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OCTOBER 2016 • VOLUME 115 • ISSUE 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAMPUS LIFE

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A day in the life of Genesis Cahigas Biochemistry major tells of his studies of antibacterial properties of essential oils

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Adding to long-term memory Learn how to shortcut the process of retaining knowledge

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The Paniolo Prince of Gunstock Tate Prince rides, wrangles and takes care of animals at Gunstock Ranch

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“The Real Inspector Hound” Read about the sold-out, student-directed play

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Beyond another language Returned missionaries tell how their missions prepared them for life and BYU-Hawaii

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Volleyball moms Two starting players tell what it takes to balance family, school and volleyball

COMMUNITY

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Caring for the past Hear about the conversation at the ancient Hawaiian heiau in Hauula

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How to register to vote U.S. citizens may follow these step-by-step instructions to register to vote

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Emma Ernestburg’s memorial Remembered as an ardent advocate and local leader for the Boy Scouts

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Sculpting to preserve history BYU-Hawaii art Professor Viliami Tolutau’s sculptures are preserving the stories

LIFESTYLE

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Crossfit Jerusalem BYUH couple Tom and Tara McBride’s devotion to fitness sends them abroad

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MONDAY-FRIDAY Art Show in the Auditorium lobby

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TUESDAY Shaka Ensemble performance in the McKay Auditorium from 7:30-9 p.m.

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FRIDAY An Enchanted Evening Social Dance Class semi-formal dance in the AC Ballroom from 8-11 p.m.

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SATURDAY Brass Ensemble & NSSWO concert in the McKay Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

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TUESDAY Concert Choir performance in the McKay Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

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THURSDAY President’s Council Q&A Forum in Aloha Center 155/165 at 11 a.m.

Adobo Recipe Adam Aloc shares how to make a meaty Filipino favorite

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RELIGION

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Just Serve Local church leaders encourage students to use this website

Final exams

MONDAY Graduation at the Cannon Activities Center at 9:30 a.m.

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Students and faculty partner to create apps B Y STEP HA NIE S OTO

By creating new apps in the digital entrepreneurship class, BYU-Hawaii students and alumni said it made a huge impact on their abilities to turn their ambitions into realities.

Paul Wilson, the teacher of the class, was a volunteer professor working under the Willis Center at the Business Department. Wilson taught the for three semesters, said his focus was to bring entrepreneurship alive and teach the students web design and outsourcing. The students were involved in the app-making process from start to finish, from sketching it out to being the project manager, said Wilson.

Reif Tauati, a recent graduate of BYUH from Hilo who received a degree in computer information systems, took the class and then created the app “Snapshop.” The app allows people to transform their Instagram into a store, take a picture of what the seller is selling, and link it to Paypal, according to Tauati.

The app cuts out the third party and the seller gets all of the profit, Tauati said. He said he started the app because his friend, who was a single mom, was selling things through Instagram using a complicated process. Tauati said, “I was going to use technology to make her life better somehow,” and the app was born. “Whatever I see and believe, I can make into reality,” he said. Tauati learned how to get the idea down on paper, which he said was the first step. Tauati said when he builds apps he feels as if he has super powers which can help empower other people. He said people must “commit their ideas, energy, and money to help [others].”

Callie Haye, a senior studying interdisciplinary studies from Nevada, created an app called Pocket Spelling Bee. The app permits parents to record their child’s spelling words so the children can test themselves to see what they know, Haye thought up the idea of the Pocket Spelling Bee when she saw a need for a child-friendly app using original spelling words.

Hayes said she is thankful she took the class. “It taught me the importance of the ecommerce world and the internet and its possibilities,” she said.

Phillip Gross, a recent graduate in biology from Canada, and his wife, Lesley, a junior from Canada studying interdisciplinary studies, both made apps in Wilson’s class. They have made their experience into a business at 10cowsinc.com.

Phillip Gross’s app is called Christ Like Attributes, and the app helps missionaries and students rate themselves on how they are doing completing their goals of having Christlike attributes. Lesley Gross created LDS Kids Video, which has all the LDS videos loaded up on a simple app to help children scroll through the videos on their own. According to Lesley Gross, the app is being translated into Spanish.

