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Falsely ‘UHM needs open exchange’ Video games accused to Fourth and final chancellor new art get aid candidate lays out her values form and By Aaron Oshita By Ernie Chong do not live in it.” Ka Leo Staff Reporter learning tool Ka Leo Contributing Reporter Hinshaw said she would be By Tracy Chan highly visible and accessible to the Ka Leo Staff Reporter The William S. Richardson School Virginia Hinshaw, a candidate for community. She wants good “open of Law recently received a $3,500 grant chancellor at the University of Hawai‘i exchange” between leaders in order to Last Wednesday the Academy for by the Hawai‘i Justice Foundation to fund at Mānoa, sees herself as a commu- accelerate the university’s goals in the the newly imposed, Hawai‘i Innocence Creative Media and Aloha Island, Inc. nicator, advocate and future “voice right direction. hosted a lecture in Kuykendall Hall Project. The Innocence Project is a nation- In order to be a leading institu- for the university” as a “globally con- by James Gee, a professor from the wide program established in the hopes to tion, she said one must address stu- nected” institution. University of Wisconsin, and a scholar bring justice to hundreds of wrongfully “We want the university to be the dent issues. in a very controversial and sometimes accused inmates throughout the country. destination of faculty, staff and students “We must invest in where we trivialized topic: video games. In conjunction to the University of in a respectful, inclusive and diverse know we have issues,” Hinshaw said. Gee, widely recognized for his Hawaii’s newly funded program, The community,” Hinshaw said. Building community opportuni- California Western School of Law has Noting “implementation” as a big ties for students is really important role in advocating video games as an also adopted the Innocence Project to aid problem at UHM, Hinshaw believes in to the student’s university experi- educational tool and a new art form, in the research and exoneration of those principles and values the university has ence, she said. took gaming to a whole new level wrongfully convicted. set out in its “Defining our Destiny” She also feels it is critically in his talk, “Stories in Video Games: False allegations have plagued the vision, such as the generation of new important to recognize the role of Toward a New Art Form.” American justice system for years, send- knowledge, educating people for jobs, indigenous people, having “worked Focusing on “world games,” or ing hundreds of innocent civilians behind games that immerse the player in a fic- preparing them to be responsible citi- HINSHAW a lot with native American people to bars for crimes they didn’t commit. The zens and life-long learners. realize their goals.” tional world and give people an avatar Hawai‘i and California Innocence proj- She says “learning, discovery, and Financial issues concerning the to play with, Gee said that not only ects hope to further resolve this escalat- engagement” are three areas she will into mountains.” She also feels that as medical school and student housing are are video games an art form, there ing problem by equipping and managing focus on if elected. an administrator she should be mindful also among her concerns. are many features to games that make team lawyers, law professors and law UHM’s unique geology, culture, in addressing political issues because “The goal is to have a great them an inherent learning experience. students with virtual, hands-on experience history and ecology are strengths on she represents and serves the institu- educational experience here,” she Video games develop problem- involving witness interrogation and DNA which she plans to maximize. tion. said, “and to make your degree more solving skills that are very similar analysis. “Mānoa has a good reputation as “The institution should be a place valuable.” to the ones employed by business- The benefit resulting from this pro- a strong research institution,” Hinshaw where you hear all sides of the issues,” Facilities, people and resources es in the real world, Gee said. One gram will be the invaluable experience said, but can be better in areas such as she said. have been Hinshaw’s biggest challeng- thing that helps this is the presence law students can receive in participation the academic level where the gradua- Hinshaw said she went into es in the past, but she says she spends of “affordances,” or ways the game with the project. They will be able to re- tion rate will be a high priority for her. administration because she thought she a fair amount of effort absorbing the is built to make problems more easily examine hundreds of cases and possibly Her style of leadership is “team could do more good for more people culture of the institution and learning solvable in a certain way. pull potential exonerations for selected oriented.” She likes to address prob- by helping to move programs forward. about where they want to go and what “The world has certain affor- convicts. Any record with profound evi- lems quickly through “respectful con- “I’m a quick learner,” she said. “I barriers to make. She said, “you must dence of innocence could be eligible for frontation” so that “molehills don’t turn love to learn. I learn from history, but I gear the solutions to the institution.” retrial. Ever since the Innocence Project See Games, page 2 was established in 2005, more than 190 convicts have been exonerated, includ- ing 14 on death row. Four people have already been successfully released by the California Innocence program itself. Most of these nationwide cases are, Your place on MySpace: keeping in touch however, ineligible for litigation. The pro- By Kelli Shiroma young adults alike have made its popu- gram reviews nearly 1,000 cases annu- Ka Leo Contributing Reporter larity soar. ally, with only 12, on average, becoming According to Jason Lee Miller, accepted for retrial. Most litigations are With the conveniences of phone, who wrote the article “No Place like proposed for those with long sentences e-mails or “snail mail,” online jour- MySpace” in October 2005, “Tom (20 years to life). Two cases are currently nals are frequently used by college Anderson created MySpace in late 2003 under review in Hawai‘i. students to keep in touch with friends to offer up a place for aspiring musicians Timothy Atkins, convicted in 1986 at different universities in various and bands to share their music and con- for the murder of a man during a car jack- states or family members at home. cert locations.” According to Boyd’s Web site, ing, was released last Friday under the Through viewing picture albums on hard work and perseverance of California