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Regarding the senior walk and other traditions.......I'd like it to revert back to the way it was at first instead of the commercialism with Ariel Chun and the credit union......just call out the players and let them begin the walk....they can always give them the plaques later.....it should be more about the players and their fans.....I think more fans would stay.....I appreciate what the credit union does as far as support but it just makes the program drag on......same with basketball senior night........at least with only a few players and a smaller venue, it doesn't take that long......seems like Ms. Chun is all about the attention.....

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Waryor wrote:let's all sing hawai'i pono'i after the final home game..
This is sung right after the National Anthem, before the game.
Thing is many are still tailgating, in line, or in the bathroom.
Before the Boise State and Udub game the fans got real into it.
I only wish they get into it for all Home Games..

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Who cares what the rest of the world thought about the "Rainbow", we know what it means--a metaphor for the diverse melting pot that is Hawaii. In any case, I'm fine with "Warrior" too.

Tulsa kept "Golden" in front of Hurricane, even though the rest of the world thinks their name means someone pissing in the wind.

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its too bad an organization had to steal the rainbow away from its original meaning and beauty.

oh well...

i guess somethings in life suck and you just avoid right?

like you could name your team after a family that makes things....like the knickerbockers......or things that town are famous for....the PISTONS.....

so what if....you named a team that was in a town made famous for cigarettes...... (insert city name here) FAGS....

fag
Function: noun
Etymology: fag end
Date: circa 1888
: cigarette

yeah didnt think you would keep that name did you? EXACTLY.
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Well, when the negative connotation of a word is heavier than the positive...

Is there anything really all that great about a 'Rainbow' Warrior? (other than that's what they used to call us?)
The Rainbows title was okay for it's time.

Plain old Warriors is even better.

Anyway, the professionals in the press are still getting it wrong.
That should be enough to satisfy the nostalgic ones.

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UH-FAN19 wrote:Any one else notice we have this same discussion every spring?
Guess that's why there's SPRING cleaning....to get rid of the mold. According to Webster's New World(tm) Dictionary:

rain'bow' (-bo')n. [[OE regnboga]]an arc containing the colors of the spectrum formed in the sky by the refraction,reflection, and dispersion of light in rain or fog.

warri]or (wor'yer, -e er)n. [[see war]] a person experienced in conflict, esp.war; soldier

Tell me what 18, 19, 20 year old wants to be known of a "dispersion of light"? WARRIOR Nation rules......Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore.
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Question: What is the Gay Community took Safe Sex to the next level and adapted the Trojan Condom Logo and name to represent their lifestyle. Would USC change their Mascot and team team nickname????

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BigWave96744 wrote:Question: What is the Gay Community took Safe Sex to the next level and adapted the Trojan Condom Logo and name to represent their lifestyle. Would USC change their Mascot and team team nickname????
I would only be concerned if USC renamed the horse from "Trigger to Snickers". Bada bing!
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ironlion808 wrote:its too bad an organization had to steal the rainbow away from its original meaning and beauty.

oh well...

i guess somethings in life suck and you just avoid right?

like you could name your team after a family that makes things....like the knickerbockers......or things that town are famous for....the PISTONS.....

so what if....you named a team that was in a town made famous for cigarettes...... (insert city name here) FAGS....

fag
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Etymology: fag end
Date: circa 1888
: cigarette

yeah didnt think you would keep that name did you? EXACTLY.
Green Bay kept their team's name... I'm just sayin'. :-
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G Mack said on L&L TV Show about a month ago that the football team will remain the Warriors. J. Donovan on the L&L Radio show or maybe it was on a different TV show, said the team names are one of the many things he will review (no commitment on changing anything). He did admit that the current situation may be confusing.

Wasn't the Greenpeace ship named the Rainbow Warrior - that chases the whaling fleet and disrupted the nuclear bomb testing in French Polynesia (and then blown up by the french commandos)?

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Ulchiro5ga wrote:G Mack said on L&L TV Show about a month ago that the football team will remain the Warriors. J. Donovan on the L&L Radio show or maybe it was on a different TV show, said the team names are one of the many things he will review (no commitment on changing anything). He did admit that the current situation may be confusing.

Wasn't the Greenpeace ship named the Rainbow Warrior - that chases the whaling fleet and disrupted the nuclear bomb testing in French Polynesia (and then blown up by the french commandos)?
That was the name.
Did it get blown up?
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BigWave96744 wrote:
Waryor wrote:let's all sing hawai'i pono'i after the final home game..
This is sung right after the National Anthem, before the game.
Thing is many are still tailgating, in line, or in the bathroom.
Before the Boise State and Udub game the fans got real into it.
I only wish they get into it for all Home Games..

well i think it will be better after the game...since everyone will be there

except make it every home game...instead of the last game of the season

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2ScoopRice wrote:
ironlion808 wrote:its too bad an organization had to steal the rainbow away from its original meaning and beauty.

oh well...

i guess somethings in life suck and you just avoid right?

like you could name your team after a family that makes things....like the knickerbockers......or things that town are famous for....the PISTONS.....

so what if....you named a team that was in a town made famous for cigarettes...... (insert city name here) FAGS....

fag
Function: noun
Etymology: fag end
Date: circa 1888
: cigarette

yeah didnt think you would keep that name did you? EXACTLY.
Green Bay kept their team's name... I'm just sayin'. :-
it would be different if they called themselves the FUDGE PACKERS.

But everyone associates them with cheese.
BigWave96744 wrote:
Question: What is the Gay Community took Safe Sex to the next level and adapted the Trojan Condom Logo and name to represent their lifestyle. Would USC change their Mascot and team team nickname????
No because trojans are a warrior culture. No one would think of the gay community before trojans. Trojan itself is a manly word.

Rainbow can be effeminate....i mean its like "ooooh look at the pretty colors"

no one names their teams the KALIEDESCOPES.

and a team like ASU, they dont name themselves the SUNSHINERS.

They name themselves the SUN DEVILS.
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lets just shoot straight.....

Why call the team a name of a symbol that is (at least nationally) synonymous with GAY pride?
With no disrespect to the proud older teams of UH that was called the rainbow warriors, With this generation that name only means the word FAG.... regardless of any meaning in any dictionary it is still commonly thought of in that way.

So please if you want Rainbow Warriors please go look at the scrapbooks and go down memory lane and let us the younger generation ( and share with the kupunas) have the name Warriors with out bringing up the topic of changing it every time you feel nostalgic.

so with respect....please let the name RAINBOW die with the ugly okole uniforms and leave it alone already

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