-plicity not as minimalist or abstract, but, in Scigliano’s words, “shimmering and vacant.” In other words, nice but uselessly so. Chihuly’s nature-derived forms have, in his eyes, been ripped off. But, who is Chihuly copying? More important than ripping off nature, Chihuly is ripping of a region. Chihuly takes many of the Murano ideals on shape and colors in the contours of the form. Anyone who collects glass could lecture on about Murano and the great affect it had on hundreds of American artists; glass blowers, paint-ers, and sculpters alike. Why isn’t someone taking out a patent on Murano glass? Obviously, because it is so well known that it’s near-ly a genre of art, just the same as Baroque, Expressionism, Pop Art. If Raphael had made attempts to copyright the

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By Matt LuteyLeo Contributing Writer

If you’ve headed out to Sunset Beach since February, then I hope you saw the demolition site of Kammie’s market and Sunset Pizza — by July it will be BK’s Quiksilver Sunset Beach surf-shop and deli. I also hope you saw the empty windows and boarded doors of H. Miura shaved ice and tailoring in Hale`iwa. They closed a month before Kammie’s. It’s something to behold — you are witness to the end of an era on the North Shore. The Kammie fam-ily opened their store in 1961, while the lesser-known H. Miura store began business in 1918. And now, in 2006, both (and many other family-owned businesses) are gone. Never again can residents cruise over to Kammie’s for about anything they need; never again can a family stop by the store on Halloween night to trick-o’-treat; soon there’ll be a surf shop — the last thing the North Shore needs — and a deli. I’d rather have pizza. The doors of H. Miura that I have walked through to order shaved ice ever since I could walk are closed. It’s sad to see the wreckage of Kammie’s and Sunset Pizza; it’s sad not to see tourists and locals order-ing shaved ice from H. Miura; it’s sentimental pain, pathos. The proposed development from Kawela Bay to Kahuku is also a threat to the environment. If you haven’t heard, Oaktree Capital Management wants to build five hotels there that would create 3,500 rooms and condominiums. Turtle Bay resort has 500 rooms. That’s an increase of 700 percent. So let me spell it out: 700 per-cent more traffic, 700 percent more people, 700 percent more trash and sewage: 700 percent less aloha. Forget the argument that most jobs the hotel brings won’t pay enough to support the average fam-ily living in the area, and that the jobs that do will be given to those experienced in the travel industry, those who are from Honolulu or out of state. Forget the argument that

North Shore losing country traitsthe development was approved by the state more than twenty years ago. Forget all arguments from either side and you drive (or bus) yourself out to Turtle Bay (or Kawela bay for those of you who know how to get there; if you don’t, isn’t it refreshing to know there’s a beauti-ful beach somewhere on this very overpopulated island that you have yet to discover?) and look down the coast toward Sunset Beach. All that forest chopped, all that sand littered; people everywhere; increased traffic and sewage; the sounds of wind and wave will give to the groan of machine. Hawai`i, is this what we want? Hawai`i, is this what our tour-ists want? The people of the North Shore want to keep the country coun-try but do the people of Honolulu want another city? I say they don’t. There’s got to be an escape from the chaos of freeways, ugly mega structures, condos, apartments, end-less noise, endless lights, etc. And the refuge shouldn’t have to be an outer island. The people of O`ahu will be a

much less pleasant bunch if there is nowhere on their island to take a break. Whoever supports the develop-ment has to understand that O`ahu isn’t very big, and we’re running out of space. We need to follow the model of sustainability and preservation being set by other cities. Boulder, Colorado is a good example. There they have set a bound-ary for urban growth; they limit residential expansion to one percent a year, require 20 percent of units of new residential developments or redevelopments to be “permanently affordable,” and have an ordinance designed to protect historically, cul-turally, or architecturally significant structures. Here is not the place to go into the pros and cons, and the applicability of such ordinances to the North Shore and other areas of Hawai`i. But this is the place for me to say that the North Shore (and maybe all of Hawai`i) needs more restrictions in order to preserve its natural, historical and cultural beauty.