MySpace has become an integral part online journals, students can check Western school of Law and Hawai‘i of the lives of many people around the up on their peers and “talk” to former Innocence Project co-directors Jan Stiglitz world, especially because the minimum and Justin Brooks. Atkins, 41, spent 20 classmates from high school. Besides age of the Web site has been lowered years in prison for a crime he did not re-connecting or staying in touch over the years, from 18 to 16 and now commit. After four years of deciphering with old friends, university students 14 years old. Atkins’ case, a key witness finally con- use both MySpace and Facebook to Because of the features found on fessed that she lied about Atkins’ involve- find new friends in their current col- MySpace.com – picture uploading, ment in the killing. lege environment. SCREEN CAPTURE • Myspace.com sending messages, posting comments Aside from modern critical reason- Jenni Blais is a typical student at and writing blogs – teens return to ing techniques and contemporary analy- the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa: New England states. Love for online journals MySpace day after day, periodically sis, technology has allowed for much she is taking 15 credits worth of “[I] resorted to using MySpace and During a talk in February finding new friends and maintaining more in-depth investigation, utilizing biol- classes, is involved in intramural Facebook a lot more to keep in touch 2006 titled “Identity Protection in a contact with old friends. ogy and genetics. New DNA testing has sports and still has time to relax. with friends back home,” Blais said. Networked Culture: Why the Youth “MySpace.com has morphed from an unadvertised haven for young bands proven to strengthen the evidence for the However, Blais is different from While she is enjoying her class- Heart MySpace,” which addressed wrongfully convicted and enhance the to share their musical talents to a youth- many mainland students who attend es and dorm life at UH, and has the advantages of the Web site, Danah probability of exoneration for Hawaii’s UH in that she is definitely from a oriented social networking phenomenon made many new friends in the pro- Boyd, part of the American Association innocent behind bars. “galaxy far, far away,” as her home for the Advancement of Science, said with upwards of 32 million registered cess, Blais still keeps in touch with As a partner with the Hawai‘i is in Maine. “MySpace has more page views per hipster members,” Miller said of the Innocence Program, California Western When she started her first her friends on the mainland through day than any site on the Web except continuously increasing popularity of School of Law will take care of most semester at UH in the fall of 2006, these two Web sites. Yahoo!” the site. Facebook is the newest addition to of the expenses. The budget is set at Blais said that she only knew a few MySpace (http://www. Ever since MySpace was cre- $400,000 annually, mostly funding by the people here because many of her myspace.com) is one of the ated in 2003, its frequent and wide- law school itself and private donations. friends were still in Maine and the most popular online journals. spread use among teenagers and See MySpace, page 2 Ka Leo O Hawai‘i News/Features Page 2 | Monday, March 5, 2007 News Editor: Justin Hedani | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected] | Features Editor: David Pham | (808) 956-3221 | [email protected]

train players to think. rological projection.” warning each other about the danger of Citing Morrowind, a PC fan- “It gives humans the weird sharing information online.” tasy role-playing game known for its experience that we have control Games exceptional graphics and the freedom over an avatar,” he said. In online MySpace Functions, features and capabilities, From page 1 players have to make choices and cre- games, this concept becomes From page 1 oh, my ate a nonlinear story line of their own, even more complex. Gee used Some of MySpace’s features, such Gee said that in many cases, the player World of Warcraft, the Massively as its being a public Web site, have dances that make problems solvable of a game also becomes a producer online Web sites, as it is an online direc- Multiplayer Online Game, as an converted former users of MySpace into in a certain way,” Gee said, using the and inventor. tory that connects people through social example of multiple experiences users of Facebook, which is considered example of a hammer that is good for “Games at their best involve networks at schools. occurring for many people at the While the use of MySpace is still a more “private” network. While both hammering nails, but not necessarily players making choices,” he said. “In same time. popular, according to Michael Bugeja, sophomore Henry Cheng and freshman so good for other things. In games, a sense, the designer has given you “You are creating a human author of the online article “Facing the Bobby Tarumi have MySpace accounts, Gee said players have a world in tools to create your own game.” which the body they get matches the experience,” Gee said of the need Facebook” and director of the Journalism they said that they prefer using Facebook Some goals, such as reaching problems they need to solve in that for players to work together toward School at Iowa State University, to keep in touch with friends from high a higher level, Gee said, are shared game, which is not always the case in a common goal. He compared this “Nationwide, Facebook tallies 250 mil- school. by the designer and the player of the real life. to the concept of cross-function- lion hits every day and ranks ninth in Tarumi said that although he has game. Body-world matches aside, Gee al teams in the corporate world, overall traffic on the Internet.” a MySpace, like Cheng, he would said video games train people’s minds “At one level the game is a proj- where each person is a specialist in Facebook and MySpace are very rather use Facebook as a means of communication. to think in analytical patterns. For ect given to you by the producers,” he a different area; unless everyone is similar, but Facebook has some differ- “While I have one [MySpace each game, players adjust themselves said. “On the other hand, you get to competent at their skills and knows ent features, which include wall-to-wall account], I am a little anti-MySpace to think the way the game is designed. project your goals onto the game.” what to expect of their teammates, posting, picture-tagging and “poking.” because: 1) it takes up more of your He used Full Spectrum Warrior, a One choice that people have in the team fails. In an open blog, Mark Zuckerberg said that his goal for