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By Sean GouldKa Leo Contributing Writer

A leader in genocide and Holocaust studies finished a series of lectures at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa this week, reject-ing the idea that Jews were histori-cally persecuted. Yehuda Bauer, who has a Ph.D. from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, gave his first lecture of the series last week, addressing the topic of “The ‘New’ Anti-Semitism.” “The term actually is non-sense,” Bauer said. Bauer argues that because Semitic refers to a linguistic group, not an actual group of people, using the term ‘Anti-Semitism’ is analogous to using the term ‘anti-Indo-Europe-an.’” It’s used for lack of a better term, Bauer says. Bauer works extensively in the international community and has served as an advisor for several films, including “Partisans of Vilna.” He was a guest professor at UH Manoa in 1992, where he taught a Seminar on the Holocaust. Bauer rejects the idea of a new anti-Semitism. Any current erup-tion is a symptom of the underlying problems, he said. Bauer gives the

analogy of magma under the earth’s surface that, under certain condi-tions, boils through to the surface. In his first lecture, Bauer traced the origins of anti-Semitism to the Biblical Book of Ester, chap-ter five, which expresses a Jewish fear of Diaspora and annihilation. Bauer claims that because Jews are “meaningfully different,” with distinct customs and religious beliefs, they risk drawing prejudice from others. He denies, however, the myth that Jews were histori-cally persecuted. “The Romans did not chase the Jews from Palestine,” Bauer said. The population dispersed to explore and migrate. Wherever the Jews went, they were “mostly tol-erated and accepted.” For Bauer, to tolerate presumes a dislike of the thing tolerated. “Instead of tolerance, I want to use understanding and respect,” Bauer said. In his lecture Bauer also reject-ed the idea of a separate Jewish race. “We’re all Africans, basical-ly,” he said. “There is no such thing as race. It is a pseudo-sci-ence.” Bauer also sees a definite erup-tion of anti-Jewish sentiments in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. He recognizes that

Israel’s policies have earned it tre-mendous criticism. Bauer, howev-er, makes a distinction between political disapproval and racism. Criticism of Israel is not Anti-Semitic. As Bauer pointed out, the Israeli papers criticize Israel all the time. Bauer believes, however, if one begins to advocate the destruc-tion of Israel, then one has become anti-Jewish, because “you can’t destroy a state without destroying its people.” After his first lecture, Bauer was asked if he agreed that because to destroy a state is to destroy a people, then to deny a state is to deny a people. He responded, “Yes, there is a universal right to autono-my or independence.” Bauer said that any nation or ethnic group, including native Hawaiians, has the right to politi-cal independence, or at least auton-omy. He sees the most anti-Semi-tism coming from radical Islamic fundamentalists. According to Bauer, radical Islam is anti-Semitic in a genocidal way. He says that genocide will not be achieved, but it is still a threat. “Anti-Semitism starts with Jews,” Bauer said, “but does not end with Jews.”

Manoa says “ciao” to ItalianBy Jill Bona

Ka Leo Staff Writer

The saying goes that “Everybody loves an Italian,” however, on the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa cam-pus, sales show the saying might not ring true. Mama’s Spaghetti House and Papa John’s Pizza both closed down because of slow sales during the Fall 2004 semester. Mama’s Spaghetti House, previ-ously located in Yummy’s Food Court at Campus Center has been replaced with Chow Mein Express Chinese Restaurant. Papa John’s kiosk near Webster Hall is now the BBQ Cook Out. Roger Reeves, general manager at UH Manoa for Sodexho USA, said Sodexho is constantly looking at the eating trends on campus and tries to provide students with what they want. Chowmein Express Chinese Restaurant, also found at Paradise Palms CafÇ, offers ala carte dishes and combination plates, with choices such as sweet and sour pork, orange chicken, and spicy chicken with pea-nuts. BBQ Cook Out’s menu changes daily, offering plate lunches like Korean chicken, kalbi beef, and kalua

