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The Voice of Hawai‘i
Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
By Lisa HuynhKa Leo Associate News Editor
TheBambooRidgePress,alit-eraryjournalofHawai‘i,issponsor-ingtheirsecondannualwriters’insti-tute,“TryWriteAgain!”onSaturday,Oct.26,attheUniversityofHawai‘iatManoaCampusCenterfrom8:30a.m.to3:30p.m. Theinstituteprovidestheoppor-tunity to meet and learn from avarietyoflocalandmainlandwritersincluding Lee Cataluna, Nora OkjaKeller, Ian MacMillan, Lois-AnnYamanakaandChrisMcKinney. Initsfirstyear,theeventattract-edabout135participants,22studentscholarships and about 55 panelistsandworkshopleaders. Curt Fukumoto, a librarian atthe Hawai‘i State Library, attendedlastyear’sevent.“Priortothework-shop,IfeltIwasn’twritingenough,that I needed more creative energy.As theworkshopprogressed, I real-ized I had material with which tocreatelongerpoems...Cathy(Song,aninstructoratlastyear’sworkshop)was encouraging and supportive ofourideas,whichmadetheexperiencea positive and memorable one,” hesaid. Fiction,poetryandplaywritingarejustsomeofthekindsofwritingthatparticipantswillbeabletofocuson. This year’s institute will addfamilystoriesandmemoirwritingtothatlist.Thesetopicswerefrequentlyrequested at last year’s event, said
DarrellH.Y.Lum,co-founderoftheBambooRidgePressandmemberoftheinstitute. Last year’s panel included sci-ence fiction and fantasy writers. Apanel of romance writers will bepresentatthisyear’sevent. “It’skindafun—differentkindsofwriters,differentstylesofwriting,”Lumsaidofthepanelists’diversity. SaidLum:“It’snotaboutsellingyourbookasmuchasgettingstarted,gettingbetterorsustainingyourcre-ative energy — learning this frompeoplewhohavedoneit.” “The focus really ... is makingyour writing better. Regardless ofwhatkindofwritingitis,”headded. Thecostoftheinstituteis$75fornon-members,$55formembersand$40forstudents.MasterWorkshops,where participants can work withindividual authors in groups of 10people,costanadditional$50. Among this year’s MasterWorkshop leaders are Cathy Song,EricChock,MichaelMcPherson,NoraOkjaKellerandIanMacMillan. There are also scholarshipsavailableforstudentsinhighschoolandincollege.Anapplicationcanbeobtained at www.bambooridge.com;theapplicationdeadlineisSept.30. “It’s people you never metbefore. Some people don’t realize,but it’s some famous folks,” Lumadded.
‘Try Write’ with local authors at workshops
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uhstudentJessicaBraytoncountstrashcollectedSaturdayattheannual“GettheDriftandBagIt”beachclean-up.
students on safari help heal girl’s heart
By Leef smithThe Washington Post
Mantaine Minis, 6, was liv-ing in a hut in a remote village inKenya, in need of lifesaving heartsurgery, when the improbable hap-penedonedayinJune. AgroupofstudentsandparentsfromtheLangleySchoolinMcLean,Va.wasonsafariattheMasaiMaraNationalReserve,whereMantaine’sfatherisagamewarden. That’s when someone fromthe village told a Langley teacherabout Mantaine’s heart problem.Fromthere,thingsseemedtounfoldquickly. The teacher, Joseph Lekuton,knewthatoneof theparents in theLangleygroupwasaFairfaxCountyheart surgeon. He also knew thatpeople of the Masai village, whodidn’townmuch,hadsold14cowslast year to raise money to donatetoreliefeffortsintheUnitedStatesaftertheSept.11terrorattacks. So, Lekuton helped launch acampfirediscussionabouttheMasaigiftandaboutwhatagroupofpeo-plefromanAmericansuburbcoulddotoreturnakindness. “It wasn’t a lot of money,but they gave those cows to say,‘Here,wefeelyourloss,’”Lekutontold the group before telling themMantaine’sstory. “So, I asked the children,‘What can we do to help them ?’... Really, it was magical. In just ashortmomenteveryoneagreed,‘Wecanhelpher.’” EdwardLefrak,chiefofcardi-acsurgeryatInovaFairfaxHospital,borroweda stethoscope to listen toMantaine’sheartandagreedtotreatherintheUnitedStates.
