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Compiled by Dannah Gonzales Iwase seeks to dethrone Lingle Thursday, September 21 12:15 a.m. — Four Hale Aloha residents were found between in pivotal general elections the pool and Cooke Field. A Campus Security guard warned them to leave and they com- plied.

1:44 p.m. — The Magoon Facility staff reported finding graffiti within the vicinity.

3:30 p.m. — The Hale Noelani staff requested assistance from Campus Security to issue a tres- pass warning to a banned stu- dent.

Friday, September 22 9:46 a.m. — A fire was reported in a cardboard dumpster located at the Paradise Palms loading dock. The fire was extinguished by Sodexho staff.

CHARLOTTE MARTEN • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i 10:44 a.m. — A woman found a smoldering container nearby ABOVE: Gov. Linda Lingle and Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona, winners of the Republican primary, launch a cam- the Kennedy Theatre. Campus paign sign with their names outside the governor’s headquarters Saturday. RIGHT: Democratic gubernatorial Security did not find the alleged candidate Randy Iwase walks into the Moanalua Golf Course clubhouse after the first primary results printout, container. leading to his victory later that night. tem. We need a governor who is a said that his real campaign began 12:17 p.m. — A Hale Wainani Incumbent Republican work horse and not a show horse.” Saturday night, which was to go Candidate Profiles resident reported an attempted Lingle said Saturday that she after the Republican incumbent break-in. confidant state appoval and current Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Lingle. Randy Iwase Aiona will focus their campaign on “We face the Republican Party,” 3:11 p.m. — A woman reported will trump party bias their previous achievements in vari- Iwase said, “and Linda Lingle and Personal: Born in , that her bicycle was stolen from ous areas. their million dollar machine but we Dec. 1, 1947; married with three the Moore Hall bike rack. “We are going to continue to are not going to be swayed. I accept By Charlotte Marten focus,” Lingle said, “on affordable this challenge; we are going to children Ka Leo Contributing Reporter 4:35 p.m. — An Edmondson housing, on education from pre- replace her on the floor and restore Education: University of Hall custodian found tape over school through university.” leadership and vision. Ladies and Hawai‘i voters entered the The governor came out to thank gentlemen, we join hands, you, I San Francisco School of Law, one of their building’s door- polling booths Saturday, Sept. 23 locking mechanisms. supporters at her headquarters after and Malama, we are going to win University of Florida to choose between 12 candidates the second results were announced this race.” running for the governor’s seat. on Saturday. The atmosphere was Iwase wants to meet Lingle in a Experience: Lawyer; former 11:53 p.m. — Five men eating The Republican nomination went executive director of the Aloha in the agronomy parking lot energized and her supporters were series of debates. He said he wants to incumbent Gov. Linda Lingle, eager to be there. to prove “what you see on televi- were asked by Campus Security Tower Development Corp., 1988 while former Deputy Attorney “I want to thank people for sion today with all these very slick to leave and they complied. – 1990; currently chairman of General Randy Iwase dominated their huge support,” she said, “but ads on accomplishments is nothing for the Democrats. They will face I want them to know that we don’t more than puffery.” Lingle said state Labor Appeals Board Saturday, September 23 each other in November’s general take their vote for granted, we don’t Saturday that she would agree to do Political: Honolulu City Council, 12:08 a.m. — A man was found election. think it is owed to us. We are going one statewide debate. with a bloody lip, which was the Iwase, 58, arrived at the to go out and earn it by talking Iwase has political experi- 1984 – 1988; State Senate, 1990 result of a fight that occurred at Moanalua Golf Course club- about what we have achieved and ence, but he is not well known and – 2000 Hale Lehua. He did not wish to house after the first results were what we hope to do for the future he doesn’t have much money to file a report. announced to find family, friends of our state.” campaign in comparison to Lingle. Linda Lingle and the media eagerly waiting to Lingle was pleased to have Although running in a heavily 2:30 a.m. — Johnson Hall hear his response. such a large vote in her primary, Democratic state, Iwase competes Personal: Born in St. Louis, “I did not know what to expect,” requested Campus Security for noting the high interest that was on as the underdog against Lingle, , June 4, 1953; single Iwase said to cheering support- assistance with a non-compliant the Democratic ballot. who, according to SurveyUSA, has and no children. Divorced twice. ers Saturday, “but I am very, very man who was drinking. “I also think it’s significant,” the seventh highest approval rating pleased with the numbers; these she added, “that there were such a among governors in the U.S. Education: California State results gives us a very comfortable high number of blank votes in the “The only time that an incum- University at Northridge, jour- 8:20 p.m. — The Hale Noelani lead. I am very happy, and thank front desk staff requested medi- governor’s race on the Democratic bent governor has lost,” Iwase said, nalism. you, Hawai‘i, for supporting us.” primary side. I think in my race, “was when the governor who lost Randy Iwase has worked in the blank rates were maybe one per- was a Republican. That was John Experience: Newspaper edi- political arena since the mid-1980s, See Campus, page 3 cent, and in the Democratic primary Burns and Bill Quinn. John Burns’ tor and publisher (founded the first as a councilman, then as a state they were over 26 percent. I think campaign was uphill, just like ours senator. In 2000, Iwase took a break that is a very good sign.” is, and we expect in 2006 to be Moloka‘i Free Press), active com- As massive additions are being from politics as a state senator. Lingle has been in politics the second Democrat to unseat a munity volunteer. Currently the planned for the current UH Campus Iwase and , his more than 20 years. She previously Republican incumbent.” Governor of Hawai‘i since Dec. Center, we take a look at the first running mate for lieutenant gover- served as the mayor of before Gov. Lingle disagreed. “The nor, will be focusing on education 2, 2002. Mānoa campus hub – Hemenway losing her bid for governor in 1998. people of Hawai‘i now have a clear and economic diversity in their gen- But Lingle returned, and in 2002 choice,” she said. “[Either] moving Political: 10 years on the Maui Hall – formerly known as the eral election campaign. Student Union Building. she became the state’s first female Hawai‘i forward with the lieutenant County Council, eight years “We have to grow our econ- governor and the first Republican governor and me, or going back omy,” Solomon said. “We have to as Maui County Mayor, (1990 See Features, pages 6, 7 to hold office since 1962. to the way things were with the support a high grade education sys- Democratic leader Iwase Democrats.” – 1998). 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Weather Forecast Jammin’ at lunch time By Ian Whittle & Cacey Christiansen Senior Meteorology Students

Thursday High/Low: 88/74 Mostly WHITTLE CHRISTIANSEN sunny. Easterly winds 10- 15 mph. Evening showers. General weather trend Friday An upper trough crossing through the High/Low: 88/75 islands is responsible for atmospheric instability and isolated showers in Partly cloudy. Easterly Windward and Mauka regions. winds 10-15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph. Saturday Surf outlook High/Low: 87/74 Southwest shores on decline. Partly cloudy. Isolated Outlook through Tuesday, Oct. 3. A larger showers. 20 percent chance northwest swell from former Typhoon Yagi of rain. Winds dropping to will arrive Friday. However, surf produced 10 mph. by this storm will be just below the 15- foot high surf advisory threshold for the Sunday North Shore. High/Low: 87/75 Isolated

