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By Brooke HutchinsKa Leo Contributing Reporter

The University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy is struggling to gain favor from the Native Hawaiians with its plan to build a new $60 million, state-of-the-art telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai‘i. The new Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) observatory that is planned to replace the UH’s 2.2 meter telescope on Mauna Kea is of great importance to the world of astronomy because it strengthens the leadership of Hawai‘i in astronomical research and has the ability to detect threats of aster-oids or meteors heading toward Earth. The Hawaiian community believes that Mauna Kea is more than a place for science. It is a place that holds cultural and spiritual significance beyond what can be seen by a telescope. “There should be nothing on our sacred mountain,” Kumu Hula Victoria Holt-Takamine said in the public scoping meeting on O‘ahu Jan. 31. The struggle is now being played out in the multi-stage process of prepar-ing an Environmental Impact Statement, which is required under state and federal laws because “the project may have sig-nificant cumulative impacts,” according to an official preparation notice. This 106-page preparation notice (EISPN) was distributed in December 2006. This EISPN was discussed in five scoping meetings held on Hawai‘i, Maui and at the UHM Center for Hawaiian Studies, and is expected to lead to a draft that will be distributed in two or three months, then lead to more public hear-ings with a final EIS in about a year. The Institute of Astronomy says that if its Pan-STARRS project is reject-ed for its desired site of Mauna Kea, the

Astronomy and Native Hawaiians grapple over Mauna Kea land use

By Alyssa S. NavaresKa Leo Managing Editor

Hunters brought in a decent num-ber of feral pigs during the first month of the pig hunting season in upper Mānoa, state officials said. But despite the growing pig population, some com-munity members want out, saying both their safety and that of the hunting dogs are at risk. More than 20 pigs were killed a month after the hunts started Feb. 4, including 17 boars and five sows – a catch equal to a hunt three times as long in 2004, according to David Smith, O‘ahu wildlife manager of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. “This program seems to be pret-ty successful,” Smith said during this month’s Mānoa Neighborhood Board meeting at Noelani Elementary School. “When you hunt with dogs, there’s a lot of trauma [to the pigs] involved because they’ll chase the animals, kill the young and break up family groups.” Registered hunters may use bows and arrows, knives and dogs every Wednesday and Sunday to eradicate the pigs, which have destroyed people’s yards and native forest plants in upper Mānoa Valley for decades. The season, scheduled to end next February, legal-izes hunting in the usually off-limit area of the Honolulu mauka trail system, including Makiki-Tantalus, Mānoa and

Mānoa hunts bag 22 pigs in first month

The University of Hawaii's 2.2-meter telescope sits atop Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai‘i in a des-ignated research zone. UH plans to build a new $60 million telescope, although many Native Hawaiins oppose building on the sacred site.

COURTESY PHOTO UH InstItUte for Astronomy

Wa‘ahila ridge. “Our main problem is that the hunts are going on during the week-day,” said Nāpua Wong, representing Paradise Park, Inc. in Mānoa. “We have [the Hālau Kū Māna] charter school here, with kids wandering around here and volumes of people going to visit Mānoa Falls.” As many as 800 people trek through the valley or go to the park’s restaurant every day. Last week Wong said a group of

hunters and their dogs came through the park after 10 p.m. Although they said they were registered to hunt under DLNR, some had guns, the use of which the state prohibits in forest reserve areas. “It could be that they weren’t with the state,” Wong said, “but none the less, if it’s going to attract people to do this, we’re going to have to find some way before [hunting in the area] gets out of control.”

No hikers, according to Wong, reported pig encounters since portions of the park reopened several years ago. But she worried that hunting in the area could drive pigs from the mountain into hiking trails and parking lots. Representative Kirk Caldwell (D-Mānoa) said that hunting will probably scatter pigs into other areas and intro-duced a bill requiring the fencing in of public and private game management locations. House Bill 1831, which was referred to the money committee Friday, will protect native species and keep game away from more populated areas. However, because of the $30 million price tag, Smith said, the bill will most likely die in committee, just as similar fencing proposals have in the past. Some hunters say that residents should worry less about eradication methods and more about native for-est preservation. Feral pigs uproot tree ferns, shrubs and herbs, as well as

See Pig hunt, page 2

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See a video on pig hunting in upper Mānoa Valley and

what some residents think about the year-long hunt at our sister publication http://www.kalamakua.org.

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A pack of hunting dogs attack a feral pig in Tantalus last month. Registered hunters may use dogs and knives or archery methods every Wednesday and Sunday for one year in order to control the pig population in upper Mānoa Valley.

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Warrior football– Season 2007 –

Sept. 1 - OPENSept. 8 - at Louisiana Tech *Sept. 15 - at UNLVSept. 22 - OPENSept. 29 - at Idaho *Oct. 6 - UTAH STATE *Oct. 12 (Fri.) - at San Jose State *Oct. 27 - NEW MEXICO STATE *Nov. 3 - OPENNov. 10 - FRESNO STATE *Nov. 17 - at Nevada *Nov. 23 (Fri.) - BOISE STATE *Dec. 1- WASHINGTON* Denotes Western Athletic Conference games.

