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Candidate Advisory Council: role and relevance SAM K ING Staff Writer
Last week, the Regents Candidate Advisory Council published its list of regent candidates and sent it to Gov. Abercrombie. This has prompted questions among faculty and students at UH about what the RCAC is, what it does and how it does it. In 2007, when the state was in financial crisis, Hawai‘i passed a constitutional amendment to Article X, Section 6 to create the RCAC. The only other state with an RCAC is Minnesota, but the reason for its creation was obvious to Sen. Sam Slom (RHawai‘i Kai, ‘Aina Haina, Kahala, Diamond Head), called the “Lone Ranger” because he is the only Republian in the State Senate. “The RCAC was created to further limit the appointment power of Gov. Lingle,” he said. One of the forces that stabilizes the U.S. political system is the balance between the three branches of power: the legislative, executive and judiciar y. Under a Republican governor, Hawai‘i’s Democrat- dominated L egislature made it a priority to restrict executive power. Slom wrote, “ The L egislature always wants [to give] more power to itself than to the executive.”
EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINTS Before the A rticle X amendment, the governor appointed whomever she wanted as a regent, with the consent of the Senate. A fter passing the constitutional referendum, the L egislature passed Act 56, which enacted the amend-
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ment. Then- Gov. Lingle vetoed it, but the veto was quickly overridden. Act 56 created a system whereby seven people appoint seven other people to the RCAC. The RCAC in turn selects two or three candidates for each regent position and sends those names to the governor. The seven people who select the RCAC members are the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of the co-chairs of the All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs of the University of Hawai‘i, chairperson of the Executive Council of the University of Hawai‘i Student Caucus, chairperson of the Association of Emeritus Regents, president of the University of Hawai‘i Alumni Association and the governor. Essentially, while the executive used to control 100 percent of the candidate nomination process, the executive now controls one-seventh of the process.
Q UA L I F I E D C A N D I DAT E S? Kathryn Matayoshi, the Senate-appointed member of the RCAC and the current superintendent of the Hawai‘i Public School System, thinks the RCAC does a decent job. A “good group of people [are] on the committee,” wrote Matayoshi in an e-mail. See RCAC, next page
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RCAC: SELECTION PROCESS from previous page
Matayoshi does not believe any favoritism is involved, either. “[It is a] straight-up process,” said Matayoshi. She described the process: “Applications are reviewed, discussed, shortlisted, interviewed, more discussion, background check, reference check, list goes [to the governor].” Matayoshi, whose sister has been nominated, confronted this issue. “If anything, in the last [candidate selection process] two of us did not participate – I [removed] myself to avoid any perception of favoritism, and the chair resigned [because] his daughter applied.” Slom agreed: “Recent nominees are qualified.” That being said, Slom does have some suggestions for improvement. Slom said he believes
we should return to the old system, without an RCAC. He pointed out that with a new Democratic governor, “The new Board of Education will be like that without an advisory council.” This was a reference to a constitutional referendum passed in the 2010 election which eliminated the directly elected BOE in favor of a governor-appointed BOE. Even Matayoshi has criticisms for the RCAC. Despite the quality people on the RCAC, “the recruitment of candidates is more diffi cult,” she wrote. “Example: If [the] governor calls a top-level person and asks them to be a regent ... versus responding to an ad in the paper or responding to one of the members of the RCAC – the governor’s call probably gets more
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response!” Matayoshi also noted, “Staffi ng of the RCAC is limited (one staff person who has other duties).” The governor, on the other hand, “handles many other appointments ... so there is more expertise and more resources.” In the end, the question for students is: Does the RCAC bring us the best regents possible? If the RCAC simply makes the process overly bureaucratic, it may make a diffi cult process take longer. Given the political history of the RCAC, Gov. Abercrombie could decide it is expendable. For now, the RCAC continues on.
