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Volleyball setter Cayley Thurlby

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By Elysa Rosso Ka Leo Contributing Writer

Sodexho Campus Dining at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa held its first nationwide “Cans Across America” canned food drive last week in an attempt to set a new Guinness world record for the larg-est food drive by a non-charitable organization in a 24-hour period. While each participating col-lege across the country aimed to collect 500 pounds of food, UH collected 719.21 pounds. Sodexho offices nationwide are still tally-ing results to see if the record was broken, and the final number will be available in a few weeks, said mar-keting manager Allison Masuda. As of yesterday at 8:30 a.m., a total of 105,267.98 pounds was cal-culated for all Sodexho across the U.S. Masuda said Sodexho is wait-ing on 200 more schools to report their numbers. The current record is 156,889.34 pounds, which is held by Thunder in the Valley in Bechtelsville, PA. The food must be presented to a charitable organization. UH Sodexho donated its goods to the Hawai‘i Foodbank. The event at the Campus Center Courtyard started promptly at 9 a.m., and people were able to drop food off until 3 p.m. Masuda had no doubt that the event would be a suc-cess. “With this kind of response so early, it should really go well,” she said at 11:30 a.m. that day, when volunteers collected about

183 pounds, or roughly 25 percent of Sodexho’s 500-pound goal. Although Sodexho’s ultimate goal is to break that record, Masuda does not discount how valuable this event will be for feeding those in need. “In addition to collecting for Cans Across America,” Masuda said, “our main focus is to collect for the Hawai‘i Foodbank. The holi-day season is coming, so this will be particularly important.” Polly Kauahi, director of develop-ment for the Hawai‘i Foodbank, was also impressed by the hard work of Sodexho and its volunteers.

“There are 131,000 people in need of food,” Kauahi said. “Feeding these people only gets done when people participate.” Kauahi also noticed how people donated food in the spirit of the holi-day season. She commented on how great all the donated yams, potatoes and canned ham will be for Hawaii’s food shelters on Thanksgiving. “We’re feeding every day,” she said, “so we need this kind of par-ticipation year round.” Look for a follow-up story in Ka Leo to see if Sodexho broke the world record.

ALYSSA S. NAVARES • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Allison Masuda, UH SODEXHO marketing director, tallies up cans donated at last week’s Cans Across America drive.

Canned goods may break world record for Sodexho

BOR wants student input for fee increase

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By Matthew K. IngKa Leo News Editor

About 63 percent of students surveyed by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center Board (CCB) support almost tri-pling Campus Center operations and recreation fees to renovate and add facilities to the existing Campus Center. However, the percentage only represents 564 of more than 20,000

students who currently pay the fee, or less than 3 percent of the student body – a demographic that a Board of Regents’ committee said yesterday may not represent the consensus of the overall UH Mānoa student body. “This is such a small popula-tion,” said regent Andres Albano Jr. “When the board starts its con-sidering, we want to know that the students are all for it. We don’t want to find thousands of students who don’t want this increase.” The surveys were also taken during special events at the Campus Center, which drew in more stu-dents than normal, CCB member Summer Chun told regent Ramon

By Justin HedaniKa Leo Senior Reporter

The Pauley Laboratory at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) will serve as the pilot project for promoting sus-tainability on the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa campus. “We’ve identified this building as being one of the most inefficient in our campus system in terms of its energy use,” said interim Chancellor Denise Konan at a press conference held at the HIMB campus on Coconut Island in the Kāne‘ohe Bay. The laboratory uses 100 kilo-watts of energy per square foot per year, costing UH an average of $300,000 each year. And this is the Pauley Laboratory building alone. The entire island, which consists of about 24 acres of walkable land and about six acres of enclosed lagoons, uses about $450,000 dollars annually. “If we can save energy, we can also save a lot of money,” said Gordon Grau, a zoology professor, researcher at HIMB and director of the University

of Hawai‘i Sea Grant. “And that money can be reinvested into the mission of this institute, which is to support research and education.” HIMB is a highly recognized research facility that houses the Hawai‘i Marine Laboratory Refuge, which allows its researchers to readily collect specimens. “On Coconut Island, we work in a conservation zone, and we are very restricted in our resource use

by our zoning,” said Jo-Ann Leong, director of HIMB. Leong has committed to the facil-ity reducing energy usage by 40 to 50 percent. Grau said that they could even reduce energy usage by up to two-thirds. “We are going to be using state-of-the-art, cutting-edge techniques,” Grau said, in reference to the multiple ways the Pauley Laboratory will be modified to be sustainable.