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two alternatives would be to build its telescope on Haleakalā or else to take no action, which would continue the use of its 30-year-old facility. A concern expressed by the Hawaiian community in the meetings and documents is the involvement of the United States Air Force in the project. But when Air Force research labora-tory detachment Paul Kervin gave his speech at the meeting, he said that USAF involvement was only to provide fund-ing for the project and will not reap any benefits. There will be no military use or control of the facility, he said, and the Pan-STARRS observatory would be owned and operated by UH. However, Kervin did say that some of the data may be of interest to the Air Force and that it would have access to the data. “I’d like to point out that although data may be of interest, we need to remember that data literally is just pic-tures of the sky,” Kervin said. He also said that there would be no association with the University Affiliated Research Center, which the U.S. Navy proposes to establish at UH. The preparation notice included a letter stating explicitly “that the Pan-STARRS is not part of the proposed University Affiliated Research Center nor will the project undertake any form of classified research.” The letter dated Nov. 17, 2005 was sent to the Institute of Astronomy Director Rolf-Peter Kudritzki from UHM Vice Chancellor for research Gary K. Ostrander. In the letter, Ostrander acknowl-edged that when UHM submitted a proposal in February 2005 to the U.S. Navy to establish a UARC, it included astronomical research as a core com-petency and used the Pan-STARRS project to demonstrate UH’s excellence in the field. Based “on the counsel and com-munication” between Ostrander’s office and the Institute of Astronomy on Oct. 26, 2005 “this letter acknowledges and affirms that the research objectives of Pan-STARRS are not affiliated with any type of classified research nor intended

by the IfA to be associated with any other military or UARC initiative,” Ostrander wrote.

‘A global catastrophe’ On the other side, in the EISPN, the Institute of Astronomy says it believes that this state-of-the-art telescope will be beneficial to UH as well as to Earth. This telescope will consist of four optical seg-ments, each with its own digital camera and the capability to survey large sections of the sky quickly and often, making it different from other telescopes, which study only small portions of the sky. The EISPN states that the Pan-STARRS’s main purpose is to “discov-er and characterize Earth-approaching objects, known as Near Earth Objects” that could collide with and cause devas-tation to the planet. “[If] any asteroid with a diameter larger ... than any orbiter ... would impact our earth [it] would cause a global catas-trophe,” Kudritzki said in the public scoping meeting at Mānoa. “Sixty-five million years ago the dinosaurs became extinct because of an asteroid impact.” Although the possibility of an aster-oid hitting earth is small, according to two leading scientists who gave their find-ings before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, House Committee on Science in May 1998, the impact if ever hit could range from local devastation to a global environmental disaster. The Institute of Astronomy says it believes that this Pan-STARR project will make it possible to detect asteroids or any objects that pose a threat to Earth 30 years before the initial impact. If such an asteroid is detected, the EISPN states, scientists have no means of deflecting it at this point. Serious con-sideration has been given to nudging the asteroid off course, but a warning would have to be given light-years ahead of time so the proper technology could be developed.

Sacred lands The EISPN was prepared with Native Hawaiian guidance of Kumu Hula Victoria Holt-Takamine and Wayne Kaho‘onei Panoke and describes in detail why Mauna Kea is so sacred to the Native Hawaiians. The importance of Mauna Kea is shown with its being born from two great gods in a geneal-ogy that all Hawaiians are said to have come from. The Kumulipo, a cosmo-gonic genealogy of how the elements of the universe were born, refers in one of its many wā (sections) to the birthing of the mountain by Wākea and Papa. The Kumulipo explains how the mountain was born and how it is a sacred child of Kea. Wākea is known as the akua (god) sky father in the Kumulipo and Papa is known as the akua earth mother. The Kumulipo links the Hawaiian community members to their ancestors. This same genealogy gave rise to the first kalo plant, Hāloanakalaukapalili, which is a staple food for Hawaiians, and the progenitor of the Hawaiian race, Hāloa. When the Kumulipo refers to the birthing of Mauna Kea, it is an ancestor because Mauna Kea and the Hawaiian race come from this same Kumulipo. It is a place of spiritual significance that according to Hawaiians should be untouched. “Every aspect of life on Mauna Kea is sacred and has been invariably impact-ed for the last 30 years,” an unidentified Native Hawaiian is quoted in the EISPN as saying. “How can this hewa (wrong) be made pono (right)? How can future plans for Mauna Kea reverse or restore that which has been impacted?” Another concern of the Hawaiian community is the question of whether or not the Institute of Astronomy really plans to remove some of its 12 tele-scopes off the summit of Mauna Kea. In the institute’s Master Plan, which incorporates Pan-STARRS, it states, “the long-range goal is to have eventually fewer observatories than now.” But for some Hawaiians, the ques-tion remains whether that part of the plan will actually be executed.

