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February 14, 2008 Vol. 83, Issue 6 Honolulu, HawaII

‘CCO adopts tech-savvy tool

By Brandon KumaBe

This year, ‘Iolani has integrated an online college resource database into the college application process. The database, a web-based program called Family Con-nection, serves as a centralized portal for information on colleges, career majors, and jobs.

Each student who uses the program has their own account with a modifiable per-sonal profile that contains information per-taining to GPA, college choices, and career choices. The program allows students to browse through a variety of colleges and add those that interest them to their per-sonal profiles. In addition to browsing, students can get application-relevant in-formation on a specific college, including information on admissions, financial aid, majors and degrees offered, as well as on student life. This eliminates the need for college handbooks by providing up-to-date information on colleges that is updated by the colleges themselves. Family Connec-tion also provides in-depth information on a large amount of careers. This informa-tion includes everything from information-al videos to the average salary of a given profession based on state statistics. Almost every profession, from Bench Carpentry to Market Research Analysis, is there. Poten-tial careers can then be added to a student’s profile. The information provided in a student’s personal profile can be viewed by the college counseling staff, facilitating giving advice and suggestions for students

that are tailored to their interests and needs.Aside from the benefits that the personal-ized profile provides, Family Connection should also help to fill the gaps in com-munication between the College Counsel-ing Office and the students. Each student’s account has the ability to receive emails from College Counselor Mr. Todd Flem-ing. Messages can be sent to individuals or to groups of people who have similar interests. If a group of students is interest-ed in one college, Mr. Fleming can send a message through Family Connection alert-ing them when that college is having a pre-sentation or event. Something that would have been very labor-intensive in the past can now be done with a few easy clicks of a mouse.

Despite this new form of tech-savvy communication, Mr. Fleming stresses that Family Connection won’t replace face-to-face meetings in the College Counsel-ing Office. It’s just a way to help increase communication, not replace it.

Family Connection can also be used to conduct surveys or online question-naires. Several of the Junior Worksheets that had been previously done by hand are now available to do online. Electron-ic submission will cut down on the use of paper. Starting this year, Family Con-nection will be available for use by all ‘Iolani juniors. Seniors, many whom have already turned in their college ap-plications, will not be able to utilize this application.

Mr. Fleming first started looking into

Family Connection in 2004. He had to determine if it would be beneficial, se-cure, and helpful in increasing the effi-ciency of the College Counseling Office.

In addition, the College Counseling staff had to familiarize themselves with the program to ensure that they were pre-pared for the oncoming wave of college applicants. Upon hearing of Family Con-nection, some seniors seemed unfazed about the missed benefits it would have provided. “The hardest part of applying was keeping track of all the deadlines

and getting teacher recommendations and finishing the apps and transcripts. Basically time-management,” said senior Victoria Le.

Ryan Gomoto, a senior, said, “The es-says were the hardest part of applying, but having all the college information in one place instead of in the book should be good.”

Both agreed that the increased com-munication provided by Family Connec-tion would have helped in their applica-tion process.

By emily ShimKuS

Though it was an unexpected one, the “meandering path” that ‘Iolani alumna and MacArthur Fellowship grant recipient Cheryl Hayashi took led her to become a spider silk biologist set on mak-ing new discoveries.

Hayashi returned to describe this path and the significance of her studies to students and teach-ers in Seto Hall on Tuesday, Feb-ruary 5.

After an introduction from Mr. Jack Kay, Dr. Hayashi began a pre-sentation entitled “Spiders, Silks, and Me.” She described how she got involved in work with spiders

and the different types of research being conducted on spider silk properties and functions.

“I never in a million years

would have thought that this is what I’d be doing today,” Dr. Hayashi told the students. Dr. Hayashi has pursued her educa-tion and research in many loca-tions, including ‘Iolani, Yale Uni-versity, Panama, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and Wyoming. Cur-rently she teaches and conducts research at the UC Riverside.

In her presentation, Dr. Hayas-hi explained how spiders use dif-ferent silks for different purposes. Spiders use their silks for pro-tection, reproduction, as drag or safety lines, and for prey capture.

“There’s an enormous diver-sity of spider silks out there,” said

Dr. Hayashi.Spider silks are relatively easy

to study because spiders use them in everyday situations under nor-mal temperatures and conditions. At Dr. Hayashi’s lab, she and her co-workers store silk fibers on cardboard cards. They then test the silks to look for the per-formance qualities of the fibers. They also clone spider genes.

Dr. Hayashi applies her knowl-edge of spider silk properties by comparing the silks to other ma-terials, such as Kevlar and elastin. She has found that dragline silk’s strength is close to that of Kevlar, a bullet proof material, and cap-ture spiral silk is even stretchier

than elastin. “Spider silk can be useful

for any application,” said Dr. Hayashi.

Medical sutures and even sportswear may be made of spider silks in the future.

Regarding silk production, “You can’t trust spiders,” said Dr. Hayashi. “That would not be a good system to farm.”

So, she put the spider genes that code for the production of silk into both a tomato and to-bacco plant. Because the genes for silk production are turned on in the plants, Dr. Hayashi is able to harvest spider silks on her own (Continued on p. 6)

Cheryl’s web enchants students

Yasmin Kheradpey | Imua ‘IolaniMelissa Lee ‘09 updates the Learning Style Inventory feature on her Naviance Family Connection homepage.

Nash Witten | Imua Iolani

Photo by Cathy Lee Chong

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Which sounds most like the new bells?

