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By Justin Hedani Ka Leo News Editor

After a measure was approved by the Board of Regents in February, interim Chancellor Denise Konan was given the authority to increase housing rates by 5 percent. But according to some, student input lacked significantly. “The student’s had no reac-tions because the university hasn’t informed students,” said Associated Students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa president Grant Teichman in a phone interview yesterday. Student hearings and open meetings were held on Wednesday, March 21 and on Monday, April 2 – the first day of class after Spring Break. Teichman said that fliers were

posted four hours before hear-ings started the Wednesday before Spring Break giving students a short notification. Interim Housing Director Laurie Furutani said the advertising committee was late in getting the fliers out and that she takes full responsibility for the delay. Despite the delay, Furutani said, “The hearings were generally supportive,” and that a majority of the students supported the increase but wanted to see changes. Student housing also created a Web site in which students who dorm on campus could post com-ments on what they thought about the increase. The site was adver-tised by email, which was sent to housing students’ MyUH addresses on March 23 before Spring Break. The site was taken down a little over two weeks later on April 9. Teichman said that he had not checked his email over the entire break and also believed that many students had done the same. “We only wanted it up for a certain time period to get answers and forward them to the chancel-lor’s office,” Furutani said.

Student housing increase lacks student input

The 5 percent increase will be used toward:

- Supporting operational costs

- Paying back the $100 million rev-enue bond given by the state

- Repaying a portion of the new dor-mitory in construction, Frear Hall

By Alan HudsonKa Leo Contributing Reporter

The Academy for Creative Media’s 2nd Annual Grace K.J. Abernathy Screenwriting Competition is already in full swing and comes to a close April 20. This “extremely unique oppor-tunity,” as Professor Joel Moffett said, challenges individuals to write their own screenplays for their own original film. These screenplays are judged by a panel of ACM faculty members headed by Moffett. This year, the top two screenwriters will win $1,250 to film their movie in either ACM 399 (Directed Group Project) or ACM 499 (Directed Study).

Housing rates may increase by five percent at UHM after the BOR approved a measure February.

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Although student housing and the chancellor’s office have not made a “firm” decision, Teichman said, “The way they’re pushing it, it’s a done deal.” Furutani said she that in meet-ings with ASUH, the general feel-ing was that they were supportive of the increase. However Teichman disagreed and said, “We’re unsatisfied with it. This is the biggest shibai (fail-ure) of the university, and I would never ask students to lobby money for student housing again.” Furutani said that they hope to have a final decision before stu-dents leave this semester.

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Housing created a Web Site for students to comment on the increased rate. The site was taken down two weeks later, which some said was not enough time.

Screenwriters turn competitors for academy prize

Also included in this year’s prize cache is one Women Filmmaker’s Initiative Award, also worth $1,250 and awarded to the top female screenwriter in this

year’s competition. Moffett hopes to see about 30 individual screenplays of a vari-ety of genres. In past years, the Screenwriting Competition has seen

mostly dramas, but panel members are also hoping this year to see some comedies, personal documentary-type stories and also those which pertain to local culture and aspects

of living in Hawai‘i. To enter this competition, the contestants must abide by sev-eral guidelines set by the ACM. This competition is only open to current ACM majors. All con-testants must also be enrolling next semester, since the winners are expected to film their movie during the Fall 2007 semester. Students must also have an over-all grade point average of 2.75. When the competitors met all the standards, they must then submit certain items to be judged. The final draft of the person’s screenplay is the main item that will be judged. Participants must also turn in a one-

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Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced that more than 13,000 National Guard troops from Oklahoma, Ohio, Arkansas and Indiana should expect deployment to Iraq as early as the end of the year, sooner than anticipated. The Guard will be deploy-ing new infantry brigades in combat teams of about 3,500 soldiers, most of which have already deployed to Iraq since the war began. The National Guard sol-diers are projected to integrate with the active duty forces already in Iraq, emphasizing their changing role in the war since 2003. With the increased deploy-ments, soldiers in the four states should also be receiving much-needed equipment. They currently have a shortage. The teams and new equip-ment should create stability and consistency for deploy-ment cycles in helping them perform the Guard’s intended mission. The expected deploy-ment should not exceed one year. In other Iraq news, 15,000 active duty troops already in Iraq face extended tours under a new Pentagon proposal. The extended deployment would not exceed more than four months.

