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October marks one year since the faculty agreed to a controversial pay cut that has had ripple effects throughout the university community. “ The cuts at UH are the largest in memory of the cur-rent faculty,” said Mari Mat-suda, professor at the R ichard-son School of Law. All faculty members received a 6.6 percent pay cut after talks through the University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (UHPA) lasted for over 15 months. The fi rst proposal saw an 86 percent rejection from faculty. One of the bigger points of contention was the proposal of retrenchment, which would al-low the university to let go of tenured faculty. The final agree-ment ruled out that possibility, which is effective until 2013. Ken Kipnis, professor and chair of the philosophy depart-ment, said that students are one of the groups affected by the cuts. “We faculty are honoring our obligations to students. Notwithstanding, it is not cer-tain that Mānoa’s most serious and long standing problems, particularly those involving en-tering freshmen, will receive the attention we ought to devote to them,” said Kipnis. K ipnis said that two -thirds of his department ’s photocopy-ing budget was slashed, leav-ing the students to pr int and copy materials, drawing from their own pockets. In a PBS Hawaiʻi interview in April, the host asked President Greenwood about students’ abil-ity to register for the classes they need and to complete a degree in four years, to which she said, “I can’t sit here and tell you that in this kind of budget environment
that there won’t be students who can’t get classes.” Matsuda said that the budget cuts impede the types of materi-als students can access. “When the library says ‘sorry, we can’t get that journal you need’ it takes away our sense that we are a first-class university.” Mimi Sharma, a professor of Asian Studies and a faculty mem-ber for over 30 years, said that she sees her students wrestling with the economic downturn. “(They) are struggling… many are going from the Mānoa campus to a community college campus, all the while trying to keep up with rising tuit ion costs.” Reed Dasenbrock, vice chan-cellor of academic affairs, said that Mānoa would like to in-crease enrollment by 15 percent. Despite the fact that the University of Hawai‘i system is accepting more students and raising tuition, the f lagship campus of Mānoa continues to experience department cuts. T he UHPA posted the sala -r ies of the top administrators a f ter pay cuts, w ith President Greenwood making $427,512 (outside of subsidized hous -ing), Dr. Jerr is Hedges ( Dean of the School of Medicine) making $469,680, and the footbal l coach pul l ing in $1.1 mil l ion a year. David Stannard, profes -sor and chair of the American Studies department, cites a disconnect. “ The combinat ion of in -creased tuit ion and record at tendance at UH is bringing more money into the inst itu-t ion than ever,” said Stannard. “ There is no good reason for major f inancial cuts to the fac -ulty or departments.”
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Some departments have been cut so deeply that faculty mem-bers have not been replaced, despite growing class sizes. Matsuda said that it is “harder to recruit and retain strong fac-ulty,” while Sharma stated, “a lot of new faculty (are) leaving for greener pastures.” Stannard said the most diffi-cult consequence to handle was the slashing of personnel and the simultaneous hiring freeze, particularly at a time when many teachers are nearing re-tirement. “Many departments are oper-ating at a greatly reduced effi cien-cy because of this, with faculty having to pick up the slack where possible - something that … cuts into their ability to do the jobs they were hired to do,” he said. A statement by Chancellor Hinshaw last year affirmed cau-tiousness of such results. “We’ve already reduced the number of UH-Mānoa faculty … Deeper cuts
mean more such losses, resulting in more reductions in services for faculty, staff, and students.” Hin-shaw added that the budget cuts “will damage our ability to educate people … we’re enrolling more students with fewer resources.” “Most departments are op-erating on less than bare bones budgets,” said Stannard. “That means little or no ability to pur-chase needed equipment … and more … all of which, of course, compromises the overall educa-tional experience.” On Sept. 23 of this year, the University of Hawaiʻi system sold $293 million of university rev-enue bonds, which will fi nance the construction of new facilities for the Cancer Research Center at Kakaʻako. Three weeks prior to that, Lingle released over $62,000 to UH to fi nance capital improvements to several campuses. The money is also meant to build the university’s fi rst technology center. This was one week after UH received $36
