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Professional surfer Jamie O’Brian catches a good one at the north Shore’s first winter swell at Backdoor.

By Anne WardSpartan Daily

(San Jose State U.)

(U-WIRE) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Banging wooden spoons on pots and pans and shouting chants for workers’ rights into bullhorns, a crowd of peo-

ple tried to make their voices heard over the thrust of airplane engines and legislative reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Approximately 60 people took part in a demonstration Monday at

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Ka Leo O Hawai‘iNo bones about it: Drive to come

By Eric FungThe Hoya

(Georgetown U.)

(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON — At least five Georgetown University stu-dents were among more than 649 people arrested during anti-globaliza-tion and anti-capitalist protests held this past weekend in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank’s annual meeting. The arrests thwarted protesters’ attempts to shut down activity in downtown Washington, D.C.

The protesters gathered in the District this weekend to oppose what they said are unfair IMF policies that benefit wealthier nations at the expense of Third World nations. “The IMF forces countries into abiding (its objectives) by (making) policies that are often harmful to the people of those developing countries,” Georgetown Solidarity Committee spokeswoman Ginny Leavell said. “Groups in countries taking the loan are not allowed access to meetings with the IMF and have no idea what their own country is agreeing to.” According to BBC news, there

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nicole howard, 5, looks to the sky with a smile. a marrow drive this thursday could save howard, who has leukemia, and potentially others as well.

By Beth FukumotoKa Leo Associate News Editor

Nicole Howard is a five-year-old girl with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Her condition is rare in children. In fact, most people that get this form of cancer are about 67 years old. She will need a bone marrow transplant to survive. This Thursday, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa School of Nursing is working with the Hawai‘i Bone Marrow Donor reg-istry to build up possible bone mar-row matches for the young girl. The drive will be held at the Campus Center ballroom this Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Registry collects potential donors’ information so that there is a better chance of finding a match when someone needs a transplant. Because matches are so spe-cific, the Registry will not be col-lecting bone marrow at the drive. However, they will ask some per-sonal health questions and take a blood sample. The Registry says Howard is one of several patients waiting for a match.

However, searching for a match for Howard has been more difficult than usual because of her multi-racial background. Usually, matches are people of the same race. But Howard is half Japanese and half Caucasian. According to the Help Nicole Web site, there are not enough multi-racial people registered as donors. Worldwide donor registries have all been searched and no matches have been found, accord-ing to the Help Nicole Web site. What Happens If You’re a Match? If a donor matches a patient in need of a transplant, the donor will be notified and sent to a medical cen-ter where surgical procedure will take place. The actual procedure takes approximately 45-90 minutes, but the donor often spends the night. After the donor receives gen-eral or regional anesthesia, the bone marrow is extracted from the back of the pelvic bone using a hol-low surgical needle. The body will replace the lost bone marrow within several weeks. Some donors complain of lower back pain and fatigue fol-

lowing the procedure, but it usually clears up in a few days. Are there any eligibility rules for donors? Donors must be between 18 and 60 years old. If you have AIDS, serious asth-ma, hepatitis, malaria, tuberculosis, epilepsy or medication-dependent diabetes, you cannot donate. Someone with serious back problems, elevated blood pressure, cancer, heart disease, Lyme dis-ease, obesity, pregnancy and certain immunizations may not be eligible; however, there are exceptions.

Marrow drive on UH campus could save life of 5-year-old girl, others with leukemia

Hawai‘i Bone Marrow Donor Registry Drive

campus center Ballroomthursday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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Five Georgetown students among arrested at protest

Workers steam over legislation

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NEWSPage 2 | Wednesday, October 2, 2002 Associate Editors: Beth Fukumoto and Lisa Huynh | (808) 956-3221 | news@kaleo.org

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Jim Kelly, executive editor of the Honolulu advertiser, speaks to students about diversity and journalism yesterday as part of a Dialog of Diversity lecture series. The talk was moderated by poet, writer and UH-manoa grad Puanani Burgess.

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ing Senate Bill 1970, which would have prohibited the disposal of most radioactive waste in solid and haz-ardous landfills. “This bill redefines the term ‘radioactive waste’ to include any discarded decommissioned material with the slightest trace of detect-able radioactivity not attributable to background sources, and prohibits all such material from being dis-posed of at all existing hazardous or solid waste disposal facilities in the State of California,” stated Davis in his veto message. “As written, this bill is overly broad, unworkable and would do little to significantly enhance protection of the public health.” California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Winston Hickox said another adverse effect of SB 1970 is that the strict state-wide regulations it imposes would harm commerce, particularly in the field of biological technologies.

By Pete HayesThe South End

(Wayne State U.)

(U-WIRE) DETROIT — In early September, the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs of the Canadian parliamentary senate released a report saying that marijuana use should be legalized for adults. “The committee recommends

that cannabis should be from here on in legal and of restricted use so that Canadians can choose whether to consume or not in security,” said Sen. Pierre Claude Nolin, chair of the committee. The report stated, among other things, that drug policy should focus on harm reduction, prevention and treatment; the government should wipe clean the records of anyone convicted of marijuana possession; and there is no good reason pot smokers should be subject to crimi-nal law. “In many ways, prohibition is a cop-out,” Nolin said. The committee concluded that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol and rejected the idea that smoking pot leads to harder drugs. This item caused an uproar in Detroit. If Canada legalized dope smoking, it would send Michigan residents across the border into Canada to use the drug, which has been outlawed in the United States since the 1930s. Drug-control advo-cates were fearful, but this sentiment was not shared in Detroit’s cultural center. John Sinclair, a former Wayne State University instructor, Detroit radio personality, dope activist and poet who has performed at the Detroit Festival of the Arts and at the Scarab Club, commented that it was about time to legalize drugs. Then he lit what he termed to be “a felonious cigarette” and shared it with some old friends.

