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9/11: Nine years laterA scarce few of the sun’s rays

shone through the windows of St. Alban’s Chapel on a Friday after-noon, escaping the shadows of hovering clouds. Chaplain Dan-iel Leatherman walked up to the podium and glanced at the three people sitting in the pews.

He read Psalm 119 from the

Bible, followed by a prayer by

Chaplain Diane Martinson-Koya-

ma for the 2,819 lives that were

taken due to the terrorist attacks

on 9/11. The commemoration ser-

vice lasted ten minutes.

Chaos surrounded the serenity

of the chapel as students ate their

lunch and laughed. The com-

memoration service, requested

by the ‘Iolani administration, was

held on the day before the ninth

anniversary of the 2001 attacks

on the World Trade Center and

the Pentagon.

The service was open to all

‘Iolani faculty members and stu-

dents and announced twice in

the daily bulletin. Junior Sydney

Tamashiro, one of the 1,900 stu-

dents attending ‘Iolani School,

crept inside the chapel before the

service began. Dr. Lily Driskill

sat in the front of the chapel, head

swaying from side to side. She

was in deep prayer. Mrs. Kimi

Frith sat taciturn in a back pew.

The rest of the 1,899 students skipped past the chapel as if there was no service inside to honor the 343 paramedics and officers, the

23 New York Police Department officers, and the 2,016 Twin Tow-er employees who died on 9/11. As students passed, the clock in the chapel ticked for a full ten minutes. A few others, like soph-omore David Clarke, were at ex-tra help.

“The images [of 9/11] are so shocking,” Chaplain M.K. said. “It just hits me as it did the day of” the Twin Towers destruction. “I’ve been in that building, and I can imagine the people at their desks.”

Dylan Fujii, a junior, had dif-

ferent memories. “Well, it [the

airliner] hit the World Trade Cen-

ter, and it was done by Al-Qaeda,

I think,” Fujii said.

Clarke recalled hearing about

the incident in the news. “I was

sick that day,“ David said, “so I

didn’t go to school. I remember

lying down watching TV, and

then the TV automatically went

from my show to the news.”

Clarke was 6 years old when

the World Trade Center became

Ground Zero. He missed the Sept.

10 chapel service but attended a

commemoration outside school.

Chaplain M.K. believes that

the younger the child, the weaker

his/her feelings are towards what

happened on 9/11. She was not

surprised that three people attend-

ed the service. The day of 9/11 is

“history to them,” she said.

Kelia Cowan | Imua IolaniThe bulletin board outside of the SAO is a reminder of what has become an annual remem-

brance.

BY MARC FAGARAGAN

Land purchase yields protests

The picketers in front of ‘Io-lani did not receive the attention they had sought on the first day

of school. In fact, most students probably did not even see them.

As I arrived, I caught a glimpse of a lone man and I could not even read his sign. Later I saw the signs on KHON’s 10 p.m. news. Directed at ‘Iolani, the sign read, “After 50 years of being my neighbor, you took my home.”

From 2003 to 2005, these Date-Laau residents were unsuc-cessful in negotiations with Lum Kip Yee, Ltd., to buy the 5.5 acres of land upon which their eleven apartment buildings stand. But ‘Iolani wields the means to make an offer more attractive than what the residents could muster. In June 2009, according to head-

master Dr. Val Iwashita, “the rare opportunity arose to purchase this land,” the school bought said property for $23 million.

A loophole in state law left the longtime residents owning their apartments under the school that will only honor the current terms of their leases to the land until Dec. 4, 2012. Under legal circum-stances exclusive to Hawai’i, the property under their apartments is ‘leasehold,’ meaning that these people own the apartments but not the land under their homes. State law specifies that the own-ers of a condominium project must be notified of any intent of

their landlords to sell the land, which lied beneath the project, af-ter which the condo owners have the first right to refuse the selling

of the land.This article continues on p. 3

BY AYUMI TACHIDA

Boys’ Div. II Water Polop. 12

Comedy on the Fringe p. 3 The collarbone

codep. 6-7

Community service:

Doing well by doing goodBY STEVEN YEE

This year, ‘Iolani hired Alli-son Ishii to integrate community service into K-12 school life.

As Community Service & Service-Learning Coordinator, Ms. Ishii is attempting to in-crease student participation in service-projects such as the up-coming Totally Against Graffiti

(T.A.G.) project. She is also in charge of Team

Service, a group of small vol-unteers who organize and par-ticipate in service projects. They head Saturdays for Service, a monthly volunteer community service project for anyone con-nected to ‘Iolani (students, par-ents, teachers and alumni). They will also head a Book Drive in

the coming months.On Oct. 2, there will be an

‘Iolani alumni service day as different projects are carried out by alumni members in cities such as Boston and Tokyo.

In addition to helping ‘Iolani service clubs such as Red Cross and Leo Club, Ms. Ishii feels that every varsity sports team should do at least one service project. Through “One Team to Serve,” athletes can make indi-vidually small but collectively large impacts on the community. Projects vary from beach-clean-ups to helping restore the He’eia Wetland.

Ms. Ishii aims to get all stu-dents involved in helping.

“How can we help in the community?” Ms. Ishii asked.

“How can we make our commu-nity better?”

Accessibility and visibility are very important for increas-ing student participation. In the past, donation drives have been in the Chapel. Ms. Ishii intends to move such projects to the more conspicuous and conve-nient center of Sullivan Court-yard. By making it easier to give back, she hopes more students will chip in.

