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By Michelle TakiguchiKa Leo Contributing Writer

Summer Starr had a normalsummerplanneduntilJuly4whenafriendconvincedhertogototheRepublicanNationalConventioninNewYorkCity. On Aug. 31 almost 1,200people were herded as part of amass arrest. Protesters as well aslocalresidents,tourists,mediaandeven a Republican delegate werecorralled. The group was takento a makeshift detainment facilityat Pier 57 on the Hudson River,a three-story parking garage thatused to be a bus depot for NewYorkCityTransit. Starr, 21, graduate student inpolitical science at the Universityof Hawai‘i at Manoa, was one offour Hawai‘i protesters that werearrestedthatday. When Starr’s parents foundoutthatshehadbeenarrestedtheyfranticallycalledNewYorktofindout if there was anything theycoulddotoreleasetheirdaughter. “My parents called to findout who was in charge of Pier57 because we’re locked in withrazorwireandifthere’safire,and

there’s grease all over the floorthere’s no way to get out,” saidStarr,“(Mydad)callsNYPD,nat-urally, to find out, because that’swhowasholdingusthereandtheyreferhim.TheygivehimahotlinenumbertotheRepublicanNationalConvention.” Starr said that she thinks themain reason for arresting somanypeoplethatdaywaspartofascaretactictodissuadepeoplefrompar-ticipating in a protest and to keeppeople off the streets until Bushlefttown. Starr was held in custody thelongestamongthosefromHawai‘i.She was arrested 6:30 p.m. onTuesday, Aug. 31 and released at5:55p.m.on Thursday,Sept.2, atotalof47.5hours. “And by that time, that wasThursday night, Bush had alreadycomeandgone,”saidStarr. Upon her release she wascharged with disorderly conductandgivenasummonstoappearinNewYorkCitycourtonOct.6.Sheis currently part of a class-actionlawsuit that is suing the state ofNewYork. Annie Elfing, 17, is a stu-dent at Honolulu Waldorf HighSchool. She was the youngest of

theHawai‘idissenterstobearrest-edduringtheRNC. ElfingwasthelastpersontobereleasedfromPier57,beforebeingtaken down to Central Bookingin downtown Manhattan. She hadbeentoldherpaperswerelost. “I asked this woman and Isaid, ‘Have you guys found mypaperwork?’andshewaslike,‘Welostit.’Iwaslike,‘Youlostit?’andshewaslike,‘Yeah.’” Elfing started to cry, it wasthreehoursaftereveryonehadleftexceptforfivetosixmenandthreeJane Doe’s who would not givetheir names. Finally, the men andthe three Jane Doe’s were to bemoved, the Jane Doe’s refused toleaveuntilElfingcouldleavetoo. Elfingwaschargedwithdisor-derlyconductandparadingwithouta permit. She got anACD, or anAdjournment in Contemplation ofDismissal,whichmeansaslongasshe isn’t arrested within the nextsix months, the charges will bewiped off her record. She was inpolicecustodyforabout46hours. As theywere leavingPier57,Elfingandseveralotherssawpeo-ple come in, clean the grimy oilcoveredfloorandcarpetit.

“I’d like to believe, that ifmore people were arrested theywouldn’tbehavingsomanyprob-lems like we were, but I think itwas probably for the press,” saidElfing. Nick Yee, 24, is a sociologymajor at Kapiolani CommunityCollege. Yee said that the large groupof protesters was made up of sev-eral different organizations. Thegroup thatYee and theother threewere with was the Not In OurName. NION is an organizationthat isagainstwaron theworld,apolice state, and illegal detentionsandroundups. The group was on the stepsof the New York Public Library’smainbranch,whenpolicecameandsplit the crowd inhalf.Theywerethere for about 20 minutes speak-ing about a variety of issues, andthen decided to move on towardsMadisonSquareGardens. InthestateofNewYork,pro-tests on the street require permits.Usuallyanythingon the sidewalksareokay,howeverthiswasnotthecase.Thegroupmovedtotheside-walkandwassurroundedbypolice.Anyone caught in the orange nets

werearrested. “There was a woman rightnexttomeandAnniethatwasjustcrying and crying and crying. Iwasjustlikelady,keepcalm,”Yeesaid, “There’s nothing wrong withprotesting, there’s nothing wrongwith dissent, you’re speaking upfor people.And she’s like, ‘That’sjustitthough,I’mnotaprotester,Iwasonmywaytothelibrary.’Andshepullsoutherlibrarybooks.” “They’re getting just averageJoe people that had nothing to dowith protesters. They just had torounduppeople, to tieupthesys-tem,theywerethatdesperate,”saidYee. “The most ironic thing wasthe suits they caught,” Yee said.“Guysinthreepiecesuits,businessclothes, really nice designer shirtslying on the ground so they couldsleep.” Yee was in custody for 20hours. It took him another 8-12hours to get his personal belong-ings back. Of the four arrestedfromHawai‘i,Yeewas the first tobe released. He was charged withdisorderlyconduct.

