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the student run news publication of the university of hawai`i at hilo KeKe KalaheaKalaheathe herald 15 february 2016 ‘Sometimes athletes are stereotyped as jocks, talented on the playing floor but mediocre in efforts to gain an education or obtain a meaningful career. This is not Asia Smith’s outlook on life—not by a long shot.’ Player Profile: Asia Smith - pg. 6 1 Ke Kalahea Staff Letter from the editor EDITOR IN CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER SPORTS WRITER Britni Schock Zach Gorski Eric Vega COPY CHIEF/SPORTS EDITOR GRAPHICS/COMIC ARTIST CIRCULATION MANAGER Hannah Hawkins Ti any Erickson Becca Dumo-Qualters LAYOUT DESIGNER NEWS WRITER AD MANAGER Alexandra Huizar Alyssa Grace Daisy Stewart Madison Byers Aspen Mauch Brian Wild STAFF ADVISOR MEDIA MANAGER Shelbi Shimazu Ti any Edwards Hunt Matt Arellano Cover & Inside Cover Photography by Zach Gorski 2 Letter from the editor irst o thanks for picking up this issue. Hopefully you also picked up some local co ee and a croissant. We like to serve the latest issue with a little fuel to get your day going. We call it News and Brews. It is Ke Kalahea’s way of giving you the scoop on UHH and community and a little morning treat. If you are not familiar with News and Brews, come check us out in front of the Ke Kalahea o ce from 9am-11am on the following dates: 2/29, 3/14, 4/4, 4/18, 5/2. We will also be giving a free polaroid F camera each time. Good luck, enjoy the issue and your cup of joe! In this issue we highlight a lot of upcoming events happening here on campus. e Ka Lama Ku Conference will be held later this month and hosts a variety of workshops on leadership and development that is free for students to attend. Register early because spaces ll up fast. Need a job? ere will be a career fair March 7 on the library lanai. Various employers will be there to accept your resume and talk story. is is a chance for students to see what jobs are available a er graduation. Be sure to check out the in depth article featuring the Women’s Center, as they celebrate their 25 years here at UHH. ey have really been working to make a di erence not only for the UHH campus but the community as a whole. Also we remember Senator Gil Kahele, who passed away in late January. He was a well known man and will be missed by many. Take a peek into the lives of some student athletes from UHH and see how they handle college life. ere is much more than meets the eye. Election news is also buzzing around and seems to be a hot topic amongst students. You can hear some student views on the upcom- ing election and see where you stand on the debate. Lots is going on right now and we are always interested to hear from you, the reader, about events we may have missed or need to know about. You can also follow Ke Kalahea on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for your on the go UHH happenings. A Hui Hou! Britni Schock Editor in Chief 3 In this issue Women’s Center 25th Anniversary PG. 5 & 9 Player Profile: Asia Smith PG. 6 Voyaging Toward success pg. 8 Remembering senator Gil Kahele pg. 10 Using your student fees Pg. 11 Editorial: 2016 History in the making Pg. 11 No Easy Day Pg. 12 Interviews on TMT Pg. 14 Art history Pg. 16 international nights pg. 16 The college vote PG. 17 Photo Story: honolii PG. 18 4 UH Hilo/HawCC Women’s Center Celebrates News Writer Aspen Mauch 25th Anniversary he University of Hawai`i at Hilo (UH ally making a dierence for the larger group, and ter is operated by the HawCC Early Childhood Hilo) will be celebrating the 25 Anniver- it was totally accepted that that's what the Wom- Education Program and functions as a “lab” for sary of the Women’s Center through a en's Center was. It was going to be an agency of the students to gain experience working with young series of special events from Feb. 14-21, state working in behalf of the women of the state children. “Providing quality, aordable child care is T2016. In addition to celebrating 25 years of serv- of Hawai`i.” crucially important for women,” Rodriguez stated ing women on campus and among the community, e Women’s Center has oered a variety of in an email. “At the time—when I scored getting the Women’s Center will also be recognizing the services over the years such as peer counseling; a that funded—it was for both HawCC and UH Hilo. launch of the Gender and Women’s Studies Bach- library and resource center; has hosted numerous With the split of UH Hilo and HawCC, it