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VISIT US ONLINE AT www.kaleo.org THE VOICE SSustainableustainable sushisushi TTastyasty ssubstitutesubstitutes fforor A eendangeredndangered sseafoodeafood K LEEOO Page 4 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 THURSDAY to SUNDAY, SEPT. 17 to 20, 2009 www.kaleo.org Volume 104 Issue 23 Underage drinking damaging Campus Beat Compiled by Michelle White Staff Reporter to minors, businesses SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 Campus Security found six spring semester ended. people drinking at the Hale Although the trend of under- Noelani BBQ area at 12:30 age drinking violations seemed to a.m. Staff reported that the spike when school was in session five men and one woman and fall when the semester ended, refused to cooperate when the Liquor Commission says they are not targeting college students. asked why they were in the Smith said that the fluctuations area drinking. After officers in underage drinking violations is threatened to call HPD, mainly caused by sting operations suspects produced identi- that the Commission carries out. fication. All of the former “Part of what might have been students were given trespass going on is the Teen Bust pro- gram that we do, which are sting warnings. operations where we actually hire minors and we go out with them A good Samaritan turned so they can attempt to make pur- in a wallet to the cafeteria. chases, and usually that’ll run the The owner was found and numbers up,” Smith explained. “It reported it had been stolen just depends on the direction we’re moving in at any given time; we from his dorm room at Frear can’t do all things at all times, Hall. The thief took money, (and) that’s why sometimes you get gift cards and a laundry card, that effect.” but was kind enough to leave According to bartenders, the identifi cation. efforts such as the Teen Bust pro- gram and the fines are motivation SUNDAY, SEPT. 6 BRIAN TSENG/KA LEO O HAWAIʻI enough to check IDs. Mark Hayes, Jay Hopfensperger, assistant general manager of The Liquor Collection in Ward Warehouse, makes sure he cards his customers to prevent any a bartender at The Sandbox in A student was injured after Waikīkī and Soho in downtown sales to minors. he crashed his moped into Honolulu, has seen students try a guardrail on Old Wai‘alae Mary Renee Reuter bars and restaurants that depend Although Smith cannot News Co-Editor on liquor sales, losing their license think of a time when someone Road at 1:30 a.m. He said could cost them their business, but was actually sent to jail, it is a See Underage drinking, page 2 that he was forced to take While many students see for the individual that served the possibility for repeat offenders if evasive action after the car underage drinking as a victim- drink, selling to minors could cost the judge desires. he was following too closely less crime, the consequences can them their freedom. According to the Liquor be costly. “If we prove it, which in 99 Commission’s Web site, there were SCATTERED SHOWERS slammed on its brakes. His Hawai‘i Revised Statute percent of cases we do, then it’ll be 39 underage drinking violations last H: 88 ° L: 73 ° passenger did not suffer Section 281-78(b)(1)(A) prohibits up to the judge to determine what January alone, bringing in between any injuries, and he refused selling, serving or furnishing liquor he or she is going to do to that $37,000 to $44,000 in fines. There NORTH 3–5 WEST 1–3 treatment for his injured leg to a minor. If a business is caught particular person. That could be were 23 violations in February, 16 SOUTH 1–2+ EAST 0–2 and foot. selling to an underage student, anything from a warning to a fine, in March and four in April. There SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE they can be fined anywhere from to a year in jail,” said Jeff Smith, were no violations reported for the The incoming moderate north swell will decline See CampusBeat, page 2 $500 to $2000 dollars, and they can chief investigator for the Honolulu entire month of June, or after May on Friday. A small northwest swell will follow lose their liquor license. For many Liquor Commission. 