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“Students are the center of all that we do in the college,” Konan said, adding that the college is seeking student input to better tailor its academic services to its majors.

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Ryoko Sekiguchi, an academic advisor for the College of Arts and Sciences, talks to a student during an advising session.

NOELLE F UJII News Editor An initiative in UH Mānoa's College of Social Sciences is trying to improve advising services for students, administrators say.

Over the course of this summer, CSS faculty and staff will transition to a system that the college says will put students in the center of academic advising that will serve their specific needs as they make their way through the college.

“The goal of the HUB initiative is to provide students with information about all the learning opportunities – inside and outside the classroom – that the College of Social Sciences has to offer in an accessible and student-centered approach,” Louise Kubo, director for Engaged Student Learning, said. “The college is strongly committed to providing students with transformative learning experiences to prepare them for their future academic and professional careers.”

According to Denise Konan, dean of the college, the initiative hopes to integrate general education and major degree advising and better align academic advising with mentoring and other cocurricular opportunities.

She said the college is in the process of reorganizing the Arts and Sciences Advising Center with the HUB. “We will be making a ‘soft launch’ of the initiative in the fall,” Konan said. “Initially, the HUB will be a ‘virtual’ effort as we are still identifying options for a new physical home, which will take time and involve renovations.”

S T U D E N T S, T H E C E N T E R O F THE COLLEGE According to Konan, the college, which is comprised of 12 academic programs, is a significant part of the student body, providing one-fifth of student semester hours, majors and degrees on campus.

“The college is dedicated to providing students with a vibrant academic climate that affords exciting, intense interaction among students and faculty as they address fundamental questions about human behavior and the workings of local, national and international political, social, economic and cultural institutions,” she said.

An experience such as this results in a student-centered environment that supports outstanding scholarship through

The HUB initiative will place students at the center of dedicated branches of advising, according to its website.

The branches include General Academic Advising, Student Engagement Advising, Departmental Advising, Recruitment Advising and Career Advising.

Kubo said the Office of Student Engagement serves as a gateway for students who seek opportunities that will enable them to apply classroom learning to the outside world. As director of the office, she supports current programs and develops new ones by working with other HUB members and departments in the college.

“We provide administrative support for the Mānoa Political Internship program which is open to all UH Mānoa students as well as internships in specifi c departments,” she said. “We are also in the process of developing a database of students who have participated in engagement activities such as internships.”

According to Konan, the design of the HUB was guided by a May 2013 Student Academic Services Task Force Report, which found several issues in the current advising system that need to be addressed. Some issues included the inconsistency of the quality of faculty advising across the departments, the difficulty in understanding the core requirements and how advising is fragmented between three systems of advising.

Konan said the college’s fi rst effort is to implement staffi ng.

“By reassigning several advisors from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences Student Academic Services unit, in addition to targeted new recruitment, the foundation for our CSS HUB will be established,” she said.

If needed, additional staff will be put in place if resources are available.

Konan said early explorations on methods to best communicate with students about the initiative include a redesigned website, the possible use of social media and student-produced multimedia projects. Research and student surveys are currently being conducted.

“We are very keen to get ideas from students on how to best establish open channels of communication regarding the HUB, as well as listen to their thoughts regarding what can be done to better meet their academic and co-curricular needs at CSS,” Konan said, adding that she can be reached at konan@hawaii.edu.

H E A R I N G F ROM T H E STUDENTS This past April, the college sent out a survey to its students to gather input. More than 38 percent of students who received it responded.

“The survey was very important to me as it will serve to document our baseline starting point,” Konan said. “The intention was to design a survey instrument that will let us track our progress over time as the HUB takes shape. We are also interested in the impact of our academic programs on student learning. All in all, our faculty and staff will benefit greatly from the input of the survey.”

The college is now designing an alumni sur vey to find out how graduates’ experiences on campus and in the college contrib uted to their current career and life success.

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World Cup Fever World What the stats say about the most exciting group stage in decades NICK HUTH Sports Editor

As of Sunday morning, teams have scored 84 goals in just 30 games in the first 10 days of this year’s World Cup. That average of 2.8 goals per game tops 2010’s average by half a goal, and if the trend continues, it will be the highest scoring World Cup since 1982. This rare display of offense points to the increased ratings and excitement around the tournament in the United States this summer.

America’s match against Ghana, which had three goals, was the highest rated World Cup match ever in the U.S. with over 11 million viewers. The early momentum, both on the field and in the living room, points to a shift in mentality for the players and viewers in this summer’s biggest sporting event.

On the second day of the tournament, the Netherlands defeated Spain with a shocking 5-2 scoreline. The game itself was a clash of styles that was a preview of the new tactics that have been on display.

