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Current flood preparations not adequateBy Jenn BonezaKa Leo Staff Writer

One year after the Halloween Eve flood of 2004 swept through the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, causing more than $80 million in damages, no plan to prevent future campus flooding has been final-ized. In addition, no central point of leadership in flood recovery effort has been appointed, officials said. “Nothing has been done in a year,” said associate profes-sor and Program Chair for Library Information Science Program Rebecca Knuth, referring to the pre-vention of future campus floods. “If we had a flood tomorrow, nothing has changed in terms of conditions.” Knuth was displaced during the flood, along with dozens of library employees, students and depart-ments when the Hamilton Library basement was submerged in the flash flood that damaged 35 UHM buildings. “Even though this seemed to be a singular event,” said Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Neal Smatresk, “there is a history of floods on this campus, and this could happen again.”

Effects on students

Knuth and Rebecca Cann, pro-fessor of cell and molecular biol-ogy, have struggled to give the students in their department and classes the best possible learning experience because the conditions they have to work under make their jobs difficult. Cann has been work-ing out of a temporary office since

her laboratory, and 20 years of work, was destroyed in the flood. “It’s been a hard year for my students,” Cann said. “They have to work under primitive conditions. We still don’t have laboratories.” Marta Wiggins, a student in the LIS department, who was in the Hamilton Library basement attending a class the night of the flood, is deal-ing with psychological repercussions. “The longest lasting effect I have had is that I am constant-ly tired and motivation takes an effort,” Wiggins said. “Some of it

is part of the post-traumatic stress syndrome, but I think part of it is also from having our department destroyed.” Sara McBride, library develop-ment and communications assistant at Hamilton Library, said, “No one realizes how much this affected the LIS students. They lost their entire department and they are now tem-porarily located away from their lab, which is the library. Librarians need to be in the library.” “We just fell between the cracks,” Cann said.

Disagreement among faculty and administration

“One of the biggest problems is that nobody’s a designated person in charge,” Knuth said. “At least I’ve not been able to determine who had the ultimate responsibility for any sort of decision making. And that’s unfortunate because any time you have a question, you just play telephone run-around. You never get anybody to give you a definitive answer, and that has a real adverse affect on decision making.” When it comes to decision-making, “the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing,” Cann said. Sam Callejo, vice president of administration, said that there is not one person in charge; there is a chain of command. “I am coordinating the sys-

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Hamilton Library’s basement has yet to reopen after last year’s flood.

See Flood, page 3

By Dominic ColocurcioKa Leo News Editor A change to a specific area of Manoa Stream might solve a problem at that particular location, but it would create a problem in another area of the stream, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Senior Project Manager Derek Chow. “There will be problems if we only look at localized solu-tions rather than comprehensive solutions,” Chow said. Chow admitted that the city’s mitigation efforts thus far are not easy to see but that they are very busy “doing all the background and behind the scenes stuff,” such as acquiring the permits necessary to clean the stream. In addition, Chow gave a quick synopsis of the city’s ongo-ing flood prevention efforts. The city’s short term goal is to clean the stream, but eventu-ally they want to solve flood-ing problems. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is conducting a study that will provide vital information about what can be done to prevent future flooding of Manoa Stream. The informa-tion collected from the study is vital to an extensive flooding prevention project called the Ala Wai Canal Project. It will effect the waterway from the top of Manoa Stream through the Ala Wai Canal, including several other streams that feed into the Ala Wai. Since the Ala Wai Canal Project is so extensive, the planning process will not be finished until 2008, with con-struction slated for 2010 if things go as planned. When Chow informed Manoa flood victims, at the

2010 is planned start date for Manoa Stream changes

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sures have not been implemented at UHM, plans have been designed and are awaiting approval, accord-ing to Callejo. “We have a consul-tant on board to look at ways to divert [water] around the campus,” Callejo said. He also said that there is only so much that can be done. “We do the best we can and hope it doesn’t happen again.” Cann described the insuffi-cient drainage system outside the Biomedical Sciences Building and asked why that had not been fixed. “I don’t see anyone working on mitigation efforts,” Knuth said. “I don’t even think they’ve cleaned out the storm drains.” Neither Knuth nor Cann have seen what they consider sufficient efforts to resolve leadership and mitigation issues. Cann said she didn’t get any answers to questions until she start-ed making noise. Knuth said that insufficient action in the flood recovery is ridiculous. “I would hate to see that repeated simply because nobody got a grip,” Knuth said.

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Flood: Prevention efforts include stacks of sandbags and plywood

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Sandbags and plywood make for a flood prevention barrier in the rear of the Biomedical Sciences building. The building was one of many structures inundated on campus one year ago after heavy rains caused flooding throughout the Manoa Valley.

tem’s responsibilities,” Callejo said. “The chain of command is clear. It always has been from the beginning.” First, faculty would go to their department head, he explained. If they need additional assistance they would go to the chancellor, and then they would take their issue to the system level, Callejo said. “Yes, there are people who have supposedly been designated to do things,” she said. “But trying to get information from them is frustrating.” Knuth questioned the decision not to have one individual oversee the flood recovery. “How can they rationalize [not having someone in charge] when this is such a high-stakes endeavor with long range implications for the basic safety of the campus?” Callejo said as long as the coordination and communication is there, meetings are being held to discuss issues and people are fulfilling their responsibilities, the team effort is working.