pig. Kahuna Dog is also a new food option on campus, located at Campus Center near the ATM machines. The food wagon offers nachos and hot dogs, with toppings like chili and sau-erkraut. Michele Acedo, Kahuna Dog vendor, said she is very pleased with sales. The stand is adding two new items to their menu including a jalap-eno cheddar dog and spicy sausage. Reeves said the recent changes appear to fit the UH Manoa campus

well and that there is a noticeable change in sales. “It is important to us to have a variety of food options on campus that will best fit the diverse student popu-lation,” Reeves said. “After all, that’s why we are here- for the students.” Menus for various campus eater-ies can be found at http://www.uhm-dining.com.

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The final two presentations of the Gender, Globalization and Militarism Conference will take place today at Saunders 624 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The presentations are “What does a feminist curiosity reveal about the U.S. War in Iraq?” by Cynthia Enloe, Clark University and “Solidarity and Fluidarity: Feminism as a product and pro-ductive force for regionalism in the pacific,” by Teresia Teaiwa, Victoria University. Sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program, this event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Kathy Ferguson at 956-8835 or e-mail her at kferguso@hawaii.edu.

Free tax help is offered every Saturday until April 2 and Sunday, April 10 at BusAd E-102. Internal Revenue Service’s trained volunteers will e-file an individual’s tax returns for free if he/she qualifies under the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. VITA offers free and basic tax service to people who make less than $35,000. To take advantage of the ser-vices offered,individuals are asked to bring the following items with them if applicable:- Valid picture ID- Social security cards for the individual, spouse and depen-dents.

- Birth dates for primary, second-ary and dependents on the tax return.- Wage and earning statement(s) Form W-2, W-2G, 1099-R, from all employers.- Current year’s tax form package if given.- Last year’s Federal and State tax return (both original & amended if applicable).- Interest and dividend statement from bank (Form 1099).- Child care provider’s address, ID number and amount total paid for the services.- Bank account number & routing number if an individual chooses to get their refund by DIRECT DEPOSIT. Individuals are asked to check with their financial insti-tute for the rounding transit num-ber to get their refund in half the time. The individual’s spouse must be present to sign the required forms. This event is sponsored by the IRS, Accounting Club, and Beta Alpha Psi. For more information, e-mailnetlabvita@hotmail.com

The students of the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program of the University of Hawai`i at Manoa invite the public to attend the Katipunan Spring Picnic and Potluck. It will be held tomorrow at Magic Island Beach Park Areas 31 and 32 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The day’s events will include games and prizes, a song compe-tition among the 100 and 200 level language classes and free food. Participants are asked to bring a dish to share. For more information, con-tact the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program at 956-3549.

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lightning illuminates the sky over Makapuu Point. lightning and thun-der hit Oahu hard Monday and Tuesday of this week, prompting the National weather Service to issue flash flood watches in several areas.

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Freshly cooked hot dogs await hungry lunchers at the kahuna Dog stand located next to campus center.

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‘Luck and Loss’ to provide tsunami aid

Sabrina FavorsKa Leo Senior Staff Writer

“Luck and Loss” is an Indonesian play featuring randai, a dance-drama form from Western Sumatra. Aceh province in Northern Sumatra was the hardest hit by the tsunami on December 26. The East-West Center planned a fundraising event. The connections seemed obvious to Kirstin Pauka, a theatre professor at the University of Hawai‘i and director of “Luck and Loss,” playing this weekend on the Kennedy Theatre mainstage. The relation wasn’t lost on East-West Center officials, either. They asked Pauka and cast to perform an excerpt from the performance to open their tsunami fundraising event. According to the Honolulu Advertiser, the East-West Center has raised about $340,000 in donations. Pauka decided to continue her involve-ment and the show’s in the relief efforts: she, the students and staff have pledged up to $7,000 to match dona-tions from audience members who attend the performances. In 1992, Pauka traveled to Sumatra for a “preliminary research trip” to see if this form of dance actu-ally existed. It did. She found over 350 groups in Indonesia, both amateur and professional, who performed the dance-drama based in folk dance and martial arts. She stayed there for a year in 1994 to study and perform randai, and has returned for stints of weeks and months ever since. “Randai ... sounds like it’s tai-lored for me,” she said, explaining her background in dance and music, as well as 12 years of experience with taiko drums. All of her interests — dance, music, martial arts and theatre — came together in randai. The dance form began as a way to practice martial arts and already contained elements that led themselves to theatrical performance. All it needed was the incorporation of strong music and storytelling traditions. Pauka has been teaching at UH