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1. President of the Senate — Shan Tsutsui 2. Speaker of the House of Representatives — Calvin Say 3. Governor Abercrombie 4. One of the co-chairs of the All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs of the University of Hawai‘i — Barbara Leonard, Libby Young (http://www.hawaii.edu/accfsc/roster.html) 5. Chairperson of the Executive Council of the University of Hawai‘i Student Caucus – Ho‘omano Pakele (http://www.hawaii.edu/uhsc/) 6. Chairperson of the Association of Emeritus Regents (http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/bor/emeritus/) 7. President of the University of Hawai‘i Alumni Association — Douglas Inouye (http://uhalumni.org/s/1220/start.asp)
1. Record of public or community service 2. Experience governing complex organizations 3. Commitment to education 4. Collaborative leadership ability 5. Commitment to impartial decision-making 6. Availability for constructive engagement 7. Showing up for ceremonies 8. Record of integrity and civic virtue 9. Willingness to seek resources
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1. Senior Student Affairs Officer of the UH System 2. At least three UHSC members 3. At least three Student Life Advisors * https://www.hawaii.edu/rcac/docs/Act58.pdf
1. Diversity 2. Skills and competencies * https://www.hawaii.edu/rcac/ selection.html
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Ka Leo O Hawai‘i EDITOR HERTHA AUMOEUALOGO ASSOCIATE JANE CALLAHAN NEWS @ KALEO.ORG
MONDAY, FEB. 28, 2011
More incoming freshmen staying sober, study finds A LVIN PARK Associate Features Editor According to the Massachusettsbased alcohol-prevention organization Outside the Classroom, a 2010 survey of stu-
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dents shows 62 percent of incoming freshmen abstaining from alcohol, up from 38 percent in 2006. The organization surveyed about a third of college-bound high school seniors the summer before they entered four-year universities and colleges, and again in the fall semester of their freshman year. If this current trend of incoming freshmen refraining from consuming alcohol continues, those who associate the college lifestyle with continuous binge drinking and endless rounds of beer pong may soon be getting a
Mānoa, stated that he wasn’t surprised by Outside the Classroom’s survey results, since he believes that most college students drink predominately because of peer pressure and other media influences. “College is a whole new place, and students just want to fit in,” said Kim, an international business major. “Most students probably just drink anyway because everyone else is doing it. No one wants to be the party pooper, so they ... just go with the flow.” K r i s t e n Scholly, a faculty member at the Lokahi Peer Ed-
sober i ng reality check. John Kim, a first-year student at the University of Hawai‘i at
ucation Program, also agreed that the media perpetuation of the “glamorous” drinking lifestyle may pressure college students into thinking it’s the norm.
“Sometimes there’s this misperception that in order to fit in you have to start using alcohol, which isn’t true,” Scholly said. “But it’s a myth that’s passed down from generations and passed down from the media.” The study results were released just months after scrutiny increased on underage drinking on college campuses due to controversial caffeinated alcoholic beverages such as Four Loko becoming popular in college communities. Four Loko, marketed by Chicagobased Phusion Projects, took fi re from the Food and Drug Administration and university officials last year based on adverse health effects that may arise when alcohol and caffeine
are consumed in conjunction. The state of Washington moved swiftly to ban the drink after nine underage students from Central
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MONDAY, FEB. 28, 2011
The man behind Hawai‘i’s slam poetry scene in Boston, Mass.
