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Team Travels Rainbows head east Sports 8 JANE CALLAHAN Senior Staff Writer Are Hjorungnes, a Norwegian professor on a one-year sabbatical at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s electrical engineering department, disappeared on a hiking trail on Saturday, May 14.

The 40-year-old professor, who taught at the University of Oslo, joined the Hawaiian Ultra Running Team on a 15-mile run along the Peacock Flat trail, located behind Dillingham Airfield, almost two weeks ago. When the group stopped for a water break, Hjorungnes continued ahead.

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Are Hjorungnes (left) is believed to be the hiker found dead near the Peacock flat trail on Saturday. He is pictured here running a trail with members of Hawaii Ultra Running Team on April 30, 2011.

The trail branches off into many veins that lead to dead ends and wild boar territory; searchers said it was likely he took a wrong turn. In addition, the trail is lined with ravines and steep descents.

According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the fi re department used trained dogs and helicopters in attempts to fi nd the professor. “Rescue specialists” were lowered by rope from the helicopters into the ravines surrounding the trail, as surrounding trees and greenery prevented any view from the air.

The Honolulu Fire Department searched for three days, but called off the search on Monday when no

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body was found. When contacted, no one at the HFD could answer as to why the official search window is limited to three days.

Independent volunteers continued the search. Search parties included the members of the Hawaiian Ultra Running Team, various people from University of Hawai‘i, and local pig hunters.

Hjorunges’ family arrived in Honolulu on Thursday, May 19, to aid in the search.

Volunteers found a body at the base of a Mokulē‘ia mountain, behind Dillingham Airfield along the Waialua range, on Saturday afternoon, a week after Hjorunges’ disappearance. Offi cials have

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not confi rmed the body to be Hjorungnes’, but it is understood, as the man was wearing the same clothes that Hjorungnes had on the day he disappeared.

During the weeklong search, Hjorungnes’ friends and family set up a blog that detailed the search’s progress. The Hawaiian Ultra Running Team also set up a web page with the trail map, and acted as a hub to organize those who wanted to help with the search effort. The coroner’s office also could not officially confirm that the body was that of Hjorungnes; however, on the search blog (www.findare.blogspot. com), his friends expressed their grief about the death of their friend.

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One member of the blog said that it appears Hjorungnes fell 40 feet off a cliff’s edge; broken branches and impacts to the grass supported the theory.

Hjorungnes’ time at UH was scheduled to end in July of this year.

Hjorungnes published a book in Februar y titled “Complex-Valued Matrix Derivatives: With Applications in Signal Processing and Communications.”

Per Christian, Hjorungnes’ friend from Norway, wrote on the blog, “I will miss all emails coming from you and how they made me laugh ... I will miss you as a companion when we went hiking. Now they say I will never enjoy that again, but I will wait for a sign, an email, a phone call or a knock on my door for a long time.”

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Rising tuition at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine may affect the number of local students able to attend the school and stay in Hawai‘i to practice after graduation.

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the median income of these students’ families is $85,000.

Tina Shelton, director of communicat ion and legislative coordinator for JABSOM, said, “The A AMC fi nding was startling, because that means our students’ parents earn the lowest of any medical college in the country – and there are about 134 medical schools.”

Of the 250 students attending JA BSOM each year, 213 re ceive some kind of financial aid.

For the 2011-2012 school year, the in-state tuition is $29,184 per year, and out-of-state tuition is $61,464. However, tuition rates are increasing with the state’s worsening financial situation.

Currently, 90 percent of JABSOM students are Hawai‘i residents. This year’s graduates include students from Honolulu, Kāne‘ohe, ‘Aiea, Waipahu, Mililani, Kailua and Pearl City. There are also many graduates from the neighbor islands, and seven new M.D.s are Native Hawaiians. However, increasing tuition may force the school to accept more non-resident students, which will lead to fewer graduates staying in Hawai‘i where they are needed.

Shelton explained that the need for physicians is one of the

primary reasons for admitting 90 percent local students, as nearly half of JABSOM graduates stay in Hawai‘i to practice, and nearly half of physicians practicing in the state attended JABSOM. Hawai‘i is facing a severe doctor shortage, needing more than 150 new doctors a year. Without graduates from JABSOM practicing in Hawai‘i, hospitals around the state would lose many specialists. “JABSOM-trained physicians are a critical source of M.D.s in Hawai‘i,” Shelton said.

he said, “ The [estimated future tuition] figure was based on speculation on what tuition might have to be in order to offset losses from tobacco funding monies, should there be no other financial options. However, we are pursuing multiple other options, and no increase of tuiton is expected to be above 10 percent annually. The current tuition schedule for all of UH (including JA BSOM) expires in 2012.

