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UH students use education to help homeless JANE CALLAHAN Associate News Editor

Students from the John A. Burns School of Medicine, the Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences Department and the Ethnic Studies department teamed up to use what they’ve learned to aid Honolulu’s homeless. “This is a true win-win partnership,” Dr. Jill Omori, the director of Predoctoral Education at JABSOM, said of the coordinated efforts between UH and the shelter. “The students have gained invaluable experience in working with this underserved population… The shelter and homeless patients receive free access to medical care that they may not otherwise have.” The Next Step Shelter, located in Kaka‘ako, was originally created to serve the homeless residing in Ala Moana Park, and now houses up to 300 people. In 2005, UH’s ﬁ rst volunteer team was comprised of eight students from the UH medical school. Today, there are over 40 student volunteers who conduct free check-ups, offer health education and social services to the shelter residents as part of the Homeless Outreach and Medical Education project. “This program has substantially grown through the years,” Omori said. Students have also included the Pai‘olu Kaiaulu shelter in Wai‘anae into their services once a week.

E D U C AT I O N AT WO R K Dr. Ulla Hasinger, the service-learning coordinator and a professor of anthropology in Ethnic Studies at UHM, said, “Coming from a medical perspective and a social science perspective is a great thing because we can do different things there.” Social science students dedicate 20 to 25 hours per semester playing with the children, serving food and helping coordinate events. Roughly a third of those at the Kaka‘ako shelter are children. Hasinger said that students also help children with their homework, adding that none of the children

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UHM medical student volunteers provide basic care to O‘ahu’s homeless population at the Next Step Shelter in Kaka‘ako. In addition, social science volunteers coordinate shelter events. at the shelter have failed their classes. Next Step was established as a transitional place where people in need are given a chance to get back on their feet. In order to be admitted to the shelter, applicants must undergo an assessment at the Waikīkī Health Center. Anyone who has a record of a sex crime or tests positive for drugs is not admitted into the shelter, while those

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with severe mental problems are referred to other locations for care. “One of our criteria is to get our folks where they need to be, but they need to do the leg work,” said Kapua Tani, the on-site assistant coordinator and an Ethnic Studies major at UHM. Students in the pre-med program, medical school and residency help by treating

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simple wounds and injuries, diagnosing patients and providing disease management. The system is a streamlined hierarchy: First-year students are responsible for patient intake and taking vital signs, while third- and fourth-year students see the patients. They are supervised by volunteer See UH outreach, next page

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faculty physicians. For those without medical insurance, HOME offers some free medications. “The most common problems that we see include upper respiratory infections, skin infections, asthma, diabetes and hypertension,” Omori said. All third-year medical students rotate through the clinics for seven weeks. First- and fourthyear students receive credit for their work at Next Step. All JABSOM volunteers undergo training for medical problems. The training includes seminars on social determinants of health and health care disparities. Funding for the program has primarily come from grassroots fundraising like bake sales and vending machine proﬁts, and is

supplemented by grants. Dr. Monisha Das Gupta, an associate professor of Ethnic and Women’s Studies and the director for South Asian studies at UHM, said that regardless of their area of learning, students “have had life- changing experiences” working at the shelter. Sam Kriek, a student volunteer and freshman at UHM, said he volunteered “because it was a new experience and I wanted to see what a homeless shelter was like... I saw the hardships that others endure, and it made me feel grateful for what I have in my life.” Hasinger said volunteering at the shelter has taught students about the homeless in Hawai‘i. “Many students go into this thinking the homeless are drug

addicts, and when they go there they find out that [they] are real people with families and children,” she said. Hasinger explained that population is ethnically diverse, including Pacific Islanders, Caucasians and Hawaiians. “It’s very sad to see Native Hawaiians homeless in their own land.”

A G ROW I N G D E M A N D A rise in the number of homeless people on O‘ahu is thought to be the combined result of the economic downturn and immigration. Hasinger cited an example of a family with a car and two jobs. “It’s expensive to live in Hawai‘i. You can afford to have a car but you can’t pay $2,000 a month in rent… There is a lack of affordable housing.”

