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Was it an attempt to stop the sound of campus skateboarders getting healthy recreation between classes? Or was it just the latest in an ongoing saga of noise complaints to Facilities and Grounds that led to the installation of hundreds of PVC caps on an embankment along the ‘Ewa side of Sakamaki Hall?

Before, longboarders could be seen at all hours of the day, pumping along the side of the asphalt slope that emulated a 2-foot wave. This bank provided a free place to ride with a low-risk obstacle. There was also no potential for damaging university property because the mellow slope didn’t have any lips to grind or slide on.

However, the sound of skateboarders posed a problem to many individuals in the history department, housed in Sakamaki.

David Hafner, assistant vice chancellor for facilities and grounds, expressed frustration over dealing with noise complaints in that area throughout the last several years. “While we are not against skateboarding – it’s a really great thing to do and great source of exercise and mode of transportation – it does create some problems in this area because of the acoustics.

The real complaint came from the history department, and Liam Kelley in particular, and their complaint was they were getting a lot of extra noise in that area,” said Hafner.

Skateboarding has not been the only cause of noise problems near Sakamaki. Necessary construction and a lack of space led Facilities to operate heavy machinery and park construction

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vehicles in the area currently occupied by the asphalt wave.

“We’ve been trying to get Facilities over the years to do things to have it not be so noisy out there,” said Kelley, a history professor. “So from my perspective, skateboarding isn’t the problem, it’s that Facilities doesn’t do things necessary to keep this area out here relatively quiet.”

Unfortunately, the desire to render the surface undesirable for skateboarders led to a booby trapping of sorts by placing obstructions that could literally throw skateboarders should they be unaware and hit a cap.

Conor McGivern, a student and skateboard videographer for A‘ala Park Boardshop, put it bluntly: “Somebody’s gonna eat s---.”

W H AT N OW? While the addition of caps curbs the noise problem outside Sakamaki, it doesn’t address the desires of the student body for a safe place to practice the sport. “I wish they would just build a good skate park, something decent, so people could have a good time and know where to go,” said Kelley. “Because obviously so many people want to do it, right? So what’s the problem with that?”

He also acknowledged that perhaps some sort of compromise could be reached in sharing campus with recreational skateboarding.

“There’s people that come here at 5 in the afternoon, thinking about the fact that people work here, so you’ve got to appreciate people like that,” he said. Perhaps a signed waiver/ rules form that earns a skate-pass sticker on a

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co omstudent’s ID would comor municate the need fo for ng quiet during working e hours and absolve the university from liability for any injuries skateboard enthusiasts incur.

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M A RC H 7 7, 2 :32 32 A . M .

W H AT G O E S U P MU S T C OM E D OW N A table was thrown off the fifth-floor balcony of Hale Aloha Lehua onto the walkway that connects Frear Hall to the Hale Aloha courtyard. This particular incident did not injure anyone, but ones similar to it have done so in the past. Several weeks back, another table was thrown off a balcony in the same area, and may have killed the person it struck if it had not collided with a tree on the way down.

These reports are but a few in a sudden rash of incidents that include throwing beer bottles, eggs, shoes and other items.

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MIXING MEDICINES A n unconscious man was found in Frear Halll and taken to the hospital.

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MARCH 7, 3:23 A.M. DANCE MOVES

A mi misiss-unde un ders de rsta rs t an ta nd ding in M A RC H 8, 2 :31 P. M . the area of the East-West F O L L OW E D Center nter led to a physical p ysical fi fight A young female was tailed on when a student mistook the meanseveral occasions by a young ing of another student’s comment on man. Many of these incidents ochis dancing ability. The student was not curred outside the UH campus, hospitalized and sustained only minor h and several occurred on campus injuries. during her transit between classes. The woman was pursued to Queen Lili‘uokalani Center, where she filed the report.

A misunderstanding in the area of the East-West Center led to a physical fight when a student mistook the meaning of another student’s comment on his dancing ability. The student was not hospitalized and sustained only minor injuries.