Grau explained that methods they are going to use are not entire-ly new and have been used by oth-ers in the past. Ground source heat pumping is one method in which buildings use ground water, surface water and the earth to dissipate heat. This has proven to reduce energy usage for cooling in other commercial buildings by 50 percent. Other methods include reseal-

ing the building to prevent heat from escaping and reinstalling more energy-efficient fume hoods. “We’ve always wanted to make Coconut Island a model of sustainabil-ity,” said Dr. Steve Pauley. Dr. Pauley is part of the Pauley family that donated Coconut Island to UH. He also said it has taken them 10 years to address the energy problem. “Sustainability and energy con-sumption has always been important to the legislature, but no more important than this year,” said Clayton Hee, sena-tor of the 23rd Senatorial District of Hawai‘i. “[Coconut Island] can dem-onstrate, as legislatures have tried to do over time, that we [Hawai‘i], can become sustainable.”

Island lab to serve as pilot energy project

JUSTIN HEDANI • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

See Support, page 2

Less than 3 percent of student population represented in survey

...this building being one of the most inefficient in our campus system, in terms of energy use.Denise Koman | UH Chancellor

S. De La Pena. At these events, CCB members also gave out free food, such as soft pretzels and popcorn. A petition with more than 2,000 signatures supporting the rec-reation center was also collected. The proposed student fee increase would add either $18 or $26 to Campus Center fees every semester until 2012, making total Campus Center fees jump from $60 to as much as $164. CCB members want to improve conditions in the Campus Center complex, which includes Hemenway Hall and the Old Engineering Quad, to help create a better collegiate experience. They believe that by cre-ating and renovating existing study rooms and facilities, cam-pus resident and non-resident students will stay on campus throughout the night. CCB President Sean Burke said that many students have to go to Borders Bookstore in Kohala for a quiet place to study during late night hours. The Associated Students for the University of Hawai‘i endorsed the student tuition hike in a vote one short of unanimity, according to President Grant Teichman. “We thought it was important to create a college atmosphere,” he said. “We get calls from people from our high schools in other colleges on the mainland, and the environment they describe is not one we have [in Hawai‘i].” The proposed project would not only include a state-of-the-art recreation center but also the removal of barriers for bet-ter traffic flow near the area, work areas for the six Chartered Student Organizations to net-work and full-service late-night

coffee and juice bars. Currently, the proposed cost of the project is estimated at $28 million. In the BOR’s last budget proposal to the state legislature, costs were split in half, which meant that the CCB would pay $14 million in revenue bonds obtained from Campus Center operations and fees, while the other half would come from general obligation bonds, appropriated by the legislature, according to Vice President for Administration Sam Callejo. Additonally, regents are currently introducing a bill to the state legislature that would give the BOR full authority over approving and managing revenue bonds. The CCB has already secured a $1 million bond from the legislature for planning for the project, and is working with various architectural firms for preliminaries. However, regent Albano noted that, in a worst-case sce-nario, the CCB could be stuck paying the entire amount in revenue bonds, in which case Campus Center operational fees would jump by $26 per semester instead of $18 for each student until 2012. Jan Javinar, the director of Co-Curricular Activities, Programs and Services at UH, explained that a $1 million neg-ative figure in last year’s rev-enue can be recovered within two or three years with some creative budget reallocation. But Albano advised the CCB to first secure the negative figure before continuing. Regent Marlene Hapai suggested that renovations be made to run parallel to students’ constant five-year increase that would be noticeable to students. CCB advisor Sarah Yap said that ground-breaking for the project should commence in 2009, with the project completed by 2011.

