VOLUME 102 ISSUE 20 T H E V O I C E Wahine fi nd their stride Volleyball team wins Waikīkī Beach Marriot Challenge 3-0 A Sports | Page 8 WWW.KALEO.ORG EO KServing the students of the UniversityL of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 MOSTLY SUNNY UH escapes with 45-44 OT win Mortgage rates and student futures Watching ʻSeptember Dawnʼ Bulldogs bite Warrior ranking Will market turmoil hurt job prospects? Docudrama revisits Mountain Meadows massacre MONDAY H:85° L:75° Sports | Page 11 Commentary | Page 4 Features | Page 3 SEPT. 10, 2007 Changes for Commission battling global warming Aloha Stadium By Tiffany Hill traffic trouble By Christine Martinez Ka Leo News Editor Hawaiian Electric Co. Ka Leo Staff Writer donated $25,000 last Craig Coleman is catalog- month, which will ing the effects of climate change Each football season, the be used to complete at the University of Hawai‘i at University of Hawai‘i Warriors the Greenhouse Gas Mānoa that could result in mak- create heavy traffic jams at ing the campus more environ- Inventory Project. Aloha Stadium as thousands of mentally friendly, turning it into From left to right: fans gather to support the team. a model for reducing greenhouse Mānoa Chancellor The frustrating traffic pat- gas emissions. Virginia Hinshaw, terns are going to change this “It’s a process we’re going Commission season now that the stadium’s through to identify what con- Chairman Lorenz lower Hālawa parking lot will tributions of greenhouse gases Magaard, former open an hour earlier every game the university is emitting into Chancellor Denise day. The early opening of the the atmosphere,” said Coleman, Konan, UHF CEO lower Hālawa lot should help an oceanography graduate stu- Donna Vuchinich and ease later traffic by allowing dent heading the Greenhouse HECO CEO Mike May. 1,500 cars to enter the stadium Gas Inventory Project. The proj- at 1:30 p.m. before the other lots ect was implemented through open at 2:30 p.m. the American College and COURTESY PHOTO A new tailgating section University Presidents’ Climate UH FOUNDATION will be hosted in the grass areas Commitment, a nationwide ini- tiative to curb climate change. by poles 1 and 29 near the upper The Greenhouse Gas $25,000 HECO donation aids in the Greenhouse Gas Inventory Project Hālawa lot. There will be a $5 Inventory Project was one of cover charge to enter the tail- the first initiatives of the uni- The project, started five months ago will help the Indirect Emissions gate section, unless fans park and use the shuttle from Radford versity’s Mānoa Climate Change UHM campus in reducing greenhouse gas emissions • Electricity Commission, established in by cataloging the university’s uses of direct and indi- High School, Kam Drive-In or February by former chancellor rect emissions. Leeward Community College to Denise Konan. access the area. The area will be “The first item of business Direct Emissions Estimated Inventory Data air-conditioned, offer food and was to establish a greenhouse beverages and provide televi- • Fuel for campus owned and operated vehicles • Commuter related emissions of students, faculty emissions inventory for UH,” said sions for fans to watch other • Diesel fuel for generators and staff Mary Tiles, chair of the philoso- teams playing throughout the • Fuel to heat water • Emissions from university related air travel phy department and vice-chair of country. the commission. “This required “Tailgating is going to be getting as much information as we sions are from electricity.” faculty and staff driving to and from only be an estimate for the univer- fun and different this year,” said can about our energy use.” He has been working on gath- campus and emissions from univer- sity but will be helpful nonetheless. Dave Bauer, UH student and Coleman explained that ering the data for five months and sity air travel. “We want to know how big an fan of the Warriors. “It’s a good the inventory includes data on hopes to present to UH and the state “There’s a general protocol impact the campus is making,” Tiles idea to give fans more options direct and indirect emissions his team’s findings by the end of the that is a guide for most large orga- said. “We don’t know until we get of places to tailgate.” of the campus. “Direct emis- year. In addition to collecting this nizations (such as the university),” the data.” UH fans are looking for- sions are fuel, diesel generator data, Coleman said he is also hop- Coleman said. “They recommend fuel and fuel to heat water,” ing to get an estimate of the com- an online survey and evaluation.” Coleman said. “Indirect emis- mute-related emissions