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Straying from squalor: campus cats JESSI SCHULTZ News Editor Campus staff are helping to control the campus’s feral cat colonies and to maintain the health of the felines. Though you may see teachers feeding and bringing them water, what you don’t often see is the trapping of cats to spay or neuter and to check for feline health problems.

“There is a small army of folks who work to take care of the cat colonies throughout campus. Trapping and sterilizing is a basic necessity,” said Maile Gresham, an English professor and veterinary technician.

On the University of Hawai‘i of Mānoa campus, there are an estimated 14 cat colonies, the largest herd of which has around 30 felines. The strays make themselves comfortable in abandoned buildings, and last year janitors found they had moved to the basement of Gartley Hall. The university’s facilities director, David Hafner, took on the project of building cat homes, so the feeders and caregivers can better monitor the cats and their health. At one time the population reached nearly 500, but with the help of trapping and sterilization, the numbers

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have decreased to about 120. Before, students might see 10 to 30 cats roaming the campus at night, and many complained of the strong odor coming from the colonies.

There are problems associated with such a large feline population. In addition to the strong smell of feces and urine where the cats gather, the parasite toxoplasmosis, found in soil, is discharged from cat feces and can become airborne. Airborne pet dander can also affect people with allergies.

Other problems associated with cat colonies can be eliminated by spaying and neutering cats. According to the Humane Society of the United States, “The cessation of sexual activity eliminates the noise associated with mating behavior and dramatically reduces fighting and the noise it causes.” The Hawaiian Humane Society provides traps to anyone willing to maintain and sterilize the cats. The cats who have already been sterilized have notched ears.

Workers on campus attempt to decrease the cats’ suffering. “If a cat tests positive for feline leukemia or feline ‘AIDS’ (feline immunodefi ciency virus), I think the best option is humane euthanasia. These diseases are incurable and spread quickly throughout an unvaccinated population. They often mean a slow, painful death,” said Gresham.

“I don’t think it is an issue that could successfully be ignored, as many folks dump cats on or near campus knowing there are colonies there, not realizing this doesn’t mean the cats will necessarily survive,“ said Gresham.

“Eradicating the colonies is nigh impossible, so it seems to me the university could do worse than to look after them, providing basic health care – sterilization, vaccines, medicines when practicable, and euthanasia when needed. I think many of the surrounding animal hospitals and clinics will be willing to work with a UHM-sponsored community group toward this end.”

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Feral cats gather near Maile Gate, Kennedy Theatre, and Hawai‘i Hall. They live in the bushes and storm drains, coming out to feed at night and sunbathe during the day. A group of UH professors are attempting to vaccinate the cats to reduce disease levels, which will contribute to the overall hygiene of the campus and the cats’ quality of life.

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Predicting Nintendo’s newest console Anticipation builds over game giant’s upcoming system as Wii sales slump A LVIN PARK Features Editor

When Nintendo released the Wii in November 2006, many people soon realized that the Japan-based video game company had forever changed the outlook of the industry.

With its unprecedented motion gaming style, online connectivity, backward compatibility and its budget-friendly price, the Nintendo Wii succeeded in attracting a broader demographic and shattered sales records.

However, almost five years after its launch, the Wii has stagnated; a distinct lack of attractive game titles, fierce competition from Sony and Microsoft’s entry into the motion gaming market, and worn-out novelty has caused slow sales for the ex-frontrunner.

Nintendo, hoping to get back on its feet and reclaim the industry throne, hasn’t thrown in the towel just yet. In April 2011 – the same month that Nintendo reported the lowest number of Wii sales since its launch – the company also confi rmed weeks of speculation that it was developing a successor to the aging Wii. Under the Nintendo codename “Project Café,” the upcoming eighth-generation console is already causing a buzz, and has fans clamoring for more information.

Although Nintendo has confirmed that it will unveil its latest development at the Electronic Entertainment Expo on June 7 in Los Angeles, it doesn’t hurt to attempt to predict what we should expect from this addition to Nintendo’s pantheon of video game consoles.

CONSOLE NAME Nintendo often gives their game consoles a codename while they’re still in the development stage, so referring to their latest edition as “Project Café” is not surprising.

