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Locals protest drilling for oil in Artic refuge Bill cuts food; it’s very similar to Hawaiians Senators Inouye or other indigenous people who consider all life forms as sacred. federal Like Hawaiians consider the taro and Akaka as their elder brother, to care of, to care for. So do the Gwitch’in peo- loans for support drilling ple with the caribou. This differs from the mindset of westerners, who think that plants, land, animals students (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES — In one By Robert Shikina are just things to be consumed and of the last votes of 2005, Congress Ka Leo Associate News Editor used for their own benefits. That is showed approval for a bill that would the message we would like to get About 20 protestors lined Ala cut funding for federal government- across to our people.” sponsored student loan programs by Moana Boulevard between the The Gwitch’in are comprised Prince Kuhio Federal building and $12.7 billion. of 19 communities spread across Dubbed the “Reconciliation Bill,” Richards St. waving signs with mes- Alaska. Over 7,500 people make sages supporting the preservation of the measure would include a $12.7 bil- up the Gwitch’in Nation. In an iso- lion cut from student loans to combat the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lated area with no road access to the as traffic sped by and drivers honked the federal deficit and fund tax cuts. rest of the world, live the Vuntut The House of Representatives their horns in support. Gwitch’in of Old Crow in a commu- approved the bill before the holiday Daniel Inouye and Daniel nity of 300 people. The Gwitch’in break in December, and the Senate Akaka voted on the issue on of Vuntut depend on the caribou, approved the bill by a narrow margin March 16, 2005. and use every part of the caribou for of 51 to 50, with Vice President Dick Protestors waved signs pro- their livelihood. Cheney breaking the tie. claiming, “Too wild to waste,” “Oil “Akaka is committing cultural Because the Senate made small is not the ANsWeR” and “Stop drill- genocide, it’s like taking away the changes before passing the bill, the ing by the baby caribou.” culture of the Hawaiian people,” measure will return to the House for Two of the protest organizers, Burrows said. a final vote after the winter recess. If Steven Montogemery and Chuck Also at the protest were repre- the House passes the bill, President Burrows, traveled to the ANWR sentatives of the U.S. Public Interest Bush is expected to sign it. in July 2004 to visit tribes living Research Group. The non-profit “This will dramatically affect the in the area. The indigenous people group in three months collected access students have to this univer- they visited were the Gwitch’in, 1,500 signed postcards from the sity,” said Associated Students of the who have lived in the area for O’ahu population urging senators to University of Hawai’i president Grant 10,000 years and are perhaps the keep Arctic Refuge drilling out of Teichman. The Reconciliation Bill most affected and most outspoken the budget reconciliation bill. would raise interest rates on student of the indigenous groups in Alaska The postcard says, “There and parent loans and cut government that survive off the Porcupine is simply not much oil there. In subsidies for private lenders. Caribou herd. fact, the U.S. Geological Survey The student loan cuts are part Every spring, on a sliver of land estimates that the Arctic Refuge of a $40 billion package to reduce bound by the Arctic Sea, 150,000 contains less oil than the U.S. the federal deficit and are the largest caribou migrate from the south to uses in a year.” cuts in the history of federal student calve. It is on this 2,000 acres of According to the energy infor- loan programs. land, also called the Seringeti of the mation administration Web site, the JOEY TRISOLINI • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i In light of the loan funding cuts American continent, that the pro- United States consumes more than Shannon Wood of Kailua holds up a sign in protest Senator Akaka and and interest rate increases, ASUH posed drilling would take place. 20 million barrels of petroleum per Inoyes support of Artic Refuge drilling. will be asking for more tuition waiv- Proponents of the bill to drill day. In one year, 7.3 billion barrels ers at the state legislative session on say the caribou will remain unaf- are consumed. The ANWR Web Hawaiian.” she says will do nothing for the January 16, said Teichman. fected. Burrows said that this is not site, www.anwr.org, a site that sup- Moanikeala Akaka, a trustee Hawaiian people. “I had hoped to get a govern- the case. The 72-year-old president ports drilling in the Arctic, states of the Office for Hawaiian Affairs “For Inouye it’s a trade off for ment loan next semester but it doesn’t of Hawaiians for the Conservation that a 1987 survey done by the from 1984-1996, flew in from Hilo defense spending,” Burrows said, seem like that would be a good idea of Native Ecosystems, ‘Ahahui Department of Interior estimates to help with the protest. “It’s nine “monetary wealth is illusionary. now,” said undergraduate Christie Malama I Ka Lokahi, said all the recoverable oil ranges from 600 mil- months of oil and it will take ten Your true wealth is your resources. Gomes. “It’s become obvious to me infrasturcture associated with it lion barrels to 9.2 billion barrels. months to get there,” she said. She One of these days you’ll reach a that there are better options concern- will be a disturbance. Pat Blair, another protestor, called the senators’ vote in favor of point where all you’ll have is paper ing a loan.” “What we’re concerned about said, “We’re just here protesting oil drilling in the Arctic a sell out money, no water, no food, no air. is the caribou. It’s more than just our senators’ decisions, very un- to promote the Akaka bill, which People have to realize that.” News Editor Blaine Tolentino con- tributed to this article. NewsBrief

