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KIMBERLY YUEN He met Foster, who donated large sums for Staff Reporter the reconstruction of the temple. “She was so taken with who he was,” The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Masters said. campus is home to over 500 species of Foster’s other charitable acts also in- plants and trees, but the roots to one spe- clude the creation of the Foster-Robinson cifi c tree trace all the way to Bodh Gaya, Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka; the fi- India, where Buddha is believed to have nancing of Honpa Hongwanji Mission (the achieved enlightenment. first Buddhist temple in Hawai‘i); and the The Bo tree on campus (also known as sponsoring of Hawaiian children to attend Ficus religiosa, peepul tree, Sacred Fig or Kamehameha School. Bodhi tree) is located to the left of Queen “In India, in the town of Bodh Gaya, Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services they honor her every year,” Masters said. (QLCSS) and to the right of Saunders Hall. “But in Hawai‘i, no one knows who she is.” Bo trees are recognizable by their heart- Upon Dharmapala’s second visit to shaped leaves, long tails and thin veins. Hawai‘i, he brought with him a cutting of A sacred tree of Buddhism, the Bo tree the original tree as a gift to Foster. Foster on campus is allegedly a descendant of the had the tree planted in her garden, which original Bo tree in India that Siddhartha she later handed over to the city in 1930. It Gautama (563-483 B.C.) sat under for sev- is now known as Foster Botanical Garden, en weeks and achieved enlightenment to and the tree still stands there. later become Buddha. The history of the tree, according to “The tree does not stand alone,” said Masters, begins around 270 B.C., when Patricia Masters, an academic program of- King Asoka, the King of India (reigned fi cer at UH West O‘ahu. 269-232 B.C.) encouraged the spread of She said that a lot of credit goes to the Buddhism and sponsored missionaries to late Mary Elizabeth Mikihala Robinson travel all over India. He sent his son and Foster. Masters said Foster (1844-1930) daughter southward to Anaradhapura, Sri was a spiritualist from Hawai‘i with a keen Lanka, to teach people about the religion interest in Buddhism and played a vital role and gave a cutting from the Bodh Gaya in bringing the religion to the Islands. tree to bring with them. “There’s very little that’s been done on The original Bodh Gaya tree no longer her,” Masters said. exists. Asoka’s wife, who became extremely She has been writing a biography of jealous of Asoka’s passion to Buddhism, cut Foster for nine years and aims to have it down the tree, according to Masters. completed by the end of this year. The tree in Anaradhapura is said to Masters instructed a Buddhist stud- have propagated from the cutting that was ies program in northern India for Antioch brought by Asoka’s son and daughter on University. One day she visited the city of their mission, which still stands there today. Benares (Varanasi) and located nearby In the book “In Gardens of Hawai‘i,” Ma- was a sacred temple of Buddhism. She saw rie C. Neal said that the tree in Sri Lanka is a brass plaque on the door that read: “This the oldest living human-planted tree in the temple was built because of the generosity ALEXANDER DANIELS / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I world with a known planting date of 288 B.C. of Mary Foster from Honolulu.” “All the cuttings from that tree in Sri Graduate student Mashuri Waite suggested the removal of the Bo tree to prevent its threat to native She explained that the plaque was the cat- Lanka go back to the original tree in Bodh alyst for her desire to learn more about Foster, plants, which could harm ecosystems across the state in time. Gaya,” Masters explained. since “I didn’t know anything about her.” She said that the tree cutting that was Masters told the monk at the temple her,” Masters said. “It’s very interesting.” was a keynote speaker for the Parliament given to Foster from Dharmapala was from that she was from Hawai‘i and had no idea The story, according to Masters, is of the World’s Religion, a meeting to cre- the Sri Lanka tree, making it a direct de- who Foster was. that in 1893 Foster met a Buddhist monk ate a global dialogue of faith. He came to scendant from Buddha’s tree. The campus “He took me to the back and talked to me named Anagarika Dharmapala from Cey- Hawai‘i to raise money to restore the Ma- about her story and told me what he knew about lon (present-day Sri Lanka). Dharmapala habodhi Temple, a holy site of Buddhism. See Bo tree, page 2 K

