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WWW.KALEO.ORG EO KServing the students of the UniversityL of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 ISOLATED SHOWERS A life of war and love Top 5 trends in music New faces on the UH football staff Prof. Wai-Fah Chen’s movie-like life It’s not just more bling bling Coaches Aranda, Smith and Rolovich sign on WEDNESDAY H:78° L:70° Mixed Plate | Page 3 Mixed Plate | Page 7 Sports | Page 12 JAN. 30, 2008 WOMAN HIT BY WALL Sustainability Office Woman receives unexpected windfall eliminated Sustainabiliy council to address future conservation issues
By Casey Chin looks to the future rather than the office helped organize numer- Ka Leo Associate News Editor dwelling on the past. ous programs, including campus “This is simply the end Earth Day events, recycling on The Office of Sustainability of one hopeful chapter and the campus and the creation of the has been eliminated by adminis- beginning of another,” she said. Sustainability Courtyard. The tration, a decision countering the courtyard is a resting place for state’s intiatives in Hawai‘i 2050 Sustainability Office greenery and green friendly peo- Sustainability Plan. Students will remember the ple, including two eateries main- Funding for the office was dis- Office of Sustainability for being taining standards that promote a banded last December, when Vice impossible to find in the far north eco-balanced society, and tables Chancellor Katherine Cutshaw side of campus and for Bruce made from recycled material. redirected funding away from the Miller, the director and founder Although Cutshaw’s move office, effectively halting all of its of the Office of Sustainability, to cease funding to the office functions and capabilities as one of and Day, who formed the min- may come as a surprise to some the campus’ key public promoters iscule but powerful team that at UHM, the office, said Miller of sustainabile options, projects made many sustainable changes has always had trouble with fund- to campus. ing. When it was formed early in and programs at The University of See Sustainability, page 2 Hawai‘i at Mānoa. In its six years of operation, 2002, the approved budget was “I think we have a great loss. A valuable resource is gone,” said • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shanah Trevenna, a student coor- MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY: dinator of Sustainable Saunders and member of the council. ~ Sustainability Office ~ Facilitated the design of “I think students will be disap- ~ Organized six annual Earth the Campus Bicycle Plan pointed. It’s sort of an end of an Day Fairs ~ Coordinated the campaign era, in a way.” ~ Sustainability Weeks to create a more sustainable However, the end of one pro- “Future of Food at UHM” JOSHUA HAMPTON • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I gram is merely the beginning of (2005-2007) Judith Pettibone, a full-time student, was hit by three sections of the makeshift another, say members, as all respon- ~ Created the Sustainability ~ Initiated the drafting wall between Paradise Palms and Hamilton Library. The walls came crashing sibilities of the office have been Courtyard of a campus Charter of down in high winds onto her as she passed by. Amazingly, she suffered only minor handed down to the Sustainability Sustainability injuries to her shoulder and suffered no head trauma as a result of the accident Council, according to Mary Tiles, ~ Started a campus recy- yesterday, around 1:45 p.m. Campus Security and construction workers responded cling program (with the ~ Saved the historic Hawai‘i chair of the council. Energy House for future revi- quickly, repairing and replacing the three sections of the 100-pound wall as Despite the loss of the Office Landscaping Office) Campus Security cordoned off areas underneath the most vulnerable wall sections. of Sustainability, Linda Day, talization She declined a trip to the hospital. • its communication coordinator, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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MĀNOA MANA‘O In light of the recent financial aid and tuition increase topics covered in Monday’s issue, we asked students: How do you pay for school? TEXT AND PHOTOS BY BLANE BENEVEDES AND JOSHUA HAMPTON • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Linda Day, commu- nication coordina- tor for the Office of Sustainability, taking a break on “Work, loans, the Energy House’s mom.” porch. ELIZABETH VAIN Sophomore, marketing CASEY CHIN KA LEO O HAWAI‘I
