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STUDENTS SHAKE STAN SHERIFF CENTERJOEY RAMIREZ

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Section F of the Stan Sheriff Center is the place to be for students . For Rainbow Warrior op-ponents, it has become a nightmare.

GOOD T IME The Mānoa Maniacs student section has increased its average attendance from 218 last year to 391 this season, thanks in part to its new slogan: Every basketball game is a party.

“There were a couple nights [last season] where it was basically me and a couple friends, and that was the student section. Now, if I don’t get here right when the gates open, I can’t get my front row seat,” said Jeremy Haight, also known as “Obama Guy.” In fact, not including games over winter break, 2013 student attendance (3,906) has already surpassed last

year’s final number (2,393) with three home matchups left on the schedule. “I was told from the get-go that we’d be wasting our time because students at Hawai‘i just don’t like basketball,” said video coordinator Jamie Smith, who leads this sea-son’s student attendance initiative. “Howev-er, when I found out what they actually did to promote sports on campus, my feeling

was not that the students didn’t necessar-ily like basketball, but that they didn’t

actually know when the games were.”

Even fans who do not usually support UH athletics have become die-hards. “I went to one [basketball game last year], but I left halfway through,” said Zach “Speedo Guy” Caven. “It wasn’t that fun and there was no one in the student section, so we just kinda bailed. There’s a lot more energy in the stadium [this season]. … Even if we’re losing, we’re still pumped up and yelling.” Lifelong Hawai‘i fans have also been impressed by the rapid improve-ment of the Mānoa Maniacs, including when the students debuted a new free-throw distraction against UC Davis. “When we did the roller coaster cheer for the fi rst time, all of the other fans in the arena gasped in amazement and applauded the student section,” Smith said. “Coach [Gib] Arnold said that in his 20 years of coaching he had never witnessed fans ap-plaud another section of fans before.”

OPPONENTSʼ N IGHTMARE One group of people unhappy with the amount of support is the Rainbow Warriors’ opponents, seeing how UH is 5 -1 in games with more than 350 students attending. This includes victories against Big West-leading Long Beach State (574 stu-dents) and second place Pacifi c (476). But perhaps the key to the stu-dent section’s success has been just how diverse it is. “They [the students] really get the idea of what a college atmo-sphere should be like,” Smith said. “They’ve seen what we’ve been try-ing to start, and they really want to get involved with that too.” Look for the Mānoa Maniacs to be out in full force tomorrow at 5 p.m. as the Rainbow Warriors face off against Northern Arizona on Star Wars night.

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FeaturesPage 2 | Ka Leo | Friday, Feb. 22 2013 [email protected] | Caitlin Kuroda Editor |Nicolyn Charlot Associate

KELLY SLOAN

Staff Writer

In addition to living in one of the most agricultural regions in the world, we at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are a ten-minute drive from Kapiolani Community College Farmers’ Market. Hap-pening every Saturday, this market is the only place featuring all locally grown and made foods and products. Check out these two notable vendors, Ma‘o Organic Fruit and Vegetables and Tropic Fish Hawai‘i. Both provide healthy, locally grown food and produce for affordable prices.

MAʻO ORGANIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES At this vendor, you’ll fi nd 100 percent organic produce, in-cluding bananas, kale, beets, carrots, eggplants and mangoes that are grown at Ma‘o Farms in Wai‘anae. Organic food is de-fi ned as those grown without chemicals and processed without additives, under standards adopted by the US Department of Agriculture. It is claimed to be more nutritious, safer to eat and tastier because it contains no synthetically compounded fertil-izers, pesticides, herbicides, hormones, medicated feed, antibi-otics or chemicals used in food processing.

TROPIC F I SH HAWAIʻ I Tropic Fish Hawai‘i is known for its freshwater and saltwa-ter fi sh. However, the diversity of this vendor has it selling more than just fi sh – it also sells produce. Although not organic, the produce items are popular among farmers’ market shoppers. Some of the top products include Maui Gold pineapples, rain-bow papayas, bananas, ginger, radishes and peppers. Tropic Fish Hawai‘i also creates a new item each week to sell, such as the popular marlin poke and yellowfi sh ahi. One pineapple typically costs $3 here, but can be up to $3.50 at a grocery store. These small price differences can add up – especially to a college student on a budget – so paying less for a product that is fresh and locally grown makes for an attractive and worthwhile deal.

