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Mānoa strategic planning part of campus conversation As the campus prepares for its next accreditation visit from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), it is aligning the Mānoa Strategic Plan with the system’s strategic directions.

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A new work order system that will handle requests for repairs in the student dorms is slated to be in opperation by spring break.

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06_WOMEN NEED ACCESS TO SAFE, LEGAL ABORTION, PANEL SAYS A panel composed of leaders from Planned Parenthood, congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa and faculty from the campus Department of Women’s Studies think Congress should halt its anti-abortion agenda.

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Kuykendall midnight trespasser arrested During a routine check of Kuykendall Hall at 1:30 a.m., DPS officers located a man on the seventh floor rooftop landing. DPS determined that he was a repeat trespasser. He was arrested by Honolulu Police.

Parking structure elevator targeted by apparent vandals An elevator in the Dole Street parking garage was found disabled and stuck between the first and second floors at around 9:40 a.m. A hatch from the ceiling was broken and left open.

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Bathroom ink squirter at work, Gartley Hall At 9:50 a.m., staff at Gartley Hall reported black ink squirted all over a stall inside a men’s restroom.

Loud party brought to end by resident assistant A Hale Noelani resident assistant complained people were playing loud music and shouting. The party was shut down and the occupants were told to disperse

Heavy rainfall events UH planetary director more frequent B. Ray Hawke on Big Island, UH dead at 68 Bernard “Ray” Hawke, director of the Pacific researchers say University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa researchers have revealed in a study that climate change has increased heavy rainfall events on the Big Island over the last 50 years, according to a UH News release.

“In the past, the frequency of heavy rainfall events was assumed to be fairly constant. However, because climate is changing, the assumption of stable precipitation climatology is questionable and needs to be reconsidered,” said Pao-Shin Chu, professor of atmospheric sciences at UH Mānoa and head of the Hawai‘ i State Climate Office.

In the study, researches “analyzed extreme precipitation events and the frequency with which they occur on three islands in Hawai‘ i – O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i Island.”

One example is a storm that occurs on the Big Island once every 20 years that brings 12 inches of daily precipitation. By 2009, the storm returned every 3-5 years.

“Changes in the frequency of heavy rain events have repercussions on ecological systems, property, transportation, flood hazards and engineering design – including sewage systems, reservoirs and buildings,” Chu said.

Ying Chen, a UH Mānoa graduate student at the time of the study, alongside Chu, found a greater number of extreme rain events during La Niña years and the opposite during El Niño years.

US flag discovered upside down by Bachman Hall The U.S. flag by Bachman Hall was discovered upside down last Thursday.

Sarah Rice, University of Hawai‘ i at Mānoa Department of Public Safety community programs manager, said the upside down flag could have been the result of an accident, as DPS handles the raising of the flag.

“I believe it was just an accident,” she said “I don’t know that anybody would have turned it around — it’s possible — but probably not likely.

According to DPS officials, the flags by Bachman Hall are normally raised between 7 and 8 a.m.

Regional Planetary Data Center (PRPDC), is dead at 68. He passed away in his sleep at Straub Hospital on Jan. 24.

A member of the University of Hawai‘ i since 1978, Hawke initially joined as a planetary geologist and later became part of the Hawai‘ i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology in 1983.

Hawke is noted for his research in collecting measurements of color at high resolution of small spots on the moon, lunar geology, planetary photogeology and cratering processes.

His studies contributed to the understanding of the geological evolution of the lunar crust.

“He spent many hours at Hawai‘i’s Mauna Kea Observatory, diligently working to make certain that data for the correct spot on the Moon was being acquired,” said Paul D. Spuds in his remembrance of the former planetary scientist.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1946, Hawke served in the army in 1970-71 and later analyzed lunar regolith chemistry as a masters student at the University of Kentucky. He used a technique that would later be adopted “to decipher the geological history of the Apollo landing sites.”

He went on to study at Brown University where he earned another M.S. and a Ph.D. in geological studies.

Hawke is survived by his brother Stephen and his wife Nancie, and their children David and Michael of Columbia, Missouri.

A memorial gathering will be held in the Pacific Regional Planetary Data Center (POST 544) on Sunday, February 15 at 3 p.m.

UH Cancer Center business model cancerous A University of Hawai‘ i task force released a report Monday identifying the UH Cancer Center’s business model as “flawed and incomplete, thus nullifying the Center’s ability to achieve its much anticipated benefits.”

The 124-page report highlights “the reliance on Consortium partners for clinical trials is ineffective,” reliance on state support tobacco taxes unsustainable and suggests the center “consider alternative budgeting models.”

The center has an annual mortgage payment of $8 million a year and relies on a share of the state’s cigarette tax funds in order to supplement the mortgage payment.

However, the tax funds — which were expected to provide the center with an annual fund of $20 million a year — have dropped steadily: $19.5 million in 2010, $14 million in 2013 and is pro-

jected to be $11 million for this fiscal year.

“Another item that should be considered is to change the funding of debt service from a volatile source, such as cigarette taxes, to the tobacco settlement fund,” the report said.

With cigarette tax revenue and extramural funding success rates expected to continue their downward trends, a subcommittee of the task force thinks leaders from the UHCC, UH Mānoa and UH System should decide on a course of action and revise its business plan and consider alternate budgeting models.

“This might require abandoning the incremental budgeting model for more strategic budgeting. Here UHCC would prune, reallocate and reorganize in accordance with the business plan, rather than budget more of the same plus 3 percent for inflation,” the report said.

The group also suggested the UHCC consolidate its operations with the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) through shared services as this might provide significant cost savings in the long run.

ASUH clarifies stance on divestment from fossil fuels The Associated Students of the University of Hawai‘ i at Manoa (ASUH) explained their position regarding UH’s divestment from fossil fuels in a press release this morning.

The statement comes after ASUH’s decision Wednesday to vote against UH’s immediate divestment from nonrenewable energy sources.

“During the discussion, members of the Senate asserted that it was premature to call upon the Board of Regents (BOR) to ‘ immediately stop any new investment in fossil fuel companies’ as the resolution stated,” the release said.

“Additionally, the Senate discussed the potential implications of immediately halting investments without a better understanding of financial consequences.”

ASUH acknowledged the BOR’s investigation into the potential consequences and benefits of divestment and maintained that any of the task force’s conclusions on investments will ultimately apply to their own portfolio.

The student senate also voted last week in a separate resolution to keep their investment options open, so long as they are made legally.

A Merrill Lynch advisor in attendance Wednesday night valued ASUH’s portfolio at an approximate $8 million – 77 percent of their budget, according to the release.

The statement also noted that ASUH had previously passed a motion to place a $4 fee on each student to contribute to sustainability projects on campus.

ASUH stated their commitment to “being both financially responsible and sustainable.”

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University ITS works to improve Internet service ITS is responsible for all things Internet throughout the UH system

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ITS is exploring new ways to improve on-campus Internet surfing speed.

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The Information Technology Services (ITS) of the University of Hawai‘i is continuously working to maintain and improve the Internet system that it acts as a service provider to, for all of UH’s 10 campuses.

Recent events, such as new technology to improve the submarine cables stretching underneath the Pacific carrying high-speed-capable broadband from Asia to Hawai‘i and beyond have raised questions within the community about the quality of access received in the state and what change means for Hawai‘i.

“The better that we can equip the backbone of the primary connections to the university translates to better service [for the community],” vice president for ITS and chief information officer Garret Yoshimi, said.

HAWAI‘I AS AN INTERNET ACCESS DESTINATION

A recent article in Pacific Business News highlights the need for an upgrade in high-speed Internet

connections. The upgrade would come by way of new submarine cables passing from Asia to the mainland. However, if Hawai‘ i does not attempt to attract the owners of these new pipes, the state would miss out on the opportunity to upgrade and to have access to the new pipes.

The Submarine Cable Map website shows the seven pipes already connected to Hawai’i, such as the Japan-U.S. cable and the Southern Cross cable network. The pipes are owned by different companies, which include Verizon, Hawaiian Telcom and Telecom New Zealand.

These undersea cables make stops in Guam, Hawai‘i, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand before continuing on to the mainland.

According to Yoshimi, the technology in the new undersea cables has advanced to such a point that companies do not need to stop in Hawai‘i, saving them time and resources.

Hawai‘i is already ranked one of the lowest in the U.S., 46th place, in relation to Internet speeds, with

speeds as low as 17.22 megabits per second (Mbps) to as high as 27 Mbps. This is in comparison with states like New York which operates using a speed of 53 Mbps and Singapore, which utilizes a speed of 105 Mbps, according to an article by Pacific Business News.

“I think that an upgrade for better Internet sounds like a good idea but I would need to know more to say for sure,” Jenny Boranian, a Spanish major at UH Mānoa, said.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE PROVIDER

“We [ITS] are the equivalent of an Internet service provider [ISP] for this community,” Yoshimi said. “We are an ISP for somewhere between 70,000 and 80,000 individuals.”

According to Yoshimi, ITS provides access to all campuses in the UH system from the two gigabits it purchases, through monies allocated to the program by UH. With this, ITS facilitates access to the Internet and monitors its internal workings, in part by use of a completely automated authentication program.

The authentication program, oth-

erwise known as the “UH ID and password” program, which all students, faculty, staff and visitors use when accessing the Internet on a UH campus, connects different interfaces utilized by UH. These interfaces include Laulima, MyUH, administrative services, the computers in Hamilton Library and more.

The Information Technology Center is the relay station for incoming data to UH. From there, it is shared between campuses and then on each campus individually. Access to Wi-Fi on campus is supplied by the same basic radio technology used by other Internet service providers, according to Yoshimi.

MONITORING THE SYSTEM

Those who use the system are subject to the surveillance of their activity and how it affects the overall system, according to Yoshimi, if it negatively impacts how others can use their access.

For example, ITS engineers hone in on desktops or servers that are spewing out traffic and infecting other computers, or act when

alerted of suspicious activity, such as the phishing scam last week.

ITS monitors Internet traffic throughout all of the UH system, in regards to time, specific sites and amount of information being shared. According to Yoshimi, ITS uses this feedback to improve the way the pipes are being used.

“There are ways you can make [the system] work better, instead of just buying more capacity,” Yoshimi said. “We are constantly working on that to make sure the pipes are used as effectively as possible.”

As far as illegal activity goes, the UH Information Security Program is responsible for policing this kind of activity for the university. Depending on the crime, they will work with state and federal agencies to address the issue.

On a smaller scale, ITS also works to maintain access on campuses.

