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M any students' first per- plex individuals. Sucjl a position Trask would come across as a e spective of a university would weaken Trask's carefully lot more believable if she would

is that of an eradicator prepared agerxla, so as a result spend her time actually fightina

), of discrimination and prej udice she panicked. the system rather than pimping rather tha n a ch ief offe nde r. Where is it written that indivi- the system. What do I mean by

lt When the latter is the case, the duals cannot express their obser- this? How about Trask receivinr :> victims a re compelled to bring vations, their feelings, their very her education on the Mainlan6 ~ .

.g attention to the situation and dis- experiences of racism if they a nd then vehemently disparaging pel the myths that foster such happen to be white and male? It's the same country that supported

n bigotry. foolish enough for Trask to con- and funded her research? Ho-w lY But when new myths are pro- demn such writers for merely about routinely criticizing both

duced from inaccurate statements, expressing their opinions, but to Ka Leo and the Star-Bulletin

,II over-emotional rhetoric a nd out- condemn Ka Leo for allowing as "bad newspapers" while eager 1

right bias, a new level of intoler- them the freedom toexpresssuch for interviews by both publica· H. ance emerges and creates more tions and frequently submitting

1e problems than it solves. articles?

Such was the case with none Now more than ever it's imper·

es other than guest speaker Haunani- As I See It ... ative for Trask to understand that

ls. Kay Trask at the forum in the white people are not her nemesis, Campus Center on "Sex, Race but rather those who refuse to and Lies: What the Administra- accept and treat other people as tion Won't Tell You." Ka Leo

individuals.

If you had been fortunate The Civil Rights activists of25 enough to hear her particular cri- Open Forum

years ago realized this and thus

tique ofthisverynewspaperyou're their motto was: "Judge me not

reading, you would've discovered for my color, but for what I can

that Ka Leo is, in her words, "a do." Ironically, the civil agitators

very bad newspaper" filled with of today turn full circle and say, "anti-local and anti-Hawaiian "Judge me for my color." columns" and "doesn't address Trask has already proven her· student concerns." opinions is downright ludicrous. self to be a role model and spokes·

Not too long ago Trask was Does Trask seek to infer that person for Native Hawaiians and overwhelmed with sex paranoia racial prejudice toward whites, minorities everywhere - which

in describing haole tourists as especially white males, is justi- makes her all the more dangerous sexually repressed animals who fied? J ust what are Trask's if her ignorance and hypocrisy voyeuristically desire naked motives-equality or reve nge? imminently transforms her speech· Hawaiian bodies found on the Does she intend to bring the races es into the inarticulate frustra· beaches a nd the Waikiki hula together, or instead divide the tions of just another attention-shows. Although her remarks races so she can satisfy her own seeking, lippy-extremist who at today embold greater maturity, private agerxla? the very least feels disenfranchised. her comments and actions toward By far the most laughable and Speaking as an individual who Ka Leo exhibit a fierce regression erroneous of her statements was was predestined to be a white into her primordial past. when she dema rxled that "the male, I have great admiration for

First, T rask accused Ka Leo of students should take over the all who are proud .of their ethnic fai ling to address student con- newspaper." Anyone with the background and fight for their

cerns. Whatever these concerns strength and the brain power to rights. I also know the difference Trask may have had in mind, she flip through a Ka Leo copy can between respecting one's race and chose not to specify. easily attest that the staff is com- exploiting it to deny the liberty of

Trask also d irected outrage at posed entirely of undergraduate others.

Ka Leo for printing two articles and grad uate students, and the If Trask truly wishes to address by R icha rd Cohen a nd Joey newspaper gladly accepts contri- the grim social reaper known as Carter- two white men whom butions f rom any and all faculty racism in a fair and just manner, she accused of being anti-local members, including Trask. then she should Jearn to take criti· and a nti-Hawaiian. Cohen, a wri- An overwhelming number of cism and be critical of herself. No .. O?e.is exempt from being either a ter for a national syndicate, did the students who work for Ka

.. not once mention Hawaiians or Leo are minorities arxl nearly half VJcttm or oppressor. n locals but addressed the problem are women. Only one of the ten

of blaming all whites for all the senior ed itors is haole, and hapa Grant Crowell, a sophomore in racial problems of society. Car- at that. So as hard as Trask may art, is a contributing cartoonist ter's article too k this a step try to create the illusion of a and writer for Ka Leo. The views further and urged people to deal "white-male hierarchy" dominat- exp·ressed in "As I See It" do with each other not according to ing the paper, nothing could be not necessarily reflect those of race classifications but as com- further from the truth . Ka Leo.

....................................... Editorials and Opinions

Ka Leo criticism by Trask is unjustified

Two weeks ago, the New Affirmative Action Coalition spon­sored a forum on-racial and sexual discrimination in the University of Hawaii system. Haunani-Kay Trask, director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies and a panel member, expressed several valid points when addressing the university's hiring practices.

Unfortunately, Trask was not as consistent in her comments that pertained to Ka Leo 0 Hawaii, the campus newspaper. Trask criticized Ka Leo's coverage, citing Ka Leo's failure to cover student-related issues.

Ka Leo is the first to admit that there is always room fo r improvement. A primary goal at Ka Leo is complete coverage of all student-related issues. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. The newspa per operates in the same manner as a ny business. It is limited by the same, if not more, types of restrictions, such as manpower, funding and resources.

Ka Leo tries to consistently cover the meetings of all UH policy making bod ies-meetings that de termine a ll aspects of student life on campus. Ka Leo has and still is following the issue of sexual harassment. Ka Leo's editorials recognize student issues and fer­vently seek solutions. Ka Leo's pages have served and always will serve the university community.

Trask's other comments urging students to ta keover the paper fail to recognize that Ka Leo is ma naged completeJy by students. This is a policy that Ka Leo a bides by religiously. Ka Leo'sstudent staff takes full responsibility forthe pa per's ed itorial decisions. No UH administrator(male, Caucasian o r otherwise) may te ll Ka Leo what to pri nt or not to print.

Trask referred to Ka Leo as being managed by a "white-male hierarchy." Currently, there are ten senior editors atKa Leo, half of whom are women. We do have a Caucasian ed itor, but he is half-Sri La nka n. Supposedly, he is our token "white-male" member.

Trask would like to set he r own agenda for Ka Leo. So would just about everybody else.

Fortunately, Ka Leo chooses to serve the student populace and not legislators, admi nistrators or faculty members who always seem to know better. Ka Leo takes its responsibilities seriously. Our writers a nd editors abide by a strict code of ethics, adopted by the America n Society of Newspaper Editors, to insure that infor­ma tion is correctly dessiminated and accurately communicated.

Ka Leo would like to tha nk Trask for her insights. However, at this time, Ka Leo is neither a house orga n for the administration, a laboratory for the journalism department or free publicity for the faculty. Nor, in all respect, will it ever be Ka Leo 0 Trask. But Ka Leo will continue to inform those for whom Ka Leo truly serves­the students of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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Letters to the Editor As They See It

Is Ka Leo the voice of racism? Editor:

Thr h}~teric.~l rcac:taon to m) rr•"''!Cd pOSIIIOD about \mcnwn rucism hnd pcorle nf

color, tn~lu.Jing llol\\ollian,, I~ tb~ bc't proof ~f m) .trgucmcnt that m1.Ht l'hlte people tan.J the It r ... <-ollaborataomst r nend> of .:olort rdus.: to •d. nO\\ kdge the ugl) truth of "hitc I'<""'" and rnvtlecte m Huwm'i

Yuppie br.tb like Chad 8L111 bche•e ll~waiian• 'houhl i"rJ:et thetr ''trA~ic'' genoxid.tl lRat· mcnt at the hand• of the Wc~t Mr. Bhur would 5ing 11 different tunc if hi> own pc.,rtc \\ere killed otT. but then , "hlle ) up­~ d•>n't belon~ to u "peortc.­thC) arc "tndl\·tduah

Gary I ·uner "-"C"'' una.blc t<• dtsllngul\h bct\\t:cn my:oetf. lftt· l<r and S,•ddam llu•>etn lntel· ligencc nc,cr "a' fuller\ stron~ point He can't tell the dtt • terence between ktlltng people o1nd trying to -ave •I people.