Tani said that a recent migration from Micronesia as a result of the Compact of Free Association has also added to the homeless problem. “Hawai‘i is the ﬁ rst stop out of their homeland to which many seek the so-called ‘American Dream.’” COFA offers citizens of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau ﬁ nancial assistance in exchange for their status as associated states with the United States. Hasinger said a compounding problem is that those in Section 8 housing cannot take in their relatives that migrate to Hawai‘i because of resident limits under the government assistance rules. Looking into future developments, Omori said they would like to implement a Teen Club at the shelter that would “educate teens

on important health issues while also providing fun outings.” Omori also hopes to see better mental health and family planning services to address the growing number of homeless families. Kriek said that he was “startled” that families continued to grow when they didn’t have the means to provide for their children, adding that many families had more than one infant. The main goal of the program is to interact with those at the shelter and point them in the right direction, Tani said. “Some folks have just run out of luck, others are trying to rebuild their lives, some lost their jobs or got evicted from their home. There is no typical homeless person,” he said.

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Puna Geothermal Venture versus Pele A NDREA DECOSTA Senior Staff Writer

The 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated large regions of coastal Japan is a reminder that we cannot control nature. Questions about operating a geothermal energy plant adjacent to an active volcano raise valid safety concerns from island residents. Locally, rising crude oil prices have pushed gasoline to over $4 per gallon with forecasts of $5 per gallon anticipated by 2015. Hawai‘i currently imports more than 90 percent of its energy and is among several states including Alaska, California, Oregon and Nevada, with a high potential for electricity – generating geothermal energy. The potential for a clean al-

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ternative fuel that contributes to the state’s goal of 70 percent renewable energy by 2030 makes geothermal an attractive solution for Hawai‘i’s future sustainable energy needs. However, the Lingle administration’s decision to renew geothermal production in Hawai‘i also provoked an outcry from indigenous groups. Native Hawaiian groups believe that one of the most revered and active Hawaiian deities, Pele, will suffer by further extraction of geothermal energy from the Puna region of Hawai‘i Island. Members of the Pele Defense Fund have long argued that the state’s obligation to protect indigenous rights must be balanced with energy needs. See Geothermal energy, next page

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Geothermal energy: COMMUNITY SEES ADVANTAGES AND DISADVATAGES

Members of the community, who rely on the region for gathering ingredients essential to making la‘au for traditional healing, were first to sound the warning. In 1980, the Pele Defense Fund was successful in its efforts to have Wao Kele ‘O Puna identified as a location of significance for traditional practices worthy of court protection. “We only look at the Pele family as being the creation of new land. But the Pele family’s also the creation of things which grow on the land,” said traditional Hawaiian culture practitioner Pua Kanaka‘ole. Developing the area still raises issues. “Permitting remains complex, and the costs of completing an EIS [environmental impact statement] is very high for this type of project,” said Horst Brandes, of UH’s civil and environmental engineering department. “Volcanoes National Park has a lot of geothermal potential, but I’m not

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sure if they are able to extract geothermal without running afoul of the federal government.” In the 1980s, Puna residents, many engaged in agriculture, complained of the foul smell, as well as eye and skin irritation they cited as a byproduct of geothermal operations. Resident concerns have only increased over the years, with allegations of water and soil contamination in the wake of geothermal production. The resurrection of geothermal production in Puna has prompted new a new round of legislation and litigation – reviving dormant tensions within the community. Several indigenous and environmental activists have claimed that alternative sources or locations for geothermal energy have not been fully investigated, pointing to Maui’s geothermal potential as an alternative to Puna. The company, however, points out the benefits of geothermal energy.

“Environmentally, this is one of the cleanest, safest technologies in energy generation,” said Puna Geothermal Venture’s Michael Kaleikini. “The heat source comes up, it is used to generate electricity, then it goes back to the earth. It’s a closed loop.”