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Students, faculty discuss civil rights Ka Leo news desk

The opening meeting of the sea-sonal Brown Bag Discussion Group for Social Justice and Education was held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in the College of Education Wist Hall Annex, across from the main campus. Part of a series of student and faculty meetings which started sev-eral years ago, the Brown Bag group discusses social issues including racism, sexism, ableism, militarism, Native Hawaiian sovereignty, gay/lesbian/transgender issues, intellec-tual integrity and other topics that affect faculty and students on the university campus. “I think we have a moral responsibility as educators to pro-vide opportunities for students and faculty and members of the com-munity to publicly discuss issues that are relevant,” said University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa counseling professor Dr. Michael D’Andrea. Among the other speakers were Dr. Jeff Monez, co-chair for the College of Education faculty board; Dr. Kyle Kajihiro, program director for the American Friends Service Committee; Joel Fischer, a professor from the School of Social Work and Eduardo Hernandez, the director of the Gay/Bi/Transgender Center downtown. For more information, contact D’Andrea at 391-0508.

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By Candice NovakKa Leo Associate Chief Copy Editor

In an age of colossal pharmaceu-tical companies, easy-to-get medicine and the United States’ current trend of increased anxiety and depression, some people with disorders have found alternative solutions. Instead of relying on pills for mental stability — especially after the Food and Drug Administration linked some anti-depressants to increased suicidal thoughts in 2004 — many young adults are turning to a simpler solution. Namely, pets. Anxiety, which disturbs approxi-mately 40 million American adults, poses extra trouble for young adults who are often prescribed pills before receiving therapy. Some students at the University of Hawai‘i have even received free sample packets of drugs like Prozac on their first visits to off-campus psychologists. Taking things into their own hands, some students with anxiety problems practice the homeopathic method of pet keeping, which some therapists prescribe for depressives and dozens of hospitals use as a way to help heart patients in recovery. But the 3,000-plus students who dorm have a problem. The student housing pamphlet every student gets when they move into a dorm or campus apartment says the only pets allowed are fish. The question of special pet own-ership was recently brought up in a conference on campus. This was the beginning of a policy draft to guide student housing administration officials in responding to residents who want to live with their service or comfort animals. Associate Director of Student Housing Richard Ross participated in the conference by telephone and said the policy makers — himself included

— would “focus [their] efforts pri-marily on accommodating specially trained service animals.” The only official rules on ani-mal ownership were established by the Americans with Disabilities Act, which says that service animals shall not be excluded from university/col-lege facilities or activities. The ADA defines a service animal as “any animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals who are hearing-impaired to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or fetching dropped items,” all of which are physical tasks. The key term for students want-ing to keep pets for anxiety reasons is “not limited to,” meaning the physical assistance of a seeing-eye dog, for example, can be weighed equally to the mental assistance of a cat helping a student with an anxiety disorder. But this interpretation has scarce-ly been explored. One female student suffering from anxiety was allowed to take her ferret to classes only after filing a civil rights complaint against her Texas university. Another woman, in a 1994 landmark case, was allowed to keep her pet when a judge ordered an apartment complex to waive its no-pets rule because of her severe depression.

Anxious Animals

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ILLUSTRATED PHOTO BY JOEY TRISOLINI • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

To deal with anxiety, some students are turning from anti-depressants, such as Prozac, to a much simpler mode of therapy -- pets. However, student housing prohibits all animals except for fish.

FeaturesKa Leo o Hawai‘i

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 | Page 3Editor: Alyssa S. Navares Associate Editor: David Pham | (808) 956-3221 | features@kaleo.org

“The Endless Summer Camp” with Vertical Junkies, tomorrow night, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., O Lounge. 18+. Info, 944-8436.

“Finding international statistics,” a University of Hawai‘i library work-shop, happens Thursday, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Sinclair Library, first floor. This workshop will teach participants how to find non-U.S. statistical data online. Info, Jonelle Sage, 956-9932, gohere@hawaii.edu.