Crn"elhnci\ter, meanwhtlc. " cralil> dcfcndin~ h" "h1tc pri,tlcge as the Ka Leo car toonu.t, drawing r;tclst cartca turc' replete \\>ith btg hp> and bulgins musck• lm.tgine .1 uru:ature of Ka Len edit"r "-1.trk raul With llltts for C)ts, and bu•k teeth for a mouth Would Ka Leo put that on 1h cditort~l pages·~ I doubt it

What ull m\ ~rtll<> ha•e m common. includms Ka Leo'• cditonaf >tiff, IS srotesque ig• nor~n~e ol Ha" auan htstory, especially the rotc or \>hit< Amcri~an culture e.g. private properly, Cbri>llanit). the Engli>h language - m the exttn· gubhmcnt of our U.1waiian na· tion.

This ianorance of our collec· ll\e "ilony 11> » people was ob· •iou. m ~ Lc:o ·, tndtviduah/ tng and personal111ns of rn} ar· gument, Ka Leo u>cd my name and my ptctun: to headlme a full page of attacks M) name ap· peared oaain in your editorial headhne and in your ruet>t car· toon None of the edttorialwng showed the slightest respect for our suffenng as a people. h wa' .oil kTra\1." vs. ihe re.t. an ea>) out when trying to keep a lid on the truth about Native condt· tions in Hawai'i, und about the role or non-Nauvcs m Of.lt con­tinumg uploitation

A~ for m~ .. .,. hue male critiCI\m. your coverage dunng this controvers~ and your da1ly position~ prove my point. You carry two syndicated "'bite male columni>t> a Rcagan..:ra fact>t -Buchanan ·who support•

gcnocio.k m La,t ltmor ,,rk! else· -.here , und a •elf·1denlifiod - liberal" Cohen "ho .:or plam> ~bout bem_g u v.buc rna c

In a cnunlr) thr•\lng on "'htt• •uprcmuq . Thi< i•n't "whtt mate·:"

Sthl Chung "ho ts, thank· full\, 11 \\Om~ <>f c<>lor ~- · curiitd\' rerorted nl\ stuti•U• from the 1\ffirmJtl\c Action forum that "nty <me I lotwauan ""' bir<-d of o>er I !0 IIC" fou:uJ. ., this r~u • \\'h\ ha>n ., K.t !.co ldkcn J

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edltonal position asatnSt th" >ituauon' Why htt~n 't Kn Leo done ,, follow-up 'lOt) on the ptttfully r.,. Ha,.·aun" &tudent5 and facult~ on the ~ampus;br on Ha,.oallan is;ue' '" general. like our nght to be u Natl\'e ~ ttorr along wuh the 500 othct Nati\'C nations in America (Cro"ellme!'ter could use some eduaung on ibis score)

Ans\\er" Ka Leo i!. too bU~) defendtng whue male politiCO> and too ignoru.nt to kno" 11

good stor) wben it 't;ue> )Our editors tn the face

I •land b) rn} cnttet>m ol )Our paper You don't have to be a white male to embrace white male poliucs When Ka Leo dump> its wh•te male columnt'h land r•ct>t car· tooni51). >tans speaking out on behHif of colonized people. espe­ciall~ Ha.,.,aiians. ~tnd pnnh \tori•• th.~ tnve,llgatc rather than celebrate ract>m. it "ill cease betng a ""hue male paper Until then Kn Leo. you·re too"ing t.lo.e the ruling class

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Editor: \\'e are truh offended and

d~>gusted at 'the Ka L~o ·s blatant atl3tl of Or I!Runam· Kay Tra•k 3nd the tndtgcnou\ people of llawai'i. The recent

.noon that "~' printed on 9 27 911 '' an tdeal e•amplc of the Ka !.eo • ob' iou bias m the "hole m•Uter

The >Uppossed humor.1u• ~artoon dcptcttng the :r.csresa· !tOn or H ... aiiaru. "II• It u funn\ one t" us, bc:;;ause m rcaht) . .,.;, thc natl\es are forced into

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I thought 11 ""~ unattamable of. I actually looked for\\ard to r~dmg II e\cr\'dl)

But Kll Leo needs to be con­demned for "ttat I see ·" a r•ct&t pr.:,cntation of the is.ue by their cdttorial stall Y.'hat $tatted out u '" que>\IOn of r•c"m llrnongst h.tole and Ha\\auan, an iosuc that nccus I<' be utltJre,>cd on thts campus, wa> turned into penonal attack> on Dr Haunani-Ka) Tra>~. pcrsoruf)· tng her as crlUed. O\er-c:mo·uon­"'· and extro:mist. Thts ,u.-cess·

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econom1c and social •egrega­tion The cartoon whtch sup-

r.osedly attacks Dr rrask's al· eged Jl&l:l>l VJO:Ws. onl) upo~s Klt Leo"s own ~~ Wl!ln rr ~ Lc:o ts trul) unbias on tht> mat­ter tben whr wasn't there a stereotypica cartoon of the average, •icumized. and in· nocent haolc tikc Joe) Carter claims to be. Ka Leo !like another whtte male) >cems to h11ve drawn its line in the sand and tLS not on the s1de of the Hawaiians.

The acceptable haole doe> ha'e a role to fulfill and that is to realize that inJustices are still being perpetuated on llawaiians in our own homeland There ;oR

man~ good haoles v.ho lo•e. help and support us m regatnms control of our own de~uny. But 1 f you choose to mock. ignore. or tl) to control u,, don't be >Urpri>ed tf you are met with an •ngry, unrelenting Hawaiian Years of tn)tuttces g;ves us every nght to be angry at people who try to keep us downl If you do 'hoosc to ignore ihe anger of a ·typical emotional" Hawaiian,

beware or the consequences . In the future we udvise that

Mr. Crowell stick to drawing canoons that don't ••press btS ignoTant. >tereotypical and r.tcist view, The only llrnc that these Hnwaiinns will ever bow down to someone ianornnt like you is w that you cun kiss our -etemu •

Editor:

l(a•imi Sit•• Stn.lor, Economics

Kalelkoa X.·eo Ha'lfalian Studies

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The r.:cent controversy that has filled the editorial pages or Ka Leo regardmg some Haole who feel Hawajian• are betng racist. has been both refreshing ~nd enhahtening to many stu· dent> and facult) "n campus. Sot on!) has it opened up d1alogue. raising the issue of

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full) rook the controversy out of It~ original c:ontut, and polarited all >Ub•equent eduonal as llllll· T r.osk

Thf1 t~urposeful act of 1he editorial >taff not only vilified Dr. Trask. but also mdtvldual­lted ihe controversy onto one person. •anorins the t>>Ue that Mr Carter or LOUISiana first raised ("Being Haole in Hawai'1," Ka Lc:o Open Forum 915190). The editorial staff effec­tively diverted auentJOn away from ibis tOpiC which was only beg~nning to be touched upon

It is much easier to dtsguisc one's opinions and aliitudes by focusmg nnacks on individuals Mhtr than fa~ ihe !urger tssue that indtvtduals like Dr. Trask raise, that "· the conttnuat op­pression of Ha wauan• tn their own homeland

What Ka Leo and many of Ka Lc:o's m~ders really need" a cood Hawa1ian educauon 8} learning our true h1story from us. and not from the haole who have explotted us. will reveal why we are oppres~ed as a group and wh~ we mu>t fight this Instead of trying to pit stu· dents and faculty against each other. Ka Leo should be con­cerning usetf wtih the construc­tl\·e invesliption of 1'->Ues that affect Hawaiians. for they are numerous.