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If you’ve got something to say, why not say it in the form of slam poetry? At least that’s the philosophy of poet Steven Wong, who goes by the stage name “Kealoha,” and is the founder of HawaiiS lam, a non-profit organization dedicated to showcasing poets all around the state. “It’s a form of ‘edutainment’ – education and entertainment,” said Kealoha, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate and Hawai‘i native. “It’s a fun way to get engaged with your community and listen to other people’s perspectives.” HawaiiSlam runs a First Thursdays slam poetry competition, spearheaded by Kealoha, every first Thursday of the month at the Fresh Café Warehouse. With some nights drawing over 600 audience members, First Thursdays has become the largest registered poetr y slam
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Kealoha, founder and director of the non-profit group HawaiiSlam, has been lauded as Hawai‘i’s “slam poet laureate” and was honored as a “National Slam Legend” in 2010. in the world. This year, SlamHawaii presents its eighth official season with its monthly qualifiers at
First Thursdays. The March 3 competition will be the “last chance slam” for poets to qualify for the HawaiiS -
lam Finals on April 7, which will determine the eighth team to officially represent Hawai‘i at the 2011 National Poetry Slam held
A f ter starting work at a management consulting job in San Francisco shortly af ter graduation, Kealoha soon realized that the corporate world wasn’t for him. Kealoha, thirsting for creativity, came across an ad in a San Francisco newspaper promoting a slam poetry event near his apartment. When he checked it out the first time, his interest was sparked. “When I was in San Francisco, I was like ‘Yeah, this is not for me,’” Kealoha said. “Going to a [poetry] slam really inspired me to take that bold leap.” Inspired, Kealoha began to write for days, neglecting his consulting work. Wanting to learn more about the art form, he attended ever y poetr y slam that he could in the Bay A rea. See Slam poetry, next page
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MONDAY, FEB. 28, 2011
Slam poetry: BRINGING IT TO THE ISLAND from previous page
In 2001, Kealoha left the comfort of his well-paying career path and returned back to Hawaii to reconnect with family, friends and nature. “I came home not knowing what I was going to do. I had no clue,” Kealoha said. “But I started to write about it and started to perform a lot.” Even before starting up HawaiiSlam or First Thursdays, Kealoha had already waded in knee-deep in his life long venture into the world of art. “I was doing poetry full time before I even started First Thursdays,” Kealoha said. “I was just going into schools, performing for concerts and festivals – almost like being a musician, but instead of playing an instrument, my instrument was my mouth and the sound that came out was poetry.” Soon after in April of 2003, Kealoha founded HawaiiSlam and started First Thursdays at its fi rst venue. “At some point I was like ‘you know what?’ we need to have a home base and I [was] happy to dedicate the time to make that happen,” Kealoha said. Although the crowd at First Thurs-
days was initially comprised mostly of Kealoha’s family and friends, word got out as the months passed and hundreds more started regularly attending the event.
ʻ T H E W I N N E R I S P O E T RYʼ According to Kealoha, although there wasn’t a slam poetry scene back when he was in college, the prevalence and popularity of the art seems to be growing. “Slam poetry is popular everywhere. Even in the Midwest and in the south—it’s inescapable,” Kealoha said. “You can go to any major city and you’ll fi nd it in America.” The art form of slam poetry, which started around the 80s, is not only geared toward the younger demographic, but all ages and backgrounds, says Kealoha. “It’s primarily been a movement that’s happened in bars, theaters, and coffee shops – all throughout the nation, and now the world,” said Kealoha. In the future, he wants to take his talent and art form on a larger scale
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by “reaching farther corners” of the islands, keeping it strong, and “touching people” who has never experienced slam poetry before. But for now, Kealoha is focused on the present. Even though First Thursdays is primarily a competition, he sees greater worth in it than a contest. “I tend to destress the competition as much as possible,” Kealoha said. “In the end, regardless of who wins, the winner is poetry. People walk away having heard poems, and that’s hot – it’s awesome.”
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MONDAY, FEB. 28, 2011
Sophomore success Subdued surfers E THAN ‘ONIPA‘A PORTER Senior Staff Columnist
Last week, a local surfer beat up another surfer. This is not usually big news — unless the local surfer is Sunny Garcia, and the incident happened not in Hawai‘i, but in Australia. Australian news reporters aired footage of Garcia, a pro surfer from Wai‘anae, along with Jeremy Flores of France, beating up an Aussie surfer in waist-deep water. According to Garcia’s attorney, the unnamed victim had been hassling Garcia’s 16 -year-old son in the break, and started the fi ght. When Garcia saw this, he ran into the water to help his son. Someone on the beach had a camera and fi lmed the fi ght.
