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Remembering the jarring ac-tions of her extended family after her father’s passing, BFA dance student Cassandra Glaser spent over a year planning and perfecting a dark aerial dance that embodied hostile relation-ships between family members. Titled “Family Ties,” Glaser’s dance features four dancers in contemporary aerial work and ad-dresses the sinister side of family life that many cope with. “My dancers symbolize these family members and the negative feelings,” she said. “The audience should be able to relate to what happens onstage because every family has their problems.” Glaser’s piece is just one of four main dance performances that will be featured in the Uni-versity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa De-partment of Theatre and Dance’s production of “Winter Footholds: Dusk and Daybreak.” Another featured work will be

MFA candidate Cher Anabo’s piece on human trafficking, titled “Salpu-kan: Moving Bodies, Moving Mean-ings.” The piece was inspired by the yoga asana “eagle pose.” “‘Salpukan’ is a Filipino word for clash, collision or impact,” Ana-bo said. “In my work, I am focusing on ‘impact,’ specifically in terms of the impact that human trafficking has in poor countries.” MFA candidate Mayu Ota’s piece on Japanese painting and the nature of art, titled “Beyond Time,” will feature modern dance and Jap-anese bon dance. A core theme in Ota’s piece is the relationship of life and death through art. Lastly, BFA candidate Keely Urbanich’s piece “Helicopters and Tea” will focus on the processes of learning and exploring movements. The piece is named after two very different objects with the ambition of creating something lighthearted and interesting. Additional works by Department of Theatre and Dance students will round out the rest of the performance.

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With solar power on Maui, O‘ahu and the Big Island almost doubling between 2010 and 2011 (from 40 to 78 megawatts), some fear the cost of electricity will increase because cus-tomers who have photovoltaic panels do not contribute enough to the fi xed cost of operating and maintaining the electric grid system. Customers with solar get credit toward their bills on any excess electricity they produce, leading to very small electric bills. However, Darren Pai, Hawai-ian Electric Company represen-tative, asserted that there are no plans for a special rate increase. It turns out that people without solar panels already pay a small amount per bill that covers a portion of the costs to have solar in the grid. This is 30 cents on O‘ahu and $1

on Maui and Hawai‘i Island. Pai stated, “There is a small subsidy that customers without so-lar end up paying for those who do have solar, but we feel the benefi ts of having solar outweigh the costs.” According to Pai, the bill increases customers have experienced over the past year are due not to solar, but oil. “Last year, a typical cus-tomer saw a $61 a month increase in their bill,” said Pai. “Of that, $57 is for the increased cost of oil.” But Paul Brewbaker from TZ Economics has a differing opinion on this issue. He said that under the cur-rent policy of decoupling, “the price of electricity can go up even if the cost of oil-fi red electricity does not.” Decoupling, or the loosening of the linkage between electric-ity price changes and the actual impacts of oil price changes, has been embraced by the Public Utili-ties Commission, which regulates HECO’s monopoly on electricity. Brewbaker said that, under de-coupling, an increase in fuel oil pric-es of 40 percent, for example, will not necessarily lead to a 40 percent increase in prices customers pay. With decoupling, changes do not have to be proportional; therefore, electricity rates can increase much more than 40 percent. If decoupling were not in place and fuel oil is less than half of the utility’s production cost, changes in the amount cus-tomers pay should be less than half the change in oil prices. However, with decoupling, changes in electricity rates can be much higher. Why would the PUC do this?

Brewbaker hypothesized that policymakers hope that “by raising the price of electricity, somebody could produce renewable energy profi tably at the new, higher price.” By 2030, policymakers could be driv-en by the mandate to reach 40 per-cent clean energy by 2030, a goal of the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative. Brewbaker pointed out that poorer households are usually the ones without solar and the ones that “pay [HECO] compensation via higher electricity prices,” as well as “bear more of the burden of solar tax credits.” Those who have incorporated solar panels into their homes and businesses have gotten tax credits as well as credit for the excess electricity they produce.

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In the fi lm “Superbad,” a high school student acquires a fake Hawai‘i driver’s license with the one-name moniker McLovin. Despite the movie’s comedic take on obtaining a fake identifi cation card, in reality identity fraud has become one of the fastest-growing crimes in Hawai‘i, with more than 500 cases reported by the Financial Fraud Unit of the Ho-nolulu Police Department last year.

