Graduates Have High Hopes, Despite Downturn
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VOLUME 103 ISSUE 57 G THE VOICE R O 12–25–08 . O E BBirthirth ooff oourur SSaintaint . NNickick L A K CCommentaryommentary | PPageage 4 . W A W W WWW.KALEO.ORG EEOO KServing the students of the UniversityL of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 ISOLATED SHOWERS Breaking up ʼBow woe Coffee Talk retrospective Game over and over you Support the other nine teams Q and A with a graduating artist MONDAY H:81° L:70° Mixed Plate | Page 8 Sports | Page 12 Cartoons | Page 9 DEC. 15, 2008 Graduates have high hopes, despite downturn By Kelli Miura Ka Leo Associate News Editor As fall semester comes to an end this month, nearly 1,800 University of Hawai‘i students will receive degrees and certificates. More than 1,100 students will receive bachelor’s degrees, while over 600 will receive mas- ter’s and doctorates, as well as post-baccalaureate certificates in secondary education. The university’s mid-year commencement ceremony will take place Saturday, Dec. 20, at 9 a.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center. Mary Bitterman, president of the Bernard Osher Foundation, will address the graduates. Job outlook for graduates The National Association for Colleges and Employers, or NACE, reported last month that employ- ers will be hiring about the same number of new college graduates as last year, according to Melanie KENT NISHIMURA • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Takahashi, a career counselor at the More than 1,800 undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students will receive their degrees as part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s mid-year commencement exercise, UH Center for Career Development on Dec. 20 at the Stan Sheriff Center. and Student Employment. a great place to start.” and I think it’s a big accomplish- new people. Colorado in January to coach high But employers will also be The center offers career coun- ment,” said senior civil engineering Additionally, with the weak school swimming and hopes to get reassessing their hiring needs seling, various workshops and a major Dan Chen. “To go to college economy, Chen said he thinks a job in the state’s court system on a monthly basis compared to resource library. Additionally, the is a choice to further your education, being flexible will help him find and go to law school in 2010. quarterly as they did last year, recruitment program brings repre- meaning more homework, tests and a job. This means he will apply “I am going to miss differ- NACE reported. sentatives from various employers stress. I think getting through all of to many places to increase his ent professors who helped me Locally, declines in tourism, to campus to conduct interviews, that is an achievement.” chances of finding a job. through my education, my coach- airline shutdowns earlier this year informational meetings and open Upon graduating, Chen said Senior Claudia Barsi, who is es and my academic advisor,” she and the nationwide financial crisis forum tables. he plans to relax and spend time majoring in history with a minor in said. Barsi added that she will were reported last month by Bank Meanwhile, students and with family and friends as well as business and sociology, said she is also miss her coworkers at the of Hawai‘i senior vice president and alumni who are considering gradu- travel to the Mainland and Japan. really happy to be graduating after UH law school and the friendly chief economist Paul Brewbaker in ate or professional school can get “I want to be able to take the five years in college. atmosphere on campus. Hawai‘i Economic Trends. assistance from CDSE on topics opportunity to do things I want to “I am excited, but at the same Barsi also acknowledged that “These conditions will make including planning, the application do before I’m constricted because time, I am lost because I have no it’s going to be tough to find a job the job market more challenging process and credential files to hold of a full-time job,” he said. homework to do,” said Barsi, a native with the current economic situation. for new college graduates,” said reference letters. There are, of course, some of Budapest, Hungary and former “Hopefully I will be able to Takahashi. “New graduates need to things Chen will miss about UH, member of the UH swimming team. use every possible resource to iden- How graduates are feeling like seeing his friends and meeting Barsi will be moving to tify and apply for jobs and CDSE is “It feels great to be graduating, See Graduates, page 2 News 2 MONDAY SURF OUTLOOK Y HHAPPYAPPY HHOLIDAYSOLIDAYS A Sports 3 D 6 HONOLULU TIDES NORTH 2–4 The current northwest swell & O Wave