Rainbows 30-1 MONDAY Sports page 11 The Voice of Hawai‘i December 13, 2004 Inside News 2 Opinions 4,5 Comics | Crossword 6 Features 7 Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Sports 8 VOL. XCIX ISSUE 74 THE UnivERSITY of HAWAI‘I AT MANO¯ A www.kaleo.org Hamilton set to reopen one wing in spring By Stanley Lee ply power to the Biomedical Sciences Ka Leo Senior Staff Writer buildings. Also, some elevators damaged by Part of the University of Hawai‘i the flood have been fixed while others, at Manoa’s Hamilton Library will such as the one in the parking structure, reopen shortly after the start of the are waiting for parts to arrive from the spring semester. mainland. Phase III, the new addition that Since the 12-foot wall of water houses the science and technology col- flowed into Hamilton, library staff have lection, will be the only section of the faced the daunting and at times emo- MARLO TING • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i library open to the public. Phases I tional task of recovering maps, docu- Salsa dancing has really taken hold in Hawai‘i with two salsa dance groups, Hot Salsa Dancing Hawai‘i and Aloha and II, the building located closest to ments and other materials washed as Paradise Palms Cafe, remains closed far as the school’s parking structure, Rumberos competing in the 3rd Annual San Francisco Salsa Congress this past November. without electricity after a flash flood while at the same time making resourc- caused by heavy rainfall tore apart the es available to library patrons. building’s ground floor on Oct. 30 and It got to the point where Lynn shut down its electrical transformers. Davis, head of Hamilton’s preservation Library officials were expecting department, created what she called to hear from an electrical firm late “flood fashion” — wearing a funky- last week on the status of electricity in colored hat everyday just to crack a Hawaiian salsa’s hot! smile on someone’s face. Staffers have Phases I and II. By Melissa Borges and Hawaiians, but people from around count to salseros, dancers of the music. “After they give the report, we’ll remained determined to fully reopen Ka Leo Contributing Writer the world that are visiting Hawai‘i and Instruments and dancers feed off the know how complicated it is to reopen,” Hamilton, which could take several want to enjoy salsa dancing. Others clave because it’s the rhythm and count Diane Perushek, university librarian, more months. Hawaiian salsa dancers are like Adela Chu, a Panamanian dance of salsa music. said. BMS Catastrophe, the Ft. Worth, breaking the Latin barriers, and the instructor who lives in Hawai‘i, want With the arrival of a mass com- Until then, no date has been set for Texas-based disaster relief company heading the cleanup, has cleared out University of Hawai‘i is jumping on to teach part of their culture by teach- munity of Puerto Ricans to New York the reopening of that building, which remains powered by lanterns and flash- debris from the basement and began the band wagon. Two of Hawai‘i’s own ing salsa along with other Latin dances. City in the 1950s, salsa’s popularity lights while plastic pipes hang overhead sanitizing by hand the entire 70,000 salsa dance groups, Hot Salsa Dancing Chu teaches classes through Outreach and dance moves evolved to what they Hawai‘i and Aloha Rumberos, attended College and the Leisure Center. and blowers and cords are scattered on square-foot space to prevent mold are today worldwide, Lise Waxer wrote the ground. growth. this year’s 3rd Annual San Francisco Salsa, which literally translated in the book “Situating Salsa.” Salsa Congress on Nov. 16 - 21, 2004. means sauce, is a type of Latin music Earlier this month permanent Five freezers filled with govern- At UH, salseros have organized power was restored to eight build- ment documents, maps, books and Teams from around the world also with influences from around the world. themselves by forming a club. “Ritmos participated in the event. Salsa’s history begins in Cuba with ings affected by the flood. Temporary Latinos [Latin Rhythms] is a commu- Full-time salsa dancer, Greg “the traditional Afro-Spanish music. It was generators are now being used to sup- nity of salseros in Honolulu, based out See Library, page 8 Salsaman” Henry, who represented titled “salsa” after Igancio Pineiro’s of the University of Hawai‘i,” dance Hawai‘i at the San Francisco Salsa 1933 song “Echale Salsita [give it Congress, currently teaches weekly sauce].” instructor Cesar Gonzalez posts on classes at the Manoa shopping center The foundation of salsa music the club’s Web site, www.saborcesar. LIS gets accreditation extension and in various parts of the island. His is the clave, a five count beat [3- clientele not only include UH students 2], which also became an important See