INCREASED SECURITY Starting on March 5, 2012, Hawai‘i residents will be required to show more documentation to re-new, reinstate and apply for a driv-er’s license or a learner’s permit. The Department of Motor Ve-hicles will require people to bring

documents providing their legal name, birth date, Social Security Number and legal presence in the United States. These documents will be scanned and forwarded to a “super-secure processing center, which is going to verify the documents, and keep them on record,” Department of Transportation spokesperson Dan Meisenzahl told the Hawai‘i Tribune Herald in a recent article. “And then you have to wait two weeks for your license to get mailed to you.” A temporary license will be is-sued for those who apply shortly before their regular licenses expire. Once these documents are in the system, people do not need to bring them for their fi rst renewal after eight years, but they will have to do so for their second re-newal, eight years after that.

The new rules are in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in which the terrorists held fake driv-er’s licenses from different states. To make it more diffi cult for crimi-nals to commit ID fraud, Congress passed the REAL ID Act of 2005, which mandated that state-issued identity cards comply with federal security requirements before they can be used for boarding com-mercial aircraft or entering fed-eral buildings. In 2007, Sen. Daniel Akaka tried to repeal the law due to fi nancial and privacy concerns, but was unsuccessful.

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FEB. 12 F INANCIAL I SSUES The fi scal offi ce on lower cam-pus burned down. Worried stu-dents have since been inquiring about their fi nancial records. The authorities have reiterated that the fi nancial records, including loans and grants, are backed up in several places and are safe.

FEB. 10 BUILDING DAMAGE This past week, several buildings were victims of what has been described as crimi-nal property damage or graf-f iti. These incidents have taken place (in chronological order) at the UH Press building, Hawai‘i English Language Program buildings, the geophysics build-ing, and the Pacif ic Ocean Sci-ence and Technology build-ing. The incidents took place throughout the day.

FEB. 9 ZONE 20 ANTICS In parking zone 20 (the large parking structure on lower campus), two separate in-cidents happened at nearly the same time. One was a domestic argument and the other was a motor vehicle collision where the perpetrator f led the scene. Both incidents occurred be -tween 12:20 and 2:00 p.m.

FEB. 7 AND 8 STOLEN PROPERTY A reported mo-ped theft hap-pened at Hale Anuenue around 2 p.m. A bicycle was also stolen from the music building on Feb. 7 around 4:30 a.m.

FEB. 8 PEOPLE PROBLEMS A case of harassment was re-ported in Johnson Hall B at 2:30 p.m. A temporary restraining or-der was fi led.

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What’s your fashion inspirati on or icon? A friend of mine in London. She’s currently into T-Boz from TLC and has been wearing gems on her forehead.

What fashion trend irritates you the most? Gaucho pants. I hate them.

What would you like to see less of on campus? Ed Hardy. Yuck.

Do you have any grooming rituals? I always wear MAC Prime and Prep, even if I’m not wearing any makeup.

How long does it take you to get ready?15 minutes.

What’s your favorite thing to wear?Clean socks!

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Cooking Fresh For YouCooking Fresh For You

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Another food truck rolled onto the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa campus this week. Michi’s Cooking Fresh For You is located near Holmes Hall in Golden River Catering’s spot. “It ’s been great,” said owner Michi Watarai. “The responses we’ve gotten so far have been awesome.” The lunch truck offers fresh fruit, daily special pastas, gourmet salads and plate lunches. Watarai’s recipes will offer students health-ier options for their meals. “We make all of our dressings and sauces from scratch,” said Watarai. “We try to replace butter with healthier options by using fat-free greek yogurt … [and] dressings don’t have a lot of oil. We [also] don’t fry.” The truck’s most popular foods include the steak plate and the catch of the day, which this week has been ‘ahi. Cooking Fresh For You is one of four lunch trucks that have been added to campus while Paradise Palms is closed. Andy Lachman, man-ager of UH Mānoa’s Food Services, said, “Food Services is excited to be working with Chef Michi. Her Cooking Fresh For You philosophy of healthful eating and fresh ingredients will be a good fi t for our campus.” Phyllis Look, marketing and communications manager for campus services, said that they are looking to see how the community responds to the new trucks. “We are looking to see how well they do and if they provide the variety that we want,” she said. “At this point we are not sure if we will add more trucks; it comes down to if we have the room for more.” Look said that at the end of each year, Campus Dining puts out a survey. “That survey is our customers’ response and a large part of how we choose what food we bring to campus.” Look said. “Custom-ers provide information there about what types of food they like and would like to see here.” The survey helped to determine the four trucks that have been added so far and will be used to decide if more are added in the future.

