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NOVEMBER 2016 • VOLUME 116 • ISSUE 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAMPUS LIFE

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A day in the life of Josh Wallace Music percussion major tells how his draw to the entertainment industry influenced him

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The Marine Team Students who are not biology majors can still come along for the fun

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Dive ssociation resurfaces Experienced and new divers are planning monthly excursions

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Minors and certificates Read about the different minors and certificates offered at BYU-Hawaii

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Free Rides program Read about the plans for the program that brought the green community bikes

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Sunny Jin She is the most talented violinist Professor Daniel Bradshaw has seen in ten years.

COMMUNITY

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Hawaiian yellow-faced bees These native bees are endangered.

Read about what the cause is linked to

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RELIGION

WEDNESDAY Great Ideas semifinalist display booths 3 to 4 p.m. in HGB 275.

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The Temple social media project Remembered as an ardent advocate and local leader for the Boy Scouts

Mormon Pacific Historical Society A missing missionary journal was presented to the school as a part of the conference

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Family obligations Dr. Hannonen shares her experience of finding family names to take to the temple

LIFESTYLE

54 Building foundations Abby Padilla served families in Cape Verde.

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NOVEMBER TUESDAY Richard Bushman, Mormon history professor, is the Joseph Smith Lecturer, CAC 11 a.m. He will speak again at 7 p.m. in the HGB.

PCC Deaf Day The PCC held a special performance for the deaf community

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Police recognize bias The president of the International Association of Police apologizes

Richard Bushman Joseph Smith Lecture Series at 3:30 p.m. in HGB 273.

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Women’s volleyball tournament begins and runs until Saturday in the CAC.

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THURSDAY Great Ideas semifinalist presentations 8 a.m. to noon at PCC’s Hawaiian Journey Theater.

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Claudia Bushman on LDS Women’s Oral Histories at 11 a.m. in HGB 273.

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THURSDAY Great Ideas judges Fredo Solar, Benoy Tamang, Athelia LeSueur and Rich Raddon to speak 2:30 to 4 p.m. in HGB 273-275. Awards to follow.

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5 things you didn’t know about the Ke Alaka‘i B Y JO SH M ASO N WE’ RE NOT CENS O R E D

Ke Alaka‘i staff members said many of their friends believe the Ke Alaka‘i will not print anything bad about the school. Contrary to what some might say, we are willing to print anything that is news related with the school. Before printing, the only people who read the issue are the staff of the Ke Alaka‘i. We do our best to find credible sources for stories: We might not publish a story about sexual assault allegations if we cannot find confirmation from the Honolulu Police Department, BYUH Security, or those assaulted. We also will not print anything libelous.

Because we are funded by tithing dollars, we choose not to print anything that promotes or encourages practices contrary to LDS Church teachings. For example, we will not run an ad for a bar or publish a story promoting same-sex marriage. However, we do write about controversial issues within that framework.

W E H AV E A WEBS IT E AN D O N L I N E P R E S E N C E

Whether our stories are printed or not, they can all be found online at our website, kealakai.byuh.edu. In addition to our website, we have a Facebook page with more than 6,000 likes, which is more than the Laie Voice, the Hawaii Symphony, Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Republican Assembly, Hawaii Republican Party, and the Kahuku High & Intermediate School pages. If you’ve ever seen one of our photographers at an event, you can find photos for those events online on our Facebook page. Who knows, there’s probably a photo of you already there.

WE ARE A STUDENT-RUN MAGAZINE

Although we do have an adult advisor who oversees our efforts, the majority of work is done by student employees. Students choose the stories they want to write or do videos they want to create. Hyram Yarbro, a junior from Arizona studying peacebuilding who was a multimedia journalist at the Ke Alaka‘i, said, “Before working here, I didn’t realize how open-minded people were to running certain kinds of stories and how unregulated it is. I was surprised at how the staff was open to all kinds of opinions, material, and stances.”

Our adviser is LeeAnn Lambert and she oversees our efforts. She helps student employees get into important events that need RSVPs, teaches employees news writing style and copy editing, and ensures sure we uphold the Honor Code.

We are always open to feedback and suggestions. As a student-run magazine, we can make mistakes at times. Our staff can drastically change with a new semester, so many employees may be brand new at news writing. We often hear from our writers about people who don’t like us because they were misquoted in an article, yet very rarely do they tell us about the situation. When they do, we are happy to correct any errors.

WE’ RE O NE OF T HE TO P CO L L E G E M AG AZ I NE S I N TH E N ATI O N

This past October, we were nominated for the 2016 national Pacemaker Award by the Associated CollegiatePress and finished in the top 1 percent of college magazines in the nation. We have also won various multimedia awards from the College Media Association, including second place for Best Viral Video for an online Pinnacle Award for our 2016 Culture Night Preview and second place for Best Special Section Cover for our intercultural dating story in our May 2016 print magazine. Our employees also have the opportunity to attend national media conventions every year at New York in March and other major cities in October.

EM PLOYEES G ET PA I D TO L E AR N AN D AT T E ND E VE N TS

One of the main differences between a job here and other jobs around campus is our employees get to choose when they work. We have weekly mandatory meetings and deadlines, but aside from those, employees may choose to write early in the morning or late in the evening. Employees are paid to attend events they are covering; learn how to use multimedia software such as Photoshop, Premiere, and InDesign; learn photography and videography; and have opportunities to interview guests who visit our campus such as David Archuleta, the Piano Guys, and Jon Heder.

Stephanie Soto, a recent graduate in communications from California who was a multimedia journalist at the Ke Alaka‘i, said, “I got paid to go to events I would’ve gone to anyway where there was free food, meaning I got paid to eat food while having fun. And I got paid to meet really cool and exciting people as well as talk to them.”

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campus life

in this section A day in the life of music major Josh Wallace

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Find out the future plans for the Free Rides program

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Marine biology students gain real world field experience

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Service and emotional support animals find their place with BYUH students

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The Dive Club makes a comeback at BYUH

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Get some tips on how to manage your time as a student

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A look at the different minors and certificates offered at BYUH

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Transfer students talk about why they chose to come to BYUH

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How Sunny Jin expresses herself through her music

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Music B Y STE PH AN I E SOTO Josh Wallace plays the triple guitar steel drums in a performance with Shaka Steel. Photo by Yukimi Kishi

Josh Wallace, a music major from California who graduated this Fall Semester, was the best triple guitar steel drummer BYUHawaii has had in 30 years, according to Dr. Darren Duerden, professor of music and a percussionist. Wallace said performing is what he loves to do. “You’re excited and you’re nervously anticipating what’s going to happen,” he said.

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What made you decide to study this major?

“I remember growing up being interested in entertainment and being an entertainer. I remember taking piano lessons, tap dancing and singing, and I’d always been really attracted to music. I noticed it was a strong point of mine so I figured, ‘Well, why not really spend time into it?’ It has become my passion.

That’s why the music major was the best option for me.”

What makes your major unique?

“It’s not like the other majors where you have a lot of busy work. Also,the fact that you are a musician and are studying other people’s art forms. By doing so, you’re performing and you’re finding out your own art form as well.”

What do you want to do with it?

“Eventually, I want to be a music producer. I want to be in the music business, either creating songs and producing songs or performing and interpreting songs.”

Favorite Class “The ensembles were my favorite classes. Either the Shaka Steel Drum Ensemble or the Salsa Orchestra, which were both under the direction of Dr. Duerden. Every class period it seemed like we were just having fun. It didn’t seem like we were working because we were making beautiful music together.”

Describe a typical day “I wake up at 7:30 a.m., get ready, and head to work at the Media Production Center from 9 a.m. till around noon. After lunch, it is all music classes until about 4:45 p.m. Most of my class time was spent in ensembles. After that, I make some dinner, do homework, and then I practice, usually at 9 p.m. until curfew.”

Number of people in the major “The number of music majors is pretty small. I kind of like it that way because we are like a family. We all know each other and we all associate with each other frequently.”

Time spent in a day “I would spend about one to three hours of dedicated personal practice each day. Ensembles made up about 14 hours of my week.”

Pros “It’s a lot of fun.You’re doing what you have always loved to do… playing music, performing, and you get many opportunities to do that here at BYU-Hawaii.”

Cons “The time that it takes away from you, especially if you’re in ensembles. Those take up a lot of time, plus you need a lot of time to practice as well. Sometimes your nights are filled with homework and practicing, but it’s a con that’s worth it.”

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Daxton Brooks (left), Gain Nutall (back), Katie Niedererr (right), and Carly Thissen (front) are members of the Marine Team. Photo by Stop Khemthorn

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Marine Team gives hands-on experience for students Students can get the marine biology experience without enrolling in the class B Y M I KAE L A GRAY

The BYU-Hawaii Marine Team gives students the opportunity to learn skills and make a difference to science by finding and researching new species, according to BYUH students and Dr. Roger Goodwill, a biology professor and founder of the team.

The team consists of about 20 students and can be taken as a one-credit class or attended like a club, said Goodwill. He said the team contributes to the marine biology community through research projects. He said about 10 years ago, the Marine Team students discovered a small anemone on Oahu during a snorkeling outing, which was sent to an anemone taxonomist from Ohio, who confirmed the Marine Team had indeed found a new species.

The new species was called andvakia discipulorum. The genus name, “discipulorum”, is latin for “of the students” to give the students who discovered it credit, explained Goodwill.

Gavin Nuttall, a senior majoring in marine biology from Arizona and member of the team, said he participated on the team for two years and enjoyed doing research and field work because he enjoys making a difference in science.

