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Volume 95: Issue 9
Ke Alaka i THE LEADER
A voyage of change Kent Carollo’s summer of service
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Front Cover: BYU-Hawaii pre-professional biology major Kent Carollo spent the summer of 2010 as a volunteer for the LDS Church aboard the USNS Mercy where he sailed to countries in Southeast Asia providing health services. He is pictured with children in Timor Leste. Photo courtesy of Kent Carollo.
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Ke Alaka i March 3, 2011 • Volume 95: Issue 9
Amanda hansen edi tor-i n - c h ie f
KENT CAROLLO art director
Valerie bagley e di tor-i n - c h ie f
LEEANN LAMBERT advisor
SENIOR EDITORS Ni col e C lark B l ake Ba x te r
graphics TEAM Joan Yau Naomi Yanga
photo EDITOR Sam S u k im aw a
VideO EDITOR Lindsay Bancroft
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Middle East Protests: Jonathan Miles explains why we should care
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BYUH students intern at Kahuku Hospital
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A summer abroad teaches life lessons to student Kent Carollo
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BYUHSA is putting on a service project Saturday, March 5, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for anyone looking to lend a helping hand. The activity will include cleaning up both Temple and Hukilau Beach. Anyone interested in serving is to meet at the Little Circle at 9 a.m. From there, the project will begin at Temple beach and work its way down to Hukilau. The activity will end at noon with BBQ for lunch. BYUHSA says, “You’ll come away with a warm feeling that you are saving the earth by removing one piece of litter at a time.” There will be a CES Video Fireside broadcast on Sunday March 6 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at the Cannon Activities Center. Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will speak to single and married college students ages 18-30. The next CES video fireside is May 1 with Sister Rosemary M. Wixom.
Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the 12 recently traveled to Mozambique, and other apostles have recently visited the Marshall Islands, other areas of the Pacific, and Central America. The first time Elder Scott visited Mozambique, there were only 40 members. On his recent second visit there were over 5,000 members in two districts, with 19 branches. He excited the members in Mozambique by speaking Portuguese, the official language. For more information go to http:// lds.org/study/prophets-speak-today/unto-all-the-world/?lang=eng Four major BYUH organizations came together from February 21 to 25 to host “Copyright Week,” a series of workshops, booths and forums educating students on the dangers of illegal downloading. Information is still available to students who are unsure whether what they are doing is contrary to copyright laws. The Reading Writing Center is a free and easily accessible resource for students who have questions about downloading. For more information, check out www. pusdownloading.com
NOTEWORTHY PERSON: CHAD FORD WHY HE’S NOTEWORTHY: Ford makes a difference in somebody’s life on a daily basis. Whether it is a student, friend, coworker, family or community member, he is always willing and able to help those around him. Ford teaches courses in intercultural communications and intercultural peace building and is beloved by many students on campus. He also makes a difference around the world and in the community through skills as a mediator. He has worked with various NGOs and government agencies, such as the Consulate and Peace Players. He also works with couples struggling in their marriage, roommates who don’t get along, and students who just need to talk. A devoted husband, father, and friend, Ford makes a difference in the lives of others because he is friends with people no matter what their religious beliefs, nationalities or home situations are. HIS TAKE: “I think that we try to make a difference by seeing the humanity in others and acting on those senses of helpfulness we have... To me it’s both the heart and the hands. Our hearts are connected to others.” - M ARISSA E LDE R
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An insider’s peek into the middle eastern protests Miles Smith, a former English major and alumnus from Utah, spent four months in Egypt in 2009 doing research and building friendships. Photo courtesy of Miles Smith
BYU-Hawaii alumnus Miles Smith lived in Cairo, Egypt, from August 2009 to December 2009 while studying abroad under a government scholarship with the U.S. State Department. This experience left him with a love for the country and a connection to the people with whom he worked closely.
up checkpoints in the streets. Nobody really trusted the police. People were trying to keep their neighborhoods safe. Would you ever want to go back?
MS: I absolutely want to go back. When I was there under Mubarak’s reign, it was a total police state. All of the elections were What made you want to go to Egypt? rigged and I could tell there was a lot of MS: I’m an English major but was able to get discontent from the people. People were sick a scholarship through the government to go of him. study Arabic. I really wanted to go over and How do you feel about what took place? experience the culture. MS: His resignation was a good thing. The What did you do there? people deserve a better life and a better MS: I taught English and Spanish there at an government. I was very happy to see what NGO called The Better World Foundation to happened…it’s actually really miraculous. I help people increase their language skills in a remember Feb. 10th in the evening when variety of languages. They were university-age [Mubarak] spoke to the nation and said that students and some were pretty underprivihe wasn’t going to step down. The military leged. The universities in Egypt are free, so was starting to pressure him and they were they’re really crowded and often times the beginning to take sides with the protesters. I schooling isn’t that high quality. was so scared for my friends in Egypt…Nobody knew what was going to happen. How did you react when you first heard about protests in Egypt in February?
