After `Iolani had just won its fourth consecutive Division II state championship, I heard the same question repeatedly asked by sev-eral people watching the game at Aloha Stadium: So, why aren’t we in Div. I? After all, with our football team’s repeated success in Division II over the last few years, wouldn’t it make sense for the team to seek better competition in Division I?

The question of `Iolani’s place in the Hawaii high school football community has recently become a controversial one. Since the incep-tion of Division II state football in 2003, the Raiders have won five of the last six championships and four in a row. Isn’t it obvious that the football team needs to move up?

Well, actually, no. In fact, many people at `Iolani and elsewhere have differing opinions on the subject.

Unlike divisions of most main-land schools, which are divided by school enrollment, the divisions of Hawaii high school football are set up based on performance and success. Traditionally, better teams play in Division I, plain and simple. This is where the debate starts.

`Iolani’s success in the last few years has led to repeated calls for relocation to Division I. However, those opinions rarely come from students on our campus. For this

story, few students at `Iolani were willing to argue for the football team to move up to Division I. However, many local sports web-sites and forums reflect the opinion that the Raiders really belong with more challenging competition.

“After winning the Division II championship for four years in a row, what else does this school and this coach have to prove?” said HanamauluBoy in a comment on staradvertiser.com. “The state championships were set up to give smaller schools in Division II the opportunity to compete.”

Another commenter said ‘Iolani would find greater fulfillment with victory in the top division.

“Winning the Division I [cham-pionship] one day would mean more than four Division II cham-pionships,” morethoughts said on staradvertiser.com.

But Coach Wendell Look ar-gues that player size--and not team success--is the deciding factor in the team’s Division II placement.

The average weight for an `Io-lani football player is 174 pounds compared to an average of 192 pounds for players at an average Division I school like Farrington. In addition, `Iolani’s roster has 11 players of 200 or more pounds, while Farrington and St. Louis have 19 and 36, respectively.

“If we were consitently able to get bodies like Seali`i Epenesa [‘10] and Kaena Moose [‘10],

then our options would be better to move to Division I,” Look said. “But with linemen under 200 lbs, it is unreasonable to subject our players to that kind of abuse.”

“We shouldn’t be punished for our success,” Look said. “Success comes through a lot of hard work, sacrifice, and dedication on these players’ parts.”

Of course, the most obvious reason for the team to remain in Division II is simple logistics. The ILH has six teams, three in Divi-sion I, three in Division II. Sim-ply, if ‘Iolani were to move up, some one else would have to move down. And if four teams were D-I, Pac-5 and Damien would be stuck playing each other every other

week. A realignment just wouldn’t make any sense.

Another solution, mentioned by Ferd Lewis in an article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser is that `Iolani belongs in Division “I.V,” somewhere between D-II and D-I. According to Lewis, the three-di-vision system is “similar to the one proposed by Kamehameha-Hawaii athletic director Bob Wagner” but is not likely to happen in the near future for “financial reasons.”

There may be no clear solution to the team’s division placement. Both sides have valid arguments for and against the move. Until a better system is in place, we’ll con-tinue to watch the Raiders domi-nate their division and opponents.

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Ian Wong maneuvered the cart past the magazines and empty baskets. Wong ‘12 was help-ing his mom with grocery shop-ping. He saw the colorful boxes of candy just before the black conveyor-belt.

“My mom said, ‘You can pick any candy you want, dear.’

“I said, ‘That’s ok. I’ll pass.” Wong recalled.

The prices of candy bars sold in Iolani vending machines have risen 47 percent over the past four years.

“I would buy it if it were 60 cents instead of $1.25,” said Wong. The extra 60 cents isn’t worth it to him, especially in this tight economy.

Wong is aware of the unhealthy aspects of candy. An avid runner, he tries to avoid the extra calories. His favorite candy bar is Tiger’s Milk, marketed as a healthy snack.

According to Tiger’s Milk’s website, their peanut butter 35

grams (1.3 ounces) bar has six grams of protein. According to Self NutritionData, a normal 57 grams (2.0 ounces) Snickers has four grams of protein. For Wong, it’s a no-brainer. As long as he’s eating something unhealthy, he wants to be as healthy as he can.

Reid Sagawa, a guidance coun-selor and health teacher at ‘Iolani, said that for children born after 2000, one in three will have type 2 diabetes. Wong does not want to be in that one-third.

Wong’s reaction to candy is typical of many students here at ‘Iolani. Most Iolani students are buying less candy than they used to because of the increased price and, to a lesser extent, their increased awareness of what is healthy and what isn’t.

Mr. Wada, the General Man-ager of Sodexho Marriott Ser-vices Food Services at the ‘Iolani School cafeteria, said that people are buying less candy than they did four years ago. Wada thinks

that students are more aware of the nutritional values of candy. He also thinks that the price in-crease is a factor for the decline in candy sales. Prices have risen about 45-50 percent over the last four years.

Not all students are following this trend. Darin Poei ‘12 has no-ticed the price of Reese’s peanut butter cups, his favorite candy, has gone up to $1.25 from 85 cents.

“It’s worth the extra quarter be-cause it’s delicious,” he said.

Despite Poei’s undiminished appetite for sweets, Mr. Sagawa feels proud that students are eat-ing less candy. In his ninth grade health classes, he teaches students about the nutritional values of foods like candy and soda.

“We’re making a difference in bringing about an awareness [of nutrition] in students,” said Mr. Sagawa. He does not think that all sugary or salty snacks should be banned from the snack bars. By exposing students to these things

now, ‘Iolani is giving teens the op-tion to eat healthily or not. If they can learn to choose healthy foods now, students are more likely to be healthier in the future, Mr. Sagawa said.

Serena Li ‘11 is a student who is aware of the monetary and nu-tritional costs of candy.

“I don’t think they [Sodex-ho] should jack up the prices so much,” said Li. She understands that the economy is down and that Sodexho is trying to maintain its profit. But the increases are “out of proportion.”

“I do feel pretty upset,” said Li, “I don’t think it’s fair, but there’s nothing we [students] can do about it.”

Mr. Sagawa allows students to eat in his classes with one catch; they can only consume healthy foods or drink water. He recom-mends they eat fruit or granola bars. In the future, maybe stu-dents will ditch the Butterfingers for some fresh grapes.

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Zoe Palmer | Imua ‘IolaniSenior Reid Saito intercepted a pass and ran back 100 yards for a touchdown. The Raiders overwhelmed fellow Div. II team Pac-5 in their Sept. 17 game.

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Amid the clutter of student papers and quizzes on Theresa Falk’s desk, a green sticker read-ing “Promote Global Worming” stands out.

For the past two months, Ms. Falk has been using vermicom-posting, or worm composting, as a source of fertilizer, and organic waste management.

Ms. Falk joined a community garden near Ala Wai School in an effort to eat healthier, local and organic foods. They now grow almost all of their own fruits and veggies.

“The fact that we cook things from our garden is awesome,” she said. “Worm [composting] has made a huge difference in the quality of our plants and made them grow faster.”

“I don’t like to waste food and paper,” she said. “My husband and I are very environmentally

conscious.” Worm composting has not only provided a fertil-izer, but also has been a source of green waste management. Or-ganic wastes—like food leftovers, and paper—are put into her worm bin, and converted into vermi-cast—worm feces—and used in the garden.

Ms. Falk and her husband are not the only people who have started using worm composting. Since Mindy Jaffe, 60, founded Waikiki Worm Company in 2009, people, schools, and restaurants throughout Hawai`i have pur-chased worm bins, using them to recycle food scraps, and fertilize their plants. Worm Composting represents a shift to greener meth-ods to dispose of waste.

Waikiki Worm Company has expanded its clientele to around 5,000 costumers and 221 schools.

The age groups that have shown the most enthusiasm

for vermicomposting are lower school kids—usually around ages three to eleven—and older adults.

“People don’t want to live up to their necks in garbage,” Ms. Jaffe said. “There’s a growing care for the environment, and [worm composting] is one of the simplest ways to make a difference.”

According to waikikiworm.com, Oahu produces around 50,000 tons of food waste per year. The average family gener-ates four pounds of waste week-ly. These organic wastes, when thrown away, make up 34 percent of the waste stream.

“If 5,000 households shifted away from throwing away food waste to feeding a worm colony,” Ms. Jaffe said, “ten tons of organic waste could be saved weekly.”

