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Show me the money: faculty pay cuts a year later JANE CALLAHAN Associate News Editor
October marks one year since the faculty agreed to a controversial pay cut that has had ripple effects throughout the university community. “ T he cuts at U H are the largest in memor y of the current facult y,” sa id Mar i Matsuda, professor at the R ichardson S chool of L aw. All faculty members received a 6.6 percent pay cut after talks through the University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (UHPA) lasted for over 15 months. The fi rst proposal saw an 86 percent rejection from faculty. One of the bigger points of contention was the proposal of retrenchment, which would allow the university to let go of tenured faculty. The final agreement ruled out that possibility, which is effective until 2013. Ken Kipnis, professor and chair of the philosophy department, said that students are one of the groups affected by the cuts. “ We faculty are honoring our obligations to students. Notwithstanding, it is not certain that Mānoa’s most serious and long standing problems, particularly those involving entering freshmen, will receive the attention we ought to devote to them,” said K ipnis. K ipnis sa id that t wo -thirds of his depar tment ’s photocopying budget was slashed, leaving the st udents to pr int and copy mater ials, draw ing f rom their ow n pockets. In a PBS Hawaiʻi interview in April, the host asked President Greenwood about students’ ability to register for the classes they need and to complete a degree in four years, to which she said, “I can’t sit here and tell you that in this kind of budget environment
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The Kuykendall building is only one among many UHM facilities that requires renovation and upgrades. Coupled with the faculty pay cuts, the situation is leaving faculty feeling increasingly fustrated.
that there won’t be students who can’t get classes.” Matsuda said that the budget cuts impede the types of materials students can access. “When the library says ‘sorry, we can’t get that journal you need’ it takes away our sense that we are a first-class university.” Mimi Sharma, a professor of Asian Studies and a faculty member for over 30 years, said that she sees her students wrestling with the economic downturn. “( T hey) are struggling … many are going from the Mānoa campus to a communit y college campus, all the while tr ying to keep up with rising tuition costs.” Reed Dasenbrock, vice chancellor of academic affairs, said that Mānoa would like to increase enrollment by 15 percent. Despite the fact that the University of Hawai‘i system is accepting more students and raising tuition, the f lagship campus of Mānoa continues to experience department cuts. T he U H PA posted t he sa la r ies of t he top adm i n ist rators a f ter pay c ut s , w it h P resident Greenwood ma k i ng $ 42 7, 512 (out side of subsidi zed hous i ng), Dr. Jer r is Hedges ( Dea n of t he S chool of Medici ne) ma k i ng $ 4 6 9,6 8 0, a nd t he footba l l coach pul l i ng i n $1.1 m il l ion a yea r. David Stannard, profes sor and chair of the A merican Studies department, cites a disconnect. “ T he combinat ion of increased t uit ion and record at tendance at U H is br inging more money into the inst it ution than ever,” sa id St annard. “ T here is no good reason for major f inancial cuts to the fac ult y or depar tments.” See Pay cuts, next page
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Some departments have been cut so deeply that faculty members have not been replaced, despite growing class sizes. Matsuda said that it is “harder to recruit and retain strong faculty,” while Sharma stated, “a lot of new faculty (are) leaving for greener pastures.” Stannard said the most difficult consequence to handle was the slashing of personnel and the simultaneous hiring freeze, particularly at a time when many teachers are nearing retirement. “Many departments are operating at a greatly reduced efficiency because of this, with faculty having to pick up the slack where possible - something that … cuts into their ability to do the jobs they were hired to do,” he said. A statement by Chancellor Hinshaw last year affirmed cautiousness of such results. “We’ve already reduced the number of UH-Mānoa faculty … Deeper cuts