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Neil Diamond will, after nearly 35 years, perform for a Hawai‘i au-dience once again. Come on down to the Neal S. Blaisdell Center this Saturday night for an evening of good old-fashioned entertainment. Cost: $49-$159 When: Saturday, Feb. 18: 8 p.m.Where: Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena, 777 Ward Ave.Contact: www.blaisdellcenter.com

“THE BUTLER DID IT” Folks who are still fed up with all the

Valentine’s Day love can fi nd a reprieve in Diamond Head Theatre’s production

of “The Butler Did It.” It’s a dynamic play about a director who is determined to create the perfect who-

dunit mystery and decides to play with his actors’ heads – and lives – to obtain his goal.

Cost: $12-$42When: Friday, Feb. 17: 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb.

18: 3 p.m and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 19: 4 p.m.Where: Diamond Head Theatre, 520

Makapu‘u Ave.Contact: 808-733-0274

GIRL FEST HAWAI ‘ I OPENING NIGHT CONCERT

The eighth annual Girl Fest Hawai‘i opening night party, which kicks off the biggest anti-violence

multimedia festival in the state, will be held downtown. There will be performances by headliner MamaWisdom, as

well as R(e)Volve Hawai‘i, Youth Speaks, Jason Tom the Hu-man Beatbox, Hawai‘i’s B-Girls and DJ Irie-sistable. Let your voice be heard and show your support to end violence against women and girls. Cost: $8 before 10 p.m.; $15 after 10 p.m.When: Friday, Feb. 17: 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Where: Bambu Two Cafe + Martini Lounge, 1144 Bethel St. Contact: www.girlfesthawaii.org

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JUSTIN FRANCISCO

Associate Opinions Editor

Valentine’s Day is over. Phew. For some, it was a blissful event fi lled with love and excitement. However, it all came at a price – literally. Even if you cooked dinner in or made home-made gifts, it still came with a receipt. Forgive me for being presumptu-

ous, but I assume a majority of these elaborate rendezvous were planned and

paid for by guys. But Diane Mapes, dat-ing expert and author of “How to Date in a

Post-Dating World,” questions why, stating, “The rules of courtship are in the transitional period.” Our generation is unusually wedged between the chivalrous etiquette taught by parents brought up with conservative ideology and progressive equality learned from observable fact. More women are enrolled in college than men. The independent, self-made woman is sexy. The idea of a dependable, needy wife that waits at home with dinner is cliched and outdated. But some feminists continue to advocate equality while benefi ting from the inequalities. Women, you can begin to dispel the canard of inequality by offering to plan and pay for dates. But society tells us otherwise. Social dog-ma, for one reason or another, states that man-liness includes covering the tab. But we are in college. Some of us have to work two jobs for long hours and write about sex to barely make rent and buy Spam musubi. We are still gentle-men, but whether we like to admit it to our lov-ers (or ourselves), we are broke. So I asked female students: Who should pay for the dates? Does a guy paying for the date equate to a higher likelihood of getting laid?

Would you be turned off if a man asked you to cough up some cash? The general consen-sus was that whoever initiated the date should pay. “I think that who-ever asked the other person out for the fi rst date should be the one to pay, and usually that’s the guy,” said Lydia Griffi n. Marissa Vin-berg, another respon-dent, said that when she recently asked a guy out, she didn’t pay for the date – though she was prepared to pay for her own portion. When asked why she didn’t pay for both of them, she said, “He’s a full-grown man and should be able to take care of himself. I mean, I could have paid for the whole thing. But what does that say about a guy?” The women interviewed seemed to agree, however, that when the relationship becomes serious, there should be a cooperative under-standing of payment. And drumroll, please – yes men, paying for dinner will increase your chances of get-ting dessert. “If the guy wants to get laid, do you really think that ’s going to happen if the girl pays?” commented Vinberg. Hmm, how fascinating. Valentine’s Day seems to be trickier; while the women agreed that whoever initiated the date should pay, they also acknowledged that social norms dictate men make the plans for Valentine’s.

