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Sept. 23 marked the begin-ning of the Solar Decathlon, a United States Department of Energy-sponsored architecture and engineering competition. Al-though the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa was scheduled to partic-ipate, funding and infrastructure complications prompted UH’s team to withdraw its entry.

“We did have some early suc-cesses with fundraising, and we certainly were very apprecia-tive, but we couldn’t generate enough funds quickly enough,” explained professor David Rock-wood, who led the project.

The Solar Decathlon takes

place in Potomac Park in Wash-ington, D.C. This year, 20 com-peting collegiate teams were se-lected from around the world to try to build the most affordable, eco-friendly and aesthetically-appealing housing. UH’s team, known as “Team Hawai‘i,” would have competed against schools from the United States, Europe, New Zealand and China. “I thought [the project] was really cool,” said Robbie Johnson, a freshman at UH Mānoa. “The whole prospect of a house that sustains itself ... It ’s a good idea to get these things out there for the future so we can take better care of our environment. It just sucks that they couldn’t get enough funds to get it going,” he added.

Teams are scored in 10 cat-egories, including market appeal, affordability, comfort and self-sustainability. UH Mānoa’s project was named Hale Pilihonua (“Of the Earth” in Hawaiian). Unfortunately, Team Hawai‘i’s house never made it past planning, and on June 1, Team Hawai‘i offi cially ended prepara-tions for the Solar Decathlon with a formal withdrawal letter. On Team Hawai‘i’s webpage, an offi cial statement read, “The University of Hawai‘i Solar De-cathlon Team Executive Commit-tee decided that the timing and fi -nancial challenges were too large to risk further investment without the guaranteed delivery of the house at this year’s competition.” The team received a $100,000

grant from the U.S. DOE, but Rock-wood explained that it still wasn’t suffi cient. “There were a number of factors that infl uenced what hap-pened,” explained Rockwood. “We wanted something that sort of worked in a low-tech way. It used natural ventilation and natural lighting. We started with a basic idea and added the more advanced technical systems later,” he said. “The design was also a little more challenging in terms of the skill of the stu-dents, and we really had to push to get everything together. With the timing of the competition, it was difficult to have the students highly involved.

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EVELYN ASCHENBRENNER

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With the expiration of the cur-rent tuition schedule in the spring, students may have more incen-tive to graduate quickly. The next schedule is expected to include increases of 5.8 to 7 percent, when many students and parents of prospective students are already struggling in a troubled economy. The Board of Regents for the University of Hawai‘i System will vote on increasing tuition this Octo-ber. In the meantime, the university will hold tuition-schedule meetings at each campus to give students a chance to voice their opinions about the proposed tuition hikes. “It’s not fair for the school to balance the budget on the backs of students,” said Chris Stump at a Sept. 21 meeting held at Kapi‘olani Community College. Stump is a full-time student at KCC and a single parent. “We don’t have the same options as the mainland. We’re on an island.” Stump said he is planning on attending UH in the spring for political science. About 30 people, including students, faculty and two Board of Regents members – Coralie Chun Matayoshi and James Lee – were present at the meeting. “We cut salaries, we froze hiring, we tried to cut expenses,” said Linda Johnsrud, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, who also serves as the presenter at

tuition meetings. “This is defi nitely not the fi rst thing we looked at.” The freeze on hiring has lim-ited the number of civil service employees, such as janitors and groundskeepers, even as Mānoa faces ongoing issues of facilities upkeep. In addition, traveling has been curbed, and faculty do not travel on state funds. “We’re just being really careful,” she said. In-state undergraduate and community college students will be least affected by the tuition increases. However, out-of-state graduate students and those in professional programs such as nursing, law and pharmacy will be heavily impacted. “We want out-of-state students, we want that diversity on campus,” said Johnsrud. “But we have a com-mitment to quality education.” The proposed hikes will raise undergraduate tuition, on average, about 5.8 percent over the next fi ve years. The dollar increases will be $132, $240, $348, $372 and $396 for full-time students. Out-of-state and graduate students will be worse hit; nonresident undergrads will pay seven percent more each year, and graduate students 6.4 percent more. The tuition increases will affect all 10 campuses in the UH System. Undergraduate tuition is still below the national average, said Johnsrud, and the university is trying to keep the cost of tuition at community colleges low. Also, Johnsrud said that the university will increase institutional aid to fi nancial aid by fi ve percent. “This is why fi nancial aid is so important,” said Lee. He said the proposed increases will come back to benefi t students. In addition, Johnsrud said the university will be increasing the opportunities for on-campus work. “The more students are engaged, the more likely they are to suc-ceed,” she said. However, she said

