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Free Store 2.0

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Free Store 2.0 is in the works, but will it still hold the same charm?

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The location of the first Free Store, which was closed this fall.

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The space where the Free Store once was has remained empty over the last few months, but there have been signs of a reopening in the works.

“A monitored free store. We certainly talked about what kind of version of this, of the free store, could be acceptable and what they really emphasized was something that could be controlled. Something that could be closed and monitored, not open 24/7,” Department Chair of Art and Art History Kate Lingley said.

Yet, this has its pros and cons. “One of the reasons it’s a bit disappointing is that it’s the very unregulated nature of the Free Store that made it so useful. You never could tell what was going to be left there, what you were going to find or who was going to come along and think it was the best thing ever,” Lingley said.

According to Lingley, this regulated Free Store will be in a spot that could easily be locked up if necessary.

There would be someone to oversee

its operations and the materials that make their way through, avoiding hazardous materials.

When asked about her thoughts on the Free Store 2.0, Gaye Chan, founder and co-creator of the original concept, stated, “It’s difficult to administer, frankly. 24 hours a day. There’s only so much time to actually do it. Who’s going to do the schedule? Who’s going to oversee communication?”

The Free Store itself was a constituent of “Eating in Public,” a larger project co-founded by Chan.

The original purpose of it is actual mālama ‘aina instead of symbolic mālama ‘aina. “One thing that you see in politics today is the idea of ‘the stranger.’ There is a lot of fear nowadays concerning the stranger, but at the Free Store we rely on the kindness of strangers,” Chan said.

Lingley hopes that a new Free Store can be set up next semester, in a place that can be easily monitored and taken care of. For now, the corner of the Art Building where the Free Store once stood will remain vacant.

SAFETY CONCERNS

The Free Store closed this past August due to health and safety concerns. According to an email that Lingley sent out to the art department faculty, staff and graduate students, it was a site of hazardous material spills that were expensive to clean out.

The email stated that it was “opening the university and the department to a lot of liability we ourselves didn’t foresee when it was founded.”

According to Lingley, active enforcement of environmental regulations, health and safety standards, and storm-water drainage rules made it difficult to manage the store. After discussing the issue with the Environmental Health and Safety Office, the decision was made to close the store.

HISTORY OF THE FREE STORE

Chan co-founded Eating In Public in 2003 to “nudge a little space outside of the state and capitalist systems.”

“Act without shame, share without condition and trust without apology” was the ideology behind the project.

EIP has initiated more than

1,000 free and sustainable projects across the country, which included the Free store.

The term “Free Store” was coined in the 1960s by a group named the San Francisco Diggers, a self-proclaimed anarchist guerilla theater group who wanted to challenge the United States capitalist system.

In a previous Ka Leo interview about the free store, Chan said “They named themselves after the Diggers who fought the Enclosures in the 17th century in the place we now know as England. The Diggers were self-sustaining peoples whose commons, the land that they mutually took care of and where they gathered food, fuel, medicine and grazed their livestock, were taken from them.”

There are other EIP projects on campus, which include a Free Garden located between the Art Building and Building 37 and a Share Seeds (a station that works similar as the Free Store, but with seeds) in the Art Building’s office.

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Extra hot conditions at the Warrior Recreation Center

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One of the temporary fans set up at the Warrior Recreation Center.

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The Warrior Recreation Center air conditioning system is still nonworking two weeks after maintenance crews found a rupture in one of the chilling pipes that pumps out cold air.

The gym, along with its showers and bathrooms, is still open, but WRC attendees and staff battle the increase of heat due to the AC

malfunction. The hot and humid air builds up moisture inside the gym, which many goers find unpleasant.

Some people say it’s difficult to breathe during their workouts.

The ruptured pipe was confirmed on Sept. 20 after campus facilities and maintenance crews used a small remote camera and discovered a leak in the $790,000 air conditioning system, according to UH spokesman Dan Meisenzahl. Crews will now use sound technology to locate the

exact source of the leak.

Repairs will begin once maintenance crews find the exact location of the leak.

According to the WRC’s Instagram, workout classes and parts of the gym might be delayed if temperatures in the gym rise above 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

“I was disappointed when I found out,” UH Mānoa student John Martinez said. “I’d prefer working out under proper air conditioning, but I also understand that it was a genuine mechanical issue and these things happen.”

WRC staff opened its gym’s windows and installed 20 industrial fans to help cool the gym.

UH Mānoa student Jason Huang appreciates the rec center’s efforts in cooling off the gym.

“If it weren’t for those fans, there would be no cooling system besides the ceiling fans, which

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Bachman Hall sit-in

JOCELYN GRANDINETTI STAFF WRITER

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students and faculty have been conducting a sit-in protest at Bachman Hall in opposition to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.

These students and faculty have taken shifts, occupying the lobby of the UH administration building 24/7 since the first day of school as a means of nonviolent protest.

Basic necessities ranging from futons to snacks are sprawled out along the outer wall of the Bachman Hall entrance. Participants can be seen in the entryway among signs of protest and Hawaiian flags, sitting at tables to share information about the TMT issue.

