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Don’t forget that I can not see myself -- that my role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror.” - Jacques Rigaut

“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” - William Shakespeare

Trick or Treat! Halloween is here. Many fail to realize how much our everyday existence resembles the holiday. As adults, we are almost trained to wear different faces. The mask is meant to cover our insecurities, protect our reputation, and hide our faults. One of the hardest things for man to do is to take off that mask and face that reflection in the mirror.

We are social beings at our base. We need interaction and acceptance. We are all guilty of trying to fit in. Independence is a term that is thrown around lightly. Very few people in this world are truly independent and can separate themselves from the society that molds our masks. A piece of all of us is counterfeit due to the fact that society raised us.

All it takes is a look around any campus, city, even country. We all wear the mask. We feel that behind it we can emulate our true self. These tattoos are my shield. Yeah, they are my biography, but after really thinking about it, I must not be satisfied with myself if I feel I have to hold a shield. That’s why the brim’s low. We all do it. Makeup is a mask. Ladies, I am not hating on your makeup. It’s an accessory to beauty, but then again, that proves the point. Plastic surgery is too obvious, and fashion is utilized in a similar way. Isn’t a makeover supposed to make one feel like a new person?

The mask provides protection, disguise and comfort. Whether one is pulling down the ski-mask to put in some work or getting ready to go to a night club, the mask is performing its duty. Sometimes, it guards our identity from authority figures. Other times, it protects our identity from our

peers, but a majority of the time, it shelters our identity from ourselves. There’s a long, rugged road to travel to actually know yourself. Four-by-fours would find it difficult to navigate the terrain. Don’t take this as me saying I’m already there. I am on the path too, and there is no end in sight.

Paul Lawrence Dunbar cued me in, and it is true! We all wear the mask. Smiling faces deceive. They forge our frowns and tears. Don’t ever let ‘em see you sweat, right? We have all heard the sayings, “Men don’t cry,” though tears are so cleansing. How about, “That’s not lady-like?” Why? A lady should be able to be any person she wishes to be. She should not have to conform or fit into the box society designates as “woman.” The same goes for men.

We all must strive to embrace the reflection in the mirror without worrying about other people’s opinions. We can never become what another person wants us to be, and we surely can not become another person. You can be nobody, if not yourself. When we fulfill predetermined roles or submit to others’ wishes, we move further and further away from our true self. I still struggle with that mirror everyday. I still see the past, but I will never be satisfied until I can love that man staring back at me. This is the only way to conquer your own world. Try to befriend yourself. Love you for the mere fact that you are here and blessed with the chance to find yourself. We will always have a mask to a certain extent, but when we become satisfied with the being behind it, we will finally be comfortable revealing our faces.

Anthony “Trumps” Holzman-EscarenoEditor-in-Chief, Ke Kalaheaabronson@hawaii.edu

Ke Kalahea2 Monday, October 31, 2011

In the months after the March 11, 2011 earth-quake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Ja-pan, Yoshie Uehara, current president of the Japan Club, began collaborating with a group of HawCC classmates to organize a club on campus devoted to spreading knowledge and celebrating Japanese culture. They not only wished to create this devo-tion within its members, but also within those who they would come in contact with.

The club really found its impetus in a feeling that Uehara and company had about needing to lend a hand to those who had been affected by the March 11 cataclysm. They decided to show their emotional support immediately by participating in an event called Ganbare Japan.

Just days after the natural disaster, dozens of students spent afternoons folding thousands of traditional paper cranes that were strung together and sent to a professor at Tohoku University lo-cated in the city of Sendai, Japan. Uehara was so touched by UH Hilo and HawCC’s whole hearted support and aloha that the importance of connect-ing with each other to share culture and knowledge became more salient in her conception of the club. Since the start of the fall 2011 semester, they have worked hard to organize a club that would provide an outlet for Japanese culture through awareness and appreciation.

“There are so many local people who are inter-ested in the Japanese culture and we are interested in sharing it. We want to connect the local people, local community to the Japanese culture,” said Ue-hara.

Japan Club is an official club of HawCC with over 20 members from both the HawCC and UH Hilo campuses. In order to build the interest in cul-ture and knowledge sharing, members are striving to erect a reputation for building ties and incorpo-rating its members into a joyous college experi-ence through the activities and events they sponsor.

This past August, for example, the club held a

fundraiser at the Maku’u farmers market to support Japan tsunami relief efforts. Customers at the local farm-ers market danced and sang during the bon dances and karaoke sessions the club organized. By the end of the entertaining and culturally infused fundraiser, the club tallied a total of $922. All of the proceeds were sent to children in Japan suffering from the negative impacts of the devastating earthquake.

Other fundraisers have included Uehara taking a personal role in sharing her Japanese culture with club members and the communi-ty. During the matsuri-zushi event, Uehara imparted a long history of culinary prac-tices by teaching members how to make one of China’s traditional foods: the futomaki-matsuri-zushi, or thick-rolled festival su-shi. The art of creating these unique and colorful sushi rolls made for special occasions was taught to Uehara by her grandmother, and during the fun-draiser she shared it with the Hilo community.

Nov. 17 is Japan Day during HawCC’s Inter-national Education week. On this day, the Japan Club will be sharing their enthusiasm for Japan’s rich cultural heritage through food, music, cinema and games. It will be a matsuri-type festival that should get students involved with active learning; they will be holding workshops such as traditional mochi pounding, karate and bon dancing.

Although the club was only recently established, Uehara already has bright plans and aspirations for

the club. Her goal is to raise enough money for scholarships to be awarded to students in Japan who were victims of the March tsunami. Students selected for the scholarship would have the oppor-tunity to come to UH Hilo to study and learn about the Hawaiian culture. In return they would teach students here about the various aspects of Japanese culture.

The Japan Club will be holding their next of-ficial meeting on Nov. 8 at 5:00 p.m. on the Ed-win H. Mookini Library Lanai. Students who are interested in the Japanese culture are encouraged to attend the meeting. Any additional questions regarding the club can be asked by contacting the members at japanclb@hawaii.edu.

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UH Hilo’s Japan Club Monday, October 31, 2011

From noble beginnings, the student-run club is devoted to tapping into and sharing Japan’s cultural heritage

Photos courtesy of Yoshie UeharaMembers of the Japan club bon dance at the Maku’u farmer’s market to help raise funds for Japan tsunami relief.