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By Margaret TalevMcClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats later this month will revisit the combat death of pro football player Pat Tillman and the rescue of Jessica Lynch in a hearing intended to hold the Bush administration accountable for misinformation about military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Both high-profile stories tapped Americans’ sense of patriotism early in the war. Tillman’s death as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan in 2004 and the rescue of Pfc. Lynch of West Virginia in Iraq in 2003, but the initial accounts from the Department of Defense dif-fered substantially from what later facts proved to be the truth. Tillman, who left the Arizona Cardinals to sign up for the Army after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorism attacks was killed by friendly fire, not enemy fire. And the circumstances of Lynch’s capture and rescue were quite different

from the heroic cast hyped for her by the military at the outset. Lynch is expected to testify April 24 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, whose chairman is Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. So are Tillman fam-ily members, who’ve criticized the administration’s handling of informa-tion surrounding his death. Defense Department officials also will be asked to appear. The committee said in a state-ment that the hearing will examine “the sources and motivations for the accounts and whether the appropriate administration officials have been held accountable.” Robert Duval, a political science professor at West Virginia University, said he considers the Tillman and Lynch debacles symptomatic of “the sort of public relations accidents that happen in the fog of war.” At the same time, Duval said, “the administration has been guilty of trying to promote its

case on the war through the media, and they have overstepped their bounds on numerous occasions.” “Part of me wants to describe it as a political fishing expedition,” Duval said of Waxman’s hearing. “But if there is prima facie evidence that the administration had used the Tillman and Jessica Lynch stories to manipulate opinion for the war, then he should pursue it.” The hearing is the latest in a series of war oversight efforts by Waxman and other Democrats as the party seeks to use its new majority in Congress to bring an end to U.S. involvement in Iraq. Democrats also want to examine private contracts worth billions of dol-lars for rebuilding Iraq. President Bush and Democrats con-tinued to disagree Tuesday over a pend-ing war-spending bill. The president says if Congress sends him a bill that imposes a timetable for withdrawal as both houses have passed, he will veto it.

paragraph synopsis of their story, summarizing their entire screen-play, which can sometimes be more than 100 pages. Finally, a budget of the costs of both production and post-production is also required for judgment. According to Wikipedia.com, a source given by Tom Brislin, the screenplay consists of several differ-ent pieces. One item included in the screenplay is the actions of the char-acters. This description includes not only what the characters are doing but also their appearance if they are being introduced for the first time. The character dialogue is anoth-er item included in a screenplay. The screenplay also includes the titles of the different film scenes, the names of the characters and the transitions from one scene to the next. The budget, which contestants must submit, usually ranges from $2,000 to $3,000, but there have been more expensive plays. These budgets include paying for equip-ment rentals and purchases, permits to film in certain areas and other production-related materials. Last year’s contest yielded five winners: Thomas Takemoto-Chock’s “Ice Palace,” a love story which takes place at an ice skating rink, Seong-Whang’s “Change,” the story of a Korean robber attempting to rob a mini-mart, Francisca Maia’s “Journey of Lafu,” a coming-of-age tale about a boy who must deliver a note in order to save his village, Julian Gillian’s story of the trials faced by a young African-American who moves to Hawai‘i and Joelle-Lyn Sarte’s story of a young Filipino model who faces the decision of having plastic surgery on her nose.