part of the increase is the “cost of doing business in Hawai‘i.” “We’re trying as hard as we can to give legislatures the mes-sage that this is a good place to put their money,” Johnsrud said, when asked by KCC student Matthew Davis about bargaining with the state for more funding. “The real issue now is, the state doesn’t have much money.” $86 million has been cut from state appropriations since 2009, Johnsrud said. This is part of a larger debate, she said, of who should pay for higher education. The UH Foundation is hoping to increase alumni donations to assist students. “We’re always raising money for the university, regardless of tuition,” Margot Schrire, commu-nications director at the UH Foun-dation, wrote in an email. “We work to cultivate relationships to benefi t the university.” She wrote, “Yes, we do antici-pate having a major push to raise funds for students in the years ahead. According to our CEO and President Donna Vuchinich, we are prepared to do as much as possible to leverage our differ-ent units so we can raise much-needed private support to assist students across the 10 campuses.” However, some students feel that the university hasn’t done enough to prevent the proposed hikes. “Is it necessary, in these hard economic times, to raise the tuition?” asked Utufa’asili McDer-mott, a student at KCC and parent of eight. Three of her children are going to college next year. The cost of gas and food have gone up, she said. “Why go to school in Hawai‘i when I can stay in Michigan and pay the same price?” she asked.

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The state of Hawai‘i has made a commitment to being 70 percent reliant on clean energy by 2030. As a step toward sustainabil-ity, this October 1,000 freshmen in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Hale Aloha dorms will participate in a three-week en-ergy challenge in the fi rst annual Kukui Cup competition. “Kukui Cup is trying to help students understand what it would mean in Hawai‘i to have sustainable energy and what they can do to promote and bring about a transformation to our sustainable situation in Hawai‘i,” said professor and project leader Philip Johnson. The Kukui Cup competition is named after the Hawaiian source of natural lighting: the kukui nut. Twenty participating lounges will compete to see which one can use the least energy per week. Every fl oor will have a smart meter that tracks daily energy consumption, and students will be able to moni-tor their energy usage online. Participants will be educated in sustainability while learning to reduce their carbon footprint with informational videos, excursions and workshops. Over 100 universities in the na-

tion have done dorm energy com-petitions, but UH’s competition is unique. “No university, to our knowledge, has combined installa-tion of the meters, real-time feed-back, plus the educational compo-nent with the workshops and the excursions,” said Johnson. Excursions will include a beach cleanup on the North Shore with the Surfrider Foundation and a visit to Reppun, an off-the-grid farm. There will be many workshops through Nov. 6, such as “Recycled Fashion Design” with Andy South, a finalist on the last season of Project Runway. The prizes for winners include an iPod, skateboard, Google TV and gift certificates. The goal of the Kukui Cup is to influence individu-als to consume energy wisely and educate students about the cur-rent energy situation in Hawai‘i. Long-term targets could be to use this system at different depart-ments within UH, in Hawai‘i public schools, in the com-munity, and eventually at schools on the mainland. When asked why he felt so strongly about ad-vocating sustainability, Johnson said, “We can’t as

a society just expect our govern-ment to just solve the problems for us. We have to actively partici-pate in defining what it means for Hawai‘i to be sustainable and do that in a way that aligns with prin-ciples of aloha and the Hawaiian

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“And, of course, costs in Hawai‘i are much high-er. Most of our materials had to be imported.” “I was really surprised that they got that grant,” added Johnson. “Even if it wasn’t enough, I think people recognize that something like this is worth fundraising for in the future.” Although Professor Rockwood remained op-timistic when asked about any plans for the next competition, he stated that there are no guar-antees that Team Hawai‘i will compete. “It has

been talked about,” he said, “but I don’t know if there’s a 100 percent commitment for going ahead in 2013. People were pretty disappointed we couldn’t compete this year, but there is still a lot to be proud of. Our students received a lot of valuable real-world experience and lessons. The project has sparked effort across many dif ferent f ields of study to generate ideas for cleaner tech-nology. [The work of the project] is really some-thing that should be continued.”

