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The Keck Observatory, where Adam Kraus and Michael Ireland viewed planet LkCa 15 b, is located on Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in Hawai‘i. JESSI SCHULTZ Staff Writer
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa astronomer Adam Kraus has taken the fi rst direct image of a planet in the process of forming around its star. Kraus and Michael Ireland of Macquarie University and the Australian Astronomical Observatory worked together to fi nd the planet, which may help to answer questions about early planet formation. “Astronomers have found hundreds of planets over the past 15 years, but almost all of them orbit older stars. ... Until now, we’ve had no direct evidence for answering even very basic questions,” wrote Kraus in an email interview. This discovery began with a simple study of over 100 forming planets in what are called starforming regions of the universe, which was narrowed to a particular dozen clustered together. Further investigations led to the discovery of a forming Jupiter-like planet. The forming planet is named LkCa 15 b. It is the youngest ever
found, and formed 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. The scientists have been able to measure the planet, as well as the dust cloud surrounding it. Kraus presented the discovery on Oct. 19 at a conference at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Kraus and Ireland used a 10-meter Keck telescope and two techniques to spot the orb. “Mauna Kea is one of the best sites in the world for building telescopes, and it’s been tremendously important for astronomy over the past several decades. One immediate benefit is that the mountain’s summit is very high, which places the telescopes above much of the Earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere tends to blur out the light that reaches our telescope, plus it can block some kinds of light entirely, so this is a big advantage. “ The altitude also means that the summit is usually higher than the clouds. This advantage gives telescopes on Mauna Kea better resolution than almost any other site on the planet. In order
to find a better site, you have to go to Antarctica,” said K raus. Because Earth’s atmosphere “smears out the light” in the universe, Kraus and Ireland fi rst used a strategy called adaptive optics. “ This technique uses a separate camera to measure how the atmosphere distorts light from a star. The light from our telescope is then ref lected off a mirror that is constantly changing its shape in order to cancel those distortions,” explained K raus. The other technique K raus and Ireland used is called aperture-mask interferometry. This helps cast out light that is disrupting normal observation. “This technique actually starts by throwing away most of the light. We use a mask to only allow through a little of the light that’s landing in the telescope, through a carefully chosen set of small holes. Instead of a single big mirror, the telescope then is more like an array of small telescopes. We can manipulate the light from each of these small ‘telescopes’ to cancel
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most of the remaining distortions introduced by the atmosphere. “The key here is that by removing as much distortion of the light as possible, we can identify faint planets close to their bright parent stars (so close that previous techniques couldn’t reach them),” said Kraus. Observations of the planet’s formation will help answer questions on how stars and planets are born. This has been a goal in astronomy for a long time. Questions like where and when planets form can now be studied, and these observations can lead to information about the universe. Astronomers will focus on questions like how many years a nascent planet takes to assemble, if the process occurs directly after the star forms, and if it’s possible to know the age of a star and its planets. “Different theories of planet formation make very different predictions,” concluded Kraus. “It might be dangerous to try distinguishing between these theories based on just one planet, but hopefully we can do it with a few more.”
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M AT T SYLVA Columnist “I think it’s great for people from UH to be getting involved in APEC [Asia-Pacifc Economic Cooperation]; it’s a once-in-ageneration event,” stated Mayor Peter Carlisle when asked what he thought about APEC Night. The Campus Center ballroom was alive from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 3 with the bustling of University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students, faculty and community members. Participants collected stamps to receive free water bottles, pens and food. Guests were able to browse rows of display boards manned by interns with information on the 21 APEC member economies.
THE INTERNS According to Kelly Park, a student event coordinator, the purpose of APEC Night was for students of various backgrounds to share what they know about APEC. “This internship program started spring of last year. [The interns were] assigned to various offices ... working as a group to do projects like this,” said Kanae Tokunaga, a graduate assistant with the Economic Research Or-
ganization at the University of Hawai‘i. The research will be posted on the UHERO website for everyone to use. By organizing the event and an APEC video contest, the interns provided students with a chance to learn about APEC. “[This has been] an amazing opportunity for me. ... I’m from China, and here in Hawai‘i, I had my first chance to volunteer [for APEC],” said intern Jeremy Boheng Shao. For more information, visit www.uhero.hawaii.edu.