Vermicomposting uses epigeic worms—surface dwellers—to transform organic wastes into fertilizers. These worms require a

moist, nutrient enriched environ-ment that can be easily made by providing them with food scraps and water. The website also rec-ommends a layer of paper over the food to prevent bugs from get-ting in.

A Can-O-Worms—thirty inch-es tall by a twenty inch diameter container—can consume two to three pounds of organic waste per day. According to waikiki-worm.com, since 1994, the Can-O-Worms program has prevented 100,000 tons of organic waste from reaching landfills around the world.

In 2000, Los Angeles de-creased its waste stream by 60 percent,” Ms. Jaffe said, “and vermicomposting was a big part of that.” Ms. Jaffe is hopeful that Worm composting can make a big difference in Hawai`i too.

The Taketas are one of the many local families that have adopted worm composting. They bought their first bin two years ago, and have expanded their worm population since.

They use worm composting to transform table scraps and left-overs into fertilizers that help the growth of the plants in their gar-den that they serve to their guests. After every meal, they collect their scraps and put them in worm bins.

“It’s fun and efficient,” Janice Taketa, 56, said. “My plants have been a lot healthier since we start-ed using worm composting.”

Mrs. Taketa’s worm experience has not been all fun and efficien-cy. For example, once, when she left on vacation, her housekeepers forgot to water the composting piles, and her worms died. A few times, snails have taken over her bins and forced her to start over.

Problems like bugs, and the care that the bins require have made a few people and organizations hes-itant to adopt vermicomposting.

“The challenge is finding people to take care of the bins and places to put them,” Allison Ishii said on the possibility of `Iolani School adopting a large scale worm composting system. “Some people are very wary of implementing compost bins in the upper school because there needs to be people to collect the compost and also maintain them during the whole school year and the summer.”

Despite the few drawbacks, many schools and organizations have adopted worm composting. Some schools on the mainland have even figured out ways—in-corporating vermicomposting—to make their campuses have zero waste. No local schools have achieved that goal yet, but many are working towards it.

“Teaching [students] how to do worm composting is a powerful lesson,” Ms. Jaffe said. “It shows them the importance of action as a part of problem solving.”

School worm composting pro-grams have recently expanded. Any school can now qualify for a 1,500 dollar grant from Opala and supporting charities, to start a worm program.

“Worm composting allows people to save money, and teach-es a new technology to help elim-inate waste,” Ms. Jaffe said. “It feels good to do the right thing”

“Talking doesn’t count,” she said. “Worm composting is a strat-egy that is actually being done.”

Vermicomposting represents a larger trend of going green. By using natural processes to dispose of waste, we are preventing gar-bage from damaging our local ecosystems.

“The worms are just another piece of the puzzle,” Ms. Jaffe said. “It’s something that could make a major impact and improve life on these islands.”

Vermicomposting worms its way into local gardens

By akari Hatanaka

When the contra dancing band The Free Raisins plays at contra dances, it inspires people to bring-- surprise, sur-prise-- free raisins.

“Our first gig, someone actually brought a huge box of raisins and passed them out. I was like, man, we should have had [made our name] something like Free Choco-late,” laughs Audrey Knuth, fiddler of the Free Raisins and a 2007 ‘Iolani School graduate.

“It took an hour to come up with a name. It was such a painful process—we finally got on fruits and vegetables and we wanted a name where if you Googled it, it would come up instantly,” she said.

Contra dancing is similar to square dancing and usually consists of a caller with a live band and dancers that follow the caller’s instructions. It is a big part of the music and social scenes in Boston, where Ms. Knuth lives.

Ms. Knuth grew up listening to fiddle music with her father. “My dad’s a hippy folksy dude,” she says with a hint of a smile in her voice. She began to fiddle herself after starting Irish dancing in Hawaii and played for contra dances. However, she discontinued Irish dancing when she moved to Boston.

“I wish I’d continued! After looking at dance schools in Boston, I got extremely intimidated because they take it so seriously and competitively here! However, I contra

dance here in Boston - which kinda counts, right?” she says jokingly.

Mrs. Katherine Hafner, an ‘Iolani orchestra teacher, re-calls Audrey being “one of those teens that took a lot of chances.”

“Audrey was passionate and energetic about music…about life and was very independent despite lack of sup-port from her family…she was determined and passion-ate and…she got quite good at that [Irish fiddling,]” Mrs. Hafner says.

In addition to performing, Ms. Knuth she also earned her degree in Music Production and Engineering from the Berklee College of Music and graduated in August.

“I wanted to record and capture the emotion and thrill of music. Finding out what makes people like a particular song and learning how to record and manipulate the music for art’s sake was an incredible experience. I learned that recording, mixing, and manipulating sounds is as much an art as performing.”

In addition to being the fiddler of The Free Raisins, Ms. Knuth also works as a Bookkeeper for Tech Superpowers, Inc., teaches after school introductory piano and violin at Kingsley Montessori school, is a live sound engineer for the Beacon Coffee House, and interns at Sound Mirror, a company that records the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

“I’m happy where I am, I’m always looking for new

opportunities,” Ms. Knuth said.“That’s what makes someone successful.”

Photo courtesy of cbr00000 on YouTubeThe Free Raisins perform live on CCTV Cambridge. From left, Audrey Knuth ‘07, fiddle, Jeff Kaufman, mandolin and octave fiddle, and Amy Englesberg, piano.

The Fiddler on the Roof(s of Boston)

Photo by Joebart, courtesy of Flickr’s Creative CommonsWorms like the ones above aid the composting process by feasting on biodegradeable material.

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By Kaela Shiigi

Flatbed trucks carrying sculptures made of chicken wire decked out in hand-made paper flowers would parade down the street in homecomings past. Decades before Cheerfest and Lip Sync, the cara-van to Honolulu Stadium, which is now Old Stadium Park, would be the result of weeks of hard work.

Each of the displays, which seemed more like something found at the Rose Bowl, was the embodiment of class teamwork and Raider spirit. The float decorating contest is just one of the many traditions that have been lost to time.

One of the more controversial prac-tices, the Burning of the I, had simple beginnings. Doc Inouye remembers it as a bonfire containing anything that would burn, including some stolen desks and chairs, on the football field the Friday before the Saturday football game. It

evolved into an event held by the Sons of ‘Iolani. Alumni would return to cam-pus and there would be singing. “It was a beautiful thing,” said Mr. Jack Kay.

Many traditions have been removed or altered due to safety issues or “legalities,” as Mr. Kay put it. Doc Inouye described the Senior Run, which used to take place on the last day of school, as “absolute chaos.” What once was an opportunity to visit places around the campus for the last time turned into something similar to the Running of the Bulls.

Mr. Erik Yamamoto ’99 remembers climbing a tree during his freshman year to avoid the rush, but he was yanked to the ground by one of the seniors in the stampede. Now, seniors go to the water park to celebrate their last day.

The yearbook has also experienced some changes. In the 70s and 80s, young-er classes and recent alumni would buy sections in the back of the yearbook to

convey their well wishes to the graduat-ing class. In place of senior photo pag-es, companies like Audio Center would also run advertisements with their well wishes.

Not all practices have become tradi-tions. Doc Inouye recalls that the class of 1980 tried to start the tradition of a holding a Homecoming variety show and class musical. There are also rumors of an event where boys went streaking at La Pietra in the days before ‘Iolani became co-ed.

“The school has evolved,” said Mr. Kay. However, he still believes that the one withstanding tradition is the ‘Iolani One Team spirit.

The Class of 1985 shirts featured a stylized Raider mascot, which re-

sembles a Muppet wearing a feather. Photo from 1985 Ka Mo’Olelo O

‘Iolani.

Forgotten traditions: floats, Senior Run

Soon after beating the Elite Four in Pokémon: Heart Gold, Stephen Stack struts his way to-wards the common area of Reed College’s sci-fi/ fantasy dorm to cook himself dinner at 5:00 p.m.

Stack has attended Reed Col-lege in Portland, Oregon, for a year, which is about 2,954 miles away from his Kailua residence in Hawaii. He graduated with the ‘Iolani Class of 2009 with sev-eral honors, including first place in the National Spanish Exam, recognition as a National Merit commended student, and the Harold Keables Creative Writing Award.

