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UNIVERSITY MAY FEEL EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOELLE F UJII News Editor The government shutdown on Oct. 1 will affect students the same way it affects all the people of the state, at least in the short term, according to Vice Chancellor for Students Francisco Hernandez. “If the shutdown continues into the months of November and December, students may be affected because of the lack of government services to process some fi nancial aid requests for students entering UH Mānoa in the spring semester,” Hernandez said. At 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the federal government partially shut down after Congress failed to enact spending legislation with the start of the government’s new fiscal year, according to an article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
U N I V E R S I T Y AC T I V I T I E S The FBI has had to cancel its booth that was supposed to be at Campus Center on Thursday due to the government shutdown. “The Mānoa Career Center partners with various federal agencies to share about career and internship opportunities through on campus outreach, information sessions, and job/ internship posting,” said Wendy Sora, interim director for the Mānoa Career Center. “We are now seeing some federal employers who are unable to be on campus and are not as active with their current job and internship offerings.”
FINANCIAL AID AND R E S E A RC H G R A N T S The shutdown will not disrupt the awarding of student aid or the services of student fi nancial aid, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s contingency plan.
More than 14 million students receive student aid, in the form of grants and loans, at more than 6,600 schools through Pell Grant and Direct Student Loan programs, which could continue as normal as a result of multi-year appropriations, according to the plan.
A delay in department obligations and payments beyond one week due to the government shutdown could “severely curtail the cash fl ow to school districts, colleges and universities, and vocational rehabilitation agencies that depend on the Department’s
It has potential to have real damage to us if it lasts for a long time. - Alexander Shor, Associate Dean for Research SOEST
According to Jodie Kuba, Director for Financial Aid Services at the UHM, the office is currently doing business as usual and all federal aid funding to students is occurring as normal, until the office hears differently from Federal Student Aid. If anything changes, notifications will be sent out to students who will be affected.
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funds to support their services,” according to the plan. Associate Dean for Research in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Alexander Shor said as long as the shutdown is fairly short, there shouldn’t be much of an impact. “The reason is that most of the work we do is federal grants, and once we have the funds, we can use them as we need to,” Shor said. “The government doesn’t have to give us permission once we’ve received them.” If the shutdown continues for a couple of weeks, it will prevent grants from coming in. “It has potential to have real damage to us if it lasts for a long time,” Shor said. Brian Taylor, UH Mānoa Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, said the awarding of new federal research grants and contracts may be delayed, depending on the length of the shutdown. “However, nearly all support for current students from research awards should be already in hand at UH, and these funds may continue to (be) expended during the shutdown,” Taylor said.
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T H E S H U T D OW N Associated Students of the University of Hawai'i President Richard Mizusawa said his initial reaction is that he is happy the shutdown won’t affect students directly and cause a negative impact on their education. “Having fi nancial aid continuing to run and research awards still in place gives me confi dence that even though we are going through this government shutdown that we as students can continue to do what we do here while staying strong that our federal government will do what they need to do what is best for our country,” Mizusawa said. John Mizuno, Vice Speaker for the state House of Representatives, said the shutdown will hurt the system if it continues. “The longer it goes on, the more it’s going to hurt the, not only the students, but the entire UH system,” Mizuno said. “It’s unfortunate.” According to Mizuno, students can continue to contact their U.S. Senators, Congressmen and Congresswomen. He said many of them have Facebook accounts that they can be reached through. “The point is many students will have the ability to contact their senators and their people in Congress and say, ‘Hey, you know, this is really affecting my education, and I don’t think you want to do this. Can you help?’” Mizuno said. According to Mizuno, lawmakers are seeking a solution. “I think we just need to address this as soon as we can.” Mizuno said. “So it will get worse, but again, we’re very hopeful that a resolution will come up soon.” Sports Editor Joey Ramirez contributed to this article.
