Inside News 2 Features 3, 5,7 Tuesday Commentary 4 April 10, 2007 Comics 6 Sports 8 VOL. 101 | ISSUE 120 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 WWW.KALEO.ORG A look back to Magnus Frick wows Hawaii’s television national audiences superstadom with diving prowess Features | Page 5 Sports | Page 8 Bloggers Still no space for Honors Program dish praise By Katherine Visaya Ka Leo Staff Reporter and disgust For the past two years, the Honors Program has been awaiting its move from the fourth floor of Sinclair Library for UH to a more suitable space on campus, but By Rachel Manuel despite multiple talks and agreements Ka Leo Contributing Reporter with administration at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, no action has yet This is the last part of a two- been taken. part series on UHM’s appear- Jon Goss, interim director of the ance and credibility through the Honors Program, feels that it is a scandal that they have not been relocated, espe- use of Internet blogs and social cially after two years of promises. groups. “Since I took up the position last year, various promises have been made “This school is racist.” of an impending move,” Goss said. “First, there was a delay because they Students and a former couldn’t decide the appropriate location. lecturer have expressed their Then there was the question of who we views about the students would share office space with.” of University of Hawai‘i at Goss said he had piles of boxes that Mānoa through the use of pop- were packed away during the 2005-2006 ular Internet blogs. One man winter break, when they were informed on MySpace wrote of how he that they were going to move. had befriended people from all “Maybe we should have unpacked over the island, saying, “Each them, but we have persistently been of them look out for me. They told a move was imminent so it didn’t even invite me to their family seem worthwhile,” Goss said. “The last dinners and events.” time, we were told it would be Feb. 1 But another male of at the very latest. But Banner offices, RUSSELL SAITO • Ka LEo o HawaI‘I the Class of 2010 wrote on the present tenants in the place reserved StudentsReview.com that, “UH is for us, have managed to delay a move, Boxes in the Honor's Office on Sinclair Library's fourth floor are piled upon one another and ready to be moved after being on the University's definitely not the place to make first because they were undertaking an waiting list for two years. friends.” Another student on the important upgrade and most recently same site said, “This school is because they are waiting for furniture.” said Kathy Cutshaw, vice chancellor for puzzles wherein you have one large campus. We don’t have enough space.” racist.” But according to administrators, administration. “There is no unassigned square frame that is filled with smaller Honors Program staff members Because many people who moving a department on campus from space, so any space movement on this square tiles except for one square hole,” gave their reasons for wanting to move. have attended high school in one location to another is no simple task. campus will cause other units to be Aune said. “Your mission is to put the “The Honors Program is looking for Hawai‘i continue their educa- Much time and effort goes into planning impacted.” squares in the right place in the frame a new office location because our current Interim Associate Vice Chancellor to make a picture. In the game, your location on the fourth floor of Sinclair tion at UHM, this often tightens and organizing a move. If space is lim- Kelly Aune uses a puzzle game to illus- ability to move is always limited by the Library does not meet Americans with their circle of friends, who have ited, it may be almost impossible. trate the situation. single open space in the frame. That’s also attended high school in “As you can well imagine, space “The campus is like one of those the problem with moving anyone around Hawai‘i, and thus excludes oth- on the Mānoa campus is at a premium,” See Honors, page 2 ers. The same Class of 2010 student, an international stu- dent, continued, “This univer- sity is like a ‘watering hole’ for Hawaiian high school gradu- ates who would only mingle in their own group from their high Want freebies? Yes, please! school days, mingling in their tiny, nostalgic world of immatu- rity.” A former lecturer gave a negative opinion of his former students. He estimated about 77 percent of them were locals and wrote, “Culturally, they are not the most engaging, outspoken or culturally curious of people out- side their little cliques. They are quite boring to teach.” He also added that many of them cannot SCREEN CAPTURE • HEYITSFREE.NET speak or write proper English. Only pidgin, he said. of lint and a few coins left over. of helping people find sites that ing up for a newsletter or taking a He also noted that Hawaii’s Website helps Sound familiar? In a reality where offered company merchandise and short survey. cultural emphasis is placed most college students must pinch samples for absolutely nothing. “I’m sure you’ve seen those upon where people went to high users get free pennies to survive, a Web site Companies give away free flashing banner ads on Web sites school. “It’s bonding for locals called heyitsfree.net aims to bring samples either to promote new that say ‘Click here for a free but isolating for other students stuff online freebies to everybody. products or stimulate more sales iPod,’ or ‘Hit the monkey to win from other places,” he wrote. Twenty-four-year-old Ryan of products that haven’t been far- a free Playstation3,’” Eubanks While UH is known for By Kathleen Ramirez “Goob” Eubanks is the master- ing too well. Promotional freebies said. “The problem was that they its diverse international student Ka Leo Staff Reporter mind behind Hey It’s Free. A such as pens, hats and coffee mugs weren’t free ... For instance I body, some students said they recent graduate of the University with the company logo stamped spent a total of $35 on the iPod still feel left out. of South Carolina who majored on it are also given away. Lastly, offer. That’s when I started trolling A freshman engineering After eating your $5 to $7 lunch on campus, you look into in History and Criminal Justice, there are perks, which are freebies your wallet and find only pieces Eubanks started this Web site that are given for agreeing to do See Blogs, page 2 in March 2006 with the intent something simple, such as sign- See Freebies, page 3 Ka LEo o HawaI‘I NEwS Page 2 | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Editor: Justin Hedani Associate Editor: Tiffany Hill | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected] more through a senior student who we take up this issue and produce results; did not need his. Blogs about UH on the getting Honors to its new home.” A possible solution students Web The university does feel for the Blogs see to these parking problems is the Honors Honors Program and does want them to mass transit, with two Facebook From page 1 • Facebook Group: F--- UH From page 1 have a suitable place on campus. groups in favor of it. The group, “I MANOA Parking “Honors ought to have a central, get around! Bring Rail to UHM,” http://hawaii.face- easily-reached location, one that is wor- major wrote on StudentsReview. gave tips on how to demonstrate Disabilities regulations,” said Julianne thy of its mission,” Aune said. “The book.com/group. com, “I’m a minority student and support, such as writing testimonies Hiu, student activities coordinator for Honors program is supposed to take in the local people here don’t like the to Sinclair Library and Hamilton php?gid=2209023940 the Honors Program. “Since the eleva- Mānoa’s best and brightest and place way I talk since I don’t use pidgin Library. It cited the lack of parking tor at Sinclair Library only reaches the them in academic [and social] environ- English, which is of no use because and dorms, traffic jams and high third floor, our office is not accessible to ments in which they can thrive and you can’t get a decent job speaking cost of gas as frustrating problems • Facebook Group: Sodexho people who are not able to climb stairs. flourish. The faculty running Honors put that third-class language.” that could be alleviated with the In addition, our office does not have air their own blood, sweat and tears into this Is Killing Me Slowly conditioning and can get unbearably hot rail. Hawai‘i effort and should be supported by the But in a 5-4 vote on Feb. 27, at certain times of the year.” university.” “F--- UH Manoa Parking” http://hawaii.face- “It is suffocatingly hot in the sum- the rail was determined not to be Cutshaw said the Honors Program mer,” Goss said. “The pulls for the jalou- Parking is the bane of most coming to UHM’s campus. book.com/group. could be moving to a space in the Queen sies don’t work and we are told that they who go to UH. On MySpace, there On Facebook, students further php?gid=2200611086 Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services are too expensive to repair, so we have is a group called “I hate UH Parking express their opinions of UH by at the end of the semester.