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Hong perseveres, despite lossBy Trisha TanakaKa Leo Copy Editor

WhenahandfulofCookeSt.busi-nesseswereforcedtoshutdown,mostowners accepted their economic hard-ships as fate and moved on. LillianHong did not acquiesce. Rather, shehadtoprovethat“littlepeoplecanfightback.” “We had rights. That’s when Idecided to run for Honolulu Mayor,”saidHong. Hongcameinfourthplaceinthisyear’selectionswith1,070votes.Hongisasupportivemotherofthreecollegegraduates, aged32,30 and25,oneofwhich was Miss Chinatown Hawai‘i2000. Hong knew before the Mayoralelections she would not be within thetop threeformayor.“OnSept.9, theynever inviteme.Thebasicprinciple isthatthereisnolawtheyhavetoinviteeverycandidate,”Hongsaidabout thelimitedmediaattentionshegets.“Theyhave their right, and I follow the law.Idon’twanttocomplain.Ijustdomyownwork,”saidHong. Hong’spublicservicerecordgoesback to1993,when shebegangettinginvolved in community concerns likethehomeless.Thenin1994,Hongranfor Mayor of Honolulu and has beenrunningeversince. AsafrequentguestontheWaikikiNeighborhood Board, the AccessServiceAdvisoryCommitteefor‘Olelo,andtheVolunteerPartyheldatLeewardCommunityCollege(whichsheattrib-uted 1314 hours to last year), Hong

addressesissuesfromtheneighborhoodto the whole island with her ‘Olelobroadcast. “Shetries,inheroften-misguidedway,toinfluenceotherssimplybyput-tingonalittletelevisionshow,whetheranyonewatchesitornot,”saidMitchellK.Dwyer,anavidviewerofhershow. Hong said starting small withissuesaffectingHawai‘i,thengraduallyworkingherwaytobiggerissueswouldbe her strategy,ifelected. “I want toprove a pointthatlittlepeoplecan fight back,especially inA m e r i c a , ”said the petiteC h i n e s e -A m e r i c a nHong. In her fiery voice Hong said,“Communitypeoplearefrustrated(withthe government) and I want to helpthem.” Eagertobreakthepersonificationof the talking-head politician, Hongsaid, “I want to be a mayor that putswordsintoaction.It’seasyforeveryonetolistentoyou.” Hong said one of her main con-cerns is the homeless. She questionedthe sustainability of Gov. Lingle’s‘affordablehousingplan’. “Iwanttobuildahomelesshomeoncity land,oncityvacant lots,park-ing lots, asking community students,architects, engineering students at theUniversity of Hawai‘i (to help out),”

saidHong. While Hong volunteered to helpthehomelessofHonolulu,shesurveyedhomelesspeopleonideasabouthousingprojects. She also volunteered to feedthehomeless inChinatownduringher11-plusyearsinpublicservice. Hong’smaincampaignimplementisthepublictelevisionstation‘Oleloonwhichshevoicesherconcerns. “Thecampaignstartsfrom‘Olelo,”Hong said. “Everyday at least one toeleventimesrunningthroughfivechan-nels ... My exposure to the public isthrough ‘Olelo and going to the capi-tal.” Hongsaidsheknowsvoterswon’tplaceherasafrontrunner,but,“Ireallyappreciatethosewhobelieveinmeandvoteforme. “It’shardtoconvincethem(tovotefor me) because they don’t know me.TheyjustvotebywhatIsaidonTV.” In truth, what people hear politi-cians say onTV is a weighty tool forpoliticians to be judged and voted on,butHongsaidshefeelsthatthemediadoesn’tgiveherenoughcoverage,espe-ciallythemediaforums.Hongwasnotinvited to the Mayoral Debate whichairedlivefromtheHawai‘iTheatre. “Themediacoveragehasnolaw.Inevercomplainandpicket.In2000theypicket in channel two, and they askedme to go there and I said no. I havenevercomplained.” Butminimalvotes,scantyTVcov-erageandmanyfailedattemptsatofficedoesn’t damper Hong’s spirit. LillianHongsaidshewillrunformayoruntil“forever,untilIgotoheaven.”