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Convention Center. One of the ideas behind the mural was to illustrate the people who still have a connection to the land, who many feel are not represented at APEC. “What would the world look like if we gave back more than we take?” said Roopal Shah, a co-coordinator of the mural, speaking about the push and pull with the Earth represented in the mural. Shah said that all indigenous communities have a reverence for the Earth and that they wanted to get people to dig deep and think about solutions for our crises. “Pro solution, not pro or anti [APEC] ... we need everybody to come up with a solution,” stated Meyer in an interview. “It’s about New Old Wisdom N.O.W. and being present [for] discussions that will take us to a better place.” For more on the mural, visit www.goo.gl/FIwwd.
Guest speakers also provided information on a variety of APECrelated topics, reflected in a mural featured at the event. “I’m challenging UH students to come up with real solutions; it’s not just about pro or anti, it’s about being able to agree to disagree,” said lead mural artist and speaker UHERO VIDEO CONTEST WINNERS Meleanna Meyer when speaking First Place Iman Nasseri and Sherilyn Wee to the room about the “Hawai‘i Loa Second Place Bethany Wong Ku Like Kākou (Hawai‘i Kākou)” Third Place Marie Iwasaki mural that is now a permanent addiFourth Place Racheal Isara tion to the Hawai‘i
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Although World Can’t Wait originally focused on the actions of the Bush administration, the group continues to organize protests through 10 chapters across the U.S. JEANET TE M AYFIELD Contributing Writer Security was tight on Thursday at APEC Night, held in the Campus Center Ballroom, but it didn’t stop a group of protesters from voicing their opinions outside with picket signs and chants. The group of protesters showed up holding signs that read “APEC increases povertyâ€? and “APEC gives children cancer,â€? among others. “We wanted to create some awareness of what really APEC [Asia-PaciďŹ c Economic Cooperation] is and [give] some ... ideas of what APEC really does,â€? said Randall Perez, a student majoring in political science. “[We want to create awareness of the] issue of free trade and what these policies and deregulations really mean, how people are affected by them.â€? The protesters were part of an organization called World Can’t Wait, a national movement dedicated to mobilizing mass resistance to what it describes as crimes committed by the U.S. government. Founded in 2005, it was formed to “halt and reverse the terrible program of war, repression and theocracy that was initiated by the Bush/Cheney regime and the ongoing crimes that continue to this day,â€? according to its website. “I am opposed to the policies behind APEC. I don’t think they are beneďŹ cial to the people of the
PaciďŹ c region,â€? said Hector Valenzuela, a faculty member at UH. “We have opened our arms to welcome APEC, and we are actually discussing what is behind APEC and what it means to the people and environment.â€? “APEC doesn’t care about us,â€? claimed a man among the group who preferred not to give his name. “They are the 1 percent.â€? Only students and faculty with valid IDs were allowed inside, which prevented members from World Can’t Wait from entering the event proper. They were protesting in front of the ballroom entrance for about an hour. But holding up a sign saying “Shut APEC down,â€? an individual student protester was able to enter the ballroom. “The school bought dinner on APEC’s behalf, and our government is spending billions of dollars on behalf of APEC, and these are the richest people in the world,â€? said Lucas Miller, a UH alumnus. “It’s confusing why these big people are given VIP status, [as they’re the] 1 percent. It doesn’t really make sense.â€? “I don’t think this openness and welcoming [attitude to ward] A PEC represent me. We are a university and we should be having a critical debate about these things,â€? said Molly Chleb nikow, a student majoring in urban planning. “ The administration has spoken on behalf of students and faculty. It ’s bizarre
to me that many students don’t even know why they [A PEC] are going to be here.â€? Several curious students went up to the protesters and had conversations with them for more than 20 minutes. “I never had a chance to talk to them [protesters], so I thought I should ask why he was against APEC,â€? said Nikola Komailevuka, a senior majoring in economics, who was helping out at APEC night. “I just wanted to see what they are backing and [what] their argument was, that’s all. I don’t want to be biased, but he seems like he was opposing APEC just to oppose APEC.â€? “If they have a more comprehensive stance, then they would have more credibility,â€? said Brandon Kumabe, a junior majoring in political science. “[You] just need a practical approach to whatever you do ... not to get caught up in ideologies.â€? The crowd left some confused. “I think they are very passionate about their stand against APEC and they seemed to know what they were talking about. Some of them seemed a little outlandish, like that one guy with the cancer sign. But other than that, I think they were pretty interesting to say the least, and I’d like to ďŹ nd out why they’re so against APEC,â€? said freshman Samantha Brooks. Freshman Neidene Titcomb agreed, “I don’t understand some of their signs; they have nothing to do with APEC.â€?