By AmeliA linsky

The new bells have finally arrived.

An investigation of the Dean of Students’ office turns up Mr. Tate Brown presiding over two wall-mounted white metal boxes.

The face of each bears an assortment of switches and a chart listing twenty possible bell schedules.

The name “Simplex” is em-blazoned discreetly in one cor-ner. The wireless system alerts an antenna mounted outside Mr. Brown’s office, which then broad-casts a signal to speakers placed strategically around campus.

“Our old bells were outdated. The company that handled them was no longer doing maintenance

on them. If the system went down, that was it–no more bells,” Mr. Brown explains. “It was like a record player.”

The new system was actually installed in August, the week be-fore school started.

However, the administration faced a quandary in deciding what tone to program in for the regular bell schedule.

“They had eight preset tones already burned onto the unit,” said Mr. Brown, “and some were good enough for emergency-type situations...but the one they said was to replace our old bells was ...too abrasive. They were good for containment and evacuation, but we needed something dif-ferent for the bells. This was the most pleasant tone they had.”

The unit was uninstalled and shipped to the mainland company that owns the unit and the sounds on the unit.

“The only way to change the sounds is to let that company burn them on,” said Mr. Brown.

The unit was sent in August and returned about a quarter lat-er–-with the wrong tones on the box. The administration restarted the process, shipped the unit back to the mainland, and finally re-ceived it and the right tones at the end of the first semester.

“We tested all the speakers the Friday we had off after exams,” said Mr. Brown. “We had to play the tones and listen to each indi-vidual speaker. The next step is tinkering with the volume. We have to make sure we get all the

coverage we need, and then we’ll test the emergency tones and have drills like we used to.”

Of the eight slots on the unit, one contains the bell-like tone that has been likened to a mari-time signal, a Buddhist temple, and a Catholic school calling stu-dents to mass. The others have vocal alarms for containment and emergencies.

“The fire alarms are still on a totally different system,” Mr. Brown pointed out. “The systems aren’t supposed to be linked–-so nothing’s changed with that.”

The semester-long wait that taxed students’ and teachers’ pa-tience resulted from proprietary rights that prevented ‘Iolani’s staff from burning tones on to the unit. Simplex had to main-

tain control of its tones and its technology, and thus the process slowed down considerably.

“I’m sure our kids are so smart they probably could’ve done it a lot faster,” Mr. Brown said light-ly. “I just turn the bells on.”

Students marchto celebrate Dr. KingBy JennA Arnold And

AyeshA CoorAy

The ‘Iolani Students for Peace participated in the commemora-tive Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade on Jan. 21, winding their way from Ala Moana Park to Kapiolani Park.

Students for Peace was just one of the 62 different groups that marched that day in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s non-violent methods of protest.

The most noticeable aspect of the MLK march was the variety of groups that participated.

Junior Lindsay Kosasa said, “The diversity of the march was awe-inspiring. To see sixty-plus groups coming together to honor such an inspirational man re-ally portrays Hawaii’s support of world peace.”

The collection of groups as-

sembled included church orga-nizations, beauty queens, protest groups, and advocates for various presidential candidates.

Senior Nash Witten, president of Students for Peace, said, “The size of crowd that gathered for the march showed the impact Dr. King made on society.”

According to the Honolulu Advertiser, hundreds came to par-ticipate in the MLK march.

Speaking on KHON2 news, Mayor Mufi Hannemann, an ‘Io-lani graduate, said, “Since we’re a city and state of various ethnic minority groups, it’s very signifi-cant for us to honor Martin Lu-ther King because what he stood for has made it possible for many people who hail from Hawaii to achieve the type of things that they set out to do. This is a great holiday; this is a great parade for us to show our tribute to a great man.”

Andrew Takahashi | Imua ‘Iolani

Drawing the line on global warmingBy JennA Arnold And AyeshA CoorAy

The ‘Iolani Students for Peace, along with other environmental volunteer organizations, gathered at Stadium Park on January 30th to take part in the Blue Line Project.

The Blue Line indicates the new shoreline in 2050, projecting a one-meter rise in sea level.

The blue line was drawn to serve as a visible reminder to Hawaii’s residents that Hawaii is espe-cially vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

The line is especially meaningful to ‘Iolani, as it runs right through campus. Volunteers were given sticks of blue chalk and blue tape to mark up des-ignated portions of sidewalk. The chalked sidewalk was located in the Moilili- McCully part of the is-land-wide line drawn to indicate the impact of the rise in sea level.

Students drew a variety of different peace sym-bols, aquatic animals, and sayings that encouraged environmental action.

Senior Nash Witten, president of Students for Peace, said, “We tried to draw symbols that were optimistic but warned of the impending danger.”

Junior Karli Wade said that she thought the proj-ect would especially affect the low-lying area of Moiliili. Residents should feel “blue at the thought of their land becoming beachfront property in less than fifty years.”

The event was organized by Charles Fletcher,

a professor of geology and geophysics at UH, and Jeff Mikulina, director of the Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter.

Both Fletcher and Mikulina hoped that the line would influence the decisions made at an interna-tional conference that was held at UH on January 30 and 31 to discuss the “Bali Road Map,” regarding global warming.

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Club members Alexa Hettwer, Karli Wade, Ayesha Cooray, Jenna Arnold, and Monika Young pose with their blue chalk designs.

February 14, 2008 Editorials Page 3

By LesLie Kim

So once again, an-

other Valentine’s Day is rolling around, and I find myself without a significant other.