spread seeds from non-native plants. It is impossible to determine how many pigs live in the area, Smith said. “[Mānoa residents are] the ones who called us in the first place to hunt pigs,” said Brian Biroan, who started hunting on the island as a child. “There was one time when my dogs and I were chased down to the traffic lights by some people against hunting.” He and his father, Bradley Biroan, both featured hunters on ‘Olelo’s “HawaiiSportsman TV,” have been hunt-ing near Tantalus almost every week last month as two of 55 hunters registered for the year-long season. However, two of their seven dogs did not return after chas-ing a pig into the forest Wednesday. The Biroans used a tracking device to locate the dogs but feared people opposed to hunting may have removed their collars, which contain signal-emitting micro-chips. “I’ve heard of people doing that, but it’s because of how badly the hunting dogs are treated,” said Honolulu resident and hiker Jane Beckett, referring to how owners starve their dogs before a hunt in order to heighten their sense of smell. But Brian Biroan disagreed, saying that hunting is a sport. “My dogs love what they do, but people don’t see it that way,” he said. “The pigs have a chance, too. It goes both ways, you know.” Hunters must call into the state’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife after each hunt, even if they did not catch any pigs. There is no limit on how many can be killed. While some community members disagree with how hunting dogs are treated, others fear being near them. A pack of hunting dogs surrounded Beckett’s friends while hiking a few weeks ago, which she said still frightens them until this day. However, state offi-

cials posted signs near major hiking trails at the beginning of the season, warning people about entering the trails at their own risks because of possible dangers

from the twice-weekly hunts. Hunting dogs, which are of no particular breed but trained to hunt, will attack pigs after track-ing their smell from miles away. Hunters then follow the pig’s high-pitched screams and dogs’ growls before killing the pig with a knife. The archery method requires more patience, Brian Biroan said, and is not as effective in killing pigs. Although some hunters carry out the entirety of their kill, which could weigh as much as 150 pounds per pig, most will gut the pig in the forest and hang its entrails from trees. The rotting intestines have startled hikers on occasion, and state officials now require hunters to bury them instead. Early Polynesians brought pigs by canoe to islands throughout the Pacific, and hunting them became a common survival method, according to the Hawaiian Studies Department at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. For the Biroans, it’s been a long-time family tradition.

Pig huntFrom page 1

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Local feral pig hunters Brian Biroan (left) and his father Bradley Biroan use a tracking device at Tantalus to find their hunting dogs, missing after a hunt Wednesday. They believe people against hunting may have removed the dogs' collars, which contain signal-emitting microchips.

TelescopeFrom page 1

Pig numbers

- 55 issued hunting permits- 22 pigs (17 boars, five sows) - 10 hunting days*DLNR data from Feb. 4 to March 1

The hunt continues

Who: Wildlife control permit appli-cants with valid Hawai‘i hunting licenses, photo ID and license number.When: Wednesdays and Sundays (sunrise to sunset) until Feb. 4, 2008.Where: Honolulu mauka trail system (Makiki-Tantlus, Mānoa Valley, Wa‘ahila Ridge)Why: To control the Honolulu Forest Reserve’s feral pig population, which destroy native forests and yards.How: Bow and arrow, knives and dogs; no guns

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“Kim Jong Il and his leadership,” a political science final oral about the infamous leader of North Korea, today, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saunders Hall, room 704F. Jae-cheon Lim will present. Info: 956-8500.

“Melanoma therapy: lessons learned from an autoimmune disease,” a Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i lecture, today, 12 to 1 p.m., 1236 Lauhala St., suite 401. I. Caroline Le Poole from the Loyola University Medical Center will pres-ent. Info: CRCH, 586-3010, wendy@crch.hawaii.edu.

“Optimal prevention and control of invasive species: the case of the brown treesnake,” an econom-ics final oral, today, 2 to 4:30 p.m., Saunders Hall, room 542B. Kimberly Burnett will present. Info: 956-8500.

“An archaeological investigation of pig husbandry on Tahuata Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia,” an anthropology final oral, today, 2 to 4 p.m., Saunders Hall, room 346. Eric West will present. Info: 956-8500.

“Taiwan’s exodus: the Presbyterian church in Taiwanese nationalism, 1945-1992,” a politi-cal science final oral, today, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Saunders Hall, room 704. Yoshihisa Amae will present. Info: 956-8500.

“Audience effects on Japanese political speech: a case study of a municipal assembly candidate,” an East Asian language and literatures final oral, today, 3 to 5 p.m., Moore Hall, room 351. Keiko Ikeda will pres-ent. Info: 956-8500.

“Linear operators and the distribution of zeros of entire functions,” a mathematics final oral, today, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Keller Hall, room 403. Andrezej Piotrowski will present. Info: 956-8500.

CEO and director Chipper Wichman will talk about the National Tropical Botanical Garden, tonight, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., St. John Hall, room 011. Located on the island of Kaua‘i, the NTBG is dedicated to preserving tropical plant diversity and stemming the tide of extinction through plant exploration, propagation, habitat restoration, scientific research and education. Info: http://www.hawai-iaudubon.com.

