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Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa since 1922 Tuesday VOL. 100 | ISSUE 63 WWW.KALEO.ORG November 15, 2005 Inside Features 2, 3, 7 Editorial 4, 5 Comics 6 Sports 8 Rainbow Wahine opens season against USC Sports | Page 7 Documentary shows the reality of kids in Filipino prisons Features | Page 8 By Jae Sun Lee Ka Leo Contributing Writer The Center for Korean Studies held a symposium on Nov. 12 to examine “Korean wave,” the phenomenal popularity of South Korean T.V. dramas and films in Hawai‘i and Asia, exempli - fying the popular T.V. drama “Daejanggeum.” “Daejanggeum,” which trans- lates to “Jewel in the Palace,” is a historical drama that set new highs in television ratings in South Korea in 2003-2004. It airs in Hawai‘i, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. “Daejanggeum” is based on a historical figure, Janggeum, who was the only woman to serve as head physician to the king in the Joseon Dynasty of the 16th century. Yukie Hirata, from Yonsei University in Korea, is study - ing the “Daejanggeum” craze in Japan. “‘Daejanggeum’ made the Japanese get interested in Korean culture more deeply,” Hirata said. “First, this drama achieves the diversification of audience for a Korean drama in Japan. Second, various networks via the Internet, which discuss ‘Daejanggeum,’ are forming in Asia.” Phyllis Chiao, a University of Hawai‘i at Manoa graduate student, studied the “Daejanggeum” craze in Taiwan. “Korea’s Confucianism has similarity with Taiwanese cul- ture, but there is dissimilarity, such as different food,” she said. Chiao pointed out that this drama intensified “Korean wave” in Taiwan. According to Chiao, Taiwanese watch the drama because it has a good storyline, human relationships, attractive actors and cultural diversity. When the show aired in Taiwan in May 2004, it was the most viewed pro- gram of the season. Tom Larsen, president of YA Entertainment, produced the English DVD version of “Daejanggeum.” Larsen said Korean dramas are successful in the United States. “Korean dramas are a differ- ent kind of entertainment for a U.S. audience,” he said. “The U.S. audience is tired of what the major networks are putting on the T.V., such as violence.” Fans at the symposium were NewsBriefs Legislative internships available Students may sign up for the intern- ships available at the legislature. Their office function is to track the legislative bills from the State Senate and House of Representatives on a daily basis during the legislative session. Interns will be placed with a staff member. The following internships are available: General Office Internship: Interns will be a part of a fast-paced office staff, respon- sible for various duties including computer data entry, filing, copying, greeting visitors and scheduling for the staff. Computer Skills Internship: Working with our systems analyst, the intern will be involved in a variety of computer work, handling testimony submissions, data entry and tracking bills through the legislative process. Legislative Analyst Internship: The intern will be working directly with one of our staff policy analysts. He or she may be asked to attend Senate or House committee hearings, prepare summaries of hearings and update information in a database. Each person will be placed in the area of his or her interest and educational skills. Ideal candidates must be committed, pro- fessional and attentive to detail. They must work well with others, be discreet and show exceptional ability, drive and intellect. No political experience is required. Working hours are flexible for these volunteer positions, with a commitment of a minimum 15 to 20 hours per week. Working hours are scheduled to fit each individual, varying from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please note that these are non-paid internships, but academic advisers may sub- mit paperwork for credits if applicable. If interested, e-mail a letter of inter- est, resume and two writing samples. Two graded papers from any class are acceptable. Contact Wendee Wilson at 586-0215, fax at 586-0046, or e-mail at wendee.wilson@ hawaii.gov. Piano performances today Junior Sheila Meneses will perform on the piano today at 1:30 p.m. at Orvis Auditorium. Senior Hye Won Lee will per- form tonight at 7:30 p.m. Meneses is performing for her junior recital requirement, and Lee is performing for her senior recital. Both are students of piano professor Thomas Yee. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. For more information, call the music department at 956-8742, e-mail uhmmusic@ hawaii.edu, or visit www.hawaii.edu/uhm- music/schedule.htm. Blood drive today A blood drive will be held today from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lehua parking lot at the residence halls. Anyone who is 18 years or older — or 17 with a Blood Bank of Hawai‘i consent form signed by a legal guardian — weighs at least 110 pounds and is in good health is encouraged to donate blood. A valid picture ID with birth date must be presented in order to donate blood. Flu vaccines available University of Hawai’i students can get flu vaccines from the UH Health Services. The flu vaccines will be offered Tuesday through Friday during normal clinic hours on a walk-in basis. Flu vaccinations may be billed to most insurance companies. The vaccination costs $15 without insurance. Faculty and staff vaccinations will be administered by appointment only. To sched- ule an appointment call 956-6221. Symposium explores ‘Korean Wave’ Boom, boom, bang, bang JOEY TRISOLINI KA LEO O HAWAII TheTaiko Center of the Pacific preforms a drum ensemble at the Campus Center Courtyard yesterday and does so at least once a year. Interested students are encouraged to take classes from the center. able to meet actor Im Ho, who plays the king in “Daejanggeum.” Also featured were Korean cooking demonstrations and a performance by the Chung-Ang University Culture Band. Nora Muramoto, one of the founders of Hawai‘i Korean Drama Fan Club, said, “I felt more relat- ed to the drama after attending this symposium. I learned its clothing, food, music and even subtitling.” She said she believes “Korean wave” in Hawai‘i will continue as long as Korean dramas are brought here. “I learned there is ‘Korean wave’ beyond Asia,” Daniel Tung, a fan of “Daejanggeum” who came from Toronto to attend the symposium, said. Theodore Jun Yoo, UHM his- tory professor and one of the sympo- sium organizers, said, “Hawai‘i is the only place that has ‘Korean wave’ in the United States. These events are to help introduce Korean culture, such as clothing and food, via Korean dramas for the public.” Drama reaches an international audience

