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Graduate students initiate ethics complaint against Hinshaw, four regents ELL LLISE A K AZAWA Managing Editor Man The Graduate Student Organization has fi led an ethics comp complaint against UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw and four regents for imposing a $50 athletic fee on students while accepting free season tickets to Rainbow Warrior and Wahine games. The GSO has ask asked the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission to determine whether Hinshaw and the regen regents violated rules that st govern the actions of state employees. The regents’ dec decision to impose a mandator y $50 athle athletic fee on all UH Mānoa students prompted prom GSO President Sharain Naylor and GSO Advocacy Chair A my Don Donahue to initiate
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HSEC “to clarify how and when university representatives may ethically receive university athletic tickets and other gifts from units that they supervise and have fi duciary responsibility over.” Additionally, Naylor and Donahue seek clarification regarding “how and when [university representatives] may ethically act as advocates for and/or decision makers about policies that financially benefit programs that they derive significant financial benefits from.” Donahue said, “We started exploring this possibility [of initiating ethics charges] last summer. We have serious concerns about the ethics of how the fee was implemented.” She added, “Also, we have concerns about the continuation of the fee.”
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Department of Education, the Hawai‘i State Library System, the Planning Program Administration, the Department of Business and Tourism, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Some officials expressed support for the intent of the bill, which Sen. Malama Solomon, who introduced it, described as an attempt to “get an accounting as to exactly where we’re at, in terms of our fi nances.” The officials opposed the bill’s attempt to divert money from special funds into the state general fund. According to Solomon, the state is facing an $850 billion defi cit, though most other estimates place the shortfall for fi scal year 2011 somewhere between $71.6
and $843 million. “I think in times of economic duress, we have an obligation to call whatever’s out there so that we can revisit, re-appropriate and reallocate. This bill is not any attempt to say that we are what I’d like to quote as ‘mercenary,’ but ... it’s more of an accountability as to exactly where we’re at with our state finances.” Despite this, officials stated that the bill would jeopardize millions in funds necessary to the continued functionality of their departments as well as the Univerity of Hawai‘i. “While certainly getting our attention, we do think that this bill, as written, would be very dangerous for the University of Hawai‘i,” Greenwood said.
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Indie music has popularly become known as the musical niche for pretentious snobs. If it’s popular, these tight-jeaned hipsters sneer and say it’s not worth listening to. Thus the uprising of underground bands — that probably should have stayed buried — began, ushering in a new era of screaming, skinny kids with unfortunate haircuts. That’s not to say indie music should be dismissed as a genre. There are plenty of independent and underground indie rockers who make quality music, rather than just doing something because nobody else is doing it. A n example is the Canadian group Mother Mother. T hey create something artistic while still retaining an element of originalit y. T hey don’t f it into any cookie - cutter genre, but it ’s because they strive for excellence, not because of their
abilit y to whine incomprehensibly into a microphone. Mother Mother is the brainchild of Ryan Guldemond, the front man and guitarist, and his sister Molly, on synth and backup vocals. The two built up a five-piece band and a following in their native British Columbia, and, after a couple of personnel changeovers, ended up with Jasmin Parkin on keys and back-up vocals, Jeremy Page on bass and horns and Ali Siadat on drums. Guldemond is the songwriter, but the quintet works together to arrange each song. The resulting harmonizing and blending of instruments brings out the emotion of the music. “Eureka” is Mother Mother’s third album, and it shows a clear progression in the band’s sound. The album has a sense of maturity while still retaining the freespirited mood of the previous two albums. It is also entirely produced by Guldemond. The album starts out with the words “Commonplace things
seem to have great significance,” before launching into the acoustic guitar chords that are evocative of the Mother Mother sound. The track “Chasing It Down” continues into a driven, poppy piece, darkly colored by organ. The band’s creativity shines in call-andresponse track “The Stand.” It’s beautifully dance-worthy, and will be released as the album’s first single. The heavy beats and glissando guitar underscore intensely clever lyrics; “Tell me your weakness/Oh, I keep it a secret/Oh, come on, just one vice/OK, it’s vodka on ice.” If there is one thing Guldemond knows about songwriting, it’s how to write clever, sometimes hilarious, lyrics. The album progresses easily with the mood of each song, making it less of an emotional roller coaster ride than a ride on a water slide. The only thing “Eureka” lacks compared to previous albums is a sense of roughness. Part of the charm of previous records “ Touch Up” and “O My Heart ” was that some of the edges were left sharp, letting the passion of the music cut through. Guldemond does such a good job of production that this edginess is lost. It’s musically beautiful, but it somehow feels too complete. Even so, Mother Mother has done it again. This album could launch the band’s popularity in the U.S. to new heights, provided the hipsters don’t boycott it.
