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UHsoftball,baseballare‘RoadWarriors’ TheUHsoftballandbaseballteamstraveltoRuston,La.totakeonconferencenew-comerLouisianaTech.ForapreviewofthetwoseriesturntoKaLeosports.

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Genderbenderfilmisjustplainsilly Threepopularboysareframedforsteal-ingmoneyfromtheirfrathouse.Theydressuplikegirls,thenraidapartyinsearchofevidence—andnoonesuspectsthetruth.Unbelievable?It’stheplotfor“SororityBoys.”

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NofundingforcriticsofASUH

BySachaMendelsohnKa Leo NewS editor

Watch what you say about yourelectedstudentofficials;itmightham-per your efforts to gain funding foryourupcomingclubevent. The Associated Students ofthe University of Hawai`i FinanceCommittee denied funds last monthforanartexhibitandcatalogproducedby the Undergraduate Art StudentCoalition. Inanappealsubmittedlastweek,UASCcalledtheASUH’sreasonsfordenial“arbitraryandcapricious.” The Finance Committee deniedUASC $2,650 in funding for their“BFA Degree Exhibition 2002,”which,accordingtotheproposal,will

feature the work of 32 graduatingBFA students. The primary intent ofthe project is to provide graduatingart students with an opportunity toacquire skills and experiences com-mensurate with those of professionalartists. In an e-mail dated March 20,Sen. David Ninomiya, a member oftheASUH Finance Committee, noti-fiedUASCoftheproposal’srejection,andwrotethattheproposalwasdeniedbecause“onesenatorwhohelpedfundthe event last year, and went to theevent,saidthatthepeopleattheeventwereheavilycriticalofASUHtakingtoolongtoapprovemoney.” Ninomiyaalsowrotethat,“Therewas no official mention of ASUHon the banners or publications, even

thoughASUHwasabigsponsor.” In their appeal, UASC enclosedexhibition catalogs from 2000 and2001, highlighting the portions ofthepublicationsinwhichASUHwascitedasasponsor. The proposal was voted downduringacommitteemeetinginwhichfive members of the eight-personcommittee attended. Three membersvotedtokillthebillandtwomembersabstained. Troy“Kawika”Baker,anASUHsenator and member of the FinanceCommittee who attended the meet-ing, said, “I abstained (from voting)because I didn’t know enough aboutthehistoryofthewholeevent.” Baker said the bill had only abrief summary of what the moneywastobeusedfor,andthatSen.SidSavarra voiced concerns about com-ments made at the previous UASCeventfundedbyASUH. “Ithinktheyhavegreatgroundsfor their appeal, just for the fact thatwe’vefundedsomanyabsurdthings,”

Bakersaid.“Whycan’twefundanartproject?” BakersaidtheASUHhasapprox-imately$400,000intheASUHbudgettodistribute toall studentRegisteredIndependentOrganizations. Kris Kaupalolo, also a FinanceCommittee member, said he was notpresent at the meeting but thought itgreat that students are taking up theinitiativeandexercisingtheirrighttovoicetheiroppositiontoASUHdeci-sions. Afewprojectsthatdidgetfund-ingthisyearinclude:

• $500 to bring in a speaker for theXenites Hawai`i to hold Xenafest,a celebration of Xena, WarriorPrincess.

•$2,950 forConsumerEducationonWine to fund an event intended to

AndrewShimabuku•Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Mondayatnoon,UHstudentsreceivedacomplimentaryconcertcourtesyoftheKicaputEskimoDancers.ThegroupsanganddancedtotraditionalYupik/Cupiktunes.

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AcoalitionofUHundergraduateartstudentsappeal‘unethical’decision

Ka Leo Staff

TwoUniversityofHawai`iatManoagraduateprogramsareamongthetop20inthenation,accordingtoU.S.News&WorldReport. InitsApril8issue,themaga-zinerankedtheinternationalbusi-nessprogramsattheUHCollegeofBusinessAdministrationwithsimilarprogramsinthecountry. “Wehavedevelopedanexcel-lentreputationamonggraduatestu-dentsandbusinessschoolsforourAsia-Pacificfocus,”AssociateDeanJimWillssaid.“Wearepleasedtohavethisadditionalrecognitioninamorepublicforum.” TheenvironmentallawprogramattheWilliamS.RichardsonSchoolofLawalsomadethetop20,joiningprogramsatColumbia,UniversityofCalifornia-Davis,FloridaStateand

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UHlawschool,businesscollegerankedintop20

CAMPUS BRIEFSGoldenGateUniversity. DeanLawrenceFostersaid,“Weareextremelyproudofthegrowingnationalreputationofourenvironmentallawprogram.Thisisatestamenttothehardworkofourexcellentfaculty,studentsandalumni.” TheU.S.News&WorldReportrankingsareestablishedusingstatis-ticalanalysisofselectedacademicattributesandsurveysofdeansandseniorfacultyataccreditedschoolsineachdiscipline.

Hawai`iROTCawardceremonytobeheldatUH

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theirappeal,justforthefactthatwe’ve

fundedsomanyabsurdthings.Whycan’twefundanart

project?

–Troy“Kawika”BakerASUHSenator

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NEWS

Melissa Lindsay and award-win-ning piper Jacob Kaio perform a Scottish high-land dance at the Hawaiian Scottish Festival.