MARCH 10, 5:09 A.M. RETURNING TO THE DOG THAT BIT YOU An officer responding to a fire call att A Hale Wainani stumbled across a young male tagging a structure by the basement f- ter the faccess of Frear Hall. The officer detained him aafman tried to escape. However, the officer had to assist the fire crews, and in the interim the suspect ran off, leaving his backpack. At a later date, the suspect arrived at Campus Security to retrieve his bag. He was hostile toward the Campus Security personnel and refused to identify himself to ne nel anyo y ne but HPD. anyone WILL CARON / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I

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TAYLOR MORRIS Staff Writer Approximately 200,000 deaths, 10,000 child soldiers, 30,000 abductions and 25 years after Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony began kidnapping children for his army, people around the world are trying to bring him to a halt.

“We are also going to do everything we can to stop them,” promises Jason Russell in the now famous video “Kony 2012.”

The video is the 11th film created by the nonprofit organization Invisible Children to raise awareness about Kony’s involvement with child soldiers and organize his capture. The half-hour video went viral on March 5, and

by March 8 it had approximately 32.5 million views. Within the week, people around the world were buying kits and donating money to Invisible Children.

“This year, 2012, is the year that we can fi nally fulfi ll [the mission to capture Kony]. And if we succeed, we change the course of human history” the video states.

Joseph Kony, a self-proclaimed prophet, founded the Lord’s Resistance Army in 1987 to fi ght for a government based on the Ten Commandments. In order to maintain strength, Kony began kidnapping children to use as child soldiers. He also forced the children to become sex and labor slaves.

CHANGING OPINIONS A fter the initial f lood of support on the web, Invisible Children came under scrutiny for its actions and beliefs. In 2011, Invisible Children spent $8,676,614, and 32 percent of that went to direct services for

its cause. The other 68 percent of the spending went to staff salaries, travel, transport, film production and other expenses.

Invisible Children advocates direct military intervention by the Uganda People’s Democratic Army to stop Kony, but the UPDA

social networking, but there have been African warlords forever, and people are just realizing it now,” said Marcienne Anderson, a political science major. “I feel like people are kind of blowing it up …

I feel like people should have realized this a long time ago.”

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has also been accused of rape and looting. “Kony 2012” focuses on saving Uganda from the wrath of Kony; however, the LR A has been absent in Uganda since 2006. It is still present in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

“I like the whole movement that they’re trying to start with

Previous missions regarding Kony have been unsuccessful. The U.S. Africa Command has attempted multiple missions to kill or capture Kony, and the Pope has been involved in unsuccessful peace talks with him. The Juba peace talks with the LR A that began in 2006 and lasted for two years seemed as if they would be successful, but Kony never signed the fi nal peace agreement.

In October 2011, a group of 100 U.S. military advisors were deployed to central Africa to help stop Kony. Another small group of troops were deployed to Uganda on March 7, and additional forces are expected to be sent later this month. The United States’ involvement is restricted to an advisory role to support Uganda in eliminating the threat of the LR A, and continued U.S. participation relies on the regional government’s participation in fighting Kony.

KONY 2012 EVENTS The Campus Center Board Activities Council will be showing “Kony 2012” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday in the Campus Center Ballroom. There will also be a speaker from Uganda to present information about the situation.

An event called “Cover the Night” is taking place in numerous locations around the world, including O‘ahu, on April 20. People in each location will plaster their cities with posters, signs and stickers in order to bombard the general public with information about Kony and encourage people to help bring him to justice.

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ISABELLA H ASTINGS Staff Writer

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa debaters learn more than just rhetorical skills in competition.

“The competitions are pretty intense, but it’s also a lot of fun,” said second-semester debater Samira Fatemi. “It helps you develop your argumentation and persuasion skills, but at the same time you learn to keep an open mind and to analyze what’s going on in the world around you.”

5th Bi-Annual Warrior Intramural Debate Tournament When: Saturday, March 17; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Shidler’s School of Business; open to public

The UH Mānoa debate team is participating in a tournament this weekend, featuring over 60 competitors from Hawai‘i Pacific University, Hawai‘i Community College and Leeward Community College. The debate will include topics such as compulsory voting policies, the prospect of women in combat and a manned mission to Mars.