showers. 30 percent chance ASHLEY BASTATAS • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i of rain. Easterly winds 10 Source: NOAA (http://www.prh. noaa.gov/hnl) Students gathered at the Campus Center Canopy to relax to the sounds of Kapono Haynes and Friends at around lunch time yesterday. mph. Tranny boom filtering into prostitution By Candice Novak “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” ing to Bishop and Merchant Street feel “your tuck.” girls because they are paid by the Ka Leo Associate Copy Editor but the timing is consistent. because of the cops,” Mary said. A more taxing job is pluck- hour or by the night, where as tran- This population has — for the Recent legislation has made ing the beard area and taking nies are paid by the deed, mostly There are almost 12 million most part — mixed into society, Waikīkī a Prostitution-Free Zone, Spiralnolacto pills — to decrease done in the john’s car. However, Internet sites that come up for if not with some hitches. In this which holds stricter punishment facial hair — and Premarin estro- trannies generally make more than the search “tranny.” The gender boom, it was inevitable that the and more patrolling policemen in gen tablets, which cost $50 a bot- male prostitutes. An escort service labeled, officially transvestite or tranny population, for which there the three-mile area. tle. To increase feminine traits, she in Washington, D.C., “TOPPS,” transsexual, is a man or woman is really no scientific count, would “The cops have stopped by has had silicone injected into her charges $150 an hour for a male infiltrate all aspects of society, and asked for IDs and ask about cheeks and hips. who has crossed over to the other escort and $250 for a transsexual. sex by means of dress, hormone including the oldest profession: what we’re doing,” she added. When she’s hooking, Mary When she’s not worried about or — in the extreme — surgery. prostitution. “We just tell them we’re hanging gets male customers that don’t the money, there are other things. For the plural form — ‘trannies’ When I interviewed a young out. The whole thing is BS.” know she’s a guy. She tells most — only two and a half million transvestite who had been turn- Mary was arrested once while of them straight up before any “Yes, I’m scared of getting a dis- links pop up. ing tricks in Waikīkī, Downtown hooking, but the charges were for interaction. “But some of them are ease, but I’m betting on the con- Over the last 30 years, the and Chinatown since she was in marijuana. On “a break,” she was stupid, so I talk like this,” raising dom.” Mary uses condoms that transsexual population in many high school, she was surprisingly smoking pot on Kuhio Avenue in her voice to a falsetto, “and give outreach workers give to prosti- countries, including this one, has candid. The boy-turned-woman front of Fusions, a gay nightclub. them the whole spiel.” tutes all over the city for free. grown exponentially. Of every spoke about her gender change “I wasn’t really scared, they just Her parents are accepting of The Gig 5,000 Americans, 75 of them and her part-time hooking with called my parents,” Mary said. “I the fact that Mary presents herself fall under the label of transgen- articulate ease. She wanted to be wore a wig then, and they made as a woman, but don’t know she “When I find a job or a sugar der and two have had male-to- called Mary for anonymity. Mary me take that off and my little boob hooks. She still lives at home. daddy — someone — then it’ll be liked that I didn’t react to her sto- female sex operations, according inserts too so they could take my The Prices over,” Mary said of her hooking to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and ries with shock or disgust. Mary mug shot.” days. It’s a lonely life, she said, has a high-profile father and is a Transgender news site Advocate. The Costume “Older trannies are desperate, and hard to find love. “I go out com. In the current era of inde- full-time university student. Mary so they have greatly lower prices doesn’t know it, but she represents on dates — real dates — but they pendent ego-boosting and it’s-all- Every day’s preparation begins — a lot more for a lot less.” Mary don’t know I’m a tranny, and I about-you sexual freedom, more the newest genre in prostitution: with duct tape and toilet paper. said she doesn’t go under $100 for eventually tell them, but often it’s and more people are going public the tranny. “After the balls drop in puber- a blowjob and $40 for a hand job. a negative response.” with their desired gender roles. ty, there are still empty cavities That’s the norm. She doesn’t have The Business Mary said there are two kinds Not that any of this has a landslide where the balls can go back into,” sex with johns. She doesn’t have a correlation to the 1975 debut of “A lot of us have been mov- Mary said, explaining how she pimp either, but she carries pepper of trannies: the queens, who want transforms her genitalia. “Then spray and a knife. “The real girls a high-glamour lifestyle and only you tuck back the penis and duct have pimps, trannies don’t.” Mary come out at night because of light- tape it. If you use toilet paper, said it’s a lot safer working for ing and makeup. But that’s not the the tape doesn’t have to touch the yourself. “If they didn’t make their life she wants. Eventually, Mary skin. One or two strips of tape will quota one night, the pimps would wants to give up “dating” and opt do the job.” This is important, she put flat irons in their pussies.” for the second type: the “normal says, because some johns want to The prices are higher for real girl.” NEWS | Thursday, September 28, 2006 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Page 3

screaming and acting weird. Tuesday, September 26 12:05 a.m. — Graffiti was found Vehicle traffic expected to Campus on the first floor of Moore Hall. From page 1 1:01 a.m. — A guard reported seeing three men vandalizing cal assistance for a man who was the National Marine Fisheries speed up with HOT lanes mugged. Service building. One of the By Justin Hedani men threw the paint can near the Ka Leo Senior Reporter 11:57 p.m. — A man was acting Watanabe building. disruptively by talking loudly on In an effort to find supplemen- his cell phone and banging a 4:17 a.m. — Campus Security tal alternatives to ’s already trash can. Campus Security gave reported finding graffiti on the congested streets, Alliance for Traffic him a verbal warning and he left first-floor corridor of the HIG Improvement has proposed the High the area. building. Occupancy/Toll lanes. According to Bill Brennan, spokes- Sunday, September 24 man for the City and County Mayor’s 1:47 p.m. — Curriculum Resource 1:27 a.m. — A Hale Noelani Center staff members at Wist Hall Office, the City and County are prepar- resident reported a break-in and ing an alternatives analysis report which reported a chemical-like odor. a laptop theft. will be ready sometime in October. The center was shut down until The report will include alterna- the source was determined. tives to the mass transit system here 2:45 a.m. — Bags of trash, bicy- in Hawai‘i. An alternative listed in the cle parts, a tire and a shopping 4:03 p.m. — A UH staff member report will include HOT lanes also cart, was found on the pond’s reported seeing a couple of men known as “managed lanes.” nearby picnic table. flooding the first-floor restrooms Robert Poole, an associate of at Saunders Hall. http://honolulutraffic.com/ (Alliance 11:47 a.m. — A man reported for Traffic Improvement), said that seeing a woman’s unleashed dog 4:06 p.m. — Campus Security HOT lanes are different from highways COURTESY ILLUSTRATION OF CLIFF SLATER, ATI chasing a cat around the campus. checked the Saunders Hall rest- because traffic is controlled. room. They found nobody in the “It’s the way you manage them The Tampa Expressway opened on Sept. 23 and cost about $300 million. Similar structure for Monday, September 25 room and only some wet toilet that makes them HOT lanes,” said HOT lanes proposed to be constructed from the H1/H2 merge in Waikele to Pier 16 on Nimitz. 12:40 a.m. — Graffiti was found paper on the ground. Poole, explaining that the lanes will be on the kiosk located between the reversible; traffic in the lanes will flow to the Tampa Tribune, $120 million paid accounts according to Poole, Physical Science Building and in the direction of greatest alleviation 9:05 p.m. — A woman reported will be recovered from the company’s and if a car should enter the HOT Keller Hall. hearing voices outside of the needed. Lanes will flow to town in the insurance company allowing total costs lane without a transponder, the mornings and out in the afternoons. Music building. She told Campus of the project to drop to $300 million or driver could risk a fine. 10:10 p.m. — Johnson Hall Security that it looked like a fight HOT lanes will run from the $30 million a mile. Fines on the SR91 are $100 for the staff reported a resident yelling, was starting. H-1/H-2 merge at Waikele to Pier For a 13-mile, three lane express- first violation, $200 for the second and 16 on Nimitz Highway, similar to way to open in Hawai‘i, it is estimated $500 for every other violation within the proposed mass transit system. to cost a total of $770 million. the year. According to the ATI proposal for The proposed mass transit system According to the O‘ahu Regional HOT lanes, an estimated 5000 cars is estimated to cost about $4 billion. Transportation Plan, developed by will be pulled from the freeway per If theoretical plans become real- the O‘ahu Metropolitan Planning day after construction. Cars running along HOT lanes will be allowed to ity, drivers who use the HOT lanes Organization, there is support for HOT travel at 55 mph compared to that of will be charged a toll. On the Orange lanes, taking into account that tolls 22.5 mph proposed transit system. County, California Express Lane 91 aren’t above $2 and that construction The HOT lane isn’t a new con- (SR91), tolls range from $1.10 to doesn’t impact taxes. cept in terms of a traffic-control $8.50 depending on day and time. Poole said that you would need device. Similar toll-type roads have Poole said that prices can change to have a massive amount of people to been opened across America and in based on environmental conditions give up their cars and ride the proposed parts of Europe. such as rain and usage. mass transit system for there to be any The 10-mile, two lane Tampa Tolls are to be paid by an electronic effect on traffic. Expressway, a version of HOT lanes, transponder mounted on the dashboard “It hasn’t happened anywhere,” opened its road on Sept. 23 for driv- allowing traffic to flow without the Poole said, “[and] it won’t happen here. ers to use in Florida. Total cost of the need to stop at a toll booth. People’s lives are too complicated to project hit $420 million and according Transponders will have pre- give up their cars.”