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Briefs: Protesters linked to hoaxwere reports of protesters throwing rocks, detonating smoke bombs and making hoax 911 calls. “I cannot confirm that it was the demonstrators, but there were false calls to our emergency services during Friday morning,” Quintin Peterson of the Metropolitan Police Department Press Office said.

By Jessica Mosby

The California Aggie (U. California-Davis)

(U-WIRE) DAVIS, Calif. — Gov. Gray Davis has issued an execu-tive order authorizing the State Water Resources Control Board to end the disposal of low-level radioac-tive material in the public water sup-ply and subsequently clean up any waste already in California’s drinking water. Executive Order D-62-02 sets the lower limit for exposure to radio-active material to be considered a public health threat at 25 millirems — about one-fourth the typical dose a person receives from natural back-ground radiation over the course of a year. The order also imposes a mora-torium on all radioactive materials above that level in public landfills and unclassified waste management facilities, among other provisions. Davis issued the order after veto-

Radioactive threat purged from California water

Special report on Cannabis causes Canadian uproar Airport: Protestors think

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Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. Organizers for the picket said the groups were trying to bring atten-tion to legislation that federalized all airport screening jobs. Included in the Aviation and Transportation Security Act is a requirement that all security screeners be U.S. citizens. “We believe it’s unconstitutional because, for other national security positions and personnel, U.S. citi-zenship is not required,” said Jay Mendoza, media liaison for FOCUS, Forwarding Opportunities through Community Upliftment. The demonstration program included public speakers such as Councilman Chuck Reed of San Jose’s Fourth District; District 22 Assemblywoman Elaine Alquist; and 23rd District Assemblyman Manny Diaz. A poetry reading was provid-ed by San Jose State University’s Adriana Cabrera-Garcia, a public relations major. The picketing was organized by two groups: FOCUS and PAWIS, the People’s Association of Workers and Immigrants. “The National Guard currently has 50,000 personnel who are not U.S. citizens. Filipino World War II veterans who were under the com-mand of the president of the United States and inducted into the U.S. military were not U.S. citizens,” Mendoza said. However, not all airport work-ers must comply with the citizenship requirement. “The screeners are the only people (working) at the airport that are required to be citizens. There are police officers, the guys driving the buses, the guys putting fuel in the plane and the guys checking the food on the plane. They don’t have to be citizens. Only the screeners have to be citizens, and that’s just absurd, I think,” Reed said. Not only have the requirements

not been extended to other workers in positions of security, but require-ments have missed airline employ-ees, Mendoza said. “Flight attendants do not have to be citizens. Pilots do not have to be citizens. Baggage handlers and mechanics do not have to be citizens. All these people have direct access to airplanes,” he said. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act was amended in November, just a little over two months following the attacks. Protesters believe it unfairly targets the screeners who are most-ly racial and ethnic minorities and immigrants, Mendoza said. “It’s because of the 9/11 hysteria that a law was passed that put this clause in there that required screeners to be citizens,” he said. San Jose Airport’s Terminal C screeners are expected to be affected by the federalization as early as Oct. 1. “For about 30 to 40 percent, or 120 of the airport screeners, this (Monday) will be their last day. They will not work (Tuesday), and they will be completely replaced by the mobile screening force and the ready pool, which has already been hired,” Mendoza said. At the end of the process, about 370 security screeners will be fired, he said. Terminal A airport screen-ers are expecting to be laid off in November, said Virgil Deveraturda, a current security screener at San Jose Airport. Deveraturda is a U.S. citizen, but said that in order to keep his job, he will have to reapply for his job along with all the other screeners. Some workers said they were fearful of not being rehired because of a lack of command of the English language or for having a foreign accent. But Deveraturda said the screeners could not have been hired in the first place if they were unable to communicate with the interviewer

FEATURESWednesday, October 2, 2002 | Page 3Editor: Mikey Campbell | Associate Editor: Jason Paz | (808) 956-3218 | featurekings@yahoo.com

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By Sebastian BlancoKa Leo Staff Writer

AsidefromwhatPresidentBushandstalwartwarhawksmaythinkaboutthemessagescomingoutofEuropethesedays,mostthingsEuropeanareaslightlevelaboveAmericanproducts. Europeproducesexcellentcars,winninggolfteamsand,asevidencedintheNorwegianfilm“Elling,”top-notchcomedies. ItmaybesomewhatunfairtopraiseaEuropeanfilmsolelyincomparisontoatypicalAmericanoffering,but“Elling”invitessuchcomparisons.Thefilmstandsonitsown,asaheartfeltfilmwithgenu-inelyhumancharactersandsomedamnfunnyscenes. Almostbeforethecreditsfinishrolling,thefilm’splothasbeensetup.Twomen,Elling(PerChristianEllefsen)andKjellBjarne(SvenNordin)meetinastate-runhomeforthementallyhandicappedandarefinallydeemedstableenoughtolivetogetherintheirownOsloapartment. Fromtheirveryfirstmomentsalone,thetwoprotagonistshavetoovercometroublestheyencounterastheirworldslowlygrowsfromtheirnewflattoallofOsloandbeyond.“Elling”invitescompari-sonstoHollywoodfarebecauseofitssubjectmatter. Americanfilmsaboutmen-tallyhandicappedpeopleareoftenimpossibletowatch(“TheOtherSister”),andevenwhentheyaregoodmovies(“RainMan,”say,or“What’sEatingGilbertGrape?”)itseemsliketheentireplotbuildstothehandicappedpersonsettingsomethingonfire. Nodisasterofthisnatureeveroccursin“Elling,”partlybecausethementalchallengesfacedbythe

