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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. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Managing Editor Chris Damitio Web Editor Laura Jolly ture. It remains to be seen University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa News Editor Blane Benvedes Sports Editor Glendalyn Junio if this most recent iteration • Campus Security confronted a 1755 Pope Road 31-D Associate News Editor Casey Chin Associate Sports Editor Ashley Nonaka makes it into the law books. man near Kennedy Theatre who Honolulu, HI 96822 Features Editor Taylor Hall Comics Editor Will Caron In reaction to the possibil- was in possession of a reported Associate Features Editor Ariel Pease Design Editor Jerrica Klout ity of a text message ban, one stolen bicycle. The bicycle was Newsroom (808) 956-7043 Commentary Editor Kris DeRego UH student who has admitted reported stolen from the Campus Center bicycle rack. The man Advertising (808) 956-7043 to text messaging while driving said, “I feel a text message ban denied knowledge of the theft Facsimile (808) 956-9962 ADVERTISING Now located at the business office parallel to the bottom is fine and good and it’ll help and said the bicycle was a recent E-mail [email protected] purchase. entrance of the Bookstore. the safety of others, however, Web site www.kaleo.org Advertising Director Joel Binder they need to actually enforce • Campus Security recovered items Ka Leo O Hawai‘i is the campus newspaper of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. It is published by the Board of Publications three times a week except on holi- it because they have too many recently stolen and returned it to days and during exam periods. Circulation is 10,000. Ka Leo is also published once a week during summer sessions with a circulation of 10,000. Ka Leo is funded laws like the smoking ban and by student fees and advertising. Its editorial content reflects only the views of its editors, writers, columnists and contributors, who are solely responsible for its the owner. The laptop and umbrel- the cell phone ban that they content. No material that appears in Ka Leo may be reprinted or republished in any medium without permission. the first newsstand copy is free; for additional la were taken from the parking lot copies, please come to the Ka Leo Building. Subscription rates are $36 for one semester and $54 for one year. © 2007 Ka Leo O Hawai‘i don’t enforce and people do it behind Sinclair Library. anyway.” [email protected] Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 3
tive effects against heart disease and some neurological symptoms.” The DOH website says other Sushi fish such as mahi mahi, canned tuna, and halibut can be safely From page 1 consumed once a week. Poke and sashimi are often made using ahi is especially part of Hawai‘i, where tuna; ahi refers to either bigeye or quick stops, school cafeterias and yellow fin tuna species. Yellow fin, fine restaurants sell the Japanese also called shibi in Hawai‘i, is more food. Not only is it something that popular of the two amongst sushi can be grabbed in a hurry, but sushi, restaurants and is easily found in sashimi and poke are also a staple the waters surrounding Hawai‘i. in the diets of many islanders. “Mahi makes great sashimi and Mercury is a heavy metal is low in Hg [Mercury]. Some feel that can be found in rocks, soil that there is no alternative to ahi. and water. Methylmercury, the Personal preference,” said Brian potentially harmful type of mer- Popp, an oceanography professor at cury, is formed in water and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. accumulates in fish as the mercu- Hayes said, “We are always ry in the water passes over their interested in protecting the public KENT NISHIMURA • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I gills. Larger fish have higher and are looking into ways to docu- mercury concentrations from eat- ment and better inform the public Fresh Shoyru Ahi and Hawaiian Limu Poke at the Safeway on Pali Highway. ing smaller fish. In this way, mer- on this and other issues.” cury from smaller fish finds its Have a dental cleaning, Funakoshi Shotokan Karate-Do way into humans as the mercury LEADERSHIP SELF-CONFIDENCE DISCIPLINE is passed up the food chain. check-up for dental decay “Fish is an important part of a & gum disease. balanced diet that is a good source of protein, is low in saturated fat, Come in for a dental and some fish are particularly high hygiene screening. Certified Black Belt Instructors in omega-3 fatty acids,” Hayes said. “These omega-3 fatty acids have Classes for Children & Adults Locations in Manoa Valley & Pearl City been shown to have some protec- UHM Dental Hygiene Clinic Hemenway Hall, Rm 200 Website: www.fskd.8m.com Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30 - 11:30 am 1:00 - 3:30 pm 371-7670 Fresh Shoyru Ahi, Hawaiian Limu, and Spicy Ahi Poke at the Safeway on Pali Highway. SEE MORIAH FILMS PRODUCTION OF WHEN: Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 6:00pm-9:00pm KENT NISHIMURA • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I EVER AGAIN WHERE: University Of Hawaii Hememway Theater Seating Limited to 100, please arrive on time Doors will close at 7:00pm sharp ALL DONE UP Mardi Gras on Nu‘uanu Ave., Chinatown Cost: Free to students & faculty (with valid id) $7.00 donation for all others
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KA LEO O HAWAI‘I ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING Jordan Savusa Wednesday, February 13, 2008 • 7:30 pm Ka Leo Staff Reporter Dole Cannery Theatres Bluegrass music. Right now “Comedy is the tie that binds you’re probably thinking of coun- musicians and entertainment ... If try yokels in scuffed-up overalls they’re going to play in front of plucking a banjo and scraping other people, [musicians] can’t be washboards. But in Hawai‘i, a self-absorbed. They have to give small following bluegrassers has energy to the people. The best ways actually caught the attention of to do that is to make them laugh a professional bluegrass musician. and build a friendship.” His name is Sid Lewis, and he has He said that jamming breaks come to the Aloha State to bring down the barriers between audi- the bluegrass sound to O‘ahu. In 1968, Lewis was born on O‘ahu and lived briefly at a hip- http://www.acousticcollege.net pie commune on the North Shore. http://www.myspace.com/ He has shared the stage with sidlewis. many famed musicians and has been acclaimed for his musical tal- Workshop will be held at a private ents, winning the California State residence: 555 Anolani St.