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ALVIN PARK

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Shannon Leto, drummer for the L.A.-based band 30 Seconds to Mars, recalls the passion he and his brother Jared Leto shared for music as they were growing up. Though the band, now comprised of the Leto broth-ers and lead guitarist Tomislav Milicevic (aka Tomo), has been signed by a record label since 1998, released three successful studio al-bums and won many music awards in its tenure, Shannon still recalls his hum-ble beginnings. “I have a pic-ture of [my broth-er and me] when we were

young, Jared banging on a guitar,” Shan-non said in a telephone in-terview from Osaka, Japan, where they had just f inished a

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Having traveled to Hawai‘i a few times before, Shannon is not only

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self-titled fi rst studio album in 2002, the band didn’t quite hit its stride until the release of its plati-num-selling sophomore album “A Beautiful Lie” in 2005. This led to multiple TV appearances and built the ground for successful tours in the future. Known for its progressive rock/metal and post-grunge sound, Shannon maintains that the band’s genre is up to the listener’s ears. “I think Andy Warhol said it best when he said labels are for cans,” Shannon said. “It’s up to each individual’s interpretation.” The band’s loyal fans don’t seem to mind the ambiguity, and instead, embrace it. The 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards recognized 30 Seconds to Mars with a nomi-nation for “Biggest Fans” – pitting them against the preteen (and pre-dominantly female) following of Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga’s de-voted army of “little monsters.” “They’re like our family,”

Shannon said, describing his fans. “They’re committed, loyal, creative and inspiring. We are all part of the same train ride.” When asked about the feel-ing he gets from performing on stage in front of thousands of fans, Shannon described it as a “mutually shared experience.” “There’s nothing quite like it,” he said. And although 30 Seconds to Mars has found its niche in the music industry, the band acknowl-edges that it will have to evolve its sound in order to keep up with the industry’s imminent changes. “We refuse to be stuck in one way,” Shannon said. “We wouldn’t be allowed to express ourselves, and that’s not really for us. We try to keep an open mind and think outside the box.” With three million records sold worldwide, over 100 million video views on YouTube, and nearly 500 sold-out shows around the globe since 2005, perhaps the

band’s success should be cred-ited to its adaptability. But Shannon also maintained that hard work is an important component for bands hoping to make it to the big time. “Work hard, work hard and work hard,” he said. “Stick to what you believe in and follow your heart. Just never, ever quit.”

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Your teacher changes the slide on the PowerPoint and you stretch your arm toward the notebook in front of you to begin recording notes. Just as you are about to inscribe a perfectly ar-ticulated cursive letter, the jack-hammer next door begins again, startling you and spoiling your calligraphy forever. You curse under your breath and prepare to try again. We’ve all experi-enced the annoyance associated with trying to concentrate in class (though perhaps not to the degree described above) only to be con-stantly interrupted by noise pollution. In the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s geography depart-ment however, noise pollution is not simply something to rage over, it is also something to study. And what would geography be without mapping? This premise of map-ping sound on campus is the ba-sis for the Geography 492 pract-icum and the Geography 399 directed reading class, dubbed “the Geography of Sound,” by its members.

“The 399/492 class context puts the emphasis on learning – how to design a sampling strat-egy for making a map of sound levels, with side trips into how to measure them, and what affects them,” said associate professor Matt McGranaghan, who teaches both sections. “It leads us into thinking about the space-time geography of the soundscape that surround us.” The goal of the classes’ fi rst

project, according to Will Shon-telle, a senior in geography, is “to model sound propagation across the UH Mānoa campus.” But before the group could be-gin charting noise on campus, they needed the UH marching band to supply some test recordings. After an initial calibration of their instruments, which are

beefed-up USB microphones that can be synced together to record at the exact same moment, the students took a post along each of the 5-yard lines of about half the Warrior practice fi eld to await the blasts. The members of the band lined up along the end zone per-pendicular to the students. They held 10-second notes at different pitches, which the geography students recorded at their differ-ent distances.

McGranaghan ob-served his students from the sidelines. “No one’s ever done any-thing like this before,” he commented, as his students worked out ex-actly what they wanted the band to do in order to pick up the best re-cordings. “We want the band to give a couple long toots [because we need to] measure the decay of the sound over distance,” he continued.