million in government stimulus funds for educational broadband. Over the past month, both the Student Activity Program Fee Board and the Board of Publications have proposed increased fees for students in order to keep certain extracur-ricular opportunities available. “At one of the Board of Re-gents meetings (on) … the tu-ition hikes it was promised all extra tuition monies would go to benefit the students directly. Where is the public account sheet?” Sharma asked. Chancellor Hinshaw said the university has dedicated additional revenues to increase student scholarships from 15 to 16 percent. “(Students) as well as fac-ulty and the community need to fi rst demand open accounting of where our money is going and what we have to say about its al-location.” said Sharma. On Oct. 1, the UH Council of Chairs is addressing the dam-age created by the cuts as “the sole agenda item at its meet-ing,” said Stannard. “The long-term damage to the university
(is) a problem now recognized (as) critical.” “Respected senior faculty are saying the situation is dire, when
buildings are literally falling down,” said Matsuda.Pay cuts
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The Warrior football team has found what they have been miss-ing since the beginning of the year: defense. “Really for the last year we haven’t been playing defense the way we want to play defense – an attacking style of defense,” head coach Greg McMackin said in a press conference following their 66 -7 over Charleston Southern last week. “We were aggressive and we were making plays,” McMackin said. “We’ve been doing it in prac-tice and about half the games but consistently we need to be doing that. That’s what we hopefully learned this week.”
The Warriors (2-2) hope to con-tinue their defensive performance as they open Western Athletic Con-ference (WAC) play this Saturday against Louisiana Tech (1-3). Game time is at 5:30 p.m. at Aloha Stadium. Junior linebacker and tri-captain Corey Paredes said the defense has been playing well in the fi rst half of their games this season but hadn’t fi nished well until Charleston Southern. “We’ve just gotta fi nish the game. You know, we start out good (but) we need to start strong in the second half and fi nish the whole game,” said true freshman cornerback John Hardy-Tuliau. Last week, the Warriors re-corded their fi rst two intercep-tions this season. They hope
the interceptions jumpstart the defense into this week’s game against La Tech. The improved defense pro-vides the Warriors with friendly competition. “When there’s competition, (the) guys (are) getting better and making plays, you cannot lose,” Paredes said. “The guys are trying their hardest to get plays, and tackles, and the de-fense swarms and it ’s going to be good no matter what.” Paredes is ranked second nationally in tackles, averaging 13.2 tackles per game with 53 this season. Hardy-Tuliau also said the competition with players like Paredes and senior cornerback Jeramy Bryant is valuable. “It ’s good for the defense,” Paredes said. “Those guys help us out and help me out because I’m a freshman.” Despite falling to the Bulldogs 27-6 at Ruston, La., last season, the Warriors lead the Honolulu series 4-0. The Bulldogs are on an eight-game losing streak on the road. This season, the Bulldogs are led by new head coach Sonny Dykes, who coached with Mc-Mackin at Texas Tech. “They’re going to throw it on offense, but they do have some running backs,” McMackin said. “They have probably the best re-turns in the league for the last couple of years. “They’ve lost their last three games but they’ve been close and against good football teams,” Mc-Mackin said. “So we’re going to prepare to play our best.” La Tech does not huddle in be-tween their offensive sets either, which is something the Warriors are adjusting to. “We’re working on getting in condition for the no huddle,” Paredes said. “They have athletes that if you get the ball in their hands, they can make plays so we’ve got-ta stop them and their pass.”
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Senior wide receiver Ryan Henry runs the ball past a Charleston Southern defender.
Silva balancing life on and off the fi eld
JOE FERRER
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Playing football for a Division-I program, preparing for medical school and being a husband and father are all like full-time jobs. Senior safety Mana Silva does all four. “You have to set your priori-ties straight and get everything in order,” Silva said. “Then things fall into place.”
