Vol. XCVI Issue No. 149

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The Voice of Hawai‘i

Entire state should celebrate UH sportsWith a championship title under its belt, the UH Warrior volleyball team deserves a party. In fact, all of our athletes do. So Dobelle, if you’re reading, turn to Ka Leo Sports.

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Helping immigrants get their citizenshipStudents at the University of Hawai`i volun-teer time and English language skills to help-ing Chinese immigrants become American citizens.

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Eric Alcantara • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

The UH campus was riddled with puddles due to the constant rain from the weekend. Students walking along the mall discovered they had to go around large pools of water created by the bad weather.

Rain, rain, go awayUH responds to stalking, assaultsBy Alicia SmithKa Leo Contributing writer

University of Hawai`i officials and employees are receiving training to help those who have been sexually assaulted or are being stalked. “The university takes issues of sexual assault and stalking very seriously,” said Alan Yang, dean of student services. “The university provides support, prevention and response programs.” The university, last fall, sent sev-eral people to attend a seminar on the issue of stalking. The “Community at Large” event was sponsored by the state attorney general’s office and funded by the Violence Against Women’s office. UH Security Captain Donald Dawson, sex equity specialist Beverly McCleary, and Christine Quemel, the director of the Women’s Center, and Allyson Tanoue, the director of the Counseling Center, all received train-ing on dealing with and preventing stalking.

“A mix of law enforcement, social service providers, prosecutors, and corrections officers were in atten-dance to establish a collective support network for dealing with stalking,” said McCleary. Quemel said, “This is a start to coordinate a community response. Now more people, not only advo-cates, understand the indicators of stalking and responding appropriate-ly.” Yang did not comment on the recent dorm rape, but said, “The stalking workshop is an example of getting key university personnel training to prevent and respond to these incidents.” “Stalking is a serious problem across the country,” said UH Security Captain Dawson. “National statistics indicate 13 percent of college women have or will experience stalking,” said McCleary. Dawson said that local statistics may differ from national statistics partly because foreign students are more likely to feel embarrassed than

local students and are less likely to report incidents. Yang said, “I encourage students to report any suspicious incident right away. Students may be hesitant, and reporting is most important, in order for the university to provide proac-tive support and prevent future inci-dents.” The National Violence Against Women Survey defines stalking as “a course of conduct directed at a specific person that involves repeated visual, physical proximity, non-con-sensual communication, or verbal, written or implied threats that cause a reasonable person fear.” In Hawai`i, harassment by stalking is a misdemeanor offense. Interstate stalking is a federal crime and is punishable by five years to life in prison, according to the Attorney General’s Department. Common harassment behavior includes sending unwanted letters and/or gifts, attempting to obtain pri-

See Stalking, page 2

Professor wins award for climate research

Plastic surgery increasing among Asian-Americans

Ka Leo Staff

A University of Hawai`i at Manoa associate professor recently won the highest award given by the Meteorological Society of Japan for his research on the climate of tropical oceans. Shang-Ping Xie is an associ-ate professor at the International Pacific Research Center and the department of meteorology of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at UH Manoa. He was awarded the society’s 2002 Medal for providing the first physically consistent explanation of why the climate of the tropical oceans is not symmetrical around the equator and showing how this climatic asymmetry affects climate variations like El Nino.

Xie’s recent work published in Science magazine, reveals the far-reaching effects of the Hawaiian islands on the Pacific climate sys-tem. The medal will be presented to Xie at the Meteorological Society of Japan’s spring meeting, held from May 22 to May 24 in Omiya, Japan, where Xie will present his research that led to the award. Xie has a bachelor’s degree from the Shangdong College of Oceanography in China, and a master’s and doctorate degree from Tohoku University in Japan. His research interests are large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction, cli-mate dynamics, and general cir-culation of the atmospheres and oceans.