ment regarding the Office of ity coordinator to every building Sustainability, Cutshaw wrote, on campus, encouraging cam- Sustainability “The Sustainability Council pus-wide sustainability. Another was formed to bring together goal of the council is to establish From page 1 all the sustainability efforts that an undergraduate sustainability are going on within our campus certificate in a 15 to 20 credit under one umbrella.” program. -ing when it was formed early in Cutshaw said that campus As for how well the “Praying.” 2002, the approved budget was sustainability is moving in a Sustainability Council will carry only for the first year. Once those new direction. “This way we can the sustainability torch, Trevenna initial funds dried up, the office ensure that all of our efforts are believes it is too early to tell. GILBERT IGNACIO funded its programs on a case-by- coordinated and our resources “I think we still need to wait Junior, marketing case basis, pending approval from maximized,” she said. and see. I think [the council’s] the vice chancellor’s office. The council was created to time hasn’t shown itself yet,” she As a result, Miller said, the organize and coordinate the vari- said. office often turned to the com- ous sustainable groups on cam- Trevenna thinks the office munity for help, and the local pus. Instead of focusing on public was victim to circumstance. “The community delivered with charity, outreach toward the community, school is in great transition right volunteers and donations. But in as the Office of Sustainability now,” she said. “That immediate- terms of its relationship with the did, she said that the council is ly makes everything unstable.” school’s administration, support geared toward sustainable poli- From the blue recy- “Miracles, part- for the office was always precari- cies, said Tiles. cling bins dotting the campus ous. Tiles said the council exists to a peaceful stroll through the time jobs, credit to enact academic policies that shady Sustainability Courtyard, cards, student Sustainability Council reflect sustainability. One of its the office and its impact will loans and In a recent e-mail state- goals is to appoint a sustainabil- remain. prayer.”
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future of our islands, our lives, our families, social status and our educational institutions. “All our Summit citizens need to be made aware of From page 1 what this overdependence on fos- sil fuel does to us in Hawai‘i.” The majority of leading scien- important information about cli- tists say global warming will cause mate change and the future. The oceans to rise by one meter in the focus of the night was reduc- next 50 years. Mike Hamnett, tion of greenhouse gas emissions who is a part of the University linked to global warming. of Hawai‘i-administered Hawai‘i Denise Antolili, director of Energy Policy Forum, said that the University of Hawai‘i law the rise will happen regardless school’s environmental law pro- of any future action to reduce gram, said there is too little atten- greenhouse gases. tion paid to island states and island Fletcher said a rise of one environments such as Hawai‘i. meter could potentially be an “All of us need to focus on underestimate of the threat, Hawai‘i, our home. We pay too citing scientific observations little attention in the media and of the melting in Antarctica in our own lives to the impact on and Greenland and increased climate change on the Hawai‘i warming of the atmosphere. islands,” Antolili said. “The good “People need to be pre- news is that this is changing. The pared that it is going to be bad,” problem is that it is not changing Hamnett said. “We really do need fast enough.” to address the greenhouse gas Over the past 50 years, the emissions problem, because if we average global temperature has don’t start to curb emissions, it’s increased at the fastest rate in going to get even worse than the john nakatsu • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i recorded history. Experts in the bad that’s already coming.” Moderator Denise Antolini kicks off the teach-in, inspired by the “Major Economy’s Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change.” field think the trend is acceler- Jeff Mikulina, director of ating, since the 10 hottest years the Sierra Club Hawai‘i Chapter, al meeting was called upon by Hawai‘i recently passed a bill that global climate change is the big- on record have all occurred said Hawai‘i is extremely vulner- President Bush, who abandoned aiming to reduce greenhouse gas gest problem that we currently face on since 1990. 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LetterstotheEditor EditorialCartoon Cold classrooms make learning difficult We are writing to ask the uni- lower than what is necessary. versity administration to correct a Large air conditioners, which problem that exists in a number run continuously, are wasteful. of buildings on campus. Although Rooms with very low tempera- we cannot address all buildings tures are wasteful. The money individually, we can speak of an spent on cooling classrooms from air-conditioning problem in the 9 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. and cool- N.I.C.E. (New Intensive Courses ing rooms in excess of what is in English) program building. necessary could be spent on other Our classrooms do not have important university needs. temperature control. We can- We are asking the university not regulate the temperature in administration to have building the classrooms. Because of that, temperatures adjusted to more we always feel cold. We usu- realistic temperatures. We also ally wear heavy sweaters or suggest that, if possible, air condi- warm jackets. The rooms are tioners should be turned off when cold enough to make learning the building is unoccupied. difficult. We catch colds easily. Even during summer months, N.I.C.E. Programs the room temperatures are much Integrated skills class students Name-calling should not be condoned courtesy illustration • Mct Campus