Fans may recall referring to the Wii as “Nintendo Revolution” before the company announced the creative (albeit controversial) name change. Likewise, before the Nintendo GameCube was released, the media referred to it as “Dolphin.”

Besides common name theories like Wii 2 or Wii HD, other sources have hinted

ANN MACARAYAN / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I that Nintendo is looking to call its new console “Nintendo Stream” for its supposed ability to stream content to players, or “Nintendo Feel” due to claims that its controller will possess a special touchscreen that simulates textures.

DESIGN Probably the most speculated-about aspect of Project Café is its design – most notably, its controller. For a company that has a history of favoring unique control mechanisms, Nintendo’s newest console is bound to have a unique controller to accompany it.

Although this time Nintendo is moving away from the Wii’s remote-style design for its controller and instead opting for a more traditional one, sources claim that it will almost certainly have touchscreens built in.

Though concrete details are still unknown, the controller will likely be similar to a sideways 6-inch iPod Touch, but with a directional pad (a must-have for any controller), analog sticks, and face and shoulder buttons.

There are also rumors claiming that

the new controller will feature a camera.

Although this is unusual for any video game company, it’s plausible enough to not rule out completely.

TECH SPECS Nintendo has never been the company to push for graphics over innovation, but sources are claiming that Project Café could be a whole other story.

It has already been confi rmed that Nintendo’s new system will be “signifi cantly” more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in order to lure back hardcore gamers and graphics junkies.

Project Café will also be capable of supporting 1080p HD display, as well as stereoscopic 3-D. Add this on top of its chip featuring a custom version of the R700 architecture and a customized, triple-core IBM PowerPC chip.

PRICE Before you drool over Project Café’s technical specifications and design, you may want to know how big of a bite it’ll take out of

your already-strained college budget.

According to sources connected with the project, Nintendo is eyeing a retail price of anywhere between $350 to $400, based on Project Café’s manufacturing costs – although that is subject to change.

Looking at Nintendo’s history, the game giant has always striven to make their consoles cheaper than competitors in order to make their products more alluring to gamers, and this time around might be no different.

But even if Nintendo did stick a price tag of $400 or more on their new console, would it really stop you from buying it?

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La Tour Cafe offers tasty European fare at reasonable prices. Located on Nimitz Highway near the new Lowe’s, their chicken pesto pizza easily feeds two, and only costs $11.

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If you’re driving on Nimitz Highway, be sure to stop for La Tour Cafe’s giant red sign.

Spacious and relaxed, La Tour Cafe offers a simple menu featuring fresh bread and local produce.

If you’re in the mood for something else, the café also offers packaged items, refrigerated beverages, baked goods and desserts.

My friend and I went for lunch and ordered two sandwiches. The first, the Croque Monsieur tartine (an open-faced sandwich), had black forest ham, roasted tomatoes and Gruyere cheese on Pain La Tour, and we added a fried egg on top for an additional dollar. The second, the Chicken Pesto Panini, featured baked chicken, spinach, swiss cheese and pesto. Each sandwich was $8.50, and they both were served with house salads and house-made pickles. Service was prompt; our food came out in

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The fried egg made the Croque Monsieur even more delicious, and we had no complaints about the Chicken Pesto Panini. La Tour Cafe’s house-made pickles also won’t disappoint. If you still have room for something sweet, their macaroons are worth a try.

The first thing I noticed when stepping foot into the café is the openness and clean modern feel. The workers were helpful and friendly, and didn’t have a problem answering the many questions we had.

Ordering is simple: you place and pay for your order at the register, the cashier gives you a number, you take a seat anywhere, and then a worker will bring the food to your table.

Since the café is in an industrial part of town, the lunch rush mostly consists of construction workers and business folks, and the line to order can go out the door. The best times to go would be before noon or after 2 p.m if you want to avoid waiting in a long line, but wait times never get unreasonable.

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A case for the headscarf M ICHELLE BARON Contributing Writer

France’s recent ban on Islamic headscarves continues to highlight the tension in pluralistic democratic societies between communal solidarity and diversity, equality and culture, and liberty and security.

