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Aloha mai e nā ‘ili‘ili o Hāloa mai ka mok-upuni nui o Keawe noho i ka malu o nā kua-hiwi ‘ekolu, ‘o Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, me Hualālai; a i ka mokupuni kuapu‘u, ‘o Maui a Kama, i kaulana ho‘i i nā wai ‘ehā me nā hono a‘o Pi‘ilani; a i Lāna‘i o Kaululā‘au o nā honu ne‘e o Polihua; me Moloka‘i nui a Hina, i ka ulukukui o Lanikāula; a me Kaho‘olawe o Pu‘u Moa‘ula; a i O‘ahu, ka ‘ōnohi o nā kai ‘ewalu; a i Kaua‘i i ka noe lehua o Wai‘ale‘ale; a i Ni‘ihau o Kahelelani o nā moena pāwehe; me ‘oukou nō ka welina o ke aloha. E kāko‘o mai ‘oukou mai Hawai‘i a Ni‘ihau i kēia wahi kolamu nūpepa hou e pa‘a nei ma ko ‘oukou mau lima, a e pa‘i ‘ia ana ma kēia nūpepa ‘o Ka Leo a e kapa ‘ia ana ho‘i ‘o “Nā ‘Ili‘ili Leo Hone.” Ua hoihoi paha kēia inoa iā ‘oukou. No ke aha i kapa ‘ia ai kēia kolamu no kēia pōhaku li‘ili‘i a mea ‘ole paha? No ka ho‘omana‘o ‘ana iā kākou, ‘o kou nui, a ‘o kou li‘ili‘i, he mea ‘ole ia. ‘O kāu hana nō na‘e ka mea e ‘oi a‘e! Ke ‘ohi‘ohi nui ‘ia mai nā pōhaku nui i kahi ho‘okahi,

a loa‘a he pu‘u pōhaku, ‘o ia wale nō ia, he pu‘u. A ke ho‘onohonoho ‘ia nā pōhaku nui ma ke ‘ano he pā, eia kā, ‘a‘ole hiki, hā‘ule wale nā pōhaku a he pu‘u mau nō ia. Aia a ho‘okomo ‘ia nā ‘ili‘ili, nā hakahaka ho‘i, a ho‘opa‘a pono ‘ia, a laila, hiki ke kūkulu ‘ia he pā a he kahua nō ho‘i. He ‘u‘uku ka ‘ili‘ili, nui na‘e kāna hana i pa‘a maila kekahi ka-hua hale hou no kākou! Ma kēia kahua nō e kūkulu ‘ia ai a pa‘a kēia wahi hale ‘ōlelo e ho‘olulu ai! ‘A‘ole paha lawa ho‘okahi ‘ili‘ili nāna e ho‘opa‘a i ke kahua, he ka‘au a he kini nō paha, e like loa ho‘i me kākou a me kēia kuleana nui. A ‘auhea ‘oukou e nā mea hula? Ke hula mai nā ‘ōlapa me ka pa‘a pū o nā ‘ili‘ili i nā lima, he keu ho‘i ia a ka nani a he na-henahe ho‘i ke lohe aku. Eia nō na‘e, ‘a‘ohe kani honehone o ka ‘ili‘ili ke ho‘okani ‘ole ‘ia e ka mea hula. Ua like pū ho‘i me ko kākou kīleo. Ke ho‘okani ‘ole ‘ia mai, ‘a‘ohe ona leo e ho‘olele ai. E lilo ho‘i kēia nūpepa i wahi na kākou e ho‘olele ai, e ka‘ana aku ai, a e ho‘okino pū aku ai i ko kākou mau leo pono‘ī! E kani mai nā kīleo!

Ua ho‘okumu ‘ia ka nūpepa ‘o Ka Leo i ka makahiki 1922, mai ia makahiki a hiki mai i kēia lā nō, ‘a‘ole i pa‘i ‘ia he kolamu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i kūmau. Ua minamina ka loa‘a ‘ole o kekahi kolamu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ma kēia nūpepa a ke Kula Nui nāna e a‘o i ka ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i. I loko nō o ia mau makahiki he 92 o ka nele i kahi e aloha ‘ia ai kā kākou ‘ōlelo, i kēia manawa, ua loa‘a mai he wahi kūpono. Ua waele ‘ia ke ala e nā kaikua‘ana, a eia mai ka hua o kā lākou hana! E ‘ike ‘ia auane‘i, ‘a‘ole loa kēia he ‘ōlelo e noho wale i ka lumi papa. He ‘ōlelo ola nō ho‘i kēia, a e lohe ‘ia a e heluhelu ‘ia ho‘i mai kahi pae a kahi pae o ka ‘āina. E nā hoa, e ho‘okipa pū kākou i kēia hoa hou o kākou me ke aloha. E pūlama, e hi‘ipoi, a e aloha kākou iā ia. ‘O ka hō‘ili‘ili leo hone nō ho‘i kēia! ‘O kahi kēia e hō‘ili‘ili ‘ia ana ko kākou mau leo! Ua hala aku ka wā hāwanawana, e ‘eleu nui mai kākou! Ma ‘ane‘i nei nō e heluhelu ‘ia ai kā kākou ‘ōlelo e aloha nui ‘ia. No laila, ‘o ko‘u leo noi ha‘aha‘a kēia iā ‘oukou, e o‘u mau hoa heluhelu, i mau mo‘olelo, i mau leka, i mau ‘atikala,