“Introduction to networking,” an Information Technology Services workshop, tomorrow, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Keller Hall, room 204. The class will give novice users a highlight of some of the basic concepts in network-ing and provide an overview of how wired and wireless networks operate. Reserve a seat at: http://www.hawaii.edu/training. Info: Linda McConnell, 956-5662.

“Mapping swidden/fallow land in the northern mountains of Vietnam: integrating remotely sensed data, local knowledge and ‘time’ to accurately map previously unclassi-fied areas,” a geography colloquium, tomorrow, 12 to 1:15 p.m., Saunders Hall, room 443B. Stephen Leisz from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark will present. Info: geography department, Brian Szuster, 956-7345, szuster@hawaii.edu.

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By Chris CappallettiUH Actor

I can’t speak for all actors, but I have experienced a very con-sistent stream of emotions every time I’ve been cast in a show: brief elation, followed immediately and abruptly by a crippling sense of fear and insecurity. In my experi-ence, the journey toward a com-pleted performance runs nearly parallel to the journey of rediscov-ering some sense of confidence in myself. If one is lucky enough to be surrounded by a talented, commit-ted cast and crew – as I have been with “In the Heart of America” – the journey is far less daunt-ing. Working with Peter Ruocco,

Behind the scenes: 'In the Heart of America'

COURTESY PHOTO • Kennedy TheaTre

Chris Capalletti (left) as Craver and Andrew Valentine as Remzi, comrades in arms in Kennedy Theatre's production of "In the Heart of America" at the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre.

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Andrew Valentine, Libette Garcia, Polly Nakamura, Alan Shepard, Tanyah Tavorn and many others behind the scenes has made my job far easier and hopefully made me look far better than I am. A few words may or may not accurately express how thrilled I am to be a part of this show, but a small glimpse into production of the show couldn’t hurt. I am horri-fied at the thought of wasting the words. “Ego-stroking” and “back-patting”; there is far too much of that these days, wouldn’t you say? But the fact remains that theater cannot exist without a community of effort. The concept of community

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By Kim KidoKa Leo Contributing Writer

From a quick glance at the cam-pus, it’s easy to get the impression that this university cares little for sustain-ability; few recycle bins, cars every-where and utility costs of more than $27 million a year. But such is not the case. Scattered throughout our campus are experts on the matter that have established intriguing courses as diverse as their backgrounds. These courses collectively cover nearly every aspect of the sustainability issue.

Academy of Creative Media Dr. Tom Brislin, Chairman of the Academy of Creative Media, explained, “Our mission is to empower Hawai‘i students to tell their own stories.” Here, students have the opportunity to delve deep into any topic, including sustain-ability, in all courses, from digital film-making to video game design. If you want to be the next Al Gore, this is the place for you.

American Studies “In American Studies, environ-mental studies is one of our main areas,” said Dr. Robert Perkinson. That would explain the long list of course offerings in the area, including AMST 320 (American Environments), 420 (American Ideas of Nature), 425 (American Environmental History), 624 (Wilderness in America), and 626 (Environment and Society). Also within the department is the “Historic Preservation” program. “Historic Preservation … fights for more sustainable human environments,” Perkinson said, “which is what cities are, after all.”

Biology BIOL 310, offered in the fall semester of even years, touches on such subjects as the meat industry, invasive species, oil alternatives, and nanotech-nology. BIOL 410, “Human Role in Environmental Change,” is an interdis-ciplinary (cross-listed as GEOG 410) look at human impact on the environ-ment from an historical perspective. Both are open to non-majors who have taken either BIOL 101, 123, or GEOG 101 and are taught by Dr. Mark Merlin. Dr. Sheila Conant teaches BIOL 425,

“Wildlife and Plant Conservation,” which encompasses many aspects of conservation including wildlife law and relevant cultural, social and economic issues. It is offered in the spring semes-ter of odd years and BIOL 265 and 265 L are prerequisites.

Civil and Environmental Engineering “I would say about 75 percent of what we do can be given a sustainabil-ity side,” said Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering chair Dr. Ron Riggs. Yet despite the strong con-nection, only two courses (CEE 330 and CEE 490) are regularly offered where such issues are substantially discussed. Neither is open to non-majors because of their technical nature.

Natural Resources and Environmental Management On the other hand, it is likely that all the courses within the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management have strong ties to sustain-ability as the name implies. NREM 210 is an introductory course about various environmental issues offered in the fall and open to all majors, 302 focuses on policy, and 494 is a capstone course “which applies ecosystem management concepts to case studies of local envi-ronmental problems,” said Professor Carol Ferguson. All but the last course are open to non-majors, though prereq-uisites may apply. Other courses offered include a graduate seminar on sustain-able agriculture and several courses about soils, soil conservation, tropical forestry and water management. In the works is a project to design a construct-ed wetland on campus to remove pol-lutants from storm water runoff slated to begin this fall.

A recent review of the course cat-alog by the Chancellor’s Sustainability Council yielded additional depart-ments that offer courses that could potentially have this focus. Contact me at kidokimb@hawaii.edu for a complete listing.

