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JOEY RAMIREZSports Editor

With college basketball season over until fall, the stu-dent section at Stan Sheriff Center currently lies deserted. But if proposals from the University of Hawaii mens basketball team and the Mnoa Maniacs goes through, those three sections could be over owing with rowdy Rainbow Warrior fans come seasons tipoff. As it is now, the student section encompasses lower-level sections JJ, G and F. Under the proposed changes, it would forfeit section JJ and gain E. Also,

it would switch upper-level section N for M. I think its going to make it feasible to stuff that sec-tion again, because the season before this last one, I (saw) that section entirely full and go up into the second tier, said Mnoa Maniacs representative Genevieve Bradley. We need that restructuring to happen to be the base for our ability to ll up that student section and create that really vibrant school spirit and energy in the stadium. The Mnoa Maniacs hope that the revised seat-ing arrangement would help better engage students in the games, improving the overall experience. When you look at the Big Ten, theyre all on the

side that the ESPN cameras come on, and thats in-tentional, said Sara Sellers, a masters candidate in Religion. Behind the basket is the perfect place, and people need to be pushed down closer to the basket. However, the Mnoa Maniacs and mens basketball team foresee potential con icts with long-time season ticket holders over being relocated from their seats. The obstacle is that there would be season ticket hold-ers that may have had their tickets for 20 years, and people dont want to upset those people, which is understandable, said basketball performance analyst Jamie Smith, who acts as a liaison regarding the teams student attendance goals.

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I would say this is going to be the most challenging thing to over-come. It s the thing that we actually have some control over that could make the biggest impact to the at-mosphere at the games. Another proposed change would be the relocation of the UH pep band, which occupies the first few rows of section F. The reason it got jumbled up in the rst place is because of a Big West technicality where the band cant be on the same side as the away team. This came at us in the middle of the season, Bradley said. We didnt really have a place to put the band. We want them to be as integrated into the student sec-tion as possible, so we just put them as far as we could to the other side. According to Bradley, moving

the band into section E is the big-gest priority, though it is unsure whether it would occupy the front or back of the section. I think that would really help ll up the student section again, because its hard to sit right behind the tuba when you cant see anything, Bradley said. The band de nitely isnt going to be where it was this year, next year. There will be a change. The potential change that Bradley ranks third on the Mnoa Maniacs list of priorities behind abolishing the Stan Sheriff Centers mandatory shirt policy is removing the seats in the rst ve rows of the student section to create a standing-only area. To accomplish this, the addition of aluminum risers may be imple-mented to encourage passionate fans to stand closer to the game. There were a couple games where the local community would be

standing for the last ve minutes of a close game, and then youd look at the student section and people would be sitting down, Sellers said. A freshman in college is not someone whos gonna be willing to stand at a game by themselves if no one else is. But if theyre down on the riser, theyre gonna be the best fan. Theyre gonna be the ones who are jumping loud and crazy. All of these proposals synchro-nize for a common purpose: Giving the students a better experience while improving the overall culture of Hawaii basketball. Theres no reason in my mind, no offense to football, why Hawaii cant become a basketball school. Right now its football and womens volley-ball, lets be honest, Smith said.

These changes to the student section in the Stan Sheriff Center are the infrastructure for the devel-opment of these ideas. For the Mnoa Maniacs and UH basketball team, these potential im-provements to the student section could transform the current Rainbow Warrior fan base from apathetic to ardent. It was easier to get people to go to Division III womens basket-ball at my undergraduate than it was to get people to come to the games here, said Sellers, who attended the University of Mary Washington (VA). Its one thing to show up and then sit on your phone the whole time. If youre gonna do that in class, you might as well not go, right? Thats what pro-fessors tell you all the time. Why are you going to go to a sporting event and do the same thing? Sporting events are way more fun than class.