What do you think Ka Leo should be covering? What kind of things on or around campus concern you? Voice your concerns and insight by e-mailing us at: [email protected] or call 956-3219 Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Commentary Page 4 | Thursday, September 28, 2006 Editor: Kimberly Shigeoka Associate Editor: Cora Puliatch | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected] Movies on downswing, but interesting times lie ahead By Jason Ordenstein for film whatsoever, but in their eyes, the Ka Leo Contributing Writer sooner it goes, the better. Digital technol- ogy seems to be the means, the symbol The state of movies is horrible right of the people that will bring down the now. People try to deny it; they try to bourgeois elite seen (probably unfairly) give complicated statistics that show as gluttonous and lazy. The great Russian that things are not as bad as they seem. director, Andrei Tarkovsky, once stated: But let’s face it. Movies are clearly on a “Film, she is a whore ... once she learns downswing. The dreary state of current to give herself to the people. Then she Hollywood seems content with churning will be free.” These words, which once out nothing but remakes, sequels, video- seemed so distant, are now becoming a game adaptations and even remakes of tangible reality. video game adaptation sequels. People are whispering of new tech- There are good movies being made. nologies in the works. There is a new Unfortunately, you have to work a little camera being developed called the Red to see them because a lot of them are not Camera (http://red.com). It has the specs being made in the . They to be the mythical “One” — the camera belong in the dreaded (gasp!) foreign with the convenience and availability of film category. I’m sure you’ve all seen digital but with the superior (much supe- such a section at your nearest video rior) quality of film. Every few years, a store. You may have even glanced at a new camera comes along which is touted couple of movies sitting on its shelves as the final key towards launching the so- by mistake. But a sad truth remains. If called film revolution. While it’s unlikely you are reluctant to see a movie because that any single camera will be respon- it’s subtitled, you have effectively cut sible for doing such a thing, this one yourself off from at least 50 percent (a — on paper at least — definitely comes conservative number) of the best movies closer than any other before. Still, until that come out each year. So with some it’s proven, it remains to be seen whether effort — like reading subtitles — good money on DVD sales due to their spe- eyes. to the shadowy puppet master lurking it’s the real deal or just vaporware. No movies can be found. With the advent cific genre push. The rise of the film director-as-star behind the scenes. Of course, the power matter what happens, it is yet another of DVD technology and rental services The terrorist attacks of 9/11 do could be another contributing factor. For of someone’s celebrity still can make example in a series of glaring signs of the like Netflix — which is one of the prime seem to be another contributing factor. most of movie history, actors and actress- a big impact. The phenomenal success times. The signs do seem to be pointing factors pointed as the cause of lowered After the attacks, many people predicted es were the most visible part of movies, of “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” can to a climate of change on the horizon. movie attendance — you have more and the death of sarcasm and irony. While and thus the public thought they were probably be attributed more to personal- After all, how many more remakes can more access to them. this obviously didn’t happen, we have the ones solely responsible for a movie’s ity — to the public attraction of Johnny the public tolerate? But there is something else though, definitely become a more cautious and success. A lot of early Hollywood direc- Depp’s persona — more than anything When photography first appeared, a more elusive explanation out there. cynical society. We do seem to try to tors often went uncredited. But in the else. many people predicted the doom of It seems the spectacle of the movie- look behind the veil of things more than mid-’90s, this changed somewhat (it had The rise of digital technology painting as the dominant art form. No going experience has faded. Remember before. its roots earlier from the ’60s – ’70s). brought the tools of cinema closer to longer would the medium be needed to when going to movies was a huge I think another factor to take into A horde of former geeky video store the masses, bridging the gap between serve as the primary document of the event? Everyone had to go and see, say, account is the decline of the cult of employees rose out of nowhere to cap- us normal folk and the mythical film times, when a photograph could do the “Independence Day” ... on Independence celebrity. I remember when I used to ture the public perception, and miracu- community we idolize. To many people, job much more accurately. However, the Day. If you saw it a few days later, or look up to celebrities as near-demigods. lously become as famous as the stars that film — the medium and stock — always Impressionists and Post-Impressionists God forbid, even a week later, you were They were somehow better than all of they cast in their movies. People now seemed like a giant wall that served like Van Gogh, Monet and Gauguin just a “Johnny-come-lately.” You were us, through some divine gift bestowed grew up wanting to follow the footsteps two purposes: the economics of it kept appeared, in the time of need, to indel- chastised for being out of tune with soci- upon them by the gods or fate. However, of a Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith people out, while simultaneously keep- ibly transform their medium and ensure ety. This experience, the great “Movie a new popular phenomenon seemed to or Robert Rodriguez. DVDs allowed ing people there in. Hollywood is decry- its survival. Film seems to be on a gradu- Experience,” seems to have gradually put a great dent in our public percep- us to listen to director commentaries, ing this rise, saying that movies should al downswing, but changing technology faded away. I’ve always intuitively felt tion of celebrities: reality television. Not cementing into public consciousness be seen in theaters and solely on film is bringing the means to a number of that “The Lord of the Rings” was the last only did we find out that these idols of the single most important individual stock, and that digital technology will people that would not ordinarily have great gasp of something. It was the last ours were no different from us, but they responsible for a movie’s success or lead to rampant pirating like the music had the chance to work and experiment thrust of the movie-as-event-spectacle. also couldn’t seem to tell the difference failure. Everyone now seems to know industry. However, they are unable to see in it. The diversification of movies seemed between tuna and chicken. They almost the individual who’s most in control things from the perspective of the aspir- One wonders what the collision to follow soon after, along with chang- appeared to be downright helpless. We, of the control of the vision. The shift ing artists coming up today. To the many as a society, are not as starstruck with the of the controlling force of the films we aspiring filmmakers of my generation, ing technology. Films that would not See Films, page 5 ordinarily make money are now making celebrities who fell a notch or two in our see moved from the actors out in front not only do they not have any nostalgia LetterstotheEditor What you wear is what you get, girls and boys While Justin Hahn’s Sept. 20 arti- covering up. This is an incorrect gener- correlated, but not necessarily causal; We can all agree that there is a as well as projecting a positive image of cle, “Note to women: Cover yourself up” alization, as are the inferences that stem just because a woman exposes more principal difference between a girl in a yourself into the world. For example, a may have used extremist, over-general- from it; however, it doesn’t necessar- skin doesn’t mean that a man will find halter top and short skirt when contrasted woman who walks into the UH book- izing language to convey its point, it did ily invalidate his point about women’s it a turn-on. Conversely, a man could to a girl in a strapless top, no bra and a store with cleavage spilling out will not much to illustrate an underlying princi- clothing decisions, and the reactions they lust for a woman for reasons other than miniskirt. Are both women “covered only get attention from the men across ple: in the end, women have freedom of may garner. Men do share some of the the amount of buttock that is protruding up?” No. Can both women look sexy, the spectrum but also from everyone choice with regards to clothing but often responsibility, but up to a point. This is from a pair of shorts. One can reasonably beautiful and confident in both outfits? else. The same goes for men: if I were make these choices without considering where women can help them out ... infer from this that changes on both sides Sure. Are both women conveying differ- to walk into the bookstore wearing a the implications. Atara Dror’s Sept. 26 response need to occur in order to initiate societal ing messages to the world around them? Speedo, there’s very little chance of me First off, I would like to say that (“Article false, men should take respon- change in this regard, and it is not so Yes! being arrested for public nudity and Hahn’s overall comparison of his own sibility for actions”) outlines the type of much only an issue of man’s control over There is a difference between lewdness, as my buttocks and genitals sexual urges is a specific example that he thinking that goes too far in over-attribut- sexual urges. intending to attract the wrong kind of are covered. Does that, however, attract attempted to project into a broad-sweep- ing the problem of female objectification Because it is unfair to assume that attention from males of all parts of the attention that may be negative, in that ing generalization of all men. In doing to men. Her entire argument was out of all men are distracted or turned on by spectrum (the sex-crazed Don Juans, the the focus will be on my body and not on so, one can infer from his statements that scope in repetitiously bashing Hahn’s scantily-clad women, one must look to moderate sex-appreciating men and the what I have to say? Of course. all men wish to mate with women who self-love issues and failed to recognize whether women’s level of clothing com- asexual males with no concern or care Respect is not a given right, it is a expose more skin, nothing can be done that there are two sides to this societal municates what she intends to communi- whatsoever to boobs, butts and hips) about it and that it then falls to women problem. Men’s sex drive and women’s cate, and for the right reasons, in the right and dressing appropriately, confidently See Dress, page 5 to decrease the testosterone count by choice of clothing are two items that are context. and stylishly for your own self-identity,

