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Warriors gear up for Big West ‘dog fight’

anced attack on the court and account for 50.4 points per game combined. Maxwell is also the leading rebounder on the team, averaging nine per game.

NICK HUTH Senior Staff Writer @NicksHoops

The most prestigious tournament in college basketball will allow only the Big West Tournament champion to become one of the 40 seeds of March Madness.

The BWT marks the first step in the post-season journey for Hawai‘i that could come to an end with a loss. Senior forward Christian Standhardinger does not want that journey to end anytime soon.

“I want to continue to play for Hawai‘i, and that’s only possible if we win,” he said.

But before the ‘Bows can think about competing against the best teams in the country in the NCAA Tournament, they have to win three games in three days to become the champions of the Big West.

The Rainbow Warriors are the fourth seed heading into the first day of the tournament and will play the fifth-seeded Cal State Northridge team in the first round for the right to go dancing.

DA N C I N G W I T H T H E M ATA D O R S Despite its losing record on the season, Cal State Northridge (15-17, 7-9 BWC) has defeated all of the top-seeded teams in the conference: a feat only accomplished by UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara, the top two tournament seeds.

“When we’re locked in, we’re very capable of beating any team in this conference,” said CSUN head coach Reggie Theus in the Big West teleconference call Monday.

The Matadors defeated Hawai‘i (20-10, 9-7 BWC) on Jan. 11 in a 79-78 thriller at Northridge. The Warriors then found a comfortable 77-63 victory in the second meeting between the two teams on Feb. 1.

Theus claims that the 22-10 offensive rebounding advantage in favor of Hawai‘i was the difference-maker that led to a UH victory and is also the key to the matchup on Thursday.

“If we rebound the basketball, we’ll have an opportunity to win this game,” Theus said.

UH head coach Gib Arnold claims that the athleticism of the Matadors is a strong reason why they are able to defeat anyone on a given night.

“Cal State Northridge is the most athletic team in this conference,” Arnold said.

The Matadors are led by a trio of primary scorers that account for a majority of their offense. Stephen Maxwell, Stephan Hicks and Josh Greene provide a well-bal-

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The Warriors have been led by their two big men throughout the regular season, and that tandem was rewarded on Monday morning with all-conference first team selections.

The duo of Standhardinger and Isaac Fotu averages 32.9 points per game along with 14.5 rebounds to lead the Warriors in both categories.

“I couldn’t be more proud of those two, and I’m glad the (Big West) coaches felt that way,” Arnold said. “I definitely felt that way.”

Standhardinger, who is currently leading the team in scoring and rebounding, has developed under Arnold, becoming a player that finds a way to make an impact despite his unorthodox style. “(Standhardinger) is not a great athlete, but he’s got a great heart,” Arnold said. “Guys like that win, and he’s been a winner since he got here.”

The contributions by the former Big West Co-Freshman of the Year may seem less significant next to the stat lines of Standhardinger, but Fotu’s all-conference selection marks a consistent improvement that has shown no signs of slowing down. “(Fotu) continues to get better every game,” Arnold said. “He’s going to be a heck of a player for us for years to come.”

When asked about how he plans to stop the duo on Thursday night, Reggie Theus compared the energy required to guard Fotu and Standhardinger with running from a pack of dogs.

Arnold believes his team is up for the challenge that comes with Cal State Northridge and continued the metaphor.

“It’s going to be a dog fight,” said Arnold. “The biggest dog is going to win.”

UPCOMING GAMES Rainbow Warriors UH vs. Cal State Northridge Thursday, following the previous game, which begins at 3 p.m. (FOX Prime Ticket)

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Isaac Fotu (left) and Christian Standhardinger became the first duo in UH history to make first team all-conference in the same year.

Rainbow Wahine UH vs. Cal State Fullerton or Long Beach State Wednesday, 3 p.m. (ESPN3) The Big West Tournament uses single elimination format. Only the first game is guaranteed for each team.

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FADI YOUKHANA Associate News Editor

The Rainbow Wahine and Rainbow Warrior basketball teams are set to compete in the Big West Tournament. With the conference title and a bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line, Hawai‘i’s teams need to win three games in a row to be crowned champion. Here are the teams that stand in their way:

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1) UC Irvine Anteaters • Record: 22-10 (13-3 Big West) • UCI’s Mamadou Ndiaye is the tallest active college or NBA basketball player at 7-foot-6.