When there are problems with connectivity, in different buildings or specific areas, due to a malfunction or lack of a pre-existing coverage in that area, ITS employees are involved in addressing the issue.

Pilikia system, dorms awaiting new upgrade COURTNEY TEAGUE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

In an effort to improve their maintenance program, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Student Housing Services is revamping their pilikia system.

Dana Yoshimura, associate director of operations at Student Housing Services, confirmed the department is on schedule and in the midst of beta testing a new work order system in an email interview. Student Housing Services is hoping to unveil the pilikia site around spring break.

“The new system is meant to improve on the way the work related to all service requests [is] assigned and monitored,” Yoshimura said.

Residents will still submit pilikias online through the Student Housing website, though the page will be

updated. Maintenance employees will also be able to receive alerts while working in the field, according to Yoshimura.

Taylor Costa, a Frear Hall resident, described an incident a few weeks ago where her roommate experienced difficulty with the current pilikia process and staff was slow to respond to her request.

“It kind of takes forever. ... My roommate, her light blew out and she filed [a pilikia] and had to wait four days before someone came and fixed it, so she was without a light in her room for four days,” Costa said.

Yoshimura explained that once the system is in effect, employees will be able to receive assignments “in near real-time via mobile device.”

The system was designed by maintenance management system developer TMA Systems. Their

contract was worth approximately $130,000, and TMA Systems received notice to proceed in June 2014, Yoshimura said.

MOVING IN A NEW DIRECTION

In addition to the planned update of Student Housing’s work order system, the department has recently concluded a review of their housing properties.

“The review team looked at campus records and plans, did site inspections and also performed a two-day focus group with students, staff and administrators to gain a better sense of what constituencies were looking for in student housing and what they thought of possible sites,” said Michael Kaptik, director of Student Housing Services in an email interview.

According to Kaptik, the team looked into the potential replace-

ment of Noelani and Wainani G and H. They also reviewed Wainani I and F to determine whether the buildings were candidates for renovation or replacement. Other areas around campus were also considered for possible future housing facility sites.

“Based on all of the information gathered, the team moved forward and evaluated three sites and the housing that could be developed for the sites,” he said.

Kaptik named infrastructural needs, site capacities and overall cost as criteria used to assess campus sites for housing.

He also listed “ability to develop community and connection” as a priority in moving forward with the development of future housing infrastructures.

When the project is finished, Housing intends to seek student opinion

in the planning process, Kaptik said.

The department will reach out to both students and administration for feedback on design plans, based on the information gathered from the housing review.

“Our goal is to use this planning process to develop new housing options on campus,” Kaptik said.

Student Housing is awaiting on the final report to be issued. Kaptik anticipates the writeup to be ready mid-February.

This latest report comes after state and private audits that have called for the renovation and even demolition of some of Student Housing’s properties.

“They should probably fix [student housing] now before it gets worse and there’s more money that they need to put into it,” Costa said.

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Bill to abolish undergraduate programs deferred ALDEN ALAYVILLA WEB EDITOR

The House Higher Education Committee deferred a bill Thursday that would have axed undergraduate programs with fewer than 10 graduates a year.

After over two hours of testimony that opposed the legislation, the committee deferred the bill after University of Hawai‘i system President David Lassner said an annual budget report on small programs will be presented to them.

"It’s actually a report that we have been producing anyway," Lassner said. "The board got interested for the same reasons you have – to try and understand the costs.

We presented it. We came to the conclusion that a simple numeric formula wasn’t going to be the solution."

Lassner added that a six-month update was instituted for UH Mānoa, UH West O‘ahu and UH Hilo.

Rep. Isaac Choy, chair of the committee and introducer of the bill, said he didn't realize UH administration was working on a solution to economize the costs of small programs.

"I didn’t realize they were already doing it," Choy said. "When they said they were already doing it, then I can go ahead and live with it. I’m going to ask the administration to give me those reports on an annual basis. I’m not going stipulate the bill."

Around 110 people attended the hearing at the State Capitol and over a dozen people testified against the bill. Choy, however, said he "didn’t quite understand the testimony."

"Maybe it’s my accounting mind because my way was a lot less blunt," Choy said. "[Administration] can close a program instantaneously. I was giving these guys 13 years."

Reed Dasenbrock, UH Mānoa's vice chancellor for academic affairs, said administration is working with

departments to keep small programs while attracting students.

"We need all of these majors," Dasenbrock said. "Small size is a challenge to be addressed in the first place by seeing what we can to attract more students. We’re committed to work hard to get more students into these majors that the faculty and regents have approved."

Choy said he hoped the regents listened to the testimony. He added that starting new programs is costly and the old programs would be difficult to shut down.

"They approved 17 new programs and I was criticizing David do something," Choy said. "I hope they realize to shut a program is very, very difficult. They’re all very worthy programs. But at the end of the day, I’m still looking for $33 million here."

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Women need access to safe, legal abortion, panel says Planned Parenthood, Mānoa faculty think Hawai‘i has work to do on women’s rights RAVEN BELLAMY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The United States Congress should halt their anti-abortion agenda and instead focus on achieving gender equality on other fronts, Planned Parenthood said during a panel at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Jan. 30.

Students and faculty at UH joined leaders from Planned Parenthood, experts on national and local women’s rights and Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in discussing the ongoing struggle to acquire and uphold women’s rights in the United States, as well as a variety of other related topics. The panel was held on campus as part of the UH Department of Women’s Studies 40th anniversary events “If we don’t control our reproduction, someone else will,” Women’s Studies Professor Kathy Ferguson said.

BIRTH CONTROL IN HAWAI‘I

“I think particularly in Hawai‘i it’s easy to be complacent,” said Susan Trout, co-chair of Planned Parenthood Young Leaders of Hawai‘i, during the panel discussion. “We have such a great track record here [in Hawai‘ i] of access to abortion

and access to birth control.”

In 1970, Hawai‘i became the first state in the U.S. to allow legal abortions. According to Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawai‘i, minors under 18 do not need parental consent to obtain an abortion.

Planned Parenthood of Hawai‘ i spokeswoman Laurie Temple said the organization is looking to reopen the clinic when it’s responsive to the need there.

Trout added that the state doesn’t have mandated comprehensive sex-education and the

But there’s still a lot of work to be done here. On neighbor islands, there are no providers in Kaua‘ i for abortions.

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“But there’s still a lot of work to be done here,” Trout said. “On the neighbor islands, there are no providers in Kaua‘i for abortions.”

In 2009, Planned Parenthood ceased operations on Kaua‘ i, but has made plans to resume in the near future with possible funds from the University of Hawai‘ i.

However, Planned Parenthood has been met with opposition from communities like the Aloha Life Advocates organization, which has created a petition urging the people of Kaua‘ i to “act immediately” against these plans.

In an article from Life Site News,

schools can choose to opt out of teaching sex-ed to their students.

According to Advocates for Youth, 54 percent of Hawai‘i’s high school students said they’d used a condom the last time they had sex. This percentage is the lowest out of all the 50 states. In addition, Hawai‘i is ranked sixth worst in chlamydia rates and 10th worst in highest teen pregnancy rates in the United States according to the state Department of Education fact sheet.

BIRTH CONTROL AND CONGRESS

On Jan. 21, Congress decided to defer voting on a bill that would ban

abortion after 20 weeks of gestation and passed a bill that restricts federal funding of abortions.

“The biggest barrier standing in our way is politics,” said Cecile Richards, Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund president during the panel discussion. “They seem to be fighting over issues that have already been settled, like access to legal abortion.”

In an email, Ferguson explained that the proposed 20 week ban is a big issue because many women do not realize they are pregnant at that early of a date.

“Why is it that women in politics make up about 20 percent, when women are more than 50 percent of the voting power and they’re the consistent vote?” Hanabusa said.

However, business major Angelina Tenn thinks a ban at 20 weeks of pregnancy is acceptable, as the fetus has begun critical developments and the pregnant woman has had four months to think about an abortion by then.

“I think women should have access to abortion, because sometimes they aren’t able to provide a stable home for a kid,” Tenn said.

Currently, there are 104 female members of Congress out of all 535

members, according to a fact sheet

by Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics.

Richards added that it’s not popular to oppose women’s rights.

MOVING FORWARD

“[Congress] should pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would say that in fact you cannot pass laws in states that would keep women from accessing safe and legal abortion,” Richards said.

According to an American Journal of Public Health article, in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade resulted in the recognition of women’s constitutional right to make medical decisions without political intervention. But in 1992, the Supreme Court made state laws making restrictions on abortion legal after the Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey decision.

Ferguson explained that early progressive leaders did not see women’s rights as something you could win once and be done with.

“It was [viewed as] a continuing piece of a long-term struggle,” Ferguson said.

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UH College-Credit Equivalency program bill passed House comittee passes credit- for-experience bill DREW DEBRO STAFF WRITER

The House Committee on Higher Education Development (HED) approved a bill with amendments that would require UH to award credits for previous life experience in a legislative hearing Tuesday.

Known as House Bill (HB) 981, the measure will require — rather than permit, as the previous law did — UH to award college credit for previous life, work, academic and/or military experiences. Credits would be given based on a comprehensive review of an applicant’s professional portfolio by faculty of the department to which they are applying.

HB 981 must pass the House floor, the Senate committee on HED, the Senate and be signed by Governor Ige before it can go into effect.

The bill was passed with the noted absence of Rep. Kaniela Ing, no nays, 12 ayes and two ayes with reservations from State Reps. Andria Tupola and Matthew LoPresti.

LoPresti expressed concerns

about whether the bill infringes on the balance of power between legislators and educational institutions.

“It’s not the legislature’s place to be legislating curriculum, period,” LoPresti said. “Curriculum is best left to faculty because they’re the experts in their fields.”

He stated the legislation would place excessive constraints on educators, worsening the pre-existing tension between the industry of education and the institution of government.

LoPresti felt that the bill wouldn’t

another university, but I am a UH alum and one of my other bills is to try to allow more faculty to run for office” LoPresti said. “Not just faculty, but any state employee – it’s in those areas that we have experts that are more or less prohibited from running for office and I think that’s insane.”

UH Vice President for Community Colleges John Morton was also in attendance at Tuesday’s hearing and gave verbal testimony in favor of the benefits UH students could see in their graduation timeline as

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pose these problems if a professor’s perspective were represented on the House Committee on HED. “This is about more than this bill. I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but I’m a faculty member at

a result of accepting life experience as credits.