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Ser ving the students of the Univers i t y of Hawai ‘i at Manoa s ince 1922

Tuesday

VOL. 100 | ISSUE 63 WWW.KALEO.ORG

November 15, 2005

InsideFeatures 2, 3, 7Editorial 4, 5Comics 6Sports 8

Rainbow Wahine opens season against USC

Sports | Page 7

Documentary shows the reality of kids

in Filipino prisonsFeatures | Page 8

By Jae Sun LeeKa Leo Contributing Writer

The Center for Korean Studies held a symposium on Nov. 12 to examine “Korean wave,” the phenomenal popularity of South Korean T.V. dramas and films in Hawai‘i and Asia, exempli-fying the popular T.V. drama “Daejanggeum.” “Daejanggeum,” which trans-lates to “Jewel in the Palace,” is a historical drama that set new highs in television ratings in South Korea in 2003-2004. It airs in Hawai‘i, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. “Daejanggeum” is based on a historical figure, Janggeum, who was the only woman to serve as head physician to the king in the Joseon Dynasty of the 16th century. Yukie Hirata, from Yonsei University in Korea, is study-ing the “Daejanggeum” craze in Japan. “‘Daejanggeum’ made the Japanese get interested in Korean culture more deeply,” Hirata said.

“First, this drama achieves the diversification of audience for a Korean drama in Japan. Second, various networks via the Internet, which discuss ‘Daejanggeum,’ are forming in Asia.” Phyllis Chiao, a University of Hawai‘i at Manoa graduate student, studied the “Daejanggeum” craze in Taiwan. “Korea’s Confucianism has similarity with Taiwanese cul-ture, but there is dissimilarity, such as different food,” she said. Chiao pointed out that this drama intensified “Korean wave” in Taiwan. According to Chiao, Taiwanese watch the drama because it has a good storyline, human relationships, attractive actors and cultural diversity. When the show aired in Taiwan in May 2004, it was the most viewed pro-gram of the season. Tom Larsen, president of YA Entertainment, produced the English DVD version of “Daejanggeum.” Larsen said Korean dramas are successful in the United States. “Korean dramas are a differ-ent kind of entertainment for a U.S. audience,” he said. “The U.S. audience is tired of what the major networks are putting on the T.V., such as violence.” Fans at the symposium were

NewsBriefsLegislative internships available

Students may sign up for the intern-ships available at the legislature. Their office function is to track the legislative bills from the State Senate and House of Representatives on a daily basis during the legislative session. Interns will be placed with a staff member. The following internships are available: General Office Internship: Interns will be a part of a fast-paced office staff, respon-sible for various duties including computer data entry, filing, copying, greeting visitors and scheduling for the staff. Computer Skills Internship: Working with our systems analyst, the intern will be involved in a variety of computer work, handling testimony submissions, data entry and tracking bills through the legislative process. Legislative Analyst Internship: The intern will be working directly with one of

our staff policy analysts. He or she may be asked to attend Senate or House committee hearings, prepare summaries of hearings and update information in a database. Each person will be placed in the area of his or her interest and educational skills. Ideal candidates must be committed, pro-fessional and attentive to detail. They must work well with others, be discreet and show exceptional ability, drive and intellect. No political experience is required. Working hours are flexible for these volunteer positions, with a commitment of a minimum 15 to 20 hours per week. Working hours are scheduled to fit each individual, varying from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please note that these are non-paid internships, but academic advisers may sub-mit paperwork for credits if applicable. If interested, e-mail a letter of inter-est, resume and two writing samples. Two graded papers from any class are acceptable. Contact Wendee Wilson at 586-0215, fax

at 586-0046, or e-mail at [email protected].

Piano performances today

Junior Sheila Meneses will perform on the piano today at 1:30 p.m. at Orvis Auditorium. Senior Hye Won Lee will per-form tonight at 7:30 p.m. Meneses is performing for her junior recital requirement, and Lee is performing for her senior recital. Both are students of piano professor Thomas Yee. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. For more information, call the music department at 956-8742, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.hawaii.edu/uhm-music/schedule.htm.

