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UH M¯ anoa Discount! UH U Now available at M¯ anoa Valley Marketplace and New Kaimuki/ Market City Location! Show your UH ID to get 10% OFF Entire Menu! Limited time offer. May not be combined with any other offer. Students must show UH ID card. Valid ONLY at Blazin Steaks M¯ anoa Marketplace. Acai now available K A A L EO EO THE VOICE Volume 105 Issue 65 MONDAY, JAN. 31 to TUESDAY, FEB. 1, 2011 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa since 1922 Holy hot pot, Batman! Recreate a dining fad at home Features 3 Fresman on fire Rising stars in women’s basketball Sports 8 www.kaleo.org JANE CALLAHAN Associate News Editor The University of Hawai‘i is facing a class action lawsuit after ve Internet security breaches, the most recent of which occurred last October, bringing the total number of students and alumni at risk for identity theft to 260,243. Gross v. University of Hawai‘i is based upon four of the five breaches and represents 100,000 victims. So- cial Security numbers, addresses, transcripts and credit card num- bers were exposed for up to a year. Thomas Grande, a UH law school alumnus, is acting as counsel, along with Bruce Sherman. Alumni involved in the case are seek- ing an injunc- tion w hich would require the university to make changes to their computer systems. That includes “forbid- ding UH from violating the con- stitutional rights of its students, faculty and guests, as protected by the right to privacy of the United States and Hawai‘i Con- stitutions by the unauthorized released of private information … and mandating that the University of Hawai‘i take appropriate mea- sures to ensure the protection of private information,” according to the suit’s website. Class action lawsuits are initiated when individual dam- ages would be too small to pres- sure a company or institution to make changes. As a collective, a class action suit may have a considerable impact. “It’s a vehi- cle for social change. You can’t com- pel a big company to change things if you’re making a small claims negligence charge,” said Grande. “With a class action suit, you can force better standards.” The counsel is stating that UH failed to comply with accepted standards of data protection, fol- low the school’s own guidelines on data use and improve the system once it was proven to be flawed. “This is an issue of deferred maintenance. They hadn’t up- dated the system for three or four years,” said Sherman. “They should have been doing this in increments. What you don’t do in the past comes back.” Grande said that his class rep- resentative (1985) was among those who had had his identity stolen. “When he went to apply for a job at the Department of Health, they ran his Social Security num- ber for a background check,” said Sherman. “They came back to him asking if he knew there were ve other people using his Social Security number. He also had credit cards used in Georgia. He’s not been to Georgia, ever.” In addition to an injunction, alumni involved are claiming monetary damages to com- pensate class members for expenses incurred, such as credit report monitor- ing programs and identity theft insurance. Even those who had their personal information exposed, but did not experience identity theft, are not free and clear of risk in the future. Some thieves will hold on to the personal information they’ve acquired for years, and use it long after awareness has died down. Roughly one in five data breach victims experiences identity theft. If the result of the UH breach keeps with such pro- jections, 8,000 alumni can ex- pect to experience identity theft in the future. One of the challenges of the case, according to Sherman, is that “the courts are literally 10 years behind in technology.” Laws have not caught up to the modern age, as “virtually everything is in an electronic format these days,” Sherman added. Courts do not award dam- ages for potential injury, only for injury incurred. In addition, the courts do not award damages for violations of the Constitution by a state official. Furthermore, it is difficult to prove that those who experienced identity fraud did so as a result of the UH breach. Social Security numbers are linked to everything from bank accounts to passports. Thieves can access bank accounts and even open entirely new accounts in the vic- tim’s name. “Social Security numbers are the holy grail [of identity theft],” Grande said. Those who have had thei r Social Security and credit card information posted on the Inter- net will forever need to guard their identity. That means con- sistently monitoring their credi t and paying for losses, as well as paying for credit insurance and fraud restoration. While data has been compro- mised over the internet at other universities, Grande and Sher- man pointed out that how they dealt with those breaches deter- mined the response. Last October, Ohio State University experienced a secu- rity breach that compromised 760,000 students and alumni. The school immediately notified those affected, and promised free credit protection for those involved. UH did send letters to Alumni file class action lawsuit against UH Alumni file class action lawsuit against UH Thomas Grande, a UH law school alumnus, is acting as counsel, along with Bruce Sherman. Alumni invo olved in the case are seek- ing g g g g g g an n n in ju nc- ti t t t t on which initiated when individual dam- ages would be too small to pres- sure a company or institution to make changes. As a collective, a a cl ass action suit may have a considerable i mp m act. It’s a vehi- cl c e for soci al ch ch h h hange. You can’t com- pel a a bi g comp an n y to change the past come Grande said resentative (1985) who had had his ide “When he went job at the Departmen they ran his Social Sec be er for a background che Sh Sherman. “They came him asking if he knew ther ve other people using his S Security number. He also credit cards used in Georgia. He no no not t t been to Georgia, ever.” In addition to an injunction, alumni involved are claiming monetary damages to com- pensate class members for expenses incurred, such as credit report monitor- ing pr p ograms ex as S numb linked d . d d se to See Security breach, next page NIK SEU / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Data breach: Attorneys Thomas Grande and Bruce Sherman, representing the victims of five UH online security breaches, explain their case to the Ka Leo staff.

