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K ELSEY A MOS News Editor The Dalai Lama will be in Hawai‘i this weekend and will give two talks, both regarding peace, at the Stan Sheriff Center.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, is in the islands thanks to the funding of Pierre and Pam Omidyar and the organizing efforts of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, a philanthropic in-

stitution. Pierre Omidyar is the founder of eBay. The Dalai Lama’s visit will be the first in a series of visits by Nobel Peace laureates and global peace leaders as part of what is being called the Pillars of Peace

Hawai‘i initiative, according to Crystal Yamasaki of the Pillars of Peace Hawai‘i team.

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of Hawai‘i to think about the role of peace and compassion in their daily lives. This visit ... is a great opportunity to empower students and youth to persevere and get involved in shaping their future,” said Kelvin Taketa, president and CEO of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. “ These events will also provide an opportunity to share Hawai‘i’s unique culture, histor y and ‘spirit of aloha’ with the rest of the world,” added Yamasaki in an email.

How the Dalai Lama will make connections between his own experiences as a leader of

nonviolent struggle for the liberation of Tibet, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and Hawai‘i’s culture and history is unclear. But Yamasaki did say that the Dalai Lama plans to “speak directly to high school, college and university students to encourage compassionate and responsible behavior and inspire them to create a better future” and “share with the world his perspectives on current issues as well as national and global challenge[s].”

The Dalai Lama will respond to questions that students submit in advance at http://pillarsofspacehawaii.org/question.

Dalai Lama talks Where: Both at Stan Sheriff Center When: “Educating the Heart,” April 14, 1:30 p.m (For high school and college students); “Advancing Peace through the Power of Aloha,” April 15, 1:45 p.m. (For the general public) Tickets: Can be purchased online or at the Stan Sheriff Center box office. Additional ticket and event information is available at www.pillarsofpeacehawaii.org.

For those unable to attend in person, both events will be available for playback after the events conclude on the Pillars of Peace Hawai‘i website.

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Money $mart mart UH teaching financial literacy to college students

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The basics of personal financial management may be falling by the wayside in today’s high-speed world, especially for students facing tough financial choices for the first time.

“We get caught up in the technology of banking, but we forget about things like budgets,” said Kaulana Park, senior vice president of community and business development at American Savings Bank.

ASB is teaming up with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Financial Literacy Program to put on a series of workshops on personal finance to coincide with Financial Literacy Month. ASB officers will speak on topics like cash-flow management, credit and debt management. “[We want to] make sure they have a good understanding of what are the resources out there that they can utilize to their advantage,” said Park.

The workshops are open to the public. Park said he hopes they will be useful for students, as well as faculty and other community members who may also

need to refresh their understanding of personal finance.

“It’s somewhat prevention, somewhat remedy at the moment.

And, most importantly, it’s creating a plan … [and] understanding how to leverage money in a personal way,” said Park.

ASB has been putting on workshops for high school and elementary students for years, but this will be the first time it will have collaborated at the college level. Park said that in college, attention shifts from learning about saving to learning about credit cards and student loans.

“You realize that if you don’t have your basics you’ll only get so far,” he said. “And you might be in a worse situation than when you started.”

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Local organ donor project goes national M ELANIE F LEMING Contributing Writer

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Greg Cupper, Joshua Rosen, Linda Wang and Cheryl Albright (L-R) participated in a press conference for the initiative on April 4.

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Joshua Rosen, a 26 -year-old biology major at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, knows fi rsthand how important organ donors can be.

At 19, Rosen was diagnosed with a genetic disorder known as Wilson disease, in which the liver cannot metabolize copper. He was waiting for a liver transplant when, six days before his surgery, Rosen suffered liver failure.

“My gift of life came from another teenager who was 15 at the time,” said Rosen. “Because they were able to make this difficult decision, I am here today.”

He said the average wait time is about nine months for someone to receive an organ, but he was fortunate to get a donor within three days. He received an organ from a donor in Montana within two hours of its expiration.

MO R E D O N O R S N E E D E D Cheryl Albright, an associate professor at the UH Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, has spent the past fi ve years educating teenagers in Hawai‘i on what it means to become an organ donor. According to research from Albright, only 18 percent of teenagers check the box on their licenses to become donors.

