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Last Thursday, fi ve home-grown teams competed in the Red Bull Tum Tum Pa. Now, Mānoa’s “Master Beaters” fi ght for a spot at Red Bull’s U.S. Nationals.

A freestyle drumming contest held at various locations around the world, contestants were challenged to make sick beats with school supplies. Using everything from a notebook to a marker box, the Master Beaters blew the crowd away with their rendition of Disturbed’s “Down With the Sickness.”

Group members Brandon Martin, Zak Mayo, Ben Goodson, and Nico Knowles then further stunned bystanders with their original rhythmic composition.

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A P R I L 26, 2 011 Emergency Medical Services notified Campus Security that they had been requested at Klum Gym regarding an injured man.

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A P R I L 23, 2 011 A report was received about two men and one woman ripping off a banner from the construction wall on the Diamond Head side of Campus Center.

A Frear Hall resident adviser notified CS that they had found contraband in a resident’s room and requested that a CS officer confiscate and store the drug paraphernalia as evidence.

A P R I L 22 , 2 011 A Frear Hall RA reported contraband in a second-floor room. CS confiscated the item and filed a report.

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A female student was reported to have fallen in the Ba-Le concession area, possibly due to a seizure. CS and EMS were requested.

CS received a call from the housing director at Hale Kahawai reporting an intoxicated man being belligerent and throwing things around in his room. CS assistance was requested.

UH receives grant to fight obesity JANE CALLAHAN Associate News Editor Obesity is on the rise among natives of the Pacifi c region, and researchers at the University of Hawai‘i have taken the fi rst steps toward an intervention.

UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources received $24.8 million to implement strategies that seek a long-term solution for Pacifi c area residents, with a specifi c focus on children and their surrounding communities. The grant will fund the Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific, a federal initiative.

“We will use this program to choose which strategies are most effective in having an impact. We want to shift the environment that children live in – making parks more available, changing food in neighborhood stores so that healthy choices are more available, and ensuring things like [the availability of] bike paths,” said Dr. Rachel Novotny, a professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences and the team’s project leader. They will work with members of CTAHR. Additional strategies include an emphasis on sustainability, making land accessible through community gardening, making unhealthy foods more expensive, and working with local farmers to sell their produce at lower prices while facilitating the transportation of their produce to the communities. The specialists will also visit classrooms to conduct programs that aim to make eating healthier more desirable.

The research team will consist of 22 trained specialists from

across the U.S. to serve native populations in areas such as Guam, Palau, Micronesia, American Samoa, Marshall Islands and Alaska, and will span over fi ve years.

Dr. Bret Luick, one of the participating specialists and an associate professor of food and nutrition at University of Alaska at Fairbanks, explained that the team members will have regular teleconferences to coordinate activities, as well as traveling to Hawai‘i for annual meetings.

“Native populations tend to be high-risk and not well represented in federal programs,” said Novotny. “The main reason has been logistics. We are relatively small and not representative of the rest of the country ... Hawai‘i just fell off the map.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 percent of children in the United States are obese, a rate that has tripled in the past 30 years.

With regard to Pacific Islanders, the Tongan government claimed that 60 percent of all residents were obese.

In Micronesia, the World Health Organization classified 90 percent of men and women as either overweight or obese in 2005, with little change in the years leading up to the present. The U.S. government categorizes those with a Body Mass Index of over 30 as obese, and those with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 as overweight.

The CDC documented that 2008 saw a cost of $147 billion due to obesity-related issues, which include medical costs to the uninsured, lost work days, and lost income due to premature death.

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which we live. We spent the last few decades making our lives easier, more sedentary, eating more energy-dense foods ... It’s all around us and the structures in which we live,” Novotny said.

Luick stated that the research will also yield information as to which strategies are the best fit depending on the region.

“Diet quality is a big issue in Alaska, especially in rural areas.

Food prices are high, the availability of fruits and vegetables is very low,” Luick said, “We have been working with Yup‘ik Eskimos... However, [they] have not achieved the same levels seen in other native populations ... possibly due to a ... high dependence on locally harvested food. A subsistence lifestyle is ... an active lifestyle.”

The program will begin identifying schools by referring to census information.

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From there, the specialists will work with the community surrounding the schools, working both with the children in their classrooms and expanding to local businesses and farmers.

“It ’s all about balance,” Novotny said. “It ’s not like smoking; you can’t

quit eating.” She suggested that lowering intake of things like sugar y beverages and including more fruits and vegetables in one’s diet can make a marked improvement in pre venting obesity.

