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Tuesday, September 30, 2003 University ofHawai'i Kapi'olani Community College Volume# 37 Issue 6 Native birds claim campus trees as home

By Justin Hahn of its namesake. It is a delicate flier, News Editor and can be seen hovering among tree branches like a honeycreeper. Many Finches and pigeons. Sparrows and times, they glide along in a pair, mynas. Mourning doves, cardinals almost caressing the wind currents in and robbins. With so many intro­ a graceful ballet on their way to the duced species around, it is easy to ocean and back to where they nest. forget that native birds like the three In some ways, however, it is wrong to fairy terns in the trees above the Kalia say that they nest anywhere. building still call KCC home. "The mother lays her egg balancing Also known as the manu-o-ku, it on a branch;' said Robin Fujikawa, a is native to coasts around the trop­ KCC religion teacher and an avid fairy ics, but the residents of Hawaii in tern watcher. "It is there that the chick particular have a special affinity for is born and raised without any nest:' the bird. Many marvel at the bird's Fujikawa has watched this particular delicate appearance, calling it the breeding pair for a number of years. "Tinkerbell of the Sea:' Its feathers His office in Kalia allows him a good are pure white - so white in fact that view of the banyan tree in which the the wings appear nearly translucent birds roost. He also sees them in the when backlit by the sun. Its eyes are skies above the campus and around of the deepest midnight blue and are town. He observes not only the male likened to those of a stuffed animal and female, which mate for life, but both in appearance and their effect also their chick. He has tracked the on human hearts. Strangely enough, progress of the chick from the begin­ the skin beneath its milky feathers ning of its life in an egg, balancing is completely black, and its feet, legs tenuously on a branch, until now. He and the base of its beak are an irides­ cent blue. See BIRDS, page 5 Its behaviors, too, appear like those Future site of culinary school burns New birth control offers an

By Justin Hahn The Department of Land and Natu­ Culinary Arts Program Chairperson, alternative to 28-day cycle News Editor ral Resources (DLNR) is set to trans­ a two-year program, like the one at fer the 7.5-acre property under the KCC, will not give students the prepa­ By Clint Kaneoka President of Barr Research, in a press In the wee hours of Sunday, Sept. 21 , Cannon Club in the next 1-2 weeks to ration they need to excel in the food Copy Editor release on Sept. 5. "For those women 'the abandoned Cannon Club caught the University of Hawaii. service business. More education is who prefer the convenience of fewer fire, burning much of the interior, but The building, which had been needed for higher positions. A new birth control product that periods, Seasonale offers a safe and not altering the University ofHawai'i's appraised at $450,000, was not a part If the college does offer this pro­ is designed to reduce the number of effective alternative to the traditional plans to develop it as a way to offer an of the plan for the culinary institute, gram, they will still be accredited as times a woman has her period from 28-day oral contraceptive regimen." advanced four-year culinary degree. according to KCC Chancellor John a two-year institution. However, it is 13 to 4 per year is scheduled to arrive Although Seasonale limits a wom­ "Nothing that happened changes Morton. still not known if KCC will operate the in pharmacies throughout the nation an's period to four times a year, the pill anything," said KCC Chancellor John "It was never the intention to use program alone, or in conjunction with in late October. itself is no different from the current Morton. the original building;' Morton said. one or more colleges. Seasonale, which is produced by one - except for its packaging. The pill The Honolulu Fire Department "It had to be torn down and rebuilt In addition to food, the restaurant Barr Laboratories, Inc., will work contains essentially the same ingredi­ said that the cause of the fire is still anyway." will also serve a purpose to the Dia­ under the same guidelines as the ents as the current pill, but will simply unknown. Most structure fires with­ The institute would be an extension mond Head area. In keeping with the current pill, except it will be taken be taken at longer intervals without a out criminal origins are sparked by an of the University of Hawai'i, and used Diamond Head Master Plan, the res­ on a 91-day regimen instead of on a placebo. electrical malfunction. The Cannon as a teaching restaurant. While the taurant's parking lot would serve as an 28-day one. The new product will be "It's nothing new, its something Club has not been in use for the past specifics are still being worked out, auxiliary lot for patrons of Diamond taken as 84 active tablets, followed by we've been doing for 20, 30 years;' six years, and thus, had no electrical the general idea is to serve reason­ Head State Park when the restaurant 7 placebo pills to trigger menstrua­ said Paul Norris, M.D., a professor of power. The HFD maintains that it ably priced dishes to the public while is not in use. The restaurant is meant tion, thereby allowing women to have obstetrics/gynecology at the Univer­ found no physical evidence to suggest providing students with a four-year to service customers in the evenings their periods seasonally. sity of Miami School of Medicine, in a foul play, however, and does not know culinary arts degree. and during the weekends. The restau- "With the approval of Seasonale, Sept. 5 interview with WebMD. "I have the extent of the damage or how much Currently, KCC only offers culinary women have a new choice when it has brought down the value of the education for the first two years of See CANNON CLUB, page 5 deciding on oral contraception;' See BIRTH CONTROL, page 4 property. college. According to Ron Takahashi, said Carole S. • Ben-Maimon, M.D., VIEWPOINTS KAPi'O My family's fight with addiction

By Jesse Young captive by his manipulative ways and siblings were still at our long-time Staff Writer addictions. residence, and were still trying to find Eventually he began to abuse her an apartment. As luck would have it, What is your most 0 WE REALLY KNOW WHAT DRUGS CAN DO TO A mentally and she slowly began to a one bedroom was available right embarassing person, a family, a community, a city, a state, a nation, realize that he was more trouble than on the opposite side of my little one­ a world? I think we may be starting to. Hawai'i's recent he was worth. I was overjoyed when room studio, so I let them know about moment? she began to stand up for herself and it and they secured the rental. They D attention to our ice epidemic has brought about a new tell him that she'd had enough. They moved from a three-bedroom house awareness of drugs and their effect on our lives. I am just one of many would fight and make up, over and into a one-bedroom apartment, so who have encountered the destruction of drug addiction first hand. over again, but with each absence you can imagine the lack of space that This is my story... shined a speck of hope that he would was created by all of our possessions. be gone one day. My mother couldn't afford anything I have an early childhood memory. blink an eye, he had moved in with The day when he would be out of bigger, and was pressed for time, so I was around 7 seven years old, and us. He was a nice guy at first, but soon our lives did eventu;Uly come, even she settled for the small apartment. I went into my mother's room and he began to seem strange. Sometimes though it took five painful, frustrat­ I thought things were going to be opened up one of her dresser drawers. he was the nicest guy, at times he was ing and frightening years. However, -fine! I was living on my own and my I don't remember what I was looking a nervous mess and would yell and the way it happened brought on new family was still at arms length, were for, but that does not matter now. swear at the smallest things, and other problems for my family. We had been I could still eat my mother's home Inside her drawer I found a small times he would stare into space with living on property that belonged to cooked meals and look after them as dear zip lock bag with what looked no realization of anything happening my great grandmother, and when she I had learned to do through past years Karen Owen: "My pants fell off like parts of a plant. The bag had tiny around him. He would be paranoid passed away in 2001, the house went of struggle. Things were going great, when I was diving under a wave." leaves and small oval shaped seeds. I and stare out the screen door, looking to her son, my grandfather. My moth­ but soon they took an unexpected and wondered to my innocent and due­ to see "who was out there." er's boyfriend continually caused rifts rapid turn for the worse. less self, "what is this?" I dosed the drawer and went on with my day. The conclusion to ]esse's story will be A few years later, I realized that in next week's Kapi'o. what I had found inside of the tiny ''I did not ask my mother if she did bag was marijuana. My mother was drugs, and I certainly did not tell anyone a drug user. Did that mean she was KAPI(bO a bad person? I had been educated else about my discovery. In a way I just kapio.kcc.hawaii.edu ,,.:..::· . >::> i about the dangers of drugs in school ::.:.,.;:~:::_~,, '_::.:. . . through lessons and the DARE pro­ accepted it. '' 4303 Dfatnond Head Rd. · · gram, and they led me to believe Honoluiu, Hawai'i 968,16 that drugs were "bad:' When I finally . (808) 734-9120 tel. . came to this realization, I did not do (808) 734-9287 fax anything. I did not ask my mother if He was clearly a drug addict, and he in the already unstable relationship [email protected] Staci Ramelo: "I was walking she did drugs, and I certainly did not had a bad influence over my mother. between my mother and her father, into Macy's and I tripped over the tell anyone else about my discovery. Before he came into our lives, my so my grandfather evicted us. Kawehi Haug, Editor-in-chief rug and fell on my face:' In a way, I just accepted it. mother did not smoke cigarettes. When we had to move, we decided Clint Kaneoka, Copy Editor Years later, on a New Year's Eve, Although she had smoked for many that my mother's boyfriend had to go Justin Hahn, News Editor with firecrackers exploding and fire­ years earlier in her life, she had quit as well. So she finally began to ignore Lisa Mizuire, Layout Editor works filling the night with colorful five years earlier. Unfortunately, he him and kept him away through legal Vuong Phung, Online Editor spectacle, my mother pulled out a started her right back up again. His means, using the usual methods Alvin Nguyen, System Admin. joint and began to smoke it. It was malice did not end there, my mom of law enforcement and retraining Jar:nes Bynes, Distribution her way of celebrating. My older slowly began to disregard her house­ orders. He was out of the picture and Michelle Nishimoto, Advertising brother shared it with her. She even hold responsibilities and to distance we were preparing to move away from and Administration asked me ifl wanted to partake in her herself further and further away our home of eighteen years. This was enjoyment. Of course, I said no. I was from my older brother, my younger all an extremely difficult and emo­ Staff Writers: too afraid to do drugs, and what I had brother and myself. At first, I merely tional time for my mother. Chantelle Belarde, Olivia Goo, learned about them kept me safe, for suspected that he was influencing her I on the other hand, looked at the Rita Gray, Marlene Jones-Skurtu, then, at least. to try other drugs, but soon the effects move as an opportunity to start my Cassie Thomas, Grace Wauke, I am not going to lie, I did try started to show up. life as an adult. I thought, "great, Jesse Young, Olga Meniuc, Matt marijuana. However, I never did take They stayed with each other for five now I can move out on my own and Holton any chemically-manufactured illegal years, they had a daughter together in . live how I want to live." So I began Layout: , drugs and I wholeheartedly trust that 1998, and over time, he caused family to look for an apartment to rent on Olga Meniuc, Cassie Thomas, Kyle Richardson: "My friend I never will. conflicts and turmoil. He weakened my own. I felt that it was what every Jesse Young took my clothes at Lanikai and Well, my high school days came and the strength and love in our small, high school graduate did. I eventually I had to run butt naked to the went, and drugs did not pose a prob­ vulnerable family. We were alienated found a small, overpriced, one-room Dustin McDunn, Adviser street to get them back:' lem at school. Home was a whole dif­ from our own mother, although she studio near the Ala Wai Canal to live ferent story. When I was a sophomore was still living with us. We felt help­ in. I thought, "great I am doing it, I · Kapi'o Is -a weekly publica~ . in high school, my mother met a guy less because she would not listen to am going to make it on my own:' So I tion . of the Board of Student from the Big Island. They hung out a our pleas for her to get rid of this moved out on my own. Publications (BoSP) at the Uni~ few times, and before anyone could horrible man. She had been taken Meanwhile, my mother and my versity of Hawai'i at Kapi'olani, an Equal Opportunity I Affirma­ tive Action institution. Funding is provided by student fees and 1;1dvertising. Circulation is TELL US WHAT YOU THINK 2,500. Kapi'o reflects the opinions and views of the editors and The Kapi'o strives to be accurate and honest in our coverage of campus news. If you have comments on our standards, cover­ writers who are solely respon­ age or accuracy, please contact Kawehi Haug, the Kapi'o's editor-in-chief, at 734-9120 or [email protected]. sible for content, and not necessarily those of KCC, the Corrections: faculty, or staff. • In an article '1\erobics class, no piece of cake:' (Sept. 23), an editor mistakenly referred to Sharon Rota as "Rowe" on Kapi'o invites all submis ­ Felicia Broder: "On my first date second reference. sions. Editors reserve the right with my boyfriend I curled up to • In an article "Is the college saving water?;' (Sept. 16), Nelda Quensell's name was spelled incorrectly. to edit for length and content. him on the sofa after dinner and Publication of any submission I had a big pile of potatoes on my is not guaranteed. face:' VIEWPOINT