On April 16, 2009, Stephen wrote an editorial, “’Iolani CML for the ‘Iolani Imua, entitled, pro-viding short anecdotes of “Curse My Life” moments that ‘Iolani Students face on a daily basis.

Stack wrote, “Today, I had to edit three papers and do eight pages of calculus homework, but I couldn’t because I had to write a bunch of fake CMLs for the

school paper. CML.”Although Stack excelled

at ‘Iolani, Reed College’s so-cial environment gives Stephen something that ‘Iolani did not: comfort.

To those that knew Stack in high school, he was a quiet and unique person. He ‘was really

into weird things. Weirder than Pokémon. No one knew what he talked about sometimes,” senior Akari Hatanaka, Stack’s friend, said.

Kaitrin Tobin reminisced about a moment when Stack at-tempted to give her a hug. She barely knew him at the time.

But Stack has burgeoned from the college environment. With the comfort, came confidence.

“Being more confident has made every aspect of my life bet-ter. I’m more comfortable around people, I smile more, and it defi-nitely helps with the ladies,” Ste-phen said.

At Reed College, Stack is just as eccentric as he was at ‘Iolani. Leaving his bass in Kailua, Stack has learned how to play five songs, three of them by Neutral Milk Hotel, on the accordion. He named it Lucette.

Hatanaka discovered first hand that Stack had not changed much, after visiting him in his dorm at Reed College. “His dorm room had a lot of granola bars. He cooks in the common area, and the windows of his dorm are covered by corny science jokes, which are actually pretty cool,” she said.

Unlike at ‘Iolani, Stack found comfort in his uniqueness at Reed College.

“Compared to high-school me, I’m way cooler. Once I got to college, I simply decided to stop being awkward. It’s not really that hard,” Stack said.

His friends back home in Hawai’i agree with Stack. “[Col-lege] made Stack cool. He is so happy there. In college, Stephen grew as a person. He developed his personality,” Hatanaka said.

Stack’s hugs are no longer awkward. “As a previously awk-ward person, I just had to realize that most of my awkwardness was self-created. Then I decided to stop. Being in a place I felt like I belonged really helped with that realization, though,” Stack said.

Stack is excelling in the two poetry classes that he is taking, and continues to talk to people in Russian. “I’m not very good [at talking Russian], but I have come up with a few really terrible puns! And puns are my favorite worst jokes.” He also finds the time to play Pokémon.

By NicolaS SteiNemaNN

California’s Patrick Gudaus-kas turned the surfing world up-side-down when he performed the first Rodeo Flip maneuver ever in a major surfing competition, last September while in Tahiti. For the successful completion of this ma-neuver, Gudauskas was awarded a perfect score of 10, which helped him to advance to the next round of competition.

Despite Gudauskas’ incredible accomplishment, his performance during the competition sparked controversy over the future state of surf judging. While surfing’s purists were outraged, surfing’s new age generation believed that this unprecedented event would lead to the establishment of a new criterion for judging surfing.

Earlier during the year, ASP Head Judge Perry Hatchett an-nounced a revision to the Tour’s judging criteria. This move was prompted by increasing pressure to recognize aerial surfing as a le-gitimate part of the sport. Profes-sional surfers like world tour vet-eran, and former world champion Sunny Garcia, believe that Hatch-ett’s decision is a poor one that puts in jeopardy the true essence of surfing found in power maneu-vers. However, there should be no debate that the future of surfing is in the air. This is the key to the progression of the sport.

To Joe Gaun, a longtime North Shore surfer, “All of the best turns and barrel riding were done a long time ago.” At the same time he believes, there are still a lot of aerials that have never been attempted, or that have yet to be landed.

It seems that the ASP share in Gaun’s sentiments, for it has al-ready begun to take the necessary steps to achieve progress in surf

judging. When the 2010 World Tour season began, the ASP in-formed competitors and media that judges would begin to use five new categories for judging competitions. The five categories included: commitment and de-gree of difficulty, innovative and progressive maneuvers, combina-tion of major maneuvers, variety of maneuvers, speed, and power and flow.

Up until now, aerialists have not been given the same oppor-tunities to compete and showcase their technical skills. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Califor-nian Christian Fletcher became one of the pioneers of the mod-ern aerial movement. However, despite his innovation, Fletcher’s aerial antics went unappreciated and he eventually lost sponsor-ships and was banned from most surf contests. Similarly to Fletch-er, today’s modern aerial surfers have yet to receive the recognition they deserve. Surfers like Maui’s Clay Marzo and Australia’s Mitch Coleborn, although recognized for their unrivaled ability to travel beyond the lip, have yet to even qualify for the ASP world tour. This year’s new revolution in surf judging, however, may pro-vide them with the opportunity to qualify and make the most of their prodigious talents.

In the end, it is necessary that surf judging be changed to allow for the sport’s new progressions and new generation of athletes. So far ASP has made a step in the right direction by revising the judging criteria. At the same time, the judges need to be adaptable to whatever changes the future may bring to the sport of surfing. That way each new generation of surf-ers to come can leave their own lasting impact for others to build upon.

Scoring the ridersof the waves

Stacking up confidence

Photo courtesy of Katrina Karl ‘09Stephen Stack relaxes on the beach over the summer. Though he now calls Portland home, he returns during breaks as a calm, cool, and collected man.

By marc FagaragaN

“Compared to high-school me, I’m way cooler

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Eleven years ago: the shrill ring of the phone announces the call throughout the house, and 6-year-old Marc Fagaragan looks up from playing quietly on the carpet. He clambers to the machine excitedly, picking up the receiver and proudly announcing the well-rehearsed line, “Fagaragan residence! Marc speaking. Just one moment!” His high-pitched, breathless voice calls his mother, his small pudgy hand covering the receiver.

Fast forward to now: Fagaragan’s class-mate Jana Dagdagan sits at her desk, doing her homework, text messaging and check-ing her Facebook on her iPhone. The phone vibrates, signaling a call, and she glances at the Caller ID before accepting it, answering, “Hello? Yeah. Sounds good, lemme check if I can go. MOM,” she calls, not covering the receiver.

Wireless internet enables people to use their phones as computers, giving them ac-cess to email and social networking sites as well as the ability to watch movies and television. Cell phone etiquette has evolved with easy access to text messaging, games, music players, email and the Internet to a completely different set of manners from “regular” household phones.

“Caller ID changes the context (of man-ners depending on who you’re talking to,)” said Katrina Karl, a sophomore at USC.

Mr. William “Woodie” Milks, the AP United States Government teacher at ‘Io-lani School, says that “cell phones changed phone etiquette.”

“At my parents’ house, when I answer the phone, I say, “Milks residence, this is Wood-ie. How may I help you?” With cell phones, ‘Where are you,’ I’m always asking, because I want to know. Before, you always knew.”

Ms. Antoinette Brown, a former Upper School (grades 7-12) counselor and Guid-ance teacher at ‘Iolani School says that regu-lar house phone rules don’t apply to personal cell phones. As a Guidance teacher, Ms. Brown taught middle school students table etiquette.

“You know what the problem is? People have access to so many things, (phone) num-bers, you have to be cautious. If you know that the call is a business call… you’re going to have to act differently (when you answer the phone.) Friends are informal, but espe-cially these days, when you give out your cell phone number to colleges… most of it is based on common sense,” she said.

Mr. Milks finds cell phone use by his students during his class extremely “annoying.”

“They shouldn’t do it during class. What I want to know, is what’s so darn important that it can’t wait.”

Some students have a different opin-ion from Mr. Milks. ‘Iolani School senior Thomas Hartwell said, “I think it’s their (my classmates’) choice…it doesn’t really bother me. I don’t really notice it…. It’s not particu-larly something that catches my eye.”

Hartwell’s classmate Jana Dagdagan agreed. “If they (people) text during indi-vidual work sessions, it doesn’t affect me or anyone else. A lot of people text during band, but in other classes, I’m taking all APs, so I guess that’s why people don’t text as much. ”

However, Karl was adamant in her disap-proval of fellow students texting.

“I hate when people text during class; it’s super disrespectful and a waste of everyone’s time,” she said.

Mr. Milks concurs with Karl. “I basically find it so disrespectful that a

text from your friend is more important than a human being in front of you,” he said.

Mr. Milks thinks that punishment for cellphone use is not severe enough, which is why students continue to text without fearful caution.

