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September 27, 2006

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Keeping greenson the menu but being cautious

Features | Page 5

First UH loss in two weeks drops

’Bows 6-3-2Sports | Page 7

By Ashley MonfortKa Leo Staff Reporter

Ben Viwatmanitsakul is a stu-dent from Thailand who loves to cook. Last Friday, he went home to cook bolognese pasta and remarked on how cheap onions were at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Farmer’s Market. The price for three onions was $1. Supermarkets sell onions for $1 each. Every Friday, a mini-market of fruits and vegetables is set up at the UH Campus Center. This farmer’s market isn’t a gallery of vendors selling and competing. It is actually run by one family, the Oulagracks, who are originally from Laos. Graduate student Sarah Farr took some time to search for fresh fruits and vegetables last week. As one of the cooks for Ono Pono, she believes that sustainability and sup-porting local farmers is important. “They have all the fresh pro-duce that I would normally have,” Farr said. “It’s easier to come by.” Strategically placed next to the ATMs and in the direction of the parking structure, students naturally slow their pace in front of the col-orful stands on their hurried walk to and from classes. They can test the firmness of the tomatoes and pick out the freshest apples. Vendor Phonexay Oulagrack said the pro-

duce is picked the day before it is sold to preserve the freshness. Many of the fruits and vegetables come in bunches, which range from $1 to $3 per bag, often making pro-duce cheaper than at supermarkets. For these reasons, the mini farmer’s market has done well since 2002, as it continues to be a com-modity for UH. “[Students] want to save time and the parking and the gas ... going into town at Foodland or whatever,” Oulagrack said. “They can go to the dorms and get ready for a Friday night party.” The Oulagracks are a family of eight. The father, mother, three sisters and three brothers all help with the 13-acre farm in Kahuku. The three brothers, Veo, Phonexay and Noy, run the market with their mother. The four of them come at 5:15 a.m. to set up and to sell from about 7 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Oulagrack said the university was searching for farmers interested in starting a farmer’s market in 2002. “They went to a bunch of farm-ers ... and threw out the idea,” Oulagrack said. “People didn’t think much of it back then. Who would buy fruits and vegetables at the university?”

Family from Laos heads the only farmer’s market at UH

GABE EL-SWAIFY • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Every Friday, the farmer’s market at Campus Center attracts customers seeking fresh fruit and vegetable. See Laotian, page 5

New 64,000 sq. ft. Rec. Center seeks support

DANNAH GONZALES • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Campus Center Board members Anish Yu and Tasha Valenzuela prepare custom pretzels Wednesday to entice signatures in support of new additions to the UH Campus Center.

The four-story Recreation Center planned as an addi-tion for the current Campus Center was part of the Long Range Development Plan for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, although a new draft of the plan is cur-rently in development. The planned aerial view of each floor are represented in the four photos to the left.

PHOTOS BY MATTHEW MURAI• Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

By Matthew MuraiKa Leo Contributing Writer

The Campus Center Board is planning to build a gymnasium at the bottom of the steps of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center. However, the techni-calities for paying for it are in question, and the CCB is looking to collect fees in the fall of next year from both UH students and the Hawai‘i State Legilature. According to Sarah Yap, the faculty advisor to the CCB, the new Recreation Center will be housed in a 64,000-square-foot building – 10,000 feet of it being a fitness center – as well as two gyms, two studios and open showering facilities. The Recreation Center would include cardiovascu-lar machines, a free weight gym and basketball, volley-

ball and badminton courts. Two exercise studios will also be available for aero-bic programs, dance, martial arts, yoga and Pilates. More possibi l it ies include an indoor track and a climbing wall. The five main people heading the initiative, all of whom are on the CCB, are President Sean Burke, Faculty Advisor Sarah Yap, Vice-President officer Darrick Tanigawa, Treasurer Anika Avery and Secretary Lauren Hamano. There are petitions to support paying for this new addition to the UH campus by raising student fees. The four designated areas where students can sign petitions are located at: the Intramural Fitness Center, the Events Services Office, the Leisure Center Office and the Stan Sherriff Center student gyms. Tiffany Shedrick, a UH student who works in the Leisure Center, said, “I think [the Recreation Center] defi-nitely should happen.”

