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INDEX: NEWS…………………….…A1
FEATURES…………….…..B1
SPORTS……………….…...C1
EDITORIAL………………..D1
ʻAHA‘ILONO……..…….…..E1
By REID CAIRME, sports editor
“In 2010, the latest year for
which data is available, motor vehicle crashes were the lead-
ing cause of death among 13-19 year-old males and fe-males in the United States,”
according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Christmas is one of those times of the year when people
can go overboard with drink-ing alcoholic beverages.
Some even dare to drive home. “I think it’s never a good
idea to drive drunk. Everyone should be extra careful around
the holidays because there
are some dummies out there who, unfortunately, don’t think
the same way,” said senior Alyssa McAlinden, ASKSM
historian. Drunk driving fatalities are always shocking and sense-
less, but during the holidays, they seem to be especially
tragic. The Holidays
Though the legal age to drink or purchase alcohol in
the state of Hawaiʻi is 21, in a 2011 Kamehameha Maui sur-vey, 51% of the 450 high
school students who took the
survey reported that they had
taken at least one full drink of alcohol at some time in their
lives. Combine that with a car and that’s bad news.
Teenagers who drive under the influence triple the risk of getting involved in a collision
that results in a fatality. With the hectic stress of
shopping, gift-giving, traveling, and family get-togethers, the
holidays are a terrible time to consider drinking and alcohol-
ic beverage. Not only is it ille-gal for teens, but it can be deadly as well. Take some
(TEENS Con nued on page A2)
Photo by MAYA NITTA Sophomore Samantha Hill is put into an ambulance during a mock car crash senior Kahea Arrieta organized to
bring awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving. During the holidays, students should be extra vigilant,
as they react differently to alcohol and are the in the age group that reports the highest rate of binge drinking.
KALUA TURKEY………….....A2
CHRISTMAS TREES….……B1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL….….C3
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‘Tis the season, stay sober, stay alive
Teens more susceptible to dangers of alcohol
time to read about drunk driv-
ing and its effects, conse-quences, and prevention.
Teens and Drinking Many teenagers dream of earning their driver’s license
and driving to school, sports, and parties. Most already
know that driving under the influence will be impaired.
Vision gets blurry and muscles don’t respond as quickly as
they should or in the way they should. The Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety states that teenagers are at a substantial-
ly higher risk for crashing while under the influence of alcohol.
“In the United States, the fa-tal crash rate per mile driven for 16-19 year-olds is nearly 3
times the rate for drivers ages 20 and over. Risk is highest at
ages 16-17,” according to the Institute.
The combination of inexperi-ence in both drinking and driv-
ing can lead to a devastating result, even with a low to mod-erate blood alcohol concentra-
tion. Blood Alcohol Concentration
In Hawaii, a driver is not con-
sidered to be operating a vehi-
cle under the influence of alco-hol until his blood alcohol con-tent hits .08%.
However, to discourage un-derage drinking, the law also
states that a BAC of .02% in motor vehicle operators under
the age of 21 is enough to be considered impaired.
When you get behind the wheel of a car, you are giving law enforcement your “implied
consent” to submit to a BAC evaluation. Your blood alcohol
content can be determined via
breathalyzer or blood test.
This means that if you are pulled over and asked to sub-mit to a DUI test, it is required
that you take it or risk a one-year license revocation for
your first offense, two years for your second, and four years
for your third. If you fail or refuse to take a
chemical test, you are arrested and subject to an administra-tive license suspension.
Tackling the Problem Mothers Against Drunk Driv-
ing is an organization whose
mission is to “stop drunk driv-ing, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent un-
derage drinking.” According to their Web site,
Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year. About
one in every two thousand of those trips is made by some-
one under the influence of alcohol. Some of those trips end up in
tragedy. In fact, one out of three traffic deaths involve, in
some way, drunk driving. In the United States in 2010,
10,228 people were killed in a DUI crash. That’s an average of one preventable death oc-
curring every 52 minutes. The problem seems insur-
mountable. According to MADD data, a drunk driver
has, on average, driven under the influence 80 times before
his first arrest. Even after a first arrest, which results in a suspended license, three out
of four offenders continue to drive without a license.
But public education on this issue has been working, espe-
cially among the teen popula-tion. In 1975, teenagers ac-counted for a whopping 47.6
of all traffic accidents per 100,000 drivers. Since then,
that rate has declined dramati-cally by 62 percent for teenag-
ers ages 16-19. Currently, fatal accidents involving teen-
age drivers make up about 18.1 of every 100,000 drivers.
Minimum Drinking Age
The decline can be attribut-ed to a combination of factors
(TEENS Con nued from page 1)
(TEENS Con nued on page 8)
Adapted from The ABCs of BAC, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2005, and How to Control
Your Drinking, WR Miller and RF Munoz, University of New Mexico, 1982.
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Take the pledge!
“Because it is illegal, I promise
not to drink alcohol or use other drugs. I commit myself to celebrating in a safe and healthy way. I pledge not to get in a car with someone who has been drinking alco-hol. If I find myself in a situa-tion where I feel unsafe or uncomfortable, I promise to call my parent or guardian for a ride home. I commit to this pledge and recognize there are consequences for every decision I make.” —–pledge card text
Photo by MAYA NITTA
A real paramedic tends to Samantha Hill’s fake injuries at the drunk
driving crash simulation on campus on October 25.
Arrieta educates on drunk driving
By LANDON BALLESTEROS, staff writer
“Is this real?” Students
turned to each other in confu-sion while a 9-1-1 call was broadcast on the school inter-
com. A frantic caller reported a fatal car crash to a police dis-
patcher. The call was an intro-duction to a mock car crash.
On Thursday, Oct. 25, stu-dents dashed out of their
lunchtime hideaways and went to the quad, where a mysteri-ous veiled structure was re-
vealed to be a wrecked car. As part of her senior project, Ka-
hea Arrieta had invited emer-gency responders to school to
run a mock car crash. A few students participated in the ordeal as victims, and
the student body looked on as students were pulled from the
car’s wreckage. Makeup was used to show bodily injuries to
the mock victims, and the many exterior dents, cracked
glass, and blood-splattered interior of the car set the mood regarding the severity of drink-
ing and driving and what kinds of accidents can come out of
one person’s actions. “Kahea approached me last
spring with this idea, and I thought it was a wonderful idea from the onset,” said Ms.
Kathleen Frampton, Arrieta’s Ho¯ʻike Nui adviser.
“She showed me a video of the program Every 30 Minutes that her brother had went through in his high school in
the mainland, and I said ‘Oh my gosh, that’s so relevant to high-schoolers.’”
Arrieta said that organizing a mock emergency was not
easy. There were gaps in com-munication.
“There were a lot of different people involved in making my project happen, so it was very
difficult making sure everyone was on the same page,” she
said. “From police, to admin-istration, to the volunteer stu-
dents, everyone had to be updated at least twice a week,”
she said. Ms. Frampton said that she
was “impressed by her perse-verance.”
The next day many students flocked to Keo¯pu¯olani Hale to see a follow-up presentation
about the statistic that every 30 minutes, someone dies in a
drinking and driving incident. Students were also given
pledge cards to pledge not to drink and drive. “I … heard people saying that the pledge
cards opened up a lot of com-munication between the stu-
dent and parent,” Arrieta said. Ms. Frampton said that origi-
nally, Arrieta had planned to incorporate the actual Every
30 Minutes program, which is much more involved, but they
were unable to change the school schedule to accommo-date its length.
A line of memorial crosses was erected outside of Ms.
Panglao’s classroom to remind students about what happens
every thirty minutes. The results of a follow-up survey were positive.
“It was truly rewarding when I heard people saying that they
went out over the weekend and told their friends to not
drink and drive,” Arrieta said. From her adviser’s stand-
point, the success was owed to Arrieta’s passion for her
topic. “I think Kahea was very pas-sionate about it; whereas, be-
ing an adviser, I see many projects seem to turn out to
where a student is doing it because they have to,” Ms.
Frampton said. “If I had the chance to redo the project, I would have defi-
nitely managed my time better so that I wouldn't have
stressed out in the final weeks,” Arrieta said. “I think it
was an overall success in eve-ry other way.”
Photos by MAYA NITTA
Abovet: Junior Kaiulani Vila is “arrested” for drunk driving during a mock car crash that senior Kahea Arrieta
organized for her senior project on Thursday October 25. Arrieta wanted to spread the impact of drunk driving
to the student body. Above Left: Arrieta follows-up with interested students on Friday, October 26.
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Remembering Pearl Harbor By MAYA NITTA, features editor, photos from U.S. Library of Congress
On this day in 1941, Hawaiʻi, territory of the United States of America, underwent one of the most devastating events in our history.
Many lives were changed forever, but the lives that were lost that day will never be forgotten. This was what happened on Oʻahu, in Pearl Harbor on that “infamous” morning and the years after.
0733 hrs:
President Franklin D. Roo-sevelt and General
George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, with the
help of their code break-ers learn that Japanese negotiators have cut off
communication with the United States. They sus-
pect war.
0755 hrs: Commander Logan C. Ramsey sees first bomb
drop and sends the message to ships saying “AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
Q and A: Officer Fairchild, OUI Task Force By LEXIS VIENA, staff writer
Driving under the influence
is a crime and a danger to all drivers on the roads, especial-
ly during the holidays. The Maui Police Department has a special Operating Under the
Influence Task Force just to address the problem of people
driving under the influence. Officer John Fairchild has
been an officer in the La¯haina district for about ten years. He
has been a member of the task force for about three years. He makes OUI arrests
every night. Here he speaks about his experience on the
task force. Q: Are there more instances
of drunk driving during the holidays? A: “Yeah, during the holi-
days it [driving under the influ-ence] tends to pick up. People
are off work and school, which gives them more free time to
drink, and unfortunately, sometimes they drink to the
point of being too intoxicated to drive, which leads to higher amounts of arrests and acci-
dents.” Q: Can you tell me about
some statistics regarding drunk driving?
A: “I don’t have the facts off the top of my head, but I do know that DUI’s happen every
night on Maui, and arrests for DUI’s are also made every
night…Accidents happen eve-ry day all over our island and
most people run away before we show up to investigate.”
Q: What are some things that the Maui Police Depart-ment is doing to eliminate
drunk driving on Maui? A: “Higher amount of road
blocks during random times in places such as La¯haina, up-
country, Pa¯ʻia, Kahului, any-where during prime time hours like from 10:00 p.m. to 3-4:00
a.m. We're basically trying to keep everything random.
There is going to be more en-forcement during summer
break, and, of course, the holi-days. We are constantly roving
looking for any signs of DUI, such as weaving across the road. During the holidays, pa-
trol is on higher alert and we
are more aware.” Q: Have you noticed an increased amount of underage
drunk driving incidents during the past couple of years?
A: “Well, the population is growing, and that automatical-
ly means more underage drinking. There hasn’t been a substantial growth in arrests,
but that doesn’t mean that it’s not happening. The probability
of people being caught and arrested is high, but people
are just lucky enough to make it to where they’re going. The
task force has been working with schools to educate you guys about driving under the
influence.”
Q: From your work experi-
ence is there any story that has most impacted you?
A: Well I have been an of-ficer for about nine or ten
years in the La¯haina district, and I’ve seen a lot of acci-dents involving drinking and
driving, smoking weed and driving, and driving under the
influence of drugs. Most peo-ple don’t realize that driving
under the influence includes driving under the influence of
crystal meth, pharmaceutical drugs, marijuana and basically anything that impairs your
body and your ability to make decisions. I’ve seen nasty ac-
cidents with flipped cars and people being trapped under-
neath. You know, alcohol is a drug, too, maybe a legal one, but it does affect your thought
process. About two years ago there was a murder at Nakale-
le by the blowhole. I was one of the first responders to ar-
rive, and a guy had [allegedly] murdered his girlfriend. This
couple was from California and they had been partying at a bar, got intoxicated and
started arguing. The arguing led the boyfriend to kill his
girlfriend. It’s hard to say if he would’ve done that if he was
sober, probably not, and that story just proves how alcohol can affect you.”
Q: Is there anything that you’d like our readers to know
about, or inform them of?
(OUI Con nued on page A5)
Graphic by MAYA NITTA,
After reaching a high of 75 in 2006, the number of DUI deaths in Hawaiʻi
has been slowly dropping to the lowest it has been in 10 years.
Sources: http://www.dui-usa.drinkdriving.org/,
Hawaii_dui_drunkdriving_statistics.php#1995,
http://www.centurycouncil.org/state-facts/hawaii\
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Graphic by MAYA NITTA Drunk Driving Fatalities in the US according to 2010 National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration data: In addition to raw numbers of deaths, this map shows the percent of deaths
in each state per 100,000 of their population. Source: http://www.centurycouncil.org/state-facts/
0810 hrs: Another bomb is dropped, this time on the
USS Arizona killing 1,177 men.
0930 hrs:
USS Shaw is bombed, but
would sail again.