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Pocket Spelling Bee Created by a mother of 3, Pocket Spelling Bee allows a parent or teacher to create a spelling test and then to have a child (or several children) take the test. Once the test is completed, Pocket Spelling Bee will grade the results and let both the child and the parent/teacher review the results.

Visual Language The Visual Language app helps users learn different words in 5 languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Tagalog.

Each word is associated with a picture and then lets the user hear what the picture is in each language. This app is for beginners, but is also diverse enough to allow users to record and upload their own words and pictures.

Must Stash: Stashing Your Pics Take control of your photos by creating stashes that are easily searchable and accessible.

No longer do you need to scroll, scroll some more, and scroll even longer to find that one particular photo you took sometime two years ago.

Instead, stash and search. If you have photos you want to remember, then you Must Stash them!

Illustration by Kyung-Ji Kim

campus life

in this section A day in the life of biochemistry major Genesis Cahigas

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People who learned another language while serving missions can reduce culture shock

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Learning for the future involves putting new information into long-term memory

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Campus Comment: What one food would you eat for the rest of your life, and why?

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Canadian student finds a little bit of home while working on Gunstock Ranch

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Two volleyball players explain how they manage to be athletes and mothers at the same time

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Student Chris Cornelison directs Fall play, “The Real Inspector Hound�

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Genesis Cahigas BioChemistry B Y DAN N A O SU M O

Above: Genesis Cahigas said helping people in his future career is one of his aspirations. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

Genesis Cahigas, a senior studying biochemistry from Singapore, said the study of chemistry in biological systems is rewarding and fulfilling. “A biochemist researched and found a cure for breast cancer, which saved a lot of women. This is something I want to do because it can help other people.�

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What made you decide to study this major?

“I did not learn chemistry until I was in middle school and became really interested in the periodic table and what happened in our bodies. I decided I would do something related to chemistry. When I came here, I chose biochemistry because I was not as interested in pharmaceutical or mixing chemicals but more about how the body works and the chemistry inside of us.”

What makes your major unique?

Describe a typical day “Usually in the mornings we have an hour of lectures, then lab for three hours. For most of us, we use the rest of the day to work as tutors for chemistry students or do our own research.”

Number of people in the major According to academic advisors, there are 44 students in the major. He said, “I had one class where there were only four students.”

“It focuses a lot on research. We choose a mentor and work with that professor for a semester or two. We learn from that professor and can either start our own project or continue one that interests us. One of my classmates did a project on how nitrogen-based products form plants. Another person did one on rice. I’m doing mine on the antibacterial properties of essential oils. Through this research, we can learn things that are relevant to us, and when we understand ourselves and our bodies, we take a great step to understanding God.”

“We have three to four major classes and two of those classes will have labs. The labs are three hours and we do research outside of the lab hours where we look for papers that are similar and look for ideas on how to modify a little bit. We then have to do lab reports, which take three hours to complete outside of class. So, all together, eight hours a day.”

What do you want to do with it?

Pros

“Eventually, I want to do research particularly on targeted cancer therapy. I have learned each cancer is unique to a person and because of that, there is no one cure for cancer. Also, because I have seen how people have suffered from cancer in my own family, I want to be part of the research and help others.”

“We hardly have any homework and we have no midterms because it is mostly research and lab. In some classes, we get to go on field trips like to Shark’s Cove. Also, biochemistry is a flexible major where students can go into biology, chemistry or biochemistry in grad school.”

Favorite Class

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“When you’re a freshman, you learn general chemistry and organic chemistry, but the higher level classes in biochemistry I and II really taught me about our metabolism. The classes taught me what happens to the food we eat, and what starvation or the sugar and glucose in soda does to our bodies. I became well-informed and could make better decisions.”

“We have no social life because we are always working in the labs, writing lab reports, or tutoring, which takes a lot of time.

It is a lot of hard work to learn the higher level classes of biology and chemistry.”