Blood drive today

A blood drive will be held today from 11

a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lehua parking lot at the residence halls. Anyone who is 18 years or older — or 17 with a Blood Bank of Hawai‘i consent form signed by a legal guardian — weighs at least 110 pounds and is in good health is encouraged to donate blood. A valid picture ID with birth date must be presented in order to donate blood.

Flu vaccines available

University of Hawai’i students can get flu vaccines from the UH Health Services. The flu vaccines will be offered Tuesday through Friday during normal clinic hours on a walk-in basis. Flu vaccinations may be billed to most insurance companies. The vaccination costs $15 without insurance. Faculty and staff vaccinations will be administered by appointment only. To sched-ule an appointment call 956-6221.

Symposium explores ‘Korean Wave’

Boom, boom, bang, bang

JOEY TRISOLINI • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

The Taiko Center of the Pacific preforms a drum ensemble at the Campus Center Courtyard yesterday and does so at least once a year. Interested students are encouraged to take classes from the center.

able to meet actor Im Ho, who plays the king in “Daejanggeum.” Also featured were Korean cooking demonstrations and a performance by the Chung-Ang University Culture Band. Nora Muramoto, one of the founders of Hawai‘i Korean Drama Fan Club, said, “I felt more relat-

ed to the drama after attending this symposium. I learned its clothing, food, music and even subtitling.” She said she believes “Korean wave” in Hawai‘i will continue as long as Korean dramas are brought here. “I learned there is ‘Korean wave’ beyond Asia,” Daniel Tung, a fan of “Daejanggeum” who came from

Toronto to attend the symposium, said. Theodore Jun Yoo, UHM his-tory professor and one of the sympo-sium organizers, said, “Hawai‘i is the only place that has ‘Korean wave’ in the United States. These events are to help introduce Korean culture, such as clothing and food, via Korean dramas for the public.”

Drama reaches an international

audience

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“ T h e future of net-work tele-vision got immediately b r i g h t e r ” thanks to the creation of a new busi-ness model, Cuban said. “ [ D i s n e y chief execu-tive] Bob Iger had the bril-liance to say yes to giving consumers his content where, how and when they want to consume it.” The iTunes video download-ing service has huge implications for cable and satellite networks. Groups that lobby for consumer choice and family-friendly entertainment have long pushed for “a la carte” subscriptions, in which viewers could pick which chan-nels they want to receive, weeding out offensive or extraneous content. Now families can order up epi-sodes of two Disney Channel shows without subscribing to cable at all. If that selection were to expand and the video quality were to improve, it’s not unreasonable to imagine that some tele-vision viewers would simply shut off their cable or satellite service and pro-gram their own broadcasting schedules online. If that happens, the diversity of programming could expand infinitely. One of the Technology Board members, former Commerce Department assistant secretary Larry Irving, said that he and his wife rarely watch the major broad-cast networks because they prefer cable channels such as ESPN and HGTV. “You’re going to see the same things in other marketplaces when peo-ple are smart enough to provide it at a price on a platform people want to get,” Irving said. He was especially excited about the prospect of more programs geared toward minorities. There’s also no need to record and store TV shows if they’re constantly available for download. When consum-ers can download any show anytime they please for $2 a pop, only the most avid TV watchers will care about setting their

record-ers. “Appointment viewing” is out; “no-appointment-necessary viewing” is in. Neither the video quality nor the selection is good enough for prime time on the iTunes service right now. The TV picture doesn’t even measure up to standard analog television, much less the high-definition TV the nation is slowly adopting. And right now, iTunes is offering a grand total of five TV shows, all from one entertainment company, along with music videos and short films from Pixar Animation Studios. Several industry experts say they’re convinced that Apple’s new video ser-vice is just a trial run for something much bigger. One longtime computer industry analyst, Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies Associates, said that by getting Disney and Pixar involved, Apple was showing other big media companies that it was OK to experiment. Their copyrights can be protected and they can make money with video downloads. “You bring in a couple of friends to show the other guys it won’t hurt them,” Kay said. “It’s just a beachhead. You establish the concept and begin to improve the quality over time.” There’s no guarantee of success with any business strategy. But when we look back on early October many years from now, we may remember it as the beginning of a brand new era in entertainment: TV version 2.0.

Compiled By MJ Bjers

Energy: Seeking Sustainability. Barry Raleigh will discuss the future of wind power, solar energy and biomass fuels on Dec. 1 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. This free public lecture will be held in Burns Hall 3121. If you’d like to attend, contact Tandy at 944-7784. Terrorism and Current Conflicts in Asia. Fred Magdalena of the Center for Philippine Studies will discuss the current situation in Mindanao and the Southern Philippines. The lecture will touch on the history of terrorism in the regions, as well as recent terrorist activities. A discussion facilitated by Bruce Barnes will follow. The talks will be held in the Campus Center, room 310, on Nov. 17 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more information call 956-4237.

