THE VOICE Struggling artists-to-be Looking to expand palett e of options WWhat’shat’s iinn a name?name? Features 4 OOver-Obama-ingver-Obama-ing O‘ahuO‘ahu Running from discrimination A Remembering former track and fi eld coach K LEEOO Sports 11 OOpinionspinions 7 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 2010 www.kaleo.org Volume 104 Issue 67 AAss CCampusampus CCenterenter eexpands,xpands, aann iinitiativenitiative iiss uuprootedprooted LYNN NAKAGAWA all are trying to bring to the cam- partment; and Robert Loy of the News Co-Editor pus and the UH student experi- Outdoor Circle, an environmental ence by building it. But you don’t protection organization. The second phase of the improve the campus by removing “It remains to be seen Campus Center Renovation and part of what makes it great to be- whether they will uphold the Renewal Project is set to begin gin with. This should never be an views of the students they this June, despite continued ef- either-or situation.” claim to serve or if they will forts to preserve a tree that will Phase 2 of the Campus Center push this project through in ultimately be removed. project is a multipurpose recre- spite of the protests in form of The tree, known scientifical- ation center estimated to cost $35 the signatures,” Williams said ly as Ficus benjamina var. como- million. The project has been in in the days following the Jan. sa and commonly as the comose the works since 2000, when 25 CCB meeting. or tufted fig, is located between the CCB began talks with KYA However, CCB president An- Campus Center and Miller An- Design Group to plan and build drew Itsuno says the project will nex. It is estimated to be 90 to the center, and implement other continue as planned. 100 years old, according to Dr. capital improvements. “Adam is passionate about his Richard Criley, UHM professor In June 2006, the state Leg- cause and I do empathize with of horticulture and member of islature appropriated $1 million him,” Itsuno said. “However, this the Landscape Advisory Com- for the campus renewal proj- was a student initiative, and stu- mittee (LAC). ect, and in July 2006, the CCB dents have worked hard to build On Jan. 25, Adam Williams, a passed a resolution to increase this new recreation center. We botany major at U H Mānoa and LAC student fees. In November 2006, feel that students have asked for member, petitioned at the monthly the CCB presented 2,500 student it and it will change student life at Campus Center Board (CCB) meet- signatures in support of the fee the university.” ing to save the tree. Williams has increase to the Board of Regents Funds come from CIP (Capital led the “Save Historic UH Campus (BOR), which then approved the Improvement Projects) and rev- Tree” initiative, obtaining print and fee increase and the project. enue bonds, which include student online signatures in support of the Williams has collected 1,300 fees collected for the project. Itsuno tree’s preservation. print signatures and 595 online said the funding is separate from “I want to be clear about petition signatures. Supporters of the university’s operating budget. something. I am not opposed to the tree include Republican Rep. “Capital funds are not trans- DIETER STELLING / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I the new recreation center, and Corinne Ching; Paul R. Weissich, ferable to operating funds,” he neither is the petition I started,” director emeritus of the Honolulu said. “This is not affecting class- The construction of a recreation center at Campus Center that will take out a Williams said in his address to Botanical Gardens; Dr. Jerry Carr, comose fi g tree will move forward despite objections from some students. the CCB. “I appreciate what you former chair of the UH botany de- See Campus Center Project, page 2 DDestructiveestructive vvirusirus tthreatenshreatens HHawai‘i’sawai‘i’s ttomatoomato iindustryndustry

