Silencing the Critics an Army Specialist

VOLUME 102 ISSUE 51 T H E V O I C E The X- Factor We unveil the winners of the Ka Leo Ultimate Fan Photo Contest A Sports | Page 8 WWW.KALEO.ORG EO KServing the students of the UniversityL of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 HEAVY RAIN Preserving Molokaʻi Traditional artwork lives on Discussing political issues Moloka‘i Dispatch puts its people ﬁ rst State museum still expanding after 5 years New student group combats diﬀ erences WEDNESDAY H:79° L:71° Mixed Plate | Page 6 Mixed Plate | Page 7 Mixed Plate | Page 3 NOV. 28, 2007 Hale Aloha burglar Silencing the critics an Army specialist By Mark Brislin and Tiffany Hill in the first degree, a class B Ka Leo News Editors felony with a maximum sentence UH Warriors take of up to 10 years in jail. When Sarah woke up Heath was caught after he down Boise State; Sunday morning in her Hale tried to force his way into a rise in BCS rankings Aloha Lokelani dorm room at the female resident’s dorm room and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa was chased down the hall by she noticed some of her belong- the resident’s boyfriend, who was ings were gone. inside the room, after Heath tried “I noticed my iPod was miss- to run away, according to the ing … and also some of my under- court documents. wear,” she said. The student who stopped Sarah, who wished to have Heath told police that Heath her last name withheld for pri- appeared to be intoxicated, accord- vacy, was at least one Hale Aloha ing to the court documents. Lokelani resident burglarized When police searched Heath, Sunday morning. they found an I-Pod and two pairs “What I heard was he stole of women’s underwear on him, a bunch of stuff from my room according the court document. … went to another girl’s room HPD Captain Frank Fujii JORDAN MURPH • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I and woke her up … and the girl’s said police still haven’t decided University of Hawai‘i wide receiver Davone Bess (7) is pulled down by Boise State safety Marty Tadman (20) in the second friend chased him down and if Heath was the person involved quarter at Aloha Stadium last Friday. Hawai‘i defeated Boise State 39-27 to win the 2007 WAC championship. caught him, and they found all my in previous burglaries to the stuff on him,” Sarah said. dorm a few days before. “We’re The Honolulu Police still looking to see if it was the By David Nishimoto a great feeling, knowing everybody sacrificed a lot to Department arrested Mark same person,” he said. Ka Leo Staff Reporter win this game. We have two more, so we’ll just keep Andrew Heath, 20, who is a Heath’s bail has been set for going.” Reconnaissance Specialist in the $100,000, “which is very high in It has been a long time coming for Colt Brennan The Warriors (11-0, 8-0 WAC) and the Broncos Army, at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday. this type of case,” Fulton said. and the University of Hawai‘i Warriors. Playing in what (10-2, 7-1 WAC) have met nine times overall, seven He was arrested in suspicion of Heath has no previous crim- may have been the most important game in Hawai‘i of which have been in Western Athletic Conference a burglary at the freshman dorm, inal record, according to court football history, the No. 15 Hawai‘i Warriors over- play. The Warriors had never beaten Boise State while according to city and state offi- documents. His preliminary hear- came conference rival No. 19 Boise State University playing in the same conference until Friday. Boise still cials. ing is scheduled for tomorrow at Broncos 39-27 on Friday. With the win, Hawai‘i leads the series at 6-3 overall. Heath was charged yesterday 1:30 p.m. in District Court, said claimed its first outright WAC title and extended its With a nationally-televised ESPN2 audience with two separate felony charges, Fulton. quest for a Bowl Championship Series bid, rising to Friday, Colt Brennan made a valuable impression on according to Executive Assistant everyone who was watching. The senior quarterback the No. 12 spot. Hawai‘i remains undefeated at 11-0, to the Prosecutor Jim Fulton. and Heisman hopeful surpassed Ty Detmer’s passing University response to burglaries winning 21 of its last 22 games and maintaining the The first charge against nation’s lone unblemished record. touchdowns record and became the new NCAA leader Heath is an unauthorized entry “It means a lot (to win the WAC title) because with 126 touchdowns in his three-year career at UH. into a dwelling, a class C felony that’s been our goal, something we’ve been saying He also is responsible for a record 140 touchdowns This has not been the first