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12/16/05 Hawai‘i vs. Campbell first 11 3-point attempts in the first lead into a blowout. Hawai‘i led 12/28/05 Hawai‘i vs. Kent State The University of Hawai‘i frame. Enter Aiwohi, who went 3-of- by as many as 31 points in the first Janevia Taylor scored a game- Rainbow Wahine basketball team over- 6 from behind the arc in the second half and held a 45-16 lead at the high 20 points and Hawai‘i overcame came one of its worst shooting perfor- half, including a critical jumper with break. The Rainbow Wahine shot a slow start to defeat Kent State, 61-55, mances of the season and received an 1:32 remaining after the Camels cut 52 percent for the first half, while Wednesday night at the Stan Sheriff offensive boost from a senior reserve the margin to two. holding the Lady Camels to just 28 Center. The Rainbow Wahine improved to gut out a 69-59 win over Campbell percent shooting. to 8-2 with its sixth straight win. University Friday night at the Stan 12/17/05 Hawai‘i vs. Campbell For the second straight game, UH Coming off an 11-day layoff, Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine Hawai‘i defeated Campbell for dominated on the inside with a 46-27 the Rainbow Wahine began slug- moved to 6-2 and extended its win the second time in as many days with edge on the boards, and a day after gishly. However, Hawai‘i managed streak to four games. a 80-64 decision on Saturday at the missing 20 of 25 3-point attempts, to erase a 12-point first-half deficit Playing its first home game in Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow improved on the perimeter, hitting and held the Golden Flashes (7-3) 19 days, the Rainbow Wahine led Wahine used an overpowering first 5-of-12 from long range. Campbell, to just two points in the final 5:44 for the majority of the game, but the half performance to vault to 7-2 on meanwhile, struggled immensely from to seal the game. Lady Camels (3-5) gave UH some the season and extend its winning the foul line. The squad made 19 trips The loss was only the second anxious moments in the game’s wan- streak to five games. to the line but converted a measly five for Kent State in its last seven games. ing minutes, cutting UH’s double- Eleven different players got into free throws. Marlena Murphy went Meanwhile, the six game win streak digit lead to just two points on a pair the scoring column for the Rainbow just 3-of-11 from the line, although is UH’s longest in three years. The of occasions. The Rainbow Wahine, Wahine, which recorded a season- she led three Lady Camels in double Rainbow Wahine look to extend the however, scored the final eight points high 80 points. Brittany Grice led figures with 18 points. streak to seven games, something that UH in scoring for the third straight The Rainbow Wahine rolled to has not happened in four years, when of the game to seal the win and its COURTESY PHOTO • hawaiiathletics.com longest win streak since 2002. game with 16 points and added nine victory despite being without leading the two teams meet again on Friday. UH overpowered the Lady Pam Tambini goes up for a shot against rebounds. Janevia Taylor chipped in scorer Amy Sanders, who sat out due Both teams played with defen- Camels in the middle, as Brittany Kent State. Tambini played 11 minutes 13 points, while sophomore reserve to illness. Sanders missed her first sive intensity, resulting in some Grice led three Rainbow Wahine in for the Rainbow Wahine, scoring once Saundra Cariaga scored a career- career game for UH on Saturday after double-figures with 19 points and 10 and grabbing a . high 10 points. a string of 92 contests played. See Recap, page 7 rebounds. Pam Tambini added her UH dominated from the open- second straight double with 11 points stant double-teaming in Campbell’s ing tip, scoring a mere five sec- and 10 rebounds, while Alofa Toiaivao zone defense, and, in turn, Hawai‘i onds in and reeling off the game’s tallied 14 points, nine rebounds and launched a season-high 25 3-point first eight points. Already enjoy- four blocks. Senior wing Brittney attempts. But without Sanders, the ing a double-digit lead, 18-8, the Aiwohi, in her first action of the year, Rainbow Wahine struggled from Rainbow Wahine put together a scored a career-high nine points, all long range. Hawai‘i missed 10 of its 20-1 run to turn a comfortable in the second half and all from 3- point range to boost the stagnant UH perimeter game. WEDDINGS Have a dental cleaning, Hawai‘i played much of the game without leading scorer Amy IN HAWAI'I check-up for dental decay Sanders, who was battling an illness. & gum disease. 