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CCB looking for signatures to raise

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By Matthew K. IngKa Leo News Editor

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $1.3 million to “Kiwila Civics Curricula Project,” a Native Hawaiian education grant by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Education’s Center on Disability Studies. The program aims at educat-ing Native Hawaiian youth about Hawaiian civics (“kiwila” is Hawaiian for “civil”) as a means to improve education and employment. The money will be divided over three years and will primarily serve to:

• meet the needs of NativeHawaiian students with disabili-ties.• create curricula that includeNative Hawaiian traditions and culture.• conduct professional devel-opment activities to provide increased training to teachers in schools with heavy Native Hawaiian populations. “The curricula will be cultur-ally responsive to the needs of Native Hawaiian students,” said David Leake, principal investiga-tor and assistant specialist to the Disabilities Center. “And based on principles of differentiated instruc-

tion and universal design for effec-tive use with students of all ability levels and learning styles, with a focus on supporting those who are most at-risk of school failure.” For now, three schools in Hilo, Hawai‘i will participate in the new academic curriculum at varying levels. Curriculum developers at the Disabilities’ Studies Center will work with Alu Like Inc. to create the program. Students will receive the new course materials as addi-tions to their regular courses, such as social studies and history, on a quarterly basis.

Native Hawaiian program receives federal aid from U.S. Dept. of Ed.By Matthew Koh

Daily Californian

BERKELEY, Calif. — New research suggests that people with lots to lose are often more willing to risk it all. A study conducted by a pair of business professors from the University of California at Berkeley and Northwestern University sug-gests that powerful people are more likely to take risks. The findings, published in the July/August 2006 issue of the European Journal of Social Psychology, are the result of a series of five studies that began in 2002 performed by Cameron Anderson, an assistant professor at the Haas School of Business, and Adam Galinsky, an associ-ate professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Conventional wisdom sug-gests that low-power individuals should be more willing to take risks because they have less to lose, Anderson said. The new study, however, lends support to what Anderson calls the approach/inhibition theory of power. Under this theory, high-power people are often exposed to more benefits and experience less interference from other people when taking risks to get those ben-efits. Because of this, they are more likely to take risks to get rewards. On the other hand, low-power people are more exposed to threats and so are less likely to engage in behavior that could realize those threats. In one experiment, partici-pants’ senses of power were evalu-

ated through a questionnaire. In some cases, the participant’s sense of power was manipulated by ask-ing them to recall times when they felt powerful or powerless, or by asking them to complete word pairs that could only be filled with words associated with high or low power. One study asked participants about their views on future per-sonal risks, including job happi-ness and the chances of getting gum disease. Another looked at the cor-relation between a sense of power and willingness to take risks, such as having unprotected sex. In all five studies, the article says, there was a link between a heightened sense of power and an optimistic attitude about risk. The behavior described by the study has been seen many times in the real world, Anderson said, citing the corporate scandals of recent years. “The recent spat of corporate scandals are good examples of pow-erful people who were blinded to the risks inherent in their actions,” Anderson said. “They took risks because they had an incredibly high sense of their own power.” Anderson also said he hopes the business world will take heed of the study. “Ideally, the study would alert people in powerful positions to the cognitive biases they engage in when perceiving risks and making decisions,” Anderson said. “I don’t mean to imply with this research that powerful people shouldn’t take risks, just that, when evaluating the pros and cons of a risky situation, they should be more balanced in their assessment.”

Powerful people more inclined to take risks, UC-Berkeley study shows

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Yap said the purpose of the petitions are to see what support they will receive in paying for this facility, for the extension and also the new addition. “The Campus Center Board is looking at different funding streams,” Yap said. “Because they realize that they clearly don’t want students to foot the bill entirely. Neither do they want the state to foot the bill entirely.” Some of the different funding streams are student registration fees and the state of Hawai‘i. Current student registration fees for Campus Center operations are $45. The fee increase to accom-modate the new Gym would raise student fees to $60 in 2009. Estimates have been made, and CCB members have been lob-bying the administration and the state. A master plan was drawn in 2001, and the CCB has kept it in the forefront of its agenda, claim-ing that there is a student need for the center. “Concept drawings don’t give you that much detail,” Yap said. “They are still updating the master plan.”