Nuttall said he has gained a lot of experience that will benefit him in grad school. “One thing I love about the Marine Team is you get to learn field skills in biology, so you get to actually do the hands-on specimen collection, cataloging, preserving, and you also get involved with a lot of research projects,” said Nuttall.

Plenty of Marine Team members aren’t enrolled in the marine biology class, said Goodwill. “Some students don’t want to be tied down with a grade because they only want to come sporadically.”

Carly Thissen, a senior from California majoring in marine biology, plans out all the outings and helps organize many of

the projects, according to Goodwill. Thissen said she encourages others to join the team and said, “We get a lot of real life experience from it. One Saturday, we went to Hauula and went snorkeling and brought stuff back.”

Thissen said her favorite part of the team is seeing unique organisms she normally wouldn’t be able to see. “It’s the handson experience that’s really important,” she said. She added how she expects it will help her further her career goals of working in an aquarium.

Nuttall shared how one student was researching the limri regeneration of brittle stars because no one had ever measured that before. Another project the team is working on is the analysis of the gut contents of an invasive fish to figure out what it may be harming here on Oahu.

Goodwill said he’s been part of the BYUH marine biology program for about 20 years. He said his best estimate was that there have been around 50 marine biology majors total and about 20 who have been part of the team. Goodwill said he started the team “to keep the students active and interested. Students want to get out in the field, and one of the main purposes of Marine Team is to get people in the field.”

Regarding safety, Goodwill said he had one rule. “I don’t want anybody by themselves,” he said. “We have had students accosted. With a group of people, there’s a lesser probability of that happening.”

Besides the possibility of danger from other humans, Goodwill explained how the reef itself holds dangers. He said he broke his arm on the reef three years ago.

“Fortunately, I had the Marine Team with me to help get me to the hospital,” he said.

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C ampus L i fe Students in the Dive Student Association work on getting certified at Shark’s Cove. Photo by Curt Christiansen

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Dive Association resurfaces Students say the price to participate in the association is worth the adventure B Y L E SL I E O W U SU

The BYU-Hawaii Dive Student Association, also known as the Dive Club, has been revamped and is in full swing to welcome new members, help newcomers become certified, and go on adventurous dives each month.

Shunbao Wang, a senior in marine biology from China and president of the Dive Club, said, “Recently, I know the Dive Club has been actively on and off. Since I was a freshman, I’ve looked to join a Dive Club.

“I knew the club was active for one semester but that was the only semester I heard about them, and somehow they didn’t continue.

Now, we’ve tried to restart it, and I hope it can continue in the future,” Wang said.

Charity Call, a junior from Arizona in marine biology, is secretary of the association. She described it as “a way for people to get scuba certified or get to know other people who like to go scuba diving and be able to go as a group to different places to dive.”

Call said as an association, students are going with a large group of people so it is safer, there is a discount, and an opportunity to become friends with other people who love to go diving.

Wang said, “We invite everyone to join us, especially if you are already certified. It’s a good chance for people who come from different parts of the world to enjoy Hawaii and know more about marine animals.”

Curt Christiansen, the product and facilities manager and advisor of the Dive Association for 12 years, said, “I want students to know that there is an investment. It costs about $350 to become certified. They must be willing to make time; it is equivalent to a one-credit class. It is a time and money commitment.”

According to Wang, the price is worth it.

He said, “$350 is not a cheap cost for students here, but it’s a lifetime certification and you can use it in different parts of the world. It becomes another skill.You learn so much.You definitely appreciate more, and you see much more than you would just snorkeling.”

Christiansen, explaining the process of certification, said initially students are given a manual. He said they spend one night watching an instructional DVD, another night attending a class, and a third practicing in the campus pool. He said two additional Saturdays are then required for practicing in open water.

The Dive Association started over 30 years ago, according to Christiansen, and he was a part of it when he was a student attending BYUH. He said he was even president of the association for two years. “At one point, we were the largest club on campus. There were about 150 students in it. It was originally called the Turtle Club,” said Christiansen.

Now certified as a dive master, Christiansen said his favorite part is working with the students and seeing the underwater realm through their eyes.

Call said she feels free when she is scuba diving. She said, “We know a lot about land, but the ocean is a whole other world. When you’re under the water, you are weightless. It’s like you’re free and you get to enjoy nature in a different way.”

Wang agreed, “I think it kind of blows my mind sometimes when I’m in the ocean deep down and I can see all the creatures.You look up and you see people snorkeling above your head.

It’s a totally new and different experience. It is so relaxing and so fun. I think everyone should

try it. Even if they’re not in our club, we invite them to come with us.”

She said she feels people want to go diving, but they don’t know who to go with, when to go, or how much it is going to cost them.

According to Wang, the association goes diving with the Banzai Divers Hawaii company.

“The cheapest I’ve heard is $40 for one dive for one or two hours. When we go, we pay $50 for two tank dives. So one is $25. It’s half the price for what they charge outside. It’s much cheaper and it’s definitely worth your money.

Whoever our dive instructor is, they also prepare all of the equipment for us with no extra charge,” said Wang.

For anyone who is on the fence about joining, Call recommended Discover Scuba Dive opportunities. “Some of them you might have to pay for, but basically you can go [scuba diving] without being certified,” she said. “You have a dive master with you, and you can try it out for yourself and see if you like it before you actually pay money to get certified.You can usually ask most companies if they have something like that and see if you really want to do it.”

Christiansen said, “There are so many living creatures to see... With the advancement of underwater camera equipment, you can also have really nice pictures taken. It makes for a lot of memories.”

Call said, “I’m most excited for what we’re doing. We’re trying to go at least once a month for the dives instead of once a semester because that’s the whole purpose of the club.”

For more information on the Dive Association, and to see diving excursion dates, check out its Facebook page, BYU-H DIVE CLUB.

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C ampus L i fe Karley Bergeson is an exercise science major minoring in music from Washington. Photo by Stop Khemthorn

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A look at minors and certificates For an extra 12-21 credits, students can add a minor or certificate to their degree B Y AL E X M AL D O N AD O

Certificates and minor programs offered at BYU-Hawaii allow students to diversify their field of study and become more marketable when looking for a job. Marilee Ching, the BYUH academic advising manager, described minors and certificates as short programs that help focus a student’s classes on a subject they are interested in and can use in their postcollege career.

Ching shared how minors and certificates are designed to complement a student’s major, while also adding an extra skill set or specialization to their resume. “In general, I think if you had two candidates [applying for a job] and one of them had this extra emphasis area like a minor, they would probably look like the better candidate,” she added.

“It’s not required, but it’s encouraged. It broadens a student’s academic experience and skill level, and opens up more job opportunities,” Ching added.

She said certificates are very similar to the minors. “It is still the same idea but perhaps, it’s a bit shorter. In general, the certificates are recognized a little bit more internationally; international employers tend to understand what a certificate is better than a minor.”

However, both the minor and certificate add the same value to students, according

to Ching. “They both add that extra skill and knowledge, and both enhance the student’s academic experience.”

When trying to decide on a minor, Ching suggested students take an introductory level class in a subject they’re interested in to see if it’s something they would really like to study further. She said if someone is going to add to their work load, it’s important they’re adding something they enjoy.

A lesser known fact Ching shared is if a student has invested a significant amount of time into their major and decided they are no longer interested in the subject, it’s possible to convert their major into a minor. To do so, she suggested students to talk to an academic advisor and tell them their plans to change their major into a minor. The advisor would then give the courses needed to pursue the minor or certificate.

According to Ching, a minor or certificate wouldn’t be automatically awarded to a student if they have taken the required classes. Instead, a student must meet with an academic advisor to declare their minor or desired certificate, then plan their class schedule accordingly.

For a complete list of BYUH’s available minors and certificates, visit www.byuh.edu, click on “academics,” click on “catalog,” click on “Majors, minors, and certificates.”

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The certificate is offered by the Language Center and only requires students to take four classes.

Laura Hinze, a junior from Washington studying marine biology, said it’s a good start to help you become an interpreter. She said it helped her to be able to hold a decent conversation in ASL. Requirement of 15 credit hours AP P L I E D AN TH RO PO LO GY CE RTI F I CATE

According to the BYUH catalog, the certificate helps students develop an “understanding of the complexity of culture in all human activities, and how to use such understanding to more effectively analyze, administrate, and implement applied and development programs.” Students with this certificate are employed by historical or cultural associations, NGOs, and international organizations like the United Nations.

Requirement of 15 credit hours C R I M I NAL JU STI CE CE RTI F I CATE

“Holders of the certificate will learn about the basic components of U.S. and international criminal justice systems. They will also understand the foundations of a successful criminal investigation and the features of criminology,” according to the political science catalog. Students are required to take Basic Criminal Justice (CRMJ 301) and Criminal Investigation and Criminology (CRMJ 371).

Requirement of 15 credit hours D I G I TAL H U M AN I TI E S CE RTI F I CATE

Using digital technologies, students learn to increase the access of humanist studies for research, education, preservation, and public programs. Students combine traditional design, such as literature and history, with graphic design and video. The certificate can be used for employment at libraries, archives, and production companies.

Requirement of 14-15 credit hours E M E R G EN CY M AN AGE M E N T

The certificate is connected to the Political Science Department. Venus Chang, a senior studying political science from Taiwan, said, “It actually helps you to be better prepared when things come…I can help refuges if they need help [and I] can help the community.” Students take courses in disaster management and can take electives about terrorism or crisis or public management.