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Hearing will address Iraq misinformation

By Ka Leo News Desk

Yesterday, interim Chancellor Denise Konan met with Hawaiian Electric Company President and CEO Mike May to formalize a partnership that is aimed at reducing energy usage at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and its impact on global warming. Previously introduced at the Chancellor’s Energy Summit in October 2006, the goals of the partnership are to reduce campus energy use by 30 percent by 2012 and 50 percent by 2015. The use of 25 percent renewable sources as fuel should also be reduced by 2020 and by 2050 in order to be self-sufficient in energy and water. “We are initiating a new partner-ship with HECO to work together to put the UH Mānoa campus on the path to energy sustainability, to reduce the impact on global warming, and to return savings to pressing academic needs,”

Konan said in a press release. “ H a w a i i a n Electric Company has made a major commitment to increase electric-ity conservation and efficiency both through rais-

ing awareness and through technical assistance on a wide range of energy efficient technologies,” May said. “We are very happy to renew a partnership dedicated to saving energy and dollars for the University and protecting our environment both here in Hawai‘i and globally through this effort.” HECO has given UHM a rebate check for $20,500 after installing ener-gy saving bulbs in student housing. HECO has also: - Commissioned Professor Steven

Meder and the School of Architecture to research solar power through arial imaging and analysis; - Provided space and utili-ties for the Hawai‘i Fuel Cell Test Facility for the UH Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute HECO has also given its support to an organization called Sustainable Saunders which is cur-rently turning Saunders Hall into a model of sustainability. “The University cannot do this alone, which is why a part-nership with HECO is so criti-cal to the success of this new campaign,” Konan said. “HECO will be able to bring its exper-tise on demand-side management and renewable energy to help the Mānoa Campus to meet our ener-gy goals. Together, HECO and the UH-Mānoa will put the campus on the path to sustainability.”

UHM and HECO partner up for a more sustainable campus

KONAN

U.S. troops in Iraq stay longer than expected

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100 Years Strong

Bachman's BeginningsBy Patricia wiLson

1949

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Lunch Poems, April 10

TVAnn Inoshitaati@hawaii.edu

Lunch Poems is a monthly series that happens on the last Tuesday of each month. The aim is to put poetry in public places, to showcase fresh student work and to build a larger audience for artists of the written word. Yesterday, English majors publicized their poetry at the Kuykendall Sustainability Courtyard.

Going come dark so my madda call me Fo go back inside da houseCan smell tonkatsu from da kitchenAnd my madda turn on da TV“Dinner going be ready soon?”

I watch TV and dey playing Superman“mommy, one day I going save everybody.I going to be Superman.”She turn da tonkatsu ova in da pan And tell me das one good idea.

Den, get one commercial about trips to Hawai‘i“Mommy, one day we going to Hawai‘i.”She look at me funny kine.I tell her as one good idea fo go Hawai‘i. Everybody can live in grass shacksAnd going be fun fo drink da kineTropical drink wit da fruit and umbrellaAnd stay outside all da time.She tell me we live in Hawai‘i.

I look at her.“No, we no live in Hawai‘i.We live in one house like everybody on da TV.”She tell me one mo time we live in Hawai‘iAnd differ going be ready pretty soon.My madda dunno wat she talking about.We no live Hawai‘i.

Now, da TV playing one old movie.My madda said as Breakfast at Tiffany’sAnd da lady da actress Audrey Hepburn.Look like one nice lady. I like her.

Get one wild party and dis guy wit small eyes

Talking weird. I no undastand wat he saying.“Mommy, wo dat guy?”My madda no answer, and she move da katsuOn one plate. She tell me dinner ready.

I eat and she tell me we going haveSpagetti tomorrow. I like spagetti.“So who da guy wit da small eyes in da movie?Da one dat talk funny.”She tell me she dunno who him,But in da movie, he supposed to be one Oriental guy?“Yeah?”She wen nod and tell me fo eat.“Wat Oriental?”She look surprise. “Us Oriental.”“I thought we Japanese?”“We Japanese.”