Morton stated that if students are able to use resources like AP exams, placement tests and other extenuating circumstances to

receive college credit, the same rules should apply to all experiences that could be relevant to college coursework.

“Courses are not necessarily the only place where students might pick up the knowledge that we would want to see in a college degree,” Morton said. “We’ve been working on a learning equivalency program to determine if students have in fact picked up those skills so they don’t have to repeat it and waste money” Morton said.

In addition to military service, internships and other professional experiences, Morton said that work experience prior to enrolling in a degree program at a four-year university can also be applicable to a wide variety of fields and deserves consideration during the credit evaluation process.

“Sometimes a student may be on the job working, they’re picking up a lot of skills and the best way for them to demonstrate that is to sit down with faculty who know the courses and the discipline and say ‘Okay, show me what you know,’” Morton said.

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UH Mānoa Commuter Services is the only provider of on-campus parking permits.

The campus has postponed its proposal to increase parking permit rates and will possibly propose an increase by 2016.

According to UH media spokesperson Dan Meisenzahl, UH Mānoa’s Commuter Services will reevaluate the proposed increase for parking permits, due to the

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repairs for Phase I and Phase II parking structures. Another $5 million was geared towards the Dole Street structure and exterior parking lots.

According to Meisenzahl, two emergency repairs are currently taking place. The second floor railings and the third floor expansion joints are being repaired at the athletic department parking structures.

All other major repairs have been postponed until further notice.

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Rep. Takashi Ohno, also a strong proponent of the bill, stated that the bill would give students graduating from high schools in Hawai‘ i more of an incentive to enroll in local community colleges in anticipation of eventually transferring into a program of their choice.

Ohno expressed that legislators would have much more confidence in recommending community college to graduating high school students if it were guaranteed that all or most of completed coursework would eventually be relevant to a college degree.

Written testimonies in support of this measure were also submitted by former Mililani High School teacher, administrator, state test development specialist and Curriculum Specialist Marian Crislip,as well asindividuals Daniel Soo and Daniel Pagan.

The House session to pass or veto the HB 981 has not yet been scheduled at this time.

elongated response from the governors office. The office is also waiting on approval to hold a public hearing to inform the public of its proposal. Since it took so long to move that process, budget projections are outdated and UH will update the proposed rate increase to reflect current numbers. Currently, there is no set proposal.

“We have to go reassess and make sure we have the most up-to-

date information so we make the right decisions as far as what if any increase should be,” Meisenzahl said.

According to a June 2014 Ka Leo article, Commuter Service’s proposal would have increased student parking permit rates from its current $142 a semester rate to $230 by fiscal year 2019. Employees would also have been affected and their rates would increase to $273 a semester for lower campus per-

mits and $403 a semester for upper campus permits by fiscal year 2019.

REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

The Ka Leo article also reported the increase would contribute to repairs and maintenance for campus parking lots and structures. Commuter Services collaborated with Nagamine Okawa Engineers to evaluate the needs for repairs. At that time, they estimated $16 million in

Donovan Morimoto, a second-year MBA student, thinks an increase in prices have to be reasonable.

“I think prices has to increase and have to be reasonable. It has to be explained to the student body about what the direct benefits are,” he said.

Takaho Iwasaki, a second year MBA student, thinks there should be an increase in parking spaces.

Meisenzahl adds that there is “a public process and a process that happens here on campus.”

When the campus knows a revenue stream is coming in and if it is going to be increasing the rates, then the campus can plan major projects that need to be done and will have more information at that point, he said.

“It is so far away right now,” Meisenzahl said.

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Roses are red; chocolates are black The hidden cost of pleasure

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When receiving a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers or a chocolate box on Valentine’s Day, rarely do we stop to think about their origin.

Roses and chocolates may be lovely treats in the developed world, but they cause unnecessary human suffering in places like Ecuador and West Africa. It is important to understand these poor production methods in order to demand that flower and chocolate corporations improve their working conditions.

A TASTY TRADITION

Cocoa and roses have been cultivated by humans for thousands of years, and their enjoyment should

not be stopped. Cocoa was used as a ritual beverage by the Mayans and other indigenous peoples of Central and South America, World Chocolate Foundation said. Roses used for medicine and perfume trace back to the Chinese and the Roman empires, the University of Illinois Extension reported.

The ease of modern transportation and communication has enabled countries to specialize in producing goods and services, leading to cheap roses and chocolate for the United States and Europe at the expense of the quality of life of Latin American and West African workers.

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the two countries much easier.

This has come with economic benefits for Ecuadorians, as rose workers earn an average of $140 per month, almost twice the local minimum wage, a report from Mother Jones indicated. However due to the lack of regulation by the government, rose companies are able to use pesticides and preservatives that have been banned in much of the world.

Rose workers are lucky to receive a simple mask or gloves for protection and are told to continue working in the greenhouse during routine chemical sprays. Female rose workers, who comprise 70 percent of the Ecuadorian rose industry, see far higher rates of miscarriages and birth defects than local women outside the industry, Mother Jones said. Excessive pesticide spraying leads to runoff, which contaminates the local water table and leaches into maize crops that further poison the population. Foreign corporations who own the farms are reluctant to pay for medical expenses or sick leave resulting from heavy chemi-

When people eat chocolate, they are eating my flesh.

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the rose industry there. The Netherlands has traditionally been the flower-growing center of Europe, but was overtaken in the past two decades by Ecuador and other tropical exporters. The U.S. Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act has eliminated tariffs for Ecuador in an effort to replace cocaine farms with rose and vegetable farms, making trade between

cal use when there are many more able-bodied workers available to exploit, Mother Jones said.

DEATH BY COCOA BEAN

After the invention of the steam engine in the 1700s, cocoa bean grinding was mechanized, making chocolate cheaply available to the masses.

Chocolate’s popularity has continued growing to the present, where over 3

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million tons of cocoa beans are consumed per year, the World Chocolate Foundation said. The Ivory Coast is the world’s largest producer with 40 percent of the trade, followed by Ghana at 30 percent, the Anti-Slavery Organization said.

Because cocoa farmers earn less than two dollars per day, to stay competitive they regularly employ child laborers who are often forced to work with little or no pay, Food Is Power reported. Boys and girls 12 to 16 years old, and some as young as five, are abducted from neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali, while some are sold by their own families into the trade. Cocoa farming involves using chainsaws to clear forests and climbing trees with machetes to cut bean pods, activities that are hazardous for adults, let alone small children. As a result, almost every child worker has visible scars.

Similar to Ecuador, little government regulation of pesticides exists in Ivory Coast or Ghana, so workers are regularly exposed to banned chemicals. Almost half of all child workers do not receive an education while working on the cocoa farms, a clear violation of international child labor laws. The conditions on many farms resemble slavery, where workers are beaten for trying to escape or for not working fast enough, Food Is Power said.

“When people eat chocolate, they are eating my flesh,” said recently freed cocoa slave Drissa, as reported by Food Is Power.

Before you buy your friend or lover a fragrant rose or a tasty chocolate for Valentine’s Day, do some research to make sure you aren’t supporting pesticide pollution or child slavery.

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ASUH’s decision provides opportunity for collaboration that has been invested in these companies. Divest — a small word with cosmic implications.

ASUH’S DECISION

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Climate change is becoming increasingly controversial and is now a widely accepted phenomenon that threatens every aspect of the way we live. Prominent are the group of fossil fuel harvesters making billions of dollars at the planet’s expense.

One way to impede a system of this size is to recall funds and equity

The Associated Students of the University of Hawai‘i (ASUH) have an investment portfolio with about $500 million currently invested in fossil fuel energy. ASUH President Stephen Nishihara explained that the portfolio exists to fund organizations on campus, write grants for research, provide scholarships and other activities.

“A big portion of our budget comes from stocks,” Nishihara said.

“How we invest and what we do is going to affect the money we end up getting to distribute [to] programs for students.”

DIVESTMENT?

Funds from the portfolio as well

as an effort from ASUH increased the amount of money available for scholarships by 40 percent this year. However, it is difficult to move away from a system that makes money at the expense of the environment.

“Sustainability is at the core of it all, but it doesn’t make sense to be completely cut off from fossil fuel companies when our campus is completely dependent on the energy,” Nishihara said.

Instead, Nishihara supports investing in technologies that can reduce UH’s dependence on fossil fuels before eventual divestment and supports a resolution that encourages the university to have more sustainability projects.

Nishihara discussed the recent tension between sustainability groups on campus and his own team of senators regarding ASUH’s decision.

“We’re just arguing about how to help people. If it was an empty meeting, and nobody cared, I’d be more sad than if people were disagreeing with what we do,” Nishihara said.

COMMUNICATION

Regarding climate change, this period in Earth’s history has implications that affect all people. Passion, caution and timely evaluation of consequences and effective action will be necessary to combat it. Individuals shouldn’t oppose each other without understanding all perspectives of an issue, in this case climate change.

ASUH doesn’t have the opportunity to pass legislation based on passion. It must rely on data and majority views to direct its decisions. That’s why it is imperative to make your voice heard if you’re a student who believes in

a progressive approach to living on this planet.

Sign petitions, attend events and vote when it comes time to elect your officials. Nishihara said it was only due to the efforts of Sustainable UH and other groups on campus raising awareness and obtaining signatures on the petition for a sustainability fund that ASUH was able to pass the resolution and bring the process into effect.

This university can be a leader among higher education institutions regarding climate change. UH can bring a new way of thinking to life and develop successful systems that don’t rely on old, harmful technologies. UH can make divestment happen through cooperation and teamwork, and success will be all the greater because it will have been a collaborative effort.

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Response to the Bill Cosby article in the Feb. 2 issue: “I felt very compelled to write in about the Bill Cosby article in Ka Leo’s current issue. I think that it was poorly researched and written with a very biased tone. It is common knowledge that Bill Cosby has settled sexual accusations out of court, something your writer McKarl Manuel failed to report on. Also, your reporter can’t seem to grasp why a woman would not immediately speak out after being attacked. Perhaps instead of ignorantly wondering this in a published article he could speak to a professional, we have them here on campus, and educate himself on why victims often do not come forward until many years after they have been attacked. This could have been a well rounded and educational piece that presented both sides of an argument, but instead we got musings from an uninformed Cosby fan. This was a great issue, but the Cosby piece really brought it down.”

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“Many people have had, and admitted, that they had a great relationship with Mr. Cosby. They say he is kind, generous, funny, principled, brave and gracious among other superlative. Many people do not want to believe lurid accusations.