SOURCE: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, US 2010
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A: “Yes actually, it sounds
silly, but just say no. You know, there’s always that idea
that drinking and smoking is ‘cool’ and people, young kids especially don’t think that
they’re going to get arrested, or get into an accident, but
they don’t realize that the odds are stacked up against
them. DUI (enforcement team) is out every night, making
arrests every night, and it’s just a matter of time before
they get caught. People need
to realize that they just can’t go out to the beach or the
park to drink, get intoxicated and expect to drive them-
selves home. It’s a small is-land, and if you’re going to keep rolling the dice, you’re
going to get bit. Don’t think you’re too good or smart to
get arrested because eventu-ally, you’re going to hurt
somebody and somebody’s family or yourself. So just
avoid all the risks and just say no. “
(OUI Con nued from page A4)
2010 NHTSA Drunk Driving Fatalities by State
DUI Fatalities by Age Range and Gender 2010
Less than 50 fatali es Less than 100 fatali es Less than 250 fatali es Less than 500 fatali es More than 500 fatali es
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 A6
1030 hrs: Hospitals for the
wounded are set up and soldiers receive help.
Death toll hits 2,390.
1229 hrs: Franklin D.
Roosevelt gives a speech requesting war
against the Empire of Japan.
1300: The Senate votes and agrees to war. The vote was
almost unanimous with a 388 to 1 vote. Mon-
tana Representative Jeannette Ranklin, the
first woman elected to Congress and a dedi-
cated pacifist, was the sole dissenting vote. The US and Japan are
at war for 44 months.
Fast facts:
underage drinking According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Preven-tion, driving under the influ-
ence is not the only risk in-volved with underage drinking.
Youth who drink alcohol are also more likely to experience:
higher absences poor or failing grades. fighting legal problems, such as ar-
rest
for driving or physically hurt-
ing someone while drunk. hangovers or illnesses. unwanted, unplanned, and
unprotected sexual activity. disruption of normal growth
and sexual development. physical and sexual assault. higher risk for suicide and
homicide. unintentional injuries, such as
burns, falls, and drowning. memory problems. drug abuse changes in brain develoment
that may have life-long efects.
death from alcohol poisoning.
The 2011 Youth Risk Behavior
Survey found that among high school students, during the
past 30 days:
39% drank some amount of
alcohol. 22% binge drank. 8% drove after drinking alco-
hol. 24% rode with a driver who
had been drinking alcohol.
In other national surveys:
In 2011, the National Survey o n D r u g U s e a n d Health reported that 25% of
youth aged 12 to 20 years drink. In 2011, the Monitoring the Future Survey reported that
33% of 8th graders and 70% of 12th graders had tried alco-hol, and 13% of 8th graders
and 40% of 12th graders drank during the past month.
Graphic by MAYA NITTA
The lifesaver is in you By SHAYNA HO, staff writer You are driving home from a celebration after winning the state championship when it happens.
It’s late on a rainy night, and the fellow ahead takes the upcoming turn too fast. He drifts, panics and then locks his brakes. You hear screeching of tires as his vehicle zigzags on the road, hits the
guardrails, then rolls multiple times. What do you do? Here are basic first actions you can take if you are ever in a situation like this.
1 Park out of the way so emergency teams can easily
access the scene. Do not leave your vehicle in the mid-
dle of the road. Turn on your hazard lights.
2 Call 9-1-1 or designate someone to do so. Have
ready your location. Be ready to describe what you see. As
you describe the scene, re-member, you are the “eyes”
for all the dispatchers, who will determine which responders will be dispatched to the sce-
ne.
3 Warn approaching cars by having someone direct on-
coming traffic around the sce-ne. Keep traffic moving so emergency vehicles have a
clear way in.
4 Ask the passengers about their injuries, so you can tell
emergency personnel.
5 If passengers are serious-ly injured and it is not danger-ous to do so, it is best to leave
them where they are. Let the medical dispatch team do their
thing.
6 If someone with medical training arrives on the scene, let him or her take the lead.
7 After emergency person-
nel arrive, get out of the way, but stay at the scene to pro-
vide a statement. As a wit-ness, you can help investiga-tors identify the cause of the
accident.
It is good to be prepared, but every situation is different,
so the best advice is to use common sense.
To better your chances of giving someone the help they need when an emergency
occurs, take first aid and CPR classes in your community.
Photo by MAYA NITTA, features editor Paramedics “assist” sophomore Samantha Hill during a mock car crash
on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Kamehameha Schools Maui. These paramed-
ics know what to do at an accident scene, but everyone should know
the basic first actions to take if ever found in this situation.
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September 2, 1945: Japan surrenders.
May 30, 1962
The USS Arizona Memorial is dedicated. Photo Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Dangers of drinking By JAYLIN KEKIWI, staff writer
Drinking too much can lead to serious consequences, like car
accidents and alcohol poison-ing. But that’s only part of the story. Alcohol can also dam-
age organs, weaken your im-mune system, and contribute
to cancers.
Reflexes: Alcohol slows the pace of communication be-
tween your brain and the rest of your body. This is what causes slurred speech and
slowed reaction times.
Heart: Long-term drinking af-
fects how quickly your heart beats (which may lead to a
stroke).
Liver: Livers are especially
sensitive to excessive drink-ing. Heavy drinking can cause
fat to build up in the liver. The fat makes it more difficult for the liver to operate and leaves
it open to developing danger-ous inflammations.
Cancer: Excessive alcohol consumption could give you
mouth and throat cancer.
Immunity: Drinking too much
alcohol weakens the immune system, which causes people
to get sick more easily.
Source:
National Institutes of Health
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 A8
Social media sites hold key to future elections By MEHANA LEE, news editor
The 2012 general election
results were aired live on Akaku¯ November 7, including
updates through social media like Facebook and Twitter. Five Kamehameha Schools
Maui interns worked the elec-tion coverage as part of a
move by Akaku¯ to increase their use of social media, ac-
cording to Sayble Bissen (’07), Director of Production of
Akaku¯. “I think having the younger generations see it [election
coverage] on Facebook and Twitter…will spark an interest
in them and maybe get them to think about politics more,”
junior Dylan Fisher said. The five KSM juniors who in-terned at Akaku¯ updated
Akaku¯’s Facebook page and sent messages via Twitter as
part of the coverage. Since social media sites are
literally in the hands of many teens, it is easier for them to
stay connected to candidates, interact on ballot issues and follow results on election day.
“As seen with the [President] Obama campaign, social me-
dia plays a big part in getting information and interest to
those using it, mainly the younger generations. Our so-ciety in general is more mo-
bile, so having the information at their fingertips, as opposed
to just on television, is very
useful,” Bissen said. One candidate used social
media sites to his advantage. KSM alumnus, Kaniela Ing (’06), did some of his cam-
paigning through Facebook and Twitter. He was recently
voted in as the South Maui State Representative.
“Facebook supports specific ads that reach to targeted au-
diences. That really helped. At
first, I wasn’t thinking it would
be effective until people start-ed to ‘like’ my campaign
page,” Ing said. The 2012 presidential cam-paign was heavily advertised
through the social media. Ac-cording to journalism.org,
President Barack Obama had 1,124,175 ‘likes’ on his cam-
paign page in contrast to Gov-ernor Mitt Romney who had
633,597 ‘likes’ on his page this
past June.
Social media coverage may have had some impact on
voter turnout in this election, but is predicted to become an important source of advertising
for candidates in elections ahead.
“It will be a big resource for future elections. Social media
reveals more of the human side of candidates, and people
like that,” Ing said.
Photo courtesy of MS. PRISCILLA MIKELL
Juniors Kaiulani Vila, Gabriel Bibbs, Dylan Fisher and Mitchel Dutro (not pictured) pose with South Maui State
Representative, Kaniela Ing and Akaku¯, Director of Production Sayble Bissen during the 2012 general election
on November 7. The students interned at the television station, covering the election via social media.
including public education
such as the MADD campaign, a raise in the minimum drink-
ing age, stricter driver educa-tion requirements, special task forces, and the increase in
graduated license programs. According to the IIHS, in
1982, only 15 states had a minimum purchasing age of
21. By 1995, all 50 states had raised the minimum drinking
age to 21, and fatal crashes involving drivers younger than 21 decreased from 53% to
24% of all alcohol-related fa-talities.
The move to raise the age
limit was based on IIHS and
National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration research
showing that those under 21 react differently to alcohol.
Teens get drunk twice as fast as adults and lack the self-control to stop overdoing it.
They also engage in binge drinking more than adults.
Prevention and Consequences To prevent repeat offenders
from driving under the influ-ence, some states, such as
Oregon and Arizona, have an ignition interlock device that prevents vehicles from starting
should the driver have a measureable amount of alco-
hol in the blood stream. The
device measures BAC when
the driver blows into it prior to starting the car. This has re-
duced drunk driving deaths by more than half in both states,
according to the IIHS. Seventeen states require these devices for all offenders.
Hawaiʻi is one of those states. In Hawaiʻi, a license can also
be suspended for three months after the first offense.
Stay Legal, Stay Safe So this Christmas season,
listen to senior Luke Batoon, who said, “Drinking is dumb, period.”
Remember, if you choose to drink, designate a driver be-
fore you start. Better yet, be
safe and stay sober. Not only
is it the law, it’s a matter of life and death.
(TEENS Con nued from page A2)
Corrections In the September 21 issue of Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa,
In a photo on page A8 Kyle Fushikoshi-Wago was incor-
rectly identified. On page C9 Tiana Sakumoto
was incorrectly in the stu-dent survey. See page B8 for corrections
to the Killer Sudoku. We apologize for the errors.
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 A9
KSM second behind 4-H Dirt Devils By LEXIS VIENA, staff writer
A soil competition hosted by
the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. Plantation took
place on Tuesday, October 23. Attendees included stu-dents of Mr. Iwamura’s Agri-
culture class. The Conservation Aware-
ness Program, Soil and Land Judging Contest, was held at
Keahua Farms. Teams from Baldwin, Seabury, Lahainalu-
na and other schools from across Maui participated in this regional competition.
The students were chal-lenged to figure out slope in-
clines of dirt, fertilization peri-ods and soil features, and they
identified different factors that would affect the land and how it is being used.
“I never thought about how useful the things we learned
about in class would be out in the real agricultural world,”
senior Sai Furukawa said. The 4-H Dirt Devils of Sea-
bury Hall won first place with Kamehameha Maui coming in second. Cheyenne Maio-Silva,
Riley Shiraishi, Sai Furukawa and Kamana Haupu were on
the second place team. “It was fun, and now that I
know what to expect, I’d really want to do it next year,” Maio-Silva said.
Seabury Hall advanced to the state level and placed se-
cond there. The winning team, Kauai High, now gets to com-
pete in the national contest, which takes place in Oklaho-ma in May.
Photo courtesy of MR. DUANE IWAMURA Seniors Riley Shiraishi, Kamana Haupu, Cheyenne Maio-Silva and senior Sai Furukawa were the team who
won second place in the Conservation Awareness Tuesday, October 23. Furukawa and Maio-Silva also won
individual awards in second and fourth place respectively.
By MEHANA LEE, news editor
Eight shark attacks were re-ported along the shores of
Maui in a three-week span from late October to early November.
Members of the Department of Land and Natural Re-
sources came to the conclu-sion that it is mostly just a
coincidence. “This is sometimes how nature works, and really we
have no evidence that the recent increase in shark inci-
dents around Maui is anything other than coincidence,” said
Russel Sparks, Hawai‘i Divi-
sion of Aquatic Resources
Education Specialist. An increase in the green
sea turtle population could also be a factor according to
Mr. Sparks. Sharks can mis-take humans for sea turtles and bite them, especially if
swimmers are wearing fins or are on flotation devices like a
boogie board or a paddle-board.
“But, shark attacks are very rare in Hawai‘i, with, on aver-
age, about three to five at-tacks occurring statewide per year. Sometimes, we will go
several years without any
Recent shark attacks just coincidence
shark attacks around Maui, and
then sometimes there may be two or three within a short
amount of time,” Sparks said. This unusual number of at-
tacks became a topic of conver-sation in the Maui community, especially among frequent
beachgoers. “All the attacks were shock-
ing, but they haven’t affected me though. I still like to go div-
ing,” senior Chris Oka said. Sparks recommends going
online to hawaiisharks.com for more information. The site rec-ommends staying cautious
when entering the ocean. Peo-ple should avoid swimming
near others who are fishing or spearfishing, and should al-
ways swim with a buddy. Swim-mers should also avoid murky waters and swimming with
bleeding wounds. Sometimes it just comes
down to a gut feeling. “When you have a bad feel-
ing about going into the water, either you don’t feel well or the
conditions of the water are not safe, follow your gut because that might be the feeling of
something big waiting for you,” Oka said.
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Class of 2016 By OFA-HELOTU KOKA,
freshman class president Freshman Banquet will be February 9, and if you would like to join the committee,
email or see Kumu Ulu for more information. Your stu-
dent government would like
Classof 2013
By HULALI BROWN, senior class president
Seniors, we are halfway through our senior year, and Time is racing us to the finish
line. Don’t let Time rush ahead of you. Keep focused and stay
organized. Checklists are al-ways helpful, that’s what I’ve
been using. If you find yourself lost or
flustered, the doors of Mrs. Correa and Mrs. Moala are always open. Be sure to check
their blog on the high school Web Site for college and
scholarship updates. Don’t forget about Senior
Lu¯’au tomorrow night. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. Bring your tickets to get in. Make
sure to bring your checkbooks to buy cool stuff at the silent
auction. There will be a Nook, poi pounder, Niʻihau shell
necklace, fishing lures, pic-tures, hotel certificates for the
Sheraton and Grand Wailea, pictures, bags, yummy treats, and lots of other stuff for bid.
