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Hawai‘i Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz visits Campus Center and meets participants at the National Coming Out Day event on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

R EBECCA BARONE Contributing Writer The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa celebrated “Up and Out,” the Sixth Annual Amazing Ally Tshirt Day and LGBT Community Resource Fair, in honor of National Coming Out Day on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Held at Campus Center, this year’s fair featured groups from all across Hawai‘i, including the GLBT Caucus, Church of the Crossroads, Pride at Work Hawai‘i, Parents, Families & Friends of Les-

bians and Gays, Healthy United Sexualities Club and UH Mānoa’s LGBT Student Services.

Special guest Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz visited the different groups before giving a speech at noon.

During his speech, Schatz issued a proclamation on behalf of Gov. Neil Abercrombie in recognition of National Coming Out Day that encouraged the members of the LGBT community at UH Mānoa to be proud of who they are.

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There’s enough stress in our everyday lives without worrying about harassment. It’s so exciting to know support at UH is building [and that] all of the government has recognized this day.”

Miyamoto and LGBT Student Services distributed free “Up and Out” T-shirts at the event, but it attracted so many students that the T-shirts ran out within the first 45 minutes.

Some who attended the event felt that there was room for improvement, and expressed a desire to hear more from students just beginning to come out.

“I want to extend a challenge to the university,” said Carolyn Golojuch, president of PFLAG– O‘ahu. She was disappointed that more LGBT youth were not able to share their stories. “I’d like to see them open the mic up to any student who wants to come out on National Coming Out Day. That’s the goal for next year.”

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Recycling options for dorm residents

enewa newal process. Director So whether this is part of a the largest role in that proces cess studies stud udies Meda Chesney continuing i i takeover k b by the h system, for students, they need to b Heerr contract was up for s well, if there’s a cohereent he Board of Regents level, p p g where they want the universit rs hiss is a response to t that th t versity it are, th the more problems bl there th “St “Stability bilit iis somethin ng It’ss a natural time for her are of us ... really welcome, so oI ut, ‘should I stay or not?’” we went back to having a chancel- than a little sad that she’s ann it is ann organization known as the t board of publications. pu cation cations however, speculate lor,” Cooney continued. her departure, because it m lp overs overseeWaters, student associate publicationsvice suc such as: w’’ss decision was a pre- We help Lynne have to go through another e a ovee. “She p probably y lost p president of external affairs and univer- trative change,” said Lind..

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Community recycling bins for aluminum, glass, plastic, paper and cardboard are available around campus and near the dorms for student accessiblity. Green and blue bins recycle organic waste and mixed recyclables; gray bins are for garbage.

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What do you do after you fi nish a beer, soda or bottled water? Do you throw the container away?

Recycle it? Turn it into art? If you live in student housing, you may have some options.

“Each hall/complex is given bins to recycle (cans/plastic/bottles),” wrote Director of Student Housing Mike Kaptik in an email. When asked about who funds the recycling stations, Kaptik responded, “Community Council does not fund the recycling bins.

They are funded by Student Housing.”

“In some buildings, there should be bins on the floors as well as the lobby areas. Hale Aloha should have bins in the floor lounges and Frear should have bins in the trash rooms,” replied Kaptik when asked about the recycling options in the dorms.

Last year, there were issues with several areas not having recycling containers. In the areas that did have recycling options, the containers were not maintained and emptied.

“My staff report that there are recycling op-

tions in all buildings, but in some cases, bins were damaged/missing and we are in the process of replacing them. There are bins in Lokelani and Lehua, according to the staff,” responded Kaptik regarding this problem.

But some residents may not want to use Student Housing-provided containers. For residents who want to get their five cents back on select plastics and cans, they have the option of using the R R R Recycling truck parked on campus on Sundays.

Another recycling option is the large white metal bin across the dorm access road from Frear Hall.

There, residents can recycle cardboard and paper. In fact, it is recommended that they do so, because cardboard can clog trash chutes.

Those who want to recycle can be proactive. “If students notice a missing recycling container, they should notify their in-hall staff or submit a pilikia (service request),” wrote Kaptik.

Pilikia forms can be accessed at http://manoa. hawaii.edu/housing/pilikia.