MS: I had between 20-30 students while I was there, so I e-mailed all of them during the protests and told them I was praying for them. About six or seven responded. They all said they were okay but that it was dangerous. They mentioned that the people had set 4
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What were you thinking or hoping for at that point?
MS: I put on my Facebook wall “Everyone pray for the Egyptians” so that they could have a new and free government established. I remember waking up really anxious to see the news the next day. I went to all these
news sites like CNN and Al Jazeera and saw photos and news videos of the people celebrating. I was so overwhelmed. I felt like my prayers and the prayers of millions of people had been answered. What do you see for the future of Egypt?
I think a lot of people are worried about what’s going to happen next in Egypt, but I think people should be optimistic. We shouldn’t be fearful. The people are demanding a democracy but that democracy is based on social justice. We should support them and be excited for them and support the principles that we believe in—it’s a necessary thing. All these people have been repressed for so long. They want freedom, and they deserve it. I hope to see Libya liberated soon as well. As a former BYU-Hawaii student that has lived in Egypt, what would you like students here at BYUH to know?
MS: Keep them in your prayers. They ask me to have people pray for them. This event concerns us—we should be concerned about them anyways. They need a lot of prayers—they still haven’t gotten their government yet. We all want to see the military act responsibly. The place needs prayers. The people need prayers. Pray for my Egyptian friends and for their new nation. -TAYLOR RIP P Y
S e r v ic e: The k ey t o ‘ sp ir i tual s uccess’ On a bad day, the sister missionaries of the Laie Temple Visitor’s Center have a simple solution: Serve. Along with sharing the gospel, these sisters have painted stairwells, recruited babysitters for mothers in need and cleaned up yards. “Serving others helps us share the gospel with those in need,” said Sister Lu from Taiwan. The sisters take the most joy in the service they render by sharing the gospel, and miracles have abounded during their time in the Visitor’s Center. Reminiscing about the temple open house just prior to the dedication, Sister Lu said, “A blind woman…went through the temple rooms with some of her family members. They took great care to explain every detail through all the rooms, and at the end of the tour I could see in her face how full of the spirit she was. She kept saying, ‘I can feel it.’” These sisters, who arrive at the center every day wearing smiles and bright-colored aloha dresses, appreciate it when they have help from members, and are always impressed when students reach out. “We’ve seen a couple really good examples of students who, even at bus stops, are fearless in talking about the gospel and handing out pass-along cards,” said Sister Lu. “One student even went so far as to get someone’s e-mail so she could give her a Book of Mormon.” Sister De Arton of Washington said a good attitude can also be a form of service. “Having a good attitude on temple grounds can help others who are there for the first time to see how to act.”
Sisters Lu and Moon greet people daily at the Temple Visitor’s Center from around the world. Photo by Sam Sukimawa
For students who don’t know where to begin in sharing the gospel, the sisters say the best place to start is with yourself. Sister Moon of South Korea said, “When I find myself struggling with my testimony, I try to rely on the testimonies of the General Authorities.” Sister De Arton added, “The temple was a major source of comfort for me when I was in college. You don’t necessarily have to go inside. Even just being on the grounds can give you [clarity].” There are a few other simple things to remember when wanting to sharing the gospel, said the sisters. “Be friendly,” said Sister Wong of Australia. “Don’t be afraid to share with visitors what the temple is.” Sister Moon added that it’s important not to judge. “I think everyone has the light of Christ in them, even if people don’t look a certain way...It’s important to not judge other people when we are reaching out.” In the end, the sisters said service is a win-win act. “Doing service can make a difference not only in the lives of those you help, but in your own,” said Sister Lu.
Bo red wi th fa c e book ? C lic k on t h e s e l i n ks Check out these websites: LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site connecting you to your trusted contacts and assisting you in exchanging knowledge, ideas and opportunities with a broader network of professionals. It is the world’s largest professional network with over 80 million members and growing rapidly. Make an account and add you personal info, then publish your resume, upload samples of your work, and get recommendations and endorsements from a supervisor, teacher, or past scout master. This is a great tool for graduates on the hunt for a job.