Rec CenterFrom page 1

The plan is still in the process of being updated, but it has been temporarily designed to have four floors. There have been new addi-tions and renovations to the cur-rent concept art on each floor.

The Board is working to bring this concept into completion as soon as possible. The CCB is avail-able to be contacted above Subway at Campus Center, and petitions are currently available for signing.

Information based on 2001 concept art

First Floor

• Will connect to the Campus Center as an extension, including cardiovascular machines and free weights.

Second Floor

• Will connect to the Campus Center as a new addition, including locker rooms with showers and a gym.

Third Floor

• Will not connect to the Campus Center and will include two exercise studios.

Fourth Floor

• Will connect with the Campus Center through renovations and is 75 percent complete. It will have basketball, vol-leyball and badminton courts and pos-sibly have an indoor track and climbing wall.

FeaturesKa Leo o Hawai‘i

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 | Page 3Editor: Alyssa S. Navares, Associate Editor: David Pham | (808) 956-3221 | features@kaleo.org

By Patricia WilsonKa Leo Contributing Writer

Students at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa have prob-ably passed this place many times, maybe overlooking it while munch-ing on a crunchy taco. Though it seems to be an incon-spicuous nook, located across from Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and EMA Campus Copy, the Gamesroom is a recreational area for everyone at UH. It has pool tables, arcade games and lounge areas for stu-dents to hang out or eat lunch with friends.

Playing around at the gamesroom UH freshman Shaun Sizemore, a regular at the Gamesroom, agrees it is the place to be. “[It] gives the kids a place to relax,” he said, “especially if they have an open schedule. Can’t always be working.” UH senior and Gamesroom employee Kelci Shiigi agreed. “It’s a really social place,” she said. This place is not just for regu-lars. Junior Tracy Hollander wan-dered into the Gamesroom by acci-dent last week, not realizing what she had stumbled upon. She said she was actually looking for a convenient place to study on campus and initially wanted to go to Hamilton Library. Leaving to study, she said she would come back to play if she could find a pool partner.

Maintaining and adding to the room The Gamesroom arcade games are provided by the Honolulu Bulk Vending Company, which are con-tracted by the UH Campus Center.

Gamesroom employees are required to update and maintain the arcade games. The pool tables were added after Gamesroom management real-ized they were popular in other university recreation rooms. Most people said they would not change anything about the place and were satisfied with the cur-rent setup. But if students wanted

to add something, for example, a pinball machine as Hollander mentioned, then they must type up a written request to the supervisor of the Gamesroom. The supervisor would then look over the request and determine the feasibility of the addition. According to Sarah Yap, the Campus Center director, proceeds

from the Gamesroom, like those from any other part of the cen-ter, go into a single account that runs the Campus Center. It allows for student pricing, discounts on tickets, and supports the various activities the Campus Center holds for students. The Gamesroom is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday. Pool tables are $3 per hour per person for UH students and $4 per hour per person for non-UH students. To rent the entire room, it costs UH students $30 per hour and non-UH students $40 per hour. For more information, call the Gamesroom at 956-7250.

Gamesroom is a place for everyone

DAVID PHAM • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

(From left to right) UH seniors Corey Omoto and Michael Tanaka play pool in the gamesroom.

“Advances in Understanding Time and Space Dynamics of Marine Microbes,” an oceanography seminar, will take place tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Marine Science Building, room 100. Matthew Church, an assistant researcher in the oceanography department, will present this seminar. For more information, call the oceanography department at 956-7633 or e-mail ocean@soest.hawaii.edu.

“Electronic Structure and the Metal-Insulator Transition in Switchable Mirrors,” a Department of Physics and Astronomy colloqui-um, will take place tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Watanabe Hall, room 112. Joachim Schoenes will present. For more information, call John Learned at 956-2964 or e-mail jgl@phys.hawaii.edu.

“Teaching and Researching Abroad – Fall 2007/Spring 2008,” a presentation by the Study Abroad Center, will take place Friday from 12 to 1 p.m. at Kuykendall Hall, room 106. For more information, call Sarita Rai at 956-5143, e-mail sarita@hawaii.edu or visit http://www.studyabroad.org.