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The Heritage Foundation (KRT) Before a company can seek a per- mit to build a refinery here, it must Gasoline prices may have sta- fully design the plant and have bilized for now but it’s time to face an environmental impact statement an unpleasant reality; Demand for done on the design. This requires gasoline and kerosene is outstrip- an investment of $250 million, ping supply. according to one petroleum execu- The current situation is unsus- tive. Even then, the permit stands a tainable. Even as demand for these less-than-even chance of approval. fuels has reached all-time highs, The Senate recently blocked a mea- experts say supplies have either sure easing environmental guide- leveled off or begun to decline. The lines which new refinery resulting high prices and scarcity construction and nixed drilling for threaten the global economy with natural gas on the continental shelf recession or worse. Yet no moves along U.S. coasts. have been made to expand refining, Small wonder no new refiner- tanker or pipeline capacity, or to ies have opened in the United States remove the barriers to investment in 30 years. Or that spare capacity that prevent us is at an all- from meeting time low. these growing B u t demands. The real problem the problem N at i o n a l goes deeper oil companies when it comes to still. Even if control 58 per- new refiner- cent of oil and energy is trans- ies opened natural gas portation fuels t o m o r r o w , reserves. In the tankers many of those that transport countries, laws and not electricity oil around Students hit hard by deficit cut actually require the world are Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service increasing in light of soaring high- The House version passed nar- that the gov- essentially operating at full capac- (KRT) er education costs and the fact that rowly with no Democratic support. It ernment own or control significant ity. Worse, international lending American industry is clamoring for took Vice President Cheney, rushing shares of any oil-exploration ven- institutions are weak in many parts Congressional Republicans made a better educated workforce. back from the Mideast, to break a 50- tures. But corruption within those of the world, and significant por- a gesture of fiscal constraint before Because of the cuts, students will 50 tie vote in the Senate. very governments makes the multi- hornswoggling voters into believing be piling up several thousand dollars Describing the vote as the only billion-dollar investments required tions of the funds they do have are diverted to high taxes and corrup- they were worried about the deficit. of additional debt and parents will be chance this year to “actually do some- for oil exploration too risky. The $40 billion in spending cuts, paying higher interest, up to 8.5 per- thing about deficit spending,” Senate No one wants to sink billions tion, rather than expanding oil and gas supplies. spread over five years, was only a cent, on loans. Lenders will no longer Budget Committee chair Judd Gregg into a project and see it disappear scant third of 1 percent of the fed- be able to subsidize new loans from of New Hampshire told senators, “This because of selective taxation, arbi- The real problem when it comes to energy is transportation eral budget. This year’s budget deficit the money they make. is our responsibility to our children.” trary laws, conflicting legal codes alone is $319 billion. The spend- fuels and not electricity, which can Despite promises to raise Pell Actually, Congress and the Bush and unenforced contracts. Russia ing cuts will soon be swamped by be generated from coal and nuclear Grants by $1,000 to keep up with administration have socked it to them. frightened away many investors $56 billion in extended tax cuts that rising costs, the grants will remain They have piled on a mountain of reactors. There are no silver-bullet by breaking up its major oil com- Congress is poised to pass early next capped at $4,000. federal debt with an unbudgeted war solutions. Americans aren’t going pany, Yukos, and suing British year, along with $27 billion in addi- The $22 billion in cuts and restruc- in Iraq and a drug program for grand- to stop driving. Neither are Chinese, Petroleum’s Russian partner for tional tax write-offs for the wealthy turing will be partly offset by $3.75 bil- parents. It is all being compounded by Indians, Europeans or anyone else. $790 million in back taxes from that took effect Jan. 1. lion in new grants for students studying the pinch in college aid. Some high But the forces that are squeezing 2001. Moreover, pipelines often In fact, the $40 billion in foreign languages, math and science, school grads will give up altogether supplies do not abate, either. must cross unstable countries, cuts would be barely worth men- plus $2 billion to forgive loans for spe- in the pursuit of a degree, to the detri- which make them even less attrac- So it’s time to meet the chal- tioning were it not so irrespon- cial-education teachers and students who ment of the U.S. economy. tive to investors. lenge head-on and do what it takes sible. Bearing the brunt will be enlist in the military after college. But The next generation is paying Even in the United States, gov- to expand the transportation fuel the federal college loan program, the net $13 billion cut marks the biggest a big price for Congress’ lip service ernment intervention prevents an supply before it’s too late. which Congress instead should be hit in the history of the program. to austerity. Designated driver poll Ka Leo wants your opinion Ka Leo wants to know how many of the university’s students, faculty and staff members were designated We feel it is important that everyone at this university has the drivers over this holiday season. Please send a blank e-mail to [email protected] to be counted in the poll. If you opportunity to voice his or her opinion through Ka Leo. We are compil- have a funny or interesting story to go along with your experience, please include it in your e-mail. ing editorials on the UARC and would like to hear your thoughts. Please e-mail us at [email protected].