Next month, eight competitors from the debate team will go to Willamette University in Oregon for the National Tournament. They will be competing against the top schools in the country, including Harvard, Yale and Columbia.

“There’s a lot of smart people and a lot of good dialogue going back and forth,” said Fatemi. “But there’s only one winning team by the end of the tournament.”

The UH debate club has been around since the late 1920s, but it was fully resurrected three years ago, when Robert Boller, the director of the Debate and Forensics Society, teamed up with undergraduate student Daniel Hugo.

“The university has historically supported a robust debate program,” said Boller in an email interview.

“In 1928, the UH debate team was the first collegiate COURTESY OF ROBERT BOLLER squad to compete on JapaThe final round of this weekend’s intramural debate tournament will focus on current U.S. nese soil. [But] in the 1960s, foreign policy. support for the debate team waned and it went defunct “Debate is a perfect place for ous, competitive and construcuntil January of 2008.” students who want to become bet- tive,” said Boller. “Furthermore, Since then, the team has par- ter critical thinkers and communi- debaters develop self-confidence, ticipated in competitions through- cators, and have a desire for a social sophistication and become opinion out the country and the Pacific Rim. outlet that is academically rigor- leaders on myriad subjects.”

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Spotlight on Brazilian performer Andersonn Prestes SILA M ANAHANE Contributing Writer

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International Night 2012 will be an event full of cultural performances, contests and cultural displays. It is an area where University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa can celebrate its culturally diverse demographics and bring international students together to celebrate their traditions.

There will be a range of performances from students repre senting various countries in the Pacific and Asia. However, the only countr y from South A merica being represented is Brazil.

Ph.D. biology student A ndersonn Prestes is a native of

Porto A legre, situated in the state of R io Grande Do Sul in the southern part of Brazil.

He will be representing Brazil by playing acoustic guitar and singing the song “ Vapor Bareto.” He will be mixing this ’70s Brazilian pop with a contemporar y tune in Brazil’s well-known bossa nova style.

Prestes has performed in Brazil as a drummer. His family is a large inf luence and support system for him as a musician.

But he said he has never played acoustic guitar in front of a live audience and is ner vous about the upcoming event.

Prestes shared about the number he will be performing,

“It ’s not a really happy song; it ’s a little bit sad actually. It ’s about some guy who is obsessive of a girl and he just wants to forget her.” But, he added, “It ’s nice; the poetr y is good.”

Prestes said he wishes to share a part of his culture with others to invite the community to listen to the sounds of Brazil.

International Night 2012: The Paradise in You! When: Today, March 16; 6-9 p.m.

Where: Campus Center Ballroom Cost: Free

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‘Sight Specific’ PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAMES CHARISMA

Clockwise from top left: the McDonald’s arches at the Academy Art Center at Linekona from a January 2012 exhibit, the “Varsity” sign from the Varsity Twin Cinema from a 2011 show, Glazers patrons exaining Charisma’s work on display, a photo from the show “Sight Specific.”

At Glazers Coffee 2700 S. King St. www.glazerscoffee.com 808-391-6548 Exhibit runs until May 31

‘Sight Specific’: the art of the voyeur JUDAH L ANDZBERG Staff Writer “All art has this voyeuristic quality to it … you’re allowed to stare as long as you want, you’re just not allowed to touch,” said James Charisma, an artist majoring in psychology. Located at Glazers Coffee, Charisma’s photography exhibition “Sight Specific” deals with the idea of art as spectacle.

“While traveling, I took pictures of people observing. I couldn’t see any of their faces, and only had body language to go on,” said Charisma. “But you could see their personalities. That’s what gave me the idea for this show.”

The context of his photographs includes art museums, office buildings, airplanes and a safari. They all contain a spectacle or piece of art, as well as an ob-

server. “You are seeing what they see and you have to wonder how they see it,” said Charisma. “You also watch them and wonder who’s watching you.”