Albright and transplant surgeon Linda Wong discovered that teenagers are not properly educated about “checking the box.” Albright said that teenagers can be wrongfully informed about what it means to be an organ donor from urban legends that can come out of watching TV shows and movies.

“Why would they say yes to something they didn’t know about and were kind of scared of?” Albright said.

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In 2008, the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene developed the IDecide Project. The initiative produced a video in Hawai‘i using Farrington High School students as actors. The video intertwines a game show theme with a reality show. The video asks and answers questions about what it means to be an organ donor, debunking popular myths.

“We have to teach them what it means to be an organ donor,” said Albright, “That it means to save lives.”

A common myth the video talks about is that those who become organ donors will not be given the best medical attention possible because their organs could save more people’s lives. But Rosen is just one real-life example of how, even though he was an organ donor, everything was done to help save his life.

For the past five years, the video has been shown in high schools throughout O‘ahu and the outer islands. Over 500 teenagers have participated in the program. “ We found that twice as many who watch the video became an organ donor on their first driver’s license,” A lbright said.

G O I N G N AT I O N A L The National Traffic Safety Institute has partnered with the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene to promote the IDecide Project and create nationwide awareness. The video will be made available on the NTSI website.

“We have the opportunity to take the IDecide message to a larger population of several thousand people,” said Greg Cupper, president of NTSI. Working with nonprofit L egacy of Life, the next step for the IDecide

Project is to continue reaching out to high schools. But A lbright also wants to target college students. “ The next time a young adult gets their license is when they turn 21,” said A lbright. “So we want to educate those students who didn’t do it on their first license.”

The IDecide Project can be downloaded at http://prevention.manoa.hawaii.edu/idecide/.

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“Does everybody have their permission slips for the ďŹ eld trip?â€?

Only a few students hand permission slips to Micah Pexa, an education graduate student and Farrington High School student teacher. “Uh, you don’t have your ROTC signature,� he says. “You don’t either.� Pexa then asks his mentor teacher, Susan George, for advice. “I think I shouldn’t accept them unless they’re signed by their ROTC supervisor.�

Farrington High School is the largest high school in the state of Hawai‘i, with over 2,500 students and over 150 teachers. Most students come from a Filipino or PaciďŹ c Island background, and many have recently arrived in Hawai‘i. “The thing I’m really excited about is international exchange.

Just being an approachable, supportive, friendly face when they’re coming to a brand new country,� said Pexa.

But it’s not just about being the students’ friend. According to Pexa, being a teacher takes a lot more effort. “Fifty percent of my energy is probably spent on classroom management. You

make contracts with the students, sign contracts, then whenever you have an issue in a classroom, you bring out the contracts to remind them,� he said.

Pexa does not let himself get overwhelmed by recurring issues of discipline. “We used to have them clean the classroom, but they didn’t hate it enough,� Pexa joked.

The school has three fulltime English Language Learners teachers like Pexa, and 20 percent of Farrington’s students are tested for ELL class placement. Over 100 students have joined the Farrington Junior ROTC program, which comprises nearly half the number of cadets statewide. A few of these students have recently arrived in Hawai‘i and are attending Pexa’s ELL class.

PA R T O F T H E S O L U T I O N George is an experienced teacher, but that does not mean that her classroom always runs without problems. She explained the difďŹ culties of teaching that she and Pexa encounter daily. “There’s a difference between being able to function on a social level and on an academic level.

To get through high school, the students have to achieve an aca-

demic level; that’s our biggest task,� said George.

Farrington High School has recently been featured in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser regarding gangs within the student population. Lisa Joy Andres, vice principal and supervisor of the ELL program at Farrington, believes student teachers have a special role to play in her school in effectively combating this recent trend. “Student teachers are essential in building school culture, helping kids strive,� explained Andres. “But it’s not just about scores. We’re getting [the students] to be contributing citizens; we push them to think about the future. Dozens of kids from here end up with scholarships to schools like MIT and Harvard, and student teachers are essential in this process. Teachers with the heart are the ones we nurture.�

Although administrators and teachers at Farrington often frame motives for education in national or military rhetoric, Pexa feels that his ultimate motivations are interpersonal. “There is a process when young people come to a brand new place, a scary adjustment,� said Pexa. “We have the ability to help them through this.�

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“I just love a good story,� said author Haruki Murakami. Murakami’s stories have been described as encompassing a magical realism, but the author shrugs off this analysis. “When I’m writing my stories they become unreal, but that’s very real to me,� he said. “It’s a paradox. I can’t experience the difference between my thoughts and imagination. Everything is together in confusion.�

Yesterday, Murakami gave a talk and public reading of two short stories, “The Rise and Fall of Sharpie Cakesâ€? and “The Mirror.â€? Murakami was a visiting writer for the ďŹ rst time at the University of Hawai‘i six years ago, as well as in the Fall 2011 semester. He spent much of this year in Hawai‘i, where he continues to pursue his ďŹ ction writing. “[Murakami] has been great about meeting with students,â€?

said professor Joel Cohn, who is part of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. “A ny time the Japanese faculty has asked him to appear, he’s been willing.�

Murakami feels that some of his most memorable interactions in Hawai‘i have been with UH students. “Students read some of my books in their classes, so I would go and talk with them about my work,� Murakami said. “ To speak with young people adds some stimulation.�

Murakami established himself in the international community with original works “Hear the Wind Sing,� “Norwegian Wood� and “Kafka on the Shore.� His translations (English to Japanese) include F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby� as well as J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye.�

Many of his stories have been adapted into or inspired ďŹ lms in Japan and theater productions in Eu-

rope. His original works have been translated into over 40 languages.

But as acclaimed as Murakami may be, he does not seem to be enamored of his mass appeal.

He is constantly sought after by media as well as critics, but tries to keep a low profile and is skep tical of spending too much time in the limelight. He even seems to withdraw from excessive intimacy with his audience. “I’m not quite sure what type of people are reading [my works],� Murakami said. “ W hen I first started writing fiction 33 years ago, at first my contempo raries were my audience; now, I have a much younger audience.�

Murakami’s works also shy away from social norms or prescribed realities. “I’m not a logical person, so I put it out as a story,â€? he said. “Story is a kind of metaphor. Metaphor is so different than logic ‌ metaphor is story. I have the ability to do that.â€?

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A NTON GLAMB Staff Writer Where are you from?

Hawai‘i.

Favorite thing to wear?

Nothing.

Favorite place to shop?

The World Wide Web. What’s your fashion inspiration or icon?

Many people and things all over the world, aliens.

How do you balance wearing a uniform for most of your classes with expressing yourself?

I dress happy when I go out.

Your dream fashion item?

Guinea Pirate with unicorns and dragons and Pokemon riding on top of Guinea Pirate.

What would you like to see more of on campus (stylewise)?

Color explosion.

How has your style evolved over the years?

More expression. Less fear and thought for rude people in the world, because they are just unhappy people who need more puppies and color.

How would you describe your style?

Versatile.

Do you use any special soap/cosmetic product?

Sunscreen for my skin and allowing my skin to breathe without cakey makeup on a day-to-day basis to maintain healthy skin, but Makeup For Ever carries a good foundation for nighttime occasions.

Where’d you get your hair done?

I cut my hair myself. It’s naturally very straight, making it easy to cut.

How long does it take you to get ready?

15-60 minutes depending on the occasion.

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What fashion trend irritates you the most?

I’m just glad we all have enough money to buy clothes, so I can’t say that I get irritated by any particular fashions.

College is expensive.

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Google recently unified its privacy policies, meaning that everything you do while logged in on a Google-owned site can be shared between all Google products. That means every location you log in from, every word on your Google+ profile, every site you visit using Google Chrome, and every term you search – no matter how innocent or raunchy – is the company’s to do what it wants with across its entire network of services.

We should be used to this already. Facebook, Myspace, and a bunch of lesser-known social networking sites have been sucking in our information for years.

But this steady breaking-down of privacy barriers means that we need to take responsibility for deciding how much of our own information we want to protect.

You may first be asking, “Can any of these companies legally collect my personal data?” Well, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act prohibits any individual or company from accessing communication that’s not directed to them (this was used in the past to prevent wiretaps).

However, ECPA doesn’t Howe Ho weve verr, tthe he E CPA CP A do does esn’ n’tt ap apply to data transferred between your computer and, in this case, Google’s computers.

You’re probably now asking, “Can these companies legally do whatever they want with my data?” The answer is no; they need your permission to do so.