1) Cal State Northridge Matadors • Record: 16-14 (12-4 Big West) • CSUN has the Big West’s Player and Coach of the Year in Ashlee Guay and Jason Flowers, respectively.

2) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos • Record: 21-8 (12-4) • UCSB’s Alan Williams was named Big West Player of the Year after leading the conference in scoring and rebounding.

3) Long Beach State 49ers • Record: 14-16 (10-6) • Long Beach has had a nine-game losing streak, but also two three-game and a fourgame winning streak.

4) Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors • Record: 20-10 (9-7) • Forty percent of Hawai‘i’s losses have been by four points or less.

5) Cal State Northridge Matadors • Record: 15-17 (7-9) • Cal State Northridge only takes 11 3-pointers per game compared to its opponents’ 21.9 average.

6) Cal State Fullerton Titans • Record: 11-19 (6-10) • Cal State Fullerton is 8-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.

7) Cal Poly Mustangs • Record: 10-19 (6-10) • Cal Poly has been unable to score more than 60 points in 12 of its 29 games.

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8) UC Riverside Highlanders • Record: 10-20 (5-11) • Eleven of UC Riverside’s losses have come by five points or fewer.

2) Cal Poly Mustangs • Record: 17-12 (11-5) • Cal Poly’s Taryn Garza has fouled out in six games this season.

3) Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine • Record: 16-12 (10-6) • UH’s best player, Kamilah Jackson, has missed five games in a row due to injury.

4) UC Irvine Anteaters • Record: 16-14 (9-7) • UCI has made 128 more free throws than its opponents.

5) UC Davis Aggies • Record: 14-15 (9-7) • UC Davis makes 75 percent of its free throws.

6) Long Beach State 49ers • Record: 16-14 (8-8) • Long Beach State gets outrebounded by more than six rebounds per game.

7) Cal State Fullerton Titans • Record: 12-17 (8-8) • Cal State Fullerton has shot 30 percent or worse in five games this season.

8) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos • Record 8-21 (3-13) • UCSB has shot 15 percent on 3-pointers in four straight games during the month of March. * Teams ordered by seeding.

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FADI YOUKHANA Associate News Editor

The Rainbow Wahine and Rainbow Warrior basketball teams are set to compete in the Big West Tournament. With the conference title and a bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line, Hawai‘i’s teams need to win three games in a row to be crowned champion. Here are the teams that stand in their way:

Men

Women

1) UC Irvine Anteaters • Record: 22-10 (13-3 Big West) • UCI’s Mamadou Ndiaye is the tallest active college or NBA basketball player at 7-foot-6.

1) Cal State Northridge Matadors • Record: 16-14 (12-4 Big West) • CSUN has the Big West’s Player and Coach of the Year in Ashlee Guay and Jason Flowers, respectively.

2) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos • Record: 21-8 (12-4) • UCSB’s Alan Williams was named Big West Player of the Year after leading the conference in scoring and rebounding.

3) Long Beach State 49ers • Record: 14-16 (10-6) • Long Beach has had a nine-game losing streak, but also two three-game and a fourgame winning streak.

4) Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors • Record: 20-10 (9-7) • Forty percent of Hawai‘i’s losses have been by four points or less.

5) Cal State Northridge Matadors • Record: 15-17 (7-9) • Cal State Northridge only takes 11 3-pointers per game compared to its opponents’ 21.9 average.

6) Cal State Fullerton Titans • Record: 11-19 (6-10) • Cal State Fullerton is 8-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.

7) Cal Poly Mustangs • Record: 10-19 (6-10) • Cal Poly has been unable to score more than 60 points in 12 of its 29 games.

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8) UC Riverside Highlanders • Record: 10-20 (5-11) • Eleven of UC Riverside’s losses have come by five points or fewer.

2) Cal Poly Mustangs • Record: 17-12 (11-5) • Cal Poly’s Taryn Garza has fouled out in six games this season.

3) Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine • Record: 16-12 (10-6) • UH’s best player, Kamilah Jackson, has missed five games in a row due to injury.

4) UC Irvine Anteaters • Record: 16-14 (9-7) • UCI has made 128 more free throws than its opponents.

5) UC Davis Aggies • Record: 14-15 (9-7) • UC Davis makes 75 percent of its free throws.

6) Long Beach State 49ers • Record: 16-14 (8-8) • Long Beach State gets outrebounded by more than six rebounds per game.