“Sex is Not Enough: Nuclear Receptors, The Neural Control of Fertility and Other Behaviors,” a zoology seminar, will take place Friday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the St. John auditorium, room 11. Steven Robinow from the zoology

Events Calendar

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Pool masters wanted

There will be a pool tournament on Oct. 20, as a part of Mānoa Moonlight Madness. Registration starts at 6 p.m.

and the tournament starts at 6:30 p.m.

There are three placement prizes: first

place is $100, second place is $60 and

third place is $30.

See Events, page 5

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By Jason OrdensteinKa Leo Contributing Writer

Recently, I’ve been amazed by the sheer amount of media attention given to the death of Steve Irwin (The Croc Hunter). It’s fascinating, isn’t it? We are getting more isolated and more distant from each other in our current society, yet something like the death of a larger-than-life personality can move us more than the images and news of war thrust right into our faces on a daily basis. Our lives have become like that Pink Floyd song. We have all become “comfortably numb.” So why do we have this intense interest in the lives and deaths of celebrities that we’ll never know or meet? I feel that this is the intrinsic nature of humanity. We desperately try to put storylines and narratives onto anything because we do not want to face the cold-crushing truth of our own mortality. Celebrities seem to per-form the modern-day equivalent of the archetypal hero told around campfires throughout history. Instead of Beowulf and Achilles, nowadays we conve-niently attach a storyline to athletes, singers, directors, writers, politicians and exhibitionists. Have you ever wondered why we so rabidly worship our greatest athletes and movie stars, yet at the moment of

their failure, we vehemently rejoice in their downfall like packs of snarling wolves? It’s like we almost rejoice at the public spectacle — the public execution — of our heroes’ fall from grace. I feel that this is because of the very fact that they are our living sym-bols of narrative. They seem to make the only sense in a world around us that unfortunately makes little sense. So the reason why we maliciously turn on our fallen heroes is simply because they break our projected narratives on them. Their fall makes us realize the inherent existential crisis in all our lives. Their futility makes us conscious of all of our futility. When our heroes fall, it is our own weakness that we hate so much. It is our own mortality that we fear. Those like Steve Irwin however, who seemed to find their passion in life — who lived life to their fullest, on their own terms, are still remembered in full, even after their passing, by us: the keepers of the flame. Even though we, the fickle audience, will turn and crucify them at the first opportunity, we do our part in keeping their legend immortal, because we are not. So, if you think about it, it’s not all that sad when someone like him leaves us. The important part, the narrative — the eternal hunt that we all suffer for and vainly seek — never really dies.

Celebrities like Irwin play the hero in our own narratives

First, congratulations on your victory. With those scores, I’m sure both teams put up one hell of a fight. Drew Hayes has inflicted deep insult on the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa community with his recent Point/Counterpoint article, printed in our school’s newspaper Thursday, Sept. 21. He used belit-tling comments about Hawaiian and Polynesian culture as a setup for why Boise State University was going to beat UH at Saturday’s game. A tip of the iceberg of com-munity response can be easily viewed on his blog page:

http://www.boisestatefans.com/blogdrew/?p=8 I believe that Drew’s state-ments (particularly the “names of Hawaii’s starters” and “pig cooked in a ground oven” ones) are intoler-ant and unacceptable even in light of his brand of sports-fan humor. Drew owes an apology to UH stu-dents, faculty and community for speaking insultingly of our local culture when there was quite liter-ally no need to. Keone ZirkleLinguistics