iTunes U http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ If you are already familiar with iTunes then you may benefit from the new Apple development, iTunes U. According to Apple’s website, college institutions can make any digital content created or curated by educators available to be easily downloaded and viewed on any Mac, PC, iPod, or iPhone. Picnik http://www.picnik.com/ Interested in photo editing? Picnik is a site that provides just that. Once you upload pictures to the site, you have access to a variety of tools, artistic effects, stickers, frames, touch-ups, scrapbooking tools, and
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more. Everything is free, so if you’re feeling crafty but don’t want to invest hundreds of dollars in buying the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, why not give it a go? TED: Ideas worth spreading: http://www.ted.com/ TED is a small nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Go to the site to watch dynamic, inspirational videos with themes ranging from the establishment of world peace, to the technology of the future, Instead of surfing facebook and youtube, check out these websites for inspiration and fun. - Ashlen qu irante MARCH 3, 2011
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Members of PeacePlayers International are here from Northern Ireland, Cyprus, South Africa and Washington, D.C. to receive Arbinger Institute training from Dr. Chad Ford and the McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding staff. Photo by Aaron Knudsen
Basketball builds peace McKay Center provides training for people globally
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Faculty from PeacePlayers International came to BYU-Hawaii from across the globe to learn from Dr. Chad Ford. In his weeklong training, they learned how to better implement the tools that they learned into their program. According to their website, “PeacePlayers International (PPI) is a global nonprofit organization that uses the game of basketball to unite and educate young people and their communities.” Much of what PeacePlayers International is learning from Ford comes from the contents of book by the Arbinger Institute entitled, “The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict.” Ke Alaka’i
PeacePlayers International helps to “bridge divides” with children in places where there are intense racial tensions in the world, according to S’bongiseni Vilakazi, the managing director in South Africa. By playing basketball, the youth that participate in PeacePlayers International can come together in a comfortable and safe environment. They are able to learn that they are very similar to the other children from different ethnicities or religions. Vilakazi said that in many cases this program was the children’s “first meaningful interaction” with children who are from different backgrounds. This new curriculum will help to “bridge divides more effectively.” Gareth Harper, the managing director in Northern Ireland, thinks that the training from Ford will give the coaches at PeacePlayers International a useful framework and a new way of thinking. It also will help to train the future leaders of the programs around the world. Harper said that the experience and training in Hawaii has been “fantastic”
because it has allowed PPI workers from all over to collaborate and bounce ideas off of each other. “It is great to have the opportunity to get together and talk about our collective experiences,” he said. Even though each area has different needs, they were able to come together and talk about what actions will be the most effective. Marina Visilara, the Managing Director from Cyprus welcomes this collaboration with Ford. Visilara has worked with Ford before and has found that the new experience has “been very helpful.” She said that the training has been “going very well and at the end of the week we will have gained a lot of experience that will help the children to see others in a different way.” Even though it is still too early to see the lasting effects of the new training, the objective of the training by Ford is to help PeacePlayers International become exposed to different tools which will be able to help leaders pass that message down to the children.
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Preparing for Natural disasters in Hauula Members of the community and sponsoring representatives looked at 15 areas of coastal community resilience for Hauula. They determined the community’s strengths and weaknesses in each of those areas at the Coastal Community Resilience Workshop Saturday, Feb. 26. The workshop—sponsored by University of Hawaii, the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC), and Hauula Community Association—brought
about the beginning of a strategic plan to be facilitated by the University of Hawaii. “It went really well,” said Dotty Kelly, one of the coordinators of the event. “We had a nice turnout from the community.” Some of the areas of concern included safety, public health, emergency management, waste management, transportation, communication, community engagement, and organization/leadership. Two actions to be taken to improve in each area were determined. Some coastal natural disasters facing Hauula are floods, hurricanes, and tsunamis. In March, a review of this information will take place, as well as refinement of the plan and courses of action to be taken. Coastal communities are facing an extraordinary rate of change due to population growth, policy decisions, and climate change. “Resilient coastal communities plan for and take action to mitigate the risks from coastal hazard events, increase the rate of
“Res ilient co as tal co mm unit ies plan fo r and t ak e ac ti on t o m it ig at e t he ri sks fro m co as t al hazar d ev ent s ...” -Coastal Com m unity R e si l i e n c e i n fo
recovery from such hazards, and adapt to changing environments,” reads flyer for the Coastal Community Resilience Workshop. “This workshop was a pilot project with the University of Hawaii and the NDPTC,” said Kelly. “It will take some time, but once we have a strategic plan we will be able to communicate it to the community and make them aware of it, enlisting additional support of community members to put the plan into action.”