mean more such losses, resulting in more reductions in services for faculty, staff, and students.” Hinshaw added that the budget cuts “will damage our ability to educate people … we’re enrolling more students with fewer resources.” “Most departments are operating on less than bare bones budgets,” said Stannard. “That means little or no ability to purchase needed equipment … and more … all of which, of course, compromises the overall educational experience.” On Sept. 23 of this year, the University of Hawaiʻi system sold $293 million of university revenue bonds, which will fi nance the construction of new facilities for the Cancer Research Center at Kakaʻako. Three weeks prior to that, Lingle released over $62,000 to UH to fi nance capital improvements to several campuses. The money is also meant to build the university’s fi rst technology center. This was one week after UH received $36
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FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 2010 million in government stimulus funds for educational broadband. Over the past month, both the Student Activity Program Fee Board and the Board of Publications have proposed increased fees for students in order to keep certain extracurricular opportunities available. “At one of the Board of Regents meetings (on) … the tuition hikes it was promised all extra tuition monies would go to benefit the students directly. Where is the public account sheet?” Sharma asked. Chancellor Hinshaw said the university has dedicated additional revenues to increase student scholarships from 15 to 16 percent. “(Students) as well as faculty and the community need to fi rst demand open accounting of where our money is going and what we have to say about its allocation.” said Sharma. On Oct. 1, the UH Council of Chairs is addressing the damage created by the cuts as “the sole agenda item at its meeting,” said Stannard. “ The longterm damage to the university
(is) a problem now recognized (as) critical.” “Respected senior faculty are saying the situation is dire, when
buildings are literally falling down,” said Matsuda.
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Warriors open WAC play with Bulldogs the interceptions jumpstart the defense into this week’s game against La Tech. The improved defense provides the Warriors with friendly competition. “When there’s competition, (the) guys (are) getting better and making plays, you cannot lose,” Paredes said. “The guys are trying their hardest to get plays, and tackles, and the defense swarms and it’s going to be good no matter what.” Paredes is ranked second nationally in tackles, averaging 13.2 tackles per game with 53 this season. Hardy-Tuliau also said the competition with players like Paredes and senior cornerback Jeramy Bryant is valuable. “It’s good for the defense,” Paredes said. “Those guys help us out and help me out because I’m a freshman.” Despite falling to the Bulldogs 27-6 at Ruston, La., last season, the Warriors lead the Honolulu series 4-0. The Bulldogs are on an eightgame losing streak on the road. This season, the Bulldogs MIKO WALCZUK/ KA LEO O HAWAI‘I are led by new head coach Sonny Senior wide receiver Ryan Henry runs the ball past a Charleston Southern defender. Dykes, who coached with McMackin at Texas Tech. K IYOMI UEDA “They’re going to throw it on The Warriors (2-2) hope to conSenior Staff Reporter tinue their defensive performance offense, but they do have some as they open Western Athletic Con- running backs,” McMackin said. The Warrior football team has ference (WAC) play this Saturday “They have probably the best returns in the league for the last found what they have been miss- against Louisiana Tech (1-3). Game time is at 5:30 p.m. at couple of years. ing since the beginning of the “They’ve lost their last three Aloha Stadium. year: defense. Junior linebacker and tri- games but they’ve been close and “Really for the last year we haven’t been playing defense the captain Corey Paredes said the against good football teams,” Mcway we want to play defense – an defense has been playing well in Mackin said. “So we’re going to attacking style of defense,” head the fi rst half of their games this prepare to play our best.” La Tech does not huddle in becoach Greg McMackin said in a season but hadn’t fi nished well tween their offensive sets either, press conference following their until Charleston Southern. “We’ve just gotta fi nish the which is something the Warriors 66 -7 over Charleston Southern game. You know, we start out are adjusting to. last week. “We’re working on getting “We were aggressive and we good (but) we need to start strong were making plays,” McMackin in the second half and fi nish the in condition for the no huddle,” said. “We’ve been doing it in prac- whole game,” said true freshman Paredes said. “They have athletes that if tice and about half the games but cornerback John Hardy-Tuliau. Last week, the Warriors re- you get the ball in their hands, consistently we need to be doing that. That’s what we hopefully corded their fi rst two intercep- they can make plays so we’ve gottions this season. They hope ta stop them and their pass.” learned this week.”