These people cannot prove that he was not a serial abuser, anymore than we can prove that the people who believe that he is are not. So we are far less vocal. We keep the good experiences in reserve and hope for the best. Maybe we should be more vocal.

It is sad that the people who do compliment him are demeaned and castigated. Which of us has not been falsely accused in our life? Accusations are not proof. Why is it that something not important enough to shout out decades ago, and as recently as 9 years ago; is now so very important?

A comedian made an off color remarks for satirical humor and a woman takes the opportunity to lash out in a newspaper that is desperate for circulation (apparently at any cost). And now we find ourselves engrossed in a sordid affair.

We should feel a little dirty? We should feel used? We should feel hoodwinked?

If you go and read say … 25 of the allegations, all together they will amount to absurdity. Let’s be objective enough to ask critical questions. How for instances do you strongly claim that you did not consent to something you insist you do not remember? Why would you date a married man? Why would you have been alone with a married man you must have known was attracted to you in a sexually charge situation? Is the suggestion of being incapacitated so to bolster a claim of no complicity? How, without aid, does a man force a woman to do some of the acts described? There are many more questions if we are inclined to a “due process”.

Women are stronger and more objective about sex than men.

They are not naïve and helpless victims in the main. However, men are bigger and stronger. It IS our nature to take charge. It is easy to use sex against men as a result.

We all have agendas. Sex is at, or very near, the top of the list for… men under 50. Women are not unaware of this.

There are lots of questions that would at least lend reasonable doubt. Yet there are so many people who are sure of Mr. Cosby’s maleficence. There have been very many good experiences with Mr. Cosby. There have been many reassuring experiences with Mr. Cosby. It is fair to weigh things in the balance. We err if we don’t.

Perhaps, given the fact that we are ALL selfish individuals, we would do better to cut Mr. Cosby and ourselves some slack and choose not to condemn so hastily. What good does it do to believe he is the devil?

We are being lead down the wrong road – a road that poses no truth or solution for any of us.”

-Punahou Puns, University of Hawaii at Mānoa

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Nelson Mandela was one of many imprisoned for exercising free speech and expression.

Why Charlie Hebdo must continue to publish Championing the right to free speech JOHN KLEBBA GUEST WRITER

FREE SPEECH REPRESSED

From Socrates to Mark Twain to James Joyce to George Carlin, some of their most significant literary works have been condemned as offensive or obscene. If we are to appreciate free speech, we must also acknowledge the importance of offensive speech.

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Free expression is central to society. It is essential in any context that individuals be able to speak their minds without fear of retribution. For the U.S., it is a constitutional right and a part of life. For others, it does not exist.

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However, in Ka Leo’s Jan. 19 issue, the cover article was concerned with the issue of free speech in the wake of the attacks on Charlie Hebdo. Offensive speech should not be regulated, and Charlie Hebdo should not be discontinued. Muhammad must continue to be portrayed.

PREVIOUS INSTANCES

This is not the first time offensive portrayals of Muhammad or Islam have led to violence or threats of violence. Most famous is the controversy over Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses,” which led Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini to order Rushdie killed, resulting in attacks on several translators and publishers as well as a massacre in Turkey. In 2006, there was a controversy over the Jyllands-Posten’s publication of cartoons depicting Muhammad. In 2011, Charlie Hebdo’s offices were firebombed after the publication of a Muhammad-centric issue.

ond week has been postponed for medical reasons. His initial sentence was 600 lashes and seven years in prison and was increased to 1000 lashes and 10 years following a failed appeal. His crime: creating a website that criticized jihadism and being Saudi Arabian.

On Dec. 29, 2013, three journalists were arrested and were convicted in Egypt on June 23, 2013, for aiding the Muslim Brotherhood, spreading false news and endangering national security. Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were working for the Qatari news organization Al Jazeera. A retrial was announced on Jan. 1. No bail was approved. The Committee to Protect Journalists said that as of Dec. 1, 2014, twelve such credentialed journalists were imprisoned in Egypt.

Last month, 145 people were killed by Taliban gunmen at the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar, Pakistan. Most of those dead were between 12 and 16

years old. The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack said that from 2009 to 2012 there were 838 attacks on schools in Pakistan, and it said this estimate was conservative. In Afghanistan at least 1000 attacks have occurred.

PROTECT FREE EXPRESSION

While disturbing on their own, these stories are more important for what they represent: Each is an attack on free religious discourse, free press or education. These are also not isolated incidents but some of the high-profile cases. Throughout the world, there is systematic repression of the basic freedoms necessary for people to be politically engaged, and individuals risk their lives to speak freely and gather information. Education, free press and free discourse are essential for people in the Middle East and elsewhere to liberate themselves from tyranny.

While men like the Charlie Hebdo attackers make headlines, the majority of Muslims live peaceably.

The Islamic world has a long history of scholarship, artistic achievement and tolerance. The current unrest in the Middle East has been caused largely by political upheavals throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and an interpretation of the Qur’an that promotes armed jihad.

If Charlie Hebdo ceased publication through self-censorship, it would hurt free speech. The people who are offended by the cartoons have every right to take offense, but they must also acknowledge that a citizen of a free society cannot act violently in response. Free speech comes with a price: You must give up the right to not be offended.

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Why the legislature must kill HB 555 Administrative salaries are more than they have ever been, UH athletics continues to bleed money by the millions of dollars and the Mānoa campus still lacks a clear method for allocating money to programs and departments.

By all means, though, let’s cut French courses. Clearly, it’s the solution to our fiscal ills.

That’s the context for the proposal made by Rep. Isaac Choy in HB 555. If passed, the bill would cut all degree-granting programs in the UH system that graduate fewer than 10 students a year for three consecutive years.

That would spell the end for several Mānoa departments, including many of the European languages and other programs in the sciences and humanities.

The bill was deferred in its current form by the state house’s higher education committee on Feb. 5, but could resurface later this legislative session.

In testimony at last week’s hearing, many UH faculty, staff and students cited the academic diversity that the 32 programs bring to Mānoa.

As American Studies professor Jonna Eagle told Ka Leo on Thursday, cutting the programs meant the legislature would be “gutting the university of the breadth and richness that [it] has to offer.”

An even larger impact would come from the disappearance of the dozens of the general education courses that these departments teach. While only seven students graduated with a bachelor’s degree in French last year, for example, hundreds are enrolled in French classes this spring to fulfill the two-year language requirement for their degrees.

Other departments, such as American Studies, offer dozens of courses that emphasize writing, oral presentation and other skills that Mānoa mandates for all of its undergraduates. Ironically, cutting these courses would make it harder for students to fill these requirements and graduate on time – something that legislators have chastised the university for not encouraging enough.

HB 555’s impact on general education requirements is another sign of how little Hawai‘i’s legislators understand about the state’s public university system (see “Our Voice,” Jan. 19, on Sen. Donna Mercado Kim and the UH budget).

Given that lack of knowledge, it’s up to us at the university to inform lawmakers about the problems those affiliated with UH experience on a daily basis. That will require a robust effort by ASUH, GSO and other student groups to share their stories with the legislature as happened at the HB 555 hearing.

If we want better policy proposals, our legislators need an education.

Whether we like it or not, we’re the ones best positioned to teach them.

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Blood money Selling organs to save lives

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On average, 21 people die each day in the U.S. because they are unable to receive an organ donation.

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Until human tissue can be grown in a laboratory, the only way to meet the rising demand for organs is to legalize their sale for both the living and the dead. If a person believes that the rewards of an operation or medical proce-

a living donor can remain healthy after donation, but livers, hearts, lungs and corneas of deceased individuals may also be bought and sold.

In a free society, each person has complete ownership over his or her own body. This includes the right to rent one’s body to provide services such as construction, legal counsel

This [ownership] includes the right to rent one’s body to provide services such as construction, legal counsel or the right to sell body parts. dure outweigh the risks, he or she should be able to pursue selling his or her organs without government interference.

Critics such as the World Health Organization (WHO) oppose any form of organ sales because it has a greater potential appeal to individuals with smaller incomes. However, society approves of dangerous occupations such as crab fishing, soldiering and mineral mining, which are generally staffed by lower socioeconomic classes.

LEGAL ORGAN SALES, MORE DONORS

Increasing the supply of organs by legalizing their sale will reduce high demand and illicit trading. The sale of organs from the deceased could also benefit the families that may be dealing with associated medical expenses.

The WHO estimates that at least 10,000 illegal operations occur each year. Kidneys are the most popular organs traded worldwide since

or the right to sell body parts. However, organ sales have been criminalized in the United States since 1984 with a penalty of up to $50,000 and five years in prison, creating a large black market.

FOREIGN SUCCESS STORIES

Spain has implemented a presumed consent organ donation system in which all deceased persons are harvested for organs unless they previously specified that they do not consent, and only 15 percent of the deceased or their families have refused to donate, Forbes said. Presumed consent has helped provide more organs for those in need but does not completely eliminate the organ waitlist. In the U.S., presumed consent only occurs if a patient dies with no known living family.

Iran is the only nation in the world allowing citizens to sell their kidneys to the government, who then gives them to hospitals with patients who need transplants.

Kidneys are sold for up to $10,000, enough for locals to start a business and better provide for their families, The Guardian said. As a result of this policy, there has not been a waiting list for organ transplantation in Iran since 1999. However, in the same period, more than 30,000 U.S. patients died waiting for an organ transplant.

CHANGING WITH THE TIMES

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2011 that Americans have the right to receive compensation for bone marrow donation, which will help lower-income individuals and patients. The court ruled that bone marrow collected from the bloodstream is blood, the sale of which is not forbidden under the 1984 National Organ Transplant Act. The waitlist for bone marrow has been traditionally lengthy, which has resulted in several deaths on average each year. Legal bone marrow sales may spur further organ-related legislation.

Implemented correctly, legalizing the sale of organs in the U.S. and the rest of the world would reduce unsafe black market medical practices, improve welfare of the poor and their families, and eliminate organ transplant waitlists.

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First dates for potential mates: A guide How to keep your first date from being your worst date JACKIE PERREIRA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

First dates can be divided into two categories: It is either a date with someone you barely know, or a date with someone you previously considered to be a friend. Each one can be just as awkward as the other, and so it helps to choose a dinner spot that best complements your situation.

Sometimes, it’s difficult to even figure out if what you’re doing is in fact a date, since the word “date” is at times synonymous with “hanging out.” Regardless, below is a compilation of different joints that cater to whichever date you plan on having.