LUKE BROG Although most think of the pineap- and environmental protection sciences the plant’s growth. Its leaves become Contributing Writer ple and sugarcane industries when con- (PEPS) department. smaller, wrinkled, yellow-veined and sidering local agriculture, Hawai‘i’s to- Unfortunately, for such a large cash cuplike, and eventually the plant will Scientists at the University of Hawai‘i mato industry brings in approximately crop, a ferocious virus hit Hawai‘i’s to- collapse and die. at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agricul- $10 million a year. mato farms last November and is still “There’s probably nothing worse; ture and Human Resources (CTAHR) “They’re right up there with bananas sweeping through the Islands. Accord- it’s as bad as a tomato disease you’ll ever report that a new virus has arrived in the – tomatoes are actually a really big crop ing to a Dec. 2009 CTAHR-published find,” Melzer said. “It’s so easily spread Islands. However, instead of affecting hu- here in Hawai‘i,” said Michael Melzer, a report, the tomato yellow leaf curl mans, it affects tomatoes. virology junior researcher in UH’s plant virus (TYLCV), stunts and distorts Tomatoes, page 2 K

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too; if you try to replant it, the vi- pothesized. rus will just spread.” According to the report, the Although in Hawai‘i the virus virus is spread by the sweet po- is affecting tomato farming most tato and silverleaf whiteflies. severely on O‘ahu and Maui, the The flies can pick up the virus tomato industry as a whole is not within five minutes of feeding yet suffering too drastically. on a tomato and are permanently “There is, by no means, a infected afterward. shortage yet, although perhaps in Attempting to manage TYL- the near future,” Melzer said. CV, some countries have devel- TYLCV is certainly not a oped hybrids (cross-breeding new threat to the global tomato with wild strains) that are, for the industry. The virus was first most part, TYLCV-resistant. found in the Middle East in the Xin-geng Wang, a PEPS ento- 1930s, and from there it spread mologist, believes a brighter future to the Caribbean and North for Hawai‘i’s tomatoes also depends America, and is now infecting on educating local farmers. plants across the globe. “I think it’s important to edu- Though many different crops cate the growers, such as an edu- and weeds can playlay host to cational semisemi- the virus, the CTAHRTAHR re- nnar,”ar,” hhee said.said. port says visible symptomssymptoms KENT NISHIMURA / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I present in only a fewfew plants Nursing students Tammy Rich and Erin Kojima are refl ected in a puddle along McCarthy Mall yesterday on the University such as the tomatoto and the of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus. common bean. Other plants that TYLCVLCV frequently but un-n- noticeably affectss Campus Center Project include eggplant, potato, tobacco from front page and bell pepper room renovations or teachers. native sites,” Itsuno said. “We felt tiful. Many students have enjoyed its (all members of This is entirely different from the current site would revitalize shade, sat and studied under it.” the nightshade the operating budget. Whether life at the university and create a family), making we build it or not, the classroom much stronger student union.” FOR MORE INFO it difficult to pin- budget does not change.” Criley says the committee point how it ar- The petition can be found The CCB and KYA Design preferred the building site oppo- rived in Hawai‘i. at: ipetitions.com/petition/ Group researched other pos- site Campus Center by Hemen- “My bestt savetree. sible sites before choosing the way Theatre and the parking lot guess is that it current one. near the campus mailroom. For more on the renovation came over from anan-- “We’ve been working with “I would be sad if the tree was cut and expansion project visit: other plant but wasn’twasn’t administration since 2006 and down,” Criley said. “It takes a long hawaii.edu/campuscenter/ visible,” Melzerrhy- hy- GRAPHIC BY KENT NISHIMURA / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I researching all of the other alter- time to grow a tree that big and beau- renovation.

