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Many players have claimed to throw up prayers, in the form of a last-second shot that comes down to luck more often than skill. But for Keith Shamburger, that phrase took on a literal meaning one day removed from his aunt’s funeral.

With two seconds remaining in the Rain-bow Warriors’ game against UC Irvine last Saturday, Shamburger stared down a pair of defenders while launching an unlikely, buzzer-beating 3-point shot that forced overtime and allowed Hawai‘i to eventually win 90-86. Shamburger has led the Hawai‘i men’s bas-ketball team this season to a 14-5 record. Yet, the junior point guard claimed that the prayer he launched on Saturday night was answered by the aunt he had lost a couple weeks ago. “She was a strong person,” Shamburger said. “She was the one that protected our whole family from many things.” Shamburger’s aunt, Gloria Twine, passed away about two weeks prior to the game against UC Irvine. Shamburger could not put into words the importance of his aunt to him and his family. Although Twine was deaf, she was infl u-ential for the point guard from San Jose State. Despite the late-game heroics by Shamburg-er against Irvine, the last few weeks have been diffi cult according to him and his teammates. “It just got real tough and I didn’t know what to do, but my coach and (Brandon) Spearman were right there with me, tex-ting me every day, making sure I was good,” Shamburger said. “They were say-ing the right words of encouragement.” Head coach Gib Arnold and senior guard Brandon Spearman spoke out in support of Shamburger shortly after the diffi cult loss of his aunt, which was also paired with two road losses to start Big West conference play. Despite the loss of his aunt during the road trip and a nagging hip injury, Sham-

burger started for the Warriors in both of their games against conference foes. The wounded Warrior’s struggles off the court were echoed by his. During the road trip, Shamburger scored three points on 1-of-12 shooting from the fi eld. But his poor performances did not deter him, pri-marily due to the support of his teammates. “It got us closer,” Shamburger said. “I’m able to trust those guys more. They had my back this whole week.” Shamburger and the Warriors were able to bounce back from their adversity to defeat a struggling UC Riverside team 100 -69 at home, as well as a historic 90 -73 road win against UC Davis that was the largest road margin of victory for the team in the past 11 years. The win over UC Irvine was the first defeat that the Anteaters were given in Big West conference play, and it allowed the ‘Bows to steal the spot as the winningest team in the conference. Bouncing back from his struggles in the previous week, Shamburger earned the Big West Player of the Week award due in large part to his performance during the weekend. The Los Angeles native scored 17 points along with a career-high 11 assists to lead the Warriors past the Anteaters in front of a sold-out crowd in Irvine. The range of emotions has not gone unnoticed by Shamburger, who claims to have changed during the past few weeks. “It just showed me that you can’t take anything for granted at all, and at any day anything can be taken from you,” Sham-burger said. “You just have to love the peo-ple that you love, and trust me, this showed me to really value a lot of things in my life.”

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A statement on sustainability is now includ-ed in the Board of Regent’s policy as the board gave its approval at its Jan. 23 meeting. “A policy statement, such as the BOR ad-opted (last) Thursday, is not magic,” said John Morton, Vice President for Community Colleg-es. “But the policy statement does make it clear that the commitment to sustainability is a high priority and is fully supported by the governing board. The statement creates a framework but relies on the university to build on that frame-work to make the commitment real.” According to Daita Serghi, a biology lecturer at UH Mānoa, the sustainability statement was added to the Mission and Purpose of the university (Section 4-1c) “which commits the university to sustain-ably allocate and use resources for the well-being of our communities and state.” Seven goals following the statement speci-fy the university’s commitment to social, cultur-al, environmental and economic sustainability in operations; education, research and service; planning, administration and engagement; and cultural and community connections.