Flood prevention

Cann also voiced her concerns regarding mitigation. “If you weave around the back of the Biomedical Sciences Building and come into the loading area, they have put a plywood barrier and a foot of sand-bags around it [to prevent flood-ing],” she said. Cann said she did not understand how sandbags and plywood would stop a flood. “The ground floor of Biomedical Sciences Building flooded two times in the last 10 years,” she said. “There shouldn’t be a laboratory at all on the ground floor of the Biomedical Sciences Building.” Although preventative mea-

the plan Chow presented was going to take too long. “We would appreciate it if the state does something physically,” Otaguro said “not just study. They study the place to death.” Chow said that despite all of his hard work, the Ala Wai Canal Project

is still in the feasibility phase. “The key (to the project being approved) is congressional action, specifically authorization.” For now, Chow offered sugges-tions that would help, but not prevent Manoa Stream from flooding during

another heavy rain: Police your own area; make sure debris is cleared from the stream. Support all of the activities and make sure that the elected officials realize how important this is, so they’ll continue to provide funds for develop-ment of these projects.

Manoa Neighborhood Board Meeting on Oct. 5, of the Ala Wai Canal Project and the projected start date, they were not satisfied. Manoa resident Wesley Yokoyan, who lives on a lot that borders Manoa Stream said, “This is a frustrating situ-ation ... It is looking like a long period of time before anything is resolved.” Thomas Otaguro, who also lives in Manoa, agreed that

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By Bryan LangleyKa Leo Contributing Writer

On October 19, about 130 faculty members met at the bian-nual Faculty Congress. In the debate on the Navy’s proposed University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), all faculty mem-bers who spoke were against the plan to allow UH to conduct clas-sified research. Peter Britos went so far as to say it was the end of “the uni-versity as the last great bastion of colonialism.” Wow – sounds pretty serious when you put it like that. Why is a UARC such a bad thing? Arguments against UARC include loss of intellectual integ-rity, further militarization of Hawai‘i, and social/ethical issues. All of these are just plain silly. First, intellectual autonomy is not at risk. The Board of Regents is not changing its policy that all research be undertaken vol-untarily. No one’s job will be at risk because they don’t want to do research related to the military. If anything, UARC will provide more freedom for faculty to choose which research to perform. Second, Hawai‘i is not going to become any more dominated by the military than it already is. Whether we like it or not, our state is already dependent on fed-eral spending. By preventing the Navy from doing classified research here, there’s noth-ing to be gained – their money is only going to go somewhere else. Last, there are the social and ethical issues, as Keli’i Collier brought up about in the September 21 Faculty Senate meeting by yelling at Vice Chancellor Gary Ostrander. Some wonder if anything good can from such secretive research. What, you mean like, the Internet? As mentioned earlier, there will be no forced labor in any of the Navy’s research requests. Just because something is classified doesn’t make it evil. Consider many workplaces’ non-

disclosure clauses – do they vio-late the public’s right to know? Of course not. Plus, before a researcher even gets to consider a project, it will have to get past a review commit-tee which will weed out research requests deemed inappropriate for our university. It’s already been agreed that UH will not house the next Manhattan project or some space-based super laser. Between the WMD clause, the review com-mittee, and an individual’s right to choose, we get three layers of bureaucracy to filter out unethical projects. The opportunity to perform classified research for the Navy offers several opportunities for UH not previously available: It can lift university prestige and help strengthen our reputa-tion in fields like oceanography, astronomy, and communications – areas long recognized as UH specialties. With a research center, UH can join other schools with UARCs in the top tier of research uni-versities, such as Johns Hopkins University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT ). This means a degree that’s rec-ognized as coming from a top school, not just a local backwater college for students who couldn’t get in elsewhere. It can create better jobs. Because the UARC’s off-site brain center would contain classi-fied material, security clearances would be necessary for all secu-rity guards, cleaning crew, and

staff members. Those clear-ances can be later used for employment in higher paying federal jobs. M o s t i m p o r t a n t l y , approving the UARC proposal means students, both gradu-ate and under-graduate, can have a chance

to participate in meaningful, cut-ting edge research. By working on projects like better optics for night vision goggles, students can not only secure a good position after graduation, but help keep our soldiers safer. In the debate about a Navy UARC, the benefits are clear, and opponents’ fears unfounded. Let’s take advantage of this opportu-nity and let the Board of Regents approve the UARC proposal on November 17.

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By Cihan BaranThe Stanford Daily (Stanford)

(U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. — Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, in the early 20th century, carried out a host of experiments in which he investigated the salivary habits of dogs. Before each dog was served his food, Pavlov would signal the event by a host of auditory stimuli including tuning forks, whistles and metronomes. Later, he found out that the dogs would salivate in response to the auditory stimuli, even in the absence of any food. This reflex was called conditioned, or con-ditional, reflex as opposed to innate reflexes such as moving your hand away from a flame to avoid pain. As a student, I must scathing-ly acknowledge the current parallel our educational institutions bear to Pavlov’s classical experiment and the psycho-situational forces that, more and more each day, try to reduce the role of the student to a Pavlovian dog. We, too, are Pavlovian dogs who are expected to salivate intellectual juices to the cold and impersonal tunes of grades. We have been conditioned since childhood to learn to the tunes of grades and are punished if we do not. Grades are false and perverted motivators of learning. I remember a Calvin and Hobbes strip in which Calvin asks Hobbes, “Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I mean, really, all I’m doing is saying I can be bribed.” Similarly, the student whose only motivation for work is grades has to ask himself or herself whether she is doing anything more than saying he or she can be bribed. In stark contrast to grade-motivated learning, I’d like to offer intrinsically-motivated learning.