Hayes’ comments ‘belittling’ to culture

Justin Hahn’s column “Note to Women: Cover Yourself Up,” admonishes females who wear revealing clothing, and it scolds both sexes for complicity in some alleged wrong-doing. First, the column says that men think lurid thoughts whenever we see women in revealing out-fits, and that we guys should feel guilty about this. Then the column says that to discourage males from having such impure reveries from the outset, women have an ethical obligation to adorn more conser-vative attire. “The first thing I think when-ever I meet a woman,” Mr. Hahn states, “is whether I’d “do” her or not ... this is wrong.” Mr. Hahn then explains that, when we have such licentious thoughts, we oppress females. Here, I propose making a dis-tinction between stray thoughts and fully executed actions. There’s a tremendous difference, for instance, between fantasizing about killing one’s boss versus actually doing so. As California-based psy-chotherapist Nathaniel Branden notes, having perverted musings, by itself, doesn’t make someone immoral. Actions are what count. Further, when one makes new friends and treats them respect-fully, it’s not inherently demean-ing to consider, in the privacy of one’s own mind, any of these new friends’ potential of for being a suitable sex partner. That’s an ethically neutral consequence of evolution. Initially having a favor-able appraisal of someone based upon his/her sexual attractive-ness doesn’t preclude one’s ability to ultimately evaluate this per-son mostly on account of his/her behavior. Provided that one mostly judges a woman by her charac-

ter, it’s not degrading if one also enjoys the secondary quality that is her physical beauty. Very few men or women would be happy to hear, “Nothing about your appearance is capable of arousing anyone’s sexual inter-est, and that’s great, because your personality is what’s important.” Many men and women would prefer to first be liked for their behavioral traits and as a bonus, also be regarded as physically desirable. If an American woman dress-es in provocative apparel, it’s not automatically because some patri-archal corporate empire subjugated her. She may well be dressing that way because she personally finds herself to be aesthetically pleasing in the garments she has selected. Now, suppose a woman is comfortable with her own figure and wears a low-cut dress that accentuates her bust. Then some misogynist sees her and makes derogatory assumptions about her. Well, so what? Who’s at fault? The woman? Or the misogynist for forming preconceived conclu-sions? A misogynist’s prejudices are his own problems. Let him get over himself. A grown woman has no duty to cede her right to dress as she chooses just because some people have issues with her body. If some young women want to dress sexy, we can let them be. And if, in the long run, you primarily appreciate women for their individual personalities, then there’s nothing wrong with dis-creetly admiring their charming faces and healthy physiques as well.

Stuart K. Hayashiradical_individualist@hotmail.comMililani, Hawai‘i

Let women dress the way they want

Has anyone noticed that the portal that students and professors are supposed to be able to use to communicate course material, post grades, enhance class-room discussions, lectures, readings, etc., has been crashing since the first day of registration? MyUH is off more than it’s on — just try logging in. Half the time, you’ll get this “we’re sorry” page: http://myuhportal.hawaii.edu/cps/

we-are-sorry.html. It’s been unchanged since the first week of school, with no indication as to any progress over the last month. Please, send out an intrepid journalist to bring us the truth and rattle the university’s IT cage.

Liz LeslieSociologySenior

MyUH Portal is often not working

department will present. For more information, call Lynne at 956-8617 or e-mail logata@hawaii.edu.

“Microbiology of Methane Hydrates,” a microbiology seminar, will take place Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Pacific Ocean Sciences and Technology Building, room 127. Brandon Yoza, a postdoc-toral fellow in the Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute, will present. For more information, call the microbi-ology department at 956-8553 or e-mail uhmicro@hawaii.edu.

“Onthe1: Special Delivery,” a hip-hop show, will take place Friday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Hemenway Courtyard. Live hip-hop acts include Kavet the Catalyst, Soul Pacific, AudibleLabRats, Vitalsee, Tempo Valley and DJ Observ. For more information, call Jake Miyasato at 956-4491.

Saxophonist John Sampen and composer and engineer Mark Bunce will perform Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Orvis Auditorium. This multi-disciplinary presentation is a musical experience featuring projected visuals, interactive elec-tronics and theatrical activities. Admission fee is $8 for students and $12 for general admission. For more information, call the music department at 956-8742, e-mail uhmmusic@hawaii.edu or visit http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic.