Maria J. Wong • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Jammin’ and jiggin’

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New Mexico’s governor: Illegal drugs not all that harmfulBy Karla KingsleyTHe DarTmouTH (DarTmouTH CoLLege)

(U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. - After emphasizing his initial message — “don’t do drugs” — Republican Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico spoke passionately to a large audience about promoting drug legalization. Johnson said that in spite of the current publicity campaign advertis-ing the negative effects of drugs, “Fifty-four percent of the graduating class of 2000 used illegal drugs.” Johnson advocated a more hon-est message that would include edu-cation about the positive medical uses of drugs and their actual conse-quences. He said that by prohibiting drugs, health officials lose control over the quality of the drugs, and it becomes impossible to administer a beneficial dose for medical reasons. “I was shocked to find that only 10,000 people die from their use of cocaine and heroin,” Johnson said, adding that there have been no deaths from marijuana use. “Those 10,000 deaths are due to prohibition, because you can’t control quality or quantity.” “All illicit drug use has its basis in benefit. Ecstasy was patented by Merck in 1912,” Johnson said. According to Johnson, half of the tax money spent on law enforce-ment and prisons is spent on drug-related convictions. “We need to put this money into education and treatment, not prison,” Johnson said. “We are taking violent criminals out of prisons to make room for drug users.” In response to the argument that drug use would rise if it were legalized, Johnson referred to the Prohibition of the 1920s several times during his speech. “No matter what the story is, it is always worse because of prohibi-tion,” Johnson said. Johnson presented himself as a model, saying “I don’t do sugar, I don’t do caffeine. It’s not a good thing.” But that is not the way it has always been. “I’ve done them all, I’ve smoked my share of pot ... it’s mind-expanding ... but now I am on a natural high with none of these substances, and I exercise.” He emphasized, however, that this was a personal choice. “If you are not doing harm to anybody but yourself, so be it,” he said, pointing out that even if drug use were legal, it would still be “illegal to harm someone else or put yourself in the position to harm someone else.” “We need to look at death, dis-ease and crime — is it up or down? That is where the measure should be on drugs as well as alcohol,” Johnson said. Johnson also addressed the argument that marijuana is a “gate-way drug,” and the common belief that if it is legalized, increased use of “harder” drugs will ensue. “That’s like saying milk leads to alcoholism,” Johnson said. He noted that statistics disprove this argument. Johnson brought the issue even closer to home for many students, cit-ing a “Drug-Free Student Aid” pro-vision of the Higher Education Act passed in 1998. This section added a question to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid asking students if they had ever been convicted of violating state or federal drug laws.

Briefs: ROTC awards, musicFrom page 1

Review on Thursday, April 25, at 10 a.m. at the Les Murakami Baseball Stadium. Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono will pres-ent awards to the top ROTC and Junior ROTC cadets from throughout the state. Assisting in the presentations will be the Deputy Commanding General of ROTC, Brig. Gen. William Feyk, UH Manoa interim Chancellor Deane Neubauer, and State Superintendent of Schools Pat Hamamoto. After the award ceremony, nearly 900 cadets representing 27 JROTC programs and the UH Army and Air Force Senior ROTC programs will march in review to music by the 25th Infantry Division “Tropic Lightning” Band. The event is free and open to the public.

Silicon talk soonKa Leo STaff

A panel of veteran Silicon Valley attorneys will engage in a wide-rang-ing discussion on the challenges fac-ing high-tech startups in Hawai`i on Thursday, April 25. The talk, entitled “Lessons Learned: Mistakes Startups Make,” will focus on how Hawai`i entrepre-neurs can avoid the pitfalls inherent in creating a high-tech company, from the perspective of attorneys who have put business deals together for ill-fated startups. Panelists include Craig Johnson with Venture Law Group; Robert Gunderson of Gunderson Dettmer; Richard Testa of Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault; and Gregory Kim with Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn and Stifel. The event will take place at the University of Hawai`i School of Architecture Auditorium from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The talk is free of charge. To R.S.V.P., call 956-8780 or e-mail ttaira@cba.hawaii.edu. For more information,visit www.uhcbakipapa.

Wine to fund an event intended to expose and educate individuals to the finer aspects of the Hospitality and Food & Beverage industry.

• $500 to Pi Sigma Epsilon for rental of two dunking booths for their charity fundraiser.

• $6,150 to the Inter-Business Council for Business Night

• $8,500 to the journalism depart-ment to enhance department facili-ties which are available for student use.

Gaye Chan, faculty adviser to the UASC, said, “What ASUH did would be equivalent to a pro-fessor flunking a student who did good work because a different stu-dent from the past semester spoke badly of the professor.” Casey Kaylor, secretary for UASC, said they asked for funds late, but were encouraged to apply

because funds were still available. “We had always thought denial was a possibility because we were late, or the Finance Committee thought it wouldn’t benefit students,” Kaylor said. “We want to expose this very unethical behavior; it is an abuse of power,” she said. “We’re also hoping that in upcoming years this art event will be funded again.” The UASC was told it could be heard at the next open meeting of the ASUH on April 15, said Kaylor. She said ASUH has not responded to her appeal since she submitted it over a week ago. Without the funding from ASUH, UASC are $1,200 short of what they need for its project. “We’ll cross that bridge, if they deny us again,” said Kaylor. Ka Leo e-mailed the members of the Finance Committee for their responses; only Troy Baker and Kris Kaupalolo spoke with us by press time.