By Chao XiongtHe DaiLy iowan (u. iowa)

(U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa - Following the lead of their East and West Coast peers, Asian-Americans in Iowa are seeking plastic surgery that leaves them with more Western facial features, according to local doctors. Patients wanting to create a crease in their eyelids or shape their nasal passages into thinner, more pointed noses, have flooded both coasts in recent years. Although the 2000 U.S. Census shows Iowa has a population that is 94 percent white, making it difficult to detect similar trends in the state, local doctors say Asian patients in Iowa are spending thousands of dollars on such cosmetic surgeries. “We certainly see our fair share,”

said Dr. Al Aly, a cosmetic surgeon at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The former Beverly Hills doctor has worked with 10 Asian patients at the UIHC in the past few years to Westernize their noses in a proce-dure called nasal augmentation. Aly couples the $3,000-$4,000 procedure with rhinoplasty, commonly referred to as a nose job. The most recent statistics from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery shows that the number of Asians undergoing cosmetic surgery increased by 2 per-cent from 1996 to 2000, while the rate dropped by 4 percent among whites. Aly said his patients, all women between the ages of 19 and 25, com-plained of flat noses, the absence of a bridge and wide nostrils. With his

consultation, they looked within dif-ferent Asian nationalities to select a nose type most resembling a Western nose, that is one with an upturned tip, narrow nostrils and a more prominent bridge. According to the academy, rhino-plasty and blepharoplasty, a procedure that adds a crease in eyelids, were the most popular cosmetic surgeries per-formed in 2000. “I try to get people to understand they have to look normal for their own race,” Aly said, adding that the thicker Asian skin simply will not allow for the construction of a typical Western nose. “The Asian patients that I have had have been quite secretive about their surgery.”

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NEWS

Stalking: UH has programs to help students, staff copeFrom page 1

vate information about the victim from others, showing up uninvited to the victim’s home or workplace, tak-ing photos of or spying on the victim, cruelty to animals, and intimidation of the victim or a witness. “Besides boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, stalking may occur between employee and employer, which may lead to workplace vio-lence,” said Dawson.

McCleary said, “Not all stalking cases end badly. However, in nearly every case that ends ... in domestic and workplace violence, stalking is almost always an element.” “If you think it’s happening to you, it needs to be reported and taken seriously,” he said. McCleary said, “It’s especially important to seek more help when friends or relatives believe the vic-tim is overacting. Fear around the situation may become overwhelm-

ing where victims isolate themselves. They may cease to function unable to study or care for their children.” McCleary and Quemel also con-duct educational seminars. Their presentation “Sexual Assault: The Evolutionary Response to a Revolution,” at the Maui Student Affairs Conference, was for West Coast and UH school officials. They also made their presentation in Boston at a regional conference in March. McCleary said they addressed ways staff supports students when dealing with sexual assault. “Examinations after sexual assault only take place at Kapiolani Women and Children’s Center. If the victim chooses ... to press charges

later, it’s important to know that this exam must take place within 72 hours of assault to meet the criteria as legal evidence,” McCleary said. KWCC also provides advo-cate support for victims of sexu-al assault and may be contacted at 524-7273. For information and sup-port involving stalking and sexual assault, contact the following UH offices: The Counseling Center 956-7927, Women’s Center, Sex Equity Counseling Office, and Security are available to assist students who feel they are being stalked or have been sexually assaulted.

Chancellor candidates to speak Ka Leo Staff

Two candidates compet-ing to become chancellor of the University of Hawai`i will speak and answer questions on Friday. Each candidate will have a forum at the Architecture School auditorium; the first from 1 to 2:15 p.m., and the second from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. The names of the candidates will be released later this week. The events are free, and students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.

Dobelle to discuss diversity Ka Leo Staff

University of Hawai`i President Evan Dobelle is one of six community leaders taking part in a panel discussion entitled “Diversity - Our Islands’ Greatest Asset?” tomorrow night at 7 p.m. The event, scheduled at the Hawai`i Imin International Conference Center at UH Manoa, will explore the realities of diver-sity and the challenges of inclu-sion in Hawai`i. Other panel participants include Haunani Apoliona, chair-person of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Vicky Cayetano, presi-dent and CEO of United Laundry Services; Sanford Cloud, Jr., pres-ident and CEO of the National Conference for Community and Justice; Harry Kim, mayor of Hawai`i County, and Rev. Kaleo Patterson of Kaumakapili Church. The panel will be moderated by Mike Broderick, executive director of the Hawai`i Justice Foundation. The forum is free and open to the public, but seating will be limited. Call 734-9100, e-mail legaled@hawaii.edu, or fax 734-9147 to make a reservation. Walk-ins will be accommodated on a first come, first serve basis.