A Presence Behind the Lens: Photography and Reflections with Nicholas Hlobeczy. Nicholas Hlobeczy has been an active photographer since the 1950s. His work has been published in such books as “Photography in the Twentieth Century” and “Photography in the American West.” Using images, words and concepts drawn from his recently published book, Hlobeczy will show the development of his work as a photographer during the past 45 years, reveal the influences that are central to his evolving aims as an artist and dis-cuss the question of the source and nature of creativity in our lives. The lecture will be hosted in the Yukiyoshi Room of Kraus Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information call 956-9883.

Wartime Diaries Revealed. After years of translating wartime let-ters and diaries of Japanese civilians during World War II, Samuel Hideo Yamashita will debut and speak about his collection of translations in his book, “Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies: Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese.” The event will take place at the Japanese Cultural Center on Dec. 4 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free and copies of the book will be on sale for $20.

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Clubs, Lectures, and Workshops Calendar

By Crayton HarrisonThe Dallas Morning News (KRT)

DALLAS – Forget the video iPod. Apple Computer’s real coup was to turn iTunes, its music-downloading jug-gernaut, into a futuristic TV network. By putting episodes of ABC and Disney Channel shows up for sale online, Apple may have just taken the biggest step yet in the technology industry’s quest to demolish Hollywood as we know it. Now think about what Apple is doing. It’s offering a handful of TV shows, short films and music videos for sale, buyable and viewable 24 hours a day. Imagine if every show were avail-able this way, and then consider whether you would need a cable subscription, a TiVo or a DVD player in such a world. Pay attention, because TV and the movies may never be the same. Apple is hardly the only company that’s changing the game. Here’s what’s happening right now: Microsoft’s Media Center operating system will soon be able to transmit TV shows, music and photo slideshows to any XBox gaming console in the house. SBC Communications is install-ing super-fast fiber networks capable of sending video to the home in addition to data and telephone service. Using a set-top box, subscribers would also be able to send their TV shows throughout the home. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and his business partner, Todd Wagner, are using their collection of media companies to experiment with releasing Hollywood movies in theaters, on DVD and on television at the same time. Apple’s move ups in the ante in the game to rule the digital home. Cuban himself praised the company’s ingenu-ity in a post recently on his blog, www.blogmaverick.com.

Apple might be demolishing Hollywood as we know it

Students can now download TV shows onto their video iPod.

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FeaturesKa Leo o Hawai‘i

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | Page 3Editor: Kimberly Shigeoka Associate Editor: Darlene Dela Cruz | (808) 956-3222 | [email protected]

By Tom SiegfriedThe Dallas Morning News (KRT)

DALLAS — A half century ago, Isaac Asimov created a universe, home to a decaying galactic empire and a novel form of social order known as the “Foundation.” Asimov’s “Foundation” novels — the most famous science fiction trilogy between “Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars” — described a new science of social behavior called psychohistory. Mixing psychology with math, psychohistory hijacked the methods of physics to precisely predict the future course of human events. Today, Asimov’s vision is no longer wholly fiction. His psychohis-tory exists in a loose confederation of research enterprises seeking equa-tions that capture patterns in human behavior. These enterprises go by different names and treat different aspects of the issue. But they all share a goal of better understanding the present in order to foresee the future, and possibly help shape it. Almost daily, research papers in this genre appear in scientific journals or on the Internet. Some examine vot-ing patterns in diverse populations, how crowds behave when fleeing in panic or why societies rise and fall. Others describe ways to forecast trends in the stock market or the likely effect of anti-terrorist actions. Still others analyze how rumors, fads or new technologies spread. Once the province of sociolo-gists, political scientists, economists or philosophers, such issues are now routinely analyzed by physicists and mathematicians. At the same time,

psychologists are learning about what goes on inside the brain when humans interact. Anthropologists have begun to study how economic activity influ-ences behavior in different cultures. Put it all together, and Asimov’s idea for a predictive science of human history no longer impossible. It may be inevitable. Universities and institutions around the world seized versions of Asimov’s vision for new research themes. At the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, a new behavioral sciences program focuses on econom-ic behavior and cul-tural evolution. The National Science Foundation has identified human and social dynam-ics as a new fund-ing priority area. At various schools, collaborators from diverse depart-ments are creating new hybrid disci-plines, with names like econophysics, socionomics, evo-lutionary econom-ics, social cogni-tive neuroscience and experimental economic anthro-pology. “It’s become pretty obvious from 9/11, from terrorism, that we

need to understand human behavior better,” Rita Colwell, former director of the National Science Foundation, said. “Not only for prediction, but also for prevention.”