“Origin of dragons: why a belief in dragons is found over much of the earth,” a faculty lecture, Thursday, 3 to 4 p.m., Hamilton Library, first floor, Yap room. Linguistics professor Robert Blust will speak. Blust specializes in Autronesian linguistics and culture. Refreshments provided. Info, Jonelle Sage, 956-9932, jsage@hawaii.edu.

“Program to replenish sand at Kuhio Beach and discolored sand sediments with special reference to Ala Wai sewage event,” a water quality seminar, Thursday, 3 to 4 p.m., Marine Science Building, room 114. Dolan Eversole will present. Info, Water Resources Research Center, Philip Moravcik, 956-3097, morav@hawaii.edu, http://www.wrrc.hawaii.edu.

“Māhuwahine/transgender stu-dent talk story,” Thursday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Queen Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services, room 211. Info, Camaron Miyamoto, 956-9250, lgbtq@hawaii.edu.

“The continental margin as a

source of iron to the open ocean,” an oceanography seminar, Thursday, 3 p.m., Marine Science Building, room 100. Phoebe Lam, a postdoctoral schol-ar at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, will present. Info, oceanogra-phy department, 956-7633.

“Iraq for sale,” a political movie, Thursday, 7 to 8 p.m., St. John audito-rium, room 11. Info, Mark Burch, 956-7918, burch@hawaii.edu, http://www.iraqforsale.org.

“Much Ado About Nothing,” a play by Shakespeare, Thursday, 7 p.m., ‘Iolani School, Seto Hall. Admission fee: $5. Info, 943-2244.

“First Thursdays Hawai‘i Slam” is at 8:30 p.m., Hawaiian Hut, Ala Moana Hotel. Admission fee: $5. Info, 387-9664, http://www.hawaiislam.com.

“ITS update with UH CIO David Lassner,” a brown bag presentation, Friday, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Kuykendall Hall auditorium, room 201. Lassner will share ITS updates and discuss some of ITS’ plans for improved services to the UH community. A question and answer session will follow. To reserve a seat: http://www.hawaii.edu/training. Info, Ginger Carey, 956-2387, ginger@hawaii.edu.

The UH Jazz Ensemble performs Saturday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Smith Amphitheater. Admission: $12 general, $8 students. Info, music department, 95-MUSIC, uhmmusic@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic.

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By Justin Hahn Ka Leo Staff Writer

Steve Hast knows why Honolulu needed the First Annual Hawai‘i Underground Music Awards last Saturday. As an English major at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Hast has insight into Hawaii’s music industry he doesn’t think he’d otherwise have. “It’s all about representations of reality,” Hast said. “[Everyone here] isn’t mainstream. We’re underground. But why are we underground? It’s because of the way the media represents the real-ity of music here — they represent it in favor of their desired version.” Hast, the bassist for Order of the White Rose, isn’t alone in wondering why his band and the music he likes aren’t in the mainstream. “It’s all that Jawaiian stuff, all that slack key and reggae,” said 13-year-old Ian Perreria as he stood out-side before the show. “We don’t really have much to listen to here if we don’t want to listen to that boring shit ... We’re kind of cut off.” And while Hast and others at the awards show hoped that the event would help build another aspect of Hawaii’s music scene, Perreria wasn’t so sure it would do anything. “[This is] an awards show, right? But it’s so small,” Perreria said. “It’s a small, lame version of actual awards. Is it called the ‘Underground Awards’ because the place goes underground?” he asked. “Otherwise, I don’t think we could all fit inside.” But the small black building on the corner of Kalākaua Avenue and Kapi‘olani Boulevard, better known as The Dungeon, doesn’t have a base-ment. It was just barely big enough to accommodate the 100 or so dedicated music fans who came to celebrate and support Honolulu’s small independent music scene. “We came to mosh,” Perreria said. “We came out from Mililani Māuka for the mosh pit, but I don’t think there’s going to be one. This doesn’t look like

it’s gonna be a typical punk show.” He was right. There wasn’t a mosh pit, and it wasn’t a typical punk show. Some said it wasn’t a typical awards show, either. While the Oscars and the Hokū Awards are notorious for long-winded speeches stretching into the early morning, this show was over by 7:30 p.m. “Otto’s bedtime is like 8:30 [p.m.],” said Raven Crum, one of the presenters, about the event’s organizer. And while most other awards shows have multitudes watching and industries holding their breath, wait-ing to take cues to sell records and merchandise, this show was relatively minor, according to some showgoers. Beside bands’ concerns, the audience was restricted to die-hard rockers and the few youngsters who have been drawn to Hawaii’s indie scene. “This is all for fun,” said Hell Caminos’ drummer Handsome Jack as he got out of a limo and walked down the red carpet. “This is a chance to dress