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In the video, Garcia puts the other surfer in a headlock, holding him underwater, then punches him in the head. Flores, who was surfi ng with the younger Garcia, is in the background helping. The Association of Surfi ng Professionals has disqualified both surfers in the upcoming Australian contest, and released a statement condemning the violence. Being an avid surfer and watching the footage, my reaction was, “Eh, da guy probably had it comin’ to him.” These kinds of fights are pretty normal out in the break, and I have witnessed them. But then I asked myself, “Why is fighting normal among surfers?” When we are out surfi ng, we are supposed to be having fun. One of the best parts of paddling out is the bond that we all share in our love of the ocean. But sometimes,
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we start taking ourselves too seriously. Some guys do not know any better, while other guys try to take their frustrations out on others. I am not passing judgment to say Garcia’s reaction to protect his son was right or wrong. But it is wrong that our favorite pastime so often creates violent situations. I was put to the test a few weeks ago. While surfi ng at Tracks Beach in Nānākuli, a guy who was not watching where he was going dropped a wave that was breaking right where I was sitting on the inside. I saw him at the last minute and jumped off my board. I felt my leash, and I knew he had hit my board. I came up for air, and grabbed my board. There were three deep gashes in my rail from where his fi ns had dug into it. I was about to blow up at the guy, but stopped. “Fighting this guy is not going to fi x my board,” I said to myself. I paddled in to where he had landed. He looked like he was getting ready to defend himself, but I surprised him and asked if he was OK and if his board was damaged. We sat on the inside and inspected his board for dings, and then looked over my wreckage. He apologized for running me over. I apologized for not paying attention. No false-cracks. No blows. No breaking boards. As surfers and as people, change starts with ourselves. By setting a good example, others will follow in our footsteps.
OPINIONS DESK On March 2, the Campus Center will host the Sophomore Success Conference. This conference focuses on attracting freshmen and sophomores who may not have decided on a major. According to the Sophomore Experience website (http:// manoa.hawaii.edu/secondyear/ purpose.html), “Implementation of the program is warranted because of retention research at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa which has shown that the largest percentage of students who leave the institution do so between their sophomore and junior years. In addition, declaration of a major has been correlated with student persistence and graduation.” This conference, however, is not restricted to first and second year students. According to Kiana Shiroma, academic advisor for the UH Mānoa Honors and Presidential and Regents Scholar programs, “This event is for all students, Honors and nonHonors. It is aimed at freshmen and sophomores, but juniors and seniors are welcome. Attending one of the workshops or fairs fulfills the mandatory advising requirement for Honors and Regents and Presidential Scholars students, as well as the Mānoa Advising Center.” According to U.S. News and World Report, the freshman re-
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vices altogether. It may seem fair to charge big users for their downloading habits, but considering the costs of transferring a gigabyte of data runs less than a penny, Bell Canada’s markup borders on the insane. Worse yet is that Canada’s telecom infrastructure, while constructed by Bell Canada, was built on subsidies and contracts provided by the Canadian government, and paid for with Canadian tax dollars. For Bell Canada to turn around and charge absurd fees for Internet usage – not charging by transfer rate, the actual determining factor of bandwidth costs – on cables paid for by their own customers is corrupt enough, but the repercussions are even more damning. Not only will Bell Canada greatly profit from its Internet services, it will discourage users from watching television shows and movies on the Internet instead of CTV, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, which Bell also owns. Several members of the CRTC are also former senior employees of Bell Canada. Luckily for Canada, the Canadian Administration has promised to reverse the bill if the CRTC
does not do it itself. But what relevance does this have for us in Hawai‘i? In 2008, Time Warner Inc., one of the major ISPs in Hawai‘i, announced plans to move to consumption-based billing in several of its mainland regions as a pilot for data plans for the whole company. Time Warner canceled its plan in the face of massive public outcr y. Verizon Communications Inc., another major ISP in Hawai‘i, reportedly entered talks for usagebased billing in mid-2010. Verizon later denied the claim. Legislation akin to the CRTC’s proposed bill has only been stalled by the Federal Communications Commission’s strong support of Net Neutrality in the United States, but many major telecommunications companies have been lobbying against Net Neutrality legislation. Bell Canada’s recent move toward usage-based billing is evidence that the major ISPs aren’t willing to give up their plans just yet. If Internet providers are allowed the profit-mongering they so clearly want, we could be looking at a much smaller Internet in the years to come.
