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Termite remedies developed on campus NOELLE F UJII Staff Writer Since 1970, the entomolog y department has conducted numerous experiments on termites as part of the Universit y of Hawai‘i Termite Project, and the work is continuing today. This project was started by Professor Emeritus Minoru Tamashiro. Tamashiro retired in 1987, and J. Kenneth Grace, interim associate dean and professor for research, was hired to continue the project. The project now consists of Grace, professor Julian R. Yates III, graduate student Reina Tong and technician Maria AiharaSasaki. The theme of the project is to find the least toxic but most effective methods for termite control. “We look for things that will hurt the termites but won’t hurt us,” Grace said.
D E V E L O PM E N T There are four termite-collection sites around campus with turned-over buckets that contain a block of wood that protrudes into the ground. Termites come and feed on the pieces of wood. The areas around the sites are where buildings are protected by insecticides or another treatment method sto keep the termites from getting into the building, but termites are still found in the ground. The funding for the work Grace has done for the past 20 years has come from grants from the federal government that are largely oriented toward fi nding new or better methods for termite control.
The group also works with private companies in trying to find new products that might be more effective against termites. This includes trying to help them develop a better way of testing and evaluating these preventive methods.
P ROMO T I N G P R E V E N T I O N The “Educate to Eradicate” program was started 10 years ago through the Termite Project. The program was created to teach science using termites and other insects and inform students on how to protect their homes from these pests. This program has been used to get information on termite prevention out to the community and increase science literacy. More than 30,000 classrooms have used this program in the state in kindergarten through 12th grade levels – more than 12,000 students. Tong assisted with the Termite Alate Project, part of the “Educate to Eradicate” program. This project was created by former graduate student Makena Mason and AiharaSasaki to fi nd a way to measure if the program was successful in termite suppression, and it was implemented from February 2011 to September 2012. In this project, light traps were given to schools to monitor swarming of Foromosan subterranean termites, one of the two main ground termites in Hawai‘i. “Some schools monitored traps at school as a class, while some high-school students took traps home to expand the geographic range of the study,” Tong said. “Students checked traps every school day from spring See Termites, page 2
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There are two types of termites in Hawai‘i: ground and drywood. There are two variations of ground termites that have different tunneling patterns and affect how effective bait is in experiments. Ground termites live beneath the ground and tunnel up to the wood on the surface. Drywood termites live in the wood and are made up of smaller colonies. There can be numerous colonies of drywood termites in one piece of wood that are not connected. “It’s not just trying to kill them; I actually like them alive,” Grace said. About 90 percent of termites are found in the tropics. There are eight
species in Hawai‘i, with four considered pests. They are all ll invasive. “Our climate is ripe for or termites from a number of different places laces in the world,” Grace said. According to Grace, theree have been quite a few buildings on campus with termite damage through the years. A baiting system is used to control them. “I would say it’d be difficult to find a building on campus that at some time or another hasn’t had a problem with termites,” Grace said. The estimated cost of termite control and damage in the state of Hawai‘i is $100-$150 million a year. The treatment of a typical property for ground termites can vary between $1,000 and $1,500. In some cases, a house will have to be torn down, and in others, a few pieces of wood will need to be replaced. According to Grace, the goal is to have inspections so termites can be discovered early to prevent damage. When buildings are improved, they are typically repaired with preservative-treated wood, and the Sentricon Baiting System or insecticide may be used. “Generally, if you’re going to have problems, you’re going to try to avoid it,” Grace said.
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PAST T PROJECTS The group has also worked on other termite-control products. ducts. One is the Basaltic Termite Barrier made ade by Ameron HC&D. It is a gravel barrier that was developed and vetted by Tamashiro in the early 1980s. This method works by creating a four- to six-inch gravel barrier beneath a house containing particles too big for termites to pick up and too small to move through. It was first sold by Ameron HC&D in 1987 and the patent was finalized and awarded to the University of Hawai‘i in 1991. Another product the group has worked on is the Sentricon Baiting System, which contains a plastic tube with a wood or cellulose bait in it. The bait contains a chemical that affects how termites grow. When it is eaten, the termites will then carry it throughout the colony. All of the work to demonstrate this method was effective in Hawai‘i was performed by Grace’s group. Another is Termimesh, a wire mesh termites can’t get through. The group proved it was effective in Hawai‘i field tests before it was allowed to be used in the state. Two methods of termite control have been developed in Grace’s lab. One is the Basaltic Termite Barrier, and another is a method of genetically modifying the bacteria in a termite’s gut. They rely on bacteria and protus in their guts to help digest the wood they eat. When these are modified genetically, the termite can become a time bomb. Once a termite eats the bacteria, it will spread the poison throughout the colony and become a toxin. There is still work being done in the lab on this method, and it has not yet resulted in a termite-control product.