Students looking for additional recycling information and ideas can visit http://www.recyclehawaii. org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1.

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Fall Footholds crosses culture and genre boundaries When: Oct.14 and 15, 8 p.m.; Oct. 16, 2 p.m.

Where: Prices: Earle Ernst Lab Theatre

$15 regular; $14 seniors, military, UH faculty/staff; $12 students; $5 with validated UH ID.

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Tickets are available at www.etickethawaii.com and 808-944-2697. Purchases can be made at the Kennedy Theatre box office Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with extended hours on performance days.

JAYMESON H AMMONDS Contributing Writer Fall Footholds, an annual compilation of student dance performances, will show through Sunday, Oct. 16 at the University of Hawai‘i of Mānoa.

With 10 pieces choreographed, designed, performed and produced by UH Mānoa students, Fall Footholds covers a range of dance styles hailing from diverse cultures. These include “Aging Soles,” “Peachy Keen” and “Farewell.”

“Aging Soles” is a humorous hip-hop production about the physical and mental rigors of dance choreographed by four UH students: Jordan Rull, Tyler Tuiasosopo, Jason Wong and Jeffery Wong.

“It’s not just about hip-hop,” Wong said. “It’s also about the welding of everything that has impacted us until this point. There really isn’t a singular inspiration that this dance came from. It’s really about taking all of our infl uences and creating something totally our own.”

“The world just isn’t the same anymore,” said Meghen McKinley, an MFA dance student, about her piece “Peachy Keen.” The dance takes a feminist stance, encouraging women to live outside the boundaries of expected cultural roles.

“Farewell” also crosses boundaries, featuring a blend of hula, Tahitian dance and Fijian meke.

Some of this year’s other performances include Asian theatrical dance themes, bharatanatyam (a classical Indian style), Japanese bon dancing and Pacifi c Island dances.

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Choreographer and performer Devon Izumigawa (above) presents “Qiu Huo” (autumn fire). Cher Anabo (top left) performs in “Peachy Keen.” Hip-hop choreographer and performer David Heller (top center) presents “Shades of Rhythm.” Rohini Acharya (top right) performs in “The Divide,” a duet she choreographed with Sami Akuna (not pictured).

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Cost: $30 (bleachers), $50 (VIP) When: Saturday, Oct.15, 5 p.m.

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2nd Annual Miss Vamp Hawai‘i 2011 Pageant View this year’s vampire contestants as they participate in a take on the Miss USA pageant. This event will feature a Q&A session, theatrical performances and creativity challenges. The reigning Miss Vamp Hawai‘i 2010 will pass the crown to Miss Vamp Hawai‘i 2011.

Cost: $28-$38 When: Saturday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m.

Where: Hawai‘i Theatre, 1130 Bethel St. Contact: djnocturna@gmail.com

Mactoberfest Join Macworld.com columnist and editor Christopher Breen as he expounds on Mac’s latest programs, such as Lion, iCloud 5 and iOS 5, and learn emergency Mac tips and shortcuts.

Cost: $35 regular admission or $40 for special events package When: Saturday, Oct. 15, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Where: Pagoda Hotel LaSalle Showroom, 1525 Rycroft St. Contact: jmatsuka@hawaii.edu SHINICHI TOYAMA/KA LEO O HAWAI‘I

31st Hawai‘i International Film Festival Attention film lovers: HIFF kicks off this Thursday, Oct. 13, and runs until Oct. 23, featuring films from emerging artists from Asia and the Pacific and even UH Academy for Creative Media students. For a complete schedule of this year’s movie lineup and options available for screenings, visit: www.hiff.org/filmsevents.

Cost: $10 - $12 (per fi lm) When: Thursday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m. through Monday, Oct. 24, 10 p.m.

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Students to shine at ‘Mānoa’s Got Talent’ DAMIAN LYMAN Columnist On Friday, Oct. 14, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom will host “Mānoa’s Got Talent,” an event showcasing about 20 varied acts from student performers.

“We realize that there are so many students who want to showcase their talent, and it’s a great way to reach out to those students,” Activities Council member Grant Ponciano said. But the event isn’t just for performers; all students are welcome to COURTESY OF JOE MARQUEZ enjoy the show. “It’s a great way to bring Jesse Shiroma will perform Friday. out people who are

interested in watching people make fools of themselves. Just kidding,” Ponciano continued jokingly.