On top of being a full-time student, James teaches at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. His roles as psychology student and art teacher have enriched his artistic vantage point. “I think it’s easy to make random, pretty things,” he said. “I like when there’s a meaning to the story, something behind it that the artist is trying to communicate to me.”

With his multiple roles as both student and teacher, Charisma’s art mirrors his unwillingness to be confined to one particular medium. Charisma has given exhibitions in many forms, including one “faux archaeological find” of the golden McDonald’s arches

partially submerged in a case of sand.

He has also launched an online magazine based on the local music scene, which will be back in production in the next few months.

Charisma didn’t even create one of the art pieces he is particularly proud of.

In 2007, an independent movie theater called the Varsity Twin Cinema across from Varsity Bar was slated for demolition. Charisma broke into the theater and stole the “Varsity” sign from behind the snack bar. The sign was subsequently put up for display at one of his exhibitions, and helped to keep the memory of the independent movie theater alive.

“I’m not really a photographer … I’m not sure I even want to be an artist,” said Charisma. “I think I’m a much better thief than an artist.”

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF VICTOR KOBAYASHI

What better way to spend St. Patrick’s Day than with a block party complete with great food, live music and, of course, beer? The open-air festival kicks off with a variety of food (including a seafood bar) and beer, with live entertainment by Doolin’ Rakes and the Piranha Brothers once the sun goes down.

Cost: Free When: Saturday, March 17; 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Where: Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 2 Merchant St. Contact: 808-531-0422

GARY SNYDER Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder will visit the Mānoa campus for an afternoon talk. Snyder is famous for writing about Asian culture and traditions, as well as environmental sustainability.

Cost: Free When: Sunday, March 18; 3-4:30 p.m.

Where: Orvis Auditorium; 2600 Campus Rd. Contact: 808-732-1360 JASON PERSSE/FLICKR

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EAT THE STREET MILILANI The popular food truck festival returns to central O‘ahu this month. Make sure to bring your appetite as you dine al fresco from dozens of popular food vendors such as Xtreme Tacos and Korean Fresh Grill.

Cost: Free admission, bring money for food (cash only) When: Saturday March 17; 2-7 p.m.

Where: Mililani Recreation Center 7, 951333 Lehiwa Drive Contact: www.streetgrindz.com

FOSTER THE PEOPLE

‘BERLIN ‘36’ SCREENING Set in Nazi Germany, “Berlin ’36” tells the story of Jewish high jumper Gretel Bergmann and the decision of whether she should be allowed to compete on the German Olympic Team for the 1936 Olympics.

Cost: $10 general admission, $8 for museum members When: Sunday, March 18; 7:30 p.m.

Where: Doris Duke Theatre, 900 S. Beretania St. Contact: 808-532-8768

KAWAII KON 2012

The seventh annual Kawaii Kon, Hawai‘i’s anime and manga convention and expo, starts today. The three-day event will entertain thousands of enthusiasts. Events will include cosplay, the Video Art Showcase Theater contest, karaoke, Artist Alley (where artists can sell their work) and more.

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Cost: $26 -$50 at the door When: Friday, March 14; 10 a.m.-Sunday, March 16; 6:30 p.m.

Where: Hawai‘i Convention Center, 1801 Kalākaua Ave. Contact: www.kawaii-kon.org

Made famous by its hit single “Pumped Up Kicks,” which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Song Chart last year, Grammy-nominated band Foster the People will be giving an indiepop performance at The Waterfront at Aloha Tower this Sunday.

Cost: $29.50 general admission (in advance) When: Sunday, March 18; 7 p.m. (doors open), 8 p.m. (show starts) Where: The Waterfront at Aloha Tower, 1 Aloha Tower Dr. Contact: info@bamproject.com

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JUSTIN F R ANCISCO Associate Opinions Editor Technology – as far as personal communication goes – has proven to be a social devolution. Text messages, emails, Tweets, Facebook chats and blogs have all completely transformed the way we communicate, and many argue it’s been for the worse.

