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WEDNESDAY The Voice of Hawai‘i October 6, 2004 Inside Winning News 2 Ways Opinions 4,5 Sports Comics | Crossword 6 page 8 Features 3,7 Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Sports 8 VOL. XCIX ISSUE 32 THE UnivERSITY of HAWAI‘I AT MANO¯ A www.kaleo.org Mauna Kea documentary airs site’s controversies By Kimberly Shigeoka structures. group, the Office of Mauna Kea Kea: Temple under Siege,” the Ka Leo Associate Features Editor The state of Hawai‘i leased Management (OMKM) and Kahu cinema series held a question-and- UH the land under the Mauna Kea Ku Mauna Council (KKMC). answer session with the directors Over three decades of con- telescopes. But in 2000, a legisla- OMKM’s responsibilities include of the film and the coordinator of NADER troversy has surrounded the build- tive examination of the telescopes orchestration of park rangers and the cinema series. Observers in the SOU-CHUNG “Sau” HsU • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i ing of astronomical telescopes on harshly criticized UH’s manage- new projects on the mountain. audience voiced their concerns for Mauna Kea, located on the island ment of Mauna Kea. KKMC, an advisory group com- Mauna Kea and rejected further of Hawai‘i. The audit said UH was “inad- prised of native Hawaiian activists, development. A new documentary entitled equate to ensure the protection of is meant to bring Hawaiian issues One audience member asked, “Mauna Kea: Temple under Siege” natural resources. The university to UH’s attention. “You’re preaching to the choir, Nader will show a Native Hawaiian per- focused primarily on the develop- On Sept. 24 as part of the why aren’t any of those for devel- spective towards Mauna Kea’s ment of Mauna Kea and tied the UH and Bank of Hawai‘i Cinema opment here today? Were they development on Oct. 22 at the benefits gained to its research pro- Series, a documentary entitled invited?” Hawai‘i International Film gram. The university’s control over “Mauna Kea: Temple under Siege” In reply, Don Brown, the ticket cut Festival. public access was weak and its was shown at the Architecture coordinator of the series, said, “We The first telescope on Hawai‘i efforts to protect natural resources Auditorium. The documentary did invite the UH Institute for was built in 1968. Within two were piecemeal. The university described the cultural and reli- Astronomy (IFA) to this showing. from local years, the University of Hawai‘i’s neglected historic preservation, gious importance of Mauna Kea to They asked that we show a second telescopes, UH 2.2m and UH 0.6m, and the cultural value of Mauna Native Hawaiians. film that had run on PBS. Due to sat on Mauna Kea’s summit. Kea was largely unrecognized.” According to Native Hawaiian time constraints we weren’t able to The modest start of modern Following the report, UH beliefs, Mauna Kea is the birth do that.” ballot astronomy on Mauna Kea lead to created the Mauna Kea Science place of the world and is the home Kahea, a Hawaiian the 13 telescopes now on the moun- Reserve “Master Plan.” Under this of many water gods and goddess- Environmental Alliance, also was Activist fasting tain. Of these, the Submillimeter plan, UH created a Big Island es. at the showing to promote pub- Array, although listed as a single based man- After the showing of “Mauna telescope, consists of eight small agement to get Nader See Mauna Kea, page 2 off more ballots By Candice Novak Ka Leo News Editor Ralph Nader failed to get his name on Hawai‘i’s ballot a week ago, but a Southern California anti-Nader activist is fasting to get him off presi- dential ballots in all states. The independent presidential candidate came up short by about 500 signatures that would have enabled him to be listed on Hawai‘i’s election ballot, according to state elections officials. Nader did make the signature- count prerequisite in other states, including California, where Jerry Rubin has begun a 30-day fast pro- NewsBriefs testing Nader’s candidacy. Aiming to dissuade Nader, Rubin has started a the Friends of the East-West Center, College of Arts and Sciences’ Office American Friends Service Committee liquid-only fast, consuming strictly Post columnist to Society of Professional Journalists of Community and Alumni Relations Hawai‘i Area Program and the Hawai‘i herbal tea and juice until Oct. 9 and and the Honolulu Community Media at 956-5790. Ad Hoc Committee for Peace. only water after that. speak on Reagan Council. Fernando Suarez del Solar will For more information contact “Greens, progressives and The University of Hawai‘i at Kyle Kajihiro at 988-6266. Democrats are more divided now Lou Cannon, a former Dead Marine’s than they were in 2000 because of Washington Post columnist and University of Hawai‘i at Manoa him,” Rubin spoke against Nader in author of