Asians: For whatever reason, patients choose ‘Western’ lookFrom page 1

nose. “The Asian patients that I have had have been quite secretive about their surgery.” Aly refuses to operate on patients who fail to heed his advice, saying that obliging their aesthetic concerns without considering what is appropriate for their ethnicity would be “ethically wrong.” “They already sell skin light-ener creams in places such as the Philippines,” said William Liu, UI assistant professor of counseling psychology. “I’m sure other surger-ies will just add to transforming the Asian physical features into some-thing different. I don’t know what that may mean, but it certainly won’t reflect what we now know as Asian features.” Liu helped launch and teach the University of Maryland’s first Asian-American Studies program in 1995 before coming to the UI two years ago. He said knows of at least 15 friends and acquaintances who have undergone Westernizing surger-ies. All have been pleased with the results, Liu added. “I think it’s internalized racism — that the person internalizes the dominant society’s attitude toward that racial group and manifests it,” he said. “It’s certainly distressing. It’s ridiculous for people to undergo surgery for things like this.” However, some doctors say the psychology behind the trend that has

crept up over the past 10 years is not simply ethnicity oriented. The debate continues about whether Asian patients are Westernizing their faces or simply wanting a more attractive face that happens to exhibit Western features. “They’re not looking to Westernize their faces — they’re looking for a pretty nose,” said Robert Flowers, a Hawai`i-based surgeon who has lectured around the world and written extensively about the Asian face. “Basically, what Asians want to be is the most beautiful Asian. It’s a big mistake to do something that Westernizes an Asian face.” Flowers, considered the world’s leading surgeon in the field, began his attraction with the Asian face when he moved from his native Alabama to Hawai`i in 1968. The self-described “trained” and “legitimate artist” has special-ized in plastic surgery on Asians for over 30 years, performing nasal augmentations and blepharoplasties. He sees more than 100 new Asian patients each year, 99 percent of whom will flatly deny wanting to Westernize their faces, Flowers said. But whether patients are explic-itly stating that they want a Western face, often the end product is more Western than it is Asian. “Certainly, when we do see an Asian patient, it is invariably for a more Western nose,” said Joseph O’Connell, an East Coast cosmetic surgeon. “It basically comes to a societal and cultural judgment on their part.” Doctors speculate that the media, Hollywood and an evolv-ing international standard of beauty could be fueling the movement. “Whether [patients are] con-scious of it or not, they’re going to look at magazines — you’re going to have a paradigm of what’s attractive,” and the double eyelid is more attractive, said Phyllis Chang, a reconstructive surgeon at UIHC. “It’s more subconscious because of the media.” Patients overseas in Asia are also seeking out rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty. Both procedures are so popular in the East, Chang said, U.S. doctors refer to surgeons there who are out to serve as many patients as possible as “Doc-in-the-box.” Meanwhile, doctors here say Westernizing an Asian face is play-ing Mr. Potato Head with the wrong parts even if a patient’s aesthetic concerns are “legitimate.” But some practitioners don’t discount that with the right amount of money and the desire to reshape their faces, as Chang puts it, such a move can be

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ThisisthethirdinstallmentofourdiscussionoftheManoastrategicplan.

Partnering with the Department of Education to better Hawaii’s public education system. This is a vague goal. To what extent does the university intend to

partner? Are we looking to create a K-16 program? The idea of allowing Hawaii’s two public education institutions — the DOE and UH — to com-bine efforts is appealing; it also may help recruitment at UHM. We reserve judgment, however, until the level of cooperation is laid out.

Increasing undergraduate enrollment by 5 percent annually and under-graduate retention by 20 percent annually. Good benchmark. Here at UH, we want to increase recruitment and enrollment, but more importantly we want to retain our students. Every year, undergraduates leave the university. Whether this is to pursue edu-cation elsewhere or to stop pursuing education at all, the University of Hawai`i should be looking to stop this slow bleed of undergraduates, either by making the University of Hawai`i a more attractive option or by provid-ing the proper services to maintain students who would ordinarily drop.

Increasing contracts and grants by 10 percent annually; increasing financial assistance by 10 percent annually. Who would disagree with more money? Of course we want to see con-tracts, grants, and financial assistance up; these things pay for our educa-tion. The question is: how ambitious is 10 percent? We think it’s a lot to ask for. Given the kind of research, grant, and con-tract money we rake in, 10 percent might be a bit ambitious. Getting this kind of money together is going to mean a serious commitment to fundrais-ing. Good luck.

