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By Abigail Trenhaile face health Ka Leo News Editor fee increase With increasing summer school tuition prices, students at the By Abigail Trenhaile University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are Ka Leo News Editor finding it harder to get the credits they need to graduate on time. After last month’s Board of “I have friends who said they Regents meeting, health fees are set wanted to take classes, but couldn’t to increase to $68 by 2012, starting because it was too expensive,” said with a $10.50 increase for the upcom- UHM sophomore Kristin Ichiki, a ing academic year. Summer session nursing major who is taking classes health fees will increase by $4 for the this summer. next five years, bringing the fee to $26 While tuition is subsidized dur- by 2012. ing the fall and spring semesters, the The student health fee began state does not provide a subsidy dur- in 1995, when University Health ing the summer. At $214 a credit, Services at Manoa (UHSM) suffered summer school runs on a cost recov- a 70 percent budget cut, a move ery model, according to academic that the university hoped would bring planning and policy Vice President UHSM to self-sufficiency. Currently Dr. Linda Johnsrud, whose office at $17.50 a semester, student fees determines summer tuition. make up 27 percent of the UHSM “Summer school tuition must budget. The increase will move that cover the entire cost of delivering the percentage up to 60 percent by 2013, courses,” Johnsrud said. according to Dr. Lily Ning, UHSM As part of a series of incremental director. increases that began in 2007, summer The new fee is needed to cover tuition is expected to reach $350 per UHSM’s mounting costs, including credit by 2012. Still, little assistance is staff salary raises, liability insurance, available to students. While financial GRAPH BY VANESSA ONG • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I INFORMATION PROVIDED BY • OUTREACH COLLEGE supplies and the creation of electronic aid for the summer session is avail- medical records, a move that will help able to students, aid is based on the compound to the issue, the financial dents during the summer. While 235 despite the fact that the tuition went the center meet practice standards. student’s leftover balance from the aid budget is already constrained. UHM students attended Leeward up 23 percent,” Tanaka said. Health care costs have increased previous academic year. “We do not have enough aid Community College in the spring, Lower enrollment at UHM as much as 11 percent, and Ning “If they haven’t used their maxi- for the regular academic year,” LCC saw an increase this summer, means decreased revenue, tighten- cites the price of oral contraceptives, mum aid, then they can qualify for Clemons said. with 313 UHM students attending ing the Outreach College’s budget. which quadrupled in two years, as an These increases, together with the Leeward campus. “Because the summer is spe- a Pell Grant and federal loans,” said KA LEOexample. O HAWAI‘I ANNOUNCES Linda Clemons, director of financial the economy and unemployment The number is around the cially funded, we have to have “No one likes to pay extra fees,” aid services. rate, have resulted in a decrease in same as last summer’s attendance, enough enrollment to payA SPECIAL our Ning ADVANCE said. “Health careSCREENING is universally Most students have used their enrollment at the Outreach College. said Guy Nishimoto, who represents instructors,” said Outreach CollegeThursday, recognized June 25, as a2008 necessary • 7:30 service pm and, maximum aid, said Clemons, leaving “As of the first day of class, the Office of Planning, Policy, and registrar Nena Horn. “Faculty is Doleunfortunately, Cannery the Theatres cost of providing only a small percentage of students May 27, we are about 9.5 percent Assessment at LCC. deservedly getting an increase in care continues to increase.” eligible for aid during the summer. down relative to last year on the same Tanaka notes, however, that salary, but if the tuition that we The health fee is meant to spread The rest must apply for private loans, day,” said Dr. Peter Tanaka, interim the decrease at UHM is minor, with earn is not sufficient, we can’t keep the cost of UHSM services over all Clemons said. dean at the Outreach College. students still able to register for all the classes because we won’t be students, rather than place the respon- According to Clemons, the fed- Despite lower enrollment at second session. able to pay instructors.” eral government, like the state, doesn’t UHM, community colleges have “Last year, we had a decrease consider summer a regular term. To seen an increase in Mānoa-based stu- in enrollment of only one percent, See Tuition, page 2 See Health, page 2