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stereotypes about the respective genders) with your clothing choices. So to all the women out there: just Hahn’s gender-blame Clearing Dress as in anything else, modesty is key. But modesty is nothing but a word and an confusion From page 4 utterance without the actions that follow game misplaced In response to the letter to the from its meaning. When going clothes In deciding whether or not to develop a critical consciousness and editor from Scot W. Merkle on Sept. privilege to be earned through people’s shopping and when getting dressed for respond to Justin Hahn’s pathetic 26 (“Why no one wants to attend the own responsibility for his behavior. UH games”), please review the fol- perception of your intents and actions. your day of classes at the university, piece advocating for women to cover Hahn’s absurd suggestion that lowing information: If women are finding themselves treated think about what kind of message you up in “Note to women: Cover yourself a woman who exposes her body is Item No. 1 is incorrect. You like inanimate, disrespected objects, the will be sending to the “males across up,” I wasn’t sure if a lifetime would soliciting evaluation and praise is sim- can purchase a guest ticket next to a weapon of choice is personal action the spectrum,” as well as your fellow provide adequate time to address this student seat. by considering what kind of nonverbal women. Ask yourself this question: is truly criminal comment. ply juvenile. Women do not exist communicative cues you are radiating as In regards to item No. 3, on it possible to look good without going There are a few points that must or dress for evaluation or praise. you go about your business. Don’t like every UH student ticket, it specifi- “over the top?” Is there a difference be addressed first. Justin assumes that Furthermore, it is absurd to suggest being an object of desire? Then don’t cally says that entry for UH students between the extreme “Hahnian cover- if women covered up, the objectifica- give anyone a reason to think, even if that a woman is compromising her is through gates 1 or 7. The express up” and dressing to attract the right kind tion we endure, indeed, the objectifi- hell froze over, that you would be. If a of attention? integrity or defeating all that women’s line situation is being addressed for cation we endorse by dressing “pro- few still do, so what; there will always As a strong, educated and indepen- movements have achieved by dress- the Eastern Illinois game. vocatively,” would disappear. Gender be people who cannot be persuaded, dent woman in 21st century America, ing in revealing clothing. Hahn, with inequality is institutionalized, and but you can still make an effort. Just as you are a representative of women Lois Manin its relationship to women’s dress is his meager knowledge of the nature there are always going to be men who everywhere. The question is, what kind Director of Media Relations for incredibly weak and is here used as a and the achievements of women’s objectify women regardless of clothing of message will you be sending? The Athletics justification for an ever prevailing and movements, ignorantly assumes that levels, there will be women who marry best part is, at the end of the day, it’s despicable inequality. their spouses for money and not for love. entirely up to you. they are flimsy enough to be reduced Eradicating human pettiness is not the Discourse on this “evil system to history and devalued by a woman of sexism” must not stem from some issue here. It’s gaining the respect and Seth Bly-Char wearing a miniskirt. abstract place of origination where admiration from the moderate majority Speech Communication, Pre-Law The irony in Hahn’s call for that you care about and wish to influence man, in his hyper-sexualized state, Films Senior Standing women to cover up is that he fails to (who subsequently, develop society-wide cannot but succumb to the magical effects of a tantalizing half-naked realize that the sickness he describes From page 4 woman. This platform from which is not the display of breasts like man- of these factors are going to produce Hahn operates dishonors the achieve- goes at the supermarket, but rather the — what sort of similar innovative ments and degrades the contributions objectification of women, by men. movements will arise in the time of that men have made to civilization What needs redressing requires recog- film’s greatest need. It has to happen ‘Cover-up’ screams sexism by rendering men “joy-toys” inspired nition of the fact that women do exist fast too. A new art form, a first-person I am disappointed overall with on all sides in order for major change strictly by objects. as intellectuals, as mothers, as sisters, one based on video games, seems to the many one-sided responses regard- to occur. Hahn’s sermon on the supposed be germinating in the wings — wait- as daughters, as teachers and as sexual ing this article (“Note to women: And as a side note: Let’s stop male hyper-sex drive is garbage and ing for the right time to evolve into a merits no intelligent response. Inherent beings. Respect for women must not Cover yourself up,” Sept. 20). Men screaming sexism and actually start viable art form and overtake the old in his arguments are equivocal jus- be placed conditionally and arbitrarily dominant one. It already makes much are blaming women for their so- doing something about it, okay? called “hyper-sexual” responses, and tifications for sexism and violence on our physical presentation. more money than the entire movie All this blaming is going to get us against women. Hahn’s weak under- women are blaming men for attacking Hahn’s reality is offensively, industry. Amidst all this speculation, standing of the achievements of femi- the victims rather than the perceived nowhere. half-naked. however, one thing’s for certain. nism and the noble acknowledgement These are interesting times right now, problem. As I see it, simply address- Matt Cadirao of his own struggle to view women as and they will yield interesting results. ing one possible cause is not going to more than objects and “prospective Adrianna Overdorff It’s a great time to be a real artist right significantly help; after all, the issue Sophomore conquests” reveals little more than a Political Science now. is multifactorial. Action must be taken Music Major pronouncement of his own need to Senior Page 6 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Thursday, September 28, 2006 | FEATURES