All proceeds will go to Project Grad.
Dinner will start at 6:00 p.m. Rama Camarillo will be provid-
ing the dinner music, followed by the student showcase, and then the night will end with
dancing. In other news, reserve Feb-
ruary 23 for Senior Ball. It will be an extravagant night full of
fun and prizes. KS students will attend for free, but there
will be a cost for guests. Mr. Lopez and your officers would like to commend you for
all your hard work, spirit, and good behavior. Keep it up,
seniors!
HO¯ʻIKE NUI ALL PAU The senior project is both feared and admired by
high school students. Each year, seniors present
the culmination of their work to a panel of judges
for 10- 20 minutes, and the judges rate their
presentations based on a standard rubric.
Three students, Luat-Hueu, Tatiana Kealiʻino-
homoku and RJ Moku presented their projects in
Kumu Kuʻulei Alcomindras-Palakiko:s room on
Tuesday, November 13, while the rest of the
seniors presented in other rooms.
“I stayed up all night last night practicing for
today,” Kealiʻinohomoku said.
Moku was the first to present on protecting the
ʻa¯ina. “I feel it in my heart to give back to the
land,” he said.
Keali’ionohomoku was next. She shared her
ambition to become a pastry chef, and told about
how her father, who is a chef, inspired her to
explore new ingredients and try new pastry ideas.
One experiment she tried was baking with ulu.
The judges sampled one of her ulu cupcakes.
“One of the things that I am striving for [in bak-
ing] is being unique,” Keali’iohomoku said.
“Each presentation was well orchestrated, each
student did a fantastic job,” panelist Mr. Clark
Tuitele said. The seniors were relieved when it
was all over, but they would have to wait a few
more weeks for the scores to be revealed, while
Vice-Principal Leo Delatori tabulates the results.
“If I could give advice to the future seniors, …I’d
say, ‘Do not procrastinate.’ It will seriously be
your downfall,” Kealiʻinohomoku said.
the class to get more involved
with these types of events. The winner of the vote for
this year’s theme is “Starry Night,” so come prepared for a
night of light! There will be no charge for the banquet, but you must sign up to attend.
The dress code is still being discussed.
Another upcoming event is Founder’s Day, when Kame-
hameha students celebrate Pauahi’s birthday and every-
thing that she has given us. Many winter sports are just starting up, so come out and
support our Kamehameha
teams as they fight towards victory and live up this year’s
theme, He ‘Ohana Ka¯kou. Na¯ Hoku is coming up on
December 18. Four student acts will be competing for money prizes, but anyone else
who would like to be part of the show without competing
can still contact Mrs. Ashman to be added to the program.
Freshmen, keep doing well in your extra-curricular activi-
ties and your academics. This quarter is flying by so fast, so enjoy it while it lasts. The
quarter will be coming to an
end on December 19, 2012. Before you know it, you’ll be
an upperclassman and that much closer to going to col-
lege. It’s never too early to learn about different scholar-ships that are out there. The
University of Hawaiʻi , Maui College will be having an infor-
mation night on native Hawai-ian scholarships, Dec. 12,
6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Pilina Building. The meeting is open
to interested freshmen and their parents. There is no need to sign up in advance.
Photo by LEXIS VIENA Above, senior Ku¯paʻa Luat-Hueu’s talks about different kinds of kalo, both invasive and native.
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 A11
President’s Message By KALEIHOKU KUBOTA
student body president
Aloha Students, As we enter the winter sea-son keep in mind our school
theme of He ‘Ohana Ka¯kou. As we celebrate Founder’s
Day and commemorate the life of our founder, Bernice Pauahi
Bishop, be thankful for the things we are given here at Kamehameha Maui. Air condi-
tioning, beautiful facilities and laptops are things that other
schools’ students would be grateful for. Don’t take them for
granted, and take care of these gifts from Pauahi.
We know th,at it is becoming chilly. Remember that only KS jackets are allowed at school.
Coming up on December 18 is the Na¯ Ho¯ku¯ talent show.
This is a free event that will be held during fourth block. The
winner will receive a special prize and be given the oppor-tunity to represent our school
in the Brown Bags to Stardom talent competition.
Winter Ball is coming up on January 26. Come out and
dance the night away under the New Year lights. Winter
Ball will be held in Na¯ma¯hana. The theme is Light the Night. Permission forms will be avail-
able soon and distributed at lunch. They will be due by Jan-
uary 15. Finals and mid-terms are
upon us, and it is important to study hard. We are Warriors, so show your Warrior pride and
push through these last few weeks.
I hope that you all enjoy your winter break, have a Merry
Christmas and a happy New Year. Let’s come back next
year refreshed and ready to finish out our final semester as one school and one family.
Class of 2014 By AVINASH SINGH, junior class president
The juniors did a great job of getting off academic probation
at the last grade check. Now, they are expected to stay off and start showing the poten-
tial that they all possess. If anyone needs help with any
classes, please ask a class-mate. If that doesn’t work and
you genuinely care and want to learn, don’t hesitate to ask
me, your class president, and I would be happy to help. Junior Prom is April 6, 2013.
There have already been mul-tiple meetings, but please
remind your friends to go if they signed up to be a part of
it. Junior Prom will be held in the King Kamehameha Ball-room at the King Kamehame-
ha Golf Course located in Waikapu. The theme is “A
Touch of Class,” and the color scheme is black, dark blues,
and white or ivory. Remember that girls should wear long
dresses while boys should be wearing tuxedoes and that both should have a touch of
class. What to wear and what not to wear were covered at
the prom fashion show, so please plan accordingly.
Thankfully, all Kamehameha Schools Maui juniors may attend for free, but if they
bring a guest, there will be a fee. Remember that parents
will be setting up the prom on the day of, since the students
will be getting ready, so please remind them to look for
emails asking for their help.
Photo courtesy of MS. PRISCILLA MIKELL
JUNIORS COMPLETE MOCK INTERVIEWS—Junior Avinash Singh
shakes hands with his interviewer, Mr. Mercer “Chubby” Vicens
during his mock interview.
In preparation for a graduation requirement of completing an in-
ternship, the junior class completed job interviews during Seminar,
October 23-24. They reported to Charles Reed Bishop Learning
Center, the Counseling Center or a classroom to be interviewed by
Kamehameha Schools Maui employees and volunteer career pro-
fessionals from the community.
“It’s a good opportunity for the juniors to see what it’s [job inter-
views are] like,” said Ms. Priscilla Mikell, KSM Career Liaison.
“I felt that they were really well prepared,” said Outreach Counse-
lor Venus Medeiros-Rosete, who was one of the interviewers. “A lot
of them surprised me.”
Ms. Mikell said that many of the volunteer interviewers had similar
comments and reminded her to invite them back next year.
Class of 2015 By SHAI IBARA, sophomore class president
Tis’ the season to be Soph-omores! Half the year is al-
most over, which means Founder’s Day is coming up. Please pay attention at song
practice and memorize your words if you still haven’t.
Today was the Na¯ Mele competition. Please take the
time to recognize your Na¯ Mele choir after a hard morn-
ing of competition. The class officers are plan-ning Sophomore Banquet and
SophomoreSsleepover. Sophomore Banquet will be
March 2, and your officers would appreciate any help!
Please contact any officers if you are interested in helping. College Horizons applications
are now available. Two pro-grams are offered during the
summer for current 10th-grade students. This opportunity can help with your college plans.
See Mrs. Correa for more information.
Photo courtesy of MS. NOELANI YATSUSHIRO
INTERACT HELPS OUT—On Saturday, Nov. 10, five members of the
Interact Club went to Hale Makua Kahului to assist with Bingo. The
students sat with patients and helped them as another set of eyes and
ears. They also went up to the microphone and called out the num-
bers. Pictured above, club members Landon Ballesteros, James Krue-
ger, and Neʻula ʻAʻarona show their Bingo pride. The club members
gave the patients a bag of mochi crunch after the games were over.
They plan to return to Hale Makua in February following a winter sock
drive to benefit the patients.
Thanksgiving imu fills plates By MAYA NITTA, features editor
In a time of thanks and giv-
ing the Kamehameha Schools Maui staff, faculty and stu-
dents came together to create an imu on campus, November
21, 2012, to cook turkeys for the school ‘ohana and special-ly chosen families in the
Kamehameha Schools Maui community.
“We wanted to have an ac-tivity where the staff and facul-
ty could participate in. They were able to bring in what they wanted to bring in,” said Mr.
Carl Alexander, Director of Operations.
“I felt like ‘wow, this is amaz-ing’. It was so nice to see eve-
ryone working together,” said Mrs. Kauko Kane, an adminis-
trative coordinator at the ele-mentary campus. Faculty and staff were able
to bring in their turkeys and turkey donations to be put into
the imu. Drop-off started at 4:30 at the high school dining
hall. By 5:00, the tables were filled with over 50 turkeys, many of which were donations
or intended for adopted fami-
lies. Once the operations crew and turkey volunteers trans-
ported the turkeys to the imu, putting them in was quick.
Everyone was constantly mov-ing.
After flattening and filling in the holes in the imu, banana
stumps were laid down and then the turkeys. After the turkeys, banana leaves and ti
leaves were laid down, then burlap bags and a tarp. Quick-
ly after, sand was scattered around the edge and the imu
ballooned. To end the long day Head-master Mrs. Lee Ann Delima
planted a stalk of ti leaves in the ground in front of the imu.
“It was an exciting day. It was nice to see everyone coming
together to do something dif-ferent,” Mrs. Delima said.
In the health room, a group of students were baking pies for the adopted families. They
baked about 13 pies, which
were added to a couple of other donated pies.
Staff, faculty and staff all felt a sense of accomplishment after
the imu was covered. “I felt special to be a part of
something so good, and it felt really good to help others,”
said senior Renee Lee-Agcaoili. Early Thanksgiving morning,
the operations employees and volunteers were back to un-
cover the smoky treasures, and at 7:30 cars began pour-
ing into the lot next to Keopuolani to pick up their
bounty. Despite the early hour, there
were smiles all around and happy wishes for a hau’oli la Ho’omaika’i.
Photo by MAYA NITTA
Workers lay down sheets over the imu full of turkeys that were brought in by Kamehameha Maui staff and students. The imu crew watched through the
night and opened the imu in the morning. Students also helped prepare and deliver donated meals to other families on Thanksgiving, Nov. 21.
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 A12
Fifty plus turkeys are passed along fire-brigade style to be placed in the
school’s imu and cooked for staff and families for Thanksgiving.
Photo by MAYA NITTA,
By MEHANA LEE, news editor
Oregon is the nation’s top grower and seller of Christmas trees, sell-
ing over six million trees per year. Farms cover about 61,000 acres. That’s a lot of trees!
Most of the Christmas trees sold in Hawai‘i come from Oregon.
Mr. Richard Tajiri, owner of Christmas Trees Hawaii, a tree
farm, said that around 120,000 Christmas trees were shipped from Oregon to Hawai‘i last year. He
said the number is expected to be similar for this holiday season, in an
interview with KHON 2 News in November.
Christmas Trees Hawaii is locat-ed in Portland, Oregon, and is the
biggest single-owner retailer in Ha-wai‘I, Tajiri said. For the past 25 years, Tajiri has been flying back to
Hawai‘i to sell Christmas trees. Mr. Kirsten Davis, pastor of King’s
Cathedral, ordered 1,300 trees from Pronzini Farms in Oregon. He said
it was his first year buying from this farm since last year’s supplier no
longer ships to Hawai‘i.
“I chose to buy from Pronzini Farms for two reasons. First, be-
cause they matched the shipping price to the farm we bought from
last year. Second, because they ship Christmas trees ten feet and taller,” Davis said.
Containers of Christmas trees have already been shipped to Maui
and started to sell during the Thanksgiving week. K-Mart and
Lowe’s were two of the Maui retail-ers who bought their trees from
farms in Oregon. Hawai‘i is nowhere close in com-parison with Oregon in the amount
of trees harvested, but they have surpassed other states in tree har-
vesting. Hawai‘i harvested about eight thousand trees in 2007 ac-
cording to the National Christmas Tree Association. That is more than Wyoming, Nevada, Alaska, Arizo-
na, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah combined.
Photo by SHAYNA HO
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 B1
Oregon farms keep indus-tree in full swing
Shop local for trees
By LANDON BALLESTEROS
news writer
It’s time to buy a Christmas
tree. Or, better yet, a local Christmas tree! Many people
will be lost in the long lines at one of those big warehouse stores, when they actually
have the opportunity to cut down their own Monterey
pine right here. Don’t pass up an opportunity to live
Christmas with a Maui spirit. In Upcountry Maui, there are two local businesses where
your family can purchase a locally-grown Christmas tree.
Kula Botanical Gardens
Address: 638 Kekaulike Avenue
Kula, HI 96790
Business hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
Phone: (808) 878-1715
Sale dates: Pick your tree on Saturday
and Sunday, December 8-9. Trees available in gift shop
(size and selection varying) December 10-19. Extra-large
trees for businesses and hotels available by phone order.