his Sept 16 Kapi'o article can pro­ talking. However, I was disappointed and the freedom movement. The list mote. While I have lived as a haole to learn that there had only been one goes on and on. for 30 years in Hawai'i nei and have letter in response to the article. I don't believe that we live in only Letters never found offense in the descriptive We need to share and open the a "White Culture:' and to that I say, term, haole, (except in the phrase, cultural and social communication. "Thank God:' I am happy that I can to the "You f-ing haole!"), perhaps he To find the stereotypes, terminology, interact with people from all over the has. We need positive solutions that and assumptions that we make every­ world and learn from all of them while -Editor allow us to connect as human beings day with culture, ethnic, and social sharing the good things about my cul­ 'Golden Boy' cries and address a problem that has been groups. To understand how our ideas ture and experiences at the same time. around too long not to address. This affect other people. Each culture is The diversity of color and culture in the a golden shower requires we come together and talk guilty of negative terms for them­ human race has been likened to that of Haole controversy about it with open ears and open selves and others. Does that make a garden of flowers, the diversity adds Oscar De La Hoya's most recent hearts, to humble ourselves and allow it okay? Just because I am a woman to the beauty of the garden. We are one title bout was in many ways similar How in the hell were you (Justin ourselves to change. doesn't make it alright for me to tell human family and everyone should to that of his previous ones; a gruel­ Hahn) able to join this paper? The The Fairness in Diversity Project female jokes. Why would I want to respect and honor everyone. Elimina­ ing, vicious battle, littered with all Tuesday September 16th paper is meets every Monday in Manono 104 degrade myself and take my gender tion of racism starts with self-knowl­ the telltale signs of a two-man war. the first and last one that I will read. from 1 to 2 p.m.. All are welcome. down with me? Why are we putting edge and honesty. Racism is a disease Unfortunately, what made this fight The word haole is the same as nigger? Now for the educator in me: KCC is each other down instead of building that can only be cured by changing so different from his previous bouts' What! an academic institution. As members each other up? your own heart. People who are haters wasn't the fact that he was beaten by The word haole is an actual of this institution, we should place - Ann M. Thompson need to look within themselves and "Sugar" Shane Mosley, the man now "Hawaiian" word. Hawaiian being a premium on factual accuracy and Gender Equity Counselor try to grow out of their problems and responsible for De La Hoya's last the keyword, because we live in careful use of the language. When we help others do the same by calling their two defeats, and it wasn't because HAWAII. Now maybe you're not friends on it when they hear such ugli­ so many of the viewers believed De Hawaiian ... obviously. Haole is a term ness. La Hoya should have won the fight. first used when white men set foot ''The only way to overcome the con­ As to the word ha'ole, my Hawaiian Rather, it was because boxing's upon Hawaiian soil bringing disease Studies teacher told the class the other "Golden Boy" whined uncharacteris­ and death. For decades the Hawaiian siderable ignorance that exists in our day that the word means without breath tically about being cheated out of the population has been treated unfairly. due to the way that the first Europeans fight by the judges, and threatened to And you wonder why some people world about such issues is to discuss and greeted the first Hawaiians they met, by have his lawyers launch a full investi­ wouldn't trust a haole? extending a hand rather that touching gation into the bout. Maybe because for years it has been to learn from one another, to be open to foreheads and breathing. He went on De La Hoya cited punch statistics proven time and time again that they hearing what those who are impacted to say that the word still has legitimate and online polls, both which were are not trustworthy. uses in describing people who are not tipped in his favor, as an attempt to Hey, according to the First Amend­ have to say... '' from Hawai'i or, more commonly today, validate his investigation into the ment you can say whatever you wanna people of European ancestry. However, fight. But, as boxing fans may recall, say, but next time you should really he went on to say that many haters use it wasn't too long ago that Pernell think before you write; in fact, why the word inappropriately and incor­ Whitaker outlanded him by over 40 don't you write about something you invoke the native language of these rectly in a racist manner. This is some­ punches, and yet, managed to lose to know like ... fun things to do indoors islands, we should take care that we This is my response to the article thing that must be addressed. Hateful, De La Hoya in a lopsided decision. on a Saturday night or go find out if are respectful and accurate in what written by Justin Hahn. My dear young racist people of all backgrounds must In another previous fight against Ike the college is saving water. we say. Mr. Hahn's assertions about friend, you cannot eliminate racism by be put in check. The Hawaiian language Quartey, De La Hoya won a decision the word haole, namely, "'Ha: mean­ spewing racist epithets of making and culture is too rich and too full of in a fight that many thought he lost - Steven Lastman ing without, and 'Ole; being breath" broad based stereotypical generaliza­ Aloha to allow the misuse of the word - much like the way Mosley won is absolutely false. A simple trip to tions about a people you obviously to go on any longer. I think that this is this one. Pukui and Elbert's Hawaiian Diction­ know nothing about. Judging from what M;, Hahn was trying to express. Yet, in both cases, no investigation This campus stakes a good deal ary would show this quite clearly. As your article, you have never interacted However misguided and inaccurate was threatened, no questions were of its reputation on promoting and to the etymology of the word, haole, with anyone who is a part of the Afri­ his article was, he has been a victim of raised regarding the integrity of the respecting the considerable diversity even being a combination of ha'ole, can American diaspora. If you had, racism. Because of the misuse of this judging, and nothing was brought up that exists among the students, faculty no evidence of this is offered by Mr. you would know that these people are word and the attitudes that he has expe­ concerning any problems in the sport" and staff at KCC. Here we find people Hahn. I found no such suggestion in not a part of some exclusive club but rienced, he is reflecting back out upon of boxing. from all over the world, representing Pukui and Elbert. I understand that a very expressive warm and friendly another people. So why is there such a double stan­ all races, creeds, colors, sexual ori­ this is something many of us have people. Previously, I lived in Brooklyn Many of us have experienced this dard for this fight? Because for many entations, people who are situated all heard before, and I understand that for 3 years and can assure you that type of prejudice and it always hurts, years now, De La Hoya has reigned as along the continuums of gender, class, the Hawaiians delighted in language there are no people going around no matter where or who it comes from. the people's champ, the "Golden Boy." age, enablement and experience. But play, but we should not mistake lan­ wearing the name brand clothing you Part of being completely human is let­ He is the person that they pay their in order to respect and promote, we guage play for etymology. mentioned using racial slurs every 5 ting go of hatred and injustice while money to see, and he is the person must be sensitive, sensitive to how minutes. Obviously your misguided letting love an~ justice rule. that they want to win. our words are received and sensitive - Sharon Rowe perception is based on watching too This is how we can bring peace within While the punch statistics repor.t to the fact that our words can be pain­ Asst. Prof. of Philosophy and Dance much MTV and or maybe too much ourselves and reflect it out to others. that De La Hoya landed almost 100 ful to others even if that result is far Mediation Center Director TV in general. My suggestion to you If Mr. Hahn is truly trying to elimi­ punches more than Mosley, they are from our intent. This is not to imply is that you read some history books nate prejudice in Hawaii, he will reflect deceptively misleading, insinuating that we should ·institute speech codes (The autobiography of Malcom X, on his article and print a retraction · that De La Hoya dominated control or suppress the public expression of When I read Justin Hahn's com­ Frederick Douglass, and the novel and an apology to all the people he of the fight. What it doesn't report is ideas. Quite the contrary. The only mentary, I had to remind myself Things fall Apart by Chinua Achibe), has offended. Additionally, it would that many of the telling blows in the way to overcome the considerable that it was his opinion. There was no listen to some real Hip Hop (KRS1, be appropriate for the Kapi'o to do the fight were landed by Mosley. It also ignorance that exists in our world research, no personal experiences, no Common, Mos Def, and Black Star), same, I don't think that it was respon­ doesn't indicate how Mosley's fero­ about such issues is to discuss and to census taken, and no comments or and listen to some Jazz (Miles Davis, sible journalism to allow that article to cious body attack wore De La Hoya learn from one another, to be open to feedback from other students. I felt Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane). Also go to print. down, especially in the later rounds, hearing what those who are impacted that the Justin's article was damaging learn about all of the scientific dis­ College is about expanding ideas, causing him to appear to be the more have to say, to be willing to admit that to the community setting flames to coveries that came from this people. growing and learning about the world battered fighter. perhaps we have been insensitive, and the fire. Where were the solutions, the Keep an open heart and mind and you around us in order to make it a better Egged on by fans and trainers, perhaps even to change our thinking ideas, the cultural building of a com­ may learn something about your self place. People, if you recognize igno­ and wound up from an emotional about how we act and interact with munity? Here we are at Kapi · olani and others. rance, prejudice, or hatred within and exhausting battle, it is not hard others. Community College, a place of higher America is a place of many cultures yourself or others, try your hardest to fathom De La Hoya's discontent The Fairness in Diversity project education, a place to stimulate the and peoples. They all have a part to to overcome it with more powerful with the judges' decision. While De was established to address just these mind in new and innovative ways to play and something special to give knowledge, openness of heart and love. La Hoya has every right to be upset, issues. It came out of the idea that grow and learn. Kapi · olani Commu­ to the rest of us. It is true that the I will end this letter with some food for after all, it was a hard-fought match while our campus promotes itself as nity College is not perfect, we have a African American Dialect is a distinct thought from Bob Marley: "Emanci­ that could have gone either way, his a place that respects diversity it does diverse cultural and social blend but language and the culture is rich in pate yourselves from mental slavery, inability to accept defeat like a true nothing to directly confront problems we do have problems dealing with Music and expressiveness. From this none but ourselves can free our minds:' champion leaves many to think that of discrimination that are a fact oflife individual acts of discrimination and culture came Blues, Jazz, Rock and perhaps their "Golden Boy" might at KCC for many people. I would like prejudice. The only positive thing Roll, Hip Hop, R&B, and Reggae, not - Richard I. Chandler be starting to show a little bit of to invite Justin Hahn to our group. We that I recognized in the article was to mention inventions, philosophies tarnish. would be interested in the dialogue that it would get people thinking and NEWS

