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Locals protest drilling for oil in Artic refuge

By Robert ShikinaKa Leo Associate News Editor

About 20 protestors lined Ala Moana Boulevard between the Prince Kuhio Federal building and Richards St. waving signs with mes-sages supporting the preservation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as traffic sped by and drivers honked their horns in support. Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka voted on the issue on March 16, 2005. Protestors waved signs pro-claiming, “Too wild to waste,” “Oil is not the ANsWeR” and “Stop drill-ing by the baby caribou.” Two of the protest organizers, Steven Montogemery and Chuck Burrows, traveled to the ANWR in July 2004 to visit tribes living in the area. The indigenous people they visited were the Gwitch’in, who have lived in the area for 10,000 years and are perhaps the most affected and most outspoken of the indigenous groups in Alaska that survive off the Porcupine Caribou herd. Every spring, on a sliver of land bound by the Arctic Sea, 150,000 caribou migrate from the south to calve. It is on this 2,000 acres of land, also called the Seringeti of the American continent, that the pro-posed drilling would take place. Proponents of the bill to drill say the caribou will remain unaf-fected. Burrows said that this is not the case. The 72-year-old president of Hawaiians for the Conservation of Native Ecosystems, ‘Ahahui Malama I Ka Lokahi, said all the infrasturcture associated with it will be a disturbance. “What we’re concerned about is the caribou. It’s more than just

food; it’s very similar to Hawaiians or other indigenous people who consider all life forms as sacred. Like Hawaiians consider the taro as their elder brother, to care of, to care for. So do the Gwitch’in peo-ple with the caribou. This differs from the mindset of westerners, who think that plants, land, animals are just things to be consumed and used for their own benefits. That is the message we would like to get across to our people.” The Gwitch’in are comprised of 19 communities spread across Alaska. Over 7,500 people make up the Gwitch’in Nation. In an iso-lated area with no road access to the rest of the world, live the Vuntut Gwitch’in of Old Crow in a commu-nity of 300 people. The Gwitch’in of Vuntut depend on the caribou, and use every part of the caribou for their livelihood. “Akaka is committing cultural genocide, it’s like taking away the culture of the Hawaiian people,” Burrows said. Also at the protest were repre-sentatives of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. The non-profit group in three months collected 1,500 signed postcards from the O’ahu population urging senators to keep Arctic Refuge drilling out of the budget reconciliation bill. The postcard says, “There is simply not much oil there. In fact, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic Refuge contains less oil than the U.S. uses in a year.” According to the energy infor-mation administration Web site, the United States consumes more than 20 million barrels of petroleum per day. In one year, 7.3 billion barrels are consumed. The ANWR Web site, www.anwr.org, a site that sup-ports drilling in the Arctic, states that a 1987 survey done by the Department of Interior estimates recoverable oil ranges from 600 mil-lion barrels to 9.2 billion barrels. Pat Blair, another protestor, said, “We’re just here protesting our senators’ decisions, very un-

Hawaiian.” Moanikeala Akaka, a trustee of the Office for Hawaiian Affairs from 1984-1996, flew in from Hilo to help with the protest. “It’s nine months of oil and it will take ten months to get there,” she said. She called the senators’ vote in favor of oil drilling in the Arctic a sell out to promote the Akaka bill, which

she says will do nothing for the Hawaiian people. “For Inouye it’s a trade off for defense spending,” Burrows said, “monetary wealth is illusionary. Your true wealth is your resources. One of these days you’ll reach a point where all you’ll have is paper money, no water, no food, no air. People have to realize that.”

NewsBriefU-PASS now available TheBus University Bus Pass Program, or U-PASS, is a reduced rate bus pass tailored to the needs of Hawaii’s college students. Students with validated University of Hawai‘i identifica-tion cards are eligible to purchase the U-PASS. Cost is $100. The U-PASS will be valid until May 31 and is available for purchase at the Campus Center ticket office until Jan. 31. There will be no refunds for lost U-PASSes. For more information, call TheBus at 848-5555 or visit their Web site at www.thebus.org.

UH e-mail down tomorrow morn-ing The UH e-mail server will be unavailable tomorrow from 2 to 4 a.m. due to maintenance. POP, IMAP and UH Web Mail will not be avail-able during the scheduled outage. The UH Web Mail site is located at https://mail.hawaii.edu.