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Student, athlete, husband, father life, (but) I’m trying to push him to be a doctor though,” Silva said with a smile.
ACADEMIC ALL-STAR Senior safety Mana Silva got married in 2007 to his high school sweetheart, Keilah. They have a 3-yearold son named Kauahe. Before moving his family to O‘ahu, Silva would go to school and practice on weekdays and fly back to the Big Island to spend time with his family on weekends. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION MIKO WALCZUK– KA LEO O HAWAI‘I
Silva balancing life on and off the field JOE F ERRER Senior Staff Reporter Playing football for a DivisionI program, preparing for medical school and being a husband and father are all like full-time jobs. Senior safety Mana Silva does all four. “You have to set your priorities straight and get everything in order,” Silva said. “Then things fall into place.”
GRIDIRON GREAT Silva always had a passion for sports. He was a multi-sport athlete as a child growing up in Hilo, competing in football, basketball and baseball. Silva continued to play multiple sports in high school and even
began to run track. He showcased his ability and helped his team win league titles in baseball, basketball and football. He was also named an all-state quarterback and the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year. During his senior year at Kamehameha Schools on the Big Island, Silva was recruited by schools on the west coast and the University of Hawai‘i, but received no scholarship offers. UH defensive backs coach Rich Miano recruited him to play safety but Silva chose to join the Oregon State Beavers as a walkon – passing up a chance to play for his home state. “We were saddened by that,” Miano said. “We liked his athleticism in high school playing quarterback and playing different sports. We felt like he would be a proud addition to the best walk-
on program in the country.” Silva thought it would be a good fit when he signed to play in Corvallis, Ore. He was recruited to play quarterback but said it was an unfavorable situation for him, so after one season with the Beavers he returned home to attend UH. “It wasn’t working out for me,” Silva said. “Then I had my son.”
FAMILY MAN In 2007 Silva returned to Hawai‘i and married his high school sweetheart, Keilah. That same year the Silvas gave birth to their fi rst child, Kauahe. It was an emotional time for Silva because he had to spend the fi rst year of his son’s life traveling to and from his home on the Big Island. Silva would attend classes and practice with the team during the week and then fl y back home on Fridays. Then after a weekend full of changing diapers
and spending time with his wife, he would fl y back to Honolulu every Sunday evening and the routine would start all over again. “Those were some of my rougher days, traveling back and forth,” Silva said. “It was kind of tough on us.” After two semesters of splitting time between Hilo and Honolulu, Silva was able to move his family to O‘ahu where he could focus on his family, football and studies simultaneously. Silva’s lifestyle is busy, but he fi nds joy spending time with his son and appreciates the support he gets from his family. “He brings light to my day. It’s always fun to do things with him and teach him different stuff,” said Silva, whose son is now 3 years old. Silva wants his son to grow up and be whatever he wants to be, but stressed the importance and value of a good education. “Whatever he wants to be in
The 6-foot-1 Silva sat out the 2007 season due to NCAA transfer rules. But he used that year to focus on his studies and he was named an all-Western Athletic Conference academic selection his sophomore and junior seasons. Head coach Greg McMackin awarded Silva a scholarship in the 2009 season for his efforts in the classroom and on the field. “It’s really rewarding for you as a coach to be able to give a local guy a scholarship,” McMackin said. “Academics are a big part of our program, if not the most important part.” Silva remains humble about his accomplishments. He said that his good work ethic and timemanagement skills are the reasons for his academic success. “You kind of learn the college system, you gotta know when to hit the books,” Silva said. He’s been so persistent in school that he has already earned his bachelor’s degree from UH. He has only a few prerequisite classes for medical school left to take this semester and after football he plans to pursue a career in medicine. When asked about his future plans, Silva responded, “Try the NFL and then try to save lives, that’s my main goal in life.” Silva already has some experience in the medical field. This past summer he got the opportunity to shadow orthopedic surgeon Dr. Darryl Kan. “It was a good experience for me. I learned a lot,” Silva said. “I’ve shadowed various doctors throughout Hawai‘i.” Being a full-time student, football player, husband and father may seem daunting, but Silva has fi gured out the winning formula. “It’s just all about balancing your life out and finding a happy medium between everything,” Silva said.