Trevor Atkins thinks that is a cultural value. Do you want it’s OK to use the language to be less moral than that? of bigots when welcoming Another ridiculous idea is people into your home (“Are that “present actions continue you a haole?”, Jan. 17). What’s to warrant the stigma.” If you appallingly ironic is that he (De)caffeinated are going to speak out against tries to justify it by appealing an injustice, then the best route to a moral high ground. is not childish name-calling. I The last time I checked, suggest to you the words of Dr. the “responsibility of being a Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi Consumerismthe table by the window? Here, the cars in Europe. The Hummer, resident rather than a visitor” and Jesus as advice for how steam blows off the coffee endlessly, which would annihilate the Smart includes treating people you but it is at the optimum temperature car if they ever got into a fight, is don’t know with an open mind, civil rights are really won. courtesy graphic Mct Campus to drink. Poets create masterpieces nowhere to be found. That doesn’t kindness and generosity. Even inspired by a single cup of coffee, or sit well with many Americans, who the violent sects of fundamental Wayne Adams By Meghan Lopez Islam uphold that responsibility Undergraduate, finance Ka Leo Associate Commentary Editor so we like to think. equate largesse with power and act When I first moved to Spain, as though size is all that matters. Coffee is just about the I drank three cups of coffee in a The same idea goes for coffee; greatest thing in the world. I say single sitting. The people I was Americans want bigger and stron- with managed to drink a single cup ger coffee to work late hours on a Please don’t touch this, however, not in a Starbucks, during two hours of conversation, project they will never finish. My sugared-up, caffeine-rush sort of While I was standing in they do not know. If you print this however, and seemed to be more teachers in Spain thought the idea way. In fact, I don’t believe that line at Ba-Le around lunchtime letter, perhaps it will discourage satisfied with their lone cup than I of brown bagging was one of the coffee should ever be used as a recently, a man accidentally was with my three. silliest things they had ever heard. men who think they are flatter- stimulant to speed up your life. bumped into me. He looked to In reality, I had disconnected Why wouldn’t you want to go ing women by such behavior and Instead, I believe, like the be in his 60s and could have myself from the sensation of drink- home for a couple of hours to rest? encourage women who have been Europeans, that coffee is an art. been an administrator or a fac- ing. I didn’t taste the coffee itself, Whenever I asked for something to touched in such ways to express ulty member. After bumping into In Spain the saying “tomar un nor did I feel its warmth slide do in Europe, the waiters laughed me, he apologized, put his arm their disapproval. café” means to have a coffee, not down my throat. It never seems in my face and then jeered at how around me and rubbed my back. to drink a coffee or inhale one. like Americans, myself included, American I was. I’m writing this letter to Pat Matsueda Spaniards get a group of friends have enough time to relish their As Americans, the ability emphasize that women do not like Lecturer, English department together and go to a café not for coffee. Europeans, on the other to destroy what matters most to to be touched in such ways by men the drink, but for the companion- hand, seem to have endless hours us is built into our genes. We ship; not for the caffeine rush, but to savor every sip. take natural inclinations, super- for a moment to pause and enjoy Just think about the different size them, then sell them in bulk. the company of friends. serving sizes available at your local Our wasteful habits have made This idea is quite romantic. Starbucks. This stands in stark con- us numb to all of life’s genuine Can you picture yourself sitting trast to European coffee houses, experiences. Maybe we should in a quaint coffee shop, fawning where there is only one size: petite. take a lesson from our European over a cup of coffee (that’s rather Drinks, foods and cars are compact. counterparts and stop to smell small by American standards), Even the people seem shrunken. the coffee. Who knows, it might while ogling the Spanish beauty at There are no economy size provide a wake-up call. - ‘I
