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By Ashley NonakaKa Leo Sports Editor

Throughout his 10 years as an athletic director (1983-1993), Stan Sheriff lobbied for the construc-tion of a center that the University of Hawai‘i basketball and volley-ball teams could call their own. Although Sheriff died in January of 1993, one year before the cen-ter’s completion, his name sur-vives, as the center was dedicated in memory of his hard work.

Today, the Stan Sheriff Center is managed by Sheriff’s youngest son, Rich, who has been managing the center since it first opened.

“The Stan Sheriff Center is spe-cial to me because my dad worked so hard to have it built,” Sheriff said. “It’s special just having University of Hawai‘i athletics all on campus, other than football.”

The Stan Sheriff Center, locat-ed on the lower campus of UH Mānoa, holds a maximum capac-ity of 10,300 fans, which is one of the largest facilities in the Western

Athletic Conference. Kauahikaua & Chun Architects, of Honolulu, and Heery Architects, of Atlanta, designed the center, with the initial construction price estimated at $32 million. Today, the facility is val-ued at about $45 million. Prior to the construction of the center, UH volleyball and basket-ball games were held at either the Neal Blaisdell Center or the Otto Klum Gym (located across from the parking structure). The first event at the center was the women’s volleyball match against San Jose State on Oct. 21, 1994. “My dad took the job in 1983, and he immediately saw a need for an on-campus facility. ... He tried to get support in 1985, and it took all the way until they broke ground in 1993,” Sheriff said. “He knew it was going be a reality before he passed away.” The Stan Sheriff Center stands 113 feet tall and is capped by an

By Abigail TrenhaileKa Leo News Editor

In a massive makeover, the Colleges of Arts and Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa will be receiving a new executive dean, who could start as early as Spring 2009. The dean will oversee divi-sional deans as well the directors of CAS’ functional offices, such as research and community relations.

This is a departure from the current organization, which has individual colleges with their own deans and functional offices.

The CAS reorganization is an effort to streamline the decision process at what will be UH’s largest college. “More centralized administration among the Arts and Sciences allows for the develop-ment and implementation of broader educa-tional goals and accountability for the under-graduate experience,” said UH Mānoa chan-cellor Virginia Hinshaw in an update regarding her decision to pursue an executive dean. Last spring, Hinshaw formed the Arts and Sciences Reorganization Committee to look over different models of governing. The committee came down to three choices:

the academic model, with an executive dean overseeing divisional deans, the functional model, with the new dean overseeing depart-mental chairs and a slew of functional offices, and the hybrid model, with separate func-tional offices as well as divisional deans. The committee decided on the hybrid model, calling it “the best of both worlds,” said College of Natural Sciences interim dean Alan Teramura, who chaired the reor-ganization committee. “Right now, we’re divided into five different colleges,” Teramura said. “A single college of Arts and Sciences will have over

1,000 faculty members and a budget over$110 million. It will have a much greaterimpact on campus.” The new reorganization will give CASa single spokesperson, who will advocatefor the college, as well as uniform policies,guidelines and advising, Teramura said. The hybrid structure will not only makeadvocating easier but also help with provid-ing access and services for all programs. “It’s meant to make interdisciplinary

Stan Sheriff Center: Home Court History

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Revamping the College of Arts and Sciences

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The Stan Sheriff center, constructed in 1994, is the home of the Rainbow Warrior Basketball, Volleyball, and Rainbow Wahine Basketball

and Volleyball Teams. Originally named the Special Events Arena, the center was named in honor of former athletic director Stan Sheriff.

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work and research easier because (there will only be) one college,” he said. While working between majors will be simpler, students will see little change. “There will be the same departments and the same faculty. I’m not sure the average student will even notice,” Teramura said. However, administration will undergo a great change--current college deans will either return to their previous positions or become a divisional dean, and the position of associate dean will be eliminat-ed. With functional offices being combined to encompass the entire CAS, personnel will also be shift-ed. “There will be fewer deans—the point is, there won’t be more administrators,” said Teramura, who believes fewer deans will be more cost-effective. “The dean’s office will be

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Watch films about human rights

The second annual Hawaii Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Film Festival will be coming to UH Manoa on Thursday, Nov. 20.