Requirement of 15 credit hours E N T R E PRE N E U RSH I P

The certificate helps students develop leadership and critical management skills, according to the catalog. Students are required to participate in the Great Ideas and Empower Your Dreams competitions as well as attend lectures by guest entrepreneurs for at least one semester.

Requirement of 13 credit hours G R AP H IC D E SI GN CE RTI F I CATE

Students need to take two core classes, Drawing Concepts (ART 112) and Digital Tools (ART 210), as well as three media electives. Before taking the electives, students are required to create a portfolio of their work from the two core classes and pass a portfolio review.

Requirement of 15 credit hours I N T E R C U LTU RAL P E ACE B U I L D I N G

The certificate is offered by the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Peacebuilding to fulfill the vision of the faculty. Taylor Holman, a graphic design senior from Arizona, said the certificate focuses on conflict resolution within personal life, family, community, workplace, national and international settings.

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According to the Political Science webpage, “This certificate introduces and explores the economic and political foundations of international development and the growing world of international organizations, NGOs and IGOs.� The certificate also requires students to do an internship.

Requirement of 15 credit hours L E G AL STU D I E S CE RTI F I CATE

The certificate is designed to provide students with skills, such as legal analysis, research, and writing within a legal context, for an entry-level legal job. Students learn about civil, common, and Sharia law in the context of other countries.

Requirement of 15 credit hours N E W M E D I A JO U RN AL I SM CE RTI F I CATE

The purpose of this certificate includes preparing students from different majors to become journalists of their respective field (music, science, etc.). The core course load focuses on media writing.

Requirement of 15 credit hours PAI N T I N G CE RTI F I CATE

Similar to the Graphic Design Certificate, students are required to take two core courses and submit their work for a portfolio review. As opposed to taking Digital Tools (ART 210), students are required to take Digital Photography (ART 212).

Requirement of 15 credit hours.

P H OTO GRAPH Y/ VI D E O CE RTI F I CATE

For this certificate, students take five designated classes dealing with multimedia design, photography, and videography. However, students are not required to make a portfolio review for this certificate.

Requirement of 15 credit hours S C U L PTU RE CE RTI F I CATE

Unlike the other art certificates, the Sculpture Certificate is the only one requiring and offering sculpture as the media electives. Students still take the visual arts core classes Drawing Concepts (ART 112) and Digital Photography (ART 212).

Requirement of credit 15 hours S P E C I AL E D U CATI O N CE RTI F I CATE

The certificate is offered for those who want to teach in public schools. In order to be qualified for the career, students have to complete an Elementary or Secondary Education Major and do a conjoined Elementary and Secondary Education student teaching experience.

Requirement of 17 credit hours ST R AT E GI C CO M M U N I CATI O N CE RTI F I CATE

The certificate teaches students about making a business campaign. Every winter semester, the Strategic Communications Campaigns class (COMM 321) participates in a nationwide campaign competition.

Requirement of 15 credit hours T E S O L C E RTI F I CATE

This certificate requires 9 credits as its core foundation and 8 as electives. Students are able to take classes that teach students how to teach reading, writing, and vocabulary classes.

Requirement of 17 credit hours

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C ampus L i fe The stickers on the bike racks around campus are placed there to encourage students to leave the community bikes in specific locations. Photo by Yukimi Kishi

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The future of the ‘Free Rides’ program on campus SWATT says it hopes to expand the fleet with another 40 bikes B Y H YRAM YARB RO

The Free Rides bike program, implemented in Fall 2015, has provided students with free transportation around the community, according to campus Sustainability Director Les Harper.

Harper said, “Free Rides is a project that was taken on by Enactus through the Sustainable World Action and Technology Team, and has been maintained through SWATT to provide and maintain derelict bikes on campus and at the same time provide basic transportation to students. It’s a way of teaching bike repair and maintenance, and also a way of the students sharing with each other in a common ownership of the bikes throughout the campus.”

Free Rides began in Fall 2015 when students and leaders came together in both SWATT and Enactus to solve the issue of abandoned bikes on campus, according to 2015-16 Enactus team information. Due to the humid Hawaiian climate, bikes quickly rusted and were left around campus without owners.

Using creative thinking, team members began implementing the Free Rides project, which grew to spread across the community.

Harper said, “Any abandoned bikes are picked up from campus, taken to a site, and refurbished [by] painting them and making repairs so they can be used. The bikes are left around the campus [and] are available for everyone’s use at their own risk.

The bikes are to be returned to campus or be kept within the community.”

Harper further explained, “Because our costs are minimal, we didn’t want to charge anybody anything. We have plenty of repair parts, so we’re not concerned with having to pay a lot of money to keep the bikes going.”

In addition to this service, SWATT set up a bike shop where student can go and learn about how to properly repair their bike if it breaks, according to Michael Nielsen, a senior studying business management supply chain. “I think [Free Rides] helps students be more sustainable... in their lives. A lot of people don’t know how to fix a bike, so when you can teach them how to fix one instead of them just leaving it on some

random bike rack with a flat tire... they can actually continue to use it.”

After successfully running the program for the past year, Harper described the results of the project. He said 94 percent of the bikes stayed within the campus and community, and the bike theft rate on campus was reduced by 50 percent, according to SWATT and campus Security. Harper said, “We have a way of disposing of bikes that has value, instead of throwing them in the garbage. We use them to build a program that benefits the school.”

No project is successful without its flaws, as Nielsen pointed out. “One of the hardest things of maintaining it is that if you walk around campus sometimes, you’ll see that students will drop the bike wherever they are and walk away. It’s really hard for us because we have to then collect them and take them back to the repair center.”

Bradley Highsmith, student president of the sustainability student association, highlighted a solution that SWATT offers.

“We’ve put up stickers on the bike racks that are designated places for the bikes themselves.” Nielsen added: “If the bike breaks for any reason, you can take it to Give & Take or the FM building where one of our bike repair centers is. If nothing else, at least a bike rack. The idea of Free Rides is to make the campus more beautiful, to take away the rusted abandoned bikes and have community bikes. But if these community bikes are being left all over campus broken, that’s not solving one of our [problems].”

According to Nielsen, Highsmith, and Harper, students love having Free Rides available and want more bikes to be on campus. As SWATT works to expand the program, Harper told students not to worry, “Over the next three months, another 40-50 bikes will be released. There is more to come.” To get involved in the Free Rides program or learn how to repair bikes, students can go to the Give & Take center located northeast of the Stake Center every Saturday morning.

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Ser vice and emotional support animals at BYU-Hawaii Students with certain disabilities may require service or emotional support animals B Y AL E X M AL D O N AD O

Even though BYU-Hawaii has a stern no-pet policy, students can keep a service animal or an emotional support animal, according to Leilani Auna, director of Counseling Services and special needs at BYUH.

One BYUH student, who asked to not be named, said she has regular panic attacks every five minutes to an hour and a half. “College is difficult on its own, but having a mental illness makes it so much harder. Having a support animal has made a huge difference for me, and the biggest benefit is he brings me down from panic attacks faster than anything else.”

According to ada.gov, the official information site for the Americans with Disabilities Act, a service animal is trained to help an individual with a disability. “Tasks performed can include...pulling a wheelchair, retrieving dropped items, alerting a person to a sound, reminding a person to take medication, or pressing an elevator button.”

An emotional support animal, or ESA, is described by the same site as “therapy animals [that] provide companionship, relieve loneliness, and sometimes help with depression, anxiety, and certain phobias, but do not have special training to perform tasks that assist people with disabilities.”

The ADA makes it clear that service animals are allowed in public places, facilities, and businesses. The website also says, “A service animal must be allowed to accompany the handler to any place in the building or facility where members of the public, program participants, customers, or clients are allowed. Even if the business or public program has a ‘no pets’ policy, it may not deny entry to a person with a service animal.”

Service animals are also protected by the Fair Housing Act, which protects disabled people from discrimination

when looking for housing, according to the ADA. The website says people with disabilities should have an equal opportunity to enjoy and use land. “In cases when a person with a disability uses a service animal or an emotional support animal, a reasonable accommodation may include waiving a no-pet rule or a pet deposit. This animal is not considered a pet.”

Auna said if a student requires a service or support animal, special accommodations will need to be made, not only for the student but also for the students around them as well. “There are other people who are allergic and other people who have phobias,” she said.

Another rule for emotional support animals at BYUH is they are not allowed to leave the student’s home, said Auna. “While a service animal needs to stay with their handler anywhere they go, support animals are not allowed in public at BYUH.”

If a student is in need of an ESA, they will need to be able to provide a note to the Disabilities Department from their doctor or therapist saying they are in need of an animal. Though it is possible to be granted permission for an ESA, there is no guarantee even with a doctor’s note, Auna said.

The same anonymous student said mental illness is individual and affects people differently. “You can never assume the treatment methods for one person will work for another. People try meditation, physical activity, change in diet, different types of therapy, medication, emotional support animals, [and so on]. There are so many different ways to help with mental illness and it takes many people a very long time to find what works best for them.”

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7 ways to stay productive Students share how they manage distractions that hinder productivity

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As personal free time becomes filled with tasks, homework, meetings, and deadlines, it can be difficult to effectively manage time. Students at BYU-Hawaii offered their best advice, most common distractions, and solutions to help students across campus manage time.

According to Inc. Magazine, a periodical devoted to entrepreneurship, the No. 1 distraction among individuals is personal electronics.

As a solution, Inc. says, “Start with tracking how much time you actually spend on computers and other devices and then see where you could cut back. Try reserving some time at the start and end of the day for devices, and otherwise turn them off.”