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Features Winners on pageants, education and Hawai‘i Miss Hawai‘i’s Outstanding Teen 2011, Briana Garrido Q: What inspired you to run for MHOT? Garrido: It inspired me to embrace myself, rather than trying to portray an image that our society presses upon today’s teens. Most of all, the reason why I decided to run for MHOT was because I wanted to do the same for other girls. I wanted to show them that this program is one that rewards inspiring young women with hopes and dreams, and that the title is something that is not only achievable but a great tool that allows today’s youth to make a positive impact on our society. Q: You have a very serious platform. Tell me a little about it and how it has affected you. Garrido: My platform is titled “Dream. Fight. Endure: Nothing Can Stand in Your Way,” and it is a motivational platform that inspires adults, teens and children alike to discover their dreams and fi ght their adversities. This platform is personal to me because in September of 2010, I contracted a muscular disease that changed my life. I was exempted from a private school that I had just been accepted into on an academic scholarship (due to my absence), missed over 100 days of school at the school that I transferred to, had to quit dancing competitively (which I had been doing for over eight years), was hospitalized well over eight times and spent over two months in a wheelchair not knowing when I’d be able to walk again. I was close to giving up on all my goals, and even contemplated suicide once or twice, but after a few people talked some sense into me, I realized I needed to stop wallowing in self-pity, since there are much more people out there dealing with worse circumstances. Q: Is the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa a school you would consider attending? Garrido: Due to my health problems causing me to have horrible attendance, I’ve decided to graduate from high school early. And as soon as I do so, I will be applying to UH for the upcoming fall semester. UH provides an alternative route that is just as effective [as other schools] but allows me to stay here in [the] state and take care of my health.
Miss Hawai‘i 2011, Lauren Cheape Q: What are you looking forward to most about competing in Miss America? Cheape: I am looking forward to sharing my talent of jump rope with the rest of the country. I will be the fi rst contestant to ever perform jump rope in the history of Miss America. I also am looking forward to really getting to know the 52 other women that I will be competing with at Miss America. I’ve already met them briefl y in Orlando, but I cannot wait to make lifelong friendships with these girls. Q: As a graduate of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, what did you enjoy most about your time spent here? Cheape: I graduated from UH in fall 2009 with a B.A. from the Academy for Creative Media and minors in business and Japanese. I loved how close knit both the athletic community was, as well as the people from my major in the film school. I just went back to the UH campus and had this flashback of all the amazing memories I had at this school. To me, UH symbolizes family; my grandparents, parents, cousins, as well as my brother and I, are all proud UH alumni [or] students. Q: What kind of example do you think Miss Hawai‘i should be setting for the rest of the state? Cheape: For me, I want to be a Miss Hawai‘i that really shows how much I care about other people and to inspire people to want to go out and make a difference in others’ lives as well. I want to instill in young people how important it is to care for others. A very dear friend told me right after I won, “Remember Lauren, people don’t care how much you know until they know you care.”
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Anonymous: Internet bad boys gone good TREVOR Z AKOV Staff Writer
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Much of Anonymous’ early hacking activity was coordinated on imageboard 4chan’s /b/ thread, where the focus was initially on “trolling” or pranking websites. The “Trollface” meme, illustrated above, is a mascot of sorts for this behavior.