Hawai‘i underground music gets recognized

up; for dirty people to look clean.” But for Hast and Eli Oguma, bassist for Temporary Lovers, it was a way to make a mark on Hawaii’s music scene — to recognize what musicians do and what musicians want to do. “It’s kinda nice .” Oguma said, as he sucked on a Marlboro Light. “It’s nice to be appreciated. This is a ‘thank you.’ I got in this scene to play music, and it’s good to know people are listening to what I’m playing.” Hast summed up the way a num-ber of others felt when he said, “We’re here to change Hawaii’s music scene. [The establishment] is not going to offer us a place. We’re going to take our place. We’re punk rock; that’s what we’re about.”

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The White Rose performed at the first annual Hawai‘i Underground Music Awards Saturday, where underground musicians earned some recognition from locals.

Hawai‘i Underground Music Awards Results

Best New Band: Dolls Till DaylightBest Punk Band: 86 ListBest Ska Band: Black SquareBest Rock Band: Temporary Lovers

Best Hip Hop: NabaheBest Show: Zine Fest Best Indie Band: MalcognitasBest Live Band: Hell CaminosViewer’s Choice: Hell CaminosBest Song: 86 ListBest CD: 86 List

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By Patricia WilsonKa Leo Staff Writer

What do fashion jewelry, shoulder pads and leg warmers have in common? They were all part of the style of the 1980s. The ’80s was a time when more and more women were enter-ing the work force, and as such, one of the many styles followed was called “power dressing.” The most noticeable characteristic of this style was shoulder pads. In memory of the ’80s, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa students of the Apparel Product Design and Merchandising 460 Costume Museum Managing class bring you a blast from the past — a historical costume col-lection from the ’80s, called the “Eighties Ladies.” The costume collection includes 11 women’s outfits of Western, Asian, Ethnic and Hawaiian descent. The costumes include a two-piece outfit, two party dresses, a two-piece day dress, two single-piece day dress-es, a Chanel suit, a Holoko, a kimono, a cocktail dress and a sweater dress. Another influence on the style of the ’80s was the music, including singers like Madonna, Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper. The trends created by the music and the fact that more women were making money led to a fashion that included big and flashy clothes and accessories. But this wasn’t limited to just

clothing and accessories. It was also in the hairstyles and makeup of the time. Women had hair with what the exhibit calls “maximum volume.” There was also the introduction of new colors and unique, funky hair, as women tested out new, more flam-boyant styles. Women’s makeup was also extravagant. They wore bright shades of color on their eyes and lips, having a lot of makeup overall. If you are interested in tak-ing a trip back to the past, the costume exhibit can be found in Miller Hall, room 112. It is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

Ladies from the past strut 80s styleBy Moanike‘ala Nabarro

Ka Leo Contributing Writer Opening ceremonies for the second annual Hawai‘inuiākea Film Festival begin tonight at 6 p.m. at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. The four-day film festival at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa showcases works of accomplished indigenous and minority filmmak-ers. On Friday, Māori filmmaker and Academy Award nominee Taika Waititi will present, and Māori actor Cliff Curtis (“Whale Rider”) will hold an acting workshop. Assistant Professor Merata Mita, with the UH Academy of Creative Media, is the organizer of the Hawai‘inuiākea Film Festival with the faculty members from both Kawaihuelani the Hawaiian Language Program and Kamakakūokalani the Hawaiian Studies department. “It is important that we have the festival here [at Mānoa],” Mita said, “that has a relationship with the Hawaiian Language department.” Some of the featured films include “He Hawai‘i Mau,” direct-ed by Lurline McGregor, which expresses her identity as a Hawaiian today, and “Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kanewai,” directed by Mary Tuti Baker, which focuses on the lo‘i at UH Mānoa and explains the impor-tance of agriculture, as well as the kūpuna working alongside men, women and children. Mita said that she started the film festival because there was an absence of indigenous film. HFF will also feature films from other indigenous cultures. “The Fifth World,” directed by Larry Blackhorse, tells of two young Navajos who reconnect to their culture and heri-tage. “Ka Haka Rongo,” directed by Sergio Rapu, features a Rapanui man who explores his identity. These films only highlight a few of the many pictures that will