Asimov’s `Foundation’ theories move from fiction to academia

By Elizabeth DanielsKa Leo Contributing Writer

With November comes yet another triumph for KTUH, the University of Hawaii’s student-run radio station. This month, the station begins broadcast-ing on its new Windward frequency at 89.9 FM. The staff and management of KTUH are proud of their ability to broadcast in a new region of the island. The station’s general manager, Justin Quezon, said the new frequency has taken about a year to take effect. “The Windward side was the last large area that we were trying to reach. Now we’ll be mostly island-wide,” he said. There are many students and faculty who live on the Windward side of the island, and they are unable to tune into KTUH until they come into town. “We’ll have a broader audience now,” Quezon said. “It will benefit everybody.” KTUH FM has been providing alternative radio programming for Hawaii’s people for the past 35 years. From its studio in Hemenway Hall, the station broadcasts at 90.3 FM in Honolulu, 91.3 FM on the North Shore, 89.9 FM on the Windward side, Oceanic Digital Cable Channel 843 and online at www.ktuh.org. Its programs feature rock, hip-hop, jazz, Hawaiian and reggae music, in addition to freeform shows, which feature music from every genre. As “Hawaii’s Only Alternative,” KTUH strives to expose its listeners to previ-ously undiscovered sounds. In celebration of the new frequency, KTUH hosted a special party at Indigo Restaurant on Friday, Nov. 11, from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. The event featured KTUH deejays spinning hip hop, soul, funk, reggae, dancehall, Latin, lounge, house and drum and bass. The event also featured live bands and emcees. The celebration was open to everyone. “We’re always excited for more university students to come through and participate in KTUH activities,” said Johanna Almiron, the station’s jazz and blues director. Almiron said the station strives to reach as many listeners as possible. “It’s great when people really love music,” she said.

KTUH launches newWindward frequency

89.9FMWINDWARD

The Foundation Trilogy, written by Isaac Asimov, was first published in 1951.

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Driven by anti-globalization sentiments, the demonstrators quickly turned violent, destroying businesses and pelting riot police with rocks and Molotov cocktails. Of course, this is not the first time President Bush has been greeted with violent protest when traveling abroad. In fact, nearly every country our president has visited, including sporty-old Great Britain, has welcomed our unpopular leader with hostile public displays. With these fierce protests occurring within such close proximity of one anoth-er, it becomes apparent that misrepresent-ed public concerns are being expressed through anarchy and vandalism through-out the world. Sadly, diplomatic resolu-tion is yielding fewer results. Even here in the United States, a coun-try that prides itself on being a beacon of democratic methods, we can observe how the diplomatic process tends to be arduous and impotent. More than a week ago, Democratic Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada passionately expressed the

need for Congress to investigate the jus-

tifications for the war in Iraq during

a congressional session. Finally, after three years of attempting to democratize Iraq, someone vocalized the

nation’s concerns on a significant level. Imagine if someone had prompted such an investigation when these allegations first arose a few months after we declared war. Would the information revealed have swayed the November presidential elec-tions? We’ll never know because it took three years to give this conflict the con-gressional attention it deserves, attention

that should have been given before we committed to such a grossly under-estimated task.

With this recent exam-ple, it is apparent how difficult

it is to maintain a motivated

diplomatic community. Although violence should be a last resort, it is frequently used as a shortcut to address problems that need to be discussed and solved in a civilized, democratic forum. Violence is a failure of diplomacy, and it’s sad that people will resort to violence instead of utilizing other methods. Yet, with politicians who react to vio-lent situations instead of trying to avoid them, more groups will realize that radical actions speak louder than words. As the power of question becomes deafened by the sound of a gun blast, people today forget that the pen is truly mightier than the sword.

By Nathan Serota Ka Leo Staff Writer

In our struggling world, the fight between diplomacy and violence is heading down a trouble-some path. Violent riots have repeatedly erupted in protest of pressing social issues. These issues are being addressed with unnecessary hostility and aggression. In France, two black teenagers were acciden-tally electrocuted and killed after taking refuge in a high-voltage relay station, fearing apprehen-sion by police. French authorities investigated the deaths and found that the police were not pursuing the teens, but by the time the formal investigation was released, rumors blaming the police had already taken their toll. Only hours after the unfortunate deaths, angry mobs of students and teenagers inciner-ated cars and various federal build-ings in protest of the racial inequal-ity surrounding the rumors. The burning issue that fuels these fierce riots concerns the prevalent segregation of immigrants and minor-ities in French schools, jobs and communities; this segregation shares a striking resemblance to the racism seen in America before the civil rights movement. Last Friday, tens of thousands of Argentineans gathered when President Bush arrived at an international summit to discuss the development of the world’s largest free-trade zones.

EditorialsKa lEo o Hawai‘i

Page 4 | Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Editor: David Gibbons Associate Editor: Juanita Mathews | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected]