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 CO-EDITOR LYNN NAKAGAWA EO 2 [email protected] CO-EDITOR MARY RENEE REUTER NEWS tation on campus, played a role in The wasp capable of fertil- its planting; however, no known izing the Bo tree, Blastophaga Bo tree records of this exist. quadriceps, recently found its from front page Another Bo tree is on the cor- way to the Islands, which botany ner of East-West Road and Maile graduate student Mashuri Waite Bo tree is said to be from a cut- Way, which was planted in June says may not be a good thing. ting of the tree in the Foster Bo- of 1969 in honor of philosopher “Now, the flowers set seed tanical Garden. Gregg M. Sinclair. Criley also and you see a lot of Bo tree seed- “The belief is that the tree says that this tree “may have lings,” Waite said. “It is probably that was given to Foster was cut been propagated from the one by only a matter of time before it and the cutting was given to this QLSSC,” but there are also no re- starts to invade forest areas and botanist at UH Mānoa and he had cords of this. threaten native species.” it planted,” Masters said. “Until recently, when the Fi- Waite suggests that removing The plaque on the campus cus religiosa trees in Hawai‘i be- Bo trees in Hawai‘i before the in- tree reads: “Planted May 12, 1912 gan to set seed and plants started vasion becomes a bigger problem By First Graduating Class.” Hor- coming up from seed distributed is one solution, but he acknowl- ticulture professor Richard Cri- by birds,” he said, “almost all Bo edges the impact it would have. ley says that it is very likely Jo- trees could claim heritage go- “It is very hard to convince ALEXANDER DANIELS / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I seph F. Rock, a former UH botany ing back to the original one un- people to cut down beautiful trees, professor (1911-1920) who is also der which enlightenment was especially ones with religious sig- The Bo tree is is the sacred tree of Buddhism, and is said to be a descendant of a tree responsible for most of the vege- achieved by Buddha.” nifi cance,” he said. that Siddhartha Gautama sat beneath for seven weeks to achieve enlightenment.

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MICHAEL BREWER called Hawai‘i Slam’s First Thursdays. It ing, we’re taught to break down problems, Features Editor happens once a month on the fi rst Thurs- to analyze them, to take a large problem day of the month and it’s the largest poetry and break it down into smaller components Slam poets have come to the University slam in the world, so you can defi nitely get and build each problem up into the larger of Hawai‘i at Mānoa before. involved there, you know, there’s a lot of en- whole, and I tend to do that a lot in my po- They’ve performed at Campus Cen- ergy and a lot of positive vibes. etry. So, it’s kind of a natural, logical pro- ter during reggae concerts and at the M.B.: This is not your fi rst profession. gression of thought that my pieces follow. Ba-Le courtyard during open mic nights. You graduated with … ? M.B.: If you had to make a how-to list They work with grungy musicians, under- K: I graduated from MIT in nuclear on how to build a slam poetry fest, what grounds, hole-in-the-walls, nightclubs, sta- physics and engineering. I minored in would you put on the list? dium directors, and just about anywhere writing, though, so that was kind of like K: Number one, you’ve gotta get the with a microphone to deliver their voice in my side thing. word out to the poets and make sure that the dramatic style of the 21st-century viral, M.B.: Were you ever the poet in high you’ve got a good show that’s gonna come young community. school? into play. Number two, you gotta bring the They are transformers and heralds, K: Yeah, you know, I was actually into audience, so that means flyering every- prophets with a cause. poetry in high school, and even in elemen- thing, postering, Internet, sending press Recently I sat down with Kealoha, the tary school. I ... was into hip-hop and writ- releases, doing all the different things Slam Master of Hawai‘i, to discuss slam ing little raps. When I got into high school, you need to do to get the word out to the poetry in this generation, where it is and Lois-Ann Yamanaka came to my school and general public. And then, three, you’ve where it’s going. just totally freaked my brain out and got gotta deal with all the logistics: sound, the An MIT graduate with a degree in me stoked on local poetry. But then when stage, the theater, all that. Like wherever nuclear physics and engineering, Kealoha I went off to college, ... I just stopped writ- you’re throwing the thing, you’ve gotta, PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG worked as a business consultant in the Bay ing altogether because I was so focused on like, handle that, you know? And, four, Area until his interests in poetry and home Kealoha, a renowned slam poet, also has a degree math and science. you just gotta be ready for anything that brought him back to Hawai‘i. in nuclear physics and engineering from MIT. M.B.: Do you ever put that kind of stuff comes up that needs attention. It’s a pretty Kealoha: For students at the UH, the in your poetry? intense process. Michael Brewer: The students at the best resource is probably going to check K: Oh, defi nitely. I mean, I feel like, in M.B.: How do slam poetry festivals and University of Hawai‘i would like to know out a slam poetry show. There’s numbers every piece I write, there’s infl uences of my how to get involved with slam poetry. of shows on the island. The one I host is science background showing. In engineer- See Slam, page 5 ACCEPTING NOW APPLICATIONS The Campus Center Board and the Activities Council are now accepting applications for members. For an application, go to the Campus Center Ticket and Information Of½ ce or e-mail us at [email protected].