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ASUH aims for transparency through educational forums CAITLIN K ELLY News Editor In an effort to increase transparency in student government, ASUH held a rail transit forum on April 9 to help students develop an opinion on the issue. Senate Resolution 07-13, entitled “In support of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project given that transparency and organized plans are ensured and satisfied at all steps of the project,” was debated at a joint committee meeting on Oct. 16. The resolution was postponed after oral testimony against it from HauMĀNA and the Native Hawaiian Student Association. “What we ended up doing is we tabled that resolution with the hopes that we’re going to find out more information about what the student body feels and what their stance is. Because at that moment, we really had no idea about what students felt about rail,” rail, said ASUH Senator MarMar tin Nguyen, a member of the student forum task force that coordinated the event. Four panelists were pres-
ent to give their take on the issue. Pro-rail advocates were executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit Daniel Grabauskas and HART board member Ivan Lui-Kwan. Anti-rail speakers were civil and environmental engineering professor Panos Prevedouros and law professor Randall Roth. There were two pending lawsuits regarding rail at the time of the forum, and one of the ground rules was the plaintiffs, defendants and attorneys could not discuss particular details about the case at the forum.
STUDENT TURNOUT About 40 students attended the event, along with concerned community members. Each attendee was given a question card that they could write on and turn in to the moderator, who would then relay information to the panel. “We felt that would speed up the forum and also increase the effectiveness of the forum by getting more questions asked,” Nguyen explained. Makawalu is one student group that made its presence known at
the Oct. 16 meeting as well as the April forum. “This is an issue that affects lives ... all lives here and not just the lives of those living now but all future generations,” said Makawalu member Zuri Aki, who provided testimony against rail at the Oct. 16 meeting, in an email interview. “The Hawai’i today is certainly different than the Hawai‘i my parents knew – and far from the Hawai‘i that my grandparents knew.”
F I N D I N G A VO I C E Each student attendee was given a survey about their opinion on rail before and after the event, as well as a rating of their experience overall. ASUH intends to use the responses from these surveys to help it make a decision about the direction of Senate Resolution 07-13. “If we were to find that the student body leans one way or the other, then we’re going to try and create a positive change and show the state the students of UH M ā noa have this stance on this specific topic, and we want our
voice heard and we want these changes,” Nguyen said. However, because less than 40 surveys were turned in, ASUH does not intend to use this as its only set of data. There has been discussion about posting a survey through MyUH to solicit more feedback, though an exact plan has not yet been confirmed. “If we were to go with the position based on the survey results from the forum, there’s only 30 -40 students, and a lot of people wouldn’t agree that this would be the student voice, so we definitely want to increase our data,” Nguyen said. Nguyen hopes for more student turnout at future events. “We had a really good turnout of people, but we re ally wish there were more students,” he said. “ There was a lot of community members. There’s a lot of people interested in the fact that both sides agreed to sit down and talk to each other.” ASUH anticipates holding more student forums in the future, but could not confirm the topics of discussion.
