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The effects of the “Wonder Blunder” on athletics fundraising are starting to appear nearly two months after the revelation that the University of Hawai‘i athletics department had lost $200,000 in a failed attempt to organize a fund-raising concert. Vince Baldemor, president of ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue, the organi-zation in charge of fundraising for UH athletics, said he has had to personally respond to donors con-cerned about how their money is being managed in the wake of the failed benefi t concert. “Individuals have been upset, and some [have said] that they don’t intend to donate,” Baldemor said. “It’s been visible enough to me.”
While he admits that raising money for UH athletics is more dif f icult when potential donors are skeptical about whether their contributions will be spent wisely, Baldemor focuses on student-athletes when address-ing donor concerns. “When we talk with these indi-viduals, it’s about the student-ath-letes … their education and their athletics,” he said, adding that regardless of what administrative decisions are made, his organiza-tion’s role will always be to support the university’s teams. Acting athletics director Rockne Freitas also acknowledged that he has heard of donors rethinking their contributions to UH, but insisted that such reports have come to him indi-rectly and that he has not been in con-tact with any angry givers personally.
Still, he said, any incident that drives fans away is a worry to him. “It concerns me when we lose fan support and donor sup-port from everything that goes wrong,” Freitas said. In addition to an ongoing op-erational audit of the athletics department that will lead to sug-gested changes in the way the de-partment functions, Freitas also points to UH’s student-athletes as a reason for the public to continue their support – both by attending games and by donating. “We are all here for the stu-dents,” Freitas said.
BUDGET DEFICIT Last year, the athletics de-partment spent $10.5 million, or 35 percent of its total expen-ditures, on financial aid, medi-
cal coverage and travel for its student-athletes, according to the Annual Athletics and ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue 2011-2012 Hawai‘i Athletics report. The reports also show that the total fundraising proceeds generated by AKA during the same period amount to just under $6.5 million, and that, when all other sources of revenue and ex-pense are considered, the depart-ment will face a projected budget deficit of more than $2 million at the end of 2012. Despite the budget projections for the rest of the year, offi cials in the athletics department said they are not sure how many donations will change as a result of the Won-der concert controversy.
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The athletics department has distributed pom poms and started other initia-tives to boost student game attendance.
Baldemor pointed out that most donors finalize their gifts to the department in the period from January to June before the fiscal year ends. While the most recent athletics funding num-bers provide a baseline, the full effect of the scandal on dona-tions to and general funding for the athletics department will not be known until the current fiscal year ends in summer 2013.
FROM THE FANS While the exact fi nancial ef-fect is still unclear, information refl ecting student support for the department in the wake of the Wonder incident is trickling in. At a recent pep rally meant to drum up student enthusiasm for the start of UH’s football season, head coach Norm Chow lauded the importance of student support for his program and asked those in attendance to go to games to support their classmates. “We need your help, and we need your support,” Chow summarized. The message was nothing new to Evans Ego, an undeclared fresh-man who stopped by the rally at Campus Center. Although Ego is just starting his academic career at UH Mānoa, he is no stranger to the school’s athletic events. “I’ve had season tickets to base-ball games since 2004,” he said. Ego asserts that his loyalty to UH athletics has not wavered as a result of the Wonder concert controversy, but he does have
qualms regarding how the blun-der was handled in the weeks af-ter the news broke. “I wished [that] they’d kept Donovan,” Ego said, adding that he believes the now-former ath-letic director was used mostly as a “scapegoat” for what happened.
BY THE NUMBERS Attendance numbers from this season’s athletic events suggest that students still sup-port the teams. According to f igures provided by the athletics department and Aloha Stadium management, Hawai‘i’s Sept. 15 football game against Lamar University attracted 1,803 stu-dents – 756 more than the per-game average for last season. Baldemor believes that de-spite the events of the last two months, students are still fo-cused on cheering on their class-mates by attending home games for a variety of sports. “There is a cloud swirling overhead, but [the students] won’t let that dampen their ex-perience,” he said. Meanwhile, Freitas noted that even if the athletics depart-ment’s image has been tarnished in the eyes of donors, students or the general public, he will contin-ue to advocate that those groups look at the university as a whole instead of dwelling on the Won-der concert and its aftermath. “[It’s time to] look beyond the Stevie Wonder blunder,” Freitas said.
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Alvin Chan, a 2006 graduate from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, takes on multiple roles in his work: He is an actor, a play-wright and director for the Honolu-lu Theatre for Youth. Chan’s under-graduate degree in Asian theatre earned him a grant to study in China and Japan – and he is now using this background to create a fusion of Asian, modern and family theatre at HTY in his production of “Five Chinese Brothers.” Growing up in Makiki and Mānoa, Chan discovered theatre at Our Redeemer Lutheran School, where his mom would have him try out for roles in the school’s Christ-mas musicals. “… I would get lead [roles], but it wasn’t until [Mid-Pacif-ic Institute] that I really discovered a love for [theatre],” said Chan.