DonHutchins,onthetripwithhis wife and two teenage children,offeredtopaytheairfare. “Weallfeltitwouldbeniceifwe could help her,” Hutchins said.“Isaid,‘MaybeIcanarrangesome(plane)tickets.’Itwasjusttalk,thenJoseph(Lekuton)said,‘Okay,Don,you’re going to fly her back, andEd,you’regoingtodothesurgery.’It was just off and running fromthere.” OrasLefrakput it:“Thestarsjustlinedupforthischild.” Thursday morning, Mantaineunderwentsurgeryat InovaFairfaxHospitalforChildren,whereateamof doctors led by pediatric cardiacsurgeon Bechara Akl and assistedbyLefraksealedanopenbloodves-selnearherheart. In less than two hours in theoperating room, the little girl’s lifewasturnedaround. Gone,doctorssaid, is thenearcertaintythatshewouldhavedevel-opedpulmonaryhypertensionwith-
inafewyears,leadingtoherdeath. Gone, too, they expect, is thedebilitating lethargy that has, untilnow,disruptedherchildhood. “They’vedonesomethingmar-velous,” said Mantaine’s father,StephenMinis,34,whowaitedner-vouslyduringtheprocedure. “She can live a normal lifenow.Nomedicine.Anormalchild.I’ll never forget in my life theAmericanswhohelpedus.” Minis said he could not haveafforded the expensive procedurehisdaughterrequired. The closest cardiologist wasmore than 100 miles away inNairobi, the surgical waiting liststhere were clogged with patients,andtheonlywayMiniscouldhavescrapedtogetherenoughmoneyfortreatment would have been to sellsomeofhisfamily’scows. The vast majority of children
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SurgeonedwardlefrakoffersStephenMinisanencouragingprognosis.Minisandhisdaughter,whoarefromKenya,arestayingwithlefrak,hiswife,Trudy,right,andtheirfamily,intheirMclean,Va.,home.
see Heart, page 2
Bamboo Ridge to host writers’ institute at Campus Center
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BambooridgePresshostsitsannualwriters’instituteatCampusCenterOct.26.Thisyear’sworkshopleadersincludeuhenglishprofessorIanMacMillan.
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Heart: Surgery hard to come by in Third World
From page 1 elers spent a good deal of time meeting villagers and sharing their experiences with Kenyan school children. “It gives them a real under-standing of human beings,” said Lekuton, who has taught for seven years at Langley, a private school with students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Choosing to help others, he said, makes his students “better people, rather than being secluded McLean children who are well-off.” Stephen Minis was stunned by the generous offer. “I never could have imagined something like this,” he said. “It’s just God’s plan.” When Mantaine and her father arrived at Dulles International Airport on Sunday afternoon, they were met by a small but enthusias-tic contingent of banner-waving, teddy bear-hugging Langley stu-dents and their families. The two have been staying with the Lefraks at their house in McLean. Minis said that while his daughter has bursts of energy, her condition has made her tire quick-ly, as she did on Monday, falling asleep at the dinner table. Thursday, Mantaine woke shortly after the operation and asked for food. A good sign, her father said. Clutching her doll, she drifted back to sleep. In a few days, she’ll leave the hospital. In 10 days, barring complica-tions, she and her father will return to their village. “(The operation) was a very tough exercise, but everything is okay,” said a relieved Minis. “It is only God that would send Doctor Lefrak into the Mara.”