a i kōkua nō ho‘i, i ola mau ai kēia kol-amu e aloha nui ‘ia ana e kākou. E maka‘ala kākou i kēia kolamu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i e pa‘i ‘ia ana ma kēia nūpepa ‘o Ka Leo. E heluhelu mai me ke aloha a mai poina: no kākou, nā hoa ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, kēia kolamu, a na kākou e mālama iā ia. Mai huli kua, e huli mai ke alo a e ‘auamo pū kākou i kēia kuleana. Ua akāka ke ala hele e hele ai, a ua ma‘a i ka hele ‘ia e ko kākou mau mākua. E hele ho‘i hā! E pa‘i ‘ia ana kēia kolamu nūpepa ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ‘o “Nā ‘Ili‘ili Leo Hone” i kēlā me kēia Pō‘akolu a Pō‘alima keka-hi. Inā makemake e kāko‘o a kākau no kēia kolamu, e leka uila mai: iliilileo-hone@gmail.com.

This is Ka Leo O Hawai‘i’s fi rst in a new series of Hawaiian language columns, written by students at UH Mānoa. This week’s column explains the meaning behind the name of the column, Nā ‘Ili‘ili Leo Hone. For a complete translation go to kaleo.org.

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ALEX BITTER

City Desk Editor

Corporate giving to the Uni-versity of Hawai‘i fell by almost 50 percent last year after payouts from a large donation ended, a report from the university’s fun-draising organization said. But representatives from the UH Foundation say the $6.5 mil-lion drop is unlikely to affect stu-dents and faculty. While many other sources of gifts, such as alumni dona-tions, remained relatively stable during the same two years, the total donations the foundation accepted from corporations went from $13.1 million in 2012 to $6.6 million in 2013. UH Foundation spokeswom-an Margot Schrire said much of the decline in fiscal year 2013 was due to a $5.2 million gift made the previous year by a partnership formed by local real estate firm Hunt Companies and Charles Schwab. That gift, made in early 2012, was the first installment of a

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$9.68 million donation made to jumpstart construction of UH’s new community college campus at Pāamanui on Hawai‘i Island. Schrire said that difference ultimately had little impact on the foundation’s overall goals for fundraising, and the foundation fi nished the 2013 fi scal year with $66.3 million. “When you looked at the over-all fundraising numbers, we were where we needed to be,” she said.

FUNDRAIS ING CHALLENGES Despite Hawai‘i’s recent steps toward economic recovery, Janet Bullard, the foundation’s vice presi-dent for marketing and communica-tions, said she thinks the small, fam-ily owned businesses that include many regular donors to UH are still hesitant to donate because of tough economic conditions. But that reluctance could change as the economy improves, she said. “It ’s cyclical,” she said. “Some

years, it ’s going to be great, some years it ’s going to be down.” Another problem that the foundation faces — even under better economic conditions — is the lack of large companies, Schrire said. That gives the foundation a disadvantage against its counter-parts at universities in other parts of the country, many of which can court donations from Fortune 500 companies, she said.

“(The smaller businesses) are very generous, but they’re also (contributing at) a dif fer-ent scale compared to what we’re seeing compared to other areas,” she said. While the Pālamanui campusdonation accounted for most of the decline, corporate donations made specifically to certain pro-grams within UH Mānoa seemedto remain stable. Vance Roley, dean of Mānoa’sShidler College of Business, said corporate gifts to his college haven’t waivered much during the last fi ve years. But he said the college, which has its own staff within the UH Foun-dation dedicated to raising money for the business school, has had to work hard to fi nd donations during the re-cent economic downturn. Still, he said, many local com-panies — such as First Hawaiian Bank, which gave the college $500,000 last year — haven’t with-drawn their support.