charactersarenotultra-seriousandpartlybecausethedirector(PetterNæss,workingfromanovelbyIngvarAmbjørnsen)givesEllingandKjellBjarne(alwaysreferredtobyhisfullname)thebenefitofthedoubtthattheycanmakeitinthisworld. “Elling”alsogivestheaudiencecreditforbeingabletosympathizewithhandicappedcharacterswhosemaladiesareneverfullyexplainedandwhoneverbringgreatharmtothemselves.Thecharactersgrowintoindependentpeoplethroughpoetry(Elling)andsex(KjellBjarne),andit’sajoytowatchthemtransform. Themoviethankfullyprovidesactorswholooklikeregularpeople;acheekybitofmalenudityandarefreshinglackoffirearms.ThebitofNordin’sbodythatisexposedisnotgratuitouslythrownintoincreasethefilm’ssexappeal,sinceKjellBjarnecan’trememberwhenhelastchangedhisunderwear. KjellBjarneisanobviouslyflawedmaleandthismakeshisstumblingromancewithhisupstairsneighbor,Reidun(MaritPiaJacobsen),allthemorefulfill-ing.Nordinputsafiercestrengthintotherole,andEllefsen’sEllingiscompletelybelievable. WatchingEllingstruggleashewaiversbetweenhelpingKjellBjarnewooReidunandtryingtostymiethesituationnotonlypro-videscomictensionbutalsoallowstheaudiencetoseeElling’smaladyassomethinghecanonlysome-timescontrol.Ellefsen’scontroloverhischaracterisflawless. Thefilmwasdeservedlynomi-natedforanAcademyAwardintheBestForeignLanguageFilmcat-egory(atoughspotthisyearwiththeexcellent“Amelie”andthewin-ner“NoMan’sLand”).However,

‘Elling’ a break from Hollywood treatment

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allthisisnottosaythat“Elling”isaperfectfilm. It’sstillgotsometypicallysillymoviecomedyscenes(whentheboysgetstoppedbythepoliceastheygooutforadriveisanexample)andthere’stheobliga-toryhappyendingthatcelebratessomethingEllingandKjellBjarnearen’treallyinvolvedin.Overall,“Elling”isabletoputafunny,realandhumanfaceonpeopleHollywoodcannothelpbutover-schmaltzify(see“TheOtherSister,”see“IAmSam”). Alltold,“Elling”providesawelcomelookatNorwegianfilms,howmentalhandicapsaredealtwithincinemafromothercountriesand89minutesworthoflegitimatelaughs.

Norway film puts human face on mentally handicapped

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Per Christian ellefsen and sven Nordin both turn in commendable perform-ances in a film that competed with ‘No Man’s Land’ for an Academy Award.

OPINIONSPage 4 | Wednesday, October 2, 2002 Editor: Lance Collins | (808) 956-3214 | opinions@kaleo.org

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Thecriminaljusticesystemistheproductofadiscontinuousweath-eringofideas.Wehavethejuridicalinstitutionthatisthearbiterofinju-ry.InHawai‘i,therearetwotypesofinjury.Therearetortsandcrimes.Crimesareinjuriescausedagainstthestate,andtortsareinjuriescausedagainstanindividual. Crimesincludelarceny,robbery,murderandassault.Tortsincludebattery,inflictionofemotionaldistress,falseimprisonment,negligenceanddefamation,amongothers. Individualsmaynotprosecutecrimes,andthestatemaynotpros-ecutetorts.Allcrimesareprosecutedbyarepresentativeofthestateorthesovereign.Alltortsareprosecutedbyindividualsorrepresentativesofindividualswhoaredead). Inthecriminaljusticesystem,thereareanumberofactorsthatplayseparateroles—theaccused,thepolice,theprosecutor,thedefensecounsel,thejudgeand,sometimes,ajury. Thejudgeisthearbiteroflaw.Thejuryisthefinderoffacts.Theaccusedisthepersonforwhichthestateclaimsinjury.Theprosecutoristheadvocateandrepresentativeofthestate.Thedefensecounselistheadvocateoftheaccused.Thepolicearethesurveillantsofcrimeandcol-lectorsofevidence. Thisgovernmentalsystemthatdividesthecollectorsofevidence/sur-veillantsofcrimefromtheprosecutorofcrimesisimplementedtopre-venttheprosecutorfromfabricatingevidenceandcrime.Thepoliceareknownforfabricatingevidenceandcrime.Andcertainly,theprosecutorsarenotprohibitedfromencouragingfabricationbythepolice. However,thedifferencebetweentheprosecutorsandthepoliceisthatthepoliceareprotectedfromtortliabilityarisingfromtheperform-anceoftheirpoliceduties,whileprosecutorsarenotrelievedoftortliabilityarisingfromtheperformanceofpoliceduties. Inotherwords,ifapoliceofficerweretoarrestsomeonewrongfully,thearresteewouldnotbeallowedtosueintortforfalseimprisonment.Ifaprosecutorweretoarrestsomeonewrongfully,thearresteewouldbeallowedtosueintortforfalseimprisonment. Lastweek,theMauiCountyCouncilintroducedabillwhichwouldpermitinvestigatorsintheProsecutingAttorney’sofficethesamepowersascountypoliceofficers.ThebillwouldrequireinvestigatorstohavethesameleveloftrainingastheMauiPoliceDepartment. Thiswouldallowpeopleotherthanpoliceofficersanddeputysher-iffstheauthoritytoarrestpeopleundertheguiseofthecounty’spoliceauthority.MauiCountyactivistGlennShepherdsubmittedtestimonythatintimated:“Thepoliceshouldsticktothepolicing,andtheprosecutingattorneyshouldsticktoprosecuting.” Weagree.Thecriminaljusticesystemhasbeensetuptoensurethattheinnocentwillnotbeimprisonedforcrimestheyhavenotcommitted.Thepolicearegivenspecifictrainingtobepolice.Theirjobconsistsofsurveillingcrimeandcollectingevidence—thisincludesarrestingaccused.Theprosecutor’sroleistoadvocateforthestate. Webelievethattheprosecutingattorney’sofficemustusethepolicetoinvestigate.That’stheirjob—tosurveilcrimeandcollectevidence.Theprosecutor’sofficeshouldnotbeallowedtohaveamini-policedepartmentwithinitsranks. Webelievethatiftheprosecutor’sofficestillneedsinvestigatorstogowithattorneystointerviewwitnesses,theydon’tneedtocarrygunsandhavearrestingauthority.Thereisnoreasonwhytheprosecutor’sofficecanhaveamini-policeforcewhichisexemptfromthevigorousregulationsofthepolicedepartment—thepolicecommission,internalaffairs,disciplinaryprotocol.