A STATEMENT OF SUSTAINABIL ITY As part of a UH executive leadership retreat, it was decided to strengthen UH’s commitment to sustainability, Morton said. He was tasked with guiding the effort. The First Annual Hawai‘i Sustainability in Higher Education, a system-wide conference that was held at UH West O‘ahu last spring, was held to improve coordinating and planning. “One of the ideas coming from that conference was that UH needed to make a formal declaration, at the policy level, of its commitment to sustainability,” Morton said. “Draft policy statements were developed and refi ned over the next several months.” According to Serghi, the sustainability state-ment was presented to the Regent Committee on Student Affairs during the Oct. 18 meeting. “The SA committee was very positive and only recommended a minor change, which strengthened the university’s com-mitment to sustainability,” Serghi said. The committee reviewed the fi nal lan-guage of the policy on Jan. 9 and recom-mended it for adoption to the full board, which unanimously approved it on Jan. 23. “A section on sustainability in the board’s policy ensures that these broad and ambitious

sustainability goals are embedded in the uni-versity’s bylaws from now on,” Serghi said. “These bylaws are rarely changed.” According to Serghi, next is to develop the Presidential Sustainability Policy, which will defi ne principles, establish key indicators (sub-ject areas) for which performance measures will be set, identify strategic goals and support campus level implementations.

SUSTAINABLE STUDENTS According to Morton, another benefi t of the conference last spring was the emer-gence of a group of students who shared the commitment to sustainability and the desire to have UH do more in that area. “That group of students emphasized the importance of this issue and the policy with the BOR Student Committee and that com-mittee is the one that then presented the matter to the full BOR,” Morton said. “Sev-eral of the students did testify, and several others submitted written support. This stu-dent interest and involvement was a power-ful positive message to the BOR.” Senior political science major Cali Reed, who testifi ed in support of the sustainability statement, said she is thrilled to know the

regents are as adamant about sustainability as she and other people who testifi ed are. “Now that we will be able to have a writ-ten policy regarding sustainability on cam-pus, our efforts to improve the UH system will hopefully have less hurdles to pass over as we look for ways to make UH more ‘green’ and eventually move towards zero waste/zero emissions,” Reed said. According to her testimony, Reed, who is also studying Environmental Studies and Peace & Confl ict Education, represented the Student Sustainability Coalition, the Young Democrats at UH Mānoa and the UH Mānoa Ecology Club. Matthias Keller, who also submitted tes-timony to the Board and is president of the Surfrider Foundation Club at UH, said the approval of the statement is a big step for the future of sustainability at the university. “Being a leading educational system in the Pacifi c, I believe UH has a responsibility to promote and adopt sustainable practices on campus, acting as a role model for other island nations,” Keller said. “This also coincides with various student run organizations mission statements, like the Surfrider Foundation Club at UH. Living on an island, everything one does mauka side can have effects makai side.”

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On a campus known for its di-versity, the University of Hawai‘i Department of Theatre and Dance aims to showcase this trait with its latest 50th Anniversary show, the “Winter Footholds” dance exposi-tion. As in other dance concerts at the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, a wide range of styles and forms come together to provide an expe-rience far removed from the Lab’s other, more theatrical offerings. Though offi cially run by veteran director and dance pro-fessor Betsy Fisher, directorial oversight takes a backseat to cho-reography and design, which is headed by students. As Fisher ex-plains, this is where the concert and all other “Footholds” shows in the past have gotten their names. The show exemplifi es “the idea that students are getting a foot-

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composed specifi cally for each of their pieces, entitled “Night Rain” and “Sentiment,” respectively. There are seven pieces in all, and though they are infl uenced by an eclectic range of genres and styles, each one s h o w c a s e s the experienc-es of each cho-reographer. Dancers and choreogra -phers have been work-ing closely with technical design-ers to create a fully immersive experience that has become synonymous with “Footholds” presentations of the past. In addition to the diversity of material, “Footholds” is charac-terized by heavy infl uence from dance students and choreogra-phers themselves. Keeping in pat-tern with other Lab offerings, the

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For the fi rst time in 77 years, residents of Colorado, Washington and Uruguay are now able to legally purchase, sell, grow or possess Cannabis. The newly legalized marijuana industry is bringing with it a wave of business opportunities, economic boosts and tax revenues that could benefi t everyone on the planet, toker or not.