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L EDITOR CHRIS MIKESELL Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 A ASSOCIATE MICHAEL BREWER [email protected] K FEATURES 3 ‘‘Lost’Lost’ ccastast aandnd ccrewrew llookook bbackack aass ffinalinal seasonseason beginsbegins

NEAL JUSTIN to end the series while it’s still hot. “It was such a tumultuous Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Executives and actors re- time at the network. The credit cently shared their thoughts goes to Damon and J.J. Abrams Whatever you think of about the birth of this unlikely (who directed the pilot and re- President Barack Obama, you’ll smash, their favorite memories worked the original script) for have to agree he made at least and how it will all end. really having a plan, having a my- one brainy move this year: He “Lost” premiered in Septem- thology, having that storytelling bumped himself for “Lost.” ber 2004 under less-than-ideal technique that really convinced When the White House dis- circumstances. Its champion, me that not only were these two covered that his State of the Union ABC Chairman of Entertainment brilliant, but that the show could speech was slated to run against Lloyd Braun, was pushed out be something incredible.” the season premiere of the ABC shortly after greenlighting the The cast was largely un- series, it was moved up a few days $13 million pilot, the most expen- known, but Canadian actress to avoid angering fervent fans. sive in the network’s history. His would quickly “What’s amazing is, you real- presence still looms large – it’s become a TV favorite. It almost ize how fi ckle your political affi li- his voice that introduces scenes didn’t happen. Actor ation is,” said co-creator Damon from previous episodes. “Evangeline had not done a and his wife outside Lindelof. “I’m a lifelong Demo- “A lot of credit goes to Lloyd,” lot of work in the U.S.,” McPher- Wolfgang Steak- crat, but when I fi rst heard that said ABC Entertainment Presi- son said. “We couldn’t get her dent Stephen McPherson. “He re- into the country and were trying house in Waikīkī for they were considering Feb. 2, I was like, ‘Mother.’ ” ally had a passion for it. I can re- to get a visa. It literally got down the premiere event Lindelof can rest easy. The member even joking with Damon to 24 hours before we could get afterparty. sixth and fi nal season is a guaran- about it, saying, ‘Don’t people her. At one point we were saying, BRIAN TSENG teed hit, thanks to a commitment to have GPS (units)? I think we can KA LEO O HAWAI‘I answer long-burning questions and fi nd those people.’ See “Lost,” page 4 4 Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 [email protected] ‘LOST’: AFTER SIX SEASONS, FINDING CLOSURE MModelingodeling ffundraiserundraiser shedssheds from page 3 with what we’re going to do the fol- this incredible journey as charac- lowing season. ters and as people on the island.” llightight oonn aartrt department’sdepartment’s “The progression of the walk Evangeline Lilly’s most usually begins with, ‘OK, we’re fi - memorable moment happened nally going to tell them what’s in in the first season. bbudgetudget holesholes the hatch,’ or, like last year, turning “It was the episode where to each other and saying, ‘Is there Claire gave birth and Boone died,” any other way to say “time travel” Lilly said. “It just sort of culminat- without having to say “time travel”?’ ed everything that we were talk- But every time we’d get over there, ing about on the show in these two the sort of reception we’ve got and very simple, very natural and very the faith we’ve received – I know sort of heroic moments. I don’t it sounds like blatant butt-kissing, often cry watching my own show, but it’s been pretty incredible.” but I watched that episode, cried, “It will be arguably one of the and thought this was something most infl uential shows of the de- that I’m proud to be a part of.” cade, if not of all time,” McPher- “The working moment that son said. “I think that it proved captures the whole of it best for me BRIAN TSENG / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I that you could do serialized is when Ben and Sawyer are stand- shows that were going to be that ing on the cliff,” said actor Michael Evangeline Lilly (Kate) speaks to a challenging to the audience and Emerson. “We were looking out reporter in Waikīkī on Saturday. that people could invest in.” over the sea and trading quotes ‘OK, who is the next actress we While “Lost” is a continuing from Steinbeck, and I had a rab- can get locally?’ Now she’s Evan- adventure, certain moments have bit in a backpack. It was so absurd MICHAEL BREWER / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I geline Lilly, so it’s amazing.” struck a chord with the audience, with beautiful, majestic scenery.” The art department is trying to raise funds to compensate for the budget cuts The series was an instant not to mention the cast. Even had a few it is facing this semester. hit that, along with “Desperate “I think my favorite moments favorite moments. Housewives,” helped ABC crawl have been when we’re actually all “For me, running away from MICHAEL BREWER students raise enough money, out of the ratings gutter. The together, the original cast, just an exploding plane wing is some- Associate Features Editor they will still have to do more show won an Emmy for best dra- sort of hanging out, like the old thing that’s always going to be em- with less. Thomas Galioto, one of ma in its fi rst season and, in all, days,” said actor Emilie de Ravin. blazoned in my head. Then there If art professor Debra Drexler the models who will be volunteer- has been nominated for 146 ma- had her way, she’d ask for $50,000 ing on Friday, said that the Uni- jor awards. What’s most amazing to renovate the lighting systems, versity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa pays about the series’ success is that it expand the studio space, and buy its models “50 percent less than consistently defi es network rules, supplies and easels for her Inter- the community colleges.” fl ipping major plot lines, reinvent- mediate Life Drawing course. The Art Building, however, ing characters and establishing But for now, she’d settle for is far from being the jewel of the mysteries that can’t be solved in $834 to pay for the live models Mānoa campus. For every ART one episode or even one season. her class needs. 314 class, 20 students cram into “What’s been really fascinat- Drexler says that it’s got- a space hardly larger than 25- ing, and a credit to the writing ten so bad, models’ hourly pay by-25 feet, with drawing easels staff, is that we’re in the sixth sea- is cut by 15 minutes “because and props for models crowding son and they’re still changing the we don’t have the money.” She the space, lowering visibility narrative style,” said actor Daniel hopes to raise the cash at an and productivity. Paint streaks Dae Kim. “I don’t know of any art fundraiser this First Friday the walls, sinks, stairwells and other television show that’s been in Chinatown to pay for this se- floors. Broken lockers sit in clut- able to give the audience and its mester’s modeling costs. tered hallways. The smells of viewers what they’ve come to love Not using live models is out rotting bamboo and bird excre- and want to see, but at the same of the question for Drexler – she ment permeate all stories of the time keep it dynamic.” BRIAN TSENG / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I says that using them allows stu- multilevel art complex. “There’s a bridge that basi- (Jim) and Michael Emerson (Ben) take the premiere by storm, sign- dents to work with movement, Drexler suspects that the cally connects where the writers ing autographs and speaking with fans. form and space while fi guring lack of funding for things like work on the Disney lot to where weight into the equation. models and building renovations the ABC executives are,” Lindel- “That feeling was kind of repre- are those random scenes, like the “It’s one of the classical ways is a symptom of misplaced priori- hof explained. “We start writing sented in the fi nale of the fi rst sea- time a comet hit Mr. Cluck’s and that students have always learned ties in a budget crunch. the show in the summertime, so son,” Kim said. “The launching of I’m lying there and they’re throw- to do drawing and painting,” Though the money support- usually in June or July we walk the raft was really a time for ing raw chicken parts at me. I’m Drexler said. across this bridge to present them me, because I thought we’d all taken not going to forget that, either.” But even if Drexler and her See First Friday, next page [email protected] Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 5

THE VOICE First Friday A FFEATURESEATURES from previous page K LEEOO Ka Leo Features is looking for capable writers for the Spring 2010 semester. ing the construction of the projected Campus Center fi tness center, for example, may come from a different source than the fund support- ing renovations of classrooms, Drexler and her students question the relationship between the importance of what is being funded and the Applicants may either visit our offi ce, located across from the ground fl oor entrance of amount of money being put into those projects. the UH Mānoa Bookstore, or send their résumés via e-mail to [email protected]. “We’ve had to turn away people who wanted to join 100-level class- es; we just don’t have enough space,” Drexler said. Her ART 314 class was once “a whole class that was on a waiting list.” Drexler knows that they are lucky any renovations take place in the Art Building at all. With more than 500 UH Mānoa students majoring in art, ev- ery year it becomes more difficult for professors like Drexler to supply them with the basic graduation requirements in a four- Program year college career. Still, the Drexler’s ART 314 students persevere. Her classroom Heads is focused – half-full of the sounds of charcoal on paper, half- full of pop music from Drexler’s iPod speakers, an improvised replacement for an old, broken radio. All eyes are pointed toward Wanted Undergraduate and Graduate the model, as if her nude body were