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cancel the course,” Horn said. help non-UHM students and enroll- Additionally, the Outreach ment, administrators at the Outreach College charges the same tuition for College find it difficult to object to Tuition residents and non-residents, hoping tuition increases. From page 1 to attract more students from the “We’d rather have students mainland and overseas. take the classes they need and “Compared to the school I go graduate,” Horn said. “Obviously The number of classes offered to, it’s very low. At Marist College, (tuition) has gone up for the fall, this year has stayed about the same it is $500 to $600 a credit,” said spring and summer.” though, with the Outreach College sophomore Julianne Chang. Although many students adapting to compensate loss. Senior Hyunju Jang, a biol- understand the reasons behind the “With approval of the academic ogy major from Korea, said that increase, others find the prices departments, we designate many of she is attending courses this sum- unwarranted. our courses to be ‘guaranteed.’ This mer because the tuition is cheaper “I can understand the increase means that even if the course enroll- than the regular term for interna- if the quality of education was also ment is lower than the minimum tional students. getting better, but it doesn’t change,” GRAPH BY VANESSA ONG • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I needed to break even, we will not While equal-tuition policies said biology major Yuju Han. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY • OUTREACH COLLEGE Health TechnologyBeat From page 1 By Matthew Yasuoka Ka Leo Staff Reporter sibility on individual students who visit the center and pay a iPhone welcomes mini- fee-for-service. revolution To meet their fiscal needs using an increase in fee-for-service charges instead, the fee would have Next month, the iPhone gets to be doubled or tripled, a policy a makeover with a plethora of which would “make services less new features, more color choices accessible and affordable for stu- and a slimmer $199 price tag. dents in need of health care,” said Email and accessing the Ning, referring to students who are Internet will be made easier, COURTESY PHOTO given care regardless of insurance. WWW.APPLE.COM/PR According to Ning, the new according to an Apple press fee is reasonable because, in release. The new iPhone operates comparison to other universities, on the faster 3G network, translating to faster downloads. UHM’s fee is very low. In a study Users will also be able to move and delete multiple messages. conducted by UHSM, the average Images can also be saved from a webpage or email and transferred to GRAPH BY VANESSA ONG • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I health fee at peer institutions was one’s computer. $121.39 per semester. have to pay for something they its reserve fund. The reserve Those with no sense of direction will appreciate the iPhone’s While more than 80 percent don’t use,” said sophomore fund will provide renovations for ability to do real-time mapping and track one’s progress with GPS of the student body agrees with Chelsea Pearson, who has vis- UHSM’s deteriorating facility. technology. For the science geek, the iPhone will have a scientific Ning’s assessment, according to a ited UHSM. The center receives around calculator, and for the concerned parent, Apple has added new paren- survery conducted last November, With the additional funds 26,000 visits each year, but the tal control restrictions. a minority of students feel the provided by the increase, UHSM site was built for a smaller campus However, all the upgrades come at a cost to consumers. Using increase is unfair. plans to tackle its deficit for in 1963, creating problems with the iPhone on the 3G networks cuts the phone’s battery life in half, “A lot of people don’t use (the the coming years, a projected space and efficiency. UHSM hopes giving the phone only 5 hours of online time. health services), so they shouldn’t $600,000 for 2011, and increase to begin renovations in 2010. Plans with AT&T for the iPhone start at $59.99 per month, including a two-year contract.

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Lars and the Real Girl Indulge @ Bar 35 – Thursday, June 19th 6p.m. - 10p.m. 2008 - Nominated for an Oscar: Best Writing, 21+ | no cover. Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen [Nancy Oliver] Surf Discussion Series – Thursday, Jun 19th 2008 - Nominated for a Golden Globe: Best 6:30p.m. – 7:30p.m. Chinatown Boardroom | 1160 Nuuanu Ave Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Honolulu Musical or Comedy [Ryan Gosling] Keone Downing has been surfing and since 2008 - Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild the age of 5, he currently Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male shapes Downing surfboards. Downing is known for big wave surfing and Actor in a Leading Role [Ryan Gosling] he is a world champion canoe paddler FREE

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By Lauren Asinsen Ka Leo Staff Reporter •S•T•U•D•E•N•T•S•

“Lars and the Real Girl” •A•L•U•M•N•I• is a film with a perverse prem- ise, but the movie offers more Now is your opportunity to serve on the - PG moments than most other University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s films playing at the local cin- ema. Billed as a film about a BOARD OF PUBLICATIONS guy and a sex doll, the tale is • Student positions • actually about wanting love but • Alumni position • not knowing how to go after it. The story centers around The UHM Board of Publications serves as Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling), - the governing body for Manoa’s student publications, an affable fellow who chooses including Ka Leo O Hawai‘i, the student newspaper, to isolate himself from every- Hawai‘i Review, a literary magazine, and Ka Lamakua, an arts courtesy photo • www.larsandtherealgirl-themovie.com one, including his brother Gus and literature website. (Paul Schneider) and sister-in- Lars (Ryan Gosling) whispers to Bianca, his sex doll, while Karin (Emily Mortimer) looks on. law Karin (Emily Mortimer). Duties include (but are not limited to) monthly business Then one day, a visitor arrives to be close to people. Bianca Although it’s incredulous that meeting attendance, committee work, long-range planning, and in a large package – a life-size isn’t his sex toy, she’s a way for a town would welcome a sex budget approval. sex doll that Lars introduces him to step out of his comfort doll with open arms, it’s a plea- to his family as Bianca, a half- Applications are available from the BOP Business Office zone and connect with others. sure to see a community deeply Danish and half-Brazilian mis- (located to the right of the lower sionary. Through Bianca, Lars is able to caring about each other’s well entrance to the UHM Bookstore). At first, Lars comes across interact with Gus and Karin and being. It’s the kind of compas- as a lunatic who needs psy- become more involved in his sion that we need more of in For more information, chiatric help. But as the film community. this world. Not just toward men contact Bob Duesterhaus at 956-7045. continues, it becomes apparent Rather than demean Lars, with sex dolls, but to anyone that he isn’t psychotic, he’s just the other characters attempt to who has ever been labeled dif- Accepting applications on an ongoing basis. a guy that doesn’t know how tolerate his unusual infatuation. ferent by society. K A L PAGE

