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The termination of 33 tutors at O‘ahu elementary schools comes at a bad time for students who need help and for those who are trying to provide it. “I felt really bad. One of my kids came up to me and said, ‘Miss Amy, so tutoring this Mon-day, right?’ and I had to tell him ‘Oh no buddy, we don’t have tutor-ing.’ He was like ‘What? Am I in trouble? I promise I’ll be good!’” said Amy Shigemitsu, a Univer-sity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa student and federal work-study tutor, in a telephone interview. “How do you explain to a fi rst-grader some-thing like losing a job?” The tutors are provided at no cost to the elementary schools through the America Reads fed-eral work-study program. How-ever, with two and a half weeks left in this semester, UH Mānoa students awarded with federal work-study have been let go from

their jobs due to budget shortag-es. The federal funds, which are allocated from the federal govern-ment to the University of Hawai‘i, are intended to employ students throughout the semester as a form of untaxed fi nancial aid. The university students were given two weeks’ notice March 17. With Spring Break starting the next day, many of the elemen-tary school program coordinators were unaware of the situation. As of April 1, Shigemitsu and the other America Reads tutors found themselves offi cially unemployed. Unable to earn their work-study funds through this program, the tutors must now apply for another work-study placement (such as an on-campus job) or fi nd another source of income. Some students have elected to continue tutoring even though they’re not being paid. “I know that some people are volunteering st i l l , out of the goodness of their heart ,” Shigemitsu said.

Under federal guidelines, insti-tutions receiving work-study funds are required to have a reading program. While this could mean a single tutor, UH Mānoa’s program reaches approximately 200 stu-dents at seven elementary schools across O‘ahu. The 33 tutors pri-marily worked with students after school to improve reading fl uency and comprehension, but some tu-tors also assisted teachers in the classroom during school hours. The America Reads Pro-gram had tutors at Ala Wai, Hōkūlani, Kalihi Kai, Kūhiō, Lunalilo, and No-elani elementary schools and Mō‘ili‘ili Commu-nity Center. Without tutoring available, Shigemi-tsu said she anticipates more elementary stu-dents will be spend-ing their afternoons in the A+ after-school program. “There is a

need in the community, and the tutors seem to enjoy it,” said Noreen Okikawa, the UH Mānoa student employment director. “What happened this year can be looked at two ways,” Okikawa

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Okikawa said the goal of her staff and the Finan-cial Aid offi ce is to use the award money instead of having to return it to the federal government. “In years past we couldn’t get enough stu-dents working ... We don’t want that money to go to waste. That ’s the whole point – to use this money to f inance their education.” A lthough the funds have never run out before, it was al -ways a possibility. “Financial Aid awards out more money than is available,” explained Okikawa, meaning they hire more people than they can actually pay for. This is “because some of those students will end up not working, [and] some will have their awards can-celed because they are going to receive a schol-arship. Some students end up working but maybe they only earn half of it. It ’s hard to predict how much of the work-study money that gets awarded will actually get used.” Almost every year, about half of those stu-dents who accept the work-study award do not end up working at all. If an institution repeatedly has funds left over, the federal government will give it less money the following year. “If the university’s allocation gets reduced, that means fewer students get this award,” Okikawa said.

Federal work-study is a need-based form of f inancial aid awarded to students who meet fed-eral eligibility requirements. Okikawa said it is essentially like a job where students are paid by the hour and receive a regular paycheck. Stu-dents can work as often as they want with the money coming out of their allocated work-study fund. Individual awards are normally between $2,000 and $2,500 and are good for the fall and spring semesters. Federal work-study is advan-tageous because earnings do not count as in-come on the FAFSA. Okikawa cited students working more hours than anticipated and a diffi cult off-campus job mar-ket as possible reasons the funds were earned so quickly this year. While no one wants to see the program down-sized, Okikawa said this is the most likely path for the UH Mānoa America Reads program. “Next year I’ll probably just have to hire fewer tutors. So that means fewer positions for students in this program, that means fewer tutors out at the schools,” said Okikawa with a sigh. “But I mean, that’s life, right?” “It affects them [the elementary students]. I really see that now,” Shigemitsu said. “I don’t like the fact that they feel like I’m abandoning them.”