By Kristen NippKa Leo Contributing Writer

No college campus is perfect; there is always room for improvement. Students who realize the aforementioned are presented with two choices: complain about it or change it. The Campus Center Board, also known as the Student Union, provides students with the opportunity to evoke change. The CCB, which is chartered by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students, is the governing policy-making authority for the UH Campus Center. The mem-bers provide an array of services in the Campus Center and Hemenway Hall. The CCB also governs all of the Campus Center programs, and is in charge of managing the Campus Center building and sched-uling events for students. In terms of management, CCB deals with the funding, rebuilding and staffing of the Campus Center, as well as the establishment of rules and policies. The board also sponsors programs through its Activities Council commit-tees, which plan concerts, cultural pro-grams, educational support programs, dances and recreational activities. The 17-member board is comprised of 14 students and three other members, who are volunteers, alumni or graduate students. The board strives to benefit its constituents — undergraduate or gradu-ate students, faculty and staff, alumni or any other non-student who pays the Campus Center fee in order to participate in Campus Center programs and ser-vices. The fee is $5. Members of the board are appoint-ed to the CCB through an application process. All UH students, faculty and alumni are welcome to apply for posi-tions. Currently, there are spots open for degree-seeking students. “[It’s] a great way to gain leadership skills,” said CCB treasurer Anika Avery, “with people who want to be involved with learning how to be a leader without high stress.”

Board governsCampus Center

By Yoellah YuhudahKa Leo Contributing Writer

For the past few weeks, everyone has been talking about the Escherichia coli-related recall of bagged spinach, which has affected at least 25 U.S. states. According to Fox News, the bacteria hit at least 182 people in those states and caused the death of one 77-year-old woman in Wisconsin. E. coli is a bacterium. It usually stems from human or animal feces and can be prevented by simple hand-washing techniques. This issue has the vegetarian society in an uproar, wondering about the hygiene of packaged spinach, and the plant companies of Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara, Calif. will continue to feel the financial setback of the recall for weeks. Interviewed by Fox News a few weeks ago, Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, simply said, “Cook your spinach.” It should be cooked for two minutes, or until the leaves are wilted but still bright green. Spinach is an excellent source of phytochemicals — nutrients derived from plants — and loaded with iron and folate vitamins. I would say that the manner in which the spinach was packaged and handled was to blame. On the other hand, frozen and canned

spinach can still be consumed. The Federal Department of Agriculture recommends that people wash their spinach for at least 15 seconds. To be sure, I would recommend washing them in “FIT,” a cleaning product for fruits and vegetables endorsed by the American Vegetarian Society. The society claims “FIT” removes 98 per-cent of all bacteria, including E. coli. Spinach recalls have affected O‘ahu stores like Safeway Mānoa, which removed the wonderful leaves from shelves a few weeks ago. According to Safeway supervisor Lance Wong, it was pulled as a pre-caution to protect the O‘ahu consum-ers, even though there have been no outbreaks of E. coli in Hawai‘i as of yet. There are other g r e e n ,

leafy, nutritious leaves that can be eaten for those serious salad consum-ers deprived of spinach. Here are just a few greens that one could buy from any local market in Hawai‘i: kale (high in calcium), seaweed or hijiki (also high in calcium), dande-lion greens (high in vitamin C), swiss chard greens (high in vitamin C and beta carotene), red leafy greens and Chinese broccoli. I suggest you go online and search “green leafy vegetables.” There are a couple of Web sites available for your review, such as http://www.young-

womenshealth.org/leafy.html.

Stay healthy!

EventsFrom page 3

The family decided to give the university market a try, and they became a success. The Oulagracks grow the vegetables they sell, but some of the fruits are imported from California because the heat makes them difficult to grow in Hawai‘i. The family fled Laos in 1979 to escape the Vietnam War. In Laos, the father was a police offi-

cer and the mother was a housewife. The father could not write or speak English at the time. He had no choice but to become a farmer in Hawai‘i to support his family, “Farming, in a way, picked [me],” he said. In 1994, the family obtained the farm they now use to grow their vegeta-bles. The City and County of Honolulu owns the land, but the Oulagracks are in charge of the operations.

Oulagrack said the farmers who did not want to sell at UH [before] are now asking to join their market. But the Oulagrack family does not want it to become a competition. The one stall is plentiful with the available produce. With many of the vegetables grown and picked only a few miles away, “You can rely on fresher ingredients, better food [and] better well-ness,” Farr said.