Editor’s Note: Kim Kido is a part of the Energy Team for the Sustainable Saunders project. She also sits on the Sustainability Council and the campus Climate Commission.

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By Matt IshitaniKa Leo Staff Writer

Recently, the Wai‘anae District has become a grand focus of political interest. It’s primarily over the issue of the homeless population in Wai‘anae, but there are other concerns. Politicians believe it is their duty to “aid” the district, but it seems to me, a Wai‘anae resident, that residents might have their suspicions of a homeless migration inspired by government initiates. Such suspicions root from the eviction of homeless people from beach parks in Honolulu and on the Leeward Coast. Since then, there has seemed to be a boom in beach-tent communities from Nānākuli to Ma‘ili. Of course, feelings of less than Aloha for incoming homeless follow from the “not-in-my-backyard” policy. Perhaps the state government would’ve built a new shelter near Ala Moana Beach Park had they realized the consequences of an eviction. That way, the 800 homeless living in beach-tent communities in Wai‘anae could’ve been transported to completed shelters rather than wait through winter storms for 300 beds in Wai‘anae. Perhaps our state government took that Will Smith movie too seriously. In any case, problems will likely arise from the introduction of poor people into the neighborhoods of other poor people. Competition will be sparked for positions in the work-place, and there will be new codes of ethics that favor the “homeless” over the “homed.” In minor digression, the homeless deserve a chance, but they’re

not the only ones. With Wai‘anae’s infamy, grow-ing from poverty, welfare, crime rates, drugs, hate crimes and now homeless people, it nearly seems that such a reputation gives the state government license to do as they please, reflecting upon the theories of Rudyard Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden” rather than open debate with the locals. It’s ironic that such depletion and torture was manifested on a Veteran’s Day Parade last year, when the politi-cians spoke their mind to the Wai‘anae community while an ROTC team broke formation under sunstroke, listening to speech after self-indulgent speech. In another example of such troubles, the state government is also pondering a scheme involving trash that could further damage the Wai‘anae community. Mayor Mufi Hannemann, in his State of the City Address, proposed a fee for a second trash pick-up day for each week of $10. Though the weekly fee is small, there are protests that trash will become a problem for those unwill-ing to pay the fee or begin recycling. The higher fee was announced, at least in part because of the next point: the new landfill proposal. In 2006, Hannemann and Gov. Linda Lingle pushed for the construc-tion of a landfill in Ma‘ili. The push has met protest from citizens of the city, but if trash becomes a problem, the scheme will have succeeded, and a new landfill will be established in Wai‘anae, complementing one that already exists in Nānākuli.

Earlier this month, the state gov-ernment issued an ultimatum for the Wai‘anae homeless. The state threat-ened to evict homeless people from the beaches of Leeward O‘ahu on March 27. It’s strange that the pressures of eviction run into the monthly fees for shelter of over $120 per month. It ini-tially drives the homeless community into a paradox, as if they existed in an economically depressed microcosm separated from those who propositioned the earlier acts of eviction. If the eviction manages to go through, the homeless will be driven from the beaches and into the city, severely affecting their established life-styles. With the opening of the shelter on March 8, there came resistance from tent-housed homeless to retreat from their sites. From afar, the situation in Wai‘anae seems to be taken care of. Residents unaware of such problems will continue to live their lives and skip past articles about the West Coast in their newspapers so they can find out which team won what game. Activism from the Wai‘anae District will likely go ignored by our government officials, many of whom seem so willing to appear publicly with cameras and pre-written speeches, demanding action and votes from a community they’ll never have to live in. For the condition to get better, our state government will have to understand that Wai‘anae is not a dump site, but a city and district inhabited by American citizens who shouldn’t be condemned by the proposals of others.

Wai‘anae: a district in distress

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By Brandi SalasKa Leo Staff Reporter

YouTube may have certain factors that interest college students, like watch-ing videos for free and providing the option of posting videos on their blogs, but one online company is becoming more popular and may be more ben-eficial – especially for the music indus-try. This company is Lala.com, which focuses on legal trading of music while giving 20 percent of all its trade revenue back to music artists. It was launched in June 2006 and has accumulated 20,000 members so far. Justin Sung, a marketing analyst for Lala.com, compared the company’s services to a “used record store” with features of online interaction and self-expression. “We wanted to recreate that [used record store] in a virtual world ... with new bands and new artists,” Sung said. He said that in a used record store, people can see what others have bought and discover new music, which is exactly what Lala.com offers. Sung said that the founder and CEO, Bill Nguyen, was frustrated with discover-ing new music because 90 percent of compact disc sales were taking place at Wal-Mart, which only sold a limited amount of titles. Nguyen and three other men, Billy Alvarado, Anselm Baird Smith and John Cogan, used new technology to launch a new and different online media where people can discover new music. Sung mentioned that Nguyen has a lot of friends in the music industry, and he was tired of music artists losing out

