Inside News 2, 3 Features 5, 7 Wednesday Commentary 4 Septeber 20, 2006 Comics 6 Sports 8 VOL. 101 | ISSUE 30 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa since 1922 WWW.KALEO.ORG Four UH althletes "Scupper Dupper" awarded player sails into of the week Kennedy Theater Sports | Page 8 Features | Page 5 Proposed mass transit system to run in Oahu By Leah Gouker Ka Leo Contributing Writer Four Types of Rail Technology Mayor Mufi Hannemann cited traffic problems as the number one 1) Light rail — can be elevated or on impediment to the quality of life here the surface with traffic. in Hawai‘i during a forum held at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2) Monorail — almost always Campus Center Ballroom on Monday elevated, as seen in Las Vegas. afternoon. 3) Maglev — uses magnetic levita- Hannemann led the presentation tion. No wheels, very quiet. and discussion about tentative plans for implementing a mass transit sys- 4) Rapid rail — can be elevated on tem, with the objective of acquiring the surface, as seen in Vancouver, community input. Canada. Typically found in cities Hannemann said that he has yet with the same size and capacity as to receive any letters, phone calls or e-mails about this issue from any uni- Honolulu. versity students. He urged more com- munity input, and reminded his audi- ence of the five remaining forums. and-ride lots. This system would cost “Students,” he said, “we need to an estimated $1.2 billion. hear from you.” The third alternative is to build Funding for this transit initiative an elevated, toll-operated “Managed will come from tax payers. The legis- PHOTO BY DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i Lane.” Hannemann said it would still lature passed a 0.5 percent increase in University of Hawai‘i Speech department faculty member, Devan Rosen, presents a question to the Mayor during Monday's presentation on mass transit. be costly, and more obtrusive-looking the general excise tax, which will be than a rail system. Single-occupancy cars could pay up to an eight dollar toll implemented in January 2007, raising tives analysis” phase, which is a part sue with the taxpayer’s money in management. The first is called “No for each time they utilize this express the Hawai‘i general excise tax to 4.5 of the FTA’s procedure. It provides December of this year. Build,” and focuses on maintaining lane, and costs to build it are estimated percent. the opportunity for the community to Hannemann emphasized his com- the current buses and improving high- at $2 million. Other revenue will come from present any concerns or suggestions. mitment to remaining “fiscally pru- way conditions. The fourth alternative is the the Federal Transit Administration’s Moday’s meeting was the seventh in dent” while planning this endeavor. The second option is the “Fixed Guideway,” which proposes New Starts Funds. Hannemann said he a total of 12 public forums held on “Transportation System Management,” to construct one of four types of rail plans to start this project with a budget O‘ahu. Four Alternatives which aims to enhance the current bus of $3 billion. The county council will announce There are four alternatives for system and proposes new low-cost This project is in the “alterna- its vote for which alternative to pur- the future of Hawaii’s transportation facilities and options, such as park- See transport, page 2 Students strive for change against sexual violence By Tiffany Hill Beverly McCreary, Gender Equity “The primary purpose of the Ka Leo Contributing Writer counselor, assists the students who grant,” said Jane Bopp, coordinator of come to her office in dealing with Womenʻs Centerʻs Program Against According to coordinator Jayne the aftermath of sexual harassment or Violence to Women, “is to provide edu- Bopp of the University of Hawai‘i sexual assault. She is there to listen to cation and training on sexual assault Program Against Violence to Women, them and to offer advice or guidance relationship violence and stalking ... extensive research spanning over two if the student wishes to file a formal and to coordinate services between decades demonstrated that women in complaint against the offender. on-campus and off-campus programs/ college between the ages of 18 to 24 “We are designed to help students departments that work with victims and who have experienced sexual harass- nationwide experience a higher rate of survivors of sexual and relationship sexual assault, rape and stalking than ment on campus,” McCreary said, “and violence.” do non-student women. need help filing a formal complaint or The Program Against Violence Doing its part to help educate and an informal solution.” prevent sexual violence on campus, the McCreary will also speak with to Women has transitioned efforts into Gender Equity