that carries a maximum penalty since last year, our WAC chance,” said Warrior senior major burglary incident in the of up to five years in jail, Fulton Jacob Patek. “To actually have that dream come true is freshman dorms to happen this See Warriors, page 11 said. He added that the second charge against Heath is burglary See Burglary, page 2 News 2 WEDNESDAY SURF OUTLOOK Mixed Plate 3 S HONOLULU TIDES NORTH 8-12 Wave heights A northwest swell is WE‘RE HIRING! Commentary 4 HI 7:09 A.M. | 7:49 P.M. SOUTH 0-2 reported expected Friday to Check out page 4 to see open PLEASE Cartoons 9 LO 3:08 A.M. | N/A WEST 4-8 Hawaiian style, Saturday at the high surf postions you can apply for today RECYCLE Sports 8 S HALEIWA TIDES EAST 1-2+ about half face warning threshold. or go to WWW.KALEO.ORG INSIDE TODAY Puzzles & Classi eds 10 HI 6:07 A.M. | 6:47 P.M. heights. MAHALO LO 1:03 A.M. | 10:01 P.M. WINDS 5-15 mph SE SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 2 Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 [email protected] Burglary Kaho‘olawe: An awakening of aloha From page 1 Editor’s Note: Kaho‘olawe, and as it does, the group is revealed: semester. Gregg Takayama, the the smallest Hawaiian Island, is teachers, professors, University of UH director of communications, a former Navy bomb-testing site. Hawai‘i at Mānoa students, school- said that despite the fact that there No permanent residents live on children, parents, business owners, are no HPD patrols on campus, Kaho‘olawe, and there is very lim- cultural practitioners, environmen- the police usually arrive at the ited public access to the island. talists and more; 60 in all. Most had dorms three to four minutes after Ka Leo contributing reporter Blane never even seen each other before; being notified. Benevedes visited Kaho‘olawe now they were together for the first He explained that at the in October with a University of time on Kaho‘olawe. beginning of the semester fol- Hawai‘i at Mānoa ethnic studies Kaho‘olawe, the smallest of lowing the burglaries and sexual class to experience the uniqueness the eight major Hawaiian Islands, assault incident in August, the of the island and learn about the lies seven miles south of Maui. It’s Hawaiian concept of mālama ‘āina, university petitioned for two off- hot and dry. There’s no drinkable One of the many dan- “to care for the land.” This is the water. Scorpions, centipedes and duty HPD officers to patrol the ger signs that line the first installment in a two-part series spiders shuffle through its kiawe- dorms at night. “However, it was trails of Kaho‘olawe about the trip, with part two running thorned red dirt covering virtu- vetoed by the (HPD) police chief,” warns visitors that in tomorrow’s edition. ally everywhere students rest their Takayama said. “It is our under- it is unsafe to dig sleeping bags. because of possible standing that because the univer- By Blane Benevedes A unique land, Kaho‘olawe sity is a state facility, it wasn’t explosives that failed Ka Leo Contributing Reporter was shelled by the U.S. Navy and to detonate. appropriate that it be patrolled by its allies with every non-nuclear a city funded operation.” A chain of bodies stands atop a explosive in their arsenals for nearly Takayama added, however, cliff as sea and sky before it merge 50 years, pock-marking its desolate as an alternative, the universi- BLANE BENEVEDES in lavender, barely separated by a 30,000 acres. In 1965, the Navy KA LEO O HAWAI‘I ty will try to improve Campus thin horizon as the early morning detonated 500 tons of TNT to simu- Security patrols. “We’re going energy seals the moment. It’s chilly late a one-kiloton nuclear explosion, to the island. “But, it’s healing. Ma‘alaea Harbor. Kaho‘olawe can to ask the state Legislature when with a light breeze and early for a bomb so big that it broke the There’s a healing power that just only be reached by the fishing boat. they convene in January for most, but everyone in the chain is island’s water table, disabling its pours over this ‘āina.” However, the Pualele could only $1 million to hire 25 Campus focused. freshwater capabilities forever. Pā, along with 14 other UH hold so many of the group’s mem- Security officers.” Moments later, one of its leaders Today, 76 percent of its sur- Ethnic Studies students experienced bers at a time, so they were divid- In addition, Student Housing starts to clap: Pop-pop, clap! Pop- face has been cleared but only nine the healing power of Kaho‘olawe ed into three different shifts, aptly Services is requesting funding pop, clap! Pop-pop, clap! percent to a depth of four feet.

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