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Spring housing shortage unlikely

By Alexandre da SilvaKa Leo Assistant Editor

Student enrollment at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa is shaping up to be the highest for a spring semester in many years, but numbers should still fall below the surge in students that kept several with-out on-campus housing last semester. UH officials are not expecting to see a repeat of last fall’s housing crunch, saying 140 rooms remain vacant with just a day left for students to register for classes. Enrollment figures at UH’s flag-ship campus as of yesterday morning were at 18,965, already an increase over last spring’s mark of 18,448. Final figures won’t be known until at least tomorrow, after today’s registration deadline. UH officials are expecting enroll-ment for the spring to surpass 19,000, about a 3 percent increase over the previous spring semester and one of the highest “in many years,” said UH Manoa spokesman Jim Manke. Last semester, enrollment at UH Manoa topped 20,000 and some 900 students who had applied for student housing found themselves stuck on a waiting list for the university’s 3,000 beds.

Janice Nakashima of student housing services said that although many students were still settling in over the weekend, not everyone decides to stay and some could still change their minds and move out. Manke said full-time registered students may still apply for on-campus housing. He said housing staff have not been able to contact a number of stu-dents who had signed up to dorm but have not shown up since classes resumed last week. “In the first week they find out who’s really going to move in,” Manke said. Even if a housing shortage does not materialize this semester, dormitory demand is likely to increase in the future as enrollment at UH Manoa is forecasted to grow at an average rate of 1.7 percent annually for the next four years. Because of that, UH officials are stressing the need for more dormitories in one of their proposals to the 2005 Legislature, which enters session today. “There’s certainly a housing short-age (at UH Manoa),” said UH Director for Government Relations David Morihara. If passed, UH’s housing proposal would allow the university to tap into other sources of revenue besides room rentals to issue bonds for the renova-tion and even construction of new facilities. The university’s newest dormitory was built in 1978, and deferred mainte-nance among UH’s eight dormitories has amounted to more than $40 mil-lion, Nakashima said. “We are so way behind,” she said,

listing needed maintenance such as reroofing, replacement of aging furni-ture and fixing fire alarms. UH last year did not take a state offer of $31 million in revenue bonds to fix Frear Hall due to fears that rent-als would not be sufficient to repay bond debt. In fiscal year 2002, room rentals brought in about $8.5 million in student housing revenue. Currently the university has no plans to raise room rentals, but Jan Yokota, UH’s director for capital improvement, did not rule out possible

hikes in the future to help pay for dor-mitory renovation or construction of new facilities. Gov. Linda Lingle last week announced plans to present legislators with a proposal that would allow UH to float as much as $250 million in bonds for student housing projects. “If we can have this (bill passed) we can do much more,” Yokota said. The university’s request seeking qualifications from private developers to build or renovate dormitories on campus will expire Friday. Plans,

Yokota said, are to redevelop Frear and Johnson Halls and the International Gateway House so that the three build-ings together may increase accommo-dations from 535 to at least 800. The university will select three to five finalists by Feb. 4 and ask that each developer submit its plans for design, construction, financing and even possible management of student housing. New or renovated buildings are expected to be available some time in 2007, Yokota said.

Iraq’s borders to be sealed for elections

By hannah AllamKnight Ridder Newspapers

(KRT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi offi-cials announced yesterday that they would seal the country's borders, extend a curfew and restrict travel as part of a sweeping plan to protect voters from insurgents trying to dis-rupt the country's first free election in decades. U.S. and Iraqi officials hope the measures help voters overcome their fears and head to the polls Jan. 30 for a substantial turnout that would lend legitimacy to the elections. But insurgents yesterday continued their vicious anti-election campaign. A suicide bombing outside a leading political party's office in Baghdad killed at least two people. There was news that three candi-dates had been assassinated, and television news aired a video show-ing eight Chinese construction work-ers held hostage by masked guerril-las. Also yesterday, gunmen released an Iraqi Catholic archbish-op who was seized Monday in the northern city of Mosul. Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, was unharmed dur-

ing an overnight ordeal the Vatican called "an act of terrorism." American and Iraqi officials said the violence wouldn't delay or derail the parliamentary elections. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission, the body that's orga-nizing the elections, issued a state-ment detailing far-reaching security measures to take effect Jan. 29 to 31. Iraq's borders will be closed except for travelers returning from the hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. There'll be no travel between provinces, and severe restrictions will be placed on vehicle traffic throughout the country. A countrywide nighttime curfew will be imposed for the three days. Iraqis are stockpiling food and water in anticipation of a security crackdown that could paralyze the country on election day. Iraqis are expected to vote at polling places within walking dis-tance of their homes. The commis-sion hasn't made public the locations of polling places or even a full list of the candidates for security reasons. The Shiite Muslim group, Iraq's largest political faction and part of the leading ticket for the elections, has been a target for Sunni Muslim insurgents.