Luick said that baby-bottle tooth decay is prevalent, “attributable to feeding sugar-sweetened beverages to very young children.”

In a statement made upon the announcement of UH’s grant, Sen. Daniel Inouye said, “Child-

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These flags, from left to right, represent American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Alaska, Guam and Palau, areas that suffer from high rates of obesity.

hood obesity is an expensive epidemic in America ... If we teach our kids to eat healthy and stay active, we greatly reduce the likelihood that they will suffer from diseases associated with obesity, like congestive heart failure, diabetes and high blood pressure.”

While the project team hopes to make headway in the battle against obesity, Dr. Novotny said that UH will also benefit from leading the study.

“It’s a lot of visibility [for UH], an opportunity to be more visible to the national scene, and to show our unique environment with its strategies and strengths.”

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Bryant A. Desbrisay Q: What’s your defi ning style?

A: I like to design things with form and structure that correlate with each other. Creating shapes and garments that stand apart from each other but still have elements that bring them together.

From front page Misha Pyle Q: What’s your defi ning style?

A: Whimsical and eclectic.

Q: What made you want to become a designer?

A: Fashion design is my form of artistic self expression. A fter taking my first A PDM class at UH, I realized how much I wanted this career. I found myself feeling competitive for the first time in my life–and now I can’t see myself doing anything else.

Q: How do you hope to impact the world?

A: I hope to share my point of view and stay true to my philosophy of non-mass production.

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Inbar Maor Q: What’s your defi ning style?

A: My overall design is inspired by the exotic greenery of Hawaii and designs used in tribes such as the Maoris of New Zealand.

Q: What made you want to become a designer?

A: I really enjoy all forms of art and wanted to experience fashion in an artistic form. My grandparents and father also owned their own stores in the past for which they styled and designed clothing.

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Q: What made you want to become a designer?

A: I got into design because I always thought myself to be creative but knew art would never be that much of a paying profession. When a guidance counselor mentioned we had a fashion program at UH, I jumped at the chance. I sort of gravitated to the design classes because math was never my strong suit and I really enjoyed it.

Q: How do you hope to impact the world?

A: I imagine a day when someone wakes up and looks through their closet and chooses something with my label on it to wear that day. The notion that some could express their own individual style by wearing something I created is a big dream of mine.

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What made you want to become a designer?

I have always loved fashion.

Although I transferred to UH as a photography student, after taking a few classes in the APDM program I fell in love with the way people express themselves through the way they dress. It was fun for me to learn the design process and see my ideas come to life.

How do you hope to impact the world?

The fashion world is huge and growing constantly.

There are so many ways a designer can make their mark. My only hope is to keep making clothes that express something honest about life and tells the story of my aesthetic.

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Samantha Mallon What’s your defi ning style?

My fashion style is evening wear. But for my senior collection I wanted to experiment with urban chic and goth inspirations for more everyday wear.

What made you want to become a designer?

I decided to become a designer junior year of high school, but I think I was always drawn to designing growing up. I used to think and draw ideas of outfits for different occasions. I joined this fashion club in high school and learned some basics about the industry and the major, and just went from there.

How do you hope to impact the world?

I hope to get my own name out there–hopefully in evening wear and bridal wear at some point in the near future.

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Grandma’s closet meets college student.

What made you want to become a designer?

Business sounded boring and I love to shop. Why not learn how to make my own clothes?

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KING AND LUCILLE The blues come to Honolulu

B.B. King jams on his famous guitar, Lucille, during his concert at the Neal Blaisdell Arena last Wednesday, April 27. Lucille, a Gibson guitar, is King’s customized model, featuring a semi-hollow body with no soundholes and a fine-tuner tailpiece. King, 85, has been recording blues music since the 1940s.

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Supporters of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions took to the streets in 2009 to protest mandatory pay cuts. Similar marches are occurring across the globe, this time over high unemployment rates.

L INDSY OGAWA Opinions Editor Regimes in the Middle East have been crumbling before our eyes because their young people are dissatisfied with sneaky politicians, high unemployment rates and failing economies. As a student in my 20s, I feel America is facing many similar issues.

A few weeks ago, I met up with several friends who graduated from various universities within the past two years. Two of my friends considered themselves fi nancially stable, with jobs relevant to their majors. Neither said they could go as far as providing for a family right now, but they can pay their bills and have play money to invest on the side.

Four other friends, despite degrees from such disciplines as international business, English and biology, are waiting tables and alphabetizing manila folders.

When I asked these four friends how they felt about their current situation, they all summarized it with one word: frustrated.

