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‘Chow men’ near complete M ARC A R AK AKI Sports Editor

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With his staff near complete, head coach Norm Chow is out on the road to begin recruiting for the 2012 season.

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A ll but one spot has been filled on Warrior football coach Norm Chowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff.

On the offensive side, Chow will be assisted by Tommy Lee, Philip Rauscher, Keith Uperesa and Chris Wiesehan, while Daronte Jones, Lewis Powell, Thom Kaumeyer and Tony Tuioti will aid the defensive side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am ďŹ red up about them,â&#x20AC;? Chow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the reason weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be successful. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a couple of more guys to come, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna be ďŹ ne.â&#x20AC;?

A special teams coach is expected to be named within the week.

Chowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff has a large mix of Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i natives, and has many young faces mixed in with veterans.

Tommy Lee headlines the group of Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i-born coaches. He is the brother of former Warrior coaches Ron and Cal. Lee has over 40 years of coaching experience. He most recently coached Montana-Western, an NAIA school, from 2001 to 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very excited to be home.

Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i has always been home, and to have the opportunity to come back and be with family is very important,â&#x20AC;?

Lee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coaching with Coach Chow is very exciting. I felt that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the best in the country, and to be able to work alongside him is a dream come true. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had a lot of respect for UH, even though I went away for college, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to try our [best] to continue the tradition and maybe take it to another level.â&#x20AC;?

Philip Rauscher is a graduate of UCLA and served as an administrative assistant at Utah in 2011. He was a

three-year letterwinner at UCLA who played on both the offensive and defensive line.

Keith Uperesa is another local boy who graduated from Punahou and BYU. He went on to play three seasons in the NFL. Prior to taking the UH position, Uperesa served as the offensive line coach at Nicholls State.

Chris Wiesehan spent the past two seasons north of the border as the Winnipeg Blue Bombersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; receiversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach. Through his coaching career, Wiesehan has had stints with BCS conference schools including UCLA, Notre Dame and Purdue.

Daronte Jones also spent last season in Canada, coaching the Montreal Alouettes. Prior to that he coached at UCLA and Bowie State.

Lewis Powell was born in Honolulu and spent last season as the administrative assistant at Utah. He is a graduate of Utah, where he played three seasons on the defensive line.

Thom Kaumeyer was Chowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent hire and will serve as Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive coordinator. He most recently served as the Jacksonville Jaguarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; assistant defensive backs coach for four seasons.

Tony Tuioti was the only coach retained by Chow from former coach Greg McMackinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coaching staff. Tuioti served as McMackinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive tackles coach for two seasons.

Chow said that it was a hard decision for him to retain just one coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always hard because the guys before have done a great job,â&#x20AC;? Chow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They understood. But it was important to bring in our guys to make sure our guys knew what was going on. And the loyalty that they have for us is important.â&#x20AC;?

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DAVID TER AOK A Staff Writer The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Fall 2011 semester offi cially ended on Dec. 16, which caused a mass exodus that happens every year for the Christmas season. A majority of the campus was shut off in an effort to be more environmentally conscious.

Libraries and most campus services were closed until Jan. 3. Only Subway, American Savings Bank, the bookstore and UH Federal Credit Union remained in operation at Campus Center. Faculty was put on administrative leave, but some buildings remained operational for research purposes.

“I wish the libraries were open,” said one resident at the UH Mānoa dorms who wished to remain anonymous. “The dorms have to stay open for students not going back for winter break. But it’s still really quiet. Like a ghost town.”

The shutdown is part of the Mānoa Green Days initiative, which is aimed at reducing energy costs during power-down periods

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Separate buildings on campus elect to join in MGD, which then operate under specific guidelines. A checklist on the MGD website indicates all electronic appliances, including computers and air conditioners, must be shut down, and aquariums and plants must be removed.

MGD calculated the cost of a single-occupant office building with minimal electricity amounts to thousands of dollars a year, mostly due to climate control, lighting and water coolers. Over 50 percent of the cost is due to air conditioners and heaters. With each building holding hundreds of people during the semester, the price quickly rises. The yearly cost for lighting in the 19,000 rooms around campus is above $3 million.

Facilities and Grounds was unable to comment on the costs and benefits to students of shutting down the campus.