GRIDIRON GREAT Silva always had a passion for sports. He was a multi-sport ath-lete as a child growing up in Hilo, competing in football, basketball and baseball. Silva continued to play multi-ple sports in high school and even
began to run track. He showcased his ability and helped his team win league titles in baseball, basketball and football. He was also named an all-state quarterback and the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year. During his senior year at Kamehameha Schools on the Big Island, Silva was recruited by schools on the west coast and the University of Hawai‘i, but re-ceived no scholarship offers. UH defensive backs coach Rich Miano recruited him to play safety but Silva chose to join the Oregon State Beavers as a walk-on – passing up a chance to play for his home state. “We were saddened by that,” Miano said. “We liked his athleti-cism in high school playing quar-terback and playing different sports. We felt like he would be a proud addition to the best walk-
on program in the country.” Silva thought it would be a good fi t when he signed to play in Corvallis, Ore. He was recruited to play quarterback but said it was an unfavorable situation for him, so after one season with the Beavers he returned home to attend UH. “It wasn’t working out for me,” Silva said. “Then I had my son.”
FAMILY MAN In 2007 Silva returned to Hawai‘i and married his high school sweetheart, Keilah. That same year the Silvas gave birth to their fi rst child, Kauahe. It was an emotional time for Sil-va because he had to spend the fi rst year of his son’s life traveling to and from his home on the Big Island. Silva would attend classes and practice with the team dur-ing the week and then fl y back home on Fridays. Then after a weekend full of changing diapers
and spending time with his wife, he would fl y back to Honolulu ev-ery Sunday evening and the rou-tine would start all over again. “Those were some of my rougher days, traveling back and forth,” Silva said. “It was kind of tough on us.” After two semesters of split-ting time between Hilo and Ho-nolulu, Silva was able to move his family to O‘ahu where he could focus on his family, football and studies simultaneously. Silva’s lifestyle is busy, but he fi nds joy spending time with his son and appreciates the support he gets from his family. “He brings light to my day. It’s always fun to do things with him and teach him different stuff,” said Silva, whose son is now 3 years old. Silva wants his son to grow up and be whatever he wants to be, but stressed the importance and value of a good education. “Whatever he wants to be in
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life, (but) I’m trying to push him to be a doctor though,” Silva said with a smile.
ACADEMIC ALL-STAR The 6-foot-1 Silva sat out the 2007 season due to NCAA transfer rules. But he used that year to focus on his studies and he was named an all-Western Athletic Confer-ence academic selection his soph-omore and junior seasons. Head coach Greg McMackin awarded Silva a scholarship in the 2009 season for his efforts in the classroom and on the fi eld. “It ’s really rewarding for you as a coach to be able to give a lo-cal guy a scholarship,” McMack-in said. “Academics are a big part of our program, if not the most important part.” Silva remains humble about his accomplishments. He said that his good work ethic and time-management skills are the rea-sons for his academic success. “You kind of learn the college system, you gotta know when to hit the books,” Silva said. He’s been so persistent in school that he has already earned his bachelor’s degree from UH. He has only a few prerequisite classes for medical school left to take this semester and after football he plans to pursue a career in medicine. When asked about his future plans, Silva responded, “Try the NFL and then try to save lives, that’s my main goal in life.” Silva already has some expe-rience in the medical field. This past summer he got the opportu-nity to shadow orthopedic sur-geon Dr. Darryl Kan. “It was a good experience for me. I learned a lot,” Silva said. “I’ve shadowed various doctors throughout Hawai‘i.” Being a full-time student, foot-ball player, husband and father may seem daunting, but Silva has fi gured out the winning formula. “It’s just all about balancing your life out and fi nding a happy medium between everything,” Silva said.
Senior safety Mana Silva got married in 2007 to his high school sweetheart, Keilah. They have a 3-year-old son named Kauahe. Before moving his family to O‘ahu, Silva would go to school and practice on weekdays and fl y back to the Big Island to spend time with his family on weekends.