Michael Morton, a senior from Utah studying accounting, said the three things that take up his time are school, church, and marriage. “I’m the kind of person that sits down and lays out a full schedule for a week or month. I’ll try to get all of my assignments done for the whole semester.”

Marco Hadisurya, a senior studying biochemistry from Indonesia, said, “Usually I plan for the week first, on a Saturday or Sunday... I put the things I need to do on a list... and I circle the things that are a priority.”

Psychology Today says listing and prioritizing tasks is one of the best skills to remove unproductivity and move toward success. “At the beginning of each day, write down a bullet-point list of everything you would like to accomplish this day. Next to each bullet-point item, assign an ‘A’ if this is a ‘must do’ item for today, a ‘B’ for ‘should do’ and a ‘C’ for ‘could do.’ For large projects, break it down into small parts and prioritize. Divide-and-conquer.”

As a college student, it can be difficult to effectively manage time, according to students. Hadisurya said, “Sometimes, my plan doesn’t go well. Sometimes I need to adjust again because my friend invites me to something or the exam goes longer than I planned.”

Kristina Meyer, a junior from Mililani studying art, said, “Sometimes I run into people because I love to talk and socialize. I will put that stuff aside and talk to people because I like to make friends. If people ask me for favors, I will drop whatever I have to get done to help them.” To combat this distraction, Meyer said, “I have to have a small talk with them and tell them, ‘Sorry, I have to go away to get things done.’ I have to do my socializing after all the things that I have to do.”

Morton, Hadisurya, and Meyer each listed cell phones as one of their top distractions. Morton said, “When I’m working on something, I’ll usually keep my phone away from me. If it’s right there, you have that urge or tendency to keep looking at it. We are trained to always look at it when it buzzes, so if I keep that away from me, I don’t have that urge.”

Hadisurya also watches himself, saying: “I just put away my phone. For some of my classes, I don’t even bring my phone. I just leave it in my room.”

Time management is an important skill to acquire, and can help you go from less productivity to success, according to MindTools.com. Here are some of the skills and habits they recommend for productivity: - Create to-do lists - Value your time - Make activity logs - Analyze interruptions - Put away your phone - Set personal goals - Break bad habits

Morton said, “It’s important to figure out how you can always be focused on what you are doing.”

To learn more about how you can be focused and increase productivity, go to www.mindtools.com for resources and information to help.

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#WhyITransfered The PCC, a mission president, and other experiences inspired students to transfer to BYU-Hawaii B Y ZO E ROU NESV IL L E

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Junior from Maryland in peacebuilding

Senior from Utah in business

“I just had this feeling that I needed to transfer,” said Corbett, a peacebuilding sophomore from Maryland.

She said studying two semesters at Southern Virginia University had its pros and cons, but she was planning on going there again after her mission.

“I really didn’t know what I wanted to study. I applied to every BYU and got into Hawaii. BYUH ended up offering the perfect major for me - intercultural peacebuilding. I’m really happy to be here, and I feel like I made the right decision,” she said.

While studying at Weber State University in Utah, Hansen said he was able to create two businesses and get into a position where he was able to transfer to another school.

“Although I didn’t like having to commute from home to school, at the time it made the most sense financially, since everything in my life was self-funded,” said Hansen.

He said he does not know why he decided to come to BYUH, except he felt prompted to and he wanted to get out of Weber State. “So far, I have really enjoyed my experience.”

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JOE WEBB

Senior from Washington in psychology

Sophomore from Colorado in marketing

“I went to BYU Provo for two years but I came to Oahu on vacation with my family and went to the night show at PCC, and I started crying. I just had this overwhelming feeling that if I came here, I would thrive,” said Trussel.

Although Trussel said Provo was fun and a great environment, she said it was different from BYUH in every way. “I loved Provo but it was just so big and I always felt like the people there were always so busy.”

She added how at BYUH, it was so much easier to get to know people.

“I love my classes so much more here. There are so many opportunities here in Hawaii that aren’t available at other universities. Overall, I know this is where I am supposed to be.”

Webb said he served a mission after studying for a year at Colorado Mesa University, and his mission president told him to come to BYU-Hawaii.

“When he first told me I should go to BYUH, I brushed it off because I never wanted to go to a church school. When I got to know my mission president more and more, I started thinking that maybe I should apply to BYU-Hawaii,” said Webb.

“I applied here, prayed about it, got in, and I came. I also decided to change my major. So far, I love it here, and I am happy that I decided to come.”

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Sunny Jin, expressions through her violin BYU-Hawaii student displays dedication and talent through music

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Sunny Jin is the concert master (first chair) of the BYUH Chamber Orchestra and has won 10 competitions including the Music Teachers National Association, representing the state of Hawaii. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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riends and instructors of Sunny Jin said she is always happy, dedicated, and the most talented violinist at BYU-Hawaii, 10 years in the running.

Sunny Jin, a junior from Seoul, South Korea majoring in violin performance, said she has been playing the violin for 17 years. She is also a returned missionary from the California Riverside Mission.

Jin said playing did not come naturally to her. “I would say everything I’ve accomplished is through hard work. I don’t think it is an innate gift. Maybe my talent is also due to some points or qualities I have, but mostly it is from hard work.”

Daniel Bradshaw, a department chair of Music and Visual Arts, said he has instructed Jin as a student and worked with her for a handful of devotional performances. He said, “Sunny is the most dedicated student I’ve seen as far as practicing. She’s very talented, and the most talented violinist I’ve seen here in 10 years.”

Jin said she was 6 years old when she first started playing the violin. “My brother started before me and I just wanted to learn,” said Jin. “I was a little bit jealous so that’s why I started. I went to one of his lessons and the teacher asked me to play and she said. ‘You’re better than your brother.You should start playing.”

Jin said prior to that day, she had picked up playing the violin from watching her brother. She said, “So that’s how I started playing. I think the teacher was just being nice. But my brother is pretty good too. He still plays.”

She said her success was a combination of interest and encouragement from her parents: “I was young and I wanted to play outside with my friends, but at the same time, I practiced a lot. It was a combination of both my parents’ help and my interest in music.”

With goals to reach a professional level, Jin said practice can get stressful. “But I have the will to practice and I enjoy it.”

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“I give myself credit for being brave and putting effort in it,” she said.

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Bradshaw said, “She sees her time here at BYUH as service to the Lord. She is conscious about giving her talents to the Lord. She very well could have gone to any number of good music schools.”

Bradshaw said if he were to describe Jin in one word it would be “dedicated.” He said, “She has a good chance in succeeding at grad school and in her career as a violinist. Her ambitions lie not in stage and screen, but to help others.”

Jin said she spends a lot of time practicing. She used to practice about five to 10 hours a day, but now with college she allots time to practice for five hours a day; totaling at about 35 hours a week.

Her coworker at the Joseph F. Smith Library circulation desk, Veronica Davis, a freshman in marine biology from Hawaii, said, “Sometimes she’ll come into work with bandages on her wrists because she has been practicing so hard. She’s very passionate about it.”

Davis added, “I’ve heard Sunny play at devotional and she’s very talented and dedicated. I play the violin too and I’m really impressed with her skills.”

Jin said when she is performing she feels nervous when she first starts to play, but then she thinks about how much she can get out of the performance. She said she loves to test herself by actualizing her practice and performance skills.

“After a performance, I feel accomplished no matter how well I played or not. I give myself credit for being brave and putting effort in it,” said Jin.

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grad school maybe on the East Coast or maybe in Europe. I’m still thinking of schools to audition for.” In the long run, Jin said she might go on to being a member of an orchestra or teaching at a college.

In addition to her role as the concert master (first chair) of the BYUH Orchestra, Jin said she has also won 10 competitions.

Last year she won the BYUH 2015 Concerto Competition. She said, “As a prize winner, I performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 3rd movement with the Hawaii Symphony as a soloist last November.”

Tchaikovsky concerto is one of the biggest violin concertos, according to Jin.

“I also won the first prize of the state’s biggest competition for the Music Teachers National Association last November and represented the state of Hawaii. I got to perform in the Hawaii MTNA winners’ recital this January.”

Jin said she is currently working on her junior recital, school concerts, and orchestra excerpts. In addition, she is working on the Tchaikovsky concerto first and second movements, so she can complete the entire Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

Bradshaw said he thinks her name, Sunny, is very accurate because she is very positive, kind, bright, thoughtful of others, and exacting of herself.

Kalee Terrill, a freshman in psychology from Texas, is a coworker of Jin’s and she agreed with Bradshaw. She said, “Honestly, her name matches her personality so well. She’s always so happy. I’m not a morning person and when we work together, she always brightens my day.”

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in this section Hawaiian bees are on the endangered list, but BYUH is doing its part to help

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New outreach program helps students find fitness through balance and health

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Hawaiian yellow-faced bees are on the Endangered Species List

B u y i n g h o n ey f r o m l o c a l b e e ke e p e r s i s a w ay t o p r eve n t s p e c i e s f r o m g o i n g e x

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According to Green Peace, every one in three bites of food people eat is somehow affected by bee pollination. Photo by Olivia Tsan

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Members of the Sustainability Student Association use a smoker on one of several hives they care for, located west of the campus softball field.

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even species of the native Hawaiian yellow-faced bees have been added to the endangered species list on Oct. 3 2016, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

This is the first time a species of bee has been classified as endangered in the United States, according to Hawaii Public Radio.