UH display Hawaiian films

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Students from the Apparel Product Design and Merchandising department at UH are currently showcasing women’s outfits from the 1980s at Miller Hall. The exhibit ends Nov. 12.

be shown throughout the duration of the festival. Daily discussion panels through Nov. 4 will be held at Kamakakūokalani from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., covering topics such as screenwriting, the impact of media on the Hawaiian language and intellectual copyright. I Ola Ka Mo‘olelo (The Story Lives On) and I Le‘a Ka Leo (Language in Different Forms of Media) are two of the pan-els that will be presented in ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, or the Hawaiian language. Today’s discussion panel, I Ola Ka Mo‘olelo, will be moder-ated by Kumu Haili‘ōpua Baker and feature Kamana Beamer, Kahikina de Silva, Kamakānealoha Hopkins

and Kameha‘ililani Waiau, who will discuss how they keep the ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i alive in their field of work. I Le‘a Ka Leo, which will be held tomorrow and moderated by Kumu Kaliko Baker, will focus on how film and stage are being used as a venue for the preservation of ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i. Guest speakers for this discussion panel include Kaliko Maii, Punihei Lipe, Beau Basset and Haili‘ōpua Baker. Nightly viewing of the docu-mentaries and short films begin at 6 p.m. All screenings and events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://acm.hawaii.edu.

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Lurline McGregor (left) stands next to Lilikalā Kame‘eleihiwa. McGregor directed “He Hawai‘i Mau.”

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I saw all the different techniques, coaching styles and the culture. I knew I wanted to travel.” After earning All-American hon-ors in the Amateur Athletic Union Championships for club volleyball, as well as being named Player of the Year by the Naperville Sun dur-ing her senior year in high school, Thurlby made the easy decision to play for Hawai‘i. “I picked Hawai‘i because it was totally different,” Thurlby said. “I’m independent ... I knew I’d be learn-ing more outside of the classroom than inside.” She said that although she was recruited to play volleyball, if she had ever had a season-ending injury, she would still have been happy in Hawai‘i. “I knew Hawai‘i was the place for me,” she said. One of the things Thurlby didn’t know was whether to redshirt her freshman year in 2002. “One of the biggest struggles for me has been not playing and having to battle through all the stereotypes of being an athlete,” Thurlby said. Thurlby added that when people hear players are not starters they think they aren’t good at the sport. “If you get recruited [to UH], it means players are the best in the nation, and so you’re forced back down on the list,” Thurlby said. “You have to deal with being away from home, [going to] school and reporting to practice. Coaches own your life and tell you where to go. All of this comes at one time.” After redshirting in 2002, the year in which the ‘Bows took out national powerhouse Nebraska at their home floor in the Elite Eight, the loss of previous setters to graduation meant that the starting setter position was up for grabs — between Thurlby and a freshman recruit from ‘Iolani High School by the name of Kanoe Kamana‘o. “At first,” Kamana‘o said, “there was always the competitiveness between the both of us.” Thurlby also commented on their on-court cooperation. “We could’ve been at each oth-er’s necks trying to compete,” she