By Jill BonaKa Leo Staff Writer

Editor’s note: These reports were taken form the Campus Security log.

Monday, Jan. 10

6:05 a.m. – A University of Hawai‘i custodian reported the basement of the Agricultural Science building was flooding with three inches of water.

Tuesday, Jan. 11

12:08 p.m. – Someone reported that a man in his 30s was throwing rubbish onto the University High School lawn facing University Avenue.

Wednesday, Jan. 12

2:35 a.m. – Campus Security found several men fighting on Metcalf Street, fronting the fraternity house area.

9:01 p.m. – Hale Noelani staff reported a drunken man on the second floor of Hale Noelani E building. The man was reportedly bothering residents.

9:15 p.m. – A man was acting belliger-ently by Hale Aloha Lehua. The Honolulu Police Department was called and the man was released.

10:02 p.m. – Johnson Hall staff reported an intoxicated man was hitting the

street signs in front of Johnson Hall. HPD was notified and the man was released again at 10:37 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 13

10:40 a.m. – A woman reported that someone stole her purse at Campus Center the day before.

4:25 p.m. – A woman reported she was hit by a vehicle while in a wheelchair at Auxiliary Services. HPD and Emergency Medical Services were notified.

5:41 p.m. – A woman reported that while she was in a restroom stall in the Business Administration building, a man with a mustache was crawling toward her stall. She chased him and he ran towards University Avenue. Campus Security checked the area and the BusAd building, but found nothing. The man was wearing a yellow shirt and black shorts.

9:04 p.m. – A Hale Kahawai hall direc-tor reported a woman was being harassed by an ex-boyfriend.

Friday, Jan. 14

9:41 a.m. – A University of Hawai‘i custodian reported graffiti at Hemenway Hall.

10:49 a.m. – Hale Aloha staff reported

graffiti at Hale Aloha.

2:14 p.m. – A woman reported her lap-top computer was stolen from the Biomedical Science building.

Saturday, Jan. 15

3:04 a.m. –HPD responded to an assault at Hale Noelani E. The victim left for the hospital before Campus Security arrived.

Sunday., Jan. 16

12:01 a.m. – A guard reported an unknown man harassing a cab driver. The man fled to Dole Street towards the Center for Hawaiian Studies.

12:20 a.m. – Hale Aloha ‘Ilima staff reported a man screaming between Hale Aloha Mokihana and the Center for Hawaiian Studies. Campus Security checked the area and found the man in the Manoa stream. When he left the stream, the man was identified and he left via Dole Street.

6:12 p.m. – Campus security found four men fishing in the pond. They were asked to leave and complied.

Mon., Jan. 17

3:15 p.m. – Campus Security gave a verbal warning to a human whose dog was found defecating by Dean Hall.

CampusBeat

2005 Legislative proposals seek

revenue flexibility

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Student enrollment at uhM is expected to top 19,000 for the Spring 2005 semester. despite the 3 percent enrollment increase from last spring, uhM officials do not anticipate a campus housing shortage as occurred in the fall.

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AnnouncementTuition Payment Deadline, Spring 2005

Tuition and fees must be paid in full by Wed., Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. (HST). If full payment is not made by this date, you will have a financial obligation and a hold will be placed on your account. Please refer to the Spring 2005 Schedule of Classes for detailed information. Payment must be received in the Cashier’s Office by 4 p.m. (HST), Jan. 19. Payment can be made with a credit card over the Web by connecting to https://myuh.hawaii.edu. Campus mail and drop off payments are not accepted. Payment can also be made in person at the Cashier’s Office, Student Services Center, first floor, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For students’ convenience, the Cashier’s Office will have extend-ed window service hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 18 and 19.