Afta she pau wash dishes,She hold me close, and I can hearHer heart and her voice vibrate wen she talk.Den, she stroke my hair, and I get sleepy.

My madda tink she know everyting,But she dunno.I not Oriental,I no live in Hawai‘iAnd one day I going save everbodyJust like Superman.

Ann Inoshita and Sage Takehiro were the two poets featured in yesterday’s Lunch Poems reading.

Originally known as the administration building, Bachman Hall served as the site for student registration. Bachman Hall was also the site of many crises. When it was first built, it prided itself on the fireproof ceilings, only to find that would have to be closed to take out the asbestos ceilings. People, not realizing there were glass walls, kept running into them, forcing Bachman Hall administration to paint black lines on the walls. It was also where stu-

dents rallied and had their sit-ins in 1968. Photo courtesy of “Building a Rainbow” by Victor Kobayashi.

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I like pussies. They are cute, cuddly and utterly oblivious to everything else that goes on in the world so long as they are healthy and happy. Not enough stories are dedicated to the amazing powers of kittens; instead, every day I have to read another article complaining about how President George W. Bush is the devil. This is ridiculous because this takes away from stories that should be written about kittens, and this is unforgiv-able in my book. The problem I have is that attacking Bush is too easy; it’s akin to shooting fish in a barrel. Even when he does make deci-sions that benefit the country as a whole, people still find fault in them, such as his tax cuts for the “rich.” The problem usu-ally stems from misconceptions regarding

economic policy and the fact that “What’s popular is not always right, and what’s right is not always popular.” For example, by cut-ting taxes on capital gains and dividends, he helped usher in more investment to the country which, in my humble opinion, is better than giving tax breaks to people who will turn around and spend it on more point-less consumer goods. While the tax cuts did lead to more inequality, they have been the vessel that have propelled our economy after the reces-sion in 2001. In addition, Bush has remained steadfast in refusing to bow to calls for class warfare by opportunist populist politicians. America was not founded on equality but on equality of opportunity. Our president is a visionary, and he has a vision that he is trying to accomplish. I think the literary character he most resembles is Jack from “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Just

like Jack, George has big ideas; he has plant-ed his “magic” beans (a.k.a. Democracy) and believes that this will revolutionize the Middle East. President Bush’s legacy rests on the outcome of the Iraq war and many of the baseless allegations against him won’t taint the way history views George Bush but only the lens by which it is viewed. What I like most about George Bush is that he is a lot like a kitten. George Bush, like my cat, refuses to bow to popular opin-ion. This might be due to his prior dabbling in cocaine that has boosted his confidence level to believe that he is almost God. In an ironic twist, this is a good thing because most Americans are stupid. This is shown by the fact that 72 percent of Americans sup-ported the war in April 2003. This amount of blind support makes me think that people don’t think things through and that George Bush might be on to something now that

almost everybody wants to pull out of Iraq. In turbulent times, it is important to have a steadfast leader who won’t pander to special interest groups. Granted, on some issues he was probably wrong, but stop using him as a scapegoat. We all make mis-takes. Mistakes can also end up having an amazing result. For example, many of you reading this are the direct product of your parents’ inability or incompetence regard-ing proper contraceptive use. So remember, every dark cloud has a silver lining. So please, stop complaining. If you want to make a difference, join the Peace Corps. Thanks to George Bush, the size of the Peace Corps will double this year, a statistic that is seldom cited in our biased liberal media. Then we can finally get back to the important stories in the world, like the firefighter that rescued a kitten stuck in a tree.

