Living the Life As a Soldier in Iraq
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Inside News 2 Features 3, 7 Wednesday Editorials 4, 5 April 26, 2006 Comics 6 Sports 8 VOL. 100 | ISSUE 137 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa since 1922 WWW.KALEO.ORG Jazen Anderson Ka Lamakua hopes to follow in his proves outlet for brother’s footsteps multicultural art Sports | Page 3 Features | Page 5 NewsBriefs SOS: Time to shop Sisters Offering Support, a LivingBy Ashley Monfort the life as a soldier in Iraq nonprofit organization that sup- Ka Leo Staff Writer ports individuals affected by com- mercial sexual exploitation, is Last year the sun beating offering tickets for the Macy’s down on University of Hawai‘i at Community Shopping Day fund- Mānoa senior John Marquardt did raiser. Proceeds from ticket sales not come from the blue skies of will go to nonprofit organizations. Hawai’i but from the desert atmo- The Macy’s event, which is part sphere of Iraq. Instead of the beach of the Ala Moana Shopping Day only being five minutes away, he fund-raiser, will include special was surrounded by trucks, artil- samples from sponsors and a $500 lery, and military personal. Macy’s shopping spree for one While many students searched attendee, among other events. On for spaces at the parking garage, June 16, ticket bearers can go to Marquardt was searching for sus- Macy’s and receive 10-20% off picious activity and anticipating items in the store all day. the explosion of roadside bombs. Tickets are available In the lounge of UHM through Sisters Offering Support Campus Center half a world away volunteers, or can be purchased from the farms and towns of the from Macy’s employees three Middle East, the blonde 28-year- weeks prior to the Community old Hartford, Wisconsin native Shopping Day. For more infor- sat to tell his experiences as an mation, to buy a $10 ticket or to infantryman with the Army while volunteer, call 941-5554. serving in Iraq. Best-selling author giving free talk Preparing for war at JCCH In February 2005, Marquardt “ H o w was sent to Camp Anaconda. to Make Camp Anaconda is near the city of One Hell of Balad, north of Baghdad and south of Tikrit. a Profit and ASHLEY MONFORT • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Still Get to The war had been going on H e a v e n ” for three years and Marquardt UHM student John Marquardt hangs out in the Campus Center lounge. The senior just returned from a stint serving in the Iraqi war. is Dr. John had already established a life Demartini’s in Hawai‘i. He was a student at see what my training has done for method all the time, the enemy 90 degrees. The gear that he wore best-sell- Kapi‘olani Community College me,” he said. would understand that and will weighed 40 pounds without his hel- DEMARTINI ing book. and was learning to read and to His training before deployment just change their tactics,” he said. met and ammunition. He advo- write Japanese. He said he didn’t warned the soldiers of rocket pro- Ranked as a Staff Sergeant, it He said it was like, “being in a cates building wealth and hav- have a lot of fear of going but was pelled grenades (RPG’s), how they took a few weeks before he was sauna for ten hours…[We were] con- ing “financial wellness,” and actually excited for the change of shouldn’t trust everybody, and most assigned to patrol the town and area stantly sweating, and the only way to lectures over 300 days a year. pace in his life. of all, of the roadside bombs or IEDs in which his unit was located. deal with that effectively was drink- Now he’s in Hawai‘i with “This may sound strange, but (Improvised Explosive Devices). In Iraq, he said the springtime ing water or eating food.” “Breakthrough Experience,” I was excited…I was starting to was beautiful. But once it started The buildings provided for giving talks across the state. get kind of weary of being a stu- A student at war getting dry, the mud turned to dust, the soldiers had air conditioning. On Thursday, Demartini dent…I’ve been training for eight “In reacting to an IED, there and the air would become murky and Since Marquardt was on patrol, he will host a discussion at Japanese or nine years, and there’s always is no really one certain right or cloudy as the wind blew. The day’s was in a car that had air condition- Cultural Center of Hawai‘i on how the possibility of going to war, and wrong answer on how to do it. heat would reach to 125 degrees to succeed financially. The lec- now it’s finally time to show, to Because if we used the same and the lowest