Phi Theta Kappa: 'hugs, laughs' at 'First Year Experience' helps annual meetings KCC students reach their goals By Chad Omiya Contributing Writer By Olivia Goo time management. "You can see a difference in the first The courses can be very valuable to Staff Writer "A lot of the incoming students three or four weeks of school," said adults who are either attending college On Sept. 15,2003, the Alpha Kappa don't realize how valuable participat­ Tasaka. "This course does make a dif­ for the first time, or returning to col­ Psi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa held Many students understand that the ing in orientation and taking a esc ference. The IS 198 course is a great lege in pursuit of a degree. its first general membership meeting transition from high school to col­ course is;' said Rosie Harrington, course for any student seeking some "''m glad I took this class because in 'Ohi'a 103C. With almost 20 atten­ lege can be very difficult. What they it teaches you how to be successful in dants- consisting of general mem­ don't know is that there is a specific ''I'm glad I took this class because college;' said Margo Howlett, a first bers, officers, soon-to-be inducted program available at KCC geared spe­ year student who is back as an adult. members, and interested students cifically to helping first year students it teaches you how to be successful in "I love it:' - the meeting turned out to be a adapt to college life. 2003 high school graduate, Nicole great success. The First Year Experience (FYE) college, I love it. '' Thronas said she took the IS 198 class "We shared Phi Theta Kappa hugs program is a campus-wide collabora­ because, "it seems interesting and it'll and many Phi Theta Kappa laughs," tive and consists of special activities - klargo Howlett help me through college with time said President, Susan Tamayo. and courses for new students. ·ori­ Counselor and Coordinator for FYE. advice and support for their college management and how to take respon­ "She got through a lot, and what entation, the New Student Welcome "They feel like they don't need it. Not career." sibility." was even better, everyone seemed Bash, and the College Success Courses until they're faced with different ways While the courses are geared The FYE program has been available to have a good time. I think she and (CSC) are just a few of the efforts from to study, taking notes, time manage­ towards students right out of high to students since 2001, and, although everyone really accomplished the the FYE program. Courses such as IS ment, and making good decisions." school, Harrington said that any first it is fairly new, Harrington hopes to goal she set of setting the tone for the 198 {3 credits) and LSK 97G (1 credit)' The difference that the courses year students are welcome. "make it a consistent part of KCC." year," said Linda Letta, compliment­ are two of the classes offered to new make in the students, from the first "They could be just graduated from For more information on the FYE ing Susan's effort in achieving such a students aimed to help them build day of class to the last is remarkable, high school or they could be adults programs and courses, contact Rosie well planned out meeting. a foundation for college success by according to Iwalani Tasaka, KCC's IS that worked, but this is their first year Harrington at 734-9500. Of course we, the officers, know teaching them how to develop learn­ 198 and Hawaiian Language instruc­ in college;' said Harrington. "Return­ that Susan could have not been able ing skills like communication and tor. ing students are also welcomed:' to pull off such a wonderful meetingo Birth control: without her lovely officer board. In Phi Theta Kappa, the officers' work JOIN THE CLUB Anew drug as a team, helping each other out at all times. Including working as a From page 1 team, the officers look forward to working with members as well. had patients on continuous birth During the summer, for example, control pills for five or six years at Phi Theta Kappans worked together a time. What's new is that it will be in volunteering in events such as packaged into a product:' the American Cancer Society "Relay While Seasonale will extend the for Life" and the AP Institute held amount of active pills that a woman at KCC. takes in a row, no additional side At the meeting, · officers were effects are expected other than those elected into vacant positions. already associated with the current Michelle Sasaki was elected as VP pill. In a normal menstrual cycle, Leadership, Michelle Sanchez was women shed their endometrial tissue elected as VP Service, Chad Omiya every 28 days, making it necessary was elected as Press Secretary/Histo­ to have a monthly period. However, rian, Stacy Kinoshita was appointed the use of the pill prevents the tissue as Interim Corresponding Secretary, buildup, leaving no reason, other than and Trisha Kam was elected as cultural acceptability, why a monthly Recording Secretary. cycle is necessary. If you happened to have missed the "When the pill first came out in the first general membership meeting, 1960s; the concept was that it would the Alpha Kappa Psi Chapter of Phi be more acceptable for women if Theta Kappa will be having general they maintained their regular men­ and executive board meetings every strual cycle;' said Susan Chapman, Monday of each month from 12:15 M.D. "There is no medical reason p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Members of the Genesis Club enjoying the outdoors during a volleyball game on the Great Lawn. why women need to have a monthly The first and third Mondays will period:' hold executive board meetings, while In fact, Seasonale may be just the the second and fourth Mondays will first step in a long line of new con­ hold general membership meetings. It all starts with Genesis traceptive drugs for women over the Regardless of the type of meeting, next few years. In the future, women Phi Theta Kappans and interested can look forward to having even students are welcomed to join in By Grace Wauke Genesis, which means ongm or Ohia 103. During these meetings they fewer periods per year, and having with us. Staff Writer beginning, was registered as a club last discuss "topics that are relevant to more options for the intake of their If you have any questions about semester through the efforts of Miao college stu- extended -cycle contraceptives, such as the meetings or are interested in What began as an informal bible and Jay Jarmin, a pastor at Kaimuki dents~ said ingestion of the drug through a patch joining Phi Theta Kappa, please see study in the fall of 2002 has blos­ Christian Church. And despite such a club presi­ instead of a pill. THE GENESIS CLUB us in 'Ohi'a 103A. Our office hours somed into Genesis, a new club at strong focus on Christianity, they stress dent Matt "The development of our Seasonale Wednesday 12-1 p.m. are Monday and Wednesdays from KCC that embraces the faith of the that their doors are open to all students, White. "Such product underscores Barr's commit­ Ohia 103 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., and Tuesdays Christian Church. not just Christians. . as what I ment to women's health care, especially and Thursdays from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. "We started it because we wanted "It's for people who are curious, who should do in the area of oral contraception," said If you cannot make it during these to form a community on campus of are asking questions, or who want to with my life Bruce L. Downey, Barr's Chairman office hours, you may schedule an people who want to know what life is . hang out and get to know people~ said and look at it from God~ perspective:' and CEO in a press release. "It is the appointment by calling the honors about and where God fits into that," Miao. The dub also plays volleyball every first of what we believe will be several office at 734-9370. said Taian Miao, -KCC math teacher Genesis holds Bible discussions every first and third Wednesday from 1 p.m. additional new drug applications for and Genesis adviser. Wednesday, from noon to 1 p.m. in to 3p.m. on the Great Lawn. women's health products over the next several years." tha BIG PICTURE a kapi'o monthly spacial focus