straight out of the Renais- sance era and the students were rediscovering human anatomy. They almost did not get the chance this year, but the class was The Board of Publications is now accepting applications saved thanks to intervention by the art department dean. for the following paid management positions: “The fact that the dean came up with the money is an admirable commitment to the students,” Drexler said. She noted, however, that when the money has to come down- stream from so many different levels of administration, and when the aquifer level at the state Legislature is so low, “there’s nothing the chair can do, ... there’s nothing the dean can do” to meet the Editor in Chief rising tide of new students. Connor Berrier, a senior graduating this semester with a Bach- Ka Leo O Hawaii elor of Fine Arts in drawing, says that he’s “come to expect” the Student Newspaper dilapidated state of the classrooms, though the studio’s cramped space and poor lighting still frustrate him. The dynamic light system is 36 years old, almost as old as the Art Building itself. Editor in Chief “They no longer make replacement lights,” Drexler said. “So as Hawaii Review things go, they’re just gone.” Literary Journal

LIFE DRAWING Editor in Chief In response to the UH Mānoa campuswide budget cuts, the Ka Lamakua art program’s Intermediate Life Drawing course, led by pro- Arts Webzine fessor Debra Drexler, will hold a fundraiser on First Friday this week in Chinatown. for Summer 2010, Fall 2010, and Spring 2011 The event will be held at The ARTS at Mark’s Garage on Application Deadline: Friday, February 19, 2010, 4:30pm Nu‘uanu Avenue from 6 to 10 p.m. Students will create Contact Jay Hartwell • 956-3217 • [email protected] portraits of live models with paper and charcoal, giving the Or pick up an application from Ka Leo or the BOP Business Office public an inside look at the process of drawing life. They will (located to the right of the Bookstore's ground-level entrance) also be giving the public an opportunity to have them perma- nently recorded on paper for $5 a portrait. K A L

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 EDITOR LINDSY OGAWA EO 6 [email protected] ASSOCIATE DAVIN AOYAGI OPINIONS HHaveave ccorporationsorporations killedkilled democracy?democracy?

KEN MCCOWN / FLICKR The Supreme Court’s decision to allow corporations to fund political campaigns has sparked controversy over business and political ethics.

DAVIN AOYAGI Court would have thought its However, Justice Anthony nesses pouring money into politi- enigmatic Big Business CEO Associate Opinions Editor fl aws included a dearth of corpo- Kennedy defended the decision cal campaigns? will manipulate decisions that rate money in politics.” by referencing a loophole that Katharina Heyer, assistant affect us all. The timing of this “At bottom, the Court’s opin- Law student Sejong Young excludes media from being re- professor of political science decision, especially because of ion is thus a rejection of the expressed discontent, saying stricted by the ban. at the University of Hawai‘i at the economic crisis, leaves us common sense of the American “politicians are supposed to re- His defense was, “A corpora- Mānoa, said, “Allowing corporate with little trust of a few men people, who have recognized spond to the needs of the people. tion that owns a newspaper – News money to fl ood elections is going who made the lives of so many a need to prevent corporations ... If I have to take one side, I Corp. or The New York Times – to result in even more negative Americans difficult. from undermining self govern- would probably be opposed to the retains its First Amendment right election ads, undo the important Let us not close with bitter- ment since the founding.” Supreme Court’s decision.” to speak freely. At the same time, efforts of campaign fi nance and ness, however troubling the Su- These were the words of Su- In agreement, junior political some other corporation, with an strike a tremendous blow to the preme Court’s decision – which preme Court Justice John Paul science major Tyler Rose said, identical business interest but democratic process.” caused Justice Stevens to con- Stevens in response to the deci- “Excessive corporate involve- no media outlet in its ownership The Court’s decision may sider resignation – may be. sion made Jan. 21 to lift a ban ment through spending has the structure, would be forbidden to look to protect businesses’ First Though democracy may have against companies funding po- very real potential to undermine speak or inform the public about Amendment rights, but the un- suffered a defeat, it is not dead. litical campaigns. the election process.” the same issue. This differential fortunate result is that U.S. citi- It is only dead when we admit “While American democracy These concerns highlight a treatment cannot be squared with zens have lost political power. defeat. If a decision is unjust, is imperfect,” Stevens continued, distrust of big businesses in their the First Amendment.” We have been undermined, the fault lies with inaction and “few outside the