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P O T E N T I A L I M PAC T O F H B2 0 0, ACCO R D I N G T O T E S T I MO N Y

On Monday, high-ranking ofﬁcials from the public sector, including UH President MRC Greenwood, packed the Senate conference room. The occasion was the hearing of state budget bill HB200 by the Senate Ways and Means Committee. With over 230 pieces of testimony from various departments and organizations, the hearing lasted for several hours with no result, as the measure was deferred. Faculty and other university ofﬁcials gathered, hoping to procure funding for their departments and prevent the drastic cuts proposed by HB200. The university faces a potential reduction of $16 million for this session. This amounts to over $200 million in general fund budget reductions in the current biennium, according to President Greenwood’s testimony. The picture that President Greenwood’s testimony paints is one of a university struggling to survive on limited funds with an ever-growing student base. There has been an increase of approximately 10,000 students in the UH system from Fall 2007 to this semester, bringing the total number of students from 50,000 to 60,000.

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The Office of the Governor will have to lay off 25 people (half its current staff) or shut down for half the year.

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Juvenile status offenders placed in the Home Maluhia facility will be displaced or moved to housing for more serious offenders.

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for full testimony, see http://capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Testimony/ HB200_HD1_TESTIMONY_WAM_03-28-11.pdf When President Greenwood defended the university, she said it is “[the] University’s commitment to strengthen the state’s economy. Hawai‘i’s economy … [is] impacting virtually every state program and every resident.” Some students may not feel that they are impacted by these political events, and may feel that SB120, HB79, and HB200 will

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never affect the university in real, tangible ways. However, the university is always one step away from being stripped of its funding and kicked to the gutter. A cash-strapped state needs to gain revenue from hiking up taxes and cut costs by decreasing budgets for public services. The University of Hawai‘i is by no means a safe haven. The passage of one bill has

the potential to rob UH of not only present programs, but future capacities. As students, we must also be cautious not to blame the legislators for their actions. No single legislator is responsible for the downturn, and no single legislator should be faulted for trying to think of any means to balance what is a wildly defunct budget. Finally, we must evaluate the value of the university in comparison to other projects. The university bears the noble title of being a public educational institution and may be more worthy of funding than, for example, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations in the eyes of some. What happens when the Department of Human Resources is desperately trying to save programs for the disabled and the impoverished in the wake of a decreased budget proposed by HB200? What about the Attorney General’s testimony discussing the decrease in funding the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, which will “Make it more difﬁ cult for victims of sexual assault to receive the care and attention they need”? While some students may not care, and other students are strongly in favor of the university, there is some value in considering other venues where taxpayer dollars can go.

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I just started a new job, and I really like this girl I work with. Is it wrong if I ask her out? Sam: Why not? If the company allows it, and the dating policy isn’t strict, I don’t see any problem. To initially see if a relationship is even in the works, I would recommend hanging out with the girl in a group setting, preferably without other coworkers. In high school I maintained a relationship in the work place that was acknowledged by my manager, who was gracious enough to schedule us different days, or at least not schedule us together every day. I loved the setup. It was competitive, fun, and we always had something to talk about at the end of the day.

Liz: I don’t recommend asking out a coworker if you really like your job. I dated someone I worked with on and off for over two years, and it was a disaster. Seeing him at work made it impossible for me to get over him. I eventually had to leave the job I loved, and then three weeks later he quit. Working in close proximity to someone you like is not a good idea, because it does not give you enough time apart. Everyone I know that has worked with someone they liked romantically has either ended the relationship or had to quit his or her job. It can be fun for a while, but in my opinion it is a bad idea.

In the March 14 Ka Leo, columnist Ethan Porter’s insightful article tears gaping holes in the Tea Party’s mythologies about evil government and the so-called “free market.” Porter knows that far from the “perfect” capitalist economy imagined by Rand Paul and others, Corporate America (the same folks that brought us the present ﬁ nancial crisis) is waging war on the workers of America, driving wages down and destroying a multitude of jobs. In Wisconsin, Ohio and other states, this offensive (using the Republican Party as a tool) extends to an attempt to eliminate the public workers unions. Accomplish this, and the business chiefs who increasingly run this country will have even more power. But in Wisconsin and elsewhere, workers and students are pushing back strongly and proclaiming, “America belongs to all of us.” They deserve our full support.