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Authorities investigate businessman for selling drugs onlineBy Nancy GolayThe IUPUI Sagamore (IndIana U. - PUrdUe U. aT IndIanaPolIS)

(U-WIRE) INDIANAPOLIS - Mark Niemoeller, owner and operator of JLF Poisonous Non-Consumables in Elizabethtown, Ind., received national attention following a January Rolling Stone article chronicling the drug-overdose death of teenager Josh Robbins. At the center of the Rolling Stone investigation was the chemical com-pound 2C-T-7 — a psychedelic agent that until recently was sold under the heading of “Pure Chemical Research Compounds” in Niemoeller’s online catalog. Officials from the Drug Enforcement Agency are considering making it temporarily illegal while investigators conduct a full-scale evaluation of the drug’s effects. Federal agents seized Niemoeller’s transaction records, computers and bank accounts in a raid last September. Now, Niemoeller faces drug-related fraud charges in a trial scheduled for May 20. Niemoeller said that when Rolling Stone interviewed him for the January story, he was told the article would be about Internet entre-preneurs. He claims that during the interview he was unaware of the death of Josh Robbins or the controversy surrounding 2C-T-7 because the inter-viewer never mentioned it. As a result, Niemoeller says that his responses appear callous to readers. “At the time, 2C-T-7 was not even an issue for me,” said Niemoeller, who sold the substance for $400 per gram online. “It wasn’t one of the items that are at the heart of this company. In fact, we stopped selling it months before simply because we ran out of stock — not, as reported in Rolling Stone, because of the police raid or the supposed link to the death of Josh Robbins.” Niemoeller started his company in 1986. Anyone who purchases a prod-uct from Niemoeller’s company must agree to terms outlined in a disclaim-er. Buyers must sign by fax or agree

to in a recorded conversation that they will not ingest, consume or inhale the product. The problem, according to offi-cials from the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Food and Drug Administration, is that while the prod-ucts offered on Niemoeller’s Web site are all perfectly legal, most of the substances are known to be ingested for their hallucinogenic effects. Because the investigation is ongo-ing, drug officials would not comment on the specifics of the Niemoeller case. Niemoeller, however, is vocal about the legitimacy of his business and the civil rights he says are being violated. In a February telephone inter-view with The Sagamore, he empha-sized that his innocence is evident by the very name of his company. “Our company is called JLF Poisonous Non-Consumables. I make our clients go through a lengthy pro-cess to ensure that they understand that these products are harmful and could kill them — that they are, in many cases, indeed poisonous,” said Niemoeller. “So, I don’t understand why I am supposedly responsible when people use these products for things that go against why I am selling them. This is clearly a case of product misuse.” Niemoeller recently found out through legal documents related to the September raid, that he and his company had been under surveillance by the FDA since 1998. Following the filing of federal charges against him for dispensing pharmacological substances without a license, Niemoeller has agreed to stop selling more than 16 forbidden products. In fact, all the substances that Niemoeller is not allowed to sell as part of his personal agreement with the courts, including 2C-T-7, are available for immediate sale from other Internet sites. “All of my sources still exist,” said Niemoeller. “They have not been harassed or threatened, nor to my knowledge have my customers — just me.”

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How juvenile. That student leaders would behave this way is cause for great concern. This kind of decision-making is petty, sophomoric and vindictive; the ASUH finance committee should be reprimanded for controlling our student money with such irresponsi-bility. The request for funding was meri-torious; this much was admitted in Ninomiya’s e-mail. The amount was reasonable and the project would have gone to further the career interests of graduating BFA students, who could have cited the catalog as publication of work. The UASC even included $800 of their own fund-raising to help offset the cost of the catalogs, playbills, invitations and negatives necessary for the BFA exhibition. It was the kind of event ASUH — the representative organization of undergraduate students — should be funding. The fact that it was denied funding on the basis that ASUH senators were somehow insulted by graduat-ing students that are no longer even

members of the UASC is evidence that the ASUH finance committee’s decision-making process is severely flawed. The appeal filed by the UASC notes that ASUH was mentioned as a sponsor in the catalogs from 2001 and 2002; the ASUH finance committee did not, apparently, bother to verify their allegations. But even more disturbing is that ASUH used alleged disparaging com-ments made by students at an event a year ago as a reason not to fund a perfectly legitimate project. We believe that an official apology, internal investigation, reprimands and funding of the UASC event is in order.

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ASUH Art Student Coalition funding denial sophomoric

THE ISSUE: The Undergraduate Art Student Coalition has been denied funding by the Associated Students of the University of Hawai`i because they allegedly insulted ASUH at last year’s event. The request for $1,850 would have helped to produce an art exhibition catalog for the art department’s Bachelor of Fine Art exhibition. The votes played out as follows: three in favor of denying the request, two abstentions and three absents. UASC was notified that their request had been denied by the ASUH finance committee via e-mail from Senator David Ninomiya. The e-mail cited the following reasons for denial: 1) “... the people at [last year’s] event were heavily critical of ASUH ...” 2) “... there was no official mention of ASUH on the banners or publications ...” UASC is appealing the decision.