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TheUniversityofHawai`iatManoa’s astronomer Dr. RobertJoseph has been awarded theNASAPublicServiceMedal. Joseph has been a facul-ty member at the Institute ofAstronomy for 15 years and iscurrently the faculty chair. Hespecializes in the study of theeffectsofcollisionsbetweengal-axies. NASA administrator SeanO’Keefe signed the citation inJoseph’shonorstating,“Forout-standingleadershipwhileservingas Director, Infrared TelescopeFacility, enabling extraordinaryplanetary science research andexceptional contributions to theNASASolarSystemExplorationmission.” Joseph served as directorof the NASA Infrared TelescopeFacilityfor11years,makinghimthe longest serving director ofthisU.S.nationalobservatory. Joseph has also served onnumerous national and interna-tionalsciencecommitteesandonmanyproposalreviewpanels. For more information con-tact Karen Rehbock at 956-6829.

TheDemocraticPartyofHawai`iwillsponsor`SlamtheVote,’Thursday,Sept.30from8-10p.m.atStudio1. SlamtheVoteisapoliti-calpoetryslamcompetitionaimedtoraiseelectionaware-nessamongyoungvoters.Thirtypoetswillperformatwominuteand30secondpoeminoneofthreecategoriesincluding`WhyVote’,`IBelieve’or`WhatisaLeader.’Threewinnerswillwincashprizes. BrendaKwon,poet,writerandliteratureinstructoratHawai`iCommunityCollege,willjudgetheeventalongwithIraRohter,Ph.D,apoliticalanalystandprofessorattheUniversityofHawai`iatManoa.DemocraticPartyChairman,BrickwoodGaluteriawillalsojudge. Votingregistrationwillbeavailablebeforeandaftertheevent. For more information, con-tact Donalyn Dela Cruz at 596-2980.

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be released. He was charged with disorderly conduct. Eric Beyer, 24, is a KTUH DJ and an art major at UHM. He is part of NION Hawai‘i and was one of the people helping organize the protest. Beyer said that they were pro-testing at the library when police came to try and break the group up. “They got their bullhorns out and said, ‘If you do not move we’re

going to arrest you.’” said Beyer. They started telling people to move, and the crowd moved backwards and was going to leave. People started walking down the sidewalk when cops surrounded them with orange netting. “At no point did they ever tell us what we were being charged with. I don’t think they even said we were being arrested, they basically just grabbed us and put us in plastic handcuffs,” said Beyer. “Some people in the group were freaking out and I tried to de-esca-

late the situation by laughing at the cops. Showing them that although we were being arrested and they were using it to intimidate us and shut us up, it wasn’t going to hinder the moment, they didn’t dampen my spirits,” Beyer said, “It was counter to what they wanted us to do. They wanted us to be scared, they wanted us to be pissed off, and instead to laugh at them in their faces wasn’t expected.” Beyer was released after approximately 24 hours in custody. He was charged with disorderly

conduct. “They wanted to get people off the street,” said Carolyn Hadfield, an organizer with NION Hawai‘i. “Most of these cases are going to get dumped, or people are going to accept a violation.” The NYC contempt hearing that was supposed to be held on Monday, Sept. 27 was delayed until Nov. 23, by a state appeals court judge Tuesday, Sept. 21. The City of New York is being charged with not obeying state Supreme Court Justice John Cataldo’s request to

release the detainees within speci-fied time limits. A total of 1,821 RNC related arrests were made during the week the RNC was in New York. The RNC was held from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 at Madison Square Gardens. On Sunday, Sept. 26 from 5p.m. to 8p.m., Revolution Books will be having a welcome back party/pot luck for the Hawai‘i activists that were protesting the RNC. Protesters will be talking about their experi-ences in New York City.

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By Justin SumidaKa Leo Staff Writer

Soyourcarhasbeenoverheating,theperformanceisdownandyou’vegot200,000+milesontheodometer.Althoughthelittlesuckerhasbeenpouringitsheartoutforyou,ithasalsobeenpouringoutmostoftheoilyoupourintotheenginefromitsexhaustpipe.Or,youdon’thaveacaratall,whichcouldbejustasbad. Althoughtherearemanyexcel-lentusedcarsonthemarket,thereisnothinglikegetting,oratleasttest-ing,anewcar.Fastenyourseatbeltsasweventureonajourneyoffactandopinion,takingyouthroughthetop5mustseesforthecommuterstu-dent!