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Rescuing the reef: Stress and disease take toll on rice coral

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Colonies of rice coral near Kāne‘ohe Bay are dying of Montipora white syndrome. Concerned citizens have formed a group called “Eyes of the Reef” to look out for diseased or damaged corals and offer free training in coral threat recognition to the public.

JESSI SCHULTZ Staff Writer In the waters near Kāne‘ohe Bay, much of the rice coral is facing a life-threatening disease called Montipora white syndrome.

Colonies of coral are dying by the head due to this severe outbreak, but groups of divers and other emergency response teams are joining hands to fi ght the disease.

MONTIPORA WHITE SYNDROME Rice coral is a common species found in Hawai‘i. The spreading outbreak affects the coral’s tissue, which puts a stress on the overall health of ecosystems, altering their normal flows. Crabs and shrimp tend to live among the coral, and without these morsels for little fish, the ecosystem will begin to fail.

“Corals are very slow-growing animals, so when a bunch of these colonies … [suffer] from a disease outbreak, it takes the reef a long time to recover. That is why it is so worri-

some that we have had two major disease outbreaks within three years,” explained Greta Aeby, of the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology. “The acute Montipora white syndrome can kill off a large colony within a couple of weeks,” she added.

ADDITIONAL STRESS ON REEFS But in addition to disease, the coral reefs of Hawai‘i have constant stressors, including people and climate change. Overfi shing, human pollution and litter can all be reduced in order to alleviate the stress put on reefs.

“Land-based pollution can be reduced if we all realize that as an island state, everything that we put on the ground will eventually end up in the near-shore where the corals live. So be careful not to litter, and if you have to use pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, then please use the minimal amount you can get away with so less washes into the ocean,” said Aeby.

Aeby went on to explain that even walking or touching the coral

can cause damage. Fishermen must be aware of the correct areas to anchor and move through because boat strikes can damage living reefs.

“We can no longer take our reefs here in Hawai‘i for granted if they are to be kept healthy. Everyone needs to pitch in and do their part to save the reefs,” explained Aeby in an email interview.

CONSTANT VIGIL ANCE In response to these threats, a network has been formed called “Eyes of the Reef.” It includes fishermen, swimmers, surfers and divers who are on the lookout for signs of sick coral around the island.

“It is also critical that if there is a disease outbreak or bleaching event that we hear about it so we can mount a response. We offer a free training for people that are on the water to recognize threats to the corals such as coral bleaching, disease or invasive algae and to report them,” said Aeby. “The more eyes we have keeping track of our corals the better.”

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The new year kicks off FIRST Robotics Competition in Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i

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Students from across the state, nation, and world gathered to view the live broadcast of the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff on Saturday, Jan. 7.

The University of Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i at MÄ noa currently contributes the largest amount of FRC mentors and volunteers of any single institution in Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i. Many high school students who participate in FRC go on to mentor teams as college students.

Richel Cole, a freshman at UH MÄ noa, participated in Sacred Heartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; robotics team before becoming an intern with the Robotics Organizing Committee.

Now, Cole works as an operations manager for the organization, coordinating six different programs across the state and mentoring Lancer Robotics.

Cole also has a hand in organizing the Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i Regional, which takes place in late March. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year marks the ďŹ fth anniversary of the Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i Regional,â&#x20AC;? said Cole, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and it will be more fun and exciting than ever.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to featuring guest speakers such as television host Stephen Colbert, former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am, Kickoff also revealed this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, Rebound Rumble, which resembles the game of basketball â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but is played by teleoperated robots.

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Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i will host its regional for the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition on March 22-24. Here, Richel Cole, a UH freshman, works as an operations manager for the Robotics Organizing Committee.

Teams representing high schools from over 40 countries have exactly six weeks from Jan. 7 to design, build, program and test drive a robot that will be able to compete in Rebound Rumble.

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Go with the Flo UH introduces advanced reusable water bottle refill station on campus The station is simple to use and cheaper than conventional soft-drink vending machines. For 25 cents, thirsty students can fill up their own water bottles with high quality, five -stage filtered water chilled to 42 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Flo Water station gives students the options to fill up their water bottles with 17 ounces, 25 ounces or 34 ounces of water, all of which would cost well over a dollar at a convenience store.