The Internet has proven to be a powerful tool, far beyond anyone’s imagination in terms of creativity and the number of new frontiers continuously being explored and enhanced. The Internet allows people from all over the world to connect and communicate, and this mixing has resulted in the formation of online communities where people with common interests converse. With the good also comes some bad, and the Internet is no different. Numerous frauds and scams are conducted online, all facilitated by the anonymity of online communication. The Internet has also brought unprecedented
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challenges to governments and corporations struggling to keep up with cyber criminals. The Internet has had time to mature and coalesce. One outstanding example of the convergence of an online community, coupled with Internet mischief, is the online group Anonymous. The naissance of Anonymous can be traced to a few unique, underground blogs and discussion boards over the past several years. Anonymous, as an entity, is difficult to describe or codify; it is this way by design. The question of whether Anonymous is actually a group is analogous to asking if you would define a school of fish as a group. There is no central authority or designated See Altruistic hackers, next page
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leader, and this is consistent with the group’s true origins. Anonymous is best known for “hacktivism” – hacking and online activism working in unison. Anonymous has made it its principal objective to expose those in the world who undermine freedom of speech and other civil liberties. The victims of Anonymous’ attacks are diverse. Each entity targeted by Anonymous was singled out for tangible and well justified reasons. The first large target was the Church of Scientology. Anonymous first attacked the church’s website in February 2008 in response to the church withholding internal information, which was viewed by many (including Anonymous) as a form of Internet censorship. Those leading the attack stated that the Church of Scientology was enslaving its fol-
lowers not only financially but also through its polarizing dogma on how to alienate nonmembers from church members’ daily lives. Anonymous has also claimed responsibility for numerous politically motivated attacks on various governments. Most notable was the group’s activities in 2009 after the Iranian presidential elections, an election immediately questioned by many on its validity and sincerity. Anonymous also carried out cyber attacks on the Australian government in February 2010, in response to the government beginning to censor specific types of photographs. Arguably the most defining moment in recent memory was Anonymous’ backing of Wikileaks and Julian Assange in late 2010. Anonymous openly supported Wikileaks’ efforts of releasing massive amounts
of information about the governments of the world. Both Wikileaks and Anonymous share the common objective of obtaining transparent governments worldwide. The fallout from Anonymous’ support of Wikileaks brought with it much negative press. In the past year, the dominoes have continued to fall as new alliances and animosities have emerged across the globe. But it seems Anonymous has come of age recently because its campaigns against powerful corporations and government entities have become more focused and altruistic. Most recently, Anonymous has taken the initiative to expose the identity and information of hundreds of frequent users of child pornography websites. Furthermore, a video recently posted online has promised to expose the identities of numerous corrupt
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Monsanto’s investments in CTAHR The letter “Panic abounds: the role of ‘sound bites,’ opinion and truth,â€? (which ran in Ka Leo Oct. 26) defends the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ acceptance of Monsanto funding, both by dismissing the charges against Monsanto and also by stating that the Monsanto money comes with “no strings.â€? I would like to respond here to the serious problems I see with both of these responses, particularly given the university’s public mission and commitments to scientiďŹ c inquiry and open investigation. The letter calls my characterization of Monsanto misinformed, unscientiďŹ c and biased. What I ďŹ nd most disturbing about this response – all the more so because it corresponds to private emails I received from other CTAHR faculty members – is the refusal even to acknowledge, let alone engage, the controversies in which Monsanto is mired. A wide-ranging and international body of literature evidences Monsanto’s spreading of terminator, or “sterile seed,â€? technology. As I would hope the letter’s author is aware, in the enormous body of literature on “sterile seeds,â€? nobody is suggesting that the seeds are sterile. The point is that they are a deliberate attack on plant breeders’ rights – the seeds are only fertile across one generation. Farmers have to come back every season. Their seeds aren’t selfreproducing. This monopolistic dependency on the part of farmers is a successfully targeted outcome of research that Monsanto has funded to this precise end (see,