Spending $20 million annually on repairs and maintenance, compared with deferment. Yes, please. The lack of funding given to repairs and maintenance has been a long-standing joke among UH students for years. Putting proper funding into repairs and maintenance is not simply a mat-ter of making things look pretty. Without proper maintenance, facilities go unoccupied and equipment unused — equipment that, if fixed, could con-tribute greatly to our education.

Increasing alumni giving by 20 percent annually. The only way to get rich off of alumni is to make alumni rich. Alumni giving will naturally increase with the quality of a university; the more suc-cessful the alumni, the more likely they are to give.

All in all, the goals in the Manoa strategic plan seem well thought-out, ambitious, and possible. But they’re just goals. It’s difficult to disagree with optimistic goals like this; of course we want more money, better education, better technology services, more social justice, etc. The true test will come when these goals are put into motion and the administration has to start setting priorities. Then we’ll be able to judge how much of this will happen and how much is just talk. Good luck, Bachman Hall. You’ve got your work cut out for you.

Goals are great, but we want to see them put to action

THE ISSUE: On Wednesday, the University of Hawai`i at Manoa released the first draft of its strategic plan for the next decade. The plan outlines certain goals and benchmarks to mark progress towards a better UHM.

U.S. funds fundamentalismby Christopher JohnsKa Leo Staff CoLumniSt

Flyers across the campus advertise for Kaneohe Girl Scout Troop 423’s School Supply Drive. The purpose is to collect “pencils and erasers, pens, manual pencil sharpeners, and paper tablets to help Afghani girls succeed in school.” Under the Taliban Afghani women were not allowed to attend school. Normally this would be a gross example of religiously induced misogyny, but under the specific situa-tion of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan the exclusion of women from education may have been a good thing. While the Kaneohe Girl Scout troop is no doubt hon-orable in its intentions, the U.S government-influenced media has created a problem wherein the Kaneohe Girl Scouts are unknowingly per-petuating the promotion of Islamic Fundamentalism. During the Cold War the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to stem the flow of drugs and Islamic influence. Heroin and Islam were flowing across the Afghan Soviet border creating drug problems and nationalistic problems for the Soviet Union. Under Soviet Communism religion was banned, as Communism is atheistic. Islam was a challenge to Communist hegemony. During the Cold War the Soviet Union and America were bitter rivals. It should be noted that fighting between the Soviets and Americans occurred predominantly through inter-mediaries with the Soviet Union and America funding, training, and arming opposing factions. However, dur-ing the Soviet-Afghan war America engaged the Soviet Union by provid-ing military and economic aid to the Afghan mujaheddin, known as rebels then but now known as terrorists. Under National Security Decision Directive 166, signed by President Ronald Regan and expanded by national security adviser Robert D. McFarlane in 1985, American aid

was poured into Afghanistan, through Pakistan. NSDD 166 greatly increased the level of U.S. aid to the mujahed-din, from 10,000 tons of arms and ammunition in 1983 to 65,000 tons annually by 1987. In addition to arms,

training, extensive military equip-ment including military satellite maps and state-of-the-art commu-nications equipment, but the worse

was yet to come. As part of the U.S. backed mujaheddin resistance, America poured millions of “jihad text” into Afghanistan to be used in Afghani schools to indoctrinate Afghani youth. According to “The ABC’s of Jihad in Afghanistan” these Islamic Fundamentalist texts “were filled with talk of jihad and featured drawings of guns, bullets, soldiers, and mines.” The textbooks were a product of the U.S. Agency for International Development and a prominent American university. The Washington Post article stated that, “the textbooks were developed in the early 1980s under an AID grant to the University of Nebraska-Omaha and its Center for Afghanistan Studies.” From 1984-94, AID poured $1 million in the University’s Center for Afghanistan Studies to produce the Islamic Fundamentalist texts. These textbooks, by which “children were taught to count with illustrations showing tanks, missiles and land mines,” were then smuggled through Pakistan into Afghanistan. These are the same textbooks that

the Taliban used since it took over Afghanistan in 1996, the only changes that the Taliban enacted were the com-plete erasure of human faces, in com-pliance with Islamic fundamentalism. To recap, texts produced in America, with American taxpayer money, written by an American uni-versity, shipped and disseminated by American CIA officials with Pakistani

aid, were so agreeable to the Taliban that the only thing they did to the texts was to erase human faces! President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have both spoken out pub-licly about the texts, which were created under the vice-presidency and presidency of his father. Bush said in a radio address that the “Ten million U.S.-supplied books being trucked to Afghan schools would teach ‘respect for human dignity, instead of indoctrinating students with fanaticism and bigotry.’” However, it seems that the same books, slightly modified to remove the violent pictures, are being disseminated, again, throughout Afghanistan. Whereas, under the Taliban