But just how carefully do you read over the terms and conditions of a free service when you sign up? How many times have you actually read any of Google’s privacy policies?

These companies make you accept their policies before you use their ser vices, and the le gal jargon and length of those things might be intimidating to a general audience. But if you accepted it without reading what exactly you’re accepting, you’re just as much to blame. Of course that in no way excuses these companies for indiscriminately sharing personal information, but we all need to take responsibility for ourselves.

Ethically, these companies hold no obligation to you or your privacy. The few regulations they have managing them have so many loopholes that these companies are free to do almost whatever they want. They give you

warnings warn wa rnin ings gs when w he hen n they they update upd pdat atee their thei th eirr policies, but they aren’t legally required to. They inform you to save face. They’re banking on the fact that you’re going to be too lazy to read what they’re asking you to agree to.

Maybe you don’t really care.

Maybe ads tailored to your personal taste don’t really bug you, and you don’t really mind your real name being out on the Web. But what you need to understand is that when you accept certain policies, the limit of things those companies can do with your information is potentially uncapped, depending on what you agree to.

I’m not saying that all Internet-based companies are seeking to exploit your information at every turn. It’s more that they can – with little fear of consequence. They’re aware of the paranoia and have taken steps to attempt to ease your mind.

But you shouldn’t blindly put your faith in a company to whom you’re only a statistic.

So take some steps to protect yourself. As long as you’re proactive about your information’s safety, you can enjoy these Web services worry-free.

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A reflection on faith: Does a day off school reveal our country’s religious bias?

R.J. BROWN Staff Writer

With the Easter holiday’s recent passing, I’ve had religion on my mind.

And after enjoying a day free from school last Friday, I pondered an unoriginal question: Is America a Christian nation?

According to Hawai‘i Revised Statute 8-1, the “Friday preceding Easter Sunday, Good Friday,” is a designated state holiday. Also included on the list, of course, is Dec. 25, Christmas.

Despite the best efforts of the politically correct to mask their meaning, the fact remains that one day recognizes Christ’s crucifi xion and the other, his birth.

But what of the whole “separation between church and state” thing?

That phrase, popular as is, cannot be read in any of our nation’s founding documents.

It appears the words had their first usage in a letter penned in the early 1800s by the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.

The First A mendment to the Constitution does provide that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

But the freedom to exercise religion and a prohibition against the establishment of any national religion hardly seems like an all-out separation. One might argue we have the freedom of religion, not necessarily from it.

The U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on the debate. In the 1947 case Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township, the Court stated in part, “ The ‘establishment of religion’ clause of the First A mendment

means at least this: Neither a state nor the federal government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions or prefer one religion over another.”

That’s good, but I still sat around last Friday watching the Masters thanks to the recognition of a day that openly celebrates Christianity. Last I checked, there weren’t any national or state holidays for Ramadan, Hanukkah or Festivus.

Is preference given to “one religion over another” here?

I think so, yes. But considering our histor y, I would argue this example of preference is somewhat tepid.

If you deny that our countr y’s platform was solidified on the grounds of Christian principles, you’re kidding yourself.

Likewise, to deny the merits of those Christian beliefs and their role in crafting the decent, generous, hard-working, family-based, self-sufficient A merican is to deny the obvious.

But despite this foundation – despite the present evidence of a preference for the Christian faith – I have to argue that America is not, and should not be, a nation bound by any religious dogma.

W hat makes our countr y unique is that it still presents the greatest single hope that a population of individuals can be governed by law, moderated by self-restraint and motivated by our mutual respect for life and the pursuit of happiness.

We are indeed a nation greatly affected by the Christian tradition – and, I believe, affected for the better. But the occasional holiday, a hat-tip to our past, should be the limit to which we allow the teachings of one faith, or any faith, to dictate our laws.

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Two days, two states M ARC A R AK AKI Sports Editor The Rainbow Wahine water polo team is still searching for its first conference win of the season, and it has one last chance this week.

No. 16 Hawai‘i (7-11, 0-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will head to Tempe, Ariz., for its final conference regular season match against No. 4 Arizona State (21-5, 3-3 MPSF) on Saturday at 8 a.m. HST. “Our mindset is we want to give them the best game that we can,” head coach Maureen Cole said. “But our mind is really in preparation for the end of the month [MPSF Championships]. So we’re going to train hard this week and do the best that we can this weekend. But ultimately, we’re looking forward to the tournament.”