“UH is still carrying through with the Thirty Meter Telescope project in the midst of global protests. So us as students thought it would be necessary to engage in a nonviolent, direct action,” Tiele-aluran Doudt, a Hawaiian studies master’s student and sit-in participant, said. “It’s just to remind Bachman Hall, which is where all the head administration takes place, to remind them of what

their actions have done and also that we hold them accountable for the actions that they’re taking upon our elders.”

‘AHA (CEREMONY)

Along with Bachman Hall being the setting of other historic sit-ins for issues such as the Vietnam war, Doudt said that the significance of the location of the sit-in, Bachman Hall, stems from the accessibility that the building gives students to the ahu (altar) outside where they can perform pule (prayer).

“A big part of the sit-in is hosting pule three times a day at the same times as pule being held on Maunakea,” she said. “By opening up the space it allows people ... a cultural outlet for them to be able to connect because it’s really emotionally challenging to be away from Maunakea, especially when our parents are there, our classmates are there.”

According to the Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge website, an ahu is “a Hawaiian altar, shrine, or cairn utilized for spiritual and ceremonial purposes in both the past and the present.” Multiple stone structures of this type

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A demonstrator sleeps on a cot in the lobby of Bachman Hall.

were built on campus throughout the school’s history, with the one in front of Bachman Hall being the most recent addition. This ahu, built in 2015, was erected with the explicit purpose “to protect Maunakea,” according to the website, and is continuing to serve this purpose today as a site for prayer and protocol.

Koa Rain Yokota, a UH Mānoa senior majoring in interdisciplinary studies with a focus on sustainability, described the importance of these daily ‘aha in front of Bachman Hall.

“I try to come every day that I’m at school … just to stand in solidarity [with] the Kia‘i on the Mauna and to keep that sacred space,” he said.

To Yokota, it is vital to stay connected to those at Maunakea at a time of cultural and political turmoil.

The pule ceremonies are open to all students and faculty and take place around the ahu structure daily at 8 a.m, 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.

ADMINISTRATIVE RECEPTION OF THE SIT-IN

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An overhead view of the makeshift living space in the lobby of Bachman Hall.

The ongoing sit-in at Bachman Hall has so far had little effect on administrative decisions over TMT construction. However, protesters continue to remain there morning through night until further action is taken.

Although participants of the sit-in acknowledge positive encounters with many people coming to contribute with food and support, negative encounters have been mentioned by the protesters as well.

Not wanting to disclose these

encounters in detail, Hawaiian the classroom that goes to the core language graduate student Beau values and integrity of our students, Shishido voiced his concern with his very happy and proud that we’re participation in the sit-in. able to nurture that,” Gouveia said.

“The biggest problem is that UH spokesman Dan Meisenzahl there’s a handful of administrators also articulated an appreciation that don’t acknowledge our pres- for the opportunity for administraence,” he said. tors to come into close contact with Doudt agrees with this lack of these participants of the sit-in. acknowledgement.

“Not everybody in this building “It’s like another layer of institu- deals with Maunakea. But for those tional racism. You see ... students of us that do, I think that it reminds that are coming into your space us that this issue touches people, under peaceful protest and refuse and sometimes if you’re just dealing to acknowledge them,” she said, with something from a distance you referring to a few of the adminis- don’t realize that what a personal trators in the building. According to impact it’s having on members of Doudt, this phenomenon “reflects our own state community,” he said.

Meisenzahl expressed pride in the on how this university views native Hawaian students. And not only passion of these students.

“Who knows if the next governor native Hawaiian students but other is sitting there right now, or the next minority students as well.”

UH Vice President for Adminis- congressional representative one tration Jan Gouveia, whose office is day… You can’t help but feel pride,” located in Bachman Hall, gave her he said.

On a white board propped up at take on what might be the cause of the building’s entrance reads a statethis lack of acknowledgement.

She explained that to some of the ment which encompasses their goal: “We, the Kia’i (protectors), are administrators in the building, the living room-like state of the Bach- maintaining a presence at Bachman man Hall entrance may be consid- to physically remind the university ered “unprofessional” when handling of its kuleana to its students. We will remain until D. Lassner announces official business in the building.

However, Gouveia expressed an that the university no longer supoverall positive perspective on the ports the TMT.” sit-in.

“It takes courage and it takes strength, personal strength, to endure those types of living conditions… So the fact that our university is able to support this type of devel- What do you think? opment and growth, that’s beyond Let us know @KaLeoOHawaii

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Tackling food insecurity at UH Mānoa with Food Vault Hawai‘i and monthly food drops

Pick and drop This month, Food Vault Hawai‘i enters the second year of its threeyear pilot program designed to combat food insecurity at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

In their first year, Food Vault Hawai‘i had 347 UH Mānoa students utilizing the program, with 83% of them being undergraduates. Within that, the vault had 1,300 entry swipes.

Students are required to swipe their student IDs before retrieving items from the vault.

Food Vault fellows Natalie South, Paul Brian Balico and Nicole Cron are happy with the current state of the vault.