While many argue that the ban is justified because the headscarves pose a security threat and promote antifeminist, “indecent” treatment of women, the fragility of such claims suggest that the true reasoning behind the ban is something far more abstract, relating to the ancient fear of the outsider.

Exposing the faults of such claims takes nothing more than a few sentences of information. The claim that the ban is justified for security reasons can easily be countered by questioning what exactly poses this perceived threat. Some say the threat comes with the drape-like nature of headscarves, as they easily allow weapons and the wearer’s identity, among other things, to be concealed.

One must realize, however, that Is-

lamic headscarves are not the only concealing form of attire. Nuns’ habits, for example, are equally concealing, but are not being questioned. If the ban was only for security reasons, then wouldn’t baseball caps, beards, hoodies, and scarves all be banned as well? It is obvious that the Islamic nature of the headscarves poses the supposed threat.

If the ban is a feminist statement against indecent treatment of women, shouldn’t we also see a ban on short skirts, bikinis, fishnets, highheals and see-through tops? After all, skimpy clothing may also suggest indecent treatment of women.

Many claim that Islamic headscarves are antifeminist and do not represent free choice because the practice is often forced upon women.

However, such claims are not only false, but inherently contradictory.

Most women who wear the headdresses don’t do so simply to please demanding husbands, but rather do so because of their belief in the importance of modesty. To ban all women from wearing headscarves bans women from their right of

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free choice and free expression of religion. Such claims are publicized simply to justify the common fear of an “outsider” practice.

A fundamental challenge that multicultural societies face is that with diversity comes foreign practices. In democratic theory, these are supposed to be respected because of basic laws such as freedom of religion and general freedom of expression, but they nonetheless trigger fear, no matter how harmless the practice itself may be.

Frequently, untested and invalid assertions emerge as empirical truths to justify the control of any behavior that threatens the “common culture” of the society. There is no evidence that banning Islamic dress would appreciably reduce the risk of extremist Islamic practice; therefore, the law is nothing more than a common fear of Islam - a religious belief about which people are widely ignorant.

Indeed, in such circumstances, restrictions may provoke a backlash which would encourage extremism.

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son for banning it, but it is the only justification that stands.

The ban ultimately reflects a crude aversion to visible signs of difference, and is an attempt to rid the society of that difference completely. It sends a message to Muslim citizens and migrants that they are only welcome in society as long as they set their differences, identity and beliefs aside. Such incivility and intolerance may play well when

masked by claims that suggest such differences are a threat to security or women’s rights, but the real reason behind such bans is policing a mainstream community identity.

No respectable national identity can be built upon the exclusion and marginalization of cultures that are different; an identity of that kind fails to value individual autonomy and inevitably compromises liberal democracy itself.

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The journey comes to an end as a team and really did have a good year because of the way they went about their business.”

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Junior second baseman Kolten Wong was named to his third straight All-WAC first team and also earned WAC All-Tournament team honors.

Rainbows fail to earn postseason bid M ARC A R AK AKI Sports Editor

As of 7 a.m. Monday morning, the hopes of making an appearance in the NCA A Tournament were dashed for the Rainbow baseball team.

Following two losses to eventual Western Athletic Conference Tournament champion Fresno State, the Rainbows needed an atlarge bid selection by the NCA A Tournament committee.

Hawai‘i was left out of the 64-team field. The Rainbows finished the season 34-25 and 17-7 in the WAC. “We knew going in what the

situation was, that we probably weren’t going to get a bid if we didn’t win the tournament,” head coach Mike Trapasso said. “As much as I disagree with that, it was no surprise. It doesn’t take anything away from what this team has accomplished, a WAC [regular season] championship, winning 34 games.”

While it was disappointing to fall short of the NCAA Tournament, Trapasso said he was happy with the focus his players showed all season.

“They just go out there and play the game every day, and they don’t let any outside distractions get them off of their task,” Trapasso said. “You look at what we accomplished, with frankly a lot of adversity, a lot of injuries, and you have a group of kids that play above their talent level collectively and played

Although Hawai‘i wasn’t selected into the NCA A Tournament field, the Rainbows still had many solid individual performances throughout the season.