OpportunitiesPuerto Rican Heritage Society of Hawai‘i Scholarships

The Puerto Rican Heritage Society will offer two annual uni-versity scholarships to outstanding students of Puerto Rican ancestry for the 2005-2006 academic year. All applicants must be Hawai‘i residents and must be a graduat-ing high school senior or a current university student with a cumula-tive grade point average of 3.5 or higher. The deadline for applica-tions is Feb. 15. Application forms can be obtained from any high school career guidance coun-selor’s office or any university student financial and scholarship aid office. Additional information can be obtained from Dr. Austin Dias in Moore Hall #483.Faculty and Staff Tuition

Waivers

Elligible University of Hawai‘i employees (this does not apply to graduate assistants) may enroll in credit courses in the University system and use a Faculty/Staff Tuition Waiver to pay for a maxi-mum of 6 credit hours per semes-ter. Employees must first apply for admission (submit Common Application Form to the Admissions and Records Office) by the appropriate deadline and be admitted before registering for classes. Employees should disregard the scheduled registration time given to them by MyUH Web site since Faculty/Staff Tuition Waivers are valid only for classes during the Late Registration Period Jan. 10 – Jan. 19. Faculty and staff who register before this late registration period will be assessed all applicable tuition and fees. No refunds will be made.

EventsNot Our President!

When: Thurs., Jan. 20, 3 – 6 p.m.Where: State Capitol A counter-inauguration rally initiated by Not In Our Name! For more information call 534-2255 or e-mail nionhawaii@yahoo.com.

UHM Tsunami Relief Fundraiser

When: Jan. 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.Where: Campus Center

ExhibitionsFaculty Art Exhibition

When: Jan. 16 – Feb. 11, Monday – Friday 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Where: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Art GalleryCost: Admission is free, but dona-

tions are appreciated. Works by fine-art faculty from the Department of Art and Art History will be on display.

Living Harmony “Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World”

When: Jan. 15—30, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Where: Honolulu Hale Courtyard An exhibit by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition will be on display. The reception will be held Friday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m.

LecturesMaking Small Groups Work

When: Sat., Jan. 22, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Where: New Hope Leeward, 94-050 Farrington Hwy. A1, Waipahu, Hawai‘iCost: $30 for individuals or $35 for couples International Speaker and best-selling author Dr. Henry Cloud will give a one-day conference on how to make small groups work. Cloud, the author of best-selling series “Boundaries,” aim to help participants discover God’s sur-prising plan for growth. He will encourage you to take your Christian life to the next level and discover God’s blessings in ways you never imagined. For more information call 678-3778 or log on to www.newhopeleeward.org.

Winter Institute for Black Studies

When: Jan. 18, 9 a.m. through Jan. 19, 10 p.m.

Where: East-West Center, Imin Conference Center The Inaugural Winter institute presented by the UH Faculty of African Descent presents “Lifestyle Changes – Keys to Reducing Health Disparities Among People of Color.” The speaker will be Dr. Terry Shintani, physician at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and creator of the Shintani Diet.

Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute Seminar Series

When: Thurs. Jan. 20, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.Where: POST 723 In this talk a number of inte-grated approaches towards the production and utilization of bio-hydrogen and bioenergy will be addressed.

Films“Berkeley in the Sixties”

When: Today, 7 – 9 p.m.Where: St. John Auditorium, room 11 The sixties comes to life in this film that captures the decade’s events – the Free Speech Movement, Civil Rights marches, anti-war protests, Black Panthers – in all their immediacy and pas-sion. Part of the UH Political Film Series.

"I will, I do, we did” Film Screening

When: Thurs., Jan. 20, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.Where: Architecture AuditoriumCost: $5 general, $3 student Director Roland Joseph Torres

presents his film about the same gender marriages in San Francisco in Feb. 2004.

ConcertsLouis Hayes and the Cannonball Legacy Band

When: Fri., Jan. 21Where: Orvis AuditoriumCost: visit etickethawaii.com, call 944-2697 or visit any UH ticket outlet. Join Louis Hayes, an authentic architect of post-bop swing and an encyclopedia of post-bop modern jazz, presents a tribute to the late great Cannonball Adderley.

The Cypress String Quartet

When: Sun., Jan. 23, 4 – 6 p.m.Where: Orvis AuditoriumCost: visit etickethawaii.com, call 944-2697 or visit any UH ticket outlet. The Honolulu Chamber Music Series presents the Cypress String Quartet. The Quartet has made regular appearances on National Public Radio and has been fea-tured in “Chamber Music Magazine.”

“Pilobolus”

When: Jan. 21-22, 8 p.m.Where: Hawai‘i TheatreCost: $25-45 “Pilobolus” is a presentation of modern dance by Ballet Hawai‘i. Discounts for students, seniors and military will be available at the Hawai‘i Theatre Box Office, 1130 Bethel Street. For more informa-tion call 528-0506 or log on to www.hawaiitheatre.com.