Getting music legally at Lala.com

on illegal downloading. In order to give back to the music industry, Lala.com created the “Z” Foundation, which sup-ports musical artists. In the Lala.com Web site, http://www.lala.com, Nguyen wrote about how the organization was supporting working musicians to address the eco-nomic challenges they face. Nguyen wrote, “The ‘Z’ Foundation will initially be funded with monthly contributions of between $10,000 and $50,000 from Lala.com and its members ... The ‘Z’ Foundation will focus on providing health and den-tal care that is often inaccessible to working musicians.” Lala.com not only considers work-ing for musical artists, but also accom-modates college students and their

budgets. The online company offers students a cheap and legal alternative to get and discover new music. In an attempt to stop people from using peer-to-peer file sharing, Lala.com created more entertaining outlets for the online community. In addition to trading CDs with other people, members are allowed to create their own radio station, showcase their music and become DJs. The radio stations that mem-bers create can be posted on Web sites or Weblogs like MySpace, Blogger and HI5. “Although MySpace is a social networking site,” Sung said, “Lala.com offers the online community more music and media.” Jay Robinson, a University of

Hawai‘i at Mānoa student and com-munications major, said that he recently signed up at Lala.com. “I thought it would kind of be like Netflix,” Robinson said. Robinson said that he thought it was a good thing for the music indus-try because the music was more cred-ible and there was no illegal aspect to using it. By becoming members on Lala.com, people are able to trade CDs with other members for a dollar. Lala’s services allow people to create radio stations, place their CDs up in case anyone wants to trade, browse through an extensive library of music and receive pre-paid Lala envelopes – in the event that anyone wants to trade CDs with someone else.

New Web site creates inexpensive ‘used record’ store

AmericaFrom page 3

in the theater is endlessly social, yet intensely personal. That is also why the week before a show opens, it’s so exciting, all the work that has been done behind closed doors by costumers, set and lighting designers, the public-ity, the supervision, the criticism … It all comes together in a way that almost lets you forget where it started: a cold, concrete room with a script in your hand, an actor beside you and a fork in the road. When rehearsals started, the cast of the show rehearsed five days a week for seven weeks with director Peter Ruocco at the helm. It has been equally frustrating, challenging, maddening, dis-turbing, exhausting and entirely rewarding. Peter’s journey started even further back than ours, as did the writer’s before him and the inspiration for Wallace’s charac-ters before her – and herein lies one of the greatest challenges I’ve found along the way. Normally, I am committed to the claim that the hardest thing about the deci-sion to take acting seriously is the decision never to take yourself too seriously. In this case, however, I think we have all found ourselves walk-ing a fine line between respecting the experiences of people affected by war and presuming that we could ever truly know what it is like. Along the way, I feel that we’ve struck a balance through the understanding that to perform “In the Heart of America,” is to appreciate the sacrifices made on our behalf, and that the work is worth it.

Lala.com was launched in June 2006, and has accu-mulated 20,000 mem-bers so far. Their ser-vices allow people to create radio stations, place their CDs up to trade, browse through a library of music and receive pre-paid Lala envelopes.

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100 Years Strong

The SwanBy PaTricia wiLson

1948 In 1948, Fereno Molnar’s “The Swan” was performed in Farrington Hall. This ethnically diverse cast took on the challenge of performing Western and Eastern productions. The play starred Patsy

Takemoto as Princess Alexandra along with cast members Louis Steed (left) and Eddie Fernandez.

Photo Courtesy of “Building a Rainbow” by Victor Kobayashi

By Jessica YehKa Leo Staff reporter

Many students listen to KTUH, but few know who oversees the seemingly student-run station. The Broadcast Communication Authority is a regulatory body that oversees both KTUH and the Student Video and Filmmaker’s Association. The organization is a 10-member board made up of six students, two faculty and staff, and two community members. Student fees help fund six of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s chartered student orga-nizations. The functions of each of these organizations are distinct from one another. The Broadcast Communication Authority is in charge of setting the $80,000 bud-get and policies for KTUH and SVFA. BCA is related to the Board of Publications. In essence this is because each chartered organiza-tion is in charge of organizations that are responsible for communi-cating to UH students and the gen-eral public. Both KTUH and Ka Leo give students information on

Broadcast Communication Authority: a regulatory body

United Mānoa

current events, music and campus stories. KTUH gives the Ka Leo their “Top 10” list for music, and in exchange, Ka Leo has a regular daily slot on the station to read top headlines on air. Justin Maeda, a third-year clinical psychology graduate stu-dent joined the board last semester and enjoys meeting a wide range of people, because there are other student members, undergraduate and graduate, from various fields, he said. As a graduate student member, Maeda works on budgets for the following years for KTUH and the

SVFA, helps recruit new members for the organization and works on ways to advertise the BCA. Other responsibilities include revising the charter and mission of the BCA. During the meetings, the Broadcast Communication Authority selects KTUH and SVFA managers, manages their budget and develops policies and proce-dures. The organization enables students to build their network and gain experience through non-profit work. Faculty leader Lisa Kitagawa noted that essentially they “oversee the radio and film-maker association,” and do so through frequent meetings. When asked why he joined the organization, Maeda said “[It] sounded like an interesting oppor-tunity to get more involved with UH and the things that are happen-ing on campus.” The BCA has allowed Maeda to meet new people and help regu-late what KTUH and SVFA do, and has enabled him to play a more active student role at UH. Aside from the once-a-month meetings, the organization keeps in touch via e-mail and the members are given tasks to work on before the next meeting regarding budgets or charters. The BCA meets about eight hours a week per month and gives its students a monthly stipend for their commitment.