Edwina Leung Staff Writer

President of Japan Club, Yoshie Uehara, teaches members how to make futomaki-matsuri-zushi. The finished products were sold at the Matsuri-zushi fundraiser.

Professor at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan displays the thousands of cranes donated by UH Hilo and HawCC students days after the March 2011 tsunami ravaged parts of Japan.

At around 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 20, 2011, a convoy of vehicles slipped out of

Sirte, Libya. NATO officials said that it was targeted at and brought to a halt by an American and French air strike. Only two of the vehicles in the convoy were hit, neither of which carried Libyan leader and dictator Muammar Gadaffi. After the dozens of loyalist fighters were killed and the rest were forced to scatter, Gadaffi dove into a large

drainpipe.A 21-year-old Misurata fighter,

Omran Shaaban, claimed to have been the first to find Colonel Gadaffi and insisted that he had a gunshot wound in his left temple and a small wound below his chest. Precisely how he died after that is unknown.

Gadaffi had ruled Libya with an iron fist for more than four decades. When this year’s uprisings spread to Libya he attempted to brutally crush the protestors. His death came after eight months of fighting between loyalists and rebels who seized the capital, Tripoli, in August. Accord-ing to the New York Times, “His last moments were as violent as the up-rising that overthrew him.”

In a viral cell phone video, a dazed and blood-soaked Gadaffi was seen held against the hood of a car and then stumbling through a euphoric crowd as he cried out in despair. A video on Al Jazeera television showed a fighter pulling Gadaffi’s hair while others beat his limp body.

Many Libyans describe Gadaffi’s death as a dream come true, and crowds flooded Libya’s squares in celebration of his death. A New York Times article reported that the Arab Twitter world also lit up with com-ments that suggested a similar fate could await other oppressive Arab dictators.

“We have been waiting for this moment for a long time,” said Mah-moud Jibril, the prime minister of

the National Transitional Council. On Oct. 20, Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, the vice chairman of the council, told reporters in Benghazi, “Our revolu-tionaries managed to get the head of the tyrant who has met his fate and destiny like all dictators and ty-rants.”

The 2011 Libyan Civil War gave anti-Gadaffi forces the motivation to establish the National Transitional Council, now the de-facto govern-ment of Libya. In August the Na-tional Transitional Council issued a constitutional declaration to estab-

lish a blueprint for the country’s transition to a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l democracy. Ac-cording to CNN, the council “faces some decisions on how to remake a country.” For one they have to “determine about what kind of constitution they might create.” During an Oct.

20, 2011 speech, Obama said, “We can definitely say that the Qaddafi regime has come to an end. The dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted, and with this enormous promise the Libyan people now have a great re-sponsibility to build an inclusive and tolerant and democratic Libya that stands as the ultimate rebuke to Qa-ddafi’s dictatorship.”

According to the Gazette, Claudio Cordone, senior director at Amnes-ty International, felt that whatever new Libya may result from this se-quence of events should be one that is founded on a respect for the rights of people as human beings. She did not feel it would be prudent for this Libya to pursue retribu-tions for the past but to seek a sys-tem of justice for future genera-tions.

In an Oct. 21, 2011 interview, UH Hilo political science profes-sor Dr. Katherine Young was asked what she thought this might mean for Libya and countries like it.

She said that more than likely the reorganization in the Arab Spring uprising “seems to be moving in the direction of American and western democracy.” She believes this to be a good thing “because there are cer-tainly things about liberalism, such as the idea of human rights, that are very positive.”

She added, “I think the challenge is going to be figuring out what is important to those countries, what values they want to put emphasis on and negotiate that within a context of globalization.” This means that “you have a strong orientation towards capitalism and profit, and going back to Tocqueville, not falling into a sort of economic narrow-mindedness as you build the state from the ground up.”

Earlier on she had explained that French political thinker Alexis de

Tocqueville believed American de-mocracy had been reduced to focus-ing mainly on economic policy and interests. She said, “A tyranny in the majority of thought is what he con-sidered it, and that basically there wasn’t the sort of civic orientation that is important to the whole con-cept of democracy.” Everything be-came solely focused on profit.

She continued, “It’s never per-fect. Whether it’s in the Arab Spring or whether it’s here in the United States. It’s always very clear that the ideal is never in perfect alignment with the materiality of it. We can think of that as a lack, but we can also think of that as positive because then you’re working to fill that in… it makes all time productive.”

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Mariah PartidaStaff Writer

Gadaffi’s death marks violent end to an era of tyranny

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The small auditorium at Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana‘ole Elemen-tary and Intermediate School erupt-ed with applause and cheers when Mrs. Joyce Iwashita, the school’s principal, was recognized for her achievement of being selected as the Hawai‘i State representative and honoree for the 2011 National Dis-tinguished Principals program.

The small yet well attended cer-emony in Papaikou, Hawai‘i on Oct. 17, 2011 included students, faculty and staff of Kalaniana‘ole. Big Is-land and Hawai‘i State officials were also in attendance to congratulate Iwashita for her placement among a national cadre of principals.

Gerald De Mello, University Re-lations Director for UH Hilo, stood as proxy for State Senator Malama Soloman in recognizing Iwashita and her accomplishments. De Mel-lo presented her with an honorary plaque from the state senate and ex-pressed their collective congratula-tions. “This is indeed an honor and clearly worthy of presentation,” he said to Iwashita as she accepted the award. “And I need not say much more on the dedication to the stu-dents and the profession, of your teachers you work with, to our is-land and our state.”

Hawai‘i County Councilman Dominic Yagong soon followed and roused the audience with enthusi-astic attention to school pride and achievement before turning his at-tention to the guest of honor. “They want to say congratulations to you,” he said of the entire council. “You’ve done a wonderful job here in this

school, and they’re very proud.”The Hilo-Laupahoehoe-Waiakea

complex area superintendent, Val-erie Takata, originally nominated Iwashita for the honor. Iwashita was then selected from among the seven nominees by a committee under the Hawai‘i Elementary and Middle School Administrators Association according to an Oct. 17 Senate Ma-jority Caucus press release. Takata pointed out Iwashita’s courage, leadership and professional devel-opment as key factors to her success in a statement about her choice of nominees.

