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CAMPUS HOLDS SEN. STUDENT FINDS INOUYE LECTURE P. 2 SUCCESS VIA UH campus-goers gathered for tales of INSTAGRAM bipartisanship and strong local leadership. OPINIONS P. 4 ISSUE.09 VOLUME.110 MON, JULY 20 - SUN, JULY 26, 2015 WEBSITE / KALEO.ORG TWITTER + INSTAGRAM / KALEOOHAWAII FACEBOOK.COM / KALEOOHAWAII TIME FOR CHANGE WHY UH FOUNDATION NEEDS TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS P. 3 WHAT’D I MISS? Our Voice: romantic relationships 'Minions' is merely middling Romantic relationships between faculty and students are unprofessional and unfair The movie following the solo outing of the mischievous yellow henchmen is neither because the power difference opens the door to abuse. despicable nor delightful. WANT TO KNOW MORE? TINYURL.COM/FSRELATIONSHIPS WANT TO KNOW MORE? VISIT TINYURL.COM/O75RPSD COVER: JOELYN DALIT / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I; PHOTO: REESE KATO / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I 02 MONDAY, JULY 20, 2015 KA LEO O HAWAI‘I: THE VOICE [email protected] Courtney Teague Shiwani Johnson NEWS @kaleoohawaii News Editor Associate News Editor Lecture series tells Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s legacy SSenator’senator’s llinkink ttoo HHawai‘iawai‘i hhopesopes ttoo bboostoost civilcivil engagementengagement HENDRICKS HICKS them to understand democracy, STAFF WRITER and that with freedom comes a lot of responsibility.” A new fi ve-year lecture series sponsored by the Library of Con- STREAMING ACROSS THE NATION gress and organized by the Daniel K. The Library of Congress streamed Inouye Institute and College of Social the event on its YouTube channel. The UH SYSTEM Sciences on campus aims to show broadcast was shown at UH Mānoa’s Faculty gathered in C-MORE Hale to watch the lectures while the public convened at Campus Center. the infl uence of Daniel K. Inouye’s Center for Microbial Oceanography: legacy in Hawai‘i. Research and Education (C-MORE) tied to any specifi c mission when ter, but wasn’t an option due to they don’t contain any sensi- “We want the lectures to look at where more than 50 VIPs were pres- compared to other organizations, schedule confl icts. tive information, considering Daniel Inouye’s legacy throughout ent. Among those in attendance were like ASUH or GSO, and are able to “We originally wanted to schedule the events that the senator was the entirety of Hawai‘i’s political Superintendent of Education Kath- bring relevant issue into the spot- the event in May, but our speakers, involved with during his career: history, from territory to state- ryn Matayoshi, UH Mānoa Chancellor light,” she said. Powell and Albright, weren’t available the Iran-Contra affair, Watergate hood and beyond,” Dean of the Robert Bley-Vroman, Hawai‘i Com- on the same day,” Konan said. “They scandal and being on the commit- College of Social Sciences Denise munity Foundation President and ORGANIZING THE EVENT were doing their commencement tee of Indian Affairs,” Konan said. Konan said. ”We also want to look CEO Kelvin Taketa and Governor Ige’s Konan originally wanted for- circuit speeches around the nation. Powell shared an anecdote at his leadership style based on wife, First Lady of Hawai‘i Dawn Ama- mer Secretary of the State Con- Finding a day for either one of [them] about Inouye. his principles of honor for coun- no-Ige. “When he was chairman of the try, civic engagement, and crossing The Daniel K. Inouye Leaders in defense subcommittee and was of political lines.” Action club at UH Mānoa sponsored I would pick up the phone, and I would say my man for money,” Powell said. The lecture series discusses another event at Campus Center. ‘Get the good senator for me.’ “I would pick up the phone, and I leadership, civil engagement and “DKI Leaders in Action aims to would say ‘Get the good senator bipartisanship. ABC White House provide a forum for awareness, stu- – COLIN POWELL for me’ and when Dan would get on correspondent Ann Compton mod- dent engagement, discussions, and FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE the phone I would say ‘It’s Colin.’ erated the two speakers, for- leadership events encompassing He would say ‘What do you need?’” mer Secretary of State Madeleine issues of democracy, public ser- “I really got a problem, this is a — Albright (D) and former Secretary vice, civic engagement, government doleezza Rice to speak, but she individually wouldn’t have been hard, no kidding — problem, I really need of State Colin Powell (R). affairs and U.S. and Hawai‘i’s polit- wasn’t available. but fi nding a day that worked for this money’ The event took place at the John ical issues,” board member Kelly “We originally started with Con- both of them was a challenge.” “‘Done.’” W. Kluge Center in Washington, D.C. Sun Young Park said. doleezza Rice as a speaker and “That was it. It was over, no