THAN HALF OF CHINA'S 600 CITIES SUFFER WATER SHORTAGES

September 30, 2003 Kawehi Haug, editor • Justin Hahn, reporter • Vuong Phung, design and layout ~ Zimbabwe's only privately owned daily paper, the Daily News, was shut down. ~ Eight foreign tourists were kidnapped by gunmen in Colombia. ecent ~ An American air force translator at Camp X-ray was charged with espionage. ~ President George Bush's job-approval rating fell to 49 percent, poll said. SNAPSHOTS ~Israeli cabinet said it had decided to "remove" Yasser Arafat.

the 11-year-old sanctions against At a memorial service near Russia and four Central Asian Headlines and News Briefs Libya, officially ending a ban on Srebrenica in honor of the 7,000- countries signed agreements to EVERYTHING TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED arms sales and flights imposed plus Bosnian Muslims murdered establish a regional anti-terrorism after the Libyans were implicated there by Bosnian Serbs in 1995, center in Uzbekistan. They also in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am the Bosnian Serbs' prime min­ agreed to give the Shanghai Co­ The Israeli cabinet said it had found evidence of "programs", flight over Lockerbie, in Scotland. ister asked for "respect for the operation Organisation a central decided to "remove" Yasser but no actual arms. America and France abstained. dead" and called for reconcilia­ role in increasing economic ties Arafat, but it did not say how or Iraq's Governing Council, Around 300 Moroccan schools tion. among its members. when. The United States vetoed appointed and guided by the now teach Tamazight, the Berber Eight foreign tourists were kid­ President George Bush's job­ a Security Council resolution U.S., said that Iraq's economy is language which predates Arabic napped by gunmen in the north­ approval rating fell to 49 percent, condemning the decision, but to be privatized and opened up in north Africa. Education offi­ ern jungles of Colombia. A young the lowest of his presidency so later told Israel not to carry out to foreign investment, with the cials say it will be available in all Briton escaped. The kidnappers, far, according to the latest poll. its threat. exception of its oil industry, which schools by 2008. The decision is a thought to be from the ELN gue­ It also showed that Wesley Clark, The Bush administration remains a state monopoly. victory for Berber-rights activists, rillas, continue to hold the seven the latest Democratic candidate to accused Syria of supporting In a second attack on the UN's but a problem for school children other foreigners. enter the race for the presidency, terrorism, harming American headquarters in Baghdad, a who will have to learn Arabic, Police in Indian-controlled trails Bush by just seven percent­ interests in Iraq and developing car bomb exploded, killing the Latin and Berber scripts. Kashmir reportedly killed Nasir age points. dangerous weapons. The Syrians, driver and an Iraqi policeman. A After Zimbabwe's only privately Mehmood Ahwan, allegedly An appeals court ruled that who have provided intelligence member of the Governing Coun­ owned daily paper, the Daily News, the deputy leader of Jaish-e­ California's recall election will on al-Qaeda, said they want to cil, Aqila al-Hashimi, was attacked was shut down, the police in Zim­ Mohammad, a militant group. go ahead in October, reversing cooperate, but that the U.S. outside her home and later died. babwe said they would arrest the Ghazi Baba, the group's leader, its earlier decision to postpone is biased toward Israel and its The Iraqi Governing Council lim-· owner and 60 journalists for oper­ was recently killed by Indian the ballot. The candidates held a demands are unreasonable. ited the operations of two leading ating without a license. paramilitaries. Since Baba's third televised debate, with Arnold President Bush defended the Arabic news channels, al:Jazeera A special session of the UN death, violence in the state has Schwarzenegger taking part this Iraq war at the United Nations and al-Arabiya, for "encouraging General Assembly on HIVI AIDS escalated, leaving more than 200 time. and asked member states to terrorism." heard that 41 million people are people dead. An American air force translator help in rebuilding the country. Twenty-seven Israeli pilots said now infected with the virus, 30 At least 120 people are dead or working at Guantanamto Bay was France's Jacques Chirac criticized they would refuse to participate in million are Africans. At a separate missing after the most powerful charged with espionage. A Muslim the war and told the Americans "illegal and immoral" raids in the AIDS conference in Kenya, it was typhoon ever hit South Korea. army chaplain was also arrested on to transfer authority to the Iraqis. occupied West Bank and Gaza. reported that nearly 60 percent of The government will give $1.2 suspicion of spying. Germany's Gerhard Schroder said The International Atomic the infected Africans are women. billion in disaster relief. In the wake of Hurricane Isabel, disagreements over the war "have Energy Agency gave Iran until A sharia appeals court in Nigeria Ali Imron, a 33-year-old teacher, utility companies struggled to been left behind." A report pre­ Oct. 31 to come clean and dis­ acquitted Amina Lawai, a woman was convicted of planning last return electricity to more than 1 pared by the teams searching for prove suspicions about its nuclear convicted of adultery by a lower year's Bali bomb. He was sen­ million people along eastern sea­ Iraq's weapons of mass destruc­ program court last year and sentenced to tenced to life imprisonment. board. The storm will cost insurers tion is expected to say they have The UN Security Council lifted death by stoning. The prime ministers of China, $1 billion. '

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2 the Big Picture • September 30, 2003 ~ [email protected] acts ANALYSIS Water and wars: thicker than oil?