Unlike Mr. Carte.r and Mr Crowell. both Klt Lc:o "'nter<. I do take re>pon.sibtlit) for the ac­t tons of my Kupunil. the} ~hould learn to do the same. The parnful history that all Hawaiians share must be learned by those 111ho choosr to call Hawat'i their home In educaung others about my his· tory, I do 001 seck revenge ore· qu..Jit) but rather. understand· ing ihat Hawa1ian; _., the tn· dizenous people or tbt5e !>lands arc not equal but have spec1al rights and privileges thnt other resident& do not have

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\et one murc example oi the on· dtputtes ta.-.:d by n .. tive people. On one level. tht> hideou• ~ar toon pl•ccd along\ ide ~a le<> • ednonal crnicism 51nttlc' out ;ond ,·ihftc> the candid l'<r· sonalit\ of Or Haunant-KI\ Trask "The eduor' make J t.". •olutel~ cert•m of th" fact b~ in<crlbtng her tdentuy on her urm in an effort to .!tift the fllCus from the "sue t>f ra<ism to.,.Md tbc per.;onaht~ of an ln· tllvtdual.

On cto,er e~amtn.ttton.

ho"ever. Ka Leos edttor. demonstrate not onl) an ID· securit} and deceptiVe tendency to blur the buund•ne• l>etween an Issue anl! " personah aho. in so do•n~~o reveal a more tn>tdious jounahstic appro.1ch to trivailize sensitive issue• This hcmous anack b) ihe editOr> on Or Tra>k eoe> beyond the in· divtdual and perpetuates a repugnant 1mage in the collec­tive C(IUSCIOU\IIC'-> or Hawaiians. and females-of-<:olor tn par­ticular Tht• bl•tant. atrocioll>. 'iolent pt~torial attack il· lu>tratcs, on a deeper and more eAtensive leocl. Ka Leo's rucist position on an issue "'hieh began with THElR chotec to run Joey Carter's article eJt· prcsstng hts resentment and con;..o fusion "n hc1n(l called rnnni:. Perhaps. mliercnt in that choice, v.a> the e•pectauon that ~n­~ lo\Ould bt minimal. tf not so ,.cx1ferous

Crowellmetster·s demeaning canoon serves as ttn expre~ion. enhancement. and codifier of the '~I'Y kind of racist behcf Dr. Trask emphastled (9.'19 90i: those m power impose their will upon the powerleB . Crowetlmetuer's meantng is clear He wanLS to remfonee the ruiC$ of that behef Thu> ht> car­toon. in concert wuh the editorial denouncing Dr Trask. have accomplished two things Ftrst. they have >et astde theu JOUnahsttc re;pon•ib1hties to fatrncss Ami secondly, the) al· tempt to m~ure solidarity on the tssue of racism m Hawai'i by polari:uog. on tbe local le,el lla..,aiians and haoles. and on a broader ..:ate pc:ot>le·of-color und the haole mujonty.

If Ka Leo editor$ want to trul) maintain journalistiC' rr•ponsiblhtte> b} servtng ihe student poJ\ulation at UH· Manoa, B$ the) boisterous!~ clntm, may I suggest thai the d1scussion on thts sensmve tssuc conunue. do not kill it where ,.,,., think 11 •hould end

what rllCt>m is and who is af· Editor: Momi Ka.mahele ., .... ,. •• o ...... fccted b) it, it hlb "'"' p•en Ka Crowettmeister·s offenstve Graduate T .A., History

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Letters to the Editor

Housi'ng staff 'Ynisreprese·nted

I have been prompted man) times to respond to vanous ar­ticle;;; and editorial in past ;~-5ue of }OUr publication. hut hme refrained 1rom doing so be­cause my re:.ponse \\ould ha\e been mnuvatcd by pcr:-.l)nal feel­ings. Ho,,e .. er. as a hall director and former re~ident adv1sor. I feel the need to clanf~ orne of the ma~"Curate perception of your editorial. Ka Leo i~ correct in rts)erting that consumption of alcohol does occur in public areas. It probably occurs in mml' dorms'apartments with the knowledge of staiT. ll doe~ not occur in all areas \\:ith the knowkdge of all stall

I have ne\cr tolerated con­c;umption of alcohol in publ1c areas. and I have expected the same from the staff groups which I have supervised .

The author of the editorial should be ven careful in making blanket statements on issues he is not familiar with. If he or 'he would ha\e looked a little closer, thic; would have been ob­vious. What concerns me more is the view that u/1 staff are portra)ed as incompetent and lazy.

My :.tafT and myself (especial­ly a t Hale Noelani} experienced all type-. of abuse because \\e enforced policies :such as alcohol

in pubhc and quiet hour;. Ver­bal threats, sexual harJ.s,mcnt. \andalism of personal property and in some case~ \;olent a.:.­saults aU \\:ere experienced by staff as a result of cnforcin§:the rules. ~

Jn addition to being full-time students. staff must -deal \\ ith these :.ituations nnd others Hhcrts, rnommate conflicts. :.uicides, domestic \'IOience). Most of the housing s tofT take their job senousl~· and feel ~t.rongly about domg it well. This doe~ not mclude ever-.one.

Some ~taff do tum the· other way when violations occur, or they themselves may .. iolate P•'licie.:.. This is unfortunate hut a reahty . However. I feel Ka Leo owes an upolog) to the majority of resident advisor:. who take their job seriously and do it y,eiJ.

Tom Mor~ao H un Director . Hale Laulima

Trask wrote as a Ha.waiian,

As a graduate student in philosophy, I am ash.tmed to learn that the faculty of my department has rcque:;ted Ilnunani-Kav T rask'" removal from the un.ivershy. Tht:y have implied that Joey Carter's decision to return to the Maio­land y,-.l:. based primarily on fear

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of violence against him, and fur­ther implied that such violence might be condoned b) " Profe~­sor Trask 's language." Joey Caner' own word.s belie the former claim. since his stated reasons for leaving include financial difficulties und housing problems.

The philosoph) prof~:~ors also accuse Haunani of .. betm)­ing.. her professional re~pon­stbilit) by abusmg n professor' power 0\er a student. and of contributing to a ·•climate of in· timidation' ' and racial harass­ment. While it is clear that Outer did nut leave the univer­'ity becau!'e he felt intimidated h) a profc sur. the1r al'CU~Iion can be discl'editro on other grounds. Trask did not respond to Caner as a pro_{l!ssor to tl slu­dem. but as a H:1waiinn to a haole, and as a' political thinker to the same. v.ithin the arena through which Carter opened this debate: a newspaper, not a classroom.

By identifying Haunani solely With her po:;ition a t the univer­~ity, the philo>ophy faculty as­sumes that she must pledge al­legiance to this institution abo\·e and beyond any commitments she has a-; u Hawaiian, or as a socially-concerned human y, ho takes e\ery opportunity to raise the awareness of her ignorant fellow citizens .

And indeed she has done just that. Both Carter and Trask c-an be applauded for opening up one of the mo:.t important dis­cussions this campus has heard in many )ears.

