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threaten residents TAYLOR MORRIS Staff Writer Students are choosing to combat their boredom in the dorms by engaging in seemingly innocent violence – but Airsoft guns have the potential to harm everyone involved. “It’s not fun and games, although it seems like it to the people doing it [shooting others],” said Campus Security Captain Donald Dawson. There have been approximately fi ve incidents over the past semester in which residents have reportedly been shooting people with Airsoft guns. Most of the shootings have targeted random students on the road while the shooters are safely hidden in the resident dorms and apartments. A recent incident, however, included a parking guard being shot at, and is thought to have been a planned act of aggression. Although Airsoft guns cannot infl ict as much injury as a real fi rearm, they can cause extreme pain to the victim. Wilson Lei, a junior marine biology major, shared
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Aside from their orange tips, Airsoft guns such as this MP5 model are visually nearly indistinguishable from their real counterparts.
his experience of being shot with an Airsoft gun. “It feels like you’re getting stung by 5,000 bees at the same time. It will penetrate skin, and it will bleed,” he said. If the victim is shot while operating a car, mo-ped or even bicycle, the sting from the gun can cause him or her to lose control and ultimately crash. “It’s dangerous for the person you’re shooting at, and it’s dangerous for you as an individual doing it,” said Dawson. “If you’re shooting at someone who may be armed, they may shoot back with a real gun. If you’re shooting at somebody, you can hurt somebody badly. You can shoot an eye out.” No weapons are allowed in or around student housing communi-
ties, including “toy” guns such as Airsoft, paintball, BB and pellet guns. If a resident is caught with any of these, the item or items will be confiscated. Consequences may include being kicked out of housing, expulsion from school and the possibility of jail time if a student is caught shooting, which is classified as reckless endangerment. Because Airsoft guns look very similar to real guns, any sighting are taken seriously by Campus Security. According to Dawson, CS procedure is to evacuate the area and call HPD for assistance. HPD will then take action to remove the threat. “There’s no way to know. A gun is a gun until proved otherwise,” said Dawson. “Trained law enforcement officers are not going to wait to see if it’s an Airsoft gun.”
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Hybrid and electric vehicles have swept the nation. The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has noticed the trend, offering free memberships to on-campus charge spots for the year 2012, which will allow electric car owners to park for free in the lower campus structures. Elsewhere on O‘ahu, the owners of electric vehicles can park for free at meters and places like Pearlridge Center. Smart cars have been among the fi rst to arrive on the scene. The smart fortwo is available in three gasoline-powered models and a fully electric model that “provides a solution for environmental effi ciency including conservation of material, space and natural resources,” according to smart. Each vehicle is compact, sleek and 85 percent recyclable. The electric vehicle is “ideal for city drivers and great for students,” said Adam Koo, business developer manager for the local smart car dealership. “It’s compact and you don’t have to spend any money on gas.”
Koo also argued that a smart car is a good investment for a student. “We’re running a leasing special right now for our 2012 pure coupe [the basic model] where you can lease it for $99 a month for 36 months – an affordable mode of transportation for students,” he said. The pure coupe, passion coupe (an upgraded version with a sunroof ) and passion cabriolet (a convertible model) are gasoline powered, but get about 38 mpg on the highway. The electric model gets an estimated 87 miles per charge on city roads or highways depending on conditions. In Honolulu’s warm, urban environment, the smart electric drive can achieve up to 98 miles on a full charge, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It takes less than eight hours to fully charge, and can be charged using a common household 110V outlet. You can learn more about these cars and take one for a test drive at smart center Honolulu, located at 818 Kapi‘olani Blvd.
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For the members of the campus club Glass Art Family, visiting artist Amy Rueffert is an inspiration. With 15 years of experience under her belt, Rueffert is one of the most prominent glass artists in the world, and according to Margaret McCain, president of the club, “Amy’s shown in the best galleries and has a lot of technical skills that are not often used in glass.” Rueffert plans to share these techniques during her glass blowing demos Friday and next Monday. She will also have a group project where students will create a bouquet of fl owers and then use it to focus on imagery in their glass art. “Being a visiting artist in different communities is such a great way to give and take,” said Rueffert, “I get to show them what I do and they get to show me what they do – it’s a wonderful community-building experience.” Rueffert became interested in glass art when her college roommate told her that she would probably not be able to do glass blowing. “I took it as a challenge,” said Rueffret,
“so I went for it.” Her art pieces now feature everydayy objects with influences from the Victorian period. “I’m interested in the idea of what objects meant during the Victorian period, and how that applies to us in modern times,” she said. One piece called “Patchwork Pear (Babies and Ingredients)” is made of blown and fused glass, vitrolite, found glass and decals. Aside from her unique style, Rueffort is a female glass artist – unusual in a male-driven industry. McCain said, “It’s kind of like football art. You need to be strong to make glass, and it’s been a male-dominated d ‘sport’ for a long time. But times are changing.” Glass Art Family is now almost entirely comprised of females, which McCain believes would have been unusual a generation ago. As a Ph.D. geography student, McCain fi nds her major unexpectedly related to her artwork. “There’s something about the unpredictability of the world’s climate that translates to glass,” she said. “It’s a frustrating material, and when you gain conSee Creating, next page
G L A S S AR T FA MI LY V I S I T I N G AR T I S T A MY RU E F F E R T Lecture and pupus: March 15, 6-8 p.m., Art Auditorium
Glass Blowing Demos: March 116, 8:30-10:20 a.m. March 19, 1 12:30-3:30 p.m. Art Building Build 117 Contact: Con o ta Margaret McCain, glassartfamily@gmail.com or 808-499-9692
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Glass artist Amy Rueffert (left) will be visiting from Urbana, Ill., to give demonstrations arranged by Glass Art Family President Margaret McCain (right).
