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The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s kalo (taro) farm, Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘o Kānewai, will be showcased in Washington, D.C., as part of a ten-day festival starting on June 27. The Smithsonian Folklife Fes-tival is a program commemorating the 150th anniversary of the found-ing of land-grant universities and the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture, and seeking to put research into action in the areas of agricul-ture and food, health care, sustain-able living, urban and rural revital-ization, and education. More than one million people are expected to attend this annual event. UH Mānoa is among 20 public land-grant universities to be fea-tured in the festival. Uluwehiokapulapulaikalaakea Cashman, a student majoring in eth-nic studies and minoring in Hawaiian language, is headed to D.C. to par-ticipate in the festival to bring these partnerships to life through demon-strations, discussions, and hands-on activities via the campus kalo patch.

BRINGING HAWAIʻ I TO D.C . “We hope to be showcasing some of the values and practices associated with Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘o Kānewai,” said Cashman in an email interview. “As a representa-tive of Native Hawaiian programs at a land-grant university, our goal is to showcase an example of cultural practices that integrate connections between our natural environment, native people and indigenous plants to support viable

food resources and other sustain-able outcomes in Hawai‘i.” Cashman is one of the 80 people participating in the show-case from Hawai‘i, including a 25-member hula hālau from Hawai‘i Community College. The lo‘i exhibition will be a four-feet by six-feet irrigated area with mounds of mud that support the kalo plantings and other na-tive plants. This structure will also help to set the scene of a tra-ditional lo‘i, said Cashman. “It is our hope that appre-ciation and value for our cultural practices is realized and that this example can be relatively ap-

plied to similar contexts beyond Hawai‘i,” said Cashman. “Kalo cultivation in lo‘i is not only about raising kalo as a staple food. There is so much more cultural and ge-nealogical signifi cance to kalo for Native Hawaiians.”

GROWING HISTORY Since 2007, Kānewai has pro-vided experiential, cultural and educational opportunities for stu-dents and the community by pro-moting Hawaiian language and encouraging the revitalization of traditional Hawaiian values, con-cepts, and practices through the collection of kalo.

All Hawaiian kalo varieties can trace its lineage to the fi rst kalo plant, named Hāloanakalaukapalili. “Stories and lessons associated with them include the importance of ancestral connections, aloha ‘āina or mālama ‘āina, as well as reciprocal responsibilities of fam-ily to respect, care and provide for each other,” said Cashman. “These cultural practices associated with lo‘i cultivation portray meaningful examples of Hawaiian culture.” Cashman and other students will also prepare kalo to make poi and will put on other cooking demonstrations that include traditional Hawaiian deli-cacies such as raw fi sh and limu. “I feel honored to be a part of this project, as a fi rst year student, travel-ing not only with a small group, but with larger group of Hawaiian pro-grams supported by the UH systems and executive leaders,” said Cash-man, who will be traveling to the east coast for the fi rst time. “ I’m excited for this great opportunity to meet other land-grant universities and to see their work and how they connect with their communities and how they have made an impact as well.” Along with the mini kalo patch, UH will also build an aquaponics garden and demonstrate non-instru-ment navigation with the Hawaiian star compass chart. Native Hawai-ian dances, Hawaiian languages, and healing practices will also be showcased in the festival.

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Mayoral candidate Kirk Caldwell’s views on rail and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa boil down to three words: doing it better. “I do believe, just like in our in-dividual lives, we [should] always try to do it better,” said Caldwell in an interview with Ka Leo.

BUILD RAIL BET TER Caldwell applies this perspective to rail, outlining several improve-ments to the current rail plan. “We need to have less of a vi-sual impact. ... I want to redesign the system within town, moving columns so they’re blocked by buildings so it doesn’t block visual access,” explained Caldwell. Caldwell compared his plan for rail to current mayor Peter Carlisle’s. “I would say Peter Carlisle’s working on the project that I got going along with [former mayor] Mufi Hannemann. But here’s where we do [disagree]: ... I believe we can build rail better.” Caldwell outlined the costs for the $5.27 billion rail project, claiming that $1.55 billion would come from the federal government and that the rest of it would come from an excise tax, of which tourists pay one-third of the total. “You know how much [Ho-nolulu county will be paying] for the total project? Forty-eight percent … that’s a good deal for us.” Caldwell admitted that the rail plans proposed were not perfect. “The perfect rail system should be underground. For $20 billion we can have perfect ... We’re building the good; it’s not perfect.”

DISMISS ING CAYETANOʼS ALTERNATIVES Caldwell dismissed the bus rapid transit system proposed as an alternative by former governor Ben Cayetano.