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Volu me 105 I ssue 65MON DA Y, J A N . 31 t o T U E S DA Y, F E B . 1, 2 011Ser v i ng t he st udent s of t he Un iversit y of Hawa i ‘ i at M ā noa si nce 19 22

Holy hot pot, Batman!Recreate a dining fad at home

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JANE CALLAHAN

Associate News Editor

The University of Hawai‘i is facing a class action lawsuit after fi ve Internet security breaches, the most recent of which occurred last October, bringing the total number of students and alumni at risk for identity theft to 260,243. Gross v. University of Hawai‘i is based upon four of the fi ve breaches and represents 100,000 victims. So-cial Security numbers, addresses, transcripts and credit card num-bers were exposed for up to a year. Thomas Grande, a UH law school alumnus, is acting as counsel, along with Bruce Sherman. Alumni involved in the case are seek- ing an i n j u n c - t ion wh ich

would require the university to make changes to their computer systems. That includes “forbid-ding UH from violating the con-stitutional rights of its students, faculty and guests, as protected by the right to privacy of the United States and Hawai‘i Con-stitutions by the unauthorized released of private information … and mandating that the University of Hawai‘i take appropriate mea-sures to ensure the protection of private information,” according to the suit’s website. Class action lawsuits are init iated when individual dam-ages would be too small to pres -sure a company or institution to make changes. As a collective, a class action suit may have a considerable impact. “It ’s a vehi-cle for social change. You can’t com-pel a big c o m p a n y to change

things if you’re making a small claims negligence charge,” said Grande. “With a class action suit, you can force better standards.” The counsel is stating that UH failed to comply with accepted standards of data protection, fol-low the school’s own guidelines on data use and improve the system once it was proven to be fl awed. “This is an issue of deferred maintenance. They hadn’t up-dated the system for three or four years,” said Sherman. “They should have been doing this in increments. What you don’t do in the past comes back.” Grande said that his class rep-resentative (1985) was among those who had had his identity stolen. “When he went to apply for a job at the Department of Health, they ran his Social Security num-ber for a background check,” said Sherman. “They came back to him asking if he knew there were fi ve other people using his Social Security number. He also had credit cards used in Georgia. He’s not been to Georgia, ever.”

In addition to an injunction, alumni involved are claiming

monetary damages to com-pensate class members for

expenses incurred, such as credit report monitor-

ing programs

and identity theft insurance. Even those who had their personal information exposed, but did not experience identity theft, are not free and clear of risk in the future. Some thieves will hold on to the personal information they’ve acquired for years, and use it long after awareness has died down. Roughly one in f ive data breach victims experiences identity theft. If the result of the UH breach keeps with such pro-jections, 8,000 alumni can ex-pect to experience identity theft in the future. One of the challenges of the case, according to Sherman, is that “the courts are literally 10 years behind in technology.” Laws have not caught up to the modern age, as “virtually everything is in an electronic format these days,” Sherman added. Courts do not award dam-ages for potential injury, only for injury incurred. In addition, the courts do not award damages for violations of the Constitution by a state offi cial. Furthermore, it is diffi cult to prove that those who experienced identity fraud did so as a result of the UH breach. Social Security numbers are linked to