low at night was ture will run from 7 p.m. to 9:30 See LIFE OF A SOLDIER, page 4 p.m. Admission is free for this event. There will be a question and answer segment afterward. For more information about Demartini, go to http://www. drdemartini.com. States place tax on music downloads meaning the company hosting the the Utah Department of Revenue. they will be getting a huge amount of Ten Medical students join Alpha Companies to music would have to charge the Roberts said he is unaware of any profit from it,” she said. Omega Alpha tax when a user purchases a tune. problems caused as a result of the Mundwiler said the tax could affect Ten fourth-year students in determine “Much of the taxes you new tax being enforced in Utah. how many songs she would buy. the John A. Burns School of impose are voluntary,” Clelland “These businesses are treated “I would probably still down- Medicine were chosen to join said. “Any sales taxes are a vol- the same as any other businesses load but it would have a small impact the only national medical honor music charge untary report of the retailer. The that are audited and required to on how much I would buy,” she said. society in the world, Alpha individual who purchases the item pay the tax,” he said. “Right now its only 99 cents a song, loses all significance in the deal.” Roberts said if an individual and if they start charging more I Omega Alpha. By Holly Smith AOA was founded to “rec- Clelland said businesses are purchases music from a company not would eventually cut back because Kansas State Collegian (Kansas usually audited every three years in Utah they are required to write the that does add up.” ognize excellence in the medi- State U.) cal profession,” and selects to ensure the proper taxes are item on their personal form. being collected. “They have that responsibility based on academic achieve- (U-WIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. “If they failed to declare the to ensure the tax is paid,” he said. ment, leadership qualities and – Revenue departments in 15 tax it would be caught during an Samantha Mundwiler, a Corrections compassion and fairness while states and the District of Columbia audit,” he said. senior in history at Kansas dealing with colleagues. recently began taxing music The new tax recently was State University, said she down- “The selection of 10 students downloaded and bought from the enforced in Utah after the Utah loads from iTunes and would On Monday’s “UH student out of JABSOM’s graduating class Internet. State Supreme Court ruled that the not be happy if the new tax was plays major role as board of 63 is a tribute to our superior “This is a tax we do not cur- transfer of bytes and bits meets enforced. member,” Michael Dahilig’s academic program and the out- rently have, but it could come up the definition of tangible personal “I can kind of see where they quote referring to Chancellor standing abilities of these future at any time,” he said. property, said Charlie Roberts, pub- would want to make money on it, but Englert was mispelled. physicians,” said interim Dean T. Clelland said the tax would lic information spokesperson for its 99 cents a song so I don’t think Samuel Shomaker. be collected at the company level, KA LEO O HAWAI‘I FEATURES Page 2 | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Editor: Darlene Dela Cruz Associate Editor: Alyssa Navares | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected] COURTESY PHOTO • FIERYFURNACES.NET Indie pop siblings Eleanor and Matthew Events Calendar Friedberger, also known as the Compiled by Alice Kim take place on Friday at 12:30 p.m. Fiery Furnaces, released their in Sakamaki Hall, room A201. latest album “Bitter Tea” A reading by Chip Hughes and Charu Gupta, a visiting Watamull on April 18. Kathy Philips will take place Distinguished Scholar, will speak in tomorrow from 3 p.m. to 4:30 this forum. For more information, call p.m. at Kuykendall Hall, room history Professor Peter Hoffenberg at 956- 410. They are both professors 8497 or e-mail him at [email protected]. at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. For more information, call the “Globalization and Southeast Asia English department at 956-7619. in the 21st Century” will take place on Friday from noon to 1:30 The Young Composers’ Symposium p.m. in Moore Hall, room 319. will take place tomorrow from Mike Douglass, a professor in 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Orvis the Urban and Regional Planning Auditorium. There will be perfor- Department, will present this talk.