By Magdiel VilchezKa Leo Staff Reporter

Raised amongst champions and legends in the city where and in the era when the six-time NBA Champion Chicago Bulls dominated the sports world, University of Hawai‘i senior co-captain Cayley Thurlby is no stranger to winning traditions. “I was there at the United Center when Michael [Jordan] came back,” Thurlby said. “That was a huge game to see. I love sports. I love sitting on my couch with my dad and my brother watching SportsCenter.” In addition to growing up 30 miles from the sports mecca of Chicago, Thurlby’s mother, Jackie, was a cheer-leader for the Chicago Bears. Her god-mother was a member of the Luvabulls, the dance team of the Chicago Bulls. With the athletic blood running through her veins, Cayley Thurlby was destined to become an athlete. “Volleyball has always been a part of my life,” Thurlby said. “I played club ball and it was strict. I couldn’t wear makeup or nail polish. Practiced five days a week.” She said that the amount of club ball that she played prepared her for Division I competition. A member of one of the toughest athletic conditioning programs in the nation, the Sports Performance Club in Naperville, Ill., Thurlby spent the majority of her youth playing club volleyball. One of the many oppor-tunities that arose when playing club ball was a trip to Beijing, China, to compete internationally. “My coach has relations with coaches in China,” Thurlby said. “So every team year, we went to Beijing for a week and played volleyball.

SPORTS | Wednesday, November 1, 2006 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Page 7

With athletic blood in her veins,

Cayley Thurlby was destined to

be an athlete

Thurlby competed with Kanoe Kamana'o for the starting setter position back in their freshman seasons.

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said, “and it could’ve been bad, but [we] were very respectful of each other’s ability.” Kamana‘o, a UH co-captain, said she thinks the two have reached the point where there is mutual support, no matter who plays in a particular game. “I know she’s there support-ing me, and I’ll be there supporting her,” Kamana‘o said. “We’ve grown together in this relationship as set-ters, and it’s even more special this year being seniors. It has been good

for the both of us.” Though Kamana‘o won the start-ing spot at setter, Thurlby’s athleti-cism and versatility allowed her to be the ultimate utility player. “She’s very athletic and fit,” said UH head coach Dave Shoji. “[She’s] probably the most fit girl on the team, and that’s why she’s able to do a lot of things. She has become very valuable in her role.” Shoji explained that as the second setter, Thurlby can be there should Kanoe ever get hurt. He also said that even though Thurlby does not have a regular position or substitution, she’s as valuable as if she did. The oldest sibling of three, Thurlby has always been a leader on and off the court. Among other activi-ties, Thurlby recently helped organize

Relay For Life, an event to raise awareness and money for cancer. “She’s always volunteering,” Kamana‘o said. “She always likes to take on responsibilities and tasks.” She described Thurlby as having an outgoing personality, scheduling out-ings for the entire team. Kamana‘o worries that Thurlby stresses herself out getting things done, calling her the “mother hen” of the team. Five years have passed quickly for the senior. With two Final Four appearances and two Sweet 16 appear-ances in the NCAA Tournament in the past four years, Thurlby has seen UH players come and go. “It has been a blessing just to be in the position to play with others,” Thurlby said. She has appreciated the opportunity to get to know so many

different personalities. “It’s crazy to see where (past and present players) are in life. I have gone to four weddings in the past four months. All of them are beauti-ful people and you take a little bit of everyone with you,” Thurlby added. A double major in commu-nications and marketing, Thurlby holds plenty of accolades, includ-ing broadcasting experience as a KHON2 intern in the summer of 2004. But for the Academic All-Western Athletic Conference hon-oree, volleyball will continue to be a major part of her life after she graduates in the winter. Thurlby will continue to rack up frequent flyer miles as she adds European travel to her extensive life itinerary. She leaves in January for a chance

to get picked up by an international volleyball team. “I booked my ticket yesterday,” Thurlby said last week. “It’s a 10-day tryout to see if any team wants to pick me up.” Thurlby is taking Italian now and said that she would be happy to go to Spain, Italy or France. “I’m not going to be picky,” she added. “I’ll just be grateful for the gift God gave me and be happy wherever He takes me.” Whatever country the Windy City blows Thurlby into next, whether for Olympic, international or beach competition, one thing is for certain: she will bring her volleyball with her. “I just want to try make a living off playing volleyball,” She said.

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