everything from bank accounts to passports. Thieves can access bank accounts and even open entirely new accounts in the vic-tim’s name. “Social Security numbers are the holy grail [of identity theft],” Grande said. Those who have had their Social Security and credit card information posted on the Inter-net will forever need to guard their identity. That means con-sistently monitoring their credit and paying for losses, as well as paying for credit insurance and fraud restoration. While data has been compro-mised over the internet at other universities, Grande and Sher-man pointed out that how they dealt with those breaches deter-mined the response. Last October, Ohio State University experienced a secu-rity breach that compromised 760,000 students and alumni. The school immediately notified those affected, and promised free credit protection for those involved. UH did send letters to

Alumni file class action lawsuit against UHAlumni file class action lawsuit against UH

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init iated when individual dam-ages would be too small to pres -sure a company or institution to make changes. As a collective, a a class action suit may have a considerable impm act. “It ’s a vehi-clc e for social chchhhhange. You can’t com-pel a a big gc o m p a nn y to change

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Data breach: Attorneys Thomas Grande and Bruce Sherman, representing the victims of fi ve UH online security breaches, explain their case to the Ka Leo staff .

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alumni alerting them of the breach, “and then you never heard about it again,” said Grande. Grande said that when counsel examined 50 breaches at other universities, “virtually every sin-gle one took the affi rmative step of offering credit monitoring and offering credit insurance to the vic-tims of the breach.” He also pointed out that “there were no lawsuits fi led in that case.” The University of Hawai‘i has announced that it will take initiative to improve the system, but UH Vice President of Information Technology David Lassner said in a legislative briefi ng that it would cost $1.9 million to improve data security. Parties are still unsure how cash-strapped UH plans to fi nd $1.9 million. One proposal was to aban-don projects within the IT budget in order to free up funds. Those projects cost around $20 million a year, according to Grande. As for conjuring up the projected $1.9 million, Sherman said, “They’ll have to... It has to be found.” Go to www.UHdatabreachlawsuit.com for more information and updates.

• Between 2008 and 2010, UH security

breaches made up 4.5 percent of all university

breaches in the United States.

• Victims of security breaches are four

times more likely to experience identity theft.

• In 2009, identity theft cost the U.S. $54

billion, meaning each tax payer’s average con-

tribution to the problem was $422.

• Between 2005 and 2010, UH’s lack of

internet security had accounted for 54 percent

of all cyber breaches in Hawai‘i.

* Sources: LibertyCoalition.net and Javelin Strategy and Research

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EATURES [email protected] REECE FARINASASSOCIATE ALVIN PARKASSOCIATE HAIYA SARWAR

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If you’re short on cooking skills, but want to serve a fun, cheap and semi-healthy meal for friends, look no further than hot pot.

MORE THAN A POT THATʼS HOT For the uninitiated, hot pot is a broad term that describes cook-ing meat, vegetables and noodles in a pot or pan. There are many different variations, including Taiwanese, served at Sweet Home Café, or the Japanese version, of-fered at Shabu Shabu House. Ultimately, these variations depend on the ingredients, and not the method itself. So why attempt hot pot at

home? The primary reason is be-cause it ’s cheap. When you dine at a hot pot restaurant, you are paying someone else to let you cook your own food in what is es-sentially boiling, fl avored water. Factor in tax and tip, and you’re looking at about $80-$100 for a group of four to go out. If you attempt hot pot at home and purchase your ingredients from Don Quijote or a farmer’s market, you are looking at a to-tal of $20 -$30 — significantly less than what you would have spent eating out. Moreover, hot pot at home is fast, fun and requires almost zero cooking ability. If you can boil water and chop vegetables, you’re good to go.