.. Intellectual excellence"' b fostered by debate. by conflict­ing vteY.s, Even so. many people are intimid11ted bv harsh words. and they are quick to point the linger at the most out:.poken partidpants in a dispute. The philosophy faculty have C\en implied that Tnt k hec;clf IS the intimidating force. is the raci~t. that ,o;/w is the source of thb contrO\ersy But they would be mort> mtellectunll~ excellent if the) studied the \'cry recent his­tory of intimidation \\hich is the background to the present debate. ls it nn\· \\Onder that it:-

~ fragments rcmam?

Trask dares to speak \\ith pas:;Jon about raCism because 1t ,., al1ve und burning in the hearts of man~ . Its presence muq be addre. sed. 'Because her y,ord speak thi_:, truth, Tra k\ ""language·· is said to condone racsal harassment. Doe:. she condone it"! Or doe she expo c.: the wcll-toundcd reasons for its existence in Ha\\-aii7 The phdosoph) professors may ig­nore racism. may remain mdif­fcrent to 11s roots, and they can

As They See It

Sim one expresses g1 .. atitude I would hke to expres~ my thank~ to nll those \\ho took the

time to participate in the nccredilation meetings bcld on cam­pus. Your cand1d opintons and viev.' hopefull> pro\ided the Western A~sociation of Schools and Colleges (WASC) team members \\ ith suflicient data \\1th which to "'rite their report nnd generate iofonned recommendations.

In addition. my appreciation also goes to aU those students. staff. faculty and administmtors who y,orked long hours in preparing the report . The resulting self-study JS a significant achievement. and I am hopeful that the WASC re\'icwers found it as informative and useful as I did. I am sure that the Unhcrsity of Hawaii will be a better university as a result of this collecti"e effort.

Once again. my .,;nccre~t mahalo to everyone! Albert J. Simone

Pre-.ident. Unhersity of Hll" au and Cha.Dtcllor, Uni, ersity of Hawaii at Manoa

pretend to operate within an 1dcal convention:~ are permitted full authority. But they cannot remain blind to the feelings whose lack of expression also sustain this "fragile atmos­phere" which ii our community. l n this climate of tension, the bluntly expressed opinions of Pro fessor Trdsk are disturbing. yet absolutely necessary. And the debate that has unfolded be­cause of her honesty is long O\erdue.

Carla Deicke Graduate s tudent, philosophy

Past queens ask for change

We applaud the recent efforts of Women's Studies Professor MeJa Chc:sney-Lind to redefine the philo~ophy of the Homecoming Pageant. For much too long. thi~ pageant has been run on the values and per­ception:. of the old Kapalnpala Queen Pageants of the 1950s.

Academic performance and participation in campus ac­th itic:. should seem a natural and obvious criteria for chOO!i· mg a representative of the Universit.> of Hawaii.

Just as the Kapalapala Queen e\ ohed mto the Homecoming Queen, it is time for another change in jud$ing criteria and contest empha 1s. The context of Homecoming i an ideal time to sua:essfullv - 1llus.trate to the communit) the changing role of \\omen in societ and acndenucs. ~

The fact that women who hn\e entered in the past fc\\ )Cars ha\'e all been students of exoellcnt standing .md al.'thl.' members in the community bas already ~ct the ~tagc for the Campus Center Board. but its Activities Counc1l refuses to

change and address the issue. Cbe.sney- Lind has several ex­

cellent points, but "hen she states that having poise mean) .. avoiding an}thing contro'<er­sial,'' ~he gives absolutely no c redit to those fighting for the same cause she is. In her final speech, last year's representative spoke openly fo r a rcvan1p of the contest.

However. her words were al­most not heard as the CCB and program coordinators threatened to literally close the curtains on her if she criticized the pageant.

Her speech pinpointed am.s of the pageant most in need of change. and wn:. accepted by rhe crowds with applause. The reac­tion from the audience con­tradicts comments b) CCB Publicist Ted Guillermo. He painted over the center of the controversy by sta ting that stu­dents do not share the.>e same concerns. Clearly then, it is the CCB that i..; trying to avoid the controversy!

Instead of fighting, the CCB should consider encouraging higher education for \\omen bv otTcrin,g scholarships in lieu of a tinra for tho e who represent univcr:-.it\ ide<.~ls and who are po'>iti\e ' role models for the community.

Chesney-Lind should also be aware of the fact that the Miss Amenca Scholarship Pro~rum annualh· otTers O\er S5 mllHon in c-dSh ·scholarships ancl tuition grants at the local, stnte. and national le\els. making the Mis~ America Organization one of the largest scholarsh1p donors in the world.

Wh1lc it is true that the talent portion was not added until 193:5. and a scholarship \\8S not awarded until 1945. the Miss America Organi:uuion has demon:.trated ib ensitivit) to the evoh ing role of women in society. Just last year, the scor­ing system was changed on~-e again to effectively double the imponance of the personal in­ter..iew.

Editorial

The current Miss America is a third-year law student a t Duke University and an accomplished classical p1anist. This kind of dedication to ncadem1c excel­lence does exbt at the University of Hawaii; ho\\cver, the CCB chooses not to recognize it . In doing .:.o, it is about 45 years be­hi nd the times; a sad statement for a boord that should represent a schola tic institution at the cutting edge of social thought.

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Ka Leo 0 Hawaii The Voice Of Hawaii

Vol. LXXXIlllssue No. 69 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1990

An easier program to help pupils 'UHCARL' will replace 'ALOHA' at UH libraries

by Jonathan VanBoskerck 1<.1 Leo Reponer

Beganning next semester. the way students search for boo ks at the UH-Manoa libranes' computerized tenrunals wall be "very difTerent." saad Paula Mochida. coordanator of Public Services.

The current system. called ALOHA. will be replaced by UHCARL. which will aJiow ''the advent of networking to share resources and to be able to extend the hbrary's service capabilities locally. nat1onally and antemationally. ·· according to a memo released by Associate University of Hawaii Libranan Jean Ehrhom

Mochida said this system switch was a " multimillion dol­lar change" and was needed be­cause the company that installed the ALOHA system did not provide .. supeort to enhance the older system. •

The memo stated. UHCARL "will contain all the records from the ALOHA database plus approximately 350,000 addatlon­al titles ...

Another special feature of the new system will be UnCover, wh1ch the memo defines as ·•a keyword index to tables of con­tents for approximately 10.000 journals." and " this on-line index to over I million articles mcludes some titJes before they have been published."

Mochida said the system is "supposed to be easier to use." but workshops. instructions and instructors at the terminals will help students adjust to the new way of book searching.

Zero days left

photo by Cory Lum/K<a Leo

Only finals, research papers and theses left, then it's time for .•. aaargh! ••. the Spring '91 semester.

Trask investigated by three offices Carter releases his first public remarks since return (page 13)

by Jahan Byrne 1<.1 Leo Managmg Ed• tor

As the semester comes to a close. three separate anvestiga­uons conunue regardang the remarks and acuons of Hawaiian Studies Professor Haunani-Kay Trask

\II are the result of an article Trask wrote to Ka Leo 10 Sep­tember. responding to student Joey Carter's article about being a haole in Hawaai.

Trask's remarks cntacizing Carter have generated a storm of debate on campus. touching

on issues of racism. harassment, professtonaJ ethics and academic freedom.

The philosophy department joined 10 the fray, with its chair­man, Larry Laudan, calling for Trask's removal as the director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies.

The philosophy department has filed a complaint against Trask with the Manoa Faculty Senate, and UH Presadent Al­bert Simone has asked Vice President for Academ1c AfTaars Paul Yuen to conduct an ad­ministrative anvesugauon.

Carter himself, after dropping out of school and going to the Mainland, has filed a complaint of harassment and inumidat1on against Trask.