“I think that students’ cell phones should be put away at 7:30 (a.m.) and not be seen until 3 (p.m.,) unless you go to the Main Office to call your parents… none of you (students) are that important. Whatever you need to say can wait until 3.”

Mr. Milks does not just dislike text mes-saging during school hours.

“I see four young people at a dinner table all looking at their phones, talking topeople who aren’t there… it’s crazy, rude and in-considerate,” he said.

Karl told a similar story. “Once, I saw two women having dinner together at a res-taurant, and the whole time one of them was on the phone and the other friend just looked awkward—that was pretty rude,” she said.

“Answering texts while having a conver-sation with someone is pretty inconsiderate, too.”

Cell phone etiquette is a problem seen everywhere, from movie theaters and malls to classrooms and workplaces; people walk into others and are unaware of traffic because they are so glued to their cell phone screens.

“The world is a big and beautiful place, and technology has reduced it to a two by three screen,” said Mr. Milks.

Flickr Creative Commons photo by Woohoo_Megoo

Cell phone etiquette: What’s appropriate?

By AkAri HAtAnAkA

Akari: Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday. Who doesn’t like the friendly crowds at the downtown Christ-mas lights, the hustle and bustle at the mall while drinking a cup of hot chocolate, or the cheery music blaring out of speakers in stores? While it puts me in a very good mood, I for one have to say that starting the Christmas season on October 1, Macys, is not my idea of an awesome Christmas.

Jana: Well it’s good for business and helps early shoppers get the stress over and done with before the real rush begins, and I personally like it.

A: Why start so early? I just can’t get psyched for the holidays so soon. After Thanksgiving, definitely, but why can’t I just enjoy my Halloween? It’s hard for me to get into a Christmas-y mood in October.

J: Well you don’t have to. There’s a Ma-cy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and many stores outside of Hawaii are geared up for Halloween and Thanksgiving.

A: Put up some gargoyles, cobwebs, and spooky music on and have a Hallow-een sale if you really want to make money, but don’t push your “get-consumers-to-shop-for-Christmas-things-before-Hallow-een” on me, please. It just puts me in a bad mood. Christmas is three months away at that point!

J: Starting early puts me in a good mood. I like decorations, lights, and music. I also enjoy walking into cafes with sea-sonal drinks and pastries.

A: Ooh, good point, I do like seasonal drinks. Cinnamon and pumpkin are always delicious! But it only feels good when it’s windy, like after Thanksgiving! Then it re-ally starts to feel like Christmas, but defi-nitely not before!

J: This conversation is going in circles! Why don’t we ask the readers what they think? I’m sure people will have varying opinions.

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When should holiday season start? By AkAri HAtAnAkA And JAnA dAgdAgAn

You see him while walking to chapel. You see him while sitting at Senior Bench-es. You see him while crossing the athletic courtyard.

Mr. Charles Martin is infamous for his careful enforcement of the new dress code. However, some students – particularly fe-male students -- question his methods of enforcement.

The new dress code is an issue for many female students. They often complain of the stifling clothes they must wear in order to adhere to it. Teachers question the exact rules since the phrasing is ambiguous: it states that girls’ shirts must reach the “col-larbone area.” “Area” is a subjective term. Most teachers interpret “area” as reaching the collarbone; however, others believe that shirts must touch the collarbone. Some faculty members avoid enforcing the code because they are unsure of the exact rules. Others feel that the dress code is not en-forced enough.

Mr. Martin has taken matters into his own hands. He often prowls certain heav-ily trafficked areas in order to implement the code effectively to compensate for other teachers’ lack of enforcement.

“If students dress like young adults, they act like young adults,” Mr. Martin said. He feels that discipline is a value that parents want ‘Iolani to instill in their children. If punishment does not accompany an infrac-tion of a rule, students will continue to break rules.

In a poll of 52 students who had been reported for dress code violations, 26 said Mr. Martin had reported them. More than 20 of those were girls. Three of the students were repeat offenders. Mrs. Debra Otsu, the teacher who referred the second high-est number of dress code violations among those polled, wrote up nine students. Clear-ly, Mr. Martin is the biggest enforcer of the dress code on campus.

Mr. Martin’s methods of observation

warp the way he is perceived by students. He walks through senior benches several times a day, inspecting female students’ necklines while they study or talk to friends. He posts himself at the base of Weinberg steps as students leave for chapel, scrutiniz-ing student attire for violations. Though he does not want to be seen as a bad person, he firmly believes that the code is important and thus is willing to take the blame in order to make sure the code is properly enforced.

Despite his good intentions, students fear Mr. Martin because his patrols are intrusive and make them feel uncomfortable. Senior Jamie Takayesu avoids him when he mean-ders through senior benches.

“I don’t think teachers should be able to strike so much fear in students over some-thing as trivial as dress code,” Takayesu said. Caitlin Miyashiro ’11 agreed with Takayesu.

“I think [his patrols are] completely un-necessary. He doesn’t need to weave through benches to inspect people. It’s just over the top,” Miyashiro said.

But to what extreme should teachers enforce the dress code? If the infraction of the dress code is so minor that it demands scrutiny, it is not much of a distraction. Nevertheless, Dean of Students Mr. Tate Brown said that enforcement of the code is necessary, regardless of the severity of an infraction.

“A violation is a violation. Either it’s there or it’s not,” Mr. Brown said. Adher-ing exactly to an ambiguous code poses a problem for the students; minor infractions are not the students’ faults. It’s difficult to follow a code that is not clearly defined.

Strict enforcement of the dress code is not something that will be changed. The only way to remove confusion about the collarbone rule is to replace the phrase “col-larbone area” with a more precise definition. Until then, such enforcement techniques will continue to be a visible, fear-injecting presence on campus.

One man’s crusade against collarbonesBy keliA CowAn

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By AyAmi HAtAnAkA

In recent weeks the U.S. Government’s panic over WikiLeaks has grown. WikiLeaks’ main focus is to publish Government docu-ments that are not available to the majority of the population.

The Justice Department has been threaten-ing to prosecute the people of WikiLeaks for publishing a vast number of secret U.S. Gov-ernment documents. Now, you might have the same question I had when I heard this news, “Aren’t they protected by the First Amend-ment: The Right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press?” Well, that depends.

The First Amendment only protects those who have acquired the information they pub-lish legally. If prosecutors decide to go after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and find that those U.S. government documents were indeed acquired illegally, the 1917 Espionage Act would most likely prosecute whoever re-leased the documents to WikiLeaks. But since the website is based in Sweden, prosecution of Assange is not likely.

Despite all of which has happened to WikiLeaks, Assange has been criticized by former WikiLeaks members for focusing too much on exposing the U.S. government. But Assange says he is now going to steer toward countries such as Russia and China. Assange

says, “Journalism and writing is capable of achieving change which is why Chinese au-thorities are so scared of it.”

On Dec. 3, the French government added to international calls to ban WikiLeaks from posting online, calling WikiLeaks “unaccept-able and criminal.” It’s nice to know that the U.S. government has been embarrassed by the recent documents on WikiLeaks, banning its staff from reading or accessing WikiLeaks.

So what do you think of WikiLeaks? Should they be allowed to continuously expose secret government documents? Should they be pros-ecuted? At least WikiLeaks cares enough to post government secrets for us to see, to know what is being withheld from us.

WikiLeaks and the 1st Amendment

By JAnA SouzA

Performing for hundreds of people can be nerve-wracking. That’s why the preparation for the big moment is crucial. Grueling practices five days a week, and sometimes on Saturdays, call for a lot of hard work and dedication by every member of the group. In fact, football players and student involved in the spring musical have much in common.

Both are high profile school-sanctioned events that bring mon-ey to ‘Iolani. Both also cost the school money. Both require long hours of hard work after school. Students participating in both ac-tivities are required to keep their grades up, which can be difficult.

The students end practice or re-hearsal around the same time, 5:30 or 6 p.m. But Hell Week – a the-atre term for the week leading up to opening night – can be hell for the performers. Their homework is not lessened and their rehearsal hours increase, which means that sleeping hours decrease.

The performers’ schedule changes from a two-hour rehearsal to a five or six hours. Getting re-leased at around 8:30 or 9 p.m. students stay up extra late in order to finish their homework. Not only do students become unhealthy, but their grades drop significantly.

“We tried to make the show weekend a no-homework week-end, but the teachers didn’t even observe it,” said Mr. Wayne De-Mello, head of the performing arts department.