COOKING T IME First, you need to ensure that you have the proper setup. Chanc-es are, you don’t own a hot pot- style cooker or burner at home, so you will most likely be eating around the stove. If you can fi nd a few bar stools, you’re set. If you plan on eating hot pot- style in the long run, it might be worth it to invest in a hot pot for your dining table. Such devices range from a $20 electric burner on which to put your pot/pan, to $150 models that feature digital temperature control. Second, you need to shop for your groceries. If Chinatown or Don Quijote is too much of a trek, the Campus Center farmer’s market,

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RUSSELL TOLENTINO

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If you want to build a cham-pionship program, why not start with championship players? That’s the mindset for Dana Takahara-Dias, who is in her sec-ond year as the Rainbow Wahine basketball head coach. “We’re trying to recruit play-ers that know how to win and have done it,” Takahara-Dias said. “We’re not only looking for good student-athletes in the classroom and great competitors, but also ones that have the formula of how to win.” Granted, her team is struggling this season at 6-14 (and was only 10-20 last year), but Takahara-Dias said she believes her three fresh-men can turn the program around during their careers. After all, they’ve already been champions. Guard Sydney Haydel helped Harvard-Westlake to the 2010 Cali-

fornia division state championship. Forward Kamilah Jackson was part of Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep’s 2007 California Division III state-title team and 2008’s state and national championship team. Forward Shaw-na Lei-Kuehu led Punahou to Hawai‘i state titles in 2005, 2006 and 2008. “We’re gonna try to build around this recruiting class, who are athlet-ic, who like to compete — but more importantly, have always won in high school,” Takahara-Dias said. The three have shown so far this season that they’re a good group with which to start. Jackson is tied for fi rst in the nation with 13.1 rebounds per game and also leads the team with 13 points per game. Kuehu is tied for fi rst on the team with 22 blocks and averages 8.4 points per game, while Haydel is the team’s top defensive sub. “Just to see them play at this level at such an early time is an indicator for us,” Takahara-Dias

said. “[They] have actually done a wonderful job transitioning into a system. It’s a growing process, it’s a learning process.” Still, it hasn’t been easy for the freshmen — or the team — to be struggling. “Yes, it has been very hard losing games, especially when we know we should have won,” Jackson said. So what will it take to build a winning program? According to Jackson, it will take “faith, because we have to have faith in the coaching staff that whatever they tell us will help us, whether it being a defense or an of-fense. Hard work, because you can’t just win on talent alone. And heart, because at the end of the game it’s about who wants it the most.” The adversity this season could help the team in the future. Jackson said it has taught the team about perseverance and unity. “There are so many things you

have to push through in life and if you don’t have mental toughness to say ‘I’m not tired’ or ‘I’m not going to give up,’ then you aren’t going to be able to complete that task,” Jackson said. “Once we click, we are going to start winning, but we just have to learn how to put two halves togeth-er. And by the time we are seniors, I think that we will be a winning program,” Jackson continued. Current senior Megan Tinnin is optimistic that the freshmen can fi nish their careers just as they came in — winners. “The team is on a really good track. With the experience [the freshmen are] getting now, it’s only going to make them better next year and the next year,” Tin-nin said. “Coach Dana is doing a great job getting them in the game, and their contributions are key.” Jackson seems to agree. “Coach Dana recruited us be-cause we knew how to win,” Jackson

said. “We have faith in the coaching staff that they will give us the tools we need to be successful and we just have to meet them halfway. “The program is headed in the right direction because after a loss we don’t just go, ‘Whatever, we lost, who is next?’ We talk about and see what we could have done better.”

COMING UP The Rainbow Wahine (6 -14, 0 -7 Western Athletic Conference) will look to break their eight-game losing streak this week. They will play Nevada (8-13, 5 -3 WAC) today at 7 p.m., Boise State (12-9, 5 -4 WAC) on Wednes-day at 7 p.m. and Idaho (12-9, 5 -4 WAC) Sunday at 7 p.m. Hawai‘i will host its annual alumnae game Sunday at 5 p.m., before the game against Idaho. All games will be played at the Stan Sheriff Center. Admission is free for University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students with a validated ID.

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Head coach Dana Takahara-Dias said freshmen Kamilah Jackson, Sydney Haydel and Shawna Lei-Kuehu (left to right) will help turn the women’s basketball program around.

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