Inside News 2 Features 3, 5, 7 Tuesday Commentary 4 January 23, 2007 Comics 6 Sports 8 VOL. 101 | ISSUE 82 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 WWW.KALEO.ORG Wahine tennis ‘Police’ reunite team hits trouble in 30 years after Southern California ‘Fall Out’ Sports | Page 8 Features | Page 5 A culture in full bloom Hokule‘a and Maisu awaiting departure By Ka Leo News Desk Currently docked at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, voyaging canoes Alingano Maisu and the Hokule‘a were docked to repair a steering sweep, a wooden paddle that serves as a rudder for the canoes, that broke at its handle. Both crews for the two canoes are also standing by to wait for the comple- tion of the repair. The repair was finished late Sunday night, but the two canoes, as of Tuesday evening, are still in Hawai‘i. Crews are not releasing the name of which canoe’s steering sweep was broken mainly because, according to leadership of the voyage, “We have two canoes sailing but this is one voyage. We work very hard as one team. We prefer not to say which canoe because to us it Ten contestants competed in the doesn’t matter. That’s just the way we are.” 58th annual Narcissus Festival The two canoes will take a trip from Hawai‘i to Micronesia to Japan in COURTESY ILLUSTRATION • PVS Hawai‘i By Kathleen Ramirez cheongsam, she flawlessly answered honor of the stewardship taught between The Hokule‘a and Alingano Maisu will travel from the Big Island to Micronesia and Japan in the cultures and to promote further inter- Ka Leo Contributing Reporter her speech question, “What is the sig- honor of previous navigators who sailed by natural signs. nificance of 60 years in the Chinese est in ‘reading the stars.’ Gong! Hawai‘i Theatre was culture?” filled with ringing gongs, dancing and Sibyl Wong, a UH senior major- dazzling gowns at last Saturday’s 58th ing in digital animation, won the title Annual Narcissus Queen Pageant. of First Princess. Her performance Started in 1950 by the Chinese on the “guzheng,” or the traditional Ka Leo Web site under renovation Chamber of Commerce of Hawai‘i, Chinese stringed instrument, won her By Matthew K. Ing out by a larger company. As a while allowing for more reader the pageant aims to preserve Chinese the Miss Talent award. She was also Ka Leo Editor in Chief result, Ka Leo is undergoing con- interaction. Negotiations pending, culture and traditions in Hawaii’s new awarded Miss Popularity for selling tract renegotiations with the new features will most likely include an generation of Chinese-Americans. It the most souvenir books and tickets The Web site for Ka Leo O service provider. improved database, live breaking was named after for the pageant. Hawai‘i (http://www.kaleo.org) is Rusty Lewis, a representative news, video Webcasts, podcasts, the narcissus Second Princess currently undergoing renovations from College Publisher, said the polls and student discussion. is Adrienne Au, flower, which and may be unavailable for the rest Ka Leo Web site would remain If you have any requests for represents pros- while Third of this month. unavailable while the company is items you would like to see in perity and fortune Princess is UH in the lunar new alumna Jennifer College Publisher, the com- switching to a new server. the new Ka Leo Web site, or if year. Lam. Julia Chen, a pany that helped create the Ka In the meantime, Ka Leo is you would like to contribute to Ten women, UH senior major- Leo Web site, as well as hundreds planning and designing a new Web the production to this new student ages 19 to 26, ing in economics, of other school newspapers’ sites site, which would better integrate initiative, please e-mail editor@ of at least half- earned the title of nationwide, was recently bought our video and multimedia content kaleo.org. Chinese descent, Fourth Princess. competed for the Vanessa Chan, a title of Narcissus UH junior major- Queen 2007. In ing in business, NewsBriefs the months prior was voted Miss to the pageant, all Congeniality by the contestants her fellow con- System-wide conference trains Throughout the conference, stu- state of Hawai’i and is set to go into participated in testants. student leaders dent leaders met with others to dis- effect for the fall 2007 semester. various Chinese Prizes for the cuss ways to push the chancellor’s Unlike previous undergraduate classes, such queen and her Nearly 100 student leaders of initiative and improve student co-cur- education programs, students will be as history of court include various University of Hawai‘i sys- ricular participation. While ways to able to enroll in education courses on tem organizations around the state Chinese in China UH junior Jessica Lau, a business $20,000 in schol- increase student life differed greatly, campus as freshman students, trans- came