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Why you should care: notes from the opinions editor DOORAE SHIN Opinions Editor

For those who do not identify as environmentalists, you may ask why you should read this issue. I haven’t been an environmentalist forever. Until recently, I too was buying plastic water bottles, loved long, hot showers and didn’t care about the effect my diet had on the environment.

(FUN) FACTS Here’s an unspoken fact about environmentalists: We are all selfish. The more one learns about island nations sinking under water, agricultural lands losing their ability to grow food and the chemicals causing cancer in communities, it is inevitable to realize that taking care of the environment means looking out for yourself. Hawai‘i is the extinction species capitol of the nation and the endangered species capitol of the globe. We lose one and a half acres of rainforest every second. In Hawai‘i, we throw away 500 million plastic bags a year. By 2040, the area up to the Hilton Hawaiian Village is expected to be submerged underwater for six weeks out of the year.

APOCALOPTIMISM It’s hard to stay positive amongst all the statistics and projections, but in celebration of Earth Day, the articles in this issue and online will explore the progress and momentum around sustainability efforts in Hawai‘i. We are at a unique moment in history when the right thing to do is also pragmatic, compassionate and profitable. Whether you are an economist, artist, scientist, a self-proclaimed hippie or none of the above, you benefit from clean air, uncontaminated water, healthy soil and fossil-free living. Enjoy some of the stories in this issue to get information, to find inspiration or to get involved. Every bit of awareness and step toward mindfulness make our future and childrens’ futures that much brighter. Celebrate Earth Day with the UHM community this Thursday, April 24 in the Sustainability Courtyard for an all day festival with Jon Osorio speaking at noon and Paul Izak playing at 3 p.m. The evening concert featuring Mike Love and Lucie Lynch will kick off at 7:30 p.m. following Bill McKibben’s talk at 6 p.m. in the Art Auditorium. A map and itinerary of these events are available in the centerfold of this issue.

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Manoa campus hires sustainability coordinator NOELLE FUJII News Editor As the university system moves further along in its sustainability initiatives, UH Mānoa has hired its first full-time sustainability coordinator. According to Stephen Meder, the interim assistant vice chancellor for physical, environmental and long-range planning, the need for a sustainability coordinator on campus has been around for at least a decade.

COORDINATING THE CAMPUS’ GREEN EFFORTS Winslade’s position is under the Office of Physical, Environmental and Long-Range Planning. She hopes to help build capacity for leaders as well as student, faculty and staff who care about sustainability. She supports the campus sustainability council as a focal point for communication, coordination and collaboration across the campus. Winslade also serves as a central

I’m here to help it be more strategic and more effective and leverage the great work that people are already doing to realize the savings and to invest in the future. – AURORA WINSLADE

He said that about 10 years ago, the campus used to have a sustainability coordinator, but the position and its funding disappeared. Mānoa Sustainability Coordinator Aurora Winslade sees herself as a faciliator and as someone to help leverage the potential of the campus. “There’s lots of people here already doing great work, and I’m not here to try to supersede that,” she said. “I’m here to help it be more strategic and more effective and leverage the great work that people are already doing to realize the savings and to invest in the future.” Meder noted the campus’ strategic plan, Achieving our Destiny, saying sustainability is one of the core platform legs. “This is part of the UH Mānoa Strategic plan and important to advance the goals and mission of this campus and university,” he said. UH Mānoa is not alone in implementing a sustainability coordinator position. According to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education 2012 survey, there are 111 sustainability coordinator positions in the United States. However, Winslade estimates there may be up to 1,000 or more people in that position, depending on how broadly it is defined.

point of collaboration with both the system sustainability efforts and the statewide effort to advance sustainability. She said she still has a lot to learn. “The starting place for me is to learn what’s already going on, to build relationships with the many practitioners and leaders that already exist, and to help develop more robust assessment tools because for us to make progress, we have to know where we are and we have to know how we’re going to measure that progress,” Winslade said. MORE THAN A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE For a year and a half, Winslade directed the sustainability office at UH West Oʻahu. Before that, she spent more than 10 years working on campus sustainability at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was initially a student leader and then founded and managed the sustainability office on campus. Meder thinks Winslade is the perfect person to coordinate the campus’ sustainability efforts. He said the search for the sustainability coordinator position was an open search with many good candidates responding from around the country.