“No tuition increase after the current schedule is possible w i t h out UH Board of Regents proposal, a process which will include notice and public hearings before implentation. Our already vigorous efforts to increase scholarship opportunities will be intensified in the anticipation of tuition increases.”

In addition to scholarships, the school has presented other ideas to the Legislature. Class sizes could be increased through additional training on neighbor islands (at a cost of $2 million per year). A financial aid program to target placement of JA BSOM medical school and residency/ fellowship graduates in practices on neighbor islands could also be created (at an estimated cost of $1 million per year).

These and similar measures may ease the physician shortage.

But raising JA BSOM tuition and changing the ratio of in-state to out-of-state students will lessen the ability of low-income families in Hawai‘i to send their children to medical school, and may worsen the shortage of physicians in Hawai‘i now and in the future.

JABSOM-trained physicians are a critical source of M.D.s in Hawai‘i Shelton also mentioned that the school strives to be consistent with former Gov. Burns’ dream for “a medical school whose primary mission would be to produce doctors to serve Hawai‘i and the Pacific.”

JA BSOM is the only medical school in the state. Shelton said that JA BSOM’s rising tuition might af fect low-income students’ abilit y to attend not only JA BSOM, but any medical school. “ We do know that because of Hawai‘i’s high cost of living, there is even more of a burden on our students. T hat said, many of them do live with their parents to save on hous ing and food expenses, which if they had to go to the mainland for school would probably mean they couldn’t go to school,” Shelton said.

Shelton said that the decision to allow a greater percentage of out-of-state students is up to the Chancellor of Mānoa, the UH President and the Board of Regents.

Shelton shared a response from JA BSOM’s dean in which

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Seann William Scott- A fter co-starring as E.L . in Phillips’ debut comedy “Road Trip” in 2000, Scott reappeared in 2003’s “Old School” as a tranquilizer gun-wielding petting zoo operator, exclaiming the memorable line, “ You just took one in the jugular, man!”

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Horatio Sanz – The former SNL cast member played a waiter who defiles a customer’s breakfast in “Road Trip,” and also appeared in 2006’s “School for Scoundrels.”

Matt Walsh- The comedian has appeared in all of Phillips’ fi lms, having originally made an appearance in “Road Trip.”

Andy Dick- In “Road Trip,” Dick made a small cameo as a motel clerk, and later appeared with an uncredited role in “Old School.”

Will Ferrell- Ferrell’s fi rst starring role was as Frank “The Tank” Richard in “Old School.”

The following year, he played prison inmate Big Earl in “Starsky and Hutch.”

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Juliette Lewis- Lewis made appearances in “Old School” as the unfaithful girlfriend Heidi, “Starsky and Hutch” as Feldman’s girlfriend Kitty, and as a drugdealing mom in “Due Date.”

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Dan Finnerty- Best known for his expletive-fi lled cover of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” as the wedding singer in “Old School,” Finnerty reappeared with equally foul-mouthed performances in “Starsky and Hutch” and “The Hangover.”

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Rainbows look to make it back to back M ARC A R AK AKI Sports Editor The heat of the Arizona desert won’t be the only thing on fi re going into this week.

The Rainbow baseball team will enter the Western Athletic Conference Tournament in Mesa, Ariz., after securing a share of the WAC regular season title – something Hawai‘i hasn’t done since 1992.

“We’ve gone to a couple regionals in the last five years, but this is something we hadn’t been able to bring home to our fans,” head coach Mike Trapasso said. “Winning the WAC [regular season] championship – while [it] really has no effect on who’s going to postseason – there really is a pride factor involved.”

Hawai‘i (32-23, 17-7 WAC) shared the title with Fresno State after both teams fi nished with identical 17-7 records in the WAC. But by virtue of a tiebreaker determined by the WAC, the ’Bows secured the No. 1 seed, which earned them a fi rst round bye in the double-elimination tournament.

“It’s important because if you win the fi rst two games then you are in the championship game, and the other team has to beat you twice,” junior pitcher Matt Sisto said. “Hopefully we can take care of business the fi rst two games.”

