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Monday, Feb. 5

7:10 a.m. – A man complained to Campus Security about a cart that cut him off on O‘ahu Avenue and Walu Way. He filed a report.

8:49 a.m. – A student reported that his mo-ped was stolen from the Architecture building parking lot.

Tuesday, Feb. 6

2:27 a.m. – Campus Security found two women and a man in the 2nd floor lounge of the POST building.

11:05 p.m. – A man in a white four-door sedan tried to force a woman into his car on Kamehameha Avenue near College Hill. He sped away after another vehicle approached. The suspect was described as a local man in his late 30s with dark hair wearing a white shirt. He was approximately 5’4”. Anyone with information is asked to call Campus Security at 956-6911.

11:29 p.m. – A domestic dispute in the Hale Lehua parking lot was reported by an RA. Campus Security checked on the couple who left campus together.

Wednesday, Feb. 7

11:27 a.m. – Campus Security found a naked man in the men’s bathroom in the Art Building. He had been washing his clothes.

Thursday, Feb. 8

10:17 a.m. – A bag of marijuana was found in the Hale ‘Ilima lobby. It was turned over to Campus Security and destroyed.

8:10 p.m. – Someone reported that a man in a white van was act-ing strange and wearing a mask in the parking structure. Campus Security located the man who was wearing an oxygen respirator. He denied acting strange.

Friday, Feb. 9

8:28 a.m. – A Freeman Guard reported that a car ran over his foot while he was on the lower campus. There was no injury.

7:01 p.m. – Hale ‘Ilima staff requested Campus Security’s help with banning two students from the dorm.

CampusBeat

Heart-to-Heart Day gives back to community

Pedestrian accidents in Hawai‘i reach record high

By Jeff MokowitzThe Daily Free Press, Boston U. & Ka Leo News Desk

On Monday, three pedestrians were hit on O‘ahu within a span of eight hours according to both the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser. New York lawmakers hope to address this problem by banning iPods while in the crosswalk. With pedestrian fatalities averaging 32 pedestrians a year in Hawai‘i, O‘ahu roadways have already claimed the lives of six individuals in 2007. AARP has stat-ed that, “Hawai‘i is one of the most dangerous places in the nation to be a pedestrian.” The Honolulu Police Department said that Hawai‘i has the fourth highest fatality rate in the nation. In 2006 alone, 36 pedestrian fatalities were reported in the state. HPD announced Feb. 9 its new pedestrian and traffic safety initia-tive aimed to reduce the injuries and fatalities on Hawaii’s roadways. Although none of Monday’s accidents resulted in the death of a pedestrian, each individual had to receive medical attention. More than 600 pedestrians receive medical treatment a year for non-fatal injuries in Hawai‘i, according to AARP. Elderly pedes-trians above the age of 65 are at the greatest risk of injury. The AARP released a list of the 50 most dangerous crosswalks in Hawai‘i and rated individual intersections based on the “need for improvements in their pedestrian

Safety Tips for Pedestrians:

4Always cross within marked crosswalks or at street corners.

4Yield to any approaching vehicles while crossing even if you have the right of way. Oncoming vehicles may reach you faster than you anticipate.

4Walk across the street, never run.

4Cross the street only when the green “Walk” light is on. Do not begin crossing if the red “Don’t Walk” or upraised hand is flashing or steady.

4Be especially careful of vehicles that may turn right on red or turn left at an intersection. Drivers may be busy looking out for other vehicles instead of pedestrians.

4If buses or other large vehicles are blocking your view, wait for them to pass before crossing. These vehicles may also be blocking the view of drivers in the other lanes.

Information provided by the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division

experts and music lovers in the region with his proposal to fine pedestrians for using MP3 players, Game Boys, cell phones and other electronic devices while in cross-walks. “The use of electronic devices while crossing the street poses a threat to the public safety of pedestrians and motorists,” Kruger said in a letter to the New York Legislature, as reported by the New York Times. “It is impossible to be fully aware of one’s own sur-roundings when occupied in using an electronic device.”See Beat, page 2

Students cross Dole Street at a crosswalk near the School of Law. According to AARP statis-tics, about 600 people in Hawai‘i are involved in non-fatal pedes-trian accidents annually.