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from the Associated Students of the University of Hawai‘i and the Student Activity and Program Fee Board, over 6,000 pounds of goods were distributed during the 2018 to 2019 school year to assist students experiencing food insecurity.

The United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service defines food insecurity as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”

“Any resource had good for addressing food insecurity on campus,” the Food Vault fellows said in an email when asked if the vault has helped food insecurity on campus.

“I envisioned the food pantry to be a readily available resource open to all UH Mānoa students through the

efforts of the campus community,” Maggie Hinshaw, a main introducer, said in a report released by Food Vault Hawai‘i. “I hope that Food Vault Hawaii will be able to help students in need while illustrating the importance of community-based giving.”

Looking forward to the second year of the program, the organizers of Food Vault Hawai‘i hope to purchase a refrigerator, add eggs and partner with Hawai‘i Foodbank to offer fruits, vegetables, bread and dairy products.

FOOD DROP

Every third Wednesday of the month, the Office of Student Life and Development sponsors a food drop event at the Campus Center Courtyard in partnership with Food

Vault Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Foodbank and Hawai‘i Health and Harm Reduction Center.

The event is a part of Hawai‘i Foodbank’s Ohana Produce Program, a program designed to “distribute fresh produce, dry goods and nonperishable items to underserved communities,” according to their website.

The next food drop will happen on Oct. 16 from 12:45 to 4:45 p.m. at Campus Center Courtyard. Food Vault Hawai‘ i recommends that students pre-register for the event.

A link to the pre-registration form can be found at manoanow.org/ kaleo. Those who have pre-registered can go directly to the express check-in table at 12:30 p.m., while walk-in registration begins at 1 p.m.

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FOOD DROP OCT. 16, 2019 Campus Center Courtyard 12:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m NEXT FOOD DROPS NOV. 20, 2019 DEC. 18, 2019 FOOD VAULT HAWAI‘I (HEMENWAY HALL, NEXT TO BALE) MONDAY: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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TOWN HALL ON FOOD INSECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

UH holds first town hall event at Campus Center Ballroom

GUEST SPEAKERS Makena Coffman Clair Sullivan Jay Bost SPONSORED BY: • UH Mānoa Provost’s Office • Office of Civic and Community Engagement • Institute for Sustainability and Resilience • College of Social Sciences ACCESS Engagement • First-Year Programs and the UH System Office of Sustainability GENEVA DIAZ / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I 

R. Michi Atkinson, KCC Office for Institutional Effectiveness, tabling for Food security education.

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Nearly 300 students attended the first town hall event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Campus Center Ballroom to discuss the topic of food insecurity and island sustainability.

Guest speakers from GoFarm Hawaii and MA‘O Organic Farms gave presentations that focused on the meaning of agriculture in Hawai‘ i in the past, present and future and what it takes to make a change as a community.

Following the presentations, students were encouraged to ask the speakers how to take direct action while attending college and living on a budget. Among the students was women’s studies and sustainability major Sarah Michal Hamid, who brought a different approach to the forefront of food insecurity in

Hawai‘i that was not yet discussed.

“I think the reason we have to talk about food security nowadays is not just because people can’t afford it, but because of a much deeper, darker, longer history and understanding as to why people of color and marginalized communities aren’t able to pay for food and sustenance and how it’s all connected to the systems of colonialism that we live in, especially here in Hawai‘i,” Hamid said.

According to a 2018 study sponsored and conducted by USDA’s Economic Research Service, which annually monitors the extent and severity of food insecurity in U.S. households, “rates of food insecurity were higher than the national average for households with incomes near or below the Federal poverty line, Black and Hispanic households, and households in principal cities.”

“What I was hoping to do today was to challenge the audience to think deeper about the surface level issues that we experience and how they’re connected in multiple ways that we can’t even understand sometimes because they’ve been so normalized to us and I want to undo that normal, complicate things and try and not just imagine or hope for, but really build and rebuild a future into one that it should be...” Hamid said.

UH Mānoa ACCESS advisor and graduate student Austin Davis commented on the importance of becoming more sustainable in Hawai‘ i, especially if a natural disaster were to happen to the islands or the countries and states that Hawai‘i imports food from.

“We have such a heavy reliance on all of these outside sources and not much inside of our own state, so food insecurity is prev-

alent here. You can even see the high cost of living here in relation to the high cost of food … pretty much everything is connected,” Davis said.

He explained that the importance of this event was to engage students to start thinking of solutions to these problems and to realize that food insecurity is connected to everything, including climate change.

“It’s very important to start thinking about these things because in this country we still think of climate change as if it’s this religion, we’re not thinking of it as if it’s a fact that’s credible. If we start changing the way we think about climate change … then we can start thinking of solutions,” Davis said.

According to the Hawai‘ i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism and the Department of Agriculture,

about 85-90% of Hawaii’s food is imported which makes it “particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and global events that might disrupt shipping and the food supply.”

Most of the students were firstyear students taking CAS 110, an integrating seminar which gives an introduction to the university community through the College of Arts & Sciences.

