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$1 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR UH CLASSROOM IMPROVEMENTS NOELLE F UJII News Editor The campus will allocate $1 million a year for continual classroom upgrades, with a second batch of classrooms to be renovated this summer.

According to interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Physical, Environmental and Long Range Planning Stephen Meder, this money will come from Capital Renewal and Deferred Maintenance, which is money allocated from the state legislature to the University of Hawai‘i system.

“The Campus Facilities Planning Board has made a decision that we are going to commit $1 million a year from now on to renovate classrooms on campus,” Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Reed Dasenbrock said.

Meder said the amount of CRDM the system receives is determined by what each of the campus’ needs are, how it can be shared adequately and what the legislature can afford to support.

“It’s determined by what needs to be done and how much can be done in a given year,” Meder said. “And how much money the legislature has given.”

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Classroom renovations continue in summer 2014 from page 1

CLASSROOM UPGRADES In the summer of 2014, five classrooms in Business Administration will be renovated with the $1 million allocated for continual classroom upgrades. Classrooms C101, D101, D103, D104 and D106 will be completely redone, according to Loren Kawakami, an architect who worked on previous classroom renovations that occurred during summer 2013.

“We’re basically going to just gut the classroom and redo it,” Meder said.

The Facilities Management Office will oversee the renovations.

Kawakami said these classrooms, which are highly utilized, will be taken offline during the summer for the renovations to be completed. The fact that the rooms are commonly used and in the same hall were criteria for determininsg what rooms would be renovated.

These classroom renovations will be the second batch of annual classroom renovations. According to Meder, these renovations are considered deferred maintenance, which are things that need to be fixed but haven’t been yet.

The UH system’s deferred maintenance backlog has reached $487 million, according to the BOR Committee on Planning and Facili-

ties and Committee on Budget and Finance meeting on Oct. 4.

During this past summer and winter break, the Facilities Management Office renovated 23 classrooms in multiple halls across campus. Two classrooms in Agricultural Science, one in the School of Architecture, two in the art building, three in George Hall, one in HIG, three in Miller Hall and nine in Webster Hall were renovated along with two classrooms in Watanabe.

These renovations, which were considered deferred maintenance, were funded by the Outreach College, according to Meder.

Dean of Outreach College William Chismar said the original discussion was for the Outreach College to fund the upgrade of technology in the classrooms.

“So we went into the classrooms, and once we looked into the classrooms we realized that the painting and furniture and stuff was a much bigger issue at this point,” Chismar said. “It didn’t make sense to upgrade to technology in classrooms that had broken furniture and old paint in it.”

The Outreach College allocated $700,000 for the painting and furniture renovations.

“So this is Outreach College money coming back to improve

the classrooms on the campus,” Meder said. “So that was the seed money to move into place these perennial cycles of $1 million of classroom improvements.”

These classroom renovations did not involve going into the infrastructure of the rooms.

“This was more of a cosmetic project,” Kawakami said. “We could only do projects where we were allowed to just paint, change the ceiling tile and change the flooring – nothing that involved replacing light fixtures or mechanical equipment.”

These renovations also included new instructional equipment and furniture.

Renovations in Sakamaki, Gartley and Edmondson halls were also done during this past year, with Sakamaki’s renovations still occuring. According to Meder, these larger renovations required capital improvement funding. Dasenbrock said these renovations were done with a focus on the need for smaller classrooms.

CAPITAL RENEWAL AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE

Meder said $1 million of CRDM funds will be allocated for classroom improvements because it seems like a reasonable amount.

“There’s no guarantee we’ll have that money from year to year, but we’re putting the stake in the ground hoping that that money will come and this is what we’ll be able to get it dedicated to,” Meder said.

According to Meder, there is a condition assessment of all UH buildings. Each campus will be able to create a plan of what work needs to be done in buildings on their campus.

“So what we do is we get from the legislature, we get an amount of money that allocate to capital renewal and deferred maintenance every year,” Meder said.