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JAKE CAMARILLO
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The Warrior Football team has already completed a two-game road trip against Army and Colorado that took them from Honolulu to West Point, N.Y., Boulder, Colo., and back. And there are still four West-ern Athletic Conference road games left in four more states: Fresno State (Fresno, Calif.), Utah State (Logan, Utah), Boise State (Boise, Idaho) and New Mexico State (Las Cruces, N.M.). In the four road games, the Warriors’ shortest trip is to Fres-no State, about 5,000 miles round trip. Their farthest is to New Mex-ico, which is approximately 6,400 miles there and back. Overall, the team will travel about 23,000 more miles before the season is done. Head coach Greg McMackin mentioned in his weekly press conference that the rigorous travel and elevation affected senior slot receiver Kealoha Pilares (Damien ‘06) in the Coloado game. “I know it did hurt Pilares … he was gassed there on the side-lines,” he said.
In regards to McMackin’s comment, Pilares said he had run about 100 yards on a play, but “if you get tired, you sit out a play and come right back in.” Pilares said traveling can be diffi cult. “It ’s hard – defi nitely takes a toll on your body,” Pilares said. But he also said that the coach-es give them time to rest and that McMackin stresses mental tough-ness to the players to make sure they’re focused at all times. Another diffi cult adjustment is the change in time zones. “During the game it ’s gonna hit you so you need to be mentally tough,” Pilares said. Having been on the team for four years, Pilares said he’s used to traveling. However, for the younger players that don’t have traveling experience, he said it ’s harder and takes more focus. According to Pilares, it ’s also rough missing school but he men-tioned there are some valuable as-pects to being on the road. “It ’s a good time to bond with teammates,” he said. Junior linebacker Corey Pare-des said he looked at traveling as a positive experience. “It ’s fun, actually, because lo-cal boys don’t always have the op-
portunity to travel,” said Paredes, who graduated from Castle High School in 2007. He also said that it ’s a good experience for the team to see new places. But like Pilares, Paredes also said traveling gets tiring. “The schedule gets hectic with the time change,” he said. However, Paredes also said McMackin does a good job get-ting the team to the location early so they can prepare for the game. Paredes didn’t feel that thou-sands of miles of travel had a big effect on his play but said it de-pends on the person. “If you train hard enough you’ll be ready,” he said. Pilares and Paredes gave dif-ferent answers when asked if there is a difference playing on the west coast than on the east coast. Pilares said there wasn’t a dif-ference. “Once you get on the plane it ’s just another away game,” Pilares said. “It feels a lot better playing at home this week.” Paredes said there was a dif-ference, but added that in any away game it’s all about game time. “You need to be in the right place at the right time and things have to go your way,” he said.
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Hawai‘i needs to leave the West-ern Athletic Con-ference and go inde-pendent. Pronto.
ʻWACKʼ GEOGRAPHY This Saturday, the Warrior football team will play Louisiana Tech, a school located 4,000-plus miles and three time zones away, as part of a “Western” Athletic Conference match-up. Doesn’t make sense to me ei-ther, but what’s new? The WAC is the most geo-
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Warriors need independenceWarriors need independence
graphically challenged conference out of the current Football Bowl
Subdivision con-ferences, and a
Hawai‘i/Louisi-ana Tech game is proof.
It doesn’t make things any better know-
ing the WAC is close to becoming the WACC, or the “Western Ath-letic Cupcake Conference”. Two-time BCS bowl-winner Boise State, currently ranked No. 3, will leave the WAC next season for the Mountain West Confer-ence. Nevada, who is ranked No. 25, and Fresno State will also
head to the MWC in two years. There goes the WAC’s cred-ibil ity. And it leaves the WAC with only six schools: Hawai‘i, San Jose State, Idaho, Utah State, New Mexico State and Louisiana Tech.
