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Card security considered for Mānoa Congress By Michelle White “During normal working patched into the system and got a Access to buildings using the cuts aid Ka Leo Staff Writer hours, the main lobby and class- card reader. card system will be controlled by rooms are open access,” he said. “This will be a very extensive the president, chancellor, director The Office of the Vice Chancellor Labs and research areas are always thing to install across campus,” profes- and deans. The responsibility may money for for Administration submitted a draft locked and only accessible with an sor Ruth Dawson said. “It will totally be transferred to a building coor- proposal to identify and establish access card. change the look of the campus.” dinator, who would oversee card According to Emily Kukulies, Access cards are considered to access management. procedures for the installation and students a former employee at the University be more cost-effective than keys. According to the proposal, use of a card access system at the of Central Florida, which uses access “Making a key sets a depart- anyone using an access card with- University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. By Steve Jerue cards, “[The system was] much ment back to the order of $50,” said out authorization or propping doors The proposed new policy, Ka Leo Staff Writer more convenient than carrying a Thomas Schroeder, associate profes- open would be subject to disciplin- dated Aug. 4, would require a mag- whole bunch of keys. Doors and sor of meteorology. “Cards are cheap, ary action and/or criminal charges. netic stripe card to access build- Student aid, along with supply cabinets were programmed and basic computer options easily “Limiting people coming and other social programs like ings on campus. The cards would for authorized users. It also kept validate and/or cancel them.” going is quite chilling. What kind of apply to occupants and users of Medicaid and food stamps, track of who came in and out. They Schroeder has heard from oth- access will students have?” Dawson will be one federal program university buildings and facilities, used a magnetic stripe on the back ers, and thinks that the access card said. “It seems extremely likely it is and be integrated with UH system receiving less money next year of the student identification card. It system would increase access for related to UARC, and it seems that in order to balance the U.S. identification cards. included key access, the meal plan students. this is being used to solve all of “It controls electronic access deficit, since money is being and it was a bank card.” Kukulies “In my current building, the UH’s security problems.” diverted to the Iraq war and hur- to all doors,” said Gregg Takayama, added that a benefit to the system doors are locked at 5:30 p.m. and all The Committee on Campus ricane relief efforts. The House public relations director of the UH was that the cards were also good through the weekends. Our under- Safety and Security and the UHM of Representatives approved a School of Medicine. The school off-campus. They could be used grad majors can’t get in after hours, administration have both been look- bill to cut aid by $14 billion, already uses an access card system. at any business or restaurant that though we find doors left ajar.” ing into the card access system. while the Senate-approved bill will cut $9 billion. In order to save money, the government will raise interest Supreme Court hears NewsBriefs rates on student loans, which have been growing along with the cost of tuition. case over military HYPE VIP Club Card available at Spring 2006 academic calendar: Around 18,000 students Campus Center Jan. 9 — First day of instruction apply for aid every year, with The HYPE VIP Club Card is Jan. 16 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day 10,500 getting aid in the form recruiters on campus available for purchase at the University Feb. 20 — Presidents’ Day of loans, grants or work study, of Hawai‘i at Manoa Campus Center Mar. 27 — Kuhio Day according to the housing office. Box Office. The regular price of mem- By Jan Crawford Greenburg The military actively recruits Mar. 27 to 31 — Spring recess “I receive a $1,300 Stafford bership is $150. The student discount Apr. 14 — Good Friday Chicago Tribune (KRT) on college campuses, and a Bush loan and $1,300 for work study, administration lawyer stressed dur- price is $130 with a valid student ID. May 3 — Last day of instruction which isn’t much aid because The HYPE VIP Club Card WASHINGTON — Most Supreme ing arguments Tuesday that a rul- May 4-5 — Study period it simply means I can get a allows its cardholder and one addi- Court justices appeared sympathetic ing against the government could May 8-12 — Examination period job; something I could do with- Tuesday to arguments that colleges encourage a university to put the tional guest, 21 and over, entry into May 14 — Commencement out the financial aid office’s and law schools must allow mili- brakes on recruiting if it disagreed several participating dance clubs at help. I feel that I should have tary recruiters onto their campus- with other government policies, no cover charge. Members must enter Education final oral Friday received more,” said University es to talk to students, even if the including the military’s treatment of during a specified time frame on des- “What Really Matters: A of Hawai‘i at Manoa freshman schools oppose the military’s “don’t women or the war in Iraq. ignated days in order to take advan- Collective Case Study Describing Kelly McElwaine. ask, don’t tell” policy of excluding “The free speech interests that tage of card privileges. A few of the How Six Community College Students however, can some clubs and their hours include, but are openly gay people. are articulated on the other side Instructors Grade Freshman have influence over the policies not limited to: Pipeline Café every Taking up a case that pits the would extend to any basis for criti- English Compositions,” an edu- by petitioning their congress- Friday until 11:30 p.m., Zanzabar government’s efforts to maintain cizing the military, whether it was cation final oral, will take place men and senators, urging them every Thursday until 11:30 p.m., an all-volunteer military against the not liking the war in Iraq, the war Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in not to vote for these cuts. W Hotel every Friday and Saturday free-speech claims of law schools, in Afghanistan or the discrimina- Kuykendall Hall 205. While there may be fewer until 11:30 p.m., and Nextdoor every colleges and universities, a majority tory hiring policies,” said Paul The College of Education is federal grants given, there are Friday and Saturday until 11:30 p.m. of the justices seemed to be on the Clement, the solicitor general. He sponsoring this event. For more infor- several other outlets for students Benefits also include discounts and government’s side. They suggested also argued that the law does not mation, call 956-8500. to get financial assistance. they saw no constitutional problems VIP line entry at participating bars interfere with schools’ free-speech and lounges. Visit www.hypevip.com “Students do not take full with a federal law that requires rights because it applies only if Linguistics final oral advantage of all the aid and schol- schools to welcome military recruit- to order or for more information. the institutions choose to receive Tuesday afternoon arship opportunities available,” ers if the institutions accept gov- “Narratives and Identities: federal funding. UHM Fall 2005 graduation to take said Bert Fujishige of the UHM ernment money and allow private A Look at Talk Among Three E. Joshua Rosenkranz, a law- place Dec. 18 Financial Aid Office. “There are employers to recruit. Generations of Chinese-Thai- yer for New York University and The University of Hawai‘i at several scholarships available on “It doesn’t insist that you do Cambodian Americans,” a linguistics other schools, argued that the feder- Manoa fall 2005 graduation cer- the financial aid Web site and on anything. It says that if you want final oral, will take place Tuesday our money, you have to let our al law was unconstitutional because emony will take place Sunday from other sites online.” Scholarships afternoon