since 1997. She translated and directed another randai play, “Umbuik Mudo,” which was performed in Kennedy Theatre in 2001. She also translated “Sabai Namaluih” and an excerpt from “Cindua Matu.” She hopes to translate five or six plays ranging from ancient to modern and publish them as a book. According to Pauka, “there’s nobody in the U.S. that performs it,” other than the students at UH. She adds that no one else outside of Indonesia performs randai, except a group in Australia which only per-forms excerpts in the original lan-guage. Randai is made up of about 25 core stories that are basically the same throughout Western Sumatra, and doz-ens of others are based on regional legends and stories. All of the plays Pauka has translated so far have been core stories. For this performance, students trained for six months. Pauka invited two teachers from Western Sumatra to teach courses last fall and train stu-dents before and after auditions. Saparmin Bin Jamaludin is a master of the randai dance and silat, the martial art associated with it. Mohamad Halim is a master of randai music, and even plays with the stu-dents and Pauka in the performance. He also sings the final song in “Luck and Loss.” “I don’t go it alone,” Pauka explains. In Western Sumatra, per-forming a randai is not a one-person effort, and that dynamic is reflected in the UH version both on stage and behind the scenes. Even in selecting whom to invite, Pauka consulted with cultural leaders of the minang kabau, the people who traditionally perform randai. “It wouldn’t be appropriate,” she adds, to plan this all by herself. In the performance, Pauka plays the drum and one of the student per-formers leads the dancers as they circle the stage. Annie Lipscomb is the

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The dance ensemble performs in formation on an intricately painted circular platform, the dominant scenic element of the production. Annie Libscomb serves as the goreh, the leader of the ensemble who calls the dance pattern shifts.

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cle the stage. Annie Lipscomb is the goreh, a conductor-like leader of the dancing. She uses vocal cues to direct the movements of the other randai dancers. One of the three main singers, besides Halim himself, who also plays an instrument throughout the perfor-mance, also sang in Kennedy Theatre’s last performance of a randai play. Although Western Sumatra suf-fered only minor flooding, the tsunami had an effect on those associated with the play. “(The tsunami) absolutely affected everybody,” Pauka said, add-ing that there is a lot of inter-province trade, and everyone in the region is afraid of the aftershocks. After the first and largest of the aftershocks, three days after the tsu-nami, the entire coastline was evacu-ated. According to Pauka, students were afraid but also grateful for the opportunity to help the East-West Center and the tsunami relief efforts. In addition to asking for dona-tions during intermission, Pauka has already planned another event and hopes to plan more. On February 21, they will perform a 20 minute excerpt from “Luck and Loss” at City Hall.

“Survivors can’t go back to nor-mal,” Pauka says, even though the media’s attention lessens. “(The show) is a nice venue ... (We can) give some-thing back rather than just passing around a hat.” Pauka is currently looking for another venue to perform the entire show, so other performances after Kennedy Theatre and City Hall are still tentative. Pauka is also careful about where the funds are going. Her contacts among Doctors Without Borders told her they didn’t need any more dona-tions, a fact she attributes to greater efficiency within their organization. They directed her to contacts which still need help. All of the donations will go toward organizations that need the money and will use it wisely. Pauka points out the final dance of “Luck and Loss,” which Halim sings, is called a tari indang and is native to North Sumatra. She calls it a tribute and says that if it hadn’t already been in the play when the tsunami hit, they probably would have moved things around to incorporate it into the story. “It’s a strange coincidence,” Pauka says.