Afghani women were spared U.S. pro-duced “indoctrination.” Beside the obvious moral calamities present in the U.S. backed jihad-promoting texts there exist severe legal ramifications. From 1984-94, AID funded the Islamic Fundamentalist texts even though “AID-financed activities cannot result in religious indoctrination of the ulti-mate beneficiaries.” So, even though their own certification forbids the creation and dissemination of texts that “result in religious indoctrination” AID had spent taxpayer money in this fashion and continues in this fashion today. Recently AID announced that it would bestow a $6.5 million grant to the University of Nebraska-Omaha to “provide textbooks and training aids.” More taxpayer money is now being poured into the same institution that aided in creating the problem in the

As part of the U.S.-backed mujaheddin resistance,

America poured millions of ‘jihad text’ into Afghanistan

to be used in Afghani schools to indoctrinate

Afghani youth

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first place. The current texts still con-tain Qu’ran verses and Islamic tenets, it appears that they even contain the same fundamentalist texts. Even though “UNICEF began printing new texts for many subjects [it] arranged to supply copies of the old, unrevised U.S. books for other subjects, including Islamic instruc-tion.” The new, U.S. approved, interim government “announced that it would use the old AID-produced texts for its core school cur-riculum” and that “UNICEF’s new texts could be used only as supple-ments.” Essentially, even though new texts are available the new Afghan government has chosen to utilize the old “AID-produced texts,” texts that have supposedly been scrubbed of any jihad refer-ences, texts that are still there. According to the Washington Post article, “AID offi-cials said in interviews that they left the Islamic materials intact because they feared Afghan educators would reject books lacking a strong dose of Muslim thought.” Supposedly, a scrubbing operation was imple-mented under the supervision of Chris Brown the director of AID’s Central Asia Task Force. Yet on Feb. 4, Afghan educators were “scram-bling to replace rough drawings of weapons with sketches of pomegran-ates and oranges.” Obviously the “scrubbing operation” was not effec-

tive if these Afghan educators had to work “day and night” to remove violent images. What about the texts? Supposedly revised. According to Brown, the scrub-bing operation has “turned [the texts] from a wartime curriculum to a peacetime curriculum. One indoctrinating text has, supposedly, been replaced by another indoctri-nating text. Now, the problem is being further exasperated by the new inclusion of women in the Afghan education system and the U.S. media

is being silent. Yet, as we have seen, UNICEF is still printing these texts. The ultraconserv-ative Washington Post is the only major media resource to report on this issue. Since the media has cho-sen to ignore this issue the Kaneohe Girl Scout Troop is inadvertently contributing to this dilemma. It is time for American media to stop

ignor- ing stories that m a y reveal the dark side of American imperialism. The American government is responsible for arming, training, and funding the very same “terrorists” who struck at the financial and mili-tary heart of the American empire. It is also responsible for producing texts that have “steeped a genera-tion in violence.” Since the six year exclusion of women (1996-2002) prevented women from being indoc-trinated by the American-produced “jihad texts” it would seem that, for once, exclusion saved women

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OPINIONS

Texts: U.S.-bought texts spread word of violence to Afghani kidsFrom page 4

thus positing them as possible sites of hope. However, since these texts are still in circulation and use, the hope that women could provide to Afghanistan is minimized. The problem is not solved and now the noble intentions of Kaneohe Girl Scout Troop 423 are marred

by American imperialism that was designed to “stimulate resistance against [Soviet] invasion,” but instead resulted in “unintended con-sequences,” namely the events of 9/11. For more information, visit the following Web sites: http://emper-

ors-clothes.com/news.abc.htm for a reprinting of the Washington Post article. Another Washington Post article (by Steve Coll, July 19, 1992) that details American aid to the mujaheddin is reprinted at http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/anatomy.htm

The American gov-ernment is respon-sible for ... produc-ing texts that have

‘steeped a generation in vio-

lence’

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Students find reward in teachingService learning programs have students give back to community

