2013 Money Issue

A K LEO T H E

MONDAY, MARCH 11 to TUESDAY MARCH 12, 2013 VOLUME 108 ISSUE 64

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Welcome to the Ka Leo Money issue

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Are you in need of a fi nancial makeover? Try out this quiz, and see where you fall on the spendthrift scale.

Ever wondered why people call money “cheese” or “racks”? Ka Leo breaks down the vocabulary for you.

All this and more at kaleo.org

Don’t worr y – we’ve still got a few fun facts about coin history and a battle over the relevance of the penny. Check online today to see some web -only stories that focus on fashion savings and quiz whether you are in need of a financial inter vention.

Special thanks to FIM Program Coordinator Stacy Miyashiro for her generous assistance toward this issue.

Tips on saving C A ITLIN K EL LY News Editor

Seeking to look your best without spending a lot? We have some suggestions for you to try.

For many of us, college marks our first step toward independence both socially and economically. In a world where we are faced with large student loans and rising tuition, we must make responsible decisions and spend or save our money wisely.

It is in this spirit that Ka L eo has put together this Money Issue providing advice to keep you on the correct financial track. In partnership with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Financial Literacy Group, Ka L eo has compiled a number of tips and warnings designed to help you make smart choices on everything from credit cards to checking accounts.

College students are known for being strapped for cash, but using these simple tips will help keep some extra money in your pocket.

S PA R E S OM E C H A N G E A little extra change can go a long way. At the end of each day, take the coins from the bottom of your bag or pockets and put them in a jar. Refrain from taking any change out, and you’ll be surprised at the amount of money you can save in a month.

When you’re ready to exchange the coins for bills, roll them yourself and take them to a bank to avoid fees charged by the machines at grocery stores.

S H O P O N A F U L L S T OM AC H If you’re hungry while walking through the mall or the grocery store, it’s natural that you’ll want to take a break at a restaurant and have a bite to eat. But doing this too often will leave your wallet starving instead.

Eat a meal at home and carry

a snack in your bag to stave off hungry spending.

B R I N G A F RU GA L F R I E N D When you go shopping, it’s helpful to go with a friend who will prevent you from going overboard; having a second pair of eyes will ensure that you only buy what’s necessary.

Be careful though, because if your shopping partner is too extravagant, this plan could easily backfire.

SPLIT THE COST Portions at many restaurants are typically large enough for two. Instead of keeping it all to yourself, share entrees when you’re out with friends.

Make sure that the restaurant doesn’t charge extra for splitting before you ask for the extra plate.

T R A N S P O R TAT I O N Get some fresh air and walk to school or the store if you can.

Not driving will save you the cost of parking and gas.

If you pay your student fees at the beginning of the semester, you can get a U-Pass, making it even easier to get from point A to point B in a cost-efficient manner.

Instead of making a daily trip to Starbucks, try brewing coffee at home to save money.

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ka leo MOney issue Budget for dummies CAITLIN K ELLY News Editor Having a budget takes little time but can go a long way. Though it may sound intimidating, these simple steps will steer you in the right direction.

C R E AT E A B U D G E T First, decide if you want your budget to span over a month, semester or year. Then make a list of the money you will receive from jobs, scholarships, fi nancial aid, student loans and any fi nancial help you will receive from your parents within your chosen timeframe.

Finally, estimate the amount of money that you will spend during your budget period. Expenses that should be taken into account are tuition, books, supplies, housing, utilities, food, entertainment, transportation, emergencies, personal expenses and any other fees you think you might incur. Keeping receipts will make this process easier and more accurate.

Ideally, your expenses should not exceed your total income.

STICK TO IT Living within your means is easier said than done. However, a plan and some willpower will help you abide by your budget.

Try using cash for most transactions.

Handing over a $100 bill when you’re out clothes shopping is likely to seem more real than simply swiping a debit card.

Saving to treat yourself every once in a while is a good way to maintain motivation.

Allot some money for rewards, whether it’s a night out with friends or a new gadget.

That way, sticking to your budget will be associated with good feelings.

Life can change, so be sure to evaluate your budget periodically. Events such as a new job, the loss of a job or receiving additional financial aid are all reasons to reassess your financial plan.

Remember that a budget doesn’t have to be a fun-killer; it’s a tool that will ensure your future is richer than the present.