7) Cal State Fullerton Titans • Record: 12-17 (8-8) • Cal State Fullerton has shot 30 percent or worse in five games this season.

8) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos • Record 8-21 (3-13) • UCSB has shot 15 percent on 3-pointers in four straight games during the month of March. * Teams ordered by seeding.

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Meet the men preparing the ‘Bows for Big West glory JOEY R AMIREZ Sports Editor @Joey__Ramirez When freshman Greg Javar joined the Hawai‘i women’s basketball scout team this season, he didn’t realize he was about to take such a beating.

“The first week we got here, I went home with bruises and scrapes,” he said. “It was pretty brutal.”

Javar, who played four years of basketball at the Big Island’s Ka‘u High, quickly learned not to hold back against the Rainbow Wahine because they weren’t about to for him.

“I had never really played with girls before, so I tried to keep my distance,” he said. “But they would just come in, and they would go hard. Now, (when) we play against them, it’s just like playing against another guy.”

Many of the players on the scout team, which scrimmages against the Rainbow Wahine using the playing style of their upcoming opponent in practice, can relate to Javar’s experience.

“A lot of people, they don’t understand just how physical the women’s game is,” senior guard Sydney Haydel said. “And we’re definitely a physical team, so we don’t hold back playing against them anymore than we would against each other.”

Greg Javar (left) takes a shot over All-Big West second team selection ShawnaLei Kuehu (center) in practice.

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SCOUT TEAM ROSTER Anthony Windley Treyvon Love Nick Perez Greg Javar

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GLORY NOT NECESSARY Hawai‘i head coach Laura Beeman and her staff recruited the allmale scout team during preseason by attending pickup and intramural games, while also asking the men’s basketball coaches for players who didn’t make UH’s team.

“In the beginning, honestly, I was pretty intimidated by them,” Javar said. “Cause they’re Division I players, and my (high) school, we don’t have players like this. So

seeing them, I thought they were like celebrities when I first got here.”

Since then, both teams have grown closer, with the scout members attending as many home games as possible and texting support when the ‘Bows are on the road.

“It takes a really special guy that wants to come in, never get to play in a game and push your team to get better. And that’s what all of these guys do,” Beeman said. “They come in here.

They know that at times they could beat the girls one-on-one.

They know they could elevate and dunk, or get to the rim. But they don’t. They always make it about the girls.”

However, the competition is far from one-sided. Treyvon Love, a former high-school point guard, now has the unenviable job of matching up in the post against the fourth-leading scorer in UH history, Kamilah Jackson.

“Mia (Jackson) makes you look like you’ve never played basketball before in your life,” Love said.

“You’ll be guarding her, and she just has so many different moves. It’s like a video game. She’s like pressing buttons on you.”

Beeman, who worked with a similar scout team as an assistant at USC, said the group is “absolutely” male-only by design.

“I kind of figured if there was a female on the scout team, she’d probably be good enough to make the (women’s) team,” Beeman said. “And if that’s the case then we’d want her on the team.

“It’s going to be difficult to find a young lady who’s a student here that is gonna push us to that level like these guys. They’re bigger, they’re faster, they’re stronger. So it just elevates our game.”

Outside of practice, the scout players show their value is not limited to the court. Every home game they sit behind the Rainbow Wahine

bench, shouting for the women they consider teammates.

“We definitely hear them,” Haydel said. “They mention things that they know about what the other team is running. They actually give great insight sometimes when they’re sitting behind the bench.”

“When I see them sitting behind our bench, it brings a smile to my face,” Beeman said. “Not only do they wanna be here in practice with us, but they’re locked in enough to come support us at games.”

PART OF THE TEAM Now the scout team will wait to see if its season has come to an end. Depending on UH’s performance in the Big West Tournament, the ‘Bows could need help preparing for more postseason play.

But currently, like the Wahine, the men have their focus set solely on bringing the Big West trophy to Hawai‘i.

“I’m going to be super excited, like I won the tournament,” Javar said. “Everything we’ve been working for is for the Big West.”

Should the ‘Bows win it all, Love has already jokingly listed what he expects in return for his part in UH’s victory, including a championship ring, scholarship and starting position for the Rainbow Wahine next season.

“They played a major role in our success this year, so they deserve whatever they want,” Haydel said between laughs.