There will be a community service fair at ‘Iolani on Nov. 23. Over 14 non-profit organi-zations including the Humane Society and Ronald McDonald House Charities will be manning booths. Ms. Ishii hopes students will be able to find a project that

they will truly support.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010HONOLULU, HAWAII

VOLUME 86, ISSUE 1

‘ What’s Inside?Editorials--6-7

Sports--5, 12

A&E--3

Lighter Side--4

Lower School--2

Honors Day--8-11

PAGE 2 LOWER SCHOOL IMUA ‘IOLANI

BY DAVID LING

When I was in Lower School and I talked too loudly in class, or played too roughly during recess, it would be Mr. Fred Okumura who reprimanded me. Mr. Okumura spent 33 years as the Dean of Lower School.

These days, however, there’s a new dean. You may have seen him around school, smiling en-ergetically and meeting students.

Mr. Gerald Teramae is the new Dean of Lower School, taking the position from the previous dean, Mr, Okumura. Mr. Teramae decided to leave Kalani High School and the public school system because, “it was a good opportunity to

change directions and I wanted to discover another aspect of education.”

He has worked in the public school system for 24 years, serving in different positions from an elementary school

teacher to a high school princi-pal. On the topic of the differ-ences between ‘Iolani and his

other experiences, Mr. Teramae says the most drastic difference is how much the students want to learn.

So, the next time you see Mr. Teramae, say hello and introduce yourself. He firmly

believes his job is rewarding and fun, and wants to meet all the students.

He is both spirited and energetic with his work down in Lower School. When asked about his expectations, Mr. Teramae said he anticipated ‘Iolani School to be “perfect in all aspects.”

When asked if his expecta-tion is being met, he quickly responded.

“Yes, it has.”

“I am looking forward to fulfilling my duties as the Lower School Dean of Students. I feel that working with younger stu-dents will be a nice change of pace. I am truly excited!”

Mr. Gerald Teramae

“The Thanksgiving play because I get to act and sing, which are my favorite things to do.”--Dagny Brand ‘21

“I’m really excited for medieval fair because I

like things from that time period and I heard you get

to shoot arrows.”--Justin Shwetzer ‘17

“Fashion No-no Day because it’s fun to dress

up all mixed up.”--Stanford Carr

“Sixth grade camp because I heard it is really fun and a lot of other people are super excited for it too.”--Arjun Srirangarajan ‘17

What are you looking forward to the most this year?

Lower schoolers see a road of exciting fun

Teramae brings energy down under

“...I wanted to discover an-other aspect of

education”

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 3

BY MAYA STEVENS

The ‘Iolani Dramatic Players performed A Commedia of Errors

for their fall production in No-vember 2009.

Nine months later, they took their work to Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. More than 2,000 groups perform in the festival each year.

“They say that if you could take the time to watch everything at the festival, it would take you seven years. There’s just so much going on,” Mr. Rob Duval, ad-viser of the IDP, said. He added, “Some of the Edinburgh locals even leave town during the festi-val because they know that there’s going to be so many people.”

In the nine months between the fall production and the Festi-val Fringe, IDP had a lot of work to do. The players had already rehearsed during the month of September for the November pro-duction. Dr. Peter Webb, Iolani teacher and Shakespearean ex-pert, added an entirely new scene to A Commedia of Errors and helped to edit the script after the first performance.

“We had to ask ourselves, ‘How do we make it even bet-ter?’” Mr. Duval said. Along with the newly edited script, the IDP had to rehearse with new cast members, for some of those in the original production were unable

to make the journey to Scotland. The IDP did a lot of fundraising to help pay for their trip to Scot-land, holding recycling drives, car washes, book fairs, and the Dra-mathon, a series of performances by IDP members. They rehearsed in July and gave two performanc-es at the Manoa Valley Theatre at the end of that month. Soon, the 25 actors and actresses, seven crewmembers, and chaperones were on a plane to Edinburgh.

IDP performed seven times in Edinburgh. Mr. Duval thinks his students did “really well,” consid-ering the time constraint, space limitations, and set problems. The group had about four hours of prep time before their first perfor-mance. Prep time started at 5:30 the morning after they arrived in Scotland, forcing the IDP mem-bers to overcome severe, 12-hour jet lag. Along with that, the stage at the Festival Fringe was signifi-cantly smaller than those at both MVT and Seto Hall. They even had a set malfunction on stage during one of the performances when one of the doors broke.

Aside from these problems, the IDP attracted audiences above the average number – their big-gest audience had 80 members. Mr. Duval gives credit to the near year of experience the students had with the play. The students had a better sense of direction af-ter having known the play for so

long.Aside from performing in the

festival, the IDP saw other per-formances at the Fringe, attended professional performances, and toured Scotland and England.

“I really liked how in Scotland there were espresso machines at literally every corner,” said Shelby Isham ‘11. One of the highlights of the Scotland trip for Isham was their trip to see the famed platform 9-train sta-tion from the Harry Potter series. “That was my geek stop!” Isham

said. Marissa Uyemura ‘13 said that her favorite thing about the trip was “being able to see all the different types of shows with my friends and being able to stay in a dorm [at the University of Edin-burgh], and play college student. In London, it was definitely the London Eye.”

The IDP is planning to take trips out of state every two years. In two years, they will head to New York City, and they will head to Scotland again in four years. The IDP’s next project is

their fall production of The Cru-cible, set around 1690 during the Salem Witch Trials.

“The Crucible has great roles for both males and females, and it’s extra great because of the fact that the students can have roles equal to their own ages. It’s new to even me – I’ve never worked on it before – so it should be fun,” Mr. Duval said.

IDP is set to perform The Cru-

cible Nov. 4-6 at Diamond Head Theatre.