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K N OW YO U R S P E N D I N G TRIGGERS Before making a purchase, consider if it is something you want or need. If it’s a want, decide if you are buying it based on how you are feeling at the time.

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When making a budget, write a specific and detailed goals statement addressing what your goals are, when you will accomplish them by, who will help you achieve them and how you will achieve them. The more specific your goal statement, the more likely you are to accomplish it.

Use a spreadsheet or notebook, and track your expenses for one month. At the end of the month, total your expenses by category and look at how much was spent. You will be surprised at how quickly the little things add up and where your money really goes. After tracking expenses, it is easier to create a budget based on what you spend in different categories.

Do the same for another month.

Then compare your actual spending to your budget, checking if you kept to your budget and making adjustments if you did not.

PAY YO U R S E L F F I R S T Set up an automatic deposit into a savings account. If it comes out of your paycheck before you even get it, it won’t be missed.

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If you need cash, go to your bank or get cash back after a debit card purchase to avoid ATM fees.

Tips to remember 1. Do not spend more than you earn.

2. You should never put anything on a credit card that you know you can’t pay off at the end of the month.

Emergencies happen, but prepare with savings to handle them.

3. Remember to pay yourself first. Include money in your budget that needs to be set aside into your savings. You should have at least three months’ salary set aside for emergencies, although having one year set aside is preferable.

4. Don’t forget to budget for those items that may not occur every month, such as car repairs or Christmas gifts.

5. Budget for entertainment. It is okay for you to have a life, but do it sensibly. Put in your budget money for a night out, dinner and a movie or a sports game. Just make sure that you stay within your means and don’t get carried away with it. Also, look for less expensive alternatives, such as getting take out and renting a movie instead.

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How do you build good credit?

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ADVANTAGES • • • • 1. Pay your bills on time.

Even if you miss the deadline by one minute, it is still considered late, and you will incur late and penalty fees.

2. Pay your balance in full.

Pay off your monthly credit card balances in full and on time. If you can’t pay in full, make as large a payment as you can. If you only pay the minimum, you will end up spending a lot more, and this can quickly snowball, leaving you in trouble.

3. Undercharge.

Don’t charge as much as your limit allows. Stay below 80 percent of your credit limit. If you go over, credit companies will start to fl ag your account as a person who is probably in trouble, and it will lower your credit score.

4. Don’t over-extend yourself.

Borrow only what you need and know what you’re fi nancing. Be realistic. Estimate your income in your chosen career, then ask yourself: Can I pay it off? Factor in living expenses.

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Convenient Build good credit Can make reservations (airlines, hotels, car rentals tals etc. etc require a credit card) Safer than cash: If someone steals your cash, you cannot recover it; if someone steals and uses your credit card, you may only be responsible for $50 of the charges Available cash in emergencies Limited short-term interest-free st-free loan loa Online purchases safety ty Protection against losss Bonus points

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Wondering where the cheapest eats on campus are? Ka Leo has compiled a sampling of your dining and beverage options to guide you in your quest to save money and eat well.

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Meatless options abound on campus. If you want to save money, do it the French way and get a crepe from Le Crepe Cafe. If you prefer a more hearty meal, the regular sized plate lunches at Govindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are expensive but heaping.

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Chicken plate lunch Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for chicken katsu, baked chicken or grilled garlic chicken, you might want to wait until dinner: Blue Truck Teppanyaki offers the cheapest deal. L&L may give big portions, but their prices are also a little larger to compensate.

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Coffee Caffeine ďŹ ends will want to forego gourmet blends and stick with Simply to Go if they want to save money. The Curb and The Coffee Bean charge 50 cents more for a tall Americano than Starbucks does.

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Ask anyone what money looks like, and you’ll probably hear about banknotes and round or multisided coins. But things weren’t always this regular.

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The Kissi Penny originated in colonial West A frica around the 1880s and derives its name from the K issi people who created it. Its most unique feature is its shape – the coin, often forged by a blacksmith, would consist of a long iron rod f lattened at one end and separated into two points at the other. This odd shape actually functioned as a security device, as no one could take metal from the coin without destroying or mangling it.

According to Kissi custom, each coin was said to have a soul within it. If the coin was broken, something that was common due to its irregular size, the soul could be restored by the original blacksmith, acting as a witch doctor.

