Mar 18, 2010

March 18, 2010

Ke Alaka i Volume 91: Issue 10

VOTE THE LEADER

Phil & Rachelle Nicholas & Chase The choice is yours.

Cast your vote for the new BYUHSA President and Vice President this week.

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Nicholas Narayan

Nick Narayan is an accounting and corporate finance major. He plans on going on to pass the CPA exam for accounting and then go to get a law degree. He enjoys spending time with his family, learning, applying school lessons to life, and sports.

Chase Carlston

Chase Carlston is a math major with a minor in bio-chemistry. He plans on going to dental school to practice orthodontia. Chase is very active in his studies, but when he has some free time, he loves to skateboard and surf with his friends.

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We, Nicholas Narayan and Chase Carlston, are current students seeking to improve the lives of students and BYU–Hawaii. As students we have contemplated on ways to improve the university. Three areas that we would like to build upon are: 1.) Service, 2.)

Communication, and 3.) Leadership Service

We would like to continue the vision for the service center in the Aloha Center, giving students opportunities to serve in their perspective areas of study. This opportunity will enable more students to not only qualify for graduate programs, but it will also help them to serve God.

Growing interest in peace building certificates has enlightened our understanding of certificates and it’s usefulness. Therefore, with the service center we would issue a service and leadership certificate.

Creating an awareness of the current policies unites the school. To create this, we would like to have “awareness firesides.” For students, they will be able to voice opinions more easily. Along with this, we desire to become better acquaintances with leaders on campus.

In order for students to better compete, we would like to assist in seeking leadership positions. Leadership certificates, and classes will help students to know how to fulfill upper positions.

Through service, communication, and leadership our campus can continue its path for students to enter to learn to serve and serve to learn.

ETOV If elected, we, Phil Andrus and Rachelle Christy, look forward to reaching out to all students by motivating them to become servant leaders for the Lord and the world. While recalling President McKay’s vision, we recognize the valuable experience students at BYU–Hawaii will have because it’s here students decide who they want to become.

The BYUHSA team has made many changes this year. Hoping to be part of that team, we plan on continuing previous changes while making additions. Some of these changes include the Stop and Serve idea and the new structure implemented in BYUHSA. We want to implement a “Service Center” with a permanent location for the Stop and Serve table. We also recognize the need that student mothers have for a child-care center during their scheduled class times.

We also plan to work with Food Services to install card readers on the vending machines so students can use flex dollars for food and drinks on campus, and we propose campus buildings be places students can study, socialize and purchase food after hours.

Increasing the quality of leadership opportunities involved in student employment positions is another a large part of our vision.

We want students to be promoted within their jobs, extend the amount of student positions in BYUHSA and implement more efficient club organizations.

Also Campus Sustainability is an initiative being worked on by administration. We look forward to assisting this goal by creating a VP position to coordinate sustainability here.

Phil Andrus

Phillip Andrus, a 24-year-old senior from Springfield, Oregon is an International Cultural Studiescommunications major with emphasis in international peace building, with a minor in Spanish.

Rachelle Christy

Rachelle Christy, a 20-year-old junior from Laie, is a social work major and a political science minor. In high school, Rachelle was the American Red Cross Club President, and is now the student administrative assistant in the Office of VP for Student Development.

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Campus Seasiders 78-75 on March 15. The Seasiders, various yard-work, cleaning, painting, mainwho finished the season at 22-6, fell behind tenance, moving, and just about anything our 36-25 at halftime but roared back to take a community needs service on.

–GE OFF LO Seasi der s m a k e it t o S w e e t 1 6 three-point lead late in the game. However, Cal Poly Pomona refused to wilt under the Biology students travel pressure and came back to take the game and BYU-Hawaii senior Lucas Alves has been named the Pacific West Conference Player of advance to the Elite Eight for the second year to Samoa for project the Year for the third consecutive year and to in a row.

– BYUH SPO RT S IN FO RM AT IO N Several BYU–Hawaii biology students are the All-Conference First Team for the fourth receiving hands-on experience and a view consecutive season. Junior Marques Whippy Service opportunity into the life of a biologist this week. Dr. also received First Team honors from the on Saturday Shane Gold, professor in the natural sciences conference while sophomore Jet Chang and department, has taken students on a twosenior J.R. Buensuceso were both named to The “Spirit of Aloha Service Project,” orgaweek research expedition to Samoa, beginthe All-Conference Second Team. nized by the McKay Center for Intercultural ning March 16.

Alves, from Casa Branca, Brazil, Understanding and supported by the BYU–

The students will be tagging and averaged 16.1 points per game for the season Hawaii Third Stake, will begin Saturday, tracking the pacific golden plover, a shore and 5.5 rebounds per game. He ended his March 20 at 8 a.m. in the Little Circle. bird that migrates from the Pacific Islands to BYUH career as the second-leading scorer in

The event is open for all to give a Alaska, one of the longest migrations in the BYUH history with nearly 1,849 points for helping hand to the Laie community. Group world. The students will attach geo-locators his career. leaders have been sent out to contact those in to birds they catch and determine the exactly

The men’s basketball team’s season need of help and volunteers will be divided where the birds go and if they return to the came to an end at the NCAA II West Reup into groups to carry out each project. same island. gional Championship game for the third year The service project includes activities such as –BE N HALE in a row as Cal Poly Pomona defeated the

Alves named PacWest Player o f t he Year :

follow the Honor Code - the specific punishments?

A: We have a “graduated response” process that we follow closely so that we are not only Q: What is the purpose of the Honor Code in consistent and fair but that we are also able a manner that students would better underto let students know that this is intended to stand? help them improve and become successful A: It is a system of rules, policies and proce- here and in life. The sanctions given are: dures which are derived from the teachings 1. Warning of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 2. Strict warning Saints, to help regulate and maintain the 3. Probation conduct of students, according to the stated 4. Strict probation wishes of its Board of Trustees. It is also for 5. Suspension the purpose of helping students reach their 6. Mandatory withdrawal full potential as daughters and sons of God. 7. Suspension/Expulsion Q: What happens to students who do not Q: In a student’s eyes, why would a student

Lesuma answers Honor Code questions

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truly want to follow Honor Code?

A: It helps the student succeed in the way that the founders of this school had envisioned. President McKay included in those goals the following: (1) People of integrity who could not be bought or sold.

(2) Leaders here and everywhere.

(3) The kind of people the world would be hungering for ... genuine gold, (4) Who would exercise an influence towards the establishment of peace internationally.

–Responses given by Brother Meli Lesuma of the Office of Honor.

–KYLE HOWARD

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