When I suggest the notion of a gradeless education, I am often com-mended for my idealism but criticized for lack of realism. The main objec-tion to my proposal is that in such a chaotic education, individuals would produce no output without a system of rewards and punishments. That may be so in the current system — if you don’t play the tunes, you don’t get any juice. However, a complete elimina-tion of grades in education at all levels, especially during childhood, and an absolute freedom about what to study may lead to counterintuitive results. I believe the desire to learn and engage in creative activities is an off-shoot of our rational capacities. This desire resides in the core of our human nature. It is especially manifest in the behavior of young children who experiment with their environment and bother adults with annoying ques-tions. My belief is that if institutional forces such as grades do not deny and repress this core, it will flourish and vent most resonantly. Radical considerations aside, it is possible to see the faulty assumptions upon which our education works. First of all, rewards in the form of good grades are often distributed relatively by a curve — how well one does is determined relative to how others do. However, there is no scientific or logical law that compels us to con-clude that a group of people cannot collectively excel or fail. It would be more reasonable to set absolute criteria independent of a group’s output and judge the output versus these criteria. This method is often employed in fuzzy classes, but in these cases arbi-trariness still occurs in the subjective and idiosyncratic tendencies of the instructor. By their nature, papers

cannot be graded precisely. Any education that depends on grades has as its pillars examina-tions. Perhaps these serve as the most grotesque repressors of any desire for creative work. The exer-cises of the average exam do not go beyond petty academic hoops which we, as Pavlovian dogs, must jump through. There isn’t any cre-ativity, only a strong reaffirmation of what one has been told. However, perhaps the worst shortcoming of an exam is its ran-domness. Imagine two students — the passionate learner and the sneaky pragmatist. The passionate learner is, in general, a more com-petent student and enjoys investing his or her ego in challenges. The sneaky pragmatist only plays the game for grades. On a test, the passionate learner gets stuck on a question, but due to her confidence in her abilities and her tenacity to refuse that she cannot do that ques-tion, she valiantly attacks the prob-lem. She runs out of time while she hasn’t touched the last question. The sneaky pragmatist immediately skips the hard question, solves the last problem and therefore gets a better grade. Even though our edu-cation values the sneaky pragmatist more highly, I applaud the senti-mentality of the passionate learner. I have so far described grades mainly as restrictions on our cre-ative freedom. Some may interpret the abolishment of grades as a route to a rosy life of laziness, full of comfort and cozy with its lack of stress. This is the most contempt-ible interpretation one may draw from my words. As creative beasts, we’ll be far harsher in our attempts at creativity than any grade can be.

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By Robert Ahistrom Ka Leo Staff Writer

Halloween reminds me of the good old days when little kids in fairy costumes would trick or treat for candy and toys. When these same kids became adults, their Halloween practices became different. Halloween today has evolved into an unofficial holiday for people in search of wild enter-tainment and debauchery. Front Street, in Lahaina, Maui, closes down on Halloween evening to allow a variety of fun and games for children of all ages. Unlike Maui, with its organized activities, cosmopolitan Waikiki provides mostly extemporaneous opportunities. I enjoy Waikiki on Halloween when naked bod-ies covered in flimsy see-through garments skip and play along Kalakaua Avenue in search of a night of sinful revelry. Only New Year’s Eve celebrations rival Halloween for mass participation in unofficial street activities; how-ever, Halloween provides rarely-seen outlandish costumes. Much of Halloween’s shenan-igans can be attributed to the FOD (Friends of Dorothy), a universal parlance describing gay people. The antics of FOD are a gawker’s paradise, accompanied by music, song and merriment. Although the activities seem spontaneous, FOD members meet informally to elect a costumed leader for their parade. They will travel from gay hang-outs in Eaton Square up Kalakaua Avenue to Hula’s Bar and Lei Stand, where contestants will seek a share of over $1000 in cash and

prizes for the best retro costumes. No other holiday contest features so many unusual entries. This year’s selection for parade leader is a 300 lb, six foot, five inch likeness of Paris Hilton with a happy yappy puppy named Tinkybell. Dressed as a size 14 wearing designer pink, six-inch heals and a blond, bouffant wig, FOD’s Paris will wear an imi-tation diamond ring, a souvenir kept after dumping the other Paris before her altar trip. Upon command, the FOD will chorus “We Are Family,” from the film “Birdcage,” at every street-l ight. FOD members lag-ging behind will regroup at the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Market Place, across from the Waikik i Police Station, to participate in contests for Mr. Stud, Mr. Raunchy, and the perennial crowd favorite, Mr. Dirty Old Man. Other groups descending on Waikiki will clash for show-off space. The blended voices of the Dodson Rejects Choir, a group of gospel singers, are my favorite. The group is comprised of people who are strong in their beliefs, but who do not share the same views on abortion and gay rights with most evangelical leaders. When their per-formance of “We Shall Overcome” competes with FOD’s “We Are Family,” and other fiery tunes, the result is akin to variances of Mozart performed in Salsa time. Customarily, male FOD costume themselves as persons of fame and fortune. Playfully mischievous, some represent fag hags, famous and socially wealthy women who droop themselves on the words, makeup and fashions created by cast members of the “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” Ideally represented, they are faux

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plus the original Dorothy in her sparkling red shoes skipping along the brick trail on her way to meet the Wizard of Oz. Not to be outdone, female FOD become high priestesses (fems) dressed in white, except for crowns of fern and plumeria covering their heads, accompa-nying their protector gladiators (butchies) who dress up in leather fashions adorned with pink plu-meria tattoos. Together, they ride in the same saddle on Harley motorcycles. At stoplights, fems form dance circles and give street

performances r e m i n i s c e n t of traditions passed down from a pre-tend Greek heritage. It may not be any more popu-lar to accept homosexual-ity now than it was back in

Elizabethan times, but this does not make it wrong to accept homo-sexuality as reality. I also believe it is hardly known today that most popular stories have more than one ending, and that mankind has been told only one of them for the sake of conformity, profit, or just because an author liked a particular version best. So it was with Romeo and Juliet. As the FOD turn onto Kapahulu Avenue, the voice of Juliet yells from the open balcony

at Hula’s to Romeo chatting on the street below with the hand-some Alfonso. Juliet’s cries of “Romeo, wherefore art thou,” can easily be ignored, or answered with “Get lost, wench.” Perhaps, the real ending to Shakespeare’s tale has Romeo and Alfonso trip-ping their way to Spain to open a bed-and-breakfast villa to accom-modate worldwide FOD seeking to solidify unions through Spain’s legal same-sex marriage laws. Although comparable laws exist in Canada, in winter months the waters off the Costa del Sol are much warmer. The judging will be tough

as contestants gather at Hula’s to compete for contest prizes. Perhaps, this year’s winner will be the half-exposed chest of look-alike Janet Jackson with a faux breast or, my favorite, the FOD Paris with yappy Tinkybell. You too can be entertained on a night of debacle and enjoy Waikiki on Halloween.