5. Toyota Corolla$14,000 - $17,000 Lastredesignedin2003,Toyota’s4-doorcompact,theCorolla,hasbeenafavoriteformany.Withastrongstandingandownerloyaltybuiltupbyanoutstandingreliabilityanddurabilityrecord,theCorollahasbecomeoneofthebestsellingcarsinAmerica. Withitslargerinteriorand“Camry-like”exterior,thenewCorollakeepsthesamewelldesignedinteriorergonomicsasmostofitspredecessors.Rearseatroom,althoughnotgreat,hasbeenimproved.The1.8Lenginehasbeengivenminorimprovementstoincreasehorsepowerandtherehavebeenminormodificationsmadetothetransmissionstoimproveaccel-eration. Unfortunately,theCorollaisbland.LessrefinedvehiclesliketheChevroletCavalierandPontiacSunfirereallygivetheCorollaarunforitsmoneyasfarasstyling.Butoverall,theCorollashouldbeanout-standingperformerinthelongrun. ThereisalsoaCorollaXRSmodel,whichincludesa170horse-

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4. Hyundai Accent$10,000 - $15,000 TheAccentisHyundai’ssmallestandcheapestcar.Availableinbothahatchbackandfour-doordesign,itdeliversaveryimpressivelistofstandardfeatures,includingmultipleadjustableseats,acassetteplayer,rearwindowdefrosterandside-impactairbags—thingsitscompeti-torsdon’thaveorchargeextrafor. TheAccenttakescornersinstrideandmaneuveringisextremelyeasyduetothecar’ssmallsize.Butthe1.6L4-cylinderenginelacksabitintheperformancedepartment.AndalthoughtheAccentisfairlyeasytoenterandexit,rearseatroomisscant. Whencomparedtoothercompeti-torsinitsclass,however,theAccentremainsaheadwithitsextremelylowbaseprice,improvedworkmanshipandimpressivestandardfeaturelist.

The Highs:A10-year,100,000-milewarrantyonthepowertrainandaveryappealing,sharp,well-mannereddesign.The Lows:Althoughadequate,the1.6L4-cylindermaylackthegetupandgowhencalleduponinhardacceleration.

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exaggeratedfenderflares,andthebacklookslikeawagonwiththetopchoppedoff.Somepeoplefindthedesignawkward,othersfinditattractive. Ifyouliketheconvenienceandcomfortofafourdoorsedanalongwiththecargocarryingcapabilityofatruck,thentheBajamaybethechoiceforyou.

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1. Pontiac Grand Prix$24,000 - $27,000 The“numberone”honorgoestothePontiacGrandPrix.Introducedmanyyearsago,theGrandPrixwas,andis,Pontiac’ssecondhighestpre-miumsedan.It’sthefirsttoshowoffPontiac’snew“bodycladdingfree”design. Lastredesignedin2004,theallnewGrandPrixputsanemphasisonperformanceandshouldhaveexcep-tionalhandlingandsteeringcapa-bilities.Itssleeklines,trademarkPontiacredgauges,and3.8Lseries

IIIenginecangetanyoneexcitedaboutdriving. ThetruedrivingenthusiastcanoptforaSuperchargedversionofthesturdyV-6,whichboostshorsepoweruptoabout260horsepowerandtorqueuptoalmost300ft.lbs. Ifyou’relookingforasmallcar,theGrandPrixisnotforyou.It’sahugevehicle.Parkingshouldbegood,butitwilldefinitelybemoredifficultthanmaneuveringasmallercar.ButthatsizecontributestotheGrandPrix’slargeinteriorandtrunkspace.

The Highs:PowerfulstylingandenginesgivetheGrandPrixaflarewhichmostofitscompetitorslack.The Lows:Theinteriortrim,althoughgood,feelsabit“plas-ticky.”Butoverall,itshouldholdupinthelongrun.Also,becausetheGrandPrixisalargercar,itspricerangemaybeoutofmostcollegestudent’sbudgets.Butitwouldbeaperfectcarfora(wellpaid)pro-fessororparentwhowishestoaddsomezesttotheirdrivingexperi-ence.