COORDINATORS ACROSS THE CAMPUSES According to Winslade, there is no position in the system quite like hers. Out of the 10 campuses across the system, only four campuses have actual sustainability coordinator positions to oversee each campus’ sustainability initiatives. Most are part time, like those at UH Hilo and Kapiʻolani Community College. According to Krista Hiser, the Faculty Service Learning and Sustainability Coordinator at KCC, her position is not an official position. She identifies courses that are taught at the campus along with specific sections of the courses that are taught with faculty who are involved in sustainability. “Because we don’t have a sustainability degree right now, I try to have a conversation with our faculty about what sustainability means inside their different academic disciplines,” Hiser said. “Because sustainability is a part of business, it’s part of economics, it’s part of architecture, it’s part of health, it’s part of composition. It just fits everywhere.” Sasha Davis, sustainability coordinator at UH Hilo, also works part time in this position. He said the position used to be full time when his predecessor was there. As the sustainability coordinator, which is a position under the campus’ chancellor’s office, Davis acts as a liaison for the institution in terms of the things that are going on at the system level. “One of the other things that I do is our campus projects that we want to try and get funding for or move forward through the chancellor’s office,” he said. Hawaiʻi Community College, on the other hand, has a full-time coordinator position. According to Winslade, the position is grantfunded and currently unfilled. UH Maui College and Kauaʻi Community College have sustainability insitutes but both focus more on educational programs and curriculum, rather than campus initiatives, according to Winslade.

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Celebratory Reception 4-6 p.m., Sustainability Courtyard with food and light music

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UHM food vendors Govinda’s, Da Spot, India Cafe and Honolulu Gourmet will be providing vegetarian food made of locally sourced ingredients on compostable or reusable plates and utensils.

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Down to Earth

Ethnobiology Society

Climate Justice Club

Sodexo

Defend Oahu Coalition

Peace Corps

Carbon Zero ‘Āina

Kupu

Waikiki Surf Club

Surfrider

Ko'olau Mountains Watershed Partnership

B.E.A.C.H.

Waianae Mountains Watershed Partnership

Vegetarian Society

GSO Fossil Free UH

Green Party on O‘ahu

Beetle Busters

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Lono Fuels

Revolution Books

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Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments

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UH Mānoa Art Department

UHM Children’s Center

Cycle Mānoa

Hawai‘i Energy

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BikeUHM Earth Cycles Event 8-10 p.m., Legacy Pathway Cycle Mānoa Refurbished Bike Sale Cycling with Chancellor Tom Apple

07:30-08:30 p.m. Lucie Lynch

Performance by Paul Izak 3-4 p.m., Sustainability Courtyard

10:00-11:00 p.m. Mike Love and Sam Ites

08:30-09:30 p.m. Mike Love and Sam Ites 09:30-10:00 p.m. Slam Poetry by Jenna Robinson

Celebratory Reception 4-6 p.m., Sustainability Courtyard with food and light music

Bill McKibben: Update from the Front Lines of the Climate Fight Hosted by the Dai Ho Chun Foundation 6-7:30 p.m., Art Auditorium (Room 132)

UHM food vendors Govinda’s, Da Spot, India Cafe and Honolulu Gourmet will be providing vegetarian food made of locally sourced ingredients on compostable or reusable plates and utensils.

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Harming the environment for the sake of technology KRISTEN PAUL BONIFACIO Associate Opinions Editor In our fast-paced, 21st century society, everywhere we look there is technology. And during the years, we find ourselves relying more on it to get us through each day. Technology has drastically improved the world and our lives. However, our great dependency on technology is slowly taking a toll on our natural environment. As our demands for newer and better technology increase, the earth’s natural resources are depleting. And the increasing uptake in our technological consumption is contributing to the world’s growing waste problem.