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Warriors face tough travel schedule JAKE CAMARILLO Staff Reporter The Warrior Football team has already completed a two-game road trip against Army and Colorado that took them from Honolulu to West Point, N.Y., Boulder, Colo., and back. And there are still four Western Athletic Conference road games left in four more states: Fresno State (Fresno, Calif.), Utah State (Logan, Utah), Boise State (Boise, Idaho) and New Mexico State (Las Cruces, N.M.). In the four road games, the Warriors’ shortest trip is to Fresno State, about 5,000 miles round trip. Their farthest is to New Mexico, which is approximately 6,400 miles there and back. Overall, the team will travel about 23,000 more miles before the season is done. Head coach Greg McMackin mentioned in his weekly press conference that the rigorous travel and elevation affected senior slot receiver Kealoha Pilares (Damien ‘06) in the Coloado game. “I know it did hurt Pilares … he was gassed there on the sidelines,” he said.
In regards to McMackin’s comment, Pilares said he had run about 100 yards on a play, but “if you get tired, you sit out a play and come right back in.” Pilares said traveling can be diffi cult. “It’s hard – defi nitely takes a toll on your body,” Pilares said. But he also said that the coaches give them time to rest and that McMackin stresses mental toughness to the players to make sure they’re focused at all times. Another diffi cult adjustment is the change in time zones. “During the game it’s gonna hit you so you need to be mentally tough,” Pilares said. Having been on the team for four years, Pilares said he’s used to traveling. However, for the younger players that don’t have traveling experience, he said it’s harder and takes more focus. According to Pilares, it’s also rough missing school but he mentioned there are some valuable aspects to being on the road. “It’s a good time to bond with teammates,” he said. Junior linebacker Corey Paredes said he looked at traveling as a positive experience. “It’s fun, actually, because local boys don’t always have the op-
portunity to travel,” said Paredes, who graduated from Castle High School in 2007. He also said that it’s a good experience for the team to see new places. But like Pilares, Paredes also said traveling gets tiring. “The schedule gets hectic with the time change,” he said. However, Paredes also said McMackin does a good job getting the team to the location early so they can prepare for the game. Paredes didn’t feel that thousands of miles of travel had a big effect on his play but said it depends on the person. “If you train hard enough you’ll be ready,” he said. Pilares and Paredes gave different answers when asked if there is a difference playing on the west coast than on the east coast. Pilares said there wasn’t a difference. “Once you get on the plane it’s just another away game,” Pilares said. “It feels a lot better playing at home this week.” Paredes said there was a difference, but added that in any away game it’s all about game time. “You need to be in the right place at the right time and things have to go your way,” he said.
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Warriors need independence head to the MWC in two years. T here goes the WAC’s credibilit y. And it leaves the WAC with only six schools: Hawai‘i, San Jose State, Idaho, Utah State, New Mexico State and Louisiana Tech.
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Hawai‘i needs to leave the Western Athletic Conference and go independent. Pronto.