Academy for Creative Media student Taylor Wong and communicology major Sarah Ohashi are two members of the seven-piece band Fireworks, which will be performing “This Love” by Maroon 5 on Friday.

Both Wong and Ohashi are singers, and met each other in a voice class. The impetus behind their band is a positive one. “We want to spread the message of strength and unity,” Wong said.

Their delivery method for said strength and unity is pop music, a style that both Ohashi and Wong are unabashed fans of. “I will admit, I do love the Pussycat Dolls,” Wong said.

“We’ll have Nicole Scherzinger’s energy and spirit with us on stage.”

Among those who will brave the stage alone on Friday is history and

German double major Jesse Shiroma, who plans on using the talent show as an opportunity to help change public perception of his instrument of choice, the accordion.

“People think it’s a hokey-pokey kind of instrument, like it’s the ‘Weird Al Yankovic’ instrument. But serious practitioners play classical pieces just as legitimately as pianists or violinists,” he said.

Shiroma, who also lends his accordion skill to the local band Streetlight Cadence, will be performing the contemporary piece “Le Noyee” by composer Yan Tiersen.

Biology major Trisin Ramon will also be performing unaccompanied.

Ramon has been playing guitar for more than 20 years, and plans to play either Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You” or The Calling’s “Wherever You May Go.” “I think science, overall, kind of rocks,” Ramon said when asked about

the correlation between biology and rocking out. “Animals, and how they interact with nature, is very wild.”

Some students may have to deal with performance anxiety, but Marifel Barbasa – who will be singing by herself on Friday – views it as a learning experience and a chance to showcase something she loves.

“I despise the nerves before singing the fi rst line, but after that fi rst line, it becomes less frightening and easier to sing forward,” she said.

“This school year, I’m trying to be more confident and gain performing experience I currently don’t possess.”

M Ā N OAʼS G O T TA L E N T When: Friday, Oct. 14, 7-10 p.m.

Where: Campus Center Ballroom Contact: 808-956-4491

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A can of worms: the tyranny of catchiness

DAMIAN LYMAN Columnist

“Pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening, pizza at supper time. When pizza’s on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime.”

Consider yourself blessed if these words mean absolutely nothing to you. For me, however, they have been a personal nightmare.

They were featured in a 1996 jingle for Ore Ida pizza bagels, and this stupid song gets stuck in my head at least once a week.

For 15 years. That’s 780 times. My brain has thought more about pizza bagels in my lifetime than, say, my parent’s birthdays, or my personal well-being. I asked many of my associates if they recalled the song. Not only did they remember, they could recite every word verbatim. How could this ostensibly forgettable ’90s ad have lodged itself so successfully in our collective subconscious?

The scientifi c community refers to these tenacious songs as “earworms.” James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, has conducted several studies on the cognitive and behavioral effects of music in advertising.

In a 2003 study, he found that 98 percent of people have the unfortunate experience of getting songs stuck in their heads. Women are more likely than men to encounter an earworm, and songs with lyrics are generally catchier.

Kellaris’ research has also shown that earworms often contain three specifi c traits: repetition, musical simplicity and incongruity. Incongruity can mean an unexpected or novel change in rhythm, or it may be a conceptual incongruity. Not immediately able to spot any myself, I asked Kel-

laris what incongruities the pizza bagel song possessed.

“There are three conceptual incongruities that make this odd,” he said. “One, pizza on a bagel, which is not a pizza. Two, pizza is Italian; bagels are Jewish. And three, pizza for breakfast?”

These conceptual incongruities produce an effect called “cognitive itch.” The brain runs the song in an attempt to mull over these ideas it finds to be inconsistent.

A 2011 study by Alison Pawley and Daniel Mullensiefen of Goldsmiths, University of London observed thousands of test subjects as they listened to music in an attempt to isolate traits that make songs “sing-alongable.”

They found that melodies without diffi cult sequences (think Beyonce) were catchier, which correlates well with Kellaris’ rule of simplicity. They also found that male voices singing in high registers are most likely to be catchy.