ELECTRONIC WASTE

According to the Consumer Electronics Association, global sales of consumer electronics in 2012 were a staggering $1.06 trillion, and it is estimated that this number will continue to increase each year. Cell phones, computers and tablets are the top three most popular devices with a combined sales of more than two billion units. Fueling our consumption of electronics are tech companies that are releasing new versions of their products

almost every year, knowing that the general public will be staggering to upgrade to these new devices. Known as planned obsolescence and perceived obsolescence, this has caused the turnover rates for electronic gadgets to around only 1-3 years of purchase, leading to a growing crisis of “electronic waste.” Americans discard more than 130,000 computers and about 350,000 cell phones every day, according to a TIME Magazine article. In a report published by the United Nations, E-Waste will grow by 33 percent by 2017, and it will weigh more than 100 Empire State buildings. To add to this, about 80 percent of people improperly dispose of their electronics by simply throwing it into their garbage. Many fail to realize that these gadgets contain toxic materials such as lead, mercury and nickel that are hazardous to our environment. Brominated flame retardants, which are used to reduce the rate of flammability, create dioxins, one of the most toxic substance known to man.

GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY

As demand for new technology increases, tech companies are constantly reinventing their products to satisfy consumer interest. This has led to monumental technological advancement in a quick time span.

Today, technology comes in handy. We can keep track of things such as the weather, the stock market, traffic and accidents anytime and anywhere. We have access to endless amounts of information with a swipe of a finger, and technology has made learning easier and accessible for an increasing number of people. Technology has created a global network that connects people from around the world. Staying in touch with our loved ones has become easier, and we are able to network globally as we please. When natural disasters occur, technology grants us the possibility to help even if we are millions of miles away. We can also become more informed as news can be delivered to us immediately through the media and social media outlets such as Twitter. Furthermore, technology has become a platform that has started revolutions throughout various parts of the world. People have turned to technology to expose injustices and start massive campaigns. Technology has given people the chance to have their voices heard, and it has empowered people to take action.

RISE IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Yet, as technology makes our lives better in various ways, our constant use of cell phones, computers and television has made our energy consumption skyrocket. Statistics from Enerdata, an independent research and consulting firm, indicate that the U.S. ranks second in total energy consumption by country. This means that more fossil fuels are being burned to feed our energy demands, which greatly affects the environment. They are slowly contributing to deterioration in air quality, global warming, land and water pollution and affecting the ecosystem.

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Hawaiʻi has taken a stand on reducing the state’s energy consumption and mitigating electronic waste. Our state is also one of only eight states that has geothermal capacity, or the use of steam to generate electricity. The U.S. Energy Information Administration ranked Hawaiʻi in 2011 as having the fourth lowest energy use per capita in the nation. To combat improper discarding of electronic devices, the Hawaiʻi Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Law was accepted in 2008 by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature. This law requires that recycling programs for televisions, computers and computer monitors be provided by electronic manufacturers. And in July 2006, electronic waste from businesses and governmental agencies were banned from disposal on Oʻahu. Individually, we can all take part in helping our environment. By recycling and donating old electronic devices instead of tossing them out, you are keeping toxic chemi-

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A utopian university campus

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FADI YOUKHANA Associate News Editor The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s campus has improved on its sustainability initiatives and has become more environmentally minded through the years. However, there are always aspects to improve upon to protect the habitat within and around the UHM campus. Being sustainable is not a process, but instead a destination. So, what would a truly ideal and sustainable UH look and feel like?