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The study on ethnicity by the Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity sug-gests that the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa administration has woken to the ethnic ten-sions on campus and wishes to improve the state of affairs. What struck me was that the study focused only on certain ethnic groups, stratifying African-Americans, Caucasians, Filipinos, Japanese, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders — those representing the larger portions of the student population. Missing from the groups studied were Chinese, Korean, Arab and South Asian stu-dents. It is also unfortunate that international students were excluded. To the extent that only specific groups were stratified — and not the

entire population — lends bias to the selection process, rendering the stratification judgmen-tal, rather than random. SEED probably justifies its survey on the basis of expediency, that covering the groups they did covered 95 or 98 percent of the student population, which would be practi-cal. But, herein lies the problem. The extent that the UHM administration takes steps to alleviate the concerns of these focus groups is evidence that the marginalized minorities are further marginalized. Moreover, the minorities mentioned would be denied benefits that UHM might otherwise make available to the other groups as a result of this survey. This lends evidence to the suspi-

cion that minorities are discriminated against. SEED probably didn’t pause to think that the maximum ethnic tensions on campus prob-ably exist with the smallest minorities. The racial tensions between various ethnic groups in Hawai‘i are well-known, though not suf-ficiently researched. In a post-9/11 world, racial tensions appear to be directed against those who look Middle-Eastern. This big concern has scarcely been addressed on campus, if it has been addressed at all. SEED didn’t pause to think that interna-tional students, who have the same civil rights as U.S. citizens, might be the target of the most harassment, thereby skewing its sample and generating false priorities. It is probably

the tension against the tiniest of minorities that spoils the culture on campus. The fact that any group on campus may feel intimidated, no matter how small, is enough to advance a poor educational climate for the population. The study by SEED reinforces my belief that those in positions of power and authority remain insensitive to the concerns of the real minorities. By ignoring the smallest of minori-ties, the system is demonstrating that it doesn’t care for those minorities. I think we should expect better, but I may be overestimating.

Amarjit SinghProfessor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

totheEditorMinorities may benefit at the expense of smaller groups

People are choosing

over diplomacyviolence

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Zurich riot police get ready for a labor day demonstration.

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EditorialsKa lEo o Hawai‘i

Editor: David Gibbons Associate Editor: Juanita Mathews | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected] Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | Page 5

By David ThigpenDaily Mississippian (U. Mississippi)

(U-WIRE) OXFORD, Miss. — At a Senate hearing Wednesday, the heads of the five major oil industries were asked to explain their pricing and high profits. They tried to assure senators that despite accusations, customers aren’t being gouged. The senators have been con-sidering measures that they say would fix the problem with the gas prices, including a federal price gouging law, a tax on the oil com-panies’ profits and the removal of tax incentives from the energy bill. All of these attempts appear as though they are fixing the prob-lem, while only making it worse. The federal price-gouging pro-posal is a good example because they run the risk of controlling the prices at the pump. The risk comes from the influence the law might inadvertently exert on oil companies that are wary of being accused of price gouging. Price controls are ineffective because setting them at a level below the equilibrium price can cause shortages in the market due to a lack of supply to meet the demand at that price. This is what happened in the 1970s. Price con-trols were enacted, causing gas lines to form. The same thing could happen again if the federal price-gouging proposal is passed. Taxing the oil companies’ profits won’t lower prices. In fact, it would cause prices to rise. Whenever a business is taxed, the tax is generally shared between the customer and the business, and since oil is a relatively inelas-tic product, the majority of the tax burden is likely to fall on the shoulders of the customer. If the senators who support the profit tax want proof that this will happen, they need look no further than a 1990 congressional report cited by Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) in an Associated Press article. The report said a previous profits tax increased the cost of domestic oil production, slowed down domestic oil production and increased the amount of oil imported from other countries. The only problem with Sununu is that he supports the removal of some tax incentives from the ener-gy bill. This is just as bad as tax-ing oil company profits because by removing the incentives, you are equivalently raising taxes on the oil companies. Just like when you put a tax on profits, the majority

Senate’s proposals would not alleviate consumer gas prices

of the tax burden will fall on the shoulders of the customer because oil is inelastic. The only thing that senators have proposed that might help is the increase in federal home heat-ing assistance, but this is only a small part of what they could be doing to solve the problem of higher gas prices. The government needs to start getting rid of some of the regula-tions that stand in the way of the oil companies’ distributing and refin-ing of their product. Instead, they need to standardize the type of fuels that are legal to sell, getting rid of so-called “bouquet fuels” that are special to some states. Both of those proposals are aimed at increasing the supply of oil to the United States. Besides conservation, increasing supply is one of the few ways the United States can lower the price of oil. High demand overseas and short-ages at home, which are due to lowered refining capacity as a result of Hurricane Katrina, are the reason prices rose in the first place. Another thing they could do to lower the price of gas is get rid of the hidden tax they have on it. The tax is shouldered mostly by the con-sumers because of the inelasticity of oil, but getting rid of the hidden tax would be too easy. Instead, they just want to point the blame for the high pric-es at the oil companies who are seeing record profits, but the oil companies are not at fault. They are just reacting to the market conditions and trying to maximize profit, which after all, is the goal of a business. The same people who are

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complaining about the high price of gas weren’t shedding a tear for the oil companies in the ‘80s and ‘90s, when the oil prices were low and they had to lay people off, but now they have an interest in the fortunes of the oil companies. If the people in the Senate want to do what is best for America as far as oil prices go, they need to either cut the red tape for the oil companies or get out of the way.