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scraped together enough money for treatment would have been to sell some of his family’s cows. The vast majority of children born in the United States with the same congenital heart defect — a condition known as patent duc-tus arteriosus — would be treated much earlier, before more invasive surgery became necessary. But in the Third World, sur-gery is anything but commonplace; medical maladies can go untreated for years and diseases easily dealt with elsewhere often prove fatal. It was not until Mantaine arrived in the United States that an echocardiogram would confirm that she had the suspected heart defect. “The medical care is just so poor there,” said Lefrak’s wife, Trudy, who had joined her husband and three daughters on the summer trip. “You see all kinds of diseases that have never been corrected,” she said. “You just want to reach out and help everyone.” That overwhelming sense of goodwill is one of the main forces behind the Langley trips, which have been led for five years by Lekuton, a social studies teacher at the McLean school. Lekuton is a native of Kenya who grew up among the Masai, a semi-nomadic tribe whose survival depends on cattle. Lekuton says his trips provide an unusual opportunity to broaden the worldview of U.S. children whose parents can afford to treat them to a two-week, $5,000 vaca-tion on the Serengeti plains. In addition to seeing an array of wild animals, the young trav-
FEATURESWednesday, September 25, 2002 | Page 3Editor: Mikey Campbell | Associate Editor: Jason Paz | (808) 956-3218 | [email protected]
Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
‘Stars’ shines bright, for kids
By Brian CurtisKa Leo Guest Columnist
Thefirstproductionoftheyear,ontheKennedyTheatermainstage,haslessedgethanaNerfball.Incollegetheater,thiscanbeabreathoffreshair. Aimedmoreatchildrenthanatuniversitystudents,“TheBoyWhoStoletheStars,”directedbyTamaraHunt,isaguilelessplaywithanupliftingmessage. Fromabig-picturestandpoint,theplay’smaindifficultyisthatittakesathemethatwillonlyfullyresonatewithadultsandpresentsitinamannerbest-suitedforchil-dren. Thatsaid,there’senoughtruthandplayfulhumortokeepviewersofallagesinterested.Theplotissimpleandoriginal. Nicholas(JeremyPippin),anearnestcityboygiventooccasionalbrooding,goesofftolivewithhisgrandparentsinruralHawai‘iforthesummer.Heuseshisschoolscienceproject,countingthestars,asawaytogetclosetohisailinggrandfather,Matthew(MatthewMalliski),onelasttime. GrandmotherBessie(DebraJeanZwicker),spryinheroldage,triestokeepeveryonehappyandcalmwhilestrugglingwithherownfearsaboutherhusband’sdecline. Nicholaswouldbemorethan
KTUH TOP 101. KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE:
The Bridge (Relaxed Records)2. COMMON RIDER: This is Unity
Music (Hopeless)3. SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS:
Dap Dippin With (Daptone)4. EARTH, WIND & FIRE: Essential
Earth, Wind & Fire (Sony)5. KOOP: Waltz For Koop (Palm
Pictures)6. GUTTERMOUTH: Gusto (Epitaph)7. JIMMY FALLON: Bathroom Wall
(Dreamworks)8. KIND OF LIKE SPITTING: Bridges
Worth Burning (Barsuk)9. REEL BIG FISH: Cheer Up! (Jive)10. MATT SKIBA & KEVIN SECONDS:
Split CD (Asian Man)
HIP HOP TOP 101. PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS: o.s.t.
(om)2. V/A: Constant Elevation
(Astralwerks)3. V/A: Angels + Insects (Mondrian
Sound)4. PSYCHOKINETICS: Sensory Descent
(Ill Kinetics)5. V/A: Revenge of the B-Boy 2 -
Attack of the Toyz (Bomb Hip Hop)6. ALIAS: Other Side of the Looking
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What They Want” (Koch/12-inch)9. BOOM BIP: Seed To Sun (Lex)10. ROOTS MANUVA: Dub Come Save
Me (Ninja Tune)
RPM TOP 101. BT: 10 Years in the Life (FFRR)2. KOOP: Waltz For Koop (Palm
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(ROIR)5. D.H.S.: ATTENTION EARTH PEOPLE
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(Star 69)8. X-PRESS 2: Lazy (Skint)9. MOBY: 18 (V2)10. RALPH MYERZ AND THE JACK
HERREN BAND: A Special EP (Emperor Norton)
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Vol. 2 (Sub City)3. BLOOD BROTHERS: March on
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Top10
The Boy Who Stole the Stars
WhenSaturday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m.
WhereKennedy Theatre
Cost$10 general
$9 military, seniorsUH facultyand staff
$7 children and non-UHMstudents
$3 UHM students w/ID
ANDREW SHIMABUKU • KENNEDY THEATRE
Nicholas, also played by Kevin Pacheco, battles a star dragon in “The Boy Who Stole the Stars.”
Achangingskyandpalmtreesilhouettesmakeupthebackdrop.Takenasawhole,Davenport’sunclutteredset,withitssimplelines,providesadreamscapethatdrawstheaudiencejustabitout-sidetheboundariesofreality. Thosewhocan’ttaketheirlifelessonswithoutasliceofcheesewon’tbehappywith“TheBoywhoStoletheStars.”Thenagain,thestoryismeantforpeopleages10-12,notthe“off-Broadway,arthouse”sect. Catch“TheBoywhoStoletheStars”forasoothing,upliftingthe-aterexperience.Itdeliversinjustunderanhour,whichwillleaveyouplentyoftimetogrababeerbeforeheadingaroundthecornertotheErnstLabTheatreforthesec-ondshowofthenight.
