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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE POLIO VIRUS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN COULD SOON BE MARRY YOUR CAT P. 4 ERADICATED Slippery slope arguments forget something essential. NEWS P. 2 ISSUE.8 VOLUME.110 MON, JULY 13 - SUN, JULY 19, 2015 WEBSITE / KALEO.ORG TWITTER + INSTAGRAM / KALEOOHAWAII FACEBOOK.COM / KALEOOHAWAII SAFER THAN YOU THINK PROTECTIVE GEAR IS UNNECESSARY FOR TRICK SKATING P. 4 WHAT’D I MISS? Phasing out plastic bags Orange is the new black The plastic bag has been banned! Here are some eco-friendly alternatives to plastic Leader of the Spokane, Washington chapter of NAACP Rachel Dolezal took advantage bags to get you grocery store-confi dent. of affi rmative action and cheapened her activism. WANT TO KNOW MORE? TINYURL.COM/OQPN35N WANT TO KNOW MORE? VISIT TINYURL.COM/ASKRACHEL COVER: JOELYN DALIT / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I; PHOTOS: REESE KATO / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I; JASON HONG / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I; ILLUSTRATION: CALEB HARTSFIELD / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I 02 MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 KA LEO O HAWAI‘I: THE VOICE [email protected] Courtney Teague Shiwani Johnson NEWS @kaleoohawaii News Editor Associate News Editor pay of $17,500. HB3 553 would allow Research Corporation],” Nakashima graduate student assistants to col- said in an email interview. “The Bill aimed to help graduate lectively bargain these and other bill was turned into a resolution terms of their employment. requesting a study by the univer- A GA pay scale published on UH sity to determine exactly what the students risks veto Mānoa’s site shows the minimum scope of this class would include. nine-month pay is $14,382. The resolution failed to pass the legislature and no further action HB 553 on Gov. David Ige’s intent-to-veto list HISTORY OF THE BILL was taken.” Introduced on Jan. 26, 2015, by Nakashima also said that while Rep. Isaac Choy, the request to cre- the bill allowing graduate students ate collective bargaining units for to organize was passed by the leg- graduate students can be traced islature, UH administration and back to 2012 with HB 2859. graduate students have not been HB 2859 stated that since 2004, able to come to an agreement. graduate student workers have not Dickson said that while UH rec- received a wage increase despite the ognizes the work graduate students cost of living in Hawai‘i increasing. do, she said HB 553 raised concerns While the bill received 10 yes with administration as some mat- votes and no opposing votes from ters were absent or not addressed members of the State Legislative in the proposed bill. BEN DECASTRO/ KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Committee on Higher Education, Having previously worked at Cal- UH Mānoa’s Graduate Student Organization has been in effect since 1974. HB 2859 was referred to the Com- ifornia State University, San Ber- BIANCA SMALLWOOD mittee on Finance where no further nardino, a university where there STAFF WRITER Polopolus-Meredith said in an do similar work as other UH faculty actions were made. are unionized graduate student email interview. “HB 553 also cor- and staff, there is an imbalance. Rep. Mark Nakashima, chair- assistants, Dickson said that if HB A bill that would allow University rects a longstanding unconstitu- “Graduate assistants at UH teach man of the House Labor and Pub- 553 were to be vetoed, the GSO has of Hawai‘i graduate students to col- tional statute that legally prevents classes, perform research, work in lic Employment Committee, said other options. lectively bargain their wages, hours graduate assistants from collec- administration and volunteer in our that while the bill was referred to “I believe that meeting with rep- and other compensations may not tive bargaining or unionization. community,” Polopolus-Meredith his committee fi rst, there were rea- resentatives of the Graduate Stu- be approved. The signing of HB 553 into law will dent Organization and engaging in House Bill (HB) 553, which would fi nally give graduate assistants at meaningful dialogue and discussion allow part-time and full-time UH UH the right to strive for better Graduate assistants are doing the same over their concerns and issues is graduate student assistants (GA) to working conditions and fair pay.” work as other professionals and faculty at another option that should be fully unionize, is on Gov. David Ige’s Intent However, in a testimony written explored if HB 553 does not pass,” to Veto list, according to a news by UH Vice President for Academic UH but without ... collective bargaining. Dickson said in an email interview. release from the governor’s offi ce. Affairs Risa Dickson and Vice Pres- “We don’t need legislation to autho- Although the decision