Poetry reading at Saunders Hall Robert Sullivan, an assistant professor of English at UH, will conduct a poetry reading from his new collection, “Voice Carried My Family,” tonight from 6 to 7 p.m. at Saunders Hall room 624. Sullivan is a member of the

Maori tribes Nga Puhi of Northland in New Zealand, Ngati Raukawa and Kai Tahu. Since 1990, Sullivan has written five books of poetry published by Auckland University Press, a graphic novel illustrated by Chris Slane called “Maui: Legends of the Outcast,” and a children’s book titled “Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa,” which won both Book of the Year and the Non-Fiction Category in the 2003 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards. His first book, “Jazz Waiata,” won the PEN Best First Book of Poetry award. Sullivan with professor Albert

Wendt and Reina Whaitiri co-edited “Whetu Moana,” an anthology of Polynesian poetry in English, which won the Montana National New Zealand Book Award. For more information, e-mail indpols@hawaii.edu.

Jewish lecture at Sakamaki Hall “Philanthropy, Community, and Poverty: Who Cares for the Jewish Poor?” a lecture, will take place tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at Sakamaki Hall, room A201. Carol Weisbrod will present this lecture. Weisbrod is a professor at University of Connecticut’s School of Law.

Weisbrod will discuss the tra-ditions of Jewish communal sup-port and philanthropy in light of the modern thinking of I. M. Rubinow (1875-1936), a nationally promi-nent expert on Social Security and social welfare. The talk will consider some of the questions about state and group roles in today’s world originally raised by Rubinow at the time of the New Deal. This event is free and open to the general public. For more information, contact Professor Peter Hoffenberg at 956-8497 or peterh@hawaii.edu.

(U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES — In one of the last votes of 2005, Congress showed approval for a bill that would cut funding for federal government-sponsored student loan programs by $12.7 billion. Dubbed the “Reconciliation Bill,” the measure would include a $12.7 bil-lion cut from student loans to combat the federal deficit and fund tax cuts. The House of Representatives approved the bill before the holiday break in December, and the Senate approved the bill by a narrow margin of 51 to 50, with Vice President Dick Cheney breaking the tie. Because the Senate made small changes before passing the bill, the measure will return to the House for a final vote after the winter recess. If the House passes the bill, President Bush is expected to sign it. “This will dramatically affect the access students have to this univer-sity,” said Associated Students of the University of Hawai’i president Grant Teichman. The Reconciliation Bill would raise interest rates on student and parent loans and cut government subsidies for private lenders. The student loan cuts are part of a $40 billion package to reduce the federal deficit and are the largest cuts in the history of federal student loan programs. In light of the loan funding cuts and interest rate increases, ASUH will be asking for more tuition waiv-ers at the state legislative session on January 16, said Teichman. “I had hoped to get a govern-ment loan next semester but it doesn’t seem like that would be a good idea now,” said undergraduate Christie Gomes. “It’s become obvious to me that there are better options concern-ing a loan.”

News Editor Blaine Tolentino con-tributed to this article.

Bill cuts federal loans for students

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Shannon Wood of Kailua holds up a sign in protest Senator Akaka and Inoyes support of Artic Refuge drilling.

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12/16/05 Hawai‘i vs. Campbell The University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine basketball team over-came one of its worst shooting perfor-mances of the season and received an offensive boost from a senior reserve to gut out a 69-59 win over Campbell University Friday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine moved to 6-2 and extended its win streak to four games. Playing its first home game in 19 days, the Rainbow Wahine led for the majority of the game, but the Lady Camels (3-5) gave UH some anxious moments in the game’s wan-ing minutes, cutting UH’s double-digit lead to just two points on a pair of occasions. The Rainbow Wahine, however, scored the final eight points of the game to seal the win and its longest win streak since 2002. UH overpowered the Lady Camels in the middle, as Brittany Grice led three Rainbow Wahine in double-figures with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Pam Tambini added her second straight double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Alofa Toiaivao tallied 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. Senior wing Brittney Aiwohi, in her first action of the year, scored a career-high nine points, all in the second half and all from 3-point range to boost the stagnant UH perimeter game. Hawai‘i played much of the game without leading scorer Amy Sanders, who was battling an illness. Sanders went scoreless after being limited to just 13 minutes and sit-ting out the entire second half. This marked only the third time in the last 62 games that Sanders was held without a point. UH’s post players faced con-

stant double-teaming in Campbell’s zone defense, and, in turn, Hawai‘i launched a season-high 25 3-point attempts. But without Sanders, the Rainbow Wahine struggled from long range. Hawai‘i missed 10 of its

first 11 3-point attempts in the first frame. Enter Aiwohi, who went 3-of-6 from behind the arc in the second half, including a critical jumper with 1:32 remaining after the Camels cut the margin to two.