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supporters come to share the hair

The senior class president was the first to cut her hair on Saturday, and hoped the act would set a positive precedent. She was followed by a group of girls who had requested Mijo hold the drive after their Winter Ball. They wanted their dance pictures to be taken with long hair, but were willing to snip away once the Ball had passed. A little girl grinned as she hopped up onto the chair to be outfitted with a smock and a new, shorter hairdo. “It’s just amazing,” said Mijo, in response to the outpouring of generosity she witnessed as a result of her hard work. “It reaffirms your faith in peo-ple,” Branyan said. Branyan is convinced that most people want to give of themselves, but do not know where to begin. Provide people an opportunity to give, she thinks, and they will. Two boxes full of long ponytails in Ziplock bags attested to Branyan’s faith in the goodwill of people. I thanked Kori Mijo as I pre-pared to leave. She smiled. The charismatic, dark-haired student planned to be the last one to get her hair cut on Saturday. I was certain Mijo would give her hair with the same nonchalant grace with which she gave her incredi-bly successful event. If you missed the Locks of Love hair drive on Saturday, but have 10 inches of healthy hair that you would like to donate to children with medical hair loss, check out www.locksoflove.org to learn how to contribute to this worthy organization.

By Nina BuckKa Leo Contributing Writer

Students at Maryknoll High School are required to do a final senior project involving research or community service on some-thing they feel passionate about. Projects include everything from pinhole camera photography to the reproduction of a handmade, seven layered kimono. For her final project at Maryknoll High, senior Kori Mijo decided to cut her hair. Then, she decided to get a lot more people to cut their hair, too. Inspired by the suggestion of a friend and eager to use her senior project in the service of others, Mijo decided to organize and host a “Locks of Love hair drive.” Locks of Love is a nonprofit orga-nization dedicated to providing hairpieces to financially disadvan-taged children with medical hair loss. Such hair loss can result from severe burns, cancer radia-tion treatment, ectodermal dyspla-sia and alopecia areata. Locks of Love believes that providing hair-pieces helps to ease social dis-comforts in these children. Their brochure explains, “providing a hairpiece can help restore some of the normalcy to their everyday lives that most of us take for granted.” When I arrived at Maryknoll High School on Saturday morning to get my hair cut, there were news cameras rolling, eight hair stylists clipping, two guys playing music, and men and women of all ages gathered to eat, drink and donate their ponytails. I was greeted and welcomed by Kori Mijo herself. She seemed delight-ed by the response. In addition to a list of spon-sors, she was heartened by her family’s support. Her mom had been up since five in the morning making spam musubis. Her grand-ma made salads. Volunteers directed traffic and manned the tables. All the stylists donated their time, and forty or fifty peo-ple had already given their hair. “It’s been steady all morning,” said Mijo’s advisor, Angie Branyan.

academy showcases uH students’ films

By Julia WietingKa Leo Staff Writer

Seven student films from the University of Hawai‘i Academy of Creative Media will have their showings at the Doris Duke Theater at the Honolulu Academy of Arts during January and February. The short films, which premiered at the 2004 Honolulu International Film Festival, will be shown prior to regularly-scheduled feature films. Both documentaries and feature films are included in the ACM contin-gent, showcasing the best of Hawai‘i’s new directorial talent. Tickets are available from the Doris Duke Theater’s box office on the day of screening, $5 gener-al and $3 members, located in the Academy of Arts’ main entrance at 900 South Beretania St. Tickets may also be picked up at the the-ater door a half-hour before showtime. The theater is located behind the Academy on Kinau Street. According to ACM associate chairman, Tom Brislin, this is an opportunity “for ACM students’

work to join the artistic and cul-tural heritage of Hawai‘i in the center of the arts community.” The Doris Duke film curator Konrad Ng feels that “the short film is a visual art form that encourages the economy of the moving image; short films are always provocative, thoughtful and above all else entertaining.” Kaliko Palmiera’s Audience Award-winning documentary on local musician Steve Ma‘i‘i played from Jan. 10 through 13.

Jan. 15 - 19“dniweR,” by Seong Whang, is a story about a man who has to learn to live with special powers while helping others.

Jan. 20 - 25“The Learning Process,” by Chrystal Jameson, is a documen-tary on a teacher-in-training in the Hawai‘i public school system.

Jan. 26 - 31“Still,” by Jay Hubert, is a story about a photographer who must deal with the residue of a past affair.

Feb. 10 - 14“Gemini’s Effect,” by Andrew Gregor, is reminiscent of Japanese horror films and tells the story of a doctor haunted by a wayward spirit.