“Share a Secret,” Saturday at 11 Events p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m., Earle Skunk trees may be worth the smell Ernst Lab Theatre, adjacent to the By Tiffany Hill eating,” Bridges said. “Also, only Calendar Kennedy Theatre. Inspired by the Ka Leo Staff Writer a limited amount should be con- sumed.” content, effect and current popular- “Pee whew! What is that The oil from the seeds are No Use For a Name, tomorrow ity of the Web site http://postsecret. smell?” Well, it’s the sterculia foeti- used as an illuminant and an from 7 to 10 p.m., Pipeline Café, com. This work examines a place da, more commonly known as a ingredient in some soaps. cover charge $20, all ages. that secrets hold in people’s lives. skunk tree or java olive. Located by However, Criley said, it is $10 regular, $8 senior citizens, Lillian Cunningham writing the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa important to note that the tree’s military, UH faculty and non-UH fruit, a kind of large orange pear- retreat, Saturday from 9:30 a.m. Sinclair Library, the skunk tree is students, $5 UH students with known for its stench when in bloom, shaped fruit, should be handled to 2 p.m., Windward Community validated ID. Info. Kennedy Theatre causing students to wrinkle their with care. College, Hale Naauao, room 146. Box Office 956-7655, http://www. noses in disgust. “The inside of the shell has Participants can meet and write hawaii.edu/kennedy. “Essentially, the smell is what little hairs in it,” he said, “and with other beginning and experi- the flowers give off,” said UH bota- when you touch it, it makes you Resistor, Saturday from 8 to 11:30 ny professor Sterling Keeling. “Like very itchy. [It has] very irritating enced writers to draft a story, poem, roses smelling sweet, skunk trees little hairs.” memoir, argument or whichever p.m. at Gordon Biersch. No cover smell like moth balls.” genre the person wishes to write. $5 charge. This is an all-ages event. A green campus fee, 16+ event. Bring writing mate- The skunk trees are a native of MetalStock featuring The tropical Asia and Africa and thrive rials and lunch. Info. 235-7433. The UH Landscape Advisory Miltons, Saturday night at Pink suitably in Hawaii’s warm, humid GABE EL-SWAIFY • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Committee prevents Exceptional and sunny climate. Trees from being cut down. The “Skupper Duppers,” Saturday at Cadillac. Call for show time, 946- “I have been here nearly 15 Although the Skunk Tree, located outside committee helps ensure that UH 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m., 6499. years now,” said UH botany profes- of Sinclair Library, causes many at UH to remains a campus lush with trees Kennedy Theatre. An interactive pre- Faculty art exhibition reception, sor Cliff Morden, “and the smell is wrinkle their noses at its stench, the seeds and plants. They also instituted a show will take place in front of the Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., Art Gallery. starting to grow on me.” are edible and can be used for making leis policy of “you cut down a tree, theatre 45 minutes to show time. Info. 956-6888, [email protected], The trees were planted in and soap. you replace it,” Criley said, who $12 regular admission, $11 senior is a committee member. http://www.hawaii.edu/artgallery. the early to mid-1900s, primarily citizens, military and UH faculty, around Sinclair — the older part of grounds and maintenance person- Criley said the committee is campus. nel probably cannot do much to rid trying to get its policies incorpo- $10 for non-UH students and $5 for Darrell Parks sings tenor, Sunday, Many people at UH will most the tree of its smelly flowers, even rated into the UH campus policy. UH students with a validated ID. 4 p.m., Orvis Auditorium. Info. music likely notice the smell from now through pruning, because they are This may result in greater influ- Info. Kennedy Theatre Box Office, department 956-8742, uhmmusic@ until December — depending on small and close-knit. ence on the continued preserva- 956-7655, http://www.hawaii.edu/ hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii. the rainfall — while the flowers “I’ve heard complaints from tion of the existing trees and kennedy. edu/uhmmusic. are in bloom. many people,” Criley said. “They plants on campus. To do this, the [say they] can smell them all the committee and its policies must Not fit for chopping way from Dole Street when the be approved by UH, including the things during his lifetime, but he Board of Regents. Despite the tree’s odor, it wind is right.” was mostly known for being “a is considered by the County Smelly but useful Oderless paradise Hemenway friend of generations of genera- Arborist Committee to be one tions of college students, to whom of Honolulu’s Exceptional Trees, Despite the seasonal foul The skunk tree can also be From page 7 the lowliest might turn for assis- found at the , the according to its age, rarity, loca- odor, the tree renders itself to tance and the highest for wise tion, size, aesthetic quality, various uses and enjoyment. university’s scientific research an elevator. Today, it houses the guidance.” He was also against the endemic status and historical and “While students comment on botanical garden and part of the cultural scares of World War II and cultural significance. the smell,” Bridges said, “this College of Natural Sciences. Center of Arts and Crafts, the UH “The area of the campus tree actually has pretty flowers.” “We have several skunk trees alternative radio station KTUH- was a staunch opponent against around Sinclair Library ... has The skunk tree’s flowers [here], planted in 1924,” said Ray FM, Hemenway Theater, Ba-Le, Japanese internment camps. a lot of special trees,” said Kim can be used in leis, while its Baker, research associate at the Mānoa Gardens cafeteria, Leisure When UH had to choose a name Bridges, UH botany professor. dried foliage and pods are used arboretum. Center and the Barber Shop. There for the Student Union, many took Since the skunk tree is an in decorative art. The seeds of About 193 acres of land spans are also organized rooms for into consideration Hemenway’s throughout Mānoa Valley, which, Exceptional Tree, the Honolulu the java olive fruit can also be Inter-Frats and Sororities, a game name, voting unanimously in favor Tree Ordinance forbids the tree to strung to make leis and necklac- according to the Web site, “is the room, five meeting rooms and an of him. If the building was federal- be cut down, even if it does smell es. Although poisonous, the seeds only arboretum in the U.S. located American Savings Bank. during certain times of the year. may be eaten with caution. in a tropical rainforest and has one ly funded, then the students would According to UH Professor of “To be on the safe side ... of the largest collections of palms of Hemenway served as UH’s not have been allowed (by federal Horticulture Rich Criley, the UH the seeds should be roasted before any botanical garden in the world.” father law) to name it. Hemenway, who was alive at Charles Reed Hemenway the time of construction, said that he served on the UH Board of wasn’t so much honored for having Regents as chairman from 1920 to 1940. During his time as chair- a building in his name, but by the man, he was part of the trio that students who made the decision. drafted the Act of Establishment in 1920, adding the College of *Information provided by the UH Arts and Sciences, and thus raising Archives and from “Building a the status of the then-College of Rainbow: A History of the Buildings Hawai‘i to the present University and Grounds of the University of of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Hawaii’s Mānoa Campus” by Victor Hemenway achieved many Kobayashi. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Features Editor: Alyssa S. Navares, Associate Editor: David Pham | (808) 956-3221 | [email protected] Thursday, September 28, 2006 | Page 7

COURTESY PHOTO • University of Hawai‘i Archives Students “dressed appropriately” for the opening of the new Student Union Building, later named Hemenway Hall in 1939.