Carter, anterviewed by Ka Leo this week, said he plans to make a public statement and

SEE TRASK, PAGE 3

New advisers ease load Eight academic advisers handle 9,000 students

by Meena Ishikawa ICa Leo Staff Wnter

The long lines at the Student Academic Services in Hawaii Hall haven't ceased since the start of registration five days ago. Although this scene seems familiar, this time it's a bit dif­ferent.

Previously. the College of Arts and Sciences had three full-time advisers meeting with about 9,000 undergraduates.

This fall . five new advisers have been added to the work force in the hopes that these ad­visers - four fu iJ-time and one

part-time will relieve the ad-vising strain.

Rodney Sakaguchi. director of the budget office, said the 1989 and 1990 state Legislatures appropriated about SIOO,OOO to fund four permanent positions.

The two appropriations will fund salaries, computer equip­ment and supplies, Sakaguchi said.

Je.anette Estes, Nancy Kayuk, David Smith, Barbara Watanabe and Margit Watts were hired over the last two months. This brings the total number of advisers to eight.

Kay Reynolds, the associate dean of arts and sciences, said the new employees are in inten­sive training under the direction of head adviser Joyce Settle, and they have been " participating actavely in the advising process."

SEE ADVISING, PAGE 4

Police investigati~g assault case at dorm Victims unsure of filing assault charges against

' former athlete

by Sihl Chung l<.lleo ~nior Staff Wnter

A former University of Hawaii football player allegedly assaulted two females at the Hale Noelani apartments Sun-

day at I :30 a.m. According to a Campus

Security report, Larry Jones and two friends arrived at Noelani resident Riva C. Simmons' party uninvited around I a.m.

Simmons said she asked one of Jones' friends. a local male whom she did not recognize, to leave.

" He said he was a friend of Larry's,- she said in an inter­view. She then told"Jones to ask his friends to leave. "Larry said, ' I have no control over my friends.· " she said.

One of the males then threw

Simmons' fan across the room full of guests. and imitated a football player's touchdown dance, as if he had made a touchdown and was pleased, she said.

Simmons said she went upstairs to call the Honolulu Po lice Department. She looked down toward her apartment and noticed that Jones had her friend, Meli K. French. aJso a Noelani resident, in a choke hold.

Another friend at the party. Angela M. Weldon. a former UH student. tried to help

French when Jones " turned and punched Weldon in the face , .. according to the Campus Security report.

Simmons said Weldon flew about 4 feet and hit the ground. Simmons said Weldon sufTered a swollen upper lip. Weldon also complained of pain in her nose and lip but refused medical at­tention.

She also said the two males were beating up on another Noelani resident in the hallway and later fled .

Jones said. ''No, that didn't happen. That's a lie. (The

people) involved are trying to lie about a lot of stuff." He said he stood by the doorway the whole time he was there.

"(SM said) I knew the locals that were bothering them. I told them I didn't know them," he said . He added, she may have thought he knew them because he is big and because of the type of guy he is.

Jones later decided to leave when he "saw a fan go across the room." He said he was standing by the door watching

SEE DORM, PAGE 3

Students allege discrimination Trask students say philosophy head was unfair to Trask-backers

by Meflla Ishikawa 1<.1 Leo Sfon•or Staff Wnrer

Fhe Uni-.ersity of Hawaii graduate students have filed complaints with the dean of stu· dents and have requested a for­mal investigation of Philosophy Department Chairman Larry Laudan·s supposed d is-

criminatory actions. Antoinette Freitas. Douglas

Margolis, Annette Mente, Manuwai Peters and G. Terry Young filed complaints charging Laudan with discrimination based on race/color and nation­al origin.

They aJso feel they are being discriminated against because they are c;tudents of Professor Haunani Trask.

The students filed their com­plaints Dec. 12 in response to numerous stutements made by Laudan on KHPR radio. KITV Channel 4 news. KHET tele'w ision, KHON Channel 2 ne\\S and to the Honolulu Ad­vertiser and Star-Bulletin.

They stated in their com­plaints that Laudan had mis­represented and distorted Trask's statements, thus creating an intimidating. anti-Haw-.Uian atmosphere for students or Trask as well as others \\ho share the same political .. iews.

They also said Laudan had wrongly and irresponsibly characterized them as 'terrorists" and 'mongers of hate.'

They are seeking corrective action by means of a public apology from Laudan to them and other students of Trask .

Freitas. Peters. Margolis and Young ha'we requested an offi· cia1 public reprimand from the University o f Hawaii admin-

istration. Peters bas requested Laudan's removaJ from his posi­tion as chainnan of the philosophy department.

··1 feel that this anti­Hawaiian, pro-violence cam· paign that Professor Laudan is waging against native Hawaiians at the University of Hawaii is discriminatory because it singles us out as targets for threats and violence.·· Peters stated in his complaint.

While willing to discuss "larger issues,.. Laudan would not comment on the matter and said that .. while the ~rievance is under cons1dern1::-m. 1t would be inappropriate ul discuss it."

Freitas. a graduate student in

Pacific Island Studies. stated in her complaint that Laudan ''is sending a message that if stu­dents don't agree with his way of thinking or if a student agrees with Professor Trask. then they do not belong on the university campus. This is intimidation!"

Margolis. a graduate student in political science, stated in his complaint that he was "harassed and intimidated" by Laudan at a Nov. 2 rallv at Sakamaki Hall by "publicly· declaring that my peaceful actions were ' terroris­tic' and a 'brand of r.tdicalism' that doesn' t belong on a univer­sity campus.

SEE PHILOSOPHY, PAGE 3

Ka Leo 0 Hawaii The Voice Of Hauaii

Vol. LXXXIV Issue No. 7 Univer1ity of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. Hawaii Thursday.Jan.24. 1991

If I Drink Milk A young boy admiTes the great size of the Father Damien statue outside the Hawaii State Capitol earlier this week.

Activists protest on Kalakaua Human wall formed to protect protestors

More than 150 University of Hawaii ~tudems and faculty marched through Waikiki last friday night demanding an end to the war in the Per~ian Gulf.

Demonstrators hagan marching at 6:30 p.m. along Kalakaua A\cnue. making lhe1r way through Waikiki.

J • nolulu Police Department officers f d a 1 n ' a \ de ~ r

from supporter of the U.S. military ac­tion.

" We're here to guarantee their (protes· tors) nght to protest, .. said HPD Lt. Kenneth Chang.

The march progressed without incident as prote:.tors chanted slogans like: "When do we want peace: Now .··

Military personnel trailed the marchers shouting '"Don't belie\e this :.hit."'

Despue a heated exchange of chants. the march ended \\i thout ' nc dent

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More security over concern of violence Manoa Garden had to close early due to 'skinheads' threats

by Frank Iverson Ka leo Reporrer

Concerns over possible violence from anti-\\ar demonstrators and counter­demonstrators ha'.e led to increased security measures on the university cum­pus.

Campus secunty Ia t week increased the number of guard:. around the Army and Air Force ROTC buildings, accord­ing to ROTC instructor Capt. Bryan Stever.

An extra guard \\as added to Campus Security's usual tv.o-man patrol in the area because the state felt the buildings might be subject to vandalism and/or lire. Ste\er said .

Ste\er said UH ROTC buildmgs have been set on lire twice in the Ia t ~0 year:<>. Once during the Vietnam War and once in 1986. Ste\er sa1d the motive for the 5\..~ond attack is not known.

Both buildings belonged to the Arm) ROTC. The first lire was set v.hen the ROTC buildings were on upper campus and the second after they had been

mo\ed to lower campus. Stever said funds for the extra guard

are conung from the state. adding that it is <:heaper for the state to pay for C:\tra security than perhaps a new buildmg

ln an unrelated security measure, Manoa Garden \\BS forced to close early last Thursday 11nd Frida) night after recei\ ing threau from "skinheads," ac­cording 10 manager Bridget A wong.