In the article, “Israel’s logic is flawed,” which ran in Tuesday’s Ka Leo, Christopher Johns’ comparisons of the arguments for an existence of Israel are so flawed it prompted me to give him a proper education, which apparently UH is not provid-ing for him. Johns says that Israel has no right to the land because Canaanites were there before the ancient Hebrews. First of all, Palestinians are not Canaanites; they’re Arabs. The Arabs kicked the Jews out of their own land centuries ago, and guess what — they kicked out the Palestinians too! So it’s pretty pathetic for these Arab countries to demand sovereign-ty for Palestinians when they’re the ones responsible for their own lack of sovereignty. By comparing the Israeli situation with the Hawaiian situation, Johns’ own argument would logically extend to giving the island chiefs back their lands after the King of Hawai`i murdered their populations and overthrew their governments. Do you excuse the past actions of a kingdom if that kingdom gets what it gave? Johns also makes the false claim that the Arab states are making “a

historic and monumental gesture” for a peace initiative. The original gesture came from the Hebrews themselves in 1948, offering peace-ful coexistence. The Arab states were more interested in their annihilation, but instead lost that war (and all the others they started with their inva-sions). Is Johns’ memory so selective

that he cannot even remember former

Prime Minister Barak’s own historic and monu-mental gesture to Yasir Arafat for offering 98 percent of the dis-puted land for peace? Oh yeah, the Palestinians’ answer? Suicide bomb-ings and murder of innocent civil-ians, including women and children. Hezbollah’s own literature states that they are committed to wiping out every Jew, not just from Israel

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Letters totheEditor

Columnist Johns should brush up on history of Israel, Palestine

I don’t claim to know the solution for peace. But to Johns I say this: When you use

double standards, you really have no

standards.

Ka Leo one-sided, columnists unfair, unbalanced, says UH alumnus

but from the entire planet. Johns even admits that Arafat “agrees with the intentions of Hezbollah.” Arafat tells the West one thing and calls for jihad on Jews in his speeches giving the blessing to violent fanatics. Sure, he’s “accommodating” all right, but to the terrorists, not for peace. I don’t claim to know the solu-tion for peace. But to Johns I say this: When you use double stand-ards, you really have no standards.

Janet Ortel(by e-mail)

graduate studentchemistry

While your columnists con-tinue to beat their tin drum of anti-Americanism over and over again, the rest of the world clamors to make it to our shores or across our borders. We as a country must be doing something right. And lo and behold, even one of your puerile contribu-tors admits as much by writing, just before unloading with the usual tedious nonsense, that he likes

See Reds, page 5

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Reds: Ka Leo should take a stab at fair-nessFrom page 4

and balance. Now its main purpose seems to be to remind alumni of why they no longer contribute to a university that only presents one discredited radical left-wing point of view.

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UH is ideal place to launch platform for sustainable habitat on Earth

Universities all over the world lead ecological consciousness, years ahead of what seems to be the more sensible and sustainable attitude towards our habitat. On the other hand, the UH com-munity should also be upset about the environment because in the end, the university also contributes dam-age to it. It is not necessary to do exhaus-tive research to find out that the resources on campus are not always the best managed. For instance, in the cafeteria, the serving tools are made of plastic, cardboard or Styrofoam; none of them are strictly necessary, and we can just use them without control. The worst thing is that there is no attempt to start a recycling cam-paign and these materials are con-tributing problems to our planet. A good recycling plan is necessary.

This is not the only concern; the air conditioning at UH is used without necessity some-times. Actually, some days, it can be very uncomfortable — so uncomfortable that some people have to use heating to avoid freezing inside the building — an option that passengers of the huge refrigerators used for Hawaii’s public transporta-tion do not have.

Isn’t that a terrible waste of energy?

T h i s is the energy that Hawai`i needs for many other pur-poses; it is gained burning oil and nobody can guarantee that such excesses can continue forever. The air conditioning inside the build-ings may not be a polluting agent in itself, but the waste of energy is

A non-native English speaker finds solace in daily doses of Ka Leo

Since my discovery, I have started to care for Ka Leo. I make it a habit to pick it up in the morning and carry it until it goes away from me without my awareness. As a non-native English speaker, I realize that Ka Leo is a very good English teacher as well as a friend. I hope my life in school does not end up struggling for textbooks and classes in English. Therefore, Ka Leo is the only English world where I can feel a sense of relief while I enjoy keeping myself informed, agreed, amused and sometimes, per-suaded. The articles in the opinions sec-tion are really helpful to learn the ropes of writing: How people start and finish their writing, how they support their ideas, how they high-light their points, individual styles to lead a sentence, expressions and so on. There are vocabularies in them, good usages in them and above all, feelings and hearts in them. It is said that non-native English speakers are not able to figure out when definite articles and indefinite articles are correctly used. What if Ka Leo provides a quiz on certain articles by omitting “the” and “a/an” for international students to upgrade English proficiency? I am probably sure that I can tell the difference eventually because practice makes perfect and Ka Leo stands by me.