Robert Ahlstrom is a student attending classes through the Senior Citizen Visitors Program and Osher Life Long Learning where he also tutors senior citizens in basic computer skills. He can be contacted at papa@ausi.com.

Upon command, the FOD will chorus ‘We Are Family’ ... at every street light.

By Robert ShikinaKa Leo Associate Sports Editor

The ghost appears this time of year out of nowhere and just as soon as it arrives, it’s gone. For two years in a row, it’s appeared on south campus, lasting only two months and owing its existence to a tradition thousands of years old. Where it will appear next, nobody knows. But it’s here now and people are starting to take notice. Last year it appeared in the glass windows of Varsity Building and this year it’s two doors down from Magoo’s Pizza. Give it two weeks and it’ll vanish again. For Mark Horsley, owner of Halloween Express finding a home for his business’ annual re-opening means securing a place large enough for $180,000 worth of costume inventory and an owner willing to offer what is virtually unheard of in business: a two-month lease. Office leases that flexible are scarce in Honolulu, leading to the mysterious reappearance of Halloween Express in seemingly random places. Horsley first got involved with HE, a franchise headquartered in Kentucky with 163 stores nation-ally, six years ago when his sister asked him to help out a friend. “I thought she meant help her find a car and an apartment,” Horsley said. It was the first HE in Hawai‘i. Horsley took over the business two years later and has seen a business growth of 12-16 percent annu-ally. Currently, 15 people work at HE including Horsley and his wife. In the storefront window, cobwebs, lighted skulls, and colored lights beckon sidewalk shoppers into what looks like a thrift shop or second hand store, 7,876 square-feet in size. Paper signs taped onto racks display discounts and messages. Hundreds of costumes, from witches and Disney characters to costumes for dogs, hang on temporary metal racks. Unlike thrift shops though, the items are new and don’t come with second hand prices. “Look at the price,” Fabien Ize, a graduate student from another university, said for what he called “very thin crappy fabric.” “On the other hand, there’s a lot of choices; and compared to other stores it’s better,” Ize added.

Picking up a purple polyester pimp’s suit called Big Daddy with leopard print lapels and but-tons and a wide purple hat poked with a feather, Ize told his friend, “I found what I need – $35 bucks.” He added, “What does Big Daddy mean?” Ize’s friend Hunter Parker, an MBA student at the University of Hawai‘i, chose the Fat Albert cos-tume. When asked about his choice he said, “Well, we’re having a party.” Melissa, a senior at UH, said she came in because, “it looked like it had a big selection. I didn’t know where else to go.” For 6-year-old Gabriel Yanazaki, the choice was much easier. “Ninja turtle,” he said because “they fight.” Gabriel liked the hard shell on the back of the turtle costume.

“If the sword hits them, they won’t die because the shield protects them,” Gabriel said. Assistant manager Nickky Priolo has been working at HE in Honolulu for six years and has helped Horsley since he became owner. “We go into a place and we have nothing here and we have to decide how we’re going to set it up, what we’re going to do,” Priolo said. “We have to get all the supplies out of storage and so it’s a lot of labor.” Horsley has tried staying open longer after the Halloween season is over. “We’ve tried to stay through Christmas,” Horsley said. “There’s just not enough school plays and things to keep us busy.” During the 10 months when Halloween Express is closed, Horsley works his other job

as owner of a private security firm called Orion. In spring Horsley attends an annual costume convention in Chicago with his wife and orders inventory for the next fall. For now, Horsley’s Halloween ideas are getting bigger. He hopes to expand and do more in the Halloween industry. “We’d like to go over and put one on Maui or a second one in Honolulu,” Horsley said. “We’re still paying off inventory so we don’t walk away with a lot of money in the end. It’s good fun, see kids happy with what they got.”

Halloween Express is located on 1009 University Avenue. It is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. To find out next year’s location visit www.costumehawaii.com

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By Elaina SandersKa Leo Contributing Writer

Get in the Halloween mood this Oct. 31 with brain candy to go with the sweet treats you’ll be eating. Here are some of my favorite books to satisfy your spooky needs.

“Gil’s All Fright Diner” If you’re stressed and need a no-brainer read, I recommend A. Lee Martinez’s debut novel, “Gil’s All Fright Diner.” This is a story about a werewolf truck driver, Duke, and his vampire buddy, Earl. The friends drive down a highway in

the middle of a desert and stop for food at Gil’s Diner. They get attacked by zombies, which is apparently a regular occurrence in the county. They do such a good job taking care of the zombie attack that the owner of the diner, Loretta, hires them to help fend off the zombies. A mystery develops, and Duke and Earl draw inspiration from their previous experiences with the paranormal to solve the zombie problem and save the world. The book is writ-ten in a conversa-tional style, making it an easy read that’s

hard to put down. The author goes into amusing theories of the para-normal and interesting views on the afterlife, which keeps the reader hooked. The story is funny, and there is a little romance. The way Martinez develops the stories of Duke and Earl sets the book up for a sequel.