There’s no state like a police state

THE EVENT:TheMauiCountyCouncilhasintroducedameasurethatwillpermitinvestigatorsinthecountyProsecutingAttorney’sofficetohavethesamepowersasofficersofthepolicedepartment.

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By David ParkerKa Leo Staff Columnist

Communismisagreatidea,butitsundergroundappeal,especiallyamongboredcollegestudentsandformer-hippies-turned-professors,reliesonstayinginthefringesofsociety’sconscious.Andthat’stoobadfortheComrades,becausethegrowthoftheirmovementisimped-edbythegroup’sownvalues. ImaginetheculturalcollapseoftheNewLeftiftheCapitalists,andtherestofconsumersociety,cyni-callymainstreamedCommunismintocheapactionfiguresandteeny-boppermusic. Say,forinstance,thattheBackstreetBoyschangedtheirnametotheBackstreetSoviets,andyour13-year-oldsisterputupaposterofaheart-breaking,puppy-eyedVladmirLeninrightnexttoJustinTimberlake.WhatwouldtheresponsebefromtheNewLeftwhentheyseeKarlMarxandJosephStalinfeaturedinaMcDonald’sad,talkingabouthow“RevolutionarieseatOnionRings”becauseofsomevagueconnectionbetweenthecolorsofMcDonald’sandthecolorsoftheSovietflag? Communismwouldfailtofasci-nate.Andmorethanthat,itwould

bepoeticjusticeforanyAdamSmith-lovingcapitalisttodestroyCommunistculturebymass-pro-ducingit. Farfromreality?AskanystaunchComradeandyoumightfindoutit’snottoofarfromit.Already,theRevolutionisbeingcommercializedbydoubleagentswhohaveamassedfortunesonitsforbiddenappeal.MichaelMoore,OrsonWelles,mostpunkrockart-istsandWyclefJeanaresomethatimmediatelycometomind. EvenRalphNader,whoisthebesthopeofconvertingNewLeftsocialismintoamajorpoliticalparty,iscompromisingitssocialagendaswiththeconservatives. IfanyparanoidCapitalistsouttherewanttodestroyCommunistappealwhilemakingalotofmoneyatit,thisisanexampleofhowitcanbedone:Associatecommunismwithagenericandmainstreamsub-stitute. Forexample,lookatwhathap-penedtoundergroundelectronicmusic.Cheesytechnomusic,whichjustsoundslikesped-upvideogamesoundtracks,hasunderminedtheelectronicgenreasawholeandstalledtheproliferationof*real*electronicartistssuchasPaulOakenfold,DimitrifromParisand

JohnDigweed. TheCapitalistscanjustdothesamethingtoNewLeftcounter-culturebymakingbaggy“BadAssBolshevik”pants,theMaoZeDongthemepark,Ho‘Cheese’MinsourdoughburgersandtheSocialWorkers’Pokemon,fullyarmedwithahammerandsickle. Whymightthiswork?ProbablybecausetheNewLeftismoreofaculturalmovementratherthanapoliticalone,butmostrevolutionsusuallystartofflikethat,anyway.Asitpenetratestheculturalfabricofitssociety,itthentranslatesitselfintoapoliticalideology. WhatwouldmakeitparticularlyvulnerableintheUnitedStatesisthegeneralapathyamongciti-zens,andtospicethingsuptheyadmiresocialradicals,notbecauseoftheirideas,butbecausethey’rechic.ThosesneakyCapitalistscandeflateitsallure,notbyprohibit-ingit,butbymass-marketingit.MakeCommunistcultureintojustanotherbriefly-livedteenfad. WhatcanaComradedo?TheRevolutionwon’thappenuntilitreachestheheartsofthepublic.ButifRevolutionaryideasgainwidespreadnotoriety,itmighttransformintoasuperficial,teenangsttrend.

Capitalists win battle by using appropriation

Communism is disarmed by senseless trivialization

Maui Council backslides into the era of fiefdoms and inquisitions

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Cynicism doesn’t stop me from going to vote

Burrito supremacy dishes out tidiness in untidy world

SociopoliticalAnxiety Disorder

Ethan MillsKa Leo Staff Columnist

The WayI See It

Spencer HarrisKa Leo Staff Columnist

Election snafus must not discourage voters

7:34Saturdaymorning.Iawake.InmyheadIamthink-ingaboutonethingandonethingonly,voting.TodayisthedayIam,asastateofHawai‘iresident,totakeprideinmystateandheadformypollingplace.Lalala. Ican’twait.Theexcitementisbuildinginsidemelikea1980printerprintingoutathirty-pagereport.Nonetheless,itismycivilduty.“Okay,IwillgettoitafterIcheckmye-mail,”Iconvincemyself,knowingthatIam,likemanycollegestudents,thevictimofprocrastination. Theclockcontinues.8:00.8:30,okay,I’llgo!9:00,darnclock,justgoingtokeepnag-gingmeuntilIactuallygo.9:30,“SHUPPATSU!!!”(Japanesefordeparture).Iheadforthevotingbooth.WhenIarrive,Itrytoviewtheexperiencefromapositiveperspective;likemostpeople,Iamfeelingitismoreawasteoftimethanitisworththewhile.Awomansitsatthedoor,andsheasksifIneedtoreviewthevotingprocedures. “Gee,howhardcanitbe??Justfillinthelittleovalforwhoyouwant,that’sall,right?”Irefusetherefreshercourseandwalkintothebuilding.Anelderlywoman,whoisinaverycheerymood,greetsmeandasksformyID.Ihandhermycard.Shelooksupmynameandasksmetosign. Aftersigning,amansittingnexttoherreadsthenumbersonmyballottoherbeforehandingtheballottome.Takingtheballot,Ifillitoutandturnitin.Okay,anyonewhovotedonthe21stisfamiliarwiththisprocedure.Yaddayaddayadda.But,Iaskyou,whatwouldhappenifsome-thingwentwrong?Thenwhat?Well,allowmetoexplain. Turninginmyballot,itappearsIhavemadeamistakeinfillingitout.Themachinebeeps,andtheattendantsittingnearthemachinetodirectpeoplewhattodo(thoughitissimplyputtingtheballotinthemachine)rushestostop