LaotianFrom page 1

La Kaiem (To your Health)

Solutions for the spinach woes

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On Thursday, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa defeated Detroit 2-1 in their opening match of the OHANA Hotels Invitational tour-nament at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. Then on Saturday, California State University, Northridge handed Detroit the same 2-1 fate. As a result, Monday’s matchup between the Rainbow Wahine and the Matadors became a fight for the tournament title. Unfortunately for the ‘Bows, they ended up on the opposite end of the 2-1 final score. Kristy Krohn scored the game-winning goal in the 79th minute to lift Cal State, Northridge to a 2-1 win over Hawai‘i in the champion-ship match of the OHANA Hotels & Resorts Soccer Invitational Monday night. The loss, UH’s first in more than two weeks, dropped the Rainbow Wahine to 6-3-2 on the season. The Matadors (6-4) got off to a quick start, scoring less than five minutes into the match. After UH cleared the ball, Matador defender Nalena Betancourt returned the ball over the Rainbow Wahine defense. Kristal Phillips ran under the pass and had a one-on-one with UH goalkeeper Kori Lu. Phillips chipped a shot over Lu, who got a piece of the ball before it went into the back of the net. Hawai‘i outshot Cal State Northridge, 9-3, in the first half and had multiple chances to equal-ize, but were unable to convert. The Rainbow Wahine went into the intermission down, 1-0. However, they roared back in the second half. UH had a prime opportunity in the 65th minute off a corner kick when they fired four shots in front of the Matador goal, including a Kelly McCloskey header off the crossbar. The Rainbow Wahine final-ly broke through minutes later when sophomore forward Taryn Fukuroku got the ball with her back to the goal on the left side of the Matador box. Fukuroku beat a Cal State, Northridge defender and hit a six-yard left-footer from a tough angle past Matador goalkeeper Kellie Drenner to tie the score. The Matadors, however, squashed any UH comeback hopes by scoring with 11 minutes left in regulation. Tessa Binkley started the deciding play when she gained possession of the ball near mid-field and sent a through ball to Krohn. Krohn dashed toward the goal, eluded Lu and fired a right-footer into an empty net. UH outshot Cal State, Northridge, 17-13, but allowed two goals for the first time in a match this season. Each of UH’s three losses this year have come by a one-goal margin. Hawai‘i next heads for the road for four straight matches, starting with a game versus San Diego on Sunday, Oct. 1. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. PST.

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All-Tournament Team

Nalena Betancourt, D, Cal State, Northridge

Taryn Fukuroku, F, Hawai‘i

Tehane Higa, D, Hawai‘i

Kristy Krohn, MF, Cal State, Northridge

Kori Lu, GK, Hawai‘i

Kelly McCloskey, D, Hawai‘i

Mary Parker, F, Detroit

Kristal Phillips, F, Cal State, Northridge

Melanie Slusher, D, Detroit

Jenny Whaley, MF, Detroit

MVP: Suzanne Mischenko, MF, Cal State, Northridge

PHOTOS BY JORDAN MURPH • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine #22 Tehane Higa leaps to head the ball against the Cal State Northridge Matadors defense in the first half of the cham-pionship match of the 2006 OHANA Hotels & Resorts Soccer Invitational tournament on Monday, September 26, 2006 in Waipio.

’Bows let OHANA Hotels Invitational slip awayMcCloskey earns defensive player of the week University of Hawai‘i defender Kelly McCloskey has been named the Western A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e women’s soc-cer Defensive Player of the Week. She is the sec-ond Rainbow Wahine to earn weekly honors this season, joining Kelli-Anne Chang, who took home the award for offense last week. McCloskey, a senior from Santa Cruz, Calif. (Aptos HS), scored the game-winning goal off a free kick in Hawaii’s 2-1 win over Detroit. It was her first goal of the season and sec-ond game-winner of her career. McCloskey was also named to the OHANA Hotels & Resorts Soccer Invitational All-Tournament Team. She is part of a defense that has allowed just six goals and boasts a 0.51 goals against average in 11 matches this year.

SportsBriefs

McCLOSKEY

Cal State Northridge Matadors #5 Mary Ortega defends the ball from Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine #26 Jessica Domingo in the first half of the championship match of the 2006 Ohana Hotels & Resorts Soccer Invitational tournament on Monday in Waipio.

Rainbow Wahine out shoot Matadors but

fall short, 2-1