A junior college student in San Diego who wanted to make a positive impact on the ongoing plastic waste crisis developed the Flo Water station in 2008 with the intent to reduce plastic water-bottle usage.

To show users how much plastic they are conserving, the Flo Water station displays a counter on the top right corner showing how many water bottles have been saved throughout the station’s existence.

The number of “bottles” is the equivalent of how much water is distributed in liters, allowing users to see exactly how much plastic waste is being kept from being tossed in landfills or the ocean.

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As students begin to settle into the new semester at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, they may discover new things on campus. One recent addition in particular is the Flo Water water-bottle refilling station by the ground level entrance to Kuykendall Hall (and a similar system placed inside Campus Center).

The Flo Water system is not significantly different from water fountains and similar systems.

A standard drinking fountain, like most found in Kuykendall Hall, may not use coconut carbon filters and UV rays to clean the water like the Flo Water station does, but they do have effective cooling systems and filtration devices.

The Kuykendall Hall water fountains use a flexiguard anti-microbial safety bubbler, which prevents the growth of bacteria in their cooling systems.

And though the Flo Water station may encourage the use of reusable bottles, the energy used to keep the system (and tiny counter) working may be something to keep an eye on.

When asked why students should use Flo Water instead of drinking fountains, Wyatt Taubman, the general manager of Flo Water, replied, “If you are currently drinking from drinking fountains, please continue to do so. Drinking fountains are the most environmentally friendly option available, are free and are everywhere on the UH campus.”

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According to deoccupyhonolulu.org, Occupy Honolulu’s next major protest will be “Occupy the Courts” in support of Move to Amend. Members plan on gathering at the corner of Punchbowl and Hale Kauwila at 10 a.m.

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Monday in Waikīkī, Occupy Honolulu showed up in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.

This group consisted of about a dozen young adults and other community members, including a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa faculty member and student.

“I feel the essence of the structure [of occupy Honolulu] is to easily incorporate new members,” said Eric Pilger, a systems engineer at the Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at UH. Pilger originally found himself going down to visit the campsite headquarters of Occupy Honolulu at Thomas Square after his son had already become involved. He claims that the discussions by wellinformed and interesting people induced him to come back.

In the past few months, Pilger has attended general assemblies, meetings at which participants vote on certain actions. Most of the time, these “actions” are votes on whether to endorse a member who has already planned

something that will be carried out regardless of the vote.

“One key strength is that it does not rely (as much) on key players,” said Pilger. “While they are important, the movement is not defi ned by them. There is no ‘Napoleon’ or ‘Mao’ of the Occupy movement who will send it careening out of control when he loses touch with reality.

Since it is anarchistic, it should also not get entrenched in its own comfortable bureaucracy.”

While the small Occupy march at the parade was swept up in a sea of other organizations, its voices were not drowned out. The most popular sign held by thousands of marchers was “We are the many” – similar to the Occupy movement’s tagline “We are the 99 percent.”

A large group of marchers from the Hyatt Workers’ boycott called out, “People’s need, not corporate greed,” echoing other Occupy rhetoric. A lone woman walked in front of the military marching band screaming “Free Hawai‘i.”

At the campsite in Thomas Square, a middle -aged man named Nova runs the information booth and holds his post as the head contact of Occupy

Honolulu. His position is critical for Honolulu’s connection to the rest of Occupy because he has two brothers involved with Occupy Chicago. Through Nova, I was put in touch with Matthew Guss, a UH senior who is in charge of student outreach.

Because of his connections with Occupy Honolulu and his experience gained as an organizer, Guss has taken his concerns to the larger UH community. “I started a group called the Student Rebel Alliance to bring together a network of students and educators from every department to fi nd creative solutions to problems in education,” he said in an email.

“I don’t know if I can really describe why I joined Occupy Honolulu other than I wanted to do something,” wrote Matthew. “Personally, one of the biggest issues for me is the privatization of the education system. Tuition rates continue to rise as the quality of education stays the same.”

For more information about the Student Rebel Alliance, find them on Facebook with a listing of events and scheduled meetings: facebook.com/ StudentRebelAlliance

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Permanent hours and menu selections have not yet been set for the new Le Crêpe Café location, but students will be able to choose from a variety of sweet and savory crepes, as well as possibly sandwiches and other lunch items.

