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same-sex marriage Supporters and opponents testify at ASUH meeting FADI YOUKHANA Associate News Editor

More than 50 students and community members attended the Associated Students of the University of Hawai‘i senate meeting Wednesday evening to testify on same-sex marriage and religious freedom.

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Hawai‘i still allows same-sex civil unions.

The purpose of the meeting was not to take sides on the controversial topic but to discuss Senate resolution 10 -14 and 9 -14, which support the discussion for same-sex marriage and religious freedom, respectively. The student senate did not pass resolution 9 -14. The debate will be presented in a special session to the state legislature eg s atu e in November. o e be .

Supporters of same-sex marriage gathered at one side of the conference room with colorful signs that called for accepting diversity and equality.

“Personally, I felt proud to come and represent my club and hear both sides of the argument,” Coffee Hour Club president A lan Cota said.

Cota and a d other o e supporters ot suppo te s had ad gathgat ered 373 signatures and email addresses of UH students who support resolution 10 -14. “ The university has a non-

discrimination policy that covers sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.

If the university would oppose same -sex marriage, then this school will no longer be a safe zone,” Cota said.

Multiple individuals spoke of their personal experiences and their relationships as same-sex couples. Some had chosen c ose to attend UH because the environmentt had h been friendly to homosexuals.

Testimonies of those individuals Te T called calle d for UH M ā noa to support same-sex marriage.

They cited human rights, loss marrri of clo close os friends who were bullied and the rights rightts to receive benefits of marriage despite spit te sexual orientation as motives.

Supporters of resolution 9 -14, introduced

by ASUH senator Steven in n Nishihara, did not necessarily op N pose homosexuality but rather arp gued for religious freedom. “ The governor’s bill leaves no room for religious freedom, which conf licts with our constitutional c rights.

Based on the same-sex marriig riage riaag bill, it would hinder religious freedoms not just for Christians but freee forr other religions as well,” pastor and community member Daniel Chinen com m said. sai d Thirteen states have passed same-sex Th T marriage bills, with Hawai‘i possibly maar becoming the 14th state to do so as well. becco “L “ L et ’s not assume that just because wee are w a telling the governor that we op pose p po sse the same -sex marriage bill that we hate homosexuals,” Chinen said. w e h have gay people in my congregation, “I h ha and I love them. We are just arguing for religious freedom.” relig g Governor Neil Abercrombie has called Go G both h houses of the state legislature to convene cco onvve in a special session on Oct. 28 to aaddress ad drr e the issue of marriage equality.

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UH debate team argues for and against the UH tuition freeze

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Sterling Higa argued for a UH tuition freeze during a debate on Oct. 9.

A LDEN A LAY VILLA Staff Writer The sound of 60 audience members knocking on desks in approval for arguments echoed the Shidler College of Business’ lecture hall Wednesday night, as members of the University of Hawai‘i Debate and Forensics Society argued for and against the motion of the UH tuition freeze.

The debaters of the UHDFS were composed of four two-person teams: proposition, for the tuition freeze; and opposition, against it. Each member had an allocated time of fi ve minutes to argue his stance.

According to Robert Boller, director of forensics and coach of the UH debate team, the teams were judged by fi ve members of the audience on the criterias of “matter, manner and skill.”

“Matter being the heart of the matter — what the arguments were, what the evidence was presented today; manner being the delivery, the style of the debate; and fi nally, how well the teams addressed each other or provided clash,” Boller said.

Political science department chairwoman Debbie Halbert, one of the judges, said the judges ranked the top two teams.

“The tuition freeze proposition was upheld,” Halbert said. “The arguments on that side were the most compelling presented here.

The underlying value are in terms of what education is, who ought to pay for it. The freeze on tuition accompanied with some sort of discussion with the state and the role the state ought to play in terms of subsidizing opposition is an important one to have.”

According to Halbert, the proposition team was able to successfully discuss the value of an education to the state and the role that it plays.

“What you’re looking at is the individual versus the state and how we shift the burden of responsibility of tuition to the individual if we go with the opposition versus the more collective responsibility on the side of the state,” Halbert said.

The 100 percent translation from increased tuition to financial aid wasn’t as compelling, Halbert thought, as the argument that the school “really does need a more state supportive funding.”

P RO P O S I T I O N Sterling Higa, captain of the debate team and member of the fi rst proposition team, argued that increasing access is the primary responsibility of the university, as the university exists to serve the people.

“The downtrodden and disenfranchised, who are submerged in economic struggle, deserve a university that can uplift them,” Higa argued. “Students who have to incur debt to the university are not going (to school), and we think those are the people for which the university exist.”

According to Higa, the state should shoulder a larger share of education, and students are adversely affected by the current economic climate of the world.

“There are tough times,” Higa said. “We need to find money. The state needs to provide this money. While we know we need to slow down and have careful deliberation to solve this problem, our tuition freeze gives us the time to have that conversation.