Kang-hoon�Lee�(by�e-mail)

seniorliberal�arts

America’s “...diversity of cultures, the relatively generous amounts of intellectual freedom, the gen-eral kindness of most people.” (“America’s not perfect”; April 8). He goes on to say, “For some, there is more economic or political opportunity available here than else-where.” Oh, is that all. Apparently those virtues pale in comparison to America’s sordid history, its scurrilous present and its lurid future. Only, your boy-writer seems to imply, if we ditch the free-enterprise system in favor of a uni-laterally disarmed people’s republic where everything is free (already

halfway there in Hawaii) will America

be able to hold high its col-lective head. Now, does that mean we should follow the model of other shining beacons of socialism and peace like Red China and Red North Korea? After all, we cannot possibly make the transition alone and will need help from these more advanced countries that have already seen the light of socialism. I know I am not the only American who wakes up in the morning and frets, “Why can’t America just own up to its failures and be more like North Korea?” Your young John Reed contin-ues, “It is difficult to be so negative about one’s own country.” Could have fooled me. Isn’t that a bona fide job requirement for being a Ka

Leo columnist these days?

There was a time when Ka Leo was a decent news-paper that at least made the occasional gesture at fairness

. . . does that mean we should follow the model of other shining beacons of socialism and peace like Red China and

North Korea?

Our young John Reed continues, ‘It is difficult to be so negative

about one’s own country.’ Could have fooled me.

It is not necessary to be a scientist to know about ecological problems. They are everywhere — in the news, radio and television. Those issues can become a major concern and everybody should be worried about that. Especially in Hawai`i where the beautiful nature attracts thousands of tourists every year, and they are the ones who move the state’s economy. That is why I find it very motivating that Ka Leo publishes articles encourag-ing the people from the univer-sity to be con-cerned, active and to develop plans regarding the ecological issues like the one on April 3 (“Students can protect Earth”). To me, the university is the best place to start those plans, not just because many researches can be developed here but because the community (students, faculty and staff) are often open to new ideas.

I have been a UH international student since last fall. It came to me this semester; to be honest with you, I was a bit surprised when I learned that our campus newspaper at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa is a daily newspaper — Monday through Friday during the semester. I think my ignorance should be blamed. I never thought that there are people, more people than I expected, who get this paper going day and night. A campus newspaper did not mean DAILY to me that time.

I find it very moti-vating that Ka Leo publishes articles encouraging the people from the university to be

concerned

huge, and that shows that the univer-sity is not always doing a good job of managing natural resources. It is easy to find many other examples of wasting in the university by just walking through campus. That is why I believe more ecologi-cal thinking is necessary here. Perhaps it will be a while before projects similar to the building of solar panels will be done. But for now, we, the students may oppose all the polluting agents and all the wastes at UH. Consequently, I think Ka Leo does very well in promoting ecological thinking and environmen-tal consciousness.

� Amalia�Betancur(by�e-mail)

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To survive, we must all make changes

By Joshua CooperKa leo ContrIButIng ColumnIst

Our global interdependence is beyond economic and political means; it is also cultural, spiritual and ecological. The United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development — scheduled in Johannesburg, South Africa — is a global response to current environ-mental challenges. The Earth Summit is an opportu-nity to learn from one another and to seek common ground through dia-logue for a global sustainable soci-ety rooted in equality and ecological ethics. An ecocentric vision will be explored for two weeks as world leaders gather in South Africa to address the following issues: pov-erty; promoting sustainable liveli-hoods; sustainable consumption and production; climate changes; energy and sustainable development;

protecting the integrity of forest ecosystems and freshwater ecosys-

tems; our oceans and coasts; toxic chemicals;

human health; ecosystem integrity; equitable and sustainable globaliza-tion; finance, trade and sustainable

development; global partnerships between multinational corporations; and political leadership and global governance for sustainable develop-ment. The Johannesburg Summit is a summit on our planet for our future. As Nobel Peace Prize laureate and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan notes: “Achieving sustainable development is no easy task. Significant changes will be needed — in decision-making at the highest levels, and in day-to-day behavior by pro-ducers and consumers — if we are to reach our goal of development that meets the needs of today without sac-rificing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” The Earth Summit will identify ecological issues and implement initiatives for an equitable and envi-ronmentally sustainable development. The United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development will assess what environmental improvements have accomplished during this decade since the Rio Earth Summit. Ironically, in the country where Chico Mendez stood up for sustain-ability, there was little discussion among decision-makers on global-ization and its impact on the envi-ronment. Nitin Desai, U.N. under-secre-tary-general for economic and social affairs, noted the need to construct a framework to improve people’s lives and protect the planet. He said, “This new environment must promote equity and involve greater international cooperation, particularly in the areas of finance, capacity building, technology trans-fer, debt relief, and trade.” The path on our planet to Johannesburg is a participatory process, focusing on poverty eradi-cation and sustainable livelihood plans rooted in action on all levels. From national sustainability strate-

gies developed from the communi-ties across all 189 countries in the United Nations to a comprehensive global agenda implementing strate-gies for a sustainable management of environment, resource mobiliza-tion and ecological ethic for daily

decisions, we must all be involved. Create talking circles and connect with other environmental move-ments to play a part in this global

conversation for positive plan-etary social change. The aim is creating a new social, economic and political order recognizing and respecting human rights for all, rooted in envi-ronmental harmony with our earth. The voices of all must be heard in Johannesburg. One of the mistakes in Rio was only allowing indigenous peoples to speak for five minutes. Indigenous nations gathered in Brazil one week prior to develop the Kari-Oca Declaration offering new opportunity for our relationship with the earth. This summit must allow indigenous wisdom to be heard to heal our planet. Women, children, youth, farmers, trade unions, and educators must be active participants to transform the text into daily lives. Our ranges of response in Johannesburg must move beyond short-term, simple suggestions to comprehensive dialogue and creative direction on global tasks of forest ecosystem, poverty, biological diver-sity, energy/water, decertification,