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environments.” O‘ahu intersections and roadways made the top three list:

- Farrington Highway near Wai‘anae High- Kamehameha Highway at the Senior Residence Kāne‘ohe- Ke‘eamoku Street and Kapi‘olani Street near Ala Moana

The report also said that more than a third of the crosswalks did not allow enough time for people with normal physical abilities to cross, while half of the crosswalks evaluated demonstrated signals too short for those with physical dis-abilities. Jaywalking, or crossing the street outside of a crosswalk, is practiced by individuals who are in a rush or think they can cross before an approaching car reaches them according to HPD’s Web site and is punishable by a fine of $70. Although physical disabilities and misinterpretations between a driver and a pedestrian can be haz-ardous when crossing a street, lack of attention can be just as danger-ous. HPD recommends that pedes-trians yield to approaching vehicles even if they have the right of way as, oftentimes, drivers do not see a pedestrian. Inattentiveness at an intersec-tion or road may become a basis for an accident in Hawai‘i, but for New Yorkers, it could also cost them $100. In an article, “N.Y. legislation may mute iPods in crosswalk”, writ-ten by Jeff Moskowitz, of The Daily Free Press at Boston University, crossing the street while wearing headphones could cost citizens in New York the price of a new iPod Shuffle if a Brooklyn lawmaker has his way. New York State Sen. Carl Kruger is attracting the anger of first amendment activists, law

NY legislation may mute iPods

in crosswalks

By Ashley MonfortKa Leo Staff Reporter

Valentine’s Day wasn’t just for cupids and chocolates but was a chance for some students and faculty to give back to the commu-nity. At Campus Center, senior L. Kawailani Ono took out 100 boxes of crayons from her blue backpack. The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, Finance and Operations was heading a project to collect school supplies for 200 homeless children in the Wai‘anae shelter. “It all comes back to being pono – being balanced,” Ono said. “You have to be able to take the blessings you have, and you have to share it with others who are not as blessed.” Coordinator and Vice Chancellor Kathy Cutshaw said the response to the project has been positive, with backpacks, crayons, pencils and folders being donated. She said the things they wanted most were children’s books. Cutshaw’s was one of the 36 volunteer groups spread through-out O‘ahu participating in the first Heart-to-Heart Day. It was part of UHM’s Centennial Celebration to show the community its gratitude by volunteering time, money or supplies. In the surrounding neighbor-hoods, the members of the UHM Office of the Chancellor picked up trash. In one hour they filled two large bags with garbage. “I think it’s important for the university to show the neighbor-hoods we can be a good neighbor,” said Vice Chancellor for Students Francisco Hernandez. “Valentine’s Day seemed a good day to show this is something from the heart to show we care,” interim Chancellor Denise Eby Konan said. School administrators hope that Heart-to-Heart Day will be a continuing university tradition.

Neighborhoods cleaned, school

supplies donated

For a video webcast of students and faculty in action during UHM’s first Heart-to-Heart Day, visit our sister Web site:http://www.kalamakua.org

Saturday, Feb. 10

1:20 a.m. – A caller reported that two men were yelling at cars on Dole Street. Campus Security found the men. One man was drunk, and his brother was trying to help him get home.

Sunday, Feb. 11

12:01 a.m. – A caller reported seeing three men carrying what appeared to be a gun sticking out of a tennis racket bag. Campus Security was unable to find any-one fitting the description.

5:30 a.m. – A 6-foot-tall man was seen walking down the Hale Wainani stairs toward the baseball stadium. The caller said the man appeared agitated. HPD searched for the man but did not find him.

6:35 p.m. – Campus Security found a man breaking tree branches near the Beau Press building. He said he was picking breadfruit. He was asked to leave.

Campus Beat Podcast available at http://www.kalamakua.org

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Marine biology senior Sam Apuna and marketing junior Matt Fredeluces dressed as cupids on Valentine’s Day and shot random students with their rubber-tipped arrows. When asked why they thought of such a stunt, Fredeluces said, “We just want to put a smile on peoples’ faces!”