Randai: Ensemble to perform at City Hall

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Celebrate Black History Month with Power96’s suggested films

By Christopher J. JonesKa Leo Contributing Writer

To celebrate the legacy of Black History Month, Power96 and I would like to present a list of mov-ies located in our Sinclair Library or video store nearest you. These movies are to honor the black actors and actresses who express our history, our achievements, our struggles and triumphs as Americans. A new list will be presented every week for the month of February. Take time out to get to know some historic black entertain-ment.

“School Daze” (1988)Drama/Musical/ComedyDirected by Spike LeeA young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically

black college.

“Carman Jones” (1954)Musical/DramaDirected by Otto PremingerContemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

“Jason’s Lyric” (1994)Crime/Drama/Love StoryDirected by Doug McHenryThe story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends. Power96 member Azania J. Whitmore’s father was cast in this movie

“Rosewood” (1997)Action/DramaDirected by John SingletonA dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an

African American community.

“Coming to America” (1988)Comedy/RomanceDirected by John LandisAn African prince goes to Queens, New York to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.

Power96 is a Registered Independent Organization for African American students on cam-pus. The group’s name represents “Black Power” and the 96 African American students on campus for the 2004 school year. Their motto is “Owe What You Know” and they stand for diversity among students of all nationalities and equality for all University of Hawai‘i students.

BlackDancers from the Indonesian randai "Luck and Loss: Manandin's Gamble" go through a cut-scene involving traditional dance and music.

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Bush to end all tyranny in world

By Matthew AdairMiddle Tennessee State U.

(U-WIRE) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — On Jan. 20, 2005, President George W. Bush re-defined the United States’ role in the world, and incinerated a generation-span-ning American tradition when he declared in his second inaugural speech, “It is the policy of the United States to seek and sup-port the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyr-anny in our world.” This bold statement of pur-pose has been treated with shock, scorn, ridicule and dis-dain from both sides of the polit-ical spectrum. The extreme right and extreme left do seem to have one thing in common: They’re both horrified at the prospect of the United States taking on an even greater role in global affairs. There’s a very basic reason for this, one that goes back almost as far as the founding of our country: At their cores, most Americans, at all points on the political spectrum, are isolation-ists. For conservatives, it stems from a sort of conceited hubris: The far right views freedom as a gift that God gave to America alone, and to them, the idea of having American blood shed to secure the freedom of people in other countries is unthinkable.

For liberals, isolationism often stems from an intense hatred of America: The far left views the United States as malevolent and evil, and thus they are inclined to treat the notion of the United States act-ing as a harbinger of liberty to oppressed people around the world with intense cynicism. In both cases, we see that iso-lationism is a fundamental value, although each side has radically different reasons for revering it. Shockingly enough, it may actually be the left that has the point more worth listening to. Isolationist sentiment has often caused American foreign policy to suffer from a blinding case of tunnel vision. The United States sometimes becomes so focused on defeating a particular enemy that we care-lessly simplify the world into a binary political system, one in which there is one group that is our enemy and another group that is our friend, the character of that ‘friend’ completely not-withstanding. Throughout the last century, the United States has often allied itself with colonial empires, repressive monarchs, brutal dic-tators, terrorists, religious funda-mentalists, guerilla insurgents and drug-trafficking fascists, act-ing upon the Machiavellian axiom, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” During the Cold War, replac-ing communist governments with non-communist governments was considered vital to America’s national security; making sure those governments were also democratic, however, was not.