In conjuction with the Hawaii Institute for Human Rights and WITNESS, an organization devoted to video advocacy, stu-dents will have the opportunity to learn about important issues, like the conflict in Darfur and the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil, through short, YouTube-like films.

The film’s will be showed in Watanable Hall 420 at 9 a.m. and in Kuykendall Hall 201 at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Find out which films are playing at http://www.human-rightshawaii.org.

Attend the Asian Film Festival

In a week long event, the Center for Korean Studies

Auditorium will be showing films from the Global Film Initiative, a non-profit orga-nization that sponsors films from developing nations, like Indonesia and the Phillipines. The listings are as follows:

• “Opera Jawa” on Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m.

• “Let the Wind Blow” on Nov. 20 at 3:00 p.m.

• “Bet Collector” on Nov. 21 at 3:00 p.m.

Students to band together against sexual discrimination

After several homosex-ual and transgender students reported being harassed at Stan Sheriff’s Fitness Center, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender, and Intersex Organization are stag-ing a “gym in.” The students want to raise awareness regarding LGBTI issues by coming together from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Fitness Center. Organizers encourage sup-porters to come work out with them in safe environment. Wearing the National Coming Out Day shirt is also requested.

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lean and mean,” he said. The budget operation will also be changed. Currently, col-lege deans receive a budget from the Chancellor and the allot mon-ies to their various departments. The new executive dean, however, would now control allotment. “The executive dean will get a huge amount of money, $80 million in state monies plus tuition revenue,” Teramura said. “So, (the divisional dean) would negotiate with the executive dean to see how much would go to (their) division.” These changes, especially in regards to administration, will be the hardest part of the reorganization. “It will time for this to hap-pen,” Teramura said of the one-to-two year process.

The merging of CAS and SPAS

The reorganization also calls for the merging of the College of Arts and Sciences with the School of Pacific and Asian Studies. “SPAS shares many of the same goals of the other colleges in Arts and Sciences, and the fact that SPAS, on the surface, has

few faculty and staff, made it look like it should not be a stand alone unit,” said Edward Shultz, interim dean of SPAS, regard-ing the Chancellor’s decision to combine the two units. Shultz hopes the integration of SPAS classes into Arts and Sciences will enhance the under-graduate experience. However, there are concerns regarding the merge. “SPAS faculty have not looked upon reorg favorably. They fear the loss of the School of Pacific and Asian Studies may well lead to a dilution of one of UHM’s major missions, which is to forward a Pacific and Asia agenda,” he said. SPAS is already successful on its own, said Shultz, with 10% of UH’s endowment going toward Pacific and Asian Studies. The reorganization might cause SPAS to lose prominence and, therefore, its ability to fund-raise, Shultz said. “The SPAS faculty naturally would like to see within this realignment that the integrity of a School of Pacific and Asian Studies be retained,” he said. Discussions on the details of the merge are still pending.

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By Vanessa SimKa Leo Features Editor

“America’s Best Dance Crew,” MTV’s televison show featuring dance crews from across the United States, may be over, but Hawai‘i’s b-boys and b-girls appear to have not noticed. Since Oct. 22, local dance crews, like Lionz of Zion and Waikīkī B-boys, have battled inside of the Lotus Soundbar every Wednesday.

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Fans of photography and children’s literature can view two special exhibitions at Hamilton Library. For a limited time, the library will showcase an exhibit from renowned photographer Francis Haar and another from

children’s book author Marcia Brown. The free exhibitions began on Nov. 13 and will con-tinue until Dec. 31; they can be viewed during library hours. According to Bronwen Solyom, curator of the Jean Charlot Collection at Hamilton Library, the two exhibits are part of the Archive of Hawai‘i Artists.

The first, “Francis Haar’s Hawai‘i Years, 1960-1997,” showcases photographs that were donated by Haar’s son, Tom. Francis Haar spent a consid-erable amount of time in Hawai‘i and captured a lot of its history on film, according to Solyom. “One of his very early jobs was to photograph for the

Hamilton Library holds two local exhibits

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UH Mānoa alumna Masayo Suzuki, captured in a slow-exposure blur, passes a series of portraits on the first floor of Hamilton Library.