The Dutch shocked the defending champions with a defense that sat back in numbers, absorbing Spanish pressure, and bursting out from the middle of the field when possession was won. The counterattacking tactics proved successful for the Netherlands and signified an end to the Spanish team’s patient style of play.

Chile echoed the strategy against Spain later in the tourna-

ment, and once again the exciting attack outpaced the slow play of the Spanish en route to a 2-0 victory.

The Spanish style was the consensus tactic among the most talented teams when the side won the European Championships in 2008 and 2012, along with the World Cup in 2010. But with the fall of Spain in this year’s tournament, so fell their chastised style that had a tendency to bore fans with a lack of speed and tension.

The strange thing about the move away from Spain’s style among teams in this year’s World Cup is the fact that nations are averaging 385 passes per game, beating the 353 average in 2010. In a move away from passing build-up tactics, the games have moved quicker, but also contain a surprisingly high number of passes. Fans are getting the best of both worlds in that respect.

As the group stages wind down, and games with higer stakes are played, the tactics may change once again. When teams are in danger of being eliminated with just a single mistake or moment of brilliance, they may choose a more cautious style.

But at that point in the tournament, the style of play may not matter to the viewers that have tuned in.

With the group stage containing the most amount of games with the lowest stakes, the high television ratings signify a growth in viewer base that should continue into the later parts of the tournament. Although the style of play may change, it’s unlikely that the viewer will change the channel as the tournament increases in intensity.

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Jennifer Morris Graduate Student, Chemistry

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“The fi nancial aid offi ce needs more staff to help them. As a grad student I have no one to talk to, I don’t know what to do. There has got to be more support for grad students.”

“There should be freshman workshops, maybe a mandatory class for freshman on how to navigate college and fi nancial aid. There should be a transfer student program.”

“Whiteboards in the libraries for study groups. It really helps for collaborating.”

“I’d like to see a greater sense of aloha and unity in our student body. You walk around a campus of what, 45,000 students every day? If everyone really embraced the aloha, as cheesy as that sounds, then our campus would transform into something so wonderful.”

Noel Felix Senior, Japanese

Isabelle Kernell Junior, Psychology

Michelle Leung Junior, Nursing

“Shelter for the cats in the parking lot by Sinclair.”

“The university should be run as an academic place instead of a business.”

Josh Sumida Senior, World Comparative History

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VA should have acted earlier in Hawai‘i KRISTEN PAUL BONIFACIO Opinions Editor In recent months, scandal has rocked VA medical centers around the nation. Details have emerged revealing the long wait time for medical appointments experienced by many new veterans. Allegations have also developed that records were altered to cover up the actual wait time.

This issue is embarrassing, and a disgrace to the millions of veterans living in our nation. Proper remedies are needed to ensure that US veterans are provided the adequate care that they deserve.

THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY An audit conducted at the 731 VA hospitals and outpatient clinics in the country found that Hawai‘i’s own VA medical center, the Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center, had the longest wait time for new veterans with an average of 145 days.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz said his office received information that staff members at the Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center were asked to clean their computers regarding patient wait times. He has sent a letter to Richard Griffin, the acting Inspector General for the country’s VA system, to look into the matter.

Other local politicians have also voiced their concerns regarding the scandals at our states VA centers. U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard has called for the resignation of the director of the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Wayne Pfeffer, calling him dishonest.

During a briefing, on June 5, Pfeffer told congressional staff members that the wait time for new veterans at the Spark M. Matsunaga center was about 30 days.

Another member of Pfeffer’s staff also confirmed that the wait time was between 30-50 days.

When the audit by the VA came out four days later and revealed a 145 days waiting period for our state’s VA medical center, U.S.

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The Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center had the longest wait time for new veterans, according to a federal audit of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released earlier this month.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said she contacted Pfetter and inquired about errors in his statement during the June 5 briefing. She said that he denied saying that the wait time was between 30-45 days.

A BAD IMAGE FOR OUR NATION Although actions are finally being taken to address this problem, it seems that proper measures were only considered after the problem had gotten substantial attention from the media and the public. Concerns have been evident since 2012, but meaningful actions were only taken this year.

Individuals in position whose jobs were to ensure that veterans received proper care should have been aware of these issues in many of the VA centers throughout the country, and they should have taken proper action then and there.

The misconduct and scandals that have been discovered within our nation’s VA health system are

unacceptable and it presents a negative image to the world about how we treat our military veterans.

Action is especially needed here in Hawai‘i where our VA medical center has the longest wait time for new veterans.

Furthermore, with a strong military presence in our state, this information not only stains the image of nation, but that of our island as well. It is a reflection of how little we value the service of thousands of men and women.