The match between Hawai‘i and ASU is the fi rst of a four-match

road trip spanning two days.

“I told the girls that this weekend, they’re going find out what it’s like to be on an NBA team,” Cole said. “The travel schedule is brutal.

[It’s] going to be challenging.”

Following the match against the Sun Devils, the Rainbow Wahine will play No. 19 Cal Baptist at 11:30 a.m. HST. Then the ’Bows will head to Claremont, Calif., to play Claremont (8 a.m. HST) and Occidental (10:30 a.m. HST) on Sunday.

But the team is ready for the timetable. “Especially with this one [road trip], because fl ying alone is like an entire day,” senior utility player Sivan Pardon said, “It really wears you out, but you get used to it. [Road trips make up] pretty much most of our season because we have to go to the mainland to compete. You just get used to the whole traveling experience.”

“They need to be mentallyy ready to be tired and be willing to o play hard no matter ter how fatigued d they are,” Cole added. ed.

Fortunately for or the ’Bows, ’Bowss, Hawai‘i’s last match h was two weekss ago, giving the team m time to prepare.

“It helps us kind nd of recuperatee and get back to refining some skills,”” said Pardon. “It’s given us the time we need to get on track ack and figure out what our goals are and look beyond [MPSF Championships].” hips].”

Following thee completion of the regular season, on, the Rainbow Wahine will have ve another two weeks to prepare e for the MPSF Championships on n April 27-29.

“It’s actually perfect we have this conference game. ame. And win or lose, we get to take ke stuff out of it and kind of gaugee where we’re at going into our tournament,” urnament,” said Pardon. “So it’s pretty etty beneficial.”

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Strong and silent JOEY R AMIREZ Associate Sports Editor W hile some baseball players brag about their game, University of Hawai‘i sophomore pitcher Jarrett A rakawa lets his pitching do the talking.

“Jarrett’s [a] pretty quiet guy,” said second baseman Stephen Ventimilia. “He doesn’t say much, but he leads by example – and that’s the best thing about him.”

L E AG U E L E A D E R Although he has posted a pedestrian 3-3 record, Arakawa’s value to the Rainbows (19-13, 2-1 Western Athletic Conference) lies outside of his win-loss column.

Arakawa is far and away Hawai‘i’s strikeout king with 43 – 11 more than Scott Squier, who has the next-highest record. Additionally, he has proven to be one of the most reliable pitchers in the WAC by pitching 6.83 innings per game, third best in the conference.

But perhaps the most impressive statistic for Arakawa is that he owns the best earned run average in the WAC with an ER A of 1.81.

“He has [the best ER A in the WAC] because we need it,” said head coach Mike Trapasso. “We trust him when he’s out there, and hopefully he’ll keep those numbers that he’s putting up going.”

T E A M P L AY E R In spite of his personal accomplishments, Arakawa is quick to divert attention away from himself and toward the goals of the team.

“When I get a win, it means the team gets a win,” Arakawa

said. “So I guess for that [I] just try to rack up wins for the team.”

But his teammates defl ect the praise right back at him.

“He’s only a sophomore, but he’s defi nitely one of the leaders in the pitching staff,” said senior pitcher Matt Sisto. “He’s a great teammate. He’s always up there cheering and paying attention to the game and helping out and giving advice to the younger kids and stuff. He’s a good guy [and] good teammate.”

“He definitely takes pressure off of us because we know he’s going to put up a low number ever y time,” Ventimilia said.

H OM E T OW N H E RO A graduate of ‘Iolani School, Arakawa relishes the opportunity to play for the team he grew up admiring.

“I grew up wanting to play here. It’s almost like the dream,” he said. “When I was [in] sixth grade, I knew I wanted to come here. … It just feels great to pitch for the home fans.”

Thanks to his contributions on and off of the field, Arakawa is a model student athlete, according to his coach and teammates.

“He’s here for the right reasons. He does everything the right way,” Trapasso said. “He’s a tremendous ambassador for UH baseball for the University of Hawai‘i Athletics Department.

He’s a guy that I’m very fortunate to be able to coach.”

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Sophomore Jarrett Arakawa is No. 2 on the starting rotation and is expected to start Saturday.