from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in recruiters on campus,” Chief Justice it forced educational institutions to 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Stan are also available for students Moore Hall 575. John Roberts said. condone the military’s policy on Sheriff Center. already in college. The linguistics department is The case has drawn signifi- gays, even though it runs afoul of This will be a combined undergrad- The UHM Financial Aid cant attention as an intersection of schools’ policies prohibiting dis- uate and advanced degree ceremony. sponsoring this event. For more infor- Office plans on making the Free two hotly debated subjects, military crimination based on sexual ori- Campus parking is free. After mation, call 956-8500. Application for Federal Student recruiting and gay rights. As the war entation. He said the law violates the ceremony, friends and family may Aid (FAFSA) process simpler in Iraq has drawn out, the military schools’ free-speech rights because meet the candidates at Les Murakami Nursing final oral by having everything done has been under pressure to recruit it requires them to help spread the Stadium and the soccer field. For Wednesday afternoon online. MyUH will alert stu- even more actively, sometimes military’s message, which suggests disability access information, please “Mothers’ Perspectives of How dents of any documents that are against the wishes of parents, and at that the schools support it. call the Manoa Chancellor’s Office at They Relate to Their Young Pregnant needed in order for aid to get times has failed to meet its recruiting “This is a refusal to dissemi- 956-6145. Adolescents: An Ethnography,” a processed. Students will also be targets. At the same time, gay rights, nate the messages of the military No tickets will be issued. Seating nursing final oral, will take place able to accept their aid money especially the question of gay mar- recruiters. It is a refusal to send is based on a first-come, first-serve Wednesday afternoon from 4 p.m. to online. riage, has engaged the courts, state e-mails, post bulletins and make basis. The event is open to the gen- 6 p.m. in Webster Hall 402C. For more information, visit legislatures and Congress. arrangements for mutual exchange eral public. The nursing department is spon- www.nasfaa.org for updated Given that backdrop, the notion of ideas,” Rosenkranz said of the For more information, call Wendy soring this event. For more informa- information on all aspects of of liberal colleges whose allegiance school’s position. Pearson at the UHM Chancellor’s tion, call 956-8500. financial aid. January 2 is the to gay rights is interfering with Office aty 956-6145, e-mail her at first day that students can reap- military recruiting could hardly be [email protected], or visit www. ply for aid for the 2006 – 2007 anything but a cultural flash point. See Military, page 2 manoa.hawaii.edu/commencement. See NewsBriefs, page 2 school year. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i News Page 2 | Monday, December 12, 2005 Editor: Dominic Colacurcio Associate Editor: Blaine Tolentino | (808) 956-3221 | [email protected] Military: policy affects school funding NewsBriefs From page 1 From page 1 “Nobody thinks that this law Roberts and others also noted 20, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Burns school is speaking through those that the schools would be free to Hall 3012. Some educational leaders also argue employers who come onto its cam- turn away military recruiters if Zoology seminar Friday afternoon The presenter will review cur- that many universities receive hun- pus for recruitment,” Roberts told they declined federal money. “Bird-Plant Interactions in rent patterns in energy consumption dreds of millions of dollars from the Rosenkranz. “Everybody knows that Justice David Souter was the Hawaiian Islands: Community and production in China, explain the federal government for research and those are the employers. Nobody most skeptical of the govern- Assembly and Disassembly,” a zool- driving forces of widespread energy other uses, which have become a thinks the law school believes ment’s arguments, noting that the ogy weekly seminar, will take place shortages in China in recent years basic part of their budgets and cannot everything that the employers are schools were arguing the gov- Friday afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to and discuss far-reaching implica- simply be given up. So portraying a doing or saying.” ernment was “forcing them to 4:30 p.m. in George Hall 227. tions of China’s energy demand in school’s choice as voluntary, or the Rosenkranz responded that the change their own message.” Johnathan Price will present 2020. Also, the presenter will out- government’s action as anything but schools in fact have a contrary mes- The military adopted the this seminar. Price is a post-doc- line coal-based, efficiency-centered coercive, is unfair. sage: “They believe it is immoral to “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in toral researcher at the Pacific Island and environmentally-friendly energy A Philadelphia-based federal abet discrimination.” 1993 as part of a compromise Ecosystems Research Center, locat- development strategies in China for appeals court sided with the schools “But they can say that to every between the Clinton administra- ed in the U.S. Geological Survey the next 15 years. last year. It blocked enforcement of student who enters the room,” said tion, who wanted to eliminate Biological Resources Discipline. ZhongXiang Zhang will pres- the law, which is referred to as the Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. the defense department’s long- The zoology department is spon- ent this lecture. Zhang, a fellow at Solomon Amendment after its spon- Responded Rosenkranz, “And standing ban on homosexuals soring this event. For more informa- the East-West Center who special- sor, the late Rep. Gerald Solomon when they do it, your honor, the in the U.S. military, and the tion, call Irene Shigano at 956-8617 izes in energy and environmental eco- (R-N.Y). The appeals court said the answer of the students is, ‘We don’t Pentagon, which argued that the or e-mail her at [email protected]. nomics, is an adjunct professor of law illegally conditioned funding on believe you.’” ban was necessary to maintain economics and management science whether the schools supported the “The reason they don’t believe morale and good order. ‘Jim Gamble and his Puppets’ to at Chinese Academy of Sciences, military’s message. you is because you’re willing to The policy allowed homo- play on Jan. 7 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences But several justices were openly take the money,” Roberts said. sexuals to remain in the mili- “Jim Gamble and his Puppets” and Peking University, Beijing. skeptical of arguments that students “What you’re saying is, ‘This is a tary as long as they did not will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Currently, he is serving on the edito- could assume the schools supported message we believe in strongly, but reveal their sexual orientation, Jan. 7, at Kennedy Theatre. rial boards of seven leading interna- “don’t ask, don’t tell” if they allowed we don’t believe in it to the detri- and it forbade commanders from Puppeteer Jim Gamble returns to tional journals. He is also serving as military recruiters on campus. ment of $100 million.’” investigating sexual orientation the Kennedy Theatre stage with his director for the Chinese Society of of troops. But the policy, which band of marionettes. Optimization, Overall Planning and is not at issue in Tuesday’s case, Tickets will be on sale Jan. 3 at Economic Mathematics, and the exec- clashed with numerous college the Kennedy Box Office and www. utive director for the Chinese Society and university rules prohibiting etickethawaii.com. for Environmental Economics. organizations from using facili- Ticket prices are $10 for regular The seminar is free and open to the ties if they discriminate on the admission, $8 for discounted admis- public. Seating is on a first-come, basis of sexual orientation, race, sion and $3 for students with a vali- first-serve basis. The East-West sex or physical disability. dated UHM ID. Center is sponsoring this event. To ensure continued recruit- The department of theatre and For more information, call ing efforts, Congress passed the dance is sponsoring this event. For Kristin Uyemura at 944-7725, e-mail Solomon Amendment, which more information, call the Kennedy her at [email protected] empowered the government to Theatre Box Office at 956-7655, e- or visit www.eastwestcenter.org. withhold federal money from any mail [email protected], or visit educational institution that did not www.hawaii.edu/theatre. International management final grant military recruiters “request- oral Wednesday ed access” to their campuses. East-West Center seminar “Entrepreneurial Strategies “Sustainable Energy in Transitional Environments: © 2005, Chicago Tribune. Development in China: Challenges An Organizational Learning and Distributed by Knight Ridder/ Ahead to 2020,” an East-West Center Knowledge-Based Management Tribune Information Services. seminar, will take place Tuesday, Dec. Perspective,” an international man- agement final oral, will take place Wednesday, Dec. 21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Business Administration D-204. The management department is sponsoring this event. For more information, call 956-8500. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Features Editor: Kimberly Shigeoka Associate Editor: Darlene Dela Cruz | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected] Monday, December 12, 2005 | Page 3 Earthmovers contribute California band to usher album of eclectic hip-hop By Caton Harris There was certainly great Byin Darlene Dela‘06 Cruz at Pink Cadillac Ka Leo Contributing Writer effort put into the making of Build, Ka Leo Associate Features Editor but I don’t think there was a large budget. Some of their electrifying Build, the latest release by sounds resonate as if they were After a year of highs and lows — from the high of their Earthmovers under Crossed Culture from an inexpensive keyboard, latest CD release, to a low blow dealt to the band by thieves Studios, has an eclectic hip-hop and sometimes a slight buzz can who stole their equipment trailer — the California pop-punk sound. It was released in late 2004, be heard in the background. quartet Rufio will ring in 2006 with a concert at Pink Cadillac but still receives much radio play Many songs have a good beat on Saturday, Jan. 7. on KTUH and is frequently spun and are fun to listen to, but they “This is the first time we’ll be playing in Hawai‘i,” bass- in Honolulu clubs. Kid Koak and seem to lack some ingredients. ist Jon Berry said. “I’m stoked.” company produced a clean, tight, The electronic back beats should This group of guys, all in their early 20s, hails from be sped up in several tracks such Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., where Berry and band mates hip-hop album with Build. as “Double-Minded Man,” “Warm Scott Sellers, Clark Domae and Mike Jimenez grew up. In Earthmovers has a distinct Thoughts” and “Fear Not.” Another a city that Berry described as full of “suburbs, track housing sound, with Kid Koak spinning and mini-malls,” Berry said that he and his three high school and Temper T and Well Being thing I would like to hear is more buddies were inspired to start a band, not out of typical teen spitting vocals. Some tracks are change in the voice and pitch of dreams of rock stardom, but to combat mundane suburban all crazy beats and scratching, the vocals, along with more sam- life in Rancho Cucamonga. containing no vocals at all. Other pling. This could be done with the “We started playing music out of boredom, basically,” songs reminded me of Gorillaz or help of a state-of-the-art studio. Berry said. COURTESY PHOTO • Nitro Records possibly even old-school Beastie As long as Earthmovers is According to Berry, he and guitarist/vocalist Sellers Rock band Rufio will perform at Pink Cadillac next Boys, one of the original rap supported and encouraged, the began writing music, and eventually recruited Jimenez and month. Left to right: Clark Domae, Jon Berry, Scott groups to incorporate other styles group will continue to improve. Domae to play drums and guitar, respectively. The band Sellners and Mike Jimenez. besides hip-hop into their music. Kid Koak is a talented turntable- landed a record deal with Nitro Records — owned by Dexter Earthmovers strives to accomplish ist, and there are amusing lyrics Holland, lead singer of the veteran punk band Offspring Fresh off a respite at home after a tour with Relient K this. Build supplies the listeners cast throughout the songs. One of — after doing a few club shows in Anaheim, Calif. After and MxPx, Rufio is set to bring its pop-punk stylings to the with techno background beats with the simplest, but most resonant, five years together, Rufio has released three albums and has islands next month. According to Berry, the band’s music, rap superimposed on top. was track seven’s “Earthmovers become a recurring act on the Warped Tour summer punk with catchy guitar and lyrical hooks about love and loss, is The electronic beat is usually Movin’ In, Earthmovers Movin’ concert circuit. The band’s latest album, “The Comfort of much like that of other bands in the pop-punk scene. set at a mundane pace, which I felt In.” Two of the funniest lyrics Home,” was recently nominated for the PLUG Awards’ Punk “I don’t think we’re that different [from other pop-punk took away from the hip-hop image were “chicken ski senator” and Album of the Year, an award established to recognize inde- bands],” Berry said. “We find it easier to write about stuff the album portrays. For example, “frostbite bitter cold teeth.” Along pendent artists, voted on by fans. we know about. We try to make things interesting with our in “Fear Not” the fight-or-flight with the imperfections, there is “We never really expected any of it,” Berry said instrumentation, though.” response keeps being mentioned, certain brilliance. about the band’s achievements. “It’s been rad. We just Rufio will be joined by fellow California pop-punkers Build is an album that most took it as it came.” Over It for the Jan. 7 show at Pink Cadillac in Waikiki. The which consequently speeds body The highs of Rufio’s achievements were tempered by a two bands are set to tour Australia and Japan after their pit systems up. Most of the time, young people will be able to relate low point in June, when the trailer housing all of the band’s stop in O‘ahu. Berry said that he and his band mates, whom the songs were more like para- to, especially here in Honolulu, equipment and luggage was stolen in Montreal. According to he described as pretty kick-back guys, hope to rock in the sympathetic stimulation, which because it mixes hip-hop with Berry, the perpetrators have never been found and the trailer new year with a lively gig in the islands. slows all physiological systems local flavor. I would recommend hasn’t been recovered. The band has, however, continued to “We try to incorporate a lot of energy in our shows,” down. I enjoyed the album, but this album to anyone interested press on with support from their fans and others. Berry said. thought it would be more power- in rap, and I encourage readers to “Companies have been hooking us up,” Berry said. “It’s For more information on the Rufio and Over It concert, ful if Earthmovers increased their buy it. Earthmovers could use the been pretty cool. We’re pretty much back on our feet.” or to purchase tickets, visit www.808shows.com. tempo throughout the songs. money, unlike big-time artists. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Editorials Page 4 | Monxday, December 12, 2005 Editor: David Gibbons Associate Editor: Juanita Mathews | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected] Save Waimea Valley EditorialCartoons Ka Leo Staff natural beauty of Hawai‘i. Not only is this a great victory The city council is to be com- for those who seek to preserve this mended for the unanimous decision portion of the island and Hawaiian last Wednesday against dividing culture and history as a whole, it Waimea Valley between the city is also a premier example of repre- and New York investor Christian sentative democracy at work. Over Wolffer. This was an unexpected six-dozen people testified that the outcome after a preliminary vote city should take their chances in came out 5-4 in favor of dividing court instead of cutting a deal with the region. Wolffer. The people spoke and their While the battle to save elected officials listened. Waimea Valley is far from over, This is an important valley that this is a strong statement for the has only had limited surveys done, council to make. There will still be yet has already been recognized to much legal wrangling with Wolffer, hold 78 archeological sites. What who owns Attractions Hawai‘i and has yet to be discovered in the val- is considering developing the area ley could be of limitless value to by building condominiums. This those interested in Hawaii's culture would be a tragic loss for the and traditions. state of Hawai‘i and the island of Certainly, any housing built O‘ahu. In a place that has exceed- would be valuable, but the joy it ed its sustainability point and has would bring would only fall upon an overly crowded southern half, the few who owned it, while the to promote further development natural beauty of Waimea Valley would only continue to erode the can be shared by all. KRT Campus