Performance highlights from the Highlands

Photo Courtesy of Marissa Uyema ‘13‘Iolani Dramatic Players presented A Commedia of Errors at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

In this case, however, the residents cannot refuse the sale of the land to ‘Io-lani. Therein lies the problem: the right of first refusal law does not apply if the land under the apartments is part of a larger tract and the owner of the land, namely Lum Kip Yee, refuses to sell it in parts.

In reality, the term ‘leasehold prop-erty’ should not exist. It’s a throwback to a British real estate system under which land was connected with —there are bound to be complications when owners of apartment buildings do not also own the land upon which the buildings are built. Senate Bill 3196, which seeks to amend the state’s leasehold provisions, has been under consideration, but that’s a different story.

However, since the leasehold statute does exist, were the terms of applicable law made clear to the residents when they purchased their apartments?

Residents say no.“When I purchased this place, the

landlord told us we can purchase the lease,” said Yichi Wang in an interview with KHON. He is a former Date-Laau resident who has already moved out, even as he hopes things will turn out in his favor.

Hawaii News Now quoted resident Brien Hallett, “What upsets everyone the most about this is Lum Kip Yee Ltd. sold the land without telling anybody.”

This case has precedence—the resi-dents of the Kailuan in Kailua were the first to be evicted from their apartments after their lease on the land under their homes, owned by Kaneohe Ranch, ex-

pired. A few of the residents unsuccess-fully attempted to force Kaneohe Ranch to sell the land to the Kailuan, but most quietly accepted financial assistance from the Ranch for moving out or sold their properties. Even so, as former resi-dent James Severson mourned in an in-terview with the Star-Bulletin, “We’ve lost our home, our investment and ev-erything we’ve worked for.”

Are 5.5 acres worth a stained reputation?

Comments on online news articles covering this issue lament the tragedy of a rich private school causing more homeless even as the state struggles with budget cuts. Among the voices of con-cern for the Kailuan’s situation, covered by the Star-Bulletin, was Calvin Santos’ opinion, “The rich gon’ get rich and the poor get poorer. It’s a sad thing to see people thrown out of their place.”

‘Iolani does not deserve a reputation as a school that gives their students the best at the cost of the less fortunate, but with the expansion of any great empire comes the inevitable displacement of the indigenous people. The school web-site’s statement that “‘Iolani’s campus is regularly used for a number of com-munity-based educational and sports events throughout the year” is valid, and the expansion will benefit more than the school community of over 2,000 at the expense of about 400 people, of whom many are elderly and low income.

The security of the past generation for the futures of the next: is it worth it?

There is no right solution to the om-nipresent question of how to balance

ethics and pragmatism. According to the administration, we need the land. Plus, this purchase is absolutely legal. But these people live in the Date-Laau complexes because most of them cannot afford to live elsewhere. After the lease expires in 2012, ‘Iolani will raise rents to what it deems comparable to similar apartments in the area. The rates will be fair, but the change will cost more than many can afford.

‘Iolani will allow most residents to stay even after 2012 because most of the housing will “remain in place for the long term,” Dr. Iwashita said, but wheth-er they can afford to remain is much less certain. The residents have voted and their opinions tied between suing ‘Iolani in order to cancel the land sale and ask-ing the school for financial assistance in their imminent moves. They passed over the option of asking ‘Iolani to keep rent affordable.

KHON News quotes Joyce Morse of the Date-Laau Community Associa-tion as declaring, “We’re the underdog but we’re still going to try,” words that should cut deeply in a community that venerates Father Bray and his champi-oning underdogs.

If the residents want to move out, ‘Iolani must, at the very least, provide whatever assistance they need to ensure that no residents end up homeless.

But in the meantime, let’s make sure that we all own the land under our homes, for the Star-Bulletin has reported that “some 1500 others will face similar situations with expiring ground leases in the next decade.”

La’au Street property sale Continued from page 1Cheung performs

on “From the Top”

Earlier this year, pianist Tiffany Cheung ‘11 was featured on National Public Radio’s pres-tigious classical music show, “From the Top.” The show boasts performances by some of the best young classical musicians nationwide.

“I listen to [the show] every weekend but now I got to see everything that happens be-hind stage,” Cheung said. “I got to do sound check and I never did anything like that before.”

For Cheung, though, the best part was sim-ply “playing at that moment”. She took part in a community outreach program in which she wrote an article regarding the plight of the Honolulu Symphony that she intends to send to The Honolulu Star Advertiser.

Now the stress of college applications has begun, Cheung has been considering schools with well-known music performance programs such as the Columbia-Julliard Exchange. Cheung has also been looking ahead to several national and international competitions.

Cheung worries because “Piano is super competitive,” but in light of her recent accom-plishments, her musical future looks bright. Cheung will once again be featured on “From the Top” with Iolani’s Gift of Music Club, of which she is the founding member. The Gift of Music Club is dedicated to sharing music with the community through performances at various retirement houses. Additionally, Cheung attended a music camp at the 2010 International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) and made it as far as the semifinals at the IIYM Piano Competition this summer. Clearly, talent and passion go together for this bright pianist.

BY VICTORIA KIM

PAGE 4 THE LIGHTER SIDE IMUA ‘IOLANI

BY MATTHEW CALLAHAN

As you wait in home-

room vaguely listen-

ing to the daily bulletin,

your friend slyly nudges

you. He desperately

whispers for help on last

night’s biology home-

work. Then comes your

heart attack and the

wishful thought, “There

wasn’t any homework

last night…right?” Your

friend assures you that

there was. Then comes

the second heart attack:

biology is first period. There is no way you are

going to be able to finish it before class. You are

forced to resort to the

infamous Plan Z, other-

wise known as “desper-

ate excuses for why you

didn’t do your home-

work.” Now, before I

continue let me make

one thing clear: the ‘my

dog ate my homework’

excuse is TERRIBLE.

