KA LEO TV Watch the best UH Mānoa TTopop 1010 news from last week at kaleo.org/video Sports Tourism: mmost-wantedost-wanted THE VOICE Touchdown or aalbumslbums ooff A fumble? 22009009 K LEEOO Opinions 4 Features 6 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 MONDAY to TUESDAY, FEB. 2 to 3, 2009 www.kaleo.org Volume 103 Issue 66 Archive preserves Hawaiian heritage Kris DeRego “These archives will enable collective memory through the News Editor the sharing and perpetuation of development of a facility with the culture, collective memory the ability to transfer existing The University of Hawai‘i is and history of a community that films, television shows and pri- soliciting proposals for a digital Henry Giugni so dearly loved,” vately recorded histories,” said archive of Native Hawaiian his- Akaka said. “It will ensure that Dr. Stephen Itoga, the project’s tories. future generations have access technical representative. Named for the first to the traditional knowledge and Many Native Hawaiian arti- Polynesian United States Senate wisdom of all indigenous people.” facts are deteriorating with age, sergeant at arms, who died Due to the efforts of Henry according to Lee, who hopes that in 2005, the Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni’s daughter, local film- the newly formed archives will Giugni Archives will feature maker Heather Giugni of Juniroa save indigenous relics before Hawaiian photographic artifacts Productions Inc., the Henry K. they become obsolete. and personal narratives. The Giugni Archives will be hosted “We have a society that U.S. Department of Education by UH’s Academy for Creative is rapidly losing our collective awarded $191,593 to the univ- Media. Giugni and Academy for memory in the passing of every eristy for the project, earlier this Creative Media founder Chris kupuna and the destruction of month. Lee are currently leading a recorded media due to age, cli- “The Giugni Archives will nationwide search for a develop- mate conditions and neglect,” perpetuate and share the special ment consultant. said Lee, who recently served history and culture of Native Once hired, the consultant as executive producer for United Hawaiians, and allow voices will craft plans for a virtual Artists’ “Valkyrie,” a film starring from the past to touch future and physical repository capable generations,” said Sen. Daniel K. of transferring existing recorded Hawaiian Heritage, page 2 Inouye in a written release. “It histories onto a permanent digi- will be especially valuable as a tal format. The project’s coordi- resource for creating educational nators will also record oral his- materials and for researchers.” tories in a high-definition format The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Archives will Inouye’s sentiment on the suitable for mass distribution. preserve Native Hawaiian oral and visual cultural significance of the archive “The consultant will advise histories, as well as rare documents, such as is shared by U.S. Sen. Daniel K. on the best practices to facilitate the Womenʼs Petition Against the Annexation Akaka, the first U.S. senator of the sharing, perpetuating and Native Hawaiian ancestry and a preserving of Hawai‘i’s culture, of Hawaiʻi, signed on Sept. 11, 1897. supporter of the program. traditions, oral histories and NATIONAL ARCHIVES DATING CONSTRUCTION OnlineReg.html. [email protected], soest. 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The Akaka Bill signed a bill that promotes TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/MCT asks for federal recognition equal pay for both genders. Pres. Barack Obama nominates Gen. Eric of Native Hawaiians’ right to Ken Shinseki to become the next U.S. self-governance, calling for the ECONOMIC STIMULUS Secretary of Veterans Affairs during a creation of an indigenous gov- The U.S. House of Rep- press conference at the Hilton in down- erning body to negotiate with resentatives has given the go town Chicago. state and federal governments ahead for Obama’s proposed over Native Hawaiian rights. executive order to close the $819 billion stimulus package The bill is being rewritten, in a 244-188 vote that found controversial detention center after it failed in the Senate in no support from House Re- at Guantanamo Bay, which 2007. There is no timeframe publicans. came under fi re for housing for Congress to vote on the If the stimulus plan is the possible use of torture. revised bill. approved, Hawai‘i could get Obama and his administration a piece of the package worth must now decide what to do over $2 billion to help plug a with the 245 prisoners before CRACKBERRY hole in the state’s defi cit. the camp is closed. If the adjustment to one of Republicans criticized the most powerful titles in the Obama for not including The same day, Obama said more tax cuts in the plan and that his administration would world is tough, at least Obama said that it won’t have much be more open with government will have the comfort of his of an eff ect on the struggling information that had been dif- BlackBerry. economy. Democrats said the fi cult to obtain in the past. Obama has decided to keep stimulus package is needed and Last Thursday, Obama signed the multi-featured handheld should, at least, stop the reces- the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, instrument, though it will be sion from worsening. which extends the amount of protected with greater securi- The measure now moves time an employee has to fi le a ty. Anything that Obama sends to the Senate. claim against his or her employ- or receives through the device er for fi nancial discrimination. could be subject to the Presi- FIRST DAYS IN OFFICE The bill changes the previous dential Records Act, which CHARLES BRODIE/KA LEO O HAWAIʻI The day after he became law, under which employees makes public all presidential Nathan Kane of Hawaiʻi Mission Elementary and Intermediate School struts while president, Obama signed an had 180 days to fi le a claim after records. retrieving his teamʼs car after winning a semifinal round of the solar car challenge during the Engineering Invitational held at the engineering department expo on THE VOICE Friday, Jan. 30. A EDITORIAL K LEEOO Editor in Chief Taylor Hall Associate Features Editor Carly Yonamine Managing Editor Vanessa Sim Commentary Editor Chris Mikesell Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Chief Copy Editor Kyle Mahoney Sports Editor Ashley Nonaka University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Associate Copy Editor Nichole Catlett Associate Sports Editor Russell Tolentino 1755 Pope Road, 31-D News Editor Kris DeRego Comics Editor Will Caron Honolulu, HI 96822 Associate News Editor Glendalyn Junio Design Editor Nicole Gilmore Hawaiian Heritage Associate News Editor Mark Brislin Photo Editor Kent Nishimura from page 1 Newsroom (808) 956-7043 Features Editor Yasmin Dar Web Editor Alexis E. Jamison Advertising (808) 956-3210 Tom Cruise. “Our personal his- “Hawai‘i has needed an Facsimile (808) 956-9962 ADVERTISING tories need to be recorded and archive that cares for its photo- E-mail [email protected] Ad Manager Erica Hwang preserved before we lose these graphic treasures both moving Web site www.kaleo.org Business office parallel to the bottom entrance of the Bookstore. treasures and their experiences and still, treasures that will not forever.” only be saved but shared,” said Ka Leo O Hawai‘i is the campus newspaper of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. It is published by the Board of Publications three times a week except on holi- Giugni believes the archives Guigni. “Working alongside dedi- days and during exam periods. Circulation is 10,000. Ka Leo is also published once a week during summer sessions with a circulation of 10,000. Ka Leo is funded will allow the global commu- cated individuals such as Chris by student fees and advertising.