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The Pontiac Grand Prix boasts powerful styling and an optional supercharged version of the standard V-6 engine. However, the sedan may be a bit expen-sive for the average college student’s budget.

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CBS ‘60 Minutes’ committed media’s cardinal sin: Bias

By Alan David AmirKa Leo Staff Columnist

Here we are, in the 21st cen-tury,onthedawnoftheinformationsuperhighway, and now the dusk ofa media-frenzied presidential race.Moredirthasbeen slungduring thelengthofthisracethanataBaja4x4challenge, and the freshest of thissoilhasalreadybeenshowntohavea worm in it. CBS’s premier newsprogram,60Minutes,releasedaseg-menthostedbynoneotherthanDanRather, claiming to have a sourceinside Texas who delivered to themdocuments from 1972, supposedlyfrom George W. Bush’s superior intheTexasAirNationalGuard.Thesedocuments claimed that he refusedto take a medical examination anddisobeyedadirectorder. Asmostofusknow,DanRatheris simply a talking head, trained tomethodicallyreadfrommultipletele-promptersatanygiven time,amas-terfulartthatisnowbeingstudiedbybroadcast hopefuls worldwide. Thereal journalist in this is a lesser-known figure, CBS producer MaryMapes.Sheisthejournalistrespon-sible for releasing the pictures, andhighlighting the issue of prisonerabuseatAbuGhraibprison.In1999,shewasalmost jailedfornot releas-ing a source in another Dan Ratherexclusive. However,thepoliticalraincloudthatcoveredBush’sserviceissuehasnowparted,revealingthetruepollut-ants. Almost immediately upon thedelivery of the story onWednesday,Sept. 8, experts were busy at workexaminingthedocumentsDanRather“leaked” to the public. Within 12hours, rebuttal stories were floatingaround different Internet news sites,such as The Drudge Report and thenewlyanointed“bloggers.” Itappearedthattherewasagoodpossibilitythatthesedocumentsmay

be fakes. Imagine that! In this timenearing the election date, a majormedia outlet such as CBS wouldrelease falsified information in theformofjournalismon60minutes!Itcouldn’t be possible! Why? This isDanRather,aniconofobjectiveandtimelyjournalism,exemplifyingonlythe highest standards of journalismthroughoutthedecades,settingafineexample for our aspiring journalistsof today, right? Wrong. His puppetmaster revealed,Danwas leftblath-ering for aweekafter the storywasreleased. CBS originally denied therebeing any falsehood in the docu-ments, having Rather appear onthe air exclaiming they had a validsource, and that he vouched for thedocuments. Unfortunately for him,TrueTypeexpertsanalyzedthedocu-ments and discovered that the fonttype could most likely only havebeen produced by a modern WordProcessorsuchasMicrosoft’sWord.BillGateswasstill tinkeringaroundin his mom and dad’s garage in1972,havingnotevengraduatedhighschool. ThispastMonday,Sept.20,DanRather was forced to air his officialapology on “60 Minutes”, claimingthatCBScouldnolongerauthenticatethesourceortheoriginofthedocu-ments,allofthishappeninginatimein journalism where writing stan-dards are supposed to be predicatedon objectivity. This is the antithesisoftherhetoricalljournalismstudentsface during class, professors insist-ing that we are to be unbiased, andthatmajormodernmediasourcesareunbiased. Unfortunatelyforthem,thecatisoutofthebag.Thebigpinkelephantmade a triumphant calling with itsmysticaltrunk.Modernjournalismisnot unbiased. Major news organiza-tionslikeCBSareextremelybiased. The whipped cream on the pie

thathassplatteredinRather’sfaceisthatMapes,his long-trustedGepettoallowed Rather’s nose to grow foralmosttwoweeks.Itappearsthatnotonlywasthesourcefalse,butMapesarranged a meeting with the source,anti-Bush activist and former Texas

NationalguardsmanBillBurkett,anda high-ranking official of the Kerrycampaign.Thisistheultimatecardi-nalsininjournalism. Apparently, it was part of thedeal;MapespromisedBurkettameet-ingwithKerry’speopleifhehandedover the documents. Mapes’ hatredforBushand theRepublicans turnedherjournalisticdog-watchingrespon-sibilityintoacaseofKujo-gone-wild.