“Frankenstein” Another classic Halloween book is Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” The story is a spooky psychological thriller that will leave you thinking. Contrary to popular belief, “Frankenstein” was the scientist’s name, not that of the monster he cre-ated. The story follows young Victor Frankenstein through his struggle to create life from death. He succeeds in bringing life to a cadaver com-posed of parts from various executed convicts. He realizes his mistake of “playing God” in creating the monster and runs away from his problem. He later decides to destroy his creation, but by the time he returns the monster has escaped. The plot then shifts to the mon-ster’s point of view. As a walking cadaver, he terrifies everyone he comes across, but he has a gentle nature and wants only to be accept-ed. He studies people from afar, learning their language and how to

interact in society. At first he wants to find his creator for answers, but his motives soon change, and he instead wants to destroy him. There are many themes explored in this novel. It explores, for instance, the question of how much knowl-edge is too much. Also, the story of Frankenstein’s monster is tragic because he is mistreated by everyone, even by Frankenstein. The book ulti-mately teaches a lesson of what goes around comes around.

“Interview with the Vampire” Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire” is another good Halloween book. It’s thick, but when you get into the story, you’ll be surprised at how fast you can finish it. Rice writes in a way that makes you almost feel like you’re a part of the story. She goes into so much detail about the characters, you feel like you’re actually experienc-ing their plights. The story begins with a reporter interviewing Louis, a vampire, about his life and afterlife. He begins his story at a point when he has lost every-thing. After meeting a vampire named Lestat, Louis is turned into a vampire. Louis soon feels that becoming a vampire is the worst thing that ever happened to him. Within Louis’ story, read-ers are introduced to a mysteri-

ous world of vampires, intrigue and deception. The most notable charac-ters in the story are the wicked yet misunderstood Lestat and the tragic child vampire, Claudia. Lestat is Louis’ nemesis, as Lestat feels becoming a vampire is the best thing that could happen to anyone. The conflict between Lestat and Louis makes for an interesting memoir and carries on in the rest of the “Vampire Chronicles” series’ books.

Macabre Halloween books to die for

so hurry while supplies last

A wall of Halloween masks lines the wall behind the counter of the Costumes Hawai‘i store located in Puck’s Alley.

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By Matt IshitaniKa Leo Staff Writer

In the Wuxia film “Vampire Hunters,” writer-producer Tsui Hark attempts to revamp Chinese mythol-ogy based on the demonic Geong Si (“vampire” or “zombie”). The film, directed by Wellson Chin, instead proves to be a morbidly mundane mess. The film revolves around four warriors named Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning, who are on a search for their master and the vampire that may have killed him. They later dis-guise themselves under more pro-posterous names: Kung, Hei, Fat, and Choi (when put together, their names form the Chinese “Happy New Year” greeting). Their mission is to destroy a brutal general that was resurrected into a vampire. During their search, people become infected with the “vampire disease,” which ups their kung fu ability, and the vam-pire and zombie population increases in the city. The warriors eventually find their master’s apparent vampire killer, and an epic battle ensues at the end. The movie spends too much time focusing on character develop-ment when it would be better spent on focusing on the vampires’ car-nage. The demonic monstrosity intro-duced in the beginning of the film is ignored until the last thirty minutes of the film. The melodrama of imperial-ist greed and preservation of tradition soon swallows the potential epic into

a mediocre soap opera. Typical of Tsui, the film attempts to deliver romance. This time, the romance bewtween a lady and a vampire hunter is over-compli-cated and spills through many of the movie’s plot holes. Deranged editing leaves the action sequences looking diced. The film’s zombies also are a big minus. They hop around mindlessly as if they were jackrabbits under hypnosis, which is how the Geong Si are por-trayed in traditional Chinese folklore. As an avid movie-goer, Tsui’s obses-sion with cultural accuracy does not amuse me. Amped to see drugged-out zombie monks like in “Seven Golden Vampires,” I experienced a great dose of discouragement at the inanimate zombie’s in “Vampire Hunters.” There are, however, positive features of the film. Supernatural ele-ments appear in the movie as the characters ascend during the fight sequences. Also, no other vampire movie (other than Nomak from “Blade II”) can top this vampire. Unlike the vampires of recent American movies like “Underworld” who don’t eat people and instead tend to the latest skin-tight fashion, this vampire can fly and regenerate in seconds without worrying about

werewolves or romance. The coolest feature of this new vampire is that he doesn’t suck blood – he instead vacuums it. His look doesn’t refer to the suave, “Christopher Lee” vampire, but rather is reminiscent of a creepy mummy or Frankenstein’s emotionless monster. To my pleasure, an element of cheesy Wuxia exploitation appeared in the film as bodies erupt in graphic explo-sions that shower the neighborhood with hails of what looks like chunky, uncooked hamburger patties. The evils of the movie still manages to outweigh the good by a considerable margin. Such problems leave “Vampire Hunters” depressing-ly mediocre for both a Tsui Hark film and as a vampire/ zombie movie set in 17th century China. Even with all the access and opportunity, Tsui man-ages to lose the audience with dim, ill-conceived sub-plots and malnour-ished melodrama. In other words: updated martial-arts choreography mixed with blood-thirsty vampires remains better seen in “Blade II.”

PICTURE RIGHT:Tsui Hark’s “Vampire Hunters” sucks the life out of the Wuxia genre with an ill-formed plot and bad action sequences.