“The biggest cause in decline of bee population is bee environment,” said Les Harper, the sustainability director and beekeeper at BYUHawaii.

“We have a problem with chronic colony disorder in North America. The bees will leave the hives and not come back. I think what is happening with the yellow -aced bees is a microcosm of that. They have a specific environment that they work in, and certain needs as bees.”

Harper said because there are almost a million people on the island, farmers who use pesticides, cars that emit exhaust, and homes everywhere, it has becomes difficult for bees to navigate their environment and improve their numbers.

Local beekeeper, Titus Napoleon has hives at Kahuku Farms, Keana Farms, and Hauula.

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bees go extinct, we would only have about four more years to live as a human race. Without bees, we would lose 75 percent of the food we eat. The best thing we can do to reverse this is by raising awareness. We need to learn about and understand bees.”

Harper said, “It’s important that we promote the repopulation of bees. We won’t die immediately, but all the good stuff will be gone.

Anything that is wonderful to eat will be gone, and we end up with just the things that don’t need to be pollinated like the grains and root crops. We would lose our chocolate and our main fruits.”

The most important way to reduce the speed of the population decline, is to support beekeeping, according to Harper. “If you can find local beekeepers who will sell you honey, buy it.You can buy honey at Foodland, but a lot of it is imported and stripped of its pollens, so support your local beekeepers,” said Harper.

He expanded on how to protect bees.

“The most important thing about this isn’t that we’re trying to save the yellow-faced bee, it’s the idea that we recognize that bees are endangered. Overall, there aren’t nearly as many hives as there were 20 years ago. Some

beekeepers on the mainland lose as much as 40 percent of their hives every year. Millions of hives have been reduced.”

Marcus Jin, a freshman from China studying accounting, said, “Bees are vital to our ecosystem, without them there will be no flowers or fruits. We need to maintain an environment that can support the bees.”

Hawaii Public Radio also reported a loss of native Hawaiian wildlife across the board.

Thirty-nine species of Hawaiian plants have also been added to the endangered species list. The decline in native flora is responsible for the at risk bee populations.

“On the reverse side of what is happening,” said Harper, “these are the toughest bees that have survived in this condition. Nature has succeeded in making them strong enough to deal with adverse health factors.”

For more information about what the campus beekeepers are doing, watch the video on Harper’s SWATT. crew answering a call about a beehive near the Lorenzo Snow Building. It’s called ‘Beekeeping at BYU-Hawaii’ by Eric Hachenburger and can be found on the Ke Alaka‘i News YouTube channel.

“We won’t die immediately, but all the good stuff will be gone...we would lose our chocolate and our main fruits. We will be left eating the things that don’t need to be pollinated like grains and roots.”

-Les Harper

Bees builidng their hive on a BYU-Hawaii hive frame.

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PCC Deaf Day 2016 The Deaf community enjoyed the shows at PCC with the assistance of interpreters B Y ST E P H AN I E SOTO & H YRAM YARB RO

The Polynesian Cultural Center hosted its first Deaf Day event in cooperation with the BYU-Hawaii American Sign Language Student Associations on Saturday, Oct. 15. ASL students helped to interpret all of the shows for Deaf community members from around the island and country.

Unchon Agglewee, a deaf woman originally from Korea who attended the event, said, “I’ve enjoyed it. To have our Deaf group together… in Laie is wonderful.” According to Agglewee, many of the people who came to the event had previously met due to the close-knit relationship between those in the Deaf community of Oahu. She said, “I brought some of my Korean friends so we could socialize, and it’s really nice… I’m happy here. I like it. It is so peaceful, and I want to share it with others.”

Cherise Wright, a sophomore studying English from California, was one of the student volunteers at the event wearing blue shirts with a large ‘I love you’ sign language symbol on the front. “It’s a lot different than I thought it would be like to communicate with Deaf people. I got to use a lot more sign,” she said.

In addition to receiving assistance at the PCC, the Deaf community were able to go to shows and participate in activities across the islands with ASL interpretation sessions.

Deaf people, who are unable to hear the same sounds hearing people do, process vibrations in the region of the brain associated with hearing, according to Scientific American. By listening to loud music with heavy beats, Deaf people can sense the vibrations and have an enjoyable experience, similar to the way hearing people enjoy listening to music.

Bryce Takaki, a Deaf man from Hawaii, was called up to perform in the Tahitian Village show. Later, he said, “Today,

we’ve walked around and did a variety [of things]. I really liked the drumming performance. It’s loud, we could feel it, and it was a lot of fun.”

Logan Sprouse, a junior from California studying nursing and vice president of the ASL association, created the Deaf Day event because he “wanted to give back to the Deaf community in Hawaii.”

“It was a team of us that did it,” Sprouse said. He explained how it started out with a small idea of 50 people, but was excited when at least 150 sent RSVPs to the event. “I plan to continue it next year, and hopefully, it will be an annual thing.”

Sprouse said, “I feel like it was a great way to show awareness of the Deaf community here in Hawaii. People who don’t really know much about sign language or the Deaf community were able to see or experience it for themselves as well.”

Marykeyth and Charlie Orasingha, from Wahiawa, are studying ASL at Kapi‘olani Community College. Charlie Orasingha said, the Deaf culture is not a culture people are frequently exposed to and the event helped “visibly show Deaf culture.” Marykeyth said she saw some tourists noticing the Deaf Day shirts and saw the connection the Deaf community had with each other and others.

Takaki said, “Big groups of Deaf people have come over here to socialize.” In the Deaf community, connection and communication are extremely important due to the smaller representation of Deaf individuals in society when compared to hearing individuals, said Takaki. Throughout the Deaf Day event, roughly 150 Deaf people chatted, participated in activities together, and said they enjoyed their time at the PCC.

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• Always Logout • Always Erase Password History • A l w a y s U p d a t e Yo u r A n t i v i r u s • Never Use the Default Password • Never Save Passwords to a Public Computer Illustration by Kyungji Kim

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Students are closer to being hacked than they might think Students share how to be internet safe and conquer cyber battles, scams and viruses.

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BYU-Hawaii IT students gave advice on how to make computers safe and prevent hacking during Fall Semester. Suggestions include protecting passwords, not clicking on unfamiliar internet links and downloading antiviruses.

“There are only two types of [computer] users,” said Narendra Mongan, a senior IT major from Indonesia. “Those who are hacked, and those who don’t know they are hacked already.”

Keanu Lee Chip Sao, a sophomore from Tahiti studying computer science, said protecting privacy and confidentiality is something students should be worried about. He said he believes the biggest risk is with money. “One of your most important assets is money… Your email is usually connected to your bank account. Usually people have the same password on the bank account and on their email.”

Sao said he understood the importance of protecting passwords from experience. “I got my account hacked a long time ago because I accidentally gave my password to someone who used that password to change my password.”

Mongan said the Indonesian Student Association hosted a class about how students can defend their personal information when using computers and the Internet. In the class, they introduced a system called Deepfreeze, which is in all library computers.

“All [library] computers normally should have this enabled on their computer. It is the

reason after a student logs out of a library computer, all the work will be deleted even if it has been saved,” said Mongan. He said the system looks like a little bear icon at the bottom of the window screen.

He said the danger in the system is when students rely on it too much. “A lot of student ...become so lenient that they don’t even logout of their computer.” He explained by doing this, the next person will have access to every page open.

“Honestly, I think they believe because we are at a church school, they think these things don’t happen.” He encouraged each student to always logout, erase password history, update the antivirus, never use default passwords, and never save their password on a public computer.

“If people are careless about what they post... it can compromise the safety of their computer and their private information,” said Mongan. He said it’s important to know the red flags scams so you don’t fall victim to them.

Mongan also advised students to not click on random links. “If you don’t know what the link is for, just don’t click it.” He stressed that as nice as a free car or iphone7 would be, it’s probably not going to happen. “Almost everything you see on Facebook is not true.... If it’s too good to be true, don’t click it.”

He said one way can scammers get a hold of information is through fake surveys. “The

bait will say something like: take a survey and win a free thing. But students need to remember, one click and they can tell everything about your activity… They can take your data without your knowing it.”

In addition to good habits and cautious practices, Wagner Albuquerque, a senior IT major from Brazil, explained there are different types of bugs that can infect your computer.

“Different infections vary in seriousness, some minor, some completely destructive.”

Albuquerque shared two weapons the computer can utilize to protect against these attacks. The first is a firewall. “There is software that is usually imbedded in the operating systems. But a lot of times it’s not enabled.”

The second Albuquerque said is to install an antivirus. “[It] will scan your computer for those malicious pieces of hardwear.” The one he said he prefers is called Malwarebytes because it was free.

If a virus gets around a firewall or antivirus, Albuquerque said to cut off all Internet activity immediately and shut off the computer.

“Then get on a friend’s computer and from another computer, change all your passwords.

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C ommu n it y Left to right: Kawika Wise, Andrea Marlowe, and Dano all meditate as a part of their yoga routine.

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Improve flexibility through yoga Educational Outreach program on campus promotes health, stamina and finding physical balance M I KAE L A GRAY

Cherry Goo, a yoga instructor with BYU-Hawaii’s Educational Outreach program, said, “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self,” a line from The Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scriptural text.

Goo said she has seen students grow and develop in her classes. “I’ve seen students get strong and flexible, more accepting of themselves, and become nonjudgmental of others. I’ve also seen others who have overcome their fears. Students have cried in my class. They learned to really let go.”

Educational Outreach classes are open to students and community members. Susan McCarthy, a community member from Kahuku, said she has been practicing yoga since her 20s and has been participating in BYUH’s Educational Outreach program for 10 years. “It helps to center you spiritually and emotionally.”