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DATE WITH SOMEONE YOU BARELY KNOW Probably the most awkward yet exciting type of date, this requires a place that gives you enough privacy to get to know each other, while also serving conversation starters here and there. It’s tricky, but here’s what we suggest:

DATE WITH SOMEONE YOU’VE KNOWN AS A FRIEND AND HAVE RECENTLY DECIDED TO DATE This is also a delicate situation. On the one hand, you’re already friends so it should be easy to keep up a conversation and find mutual interests. On the other, transitioning from friendship to something more romantic can be very awkward. For this, you need somewhere that is intimate yet fun.

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SHOKUDO JAPANESE RESTAURANT & BAR

This place is often crowded, so it’d be best if someone made a reservation (it would also speak to your ability to think ahead).

The crowd noise can fill the air if your conversation happens to fall silent. Shokudo also has small booths designed for two people to sit adjacent to each other, making it easier to move closer (or a little further apart).

If things are going well, Shokudo’s sushi entrées only have one type of sushi per plate, so if there are two choices your date can’t decide between, offer to order one for yourself and share them.

Shokudo also has dim lighting, so if you’re not feeling one hundred percent that day, you’ll have a layer of darkness to cover any impurities you may have.

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CAFÉ MAHARANI

One consolation of a bad date is knowing that at least the food was really delicious.

At Café Maharani, you can take comfort in their large and fluffy naan saucer and multitudes of savory Indian dishes.

Ideally, things will go well as this restaurant has the makings of a spunky and fun date.

For one, it’s easy to pass by Café Maharani during the day on your way to campus, so this could be a good time to show your date how food savvy you are. Secondly, you can BYOB, meaning you can bring your date’s drink of choice.

Café Maharani doesn’t have much elbow room (it’s about the size of an average classroom), so there’s a lot of potential for things to be awkward. However, sometimes awkwardness can make for a lot of conversation after dinner; something for you both to laugh at and maybe even bond over.

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LOCATION 1585 Kapi‘olani Blvd.

LOCATION 2509 S. King St.

COST Most of their sushi plates are $11-15, so you’ll be spending at least $40 on your date. Parking is free in the lot connected to Shokudo (and in Ala Moana, which is right next door).

COST Vegetarian options are the cheapest entrées starting at $13, while meat entrees such as lamb cost about $18. Parking is free in the Longs Drugs lot across the street from the restaurant.

GYU-KAKU JAPANESE BBQ

Gyu-Kaku’s lively atmosphere can relieve some of the pressure of warming up to each other in a new way. At this restaurant, you cook everything yourself on a tabletop grill, which gives you both something to focus on if things go awry.

This location has a ceiling that is a few feet lower than most and dim lighting, giving it a sense of intimacy. But since this date is all about balance and easing into romance, Gyu-Kaku’s bustling dinner rush on the weekends can serve as fun background noise to keep things lighthearted.

Since this a gastropub, you and your date should be of legal drinking age. As with the previous suggestions, Pint + Jigger’s dim lighting is a commodity. This bar's small size and dimness adds a layer of intimacy.

Pint + Jigger serves over 20 craft brews on tap, so chances are your date won’t know right off the bat what to get. Seize this opportunity to have some recommendations ready.

Beer is often something shared between friends and can highlight the friendly relationship you already have. The drinks could also make it easier to open up and get to know each other on new levels.

Although it is a bar, the Pint + Jigger menu is not your typical affair. Their menu has dishes that are difficult to find in O‘ahu, like their $7 “Scotch Egg,” which is a deep fried soft-boiled egg wrapped in pork rillettes.

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LOCATION 1221 Kapi‘olani Blvd. Ste 105 COST A dinner for two at Gyu-Kaku is about $65, and that includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Street parking is an option, but you may be better off in the parking structure connected to the restaurant. Gyu-Kaku also validates parking.

LOCATION 1936 S. King St. COST Some of Pint + Jigger’s menu items are small and others are big enough to be considered entrées, so the easiest way to figure it out is to ask your waiter. A definite entrée is the Pint + Jigger Stout Burger ($13), topped with beer cheese and garlic aioli. There’s a parking lot in front with about 10 stalls, with street parking also available.

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EAT YOUR HEART OUT THIS YEAR Homemade Valentine chocolates JENNIFER YOO STAFF WRITER

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These homemade chocolates include bittersweet tempered chocolate, ganache filling flavored with rum, almonds, pistachios, orange liqueur and coffee.

INGREDIENTS

Tempered Chocolate: 1-2 pounds of chocolate of your choice Ganache: (makes about 30-40 pieces, depending on size) 10 oz. (290 grams) of chocolate of your choice, finely chopped 160 ml heavy cream 1/2 cup butter Almond-Flavored Ganache: Omit the butter while making the ganache, then mix in 1/2 cup of almond butter and add a few drops of pure almond extract after removing from heat.

Dark Chocolate Coffee Ganache: Use dark chocolate, omit butter, and use 80 ml of heavy cream. Mix in 55ml of hot coffee (flavor is your choice but Italian dark roast is a personal favori e) after removing from heat.

Alternatively, you can make these without heavy cream or butter by chopping the chocolate until it is super fine, and then mixing in 110 ml of hot coffee, thereby melting the dark chocolate. This is a simpler and less time-consuming option, as well as lactose-free (discovered it while experimenting in making chocolates for a friend who was lactose-intolerant).

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Russell Stover. Godiva. Lindt. It’s hard to beat standards like a box of chocolates R as a gift for Valentine’s Day. Even today more than $1 billion are spent on chocolates for this romantic holiday in the United States alone. Why not save some ola money and make a sweet gift like no other this year? mo By following these simple tips, you can not only tailor your selection of chocoB lates to your intended’s tastes, but you can also leave an impression that he or she lat will not forget for quite some time. wil

empered chocolate

Raise the bar with tempered chocolate. Tempering will help your chocolates stay firm at room temperature and give them a nice, crisp texture when eaten. More importantly, it will give your dipped chocolates a professional sheen, making them almost identical to any product you might buy in a store.

It is easiest to manage to change in temperatures while tempering chocolate if made in large quantities, so prepare at least a pound of chocolate. Dark or bittersweet (40-60 percent cacao) chocolate is the easiest to temper. Chocolate that contains milk solidts, namely milk and white chocolate, are more challenging. Avoid using chocolate chips, if possible.

1. Start by finely chopping your selected chocolate (one to two pounds). Set aside approximately one third for later.

2. Place the remaining two thirds in a double boiler (or substitute as described above) and stir until chocolate has melted. Be careful not to stir too forcefully or get any water in the chocolate. If you get even a drop of water in the chocolate tempering will become impossible and you will have to start over. Do not let the temperature of the chocolate exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit for dark or bittersweet, 105 for white or milk.

3. Once the chocolate has melted, remove from heat.

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Wipe the bottom of bowl to remove any residual condensation. Then start stirring in the remaining one third of chocolate little by little. Wait until it has melted before adding more each time.

4. Stir chocolate until it has cooled to 82 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit for dark or bittersweet, 80 to 84 for white or milk. Once it has reached these temperatures, replace the bowl over the simmering water.

Tempered cools and pered chocolate must be used before it coo sets. Try to keep your dark or bittersweet chocolate within 88 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit, your white or milk chocolate 87 to 88 degrees to prevent this from happening.

Experiment with decorations to personalize your sweet gift.

Once you’re done with your creation, don’t forget to decorate your chocolates with nuts, cocoa powder, or icing.

And if you feel like going the extra mile, making the box you present your ravishing chocolates in unique will further complete this one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day gift.

5. Reheat the chocolate until it reaches 88 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit (dark or bittersweet chocolate), or 85 to 87 (white or milk chocolate). Remove the bowl from the heat again.

6. Finally, test your chocolate by spreading a small spoonful on a piece of wax paper. If it comes out dull or streaky, re-temper starting from Step 2. If it dries quickly and has a nice glossy finish, then the chocolate has been successfully tempered.

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anache filling

It does not take a chocolatier to make an amazing ganache filling. Ganache is one of the most versatile forms chocolate can take. Its uses range from a glaze, to a sauce and to a filling. The difference between each depends entirely on the proportion of chocolate to cream. For the purpose of making candy chocolates, primarily truffles, that proportion is typically two parts chocolate to one part cream. The most common chocolate to use in ganache is bittersweet (40 to 60 percent cacao) or dark chocolate. The most frequently used cream is heavy cream or unsalted butter. In some rare cases, both heavy cream and butter may be used, in which case the proportion is closer to one to one (with butter and heavy cream combined).

1. Start by finely chopping your desired chocolate, then add the chocolate into a double boiler as well as your butter and/or heavy cream. If you do not have a double boiler, you can easily substitute by placing a metal bowl on top of a saucepan with about an inch of water in it and pour your ingredients into the bowl. Make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water’s surface.

The water should be at least 120 degrees Fahrenheit, but no more than 140, and at a simmer, not a boil.

2. It is important to mix as little as possible.

Try not to mix the chocolate until more than half of it has melted. Once it has, mix with a rubber spatula until the contents have melted completely and are a uniform color.

Then remove from heat.

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As you get more comfortable with the overall process, try changing the proportions and adding flavorings (after melting chocolate). Liquors are great additions, as is rum but use sparingly as a little goes a long way.

Replacing butter with almond butter and adding some pure almond extract to the mix is a personal favorite. As is mixing dark chocolate with hot coffee to make a bitter but rich truffle perfect for the coffee lover.

The easiest chocolates to make with ganache are truffles, but don’t be afraid to experiment. Try pouring the filling into a wax paper-lined mold and freezing for about thirty minutes. Then you can cut out squares or other shapes, dip them in tempered chocolate and decorate them. Otherwise, just use a fruit baller to scoop out perfect uniform-size balls to make into truffles.

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“What was your best/worst date?”

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Pros and cons of not having a Valentine KIMBERLEE SPEAKMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On Valentine’s Day, it may seem as if the world is dominated by heart-shaped candies, love letters, hand-holding and of course, couples. And then there is you: single. You might decide to spend your day moping, unless you’re one of those “take charge” people who never wanted a relationship or a valentine to begin with. However, the truth is that there are far more people celebrating the romantic holiday as a single-awareness day instead, just like you. If you find yourself alone on Valentine’s Day, don’t worry; you aren’t the only one wallowing in grief. With every downside, there’s an upside to being single and ready to mingle.