Campus CupidsBy Austin BunagKa Leo Staff Reporter

The Dalai Lama, said to be the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, will visit Maui this April, and stu-dents at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa will prepare for his arrival. Students for a Free Tibet, a student organization at UHM, is one of more than 650 free Tibet grassroots organizations worldwide and the only one in Hawai‘i. Tibet and China have long disputed sov-ereignty over Tibet, disagreeing over when Tibet joined China and over the legitimacy of the claim. The Dalai Lama was forced to flee Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 with his exiled government based in China. A free movie documenting a Buddhist cer-emony and featuring the Dalai Lama, “Wheel of Time,” will be playing next Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Architecture Auditorium, room 205. Tibet fears that China’s dominance will subdue Tibet’s culture and population by encouraging Han Chinese to populate Tibet. However, China claims that the theocracy of Tibet was basically a serfdom and support from the West in the past was intended to break up China. Nevertheless, many feel sympathetic toward Tibet, arguing that Tibet should be free from China and allowed self-rule. The Dalai Lama merely wants true autono-

my from China. Frequent reports of human rights violations in Tibet cause protests from organiza-tions and occasionally from governments. Currently, no country in the world rec-ognizes Tibet or the gov-ernment of Tibet in exile diplomatically. Because of this, those pushing for Tibet’s freedom face an uphill climb against China’s hegemony. However, vari-ous organizations around the world write letters

and petitions to China. China dislikes the atten-tion from these letters and has released political prisoners because of this. Maybe someday, these organizations’ campaigns will aid in Tibet’s independence or autonomy. Students can view the progress of these campaigns at the Web site, http://students-forafreetibet.org. Love Chance, the founder of the Students for a Free Tibet, said that Tibetan exchange students and students of Tibetan origin feel gratified when they are allowed to talk about where they came from and their culture without being persecuted. The group helps raise aware-ness of Tibet and shows the Tibetan flag, which is outlawed in China. Students for a Free Tibet will have a table set up in Campus Center this week. The group wants to reach out to students and to change the mentality that there is nothing students can do. Students interested in the group can call Chance at 282-9084 for more information.

Students Campaign for a Free Tibet

COURTESY PHOTO• StudentSForaFreetibet .org

Followers show pictures of “His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.”

By Nick McEvoyKa Leo Staff Reporter

After pushing my way through the Bob mob in order to get my ticket, I was finally on the inside of the third annual Bob Fest at the Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park in Kapolei, held last Friday. The Bob Fest is held yearly to celebrate Robert Nesta Marley’s birthday. I am a rather big fan of live music, and I like to con-sider myself a person who knows a decent amount about music and concerts in general. The one thing I love about a show is the large crowd. Mingling in a giant crowd with random people who are all there for the same reasons, I escape from reality and get down and boogie. For the most part, the crowd was groovin’ and enjoying the evening. Once inside the gates I felt as though I was at a real festi-val; not that the Bob Fest isn’t a real festival, but when I hear the word “festival” I think of camping in a field for a weekend under the stars. Anyhow, I liked the ambiance of the water park. It had a fairground feel to it, yet it was filled with live music all evening. As I headed up the walk-way, the air was filled with what sounded like a commotion, but was really the culmination of four different acts playing simul-taneously. There were so many people going in all directions that it reminded me of a show that had just gotten out; everyone is

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Bob Fest comes to Hawaii’s shores

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Grammy Award winner Ms. Lauryn Hill performs as one of the many artists at Friday night's Bob Fest 2007. Thousands of fans gathered at Honolulu Waters Adventure Park to celebrate Bob Marley's birthday.

in high spirits, charged up from a killer encore. But no, the show was just beginning for me – due to traffic and horrible parking, I arrived late. Walking through the maze of dancers, chillers and smokers, I made my way to the ground level drained out pool stage. I stood down in front of the soundboard and watched the pool gradually fill with people. The people came from all directions, climbing up and over the walls and through the bushes. It was like an attack on the stage with people appear-ing from the darkness, like Kevin Costner’s “neighbors” appeared from the cornfield in the film, “Field of Dreams.” Around 1:15 a.m. I decided it was time to make my stage dive for the front. I crept around the left side and settled in about 10 rows back, and it was there where 8,000 people, including myself, awaited “L Boogie” her-self, Ms. Lauryn Hill. Anticipation was the word to describe the wait for Hill to come out, but that changed after it took her nearly 90 minutes to come out on stage. In the meantime, we all had to endure the annoying “enter-tainers” – the guys kept kill-ing time with meaningless talk that no one wanted to hear. It was approximately 2 a.m. when the crowd regained conscious-ness and Hill, her three back up singers and her seven-piece band went to work. I’ll admit I was getting pretty fed up with all that wasting time business, but it was worth the wait. Hill came out and ripped it. She was like a composer of a giant symphony; all she needed was a baton to orchestrate the soundman and her musicians. She truly knows what she wants and makes it happen. This was