MATT LUTEY • Ka Leo o Hawai`i

This North Shore construction site will be the future home of BK’s Quiksilver Sunset Beach Surf Shop and Deli and is the former home of Kammie’s Market and Sunset Pizza. Planned development in the North Shore has caused controversy among residents.

Glass Artist: Chihuly's influence

From page 4

idea of a vanishing point depicted in his piece, School of Athens, the entire art world would be wrecked save a few sweet pieces by Picasso in his non linear stint. Chihuly learned from someone else just like every other threatening agent in the art forum. In 1968 Chihuly visited Venice, the home of Murano glass, at 26 years old. To get there, he had written three hundred letters requesting any kind of internship to Murano. How can Chihuly sue a pro-fessional for making shapes that, like his own, are based on natural shapes? We, buyers and critics, shouldn’t grant Chihuly the power to condemn others from also being inspired by nature. If he wins this case, it will be the first incident of copyrighting nature. How can he

sue a professional over this when he said that his own work is made of, “very simple forms, a beginner glass blower could make almost” (1998, OPB)? He’s basically called his work pedestrian and easy to come by. Easy to come by, as in, something you canʻt claim as only your own or, say, sue people over. It’s all good and fine for him to say he thinks his work is simple and you too can join the fun, but it seems uncharacteristic to then flip to the aggressive and attempt to defend his “very simple forms” in federal court. In the words of Scott Wakefield, the lawyer of one of Chihuly’s defendants, Mr. Chihuly is seeking a monopoly over a huge field of art. “If the first guy who painted Madonna and Child had tried to copyright it, half of the Louvre would be empty,” Wakefield said.

ORLANDO CADIENTE JR. • Ka Leo o Hawai`i

Chihuly is the Picasso of glass in our time. But, recently he’s been getting into a very bad habit. Not one of the usual defacing artist dependencies (e.g. heroin, prescriptions, hookers), rather he’s dishing out lawsuits. Glass blowing students learn of his techniques through art history and studio instruction.

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In perhaps the biggest game in 13 years for the University of Hawai`i baseball team, an un-expected twist forced the ‘Bows to open regional play Friday, without their All-American starting pitcher Steven Wright. Hawai`i fought their way throughout the Corvallis, Or-egon regional final after losing their opener to Kansas, but fell short to fifth-ranked Oregon State, eliminat-ing the ‘Bows from the tournament. Wright came down with flu-like symptoms and was unable to pitch against Kansas and the remainder of the regional. Despite leading 5-0 in the third inning, the ‘Bows were unable to stop Kansas’ offense as the Jayhawks took a 7-5 lead in the sixth, and eventu-ally won 9-6. Matt Daly (6-1) took his first loss of the season for UH, while Brendan McNamara (3-2) got the win for Kansas. With elimination on both teams’ minds, Hawai`i faced off against Wright State on Saturday. Wright State lost their opening game to Oregon State, and would have been eliminated if they lost to Hawai`i. The ‘Bows were again able to gain a big lead, as they went up 5-0 in the sixth. Wright State made a run in the seventh but Hawai`i held strong to win the game 5-3. Ian Harrington pitched his second straight complete game to earn the win, while Erich Schanz (6-4) took the loss. Derek Dupree went 3-4 with two runs, one RBI and a triple. Robbie Wilder went 2-3 with a home run and two runs scored. Matthew Inouye hit two