Despite seldom being publicly recognized for their dedication, scout members are considered “part of the team” and “family” by coaches and players.

Still, as Love sits in his seat behind the UH bench at Stan Sheriff Center, he can’t help but long to join the ‘Bows in the game, even if the method is less than foolproof.

“I want to get a wig one day and just have them sub me in,” he said.

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In an unpredictable season, the Rainbow Wahine basketball team continues to surprise its critics.

After seeing its star forward, Kamilah Jackson, go down with an ankle injury late in the season, some thought that it might be curtains for the team after such a critical loss.

Instead, the team finished the season on a tear, winning five of its last seven games as Jackson watched from the bench. The team also saw a handful of other players step up in a big way in her absence.

S TEPPING UP Hawai‘i (16-12, 10-6 Big West) has seen four players set single-game career-highs in scoring during its strong finish. Additionally, the ‘Bows have enjoyed balanced offense with at least two players notching double-digit scoring in each of the team’s wins, including two instances when four players reached double figures.

Head coach Laura Beeman is proud of her team’s efforts, but hands credit to Jackson, whose availability is still day-to-day.

“It’s been Mia (Jackson) and her impact on the other players,” Beeman said in the Big West teleconference call Monday. “Before her injury, by watching how she prepared has made these girls ready to step up once she went down. Since she’s been out, we’ve had a number of girls step up on any given night.

And that’s because in practice, Mia pushes the other girls hard.”

Among the players emerging in Jackson’s absence have been Shawna-Lei Kuehu and Ashleigh Karaitiana. And for their efforts, both received honors from the Big West Conference on Monday.

Along with Jackson, Kuehu was named to the BWC second team, while Karaitiana was named the Sixth Woman of the Year.

G EARIN G UP F OR T H E T OURN AMEN T The Big West is considered to be open game for all the teams in the tournament, as no team truly emerged as a dominant force during the regular season. Just four games separate first-place Cal State Northridge and seventh-place Cal State Fullerton. As the third seed, Hawai‘i is one of the teams that earned a first round bye and will face the winner of Wednesday’s Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State game.* Despite the team’s relatively high standing, Beeman is taking caution to warn the team against overconfidence.

“What we’ve learned all season and from last year’s tournament is that this is a highly competitive tournament,” Beeman said.

“The tournament is totally wide open. Any team on any given day can win this tournament, whether it’s an upset or correct based on seeding. We know that we have to be ready to go every night, and on any given night, because you lose once now and you’re done.”

WH AT T O WAT CH FO R The Big West Conference is loaded with talented frontcourt players.

Second-seeded Cal Poly boasts BWC first team center Molly Schlemer, but she is far from the only gifted frontcourt star. Long Beach State has forward Ella Clark, one of the league’s top shot-blockers, while UC Irvine trots out a top rebounder and scorer in Camille Buckley.

Still, Beeman and her squad are not concerned with the towers of power in the Big West Conference. Beeman is hoping that her own frontcourt standout Jackson will be ready to go, and if not, that her replacements are ready for the challenge.

“There are a lot of good post players in this conference, and all of our bigs will play a huge role in how we do in this tournament,” Beeman said. “But our girls go up against a very good post player as well in practice. And I think that going up against Mia every day has prepared our girls for this.”

Beeman also doesn’t believe that all the postseason accolades given to other players will mean much when the teams step on the floor.

“When I heard it announced that Mia was named to the second team, I was shocked,” Beeman said. “But that’s just the way things shook out.

We have to remember that this is a team sport. Individual awards don’t really mean anything in terms of how you’re going to play.” *The winner was not determined at the time of publication.

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20-win season could be marred by early Big West exit JESSICA HOMRICH / KA LEO O HAWAI’I

Hawai‘i head coach Gib Arnold BLAKE TOLENTINO Web Specialist Four years ago, Gib Arnold took over an ailing Hawai‘i men’s basketball program.

Tasked with rebuilding it almost from scratch, Arnold has mostly succeeded in reenergizing the team and fan base with strong recruiting, an entertaining style of offense and some successful seasons following previous head coach Bob Nash’s destruction of UH basketball.

All of that success, however, has been strictly confined to the regular season. Like his predecessors, Arnold has struggled to win conference tournament games in his three seasons as head coach.

For all he’s done to resurrect UH basketball from the ashes of Nash’s trying years, Arnold has yet to turn the final corner and truly contend for a conference title.

