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The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa announced that most of its Campus Security offi cers have received more training after new legislation required additional hours. In 2010, the State Legislature passed Act 208, which es-tablished new training requirements: All guards and agents who are “employed by a guards agency, private business enti-ty, or government operatives” have to take a mandatory eight hour course, pass criminal background checks and a undergo medical examination.

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“ Thirty-seven [out of 39] offi-cers have completed the require-ments,” UH Mānoa Chancellor Tom Apple said. Eight hours of training was required to com-plete the certification. [This] training session was basic, but complements ongoing training that security officers already re-ceive on a regular basis.” Campus Security Captain Alberta Pukahi said off icers take First Aid, CPR and AED training in a certif ied trained course. Officers also receive Pressure Point Control Tactics training on an annual basis to learn defensive tactics, in ad-dition to a Crisis Prevention Institute where off icers acquire skills on “de-escalation tech-niques” and “how to identify cri-sis and appropriately respond to persons acting out.” The additional training co -incides with increasing unlaw-ful activit ies on Mānoa’s cam-pus. The 2012 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report said that forcible sexual assaults on cam-pus jumped from only one case in 2009 to 12 in 2010 and 2011. There was also a moderate in-crease in on-campus burglary and liquor and drug-related violations. In April 2013, two burglaries occurred at Moore Hall in which almost 20 of f ices were damaged. In May, administrators con-sidered installing more sur-veillance cameras and training campus security to serve as po-lice forces – possibly spending three million dollars to train 10 campus security off icials and 15 campus police off icers. “It is premature to respond to questions for a story about an armed police force at UH Mānoa,” Apple said. “We are anticipating a campus-wide conversation this fall, focusing

solely on the topic of campus se-curity. ... We would also want to discuss security issues in gen-eral with our partners in local law enforcement.” Other universities require campus security off icers to go through an intensive training offered at police academies. Lieutenant Eric Tejada of the University of California, Berkeley Police Department said that uni-versity police follow guidelines from the city’s police department. The guidelines specify that re-cruits go to a police academy for six months and then to a fi eld program for 15 weeks, where they work with offi cers one-on-one. Captain Chris Schivley at California State University, Long Beach, said 26 police of-ficers supervise 35,000 full-time students at the campus. The officers are certified after six months of training at a po-lice academy, followed by a six-month field training officer pro-gram, and are allowed to carry air assault rif les and shotguns. The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo takes a different approach. Interim Campus Security Director Kolin Kettleson said UH Hilo con-tracts out security offi cers. “This is considered to be the best way to handle security as far as having fl exibility,” Kettleson said in a phone interview. According to Kettleson, the off icers must take one week training and have a background check. The training is the re-sponsibility of the company UH Hilo contracts. A spokesperson for the Mānoa chancellor said that in the last fi s-cal/ academic year, 10 campus se-curity offi cers left their jobs, while 10 new offi cers were hired.

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The College of Social Sci-ences is planning to release a new mobile application in early July called He‘e, or Hawai‘i Educa-tional Engagement, that will pro-vide students and alumni of the college with the ability to access services for scholarships, intern-ships and community engage-ment learning opportunities. He‘e will allow students to cre-ate a profi le and upload important documents such as student re-sumes and contact information for possible employers to view, similar to an electronic portfolio. These services will inspire students to turn class teachings into real world applications. The application is free and will be available for use on the College of Social Sciences website. The program is divided into six categories aimed to gear students toward a successful future: Civic en-gagement, service learning that is tied to a student’s curriculum; Inter-national engagement/study abroad programs; Career & Scholarship, exploration of majors and careers; Undergraduate research, which will help students interested in pursuing graduate degrees; a College ambas-sador program, where students will become ambassadors for the Col-lege of Social Sciences; and a Citizen Alumni program, which will allow current students to connect with graduates from the college. According to Kai Noa Lily, Coordinator of Engaged Student Learning for the college, the new