“He [Cayetano] has no plan. He needs to have a plan, just like there’s a rail plan. Where’s his plan? How’s he paying for it? ... We don’t have answers.” Caldwell summarized his feel-ings on the anti-rail group by saying, “These guys are against mass tran-sit, plain and simple. It’s a bait and switch. ... It’s a scheme to just get you not doing anything.”

ON UNIONS AND THE UNIVERSITY Caldwell also criticized Cayeta-no’s stance on the university with re-gards to views expressed on the UH Mānoa faculty’s union. “I’m not an anti-union guy, and I think there’s a need for unions in all forms of business, including the faculty level, and I don’t have a problem with that. I know that Ben does,” Caldwell said. “What Ben may not have talked about is under his tenure, for the fi rst and only time in the history of this place ever, there was not only a strike by public school teachers but by the university system.” Caldwell stated that the universi-ty needed a greater level of autonomy from the state legislature. “If I had it my way, I would make it an autonomous entity. Yes, it’s a public institution. Yes, it needs state money and federal money, and of course, research grants. But I be-lieve that part of the state tax revenue should be given to the university.” Caldwell also pointed out that standards would then need to be set to ensure accountability on the part of the university. “Is it grad rates? Is it a GPA thing? Is it the number of people that apply? ... You probably have some ideas.”

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In the 70’s, actor John Travolta adorned his signature white suit and moved his muscles to the famous Bee Gees hit “Stayin’ Alive.” Nearly 40 years later, the song is more than just a disco beat – it is, indeed, helping people stay alive. Alson Inaba, a physician and professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, devel-oped a hands-only CPR technique that features chest compressions matched to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive” back in 2005. Little did Inaba know that his tip of teaching the correct rates for chest com-pressions based on the song would soon become a life -saving phenomenon and be used worldwide. “A couple of months after, I got emails from people all over the world,” Inaba said. “They told me how they taught the technique in their classes.”

USABLE BY ALL Inaba’s CPR tech-nique involves two steps

that can be used by people with no prior medical or CPR training. The fi rst step is to call 911 for immedi-ate medical assistance. The second is to align your hands in the center of the vic-tim’s chest and push down hard and fast to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive.” The technique was created by Inaba as a way to teach his students, in an en-tertaining and memorable way, how to perform CPR on a person who had just experienced sudden cardiac arrest. After learning from The American Heart Association that 100 compressions per min-ute was most effective when performing CPR on a cardiac arrest victim, Inaba realized that it was about the same number of beats found in “ S t a y i n ’ Alive.” He timed it and found his theory was correct.

Inaba hopes that hands-only CPR will give people the confi dence they need to reach out and help those who need it. “It ’s better to push too hard than not hard enough,” Inaba said. “People are usually too scared to push hard because they might hurt the victim. But you can’t hurt someone who is already dead, so you might as well push hard and give them the chance to survive.”

ONE BEAT AT A T IME There are several stories about how people’s l ives were saved by Inaba’s method. In 2009, Debra and Christo -pher Bader were walking in the woods when Christopher suddenly collapsed.

Debra remembered hearing about the method on the radio. So while on the phone with paramed-ics, she did compressions on her hus-band while singing “Stayin’ Alive.” She kept it up for 15 minutes before paramed-ics f inally found them. Christopher is alive and well today. But Inaba remains humble about his life -saving technique. In the f irst week of June, he traveled to New York City to celebrate the launch of a national cam-paign for his CPR method at the AHA’s CPR Awareness Week. Inaba says he doesn’t see himself as a hero and instead grants the title to the people who

have helped saved lives due to his idea. “I don’t like the lime-

light,” Inaba said. “I just want people to have

confi dence to per-form hands-only CPR to give oth-ers a second

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SARAH NEAL

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The Obama administration has recently announced that the Department of Homeland Security will stop deportation proceedings for undocumented immigrants that meet certain qualifi cations. In spite of the raucous response from right-wing offi cials, this move does nothing but good things for a vul-nerable sect of America’s popula-tion, including Hawai‘i.

A FAIR PREMISE The law seeks to aid a spe-cifi c group of undocumented im-migrants: the young. If they were brought to the United States as children, have no criminal record and have contributed to the social fabric of America by succeeding in school or military service, then they are eligible for a reprieve from the deportation processes. Individuals seeking this ex-emption must prove that they entered the country before the age of 16, have lived here for at least five consecutive years and are under 30 years old. Those meeting these requirements will receive a two-year deferment on their deportation proceedings and will be eligible for a renew-able work permit.