Upcountry Farm Specialists
Address: 51 Calasa Road
Kula, HI 96790
Business hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p. m. Saturday-Sunday (other
arrangements available)
Phone contact: (808) 878-1468
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Missed Steps By REID CAIRME
By SHAYNA HO staff writer
When first arriving at the Christmas tree lot, you may be overwhelmed and unable to tell the differ-
ence between the three main types of trees. How do you determine which would best suit your family? Worry no more! It is fairly simple. The most popular styles of Christmas trees can be nar-
rowed down to three: the Grand Fir, Douglas Fir and Noble Fir.
Which tree is perfect for you?
Thinnest and weakest needles
Pinecones at ends of branches Needles grow in all directions
Slight fragrance
Douglas Fir Grand Fir Noble Fir
Thickest and strongest
needles Strong branches
Needles curve upward Strongest scent
Photos by SHAYNA HO
Thick and strong needles
Light silver glow on bottom of needles
Flat needles grow outward Little fragrance
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By LANDON BALLESTEROS, news writer
One of Maui’s local Christ-
mas tree farms is Kula Botani-cal Gardens, established in 1968 by Warren and Helen
McCord. This Saturday and Sunday is your family’s last
chance to go and get a claim on the perfect Christmas tree.
If you are unable to make it to the weekend sale, more trees
will be available in the gift shop, but be aware that size and selection may not be as
plentiful as the weekend sale. I had the opportunity to inter-
view Mr. McCord, and here is what he said about growing
Christmas trees on Maui.
Q : When did Kula Botanical Gardens’ Christmas tree
farm start?
A : 40 years ago, we plant-
ed Monterey Pine, which were given away free by the
forestry department. We want-ed to get a windbreak, be-cause that’s where the cold
wind comes from, the North. So we planted about a thou-
sand Monterey on the ridge to the north.
Q : What education or train-ing did you have in the
Christmas tree business?
A : None, actually. It was like trial and error. They
[Christmas tree farming asso-
ciations and companies] were giving us all kinds of instruc-
tions. None of them worked for us, because Hawaiʻi is too
different from everywhere else. We discovered that the
Monterey pine is the only tree that does well for us. We
planted six different kinds of pine trees, thinking that we could grow firs and those oth-
er kinds of trees. None of them liked us because the soil
was too warm. But the Monterey pine, com-
ing from the Monterey penin-sula, just 120 miles south of San Francisco, loved it. We
can get a 6-8 foot tree in four years. That’s faster than they
grow in California!
Q : Why did you decide to
grow and sell Monterey pine?
A : The forestry department had two pine trees. One
was a Cluster pine, and one
was a Monterey pine. We did not like the Cluster pine be-
cause it was prickly, so we got rid of all of that. The Monterey
pine is soft and fragrant.
Q : What are some of the
struggles the farm en-counters during the holidays?
A : We plant more trees than we sell, but we lose
a few. When you have a prod-uct that takes that long to
grow, we lose a few. If they’re not perfect, we take them down and recycle and grind
them up. We only sell perfect trees.
Q : What are the benefits of
a locally-grown Christmas tree?
A : Two things. One, it’s fresh. It’s cut the day you
put it in your house. The other is, and you may have very well
seen the headlines, 75 con-tainers coming from Oregon and Washington are being
held up by the agricultural department because they’ve
got slugs. Our Christmas trees are clean, they have no bugs,
and they certainly don’t bring ugly bugs in from somewhere else.
Q : What weather conditions are ideal for growing?
A : Higher humidity. It does not like down country
where it’s hot, and it does not like dry weather….The Monte-
rey Peninsula gets a lot of fog, and although we don’t get a lot of fog here, our humidity is
high, and so they like it.
Q : How many trees do you
sell every year?
A : About 1500. Our 6-8
foot trees take four years. Our big trees, the ones that we send to the hotels, take 8-9
years.
Q : What types of assis-
tance does the Christmas tree farm need from the com-
munity?
A : Buy our trees! We grow
our trees to support the Botanical Garden.
Tree sales By JAYLIN KEKIWI, sports writer
Take a gander at the big business of Christmas
trees. Approximately 21.6 mil-lion real trees and 12.9
million artificial trees were purchased by Americans in
2011. The average cost of a
real Christmas tree in the United States is about $46,
while the average cost of an artificial tree is $78. Over 9 million dollars worth
of real trees were sold in the USA in 2011.
Approximately 1.01 billion dollars worth of artificial
trees were sold in the USA in 2011.
12%
11%
35%6%
11%
18%
7%
When do you do your Christmas shopping?
Never/Doesn't Shop
All year
Black Friday
3 Weeks Before
2 Weeks Before
1 Month Before
1 Day Before
Graphic by LANDON BALLESTEROS
Q & A: Kula Botanical Christmas tree farm
When do you start your Christmas shopping?
Pollsters: Landon Ballesteros and Lexis Viena
Sample: 216 KSM students Poll taken: November 2012
Photo courtesy of KULA BOTANICAL GARDENS
Kula Botanical’s staff helps customers select trees from their Christ-
mas tree farm full of Monterey pines. The Gardens is one place to get
a freshly cut Christmas tree on Maui. This weekend will be the last
time customers can choose a tree and have it cut. After that, previ-
ously cut trees will be available in the gift shop until all sold.
Photos by MAYA NITTA
By MAYA NITTA, features editor
The coldest time of year is
here, but you can keep warm and make use of all those old t
-shirts at the same time. Mak-ing a t-shirt quilt is a great way to hold on to memories with-
out having to keep those t-shirts that you never wear.
You could even make one out of those old homecoming
shirts and give it as a gift to your favorite classmate…or class adviser.
Materials needed: 10-20 T-shirts (16 produces a 48” x 48” blanket),
Ruler Scissors
Blanket or extra fabric (for the back of the quilt)
Sewing machine
Instructions: Cut the shirts into 12” x 12”
squares. Pin two squares together side
by side and then sew a ½ inch seam along one edge. Connect another square and
repeat. Depending on how big you
want your quilt you can have a row of four to seven squares.
After the first row of squares, create another, then another. After you have enough rows
(5 or so) pin and sew the rows together.
When the top of the quilt is finished (the part with the t-
shirts), pin to the blanket, (t-shirt fronts and the top of the
blanket facing in). Then sew. Make sure to leave a hole so you can turn the blanket right-
side out Once the right side is out,
you can sew another seam about ¼ inch around the blan-
ket, forming a border and clos-ing the hole.
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 21, 2012 B4
Left: Cut old t-shirts into 12” x12”
squares Bottom: Pin shirts to-
gether. Right: sew panels togeth-
er. Bottom right: Sew a blanket or
fabric to the t-shirt front. Above:
The finished product: a t-shirt
quilt.
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Across 2. Roast them over an
open fire 8. We ___ Kings
9. Do you see what I ___? 10. ___ to the world 11. ___ Around the Christmas Tree
12. Not gold, ____ bells 14. Reindeer pause here
16. Shhh! 17___ We Have Heard on High
21. I saw ___ kissing Santa Clause 23.Tie these to your sleigh
24. He Stole Christmas 25. Let it ____! 27. Children dream of this
29. Little ____ Boy 30. Santa ___, baby hurry down the chimney
tonight! 31. Carrot nose owner
33. No two alike 24. Famous Christmas ballet 37. O Come All ___ Faithful
39. ___ in a Manger 40. Walking in a _____ Wonderland
41. O ____ Night.
Down 1. Cindy Who’s Favorite song.
3. Hang this above the fireplace 4. three intellects
5. ____ Navidad 6. Kalikimaka 7. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front
_____ 13. Rudolph the Red-Nosed ___
15. 5 ___ fat pigs 18. ‘Ol Saint ____
19, Edible decoration 20. Christmas is his birthday
21. Kiss when you’re under this 22. She got run over by a reindeer 26. 0 ___ Town of Bethlehem
28. It Came upon a ___ Clear 30. An Elvis Christmas
32. Have a Holly _____ Christmas 35. Snow man eyes
36. __, the Herald Angels Sing 38. ___ Child Is This? 42. All I want for Xmas is ___
Christmas Memories
By LEXIS VIENA, staff writer
Horoscopes
Horoscopes are for entertain-
ment purposes only! If you need answers you’ll find them
in the Bible. By Nancy Black,
Tribune Media Services
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -You're making a good im-pression. Don't get pre-sumptuous. Concentrate on studies. Ask provocative questions.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Attend to financial matters for the next two days, and turn your plan into the per-fect thing.
Aries (March 21-April 19) A great idea regarding money comes from afar. Review instructions. It's getting romantic. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Focus on work today and tomorrow, including paper-work. It's getting busy, so stick to practical basics. Gemini (May 21-June 20) Romance blossoms for a while, with a few hurdles. Set long-term goals with your sweetheart.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) Get the opinions of close family before proceeding. You're entering a more domestic phase. Keep your financial situation confiden-tial.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Use the secret sauce. Put in the extra effort, study and ask questions. Believe you can. Accept the coaching. Don't push yourself too hard.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Work hard and make lots of money. Talk over ideas with co-workers. Provide leader-ship. Finish an old task and profit.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Prepare mentally, and then adapt as needed. Use your power responsibly. They've been waiting for you to say the word.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Deadlines are looming; better get back to work. Slow down and think it over. It's getting introspective.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Use your powers of obser-vation. Work with close associates today and to-morrow. A loved one offers excellent advice.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Begin to develop the neces-sary resources. Get current accounting data, and ask for strategy updates from your teammates.
ANSWERS ON B6
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 B4
Web solutions to gift quandaries
By MAYA NITTA, features editor
Searching and searching but not finding that one perfect gift?
Do not fear, here are a few ideas for unusual and funny gifts under $25 from online retailer Uncommongoods.com.
If uncommon gifts don’t float your boat, try Amazon.com Order by December 12 for standard shipping. There are also priority options, such as 3 or 2 business days and overnight Photos used courtesy of www.uncommongoods.com and www.amazon.com
From B5 Christmas Memories Crossword Answers:
The Whatever Clock ($22)
Don’t worry about time, especially at Christmas.
You Got Your Driver’s License Kit ($25)
Know someone getting a license over the Christmas Break? It’s two gifts in one!
The Face Mug ($18)
Stuff your face…
with cookies!
Plush Organs ($18)
Now’s your chance! You can really give your heart to some-
one, or at least, a plush ver-sion of it. Lots of other great
organs available, too, for your biology-obsessed lab partner.
Bacon Scented Car Air Freshener ($3.44 @ Amazon)
Who doesn’t like bacon?
Animal Mini Tabletop Vacuum($16.99 @ Amazon)
Helps pick up the eraser shavings and
other little messes.
Pick Your Nose Cups ($12.00 @ Amazon)
No, it’s not what it sounds like.
KIDNEY
LUNGS
HEART
BRAIN
CARTOON by Shayna Ho
Sudoku
Kelcey Lorenzo
By LANDON BALLESTEROS news writer Academy: Arts & Communications
(Media Endorsement) Times on the Honor Roll: Principal’s List: 2
Headmaster’s List: 13 Why academics are a priority:
“The better I do in school, the more scholarships I can quali-
fy for, and that helps out my family in relieving the cost for
my education after high school.” GPA: 3.975
How you let your hair down: Reading, Writing short stories,
Tumbling Tip for succeeding in the class-
room: “Do it right the first time. Work first, and play lat-er.”
SAT Score: Enough to qualify for scholar-
ships, 600’s in each section Other Academic Honors: Na-
tional Honor Society Presi-dent, First Place HOSA Com-
petitor (With Leeana Ba-tungbacal and Noeau Pereza), Upcountry Rotary Club Stu-
dent-of-the-Month Clubs/Organizations: National
Honor Society, HOSA, Wailu-ku Roselani Na Aikane 4-H
Club, Wailuku Jr. Tennis Club Sports: Tennis Senior Project:
Ho'olaule'a Promotional Video Future plans: Attend college in
Southern California and major in film
Photo by LANDON BALLESTEROS
Sai Furukawa
By LANDON BALLESTEROS news writer Academy:
Science & Natural Resources (Health Services endorse-ment)
Times on the Honor Roll: Principal’s List: 5
Headmaster’s List: 8 Why academics are a priority:
“To get into a good college.” GPA: 3.944
How you let your hair down: Judo, study Tip for succeeding in the class-
room: “Do your work early. Once you get it started, don’t
wait. No procrastination!” SAT Score:
“Classified” Other Academic Honors: National Honor Society Treas-
urer/Sergeant-at-Arms, HOSA Vice President, Interact Vice-
President Clubs/Organizations:
Graduated from Kumon, Japa-nese Club Secretary, Drama
Club Treasurer, OMG Vice President Sports: Cross Country, Judo
Senior Project: Showing judo is important in
promoting a healthy lifestyle Future plans: Matriculate into
college and major in pre-med.
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 B5
Fill in each box with the numbers 1-9. Each row, column, and 3 x 3 box must have the numbers 1-9, no repeats.
By JAYLIN KEKIWI, sports writer
Here are ten things you probably didn’t know about the holi-days.
A 2012 study of Facebook posts proved that break-ups are
most common two weeks before Christmas.
All the gifts in Twelve Days of Christmas would add up to
364 presents.
Jingle Bells was originally written for the Thanksgiving holi-
day.
Scientists and mathematicians concluded that Santa would
have to visit 822 homes per second in order to make it around the world before the children began to wake up on
Christmas Day.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is re-
sponsible for tracking Santa Claus’s progress around the world every Christmas Eve, via space satellites and radar.
The earliest known Christmas tree decorations were apples.