By the end of the course, the class hopes to produce two sepa-rate maps that accurately chart areas of varying noise pollution: one map of the Mānoa campus and one of Honolulu. “We look at things like con-struction, generators and how

charting noise pollution across UH Mānoa and

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buildings themselves can affect sound,” said junior geography ma-jor Alex Richardson. “Even on the third fl oor of buildings, espe-cially with open windows, noise pollution is still a big issue.” So what’s next for the students in 492 and 399? “We want to start adding longitude and latitude measurements to our sound recordings in order to map out sound across distance,” said Rich-ardson. “We need to cover at least 12 spots [around campus] and at different times during the day – at 6 a.m., 12 p.m. etc. – and we have to do it multiple times a week, so it ’s going to be a lot of work.” Although McGranaghan said in an email that the focus of the class is primarily education, and not policy, he also said that re-searching sound levels is “clearly policy-relevant. On campus, our study might dovetail with efforts to reduce energy use by opening buildings to natural ventilation. “Stephen Meder from the School of Architecture, currently serving as the interim assistant vice chancellor for physical, envi-ronmental and long range planning, has been looking into whether open air classrooms and offi ces would be practical as well as less expensive. On the citywide scale, noise can be related to sense of place, health and probably rent values. I’d bet that students living in qui-eter areas get better sleep and can then study more effective-ly, perhaps resulting in better grades.”

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TREVOR ZAKOV

Staff Writer

Fame and stardom must be intoxicat-ing highs. But with great power comes great responsibility. And still, there are some celebs within the ever-expanding world of stardom, and specifi cally profes-sional sports, who seem to have lost their sense of self-awareness. It requires little

effort to list even a few people who are deeply imbedded in their Hollywood-type lifestyles, but still act as if no one is watch-ing: Bobby Brown, Tommy Lee, Paris Hil-ton, Dennis Rodman, to name just a few. Are the people closest to professional athletes and other stars too afraid to speak the truth and add some common sense into the equation? The crisis we continually wit-ness occurs when a famous person decides

to pursue different dreams, most often re-sulting in negative career consequences. For example, what motivated Shaquille O’Neal in 1994 to take part in a kung-fu themed video game titled Shaq Fu? This game is consistently voted by those in the game industry as one of the worst games ever to be released. The dilemma is quite simple: famous people think they are entering different

markets in order to enhance their careers somehow. The problem: their egos are so infl ated and they are so blinded by their fame and fortune that they act as if their reputations are also entirely invincible. Very few famous people have made career transitions successfully. I can list only two specifi c examples.

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OpinionsPage 9 | Ka Leo | Wednesday, Sept. 28 2011Opinions@kaleo.org | Taylor Gardner Editor | Boaz Rosen Associate

As one of the students par-ticipating in the APEC internship program, I have read recent let-ters in Ka Leo with great fasci-nation and interest. First of all, I want to make it clear that this is a personal letter, and was not insti-gated at the university’s bidding. I think a dialogue on this issue is not only important but funda-mental to our university life. I also think it is worth mentioning that the university does not “unequivo-cally” support APEC. Even those of us who are interns, at the heart of the university’s involvement with APEC, do not necessarily support all the policies put forth under the APEC umbrella. As a student and economics major, be-ing involved with an organization such as APEC is not only a great educational experience, giving me insight into one of the biggest eco-nomic organizations in the world, but also an opportunity that many economics majors only dream of participating in. I think many Ivy League schools do not offer such opportunities, so the fact that the university has this internship and

involvement with APEC is a sign that the university is providing great educational opportunities, and is all the more reason one should send one’s kids to UH. This being said, there is ab-solutely no reason why we can’t have a dialogue on the issues sur-rounding APEC. As part of the internship, we have tried to dis-tribute information about the dif-ferent countries involved, as well as to interview experts who live here in Hawai‘i regarding APEC and its issues. These individuals have given us diverse views on the APEC and how they feel it will impact Hawai‘i and the region. Some have characterized APEC as an entity bent on exploit-ing and destroying the world. Per-sonally, I think that APEC is doing an important job in addressing the issues that face the Asia-Pacifi c Re-gion. APEC is a collective of coun-tries that have agreed to volun-tarily meet in order to discuss and collaborate on the various issues facing their nations. Decisions are nonbinding, and are reached through consensus between all