majority of this tampering of the election process. But does this justify big busi- leaving us to wonder how the indifference on our part. [email protected] Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 7 A ddifferentifferent kindkind ofof name-callingname-calling Volunteer Opportunities The state Legislature is considering its own Welcome to Lokahi Giving Project’s 2010 New Year! changes: rename Noelani Elementary School as Volunteers needed for phone book recycle President Barack Hussein Obama II Elementary School, and McKinley High School as President Ba- Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday rack Hussein Obama II High School. January 15, 2010 thru February 14, 2010 By changing the names of two Hawai‘i public schools, legislators hope to show students they can 10am-1pm & 1pm-4pm (2 people per shift) make something of themselves despite feeling de- -Kahala Mall tached from the mainland. But renaming these places seems, to put it nice- -Windward Mall ly, ludicrous. Adding more holidays is nonsensical in -Waikele Premier Outlet a state already notorious for its lack of school days. I come from a family that still refers to Macy’s as -Ward Warehouse Liberty House – a conversion made in Hawai‘i over nine years ago – so I would like to see how successful If you are available, you can download our Volunteer Application at: changing the names of well-known places will be. www.lokahigivingproject.org or www.khon2.com or call (808) 685-7722. Send inquiries It should be noted, however, that Magic Island and/or completed Volunteer Applications to [email protected]. and Ala Moana Beach Park are already nicknames Service Learning Program (808) 956-4641 for the area, and I’m guessing a good amount of Service Learning Program (808) 956-4641 long-term residents are unaware that its real name is ‘Āina Moana. What is the point of changing a Are you a UH-Manoa Registered Independent name when we can’t get the real name right? Organization (RIO) or Department looking to fund As the saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t student activities or events? fix it,” and there is nothing wrong with the name of the beach park. If anything, the government should focus on what is broken, like our educa- tional system, instead of how many places they can name after President Obama. SAPFB Still, if our politicians insist on naming some- Student Activity Program Fee Board PETE SOUZA / THE WHITE HOUSE thing after the president, they ought to do so President Barack Obama grins during a morning meeting with more constructively. senior staff in the Oval Offi ce, June 8, 2009. Though he once said he did not want to be elected Applications available at Campus Center 208 or our website: based on his color, the election of a black president http://www.hawaii.edu/sapfb LINDSY OGAWA was nonetheless a historical moment for the U.S. He Opinions Editor also advocates fairness for people in all income brack- ets, suggesting health reform and higher taxes for I remember a year ago, back to the day Barack the wealthy, whether or not it has proven to be effec- NOW ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR FALL 2010 FUNDING Obama became president. It was an exciting time for tive or appreciated by the masses. In recent months, America, and especially his home state of Hawai‘i. Obama has also spoken about education reform and Previously Funded Cheers and sighs of relief fi lled the Islands as we put will ask Congress for $1.35 billion to proceed. on our party hats and artifi cial lei, hoping he would So for a president who advocates change and ed- -Honoraria and travel for speakers -Payment for bands/entertainment keep his promise for change. ucation, shouldn’t Hawai‘i instead be naming after -Printing of journals/newsletters -Advertising and publicity for event Today, it’s Hawai‘i politicians who make the him hospitals or shelters helping the poor? Attach- -Room rental for event -Food and drinks changes locally, though not in the way we hoped. ing his name to new schools would be more appro- To prolong the celebration, proposals have been priate than sticking it on older ones. And then there made to add state holidays and rename parts of O‘ahu is the renewable energy and mass-transit rail. Mandatory Funding Workshops @5-6pm in Campus Center 306 in honor of President Obama. Senate President Col- All are areas President Obama speaks about. Tuesday 01/26/10 leen Hanabusa wants Obama’s Aug. 4 birthday to be All would be more honorable and less upsetting Thursday 01/28/10 a state holiday; Democratic Rep. Della Au Belatti to Noelani and McKinley alumni. Above all, it is wants Obama’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 strange to change McKinley High School’s name Monday 02/01/10 to be known as the Barack Obama II Ohana Day; and to Obama’s for the very fact the school was already Wednesday 02/03/10 Republican Rep. Gene Ward hopes to turn an empty named after President William McKinley. 4,124-square-foot piece of land into the President “The name changes aren’t really necessary. I can Barack Obama Birthplace State Park, an area beside understand a holiday or something, but you shouldn’t the home Obama was brought to after his birth. have to change the name of someplace like a school In a bolder effort at change, Mayor Mufi Han- to get kids to have big dreams,” said Evin Tsutsui, a nemann wants to rename ‘Āina Moana Beach Park, sophomore at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and better known as Magic Island, to President Barack a former student of Noelani Elementary School. “If the Obama Beach Park. name’s the thing motivating them, we got problems.” 8 Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 [email protected] RReded BBullull llightsights uupp PipelinePipeline