happywiththeoldfolksforcom-pany,butagirlhisagenamedGenevieve(NoellePoole)hasotherplans. Thecastworkswellasanensemble.Noperformancestandsoutfromtherestinquality,whichhelpstomaintaintheverisimilitudeoftheentireshow. Allofthepartssuffermoreorlessequallyfromthesameprob-lem:thedifficultyofyoungadultsplayingchildrenandelderlypeople.Thoughtheyaresmallinstatureandnailalltherightmannerisms,PippinandPoolejustdon’tquiteseemlikekids. ItisclearthatZwickerandMalliskihavelikewiseworkedhardtocopythefrail,stiffmove-mentsofgrandparents,buttheirbodiesstillprojectacertaintensilestrength.Theirsurenessofmove-mentpresentsitselfonlyintheyoungandisnearlyimpossibletodisguise. Allofthisistrivialthough,becauseastheshowprogresses,theactorssucceedinthemostimpor-tantareaofall:wecareabouttheircharacters. Theset,designedbyJamesDavenportinpartialfulfillmentofanMFAinDesign,isbrilliant.Intheforeground,BessieandMatthew’shouseandpropertyarerenderedinasoothingrainbowofmutedcolors.
Kennedy Theater presents: ‘The Boy Who Stole the Stars’
OPINIONSPage 4 | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 Editor: Lance Collins | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected]
Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
HealinginthestaircaseofWesternhistoryisacomplextopic.TheU.S.governmentproducingareportonthenationalpopulation’shealthlongitudi-nallymayormaynothaveanythingtodowithhealth. ThereportindicatesthatAmericansarelivinglongerlivesthantheyhadpreviouslyinAmerica.In1900,theaveragelifeexpectancywas47.3years.In1950,itwas68.2years.Now,Americanscanexpecttodie,onaverage,at76.9yearsofage. Populationsurveillanceandstatisticalartslockinthestate.Apopulationexistsinsofarasthereisastatetocontrolitandagovernmenttomanageit.Peoplearepeople.Thereareallsortsofflaws,internalandexternaltothestudy.Internally,thereportlacksanyindicationofhappinessofpeopleliv-ingto77insteadof47. Therearestronginferencesthatcanbemadeabout“how”peopledie,onaverage,at77yearsold.AIDS,homicide,cancer,heartdiseaseandcer-ebrovasculardiseasehaslessenedwhiledeathduetodiabetesandobesityhasrisen. Manyexpertshavesuggestedthatthelengtheningoflifewithlowerlevelsofdisease,whencoupledwiththestaggeringincreasesinobesity,indicateseffectsofhowthestatecanattachbodiestotheapparatusofpro-duction. Therearemorepeoplewhomayworklongerwhoneedtobetrainedlessfrequently.Inaddition,theenlargingofthecommunityofretiredpeoplepermitslargeamountsofcapitaltobecontainedandjockeyedthroughtheupperlevelsofthemarket—sothatthehealthofthemarketisnotsomuchdependentonconsumersandgoods,butratheronthemotivesofmutualfundmanagersandfinancialplanners. Others,inthezero-sumschool,arguethathealthstatistics,whencom-paredthroughouttheworld,wouldsuggestthatAmericaiscoercingthesaleofhealthfromthemajorityofpeopleonthisplanetwhoarenotina“post-industrial”state. Inotherwords,healthisdirectlylinkedtoaccesstoresourcesandeduca-tion.Thefirstworldcreatesaprofit-makingschemewhichpermitsprofitwhiledeprivingmostoftheworldoftheresourcesandtheeducationtomakeinformeddecisionswithasubstantialamountofchoice. ThisstructureiscreatedprimarilythroughinternationalmonetaryfundsliketheWorldBank,theWorldTradeOrganization,theInternationalMonetaryFundandtheAsianDevelopmentBank.Theycreateneedswheretheydon’texistanduseloansharkingpracticestocoercecountriestobecomemoredependentonthewealthiercountries,withinterest. Eventually,thewholecountryisanationalgroupingofoverworked,underpaidslavelaborerswhowork18-to20-hourweekstomakeenoughtoeat—mostofthetime. Thisisanewinternationalregimeofsocialmedicine.Hospitals,intheWest,havebeenaplacewerethesickweresent—excludedfromotherpeopleor,morespecifically,therich.Eventually,hospitalswererecognizedascreatingmoredisease,sothesickweresentbacktotheirhomes.Doctorswereineveryprovincetohealthesickintheirownhomes. Then,thenotionofthehospitalreturned,biggerandbetter.Thehospitalwouldbeaplacewherediseasewouldbeeradicatedandtheneedfordoc-torswouldbeeliminated.Diseasedbodieswereexcludedonceagain.Thisworkedwellforthestate(healthisoneofthestate’spolicepowers)andfortherich. Webelievetheproblemwithhealthisthestateandgovernmentingen-eral.Webelievethathealingshouldnotbeconnectedtoprofit—thehealershouldnotbeanentrepreneur.Internationalmonetaryfundsareanewlevelinwhich“medicine”isgivenpowerbythesovereignstate.Only,sicknessisexcludednotintohospitalsbutsimplyshiftedtothird-worldcountries. Webelievethattheeconomicsystemcannotsupportsuchagrosslyinhu-maneprocess.TheannualAmericanhealthreportmerelystatesthatdiseasehasbeenexcludedandAmericansarebeginningtobeabletomanageandcontrollifeanddeathmucheasier—butshadowingillnessontoothercoun-triesthrougheconomiccoercionisnottheway.