Studentsdepartment hadneed originally intended to cannot to drive without know their driver’s However, their it is the responsibil- supposedrights to be delivered to us. We do with them has not been revealed. license in their possession. ity of housing and security to ensure have rights, but we don’t own our Housing and Regardless of the content of the let- When security took my license, safety in residence halls. If security rooms. Everyone who lives in hous- ter or the method by which they were it was incorrect and misleading to say thinks you pose a threat of violence, ing signed the same paper. If you ASUH should be delivered, Student Housing should that this was legal. Where was the or if they suspect you are breaking don’t want to live by those rules, then not have interfered in this matter. letter from the housing department the law, they should prevent you you shouldn’t be in student housing. more responsible I agreed to a lot of things when apologizing for this? I must have from entering the building. If you On a similar note, you should I moved into the dormitories, but I missed that one. State and federal tried to call the police on them, I feel safe and comfortable while liv- never signed any agreement permit- laws only provide that identification think you’d be turned away. These ing in student housing. If you don’t By AJ Jones ting housing to tamper with my mail. must be presented to a law enforce- are the campus’s buildings and their feel that way, you should contact Ka Leo Contributing Writer They allow ridiculous fliers for par- ment officer upon request. Under hired security. your parents, the police or others ties and events on campus, so why point 4-12 of the Residence Hall The letter contains a bullet who may be able to help you. Being Considering the recent concerns would they prohibit a letter from Handbook, residents and students point, stating you have the right to harassed sexually, physically or ver- over Student Housing stopping the ASUH? This is definitely a violation must present proper ID upon the refuse entry into your room, and bally is not in our housing contract. letters that ASUH President Grant of the First Amendment. request of housing personnel. Part of that searches without a warrant vio- Neither is turning over your driver’s Teichman attempted to send to resi- A major concern has been that the agreement for living in student late the Fourth Amendment. This is license to anyone or having your mail dents, I wondered if it was legal to information in the letter was incor- housing is that residents comply with not true. We all sign an agreement intercepted. halt the sending and receiving of rect or misleading. Even if this is this handbook. when we move into housing that Student Housing has violated mail. If I chose to have a magazine the case, students still have a right to However, I hardly consider a says we will live by the regula- the rights of residents, but ASUH sent to my dorm mailbox that did not receive letters addressed to them. I’m student selected and trained by the tions in the handbook. The rules President Teichman’s letter con- fit in with the University of Hawai‘i sure some of the articles and fliers in housing department to be the equiva- say what RAs can and might do. If tained statements that would have at Manoa’s beliefs, could they halt it? my mailbox each week are incorrect lent of a police officer. They can ask your room smells like marijuana, misled students into thinking that I doubt that would be legal. or misleading, yet housing allows for ID, but if I were not a student they can request that you open the they have rights they do not have. Whether or not Student Housing them to be delivered. here, I would not take them seri- door. Just because you have a key Make sure you understand your went too far by interfering with the One of the points in the letter ously. Since RAs rarely wear their and pay money to live there doesn’t rights, but don’t abuse them to the receipt of these letters is currently was that “under no circumstance are staff shirts or ID badges, someone mean it is your room. point that you begin to infringe being investigated. The letters were you required to give up your state or pretending to be an RA could easily If an RA attempted to physi- upon the rights of others. to be delivered through campus mail, federal ID.” While it has since been ask for an ID and run off with it. It cally move you, he or she would be Sending out a letter with errone- not the U.S. Postal Service. It is clarified that this means a person sets a poor example when RAs ask breaking a law, and housing rules ous and misleading information is unclear how stringently this service does not have to surrender their ID for identification while they do not should go out the window. Housing irresponsible and an insult to resi- must abide by federal law, which to anyone, it can be easily misunder- have theirs. It generates more talk on rules and regulations do not pre-empt dents. Censoring our mail is a viola- prohibits the theft of mail. stood to say that a person does not the mainland of UHM’s disastrous federal, state and local laws. If you tion of the First Amendment. It is Upon investigation, ASUH have to show their identification to a problems with campus politics. caused a scene or refused to comply atrocious that this is somehow OK by Senator Katie Barry was unable to university official. In accordance with the Drug- with an RA’s request, you would be UHM’s standards. Student Housing find proper procedures for distrib- The most obvious violation of Free Schools and Communities violating the handbook and housing should not have interfered with the uting letters through campus mail. this is when security held a driver’s Act Amendments of 1989 (Public policies. You could stand in the door- delivery of these letters. After discovering that desk recep- license as collateral before allowing Law 101-226; Final Regulations way and refuse to move, but they If a full investigation of this tionist logs at several dormitories people to drive their cars down the published on Aug. 16, 1990), uni- could also catch you on failure to matter takes place, this department contained instructions not to distrib- road to access lower campus hous- versity officials are required to comply. You also cannot physically is going to have a very difficult time ute the letters to mailboxes, but to ing. What if a police officer pulled do everything they can to prevent stop them. defending its actions. It really makes deliver them to the residential life me over while I was on campus? It’s underage drinking and illegal drug In the end, we do have certain me wonder how many other laws coordinator, several senators dropped unlikely, but it could happen. If I told use. However, they cannot search legal rights, and no RA or security UHM bends. I just hope that UHM the letters off at the front desks of all the officer that security was holding through your personal belongings, guard should be allowed to violate understands that its students aren’t the housing facilities. They were later it for me, I would still be in violation such as bags, grocery bags and lug- those. Housing violated our rights idiots, and we won’t take a violation returned to ASUH. What the housing of the law that states that a person gage, without your permission. by restricting materials that were of our civil rights lying down.