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For just the second time in school history the University of Hawai`i will have an athlete compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Associationʻs Outdoor Track and Field Championship. UH sopho-more Annett Wichmann, a native of Germany, will be one of 28 athletes competing in the heptathlon from June 9 - 10. The actual track event begins on June 7, and will take place at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex in Sacramento, California. Heptatholon is a point-based sport-ing event that consists of seven disciplines; 200, 800 and 100 meter hurdles, shot pu, javelin, high jump and long jump. Competitors partici-pate in all track and field events and are judged by their total score. “[I’m] excited and nervous,” Wichmann said in regards to com-peting at the three-day NCAA regional. The only other UH athlete to participate in the NCAA champion-ship was distance runner Cheryl Smith who qualified for the 10,000 meter race and finished 12th in 2001. Wichmann earned her provi-sional qualifying mark to the nation-als with a score of 5,374 points to win the gold medal at the Western Athletic Conference championships here in Honolulu on May 11. “[Winning gold at the WAC] felt great, it’s always great sharing it with family,” Wichmann said. “I enjoyed [the WAC championship] a lot.” Wichmann was one of 23 ath-letes to earn an at-large spot into the

NCAA field. Since earning her bid, Wichmann has continued to train in preparation for the event. “[I’ve been] staying in shape; working to improve technique and speed,” Wichmann commented. “We have certain times [to work out] during school; we have hours to do it during the afternoon, [but now] we try to do it in the mornings.” Wichmann’s season best mark of 5,374 points places her 17th nationally and seventh among West Region athletes. Her personal best of 5,600, however, places her amongst the top five this season. Arizona States Jacquelyn Johnson has the best mark in the country this season of 5,987 points. Wichmann has been an out-standing athlete for UH in her two seasons of competition. Last year she won gold in the heptathlon at the WAC outdoor championship and silver in the pentathlon, another similar track and field event, at the WAC indoor championship. She has broken every UH school record in the heptathlon this season except for the long jump. Fans may get a chance to watch Wichmann compete on television. The final day of the champion-ship, Saturday, June 10, will feature two and a half hours of live televi-sion coverage on CBS. However, in Hawai`i, coverage will air on a delayed basis from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (KGMB Ch. 9). In addi-tion, CSTV (Oceanic Digital Ch. 247) will air two hours of live cov-erage of Friday’s competition begin-ning at 2 p.m. HST.

home runs in Sunday’s rematch with Kansas, to lead Hawai`i to a come-from-behind victory, 9-5. Ironically, like UH in the first game, Kansas led 5-0 in the third. However, this time it was Hawai`i who rallied back to steal the win. Inouye’s second home run in the bottom of the fifth gave the ‘Bows the lead 7-5. Darrell Fisherbaugh (3-2) closed the game, allowing just five hits in 5.1 innings to earn the win. Brendan McNamara (3-3), who won the first game, took the loss for the Jayhawks. Hawai`i faced the fifth-ranked Oregon State Beavers in the regional final, needing to beat the Beavers twice in order to advance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association super Regionals. But in

front of a crowd of 2,783 at Goss Stadium on Sunday, the Rainbows’ most successful season in over a decade came to a close. Matt Daly, who was a perfect 6-0 during the regular season, took his second straight loss. Mike Stutes (7-2) earned the win for the Beavers. The ‘Bows were never quite in the game with the Beavers, fell behind 4-0 in the third, and 8-3 in the seventh. The closest Hawai`i came was in the fifth inning when they cut the deficit to 5-3, and ended the inning with their bases loaded It was the last game for seniors Luis Avila, Justin Costi, Matt Inouye, Esteban Lopez, Adam Roberts, Dean Turner, and Robbie Wilder.

DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo o Hawai`i

There was a lot to celebrate this season, as Hawai`i made its first National Collegiate Athletic Association appearance in 13 years. The ‘Bows managed to split games with Kansas and defeat Wright State before being eliminated in the tournament by Regional favorite Oregon State.

'Bows fall short in NCAA Regionals Wi ch m a n n b re a k s re c o rd s : o n t o t h e c h a m p i o n s h i p s

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By Justin Sumida Ka Leo Staff Writer

My car’s air conditioner blows kind of warm, and my friend says that the compressor is bad because it is “cycling” off and on and to go ahead and replace it. I know that my friend is right because I can hear something turning off and on. Is it some-thing I really need to replace? Before replacing any component, you must first test it to be sure that it’s broken or defective. For small things, such as a light bulb or fuse, it is okay to change because they’re cheap and easy to do.