NATION ʼS F IRST CANNA -BUSINESSES Colorado already has the allure of Rocky Mountain skiing in the winter and hiking during summer. Add the novelty of legal can-nabis, and there are millions of dollars to be made by industry pioneers. In fact, the three dozen or so state-licensed recreational mari-juana stores grossed more than $1 million in the fi rst 24 hours of business on Jan. 1, with some shops forced to close down after sell-ing out of inventory. The State of Colorado will take a size-able 25 percent of all recreational profi ts in addition to the standard 2.9 percent sales tax, and many municipalities that allow the sale of marijuana, such as Denver, have

imposed their own additional tax. There is still a distinction between medical and recreational herb, and certifi ed medical patients will not have to pay any tax. Wash-ington expects to open its fi rst cannabis store later in the year, and the legalization wave is spreading to Oregon, California, Maine, Alaska, Hawai‘i and Massachu-setts. It seems failing to endorse legal can-nabis could likely cost a politician his or her job in 2016.

IMPERFECTIONS IN LEGALIZATION While any regulation on marijuana is better than none, there are several prob-lems with the new laws as they stand today. Recreational marijuana taxes will raise millions of dollars for public schools; how-ever, the product is among the most heav-ily taxed in the state, which could cause a surge in tax-free black market or cartel activity. Coloradans may also choose to cul-tivate up to six plants of their own herb and sell or gift it to their friends, avoiding alto-gether the steep tax of about $55 per ounce. The biggest problem is that of hard cash: While every other legal enterprise uses fi -nancial institutions to store, safeguard and invest their money, marijuana related fi rms

are forced to store their profi ts on site and only accept cash, which is a huge operating cost and security risk for fi rms, employees, customers and the communities in which they reside. Attorney General Eric Holder has recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the cash only policy and claims to be developing guidelines for state-legal canna-business to operate safely. The federal Schedule 1 drug status of marijuana and hemp prevents the impor-tation of seed from foreign countries such as Canada. As a result, it is fairly easy to acquire recreational seed, but industrial hemp can’t be reliably grown since there is no local supply. It seems it will take longer for widespread legalized cultiva-tion of hemp, which can be used for paper, fuel, clothing, plastic and food, all without the use of fossil fuels.

CANNA -TOURISM Uruguay has frequently been on the forefront of progressive laws with a univer-sal single payer health care system, 95 per-cent renewable energy, legal gay marriage and adoption and extensive female repro-ductive rights. As the fi rst country to fully legalize marijuana, President Mujica took

a great leap of faith in order to combat the local cartels, which make a majority of their profits on pot. The national regulations allow for up to six plants for personal use and up to 40 grams per month at $1 per gram, as opposed to the cartel price of $1.40 per gram. This single act has opened Uruguay to become the new bohemian hot spot in South America, bring-ing much needed foreign capital, investment in local infrastructure and sustainable tour-ism. The nation plans to export its legal buds to Canada, Israel, Chile and other countries where cultivation is still illegal. Other countries in Latin America are also taking a closer look at novel methods including full legalization to both curb the power and profi t of the violent drug cartels. The United Nations, Congress and the Obama administration are still opposed to marijuana legalization, despite billions of wasted dollars, man-hours and millions of non-violent, jailed citizens. Imagine if President Obama had been pulled over with a joint and arrested while going to Punahou; he probably wouldn’t be our president right now. It ’s time for him and all world politicians to reconsider their po-sitions on the legalization of a useful plant that has proved profi table.

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Rebuilding is always a part of college athletics. Every year, coaches have to fi nd a way to re-place last season’s seniors and other departing players.

But few have as diffi cult a challenge as Rainbow Wahine wa-ter polo coach Maureen Cole, who is tasked with making up for two players that accounted for almost half of her team’s offense.

