Monday April 24, 2006 VOL. 100 | ISSUE 135 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa since 1922 WWW.KALEO.ORG Inside Latest Men’s Volleyball Features 2, 3 ‘Scary Movie’ News 4 loses to UCLA Sports 5, 8 funny but lacking Comics 6 Editorials 7 Features | Page 2 Sports | Page 8 UH student plays major roleBy Matt Tuohy as board But the harsh reality of the memberdifference issues,” Dahilig said. “Like hiring people and Ka Leo Editorials Editor between public and private schools became firing people and giving them raises.” apparent to Dahilig when he began classes The most important issue on the board’s Many students at the University of at UH. “I came from a mentality where stu- agenda lately has been the UARC hearings. “I Hawai‘i at Mānoa are busy with exams, assign- dents aren’t supposed to be working to pay think it was November of 2004,” said Dahilig. ments and extra curricular activities. But one for tuition, tuition is supposed to be paid for “Then Chancellor Angler came to the board of student in particular is busy not only attending by your parents,” Dahilig said. “I came from regents asking for the approval for an applied UH, but also providing for it. Michael Dahilig classrooms that had brand new porcelain research laboratory or a UARC.” The board is not only a former president of ASUH, but pitchers and pouring countertops to labs gave its blessing to the concept of a UARC but now a law student at Richardson School of where half the lab stations are broken so you they needed to look over the contract and talk Law and the student component to the board have to triple or quadruple up.” it over with the constituency of the university. of regents for the UH system. Dahilig is now known these days for Since the chancellor, most of the faculty Born and raised on O‘ahu, Dahilig being the student member of the board of and most of the students have rejected the attended private schools until he attended regents for the University of Hawai‘i system. concept of a UARC on campus. In February, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa for his under- He was appointed to the position by Governor President McClain expressed his support for graduate degree. “Growing up, there was a Lingle and after an interview process he was the UARC. He was unable to say what he felt certain piece of the world that I always saw,” given interim status on the board. about the contract. Dahilig said. “I wouldn’t call it sheltered, As a board member, Dahilig and his col- Dahilig’s interim appointment ends this what I would call it is that you don’t get leagues are responsible for making the policies semester. Dahilig recently passed the com- perspective. The broad based perspective of that are used by the president and the rest of the mittee hearings for the BOR position and how the rest of the world operates, and you’re administration for running UH. “We deal with is waiting for the final floor vote from the MICHAEL DAHILIG being grouped to be an academic achiever.” personnel issues, any executive and managerial Hawai‘i State Senate this week. Earth Day celebrated on thesee page 4 for more lawn photos from Earth Day of Hawaii Hall ABOVE: Nani Nikcevich looks at a Jackson Chameleon at the Oahu Invasive Species Committee booth on Earth Day. Jackson Chameleon was brought to Hawaii from Africa as a pet, but they however hurt the native bird population as they eat the same insect as the native birds do. LEFT: Ashley Cousin enjoys the free massage given by Jesse Goldberg on JULIAN YONG • KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Earth Day. Chad Kabins represented “Pono Energy Company” which specializes in solar powered energy during Earth Day 2006. Shown here is an example of how a water pump can be powered soley by the sun’s rays. PHOTOS BY KARIS LO KA LEO O HAWAI‘I KA LEO O HAWAI‘I FEATURES Page 2 | Monday, April 24, 2006 Editor: Darlene Dela Cruz Associate Editor: Alyssa Navares | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected] Events Calendar Compiled by Alice Kim this seminar. For more informa- tion, call the HNEI at 956-8890, Free Events e-mail [email protected], or “Axis: BFA Show ‘06,” the annual go on the Web to http://www.hnei. bachelor of fine arts graduation hawaii.edu. exhibition for students of the art and art history department is “Deep Impact: Secrets of the on display at the University of Comet” will take place tomor- Hawai‘i at Mānoa Art Gallery row from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Auditorium. The exhibi- at the Pacific Ocean Science & tion is open Mondays through Technology building, room 544. Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 4 Karen J. Meech, a senior faculty p.m. and Sundays from noon to member at the UHM Institute for Cindy Campbell 4 p.m. The exhibit is closed on Astronomy, will present this event. (Anna Faris) meets Saturdays. For more information, For more information, call 956- a ghost (Garrett call Sharon Tasaka at 956-6888, 3131, e-mail [email protected], Masuda) with a e-mail [email protected], or or go on the Web to http://www. grudge in “Scary visit http://www.hawaii.edu/art- highp.hawaii.edu/prpdc. Movie 4.” gallery/. Paid Events COURTESY PHOTO The Biomedical Sciences Symposium The UHM Band’s Aloha Concert will WEINSTEIN COMPANY will take place tomorrow from take place tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event p.m. at the McKinley High School will take place at the School auditorium. Ticket prices are $10 of Medicine, Kaka‘ako cam- and $6. For more information, call pus in the lobby area of the the music department at 956-8742, Medical Education Building. e-mail [email protected], or Scary Movie 4 is For more information, call Tricia visit http://www.hawaii.edu/uhm- Yamaguchi at 692-1512 or e-mail music/schedule.htm. [email protected]. The UHM Hula and Chant Ensemble By Christopher Johns reprise their roles from “Scary Movie of the Worlds,” M. Night Shyamalan’s “Understanding Battery and UHM Hawaiian Chorus will per- funny, but incoherent 3.” Introduced into the madcap mix are post-9/11 allegory “The Village” and the Performance: From Laboratory to form on Wednesday from 7:30 Ka Leo Staff Writer Bill Pullman parodying his role in “The American installment of “The Grudge” Real Life,” a Hawai‘i Natural Energy p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Orvis Grudge,” Cloris Leachman (“Young as their roadmap, the writers scattered in Institute Seminar Series, will take Auditorium. Ticket prices are $10 With the phenomenally successful Frankenstein”) and Craig Bierko (“The a bit of the “Saw” franchise, “Brokeback place tomorrow from 3:15 p.m. and $6. For more information, call movie “Airplane,” David Zucker, Jerry to 4:15 p.m. at the Pacific Ocean the music department at 956-8742, Zucker and Jim Abrahams created the Thirteenth Floor”) as Tom Ryan spoofing Mountain,” “Million Dollar Baby” and Science & Technology building, e-mail [email protected], or spoof genre. David Zucker follows up the both Tom Cruise’s “War of the Worlds” many pop-culture references to round out room 723. Bor Yann Liaw, a spe- visit http://www.hawaii.edu/uhm- 2003 spoof film “Scary Movie 3” with (2005) role and his real-life antics. the movie. cialist at the HNEI, will present music/schedule.htm. “Scary Movie 4,” released in theaters on This supposedly final installment “Scary Movie 4” is funny; I laughed April 14. is full of laughs, but has a disjointed plot so hard my stomach started to hurt. While Continuing in the “Scary Movie” that fails to demonstrate any control or I fault the movie for lack of story, the franchise are two regular characters: continuity present in other Zucker out- various spoof bits are hilarious. As with Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris) and ings like “Airplane” and “BASEketball.” any Zucker film, I am amazed at the Brenda (Regina Hall). Tom (Charlie Instead, “Scary Movie 4” is more a series talent he can put together. Bierko per- Sheen), George (Simon Rex), CJ (Kevin of loosely connected vignettes as opposed fectly captures Cruise’s on and off-screen Hart), Mahalik (Anthony Anderson) and to a cogent film. persona with seemingly little effort. The President Harris (Leslie Nielsen) also Using Steven Spielberg’s “War ever-funny Anna Faris is regulated to a secondary role, but still shines as Cindy, whose brain-dead affability and on-the- spot comic timing make her a promising comedic actor. Zucker also cobbled together an impressive list of stars to make significant cameos. Dr. Phil McGraw and Shaquille O’Neal both make fun of themselves in the opening “Saw” sequence. Dr. Phil plays himself as emotionally incompe- tent seeking approval and stability while Shaq makes fun of his spotty free throw record by missing numerous shots that could save their lives. James Earl Jones narrates the film with his magnificent voice, Michael Madsen (“Sin City”) shows up in a throwaway cameo, while Dave Attell from Comedy Central’s “Insomniac with Dave Attell” steals his scene. Perhaps the most welcome cameo is Debra Wilson with her perfect impersonation of Oprah, a role she per- fected on “MadTV.” I enjoyed “Scary Movie 4,” but I worry about the repeatability of it.