DeMello agreed that stage per-formers should share some of the perks the football players are giv-

en. On game days the players are excused from classes after period 5. From there, they meet at the chapel, have a short service, with lunch funded by the alumni.

“Then we have like an hour, hour and a half off to mentally prepare, whether it be nap, focus go over the playbook and scouting material,” former defensive end Greg Lum ’10 said. “Some players have to get treatment in the train-ing room, and eventually everyone heads towards the locker room to get ready and get taped up.”

Some may think that length of time is a little excessive to get ready for a game, especially since players in all other sports are al-lowed about 45 minutes. “I can understand people’s argument, but the players really do need every moment to prepare,” Lum said.

Lum also had a featured lead in last year’s spring musical, Kiss Me Kate, so he is in a unique position to compare the demands of both activities. He agrees that the musi-cal takes preparation time.

“It would probably be about three hours because even for that you have to mentally prepare,” he said. “I mean for both events you’ve got to wait for everyone to be ready. It’s a team effort and can’t move on with a single person missing.”

Mr. DeMello feels that the stu-dents in both activities “need prep time, time to settle your mind. The perception is that football takes more physical energy while the musical is something you can do easily. You need just as much prep time.”

DeMello suggests the students in the musical should be released

from classes around 1 p.m. on Thursday and Friday to rest and prepare for the performance that night.

“The football players have uni-forms, tape, etc.; so do you [per-formers]. You have hair and make-up, costumes, and microphones to adjust.”

The point is not to bash the football team or to say that one ac-tivity is harder than the other. Our football players work incredibly hard to maintain grades and are put under an immense amount of pressure to win the games for our beloved school. But would it be too much to ask that the adminis-tration be equally supportive of the performing artists?

Lum, as a member of both par-ties, agrees the performers should get more credit for the hard work they do. “

“Right when school ends, it gets pretty hectic. Everything seems rushed, and the fact that one of the shows is a Thursday – that

chaos can lead to very long nights. As least for football there is never school the next day. To have three shows three nights in a row is re-ally physically exhausting on the body. Obviously not to the extent of the bumps and bruises of foot-ball, which you do need days to recover from, but still, it’s not easy to sing for 2 1/2 hours three days in a row.”

Every student at ‘Iolani already has a rigorous schedule academi-cally, adding an outside activ-ity adds on to the stress and takes away a lot of free time. Grades slip and health becomes a great issue for many of the students participating.

Let’s work together to bring a little more equality to “this school of Christian learning and truth.” Being let out earlier would not only give the performers time to rest and prepare for the show, but it would help them get homework assignments done and lessen the amount of stress.

By AkAri HAtAnAkA

As Christmas time comes around, a feeling of general warmth and love is in the air--except in Congress. Instead of pulling out of Iraq, is our divided government focused on win-ning the battle of Republicans vs. Democrats? While relaxing over winter break, take the time to read a few of these articles and columns or watch video clips that

are actually quite entertaining yet thought provoking.

1. “A WikiLeak from China”

-a satirical piece by Thomas Friedman, a columnist for the New York Times. What would happen if there was a WikiLeaks incident containing China’s com-ments about the United States?

2. “Senate Blocks ‘Don’t

Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal” -by Scott Neuman of NPR, it

tackles not only Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, but also covers the issue of growing tension between Presi-dent Obama and the Democratic party on the issue of tax cuts. More news-y and not as entertain-ing, but worth a read.

3. The Daily Show: Indeci-sion 2010- Republicans Can Go to the Back of the Car

(If you Google “The Daily Show Back of the Bus,” it’s the first result on the page.)

-President Obama makes a statement using a car in a ditch as a metaphor; Republicans im-mediately jump up and change his words, saying he is making racist remarks about going to the back of the bus. They continue to be enraged without checking what he actually said. Jon Stewart comments (and more.)

Congress: the gift that keeps giving

A call for equity between sports, arts

Performers in last year’s Kiss Me Kate developed endurance. 2010 Ka Mo’olelo O ‘Iolani photo.

Page 6 Holiday CHeer Imua ‘IolanI

A visit from St. Nichols

Kelia Cowan and Iris Kuo | Imua IolaniLeft hand column: Senior Christopher Nichols spreads Christmas cheer as Old St. Nick. Clockwise starting from top: Doc Inouye’s symbolic “Merry Xmas” sign greets stu-dents in Weinberg. An adorable Santa dec-orates a classroom door. A giant wreath hangs above center courtyard. Godzilla-Chan’s (aka Cordelia Xie) Christmas comic, “Here comes Santa Claus,” depicts what all students want for Christmas. An inflatable penguin stands watch over se-nior benches. A festive locker in I-Building stands out from the rest.

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By Maya StevenS

On Friday, Nov. 19, ‘Iolani orchestras 4 and 5 graced the community with their gifts of music.

Orchestra 4, conducted by Joan Wehrman, per-formed selections by Mozart, Dvorak, and Ippoli-tov-Ivanov, and Orchestra 5, led by Kathy Hafner, played difficult selections by Glinka, Shostakovich, Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky, and Offenbach.

The audience responded very enthusiastically to Orchestra 4’s Dvorak and Orchestra 5’s Offenbach. Both orchestras received standing ovations, led by the other orchestra.

Noe Tanigawa from Hawaii Public Radio lent her voice to the show as the emcee for the night. Ms. Tanigawa is also the mother of junior Cole Tanigawa-Lau, an Orchestra 5 cellist.

Members of the Save the Music Tree club also held a bake sale (Treats for the Tree Bake) outside of the theater before and after the concert. Students and their families donated baked goods to the sale, and all proceeds went to the International Pernam-buco Conservation Initiative, which works to save the endangered Pernambuco tree.

String musicians highly value the tree for its wood, which they use to make their bows. Thus, many musicians are working diligently to rescue the tree from extinction.

The next concert for Orchestras 4 and 5 is the ‘Iolani Concerto Concert in February, featuring tal-ented soloists from the ‘Iolani community.

By DaviD Pang

Bieber Fever? So yesterday. Twi-light? It only happens when the sky darkens. Harry Potter? Now and for-ever. That’s the way most Harry Potter fans feel at this moment in Harry Potter history. On November 19, 2010, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was released in over 4,000 theaters and quickly amassed 24 million dollars in only its first showing. An eye-gluing masterpiece, the film is chockfull of everyone’s favor-ite characters: Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), Bel-latrix Lestrange (Hel-ena Bonham Carter), and Dobby the house elf (Toby Jones).

The movie starts with Voldemort meet-ing with his Death Eaters to discuss their near complete takeover of the Wizard and Muggle Worlds. The suspense escalates as the Order of the Phoenix is forced to move Harry to a safer place because his previous

home is no longer secure. However, Voldemort anticipates the Order’s plan as soon as its members leave to escort Harry. The first fight of the movie be-gins: the Order vs. the Death Eaters. Fortunately for Harry, played by Dan-iel Radcliffe, he is safely transported

to the Burrow, but not without cost. From there, Harry, Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) start their own journey to find the remain-ing Horcruxes and they soon stum-ble across a new secret, the Deathly

Hallows.Lasting 146 minutes, the movie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hal-lows incorporates many events that otherwise would have been left out. Another plus is that, surprisingly, the first part is quite funny. Certain mo-

ments are hard to forget. However, the movie is a bit confus-ing, even if you have read the book. The insights into Volde-mort’s mind are hard to follow and piec-ing them together is a pain. The many new scenes that the movie added probably left many Harry Potter fans thinking, “What was that?”

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

Part 1 is a fantastic movie. Despite a bit of confusion set up by

past movie, I look forward to the finale of the worldwide phenomenon on July 15, 2011. To all those Muggles out there: I suggest watching Part I; it’ll blow your mind with the first spell: “Obliviate!”

By Maya StevenS

One of the challenges of any performing art is to make it look easy. It takes enough trouble to dance beautifully and skillfully on the ground; imagine what it

would be like to dance in the sky.Aerial dancing is attempted by

many, but mastered by a select few due to its extreme difficulty. On Wednesday, Dec. 1, renowned aerial dancer Andrea Torres

wowed the ‘Iolani community with amazing acrobatic stunts, all performed at least a few yards off the ground. Torres, originally from the Maui production ‘Ula-lena, moved to Oahu to start her own company, Samadhi Hawaii. It is one of the only aerial dance companies on Oahu. Born in Bra-zil, Torres was always captivated by Hawaii’s beauty. Before her performance at ‘Iolani, Torres said, “My favorite thing to do is hang from the trees.” She enjoys performing outdoors because she is always at the mercy of the el-ements and completely in sync with nature.