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Questions rise –– along with tsunami waters

By Nina BuckKa Leo Staff Columnist

The waters are rising. I feel buffeted in the wake of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia last month. I feel impotent and angry and scared. I feel shocked and shamed that my life can continue pretty much as before, while the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the sea cannot continue in the same way at all. I am heartened by all the peo-ple willing to give, by the midwife I met at Volcano Joe’s who is leaving for Sri Lanka in order to provide pediatric care to those who might require it, by the work of world aid organizations like the Red Cross; by the myriad relief efforts on large and small scales. I am glad to see tables in the cam-pus center accepting donations for people whose homes were destroyed. I am glad to see fund-raisers sponsored by the East-West Center; I am inspired by faculty, students and staff associated with the Randai performances at Kennedy Theatre who have pledged to match donations given by patrons of their shows. I am glad the United Nations is coordi-nating relief efforts. I am glad that wealthy governments are provid-ing financial assistance to places affected by the tsunami. But it somehow doesn’t seem like enough. It doesn’t seem as though a check is sufficient. It doesn’t seem right that I should have a tap full of fresh drinking water and 15 pairs of shoes while someone else is thirsty and bare-foot. Why are little old ladies sending Unicef 10 dollar money orders while a sketchily re-elected oil baron enjoys a 40 million dol-lar presidential inauguration cere-mony? Why do we talk about sus-

pending foreign debt payments rather than forgiving them entire-ly? Why do some people have while others do not? Why do we allow these conditions? How can we build skyscrapers and travel to the moon and still claim that unequal distribution of wealth is inevitable because it has “always existed” before us? Don’t we believe in change? Why do we believe it is accept-able that some people are comfort-able and complacent while others suffer? How do we scurry by those with outstretched hands, walk past the homeless into our own warm houses, and close our eyes to wid-ening discrepancies between the rich and poor? How can we con-tinue to feast in front of others who have no food? “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist,” said Dom Helder Camara. I am grateful to see acts of gen-erosity. I believe there is enough to go around if we do not squan-der what we have. I am grateful to see people working for justice. I am grateful to see that we have the capacity to share. But, it is not enough to give money blindly and to never question the conditions that create need. What are the sources and roots of inequity, of intolerance, of suffering? Earthquakes and tsunamis hap-pen. But what about the added devastation to already poor com-munities that is caused by higher sea levels due to global warming? Why isn’t that being talked about on the front page? Is Martha Stewart really that much more compelling than irrevocable envi-ronmental damage? Sea levels have risen 6 inches in the last cen-tury because of global warming. Island nations like Tuvalu are

being lost under the rising waters. Populations of sensitive animal species unable to adapt to changes in environment are dwindling and disappearing. Higher sea levels intensified the devastating impacts that the recent tsunami had on coastal communities. The United Stated is the single largest contrib-utor to global warming in the whole world, yet its people con-tinue to drive SUVs and to elect oil-rich rulers who do not support treaties like the Kyoto Protocol, because while such a treaty would decrease industrial pollution, it would also decrease revenues to industrial giants that sponsor the rulers’ campaigns. What about the coastal man-groves and reefs that used to serve as natural buffers against tidal waves? Meena Raman of Friends of the Earth International is cited in the “Honolulu Weekly” as say-ing that tens of thousands of lives were spared in India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, where coastal con-servation measures have preserved mangrove forests and coastal reefs. In other places where such measures do not exist and where unchecked coastal development has diminished or destroyed the mangrove forests and reefs, com-munities were unprotected by those natural barriers and were therefore much harder hit by the tsunami waters. Who benefits from the develop-ment? What is lost in the process? Why do we not weigh what is lost and what is gained before we raze the shoreline to build summer homes? Why are we satisfied with Band-Aid fixes that do not address the roots of the problems? Why aren’t we talking about this? I don’t have the answers, but I’m troubled. I want to know why I don’t hear more questions.