Somehow, that’s a strangely comforting thought.

Don’t get me wrong; I am quite obligated to believe in love at first sight and true love and all that jazz.

After all, my mother claims that when she first saw my father, it was like there was a chorus of angels, and he had a halo around him, and she just knew he was the one.

To my great embarrassment, they still hold hands when they walk, even in public, much like

teenagers with crushes.As for the “somewhere, there’s

someone” feeling, it’s residual from reading so many fairy tales when I was younger. You don’t read nearly every book in the fairy tale/folk tale/myth section in the library and not start to paint a picture of a perfect prince some-where out there.

Currently, my fairy tale prince is intelligent (it’s rather difficult to make conversation with some-one with rocks for brains), tall (to offset my unfortunate, ridiculous-ly short genes), and has the will-power of a limp noodle, at least against me. (Perhaps I should get a dog; it’d fit the willpower and most of the intelligence crite-ria; obviously, the height and the ability-to-make-intelligent-con-versation requirements would be thrown out.)

But is romance really viable at this stage? Is it really worth the hassle? When I think of the tri-

Valentine’s Day not worth the effortals and tribulations of some of my friends, I wonder if it’s really all that it’s cracked up to be.

Recently, one pair I know broke up, ostensibly over some small incident at Winterball, and they had been so close that calling one by the other’s name would get the same reaction as calling him/her by his/her real name.

Sure there are emotional ben-efits, and you get someone who’ll be there for you nearly uncondi-tionally who isn’t blood-related to you. If they can drive, you get a chauffeur; if they are will-ing to pay, you have a walking checkbook.

But the time commitment, the emotional commitment, even the monetary commitment, to some degree, all seem a bit much to promise at this stage in life. And all for what?

The average teenage romance, by my count, lasts 3-6 months. A few last longer, some extremely

lengthy ones surpassing a year or two. But in the end? Most fall apart, usually with some sort of negativity.

Perhaps later, I’ll see the er-ror of my ways. Perhaps I’m just commitment-shy (despite the fact that commitment-shyness seems to be a predominantly male disease).

But meanwhile, I’ll enjoy my freedom, doing things that I could never do with a significant other: being selfish, using my time only for myself, being stingy with my money, and never buying family members birthday presents for years in a row, much less people completely unrelated to me; con-versely, splurging on boxes of chocolates and eating them by myself, not racking up a massive phone bill by calling/texting the same person every 30 minutes, not wasting gas money going to date sites, and generally, not be-ing tied down.

Why don’t we end bad relationships?By Jenna arnoLd

We sat down for lunch, Lib-

by next to her boyfriend Alex and me next to Libby. We got out our lunches. I let out a groan as I saw that it was the usual PB&J sand-wich but to my right, Libby let out a yelp of delight as she pulled out a Lunchables from her bag. One of our guy friends, Matt, looked up from his food to see what the commotion was about. “Oh Lib-by, could I have a piece of cheese from there?” he asked, “No. I am so hungry!” Libby responded, but anyone who knew her was aware of her kindness. Of course she would give him a piece of cheese, no question about it. But her boy-friend Alex turned around and retorted, “Are you serious?” You are so selfish! It’s just one god-

damn slice of cheese! Oh, wait I know, you need as much as you can get ‘cause you eat so much! Can I have a grain of salt off your cracker? Oh, wait; you probably want it for yourself.” A silence spread across the table. She turned her head towards me so that her face was concealed from Alex. I looked up and saw thick tears leaking out of her eyes, get-ting stuck in her eyelashes and eventually rolling down her pale skin and dripping off her chin. I wondered if Alex had gone too far this time.

Maybe what bothered me the most about the sticky situation with my best friend and her boy-friend was not the fact that she would shed fresh tears almost every day. It was the fact that at the end of the day, she would just blow it off, kiss him goodbye, and tell him that she loved him. Then history would repeat itself. And it’s not like she is the only person who has experienced this situa-tion. Almost all of us go through

toxic relationships, blind and un-able to face the truth when it’s right behind us tapping us on our shoulders.

My brother and his girlfriend were together for two years. The first year they spent in love, the second they spent in arguments. Sometimes I would just sit and watch them argue about the most ridiculous things; his ex-girl-friend’s shirt, how to pack a suit-case, where he sleeps, and on and on. The arguments got more and more frequent as the day passed. Sometimes I would ask him why he didn’t end it. He would reply with a simple, “We love each oth-er, no matter how much we fight. I can change her.” I tried to be-lieve him to support him, but his actions mostly frustrated me.

Why didn’t he end it sooner? She obviously made him upset, and he knew he needed a girl-friend that he could have fun with, but he still stayed with her. Maybe he felt it was his duty to change her and protect her, or

maybe it was just denial. But the funny thing about denial is that it doesn’t really work. You can deny something, but deep inside you know the truth. Believe me—I know.

This guy and I had been hang-ing out a lot, sometimes going to the movies or dinner. I practi-cally lived for those nights; they were amazingfor me in so many ways. But there was a problem. We would go out, have an amaz-ing night and the next day he wouldn’t say one word to me. Maybe it was because he was busy, maybe it was because I wasn’t the one he really wanted. Even though I was so aware of the horrible way he was treating me, I was always there for him when he needed me.

Why won’t my friend end the near abusive relationship with her boyfriend? Why wouldn’t my brother dump the “girlfriend from hell?” Why didn’t I stand up for how I should have been treated? I guess we all have our reasons.