Ka Leo O Hawai‘i EDITORIAL the voice of hawai‘i Ka Leo O Hawai‘i is the campus newspaper of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa¯ . It is published by the Board of Publications four times a week except Editor in Chief Jay Chrisman The Ka Leo Building on holidays and during exam periods. Circulation is 14,000. Ka Leo is also Associate Editor in Chief Julie Grass Editorials Editor David Gibbons University of Hawai‘i at Manoa¯ published once a week during summer sessions with a circulation of 14,000. Managing Editor Marlo Ting Associate Editorials Editor Juanita Mathews 1755 Pope Road 31-D Ka Leo is funded by student fees and advertising. Its editorial content reflects News Editor Dominic Colacurcio Sports Editor Scott Alonso Associate News Editor Blaine Tolentino Associate Sports Editor Robert Shikina Honolulu, HI 96822 only the views of its editors, writers, columnists and contributors, who are solely responsible for its content. 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Facsimile: (808) 956-9962 Subscription rates are $36 for one semester and $54 for one year. © 2005 Ka Leo O Hawai‘i E-mail: [email protected] ADVERTISING Web site: www.kaleo.org Advertising Manager Ali Kagawa Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Editorials Editor: David Gibbons Associate Editor: Juanita Mathews | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected] Monday, December 12, 2005 | Page 5 LetterstotheEditor Chavez praise misguided As I read Andrew Hall’s article, which lauded Do the poor in Venezuela support Hugo Chavez’s policies Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, I wondered Chavez? Yes, they probably do. He has made health what led him to respond to extremism by praising it. care and education more accessible to them. Bravo, Hall’s denunciations of President Bush are probably Mr. Chavez. But let’s not forget that Mr. Chavez lack compassion warranted, but before we join in, lavishing praise on is ruthless and calculating. After all Hugo Chavez In a Sept. 1 editorial entitled “Bravo Criminal Code). President Chavez, maybe we ought to take a look proudly announced that he is Saddam Hussein’s to Compassionate Leaders of the World,” Also, the mediocre reports that tend at what groups such as Human Rights Watch and close friend. Robert Ahlstrom characterized Fidel Castro to appear in the U.S. media on Venezuela Amnesty International have to say about him. In short, President Chavez is probably not and Hugo Chavez as “compassionate.” He usually fail to mention that there are Members of those organizations might call our as bad as President Bush would have us believe. talked about them as leaders who under- two pending cases against Chavez at the attention to the increase in torture and police brutality Contrary to Andrew Hall’s assertions, however, stand and are sensitive to people’s feelings International Criminal Court in The Hague that has occurred on Chavez’s watch. After all, if it’s Chavez’ methods aren’t worthy of praise, either. and have provided appropriate services, for the violation of Human Rights. The wrong in Guantanamo Bay, then it’s also wrong in Extremism is never the answer. Simplistic namely, education and health care from first one, for the use of government forces Caracas. Maybe Amnesty International would remind comparisons between the per capita gross domestic their government, to the population of their against an unarmed protest on April 11, us of President Chavez’s continuing assaults on the product and national debts of the United States and respective countries 2002 in which 19 people died and over freedom of the Venezuelan press. I can’t imagine that Venezuela should not compel us to assume that If there is anybody who could claim 200 were injured. The second one is for educated people like Andrew Hall would judge it as President Chavez’s economic policies have been to have received benefits from Castro’s the political repression suffered by those acceptable if President Bush was pushing through a successful. Time will tell. administration, it is himself and a few of who signed a petition for a referendum “social responsibility” law, designed to prevent media I hope, for the sake of the Venezuelan people, his family members, not the countless who of his regime in 2004 (allowed by the outlets from criticizing him. that his reforms will succeed. But I also hope, for have fled the country in desperation, nor 1999 Constitution). Finally, the “love” and Apparently, we can speak glowingly about a their sake that intelligent people like Mr. Hall will the 1,173 people who currently are serv- “consideration for his people” mentioned South American leader who curtails the freedoms stop offering admiration for President Hugo Chavez. ing sentences in Cuban jails on political by Ahlstrom have raised the proportion of of his people and allows us to lull in our romantic He is no Che Guevara, and all the misguided hero grounds, certainly not the 15,000 to 18,000 the population under poverty levels from fantasies of far away revolutions. We can, as ridicu- worship in the world won’t change that. executed for suspicion of counterrevolu- 43 percent (before his regime started) to lous as it might be, commend him for his commit- tionary activities (accurate numbers are 54 percent in 2005, even though oil prices ment to the expansion of human rights. Ron Cirillo unknown), nor the rest of the population have escalated continuously since Chavez who lives under an endless fear of being came into power. denounced as opposing the regime and, Oil has become an instrument to fund therefore, are subject to article 62 of the violent groups, to extort smaller countries A modest proposal for homeless situation 1976 Constitution that punishes any action and to fund Chavez’s closest friend Castro. The current hot-button issue of the feral feline them any. But they’re still hungry, so I feel bad. So taken “contrary to the existence and objec- The Cuban doctors, sent by Castro’s sug- population on campus is getting out of hand. I per- I thought of a solution to their hunger, as well as tives of the socialist state, or contrary to gestion in exchange for subsidized oil, sonally think all this bickering over feeding or not our feral cat problem. the decision of the Cuban people to build are used in the poorest areas for political feeding the cats is ridiculous. There are larger issues Let homeless people hunt feral cats. I know, socialism and communism.” indoctrination and, since their arrival, they at hand. One of these issues is homeless people. it sounds ridiculous at first, but it’s really not. All With regard to Chavez, I wonder if have been plagued by numerous malprac- Homeless people can be seen all around we have to do is supply the local hungry homeless anybody who shares Ahlstrom’s opinion tice cases while Venezuela’s own public the neighborhoods surrounding the University of people with dull machete blades, because sharp understands how his policies have become hospitals continue to be neglected. Hawai‘i at Manoa. They sit around various places ones would be dangerous, and let them take care of progressively authoritarian since the 2000 I would like to imagine that for in Mo‘ili‘ili trying to avoid occasional rain and the rest. That way, the food chain will be complete. election. For example, he has systemati- Ahlstrom these are not acceptable poli- maybe doing a little pan-handling. It has gotten to Mice hunt bugs, cats hunt mice and the now-armed cally concentrated power in the executive cies for the justification of any kind of the point that I cannot walk down the street outside homeless can hunt cats. It’s a win-win situation that branch and reinforced his status by the “compassionate” leader, especially if campus without passing at least two homeless should be considered. approval of laws that makes it illegal to he had to go to jail for disagreeing with people, and homeless people frighten me. criticize the government (a critical editorial any of them. They’re really scary because they want my Jameson Kazmakus could be punished with 6 to 30 months in money. I don’t have much, so I don’t want to give Philosophy major prison according to article 148 of the new Simon Rodriguez Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Features Page 6 | Monday, December 12, 2005 Editor: Kimberly Shigeoka Associate Editor: Darlene Dela Cruz | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected]

Tips for car decorating: Garland, wreaths and ribbons, oh my!