The modern-day image of Santa Claus (a red suit, a beard,
and a belly like jelly) was created by Coca-Cola in 1931.
The North Pole exists, but it doesn’t exist on physical land. It
is right in the Arctic Ocean.
Rudolph wasn’t originally named “Rudolph.” Actually, he
was first dubbed Rollo and then Reginald before finally be-coming Rudolph in the 1939 song.
Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra were the first astronauts to
sing a Christmas song in space in 1965. Their song of choice? Jingle Bells, of course.
Did You Know:
Christmas Edition
Photo by LANDON BALLESTEROS
ANSWERS ON B8
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 21, 2012 B8
By JAYLIN KEKIWI, sports writer
Recently, I’ve been watch-
ing a lot of shows in which the protagonist keeps a journal of
some kind. The main charac-ter of MTV’s Awkward., Jenna Hamilton, has an online blog
where she records the hap-penings of her life. On The Vampire Diaries, both the female heroine, Elena Gilbert,
and one of her love interests, Stefan Salvatore, keep track
of their daily lives in note-books. Now, what exactly does this
have to do with a review? The product this time is called
Wreck This Journal. Wreck This Journal isn’t
exactly what Jenna or Elena would pour their hearts into. See, Wreck This Journal isn’t
a journal at all. It’s actually a published book “written” by
Keri Smith. The main purpose of it isn’t
to write your crush’s name in hearts on every single page,
or for you to relive the humili-ating thing that happened to you at lunch.
Actually, Wreck This Jour-nal is more of a creative out-
let, even though you don’t
really need a single drop of artistry in order to have fun
with it. As you flip through the pag-
es of Wreck This Journal, you’ll see that each page has a different task for you to do
with the book. One page de-mands that you take the en-
tire book and drop it from the highest point you can.
Another tells you to write a single word over and over.
There’s no right or wrong way to follow the directions – you simply just do it. I received Wreck This Jour-nal as a birthday gift. After
seeing it all over Tumblr, I was pretty excited to have
one. There’s so much you can do with it. This book/journal is great for when you’re bored at
home with nothing to do – and it’s especially good for when
you’re even past the point of wanting to log back on to Fa-
cebook for the fifth time. Wreck This Journal is availa-
ble at Barnes & Noble. If it’s out of stock, you can head online to sites like Ama-
zon.com. The price varies depending on the provider,
but it’s usually around $8.00. ‘Tis the season to give, and
Wreck This Journal is the perfect present for anyone. I give it four out of four stars.
Dear Hot Cocoa, Why must you torture me when all I want to do is try to have a pleasant meeting with you?! I mean, why, why, why must you burn my mouth every single time?! Don’t you know how cold school can get in the winter time, especially with the rushing winds and the pouring rain? You are supposed to turn my day around; you are supposed to make me smile. I give you time to chill out. I give you time to relax. I really give you time to just cool your jets, but that never seems to be enough for you. Circumstances don’t often bring us together, but for the time we do have, can’t we just be happy together? Anyway, with Christmas coming up really soon, I’m gonna tell you what I want. For once, just once, can we have a meeting where I just fall in love with you even more? If you want to make it up to me, I know the per-fect way. Next time, how about having some yummy marshmallows for me! Love, Burning for You
Correction: The answers to the Killer Sudoku In the September 21 issue were incor-rect. We apologize for the error. The correct answers are below.
Photo by JAYLIN KEKIWI
Sudoku Answers from B6
My Two Cents
By SHAYNA HO, staff writer
Open Letter
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 21, 2012 B9
By LANDON BALLESTEROS news writer
Are you having trouble un-
locking the secret to getting into the holiday spirit? If so,
join the club. Maybe it’s because the holi-
days seem to go by way too fast. One week we’re seeing Jack-o-Lanterns, the next
we’re seeing massive turkeys, and the next we’re putting up
the Christmas trees. No won-der I can’t keep up!
I, for one, can’t seem to find my way back to those child-hood Christmas feelings. It
feels like so long ago that we, as kids, were super excited
about picking out our Hallow-een costumes, learning about
the history of Thanksgiving, and singing those cute Christ-
mas carols around school. But, now that Christmas is
almost upon us, I am making a goal to really enjoy this season
of joy and miracles with one modern Christmas tradition . . .
the Christmas movies. My personal favorites are
Home Alone and Home Alone 2. I have been watching these every year for my entire life,
and they never cease to make me laugh.
In these movies, Kevin McAllister [Macaulay Culkin] is
left home alone for the holi-days (you will have to tune in
yourself to find out why). He is left to fend for himself against two criminals out to do some
holiday harm. The importance of friendship and family, the
bittersweet Christmas spirit, and the overall vibe of the
show is nearly impossible to resist!
I cannot leave out the 1994
hit, The Santa Clause. This is a movie that always makes me
feel the spirit again. It is about Scott Calvin’s [Tim Allen]
struggles with his young son, Charlie. The first time I watched this movie was at the
Ma¯nele Bay Hotel on La¯naʻi. The hotel staff gave all the
children our own floating beds and a cup of hot chocolate.
Watching the movie under the stars in the middle of the Pa-
cific was a perfect Christmas experience. Sequels to the movie came out in 2002 (The Santa Clause 2) and 2006 (The Escape Clause), but
nothing makes the magic hap-pen like the original.
Unaccompanied Minors is
another great movie. It’s about six children stuck in an
airport for Christmas. Instead of letting their incon-
venient situation get them down, they live the season to the fullest by spreading joyous
Christmas spirit around the airport, not forgetting the air-
port “Grinch,” Mr. Porter. Whether it is through mov-
ies, music, or enjoying time with family and friends, find
that one thing that can put you back into holiday spirit mode. Even though we’re older–
some of us drive, some work–the holiday spirit is not impos-
sible to unlock. Just find your key and open it up. Then live
it, and love it!
Answers: 1. ʻAha Mele. 2. Charles E. King. 3. A music staff. 4. A treble
clef. 5. Georges Bizet. 6. A cappella. 7. Which note gets one beat. 8. No
Be Stupid, Fire Department Truck. 9. A fermata.10. Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. 11. Falsetto. 12. Some are upright and the others are grand
Scoring: Score 1 point for each correct answer on the freshman level, 2
points on the sophomore level, 3 on the junior level, and 4 points on the
senior level. 30 points – Musical Prodigy; 29 to 19 points – The next
Adele; 18 to 10 points – Why is that guy at the front waving his arms
around?; 9 to 0 points – I play the triangle.
Ho, ho, ho! Don’t be low Christmas spirit’s here, and it’s a go!
What’s your score? Music
BY REID CAIRME, sports editor
Have you been paying attention in song practice? Let’s take a quiz! Answer each question; then score yourself according to
the guide at the bottom. indicates a music riddle
Freshman 1. What is the annual KSM song competition called?
2. Who wrote Imua Kamehameha e¯? 3. What is this called? ?
Sophomore
4. What is this called? 5. Who wrote the opera Carmen? 6. When vocalists perform without instruments, they are said
to be performing __ _______.
Junior 7. What does the top number in a time signature represent?
8. What is the secret formula for memorizing which comes first between nobly and bravely and firm and true?
9. What is this called? Senior
10. What is the name of the classical composer that began writ-ing music at the age of five?
11. What is the highest vocal register for a male? 12. Why are pianos so noble?
?Secret to...
? ? ?
?
Land on the answer
CARTOON by LANDON BALLESTEROS
Ma¯hie Kama Freshman
“I’m going to prove to myself and my family that it’s possible
to pull above a 3.95 GPA.”
Elijah Tabion Sophomore
“Go to a taping of
Ellen Degeneres.”
Mika Kane Junior
“Rub it in everyone’s face that the world indeed did not end
on Dec. 21, 2012.”
Jacilyn Lum-Lung Senior
“Go to sleep in my room full of graduation leis.”
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 B10
By MEHANA LEE, news editor
Make these tasty, easy treats
and give them out as perfect holiday gifts with sugar, spice
and everything nice. Peppermint Bark A yummy, peppermint candy sure to please all chocolate lovers
Ingredients:
12 ounces (about 2 cups) dark chocolate, chopped or choco-late chips
12 ounces (about 2 cups) white chocolate, chopped or
white chocolate chips 8 peppermint candy canes
Materials needed:
Large Ziploc bag Cookie sheet Aluminum foil
Rolling pin Instructions:
Place candy canes in a large Ziploc bag and seal
tightly. Smash candy canes with a rolling pin. Prepare a
cookie sheet by covering it
with smooth aluminum foil. Melt the dark chocolate. Pour
the chocolate onto the pre-pared cookie sheet and use
an offset spatula or knife to spread it to an even thickness, a little more than 1/8" thick.
The chocolate does not have to reach all sides of the sheet,
as it will be broken up later. Place the tray in the refrigera-
tor to firm up while you pre-pare the white chocolate.
While the dark chocolate hardens, melt the white choc-olate. Stir in most of the candy
cane bits, reserving about a quarter of the mixture to put
on top. Remove the tray from the refrigerator and spread the
white chocolate in an even layer over the dark chocolate. While the white chocolate is
still wet, sprinkle the remain-ing candy cane pieces over
the entire surface evenly. Press down very lightly to
ensure they stick. Place the tray back in the refrigerator to
firm up for 30 minutes. Once the peppermint bark is com-pletely set, break into small,
uneven pieces by hand. Gift ideas: put the peppermint
bark in a festive, holiday cof-fee mug and wrap it in colored
cellophane or put the pepper-mint bark in muslin baggies and label it “coal.” When the
bag is opened, surprise, it’s a gift of sweet candy!
Photo by MEHANA LEE
Student Survey
“In 2013 I am for sure going to…”
Feature and photos by MAYA NITTA
Homemade holiday recipes
Peppermint Bark
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 B11
You can’t say no to a cute snowman made out of pop-corn and candy! Ingredients: 7 cups popped popcorn
1 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup light corn syrup 1/3 cup hot water
Raisins, gumdrops or other candy to decorate
Two pretzel sticks, to decorate Ribbon, to decorate
Materials needed: Three strips of wax paper
Candy thermometer Nonstick cooking spray Instructions:
Place three strips of waxed paper on a table or kitchen
counter, and spray them with nonstick cooking spray. Place
the popped popcorn in a large bowl and set aside. In a medi-um saucepan, combine the
sugar, corn syrup, and water over medium-high heat. Stir
the mixture until the sugar dissolves, then insert a candy
thermometer. Cook the candy until it reaches 240 degrees.
Pour the sugar syrup over the popcorn in the bowl, and stir gently until the popcorn is
evenly coated. Spoon three
mounds of popcorn on to the three strips of waxed paper.
You want to make the mounds in three different sizes to rep-
resent the small head, medi-um torso, and large body of the snowman. Allow the pop-
corn to cool for 7-8 minutes. When it is cool enough to
touch, but still warm, spray your hands with nonstick
cooking spray, and form the mounds into balls, stacking
them on top of one another in a snowman shape. Be sure to press the balls firmly so that
they don’t fall apart. Press the raisins and any other candy
into the head to form eyes, a nose, a mouth, and buttons.
Insert a pretzel stick into each side of the middle popcorn ball for the arms. Tie a ribbon
around the neck to complete his look.
Decoration idea: Place the snowman on a decorative
plate and use as a center-piece at Christmas dinner, but
be sure to eat it quickly since like all snowmen, he melts in warm environments.
Graphic by MAYA NITTA
Photo by MEHANA LEE
Popcorn Snowman
In England, people
can make wishes
while mixing their
traditional pudding,
but only if they stir in
a clockwise direction.
In France, children
leave their shoes out
instead of stockings for
Pere Noel to fill. They
also feast, then end by
eating buche de Noel, a
log-like yellow cake with
chocolate buttercream.
Merry Christmas, World! By MAYA NITTA, features editor
All over the world people celebrate Christmas but not necessarily in the way we do. Every country has
something different and, sometimes, unusual about their traditions. Check out how Christmas is celebrated
around the world.
In Germany,
children get a
treat from an
Advent calendar
every day for 28
days before
Christmas.
In Mexico, families cre-
ate lanterns or luminari-as by cutting intricate
designs into brown pa-per bags. These lumi-
narias are placed on sidewalks, roofs and windowsills.
In Spain, instead of a
Christmas tree, fami-
lies gather around a
log called the caga tio.
Singing children beat
the caga tio with a
stick until it “releases”
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 B12
Norwegians
hide their broomsticks so
witches won’t steal them.
In Japan, It has
become a custom
to order chicken
from KFC.
In Estonia,
families go
to the sauna
together.
In Australia, families
come out at night with lit candles and
sing Christmas car-ols. This tradition is
called Carols by Candlelight.
In China, on Sheng
Dan Jeih (the Holy
Birth Festival) fami-
lies put up their
Christmas trees and
decorate them with
lanterns, flowers and
red paper.
In Ethiopia, they cel-
ebrate Christmas in January because they
follow the Julian cal-endar. During this
holiday most families attend church wear-ing all white.
In Sweden, Christmas begins
on December 13, when the
eldest daughter of the family
serves the rest of her family
coffee and treats dressed as
the “Queen of Light.” She
wears a long white dress and
a crown of leaves
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Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 C1
BY REID CAIRME, sports editor
With more members than
the past three years, the varsi-ty boys soccer team looks
forward to more wins than losses this year. The team nearly doubled in
number as compared to the 13-16 players of last year. This
year’s team has bulked up with freshmen who make up a
large part of the hefty 28-man squad.