Coercive economic tactics produce increased health
THE EVENT:TheU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServicesrecentlyreleaseditsannualhealthreport,whichindicatesAmericansarelivinglonger.
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By Candice Freed
Inresponseto“MarijuanaSmokingIsBadandAddictive.”Itwasalmostanexactreplicaof‘20sgovernmentpropaganda.Theonlythingmissingwasthatmarijuanamakes“negroes”runaroundrapingwhitewomen(pleasenotemysar-casm).Itaggravatesme,Matt,thatintheyear2002,inaninstitutionofhigherlearning,peoplearestillbuy-ingintoanti-marijuanapropaganda. First,Ihavetosaythatnotoneofyourclaimsaboutmarijuanausageisaccurate.Youclaimthatmarijuanaisaddictive.Youmakeassumptionsaboutpsychologicaleffectsandwithdrawal.YoumakebroadassertionsabouteverythingfromDUIstoSTDs.Butwhereisyourevidence? Isitblowinginthewind?Thetruthis,allyourargumentsconsist-edofwerebaselessclaims,assump-tionsandassertions.Infact,youevenstate,withrespecttothenum-berofDUIsperyear,thatyou’re“notsure,but(you)knowit’salot.” Astoyourrequestfor“correctfacts”(whichIfindhilarious,con-sideringyourfailuretodoso),hereareafew,whichcanbeverifiedatwww.norml.organdwww.marijua-nafacts.org:1. Marijuanahasneverbeenproven
tobephysicallyaddictive.
2. Marijuanaisaboutaspsycho-logicallyaddictiveaspizzaandepisodesof“Survivor.”
3. Thereisnolinkbetweenmari-juanausageandSTDs.
4. Recentstudieshaveshownnorelationbetweenmarijuanausageandbirthdefects.
5. Recentstudieshaveshownthatthereisnodirectlinkbetweenmarijuanausageandlowtestscores.
6. Smokingmarijuanacancauselungcancer,but,ifitwerelegal-ized,itwouldbeeasiertopro-duceTHCinpillform,eliminat-ingtherisktousers.
Sayingthatmarijuanaisagate-waydrugthatleadstotheuseofotherdrugsistotallyjumpingthegunoncauseandeffect.Now,I’msurethatallmurderershavetriedtoastbefore,butIseriouslydoubtthateatingtoastcausesonetomur-der. Also,withrespecttoyourargu-mentthatAmericashouldn’tletallthemoneywe’vespentonthedrugwargotowaste,Ihavetwoproblems.First,ithasbeennothingbutawastealready.Withthinkinglikeyours,we’dstillbeinVietnamtoday.Second,warsarefoughtagainstpropernouns,notcommonnouns.The“warondrugs”istooabstractandwillneverbewon.
Plus,doesanyonereallythinkthatpeoplearegoingtostartlight-ingupjustbecausemarijuanabecomeslegal?Matt,willyoustartsmokingifitislegalized?Accordingly,lawswon’tmakeany-bodyquit,either(everheardoftheProhibitionEra?). Last,Matt,Iwouldliketocriti-cizeyourviolentandprejudicialcommentthatweshould“poisontheworld’spotsupply”and“eliminatethepotheads.”Iwonderifignorantpeoplelikeyoumadesimilarcom-mentsaboutalcoholusersduringtheProhibitionEra.CaretomeetmeforabeeratManoaGardenslater? Ihopethatourgenerationwillwakeupandrealizethestupidityandfrivolousnessofspending$12billionperyearthrowing700,000otherwiselaw-abidingandnon-vio-lentmarijuanasmokersinprison.Asyousaid,Matt,“Thereareenoughproblemsinthisworld,andwedon’tneedanymore.”Iproposethatmyshareoftaxdollarsgotofeedingthehungryandhousingthehomeless. Idon’tsmokemarijuana,butIamhighlyconcernedaboutwastingmoneyandcriminalizingharmlessindividuals.