By Justin Sumida Ribbons are probably one of, if not, the garland down fairly well, and unlike Ka Leo Staff Writer the most versatile decorations you have duct tape or masking tape, it will leave little to work with. Besides standing out on any residue when removed. grilles to place a wreath. If you choose vehicle, ribbons are lightweight, are easy to Wreaths are said to symbolize the to go this route, it’s recommended that People spend thousands of dollars to apply and are cheap. Because most ribbons strength of life overcoming the forces of you choose a synthetic wreath. Real pine decorate their lawns and houses during the come with easy-to-use twist ties, they make winter. It is said that in ancient Rome, wreaths look great, but with the wind, sun, holidays, all for the enjoyment of others. the perfect decoration for front grilles, roof people used wreaths as a sign of victory. rain and engine heat, they will turn brown Hundreds of people flock to view these dec- racks, rear windshield wipers, license plates Regardless of what wreaths symbolize to before you know it. orations as they drive by to ogle the lighted and who knows what else. The application you, they make pretty darn good vehi- Perhaps garland is too shiny, a wreath hard work of others. Aside from holiday of ribbon is virtually endless, as it can, cle decorations. Depending on the size of is too big and ribbons aren’t your taste. home decorating, consider decorating your regardless of the size, be festive decor on wreath you get, you can hang it on the front Perhaps you prefer something small and car for the season, too. any car, truck, sport utility vehicle or van. of your car. Older cars, like Cadillacs and subtle. Jack in the Box is once again offer- The only thing that limits your car- Garland is another good decoration Dodges, have large grilles, and a wreath ing its decorative holiday antenna balls. decorating abilities is your imagination and choice. It’s cheap, versatile and fairly tough. would match perfectly in the middle. Large For 99 cents, or free with any large combo, safety. Although there’s nothing more festive The only thing wrong with garland is that it SUVs, like the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet you can get a reindeer, snowman or New than a decorated car as it drives down the blows around, and if it’s not secured well, Tahoe and Ford Expedition, also have large Year’s antenna ball. The cute little antenna freeway, there’s nothing more tragic than an garland can come loose. As long as you ball slides right onto your car’s antenna and accident caused by a holiday poster blocking secure it well, you can have a festive decor stays there until you take it off. Displaying the rear window, or a car that has become a on any vehicle. Garland is generally used an antenna ball is a fast and easy way to rolling ball of fire because someone incor- around poles, columns and similar struc- decorate. rectly hooked up Rudolph’s blinking red tures when used for non-automotive appli- Regardless of what you want to do, nose to the car’s electrical system. It is true cations, making it a perfect application for whether you want to make your car into that your imagination is restricted because vehicles equipped with roof racks, off-road- some kind of award-winning decorative an automobile is a moving object, and ing front bumper and light guards, and of float or give a simple contribution to the factors such as wind resistance, visibility, course, antennas. If the garland is wrapped spirit of Christmas, be sure to have fun and weather and electrical wiring play a major tightly around these objects, there is little be safe. Happy Holidays! role in what can be done safely and well. chance of it breaking loose. As simple as it Even so, there are a few things you can do. sounds, Scotch tape at each end will hold Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Features Editor: Kimberly Shigeoka Associate Editor: Darlene Dela Cruz | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected] Monday, December 12, 2005 | Page 7 ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ vast improvement over the original By Scott Alonso diminished and while multiplayer did not have. Dueling enemy space Ka Leo Sports Editor still lags, “Battlefront II” comes out fighters and boarding enemy ships to on top for a first-person shooter in disable their defenses increases the “Star Wars Battlefront II” is the Star Wars universe. intensity and enjoyment of the game. everything video game fans wanted What stands out for “Battlefront As you embark on your missions, out of “Star Wars Battlefront.” The II” besides the enthralling new fea- you see the game unfold from the tures is the strength of single player first game only teased gamers and view of a Republic trooper’s diary. mode. In the first game, single player left fans wanting more. As each level begins, you see how the mode was on the back burner, and In “Battlefront,” you could fight trooper looks back on that particular multiplayer was more interesting battle with insight, scenes from “Star alongside Yoda or Darth Vader, but because playing against other people you couldn’t control their move- Wars” movies and funny quips about was more challenging than the inept what is going to take place. ments. You could only dream of tak- artificial intelligence of the comput- This allows you to get a behind- ing intense ground battles into space er. “Battlefront II” offers more than the-scenes look at the defeat of the and piloting an X-Wing or Darth 30 levels, with descriptive and dif- Separatists and the rise of the empire Vader’s Tie Bomber. “Battlefront II” ficult mission objectives, smoother allows you to play as a Jedi, fly an controls and a deep plot in single after “Star Wars: Episode III.” In X-Wing and duel Tie fighters in player mode. fact, “Battlefront II” takes you after space and explore new worlds. The Battling in space reveals another Episode III and all the way to Hoth graphics are improved, load time is dimension to the game that the first in Episode V. “Battlefront II” was released on COURTESY SCREENSHOT • LucasArts Halloween, but can still be found at Rebel soldiers defend a Republic ship from Imperial Stormtroopers.“Star “Star Wars: Battlefront II” (Pandemic Studios, 2005) most video game retailers for $49.99, Wars Battlefront II” is set during the time period of the movies and features and can make a great gift this holiday Rated “Teen” for mild language and violence familiar locations. (Screenshot from the Xbox version of “Battlefront II.”) Publisher: LucasArts season for any video gamer. Platforms: PC, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 2 Approximate Price: $50

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‘Narnia’ film a magical experience By Sean Horie ment that is not common in many of they also bring the warmth of a family Ka Leo Staff Writer today’s films. Also impressive are the enduring together. COURTESY PHOTOS • Buena Vista Pictures computer generated animals that exist in Tilda Swinton plays the White ABOVE: Little Lucy Pevensie, played by 10-year-old Georgie Henley, peeks Walt Disney Pictures and Walden this enchanted place. Their fur looks real Witch. You may remember her from her around a corner in the first remake of C.S. Lewis's popular Narnia book series. Media present a world of magic that — you can see spots that look scruffy previous role as the angel Gabriel in the some students experienced in their from rubbing a tree and their fur clumps movie “Constantine.” Her performance RIGHT: Aslan, the lion, presents himself to the Pevensie siblings before a childhood. “The Chronicles of Narnia: after they take a swim. is compelling. She is sweet as candy one battle takes place in the new film, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” Actors are not born but made, moment, then sour and bitter the next. Witch and the Wardrobe," released last Friday in theaters. is a movie that brings life to the pages and a film like this will have you Although this world is outlandish of the book written by C.S. Lewis. You looking for these young children in in its portrayal of magic, curses and can almost feel the children’s breath as future features. The protagonists, from mystical creatures, realism is subtly they trudge through Narnia, the cursed oldest to youngest, are Peter Pevensie portrayed by the characters through an winter wonderland. (William Moseley), Susan Pevensie array of different costumes. In many Director Andrew Adamson, who (Anna Popplewell), Edmund Pevensie films, characters tend to stay in the also worked on the Shrek films, makes (Skandar Keynes) and the lovable same costume throughout the film. the characters from the book leap off the Lucy Pevensie (Georgie Henley). The characters have a least three cos- pages. You can see each leaf flow and Peter is truly a princely figure, Susan tume changes during the film. The best every snowflake jostle as the children also has a royal visage, Edmund has a costumes are worn by the witch, who roam in this expansive world. While you sly look