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Letters to the Editor Housi'ng staff 'Ynisreprese·nted I have been prompted man) times to respond to va nous article;;; and editorial in past ;~5ue of }OUr publication. hut hme refrained 1rom doing so because my re:.ponse \\ould ha\e been mnuvatcd by pcr:-.l)nal feelings. Ho,,e.. er. a s a hall director and former re~ident adv1sor. I feel the need to clanf~ orne of the ma~"Curate perception of your editorial. Ka Leo i~ correct in rts)erting that consumption of alcohol does occur in public areas. It probably occurs in mml' dorms'apartments with the knowledge of staiT. ll doe~ not occur in all areas \\:ith the knowkdge of all stall I have ne\cr tolerated conc;umption of alcohol in publ1c areas. and I have expected the same from the staff groups which I have supervised . The author of the editorial should be ven careful in making blanket statements on issues he is not familiar with. If he or 'he would ha\e looked a little closer, thic; would have been obvious. What concerns me more is the view that u/1 staff are portra)ed as incompetent and lazy. My :.tafT and myself (especially a t Hale Noelani} experienced all type-. of abuse because \\e enforced policies :such as alcohol
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in pubhc and quiet hour;. Verbal threats, sexual harJ.s,mcnt. \andalism of personal property and in some case~ \;olent a.:.saults aU \\:ere experienced by staff as a result of cnforcin§:the rules. ~ Jn addition to being full-time students. staff must -deal \\ ith these :.ituations nnd others Hhcrts, rnommate conflicts. :.uicides, domestic \'IOience). Most of the housing s tofT take their job senousl~· and feel ~t.rongly about domg it well. This doe~ not mclude ever-.one. Some ~taff do tum the· other way when violations occur, or they themselves may .. iolate P•'licie.:.. This is unfortunate hut a reahty . However. I feel Ka Leo owes an upolog) to the majority of resident advisor:. who take their job seriously and do it y,eiJ. Tom Mor~a o H un Director. Hale Laulima
Tr ask wrote as a Ha.waiian, As a graduate student in philosophy, I am ash.tmed to learn that the faculty of my department has rcque:;ted Ilnunani-Kav T rask'" removal from the un.ivershy. Tht:y have implied that Joey Carter's decision to return to the Maioland y,-.l:. based primarily on fear
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S im one expresses g1..atitude I would hke to expres~ my thank~ to nll those \\ho took the time to participate in the nccredilation meetings bcld on campus. Your cand1d opintons and viev.' hopefull> pro\ided the Western A~sociation of Schools and Colleges (WASC) team members \\ ith suflicient data \\1th which to "'rite their report nnd generate iofonned recommendations. In addition. my appreciation also goes to aU those students. staff. faculty and administmtors who y,orked long hours in preparing the report . The resulting self-study JS a significant achievement. and I am hopeful that the WASC re\'icwers found it as informative and useful as I did. I am sure that the Unhcrsity of Hawaii will be a better university as a result of this collecti"e effort. Once again. my .,;nccre~t mahalo to everyone! Albert J. Simone Pre-.ident. Unhersity of Hll" au and Cha.Dtcllor, Uni, ersity of Hawaii at Manoa
pretend to operate within an 1dcal convention:~ are permitted full authority. But they cannot remain blind to the feelings whose lack of expression also sustain this "fragile atmosphere" which ii our community. l n this climate of tension, the bluntly expressed opinions of Pro fessor Trdsk are disturbing. yet absolutely necessary. And the debate that has unfolded because of her honesty is long O\erdue. Carla Deicke Graduate s tudent, philosophy