Last year, Monika Eggens set a new Big West record with 101 goals en route to being named the conference’s player of the year. Opposing defenses could not keep the three-time All-American from igniting the scoreboard, as she also led the ‘Bows by converting on 49.8 percent of her shots.

Not far behind, Amarens Ge-nee concluded her tenure at UH with 64 goals in 2013. Dangerous-ly effi cient like Eggens, she netted 48.5 percent of her shots and led the team with 88 kick-outs drawn.

Despite losing the players with the most and third-most

career goals in UH history, re -spectively, Cole maintains that the ‘Bows will turn this setback into an advantage. “We’re more of a well-rounded team,” said Cole, who was named the 2013 Big West Coach of the Year. “So it ’s going to be harder to stop us in that we have more weap-ons. Last year we were a little pre-dictable at times.” “It could be 11 girls scoring, and I don’t know where it’s gonna come from. … It’s not going to be pressure on one person to have to score all the goals like it was last year.” No. 7 Hawai‘i will turn to soph-omore attacker Paula Chillida Es-forzado, who scored 55 times last season, to help fi ll the void left by Eggens and Genee. However, no other returning player tallied more than 28 goals. “Last year we had two incred-ible players that we relied a lot on,” Esforzado said. “But this year we are a deeper team, so I think that it’s go-ing to be great because there’s a lot of players that can step up.” Defensively, senior goalkeep-er Amy Carlson will also have to deal with the departure of Genee

and especially Eggens, who led Hawai‘i with 71 steals last season. “Monika and Amarens will defi nitely be missed,” Carlson said. “They’re two great defensive players. But it ’s more than two people in the water. “We’ll have to work harder, but part of the Rainbow Wahine way is to work as hard as you can at all times. So I don’t think we’re going to struggle.”

PLAYING CATCH UP Hawai‘i opened up its season on Thursday against Santa Clara, but most of UH’s upcoming op-ponents have already had time to shake off their offseason rust. “I don’t expect us to look very sharp this weekend,” Cole said. “The other teams that are competing this weekend will have already played at least two weekends of games.” UH also must work in seven freshmen, but Cole is impressed enough with their backgrounds that “they’ll all be getting minutes.” “We have a lot of international girls that have played at the highest level,” Cole said. “So they’re not in-

experienced coming in as freshmen. They’ve all played at a really high lev-el, and I think they’ll all contribute.”

CUT THROAT COMPETIT ION The Rainbow Wahine’s com-petition for their opening week-end reads more like a final exam than a first day of class. Three ranked teams await Hawai‘i at the Stanford Invitational, includ-ing the hosting No. 2 Cardinal, which are undefeated against the ‘Bows in 31 games. The three teams UH is sched-uled to face in Palo Alto are a com-bined 5-1 thus far. “I’ve seen some of the re-sults, and I just think it ’s too early to make conclusions and to think, ‘Oh, this team is so great.’ It ’s just the beginning, so I think things can change a lot,” Esforzado said. However, the ‘Bows already know one team that has been awaiting the opportunity to beat them since last April. Sixth-ranked UC Irvine will look for vengeance after suffering a dou-ble-overtime defeat in last year’s Big West title match.

“The biggest thing our coach tells us is that we have a target on our back. We did win the Big West championship last year, so we know that teams are gunning for us,” Carlson said. “We dethroned Irvine, who had never lost a con-ference game. We beat them in conference, then we beat them at the tournament. So we have a lot of people coming for us.”

UPCOMING GAMES

No. 7 Hawai‘i’s Road Trip

Friday: Cal State East Bay – 2 p.m.Saturday: No. 6 UC Irvine – 8 a.m.* Saturday: No. 2 Stanford – 1:30 p.m.*Sunday: No. 18 UC Davis – 6 a.m.*

Sunday: TBA*

*Stanford Invitational

Hawai‘i looks to repeat success despite losing two legends

Wahine begin Big West t itl e defense

Claire Nixon (15) from Staff ord-

shire, England, is one of nine international

players on UH’s 19-person

roster.

ANTOINETTE RANITKA LEO O HAWAI‘I