Candice Freed is a senior majoring in Liberal Studies.
Letter to Editor wrong about Pot’s benefits
CommunityPerspective
PleaseunderstandthatIamnotawild-eyedpacifist.Infact,Ivol-unteeredtoservemycountryinthemilitaryandspent18monthsover-seasinwartime. Also,soyoumayhavesomeideaofwhereI’mcomingfrom,Iamaretiredattorney,havebeenaprofes-sionallobbyistandatonetimewasspeakerofastatelegislature.Asmodestasthesequalificationsadmit-tedlyare,Iwrite,forthemostpart,asacitizenoftheUnitedStates. AlthoughIbelieveIamapatriotandwouldlaydownmylifeformycountry,IfeeldeeplydisturbedthattheUnitedStatesmaybeheadingwilly-nillyintoanotherglobalcon-flict. Ihavetriedtodisseminatemyviewtovariousnewspapers,butbyandlargetheyrefusetoprintit.Thereasonissimple:mostdonothavethegutstodosobecausetheyareafraidtheywilloffendthepowersthatcontrolthem. TheyarejustasfearfulofthosepowersasareGeorgeW.Bush,DickChaney,DonaldRumsfeld,TomDaschleandmanyotherWashingtonsycophants. Asourpoliticianskeepbeatingthedrumsofwar,bowinginabjectservilitytotheirmasters—the“friends”ofIsrael—themedia,ofcourse,keepssilentaboutitsownsubjection. Isn’titstrangethattheUnitedStatesandIsraelarepracticallytheonlycountriesthroughouttheworldwhosupportanattackonIraq?AretheUnitedStatesandIsraeltheonlyentitiesonthisearthwhohavesupe-riorintellect? Aretheythesolemoralcon-scienceoftheworld?BecausetheUnitedStatesismilitarilytheonlysuper-powerintheworld,doesthisgiveittherighttoactasadictator,thelatterbeingawordwepretendtodeplore? Inmyopinion,thepeopleofthisgreatcountrymaybegettingfed-upwiththetworedherringsthepoliticiansconstantlyspoutforthtojustifytheirbellicoseravings:1)anti-Semitism;2)liberty. Thequestionwhichthegeneralmediarefusestoprint,broadcastortelevise,andwhichIferventlyhopeyouwillputforth,issimplythis:DOTHEAMERICANPEOPLEWANTTHEIRYOUTHDYINGFOREITHERTHEISRAELISORTHEPALESTINIANS? Isthisoversimplification?—Ithinknot.Evenifitis,sowhat?Letthepeoplespeak.Letthedebatebegin.Isthistrulythelandoffreeexpressionormustwewaituntilouryoutharebroughthomeinbody-bagsbeforethecitizensofthiscountryarepermittedtoenterintoameaningfuldiscussion?
Richard F. ProudParachute,Colorado
America shouldn’t fight for Israelis
OPINIONS | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Page 5
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SPORTS | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Page 7
Runners: Big Wave a homecoming for ‘Bows
From page 8 Rainbow Wahine, another accessory worn by all the runners was a black ankle band housing a computer chip which recorded the runners’ order of finish. A scanning device at the fin-ish line registered the runners “like groceries,” as Ruth Dawson, who helped record finishers in the Iolani Invitational, put it. “Now you want to stick your foot out to finish,” added Dawson, who is also a professor of women’s studies at UHM, “Whereas in the past you wanted to lean forward with your chin.” Fancy footwork was especially key for the Big Wave finishers. While the intermediate and high school races also employed manual scorers, the collegiate races relied solely on the computer chip. And what about all that lush scenery? “I didn’t actually notice that, I was just looking straight ahead of me the whole time,” laughed Chang.
Ka Leo Senior Staff Writer Stanley Lee contributed to this report.