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A petition with 535 signa-tures to cease the pump-up noise that came from UH Mnoa football team practices at Cooke Field, which is located adjacent to the majority of student housing complexes, was turned in to cam-pus administration and ASUH. That opposition is leading some ASUH senators to con-sider taking action, according to Senator at Large, Kelly Nak. This semester, the team practiced six days a week on the eld. The petition, written by UH Mnoa senior Daniel Martin, claimed that the noise includes but is not limited to shouting, music and air horns; and was heard as early as 7:15 a.m. several times a week. UH head football Coach Norm Chow told KHON2 that the noise is necessary for ath-letic improvement and tempo-rarily moved morning practic-es to the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. Chow said that the team doesnt blow air horns, loud mu-sic and shout to be irritating. Were doing it to help us, Chow told KHON. We need to

get better. When theres crowd noise, you need to holler plays. You dont want miscommunica-tion. You need focus, so thats why we do it. Were not doing it just to have fun with it. On the other hand, Michael Kaptik, director of Student Hous-ing Services, said that student housing forwarded student con-cerns about the to noise to athlet-ics as they received them. After noticing a steep rise in the fre-quency of these complaints dur-ing the weeks when practice was held, he was informed of the peti-tion by its author, Martin, who is a student housing resident. (I recall) being woken up at 7:15 to the sound of like a train going through my liv-ing room - - the air horn - - and having very loud music ll my apartment. It s bothered many students including myself for awhile and it s especially bad this semester, Martin said. As an outgoing senior, he wanted to ensure this wasnt a persistent problem. We dont want them to stop practicing football, we just need them to be cognizant of the amount of noise theyre making and the proximity theyre to the housing complexes, he said. All

students sign the housing agree-ments before moving in which not only obligates the students to minimize their own noise but also guarantees (theoretically) all students the right to peace and quiet during quiet hours. He said he has called the Ho-nolulu Police Department, the RAs and Campus Security but was only able to le a complaint. All that does is le a com-plaint; it cant facilitate any actual enforcement ... because athletics are outside the jurisdiction of the housing department, Martin said. Its awful and damaging to wake up to that much noise that early in the morning when youre already taking 16 credits and working 16 hours a week which is why sleeping in until 8 a.m. really makes a major difference. For the last four practices of the season, the practices moved to T.C. Ching Field, which is further away from the housing complexes. (When I) woke up, I could still hear the music but not to the point that it was a problem, it was a major difference and an effec-tive compromise, Martin said. Chow said the move was an act of courtesy to the residents of student housing.

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Many college students priori-tize their weekends by catching up on much needed sleep or partying with friends. However, 20-year-old Leiomlama Tamasese Solomon, a sophomore at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa, spent her week-ends this semester ying back and forth from Oahu to Waimea on the Big Island to practice for one of Hawaiis oldest and most prestigious hula competitions - Merrie Monarch.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Solomon is no stranger when it comes to dancing in front of people, having danced since she was four. She rst participated in a competi-tion when she was seven. I did my rst solo competition on the Big Island, Solomon said, It was a competition run by Uncle George Naope at the King Kamehameha Ho-tel, and I placed second. In the years following, Solomon, along with her hlau, has partici-pated in many other contests and festivals around the world, including New York, New Mexico, Tahiti and Japan, even competing in the 2010 Merrie Monarch festival with her hlau in the kahiko (ancient) and auana (modern) division. Taking it a step further, she entered to compete for Miss Aloha Hula in the 2014 Mer-rie Monarch festival. Though she is no beginner when it comes to practicing what she loves on stage, Solomon had to overcome many obstacles, one being distance. Her hlau practices in Waimea on the Big Island, but she attends school full-time at UH Mnoa. During the week I focused main-ly on school, Solomon said, But once Friday came around, I would drop ev-erything school related, get on a plane to Waimea and practice by myself and with my hula sisters there throughout the weekend.

INSPIRED DANCES AND COSTUME Through her long hours of practicing, along with some help

from her aunt, mother and other members of her hlau, she fi-nally mastered her routines for the show. Her kahiko and auana sets were completely original and created just for her. I wanted my aunty and grand-mother to create the dance because they are the masters, Solomon said. Solomon was raised with many

strong Hawaiian and Samoan wom-en as role models. Because of the strong women in uence in her fami-ly, it was only tting that a part of her set, the oli for her kahiko, which was composed by her mother and then transcribed to Hawaiian by Kumu Hula Keala Ching, be in honor of a Hawaiian goddess who is the epito-me of power, grace and beauty. Pele is a sacred, beautiful and

powerful woman, and I was connect-ed to this chant about her because I respect Pele in that way, and shes my favorite goddess, Solomon said. Her aunt created the choreogra-phy for her kahiko set, but Solomon did manage to input some of her own taste. One of her role models outside of the hula world is Beyonc, whom she admires for her dedication to the message of woman empowerment.