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By Aileen LedouxKa Leo Staff Writer

The No. 22 University of Southern California poses a big challenge for the Rainbow Wahine bas-ketball team’s season-opener this Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center. Eastern Illinois University will also play in the round-robin Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic, Nov. 19 – 21. “It’s a really tough opener for us,” said University of Hawai‘i Head Coach Jim Bolla. “[USC was] one basket away from beating Michigan State, who was the Final Four champion last year, so they’re a very good team. It will be a good opening match for us to see how good we are.” Last season, the USC Lady Trojans, a NCAA second-round tournament squad, had an overall record of 20-11 and 12-6 in the Pac-10 Conference. USC sophomore Brynn Cameron, a 5’10” guard, led the Lady Trojans last season in scoring (9.8 points per game) and in field goal percentage (.421). Cameron, ranked 25th in the nation with a three-point field goal percentage of .409, was second in the PAC-10 Conference in three-pointers. “A lot of us are from California, so we know a lot of the girls,” said UH guard Amy Sanders. “If we come out and play hard, we can have a chance to win.” Closely following USC’s Cameron in scoring is sophomore Camille LeNoir, a 5’6” guard. Last season, she averaged 8.7 ppg and 3.23 assists per game. LeNoir also got the Pac-10 All-Freshman honorable mention. The Rainbow Wahine return 11 letterwinners and look to improve on last year’s 11-15 record. Bolla is back for his second year after becoming the Rainbow Wahine’s first new head coach in 17 years. With the departures of point guard Milia Macfarlane and Jade Abele in the wing position, and with only two main returnees, the Rainbow Wahine hold uncertainties about to how to begin. “We still haven’t decided who our starters are,” Bolla said. “As far as the style, we’re going to play the way we played last year, except we’re going to

play a little faster this year. That’s our goal, up-tempo it a little bit more than we did last year.” Hawai‘i junior Cassidy Chretien, a 5’5” junior-college transfer, is the only true point guard for UH right now. Chretien, who earned All-District honors while at Angelina College in Texas, is still learning the system, Bolla said. Returning guard and wing player Sanders brings experience and hard work to the Rainbows. Sanders averaged a team-high 13.3 ppg in Western Athletic Conference play and had double-figure scoring in 15 of the last 18 games. The 5’11” senior from Huntington Beach, Calif., earned second team All-WAC honors last season, Eastern Illinois University rounds out the round-robin tournament. “We don’t know a lot about [Eastern Illinois], but our main concern is Southern Cal,” Bolla said. The Lady Panthers of EIU finished their 2004 – 2005 season 10-17 overall and 3-13 in the Ohio Valley Conference under new head coach Brady Sallee. The end of last season also brought Pam O’Connor’s career to a close. O’Connor, a 6’2” cen-ter, had led Eastern Illinois throughout the season. Eastern Illinois will now rely on senior Megan Sparks, a 5’9” guard. Last season, Sparks led the Lady Panthers in assists and was second to O’Connor in scoring and rebounding. She currently leads the Lady Panthers in total points scored. With goals in mind, the Rainbow Wahine look forward to this weekend’s tournament. “It should be a good tournament,” junior for-ward Amber Lee said. “We’ve been practicing really hard. We’ve been getting better every day.” “We’re a little disadvantaged,” Sanders said. “Hopefully the intensity is there. Maybe that will show how the rest of the season is going to be, but it’s a long season. There’s ups and downs, so we can’t get too excited if [we] have a great game or get too down if we lose.” For ticket information and purchases, call (808) 956-4481 or visit the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Rainbow Wahine to open season against ranked USC in tournament

TONY BLAZEJACK • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Junior Center Alofa Toiaivao and the Rainbow Wahine basketball team will tip off their season against USC Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the first round of the 2005 Waikiki Beach Marriot Classic.

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Sanders receives WAC volleyball honor

University of Hawai‘i sopho-more middle hitter Juliana Sanders received her second Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week honor of the season today. Sanders hit .476 with 12 kills and seven blocks in the five-game victory at Utah State that clinched UH’s 10th straight WAC regular season title. She then went off at San Jose State, hitting a career-high .800 with 12 kills and no errors on 15 attempts with six blocks. On the week, the sophomore hit .611 with 3.00 kills and 1.62 blocks per game. She’s now averaging 2.70 kpg and 1.26 bpg on the season, while hitting .383. UH will host their final two home matches of the season on Thursday, Nov. 17, vs. New Mexico State, and on Friday, Nov. 18, vs. Louisiana Tech. The match against the Lady Techsters will be senior night, celebrating the final home match for Susie Boogaard, Victoria Prince and Ashley Watanabe.