In Arnold’s three seasons at UH, he’s won as many conference tournament games as point guard Keith Shamburger: one.

Considering that in the past three years Shamburger spent one year redshirting and

two years playing for a San Jose State team that went a combined 26-38, Arnold’s postseason struggles are all the more frustrating, so much so that failure to advance in the upcoming Big West Tournament may even cast a shadow on Hawai‘i’s first 20-win season in a decade.

REPEATING HISTORY Conference tournament wins have always been elusive for Hawai‘i. Since the 2002 team punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a conference title, Hawai‘i has won only two conference tournament games in 10 seasons. Despite varying degrees of regular season success and the presence of talented players, the Rainbow Warriors have made a habit of walking home empty handed.

It’s true that Hawai‘i faces unique challenges in these tournaments. While UH must take a five-hour flight before shuttling between hotel and arena, many of its conference mates reside in close vicinity to the venue. In a sense, Hawai‘i is playing true road games on the “neutral” court.

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“We have to travel for every road game further than anybody,” Arnold said. “(Cal State) Northridge has to drive 25 minutes up the highway.”

While the added obstacles explain the extended tournament troubles, they do little to excuse the program’s shortcomings to a fan base eager to get back into the NCAA Tournament.

BUCKING THE TRENDS Despite the recent trends of failure, there is reason to believe that the men’s basketball team may finally be ready to make a push for the title. While Hawai‘i finished at a disappointing 9-7 in conference play after a blistering 11-3 non-conference slate, it did finally finish .500 in road games.

No UH team has been able to accomplish this since the 2002 WAC champions.

As it is, Arnold doesn’t think he needs to do anything special to prepare for their first round matchup with Cal State Northridge.

“It’s the same as any other road game,” Arnold said. “That’s how we approach it.

We’re doing the same things; we’re leaving the same time we would for a normal road game. This team’s done well on the road.”

If Hawai‘i hopes to silence its critics with an opening round win, it will have to do it against a familiar foe. Northridge is led by head coach Reggie Theus, whom UH fans may remember as the former head coach of New Mexico State. In his first season, the Theus-led Aggies sent Hawai‘i home early with a one-point loss in the opening round of the 2006 WAC tournament.

Now, Theus is in the midst of his own rebuilding operation in his debut as the Matadors head coach. Even though Northridge finished the regular season with a losing record, it remains a dangerous team, managing to dig deep for recent wins against UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State, both of whom swept Hawai‘i this season.

Regardless of the opponent, Hawai‘i needs to win a game in the conference tourney to take that next step as a program. If not, even a 20-win season may feel like stagnation in the minds of the fans.

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A LDEN A LAY VILLA Staff Writer This is the fi rst in a series of Ka Leo articles on moped thefts on campus.

Since Jan. 19, 10 incidents of moped-related theft were reported to Campus Security, totaling $6,235.83.

It is unknown whether these incidents are related. The Honolulu Police Department is conducting investigations.

Witnesses observed suspicious persons loitering around campus bike racks on two occasions.

On Jan. 20, a male suspect tampered with mopeds between 12:05 and 2:23 a.m. by Johnson Hall B, according to witnesses. The suspect said that “the moped belonged to a friend,” but did not specify and confi rm the owner’s identity. HPD was called to the scene, and the suspect was detained on outstanding bench warrants.

A similar incident occurred on Feb. 2 between 1:30 and 2:38 a.m., as two males were observed loitering by the Hale Noelani bike rack, then left once they became aware of CS personnel. One suspect fl ed. The other was detained by HPD offi cials who arrested the suspect on outstanding bench warrants.

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Features Kennedy Theatre’s ‘very still & hard to see’ promises to unnerve NICOLYN C HARLOT Associate Features Editor

It can be difficult to make a theatrical performance as scary as a movie, but that isn’t what “very still & hard to see” – Kennedy Theatre’s latest prime time show – aspires to do.

Instead, this performance, which is directed by MFA directing candidate Alex Munro, is meant to be creepy and unnerving in order to bring out the central theme of the play – corrupted love. While the show will have some eerie moments, the focus will be on the warped relationships of the characters.

The show opens with an architect who is building a hotel. He falls into the lair of an obake, an evil shapeshifting creature who, in this play, takes the form of an elegant woman.