In their study, Pawley and Mullensiefen found Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” to be the most singalongable song of all time. “ The idea of a high-pitched male voice being catchier seems perfectly congruent with my conjecture about ‘incongruity’ making an earworm more likely,” Kellaris said of the findings. “ We expect male voices to be low [and] female voices to be high. A high male voice is a violation of expectations.”

So has the mystery of the pizza bagel song been unraveled? Not really, and it probably never will be.

The mind is a mysterious thing.

“What I found is that earworms tend to be idiosyncratic.

We each have our own personal song demons. Across three surveys, I got a different ‘catchiest song of all time,’” Kellaris said.

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How old is too old? How young is too young? Cougars or cradle robbers – by what standard do we measure these roles? Each society has traditionally decided what is acceptable. Take, for example, the former age of consent in the Vatican City: 12 years old.

Really. Obviously, people are much more ageist today, and for good reason.

But most of us also know that age doesn’t always accurately define maturity (physiological or psychological). So why is it that we reject people as possible partners because of age? It is a social construct that, as a single writer, I cannot even begin to change. However, many have come up with a little rule for our society. I can’t remember where or from whom I learned this simple rule, but I have used it since I was in high school.

Here’s the rule: half your y age, plus seven.

The rule is applied to the older individual in defi ning whether the other person is too young.

For example, if the older person were 60, it would be thirty plus seven: 37. If the old-

er person were re 20, it would be 10 0 plus seven: 17. Finally, nally, if the person were 14, it would be seven plus seven: 14. I am not stating 14-year-olds lds should be having sex at all, but certainly no one that young should be having sex with anyone besides someone of his or her own age.

Of course, this rule is arbitrary, because every individual is unique. Some people display maturity well beyond the number society uses to classify them. At the same time, there are many adults who exert a maturity level that could be rivaled by those much younger than them.

But this rule takes into account that as one gets older, ages become less significant.

Younger people should date people closer to their age because they will have similar experiences. They will likely have more closely related needs, expectations and desires. As people get older, the gap in life experiences isn’t nearly as dramatic. For example, there is little am debate that a 50 -yeard eb old and a 32-year-old can find a genuine connection despite con the 18 1 -year gap. This rule can’t can be universally applied, since in some cases sin statutory rape could become an issue. Howeve However, it does provide a rudimentary outline for those above the age of consent.

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Consumer democracy: the hidden votes you cast each day

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By choosing to purchase one item over another, consumers are effectively voting either for or against the corporations that produced each good.

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Every morning, John wakes up, takes some time to cast a vote and heads to work. On his way, he brief ly stops to cast another vote. Around noon, he goes out to cast another vote before returning to the office. Later in traffic, John’s wife calls and asks him to stop and cast a vote.

What are these “votes” John keeps casting?

When John woke up, he watched TV for a while before heading to work. On his way, he grabbed a coffee and later went out for lunch. At his wife’s request, he stopped and picked up groceries.

Every time you spend a dollar, you are effectively casting a vote for the company that provides that good or service. Just as when you cast an actual vote for a political candidate, this means that out of all the alternatives, you should agree most with its particular actions and views. But most people don’t even think about it.

We have millions of uneducated voters: consumers unaware of what exactly they are supporting.

Average people would not likely vote for a political candidate they were unaware of. Yet these “corporate candidates” receive numerous votes each day, allowing them to continue whatever it is they may be doing.

This “consumer democracy,” if you will, should in theory lead to corporate views mirroring the common social views of society. “Voters,” or consumers, will choose to spend their money on corporations with which they agree. Vice versa, if the general public began to disagree with corporations, they would show it by spending their dollars elsewhere.

However, there are obvious barriers that prevent this from working.

First, a majority of consumers are simply unaware of most corporations’ actions. Because of the highly globalized world we live in today, it is hard for the average consumer to know

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every action of a corporation spanning multiple continents.

Most people seek the lowest prices, without considering how those low prices were achieved.

If child labor were used to make a pair of shoes similar in quality to a higher-priced pair of shoes, would you still consider purchasing the less expensive pair?

There is a great need for a product education campaign, where consumers can more easily trace where and how products arrived in their fi nal state.