I mean c’mon. For

starters, dogs are car-

nivores, and second,

you go to ‘Iolani, so you

could think of something

a little bit more creative?

So, for all of you stu-

dents in desperate need

of a “why I didn’t do my

homework” excuse, I

have compiled a list of

the top ten best excuses

to tell to your teacher.

Homework excuses for the desperate student

Senior Tom Hartwell let us

take a peek at his junk, down

in his trunk. With every item

in his trunk, he explained its

reason for being kept there.

His trunk contains:

- Jumper cables for emer-

gency uses (it’s better to be

safe than sorry!).

- Jackets for times that call

for a jacket.

- Vitamin Water bottle that is

reused (Tom is unsure when it

became a part of his junk).

- An extra pair of clean

socks (cleanliness is always

appreciated).

- Tupperwear that Tom

is both unsure about when it

arrived and what was in it.

- Water polo stuff so he

can go to practice to improve

his beastly skills (and so he

doesn’t have to carry it around

school).

- A Disney towel draped

over the backseat (decorative

and probably handy).

- Hangers from a time that

clothes needed to be hung in

his car.

- Tarp lining the floor of the trunk so his dogs, Jolie

and Smokey, can ride in the

back without getting their hair

everywhere.

Tom’s Trunk

Senior Trevor Farm also let

us into his trunk. His spacious

Lexus trunk is filled with the following:

- A knee brace because he is

currently going through physical

therapy due to a knee injury.

- Pokemon monopoly just in

case he and his friends are in

the mood to play.

- There are five pairs of shoes in his car: two pairs of soccer

cleats, two pairs of running

shoes, and one pair of regular

shoes.

- A sign for club “Adventi-

tious.” He and Dustin Shigaki

started the club but Trevor was

too lazy to take sign out of his

trunk.

- Two umbrellas (the mas-

sive golf ones) but one of them

is broken.

- Two boxes of supplies:

one box contains sunscreen,

water bottles, jumper cables,

towels, and blankets while

the other box has gum, empty

bottles, and other supplies, for

anything.

- A toothbrush just in case

he decides to sleep over his

friend’s house.

- School supplies, well, be-

cause he goes to school.

Trevor’s Trunk

John Tanaka | Imua Iolani

John Tanaka | Imua Iolani

Junk in your Trunk: Two seniors revealed to Imua

what lurks in the trunk of

their cars. Here’s what was

discovered...

10. I thought it was Furlough Friday.9. I would have done my home-work if you had taught me how to do it.8. You must have lost it because I turned it in early yesterday.7. (Show up to class with a cast) I broke my arm yester-day so I wasn’t able to write the answers.6. My doctor says I’m under extreme stress as a result of this class so I cannot do the assigned homework without seriously en-dangering my health.

5. The power went out last night so I had to do my home-work by candlelight. Then the paper accidentally caught fire.4. As you know, termites eat wood--paper is made from wood--therefore termites ate my homework.3. My friend is absent today, so he wasn’t able to give me the answers before school.2. What is this “homework” you speak of?1. I need to get better at this procrastinating thing. Practice makes perfect!

BY ERIN NAKAMURA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 SPORTS PAGE 5

Raiders defeat Warriors and Wolfpack

JV volleyball faceoffAfter an exciting first set, the

‘Iolani JV red volleyball team had a tough loss to the ‘Iolani JV black team. The red team won the first set, but the black team came back and won the last two.

The red team’s Renn Isobe ‘13, had the first serve, helping her team to gain the first 3 points of the game. The red team was lead-ing until the score was tied at 22-22. However, the red team took advantage of winning the follow-ing point, and their next server, Jennifer Totoki ‘13, served con-sistently. The last point of the set was scored on a block by Lauren Ho ‘13. The JV Red team won, 25-23.

In the second set, the JV Black team had the first serve. However, the score was tied in a matter of a few plays at 3-3. With the help of kills by Ashley Cobile ‘14, as well as consistent serving by the rest of the black team, they once again took the lead. With Casey Smith ‘12 up to serve for the JV red team, they tied the score at 15-15. For the remainder of the second set, the red team put up a fight, keeping the score tied or within a one-point difference. The red team played great offense, man-aging to score points by kills and tips, but the black team still man-

aged to get ahead. Head coach of the red team, Ruthie Tawahara, called a time out and gave her team a pep talk, hoping to help them to win the set. But with Joie Wakabayashi ’13 up to serve for the black team, they scored the final point to win the second set, 25-20, and tying the game, each team winning one set.

The third set was the tie break-er for the two teams. The JV red team had the ball first, with Renn Isobe up to serve. They were off to a good start, leading by 2-0. However, their lead began to slip. Ashley Cobile, one of the JV black team’s outside hit-ters, was a major contributor to her team’s offense and the black team’s servers were focused and acing their serves. The red team started to make a comeback, 10-15, with Renn Isobe up to serve once again. When the black team won the next point, the red team began to crumble under pressure. The red team’s passing stayed strong, but the hitters continu-ously hit the ball into the net or out of bounds. Cori Whang ‘12 was the final server of the game, and helped to score 5 points for the black team. The game ended with a kill by Alex Masaquel ‘13, making the score of the final set 25-11.

BY RICHELE OHARAVarsity bowlers break

Punahou’s streak of wins

The ‘Iolani Raiders upset the Kame-hameha Warriors 13-6 in football on Sept. 11 at Aloha Stadium. This is the second time in two years ‘Iolani has beaten Ka-mehameha. As the defending Division I state champions, the Warriors were heav-ily favored to beat the Raiders.