Additionally, vendors and organizers from on and off campus provided students with ways to get more involved with sustainability issues in Hawai‘i.

“I’m really glad that we have opportunities to discuss prominent sustainability issues in an open forum. I think with that comes the ability for students like myself and community members to be able to voice their critiques and discuss deeper understandings of the problems we are talking about,” Hamid said.

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Clery report TOTAL ON-CAMPUS CRIMES ON THE UH MĀNOA MAIN CAMPUS

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In 1986, Jeanne Anne Clery awoke to a robbery before she was raped and murdered by another student in her Lehigh University dormitory.

The tragedy gave birth to the Clery Act in 1990 after Clery’s parents demanded justice for their daughter. The act is a federal requirement for colleges and universities across the nation to collect crime statistics throughout the year to be made available to the public every October.

THE REPORT

Under the Clery Act, the University of Hawai‘ i at Mānoa’s 2019 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report revealed a total of 701 on-campus crimes reported last year – a decrease from 886 in 2017 and 1,073 in 2016.

“We see different numbers every year,” Department of Public Safety Community Programs Director Sarah Rice said. “It’s important to remember that these are the crimes reported to us.”

The report focuses on crimes defined by the Clery Act: murder/ nonnegligent manslaughter, negligent manslaughter, sexual offenses (rape, satutory rape, incest and fondling), arson, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, liqour law violation, drug related violation, weapons posession violation, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.

The majority of the crimes reported under arrest and disciplinary referrals last year were liquor law violations (341) and drug related violations (276); three drug related arrests were on campus

while two were off campus property.

Rice said most of the crimes were discovered because of loud house parties in the dormitory. She added that though cases vary, illegal acts often included adults 21 or over buying alocohol for minors or students with medical marijuana cards smoking in their dorms.

“Even if somebody is a medical marijuana card holder, it’s not legal to have it in student housing because it’s state property,” Rice said.

According to Rice, under the report’s arrests and disciplinary referrals, one possession of a weapon was reported due to a student playing with a stun gun, which is illegal to own in Hawai‘ i, in her dorm.

The new report also revealed crimes reported are motor vehicle theft (36) and burglary (10).

“Mopeds are easy to take because they’re very light,” Rice said. “Honestly because when people don’t lock them, it makes it easy.”

According to Rice, 78% of moped theft victims this year did not lock their moped, while 22% said they did.

Other crimes gathered for the statistics come from the Title IX office. Under sex offenses are fondling (6), rape (3), dating violence (7) and stalking (13).

Rice said a stalking related offender is typically known by the victim. In some cases it can be related to dating violence.

“We’re not seeing stranger danger type incidents on campus,” Rice said.

SECURITY CAMERAS

Some campus departments took the initiative of having security cameras installed in their buildings.

“There’s no centralized system

on campus, but there’s been discussions on having one,” Rice said.

A couple weeks ago, department chair of communicology Amy Hubbard recieved an overwelming number of alarms on her phone about motion detected from George Hall by security cameras. It turned out, it was a burglary.

The man, who was identified as the “peeping Tom” suspect from a separate incident, broke into the building without taking any items.

The footage shows him walking through the hallways, moving some of the cameras upward and entering some of the rooms.

“Our video is motion activated,” Hubbard said. “It goes on to where they can figure out what is going on. The person wasn’t breaking into the offices, and he went into three different offices. No one was in the building when it happened.”

MĀNOA GUARDIAN APP

The Mānoa Guardian phone app has been connecting students faculty and staff with DPS since 2015.

New features have been installed in the app such as an added call directory to Pau Violence, Title IX and other services on campus.

Another new feature was web content that also connects to other resources on campus besides DPS. Other features of the phone app include reporting incidents to DPS through text and a safety timer for moving from one location to another.

“The focus is prevention,” Rice said. “If we can give people the education, and we can give them tips for staying safe so it prevents them from being a victim of crime.”

CASSIE ORDONIO MANAGING EDITOR

I didn’t realize what I was until I attended a California catholic school. A group of girls were playing during recess and I asked to join.

Their response – “you can’t play with us ‘cause you’re not white.”

Until I got home, I asked my mom why my skin wasn’t like hers. My Chamorro mother, with lighter skin, sat me down and explained to me why kids are like that, then she told me I might face trouble being biracial.

Looking back at it now, I do feel grateful growing up in the Bay Area.

However, during my time there were not many people who either identified as Chamorro or were Chamorro at all.

I questioned my cultural identity for years. Often times, if people would ask me what I am, I would respond Filipino because it was easier. Even if I would say what I was, the joke was to mispronounce Chamorro as churro. Believe it or not, it was really irritating.

It wasn’t until I left my small hometown and moved to San Francisco for college that I took some Pacific island studies classes and was connected to a whole new culture.

I was the only Chamorro in a classroom full of Polynesians. I mostly kept to myself, but spoke on issues I was passionate about.

However, there were times where I felt bad because I didn’t even speak my own language like everyone else.

Some of my classmates came from Sāmoa, Tonga, Hawai‘i and Fiji – they all spoke their language.