CLEAN, SMART ENERGY If students were attending a perfectly sustainable campus, then the dependence on electricity would be considerably less than its current rate. According to Chancellor Tom Apple, $35 million of the $40 million utility bill of the Mānoa campus comes from electricity usage. As the cost of electricity increases further in the future due to the ever-rising price of oil, installing modern systems that save energy will make the campus sustainable and relieve some financial stress for the university and its students. Investing in both renewable energy and energy efficiency would bring UH off the grid. Not only would it save the university money, but there would be a payback to the university after only a few years. Each UHM student currently pays $2,500, or almost a quarter of tuition, for electricity.

EVERY DAY IS MĀNOA GREEN DAY In a utopian world, every day at the Mānoa campus would be a Green Day. Mānoa Green Days is a program to reduce operating costs. Some of the initiatives include shutting off air-conditioning in campus buildings. The widespread power-off is currently limited to low usage days such as weekends and holidays. However, these practices should be implemented on a more consistent schedule rather than only low usage days.

IN THE CLASSROOMS One of the most basic problems to tackle would be the amount of print paper used in classrooms and in offices across the campus. According to the EPA, more than 40 percent, or 71.6 million tons, of our trash comes from paper.

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In a report from Cleveland State University, it was found that the average cost of a wasted page is six cents. Furthermore, making one single sheet of copy paper can use more than 13 ounces. of water, and according to Energy Star, one piece of paper even requires 17 watt hours to produce. Imagine the stacks of paper thrown out every day and how much money, water and energy it took to make. At a sustainable UH, more online-focused homework assignments would greatly reduce the amount of printing paper used and/or wasted. A limitation on departmental paper printing would be implemented to reduce the total amount of paper printed by the university. Furthermore, all campus printers would print double-sided on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper with plant-based ink. There would be a scrap paper collection and distribution system to ensure the reuse of paper that is still clean on one side. And when you couldn’t reduce and reuse anymore, you could always drop your paper into one of the many recycling bins found next to every garbage bin on campus.

WATER CONSERVATION Daily water consumption by student and staff will not change much in the future, and thus, water conservation is what a sustainable UH campus would have perfected. Low-flow toilets with graywater systems from rain catchment in bathrooms would be a widespread characteristic of a utopian Mānoa campus. Currently, older toilets use more than five gallons of water per flush, and every day, UHM gulps down more than 10 million gallons of fresh water. Low-flow toilets on the other hand can use as little as 1.6 gallons of water per flush. Reducing the amount of water used per flush by more than half per person can greatly reduce the total amount of water used. Recycled water through rain catchment and advanced graywater systems and filtration would also cut our dependence on fresh water to save the school money and become more self-sufficient. Among many new innovative steps toward a perfectly sustainable campus, UHM would use less electricity, less water and reduce the amount of paper used or wasted. These aspects and efforts not only would save the university copious amount of money on its long-term budgets, but it would also protect the environment of the Mānoa campus and the islands of Hawaiʻi.

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Kuykendall Hall could be centerpiece of ‘greener’ campus PAIGE TAKEYA Senior Staff Writer

25 hundred dollars. That’s how much each University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa student pays – out of his or her tuition – for the campus’ electricity bill, which averages approximately $35 million annually. That means 28 percent of each student’s tuition dollars goes directly to pay the utilities. And this bill is expected to hit $40 million in the next year or two. UH’s 10-year deferred maintenance game plan – which is still moving through the state legislature – hopes to change that. “The buildings that we are proposing being renovated, and all of the smaller deferred maintenance improvements we’re making, are optimizing the energy use, thereby reducing the electricity bill,” said Stephen Meder, interim assistant vice chancellor for physical, environmental and long-range planning, in a Feb. 10 interview.

