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VOLUME 102 ISSUE 67 T H E V O I C E Jack Johnson New album review ‘Sleeping rough Static’ A Weekend Venue | Page 8 WWW.KALEO.ORG EO KServing the students of the UniversityL of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 ISOLATED SHOWERS The race for humanity Pro Bowl Week We have a Web site Candidates profi t off Darfur tragedy NFC and AFC back for bowl game Tell us what you think THURSDAY H:80° L:69° Commentary | Page 4 Sports | Page 12 Web | Kaleo.org FEB. 7, 2008 Ban on text messaging while driving? CampusBeat By Michelle White Legislature pending Ka Leo Staff Writer bill that would cost TUESDAY, FEB. 19 students hundreds • Campus Security found an intoxi- cated individual in Campus Center at midnight. The visitor was not By Chad Fujihara 21. Security allowed a friend to Ka Leo Contributing Writer pick him up. If Hawai‘i lawmakers get • A hookah device was confiscated their way, sending a text mes- from a student at Hale Mokihana. sage might cost cell phone users A hookah is prohibited on campus. close to $500. Security may return the contra- The Hawai’i state senate, in band if the student does not bring the current legislature session, it back on campus. Disciplinary is reading a bill that hopes to action will be sought by the Vice ban text messaging while driv- Chancellor. ing. If it goes through, the new law would prohibit text messag- ing while driving and fine those violating it. The exact amount of the fine has yet to be decided, though other states with similar KUMARI SHERREITT• KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Text messaging is a dangerous addiction to have while driving. Save your texting for class or home, or you may be fined. See Texting, page 2 MICHELLE WHITE • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Toxic levels of mercury in local favortie • A student was found unconscious By Kendra Jones should not be eaten by children shown increased risks of vari- that swims I will eat.” and taken to the hospital. The indi- Ka Leo Staff Reporter or pregnant and nursing moth- ous chronic diseases at high Sarah Adams, a junior art vidual was assaulted by a group ers more than once every two levels of intake.” major from Maui, eats ahi on of students on Dole Street near Hawai‘i consumes three weeks. Fish with high levels of Despite the warnings, average three times a month. the Law Library around 1 a.m. No times as much fish as the rest mercury content can be harmful some still choose to eat fish She said she is accustomed to arrests have been made. of the U.S., which concerns the to a developing brain and ner- regularly. May Sambajon, a eating it. “If I had knowledge Hawai‘i Department of Health vous system, the website says. junior going into business, the mercury level was poten- • A sign and table near the Marine after it warned people to watch Many studies offer no said, “It’s part of my daily tially dangerous, it’d be a defi- Science building was damaged their fish intake because of suggstions on how much fish routine, my lifestyle.” nite gear change.” by two men and a woman riding mercury content. the average adult can safely She said her friends tell Sushi can be found skateboards. The Department of Health consume. “Some studies,” said her she needs to cut down on throughout the nation, but it website says yellow fin tuna, Donald Hayes, an epidemi- her high fish intake. “It’s by along with ono and opah, ologist with the DOH, “have far my favorite food. Anything See Sushi, page 3 See Beat, page 2 News 2 THURSDAY SURF OUTLOOK Comment on an article Weekend Venue 5 Point your cursor to S HONOLULU TIDES A new Northwest swell NORTH 6-8 Wave heights Commentary 4 HI 4:26 A.M. | 4:35 P.M. will build during the WWW.KALEO.ORG SOUTH 0-1.5 reported day tomorrow and peak ! PLEASE Cartoons 9 LO 11:19 A.M. | 10:04 P.M. WEST 3-5 Hawaiian style, Thursday night and friday and nd out what ? S ó RECYCLE HALEIWA TIDES then gradually subside Puzzles & Classi eds 10 EAST 1-3 about half face other readers thought INSIDE TODAY Sports 12 HI 3:24 A.M. | 3:33 P.M. heights. through the weekend. MAHALO LO 9:14 A.M. | 7:59 P.M. WINDS 5-15+ mph ENE + NE SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 2 Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 [email protected] Texting: Big $$$ 4 “c u there” Beat From page 1 From page 1 laws already in place have fines WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 set around $500. Text messaging IN A POLL OF 2,049 AMERICANS: for emergency purposes and by • A woman reported being sexu- emergency personnel