Feb. 16 - 21“Game’s Over,” by Andrew Ma tells the story of a career thug facing a turning point in his life.

Feb. 25 - March 2“The Tale of Haiku Jones,” by Kevin Inouye, follows the mas-tery of slam poet Haiku Jones, a candidate at the 2005 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. It is the final short film to be showcased.

Future collaboration between the Honolulu Academy of Arts and the ACM is a bright possibili-ty. “We look forward to a long partnership with the Honolulu Academy of Arts to bring Hawai‘i stories to the screen by talented young Hawai‘i filmmakers,” said ACM Chairman Chris Lee.

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“Where is the Shame?”

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Iraqi families wait behind the fence outside the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, Iraq, trying to get a pos-sible appointment for a visit with their relatives.

“It was a job. He did the job. Should he be remorseful for doing a job?” Those were the words given in a recent CNN interview by the parents of Private Charles Graner, the army reservist convicted in mil-itary court in connection with the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib. One might naturally expect the parents of a man in such a situation to be defensive of their child. When I saw the TV interview, though, and watched as Graner’s parents poured the blame on everyone besides their son, I found myself almost as appalled and disgusted as I was when I found out about the atroci-ties themselves. In that interview, Graner’s par-ents spouted excuses instead of apologies for their son’s behavior. Why would they think about apolo-gizing? They don’t even think he did anything wrong. They believe he was simply following orders, and that he would have been on trial anyway if he hadn’t followed them. But therein lies the problem: soldiers are not automatons. They are not mindless killing machines;

they are not unconscious imple-ments of torture; they are not just carbon-based components at the trigger-ends of their guns. They are human beings with brains and hearts and feelings just like the rest of us. To say that soldiers are sim-ply to follow orders — like autom-atons or robots — is dehumanizing to all of our country’s men and women in uniform. I firmly believe that — bad apples like Graner excluded — the members of our armed forces fol-low orders as they are trained to do because they believe the orders to be right and moral. Do people like Graner’s parents, then, truly con-sider our servicemen and women to be less than human? That they are incapable of rational or moral thought, that they are too dumb and stupid to make decisions on their own? Where is the shame, Mr. and Mrs. Graner? The ability to think and make decisions is a critical part of what makes us human, and Graner is no exception. Supposing that Graner was ordered to perform those acts of torture — and much evidence is being gathered to support this claim — it still does not absolve him of responsibility because he per-formed the acts and encouraged others to do so as well. He, like the others involved in Abu Ghraib, had to make a choice. Each choice had certain consequences, and assum-

ing that he was acting more or less like an adult about it — which is giving him more credit than he deserves at this point — he would have considered the consequences of each one. He could have chosen his so-called “Christian high ground” by refusing to commit these acts. He could have refused to commit the abuse. He could have been the one to say, “that order doesn’t make any sense.” He could have been the one to say no because he thought that what he was doing was wrong and shameful. But he didn’t say no. Apparently he didn’t feel enough shame in committing those crimes to justify saying no to them. Being court-martialed for leading the Abu Ghraib torture is more shameful to him and his family than the pros-pect of being court-martialed for refusing to follow orders, but we, the American public, aren’t seeing it. Where is the shame, Graner? It gets even worse, though. Suppose that Graner was not only ordered to commit those acts, but that he was also terribly mortified by having to commit them (under duress comparable to that which the detainees were facing) as a result of his Christian upbringing. One would think that, had he felt any shame about committing those acts of torture, he would have kept them from everyone he could in an effort to save his reputation as an upstand-ing moral citizen. Yet he did just the opposite, joining the other guards in taking numerous photos of naked, beaten and humiliated detainees. He even sent the photos, with disturbingly casual e-mail messages, to his family and friends, describing punching a detainee as simply “an upper body workout,” and attaching a photo of a beaten and bleeding detainee to an e-mail entitled, “Just another dull night at work.”