Having met Hawai‘i State As-sessment goals for two consecu-tive years, Kalaniana‘ole School had recently gone from a school in restructuring to one designated as being in “good standing unconditional” un-der the categories delineated by the No Child Left Be-hind Act. Iwashita recognized that the school’s achieve-ments and her sub-sequent recognition was a team effort.

“So I’m really proud of the com-munity,” she told the audience. “But most of all, students, I am so proud of you…It is because of you that I am able to go to Washington D.C. to receive this honor. It is because of your diligence of working so hard all these years, and this includes the teach-ers and the staff.”

She echoed a similar acknowl-edgment from earlier in the cer-emony. Councilman Yagong had gazed out into the auditori-um with a wide grin and swept his hand inclusively over the crowd. “I know that she will be the very first to tell all of you that this would not have been pos-sible without the fantastic students at Kalaniana‘ole School.” After the

applause subsided he had added, “I would like to tell you that this would not have been possible without the outstanding teachers and staff right here at the school.”

In an informal setting where re-freshments were served after the ceremony, Iwashita was asked what she has planned for Kalaniana‘ole School and the goal of nurturing suc-cessful students. She said she wants to be sure that all of this progress is not lost on future administrators or students. Passing on the information was paramount, but the priority lay in the continued effort to improve by “constantly changing or adding to the system.”

The National Distinguished Prin-

cipals program was started in 1984 by the National Association of El-ementary School Principals. Each year the association honors princi-pals from across the United States for their extraordinary ability to fos-ter a school environment that helps children strive towards lifelong learning and success.

This annually selected and di-verse cadre is made of principals from the different sectors of the na-tion’s education system including public, private, U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of State schools. On Oct. 21-22, the 2011 honorees travelled to Washing-ton D.C. for national recognition of their successes.

Ke Kalahea8 NEWSJoyce Iwashita honored at a ceremony for her National Distinguished Principals selection

Monday, October 31, 2011

Papaikou school principal recognized on the national stage

From left to right: Hawai‘i County Councilman Dominic Yagong, University Relations Director Gerald De Mello, Andrew Iwashita, Joyce Iwashita, State House Representative Mark Nakashima, and Board of Education member Brian DeLima.

Michael PankowskiNews Editor

Students, faculty and staff celebrate Mrs. Iwashita’s National Distinguished Principal honor in a ceremony at Kalaniana‘ole Elementary and Intermediate School.

Joyce Iwashita and Gerald De Mello display the Hawai‘i State Senate plaque recognizing Iwashita’s achievements.

Photos: Hi‘inae Miller

Ke Kalahea 9NEWSMonday, October 31,

Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Hilo

Michael PankowskiNews Editor

Community members and groups walk the walk as they call for awareness and remembrance

Just before 3:30 p.m. on Fri-day, Oct. 21, 2011, people began to gather near the King Kamehameha Statue in Wailoa River State Park for the 2011 Domestic

Violence Peace Walk and Vigil along Hilo’s bay front.

After an opening blessing by a local pastor and a brief organizational note from Hilo’s Deputy Prosecuting Attor-ney Mitchell Roth, the large group be-gan the walk down Kamehameha Av-enue to Pauahi Street. They proceeded up to Aupuni Street then made a circuit around the county buildings to Kilauea Avenue.

From the outset on Kamehameha Avenue and again on Kilauea Avenue the large procession stopped to solicit support from the passersby. Drivers honked horns and cheered at the par-ticipants who came prepared with per-sonal signs and a desire to get the word out.

The walk ended at the conference room and lanai of the county building on the corner of Pauahi and Aupuni Street. In addition to organizing the event, the Family Violence Interagen-cy Committee had prepared a small stage on the lanai for the vigil and a program for recognizing champions in the battle to stop domestic violence and those who had been lost to it.

Among the many parties involved, UH Hilo’s Men of Strength club was on hand in demonstration of its mis-sion and goals. “Our main goal is to encourage, challenge these men to take their responsibility to their community seriously. To be positive to people,”

Zach Street, advisor for the club, respond-ed when asked about Men of Strength’s part in domes-tic violence a w a r e n e s s . “We feel that men have to get serious on these issues, so we try to stay connected with the pros-ecutor’s of-fice, with Hui Ho‘okupono and other com-munity orga-nizations who do stuff like this so we can show up, wear our shirts, support, be in-volved.”

Many other c o m m u n i t y groups like the Akaka Falls Lions club, Zonta Interna-tional, and UH Hilo’s Sociolo-gy club played various roles in helping to make the event memorable for par t ic ipants . Mayor Billy Kenoi and representatives from the Prosecuting Attorney’s office were also in attendance. These did not,

by any means, o v e r s h a d o w the many fam-ily members and friends that came out to call awareness to this atrocious behavior and to remember those that have been lost to domestic violence.

Roth did of-fer his outlook on the issue. “Domestic vio-lence is kind of a root problem to things that we have going on in our so-ciety. Up until r e c e n t l y, t h a t [domestic vio-lence] was only taught in a women’s study course. If it’s only taught in a women’s study course then this is a woman’s problem.” He pointed out that this is an unac-ceptable conse-quence of so-ciety’s outlook on this type of behavior.

Aside from feeling that it is at the family level where much domestic violence pro-liferation can be prevented, Roth and

Mary Ann Hollocker, also a Hilo Dep-uty Prosecuting Attorney, pointed out how their profession highlights the is-sue of double victimization for domes-tic violence victims. Relationships are a very private affair, and that makes it difficult for the abused to come for-ward and share the details of what is probably an embarrassing and shame-ful situation to complete strangers.

This also comes into play when fe-male victims call law enforcement of-ficers and the police response is less than understanding. In each case the victim is first abused and then met with some social stigma or negative reaction creating another round of vic-timization. “It’s so hard to understand if you’re not dealing with it on a daily basis and getting educated about it,” Hollocker said of third party perspec-tives. “Your mind set starts to change and you don’t blame the victim any-more when you’re working with them trying to understand.”

Judging by the turnout-upwards of 100 people during the actual walk around the county facilities-many people do understand what victims go through. Several supporters comment-ed on the growing numbers of people who have come out over the years for the peace walk and vigil.