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 CO-EDITOR ASHLEY NONAKA EO 12 [email protected] CO-EDITOR RUSSELL TOLENTINO SPORTS ’’BowsBows hosthost SSeaea WarriorsWarriors iinn hhomeome ffinaleinale from a 2-11 start by winning eight ALOHA SERVE FOR KOBUCH Senior Kobuch to be of their last 10 matches. The match will also be Ko- honored after match During the streak, the team buch’s final home game as a finished tied for third in the Rainbow Wahine. The lone se- RUSSELL TOLENTINO Western Athletic Conference nior, who is from Tournefeuille, Sports Co-Editor at 5-3. The three conference France, has won 57 dual match- losses were to No. 72 Nevada es in her four-year career. The Rainbow Wahine tennis (4-3), No. 42 Boise State (6-1) She joined the team in team may be 10-13 on the season, and defending WAC champion Spring 2006 under first-year but it still believes it can compete Fresno State (6-1). head coach Jun Hernandez. Ko- with the best. “Obviously the first half of buch credits Hernandez for the That’s because eight of the our season was tough as far as team’s improvement every year. team’s 13 losses have come our record is concerned,” Strick- “Today we can compete with against ranked opponents. land said, “but our girls have re- everybody in the nation,” Ko- “When you play against stron- ally come on strong the second buch said. “(Hernandez) does ger players it forces you to become half of the season. all he possibly can to recruit stronger yourself,” said assistant “This is our most important very good players and works coach Bridgette Strickland. “Our time of year because we are play- very hard with each one of us to goal is to be in the top 10.” ing our WAC opponents.” make us not only a better player “Playing (ranked) teams dur- The WAC tournament is from but also a better person. ing the regular season is always April 30 to May 2. The ’Bows “Jun has been amazing,” she good because you know exactly will be seeded fourth and the continued. “He’s always been what you need to work on after- tournament champion receives here for me, no matter how great wards,” senior Sophie Kobuch the league’s automatic berth or how bad I was doing.” said. “They exposed our weak- into the NCAA tournament. Kobuch earned all-WAC hon- nesses and pushed us to work But before that, the Rainbow ors in singles in 2008 (first team) harder during practice. Wahine will host their final regu- and 2009 (second team) and was “We have come very close a lar season dual match against an all-WAC second team honoree few times (three losses were 4-3 the Hawai‘i Pacific University in doubles in 2009 with partner decisions), which shows that we Sea Warriors on Saturday at 10 Aglae Van den Bergh. are not far from a top-30 team,” a.m. at the UH Tennis Complex. “Sophie has been a very Kobuch continued. HPU is 18-3 overall and is solid player,” Strickland said. The ’Bows have bounced back ranked No. 11 in Division II. “She is someone that will work super hard on the court and also off the court. She is a very coachable player and is always looking at how she can help the team. “I know the underclassmen look up to her,” Strickland con- BRIAN TSENG / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I tinued. “She is the ideal player Senior Sophie Kobuch has won 57 single matches in her four years as a Rainbow you want on a team. She is disci- plined in her school work, works Wahine. She will play in her fi nal home game this Saturday against HPU at the hard at practice and in matches UH Tennis Complex. and is a great team leader.” Kobuch said she has many good memories as a Rainbow Wahine and will miss her team- vvs.s. HawaiHawaiʻi PPacificacific UUniversityniversity mates and coaches most. “Every single road trip was SSaturday,aturday, AAprilpril 224,4, aatt 1100 aa.m..m. an amazing experience, and (I’ll miss) every person on the team,” UUHH TTennisennis CComplexomplex Kobuch said. “You spend so much time together and you’re BRIAN TSENG / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I AAdmissiondmission iiss ffreeree working so hard to achieve that Freshman Katarina Poljakova has 11 wins in dual-matches this season. one common goal.”