The interleague ILH matchup at Aloha Stadium was largely a defensive battle, with only two touchdowns scored be-tween the two teams.

Sophomore Reece Foy’s biggest play was not a touchdown pass nor a scram-ble into the end zone. Rather, the `Iolani quarterback’s tackle at the 30-yard line—which stopped an interception return from becoming a touchdown—could be regard-ed as the play of the game.

The Raiders started the game with a low line drive kickoff that slipped through the hands of the Warriors’ returner and was recovered by `Iolani.

On the ensuing drive, Foy rolled out to his left and completed a 7-yard touchdown to Bret Christman ‘11, giving `Iolani a 7-0 lead following junior Jordan Lee’s PAT. Several minutes later, Lee’s field goal to end the first quarter would increase `Io-lani’s lead to ten.

Kamehameha, led by junior quarter-back Christian Akana, drove downfield several times and even recovered a fumble in `Iolani territory. But all of the Warriors’ drives stalled out of scoring range.

Late in the first half, the Warriors faced a fourth down. On the subsequent punt, the ball, blocked by an `Iolani defender, was recovered by Kamehameha, who was forced to turnover on downs. With seconds left in the first half, Jordan Lee kicked another field goal to give `Iolani a 13-0 lead going into the locker rooms.

In the third quarter on third-and-goal, Foy’s pass was picked off by Warriors safety Micah Choy. Foy caught up to Choy and made the tackle, a key play be-cause it prevent-ed the Warriors from an effective comeback.

The Warriors later scored on a touchdown pass from Akana with 5:23 left in the game, but the PAT hit the left upright and the score stood at 13-6. The Raid-ers took the ball back and were able to run the clock down to 1:34 before they were forced to punt. The War-riors took pos-session and quickly made it into Raider territory. At the 9-yard line, Kamehameha made three attempts at the end zone, one of which was caught but ruled incomplete.

On fourth down, with 19 seconds left in the game, the crowd was on their feet. When Akana’s pass sailed out of the end zone, the Raiders only had to take a knee to end the game. Michael Imanaka and Logan Nowack contributed to this story.

Tyler Ushio’s high score of 181 in the second of three games led the ‘Iolani varsity bowling team to a comeback victory over Punahou.

A large and raucous crowd at Fort Shafter Bowling Alley wit-nessed ‘Iolani’s record improve to 4-0 and saw ‘Iolani end its three-year losing streak against Punahou.

On paper, this match seemed like a mismatch as ‘Iolani was 3-0 with a pin fall average of 120 more than a 0-3 Punahou team. However, the first game was a tight game as both teams started slow and could not mark consistently.

Eland Tsubata and Curt Wong kept ‘Iolani close by marking in the first two frames. Despite Tsubata and Wong’s strong starts, both started strug-gling along with both teams as the pins did not seem to fall.

Punahou held a slim lead en-tering the critical ninth frame, but allowed ‘Iolani an oppor-tunity to win as ‘Iolani’s last bowler, Trent Nakamura, came up to bowl in the tenth frame.

After throwing his first ball, Nakamura faced a 4-7-10 split, a difficult split for even the best of bowlers. Down by thirteen, getting the split and throwing a strike would have tied the game, but the split was too difficult and Punahou won by 11 pins.

Before the second game, ‘Iolani decided to change their starting lineup as Alex Ko en-tered the game for Sean Odo in order to get the team out of a slump. Even with the substitu-tion, the entire ‘Iolani team was still unable to muster any luck or knock down all the pins.

Punahou’s struggles contin-ued as well, and they again al-lowed ‘Iolani chances to win late in the game.

This time, ‘Iolani jumped on the opportunity presented to them as Ushio began heat-ing up, striking in the last few frames to cut the double digit deficit in the eighth frame to single digits in the ninth frame and an eventual 46 pin victory after trailing throughout the en-tire second game.

After the intensity and poor play of the first two games, both

teams started strong and seemed relaxed as everyone began bowling with more confidence.

‘Iolani began to show their superior record in the third and final game as they pulled away in the third frame and never looked back, beating Punahou by 84 pins and clinching the victory.

At the end of the match, all the players shared the same sen-timent as Eland Tsubata, who felt it was too close for comfort but was a good victory for the bowling program.

“We barely got the fish out of the barrel”, Tsubata said, “We needed everyone to show up to the farm. Only then was victory ours”.

Despite this below average showing, this team still has big aspirations moving forward from here.

“We want to win the ILH this year since ‘Iolani hasn’t won one since 1980”, said Curt Wong, the team’s top bowler, after the game. By beating a formidable Punahou team, this team took its first step to achieving their goal.

BY REID GOMOTO

STORIES BY GUTHRIE ANGELES Triple digit distance statis-tics, especially in football, are common. Un-less, of course, they describe the enormity of a single play.

`Iolani cor-nerback Reid Saito’s 100-yard intercep-tion return for a touchdown dur-ing the Raiders’ 26-7 victory over the Pac-Five Wolfpack characterized the unyielding effort put into the game.

“[Our] de-fense came out strong, get-ting the ball back for the offense,” Saito ‘11 said. “We took off after that. [The] of-

fense wasn’t producing like they normally do, so defense told ourselves that we had to step it up. And we needed to score to help the offense out.”

That, they did. Saito and the Raiders defense came up big several times against the Wolfpack, making key plays on third down and causing trouble in the Pac-Five backfield.