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Tyranny: Our best friends are our enemies enemies tainment,” because our primary goal was to stop the spread of communism, not to further the spread of democracy. Containment did work because to some degree — the Soviet Union eventually collapsed, along with the Berlin Wall, the Eastern Bloc and most of our fears about global annihilation in a nuclear war. Nevertheless, containment also certainly left an awful mess behind. The United States’ support of first the French Colonial Forces and later the capitalist, but undemocratic, Saigon regime in South Vietnam helped the Viet Cong win the people’s favor and contributed largely to the United States’ eventual defeat in the Vietnam War. Our defeat in Vietnam embold-ened the Soviets, who invaded Afghanistan in 1980, which we eventually turned into their own Vietnam by supporting the anti-Communist, Islamic fundamental-ist group, the Mujahadeen, led and funded by a little-known Saudi billionaire by the name of Osama bin Ladin. Next door in Iran, our support of the repressive Shah led to a revolution in 1979 that brought the even more repressive Allatoyah Khomeini in power, and beginning on the day when a group of radical Islamic students took our embassy in Tehran hos-tage, Iran has been one of the world’s largest sponsors of terror-ism. Yet, even Iran proved to be a secondary concern when com-pared to stopping the leftist Sandinistas from taking over Nicaragua, so we traded weapons to our enemy in exchange for money that we gave to the Contras, whose civil war with the Sandinistas left an entire nation devastated and even more hateful and resentful toward us.

To contain the Allatoyahs in Iran, we supported Saddam Hussein in Iraq, who later used the weapons we gave him in 1991 during his invasion of Kuwait and again in 2003, during our war to depose him. America’s narrow-minded sup-port of terrorists and dictators in our rabid zeal to defeat commu-nism may have succeeded in its immediate goal, but at the same time it also resulted in the creation of many of the same enemies we are fighting in the War on Terror today. Because of our history of sup-porting dictatorships, we have lost

the trust and the support of much of the Third World. The United States can only restore its reputa-tion among the people of the Third World by working to actively alle-viate their suffering and oppres-sion, much of which we are direct-ly responsible for. Thus Bush has laid down as his doctrine that the United States should fix the mistakes it has made in the past, abandoning both containment and our traditional, destructive isolationism, instead taking an active role in bringing freedom to all those to whom it has been denied. Every once in a while, presi-

dents in their second terms, freed from the shackles of politics or public opinion, manage to avoid becoming lame ducks and instead change the world. Bush clearly seeks to be one. He understands that freedom is the antidote to tyr-anny, and that without tyranny, terrorism cannot survive. Fighting for the rights of oppressed people around the world is America’s duty — it’s our job, and it’s not just an option that we can take or leave, depending on whether or not we feel like doing it. It’s something we must do, because it’s part of who we are,

because it’s something we should have been doing for the last 50 years and, most importantly, because at this point there’s not really anyone else who will do it. Therefore, we must resist the temptation to sink back into isola-tionism and declare it dead, once and for all, while we start using our superpower status responsibly, and for the betterment of mankind. As Bush said, “The great objec-tive of ending tyranny is the con-centrated work of generations. The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it.”

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SOLUTIONS FOR 2/3/05

The Warriors also signed two junior college defensive linemen. Tomi Halai, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound junior, comes to UH out of the College of the Canyons. And 5-foot-10, 315-pound junior Siave Seti will transfer from West Los Angeles College.

“I feel very good about this class of kids in all respects, from athleti-cally to character and being that they are from all over the country,” Jones said. “We are still very committed to going after the best athletes out there, but we got a little sidetracked this year because we had some immedi-ate needs to fill, and I feel like we did that.”

2005 Football Signings

Name Position Height WeightKirk Alexander DB/WR 6-4 217Mario Cox RB/LB 5-11 231Solomon Elimimian LB 6-1 220John Estes OL 6-3 280John Fonoti DL/LB 6-3 237Tomi Halai DL 6-4 245Raphael Ieru DL 6-4 330Marquez Jackson WR 5-8 150Daniel Johnson OL 6-4 270Aaron Kia OL 6-4 268RJ Kiesel-Kauhane LB 6-1 210Laupepa Letuli OL 6-4 265Antwan Mahaley WR 6-4 200Erik Pederson DB 6-1 195Brashton Satele LB 6-2 240Rocky Savaiigaea DL 6-3 290Siave Seti DL 5-10 315Blaze Soares LB 6-1 225KayBrin Stevenson DB 6-0 170Michael Washington WR 5-7 160