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COMPETITION BOOST Playing in the Big West will also boost Hawai‘i’s schedule strength. The Rainbows usually play top nonconference teams. Besides No. 15 Fullerton, Hawai‘i has also played No. 39 Oregon and No. 7 Texas this season, and will play No. 34 Wichita State this week. But it’s the Western Athletic Conference’s competition that has hurt Hawai‘i’s Rating Percentage Index, which the NCA A selection committee uses to select at-large teams into the regionals. Trapasso said many of the WAC schools are regional-caliber programs, but some schedule weaker nonconference opponents, which lowers the WAC’s RPI. “We go into the season knowing we have a team that’s capable of going to postseason play every year, but you can’t realistically say you have a fair shot at it happening because of the way the WAC is put together. From an RPI standpoint in college baseball, it’s a one-team

league. It’s either you win the conference tournament or you don’t go.” Last season, Hawai‘i won the WAC Tournament and was the league’s only bid. The WAC’s RPI was No. 14 out of 32 conferences, while the Big West was No. 8. In the last 10 years, Hawai‘i has been the only WAC school to earn an at-large berth into the NCA As (2006), which Trapasso attributed to their quality preseason schedule. “If you struggle and get beat [in the WAC], you’ll drop 20 to 30 points in a weekend, and you can’t recover from that,” Trapasso said. “Every game you lose, you’re in trouble. You run the risk of not playing in postseason.” But with a strong nonconference and Big West schedule, Trapasso said he believes the Rainbows will have one of the top RPIs in the country every season – regardless of their record. More importantly, they will have a better chance of earning a NCAA at-large berth. “If you’re just able to put a solid year together, you don’t have to go and win 40 plus games, with our schedule. Our RPI should be in the top 30. You just hope to ﬁnish in the top three or four in the Big West, and you have a shot at getting an at-large bid. “That’s just huge for our program, to be able to say every year you go into the season, you have a legitimate shot [at postseason play].” Still, the Big West is two years away, so the ’Bows are focused on taking care of business in the WAC, which begins April 8 against Sacramento State. “We’re gonna keep battling in the WAC the next two years,” Trapasso said. “But we’re really excited about going into the Big West.”

UP NEXT The Rainbows (11-13) will host Wichita State (17-8) this Wednesday to Saturday at Les Murakami Stadium. The first three games will start at 6:35 p.m., and Sunday’s begins at 12:05 p.m. UH Mānoa students get in free with a validated ID.

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Another game, another nationally ranked opponent. That’s nothing new for the Rainbow Wahine water polo team, which plays in the Mountain Paciﬁ c Sports Federation. T he MPSF is considered the top women’s water polo conference in the countr y each season. T his year is no dif ferent, as the conference includes No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 California, No. 3 USC, No. 4 UCL A , No. 5 Hawai‘i, No. 8 A rizona State, No. 9 San Jose State and No. 11 San Diego State. “The top teams are so close, and one mental lapse in 32 minutes [of regulation] can be the difference between winning and losing,” Rainbow Wahine assistant coach Maureen Cole said. The ’Bows know about that. Their only MPSF loss was a 5-4 defeat by USC two weeks ago. USC tied the game with only two seconds left in regulation, and then won in overtime. Still, Cole said the team is

competing well. “We have played great, both defensively and offensively, but we need to work on playing that way more consistently,” she said. Senior center Leonie Van Der Molen said the team is conﬁdent. “Team synergy is better than ever – we are all very disciplined in the water, and I think that one big difference [this year] ... is that everyone on the team is conﬁ dent,” Van Der Molen said. “There is a lot that we still need to work on, but we are already better than we have ever been, so it can only get better from here on.”

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amoku Aquatic Complex at 6 p.m. Admission is free. “Cal is a very respectable team, but so are we,” Van Der Molen said. “We are going to have to give it our all this weekend, and we will.” The ’Bows defeated California on Feb. 26 at the UC Irvine Invitational, but are ranked lower in the national polls. “We feel that every time we play we have something to prove, and this weekend is no different,” Cole said. Junior attacker Monika Eggens leads the team with 36 goals. Van Der Molen is second with 24, and three other Rainbow Wahine have scored at least 20 goals. Senior goalie Serena Bredin has recorded 120 saves.