Torres performed two numbers. In the first, she performed with a graceful line of blue silk, working it with ease. In the second, she

maneuvered her way around two concentric circles, holding diffi-cult poses and spinning with el-egance. The effortlessness of her movements added to the general feeling of amazement during her performance. She was accompa-nied by a set of very talented lo-cal and student musicians: Bruce

Hamada ‘75, Fumiko Wellington, Jana Dagdagan ‘11, Sean Mitch-ell ‘12, and Logyn Okuda ‘22.

Lower School dance teacher Lisa Simon invited Torres to perform at ‘Iolani. She says she is always looking for “excit-ing arts events” to bring to her community.

“It’s extremely important for the students to have exposure to high quality community talent,” says Mrs. Simon. Along with appreciating Torres’ unique art form, also treasures the time Tor-res spent with her dance students. “One of my students asked if she was ever afraid, and she started to talk about courage.” She also talked about the discipline it takes to maintain her art and abilities.

“Andrea described her dancing as ‘liberating,’ that she felt free,” says Mrs. Simon. “I was in awe – simply mesmerized.”

Orchestras soar at Mamiya Theater

Harry Potter VII, part I: The beginning of the end

“My favorite thing to do is

hang from the trees.”

Breathtaking aerial dancing mesmerizes

Above: 2011 Ka Mo’olelo O IolaniRight: Kelia Cowan | Imua 'Iolani

Above, aerial dancer Andrea Torres spins high above her audience. At right, Torres entwines herself in blue silk for strong yet fluid support.

Warner Brothers promotional photo... Harry and his disguised friends make their getaway from the Ministry of Magic, which has been overtaken by Lord Voldemort.

Page 8 SportS Imua `IolanI

For the first time since 1993, the ‘Iolani boys water polo Division I team has cap-tured an ILH title and gone undefeated; the last time the boys Division I team won an ILH title was in 1999.

Seniors Austin Strong ‘11 and David Lim ‘11 were co-captains and elected as ILH co-MVP for the season. This was the duo’s second year as team captains. In ad-dition, both players began playing water polo the summer before their sixth grade year and played on the same teams together since seventh grade, making the Division I Varsity team as freshmen.

“Preparation for us began when we started water polo, really,” Lim said. He and Strong learned how to assume lead-ership roles and become mentors to the younger players.

Strong agrees, pointing out that he and Lim brought different aspects to the team, complimenting each other. Lim said, “Be-ing on the same team our Upper School years, we’ve gone through the same jour-ney, our view points are similar.”

“David’s solid work ethic and Austin’s perpetually optimistic attitude and daily sunny disposition pushed the team to new heights,” teammate Zalman Bernstein ‘12

said. He added, “David’s constant humil-ity and Austin’s overabundance of sports-manship set clear examples for the team to follow.”

As team captains, the two were con-cerned about one point of the game that is hard to teach: sportsmanship. “It was a big priority for me and Austin for the team. We’ve played against and with players who have conducted themselves [in ways] we didn’t think were well advised,” Lim said. “But at the same time, we didn’t want to take away the drive and reward from win-ning or accomplishing goals.”

Strong agreed. “We tried to keep it classy. Coach Randy told us to handle our-selves,” he said.

The path to victory began in May, as summer training started for the team. In late July, the team took a trip to San Di-ego, where they entered a state challenge cup. The ‘Iolani team played in the cham-pionship game where they lost to Navy of Maryland 11-6. Connor Grune ‘12 and Chris Nichols ‘11 made the all-tournament first team, while Lim and Strong made sec-ond team.

The coaching staff is unique in that one if its members lives in southern California. Phillip Ramirez, uncle of junior Connor

Grune, flew down to Hawaii for important games.

The staff also consisted of assistant coaches Brennan Shum, the new girls’ wa-ter polo head coach, and Keona Leong ’84, and head coach Randy Bart ’82.

Coach Bart began coaching in 1991 and became the head coach in 2005.

“This senior group and this staff started at the same time, six years ago. It did help to have coached them in the intermediate division since I’m also the intermediate coach. That way I know them and they know me, and it’s easier to figure out what skills and parts of the game they need to be taught and coached.”

Lim said, “We’re the first graduat-ing class that has been under the leadership of our coaches. The championship was a testimony to the coaching.”

Last year, the team was favored to be a contender for the championship but lost in the semifinals tournament against Kamehameha, placing third. Coach Bart said, “After losing last year to Ka-mehameha in the tourney, we were all disappointed. Some changes were made to our training and preparation with coaches and players’ input, and we went hard from the first day of practice.”

The team had no seniors last year, and this season, several new underclassmen joined the team.

“We had some rough times with the un-derclassmen, but we all pushed hard in the end and came together,” said senior Tom Hartwell.

“More than winning, my goal for the season was to [...] nurture the young boys who will one day grow into shining stars,” he added.

Many of the team’s key players were seniors, ecstatic to finish their final season with a win. The seniors and coaches are not worried, however, about next season.

“We have talent coming back. Not ev-eryone played significant minutes in the big games, but that doesn’t mean they’re lacking in talent. Our bench is strong. I just need to coach them up and get them experi-ence and I think we’ll be okay,” Bart said.

The underclassmen who joined this year will be playing big roles, he adds. “Mi-

chael [Chen ‘14,] being a lefty, will give us a dimension we haven’t had since Joshua Busse [‘07] five years ago. Add them to the other starters, [juniors] Connor Grune, Kacy Johnson, and Zalman Bernstein, and that’s a pretty strong group.”

Many of the younger players, both boys and girls, look up to the members of the team.

“They’re like my brothers and my role models. I aspire to be like them, because they’re pro water polo players!” said Dil-lon Waidyatilleka ‘15 of the intermediate team.

In addition to Strong and Lim making co-MVP, Nichols made ILH first team, Grune and Johnson made second team, and Bernstein and Hartwell made honor-able mention.

Water polo’s perfect season ends title drought By AkAri HAtAnAkA

Photo courtesy of Kacy Johnson

Team co-captain David Lim ‘11 (above) executes both heavy offense and de-fense agains Pac-5.

Akari Hatanaka | Imua ‘IolaniSeniors Tom Hartwell and Chris Nichols celebrate their winning season after go-ing 8-0 for the first time in 17 years.

The days are getting shorter, the air is getting colder, and the high school foot-ball season is over. That must mean that high school futbol, more widely known as soccer, is getting underway.

The 2010-2011 boys varsity soccer season will not start until January. Mean-while, the ‘Iolani boys will enter various tournaments while playing several Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) foes on the side. The Raider soccer team’s en-try into the Interscholastic League of Ho-nolulu (ILH) season will be a tough one, playing the always strong Kamehameha Warriors, who are coming off a strong postseason run cut short by ‘Iolani in the state championship semi-finals.

The Raiders themselves are looking strong as they enter the 2010-2011 sea-son. Feeling the loss of last year’s start-ers (graduates Nick Goo ’10, Ryan Ko-hara, ’10, and Jershon Baldomero, ’10), this year’s team still holds the power of experience with 12 seniors.

A few weeks after the ILH start date of

Nov. 15, the Raiders have already played in two tournaments while facing two OIA opponents in some preseason matches. While their record, 6-1-1, is impressive, the soccer team’s attitude stays humbly focused on improving.

They reflected on their only loss, to Punahou, in the Big Island Hawaii Pre-paratory Academy’s tournament champi-onship game.

“Their type of game [long balls] is just quicker to develop,” said senior Sean Chambers, leftback and one of three team captains. “`Iolani’s type of game [posses-sion] needs a lot of practice, while Puna-hou’s game comes together a lot faster.”

Despite the disappointing loss to last year’s state champions, who beat the Raiders 1-0 in the title match, it is evi-dent that the Raiders will be able to ac-complish much with a couple more weeks of practice.

Come out and support them in their ILH opener against Kamehameha on Jan. 5, 4:15 p.m. at the ‘Iolani soccer field.

By CAitlin MiyAsHiro

Boys’ soccer looking to start season strong

Iris Kuo | Imua IolaniJoshua Adachi ’14 focuses on improving his skills at a recent boys varsity soc-cer practice.