By Matt IshitaniKa Leo Staff Writer

Today, vampire movies are highly stylized and loaded with the supernatural and martial arts elements of Wuxia, giving the demons something better than just sucking blood. The presence of “kung fu fighting” vampires increased due to the release of “Vampire Hunter D” in 1985, and the first “Blade” film in 1998. While it is easy to find Wuxia elements in western vam-pire movies, finding vampires in Chinese Wuxia cinema differs. Chinese folklore offers its own interpretation of zombies and vampires, called “Geong Si,” but these “hopping zombies” don’t strike a daunting pose. In the film “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,” eastern and western horror themes come together for an epic filled with vampires and killer monks. “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires” results from the 1974 historical collaboration between two Grindhouse production companies, Hammer Films and the Shaw Brothers. Co-directed by Cheh Chang (“Five Deadly Venoms”), Chia-Liang Liu (“36th Chamber of the Shaolin”) and Roy Ward Baker (“Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde”), “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires” was the first feature film to merge main-stream European vampire flicks with Hong Kong Wuxia. Common to Hammer Films, the “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires” follows the ongoing chase of the nefarious Dracula and the ever-persistent Professor Van

Helsing (played by horror film regu-lar, Peter Cushing). Van Helsing, just after defeating Dracula (again), arrives in Hong Kong to teach his theories on, and experiences with, vampires at a university. An epic battle ensues with the legendary “Golden Vampires” when a man named Hsi Qing (played by David, a regular in Shaw Brothers’ films) hires Van Helsing to advise a band of warriors on how to destroy the demons. Extreme violence erupts even before the vampire killers reach the vampires themselves. A crafty sequence introduces the Hsi clan and their differ-ent styles of combat when triads try to assassinate Van Helsing’s naïve son. Qing exercizes iron-fist techniques to punch into zombies and rip out their hearts. His sister brandishes twin dag-gers reminiscent of “Come Drink with Me,” and his brothers own an array of weapons, including axes, spiked-clubs and swords. In the spirit of Richard Matheson’s “I Am Legend,” the vampire attacks involve legions of the undead that outweigh the strength of the film’s heroes. Zombified servants of the vam-pires awaken, wielding swords and spears with the focus of kung fu masters and the ferocity of crazed maniacs. The design of the Golden Vampires appears very cheesy, yet brilliantly morbid, with deteriorating faces behind gold-plated Kato-masks, “kabuki” hair and Shaolin robes. Though the Golden Vampires are uni-formed, they do exhibit moments of personality: oogling at topless women, cackling at severed limbs

and screaming with fright when they get staked. The film limits Cushing’s presence in the film, being that Van Helsing is only an advisor. It does bring up key issues on the character, like his willingness to sacrifice others to meet his own needs. I saw Chiang’s performance as entertaining and somewhat sympathetic, playing the leader to his clan. Still, Chiang faces some trouble with the movie’s dialogue, as it was all written in English. In all of the east-meets-west features I’ve seen, “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires” remains the most progressive. In fact, the Europeans appear helpless compared to the Chinese heroes. Dracula also looks weak com-pared to his Chinese counterparts, who wield powerful weapons and actually inspire terror. The token Hammer-style vampire transformation/decom-position scenes are irritatingly abundant. Where in “From Dusk Till Dawn” the vampires liquefy in seconds, it takes an excru-ciating minute-and-a-half to get past the “fried-omelette” eyes and deflating corpses. Dracula (John Forbes-Robertson) spends the better half of his on-screen time transforming, when you’d rather see Van Helsing beat the vampire king with a wooden stake. If you come across this film, don’t perceive it as any usual Shaw Brothers or Hammer film, because it coordinates their two different styles so well, that it creates a new genre of film: The Kung-Fu Vampire-Killer.

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Ten Halloween Movies re By Sean HorieKa Leo Staff Writer

1. “Hocus Pocus” – Bette Midler plays the head sister amongst a trio of witch-es, who are out to capture children in order to stay young. Their comedy can be compared to that of the Three Stooges, and it will have you and your family cher-ishing this Halloween classic.

2. “Event Horizon” – This movie is about traveling in a spaceship that goes to hell. When I watched this in theatres, I couldn’t sleep for four days.

5. “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” – The classic tale of Dracula is remade in a poetic way and the story is conveyed by an all-star cast, including Anthony Hopkins

and Keanu Reeves.

Five “Shock Your Socks” Movies

4. “Thir13en Ghosts” – Staring Tony Shalhoub, who also stars in “Monk,” this movie is about a man who unwitting-ly inherits his uncle’s haunted glass house. The visceral scenes showing the deformation of the ghost’s bodies are spooky.

3. “Hellraiser” – A movie that sparked a series of eight hell-raising films, the plot is about a puzzle cube that unlocks a door to hell, where demented looking demons emerge to cause havoc.

1. “Exorcist” – Exorcism is the premise of this film. This classic is the scare movie of all time, especiall y amongst the older crowd. If you are interested in this, then also check out “The Exorcism of Emily Rose.”

Five “Family-friendly Frights” Movies

5. “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” – The Peanuts crew is all together to cel-

ebrate Halloween with Charlie Brown, making it a warmheart-ed Halloween for everyone.

4. “The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horrors” – Featuring America’s longest aired animated family, this film involves a bunch of short stories that are simi-lar to “The Twilight Zone.”

3. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” – Tim Burton directs this claymation film. This film is based on an idea of Halloween overstepping its sea-son and taking over the other holidays.

2. “Earnest Scared Stupid” – The late Jim Varney, who brought the lighthearted character of Earnest P. Worrell to the world, brings slapstick com-

edy to this film that involves a troll abducting children in his town. Watching this film will have you squirting milk through your nose.