12/17/05 Hawai‘i vs. Campbell Hawai‘i defeated Campbell for the second time in as many days with a 80-64 decision on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine used an overpowering first half performance to vault to 7-2 on the season and extend its winning streak to five games. Eleven different players got into the scoring column for the Rainbow Wahine, which recorded a season-high 80 points. Brittany Grice led UH in scoring for the third straight game with 16 points and added nine rebounds. Janevia Taylor chipped in 13 points, while sophomore reserve Saundra Cariaga scored a career-high 10 points. UH dominated from the open-ing tip, scoring a mere five sec-onds in and reeling off the game’s first eight points. Already enjoy-ing a double-digit lead, 18-8, the Rainbow Wahine put together a 20-1 run to turn a comfortable

lead into a blowout. Hawai‘i led by as many as 31 points in the first half and held a 45-16 lead at the break. The Rainbow Wahine shot 52 percent for the first half, while holding the Lady Camels to just 28 percent shooting. For the second straight game, UH dominated on the inside with a 46-27 edge on the boards, and a day after missing 20 of 25 3-point attempts, improved on the perimeter, hitting 5-of-12 from long range. Campbell, meanwhile, struggled immensely from the foul line. The squad made 19 trips to the line but converted a measly five free throws. Marlena Murphy went just 3-of-11 from the line, although she led three Lady Camels in double figures with 18 points. The Rainbow Wahine rolled to victory despite being without leading scorer Amy Sanders, who sat out due to illness. Sanders missed her first career game for UH on Saturday after a string of 92 contests played.

12/28/05 Hawai‘i vs. Kent State Janevia Taylor scored a game-high 20 points and Hawai‘i overcame a slow start to defeat Kent State, 61-55, Wednesday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine improved to 8-2 with its sixth straight win. Coming off an 11-day layoff, the Rainbow Wahine began slug-gishly. However, Hawai‘i managed to erase a 12-point first-half deficit and held the Golden Flashes (7-3) to just two points in the final 5:44 to seal the game. The loss was only the second for Kent State in its last seven games. Meanwhile, the six game win streak is UH’s longest in three years. The Rainbow Wahine look to extend the streak to seven games, something that has not happened in four years, when the two teams meet again on Friday. Both teams played with defen-sive intensity, resulting in some

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Gasoline prices may have sta-bilized for now but it’s time to face an unpleasant reality; Demand for gasoline and kerosene is outstrip-ping supply. The current situation is unsus-tainable. Even as demand for these fuels has reached all-time highs, experts say supplies have either leveled off or begun to decline. The resulting high prices and scarcity threaten the global economy with recession or worse. Yet no moves have been made to expand refining, tanker or pipeline capacity, or to remove the barriers to investment that prevent us from meeting these growing demands. N a t i o n a l oil companies control 58 per-cent of oil and natural gas reserves. In many of those countries, laws actually require that the gov-ernment own or control significant shares of any oil-exploration ven-tures. But corruption within those very governments makes the multi-billion-dollar investments required for oil exploration too risky. No one wants to sink billions into a project and see it disappear because of selective taxation, arbi-trary laws, conflicting legal codes and unenforced contracts. Russia frightened away many investors by breaking up its major oil com-pany, Yukos, and suing British Petroleum’s Russian partner for $790 million in back taxes from 2001. Moreover, pipelines often must cross unstable countries, which make them even less attrac-tive to investors. Even in the United States, gov-ernment intervention prevents an

aggressive response to the problem. Before a company can seek a per-mit to build a refinery here, it must fully design the plant and have an environmental impact statement done on the design. This requires an investment of $250 million, according to one petroleum execu-tive. Even then, the permit stands a less-than-even chance of approval. The Senate recently blocked a mea-sure easing environmental guide-lines which block new refinery construction and nixed drilling for natural gas on the continental shelf along U.S. coasts. Small wonder no new refiner-ies have opened in the United States in 30 years. Or that spare capacity

is at an all-time low. B u t the problem goes deeper still. Even if new refiner-ies opened t o m o r r o w , the tankers that transport oil around the world are

essentially operating at full capac-ity. Worse, international lending institutions are weak in many parts of the world, and significant por-tions of the funds they do have are diverted to high taxes and corrup-tion, rather than expanding oil and gas supplies. The real problem when it comes to energy is transportation fuels and not electricity, which can be generated from coal and nuclear reactors. There are no silver-bullet solutions. Americans aren’t going to stop driving. Neither are Chinese, Indians, Europeans or anyone else. But the forces that are squeezing supplies do not abate, either. So it’s time to meet the chal-lenge head-on and do what it takes to expand the transportation fuel supply before it’s too late.