The portraits, entitled “Performing Arts,” are a part of the “Francis Haar’s Hawai‘i Years” exhibit, which will be on display until the end

of December.

University of Hawai‘i’s part in the centennial celebration in 1962,” she said. Solyom added that the exhibi-tion touches upon many of Haar’s favorite themes, including hula, children, theatre and the ever-

changing landscapes of Hawai‘i. “There are remarkable portraits of many, many peo-ple here in Hawai‘i,” she said. “Dignitaries, artists, performers and ordinary people.” The second exhibition, “‘Backbone of the King’ and other Marcia Brown Stories,” displays original artwork by the children’s book author. The exhibit was put together by Carol Ann Jenkins, whose mother, for-mer UH professor of education Esther Call Jenkins, had a close personal and professional rela-tionship with Brown. “It (the exhibit) includes a lot of original drawings and paintings

from Marcia Brown, in particular,one book called ‘Backbone of theKing,’ which is a Hawaiian herolegend,” Solyom said. Solymon hopes that the stu-dents do not miss out on the chanceto experience these two exhibits.

“It’s a really rich resourceand a wonderful gift,” she said.“I encourage the students to comeand look at it.”

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There are remarkable portraits of many, many people here in Hawai‘i. Dignitaries, artists, performers and ordinary people.

Tonight, finalists will battle for $1,000 in total prizes in two-on-two and open style/freestyle competitions. You don’t have to be a break dancer to attend – you’re welcome to just watch or show off your own moves.

Hawai‘i’s break dancers battle it out for top prize

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By Ashwin Pandit & Sachin RuikarKa Leo Contributing Writers

In the previous issue of Ka Leo we wrote about Kashmir, the contentious region facing an independent movement, Islamic jihad, and an open war between India and Pakistan. Now we’ll look at the historical back-ground to see how the current situation came about.

During the early Christian and pre-Christian eras, Kashmir was a flourishing area produc-ing a plethora of famous Hindu and Buddhist philosophers. In fact it was the springboard for the spread of Buddhism to Central and East Asia.

In the 14th century A.D., Islam reached Kashmir both by foreign conquest and Sufi mis-sionaries. More often than not, the official policy of many of the invading Turkish, Afghan and Mughal rulers was to encourage conversions to Islam, by force and discriminative taxation pol-icies that penalized non-Mus-lims, among other methods.

In fact, during the reign of the Turkish ruler Sultan Sikandar from 1389 to 1413 A.D., many of Kashmir’s Hindu temples were destroyed and a large number of the indigenous Hindu people converted or were

forced to flee Kashmir. When, in 1947, India was

partitioned along religious lines, majority Muslim areas were supposed to form Pakistan. However, in regions ruled by kings, the king was given the right to choose between joining India or Pakistan or remain-ing independent. Kashmir was

ruled by a Hindu king even though nearly 77 percent of the population were Muslim. The Hindu maharaja tried to remain neutral by not join-ing India or Pakistan. Pakistani troops and tribal raiders then invaded Kashmir in 1947, and when the raja asked India for help, he was refused help because India would not inter-fere with a sovereign Kashmir. So the raja signed the instru-ment of accession with India, which included a clause that stated that once hostilities were over, the wishes of the people would be ascertained regarding accession. Indian troops then entered Kashmir and fought to retrieve some areas held by Pakistani forces and tribal raiders. After a cease-fire, the United Nations said that both Indian and Pakistani troops needed to vacate Kashmir so a referendum could be held. Neither India nor Pakistan complied, leaving two-fifths of the northern and western-most areas in Pakistan’s hands while the remaining three-fifths stayed with India. During the period before and after independence in 1947, Kashmir’s fortunes lay in the hands of its popular Kashmiri

Muslim leader, Sheikh Abdullah, who though oppos-ing the sometimes despotic and autocratic Hindu King Hari Singh, supported the Indian Prime Minister Nehru’s efforts to bring a solution to Kashmir’s accession. Later on, after a falling out with Nehru and other leaders,

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The region of Kashmir, with its storied history, is now divided between India, Pakistan and China.