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“I think the creepiest thing I’ve seen on TV recently was Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMAs. It severely disturbed me seeing how hard she seems to be trying to act like some sort of sex idol.”
“The scariest moment I’ve seen on TV is when that demon/monster thing in ‘Sinister’ showed up in the old home videos the main character would watch.”
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“In ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ when the Pale Man slowly wakes up at the head of the table, puts his eyeballs in his hands and chases Ophelia.”
“The absolute scariest things I have ever seen in any film are Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the live action ‘Cat in the Hat’ film. I’m fairly certain they’re the illegitimate offspring of Slenderman and a wishing troll.”
“The scene in ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’ when Zachary Quinto’s character is revealed as the serial killer, and you realize his furniture is made out of skin. I stopped watching the show after that.”
TRICK ‘R TREAT (2007) IK AIK A SHIVELEY Staff Writer In a town where Halloween is taken seriously, several stories intertwine as locals (including Anna Paquin, Dylan Baker, Brian Cox) celebrate their favorite holiday. “Trick ‘r Treat” is a revival of the classic horror anthology films such as “Creep Show” and “Twilight Zone,” but with a twist. Rather than only focusing on horror, it also has its fair share of dark humor. What makes this film tremendous is how it tricks viewers into predicting cliché plot points and then diverges them into a completely new direction. Unknown to most mainstream audiences, “Trick ‘r Treat” is an example of a misunderstood direct-to-DVD gem.
FEAR VERDICT As an anthology fi lm, “Trick ‘r Treat” is created as stories taken from a comic strip, making it less believable. This slightly hinders the fright range of the movie, but it still offers a decent amount of scares ranging from pop-out to supernatural.
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“The scariest moment I’ve ever seen in a movie has to be the scene in ‘The Strangers’ where one of the masked villains watches Liv Tyler drink a glass of water. The scene lasts about 2 minutes long, and it’s very unsettling because the character remains vulnerable for such a long time, unaware.”
“The creepiest thing I have seen on TV occurred when I was watching ‘Man vs. Wild.’ Bear Grylls was finishing in this frozen lake area and catches a small trout. He is looking at the camera explaining how one can eat the fish and while he is explaining he just bites into the fish, and you see all the guts explode out of the gills. You can hear the guts oozing out, and I’m pretty sure if you listen closely you can hear the fish crying.”
“One of very few scary movies I watched was ‘Friday the 13th,’ and the very end of the movie when a character is on a boat feeling safe, and the son comes up out of the water looking all muddy and gross and attacks the boat. I remember almost jumping out of my seat!”
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Opinions Hawai‘i rejects commercialization DOOR AE SHIN Opinions Editor
Last month, the largest march in Kauai history made news as an estimated 4,000 students, children, teachers, farmers and families marched to the County Council building to say they’ve had enough of the unregulated spraying of tons of pesticides on thousands of acres of the island’s best agricultural lands. Hawai‘i Island’s proposed ban on the expansion of GM crops also led to powerful community demonstrations and organized campaigns in support. Kauai’s Bill 2491 passed through committee by a 4-1 vote after hearing activists’ testimonies and stories of schools shutting down and dozens of children sent to emergency rooms from the effects of over-spraying of pesticides. This bill faces a hearing on Oct. 8 at the full city council, and the Big Island bill passed through committee as well, now requiring only two votes at the council before being signed by the mayor. It seems our neighbor islands are reaching
a consensus against large agribusinesses threatening our health, our water and our lands.
WO R L DW I D E E F F E C T S O F I N D U S T R I A L AG R I C U LT U R E Motivated by the effects of commercialized agriculture in India around the world, journalist P. Sainath flew in for the “Land, Water, and Seed” lecture series on campus last week to discuss the agrarian and ecological crises – an event supported and funded by the Chancellor. At Thursday’s lecture on farmer suicide and the agrarian crisis in India, Sainath alluded to the consequences of commoditization of agriculture by quoting ecologist Edward Abbey, who affi rmed, “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell.” As farmers have turned away from food crops and toward cash crops such as peppers, cotton and vanilla, the consequences have turned into a nationwide crisis. With the claims of higher yields and the appeal of pesticide resis-
tance, farmers become victims to the temptation of convenience.