together last weekend at the and Hawai‘i, cal- major, is selected as the Narcissus arships, gift certif- all agreed that a board of student fer students or other non-traditional ligraphy, martial icates, paid travel Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom for Queen. The queen, along with her organization leaders should be gath- students who wish to earn a degree in arts, lion dancing, expenses for the the National Conference on Student court, will serve as ambassadors for ered to create campus cohesion and elementary education. Traditionally Chinese cooking, Narcissus Queen Leadership’s Certified Student Leader Hawai‘i in the Narcissus Goodwill improved event coordination. the program only allowed for stu- paper cutting, Tour to China. Lau and four prin- Goodwill Tour to Program. China and more. At the conclusion of the confer- dents to enroll who are able to take narcissus bulb cesses won more than $20,000 in Student leaders from O‘ahu and carving, acupunc- Deanna Lau, ence, all attendees took a 100-ques- classes during the normal weekday scholarships and prizes. neighbor island community colleges, ture and herbal Marissa Liu, UH tion exam that tested their under- hours. graduate stu- UH West O‘ahu and UHM gathered standing of the conference material. medicine. COURTESY PHOTO At the University of Hawai‘i at for a two-day workshop specifical- While not all in attendance passed Contestants CHINESE CHANMBER OF COMMERCE OF HAWAI‘I dent Jodie Lum Mānoa campus the student housing were judged on a and UH alumna ly designed to teach leadership and the exam, those that did became rental rates will have a maximum preliminary inter- Shawntell Tan management skills for college cam- “Certified Student Leaders.” annual increase of 5 percent starting view, a talent performance of their also participated in the pageant. pus organizations. Presenters Michael New degree for West Oahu campus choice, an evening gown phase show- “The best things that I gained DeRosa and Mark Alan Schall – two fall 2007 and lasting through spring casing their own personally designed from this whole experience were experts on student and corporate In its first monthly meeting of 2012. “cheongsam,” or traditional Chinese awesome friendships and personal leadership and team synergy – ran the year, the University of Hawai’i “Enhancing the quality of our dress, and a prepared speech phase. growth,” Tan said afterwards. “I the conference as keynote speakers. Board of Regents approved a new student life is a high priority and we Jessica Lau, a University of would recommend this program to Interim Chancellor Denise Konan Bachelor’s of education degree at need more resources to finance long- Hawai‘i at Mānoa junior and honors any Chinese woman who is interested opened the conference Friday night the university’s West Oahu campus overdue repairs and maintenance in joining. It was truly a rewarding student majoring in business, won the projects in the dormitories,” said prestigious title of Narcissus Queen experience.” with an address to the students. In her and also an increase in the student 2007. She impressed the judges with The queen and her court will speech, she focused on the admin- housing rental rates on the Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan. “We will her violin performance of “Victory” istration’s initiative to create a more campus. hold public hearings before any hous- by the classical group Bond. Dressed vibrant student life, shifting focus In new Bachelor’s degree came ing fee increases are implemented so in her sparkling silver and white See Pageant, page 2 from the school’s long-established in response to the need for licensed that we have the benefit of students’ image of being a commuter campus. elementary school teachers in the views on this important issue.” KA LEO O HAWAI‘I NEWS Page 2 | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Editor: Justin Hedani Associate Editor: Tiffany Hill | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected] Interest rate cuts may give ‘relief’ uate loans. Over a five-year period, expenses. ering student loan interest rates Experts suggest the proposed law would decrease A subsidized loan allow stu- would direct federal subsidies to interest rates on these loans from 6.8 dents to take a loan but not have college graduates, not low-income Facts on Loans: subsidized loans for percent to 3.4 percent. to pay the loan or the interest until students and their families. The - Undergraduate students easier payment Interest rates will be reduced after they finish school, while a statement also said the reduction to 6.1 percent from 2007 to 2008, unsubsidized loan holds a student of interest rates may encourage who are enrolled half-time, or 5.4 percent from 2008 to 2009, responsible for interest rates on more student loans.