The obake discovers something the architect wants and makes a deal with him – she will give him what he desires if he puts the hotel over her haunting grounds. The architect agrees, and the remainder of the play is about the lives of the people who stay at the hotel and are affected by the spirits who dwell there. There are seven “chapters” in the play, and each one features some sort of corrupted relationship. For example, one woman is cursed and must find true love to break the spell, but every time she falls in love, she winds up eating the person.

The play is designed in such a way that the setting could be anywhere, and time is elastic. It is rarely clear during what year a scene takes place, and some characters reference events that span the course of more than 60 years, even when they are quite young. This adds to the mystery of the show, while also supporting the theme of poisonous love, as many of the types of corrupted relationships in the show are timeless, and therefore should not be restricted to a certain period. While such a story could take place anywhere, there are hints that it takes place in Hawai‘i. Munro even included elements that connect with local ghost stories. “Anyone who’s familiar with

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the ghost at Waialae drive-in or Kahala mall will recognize a quality in our obake,” he said.

While the time and place add intrigue to the show, it isn’t intended to draw the audience away from the central storyline.

“In the end, it’s going to be the relationships that matter much more than the year,” said Matthew Kelty, Kennedy’s Theatre’s publicity director and an actor in the show.

Despite all of the creepy events taking place around the hotel, audience members should be more affected by what the characters are doing to each other, rather than the actions of the spirits.

“All of the supernatural stuff is really just heightening the emotion and the stakes in what’s really very human relationships,” Kelty said.

“The scarier moments come from the human element,” Munro said.

One of the reasons why Munro wanted to direct this play was because it blends Eastern and Western cultures.

“All the spirit characters are Japanese – the obake, kami, shikigami – and they interact with these western characters in sort of a western realism play, and I thought that was a really great way to honor Kennedy Theatre,” Munro said.

However, Melissa Schmitz, who plays the obake, said that “it will be a different theatrical experience than what most people are used to on this island.”

Despite the creepiness and mystery surrounding the plot of the show, the play is not intended to be a classic scary story. Even with dark elements like cannibalism and adultery, there are light moments and humor. Ultimately, it is the human relationships that the play intends to highlight, not the spooky ghosts and ghouls.

“In an ideal world, I think people would walk out of that play, and … they would be saying, ‘That was creepy,” … and an hour later they would be saying to their date, ‘You know that thing I did? I’m sorry I did that,’” Kelty said.

Note: Due to some sexual and violent themes, as well as strong language, the play is recommended for mature audiences over the age of 15.

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He manawa kūpono kēia no kā kākou kū a‘e ‘ana.

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Ua mōhala maila ku‘u mahalo i kēia ‘ao‘ao nūpepa nona ka inoa ‘o Ka Leo i ka ho‘opuka ‘ana i ke kolamu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i. He mea ko‘iko‘i nō kēia ho‘okumu ‘ana i ke kahua no kākou, nā kinikini ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i. He wahi mahalo wale nō kēia i ka ‘elele waha ‘ole a kēia kulanui nei. ‘Oiai i ka pupu‘u nō a ho‘olei loa, ua ‘ike le‘a i nā hua ‘ōlelo o ko kākou ‘āina pono‘ī i ke alo o ua ‘elele nei.

‘A‘ole i hilina‘i ‘ia! Ke hū a‘e ho‘i nei ke aloha o kēia na‘au iā Keli‘i R. nāna nō i haku i kēlā mo‘olelo keu a ka nani. Mahalo akula au i kona mea ho‘omana‘o mai iā kākou i ko kākou kuleana pono‘ī.

He aha ia kuleana o kākou? Na kākou ka mālama ‘ana a ho‘omau ‘ana i ka ‘ōlelo o ke one hānau.

Ke kū nei kākou i ke au ‘oko‘a.

Na kākou nō kākou i kēia wā ke hiki mai nei. Na kākou e ho‘omau ka ‘ike, ka na‘auao, ka mo‘omo‘oleo, ke ea, a me ka pono. Na kākou e mālama mau i nēia hua ‘ōlelo no kā kākou hanauna hou. Aia ka pono o kēia kolamu no nā keiki a ka lāhui. E ‘ike pinepine kākou i ka pohihihi o kā kākou mau

keiki. ‘A‘ole i ‘ike ‘ia. Na kākou e alaka‘i iā lākou iho i ke alahele kūpono. E kūlike kākou!