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RAINBOWS SAY HELLO TO “DOMO” Les Murakami Stadium sports new look with Domo turf
By Ashley Nonaka that we can call to have them the ball’s spinning because it Ka Leo Associate Sports Editor come over,” Trapasso said. can take different bounces. But “Depending on the extent of the it’s great to run on.” When the University of damage that would determine Next on the list of things to Hawai‘i Rainbow baseball team the cost of the repair.” be renovated in the 25-year-old hits the field in a few weeks, The new Domo turf is soft- stadium is the material that will they will make history by being er than the old turf, as it is very be put on the steps and the floor the only baseball team in the similar to grass. of the dugout. nation to sport a relatively new “It’s better to slide on (and) The Rainbows will hit the brand of turf. to dive on because you don’t field in an alumni game on “This is really their first get the rug burns and your skin Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Les college baseball field, but (they) all torn up like you would have Murakami Stadium. The game have used the Domo turf on a on the old AstroTurf,” Trapasso is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. lot of football, soccer and rugby commented. fields,” said Mike Trapasso, Along with the new feel of Rainbow head coach. the turf, the players will have “But the company really to adjust to how the ball reacts wanted to get into the U.S. mar- once it makes contact with the ket and the baseball market at surface. this level and we’re really their “It won’t so much affect first school in the nation with our players in a negative way, a baseball field made of Domo ASHLEY NONAKA • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I but it will effect their numbers turf,” Trapasso said. A newly renovated turf premiers following nearly 10 weeks of construction at the Les offensively,” Trapasso added. The Domo turf covers the Murakami Stadium. A new Domo turf replaced the 11-year-old faded AstroTurf. The possible setback to whole field, including all foul these Domo turf surfaces is territories and the bullpens. The AstroTurf was for a couple of bad of a shape it was in.” that it takes almost a year and only dirt on the turf is located years. The new synthetic turf was a half to two years for all of around the home plate and on In May, Gov. Linda Lingle installed by Sports Turf Hawai‘i, the sand and crushed rubber to the pitcher’s mound. Replacing released $2 million for the a locally-based company, along settle. This will cause the ball the dirt around the baselines is a renovation of Les Murakami with RMY Construction. The to play a little bit slower this rust-painted synthetic turf. Stadium. Safety was one of construction team began remov- year than it will next year. Once Domo turf is very similar to the main reasons why new turf ing the old turf in the first week the rubber and sand settles, for field turf, and is expected to last needed to be installed. of November and the renova- the most part, the ball would 8 to 10 years. The Domo turf “We could not have played tion was completed and turned be playing almost exactly like another season on the old turf. over to the baseball staff on Jan. has much longer blades, but it’s grass would as far as the ball ASHLEY NONAKA • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I as close to real grass as artificial There were ripples in the turf, 14. speed and the bounce. A rust synthetic turf is featured in surfaces get. The longer blades seams were coming apart or “If we have any mainte- “It plays a lot better and are held down with sand and were lying open,” Trapasso nance issues, they’re right here, the team is getting used to it the newly restored turf at the the Les crushed rubber. Together they said. “It was really a situation its not like we have to make right now,” senior outfielder Murakami Stadium. The polyethylene create a softer feel to the turf. where we were probably lucky calls to the mainland and have Brandon Haislet said. “It’s a blade is colored to resemble dirt in the Domo turf is a European that no one was injured on that someone fly over, because we little bit different now because infield. company, located in Belgium. turf over the last year or so, as have experts right here in town you have to know which way But for the Les Murakami Stadium, a Georgia-based man- ufacturing plant supplied the materials for the new turf. Volunteer Opportunities The old surface, AstroTurf, Experience indulgence. outlived its guaranteed life Eat, Drink, and Be Charitable! 