why I go to shows, to watch a musician just completely take over, all eyes were on her ... and she delivered. Accompanied by a saxo-phone, trumpet, drums, percus-sion, two keyboards, guitar and bass, the music never slowed down. The southern funk jazz sound filled the air while her hip-hop beat kept the subwoofers thumpin’ and the audiences’ feet tappin’. She took total control of the last hour and her band fol-lowed right behind her. When I first became a Hill fan, it was through her poetry. I remember watching her poetry readings on Mos Def’s slam poet-ry program. The way her words and body language combine for a thrilling delivery, it is apparent that she is full of passion. Friday night was no different than any other performance: she put her poetry in motion and didn’t slow it down a step. Behind Hill’s intensely powerful lyrical deliv-ery was the dirty south jazz funk; it was a perfect combination. She choreographed her poetry and the band’s music from start to stop. It was not just Hill’s performance or the band’s per-formance – it was the way Hill knew exactly what she wanted to give the audience and how her band responded with an intricate, regimented sound. “Don’t play loud, play hard,” Hill said repeatedly to her band. One could tell that she strives for perfection: she kept giving orders to the band and made sure the audience heard the music. Though Hill’s arrival was dragged out and agitating, I feel as though she made up for it. The wait was worth it, as she ful-filled my two expectations: great poetry and sexy music.

Lauryn Hill puts icing on Marley's cake

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By Casey IshitaniKa Leo Comics Editor

There is a condition a country reaches when all resources and per-sonnel are deployed in support of a conflict. The civilian infrastructure breaks down as even the modern, average citizen is expected to help and sacrifice for the effort. Policy and resources are thus drained from the country and used to propagate said conflict. In other words, the last man standing had better still be fighting. This condition is called “Total War.” It wasn’t too long ago that people had used this rhetorical term to describe the Taliban, where such a tiny group could somehow over-throw an entire country and use it as a base to plot against other nations while they hide among civilian populations. Suicide bombers, nay, educated female suicide bombers on the Gaza strip could also be used as an example of the Total War matrix, where civilians were not only sacrificing their own lives for a national cause, but willing to sac-rifice the lives of some of their own citizens for that cause as long as they took out a few Israelis in the process. Then, of course, we have the current debacle in Iraq, where we’re finding our guns pointed not at Saddam’s military, but at their replacements – the people who somehow forgot to greet us as lib-erators with flower-petals and that ululating cry. But, to be fair, it’s not like we’re the model citizens for the world, nor are we the ones to position ourselves above the prac-tices of other nations. Here’s a little

LetterstotheEditor

Many Ka Leo readers, includ-ing me, are entertained daily by the content of the university rag. I was flipping through the paper to complete my daily crossword on Thursday, Feb. 8 when I came across Casey Ishitani’s article. Curious to know more about the world political view of a comics editor, I read on. While I agree with Ishitani on several points in his article, a few things he wrote did not sit well with me. First of all, war sucks. We agree on that point. The war in Iraq is no exception. However, Ishitani’s flip-pant joke about having a nationwide lottery to guess at the number of soldiers killed before something is changed is neither funny nor appro-priate. Fallen soldiers are people who leave behind much more than just

indebted, grieving families. Secondly, Ishitani has barely disguised his contempt for the U.S. political system. This might be under-standable in light of the Senate’s seem-ing stagnation on the issue of war in Iraq, I feel it would be remiss of any well-adjusted American citizen to not mention how extremely fortunate we are to live in a country whose political system is designed to serve the citizens (for the most part). Having been born and raised in Brazil, a prime example of political paralysis and corruption, I am always amazed at how ungrate-ful people in this country can be with regard to how much power they have over their own governance. Finally, Ishitani’s claim (found as a footnote to his column) that he week-ly terrifies “White America” is both

racially discriminatory and incorrect. I am ethnically “white,” but am nei-ther terrified nor amused by Ishitani’s rhetoric. Here’s a news flash: not all “white” people support George Bush and the war in Iraq, or segregation and slavery for that matter. Mr. Ishitani may indeed be a “slant-eyed terror” as he claims, but I fear that he has a slanted view of how to properly write commentary and that the only true “terror” is how a writer was able to use Ka Leo as a pulpit for racial innuendo and jokes about dead soldiers serving their country. Perhaps Ishitani would be better off sticking to comics.