“And we have plans over the next 10 years of what needs to be done in which buildings might be.”

Routine maintenance will be done every year, which can be funded from the CRDM money.

“So now we have routine maintenance that comes in and changes the belts and different things, touches up paint jobs and all of that,” Meder said.

According to a University of Hawai‘i Capital Improvements Program report, $50,000 was available for allocation to the university system by the legislature for the 2013 fiscal year.

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News UH library welcomes new additions to Hawai‘i newspaper archive FADI YOUKHANA Associate News Editor

New additions have been added to Hamilton Library’s open-access archive of 19th and 20th century Hawai‘i newspapers that will allow students, faculty and community members to get a glimpse into the lives of Hawai‘i residents.

“Hamilton Library has been a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program since 2008, and we have been digitizing newspapers since then,” Hawai‘i Digital Newspaper Project manager Jennifer Beamer said.

The new additions to the archive will allow users to examine

details of the everyday lives of past Hawai‘i residents. Those who have deep family roots can also search for news about family members.

Beamer said the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa library received $265,018 for a third phase of the project in 2012. The 2012-14 project will digitize predecessor titles of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

“We have always been in possession of these newspapers; however, they were only available on microfilm up until now, meaning you could not search for specific words, images and content,” Beamer said.

The new additions will include The Pacific Commercial Advertiser

which was first published in 1856.

PCA began as a bilingual weekly newspaper that co-printed with Ka Hoku Loa O Hawai‘i (The Morning Star of Hawai‘i) for five years. PCA then became a daily newspaper in 1882 and merged with the Honolulu Advertiser in 1921.

The PCA archive also includes “Local Brevities,” which reported the comings and goings, life events, deaths and other aspects of the lives of people living in Hawai‘i.

The partnership between the UH library system and the Hawai‘i Digital Newspaper Project welcomes the addition of PCA to its already existing 200,000 Englishlanguage newspaper pages that

have already been digitized.

The National Digital Newspaper Program is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. The goal of the organization is to provide permanent and effective access to a national digital resource of newspaper bibliographic information and historic newspapers.

The process behind archiving newspapers involves three phases: pre-digitization, digitization and post-digitization/quality assurance. Throughout the three phases, the newspapers are selected through a thorough process.

Accuracy, precision and backing

up content are key steps in digitizing potential newspapers.

“Students can access the above list of newspapers simply by visiting chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.

It’s freely accessible – they do not need to sign in to any library portal,” Beamer said.

Beamer is not sure if additions of Hawaiian-language newspapers will be added in the future to the UH Mānoa library system.

“The Library of Congress focuses on English newspapers,” Beamer said. “Our own Bishop Museum has a searchable collection of historic Hawaiian-language newspapers published between 1834 and 1948.”

A RC H I V E A D D I T I O N S Phase I & II – Hawaiian newspaper titles between 1836-1922: • Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly – 1899 • Daily Bulletin (1882-1895 pre-cursor to Honolulu Star-Bulletin) • Daily Herald – 1886-1887 • Daily Honolulu Press – 1885-1886 • The Democrat – 1910 • The Evening Bulletin (1902-1912 pre-cursor to Honolulu Star-Bulletin) • The Garden Island – 1911-1922 • The Hawaiian Gazette – 18651877, 1880-1918 • Hawaiian Star – 1893-1912 • Hilo Tribune – 1902-1906 • The Honolulu Republican – 19001902 • The Honolulu Times – 1902-1911 • The Independent – 1895-1905 • The Maui News – 1900-1922 • Polynesian – 1840-1841 • The Saturday Press – 1880-1885 Total pages uploaded: 208,773

To be digitized for Phase III: • Pacific Commercial Advertiser – 1856-1910

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Equality and religious freedom so after listening to the moving testimonies of others. One student spoke in front of the ASUH senators to tell of the hardships and bullying experienced by LGBTQs, and he spoke emotionally of his friend who had committed suicide after coming out.