W hen they were in circulation, individual pennies had limited value. Often, they were bundled in groups of 20 before a purchase was made. A sum of 100 bundles, for instance, was about enough to buy a cow 100 years ago. The K issi pennies were officially withdrawn from circulation by various colonizing forces but were still in use as recently as the 1960s.

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The textbook problem

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• Many textbooks come in digital formats. While they do cost about the same as a new book and cannot be sold back, e-reader copies have the unique bonus of only weighing as much as your iPad, Kindle or Nook and are usually also available on your computer.

• When you buy a used book, you’re buying it at almost-full retail price. Most college bookstores sell used books only slightly cheaper than new ones, and buying online means you are never 100 percent sure of the condition of the book.

• There is no guarantee that anyone will buy a used textbook when you’re done. If a professor at your university decides to stop using that textbook, you can try to sell it to an online retailer, but they will typically buy only the newest editions of any given book.

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Should we abolish the penny?

YES

NO TIM M ETR A Associate Opinions Editor

The bottom line is pennies are wasteful. The United States government spends about two cents for every penny minted, which is a misuse of resources and metals.

There is not a single compelling reason to keep the penny in circulation other than misguided fear.

People assume that if we abolished the penny, a “rounding tax” would come into effect, but this isn’t so. Robert Whaples, a professor of economics at Wake Forest University, did a comprehensive study several years ago that proves that the impact of simply rounding up or down to the nearest nickel is negligible on consumers and businesses, and in most cases, even slightly benefits the consumer.

The monetary impact is minimal either way; for the most part, consumers would actually gain money on the order of a cent for every 40 transactions. His study was conducted with data from stores that have a high volume of small-change purchases in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Pennsylvania, so it’s a fairly representative sample of the U.S. This study also noted the differences in the socioeconomic status of these businesses, and there was no appreciable difference.

Mr. Bitter brings up the argument of changing the alloys used to mint pennies and nickels to save on the cost of production. Here’s a better way to save the government money: Get rid of paper dollars and use $1 coins instead. According to the Federal Reserve, this could save the U.S. about $500 million a year.

Speaking of saving money, if we got rid of the penny, it could, in fact,save the average American $3.65 a year in time wasted just waiting for change at the cash register.

Many other countries have given up the penny, with no detrimental effects to their economy: Australia, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, to name a few. All of these countries have thriving fi rst-world economies, and they do it without pennies. In fact, Sweden, Norway and Denmark have all gotten rid of coins below 50 cents.

Mr.Bitter points out that the worth of nickels also needs to be evaluated, and I agree. We should follow the example of some of our European neighbors and get rid of them both. I know that this would be more change than the U.S. is capable of handling, so an evaluation of the alloys contained in nickels is a worthwhile investment.

Maybe we can use some of the billions of dollars that our government saves when it abolishes the penny.

A LEX BIT TER Associate News Editor It’s no secret that it costs more than a penny to make a penny. Less known, though, is that the U.S. Mint’s problems with small change don’t end with the cent.

Deficit hawks eager to abolish the cent should note the nickel, too, costs more than its face value to make. In fact, according to its 2012 Biennial Report, the Mint spent $1.99 on every dollar of pennies produced, and it paid $2.02 for every dollar worth of nickels.

While the penny is not currently cost effective, the nickel is just as much of a concern on the government’s bottom line, yet the cost issue with our five-cent piece is rarely discussed. Any effective solution to our country’s minting woes would have to make changes to both denominations.

How do we find such a plan?

Actually, we’ve done it before.

In 1982, the Mint was faced with a similar dilemma. The then-penny’s 95 percent bronze and 5 percent zinc alloy put the cost of minting the coin over its face value.

Fortunately, the Mint decided not to take advice from Mr. Metra’s penny-hating predecessors. The composition was changed to 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper, an alloy that has remained in use since.

If we want to adequately deal with the problems posed by the penny, we have to consider alternatives. The

Mint has multiple options to consider before eliminating these denominations from circulation.

What good would redesigned and cost-effective pennies or nickels do in circulation? In addition to avoiding price rounding for cash purchases – something likely to affect the poor and others who can least afford it – revised pennies and nickels would continue to function in significant saving and fundraising roles.