Will it be costly? On the other hand, an A/C compressor isn’t cheap. It can cost anywhere from $500 to $1,000, depending on the type of car, not including labor and refrigerant services which can only be per-formed by a professional. You should not just go ahead and replace it yourself.

Get the proper diagnosis I suspect that your A/C is simply low on refrig-erant. The first thing I would do is skip your friend’s

advice and have the car taken to a mechanic to have your A/C properly diagnosed. When an A/C com-pressor cycles, it is a signal that your A/C system has a low refrigerant charge. Any qualified A/C mechanic will be able to find the problem by attaching pressure gauges to the A/C line or by inspecting the sight glass if one is avail-able. If a low refrigerant charge is the culprit, then you may simply be low on refrigerant or have a leak in which case automotive dye should be added to your A/C system. Once the dye is added, and the refrigerant leaks, the defective/leaking component can be easily identified and replaced.

Low refrigerant charge versus leak If you only need a refrigerant charge, the costs are fairly low and inexpensive. It should be noted, however, that cars manufactured before 1994 came with the old R-12 type of refrigerant. The old R-12 will have to be removed and the system retrofitted so the A/C can accept the newer R-134a type. The costs will then be higher due to parts such as fittings and a new accumulator/receiv-er dryer that need to be added. In the end, the choice to repair the A/C system can be fairly expensive. With the hot summer days upon us, I’d fix it if I could afford it.

A/C just blowing hot air?Take it in for good measure

iLLustration courtesy oF Metro

The hot summer days can be miserable, especially if your car’s air conditioner is broken. Repairing it may not be as costly as many think.

By Candice NovakKa Leo Chief Copy Editor

Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking” was a best-selling National Book Award-winning mem-oir of grief that was set to be adapted to stage in December. Last week Didion announced that Vanessa Redgrave would star in the one-woman play. The essayist, novelist and, recently, memoirist, stayed in Waikīkī hotels to write much of her work, including “Magical Thinking.” “Magical Thinking” was writ-ten during the year after the death of Didion’s husband, Gregory Dunne, also a writer. Didion had been married to Dunne for 39 years. Didion is now the age at which her husband died, 71. While they were together, they acted as each other’s live-in editors, co-wrote screenplays together and adopted a daughter, Quintana Roo Dunne. Didion often portrayed Honolulu as an escape, a place to focus on work and be relieved of the fury of New York and Los Angeles. On her first trip Didion remembers she went to “see for myself that just beyond the end of the line lay not Despond but Diamond Head.” She didn’t know exactly what it was that intrigued her about the islands but wrote a lot about it. It wasn’t the “Midwesterners in souvenir shirts nor and touring widows in mu’umu‘us and simulated pearls,” though she ventured into a lot of social analysis in that area. But something about the freedom to indulge in closing her eyes to what she called her “emotional shock and larger cultural break down,” and just be “a 34-year-old woman with long straight hair and an old bikini bathing suit and bad nerves sitting on an island.” She started a magazine piece in the seventies with a simple disclaiming con-fession of her need to come to Hawai‘i: “I had better tell you where I am and why. I am sitting in a high-ceilinged room in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu watching the long translucent curtains billow in the trade wind and trying to put my life back together.” Scott Rudin, a Broadway producer and friend of Didion’s, first brought up transforming the book into a monologue play. David Hare, a British playwright will direct the play, which is to open next spring at the Booth Theater on West 45th Street, New York City, where Chicago and Rent are regular showings. This is all happening after Didion fin-ishes the play, which she is still working on. She told Times she is on her tenth draft since her computer had crashed. Didion is known for her particularity and continual editing, but the production group expects her to have a final draft sometime this summer. “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to din-ner, and life as you know it, ends. The question of self-pity.” These are Didion’s first written thoughts after Dunne’s death. The death of her hus- The death of her hus-The death of her hus-band was, like many people described the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, an ordinary day. “In 1966 I happened to interview many people who were living in Honolulu on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941; without exception, these people began their accounts of Pearl Harbor by telling me what an ‘ordi-nary Sunday morning’ it had been.” Didion coins her own day of loss as an “ordinary instant.” There must