UH wins dinghy championship

The UH coed sailing team wrapped up its fall campaign by cap-turing the North/South Pacific Coast Fall Dinghy Championships hosted by the University of California Santa Barbara, Nov. 12 - 13. It marked the second regatta championship in three fall events for the Rainbows, the national preseason favorite. Hawai‘i finished with 163 total points, 10 points better than second-place Stanford University. A total of 16 teams competed in the regatta, with 12 races in four different divisions

over the two-day period. Seniors Bryan Lake and Meredith Adams finished fourth in the “A” division with a total of 51 points, while Joey Pasquali and Becky Mabardy placed third in the “B” division with 50 points. Sophomore Mike Scott finished runner-up in the “C” division with 39 points, while senior Eric Oppen was tops in the “D” division with 23 points, 18 points ahead of the nearest competitor. The coed team will open the spring season with its own Rainbow Invite, Jan. 21 – 22, at Ke‘ehi Lagoon. UH hosts the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded Championships, Nov. 18 – 20, with Rainbow Wahine Tinja Anderson-Mitterling as UH’s sole representative.

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UH sophomore middle hitter Juliana Sanders received her second Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week honor of the season yesterday.

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By Kumari SherreittKa Leo Staff Writer

A group of young Filipino boys sit against a wall, talking to the camera. The leader, Diosel, boldly sings a song by Max Surban about staying in school and keeping away from bad company. His off-key pitch, accompanied by the dimples of his soft smile, depict a scene seemingly not associ-ated with a group of inmates in a jail in the Philippines. In the film “Bunso,” created by Ditsi Carlolino and Nana Buxani, 13-year-old Anthony and 11-year-olds Diosel and Tisoy (nicknamed “Bunso,” Filipino for “the youngest”) are minors who were charged for crimes as adults. They are being held in an adult jail in Manila. The film tells the story of the three boys, their parents and the failure of the Philippine justice system. By using raw footage taken in the jail, the film needs no special effects to enhance its power. Images from the daily lives of the three boys illus-trate their experiences and the their desper-ate need for attention. The boys are prison for petty theft and robbery. Anthony claimed that he stole $90,000 to feed his family when his mother neglected his siblings. Bunso was on the streets because his mother did not “send him to school or care for him,” as Anthony put it. He resorted to begging for money at first, but when he couldn’t get any money, he would steal. Then he started sniffing glue and needed more money to fund his addiction. “I’d sniff first then eat,” he said in the film. Diosel was a beggar early on as well, hanging out at shopping malls and shamelessly singing for pesos. One day he did not make any money, so he stole from a store and was caught. The shop owner said he would let him go, but his father said to send him to jail. The verbal abuse and angry confrontations between Anthony’s parents are a symbol of this film’s reality. The kids live in slums at the prison. Their parents have no responsibility of caring for their children and leave them to feed and fend for themselves. An adult inmate who takes Diosel to the prison health service says in the documen-tary: “I wonder where there crazy parents are ... gave birth to these children and then

just left them.” Bunso has severe behavioral health problems that are completely neglected and misunderstood by his parents and jail authorities. His mother, seemingly too busy worrying about the camera, doesn’t give her son a hug upon her visit to the jail, and instead tells him that he is a “bad boy.” His mother thinks that her son is “pos-sessed by devil,” when the failing is in her lack of parenting. The conditions of the prison are atro-cious. There were 157 minors living in space suited for no more than 100, many having to stand up and alternate sleeping schedules on a wet and dirty concrete floor. The kids do the majority of their bathing in the rain with no soap, and have to fight for sufficient portions of food at meal time just to get enough to eat. The film captures the lives of just three of the 2,000 undistinguished child crimi-

nals charged as adults in the jails of the Philippines, and is a representation of chil-dren all over the world in developing coun-tries, said Ray Salvosa, managing director of the Consuelo Foundation. The Consuelo Foundation is a Philippine group created by Consuelo Zolber Alger in the late 1980s when she met juvenile activ-ist Patti Lyons. When Alger passed away, she stated in her will that 75 percent of her estate must be spent in the Phillippines. Since then, the foundation has been a part of over 100 programs to “help families, women and children at risk.” The “Bunso” film was an effort of the Consuelo Foundation to make the condi-tions of the juvenile justice system known. “The entire problem is what happens to the child in the justice system that has been put in jail and left to rot,” Salvosa said. In 1999, director Carolino was asked to make a film about the children in jail. The

foundation opened the doors to the jails for her with no restrictions on her shooting. She spent three weeks in six different jails, and two years later the film was in its final cut. “[‘Bunso’ was] nothing I thought would be possible. It was so powerful,” com-mented Salvosa about his first experience viewing the film. The film has been all over the world, including numerous film festivals. “It has had tremendous impact after every showing ... [The audience] is unable to move, left angry and ashamed,” Salvosa says. “Bunso” will be shown at the University of Hawai‘i Architecture Auditorium, Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. At the show-ing will be Patti Lyons and Ray Salvosa from the Consuelo Foundation, brought to UHM by the UH School of Social Work. For more information about the film or about the Consuelo Foundation, visit the foun-dation’s Web site at www.consuelo.org.

Documentary depicts plight inPhilippine jails

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Above: In the film “Bunso,” a documen-tary about the struggles of adolescent inmates in the Philippines, children in a prison are seen sleeping on the floor. Below: Bunso, a young Filipino inmate, searches for food at mealtime in the prison. “Bunso” will be showing at the Architecture Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m.