mebeforeIleave.SheexplainsIvotedwrongandattemptstoretrievethe“spoiledballot”. Andspoileditis,sospoiledthatitjamsthemachine.Sheshootsalookatmeasiftosay,“Nowyadoneit,yali’lpunk!Why’dyaevenbothercomingtovoteanyway?!”ShecallshersupervisorandinformsmethatIneedtowaitifIwantmyvotetocount.Iwanttoleave,butIwaitanyway.Thesupervisorarrivesandshetriestofixtheballotmachine,butisunsuccessful. NowIhavetwosetsofeyesburningintome,“Damnkid!”Iread.Thesupervisoradjuststheballotboxtoaccepttheballotmanuallyinsteadofautomatically. WARNING,SOCIOLOGYATWORK:WhatdidInotice??Alloftheuppermiddle-agedtoelderlyvotersdidnothavetheirballotlookedat;however,whenanotheryounglookingvotercametoplaceher/hisballotinthebox,theboxattendanttookituponherselftooverlooktheballottoconfirmitwasfilledoutcorrectly. Ifincorrect,sheproceededtoinformthevoterthattheballotneededtoberedonebecauseitwasaspoiledballotthatjammedthemachine(placingtheblameonme,mahalo).Icouldcontinuerecap-pingtheexperience,butIhaveapointtomakehere.Besides,doingsowouldrequiremetogopastmywordlimit. Withvotingbeingsuchamajorissueinournationandmanyvol-unteersdoingtheirbesttofindwaystoencourageyoungadultstovote,justfrommyexperience,Icanunderstandwhymanyyoungadultsareturnedoffbyit.Weareencouragedtovote,butarelookeddownuponwhenweactuallymaketheattempt. MyobservationshowsaprimeexampleofAgeism,whichworksagainstusbecauseweareviewedasincompetentindividualswhodonotknowhowtovote—theresults,machinejamsandotherrelatedcomplications. Regardlessofmyembarrassingandtraumaticexperience,Istillencouragecollegestudentstovote.Afterall,thestategovernmentisinourhandsaswell.

Mostpeoplewritingonyouth-vot-ingaskquestionslike,“Whydon’tyoungpeoplevote?”,“Whyaretheysoapathetic?”or,“Whatcanwedotogetyoungpeopletovote?” Therearesomegoodreasonswhyyoungpeople(18-to30-year-olds)don’tvoteinthesameproportionsasoldercitizens.We’reatastageinourliveswhenwedon’townmuchandthushavenoreasontobecomeRepublicans(orworse,Libertarians)andvoteagainsteverytaxincreasetoprotectourpreciousmaterialposses-sions,er,Imeanthe“Americanway.” Neitherhavemostofushadmuchtimeorencouragementtodeveloppoliticalideologiesoranysensethatthegovernmentshouldhelpusorbeaforceforsocialchange.Mostofuscanstillrelyonfamilyintoughtimesratherthangovernmentprograms. Mostyoungpeopledon’thaveanysensethatthegovernmentdoesmuchforthem.Andthey’rerightforthemostpart.Apartfrompublicschools,studentloansandjoiningthemilitary,wedon’thavemuchcon-nectiontoourgovernment.Youngpeople,justlikeeverybodyelse,tendtoignorevitalgovernmentserviceslikeroads,sanitation,libraries,educa-tion,parks,etc. Apathyfollowsfromalackofconnection.There’snothingmysteri-ousorirrationalaboutit.Whybothertovoteifyou’reignored? Thebeliefthatvoterswillalwayschangethingsissuspect.Lookatthe

By Marlo TingKa Leo Staff Columnist

Haveyoueverjustlookedataburritoandthought,“Brilliant!”?Ihave.Burritosareanextremelywell-designedfood;andifyoutakethetimetonotice,youwillseewhy.Onlywhenyouunderstandwhatamarveltheyarecanyoutrulyappre-ciatethemforwhattheyare. Sowhat’sthebigdealaboutthedesignofaburrito?Whyshouldyouimmediatelybegintoweepwhenyoufullyrealizewhatalittletrea-sureitis? Burritos,unlikevariouskindsofsandwiches,havetheabilitytobefilledwithlotsandlotsofingre-dientslikelettuce,Mexicanrice,chickenorgroundbeef,yetstayohsoveryneatandclean.Amazing!Andwhenyoupickoneup,youdon’treallyhavetoworryaboutitmakingamess.Suchisnotthecasewithfoodslikeburgersandsubma-rinesandwiches. Burgers,submarinesandwichesandtheirsandwichbrethren,whilegood,haveaglaringflaw.Thingstendtofalloutofthem.I’msureyouknowwhatI’mtalkingabout.GotoMcDonald’sandorderaBigMacandyou’llnoticehowthelettuceisscatteredaboutoutsideoftheburger.Ketchupandotheringredientsmayalsolitterthewrapper.Whenyoupickitup,chancesaremoreingredi-