She chose to honor her by incorpo-rating a move from one of her music videos, Run the World. (Beyonc) did a move in her music video with her shoulders shak-ing, Solomon said. After watching it, she fell in love with it, and, with the help and guidance, incorporated it into her hula rolls to represent the sizzling power of Pele. She wore a red pau skirt, with

yellow pantaloons, as well as a yel-low material under her skirt, so when she turned, it resembled re and lava forms of Pele. Solomons auana set was in honor of her grandmother. Anyone that has spoken to my grandmother can see that she exudes grace, she said. She is so sweet, and right when you meet her you can feel her heart and see this glow around her. Its so easy to be mean and get caught up in all this kaumaha (sadness), but shes al-ways positive and just always car-ries herself in that presence. The music for her set was four mele, or songs, that were composed by her great-great grandmother and famous Hawaiian composer Helen Desha Beamer. One song talks about a garden named Moanikeala up in Piihonua on the Big Island. In that garden, there were white owers, Solomon said, so I wanted to wear all white owers as well, like ginger and gardenia. She wore a light blue silk dress that favored the white owers adorning her as leis.

PERFORMING IN MERRIE MONARCH During competitions, partici-pants often stress out. Solomon said the moments before going on stage are key to controlling that stress. I do not think about anything else before going on stage, just pure positive energy, Solomon said. Going into the Merrie Monarch, Solomon knew that her competitors would be experienced. I knew that I had to bring my best effort and just really had to trust myself in the end, she said. Though Solomon did not place, she was proud to be a part of some-thing that she loves. She put her best foot forward and is grateful to play a signi cant role in showing the world hula. For future Merrie Monarch competitors, Solomon did offer some advice. Know who you are and what youre worth, Solomon said. Dont change yourself for others, be you and do the best you can.

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A memorial museum opened in Hong Kong on April 26, which memorializes the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square, where hundreds of students and civil-ians were killed by the military. It is the first museum in the world dedicated to the failed Chinese democracy movement in 1989. Under the current unstable political system, the movement for democracy is threatened.

JUNE 4 MASSACRE In 1989, college students from Peking University (PKU) gathered at Tiananmen Square to protest against the corrupt government under a single-party Communist system. Students occupied the Capitol and spread demand for democratic reform. The Communist government, the remaining authoritarian ruler in China, bans people from talking about the democracy movement and the massacre in public. After the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from Britain to China, the remem-brance of the June 4 Massacre was suppressed.

HONG KONGS DEMOCRACY The British colonial govern-ment ruled Hong Kong for over 150 years. In the 1980s, Communist China claimed Hong Kongs sov-ereignty, and on July 1, 1997, the British government transferred

Hong Kong back to China. Before this happened, the last British governor Christopher Patten started a political reform towards democracy. After the handover, the Chinese overthrew Pattens reform. The Chinese government is-sued the Basic Law with the One Country, Two Systems principle, which states Hong Kong should be an autonomous region and develop democratic systems which are run

without the Chinese governments interference. However, Hong Kong has not held the elections that they planned even to this day.

CONTROVERSY OF DEMOCRACY The Hong Kong government is also avoiding talks about the democracy movement in China. CY Leung, the chief executive of Hong Kong, refused to reveal his opinions of the June 4 massacre even though he was originally against Beijing cracking down on student protests. Tam Yiu-chung, the president of the party Democratic Alliance Party, said the chief executive must love China and love Hong Kong to perform well and meet the needs of his responsibilities. He said if the chief executive resists the Central Government, it would be harmful to Chinas safety. H o w can anyone know if a person loves

China and Hong Kong? It serves as an excuse for PKU to support or block people who run for election. A pro-democrat scholar from Hong Kong University is initiating a pro-test named Occupy Central. He hopes to gather 10,000 people to protest in the Central District, an important business dis-trict, for the general elections of the 2017 chief executive and 2020 Leg-islative Council elections. Similar to

Occupy Wall Street, pro-democrats want to compel PKU to give univer-sal suffrage to Hong Kong people, but the organizers are still arguing the details of the protest. Some doubt the protest will be effective, and both the PKU and Hong Kong governments announced that Oc-cupy Central is an illegal activity, making people concerned that they will be repressed. Today, Hong Kongs democ-racy process is not only stagnant, but the democratic faction is also falling apart. Facing pressure from the Chinese government and the stronger pro-establish Camp, the democracy movement in Hong Kong is getting more and more difficult to succeed. If no strong leaders come out and carry the pan-democratic responsibility, the democracy movement may fall in the not-so-distant future.