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This Saturday, the Warrior football team will play Louisiana Tech, a school located 4,000-plus miles and three time zones away, as part of a “Western” Athletic Conference match-up. Doesn’t make sense to me either, but what’s new? The WAC is the most geo-
graphically challenged conference out of the current Football Bowl Subdivision conferences, and a Hawai‘i/L ouisiana Tech game is proof. It doesn’t make things any better knowing the WAC is close to becoming the WACC, or the “Western Athletic Cupcake Conference”. Two-time BCS bowl-winner Boise State, currently ranked No. 3, will leave the WAC next season for the Mountain West Conference. Nevada, who is ranked No. 25, and Fresno State will also
To maintain FBS status, conferences must have at least eight schools. Texas State and University of Texas-San Antonio have announced their interest in moving up from the Football Championship Subdivision for WAC membership within the next three years, according to the Idaho Statesman. Big whoop. First of all, neither school brings a quality FCS football program to the WAC. UTSA will be having only its fi rst collegiate football season in 2011 and Texas State has a 20-16 record for the last three years. Texas State is currently ranked No. 20 in the FCS poll and is 3-1 so far this season – but have you ever heard of their wins over powerhouses Southern Arkansas, California Polytechnic State or Southern Utah? And although these additions would be beneficial geographically for LaTech, it would mean a more centrally zoned conference for Hawai‘i. It’s clear that UTSA and Texas State are being considered just to
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keep the WAC alive. Other schools that are looking for WAC memberships, according to the Idaho Statesman, are Montana, University of Denver and Seattle University. However, Denver and Seattle don’t have football programs. No. 12 Montana has been a perennial power in the FCS – claiming two national and 18 conference titles, with a solid fan-base and facilities. Although they are seeking membership, they have been hesitant in the past to move up. There were, however, two schools the WAC courted that would have been nice additions geographically for Hawai‘i. Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) ranked No. 15 in the FCS poll, and UC Davis (Davis, Calif.) are both located within the west coast. But both have said they will remain FCS schools and will join the Big Sky conference in football in 2012 – the year the WAC will need to add at least two more members. You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even beat an FCS conference for teams.
I N D E P E N D E N C E DAY Location isn’t the only aspect that determines what team a conference picks up. Although travel costs are important, the size of the school’s television market, the revenue it brings to the conference, and the quality of the programs, among
others things, factor in too. But seriously, what is left for Hawai‘i in the WAC – especially with three of the premier football programs leaving and teams willing to join still two time zones away? Although being an independent in football has its disadvantages, such as scheduling games when other programs are in their conference seasons, and having to play back-to-back road trips on the road to cut travel costs, it beats playing in the WAC, where the credibility is dead. Hawai‘i has talked to the Big West Conference and the West Coast Conference about moving their 18 other sports to these conferences if football goes independent. The Big West was the home of the Rainbow Wahine sports from 1985 to 1995. And although Hawai‘i may have to pay travel subsidies, the Big West, for instance, is made up of nine teams that are located in Northern, Central and Southern California. Much easier than traveling to Ruston, La., Moscow, Idaho, or Logan, Utah right? Going independent may present initial problems and headaches for Hawai‘i and would call for adjustments made by the athletic department to schedule games without a set conference schedule. But with the state of the WAC, what does Hawai‘i have to lose in search for independence?
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Horoscopes By Nancy Black and Stephanie Clements Tribune Media Services (MCT) Today’s birthday (10/1/10). This could be your luckiest year to date. Maximize possibilities by following your passions, and by exerting your will in career and work matters. Soothe relationships with co-workers by identifying and explaining opportunities, including necessary details.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Ka Leo O Hawai‘i EDITOR LINDSY OGAWA ASSOCIATE MICHAEL BREWER OPINIONS @ KALEO.ORG
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FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 2010
We vote – just not for what matters
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Students seem perfectly willing to vote for their favorite dance crew, but not for the politicians that will affect their future. C HRIS M IKESELL Senior Staff Writer Americans, I have good news: we do indeed believe in democracy. Remember Jasmine Trias? The Mar yknoll graduate rode Hawai‘i’s votes all the way to the top three on Season 3
