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Apple outlines plans for UH growth A RIEL R AMOS Special Issues Editor Chancellor Thomas Apple may be new to Hawai‘i, but he has plans to foster student success, boost student attendance in athletics and utilize research as an economic generator for the university.

GREATER STUDENT MOTIVATION “My “M My role is to make sure ... that the th he university provides an opportunity for the t e students th here to

find their passion and to have a transformational experience here exper and make sure that the th students are prepared for th their future careers,” Apple said.

In his own experience, Apple experie found himself drawn to lab la research on magnetic resonance and quantum mechanics. He also attributed his academic success to tthe solid relationships he formed with wit the faculty. “To me, having studen students be more successful is really about having ab them make that connection [with conne faculty] and find their passion,” stated Apple. He cited study stu abroad, experiential learning an and problembased settings as a few eexamples of how students can find su subjects that interest them and turn those passions into successful careers. care

ROUSE THE CROWDS Apple wants to increase inc both involvestudent success and a ment. Low attendance events at athletic athleti Apple to push caused Ap change to get for a cha more sstudents to take advantage of their free admission games. to Apple is open Ap suggesto tions tion ns on how to raise the turnout at athletic at thletic events, iin hopes of bringing the students and an the comfootball. munity in around footba

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MORE RESEARCH, MORE FUNDING In addition to these goals, Apple discussed how he intends to double UH M ā noa’s $300 million funding in research grants within the next five to ten years by finding areas where there are competitive advantages. He listed the study of ocean systems and astronomy, exploration on food and energy sustainability and health issues like diabetes and obesity as good research areas.

“We’ve got to take those research discoveries ... and turn them into wealth ... [to] create business from them,” he explained. “[We need to] develop our intellectual property, our technology transfers, our licensing, our patents ... to build a new economy. The next step is to learn to take those advances we make in research and really turn them into an economic engine.”

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Besides wanting to engage in collaborative decision-making with the athletic department, Apple described his relationship with the athletics department administration as one of admiration for head football coach Norm Chow for his success on and off the field.

However, according to Apple, graduation rates still take precedence over athletics. “I want to support studentathletes, but put the student first,” Apple said.

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Facebook’s “I’m Voting” app is an expansion on their “I Voted” button from the 2008 election.

EMI A IKO News Editor It was just a decade ago when email was among the most innovative political campaigning tool. Today, these tools have been overtaken by social media, including tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

“Social media has a huge impact in the elections. It allows candidates to do something which they weren’t able to do before. They can tailor their messages to specific demographics,” political science assistant professor Colin Moore said.

Although television ads are the most important source for voters to learn about a candidate, social media is becoming important for undecided voters, according to Moore.

“It is not a way to blast a single message across TV or spam people’s email inboxes as they had to do before the rise of this,” said Moore. “It gets more and more sophisticated as your resources grow, so for presidential campaigns, they can target messages very specifically.”

NEW TOOLS According to Moore, voter turnout – or what makes voters decide to participate in an election – will be crucial for this year’s election because the vote for Mitt Romney or Barack

Obama is very closely divided. It is only a tiny percentage of the population that remains undecided, so how many people turn out for each candidate will be important.

“The most powerful predictor of voter turnout is that someone you know asked you to vote or asked you to support a candidate; that is something that social media allows candidates to do as well – to see your friends or relatives supporting. That is far and away the most effective way to change your mind about who you’re going to support, and whether or not you’re actually going to turn out for the vote at all,” said Moore.

CNN and Facebook recently announced that they will team up to produce an interactive social media platform during the 2012 election using an application called “I’m Voting,” which will enable Facebook users to declare party preferences and endorse stances on issues.

According to CNN, Facebook will serve as a “second screen” for CNN’s “America’s Choice 2012” political coverage and the “I’m Voting” app will poll users about hot topics surrounding policy, presidential debates and election day, and will incorporate the findings alongside sentiment analysis into their coverage.

However, forecasting election outcomes from such application or social media sources is still in its developing stage.

“Most of the models we used to predict elections have a lot more to do with economy. There is this question in political science about political campaigns – does it really matter at the end of the day, assuming that both of the sides will be well-funded?” said Moore. “These questions about how social media influences politics – the truth of the matter is, there are not enough studies by political scientists to really understand the clue.”

L O C A L N E T WO R K S Although Hawai‘i has had low voter turnout in past presidential elections, for local candidates, social interaction on Facebook is valuable.