I asked my mother why she never taught me. My mother, who grew up on Guam, said it was a survival skill.

My mother had a past she doesn’t talk about, and I hope she will never read this.

She was a victim of domestic violence. Her ex-husband, before my dad, used to abuse her. She would tell me the family would think she’s crazy, but she has two children from that marriage.

My mother said since she had lighter skin she was mistreated.

She couldn’t take it anymore and had to start life all over again in the mainland. Because she couldn’t afford to take my older brother and sister with her, she

had to leave them back in Guam.

She still regrets leaving them.

For my mom to survive in the mainland, she spoke more English to blend in what is supposed to be “American culture.”

I used to think she was a self-hating Micronesian. She would tell me things like to never date a Chamorro, not because of the island’s joke about being related, but she would say because “they’re all alcoholic.”

I knew she was referring to my older siblings dad.

2017 was the year my professor asked me to go to a Pacific islands conference at the University of Hawai‘ i at Mānoa. I was hesitant to go, but my persistent professor urged me.

So I went to document. I felt OK, until I met other Chamorros there.

There were students and professors at the conference. In the Campus Center Ballroom, there was a group of Chamorro students presenting their dissertation. They seemed nervous presenting, but their topics looked important.

Toward the end, questions were supposed to be asked, and I was the only one to go up. I didn’t know what to say to them, and I don’t remember exactly what I said – I just cried. I cried because there are a group of people who look just like me thriving in higher education.

Though some of them moved back to Guam and the others are in Alaska, I still keep in contact with them today hoping that we can meet up again.

Fast forward to now, I’m here at UH Mānoa. I’m writing this now, way past deadline, hoping my boss doesn’t kill me.

I’m taking Chamorro classes, something that was never offered on the mainland, and I’m not going to lie, the language is kind of hard.

My professor will jokingly laugh how I try too hard to pronounce my “ng.”

It’s like saying the end of “song.’”

But everyday I’m working to find my identify … scratch that, I’ve found my identity.

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CARMEN N O LT E - O D H I A M B O ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UH WEST O‘AHU

COURSES TAUGHT: ● Related fields of children’s and adolescent literature ● Feminist and queer theory ● Bristish literature ● Cultural studies and folklore and fairy tales RESEARCH INTERESTS: Interdisciplinary field of childhood studies

BACKGROUND ● Grew up in Mettmann, a small town in Northern Germany ● Immigrated to Hawai‘i in 2000 ● Received doctorate in English from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 2013

“The Black Mirror series invites its viewers to think about what it means to be truly human,” Carmen Nolte-Odhiambo, assistant professor of English at the University of Hawai‘ i West O‘ahu, said.

Nolte-Odhiambo came from a small town in Germany called Mettmann and immigrated to Hawai‘i in 2000, obtaining her doctorate in English from UH Mānoa in 2013.

At UHWO, she teaches courses regarding children’s and adolescent literature, feminist and queer theory, British literature, cultural studies, and folklore and fairy tales. Her research lies in the interdisciplinary field of childhood studies.

Her most recent work is entitled “Through the Black Mirror: Innocence, Abuse and Justice in ‘Shut Up and Dance,” which was published this year in “Childhood, Science Fiction, and Pedagogy.”

According to Nolte-Odhiambo, her chapter explores the precarious borderlands between childhood and adulthood.

This question of the true meaning of being human emerges with the Black Mirror series and has inspired her deeper inquiry on children, who are typically regarded as not fully-fledged, individual subjects, but rather as adults-in-the-making, or not-yetproper persons; the episode “Shut Up and Dance” resonated with what she had in mind.

Nolte-Odhiambo shared in an email interview that her reading of the episode focuses on its adolescent protagonist, Kenny. “For much of the episode, viewers are made to feel pity and compassion for Kenny, in no small part because he is only a teenager who appears to be more child-like than grown-up; but all that changes at the end when Kenny seems to morph from victim into predator,” she said. “What does Kenny’s uncanny ability to occupy the positions of both victimized child and predatory adult suggest about the perilous space of adolescence?

Given that childhood and adulthood are two purportedly contrasting spheres, what contradictions populate the transition of adolescence? It is questions such as these that drive my chapter’s inquiry.”

Likewise, her chapter delves into understanding why children are perceived as dependent and vulnerable, and why childhood is narrated in terms of potential victimization, suggesting that the dominant discourse that involves child abuse, of which Kenny is both a victim and a perpetrator, ultimately dehumanizes children and their abusers. Furthermore, her chapter looks into the episode’s critique of retributive justice.

“Compelling its viewers to develop affection for child-like Kenny before it is revealed that he is far from innocent, “Shut Up and Dance” implores us to imagine and implement new conceptions of justice based on the possibility of redemption rather than revenge,” Nolte-Odhiambo said.

She adds to this discussion by scrutinizing the norms of childhood through the lens of queer theory, further investigating the contradictions that permeate contemporary ideas about what children are or should be like, especially in respects to their ostensible lack of sexuality and agency. As she puts it, it is during our childhood when we acquire a sense of what is normative and what is abject, and that imparting this familiarity with cultural norms is often the intent of children’s literature and children’s media.