Flatpicking guitar championship. For more information, e-mail at courtesy of • acousticcollege.net Bringing along his banjo, he has [email protected], or go to the returned to bring his style of music Instruments are like a second language. Acoustic College Web site and click The younger the better. What focus! to Hawai‘i after being invited by “Workshops.” Caroline Wright, founder of www. bluegrasshawaii.com. $35 at the door, $30 in advance. nets, drums, didgeridoos, accordi- “Suddenly I get a lot of e-mails See you there! ons, ukuleles,” said Lewis. “The from locals to teach it,” Lewis said. last class I did had four ukuleles.” “It was a welcome, so I decided to No matter if people are play- go with it.” He believes the style of ing a guitar or just clapping their music is his bridge here. ence and musician, saying, “It’s hands, he wants everyone to per- “Bluegrass is the most open a circle around me, and I make form, “to have this experience, to to a communal effort,” Lewis sure that everyone feels involved.” be positive.” said. “It’s built around jamming. Banjos, guitars, fiddles and mando- Lewis wants participants to It’s a musical game that everyone lins have filled his workshops, but can play; you just got to know the he states that what he’s doing is not have a sense of enjoyment and con- rules.” traditional bluegrass and that jam fidence when they leave his class. Jamming, Lewis said, is about sessions are open to all ages, all To pick along with some locals on bringing people together to share kinds of music and all instruments. a beach in his native Hawai‘i is music and have fun. Having played “[I’ve had] saxophones, clari- something he is excited for. music for 30 years, he understands the science, art and etiquette of © Touchstone Pictures jamming and feels that bluegrass music has a long tradition for it. “Out of all music,” Lewis said, “bluegrass has the most developed Present your valid UH Student ID at the system to play with strangers.” BOP Business Office from 1:00 pm today Lewis teaches what he calls, “The Ten Jammandments,” a list to get your complimentary pass! of rules for proper musical jam- ming. Some guidelines include to tune up the instruments first, and OPENS IN THEATRES FEB. 14th when and how to do a solo and accompaniment. Bluegrass jam also has the tradition of humor, cracking First come, first served. A valid UHM student ID is jokes, getting people comfortable. Jamming is all about having fun courtesy of • acousticcollege.net required. No phone calls please. One pass per person. and making friendships, and what Supplies are limited. One pass admits two. better place is there to do that than Sid and his pyramid of Jammandments. Hat optional. in Hawai‘i? Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 7 [email protected] theweekendevent Bringing Bob’s irie vibes to the rock By Lauren Mueller of reggae music. traffic, box-office lines, overcrowd- Ka Leo Contributing Reporter Bobfest is back again, bring- ing, fights and a late and shoddy ing along your favorite local bands show from Lauryn Hill. Every year Bob Marley and his like Ooklah the Moc, Oshen and Promoters for this year’s event spirit of reggae are recognized by a Irie Luv. This is the fourth annual have made efforts to correct the prob- gathering of outstanding perform- festival and one of the “largest events lems they had with last year’s festival, ers. Artists like Pepper, Lauryn Hill, of the year,” says Jonny Mack, a but they remind us that the show will Most High and Capelton from last promoter representing 3 Sexy Guys be a sold out event. “We are limiting year’s festival bring many different Productions. out capacity to 8,000 people, which sounds to places where reggae is Last year’s festival was full of is 4,000 less than last year. We are loved. This festival is an annual trib- great names and great reggae, but it also bringing in twice the security,” to ute to Bob Marley and the tradition was plagued by many hassles like the deal with the crowding of walkways, and “we got rid of the bottlenecks,” said Mack. Unfortunately, traffic is
an uncompromising effect and will COURTESY PHOTO • WWW.BOBMARLEY.COM remain the same. Robert Nesta Marley, born in Nile Mile, on the hill of St.Ann, Jamaica. This year the artists are from very different places around the Jamaica has world. They include groups from the and Morgan Heritage representing BOBFEST declared Bob Western Sahara to the West Coast, Jamaica, Marlon Asher from Trinidad Marley month and back to the reggae capitol, and Tobago, and Alpha Blondy from Bobfest in honor of the Jamaica. According to Mack, reggae Western Sahara. Representing the Hawaiian Adventures Water Feb. 6, 1945 from around the world will bring West Coast will be Jenifer Johns and Park birth of the “together 8,000 people to share in all Young Fyah, the same MC’s who musician. the love and the unification that only joined us for December’s Surf and Friday, February 8 ‘reggae’ music can bring.” Roots Festival. 6 p.m.- 2 a.m. This year’s headliners for the This year’s festival is sure to Tickets: $30 at HIC, no tickets COURTESY PHOTO four stages, one of which is at the bring irie vibes to the island. It has at door WENI/BOBMARLEY. back of the drained wave pool, something for every reggae enthusi- COM include names like Tanya Stevens ast and promises to be a great show.