December 16, 2010 The LighTer Side Page 9

By Erin nakamura

When the holidays start to creep up on us, we all do one thing: selfishly make a list of all the things we want for Christmas. So to show a non-selfish side, here is a list of people and what would fill them with Christmas joy this year:1. The ‘Iolani Football team- to move up to Division I2. Other football teams of Division II- for ‘Iolani to move up to Division I3. Mrs. Chen- a baby stroller (not a cheap $30 one but the “good kine” strollers)4. The entire 2012 class- senior benches not be moved during their senior year5. Mr. Milks- a brand new tie (because he never seems to wear any with his dress shirts)6. Any female ‘Iolani student- a shirt in dress code7. Mr. Moses- a brand spankin’ new surfboard8. Ms. Swanson/Mr. Motter- a classy, durable, hardcore beast of a mountain bike9. Mr. Briguglio/Mr. Nakoa- beautiful, tear-jerking guitars10. Every student of ‘Iolani- a no-homework winter break.

Lame Joke of the Day

What do you get when you cross a

Christmas Tree with an apple?

A Pineapple

Top Ten Christmas

Gifts

By matthEw Callahan

We all know about the outrageous Winterball prices. I chose not to go to Winterball not because I couldn’t get a date (although this may have been an issue if I had gone)… No, I chose not to go to Winterball because it costs too much. I decided to explore and see what I could get with the money I saved from Winterball. I figured that the tickets would be about $110, then the pictures would come in around another $50, and then we’ll say clothes and miscellaneous costs come up to about $100 (for girls this could be much more depending on the dress). We come out to a grand total of $260! So, let’s see what I’m going to be doing with the money I saved while you’re drinking watery fruit punch and having awkward conversations with your dates (unless you don’t have a date, then you’re stuck with just drinking watery fruit punch)…

• 26 Dog Snuggies – Due to the freezing cold weather in Hawaii, this is an essential for any dog owner. However, I am not a dog owner, so I would use them as foot warmers with my big and little toes going in the sleeves.

• 416 Bus Rides – Riding public transportation saves the environment and teaches you how to deal with hobos and drug dealers. Bet you won’t learn any interpersonal skills like THAT at Winterball.

• 82 Pairs of Flip-Flops…I mean slippers, yes slippers, who said flip-flops? – Brah, in Hawaii, slippers are the life of the island. So when me and my moke braddahs go surfing no one calls me haole, cuz I’m not wearing shoes, I’m wearing slippers…Brah.

• 4 Call of Duty: Black Ops Games for Xbox – I’m afraid that you all lost your dates right there, girls.

• 3 Ping Pong Tables – Owning a Ping Pong table makes you a chick magnet. Owning three? That makes Hugh Hefner jealous.

• 1 School for 80 Children in a Country in Crisis – Do you feel bad yet?

• 10 Life Saving Vaccinations against the top 6 viruses that kill children – How about now?

• 262 Songs on iTunes – I think I need to upgrade my iPod to an 8 gig.

• Kool Aid, Disco Ball, 20 iTunes Songs, and iPod speakers…with $185.21 left over – That’s called saving money.

The Money I Saved by Not Going to Winterball

Treats for Santa, Hawaiian Style!by Claire Furukawa

Page 10 The Middle Years Imua ‘IolanI

It’s tradition that seniors lead the Spirit Points competition, but this year, the tradition has an added twist. At the moment, in second place, is eighth grade. In addition to placing second in Lip

Sync, the eighth graders consis-tently had high participation rates in the dress day competitions.

But how did they do it? The answer seems to be a mix of preparation, communication, and enthusiastic participation.

Their Lip Sync co-chairs be-

gan planning last May and brain-stormed ideas all summer through email correspondence. By the time school rolled around, and everyone was easing back into the daily routine, the co-chairs had already finalized their decisions concerning which ideas to incor-

porate in their Lip Sync. Kahler Suzuki, Kimberly Peterson, Kady Matsu-zaki, Marissa Inouye, Lindsey Combs, and Quincy Brown, all mem-bers of the class of 2015, split into pairs and took charge of a section.

Each pair was respon-sible for the choreog-raphy and auditions for their section. Auditions? That’s right, auditions were held for each ma-jor part, and according to class adviser Ms. Till, lots of people showed up. When the roles had been determined, the participants met fre-quently to perfect their routines. And for those

who don’t remember, the eighth grade Lip Sync featured a dance piece where their whole grade joined in.

The committee easily over-came the daunting task of teach-ing the routine to the whole grade through innovation. They record-ed videos of themselves teach-ing the dance and explaining the moves. Then, they uploaded it to Youtube and sent the link to everyone in their grade, giving everyone the chance to learn the dance if they hadn’t picked it up during the meetings at school.

They also had a fantastic set of props that Max Wei was in charge of coordinating. For two weeks, various students from their grade gave up their study halls to create and complete the props.

Planning for their cheer began this past summer as well; Riley Sakamoto, one of the co-chairs, began writing the cheer over the summer and put it together with the help of fellow co-chairs Kaz Tomozawa and Storm Lotomau, who organized the impressive stomping part of their cheer.

As for the dress days, the of-ficers and advisers emailed ev-eryone to remind and encourage them to dress up. In the emails and meetings, Ms. Till repeatedly challenged the class to “break the curse” of eighth grade, as the past trend has shown that school spirit typically falters a bit in Eighth Grade.

Based on the results, the Eighth graders have risen to the challenge and all their hard work has paid off. Perhaps their enthu-siasm can serve as an inspiration to all of us to display our school spirit even more. Keep up the good work!

‘Tis the season for gingerbread men, wrapping paper, and colored ornaments, especially seen while walking through the halls of the Harold K. L. Castle building.

It’s time for the most highly anticipated holiday competition for seventh and eighth graders: the homeroom-door decorating contest. This contest is to “show the school which classes have the most Christmas spirit,” and there is not a bare door in the entire building. Red, white, and green is

scattered across the doors, walls, and classrooms, but the energy of the contest doesn’t just stop at decorations.

The homerooms have taken this contest very seriously, decorating not only their doors, but also parts of the hallway. One homeroom is even decked in lights, has a plate of real cookies, and a speaker that blasts Christmas carols outside the door.

Some classes have decided not to go in on this competition alone and have formed alliances with others, such as the joined

team of Mr. Joe Monaco and Ms. Michelle Yoshioka’s homerooms. Christmas spirit has reached even the shyest students to show off their creative talent. This talent has been put together in a collab-oration of amazing colors, props, decorations, and adornments to give the Castle building an all-out holiday makeover.

“I honestly think that this is more than decoration, it’s like a team bonding for your class-mates…it is basically a way to bring people out and others to-gether,” one student said.

Eighth grade breaks the spirit point curse

Adore the door

Alexandria Sisson | Imua IolaniKimberly Peterson and Skky Passi concentrate and focus on their tasks.

Spirit Point Scores

1. 12th-8732. 8th- 8163. 7th- 7904. 11th- 7855. 9th- 7796. 10th-713

Alexandria Sisson | Imua IolaniAbove: Jaimee Kato, Ka’ili Kane, and Anela Apo work together on their homeroom’s door.

(Right): Riley Inn helps Bryson Hamada hang snowflakes from the ceiling in the hallway shared by Mr. Monaco and Ms. Yoshioka.

Alexandria Sisson | Imua Iolani

Left:This is a decorated door done by Mrs. Matsumoto’s home-room in hopes of winning the mysterious prize given to the win-ner of the annual door decorating contest (left).

Iris Kuo | Imua Iolani

By IrIs Kuo

Iris Kuo | Imua IolaniEighth graders perform their enthusiastic cheer at Cheerfest.

By AlexAndrIA sIssIon

December 16, 2010 Lower SchooL Page 11

As the holiday season quick-ly approaches, young kindergar-ten and first grade students took a day off from their classes to celebrate Thanksgiving through the annual Pilgrim Celebration Day.

On Nov. 19, parents and teachers transformed the Lower School classrooms and play-ground into “Plymouth Planta-tion” for the young students to participate in various Thanks-giving activities. Kindergartners followed the tradition of creat-ing their own Indian costumes and showcasing them at school for the day while the first grad-ers dressed in Pilgrim attire.