21 member countries. This gives leaders a chance to have fulfi lling discussion without the pressure of having to sign any agreements. Each country participating in APEC is doing so for the over-all advantage of the people in its home country. Ultimately, the goal of a country is to improve its own well-being. With economic well-being comes a satisfi ed population and political stabil-ity. Even undemocratic countries like China would not maintain po-litical stability without economic well-being. To say that APEC is undemocratic is truly a fallacy. While not everyone agrees with APEC – just like any political is-sue – if the majority of Americans were opposed to free trade and APEC, we would elect leaders who are opposed to such orga-nizations and policies. However, I don’t think one needs to be an economist to see the advantages free trade has for the region. Looking at the Asia-Pacifi c region as a whole, in the last 50 years most countries have experienced massive – almost

miraculous – economic growth, bringing millions of people out of poverty. This growth has been achieved almost entirely through trade policies like import substi-tution or export-oriented growth. Organizations like APEC work to facilitate discussions be-tween countries as each country works to continue its betterment. Corporations aren’t maliciously going into developing countries and forcing young people to work. These young people come and work because factory wages far exceed what can be made in rural areas. While these wages may seem a pittance to our west-ern sensibilities, many nations are benefi ting from producing our cheap goods. As their middle classes grow, we should expect to see them move away from cheap labor and import substitution to more advanced, higher-wage jobs in the technology and heavy industries sectors. This has al-ready taken place in countries like South Korea and Taiwan, which started off manufacturing our cheap clothes and toys but

now are world leaders in electron-ics and heavy industry. I have personally visited South Korea, and it is hard to imagine that this vibrant, modern nation had levels of poverty on par with sub-Saha-ran Africa only 50 years ago. There is almost always a clash between social issues and economic policy, especially in developing countries. The mem-ber nations of APEC must fi nd a balance between the two and work together to solve the envi-ronmental and social issues fac-ing the region as well as continu-ing economic betterment. We need to have an honest discus-sion about the issues facing the region, but to label APEC as an entity bent on causing harm will only hamper honest discussion. Instead of having the ineffective dissent that tends to plague these global conferences, let’s talk and address these issues together. After all, aren’t we the leaders and policy makers of tomorrow?

JEREMY HINE

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Few people remember that Jennifer Lopez was fi rst an actress, back in the 1990s. She then pushed herself into making what some call music. The ironic backlash came in 2003, when she attempted to return to acting by co-starring in the movie “Gigli,” a notorious box offi ce bomb. She appears to have learned her lesson to stick with what works best, because all of her subsequent appearances in acting have been small cameo appearances; she is now synonymous with singing, not acting. Another rare example of a celeb who successfully transitioned from one type of stardom to another is Justin Timberlake.

Timberlake started his career on Star Search and later on The Mickey Mouse Club before hitting it big with the pop band *NSYNC. In many regards, Timberlake played his cards very well. He probably learned an extremely valuable lesson from a previous 1990s all-boy pop band: New Kids on the Block. The lesson is that the shelf life of a boy band like Hanson, Back-street Boys, or *NSYNC is very short, as they tend to implode rather quickly. There-fore, Timberlake was quick to go solo, and was “Justi-fi ed” a few years later in 2002. In the past nine years, he has released just one

other album. It appears he has completely transitioned over into acting. Just this year alone, Timberlake has been the protagonist in two successful Hollywood fi lms. It is probably safe to say that he will never again release a music album. For every J. Lo and Justin Timberlake, there are many more failed attempts to “make the jump.” In the world of sports, Michael Jordan took a swing at professional baseball, only to come running back to the NBA. Planet Hollywood Restaurants – the brainchild of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Wil-lis, Demi Moore and Arnold Schwarzeneg-

ger – has fi led for bankruptcy two separate times. Perhaps Schwarzenegger saw Planet Hollywood as a trial run in how to misman-age an entity before being handed the reins to the state of California. But after all this analysis, we the people are the consumers and market drivers. The reason why “Dancing With the Stars” is so successful, season after season, is because Americans want to see celebs doing some-thing they otherwise are completely unquali-fi ed for. It seems that many Americans derive real entertainment value from seeing celebri-ties out of their comfort zone.

Celebrities: BLINDED BY FAME AND FORTUNEfrom previous page

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QuestionI have been seeing this guy for a couple weeks now, and I really like him. I want to have sex with him, but I don’t know how long I should wait. I don’t want him to lose interest in me or think less of me. What should I do?

If you really like him, then I would wait as long as you possibly can. It sounds like you do not even really know the guy yet, and by next week you might lose interest in him. Even if you don’t, you’ll be happy you waited either

way. There is no need to develop an attach-ment based on physical reasons alone. When you really like someone, you want the act of having sex to be meaningful and special – not just something that happens because you are afraid of losing him or him thinking less of you. If this guy is a gentleman, he will wait until you are ready and the time is right. Women today sleep with guys way too soon, without giving the relationship a chance to develop. Guys like to chase and be teased; they enjoy the game and the thrill of the hunt. Let him come to you instead of forc-ing yourself on him. Take your time and see what happens – only fools rush in.