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rainbow Wahine robin Mcrobbie and Hanna Bremler take off from the starting line at the Big Wave Invitational last Saturday. Mcrobbie placed 23 overall and Bremler fifth.
somewhat of a homecoming. The 2000 Punahou graduate won the inaugural Iolani Invitational at Kualoa in 1999. “It’s nice to be home,” said Chang. “It’s just a great environment ... I couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to come back to UH.” The high schoolers also took the opportunity to welcome Chang back to UH. At the start, the Punahou girls’ team lined up along the course path to cheer Chang on, clapping and shouting, “Go Victoria!” The meet was also a homecom-ing for freshman Leonie Sugai, who hails from nearby Kaneohe. Sugai made “magic wands” for her team-mates out of two-foot-long Pixi Stix and plastic stars. “I just wanted to make something special because this is where I live,” said Sugai. “Everybody can walk around with it and be like, ... it’s our team thing.” Besides the wands sported by the
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‘Real’ cross country at Big Wave By Lori Ann Saeki
Ka Leo Sports Editor
Theridges,protectivefingersextendingtowardthesea,shimmergreenfromtheusualrainwhich,sur-prisinglyandthankfully,isnotherethisday.Fromthetopofthehill,youcanseeChinaman’sHatfloatinginKaneoheBayandhighschoolersinshortsandtankscrossingthestreettothebeach.Smokefromthousandsofroastinghulihulichickenshoversaboveitall,nowindtoblowitaway. Welcometo...acrosscountrymeet? TheUniversityofHawai‘iRainbowWahineCrossCountryteamfinishedsecondintheinauguralHawai‘iBigWaveInvitationalwith88points,edgingoutOklahomaState,whofinished18thatlastyear’sNCAAChampionships,byonepoint.TheUCLABruinswonthemeet,totalingjust46points. Amongtheindividualfinish-ers,RainbowjuniorVictoriaChangfinishedsecondoverallwithatimeof18:44.5,lessthanthreesecondsbehindmeetwinnerNinaChristensenofHawai‘iPacificUniversity.FreshmanHannaBremleralsofin-ishedinthetopfiveoverallforthe‘Bows,withatimeof19:04.3. “Prettysoon,thepeoplethatdotherankingsaregoingtohavetostartscratchingtheirheadsandget-tingoutthemapbooksandfiguringoutwhereHawai‘iisbecausewe’redefinitelybeingignored,”saidUHMassociatecoachAndyMcInnis. Wherethe‘BowswereSaturdayafternoonwasKualoaRanch,run-ningintheshadowsoftheKo‘olaus.Forthelastfouryears,theranchhasbeenhometotheIolaniInvitational,ameetwhichattractsoverathousandrunnersfromlocalandmainlandhighschools.Thisyear,theuniversityteamedupwithIolanitocombinethehighschoolracewiththeformerHawai‘iInvitational,ameethostedbyUHMwhichattractedtopcol-legiateteamsfromthemainlandaswellasthelocalcollegestorunattheKaneoheClipperCourse. “Wewantedthem(thehighschoolers)tocometooursite,”saidUHMheadcoachCarmynJames.“Buttheywereinacontractwiththeranchforanothercoupleyears,andsoifwewantedtocombineforceswehadtogothere.” SotheRainbowspickedupandmovedhousetoKualoa.Theresult
wasacoursethatwasactually“crosscountry”forthecrosscountryteams. “Thethingthatchallengesistheconstantterrain,theunstablefoot-ing,”saidMcInnis.“PeopleintheNCAADivisionIareusedtoreallyfast,smooth,rollinggolfcourses,niceeasyfairways,soallofasud-denyou’rechallengedwithsomerealadversityhereinfootingonloosedirt,gravel,rocks—constantlychanging.” Inadditiontotheunstablefoot-ing,theKualoacoursealsoprovidedseveralsteepuphillclimbs,includingariseofover150feetwithinthefirstkilometeroftherace.Althoughthehundred-oddrunnersformedafluidmassatthestartingline,thesteep,narrowpathupthefirsthillquicklythinnedthepackintoalongstringledbyUHM’sChang. SaidMcInnis:“There’snothingsubtleaboutthiscourse.Itcomesatyouharduphill,harddownhilland,whenyougettotheflats,they’renotenough.” ButaccordingtoMcInnis,theuphillstretcheswerenotthemostdifficultpartsofthecourse. “It’stheabilitytorundownhillandnotgethurt(that’shard),”saidMcInnis.