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Award-winning artist Beili Liu’s new installation exhibition, YUAN, debuts at the University of Hawai‘i next week. Attempting to convey the energy of the Ha-waiian islands through her work, Liu has created an installation that includes bamboo, salt and fi re. Liu has held solo exhibitions in her native China, across the United States and in several parts of Europe and has now come to Hawai‘i as part of the UH art department ’s visiting art-ist program Intersections. Liu was born in Jilin, China, and is currently an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Liu specializes in installation, with much of her previous work primarily featuring thread. This exhibition, however, is a departure from her previous works and instead implements bamboo, salt and fire as the materials. The Chinese word “yuan” has dual meanings: origin and circular, both of which Liu has incorpo-rated into her work. The installation is composed of pieces of bamboo – charred by fi re around the ring and fi lled with salt – arranged in a circle that is 23 feet in diameter. There is a path through the installation so that visitors can fully experience the art in an intimate way, with the bamboo creating a calming atmosphere. Liu’s two major inspirations for the installation were the location, space of the gallery and the mate-rial, which is harvested locally. “These all really tie the project to Hawai‘i, and that makes it really exciting to work with,” Liu said. Although this is Liu’s fi rst time in Hawai‘i, she did plenty of research on the islands before she came, and it shows in the installation piece. She was especially fascinated by the fact that the Hawaiian islands are still growing.

“It is very exciting to learn and understand the idea of energy in plants, animals, people and also in the land,” she said. “It ’s what makes this place magical, so I really wanted to utilize those ener-gies that are present here.” The bamboo represents the land, the salt sym-bolizes the sea and the charring references the volcanoes of Hawai‘i. “A lot of people might not recognize it at fi rst because they just see real materials surrounding them, but if they recognize the subtle transforma-tions that have gone into making a piece like this, then I think the meaning of the piece becomes clear and I think the specialness of the art experience too,” said art professor Jaimey Hamilton Faris, who also works with the Intersections program. “It ’s not just the vision, that’s the thing about installation, you can already smell the smell too, the charred bamboo, and once you add the salt that’ll add another layer as well,” she said. The experience of seeing the installation first hand is a special one. “I think for installation pieces it ’s so different seeing a photograph instead of the real thing,” Liu said. “There’s pathways to walk into the piece of artwork and then exit. You can travel and experi-ence the whole thing.” YUAN will be kicked off with a public lecture by Liu this Sunday at 2 p.m. in the art auditorium, followed by a reception at the art gallery.

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Many of the topics discussed during last week’s ASUH general meeting consisted of environmental efforts on campus.

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DOORAE SHIN

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With more than 50 dead, Venezuelan youth are upris-ing in swarms and inspiring the world in its revolution. Since January, students and residents of Venezu-ela have taken over the streets in protest of corrup-tion and lack of protection from the government. Populations across the globe continue to protest with an overarching theme against corruption and greed. In line with the international occupy movement of 2011 and 2012, Venezuelan youth have taken it upon themselves to address the immorality pervading their nation. Dubbed the largest anti-government demonstrations in a decade, Venezuela would benefi t greatly from reform after suffering from government corruption, extremely high rates of murder and loss of basic necessities.

MURDER AND INFLATION With rates of violent crimes skyrocketing and Venezuela having the fifth highest homicide rate in the world, police and government officials still refuse to address the situation and fail to conduct sufficient investigations. As the crime rate rises and the feeling of secu-rity dwindles rapidly in the South American nation, inf lation continues to swell to the highest rate in the region while the people face shortages for basic needs such as toilet paper and milk. In a powerful show of solidarity and passion, 10,000 demonstrators swarmed the nation’s capitol on Feb. 12 to protest against the government, cur-rently run by President Nicolas Maduro. As demonstrators headed home from the peaceful rally, gunmen on motorbikes shot into the remaining crowd, kill-ing two of the protesters and provoking a stampede.

PRES IDENTʼS RESPONSE With much of the blame being placed on the failed lead-ership of President Maduro, he responded to the pressure by attempting to distract the public. Declaring an early kick-off to the week-long Carnival and public holiday, he hoped to calm the uprisings and slow the momentum of the unrest.

The National Guard and the police used tear gas, but the protesters came out in impressive numbers last Thursday despite the early holiday. Living amongst increasing danger and economic insecurity, the up-and-coming generation of Venezu-ela has had enough, and it does not seem they will give up until justice is attained for the nation – de-spite the president’s futile efforts. On Sunday, protests erupted again, and on Wednes-day, protests in six major cities surged through the roads to confi rm the determination of demonstrators.