Av.:ong said the cafeteria recei\ed phone calls Thursday from people claim­mg to be skinheads. threatening to " trash" the place. A wong said she su:;pected the skinheads might have v.:anted to attack Manoa Garden because of peace demonstrators who had gathered there earlier.

Manoa Garden regularly closes at 8 p.m. on weekdays but closed at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday to avoid pos­sible vtolence. A wong .said .

" I closed the place earlv to avoid an'!­thing that might happen. i was also v.:,)r­ried about my staff and didn't need any hassles.- she satd.

Makana Chock, a bartender at Manoa Garden. said they did not recieve any further threats, and there was no dama2e done to Manoa Garden over the Y.eekend.

She al:.o said she thought the threats would stop be\.--ause protestors ha\e not been prominent at the Garden since last \\eek.

Housing crunch persists Students on waiting list left holding bags

by Lucia Keane Ka leo Reporrer

Those University of Hawaii students fortunate enough to receive on-campus housing this semester should thank their lucky stars.

According to James Burgoyne, director of student hou.~g. the number of qualified students for on-campus housing continues to e~ceed the space av-oiilablc.

He said students from neighbor islands and those of rural Oahu are given p~iority depending upon their location \lilth re peel to the UH campus. Along with geographical qualifications, the stu­dent housing office also operates on a first-come. first-serve basis when dealing wuh applications,

R rro ne also satd tudents v.: ho enter t e v t"'"!'lt~ e:-o \ e the ~;ummer

through the College Opportunities Program are also gnen high pnorit) .

Last semester the shortage of on-cam­pus housing reached be~ond the unher­sity communit). as visitmg students par­ticipating in the National Student Ex­change Program found themselves sleep­ing on roll-away beds in dormitory study areas.

Laune Furutani. a~ signmcnt officer for tudent housing, said that some of the ex­

change student:; declined to sleep in the study areas.

"I assume that they found housing ofT campus,,. she saic.J.

While the initiative has been taken to increase student housing fac1lities on campus. the effort may have a hit a wall.

According to Doris Ching, vice presi­dent for student atTatrs. funding for the additional student housing facilit} was included in the imtial budget the UH ad­ministration handed to the go'femor.

"'The additional housing would have been buill in the center of (the umversit) ) L mr Ou

ext prices hitting hard may she still spent $225.

"How do they expect us to pay?"she asked. "We're just students."

Each semester students take a sure-to-be-a· n-the-pocketbock trek to the UH bookstore

get a paw on the tools of their trade.

While students cringed, University of Hawaii Bookstore director Wayne Fujishige empathized.

Fujishige said he understands the concern stu­dents have regarding costs, pointing out he was once in the same situation. And when tbey leave, most aren't smiling.

Marketing major Aaron lbara Sa.id he was than upset a~ter dishing out $247 for five

.. I'm pissed," said the junior matter-of-factly.

He said the bookstore "tries bard" to keep prices down but that prices are. for the most part, determined by the publishers .

Fujisbige explained the store is a self-support· ing entity not covered by the State of Hawaii's general fund.

bara said he dido 't expect to have to pay so dear-

One hardback, .. Advertising- Principals and Practice," fetched $48.75. The 614-page textbook is required reading for his Marketing 331 class.

"The State doesn't give us a whole bunch of money," he said.

GJen Muranaka was more fortunate. but from the look on his face it was apparent that he too was not a happy camper.

As such. the bookstore is like any other busi­ness. A profit is welcome but not expected. He said breaking e ... -en is the aim.

A junior in business. Muranaka paid SI:S6 for .. seven or eight"texts.

.. It seems like J'm paying a lot, but there's noth­ing you can do about it except look for used books, "he said philosophically.

Fujishige said a 20 percent markup is tacked on to book prices if the bookstore received a dis­count from distributors for freight. handhng and storage costs. 1f not, the store sells book at a sug­gested retail listing.

Muranaka said he plans on selling his books to lhe bookstore at the semester's end, only this time successfully. Last fall Muraoaka said he was thwarted in his attempts when new editions of the tellS came out.

Either way, students would pay a price similar to that of the bookstore.

As for the grumbling. Fujishige suggested stu­dents look at the "overall perspective''-that the cost of textbooks is part of one's educational in­vestment.

Travel management student Lisa Chun looked for used books and found them. Yet, to her dis·

"They'll probably earn that money back in an hour,'' Fujishige said .

Philosophy chair under fire FROM PAGE 1

.. rn effect he was violating my First Amendment rights, as well as using his authority and posi­tion to make me feel uncomfort­able, unwanted and to shut me up," he stated.

Mente. a graduate student in urban and regional planning. filed her complaint because ''his (Laudan's) remarks have made us targets for white hatred, open hostility and veiled sarcasm."

"The efreda of t.ud•'s ia­flammatory remarks have been devastating. His irresponsible remarb are a wiJiful distortion meant to rally suppon for Laudan's aim to remove and sileoce Trask. But the effect has

been to encourage more racism against Hawaiians and locals both on and off campus," she stated .

Peters, a graduate student in Pacific Island studies, stated in his complaint that Laudan bas indirectly created an atmosphere of intimsdation for Trask's stu­dents.

"Now, I come to school everyday with a fear that 1, too, may suffer the same intimida­tion and investigations that Trask is now a victim of. It is a dear message to me that I can­not express my political views as a native Hawaiian without facing repercussions in the form of threats, administrative inves­tigations. or worse, physical violence," Peters stated

lu1ch guys who love to ride their bikes Yeah. rrs true that cydtng IS a heallt"Y sport and It's good for you. but you knoW.

v.te'd prd)abfy stiR dO I( t'\lt'fllf I[ wasn't

We wortl on our CNVn bikes as well our CUSl~ hike\, and unllke a Jo( cl other shops, we

do damn good work. and we JcncJw w-hat the tlefl we·re dong.

Some of us may look lllc~ ax murderers, but hey. we·ve na.v paid cxx detx to soctety. and vve·re OOc:k on rrad.. We're nice guys. Really. Just give us a chance.

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We ~ not high-pressure sates. Tell us your Sltuauon We'U sell you What you need ril a fc11r pi ICe If we don't t'lclve It, we Q tell you Where to gpr 11 WP·worl't l.3lk you into anything~'(!(' don't neoo

We ~ not people who mousse our hair. but we clon't have a With people who do

Young. a gr.tduate student in history, stated in his complaint that his education at the Univer­sity of Hawaii had been dis­rupted by Laudan.

"Dr. Laudan's recommenda­tion that Dr. Trask be removed constitutes racial harassment against me on the grounds that my already narrow range of op­tions for culturally appropriate role models of Hawaii leader­ship would be virtually eliminated on the Manoa cam­pus," be stated in his complaint.

The complaints were ftled with Dean of Students Thomas Gething. Gething is presently at­tending the NASPA Conference and was not available for com­ment.

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Letters to the Editor

List en and talk I am writing in response to a

contribution in Ka Leo ·s column "Letters to the Editor," Dec. 12. 1990. This is at least the second time lhat somebody proposed a comparison between the actions and attitudes of Haunani Trask and those of Adolf Hitler, and I will not reference either one of them. since I am not interested in sin­gling out and attacking in­di\iduals for participating in a debate that is obviously needed and urgent.

The comparison between Trask. and Hitler is. to say the least. cynical and misleading. Hatler. in his megalomanic and sickening pursuit of a new world order. tried to expand the in­fluence and power of an already 50\treign nation . The German people wath their underlying tendenc\ to obedience and Juenucliacal order followed him and his totalitarian machinerv through to th!! ''bitter end.:. Hopefully. they learned their lesson.