Pēlā nō ke kumu a‘u e mahalo aku ai iā ‘oe e Keli‘i. I kou mana‘o, ‘o ka hō‘ili‘ili ‘ana i nā kānaka i nā ‘ao‘ao o kēia nūpepa, he mea ko‘iko‘i nō ia. Paepae nō ho‘i kēia i ke kākau ‘ana ma nēia ‘elele. He mea e pono ai no kākou.

Ma kēia ‘ao‘ao ‘āhinahina nō e ‘ike le‘a ai i kahi no kākou e ho‘omāhele aku ai i ka mana‘o i nā ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i. Ke kūkulu nei kākou i kahi e ‘ōlelo ma waho o ka lumi papa. Kahi e ola mau ai ka ‘ōlelo makuahine. Inā e ‘ōlelo wale iho nō ma ka papa, a ‘akahi nō a pau ka papa, o ha‘alele ihola nō ia i ka lumi papa, a ho‘omau ka ‘ōlelo Haole. Ua pau ‘ē ka palena. Ua hala ka mana‘o iā ‘oe. No ke aha e ‘ōlelo ‘ole i ka ‘ōlelo o nā kūpuna?

Inā hilahila ‘oe, make ‘oe.

No laila, aia ka pono i kēia ‘elele. Ma ‘ane‘i nō e holomua ai i ko kākou ‘ōlelo makuahine.

He wahi leka kēia no ka paepae ‘ana iā ‘oukou pākahi e kākau ana i mo‘olelo, a mana‘o paha.

Ma laila nō e hō‘ike aku ai i ka ‘eleu o ka Hawai‘i.

E ho‘i hou kākou i ka manawa o ko kākou kūpuna. E hō mai ana ka ‘ike mai ka Pō‘ele‘ele. E pa‘a ‘ē ka na‘au i ka mo‘okū‘auhau a me ka mo‘olelo o ko kākou kūpuna.

E ha‘i ‘ōlelo i ke ka‘ao kupaianaha o nā akua, a me nā kupua.

E ho‘ohanohano kākou i ke ali‘i me nā mele lāhui aloha. E maopopo ka lehulehu i ka nūhou kū loko o nei pae ‘āina. Na nā ‘ili‘ili leo hone e mālama mau ‘ia i kēia wahi nei no ke ola ‘ana i ka ‘ōlelo makuahine. Pēlā nō e ola mau ai ko kākou ‘ōlelo, ma kahi o ua kolamu nei.

Na‘u i ke aloha, Kalikoaloha M. Kalawahine, Kona, O‘ahu

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THREE YEARS LATER: Reviewing the Arab Spring SYRIA 140,000+ deaths. Civil war ongoing.

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I R AQ There are daily bombings and secular violence between Al-Qaeda and Sunni fi ghters and Shi-led government.

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Al-Qaeda holds its strongest presence against a weak central government.

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E GY P T Violence occurs between military supporters and opponents as elections near.

L I BYA Armed militia pose a threat to the postGaddafi rule.

FADI YOUKHANA Associate News Editor Three years ago, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest the confiscation of his wages and the humiliation he felt from Tunisian officials. His selfimmolation would set forth the Tunisian revolution and ignite a regional Arab Spring movement.

Today, the state of the Middle Eastern and North A frican regions are full of unrest and violence. While the Arab Spring succeeded in ridding the region of regimes and dictators, the revolution has thrown the region into deep turmoil at the cost of thousands of lives.

I N E GY P T The Arab Spring swept through Egypt at an incredible pace as the young and old took to the streets to protest Hosni Mubarak’s rule. While the revolution did not last long, it was successful, as Mubarak’s 30-year rule came to an end. The Muslim Brotherhood, led by former president Mohamed Morsi, was elected into power.

While Egypt’s future seemed to get

brighter, protests again erupted a year later against Morsi. Egypt’s military responded by overthrowing Morsi and taking control. Egypt witnesses violence on a constant basis as Morsi supporters clash with his opponents.

While the Arab Spring succeeded in removing Mubarak, it failed in unifying the country. Egypt’s population is divided and the violence continues.

IN YEMEN In early 2011, citizens of Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, took to the streets to protest the corruption of Ali Abdullah Saleh and his 22-year reign. An assassination attempt forced Saleh to leave the country for treatment, transfering power to his Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The Arab Spring was successful in replacing the current regime and relieving the country of Saleh’s control. However, Al-Qaeda took advantage of the weak government and established its presence in the country.