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Daniel Grabauskas “We think that rail is certainly the answer to the congestion that we’re facing. … The system that is going to be built is now funded both with federal money as well as the GET that is coming in. And the mobility benefits of this project, not only when it opens in 2019 with 80 rail cars, but we’re going to build this system so it can accommodate double the size of the trains.” Grabauskas came to Honolulu about a year ago after serving as chairman and senior strategic advisor at Bronner Center for Transportation Management. Before that, he was a senior fellow for public policy at Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth. Ivan Lui-Kwan “Efficient transportation of people and good and efficient delivery of services are important to business and trade, and it also adds a very significant quality of life component.” Lui-Kwan was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Queens Medical Center, one of the largest employers in the State of Hawai‘i. He also served as Director of Department of Budget ad Fiscal Services for the City and County of Honolulu. Randy Roth “In 2003, there was the environmental impact statement that determined that Bus Rapid Transit was not just a viable and reasonable option, but it was the preferred option. It actually rose to the top among other things and is projected to have higher ridership than rail at a fraction of the cost.” Roth is an attorney at the William S. Richardson School of Law and is widely known for his work on the Broken Trust, which led to the restructuring of the Bishop Estate and increased accountability of the trust to its beneficiaries. Panos Prevedouros “I’ve proposed solutions for over 10 years now, and several of them have been built with substantial results, such as the very recent widening of the section of the freeway from three lanes to four. … Bottom line is Hawai‘i is moving way too slow in doing actual solutions that we know will work.” Prevedouros is known for his campaign for mayor, during which he ran primarily on an anti-rail platform. He has also served on the Technical Advisory Committee of O‘ahu Metropolitan Planning Organization from 2003-04.
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Features Film review: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ PAIGE TAKEYA Managing Editor Heroism may be eternal, but villainy is more entertaining. “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” is a superhero film carried by its villains, and though good may triumph at the end, only the evildoers will be remembered. The plot continues from “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”: Zartan, disguised as the president (Jonathan Pryce), controls America, while Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) works to bust Cobra Commander out of prison. Their goal: world domination (as usual). The Joes from the prequel have all passed out of the line of duty: Only Duke (Channing Tatum) and Snake Eyes (Ray Park) remain. The new team includes Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), Flint (D.J. Cotrona) and Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki). Zartan arranges for the Joes to be decommissioned, and the reduced team is forced to rally together with some unexpected allies, including the original Joe (Bruce Willis, phoning in), to stop Cobra from destroying the world. As an action spectacle, the film delivers. The Joes gleefully bust out the heavy weaponry, and the ninjas provide the requisite quota of shuriken, swords and stealth. To say that an action sequence kicks into gear every five minutes would not be an exaggeration. These firefights would be more engaging, however, if the
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NICOLYN CHARLOT Associate Features Editor Complex, metaphorical, confusing and powerful all describe Kennedy Theatre’s presentation of “Thread Hell,” written by Rio Kishida and directed by Colleen Lanki. This play is not light-hearted or easy to understand, but it is overfl owing with symbolism that challenges the role of women in society during the 1930s Japanese imperialist expansion. I went into “Thread Hell” clueless about what I was about to experience. The plot revolves around women who work in a thread house that turns into a brothel at night, but the performance gave so much more. While watching, the plot was difficult to pick out, as it was buried under layers of lies, stories and poetry. Unfortunately, instead of trying to figure out what “Thread Hell” was telling me, I struggled to figure out what was going on. This is where I made my mistake. After reflecting upon “Thread Hell,” I realize that it is a brilliant piece of work, and the actors did it great justice. But I wish I had gone into the show with more understanding so that I could have appreciated it more in the moment. There are a few
things that you should keep in mind before seeing the show to have the best experience. First, the show doesn’t follow a linear chronological path. A large part is made up of fl ashbacks, and it can get confusing if the audience assumes that the fl ashbacks are key to the plot. One of the main themes of the show is identity – particularly the identity of women and how men try to take that away. The owner of the thread house is a controlling man who refuses to let the female workers have their own memories. Much of the show revolves around the women telling broken, murderous stories of what they believe to be their pasts. You don’t need to remember each woman’s story to understand the next part of the play; you have to look beyond each story to fi gure out that they represent the effects of what society has done to that woman. Some of the actions are metaphorical, while others are not. It is easy to get the two mixed up, as they often occur at the same time. One scene involves a group of men who attempt to puppeteer the prostitutes while two of the main women are coming to terms with their relationship with each
Wh April 18, 19, 20; 8 p.m. and When: April 21; 2 p.m. Where: Kennedy Theatre Cost: $5 UH Mānoa students with validated ID, $13 students, $22 seniors, military and UH faculty and staff, $24 general admission Contact: hawaii.edu/kennedy Note: Due to brief nudity and violence, this show is not recommended for children under the age of 14.