WORLD WATER ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME: ONLY ONE PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S WATER IS ACCESSIBLE

STORY BY Kawehi Haug than water." gressively more food." lating the use of shared water But not all experts agree the Though the region's increased resources, a problem that he says ormer United Nations Secretary General disputes over water will end in dependence on imported food could lead to nations using water war. makes the population and the as a means of economic and Boutros Boutros Gali once warned that the "In the 1960s there was a sign politicians uncomfortable, political control. He said when that people would pick up guns Allan maintains that it has a nation is economically self-suf­ ~. next war in the Middle East will be over and tanks and zap others with enabled them to avoid a water ficient, it doesn't have to follow aircraft in the northern part of shortage. rules, because International Law water. In 1979, after signing the peace treaty with Israel, the Jordan valley over water," "Each ton of grain takes a in unclear on the use of water. said Professor Tony Allan of thousand tons of water to raise "Turkey (for example), as a Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said his nation will never London's school of Oriental it," he said. "It can easily be military force, imposes its will on and Mrican studies in a BBC imported at half its production Syria and Iraq," said Darwish. "In go to war again -except to protect its water resources. interview. "But that was a long cost (from other places)." fact, in 1987, they had stopped time ago. Things have got dra­ But even with the encouraging the water flow for sev~ral days Jordan's King Hussein has said on record saying the following: matically worse since then. The prospect of international food and as a result Syria financed that the only reason he'd go to 'People generally regard june 5, numbers of people competing trade as a means of avoiding a and helped a terrorist organiza­ war with Israel would be over 1967 as the day the Six Day War for water in that particular area global water shortage, Darwish tion among the Kurds called the water. began. That is the official date. is many, many times what it was said International Law is inad- PKK, to pay back the Turks. In More than half of China's 600 the Nile, Egypt being a superior cities suffer water shortages; military force, imposed its will on Iraq, Turkey and Syria wrangle its neighbor and they actually do over the use of the Tigris and In 1987, (Turkey) had stopped the water flow have an army division ready to Euphrates rivers; and Israel for several days and as a result Syria financed intervene in any of these coun­ and its neighbors are engaged tries. It's not exactly a model of in an on-going dispute over the and helped a terrorist organization among the cooperation." Jordan River. It seems that the From Turkey to Uganda, and Earth's most coveted resource is Kurds called the PKK, to pay back the Turks. In from India to China, nations not oil, but water with some of the highest birth According to a recent report rates in the world are concerned published by the World Water the Nile, Egypt being a superior military force, about how to find enough water Assessment Programme imposed its will on its neighbor and they actually to maintain urban growth and (WWAP), two-fifths of the world to meet agricultural needs, the population face dire water short­ do have an army division ready to intervene. main cause of water depletion, ages. Only one percent of the said Darwish. world's water is accessible and -Adel Darwish "Until law and international that tiny share of fresh water cooperation can actually take is unevenly spread, leaving some practical steps, I won't be large portions of the earth dry But in reality, it started two-and­ before and yet there's been no equate in defining and regu- too optimistic." ' and desolate. Mrica, Asia and a-half years earlier, on the day sign of hostility of an armed Europe have far less fresh water Israel decided to act against the nature over water since then. So per capita than North and South diversion of the Jordan (River)' why has there been no repeat of America, the report said. by Colonel Nasser... So there is a that hostile environment of the HOMELAND Many experts argue that when precedent and unfortunately in 1960s? Well, the reason is that more than one country lays the area of the Middle East, the people can gain access to water PROTECTORS claim to the same water source, leaders have shown themselves in other ways." it's inevitable that the wars of the ready to go to war over issues Allan said there are two types WANTED. future will be fought over water. less important than water." of water: small water, which is The United States Coast Guard and Coast Guard Adel Darwish, author of Darwish said few agreements drinking water and makes up Reserve are the military maritime services dedicated "Water Wars: Coming Conflicts have been reached about how about ten percent of a nation's to keeping America safe. Every day, teams of highly in the Middle East," said in an water should be shared, a prob­ water; and big water, the water dedicated men and women use their training, skills interview on the BBC that he's lem that he said will lead to crisis needed to raise food which discovered that "water was the not only in the Middle East, but makes up about 90 percent of andJntelligence to make a difference. Saving lives. hidden agenda for past conflicts in many other places worldwide. a nation's water. Small water Enforcing the law. Protecting the environment. Keeping and one major obstacle to reach "Nepal and India (could expe­ has been a problem for some vigilant watch. Join us and get responsibility fast. a lasting and final settlement in rience a water crisis, as well as) countries, but because of desali­ Not years from now. While on active duty you'll earn a the region." India and Pakistan and the whole nation, all the populations that steady income, 30 days paid vacation, and complete In a separate interview, Dar­ of Syria and Iraq and Mrica," he live near the coast can meet medical and dental care. Learn more about us. wish talked about how the fight said. ''There's a big problem their domestic water needs by over water is nothing new. between Canada and the United desalination. The big water used "We did actually have some States, within the United States to raise food can be imported, water wars, or partly water itself and the United States and said Allan. wars, said Darwish. "We had Mexico. So .. .it's quite a long list. "It's the big water that's the the clash between Senegal and We focus on the Middle East problem," he said. "But that has Mauritania in 1978 and in the because the Middle East is a been remedied spectacularly, as course of researching my book, volatile area. It's an area where we've discovered. The Middle THE SHIELD OF FREEDOM"M both my co-author and myself most regimes are undemocratic East entered this terrible water In Los Angeles: had General Ariel Sharon, the and they've resorted to war over deficit in the early 1970s and 1-877-NOW-USCG gocoastguard.com current Israeli Prime Minister, issues that are less important since then it has imported pro-

[email protected] • the Big Picture • September 30, 2003 3 ''If we keep acting as if safe water will Data & always be available in abundance, we are G T tempting fate.'' Putting it in perspective DR. VINCENT K. POLLARD TO SORT OUT THE FACTS

Kapi'o: Is there a water short­ quences of this worldwide water water-shortage protests. age? shortage? What does it mean, on Kapi'o: Is the government's Pollard: Yes, there is evidence a larger scale, and specifically as (state, local and federal) stance of water shortages. For example, far as Honolulu is concerned? on conservation satisfactory? If O'ahu has had three dry win­ Pollard: Honolulu's small not, what should they be doing? ters in a row. In May 2003, the landmass, growing human popu­ Or better yet, what should we be island's water deficit caused the lation, and distance from the doing? Honolulu Board of Water Supply continental U.S. suggest that our Pollard: Sure, government to ask the public to "conserve need for a plan will be urgent officials can usefully promote water use" this summer, accord­ if we wait much longer. Count water conservation. For example, ing to "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" yourself lucky if restricted lawn committees of the Hawai'i State reporter Lori Tighe. Although watering or showering is your Legislature might schedule the closing of major plantations only hardship! As the price of public hearings on evenings and has reduced water usage, the safe water increases, some will weekends throughout Hawai'i to wa~er-consuming human popu­ sacrifice other preferences and educate legislators and the public lation continues to increase. If needs for water. Poorer people about water issues. Or concerned this summer's water warning will be forced to reduce personal citizens might petition to hold was an early indicator of a more water consumption to the detri­ a State Constitutional Conven­ drastic long-term trend, then the ment of their health. tion devoted to environmental lack of foresight and insufficient Kapi'o: Which population(s) issues, including water. On the respect for the needs of future is/are the highest water consum­ other hand, I doubt if major generations is disturbing. Future­ ers? Which ones are the lowest? change will occur until society oriented education needs to be Pollard: Let me suggest that experiences changed values and done. Sometimes, people take a powerful political and economic behavior. What individuals and while to wake up. actors in the State be held organizations outside govern­ Kapi'o: Can you talk a little bit accountable. Sugar cane and ment do may help to stimulate about what water problems the pineapple plantations used to big changes in water usage. planet is facing? Perhaps give be the big corporate water con­ Kapi'o: Do you think the policy the unacquainted reader a brief sumers. But today one might ask of the U.S. government is reflec­ overview of what's happening in how much water the hospitality tive of this shortage? Have they at the world in general with regard industry (tourism) or the mili­ least recognized this as a major to water and shortage. tary uses. problem which concerns every­ Pollard: If the International Kapi'o: What are some water one in the world? Water Management Institute is hot spots, both world wide and Pollard: Are you asking about correct, 2. 7 billion people will in Asia? activity reflecting foresight face "severe water scarcity by Pollard: According to the beyond the next one or two elec­ 2025." That's about nine times International Water Manage­ tions? If so, the short answer is: as many people as are living in ment Institute, Asia and sub­ not really. In Hawai'i and else­ the U.S. today. Also, let me refer Saharan Mrica will be affected where in the United States, too you to Global Policy Forum with most severely by water shortages. many of us tend to take water for headquarters in New York City Personal experience also lets me granted. So, perhaps individual (www. glo balpolicy.org/socecon/ comment. In December 1986, I conservationists in national envronmt/). They provide up­ visited the Ayala Museum in the (federal) and state governments to-date information on water and Philippines. There I viewed a recognize obligations to future other social and environmental compelling exhibition of school generations. And perhaps some issues. children's paintings and draw­ of them try to imagine what Kapi'o: Among the most ings about water scarcity. Then water availability should be in pressing issues facing humanity in the mid-1990s, I lived, studied twenty-five or thirty years. But (AIDS, terrorism, SARS, famine, and did policy research while on in contrast to concerns about over population, human rights the faculty of the University of extracting oil from Alaska, Ven­ issues), where does water rank? the Philippines. Safe drinking ezuela and the Middle East or for Pollard: Instead of ranking water was not abundant. keeping national electrical power is sometimes an option. Focusing You might ask hydrologists for the these important problems, let me Kapi'o: Of the major conflicts grids from collapsing, I don't see only on individuals will not be State of Hawai 'i where our water suggest a different orientation. in the world, how many do you consistent evidence of an agreed­ sufficient in the long run. Even will come from if O'ahu's popu­ Concerned people should devote think are about, or mostly about up farsighted comprehensive if individuals reduce wasteful use lation hits 2 million in 2015. Let time to imagining, developing water? Are there any conflicts plan acted on by all elements of of water and even if we luck out me encourage anyone doubting and articulating their preferred that the American public has federal, state and local govern­ with a temporary technological how unpleasant desalination and future - for the kind of society been led to believe are about ments. fix, population increases alone water rationing will be to view they want for their children or something else, but in reality are Kapi'o: How far off do you will likely stimulate future short­ Victoria Keith's 1997 "Living on grandchildren, say, twenty-five about water? think a real water crisis is for the ages. In the United States, the Islands" video. Water is essential or more years from now. To the Pollard: According to a recent United States? Or do you think geography and hydrology of to almost all life as we know it, extent that people share humane video, some African countries there will be one at all? rivers, underground streams, including human life. The xeri­ preferred futures, then we have privatized water supplies. Pollard: If we keep acting as if lakes and oceans mixes unevenly scaping mentioned in a recent should exert our personal energy Privatization, in turn, is limit­ safe water will always be available with federalism, that is, overlap­ Kapi'oarticle sounds aesthetically to identifying, removing or avoid­ ing people's survival options. in abundance, we are tempting ping and competing with State and ecologically promising. If ing likely and unlikely obstacles In contrast to obscure political fate. Water shortages could be and Federal Government author­ KCC people successfully reduce that otherwise will block realiza­ conflicts, disputes Qver water more severe in Hawai'i than ity. Today, O'ahu's increasing use of water, we will be setting an tion of these dreams. will probably be transparent. in the continental U.S. where population is ten times greater example for others on O'ahu. ' Kapi'o: What are the conse- Pakistan has experienced deadly piping water in from other states than it was a hundred years ago. -interview byJustin Hahn