and globalization. We must establish global mor-als to maintain the world’s natural ecological balance. As Secretary General Annan notes, “We live on one planet, connected in a delicate, intricate web of ecological, social, economic and cultural relationships that shape our lives. If we are able to achieve sustainable development, we will need to display greater

responsibility — for the ecosystems on which all life depends, for each other as a single human community, and for the generations that will follow our own, living tomorrow with the conse-quences of the decisions we take today.” Every community, cam-pus and country can create a Strategy for Sustainable Development initiated through dialogue with all levels of society, and imple-mented through decision-making and decisive delib-eration based on a global course, based on current conditions. Johannesburg will be remembered as the summit to take the risk of crafting

rules to achieve the aspirations of equality and empowerment for all citizens of the world. No longer will one nation develop at the expense of another nation or focus on economic growth at the expense of environ-mental degradation and deteriorating health conditions. An ecological, social, cultural, political and spiritual framework of conditions can be created to govern our decisions and desires for sustain-able development and social justice. The declaration will demand a more equitable distribution of resources and respect the cultural survival of all. Development must equal the realization of all human rights, enshrined in international law, to be developed to the full extent for all citizens of the world and future generations.

Create talking circles and connect with other environ-mental movements to play a part in this

global conversation ...

No longer will one nation develop at the expense of another nation or ... at the expense of environmental degradation and deteriorat-

ing health conditions

Upcoming ‘Earth Summit’ will review past efforts, plan our future

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‘Boys’ find themselves in a drag

By Chris SuzukiKa Leo Contributing Writer

The movie “Sorority Boys” has been tagged as one of the worst new movies to come out. However, for a film made by an amateur acting and production crew, it manages to be humorous and enjoyable — to an extent. Three college students (Michael Rosenbaum, Barry Watson and Harland Williams) are the popu-lar members of the mischievous fraternity Kappa Omicron Kappa (KOK). When they are framed for stealing money from the treasury funds and kicked out by the club president, they come up with a plan to prove their innocence. They disguise themselves as women and search the house for evidence. Helplessly disguised as “manly” women, they reside with KOK’s gender rival Delta Omicron Gamma (DOG), and join the femi-

nist-conscious fraternity. Over-exaggerating to act like women, the three become in touch with their feminine sides, which is sometimes painful for the viewer to watch. Their choice to live with the other ladies at the DOG sorority has challenged the three frat boys’ actions to keep them from finding out the truth. And the female inter-actions among them go surpris-ingly extreme with a nude shower scene, as one of the boys has to “hide his parts with soapsuds” as he is joined in the shower room by one of the girls. Attempting to find proof against the sexist KOK, the three drag queens crash KOK’s regular drinking parties, while being total-ly mistaken for young women. The three frat boys eventually figure out how they were framed. The disguised fraternity boys find their evidence and are able to gain respect back by the KOK. Their former president is kicked out after he is discovered to have framed the three boys. Although “Sorority Boys” can be considered funny, most of the jokes blatantly point out the sexual stereotypes of young men and women. Despite the hideous slant of sexist jokes and eccentric behaviors, the storyline approach of “Sorority Boys” is basically okay.

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Barry Watson, Harland Williams and Michael Rosenbaum go undercover to find out who framed them and prove their innocence.

‘Sorority Boys’ don big hair and boobs in decent, amateur comedy

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Sheriff Norm back with a bang

By Jason PazKa Leo Staff Writer

The sheriff is back in town. Not the sheriff of old westerns with the oversized cowboy hat; this sheriff wears a black beret and carries inno-vative ideas instead of six-shooters. Norman Lau (a.k.a. Sheriff Norm), who founded Radio Free Hawai`i in the ‘90s, is back with plans to end the exploitation of music fans. While the other radio stations stuck to their play lists — which were only reflections of what record companies tried to market — Lau turned the radio programming over to the people. People voted n a weekly basis to determine what the primary rotation of Radio Free would be. With Radio Free Hawai`i and his other franchise, Jelly’s Books and Music, Lau became Hawaii’s leader in the underground scene. Unfortunately, the lack of advertisement on Radio Free and the finan-cial pressures of the two businesses ultimately led to Lau’s downfall. “Basically we were blackballed by advertisers,” Lau explained. “This in turn broke our finances, and we had to sell Jelly’s.” Although only the name “Jelly’s” was bought out, the spirit of the long time retailer disappeared with its owners. Jelly’s first opened in 1983 as a bookstore. Lau’s wife, Cydney Lau, owned the store and encouraged her husband, then a writer, to join her. After some prodding, Lau hopped on board and began what would be Jelly’s main attraction: music. Lau instinctively understood that he had to set himself apart from the competition by offering what the customer wanted. He enlisted the aid of his customers, regularly offering 30 to 40 percent off their purchase if they would help him buy the albums that people really wanted. Lau also hired kids to help him keep up with the ever-chang-ing music industry. The result of this was twofold. First of all, Jelly’s emerged as the only retailer in the islands where hard to find music could be found. Secondly, Jelly’s went from making nothing to grossing over $10 million. Lau admitted, “We were kind of spoiled.” Then, in 1991, Lau took over country radio station KDEO and trans-formed it into Radio Free Hawai`i. However, Arbitron, the radio rating system, recorded low ratings for the station. “The whole system is bogus,” Lau said. “Arbitron holds the monop-oly on the radio rating service. The way they rated us made it look as if we had zero listeners. It’s strange how we attracted 1,500 people to our