for students, He added that this information will See Climate, page 2 See Stadium, page 2 News 2 MONDAY SURF OUTLOOK Comment on an article Mixed Plate 3 S HONOLULU TIDES NORTH 0-2 Point your cursor to Commentary 4 Wave heights South shores going down, HI 3:22 A.M. | 3:22 P.M. SOUTH 1-2+ reported might pick up by Friday. WWW.KALEO.ORG PLEASE Cartoons 9 LO 8:58 A.M. | 10:05 P.M. ! WEST 0-2 Hawaiian style, Small NNW swell expected and nd out what ? RECYCLE Puzzles & Classi eds 10 S HALEIWA TIDES about half face ó EAST 1-2 mid-week. INSIDE TODAY other readers thought Sports 11 HI 2:20 A.M. | 2:30 P.M. heights. MAHALO LO 6:53 A.M. | 8:00 P.M. WINDS 5-10 mph NE SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 2 Monday, Sept. 10, 2007 [email protected] propose a plan and regulatory scheme Everybody can make a differ- for implemented reduction of carbon ence dioxide. Magaard said that Hawai‘i Climate is planning to implement a plan of action based off the Kyoto Protocol, From page 1 Coleman, Tiles and Magaard an international greenhouse emissions all agree that student involvement is treaty. He added that California has critical to the university’s success in She said UH is also in the already established a similar green- fighting climate change. process of hiring a permanent staff house emissions reduction strategy, “It has become a general respon- position to manage the energy and Hawai‘i hoping to follow their suc- sibility of all people to start accounting utilities used on campus, espe- cess. for their (greenhouse gas) emissions cially electricity and water. “In Hawai‘i the most important and to teach other Hawai‘i-based thing resulting from climate change organizations,” Coleman said. “A stu- is the change in sea level,” Magaard dent who is aware of these issues will Changing the state of cli- said. He explained that one century not only be doing the planet well but PHOTO TAKEN FROM ALOHA STADIUM WEB SITE mate change ago the sea level rose one foot per also be in a better place to get hired.” PARKING INFORMATION century. It has now increased to two He stated that climate change Also taking action to curb the or more feet per century. And living touches every aspect of life, includ- ‹ damage of climate change in the on islands where sea level is zero, ing agriculture, tourism, the design Kam Drive-In: Parking is $5 per car. FREE shuttle service and FREE admission state is Lorenz Magaard. Magaard to the new tailgate area. it will certainly have a huge impact. of cities and the way that businesses is a professor of oceanography at “Also, one must realize that economi- run themselves. “I think it’s really the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa ‹ Leeward Community College: Parking is FREE. $2 per shuttle. cal development in Hawai‘i is at the important for students to understand and is also the chair of the Mānoa coastline, especially for tourism.” that climate change is going to affect ‹ Radford High School: Parking is $5. No shuttle service available. Climate Change Commission and the jobs they seek as businesses are the director of the International Environmental help from going to start thinking about their ‹ Shuttle service at all sites begins at 3:30 p.m. and ends one hour after game. Center for Climate and Society. emissions.” Last week he received a letter Hawaiian Electric ‹ Parking gates open at 2:30 p.m. Lower Hālawa gate, which opens at 1:30 p.m. Tiles said that there are many announcing his selection as part of ways to get involved to combat climate the state’s 10-member Greenhouse change on campus. She added that the ‹ All turnstile gates will open at 3 p.m. Extending a helpful hand toward Gas Emissions Reductions Task Mānoa Climate Change Commission the university’s initiatives to better the Force, a state project approved is always looking for ways to estab- Traffic updates are available on ESPN 1420 AM beginning at 4:30 p.m. For environment is Hawaiian Electric Co., last Legislative session to reduce lish and implement new projects, more info on the new policies, please visit http://www.alohastadium.gov. which formed greenhouse gas emissions. The including work- a partnership PROJECTS STUDENTS CAN . task force will come up a plan ing with the UHM with the Mānoa to reduce, by January 1, 2020, GET INVOLVED IN: S u s t a i n a b i l i t y tecture major at UH Mānoa. Climate Change the level of greenhouse gas emis- Council. Commission in “They should have thought of sions in the state below or at the Greenhouse Gas Inventory Project Some projects April. The first something like that a while estimated level of emissions from that students can Stadium 1990.