EditorialCartoonSingh was arrested for sedition and jailed several times and finally expulsed from Kashmir. Following this tumult, Sheikh Abdullah re-emerged to sign an important pact in 1975 with the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, by which the need for a plebiscite was dropped, as, by then, several democratically elected governments had been formed. However, political rival-ry between the different par-ties in Kashmir led to repeated back-and-forth battles between the regional parties and the Congress party governing from New Delhi, leading to wide-spread disaffection. A turning point came in 1989, with mount-ing militant violence and mas-sive demonstrations against the central government.

Read the next issue of Ka Leo for the third and final part of our

three-part series on Kashmir.

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During the early Christian and pre-Chris-tian eras, Kashmir was a flourishing area producing a plethora of famous Hindu and Buddhist philosophers.

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Volunteer OpportunitiesVolunteer OpportunitiesStudents Helping Aloha United Way (SHAUW)The Students Helping Aloha United Way (SHAUW) is having its annual silent auction on Nov. 18-20 from 9:30am-2:30pm in Campus Center Conference Rm. 220.Come and bid on items such as: Hotel Stay at the Ilikai Hotel, Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Tickets, Round of Golf at Ko Olina Golf Course, UH Athletics Jerseys and Tickets, Dave& Buster s Certi cates and much more!!All proceeds from the silent auction will contribute to the profound efforts of Aloha United Way and its af liated agencies in achieving their humanitarian goals. Students Helping Aloha United Way is dedicated to raising donations and increasing student and community awareness of Aloha United Way and its more than 60 health and human service agencies.

aluminum dome with two con-course levels. When combined, it covers a total of 187,000 square feet. The dome roof was designed to hold over 100,000 pounds of scoreboard, speakers, catwalks, divider drapes and a 104-by-130 rigging grid. The catwalk alone is able to support nearly 145,000 pounds of light- and sound-rig-ging equipment. In 1998, renovations were conducted to include four home locker rooms, three visitor locker rooms, an official’s locker room, a player lounge and rest area, a full-size training facility, equip-ment and laundry room, three hospitality rooms, three class-rooms, an interview room and a teaching lab, along with a new scoreboard on the horizon. The Stan Sheriff Center is also home to the new Edwin S. N. Wong Hospitality Suite and the Alexander C. Waterhouse Physiology, Research and Training Facility on the ground-floor level, where over 400 student-athletes train in the 10,000-square-foot weight train-ing and conditioning center. The center has seen many streaks in its 14 seasons of UH athletics, with the men’s basketball team winning 24 straight home games between 2001 and 2003, which is the longest streak for the program in the Stan Sheriff Center and just two short of the school record. Also, in 2001, the wom-

en’s basketball team hosted the program’s first-ever postseason game in the arena. There have been many memorable records: Both the men’s and women’s volleyball teams have domi-nated NCAA record books for home attendance. But the center isn’t only a place that showcase Hawai‘i’s collegiate athletes. Each year, the Stan Sheriff Center plays host to high school state cham-pionships and musical concerts, as well as the Los Angeles Lakers preseason camps. The center has boasted national television audienc-es, who tuned in to see NBA and WNBA stars suit up for Team USA in a stop before the 2000 Summer Olympics. U.S. gymnastics hosted the Pacific Alliance Championships at the center. The Stan Sheriff Center received international audienc-es when Hawai‘i hosted the 1998 Miss Universe Pageant. According to Sheriff, one of the most memorable things that happened at the center was Toyota’s 50th anniversary and the national Toyota car dealer meeting. “The fact that they paid us half a million dollars for rent for 17 days was something. They totally transformed the Stan Sheriff Center into some-thing that we have never seen before,” Sheriff said. The Stan Sheriff Center

has held many events, has seen many records begin and has witnessed many records being broken. This week is no exeception, because for the first time in WAC history, the Rainbow Wahine volley-ball team will host the WAC Volleyball Tournament, trying to defend its title with home court advantage. More importantly, the Stan Sheriff Center is a place where Hawai‘i fans can show their support. “He (Stan Sheriff) wanted somewhere ... that the people of Hawai‘i and the fans could be proud of and similarly that other teams would want to visit, and to bring people off campus back onto campus to support the university. ... And I think that has happened,” Sheriff said.

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