Chan spent his high school years at Mid-Pacifi c strug-gling to accept his new inter-
est. “I was so just like, ‘[Theatre] is not cool, I’m going to lose pop-ularity,’” he remembered, “But there was [something] inside; I wanted to be onstage, [not] in the background.” In his junior year, he audi-tioned and starred in the Mid-Pa-cifi c School of the Arts production “How 2 Date.” He appeared in two more MPSA productions, which led to roles at Kumu Kahua The-atre, the Hawai‘i Shakespeare Fes-tival and a degree in theatre.
ASIAN INFLUENCE After graduation, Chan lived in New York for three years, and his training gave him an edge at auditions. “[My UH Mānoa] edu-cation was invaluable,” Chan said. “I would be using Asian theatre techniques [and it] separated me from the pack.” Chan still returned to per-form with HTY every summer. He drew upon his experiences as the child of first-generation Chi-nese immigrants to write “The Lion Dancer,” which
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the struggles of trying to be local and defining one’s own culture. Chan applied for the 2010 Fox Foundation Fellowship grant with the Theatre Communications Group, whose mission is to foster non-profi t American theatre. He won, and used the grant to study theatre abroad in China and Japan and lion dancing in Hawai‘i.
LOCAL PRODUCTIONS Chan has written and acted in three HTY productions: “Anime Momotaro,” “The Lion Dancer” and most recently, “Five Chinese Broth-ers,” based on Claire Huchet Bish-op’s children’s book and performed in Jingju (Beijing opera) style. Chan credits his success to Asian theatre’s respect for the audi-ence. “My teachers in Asia [say that theatre] is not for you – it is a ser-vice,” he said. That respect is what draws in adults as well as children. “We need to make this family the-atre, not [children’s] theatre,” Chan said. “If it’s enjoyable by everyone, that’s the highest compliment I
can get.” Chan will
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bor islands next month, perform-ing “Anime Momotaro” in Wash-ington D.C. next January and directing HTY’s “Musubi Man” in February 2013.
Alvin Chan: life in theatreAlvin Chan: life in theatre
where his mom would have him tryout for roles in the school’s Christ-mas musicals. “… I would get lead [roles], but it wasn’t until [Mid-Pacif-ic Institute] that I really discovered alove for [theatre],” said Chan.
Chan spenthis high school years at Mid-Pacifi c strug-gling to accept his new inter-
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As a study of institution and char-acter, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” reveals the anxiety of the in-dividual in the universe and how free-dom or peace can only be attained through an eternal struggle with past traumas and present agonies. This fi lm is not an investigation of Scientology, but it draws from its basic beginnings and explores the evolution of the members of a cult. “The Master” is about resurgence, destruction and the madness of self-discovery driven by the rest-lessness and fear to survive. Ulti-
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We as women can’t allow our-selves to be subject to laws about the basic aspects of our bodies. If you’ve looked into the news lately, you may be aware that this presidential election has deemed women’s health and personal rights an impor-tant consideration. The debate on legal abortions and insur-ance-covered contraception has raised much outrage from reli-gious groups. The debate has centered on a single image of a woman taking control of her own healthcare decisions. At the Democratic National Convention earlier this month, the National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws Pro-Choice America president Nan-cy Keenan told the crowd, “We believe that there’s no place in that room [doctor’s off ice] for politicians – especially politi -
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it make sense to rely on male politicians to make decisions on whether women can keep a child, whether they can vacci-nate their own children, or oth-er sexual and holistic women’s health issues? No. But we keep relying on the po-litical system, fearful that the laws that give us rights today will be re-voked tomorrow. This is an issue bigger than politics; it is about fe-male empowerment and reclaim-ing our strength and knowledge. These decisions regarding our bodies, and specif ically our sexuality, are choices that we should make ourselves. Until we step up and get our voices back as free-thinking women, oth-ers will continue to make deci-sions for us. Part of the issue is speaking up in public about our beliefs, but I feel the f irst step is to individually center and em-power ourselves.
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Junior outside hitter Emily Hartong has been selected as Ka Leo’s Player of the Week. Hartong was the top player in the Rainbow Wahine’s road victories over Cal State Northridge, UC Riverside, and Cal State Fullerton. In the first game against CSUN, Hartong recorded 16 kills, nine digs, six blocks and a .163 hitting percentage. The Mat-adors forced Hawai‘i to mount a comeback after taking sets one and three. Hartong had four kills and two blocks in the decisive set five to ward off the upset.
The next match was much less dramatic, as the ‘Bows quickly took care of UC Riverside in straight sets with none closer than 25-19. Hartong finished with 11 kills and a .267 hitting percent-age. The Los Alamitos, Calif., na-tive also had a match-high 10 digs and four blocks. Finally, in Saturday’s game against Cal State Fullerton, Har-tong led the ‘Bows with a person-al season-high 21 kills. Addition-ally, she racked up nine digs, four blocks and a .242 hit percentage in yet another five-set upset bid. Hartong’s 4.13 kills per set leads her team – and is also the best in the entire Big West Conference.
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Jane Croson (Outside Hitter, Women’s Volleyball) Croson led the Rainbow Wahine in kills in two of their three games this week. She posted 18 kills and 11 digs against Cal State Northridge and 13 kills and eight digs against UC Riverside. Finally, Croson added 16 kills and a personal season-high 16 digs against Cal State Fullerton.
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