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trol of it, you gain a lot of satisfaction. I think most of us are addicted to that.” Both McCain and Rueffort appreciate the relationships formed in glass art communities. “Most glass blowers need some kind of assistance. We need other people in order to make artwork. … You develop close relationships with the people you work with,” said McCain. “I haven’t experienced anything like that in my life in an academic setting.” McCain hopes to continue collaborating with the Art Department and glass art schools beyond campus to foster this sense of community.
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SHAYNA DIAMOND Contributing Writer After reading former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm’s op-ed “Thanks GOP candidates, for move to far right” and hearing the atrocious comments made by Rush Limbaugh about contraception for women, I’m convinced. Either the current GOP candidates and their talk-show host equivalents are secret agents determined to undermine their own party, or they enjoy hearing their own voices so much that they don’t even notice what they’re saying. Fighting for so long over who is the most conservative has run these talking heads so far to the right that they are out of the party altogether. And those like Lim-
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baugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly seem to miss the impact that their speeches have on the party. Their personal opinions are so out of touch with the founding beliefs of the GOP that it’s ridiculous to consider them the voice of the party, yet their influence leads many people to believe that their rants are the core beliefs of Republicans. I’ve been following the debates, and what these candidates say sounds as if they not only want to strip the federal government, but are hell-bent on dismantling it until it can slip through your fi ngers. In their attempt to appeal to the Republican voter base, the candidates are running antieverything campaigns. I’ve heard debate after debate about antipoor/99 percent, anti-everything
Obama, anti-everything Democrat, anti-immigrant, anti-Latino, anti-Muslim, anti-women, antiseparation of church and state, anti-gay, anti-Europe (particularly Greece and France) and shockingly anti-college graduate. However, their speeches don’t line up with the actions being taken by the extreme right. For example, take the bill arguing for state-mandated vaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions – even for rape victims. Where’s the small government in state mandates? Rick Santorum stands by the bill, declaring, “The right approach is to accept this horribly created ... gift of human life and accept what God is giving you.” Extreme statements like Santorum’s are followed by ones like Limbaugh’s insult to “you femi-
nazis,” telling them, “If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it. ...We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch.” Such radical remarks undermine the very party that these demagogues claim to care for so deeply. What happened to focusing on the positive goals of a party? The version of Republicanism that is being promoted by these men is practically handing Democrats votes. Common sense dictates that if the GOP wants to return to the glory years of Reagan, they need to do what he did: focus on the founding convictions of the party and be positive. No one will vote for someone who constantly talks about the threat of utter an-
nihilation, whether it be by war or – somehow – by accepting homosexuality. After all, it was Reagan who called upon our country’s scientifi c community “who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete” and stated that “homosexuality is not a contagious disease like the measles.” The radical right sure doesn’t sound like it’d agree with him on that. Enough hate mongering. If the candidates campaign on the positions that the party’s founders intended and aren’t pressured by conservative commentators, the GOP might see more success – or at least sound more reasonable.
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He said, she said
Q: I recently read the Jan. 30 article in the opinions section about women’s menstruation. I then tried to talk about it with my girlfriend, but it did not go very well. Is there a solution to this problem, or is the topic too taboo to even touch and should just be left alone? EDWARD H ICKMAN A PRIL WILLIAMS Staff Writers
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FEMALE PERSPECTIVE: First, a disclaimer: I don’t know how long you’ve been together. I also don’t know how you asked her, and women react differently based on circumstance. Lastly, I don’t know you or your girlfriend’s cultural backgrounds. That being said, I am pretty open when asked questions about my bodily functions, but most women are not. We have all been conditioned that we have to keep our “monthly visits” under wraps. She may not know what to say, or she may have never talked with a man about that kind of thing. I commend you for asking, but there are things about a woman’s body you can’t un-know. Women like to have some mystique. You have to earn her trust; when she trusts you, she will tell you. My advice is to give it time and ask when you’re being intimate, not when you’re in a fight. If you ask this question in an accusatory way, you will not only lose another argument – you may lose a girlfriend.