Morgan PerezBiology MajorSenior

While I congratulate Hunter Morrison on having “never felt threat-ened by cars” (“Safe Walking Around Town?” 2/14/07), I don’t believe his experience is typical. My own experience is of having been hit by cars twice in as many years here in Honolulu after never having had an accident before anywhere else. And the number of near misses is more than I can count. I think my sense of feeling threatened is pretty widely shared and not just by pedestrians but also bicyclists and mo-ped or motorcycle riders. Honolulu roads are just plain dangerous. I agree with Morrison in that the money being spent on driver and pedestrian education is a waste of tax dollars. There are clear factors at work that cause these accidents and it’s not because our drivers and pedestrians are more stupid than those in other cities. There are many contributing factors: a local “car-culture” that idol-izes the automobile, a bad economy

that forces people to rush between multiple jobs and simply having a lot of people on a very small island. If I had to identify a single pri-mary problem it would be poor city design. Other cities across the world are either historically, or are trying to become, more “pedestrian-friendly.” They use zoning laws to create neigh-borhoods that slow down traffic and encourage people to get out of their cars and on their feet. There are countless design changes that other cities are using to make their streets safer and more enjoyable, but I see almost no recogni-tion, much less deliberate implemen-tation, of this type of planning here in Honolulu. Thus we have streets like Kapiolani or Kapahulu, which are interesting enough to encourage walk-ing, but because they are designed to funnel traffic through as quickly as possible, are actually more dangerous for everyone, both pedestrians and cars. The one place in town where I think I can see a change in the right

direction starting to develop is along Auahi Street between Ward Avenue and the Ala Moana Borders book-store. The density of shops along that stretch is such that people often find it easier, and more enjoyable, to walk from, say, the Ward Avenue Starbucks to the Ward Theatres and then along to Borders. Still, even there, ignorant placement of parking lot entrances and confusing traffic intersections make for a threatening and dangerous pedestrian experience. Ultimately, making our roads safer is going to require the city gov-ernment to get serious on things like mass transit and street maintenance. Also, the people of Honolulu will have to change their love affair with the car. It won’t be easy, but the island isn’t getting any bigger, after all. And when you get too old to drive anymore – and you will – then you’ll wish Honolulu was a bit less car-friendly.

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Whoa... this is a total war

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excerpt from a New York Times transcript of Bush’s response to the impending debate with Congress:

“I considered some of their opinions and felt like it would not lead to a country that could govern itself, sustain itself and be an ally in the war on terror.”

“Secondly, my hope, however, is that this nonbinding resolution doesn’t try to turn into a bind-ing policy that prevents our troops from doing that which I have asked then (sic) to do.”

There are a couple of problems with this statement. America is not so much an ally in the War on Terror as much as the only nation waging a war on terror, which, if it goes well, will be the gateway to the War on Loneliness, the War on Anger and, eventually, the War on Sadness. Also, the notion that soldiers are fighting and dying at the word of one man, their leader, holds egregious amounts of politi-cal implications, especially when that one man has spent more money on the war than Anna Nicole Smith could have ever dreamed of sleep-ing her way toward. Sacrifice is what we are all expected to do. Yes, children, America is slow-ly turning itself toward Total War again. We did it in The Revolution, we did it in the Civil War and we did it in Vietnam. It shouldn’t be a big surprise, really. “The only good Indian is a dead Indian.” “Uncle Sam wants you.” “Stay on the job until every murdering Jap is wiped out.” “War is Peace.” Oh, wait a minute. Our social structure will crumble, our free-doms will be threatened by the ele-ments of proto-fascism and there will be some great art for future, sunnier generations to hopefully reflect upon our failure.

“A tale of three Henrys: how biography influenced the early automobile,” a brown bag biography lecture, today, 12 p.m., Henke Hall, room 325. Professor of Vietnamese Stephen O’Harrow will present. Info: Center for Biographical Research, Craig Howes, 956-3774, biograph@hawaii.edu.