BCA oversees content broadcasted to UH students and public

JUSTIN MAEDA

By Steven TonthatKa Leo Staff Reporter

After falling to No.1 ranked Pepperdine on Thursday March 8, 2007, the 14th ranked University of Hawai‘i Warrior volleyball team came into Saturday’s match looking to exact revenge. The Warriors showed signs of true grit and determination as they battled through four grueling games in an attempt to silence the volleyball jug-gernaut that was the Pepperdine Waves. Sadly, their attempt would be in vain as the Waves would defeat the Warriors, 28-30, 30-19, 30-28, 30-28 in front of a home crowd of 3,330 fans. “[Pepperdine’s] really solid in all aspects,” said head coach Mike Wilton. “They’re the best defense we’ve played all season.” The Warriors came out swinging with kills from senior middle Dio Dante and senior outside hitter Brian Beckwith, giving them an early 5-1 advantage. Pepperdine answered back with kills of their own, but the Warriors managed to stay one step ahead with clean passes and big kills from senior outside hitter Laurie Hakala, freshman middle Matt Rawson, and freshman outside hitter Matthew Vanzant. The Warriors gained a 15-13 lead before the first timeout was called. After the timeout, the Warriors con-tinued to put pressure on the Waves. However, Pepperdine would not back down easily. The two teams refused to let the other gain more than a one-point advan-tage and tied a total of nine times before a big kill from Vanzant gave the Warriors the first game at 30-28. The Warriors had an impressive first game. Hakala led the way with five kills and Vanzant came in second with three. Hawai‘i ended the first game with a .207 hitting percentage. “Our strategy was simply to be steady,” Wilton said. “We were much steadier tonight than Thursday.”

Fired up about their victory in Game 1, the Warriors went into Game 2 with the goal to send Pepperdine home with a loss. However, that wouldn’t be the case as the Waves showed signs of why they are No. 1, by jumping to an early 6-3 lead. Hawai‘i would do their best to keep up with kills from senior outside hitter Eric Kalima, Hakala, Dante and Vanzant, but it wouldn’t be enough as kills and aces from Pepperdine left the

Warriors on the wrong side of a 15-10 lead before the first timeout. The Warriors tried to catch up dur-ing the rest of the Game 2 but the Waves managed to out hit their way to a 30-19 victory. Hawai‘i ended Game 2 with a .091 hitting percentage while Pepperdine fin-ished with a .364 hitting percentage. Vanzant lead the way with six kills, while Hakala garnered three.

Tied with one game apiece, Pepperdine jumped out to an early 9-6 lead in Game 3 but the Warriors kept their cool and picked up momentum, eventually taking over at 13-10 with a kill from Vanzant. The Warriors held up a strong defense with big blocks from Kalama, Beckwith and Dante and were able to hold off the constant barrage of Pepperdine kills, helping to keep them

Warriors fall in four to Waves within one or two points of the Waves. Both teams rallied back and forth and tied a total of eight times before a kill from Pepperdine gave them their second victory 30-28. The Warriors ended Game 3 with a much improved .211 hitting percentage while the Waves ended the game with a .262 hitting percentage. Vanzant once again had the hot hand for the Warriors with five kills and three blocks. Down 2-1, the Warriors went into Game 4 knowing how crucial it was. They wasted no time and jumped out to an early 8-5 lead over the Waves from a block by Beckwith and Dante. As the match progressed, the Warriors contin-ued to gain momentum with kills from Vanzant, Hakala and Dante, leading a five-point run that gave them a clear advantage, 21-14. It seemed that the Warriors had Game 4 in the bag, but the Waves weren’t about to go home with a loss. After a Pepperdine timeout, the Waves slowly gained momentum with kills and blocks closing off Hawaii’s giant lead, even-tually taking over, 27-26. The Waves continued to put pressure on UH but the Warriors were able to hold their own. The remainder of the match consisted of a constant point exchange between the two teams, until a miss-hit from Hawai‘i gave Pepperdine the fourth game and the match. The Warriors finished ahead of the Waves with a .317 hitting percentage compared with Pepperdine’s .237 hitting percentage. “We let Game 4 get away,” Wilton said. “But we [have] to give them credit, because it’s hard to come back from 21-14.” Vanzant held the hot hand of the night with a career-high 24 kills and three blocks. Pepperdine’s Paul Carroll came in second with 23 kills, while Hakala finished third with 16. With the loss, the Warriors now drop to 3-13. Despite their defeat, the Warriors focused on how well they’ve played. “I think we played great,” Vanzant said. “We kept fighting and I’m so proud of everyone.” The Warriors will next battle Cal State Northridge on the 16th and 17th at the Stan Sheriff Center in a pair of MPSF matches.