creating Facebook in time to use; 2) the advertisements are realistic game the Army uses to train many video games is that of choos- “It’s social organization and ing an avatar, or a character to play. 2004 was to help people understand annoying and overly sexual; 3) I get soldiers, as an example. an interesting resource for art,” too many friend requests from random In a combat situation, he said,“the These characters often have their own what was going on in their world a little he said. better. people online; 4) it has many technical soldier actually needs to see the world background and their own life stories, Gee plays WoW with his wife, “I wanted to create an environ- difficulties; and 5) not as many people as a series of covers, sometimes.” but Gee said they also give people the and described the experience of a ment where people could share what- in college use it as much anymore,” Gee said that there is a noticeable choice, to an extent, of who they want raid, which can be a group of up to ever information they wanted, but also Tarumi said. change in thinking patterns among to be. Gee spoke of games as a space 40 people, all working together to have control over whom they shared that the younger,“gaming generation” that over which a human has extended, take on a challenge. information with,” Zuckerberg said. involves both their priorities and our embodied control through their avatar. Protect your profile “In a raid, you have 40 differ- values, and said that this is, perhaps, He called this feeling of a character ent ways to look at the world that While both MySpace and Facebook due to the new way that video games being an extension of the player “neu- The purpose of online journals are online Web sites, there has been are superimposed on each other; some evidence that Facebook is “safer” unless everyone cooperates, it can- For many teenagers, MySpace and Facebook are simply ways to “hang than MySpace. not succeed,” he said. 100 Years Strong out,” either spending time catching up For example, MySpace is a pub- By Patricia Wilson This integration extends to with old friends or learning more about lic Web site and various profiles are every aspect of the game, so much new friends in college. easily accessible; on the other hand, so that Gee calls MMO’s a rein- “For many teens, hanging out has in Facebook, according to Mark vention of the public sphere, where moved online ... MySpace and instant Zuckerberg, “ … all of our members are The Unique Building the company is not restricted to messaging have become critical tools for part of smaller networks like schools, age, race, country, class or gender. teens to maintain ‘full-time always-on companies or regions, so you can only People from all over the world play intimate communities’ where they keep see the profiles of people who are in your WoW, but in that world, the avatar their friends close even when they’re networks and your friends. We did this to they choose may have nothing to physically separated. Such ongoing inti- make sure you could share information do with their status in life. macy and shared cultural context allows with the people you care about. This is On the other hand, Gee said, youth to solidify their social groups,” the same reason we have built extensive gaming can be a very personal Boyd said. privacy settings – to give you even more control over who you share your infor- thing. It allows people to con- Although both MySpace and Facebook are useful for dorming uni- mation with.” struct their own experiences and versity students to stay in touch with Facebook is also potentially safer make their own meaning from the close friends and family members, than MySpace because not just anybody symbols and story line of games. check up on former classmates, express can become a member of the network. He believes that as a species, themselves by personalizing their pro- According to Chris Hughes, a spokesman humans take pleasure in learning, files and develop new friendships for Facebook, online misrepresentation is and the new ways of experienc- with fellow college students. Students against Facebook’s “Terms of Service.” 1974 ing the world that video games should use extreme caution every time “In other words, you can’t create give us are a valuable and largely they go online. a profile for Tom Cruise using your account. When users report a profile, In 1971, construction of Business Administration Building began, untapped source for personal edu- Because MySpace is a public site we take a look and decide if the content and it was completed in 1974. At the time of its construction, it was cation. People invest hours of time which is accessed by millions of users per day, students should be aware of pos- seems authentic. If not, we’ll remove the considered “unique,” and to this day it’s doubtful that there are many in playing games, and these games sible online predators. user from the network,” Hughes said. who would disagree with that. The unnamed architect of BusAd is said give them a medium in which to In his online article titled “Why Although there are possible risks to have won many awards because of its uniqueness. construct experiences and mean- ings for themselves. parents must mind MySpace” released involved with the use of Web sites like in April 2006, Rob Stafford, a correspon- MySpace and Facebook, as long as stu- Photo Courtesy of “Building a Rainbow” by Victor Kobayashi “So are video games art? Yes,” dent for NBC News, said, “In the last dents understand the danger of revealing Gee said, that and more. “Gaming month [March 2006], authorities have too much information online, commu- is a performance art. It’s from charged at least three men with sexually nication through such Web sites can be the bottom up, and it’s stitched assaulting teenagers they found through beneficial, as it helps college students to together out of what is trivial when MySpace.com, and just this week police stay in touch with peers and form con- Lee's described but what is most pro- found a missing 15-year-old girl who nections with new friends. 