other. One must focus to differentiate between reality, memory and metaphor. If you can make this distinction, the show is more enjoyable and meaningful. Finally, read the program. “Thread Hell” is a complicated piece, but it does require knowledge beforehand to be appreciated. The program gives you that knowledge without spoilers. Aside from the complex plot and themes, the acting was fantastic. The women play off of each other perfectly, and on the rare occasions that they spoke in unison, it was mesmerizing and fl awless. The set is simple and fl exible, which fits the show best as the women need to shift between their roles as silk-reeling girls to prostitutes. The segments with poetry were lengthy, but they were well done and helped to further the meaning of the show. Ultimately, “Thread Hell” is a powerful show worth seeing. However, one must go into it with an open mind, otherwise confusion might get in the way of understanding.
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CARING FOR THE OCEAN In a couple months, the southside de summer swell should be rolling in, hitting the southern and eastern parts rts of O‘ahu and hopefully setting ourr summer up for few months of majestic ajestic barrels. At one of the most popular pular bodysurfing beaches on the island, and, Sandy’s Beach, you can walk outt of the water up to the parking lot, only ly to have your barrel-buzz shattered red by a littered beach: thousands of cigarette butts, pieces of plastic and d beer bottles. Nothing is more disrespectfull than littering on some of the most ost beautiful land in the world. I understand nderstand that everyone enjoys having aving a couple of Heinekens while
watching surfers get spit out of barrels or getting thrown over the falls. But if you bring in garbage, you should bring it out, too. We must do all we can to keep the water clean. If you are an active surfer, diver, swimmer or just love the water, you can help keep our oceans and beaches clean by becoming an active member in the Surfrider Foundation, which is involved with our university. Surfrider’s mission is to keep the water and beaches clean. Already, Surfrider has helped pass Bill 72, which bans smoking cigarettes on popular beaches from Waik ī k ī to Sandy’s Beach.
TA K I N G AC T I O N Doorae Shin, a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa student who volunteers and interns for Surfrider, is working with UH Mānoa students to ban on-campus Styrofoam use. “Surfrider Foundation’s UH chapter has made some big strides this year in pushing through a policy to ban Styrofoam use on our campus,” Shin said. “This policy will require all current and new foodservice vendors to commit to using eco-friendly alternatives to Styrofoam with a focus on reusable and
compostable products. Thanks to over a thousand students who showed support through our petition campaign, this rule is slated to go into effect this semester.” If you are interested in helping the Surfrider Foundation, there are Earth Day beach clean-up events at 12 beaches on O‘ahu on April 20. The last beach clean-up hosted by Surfrider Foundation at Point Panic resulted in the collection of more than 287 pounds of trash and more than 11,000 cigarette butts. Contact Doorae Shin (doorae@ hawaii.edu) if you are interested in becoming more involved on campus, or go out and love the beach on your own. Gather your friends, family and fellow surfers to demonstrate your care and respect for our oceans by organizing an independent or impromptu clean-up.
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Waves of Change: combating the climate crisis Leaders around the Pacific gathered at the Waves of Change conference last week to express one truth: Climate change cannot be ignored because it is a reality. The conference focused on the individual and community aspects of climate change and shared personal perspectives, aiming to empower communities that would otherwise have no control over their own fates. International communities are having a slow, highly politicized reaction to the crisis as emissions still rise. This rise in emissions has been especially true in the most industrialized nations in climate change mitigation. “ The real impacts of climate change are being felt,” said Asterio Takesy, the Federal States of Micronesia Ambassador to the United States. A nd it has become necessar y for communities to do whatever
they can to help improve their own situations. Communities need to understand that by applying the spirit of conversation that was so essential to indigenous people to our modern day science techniques, it is possible for people to approach the climate crisis and improve their localized situations. For many. it seems ironic that the Pacific knowledge systems once seen as primitive by colonizers now offer lessons that could save the neocolonial industrialized world from its relentless consumption. Two examples of such projects that benefit from indigenous Pacific cultures are the the Humatak Project and the Changing Climate Toolkit.