4 the Bfg Picture • September 30, 2003 • [email protected] September 30, 2003 Page 5 KAPI'O NEWS In brief BIRDS: 'It's magic' TheBus offers = free rides, but From page 1

increases fares thinks it will soon depart the com­ After sailing great distances over the pany of its parents. open ocean, the sight of these birds With the bus strike over, city "It's magic:' Fujikawa said of the hunting in flocks signaled that they officials are planning free rides for way the bird lives its life hanging on were near an island. the entire work week until Fri, Oct 3 to the branches of a tree. "You would In some areas, the bird is on the to help lure back riders they feared think that it would be an 'opihi' of a brink of extinction. Here though, would not return. bird - that it would have developed introduced trees, such as banyans "We want them to come back to the traits - like large, ugly claws - to and ironwoods, have greatly increased bus, and we want to make it attractive grasp onto the branches, but it looks the available nesting sites. These trees for them to come back to the bus:• like an angel:' have draw large numbers of the terns Mayor Jeremy Harris said in a Hono­ While they do roost away from the to the Hawaiian Islands, where fairy lulu-Star Bulletin story. ocean, unlike other sea· birds like tern populations have grown to amaz­ In the past, ridership after strikes albatrosses and frigates, these birds ing numbers. dropped drastically in Honolulu as are primarily seafarers. Throughout For once, it seems, the hand of well as other areas. the day they feed on small baitfish, man has been truly beneficial when it Fares, however, will rise. Adult fares and can venture as far as 120 miles comes to native species. will be $2; youth and senior fares will from shore. For this reason, Hawaiian FairyTern on Plumeria tree branch. be $1. Adult monthly passes will be navigators in the past as well as today Staff writer Matt Holton contributed $40, up from $30; student passes will use the bird as a way-finder. to this report. be $20, up from $13.50; senior fares will be $30, up from $12.50 A vote from the bus worker's union ended a month-long strike on Sat, Service learning still Sept. 27. The workers are now covered by a five- year contract, which would ensure no lay-offs or cuts in service. needs more volunteers Wages will rise in the fourth and fifth years, but not until then.

children to fall behind in their studies. By Olivia Goo SHINE's main goal is to help the KCC launches Staff Writer children to become proficient in Eng­ lish and to keep them on track with eco-project school. The SHINE office (Students Helping The program will be launched from KCC professor, Joshua Cooper, with Immigration and Naturalization two different sites, Palolo Elementary together with the Political Science with Elders) are asking for volunteers School, and the Mutual Assistance Club is launching a campus-wide to assist in a new, off-campus ESL Association Center (MAAC), and will project, The Sustainability Initiative, program. meet after school Monday-Friday. designed to increase students' aware­ The program is a Service-Learning Students interested in volunteering ness of ecological issues. project aimed to get college students can contact Richard Chandler or Kim A faculty-student soccer game will at KCC involved in assisting young Yen Ho at 734-9827 or visit their office kick-off the project Toe, Oct. 2 at students from Micronesia and the located in Olona 116. noon. The game, "Kickin' it to Save Pacific Islands with reading and The SHINE program also aids Our Mother Earth:' will be held on writing in English. For many of the elderly immigrants with reading, the Great Lawn and will feature a Photo by: Justin Hahn students, English is their second writing, speaking English and helps The charred Cannon Club after early morning fire. soccer ball painted like the planet language, leaving them with limited prepare them for their Naturalization along with tips for recycling. speaking ability, causing some of the examinations. The Sustainability Initiative will also add to the current recycling Cannon Club: Destroyed efforts by placing numerous smaller bins around campus to encourage students to recycle. building doesn,t alter plans

The Cannon Club was established Segway From page 1 by the Army in the 1950's as a dinning and events hall for personnel, was a e Recalled rant is also meant to house a conve­ fixture in the island community. It r nience store, which would provide an played host to an untold number of l- invaluable asset to hikers and the KCC weddings, birthday parties and cel­ .t The Segway Human Transporter, community alike. ebrations throughout the years until which was released in 2001 and And despite the prime location, the Army officially closed it in. 1997 heralded by many as the next step in John Morton maintains that both the and turned the property over to the human transportation, was recalled restaurant and the convenience store Hawai'i State Department of Land and last week after 3 reported injuries. will be reasonably priced. Natural Resources. The product was recalled because Morton says the institute is expected In recent years, it had become of a minor software problem which to open in the next two and a half to derelict, serving as little more than caused riders to fall off when the three and a half years. The main prob­ a homeless haven and graffiti art gal­ Segway's batteries were running low. lem, however, is finding funding for lery. Even before the Army ceased The recall will effect some 6,000 the project. He expects the project to operations at the club, the building units. The problem can be fixed by a cost a total of $22 million. was on the downslide, according to software update. The college asked for $1 .4 million, many residents and former guests. of which the state legislature autho­ Since it has been vacant, however, rized $150,000 for the first stage of weeds, shards of glass, swarms of bees Nguyen Compiled by Kilpi'o staff planning. and a veritable landfill of fast food During Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-26, these once "banned '"We will be going back for the bal­ wrappers and cups have come to litter books• were freely offered. They were quickly snapped up. ance,• Morton said. the ground. ENTERTAINMENT Fall TV: Old cases and faces in new places