Pastor Godoy from Glad Tidings Church in Hilo took notice of those numbers after she delivered her open-ing blessing. “Like I said, it’s mixed feelings,” she said. “I see all of these people every year; it’s bigger. And on one hand you’re thinking great be-cause you get a better turn out, but that means also that there’s been more vic-tims. You know, that’s so, so sad.”

Candles were lit and held with reverence in honor and memory of the victims of domestic violence.

Families, friends and supporters remember loved ones and display their emotions on the walk from Bay Front to Aupuni Street.

Many drivers honked their horns, cheered and waved to the participants as they walked along Kilauea Street for the peace walk and vigil.

Women survivors and victims of domestic violence, as well as their families and friends, were called on to create t-shirts in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Women’s Center displayed the results of their Clothesline Project during the week of Oct. 17 through Oct. 20 in the Campus Center Plaza. This project was started nationally as a way to visually display how many women lose their lives to domestic violence each year. In the sense of dirty laundry, the display can be interpreted as a way to understand the shame or embarrassment felt by the victims of domestic violence, but seeing so many shirts should nonetheless be a reminder that there is a great deal of support for those who feel they have nowhere to turn.

Photos: Hi‘inae Miller

Ke Kalahea 11A&CARTS&COMMUNITYMonday, October 31,

Chelsea Alward - Staff WriterRumor has itAlleged non-compete contracts between UH Hilo and local gyms raise questions on campus

Much debate surrounds a ru-mored business deal between UH Hilo’s Student Life Center (SLC) and local gyms, with some saying there are underlying political forces at work on our campus that shape the way policy is made. Justin Pit-tullo, executive senator for UHHSA and a senior psych major here at the university is convinced of such con-nections.

Pittullo spoke in reference to a policy shift that he says occurred only this year, making the SLC, a once available resource to spouses and partners of any enrolled student, off limits and no longer open for their use.

“The focus is that outside po-litical forces are influencing policies on this campus,” said Pittullo, who believes that the change in policy at the SLC is merely one sign of many that political undercurrents take ad-vantage of an uninformed student population.

“Deals are being made. That’s how new buildings get built,” said Pittullo. “Why was there a shift in policy? And why weren’t students notified about it?

The SLC opened in September of 2008 with the concept of creating an environment that fostered student and faculty community. Facility administrators initially invited stu-dents and their spouses or partners, faculty and alumni of UH Hilo to participate. However, alumni could only use the SLC for a short period of time before a change in policy restricted them. Pittullo insists this was only the beginning of a series of retracted promises and that a con-tract lies at the heart of the issue.

Director of campus recreation Tim Moore, however, stated that he had no knowledge of the rumor, and went on to clarify from the other side. “Is there an agreement? There is not a written agreement that I am aware of.”

In reference to a question of a verbal agreement, Moore simply re-sponded, “The University has had a written policy that we are to be good neighbors to the Hilo community…whether [a contract between fa-cilities] is written anywhere, you’d have to do your own research.”

As for the change in policy, Moore went on to explain that it was an institutional decision. “There are reasons why the decision was made – but it was made at an institutional level,” he said.

There is yet another group of in-

dividuals who have been affected by the shift in policy which has been allegedly pushed by outside forces: Faculty.

Psychology professor Errol Yud-ko is one of many who feel the SLC should charge the same price for faculty use as it charges the students. “[For faculty] the rate is somewhere between four and six hundred dol-lars a year,” said Yudko.

Yudko went on to explain that in a survey conducted by a colleague of faculty and staff members, only 10 percent currently utilize the SLC. By contrast, 80 percent said they would use the gym if the rate matched that of the student fee.

“It makes no financial sense,” said Yudko. “You want your em-ployees to be happy, and one of the main things to keeping your em-ployees happy is to provide them with a sense of well-being... Our faculty turnover rate is actually fairly high and it is expensive to hire new faculty.”

Yudko provided experience to back up the questioning of adminis-trative policy, having seen the evo-lution of faculty policy change as one of very few faculty who have remained at UH Hilo long enough to witness it.

“One day we get an email that says if we want to use the facility, we have to be accompanied by a student,” said Yudko. “Our response was, ‘This is completely inappropri-ate.’”

Yudko and his fellow faculty members have researched and stud-ied this predicament extensively to no avail, insisting that employee re-tention is maintained on the basis of providing employees with a strong sense of well-being and a smoother transition into small town Hilo liv-ing.

“We compiled the results of our survey and research and submit-ted them. They were completely ignored,” said Yudko. “There was a very different expectation prior to the opening of the facility, so we had no actual information about what was going to be policy until the facility opened. Then we began receiving more specific emails about how it was going to be run.”

So why the $78 fee in the first place?

“It is a fee that is required to maintain this building,” said Moore. “It is not an optional fee that is used for extra money. The facility was created with the understanding that students would pay the fee to help support the cost [of operations].”

Combating Moore’s statement, Pittulo argues that the $78 fee was an “afterthought” and said that it wasn’t until the actual building had been built and finished that operat-ing costs were taken into consider-ation. Many people, especially the alumni, thought that they were pay-ing $78 towards the building costs.

The alleged competing gyms also had thoughts on the matter.

“I have not heard myself [about a contract], but I would appreciate it,” said Jennifer Jo, manager at Penn Training and Fitness. “Since the UH gym opened we’ve lost a lot of our college students to the life center…”

Penn Training and Fitness offers many classes that are also available at the SLC, and is “the only other gym besides the SLC that offers spin classes,” said Jo.

According to Jo, a standard rate for college students is $40 per month. However, they are current-ly offering a special price of three months for $99 dollars, in contrast to the $78 SLC charge that covers membership from August to De-cember.

Jo feels that the undercut, non-selected fee has affected not only membership but also members’ choices in a variety of classes.

“I know some college students that would love to train in the martial arts but they can’t because they’ve already paid the fee at the UH gym,” said Jo. “I believe in democracy, that if you want to do something it should be your choice. From what I understand all the college students pay for their membership whether they want it or not.”

*After the conclusion of this piece Justin Pittullo resigned from his duties and position as executive senator of UHHSA.

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Ke KalaheaA&C12 Monday, October 31, 2011

Chocolate Avocado Pie

UH Hilo’s inner child presents itself in “Go, Dog. Go!”