“I post everything – so it is true to who I am; my voice, persona, photos, and the issues that I’m concerned about in our community,” said Levani Lipton, a first-time candidate running for the Hawai‘i State Senate in District 25. “Facebook is a good resource because it is almost like having an online town hall. People can comment and tell you what’s on their minds.”

When Lipton decided to run back in November 2011, she knew a website and presence on the Internet needed to be included in

her campaign plan. Lipton was also advised to create a Facebook fan page by media consultants.

“It’s exciting because I can connect with people, and it’s encouraging when I hear from friends in other states and countries who also check my page,” said Lipton. “If I post a video, it’s easy for my friends to share it and then you have the potential of networks of people being able to see the video and yes – all for free.”

Lipton grew up in Waimanalo and moved to Kailua. She is an alumna of UH with a master’s degree in public health, and she also holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University.

“Social media makes a candidate ‘come alive’ more than a static image on a banner. The public tunes out of commercials because there are so many of them on TV,” said Lipton.

Lipton was motivated to run for the senate seat to better Hawai‘i’s educational system, to make sure all children have the opportunity to have a high quality and well-rounded education.

“The only drawback with social media is that people have short attention spans and you have to constantly update to keep people coming back to your page or website,” said Lipton.

“The best way, though, to connect with people is to go door to door.”

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‘The flower is still on the tree’ ACM student’s documentary wins award in Shanghai RYAN MCK INLEY Staff Writer

The Shanghai International Film Festival is one of the largest film festivals in Asia, attracting filmmakers from all around the world, including Iran and the United States. This year’s SIFF winner for “Best Documentary” is “Ka Pua,” directed by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Academy for Creative Media student Erin Lau.

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Lau, a Kahalu‘u native of Hawaiian-Chinese heritage, has been interested in film since elementary school.

“I used to watch a lot of anime as a kid,” Lau said in an email interview. “[I] used to draw my own characters and put them together in slideshows [to] look like they were moving.”

As a student at Kamehameha Schools, Lau took her first filmmaking class with the hope of becom-

ing an actress, but later switched to directing. “I guess my love [of putting] videos together shined through in the end, and [I] knew from there on I wanted my career to be in filmmaking,” Lau said.

Upon arriving at UH Mānoa, she immediately looked towards the film program. “Films are very powerful,” Lau said. “They have the ability to twist our emotions [and] bring to life things that have long passed or never been imagined. And I think that’s why I just fell in love with it.”

A GRANDMAʼS STORY “Ka Pua” (Hawaiian for “the flower”) started as an assignment to create a short film from a Hawaiian proverb for ACM professor Lisette Flanary’s Indigenous Filmmaking class. Lau received a proverb which read: “To give a compliment to an elderly lady.”

“I instantly thought of my greatgrandma,” Lau said. “She has a fi-

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Her documentary looks at the life of her grandmother, Elizabeth Lau, who is in her mid-90s. Her enduring persona is reflected through her sense of family, love and values, and she shares stories about her granddaughter and husband.

Lau realized she needed to see some things through her camera lens to really appreciate little details that are often overlooked in everyday life.

She also noted that making the documentary was an emotional experience. While filming a scene at her grandma’s choir practice, Lau remembers that “she turned and smiled at me. There was something so special and appreciative about it.”

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In her film, Erin Lau described her great-grandmother – her film’s inspiration – as “aia no ka pua i luna,” which is Hawaiian for “the flower is still on the tree.”

Art Exchange between ACM and Shanghai University’s School of Film and TV. “Ka Pua” was entered in the Sino-U.S. Student Shorts Program at the 15th annual SIFF, held from June 15-24.

“I was shaking and dizzy – it was unreal,” Lau said, on how it felt when “Ka Pua” won. “I wouldn’t let go of my award for the rest of the show. It just felt amazing.”

Lau will start her junior year at UH Mānoa in the fall,

and she is already hard at work on her next documentary, “Spirit of K iho‘alu,” which is about a Hawaiian slack-key guitar. As she continues her art in the future, she noted persistence is a key to success.

“Just as my dad has always told me: If you have a passion, go for it,” she said. “I would never have made it where I am without my peers’, professors’ and family’s support.

They taught me to never give up.”

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Tax secrets discredit Romney SAR AH NEAL Senior Staff Writer Presidential candidate Mitt Romney claims to be an upstanding man and business expert. He is one of the wealthiest men in the nation, and he earned his wealth from private equity sales and purchases. His effective tax rate in 2010 was 13.9 percent, a fraction of what the average middle class citizen pays each year to the IRS. So why does Romney insist that the tax information from 2010 and 2011 should be enough to satisfy the American public’s questions about his business practices?