The memorable morning started with various stations spread throughout the class-rooms. Each station featured unique and special activities, and both grades split into groups

and rotated stations. The young Indians and Pilgrims practiced their handwriting skills using quill pens and ink. Other sta-tions included arts and crafts, where students made their own wooden picture frames, husked

fresh corn cobs, and created personalized letters to people whom they were thankful to have in their lives.

As the day progressed, the students and teachers eventu-ally made their way outdoors. Because mud in the playground grass created unsuitable condi-tions, the three-legged and relay

races were relocated to the One Team Fieldhouse. The young students showed off their athlet-ic speed and agility, which left their stomachs empty and hun-gry, and ready for a true Thanks-giving feast!

The exciting day concluded with a delicious turkey luncheon prepared by parents. Kindergart-ners and first graders were able to kick back and socialize with their new friends as they had an early taste of a Thanksgiving meal. When asked what his fa-vorite part of the day was, first grader Jake Hanashiro said, “The turkey was the yummiest!”

Surely this was a special day for both grades as the students will keep these memories as they grow up. The teachers waste no time in preparing for the next holiday. Decorations for the Christmas season are already being put up in the classrooms.

First graders and kindergartners give thanks

“The turkey was the yummiest!”

“ I want anything but coal.”-Landon Wong ‘17

“I want a laptop so I can play games and talk to my friends.

-Mia Watanabe ‘20

“I want jewelry like necklaces or earrings!”

Mari Nishiguchi ‘20

Lower schoolers’ wish lists for Santa

On Nov. 26, the annual fifth grade play was held in the Lower Gym. The theme this year was how heroes are all around you, both throughout history and today.

In each fifth garde play, characters from movies and shows are brought to life to help portray the lessons.

This year, the plot featured the movie Toy Story. Toy Story characters like Buzz Light-year and Woody help Andy to write a paper about everyday heroes. To help him, they go back in history and look at three stories with everyday heroes.

Andy travels back in time to visit James-town, an Indian Legend, and Rosa Parks, to learn how there are everyday heroes all around you.

The Toy Story characters help Andy realize that ordinary people are superheroes and posi-tively impact the world.

Each fifth grade class put on one of the sto-ries, mixing song and dance to create a won-derful performance.

Fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Hiraki, said the play portrayed a wonderful lesson about ordi-nary heroes. The fifth graders will definitely keep this everyday hero lesson with them for the rest of their lives.

In the end, the play was a wonderful experi-ence for the cute, young fifth graders. Each child had plenty of fun and definitely learned a great life lesson.

Fifth graders learn about everyday heroesBy DaviD Ling

By EDEn Koo

Photo courtesy of Mr. Dalton Sue

Photo courtesy of Dalton Sue

Photos and interviews by Andrew Shwetzer | Imua ‘Iolani

Boys Bowling: 1st in ILH, 6th in state

Cheerleading: 4th in ILH, 4th in state

Boys Cross Country: 2nd in ILH, 3rd in state

Girls Cross Country: 4th in ILH, 7th in state

Girls Volleyball: tied for 3rd in ILH

Boys Kayaking: 6th in ILH

Girls Kayaking: 6th in ILH

Football, Division II: 1st in ILH, 1st in state

Boys Water Polo, Division I: 1st in ILH (Pictured)

Boys Water Polo, Division II: 4th in ILH

Page 12 SportS Imua ‘IolanI

“‘Iolani No Ka Oi!” These words ring through the stadium as ‘Iolani supporters cheer on their fellow Raiders. However, the translation, “‘Iolani is the best,” is ironic. While the Raid-ers make terrific touchdowns and tackles, their sportsmanship is sometimes not evident.

Following a tackle by the opposing team, an ‘Iolani player lies hurt on the field. Instead of kneeling to support their team member as the other teams and cheerleaders do, the ‘Iolani football team stands on the side, seemingly oblivious to the afflicted player’s condition.

“Taking a knee” may not be a requirement listed in any

rulebook, but it shows compassion towards a teammate. In preschool, we learned simple acts of kindness like holding the door for another, giving up a seat on the bus, or forming a line in the cafeteria. These acts are not required of us but show courtesy towards fellow members of the community.

In addition to the lack of support shown for Raider team-mates, the team does not take a knee for injured players on the opposing team. Opposing fans look down on ‘Iolani’s disre-spect. In the championship game, the team remained standing while everyone else kneeled; a few Raider players even tossed a ball around while a Kaimuki Bulldog was put on a stretcher and wheeled away. It’s one thing not to kneel for an injured

player; it’s another to warm up and joke around with friends while a player lies motionless on the field.

The concept of “one team” is drilled into the minds of all ‘Iolani students daily. It is plastered on campus walls and writ-ten on numerous publications. But it seems we have forgot-ten to follow this valuable mantra on the football field. When on the field, our football players represent ‘Iolani School. By showing respect and kneeling for injured players, our Division II State Champions can be “the best” in all aspects and make ‘Iolani fans proud to yell “‘Iolani No Ka Oi!”

Kelia Cowan contributed to this article

By Daiva yee

Kelia Cowan | Imua IolaniRaiders stand and warm up while medics tend to an injured Kaimuki player during the state championship game at Aloha Stadium on Nov. 26.

Sports editorial: Taking a knee during injuries

fall sports: season in review

Photo courtesy of Kacy Johnson ‘12Senior Austin Strong’s mastery of the goal helped lead the Raiders to their first ILH title in eleven years.

For the fourth year in a row, the ‘Iolani football team was crowned state champion, defeating Date Street neighbor Kaimuki, 49-14. This was `Iolani’s fifth state cham-pionship in six years.

Sophomore quarterback Reece Foy threw 20 completions on 24 at-tempts for a total of 297 yards with five touchdown passes, and senior running back Ammon Baldomero ran for 105 yards on 23 carries with one touchdown run.

The Raiders’ first scoring drive began in the second quarter. Bal-domero carried on six of nine plays, finally running one yard for a touch-down on 1st and goal, and the suc-cessful kick by junior Jordan Lee put the Raiders up 7-0.

On the second play of the Raid-ers’ next drive, in a double reverse flea-flicker, Foy handed the ball

over to slot back Kasey Takahashi ’12, who reversed the ball to Dane Arakawa ’12, who lateraled back to Foy, who launched a 34-yard pass to a wide-open Trevyn Tulonghari ’11 for a touchdown. After the extra point, the Raiders led 14-0.

Kaimuki then tried an intricate play of their own. Quarterback Nahoa Spencer completed a pass to Kevin Tofiga. As Tofiga was brought down, he lateraled to re-ceiver Nick Motellang. The play would have been a success if Mo-tellang had not fumbled. He did, however, and `Iolani’s Dylan Goto ’11 picked up the ball at the `Iolani 36 and ran it to the Kaimuki 39.

From there, `Iolani worked quickly. At the Kaimuki 21, Foy completed another pass to Suku-maran, who lateraled to Baldomero. Baldomero faked past one defender and ran the ball into the end zone. Lee’s kick was good, and the Raid-

ers led 21-0 as the first half ended.`Iolani received to start the sec-

ond half. After completed passes to Tulonghari and rushes by Baldome-ro and Lee, Foy passed 21 yards to Arakawa for a touchdown. The extra point was good, and the Raid-ers had a seemingly insurmountable 28-0 lead.

The Bulldogs tried another com-plex option pass play. Spencer passed right to wide reciever Wisemen De-mei, who completed a 68-yard touch-down pass to Tofiga as two `Iolani defenders collided. Kaimuki was now on the board, trailing 28-7.

The Raiders’ next drive began on their own 17. They were helped along by a 44-yard pass to Taka-hashi and a 21-yard carry by Bal-domero. After running 15 years for the touchdown, Lee then kicked the extra point to put `Iolani up, 35-7.

On the next possession, Kai-muki star running back Chester Sua

gained 38 yards in three plays. After two `Iolani penalties, the Bulldogs set up on 1st and goal on the 1-yard line. A completed pass to Mason Kualii-Moe and an extra point made the score 35-14.

In the final quarter, the Raiders moved the ball to the Kaimuki 15

with runs by Baldomero and Lee, and passes to Takahashi and Shel-don Gallarde ’12. Foy then complet-ed the 15-yard touchdown pass to Arakawa, and after the extra point, the Raiders led 49-14. The Bulldogs never made it past midfield for the rest of the game.

By Maile Greenhill

Raiders dominate in Date Street showdown

Kelia Cowan | Imua Iolani