This fiasco has exposed the leftistunderbellyof“60Minutes”andCBS,leavingtheprintversion,andtheothermembersoftheweekly“60Minutes”crewwithlittlecredibility. AfiercebattleisbeingfoughtatCBSheadquarters-aninternalinves-

tigation team is being put togetherin order to get to the bottom ofthis issue. For the common person,the issueisobvious:ourmainstreammediasourcesaremoreskewedthanwe originally presumed. We dependonmediaoutletssuchasCBSanditspremiernewsshow,“60Minutes,”togiveuscuttingedgenewsstoriesthataresupposedtostimulateourminds,nottaintthemwithpropaganda.

Inanagewheremediahasmulti-plemediums-includingtheinternet,television,periodicals,andnowevenhandheld PCs - it is clear that thesearealljustopportunitiestohavemorepropagandapushedintoourlives.Wemustbeforcedtounderstandthatwe

areinatimewherewemustresearchthe topics ourselves, watch debateslive and be very wary of what weread. Astheysay,don’tbelieveevery-thing you read. Also, as has nowbeen discovered, maybe you shouldonlygive“60Minutes”halfanhourso that you’ll have thirty minutes toformyourownopinions.

This is the antithesis of the rhetoric all journalism students face during class, professors insisting that we are unbiased, and that major-modern media sources are unbiased. Unfortunetly for them, the cat is out of the bag. ... Major news organizations like CBS are extremely biased.

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Ka Leo Staff TheUniversityofHawai‘iwomen’scrosscountryteamfinishedin11thplaceattheStanfordInvitationalonSaturdayattheStanfordGolfCourse. SophomoreDanaBuchananledtheRainbowWahine,completingthe4-kilometereventwithatimeof14:38,puttingherin20thplace.ShewasfollowedbyChantelleLaan(45)andKellyYoung(49). DanielleBinnsandSharleneCarilloround-edouttheUHteamthatfaced21teamsand158competitors.HostStanfordwontheevent.

AUHsplitsquadcompetedattheBYU-Hawai‘iInvitationalonSaturdayattheSeasidercampus.AshleyMonfordledtheHawai‘i“B”teamin21:38forthe5krace,placingher15th.Theteamfinishedfourthoverall,behindthestate’sDivisionIIteams.

‘Bows qualify for nationals RainbowWahinesailorsTinjaAndersonandShandyBuckleygrabbedthetoptwospotsinthePacificCoastIntercollegiateYachtRacingAssociationWomen’sSingle-HandedPacificCoastChampionshipsonSunday,qualifyingthemfortheSingle-handedNationals.

ThechampionshipwillbeheldinMinnesotaonOct.23-24andwillmarkthefirstyearHawai‘iwillsendtwowomenthere. Andersonwonwith72pointstotal,includ-ingfivefirst-placefinishesandfivesecond-placefinishesinthe18-raceevent.Buckleyfinishedwith90pointskeepingherinsecondoverUCIrvine’sLarenMaxambyninepoints. Hawai‘i’sotherrepresentativesintheevent,GretchenFryeandSarahDosek,earnedsixthand16thplacerespectively.

Rebels pick apart ‘Bows on Day 3 TheUniversityofNevadaLasVegaspicked

upfivesinglesvictories,threeoverHawai‘iplayers,onthelastdayofcompetitionatthe2004Women’sTennisFallInvitationalattheFertittaTennisComplexonSunday. RainbowWahineSamantaCapellaandJuliaSandbornwereabletowintheirmatchesoverShelbyRohrerandJennaTellefsenoftheUniversityofMinnesota,respectively. TheRainbowswonthreematchesonthetwopreviousdaysinthetournament. TheRainbowWahinearescheduledtoplaynextintheIntercollegiateTennisAssociation’sWesternRegionalChampionshipssetinSanDiego,Calif.,onOct.21-25.

Rainbow Wahine cross country squad 11th at StanfordSportsBriefs

Game2.Amongthe30participantswereplayersfromallfourdecadesofWahinevolleyball,includingMarilynMoniz-Kaho‘ohanohanoandBethMcLachlin(70’s),LisaStrandMa‘a(80’s),RobynAhMow-Santos(90’s),andLilyKahumoku(00’s). The‘Bowswillpacktheirbagsfortheirfirstroadtripthisweekend,leavingwithaperfect10-0record.TheyopentheWesternAthleticConferenceseasonatFresnoStateonThursday,andNevadaonSaturday.ThenexthomematchisOct.8againstBoiseState.