When Hemenway COURTESY PHOTO BY JAKE MIYASATO • The Audio Lab Rats The Audible Lab Rats, featured last Saturday on KTUH, will perform tomorrow as hip-hop makes its way to UH. Hall was ‘it’ lounges and offices for students, Commemorative alumni, Ka Palapala yearbook Hawai‘i hip-hop takes off at staff, Associated Students of the building once big University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa student hangout and the student council. The university also held danc- UH with a ‘Special Delivery’ es at Hemenway throughout the By Pablo Paz Hawai‘i underground hip-hop on Hemenway Courtyard Friday from year in the lounge. They even put By Patricia Wilson “The genuineHI Show.” The show, 7 to 9:30 p.m. on a carnival in 1946. Ka Leo Contributing Writer Ka Leo Staff Writer which runs every Saturday from In 1948, the Makai Wing was The Birth of a genuineHI Conducting a live radio inter- midnight to 3 a.m., is what many built, adding a barber shop, class- Few can remember when the local acts believe is the start of a rooms, recreation hall and a wom- view with local hip-hop veterans After planning a similar show University of Hawai‘i Campus the Audible Lab Rats, University new island scene. last year through the UH Campus Center didn’t exist and Hemenway en’s restroom, as well as enclosing the outdoor dining hall. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa junior Jake In addition to his radio show, Center Board Activities Council, Hall was the place where students Miyasato finds himself in a posi- his work includes promotions of Miyasato decided to apply at the gathered. Built in 1938, it was the Hemenway shuts down to students tion that he never thought possible shows, events and artists, and KTUH radio station. first major building set aside for — helping local hip-hop turn its maintenance of a Web site ded- “My response was, ‘What? Me, There was a post-war boom in non-academic studies. It was built wheels in more ways than one. icated to all of the above. He a radio DJ? I wouldn’t be good at enrollment during the early 1970s for the students by the students. due to returning Vietnam veterans Miyasato, whose KTUH radio will host a hip-hop show called that,’” Miyasato said. The building originally cost attending school with the GI Bill name is Jake the Snake, only plays “onthe1: Special Delivery” in the After applying, KTUH called $85,000 to construct. In addition to of Rights, which subsidized col- students raising $12,000 to finance lege tuition, and was enacted for construction, faculty and alumni returning World War II veterans. donated $10,000 while $60,000 The building couldn’t accommo- was donated by the UH Board of date such a large amount of stu- Regents — much of it personal dents, forcing it to close in 1974. contributions. The Student Union was moved Students dance the night into the UH Campus Center. Hemenway was renovated and away at Hemenway reopened three years later with The original Hemenway had kitchen facilities, a dining hall, See Hemenway, page 6 Page 8 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Thursday, September 28, 2006 | SPORTS/FEATURES

terrible role models for children.” relate to someone that calls them- So while Jake the Snake put selves a ‘ho’ or a ‘slut.’” the time and effort into showcasing Although he doesn’t believe Hip Hop hip-hop in a positive light, the sub- his music should be force-fed to the stance relies on the acts involved. masses, he believes that all music has From page 7 The show is packed with attractions its place, and his main objective as from legitimate hip-hop groups, an artist is to stay around and make him two weeks later, and the genu- some of which actually have been music that pleases him. ineHI show began shortly after. The making waves nationally. “I pride myself on not com- show started in January, and Miyasato The Lab Rats have a bigger goal promising what I do for the sake of — to make music that stands the test didn’t hesitate to take his desire of someone else,” Miura said. of time and to bring hip-hop back showcasing local hip-hop talent to the Miura is not alone in this belief. radio waves. to the basics. The Lab Rats are also Soul Pacific, another group partici- “I thought it’d be great to pass planning a tour that would span along pating tomorrow, believes that people on that opportunity,” he said, “[since] the West Coast and the Philippines. local artists get very, very little, if not “We are interested in making need music they can relate to. “We believe our whole genera- any exposure on the mainstream sta- music with longevity,” Blue said. COURTESY PHOTO • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i tions, so I wanted to help by getting “Also, we want to make sure people tion loves hip-hop,” said Crichton Photo ID (left to right): Manoa Interim Chancellor Denise Konan; VP for Academic Planning them on the air here at KTUH.” aren’t just all about being MCs. We Uale, also known as Emcee L- The show gained many fans want to provide the other elements Ahmentri of Soul Pacific. “Because and Policy Linda Johnsrud; West Oahu Chancellor Gene Awakuni; Honolulu Chancellor Ramsey — including a vast array of tal- of hip-hop.” of that, we think we are the type of Pedersen; Windward Chancellor Angela Meixell; Kapiolani Interim Chancellor Leon Richards; ented local artists, some of whom These elements, which include sound that people are looking for. We and Interim VP for Community Colleges John Morton (front). will perform tomorrow, such as B-boy break dancing and DJing, are believe that we have a sound that all The Lab Rats, who were on “The sometimes forgotten in the midst of islanders can relate to.” assigned to either the Mauka or genuineHI Show” last Saturday. the chains that hang low and the crunk As far as introducing their music the Makai four-team conference as “If you are a local artist,” said juice that has become mainstream to the rest of the world — much like follows: Chris Blue, also known as Nomadd of rap. But the local artists of Hawai‘i the Lab Rats — Soul Pacific, who Charity the Audible Lab Rats, “and you need prove that the art is not dead. distinguishes its sound with family Mauka Conference to get your music out there, then give From page 12 The current state of local hip-hop values, has a tour in the works and a • Mānoa A it to Jake the Snake.” new album due out by the end of the • Honolulu CC Miyasato receives much of One such artist is Chad Miura, year. Excited about the growing size Each team will be com- • Windward CC the music he plays on the show by who is also known as DJ Observ. of the local scene and the amount of prised of 10 players. A total of • Leeward CC e-mail and electronic sources, such Miura, who sees himself purely as support they are receiving, Uale sees eight teams, two from UH Mānoa as Myspace. “just another fan” of hip-hop, is part no end in sight for local hip-hop. and one each from the follow- Working to better hip-hop of the growing culture in Hawai‘i ing UH West O‘ahu community Makai Conference that is keeping the art alive. Mainly A “Special Delivery” and more colleges: Honolulu, Kapi‘olani, • System Office Most of Miyasato’s work came stationed on the production of instru- The show at the Hemenway Leeward, Windward and the UH • Mānoa B from the belief that hip-hop was head- mentals, Miura promises a strong System Office, will compete. The • Kapi‘olani CC ed down a bad road — so bad, that showing on his part Friday. He is Courtyard will feature the Audible eight teams have been randomly • West O‘ahu he stopped listening to mainstream known to bring crowd pleasing per- Lab Rats, Kavet the Catalyst, Soul radio. formances like the one held this sum- Pacific, DJ Observ, Temple Valley “For me, personally, commercial mer, when he was part of a crew and Vitalsee, who are returning radio sounds pretty bad,” he said. “In that opened for legendary MC Talib from California. nificant, but it’s a good reminder a lot of mainstream hip-hop, lyrics Kweli, mixing beats live on stage. Check out http://www.genuine- of how far the program has come are horrible cookie-cutter lines, beats “Mainstream music isn’t filled HI.com for information on upcoming during Jones’ tenure. don’t sound musical and artists act as with content,” he said. “It is hard to hip-hop events and on local artists. Extra The Warriors now have one of the most exciting offenses in the nation, From page 12 consistently finishing in the top five each season. The Warriors are expect- When the clock hit zero, you ed to be competitive for the WAC title, would have thought Hawai‘i had just and they are expected to make a strong won a championship or won the Mega push to get to their own bowl game Bucks lottery. There were players cry- — the Hawai‘i Bowl. ing and hugging. As a 12-year-old Though the hump of Eastern UH football fan at the time, I left the Illinois and snapping a 19 game-losing stadium with a victorious feeling. streak was a big one for Jones, his next So began the June Jones era. challenge will be taking this program Jones and the ‘Bows, which included to the next level. The next level will be now-NFL players Jeff Ulbrich and based on a multitude of things includ- Ashley Lelie, went on to win nine ing getting through Boise State — who games and a share of the WAC cham- beat Hawai‘i last week — and winning pionship. Then, they defeated Oregon another WAC championship. While State 23-17 in the Jeep O‘ahu Bowl. the Boise game slipped away again It was the biggest single-season turn- this year, Hawai‘i will face many tests around in NCAA history. From 1998, after Eastern Illinois, including WAC when Hawai‘i suffered its first win- contenders Fresno State and Nevada. less season to a 1999 winning record, It’s been a tough year with two conference title and bowl win? That’s heartbreaking road losses; Hawai‘i is something special. so close to being past heartbreak, but Now, seven years later, the sometimes being close isn’t enough. Panthers of Eastern Illinois return Seven years ago, Hawai‘i pulled it to — they also faced together and ended their frustrating Hawai‘i in 2002, losing 61-36 — to losing streak. Now it’s time for this face the Warriors. Unlike the 1999 Hawai‘i squad to huddle up and decide meeting, this one is not as sig- to take it to the next level.