In addition to simply being uninformed, a large portion of consumers are also misinformed or misled. For an example of how this occurs, one need look no further than any major corporation’s advertising campaigns. A majority of them contain little to no information about the actual product or the corporation itself, and instead attempt to create an emotional response from consumers.

When consumers know nothing about a product but can easily recognize and remember its brand, they are much more likely to blindly vote with their dollars for that company.

I urge you all to consider this the next time you spend money on something. What are the most common purchases you make in your day-to-day life? Who made your clothes? Where did your food come from? Odds are, you do not know as much about those corporations as you’d like, considering the support you give them. It’s important we all learn to vote wisely and responsibly with our dollars, especially with the increasing influence corporations have on politics.

You may vote for a president ever y four years and other politicians ever y two, but each day you have the opportunity to cast multiple votes for something equally important.

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Soccer seniors to play final home games J.D. DOMIZIO Contributing Writer All good things must come to an end.

The University of Hawai‘i soccer team will play its final home matches this weekend, and Sunday will be “Senior Night.” Brittani Lum, Colleen Burns, Tiffany Ikeda-Simao, Keisha Kanekoa, Kaylee Kihara and Alyssa Simbahon will be making their final home appearances.

“It’s weird; it’s all gone by really fast, but it’s exciting,” said Burns, a senior defender. “It’s been an up-and-down year, but we defi nitely are remaining confident.”

Simbahon, a senior defender, added, “It’s great to be home, playing in front of our fans. We are defi nitely looking forward to an exciting senior night.”

Although head coach Michele Nagamine has only been with the team for one year, she praised the senior class.

“It’s been a really long road for the seniors, and I think that they take a lot of pride in the fact they are helping to rebuild this program,” said Nagamine. “ They are laying down the foundation and base right now that will help us be better as a program overall in the years to come. Although they haven’t had a winning record or that kind of stellar season, I think that this group of seniors will always be very special to me, because this is the group that really helped us turn this program around.”

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The Rainbow Wahine soccer team (3 -10, 2-1 WAC) will play host to Fresno State (8 -3 -3) on Friday at 7 p.m. The team’s final home match will be on Sunday at 5 p.m. against San Jose State (3 -10, 1-1 WAC). The seniors will be honored after the conclusion of the San Jose State match-

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Junior midfielder Christy Watanabe and the rest of the Rainbow Wahine hope to send their seniors off with wins against Fresno State and San Jose State this weekend. up. Both games will be played at Waipi‘o Peninsula Soccer Stadium and are key Western Athletic Conference matches for the Rainbow Wahine.

following match. These two losses have kept UH winless (0 -7) on the road this year.

“We played a sleepy game against Idaho on the road. It was

We are facing two teams who are also in must-win situations, and with only four conference games left, we need to make sure that we ... do our best.

“It’s good to be home,” said Nagamine. “We play so much better at home than we do on the road.”

The Rainbow Wahine are coming off a pair of road losses this past weekend. After winning its first two conference matches at home, UH lost its first WAC match of the year with a 4-2 loss at Idaho on Oct. 7. The Rainbow Wahine then dropped a 3-0 decision to Seattle University in a nonconference meeting in their

really cold, and we didn’t handle the weather too well,” said Nagamine. “Now that we are home again, we are hoping to send our seniors off the right way.

“Hopefully we’ll get a good crowd, because we always play so much better at home, in front of a good crowd.”

Hawai‘i looks to return to the win column at home, where it has won its last two matches.

UH is currently one of three

WAC teams, along with Fresno State and Utah State, with a league -leading six points in the WAC standings. There are currently five other teams who are just one win behind. The tight standings make the Rainbow Wahine’s performance in their final two home matches crucial in qualif ying for next month’s WAC Tournament.

“It is going to be a battle on both Friday and Sunday,” said Nagamine. “We are facing two teams who are also in must-win situations, and with only four conference games left, we need to make sure that we are ready to play and do our best.”

Despite the team’s struggles on the road, the Rainbow Wahine are remaining positive about this weekend’s matches.

“The team is feeling con-

fi dent. … We’ve played well at home, and look to continue to play well this weekend,” said Burns.

“These two games are important conference matchups. We really need to play our best.”

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