14, around the same time that during the weekend. K CO-EDITOR JUNGHEE LEE A L CO-EDITOR KENDRA JONES Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 EO [email protected] CO-EDITOR MARY RENEE REUTER NEWS 2 A SMALL WORLD UH athletes participate in anti-domestic Campus Beat violence campaign from page 2 Tiffany Miller men’s basketball head coach Bob Nash. “Hitting a woman doesn’t make you more TUESDAY, SEPT. 8 Staff Reporter Coach Nash said he and his family felt of a man. That’s a lesson my mother taught A student told Campus honored to be a part of the campaign. me,” Savaiigaea said. “We have to stand up for The University of Hawai‘i, in partnership with “It’s a huge issue within my age demo- the women in our lives - they deserve it.” Security that he had just fin- the Hawai‘i State Department of Health and the graphic as well as my son’s,” said Nash. “So I feel The players and their families were cho- ished smoking a joint when Office of the Governor, recently unveiled two public like we are in a good position to have some influ- sen from dozens of candidates last summer to a Frear Hall staff member service announcements featuring UH athletes. ence, get the message across about the dangers appear in the PSAs, which were shot in May. knocked on his door to in- The campaign, which the DOH has been of domestic violence. We’re very honored to have Both Nash and Savaiigaea are well- quire about the aroma. The working on for two years, aims to raise aware- been chosen and glad to be able to help out.” known athletes and have a history of com- staff member saw marijuana ness about the growing epidemic of domestic The project also had a big impact on munity service, according to UH Broadcast violence in Hawai‘i. Nearly one in four women Savaiigaea, a senior Warriors defensive line- Manager Tracy Orillo-Donovan. stems and roaches (the end in Hawai‘i experiences violence at the hands man, who worked on the PSA with his moth- “The Department of Health actually of a used marijuana ciga- of a partner. Even though most cases go unre- er, Chicky Savaiigaea. funded the commercial and wanted to use rette) on his desk. ported, police receive over a thousand calls per “I think by doing this we can make a dif- UH athletes and coaches because they are month regarding domestic violence. ference and have a positive impact on the com- role models in the community,” she said. When taking illegal sub- The PSAs star former Rainbow Warrior munity,” Savaiigaea said. “I’ve seen firsthand The PSAs began airing on local television stances on UH property, hide basketball player Bobby Nash and current the damage done by domestic violence, so it and radio stations at the end of August, and Warrior football player Rocky Savaiigaea. meant a lot to me to be involved in this.” are also available to see on HawaiiAthletics. paraphernalia so that staff Nash, who now plays professional basket- The campaign hopes to target specific com and YouTube.com. They will be shown people are forced to work a ball in Japan with the Shiga Lakestars, appeared demographics by choosing athletes other throughout October, which is Domestic little harder to fi nd evidence. with his mother, Domelynne, and his father, UH men can relate to. Violence Awareness Month in Hawai‘i. THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 that he often drank when he was drinking, as well as the penal- A man locked himself in a Underage drinking underage. ties. HB3242 SD1 CD1 (Act 202) practice room at the Music “I drank 70 percent to 80 added consumption and ingestion from page 1 percent at parties, or at homes of alcohol to the list of prohibited Building. When Campus Security offi cers arrived, they everything from fake IDs, using “If we still have a doubt, we’ll or at parks, and 10 percent at activities. This means underage their sibling’s ID, reusing someone do a signature test to see if the bars or establishments that were drinkers between 18 and 20 can found the man sleeping on else’s ID and crawling over walls. signatures match. We do that at 21 and over,” Hayes said, adding be charged with a petty misde- the fl oor of the room block- “The rules that the Liquor least once a night at the Sandbox,” that most of the time he got in meanor if caught intoxicated, ing the door. He woke up and Commission enforces definitely Hayes explained. because he knew whoever was even if no actual alcohol is found explained that he was in the make me think twice before serving doing the carding. in the vicinity. These numbers make sense The “Use and Lose” law process of registering and anybody underage. I refuse to risk ʻUSE AND LOSEʼ needed to practice. He was my job and my reputation,” Hayes Many students see under- to Smith, who said most underage strengthened the penalties against said. He added that the best method age drinking as a rite of passage, drinking violations against univer- underage drinking. If caught, the cited for trespassing. for preventing underage drinking is something that everyone does.