EDITOR: ASHLEY NONAKA EO Wednesday, June 18, 2008 sports 8 spor [email protected] GO ‘BOWS! Rainbow Wahine place SportsBriefs

Ka Leo Sports Desk KA LEO O HAWAI‘I ANNOUNCES 25th at Track and Field Lucky four make their way A SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING to the majors Thursday, June 25, 2008 • 7:30 pm Championships Dole Cannery Theatres Last Week, four Rainbow baseball players - Matt Daly, Brandon Haislet, Jonathan Hee and Landon Hernandez - were drafted by the Major Leagues. Matt Daly was drafted in the 13th round by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 399th pick overall. During his three years at UH, he made 67 appearances and currently holds a record of 16-9 with four saves and a 4.01 career ERA. Brandon Haislet was picked in the 23rd round by Philadelphia Annett Wichmann Phillies as the 706th overall pick. (above) posted During his senior year, he lead the a school record team with a .389 batting average, 5,670 points to while recording 52 runs, 50 RBI, finish sixth at the seven home runs, 22 doubles and NCAA Outdoor 11 stolen bases. Track and Field Jon Hee was drafted by the Championships Boston Red Sox in the 21st round Saturday at Drake as the 652nd overall pick. Hee was Stadium. a five-year player at UH and made 163 starting appearances at third base, second base and shortstop and finished his career with a .327 courtesy photo batting average, while recording UH-Mānoa 214 hits and 137 runs. Landon Hernandez was taken By Russell Tolentino day of the heptathlon, which con- in the 50th round by the Detroit Ka Leo Staff Reporter sists of seven total events. After Tigers as the 1,496th pick. He the first day of competition, Annett was the starting catcher in 115 Three Rainbow Wahine earned Wichmann clinched the 12th place All-American honors at the 2008 spot out of 27 athletes with a total games in his first three years with NCAA Outdoor Track and Field of total of 3,305 points. Of the four the Rainbows, while maintaining Championships, held at Drake disciplines held on Friday, the senior a .282 batting and recording 62 Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, this from Germany finished tied for 1st RBI, 50 runs, seven home runs past weekend. In the final standings, in the high jump at 5-10 feet, 7th in and 16 doubles. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. the ‘Bows accumulated 10 team the shot put (40-10.5 feet), 21st in points and concluded the tourna- the 100-meter hurdles (14.51), and Rainbow Warriors ready to ment in a tie for 25th place. 25th in the 200-meter dash (26.51). Present your valid UH Student ID at On Wednesday, sophomore On Saturday, the final day of make a splash the BOP Business Office from 1:30 pm Amber Kaufman and junior Emily competition, Wichmann fell in the Sheppard were two of sixteen ath- standings after placing 21st in the Last week, the University of letes that advanced to the high jump long jump (18-55 feet), but fin- today, Wednesday, June 18, to get your Hawai`i men’s swimming team finals by clearing 5-9.75 feet during ished strong by placing 3rd in the was ranked 14th nationally by complimentary pass! the preliminary rounds. Sheppard javelin throw, with a distance of cleared the mark on her second try 153-7 feet, and 4th in the 800-meter www.CollegeSwimming.com. while Kaufman secured a spot in the run (2:19.18). Her final point total Coach Victor Wales signed finals on her third and final attempt. of 5,670 points set a new school eight swimmers to be a part of the OPENS IN THEATRES JUNE 27th On Friday, Kaufman and record and gave her a 6th place swim team during the fall season, Sheppard placed 5th and 6th, overall finish. including six swimmers from the respectively, with Kaufman clearing The ‘Bows three All-American United States, one from Romania 6-0 feet on her third and final try. performances also equaled the and one from Canada. First come, first served. A valid UHM student ID is Sheppard successfully cleared 5- school’s previous total. Never CollegeSwimming.com has required. No phone calls please. One pass per person. 10.75 feet, but fell short on her final before had the Rainbow Wahine also reported that Sean Reilly, No. 28 overall, is sitting in the top ten Supplies are limited. One pass admits two. three attempts. produced multiple All-Americans Friday also marked the first in a single season. of the 50 and 100 meter freestyle.