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Congressional Republicans made a gesture of fiscal constraint before hornswoggling voters into believing they were worried about the deficit. The $40 billion in spending cuts, spread over five years, was only a scant third of 1 percent of the fed-eral budget. This year’s budget deficit alone is $319 billion. The spend-ing cuts will soon be swamped by $56 billion in extended tax cuts that Congress is poised to pass early next year, along with $27 billion in addi-tional tax write-offs for the wealthy that took effect Jan. 1. In fact, the $40 billion in cuts would be barely worth men-tioning were it not so irrespon-sible. Bearing the brunt will be the federal college loan program, which Congress instead should be

increasing in light of soaring high-er education costs and the fact that American industry is clamoring for a better educated workforce. Because of the cuts, students will be piling up several thousand dollars of additional debt and parents will be paying higher interest, up to 8.5 per-cent, on loans. Lenders will no longer be able to subsidize new loans from the money they make. Despite promises to raise Pell Grants by $1,000 to keep up with rising costs, the grants will remain capped at $4,000. The $22 billion in cuts and restruc-turing will be partly offset by $3.75 bil-lion in new grants for students studying foreign languages, math and science, plus $2 billion to forgive loans for spe-cial-education teachers and students who enlist in the military after college. But the net $13 billion cut marks the biggest hit in the history of the program.

The House version passed nar-rowly with no Democratic support. It took Vice President Cheney, rushing back from the Mideast, to break a 50-50 tie vote in the Senate. Describing the vote as the only chance this year to “actually do some-thing about deficit spending,” Senate Budget Committee chair Judd Gregg of New Hampshire told senators, “This is our responsibility to our children.” Actually, Congress and the Bush administration have socked it to them. They have piled on a mountain of federal debt with an unbudgeted war in Iraq and a drug program for grand-parents. It is all being compounded by the pinch in college aid. Some high school grads will give up altogether in the pursuit of a degree, to the detri-ment of the U.S. economy. The next generation is paying a big price for Congress’ lip service to austerity.

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“Creating an Exemplary Online Course with WebCT,” a workshop, will take place today at 1 p.m. at Kuykendall Hall, room 106. This workshop will introduce the partici-pants to practices in course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment and evaluation, and technology learner support. People may register for the workshop online at http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/OnlineReg.html. For more infor-mation, call Donna Matsumoto at 455-0637, e-mail her at donnamat@hawaii.edu, or visit the Center for Teaching Excellence on the Web at http://www.cte.hawaii.edu.

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Q: Hi, I am a poor college student and want to buy a cheap car that is reliable. Can you recommend some used cars? I just need the basics to get to my destinations. Please also tell me the price range.

I’m going to recommend that you only look at cars that were made after 1998. Any car older than this, although it may have a good reliabil-ity record, may require repairs due to age and abuse from previous owners. Although you may save a few thou-sand dollars on an older car initially, you may have to make up for it later should the need for repairs arise. I recommend the following three cars: the Toyota Corolla, the Honda Civic and the Nissan Sentra. These cars are neither the small-est nor the largest vehicles on the road; they fall between the sub-com-pact and mid-size categories. This means you can get the efficiency of a small car, but you don’t compro-mise too much in terms of size and comfort. Although these cars are not huge and luxurious, they can offer a fairly good blend of comfort, luxury and economy.

Toyota Corolla In my humble opinion, the Corolla is the best of these three cars. I personally find that components like trim, mirrors and interior pieces seem to wear out faster on the other two cars, especially the Civic. The Corolla is a good, reliable car. I rec-ommend the 1998 – 2002 models and the 2003 – 2005 models. The Corolla was redesigned for the 2003 model year to be larger and more luxurious than its 1998 – 2002 predecessors.

Honda Civic The Civic’s reliability seems to match that of the Corolla, but as

stated before, fit and trim is lacking, especially on older models. These cars are still good and, like the Corolla, are economical and reliable. In 2001, the Civic was redesigned and like the Corolla the Civic was made larger and more luxurious than its older coun-terparts. Fit and trim seem to have improved in this redesign, but I’d still inspect any model closely.

