A K LEO T H E
V O I C E
Ser v i ng t he st udents of t he Un iversit y of Hawa i ‘ i at M ā noa si nce 1922
Battle of the bands Crushing the 5-0 competition Features 7
Womenʼs wages Working toward equal earnings Opinions 8
W E DN E S DAY to T H U R S DAY, S E P T. 29 to 3 0 , 2 010
w w w. k a leo.org
Volu me 105 Issue 27
Shidler students feel the heat
DANIEL JACKSON Staff Writer
LYNN NAK AGAWA News Editor
SAT U R DAY, S E P T. 25 A student reported being punched in the eye by another male while attending the “Rockin’ the Roots” concert at Campus Center. The assailant escaped into the crowd.
Last week the Shidler College of Business became a “sauna” as facilities management re placed the water chillers in the school’s AC system. The work, which cut off the chilling of the air, left many students and instructors in the heat for about a week. Facilities scheduled Thursday, Sept. 16 through Wednesday, Sept. 22 to replace the chillers. Many of Shidler’s classrooms are enclosed and have no windows, meaning little or no outside circulation. “It was hot and muggy and many students started bringing fans to class,” said Edwin Chau, accounting major. “Many of the classes were moved outdoors and most professors postponed midterms ’til this week,” he said. However, some students could not escape their midterms in spite of the heat. Naquan Gavin, international business and marketing major, took his midterm in a Shidler classroom during the week of no air-conditioning. “I had to take a midterm in those conditions, it was horrendous,” he said. “I had a towel with me and had to use it the whole time. The heat was absurd,” said Gavin, who believes the heat can affect test outcomes marginally. If there are plans of cutting the AC in the future, Gavin hopes that students
At around 1 a.m., a Hale Noelani resident reported a stranger sitting in her apartment, helping herself to groceries. The resident convinced the intoxicated intruder to leave, only to have her return a few minutes later through a living room window. The uninvited visitor was later issued a one-year trespass warning.
F R I DAY, S E P T. 24 A moped was reported stolen from Waʻahila Faculty Housing. The moped had been secured by the rear wheel, which was unbolted and left chained to the bike rack. T U E S DAY, S E P T. 21 An assistant professor reported receiving disturbing e-mails and notes left on his Sakamaki Hall office door. The author of the notes claimed to be the “biological grand-daughter of Osama Bin Laden” who knew the “secret behind the origin of HIV as well as other secret knowledge.” The assistant professor expressed concern See CampusBeat, page 4
NIK SEU / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I
The facilities mangagement’s work cut off the A.C. for Shidler College of Business from Sept. 16 to Sept 22. will be relocated to another classroom with AC or ventilation. Kelly Wiles, human resource management major, had two tests in Shidler last week. “In my finance class, every single space was filled and I was sweating. The only thing I wanted to do was get out of the class,” she said.
“Shidler is not made for ventilation. It has no windows. It was just stale air (in the classrooms),” said Wiles. William Chismar, associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Business confirmed that no plans were in place to re locate students because of space
capacity at the university. According to Wiles, one of her instructors warned students about the impending heat and cautioned them to be prepared. The air-conditioning is currently running at the Shidler College of Business and is functioning as usual.
Board of Publications seeks to implement fee increase A LICIA PARTRIDGE Senior Staff Writer Along with many other student organizations, the Board of Publications (BOP) is seeking to increase their student fee from the current $13 per semester to $23 by 2013.
Much like other groups, the BOP is feeling the effects of the budget crunch. The fee has been the same since 1988 and the Board has only recently started considering an increase. The increase would take place over 2.5 years; going up $2 per semester for the next five semesters. “We figured that it is like the price of two
lattes over four semesters,” said Ronald Gilliam, BOP Treasurer and graduate student. Gilliam explained that the figure came from brainstorming sessions with their advisor after they figured out their needs and goals. See BOP fee increase, page 3