T H E R E L I G I O U S F R E E D OM A RG U M E N T DOORAE SHIN Opinions Editor

With a packed room and students holding posters in support of marriage equality, the Asso ciated Students of the University of Hawai‘i hearing on Oct. 9 took on an issue that seems to be on ever yone’s radar: samesex marriage.

With the possibilit y for Hawai‘i to become the 14th state to legalize same -sex marriage, it ’s no wonder why this hearing had such a huge turnout with many students rep resenting school clubs, honor societies and communit y organizations to speak out in favor of marriage equalit y.

M A R R I AG E E Q UA L I T Y I N H AWA Iʻ I An ASUH senator introduced the controversial resolution heard at the meeting; this resolution was written to speak out against the Oct. 28 Special Session on marriage equality, called for by Governor Neil Abercrombie last month. The campus community in support of marriage equality heard of this resolution just days before the hearing and organized as fast as possible to get students to testify against the resolution that would further disenfranchise and alienate students who identify as LGBTQ. More than a dozen testimonies were heard; many people at the meeting representing the LGBTQ community had not signed up to testify but felt compelled and inspired to do

The heart-wrenching, personal stories of the students who testified came alongside testimonies against the special session attempting to inhibit the ability for our state representatives to talk about marriage equality in the state. Every single testimony of the handful against marriage equality came from those whose reasons all came back to “religious freedom.” These students and community members all brought the issue back to the church’s definition of marriage, and they expressed that passing marriage equality would infringe on their freedom of religion.

In response, professor of ethnic studies and women’s studies Monisha Das Gupta, Ph.D., testified at the meeting to remind the senators and everyone in the room that although

marriage was originally a religious institution, it is now a civilly sanctioned union; she also affirmed the necessity of separation of church and state. These points responded to those against the special session by prompting them to acknowledge that because marriage now gives special status and tax breaks to those who are married, it is a civil right in addition to being a religious ceremony.

During the ASUH discussion, the idea of religious freedom was brought up several times, and the senator who wrote the resolution even changed the title itself to focus on religious freedom rather than the special session.

Through all this back and forth, it is clear that those attempting to protect the idea of religious freedom were not considering the virtues of freedom and equality in their entirety. These values that this nation prides itself on are established in the Constitution and have largely been ignored, as we’ve seen in the past when interracial marriage was illegal, women’s right to vote was nonexistent and slavery was still legal. We continue to see these forms of oppression and discrimination overcome by those who envision a more peaceful and equitable world, and it seems that Hawai‘i is in line to say goodbye to one more.

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K RISTEN PAUL BONIFACIO Contributing Writer How many times do you look in the mirror in a day? Chances are, you do it more than you really should, and you’re not alone. We’ve become a society obsessed with the concept of beauty and looking good.

THE MEANING OF ʻBEAUTYʼ TODAY Everywhere we look, we are constantly bombarded with images and standards of beauty. TV

shows about fashion and beauty makeovers promising to turn “drab into fab” have become more and more popular in the TV industry.

Images of thin women grace the covers of magazine ads month after month, and we’ve all seen men with perfectly sculpted six-pack abs in commercials. These people have become our modern day Aphrodite and Adonis, and we desperately desire to be just like them.

Many now own countless skin and beauty products. Moisturizers, sun block, face washes, nail polish and hairspray are just some of the products many people believe they need. It’s no surprise that even in the current state of our economy, the cosmetics industry continues to thrive. In 2011, L’Oreal, the largest beauty company, report-

ed annual revenues of $28.33 billion, almost $1 billion more than that of McDonald’s.

Global Insight, an organization that gathers financial data, has ranked Western European countries, such as France, Germany and the United States, as leading markets for cosmetic products. A survey conducted by Harley Street, a British-based cosmetic company, has revealed that the average woman spends about 474 days of her life putting on makeup; a study

by Mint.com showed that women spend about $150 on cosmetics a year or $14,000 in a lifetime. Lucintel, a market research firm, estimates the global beauty market will continue to increase; the industry’s total earnings is projected to reach $265 billion by 2017.