Nissan Sentra The last car is the 2000 – 2005 Nissan Sentra. Even though it’s last on this list, there’s nothing horribly wrong with it. Its fit and finish are good and in my opinion seem to be better than the Civic’s. However, the reliability of the Sentra should be considered marginal. Although the Sentra has a fairly decent reliability rating, I’ve seen many reports and have heard quite a few first-hand accounts of reliability and quality issues regarding this car. Thus, I’d put it below the Corolla and Civic. Prices for each of these three cars tend to be in the same range. For example, 1998 – 2002 cars should generally range from $6,000 to

$9,000. Cars from 2003 and later can range from $10,000 to $14,000. The price of the car will be determined ultimately by the overall condition, trim level and mileage. No two used cars are created equal, and because these cars are used, you must inspect them closely for any defects or signs of neglect or an accident. I suggest you take a look at the two-part used car inspec-tion checklist I wrote a few semesters ago. The checklist will allow you to inspect the car yourself. After your preliminary inspection, you should take the car to your mechanic to have a secondary inspection done, which can catch anything you might have missed or may not be aware of. He or she can put the car on a lift, inspect components from top to bottom and give you an assessment. Remember, these are just recom-mendations. Feel free to check out other cars as you wish. Also, you are not obligated to and shouldn’t be pressured into buying any car you don’t want, regardless of whether it is from a dealer or an independent seller. Happy car hunting.

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poor shooting. The Rainbow Wahine missed 12 of its first 13 shots and watched Kent State bolt out to an early double-digit lead. The Golden Flashes led 20-8 at the 11:38 mark, but the Rainbow Wahine outscored Kent 25-10 the remainder of the half to take a 33-30 lead at the break. Hawai‘i never trailed in the second half and built its lead to as many as nine points. The Golden Flashes cut UH’s lead to two points, 55-53, on a Sarah Burgess lay-up, with 5:44 remaining. But the Rainbow Wahine held Kent State scoreless until a pair of free throws with less than a second left and the game already at hand.

12/30/05 Hawai‘i vs. Kent State In a physical and often ugly contest, Hawai‘i closed out its non-conference schedule with a 67-56 win over Kent State Friday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine head into Western Athletic Conference play next week with a 9-2 record and riding a seven-game win streak. Hawai‘i endured one of the slop-piest games in recent memory by playing inspired basketball down the stretch. The Rainbow Wahine turned a six-point second half deficit into a 10-point lead with a game-deciding 19-3 run. Amy Sanders scored 13 of her game-high 15 points in the second half, while Tanya Smith also added 15 for the Rainbow Wahine, which are enjoying the longest wining streak since the 2001 WAC season. Engaged in a physical and down-right sloppy basketball game, neither team could get into a rhythm. The

teams combined for 58 fouls and 44 turnovers and four players fouled out. The teams shot a total of 73 free throws, with UH converting on 30-of-41 and Kent State on 20-of-32. It was the Rainbow Wahine who ultimately put the clamp down, holding Kent State to just 23 per-cent shooting and out-rebounding the Golden Flashes, 50-32. Kent State’s Lindsay Shearer entered the game averaging 20.6 points per game, but was riddled with foul trouble and limited to just one point and one field goal attempt in 12 minutes of action.

1/05/06 Hawai‘i at Nevada Hawai‘i kicked off the 2006 WAC season with a nail-biting 79-74 win over University of Nevada Thursday night at the Lawlor Events Center. The Rainbow Wahine (10-2, 1-0 WAC) watched a double-digit lead disappear in the second half, but battled back to notch their eighth straight win. Janevia Taylor led four Rainbow Wahine in double-figures with 20 points, tying her season-high. Tanya Smith set a career-high with 16 points, and Amy Sanders and Alofa Toiaivao each contributed 14. UH’s eight-game streak is its longest since the 2000 WAC season. Hawai‘i led for the majority of the game and had built a 14-point lead early in the second half. However, a Traci Graham 3-pointer with just less than three minutes left put the Wolf Pack ahead, 71-69. UH responded by scoring the next six points and sealed the game with a pair of Sanders free throws with four seconds left. Nevada (3-9, 0-1 WAC) lost despite a monumental effort by sopho-

more Meghan McGuire, who poured in a career-high 28 points. McGuire almost single-handedly brought the Wolf Pack back and scored 11 con-secutive Nevada points. However, UH stopped McGuire when it Toiaivao block of a McGuire 3-point attempt with 26 seconds left helped protect a 77-74 UH lead. Early in the game, it was a tight contest. The game was knotted, 17-17, with seven minutes left in the first half, but UH used a 12-2 run over the next two minutes to quickly build a double-digit lead. The Rainbow Wahine led by as many as 11 before taking a 37-28 lead in the locker room and scored the first five points of the second half to lead, 42-28. Nevada shot 55 percent from the floor and nailed 8-of-9 free throws in the second half to help fuel the comeback, but could not contend with UH’s size inside as the Rainbow Wahine enjoyed a 41-28 advantage on the boards. Hawai’i will now return home for a critical early-sea-son match up with Louisiana Tech. The Rainbow Wahine upset the Lady Techsters in last year’s meeting in Honolulu. Game time is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 12.

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