OPPOSITION On the other side of the spectrum, Laura Ramirez, fi rst year member of the team, said freezing tuition stagnates progression, tuition raises are just and tuition raises increases equity.

“Most people do not pay a sticker price — by need or by merit,” Ramirez said. “However, there are students who can afford to pay full price, and we believe this is a forward thinking method of raising tuition.”

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According to Ramirez, when tuition goes up, the amount of fi nancial aid for students will go up as well.

“If we freeze tuition, it won’t hurt the people who can afford to go to school,” Ramirez said. “If we freeze tuition, it will hinder opportunity for those who need fi nancial aid.”

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Vice Speaker John Mizuno, proponent of the Freeze UH Tuition Bill, addressed the crowd.

Mizuno said Hawai‘i’s top resource is the students.

“You are the most important resource in our state,” Mizuno said. “The legislature may hold the trump card, but it’s the people’s house.”

Mizuno said if UH wants to protect the faculty and the recognition of being a top school, UH needs to perform an audit.

“If you audit the University of Hawai‘i, maybe you start with a small audit, you’ll see that there are duplication services — there’s a little bit of waste, there are some things we can do a lot better. If we can do an audit, you can save the university millions of dollars,” Mizuno said. “Now if you do that, you don’t have to increase tuition.”

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These bloodsucking demons of the night have frightened people for centuries, yet their exact origin is unknown. Since the dawn of man, there have always been creatures that were similar to the vampires we know now. It is said that in Jewish folklore a woman named Lilith transformed into a winged creature that would feed on innocent children. Ancient Egyptians believed there was a vampire who killed his brother with a group of creatures to become a pharaoh. There have also been creatures similar to vampires in parts of Asia and within Greek mythology.

The “modern” vampire may have originated in Eastern Europe in the 18th century. The word “vampire” was introduced into the English language in 1732 through a massive hysteria of alleged vampire attacks.

Some scholars believe that these events were the cause of rabies or premature burials. Others believed that vampires were real and began hunts similar to the Salem witch trials. These believers opened graves and staked bodies in fear that the dead would rise and thirst for blood.

This was until the Empress of Austria passed laws that prohibited such actions.

When vampires are discussed, the first name that usually comes to mind is Count Dracula. Bram Stoker wrote a gothic novel called “Dracula” in 1897, and he constructed the fictional character based on Vlad

Dracula, a 15th cenTepes III Dracula ce tury prince. He was known as a violent tyrant who gratuitously killed people in the most gruesome ways imaginable. Most notably, he was known for impaling them, giving him the nickname Vlad the Impaler.

Count Dracula has been referred to as lord of all vampires and the son of the devil.

Although Universal’s 1931 classic “Dracula” was the first film to represent this character, the first film showcasing an actual vampire was 1922’s “Nosferatu.”

“Nosferatu” was an unlicensed film adaptation of Stoker’s novel, and due to copyright issues, all film prints were ordered to be destroyed. One lone copy remained and was eventually reprinted as its popularity grew.

MYTHS Vampires have been said to have several supernatural powers, including f light, enhanced strength and agility (equivalent to 20 men), the ability to transform into a bat and eternal life.

Being undead, vampires are immune to conventional attacks but have several weaknesses, including sunlight, holy water, garlic, Christian icons and stakes through the heart.

MOV I E S “Nosferatu” (1922) “Dracula” (1931) “ The Lost Boys” (1987) “Blade” (1998) “Van Helsing” (2004) “30 Days of Night” (2007) “Daybreakers” (2009)

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Death and capital punishment: Do the pros outweigh the cons?

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Yesterday marked the 11th World Day Against the Death Penalty.

JOSEPH BANKS Contributing Writer Since 1973, 130 people have been released from death row. Many who were exonerated were wrongfully convicted due to factors from inadequate legal representation to prosecutorial misconduct.

Some crimes are so heinous that punishment by death becomes the only logical punishment. But until the legal system, which has come to be fraught with error by committing the same sin of killing an innocent, can be certain that everyone sentenced to death is truly guilty, no one should have to meet this fate.

D N A VS . O T H E R S C I E N C E S Legal professionals consider DNA the most reliable forensic tool in determining guilt or innocence. In the 1990s, DNA repeatedly showed innocent people had been wrongfully convicted of crimes. As of May 2003, a total of 103 people were sentenced to death and later legally absolved. Federal Judge Henry T. Edwards stated that, “DNA is really the only forensic (evidence) that consistently produces results you can rely on when seeking to determine whether or not a piece of evidence is connected with a particular source.”

Alternative forensic sciences lack evidence with direct connections to a particular source, yet they are still presented in court regardless of their false implications. Scott Turow outlines in his book “Ultimate Punishment” how

an “expert” witness’ testimony can tie an innocent man to a crime.