COMPLETELY OFF-GRID The gemstone in the university’s plans is Kuykendall Hall. “The Kuykendall project is the most analyzed for its building performance than any other building the state’s ever seen,” Meder said. Designed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and UC Berkeley, with engineering and architecture students from UH Mānoa participating in the process, the redesigned Kuykendall Hall underwent a battery of tests using both computer and physical models to push it to optimum efficiency. “We did acoustical studies, daylighting studies, comfort studies, shading,

thermal, energy reduction, photovoltaics and energy flows,” Meder said. “So all that’s going into Kuykendall, and that should be a poster child for reducing energy on the campus.” And the energy savings will be deep. “We expect the new design of the renovated Kuykendall to use 65 percent less energy than what it’s currently doing,” Meder said. “The remaining 35 percent will be picked up by photovoltaics on the building. It’s actually going to cost nothing in energy.” As it is now, the 80,000-square-foot Kuykendall has seven stories of offices (home to the English department) and four stories of classrooms. The new Kuykendall will accommodate the same traffic with a much smaller footprint. Natural, optimized ventilation will replace air conditioning in the office tower and three classroom floors. Sunlight will also replace the need for electric lighting for most of the day. Photovoltaic panels spread strategically around and on the building will provide any other energy needs for the building. Meder has big dreams for the project. “(The project situates) Hawai‘i as a microcosmic model for islands, continents, nations, regions, with the use of various types of energy, like the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative,” he said. “I think we’ll have ripple effects within Hawai‘i, but outside – especially in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. “It’s really of international importance, this building.” GETTING IT BUILT All that’s left to do is build it. According to an email sent to Eng-

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lish department faculty on April 9, eight classrooms in Kuykendall are scheduled to undergo renovations this summer, with a focus on upgrading existing elements. Construction should finish by Aug. 29. It was noted that a full building renovation remains up in the air. The university sits atop a $416 million backlog of deferred maintenance work. UH Mānoa’s plan to tackle it stretches out more than a decade and is dependent on a chain of budgetary allocations and multidepartment cooperation. Meder said Gov. Neil Abercrombie has expressed support for the Kuykendall project, but until the university secures the appropriate funding from the Legislature, its plans remain in stasis. But the renovated building is going to be saving UH Mānoa money in the long term.

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“That project is taking something like $8 million of deferred maintenance out (of the backlog),” Meder said. “So if we modernize it, we need more money to do that, but $8 million of the deferred maintenance is embedded into that project. If we just put air-conditioning systems back, we’d be saving some energy and some dollars, but it wouldn’t be like cutting it in half to zero.” According to Meder, these kinds of sustainable improvements are a top priority for the university. If the campus merely fixed what is currently broken, he says, its buildings would be only be at a 1990 level. Buildings like Kuykendall take the campus up to 2025. “What we’re looking at is – this is going to be a groundbreaking project in the country,” Meder said.

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JENNIFER WONG Staff Writer It’s been more than five years since University of Hawai‘i engineers took on the task of building a racecar in order to compete in the Formula SAE challenge. The team, named the Rainbow Racers, consists of 20 mechanical engineering seniors who started the project in 2013 with nothing more than an idea and a common goal of building a racecar. “Racecars are never really done, and a successful team will continue to develop their designs for years before ultimately graduating,” Rainbow Racers Project Manager Albert Carter said. At the start of the project, the team spent almost 20 hours per week researching ways to build the most efficient racecar. The project, which cost $70,000, required the Rainbow Racers to spend long nights in their lab and work more than 15 hours per week during the academic year and about 70 hours per week during breaks. “I have done many engineering projects and, not to sound biased, but FSA E isone of the most difficult,” Carter said. “It is this difficulty that generates excellent students and engineers, and so we sacrifice a lot for a year or two but the dividends are well worth it.” In order to build the best racecar possible, the Rainbow Racers reviewed the designs of previous projects. “We started small – just focusing on racecars in general and trying to gain a grasp of what laid ahead,” Carter said. “In order to tackle the complexity of building a racecar we divided ourselves into subsystems – chassis, suspension, engine, drivetrain and body.” The team was able to build a racecar that can accelerate more than 80 or 90 miles per hour on a ﬂat surface and is capable of pushing more than