Time spent in a day

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Student’s Guide to Learning

New Ideas to Learn

Listen or Read Carefully

Short Term Memory (STM) Only a few seconds

Review STM with LTM tags

Medium Term Memory (MTM) 30 minutes to 24 hours Associating a new Idea with something

REM - Deep Sleep 10-20% retained

you’re familiar with New Long Term Memory (LTM) Permanent

Add to Existing LTM

Information provided by the Student Center for Academic Success

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Long Term Memory (LTM) Permanent

Adding to long-term memory Experts say studying right after class and reviewing notes every 10 days improves retention B Y K E L SY SI M M O N S

Remembering all the new information students learn in class for more than a few minutes requires putting the information into long-term memory, according to workers at the Student Center for Academic Success.

The senior missionaries at the center said they are happy to teach students skills of scheduling, studying and remembering. The center is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and helps students organize their schedules so they can have time for committing their studies to long-term memory.

Communications Professor Chad Compton, who has been teaching at BYU-Hawaii for 24 years, said, “All of us are so smart, but we don’t understand it because we don’t go through the processes that reveal how bright we are.”

A student can learn that process at the center. Elder and Sister Wollenzien, who have been on their mission for three months, said they will teach students how to create a simple schedule using Excel. Then they teach students the process of converting the information they learn in class to long-term memory that can be used for the rest of their lives. The schedule helps, they said.

The first step in the process is to listen or read new information carefully.

Compton said the learning process is impossible if a student is daydreaming through class or simply looking at a textbook rather than searching. He said in order to understand and retain information, students must look for organization in what they are reading. They must practice putting together different ideas in a structure their minds can latch on to. Compton said he encourages his students to “start with the overview. Overviews are best done question to answer. The mind really moves well

when it moves question to answer, question to answer. That’s key to developing meaningfulness.”

Compton said, “Organization is seeing the structure of thought. If somebody is going to try to be a really good student, what they can’t do is read line-by-line. Stop reading and start searching. Then the mind has like six or seven pieces to work with: here’s the claim, here are the reasons, here’s the evidence, and [the mind] has some place to put all that information.”

When a student is listening attentively, the information is stored in short-term memory, which only lasts a few seconds, according to Compton.

What students must do to solidify this short-term information is “attribute” it or associate it with information the student is already familiar with, Compton explained. “We need to link what is new with what is old. Link new information with things we already know about and associate them together,” he said.

Elder Wollenzien gave the example of a student trying to remember the name Harrison. The student could attribute the name Harrison to “Harry Potter.” Connecting old information, Harry Potter, will help the student remember the new information, Harrison.

Reviewing the new information combined with old information over and over again soon after learning it, transfers the information from short-term memory into medium-term memory, said Wollenzien. He said that is why it is important for students to study the same day, preferably right after class.

Gary Bennett, a sophomore from North Carolina studying art, said he spends about an hour and a half after his Samoan class studying while the information is still fresh. “It seems to be working this time. I’m definitely able to pick

up the words quicker. Last time, I was so lost. It was like I had a big machete, and there were so many weeds around and I was cutting them and just couldn’t get it going. This time I can see the daylight.”

According to the missionaries at the center, medium-term memory lasts between 30 minutes and 24 hours.

Medium-term memory is processed and stored as long-term memory during the REM sleep cycle, which happens during deep sleep, according to center information. They also stated only 10 to 20 percent of the new information gathered in one day is kept and turned into long-term memory. It can then be used to attribute more new information.

All students have to do after the information becomes long-term, said Compton, is retain the information with an occasional refresher.

When Compton was a student at BYU, he said he discovered he wasn’t retaining all the information he had been learning. He said he would learn something and not think of it again for up to two months. Compton felt the information was withering and dying.

To combat this, every 10 days Compton said he would gather his notes and review them. “I didn’t spend a lot of time with it. It was just a refresher, 5 or 10 minutes looking over the previous 10 days of class. It liberated my emotional capacity to move forward with new ideas and new information and deposited them in my brain. It made midterms so much more enjoyable,” he said.

Elder and Sister Wollenzien said they understand being a student is difficult, and they want to see students succeed.

Elder Wollenzien said, “You have to do what you have to do when you are a student.”