while driv- ally assaulted by three men at Hale • 91% of Americans believe text messaging while Ilima that took place on Halloween ing would still be allowed. driving is just as dangerous as driving drunk “All you need is your eyes of last year. One of the suspected students filmed the incident with- off the road for just one second out permission and was showing and you can cause a very serious • 57% admit they still do it anyway the video to others. No arrests have accident,” Hawai’i Department of been made. The athletics depart- Transportation spokesman Scott ment is conducting further inves- Ishikawa warned. Ishikawa was • 89% believe text messaging while driving should be banned because it’s dangerous tigations. referring to an incident on Nov. 4 2005, when a driver was text • A visitor and three students were messaging his wife and ended up • 66% said they read texts and emails while driving caught with an alleged marijuana veering into the oncoming lane bong at Hale Ilima. A trespass on Kalanianaole Highway. The warning was issued to the visitor result was a head-on collision • Information gathered from injuryboard.com and and the students are being referred that luckily did not result in any Harris Interactive Survey at http://www.injury- to the Vice-Chancellor. serious injuries. board.com/national-news/most-americans- THURSDAY, FEB. 21 An editorial by the Honolulu want-to-ban-text-messaging-while-driving. Star-Bulletin mentioned another aspx?googleid=28062 • HPD was called to a motor vehi- incident that took place over a cle collision in the Hale Lokelani decade earlier. In 1996 a cell COURTESY GRAPHIC • CREATIVE METRO GRAPHICS parking lot. A student and the phone related accident cost the parent of another student were state $1.5 million. The amount involved. There were no injuries was paid to a man from New reported. On the street, on the bus spelled. On more sophisticated other involved the deaths of Jersey who was struck by a and even in classes, people can devices, such as Blackberry or five members of a high school motorist using a cell phone FRIDAY, FEB 22 while driving. be found text messaging. Text Sidekick handheld units, min- cheerleading squad in New According to research gath- messaging has become so ubiq- iature keyboards featuring the York. In both cases the drivers • KTUH staff reported receiving ered by the Hawai‘i state sen- uitous that University of Hawai‘i standard “QWERTY” layout were allegedly text messaging harassing phone calls between 3:40 ate, in 2006, approximately instructor Jay Junker now tells allow for quicker inputs. Either while driving. Locally there p.m. and 6 p.m. They declined to 250,000,000 wireless phone his students that if they need to way, the bill considers that the have been at least two motor file a report with HPD. talk during class he would prefer attention needed to compose and vehicle accidents where text subscribers in the United States SATURDAY, FEB. 23 they text message instead. send a message is enough of a messaging was at the center. sent nearly 158,000,000,000 text As previously mentioned, distraction to cause an accident. Many states have laws messages. Whether it is with a • A laptop and a Samoan war club prohibiting the use of cell standard phone keypad or a min- text messages can either be com- Supporting the claim of were stolen from an office on the iature keyboard, text messaging posed using the standard nine- inherent danger, the bill men- phone handsets while driving, 4th floor at the Shidler College of or “texting” has become the de digit keypad of most cell phones tions two mainland accidents but so far text messaging while Business. A report was filed with facto method for much of the and either selecting each symbol where driving while texting was driving has only been banned HPD. Maintenance was notified to populace to communicate via individually or using a program a factor. One incident resulted in in the state of Washington fix the door. their cell phones. to anticipate the words being the death of a bicyclist while the according to the website tex- tually.org, a site “all about • A vehicle belonging to a UH fac- texting”. Other states have ulty member was broken into at the T H E V O I C E Mauka Condo’s. A radio, CD’s and EDITORIAL enacted similar bills in previ- A ous years, including Hawai‘i, personal items were taken in the K LEO 8:15 p.m. break in. The suspects but most died in the legisla- Editor in Chief Kumari Sherreitt Associate Commentary Editor Meghan Lopez are unknown at this time.

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