McCarthy explained how yoga has helped her take care of herself, which allows her to better take care of others.

Andrea Marlowe, a sophomore from Idaho studying biomedical science, said she has been practicing yoga for five years.

“It’s a really good way for me to relieve my stress, find my balance, […] and clear my mind.”

All three people’s stories of yoga’s emotional benefits align with a study funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrated Health. This study found yoga may help alleviate anxiety and depression.

Some people might be hesitant to attend a yoga class because they are not flexible or have never done it before. However, Goo said flexibility and skill comes with practice.Yoga is “just like any exercise,” she said. “If you consistently practice, it is beneficial in helping strengthen and tone the body. It increases flexibility.”

McCarthy testified of the physical impact yoga has had on her life, in part by comparison to other non-yogis near her age.

“I can touch my toes,” she said. “I can put my whole hand on the floor and half the people my age can’t even get to their knees.” According to McCarthy, yoga has helped her health, stamina, and her physical center of balance.

Cheyenne Wing, a TESOL sophomore from Idaho, said she initially got into yoga due to her deep interest in Buddhist and Hindu cultures.

According to Wing, the yoga classes are suitable for beginners. Since she had a neck injury, she said this class was a good fit for her. “It’s a little bit more simple, so I like this one. Not because it’s focused on Hindu culture like the one I used to go to, but because it has been good for my injury.”

Another study sponsored by the NCCIH postulated, “A carefully adapted set of yoga poses may help reduce pain and improve function like walking and movement as well as reducing heart rate and blood pressure.” Marlowe said she is considering integrating her interest in yoga with her future career as a physical therapist, creating a sort of sisterhood between the two.

There are other styles of yoga that Goo teaches at BYUH, said McCarthy. “There are stability classes,” McCarthy explained.

“They’re something where if you start you can do it for a long time, and it will increase your balance all your life.”

Stability yoga uses varieties of yoga balls with a focus on mastering balance. “Balance is something you need during your lifetime because you see a lot of people my age falling because they just don’t have the balance,” said McCarthy.

Goo said some of her students have gone on to become yoga instructors themselves and that is a sign of the positive effects yoga has had on their lives. Goo teaches yoga twice a week in the evening in the dance room of the Old Gym. To find out more about classes and fees, go to outreach.byuh.edu/fitness.

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Commuting around BYU-Hawaii Campus Safety and Security gives information of the rules regarding transportation on campus B Y M I KAE L A GRAY

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According to Rafael Ramos, the operations manager of Campus Safety and Security, Security issues anywhere from 200-300 bicycle permits each semester. Riding bikes on sidewalks come along with the same $20 citation as skateboards, However, he said it happens with bikes less often than with skateboards and longboards, said Ramos.

If people lock their bikes to a railing or anything that’s not a designated bike rack, Security will issue a $20 citation, he said.

Hannah Kessler, a freshman, majoring in elementary education from Texas, and Rob Angerbauer, a freshman majoring in graphic design from Texas, said they ride a single bike at the same time. She sits in the basket and Rob pedals.

“It’s like my free ride,” she said.

On average, 500 car permits are issued a semester, said Ramos.

Ben Coffey, a sophomore living off-campus explained a car is the easiest way for him to get to and from campus. When it came to the cons, Coffey and Ramos brought up the cost of maintaining the car, insurance and gas. Coffey also mentioned that “at the beginning and end of semester people, expect you to give them rides to the airport.”

Ramos said the only circumstance where a car is worth the cost is when a student lives outside of Laie. Even then, he said, students can take a free shuttle offered by Security at midnight that will take students home to Kahuku or Hauula.

For students without cars, bicycles or longboards, walking is usually their primary mode of transportation.

Emma Jagganaikloo, a sophomore from Idaho majoring in international cultural studies, explained how she came to enjoy walking. She said she has a longboard but rarely uses it because she loves walking so much.

“Walking is fun.You get to think about life. It’s just you and the world, and it’s a good way to start the day with a nice brisk walk.” As much as she said she enjoyed her time to meditate while walking, Jagganaikloo lives off-campus. “It’s a 15-minute walk to school. It can be annoying to walk that if it’s hot outside or you just want to get to campus,” she said.

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One can see the stacks of longboards and skateboards outside the Joseph F. Smith Library and the Cafeteria. According to Rafael Ramos, the Operations Manager at the Campus Safety and Security Office, the biggest problem he encountered with longboards and skateboards is theft. “Students just don’t lock up their boards very often, and they get stolen,” he said.

Riding on the sidewalks incurs a $20 citation, added Ramos.

London Little, a freshman psychology major from California, said, “I ride a longboard and a con about it is that I can’t ride on the sidewalk and it’s not a car. A pro about it is that it’s faster than walking.”

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Temple activity inspires students to share the gospel on social media B Y H Y R AM YARB RO

Students from Elder Paul Thayn’s Book of Mormon religion class gathered on Tuesday, Oct. 25, to document their love for the temple on social media and said they enjoyed spreading the message of the gospel.

Eleven students from the class appeared at the event, each committing to sharing their picture on social media. Each student held a sign reading ‘‘When I go to the temple, I feel…’’ with a personalized word that reflected their feelings while going to the temple.

Elder Thayn, a missionary and Religion professor at BYU-Hawaii said he asked his class if they knew people who were not members of the church, and they wrote down nearly 400 names in a five-minute period.

“[In our class] we talked about our responsibility to share the gospel.

We realized that here on this campus, we are very limited with the number of people who are not members. But I pointed out to them that the Lord has provided a way for us to think bigger, greater,” said Elder Thayn.

He added because the BYUH community is worldwide, it is obvious to see technology exists to communicate with friends and families back home.

“We always talk with our friends on Facebook, no matter where they are, whenever we want. That technology is great for friendship relationships, but the Lord has other things in mind for us. He thinks we can use it now to share the gospel with our friends anywhere in the world.”

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Gosuke Kawano, a junior from Japan studying psychology, said he helped organize the event by coming up with the idea of having students write notes to share their feelings of going to the temple.

Hailey Jenkins, a freshman from Utah studying graphic design, said writing on the notes was a great way to promote God is greater than social media. “He created [social media] for this reason. For the word of the Lord to be spread faster and to a grander scale than ever before.”

Herbert Ishibashi, a sophomore studying education from the Big Island, said, “The temple has a very special place in my heart… [it] helps me to get a lot of answers that I’ve been looking for. Before I go to the temple, I typically ask myself a lot of questions and take the time to reflect on what I know, what I need to know, and how to become a better man. Every time I come out of the temple, I feel like… I have gained some sort of revelation from Heavenly Father in some way, shape, or form that has helped me to become better.”

Shinyoung Choi, a student studying business management from Korea, said living near the temple helped him feel safe and taken care of by God. “A lot of people don’t know about the temple and are hesitant to go to the temple because they are busy. But I know that if I go to the temple, I will feel comfort so that everyone will know that they have to go to the temple.”

Ishibashi said, “I think all of us college students here are trying to find out who we are, find our own way, and make our own decisions…

They have a bunch of opportunities to make choices for themselves and pave their own roads. A big part of my testimony is that the temple can help us to make a better road and better choices.”

The church has been embracing modern technology and social media, according to LDS.org. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, the second counselor in the First Presidency, said in the 2011 May Ensign article “Waiting on the road to Damascus,” that “with the blessings of modern technology, we can express gratitude and joy about God’s great plan for His children in a way that can be heard . . . around the world. Sometimes a single phrase of testimony can set events in motion that affect someone’s life for eternity.”

Kawano said, “[The] temple is something that makes our church unique or stand out from other sects. Other religions or faiths might have [a] building, which is equivalent to temple, but what we do inside the temple is something that touches human’s soul. As the prophets have been saying, we can use technology for either good or bad, and needless to say, spreading the Gospel, which can help others to draw closer to God, is one of the best ways to sharing goodness of this church and God’s love toward our neighbors and His children regardless of their religion.”

Left: BYU-Hawaii students express their appreciation and love for the LDS temples through modern technology and social media. Above: Elder Paul Thayn encourages his students to share the gospel globally online. Photo by Yukimi Kishi.

“We always talk with our friends on Facebook, no matter where they are, whenever we want.That technology is great for friendship relationships, but the Lord has other things in mind for us. He thinks we can use it now to share the gospel with our friends anywhere in the world.”

- Elder Paul Thayn

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When I go to the Temple, I feel peace

When I go to the Temple, I feel edified

“Use social media for good.”

“[The] temple is something that makes our church unique.”

- Breanna Boll

- Gosuke Kawano

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When I go to the Temple, I feel comfort

When I go to the Temple, I feel guided

“The temple is God’s house.”

“Go to the temple as much as you can.”

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R eli g i on President John Tanner receives the sixth journal of one of the first LDS missionaries who served in Tonga, Olonzo D. Merrill, from George K. Merrill, Olonzo’s grandson. The family had earlier donated his other six journals to the university during President Eric Shumway’s administration. Photo by Olivia Tsan.

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Mormon Pacific Historical Society Relatives of early missionaries and Tongan members share stories for centennial of Tongan mission B Y ST E P H AN I E S OTO, JO SH M ASO N & H AI L E Y RASM U SSE N

The Mormon Pacific Historical Society celebrated the centennial of the establishment of the Tongan mission for the annual MPHS conference on Oct. 21 to 22.