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The Paniolo Prince of Gunstock A n i n s i d e p e e k a t Ta t e P r i n c e ’s l i f e a n d h ow h e i s l i v i n g h i s f a m i ly ’s l e g a c y

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Two horses greet each other at Gunstock Ranch where BYUH freshman Tate Prince helps take care of the livestock. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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Growing up around horses, Prince said he loves every second of his job.

“I like being around animals. I like being outdoors...All day, every day.”

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ate Prince is making his family’s legacy his own by working toward a veterinary career at BYU-Hawaii and at Gunstock Ranch.

Born and raised in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, Prince is a freshman majoring in biomedical sciences.

Attending BYUH is a bit of a tradition in his family, he said. “Both of my parents came here, as did my older brother and sister.”

He said he loves the ocean and the fish, and his favorite part about going to school at BYUH is the smallness and intimacy of the classes. When he is not attending classes, Prince said he is over at Gunstock Ranch working.

It was no surprise Prince was able to obtain a job at Gunstock, for his life in Canada was filled with ranching. “I got my own horse when I was 5 years old,” he said, “and I broke and trained him with my grandpa.”

He explained his small hometown of Raymond has 3,000 people, and his family has lived there for several generations.

“I lived out of town on an acreage, so I thought going to Raymond was going to the city,” said Prince. He said the plains are flat and his neighbors’ occupations were just farming and ranching. “That’s what everyone does.”

Everyone included him. He said he also worked on a ranch back home. “It’s about 200 acres of land, and we have cows and horses.”

Prince said in the two-week gap between returning from serving as a full-time missionary in the Australia Perth Mission and starting classes at BYUH, he took the initiative to search for ranches located on Oahu, and Gunstock came up. He sent an email explaining his background and expressed he would love to come for an interview. He said they hired him within a heartbeat.

“I landed here on Sunday, and started working on Monday. So I didn’t even have a day to go surfing.”

He said he has been working there for six months and enjoys every second of it. “I like being around the animals. I like being outdoors.

I enjoy riding horses. I like working cattle. All day, every day,” he said.

Prince said he has to do a bunch of ranch work and fix and make things. He said when working, it is vital to be positive and think about why you are there when you run into challenges. Prince said his life motto is “Work hard and play hard,” and others in his life can see the extent of that.

Josh Cram, a sophomore in secondary education from Kauai, is a good friend of Prince.

They served together as mission companions and were also roommates at BYUH.

Cram said, “My favorite thing about Tate is his humor. He’s really witty and sarcastic.

He’s always down to drop inside jokes.”

Gerritt Bradley, a senior from Utah majoring in psychology, works with Prince at Gunstock Ranch. He also said Prince is extremely funny. He said, “Tate can make anyone laugh. He’s hilarious and has a very specific sense of humor.”

As a missionary, Cram said Prince was a hard worker. “Whenever we did service, he was a workhorse,” he said. “He’s always willing to work, and he’ll never say no if someone asks him for help.”

Bradley also attested to that. He said, “Tate is an exceptionally hard worker. Whatever [activity] he’s doing, he’s very focused on it. As a coworker he’s very helpful. He’s supportive and always there to help. He’ll set aside anything to help.” Prince said he enjoys trying to lift others up.

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Prince said working at the ranch has given him the opportunity to lift others up.

“I’ve learned that no job is more important than the people you are with.”

Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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Aside from working with animals, Prince said he and his coworkers do ranch work, take visitors on tours, fix and create things. Each task he does is giving him valuable experience to become a vet, said Prince. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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Prince said studying at BYUH and working with animals runs in his family.

“It doesn’t feel like it’s following in the steps’ thing... But I think its something that is in our blood.”

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a bullwhip, is an incredible football and rugby player, and even served as an assistant to the president during his missionary service.

Prince said he loved his mission. “It was such a knowledge and faith-building time.

That’s where I learned about the gospel. I grew up in the church, but it’s not the same. It was definitely eye-opening,” Prince said. He said he loved connecting with people and learning about different cultures on his mission.

While working, “I’ve learned that no job is more important than the people you are with,” said Prince. “I love my co-workers.