Salsa, page 7 By Stanley Lee reconstructed admission files of stu- Ka Leo Senior Staff Writer dents applying for the LIS graduate program lost in the flood. The Library and Information Knuth said the program admit- Science program at the University ted quite a few students for the spring Sororities, frats on decline of Hawai`i at Manoa was recently semester and even pushed back the granted an extension for its accredi- application deadline. She doesn’t tation deadline after flooding washed expect the flood to affect the number By Jarrett Keohokalole Some have attributed the decline Greek membership, and that students’ away all of its accrediation docu- of applicants to the program. at UH to lack of support, while work schedules could also have been a Ka Leo Contributing Writer ments. After the flood, the LIS office many universities, such as Florida factor. The program was due for an relocated to the Pacific Ocean The University of Hawai`i at State University and the University “It used to be that students could accreditation visit by the American Science and Technology building, Manoa has seen a steady decline in its of Southern California, have an entire devote more time,” Javinar said, refer- Library Association in fall 2006, which houses its parent department, Greek system. office devoted to Greek life with full ring to fraternity and sorority events. but have since received a two-year Information and Computer Sciences. While fraternity and sorority time staff. “Students are so busy now, they (fra- extension. LIS chair Rebecca Knuth Classes will continue to be held in participation at universities across the UH Manoa deals with its Greek ternities and sororities) cannot sustain POST and Bilger Hall during the country has declined over the past fif- organizations through the Co-curricular activeships.” said it takes two years to gather all teen years, the Greek system regression Activities, Programs & Services office, This trend does not appear to be information for the visit and work spring and summer semesters and at UH occurred with startling speed. which is also in charge of the New limited to UHM. National interest in had already started to meet the 2006 most likely Fall 2005. UH had 12 fraternities and sorori- Student Orientation, Intramural Sports, the Greeks seems to have peaked dur- deadline. No word has been given on ties in 1995. Nine years later, only five the Leisure Center, the Chartered ing the 1980s and has been in continu- All documents needed for the when the LIS department will return organizations continue to accept new Students Organizations and Registered ous decline over the past fifteen years. accreditation such as budget files, to its original home, though Knuth members. In the last five years, five Independent Organizations. The Chronicle of Higher statistics, student surveys and alumni has heard estimates of anywhere other fraternities and sororities have CAPS Director Jan Javinar said Education noted that overall fraternity files were lost on Oct. 30 when a from one year to 18 months. disbanded or discontinued pledging lack of funding has led to the elimina- membership is down 30 percent across flood destroyed the ground floor of “We’ve been lucky that our new members. tion of staff that once supported the the country. Hamilton Library, where the depart- department, ICS, has provided us Three sororities, Alpha Gamma Greeks. However, national research has ment was located. with the temporary classroom and Delta, Beta Beta Gamma and Gamma “Because of budget cuts, we shown that involvement in fraterni- “We’re going to spend the next some office space,” Knuth said. Chi Sigma continue to pledge new couldn’t fill positions,” said Javinar. ties and sororities increases students’ two years putting the facility togeth- Just one class was canceled due members, while Kappa Epsilon Theta In 1995, CAPS was forced to cut chances of graduation from college. At er and spend the two years after to the flood and professors made and Tau Kappa Epsilon are the only the full-time staff position that advised FSU, students who join Greek societies that for accreditation,” Knuth said. some adjustments to their courses fraternities pledging. the Inter-Greek Council and the Inter- are 28 percent more likely to remain in “That’s why we needed the extra since it was difficult for students to While Alpha Gamma Delta and Fraternity Council, the two Greek school than students who don’t. two years to construct what we can access library materials or focus after Tau Kappa Epsilon are national Greek umbrella organizations at UHM. The The U.S. Department of Education reconstruct.” some were trapped in the library dur- organizations, Beta Beta Gamma, Greeks were then assimilated in with reported that while the annual gradua- Also lost was $545,000 worth ing the flood.