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E THAN WARREN PORTER Senior Staff Columnist A large number of younger Americans are now proudly identifying themselves as “mixed race.” Until the 2000 census, Americans were expected to identify themselves as belonging to one official racial group: black, white, American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean or “other,” according to the New York Times. I read this article and thought, “So what?” But I had forgotten: Dis ain’t da mainland. For people living in Hawai‘i, being of multiple ethnicities is commonplace. The idea of being hapa (a Hawaiian word derived from the English word “half”) is normal. Many of our friends and family members are easily a mixture of two or three different races. We proudly announce that we are Hawaiian and Korean, or Irish and Chinese, or the rare G er ma n -Por t ug uese -Japa nese Samoan mix. Race does not carry the same social implications that
it does on the mainland. In our local culture, where no single race vastly outnumbers the others, we have been given a unique perspective shared by few other places in the world. When looking for someplace to eat, we have an ethnically authentic, diverse range of choices. Imagine if our only experience of Chinese food was Panda Express: We might think that orange chicken is all the rage in China. Local humor is laced with stereotypes of our different ethnicities. Comedians like Frank De Lima, Augie T and the late Rap Reiplinger have been making fun of the different races for years. But most of their jokes, especially the constant ragging on “da Portagee,” stem from the plantation era when owners divided the work camps by race. The Portuguese lunas (Hawaiian for “above,” a title for field managers) were stuck in a state of limbo. They were considered superior to the Asian races, but inferior to the “purer” European ethnicities who ran the plantation. The best benefit of having a
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’Bows versus Wolfpack in Valentine’s match-up JOE F ERRER Senior Staff Reporter
The Rainbow Warrior basketball team (13 -10, 4 -7 Western Athletic Conference) will face the Nevada Wolfpack tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. The ’Bows will look to split the season series with Nevada. They lost 86 - 69 in Reno, Nev., on New Year’s Eve. That night, the Wolfpack jumped out to a 45 -29 halftime lead, and UH was unable to re cover. Pressuring the opposition early in tonight ’s game will be paramount. “ We have to be relentless in our approach,” first-year head coach Gib A rnold said. Nevada has had trouble
blocking Hawai‘i’s 6 -foot-10 inch sophomore center Vander Joaquim. Joaquim scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in their first meeting. Nevada is 9 -14 overall, but its 6 -4 WAC record puts the Wolfpack third in the league. Junior forward Dario Hunt averages a double-double for the Wolfpack with 13.5 points and 10 rebounds per game. He has also blocked a WAC high of 23 shots in conference play. Hawai‘i has 10 newcomers this year, but Hawai‘i’s 13 wins overall and four wins in the league already surpass last season. “Everybody’s new,” sophomore forward Joston Thomas said. “We’re just starting to gel together.” Arnold added, “This is our
fi rst year; we’re all new. We’re trying to build something special.” The ’Bows will only be home for one game before hitting the road again to compete in ESPN’s BracketBuster Series against UC Davis on Saturday. It will be the first meeting between the teams. However, they will become conference rivals when Hawai‘i joins the Big West Conference in 2012. This is the fifth straight year that the ’Bows will compete against a Big West team for BracketBuster weekend.
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Baseball ’Bows filling the gaps Host No. 9 Oregon this week RUSSELL TOLENTINO Sports Editor The Rainbow baseball team will open its brand-new season with a brand-new roster. After making the NCA A Regionals last year, the ’Bows lost seven seniors who fi nished their eligibility, four underclassmen and four recruits to the 2010 Ma-
jor League First-Year Player Draft and another two players who transferred. The team has 15 newcomers, but junior pitcher Matt Sisto said they still have lofty goals.
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day. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium. Head coach Mike Trapasso said the team still has a solid core from last year’s 35-28 squad. “The way I put it, we lost a lot but we return a lot,” Trapasso said. “What our charge is, is to find new players to come in and fill those spots that we’re gonna need help in.” Back are outfielder junior Collin Bennett (.323 batting average, 49 runs batted in), junior preseason All-American second baseman Kolten Wong (.357 BA, 40 R BI), sophomore third baseman Pi‘ikea Kitamura (.241 BA, 28 R BI), and senior designated hitter Jeff Van Doornum (.330 BA, 38 R BI, 14 homeruns). On the mound, Trapasso said senior Alex Capaul (6-2, 4.62 earned run average) and juniors Sisto (5-5, 5.27 ERA), Connor Little (2-3, 8.08 ERA) and Jesse Moore (1-1, 4.62 ERA) will likely be in the starting rotation, while seniors Zach Gallagher and Blair Walters and freshman Jarrett Arakawa provide depth. Also returning is junior Lenny Linsky, who was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watch list. The award is given to the nation’s top closer. Linsky was 4-0 last season with a 1.64 ER A and 12 saves. Trapasso believes the team’s strength will be its pitching. “We have a lot of pitching depth,” Trapasso said. “We got guys that we can throw out there in different situations.” “How they perform still re-
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Senior pitcher Alex Capaul is expected to be in the starting rotation of this year’s Rainbow pitching staff. mains to be seen, and staying healthy in your pitching staff is always your number-one concern going into any year,” he continued. Trapasso said it’s important to fi ll fi rst base, shortstop and catcher. Van Doornum could start at fi rst base, as well as juniors Easton Torigoe, A.J. Bayus and Mike Blake. Sophomore North Carolina transfer Matt Harisson is expected to start at shortstop, and the team has three new catchers. However, the lineup could always change. “Every year is the same; you have guys you expect to do well that may not, and guys you may not expect much that step up for you,” Trapasso said. “There’s always a surprise or two.”
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in 2010) last year and won three out of four games. “We’re familiar with what they like to do and the kind of ball they play,” Sisto said. Oregon, which reached the NCA A Regional Finals last season, is led by junior left-handed pitcher Tyler Anderson. He is a preseason third-team All-American selection by Baseball America and was 7-5 last year with a 3.29 ER A. In 2010, Oregon’s pitching staff ranked third in the country with a 3.29 ER A. Sisto, UH’s expected ace, is looking forward to competing against Oregon’s pitchers. “You get a little more motivation out of it, going against guys like this,” Sisto said. “It’s more fun than anything, you get to match up against these guys in front of all the fans.”