The game’s drama had already begun to unfold days before when a Mid-Pac student created a Facebook event called “Pac-Five

vs Iolani.” The situation quickly grew of hand when the conversation on the page went from lighthearted teasing to offensive trash talk.

“Everybody trash talks,” senior Dylan Goto said. “You just wanna leave it on the field. We gotta show them we’ve got more class than they do.”

The Raiders started the game quickly on offense, taking their first possession down the field to score on a 1-yard run by senior running back Ammon Baldomero with 5:24 left in the first quarter.

Just minutes later, the Wolfpack re-sponded. Taking control after an intercep-tion thrown by Raiders quarterback Reece Foy ‘13, Pac-Five scored on Jordan Doi’s 30-yard touchdown reception from quar-terback Jack Foster. At the end of the first quarter, the game was tied at 7-7.

Defense ruled the second quarter and the score remained 7-7 going into the locker rooms. The Raiders would dominate the rest of the game, scoring three times in the next quarter.

A punt by junior Austin Gima pinned the Wolfpack on their own 1-yard line. On sec-ond-and-10, linebacker Cody Petro-Sakuma ‘11 stuffed Pac-Five running back Darius Anderson in the end zone, scoring a safety for the Raiders.

Though down 19-7, the Wolfpack re-mained relentless. Taking advantage of an `Iolani turnover recovered at the Raider 15-yard line, Pac-Five was on the brink of making a comeback with six minutes left in the game.

However, three downs later, the Wolf-pack had not yet scored. On fourth-and-10, Foster’s pass to the right corner of the field was tipped and caught by Saito. Saito sprint-ed downfield, breaking a tackle and follow-ing several key blocks down the field into the end zone, sealing the Raiders’ victory.

Zoe Palmer | Imua IolaniSenior Josiah Sukumaran leaps to catch a pass from sophomore quarterback Reece Foy.

From a girl’s perspective, the new dress code regulations are honestly just bothersome. Of course, I understand that sometimes, girls pushed the lim-its a little too far when it came to what was appropriate for school attire, but the new regulations seem extreme. The concept of the dress code is to ensure that there is a non-distracting environ-ment for students to work in. However, girls are extremely limited in what they can wear now.

I’ve worn jeans every day for the past few weeks. First, I don’t own any skirts, dresses, or shorts that reach my knees and second, it’s difficult to find skirts that length, especially living in Hawaii where the length of skirts are signifi-cantly shorter than elsewhere. On top of that, would it really be economical of me to buy an entirely new wardrobe? If I wanted to revamp my wardrobe in order to abide by the new dress code, I know that it would take a few hundred dollars out of my bank account.

Other than the issue of skirts, shirts in dress code are also hard to come by. A shirt a few inches below the collar-bone is hardly indecent. While girls are given more of a hassle when it comes to the dress code, guys are off the hook. Now shirttails don’t have to be tucked in, although many shirts worn by ‘Io-lani boys are designed to have the tails tucked in. Another key point in ‘Iolani’s dress code is to have students look neat. Untucked shirttails have the opposite effect; they make students look sloppy.

A sensible resolution to the dress code issue? Get a uniform. Asking around, I’ve found out that the num-ber of students interested in getting a uniform far outnumbers the number of students who would rather stick to the current dress code. A uniform would eliminate any questionable articles of clothing from school attire entirely and equalize students.

BY BRIDGET TOBIN

BY RYAN CHANG

Cracking theOnce again, changes have

been made to the dress

code. But this year, the code

has girls out buying clothes

they don’t like and would

never willingly choose. For

boys, shirt tails are making

their first legal appearances at ‘Iolani.

CODE

The liberation of the shirttail has definitely been one of the highlights of this school year so far.

I’ve always thought that the notion of tucking in shirttails for button ups is unnecessary because un-tucked shirt-tails on button up shirts look just as formal as polo shirts. It also seems that the rule was outdated and pertains to a fashion that has passed us by.

It’s great to finally not have to scramble to jam my shirt into my pants every time I walk by a teacher.

Though many of my peers, male and female, are certainly upset about the new girls dress code, I have never been worried about girls dressing how they wish to dress or presenting themselves how they wish to be presented.

No matter the changes in dress code, the female population at ‘Iolani has always adapted, and in some man-ner, skirted the dress code, forcing it to change again.

For instance, when the no short-shorts rule was established last year, leggings as pants, which could easily be equally or more revealing, became a common fashion around ‘Iolani. Now that leggings are banned, jeggings, ba-sically leggings with jean print, are in style.

Though a foolproof method of cheat-ing the neck line/collar bone rule for fe-male tops has yet to be found, I have faith that by the end of the quarter, the female population at ‘Iolani will have found stylish and innovative methods to “cheat” the dress code.

BY NICOLE CHEUNG

It is a truly depressing thought that this pres-tigious school frets over such trivial things like dress code for girls. What’s even more depress-ing is how it deals with the situation. From ex-tensive dress code committee meetings to nu-merous hours of detention, the administration wastes countless hours creating and enforcing a new dress standard for girls. Instead of devot-ing time and energy to maintain its incredibly high standards of education, ‘Iolani’s biggest worry is the frivolous dress code issue.

I think it is agreed by all parties that the girls’ dress code is a major issue at ‘Iolani School. According to my statistics, nine out of ten girls have visited Mr. Tate Brown’s office at least once in the past month. Of these nine girls, six of them received five hours detention because of inappropriate attire.

In total, a ridiculous five hundred dress code citations and astounding two thousand five hundred hours of detention were handed out. Since this outrageous number of citations continues to increase, whoever can provide an effective solution should be hailed as the savior of our school.

