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Safety on campus is a topic of frequent discussion, and part of the survey addressed that issue. Students were asked to rate this statement from one to seven on a Likert scale: I feel safe in my room, apartment or suite. Generally, any score above four is considered positive. The average for oncampus housing was 5.96, the highest score being in Frear Hall with a score of 6.21 and the lowest in the Hale Noelani and Wainani apartment complexes with a score of 5.37. Data from this question was analyzed across gender, ethnicity and the area where students live. “There’s some design fl aws, I think, in the apartment complex, like if you walk along the corridors outside peo-
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Student Housing Services is seeking the voice of residents to analyze trends and uncover problems in dormitories, From Oct. 28 to Nov. 6, a survey was available to the 3,537 students who had bed spaces at the time, and 1,250 students finished the survey for a completion rate of 35 percent. The surveys began in 2009, when Associate Director of Housing Nick Sweeton began working at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. “In the first year of my job, I was kind of assessing where the organization was at, how students perceived their experience, and I wanted information on how to prioritize and work on improving because you can’t do everything at once,” he explained.
ple’s apartments, their screens are right there,” Sweeton said. As a result, a screen replacement project will be conducted and is scheduled to be completed in mid-summer. Higher-grade steel will be installed, which will make it harder for the screen to be cut. Sweeton also addressed the issue of sexual assault. According to the Crime Statistics Report for the Mānoa campus, 12 sexual assaults were reported on campus in 2011. In his 15-year career, Sweeton said he only encountered one case of sexual assault where the victim did not know the alleged perpetrator. “The vast majority of sexual assaults are between people who have some connection with each other, and usually there’s alcohol involved in one or both parties,” he explained. “And so we always send the message that you need to be aware and alert of strangers around you, but you need to also be careful about people you know.” Though overall crime statistics at UH M ā noa are lower than other campuses in urban areas according to Sweeton, he addressed another important issue regarding safety. “We want them [residents] to be reasonable and prudent to take measures to protect their safety, but we don’t want them to feel unsafe. Whenever you have a strategy like that, you have to be careful with how you balance things because you don’t want to build a perception that things are less safe than they actually are,” he said.
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JA N . 27: T E X T T H R E AT At 12:13 p.m., Campus Security received a report from a female University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa student and housing resident regarding threatening text messages sent from her ex-boyfriend (a former student) the previous night. HPD arrived on the scene at 12:51 p.m. and generated a report for terroristic threatening in the second degree. The woman was advised to file for a temporary restraining order and that it would be safer to move to another dorm. She was given a phone number to seek help. Case referred to HPD.
JA N . 26: M E S H G UA R D At 4:10 p.m., a CS patrol discovered that two wooden louvers were missing from the Hawai‘i English Language Program’s computer lab located on lower campus. Upon additional inspec-
tion of the surrounding area, damaged louvers were found at three of the Army ROTC portables. It appeared as if the right side of the metal louver-holding brackets had been pried off, and they were found on the ground near the window. The doors and other windows were checked and were secure. The wooden Army ROTC louvers appeared to have been kicked in. However, metal wire mesh lining in all of the targeted rooms defended against a break-in.
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In Elenka Jacobs’ Dec. 5 article, “GMO foods: Are we being guinea pigs?,” she explains the role of the seed industry in Hawai‘i and the scientific issue of the safety concerning Genetically Engineered foods. The seed industry’s role in Hawai‘i has cultural, social, political and economic impacts, and its worth depends upon opinions on how to produce a desirable balance. The issue of food safety and GE is one of not opinion, but one of scientific evidence from good experiments. The most obvious and immediate question is: What foods that we eat have been proven to be safe? The simple answer is none. Science cannot prove a negative. We cannot prove that any organically grown or conventionally grown food is safe. After every conceivable test and feeding trial, all we can say is that there is no evidence that a food is unsafe. It is true that the absence of evidence does not mean that there is no risk. However, this mantra applies to all foods, not just GE foods. Most of our foods are covered by the Generally Recognized as Safe category, which is based upon a history of food consumption before 1958 by a significant number of consumers. However, there is no scientific evidence that there is no risk. We do know that fruits, vegetables and nuts contain allergens, toxins and cancer-inducing chemicals. Three examples would be coffee, potatoes and celery. You can look up the material safety data sheets (MSDS) on the web for caffeine, solanine and psoralens. Natural toxins and heavy metals are also used as pesticides by organic and conventional farmers and have the potential to be toxic to the environment. My point is that there are known natural allergens and toxins in many if not most fruits, vegetables and nuts that we eat; these products are not labeled. Jacobs’ statement on GE food could be changed to “thorough human tests of consuming foods created by mutation breeding (instead of genetic engineering) over a long period of time have not been done.” We have a lot of evidence that mutation breeding using irradiation and very toxic chemicals causes significant changes in the plant’s DNA – more than is caused by GE. No feeding studies are needed to market new varieties developed by this technology. If our concern is food safety, are we being hypocrites by ignoring the potential effects of mutation breeding and just focusing on GE foods? Of course, Jacobs does not explain how human studies for GE consumption are to be carried out. Is she proposing that we rigidly control the diets of the human test subjects for months or years? It is this difficulty and the ethical problems involved that rats and mice are used as proxies. If food safety is not the core issue, there must be emotional, personal, economic or political reasons for an anti-GE position.