Office, located in the the offender in getting him or her to the Students for Change peer education Queen Lili‘uokalani Center for Student stop his or her behavior and to prevent and interactive theatre program, and Services, has recently founded Students further harassment or assault in what both programs, along with their respec- for Change, a peer-education program she defines as informal solutions. tive offices, work side by side in hopes to help prevent sexual assault. The help and services that students of not only educating the UH campus may need is available at the Gender about sexual harassment and sexual Acting out the issue Equity Office and the Women’s Center violence, but also getting students UH theater graduate student (located next door), where staff hope involved with institutional changes. Jessica Nakamura established the pro- to increase awareness of the office’s All Gender Equity and Women’s gram to “help students inform other PHOTO BY GABE EL-SWAIFY • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i existence. Center members and coordinators students ... using interactive theatre.” Jessica Nakamura, the coordinator of the Sudents for Change program, is busy at work in the “Sexual harassment and sexual strive to get students involved, saying assault is underreported,” McCreary Nakamura came up with the idea Gender Equity Office. that education and awareness is the key after attending a sexual assault preven- said. “There are a whole lot more cases to putting an end to all types of sexual tion conference at the University of a skit in classrooms depicting a female Gender Equity Office helps out out there than make it through my violence. door.” Texas at Austin. The university had and a male student with their friends at The program was established to “It is especially important for me set up a peer theater program in which a party before and after date rape. educate both women and men about to be a part of the change,” Bopp said. Fighting violence against women students go on campus to perform skits In addition, the audience is encour- the dangers of sexual violence and to “I invite men to learn more about how Working together with the Gender involving date rape. they can get involved and make a dif- aged to get involved in the skit, pausing spread awareness about the services of Equity Office’s Students for Change is “The program is geared towards the presentation with questions or com- the Gender Equity Office. the Women’s Center’s Program Against ference.” looking at men’s actions and men’s ments of what they feel is not right and “The Gender Equity Office,” Violence to Women. The program was For more information on how to behaviors toward sexual assault,” what should have been done instead. Nakamura said, “deals with sexual established in October 2002 through a help end sexual harassment and sexual Nakamura said. The Students for Change performers harassment and sexual assault in con- grant funded by the U.S. Department assault, visit the Gender Equity Office Nakamura and the other members will then finish the skit according to the junction with the Women’s Center, and of Justice, Violence Against Women or the Women’s Center, located on the of Students for Change plan to perform audience’s advice. involves the processes of counseling.” Office. second floor of the QLCSS. Ka Leo o Hawai‘i News Page 2 | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Editor: Matthew K. Ing, Associate Editor: Justin Hedani | (808) 956-3221 | [email protected] Mayor Hannemann said that the rail fare would not exceed the amount of Roving Reporter the bus fare. Transport Some at the forum expressed Pictures by Dan Richard concern at the developmental focus Compiled Dominic Colacurcio From page 1 of the west side, and said that it would be better to build a rail in the “What do you think is urban center of Honolulu. Mayor the best solution to Hannemann said that the expected Oahu’s traffic prob- growth on the west side of Oahu, in lems?” "If we addition to a current lack of options during a H-1 crisis are factors in fumble building the west side first. Kenneth Toru Hamayasu, chief of “I like the the ball the Transportation Planning Division sound of the in the Department of Transportation light rail ... now, it Services, said that practical aspects of Ideally, every- the project also contributed to decid- will not ing to develop the west side of the rail body walk to happen in our lifetime." line before the town side. A railway work, no cars of this magnitude needs a 20-acre on the island.” PHOTO BY DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i base yard, land that is not available Mufi Hanneman| Mayor of Oahu Hannah Miyamoto, a University of Hawai‘i grad student in Sociology presents her opinion anywhere near Honolulu, he said.