2x1 found to humans, and that is the ... investigators say was sexually assaulted Freshman Janet Li agrees. value and emotion that we give to by a 26-year-old man she met through “In college, sometimes I don’t have everyday experience.” the site. MySpace members are now a lot of time to see my friends; MySpace is a good way to keep in touch with friends you don’t see on a day-to-day basis, especially friends that you don’t Sudoku House see at all because they’re on the mainland 2x4 Planner ... As for precautions, it [MySpace] is 2x4 not dangerous if you know how to use the privacy settings. You can block out certain information, and you are not obli- gated to post everything about yourself,” Li said. Jenni Blais said that she also contin- ues to use both MySpace and Facebook. “I still use both MySpace and Facebook to talk to my friends back in Maine, especially because of the time differences; but now, I also use it to talk to my classmates and friends that I have made here,” Blais said. In our rapidly-advancing world of technology, MySpace and Facebook have already replaced more traditional ways of staying in touch, and as more technological innovations are created in the future, maintaining close contact with friends and family becomes increasingly important … as well as staying safe while doing so. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Features Editor: David Pham Associate Editor: Mariam Beard | (808) 956-3221 | [email protected] Monday, March 5, 2007 | Page 3 Events Calendar United Mānoa: SAFB Please e-mail any community or campus events to [email protected]. “With one more step ahead: a “Resilient and reaching for more: Putting fees to good use novel,” an English final oral, today, maintaining access to higher Board decides 12 to 2 p.m., Kuykendall Hall, room education,” a lecture, tomor- 409. Goro Takano will present. Info: row, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Queen which groups get 956-8500. Lili‘uokalani Center for Student funding Services, room 412. Avis Jones- An informational meeting about DeWeever from the Institute for career opportunities with the Women’s Policy Research will pres- By Matt Tuohy Central Intelligence Agency, ent. Jones-DeWeever will present Ka Leo Staff Reporter today, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Campus Center, her research based on interviews room 307. Info: Career Development Have you ever been to Girl with over 100 current and former and Student Employment, 956-7007, Fest? How about a dodgeball game welfare recipients in California and [email protected]. on campus? These activities require the importance of higher education many things to come together, and “Boomtown: life in a Chinese for welfare recipients. Info: Bridge to one of the most crucial factors is Nichole Myers is a factory city,” a University of Hawai‘i Hope, 956-8059, [email protected]. funding. Nicole Myers and the other Student Activity Fee Board member and Confucius Institute lecture, today, 11 members of the Student Activity “New concepts in the pathogen- and Program Fee Board are responsi- coordinates activi- 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Center for Korean esis of emphysema,” a department ble for distributing funding to various ties for her fellow Studies auditorium. The lecture on of medicine grand round, tomor- groups and organizations on campus students, such as the Lishui, a city in Zhejiang province, row, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., UH medical that apply for it. dodgeball tourna- will track the city’s development Myers is an undergraduate ment. school – Kaka‘ako campus, Queen’s over the course of a year, with a student at University of Hawai‘i at Conference Center, second floor special focus on the interactions Mānoa studying Art, teaching at a MATT TUOHY lobby. Sharon Rounds, a professor Ka Leo O Hawai‘i between bosses and workers, and school and is one of 11 members of of medicine and associate dean at the board for a year and a half. the special culture that develops in the board. Recommendations are minded about all issues brought to the Brown Medical School in Rhode “I like to think I bring an artistic factory towns like Lishui. A reception then forwarded to the chancellor the board. Island, will present. Info: depart- eye to the board,” Myers said. for a final decision, according to the will follow the lecture. Peter Hessler, Group dynamics ment of medicine, Sharon Chun, 586- According to their Web site, the board’s Web site. board is responsible for providing a China correspondent for The New Myers feels that her organiza- 7478, [email protected]. financial aid for co-curricular activi- Hard decisions Yorker and nominee for the National tion has a special bond that others ties and programs for students at UH. Book Award for his book “Boomtown: “The concept of artificial upwell- Though many decisions have don’t have, she said. They all work This includes Registered Independent Life in a Chinese factory city,” will ing: myth or promise?” a Hawai‘i to be made by all the members of well together and sometimes have Organizations (RIOs), university present. Info: Cynthia Ning, 956- Natural Energy Institute seminar, departments and university-affiliated the board, it is important for fair group outings. 2692, [email protected]. tomorrow, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m., POST programs. decisions to be made on whether “I truly value [Myers’] opinions building, room 723. Gerard Nihous, programs deserve funding or not. For and her keen sense of decision-mak- The UH bands spring concert, The money to fund the board associate researcher at the HNEI, will comes from student fees of $2.70 this reason, Myers said [she] keeps ing especially when it comes to our tonight, 7:30 p.m., McKinley High present. Info: HNEI, 956-8890, mka- from students taking eight cred- an open mind about subjects she feels tedious Funding Hearings,” said Vice School auditorium. The UH Wind strongly against, like the military. Chairman of the Board Lester John [email protected], http://www.hnei. its or more. The funds are then Ensemble and UH Symphonic Band distributed to various UH groups “I don’t believe in funding war,” Hael. “Her cheerful persona makes hawaii.edu. will perform. Admission – $6 and and departments after proposals are Myers said. “I don’t believe in put- her a valuable team player, spokes- $10. Info: music department, 95- “Current environmental con- written and received and represen- ting educational money toward pos- person and student representative of MUSIC, [email protected], cerns and developing a cyclical tatives from the groups meet with sible violent activity.” She stays open the board.” http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic. economy in China,” a Chinese stud- ies and climate and society presenta- “Listening placement test devel- tion, tomorrow, 4 to 5:30 p.m., POST Hana Student Suites opment and analysis from a building, room 126. Xiangdong Ye 3x7 Rasch perspective,” a second lan- will discuss environmental issues in guage acquisition final oral, tomor- China, covering the main problems row, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Moore Hall, and proposing measures to deal room 551. Martyn Clark will present. with them. Info: Center for Chinese Info: 956-8500. Studies, Daniel Tschudi, 956-8891, [email protected].