The low value of the cent makes them easy to give up, and for decades, charities such as The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – which has collected $150 million in pennies during the last two decades – have raised big bucks through small-change donation drives. Low denomination coins may have little purchasing power in their own right, but if everyone donates a few cents to a cause, the amount of money accumulated can be staggering.

Micro-savings can also be an easy way for individuals to work toward a financial goal. Who doesn’t have a tray, jar or piggy bank where coins accumulate, waiting to be exchanged at a bank for extra cash? Eliminate the penny, and that money will disappear into rounded transactions at the register.

Our small change has evolved over time, but extermination isn’t the best answer. The one-cent coin’s low value makes it a vital part of our monetary system. With a few changes in design, it – along with our nickel – can live on as the little coin with big power.

Is there a topic that you want to see Metra and Bitter duke it out over?

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Parnaby carries the team

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There is no doubt that pitching can make or break a team.

Good pitching will carry a team to the playoffs, but great pitching will win championships.

Ranked in the top 25 in the nation, the Rainbow Wahine softball team expects some great pitching from senior ace pitcher Kaia Parnaby. The Australian native has three years of experience, but this is her fi rst season under the spotlight, having spent the past three seasons in the shadow of All-American pitcher Stephanie Ricketts.

“I don’t have Steph with me, that’s kinda different,” Parnaby said. “I’ve had her the rest of my three years. I came out trying to prove a point, really. Being behind Steph for three years, to take over the number one spot, I just wanted to prove that I was worth it.”

Parnaby took full advantage of her years behind Ricketts, accepting her position on the team and pushing to become a better player.

“For her fi rst three years, she was sort of bridesmaid to Stephanie Ricketts,” head coach Bob Coolen said. “A lot of pitchers with her experience – international experience – would not have accepted that role, but she came into a situation, and her and Stephanie got along. She understood her role and got better each year.”

S T E A DY P RO G R E S S

Parnaby has shown considerable improvement since her freshman year when she posted a 3.08 ER A. She shaved it down to 1.28 her sophomore year, ranking 13th in the nation. In her junior year, Parnaby had the lowest ER A in the Western Athletic Conference with 1.47.

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Last season Parnaby had 21 starts, a number that she is on her way to surpass.

“This year she understood that she was going to be the goto pitcher,” Coolen said. “She was going to be asked to toe the rubber about 40 times. We’re well on our way there with her, with about 20-plus times already. So she knows she has a long road to hoe, and I’m glad she accepted the challenge and has done what she’s done for us.”

Her stats and awards leave no doubt that Parnaby is an exceptional pitcher, but Parnaby hopes to leave behind a legacy as a player who displayed composure in all aspects of the game.

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‘Bows look to beach new heights M ADDIE SAPIGAO Staff Writer In its inaugural season, the Rainbow Wahine sand volleyball team failed to qualify for the AVCA team championship, but Hawai‘i remains hungry.

Ranked fifth in the nation, UH plays its first tournament this weekend at Queen’s Beach against Chaminade, Florida International and Hawai‘i Pacific.

“We have been practicing really hard and everybody is starting to work on the little things, and it’s starting to make a difference when we play,” sophomore returner Ginger Long said.

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Sophomore Jane Croson is one of eight players to play both sand and indoor volleyball this season.

NEW TEAM UH sand volleyball has a few new additions to the team that will help it move forward.

“I think this year’s team as a whole is catching onto a lot of the concepts quicker,” Long said.

Hawai‘i’s addition of players includes transfers from Hawai‘i Pacific, Penn State and Irvine Valley College. There are four true freshmen on the team. “ The new players are doing really well. A lot of them are really good at beach,” Long said.

“We are all getting along and bonding a lot.”

The ‘Bows are led by sophomore Jane Croson. The Lakewood, Calif., native won gold for the Fédération Internionale de Volleyball two years in a row (2009-2010) with partner Summer Ross.

“Jane is a great player on the beach. Her experience from everywhere that she’s been can really help anybody out,” Long said.

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The sand volleyball team plays only two tournaments before the season starts, but the ‘Bows have been training since October.

“We are a pretty small team, so what we are trying to do is outlast bigger teams like USC, Long Beach and Pepperdine,” Long said.

Given their No. 5 ranking, the Rainbow Wahine have one goal this season: a trip to Gulf Shores, Ala., for the AVCA National Championship.

“We need to continue doing what we are doing,” Long said.

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