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M ARC A R AK AKI Associate Sports Editor While some college athletes only pursue their bachelor’s degree, Warrior volleyball senior setter Nejc Zemljak is thirsty for more. Zemljak graduated in Spring 2010 with a bachelor’s in travel industry management. Now he is working toward his master’s degree in human resources management. “I was a little fortunate that I redshirted my fi rst year [of volleyball], so it’s my fi fth year [in school],” Zemljak said. “So basically I just went on the regular program with fi nishing my undergrad in four years, and then now there was an opportunity to play another year here and do some more schooling.” His drive to excel is also evident on the volleyball court. The team made a semifinal appearance in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament last year. And this season, Zemljak wants a national title. “The goal is always to win a championship,” Zemljak said. “If the goal’s not to win a championship, then we are just wasting our time here. We want to win every game we play.”

PA S T AC C OM P L I S H M E N T S Zemljak, a 2006 graduate of Gimnazija Maribor High School in Slovenia, played many sports in his hometown, including handball and badminton.

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Senior Nejc Zemljak was born in Maribor, Slovenia, and is working on a master’s degree in human resource management. But for college, Zemljak picked men’s volleyball at Hawai‘i. “I just wanted to come to the States because it was a great opportunity to do both school and a high level of athletics,” Zemljak said. “At the end, it was between BYU, Hawai‘i and a little bit of Paciﬁc. It was an easy choice from there.” Zemljak came to UH as a setter, but also played outside hitter. After redshirting in 2007, Zemljak played all 27 matches in 2008. He racked up 44 kills, and ranked second on the team with 4.01 assists per game. “I never really played much outside hitter, but that was when we were struggling with injuries, and the coaches wanted me to help the team and play outside. I was like, ‘If that’s what we need then sure, I’ll do that,’” Zemljak said.

In his sophomore year, Zemljak averaged 9.73 assists per game, which was good for 10th in the MPSF. Then as a junior last season, Zemljak started all 29 matches, earning all-MPSF Honorable Mention honors. That year, he also set multiple career highs, including 70 assists in a ﬁ ve-set loss at Cal State Northridge and 19 digs in a fourset win at USC. But more importantly, Zemljak was instrumental in helping then ﬁ rst-year head coach Charlie Wade become accustomed to the Hawai‘i sideline. “At the beginning, we were always trying to get a feel of each other,” Zemljak said. “We [were] used to certain things and he [was] used to certain things, so there was

So far this season, Zemljak has started every game for the Warriors, and is averaging 10.99 assists per set. He is also second on the team with 19 aces. However, Zemljak’s success on the court is just a small part of his contribution to the team. “When you walk in the gym [on the] first day, you definitely know who your returnees [and] your leaders are. He’s one of those guys,” junior libero Nick Castello said. “He’s the kind of guy you want on your team. He knows how to win, real competitive, smart, [and] knows the game inside and out.” Castello said Zemljak’s leadership makes the team better. “Nejc is defi nitely the perfect print for a leader,” Castello said. “He’s the kind of guy that you don’t want to let down. If you aren’t playing up to par, he’s gonna let you know very quickly. You like those kinds of guys because you don’t want to stay in the hole for the whole game.”

M A K I N G H I S T O RY Zemljak is currently ﬁ fth in the UH record books in career assists with 3,246. He is 1,345 assists behind former setter Kimo Tuyay, who holds the record. But Zemljak doesn’t concen-

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trate on individual accolades. “I would be honored if I could leave some legacy here,” Zemljak said. “There’s a lot of talent coming from this program, and I feel really honored that I was a part of it. “I still am a part of it for this year, but hopefully I can come back and be a part of it later on, too.” Castello, who is going to be one of the team’s leaders next season as a senior, said he feels Zemljak steered the team in the right direction for years to come. “I know a lot of coaches talk about this, but they like how teams are able to coach themselves, or have that player on the court that can relay what coaches are trying to tell anybody, and Nejc is definitely that guy for us,” Castello said. “He helps us out trying to get all of our minds on the right page [and] makes sure we’re doing the right things on and off the court.”

BAC K H OM E The Warriors will return home this week for the ﬁ rst of two home series to conclude the regular season. No. 9 Hawai‘i (12 -11, 10 - 8 MPSF) will host the Cal State Northridge Matadors (6 -18, 4 -13 MPSF) Friday and Saturday at the Stan Sherif f Center. First ser ve for both matches will be at 7 p.m. UH Mānoa students get in free with a validated ID.