The first-time players were recruited via word of mouth, resulting in the great turnout,
according to co-captain and senior Kainalu Kealoha.
In the past two years, the soccer team has been so
small that if only a few people were injured, there were no substitutes. They sometimes
played with fewer players than the minimum when players
were red-carded or injured. The increase in the number
of players means that they now need to compete for start-
ing positions. Because there
are only a few spots, the varsi-ty players will need to work
harder to start. The others will be important
as substitutes when starters get tired over the course of the 90-minute game.
After a triumphant victory at the Baldwin Classic, Novem-
ber 9-11, the Warriors show promise of putting on a good
season. The Warriors won the Classic with four wins and no
losses, preventing every op-posing team from scoring even one point on them.
“Everyone is in the right mindset,” co-captain and sen-
ior Stephen Barut said. “The tournament was a major confi-
dence booster.” The Warriors also won a pre-season game against St. An-
thony, 9-1. With so many new players,
the team is working on finding the right “chemistry”.
They visit the weight room
two times a week and spend the rest of their time running,
working on ball handling, and scrimmaging.
Five seniors are on the team, three of whom are co-
captains – Stephen Barut,
Kainalu Kealoha and Acer Pahukoa.
The boys take the home field for their first regular season
game against the Baldwin Bears, December 11.
Boys soccer fills out
The boys soccer team is looking forward to a winning season after a
word-of-mouth campaign filled their ranks with 28 players.
Photo by REID CAIRME
By SHAYNA HO, staff writer
Mr. Blaine Gaison will be the new Athletic Director of Kame-
hameha Schools Maui as of January 2, 2013.
He comes with the mindset that “winning is important, but
you gotta have fun. It’s more than just [about] winning.” Mr. Gaison has been sup-
portive and active at our sister campus, Kapa¯lama, as the Co
-Athletic Director and Associ-ate Athletics Director for 25
years. “I’m excited to get there. I’m excited to get to work. I’m ex-
cited to be a part of the Maui family,” Mr. Gaison said.
Students and staff anticipate his heart and passion.
“[Mr.] Blaine [Gaison] is an outstanding and seasoned
administrator, educator and
role model for our KSM stu-dent athletes,” says Mr. Lance
Cagasan, 9-10 principal. Mr. Gaison is a Kamehame-
ha Schools Kapa¯lama gradu-ate (’76) and Univeristy of Ha-
wai’i Ma¯noa alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in pre-law
and a minor in secondary edu-cation. He has also received a Na-
tional Federation of High School Citation for his involve-
ment in high school athletics on a local, state and national
level. He is currently the Ha-wai’i State Liaison to the Na-tional Interscholastic Athletic
Administration Association and the NFHS.
His legacy is not confined to an administrative position in
the sports world. Mr. Gaison
played for the Kamehameha Warriors as an All-State quar-
terback leading the football team to two consecutive state
titles in 1974 and 1975. Mr. Gaison also has experience
on the national level, having played five seasons with the
Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League. “He is well-connected and
well-respected in the athletic director circle,” said Ms. Glen-
nie Adams [‘78], current K a m e h a m e h a S c h o o l s
Kapa¯lama Athletic Director. Mr. Gaison said his motiva-tion to be an athletic director is
“being able to serve, being able to give guidance and di-
rection, and being able to make an impact.”
With all the things in which
he is involved within the com-
munity, state and nation, he is first and foremost a husband
to Mrs. Donnalei Gaison and father to Pilialoha, Kapulani,
Iokepa, and Kona.
New AD brings passion, experience
MR. BLAINE GAISON
Photo courtesy of MICHAEL YOUNG
By SHAYNA HO, staff writer
All the sweat that dripped
down their tired faces, all the activities that were sacrificed, and all the doubtful thoughts
that were pushed aside paid off for the first two members of
the Kamehameha Schools Maui 1000 Club.
“They are true and honest young men with great work
ethics,” said Mr. Kevin O’Bri-en. “My experience being around them has been great,
enjoyable and an honor.” For membership in this elite
group, student weight lifters must lift a combined weight
starting at 700 pounds among three basic lifts with a specific minimum of 200 pounds for
bench press, 200 pounds for power clean and 300 pounds
for parallel squats. Once they earn membership in the 700
Club, members can advance to the 800, 900, and 1000
Club. Seniors Bryson Arakaki and Acer Pahukoa are the first in
KSM history to make it to the 1000 Club. The opportunity to
join comes only once a year, during football season. Partici-
pants have one week to “max out” or lift their limit in order for their weight to count.
The achievement is a direct response to their hard work
both during and off football season.
“Strength of body certainly helped both of these two to be
better players, recover from injury faster, maintain their levels of play during games
and be mentally stronger,” said Mr. O’Brien, head football
coach and club adviser.
Arakaki started weightlift-
ing in the spring of his fresh-man year with lifters such as
Hanoa Pua’a Freitas (‘11), Nainoa Bright (’11) and Kai Ka’aukai (’11). Even then, they
pushed him to get stronger. He joined the 700 Club in his
sophomore year, but did not participate in his junior year.
So as a senior, he realized he had some catching up to do if
he was to progress any fur-ther. “It feels good to know that
everything I gave up was worth it,” Arakaki said.
It has not all been easy go-ing for the accomplished sen-
ior, for he had surgery on his shoulder only nine months ago in March, so he had some
obstacles to overcome both
physically and mentally. As for Pahukoa, he said, “It
feels good…hard work paid off.” Achieving the 1000 pound goal has helped him improve
in other areas too, especially football.
“Acer didn’t miss a start in the last two years, but the dif-
ference in his level of play between junior season and
senior season is amazing, and this was directly due, in my opinion, to his improved level
of strength,” Mr. O’Brien said. Both of the student lifters’
attitudes contributed to their success. Mr. O’Brien said that
they got stronger individually but they both did it “for a high-er purpose, namely helping
the team to be successful.” He
also benefitted from their ac-complishment of reaching the
1000 Club. “Actually I am the one who has benefited the most being
around these two guys, AND ALL of the varsity players, the
seniors especially,” Mr. O’Bri-en said.
Hard work does pay off as KSM high school has 21 ath-
letes in the Black Shirt Club. All club members receive a black shirt with the specific
weight club that they have reached. There are two mem-
bers each in the 1000 Club and the 900 Club, four in the
800 Club and 13 in the 700 Club.
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 C2
Photo courtesy of MR. KEVIN O’BRIEN
Members of the 700, 800, 900, and 1000 clubs, altogether known as the “black shirt club.” Members must lift
700 lbs. or more in a combination of three basic lifts. Seniors Acer Pahukoa (middle row, third from left)and
Bryson Arakaki (middle row, second from right) are the first and only members of the 1000 club.
Hana Hou! MIL champs again
By LANDON BALLESTEROS, staff writer
PUKALANI–The KSM girls volleyball Warriors came out
victorious against the Baldwin Bears yet again on Friday,
Oct. 26, and won the MIL Divi-sion I championship title for
the ninth consecutive year at Kaʻulaheanuiokamoku Gym-nasium.
KS Maui dominated over Baldwin winning the best-of-
five game in three quick sets, 25-15, 25-11, 25-10. The War-
riors stayed ahead of the Bears throughout the game,
falling behind only once, by only one point during the first set.
Kaʻulaheanuiokamoku was an excited full house on
the Kamehameha Warrior side. Supporters circulated
good luck ti leaves, enough for everyone there. Fol lowing inst ruct ions
f rom students in the crowd, the Warrior fans car-
(VBALL Con nued on page B9)
Fresh faces play the court next
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 C3
By MEHANA LEE, news editor
Volleyball said good-bye to
nine senior players this sea-son, five who had played for
Head Coach Bala Spencer for four seasons. Next year’s team will have to adjust to the transi-
tion without the leadership of the predominately senior team.
“It’ll be a big transition for the younger players. We’re not
rebuilding though, we’re just rebooting,” Coach Bala said.
Two juniors, Taylor Awai and Shalia Kamakaokalani, will be the only players returning next
season with four years of expe-rience at the varsity level.
“I’m excited to take on a new season and do the best that we
can as a team,” Awai said. As for their 2012 season, the girls volleyball team ended it
undefeated for the ninth con-secutive time and placed tenth
overall at the state tournament. “The girls played quality
matches throughout the sea-son. They put up a fight,”
Coach Bala said. During the state tournament, the Maui Warriors could not
adjust to the speed of the game and did not defeat their
sister school and first oppo-nent, Kamehameha Schools
Kapa¯lama on O‘ahu on Octo-ber 31. They lost 3-0. From there, they were knocked out
of the running for fourth place when they lost 3-1 against
Pearl City on November 1. Senior Sienna Davis said
they could not pass on serve receives at the end of the third
set. “I wish we could have done better at states, but I know we
learned a lot from the experi-ence, and it will help prepare
next year’s players,” she said. The senior players’ futures
are looking bright as they move on to the collegiate level. Bobbi-Lin Kalama has verbally com-
mitted to Siena College in Loudonvil le, New York.
Anuhea Kaiaokamalie and Sienna Davis also plan to play
volleyball in college, but have not yet decided where.
Photo by LANDON BALLESTEROS
The girls volleyball team, nine-time Maui Interscholastic League Division 1 champions, celebrate their final
point against the Baldwin Bears at the MIL tournament on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. The girls dominated and fin-
ished their opponents off in three quick sets on their home territory, Ka'ulaheanuiokamoku Gymnasium.
Photo by MEHANA LEE
Seniors Bobbi-Lin Kalama and Raven Poepoe jump to block against a
hit from the KKHS Na¯ Aliʻi. The Warriors took first in the regular season
and in the MIL tournament for the ninth consecutive year.
Fall Wrap-Up
JV volleyball Newton takes lead
JV football
Volume VIII Issue 1 December 7, 2012 C4 Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa
By LANDON BALLESTEROS, news writer
The Kamehameha Schools
Maui junior varsity volleyball team finished its season 12-2
with only one loss against King Kekaulike High School and one loss against Seabury Hall.
“I think that Seabury was a tough opponent towards the
end,” JV Head Coach Olivia Solomon said. “We did well at
the beginning of the season and at the end of the season.”
The team was impressive at the start of the season as a group consisting mostly of
freshmen; however, their youth was definitely not a deterrent
to the team’s success. “They were really competi-
tive,” Coach Solomon said. “I loved their competitive spirit.” While some of the girls may
be moving up to the varsity team next year, the rest are
very eager to come back even stronger next year.
“If I were to work with them again next year, I would just
look forward to seeing my group of freshmen . . . how much that they’re going to
improve by playing club during the off season and coming
back a little more mature as sophomores,” Solomon said.
This year’s 13-member team will be losing only sopho-mores: Kylyn Fernandez, Sa-
vannah Dudoit, and Kelia
NeSmith.
By JAYLIN KEKIWI, staff writer
The junior varsity football
team ended their season on October 19, the day of home-
coming. The boys completed their season with no wins, but Head Coach Jojo Chong Kee
said that the numbers don’t tell the entire story.
“The boys never gave up, even when the games were
tough,” Coach Chong Kee said. “I’m proud of them.”
However, some players would have liked to see some wins on the book.
“We could have done a lot better,” freshman Maikaike
English said, “The scores did-n’t really show how well we
could have played the game. We should have worked on
our discipline overall.” Coach Chong Kee also
thought that the boys could have worked on their focus.
Throughout the season, players said that they did not
mesh as well as they had hoped.
“I wish that we had been able to bond more as a team,”
English said. “I think that would have helped a lot.
BY REID CAIRME, sports editor
Sophomore Chase Newton
took the role of starting quar-terback during the Warriors’
first game against the Baldwin Bears on September 16, 2012. He was one of the eight
sophomores chosen to play varsity this year.
“I was really nervous at first,” Newton said, “but I got
used to it as the season pro-gressed.”
The wide receiver had to quickly adjust from catching to throwing.
“Even as a sophomore, he has really good leadership
qualities,” Head Coach Kevin O’Brien said
“From a defensive player’s aspect, you tend to respect a guy who has been playing an
offensive position longer than others. They have more expe-
rience and are ready to go,” linebacker Rusty Hue Sing
said.
Coach O’Brien brought eight
prospective sophomores up to the varsity level this year. He
started to choose these play-ers during their freshman
year. “Any player that has a chance to move up to varsity
early should,” Newton said. “It’s a whole different level and
will help you by your senior year.”
Newton was able to learn the different plays, giving him
an edge as a potential quar-terback for the next two years. “The guys are bigger and
stronger,” Newton said, “It really tests your physical abil-
ity to keep up with them.” “Varsity is a much faster
pace,” sophomore Brennon Aloy said. “Playing it as a sophomore will prepare me for
the next two years.” Newton said that while he
was able to move up in the ranks, that meant he did not
get to play with his close
friends. “It felt strange at first,” New-
ton said, “but I got closer with the other boys and came to
love them like brothers.” The Warriors ended their season with two wins and six
losses. They won their second round game against the Maui
High Sabers and their first game against the King
Kekaulike Na¯ Aliʻi. “It is not guaranteed that he
will have the position [of quar-terback],” Coach O’Brien said. “But he is looked at to be a
leader. quarterback or not.” Newton was tapped for the
starting quarterback position when senior Kalaʻi Yap suf-
fered a concussion during the September 16 game. Junior Kapahanau Palakiko
took the position of backup quarterback and come in for a
few plays during the Warriors’ homecoming in October.