20% off Student and Faculty All Menu Items expectancy of about eight The Life Foundation is looking for volunteers to host AIDS awareness dinner Must show UH ID. Valid only at Kapahulu location years. parties as part of the Life Foundation’s annual dining event, Oahu Dines. Hosts “Playing on the AstroTurf receive free personalized Oahu Dines invitations and red AIDS awareness was like playing on a living room carpet and a tile floor, or ribbons. The host whose party raises the most money gets a $100 gift certifi cate an asphalt parking lot, (because) to Big City Diner. Questions? Contact Kandice Johns at 521-2437 ext. 250 or the blades of the AstroTurf were email [email protected]. short,” Coach Trapasso said. “We always dealt with shin splints and guys’ legs taking a National Multiple Sclerosis Society beating through the course of Volunteer opportunity available for General Offi ce Clerk to do correspondence, the season’s games,” he said. fi ling, telephone work, and data entry during offi ce hours M-F from 8:30 AM to The old AstroTurf field was 4:30 PM. Computer research can be done from home. 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I feel fortunate to was second in Most recently, Rolovich was participated in the 2002 Hula Bowl be a part of his first staff.” Despite an historic season for total and scor- the quarterbacks coach at City and was named the game’s Most As a player, Smith was a mem- the University of Hawai‘i football ing defense, College of San Francisco, where Valuable Player. ber of the 1999 squad which cap- team, voids were left to fill follow- and third in run he helped guide the Rams to a J.C. Former University of Hawai‘i tured a share of the Western Athletic ing the departure of a head coach defense. Gridwire National Championship center Smith also appears among Conference title and won the Jeep and several notable players. In the “I’m very in 2007. As a player, Rolovich the new faces O‘ahu Bowl. He started most of the past two weeks, newly appoint- excited to attended CCSF prior to UH and in the coaching team’s games during his junior and ed head coach Greg McMackin be reunited was a two-time All-American. He staff after being senior seasons. In 2001, he played announced three additions to the DAVE ARANDA with coach directed the school to a national named the new with Rolovich. coaching staff, in hopes of satisfy- McMackin,” championship in 1999. offensive line ing those vacancies. Aranda said. “I have a lot of respect “I’m blessed to have this coach for the On Monday, McMackin added for him and I know good things are opportunity to come back to UH Warriors last a third member to his staff with the in store for UH football. I’ve been to coach this great style of foot- week. Smith hiring of Dave Aranda, who will here for just two days and seeing ball,” Rolovich said. “This is a great lettered at UH coach the defensive line. He joins the excitement around town, I can’t place to be and I’m fortunate coach from 1998-2001 Nick Rolovich (quarterbacks) and wait to get started.” McMackin is giving me this chance BRIAN SMITH and returns to Brian Smith (offensive line), both Prior to a short stint at to coach my alma mater.” his alma mater of whom came on board last week. Houston, Aranda was a graduate A two-year letterman at UH, after serving as offensive line coach Aranda last coached at assistant at Texas Tech and was Rolovich started for much of the at Portland State last season. Delta State University, where he mentored by then-defensive coordi- 2001 season, replacing an injured At PSU, Smith coached under served as co-defensive coordina- nator McMackin. The Red Raiders Timmy Chang and leading the team former UH assistants Jerry Glanville tor and secondary coach in 2007. competed in three bowls during his to an 8-1 record as a starter. During and Mouse Davis, where they ran Following the season, Aranda tenure (2000 GalleryFurniture.com those nine games, “Rolo” threw for the run-and-shoot offense. Prior to signed on to become Southern Bowl, 2001 Alamo Bowl and 2002 3,361 yards and 34 touchdowns. PSU, Smith was a graduate assis- Utah’s defensive coordinator for Tangerine Bowl). In the season finale against fourth- tant at Oregon State in 2006, work- new head coach Ed Lamb and was The former Warrior Rolovich ranked Brigham Young, Rolovich ing under former UH offensive line on the job for one month before also joins the staff as UH’s quar- threw for a then school-record coach Mike Cavanaugh. joining McMackin’s staff. terbacks coach. A two-year letter- 543 yards and current record eight “It’s a very exciting time to get In his year at Delta State, winner from 2000-01, Rolovich touchdowns against the Cougars. the opportunity to coach the posi- COURTESY PHOTO • UH ATHLETICS Aranda helped the school win the will be at the helm of one of Rolovich ranked 10th national- tion I played,” Smith said. “I was Gulf South Conference and lead the bigger voids to fill among the ly in passing efficiency with a 150.5 here during coach McMackin’s first Former Warrior Nick Rolovich, quarter- the NCAA Division II in pass-effi- Warrior squad after the departure rating and broke 19 school passing time here and I have tremendous backs coach.