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Kahuku Hospital interns gain knowledge, skills An internship opportunity created by Dr. Tim Archbold of the Kahuku Hospital Emergency Room and coordinated by BYU-Hawaii Professor Randy Day provides an opportunity for pre-med students to gain experience in the field to contribute to their educational careers. “It is for personal experience and growth,” said Day in regards to the internship. It is not a required part of their degrees, though dedicated students are striving to fill the available opportunities. “At any one time there is somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 to 12 students who are interning there,” said Day. The interns are required to make a commitment of an approximate 40 hours through the duration of the semester, divided into four-to-eight-hour blocks. The internships are intended for students who are interested in medicine and medicinal therapy, and there are specific academic requirements a student must have completed in order to participate. “You have to be a pre-med student and you have to have completed a significant number of pre-med classes,” Day said. “Premed usually refers to a series of courses that students have to take in order to submit an application to medical school.” Some of these courses include general biology, physiology, anatomy, organic chemistry, and chemistry. These students are typically headed for areas such as medical or dental school. BYUH has a pre-professional major as an emphasis of biology, which incorpo8
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Katie Sahim, a pre-professional biology major from Pennsylvania, is one of 10 BYU-Hawaii interns volunteering at Kahuku Hospital this semester. Photo by Amy Smith
rates the pre-med requirements. “Most of the students here are either biology pre-professional or biochem majors,” said Day. One of the students who interns is senior Katie Sahim, a pre-professional biology major from Pennsylvania. She said, “Getting hours for PA (physician’s assistant) school is...important.” She is planning on becoming a physician’s assistant after she graduates in April and is able to utilize this experience before she goes to PA school. She said she has learned that being a PA is a good job opportunity because “it is in high demand.” Interns at Kahuku Hospital typically do “anything and everything that we can,” continued Sahim. “We make beds, clean, sterilize, get supplies, take vital signs and do anything that we can to help that we are legally allowed to do,” she said. The doctors who work at Kahuku Hospital help the volunteer interns learn as they work beside them, said Sahim. The doctors often explain the procedures to the interns and quiz them on what they have
learned, which is a very helpful tool to interns like Sahim. Not only are they learning new things, but they also have an interaction with doctors that was not offered previously at BYUH. Sahim said the opportunity is “good for BYU-Hawaii pre-professional biology students” because they have a hospital in such a close proximity. It allows students with busy schedules to gain experience at the hospital while they are still attending school. There are 10 students on campus who are now volunteering their time at the hospital, said Sahim, which has doubled since its original five volunteer interns when the program started in November. Some students get tuition assistance and credits along with the training and work experience, she said. People interested in doing internships at Kahuku Hospital can apply by contacting Professor Day. - C arrie Collingridge & Su zanne tu ttle
Using social media with wisdom and moderation The simple idea to build “an online directory that connects people through social networks at colleges” tells the story behind the millions of facebook users today, and how this simple idea changed their lives in the early 21st Century. In the past 15 years, online social media has changed from predominantly commercial use to predominantly personal use. What started with simple forms of communication like e-mail and chat rooms has evolved into sprawling, complex social networks like facebook and LinkedIn. These networks are very much a part of our lives and seem to be a necessary human social tool. Internet users no longer feel insecure and do not try to hide their true identities from the Web. Individuals are more willing to open up with people online regarding their age, gender, race, job, marriage status, where they lived, where they went to school, and more. Social media now plays a greater role in human life than we would have ever imagined. “We’re much more connected as a global society, because of these tools, than ever before in the history of the planet,” said Aaron Curtis, assistant professor of Computer and Information Sciences.
According to recent statistics, facebook has a current membership of 550 million and is growing steadily at a rate of about 700,000 people a day across the world. BYU-Hawaii students agree that online social media is a very useful tool to communicate with their families and friends. Yet, sometimes it is also too convenient and takes away face-to-face interaction with people. In fact, it is often so convenient that many have grown to prefer communication through social media over having a real conversation with someone, which explains many people’s “addiction” to it. “We’re not listening to each other nearly as much as we probably should,” continued Professor Curtis. “Take a look at the comments on a random YouTube video to see what I mean. You have people talking ‘at each other’ rather than ‘with each other.’” Several students also made comments on the same matter. “[The Internet] drives people closer to you,” said Leonardo Li, junior in accounting from China, an Internet user of eight years. “But you also need to be careful of creepers… Get out of Facebook and go out to hang out with people.” “Be careful not to lose your personal face-to-face communication out of your communication,” said Alyssa Esmond, junior in elementary education from California, an Internet user of five years. “Use it, but use it wisely and not too much,” said Tauva Lima, junior in geology from Africa, an Internet user of five years. Last but not least, Curtis offered further advice to students in regards to using social media wisely. He said, “We need to be careful about something we can call digital escapism. This occurs when we use electronic media to run away from something. We can be running away from a difficult class lecture or discussion, running away from potentially uncomfortable social encounters, running away from sacrament meeting, and running away from homework. In each of these cases, the easy access to our social media makes it possible to stop what we’re doing in our physical context and escape into a safer, less demanding digital experience. “It’s easier to look at pictures and read status updates than it is to try and figure out multivariate statistics. It’s easier to joke with friends instead of faithfully supporting a ward member who is still growing into their calling as Gospel Doctrine instructor. It’s easier to exchange electronic messages with people we know than to introduce ourselves to the stranger sitting next to us at the devotional or at the cafeteria.” Learning how to adapt digital social life into our real life can be challenging. But it can also help to prove to ourselves how well we can adjust to today’s high technology world. - Rachel Au Ieo ng Social media helps connect people in a global society. Photo by Sam Sukimawa march 3, 2011
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practical experience and applying the things they’ve studied in class. This deepens and strengthens their understanding of the material. This also establishes goodwill and meanQ u e s t i o n & A n s w e r w i th Se r vi c e VP ingful relationships with whoever is receiving the service. This real world outside of the The fulfillment of President David O. McK- classroom experience will also help students ay’s prophecy continues today with numerous to learn about themselves and how it feels clubs, organizations, and programs offered to use these skills they’re investing so much on campus helping to enrich the lives of in acquiring. It could help them realize what both students and those they come in contact kind of career they want to have, or what with. Senior Matt Facer, BYUHSA Service they’re really good at. I realize that it’s more VP, spoke to Ke Alaka‘i regarding the univer- work for teachers, but I think the gains are sity’s pursuit of Service Learning programs: much greater than the costs.”