mobile application initiative encour-ages engaged student learning, which will provide students with a “full, well-rounded education in the classroom in the fi eld of research.” “[The app will provide students] with other opportunities like study abroad, international exchange, mainland transfers or exchange, practicum, internships [and] scholar-ships that are available,” Lilly said. The college wants to make infor-mation more accessible for students today - similar to how STAR helps students to track their academic prog-ress and search for scholarships. The mobile application will also have an events calendar that will give students updates and alerts on major events happening within the college and around campus. It will also allow students to search for employers and internship opportunities. “It will be extremely convenient and would allow increased awareness of opportunities available to students in the college,” said Dwane Tegman, a senior majoring in Political Science. One of the internships that So-cial Sciences offers is the Congres-sional Delegates, in which three students are selected to work with Senators representing Hawai‘i at Washington, D.C. Those selected to participate in the program spend a semester in Washington, D.C. and learn real-life legislative processes. This is just one of the oppor-tunities that the college offers to its students, and the mobile appli-cation will allow students to take what they learn in the classroom and apply it in their own fi eld of study to prepare for the real world.

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Every now and then, even the best of actors have to sign on for abysmal fi lms just to pay the bills. Robert De Niro had “Little Fockers.” Al Pacino had “Jack and Jill.” But Jeff Bridges may have topped them both with “R.I.P.D.” The fi lm also stars Ryan Reyn-olds as Nick Walker, a Boston cop who dies in the line of duty and is chosen to become part of the “Rest in Peace Department.” Roy Pul-sipher (Bridges), an 1800s Wild West lawman, partners with Walker to capture evil souls who are look-ing to take over the living world. If this plot sounds a bit like “Men In Black”, that’s because it is – only two minutes shorter and more painful to watch. To give Bridges credit, he does have a few humorous one-liners, which are the positive parts of the fi lm. However, these laughs are ex-tremely rare and only come after listening to his incomprehensible cowboy impression for at least 10 minutes beforehand. Meanwhile, Reynolds, who has zero chemistry with Bridg-es, follows up “Green Lantern” and “Safe House” with another subpar performance in a cringe-worthy action f lick. But the real problem of “R.I.P.D” has nothing to do with

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I know too much. I have three very good friends, A, B, and C. A and B are married to each other, and they only know C casually. A and B don’t have the best marriage, but it was functional, and they have a couple kids. The problem is that one night B, C and I went out drinking, and long story short, I caught them having sex! I don’t know what to do, because if I say anything to A I’ll be ruining a marriage and giving some sweet little kids a broken home. On the other hand, A is a really good friend of mine as well and I feel like crap keeping this from him. I’m so angry that I’m in this position, and nothing seems like a good option. What would you do? - Torn First off, your friends are jerks. It would serve the two of them right for you to just squeal, but I definitely understand why you’re hesitant to say anything. Believe it or not, I’ve not only seen this situation before, but I’ve been almost exactly in your shoes. No matter what you do, it ’s not going to be a good time. Remember that none of this is your fault, though. You may have gone out and helped to drink some drinks, but you’re not the one who’s really being cheated. If you say anything to your buddy that was cheated on, you’ll just be hastening the inevitable. Also, if you ratting on what you saw is the start of a messy divorce or who knows what else, you’ll feel even worse than you do now. A cheater is going to cheat, and if your friend has done it once, they’ll probably do it again. It ’s only a mat-

ter of time before they get caught or something else makes

their marriage fall com-pletely apart. I’m also sure that there are other things going on that you aren’t aware

of; cheating like this is usually a symptom of a larger problem. This may not be what you want to hear, or even the “right” thing according to some peo-ple, but you have a duty as a friend to maintain a certain amount of neutrality when it comes to interactions that don’t directly concern you. It’s not your place to go around intervening in lives; your friends are obviously capable of do-ing that themselves. If you’re close to all three of these people, then how do you choose? Who do you want to be friends with more? That’s what you’ll have to do otherwise; time to pick who you like the best. Sure, be angry, tell your cheating friend he or she should confess, tell your enabling friend what a jerk he or she is, but don’t say anything unless you’re ready to take sides. Stuff happens, and people make mistakes. Think about your own secrets and what your life would be like if some of the deeper and darker ones were on display where it would hurt you the most. Sometimes being a good friend means keeping the skeletons in the closet, even if it ’s less a skeleton than a rotting zombie.