WEAK CANDIDATES To maintain FBS status, con-ferences must have at least eight schools. Texas State and University of Texas-San Antonio have an-nounced their interest in moving up from the Football Champion-ship Subdivision for WAC member-ship within the next three years, according to the Idaho Statesman. Big whoop. First of all, neither school brings a quality FCS football pro-gram to the WAC. UTSA will be having only its fi rst collegiate football season in 2011 and Texas State has a 20-16 record for the last three years. Texas State is currently ranked No. 20 in the FCS poll and is 3-1 so far this season – but have you ever heard of their wins over powerhouses Southern Arkansas, California Polytechnic State or Southern Utah? And although these additions would be benefi cial geographically for LaTech, it would mean a more cen-trally zoned conference for Hawai‘i. It ’s clear that UTSA and Texas State are being considered just to
keep the WAC alive. Other schools that are looking for WAC memberships, according to the Idaho Statesman, are Montana, University of Denver and Seattle University. However, Denver and Se-attle don’t have football programs. No. 12 Montana has been a pe-rennial power in the FCS – claim-ing two national and 18 conference titles, with a solid fan-base and fa-cilities. Although they are seeking membership, they have been hesi-tant in the past to move up. There were, however, two schools the WAC courted that would have been nice additions geographically for Hawai‘i. Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Ca-lif.) ranked No. 15 in the FCS poll, and UC Davis (Davis, Calif.) are both located within the west coast. But both have said they will re-main FCS schools and will join the Big Sky conference in football in 2012 – the year the WAC will need to add at least two more members. You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even beat an FCS conference for teams.
INDEPENDENCE DAY Location isn’t the only aspect that determines what team a con-ference picks up. Although travel costs are im-portant, the size of the school’s television market, the revenue it brings to the conference, and the quality of the programs, among
others things, factor in too. But seriously, what is left for Hawai‘i in the WAC – especially with three of the premier football programs leaving and teams willing to join still two time zones away? Although being an indepen-dent in football has its disadvan-tages, such as scheduling games when other programs are in their conference seasons, and having to play back-to-back road trips on the road to cut travel costs, it beats playing in the WAC, where the credibility is dead. Hawai‘i has talked to the Big West Conference and the West Coast Conference about moving their 18 other sports to these con-ferences if football goes indepen-dent. The Big West was the home of the Rainbow Wahine sports from 1985 to 1995. And although Hawai‘i may have to pay travel subsidies, the Big West, for instance, is made up of nine teams that are located in Northern, Central and Southern California. Much easier than traveling to Ruston, La., Moscow, Idaho, or Logan, Utah right? Going independent may pres-ent initial problems and headaches for Hawai‘i and would call for ad-justments made by the athletic de-partment to schedule games with-out a set conference schedule. But with the state of the WAC, what does Hawai‘i have to lose in search for independence?
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HoroscopesBy Nancy Black and Stephanie ClementsTribune Media Services (MCT)Today’s birthday (10/1/10). This could be your luckiest year to date. Maximize possibilities by following your passions, and by exerting your will in career and work matters. Soothe relationships with co-workers by identifying and explaining opportunities, including necessary details.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Critical thinking at work blends logic and intuition. You know when you have the right balance when changes fl ow seamlessly and tension eases.Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Pay attention to minute details for any creative process, from cooking to career. A partner contributes by suggesting alternatives.Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 5 -- Stresses at work involve both genders whose research produced very different results. Analyze and share the data from your own perspective.Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a
7 -- Exchange feelings with loved ones out loud. They may not be able to guess how you feel otherwise. Get out of the house for emotional clarity.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Males and females clash at home because of imagined slights. Bring this issue into the open, and it may dissolve in bright light as misunderstandings often do.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Check your information before you begin a conversation. Others have unique ideas that may (or may not) match the facts. Extra care pays off.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a
5 -- Logical intuition reveals a creative path toward change. Acknowledge to the group what’s working already, and release what’s not for this new direction.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- At last, you and a partner re-connect. Recent stress has kept you apart, but now you get to play together and enjoy the magic.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Group activities involve an older person with fresh ideas. Handle disagreements offstage. Allow someone else to be in charge for best results.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today
is a 7 -- Awareness increases as you connect with an older person. That source of knowledge is integral to writing or other projects you have going on now.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- To overcome objections at work, issue questions rather than demands. That way, everyone’s helpful input is allowed to contribute for harmony and effi ciency.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today isa 9 -- Say what’s on your mind early. You’ll be surprised at how little objection you received. Others appreciate your changes and go right along.