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Why is service learning important for BYUH?
“Service Learning is the direct fulfillment of our school’s mission, to learn and serve. Service Learning is the best way to learn because the students who are using their skills to benefit others are getting real
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needs with students that have time and skills to give. It will be a place of facilitation and information.” What is the background of the Service Learning Program?
“There used to be a service learning council with faculty involved and it had a chairman. There is nothing official set up right now, but we are looking to change that.” Do you find it applicable to more than just college?
“A big part of this is establishing habits and character in students that will become part of who they are forever. Service How are you involved? will become natural for them and they will “I’m the VP of Service in BYUHSA, make it part of their daily life. This is much and I’ve been commissioned to help implebigger than college credits; it’s about becomment service learning on campus and create ing more like Christ.” a Service Center like the one they have on the BYU Provo campus. The Service Center -TAYLOR RIP P Y will organize and connect groups with service
LDS musician, heart recipient releases album Deseret Book Company’s premier record label Shadow Mountain Records dispensed a press release attributed to LDS musician Paul Cardall in February. Cardall released his album entitled “New Life” on Valentine’s Day—which is his first full-length studio album since his heart transplant. The inspired pianist, a four-time Billboard chart recording artist, has lived three decades with congenital heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability.
Cardall has also run his own independent record label known as Stone Angel Music for over 10 years, inspiring people world-wide as a writer, composer, and performer. As a child, Cardall took piano lessons but quit after less than a year. As a teenager, he realized his gift and passion for the piano, following the tragic death of a friend. The young Cardall found relief in playing the family’s piano and continued refining his talent over the following years. “New Life” chronicles Cardall’s personal trials—the suffering and gratitude experienced while undergoing numerous heart operations and a yearlong wait for a heart transplant. “When I was dying the community and several musician friends held a benefit concert for our family. It was a powerful event,” said Cardall. “If I survived I wanted to give back to the community. Together my wife and I started The Paul Cardall Family
Foundation for Congenital Disorders and every Valentine’s Day we hold a special concert to help give back.” Shadow Mountain featured Cardall in February to help publicize American Heart Month, publishing an information sheet highlighting facts about heart disease. Here is some of the information Shadow Mountain tried to spread: • People who decide to become an organ and tissue donor have the potential of saving and enhancing more than 50 lives and taking up to 8 people of the transplant waiting list. • Child heart defects are the most common birth defect/ number one cause of death from birth defects during the first year of life. • 9 out of 1,000 infants will be born with some form of congenital heart disorder.
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Four Months on board the USNS Mercy, THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME
Kent Carollo was part of a four-month voyage aboard the USNS Mercy this past summer. Carollo was selected by the Pacific Partnership to participate in the summer voyage, visiting Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Timor Leste as part of a team performing free medical and civic service to developing communities. Carollo is a senior in pre-professional biology from Boise, Idaho, pursuing a career in dental work, which is how he came across the service opportunity. The Pacific Partnership, run by the U.S. Navy, “is a program that tours the Asia-Pacific Region with military personnel, non-government organizations, and partner nations,” said Carollo. Officially a volunteer for LDS charities, Carollo teamed up with members of the church from around the world to work for the summer. He even met a fellow BYUH 12
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Kent Carollo assists civilian dentists at a Timor Leste clinic site as part of Pacific Partnership 2010. Photo courtesy of Kent Carollo
student, Peter Oehler, who was on board as a Portuguese translator. Carollo joked about the other nicknames and titles he went by on the ship. “I guess my official title, among many things was just ‘civilian,’ or sometimes I was referred to as ‘The Mormon,’ since I was the only LDS crew member in ‘Dental’ for most of the project,” he chuckled. The USNS Mercy was equipped with units for surgery, pediatric nursing, intensive care, and of course, dentistry, where Carollo spent most of his time. The Mercy stopped and set up clinics in cities where health services were needed most. “Vietnam was the first stop, then Cambodia, Indonesia, and Timor Leste…At each of these different sites we spent, one, two, or even three weeks, running clinics,” said Carollo. “In some cases we were in urban sites, like in Vietnam where we set up our