Noelani WatersStaff Writer

Perfect for this season on our island, this recipe is a pairing of two favorites in the world of flavors and textures that results in a creamy, chocolaty-sweet cre-ation. Its simple raw filling and crunchy coconut crust makes for a stellar desert in a basic and quick recipe. Make friends with someone who has an avocado tree in their yard or hit up the farmers market to find some beautiful fruit; preferably the creamy and not watery variety of avocados.

Filling: 2 cups dark chocolate chips 2 tablespoons honey 2-3 large avocados, or 5-6 small avocados Crust: 1 box Graham Crackers 3 tablespoons coconut oil 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons honey 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

1. Slowly melt the chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat until smooth, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let cool. Slice open avocados with a sharp knife, removing the large seed inside. Scoop out the contents and mash the avocados in a separate bowl with a fork until there are very few lumps. A food processor may help you but is not crucial. 2. Stir the melted chocolate into the avocado cream and add honey. Set aside as you prepare the crust.3. Put all of the Graham Crackers in a large zippered plastic bag, squeeze out the excess air, cover with dish towel on the floor, then stomp all over it to crush the gram crackers as much as possible. 4. In a large bowl, combine all of the crust ingredients and mix well. 5. Press crust mixture into bottom and sides of a pie dish then add the chocolate avocado filling on top of it, smoothing out the top gently.6. Refrigerate for a couple of hours, serve, and enjoy!

Do you like my hat?“Why am I not getting that T-bone

steak?” asks Justina Taft Mattos, director of the UH Hilo Perform-ing Arts Center’s new production of “Go, Dog. Go!” The story is based off of the book written by Dr. Se-uss and the play by P.D. Eastman, adapted by Steven Dietz and Allison Gregory. Mattos aims to express the nature of dogs and their comical hu-manistic expectations as many see themselves as people too.

“Go, Dog. Go!” is targeted to-wards an audience of preschool to elementary school aged children. The script is fun, easy and displays such delectable sides of all charac-ters to the point that it’s possible to know each one personally.

In an attempt to provide daytime shows for local schools with young-er aged students, Go, Dog. Go! tick-et sales were released to the public only to find they had sold out almost instantly. Two more showings added for further chances of attendance sold out just as quickly. Within the first week of opening ticket sales, Go, Dog. Go! had sold to over 3600

students. “The motive [of the play] is to

bring the book to life by doing a lot with the stage and bringing it out to interact with the audience,” Mattos said.

Each character is a different dog, carrying names such as Red Dog and Blue Dog. While the costumes might include ears and a tail, their faces are left untouched to reveal human qualities as though metaphorically pulling the inner child out of its au-dience.

The evidence of each actor’s as-tonishing talent is truly enthralling, and not all are attendees of UH Hilo. The Performing Arts Center’s audi-tions are open to the public. Two cast members are from intermedi-ate schools, presenting them with opportunity and practice for future endeavors.

“If I were a college student, pri-marily I think I would come to sup-port my fellow students,” said Dori Yamada, “Go, Dog. Go!” choreog-rapher. The majority of the show is made up of music. Therefore Ya-

mada, along with the play’s musical director, Pedro Ka’awaloa, have had their work cut out for them.

The play involves interactions of a group of dogs that operate cars and pursue sleeping, playing and, of course, dog partying. Full of color and humor, adults will enjoy this delightful array of laughter, hats and tail-wagging just as much as the children.

“I’m really excited to act for the kids in the audience,” said Ka’iulani Lum-Ho, a UH Hilo student major-ing in performing arts. Lum-Ho plays the main character named Hattie, who desperately seeks the approval of MC Dog, showing her hat off to him multiple times while asking, “Do you like my hat?” Lum-Ho revealed later that this would be her final performance on UH Hilo’s campus.

Her ending is another’s begin-ning. Justin Chittams, a UH Hilo music major playing the part of “MC Dog” said that this would be his first acting role. “‘Go, Dog. Go!’ was my favorite book as a kid,” Chittams

said. “My mom used to read it to me all the time. I’m [playing the charac-ter] I used to read about…so it really brings the kid out of me. It’s a lot of fun. I like it.”

The cast also includes Alston Al-barado as Red Dog, Zoi Nakamura as Blue Dog, Scott Wuscher as Yel-low Dog, Eden Hershberger as Spot-ted Dog, Lawrence Mano as Percus-sion Dog, Dailee Morrone as Green Dog, and Jaci Ebesugawa as Pup.

Anika Young AdamsStaff Writer

Chocolate avocado pie is a great way to use those creamy ripe avocados that flourish this season.

Performances are Fridays and Sat-urdays beginning Nov. 4 to Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday performances include Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 at 2:00 p.m. All seating is reserved. Tick-ets are priced at $5 for UH Hilo and HCC students with valid IDs. Children 12 and under are only $5, all others $12. Tickets are available over the phone at (808) 974-7310, as well as online at artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu. The Box Office for fur-ther questions is open T-F 9 a.m. to

1 p.m. on school days.

On Oct. 19, Dr. Brian P. Schmidt, one of three 2011 Nobel Prize win-ning scientists in physics, spoke at the UH Hilo Campus Center to share his team’s discovery of what is now known as “dark energy”. The event was co-sponsored by the Gemini Observatory, UH Hilo, and the ‘Im-iloa Astronomy Center.

It was the discovery of dark en-ergy that won the Nobel Prize, guid-ing Schmidt to the Big Island to work with the Gemini Observatory for more research. Not only was this Schmidt’s first presentation since winning the prize, but also, accord-ing to him, “one of the biggest audi-ences [he’d] ever spoken to.”

Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Schmidt later moved to Australia, visiting the Big Island for his first time in 1982. His ultimate goal in physics was to determine the terms of how the universe works by us-ing telescopes to identify objects in the sky. Our ruler, he said, was “the speed of light.”

Schmidt began his presentation by sharing the facts of light and cosmol-ogy that led his team to believe our universe is not infinite. All galaxies seem to be moving away from earth, according to a study of measure-ments of velocities in 1916 by cos-mology’s hero Vesto Slipher.

This was a cosmic phenomenon that required measuring distances by how bright objects are in the sky for accuracy. It would take 4.3 years to reach the second nearest star from our earth. The nearest galaxy how-ever, is 2 million light years away, proof that this process was a bru-tally difficult one requiring years

of research and newfound tech-nology to clearly distinguish fainter objects.