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Senior Staff Writer
Americans, I have good news: we do in-deed believe in democracy. Remember Jasmine Trias? The Maryknoll graduate rode Hawai‘i’s votes all the way to the top three on Season 3
of American Idol in 2004. In the second season of American Idol, in which Ruben Studdard beat out Clay Aiken, the show’s fi nale drew more than 24 million votes, with another 230 million votes never being counted be-cause Verizon and SBC couldn’t get the calls through. When PepsiCo needed to put a new f lavor of Mountain Dew out on the mar-ket early this year, they didn’t need to hire a focus group. We fell all over our-selves to be the biggest focus group on the planet by voting and collaboratively creating marketing materials for our favorite f lavors of soda. When M&M’s wanted to ditch their tan-colored candies in favor of a new shade in 1995, they too asked people to vote: with over half of the ten million votes cast in that contest, blue candies were in-stalled as a replacement. And lest we forget, we also vote (hopefully) for our 250 -member Univer-sity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa marching band because they’ve entered a contest play-ing the Hawai‘i Five-O theme song. If they win, they could be on TV, and UH Mānoa could get national exposure. Sports coaches vote on which teams
they think are set to win their conferenc-es. Academy awards get voted on: actors and actresses get the votes of other ac-tors and actresses, as well as from other members of the television industry. Market theory says we vote with our wallets every t ime we buy one thing in-stead of something else. Buy Hamakua tomatoes and you support local ag – get your veggies from Wal-Mart and you’re voting for their corporate values. News broadcasts from CNN to FOX News to local television stations have interactive polls for viewers to vote during primetime shows. Even our own humble kaleo.org website has a web poll, where we ask whoever drops by to vote on the issue of the day. This is all democratic. That ’s a good thing. But the bad news? Gabr iel Iglesias sa id it best : We don’t vote for presi -dents, we vote for A merican Idol . In 2008, over 231 mil l ion A meri -cans could have voted but only 132.6 mil l ion did – less than 57 percent . In 2004, American Idol had Wash-ington DC beat out by more than 100 million people when its audience voted. Hawai‘i is only slightly above the
national average when it comes to voter turnout – in 2008, only 65.9 percent of people who could vote in the general election did, and in 2004 we had the lowest voter turnout in the nation. If you’re over 18, an American citi-zen, and have managed to avoid getting a felony, there’s no excuse. Register to vote and be counted for something more than the next pop sensation. Maybe then we can see more of de-mocracy in action than the inactive de-mocracy we have now.
We vote – just not for what mattersWe vote – just not for what matters
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FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 2010
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ROBERT CHOY
Staff Writer
Celebrate the end of the school week by t ak ing par t in First Fr iday, a h igh energ y meet-and -mingle event that t akes place in Chinatow n on the f i rst Fr iday of ever y month. As you roam around the area , you can v isit a r t ga l ler ies and chat w ith the
ar t ists , eat at famous restau -rants and dance the rest of the n ight away at one of the many n ightclubs that pepper the neighborhood. First Fridays, a relatively unknown event when it started more than f ive years ago, has be-come the place to be for young adults. With growing inf luence over Honolulu, First Fridays has recently expanded into the
Aloha Tower Marketplace, and many places outside of China-town now offer specials on the f irst Friday of the month. This month’s First Friday wil l feature MA Mo, a contem-porary Nat ive Hawaiian ar t gallery with carvings, paint-ings and craf ts done by Nat ive Hawaiians. I f you’re looking for something more spir itual, Open Space Yoga wil l be play-ing host to a Chinese Zen Mas -ter who wil l be doing a call ig-raphy demonstrat ion to help
raise awareness about the cr it ical ly endangered South Chinese Tiger. A f ter you’re done check-ing out the ar t , you’ l l have worked up an appet ite. Indigo restaurant wil l cater to those needs, though a reser vat ion is recommended. For l ighter fare, Hukilau of fers sushi and dr ink specia ls ser ved in a re -laxed atmosphere with l ive Hawai ian music. You can then burn of f those ca lor ies at one of the
many clubs in Chinatow n. Next Door of fers a la rge dance f loor w ith a l ive DJ crank ing out tunes a l l n ight long and A lter Solum can cater to your dark side w ith its rave - l ike atmosphere. I f you’re look ing for something a bit ca lmer, T he Dragon Up -sta i rs is one of the few jazz lounges on ̔Oahu. W hether or not you par t ic ipate in a l l that F irst Fr iday has to of fer, you’ l l come away feel ing sat -isf ied and crav ing more.