for example, P. Sainath, or William Engdal’s “Seeds of Destructionâ€?). Equally well documented are Monsanto’s heavy use of hazardous herbicides and links between its engineering of genetically modiďŹ ed foods and production of hormones associated with cancer. So, too, a spate of reputable books and scholarly articles document how Monsanto’s practices take devastating tolls on the environment, and on small farmers not only in Hawai‘i, but throughout the global North and South. Given the high stakes of these charges, much debate exists over the degree of Monsanto’s culpability. What cannot be denied, however, is that the charges against Monsanto are substantive enough to have resulted in numerous lawsuits, tens of thousands of people marching in the streets, and mobilization around what has been termed “GM genocideâ€? in the face of alarming numbers of farmer suicides in India. In short, one need not be an agriculture expert to know about Monsanto’s implications in catastrophic health, labor, and environmental practices; one only needs to have basic research skills and Internet access. That the author of “Panic aboundsâ€? publically, and that her colleagues privately, deny any validity to charges against Monsanto suggests to me, then, that the bias with they approach the topic of Monsanto far exceeds my own. This bias from Tropical Agriculture faculty members is precisely why assessments of Monsanto cannot be left to scientists who receive
Monsanto money. In the name of science, what gets obscured is that Monsanto is ďŹ rst and foremost a powerful corporate entity, one whose singular goal is proďŹ t. In a 1998 article in the New York Times Magazine, Phil Angell, as director of corporate communications for Monsanto, made this crystal clear when he stated, “Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is FDA’s job.â€? Although issued 13 years ago, this baldly stated philosophy continues to characterize Monsanto’s modus operandi. Monsanto’s singleminded pursuit of proďŹ t makes the claim that its donations to UH come with “no stringsâ€? dubious at best. It is profoundly troubling that corporate funding raises the question of whether the scholarly independence of the science being conducted at our university can be trusted. I do not ďŹ nd a satisfactory answer to this fundamental question, which should be of deep concern to our entire university community, in the Oct. 26 letter. If CTAHR wants to deny Monsanto’s monstrous and often deadly grip on farmers and consumers, and if CTAHR wants to disregard the devastation Monsanto wreaks on the environment, it is incumbent, then, on less biased faculty members at UH to contest these practices, and to raise questions about Monsanto’s investments in CTAHR, and CTAHR’s investments in Monsanto.
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Basketball season begins against UH Hilo
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Forward Breanna Arbuckle headlines a group of four returning seniors. Arbuckle racked up 7.8 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game last season.
Senior forward Breanna Arbuckle has embraced a leadership role, helping to unify a strong frontcourt for the Rainbow Wahine baskeball team this season. Arbuckle, coming off a strong junior season where she averaged 7.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per contest, looks to help the UH frontcourt dominate the paint. Kamilah Jackson, a preseason Western Athletic Conference fi rst team selection, also looks to continue to improve after a strong freshman season, in which she fi nished fourth in the nation in rebounding, averaging 11.9 rebounds a game. In Hawai‘i’s final preseason exhibition game against Brigham Young University Hawai‘i last Friday, Jackson had a doubledouble with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Center Rebecca Dew, a 6 -foot-4-inch senior from Auckland, New Zealand, adds even more size and rebounding potential to UH’s frontcourt. The Rainbow Wahine will also have transfer forward Vicky Tagalicod, who is from Hilo. Tagalicod, who transferred to UH after a stint in Southern California, will become eligible to play starting December 19, due to NCA A transfer rules. “We’ve meshed well, and the incoming players have been working very hard,” said Arbuckle. “We all spend a lot of time together, on and off the court, and it has helped us all become very close as a team.” The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s women’s basketball team will host the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo in its fi rst game of the
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2011-12 regular season. The Rainbow Wahine are fresh off a pair of lopsided wins against Hawai‘i Pacific University (88-59) and BYU–Hawai‘i (83-46) in its two preseason exhibition games. They will look to continue their dominance against Hilo this Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center. Tip-off is at 5 p.m. All students get in free with a validated UH Mānoa ID. The Rainbow Wahine traveled to Hilo last season for a preseason tournament, where they gained a lot of good experience. “Last year, we took a tournament on the road at UH Hilo, and they helped us tremendously with the set-up and the site, so we are grateful to reciprocate the favor this year,” said head coach Dana Takahara-Dias. The Rainbow Wahine feel prepared for their regular season opener against UH Hilo. “We are confident,” said Arbuckle. “We need to continue to play hard, limit our mistakes and play together.” UH Hilo has not played much this preseason, playing in only two preseason contests, including its alumni game back in October. Even with limited preseason play, the Rainbow Wahine are not taking the UH Hilo team lightly. “We are really excited,” said Arbuckle. “We’ve been practicing really hard for it.”
vs. UH Hilo When: Friday, Nov. 11, 5 p.m. Where: Stan Sheriff Center Students get in free with validated UH Mānoa ID.
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