concerts, but not one of them listened to Radio Free.” As a result of poor ratings, ad agencies felt obligated to shy

away from advertising with the upstart station. “Without any advertisement we couldn’t make any money. The only advertisers we got were small companies,” Lau said. When asked if rumors that he had purposely pushed away commercials were true, Lau said, “We were basically begging people to advertise with us.” The fallout of Radio Free led to the eventual buyout of Jelly’s. The terms of the buyout were that Lau could buy the name back in seven years and start again. Unfortunately, before the seven years were over, Jelly’s was sold to mainland music giants “Cheapos.” The Laus had to go to court to battle for the their rights under the original agreement. After a two-year war, the Lau family managed to win and proceed-ed to march to old glories. The old school Jelly’s reopened last year in Aiea, behind Cutter Ford. Lau admitted that business was a little slow to pick up at first, but now the store is slowly grabbing some momentum. While the store remains the place to find the hard to find,

Lau has added a few changes to his policies. The most remark-able is the CD-buying procedure. A customer can buy a CD for the regular price, take it home, burn it and return it within three days and get $4 back. While critics have called this new procedure absurd, Lau vehemently defends his system. “Market prices are going up for retailers and wholesalers. Within a three-year period a wholesal-er’s price (for CDs) went from $11 to $12 to $13. The current price is something like $13.82. Now the customer is paying close to $20 for one CD. So if you are a music lover and buy a lot of CDs, do you want to pay $20 for each CD?” Despite all of the hardships Lau has fought over the years, he still remains optimistic. His love of different types of music is

evident as he reflects on all the diversions of music. “I like all sorts of music” he stated. “I like the underground hip-hop movement, the punk scene. I tried house, but I don’t get it.” Lau also has plans to make Jelly’s into a place where music fans can chill out to live music with a hot cup of coffee. As as far as Radio Free Hawai`i goes, Lau guarantees that the fabled radio station will be revived. This time around though, the station will be more profit-able. With the current state of Hawaii’s radio stations, it is about time Radio Free Hawai`i is reborn. “After Radio Free went under I broke my radio and haven’t listened to radio since,” said Lau.

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Familiar store back with new and fresh ideas for all lovers of music

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Kimo Tuyay and Tony Ching save a ball during Saturday’s volley-ball match against UCLA.

Two for a ballRecognition for UH’s outside hitter–again

Ka Leo Staff

University of Hawai`i junior outside hitter Costas Theocharidis has earned his second indi-vidual honor of the week. Theocharidis was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week after helping the Warriors to a rare two-match sweep of No. 2 University of California-Los Angeles over the weekend. Theocharidis carried the “Men of

War” into sole possession of second place in the MPSF standings by aver-aging 6.14 kills, 0.71 blocks and 1.00 digs per game against the Bruins. In 93 total swings, Theocharidis com-mitted only 10 errors to post a .355 hitting percentage. The native of Orestiada, Greece opened the series by carrying much of the Warriors’ load, putting down 29 kills in 63 swings as Hawai`i took the match in four sets. The next night, Theocharidis excelled again, leading all hitters with 14 kills as the Warriors recorded their first, straight set sweep of UCLA since the 1998 season. The series sweep was the first by Hawai`i over a UCLA squad since 1988. The league national honor is the second for Theocharidis this week. He was named the National Player of the Week by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday. The Warriors will complete their regular season with a pair of home matches against Brigham Young University this Friday and Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center. Both matches are set to begin at 7 p.m.

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University of Hawai`i men’s basketball head coach Riley Wallace announced the sign-ing of 6’10” forward Dane Dmitrovic (DAH-nay-MEE-tro-vich). Dmitrovic is the first signee during the late signing period which began yesterday. Dmitrovic, 18, will gradu-ate this year from Gimnazija Bezigrad High School in Slovenia and will enter UH as a freshman in the fall. “Dane runs the court very well,” Wallace said. “He is a nice inside-out scorer and he tells me he likes to play defense.” At 205 pounds, Dmitrovic can play small and power for-ward.

Rainbow Warriors sign new forward

MPSF honors come on heels of those given by AVCA

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SPORTS

Diane Kohara • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

Softball player Kate Judd

Rainbow softball looks to sweep Louisiana TechBy Kalani WilhelmKa Leo SportS editor

The Wahine softball team left Tuesday night for Ruston, La. to take on Western Athletic Conference newcomer Louisiana Tech (16-13, 2-7) in a four-game series. After a week with no games scheduled, the Rainbow Wahine will meet the Lady Techsters in double header on Friday and Saturday. The Wahine (15-8, 7-1) are tied with 12th-ranked Fresno State in the Western Athletic Conference;

LaTech assumes the role as con-

ference cellar dweller. UH is a mediocre 8-7 in non-conference games but they have been sparkling in conference play

with a 7-1 record. Their only blem-ish was a 2-1 loss to San Jose State on March 30. The Rainbow Wahine hope to return with four wins

against LaTech — hopefully a sign of things to come as they battle the Fresno State Bulldogs for first place. “We’re going to Louisiana, and we may be coming out, hopefully with a sweep. That’s what we’re shooting for,” said Rainbow Wahine head coach Bob Coolen. “If we do that, and Fresno takes care of busi-ness, we’ll both be atop the confer-ence standings.” It won’t be easy. The Rainbow Wahine will have to adjust to play-ing an opponent they don’t know much about on their home field, five time zones away from home; vari-ables they have no control of. Coolen said the only thing that should be on the team’s mind is LaTech. “We can’t look past this week-end,” Coolen said. The team from the Bayou will be looking to halt a three-game losing skid. Highlighting the LaTech lineup is speedy outfielder Brittany Stanley.