ISABELLA H ASTINGS Staff Writer

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is kicking off the new year with L e Crêpe Café, a new kiosk located at the R ichardson School of Law. L e Crêpe Café has two other locations, one in Mānoa Valley and one downtown near Hawai‘i Pacific University. The menu at UH will be similar to the downtown location, and should include food items such as paninis, salads, sweet and savor y crepes, as well as coffee and other drinks.

“We don’t have a set menu yet, as we still have to fi nalize the selections,” said Sousiane Vouharkat, owner of Le Crêpe Café, “It will be about two weeks until we can offer set hours and varieties.”

Having moved to Hawai‘i from France four years ago, Vouharkat

knows how to reproduce the genuine tastes of Paris. In the three years since Vouharkat opened and operated the creperie, he has two signature items that will be on the UH menu. Out of 15 sweet crepe choices, the “Romeo and Juliet” is the most popular, featuring nutella, banana and strawberries. “Pesto Pesto” is a winning savory crepe choice, fi lled with mozzarella cheese, homemade pesto, shredded chicken and tomatoes.

The French fl avors of Le Crêpe Café come from the homemade batter that is freshly mixed every morning. According to Vouharkat, Le Crêpe Café uses many homemade and organic ingredients and sauces. These include the organic coconut and spinach, as well as homemade pesto sauce used in paninis and savory crepes.

“Most of our produce is from Hawai‘i,” said Vouharkat. “We buy

fresh fruits from farmers’ markets. We also buy locally grown tomatoes, basil and green onions.”

Buying local produce is not the only step that Vouharkat has taken in hopes of benefitting the community. All of the utensils that customers are provided with at Le Crêpe Café are compostable.

“It is more expensive, but we are making an effort to go green,” he said. “ We won’t give a customer anything plastic. Even the cups are compostable.”

As of right now, the kiosk will be open from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m.

While there are plans to keep the location open until about 6 p.m., there has not been a set date for the changes to be made. Once Le Crêpe Café settles in, permanent hours will be announced. Meanwhile, swing by for a Parisian break between classes and try out a crepe – or two.

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Tunnel vision M ARIA K ANAI Features Editor If you’ve walked down McCarthy Mall since last week, you have probably noticed the enormous textile tunnel and the cloth pieces hanging from the trees. Created by internationally renowned Japanese artist Akihiko Izukura, the exhibit “Life in Colors in Hawai‘i 2012” offi cially opened yesterday and will run until Jan. 27.

69-year-old Izukura is originally from Kyoto and comes from an ancient, prestigious line of weavers who created kimonos and obis for the Japanese Imperial family.

See Akihiko Izukura, next page RIE MIYOSHI/KA LEO O HAWAI‘I

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Akihiko Izukura: TEXTILE ARTIST SEEKS TO GIVE VIEWERS NEW PERSPECTIVE from previous page

He specializes in contemporary weaving and natural dying, and believes Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i is the perfect place for his current exhibit, which features â&#x20AC;&#x153;taiyo-zome,â&#x20AC;? known as sun dyeing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I prefer an environmentally friendly way of dyeing, by using the energy of the water, sun, grass and the silkworms,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through using natural materials, the colors are softer and more muted, and also change throughout time.â&#x20AC;?

His indoor exhibit in the UH commons gallery consists of clothing pieces, tapestries and other weavings. There is also a ball of live silkworms spinning silk, which Izukura uses for his artwork. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got a call from UH MÄ noa complaining about the smell from the bugs,â&#x20AC;? he said with a smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the point. I love the smell, even though most people hate it.â&#x20AC;?

The tunnel display is meant to be an interactive way for people to get in touch with nature. â&#x20AC;&#x153;About six years ago, I had a fairly big operation on my eyes and I thought of this tunnel during the surgery,â&#x20AC;?

Izukura explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undergoing the surgery felt like going through the tunnel. Most people see things from the outside, but I realized how important it is to have a different perspective from the inside. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what humans are supposed to do.â&#x20AC;?

Since the tunnel is large enough for people to walk through, the soft colors of grays, blues and reds are meant to affect their feelings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The grays make you calmer, while the reds get your temperature up. It shows how you communicate with nature and its colors,â&#x20AC;? he said. He created the tunnel using a surprisingly small loom, and because the piece is created from light silk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; much like the rest of his artwork â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it is compact and easily portable.