CREATING ISOLATION While technology has enabled us to reach global levels of connectivity by maintaining contact with childhood friends, viewing baby photos of new relatives and providing an array of new contacts, it has also distorted how we communicate intimacy with people right in front of us. Alex Lickerman of Psychology Today writes, “We may feel we’re connecting effectively with others via the Internet, but too much electronic relating paradoxically engenders a sense of social isolation.”

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Numerous relationships toto oday are initiated by dating sites, sitess, mesmaintained through text mes sFacebook: sages and severed on Facebook k: so-and-so is single – yay!

ManIn a Huffington Post article, Man ndy Appleyard asserts, “The text is the th pygmy of communication methods.

It’s a Post-it note, a P.S. It’s minimum investment, minimum effort. It’s often cowardly – a way to avoid faceto-face contact.” Through the innate convenience of technology, people have chosen to forgo the difficulties of face-to-face communication in lieu of in-person confrontation.

Lickerman addresses the same problem. “Precisely because electronic media transmit emotion so poorly compared to in-person interaction, many view it as the perfect way to send difficult messages: it blocks us from registering the negative emotional responses such messages engender, which provides us the illusion we’re not really doing harm. Unfortunately, this also usually means we don’t transmit these messages with as much empathy.”

Technology creates a paradox: People shudder away from one-onone controversy, but are quick to lament their feelings to the entire world. The etiquette that filters what you say in person does not exist in

Ultimately we are weaker communicators because we don’t need to handle difficult situations in person.

Of course technology has enhanced our ability to maintain relationships as well. Couples today don’t have to be torn apart by busy schedules. Parents don’t need to be worried sick by meandering children.

Friends aren’t separated by oceans.

What is happening though, is that we haven’t yet discovered how to keep up with changing trends effectively.

The people born before the technology explosion are fixated on the old ways, while the people born during or after the communication technology boom are trying to establish new ways. In a USA Today article, author Marco R. della Cava articulates, “human beings have been ‘shifting signal-sending processes’ for centuries … our mushrooming technological bounty simply means getting used to new codes and signals.”

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Lickerman states simply, “For transferring information efficiently, the Internet is excellent. For transacting emotionally sensitive or satisfying connections, it’s not.”

The advice: leave the serious conversation for face-to-face time. This includes break ups, proposals, first dates, arguments, intellectual conversations – all things that require the respect and acknowledgement of dialogue. With electronic messaging, you are capable of spouting your opinion while completely disregarding the other person’s response. This isn’t fair, and it doesn’t build relationships. Technology can be used to get connections, but personal interaction maintains them. Technology isn’t going anywhere – nor should it. The decision is when and how to use it.

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Back on the winning track

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The No. 11 Warrior Volleyball team will host the No. 4 BYU Cougars at the Stan Sheriff Center today and tomorrow.

M ARC A R AK AKI Sports Editor Competition was tough and wins were hard to come by for the Warrior volleyball team the past few weeks. However, its win last week, which ended a fourgame road trip, may turn its season around.

“We’ve been battling so hard and it was just finally nice to squeeze one out,” freshman opposite Taylor Averill said on the win at Stanford.

“I’ve got to be honest, it was a great feeling. It was one of the first games where everyone stepped up.”

Hawai‘i’s (7-12, 4-10 Mountain

Pacific Sports Federation) win at then No. 3 Stanford was its fi rst victory in Palo Alto, Calif., since 2008.

“It was exhilarating,” sophomore middle blocker Shane Welch said.

“Ending the road trip on a good note was a major help coming back here.”

“Being in that locker room afterwards, we were so stoked because it was tough,” senior middle blocker Jarrod Lofy said. “The gratification that you get from winning a hard match is way greater than just bowling over teams.”

ON THE OPPONENT The No. 11 Warriors will host No. 4 BY U (15 -4, 11-3 MPSF) to-

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day and tomorrow. Both matches are slated for 7 p.m. in the Stan Sheriff Center. All UH Mānoa students get in free with a validated ID. This week marks the fi fth week in a row that the Warrior volleyball team will play a team ranked in the top four in the country.