VALENTINE’S DAY AND LOOKS:

Everyone secretly wishes they could wear sweats on V-Day

In the end, Valentine’s Day for single people is like a bad Miley Cyrus song; its beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. If you see Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to have fun and enjoy your single status, then good for you. If you don’t, then it’s time to look at the pros on this list again, and maybe you’ll end up finding some kind of upside to being single. Besides, there’s always next year, and who knows, maybe after reading this article you won’t need to look at another pros and cons list of being single on Valentine’s Day again.

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Whatever happened to best friends before boy/girl friends?

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“She’s playing with my hand. That’s when I feel a sharp pain and pull back my hand. In her hands was her earring and a nice blood spot on her finger. While we were eating at Zippy’s, waiting for our order, she takes a plastic knife and runs it along my arm, leaving a nice cut. She tried to laugh it off and kiss it better, but that was[n’t] going to fly. I took her back home after dinner and broke up a week later.”

“He chose to go to Cheesecake Factory, where we have to wait three hours for our food to come. Once we got there, he wanted to sit at the bar, but I didn’t want to because I was underage. We ended up sitting there. We had no conversation whatsoever when we got seated. I was on my phone the entire time. When we were going to leave the restaurant, he wanted to get his ticket validated, but he left it in the car. We ended up having to walk all the way to the parking lot and back to the restaurant again. I never talked to him after that.”

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Who needs a significant other? Imagine spending Valentine’s Day with good buds who have your back no matter what instead. Since you don’t have a valentine, you could probably spend V-Day with your friends, going out and having fun. You don’t have to try hard to impress your friends, because they already know you. You won’t have to spend Valentine’s Day in a slump because now you have friends there to pick you up. Isn’t that sweet?

What if your friends all have Valentine’s dates and you end up being the only one who’s all alone?

While your friends are planning their double or triple dates, you could end up awkwardly sitting in the corner while they chat about all the wonderful things they’re going to do with their significant other on V-Day. What’s worse is after Valentine’s Day, when they all tell you how awesome their dates went. It just makes you wish that you could smack them over the head with some sense.

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Ever notice those couples who go all out and spend their entire paychecks buying expensive gifts for each other? Well, the good news is that you won’t be one of those people this year. You’ll actually be able to spend your own money on yourself. Have fun spending that money, lavishing yourself with gifts instead of spending dough on the significant other you don’t have.

You’ll probably spend the money you didn’t spend on the significant other that you don’t have on chocolates that you will binge on while watching Netflix. Also, you get what you give, and since you aren’t giving any presents for V-Day, chances are, you won’t be getting presents either. Sorry.

VALENTINE’S DAY AND FRIENDS:

WORST DATE

Being single means not having to put in the extra hours of primping and polishing in order to look good for your valentine on V-Day. That means that you can wear comfortable sweats or a T-shirt and jeans because you don’t have to impress anyone.

That surely makes things less stressful for you on Valentine’s Day. The fact that you don’t have anyone to look good for means that nobody probably cares what you look like, which is sad. Sometimes it feels good to get a compliment on how you look, but you most likely won’t get one on Valentine’s Day. Without a valentine to remind you how good you look, your ego may suffer quite a bit. Be warned.

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“We drove to Bubbies, and when we got there, I had a hard time getting out, so he helped me. We went into the store, ordered our ice cream, but my boyfriend dropped the ice cream when he got it. I realized later on that he did that on purpose because he was dared by his friends to do something embarrassing, and he thought that that would be the perfect time. He then suggested that we should find a place to sit. While we were making our way to one of the tables, I tripped over one of the chairs, which was embarrassing. But once we sat down, we talked for over an hour and got to know each other. It was a really funny date, and we’re still together even today.”

“Then there was one night when I was hanging out with my friend, Jacob, when she texted me asking whether there were sharks in the ocean. I drove to where she was because I was very confused by her text. When I got there, she was unsure about going into the water because she was afraid. So I told her, ‘No worries, honey girl, I take care of you,’ and I took her hand and we walked into the water together. While we were swimming, we saw a lightning storm offshore, so it was pretty freaking romantic.”

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A survivor’s tale to long-distance relationships A guide to keeping emotionally close when physically separated BRAD DELL FEATURES EDITOR

“I’m in a long-distance relationship.”

That phrase is usually met with awkward encouragement from insincere people who believe that any and all long-distance relationships are doomed. They may suck at long distance, but that doesn’t mean you have to.

I was in a long-distance relationship for a year out of my (so far) three-year relationship with my girlfriend while I attended school in Seattle. It only made us stronger as a couple. These are some of the things that helped us survive the pain of having our other half live an ocean away: TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE, STAY IN THE PRESENT

You should have a goal in mind: “When I get back to that boy/girl, we will _____.” It’s great to imagine the ultimate reunion and plan out how the rest of your lives will be together.

However, you can’t let that blind you to what is going on now. Remember to have a life outside of your significant other and to be happy where you are. Get off the phone with each other and get a social life. Set aside a part of the day for phone calls, but leave the rest to the “real world.” If

you’re miserable because of your lack of outside socialization, that frustration can seep into your relationship as well.

SET RULES, KNOW EACH OTHER’S SCHEDULES

It’s important that you set ground rules now, rather than accidentally angering each other later.

Whether it be phone rules or rules to avoid jealousy*, set them as soon as possible.

Also know each other’s schedules and keep the time difference in mind. Don’t call them during their class, don’t bug them when they have that big exam tomorrow and don’t wake them up with texts at 3 a.m. their time. *Speaking of jealousy, relax. Do not be one of those jealous people who won’t let their partner go out in public or have friends.

obsession with “Star Wars.”

Video chat with each other, too.

Only speaking on the phone isn’t healthy. Put a face to the voice to remember just how real your relationship is. You don’t want a creepy voice-only relationship like the one in “Her,” do you?

‘DON’T LET THE SUN SET ON YOUR ANGER’

Conflicts and hurt emotions are a very distinct possibility. Don’t discuss serious issues over text, and don’t go to sleep without at least addressing the issue. Talk on the phone or on video chat, and work at resolving problems before you go to sleep. Remember how easy it is for someone to ignore you when you can’t physically see them.

Don’t give them the excuse to do so. Ignoring a partner never ends well, so talk it out.

INCREASE YOUR CONNECTION

HAVE FUN, BE FUNNY

Don’t just talk about your day.

Talk about you, and ask about him or her. I used to end every night on the phone by telling a story from my childhood. This didn’t just send my girlfriend to sleep because I’m such a terrible storyteller; it also let her know more about “Lil’ Bradley” and why I am the way I am now. Now she understands why I have an unhealthy

Have some fun with your relationship. With the plethora of multiplayer games on the Internet, you can play a variety of games ranging from tic-tac-toe to Scrabble.

We also tried to keep the humor alive. The best relationships are filled with laughter. Don’t be afraid to send your significant other a video of you serenading him or her

with rap music every once in a while.

Unless they don’t have a sense of humor. Then I’m not sure why you’re together in the first place.

USE SNAIL MAIL, SEND GIFTS

Go crazy with that Amazon Prime membership. Make sure that the gifts are unique and say something about your relationship. Half of my gifts were connected to inside jokes.

You know what’s even better? Sending the gifts yourself rather than relying on Amazon. It’s more expensive, but it has that personal touch to it. A handmade card doesn’t hurt either.

REMIND EACH OTHER WHY YOU’RE IN THIS

Not every couple will even dare to try long distance. Remind yourself why this person is special enough to keep the romance alive despite the distance. Think of it this way: If you’re in a long-distance relationship, you’re probably in it for the emotional connection rather than the physical benefits of a normal relationship. Always tell your partner why you care for him or her so much. Try ending every day by listing a few reasons why he or she is special to you.

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Keeping in touch using social media also keeps the relationship fresh.

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The Best Yet Company is hosting an under-three mile run at Ala Moana Shopping Center, with chocolate samples from local vendors along the way. Proceeds from the run will benefit free counseling services for families around Hawai‘i. Singles, couples and other arrangements are welcome to join in the celebrations.

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Not over Valentine’s Day? Join Honolulu Museum of Art at their monthly party dedicated to celebrating the arts.

The theme is “Sweet,” with live music from Mike Love and Paula Fuga Trio, as well as a mix from DJ Jem. Food is provided by Street Grindz and EAT Honolulu, with dishes like braised beef shortrib and stracciatella sliders.

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#ilikeyoualatte COMING UP THIS WEEK Mon • Feb. 9th BAMP Project Presents: G-Eazy 8 p.m.

The Republik 1349 Kapiolani Blvd.

Cost: $30 All Ages G-Eazy, a California-raised producer, songwriter and rapper, cultivated his style while attending college. In his dorm room, G-Eazy produced Endless Summer, getting the attention from both backpackers and the mainstream.

In 2012 G-Eazy made a fulllength debut Must Be Nice that landed #3 on the iTunes Hip-Hop Chart.

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Kissing is universally recognized as an act of passion, whether being shared with a partner or stranger. Less notable are the different styles of kissing, which range from butterfly to French. No matter the style being used, understand that making out is an art form with meaning behind every kiss, and an artist only gets better with practice.

Tue • Feb. 10th BAMP Project Presents: Future Islands 8 p.m.

The Republik 1349 Kapi‘olani Blvd.

Cost: $25 All Ages Future Islands is an American synthpop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, and signed to 4AD. Their latest album is “Singles,” and is the fourth released by the band.

Sat • Feb. 14th ‘Night in Chinatown’ Festival and Parade 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Chinatown, Smith and Maunakea Streets This is an all-day “Night in Chinatown” festival block party.

Smith and Mauna Kea Streets will be lined with craft and food booths featuring homecooked Asian fare and vendors selling traditional New Year’s arts and crafts. There will be performances on four stages, with live martial arts demonstrations, Chinese lion dancing, cultural dances and a special appearance by a 150-foot dragon.

Honolulu Night Market + POW! WOW! Hawaii 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.

449 Cooke St. Teaming up with POW! WOW! Hawaii again for their annual finale in our Kaka’ako. Enjoy art, The Green and all your favorite night market features this month.

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EAR & NECK

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Butterfly kisses convey playfulness. These kisses involve fluttering eyelashes against skin.

While the unusual kiss ends in laughter, it may bring closeness by crossing boundaries.

Where will the night end? Holding hands during a park stroll.

An Eskimo kiss is when two p e o p le r u b n o s e s to s h ow affection. Typically, Eskimo kisses are for couples, but anyone can do this. In order to get this kiss right, light pressure should be used – do not mash noses wildly. The latter may cause discomfort and is awkward.

Where will the night end? Dinner and a movie.