Haunani Tra!>k, on the other hand. takes her stand fN the Hawaiian people. who arc any­thmg but a SO\ercign nation, who have been colonized and Chnstianized by the Briti'>h, lost their independence to the U.S. at the turn of the century. and \\ere dc.:darcd "50th :-tate"

roughly half a century later. Without going into further

aggravating detail it should be clear by now that the Trask.lHit­ler equation is completely in­valid.

It seems very understandable. if pot logical in the strict sense, that the oppressed should know and above all FEEL what op­pression does to him/her and the society he/she claims to belong to. The oppressor him/herself. on the o ther side. should know verv well the means and meehanisms of oppression. since they are his/her tools to main­tain a position of power and in­nuence, and it is simply a low priority to care about effects and resulting feelings, at least in the short run .

I am (almost) ~illing to believe that the American people did not intentional!~ dis­criminate against the Hawaiian people, the people of the Mar­shall lslands, the people of Samoa. the people of Guam. the people of the Philippines, the peoples of Panama. Nicaragua. El Salvador. etc •..•

Undisputed. bo~e"er is that the U .S. cngagemt:nl in these regions sen ed the purpo:-e of maintaining its strategical and economical position of power. The voices of the people:-;. whose efTon" toward self determin:l­tiun ~ere inhibited by these engagements hould at least be

listened to ~hen they talk about the sa~dust they had to swal· low.

Thus. my appeal is. please lis­ten and talk to Haunani Trask and the people that support her. even if it is agonizing, painfu l and repetitious. because tha t is exactly what oppression is: agoruzmg. painful. repetitious. We can all only learn from each other.

Max Cremer Graduate stu*nt

U.S. is a bully An interesting thought oc­

curred to me the night the United Nations' ' ' deadline"' was reached. It seems that the United States is bein~ a bit hypocritical in condemnang Iraq for invading Kuwait.

Look at our own history. The ) oung American government broke treaty after treaty with the Native American Nations. And whv? Because there was no "super i>o~er" to get anvolved and threaten the then-American government to st~1p acting like a .. bull\ " toward its :.maller and weaker neighbors.

The Nati\e Amcricmts ...,ere forced onto reservations that were mcre fractions of rhear <lriginal roaming nmgc. The rc:senullons them~che~ became t'metcd later for thear mming pO:.!>tbilitie:;. Thb begms to

As They See It sound suspiciously like the situation between Iraq and Kuwait. \\·here Iraq is coveting Kuwait's rich oil fields.

It seems that ''might makes right" for America. But let lrctq try it, and suddenly America gets a conscience. America as. in efTect. telling the world ... Do as I say. not as I do.··

Now perhaps you say that we have learned from our mistakes and we are now trying to prevent the same injustice from befalling the K uwaiti nation and citizens: but I ask you, how can we preach justice when it doesn't exist at home? Shouldn't ~e heal the injustices here a t home. before we attempt to heal the world? When we, as a na­tion. a re perfect. then perhaps we can pass judgment on other nations of the world.

I am not an anarchist or a pacifist. but merel) a concerned citizen. I believe that we can change TH ROUGH our current system. rather than CHANGE our current ystem.

I lo\e my count!') and I wall support m)- country in thi:. en­deavor as ~ell as I nm able. I simply find it dasturbing that .1s Americans we show !Ouch hypocris) to the ~Mid. Perhaps \\e haven't yet learned our le:.­.son Hfter all

Carh, · Anne Sht>eh Secondar) English Major

Keeping peace War protesters practicing

their right to freedom of expres­sion were brutally mishandled b) police in the noisy. but most­ly peaceful Jan. 17 demonstra­tion outside the Federal Build-

· ing. Non-violent protesters went

limp when otlicers came to ar­rest them. This strategy was practiced in the south by Martin luther King and in India by Gandhi. Police officers were not sufficiently trained to deal with this kind of protest. Their reac­tions caused the violence that took place.

Various news reports sug­gested that protester~ .. got out of hand ... justifying the use of force by police officers. Thear reponing almost exclushely looked at the issue of street \ iolence. instead of the protest.

Those ~ ho dt.-cided to block trallic knew that they had to create a media event to be heard because the mcc.ha are interested in presenting ima$es. not idea:..

Ironically. pollee "ere more effective than the protesters. Squad care blocking two lanes of traffic siO\\Cd passmg traflic and forced them to become aware of the prote:.ters. ruther than dri\IC b) without paying at­tention.

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Trask is harassed Man nabbed as he tried to debate Trask

· wonderful.·· she said. "They were 'there within five

by Charles I. Gary K.lleo S1.1ff Wr~ter

University of Hawaii Cam­pus Security apprehended a man who had reportedly been removmg 1tems from a bul­letin board at the Center for Hawaiian Studies Wednes­day. Associate Professor Haunani-Kay Trask said.

Trask said she and Assis­tant Professor Lilikala Kameeleihiwa arrived at her office at 7:45 a.m. and dis­covered the man looking at her office door. taking notes.

"He told me. 'I need to debate with you.· and I told him. 'no. I have a lot of things to do.· " Trask said.

She said the intruder wanted to d1scuss the Persian Gulf War with her.

The man told Trask that she is "a beautiful lady" and "a black-widow sp1der:· she said.

When he refused to leave, Trask called security.

··campus Security v.as

minutes." The trespasser was stopped

downstairs by Campus Security. Honolulu Police Department officen> arrived soon after

Campus Security Manager Ed Yanai said the man was given a trespass warning and could be arrested on sight if discovered on campus again.

Trask said she found out that the man was a tenant at the Institute of Human Ser­vices.

Trask's comments were in reference to what she regarded as the administra­tion ·s lack of response to recent "terroristic threaten­ing" aimed at the Center for Hawaiian Stud1es.

Hate fliers charging the Hawaiian Center director with sexual harassment and ·· Haunani Trash" stickers have been distributed around campus in recent weeks.

"It's not a game." Trask sa1d. "This is not funny. This is very dangerous, and my staff is concerned for their safety. We've been gettmg phone threats as well."

Trask said the response from the· UH admintstrauon has been ''leaderless."

Par-6 Ka Leo 0 Hawai'i Friday, May 3, 1991

Letters to the Editor

Mahalo Ka Leo I was pleasantly surprised to

see Kaleikoa Ka'eo's column in Haw.Uian in Ka Leo la!>t Thursday, but even more pleased by the thoughtfuJ and supporuvc editorial on Frida¥.

1 oo often on this campus: as else" here an the state, there has been theorellcal support for the perpetuation of Hawaiian lan­gua~ and culture and its con­com.Hant value system, but reluctance to do anything prac­tical to make that support real.

destroved and data v.ere stolen -- damage esumated between $50,000 to S70.000.

On April 16. 1987, the Veteri­nary Dtagnostic Laborato!Y at the University of California, Davis was destroved bv a fire set by animal right; activists; cost to replace this facilit) - S5 mil­lion.

Since 1981. accordmg to the National Association of Biomedical Research. more than 90 serious criminal acts have

care about the meaning or story, I just want to S(."C your dra\\ ing style! If you are as good as you think you are, you should have no problems.

Don't use, "I don •t ha\'e the ttmc;· because if Murakami can do it under strict deadline!>, you should be able to whip some­thing out, Since you are better.

Scott Goto junior, education

been committed by these ter- F K L rorists: and not JUSt property ormer a eo crimes.