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MONDAY, FEB. 28, 2011
Road Rainbows: FIVE GAMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA from page 11
academics-wise I’ll just have to prepare and get my homework done so that I can focus on baseball.” No. 30 Hawai‘i will head to the Golden State for their first road trip of the season. The Rainbows will open with a four-game battle against the Loyola Marymount Lions Thursday through Sunday, followed by a single game against the Long Beach State 49ers on Monday. All games against the Lions will be at 11 a.m. HST and the game against the 49ers will start at 4:30 p.m. HST. The Rainbows hosted the Lions in 2009 and won all four games of the series. Loyola Marymount fi nished 30-29 that season, but this year, they are currently 7-1 after a three-game sweep over the Nevada Wolfpack. Hawai‘i locked up with Long Beach State last year, also in a one-game matchup. The Rainbows defeated the 49ers 8-2, with senior pitcher Zach Gallagher sealing the win for Hawai‘i.
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“Loyola Marymount’s a lot better. They’re pretty good this year, and Long Beach is always pretty good, so it will be a good road trip for us,” Sisto said. “It’ll be a tough road trip. It’s a good test to see where we’re at right now.”
M A R AT H O N GA M E The Rainbows survived a 15-inning marathon game against the No. 7 Texas Longhorns last Saturday. Hawai‘i came out on top 5-4 in the bottom of the 15th, when junior catcher David Peterson scored on a wild pitch. This was the longest game since 2008, when the Rainbows also took the San Jose State Spartans to 15 innings. “You can never really plan for this,” junior second baseman Kolten Wong said. “You just got to know that baseball is a game that anything can happen, so you just got to prepare yourself for that, and if it happens, it happens.”
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Three transfers have already made a big impact for the Rainbows. Swasey has started six of Hawai‘i’s seven games, while Peterson and sophomore shortstop Matt Harrison have started five games. “They’ve done a lot,” Wong said. “Matt and those guys came in ... and got the job done and that’s all we’ve asked of them.” Head coach Mike Trapasso said he feels that the newcomers have the potential to carry on the legacy left by the starters from last season. “We’ve seen that all three of those guys are more than capable of fi lling that void,” Trapasso said. “They’ve got big shoes to fi ll because those guys that they’re stepping in for really played tall. But they’re doing a super job. They work hard. They’re of the character that we want and they go out there and battle every day.”
CLOSING THE DEAL Senior pitcher Blair Walters and junior pitcher Lenny Linsky
have shut down Hawai‘i’s opponents throughout the fi rst two series. Walters and Linsky have pitched a combined 13.2 innings, allowing no runs and just six hits. “They’re two amazing pitchers and we’re happy to have them on our team,” Wong said. “We know that when we put the ball in their hands, they’re going to help us win, so that’s something that we always look forward to.”
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Junior Lenny Linsky (front), and senior Blair Walters (not pictured), have been solid on the mound for Hawai‘i. Together they pitched a combined 13.2 innings allowing no runs.
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Despite the success so far, Trapasso described the need for the two to improve as the season moves forward. “We feel like the back end of our bullpen is a strength,” Trapasso said. “But Lenny has been in a little bit of a funk since he came back from Christmas. Blair has really picked up where he kind of fi nished late last year and really [has] been throwing well.”