A LON G-RUNNIN G ISSUE Although the controversy surrounding wait time in VA medicals centers have surfaced in the mainstream media’s attention for a few months, the issue goes back to as early as 2012. During the early months of 2012, a Veterans Affair emergency-room physician, Dr. Katherine Mitchell, at the VA center in Phoenix, Arizona informed the incoming director that their emergency room was over-

whelmed and dangerous.

The issue continued to escalate until May 2 of this year, when Dr. Mitchell went public with her concerns, pointing out the management problems and the issues regarding wait time. Then secretary of veterans affair, General Shinseki, began facing opposition soon after. On May 8, after a request from a U.S. Representative, he ordered an audit on all VA health-care facilities in the U.S. The audit called for by Gen. Shinseki, along with an independent review, has found major faults in many VA centers across the nation. In Phoenix, it was discovered that employees had a secret waiting list that gave it the impression that access to various medical services for veterans was much faster than they actually were.

SOLUTIONS UNDERWAY Solutions have been implemented to solve the national problem in our VA medical centers. One

proposal being considered in Congress would allocate $35 billion in the next three years to pay for outside treatment from local doctors for veterans. The senate has passed the bill, and a similar bill has been presented to the House.

Hawai‘i senator Mazie K. Hirono and Kansas senator Jerr y Moran have also proposed a solution to the VA problems. They introduced the Veterans Emergency Health Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014, which would allow veterans to have the cost of emergency care reimbursed. Current rules state that the care costs from non-VA facilities cannot be reimbursed unless that veteran has received care from a VA center in the previous 24 months.

At the Hawai‘i level, attention and solutions should have focused on the issue much sooner.

A whistleblower, like Phoenix’s Dr. Mitchell, could have been a leader for change on a state level or inspired national action.

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The Wahine soccer team plays a scrimage practice last fall. Players must stay in shape during the summer so that they are ready for the fall, coaches say.

then they will be in shape when they come back in the fall.”

“I always be sure to tell them to have fun and enjoy their summer,” Hernandez said. “In summer, that’s the time to relax and spend time with loved ones, especially because most of them have been away from their families for several months. So I tell them to enjoy it as much as they can, because it’s a time for them to relax and use it as some mental help for them to recharge the batteries.”

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Summer fun For athletes, mandated off-season workouts are key to success JEREMY NIT TA Senior Staff Writer Summer is a time for students to recharge after a full academic year of studies. For student athletes, it also serves as a chance for them to be liberated from the daily grind of practices and workouts.

But summer isn’t all fun and games for college athletes.

“We give them a fitness packet at the end of May,” head soccer coach Michelle Nagamine said. “It specifically gives them a workout that they need to do basically everyday.”

WO R KO U T P L A N S At the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, school officially resumes

on August 25, which is around the time that athletes return to practicing. Once they return, the constant training will resume for them, but it’s something they should be prepared for if they handled their summer responsibly.

“That fitness packet gives them a guide of what they should be doing if they want to pass the fitness test that we give them in the fall when they come back,” Nagamine said.

Soccer isn’t the only sport that places expectations for its athletes over summer vacation.

“We have them meet with our strength and conditioning coach, who gives them a workout plan to use over summer,” said head women’s tennis coach Jun Her-

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“There are quite a few girls who are playing in the summer on organized teams,” Nagamine said. “Some of the girls are playing in leagues up in California, and others have stayed here and are playing in some organized scrimmages set up by soccer clubs they used to play for.”

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“There are very strict NCA A rules that we are governed by to make sure that we are not monitoring the athletes during the summer,” Nagamine said. “For the ones that stay here in Hawai‘i, we aren’t allowed to interact with them or watch them work out.”

Also, the coaches are careful to make sure that athletes don’t burn themselves out over summer.

“We do talk to them about overtraining,” Nagamine said.

“We tell them that we don’t want them running, say, fi ve extra miles in addition to what their fitness packet says. We tell them that if they do what they’re supposed to,

Both the soccer and tennis teams put together respectable seasons last year. Nagamine’s squad f inished 8 - 8 -1 last season while narrowly missing out on the playof fs, and Hernandez guided the tennis team to an 11-9 mark, good for third in the Big West. With both teams returning their main core this season, their coaches are hope f ul that their athletes come back ready to build on last year’s success.

“We really just have to have faith in our athletes, and trust our players that they’re going to do the right thing when no one is watching,” Nagamine said. “It’s a little hard, because you know some players are more disciplined than others. But this year, I think that this team has a lot of responsible, committed players who will do their fitness packets.”

“We fi nished third last year, which isn’t bad,” Hernandez said. “But I know that these girls want to do better, and I trust that they’re going to be working to improve and do better next season.”

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