a smart, tenacious United States mar­ a "Newsline" reporter, Stan Hooper longing and never-ending curiosity Award winner John Larroquette By Jesse Young shal on Miami's Gold Coast in ABC's reported on stories about real people, as their true lives are revealed to ("Night Court:' "The John Larroquette Staff Writer new action-filled drama, Karen Sisco. but after 10 years he decides to uproot him. Jake is not a ghost, but in many Show") returns to primetime televi­ As she pursues dangerous fugitives his family. His reason? He wants to ways he is still a part of the lives of sion when he stars with fellow Emmy Fall is much like any other season from the law, Karen must navigate live the lifestyle of the real people in the people he loves, and he still has winner Christine Baranski ("Cybill") in Hawaii, so there aren't a lot of new her way from the dark underbelly of his commentaries. unresolved issues. as would-be empty-nesters whose things happening. Sure students have South Beach nightlife to the sunshine "Skin:" In a modern day Romeo and "Cracking Up:" Ben, an idealistic twenty-something children just can't new classes, but despite the ordinary and glitz of Palm Beach highlife, all Juliet-style story, teenagers Adam and psychology student, gets more than seem to get the hang of flying solo routines attributed to the fall season while struggling to win the respect Jewel are desperately in love, but their he bargained for when he moves into in this adult comedy from executive there is one thing to look forward to: of her fellow officers. Viewer:; might families can't stand each other. Adam's the guest house of a wealthy Beverly producers Moses Port and David new TV shows! remember "Karen Sisco" star Carla parents are on the judicial side of the Hills family. Ted. the proud patriarch Guarascio (both "Mad About You:' The major networks consisting of Gugino for her role as the mother of law and involved in an investigation of the family, is a successful pharma­ NBC's "Just Shoot Me"). ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC premiere Juni and Carmen Cortez in the "Spy of Jewel's father, who produces adult ceutical executive. Ted's wife, Lesley "Las Vegas:" From Gary Scott Thomp- new shows between September and Kids" movies. films. (played by Molly Shannon of "SNL" . son - the writer of the hit film "The October every year. There are thirty "Wonderfalls:" Set against the back­ and "Superstar"), is the happy home­ Fast and the Furious" - comes this new shows this Fall. This year, CBS On CBS drop of Niagara Falls, "Wonderfalls" maker and helpmate. fast-paced, sexy drama, which follows has five new shows, NBC has six is a funny, provocative and magical the elite Las Vegas surveillance team new shows, ABC is premiering eight "Cold Case:, As the only female in one-hour dramedy about Jaye Tyler, On NBC charged with maintaining the security new shows, and FOX has more new her Philly-based homicide squad, an underachieving twenty-something of one of "Sin City's" largest resorts programs than all the other networks Lilly Rush has her work cut out for souvenir shop worker whose life is "Miss Match" stars actress Alicia Sil­ and casinos. combined, with eleven new shows. As her. But she finds that she has a knack forever changed after she has what her verstone, remembered for her role in "Coupling:" This provocative new this year's fall TV lineup take their for puzzling out "cold cases" - crimes family calls "an episode." That's when the movie "Clueless:' In "Miss Match," "Must See TV" comedy romp, based positions, viewers will determine that have never been solved. inanimate animal figures - toys, car­ Kate Fox has a knack for fixing up on the British hit of the same name, is which network's efforts are the most "Two and a Half Men:" Charlie toon images, anything in the form of people with their soul mates. How­ a hip and frisky look at the ever-evolv­ successful. FOX may have the most Sheen plays a wealthy jingle writer an animal - begin talking to her, and ever, this clashes with her day job as a ing relationships between six singles new shows, but will show quality meet who is enjoying the bachelor lifestyle, their cryptic messages set into motion divorce lawyer and angers her father, who are either involved, formerly with viewer approval? The use of a until his soon-to-be divorced brother a chain of events that invariably lead who is also her boss. involved - or looking to become lot of familiar faces in this fall's TV moves in, with his 10-year-old son her into the lives of others in need. "Whoopi:" From the creators and intimately involved with each other. lineup will also make competition for in tow. "Still Life:" ... tells the story of an executive producers of "3rd Rock "Coupling" gives us insight on modern viewers interesting. "Joan of Arcadia:" Joan is an aver­ American family, the Morgans, from the Sun" and "That '70s Show:' romance and its often humorous con­ age teenager until suddenly she through the eyes of Jake Morgan, the Academy Award-winner Whoopi sequences. On ABC starts meeting people who introduce eldest of Ben and Charlotte Morgan's Goldberg ("Ghost") executive-pro­ "The Lyon's Den:" Rob Lowe (NBC's themselves as God and give her four children. Jake was the golden duces and stars in this smart and "The West Wing"), an Emmy and "Threat Matrix:" Special Agent John instructions. child that every parent dreams of sassy comedy as ex-diva Mavis Rae, a Golden Globe nominee and winner Kilmer heads up a top-secret task "Navy NCIS:" A spin-off of the popu­ having. Following in his father's cigarette-smoking, alcohol-drinking, of a Screen Actors Guild Award, force that works with high-tech tools lar series JAG, the Naval Criminal footsteps, he decided to become a cop. menopausal and especially opinion­ continues on NBC primetime to star to keep America safe from threats to Investigative Service faces the daunt­ And, on his first day on the job, Jake ated hotelier. The former one-hit in this unconventional legal drama the nations security. ing task of investigating any crime was murdered. We rejoin the Morgan wonder runs her own small hotel in set against the imposing backdrop of "10-8:" Former Brooklyn trouble­ related to Navy and Marine Corps family a year after Jake's death. Jake ~ew York City -- and does it any way Washington, D.C. business, politics maker, Rico Amonte, has reluctantly staffers. now is our narrator, watching his she wants. and the justice system. reformed his ways, and is now work­ "The Handler:" FBI agent Joe Renato family from beyond with amusement, "Happy Family:" Five-time Emmy ing on the right side of the law in is in charge of training undercover Southern California as a rookie cop. agents who break up prostitution "I'm with Her:" Show creator Chris rings and bust drug traffickers. Henchy's marriage to Brooke Shields "The Brotherhood of Poland Day, evening and Earn bachelor's degrees serves as inspiration for this new N.H.:" Three former high school weekend programs with specializations in: sitcom. 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In Spanish Harlem, York lives to move to Kansas so that the character actor tries to balance she can be closer to her very large, owning a donut shop, his crazy family tight-knit family. Tom, the only child, life, and landlord duties to a slew of tries to adapt to to Susan's overwhelm­ needy tenants. ing and quirky brood. "Arrested Development:" Jason "Hope and Faith:" When Faith's soap Bateman plays Michael, the good­ opera character gets the ax, the actress natured father of a 13-year-old son. moves back home to be comforted by Michael is trying to get out of the her family and her sister, Hope. This family business but is pulled back in new show stars soap actress and TV after his father (Tambor) gets busted talk-show co-host Kelly Ripa as Faith. for shifty accounting practices. "Karen Sisco:" Carla Gugino stars as "A Minute with Stan Hooper:" As 6 , ENTERTAINMENT Love in the 'Underworld' Jake goes global By Cassie Thomas tribes makes the movie even more Staff Writer enthralling. The movie makes con­ By Marlene Jones-Skurtu Even though he practiced up to five stant references to the struggle between Staff Writer hours a day, and slept with his uke, te Look for Kate Beckinsale staring the two races, using figures from history his fellow students at the Roy Sakuma te in the newly released "Underworld," and mythology until the war becomes Jake Shimabukuro, usually more studio would ask him in low voices, i- a movie filled with fast paced action, real to the audience. The acting takes comfortable behind his ukulele, still "Did you practice this week?" ty intrigue and forbidden love. the realism one step further. Kate Beki­ drew a crowd to his lecture on "how He'd ask the same back and they'd '') For centuries, two races have existed nsale, who played diverse characters in he made it in the music business" answer that they'd practiced on the ;e hidden in the human world- the civ­ her roles in "Serendipity" and "Pearl when he visited KCC on September way. Yet, he still couldn't seem to get t't ilized and aristocratic vampires and Harbor:' is perfect as Selene. Having 18. But he did throw in a few of his it right unless he put in many hours. Jake Shimabukuro lo the feral and rebellious lycans (were­ lost her family to the lycans brutal­ ukulele masterpieces at the end. In spite of that, he loved playing. Now re wolves). To humans, their existence ity, Selene's job as a Deathdealer is an George Higa (of the Office of he considers his ukulele "part of my id is mythical, but to each other they act of revenge. Her whole crusade is Student Affairs) who promoted the body. Something's missing when I'm also won an award, Jake branched out , I, are a lasting threat. Mortal enemies, undermined when she meets Michael. event, commented, "You guys have a not holding it." onto his own. vampires and lycans are determined Scott Speedman, best known for his role very unique experience here. He is a Jake proclaims that music_ is a pow­ Jake said as he was growing up,