Send a viral ValentineThe following editorial ap-

peared in the Chicago Tribune on Saturday, Feb. 2:

This holiday season, 26.4 million people visited a Web site sponsored by OfficeMax that in-vited them to upload a photo of themselves, attach it to the body of a dancing elf and forward it to everyone in their e-mail ad-dress book. Toy New York, the ad agency behind elfyourself.com, said those people spent a cumulative 2,614 years elfing themselves.

If this is the first you’ve heard of it, we’ll save you a trip to the computer: The site is no lon-ger there. You can bet it will be

back, though, along with zillions of copycat sites trying to replicate OfficeMax’s viral success.

Viral marketing depends on what was known as word-of-mouth back in the days when face-mailing was known as talk-ing. It taps into the spontaneous human urge to share news, jokes, gossip and other forms of enter-tainment with 100 of our closest friends, the sooner the better.

The idea is to get the message in front of someone who will post it, link to it or e-mail it to a net-work of people who will pass it on to their own networks so that it spreads, exponentially, like a bad germ. Everyone we know who

got an elfyourself e-mail immedi-ately dropped whatever they were doing and set to work uploading their own face, their kids’ faces, the boss’ face - in all, 123 million elves were made.

The best viral campaigns have a subversive feel about them, i.e. OfficeMax sabotaging worker productivity with an irresistible little time-waster best enjoyed at your desk, a pleasant interruption to all that online Christmas shop-ping. Does this help sell office supplies? Not our problem.

But what are we supposed to do with those hours now?

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and we’ve discovered

iheart.despair.com, where you can create and e-mail a candy heart inscribed with your very own message. You get only two lines of six characters each, so it helps to be fluent in textspeak, but there’s apparently no dirty word filter, based on our re-search, so knock yourself out. And feel free to check out the merchandise, or not.

On your own time, of course.

(c) 2008, Chicago Tribune.Visit the Chicago Tribune on

the Internet at http://www.chi-cago.tribune.com

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Editor-in-Chief:Keyana Stevens

Design Editor:Marissa Sakoda

Copy Editors:Amara HoshijoEmily ShimkusPhoto Editor:Nash Witten

Features Editors:Katrina Karl

Amelia LinskyOpinion Editors:

Kalau AlmonyKo Eun Lee

Sports Editors:Bianca Bystrom

Kelia CowanArts & Entertainment

Editors:Christian BradyApril Nakamura

Lighter Side Editors:Stephen Stack

Stephen ToyofukuLower School Editor:

Tiana BohnerMiddle School Editor:

Akari Hatanaka

Adviser:Mrs. Karin Swanson

Imua Iolani is distributed free of charge to students of Iolani School. Mail subscriptions are $15 per year. Imua ‘Iolani can also be viewed online at www.iolani.org under the “Student Activities” menu. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service. The opinions herein expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the administration, faculty, staff of ‘Iolani School or Imua ‘Iolani.

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By Stephen toyofuku

     It is finally February and love  is  in  the air.  There will be birds chirping love songs, the  sun  will  shine  bright  in the sky, and the air will smell like  a  hundred  fresh-cut  ros-es.   Happy  couples,  young and old, will be seen skipping gleefully  in  meadows,  cud-dling  on  park  benches,  and taking that romantic valentine kiss  under  a  tree.   ‘Sigh.’  If only, if only. . . 

Traditionally,  Valentine’s Day involves a bunch of bor-ing  candies  and  flowers  ac-companied by  the occasional stuffed  animal.   Chocolates or a bunch of those odd tast-ing candy hearts are the most common  gifts.   Most  would rather  receive  chocolate,  but don’t be so quick to judge be-cause those candy hearts can say  meaningful  stuff.   With flowers,  you  buy  a  bunch  of beautiful red roses, act suave and hand them to that special girl/guy  (hey,  guys  can  like flowers too).  

Boring.   Valentine’s  Day can be so much more exciting, maybe not as exciting as  the infamous  1929  Saint  Valen-tine’s Day Massacre, but not just the same old same old. It is time to start a revolution.

Unless you have been driv-en to murder, extortion, theft, 

or assault, there is no limit on the  expression  of  love.   One interesting  way:  couples  tat-toos.  Get  each other’s  name inked  on  to  your  flesh,  and your  love  will  last  through the ages.  Nothing says I love you more  than  the  pain  of  a tiny needle entering your skin over and over.  And if  things with  that  person  don’t  work out  later,  tattoos,  thanks  to modern  medicine,  can  eas-ily  be  removed  *cough* *cough*. 

If  you  are  really  into  the extremes,  try  something  cra-zy.   Rent  a  horse  from  your local  ranch  and  be  a  knight/knightess  (or  whatever  the girl  version  of  knight  is)  in shining armor.  There is noth-ing cuter than a little dress-up and role play.

In no way am I encourag-ing  graffiti,  but  a  little  mis-chief here and there is another great way to say “I love you.”  And besides,  everyone has  a naughty side.  Instead of carv-ing your names  in a  tree,  try spray painting your names on a building. If you get caught, you  didn’t  hear  it  from  me.  Also, consider using your and your sweet heart’s pet names because it may take the suspi-cion away from you.