“Most girls do leave it up to the guy to plan the date for Valentine’s Day because that’s what they ex-pect,” said Griffi n. “But if girls are just relying on societal norms to make Valentine’s Dates for them, they can’t really get mad if their boyfriend or who-ever doesn’t set it up,” she added. So why are guys still responsible for holidays like Valentine’s Day? How can gender equality progress when women assume courtesy man-dates men paying the bill? Many men don’t ask girls out on dates because we can’t afford it, and both sexes lose. So women, if you re-ally want to do some-thing special for your man next V-day, say these simple yet ex-pensive words: “Hon-ey, I got the tab this time.”

‘Honey, I got this.’

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Not too long ago, it ap-peared that Newt Gingrich was a lost cause. Last sum-mer, dozens of his cam-paign’s high-ranking staff members left en masse, abandoning ship and jump-ing onto rival campaigns’ bandwagons. At that mo-ment, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Ron Paul all seemed more intriguing. Today, Gingrich ap-pears to be the only viable mainstream candidate ca-pable of challenging front-runner Mitt Romney. And if history tells us anything about Gingrich’s stubborn character, he will stay in this race until the last pos-sible moment. For voters, Newt Gin-grich can be unlikeable for a myriad of reasons. First and foremost, Gin-grich simply cannot man-age his personal life. At the age of 19, he married his former high school ge-ometry teacher – who was seven years his senior. After 18 years of marriage, Gingrich fi led for divorce, not only because his wife was battling can-cer, but also because he had been having an affair with a woman nine years his junior. Gingrich would eventually wed his mistress and stay with her for 19 years. However, only 12 years into his second mar-riage, Gingrich began yet another affair, this time with a congressio-nal staffer 23 years his junior. This woman is Gingrich’s third wife. Gingrich has also practiced three different versions of his reli-gion. Romney’s biggest disconnect with voters is his Mormon faith. Meanwhile, Gingrich has been jumping around various sects of Christianity – now, Catholicism. Taking into consideration all of Gingrich’s personal dilemmas, thelogical question is how can Gingrich

manage America if he can’t even manage his own life? Earlier in Gingrich’s political career, he had already developed a reputation for not being able to sepa-rate his personal opinions and feuds from the work he was elected to do. As speaker of the house, Gin-grich was fundamental in shutting down the U.S. government for a to-

tal of 28 days, the longest

in U.S. history. It was laterrevealed that personalgrudges might have moti-vated his actions, and Gin-grich admitted a few yearsafter the fact that his ac-tions were his “single mostavoidable mistake.” Gingrich’s track recordis varied and inconsistent.In 1995, Time Magazinenamed Gingrich “Man ofthe Year” for his work inCongress. He orchestrat-ed the 1994 “RepublicanRevolution,” which result-ed in ending 40 years ofDemocratic majority in theHouse. Gingrich also ledin passing the fi rst federalbalanced budget in nearlythree decades. And yet, during this sameperiod of time, he was alsoacting irresponsibly. Duringhis time as speaker of thehouse, a total of 84 ethicscharges were fi led againstGingrich. He was the fi rstspeaker to ever be disci-plined for an ethics violation. People have come to ex-

pect this kind of reckless behav-ior from him. If Gingrich were to somehow secure the Republican nomination, there is no doubt that Gingrich’s laundry list of infrac-tions will be used against him – ef-fectively giving the 2012 election to Barack Obama.

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campus as a mechanism to deliver APEC

propaganda to the community here at

M noa, instead of engaging in an intel-

lectual debate on the topic on campus.”

Sharma also pointed out that the sign

on Bachman Lawn is usually used to

promote internal UH matters, such as

welcoming students back to school or

making announcements.