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McGuire is seeking to fill the following paid positions for poor shooting. The Rainbow Wahine out. The teams shot a total of 73 free almost single-handedly brought the the upcoming spring 2006 semester: missed 12 of its first 13 shots and throws, with UH converting on 30-of- Wolf Pack back and scored 11 con- watched Kent State bolt out to an 41 and Kent State on 20-of-32. secutive Nevada points. However, UH early double-digit lead. The Golden It was the Rainbow Wahine stopped McGuire when it Toiaivao Flashes led 20-8 at the 11:38 mark, who ultimately put the clamp down, block of a McGuire 3-point attempt Associate Sports Editor, but the Rainbow Wahine outscored holding Kent State to just 23 per- with 26 seconds left helped protect a Kent 25-10 the remainder of the half cent shooting and out-rebounding 77-74 UH lead. to take a 33-30 lead at the break. the Golden Flashes, 50-32. Kent Early in the game, it was a tight Chief Copy Editor and Hawai‘i never trailed in the State’s Lindsay Shearer entered the contest. The game was knotted, 17- second half and built its lead to as game averaging 20.6 points per 17, with seven minutes left in the first many as nine points. The Golden game, but was riddled with foul half, but UH used a 12-2 run over the Associate Chief Copy Editor Flashes cut UH’s lead to two points, trouble and limited to just one point next two minutes to quickly build 55-53, on a Sarah Burgess lay- and one attempt in 12 a double-digit lead. The Rainbow For more information or an application please come to the Ka up, with 5:44 remaining. But the minutes of action. Wahine led by as many as 11 before Leo building across from the ground level bookstore entrance Rainbow Wahine held Kent State taking a 37-28 lead in the locker or call 956-7043. scoreless until a pair of free throws 1/05/06 Hawai‘i at Nevada room and scored the first five points Please submit resume with application. with less than a second left and the Hawai‘i kicked off the 2006 of the second half to lead, 42-28. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2005 game already at hand. WAC season with a nail-biting 79- Nevada shot 55 percent from the 74 win over University of Nevada floor and nailed 8-of-9 free throws 12/30/05 Hawai‘i vs. Kent State Thursday night at the Lawlor Events in the second half to help fuel the In a physical and often ugly Center. The Rainbow Wahine (10-2, comeback, but could not contend contest, Hawai‘i closed out its non- 1-0 WAC) watched a double-digit with UH’s size inside as the Rainbow lead disappear in the second half, conference schedule with a 67-56 Wahine enjoyed a 41-28 advantage but battled back to notch their eighth win over Kent State Friday night at on the boards. Hawai’i will now the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow straight win. return home for a critical early-sea- Wahine head into Western Athletic Janevia Taylor led four Rainbow son match up with Louisiana Tech. Conference play next week with a Wahine in double-figures with 20 The Rainbow Wahine upset the Lady 9-2 record and riding a seven-game points, tying her season-high. Tanya Techsters in last year’s meeting in win streak. Smith set a career-high with 16 points, Honolulu. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Hawai‘i endured one of the slop- and Amy Sanders and Alofa Toiaivao on Thursday, January 12. piest games in recent memory by each contributed 14. UH’s eight-game playing inspired basketball down the streak is its longest since the 2000 stretch. The Rainbow Wahine turned WAC season. a six-point second half deficit into a Hawai‘i led for the majority of 10-point lead with a game-deciding the game and had built a 14-point lead 19-3 run. Amy Sanders scored 13 of early in the second half. However, a YMCA her game-high 15 points in the second Traci Graham 3-pointer with just less We Build Strong Kids, Strong Families, Strong Communities. half, while Tanya Smith also added than three minutes left put the Wolf  15 for the Rainbow Wahine, which Pack ahead, 71-69. UH responded by are enjoying the longest wining streak scoring the next six points and sealed Accountant Seeking an Accountant for general ledger and govern- since the 2001 WAC season. the game with a pair of Sanders free ment contracts. Successful candidate must possess 3 Engaged in a physical and down- throws with four seconds left. yrs. Experience and strong computer skills. Microsoft Office skills a must. Knowledge of fund accounting right sloppy basketball game, neither Nevada (3-9, 0-1 WAC) lost preferred. College degree required and public account- team could get into a rhythm. The despite a monumental effort by sopho- ing experience preferred. We offer a competitive salary & benefits excellent working conditions and the satisfaction of making a difference in our community. Please submit resume & salary requirements to: Director of Human Resources 1441 Pali Highway Honolulu, HI 96813 or Email: [email protected]

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