“One of the witnesses testified that Alex … admitted to the grand jury that he wore size-seven shoes.

Then a shoeprint expert testified that the prints in question were ‘about a size six.’” The defense of this case was later able to conclude that the shoes were a women’s size six and not men’s (an equivalent to a men’s 4 to 4 ½). This is just one of many cases where witnesses under oath can sway a jury without physical evidence. When DNA evidence is unable to be obtained from a scene, other forms of evidence must be presented for a suspect to be tied to the crime. The problem, however, lies in the science used to test, theorize and present evidence to courts.

Q UA L I T Y O F R E P R E S E N TAT I O N In 2001, Justice Ruth Ginsburg was quoted saying, “People who are well represented do not get the death penalty. … I have yet to see a death case at the Supreme Court in which the defendant was well represented at trial.”

Though there are safeguards put into place to ensure a fair trial for all, according to the ACLU, almost all defendants in capital cases are unable to afford an attorney and instead rely on the state for one. In Alabama, death row occupants alone are overwhelmingly poor with 95 percent indigent.

Though defendants are awarded the right to an attorney if one is not in their economical reach, public attor-

neys are overworked, underpaid and often lack the trial experience necessary for death penalty cases.

How can a system, which vows to uphold the constitutional rights of all, be trusted to carry out the judgment of one’s life if it cannot guarantee the rights given by the same constitution that it serves?

W H O G E T S T H E D E AT H P E N A LT Y? There are many criminals who should never live another second on this earth. As inhumane as that sounds, consider Ted Bundy, a serial killer whose number of known victims is 36 and who is a suspected criminal in further crimes. For Bundy, death is the only logical punishment, and it should only be reserved for men like him.

And who is to say that a serious criminal cannot be rehabilitated?

There may be certain cases that warrant death, but as it stands now, many states still allow a death penalty, and many of those on death row are convicted for unwarranted capital offenses and simple “one time mistakes.”

There are safeguards in place to protect those who are innocent from facing death, but without adequate representation, it proves difficult to avoid the death penalty for certain crimes. Until our legal system, burdened with error and inconsistency, is able to ensure with the upmost assurance that no innocent person is sentenced to death, no man or woman should face a conviction of death.

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Sports Hawaiʻi hopes for repeat of last year’s performance

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Junior receiver Donnie King Jr. and the Rainbow Warriors will try to end their losing streak at UNLV. Game time is set for 2:05 p.m. on Saturday.

JOEY R AMIREZ Sports Editor Last season, the University of Hawai‘i football team was on an eightgame losing streak prior to its matchup with UNLV. The Warriors would go on to rout the Rebels, 48-10.

Currently sitting at the bottom of the Mountain West standings, Hawai‘i (0 -5, 0 -3 MWC) is looking for a similar result as it heads to Las Vegas this weekend.

“Walking off the field after a loss is one of the toughest things in sports,” said senior wide receiver Billy Ray Stutzmann.

A year ago, the Rebels came to Hawai’i having lost seven of eight games and finished the season 2-11.

Flash-forward to this season and UNLV (3-2, 1-0 MWC) is riding a three-game win streak and looking for revenge for its 2012 beatdown.

After starting the year 0-2, a quarterback change has given the Rebels a whole new identity. Senior Caleb Herring has completed 66 of 88 passes this

seasonfor713yards,eighttouchdowns and no interceptions. With him calling signals, the Rebels’ offense went from scoring 18 points per game to 42.

“We gotta get the pass rush there,” sophomore defensive back Ne’Quan Phillips said. “We gotta have good coverage on the back end, and hopefully they won’t be able to put up all those points.”

The Rainbow Warriors will also have to cope with junior wide receiver Devante Davis, who is second in the nation with eight touchdown catches, leads the team with 28 receptions for 473 yards and has scored in all but one game this season.

Meanwhile, Hawai‘i is still searching for its starting quarterback. Senior Sean Schroeder has played the past three halves and has thrown 45-of-77 for 663 yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions.

Meanwhile, junior Taylor Graham was 35-of-76 for 380 yards, with two touchdowns and four interceptions in UH’s fi rst three games before injuring his non-throwing shoulder.

Whoever is playing quarterback for the ‘Bows will have to deal with a struggling running game. UH ranks 119th in the country with just 73.2 rushing yards per game and is still without freshman running back Aofaga Wiley and junior Joey Iosefa.

Freshman Steven Lakalaka leads the team with 235 yards and two touchdowns on 55 carries but is the only Rainbow Warrior to reach 85 yards in a game this year.

The ‘Bows have come closer to winning in their past two games but it hasn’t lessened the sting that comes with being one of nine winless teams in Division I football.

“We aren’t satisfied cause we didn’t get a W,” Phillips said.

“That’s all that matters at the end of the day.”

UPCOMING GAMES Hawaii at UNLV Saturday 2:05 p.m.

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