clinic at a regular school that was in part of a city. But in Timor Leste, we had to take another boat from the Mercy…out to another remote site where we provided care. At that site there was almost no electricity. People lived in huts and lived very simply. It was very cool to see that way of life, and how happy people were with so little,” said Carollo. Carollo said what impressed him most about the Pacific Partnership was the collaborative efforts from all the different groups who participated. “When we were working in these different ports, it wasn’t just American citizens or American military,” said Carollo. “The Vietnamese provided translators for us and also had their military personnel involved. We had the Cambodian, Indonesian and Timorian governments involved as well, and we had local volunteers
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You don’t have to learn everything before you are capable of going forth to serve. from each of those places. The Japanese Navy worked with us for the first half of the mission and provided dentists, doctors and other personnel to assist. For the second half of the mission, the Indonesian, Timorian, and Australian navies also participated.” Working in the same room with American, Japanese, and Vietnamese was another of Carollo’s favorite parts of the trip. “It was amazing to see that the global community has progressed to a point where three nations can work together, when, at one time, we were at war with each other,” he said. “We also had stops in Singapore, Guam, and Northern Australia, just to refuel, re-supply, and have some time off,” said Carollo. On breaks between clinics, crewmembers and volunteers were permitted to do some sightseeing. Since he boarded the ship at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Carollo did not have any travel expenses, so he only brought money for spending on his days off. Commenting on his adventures during his time off, Carollo said, “I tried to explore and do as much as I could. In Guam I got to go snorkeling and went on some sweet hikes. Singapore is an incredible place too. They have amazing architecture and delicious food.” Carollo feels that his experience on the ship was invaluable. He worked alongside various dental professionals with various specialties, as well as lab technicians, nurses, doctors, and even a plastic surgeon repairing cleft lips and cleft palates. “I really enjoyed working in that environment and getting to
-Kent Carollo
see some procedures that I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to see,” said Carollo. “It is a cosmetic procedure that starts out kind of messy but by the time the doctor was finished it looked incredible. I got to watch an artist at work.” Carollo said that his summer adventure aboard the Mercy taught him that “you don’t have to learn everything before you’re capable of going forth to serve. I realized that if you alter our motto slightly to: go forth to serve ready to learn, the meaning is just as powerful.” Carollo said that he wants to get the word out to other students that there are more opportunities to be had onboard the ship and to look into it. Dentistry is definitely in the future for Kent Carollo, possibly pediatric dentistry, though it is not yet set in stone. - C arrie C ollin gridge
Countries visited: Guam, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Timor Leste
Partner nations: Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, papua New Guinea, Japan, canada, England
Top: Carollo and Dr. Colosi in the Mercy OR. Center: Carollo gives oral hygiene instruction in Timor Leste. Bottom: USNS Mercy. Photos courtesy of Kent Carollo For more information on how to get involved, contact Kent Carollo: kentcarollo@yahoo.com
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Dr. Marcus Martins Religion
Professors’ influential books
The Age of Uncertainty By John Kenneth Galbraith
“In 1977 Galbraith, with his foresight and sarcasm, gave a very interesting description of the global economy in the twenty-first century that is impressively accurate.”
The Image
By Daniel Boorstin
“In 1962 Boorstin discussed the stupidity of the modern cult of celebrities. 50 years ago you had no idea how bad Hollywood was going to get.”
Dr. Randal Allred English
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
“I think everybody needs to read it. This novel is about God, life, the universe, and the search for meaning.” Walden By Henry David Thoreau
“It ain’t about a pond and trees; it’s about defining yourself in creation.”
Dr. Dan Gubler
Chemistry Molecules That Changed the World By K.C. Nicolaou
“This would change the way people think about chemistry. It talks about morphine, the origins of aspirin and lots of other interesting things.”
Last of the Breed By Louis Lamour
“In this book a guy escapes from a high security prison in Siberia and makes his way back home and has to hide and survive. It’s a cool book.”
Dr. Chad Ford ICS
Jesus the Christ By James Talmage
“I read it every year. It always deepens my love for both Christ and for my fellowman.” Strength to Love By Martin Luther King Jr.
“This collection of King’s sermons, delivered at the height of the civil rights movement, is a clarion call to put Christ’s commandment to ‘love our neighbor as ourselves’ into action.”