Sodexho 2x5 KA LEO O HAWAI‘I COMMENTARY Page 4 | Monday, March 5, 2007 Editor: Justin Hahn | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected] How big is your ecological footprint? By Shelly Denkinger sustained. To illustrate the signifi- able. I did some research to figure out ecological footprint. If you’re ready to start shrink- Ka Leo Contributing Writer cance of this disparity, the average if I was right. The Global Footprint So, I used the tools available ing your ecological footprint, you lifestyle of a person in the United Network has designed a user-friendly on this Web site to determine my can start by going online and figur- In general, people act as if this States would require nearly six planet current ecological footprint to see ing out how big your footprint is, planet can sustain their choices in Earths in order to keep up with our how I really compared to the aver- based on your current choices. Then the long term. But the reality is our current habits of consumption age American. The results were follow up and figure out how you current lifestyle choices are not sus- and waste! humbling. While my footprint can begin to reduce your footprint tainable. Perhaps some people know I suspect that many L is smaller than average, it by making a few simple changes in AU R their current choices are not sustain- of you may be think- EN is still well beyond sus- your current choices. If everyone who

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Put − cut down your consumption of comparing what we use with what average American. in these terms, bet- animal products is available worldwide to be used. It may also be true ter is far from good Your ecological footprint estimates that your choices are enough. − don’t buy food you won’t eat how much biologically productive better (from a sustain- After this hum- ability point of view) bling experience, I used the − take actions to stop getting junk land and water your choices require mail to support what you consume and than those of the average interactive worktable provided discard (taking into account disposal American. First of all, that’s not on this Web site to see how I could − start composting your food of waste, pollution, etc.). saying much. Second of all, better begin to reduce my footprint. 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LettertotheEditor Black boxes in the driver’s seat Not all Christians By Justin Hahn and putting a conscience back into peo- and we aren’t driving to save the day. last suggestion: driving with aloha. This, denounce evolution Ka Leo Commentary Editor ple’s heads, we need black boxes more We’re driving to pick up a gallon of of course, is far from easy. Cars isolate akin to the black box in Corbin Dallas’ milk, and we’re driving to go to work. us: they are big boxes that allow us to I found the article “Richard and We’re dying out there. taxi cab. We’re just regular Joes; we don’t have never speak to one another, and in turn Religion” by Kris DeRego (2/28/07) This year 17 people have died on You might remember him from the moral fortitude or driving prowess let us forget the other human beings on rather elementary in its interpretation Honolulu roadways, and the public is the movie “The Fifth Element.” In it, of Corbin Dallas or any other hero. We the road. We can’t drive with aloha, and of religion. From the article it would up in arms – or at least the media is. Bruce Willis’ character breaks traffic can’t be trusted to save the world if we we can’t learn to be more compassion- seem that all Christians are either Everyone’s suggesting fixes, and I’m law after traffic law trying to save the can’t even do the right thing in traf- ate and careful drivers if we don’t actu- opposed to science or are radical here to suggest mine: black boxes. We day. A little black box on his dashboard fic. And honestly, we can’t be trusted. ally care about anyone else on the road. fundamentalists. I find this a general need black boxes in cars. records every traffic infraction, and just That’s why we need black boxes. What we have in America, where and unsubstantiated claim: I have Black boxes are already in a lot of as he’s about to be a real hero, the black Most of you will say that boxes over 40,000 people die every year from grown up Christian but I still accept cars. They’re called “event data record- box tries to shut him down. aren’t needed. Some say the answer is auto-related injuries, is a failure to do Of course we hate the black box more comprehensive law enforcement. the right thing. We speed to get to day the teachings of science. In fact, all ers,” and they’ve been keeping track of vital data for decades. Speed, engine in that scene; we think it’s a pesky Some say it’s to educate drivers, pedes- care to pick up our kids; we take turns the Christians I am acquainted with RPM, seat belt use and even brake little annoyance. But in that sci-fi world, trians and other road users. Still others too fast or we pass on narrow two-lane believe in evolution. Throughout the position are recorded in these so-called where cars fly and Earth is