Kisses involving the ear and neck intensify any situation. More often than not, nibbling, licking and biting are involved. For beginners, these areas must be treated with caution; it's awkward if the biting becomes painful and the licking is too moist. To perfect these moves, start slowly and always ask if your partner is comfortable.

Where will the night end? It won't.

The French are notorious lovers, which explains why this kiss is arousing for all involved. A French kiss involves tongue and takes time to perfect. To be considered a "good" French kisser, the right amount of tongue should be used - do n o t b o m b a rd a n o t h e r person's mouth to the point of suffocation. As with all kisses, be gentle and listen to what your partner does and does not like.

Where will the night end? On a secluded beach.

PECK

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This type of kiss if the most commonly known; it is short and sweet with closed lips.

Pecks can be given on the forehead, the cheek and the lips; it can start relationships or end them, depending on the context of the situation. For instance, a peck from a onenight stand is courteous the morning after, but do not expect to hear back. A peck after a first date will probably lead to another.

Beginners can perform this kiss without much practice because not much is required – just try not to miss.

Where will the night end? At the front doorstep.

The upside-down kiss is exactly what it sounds like and can be awkward for inexperienced kissers, especially because it takes a while to develop a rhythm. Do not hurriedly mash lips with a partner; instead, take time to explore what works and what does not. Switch from the top lip to the bottom and practice French or biting. If it still is not working, a peck will suffice with little humiliation.

Where will the night end? In the bedroom or on the couch with soft music.

Not much is needed to explain this kiss other than the title of artist Kelly Rowland’s song, “Kisses Down Low.” Perfecting this kiss takes a lot of time and patience; it should only happen when both partners are ready. Do not force anything.

Where will the night end? In ecstasy.

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Hana Ah You Staff Writer Whether this Valentine’s Day will consist of a sunset cruise, a movie date to see “Fifty Shades of Grey,” a private reenactment of "Fifty Shades of Grey" or a singles-only party, it can be suggested that alcohol may improve the activity. Celebrate this day of love by making one of the below cocktails for that special someone.

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Ingredients: 1. Gin 2. Tonic water 3. Passion fruit puree 4. Lemon 5. Mint 6. Ice

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Assembly: 1. Stir together two shots of gin, 1/2 cup of tonic water, a tablespoon of passion fruit puree and a tablespoon of lemon juice. A syrup, like Aunty Lilikoi's Passion Fruit Syrup can be substituted for the purée. Adjust sweetness to personal preference.

2. Pour mixture over ice.

3. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a lemon slice.

4. Enjoy this island twist on a classic.

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Assembly: 1. In a saucepan, slowly heat one cup of milk, hot chocolate mix and a cinnamon stick until boiling.

2. Remove from stove and add one shot of cinnamon whiskey and one shot of chocolate liqueur to the mixture.

3. Pour into a mug and garnish with desired toppings.

4. Savor while basking in the glow of a fireplace.

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Ingredients: 1. Frozen Pomegranate Seeds 2. Elio Perrone Bigaro Rose (chilled) 3. Cointreau 4. Izze Sparkling Pomegranate 5. Orange slices

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Assembly: 1. To freeze pomegranate seeds, lay seeds in a single layer on a wax paper-lined baking sheet.

Place sheet in freezer. Once frozen, transfer seeds into a plastic bag until ready for use.

2. Place a handful of frozen pomegranate seeds at the bottom of a clear glass 3. In a separate glass, stir together one shot of cointreau and 1/4 cup of Izze Pomegranate.

4. Simultaneously pour the cointreau mixture and 3/4 cup of Bigaro into the glass with the seeds in it.

5. Garnish with a squeeze of fresh orange juice and an orange slice on the rim of the glass.

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2. In a separate glass, shake together one shot of vanilla vodka, creme de cacao and raspberry liqueur with ice.

3. Straining ice, pour mixture into the glass with the raspberries in it.

4. Garnish with a fresh raspberry.

5. Indulge in this drink form of a chocolatecovered raspberry.

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As good as advertised Brittany Hitchcock is living up to the hype in Wahine softball’s opening tournament

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Offseason, head coach Bob Coolen of the Rainbow Wahine softball team hyped up redshirt freshman Brittany Hitchcock.

Hitchcock, who missed all of last season with a back injury, was impressive in the preseason, but expectations were tempered due to the fact that Hawai‘i had been beating up on Division II-level opponents. Still, Hitchcock expressed nothing but confidence and excitement to prove herself when the games truly mattered.

“I’m so excited,” Hitchcock said following the Kama‘aina Tournament in November. “This is something I’ve dreamed of my whole life. Even just pitching a bit in a scrimmage made me more excited, because this is what I’ve wanted to do since I was 8 years old.”

On Thursday, Feb. 5, Hitchcock introduced herself to the Rainbow Wahine fans in her long-awaited debut, and lived up to the staggering standards set by her coach.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

In her first game as a collegian, Hitchcock was dominant versus St. Mary’s, scattering four hits and a single run with four strikeouts in a complete game victory.

“It fires me up. I’m hungry to play again. There were definitely butterflies. But you know, I think that gave me an added feeling of excitement,” Hitchcock said. “It started to settle down a bit once I started getting some outs and the team started getting some hits.”

The pressure was on Hitchcock from the beginning. Her teammates failed to get anything going offensively over the first four innings, forcing Hitchcock to

was going to be our ace, and this is what you expect your ace to do.”

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Oddly, this isn’t the first time that Coolen has had to deal with the loss of a prized recruit before she had played her first game.

“Brittany was a major cog in our misfortune last year,” Coolen said.

“I feel it’s a lot like how I felt when Kelly Majam was a freshman.”

As many longtime Rainbow Wahine

The way that these girls have my back behind me allows me to focus on myself and my confidence in my pitches.

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keep St. Mary’s under wraps until the offense awoke.

“It’s an added challenge, and I anticipate having that pressure,” Hitchcock said. “But having run support is huge, so once the team gets me that run support, it makes a big difference pitching out there.”

But her brilliance, while impressive, was seemingly the norm according to her coach.

“This is what I expected out of Brittany when I brought her in two years ago,” Coolen said. “I felt she

fans may remember, former Rainbow Wahine Kelly Majam had her freshman season derailed by a torn ACL during the preseason; a loss that devastated Coolen. Likewise, losing Hitchcock before the season last year was a tough blow for the coach.

“When I lost Brittany, and people asked me what it would do to the season, I said that it meant we weren’t going to have a very good season,” Coolen said. “I had lost my No. 1 pitcher, and I knew that we had a player who would have been key

to our success. Now, Kelly came back the following year, and led the country in home runs hit. I’m hoping that Brittany comes into this season with an elevated sense of desire to succeed, which I think she does.”

Indeed, it seems Hitchcock does.

During the preseason, Hitchcock elected to express gratitude for her misfortune, rather than wallow in self-pity.

“I think last season was a true blessing in disguise,” Hitchcock said. “Sitting and watching, I learned a ton. I got to see what the coaches wanted from the players, or what players maybe weren’t doing last year. I got to see what I have to do, both on and off the field, and how to pitch and work around batters, and just a lot of behind the scenes stuff. I feel I wouldn’t have been able to learn all this otherwise.”

But the learning wasn’t enough.

All through the offseason, Hitchcock stated how she desired to be at least one of the starters for Hawai‘i, if not the ace. Hitchcock, along with her coaches and peers, also often spoke of the tireless way she worked to return to the form she had shown before her injury. And the week before the season opener, Coolen named her the opening day starter for the Rainbow Wahine.

Having beaten her injury, her rehab,

and her first opponent, all that’s left now for Hitchcock to beat is the rest of her opponents this season.

“The way that these girls have my back behind me allows me to focus on myself and my confidence in my pitches,” Hitchcock said. “I’ve got big expectations for the rest of the year.”

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Turning it Around USC and Hawai‘i both show their mettle in a pair of five-set matches

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Shawna-Lei Kuehu led the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine basketball team with 22 points to capture first place in the Big West Conference with a 79-64 victory over Cal Poly Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Kuehu led the Wahine (15-7,7-2 BWC) in the first half of play, scoring 18 points on 8-9 shooting from the field as UH went into halftime with a 39-31 lead over the Mustangs (11-10, 6-3 BWC). Kuehu received help from Marissa Wimbley who shot a perfect 3-3 from the field in the first period of play including two shots from three point territory, registering eight points in 12 minutes of play.

Kuehu didn’t light up the scoreboard in the second half, but was able to add another four points for an impressive 22 point performance on 10-11 shooting in 27 minutes of play in front of the 2,141 in attendance at the Stan Sheriff Center.

“For me, that’s what Shawna does,” teammate Ashleigh Karaitiana said. “It’s enjoyable to watch her play, especially me being on the bench in the first half with two fouls. Someone needed to step up and Shawna was that girl tonight.”

The victory over the Mustangs gave Hawai‘i first place in the Big West Conference as Long Beach State lost their conference matchup Saturday evening against UC Riverside.

“It’s awesome,” Kuehu said. “I’m not too sure since I’ve been here in the last six years that we have been in first place so it feels really good.”

The ‘Bows have now won seven straight games, all in conference play. The ‘Bows began conference play 0-2 but have rebounded to a 7-2 Big West record. However, this winning streak means little to head coach Laura Beeman.

“I don’t look at the total body of work right now,” Beeman said.

“I’m looking at one possession, one game at a time. I couldn’t tell you what our record is right now.

If someone says how many games you’ve won in a row, I couldn’t tell you unless you told me. I’ve never been really good at those things; I like to just keep it in the moment.”

For the moment, UH sits on top of its conference and will be tested immediately in their next game against UC Riverside in California.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on Feb. 12.

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This previous week showcased two men’s volleyball teams in the Stan Sheriff that underwent a complete revival from the previous season.

The USC Trojans and the Rainbow Warriors finished their 2014 season in eighth and ninth place respectively in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference. Now, the Trojans sit on top of the MPSF standings due to their best start in 24 years while the Warriors sit fourth.

With both teams playing against each other so early in the season, the pair of five set matches between the team’s last week will help prepare the Warriors for other challenging games late in the season.

“I think it‘ll help as we go down the stretch. When we get Sinisa Zarkovic back he’s a well accomplished player and I fell that he can be a difference maker in close games,” head coach Charlie Wade said.

Despite having a winning record with 13 wins in the MPSF, the Rainbow Warriors were unable to snag the last spot from the Trojans in the MPSF playoffs last season. USC would end up losing in the first round to Bingham Young University, but both teams are poised for postseason improvements.