Slipher’s heroic move was provid-ing a color spec-trum through the spreading out of light, which left many unexplain-able dark lines throughout. Just as pitches rise and fall in ambulance sirens, so does light. Through this data, Schmidt’s team was able to determine that the further the light, the faster it is mov-ing away. The uni-verse seems to be expanding.

Another contribution was Ein-stein’s theory of gravity that says gravity and acceleration are the same. In 1915 Einstein calculated what is known as curved space by taking measurements of an eclipse. Einstein was sure the universe curved around the sun. Since then, research has been unable to prove him wrong.

Now the team can determine that the closer the star is to earth, the more recent its age. The further the star is, the more ancient. The theory of gravity proclaims that gravity pulls on the universe as it expands. According to studies by Adam Riess, the total sum of mass is shockingly negative, proving the acceleration theory.

The traveling of light slows over

time, causing enlargement in wave-lengths. As it slows enough to stall and come down to earth, telescopes are able to identify them to accu-rately determine the age, shape and weight of the universe.

Schmidt’s team can now see that there is neither a start nor end to space. It is and always has been in-finite, even during the Big Bang. In 1997, leading efforts were able to increase the sample of 4 objects in the sky to 15. Thanks to telescopes on Mauna Kea, we are able to see the clearest pictures in the world to iden-tify the universe’s past as far back as 8 billion years.

“The universe will always do what it wants,” Schimdt said. Al-though he admits not all measure-ments are entirely accurate, graphs show the universe coming to an end in its expansion eventually.

There is also the theory that an un-known source is pushing on the uni-verse, that gravity will fail because of an unknown material beyond our knowledge.

According to Einstein, this theory is impossible, yet Schmidt continues to keep an open mind. One thing is for sure: There is a 30 percent ‘pull’ and 70 percent ‘push’ on the uni-verse.

The universe has 27 percent of the density necessary to be flat, which is gravity that we can see. A slim 4 percent is made up of a dark mat-ter that is essentially unknown and cannot be seen. It is what scientists are now calling invisible gravity. Perhaps Christopher Columbus was onto something.

In 1917, Einstein came out with what he called his greatest discov-

ery, known as the cosmological con-stant. It represents the energy of the vacuum, or what is there when there is nothing there.

Studies provide that dark matter makes up 24 percent of our universe. Four percent is atoms, and 72 percent is Schmidt’s dark energy. Oddly, as the universe expands, the amount of dark matter in atoms stays the same. It seems tied to space itself.

Gravity slows down the universe, and like Einstein predicted, once we were slowing down, now we are ac-celerating. This leads us to physic’s biggest question: Does dark energy double in size? Eventually we may be living in an empty universe ex-cept for our ‘super galaxy’.

“Anything is possible,” Schmidt said, “yet we may have a cool bleak end.” No part of the universe is pro-tected. Every piece will eventually be pushed away from every other even at the subatomic level, leav-ing nothing. As it all continues to expand, it will all slowly fade away.

When asked what dark energy is, Schmidt admitted that he didn’t know, but believes it to be energy times space itself. When it is even-tually discovered, all four courses of nature can and will be explained. The creation of space happens faster than light can travel, bringing us fur-ther into the unknown.

Thanks to Schmidt and his team of experts, we know much more about the bizarre workings of our universe. While dark energy may change, we now have the technology to continue researching it. In the meantime we’ll continue to cross our fingers and hope the end is not quite as bleak as it’s predicted to be.

Ke Kalahea13A&C

The messy universe Nobel Prize winner speaks of “dark energy” and a bleak end

Monday, October 31,

Photos by Yuta Momoki

Anika Young AdamsStaff Writer

“Who cares what a guy sitting at home in his pajamas thinks?” posed blogger John Temple. Temple is editor and general manager of Civil Beat, an internet news site voted best of its kind in Hawai’i in 2010 by the Hawaii chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Temple was just one of a group of three once-traditional reporters turned internet martyrs present at Ke Kalahea’s UH Hilo Media Sym-posium on Oct. 1. In a panel dis-cussion, “Introduction to Blogging/New Media Journalism,” bloggers Ian Lind and Andy Parx sat next to Temple. The topic of heated debate: What defines opinion versus news, especially in a world where anybody

can write virtually anything on the internet?

“New Media” refers to a relatively recent rash of innovative news me-dium and a style to match. Some tra-ditional journalists are now giving their reporting a “spin” with interest-ing storytelling techniques that con-ceal hard-facts in a more digestible way. Others have turned to online posting, where they frequently mix personal opinion with hard facts in informative articles that appear to be informative, but could in some cases be judged subjective opinions.

“Blogging” refers to a “web-log,” or a dialogue kept by a person on the internet for others to see. Journalists can now post news on personal web-

sites which are easy for readers to access from remote locations.

Throughout the discussion, all three were equally qualified to com-ment. Parx has been active in Kaua’i government and politics for over 30 years, and now writes for Parx New Daily online, including a col-umn called “got windmills?” Lind, a seasoned blogger, has been doing so since 1999, and is a former award-winning investigative reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

The three could agree on one thing: blogging, or “internet report-ing,” represents the future of online journalism, though this is quite sub-jective.

“Some people are gonna be doing journalism on blogs and some are not,” Temple said.

But the quantification of this comes down to a fuzzy debate about what constitutes fact versus opinion.

“It’s the language that you use in the sentence,” Parx said.

“Opinion delegates some kind of authority,” Lind added. “People are attracted to opinion because they don’t have to work as hard.”

Lind went on to say, “Opinion

helps them understand more than ba-sic journalistic structure.”

With regards to the future of inno-vative media, Parx said, “You need to know what you’re supposed to do in order to break those rules.”

But the three traditional journal-ists were not phased with the switch to the more modern online medium, simply embracing it as a new tool. Before long, blogging may be the future of news as we know it.