ten times as say we all need to be more courteous, roads; we ignore the road so we can article the author focuses on the “black boxes,” and they have been used crowded, it is necessary to the health slow down and “drive with aloha.” talk on the cell phone or shave; we treat worst examples of religious funda- to adjudicate guilt or innocence in a and safety of everyone driving. That is, These are all good ideas, but driving like a sport, like a real-life video mentalists, which are the minorities number of high-profile court cases. In it’s necessary for everyone except our they’re unrealistic. We can’t depend on game. We don’t do the right thing. We within religions. The author com- these cases, the black boxes collected man Corbin, because he’s a hero, and he the police to ensure safe roads because don’t do the right thing because we pletely ignores people like Mother data for only a few seconds before the shouldn’t be held to that standard. there’s just not enough, and frankly, they don’t have any reason to. Teresa, who truly exemplifies what crash. That’s common of existent black So we cheer when he yanks it turn blind eyes to all sorts of minor traf- Black boxes are a reason to do the it means to be a Christian. boxes because their memory is relative- out of the dashboard. And we glower fic infractions. right thing. 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no mention of how you’re dealing make you one before they “acci- with the boyfriend who can’t keep dentally” had sex. Spend less time his zipper up. I say that they both with both of the perpetrators; do not should be sent to the gallows, and accept every single call from either Dear Wala‘Au, her excuse of “oh now, it just hap- unless you’re in the best of moods. pened” is a steaming heap of bull While engaging in the “pull- My best friend and I have been best feces. If you haven’t explained to back” method, use the remaining her already, sex just doesn’t “hap- time to build your social network. friends since we were in kindergar- pen.” It’s not like they’re two oppo- Start talking to people in your By Seth Char site-gender monkeys locked in the classes and find common ground. ten.We even moved across the country Ka Leo Staff Writer same cage, and it’s certainly impos- Ask someone you find interest- to go to college together and live out sible for her to “accidentally” take ing out for coffee. Use MySpace Dear Betrayed, a seat on his exposed and attentive and Facebook wisely. By giving our dream of living by the beach. But Things often get compli- member. Please, march right back yourself more contacts and friends, cated when one becomes too into your “best friend’s” dorm room you are effectively giving yourself now the dream is a total nightmare. I attached with any one person. and demand a real excuse. You more options as far as who you just found out that she slept with my If it be romance, friendship, or deserve that much, at least. choose to invest your trust in. survival; it’s all a part of the So consider the possibility that Do not keep all your eggs in one boyfriend.When I confronted her, she double-edged sword, this high your boyfriend had more to do with basket. Whenever you are ready to level of trust that comes with this than you think, and that you make your decision, the situation tried to deny it, then confessed, say- maintaining close relationships. shouldn’t let either one off the hook will have cooled, they will have ingit “just happened” when they were The intimate trust that comes in at this point. Even if your boyfriend had a chance to think about what a long relationship means that sweet talked your best friend into they’ve done, and you can then working on a class project together. when it is broken, what would taking off her panties, your friend make the call on whether or not originally be a pang of betrayal still didn’t have to help him thread you want these two in your life. She’sasking me to forgive her, but I just becomes a crushing blow. the needle. If you do decide to forgive don’tknow. I don’t have any other good And that seems to be the If you’re unsure about whether them, remember: you can forgive, case here. This is someone you to dole out forgiveness this early, but you don’t have to forget. Let this friends out here. I don’t know what I’d have trusted for years. What’s a my advice to you is no, at least not be a lesson to you in trust: always shame is that she tried to cover yet. Do what I call the “pullback keep a small gaggle of friends rath- do if we weren’t friends anymore. her own butt with lies before détente” method. er than put all your faith in one finally giving in to guilt and Literally pull yourself back person. People will be people, and Signed, splurging her tale of the dirty from the situation. This means that if one person fails you, it’s always little romp. you no longer make your boyfriend helpful to have other friends who Betrayed You are upset at your girl- or your best friend a priority any- will extend their hands and pull you friend, but there seems to be more. After all, they certainly didn’t out of the river.