Less stories about Bush, more about pussies

University of Hawai‘i football fans are upset that athletic director Herman Frazier still has not produced a final, complete schedule for the Fall 2007 season. There are two slots that need to be filled. How can people renew their season tickets when they don’t know the schedule for the home games? What makes it more irritating is that UH has a highly-touted quar-terback, Colt Brennan, who is being

groomed for the Heisman Trophy. The quality of the teams he plays against will sway how voters perceive him. So far, UH, which is a Division I-A school, has one Division I-AA team on its schedule. If a second is also scheduled, it will not count toward the wins required to play in a bowl game, so it’s like throwing a game away. As time marches on, however, fewer Division I-A teams will be available. There’s now a groundswell of

opposition, and calls for Frazier’s firing are being heard. If he is as incompetent as he seems to be, then he must go. It’s not nice to terminate someone’s livelihood, but that’s the nature of the business. Sometimes you need a nudge to find a more suitable niche in life. Glenda Chung HincheyClass of 1968

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“Honolulu Volcanism,” today, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Hamilton Library, room 301. Geology and geophysics professor Michael Garcia will present. Garcia, with his students and colleagues from Japan and Germany, is working to determine the age, volumes and com-positions of the volcanics in Honolulu to solve a puzzle that has stumped geologists for years: why hotspot volcanism rejuvenates after a one mil-lion-year hiatus. Refreshments will be served. Info: Jonelle Sage, 956-9932.

“Intraseasonal variability of rain-fall in the eastern tropical Pacific and Central America,” a joint meteo-rology and IPRC seminar, today, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Marine Science Building, room 100. Info: Meteorology Department, 956-8775, metdept@hawaii.edu, http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu.

“Depth ranges of deep water ben-thic and benthopelagic magafauna in Hawai‘i,” an oceanography semi-nar, tomorrow, 3 p.m., Marine Science Building, room 100. Christopher Kelley, a program biologist for the Hawai‘i Undersea Research Laboratory, will pres-ent. Info: Oceanography Department, 956-7633, ocean@soest.hawaii.edu.

“An exploratory curriculum analy-sis of thirteen virtual schools, online curriculum providers and online homeschools’ science curric-ulum from kindergarten through twelfth grade,” an education final oral, tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Wist Hall, room 233. Dussy Jones will present. Info: 956-8500.

“The questionable identity of Shakespeare,” a brown bag biog-raphy lecture, tomorrow, 12 to 1:15

p.m., Henke Hall, room 325. Felicia Hardison Londre from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, will pres-ent. Info: Craig Howes, 956-3774, biograph@hawaii.edu.

“The direction of Filipino and Filipino American writings in the United States,” a Philippine writ-ers summit, tomorrow, 2 to 5 p.m., Queen Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services, room 412. Info: Ruth Mabanglo, 956-6970, mabanglo@hawaii.edu.

“The Ansei Edo earthquake as a political event,” a Center for Japanese Studies seminar, tomorrow, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Moore Hall, room 319. In 1855, a powerful earthquake shook Edo (known today as Tokyo), the first seri-ous earthquake to occur in the bakufu’s capital since 1703. The earthquake also produced an unprecedented volume of popular commentary in the form of popular literature, press reports and especially catfish picture prints (nama-zu-e). Info: CJS, 956-2665, cjs@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/cjs.

“The Sarimanok Travels,” a solo epic with an actor performing six characters, tomorrow, 5 to 6 p.m., Queen Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services, room 412. Francis Tanglao-Aguas performs this epic with dance movement and poetry about one’s connection to a “homeland.” Ayeta, the beautiful queen of Mahallikha, spurns royal suitors from more power-ful lands, earning their wrath, which they pass on to their descendants. But the Mahallikhenos are resilient, with the magical sarimanok on their side, thriving in the paradise that is their land. Info: Ruth Mabanglo, 956-6970, mabanglo@hawaii.edu.

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Underwater Wonder

DIANA LORGE• Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

An unidentified boy takes a moment to get a closer look at the sharks in a shark exhibit at the Maui Ocean Center. All animals displayed in the center are collected exclusively around the Hawaiian Islands.

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A school of ulua, also known as Giant Travelly, swim past a group of visitors at the Maui Ocean Center on March 27, 2007.