change and address the issue. Cbe.sney- Lind has several excellent points, but "hen she states that having poise mean) .. avoiding an}thing contro'<ersial,'' ~he gives absolutely no c redit to those fighting for the same cause she is. In her final speech, last year's representative spoke openly fo r a rcvan1p of the contest. However. her words were almost not heard as the CCB and program coordinators threatened to literally close the curtains on her if she criticized the pageant. Her speech pinpointed am.s of the pageant most in need of change. and wn:. accepted by rhe crowds with applause. The reaction from the audience conWe applaud the recent efforts tradicts comments b) CCB of Women's Studies Professor Publicist Ted Guillermo. He MeJa Chc:sney-Lind to redefine painted over the center of the the philo~ophy of the controversy by sta ting that stuHomecoming Pageant. For dents do not share the.>e same much too long. thi~ pageant has concerns. Clearly then, it is the been run on the values and per- CCB that i..; trying to avoid the ception:. of the old Kapalnpala controversy! Instead of fighting, the CCB Queen Pageants of the 1950s. Academic performance and should consider encouraging participation in campus ac- higher education for \\omen bv th itic:. should seem a natural otTcrin,g scholarships in lieu of and obvious criteria for chOO!i· tinra for tho e who represent mg a representative of the univcr:-.it\ ide<.~ls and who are po'>iti\e ' role models for the Universit.> of Hawaii. Just as the Kapalapala Queen community. Chesney-Lind should also be e\ ohed mto the Homecoming Queen, it is time for another aware of the fact that the Miss change in jud$ing criteria and Amenca Scholarship Pro~rum contest empha 1s. The context of annualh· otTers O\er S5 mllHon Homecoming i an ideal time to in c-dSh ·scholarships ancl tuition sua:essfullv - 1llus.trate to the grants at the local, stnte. and communit) the changing role of national le\els. making the Mis~ \\omen in societ and America Organization one of acndenucs. ~ the largest scholarsh1p donors in The fact that women who the world. Wh1lc it is true that the talent hn\e entered in the past fc\\ )Cars ha\'e all been students of portion was not added until exoellcnt standing .md al.'thl.' 193:5. and a scholarship \\8S not members in the community bas awarded until 1945. the Miss Organi:uuion has already ~ct the ~tagc for the America Campus Center Board. but its demon:.trated ib ensitivit) to Activities Counc1l refuses to the evoh ing role of women in society. Just last year, the scoring system was changed on~-e again to effectively double the imponance of the personal inter..iew. The current Miss America is a third-year law student a t Duke University and an accomplished Editorial classical p1anist. This kind of t; M.u l Taka! r dliO• '" o..cr • dedication to ncadem1c excel,.....," rfd.-. .. Jahn B!TW 0 1) Edi\Df R.ndnuy Crln lence does exbt at the University Q~BoiUd Fmwu Edtlof ... of Hawaii; ho\\cver, the CCB ~.,.,... r dllcr •• ,. •• V.n aL..n::a E<!::oroal (d,,.,. • • Duclk) wo.., chooses not to recognize it . In Cop) ldtton. .. ... , ,4ckhar L.., U•u)l ' 'o"""''"" Nitlll C'op) Ed ,.,. .. Jo, Kobo,.U•"• doing .:.o, it is about 45 years be~Fduor •• • .. .. C'Cin' I II1D hi nd the times; a sad statement Clfai'IIK< Etbu>r. Suqn Tala•o for a boord that should Adl'trtising .. • ..,... f o(• represent a schola tic institution ~ ...... .. o.n- !'Ilk Awatant Manat« •• at the cutting edge of social ,.toi!IO!Um> . . _ • Rr11a ._,anf thought. Support Staff We do not understand whr, c......s........ of~ ...~~..... .. •• ~" C.atun PrDdiK!- MUY(<f l.mJtcu the CCB Activities Counetl l.al<oO llnaulo tht:alo:l"'•ano•peporoftbt l~~UWtllt} ol Ha1•a1111 Ma JtDpolbliohedb) tht: Cha1r Lynn Makua is hesitant Board of ~110m r- 1'-> t:odl su•. UctJ" llolllll)'lo cum pcribcb ••d '"""""' C'!KufAtotJII " ll.OOO. to make these much needed r.a t.oio luDd<d It) "lld:lll lrnuda.f>crt""'' hscd.ltonaleoattot tdkcnOBI) ""'"'"''clourd-4n changes . anur.. rolwtlfliuun<lcoatnhl<>n. •bear. tdcl) mpc>.,..Cic roo"' co~•m l"o ""''fftalllat•Pf'<'l" '"