The Fresno State Bulldogs, who are

ranked No. 20 nationally, secured the tournament’s No. 2 seed, and is the only other team to receive a fi rst round bye. Louisiana Tech, Nevada, San Jose State, and New Mexico State round out seeds 3 through 6.

“The first round bye was the big thing,” Trapasso said. “[But] confidence and momentum, things like that, none of that comes into play with this group. These players just go out and play every day. Whether they do well or they don’t do well, they’re going to come out the next day and give it their best – and that’s what I’ve been more proud of than anything else.”

Nevada and San Jose State will open the tournament on Wednesday at noon HST, followed by Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State at 4 p.m. HST. Hawai‘i will play its fi rst game on Thursday at 4 p.m. HST against the lowest seed remaining after the fi rst two games.

“Honestly, it doesn’t matter who you play and when you play ‘em and what your seed is.

You have to play well every game, or you’re going home,” Trapasso said. “That’s the focus now. Just go out there and play well.”

W I T H S TA N D I N G T H E H E AT Temperatures in Mesa, Ariz., may reach 100 degrees during the day this week. However, if the ’Bows are able to

win three straight games to capture the tournament title, all of their games will be played at 7 p.m., when the temperature will be around 70.

“It’s defi nitely important, because playing during the day in 100 degree weather is not what anyone wants to be part of,” Sisto said. “If there’s any opportunity where we can play at night, it’s defi nitely something we want to take care of.”

U N C H A R T E D T E R R I T O RY The ‘Bows entered last season’s WAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed and managed to pull off three upsets en route to its fi rst conference tournament title in 18 years.

As the No. 1 seed in 2011, the ’Bows now have all eyes on them.

“Coming into the season, we won the WAC tournament last year and got the automatic bid to the regional, so you feel like you have the target on your back a little bit there,” Sisto said.

“A nd then going out into the WAC [this season] and taking care of business there kind of adds to that.

“Everyone’s going to be gunning for us, but that’s where you want to be. You want to be the best team in the best position.”

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Junior Matt Sisto is expected to be the Rainbows’ starting pitcher when they take the field Thursday in the WAC Tournament.

Rainbow Wahine dash over to Eugene M ARC A R AK AKI Sports Editor

Reaching the postseason is all too familiar for fi ve Rainbow Wahine track and field athletes.

Junior TeRina Keenan qualified for her third straight NCA A West Preliminary Round Championships, while juniors Sarah Saddleton, Madara Apine, Emma MacCorquodale and sophomore Samantha Balentine qualified for their second straight.

This season’s preliminary round will take place Thursday through Saturday at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Hayward Field, the site of the 2008 and

2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials, will present a world-class atmosphere for the Rainbow Wahine.

“I explained to them that Eugene is like track city USA,” head coach Carmyn James said. “The stands will be packed... every person in the stands is a knowledgeable track fan. It will defi nitely be an adrenaline boost for them.”

T he athletes earned their spots in the NCA A West Preliminar y Round by f inishing in the top 48 of the West Re gion, based on their season-best mark in an events.

Leading the ‘Bows is Saddleton, whose season-best mark in the high jump was 5-10.75 (1.80m), which was good for a tie

for ninth in the West Region. Also qualifying in the high jump is Balentine, who tied for 15th in the West with a season-best mark of 5-10 (1.78m).

Apine qualified in the triple jump with a distance of 41-8.5 (12.71m), which is good for 25th in the West. MacCorquodale’s hammer throw of 184-11 (56.36m) is ranked 34th, while Keenan’s discus throw of 161-7 (49.27m) is ranked 39th.

Last year, former high jumper Amber Kaufman became Hawai‘i’s fi rst national champion in 26 years, and James described Kaufman’s success as an added motivation for her athletes this season.

“I don’t think that anyone feels like they’re going to win the championships,

but just knowing that someone on their team has gone to the highest level and won gold is motivating,” James said.

The top 12 athletes in each event at both the NCA A West Preliminary Round and the NCA A East Preliminary Round, held in Bloomington, Ind., will earn spots in the NCA A Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, June 8 through 11.

“In 2008, we did send three athletes to that event – and it was the finals, and it was in Des Moines – so it’s kind of like a been there done that, and the three that we took all came back as All-Americans,” James said. “But [sending any athlete to the NCA A Outdoor Championships] would be amazing.”