This  is  a  little  corny,  but very  affectionate:  the  clas-sic song at 3:00 in the morn-

ing.   This  will  take  quite  bit of  careful  planning,  but  the end  results  will  be  worth  it.  (FYI:  this may only apply to guys,  but  ladies,  feel  free  to try).  Find your girl’s favorite love  song  (yes,  it  has  to  be a  love  song  because  the  last thing  I  think  someone wants to hear in a romantic situation is Down with the Sickness) and  sing  it  to  her  at  3:00  in the morning.  Why 3:00? No clue,  but  it’s  a  nice  number.  If  her  parents  wake  up,  run away  as  fast  as  you  can  be-cause the last thing you want is  a  police  record  for  public disturbance.  

But, hey, what do I know?  Am  I  dating  the  person  you are?  No. 

No one knows that person better  than  you.   Do  some-thing  uniquely  special  and sweet, no matter how weird it is, because in the end, show-ing your love is all  that mat-ters.  Be creative, and make it the best Valentine’s Day ever. (Just don’t get arrested.) 

Disclaimer:The previous article was

meant for entertainment pur-poses only. Imua ‘Iolani is not held responsible for any injuries or lawsuits against individuals who take our writing seriously. Happy Val-entine’s Day.

Tired of the same old Valentines?

HeartBreakers 101 by Cordelia Xie

Sound Logic: The best pick-up lines ever. Seriously.By Stephen Stack and Stephen toyofuku

Having  trouble  finding  the right words  to confess your  love to your crush?  Use some of these pick-up  lines  and  you’re  ganra-teed to win your love’s heart.   If you find yourself on the receiving end  of  some  of  these  and  don’t feel the same, we’ve also provid-ed some good rejection lines.

Line: Do  you  have  a map?  Because  I’m  lost  in  your eyes.

Response:  Get  lost,  or  I’ll 

find your face with my fist.

L: Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?

R: Do you think it will hurt when I mace you?

L: Where have you been all my life?

R: Hiding from you.

L: I would die for you!R: Prove it.

L: You look like a dream.R: Go back to sleep.

L: I think you’re the one.R:  I didn’t  think you could 

count that high.

L:  Your  father  must  be  a thief,  because  he  stole  the stars  and  put  them  in  your eyes.

R:  Your  father  must  be  a used-car  salesman,  because you’re a lemon.

L: Can I buy you a drink?R:  Sure,  if  you  promise  to 

leave.

L:  Is  it hot  in here, or  is  it 

just you?R:  Is a garbage  truck pass-

ing by, or is it just you?

L: When  I  looked  up  your name is the thesaurus, the first word was “beautiful.”

R: When  I  looked  up  your name  the  first  word  was “liar.”

L:  If  I  could  rearrage  the alphabet,  I’d  put  “U”  and  “I” together.

R:  If  I  could  rearrange  the alphabet, I’d put together “G” and “O.”

L:  How much  does  a  baby polar  bear  weigh?  (Wait  for “How  much?”)    Just  enough to break the ice.

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Picture perfect basketballSeason ends with ...

Chaz Silva | Imua ‘Iolani

Trevyn Tulonghari ‘11 protects the ball in a game against Kamehameha (on the left). Senior Tay-lor Mounts perpares to shoot the ball.

Bianca Bystrom | Imua ‘IolaniKelsey Ohira ‘11 dives into the water during the Junior Varsity Championships at Punahou.

Swimmers take 3 championships Ex-pro footballer speaks to FCABy Kelia Cowan

By Kelia Cowan

Two-hundred-for ty-f ive-pound Devon McDonald stands six feet and four inches with broad shoulders and massive muscles. He shared a story about his foot-ball life and how he contemplated death and found God.

Devon McDonald played for the Indianapolis Colts and the Arizona Cardinals from 1993-1996. However, after he had sui-cidal thoughts, he turned to Christianity as a relief from his sins. He came to Hawaii to see the Pro Bowl, and the Fellow-ship of Christian Ath-letes (FCA) brought Mr. McDonald to ‘Iolani to speak to the group.

Mr. McDonald cur-rently speaks at high schools, sharing his be-liefs about God and ath-letics. “This is my home front,” he said.

He advises student athletes, “Know what motivates you. Stay connected to that. Have your life in the right or-der. Once it’s aligned right, you’ll overcome a lot more. You’ll be more productive in life.”

If one becomes in-jured doing one’s athlet-ic season, Mr. McDon-

ald says that they “keep that area active. If you don’t use it, it gets worse. Coming from a Christian background, I pray. Most inju-ries happen because we’re outta shape and people forget the fun-damentals. If we remember the fundamentals and stay in shape, we won’t get injured.”

His trademarked quote is, “You’re not born a winner, you’re not born a loser, you’re born a chooser.”

The intermediate girls, junior varsity girls, and the junior varsity boys all won their respective swimming ILH championships with the assistance of the diving team.

Swimming and diving are considered one sport, so the points each team receives in the champion-ships combines for the total placements.

After completing the intermediate season, mul-tiple freshmen swimmers were moved up to the JV team, where they won again.

Some swimmers enjoyed the companionship of their fellow teammates, despite swimming being an individual sport. “It was fun racing against my team-mates,” eighth-grader Cadie Shimabukuro said.

Freshman Kelsey Ohira said, “Swimming was fun because there’s good people in it. I swim be-cause it keeps you in shape for everything.”

Diver Anna Prandes said, “Diving was fun. My teammates were really nice and I met a lot of new people.”

When asked how the male swimmers managed

to win, since ‘Iolani lacks male divers, junior Vin-cent Lim said, “We just stroked hard and kept a good rhythm.”

His cousin, freshman David Lim, said, “No way we could have won the championship without the contribution [of our teammates.]”