ken. So what do you do when that friendship that should never be bond breaks? broken and then didn’t have the You have two options: patch guts to tell you. Be the better Glad Travel up the friendship or trash it. If person and forgive her, but don’t 2x2 you decide to forgive your friend, forget. you acknowledge that people are Whether you remain friends flawed, mistakes happen and all or not, it’s time to find a better that rubbish. After all, your friend “best friend” than the one you’ve By Larissa Eisenstein says it was a fluke accident and is Ka Leo Staff Writer begging for your forgiveness. But got. can the ultimate betrayal ever “just Dear Betrayed, happen?” Was Brutus swept up in Good Luck. Like most of life’s inevitable a conspiratory heat that acciden- cruelties, a best friend’s betrayal tally led to his close friend’s mur- is the knife in the back we never der? Of course not. He conscious- see coming. Shakespeare’s “Julius ly made the choice to choose the House Caesar” presents this ultimate love of his country over the love Program Heads metaphor of betrayal. As assassins of his flawed friend. In your case, 3x7 stab Caesar to death, the realiza- your so-called best friend chose a tion that his friend is one of the more selfish love: she chose love killers is even more overwhelm- of herself over her love for you. ing than the physical pain of the And she’ll do it again. Cheating attack. His dying words epitomize with a best friend’s boyfriend is the gut-wrenching incredulity not the type of thing that “just and dismay you now feel at your happens.” Ever. friend’s betrayal, “Et tu, Brute?” Beneath the “oh, whoops” (“Even you, Brutus?”) remorse, there exists within your It’s no wonder you’re now friend a selfishness that runs more concerned with your friend’s deeper than any friendship she betrayal than the fact that your has with you. boyfriend cheated on you. After Back in your sandbox days, all, guys are supposed to be the your friend may have been totally ones that break our hearts, not our selfless when she let you play girlfriends. Friendships are sup- with her favorite Barbie and kept posed to be the stuff that sticks the bald Magic-Markered one for through thick and thin. The years herself. But people change as they you spend whispering silly secrets grow up. Friendships change. As and sharing lofty dreams is the much as she may care for you super glue that holds you together and honestly seek forgiveness, she after you’ve been cracked and bro- willingly broke the one rule of Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Comics & Crossword Page 6 | Monday, March 5, 2007 Comics Editor: Casey Ishitani | (808) 956-7043 | [email protected] karoshi by casey ishitani myspace.com/tunorama

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University of Hawai‘i head coach Riley Wallace, Matt If Lojeski and Ahmet Gueye had all of their send-offs like they did Saturday night, goodbyes would be Christopher Ramelb much easier. Ka Leo Staff Reporter In front of a season-high 8,384 fans who braved the traffic for Senior Night, Wallace and company bucked UH seniors step up, bring down Boise State, and say farewell the Boise State Broncos 92-75. In the A ‘good’bye process, Gueye scored 17, rebounded nine and blocked three shots in twenty- five minutes. Lojeski netted a career high in points (35) on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc, and head coach Riley Wallace chalked up his three-hundred and thirty-fourth win, tying Coach Vince Goo for the most hoops victories in the state of Hawai‘i. said after Martin Scorsese could not have script- the game. ed a better way for Wallace, Lojeski “The way we and Gueye to say Aloha to the Stan won, the way the Sheriff Center. team stepped up, and the “It was a perfect night,” Wallace way the fans came out.” However, the Warriors’ night wasn’t so perfect in the opening minutes. The Broncos capitalized on Hawaii's Matt three turnovers and three consecutive Gibson drives to missed field goals by the Warriors and to the basket past held what would be their biggest lead Boise St. defender of the night at 7-2. Unfazed, the two Coby Karl dur- Seniors took it upon themselves to cut the lead down for good. ing the Rainbow Lojeski scored five and Gueye Warriors victory added two free throws of his own to Saturday night at spark a 7-0 run. From that point the the Stan Sheriff Warriors never relinquished the lead. Center. The score after the first half stood in favor of the home team 45-38. DAN RICHARDS During the second half, the lead Ka Leo O Hawai‘i was cut to seven due to the efforts Many celebrated guests were on player on the court.” sistency throughout this season and of Boise State’s balanced scoring attack, lead by All-Western Athletic hand to witness the event, including Ahmet Gueye attributed much their performances on Saturday night. Conference pre-season first-teamer University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa chan- of his success at Hawai‘i to coach “These guys have been perform- Coby Karl, who finished the game cellor Denise Konan, WAC commis- Wallace. ing all year,” said junior guard Matt with 14. sioner Karl Benson, former student- “We felt like we owed him one,” Gibson. “They’re two great kids and Wallace then intervened, showing athletes that played under Wallace, UH Gueye said. “It feels good to get this two of my very good friends. They his ability to rally the troops during the Women’s volleyball coach Dave Shoji, win for Coach Wallace because he is deserved to go out with a bang and nine minute mark of the second half. former UH Wahine basketball coach the one who got me and Lojo [Lojeski] they did.” After Wallace sensed a shift in Vince Goo and former UH baseball to this point.” The Warriors, who are now momentum he called a time-out and coach Les Murakami. No matter how extravagant the locked in as the fifth seed in the WAC refocused the Warrior attack. The “[Riley Wallace] developed me a celebration for Wallace, Lojeski and tournament, will take on Utah State result was an 8-0 UH scoring run to lot,” Lojeski said. “He made me a bet- Gueye will be remembered for their University in the first round March 8, push the Warrior lead to 15. ter person outside the court and a better contributions to the program, their con- in Las Cruces, New Mexico. During the waning moments of the game, with the victory in hand, Wallace got the chance to clear the bench, giving Lojeski and Gueye their Rainbow Books final standing ovation at the SSC. Although it was Senior Night, 3x2 coach Wallace received the attention

DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i and respect that he deserved after his Hawai'i senior Ahmet Gueye (top) grabs an twenty-year tenure coaching for the offensive rebound from the hands of Boise University of Hawai‘i. The post-game celebration includ- State's Reggie Larry. Matt Lojeski (bottom) ed a video presentation, prepared and uses his "shooters touch" to sink a three- shown by KFVE, that documented point shot. Gueye and fellow senior Lojeski the seniors’ careers at UH, highlights were honored after the game for their time from the current season and the rise of with the 'Bows. coach Riley Wallace.