pretty good scheme, as good as anybody, against us,” Panthers Warrior Changes From page 12 Hawai‘i will make some changes this weekend after struggling on spe- cial teams last weekend. Third-string score quickly on offense; only two quarterback Inoke Funaki will assume of their scoring drives have taken duties as the holder on field goals, longer than five minutes. In addition replacing Kurt Milne who fumbled to Hawai‘i, the only other Division I away three snaps against Boise State. team the Panthers face this season is Outside linebacker Karl Noa will Illinois. Eastern Illinois fell to Illinois get the first start of his career this 42-17 in their opener, giving up 519 weekend after earning a career-high yards while only gaining 293. 10 tackles against Boise State. Quarterback Mike Donato, who Receiver Ryan Grice-Mullins, who has 645 yards on eight touchdowns was injured against the Broncos, may and six interceptions, will lead Eastern sit out Saturday night. If he does, the Illinois’s offense. The defense is a Warriors may move Ross Dickerson to weak spot for the Panthers, who give the slot position and experiment with Aaron Bain and Malcolm Lane. up 405.2 yards per game. They can, “We’ll probably move Ross however, cause turnovers, as they inside,” Jones said, “since Ryan’s situ- have created 10 in just four games. ation is still being evaluated. I’m not Despite giving up so many yards, sure about Ryan, but I’m not counting Jones thinks the defense should not on his to play this week.” be overlooked. Lane, who was scheduled to red- “Their defense looks a lot like shirt this season, is a promising pros- when we played them the last pect and has been doing an effective time,” Jones said. “They run a job on scout teams the past few weeks. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Features Editor: Alyssa S. Navares, Associate Editor: David Pham | (808) 956-3221 | [email protected] Thursday, September 28, 2006 | Page 9

you deserve. If you want to be sexu- ally adventurous, reconcile your sexu- Dear Wala‘au, ality, spirituality and your morality — the liberating act of taking respon- sibility is addictive. Forget the absurd I am a good girl from a solid Christian back- dogma that arises from congregations ruled by fear of the ill-perceived. Step ground. My parents taught me good morals, and I up and claim your birthright. Would you really want to spend By Larissa Eisentein always tried to live up to their expectations. I met the rest of your life with a partner who Ka Leo Columnist a great guy at church (where most of my friends negates your sexuality based on mostly non-examined ideals? Overcome your Dear Trapped in Repression, have met their boyfriends), and I think he could be conditioning and claim your birthright. A good relationship should be based For God’s sake, do the rest of the one. The only thing is, on the inside, I am not the on mutual respect gained through an womankind a favor: stop subscrib- good girl that everyone thinks I am. Sexually, I am a honest dialogue. Since humanity has ing to this “good girl” vs. “bad lot more adventurous than I should be, and I guess yet to evolve a telepathic sense, we girl” nonsense. Mark me down have the responsibility to communi- for eternal damnation if you must, I don’t want to give that up for the rest of my life, cate our sexual desires to our mates. but I think it’s a load of crap that married to a good boy. How can I show him my wild If your man reacts negatively to your one should feel ashamed of one’s revelation, you know that you should sexuality. Not that I don’t under- side without him writing me off as just a godless find a partner who will embrace you. stand your particularly religious The heirs of Abraham achieved brand of what I like to call “girl sinner? I don’t want to be thought of as a ho, but a remarkable feat in subduing the guilt” — a potent force in the I also don’t want to keep on faking that I am pure female sex drive and making it sin. female consciousness to which I But a threat to masculinity must be am not immune — but it’s time to and innocent. My parents would die if they knew. So taken seriously. So the witches were be as adventurous in the light of would most of my friends. burned, the heretics stoned and in day as you are under the covers in time, nature was arrested by man. darkness. Someday, when gravity wrestles Set yourself straight before with your wrinkled breasts, you will you tell your straight-laced boy Signed, sit in a church and struggle with the about your sexual secrets. You regrets of a life misspent in the imita- don’t fit the mold into which your Trapped in Repression tion of imposed virtue. Surrounded by church, parents and friends would children conceived in the missionary like to stuff you. If you must, find position, you will gaze at the man who a more accepting religious com- has lovingly husbanded you through munity. Grow up and quit vying rebelled with booty shorts and freed you, there’s no guarantee menopause and years of hastily pre- for your parents’ approval. Get leather chaps. Now she’s mel- anyone else will follow suit. pared taxes. A cool breeze through the new friends. Above all, stop beat- lowed out into a retro-Marilyn At least you’ll have acquired church arouses you, and instinctively, ing yourself up to fit in. If you Monroe with a No. 1 single, a the requisite thick skin to face you pat your invisible chastity belt, want acceptance, the last thing doting hubby and some long- rejection. Speaking of which, for that’s what it’s there for, to keep you should be doing is referring to sought respect. You can take that’s when it’s time to talk you in line. The nascent sexuality of yourself as a “ho” and a “godless your teenage daughter sitting next to a pass on the crazy wardrobe to your boyfriend — or better sinner.” If you continue to judge you is too familiar to ignore and its but embrace the sentiment: if yet, that’s when it’s time to yourself, how can you expect oth- By Danny Simon emergence threatens you. You’ll have you don’t like being boxed seduce him. Take your pick. ers not to pass judgment as well? Ka Leo Columnist to act, to do something, to say some- Take a cue from fellow in by others’ perceptions of Even if he isn’t “the one,” I’d thing, but how do you crush a bloom- “dirty” girl Christina Aguilera. you, don’t be afraid to reinvent be willing to bet he’s got a few Dear Trapped in Repression, ing petal? Don’t worry. The church, She went along with the inno- yourself. sexual secrets of his own he the community and her friends will cent bubble-gum pop mold at first Of course, even if you might like to share. Demand more respect, equality and unburden you of the responsibility. then defied expectations when she manage to accept the newly Good luck. freedom, and hold out until you get what And so on ... Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Comics & Crossword Page 10 | Thursday, September 28, 2006 Comics Editor: Casey Ishitani | (808) 956-7043 | [email protected] Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Horoscopes Page 11 | Thursday, September 28, 2006

HōkūTranslations Scorpio By Orlando Carino Aquarius Taurus Leo Universal Traveler

October 23 - November 21 January 20 - February 18 April 20 - May 20 July 23 - August 22 Virgo Take charge of your love life. Don’t wait to be Things just don’t seem to be going well for No porn for the rest of the week. You’re a lion. A beast. A rebel. Throw caution kissed, just go for it. you lately. Keep your chin up. It’ll be over to the wind. No one likes you anyway. August 23 - September 22 soon. Make friends with a Virgo. Take a step back and relax. Quit trying Saggitarius Gemini to please everyone at the same time; Pisces realize it’s impossible. We’re all going to November 22 - December 21 die anyway. May 21 - June 20 Friends will come to you for support. Put up February 19 - March 20 a good facade and pretend you know how to Quit being an ass. You’re feeling restless, but don’t help them. make rash decisions. You’re not the Libra president. Aries September 23 - October 22 Capricorn Cancer Get in touch with your softer side. Buy yourself March 21 - April 19 some flowers, eat a quart of ice cream and December 22 - January 19 watch a real crappy romance. Something with Prioritize your relationships. Make new June 21 - July 22 friends. Friends with money. Drew Barrymore. Dress up sometime this week. Remember that no matter how con- Something other than board shorts and fident you feel this week, you cannot slippers. It’s amazing what it will do for fly. Back away from the Pali Lookout. your romantic aura.