“A mouse model recapitulating molecular genetic and signaling perturbations of human malignant mesothelioma,” a Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i seminar, today, 12 to 1 p.m., 1236 Lauhala St., suite 401. Joseph Testa, direc-tor of the Human Genetics Program at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, will present. Info: CRCH, Wendy Mitchell, 586-3010, wendy@crch.hawaii.edu.

Anne Kennedy will deliver a reading today, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Kuykendall Hall, room 410. Kennedy, a distinguished visiting writer at the English department, will read some of her published works. Info: English depart-ment, 956-7619.

“Meiji melodramatic fiction and its readers,” a Center for Japanese Studies seminar, today, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Moore Hall, room 319. Ken Ito, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, will present. Info: 956-2665, cjs@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/cjs/seminarseries.html.

A forum about the security issues of Korea and Japan, tomorrow, 12 to 1:30 p.m., Center for Korean Studies auditorium. Speakers Richard Halloran, a Honolulu Advertiser columnist, and C. Kenneth Quinones, a Korean studies professor, will discuss security issues involving Japan, South Korea and North Korea, including the six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program. Brien Hallett of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace will moderate. Info: MIP,

Diane Sakai, 956-4237, dcsakai@hawaii.edu.

“China-Kazakh relations,” a Center for Chinese Studies seminar, tomorrow, 12 to 1:30 p.m., Moore Hall, room 319. Aigul Kazhenova, a professor at the Suleiman Demirel University at Kazakhstan, will speak on Kazakh-Chinese economic integration. She will discuss China’s investment in the hydrocarbon sector of the Kazakhstan econ-omy. Info: CCS, Daniel Tschudi, 956-8891, dtschudi@hawaii.edu.

“Cambodia, Catholicism and conquis-tadores: Spanish-Cambodian interac-tions from the late sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century,” a history final oral, tomorrow, 1 to 3 p.m., Sakamaki Hall, room A 201. Jenny Klages will present. Info: 956-8500.

“Ecosystems, species and genes: bio-diversity of Hawaiian acacia popula-tions,” tomorrow, 2 to 3 p.m., St. John audi-torium, room 011. Candace Lutzow-Felling will deliver this PhD defense. Info: Cliff Morden, 956-9636, cmorden@hawaii.edu.

“Increasing punitiveness of criminal justice policies in Japan,” a Center for Japanese Studies seminar, tomorrow, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Center for Korean Studies audito-rium. Setsuo Miyazawa, a professor at the Omiya Law School, will present. Info: CJS, 956-2665, cjs@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/cjs/seminarseries.html.

“Evolutionary genetics of zebrafish pigment pattern development,” a zoology seminar, tomorrow, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., St. John auditorium, room 011. David Parichy from the University of Washington will present. Info: zoology department, Lynne, 956-8617, logata@hawaii.edu.

100 Years Strong

Gift of Tea

1972The Urasenke School of the Tea Ceremony gave the university an authentic teahouse in 1972. “Jakuan,” or the

Cottage of Tranquility, was a place where students, such as those pictured above, could practice their arts.

Photo Courtesy of “Building a Rainbow” by Victor Kobayashi

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By Magdiel VilchezKa Leo Staff Reporter The University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine basketball team, sitting at sixth place in the Western Athletic Conference standings, will defend its winning streak Thursday night against the Fresno State Bulldogs at the Stan Sheriff Center, in hopes of climbing a spot in the conference rankings. The four-game winning streak included a 60-59 win over the second-place Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters in one of the biggest upsets in Rainbow Wahine bas-ketball team history. It was the Wahine’s first win in Ruston, La. “[The win] is something we all wanted for a long time,” said UH guard Janevia Taylor, “and we just remembered last year when we went there and got blown out. We were just on one of those missions where we didn’t have anything to lose. [We wanted to] go out there and play as hard as we can, and we ended up getting the win. I felt good [that] it was during my time here.” The upset was only the ‘Bows second win over the Lady Techsters in 19 tries. Combined with the win at New Mexico State, the victory at Ruston helped the ‘Bows improve to 11-12 overall and 5-6 in the WAC. The win was also the ‘Bows third straight victory on the road. “We played in two of the toughest places to play road games,” said UH Associate Coach Pat Charity. “Any road game is tough, and we were just happy just to win. It made the trip home a lot better.” Charity will continue to take the place of UH Head Coach Jim Bolla, who is still recuperating from a medical procedure. The medical leave has begun to put