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“Corpse Bride” soundtrack is anything but deadBy Sabrina FavorsKa Leo Staff Writer

Composer Danny Elfman and director/producer Tim Burton team up again for a musical score and film. The soundtrack for “Corpse Bride,” a combination of instrumental pieces and songs that will have you smiling and bobbing your head in time to the music, is now out in stores. In the “Corpse Bride” film, Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp) goes into the forest to practice his vows on the eve of his wed-ding, when he unwittingly places the wedding ring of his betrothed on the finger of the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter). He’s taken to the underworld to marry her, while his actual bride-to-be, Victoria (Emily Watson), waits in the land of the living. The soundtrack is filled with vio-lins, pianos and an orchestra of instru-ments that, with the lyrics, tell the story of the Corpse Bride without visuals. The first piece on the album is the main title, an instrumental with a fairy tale quality that draws the audi-ence into the story with chime-like tinkling and darker organ music. This glides into the second piece, “According to Plan,” which conveys the hope of Victor’s parents that he will marry into the prestige of an “old money” family, as well as the despondency of Victoria’s parents for having to regain their wealth by having their daughter marry into the “nouveau riche.” Lines from the film, such as “Get those corsets laced properly, I can hear you speak without gasping,” said by Victoria’s mother, will draw out a chuckle. The song “Tears to Shed” starts out the same way, as the Black Widow Spider (Jane Horrocks) and the mag-got in the Corpse Bride’s eye (Enn Reitel) try to convince her she’s a bet-ter choice than Victoria. “What does that wispy little brat have that you don’t have double?”

asks Maggot. The Corpse Bride answers, “How about a pulse?” The song takes on a more introspec-tive quality however, as the Corpse Bride laments about still having tears to shed, even though she can feel no pain because she’s already dead. Amidst light-hearted looks at death and the afterlife is “Remains of the Day,” a song that “would make a skeleton cry.” Done in a “swing” music style full of brass instruments, it describes how the Corpse Bride came by her title. The track, “The Party Arrives,” includes not only swing music, but also a taste of just about everything else in terms of style and mood in the soundtrack. The piece runs from sinister chase music to the deeper mood of the song “Tears to Shed,” and to faster-paced music that brings to mind a scene building to a point of no return. At the end of the album are bonus tracks from “Bonejangles and his Bone Boys,” a band in the underworld. These are four instrumental pieces done in the style of lounge music that bring to mind a nightclub with people drinking their shots and listening to a house band. Two of my favorite pieces are “Victor’s Piano Solo” and “The Piano Duet.” Each is instrumental until the end, where actual movie dialogue is included to connect Victor and Victoria, and later, to connect Victor to the Corpse Bride. The album flows from one song to the next, with each song still retaining a unique sound. Elfman shows his skills at telling a story through music. Elfman has done musical scores for 12 of Burton’s films, including the stop-motion animation film, “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Elfman’s credits range from “Batman Returns,” to “Flubber,” to “Red Dragon.” Of the four new songs Elfman wrote for the film, three were co-written by John August. August also collabo-rated with Burton on the screenplays for “Big Fish” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

By MJ BjersKa Leo Staff Writer

“Battle of Will,” a play by Laurent Gaud, is about the power struggle between the Boss of a criminal organization and a Young Man whose family was murdered by the Boss. It is being presented at Kennedy Theatre from Nov. 12 through Nov. 20. Tickets go on sale today. Prices are $15 for general admission, $13 for seniors and faculty, and $4 for University of Hawai‘i stu-dents with a valid ID. You can buy tickets at the box office or at www.etickethawaii.com

Kennedy Theatre presents “No Exit,” a play by French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. In the play, which was first performed in 1944, three characters - Inez (Kate Nipko), Garcin (Mitch Mattson), and Estelle (Cindy Beth Davis) - find themselves to be trapped in a room, which we later find to be “hell.” The play is a work of the French existentialist movement. Shows begin Nov. 12 at 11 p.m. and continue through Nov. 19. Ticket prices are $8 for general admission, $7 for faculty and staff, and $3 for UH students with a valid ID.

Age Sex Location, a play by UH’s own Dennis Carroll, is being per-

formed at the Kuma Kahua Theatre until Nov. 27. The play is the story of four generations of a local family and their intro-duction to the world of cyber-space. It is directed by Taurie Kinoshita and plays Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Be advised that the play does include some nudity and violence. For more information call 536-4441.

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Bulldogs: UH falls after last stand attempt

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Hawaii’s Colt Brennan throws while under pressure from Fresno State’s Garret McIntyre during the first half. Brennan threw for 327 yards with two intercep-tions and one touchdown in the Warriors’ 27-13 loss to the Bulldogs.

Wide Receiver Devone Bess breaks into the open field dur-ing the third quarter against Fresno State at Aloha Stadium. The freshman tied Hawaii’s school record with 14 catch-es, recorded a career-high 158 yards and scored the Warriors’ only touchdown.

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Brennan for three of five Hawai‘i quarterback sacks. Fresno State sealed their win with 2:40 remaining on the clock. After a 15-yard carry, Mathis broke through Hawaii’s defensive line and carried the ball 78 yards to Hawaii’s endzone for a total of 94 yards in three running plays. Hawai‘i linebacker Solomon Elimimian said the play was “one of the plays when all the gaps was covered and he just found the lucky hole.” Elimimian said, “we con-tained him a lot, but he got all his yards off big runs.” The Warriors’ last stand against the Bulldogs was after forcing Fresno State to punt with seven minutes in the fourth quarter. Brennan moved the ball 39 yards to Fresno State’s territory with passes to Devone Bess and Chad Mock for 10 yards or more. Nate Ilaoa rushed for ten yards to the 4. Four yards from goal on

first down, McIntyre stepped up for the Bulldogs with a five yard sack on Brennen. Following an incom-plete pass to Slye on second down, Ilaoa rushed for 3 yards. On fourth down, Brennan’s pass to Bess was incomplete. Despite a controver-sial call by the officials, possession turned back to the Bulldogs. Three plays later, Mathis carried the ball into UH’s endzone.

Brennan was the Warrior’s second largest rusher, carrying the ball 45 yards and completing 64 percent of his passes for 327 yards. Nate Ilaoa made a strong showing with 95 rushing yards. “They got a lot of yards,” coach Hill said. “The main thing when you play this team is hold the points down and that’s what we did.”