Photo by REID CAIRME
Sophomore Chase Newton took on the role as starting quarterback in just his second year in high school. The
varsity football team ended their season with two wins and seven losses this season. The Warriors won against
Maui High School on September 29, the first full game in which Newton quarterbacked the whole game.
Basketball ready to change
By REID CAIRME, sports editor
The KS varsity cheer squad
placed fifth out of ten in the medium division at the Hawai‘i
High School Athletic Associa-tion Cheerleading Champion-ships on Saturday, November
17, 2012. The La¯hainaluna Lunas
came in sixth place, right be-hind the Warriors.
“It felt like there was more pressure,” said Ashley Wat-
son, co-captain and senior. “Baldwin isn’t the competition, not even La¯hainaluna. It’s the
Oʻahu teams that are the com-petition.”
The varsity cheer squad broke Baldwin’s ten-year Maui
Interscholastic League streak last year, taking first while Baldwin took second. This
year, the Bears came in third to the Lunas.
At the MIL tournament, the Warriors used a complicated
routine that won them the MIL title for the second year in a
row, but also caused them to
drop a stunt. The dropped stunt cost them the majority of
their points, but they still scored the highest with 288.5
points out of 375 possible. To prepare for the intensity that the state competition
brings, the Warriors practiced tumbling for a minimum of one
hour, seven times a week with two practices on Saturdays.
“We are the first team to practice at school,” co-captain
a n d s e n i o r M i k e l a Rindlishbacher said. “We are also the last ones to leave.”
The cheer team completely changed the routine they used
during the MIL competition. The dropped stunt was
changed into a basket and three new tumbling sequences were used as a substitute.
Constantly executing those stunts became the main focus
during the one week the team had to practice before the
HHSAA competition.
BY REID CAIRME, sports editor
To improve on their three
wins from the 2011-2012 MIL season, Head Coach Chad
Kalehuawehe said that the varsity boys basketball team has to change for the better.
“Our goal this season is to get to the state tournament in
February as either the MIL champion or runner-up,” he
said. The team is being stretched
beyond their comfort zone in order to accomplish this goal. “No excuses this year,” Sen-
ior Micah Mossman said. “Our philosophy this year is ‘Leave
everything on the court – give all you got, to leave no re-
gret.’” “We are working together as a team this year,” Senior Kolby
Ah Sau said. “We are learning to communicate more while
we play.” The Warriors have increased
their training load with condi-tioning and a lot of running.
Not even in season yet, the varsity team runs a minimum of a mile per day.
“The coaches have imple-
mented some new strategies
but no strategy will work if the boys’ attitudes don’t change,”
Coach Kalehuawehe said. Last year the Warriors
showed that they could bring intensity during the first half of their games, but would start to
falter during the second half, allowing their opponents to
gain leverage. They aim to change that.
This was a typical pattern against the King Kekaulike
High School Na¯ Aliʻi during the previous season. The Warriors would gain a lead during the
first half, only to be crushed once they had exhausted
themselves by the second half. They aim to change that.
“King Kekaulike is definitely the team to beat this year,” Mossman said.
Last year’s team had only two seniors, Alika Sanchez
and Daylan Machado. This year’s team varsity team is
filled with eight seniors. The rest of the team consists of
three juniors and one sopho-more, compared to last year’s two seniors, eight juniors, and
three sophomores. “Having a senior heavy team
is very exciting,” Coach Kale-huawehe said. “But it can also
be very bad. It really depends on their attitude. If the boys
want it and they think, ‘team first’ anything is possible.”
The varsity’s first game is on December 28, 2012 against
the Maui High Sabers at the MHS gym.
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Photo by LANDON BALLESTEROS
Micah Mossman, Erin Lindsey, and Keawe Rindlisbacher practice shoot-
ing in preparation for the upcoming season. With eight seniors on the
roster, the season holds promise for more wins than last year.
Cheerleading fifth in state
Photo by REID CAIRME
The KSM varsity cheer squad took the title as MIL champions for the
second year in a row. They placed fifth in the state tournament.
By JAYLIN KEKIWI
Over the years, the girls soccer team has always been
strong. This year is no differ-ent.
The season began Novem-ber 29 with a game against
the St. Anthony High School Trojans. The Warriors began with a bang, beating the Tro-
jans 9-0. As of Tuesday, Dec. 4, they are 2-1.
Before the season, however, the girls tested out their play in
the Baldwin Classic Tourna-ment, Nov. 16-18. They won against Maui High School with
a score of 3-1, but lost to Kea-lakehe and Baldwin High
School (both 1-0) and Pearl City High School (2-0).
“I think we’ll do really well [this season],” sophomore
Brandy Takiguchi said. “Most of us have played together before [in club soccer], so we
already kind of know what it’s like playing with each other.”
One thing the girls are work-ing on is scoring.
“We need to work on getting the goals in the back of the net,” freshman Taira Lucas
said. However, the team is a
strong one. “Our defense is really
strong,” Lucas said. “They’re really good players, and they
keep the scoring of the other team down.”
There is no junior varsity team this year, though there was one last year. According
to junior Kiana-Lei Chang, the freshman and sophomore
players bring an entirely new feeling to the team.
“It’s a new atmosphere,” Chang said. “Since a lot of them were playing on JV be-
fore, it’s kind of weird having them on the team – it’s a good
weird, though.” “The girls are great,” Coach
Steve Mau said. “The upper-
classmen really took the un-derclassmen under their
wings.” Freshman Quinn Williams
said that the upperclassmen do not look down on them as freshman players.
“We don’t feel little when we’re playing with them,” Wil-
liams said. “They make us feel like we’re just as much on the
team as they are.” Williams is one of the six freshman players on the varsi-
ty team. In all, there are 26 players. In addition to the
freshmen, there are seven sophomores, six juniors, and
seven seniors.
Girls soccer begins anew
Photo by JAYLIN KEKIWI
Marley Duncan weaves her way through the Trojans, November 29. The Warriors won their first game, 9-0.
Cross Country 8/25 at Keo¯pu¯olani Park Girls: N/A Boys: N/A 9/1 at Kamehameha Maui Girls: 5th Boys: 4th 9/15 at Hana Girls: 5th Boys: 4th 9/22 at La¯hainaluna Girls: N/A Boys: N/A 9/29 at Seabury Hall Girls: 5th Boys: N/A 10/6 at Hana Girls: N/A Boys: 3rd 10/13: at Keopuolani Park Girls: N/A Boys: N/A 10/20 at La¯hinaluna Girls: N/A Boys: 4th Oct 26 at Big Island Ikaika Renaud: 111th Daniel Quenga: 142nd Avinash Singh: 154th Rachel Smith: 149th
JV Football 8/24 vs. MHS 0-20 L 8/31 vs. LLHS 12-28 L 9/8 vs. KKHS 14-19 L 9/15 vs. BHS 6-30 L
9/29 vs. MHS 6-13 L 10/6 vs. LLHS 7-27 L 10/12 vs. KKHS 0-21 L 10/19 vs. BHS 18-21 L
Varsity Football 8/24 vs. MHS 0-20 L 8/31 vs. LLHS 12-28 L 9/8 vs. KKHS 19-14 W 9/15 vs. BHS 30-6 L 9/29 vs. MHS 13-6 W 10/6 vs. LLHS 35-3 L 10/12 vs. KKHS 21-0 L 10/19 vs. BHS 21-18 L
JV Girls Volleyball 8/28 vs. SBH 2-0 W 9/6 vs. KKHS 2-0 W 9/8 vs. MHS 2-0 W 9/11 vs. BHS 2-1 W 9/13 vs. KKHS 2-0 W 9/18 vs. LHS 2-0 W 9/21 vs. MHS 2-0 W 9/22 vs. BHS 2-0 W 10/5 vs. LHS 2-1 W 10/11 vs. KKHS 2-3 L 10/13 vs. BHS 2-1 W 10/16 vs. LHS 2-0 W 10/18 vs. MHS 2-0 W
Varsity Girls Volleyball 8/28 vs. SBH 3-1 W 9/6 vs. KKHS 3-0 W 9/8 vs. MHS 3-0 W 9/11 vs. Baldwin 3-1 W 9/13 vs. KKHS 3-0 W 9/18 vs. LLHS 3-0 W 9/21 vs. MHS 3-0 W 9/22 vs. BHS 3-0 W 9/4 vs. Molokaʻi 3-0 W 10/5 vs. LHS 3-0 W 10/11 vs. KKHS 3-1 W 10/13 vs. BHS 3-0 W 10/16 vs. LHS 3-0 W 10/18 vs. MHS 3-0 W MIL Tournament 10/23 vs. MHS 3-0 W 10/26 vs. BHS 3-0 W HHSAA State Tournament vs. KS Kapa¯lama 0-3 L vs. Pearl City 1-2 L
JV Cheerleading 11/3 MIL Tournament 2nd
Varsity Cheerleading 11/3 MIL Tournament 1st 11/17 HHSAA Tournament 5th
JV Girls Basketball 11/8 vs. MHS 50-12 L 11/10 vs. LLHS 82-5 L 11/13 vs. BHS 33-16 L 11/17 vs. KKHS 57-11 L 11/19 vs. LLHS 78-0 L 11/21 vs. MHS 36-14 L 11/27 vs. KKHS 23-8 L 11/29 vs. BHS 31-6 L
JV Boys Basketball 11/13 vs. BHS 14-44 L 11/15 vs. SBH 31-14 W 11/19 vs. LLHS n/a L 11/21 vs. MHS 48-40 W 11/27 vs. KKHS 34-39 L 11/29 vs. BHS n/a W 12/1 vs. SBH L
Girls Soccer 11/29 vs. SAS 9-0 W 12/1 vs. MHS 0-1 L 12/4 vs. SBH 2-0 W
Boys Soccer 11/29 vs. SAS 9-1 W
Scoreboard
Photo by JAYLIN KEKIWI
Mahina Bantilan stays ahead of
Saint Anthony.
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Luke Batoon Photo by REID CAIRME
Name: Luke Batoon
Sport: Basketball Position: Shooting Guard
Jersey Number: 12 Age and Grade: 17, senior
Workout: Weightlifting, playing basket-ball outdoors or in the gym
Vertical leap: 32 inches Hobbies: Watching college
basketball, working out, beach, friends, family, playing basket-
ball and swag Something others don’t know
about him: “I love fashion.” Best thing about basketball: “The challenge is the best
thing, other than winning.” What he adds to the team: “He
adds strength, muscle and just an overpower to the team.” –
Kolby Ah Sau, shooting guard Challenges the team has faced so far this year:
“Laziness and complaining” Most memorable game: “Last
year’s preseason game against Leilehua when I hit the
game stealing shot (passing props to Kahiau Andrade).”
How long he has been playing: 6 years Sports Idol: John Wall for the
Washington Wizards
Varsity Girls Basketball
Small team determined to score high By MEHANA LEE, news editor
The Maui Warriors girls bas-
ketball team has a long road ahead of them during the Maui
Interscholastic League season due to their small team and managing to keep everyone
eligible to play. Last season, five of the 13
players were on academic probation meaning they had to
sit out for a few games, but they are on track to a suc-
cessful season. They won
their first scrimmage against
Seabury High School on Tuesday, November 20.
“Being that this year we only have five main players on
varsity, it was kind of hard, but it felt good to win our first scrimmage. I’m looking for-
ward to this season,” senior Jaylyn Seto said.
This year’s team started off with five players in the presea-
son. When the season starts on Thursday, December 13,
Head Coach David NeSmith
said he plans to move up three junior varsity players.
Since the team is small and they cannot afford to lose any
players, they need to keep their grades up for game eligi-bility. Assistant Coach
Ulu Kepani said that the girls are doing well in school and
basketball, and no one is in jeopardy of losing eligibility at
the moment.
By MEHANA LEE, news editor
After five years without a junior varsity team, girls bas-ketball welcomed a JV squad
to the 2012 season. The team consists of seven freshmen
and two sophomore players, some whom had never played
basketball on a team before. This was a challenge, but
Head Coach David NeSmith said they came to practice and worked hard every day, to
learn about the game and team play. “They took a risk to
come out and play basketball knowing that they didn’t know
the game at all. They took a lot of criticism, not just from us
coaches, but other people as well. However, they stayed
together,” he said. Despite the inexperienced team, some players brought
experience to the court. Freshman Megan Miguel
came into this season with nine years of experience
playing in county leagues and the middle school team. Mi-guel said that they struggled
to learn the offensive plays, but were strong in defense.
“We may not have been that
good this year, but when we
come back, we’re going to prove everyone wrong,” Mi-
guel said. The JV Warriors have not
won a game this season, but their awareness of teamwork and basketball is something
they can build on next season. “We started the season off
unfamiliar with the game, but we learned a lot more during
the season,” sophomore Lilia Lorenzo said.
The other JV teams in the MIL include Baldwin, La¯hai-naluna, King Kekaulike and
Maui High Schools. The JV team ended their season on
Thursday, November 29.
JV Girls Basketball
New players, team learn lessons
Photo by MEHANA LEE
Freshman Megan Miguel drives against Na¯ Aliʻi. The first junior varsity girls basketball team in five years strug-
gled, but standouts like Miguel and sophomore Kelia NeSmith are already looking forward to playing varsity.