WHY BUY LOCAL? Buying at a local farmers’ market has benefi ts, including sup-porting the local economy and initiatives – such as those set up by Ma‘o Farms to reinvigorate the Wai‘anae coast and its population – and helping the environment by cutting down on gas and labor from products brought from the mainland. Farmers’ markets also provide healthier, fresher food and produce options other than those offered at a grocery store, with similar or lower prices. The farmers’ mar-kets represent the uniqueness of Hawai‘i and the best local food, so instead of purchasing produce from the grocery store, head out to the KCC Farmers’ Market and see what you can fi nd.

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The University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents discussed the accusations made against Associ-ate Vice President for Capital Im-provements Brian Minaai in an executive session on Feb. 21 at UH Hilo. Dennis Mitsunaga, owner of Mitsunaga and Associates Inc., made the accusations in written testimony submitted on Feb. 14 to the Committee on Higher Education. His testimony strongly sup-ported Senate Bill 1383, which would grant the Department of Account-ing and General Services procurement oversight at the university. However, he also stat-ed that working with Mi-naai and the UH Office of Capital Improvement has been a “nightmare” for his firm working on UH Hilo Student Housing, Phase I. MAI was hired to plan and design while Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc. was selected as the gen-eral contractor. According to Mitsunaga’s testimony, Minaai should be investigated for blatant misman-agement because his process for selection of non-bid consul-tants is highly suspect. “With the exception of MAI, he only selects his friends from a pool of hundreds of qualif ied architects and engineers in Honolulu,” the report reads. Six firms submitted state-ments of qualification for pre-construction and construction

services for Phase 1 of the Uni-versity Village Student Housing Project. Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc. was selected for a total con-tract amount of $28,180,959 for preconstruction and construc-tion services. Minaai previously

served as senior project manag-er for Kobayashi Group, LLC. Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc. also requested to submit sealed proposals for construction ser-vices on the Information Tech-nology Center and sealed offers for general repairs to Edmond-son Hall. The contracts were instead awarded to dck pacific construction, LLC and Hawaiian Dredging Construction Compa-ny, Inc, respectively. Minaai was also accused of

making project changes thatwasted state money and run-ning an inef f icient of f ice. Mit-sunaga stated that his f irm wasdirected to replace two projectconsultants and hire a third oneafter the selection process was

completed. They were directed to use Palekana Permitting and Plan-ning for permit and pro -cessing, and the fee for that service is $23,000. A statement released on Feb. 19 stated that Presi-dent M.R.C. Greenwood and university leadership have reviewed the testi-mony, are aware of the al-legations and will conduct a full investigation. Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz initial-ly notifi ed the university of the allegations and re-quested an investigation. The university has con-tacted the Offi ce of the At-torney General to request their assistance. Minaai began his job at UH in 2008, and his responsibilities include planning, development, implementation and inte-gration of multi-million dollar capital improve-

ment projects and long-rangephysical development plans. Hepreviously served as senior de-velopment director for MarriottVacation Club in Kapolei, direc-tor and deputy director of theState of Hawai‘i Department ofTransportation and chief clerkand budget chief of the senate’sMeans and Ways Committee,after receiving his bachelor’s ineconomics and master’s in busi-ness administration from UHMānoa.

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The UH Mānoa Financial Literacy Program is hosting its

fourth annual UH Saves Day expo. Organizations such as Bank of

Hawai‘i, UHM Career Services, Better Business Bureau Hawai‘i

and the Internal Revenue Service will provide interactive exhibi-

tions to educate students, faculty and staff on financial literacy,

and there will also be a scavenger hunt and prize giveaways.

WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 27; 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Campus Center

COST: Free

CONTACT: Stacy Miyashiro, 808-956-6572,

[email protected], manoa.hawaii.edu/finlit

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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I CANCER CENTER GRAND OPENING

UH SAVES DAY FINANCIAL EDUCATION EXPO

Join Chancellor Tom Apple for another Campus-Wide

Conversation. This month will evaluate the effectiveness and

timeliness of campus security. Students, faculty and anyone

from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa community are encour-

aged to attend and voice their concerns.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 22; 12 p.m.-1 p.m.

WHERE: Kuykendall Auditorium

COST: Free

CONTACT: Diane Chang, 808-956-0391,

[email protected]

Bring your friends and family to this rockin’ reggae concert,

which is free and open to the public. Performing bands include MOJO

(Music Over Judgement & Oppression) and B.E.T. (Big Everytime).

UH Mānoa students can take a photo of the Rockin’ the Roots flyer

and show it along with their validated ID for a $5 coupon to Ba-Le.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 22; 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

WHERE: Hemenway Hall Courtyard, Mānoa Gardens

COST: Free

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Celebrate the grand opening of the University of Hawai‘i

Cancer Center’s new facility. The festivities will open with a

blessing and keynote speech by Nobel Laureate Elizabeth

Blackburn, followed by an open house and science fair. Take

a tour of the facilities, or take advantage of free games, hula

demonstrations or skin cancer screenings.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 23; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

WHERE: 701 Ilalo St.

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TRAJAN AGRIPPA

Contributing Writer

Every year the debate to legalize gam-bling in Hawai‘i gets raised and then is sys-tematically shut down. This year, there are more than 30 bills in the House and Senate that would legalize some form of gambling. Hopefully, this time lawmakers will come to their senses and move to-ward legalization. The gov-ernment is limiting the free-doms of consenting adults to choose how to spend their hard-earned pay checks and wasting an economic opportu-nity in doing so.

CIVIL OPPOSIT ION The Hawai‘i Coalition Against Legalized Gambling is a strong opponent of legalization. Its website, hcalg.org, offers no explanations for its stance. It shows some nice quotes from the late Sen. Daniel Inouye and claims that gambling will have “detrimental effects,”

but fails to list what those “effects” are. Of the 38 member organizations listed in as-sociation with the HCALG, at least 20 of them are either churches or have some kind of religious affiliation. Perhaps the HCALG is taking a religiously moral posi-

tion as opposed to a logical, rational and economic one. The people from HCALG and other oppo-nents of gambling are missing the chance to secure a prosperous future for Hawai’i. Gambling would bring in more tourists, which translates to more revenue for local business. According to a report from

Hawai‘i News Now, a stand-alone casino in Waikīkī could generate revenues of $100 million a year. Gambling is a great opportunity to raise revenue without rais-ing taxes. We could certainly use the extra jobs right now. Hawai‘i’s unemployment rate

is at 5.2 percent, which equates to 33,500 citi -zens out of work. Further-more, most casino jobs don’t require a college degree, which is advan-tageous for people without diplomas.

At the very least, we could try the lottery. New York’s government-run lottery does great things for the state. The of f i -cial mission state -ment of the New York Lottery is “ to earn revenue for education,” and that is its only mission.

It poured $2.9 billion into school systems during the last f is -cal year. We can all agree that Hawai‘i schools could use the help. SB766, a bill that will start the ball rolling on a study for implementing a state lottery, is on the table this year – it could use some support.

ROCK BOT TOM, BOT TOM LINE The people of Hawai‘i love to gamble, which is why Las Vegas is commonly referred to as the “ninth island.” People are going to continue

to gamble regardless of what Hawai‘i law states, but they’re just not going to be doing it here. The sooner the govern-ment comes to terms with this, the better. Police make about 50 gambling-related arrests each year, and for what? There’s no reason to raid granny’s bingo game because at the end of the day, it doesn’t solve anything. Although you may not agree with gambling from a moral

standpoint, you still have to admit that other people should have the freedom to choose, and our state could use some new revenue-makers. If casinos and lotteries would further the eco-nomic prosperity of the islands, it’s a gamble I’m willing to make.

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