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By Mariam BeardKa Leo Associate Features Editor

Eight months. Three to four hours a day. Roughly 1,000 hours. That is the amount of time that graduate student Mark K. Maresca spent working on his art thesis. For those of you that have seen the intricate details of the piece, the striking shards of glass come to mind. Upon walking up to the glimmer-ing doors of the exhibit, the viewer is greeted by a subtle vestige, “Viewer Discretion: This exhibition contains shards of broken glass.” Through these reflective pieces, Maresca was able to incorporate the viewer with the works. Maresca’s elaborate exhibit began with “Society’s Secret.” Perhaps the most arresting detail is the bits of por-nography interwoven into the fabric. “I blotted out the bad parts because kids see this exhibit, but I think it shows how pornography has become a big part of our society, yet it remains hidden. It is like a growing body infil-trating society,” Maresca said. Another eye-catching piece was

“Entropy,” with the bits of mirrors dazzling under the light. “Entropy represents the process of decaying; the pieces are fragment-ed to show the rupturing of a physi-cal system, such as the universe,” Maresca said. Within the exhibit, Maresca delves from the more common use of art—making art to make money. His “Currency” piece breaks away from the square canvas, sprawling across the wall. “I decided to put a twist on it and used money to make art,” he said. “The shape is similar to a spiritual or religious altar which has the power to seduce and welcome while protecting [the contents].” The news and local events inspire a lot of the art, Maresca said. Because of the prominence of the military in life today, Maresca created “Raid,” a piece incorporating everything from sharp nails to baby bottle pieces. The nails illustrate the power of the gunfire within wars. “The face shows the ‘charac-ter’ in the piece screaming out at

the destruction,” Maresca said. “The baby bottle pieces represent children dying from the wars, and the nude male in the background shows the vulnerability of young guys who go off to war and see that war is so much different than they anticipated.” As a tribute piece, “Memorial” is credited to the men and women who have lost their lives as an all-encompassing memorial for them. Maresca said the idea was to mimic roadside memorials. The flowers are similar to a gift a person gives to the dead, with the shape being non-symmetrical and a bit awkward, like flowers at a memorial site. Lastly, Maresca illustrated the centricity of money in our lives. The circle is also representative of the universe. “It shows the abundance in soci-ety and consumerism,” Maresca said. “Hawai‘i is becoming congested. I tried to fill up as much space as pos-sible to represent [the concept of] overpopulation.”

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ABOVE: Maresca’s art thesis provides a glimpse into society’s complexity.LEFT: “Raid” provides a graphic representa-tion of the military through Maresca’s eyes.BOTTOM LEFT: “Fortuna” embodies the consumerism of modern society.

Maresca's art combines hard work with creativity

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The University of Hawai‘i Warrior and Wahine tennis teams defeated the Azusa Pacific University Cougars, who are cur-rently ranked second (men’s) and third (women’s) in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Monday. The Warriors cruised through their doubles matches, with fresh-man Andreas Weber and sophomore Sascha Heinemann leading the way, taking the No. 1 doubles spot. “We played really well today,” Heinemann said. “We started out slow but got better and broke them in the end.” The duo started off slow, com-ing off a break point early on in the match. But the two showed why they were nationally ranked, com-ing back to break their opponents and clinching the 9-7 win, giving the Warriors the doubles point. Chad Faulk and Jeff Fitch also dominated the court as they easily took the No. 3 doubles position, 8-4. The team of Derrick Lajola and Brent Hunter put up a strong fight but weren’t able to clinch the vic-tory, giving the Warriors their only doubles loss, 8-6. The Wahine also had an impressive showing, sweeping their opponents with relative ease in all three doubles matches. The doubles team of freshmen Julia Hodes and Sophie Kobuch brought down their opponents in decisive fashion, 8-3, to take the No. 1 doubles spot. Junior Chloe Bihag and senior Florence Wasko took their third straight doubles victory, 8-1. Senior Kana Aikawa and junior Julia Sandborn also played well, defeating their opponents 8-2 to clinch the No. 3 position. “We played strong,” Aikawa