T H E T RU T H A B O U T ʻF E E D I N G T H E WO R L D ʼ With staff and public relations experts working full-time for large agribusinesses, much of the public believes that genetically modified foods and unsustainable agricultural methods like monocropping and over-spraying of pesticides are necessary in “feeding the world.” However, the United Nations announced that it is small-scale, sustainable farms that are necessary to feed the world. It urges “a fundamental shift towards agroecology as a poverty alleviation measure.” With the growing interest in organic, sustainable methods of farming and permaculture in Hawai‘i and the world, it seems that the tide may be changing. It is crucial for each and every one of us to remember the consequences of the glamorized industry of big agriculture and to continue to move toward a sustainable future by supporting local, organic farmers – or becoming one yourself.
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P. Sainath spoke at UH about the “commercialization of the countryside” on Oct. 3.
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President’s Message Aloha students, As we progress more into the semester, there are many events and opportunities brought to you by your student government that you can take advantage of! Exercise your right to vote and elect your future student leaders in the Fall 2013 Special Elections by logging on to your MyUH and vote through the ASUH Election tab now until tomorrow, October 8, 2013. We also recently collaborated with Chancellor Apple and the Graduate Student Organization at last week’s Campus-Wide Conversation. Look forward to our next student forum, organized by ASUH and GSO, where we will discuss the issues that were brought up at the Chancellor’s Conversation. Key administrators will also be present, helping to formulate strategies on how we can address these issues. Lastly, ASUH continues to provide support to full-time undergraduate students by financially assisting their education through our ASUH Scholarships, which are due on October 18, 2013. We also offer our Research and Graduate Test Prep Award applications throughout the academic year. If you have any other ideas on how ASUH can support you and enhance student life on our campus, feel free to let us know! We are always here to empower those we serve.
Sincerely, Richard Mizusawa President, ASUH 101st Senate
Sand ‘Bows break in new practice courts campus now,” junior Emily Mount said. “I hated having to rush to class from the beach because I With so much construction never got to shower.” Last year UH only hosted one going on, students may overlook one of the most exciting develop- beach tournament, which conments at the UH M ā noa campus sisted of Hawai‘i Pacific, Chaminade and Florida International. – the new sand volleyball courts. They are not finished yet, but Queen’s Beach was packed with the practice courts are up, and the barely any room left around the Rainbow Wahine Sand ‘Bows are court for the players to run. Tourists and locals lined the breaking in their new digs. Convenience is key for the small beach to watch the ‘Bows ‘Bows. Every morning consisted in action. With the new beach of waking up before sunrise and volleyball stadium, Hawai‘i fans driving down to Queen’s Beach will be able to experience the in Waikī kī to set up nets and get Rainbow Wahine in a professionpractice started. For players without al-level setting. “I am excited for the new means of transportation, this was an issue. The Sand ‘Bows were facility because more teams will expected to race back to campus to be able to come over to play us,” Mount said. “Last year, we only go to their early classes. “It is a relief having practice on had one home tournament, and it
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became pretty tiring traveling.” Another benefit of the new sand court is the spreading of awareness that UH has a sand volleyball team. Many Hawai‘i students do not know that sand volleyball is even a collegiate sport. UH is known for its powerhouse indoor volleyball team, but because sand volleyball is so new, only in its third year as a program, it is often overlooked. “Even though most people don’t know about the sand volleyball team, we still got a pretty good following last year,” Mount said. “So we are hoping for an even better one this year.” This season, the ‘Bows will be hosting at least three beach tournaments, so there will be plenty of opportunities for fans and students to catch a few matches.