SPORTSFriday, February 4, 2005 | Page 7Editor: Stefanie Nakasone Associate Editor: Scott Alonso | (808) 956-3215 | sports@kaleo.org

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Stage set for Superbowl

Brady finished 13-for-24 for 104 yards and a touchdown. He was inter-cepted once. Although he was a junior, he shared playing time with freshman

Drew Henson. The final score was 38-28, but the score wasn’t that close during the game. The Orangemen had a 24-0 lead in the sec-ond quarter and a 38-7 lead in the fourth. The

Wolverines, the defending national champions, were embarrassed, falling to 0-2. Brady said it was “probably the worst defeat” he had suffered, along with last year’s opener at Buffalo, a 31-0 loss in which he went 14-for-28 for 123 yards and four interceptions. Still, he spoke in his calm, confi-dent tone. He said the low points helped him appreciate the high points — and he has had plenty of those. He has gone 76-17 as a starter since that game against Syracuse. He got even with McNabb in the only other time they’ve met. In a

31-10 victory at Philadelphia — the week after that bad Buffalo game, by the way — he went 30-for-44 for 255 yards and three touchdowns, while McNabb was 18-for- 46 for 186 yards and two interceptions. And he has had a little playoff suc-cess. “I’m not shocked that he’s won two Super Bowls and two MVPs,” said McNabb, who hasn’t won any of either. “Obviously, being at Michigan, where there is a chain of good quarter-backs, sometimes they don’t talk about you as much. And at that time Drew Henson was a young guy still growing, and everyone was talking about him being the future and left Tom just kind of on the side. “I’m excited to see that Tom has had some success and he’s done a wonderful job.” What happened at Michigan helped make Brady what he is today. “Michigan is a tough place to play,” Brady said. “The competition level is very, very high amongst the players, and Coach (Lloyd) Carr demands a lot of toughness and disci-pline from his players. School was tough. There was a time that first year that I thought maybe it was too tough for me. “But looking back, I’m glad I stuck it out and realized that really has kind of made me much more mentally tough, much more battle-tested. There’s just a desire to achieve, and I think a lot of that was gained at Michigan.”

By Nicholas J. CotsonikaKnight Ridder Newspapers

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (KRT) — Tom Brady. Donovan McNabb. They’ll be the starting quarterbacks Sunday in Super Bowl XXXIX. Brady for New England, McNabb for Philadelphia. It’s hard to believe they were also the starting quarterbacks on a Saturday six years ago, at Michigan Stadium. Brady for Michigan, McNabb for Syracuse. McNabb seemed destined for star-dom. “He ran all over me,” said line-backer Dhani Jones, a Wolverine then, an Eagle now. “I made a couple of tackles, but I don’t think I hit McNabb one time. He’s sort of elusive.” Brady? He seemed destined for the bench. “That,” Brady said, “was one of the low points.” Not only did McNabb complete 21 of 27 passes for 233 yards and three touchdowns, he also scampered for 60 yards, including a now-you-see-me-now-you-don’t, 17-yard touchdown that prompted Michigan safety Marcus Ray to say he “just turned into Superman out there.” The best part? He scored despite losing a shoe on the run. “Marcus Ray ripped it off and threw it,” McNabb said. Said Brady: “I’ve never been in a game where ... I mean, they just dis-mantled us. They were incredible. Donovan was great that day. I don’t think we stopped them once. Every time they snapped the ball, it was like 10 yards, and they just kept going down the field. And whenever we got it, we couldn’t move it.”

“Brady? He seemed

destined for the bench.”

Super Bowl XXXIX

New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles at Jacksonville, Fla.