“Hence queer theory and childhood studies have much to tell each other about normativity, and my chapter seeks to contribute to that discussion,” she said.

Her chapter falls under the thematic aims of “Childhood, Science Fiction, and Pedagogy,” which gathers diverse chapters from different disciplinary perspectives that collectively examine children and their representation through a science fiction lens. The book encourages readers to rethink hegemonic

ideas about childhood and pedagogy, to explore alternative readings about popular culture, and to consider posthumanist ethics.

In other words, this book offers a fresh perspective for everyone.

The book’s section “Affect” discusses the taboos and emotions that are culturally tied to childhood.

Through critically interrogating the overlaps between constructions of childhood and victimhood, Nolte-Odhiambo’s chapter contributes to the book’s mission of rethinking definitions of childhood.

“My chapter and the collection as a whole strive to make visible (and therefore, consciously thinkable) the manifold culturally constructed aspects of childhood that we tend to take for granted,” she said.

Moreover, she says that her chapter takes up the book’s subtitle, Children Ex Machina, meaning, as the editors put it, “the machine constructs childhood,” which in turn, “constructs worlds, societies, lives, and relationships.” Elaborating that her chapter builds upon this idea that childhood rises out of the machine, it is much less a natural state than it is an assemblage of dominant cultural attitudes about children.

“The Black Mirror episode, I moreover suggest, employs a maneuver we might call ‘childhood ex machina,’ modeled after the plot device ‘deus ex machina,’ which brings about resolution in a play’s final act – only that it is here not the intervention of a god but the evocation of children that effects the episode’s denouement,” she said.

In the end, Nolte-Odhiambo hopes to push thinking that defamiliarizes the familiar and to re-evaluate what she and others believe they know.

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Reconnecting with Hawaiian history ‘Au‘a ‘Ia: Holding On

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History has lessons and it’s only by engaging that history that we’re able to deal with the issues that we face today.

- Tammy Haili‘opua Baker

‘Au‘a ‘Ia: Holding On is one of the largest ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i stage productions in University of Hawai‘i theater history. The play, written and directed

by Tammy Haili‘opua Baker, featured over 50 cast members and over a hundred costumes.

‘Au‘a ‘Ia: Holding On is the story of four students who embark on a research project to the Hawaiian archives. There, they are sent back in time to revisit crucial moments of Hawaiian history that led to its occupation.

“There was so much information, especially in the second act.

There was a lot of confusion, digression, progression and trying to make sense of it all,” ‘Au‘a ‘Ia’s visual artist Ahukini Kupihea said. “In a way we still are trying to make sense of it, [the play] helps to not really put it all into clear perspective but makes you rethink about those events and happenings.”

The majority of the play was spoken in ‘ōlelo Hawai‘ i. However, as the events of the occupation begin,

English gradually becomes the dominant language.

The play merges past and present Kanaka Maoli perspectives. As the character’s experience the events of 19th century Hawai‘i, they discover what it means to be Hawaiian in the modern century.

“It’s really a parable about learning,” Baker said. “The value of learning ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i and how that can unlock repositories of knowledge.

We’ve learned – and the students in the play along their journey – have learned this ideology of Aloha ‘aina, this understanding of caring for the land and our genealogical connection to the land.”

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the fifth King Kamehameha – the penultimate reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai‘ i.

 The four main characters embark on a research project to the Hawaiian Archives.

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features@kaleo.org @kaleofeatures “Moon Seed,” a stitchery/quilt made by Karen Gally,  hangs on display in Sakamaki A-204. The quilt expresses “the playful energy of night.”

 The new scholar’s space in Sakamaki A-204 features similar

principles of design to provide comfortable, collaborative and flexible use areas for students and faculty.

History department opens new study space for students in Sakamaki Hall CHAVONNIE RAMOS // EDITOR IN CHIEF

 (Left to right) History professor

Nancy Stalker; dean Peter Arnade (Arts & Humanities); professor Shana Brown (History chair); students Steffanie Sobitz, Emily Holmberg and Sara Matsumura; UH Foundation Director of Development SaraLyn Smith; history professor Kieko Matteson; and history professor Karen Jolly.

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The University of Hawai‘ i at Mānoa’s Department of History opened a new scholar’s space for students in Sakamaki Hall A-204.

The room was recently redesigned as a gathering space for students to study, visit or hang out between classes. The renovation was made possible by an anonymous history alumnus who was inspired to give back to students.

“The history department is tremendously grateful to our alumnus for his support of the department and our students and faculty,” department chair Shana Brown said. “This study space will have a direct and significant benefit to students and we hope it helps students

connect better with faculty and our academic programs.”

The UH Foundation and dean of Arts and Humanities Peter Arnade were also key contributors to the project.

UH Mānoa history students and faculty collaborated on the design of the room, and benefited from advice from the architect who contributed to the creation of the Innovation Zone classrooms on the ground floor of Sakamaki Hall.

The study space is open weekdays from 7:45 - 11 a.m. and 12 - 4 p.m.