Stanley has been a menace on the base paths this season, swiping 22 out of 25 stolen base attempts. Hawaii’s speedster, senior second baseman Natalie Gonzales, believes the team will be ready come Friday. “They’re the newest team in the WAC so it should be interesting to see how well they do,” said Gonzales. “I’m sure they’ll be a decent team. We can’t take them lightly.” A big reason for Hawaii’s success can be attributed to the offense. Nine players are hitting over .300 in WAC play. Sophomore first baseman Stacey Porter has been putting up triple crown-type numbers this sea-son. Porter, who is one of the front runners to win WAC Player of the Year, leads the team in hitting (.600, .373 overall), home runs (10), RBI (36) and total bases (85). On those rare occasions when Porter doesn’t produce, fellow Aussie and reigning WAC Player of the Year Kate Judd usual picks up the slack. The sophomore shortstop is hitting .500 in conference (.349 overall) and ranks first on the club in doubles (11), and second to Porter in round trippers (8) and hits (44). The pitching of junior Sheri Oronoz and freshman Melissa Coogan have been equally impres-

UH baseball hopes to end losing streak on first road trip of seasonBy Richard R. FerrisKa Leo Staff writer

The University of Hawai`i baseball team will be making their first out-of-state trip of the season this weekend. The Rainbows (13-22, 2-7 WAC) will fly over five time zones before they end their trek to Ruston, La. to take on the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech in a three-game series. This will be the first meeting for both teams. “It’ll be interesting, that’s for sure,” said head coach Mike Trapasso. “I’ve been one to enjoy being on the road.” Trapasso and company will be spending some quality time on the

road this trip. After their series with the Bulldogs (15-19, 2-10 WAC), the Rainbows will travel by charter bus to Houston, Texas for a three-game series with Rice. The Rainbows are currently on a two-game losing streak after going 1-2 in their series with Nevada. However, the Bulldogs’ woes far exceed those of the Rainbows as they have lost 11 of their last 13 games. The Bulldogs are led at the plate by junior first baseman Kyle Humphreys, who has .336 batting average, 30 RBIs and eight home runs. The Rainbows will try to counter with senior first baseman Gregg Omori, who is second in the WAC in doubles (13).

There will be no changes to the pitching rotation for this series. Junior hurler Chris George will take the mound Saturday afternoon, senior Sean Yamashita will start on Sunday afternoon and freshman Ricky Bauer will close out the series. The first pitch will be at 1 p.m. at J.C. Love Field.

� Guillen�nominated�for�WAC�Player�of�the�Week Junior center fielder Arthur Guillen was nominated for WAC Player of the Week. He hit .400 (4 of 10) during the three-game series against Nevada. Guillen also hit two doubles and drove in two runs during the series.

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UH Senior Gregg Omori prepares to catch the ball as a San Jose State batter runs by.

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Warrior football’s dream team make for hard acts to follow By Richard R. FerrisKa Leo Staff writer

Decisions, decisions. Imagine being in the shoes of secondary football coach Rich Miano during spring drills: You have lost All-WAC safeties Nate Jackson and Jacob Espiau. Last sea-son, the pair were the envy of rival teams’ offensive coordina-tors. They could move quickly, force turnovers and score. Together they recorded 233 tackles last season. “Nate Jackson and Jacob Espiau were the heart and soul of our defense and those guys you can’t replace,” said Miano. “But I think we’ve got guys who can run. They’re physical, really good ath-letes, all they got to do is learn.” Vying for the two starting safety positions are seniors Keith Bhonapha and Sean Butts, juniors David Gilmore and Gary Wright, sophomores Chad Kapanui and Matt Manuma, and freshman Leonard Peters. With the way Warrior defense is designed, the safeties will have very little room for errors. A lapse in judgment or a slow reaction can result in six points the other way,

not to mention a trip to the bench. “If you do not have a smart or good safety and they mess up, you’ll see it because it’ll be a touchdown if we mess up,” said Butts. “It’s like we have to be almost perfect because if you mess up an inch or a step, it’s a touch-down.”

Along with the tremendous amount of competition on the field comes an equal amount of observa-tion. The entire Warrior coaching staff is pay-

ing close attention to see how this year’s group of safeties evolve. “We have some new safeties, some young ones, and they’re get-ting a lot of reps and they are really progressing,” said Miano. “There is a tremendous amount of competi-tion at that spot.” With all of the newcomers and returnees jockeying for a chance to play, coach Miano will have the final word. With so many talented options to choose from, it is a deci-sion that Miano does not mind making. “It is definitely going to be a hard choice,” said Miano. “The depth and the quality and the way these guys are working — it’s been a dream.”

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