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Today’s Birthday (04/27/11). You’re beginning to see the light down the tunnel of love. Make new friends, but don’t forget to take good care of the ones you already have. Travel a different route, and roll with any punches. You’ll be pleasantly surprised.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Home sweet home. Put out the welcome matt and cuddle in the comfort of your nest. Don’t open the door to strangers. Solve the problem by yourself.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- An old dream comes true. It may require short-distance travel. Your work may seem more important than your relationships today. Don’t be fooled.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Let your curiosity be your guide. A little study brings tremendous results. Consider how to best direct this new skill. Maybe it’s the missing link to fulfilling an old dream.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Your confidence is contagious. Get past your self-assigned limitations for fulfillment. Do what you love, whether or not you think that the money will follow. It will.

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After the regular season grind, the Western Athletic Con-ference Tournament is next up for the Rainbow Wahine tennis team. Boise State is this year’s host for the tournament, which takes place Thursday to Saturday at Appleton Tennis Center and Ju-lia Davis Park in Boise, Idaho. The ’Bows (8 -12, 2-3 WAC) are seeded 6th and will face 3rd-seeded Nevada (11-9, 5 -1 WAC) in the first round on Thursday at 8 a.m. HST. The Rainbow Wa-hine lost to Nevada 4-3 during conference play. “We’ve been preparing the whole season,” senior Natasha

Zorec said. “We just work hard ev-ery day and learn from the match-es and improve in our practices.” The Rainbow Wahine have high expectations. “Our goal is always to win the WAC Championship – that ’s why we’re going there,” Zorec said. “We believe we have a good

team and all the players are re-ally talented.” Sophomore Katarina Poljako-va, the team’s No. 1 singles player with a 15-5 dual match record, has the same mindset.

“We’re expecting to win it,” Pol-jakova said. “We’re practicing for that. We’ll see how it’s gonna go.” The WAC champion receives the league’s automatic bid into the NCA As. The team has been preparing for this tournament all year. “We have a fall season, which

we focus a lot on our technique and making sure we’re strong as well,” head coach Jun Hernandez said. “We’re in the weight room and doing a lot of conditioning. “As we get closer we play a lot

of matches, then we have a couple weeks off where we fi ne-tune our game a little bit more.” And Hernandez said he be-lieves the team is improving. “Our doubles are getting bet-ter and singles play is getting bet-ter as well,” he said. The team will play in differ-ent elevation levels, but luckily for the ’Bows, their last regular season game was against Boise State in Boise, Idaho. “[Ending the season here] will defi nitely help us with getting ac-climated to climate and also with the altitude,” Hernandez said. Regardless of the elevation, the ’Bows are looking forward to the WAC. “Every regular match is im-

portant, but for the players, WAC is the big thing,” Zorec said. “We want to win and show everything we’ve done in the whole season.” The intensity level will be kicked up a notch as well. “Every person wants to win it more because it ’s worth more,” Poljakova said. “We want to win the WAC and after that, go to nationals.” Hernandez said he hopes this year’s team makes a mark in the UH’s record books. “You win [WAC], then you go to the NCA As, which would be the f irst time in school history,” Hernandez said. “We want to do something remarkable this year and I believe we do have the tal-ent to do it.”

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We want to do something remarkable this year and I believe we do have the talent to do it.

RUSSELL TOLENTINO

Sports Editor

Dennis Lajola’s tennis talent took him around the world. Then, it brought him back Hawai‘i. Lajola played in tournaments across the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Australia with the U.S. junior national team. After he graduated from Isa-bella Colleges in the Philippines in 2007, college tennis power-houses like UCLA, Florida State and Louisville recruited him. But the ‘Aiea, O‘ahu, native signed with the University of Hawai‘i – a move that perhaps surprised Lajola the most. “I didn’t have Hawai‘i in my top 10, or even on the list of schools,” he said.