6 positions. Wasko defeated her opponent, 6-4, 6-3, while Cappella won, 6-0, 6-2. Hodes secured the No. 1 posi-tion for the Wahine, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (3). The only Wahine loss came when Bihag fell at the No. 4 posi-tion, 4-6, 1-6. “We controlled the match,” said Wahine Head Coach Jun Hernandez. “The girls played really well.” As for the men’s team, Heinemann got the ball rolling for the Warriors in singles, taking the No. 1 position, 6-3, 6-1. Weber carried on for the Warriors, clinching the No. 2 spot. The score was initially close, with the two opponents tied at 2. However, Weber broke free and won the first set, 6-3. Weber jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second set and eventually clinched the match, 6-3, 6-1, gaining another singles point for the Warriors.

Faulk also had a big night for the Warriors, taking the No. 3 posi-tion, 6-2, 6-2. “Chad did a great job today,” said Head Coach John Nelson. “He started off slow, came back, found a game plan, found a way to get it done.” Despite the initial singles wins, the Cougars answered back with vic-tories of their own. Brent Hunter fell at the No. 5 position, 6-1, 6-1. Jeff Fitch lost in the No. 6 position, 6-3, 7-6, despite putting up a strong effort in the second set. Freshman Spence Mendoza rounded out the evening with a valiant effort. He won the first set, 6-3, but lost the second, 7-5. The match was decided by a super tiebreaker, which Mendoza lost. Nonetheless, the Warriors still defeated the Cougars, 4-3. For both the Warriors and the Wahine, their victory came at the perfect time. Fresh off their vic-

tory over Cal Poly, the Warriors won their second straight match, while simultaneously stopping the Cougars’ 20-game winning streak. “The stuff we’re working on is starting to pay off,” Nelson said. “We’re working more specifically in the doubles area, starting to use pressure better and it’s all about trying to peak in the WAC [Western Athletic Conference].” With the win, the Wahine finally ended their six-game losing streak. “We were on a losing streak,” Aikawa said, “So it’s definitely good to have this win leading up to the WAC [Championships].” The Warriors improved to 6-10, while the Wahine upped their mark to 5-15. Each team is now setting their sights on the WAC Championships. Both teams have the week off before playing their final home game of the season against Brigham Young University.

Hawai‘i tennis rolls over Azusa Pacific

said. “We communicated well and we had good plays. We played solid.” With their doubles victories guaranteed, the Warriors and Wahine took their newfound momentum and intensity, showing no signs of slow-ing down, into the singles portion of the night. Once again, the Wahine domi-nated the courts, winning five of their six matches, four in straight sets. Aikawa took the No. 3 singles spot, ousting her opponent 6-0 in the first set. Her opponent fought back in the second, tying it at 4 before Aikawa took control and came away with the 6-4 win. “I had a good start,” Aikawa said. “[My opponent] picked up a little in the end, but I was able to close it out.” Kobuch also had a strong night, breezing 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles position. “I was trying to be aggressive during the match,” Kobuch said. “It worked pretty well. I was trying to be aggressive and come to the net, use my slice for the backhand and a little height for forehand.” Other Wahine picking up sin-gles wins were Wasko and Samanta Cappella, who defeated their oppo-nents to clinch the No. 5 and

FILE PHOTOS • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i

LEFT: Kana Aikawa stretches for the backhand in her match against New Mexico State's Isabelle Mignot last season. Aikawa took the No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles with Julia Sandborn against Azusa Pacific this past weekend. RIGHT: Sophomore Sascha Heinemann took the No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-1 and the No. 1 doubles with partner, freshman Andreas Weber, 9-7 this past weekend against Azusa Pacific University.

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University of Hawaii Warrior freshman tennis player Andreas Weber during a portrait session at the UH Tennis Complex on Wednesday, January 31, 2006 in Honolulu.

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