REMEMBERING CHAVEZ Before this administration, Hugo Chavez el-evated Venezuela out of much of its poverty, and ac-cording to the Miami Herald, life in the nation has worsened in every way since Chavez’s death. Much of the population mourned the anniversary of his death on Wednesday. Though some pro-government supporters are active and praising the current president with coun-ter demonstrations, Chavez symbolizes reform, hope and prosperity for a large proportion of the people, and his death and transfer of leadership to Maduro instigated the economic instability, inequal-ity and growing rates of violence. As social movements in countries around the world continue to ignite and grow, the power of the people manifests in incredible ways to spearhead change that is compassionate toward the greater good rather than the elite. The movement in Venezuela for a brighter fu-ture is led by the very generation who will make up that future, and this is a powerful message to share. With unrelenting determination of the stu-dent leaders of this nationwide uprising, we can now see how inf luential we are as the youth who face the very burdens that corrupt and immoral systems will bestow upon us. In solidarity with those who tragically lost their lives in the struggle and for our fellow students per-severing for peace and justice, let us wake up, rise up and follow the strides of youth movements around the world to envision and create a better society.

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When Davis Rozitis was asked about the strangest adjustment when he fi rst started playing for the Rainbow Warriors, his answer didn’t involve basketball. “Rice for breakfast,” Rozitis said. “It was hard to adjust to rice for nearly every meal. But right now, a few years later, I can’t imagine a meal without rice.” The same could be said for this year’s seniors, who all transferred to the University of Hawai‘i as unknown quan-tities. Nobody knew what to expect from Rozitis, a Latvian transfer from USC. Christian Standhardinger was a unique forward from Germany who had problems getting along with coaches during his two seasons at Nebraska. Despite coming from an exciting high school program in Chicago, Brandon Spearman was a junior college transfer who hadn’t played Division I basketball. Yet the trio of upperclassmen has grown to become the backbone of the program this season. Like a local meal without a scoop of rice, it will be hard to imagine the Rain-bow Warriors without their presence.

THE ALL - CONFERENCE STAR Despite earning the starting role late in his fi rst season with Nebraska, Standhardinger struggled with the program since moving there from Germany in 2009. The forward from Munich averaged 8.5 points per game as a Corn Husker before leaving the team midway through his sophomore season. The experience was something that Standhardinger did not look back on fondly.

“The decision I regret the most was going to Nebras-ka in the fi rst place,” Standhardinger said. “If I had come here fi rst, it would have been amazing.” Standhardinger worked on his game while sitting on the bench due to NCAA transfer rules, but when he came on as a junior in 2012, he averaged 15.8 points along with 7.9 re-bounds per game to earn an All-Big West fi rst-team selection. The senior forward is on his way to a repeat of last year’s honors, leading the team in scoring, rebounding and free throw attempts. But head coach Gib Arnold won’t think of just the statistics when Standhardinger leaves the program. “We’re going to lose a two-time all-conference play-er,” Arnold said. “But besides all of the points, we’re go-ing to lose a great competitor too.”

THE EMOTIONAL LEADER When Spearman played against Illinois last sea-son, the swingman gave a herculean effort, scoring 20 points along with nine rebounds in an overtime defeat. Arnold remembers how determined Spearman was to pull off a victory against the team from his home state. After the loss, Arnold caught Spearman crying in the tunnel, drained from the emotion of his performance. “I knew then that this was a guy that I was really going to enjoy coaching,” Arnold said. “He just loves to win and loves to compete.” Spearman captained his junior college team in Iowa be-fore transferring to the Warriors for his junior and senior seasons. This year, he is averaging 11.3 points per game and 4.5 rebounds, while also making it his task to guard the best perimeter players on opposing teams.

Players and coaches agree that his contributions on the court can be seen with his hustle and tenacity on defense, but they also feel like his intangibles make him great. “He’s a leader, and he leads by example,” Arnold said. “He’s one of the fi rst ones to every meeting. I never have to worry about Brandon getting there on time.”

THE BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Rozitis hasn’t just been eating rice since his arrival to Hawai‘i in 2011. In that time, he has found a new home and a unique place on the Rainbow Warriors team. In his junior season, he was named the best defen-sive player on the team, largely due to the invention of a unique defense that focuses on the Latvian big man. The zone defense, invented by Arnold, features the 7-foot Rozitis as the point man at the top of the defense, allowing him to use his length to confuse opposing guards. “He just plays the game the way it should be played,” Arnold said. “He has fun.” When asked about how it feels for him to fi nish his time at Hawai‘i, Rozitis showed the passion he has for his second home, a sentiment echoed by the rest of the outgoing seniors. “You never leave Hawai‘i,” Rozitis said. “It’s always in your heart. A piece of you always stays here.”

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