BROTHERLY LOVE Dennis’ older brother Der-rick, who fi nished his senior year on the UH men’s tennis team when Dennis was choosing a col-lege, convinced him to sign with the Rainbow Warriors. Derrick felt UH was headed in the right direction under head coach John Nelson, who was in his fi fth season at the time. “You can go play for the best school, [but that] doesn’t neces-sarily mean the coach will de-velop you,” Derrick said. “Coach Nelson had a reputation of taking guys and getting them into the pro tour and taking teams that had no ranking to another level.” And although he had success at the junior national level, Dennis knew he needed to improve dur-ing college before turning pro. “I needed a coach that could develop me and get me to the next level as a professional,” he said. Derrick also told Dennis that playing for UH was an opportu-nity to return home – especially after moving to the mainland at the age of 14 to pursue tennis. “He saw the bigger picture,”

Derrick said of Dennis. “He [could] come back home, help UH and accomplish a lot of things that [would] give him confi dence. And at the same time, being un-der Coach Nelson [would] give him the game to eventually suc-ceed in college and the pro tour.”

THE NEXT LEVEL For Nelson, Dennis Lajola was the fi nal piece he needed to get the Rainbow Warrior program going. “He could be the best player to come out of Hawai‘i,” Nelson said. “It was huge getting him. He was a big recruit for us.” In his freshman season, Lajola led the Rainbow Warriors to their fi rst Western Athletic Conference championship and appearance in the NCAA Tournament. “We didn’t have the great players [that year] that some powerhouse schools did,” Lajola said. “It felt great winning the fi rst WAC Tournament. I wanted to win, but I wasn’t expecting it.

Somehow a miracle happened and we just kept rolling.” The Rainbow Warriors have now won three-straight WAC titles and are aiming for their fourth at this weekend’s WAC Championships. They’ve also played in three straight NCAA Tournaments and in 2009, won UH’s fi rst NCAA match 4-3 over Oklahoma State. Lajola has led the program’s progress. The three-time f irst-team all-WAC selection has been the team’s No. 1 singles player each season. So far in du-al-matches, he has accumulated a 42-26 singles record and is 32-27 in doubles. Because of its recent success, the program has also gained re-spect nationally, which was a goal Lajola had when he signed. “I wanted to put Hawai‘i on that level where people [knew we] had a good program,” Lajola said. “A lot of coaches and teams re-spect us now. When we play them,

they don’t take us for granted. It feels good to be part of the Hawai‘i tradition that just started.”

COMMUNITY IMPACT During home games, Lajola played in front of family, friends and fans that have watched him since he was younger. He appre-ciates the support that local UH athletes receive. “Hawai‘i really supports [their athletes] and that’s what [is] so special about Hawai‘i,” Lajola said. “I didn’t think that [the sup-port] would ever happen when I fi rst picked up a racket. But when you start winning matches, winning tournaments and doing good, people just look up to you.” Nelson said Lajola also had a positive impact on the local ten-nis community. “A lot of people come out to watch [him],” Nelson said. “He’s really a nice guy, a tough competi-tor and a class act on the court.” Lajola hopes his success proves

to other Hawai‘i tennis players that they can compete at a high level. “Hopefully one day, there is another great player that can rep-resent Hawai‘i,” Lajola said.

L IFE LESSONS While at UH, Lajola said he’s ma-tured as a person and as an athlete. “In juniors, losing matches was so devastating to me. But now, any-thing that comes my way is a process and part of life experiences,” he said. Lajola has also learned to compete as part of a team. “Tennis is more of an indi-vidual sport,” Lajola said. “But college tennis puts a dif fer-ent spin. You’re out playing for a team. You are representing something bigger than yourself – it ’s special.” Naturally, after college, Lajola wants to pursue professional tennis. And Nelson believes Lajola can excel just as he has with the U.S. junior national team and at the University of Hawai‘i. “He’s got the drive. He’s got the talent,” Nelson said. “And ev-ery year he’s getting better.”

UP NEXT The 5th-seeded Rainbow War-rior tennis team (6-12) will open the WAC Tournament against 4th-seeded Boise State (15-14, 3-3 WAC) on Friday at 11:00 a.m. HST. The ’Bows lost to Boise State 5-2 during conference play. The tournament is hosted by Boise State at the Appleton Ten-nis Center and Julia Davis Park in Boise, Idaho.

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Senior Dennis Lajola has led the Rainbow Warrior tennis team to three-straight WAC championships and appearances in the NCAA Tournament. He has notched a 42-26 singles record and is 32-27 in doubles.

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