LEFT: Setter Brian Beckwith uses his perfect touch to set the ball for his offense to put it away. Unfortunately the Warrior's efforts weren't good enough as the Pepperdine Waves defeated the Rainbow Warriors in three on Thursday night.

RIGHT: Libero Eric Kalima watches as he digs the ball from Pepperdine's serve on Thursday night. Kalima had 13 digs during the Warriors three game loss to the Waves.

DAN RICAHRDS Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Close for three games, No. 1 Pepperdine

comes away in fourth

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DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Hawaii's relief pitcher, Jes Morton, winds up as she delivers the ball towards home plate during the Wahine's extra inning win against Boston College on Thursday.

By Glendalyn JunioKa Leo Associate Sports Editor

University of Hawai‘i football fans have long awaited the schedule of games for the upcoming Warrior sea-son. Today, Athletics Director Herman Frazier will officially announce the full 2007 Warrior Football schedule, including the remaining non-conference games that were absent from Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson’s Thursday announcement of the conference schedule. In two days of meeting with WAC athletic directors last week, Benson released the conference schedules despite Hawaii’s missing three non-con-ference scheduled opponents. In order to pre-book flights and make other early arrangements necessary for their trav-els in the upcoming match-ups, dates needed to be finalized. “Now that we know the WAC dates, we’ll finalize our non-conference match-ups and be prepared to release them [this] afternoon,” Frazier said. “I realize that fans have been anxious for the schedule to be released. However, due to many factors, this has been a difficult process and I’ve been working diligently to put together a non-conference schedule that is in the best interest of the football team and our fans. I appreciate the patience of all parties involved and I look forward to announcing our remaining 2007 non-conference opponents [today].”

ScheduleFrom page 1

Ka Leo Sports Desk

The University of Hawai‘i soft-ball team captured the Spring Fling Tournament on Saturday at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium with a 4-2 win over No. 14 Oregon State University. The tournament was a four-day, six-game run for the Wahine who are now 23-5 on the season. Justine Smethurst and Tyleen Tausaga were honored as the co-most valuable players of the tournament while Hawai‘i infielder Clare Warwick and junior Kate Robinson picked up all-tournament honors. The road to the Championship game for the Wahine was as follows:

Peiler’s big hits help Hawai‘i down Pacific 8-6 In the first game of a double head-er on opening day of the Spring Fling Tournament, the Rainbow Wahine came out swinging, literally. With the bases loaded, senior Tausaga hit a sacrifice fly to score Tanisha Milca. Robinson’s single thereafter loaded the bases again, and then Brandi Peiler stepped to the plate. Peiler hit a high-fly over the right-field fence, recording her second grand slam of the season. The Wahine closed the first inning with a 5-0 lead. However, University of the Pacific would crawl back with a three-run, third-inning of their own.

Milca used the third inning as well, hitting a two-run homer and tally-ing her fifth home run of the season. Hawai‘i scored their final run in the fifth while Pacific added two runs in the fifth and another in the seventh. Peiler finished 2-4 with two home runs and five RBI. Robinson picked up the win pitching a complete game, giving up six runs on nine hits, with one walk and six strike outs.

Smethurst, Hawai‘i shut out Liberty 6-0 Game two of Wednesday’s Spring Fling opener belonged to sophomore pitcher Smethurst who recorded a three-hit shutout with nine strike-outs and two walks. Smethurst faced a mere 24 batters on the night. Milca and Warwick hit back-to-back homers in the second inning, with scores from Valana Manuma and Alana Power as well. Hawai‘i would score their sixth and final run of the game in the fifth inning off of a Robinson sacrifice fly.

Hawai‘i uses extra inning to beat Boston College 4-3 Power recorded UH’s third win with a walk-off home run this season with her two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. In the Wahine’s first of a double-header on Thursday, Robinson hit a team-high, and her seventh home run of the sea-

Rainbow Wahine win Spring Fling Tournament

son. With the game tied 2-2 at the end of seven innings, the international tie-breaker was used to take the game into extra innings. Jessica Morton picked up the win in relief, pitching 4.2 innings and recording a career-high nine strike outs.

Smethurst at it again, defeats Oregon State 3-0 UH used the bottom of the fourth inning of game two on Thursday to score the only three runs and Smethurst threw a complete game shutout to give the Rainbow Wahine the win. Robinson and Peiler both recorded an RBI, scoring Kaulana Gould and Traci Yoshikawa. The third run for UH came on a Beaver pitcher error allowing Manuma, who was on third, to move

up a base and score. Smethurst gave up two singles, walked one and struck out two. The win also gave UH the No. 1 seed in bracket play.

Boston College no match for Wahine, UH wins 8-0 Smethurst used a complete game two-hit shutout to capture the 8-0 win. On offense, a three-run home run by Robinson was the highlight of the night. Robinson, three RBI, along with Tausaga, two RBI, Warwick, and Peiler each had two runs in the game. Manuma also added two RBI. The Rainbow Wahine’s semi-final victory over Boston College on Friday set up Saturday’s champion-ship match against Oregon State.