This decision will spare an esti-mated 800,000 to 1.4 million young immigrants from deportation. It will halt deportation proceedings for people like Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist whose family brought him here illegally at the age of 12. Vargas did not know he was undoc-umented until he tried to obtain a driver’s license at 16.

IMMIGRATION IN HAWAIʻ I This decision is bound to have an effect in Hawai‘i. Though our state’s remote location prevents a huge illegal immigrant popula-tion from building up, an estimated 30,000 Hawai‘i residents, coming from Mexico, China and the Philip-pines, are undocumented and likely to benefi t from the law. Hawai‘i legislators have pro-posed SB 2163, which would al-low undocumented students to at-tend University of Hawai‘i system schools at the resident-tuition rate and receive state-funded fi -nancial aid. An estimated 1,300 students will benefi t from this law if it passes. Many eligible stu-dents will also benefi t from the Obama administration’s decision to stop deportation proceedings.

SEARCHING FOR VOTES? Obama’s opponents accuse him of using this issue to garner

support from America’s Latino community for the upcoming election, but the reality is that the president enjoyed their favor even before this announcement. Though it is true that Obama has faced dissatisfaction among Latinos due to his strict policies on immigration, Obama still re-ceived 2/3 of the Latino vote in 2008. Republican opponent Mitt Romney has been struggling for popularity among groups with high immigrant populations’ due to his predicted unfriendly policies. It is likely that Obama would have retained the support of the Latino demographic even without this shift in policy. This move will increase Obama’s likeability among certain groups, but it really is more a reac-tion to our Congress’ inability to work together than a play for votes. The 112th Congress has been overwhelmingly unproduc-tive and uncooperative, unable to pass laws at a rate comparable to that of previous sessions. This temporary reprieve from depor-tation protects those harmed by Congress’s stalemate on immi-gration policies. It is nice to see the administration and individual states taking action, since Con-gress has been unable to do so.

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MARC ARAKAKI

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Perhaps a hypothetical head-to-head match between the UH Mānoa and UH Hilo golf teams is 2-2. UH Mānoa led 2-1 after the collegiate golf season, but after UH Hilo Vulcan Nick Matsu-shima’s runner-up fi nish in last week’s Mānoa Cup, it ’s back to even. “Defi nitely – they [UH Mānoa] challenged us at our [UH Hilo] home course and we won; and we challenged them at their home course and they won,” Matsushima said. “When we went up to the mainland, they won. Coming down to the Mānoa Cup, luckily I made it to the fi nals and of all the college guys, I made it one of the highest.” UH Mānoa’s highest f inisher in the tournament was Jared Sawada, who just completed his senior season with the War-riors. Sawada’s f inal-four appearance was the best of his career. Although the Mānoa Cup wasn’t a part of the NCA A collegiate season, both play-ers represented their universities by wear-ing respective apparel. “I take a lot of pride in playing for four years here and I really enjoyed my time here,” Sawada said. “When I wear this gear, I kind of feel like ‘the man’.” “It feels pretty good just to know that I belong to a school and representing them,” Matsushima said. “Wearing the hat, it shows that you’re grateful that you went there.”

S IMILAR TALENT Although UH Mānoa (Division I) and UH Hilo (Division II) participate against dif ferent levels of competition, both schools can agree that they both have near-equal talent levels.

“Looking over my four years, there was always a little more pres-sure on us,” Sawada said. “They play really well and they could even play in Division I.” “I know when we played a tour-nament at Pasa-tiempo [Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.] they kicked our butts, but for the most part, playing golf in our junior golf days, most of our team is pretty equal,” Matsushima said. “But I think the practice facilities at Mānoa are a little better than Hilo.”

S ISTER SCHOOLS For players from UH Hilo and UH Mānoa, the rivalry can best be de-scribed as friendly. “Corey Kozuma [sophomore at UH Hilo] – we still golf even though we’re not on the same team,” Sawada said. “Like [last week] we played, but we’re still com-petitive against each other.” If it wasn’t for Warrior sophomore Da-vid Saka, chances are Matsushima wouldn’t be a UH Hilo Vulcan. “I actually heard there was a spot open on the team from David Saka’s father,” Mat-sushima said. “And then I emailed [Hilo] coach [Earl] Tamiya and then after that he was going to have me as a walk-on, but then he wanted to give me a small scholarship just so I felt like I was on the team.” But nonetheless it ’s still a rivalry and when asked about whenever UH Mānoa and UH Hilo play against each other Sawada said, “[We’re] definitely a lot more rooting for Mānoa to beat Hilo.”

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