Animal rights activists target 'tOOIDSt Sa yS mdividuaJ researchers and their

As They See It

I apprectate Ka Leo's \loilling· ne~s to make a practical com­mitment to publishirig articles in Hawaiian, and I recognize that the decision mvolved putting aside any personal feelings of hurt and biuernes!'>.

families with bate death quit 'whining' thn2u.bMnb~~~~~~~~::~~==~=-~~~ ttmes. actual bombmg_s~ Leo cartoomst. J must

Will any of thi.., happen to me cally protest the infantile whin­because I speak out against the ing.'> of one Broc Smith in the radical ammal rights movement? April 24 issue of Ka Leo.

You are probably right in an­ticipating criticism from some quarters, which may result in more pain to you and your staff. but rest assured that it is in a good cause.

As the massage lady said while she kneaded her client's muscles, ''Sore, but good sore, yeah'?' '

Sometimes to fix things in the long run. we have to be uncom­fortable for a while.

Mahalo ia 'oukou a pau.

Pua Ropkias associate professor, Hawaiiaa

Opinion piece sparks campus 'hate' stickers

Thank you for printing my ar­ticle about eating meat, the en­vironment and animal rights groups on Friday, April 26.

The truth must have offended someone because by Saturday, April 27, I had two ·•hate" stick­ers on my otT~ee door.

In light of the recent con­troversy about other "hate" leaflets on campus, referring to Dr. Trask and others, I thought it important to bring this inci­dent to the campus' attention.

Based upon the criminal his­tory of the radicaJ animal rights movement, I feel it necessary to look upon this incident as some­thing more than a harmless "prank."

For example, on April 2, J 989, animal rights activists b roke into and torched an animal facility at the University of Ariz.ona-Tucson - damage estimated at $100,000.

On July 4. 1989, there was a break -in and theft at a laboratory at the Texas Tech University Health Science Cen­ter in Lubbock. Equipment was

l hope not. While 1 realize that any jour-But I now feel some of the nalist or artist csn benefit from

anger that Dr. Trask must have constructive criticism. Srruth felt when she was targeted. It 's reaches a level of mean-spirited­scary and it really makes you ness that belies the ktnd of angry. maturity any college student

Douclas L. Vincent As&Utaat Animal Scieatist

Nothing wrong with Murakami but Smith ...

I would like to direct this let­ter to Broc Smith, the great art critic who cut down Jon Murakami in the April 25 issue ofK.a Leo.

I must speak out and defend Murakami's comic strip. I think be is ooo of the best Ka Leo hu. True, sometimes his stories are a little weak. but this happens to even the pros.

1 can't really comment too much on the writing side be­cause I'm no writer. However. I have been a fan of Pidgin to da Max for a long time, and L can tell you that the similarities be­tween theirs and Murakami's style are so slight, if not nonex­istent.

You don't even have to study the two for two seconds to know there is a difference in style. Now, I'm not a very good artist, in fact I think I suck! But I'm getting tired of heanng people say. "I can do better than that!"

Jt's a spineless comment un­less it can be proven. Anyone can say, ·• I can do better than that," but how many actually can? The point is Mr. Art Ex­pert, prove it!

I challenge you to do better. Go ahead and submit an il­lustration or a cartoon! I don't

should have, much Jess a junior in "liberal studies."

lo his letter, Smith appears to be dissatisfied with Jon Murakami's handling of the -sensitive issue" of male bond­ing: some gobbledegook about "unspoken fraternities," "life and death issues . ., and ''honest and intelligent men."

What puzzles me is how a car­toon about burping could send this guy into a name~ng f.-otb. All r can say to that is: Lighten up! It's a cartoon, ferchrissake!

In a world filled with crass in­justice!, I am utoUDded that Smith is so incredibly offended by b~ing (as if his body doesn't contribute any emissions to our environment) that be has taken it upon himself to defend the integnty of the male mysti­que by insulting Ka Leo car­toonists.

The life of a cartoonist has its frustrations and rewards. Noth­ing is more rewarding than having classmates, professors or even complete strangers compli­ment your work.

Meeting deadlines and taking criticism promotes profes· sionatism and artistic develop­ment. But I'm sure most artists would agree that the most an­noying criticism is " I could do better."

1•m not against that senti­ment. I've felt that way too. But at least I. and other Ka Leo car­toonists like Jon Murakami and Grant Crowell, made the effort to make it better.

Smith's beUvaching gets no sympathy from· me. H he feels be

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can handle issues near and dear to his heart (like male bonding) better than anyone currently being published. I welcome his efforts.

Otherwise. he should keep his insensitive and vacuous charges to himself.

DebAoki 1989 UH alumna

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Why not utilize this space and open it up for Hamilton over­flow?

Students could spread out more and still have fairly handy access to Hamilton ·s coUection (something that is definitely lacking at Sinclairs' after hours study area),

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Letters to the Editor Hawaiian in Ka Leo only alienates many

It is interesting to read the diverse Views published in Ka Le~. and although many of lhem are useful and constnx:­tive, occasionally there are some that cry out for a rebuttal. Such i:. the case of the presentation ta, Antoinette Freitas (May 6).

First. there is a problem of statistics. The writer feels vio­lated because '"83 percent of the tenured faculty are white men .. and "only 26 percent are people of color." Perhaps Caucasaan women should be the ones that feel violated because the J09 percent of the tenured faculty does not even include them.

I am willing to concede that the preponderance of black ath­letes on the University of Hawaii basketball team renects

the high percentage of qualified black applicanlli, and I believe similar reasons account for the high percentage of Caucasian male tenured facuJty.

The second problem is the perpetuation of the ''victim ... status because of all the tliings that the writer feels violate her etbnicityt By always blaming troubles on others. the in­dividual has built in an excuse for failure. I often work for a woman .. of color;• and she got 10 where she is by workin~ hard ad becoming the best tn her ftdd.

The writer should not feel violated that she was told that it is useless to learn Hawaiian. That is a matter of opinion, and I ~nally have wanted to take Hawaiian.

However. to carry it to an ex­treme, ~ike the insistence of ,.some actJVisLS that some article:s in Ka Leo should be published only in Hawaiian, is ridiculous

and only serves to alienate many ~ho are otherwise sympathetic with the Hawaiian revival.

Nevertheless, some of the writer's closing suggestions have a little more validity.

Art Wbisder UH aJUDUM

Don't mistake Palestinians for the Jews

In response to an April 29 K.a Leo article in which a political science graduate student com­pared the position the Pales­tinians bold today with that held by the Jews 50 years ago under the Nazi regime, it is al­most sacrilegious.

Six million Jews lost their lives in the Holocaust per­petrated by Nazi Germany in a systematically planned annihila­tion program carried out in con-

As They See It centration camps throughout Europe. in scientifically designed gas chambers and crematoriums. Does this com­pare with the treaLment received by the Palestinians?

Efforts to create a Jewish state dates back 10 1917 under the Balfour Declaration, and the United Nations made it a reality in 1948. The Palestinians could have bad a state' at the time, but the Arab nations chose to go to war instead. lsrael bas had to fight many wars since then, and she'd like nothing better than to live in peace with her neighbors instead of being surrounded by hostile ones.

When the student advoc-cltes the elimination of Israel and his plan for the country, he is per­petuatin$. the hate. and it fur­ther justif.aes lsraers fear for her security.

Trudi Green pwluate, political science

A majority is more than half

The headline of yesterday's Ka Leo article, "Ka Leo poll finds majority of students want hate-nier ban ·• is very mislead­ing.

The data sho~ no such thing. First of all. the margin of error on your results is 6. 7 percent. Therefore. the two categories are within the uncertainty of each other.

Statistically speaking. the groups are evenly split.

Those who read the fine print in your graphic would probabl) catch this. But for those who do not, or who are not acquainted with statistical anal)si ', please use more care so you do not mislead your readers.

Khal Spencer research associate

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