SEAN MICHEL final heats of the inaugural Volcom Pipe- Senior Staff Reporter line Pro, where O’Brien brought home an- other Pipeline victory. Surfing Pipeline on O‘ahu’s North After collecting $16,000 for his victo- Shore is a feat in itself. ry, O’Brien, along with the Red Bull surf- The hazardous elements from anvil- ers, celebrated with a party at his house, shaped reef in the shallows, combined steps away from the Pipeline shore. with strong currents sucking surfers into Little did the onlookers know that the impact zone, make for anything but a O’Brien and his crew were not just get- relaxing surf session. ting started for the day, but for the night But a select group of surfers decided as well. to take on these elements – at night. Although the floodlights lit up Pipe- Red Bull team surfers Jamie O’Brien, line well enough for spectators to see the Ian Walsh, Bruce Irons and Gavin Gillette action, the surfers in the water were still all paddled out to 5-foot waves (10-foot at a disadvantage. faces) at Pipeline 9 p.m. Monday. “You can’t see anything coming at Using high-intensity flood lights, Red you,” said Walsh, a Maui resident. “You Bull lit up the Pipeline playground. pretty much have to wait until the last “It was really cool; I actually got a cou- second, when you can see the lip start to ple of waves on the head, rolled around feather, and then you just turn around and underwater and hit the reef, ... popped go for it.” up, and all I saw was a white lip coming But, he conceded, “For Red Bull to let PHOTO COURTESY OF SHANE SOCHOCKI straight for my head,” O’Brien laughed. us do this and try it is awesome, to let us Red Bull surfers Jamie O’Brien and Ian Walsh discuss the night-surfi ng conditions between sessions. In the morning, Pipeline hosted the go out there and experiment with it.” KALEO “Funnier thanfallingasleepinlineat Taco Bell.” EDITOR WILL CARON

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RUSSELL TOLENTINO PERFORMING WELL Sports Co-Editor The Rainbow Wahine are led by senior All-American high The No. 41 Rainbow Wahine jumper Amber Kaufman, who has track and fi eld team will honor a already qualifi ed for the NCAA in- trailblazer for women’s collegiate door championships March 12 in athletics at this week’s mini meet. Fayetteville, Ark. She is No. 2 na- The ’Bows host the Dr. Don- tionally with a 1.91-meter mark. nis Thompson Memorial Meet “So far the team’s performanc- this Friday at the Clarence T.C. es have been pretty good,” said Ching Complex. head coach Carmyn James. “We Thompson passed away are still in the ‘learn and return’ Feb. 2, 2009, of kidney failure stage where we are preparing for at the age of 75. our peak performances to take There will be an announce- place at the (Western Athletic ment honoring Thompson prior to Conference) Championships.” the start of the 60-meter hurdles. James said other top per- In 1961, Thompson became formers include sophomore UH’s first women’s track and field Emma MacCorquodale (weight coach and later served as the uni- throw), freshman Madara Apine versity’s women’s athletics direc- (triple jump) and senior Jessica tor from 1972 to 1981. Forrester (mile run). She is best-known for her Along with on-fi eld perfor- involvement in the Patsy T. mance, the team is working on Mink Equal Opportunity in Ed- building team unity. ucation Act (formerly known as “Communication has been an Title IX), which was enacted in issue in the past, so we’re trying 1972 to promise gender equity to be more unifi ed and supportive JOEL KUTAKA / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I in collegiate athletics. Thomp- of everyone,” said senior distance Senior All-American high jumper Amber Kaufman practices for the upcoming track season. son encouraged Mink to write runner Sam Whitehall. “It’s kind of the legislation. hard sometimes because, depend- The Thompson Memorial is ing on your event group, you don’t the second all-comer meet that see every person on your team the team will host during the in- throughout the week because we’re to any performance with door and outdoor season. practicing at different times of the TheWhite Snake valid Spring 10 UHM ID! day with different coaches.” Jingju (Beijing opera) in English $5 Buy-One-Get-One-Free-Nights Feb 10 & 11 Get two tickets for the price of one with your Validated Spring Photo ID! DDr.r. DDonnisonnis TThompsonhompson Tickets go on sale beginning at 5pm on day of show.