Furthermore, Hadi took over after a presidential election by winning 99.8 percent of the votes. Given that he was

the only candidate, true success of the Arab Spring’s attempt to rid the country of corruption has yet to be achieved.

I N L I BYA As the revolution reached Libya, the National Transitional Council troops took action and captured Muammar Gaddafi .

His capture and execution marked the end of his 42-year rule of Libya.

The revolution, along with the help of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was successful in opening Libya to the world. However, some of the same militia that toppled the regime still had their weapons, and sporadic violence, including the killing of an American teacher and U.S Ambassador Christopher Stevens, still haunts the country.

IN SYRIA This month marks the third anniversary of Syria’s bloodiest and longest revolution. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 140,000 are dead, and millions have been displaced as a result of the Syrian Civil War. The United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees stated that about 2.1 million have left their homes seeking refuge in neighboring countries.

Opposition forces have continued their offensive against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his rule. With no end in sight, the civil war will continue until one side is completely defeated. Unfortunately, this means more deaths and further annihilation to Syria’s economy and infrastructure.

L O O K I N G BAC K The MENA region desperately needed a change from ruthless dictators and old regimes. In order to keep up with the modern world, governments that had power for more than 30 years needed to be overthrown.

The Arab Spring movement was a testament to a region that has been tormented by unfair political control and dictatorship. However, it has brought forth regional instability at unprecedented levels. Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lybia, Lebanon and Yemen are all rocked by violence. At the three-year mark of the Arab Spring, its success has been overshadowed by the deaths and destruction it has left behind.

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Things to consider when going abroad CARTER K OCH Senior Staff Writer Did you know that in South Korea, age is measured from the moment life is conceived?

Or that in Hungary, it is a sign of disrespect not to look into your companion’s eyes while drinking after you toast?

Globalization has integrated different cultures and, inevitably, the world is continuously changing. Whether you are traveling on a holiday, for work or to study abroad, it is important to understand what is culturally respectful.

Not only will understanding the surrounding culture help you better understand your environment, but it will also increase what you get out of your experiences abroad.

LIVE ALOHA In Hawai‘i, we expect people who understand the spirit of Aloha to share it with everyone, both local and foreign, and this is inherent in our culture. Aloha is treating

others with respect, showing that you care for Hawaiian culture, traditions and values, and most importantly, living your life with a sense of love and appreciation.

In our islands, we expect a certain degree of respect and mindfulness from foreigners, and when you travel abroad, the local people will expect the same from you.

IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS Have you ever heard the saying, “Ignorance is bliss?” You should ignore this saying completely while abroad because the more you know before you go, the better.

In Hawai‘i’s surf culture, there is the saying, “When in doubt, don’t go out.” One can interpret this to mean if you do not understand the currents and power of the ocean, do not go in the water. The most important thing to remember while abroad is being knowledgeable of where you are and whom you will be around.

As an American, you may experience distaste for the decisions our government has

made and the effect it has had on the outside world. Too often, we as Americans are sheltered from the consequences of the actions of our government, and you may experience unexpected backlash from this.

Additionally, there is value in recognizing the incredible privilege and comfort we experience growing up in America. A United Nations statistic affirms that if every person on Earth was to consume as much as the average American, we would need 15.5 planets to sustain life for the seven billion people inhabiting the globe.

Luckily, people who practice Aloha will have an easier time conversing with foreigners abroad. If you keep an open mind and never force a conversation in your own direction, you should be fi ne.

INDULGENCE OF INTELLIGENCE As an American, expect people of other nationalities to test your intelligence. It is important not to be pretentious; simply answer the questions to the best of your ability and

always keep an open viewpoint. If you don’t know, then say it; no one likes an equivocator.

There is no deeper hole to dig than to hold your opinions with the highest mark.

Perspective is everything, and people you meet while abroad simply want to know that you can see the world from their viewpoint.

If you so much as try to understand their perspective, you will find that people are much more appreciative of what you have to say. In addition, traveling abroad will open your mind to entirely new perspectives and help you understand the reality of the world we live in, rather than our sheltered world in the states.

If you are open-minded and work with foreign companies, which is likely as globalization continues, business meetings will go over more smoothly. You’ll meet more friends and come to realize that the majority of people you meet are kind, considerate and understanding. Going abroad with an open mind will change your life.

It will expand your understanding of the world, and it is an adventure we all should experience.