His parents can sob and cry over Graner’s so-called scapegoat-ing all they like but it must be dif-ficult for them to defend a man who has so neatly and thoroughly docu-mented the evidence of his own atrocities. Graner’s actions are not the behavior of a man who feels that he has done anything wrong. This is the behavior of a man who feels quite the opposite of shame, taking a sadistic pride in admitting his

own brutality. But Graner did ulti-mately take some responsibility for what he did. When asked if he had any regrets after his conviction, he replied, “I was a soldier. If I did anything wrong, here I am,” hold-ing up his cuffed wrists to illustrate his point. Graner’s parents, however, are completely shameless and an insult to the families of military service-members across the country. Blinded by their bloodline, they

have shown the American public how utterly myopic they are when presented with their son as he really is: a cruel and sadistic torturer who took great pride in a job well done. If he was ordered to do so, that was, in fact, the “job” Graner’s father referred to in his interview. If he wasn’t ordered to do so, that would be even worse. Unable to see the truth — that responsibility for these crimes cannot be shrugged off at any level of their conception —

they continue to view their son as a victim while turning a blind eye to those he has victimized. I ask again, where is the shame, Mr. and Mrs. Graner? If you can honestly look at your son in those photos of tortured Iraqi detainees and say that you are proud of what he has done, then perhaps it is we, the American people, who should be ashamed of you.

Saif Mahmoud Shaker describes how U.S. sol-diers hit him in the kidney with the butt of the rifle when they arrested him, causing him to urinate blood.He claims that he was abused while at Abu Ghraib prison. Shaker was released in March while his twin brother, also arrested, is still in another prison.

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Christopher MikesellKa Leo Opinions Editor

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Scott Peterson: guilty until proven innocent

Cartoon by Mike Gowdy

EditorialCartoon

“Two words,” my mother said, waving two fingers at me as we parted at the airport this past Christmas, “Laci Peterson.” No matter how much she claims to trust and adore my boyfriend, the maternal defenses are always working. Who can blame her? When the ultimate all-American couple is turned inside out to expose a cheating, lying husband and a missing wife, we uncon-sciously question relationships and partners more thoroughly. The couple, infamous Scott Peterson and Laci Peterson, had it all: Crest-model smiles, oodles of love and a solid stake in the fertilizer industry. It is incredible to watch an entire family sink into the quick-sand of time in such an unfortu-nate manner. Now Californians face having tax dollars spent supporting Peterson while he waits for execu-tion day, a wait that could last the rest of his life due to the backlog of other condemned convicts and the inevitable appeals. Since we have a good number of years to cool our heels, maybe we should now think about that little phrase, “circumstantial evidence.” So, using “circumstantial evi-dence” — a buzz phrase for “using our deductive reasoning to come up with a commonly appreciated conclusion” — we convicted a man to a date with the lethal nee-dle. Fair? Sure, if the bastard did it. However, since we still lack direct and undeniable evidence, such a conviction is not absolutely certain. I was in the bank when the verdict “guilty” came in. CNN blared the wonderful news and strangers grinned at each other, “thank god, justice at last! RIP Laci! We let O.J. off, but this time, we nailed the scumbag!” The only small problem is, we didn’t. No one can say they saw Peterson kill his wife, no one can say that a man who will lie and cheat will always kill his wife, and no one can say that a man who refuses to cry on camera is neces-sarily a cold-blooded killer. However, we did say such things. Mass media interrogated Amber Frey, single mother and “massage therapist” (did she really expect us to believe that one?), then they tore apart Peterson’s home for naughty pictures of the illicit couple, and with Fox News once more leading us pigeons on to enlightenment, we conclude Peterson is Laci’s and Conner’s killer. Thus I wonder, what changed about us that we are so eager to convict now and not in 1995 dur-ing the trial of O.J Simpson, who had “guilty” stamped across his golf clubs. Why are we so ready to blame and convict Peterson?

Could Bush’s tough cowboy talk have so thoroughly penetrated our common sense? “Dead or alive,” “hunt ‘em down,” “bring ‘em in.” Those are phrases that we adopt, phrases building a psycho-logical defense on quicksand. How closely do we follow them? Osama slipped through our fingers, and now we’re sure as hell not going to make the same mistake again. The media built Peterson’s image from a neglectful husband to the ultimate evil in man, and look how quickly we responded, forming half-baked theories and opinions. We forced the judge et al to interview thousands of potential jurors before the plausible 24 could be found. In the spirit of curiosity I began to question my friends, rela-tions and acquaintances on their opinion of Peterson’s guilt. Many believed he had been rightfully convicted, though some could not provide valid reasoning, leaving their emphatic agreement on the conviction trailing with a “they proved it, didn’t they?” No, they didn’t “prove” any-thing. The prosecutor demonstrat-ed the likelihood, but could not provide that final link, a link which could have meant life over death for Peterson. Yet he was still con-demned to death. I’ve lost count of how many articles I have read in which innocence was proven too late. Still today, in “modern” America, we retain the right to end another’s life, even with only cir-cumstantial evidence. The evidence against Peterson is strong and, from some view-

points, indisputable. However, the evidence that Saddam Hussein harbored “Weapons of Mass Destruction” was indisputable and just half a century ago it was indisputable that fascism was a “valid” form of government. Still the question remains: Who goes fishing all alone on Christmas Eve, anyway?