five biographies on Prof. to analyze astronomer Robert Joseph has been an Associated Press Wire report. “I President Ronald Reagan, will speak father to speak out know Nader, and I don’t think he’s on “Reagan’s Shadow: The Enduring TV biographies NASA awards doing the right thing.” Conservative Imprint on American present “The Human Cost of War: A Out of nearly seven thousand Politics,” at noon on Oct. 14 at an Manoa’s College of Arts and Sciences Military Father Speaks Out,” from 6 UHM astronomer signatures, more than half were not East West Center luncheon . will host its Downtown Speaker - 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, at Church counted by Hawai‘i election officials Cannon, a contributing edi- Program tomorrow with a lecture by of the Crossroads, Weaver Hall, 1212 because of missing birth dates and tor and chief executive officer of Professor Craig Howes. University Avenue and Tuesday, Oct. awarded the NASA Public Service addresses or because of conflicting California Journal, also works as Howes is an English profes- 19, from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. at Leeward Medal by NASA. information on registration listings. a free-lance writer who reports sor and director of the Center for Community College, PS 201-B. Joseph has been a faculty mem- Nader failed to send the signatures of and lectures on the presidency, the Biographical Research. Suarez del Solar lost his son, ber at the Institute of Astronomy for at least 3,711 registered voters to the media, California politics and police The lecture will be from 12 - 1 Jesus Suarez del Navarro, on March 15 years and is currently the faculty State of Hawaii, Office of Elections issues. p.m. at the American Savings Bank 27, 2003, while he was serving as a by Sept. 3. chair. He specializes in the study of Cannon will provide analysis Tower, 1001 Bishop Street, eighth Marine in Iraq. Rubin says he will call off on the upcoming presidential elec- floor, room 805. Since then Suarez del Solar has the effects of collisions between gal- the fast if Nader meets with him. tion at the luncheon. Howes will discuss challenges become a leading voice of conscience axies. In 1997 Rubin fasted in protest to The event is open to the public and issues involved in making televi- and opposition to the war in Iraq. He Joseph was director of the NASA Dreamworks’ plan to relocate to in the East-West Center’s Hawai‘i sion documentary biographies. also advises young people that they Infrared Telescope Facility for 11 an environmentally sensitive area. Imin International Convention For the past two years, Howes should look at alternatives to the mili- years, the longest serving director of Rubin collapsed after a 26-day fast. Center, Garden Level. The cost is has served as series scholar, pro- tary. He also is a member of Military this U.S. national observatory. Dreamworks abandoned the plan cit- $20 for the luncheon and $3 for ducer and executive producer for the Families Speak Out and Guerrero Joseph has also served on numer- ing financial complications. parking. RSVP by Oct. 11 by calling public television series, “Biography Azteca, and he supports military fami- ous national and international science The rejection of signatures in 944-7111. Hawai‘i.” lies who are questioning the war. committees and on many proposal Hawai‘i was appealed by Nader’s The lunch is co-sponsored by For more information contact the This event is sponsored by the review panels. campaign, but results were negative. Page 2 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Wednesday, October 6, 2004 | NEWS Activists, supporters clash over developments Mauna Kea: From page 1 obsolescence, with the best tech- like specific arguments. The argu- nology available, this would miti- ments I’ve heard so far I thought gate the need for more new ones.” weren’t convincing. Kahea and Statement (Draft EIS) of NASA’s The Native Hawaiian com- those at the Draft EIS hearings did Outrigger Project — a statement munity also has voiced concerns not show convincing arguments.” created by NASA in accordance to regarding the Wekiu bug, hydrol- There is disagreement between Federal Law following a lawsuit ogy and confusion regarding the activists and supporters of Mauna brought by the Office of Hawaiian state approval of UH’s Master Kea’s development over whether Affairs. Plan. UH’s Master Plan needs to be While UH’s Master Plan was The Wekiu bug is a candidate approved by the State Department being developed back in 2000, for listing under the Endangered of Land and Natural Resources NASA began preliminary research Species Act. Many believe we (DLNR). on the Outrigger Project into don’t know enough about the Sam Lemmo, administrator of expanding their jointly-owned Wekiu Bug’s natural habitat and the DLNR’s Office of Conservation Keck observatory on Mauna Kea.