Ke Kalahea16 Monday, October 31, 2011A&CReporters turned bloggers?“New Media” encouraged with emergence of social networking sites

Le’a GleasonA&C Editor

Check out Andy Parx at http://parxnewsdaily.

blogspot.com/

Check out Ian Lind at http://ilind.net/

Check out John Temple at http://www.johntem-

ple.net/

COMMUNITY CALENDARNov. 4-13th: Go, Dog, Go! UH Hilo Performing Arts CenterFriday/Saturday: 7:30 p.m., Sundays: 2 p.m.The perfect family show for all ages.Tickets available at the box office, $5 for students W/ID, $12 general

Nov. 4th: Black and White Night in downtown Hilo 5-10 p.m.Wear black and white and come walk the streets of downtown.Shops will be open late with free food, music, dancing, and acroyoga demonstrations.

Nov. 4th: Pajama Dance Party, Sodexho Dining Hall 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.Dance in your PJs to the lights and sounds of DJs Gumby and Jase.Over $500 worth of raffle prizes!

Nov 11th: 11/11/11—Medicine for the People in con-cert, Hilo Palace Theater.This Portland-Hilo based band is also an established non-profit called For Unity.Enjoy their “musical medicine” to the sounds of guitar, drums, trumpet, and other creative instruments.Tickets: $15 presale/ $20 door, Palace Theater box of-fice 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Nov 18-19th: 24th Annual Christmas Eg-Stravaganza, Edith Kanaka’ole Tennis StadiumFriday 5p.m. -10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.Come and get a jump on your Christmas shopping with local products and crafts.Plus: enter raffle and trivia question games to win your share of $2000 of door prizes.$ 2 admission, but last hour of each day is free.

Le’a GleasonA&C Editor

Ke Kalahea21SPORTSMonday, October 31,

Midseason NFL AwardsDoes an MVP have to take a snap? Anthony Holzman-Escareno

Sports EditorMost Valuable Player:

Peyton Manning, quarter-back, Indianapolis Colts

If one is wondering how a player that hasn’t even taken a snap this season is the most valuable player of the league, then one must look no further than the problems the Colts are having this season. The team can be exemplified by the 62-7 thumping they took from the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 23. Colts quarterbacks Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky combined to complete 12 passes on 23 attempts for a pedestrian 97 yards, with no touchdowns and an interception. To put that into perspective, Man-ning averaged 4,217 yards and 30 touchdowns per season at the helm for Indianapolis. The team has been known for its offense for years, and number eighteen was the only reason. The Colts have made the playoffs for nine con-secutive seasons, but that streak will come to an end this season, with the Colts plummeting to 0-7 following the loss to the Saints. The most intriguing part about the story remains the decision the Colts will make if they fall into the first pick of the draft. If Stanford standout Andrew Luck is sitting there, can the Colts not pick him?

Most Valuable Player (that

has played a game this sea-son): Aaron Rodgers, quar-terback, Green Bay Packers.

The defending Super Bowl champs are undefeated. The Pack’ have won 13 straight contests, in-cluding their first seven this sea-son. Rodgers has been absolutely machine-like in his decision-mak-ing and placement of the football. He is completing over 71 percent of his passes, while racking up 2,372 yards and 20 touchdowns. There is no quarterback that utlilizes all of his available options on the football field like Rodgers. He also has underrated atheltic ability, which he uses to extend plays and force defensive backs to cover re-ceivers much longer than they are used to. The fourth-year starter is showing Packer fans why the Green Bay front office chose Rod-gers over an aging Brett Favre.

Offensive Player of the Year: Calvin Johnson Jr., wide receiver, Detroit Lions

Johnson has the only nickname that fits his 6-foot-5, 236-pound frame: Megatron. The fifth year receiver out of Georgia Tech has every thing a team looks for in a number-one wide out. He displays the speed to run by defenders and stretch the field vertically, while also being able and willing to catch a ball across the middle and take a big hit, though it is usually John-son giving the brunt of the blow. He looks to punish defenders for even daring to tackle him. He at-tacks the ball at its highest point, leaving no chance for defensive backs to make a play on the ball. This can be exemplified by his game-winning touchdown recep-tion against the Dallas Cowboys in week four. Johnson outleaped three Dallas defenders to secure the victory. He leads the league this season with ten touchdowns on 41 receptions, which he has turned into 679 yards. He is seem-ingly unstoppable in one-on-one situations, and if he continues to produce at the rate he is, he will have a chance to take home this trophy at the end of the season.

Defensive Player of the Year: Darrelle Revis, cor-nerback, New York Jets

Calvin Johnson is a playmaker, but there is one place where even Megatron can’t thrive, and that is Revis Island. Jets’ corner Darrelle Revis is in a class by himself when it comes to elite play at the posi-tion. Revis is constantly given the opposing team’s best wide receiver, and he consistently makes them disappear. The last time Johnson played against Revis, which was last season, Revis limited Johnson to one reception for thirteen yards. Revis has ten pass deflections this season, and he is tied for second in the league with four interceptions. Though Minnesota’s Jared Allen has 11.5 sacks, one interception, and two forced fumbles and Green Bay’s Charles Woodson has a league-high five picks, it is the im-pact of Revis’ presence on the field, along with his timing that puts Re-vis above the two. First of all, quar-terbacks in the league do not really

test Revis’ very often. Last season, he went without an interception because of this. He eliminates op-ponents’ best receiving option, and he does it every single Sunday. As for his timely playmaking abil-ity, Revis has been the catalyst for three Jets wins this season. In week one against the Cowboys, Revis intercepted a Tony Romo pass to set up the game-winning field goal and seal the Jets’ comeback. In week six, his 1st quarter 100-yard pick six (one can argue about the pass interference penalty) took the life out of the Dolphins, as it was a 14-point turnaround. His 4th quar-ter week seven interception and 64-yard runback against San Diego won the game for the Jets. Though the Chargers had a final oppor-tunity, Revis’ pick gave the Jets a formidable lead late in the contest.