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1.8 lateral g’s, much faster than that of any average car on the road. “The speed of the car is a common question and when people see racecar, they think top-speed,” Carter said. “However, our car is designed for handling and fast acceleration, which is harder to engineer.” To make the perfect racecar, the team had to make at least three design changes that adhere to the rules set by FSAE. W hile part of the challenge was building the racecar, Carter said that combining the ideas of each of the individual engineers was a task within itself. “We are a group of over 20 people all different motivations, work ethics and goals, but in the end we are all working together to make a racecar,” Carter said. During the competition, the racers are judged on two major categories – static and dynamic events. Static events consist of the presentation and design of the racecar. Dynamic events focus on the actual motion of the racecar, such as the car’s acceleration, endurance and fuel economy. “One of the major motivations for competing in FSAE is obviously our love of racecars but more important is our love of engineering and representing what UH students are capable of,” Carter said. “It was really a big group effort and everyone tried to bring something to the project to ultimately push it forward.” Though the team consists of 20 students, other engineering students helped to build the massive project, including graduate students. The team was even able to recruit almost 30 new members for next year’s competition and hope that sending a team to the FSAE competition will become a UH tradition. According to Carter the team will be ﬂ ying to Nebraska for the FSAE competition, which will be held in Lincoln from June 18-21. Carter said that whether they win or lose, they will always be like family.

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‘Between the Lines’: Spring Footholds comes to the Lab B EN S AUNDERS Staff Writer

Devon Izumigawa and Chelsea Van Billiard perform in “Spring Footholds.” PHOTO COURTESY OF KENNEDY THEATRE

Kennedy Theatre’s 50th anniversary season comes to a close with the ﬁ nal installment of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s Footholds series of dance concerts. This weekend, the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre hosts a variety of dance styles woven together into a single concert that will showcase work done by students of dance at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Entitled “Between the Lines,” many dances focus on the meaning behind the literal movements of the dances and the interactions of different inﬂuences from various types of dance styles.

PENULTIMATE PROJECTS The spring offering is focused on student development and growth as dancers and choreographers. Senior undergraduate Chelsea Van Billiard draws upon her expe-

riences from studying dance in London to present the contemporary piece “Shaping Ground,” while senior undergraduate Devon Izumigawa blends a wide range of styles with Chinese dance in creating his piece, “Blades Over Hearts.” It is a martial piece that is, in his words, “based off the romanticism of the Tang Dynasty.” Izumigawa said his piece will have “recognizable aspects” from the winter dance concert “Look Back, Move Forward” and complements the recent mainstage offering of “Lady Mu and the Yang Family Generals,” both of which Izumigawa performed in.

HIDDEN MESSAGES Attendees of the “Winter Footholds” concert will recognize graduate student Mitsuko Horikawa, who returns to the stage with “Vivace,” which features dancing music notes in lieu of woodland creatures bounding around the stage. In Lexi Hughes’ piece, she demonstrates the perils of wearing high

heels for the ﬁrst time. Humor is interwoven throughout the concert to give the audience something to laugh at while also emphasizing the accomplishments of UH’s Theatre and Dance Department. More than anything, the concert is about what the title implies: reading “Between the Lines” and interpreting the pieces’ messages as the viewer sees ﬁt. “What can be meaningful for one person can be different for another,” Izumigawa said. And the numerous inf luences present in the show aim to provide a meaningful experience for all. Read full version at Kaleo.org

‘Between the Lines’ Where: Earle Ernst Lab Theatre When: April 23, 24, 25, 26, at 8 p.m.; April 27, 2 p.m. Tickets: Box ofﬁce or at etickethawaii.com

CAMPUS DISCUSSIONS ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office for Civil Rights (OCR) from the U.S. Dept. of Education will be conducting focus groups to discuss the students’ experience with the University’s policies and resources related to sexual violence and sexual harassment, and to understand the campus climate regarding these issues. OCR would like to meet a broad representation of students, including people of all genders, survivors of sexual violence or sexual harassment, and those who have not experienced harassment. PLEASE JOIN REPRESENTATIVES FROM OCR FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. FOOD WILL BE SERVED. STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS WILL MEET APRIL 28-30, 2014. STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND MULTIPLE FOCUS GROUPS. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR THE FOCUS GROUP SCHEDULE:

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/chancellor/title-ix The OCR staff who will be visiting the campus are also available on an ongoing basis before and after this site visit to speak with you privately during their business hours. Please feel free to call or email: Amy Klosterman, Attorney, (206) 607-1622, amy.klosterman@ed.gov Shirley Oliver, Senior Equal Opportunity Specialist, (206) 607-1633, shirley.oliver@ed.gov

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Somewhere between talks of clutch hitting and national exposure, head coach Mike Trapasso could not avoid talking about the Rainbow Warrior baseball team’s schedule. In fact, that’s what his interviews have been consisting of lately. With an RPI of more than 50 as well as the second-toughest schedule nationwide, the Rainbow Warriors know well what adversity looks like. This week, it comes in blue, white and orange – Cal State Fullerton. Trapasso also understands the grind that University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (15-21, 3-9 Big West) would have to endure. And the threegame series, which will be aired partially through the ESPN family of networks, would bring in a tincture of excitement and pressure that could either beneﬁt or damage the heart of the team.

THE GRIND The past two weeks have set the Rainbow Warriors riding on an “emotional roller coaster,” as Trapasso put it. But after eight straight losses, the ‘Bows ﬁ nally mustered a win in their series ﬁ nale against Cal State Northridge on Saturday. Still, the head coach did not deny that the losses, especially the ones at home, have put a mental strain on his team. Before the series against CSUN, he knew that if the team allows the frustrations to override them, it would carry over what could be a fresh start on the road. “It’s tough when you’re talking

about 18- to 21-year-old kids,” he said. “But you can’t have that hangover effort and let Cal Poly and (UC) Irvine beat you again this weekend at Northridge. Because that’s what will happen if you don’t go out and play well; we’ll feel sorry for ourselves.” But the players were more than happy to shake off the bad vibes and restart on road last Wednesday. “It’s not as frustrating now because we get to start off fresh,” junior center fielder Kaeo Aliviado said. “It’s different environment and feel, so hopefully that’s good for us.”

S O U L - S E A RC H I N G While the team holds its optimism, Trapasso has clipped his wings even as his pride over the tough schedule leaks through. “This guy needs to have his head examined for the schedules he puts together,” he said of himself. “I’ve been doing a lot of soulsearching, and I still want to stay with very diffi cult non-conference schedules. But we’ve got to be more realistic now that we’re in the Big West.” Confidence, he realizes, is something he admitted to overlooking when creating the team’s future schedules, which are now set until 2016. “(Cal Poly coach) Larry Lee called me (April 14) about that, and we were just talking about our series,” Trapasso said. “He just kind of gave me some friendly advice. He said, ‘You need to throw in about eight or 10 games for confi dence.’ I think we’ll have to defi nitely look at that.”

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E S P N C OV E R AG E But this week could very well be a confi dence booster for UH as ESPN3 and ESPNU will provide the team with its fi rst national television coverage since a series against Fresno State in 2006. “The whole country’s going to be watching,” senior fi rst baseman Marc Flores said. “We have to do really well. We have to play unafraid, I would even say.” It also gives the team a more elevated platform to prove themselves, being that they are a team coming from the small island of O‘ahu. “Not everyone knows that we really want to win this as a team,” Flores said. “We’re going to work hard, and we’re going to go out every day and give it our all so we can get these games going.” Though national exposure would benefit the ‘Bows in the long run, Trapasso emphasized more priority on getting the team back on track in league play. “The reality is, our goal now is to try to fi nd a way to get back to .500 – even in league,” he said. “If we do that, we’re going to be fourth or fi fth place in the conference – that’s our goal.”