heights T Commentary 4 HI 6:17 a.m. | 6:37 p.m. will continue to slowly lower SOUTH 0–1.5 reported PLEASE E Mixed Plate 5 LO 1:50 p.m. | 11:31 p.m. through early next week. GGOODOOD LLUCKUCK OONN EEXAMS!XAMS! D Hawaiian style, I WEST 1–3 RECYCLE S Cartoons 9 6 HALEʻIWA TIDES about half face N HI 5:15 a.m. | 5:35 p.m. EAST 1–2 TThehe nnextext iissuessue ofof KaKa LLeoeo willwill bebe outout I INSIDE TODAY heights. LO 11:45 a.m. | 9:26 p.m. oonn Jan.Jan. 112,2, 22009.009. MAHALO Puzzles & Classifi eds 10 WINDS 5–15 mph E-SE SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 2 Monday, Dec. 15, 2008 [email protected] Graduates UH activist passes From page 1 Ka Leo News Desk McErath fought for higher wages and better working find a good job and be able to keep conditions for dock and sugar field workers. ILWU it for a while,” she said. “I know To find out more about Former University of Hawai‘i regent Ah Quon helped to weaken the hold of the sugarcane corpora- I am going to go through a hard services offered by CDSE, McErath, 92, passed away from cancer on Thursday. tions known as the Big Five. time, especially with our economy students and alumni McErath served as a regent from 1995 to 2003 Her work as a social worker for ILWU was moving towards a recession. I just should visit QLCSS 212 or and received the UH Founders Alumni Association preceded by her career as a student at UH, where hope that (the) effort and time I call (808)956-7007. Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. she worked at Ka Leo writing a column during put into school will help me find a Born to Chinese immigrants, McErath graduat- the late 1920s. good job.” ed from UH in 1938, launching a career that would According to Jim Reis, former Board of make her a household name in labor and progressive Publications Coordinator, McErath believed in Commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 20 politics, as well as women’s rights and education. giving students a voice, a conviction that carried As part of the Longshore and Warehouse Union, into her life as an activist. Doors to the Stan Sheriff Center will open at 8 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. No tickets are issued and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Balloons and strollers are not allowed inside the Stan Sheriff Center. SStudytudy aabroadbroad ttakesakes sstudentstudents ttoo MMongoliaongolia Free parking will be available in the lower campus parking structure, which will open at 6 a.m. Friends and family members may greet graduates following the ceremony on the football practice field (A-L), the soccer practice field (M-T) and at the softball stadium (U-Z). Authorized lei vendors will be located in this area. There will be a live Webcast of the ceremony. For information on the Webcast and further details about the commencement ceremony, visit http:// manoa.hawaii.edu/commencement. PHOTO COURTESY OF STUDY ABROAD CENTER Students can study abroad in Mongolia’s capital, where they will participate in lectures and field study. TechBeat By Ashgan Djalali “It is interesting to see the beautiful place (is a candidate for the Ka Leo Staff Reporter change that is going on,” Damiran program),” Pratt said, who worked said. “Mongolia is a very interesting with Damiran to start the program. By Kimberly Ikemori Electricity from bones This summer, UH students will place geopolitically.” “Together, we have lots of con- Ka Leo Staff Reporter • Self-powering electronics are the have the opportunity to study abroad After two weeks of prepera- nections to put together a very good way of the future. “Piezoelectrics” in Mongolia, a country located tion at UH, students will travel to program,” Pratt said. From Christmas trees to elec- are expected to eliminate the use between China and Russia. Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, tronics, going green has scientists of batteries. Piezoelectricity is Hoping to exert UH’s influ- where they will stay at the Academy coming up with innovations. The the ability of crystals and certain Study abroad in Mongolia ence in Asia, the new program of Management. environment is becoming increas- ceramics to generate electricity, has the potential to “be the bridge The program will consist of a ingly linked to technology, with via the separation of electrical • Cost: $3,000 to $4,000, includes air- between east and west,” according mixture of lecture in the morning and hopes for a cleaner and more charges, when under stress. Some fare, tuition, accommodations, meals, to Dr. Tsedev Damiran, a professor field study in the afternoon. efficient world. Here are some of materials that exhibit this stress- and transportation at the Academy of Management in “This is a deal,” said Dr.