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have the whole season to improve for the postseason,” said Leoni. The Warriors start the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation season tonight and Friday as they play a pair of matches against No. 6 Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center.

UH moves up in polls

Even though the alumni match did not count toward their record, the Warriors moved up in the national polls after a few of the top teams faltered last week.

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The University of Hawai‘i men’s tennis team recorded a loss against No. 49 Oregon to finish its three-match home-stand on Friday at the UH tennis complex. The loss puts the Rainbow Warriors at 1-4 with three of their losses coming against ranked teams during the past week. In doubles, Bryon Weinberg and Chad Faulk pulled their match into overtime with Oregon’s Sven Swinnen and Arron Spencer, but was unable to pull off the win 9-7. Dalibor Ptak and Derrick Lajola played another close match against Thomas Bieri and Markus Schiller 8-6. In singles competition Weinberg shut out Manuel Kost 6-0 in the first set of their match but Kost rallied and won the next two sets 6-2, 6-1. Oregon’s Chad Wilson edged Faulk 7-5, 7-6 to take third with Swinnen and Kost taking first and second respectively. The Rainbow Warriors host Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne, at the UH Tennis Complex on Feb. 4. Meanwhile, the University of Hawai‘i women’s tennis team took a 6-1 loss in the spring opener to No. 33 Illinois Sunday afternoon at the UH Tennis Complex. Senior Kimberly Curtis was the lone Rainbow Wahine to win her singles match with a victory over Anastasia Sokolva 7-6, 6-0. The Rainbow Wahine take the court again on Feb. 4 facing off against No. 17 California.

Warriors, Wahine, tennis teams fall

Senior Dalibor Ptak, who hails from the Czech Republic, rips a

backhand against

Oregon. Ptak finished sec-

ond in singles victories last

year, posting a 10-12 record.

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Volleyball: Warriors up two spots in national poll

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Four-time All-American Costas Theocharidis spikes a ball past current Warrior Matt Bender for one of his 16 kills for the alumni on Friday.

lady Techsters beat ‘Bows, again

room; however, when the second half started the Lady Techsters outscored UH 36-20 to take their 14th straight win over the Rainbow Wahine. Amy Sanders led the team with 11 points, with Janevia Taylor following close behind with 10. Jade Abele logged her second-straight double-double with 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. La. Tech held UH to just 27 percent shooting in the second half. The Rainbow Wahine return home for a pair of games starting tomorrow against Texas-El Paso at 7 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center. They then take on Boise State on Saturday.

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The Rainbow Wahine played a close game against Louisiana Tech on Saturday night at the Thomas Assembly Center, but in the end the Lady Techsters defended their home court and beat the University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team 68-54. Hawai‘i (6-6, 2-3 Western Athletic Conference) led by as much as 10 in the first half and took a slight 34-32 lead against La. Tech heading into the locker

Hawai‘i moved up from No. 6 to No. 4 in the latest USA Today/CSTV Coaches Top 15 Poll released yesterday. The Warriors also moved from No. 5 to No. 3 in the latest Volleyball Magazine Top 10 Poll. Last week’s No. 1 team in both polls, Brigham Young, was upset by California Baptist out of the NAIA at home in five games on Friday. California Baptist made it tough for UCLA, but the Bruins were able to win five games, keeping their record unblemished at 5-0. The Bruins occupy the No. 1 spot in both polls, garnering 14 of the 16 first-place votes in the coaches poll.

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With the score tied near the end of regulation, Wayne Powell’s putback off a missed jumper lifted Louisiana Tech over the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors last Saturday night, 61-59. Senior guard Donnell Allick led the visiting Bulldogs (7-8, 2-4 WAC) with 22 points and 10-for-14 shooting from the field. It was Hawai‘i’s first home loss of the season. Despite the final outcome, Warrior reserve guard Jake Sottos led the UH men’s basketball team with a career-high 20 points and shot an impressive 6-for-12 from outside the arc, dou-bling his three-point performance from Thursday night’s game against the Mustangs (8-6, 3-3 WAC). Attempting to end their dismal four-game skid, the Bulldogs frustrat-ed the Warriors with a zone defense, forcing Hawai‘i guards to shoot from outside the paint. The Warriors shot just 32 percent (8-of-25) from beyond the arc and 42 percent overall. “When they’re coming with a zone, we become a perimeter shoot-ing team,” said Hawai‘i coach Riley Wallace. “That’s not where we’re really good at.”