INCREASED POPULARIT Y O F C O S M E T I C S U RG E RY According to the National Association of A norexia Nervosa A nd Associated Disorders and about-face.org, about 91 percent of women are not satisfied with their bodies, and only about 5 percent of women actually have the bodies that are typically displayed in the media.

Last year, 10 million cosmetic surgeries were performed, with male procedures accounting for one million of those. The three most popular procedures were breast augmentation, liposuction and Botox. These numbers have huge implications for our society and make it clear that millions undergo unnecessar y procedures for the sake of external appearance.

What it means to be beautiful has drastically changed through the years, and it has reached a point where achieving today’s standard of beauty has become almost impossible.

When we see the bigger picture, it’s clear we have become addicted to perfecting our appearances. And though our looks do make an impact on how others perceive us, they can only do so much. Let’s stop hiding our imperfections because those imperfections are what make us unique individuals. And sure, a few brushes of makeup here and there won’t hurt anyone, but it’s helpful to remember that too much of anything is usually a bad thing.

Only when we accept ourselves, as we are – imperfections and all – can we truly be happy.

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The ‘Bows will play an exhibition game against BYU before starting the season in November.

Rainbow Warriors look to display new talent at green and wh ite scrimmage NICK HUTH Contributing Writer Basketball season has arrived.

Fans will be able to get their fi rst look at the University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team and its 10 newly eligible players in the green and white scrimmage this weekend.

The scrimmage is an annual tradition that splits the team into two squads that play against each other in front of fans at the Stan Sherriff Center. It serves as the first competitive match for the program and previews the team publicly before the start of their preseason schedule.

“It’s an introduction to the fans,” freshman forward and threestar recruit Michael Thomas said.

“It’s also for the fans to see how talented we are and see how we play.”

That talent is due in part to the returning players and upperclassmen, but also because of the recruiting of key freshmen and talented transfer students who will be eligible to play this season.

Projected starting point guard Keith Shamburger will play a big role this season after redshirting in his fi rst year at Hawai‘i. Before

attending UH, Shamburger was a two-year starting point guard at San Jose State, where he averaged 13.1 points and 5.2 assists per game as a sophomore.

Shamburger is one of the new faces that fans will be able to watch for the first time at the scrimmage. Other transfers looking to join the Rainbow Warrior rotation are guards Garret Nevels and Quincy Smith and forward Aaron Valdes. Hawai‘i also has a talented freshman class coming in, with Niki Filipovich, Jack Hackman, Stefan Jovanovic and Mike Thomas hoping to make an impact for the team this season.

The Warriors are coming off a 17-15 record in its first season in the Big West conference. The team is looking to improve that record as its new talent gets on the court and mixes with key returning players.

Those returning players include Big West Co-Freshman of the Year, forward Isaac Fotu and All-Big West First Team forward Christian Standhardinger. Both forwards are expected to be key pieces after starting together last season. Senior guard Brandon Spearman, considered one

of the team’s top defenders, also returns to the squad after an ankle injury ended his season prematurely last year.

The scrimmage will be the first opportunity for all of these players to combine on the court, and their ability to mesh as a squad will be important in determining how far they can go this season.

The scrimmage will also help the team prepare for a tough early schedule that includes the likes of Missouri and New Mexico State, both of which were in the NCAA tournament last year. Hawai‘i hopes to achieve its own NCAA tournament berth this season by challenging for the Big West title.

With the schedule set to challenge the Warriors early on and the inclusion of 10 newly eligible players, the green and white scrimmage will be more important than usual this season to prepare the team for what lies ahead.

“It’s a chance to see where we’re at as a team,” Shamburger said. “We’re only about two or three weeks away from the real thing.”

The scrimmage will be held at the Stan Sherriff Center at 7 p.m. on Oct. 19.

Redshirt freshman guard Aaron Valdes came to UH last year from La Jolla Prep School in California.

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