entswillfalloutofit. ThesamegoeswithasubmarinesandwichyoucangetatSubway.Ninety-ninepercentofthetime,you’llgetamessilypresentedsand-wichwithingredientsthattendtofallout. Theytemptyoutoscream,“Why?!”atthetopofyourlungswhileangrilyshakingyourfistattheair.Or,theycausealittletemporarydepressionandmayevengetyoutoshedasingletear.Alonely,soli-tarytearonyoursad,disappointedface.ButI’msuremostofyouhavebecomecallusedtotheconstantdisappointment.Theproblemwithburgersandsubmarinesandwichesisthattheingredientsaren’tfullyenclosed.Thisisaflawsandwichessharewiththeircousin,thetaco. Thedouble-deckertaco,bytheway,isperhapsthegreatestdesignedtacoever.Itcombinesthesturdinessofthecrunchytacoandthestruc-turalintegrityofthesofttaco.Alone,theyareweak.Crunchytacoscancrackapartandsofttacosareflimsy.Buttogether,unitedintoasingletaco,theyareaforcetobereckonedwith. Wecouldprobablylearnalotaboutunityandcooperationfromthedouble-decker.Double-deckersaresturdytacosthatwon’tcrumbleapartbecausethesoft,outerlayerkeepsthemtogether.Andtheywon’tflopoverbecausethehard,

innershellallowsthemtokeeptheirshape.Theyhavethestrengthsofthehardandsofttacos,butnoneoftheirweaknesses. Well,oneoftheirweaknesses. Aswondrousasthedouble-deckertacois,it,justlikethelesser,dividedtacos,doesnotfullyenvelopitsingredients.Andconsequently,thingsfallout. Theburrito,ontheotherhand,hasitsingredientsfullyencased.Nothingfallsout.Andunlessyoubiteintoitandturnitupsidedown,chancesare,itwon’tgiveyouanytrouble. Thatiswhatsetsburritosapartfromsandwichesandtacos—itscommitmenttoexcellenceandcleanliness.IchallengeyoutogotoTacoBellandorderaburrito,anyburrito,andjustlookatit.Noticehowneatitis.Noticehownothinghasfallenoutofit.Noticethatitdoesn’twanttoruinyourdaybydroppingsauceortomatoesalloveryourclothing.There’snothingmali-ciousaboutit. Pickitup.Don’tworry,ingredi-entswon’tstarttofalloutofit.Yourburritowon’tletyoudown.Itwon’tletyoudownlikecountlessBLTsandPhillycheesesteaksandwiches. Itjustwantstomakeyouhappy.Letitmakeyouhappy.Thenexttimeyouseeaburrito,takethetimetoappreciateitsbrilliance.Baskinthejoyandbeautyitsmarvelous

2000Presidentialelection.Whogotthemostvotes?Who’sthePresidenttoday?Youngpeopleareentirelycorrecttobeskepticalaboutthepowerofvoting. I’mnotgoingtosaythatyoungpeoplehaveademocraticdutytotheirsociety.Idon’tthinksuchappealswillwork.Youngpeoplehavelotsofreasonsnottovoteandtheyknowwhattheyare. Atthesametime,Idothinkyoungpeopleshouldvote.Iamayoungvoter,andI’lltellyouwhy:votingisoneofthefewremainingshredsofdemocracywehaveinoursocietyandI’mnotgoingtogiveuponiteasily. ItseemstomethatAmericansocietyisbecominglessdemocraticandmoreinfluencedbylargecorpo-rationsandtheverywealthy.HowmuchinfluencedoesBillGateshaveonyourdailylife?Formostofus,it’salotmorethanBenCayetanoorGeorgeBushhas.Wherecanyougetdecentcoffeeoncampus?Youhavelotsofchoices,er,well,Starbucksactually.Wherecanyougetacheapmeal?TacoBell?McDonald’s?Wherecanyoufindagoodselectionofbooksontheisland?Borders?BarnesandNoble?WhoownsalmostallthemediaoutletsinAmerica?Ohyeah,aboutthreecompaniesinNewYork. Mypointissimplythatlargecom-panieshavetremendousinfluenceonourdailylives.Sodoesgovernment(remembertheroads,libraries,sanita-tion,andsuch?). Thedifferenceisthis:intheory,weeachgetequalsayingovernmentwithourvotes.Inbusiness,wegetsayinexactproportiontoourincomeandstockownership.It’sfreetovote.

Fewyoungpeoplecanhaveanyrealinfluenceinbusinessbecausewehaven’thadachancetoexploitoth-ersforourowngain,er,Imeanpullourselvesupbyourbootstraps. Ididsaywegetequalsayingov-ernment“intheory.”Theeconomicspherewasneverdivorcedfromthepolitical,anditisn’tgettinganybet-ter.HowmanymillionairesareintheU.S.Congress?IttakesscoresofmillionsofdollarsincampaigncontributionstobecomePresident.Evensmalllocalracescancosttensofthousands.Shouldwebesurprisedthatthosewhocontributemoneytocampaignsarefavored?Ofcoursenot. AscynicalasIamaboutdemoc-racyinoursociety,Istillvote.Thebleakoutlookisitselfmyveryreasontovote.I’mstubbornlygoingtovoteaslongassomeoneletsme.Evenifit’sonlyaceremonialact,IwillknowthatIhadmysay.Maybemyvoteactuallywillchangesomethingormaybeitonlymakesmefeelbetter,buteitherwayIhavenothingtolose. Votingseemslikeoneofthefewplacesleftwherewecanhaveavoice.Thevoicesofyoungpeoplearesilencedbyauthoritiesinsomanyareas.Votingisachancetoresistauthority,somethingyoungpeopleseemtohaveaknackfor.Suchrebel-lionissomethingtoenjoyinandofitself,butjustmaybewecanbeyouthfullyaudaciousenoughtohopethatsomeonewilllisten. Unfortunately,Hawai‘idoesn’tallowyoutoregisteratthepollssorememberthatyoumustregistertovotebyOct.7.Youcanfindanappli-cationintheYellowPages.

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‘Barbershop’ phrase sparks controversy

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Cedric the entertainer plays eddie, an old barber with many opinions and no customers in ‘Barbershop,’ also starring Ice Cube and sean Patrick thomas.

By Samantha RobinsonDaily Egyptian

(Southern Illinois U.)