K E E P I T S E C R E T… These two years of tax releases are worthless because, as his own father inferred in the 1960s, a man could doctor his taxes and do something differently for a year or two while running for office. This is no insinuation: George Romney said outright that “One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show.” It’s the years before the start of a campaign that truly matter.

As someone who never hesitates to bring up his father and his father’s ideals in his speeches, isn’t it odd that he is acting in direct opposition to George Romney on this matter?

The elder Romney released twelve years’ worth of tax info when running for president. He did this in order to prove to the American people that he was an upfront man whose business practices involved nothing shady.

With this in mind, Romney’s refusal to offer up this information is troubling. His taciturn responses to reporters, his unwillingness to listen to long-time political friends and advisors who have told him to release the returns, and his wife’s recent quip stating that “We’ve given all you people need to know,” make him seem like he is out of touch with political realities and trying to hide something unsavory.

Romney would rather bear the brunt of a media storm than release his returns. This is especially

strange since he released a whopping 23 years’ worth of returns to the John McCain campaign when he was considered as McCain’s running mate. What has changed in the four years since?

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Since the Bain Capital controversy cropped up at the same time this focus on Romney’s tax returns gained speed, I’m guessing his intransigence is related to his earnings from the time he claims he was not involved with the company.

The issue centers around how much Romney was compensated by Bain Capital after he stepped down to work for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics – it is known that he was paid, but how much remains a mystery. If he earned too much during the time he was supposed to be uninvolved with the company – he is referred to as president, CEO and sole shareholder on several documents signed after he claims to have stepped down – America will remember this all the way to November.

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The most pressing issue isn’t that he is so stubbornly holding fast to his decision to keep his tax returns private, but the fact that he acts like average Americans are ridiculous for even requesting that information.

This is political tradition, started by his own father, and he is scoffing at it. He seems almost disdainful of those asking to see some verification of his past income and tax rates – and he wants to be our next president?

Obama’s campaign needs to maintain its already strong criticism of Romney for these issues. Romney lives in a world reserved for the wealthiest Americans. His actions regarding these issues prove that he is a man who will not do what is asked of him by the American people. Hopefully, the nation will not have amnesia when heading to the polls this fall.

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Jasper represents Big West, SAAC MARC A RAKAKI Sports Editor

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According to student-athlete Jori Jasper, the biggest problem in the Big West Conference is “student attendance to sporting events.”

And the matter is no different at UH. Last season at Aloha Stadium, attendance was as low as only a couple hundred students at football games.

“Some of the Big West, they don’t have their facilities on campus, [similarly to] us,” Jasper said.

“There are many things that you could do – promotional events like free concerts, or food, or passing out shirts or trying to have student-organized tailgates – and they’re trying to do the same too.”

And Jasper is in the capacity to make things happen. Jasper, an incoming junior on the Rainbow Wahine softball team, will serve as the female co-chair on the UH Student Athlete Advisory Committee and was voted by the Big West over the sum-

mer to be its representative at the national level.

“It will be different because I will be representing all these 10 schools. Some of them I haven’t visited yet because we are new to the Big West,” Jasper said. “I got a feel for the problems and the things that they are dealing with.

It’s also good to learn from the PAC-12 and those bigger conferences that do have bigger attendance and more community service and more support.”

WO R K I N G T O G E T H E R Jasper, a native of Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i and a 2009 graduate of Kaua‘i High School, also served in student government.

“I was in ASUH as a senator for two years in Arts & Sciences, and I decided to run for vice president while my brother [Jett] ran for president,” Jasper said.

She is currently triple-majoring in marketing, entrepreneurship and international business.

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“I definitely think we are getting a lot more support. The athletic department is really recognizing us. There’s an open-door policy with Jim Donovan [athletic director on administrative leave]. We can go over there and voice our opinions. He comes to our meetings and knows what’s going on. It’s improved a lot, but of course we have to get things approved and we have a small budget,” Jasper said.

She continued, “The athletic department is trying to act more like a business. Donovan is making decisions and things that will help the athletic department in raising money and also making money.”

In an effort to get students out to sporting events, the SAAC is also planning to try an approach that would not require much financial support.

“It’s just letting other people know,” Jasper said. “I know students in general are really busy. If we could just reach out – of course wearing our jerseys would help – but inviting

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Student involvement isn’t the only thing the SA AC is working for.

“One of our big things is to better the community outreach,” Jasper said.

“So we do play-days – which is at the Hokulani Elementary School – to try to get the kids to play at least an hour a day. We have reading with rainbows. So we’ll go and read with the children and talk about how important academics is.”

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