By Jennifer BurkeKa Leo Copy editor

Qun You Ren, a beaming 64-year-old woman from Canton, China, proudly held up her newly acquired United States citizenship certificate. Her fellow students and former tutors crowded around to congratulate her. Ren, who came to Hawai`i in September 1996 to live with her 37-year-old daughter, said she is excited to vote and petition for her two sons to come to Hawai`i. Ren’s sons, ages 31 and 29, are living in Canton. Ren is one of hundreds of Chinese immigrants who were able to pass the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s examination for U.S. citizenship with the help of a ser-vice learning project called SHINE, Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders. The project recruits college stu-dents to help elderly immigrants pass the U.S. citizenship test. Ren was able to learn enough basic skills and U.S. civics information to pass the citizen-ship test on March 19, 2002. Ren said she attended the free classes everyday for two years before taking the test. With her new naturalization, Ren can reunite her family in the U.S., travel more easily with a U.S. pass-port, vote in elections, and have pro-tection and rights by the way of U.S. federal government. Since the tutorial program began, service learning students have tutored more than 1,100 immigrants through the program. Usually, about 40 ethnic studies students from the University of Hawai`i are trained to tutor about 300 immigrants a year. Of the many service learning projects at UHM, the SHINE Chinatown project is the first and the largest. Although it is unknown exactly how many immi-grants from the program pass the citi-zenship test, the program has a high success rate.

“As the years have gone by, we’ve increased our percentage of students passing the test,” said Sheana Tanaka, student coordinator for the UHM Chinatown SHINE project. Dean Alegado, chair of the Ethnic Studies department at UHM, said, “The service to the community is very valuable ... and it’s very impor-tant for the immigrant because the test is very costly.” Alegado said the added costs amount to about $300. The lessons are free, and strive to teach not only basic English conver-sational skills and civics information, but to teach ways for immigrants to adjust to living in America. The intercultural and intergenerational program services the immigrant com-munity by giving them the chance to become more involved in civic life and better their communication skills. Many can’t find a job until they have solved the language barrier problem. “Besides working on the natural-ization test, they get to work on their basic English skills. Just conversa-tional English is really important. A lot of them can hardly speak any English, and that’s one of the things they dislike the most,” Tanaka said. Students also benefit from the service learning experience. Tanaka said, “Technically, they get the grade, but really the experience with the students is probably the best and most rewarding part.” “A lot of them want to learn everything. Any little thing they can learn. It’s amazing how dedicated they are,” she said. Tanaka said the response and appreciation the tutors get from the immigrant students is the most rewarding aspect of the experience and is what fuels her to keep volun-teering her time to the program. She said getting to know the students is one of the most important parts of the program.

Tanaka also said in dealing with the language barrier, students get to practice how to be patient and how to become better listeners and teachers. And because the students work with different people at each class, the students get to know a wide range of people with different levels of knowl-edge and experience of English lan-guage and American culture, Tanaka said. “Getting over those language bar-riers requires a lot of patience,” she said. Alegado said he hopes UH will institutionalize service learning pro-grams into the required curriculum. He said service learning is beneficial because it combines academic study with volunteer service, which makes the study more immediate and rel-evant to application to the real world. The experience and the academic study work to reinforce each other. He said he wants more faculty and

students to become more involved to make a better impact on the commu-nity. “We’re going to try to extend SHINE to Waipahu, targeting primar-ily Filipino immigrants,” Alegado said. In 1996, the Chinese Community Action Coalition started the Honolulu Chinese Citizenship Tutorial Program (HCCTP) as part of a response to Federal Welfare Reform. The legisla-tion had tighter immigration policies, which strained immigrant communi-ties in the U.S. by resulting in cut-backs in social services and welfare provisions for non-U.S. citizens. In 1997, UH received a three-year grant funded by the Corporation for National Service, “2 + 4 = Service on Common Ground,” partnering UHM College of Social Sciences, Kapiolani Community College and Chaminade University. The goal was to advance service learning through faculty

development in community colleges and universities, hence the name “2 + 4.” “By receiving the grant, it is rec-ognized as a national model,” said Alegado. In 2000, when the “2 + 4” grant ended, the UHM CSS received anoth-er grant, Building Systems of Service in Multicultural Communities, which continued upon the “2 + 4” grant and programs started by the grant. “The best resource we have are the students themselves,” said Tanaka. Chuna Hu, a 38-year-old house-wife and mother from Taiwan, hopes to pass the citizenship test in June 2002. To Hu, who said she loves America, U.S. citizenship means more freedom and more federal gov-ernment protection. She said some-day, she hopes to return to SHINE as a volunteer to help others the same way the students have helped her.