Aloha nui kkou e n iliili leo hone mai Hawaii nui o Keawe a hiki aku i Niihau o Kahelelani. Ua nani wale kia kau kula i ka loaa mai o kia kolamu lelo Hawaii i kkou ma kia npepa nei. Ua hiki aku kkou i ka hopena o kia puke mua, a ua nani maoli n n hana a kkou. Ke make-make nei kia hui o N Iliili Leo Hone e mahalo piha aku i oukou a pau a i k oukou kkoo nui i kia kolamu lelo Hawaii. I oukou n e ola ai kia kolamu, a i kkou e ola ai ka lelo Hawaii. No laila, he leo hoomaikai kia i kkou a pau! Ak, he nui aku n mea e hana ai a e hook ai ma kia ala-hele a n kpuna i hike ai i kkou. E noke mau kkou i ka lelo Hawaii! E laulima kkou no ka pono o ka lelo Hawaii i lohe ia ka leo hone a ka iliili no n hanauna e hiki mai ana. Mahalo i n knaka i leka uila mai me n leka hoomaikai a me n leka kkoo; he mea nui ia i mkou a pau! In e makemake oukou, e kkau mai i kekahi mau leka a akikala paha i kia kau wela, a e mlama ia ana no ke kau kula hou e hoomaka ana i ke kau hule lau. A in hoihoi hoi e komo mai a kkua i ka hoopaa ana i ke kahua o n iliili leo hone, e leka uila mai. Mahalo a nui i oukou a pau!

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First baseman Marc Flores stumbled through his thoughts when asked about his senior class. He chuckled and scratched his head before blurting out the words: I think we have a pretty fun senior class. Ironically, the embodiment of fun was standing a few steps to his right: shortstop Austin Wobrock with his baseball glove perched on top of his head giving an interview. If you ask the seniors what makes this class so memorable, they would likely talk about char-acter, work ethic and fun over all the athletic accomplishments they have achieved. And in that, savor-ing the last few weeks of the sea-son also becomes clearer in focus.

THE L IFE OF THE TEAM At the beginning of the sea-son, head coach Mike Trapasso said that he was never a big chemistry guy, but he was quick to admit that the Bows have a bond thats hard to ignore. Its good a group of young men, from a character standpoint, that Ive been around in a long time, he said. They have an understanding of how fortunate they are to be representing the University of Hawaii, and theyve done it with class and pride.

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MORE THAN TEAMMATES Most of these seniors have only been together since last season, which one would not assume when looking at their camaraderie. Despite this dynamic within the group, the seniors still managed to stay a pretty tight-knit family as Young pointed out. It might have taken some time to build that trust, but we had fall

ball to work with each other, play with each other and just under-stand how one another works, he said. I think fall ball was enough for us to understand how we play. While it took time to adjust to each others company, adjusting to one another rarely became a stum-bling block in the bond they have established as teammates. Even though weve only been to-gether for two years, weve built some good relationships, pitcher Scott Kuzminsky said. We know every-

bodys got each others back. Its fun to go out there and know that they got your back and you have theirs. Were so close this year, said Wobrock, who transferred from Orange Coast College last season. I feel like Im gonna be graduat-ing with my brothers, and Im so excited that I got to play the last two years with them.

MEMORIES TO MISS As the season dwindles down to its last three weeks, the senior class has six more home games and three on the road to breathe in the remnants of their nal year. Ill de nitely miss the fans, the atmosphere and just going out every day and being able to play the game that I love, Kuzminsky said. Ill just remember playing here at the

Les (Murakami Stadium) in front of these great fans and enjoying my last couple of weeks here. Putting aside all levity, they also re ected on the heavier things the lessons they will carry with them be-yond their Rainbow Warrior tenure. Throughout my career as a Warrior, and even throughout baseball as a whole, youre faced with adversity every day, and even every day on the eld you learn something about yourself, Young said. You learn that even if you do have a bad day, youll have another day. Its not the end of the world or anything like that. Baseball, ultimately in the end, teaches you life lessons about how to handle adversity, how to handle yourself and just move on with life.

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I feel like Im gonna be graduating with my brothers, and Im so excited that I got to play the last two years with them.

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