to veto the ident for Budget and Finance Kal- – BRET POLOPOLUS-MEREDITH rize university offi cials to meet with bill has not been decided yet, Bret bert Young said graduate students GSO EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION CHAIR the representatives of the GSO to Polopolus-Meredith, Graduate Stu- are considered students fi rst and discuss these matters. I believe that dent Organization (GSO) Employ- employees second and later cite said. “Essentially, graduate assis- sons the bill did not pass three the GSO and the Legislature have ment and Compensation chairman, that faculty members who have a tants are doing the same work as years ago. clearly spoken and the university said that the passing of HB 553 Ph.D. have many years of qualifi ed other professionals and faculty at “At that time there were many needs to begin to take ownership would provide graduate students ability and skill. UH but without the protection pro- unknowns and questions that in addressing this matter.” with the right to ask for what is fair. vided by collective bargaining.” needed to be answered, such as “HB 553 represents [a] historic WORKING THEIR WAY UP A GSO media briefi ng said that the number of graduate students For the full story, go online milestone for past, present and Polopolus-Meredith also said graduate students are not given actually employed by the State to kaleo.org/news future graduate assistants at UH,” that although graduate students sick leave and receive a minimum of Hawai‘i [as opposed to the Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Polio virus could be eradicated soon, Rotary Club president says ‘End Polio Now’ project may be complete in months PAVEL STANKOV be eradicated within months. “We’re down to the last two coun- tion campaign. As a result, in 2012 the tor cooperation,” he said. OPINIONS EDITOR “We’re very close. Maybe before tries, Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Pakistani Taliban banned all immu- According to Ravindran, the sys- we fi nish the year we’ll see the last Ravindran said. “The only reason nizations and have sought out and tem Rotary has set up to fi ght polio Polio could be eliminated before case,” he said. why we haven’t fi nished it off is killed workers of the World Health can be used to eradicate other dis- the end of 2015, Rotary Interna- Polio, in short for poliomyelitis, because we’re being blocked by the Organization. In contrast, the Tali- eases like measles and Ebola after tional President K.R. “Ravi” Ravin- is a viral infectious disease spread Taliban. They’re sabotaging it.” ban in Afghanistan permited medical the current mission is completed. dran said during a visit to O‘ahu. through contaminated water. While The last case of the disease in missions against polio, according to “We have shown that every child The Rotary Club of Honolulu most cases show no symptoms, about Africa was last year and the brief an offi cial statement from 2013 that in the world can be reached,” celebrated its centennial on July a quarter come with minor ones or resurgence in the Middle East after has been posted on Global Eradica- Ravindran said. “We have shown 8 with a lū‘au at Ko Olina Resort. meningitis, and less than one percent the Syrian Civil War is also contained. tion Initiative’s website. that you can reach 600 million chil- Ravindran honored the local chap- develop paralysis. Nevertheless, as Out of these last 30 cases, 26 Ravindran called the eradication dren. … Everything is possible with ter of the service organization and recently as 1988 when concentrated are in Pakistan, whose Federally of the disease Rotary’s “only cor- dedication and commitment.” shared his views on the upcoming international effort began, polio par- Administered Tribal Areas on the porate project” and its “fi rst major Ravindran has been instrumen- eradication of polio, the organiza- alyzed 350,000 people a year world- border with Afghanistan are under challenge.” Clubs on the national tal in eradicating polio in his native tion’s future goals and the involve- wide. From the beginning of 2015 until Taliban control, according to the and regional level may share goals nation Sri Lanka. Under his leader- ment of young people. now there have been only 30 con- Global Eradication Initiative. related to local circumstances, but ship, Rotary was able to deliver the “End polio now” is one of Rota- fi rmed cases, according to the Global Missions to eradicate polio in the polio mission unites all chap- vaccine to areas in the north under ry’s best known and long-stand- Eradication Initiative. the country were sabotaged in the ters, according to Ravindran. Tamil control reaching “almost 1.5 ing projects and it’s coming to a wake of Bin Laden’s assassination. He sees Rotary’s work as a model million children,” Ravindran said. completion. In an exclusive inter- FIGHTING POLIO WORLDWIDE According to an investigation by for other organizations.