In January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the

United States’ unemployment rate for citizens between the ages of 16 and 24 is 21 percent. Note that the rates do not include people who are attending graduate school, fl ying overseas for jobs, or working part-time in desperation for a solid career. In short, our unemployment rate could be even higher in reality.

In Egypt, the youth unemployment rate stands eerily close at 25 percent. And riots over economic woes have spread from countries in the Middle East to several European nations. Even richer European nations, such as Italy and Spain, report that one-fourth of their college graduates under 25 years of age are unemployed.

Portugal witnessed thousands of rioters who were, for the most part, peaceful. England, Ireland, Greece, Germany, Belgium and Spain also saw riots because of failing economies.

We can refl ect on days when our parents and teachers told us a college degree was all it took to get a job. For many, that is no longer the case.

As Dorothy of “The Wizard of Oz” once said, “I’ve a feeling we’re

not in Kansas anymore.”

As economists try to soothe America’s unemployed youth by saying job markets will bounce back in 2015, students and graduates still have bills and loans to pay off. But unlike Dorothy, we can not close our eyes to escape reality. In the meantime, we may lose money, career-building experience, and more importantly, our emotional drive.

Soon we will have to face a larger reality of rising taxes and increased tuition. Even our own University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa will see a tuition increase – a full-time, resident undergraduate student currently pays $3,792 a semester for classes and $314 in mandator y student fees. In spring 2012, tuition will rise to $4,200 a semester.

Unlike Saudi A rabia and Kuwait, two countries tr ying to bribe their youth, our unemployed are not seeing any imme diate or obvious changes.

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Family batters

Jasey Jensen comes from an athletic family. Her father is a prime example.

“My dad used to play for the Cincinnati Reds organization,” she said.

And the family’s athletic genes don’t end there.

Her mother is a former softball player, her two brothers played college baseball, and two of her cousins played college softball.

But it wasn’t a guarantee that Jensen would fit with her family’s athletic tradition.

“When I was little, my mom and dad never thought I would play softball,” she said. “I would go out and play with my brothers out in the front yard, and I could not throw to save my life.”

Her mother was under the impression that a different activity would be her focus.

“My mom thought I was going to be a dancer because I danced for so long,” Jensen said.

But Jensen eventually made the decision that she seemed destined to make.

“I danced and played softball for the longest time, and then I was like, ‘I don’t really want to dance anymore, I want to play softball,’” she said. “My dad was so happy.”

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The Rainbow Wahine close their home schedule with a three-game series against New Mexico State at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

Friday’s game will start at 6 p.m. and Saturday’s double-header starts at 4 p.m. Following Saturday’s second match, the seniors will be honored.

Senior –2B/RF – Layton, Utah

While you can’t take away from the individual achievements and success of an athlete, Jenna Rodriguez has more than herself to thank.

“What helped me a lot was that my family is baseball and softball orientated,” Rodriguez said.

And success runs in her family.

“My sister [Deanna Clark] is the oldest, and she got a full-ride scholarship to Santa Clara, my brother [Rod Rodriguez] got a full ride with [Cal State] Northridge, and I came here,” she said.

“We’re all [Division I] athletes.”

Although Rodriguez is too young to have played against or beside her sister on the field, she managed to fi nd a way to compete with her.

“My sister had all the records at our high school, so of course I was trying to break those.”

But setting the bar hasn’t been Clark’s only influence on her younger sister’s softball skills.

“She was actually my pitching coach all my life,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez will be remembered for her heroic homerun against Alabama last season, which sent the ’Bows to their fi rst Women’s College World Series.

But Rodriguez will remember how her siblings impacted her.

“They brought out the competitiveness in me,” she said.

Melissa Gonzalez made a decision as a child that shaped her future.

“I remember sitting in the car with my mom and my sister [Jessica], and they were like, ‘What are you going to do, gymnastics or softball? Right now, make the decision,’” she said.

At 8 years old, it was time for her to decide which sport she would focus on.

She thought for a moment and said, “I want to be just like Jessica, so I’m going to play softball.”

Jessica became a role model as soon as Gonzalez picked up a softball glove.

“She’s fi ve years older than me, so I looked up to her.

She was really awesome in my eyes,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez has had a standout UH career as well.

The third baseman batted .394 last year, with 25 home runs and 60 runs batted in. She is only the third Rainbow Wahine to be named a fi rst-team All-American.

Gonzalez said she followed her family’s ways in order to become an excellent player.

“In my family, when you do something, you go hard at it,” she said.

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Melissa Gonzalez Senior –3B – Moreno Valley, Calif.