Mormon mobile phone apps give you religion on the go Schedule for the day: English, math, and New Testament. Backpack checklist: English bookcheck, math book-check, iPod-check? Confused? Maybe sitting in on a Book of Mormon class would help enlighten you. More and more frequently students are using free mobile phone apps for not only the Book of Mormon, but tons of other books. Students everywhere are opting out of lugging heavy text books around and choosing to bring iPods, iPads, and cell phones with them instead. “It’s so awesome,” said Ambree Klemm, senior in international cultural studies from Vegas. “I can have my scriptures with me literally all the time. I don’t have to carry my scriptures everywhere, but when I need a quick spiritual pick-me-up I can just pull out my iPod and pick a random scripture to read. Also, I love it because I like to read my scriptures in bed right when I wake up, and if my roommate is asleep, I don’t have to wake her up by turning on the lights.” Who do we have to thank for this convenience? According to a Church News release, approximately 100 volunteers have contributed their time and talents to help create free mobile phone applications that allow members of the Church to download the scriptures, general conference talks, and other Church content.
Tom Welch, a senior technical program manager for the Church, estimates that volunteers are responsible for half of the work that has gone into the creation of the Church’s mobile apps. Interested in taking part in an inventive service project? Check out https:// tech.lds.org/index.php/contribute. This LDS website provides a link for Church members to fill out a service profile which helps match them to projects that fit their skills. Once you create a profile, you have the option of choosing which project you would like to contribute to. Not everyone has a “talent show” talent, but technologically inclined people now have a way to showcase their gifts while serving the world simultaneously. “It’s cool that the church has facilitated a way for people to share these kinds of talents with us. I was unaware that any of this was available for people to do,” said Chanise Raab, a junior studying political science from Utah. In 2009 the church launched its first app, The Mormon Channel. Since then, the church has come out with three other free apps: Gospel Library, LDS Tools, and Scripture Mastery. Since the launch, the apps have been downloaded more than 800,000 times. Books within the Gospel Library App, which allows users to download a trove of Church content including the scriptures and conference talks, have been downloaded more than 13 million times. The Mormon Channel and Gospel Library apps will be released in Spanish and German in March of this year. The Church is also looking to use volunteers to create even more new apps. Users can download the church’s mobile apps from mobile.lds.org, the Android Market, the Palm App Catalog, or the iTunes app store. - Ash le n Quira n te
and daily language so it isn’t “one more thing” teachers and administrators have to be preoccupied by. “It’s all about trusting in yourself— if you do that, others will trust you. ‘Leader In Me’ is taking this program to the grade for all ages. It’s about your own private and school level and teaching kids to be true to public victory. We try to master ourselves evthemselves,” added Ritchie. “It’s about incoreryday—if we haven’t assimilated these habporating these good habits into your life—the its, it’s hard to become a complete person,” habits that you maintain when nobody is said James Ritchie, the director of the Willes watching. This program is about pursuing Center for International Entrepreneurship. those habits that allow you to trust yourself The Partnership for 21st Century and have others trust you as well.” Skills identified a selection of skills that are The program’s “Leader in Me” SIFE, in conjunction with the Willes Center essential for students’ success. The fundamen- brochure lists testimonials of patrons. “This is tal skills include leadership, accountability, for International Entrepreneurship, are atnot ‘one more thing’ we have to do. This is a tempting to bring Franklin Covey Education’s initiative and self-direction, cross-cultural better way of doing what we already do,” said “Leader in Me” program to Laie Elementary. skills, responsibility, problem solving, comBertie Norton, principal of Nash Elementary munication, creativity, and teamwork. The program is built on Dr. School. According to Franklin Covey Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book, The 7 - T AYLOR RIP P Y Education, the program is intended to be Habits of Highly Effective People. “It’s a remarkable program. In my incorporated into a school’s core curriculum experience working with Stephen Covey, ‘7 Habits’ has been an extremely useful tool
Three-way tie for first place at BYUH Got Talent Based on the hit show “America’s Got Talent,” BYU-Hawaii’s “Got Talent” got creative this year, including real-time text voting to determine a winner. The result was not a single winner, but rather a three-way tie. “Got Talent” drew a massive crowd when the variety show kicked off at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 in the Cannon Activities Center. The night included acts ranging from singing and Indian dancing to hip hop. While opinions about the show varied, the crowd went particularly wild for the Korean boy band that calls themselves K-Five. One female judge joked, “You better be glad my husband isn’t here tonight!” In Savanna Keys’s opinion, a junior in business from Texas, the talent show was somewhat disappointing. “Overall I don’t feel like it was very impressive. It wasn’t very organized. It didn’t feel like things transitioned well. The judges were nice, but didn’t really offer any constructive criticism. I will say the K-Five was really fun though.” However, freshman in biology Annabelle Phillips said, “I loved it. I like talent shows and being able to see what the students on campus can do. I didn’t think it was that big of a deal that they didn’t choose a final winner. Why tell someone that their talent is better than someone else’s?” Phillips said she really liked K-Five. “They reminded me of the ‘Backstreet Boys,’ and since I grew up in the boy band era, I really like them. I didn’t understand what they said, but whatever it was, I really liked it.” The two other winners were Liang-Chieh and Papa Bear and the No Smokes (Aaron Puzey and band.) Although Liang-Chieh was called up on stage as a winner, Michael Alboroto, publicity VP for BYUHSA in charge of the text voting, said that Insta Krew was supposed to be in the top three instead of Liang-Chieh. This was due to the fact that there was no time limit on voting. “It wasn’t intended. When you [voted] at the time that it was presented, that was the result, but after that time the numbers kept piling in,” said Alboroto. - Ashlen Qu irante