about him and Lucy reminds has a chic, modern style. are watching the two sons of Adam and me of young Shirley Temple. The Incorporation of Celtic-influenced the two daughters of Eve, you may want actors bring the sibling rivalry of their music, along with the picturesque back- to count the moles on their necks for characters to the scenes with their grounds and touching performances, fun. Clarity of this caliber is an achieve- bickering and cheekiness. In the end, makes this film worth seeing. Britton Nakagawa, who saw the film at an advance screening, said, “It’s kinda harsh for a PG film, but still no blood.” Nakagawa also said, “[The film is] more for a middle school or high school kid.” Ryan Matsui agreed that this film was geared toward that age group and also thought that the acting could have been better. “[There was] too much crying,” Matsui said. The crying scenes show the chil- dren dealing with death and disaster. Santa Claus makes an appearance in this film with gifts of weaponry in the form of a bow, sword and dagger for the young children. This is truly a holiday film. Along with old Saint Nick, you may want to check out the griffons, minotaurs, giants, centaurs and tree people made of petals and leaves. I suggest this film to those who enjoyed reading the book. It is a magi- cal experience with a sound moral plot and some laughs on the side. FEATURES | Monday, December 12, 2005 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Page 9 ‘Knights of the Old Republic’ games superior to film prequels By Marlo Ting more for their story telling and interest- “The Sith Lords” is Obsidian Ka Leo Managing Editor ing characters. Entertainment’s first game, but the Recently partnered with Pandemic development studio is full of industry Last month’s release of “Revenge Studios, BioWare was founded in 1995 veterans from companies such as the of the Sith” on DVD closed a whim- and is known in the video game indus- now-closed Black Isle Studios, which per of a trilogy with a bang that’s all try as one of the best developers of published BioWare’s “Baldur’s Gate” style. Thankfully, for anyone that likes role-playing games. The developer's series. Like BioWare, Black Isle Studios plots with substance, George Lucas isn’t past hits include “Neverwinter Nights” had a reputation for making high-quality the only source of Star Wars prequels. and the “Baldur’s Gate” series on the RPGs, including “Planescape: Torment” In 2003 and 2004, the developers at PC, which are based on the Dungeons and the “Fallout” series for PC. BioWare and Obsidian Entertainment and Dragons fantasy setting and game Obsidian Entertainment is currently released games on PC and Microsoft rules. Happily, the games lacked all working on the sequel to BioWare’s Xbox that tell better stories than the ones the nerdy things that table-top D&D is “Neverwinter Nights.” Co-founder shown in theaters. associated with — people with wizard and Chief Executive Officer Feargus Four thousand years before the rise hats talking in verbose old English. Urquhart said that the studio would be of the Empire depicted in Episode III, After finishing “Knights of the happy to do a third “Knights of the Old worlds burned at the edge of the gal- Old Republic,” BioWare focused on Republic” game if LucasArts wants one. axy. As invaders slaughtered Republic games based on its own intellec- If anyone can do the series justice, it’s citizens by the millions, the Jedi Council tual properties, and recommended Obsidian Entertainment. chose not to get involved until they Obsidian Entertainment to LucasArts, “Knights of the Old Republic” and the publisher of the series, for the “The Sith Lords” are masterpieces, light- had more time to assess the threat. A MARLO TING • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i brilliant and charismatic Jedi named sequel. BioWare has since released years ahead of Lucas’ prequel films in Revan refused to wait, and led other In “The Sith Lords,” players have access to powers like Force Crush, which “Jade Empire,” based on Chinese terms of story and character development. willing Jedi to the Republic’s defense. lifts and then folds an enemy. The animation is accompanied by a satisfying mythology, on the Xbox. BioWare is It would be a mistake for anyone, Star They turned the tide and crushed the crunch sound. (Screenshot from PC version of “The Sith Lords.”) currently working on “Mass Effect,” Wars fan or not, to buy “Revenge of the invaders. But in the wake of that war, a science-fiction trilogy for the Xbox Sith” and leave the superior and similarly another started. Jedi fought Jedi, and the have to make throughout both games. voices Visas Marr, the sole survivor of 360, and “Dragon Age,” a fantasy priced “Knights of the Old Republic” and Republic’s saviors became its conquer- More compelling are the conversations a world fed upon by a Sith Lord. When game for the PC. “The Sith Lords” on the shelf. ors. This is the galaxy far, far away that about why an action or stance was taken she speaks, the tragedy of her people “Knights of the Old Republic” and its and what its consequences are. Such pours out with her words. Her work is sequel, “Knights of the Old Republic II: discourse happens less often in “Knights spot-on, without cheesy exaggeration. The Sith Lords,” are set in. of the Old Republic” than in “The Sith The background music is great and Both games have the depth of a Lords,” the former focusing on a com- matches the classical Star Wars feel cre- book and the flash of a movie. Their plex story arc and the latter focusing on ated by composer John Williams. Most stories are complex and intellectually complex characters; though both games of it is original work by Jeremy Soule, a stimulating, more than any Star Wars are excellent in each respect. British Academy of Film and Television film. Also, the controls are simple, so the The characters that join the player Arts award winner. The only negatives series can be enjoyed by anyone. act as moral compasses, besides their are the dark and forboding themes, which The games begin with the play- assistance in combat. Depending on their are weak. They hum along with the er creating a character: choosing a disposition, they offer advice when a slightest hint of dread. The soft but mov- name, gender, appearance and abili- player has a choice to make, and they ing Jedi theme, however, is inspiring and ties. But what defines the characters express disapproval or delight over the captures the Order’s benevolent ideals. are the decisions made and positions player’s chosen course of action. An In between all the character and taken by the player. assassin droid named HK-47, for exam- story development is action. Combat The interactive element of the ple, advises bloodshed at every oppor- is simple: click on a target, choose the medium allows players to have their tunity. Benevolence and following the method of attack from a menu and watch ideas challenged, rather than watch advice of murderous robots are equally the character execute the command. someone else face a dilemma. How a effective ways to get through the games. The animations and the variety of ways player reacts shapes his or her character Excellent voice-acting comple- to dispatch enemies make every fight and determines the development of the ments the approximately 27,000 lines enjoyable and entertaining to watch. stories. The real war, the war that Revan of dialogue between the two games. The While gore is a rare feature in started against the Republic and the Jedi, characters’ vocal inflections, tones and the series’ environments, consisting of is a war of ideas and conversion, and speed are perfect. corpses and puddles of blood, it was players are the battlefield. Among the cast of “The Sith Lords” a prominent feature of its developers’ “To kill or not to kill” is a common, is Hawai‘i-born actress Kelly Hu, who previous games. Exploding bodies were though uninteresting, choice players played Deathstrike in “X-Men 2.” Hu common, but the games were known