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of violence against him, and further implied that such violence might be condoned b) " Profe~ sor Trask 's language." Joey Caner' own word.s belie the former claim. since his stated reasons for leaving include financial difficulties und housing problems. The philosoph) prof~:~ors also accuse Haunani of .. betm)ing.. her professional re~pon stbilit) by abusmg n professor' power 0\er a student. and of contributing to a ·•climate of in· timidation' ' and racial harassment. While it is clear that Outer did nut leave the univer'ity becau!'e he felt intimidated h) a profc sur. the1r al'CU~Iion can be discl'editro on other grounds. Trask did not respond to Caner as a pro_{l!ssor to tl sludem. but as a H:1waiinn to a haole, and as a' political thinker to the same. v.ithin the arena through which Carter opened this debate: a newspaper, not a classroom. By identifying Haunani solely With her po:;ition a t the univer~ity, the philo>ophy faculty assumes that she must pledge allegiance to this institution abo\·e and beyond any commitments she has a-; u Hawaiian, or as a socially-concerned human y, ho takes e\ery opportunity to raise the awareness of her ignorant fellow citizens . And indeed she has done just that. Both Carter and Trask c-an be applauded for opening up one of the mo:.t important discussions this campus has heard in many )ears. .. Intellectual excellence"' b fostered by debate. by conflicting vteY.s, Even so. many people are intimid11ted bv harsh words. and they are quick to point the linger at the most out:.poken partidpants in a dispute. The philosophy faculty have C\en implied that Tnt k hec;clf IS the intimidating force. is the raci~t. that ,o;/w is the source of thb contrO\ersy But they would be mort> mtellectunll~ excellent if the) studied the \'cry recent history of intimidation \\hich is the background to the present debate. ls it nn\· \\Onder that it:fragments rcmam? Trask dares to speak \\ith pas:;Jon about raCism because 1t ,., al1ve und burning in the hearts of man~ . Its presence muq be addre. sed. 'Because her y,ord speak thi_:, truth, Tra k\ ""language·· is said to condone racsal harassment. Doe:. she condone it"! Or doe she expo c.: the wcll-toundcd reasons for its Ha\\-aii7 The existence in phdosoph) professors may ignore racism. may remain mdiffcrent to 11s roots, and they can
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on issues of racism. harassment, professtonaJ ethics and academic freedom. The philosophy department joined 10 the fray, with its chairman, Larry Laudan, calling for Trask's removal as the director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies. The philosophy department by Jahan Byrne has filed a complaint against 1<.1 Leo Managmg Ed• tor Trask with the Manoa Faculty Senate, and UH Presadent AlAs the semester comes to a bert Simone has asked Vice close. three separate anvestiga- President for Academ1c AfTaars uons conunue regardang the Paul Yuen to conduct an adremarks and acuons of ministrative anvesugauon. Carter himself, after dropping Hawaiian Studies Professor out of school and going to the Haunani-Kay Trask \II are the result of an article Mainland, has filed a complaint T rask wrote to Ka Leo 10 Sep- of harassment and inumidat1on tember. responding to student against Trask. Carter, anterviewed by Ka Joey Carter's article about being Leo this week, said he plans to a haole in Hawaai. Trask's remarks cntacizing make a public statement and Carter have generated a storm SEE TRASK, PAGE 3 of debate on campus. touching
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'UHCARL' will replace 'ALOHA' at UH libraries by Jonathan VanBoskerck 1<.1 Leo Reponer
Beganning next semester. the way students search for boo ks at the UH-Manoa libranes' computerized tenrunals wall be "very difTerent." saad Paula Mochida. coordanator of Public Services. The current system. called ALOHA. will be replaced by UHCARL. which will aJiow ''the advent of networking to share resources and to be able to extend the hbrary's service capabilities locally. nat1onally and antemationally. ·· according to a memo released by Associate University of Hawaii Libranan Jean Ehrhom Mochida said this system switch was a " multimillion dollar change" and was needed because the company that installed the ALOHA system did not provide .. supeort to enhance the older system. • The memo stated. UHCA RL "will contain all the records from the ALOHA database plus approximately 350,000 addatlonal titles ... Another special feature of the new system will be UnCover, wh1ch the memo defines as ·•a keyword index to tables of contents for approximately 10.000 journals." and " this on-line index to over I million articles mcludes some titJes before they have been published." Mochida said the system is "supposed to be easier to use." but workshops. instructions and instructors at the terminals will help students adjust to the new way of book searching.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Vol. LXXXIlllssue No. 69