He encourages UH MÄ noa students to pursue their art the moment they are inspired. Although he admires people who can plan out art projects before starting, he ďŹ nds he cannot work that way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tend to head into things at the moment, or otherwise I end up changing my mind,â&#x20AC;? he admits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so bad

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Though Medicare was intended to â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and often does â&#x20AC;&#x201C; help provide care for the aging, it is inadequately protected against scammers. are listed as founders or CEOs of these fake medical centers.

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Medicare fraud, when stripped down to its bare-bones reality, is people trying to defraud the government, perhaps because they see the government as an endless source of money. But despite these problems, Medicare does serve many people, and there is still some reason to be optimistic that Medicare can be salvaged.

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Medicare fraud can come in many shapes and sizes, but one recent and extremely alarming example of Medicare fraud is known by the authorities as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bust-outâ&#x20AC;? scheme. The strategy is sinister, but not very complex. First, someone looking to scam the government incorporates a false medical business to act as a shell company.

Abandoned barns or vacant ofďŹ ce units are chosen to serve as the supposed physical address of these ďŹ ctitious medical centers. Even more egregious is the theft of physiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; identities, whose names

ranging from cancer treatment to complex (and therefore expensive) operations and procedures.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;bust-outâ&#x20AC;? scheme is so titled because the only goal of a shell company is to bill the government for as many services as possible, as quickly as possible, before the authorities become suspicious. Like a parasite on the system, approximately 10 percent of all Medicare payments are eventually categorized as â&#x20AC;&#x153;improper payments,â&#x20AC;? meaning tax dollars were given to deceitful claims or entirely artiďŹ cial entities.

Law enforcementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to ďŹ nd the real sources of fraud are made difďŹ cult by long paper trails, and every state has its own systems of records management and accountability. Currently, states ask for very few personal details when someone submits paperwork to establish a company.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the first to admit that the Kardashians are entertaining. I look forward to the new episodes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keeping Up with the Kardashians,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kourtney and Kim Take New York,â&#x20AC;? and any other show that involves two Kardashian members â&#x20AC;&#x153;takingâ&#x20AC;? a major U.S. city. However, as much as the Kardashians are a guilty pleasure of mine, it should end there. Kim Kardashian seems to be more famous than celebrities who actually have talent, and is treated like royalty â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and for what reason?

People around the world are obsessed with the Kardashians and want to be like them so much that it almost seems like the Kardashians are attracting a cult.

Everyone seems to have forgotten that Kim Kardashian is only famous because she had a sex tape with rapper Ray J.

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On a recent episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kourtney and K im Take New York,â&#x20AC;? Kim went on a â&#x20AC;&#x153;businessâ&#x20AC;? trip to Dubai and she was greeted by screaming fans in a scene reminiscent of the Beatles landing in the United States. I was confused as to why people would be so excited to see her. I mean, I would be excited if I got the chance to see her, but I am not from Dubai. This is a country with strict, conservative principles. Why would they be screaming for someone who has a sex tape, frequently uses sex appeal

to her advantage and has posed for Playboy?

A fter Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding, I read an article titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are the Kardashians the new royal family?â&#x20AC;? It compared Kim to Kate Middleton and K ris Humphries to Prince William because they both went away to college (donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t most people?), Kourtney to Pippa Middleton, and Scott Disick (who is Kourtneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boyfriend and baby daddy) to Prince Harry because they are both party boys. I shut the article when it compared Kris Jenner, the overbearing and attention-hungry mother, to Queen Elizabeth herself.

Reality stars should be just that: reality stars. Nothing more.

They are meant to be watched on TV (possibly in secret), not to be idolized or seen as royalty. While I continue to watch the Kardashians for entertainment purposes, I am not about to write essays about how Kim is my role model.

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Among cut faculty positions and hiked tuition rates, she expanded her own administrative staff. These include a â&#x20AC;&#x153;University Advancement Teamâ&#x20AC;? of nine press ofďŹ cers. Do we need that many people to churn out meaningless slurry about momentum and progress?