Junior second baseman Kolten Wong was named to his third straight All-WAC first team, as well as earned WAC All-tournament team honors.

Junior outfielder Zack Swasey was also named to the All-WAC first team in his first season at Hawai‘i.

Senior outfielder Jeff Van Doornum and junior pitcher Lenny Linsky were each selected to the all-WAC second team, with junior pitcher Matt Sisto and sophomore infielder Pi‘ikea Kitamura selected to the WAC All-Tournament team.

“Zack [Swasey] was a pleasant surprise because he’s kind of under the radar, the way he goes about things. He’s very quiet,” Trapasso said. “I was very happy for him because he’s so quiet, unassuming, and goes about his business every day. But obviously Kolten, Lenny, and Jeff Van Doornum, those guys were the heart and soul of our club, starting with Kolten. Those were awards that were deserved.”

A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE The Major League Baseball Draft is on the horizon for a few Rainbows. Fulfilling a childhood dream may be accomplished within the next few weeks, as the MLB Draft will take place from June 6-8.

“We’re going to see here in a few weeks that Kolten is going to be a fi rst-round pick, and Lenny Linsky is going to go in the fi rst couple of rounds,” Trapasso said.

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Rainbow Warriors set sights on Asia nue that we wouldn’t normally be able to go through.”

HELPFUL SPONSORS Five major corporate sponsors including Bank of Hawaii, BEI Hawaii, Japan Airlines, Oceanic Time Warner, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts have helped the team come up with the necessary funds to make the trip possible.

“It wouldn’t be possible without them. They stepped up and helped us fi nancially,” Arnold said. “We’re not using any of the university or state money – it’s all privately funded. It’s great to know that in the state there are corporations... even individuals that are supporting us.

“You feel good about it. You’re humble and you’re grateful for it, and you also realize that it must be a good idea or else these people wouldn’t be backing us.”

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Senior guard Zane Johnson and the Rainbow Warrior basketball team will play six games against teams from Asia on their trip to China and Japan.

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The Rainbow Warrior basketball team’s plan to tour Asia from Aug. 5-21 will not just involve playing basketball – it will be a multipurpose trip.

“There’s a lot of aspects to

this tour that’s more than just basketball games,” head coach Gib Arnold said. “The chancellor is going to meet us for a few days out there, and we’re going to do some business side of it. It will just give us more of a presence in the Asian market as a basketball team and as a university.”

Arnold said he hopes to take full advantage of this rare opportunity.

“It’s going to be an outstanding forum for us as a university to get our name out and to meet with people, whether it’s through the sport or through the government or through the education departments,” Arnold said. “It’s an ave-

During the 17-day trip, the Rainbow Warriors will travel through fi ve major cities in China and Japan and play six games against teams in Asia, including the Guangdong Southern Tigers, the Shanghai Sharks, the China National Team and the Panasonic Trians.

“It’s going to be a great experience for our basketball team,” Arnold said. “It gives us a chance for this team to bond and travel together, and to experience something that most of these guys – including myself – would never experience. I think it’s something that is pretty unique but also pretty special that we can do that.”

But getting onto the basketball court is just one of the many experiences Arnold wants to provide to his players.

“I’m not too worried about what our win-loss record is over

there,” Arnold said. “It gives us a chance to travel and see the world, and to see that there’s many ways of doing things. There’s many ways of living. To learn from their customs is a life lesson in itself.

There’s a lot of levels of education that we are going to receive just through this trip.”

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The players and coaches aren’t the only group planning to head on the tour to Asia. Panda Travel has arranged a specialized tour for the fans to follow the team and gain their own experiences as well.

“I don’t know how many people can go and get away for two weeks, but if it’s ten or 110, it will be great,” Arnold said. “We are also reaching out to our alumni from China and from Japan, and we’re planning on having banquets while we’re there and meeting with them.”

Most importantly, Arnold feels this trip will help the university reach out to people in Asia.

“We are going to be able to meet people and touch people and get exposure for the university through our basketball team,” Arnold said. “It gives us a chance to represent not only the state of Hawai‘i but obviously the University of Hawai‘i.”

TRIP PLANS For more information on the team’s itinerary, visit warriorstoasia.com