When asked what the adminis-

tration’s reaction was to the protest and

the petition, Associate Vice President of

External Affairs and University Relations

Lynne Waters gave this response: “Uni-

versity administration has been at today’s

Board of Regents meeting, which contin-

ued into the afternoon. A representative re-

ceived the petition from the march today and

will present the petition to the president.”

As Waters noted, the protest coincided

KELSEY AMOS

News Editor

A group of about 15 people

protesting perceived university

support for the Asia-Pacifi c Eco-

nomic Cooperation marched from

McCarthy Mall to Bachman Lawn

Wednesday morning, trailed by

members of the local media. The

group targeted the “Welcome

APEC” sign on the corner of Uni-

versity Avenue and Dole Street

as a sign of dissent, using tape

to cross out “Welcome” and “E

Komo Mai,” and adding “Sucks”

after APEC.

“For the university to put up

something that is politically mo-

tivated is unfair,” said Caterina

Desiato, one of the protesters.

The sign on Bachman Lawn,

along with one on East-West Road,

have been up for most of the semes-

ter. But on Wednesday the APEC

Sucks protesters, led by sociology

professor Nandita Sharma and art

professor Gaye Chan, along with

organizers from Revolution Books,

decided to direct attention to the

signs as symbols of what they per-

ceive as the university’s approval

of the policies and vision of the

APEC conference.

“We delivered a petition to

[University of Hawai‘i System]

President [M.R.C.] Greenwood to-

day, demanding that the ‘Welcome

APEC’ signs ... be taken down,”

said Sharma. “What APEC stands

for is going to be quite devastat-

ing for the vast majority of people

in Hawai‘i and the world, and spe-

cifi cally on the UH campus. It’s a

complete atrocity that President

Greenwood has decided to use our See UHM APEC night, next page

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An interna-

tional sandwich

bar worker was

caught fi lming

himself stuff-

ing lettuce

up his nose

and put-

ting it

back in its serving tray. The video

was posted on YouTube about two

years ago. Another video features

two pizza delivery workers blowing

their noses onto a pizza. What if you

were to witness a similar incident

right here on campus?

Nicole Nonaka, a University of

Hawai‘i at M noa student major-

ing in social work, said she usually

brings a packed lunch to school,

but decided to buy a gyro sand-

wich at Paradise Palms on Nov. 16.

According to Nonaka, while

she waited in line at the sandwich

bar, a worker stuck his right pinky

fi nger in and out of his nose for

several seconds and went back

to serving customers without

washing his hands with soap

and water. Nonaka said this

worker resumed prepar-

ing customers’ food with

a plastic glove on his

left hand, while using

tongs with his bare

right hand.

When she

reached the counter,

the owner of the store,

Tony Boyadjian, took

an order and prepared

a sandwich. But Boyad-

jian stopped midway and

handed the sandwich to

the man who allegedly had

stuck his fi nger in his nose.

Nonaka asked him to use a glove

over his right hand, but he said, “No,

I’m already using gloves.”

As she explained what she

witnessed, Boyadjian prepared Non-

aka’s sandwich instead and apolo-

gized. But according to Nonaka,

the worker said, “I wasn’t picking

my nose, I was rubbing my mouth.

You’re fantasizing. You’re a bitch.”

Nonaka fi led a formal complaint

with Paradise Palms supervisors

Ronald A. Palpallatoc and Tammy

Madrona, but hasn’t received a re-

ply since the day of the incident.

OWNER S PERSPECT IVE

In an interview with Ka Leo,

Boyadjian recalled the incident

and said, “She is totally fantasiz-

ing and she’s a liar.”

Boyadjian said he has been in

business for 15 years with three

other locations in Hawai‘i, but nev-

er had a single complaint until now.

Without an appointment but upon

request, Boyadjian showed his store’s

kitchen area and also the worker’s

hands. “As you can see, the worker’s

hands are clean,” he said. “I trust him.

He did say ‘bitch,’ but that was noth-

ing personal. He didn’t tell her in her

face. He just said it to himself, looking

down.” Boyadjian said the worker has

been with him for seven years and has

never had a problem.

Boyadjian said all the workers

serving sandwiches either wear

gloves on both hands or use tongs to

avoid direct contact with the food.