She supported the mandatory athletic fee over student government objections, citing our programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nancial challenges. Very well, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much mind contributing, but I wish the chancellor had paid for her own season tickets: $14,000 worth gifted from Intercollegiate Athletics since 2008. With a salary exceeding $300,000 annually, this â&#x20AC;&#x153;strong advocate for athleticsâ&#x20AC;? surely could afford it. Nor do these ďŹ gures account for other perks, such as airfare to the Task Force on Public Reporting and Transparency, all the more amusing given this chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history of shifty, unaccountable management.

Why do we hire such mediocrities? The fault lies less in the specific occupant than in the governance

structure. For years, the university president served as MÄ noa chancellor. In 2002, the ofďŹ ces were ďŹ nally and quite properly split, given potential conďŹ&#x201A; icts of interest.

That division remains purely nominal, though, while the Board of Regents appoints both president and chancellor. For the regents themselves are chosen by, and ultimately subservient to, our wretched political class. On the most crucial issue arising during her term â&#x20AC;&#x201C; budget cuts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hinshaw did little more than carry water for a Legislature and governor determined to pare this university to the bone. After all, she owed her comfortable salary, press secretaries and season tickets to them. So long as politicians exercise decisive control over our administration, future chancellors will likely follow Hinshawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s example.

A public university arguably must accept some oversight from public ofďŹ cials. But they are not the sole or even primary stakeholders.

As Professor Majid Tehranian, former director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy, explained in a perceptive letter written just before the great statewide education strike of 2001: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hawaiian power elite does not have a vital interest in improving the education system. â&#x20AC;Ś Unlike the major industrial states on the Mainland, where business interests have a vital inter-

est in supporting educational excellence, the tourist industry in Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i seems to be content with the low levels of education and skill that the current public system supplies.â&#x20AC;?

That indifference and complacency manifests itself in our neglected facilities (with the notable exceptions of Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i and Bachman halls, which somehow bravely weather every budget crisis). And it also operates more subtly: talented faculty lost to other universities, students transferring for better opportunities, lower alumni giving rates.

Faculty and alumni could collectively check this trend. Much more than politicians, these groups have a real stake in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longterm success. They should elect â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and recall, as necessary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Board of Regents. The Legislature would still exercise power of the purse, but the university community could hold the regents genuinely accountable.

This proposal would not solve everything, but it would remove one essential contradiction in this universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administrative culture.

ConďŹ&#x201A; icts emerge when the leadership owes exclusive loyalty not to their subordinates or even the institution, but to a hostile and competing faction. That represents the true relation between politics and the academy in Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i, and why, absent sweeping reform, we can expect another useless chancellor.

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The Rainbow Wahine basketball team will play double headers with the men’s team tomorrow and Saturday.

The Rainbow Wahine basketball team stands tall with four players over 6 feet – but not so much with its attendance.

Hawai‘i averaged 1,459 fans in each of its 13 home games so far; however, things may change this week.

Not only will the men’s and women’s teams play the same schools, but also they will do it on the same nights.

Hawai‘i will play Louisiana Tech on Thursday (women’s at 5 p.m. and men’s at 7 p.m.) and New Mexico State on Saturday (same times). All games will be in the Stan Sheriff Center, and all University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students will get in free with a validated ID.

The men’s team averaged 6,254 fans in each of its 10 home games so far this season, and a good chunk of them will make it in time to catch the women’s game as well.

“Just the fact that we play double headers is something that we enjoy because we talk about a basketball family here at UH, and I think that’s a prime example,” Rainbow Wahine head coach Dana TakaharaDias said. “People who come and support can support both teams, and hopefully at the tail-end of our games we pick up a few interested people. It’s a win-win situation.”

And if the ’Bows are able to gain more fan support, according to Takahara-Dias, it will help the team immensely.

“The sixth man, which are the fans, is so critical,” Takahara-Di-

as said. “When you are trying to protect your home and you have a home-court advantage, that just takes us over the top and really makes us feel that we’re supported and we have all the elements in place for a successful game.”

Rainbow Wahine junior guard Kanisha Bello admits that playing in front of a large crowd will increase the internal butterflies among the team.

“Any game I play I always get nervous – ever since I started playing basketball,” Bello said. “It doesn’t matter who we played or where we played, I always got nervous. We always want more supporters, and I think that the fans that do come out, we thank them.

And hopefully we can get more fans, especially with the amount of girls that are from here.”