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Box 11674, Honolulu, HI 96828-0674 Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Sports Editor: Scott Alonso Associate Editor: Robert Shikina | (808) 956-3215 | [email protected] Monday, December 12, 2005 | Page 11 SportsBriefs Rainbow Warriors lose in Milwaukee Rainbow Wahine fall By Ka Leo Staff held scoreless for a four and a half minute stretch The Hawai‘i men’s while the Panthers were in NCAA regional basketball team’s come- shut out during a three final kill, giving Missouri the 30-26 back fell a little short in a minute period. game one victory. 58-52 loss to Wisconsin- The Panthers used UH drops to The Rainbow Wahine had a Milwaukee, Saturday, an 11-2 run late in the first much better start the second game, half to build a 26-17 lead. at U.S. Cellular Arena in 27 -7 on going on a 5-1 run to make it 7-4, The ‘Bows closed out the Milwaukee. The Rainbow forcing an early Mizzou timeout. The half by scoring the final Warriors dropped its sec- Tigers kept it around a three-point four points to head into the the year ond non-conference road deficit until Houston took over, put- locker room down 26-21. game of the season to fall ting away three-straight kills to push to 3-2 overall. UWM opened the By Ka Leo Staff second half with a 6-1 run the Rainbow Wahine edge to 23-17. UH scored a season- UH led by at least three the rest of low in points, committed to push its lead to 32-22. The No. 6 University of Hawai‘i the way, taking game two 30-26 on a 20 turnovers and shot a UH answered back with Rainbow Wahine volleyball team dump by Kamana‘o. dismal 1-of-13 from 3- five straight to trim the defi- (27-7) fell to the No. 8 Missouri Hawai‘i used an early 3-0 run point range. In the team’s cit to three. The Panthers Tigers (25-4) 26-30, 30-26, 27-30 to take an 11-8 edge in game three, two road losses, the ‘Bows responded with a 17-6 run and 22-30 in the NCAA Regional have turned the ball over in a 6:50 stretch to take a only to see the Tigers respond with Semifinals at Rec Hall at Penn State 39 times and shot 2-of-30 53-39 advantage with under a big 6-0 run, giving them a 14-11 University Friday. from long range. UH still six minutes to play. advantage. UH came right back with held UWM to 39 percent The ‘Bows didn’t Tara Hittle stepped up for UH, a four-point run to take the lead back shooting and had a 42-to- give in and a 9-0 run, culmi- hitting .265 with 19 kills and 16 digs. 15-14, and it was a battle from then 36 rebounding advantage. nating with a Sensley buck- Ashley Watanabe had 26 digs in the on. Neither team was able to get a Forward Ahmet Gueye et with 56 seconds to play. back row while Kanoe Kamana‘o lead of more than one point until a led all scorers with 19 points, That bucket cut the defi- finished with 59 assists, 20 digs and late 5-1 run by Missouri making it on 9-of-13 shooting, and cit to 55-52. UWM’s Chris two blocks. Jamie Houston added 28-25. Hawai‘i was able to sideout grabbed eight rebounds. Hill made the second of a 19 kills while Victoria Prince and twice before the Tigers ended it 30- Forward Julian Sensley post- two-shot foul, then Panther Juliana Sanders had 11 kills each. 27 on a kill by Shen Danru. ed his 13th career double- Jason McCoy made a steal Hawai‘i came out flat to start Mizzou carried their momentum double with 13 points and JESSE BOWMAN • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i and passed to Boo Davis for the first game, as they didn’t score into the fourth game as three-straight 10 rebounds, while forward a breaking dunk that shut the a point off their serve until halfway aces by Lindsey Hunter made it 5- Matthew Gipson posted six Rainbow Warrior forward Julian Sensley drives to the bas- door on Hawaii’s comeback. through, cutting it back to 14-10. 0. The Tigers got it to 12-3 before points and 10 boards. ket against UNLV’s Louis Amundson on Dec. 6. UWM’s Adrian A four-point run by the Rainbow the Rainbow Wahine finally showed UH’s all-Wisconsin Tigert led the Panthers with Wahine cut it back to 16-15. some life. A 4-1 run by UH cut it starting backcourt of Saturday event, which the Panthers 16 points, on 7-of-11 shoot- Mizzou came right back with a back 16-10 with a 5-1 run getting Deonte Tatum and Matt Lojeski were won 87-81 in Honolulu. This game ing, and six rebounds. In the team’s 3-0 run, capped by an ace by Shen them within four points at 25-21. held in check. Tatum had six points was much different from the last as victory in Honolulu last season, Tigert Danru, getting it back to 19-15. But it was too much to make up as and four assists but committed six the teams struggled to score early. led all scorers with 19 points and made Down 27-22, UH made their final Missouri scored five of the last six turnovers. Lojeski had a season-low The first half was sloppy with all six of his field goal attempts. push, as Prince put together two points to take it 30-22. six points on 2-of-6 shooting and left UH committing 11 turnovers and UH returns to Honolulu and kills and a block, getting it back to The loss ended Hawaii’s sea- the game late with a sprained left both teams shooting under 40 per- begins Western Athletic Conference 27-25. But the Tigers had too much son at 27-7, giving the ‘Bows seven shoulder. cent. After the first five minutes, play against Utah State, Saturday, as Jessica Vander Kooi put away the losses for the first time since 1997. The game was a rematch of UH led 3-1 but both struggled to Dec. 17, at the Stan Sheriff Center. last year’s ESPN Bracket Buster find the net as the ‘Bows were Tip-off is set for 7:05 p.m. UH wins two non-conference road games By Ka Leo Staff digit lead in the first half evaporate many as 14 points late in the game. five minutes into the second frame. Hawaii’s last three wins have been of The University of Hawai‘i wom- Powered by Pam Tambini’s nine points, the comeback variety. en’s basketball team won its second the Rainbow Wahine reeled off a 15-3 Guard Pam Tambini led the UH straight road game with a heart-stop- run midway through the first half to take charge with a career-high 20 points. ping 73-69 victory against Santa Clara an 11-point lead. The Broncos, however, The San Jose, Calif., native also added University Saturday afternoon at the started to heat up and cut the deficit to six rebounds and a career-best five Leavey Center in Santa Clara. The 36-30 at the break. Ashley Graham led steals. Janevia Taylor made her return Rainbow Wahine improved to 5-2 with the comeback and her third straight 3- with 16 points and a team-high six its third straight win and notched its first pointer gave SCU a 42-41 lead with 15 assists, while Brittany Grice notched back-to-back road wins since defeating minutes left. her second career double-double with Boise State and UTEP in 2003. UH, however, kept its poise in 13 points and 11 rebounds. Forward Amy Sanders and cen- what would be a tight game the rest of Dominique Carter led USF with ter Brittany Grice combined for 40 the way. The Rainbow Wahine took the 18 points. Carter scored 14 points of UH’s 73 points, including several lead for good on a Sanders’ free throw in the first frame, but the Rainbow key plays down the stretch. Grice with 4:36 left and held the Broncos off Wahine limited her to just four in finished with a career-high 20 points the rest of the way. the second half as the Dons (2-5) and 16 rebounds and scored five of Tambini made her homecoming dropped their third straight game. UH’s final 11 points. a memorable one by notching her first UH cracked the Dons zone defense Sanders tied her season high career double-double (14 points and 10 by nailing a season-high eight 3-point- with 20 points and made the critical rebounds), while Janevia Taylor played ers and generated numerous fast-break play of the game. With 16 seconds a solid game at point with 10 points, five opportunities with its 15 steals. The left and UH clinging to a one-point assists, three steals and zero turnovers. Rainbow Wahine comeback was also lead, Sanders stole a Bronco pass Hawai‘i returns home where it will aided by 13 second-half free throws, and went the length of the court for begin a four-game homestand, begin- after shooting just two in the first frame. a breakaway layup to put Hawai‘i ning with a meeting against Campbell The first half went back-and- up by three. The Broncos failed to on Friday, Dec. 16. Tipoff is set for 7 forth with neither team taking a sub- convert on their next possession and p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center. stantial lead. Dalia Solia’s trey with Janevia Taylor’s free throw with four just over three minutes left put the seconds remaining sealed the win. ‘Bows take out Dons with second Rainbow Wahine up, 30-27. But the Santa Clara (2-5) entered the game half surge Dons scored eight straight points, all as one of the most prolific offenses in by the hands of Carter, to take a 35-30 the country, averaging 82 points and The Rainbow Wahine made its first lead into the locker room. nearly 11 3-pointers per game. UH con- road game of the season a successful USF scored the first bucket of tained the Bronco perimeter threat for one with a 71-63 win over University the second half to make it a 37-30 most of the game (7 of 21 3-pointers) of San Francisco last Thursday night at game. UH evened the game up four and held top gun Michelle Cozad to War Memorial Gym. minutes into the second half and with just seven points, 14 below her average. Following a 10-day layoff, UH the game knotted 47-47 at the 12- The Rainbow Wahine also crashed the showed signs of rust but shook it off minute mark, the Rainbow Wahine boards, posting 55 rebounds with 28 on in the second half with a strong all- made their decisive run. Tambini the offensive end. around effort. The Rainbow Wahine scored the first five points in a 15-3 It was a roller coaster game for the trailed by as many as seven, but turned run as UH took a double-digit lead Rainbow Wahine who saw a double- it around and eventually led by as and never looked back. Page 12 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Monday, December 12, 2005 | ADVERTISEMENT