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By Ariel Pease Toes” without the gritty blues rhythm and Ka Leo Associate Features percussive conga beats …, “Better Together” without the happy piano melodies and sexy COURTESY PHOTO • MYSPACE.COM/JACKJOHNSONMUSIC North Shore local Jack Johnson is back humming. “Angel,” obviously about his fam- with his fourth album “Sleep through the ily, uses the ohs and hums that make every Static”. His second album with producer J.P. woman wish she was Jack Johnson’s wife. Plunier, who also worked on Johnson’s first “Hope” is PG-rated Ben Folds; think “Rockin’ FREE MUSIC album, “Brushfire Fairytales.” The album’s the Suburbs” without the F*bombs. It offers a amplified keyboard and percussion-heavy slight reggae vibe with some genuine island- songs give “Sleep through the Static” a style vocal melodies, too. FLUFFY BUNNY slightly new twist on Johnson’s recognizable The first single, “If I Had Eyes,” another laid back, acoustic vibe. carefree Folds-esque song, features syncopat- HAPPY TEETH With catchy lyrics and melodies that get ed vocal melodies over steady staccato piano By Blaine Tolentino stuck in your head for days, “Sleep through chords with some falsetto ooohs throughout. Ka Leo Staff Reporter the Static” utilizes a dominant piano line, “Enemy” is reminiscent of Pearl Jam’s which gives it a bluesier feel than “Traffic in “Man of the Hour” while “Go On” could be IJI- myspace.com/iji the Sky” or “Audible Melodies.” The formu- mistaken as an indie rock track, its sound fit- ‘Ukulele stands as the main instrument, although harmonica sneaks in to instill a bit laic vocals sound almost too pop-y to be sing- ting of a scene from “Juno” or a Zach Braff of unity in the tracks. On a couple of songs, drums pile on over the ‘ukulele to create ing such political messages like “Just cash in film. “They Do They Don’t” plays around a sort of rambling happiness. Cute jaunts into group singing bring melodies to a new your blanks for little toy tanks learn how to with electric guitar and funky keyboard. excitement. use them, then abuse them and choose them “Losing Keys” has a bluesy down tempo beat *SOME SONGS FREE over conversations,” and of course the entire with Johnson’s vocals mirroring the sliding chorus ending with the repeated line “We electric guitar phrases. RED PONY CLOCK- myspace.com/redponyclock went beyond where we should have gone.” Recorded in Hawaiʻi and LA using 100 Very classic three-part harmonies with a tinge of trumpet, accordian or both. Like a References to wearing wool sunglasses percent solar energy, “Sleep through the much gentler Magnetic Fields - Jens Lekman without the creepy deep voice action. and sleeping through the static are obvious Static,” as a whole, is more amped than the *SOME SONGS FREE metaphors about authority figures who blind others with electric guitars and more key- themselves to what is going on, sleeping at board heavy songs, feeling the presence from PET CLUB - myspace.com/petclubisgood night in their big comfy beds like nothing is newest member Zach Gill of ALO, who joined The softest form of dueling guitars available. Very simple lo-fi recordings allow happening. “Come on and tell us what you’re the band during the tour to support Johnson’s for awkward harmonies to be cute and edible. The lyrics form a web of offshoot trying to prove because it’s a battle when you previous album “In Between Dreams.” thoughts on both tracks; cute shouts from a mist of little girl voices mumbling com- dabble in war.” Maybe Johnson has found a Gill’s piano is a breath of fresh air plaints at each other. means of relating and motivating a politically for what could have turned out to be a *ALL SONGS FREE apathetic generation. typical easy, breezy Jack Johnson record. On He couldn’t ditch the acoustic feel alto- “Monsoon,” the balance between Johnson CHEAP, ELECTRIC- myspace.com/cheapelectric gether. “All At Once,” “Same Girl,” “What and Gill is so natural it seems a promising At points, the songs sound like evil organ solos. Drums move the songs along, but You Thought You Needed,” and “While We combination, like early Trey Anastasio and it’s the sporadic use of guitar that makes things interesting. Accept this as a sexually Wait” provide the album with the mellower McConnell all those years ago. Phish for the frustrated version of The Books, and everything should be ok. tunes that fans are used to. “Adrift” is “Bubble next generation. Okay, not quite. *ALL SONGS FREE The Kids AreThe All Kids Right Higher Education that nomatter Lauren never notice me? what Ido, seems to Why isit KALEO cartoons byWillCaron
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