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Well friend, life is going to throw a myriad of problems at you and your relationships. But if you can’t have a frank and honest discussion with your lover about something as benign as her menstrual cycle, then you should have serious concerns about exactly what kind of chemistry you have. I’ve been with my fair share of women, and I can’t imagine a single one of them taking offense to discussing the issue. If anything, many of them have voiced the opposite problem, suggesting that men are often the ones that get squeamish on the topic. So fi rst, you might want to ask yourself if the communication problem is arising from something you are doing, perhaps the manner in which you are approaching the issue. However, if you can confidently rule out any wrongdoing on your part, then it might be time to ask yourself: What kind of connection do you have with this person if you can’t partake in casual talk about something she does every month without it turning into a fiasco?
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going pro M ARC A R AK AKI Sports Editor While drafted baseball players have the option to turn pro, softball players must commit to turn pro before they enter the draft. And senior pitcher Stephanie Ricketts decided to enter the draft. “It is a novelty because it is a distraction,” head coach Bob Coolen said. “It’s something that weighed heavily on Steph because she was going to begin her nursing studies. … She had to really sit down and discuss it with her family, come to a real-soul-searching endeavor in her mind that playing pro is good enough for her right now to forgo starting her studies to being a nurse.”
Ricketts was selected as the No. 10 overall pick in the third round to the Chicago Bandits. Ricketts became the second player in school history to be selected in the National Pro Fastpitch Draft last week. “I have a lot of emotions about it, but I’m really excited,” Ricketts said. “I’m trying to focus on our season right now. It’s really hard for something that big to happen and to ignore it. But I’m really trying to focus on what we’re doing here.” Initially, Ricketts did not want to play professionally. “I only asked her one thing, ‘Do you or do you not want to play after college?’ And before, it was a definitive ‘no’ when Italy came. Italy wanted her to go over and play in
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ally well as a freshman. For the most part, I just trust in what she’s calling. I’ll shake her off if I’m really feeling one pitch. But right now she’s really doing a good job back there.” This is Hawai‘i’s last tune-up before diving into conference play. “We’re pretty confident in ourselves right now, so just getting those other key wins will definitely be a confidence booster … especially right into the WAC season, which is where it matters the most,” Majam said. “We just need to get a couple of key wins against these teams and I think the whole nation will see that we are a very legit team.” For the ’Bows, who are one of five undefeated teams in Divi-
sion I softball, the target on their back is growing. “Last season we had the same type of pressure on us because we had just gone to the World Series, and I think that pressure got to our heads and we were thinking about it more than we should have,” Majam said. “This season, we are going into it better. We’re not really thinking about the undefeated season; we’re not afraid to lose. And I think that’s what’s helping us do so well is not being afraid of failure and afraid of getting a loss. “Just going in there with confidence that we are going to win the game has been helping us so far.”
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The fate of Hawai‘i’s softball season comes down to this week’s tournament. The No. 19 Rainbow Wahine (20 - 0) breezed through competition, remaining undefeated while playing one ranked opponent. However, in this week’s Chevron Spring Fling Tournament, the ’Bows will play three ranked opponents – two ranked in the top six. “We’re very excited,” junior center fielder Kelly Majam said. “People are kind of questioning the teams we are playing now, so this is going to
“You always want to play up to your opponent,” Ricketts said. “You want to play your best game, but you do get hyped up for games like these. As a pitcher, I’ll get away with mistakes in certain games. But in these games, I can’t get away with a lot of mistake pitches, so knowing I’ll have to be on top of my game is kind of exciting because I like games like that.” And the connection between Ricketts and freshman catcher Kayla Wartner is developing. “He [head coach Bob Coolen] gives us the tendencies on what the hitter cannot hit,” Ricketts said. “Kayla knows what I can throw by now and she’s actually calling re-
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be a great experience for us to see where we’re at against top-ranked pitching and top-ranked teams.” In the six-team round robin tournament format (Tuesday-Saturday), the ’Bows will host No. 2 California, No. 6 Texas, No. 21 Texas A&M, Marist and Winthrop. All games will be at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Admission is free. Senior pitcher and last week’s Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week Stephanie Ricketts and junior pitcher Kaia Parnaby combined for an ER A of 0.72 in Hawai‘i’s 20 games so far this season. However, this week’s competition on the mound and at the plate is expected to grow.
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