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This season the Rainbow Wahine softball team has struggled, as its record has remained around the .500 mark or below. Despite the dark cloud that hangs over the program thanks to its lackluster play, one player has managed to quietly put together a brilliant season that suits her stoic personality: first baseman Leisha Li‘ili‘i.

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It takes quite a bit of work to coax any sort of excitement out of the junior. When on the field, her face appears locked on an intense, emotionless stare – an expression that changes ever so slightly when she makes a good play in the field. “Leisha is Leisha,” head coach Bob Coolen said with a laugh. “You’d have to light a pretty serious fire under her to get her to show some excitement. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her get very excited while she’s been here.” But that levelheaded nature of Li‘ili‘i belies the immense talent she possesses and may have helped her step into a bigger role this season, having moved into the cleanup spot once held by former All-American Jessica Iwata. “I think for any player hitting in the num-

ber four spot, they have to be calm knowing that they’re probably going to be hit to the hardest,” Coolen said. “The number-four hitter is always one of your best and most feared hitters. They’re the hitters who can go out and change a game.” But for Li‘ili‘i, the move up in the order was not a complete game-changer. “It’s been a little different for me,” she said. “I had to make a bit of an adjustment mentally because Jess had been one of my role models as a hitter, and those were some big shoes to ﬁll. But I realize that there’s not much of a difference hitting fourth or ﬁ fth. There’s almost always going to be a player on in front of me regardless of where I’m hitting. So I don’t think too much about that switch.”

L E G E N D O F L Iʻ I L I ʼI Li‘ili‘i is the team leader in numerous hitting categories for the Rainbow Wahine. She paces the ‘Bows with a .393 batting average, 12 home runs, 33 RBIs and 26 walks. She is also the only Rainbow Wahine with more than ﬁ ve games with multiple RBIs. But while Li‘ili‘i may not be one to toot her own horn, her teammates are more than willing to sing the praises of the ﬁ rst baseman. “She’s no secret to any team,” senior second baseman Jazmine Zamora said. “Every team

knows who Leisha is and that she can hit some absolute bombs. You have to respect her whenever she’s up, and there really isn’t a place you can pitch her because this year she’s putting everything into play.” Zamora hit behind Li‘ili‘i last season, which gave her a front-row seat to watch Li‘ili‘i terrorize pitchers. “I remember last year, she hit an absolute bomb,” Zamora said. “Then after she comes around to score, she pulls me aside and tells me she got jammed on the pitch. “And I remember looking at her and being like, ‘Are you kidding me? You got jammed and still hit it over 200 feet?’” Zamora also told a story of a time when Li‘ili‘i launched a ball halfway onto the roof of the softball batting cage in batting practice, a shot that measures well over 250 feet from home plate. “It’s amazing how powerful she is,” Zamora said. “Just watching how she can swing a 24 oz. bat and make it look like a Wifﬂ e ball bat is amazing.”

TEAM FIRST One of the low points of the UH season came on April 7, when Cal State Fullerton unleashed an 11-run inning on the Rainbow Wahine en route to a 12-3 blowout loss. Following the defeat, which stemmed largely from an ineffec-

tive pitching staff, Li‘ili‘i decided to take action into her own hands. “Just seeing how we struggled with our pitching made me think it was worth a try,” said Li‘ili‘i, a former standout pitcher at Castle High School. “I ﬁ gured I might as well give it a try because maybe something positive could come out of it. Maybe something would, or maybe not. But you never know unless you try.” Li‘ili‘i threw a batting practice session last week, and while Coolen said that she threw well for someone who hadn’t pitched in two years, he wouldn’t consider using her as a pitcher. “At this stage of the season, it’s a little late for her to start pitching again after two and a half years off,” Coolen said. “But she went out and tried, and the effort was there, and we as a coaching staff appreciated that she was willing to go out and try. For Leisha to come to us, knowing we are short on pitchers and saying she’s willing to pitch was a real testament to her maturing as a player.”

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