)­ to wage a secret war until only one in the T.V. series "Felicity; excels in his living legend in his own time:' Higa erful tool. "It has power to heal and is he'd listen to Tower of Power (along Le race is left standing. role as Michael, another character with a went on to boast on behalf of Jake, a universal language-It goes straight with a variety of others) and their live is Striking and sophisticated Selene tragic past. The whole look of the movie saying that he was one of the top stars to the heart:' He said that is one of the album. He dreamed, as he listened, rs (Kate Beckinsale) is a top ranking speaks volumes, almost turning the of Japan today and had played in the things that draws people from all over that when the announcer said, "Now, ill agent in the Deathdealers, a vampire metropolis into a character itself. There equivalent of America's Carnegie Hall the world to Hawaii. Even though they Epic Records presents ..." his name was ty warrior class. The Deathdealers have is a mythical feel to the film, hinting at a in Japan. The night before the lecture, don't know the language, the music there, instead of the rock group. ts one purpose: hunt down lycans and deeper, darker world than our own that Higa and many of the gatherers had conveys an emotion to them. "There's Last summer he had an opportunity kill them off, one by one. In a shoot is dripping with history. seen Jake on KHON Channel 2 where nothing like a live performance:' to play in Japan, where Sony had two w out between Selene's unit and a pack While vampires and werewolves are he had recently played at Japan's ver­ he said. "Nothing can capture that representatives. After the concert, they ·d of werewolves, a young human doctor all over Hollywood, "Underworld" sion of Woodstock. magic-no CD or whatever-when called his manager and he attended is gets caught in the middle. Michael takes the legends deeper. The care­ Jake started playing ukulele at four you see people touched, it's therapeu­ an hour and a half meeting where his r­ Corvin (Scott Speedman) soon dis­ ful attention to detail by Academy years old because his mother, who tic, chicken skin and crying. It's a reci­ heart "was shaking." They asked him !S covers that he has become a pawn in Award Nominated cinematographer also played and sang, encouraged procity of energy-back and forth." if he wanted to be signed with Epic ly the centuries-old rivalry between the Tony Perice-Roberts and Director him. "She was an excellent vocalist, Jake never even considered that he Records (a division of Sony). Now he te two powerful immortal groups. When Len Wiseman sets "Underworld" but I didn't get the singing gene," could become a musician or record­ has a contract for seven albums, three r. it becomes clear that Michael is more apart by faithfully representing the h.e commented, even though he had ing artist. At Kaimuki HS, he was of which are completed. n than a mere human, Selene disobeys legend. Not your average vampire three years of private lessons and on Student Council, so thought he This is forcing him to create new 1- orders and leaves the vampire man­ flick, "Underworld" grabs you from three years at KCC "under Lina Doo:' might go into politics. And at KCC, he material, which he wanted to do sion to search him out. the first battle scene and holds you He said the instrument was easy for took every music class he could, but anyway. He said cover tunes are easy, :'s Set in the Transylvanian city of all the way through the cliffhanger him as a young child since it is so thought he might go into journalism and that everyone does them, but this d Budapest, "Underworld" has the feel ending. Rated R for violence, gore and small, with only four strings and two or broadcasting. is ~challenge that he loves. He ointed of a gritty gothic comic book that some language, "Underworld" leaves octaves. Meanwhile, he worked at the now out at the lecture that it's all been i, has come to life. The backdrop of the only one question in your mind: when However, as he progressed to les­ closed House of Music at Ala Moana done before-on piano, guitar, brass, ancient feud between the immortal is the sequel? sons, he was "really bad;' he said. Center for five years. A couple of violin-but has never been done on other employees and he would go ukulele. There has never been a major upstairs to the instrument section record company to sign a ukulele :s and jam after work. Their efforts cre­ player, nor has all the possibilities of ated the group Pure Heart and Jake jazz, classical, and rock been explored said he wrote a lot of his first songs on the instrument. up there. And what about the horror stories They wanted to get a gig at a place musicians have heard about record called "Stecks" in Kahala Mall, but companies? "T RIUMPHANT ••• were told they needed a demo tape. Jake said that he feels "It's such a trumps the best work being done Their new drummer, Lopaka Colon, blessing to have a passion and make in either America or Japan." seemed to drown them out on the a living from it. But if I had to work "$29 Sony Cassette Recorder" where BOB STRAUSS, another job, I'd still play." He told the they tried to record. So when they crowd that yes, one does give up all LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS heard that Tracey "Dr. Trey" Terada, their rights to their music with the Jake's former ukulele instructor, was contract. He can still play wherever "'MILLENNIUM ACTRESS' creating his own studio, they asked if he wants, but cannot record anything he could help them with the demo. without them, not even a commercial. IS A MASTERPIECE. In a record two days they recorded (The ones you see on TV now were Forget Disney. Forget Pixar. two pieces. Terada's interest was previous to the contract.) However, aroused, though, and he asked if they since Sony gets him all his gigs and This is animation." had more material. They ended up promotes all his music for him, he CHRISTOPHER LONGFELLOW, THE NEW YORK SUN creating their first album on his "4 doesn't mind. He still gets royalties, Strings Recording" label. but better than . that, it frees up his rGrand Prize Award Winner) Pure Heart then gave out some time to do what he really wants, which \_Japan Agency Of Cultural Mfairs Media Arts Festival__} demos to local restaurants, but is write music for his ukulele. Terada had bigger plans. One day Sony, in turn, is now beginning to while Jake was at home doing some push him on the mainland. He will MILLENNIUM work, their "You Came Into My Life" be playing a concert on the West Coast came on the radio. He thought he was next week with legend Stanley Clark, listening to his own CD, until the DJ and performs on three cuts of the then heralded them as a great "new new Bela Fleck album. A new Adam ACTRESS group:' He almost went through the Sandler movie will include his music. PGI PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED Gl ~ floor in excitement, but nobody was And just what is so intriguing about SOME MATERIAL MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN ® WWW.millenniUm8CfreSS·themOVie.COm Go Fis around to have heard it! Soon there­ Jake and his little instrument? As he TltEMATIC ELEMENTS, VIOLENCE AND BRIEF, MI!-D LANGUAGE Copyright 2001 CHIYOKO COMMimE TM & ~ 2003 Go Fish. All Rights ReseiVed. PK:TURES' after, they were flooded with calls played "Toastmaster's Revenge" and for places to play. That first album "Let's Dance" at the end of the meeting, Exclusive Honolulu Engagement won four Nohoka Hanohano awards. it seemed as if he were a whole orches­ Their second won two, and they also tra or group of Spanish guitarists. Starts Friday, October 3 made a Christmas album before they A KCC student that knew him in disbanded. high school, Takumi Abe sighed, • CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORY After a brief stint with the band "When I'm down, I listen to his music OR CALL FOR SHOWTIMES I NO PASSES the drummer started, "Colon;' which and it brings me up. It's the best." Kapi'o Page 8 Campus News and Events Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Campus Kennedy 4-11 Theatre By Marlene Jones-Skurtu "Moral" is a contemporary dark Staff Writer comedy about Japan, consumer­ ism, and urban existence. If you're like most college students, Octo~er 1,2,3,4 at 8p.m. and you don't have much money to October 5 at 2 p.m. blow. So here's a list of upcom­ $1 0 regular, -~· enjoy it, 'cuz it's your student fees $3 UHM students with valid fall hard at work! 2003 UHM ID. For more information, charge­ Who can apply? FREE MOVIE DAYS: (Sorry, by-phone or disability access, call • U.S. citizen undergraduate at two- and four-year titles are not available very far 956-7655. ahead of time). The movies will ·institutions !o pursue country-based study _ abro~d run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Cafe, Bishop Museum ,programs of up to' one academic year (Permanent on Sept. 30 and Oct. 2. Panalaau - Hawaiian Colo­ -.'.; resid~nts are not ~ligi~le) ... .· . . ./ CACTUS & COFFEE nists, American Citizens opens \J• ~ s~" udetits must oe r~ceivlng d Fe,aeral Pent Grant at Campus clean-up. free lunch for September 15 through October hard working volunteers. 5, 2003. This exhibit tells the .the fime of application . ... ·. .... _··. The Cactus Garden, story of how 60 young Hawaiian Students cannot be studying abroad ih a country at 8-11 a.m. on Oct 4. men were sent to occupy remote deserted islands in equatorial Pacific curr~~tly under a U.S. Dept~ of State Warning or in KCC STUDENT TALENT from 1935 to 1942 .. Cuba· SHOW with Augie Tulba KCC Farmer's at the cafe, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 6. Market ,This:scholarship is for: • Study abroad programs that start between J.an. Missed the first open market at Child Care KCC last week? Well, it'll be back 1 an~ ~April15, 2004 and would include short-tem and again this coming Saturday from 8 :winter i.ntersession programs that begin within the .. Available a.m. ~ 12 noon at Parking Lot C next Child care in my home Kapahulu to the chapel. Vendors will be selling eligible start dates made in Hawai' i products that you area. Experienced. can't find at the usual supermarket. Ages 1 - 2 years old. This event is co-sponsored by KCC Call June at 734-1884. and the Hawai'i Farm Bureau. Maida Kamber Center seeks volunteers The Maida Kamber Center are seeking volunteers to greet college representatives and assist them in find­ ing the loaction of the Fair, to greet fellow students, hand out and collect completed evaluation forms. Two students for each shift will be most helpful. Shift hours are as. follows: 10- 11 a.m. 11 a.m.- 12 noon 12 noon- 1 p.m. For more information contact Gemma Williams at 734- 9500 to sign up.

GOOD PAY/GOOD HOURS'' HEPATITIS SHOT CLINIC AT KCC . EVENINGS ONLY ""' .. P~T-TIME FLOWE~ SAL~ ·· · m RESTAuRANTs · · i TAMARIND ROOM . MUST HAVE YOUR OWN CAR A Hepatitis Immunization Clinic for KCC students will be held Monday, October 6, from 12:30- 2 p.m. in the Tama- .. , WE TRAIN l .· COMING UP ROSES rind Dining Room in the Ohelo Building. Vaccinations are available at a discount of only $30 per shot for Hepatitis A or 737-7105 Hepatitis B, or $45 per shot for a combined Hepatitis A & B vaccine.

BUY OR SELL The fee is usually $100 or more per shot if taken privately off-campus. Those who started their first Hepatitis vaccina- I Hawaii and the A V 0 N World of Architecture tions last Spring in April should get their last shots. Culinary, Nursing and Health Science, and any other students can NEW HALLOWEEN PRODUCTS register by calling Pat Cheng, Vaccine Account Manager with GlaxoSmithKline at 735-3164. An exhibition of 20th century modern FREE Gift & architecture in Hawaii and beyond. %First The immunization clinic is held in cooperation with corporate partner GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, University Haigo and Irene Shen Gallery, UH 10 Off Order Manoa School of Architecture. Free ENDS I0/31/03 of Hawaii at Manoa Student Health Center and Kapi'olani Community College. entrance. Call 839·2295 Today! Sept.23- Nov. 23, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. For Avon Ind. Sis. Rep. more information, call 227-3352.