things into perspective for the ‘Bows. “I think that being without coach was a really somber situa-tion, and everyone kind of said this is it for us,” said UH senior center Brittany Grice. “Now is a good time as any to play the way we’re capable of. Everyone just put a lot of external things that were hinder-ing us up on the side.” The sudden shift in coaches also gave the ‘Bows a different dynamic from the sideline. “Coach Charity is more of a talker,” Taylor said. “She has

helped us with her intensity. Seeing her be strong helped us be moti-vated and not be nervous and lose focus.” With only three home games left in the regular season (five total), the Rainbow Wahine picked the right time to step up their game and fulfill their potential. “The team is starting to real-ize their strengths and weaknesses, not only as a group but as indi-viduals in the team,” Grice said. “And we’re starting to be more accepting of our roles on the team individually. It’s getting to the

point for us seniors where we only have a maximum of not even two months, regardless what happens to us in the future. It’s starting to become more apparent that it’s almost over.” Hawai‘i will have its hands full on Thursday night. The ‘Bows will put their four-game winning streak to the test against Fresno State’s six-game winning streak against Hawai‘i. The last time the ‘Bows and Bulldogs faced off, Fresno State barely made it out with a win. The ‘Bows pushed the Bulldogs to the limit and forced

an overtime period before Hawai‘i finally fell 75-69 at Fresno’s home court. With the bitter taste of the close defeat, Hawai‘i will look to avenge their loss with a stronger defense. “We just have to keep playing as a team,” Taylor said. “We can’t lose our focus. We have to con-tinue to work hard and get better at practice. It’s all about the defense though. We’ve always had offen-sive opportunities but defense, I think that’s something we’re just getting going.”

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Wahine set to defend winning streak

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LEFT: Junior foward Tanya Smith and senior center Brittany Grice fight for the ball in the Wahine’s defeat by the Fresno State Bulldogs last year. The Wahine rank one spot under the Bulldogs this season.ABOVE: Janevia Taylor had 15 points, 13 in the second half, in UH’s 75-69 overtime loss at Fresno State earlier this year.

Fresno State hopes to defend their streak as well

By Steven TonthatKa Leo Staff Reporter

The fifth-ranked University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine water polo team is slated to have a busy upcoming weekend in Hawai‘i as they take on three nationally ranked teams back-to-back-to-back. The Wahine will first meet No. 6 San Diego State Friday, then they’ll face No. 15 Long Beach State Saturday and finally round out the weekend with No. 9 Arizona State Sunday. “I think we’re ready,” said sophomore Lisa van Raalte. “The team’s coming together pretty well. We’re pretty strong at the moment.”

The Rainbow Wahine have been on the road for all of their six games this season. In their season opener Feb. 1, the Wahine beat then No. 10 San Jose State 11-9. The Wahine went on to win another against SJSU in the Stanford Invitational Feb. 4, preceded by a 12-5 victory over Indiana University Feb. 3. They are not, however, with-out a string of setbacks as well. On Feb. 2, Stanford University handed UH their first loss (6-10) in regular season and con-ference play. On the first day of the Stanford Invitational, then second-ranked University of California, Los Angeles defeat-ed UH 12-4. California beat the

Wahine 5-2 the next day as well. In the Invitational, UH split their doubleheaders on both days. “Nobody goes on a road trip for seven days. We do,” said UH head coach Michel Roy. “We play between five, six, seven games so it’s quite demanding.” From Feb. 1 to 4, UH met five different opponents in six games. After returning from a demanding week on the road, the Wahine have put their best foot forward and practiced hard at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex this week. “We’ve been doing a lot of training at practice,” said senior Kelly Mason. “A lot of swimming to keep our fitness up in the morn-

ing and a lot of shooting drills.” In order to be fully pre-pared for this weekend, the Wahine have worked outside of the pool as well. “We also watch videos and see what the other teams have got for us,” van Raalte said. Despite their rather tough game schedule, the Wahine retain a positive attitude about their upcoming matches. “We [have] size, speed and experience,” Roy said. “It should be interesting.” The Wahine will begin their run at home against SDSU Friday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m., at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.

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Wahine water polo ready for challenge

UH goalie Meike De Nooy, a senior, has 58 saves in six matches this season.

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