“We knew they were going to play zone,” Sottos said. “But we didn’t expect to see it the whole game. (The zone) bugged us a little as far as get-ting into the flow of the game (and) doing what we wanted to do.” The Warriors were also out-re-bounded 36-to-29, due largely in part to the dominant presence of Paul Milsap, who scored 10 points and had a game-high 14 rebounds. Hawai‘i center Chris Botez finished with nine rebounds. “Our defense wasn’t anywhere near what it was, and our rebounding, which is an extension of our defense, wasn’t there,” Wallace said. “We (got) out-rebounded by a shorter team; we (got) out-worked by a quicker team ... they got too many second chance points off the boards.” This was certainly not the case in last Thursday night’s game. The Warriors topped the visiting Southern Methodist University Mustangs 71-59. By halftime, Hawai‘i surged to a 23-point lead against SMU and was shooting almost 60 percent from the field. Senior guard Sottos again led the charge with 17 points. Matt Gibson added 14 points and reserve forward Jeff Blackett added 13. The Warriors also crashed the boards and out-rebounded SMU 40-to-33. Julian Sensley had a team-high nine rebounds. Botez finished the game with eight boards. But with a combination of poor shooting and SMU switching from man to zone defense, the Warriors offense struggled immensely in the

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Warriors rope Mustangs 71-59

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rainbow Chris Botez, left, works against SMU defender Eric Castro during the first half of Thursday’s game against the Mustangs. The rainbow Warriors won 71-59.

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Senior guard Jake Sottos scored a career-high 20 points, including a career night from beyond the 3-point arc, going 6-of-12, in the rainbow Warriors’ 61-59 loss to louisiana Tech Saturday night..

second half, shooting just 27 percent from the field (8-for-29). But with help from Sottos, Hawai‘i was able to sustain the lead and squelch a Mustang comeback. “Jake (Sottos) hit some big shots,” said Gibson. “We had a really, really ugly second half, and the only part that I could say was good about it was Jake.” “He’s the one that kept us ahead in the second half,” added Gibson. “Sottos came off and showed us what he’s worth.” Hawai‘i travels to El Paso, Texas, to play the UTEP Miners (14-3, 4-1 WAC) Thursday night. The ‘Bows, winless in conference on the road, then travel to Boise State (7-9, 1-4 WAC) to play the Broncos Saturday.

youth prevails in UH alumni match By Magdiel Vilchez

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A crowd of 2,110 filled the Stan Sheriff Center on Friday, creating a palette of green, white and classic rainbow attire. While the younger fanatics’ applause was directed toward 6-foot-3 Matt Bender, the uproars of cheers were equally bal-anced as former University of Hawai‘i record holder Costas Theocharidis slammed the ball with such barbaric tenacity that it escaped the court and fell into a field of fans. But in all its competitiveness, the annual UH men’s volleyball alumni match proved to be one of laughter and fun-filled entertain-ment. “Everyone that came here had fun,” said Warrior outside hitter Pedro Azenha. Indeed, the varsity players had much to be happy about as they swept the alumni 32-20, 30-24, 30-27, led by outside hitter Bender’s 10 kills. “They (the alumni) were more tricky than we’re used to,” said Azenha, who finished the night with nine kills. The alumni gave the current squad a hard time with Theocharidis putting down 16 kills alongside Warrior assistant coach Aaron

Wilton, who had six kills. Other alumni included soap opera star and former model Jason Olive and Kalaheo varsity boys’ volleyball coach Sivan Leoni. “(The alumni game is) some-thing we always look forward to,” said Leoni, who wore his vibrantly-colored trademark yellow and black striped headband. “It’s the biggest game, I mean, it’s the only game of the season.” Volleyball, however, has not left Leoni’s routine. A member of the squad that fell to UCLA in the NCAA championship match in 1996, Leoni is a member of another championship team. This past sea-son, he coached the Kalaheo boys volleyball team to an O‘ahu Interscholastic Association champi-onship. “It’s unreal. It’s a great feeling to be back. The fans, just the place, it has a great vibe,” Leoni said. Always a fan-favorite, Leoni drew grunts as he served in the match, a routine that has not faded since he left the program in 1998. As Leoni’s future continues to look even brighter, Leoni’s thoughts on the 2005 UH men’s volleyball team’s future seems just as vivid. “I definitely give them a good chance. They’re very good. They

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