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Performing under a family member’s shadow isn’t easy. Breanna Arbuckle, howev- er, grabbed the figurative bull by the horns and used this situ- ation as motivation to help her excel on and off the court. “Everybody knows (my mom) in Chandler (Arizona),” said Arbuckle, a sophomore forward on the Rainbow Wahi- ne basketball team. “Most defi- nitely (my biggest inspiration) would have to be my mom.” Arbuckle’s mother, Brenda, led Chandler High School’s girl’s basketball teams to two state champion- ships and 55 straight wins. She played at Oregon State University, where she was named to the Pacific Athletic Conference-8 team. Besides passing on her athletic talent, Brenda also instilled in Breanna the im- portance of academics. In high school, Arbuckle was named to the National Honor Society and has focused intently on academics in col- lege as well. “My mom really stressed CHASE OLIVIERI / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I that schooling should come Breanna Arbuckle, a sophomore forward on the Rainbow Wahine basketball team, leads in rebounding (5.9 per game), is second in scoring (8.8 points per game) and is way before basketball,” Ar- the team leader in blocked shots (24). She decided to come to UH because of the state’s cultural diversity. buckle said. “Smarter in class translates into better decisions this season, Arbuckle is also don’t ask me why I came to a 13 Rainbow Wahine, five are in- like it a lot.” on the court.” third on the team in scoring with school surrounded by water,” ternational students who come Although Arbuckle wants Good decisions on the court 8.8 points per game. Arbuckle joked. “I came here from Latvia, Japan, Lithuania, to continue to play basket- may be a learned trait, but Ar- Coming to Hawai‘i from Ari- because I heard that Hawai‘i Canada and New Zealand. ball after college, her current buckle’s pedigree doesn’t hurt. zona has goals revolve around Neither does having a vertical been a jour- the team. jump over 4 feet combined with ney. “My mom really stressed that schooling should come way before bas- “I’m just going to take it a 6-foot body frame. Arbuckle Arbuckle ketball. Smarter in class translates into better decisions on the court.” day by day,” she said. leads the ’Bows with 5.9 re- turned down The Rainbow Wahine bounds and 24 blocked shots; an offer from (9-12-0) have eclipsed both numbers rank among the the New their win total from top in the Western Athletic Mexico State last year, thanks to new Conference. Aggies in Las Cruces, N.M., a team has people from all over, and “My team is so crazy – coaching staff that has breathed “I play a role on this team, the Rainbow Wahine have faced I wanted to experience some- we’re all from different places, new life into the program. just like everyone else, and we once this season and will square thing outside of Arizona and so when we sit down to din- “(Head coach) Dana (Taka- mainly just try to win games,” off with at least one more time Chandler.” ner it’s just crazy,” Arbuckle hara-Dias) has given us more Arbuckle said. this season. That diversity is even ap- laughed. “It’s just a great confidence,” Arbuckle said, “and Having started all 21 games “I can’t even swim, so parent in her teammates. Of the learning experience (and) I that’s something we needed.”