be unique instances, but those have pretexts, you’re expecting a show, a bang. And those instances are not as shockingly important and intimate. In other words, his death was a sort of anticlimax; not that of a heroic fire-man caught in the flames or a sailor in a storm. It was just a man sitting down to dinner at Christmas time in his Manhattan apartment. The play, planned to carry the title from the book, will be Didion’s first. She told the New York Times it would not be a strict adaptation of the book because it will cover events that happened after it was published. The night Dunne died of a heart attack their daughter was uncon-scious in a New York hospital. She was hospitalized for months for a flu-turned-pneumonia that left her seri-ously ill and incapable, though not so for her wedding, which made her Ms. Michael. The memoir is really a parallel grieving for both the dead (Dunne) and the living (Michael). After the book was written, Michael died of septic shock at 39. Often grouped with Norman Mailer and Truman Capote, Didion is a vital appendage to the body of nonfiction reportage coined by liter-ary critics as ‘new journalism.’ Tom Wolfe coined the new journalist style as “reporting that read like fiction.” But nonfiction doesn’t mean sane coherence. And it doesn’t lack human dottiness. In “Magical Year,“ Didion never reflects on the fact that the two, no mat-ter how healthy and active, were both septuagenarians. She doesn’t seem to allow the mortal idea to enter her train of thoughts; instead, she wrings out all the memories and possibilities of her own fault in not catching the signs of death coming. Even though, as is life, death is always coming. In “In the Islands,” Didion says, “Certain places seem to exist mainly because someone has written about them. Kilimanjaro belongs to Ernest Hemingway. Oxford Mississippi, belongs to William Faulkner…and not only Schofield Barracks but a great deal of Honolulu itself has always belonged for me to James Jones.” But it’s been more than half a century since “From Here to Eternity” was pub-lished, and Didion has written plenty on Hawai i since then, making it, at least for this generation, hers.

The $100 discount is trans-ferable as long as the person earn-ing the inter-island credits books the ticket for the recipient. Kevin Cook, a student at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, said he searches for cheap flights often since he attends school on O`ahu and his mother lives on Kaua`i. “I’ve always flown Hawaiian because my friend’s mom works there. I always like to help them out,” he said. Cook also prefers to fly Hawaiian because they offer cheaper tickets year-round than other airlines. As a frequent flyer, Cook said that airlines such as Island Air, can be much more expensive than Hawaiian. For

a one-way trip home this summer, Cook said he paid $83 for his ticket on Hawaiian Airlines. Since he is cur-rently vacationing with his mother on Kaua`i, he is too early for the $39 sale on one-way tickets, which will start tomorrow. Certain airlines also offer credit cards which can be used to earn points towards flights while shop-ping at everyday places. Hawaiian Airlines offers a Visa Check Card through the Bank of Hawai`i. The card costs $2 per month, while every $2 charged earns one Hawaiian Mile. If the card is requested by July 2, the $2 monthly fee will be waived for six months. Like most other credit cards, the Hawaiian Airlines Visa Card can be used at grocery stores, gas stations and restaurants.

“I love Hawaiian. They have good service,” Cook said. Orbitz offers a Low Fare Promise, which states that if a traveler books a ticket on the website, then finds a lower airfare for the same flight and date on another website, they may be entitled to a $50 coupon per ticket towards their next Orbitz purchase. For more information, visit www.Hawaiianair.com and www.alohaair-lines.com. There are also websites such as www.cheaptickets.com and www.orbitz.com where travelers can search for comparisons on various airline ticket prices. Illustration by Casey Ishitani

Didion's memior goes to stage in spring '07

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Airlines: war over fliers with inter-island summer deals