“It feels good to win two championships since we’re freshmen,” Kelli Ann Ifuku said. She was one of the swimmers to be moved up to the JV level after the intermediate season. Two years ago, the inter-mediate girls won the ILH championship.

Head Coach Brian Lee said, “We didn’t go in there expecting to win, but as the meet went on, the swimmers did very well. I hope that everyone had fun, as that was the main goal.”

The assistant coaches Lillian “Pokey” Richard-son, Andrew, and Ross coached the swimmers the most, so Coach Brian wished to give them credit.

Cristin Lim ‘11, a diver, said, “It’s good to know that we can make a difference, since intermediates won by one point because of the divers.”

“We were smoking in that water,” freshman Shireen Kheradpey said.

Bianca Bystrom | Imua ‘Iolani

Devon McDonald signed his player cards after his inspirational speech on Feb. 7.

Boys captureILH soccer title

The boys’ varsity soccer team has won the ILH season and is headed to the state championship during Feb. 7-9. At press time, the results of the matches were unknown.

Winning the ILH title “feels pretty cool because we get the red banner put up in Lower Gym,” freshman Matthew Horner said.

Junior Samuel Wechsler, new to ‘Iolani this year, earned a spot on the team.

“It’s pretty cool to be part of something good,” Wechsler said. “Everybody has a part on our team, whether it’s big or small. I think we’re gonna be good in the state championship.”

Sophomore Nicholas Goo can sense the magnitude of the up-coming tournament. “It’s a new feeling,” Goo said. “It will be one of the biggest games I have ever played in. This past season was pretty good.”

“It’s a pretty exciting feeling to be playing in the stadium and

to be on the number one team,” said junior Keith Lum.

“We have a really talented team this year,” Chistopher Otani ‘09 said. “Our chemistry is very good.”

Team captain and senior Zach-ary Lee said, “This season turned out pretty well despite running into a rough patch in the begin-ning when we lost to Saint Louis. It’s a bittersweet feeling [to re-turn to the state championship] because it’s nice to get there, but it’s our last chance to win.”

The other soccer teams did not do as well, with boys’ JV soccer losing in the championship to Pu-nahou Gold.

Intermediate boys placed second and third. The girls var-sity team placed third, and the intermediate Red team lost in the semifinals.

The boys varsity team beat Kaiser 2-0 in the first game of the tournament Feb. 7. They were slated to play Friday, Feb. 8, but the results from that match were not known at press time.

By Kelia Cowan

- Girls varsity placed second, ensuring a berth in the state championships which begins Feb. 19.

- Boys varsity played for first place against Punahou Feb. 8. Results were unknown at press time.

Page 6 The Middle Years Imua ‘Iolani

When anyone thinks of mid-terms the first thing that comes to mind is…ANOTHER TEST!! When the eighth-graders were asked how they felt during their first semester finals, they shared their feelings openly. “It was in-timidating,” Lawrence Ho said. “What I remember from the exam was the teacher over the loudspeaker go ‘Thirty minutes left… enjoy it while you can!’ when he spoke.” “History was okay, but during the math (exam) I was sleeping,” admitted Ash-lee Asada. “I thought the mid terms were (stressful) because

you cram and there was so much information! I was panicking,” said Twyla Hamasaki. Although the eighth graders were stressed out, sophomore Robert Moran exclaimed, “Eighth graders are so lucky they only have two se-mester finals. I had three semes-ter finals, and I’m going to have five final exams at the end of the year!”

“I felt kind of scared because I didn’t want to get a bad grade, but I was relieved when it was over,” Darin Poei said. Most of the eighth graders feelings were summed up by Ally Ogata, who said, “I was scared and intimidat-ed...and mad that they were mak-ing us take the stupid thing!”

Seventh graders and lower schoolers do good together

By Lauren arakawa and akari Hatanaka

By kaena Moose

Ms. Rhonda Nagao’s seventh-graders did community service with the kindergarteners. They made heart pins for the kinder-garteners to give to their moth-ers. Most of the seventh graders are donating their heart pins to

Jana Wang’s hospital in Houston, Texas.

Their first community ser-vice project was with Meals on Wheels. The seventh-graders helped the first-graders and kin-dergarteners make Christmas cards. They also came up with

Christmas messages and cards that accompanied the meals as they were delivered to people who had physical disabilities.

The seventh-graders will be having another community ser-vice project later this year in May.

The seventh and eighth-grade publica-tion “Scribes and Scribbles” is due to be printed and distributed in May. The advi-sors of this middle school magazine are Mrs. Debbie Otsu and Ms. Yuki Basso. It is currently nominating editors. Selected artwork, photography, poems, essays, short stories, and haikus by seventh and eighth graders will be included. All artistic sub-missions will be judged prior to inclusion.

Calling middle school writers

Eighth graders: the finals begin

The deadline for Scribes and Scribbles is Feb. 21.

(Cheryl’s web--cont. from p. 1)by taking care of the plants.

“There’s a lot of work to be done here,” said Dr. Hayas-hi. “Spiders are ancient and diverse.”

There are 39,000 described species of spiders, and each makes at least one type of silk.

“There’s just so much to be known about the world. For ev-ery question I’m able to answer, I come up with ten new questions,” Dr. Hayashi said. “There’s just so much opportunity for discovery.”