One of the highlights of the conference was the presentation of the sixth mission journal of Olonzo D. Merrill, one of the first five missionaries in Tonga, to BYU-Hawaii by his grandsons George, Richard, and Derwin Merrill. There are a total of seven journals; the other six were presented to the Eric Shumway when he was president of BYUH several years ago, according to Derwin Merrill.

Lanny Britsch, a retired history professor from BYU who served a mission at BYUH, said he was incredibly interested in receiving the sixth journal.

He said, “We historians greatly depend on journals. To get a journal like this, you have a treasure that will reveal the life of not only the person who wrote the journals, but also the lives of other members, non-members, and even adversaries. It is a treasure.”

In addition to the presentation of the journals, several presentations were given by professors, relatives of early Tongan Mormons, and relatives of early missionaries or mission presidents in Tonga.

Elder John Groberg, one of the missionaries who first went to Tonga during the 1950s and whose mission inspired the movie “The Other Side of Heaven,” said he was impressed with all the research that went into the event and was happy to see old friends.

At the devotional he gave at the IMAX Theater on Oct. 20, he made it a point to mention names in his stories because some people in attendance knew or were related to the Tongans who affected his life. When the time was opened for questions and answers, a few individuals asked about a certain person they knew. Together they reminisced about loved ones and shared memories.

Groberg said the experience of the rats eating the bottoms of his feet shown in the film did in fact happen. He said, “The UV rays killed the disease that would have killed me. That of course gave me cancer on the bottom of my feet, but the doc took care of that.”

He also told his version of the story about learning the Tongan language: “Before I read the Book of Mormon in Tongan, it

all sounded like gibberish and I was feeling pretty hopeless. After reading, I had a renewed sense of hope. I felt like it was no longer an impossible task.” He said, “Learning a language is a matter of hard work and spiritual blessings.”

Groeberg described missionary work in Tonga like a thread woven across time. When missionaries worked in areas missionaries had been previously, he said it was as if they were picking up that same thread exactly where it was left for them by the earlier missionaries.

Eric Marlowe, professor of Religion and president of the MPHS, said while BYUH has small classes that allow for students and professors to connect, there are not a lot of conferences like at other universities. “At other schools, conferences like this are happening all of the time. When you do get a conference like this, students should take advantage of it,” he said.

Marlowe said he was grateful for all the research the descendants of early Tongan members did. “The history should always be told by its people and to get that is priceless,” he said.

Liola Nau Hola, one of the speakers who grew up in Tonga until moving to Texas, spoke about her family’s involvement in securing land for the church and building the church up in Tonga. “I felt like I’m not only an instrument of God to speak and tell the story of the history that my father and my grandfather did, but it was like an untold story that needed to be told,” Hola said.

Hola said she liked how the conference revealed untold stories that usually stay within the family, which was a different experience compared to when she visited Tonga in the summer. “They never could get us to speak that out in Tonga. We were just there to celebrate.”

Elder Aley Auna, an area Seventy of the North America West Area, said holding the conference in Laie is significant because it is a melting pot of the Pacific Islands. “With the school, the temple, the Polynesian Cultural Center, we’re able to appreciate those who have gone before us - our ancestors.”

Auna concluded, “Why not have it here, in a place so signifcant?”

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Family obligations B Y U - H aw a i i P r o f e s s o r H e l e n a H a n n o n e n d i s c u s s e s f a m i ly h i s t o r y a n d w hy i t ’s i m p o r t a n t f o r s t u d e n t s

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Dr. Helena Hannonen holds pictures of her father. Photo by Olivia Tsan

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These lace making tools were passed down to Hannonen from her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She made the table cloth by pulling fabric from cloth and made the designs by sewing threads together. The black spool in the back belonged to her grandfather, a supervisor for a factory that made wooden spools for yarn, thread, and cable. Photo by Olivia Tsan.

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YU-Hawaii Business professor, Dr. Helena Hannonen, said she has always been an avid family history buff. But since a near-death experience a year ago, she said this milestone has increased her commitment and dedication even more to the work she loves so much.

“I had to go to the hospital with a respiratory issue. It’s there the doctors discovered my vein in my heart was blocked and the doctors told me I could have dropped dead. It was an intense experience.”

After being released from the hospital, Hannonen was driving home when she received a powerful impression. “While I was driving, I was told my life has been spared because you need to do your family history and let others do their own family history. And I realized I had helped so many other people do their family history that I didn’t have time to do my own.”

When Hannonen moved to Hawaii 10 years ago and began teaching at BYU-Hawaii, she said she helped others research their family history with her extensive genealogical research experience.

“For me, it is now an obligation all of us in the world who live at this time have because our ancestors came before us when there was no gospel. We were saved for the last days because we made a promise to them we would do their temple work and connect their families together,” said Hannonen.

She received additional inspiration shortly after her near-death experience during the October 2015 General Conference. She received an impression she needed to cut out activities that were distracting her from family history.

“During general conference, they talked a lot about family history and temple work.

So I canceled my cable subscription because I decided I had to make more time in my life for family history work.”

Since that point Hannonen has prepared what she estimates to be thousands of family history records for temple work. Currently on her FamilySearch account she has 500-plus names ready for temple work with 470 being released to the temple and approximately 50 being printed for her own personal temple worship. She said along with the 500 names she

has completed, she has roughly 2,000 names she is “cleaning up.”

Part of her success is due to a new strategy she has incorporated in the last year that forces her to be more attentive to the individuals she is trying to find. “I would start with a prayer and then I began saying to my ancestors, ‘I have very little time, but I’m ready to do your work. If you want your temple work done, you’re going to have to come and help me find you.’”

One day she found she had some spare time before she was required to leave for campus to attend to her faculty responsibilities. “I was working with my great-great grandmother and I was missing her birthdate. And I said, ‘Christina I know you were born because I am one of your direct descendants, and if you want to have your temple work done, you have 15 minutes, and I better find you otherwise I’m moving on.”

Within 15 minutes, Hannonen said she had found her birthdate. “It is definitely more of a collaboration and I see miracles all the time where I know these people really want to get their work done.”

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Hannonen’s mother would go from Finland to Switzerland for three weeks in order to visit the temple and purchased dolls for Hannonen from the different countries she traveled through.

Photo by Olivia Tsan.

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Show above are cards of Helena Hannonen’s family names she has prepared to take to the temple to perform their ordinances. The photo on the far right is a picture of her mother the day she was baptized in the Lutheran Church, and there are additional family photos below. The photo by Olivia Tsan

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Hannonen’s love for family history began as a young girl in Finland when her mother, brother, and her were baptized into the church.

Shortly after their baptisms her mother had a dream including Hannonen’s father, who had passed away.

“My father appeared in a dream to my mother. He was in a prisoner’s outfit. He asked her to come set him free. My mother didn’t understand what the dream meant and so she asked the missionaries. They came back and told her he wants to have his temple work done. After the temple work was done, he appeared again in white clothes and thanked her.”

As a teenager Hannonen became more involved in family history work when she would help the elderly in her congregation.

They didn’t have the typing skills necessary to prepare their families records to go to the temple in Switzerland. Her mother made the three week trip to Switzerland every summer.

Later when she moved to Provo to attend BYU, her mother was keen on reminding her to take advantage of the many family history resources available to her in Utah.

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Hannonen became proficient in researching family history records due to her ability to read and write in several languages. While interning for her master’s degree of organizational behavior in Salt Lake City, she became a licensed professional genealogist.

Later as she began her corporate consulting career in California, Hannonen said she always found a little time to do family history work and often used her skills to help others who were unable to find their own family names.

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Hannonen believes making family history a priority for students is one of the most important skills she can teach, even more important than her lessons on leadership and management.

“The students who worry about schoolwork and worry about their grades in classes and about not understanding things, if they do family history, and I don’t mean all the time, but if they do a little bit every week, they will see their grades will [get] better and they will understand their studies better.”

“First off, no one should every believe all your family history is done. Check and see if your ward has a family history Sunday School

course. If you’re getting on FamilySearch for the first time, you should make sure you and your immediate family are in your family tree.”

Along with becoming familiar with FamilySearch, Hannonen recommends focusing on spiritual growth and development. Part of that development includes tuning in to the inspiration that will guide those working on their family history to the names needing to be done.

“You have to start to listen to the language of family history work because if you think about where the spirit world is, it isn’t on some other planet. It’s right here so those ancestors will communicate to you.”

“It’s like customer service. What does the customer want instead of what do I want?

I may want to sell this person ice cream and all they want is Gatorade, and I try for years to sell them ice cream and every time the customer says, ‘I want Gatorade.’You have to be in tune to what your ancestors’ needs are.”

A few other ways Hannonen recommends to get involved with family history work include going to the temple, writing in a journal or letters and emails home to family, and interviewing grandparents and elderly relatives about their childhoods and young adult lives.

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L i fe st y le Abby Padilla worked six to eight hours a day building houses for families in Cape Verde through a Humanitarian EFY program. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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Building foundations in Cape Verde Leaving the families she served was the most heartfelt moment for Abby Padilla B Y L E SL I E O W U SU

Abby Padilla, an undeclared freshman from Utah, spent two and a half weeks in Cape Verde building homes for families, and also a foundation for her desire to serve a mission.

Padilla said she heard about this opportunity through a friend and she quickly knew she wanted to participate in it. She said, “Motivation wise, I’ve always wanted to travel and this was a really good opportunity. But, most of all, was the fact of serving.”

“The week after I heard about it, the [LDS Church] came out with a letter to all the wards about involving yourself in humanitarian work.