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A student teacher for the SHINE program quiz-zes a Chinese immigrant on naturalization questions.

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Page 8 Ka Leo O Hawai’i Tuesday, May 7, 2002

SPOrTS

Hey President Dobelle, let’s celebrate UH sportsDear President Dobelle,

I hope you had a pleasant return trip to the islands. How ‘bout them Warriors? I’m sure you can still feel the energy and excitement from Saturday’s National Championship vic-tory. What a game! I write this letter on behalf of the students and faculty of the University of Hawai`i. We would like to acknowledge head coach Mike Wilton and his team’s accomplishments. reward the best volley-ball fans in the country just one more time. We need to see the 2002 Warriors with the championship hardware at least one more time, because when the “Men of War” went to battle, their fans in Hawai`i — even those who couldn’t be at the game — went with them. For those fortunate enough to watch the Warriors make history, the post-game celebration will be embedded in their minds forever. I am one of the unfortunate souls who live at the dorms. With no cable TV access, I could only experience the magic via radio. But I still get goose bumps when I recall KCCN’s Scott robbs emphatically screaming “Hawai`i wins the national championship! Hawai`i wins the national title!” accompanied by loud cheers from other dorm residents in the background. It’s a shame that Hawai`i fans need to rely on TV or radio to be a part of such great moments. It doesn’t have to be that way. Imagine, if you will Mr. President, having a parade for our Warriors. It could make its way around the UH campus, fans lining the streets with leis and signs around campus and along Dole Street all the way down to a packed Stan Sheriff Center. I can hear it now, the sounds of the UH band playing, the sights of the UH cheerleaders flying in the air chanting “Let’s Go ‘Bows! accompanied by the rainbow Dancers strutting their stuff. On the Stan Sheriff Jumbotron would be highlights from the 2002 season. What an event it would be. Why stop there? Invite brother Vili, the Warrior drummer, and his crew. Everyone should enjoy the party. Gov. Ben Cayetano has declared this “The rainbow Warriors Volleyball Year”; so we’ll invite him, too. It would be something long overdue for our athletic teams. This may very well be the most suc-cessful year for UH men’s athletics in the school’s history. Call it “The Year of the Warrior.” True, we might see a sudden “flu epidemic” among working people — like what happened during the UH-BYU football game, but it would be worth it. I’m sure all the people involved, whether it be the UH athletic department or administrators, can come up with something. As fans we’ll do our part and be sure to show up. Please consider my propo-sition. I think the fans, the state, and the team deserve it.

Sincerely,

Kalani WilhelmKa Leo Sports Editor

P.S. Can we have cable in the dorms? I don’t think I can survive missing another shining moment in UH sports.

rainbow baseball team falls to San JoseKa Leo Staff

The University of Hawai`i rainbow baseball team (15-23, 4-17 WAC) lost a heartbreaker on Sunday as they fell to the San Jose State Spartans, 4-3. Adam Shorsher hit a walk-off home run off of freshman starting pitcher ricky Bauer (1-6) in the bot-tom of the ninth to help the Spartans (39-13, 16-7) complete a three-game sweep over the rainbows. Hawai`i jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but San Jose State was able to tie the game at three in the 7th inning on a single by Shorsher. Hawai`i returns home to face the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (19-30, 5-19) Thursday in their final home series of the year. Saturday’s game will mark the last home game for 10 seniors. All games will start at 6:35 p.m. at the Les Murakami Stadium.

�How�do�you�think�the�University�of�Hawai`i�should�celebrate�the�Warriors�

National�Championship?

“I think it’s a really big thing. Some sort of special recognition should be given to the players and the coach. He put together a winning group from around the world. That was phenomenal.”Coco Wielyouth theatergraduate student 40

“It sounds like they did a good job. They deserve a celebration. People that

want to should help them celebrate.”Alex Greenphilosophy

junior 20

“I think a pep rally would get the stu-dents into the sport. Maybe have some-thing at the Stan Sheriff Center just to congratulate the guys.”Bret Hartmangeography junior21

“I think it should really be celebrated. Some kind of ceremony on campus

when a majority of the students don’t have class.”

Ryan Yokomuratheaterjunior

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