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1) Johnny Manziel, the Texas A&M quarterback better known as Johnny Football, is in head-lines again for leaving a pres-tigious quarterback camp one day early because he “slept in.” Manziel has repeatedly appeared in the news lately — and not in a good way. Should the NCAA be concerned about him, consider-ing he is the defending Heisman Trophy candidate?

BLAKE: I think that if there are any person-al issues, the team should be respon-sible and intervene, not the NCAA. However, the headlines should be a cause for concern. While they may be nothing more than the result of the ev-er-increasing pressure and scrutiny, they could also be indicative of greater character issues. In either case, his coaches need to reel him back in to get his focus back on training, or Texas A&M might be facing a disappointing sequel to the magic of last year.

JEREMY: I think that the bad public-ity Manziel is stirring up defi nitely hurts Texas A&M, but I don’t think it’s the NCAA’s responsibility to ad-dress this. The NCAA seems to be more focused on issues like “improp-er benefi ts” and violations of recruit-ing protocol than if a college athlete is making a fool of himself. If Texas A&M is content to let their star run wild off the fi eld, then they’ll have to deal with the consequences if he lands himself in trouble.

2) One of the biggest ques-tions trending around athlet-ics is: “Should college athletes be paid to play?” Should the NCAA allow college athletes to have contracts and receive payment for their performance in college sports?

BLAKE: No. College athletes on full scholarships already have their room and board paid off, in ad-dition to their tuition. They also receive regular stipends to sup-plement their income. While it is true that many universities profit

greatly off their student athletes, we must remember that the “stu-dent” comes first; if we start pay-ing college athletes, they will be-come a glorified minor league for pro sports, then we might as well stop the charade of pretending that school comes first and just drop student requirements. Furthermore, paying athletes would just further divide the haves from the have-nots in college ath-letics, ruining the integrity of the sports themselves. Schools without the large budgets to pro-vide competitive salaries for their players would quickly succumb to their richer opponents.

JEREMY: I agree. Recently, some college athletes fi led a lawsuit against EA Sports because the avatars in the games are made in their likeness, and they don’t receive any compensa-tion. To me, I don’t think they need any compensation. If you’re a star for a college team, then chances are that you’ll be more than compensated if or when you go pro. Also, we’ve seen many highly touted athletes come out of high school and fl ame out in

college. If companies like Nike and Adidas and others invest money into these supposedly “can’t miss” pros-pects, then that could be throwing more money down the drain. I think if you want those big contracts, then work hard in college and earn them. A lot already is given to these big name athletes. They don’t need con-tracts and compensation as well.

3) Another big question is: “Should college football switch to a playoff format for the Na-tional Championship instead of the current Bowls series?” Is this a good idea or not?

BLAKE: Absolutely. We’ve already had a number of major controver-sies where teams with identical records have been left out of the championships largely because of uncontrollable factors like strength of schedule, which un-fairly weights the bias to certain conferences. The bowl system doesn’t need to disappear, but the system of allowing popular votes and a server farm to decide who gets to play in the big game needs

to go. Seasons like the 2004-05season, in which three undefeatedteams were denied a shot at thenational title solely because of theBCS System, should never hap-pen. There needs to be a playoffsystem, and the entire BCS rank-ing system should be dissolved.

JEREMY: Definitely. For years, we’veheard teams like Boise State andTexas Christian complain aboutcompleting undefeated seasonsbut be left out of the champion-ship conversation in favor ofteams like Alabama and LSU.Like Blake said, the BCS systemtakes into account factors likestrength of schedule. Teams likeBoise and TCU don’t have thebenefit of playing the top teamsin the country on a weekly basis.But they are quality teams that atleast deserve a shot. Maybe we’rewrong, and they will be beatenbadly by these big schools. Butwe won’t know unless we givethem a shot, and the only way togive everyone a fair chance is toswitch to a playoff format.

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