“It’s a pretty unheard-of stretch, every week, to play somebody that highly ranked,” head coach Charlie Wade said. “It’s just a quirk of the schedule. We know the league’s tough, but usually it’s balanced out a little more. We want to make sure we want to get as many wins as we can against

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R E T U R N H OM E Two key figures in Hawai‘i volleyball will be making their return to the islands. Former Warrior head coach Mike Wilton, now an assistant coach on BYU’s staff, will be on the Cougar bench this weekend. Wilton amassed a record of 316-167 in 16 seasons at Hawai‘i.

Also on the other side of the net will be Cougar senior middle blocker Futi Tavana. Tavana, a native of Saipipi, Samoa, and a graduate of Kaua‘i High School, will make his last appearance in the Stan Sheriff Center as a Cougar. A well-rounded

athlete, Tavana completed last season named to the AVCA All-American First Team as well as the MPSF All-Academic Team.

“That’s a very familiar name,” Welch said of Tavana. “He’s a huge guy at my position and I’m stoked to see what [Warrior middle blockers] Nick West, Jarrod Lofy, I and whoever else gets in there can do. He’s a great opponent and fun to play against. I remember last year when we went into Provo, seeing he was a junior and I was a freshman, it was pretty fun. But I feel like I might have the upper hand this time because he’s coming back from some injuries that I heard about. I know I’m coming back – and I’m hungry.”

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Drawing a line in the sand A different game Although they seem similar at first, sand and indoor volleyball are two vastly different sports.

In sand volleyball, a team wins a match by winning two of three sets that are first to 21 points. If a third set is needed, it is played to 15.

Instead of having six players on the court at once, the team is split into five teams of pairs, with each doubles match worth one point toward winning a meet. A team wins a meet by taking three of five matches. “Defensively, you have to cover a lot more court [because] there are only two of you. So you have to be more aware and know where your hitters are going,� said sophomore Emily Hartong.

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After spending four seasons on Hawai‘i’s indoor volleyball team, senior Elizabeth Stoltzman (center) will spend her last semester of eligibility on the Rainbow Wahine sand volleyball team.

The University of Hawai‘i is cementing itself in NCA A history.

Hawai‘i is one of 16 schools that is ďŹ elding a women’s sand volleyball team this season in hopes that it will eventually become an NCA A-sanctioned sport.

To kick off the Rainbow Wahine’s inaugural season, the team will face Hawai‘i PaciďŹ c and Nittaidai of Japan this Saturday at the Queen’s Beach Sandbox.

have recently renewed their relationship after an 11-year hiatus.

The Hawai‘i men’s volleyball team beat Nittaidai twice during a two-match exhibition series in Februar y. The Rainbow Wahine indoor volleyball team also defeated Nittaidai in four sets during an exhibition match on Wednesday. “It’s going to be interesting,� said head coach Scott Wong. “Naturally, you look at them and you see ball control. You see a pretty neat offense. I’m kind of excited to see what they look like on the beach.�

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the ďŹ rst time since the 2010 season, when they were dominated by the Rainbow Wahine at the Stan Sheriff Center. “I’ve been to a tournament last year with some of the [Hawai‘i Pacific] girls and they’re good, so it will be fun playing them,â€? said sophomore Emily Hartong.

ʟBOWS READY FOR INAUGURAL SEASON Despite hav ing the home - cour t advant age in the program’s f irst match, the R a inbow Wahine should not get used to the f r iendly conf ines of Queen’s Beach.

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While away from O‘ahu, the team will be playing in Florida and California against schools with top-10 indoor teams, such as USC, Florida State and Pepperdine. “There’s a big unknown out there because nobody’s played each other before on the beach,� Wong said.

If the season goes well for Hawai‘i, its schedule will ultimately land the team in Gulf Shores, A la., for the inaugural A merican Volleyball Coaches Association Championships. “I think our team has a great understanding of the game, and I think we can go really far,� said Wong. “ There’s a lot of extra work starting something new, and it’s an honor to represent our state.�

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