fur- It will be archived and edited for Established in the Spring 2015 always intended the [Washing- SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE’S IMPACT ther discussion. I didn’t do it too educators’ use. semester, DKI Leaders in Action ton] D.C. stream to show national Along with the lecture series, often, but I did it often enough to “Hawai‘i has the lowest young hopes to separate itself from other ties with Hawai‘i at highest level of the College of Social Science has get what I needed. And that’s the voter turnout below 30 in the clubs on campus. the decision making process at the secured papers the senator created kind of leader he was,” Powell said. nation,” Konan said. “We want to “I think our club is unique because [nation’s] capital,” Konan said. and used throughout his career. The lecture is available on the engage youth not only in college, we’re able to build from scratch and The lecture was originally “We’ll need to go through the Library of Congress’ and Daniel K. but high school as well. We want addresses relevant issues. We’re not planned for the Spring 2015 semes- documents and make sure that Inouye Institute’s websites. Faculty-student relationship ban in the works Collaborative effort will attempt to make UH Mānoa safer MASON HIGA CONFLICT WITH CONSENT importantly, to not have that rela- “You can drive a truck through person Dan Meisenzahl said in an STAFF WRITER The policy discusses relationships tionship? That’s where the stu- the old policy,” Chesney-Lind said. email interview. involving scenarios where one per- dent begins to feel the pressure,” “No one paid attention to it. All the “UHPA would like to see what A policy currently being drafted son in the relationship has power Chesney-Lind said. admonishments and warnings … the proposed policy entails and proposes to prohibit new facul- over the other, such as those involv- The extent of these relationships those kinds of things didn’t prevent the consequences for violating it,” ty-student and employer-employee ing a faculty member and a student may extend beyond the two people people from having sexual rela- David Duffy, the president of the romantic or sexual relationships at or an employer and an employee. in the relationship. Chagnon said tionships with people who were in University of Hawai‘i’s Professional the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. “There is a lot of potential for there is an impact to the learning cli- their classes.” Assembly, said in an email inter- A draft of this policy has not abuse there,” said Nicholas Chagnon, mate that can negatively affect other In an effort to strengthen safety view. been submitted to UH President chair of the Advocacy Committee for students in the same class. across its campuses, UH created Chesney-Lind guessed that the David Lassner’s offi ce for distribu- the Graduate Student Organization. the Title IX Offi ce, guiding students consulting process would begin tion yet, but the committee tasked For example, a student could CORRECTING PAST WRONGS seeking help with sexual harass- to ramp up at the beginning of with writing the draft is putting the receive a request for a sexual rela- There have been cases where stu- ment-related issues. the new semester when everyone fi nal touches on the policy, accord- tionship from a professor or a dents felt coerced by either faculty returns to UH following the end of ing to Meda Chesney-Lind, chair of teaching assistant, who is then able and graduate teaching assistants COLLABORATIONS ACROSS CAMPUS summer break. the Department of Women’s Stud- to grade them or choose whether to before, according to Chesney-Lind. Following the completion of the “What’s gonna happen is the GSO ies at UH Mānoa. write a letter of recommendation. She believes that the president put policy’s draft, there will be “sys- is gonna talk about it as a group The policy will include details “Does a student who’s get- the committee drafting the pol- temwide consultation with all and we’ll have to come to some on how people in preexisting ting approached sexually by a icy together because he was not stakeholders, including unions, collective decision,” Chagnon said. relationships can manage the professor really have the abil- pleased with the existing policy, student organizations, faculty, “I’m not sure if it’s possible to have relationship through preventing ity to freely consent to have which only discourages faculty-stu- and administrators” to work the perfect policy, but I’m sure academic contact. that relationship, or, much more dent relationships from existing. towards a final policy, UH spokes- there’ll be debate in GSO about it.” KA LEO O HAWAI‘I: THE VOICE MONDAY, JULY 20, 2015 03 [email protected] Pavel Stankov @kaleoopinions Opinions Editor OPINIONS COVER STORY PART-TIME POSITIONS Part-time positions as escort or recreation leaders are available daily from Monday to Friday.