P ROAC T I V E S O L U T I O N S You can only approach global issues once you have begun to address local issues. Austin Shelton from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa talked about his Humatak Project, which focuses on
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“building local resilience against climate change in Guam.” The project aims to restore Guam’s “watersheds, coral reefs and fisheries” through a three step system of educational outreach, erosion control and modern research. For example, volunteers have been placing “sediment socks” in the watershed to filter out dangerous sediments. These may seem like small steps, but they have a larger impact, as saving the coral reefs that surround Guam helps protect from storms and promotes biological diversity. William Kostka of the Micronesian Conversation Trust presented on the Changing Climate Toolkit, which was designed to present “culturally appropriate information” to leaders within Micronesia to educate them about the realities of climate change. “The most important impact is empowerment, turning a huge problem ... into a more tangible issue,” Kostka said.
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THE BIGGER PICTURE Speakers at the conference expressed that we must treat climate change as a perspective lens through which we can approach the whole world. As Stanton Enomoto from the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative explained, “We all have kuleana; we have a right to a better future but also a responsibility to make that happen.” Enomoto then raised the question, “Do your actions allow the oceans and land to provide for us?” Many are guilty of being unable to answer this in a positive way. The ambitious goal of combating climate change can be attacked only by first making incremental progress, which can only be carried out by individuals and communities that take steps to change local consumption habits. Only then can we as a global community hope to make impacting changes to global consumption habits.
The diffi culty that arises in this confl ict is that communal management and responsibility is required, an approach that is juxtaposed to the capitalist way of thinking. Thankfully, invaluable lessons about conservation and ecosystem management can be learned from the cultures of the indigenous peoples. “At the end of the day climate change is about consumption,” Takesy said, adding that the Pacifi c must move away from fossil fuel dependency. Communities need to learn how to become more independent and sustainable in other regards. For example, Takesy recommended salt-water taro plants to add to the island’s food security. Small steps like strengthening food security can only add to the type of “proper forward movement” called for by Joakim Peter of the University of Hawai‘i – the type of forward movement that can only come from the ground up, not the other way around.
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Sports
Rainbow Wahine capture first-ever Big West title SPORTS DESK A fter finishing 0 -7 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation last year, it would have been easy to write off the Rainbow Wahine water polo team in its first season in the Big West Conference. However, the ‘Bows had other plans, as evident from their 10 -8 Senior Night victory over No. 14 Cal State Northridge on Saturday, which has extended their winning streak to five games. The win clinched at least a share of the Big West title for No. 7 Hawai‘i (18-9, 6 -1 BWC), but there is still hope for more. If No. 6 UC Irvine loses on the road to No. 9 Long Beach State on Thursday (4 p.m.), then the ‘Bows will be the sole regular season Big West Conference champions. Fortunately for Hawai‘i, it will be the No. 1 seed in the Big West Tournament no matter what happens between UCI and LBSU.
SENIORS LEAD THE WAY The ‘Bows’ improbable turnaround could not have been possible without the stellar play of two seniors: center Amarens Genee and attacker Monika Eggens. The duo combined to score nine of UH’s 10 goals in Saturday night ’s
title -clincher and have powered the ‘Bows for the entire season. Genee has scored 14 times in the Rainbow Wahine’s last three games, including a career-best sevengoal performance against Colorado State on April 7. In addition, Genee has found her place in Hawai‘i histor y as she climbed to the No. 3 spot on the Rainbow Wahine’s alltime scoring list with 175 career goals. Meanwhile, Eggens has found the back of the net 18 times during UH’s fi vegame win streak and currently leads her squad with 66 goals this year. The next closest ‘Bow, freshman attacker Paula Chillida Esforzado, has 39. In fact, Eggens is actually averaging a hat trick with 3.0 goals per game. Having already racked up 235 goals in her career, the Canadian needs to score just four more times in order to become UH’s all-time leading scorer. Hawai‘i will now have a week to rest and prepare before departing for Irvine to compete in the Big West Tournament beginning on April 26. The ‘Bows will play the loser of Saturday’s match between No. 20 Pacifi c (16 -12, 1-5 BWC) and No. 19 UC Davis (13-15, 0-6 BWC) in the fi rst round.
Amarens Genee ended the regular season with 32 goals scored, while and Monika Eggens led the team with 66 total. ISMAEL MA KA LEO O HAWAI‘I