(U-WIRE)CARBONDALE,Ill.—Thistimepeoplehavegonetoofar.Beforethemovie“Barbershop”wasreleased,everyonewasgivingitravereviewsabouthowgooditwasandhowgreatitisthatblackpeoplehaveamoviethatisfunnyandhasamessage. Whathaschanged? Inthetwoweeksthatthemoviehasbeenoutithasgeneratednega-tivepressforacoupleoflinesoutofthewholehourand45minutesitruns.Mybeefwiththesituationisnotwiththemovie,butwiththe“activists”whoareatthehelmoftheprotest. JesseJacksonandAlSharptonarecallingfortheproducersofthemovietohavethescenesremovedbeforethefilmgoestovideoandDVD.Thesemenarenottheonlyonesthatarecallingforthis,buttheyarethemostoutspokenones. Jacksonhasbeengivinginter-viewsontelevision,theradioandinnewspapersabouthowthecom-mentsareatragedytothefamiliesofthedeadcivilrightsactivistMartinLutherKing,Jr.andtheliv-ingiconRosaParks.Howcouldthisbe? Withinthecontextofthemovie,thesewerecommentsthatonlyonecharacterbelievedandweresup-posedtobeacatalystfortheotheractors’discussiononhow“wrong”thatcharacterwasforhisopinion.

AccordingtoJackson,thewordsshouldn’thavebeenstatedatallbecause,toviewers,itappearsthatthefilmmakersandeveryoneinvolvedbelievethat. ThemostironicthingaboutJacksonandhisoutspokennessisthefactthathehasnotseenthemovie.Howcouldthisbe? Heisgoingaroundmakingclaimsthatthescenesaredistaste-ful,yethehasnotgonetoatheaterandsatamongeverydayblacksandabsorbedtheirreactions.WouldIbelessblackifIagreedwiththecom-mentsmadeaboutParksorhalfofwhatwassaidaboutMartinLutherKing,Jr.?NO. Someone’sbeliefsarejustthat:hisorherbeliefs.Whohastherighttotellthemthattheiropinioniswrong?Thereareissuesgoingonthatwarrantattentionfrom“activ-ists”otherthanacommentmadeinamovie. Insteadofwastingtimeattackingsomeonefornoreason—iftheyaregoingtofightagainstanything—theyshouldfightagainstsome-thingimportanttothecommonfolk,i.e.livingconditionsordiscrimina-tioninhousingandtheworkplace. Anyonewhohasbeeninabeau-typarlororbarbershopknowsthatanyandeverythingistalkedaboutandthatnothingisoff-limits.Thisdoesnotmatterbecause,whenallissaidanddone,itwasjustamovie. Peoplewhowrite,produce,directorstarinafilmdonothavetonecessarilybelieveeverylittledetailaboutwhatisgoingon.IfI

decidetowriteamovie,Iamgoingtotakerealeventsandgivecharac-tersdifferentviews—thatmakesfordiscussionorconflictbetweencharacters. Ifeverycharacterinafilmbelievedthesamething,therewouldbenopointinhavingamovie. MybiggestproblemwithJacksonisthatheistellinguswhatweshouldbemadabout. Yes,somepeopleareoffended,butthebottomlineis,theyneedtojustgetoverit.Itistimetostopcryingmurdereverytimeawordisspokenaboutsomeoneofcolor. Icommendthefilmmakersforhavingthegutstostickwiththescriptandnotremovingthecom-mentsfromthefilm.Itdidwhatitwassupposedtodo—getpeopletalking. Itdoesnotmakeanysensewhenpeoplewhowerepromotingthemoviearenowattackingitbecausesomanyothersare.Ifyouhaveanopinion,youshouldnotbeafraidtoshareit. Imaynotagreewithwhatthecommentsexpress,butIdefinitelyagreewiththeproducersinkeepingtheminthefilmandspeakingthewordsthatpeoplehavebeenutter-ingforyears.(Yes,believeitornot,therearepeoplewhobelievewhat“Eddie”said). Nomatterifyouagreewiththecommentsornot,everyoneknowssomeonewhobelievesthesamething.Thequestionis,whowillbetheonetostepupandadmitit?

Jesse Jackson attacks the film’s dialogue ... but he hasn’t seen the movie

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TheUniversityofHawai‘iRainbowWahineCrossCountryteamsplititssquadlastweek-end,sendingrunnerstoboththeStanfordInvitationalinPaloAlto,Calif.andtheBrighamYoungUniversity-Hawai‘iInvitationalinLa‘ie.TheUHsquadinPaloAltofinishedfifthof16teamswithateamscoreof137inthe4Kdivi-sionwhiletheRainbowrunnerscameinfourthoffourqualifyingteams(109points)inLa‘ie. AttheStanfordInvitational,juniorVictoriaChangwasthetopRainbowWahinefinisherwithatimeof14:37,goodforeighthoverall,inherreturntoPaloAlto,whereshespentthefirsttwoyearsofhercollegiatecareer.RoundingoutthescoringfortheRainbowswerefreshmanHannaBremler(11th,14:44),sophomoreAletheWest(38th,15:40),seniorJenniferCrumley(39th,15:41)andjuniorRobinMcRobbie(62nd,16:19). Stanfordwonthe4Kwithatotalof75points,followedby18th-rankedWisconsin,Purdue,andtheUniversityofMontana.Stanfordalsowonthe6Kovertop20teamsDuke,UCLAandWisconsintomoveuponespotinthenationalpolltonumbertwo.UHdidnotenterrunnersinthe6K. Inthewomen’s5Kopenrace,whichwasnotscored,seniorTerynBentleyledtheRainbowWahine,finishing14thoverallwithatime

of19:31.SeniorJodiEnomoto(21st,19:43),freshmanLeonieSugai(26th,20:01),seniorSaraVerga(32nd,20:12)andfreshmanKiraLee(51st,21:22)alsoranforUH. AtLa‘ie,seniorMichelleRomancewasthetopRainbowfinisher,placing18thoverallwithatimeof21:43.Finishingfivesec-ondsbehindherin19thplacewasUHfreshmanErinLopez(21:48). Hawai‘iPacificUniversitywonthecompetitionwithjust26points.