You can’t re-solve this question without proper com-munication. If you wait too long, he may lose interest, but if you sleep with him too soon, you run the risk of the guy being with you only for the sexual gain. If you really like this guy and you have already been dating for a couple of weeks, it wouldn’t hurt to wait to have sex until you’re both ready. Feel free to even lightly talk or joke about the topic. If the relationship is steadily moving along and he is indicating he likes you not only phys-ically, but emotionally, then I wouldn’t be afraid of him losing interest. Keep the re-lationship fun and upbeat and shake the pressure of wanting to have sex. If this guy ends up meaning something to you, it won’t seem like a big deal in the end. When the time is right, it ’ll just happen.

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MORGAN CARMODY

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As technology becomes more accessible to everyone, law en-forcement is struggling with how

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structed to stop by law enforcement necessar-ily violating any law? Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA who runs the law blog “The Volokh Conspiracy” told Reason that “citi-zen ignorance of the law

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MARC ARAKAKI

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Although Hawai‘i is known for its of-fense, ranking seventh in the nation in kills per set, the Rainbow Wahine still know how to put a defensive block at the net. Led by junior middle hitter Brittany Hewitt, who averages 1.44 blocks per set, Hawai‘i ranks 11th in the nation with 2.89 blocks per set. This mark is higher than last season’s 2.67 blocks-per-set average. However, the ‘Bows started the sea-son slowly before turning it on the past couple of weeks, with three of Hawai‘i’s six double-digit blocking performances in its last four matches. “We’re constantly reminding each other what our job is to do, blocking-wise – where to put our hands for each player we’re against,” Hewitt said. “It ’s just get-ting back into the swing of things.” Hewitt added that solid defense also complements the offense. “Getting those defensive points kind of amps you up,” Hewitt said. “You play harder and put the momentum on our side of the court, which makes it easier for us to get offensive plays.” Less than two months away from the Western Athletic Conference tourna-ment, the ‘Bows know that their blocking must be in top shape as the postseason inches closer. “Blocking is important because [good blocking] makes it easier for everybody else to play defense around,” senior out-side hitter Kanani Danielson said. “If we don’t have a well-formed block, then we have to make incredible plays out of the back row. Blocking is very important on the defensive side.”

RETURN HOME No. 11 Hawai‘i (12-1, 2-0 WAC) will return home to play Nevada on Thurs-

day and Fresno State on Saturday in the Stan Sheriff Center. First serve for both matches will be at 7 p.m. All University

of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students with a vali-dated ID get in free. “It’s nice to be sleeping in our own beds, to not be driving somewhere or fl ying some-where,” Hewitt said. “It will be nice to have home matches on Thursday and Saturday.” The ‘Bows came off of a two-match road trip in which Hawai‘i defeated both Idaho and Utah State in four sets. Daniel-son led the Rainbow Wahine, averaging 5.38 kills per set and hitting .383 in both matches. Danielson also became the sev-enth player in Rainbow Wahine volleyball history to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career, reaching the mark in the match against Idaho. Her performance earned Danielson her second WAC Player of the Week award this season. “It hasn’t really dawned on me that it actually happened,” Danielson said. “It ’s not really stuff I pay attention to until after the fact. I’m honored, but all those things couldn’t happen without my teammates.” Nevada (2-10, 0 -1 WAC) and Fresno State (6 -7, 1-0 WAC) opened up WAC play with a match against each other last week-end. The Bulldogs edged the Wolfpack in five sets. Sophomore outside hitter Korrin Wild led Fresno State with 23 kills, hitting .306. Junior middle hitter Janelle Batista led Nevada with 17 kills, hitting .500. Nevada features three players from Hawai‘i, including senior setter Tatiana Santiago, who is a 2008 graduate of Ka-mehameha Schools–Kapālama. Daniel-son, a fellow Kamehameha graduate, ex-pressed enthusiasm. “I always look forward to Tati [Santiago] coming over here. It’s just like old times,” Danielson said. “I get to see Tati twice a year no matter what, and especially [am excited] for her to play in front of her family.”