of A merican Idol in 2004. In the second season of American Idol, in which Ruben Studdard beat out Clay Aiken, the show’s fi nale drew more than 24 million votes, with another 230 million votes never being counted because Verizon and SBC couldn’t get the calls through. W hen PepsiCo needed to put a new f lavor of Mountain Dew out on the market early this year, they didn’t need to hire a focus group. We fell all over ourselves to be the biggest focus group on the planet by voting and collaboratively creating marketing materials for our favorite f lavors of soda. When M&M’s wanted to ditch their tan-colored candies in favor of a new shade in 1995, they too asked people to vote: with over half of the ten million votes cast in that contest, blue candies were installed as a replacement. And lest we forget, we also vote (hopefully) for our 250 -member University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa marching band because they’ve entered a contest playing the Hawai‘i Five-O theme song. If they win, they could be on T V, and UH Mānoa could get national exposure. Sports coaches vote on which teams
they think are set to win their conferences. Academy awards get voted on: actors and actresses get the votes of other actors and actresses, as well as from other members of the television industry. Market theor y says we vote with our wallets ever y time we buy one thing instead of something else. Buy Hamakua tomatoes and you support local ag – get your veggies from Wal-Mart and you’re voting for their corporate values. News broadcasts from CNN to FOX News to local television stations have interactive polls for viewers to vote during primetime shows. Even our own humble kaleo.org website has a web poll, where we ask whoever drops by to vote on the issue of the day. This is all democratic. That ’s a good thing. But t he bad news? Gabr iel Iglesias sa id it best : We don’t vote for presi dents, we vote for A mer ica n Idol. In 20 08, over 231 million A mer i cans could have voted but only 132.6 million did – less than 57 percent . In 2004, A merican Idol had Washington DC beat out by more than 100 million people when its audience voted. Hawai‘i is only slightly above the
national average when it comes to voter turnout – in 20 08, only 65.9 percent of people who could vote in the general election did, and in 20 04 we had the lowest voter turnout in the nation. If you’re over 18, an American citizen, and have managed to avoid getting a felony, there’s no excuse. Register to vote and be counted for something more than the next pop sensation. Maybe then we can see more of democracy in action than the inactive democracy we have now.
TO REGISTER FOR HAWAIʻIʼS GENERAL ELECTION ON NOV. 2, YOU NEED TO BE: • a U.S. citizen • a Hawai‘i resident • at least 16 years old to preregister, 18 years old to vote H OW T O VO T E Go to any Satellite City Hall and pick up a Voter Registration Form and submit it to Honolulu Hale or postmark it by Monday, Oct. 4.
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Ka Leo O Hawai‘i EDITOR REECE FARINAS ASSOCIATE ALVIN PARK FEATURES @ KALEO.ORG
FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 2010
Youth theater gets new directors for play this weekend From left to right, Cindy Hartigan, Anglea J.P. Gosalves and Rhoda Kealoha Baria rehearse “Tarradiddle Tales,” a youth theater production that will take place today, Saturday and Sunday.
Watching Sara Skinner-Probst suddenly demonstrate how actors climb on poles in the children’s play she’s currently co-directing was a little surprising. The poles simulate make-believe trees on the set of “Tarradiddle Tales”, a children’s play that’s been performing for public schools through the week. “That was a very fun day when those trees went up. I think the actors had just as much fun as the kids do watching us,” said
Skinner-Probst, a graduate student. For a student graduating this semester with an MFA in Youth Theater, she had a lot of excitement in her voice. Excitement—and determination—are qualities Skinner-Probst needs right now, because she and grad student Jen Dickenson, who is in her second year of the same MFA program, are temporarily taking over the 40 -year directorial reign of recently retired professor Tammy Montgomery. “We’re still bringing her energy with us while allowing this
First Friday with aloha ROBERT C HOY Staff Writer
C elebr at e t he end of t he s chool we ek by t a k i ng p a r t i n F i r st Fr iday, a h igh energ y me et- a nd - m i ngle event t hat t a kes pl ac e i n Ch i nat ow n on t he f i r st Fr iday of ever y mont h . A s you roa m a rou nd t he a rea , you c a n v isit a r t ga l ler ies a nd chat w it h t he
a r t ist s , eat at f a mous rest au r a nt s a nd da nc e t he rest of t he n i ght aw ay at one of t he m a ny n i ght clubs t hat p epp er t he nei ghborhood . First Fridays, a relatively unknown event when it started more than five years ago, has become the place to be for young adults. With growing inf luence over Honolulu, First Fridays has recently expanded into the
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“It’s amazing how each audience is different. The actors will ask the same questions to the kids, and from one performance to the next on the same day, the answer will be completely different,” said Dickenson.