KTUH chants of “Riley! Riley!” emitted from 3x5 the stands. As Wallace settled down in a seat Wallace next to his wife, friends and coworkers showed up to honor Wallace. From page 8 “The day the WAC makes a hall of fame, you will be one of the first wins in school history. Now Smith has inductees,” said WAC commissioner joined Wallace on the bench. Karl Benson to Wallace. “Growing up I always wanted to A handful of former players came play Division 1 basketball and I always forward. Former Rainbow Wahine coach wanted to coach,” Smith said. “[Wallace] Vince Goo, currently tied with Wallace fulfilled two of my goals. I give him all for all-time UH basketball wins at 334, the credit in the world for where I am. I came to honor Wallace as well. His really thank him for that as a person.” college fraternity Kappa Sigma showed Junior guard Matt Gibson, who up, pictures were taken and hugs were has had his share of disagreements with exchanged. Wallace in the past, has been very sup- Wallace then stood in the center of portive of Wallace since his retirement the program that would not have been was made official. possible without his guidance. Draped “At times in the past,” Gibson said in leis, and holding the microphone, an after Saturday’s game, “I’ve been a little emotional Wallace gave thanks to the prideful and it’s brought me down. If fans once more. anything coach Wallace has helped me “If I cry tonight it’s because I love grow ... as a man. He’s helped me you all,” he said. become more humble, more understand- UH will further celebrate Wallace’s ing and more patient. A lot of virtues that contribution to the programWednesday, I didn’t have, I now do.” April 25. Smith and Gibson were both there Saturday as Wallace strolled onto the Ka Leo Sports Reporter Christopher floor to a standing ovation and scattered Ramelb contributed to this story Page 8 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Monday, March 5, 2007 | SPORTS

ByWallace Keane Santos uppedimpact in Hawai‘i. Prior to his arrival,attendance, happy for that. I worked very hard and one sidescores of him. Wallace has passion Ka Leo Staff Reporter the ‘Bows made it to one NCAA tour- so did my staff. I think no one cares for the game, and love for his players, nament and two National Invitation about this program as much as I did; I which is one of the reasons he was so When Riley Wallace cleans out Tournaments. Since he became head got the fans to care just as much. We successful at UH. his office at the end of this season, it coach in 1987 however, Wallace fought all these years but I think it was “[Wallace’s best quality is] being will close a chapter of UH basketball has guided the Rainbow Warriors to worth it.” a fan,” former UH player and cur- spanning two decades and be the 15 winning seasons, three NCAA Wallace was one of the key com- rent associate coach Alika Smith said. departure of one of Hawaii’s best appearances and six NITs. Wallace ponents, along with Stan Sheriff and “He’s jumping up and down yelling coaches. had a vision of where UH basketball Governor Waihe‘e in developing the and doing all of that, but he’s a very “It’s building up, there is no ques- could go, and he made his vision Stan Sheriff Center. He came with a good person he’ll back you up. We tion about that,” Wallace said Thursday become a reality. hard-nosed coaching style to Hawai‘i, are friends and he is my boss but he’ll regarding his final two games at the “I’ve worked hard to develop and if you’ve never seen Riley Wallace stick up for you in a heartbeat; I wish Stan Sheriff Center. “Anything they a fan base here for UH basketball,” yelling, you’ve probably never seen a everyone else could see that.” do Saturday night after the game I Wallace said. “[The attendance] was UH basketball game. Smith played on one of Wallace’s want to be done after the seniors are around 1,200 when I got here but goes “Some people didn’t like my most memorable teams.Teaming with honored because that’s their night.” around 7,000 now. In past seasons coaching style. But most did,” Wallace eventual NBA player Anthony Carter, DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i And though that is exactly how it with Alika [Smith] and A.C. [Carter] said. “It was evident in the fans show- Smith and the Rainbow Warriors led Riley Wallace questions a game officials' call during the happened Saturday night, it was really we’ve had 10,000. If you said you ing up to support us. I think people Hawai‘i to an upset of then second- Rainbow Warriors' final home game of the 2006-07 a night to give thanks to the man who could put 10,000 people in the stands knew we were going to come out and ranked Kansas, one of the biggest season on Saturday night. Wallace, who will retire at catapulted the UH program to new for a basketball game in Hawai‘i, 30 play hard every night.” the end of this season, was honored for his tenure with heights. years ago people would say you were Those who didn’t like Wallace’s the Warriors after the game. There is no denying Wallace’s crazy. But it did develop and I’m coaching style may have only seen See Wallace, page 7

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