Kickoff: Sunday, 1:25 p.m. Hawai‘i Standard Time

Television: Live on FOX

Intent: Warriors look to future with recruits

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SPORTSPage 8 | Friday, February 4, 2005 Editor: Stefanie Nakasone Associate Editor: Scott Alonso | (808) 956-3215 | sports@kaleo.org

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‘Bows need to rebound against the Spartans By Scott Alonso

Associate Sports Editor

It is always the little things. Usually one can identify the small details to see how a team can improve. The University of Hawai‘i wom-en’s basketball team came back to Honolulu Sunday after dropping their two road games last week. Last Thursday, the ‘Bows took on the Rice Owls (12-8 overall, 5-4 in Western Athletic Conference) and fell 70-68. In their second road game, the Wahine faced off against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (14-5, 6-3) and gave a lackluster performance, losing 83-64. Prior to the road trip, UH had not post-ed consecutive losses since the first two games of the year against Santa Clara and Utah. The reaccuring theme of this road trip summed up by first year coach Jim Bolla was short but affirmative in that his team “just didn’t execute on offense,” and that in transition the ‘Bows failed to play well getting up and down the court. In the contest against the Owls, the Rainbow Wahine committed a season high 26 turnovers. That led to 30 points for Rice and set the tempo for that game. Though the ‘Bows were

able to put the game within reach in the second half, the turnovers not only allowed the Owls to score, but they also derailed the up-tempo play of UH. Bolla did state that the team “played well getting back into it and played well everywhere but turn-overs.” Bad ball handling would continue to plague UH against Tulsa. Again, UH committed 26 turnovers leading to the lop-sided score. Bolla pointed to the fact that this team made “poor decisions; (we weren’t) running our offense.” Again it came back to the Wahine not executing their plays and playing their transition game effectively. Bolla pointed to the big victories over UTEP and Boise State as examples of what should happen when the Bows’ run their transition and up-tempo style of play. Those games consisted of the Wahine out-running and out-gunning the other team, creating the opportuni-ty to win. Now back at home, the ‘Bows await their first of three home games. However, Hawai‘i has now lost its last 9-of-10 road conference games dating back to last season. Bolla did not hesi-tate to slam down the notion that road games are no different than home

games. “The court is the same; the baskets are 10 feet. We can not make excuses. We know we have to play half our games on the road,” Bolla said. The Wahine face off against San Jose State tomorrow. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Spartans are entering Honolulu on a four-game win-streak. Freshman Amber Jackson and senior Lamisha Augustine have led the Spartans to a record of 13-6 overall, 6-3 in the WAC. Augustine is coming off earning WAC Player of the Week honors for her perfomance last week. She aver-aged 23 points and 9.5 rebounds in both games against Tulsa and Rice on Thursday and Saturday. Besides the concerns over guarding Jackson and Augustine, the Wahine have been hit hard by the flu bug this past week. At least eight of Hawai‘i’s players earlier in the week were trying to beat back a horrible case of the flu. “Over 30 years in Division I bas-ketball, and this is the worst I have seen,” said Bolla on the team’s illness. Nonetheless, Bolla highlighted the fact that his team will still have to be ready to go on Saturday.

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Sophomore center Alofa toiaivao and the Rainbow Wahine take on San jose tomorrow at 7 pm at Stan Sheriff center..

UH gets 20 letters of intent

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The University of Hawai‘i Warrior football team has received 20 signed National Letters of Intent, announced Warrior head coach June Jones at a press con-ference yesterday morning. Of the 20 players who signed the letters, seven play on offense, 11 on defense and two can play on both sides of the ball. Jones signed four players on the offensive line, four on the defensive line, four linebackers, two defensive backs and three receivers. Seven of the players are seniors at local high schools, including John Fonoti (DL/LB, Farrington), Raphael Ieru (DL, McKinley), Aaron Kia (OL, Mililani), Richard “RJ” Kiesel-Kauhane (LB, Aiea), Brashton Satele (LB, Pac-Five), Rocky Savaiigaea (DL, Aiea), and Blaze Soares (LB, Castle). The list of signings also includes players from as far away as the East Coast. Wide receivers Michael Washington and Marquez Jackson hail from Aliquippa, Penn. and Gainesville, Ga., respectively.

See Intent, page 7

UH adds 11 defensive, 7

offensive players