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Fresno State Bulldog Wendell Mathis ran for over 229 yards with three touchdowns to help the Bulldogs beat the Warriors at Aloha Stadium (27-13), for the first time Fresno State has won at Aloha Stadium since 1994. Two field goals by freshman Dan Kelley in the second and third quarter kept University of Hawai‘i in contention along with a second quarter touchdown pass from Hawai‘i quarterback Colt Brennan to Davone Bess, who tied the school record with 14 catches in one game. For most of the game, Hawai‘i held No. 22 Fresno State within seven points, ending the third quarter 20 – 13. The win for the Bulldogs was its 19th with only four losses since last playing University of Hawai‘i at Aloha Stadium in 2003. Fresno State has struggled in Aloha Stadium, pos-sessing an all time record of 2-11. “Now I don’t have to hear about all the losses in Hawai‘i which is a nice one,” Fresno State Head Coach Pat Hill said. “That got old after a while.” Hawai‘i gave up a few big plays to the Bulldogs offense. In the second quarter, Fresno State quarterback Paul Pinegar found Jermaine Jamison for a 58-yard touchdown and running back Wendell Mathis had a 49-yard rush to set up his 3-yard touchdown. Despite the big plays, defense kept Hawai‘i in the game. Ikaika Alama-Francis sacked quarterback Paul Pineger causing a fumble and stopping a 24-yard drive in the second quarter. Turmarian Moreland intercepted two Pinegar passes. Overall, the Warriors held the Bulldogs offense to 445 yards, 10 less than the Warriors offense. “It’s a tough defense to run against because they’re all up on the line of scrimmage,” Hill said. “I don’t know how many yards we had, but I think we increased it a few times when we had to.” University of Hawai‘i quarterback Colt Brennan said, “You play a team that’s averaging 40 some points a game, you hold them until 20 in the fourth quarter, you give us three turnovers – [defense] did everything they were supposed to do today.” Brennan continued, “the fact that they came out and did what they did today, it’s real frustrating on the offense because they showed up and played and we didn’t.” The Warriors are now 3 and 5 overall and 3 and 3 in the Western Athletic Conference, while Fresno State improved to 6-1 and 4-0 in the WAC. Defensive end Garrett McIntyre made a strong showing for the Bulldogs, blocking a field goal attempt by Hawaii’s Dan Kelly in the second quarter and finding

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Warriors recall lessons from Boise State

Runningback Nate Ilaoa steps out of bounds while Fresno State’s Richard Marshall looks on during the fourth quarter at Aloha Stadium. The Bulldogs defeated the Warriors, 27-13.

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The Warriors’ defense swarms Fresno State Runningback Wendell Mathis during the third quarter at Aloha Stadium. Despite forcing three Bulldog turnovers, Hawaii came up short 27-13.

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•158 yards caught by Devone Bess •79 plays by UH offense •22 yards, longest passing play by UH •5 sacks by Fresno State •1 UH touchdown in 8 red zone attempts

Digital BreakdownBy Glendalyn JunioKa Leo Staff Writer

A few critical plays ended the Warriors two game winning streak. The Warriors’ performance on Saturday after-noon brought memories of Hawaii’s loss against Boise State, Oct. 1. While the Warriors’ defeat against BSU could be summed up by the mis-takes on special teams, the Warriors’ inability to convert in the red zone and several other mistakes summarized the Warriors’ loss against the Bulldogs. “We definitely had the opportunity [to win]. Unfortunately we didn’t get it done,” said UH Head Coach June Jones. The Warriors controlled the ball for 35:30, a whole 10 minutes more then Fresno State. “We were moving the ball down the field, but when we got to the touchdown, we couldn’t get it done,” said UH sopho-more quarterback Colt Brennan. Hawai‘i was only able to score three times on eight red zone opportunities. “It felt like the Boise game,” said senior running back Nate Ilaoa. “We had chances but we didn’t take advantage of it.” “I didn’t coach as good and they didn’t play as good,” Jones said fol-lowing the game. In the first quarter, the Warriors missed their first oppor-tunity in scoring after moving the ball 59 yards. At the Bulldogs’ 15-yard line, the Warriors faked a field goal attempt on fourth-and-one. Junior punter Kurt Milne was unable to complete the pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen, leaving both teams scoreless in the first quarter.

Brennan’s intercepted pass by Fresno’s Alan Goodwin at third-and-goal was also one of the most vital mistakes made by the Warriors early in the fourth quarter. “[Brennan] saw the open man but his right foot slipped and he threw the inter-ception,” Jones said. Goodwin converted the interception into a 26-yard return. In the second and third quarter, the Warriors were unable to stop Fresno’s senior tailback Wendell Mathis. The Bulldogs’ second possession in the second quarter brought the score to 14-3 in a mere 46 seconds as Mathis rushed 49-yards and later 3-yards for the touchdown. By halftime, Mathis totaled 88-yards in rush-ing. In the third quarter, Mathis totaled 41-yards in rushing with one touchdown. “Fresno kept running the ball in there, but we played good defensively,” Jones said. Despite the Bulldogs’ successes in rushing yards, the Warriors defensive team amounted several crucial plays that kept UH close. With the score 14-10 in the second quarter, junior Ikaika Alama-Francis caused and recovered a fumble on Fresno’s 35-yard line. Other marks made by the Warrior’s defensive team were two interceptions made by senior cornerback Turmarian Moreland. In the third quarter Moreland intercepted a pass and returned it for 36-yards. Moreland again made a similar play in the fourth on Fresno’s own 49-yard line, but with no gain. It was these marks, including a blocked field goal by junior cornerback Kenny Patton in the third, that made UH fans wonder why the Warriors didn’t come out with a win. “It brings back memories of the BSU game,” said freshman wide receiver Davone Bess. “It was in our reach [and] we weren’t able to convert.”