After her presentation, Dr. Hayashi, who has never been bit-ten by a spider, answered ques-tions from the students. After being asked about the feasibility of Spider-Man, Dr. Hayashi men-tioned that she had participated on a program on the History Channel discussing just that. “My problem with Spider-Man, though,” said Dr. Hayashi jokingly, “is before we found out that spiders make silks from their feet, it always seemed to be coming out of the wrong end.”

Mrs. Karin Swanson | Imua ‘IolaniOn Feb. 7, a Lion Dance was performed at lunch to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Kung Hee Fat Choy!

Happy Year of the Rat!

February 14, 2008 Lower SchooL Page 7

By Tiana Bohner

Mr. George Shiroma remi-nisces about World War II and his life as Jordan Hara ‘18, Kirsten Konishi ‘18, David Huang ’18 and Lauren Devens ’18 listen to his stories.

These four second graders and many others walked across the street to the Club 100 to hear war stories from the veterans.

With tape recorder ready and pencils in hand, the second grad-ers each paired up and interviewed these survivors.

The Asian American Experi-ence history classes also joined them to learn about Japanese-American veterans and their part in WWII.

Mr. Shiroma vividly remem-bers being drafted into the 442nd Regimental Combat Team after college and being shipped off to training in Indiana. But instead of going to Europe and fighting in combat, Mr. Shiroma joined the Military Intelligence Service and was sent to the Philippines to interrogate Japanese prisoners of war.

There he took a Japanese sword and a rifle from them, say-ing “These may not work as well, but they come with high value. Because some family in Japan probably gave these weapons to their son, telling him not to dis-honor their ancestors.”

When all the children walked in and saw the sword and the gun

lying on his table they were imme-diately intrigued as many rushed over to interview him first. Mr. Shiroma also brought with him a metal cooking pot, which has his name engraved on the lid and proudly said, “The Japanese made this especially for me.”

Along with Mr. Shiroma’s in-teresting stories, he brought many pictures and documents, includ-ing a thick packet given to him by the U.S. military, which translated English to Japanese, and pictures of him with his general and fellow soldiers, while waiting at the train station in Japan to come home.

Mr. Robert Arakaki, who is the president of Club 100, did not wish to speak about the war to second graders, Jessica Okubo

’18 and Reid Ueki ‘18, admitting, “I don’t remember much because I don’t want to think about it.”

Instead Mr. Arakaki described the magnificent structures he saw while in Europe, including the Basilica and the marble statues. While showing us picture books he bought of these wonders while in Europe, he expressed his awe with the masterpieces created cen-turies ago.

But Mr. Arakaki did tell the second graders a little of his war experience, saying, “I was one of the younger soldiers so I joined the 100th Infantry Battalion near the end of the war in Italy as a re-placement soldier.”

Mr. Arakaki had many les-sons he wanted to share with the

younger generations rather than describing the terrible war.

Both Mr. Shiroma and Mr. Arakaki are proud and grateful for their contribution to the victory of the United States, along with the many other veterans who made friendships and sacrifices while learning life’s lessons during and after the war.

Second grade teacher Mrs. Naka explained that in two weeks, the second graders will put on their play, “Honoring Our Veter-ans”, so along with learning about WWII in class, the students also were able to interview veterans.Mrs. Naka is pleased they could hear the stories especially since the number of WWII veterans is dwindling. She emphasizes how

important it is for children to learn history straight from the source.

Second graders are also learn-ing how events from the past are affecting their lives today by in-terviewing Japanese-Americans who entered the war just to prove their loyalty to the United States. Along with wowing the second graders and giving insight to the Asian American class students, these veterans also help us pre-serve the history, which was cre-ated by people with the first-hand experience.

Tasia Mamiya ’10 concluded her thank you letter to these veter-ans by saying, “It was interesting to learn about your experiences, because these are stories we can’t just read in history textbooks.”

Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Susan IgawaSecond graders and Asian American history students interview Japanese-American WWII veterans who either served in the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, or the Military Intelligence Service.

By Lianne Chung

In this year’s spring musical, The Wiz, new additions to the cast include lower schoolers.

Usually there are fewer than two lower schoolers in the musi-cal, but this year, ten out of the sixteen children who auditioned were cast.

Sixth graders Timmy Leong and Cal Muramaru, as well as fifth graders Lindsey Combs, Madison Darcy, Julia Kawano, Danny Leong, Kimberly Peter-son, Riley Sakamoto, Kahler Su-zuki, and Dillon Waidyatilleka play Munchkins, Poppies, and Monkeys.

These youngsters were not at all shy, eager to share their enthu-siasm. They say that the upbeat songs and choreography make the show fun.

Cal likes the Funky Monkey dance best and Kimberly’s fa-vorite song is “He’s the Wiz.” Kahler and Danny agree that the musical also gives them more time to work on homework right after school.

Lindsey says that it is an honor to be apart of the musical. She says, “The musical teaches us re-sponsibility and helps us to learn more about acting.

“It’s also good to get to know

older people.” Dillon and Danny like that they have more upper school friends.

Cal and Madison also like the respect that they have gained within the lower school. “The younger kids really look up to us,” Madison commented.

When asked why they tried out, most of the lower schoolers said it was because they loved acting.

Riley said, “Acting is my life. I want to do shows outside of school too. I took classes at Dia-mond Head Theater and I really

liked them. That’s when I knew I wanted to act.”

Kimberly says that the musical provides her with experience for the future.

Their excitement is apparent, as they put all their effort into the long rehearsals after school.

The only thing they are not looking forward to is the possible stage fright, but they have nothing to worry about, as they go through rehearsals with few mistakes.