For more information, please email history@hawaii.edu or call (808) 956-8486.

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dean Peter Arnade cuts the ribbon to commemorate the opening of a new scholar’s space in Sakamaki A-204 on Sept. 24.

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students and staff sitting inside a new scholar’s space in Sakamaki A-204 during its grand opening on Sept. 24.

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The case against palm oil: the deceptive killer We were once told that palm oil would bail us out of our carbon crisis.

Now it’s making things worse.  COURTESY OF CASSIDY-RAE GONZALEZ & IMAI-BATES DOMINGO

Elephants roaming through a remote nature reserve in Chiang Mai with smoke cascading over the mountains from nearby deforestation efforts.

An aerial view of the Kahe Power Plant, one of the site’s used by HECO in 2011 to test 1.6 million gallons of palm oil.

NATHAN BEK FEATURES WRITER

When we arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand, we were told that the smoky air was caused by the “dry season” and that they desperately lacked resources to put the fires out.

We were lied to.

When we visited, Chiang Mai was the world’s most polluted city, but not because they lacked firefighters and rain. They were desperately trying to clear forests for their growing agriculture industry. Unfortunately, deforestation is not unique to Thailand. Almost every country — primarily Malaysia and Indonesia — in southeast Asia is destroying land to create farms, all in an effort to tap into the industry of the world’s most demanded biofuel: palm oil.

HOW MISGUIDED POLITICS BROUGHT PALM OIL TO HAWAI‘I

Palm oil was first put in the American spotlight in 2007 when the Bush administration advocated for its use as an alternative for petroleum in America. The Bush administration championed the “home-grown oil” initiative in an effort to curb the demand on imported petroleum and to reclaim a firm grip on the oil economy.

In theory, the government wanted to enhance the research on biofuel and its cultivation in America. Their goal was to replace a fifth of all the oil burned with biofuel within ten years, which would amount to 35 billion gallons.

Hawai‘ i, being the most geographically isolated island chain in the world and home to no natural fuel deposits, noticed the initiative and took it upon themselves to pioneer research in the biofuel sector.

Researchers at the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) began their project to reduce their dependence on imported petroleum by experimenting with an eclectic array of biofuels, the most prominent of the bunch being imported palm oil.

Back in 2011, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that HECO experimented with over “1.6 million gallons of palm oil” which was imported from the Malaysian trading conglomerate Sime Darby. After the experiment, HECO triumphantly advertised that “the tests found that using biofuel reduced opacity (visibility of emissions) and emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) compared to using low sulfur fuel oil.”

The news of the test, however, was met with heavy resistance from environmentalists and the public.

Henry Curtis, a prominent environmental journalist and director of the environmental group Life of The Land, accused HECO’s main supplier, Sime Darby, of “gaming the system when it comes to securing sustainability certifications.” Meanwhile, the digital activist group Rainforest Rescue created a petition to cease HECO’s palm oil use.

The collective efforts of journalists, activists and scientists eventually helped the petition reach over 21,000 signatures. This helped lead HECO to the decision to halt their palm oil use in 2013.

THE OMNIPRESENCE OF PALM OIL IN TODAY’S MARKET

If HECO were the only culprits of palm oil use, then this would be a much different story. Unfortunately, that is far from the case. Palm oil is extremely versatile; it can be a cost-efficient alternative for many

other vegetable oils. According to the book “Palm Oil: Production, Processing, Characterization, and Uses,” “Some 77% of it (palm oil) is used for food and included in the expanding range of non-food uses is the production of biodiesel and various oleochemicals.” It is safe to say that the use for palm oil extends well past the energy complex. Even we, at one point, used palm oil to make our soaps and while cooking.

It would take an encyclopedia to identify every product guilty of using palm oil. Fortunately, the World Wildlife Fund has created a detailed list so that you can curate your shopping list accordingly.

DEFORESTATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PLANET

In Hawai‘i, most of the smoke pollution is carried away by the trade winds. The smoke is then taken over the ocean where it will eventually get absorbed in the world’s largest carbon sink: the Pacific Ocean. However, countries in southeast Asia don’t have that same luxury. Prominent polluters like power plants, factories and, of course, deforestation efforts cast an ominous cloud of pollution over their cities and trade winds are barely a factor.

When we visited southeast Asia in the spring, we experienced the true impact of their pollution crisis.

At home, we may have been able to breathe easy, but 10,000 kilometers away in Thailand, I was forced to carry around an inhaler, even though I am barely affected by asthma. We were also required to wear masks to filter out the harmful floating particles. Furthermore, the mountains we traveled so far to see were cloaked in a thick layer of smoke, making them almost impossible to see, even up close.

A vast portion of the carbon footprint caused by deforestation isn’t even directly a result of the fires.

According to a report by The New York Times, “Forests act as sponges to absorb greenhouse gases.” Essentially, all the carbon that is captured by the trees that has yet to be used in photosynthesis is released when the trees are cut down or burned.

This cycle causes “15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.”

The World Resources Institute found that number equates to about 7.5 billion pounds of pollution.