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Rainbow Wahine vow to avenge loss on the road JEREMY NIT TA Associate Sports Editor
Losing a game is tough, but getting over that loss and moving forward is even more difficult. That’s the challenge that the University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team (9-10, 5-3 Big West Conference) faces as it prepares for the first game of a three-game road trip against Cal State Northridge (11-9, 5-3 BWC) on Saturday at 2 p.m. Coming off perhaps its most impressive win of the season against Cal Poly, Hawai‘i came up short in a gutwrenching 51-50 loss to UC Santa Barbara. But the players know that there is no time to sit around feeling sorry. “We need to get over it immediately,” head coach Laura Beeman said. “You have to. We handled Cal Poly slow and didn’t get the win out of our system quickly. That’s why we turned around and lost to Santa Barbara. To use a basketball analogy – it’s like if you miss a free throw. You don’t think about the one you missed; you think about the one you’re going to shoot because that’s the most important one.”
SEEKING RETRIBUTION According to Beeman, the team struggled to recover from the loss but is turning the corner in its recovery phase.
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Freshman guard Marissa Wimbley scored a career-high eight points and three assists in last week’s loss to UC Santa Barbara. “Yesterday [Monday] was a tough day at practice,” Beeman said. “I think part of it was a hangover from the Santa Barbara loss. Today was much better. We had a team discussion. It was nothing major, just talked about the changes and shifts we have to make, getting that energy, learning how to pick each other problem. But the
energy seems to be back, and our focus is getting better.” The Rainbow Wahine have not dropped back-to-back games and don’t seem intent on starting now. “It’s a mental acuity that we have to have,” senior point guard Monica DeAngelis said. “But it’s also in part our coaches. They prepare us and don’t let us get down. In everything
we do, we fight back and compete, even in practice and in drills. And that’s where it starts, and that’s where you build it: in practice.”
R E A DY T O TA K E S E C O N D However, Hawai‘i’s task is a daunting one, as Cal State Northridge is coming off a thrilling double-overtime win against Cal Poly.
“I think it’s really just going to be two teams coming in and playing really hard,” Beeman said. “They’re coming off an emotional high, and we’re coming off an emotional low. But we’re also really ticked off that we just lost. So I don’t know which is going to be really beneficial. “I just feel that at this point, our girls are ready to play. They know that they screwed up the other night because it’s a game that we should have won. They’re going to show up, regardless of what kind of emotions Northridge has.” Adding more pressure to the situation is the impact this game has on teams. Hawai‘i and Cal State Northridge are both 5 -3 in Big West play and are tied for second place. Despite this, Beeman said the team cannot afford to repeat the mistake it made against UC Santa Barbara. “I think that the girls know the standings,” Beeman said. “But let’s say we beat Northridge, then turn around and lose the next game. Then that victory means nothing. It really comes down to every time we step on the court, we have to be focused and ready to go. So is there more on the line? I think that maybe in that moment, but then we have to turn around and be ready for the next game.”
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Sports Warriors hope to keep cutting down top teams M ADDIE SAPIGAO Staff Writer There is a pattern that the University of Hawai‘i men’s volleyball team (3-6, 2-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) is following. The Warriors struggle on the road but take down high-ranking teams while they are in front of their home crowd. “It’s so much fun to play at home,” sophomore outside hitter JP Marks said. “We have the best fans in the world.” Hawai‘i will attempt to keep its winning streak going three-game this weekend when it will play No. 3 Stanford (6-2, 3-2 MPSF). The Cardinal is led by junior outside hitter Brian Cook, who has 117 kills and averages 4.25 per set – second best in the MPSF. “When we start losing is when we stop fi ghting,” Marks said. “[That is when] balls fall in between us, and we aren’t giving 100 percent.”
Although the Warriors’ record doesn’t seem impressive at first glance, UH has taken down two of the top collegiate men’s volleyball teams. No. 5 UCLA (7-5, 3-3 MPSF) and No. 6 Pepperdine (3-3, 3-3 MPSF) were both knocked down the rankings due to their losses against Hawai‘i.
H I G H E R C OM P E T I T I O N With three solid notches under their belt, the Warriors believe they could compete with the top-ranked teams in the country. “I think we are working harder because now the goal that we can win a championship is more attainable,” Marks said. UH is led by Marks with 110 kills, and right behind him is freshman outside hitter Sinisa Zarkovic with 109 kills. Zarkovic was named MPSF Molten player of the week after his performance against Pepperdine this past weekend. Zarkovic hit a career-high 19 kills and served the last four points in the fi fth set
in last Friday’s thrilling match. He also led UH with 4.25 kills per set in both upset wins against the Waves. “It is a great feeling,” Zarkovic said. “Seeing other players that got it before me, it’s a really great honor. That just means I need to keep working harder.” Zarkovic has gained a starting position for the Warriors but remains humble in his achievements. “It’s not just my [award], it’s the whole team’s,” he said. This weekend’s home matches are crucial for the Warriors, as they will head back to California in two weeks to take on No. 5 UCL A and No. 2 UCI.
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