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Photo by REID CAIRME
Paddling team looks ‘solid’
By MEHANA LEE, news editor The paddling team had a
strong turnout, and both junior and senior varsity are ex-
pected to be competitive this season. The team consists of 50 paddlers from among all
grades. Head Coach Robert Brede said he did not cut any-
one during tryouts to give eve-ryone the opportunity to com-
pete in interscholastically. He said he also wanted to help the new paddlers establish
themselves in the sport of paddling since it is directly tied
to the Hawaiian culture. “We got some surprising
new talent this year. There are a couple freshmen that are
pretty strong, and they’ve nev-er even paddled before. All the crews are looking solid as
competitors,” he said.
The JV team consists of be-
ginning and experienced pad-dlers.
The girls crew also consists of club paddlers. This crew
has four juniors, Hi‘ilei Caso, Tianna Yonemura, Shaina Hipolito and Mehana Fisher;
one senior, Kayla Purdy; and one sophomore, Mical Ventu-
ra. Last season, the girls crew qualified for the HHSAA state
tournament and placed fourth. As for the boys, there are two seniors, Maleko Lorenzo
and Bryce Takabayashi, who have been paddling on varsity
for the past two seasons. In the last MIL season, the boys
crew placed fourth in the final MIL regatta and therefore did
not qualify for the HHSAA state tournament. This sea-son, the boys crew doesn’t
intend to be left behind again
and is already preparing for the state tournament by train-
ing for faster race times. “The varsity boys are look-
ing extremely strong and fast,” Coach Brede said. The mixed crew faced a
heartbreaking end to their season last year during their
final MIL regatta, when they flipped their canoe while ap-
proaching the finish line after running in first place for the entire race. They did not quali-
fy for states, but are planning to make it this season, Coach
Brede said. The team’s first regatta is
next Saturday, December 15, at Kahului Harbor. The races
are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m.
Photo by MEHANA LEE
Above:
Sophomore Mical Ventura and junior Hi‘ilei Casco
paddle to the finish along with the rest of the girls crew
during a preseason distance race at Kahului Harbor on
Wednesday, November 28.
Left: Juniors Tianna Yonemura and Mehana Fisher
congratulate each other. The Maui Warriors first MIL
regatta is on Saturday, December 15 at Kahului Harbor.
Name: Riley Shiraishi
Sport: Swimming Position: 200 free relay mem-
ber, 200 medley relay anchor Average 50 yard freestyle time:
27.9 seconds Age and Grade: 18, senior Workout: “Whatever sets of
torture Coach Leighton de-cides to inflict upon us.”
Hobbies: Art, exercise, dance, reading, sewing
Something others don’t know about her:
“I love to organize and clean.” Best thing about swimming: “Meeting my goals this year,
which are to meet 27 seconds for 50 free and to get abs!”
What she adds to the team: “She is really motivated, and
because of that, she pushes others to work hard. Her good attitude also makes practice
super-duper fun.” – senior Kamehana Lee
Challenges the team has faced so far this year: “Laziness and
complaining” Most memorable game:
“When I made under 26 in our relay [last year], and we quali-fied for states.”
How long she has been swim-ming: “Since before I can re-
member.” Sports Idol: Olympic swimmer
Michael Phelps
Riley Shiraishi
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Cross Country
By MAYA NITTA, features editor
By the end of the season
the cross country team had pushed through sending three
juniors and one freshman to the HHSAA State Tournament on the Big Island: Juniors Avi-
nash Singh, Daniel Quenga and Rachel Smith and fresh-
man Ikaika Renaud. “At states….the people
there were really kind, courte-ous and fun, especially our
sister schools...we cheered on each other,” Singh said. “The state level is always a
great experience as all of the elite runners across the state
come together for a very com-petitive race,” said Mr. Jon
Svenson, head coach. During the season, they all made a lot of progress. “As a
team, our boys...proved that we can be quite competitive in
a league of 12 teams. The
number of girl participants of cross country this year was
less than previous years, how-ever those that joined the
team proved to be dedicated runners,” he said.
The future looks bright for this small but dedicated group
of athletes.
“The good news is that most runners will be returning,
which means...the possibility of an MIL Championship
Team looming. The success is dependent upon the dedica-
tion of off-season training and, of course, our returnees,”
Coach Svenson said.
Guth ready to lead KSM swim team By MAYA NITTA, features editor
Coach Leighton Hao intro-
duced many d i f ferent workouts to help the swim
team be better and faster. “These techniques will be a bit challenging to the swim-
mers but it will only make them better,” he said.
Captain Elizabeth Guth ex-plained one of the new train-
ing activities. “We put cones at the bottom of the pool, and
we are not allowed to breath in these areas,” she said. Guth said she plans to help
her teammates accomplish their goals as well.
Photo by MAYA NITTA
Leimana Hassett practices her butterfly stroke technique during swim
practice. The team is working hard to be in their best shape this year.
Photo by REID CAIRME
Sophomore Dayson Damuni goes for a steal against a the Maui High Sabers on November 21.
By LEXIS VIENA, staff writer The junior varsity boys bas-ketball team were off to an
unsure start. During presea-son, the boys won one of six
games, and their first game against Baldwin ended in a
loss. But since then, their strate-
gy of using two “platoons” of players versus individually substituting has paid off with
three wins toward the end of
the season. “The platoons are different but in a way they’re helpful
because it gives all of the players more time on the court
and also lets us rest, too,” Co-captain Zack Lopez said.
Head Coach Chad Kale-huawehe agrees with Lopez
that the platoons are some-thing different, and said he is
looking forward to what the
boys are going to come up with for the rest of the season. “Each player has a different
talent, and my goal is to bring it out,” Coach Kalehuawehe
said. “It’s an easier flow when the
team works together as a unit,” Lopaka Keali’inohomoku
said, “and the better we work together, the more we’ll win.”
JV boys basketball improving
ried out Operation Silent
Night, to the delight of all. No matter how much they want-
ed to shout out in support of the girls team, the audience squirmed quietly in their
seats until the Warriors reached their first 10
points. Then, the crowd erupted into huge cheers, all
part of the Silent Night treat-ment. The delayed crowd
reaction clearly did its job. Spirit swept through the stands, and the Bears looked
momentarily stunned. During the first set, seniors
Sienna Davis’s and Anuhea Kaiaokamalie’s kills kept the
Warriors in the lead and on the offensive against the Bears.
During set two, Captain Bobbi-Lin Kalama scored the
first point with an ace and followed it with two others
almost immediately after, the team won that set by their
overall kills and aces in the beginning, and the errors of the Bears near the end.
The third set’s first point came from a kill by sen-
ior Raven Poepoe. The team’s strong blocking and
teamwork helped them to win the third and final set, which was won on a service error
from Baldwin.
(VBALL Con nued from page B3)
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Where is the love?
Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 D1
BY REID CAIRME, sports editor
What a way to start the
holiday season. I was rushing one morning
to get from my locker in the glass building to my Hawaiian History class. I took out the
$30 in my pocket and put it into my locker. Thinking that it
would be safe, I ran off not knowing that I hadn’t fully
locked my locker. When I went back during
second block, lo and behold, my $30 was gone. I panicked and searched everywhere for
it. I took everything out, checked the pockets of my
binders, and the folds of my books, and then checked
them again. I’d been robbed. I wanted that money to buy food that afternoon and need-
ed it to catch the bus home, not only that day but for the
rest of the week as well. I am not the only person
who has had something stolen from him this year.
Vice Principal Delatori told
me that cash has been stolen more this year, as opposed to
the watches, earphones, and iPods that were popular tar-
gets last year. It seems ironic that our school motto this year is He
ʻOhana Ka¯kou,yet theft is on the increase. It’s as if the con-
cept of ʻohana has completely flown over the heads of those
thieves, students who would steal from their own “families.”
Would you really take from your mom, dad, sister, broth-er? Would you take things
from your aunt, uncle, grand-ma, or grandpa? If you would,
then you’ve got a problem. There’s only so much the
school can do. Students sign off on an agreement that says that KSM is not liable for any
stolen personal items. Even the expensive TI-84 calcula-
tors are a student’s responsi-bility.
Mr. Delatori said that if he
were to spend time investigat-
ing the many thefts, he would not have time to do the rest of
his job, which is to promote student achievement.
As much as we would like to believe that there is no theft at our school, it is not the reality.
KSM students need to take responsibility for their things
by locking their lockers, keep-ing money in Their wallets
(yes, they do have a purpose) and keeping their bags in a
teacher’s room. If you have a valuable item, it should be left at home instead of brought to
school. As for the thieves, I have a
message for you. Stop ruining this Christmas season for oth-
er people! If you would do it in your own school, you would probably do it in the larger
Maui community. Keep in mind that if you get caught out
in the real world, you will face consequences greater than
being suspended.
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CARTOON by Lexis Viena
Ka Leo o Na¯ Koa Volume VIII Issue 2 December 7, 2012 E1
Na MEHANA LEE, mea kākau
Hele maila kekahi kanaka
mele kaulana loa o Hawaiʻi¯ mai ka hui mele ʻo Cecilio me
Kapono, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Henry Kapono, i ke kula ʻo Kamehameha Maui e kipa aku
i na¯ hauma¯na o na¯ papa mele like ʻole, ka Papa Jazz Rock
Ensemble, ka Papa Mele, ka Papa Hi¯meni, ka Papa Piano a
me ka Papa Moʻolelo Mele ma ka Po¯ʻalima, la¯ ʻelua o
Nowemapa. Hauʻoli loa na¯ hauma¯na i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ko Kapono hi¯meni a hoʻokani
maikaʻi ʻana a ma ka pau ʻana o ka¯na ho¯ʻike, ni¯nau akula
la¯kou ia¯ ia e pili ana i kona ola. I ka ʻo¯lelo ʻana mai e pili ana
i ka¯na mau mele i haku ai, he mau haneli, wehewehe ʻo Kapono i na¯ hauma¯na “ʻo ka¯na
mau mele a pau” ka¯na mau punahele. Mea mai ʻo Kapono,
ua like ka¯na mau mele me ka¯na mau keiki, a ke hi¯meni
aku ʻo ia i kekahi o ka¯na mau mele, hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i kona
manawa i haku ai, ka poʻe ma laila i ia wa¯, a me ke ʻano o kona naʻau.
I ka ni¯nau ʻia ʻana mai no kekahi wa¯ haliʻa mau mai na¯
makahiki he kanakolu a ʻoi o kona hoʻokani a hi¯meni ʻana,
ʻo¯lelo aku ʻo ia, “Nui ʻino na¯ manawa, maikaʻi a waiwai la¯kou a pau.”
ʻAe maila na¯ hauma¯na, ʻo ka¯ la¯kou mau mele punahele o ia
la¯ ʻo Sailing a me Friends. ʻO¯lelo maila ʻo Kapono e pili
ana i ke mele ʻo Sailing i haku ʻia no kona pa¯pa¯. ʻO kekahi
mea hoihoi loa, ʻaʻole no¯ kona pa¯pa¯ he ka¯pena a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i holo iki ma ka moana. Aka¯
naʻe, ua like ʻo ia me ke ka¯pena o kona hale.
Ni¯nau akula ʻo Kapono ina¯ ua loaʻa na¯ ni¯nau ʻe¯ aʻe i na¯
hauma¯na, a ʻaʻohe pane o na¯ hauma¯na. ʻO¯lelo akula ʻo ia,
“Hiki no¯, hoʻokani aku au!”
“I koʻu manaʻo, akamai ka¯ ma¯kou hauma¯na i ia la¯ i ka ni¯nau ʻole ʻana i hiki ia¯ la¯kou
ke lohe i kahi mele hou. Ua maikaʻi wale!” ʻo¯lelo mai ʻo Ian
A q u i n o o k a p a p a ʻumiku¯ma¯lua.
ʻO Kapono, ua koho ʻia kona inoa no na¯ mea hanohano Grammy a loaʻa ia¯ ia kekahi
mau hanohano ʻe¯ aʻe no ka
hi¯meni a me ka haku mele
ʻana. Loaʻa no¯ hoʻi ia¯ ia na¯ makana o Na¯ Ho¯ku¯ Hanohano kekahi. ʻO Henry Kapono me
kona hoa aloha, ʻo Cecilio David Rodriguez, kekahi o na¯
ka¯naka mele kaulana loa o ke¯ia ao, i hoʻokaulana ʻia mai
na¯ makahiki ʻumiku¯ma¯iwa kanahiku.
Na Kumu Kalei ʻAʻarona-Lorenzo kēia kiʻi.
I luna: paʻi kiʻi ʻia ʻo Henry Kapono
me na¯ hauma¯na o na¯ papa mele
like ʻole ma ka Po¯ʻalima, la¯ 2 o
Nowemapa. Wehewehe ʻo ia i na¯
manaʻo o ka¯na mau mele, ke ʻano
o kona naʻau i kona manawa i
haku ai i ia mau mele a mele aku
ʻo ia no na¯ hauma¯na.
I ka ʻa¯kau: E paʻi kiʻi ana ʻo
Chayce Tancayo o ka papa
alakaʻi me Henry Kapono ma
hope o ko Kapono hoʻokani ʻana.
Kipa mai ʻo Kapono i na¯ hauma¯na mele
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