Notes: TheRainbowWahinevolley-ballteamretaineditsNo.6rankinginthelatestUSAToday/CSTVTop

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‘Bows: Stand still in poll25CoachesPollreleasedyesterday. AftertakingtwomatchesfromPepperdineovertheweekend,the‘Bowsgarneredthesameamountofpointstheydidlastweek(1,330). Hawai‘iisoneofonlysixteamsinthecountrystillundefeatedgoingintothisweek’smatches. Therewasashakeupatthetopofthepoll,withSouthernCaliforniaswitchingplaceswithWashington.TheHuskiesdefeatedtheWomenofTroyinfivegamesovertheweekend,andsecured23ofthe65No.1votes.WithwinsoverconferencerivalsMichiganStateandMichiganlastweek,Minnesotaretaineditsfirst-placerankingwith40No.1votes. WesternAthleticConferencefoeRicegainedmorepointsinthisweek’spoll,nowboasting40.TheOwlsarejustfourteamsoutoftheTop25.

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Teisa Fotu entered the game for the ‘Bows when libero ashley Watanabe rolled her ankle in Game 2 Saturday. She posted two kills in two games on the night.

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Junior left side hitter Susie Boogard was a part of two blocks against Pepperdine Saturday night. uh fin-ished the night with 12 team blocks.

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UHM student to deploy to IraqBy Andrew WaldenKa Leo Staff Writer

GrantTomomitsuChartrandisastudentmajoringinpoliticalsci-enceattheUniversityofHawai‘iatManoa.Grantneedsabout20morecreditstofinishhisbachelor’sdegree.Afterthat,hewantstoatleastattainagraduatedegree.ButGrantisn’twritingpapersorattend-inglectures.Grantispreparingforatest.Heisn’tallowedtosaywhere,butGrantisheadedover-seas.Grantisasoldier. “Joiningthemilitaryisn’tforeveryone.Youhavetohavetherightmentaloutlook,”hesays. SigningupfortheHawai‘iArmyNationalGuardin2000,soonaftergraduatingfromKamehamehaSchool,Grantsays,“Iwasmoti-vatedtojointheArmytopayformycollegeeducation.It’sbeenthesolereasonformeremainingintheservice.Ithascrossedmymindoncethattherewasthechanceofgettingactivated,butnotforrea-sonslikethis.Sept.11changedallthat.WhenIjoined,theworldwasadifferentplace.” Grantcan’tsay,butlocalpaperswidelyreporthisunit,the1stBattalion487thFieldArtillery,isheadingfortheSunniTriangleareaofIraq.TheUnitWebsite,www.dud.state.hi.us/hiarng/hik-ing/MAIN.HTM,says,“The1st487thFAisa105MM,DirectSupportartillerybattaliontothe29thSeparateInfantryBrigade.EquippedwiththeM119A1towedhowitzer,the1st487thprovidesfiresupporttotheinfantrybat-talionsofthe29thSpecialInfantryBattalion.‘HikeNo,’whichmeans‘CanDoAlways,’isthebattalion’smotto.Thebattalionconsistsofthreefiringbatteriesandahead-quartersservicebattery.” Grantiswiththeheadquar-tersservicebatteryservingasa“SpecialistE-4.”Hisjobinvolvesintelligenceandsecurity. “Thisismyfirsttimebeingmobilized,”Grantsaid.“I’vebeensenttoOklahoma,Wyoming,and

Samoafortraining.” Grantnowtrainseveryday.“Thereisnonormaltrainingday”hesaid.“Itvariesfromreportingat5inthemorningtoreportinginat9a.m.withdismissalshappen-ingat4p.m.or12a.m.Italwayschanges.” “Thetrainingnowistakingitstoll,”Grantadded.“Weusedtobeweekendsoldiersbutarenowtrain-ingonadailyschedule.It’sgoodforusthough.Wearegoingtohavetorelyonthethingswelearnoncewestepfootincountry.Ihaveonlybeenabletotalktoinfantrysoldierswhohavebeenoutthere.They’vegivenustipsonhowtogetbackhomealive.” Grant’sdeploymentlastsforapproximately18monthsfromAug.15.Thereisapossibilityitmaybeextendedanothersixmonths.Inthemeantime,he’slis-teningto“asmuchHawaiianmusicaspossible.” SomeoftheothersoldiersGrantknowswillbetakingmusicCDswiththemwhenthey’redeployed.Heplansonbringinghislaptop. “IhopetobeabletokeepintouchwithpeoplefromHawai‘iwhileI’maway,”Grantsaid.“IusuallymissthelocalpeoplewhenI’mawayforthemilitary.” “Wariscontroversial,”Grantacknowledged.“Itwillalwaysbecontroversial.Mymainthingisthatyouallhaveachoice.Ifyouchoosetoremainsilent,that’scool.Ifyouchoosetospeakupagainstsomething,that’salrighttoo.Weallhavetherighttobeignorant/awareandcomplacent/active.Justbetruetoyourself.” “Ijustknowthatwe’vebeenmobilizedandwehaveajobtodo,”Grantsaid.“IwanttogetthisjobdonesoIcanstartmylifeagain.”