The dedication of the lower schoolers help to contribute to the success of The Wiz.

‘The Wiz’ kids in motion

Nash Witten | Imua ‘IolaniCome watch these kids and the rest of the cast on Feb. 28, 29, and March 1 at the historic Hawaii Theatre.

World War II veterans share their stories

Nash Witten | Imua ‘IolaniAbove: Krista Speroni ‘08 and Jana Souza ‘11 smile with all ten munchkins, poppies, and monkeys during rehearsal. Below: The kids joyfully sing and dance with umbrellas for a scene.

Page 8 Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Imua ‘Iolani

by April NAkAmurA

Who knew that so much cre-ative talent coursed through ‘Io-lani’s veins? On Feb. 2, talented young artists gathered at the Ha-waii State Art Museum for the 45th Hawaii Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Thirty-five of our

classmates attended the ceremo-ny to receive various awards for their excellent work in visual arts categories such as mixed media, sculpture, photography, drawing, painting, and digital imagery. The works of winners were displayed at the Hawaii State Art Museum amongst the works of other well-known local artists.

Each year, thousands of Ha-waii students from grades 7-12 submit works of art to the Scho-lastic Art Competition. Here, af-ter an intense judging process, the field is narrowed down to a few hundred works, worthy of silver and gold keys, awards that recognize excellent work in that category of entry. A few artists are fortunate to receive awards of higher honor.

Elena Osawa ’08 and Jessica Sasaki ’08 both won one of the most esteemed awards in the en-tire competition. The most out-

standing works receive the titles American Vision Award Nominee and Regional Gold Key Finalist. This title basically dubs works “best in show.” These two final-

ists, among other Hawaii students, will go on to represent Hawaii in the national judging held in New York. Winners receive national recognition and monetary awards

and scholarships from vari-ous prestigious colleges and art institutes.

Congratulations to all artists and keep up the good work!

Art! Art! Art!

“Give Peace A Chance” by Andrew Takahashi ‘09

Elena Osawa ‘08 with her painting “Cake UFOs.” April Nakamura | Imua ‘Iolani

American Vision NomineesElena Osawa, Gold Key (Mixed Media, Cake UFO’s)Jessica Sasaki, Gold Key (Sculpture, Mona Lisa Bowl)

Group 1 2D Award WinnersKirsten Chock, Gold Key (Mixed Media)Cara Itai, Gold Key (Mixed Media)Cristin Lim, Gold Key (Drawing)Alyssa Fujii, Silver Key (Printmaking)

Group 2 2D Award WinnersTawri Matsushige, Gold Key (Printmaking)Colleen Lundy, Gold Key (Drawing)Aris Suchinroj, 2 Silver Keys (Drawing)Mariya Hayakawa, 2 Gold Keys (Painting)April Nakamura, Gold Key (Painting)Elena Osawa, Gold Key (Painting)

Group 1 3D Award WinnersMichelle Huang, 2 Gold Keys (Design: jew-elry, sculpture)Maile Beal, Gold Key (Sculpture)Erica Butters, 2 Gold Keys (Sculpture)Tulga Tsedev, Gold Key (Sculpture)

Group 2 3D Award WinnersLaheia Usui, Gold Key (Sculpture)Jason Yuasa, Gold Key, Silver Key (Sculpture)Tom Elysse, Gold Key (Sculpture)Julia Horie, Gold Key (Sculpture)Jessica Sasaki, Gold Key (Sculpture)Clay Ozaki-Train, Gold Key (Sculpture)Kainoa Scheer, Silver Key (Sculpture)Kimberlee Souza, 3 Silver Keys (Sculpture)Zoe Petticord, Silver Key (Sculpture)Eve Tang, Silver Key (Sculpture)

Group 2 Photography WinnersAlicia Buntenbah Leong, Gold Key (Photog raphy)Yasmin Kheradpey, Gold Key (Digital Imag-ery)Andrew Takahashi, Gold Key (Photography)Erika Mizokuchi, Gold Key (Digital Imagery)Nash Witten, Gold Key (Digital Imagery)Sean Mizumoto, 2 Gold Keys (Photography)Chad Cachero, Silver Key (Photography)

Portfolio Award WinnersNash Witten, Gold Key (Photography)Sarah Omura, Gold Key (Photography)

Christina trudges to senior benches into door under the steps, which lead down a long flight of stairs into darkness...

More walking down stairs and twisted hallways... More darkness...

Until finally she reaches the command center / secret lounge she and her friends have carved out just above the water table!

Louise lounges on a plush couch while Jim sits, intensely focused on sewing a weirdly humanoid doll in his lap, sewing needle held between his lips. Christina (dropping her stuff on the ground): Uggggh. Lou: Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too, Christi. Christina: What’s the use?Jim: Not again....

Christina (taking the main stage, imaginary spotlight and all): Why do I even try to resist the sickening allure of this wretched day? To ignore its chocolate can-dies? Its prettily-colored cards? I can’t take it anymore!

Jim (holding up his stuffed scarecrow): Finally! Now I can take off early for the 3-day weekend and leave Jim #2 to take my place!

Lou: You’re insane, you know that, don’t you? Jim: It’s Valentine’s Day, cut me some slack.

(Chime and Toll of bells) Lou: Come on Chris, let’s leave Jim to play with his doll.Jim: It’s a strategic decoy!

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Neurotic Christi bemoans the irresistability of Valentine’s Day while Jim devises a new plan to escape the dark confines of `Iolani...

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