Thefifth-rankedUniversityofHawai‘iRainbowsailingteam

finishedinseventhplaceofseventeamsatlastweekend’sSloopPacificCoastChampionships. SkipperSteveBrownandcrewDanPavelandJohnSharkeyfin-ishedwith39points,25behindregattawinnerSouthernCal.The‘Bowsbestfinishwasthirdintwoofthesevenraces. TheTrojansadvancetotheIntercollegiateSailingAssociationSloopNationalChampionshipsNov.1-3inNewport,R.I.,thefirstofsixsailingchampionshipsoftheyear. Next,theRainbowsheadtoSanFranciscoBayforthemen’sandwomen’sPacificCoastIntercollegiateYachtRacingAssociationsinglehandedchampi-onshipsOct.4-6.

‘Bows finish fifth at Stanford Invite, last at BYU-H race

‘Bows, ‘Cats split weekend series

By Stefanie NakasoneKa Leo Contributing Writer

AsatuneupbeforethestartoftheWesternAthleticConferenceregularseason,theUniversityofHawai‘iRainbowWahinesoccerteamsplitapairofmatcheswiththeWeberStateWildcatsattheWaipi‘oPeninsulaSoccerStadiumonFriday(3-2)andSundaynight(4-0). Acrowdof297watchedtheWildcatsdefeattheRainbowWahineonFriday.The‘Bowsplayedwithouttheirtoptwoscor-ers,juniorArleneDevittandfresh-manNatashaKai.Devittwasineli-gibleduetoaredcardshereceivedduringMonday’sgameagainstLongBeachState,whileKaisatoutwhiletryingtorecuperatefromanillness. “Wehadseveralkeyplayersout,sowehadtoimprovise,”saidHawai‘icoachPinsoomTenzing. DespitetheabsenceofDevittandKai,Hawai‘istruckfirstasfreshmanCarmenCalposcoredonanassistbysophomoreTiaMedeiros13:49intothegame. AlthoughtheRainbowsended

thefirsthalfwiththeone-goallead,WeberStatecamebackinthesecondhalf.Inthe48thminute,WeberState’sRochelleHoovermissedagoalastheballhitthecrossbar,butsophomoreJessicaMurphyreboundedtheballandtiedthegamewithakickpastHawai‘igoalieMahieAtay. TheRainbowWahineansweredbackwithagoalbyjuniorMiaMoeatthe51:28markonanassistbyCalpo.MoekickedtheballpastWeberStategoalieKandiceGolartoscoreherfirstgoaloftheseason.However,theWildcatscamebackasfreshmanTiffanyFoersterliftedtheballoverAtaytoscoreherfirstoftwogoalsinthegame.Foerster’ssecondgoalcamelessthantwominuteslaterasshekickedthewin-ningscorefromcloserangeintothebottomleftcornerofthegoal. “Westartedoffreallywell.Wedominated,”saidRainbowWahinedefenderKrystalynnOntai.“Butwehadsometroublescoringgoals.Imadesomebadpasses,somebaddecisions.” Despitelosing3-2,theWahinehadmoreshotsongoalwith11totheWildcats’six.CoachTenzing

hadnothingbutpraiseforhisteam,commentingthathisteamplayed“wellenoughtowin.” “Weweretryingtoplaysomeyoungplayersatthebackandtheymadesomemistakes,andthosethingshappen,”Tenzingremarked.“ButtheywereabletogetsomeexperienceplayingDivisionIsoc-cer.” WiththereturnofDevittonSunday,theRainbowWahinewontheirrematchwiththeWildcatswitha4-0shutout. “Ourdefenseissomethingwe’reproudof,”saidTenzingashisteamheldanopponentscore-lessforthefirsttimethisseason.However,accordingtotheplayers,thedefensewasnottheonlykeytothevictory. “Wereallyplayedlikeateam,”saidsophomoremidfielderJoelleSugai.Moeadded,“Wewerepass-ingtheballreallywellandscoringgoals.Itwasagreatgame.” Moe,whowascelebratingher22ndbirthday,scoredthefirstgoalofthematch,shootingtheballofftheinsiderightgoalpostinthe27thminute.Atthe33:32mark,ErinQuattromanipickeduphersecond

assistofthegamebypassingaballthatwasinitiallysavedbyWeberState’sGolartoCalpo,whoheadedtheballintothegoal.Hawai‘ithenscoredrightbeforehalftimeonagoalbyDevitt.Onafreekick,defenderJessicaUecker,theWACdefensiveplayeroftheweek,passedtheballtoSugai,whobrokeawayfromWildcatdefendersandthenpassedtheballtoDevitt,whoaddedtoherschoolrecordformostcareergoalsscored(25).Then,inthe58thminute,Hawai‘iscoredonagoalbyTiaMedeirosonanassistfromDevitt.Thefour-goalleadallowedCoachTenzingtoplayhisentirebench. “Thehappiestpartoftoday’sgamewasthateveryonegottoplay,”saidTenzing.“Theworstpartofmyjobistellingpeopletheycan’tplay,butthatdidn’thappentoday.” TheRainbowWahinearenowas3-5-2ontheseason.Withoutascheduledgamethisweek,Hawai‘iwillplayitsannualAlumnaeMatchonOct.5ontheUH-Manoalowercampus.TheystartWACplaywithtwohomegamesonOct.11vs.TulsaandOct.13vs.Rice.

No sloop for you! ‘Bows finish last at Pacific Sloops

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DEVITT: Scored a goal in her return to play Sunday in the ‘Bows 3-2 win.

MOE: The birthday girl knocked in her first two goals this weekend.

Rainbow Wahine lose without All-WAC striker Devitt but win in her return in final games before the start of WAC play