The greatest problem in the girls’ dress code is its restrictive nature that discourages creative expression. The dress code states that shirts must have sleeves, a high neckline, and decent length. Bottoms also must touch the top of the knees. In this day and age, it is extremely diffi-cult to find such modest clothing to fit all these restrictions.

According to my all-telling surveys, the stress caused by the dress code has a strong psy-chological effect on students. Girls constantly worry if their shirts are too low or show cleav-age. As a female, I too have felt the pressure of the dress code. When walking around school, I am constantly afraid to be called in by a certain male teacher about revealing a millimeter more skin than just my collar bone. This dress-code rule enforcer situates himself at the entrance of the boy’s locker room, facing the pool near the end of lunch. Every passerby is a prey to his all-seeing eyes, and feels a shiver of dread from his ominous presence. When one hears, “HEY BUD” or “HEY GIRL,” they know that they are a victim to dress code violation.

Along with all the girls at ‘Iolani School, I assure you, no one should be subject to this cruel form of torture and mind-manipulation. Entering Mr. Brown’s office is a daunting chal-lenge itself, but having to face the verdict of being guilty or innocent is enough to send some girls into swooning fits. Experiencing short-ness of breath, stomach cramps, and strong perspiration is normal after a visit to the Dean of Students’ office.

I shall now humbly propose my thoughts on how to fix this dress code problem.

I have been told by an internationally-recog-nized dermatologist about the beneficial usage of volcanic ashes. This natural substance has been used for centuries by our ancestors. Vol-canic ash not only destroys bacteria, but it also prevents it from entering the body. This sub-stance is used by mixing it with water to create a mud paste.

Hence, I propose that we abolish the dress code for girls and use volcanic mud as a cover-ing instead of clothing. Students can purchase large bags of volcanic ash from the Big Island. When mixed with water, a mud-like consisten-

cy can be made. Then it will be applied onto the body from head to toe.

Students will be given a supply of volcanic ash, which will be mixed with water to make a consistency of mud. Then this substance can be applied like a suit to cover the entire body daily. Volcanic ash is hypoallergenic, so there will be no allergic reactions to it.

When I shared this proposition with an Ab-original medicine man during my visit to Aus-tralia, I was given a suggestion regarding this proposal. In their tribe, women are covered in mud and slime dug up from a sacred river. The slime is applied all over their bodies. After about seven years of usage, the slime will turn their skin color green, which is considered de-sirable in this community. This medicine man advised me to collect this mud for girls at Iolani School to use. However, as a sensible person, I believe that others will see this practice as foul and unpleasant.

I now present the advantages to my pro-posal. Due to the many advantages, I will only mention a few significant ones.Firstly, the school dress code can be abol-

ished. Since all girls will be draped in mud, if any skin is exposing, the administration can easily apply more mud to that certain area. For the girls who are unable to purchase volcanic ashes, the school can replace the water from the swimming pool with mud. Every morning, girls can take a dip and be fully covered with volcanic mud.Secondly, girls will neither be self-con-

scious about their clothing nor be mocked by their classmates. Since the current dress code allows students to wear whatever the feel like, girls tend to compare themselves with others based on what they wear. With the new volca-nic mud suit, all girls appear identical. Thirdly, this new form of clothing will ben-

efit the pocketbooks of ‘Iolani parents. Instead of having to spend hundreds of dollars on ex-pensive clothing from brand names, volcanic ash can be bought in bulk sizes at a relatively cheap price. Parents will not have to purchase acne creams and facial cleansers as well. The mud also offers ultraviolet protection, which is crucial in Hawaii. The mud can also treat dam-aged hair.

My proposal also has many more advan-tages. Girls will have more hours of rest ev-ery night because they no longer have to stress about what to wear the following day. Using volcanic ash is also beneficial to the environ-ment. Energy can be saved because factories will no longer be needed and dyes will no lon-ger pollute the water system.

Using volcanic ash for covering is the most effective and sensible solution to the dress code problem. Judgments or disapproval of my proposition acceptable: Of having uniforms: Of everyone being naked: Of everyone wearing identical clothing. Therefore, my proposition reigns supreme unless other ideas are as effec-tive and sensible as mine.

I have to say, from the bottom of my heart, I have no interest in this proposition whatso-ever. As a female student at ‘Iolani School, I am only interested in helping to solve the dress code problem. I am a conservative dresser; therefore, I have never received a dress code violation. My proposal to solve this problem is unbiased. I only wish to solve this major prob-lem at ‘Iolani School.

A Modest Proposal:For preventing the dress code from being a bur-den to the administration and students, and for benefitting the ecosystem.

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Two students model prime examples of ap-propriate girls and boys attire according to the newly revised dress code.

John Tanaka | Imua Iolani

EDITORIALS PAGE 7PAGE 6

Godzilla-Chan versus the Dress Code

by Cordelia Xie

Go to any football game, and the abil-ity of the players may seem no different from that of last year’s state champion team. Our team’s level of play has not diminished, thanks to many talented re-turning players. However, an influx of

skilled sophomores also has helped the cause.

One of these sophomores is Reece Foy. You can find him at the starting

quarterback position, hurling accurate passes across the field and frustrating

pass-rushers with his speed. Foy’s abil-ity to make plays characteristic of a vet-eran quarterback is remarkable.

Foy and the football team are daily reminders of the “One Team” message of Father Bray. Every player helps each other out in any way that he can, and no player is neglected, which has allowed Foy to succeed at this level.

“I’ve been playing quarterback all my life and I know that my teammates have my back no matter what,” said

Foy. “I don’t really feel pressure be-cause no matter what happens they will always be my teammates.”

