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DANIEL JACKSON Staff Reporter
S U N DAY, N OV. 21 A student was punched in the face twice and had his nose broken during a fight in the Hale Aloha courtyard. The suspects fled in a light-colored Toyota which was stopped a few hours later by Campus Security. The driver claimed that a friend had punched an intoxicated male in the courtyard because of something the male said, but refused to give the name of the friend. SAT U R DAY, N OV. 20 Campus Security confiscated baggies and grinders from three males in Hale Wainani after they responded to a report of the smell of marijuana coming from a dorm room. According to the report, when Security opened the door a massive cloud of smoke billowed from the room into the hallway. Residents of another Hale Wainani dorm room had marijuana and drug paraphernalia seized after an RA making rounds smelled marijuana smoke coming from the room. One resident stated he had a medical marijuana but was not able to show proof.
F R I DAY, N OV. 19 The owner of a red Toyota Corolla parked at the Korean Studies Center was cited and had her car booted for allegedly displaying a counterfeited parking pass.
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Volu me 105 Issue 51
UH makes bid for Obama library DAVIN AOYAGI Managing Editor The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is competing with the University of Chicago over a bid to construct a presidential library for President Barack Obama. The team that UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw has assembled are looking for areas to build the library. They are also meeting with different chartered student organizations on campus and met with the Graduate Student Organization (GSO) on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Chancellor Hinshaw said, “(this bid) is one where you need to get organized, and if you’re going to be ready you need to organize years ahead.” Some feel that the construction of an Obama library could bring benefits to Hawai‘i. Robert Perkinson, American Studies professor, is a special assistant to PETE SOUZA/OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTOI the chancellor on the project. President Barack Obama prepares to meet with members of his staff in the Oval Office, Sept. 9, 2010. The University of Hawai‘i and “As a fully funded project, it the University of Chicago have both expressed interest in housing a presidential library for the current leader. There are currently would create local jobs and stim13 presidential libraries, including the recently opened George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University. ulate the economy. As an iconic edifice, it would elevate Hawai‘i architecture. As a civil construc- for the University of Hawai‘i and funds raised by the president ’s who requested that his last name tion project with ambitious envi- the state of Hawai‘i,” said Lowry. foundation and then managed be omitted due to job concerns, ronmental goals, it would raise However, Professor Lowry also in perpetuity by the federal gov- said, “ The only way I’d have an the bar for green building in the acknowledged that, “that there ernment. This is a rare sort of issue with (the Obama library) state. As an educational institu- are a lot of logistical issues that educational and cultural institu- is if it’s tuition funded. If it’s betion, it would provide visitation would have to be sorted out be- tion, in other words, that arrives ing paid through private grants and research opportunities for fore this is possible.” fully funded.” and non-profit donations, it’d be students of all ages. As a politiRegarding the logistics of When asked about the cost of fine.” Other concerns that were cal center, it would bring in mar- constructing the librar y, Per- the bid, Perkinson replied, “We’re raised during the most recent quee speakers and underscore kinson said, “It ’s far too early too early in the process to be able GSO meeting included supportHawai‘i’s importance as a global to say, but we can look to the to answer this question with much ing the bid without any informagathering place. In short, it president ’s predecessors. The precision. It takes some invest- tion on the price and the consewould bring economic, cultural, Clinton librar y cost about $160 ment (in energy and time as well quences of not getting the bid. social, and educational benefits million to build, the George W. as money) to prepare a competiThe progress on the bid to the state,” said Perkinson in Bush librar y more than $200 tive proposal for a world-class in- will continue over the following an e-mail. million. It ’s critical to realize, stitution, but the total bid amount months, as the chancellor’s comKem Lowry, a professor of though, that the host institu- amounts to only a small fraction of mittee will meet with the Associurban and regional planning, also tions bear ver y little of those the total project cost.“ ated Students of the University of agreed with Perkinson. “I think totals. Presidential libraries Some students, such as Chi- Hawai‘i (ASUH) and other charit’s a tremendous opportunity are built primarily with private nese major and Junior Kevin N., tered student organizations.