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’Bows go California dreaming Hawai‘i heads out on first road trip M ARC A R AK AKI Associate Sports Editor
The returnees on the Rainbow baseball team are accustomed to life on the road. “It’s fun. It’s more exciting than anything,” junior pitcher Matt Sisto said. “You get like team camaraderie, [and] it’s more of a team-building thing.” But for the newcomers, it’s a whole different ball game. “I’m not sure yet. I haven’t been on the road,” junior outfielder Zack Swasey said. “I’m new here, so I guess I’ll fi nd out. But See Road Rainbows, page 8
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Seniors go out with a bang ’Bows finish WAC play on road JOE F ERRER Senior Staff Writer
For seniors Bill Amis, Hiram Thompson and Douglas Kurtz, parting is such sweet sorrow. The three captains of the Rainbow Warrior basketball team said goodbye to their fans and the Stan Sheriff Center with a 76 -70
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ing an injured left arm. A fter corralling the opening tip -off, he called a timeout just seconds into the game and was subbed out. He received a standing ovation as he stepped off the hardwood. “I’m just grateful for all the fans’ support, and the opportunity that I had just to get out there for a second and show my thanks for ever ybody for supporting me these past four years,” Thompson said.
This program’s just on the way. It’s gonna keep getting better and better. win over New Mexico State on Saturday in the fi nal home game of their careers. “It’s kind of bittersweet. I’m glad we got to go out with a win,” said Amis, a three-year starter at forward from Oklahoma City, Okla. Thompson, a 6 -foot-3-inch point guard from Sacramento, Calif., started the game despite hav-
“It’s been a long career, but it’s been worth it,” Thompson said. “I had a great time here playing basketball and being a Warrior.” The 6 -foot-9-inch Amis is also grateful for the chance to play in the SSC’s atmosphere. “[I’m] just ref lecting on how good of a time I had here, and how great the fans have been,”
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Sophomore forward Joston Thomas and the Rainbow Warriors will close their regular season on the road with games against San Jose on Thursday and Fresno State on Saturday. Amis said. Kurtz, a 7-foot center from Pelotas, Brazil, made only his second start of the season. “The crowd is amazing. It’s the best place to play basketball.
Everybody will be there for you,” Kurtz said. “It’s awesome. I just have everyone to thank, including the coaching staff for giving me an opportunity to play in as good a place as Hawai‘i.”
With the win against New Mexico State, the ’Bows improved their overall record to 17-10 and are in fi fth place in the Western Athletic Conference standings at 7-7. The only two remaining regular season games for Hawai‘i are on the road against the San Jose State Spartans on Thursday and the Fresno State Bulldogs on Saturday. Both games will start at 5 p.m. HST. The Spartans and Bulldogs are seventh and eighth place respectively in the conference standings ,and share a WAC record of 5-9. The fi nal WAC games are important, as they will determine the seeding for the WAC Tournament, taking place March 9 to 12. The top two teams in the WAC tournament receive an automatic bid into the semifi nals, while the third and fourth seeds receive a fi rst-round bye. The last-place team does not receive an invitation to the tournament. The team can leap ahead of Idaho, New Mexico State and Boise State and finish as high as No. 2 in the WAC standings if they win their final two games and other teams lose. “This team expects to win,” head coach Gib Arnold said. “That comes from our senior leadership, but the young guys have bought in, too.” The Rainbow Warriors are 3-5 on the road this year. Before this season, the program lost 15 straight away games — 13 of which were in WAC play. “We’re pretty confi dent going into the WAC Tournament and going on the road,” Amis said. According to Amis, the team’s future looks bright. “ This program’s just on the way. It’s gonna keep getting better and better,” said Amis. “[If we] keep playing together and keep playing hard, finding the right spots — we’re gonna keep winning.”