It was more focused on helping refugees. I was kind of guided by the Holy Ghost in this sense.”

Padilla said the opportunity was organized through Humanitarian Especially For Youth.

She was amongst 15 youth and three adults.

The service trip took place during the first half of June and also had short stops in Boston and Portugal.

“We flew out of Boston to Portugal. In Portugal, we kayaked in Lisbon, ate dinner with members of the church, and had a little devotional. Then, from Portugal we got to Africa,” she said.

Padilla’s friend, Joseph Webb, a freshman from Colorado in marketing, said, “Traveling is intriguing for anyone, but to take time to go and serve others, especially as an 18 year old is admirable. In the church, maybe that’s a norm, but in the world’s standards that’s definitely not something people would choose to do.”

The group arrived in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Pedro and was ready to work. Padilla said the purpose of their trip was to build homes for families. “We were mixing cement, stacking the bricks, and digging the trenches and holes to start foundations. In

homes that were more built, we would hammer through the blocks so that tubes could be put in,” she said.

She said they worked six to eight hours everyday from Monday to Friday. “It was hard work, but it was worth it,” said Padilla. “It was so awesome because we got to meet the families that we built the homes for. And we got to know their [stories] and why they needed the house.”

Despite the language barrier, Padilla said it was not hard to connect with them. She said, “They spoke Portuguese and Creole there… but through serving and loving them, [the language barrier] didn’t come up as an issue.”

Padilla said the trip has inspired her to learn Portuguese.

She said, “My favorite part was actually playing with the kids. We would build the houses and we would take breaks. The little kids would just swarm us and we would play games with them.”

“Our suitcases were packed with toys and candies to give them. It was just all together a really neat experience. I would say just seeing the kids really happy, and just seeing the people of Africa so happy, even though they had so little, was incredible. We were able to give them this service of being their friends and building their homes. It was just the coolest experience ever. I really miss it.”

She said during their non-working hours, they would play with the children, go to the beach, eat at restaurants, and participate at local wards.

Padilla said the group even got to travel to the capital of Cape Verde, a city called Praia on the island of Santiago. “We did lots of shopping, went to markets, and got souvenirs. I got a sea

turtle necklace that I really love and I have a dress that I got from there,” she said.

From all of her experiences, Padilla said the most heartfelt moment was parting ways with the families because of their extreme gratitude.

She said the experience was an answer to her prayers in terms of preparing for a mission. “I still have about a year until I go, but we would go to family home evenings and be surrounded by a language I didn’t know.”

“It was all sorts of different experiences preparing me for something bigger. It was great preparation for my mission, and a whole new window to a possible career in working in humanitarian stuff. After that experience, I really want to invest myself in helping those who are less fortunate than I am. It was a really humbling experience all together. I recommend it to anyone,” she said.

Brooke Parkinson, a junior from Utah majoring in marine biology, is a friend and roommate to Padilla. Parkinson said, “She’s honestly one of my best friends. She is a very hard worker and when something needs to be done, she’ll do it. She’ll help anyone. She’s a very giving person.”

Parkinson continued, “I don’t think people understand how kind her heart is, because honestly every single day she does so many things for me. I think a lot of people don’t understand the degree of kindness that she has.”

Padilla said multiple groups of volunteers go to work on the same homes in Cape Verde, and they are able to monitor the progress of the construction through Facebook.

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L i fe st y le Shane Stewart taught a full house of staff and students in the Aloha Center about personal finance. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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Simple money management Deseret Mutual administrator urges BYUH ohana to avoid debt and save money

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Both staff and students were taught how to better manage their money during a lecture on simple money management on Oct. 5.

Shane Stewart, a benefits administrator from Deseret Mutual, gave out workbooks and showed a PowerPoint teaching principles of finance in an understandable way.

He said people should avoid debt, live within their means, and save money on a regular basis.

Stewart said people should “live simply and try to get a habit of saving something.” Stewart continued, “If you are a single person, it’s extremely helpful to be doing those things and practicing them as you come into a marriage. If you are doing that, it’s going to make the marriage more financially successful as well.”

Tai Vuniwai, Hawaii Operations Manager for Deseret Mutual, said the DMBA (Deseret Mutual Benefit Administration) is there to help faculty financially plan for their personal budgets. This time, the workshop usually reserved for staff, was opened to students as well. Vuniwai said it was opened to everyone because he believed these were important financial principals, especially in regards to married life.

Stewart, a certified financial planner for Deseret Mutual, gave the lecture and said, “We want to get the message out to everyone that we believe we have found tasks that you need to do to be successful financially.”

Vuniwai said, “If you can control the nature on how you manage your finances, you can go into better planning and a better future for you and your spouse.”

He continued, “For a student, you have no idea what is out in the world. Coming to something like this will broaden your horizon of some important tools you can use later in life.” Vuniwai also said he would be in

discussion with BYUH President John Tanner to see if they will have another event similar to this exclusively for students.

Lavinia Lawrence, a sophomore from Tonga studying peacebuilding and communications, said she is the financial planner in her family. Lawrence said she was familiar with many of the things they were talking about and liked the financial websites they recommended that gave her new ideas on how to budget better. Her favorite principle of the night she said was the first principle: Having a better budget through giving.

Lawrence said there should be more events like this on campus. “I look at those who have stress right now in TVA and I am surprised the school does not have this kind of teaching.”

Lawrence said she thinks advertising through social media would help attract more students to an event like this. However, she said the event’s venue was not big enough for the actual attendance. “By the time it started, they already needed more seats,” said Lawrence.

Stewart said he comes out to Hawaii to do workshops to help people with financial planning at least twice a year. In April, Stewart said he would be back to do the workshop again. He said people don’t do much about their financial situation because it is unfamiliar to them or requires a lot of work.

“Things they think are difficult or scary are no longer difficult or scary when it comes to doing the right thing when managing your finances,” said Stewart. According to Stewart, avoiding fear of financial issues is not complicated when knowledge of financial language is acquired.

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Police recognize bias International Police organization apologizes for treatment of minorities B Y H YRAM YARB RO

Riley Woolner, a freshman from Portland, Terry Cunningham, president of the InternaOregon studying Spanish education, described tional Association of Police, has apologized his experience with inequalities towards for “historical injustices” and mistreatment of minorities. “I worked on a berry farm. A lot of minorities within the United States, according Mexicans worked there, but they all worked in to his official statement at the IACP Annual the fields themselves or on the assembly lines Conference on Oct. 17. BYU-Hawaii students for minimum wage. and staff agreed and said they have seen and

“Me and my five Caucasian friends were heard of examples of discrimination.

Cunningham said, “There have been times hired on to work in... a significantly less boring when law enforcement officers… have been the job with more responsibilities, but more pay. face of oppression for far too many of our fellow Everyone who was already working there also citizens. This dark side of our shared history has were Caucasian.”

Dannia Tain, a senior in biology from West created a multigenerational—almost inherValley City, Utah, retold an account she heard: ited—mistrust between many communities of “A couple years ago, a man by the name of Jose color and their law enforcement agencies.”

According statistical research provided by Zamora wasn’t able to get any responses to his job applications. He changed his name to Joe DoSomething.org, minorities are more likely Zamora on his resume, and he suddenly was to be discriminated against in social justice areas than majority Caucasians. Because of this, flooded with responses… What needs to be activists have used social media as a platform to done is focus from the ground up: identify, focus and fix essential aspects of this country, like share opinions and personal stories about racjob market discrimination, which is absolutely ism within the country. a fickle and strange entity. Ensure everyone

When asked if she had seen any racial who is doing the same job gets paid the same inequalities, Becky Strain, a special instructor amount, contingent on their work ethic and at BYUH, said, “I worked in a Justice Court in Provo, and we saw a lot more Hispanics coming ability, not extraneous and superfluous information like skin color, sex, culture, etc.” in and out of the Justice Court than any other Over the past three years, the nation [race]... I don’t think police overtly do this, but has seen an uprising of the Black Lives Matter I think the subconsciously more ‘cues’ would movement. It is a cause to bring awareness go off if they saw a Hispanic walking down the to the inequalities that minorities, specifically street than if they saw a white person walking down the street. They would joke about certain African-Americans, face within the country, according to the New Yorker News. people they would watch, and if they saw the

Highly debated and even political, the slightest violation, they would pull them over, movement has specifically recognized police when they would let others go… I did see that brutality and mistreatment among minorities. [minorities] were targeted more...”

Cunningham continued, “While we obviously cannot change the past, it is clear we must change the future. We must move forward together to build a shared understanding.

We must forge a path that allows us to move beyond our history and identify common solutions to better protect our communities.”

Strain said, “There is an intergenerational fear [of policemen]. One of things I did notice in detention is that if the kids’ dads were put in jail, their association with police officers is ‘breaking up their home’ and ‘taking away the people they love.’ I could see how in a black community, if this is happening, the policemen are automatically ‘the bad guys’.”

Woolner responded to news of the issued apology by saying, “I find it to be a revolutionary idea. The concept of police brutality and mistreatment of minorities has been plaguing our nation for years. It’s gotten to the point where special cases has been assumed to be the general situation, so police are assumed to be unfair, violent and abusive. We know that this isn’t the case.”

Cunningham finished his address with the words, “It is my hope that, by working together, we can break this historic cycle of mistrust and build a better and safer future for us all.”

Strain said, “From my studies in New Jersey and other locations, blacks were definitely more targeted according to the statistics. They are making progress… but we still have so far to go.”

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Temple grounds scenery. Photo by Olivia Tsan