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Board of Publications, Attn: Classifieds Page 12 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Thursday, September 28, 2006 | SPORTS Warriors eager to claw Panthers after struggle Last week’s loss Goings On used as fuel for Who: Hawai‘i (1-2, 0-1 Western Athletic Conference) vs. Eastern Eastern Illinois game Illinois (2-2, 1-0 Ohio Valley Conference) By Keane Santos When: Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, Ka Leo Sports Editor 6:05 p.m. Coming off another close loss Where: Aloha Stadium on the road, this time to 22nd-ranked Boise State 41-34, the University of Information for Students: Hawai‘i at Mānoa Warriors will return to Aloha Stadium to face Division I- More than 500 University of Hawai‘i AA member Eastern Illinois. at Mānoa students have joined the The Panthers are ranked 20th Mānoa Maniacs thus far, so there in the latest Division I-AA poll and should be an exciting and fun-filled went undefeated in the Ohio Valley atmosphere in the student section at Conference last season. They are 2-2 Aloha Stadium for the football team’s this season, 1-0 in their conference. home contest against Eastern Illinois. “They look like they run the ball a lot,” said UH Head Coach June Free Thunderstix & Las Vegas Jones through a press conference Trip Promotion: The first 500 Monday. “They gave it to the run- students entering through Gate 7 ning back about 29 or 30 times, and at Aloha Stadium this Saturday will it looks like their goal is to get him about 200 yards per game, which he receive a free set of Thunderstix, has been doing.” compliments of Pepsi. UH students The Panthers will run the ball can also register at Gate 7 for the through Vincent Webb, who is aver- opportunity to win a trip to Las aging 139.5 rushing yards per game. Vegas, compliments of Pepsi and The Warriors are 2-0 against Vacations Hawai‘i and California the Panthers in previous meetings. Hotel & Casino. One student will be In 2002, Hawai‘i opened the sea- drawn from those who register to son with a 61-36 trouncing over compete in a contest on the field Eastern Illinois, while back in 1999, between the third and fourth quar- Hawai‘i broke the nation’s longest losing streak (19 games) by defeating ters for the Las Vegas trip. Eastern Illinois, 31-27. Free Bus Transportation To Offensively, Hawai‘i had several Football Games: The Chancellor’s impressive performances last week- office is providing free bus trans- end. Quarterback Colt Brennan, who Jones praised for having the best game portation to football games. The he’s seen Brennan play, passed for buses will pick up UH students on 388 yards and five touchdowns, while Dole Street in front of the Gateway receiver Jason Rivers caught three House two hours before game time. touchdowns for 81 yards. The defense The buses will leave the stadium 30 struggled, however, by allowing Boise minutes after the game and return to State to gain 515 yards, 242 of them the Gateway House. Sign-up sheets through the ground game. will be at the front desks at each UH “We had guys in the gaps to residence hall. make tackles,” Jones said, “but they just didn’t make the tackles. The Four Buses Filled For Home defense didn’t play as they have in Opener: Four buses were filled with the previous games. If we make two UH students for the UH football or three plays on defense, we prob- team’s home opener against UNLV. ably win the game.” More students are expected to The Panthers return 16 starters from last season. Eastern Illinois can GREG KRELLER • Idaho Press-Tribune make the trip to Aloha Stadium this Boise State’s Orlando Scandrick, right, hits Hawai‘i kick holder Kurt Milne (25) after a bobbled snap in the first half of last Saturday’s game. Saturday. See Panthers, page 8 Hawai‘i had three failed extra point kick attempts, and thus Milne will be replaced by Inoke Funaki this weekend against Eastern Illinois. Family Night: UH will offer “Family Night” ticket discounts for the Eastern Illinois football game on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 6:05 p.m. at ’Bows next task: take it to the next level Aloha Stadium. Tickets will be just EXTRA POINT For some of you, this will hit not won a game since Oct. 11, 1997. you should remember the moment $15 each for special “Family Night” a soft spot. For others, this will be Can you imagine how it feels as a that game ended, and if not? Let’s just sections in the north and south a lesson in history. This weekend’s player to not win a game in almost say it was emotional. end zones. A minimum of four (4) football contest with Division I- two years? How about being a fan That day, 25,816 fans watched as tickets must be purchased and AA member Eastern Illinois is a and leaving the stadium disappointed Eastern Illinois jumped out to a 10-0 there is a maximum of 12. Tickets benchmark for the Warriors’ June every night? lead, and Hawai‘i committed three Jones era. With the program lingering as turnovers in the first half. It seemed can be purchased online by visiting Seven seasons ago, the team then a laughingstock to the rest of the like the ‘Bows were on their way to http://hawaiiathletics.com, clicking known as the “Rainbow Warriors” NCAA, the ‘Bows viewed their next loss No. 20, but then everything began on the “Promos” button, and then on was recovering from a 62-7 mauling game as a must-win for the state, their to turn around; it seemed like the pain- the “Family Night” button. For those By Keane Santos in their season opener to Southern coach and their fans. ful scar that had been UH football may without computer access, tickets Ka Leo Sports Editor California. The state of Hawai‘i filled The opponent? Eastern Illinois. have finally received its bandage. The Aloha Stadium to its capacity for that Hawai‘i was expected to win can also be purchased in advance game seesawed back and forth until, Sept. 11 was a significant day game in anticipation of what June that game; however, they had the at the Box Office around the nation after the attacks Jones might do to turn their football psychological blockade of not being leading 31-27, the ‘Bows made one (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). on the World Trade Center in New team around. able to win against anybody in over final defensive stand with 1:57 left in Advance purchases are encouraged. York; however, the date was a signifi- After the loss, Hawai‘i held the a season. the game, and the party was on. This is a limited-time offer and other cant one in University of Hawai‘i at longest losing streak in the nation Now if you were at that game, or restrictions may apply. Mānoa sports as well. — 19 straight games. The ‘Bows had following Hawai‘i football at the time, See Extra, page 8

Softball tournament revenue donated to Aloha United Way Ka Leo Sports Desk 29. Teams from each O‘ahu campus on Sept. 5 and ends on Oct. 13. munity to come out, enjoy the great idea, and we appreciate the and one from the system will go “This is a great opportunity,” game and join the University of hard work of our three UH chairs, In support of the 2006 Aloha to bat in support of bettering lives said Jim Nishimoto, AUW leader Hawai‘i in support of the Aloha Peter Quigley, James Nishimoto United Way O‘ahu Campaign, the within our community. for the UH system, “for the cam- United Way.” and Andrew Hashimoto, and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has The event is free to the public, puses to gather for a fun and “We are always grateful to the everyone involved in this year’s organized a softball charity tourna- and AUW will be accepting dona- competitive event and help make University of Hawai‘i for its sup- campaign.” ment at the tions throughout the game in sup- a difference in the community. port,” said AUW President Susan from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. port of its campaign, which began I encourage the university com- Au Doyle. “The softball game is a See Charity, page 8