This season, the Warriors put the past year behind them and have been climbing the ladder, ranking sixth in the nation. Although the Warriors have a strong hitting and defensive lineup returning with Brook Sedore, Taylor Averill and Sinisa “Siki” Zarkovic, what has

really pushed them to succeed so far is the depth on the roster, and Wade’s ability to coach the team.

Despite Davis Holt coming off of an injury, UH had its share of challenges on the depth chart. Ryan Leung was wearing a brace on his wrist, Iain McKellar was out with knee surgery and Zarkovic was also sidelined with a foot injury, but the Warriors still played at a top level by overcoming then-undefeated No. 2 USC on Wednesday.

“We had a tough week with two ankle sprains, a season ending knee surgery and a couple out

but now he may even have more energy,” Kupono Fey said.

What has really set Fey apart this season has been his ability on defense. Fey is second to his other Hawai‘i counterpart, libero Kolby Kanetake, in the amount of digs this season as well as passing rating. With a solid passing system, the Warriors are able to run a more prolific offense with Jennings Franciskovic leading the MPSF conference in the number of assists per set.

For USC, it all starts with Micah Christenson, the senior setter from Honolulu. Perhaps one of the top

“We know we’re a good team, we know that we’re going to get better and playing USC now means that we will only get better.”

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with the flu, but with two matches ending in five sets with at least 18 points it doesn’t get any closer than that,” Wade said.

Furthermore, Zarkovic’s father Milan Zarkovic has provided another tool in the Warriors’ arsenal this season. With previous assistant head coach, Jeff Hall moving to women’s volleyball, Milan has stepped up into the full assistant role to Wade. His expertise on the international level has helped the Warriors progress from last season.

“Milan definitely has been a constant, where he now has stepped in the practice coach. He is very vocal.

He was very energetic last year

setters in the entire nation. For starters, last summer he started at setter for the U.S. Men’s National Team, where he took them to the FIVB World League gold medal.

Moreover, he was the only collegiate player as well as a starter for the U.S. Men’s National Team at the NORECECA Continental Championships in where they won for the first time since 2007. He was named the tourney’s best setter and best server which has been seen by his 21 aces this season already.

“The way Christenson plays it keeps us honest,” said Fey, who saw himself faced up against Christenson for the majority of both matches.

His decision making and experience was clearly on display this past week where he has continued to be the leader on the Trojan side.

Their aces per set has increased from .8 to 1.5 aces. Their tougher serving puts pressure on the other teams to make a difficult pass forcing out of system plays that can end up with free kills from the Trojan’s front row. This ultimately improved their hitting percentage from .278 in 2014 to .333 in their current season.

USC hasn’t just improved their attack from last season but also their defense. The defensive front row for the Trojans have improved their defense to 2.6 blocks per set from 2.1 block, which is the difference of a complete double block.

With an overall improved offense and defense, the Trojans are able to take games early, sweeping over half of their opponents than last year.

The difference between seasons seem small but because the MPSF starts nine of the top 15 teams in the country, any small advantage can be the difference making in making and missing the MPSF playoffs. Anything can happen as the season has not even reached its halfway point, but what remains clear is that the two teams that played last week in Hawai‘i are two teams to watch out for in the MPSF. “We know we’re a good team, we know that we’re going to get better and playing USC now means that we will only get better,” starting setter Franciskovic said.

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Feb. 1 to Feb. 7

BASEBALL The baseball team kicked off the season with a win in its annual alumni game, beating the alumnae by a score of 10-0. It’s the Warriors first baseball action of the season before they begin a four-game series against Oregon at home on Feb. 13.

WOMEN’S SOCCER There were five athletes who committed to play for the UH women’s soccer team this week, three from California and two local Hawai‘i prospects.

Leonicia “Nici” Lopez, Alexis Mata, Malissa Shadle, Sarah Lau and Raisa Strom-Okimoto are the five recruits. Lopez is from Sacramento, Mata is from Woodland, Shadle is from San Ramon, Lau is from Honolulu and StromOkimoto is from Aiea.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The team split their games on the road this week beating the Cal Poly Mustangs but falling to the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.

The win over the Mustangs was powered by a career high 18 points from Mike Thomas. The loss to the Gauchos was a heartbreaker as a game tying three-pointer by Isaac Fleming was reviewed and turned into a two-pointer to give the Gauchos the win. The Warriors fall to 4-5 in the Big West.

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WATER POLO The No. 8 UH water polo team ended its road trip on Feb. 1 on a high note with a win over No. 7 San Jose State University Spartans. The win over the Spartans helped Hawai‘ i earn a fifth-place finish at the Stanford Invitational. Hawai‘ i began the invitational with a loss against No. 4 California.

WOMEN’S TENNIS The No. 56 UH women’s tennis team began Big West play strong by sweeping UC Riverside at home, 7-0. The game against Riverside marks the end of a four-game home stand. The Rainbow Wahine improve to 2-2 as they head on the road to play their next game against San Diego.

MEN’S GOLF The University of Hawai‘ i men’s golf team concluded the Amer Ari Invitational near the bottom of the leaderboard last Saturday. With a total score of 879, the ‘Bows finished in 16th place, behind first-place team Arizona State (826) and second place Washington (828). Next up for Rainbow Warriors is the John Burns Intercollegiate on Feb. 18-20 at the Wailua Golf Course on Kaua‘i.

SOFTBALL The team split its game in the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Paradise Classic this week. They began the classic with a win over St. Mary’s but lost their last game against No. 4 Oklahoma.

Three Rainbow Wahine made it to all-tournament team.

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Chow: ‘Their No. 2s are our No. 1s’ UH recruiting has failed to compete on a national level

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UH’s 2015 recruiting class ranks dead last in the Mountain West Conference.

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The University of Hawai‘i football 2015 recruiting class is one of the worst in the nation.

“You never hear a doctor say ‘oh I had a bad operation’ and you’ll never hear a coach say It was a bad recruiting year,” head coach Norm Chow said. “You never get everybody you want.”

Chow and his coaching staff wasn’t able to lure in top tier prospects for his football team from high schools across America as UH’s recruiting class is currently ranked 128th in the nation out of 129 schools by a pair of reputable recruiting sources.

Rivals.com had UH ranked only above the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in recruiting this year.

The only school that had recruited worse in 2015 than UH according to 247Sports is the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), who in December of this past year pulled the plug on its football program.

Chow and his staff ended National Signing Day with 16 commits that included quarterback Max Wittek who transferred to UH from USC last year.

“Max Wittek is really the jewel of the class,” Chow said. “He has one year, he’s from USC, if you guys remember we played them a couple years ago he actually started the game.”

If the fans at Aloha Stadium remembered, they would have seen that UH lost that game 49-10 and Wittek only threw for 23 yards on three passes.

Wittek was a four star recruit coming out of Santa Ana, California. back in 2011 when he committed to USC, but failed to live up to the lofty expectations that are expected out of USC quarterbacks.

Wittek appeared in 10 games for the Trojans from 2012-2013 before he transferred to UH, recording 600 yards passing, three touchdowns and six interceptions. Wittek never completed more than 53 percent of his passing attempts in his two years at USC and even when he was in high school, Wittek never eclipsed the 59 completion percentage mark.

Not only are Wittek’s stats disappointing, but Wittek technically isn’t a new recruit. After all, he was with the program last year, redshirting due to NCAA transfer regulations.

Chow considers him the jewel of his 2015 recruiting class, and that should be worrisome.

Nonetheless, Chow is pleased with the local players who have committed to UH, in particular, Jordan Agasiva out of Mililani and Solomon Matuatia from Ewa Beach.

“We’re real pleased with the local guys who came,” Chow said.

“Jordan Agasiva, who we had rated as the second best player in

Hawai‘i who came with us and Solomon Matuatia.”

Agasiva, despite being glorified as the second best player coming out of Hawai‘ i this year by Chow, is listed as a two star recruit by 247Sports. Matuatia is actually ranked ahead of Agasiva by both 247Sports and Rivals.com, who both

so they don’t go somewhere else.”

Chow and his staff go after recruits that aren’t a top priority for the major football programs in America. That’s not Chow’s fault, however, as Hawai‘i just isn’t a top tier program in college football.

Despite its lack of attraction to top recruits, UH still had the opportu-

When you visit a recruit or a recruit comes to campus, they’re evaluating us but we’re also evaluating them.

– NORM CHOW HEAD COACH

list him as a three star recruit. In fact, according to 247Sports, Matuatia is the only three star recruit to commit to UH in this class.

It is evident when looking at UH’s recruiting class that there are no five star or four recruits coming into the university. The lack of top tier talent stifles the potential of a program, separating itself from the likes of USC, Alabama, and Oregon.

“What happens in recruiting is, as I’ve said before, when the No. 1s, like Oregon, lose their No. 1s [recruits], they go after their No. 2’s,” Chow said. “Their No. 2s are our No. 1s. So as recruiting goes on, that’s what we’ve been doing for the past two days; just trying to hang on to the fellas that we have

nity to sign a four star recruit out of California up until the last minute.

Desean Holmes, a 5-foot-10, 175pound receiver from received four stars from ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com, and 247Sports.com gave him three stars. He’s ranked as ESPN’s 34th-best wide receiver of the 2015 class, and the 26th-best according to Rivals.com.

Holmes originally committed to USC in July, but decommitted this past December, opening doors for programs like UH to garner his interest. In the end, Holmes was left with the choice of either UH or San Diego State. He eventually chose San Diego State, which was a big loss for Hawai‘i who desperately needs some depth and tal-

ent at the wide receiver position.

But according to Chow, recruiting Holmes wasn’t about Holmes picking elsewhere to play; it was a two way street.

“People need to understand this – when you visit a recruit or a recruit comes to campus, they’re evaluating us but we’re also evaluating them. And often times it’s ‘oh we lost a guy’ or ‘he decommitted’ or whatever. Well, there’s reasons why; and it’s not always one-sided,” Chow said. “They come and we can check them out; we see the way they act and we want high character guys. I’m not saying that about Desean, I’m just saying that recruiting works two ways and a lot of times you see decommitments or guys switching schools; and it’s not always a bad thing.”

What is a bad thing, however, is that UH wasn’t able to lure in the talent the football team desperately needed after a four win season in 2014. With all the recent negativity surrounding the program with the losses of three key members of its coaching staff, Chow needed this recruiting class to pay off in 2015 and by the looks of it, Chow has appeared to have fallen short of expectation once again during his tenure as head coach.

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