Offensive Rookie of the Year: Cam Newton, quar-terback, Carolina Panthers

Is there really another selec-tion? Cincinnati rookie signal caller Andy Dalton has played well, amassing 1,311 yards and seven touchdowns, but Cam New-ton stepped onto a professional field and put on a show from day one. The Heisman winner and BCS National Champion never slowed down from his days at Auburn. In his first two games as a profes-sional quarterback, Newton threw for over 420 yards in each contest. He set the NFL record for passing yards in a debut. Though his ath-letic ability is obvious, as it was one of the main attractions to Newton for the Panthers, no one could have envisioned the type of patience and calmness he shows in the pocket. Newton has made the offseason look unnecessary. Many believed Cam Newton wouldn’t succeed this year or ever, and to be honest, I was one of them. Cam has proved us all wrong. Through seven games this year, Newton has thrown for 2,103 yards and eight touch-downs, completing over 60 percent of his passes. Though he is still a rookie, which can be shown by his nine interceptions and 2-5 record, Newton is looking like a future su-perstar. The Auburn product has also run for 266 yards and seven touchdowns. He is being used as a goal line back, all 6-foot-5 and 248

pounds of him, much like he was at Auburn. As long as he continues this pace, Cam New-ton is destined to put the Rookie of the Year in his trophy case, right next to his Heisman.

Defensive Rookie of the Year: Aldon Smith, line-backer, San Francisco 49ers

Denver Broncos’ outside line-backer Von Miller took all the headlines at the draft. As a matter of fact, most people were shocked to see Smith drafted 7th overall, five spots after Miller. Most be-lieved it was a reach. Miller also holds the rookie lead for sacks this season with six, but Smith is right there with 5.5. There is one significant difference between the two numbers: playing time. Miller has started every game this sea-son, and though he has produced a sack in every game except one, Smith has yet to start a contest and has only recently been given enough playing time to make a difference. Between weeks four and six, Smith has produced all 5.5 of his sacks, as well as scoring a safety and forcing a fumble. If Smith continues this pace and his playing time increases, we could be looking at a monster in the making.

Come Back Player of the Year: Steve Smith, wide re-ceiver, Carolina Panthers

Is there anyone happier than Steve Smith with the Panthers decision to draft Cam Newton? 2010 was one of the lowest times in Smith’s career. He wanted out of Carolina by any means necessary. His 554 yards and two touchdowns were the lowest totals of his career since his rookie season in 2001, ex-cluding the 2004 season in which he missed 15 games due to injury. 2011 has brought Smith a foun-tain of youth. 2011 has brought Smith quarterback Cam Newton. Through seven games, Smith has almost doubled his receiving yard-age from 2010, catching 39 balls for 818 yards with an amazing 21-yard average per reception. Smith is on pace to have his best receiving sea-son of his career. If there is anyone more ecstatic about Newton’s ar-rival to Carolina, Smith would be the first to say that they are lying.

Vulcans Calendar Men’s Basketball Nov. 11-12 - PacWest/GNAC Chal-lenge Series (at home with games at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. both days)

Women’s Basketball Nov. 6 - @ HiloNov. 11 - @ UH-Manoa

Men’s & Women’s SoccerNov. 2 - @ Dominican Univ.Nov. 4 - @ NDNUNov. 6 - @ Academy of Art

Women’s VolleyballNov. 4 & 5 - Dominican University of California (home game)Nov. 12 - @ Chaminade

Vulcans’ Calendar

Ke Kalahea27YOUR WORDSMonday, October 31,

C L A S S I F I E D S

Buy a bicycle! Sell your car!Find a roommate!$5.00 FOR 3 LINES $1.25 FOR EXTRA LINESGo online, or call 974 - 7504

If you No. 1 in the toilet, aim for the water not the seat.

Could we get some FUNNY comics in the paper?

I hate it when you open the door for a girl and she strolls through right past you without a kind glance or thanks! Just cause you look like the Queen of England doesn’t mean you are!

if your talking behind my back..your in a good position to kiss my ass!!

HA HA Kaleo made Eric cry

The girls bathroom on the second floor in Campus Center, STINKS! seriously ladies it smells as if men were in there. There must be a group that goes in at once & decides to take a dump all at once >.< I suggest youALL invest in some Drop & maybe some febreeze as well. Mahalo, Victim of stink bombs!To JustinWith all the tattoos & shaved head. Bumping into you on campus & talk-ing to you makes me day. P.S. Too bad you have a girlfriend.From some girl

To the Japanese girl that washes her underwear and socks in the commu-

nity bathroom. EWWWW! & also, stop yelling on the phone in Japanese in the hallway. Its really irratiating. Oh, and throw your damn food away in your own trashcan. Your trash stinks up the bathroom and you always leave pieces of stink food in the sink. Thats disgusting, have some consideration. Rude.

Maybe the University could save some money by not making every classroom so effing freezing!!!

Do you know why this school sucks? We don’t have a football team.

I don’t appreciate an off centered I.d. picture, makes my head look huge.

To all the losers in the gameroom, get a life, get to class!

Daniel from SAC is the sexiness of UHH!

“The power of a gun can kill;and the power of Fire can Burn;The power of wind can chill;and the power of the mind can learn;The power of anger can rageinside until it tears us apartBut the Power of a Smileespecially yours can heal a frozen Heart.”-2Pac (from your EIC to YOU!!)

URH is filled with a bunch of pervs...byt the way applications are available in the office.

I love lollipops and bananas, sau-sage too!

II: The boy who sits next to me in my one o’clock classif you’re wondering if I check you out, the answer is yes. I make small conversation with you just to talk to you. I look forward going to class because of you, “That is all”signed, The girl “next door”

I <3 the spam musubis and chili at sodexho! :)

The DJ for Dorm Inform is so cute...Can have your number?...Can I have it?..Dorm inform is awesome because of you :)

The new dj in URH ROCKS! Kee at it skyLani we really enjoy listening in to you & your choice of music. :) HOLOMUA

“Everyone wants to be the sun that lights up your life. But I’d rather be your moon, so I can shine on you during your darkest hour when your sun isn’t around” - Georden Inouye

Dear Derek in the Mathlab,Although I hate Calc homework, getting an excuse to see you makes it worth doing. <3

The girl with the blue hair makes my heart flutter!

Justin:Thank you for your resignation from UHHSA. I am finally content that the students will have a voice that represents their interest and not your own.

To the people who make an effort to smile back - others notice more than you think - keep it up!

Glad to have the rants & raves back :)

Who’s awesome & has two thumbs,,,,THIS GUY! :)

To my friend who always comes in the office to make my day and give me a hug and let me braid your hair. You have no idea how truly awe-some you are! Thanks

I think Ikilani is the bestest game room attendant in the whole world!! :)

I have a fetish for collar[ed] shirts =)

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