seems to elor in Arts degree, which was implemented in Fall conferences, summits, and workshops; support- have landed with HawCC… I think that the split of 2015. ed events like “e Vagina Monologues,” and has the two campuses has been unfortunate.” `Ohana O Wahine, the rst ocial women’s cam- invited internationally recognized women activist In addition to supporting women both on campus pus organization comprised of faculty, sta, and guest speakers like Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, and and within the community, the Women’s Center students, was founded in March 1988 and is con- Gerda Lerner. “We were hot, there was so much advocated for gender equality among academia sidered the “mother organization” that led to the going on,” Rodriguez said. “e women who were and the workforce. Rodriguez and Nahm-Mijo re- creation of a Women’s Center at UH Hilo and Ha- the peer counselors grew to just love each other, so call the battles with gender discrimination that fe- wai`i Community College (HawCC). there was this comradery in the Women's Center. male students and faculty faced at UH Hilo. In 1989, through a joint eort between UH Ma- We were very active, and we were having events, “Women faculty were treated like dirt,” Rodriguez noa and UH Hilo to establish a Women’s Center on BIG events, at least every other week.” said. “It was like a glass ceiling, you couldn’t see it both campuses, Dr. Trina Nahm-Mijo, Professor of It is important to note that UH Hilo and Haw- but you couldn’t go any higher. Why? Because you Dance, Psychology, and Women’s Studies, and Dr. CC used to be a joint institution until their sepa- were a woman... I remember one of the male facul- Meda Chesney-Lind, Professor of Women’s Studies ration in 1991. Nahm-Mijo worries that the vision ty asking, ‘why isn’t there a Men's Center?’ I said, at UH Manoa, wrote a proposal for the creation of a of the Women’s Center servicing both UH Hilo ‘this University is a Men's Center.’” Women’s Center to provide “advocacy, networking and HawCC has been lost because of the split. “We As former Chair of the rst Sexual Harassment and support, problem solving on women’s issues, want to keep that vision alive,” said Nahm-Mijo. Task Force at UH Hilo/HawCC, Nahm-Mijo wit- formal and informal educational activities, and so- “e Women’s Center was a big thing for commu- nessed gender discrimination rsthand. “In gen- cial interaction.” nity college women, especially returning women eral, the reason why there isn't a Men's Center is On October 12, 1990, the UH Hilo/HawCC Wom- who were very insecure of coming back to school, because the world is a man’s world,” Nahm-Mijo en’s Center ocially opened its doors, attracting a because they had a place that was like their own. said. “e males would laugh when I said things crowd of over 400 people, including UH President Our community has huge statistics on domestic like “you can’t date your current students.” ey’d Al Simone, numerous state representatives and violence, and the Women’s Center was a safe place laugh at me because they thought, ‘oh, why not, senators, county council members, and represen- where they could come and be supported. We we've been doing it all this time...’ Now they know tatives from women’s organizations throughout wanted women who were getting out of that situ- they can’t do those things, but in those days it was Hawai`i. ation to see college as a resource to refocus their like the wild west. It's good to see that things have “Our mission was to use all the resources at the lives and regain the condence that they can be progressed, but there's still challenges. At that time University, including the women at UH Hilo and independent, because we saw very terrible things.” it was being touted nationally that it was a ‘chilly HawCC to bring services to the women of the state According to Rodriguez, the Women’s Center also climate’ for women, and that's the kind of thing of Hawai`i,” Dr. Noelie Rodriguez, rst Coordina- started a fully functioning child care center for the that `Ohana O Wahine tried to reverse.” tor for the Women’s Center, said. “We weren’t just campus. By “submitting legislation and lobbying,” Story continued on page 9................. another counseling service of the University or the Rodriguez attained over $200,000 from the State Community College; we weren’t just going to be Legislature to create what is currently known as counseling for women and girls.

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