New advisers ease load Eight academic advisers handle 9,000 students by Meena Ishikawa ICa Leo Staff Wnter
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Only finals, research papers and theses left, then it's time for .•. aaargh! ••. the Spring '91 semester.
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Victims unsure of filing assault charges against ' former athlete by Sihl Chung l<.lleo ~nior Staff Wnter
A former University of Hawaii football player allegedly assaulted two females at the Hale Noelani apartments Sun-
day at I :30 a.m. According to a Campus Security report, Larry Jones and two friends arrived at Noelani resident Riva C. Simmons' party uninvited around I a.m. Simmons said she asked one of Jones' friends. a local male whom she did not recognize, to leave. " He said he was a friend of Larry's,- she said in an interview. She then told"Jones to ask his friends to leave. "Larry said, ' I have no control over my friends.· " she said. One of the males then threw
The long lines at the Student Academic Services in Hawaii Hall haven't ceased since the start of registration five days ago. Although this scene seems familiar, this time it's a bit different. Previously. the College of Arts and Sciences had three full-time advisers meeting with about 9,000 undergraduates. This fall . five new advisers have been added to the work force in the hopes that these advisers - four fu iJ-time and one
part-time will relieve the advising strain. Rodney Sakaguchi. director of the budget office, said the 1989 and 1990 state Legislatures appropriated about SIOO,OOO to fund four permanent positions. The two appropriations will fund salaries, computer equipment and supplies, Sakaguchi said. Je.anette Estes, Nancy Kayuk, David Smith, Barbara Watanabe and Margit Watts were hired over the last two months. This brings the total number of advisers to eight. Kay Reynolds, the associate dean of arts and sciences, said the new employees are in intensive training under the direction of head adviser Joyce Settle, and they have been " participating actavely in the advising process." SEE
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Simmons' fan across the room full of guests. and imitated a football player's touchdown dance, as if he had made a touchdown and was pleased, she said. Simmons said she went upstairs to call the Honolulu Po lice Department. She looked down toward her apartment and noticed that Jones had her friend, Meli K. French. aJso a Noelani resident, in a choke hold. Another friend at the party. Angela M. Weldon. a former UH student. tried to help
French when Jones " turned and punched Weldon in the face , .. according to the Campus Security report. Simmons said Weldon flew about 4 feet and hit the ground. Simmons said Weldon sufTered a swollen upper lip. Weldon also complained of pain in her nose and lip but refused medical attention. She also said the two males were beating up on another Noelani resident in the hallway and later fled . Jones said. ''No, that didn't happen. That's a lie. (The
people) involved are trying to lie about a lot of stuff." He said he stood by the doorway the whole time he was there. "(SM said) I knew the locals that were bothering them. I told them I didn't know them," he said . He added, she may have thought he knew them because he is big and because of the type of guy he is. Jones later decided to leave when he "saw a fan go across the room." He said he was standing by the door watching SEE DORM, PAGE 3