“Why did she get a sandwich

and pay at the end if our service was

unsatisfactory?” said Boyadjian. “We

have loyal customers who come back

to get our sandwiches every week.”

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

RESPONSE

Nonaka fi led a complaint let-

ter with the Hawai‘i Department

of Health and the Better Business

Bureau on Nov. 23.

Department of Health Inspec-

tor and Hawai‘i Environmental

Health Association President Am-

ber Vuong inspected the sandwich

store on Nov. 29. Vuong said she

found no violation when she ob-

served the store for over 30 minutes

during busy lunchtime hours with-

out prior warning to the owner.

According to Vuong, it is not a vi-

olation to serve food without gloves,

and the Department of Health Ad-

ministrative rules simply require

washing hands with soap and drying

them with paper towels before serv-

ing food (title 11, chapter 12).

“We always take it [the claim]

for truth, but we usually don’t see

what the observer sees,” said Vu-

ong, who has been inspector since

2006 and was in charge of the UH

M noa campus for two years.

“I haven’t seen any violation on

campus, as far as I am aware of. I

think Centerplate has been keep-

ing an eye on them [all the ven-

dors at Paradise Palms] too.”

Nonaka, who is still waiting

for a reply from Centerplate, stat-

ed, “I am hoping that they’ll write

back. … I am concerned about

food quality and safety, and they

failed to comply with food han-

dling and personal hygiene, which

is extremely unprofessional.”

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EMI AIKO

Associate News Editor

U.S. Secretary of State Hill-

ary Rodham Clinton delivered an

hour long speech, “America’s Pa-

cifi c Century,” at the East-West

Center on Thursday, advocating to

expand U.S. economic engagement

and diplomatic ties in the region.

“The 21st century will be

America’s Pacifi c century, a pe-

riod of unprecedented outreach

and partnership in this dynamic

and consequential region,” Clinton

said in her address to a crowd of

over 250 invited guests. “Just as our

engagement has already delivered

results to people in the [Asian re-

gion], it has and will continue to de-

liver results to American people.”

This was Clinton’s fi rst public

appearance after arriving in Ho-

nolulu to attend the leaders’ meet-

ings for the Asia-Pacifi c Economic

Cooperation. She has spoken

twice previously at the East-

West Center.

REACHING OUT TO ASIA

Clinton emphasized

that this is a time of se-

rious economic chal-

lenges, and that she is well aware

of American concerns.

While some may question

reaching out to Asia and instead

think it is time to scale back, she

stated, “This thinking is under-

standable, but mistaken. What

will happen in Asia in the years

ahead will have an enormous im-

pact on our nation’s future, and

we cannot sit on the sideline and

leave it to others to determine our

futures for us.”

Although the Obama adminis-

tration embraced the importance of

the Pacifi c region from the very be-

ginning, Clinton said it was critical

to seize new opportunities, as Asia

and the Pacifi c have nearly half of

the world’s population, several of

the largest and fastest-growing

economies, and some of the busiest

ports and shipping lanes.

Clinton also said, “One of the

most important tasks of American

statecraft over the next decade

will be to lock in a sub-

stantially increased

investment – diplo-

matic, economic,

strategic and oth-

erwise – in this

region.” She also men-

tioned some of

the challenges in

this region, which

include military

buildups, con-

cerns about pro-

liferation of nu-

clear weapons,

natural disasters

and the world’s

worst levels of

greenhouse gas emissions.

“The war in Iraq is winding

down. We have begun a transi-

tion in Afghanistan. … We have

reached a pivot point,” Clinton said.

“We now have redirected some of

those investments to opportunities

and obligations elsewhere. And

Asia stands out as a region where

opportunities abound.”

EAST MEETS EAST

The guests included both

current and former Hawai‘i lead-

ers such as former Gov. George

Ariyoshi, Sen. Daniel Inouye, and

Gov. Neil Abercrombie, as well as

heads of Pacific island nations,

senior U.S. military officials and

UH officials.

“This is not East meets West or

East versus West. This is East meets

East. This is the Asia-Pacifi c region.