In the Sept.11 game against Divi-sion I ILH juggernaut Kamehameha, Foy threw for 152 yards and one touch-down. At the 7-yard line on `Iolani’s first possession, in a play that seemed

ill-fated, Foy was scrambling away from pass-rushers but miraculously found Bret Christman in the corner of the end zone for a touchdown.

Throughout the game, Kame-hameha’s formidable defense pressured Foy, forcing him to drop back and use his speed and elusiveness to escape and find the open receiver.

Although Foy makes difficult plays

look easy, he’s not the only one to do this every game. Sophomore Andrew Okimura forced a fumble on the open-ing kickoff, setting up the `Iolani of-fense for its scoring drive, and `Iolani’s defensive line held Kamehameha scoreless for the entire first half. With

equal contributions across the spec-

trum, the win over Kamehameha was a great manifestation of “One Team” in a single performance.

“Football’s probably the only sport where you can feel that bond and you can get that close and can really come together with the team,” said Foy.

Foy and the team have had their fair share of challenges. With several

key players out with injuries, the Raid-ers face more obstacles in the road to success.

“We had a lot of injuries in the be-ginning, and a lot of guys had to step up and play in these roles that they don’t usually play in,” said Foy. “Every-one did it willingly and everyone has stepped up to the challenge.”

Foy is already a surefire success, as

anybody can see even if they only attend one ̀ Iolani football game. He knows the key to success is having players readily support each other. Every day, Foy and the Raiders are out there on the field,

working to strengthen the team, and in the process strengthen themselves.

PAGE 12 SPORTS IMUA ‘IOLANI

Raiders find new leader in FoyBY MAILE GREENHILL

It was 7 a.m. and tents were beginning to go up for each team.

Arriving at the race site at 7:45 a.m. is a routine that the `Iolani runners follow every Saturday for

the fall season. The Ka’awa Invi-tational is located right next to the

beautiful Ko’olau mountain range

and has a reputation for including the hardest hill to run throughout the whole season.

The ‘Iolani cross country team looks at making a comeback this season after graduating many se-niors last year, which had a strong finish in the state championships,

and currently comprises of only six seniors on the team.

For the Girls JV/Varsity 3-mile run, Pac-Five took the team title, while Awapuhi Lee of Ka-mehameha Schools-Kapalama earned the individual award. In Boys JV/Varsity, Dana Hills High of California took the team title, and Jordan Thibodeau of Kame-hameha Schools-Kapalama won the individual.

The ‘Iolani runners always start with a walk-through of the course. The intermediates, which run two miles instead of three,

are first and do their stretching

and warming-up at 8:15 a.m. to get ready for the first race of the

day at 9 a.m. Each new race starts within a half-hour of each other, and the day begins with Interme-diate Girls, Intermediate Boys, Open 2-mile Girls, JV/Varsity Girls, and lastly JV/Varsity Boys.

Once the race starts, all the spectators rush to the edge of the course line to cheer as the run-ners make there way into the field

to face “the hill.” After sixteen

minutes of waiting, the first run-ner comes out of the woods and everyone stands up to applause as the runner crosses the finish line.

They stand clapping from the first

runner to the last, which is sports-manship that has been known to cross country throughout the years.

Runners make North Shore courses look easy

BY BOBBI OSHIRO

Kelia Cowan | Imua IolaniReece Foy ‘13 looks ahead to a great season.

Division II water polo falls to Le Jardin

Zoe Palmer | Imua IolaniSutter Grune ‘14 passes the ball around Le Jardin’s Ian White.

On Sept. 11, the Le Jardin Bulldogs narrowly defeated the `Iolani Raiders in an unexpected

8-6 win.Seventeen seconds remained

on the clock as Le Jardin’s 2-me-ter player, Shaun Millar, wound up for a shot on goal. Just as he was about to release the ball, ‘Iolani’s goalie, Garrett Griffith

‘12, dragged Millar underwater, resulting in a penalty shot for Le Jardin.

At the 13-second mark, Millar skipped the penalty shot off the surface of the water to score the final point of the game, and so-lidify his team’s victory.

The Le Jardin victory was seen as a major upset, especially for Io-lani fans, considering the Raiders were leading by two points at the beginning of the second quarter.

The game started off well for ‘Iolani, with Matt Horner ‘11 scoring early within the first

minute of the game. Le Jardin;

however, quickly answered back with a goal by Ian White. After

this, ‘Iolani was able to score two more goals within the quarter, due to several breakaways by Stephen Jordan ‘12.

By the end of the second quar-ter, the Bulldogs were able to even the score, with three goals for Iolani’s one. Eventually, White

broke away from several defend-ers to score yet another goal, and put Le Jardin in the lead for the third quarter.

With the pressure on, the Raid-ers went into the fourth quarter desperately looking to make up for lost ground. The Bulldogs scored early in the period, but Horner kept his team in the game by scoring a goal several minutes after.

Following another goal by Le Jardin, Coach Brett Johnson called a timeout for ‘Iolani, in-structing them to run isolation and drive plays in the hopes of breaking through their opponent’s impenetrable defense. Despite

the timeout, consecutive shots by Nicolas Steinemann ‘12 and Sutter Grune ‘14 failed to make it past goalkeeper Oliver Donker-voet. Fortunately for the Raiders, Tai Tomozawa ‘13 was able to

sneak in a successful shot to put them behind by one point. But to ‘Iolani’s dismay, Millar scored a penalty in the final seconds to win

the game for the Bulldogs.“Le Jardin is a force to be

reckoned with,” Coach Johnson said to his team after the game. “Next time around, let’s bring up

the intensity and prove we are the better team.”

BY NICOLAS STEINEMANN