“Nottooverstride,nottoputthebrakesonallthetime,buttorunfreelydownhillandmakethemostofit.That’swhat’sthehardestonthebody. “Mostpeopleputtheemergencybrakeonandburnoutthebodytry-ingtocontroltheirspeedratherthanjustrollwithitandletgravitydothejobforyou.” Perhapsmoredifficulttodealwiththanthehillyterrainwastheheat,asillustratedbyoneOccidentalrunnerwhomanagedthelasthun-dredyardsbyliterally...gradually...placingonefootinfrontoftheotherbeforecollapsinguponcrossingthefinishline. “Wegotslaughteredwiththeunexpectedlybeautifulsunnyweatheroverhereattheranch,”saidMcInnis,whoaddedthatseveralambulancesleftwithrunnersthroughouttheday. ThoughChangledthepackearly,bythesecondkilometerandsecondlooppastthestartingline,Christensenhadpulledinfrontonherwaytoherfirstplacefinish. ForChang,whospentthelasttwoyearsatStanford,themeetwassomewhatofahomecoming.AndreW ShimAbuku • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i
rainbow Victoria Chang leads hPu’s Sayuri kusutani and nina Christensen, keeping her eyes on the rough terrain at the hawai‘i big Wave invitational last Saturday. She finished second overall with a time of 18:44.5. See Runners, page 7
‘Bows tie Beach sans all-WAC striker
By Stefanie NakasoneKa Leo Contributing Writer
TheUniversityofHawai‘iRainbowWahinesoccerteamhadtheirendurancetestedonMondaynightastheytookontheLongBeachState49ersinthechampion-shipgameoftheOHANAHotels&ResortsShootout.Thematch,playedinfrontof229attheWaipi‘oPeninsulaSoccerStadium,wentinto
doubleovertimeandtook110min-utesofplayingtimetocomplete.Theresultofthismarathonwasa1-1tie. LongBeachStatestruckearlyas5-foot,8-inchjuniorAbieCurrytookcontrolofapassatmidfield,brokeawayfromtheHawai‘idefendersandsailedtheballpastthedivingbodyofRainbowgoalieMahieAtay,scoringagoal5:37intothegame. “Wehadaslowstart,andIthoughtmydecision-makingwasalittleoff,”admittedAtay,whowasnamedthetournament’smostout-standinggoalkeeper.Shefeltshe“pickeditup”inthesecondperiod,makingsevensavesintheframeforatotalof12forthegame.Shedidnotallowanothergoal. AhugeblowtotheRainbow
WahinecameshortlybeforetheendofthefirsthalfwhenjuniorArleneDevitt,secondontheteamingoalsscoredwithfivethisseason,receivedaredcardandwasejectedfromthegame.ShewillnotbeeligibletocompeteinthenextHawai‘igameagainstWeberStateonFriday.Thisleftthe‘Bowsoneplayershortfortheremainderofthematch. “Wewerealittleslowathalf-time.AssoonasArlene(Devitt)gotout,ourteamjustwentdown,”saidfreshmanstrikerNatashaKai.“Butweprovedthatevenwithonly10players,ourteamcanstillcompete.” Kai,whoplayednearlytheentiregamewhilebattlingflu-likesymp-toms,added,“It’shardplayingwhenI’msick,butIcan’tlettheteam
down.Ijusthadtosuckitup.” Indeed,Kaididnotlettheteamdown,scoringonahighkickoverLongBeachgoalieMeghanHartwykonanassistbysophomoreJoelleSugaiatthe45:35mark.Kai,a5-foot,8-inchKahukunative,leadstheWahineingoalsscoredwithsixthisseason,includingthreeinthistour-nament. SaidHawai‘iheadcoachPinsoomTenzingofhowhisteamplayed:“Bravely.Very,verybravely.Itisnearlyimpossibletogettheresultwedid,toplay69minutes(with)aplayerdown.That’salong,longtime.I’mveryproudofthem.” Hawaii’srecordnowstandsat2-4-2. AlthoughtheRainbowWahine
andLongBeachStatefinishedwithidenticalrecordsinthetournament(1-0-1),the49erstookthetourneytitleonthetiebreaker,allowingonegoalinthetwomatchestotheRainbows’two.
All-tournament team:AbieCurry(LBSU),SarahGamet(LBSU),NatalieGroenewoud(UH),NatashaKai(UH),NatalieMessina(LBSU),MiaMoe(UH),KrystalynnOntai(UH),RosetteRough(LIU),DianaSanguinetti(LBSU),JessicaUecker(UH).TournamentMVP:MahieAtay(UH).
One-up ‘Niners can’t
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