Before being mobilized, Grant was the Chief Copy Editor of Ka Leo O Hawai‘i. We await his safe return.

Marlo Ting • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i

Political science undergraduate grant Chartrand is in the Hawai‘i national guard’s 1st Battalion 487th Field artillery. Chartrand is a Specialist E-4, which involves work in intelligence and security. He was raised in Hawai‘i and is a graduate of Kamehameha School. His deployment is expected to last approximately 18 months.

By Liane YimKa Leo Staff Writer

EachmemberoftheRainbowWahinevolleyballteamknewhowspecialthenightwas.Andsheknewalosswouldnotbeacceptable,notforheadcoachDaveShoji’s1,000thmatchonSaturdaynight. Apre-gameceremonywasheldandtheteam’sgifttoShoji—anenormoustan-colored,hand-paintedbanner—read“1,000DaveyBaby!” ThisisShoji’s30thyearandheboaststhebestwinningpercent-age.851(850-149-1)amongactiveDivisionIcoaches.Aseasonhighcrowdof7,377witnessedthe850thvictoryforShoji,astheNo.6RainbowWahine(10-0)sailedpasttheWaves(2-7),30-17,27-30,30-25and30-23. The‘BowsblockcontrolledtheplayatthenetinGame1,asitstopped,divertedandintimidatedPepperdinehitters.Pepperdinecom-mittednineerrorsinthegame,fivebyjunioroutsidehitterKatyDaly. The‘Bows’blockingmadeiteasierforthebackrowtopassandsetupoutsidehitters.

DefensewaskeyfortheWavesastheysteppedupandbegantodigballsandmakeplaysinGame2.ButHawai‘ialsouseditsdefensetoitsadvantage. “Whenyougetalotofdigs,yourblockistouchingsomeballs,andthat’sexactlywhatwewantthemtodo—slowitdownsowecandigit,”saidShoji. Behind30digsbyKanoeKamana‘oand26byAliciaArnott,the‘Bowsrecorded119digs,anewschoolrecordfordigsintherallyscoringera.Kamana‘otiedtheschool’sall-timerecordfordigsinafour-gamematch,setbyTeeeWilliamsin1988. JuniorliberoAshleyWatanabesatoutamomentinthesecondgame,astheWahinetrailed19-17,afterroll-ingherleftankle.Shelaterreturnedtowardstheendofthegame. The‘BowsregainedcontrolinGame3andrefusedtoallowthesamemistakestheymadeinGame2.TheWahinetookcontrolat13-8andneverlookedback. FreshmanTaraHittlecamealiveinGame4,knockingoverPepperdinediggersonback-to-backkillswiththegametiedat8-8tostarta5-0run.Hittlefinishedthematchwith13killsandnoerrors,hitting.406.JuniorSusieBoogardledtheteamwith23kills,followedbysophomoreArnottwith19kills. TheWahinemiddlehittershada

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ANdrew ShimABuku • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i

Freshman opposite Tara hittle had two kills and a block in a key 5-0 run in Game 4 of Saturday’s match as hawai‘i swept a homestand against Pepperdine. hittle finished the weekend with 24 kills over two games.

‘Bows hit road 10-0

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Team captain melody eckmeier presented coach dave Shoji with a signed ball before Saturday’s match, his 1,000th career match coached.

relativelyquietnight,butdominatedwithstrongblocking.JuniorVictoriaPrincepostednineblocks,includingasoloblock,inthematch. Thealumnaematch,playedbeforethe‘BowsSaturdaymatch,endedinatiewiththewhiteteamdefeatingthegreen24-22inthefirstgame,andthegreendefeatingthewhite25-11inGame2.Amongthe30participants

See UH, page 5

Rainbows give coach a win in his

1,000th match