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basically represent the entire state, not just our island.” Nagamine too said she feels the team represents the state. “We look at Hawai‘i as a state,” Nagamine said. “If you live here and you’re from here, then you’re local – and that’s all that matters.” Nagamine also said she believes that the pride each girl exhibits for her home island can likely be matched by the amount of pride each island has for its hometown athletes. “If we were to go to Maui or Kaua‘i for an exhibition game, then there would be a ton of sup-port for the kids who are from those towns,” Nagamine said.

ONE BIG ʻOHANA Despite being from different islands, the girls feel very com-fortable as teammates. “The outer-island girls have a joke that we’re more rugged, and we run this team,” Shimabukuro said. “But the team doesn’t hold anything against us. I mean, we’re all a family. It ’s just a joke.” Kihara referred to the bond as

being “like sisters,” and Ubongen elaborated further. “We all go through a lot in prac-tice, and we all have our bad days,” Ubongen said. “The rest of the team is always there to support us after.” Ikeda-Simao, one of only fi ve seniors on the team, summed it up. “We’re a family and we’re all a team, together as one,” she said.

ON THE SEASON While the team has struggled so far this season, each girl has performed well individually. Shimabukuro played in all nine matches so far with one goal on eight shots. Ikeda-Simao hasn’t seen action this season, but played in 17 games and started nine at outside back last year. Kihara has played in all nine matches this season, but Ubon-gen hasn’t seen action this season after redshirting last season.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE After a tough nonconference schedule, the Rainbow Wahine (1-8) are geared up and ready for

the start of the Western Athletic Conference season. “We played a lot of ranked teams, both nationally and regional-ly – including some of the top teams on the West Coast,” Nagamine said. “We played a lot of top teams that exposed our weaknesses, which has given us things to work on and improve. Hopefully, that will help prepare us for WAC competition.” Hawai‘i will open WAC play against the Utah State Aggies at the Waipi‘o Peninsula Soccer Sta-dium on Friday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. and the Nevada Wolfpack on Sun-day, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m. “We’ve improved a lot as team,” Nagamine said. “I’m ex-pecting some really good things.”

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Neighbor island teammatesfrom page 16

JEREMY NITTA Staff Writer

Representing the state of Hawai‘i is a duty for every athlete who suits up for a sport at the University of Hawai‘i. How-ever, for four members of the Rainbow Wahine soccer team, representing where they’re from carries even more meaning. This year, 21 of the 30 players on the Wahine soccer team are from the state of Hawai‘i. Of those 21, Ashlyn Ubongen, Skye Shimabukuro, Tiffany Ikeda-Simao and Kaylee Kihara are the only ones who hail from the neighbor islands. This differ-

ence does not hinder the girls in any way; if anything, it has made them even better. “The girls from the neighbor islands are very determined,” head coach Michele Nagamine said. “They were all excellent players on their high school teams, and they came out with a lot of confi dence, and were very competitive right off the bat.” The difference between O‘ahu and the neighbor islands has been noted by some of the girls. “Soccer-wise, Kaua‘i is a little differ-ent,” Ubongen, a redshirt freshman mid-fi elder from Lāwa‘i, Kaua‘i, said. “O‘ahu’s soccer is way more competitive, but I think

that it’s getting better on the other islands.”

I S LAND PRIDE Being almost the sole representatives of their islands, the neighbor island girls all expressed pride for their homes. “I’m always proud of where I’m from,” said Shimabukuro, a junior forward from Kalāheo, Kaua‘i. “I always will say that I’m from Kaua‘i – I guess I just want to represent my island.” But Ikeda-Simao and Kihara voiced their pride in not only their islands, but also the entire state. “I kind of feel like we’re represent-

ing both,” Ikeda-Simao, a senior defend-er from Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, said. “I feel like I’m proud to be from Kaua‘i, but at the same time, when we travel to the main-land, it ’s best to say that we represent the state of Hawai‘i.” Kihara – a senior midfi elder from Kula, Maui, and the only Maui native on the team – echoed this belief. “I’m always representing Maui, but I also represent Hawai‘i,” Kihara said, “I’m really proud that we’re basically the only college sports teams here, so we have to

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Joining hands across the stateJoining hands across the state

Kaylee Kihara, Skye Shimabuku-ro, Tiff any Ikeda-

Simao and Ashlyn Ubongen (left to right) represent

the neighbor islands on the

Rainbow Wahine soccer team.

CHASEN DAVIS KA LEO O HAWAI‘I

See Neighbor island teammates, page 15