First Friday with alohaFirst Friday with aloha
instruments, masks, hats, and other wacky items,” according to a press release. The small cast, along with the set, cos-tume and puppet designers are all UHM students.
SPACES The space inside the lab the-ater is set up in a way to hold maximum interaction between cast and audience. Three sets of chairs face a non-traditional stage with 270 degrees of viewing space. The actors approach the audience more than a few times during the show with questions, clapping rhythms between transitions, and close encounters. Anyone who’s ever been to an Earl Ernst lab play will understand the creative atmosphere bubbling from such a small theater. During the public school performances held this week, the show was so well-received by the children the actors had to do some critical thinking to keep up with their audience. During a part where actor Scott Allen tried to sell a hat to the kids, one of them pulled out two dollars and offered to buy it. “We try to prepare the actors for what they can say in certain situations. ‘We try to think of, what will the kids say?’” said Skinner-Probst. Costume design wouldn’t like having to make new hats, so Allen had to improvise.
“It ’s amazing how each audi-ence is different. The actors will ask the same questions to the kids, and from one performance to the next on the same day, the answer will be completely differ-ent,” said Dickenson.
ALL AGES? This weekend, the show will open to UHM students and the pub-lic. The co-directors share some apprehension about the transition from child to adult audiences. “It ’s kind of dif f icult once you become an adult theatergo-er. There’s all these rules like, ‘do I have to sit in my chair qui-etly?’ The kids haven’t learned all those rules yet, which is what we love to interact with,” said Dickenson. They hope that by the sec-ond piece, the adult audience will catch on by yelling things out and clapping with the cast in rhyth-mic exercises during transitions. “Kids do it easily. I’m hoping that by the second transition the adults will be like, ‘I can do the rhythm too,’ and get really excit-ed,” said Skinner-Probst. Whatever happens, the two di-rectors know it will have been worth it, carrying on Montgomerey’s joy-ful tradition of bringing “playful” plays to audiences of all ages. “This performance is dedicat-ed to her,” said Dickenson. “I think everyone’s excited about it.”
Youth theater gets new directors for play this weekendYouth theater gets new directors for play this weekend
From left to right, Cindy Hartigan, Anglea J.P. Gosalves and Rhoda Kealoha Baria rehearse “Tarradiddle Tales,” a youth theater production that will take place today, Saturday and Sunday.
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MICHAEL BREWER
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Watching Sara Skinner-Probst suddenly demonstrate how actors climb on poles in the children’s play she’s currently co-directing was a little surprising. The poles simulate make-believe trees on the set of “Tarradiddle Tales”, a children’s play that’s been performing for public schools through the week. “That was a very fun day when those trees went up. I think the actors had just as much fun as the kids do watching us,” said
Skinner-Probst, a graduate stu-dent. For a student graduating this semester with an MFA in Youth Theater, she had a lot of excitement in her voice.
Excitement—and determina-tion—are qualities Skinner-Prob-st needs right now, because she and grad student Jen Dickenson, who is in her second year of the same MFA program, are tempo-rarily taking over the 40-year di-rectorial reign of recently retired professor Tammy Montgomery. “We’re still bringing her en-ergy with us while allowing this
program to morph into whatever it ’s going to be in the upcoming years,” said Skinner-Probst. The two ladies are serving a transi-tionary period until a new profes-sor is found to teach and direct the Youth Theater program at the University of Hawai̔i at Mānoa. “Tarradiddle Tales” is a col-lection of four short stories: “The Donkey Ride,” “Caps for Sale,” “The Magic Tree,” and “Peter and the Fool.” The cast enact a troupe of travelers that “find objects” in brightly col-ored boxes, such as “musical