K-Five, a Korean boy band, was one of three winners at the BYUH Got Talent night Top: Aaron Puzey and Justin Smith were part of a group that also won. Middle top: Radhika Anandan and Marni Vail. Middle above: Student dance group. The Cookie Monsters. Right Jansen Tesoro and A.J> Perez . Photos by Bart Jolley
“I was the book review editor for prompting the United States to declare 2005 the journal of microfinancing,” Haynes said. the International Year of Microcredit.” As “…I’ve worked with small, very small, busimicrofinance grows in popularity across the ness owners in developing countries. The world, it is growing in popularity at BYUH. focus was how we could help move them Barbara Shelton, a biology major out of poverty. We went to the South Pacific from Saudi Arabia, said, “I think that there countries, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the Philippines, should be more of an effort to support Microfinance, an expanding field of finance, Vietnam, and New Zealand.” programs involving microfinance, because is one way that students and BYU-Hawaii Haynes has also done relief projects that’s giving someone an opportunity that faculty members are actively making a differ- that follow post disaster poverty. “Eighteen they can’t get on their own...We could be ence in the world and helping people months after the tsunami, we went to Sri doing something to raise money at school for 8235-787 Honolulu “You know the famous saying, ‘give Lanka and Indonesia and we surveyed3areas people who don’t have opportunities. I think Dec 2010 8235-787 Ho a man a fish, he will eat for a day, but teach that were hit by the tsunami and areas that microfinance would be a wonderful idea if we Japanese 28 De a man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime.’ were not hit by the tsunami…In all the projVersionhad2 it at school.” C Microfinancing would be like giving the man ects, students were involved,” said Haynes. There are Websites that accept BYUH 4.25 x 5.5” Ve a fishing pole,” said Beth Haynes, BYUH Professor Haynes even did a McKay contributions for different mircofinancing BYUH 4.2 professor of economics. lecture in which she discussed microfinance. opportunities such as LDS Cooperative.com Professor Haynes has been involved Concerning the growing popularity of miand Kiva. Also BYUH’s Willes Center for in research and microfinance projects in the crofinance, she said, “Enterprises funded by International Entrepreneurship funds projects past. She even took students to developing these loans have increased the welfare of 274 for businesses started by students and alumni. countries to study microfinance. million individuals over the past few decades, -Marissa E lder
A little money can go a long way with microfinancing
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On the fringes of Polynesia, lies a tiny island nation that seems to be caught between two worlds. Tuvalu, the Eight Islands, home to over 10,000 inhabitants, is slowly sinking. Due to the rising sea level, these coral atolls will soon be covered by the crystalline waters that surround them and the people and culture they hold will be removed. But to a group of BYU-Hawaii students in the SIFE onolulu (Students in Free Enterprise) club, this tiny archipelago has become ec 2010 a crucible for entrepreneurial flair, for thinking bigger and dreamChinese ing of what lies beyond the edges of the white Tuvaluan sands. The ersion 4 Students in Free Enterprise have devised a plan to salvage the culture 25 x 5.5�and customs, relocate the population, and promote financial security and independence while they do it. They are eager, willing and capable of sharing their beliefs in capitalism and prosperity with the people of Tuvalu. Friendships will be forged, beliefs and confidence shared, and a bridge of trust and communication will soon span the Pacific. Tuvaluan women, skilled in handicrafts and art, are shipping their products to a store in Southern California, and the profits are returned to their island and invested in their business. Thanks to the generosity of the Laie and Kahuku communities, as well as a myriad of donors, school children will be receiving a shipment of textbooks, school and medical supplies. Classes are being equipped with new computers, armed with state-of-the-art learning programs for their age group that will teach them English, literature and computer skills. The first week of March, a team of BYUH students are traveling to the island to conduct career workshops, vocational orientation, and job trainings in an effort to better prepare the populace for an orderly migration to modernized countries where they will be expected to work and compete in a world that, as of now, seems completely foreign to them. They will learn what it takes to be successful wherever they decide to call home. Tuvalu, like many of its island neighbors, has enjoyed a simple and happy existence - but that reality is changing. Just like the tides, the demands of a modern world and the information age are creeping steadily and almost imperceptibly closer. But Tuvalu will be ready. Follow us on our trip and see how you can get involved with the project! Visit http://sifetuvaluproject.blogspot.com. -K aleb V aldez byu h sife member
Jesus Alvarez and Nini Toetuu pack books to be shipped to Tuvalu. Photo by Mary Garbett