APEC represents an opportunity for

Hawai‘i to position ourselves as an

anchor in that region,” said Aber-

crombie, who said he was pleased

to see that focus is now back on Asia

and the Pacifi c. “I think Hawai‘i

[will] have a role to play, either in

economics or in politics.”

After the APEC summit, Clin-

ton will be traveling, the Philippines

and Thailand, and is scheduled to

return to Washington on Nov. 19.

“This was an excellent speech;

it was an in-depth speech,” Univer-

sity of Hawai‘i System President

M.R.C. Greenwood said. “I believe

that she gave it today for the rea-

son of shaping and letting folks

know, on her way to these other

countries, what it is that we are se-

rious about. I congratulate [her]

on her wonderful speech here.”

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Closing out sets has been a problem for the Warrior volleyball team. In eight sets this season, Hawai‘i has either led or tied its opponent when the score was in the 20s before eventually losing the set. “You just got to want it – whoever puts their bod-ies on the fl oor and just goes for every point and every ball,” senior libero Nick Castello said. Middle blocker Jarrod Lofy tries to keep the same intensity no matter what stage of the set it is. “You treat every point the same,” Lofy said. “It doesn’t matter whether it’s the fi rst point or the last point, you go at it with the same amount of energy, and that’s all the energy I have. I go as hard as I can every point from the beginning of the game to the end of the game. It doesn’t matter if we’re up by 10 or down by 10.” And closing out sets is something that the War-riors need to be able to do this week as the No. 1 UCLA Bruins (12-1, 7-0 Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation) roll into town to face No. 13 Hawai‘i (6-7, 3-5 MPSF). The Bruins’ only loss this season came against UC Ir-

vine, a team that beat Hawai‘i twice last week. According to Anteater head coach John Speraw, there wasn’t a real secret to beating the Bruins. “We played at a pretty high level, and they weren’t as good as they are right now,” Speraw said. “Based on the scores, I think that UCLA is playing some re-ally nice volleyball. At the start of the year when we played them, they were trying to fi gure out their op-posite position, and I think they’ve fi gured that out.” Hawai‘i will have to take advantage of being able to make some adjustments, having played UCLA ear-lier this season – when the Bruins won in three sets. “Based on the fact that we played them before, we’ll be better prepared for them,” Lofy said. “Generally, we always do a whole lot better when we have more infor-mation and we’re able to see us playing against them.” On the other side of the ball, UCLA has something extra to play for. Head coach Al Scates is in his 50th sea-son at UCLA and wants to win just as much as his players. “It is my last year and we’re going to try to win every match we play all year,” Scates said. “These are seniors in my lineup, and they understand what I’m telling them to do. They started when they were freshmen. We’re an experienced team, so we should win the close ones.”

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Last season, the Rainbow base-ball team opened the year with four games against the Oregon Ducks at home. The two squads split the se-ries, two games apiece.

“We got a split last year,” said shortstop Pi‘ikea Kitamura. “We

thought we should have won it, and there’s defi nitely a little bit of a rivalry in playing them.” A year later, it is Hawai‘i

vs. Oregon round two.

DUCK AND COVER Last year, the Ducks were ranked No. 9 in the nation. But after losing eight players to the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, UO now fi nds itself ranked at No. 27 head-ing into this season. UH head coach and 2011 WAC coach of the year Mike Trapasso of-fered his thoughts on the Rainbow’s fi rst opponents. “They’re going to come in and be tremendously disciplined,” said Tra-

passo. “They’re one of the best teams we’ll face all year.”

RAINBOWS RELOADING Hawai‘i lost seven players to the draft as well, including All-Western Athletic Conference second baseman Kolten Wong and closer Lenny Linsky. However, the ’Bows have been picked to place third in the WAC. In the all-time series, UH has dominated Oregon by winning 11 of 14 games. But the group from Eugene is on a mission to prove itself this year. Despite just barely missing the

preseason top 25, Oregon has been picked to fi nish seventh in the Pac-12 Conference. Winning this series would also hand Hawai‘i some much-needed momentum going into what ESPN has tabbed one of the toughest schedules in the nation. While some may dread such a bru-tal road, Coach Trapasso relishes it. “The reason I love playing great competition and great coaches early is that they’ll expose some weaknesses we may have, and that gives us some-thing to work on,” Trapasso said.

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