USING HECO AS A MICROCOSM MOVING FORWARD

Fast forward to 2019. You’ll notice that the smoke has seemingly cleared on HECO’s disastrous palm oil experiment. It was easy for the public to forget after they discontinued its use; unfortunately, palm oil demand is still vastly present in our everyday lives, whether we have realized it or not. Visiting southeast Asia was a reminder and a glimpse into the true toll carbon emissions can

have on the environment, with palm oil being a major contributor.

In retrospect, the story of HECO can be used as a lesson for all of us.

For too long we have been playing a dangerous game of out of sight and out of mind. It’s time we look close to home, support the local entrepreneurs, and hold them accountable.

Additionally, the World WildLife Fund has created a comprehensive scorecard to help you identify the companies and products you should be supporting if you care about the palm oil crisis.

In essence, this story shows us the power and influence the government and corporations have on us and this Earth. It also highlights the overwhelming need for scientists, advocates and journalists to uncover the truth and keep those in power in check. Finally, it’s a reminder that we, as consumers, hold the power to drive demand and force the actual changes. It can be worth your while to examine the products you purchase. Your decision could make its way around the world.

 COURTESY OF CASSIDY-RAE GONZALEZ

A baby elephant stops to catch its breath as nearby deforestation efforts cast a thick layer of smoke over the nature reserve.

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Young and relentless Kelci Sumida rises to the challenge

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True freshman Kelci Sumida hit her first game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Nevada on Aug. 29.

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Kelci Sumida knew from very early on that soccer would be her passion.

“I started playing soccer when I was 5,” Sumida said. “Ever since then, I knew I liked it, and I knew even back then that I wanted to play at the next level eventually.”

The Honolulu native has never been alone in her early love of soccer. Born just 30 minutes before her was her twin sister Kaylee Sumida. Both grew up together playing soccer. As Sumida blossomed into a scoring machine throughout her club and high school career, Kaylee always had her back from her defender position.

“It was really fun, I loved playing high school soccer,” Sumida said.

“Getting to represent my school, it was just a great experience.”

Sumida was named the team MVP all four years at Moanalua, while also garnering OIA East first-team honors in each of those seasons.

“I think those awards were more of a reflection of the whole team,” Sumida said. “I couldn’t have done it without them.”

After graduating from high school, the twins were split up for the first time in their careers.

Although both ended up staying on the island, they would no longer call each other teammates. As Kaylee headed to Hawai‘i Pacific University to play for the Sharks, Sumida com-

It means a lot that they believed in me, because it took me a while to believe in myself.

“We’re super close with each other,” Sumida said. “We did everything together.”

Together at Moanalua High School, the Sumida twins led the Na Menehune to four straight OIA East regular season titles. Sumida finished with 16 goals as a junior, before improving on that mark with a team high 19 as a senior.

– KELCI SUMIDA WAHINE SOCCER MIDFIELDER

mitted to play for the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine.

“When we decided to go to different schools, it took a little time to adjust to that,” Sumida said. “But we make it work.”

Sumida has definitely made it work this season. She made a quick adjustment from high school soccer to college. Through 10 games this

season, Sumida is tied for the team lead with 2 goals scored. She has been named to the starting lineup in 9 of those games, while leading all midfielders in minutes played.

“It was a little overwhelming at first, especially coming into a roster of about thirty girls,” Sumida said. “But the coaches and players all helped me to adjust to my roles and responsibilities.”

When asked about the coaching staff’s trust in her, Sumida replied, “It means a lot that they believed in me, because it took me awhile to believe in myself. That definitely helped.”

That faith has certainly paid off for the coaches. Sumida has proven her value to the squad, as each of her two goals went on to lead the team to their only wins of the preseason tournament slate, both of which were 1-0 wins. However, one person not satisfied with her performance is herself.

“I think I could be doing more to help the team offensively,” Sumida said. “I should be putting away some more goals. I just want to do whatever I can to help the team be more successful.”

Despite the team’s early struggles, Sumida maintains that a lot of good things came out of the tough preseason stretch.

“We played a lot of talented teams this preseason, but I think that’s only going to help prepare us for conference,” Sumida said. “We

learned what our strengths were and we learned what our weaknesses are. Hopefully we can make those adjustments heading into our conference games.”

Sumida bucked a growing trend when she became one of just two local products to sign on in an 8-member recruiting class. As athletes from the Hawaiian Islands continued to look to the mainland, Kelci Sumida stayed.

“At first I was planning on leaving the island for college,” Sumida said.

“Late into my junior year, I decided to stay home so I can represent my home state. I just wanted to play in front of my family and friends.”

Now, Sumida and a relatively young Wahine lineup head into the meat of their schedule. Perhaps signaling a new beginning, the team opened conference play with an overtime win at home. The Big West Conference remains wide open.

“It’s a fresh start for us,” Sumida said. “It’s a clean slate, because the conference games are what really matter. Our goal of getting into the Big West tournament is absolutely still alive.”

The Rainbow Wahine return to the Waipi‘o Peninsula Soccer Park to take on UC Irvine on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.

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