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program to morph into whatever it’s going to be in the upcoming years,” said Skinner-Probst. The two ladies are serving a transitionary period until a new professor is found to teach and direct the Youth Theater program at the University of Hawai̔i at Mānoa. “ Tarradiddle Tales” is a collection of four short stories: “ The Donkey Ride,” “Caps for Sale,” “ The Magic Tree,” and “Peter and the Fool.” The cast enact a troupe of travelers that “find objects” in brightly colored boxes, such as “musical
The space inside the lab theater is set up in a way to hold maximum interaction between cast and audience. Three sets of chairs face a non-traditional stage with 270 degrees of viewing space. The actors approach the audience more than a few times during the show with questions, clapping rhythms between transitions, and close encounters. Anyone who’s ever been to an Earl Ernst lab play will understand the creative atmosphere bubbling from such a small theater. During the public school performances held this week, the show was so well-received by the children the actors had to do some critical thinking to keep up with their audience. During a part where actor Scott Allen tried to sell a hat to the kids, one of them pulled out two dollars and offered to buy it. “We try to prepare the actors for what they can say in certain situations. ‘We try to think of, what will the kids say?’” said Skinner-Probst. Costume design wouldn’t like having to make new hats, so Allen had to improvise.
A loha Tower Marketplace, and many places outside of Chinatown now offer specials on the first Friday of the month. T his month’s First Fr iday w ill feat ure M A Mo, a contem porar y Nat ive Hawa iian ar t galler y w ith car v ings, pa intings and cra f ts done by Nat ive Hawa iians. I f you’re look ing for something more spir it ual, Open Space Yoga w ill be playing host to a Chinese Z en Mas ter who w ill be doing a calligraphy demonst rat ion to help
ra ise awareness about the cr it ically endangered South Chinese T iger. A f ter you’re done checki ng out t he a r t , you’ l l have worked up a n appet ite. I ndigo rest aura nt w il l c ater to t hose needs , t hough a reser vat ion is recom mended. For l ighter fa re, Huk ilau of fers sushi a nd d r i n k specia ls ser ved i n a re la xed at mosphere w it h l ive Hawa i ia n music. You c a n t hen bu r n of f t hos e c a lor ies at one of t he
m a ny clubs i n Ch i nat ow n . Nex t Door of fer s a l a rge da nc e f loor w it h a l ive DJ c r a n k i ng out t u nes a l l n i ght long a nd A lt er S olu m c a n c at er t o you r da rk side w it h it s r ave - l i ke at mosphere. I f you’re look i ng for s omet h i ng a bit c a l mer, T he D r a gon Up st a i r s is one of t he few ja z z lou nges on ̔Oa hu . W het her or not you p a r t ic ip at e i n a l l t hat F i r st Fr iday ha s t o of fer, you’ l l come aw ay fe el i ng s atisf ied a nd c r av i ng more .
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M ICHAEL BREWER Associate Opinions Editor
instruments, masks, hats, and other wacky items,” according to a press release. The small cast, along with the set, costume and puppet designers are all UHM students.
This weekend, the show will open to UHM students and the public. The co-directors share some apprehension about the transition from child to adult audiences. “It ’s kind of difficult once you become an adult theatergoer. There’s all these rules like, ‘do I have to sit in my chair quietly?’ The kids haven’t learned all those rules yet, which is what we love to interact with,” said Dickenson. They hope that by the second piece, the adult audience will catch on by yelling things out and clapping with the cast in rhythmic exercises during transitions. “Kids do it easily. I’m hoping that by the second transition the adults will be like, ‘I can do the rhythm too,’ and get really excited,” said Skinner-Probst. Whatever happens, the two directors know it will have been worth it, carrying on Montgomerey’s joyful tradition of bringing “playful” plays to audiences of all ages. “This performance is dedicated to her,” said Dickenson. “I think everyone’s excited about it.”