Everyone is super nice. Some are university students as well, so it’s a pretty wholesome environment. Everyone gets along really well and they treat us like a family. It’s nice and cozy.”

Bradley explained the kind of work he and Prince do. “We’re cross-trained at the ranch to do wrangler work, which entails training and riding the horses. We also take people on guided tours through the mountains.

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“Then we also work on the ranch, which means we take care of the cattle, fencing, water systems for the horses, and maintenance of the machines.”

Prince has aspirations to get a job where he can take care of animals. He said, “I’m trying to become a vet, so working with animals [at Gunstock] gives me a good experience. Every situation is good, from little sicknesses to taking care of the animals including cats, goats, and sheep.”

Prince also said veterinary work runs in his family. “My grandpa is a vet, four of my uncles are vets, and a couple of my cousins are going to vet school,” he said. “It doesn’t feel like it’s a ‘following-in-the-steps’ thing. I feel like it’s my own thing, but I think it is also something that is in our blood. So, that’s why it feels like it’s what I want.”

Being the youngest of four children, Prince said he appreciates how each member of his family is different, and it is their similar

humor that connects their whole family.

He said, “I love going to family reunions, being out working and getting something done around the house together… and boating. Our family is a boating family.”

Now that he is attending university in Hawaii, in his free time Prince said he loves to be in the ocean. “Josh and I are semi-sub-parprofessional free-divers. We go to Shark’s Cove and dive the caves there. I’m not the best at it, but I’ve picked up surfing a bit.”

Prince encouraged all students interested in outdoor adventure to visit Gunstock Ranch.

More information on activities offered there can be found on gunstockranch.com.

‘The Real Inspector Hound’ Student-directed comedy/mystery play sells out B Y M I KAE L A GRAY

Left to right: Carys Bott, Colton Roney , Rikki Brady, and Benjamin Coffey reacted after witty banter that paralleled their play of hands in the card game. Photo by Rocky Woo

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YU-Hawaii’s Fall Play “The Real Inspector Hound,” was a success as it incorporated the “black box theater technique,” an interesting plot about murder mystery, and great actors, according to the cast and audience members.

Vya Sutton, a freshman from Virginia majoring in psychology, said she went to the play twice.

“That’s how good it was,” she said. “The humor was funny, the farce was great, and it’s good for people who want to get into the plot. It is good for multiple levels of audiences.”

Student directors of the play, JennyLynn Jessup, a senior from Oregon studying elementary education, and Chris Cornelison, a sophomore from Hauula majoring in English, said they were surprised at how fast the tickets sold out. According to Jessup, the first four shows sold out in under three hours.

Jessup reported they got a lot of complaints and decided to include an encore performance.

“People were disappointed they couldn’t come see the show, so we just messaged all the cast asking how they would feel about doing an extra performance, and they were all super enthusiastic about it.”

What made the play different was the use of the “black box theater technique,” said Jessup and Cornelison. This technique puts both the audience and actors on stage together, said Jessup.

“This is like black box theater on steroids because some of the actors aren’t even on the stage for the first half of the production,” said Dannia Tan, an actress in the play and a senior majoring in biology from Utah.

Tan thought the black box theater technique would “throw people off, but also make them focus a lot more. I think they’ll be more interested in the play just because they’ve never had that experience before.”

Derek Clarke, a freshman from California majoring in biomedicine, said the black box technique was intuitive. “I’ve been to many a plays before and many musicals, but I’ve never been up this close and personal with the cast. I enjoyed that.”

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According to Michelle Blimes, the advising director, the play was written and based on a production by John Stafford. She said the story was complicated and had various layers of underlying meaning. “The cast had to delve into it to understand their parts. It was a dissecting process,” she said.

The play focused on two theater critics watching a play involving a murder mystery in the traditional audience seating. The twist of the play was when the film critics became a part of the play and unknowingly, become a part of the act.

An usher for the event, Karlmaine Revillo, a social work senior from the Philippines, said she could see the effort from the cast. “As an usher, we get to watch it multiple times and the story is interesting each time,” said Revillo. She added her favorite part was seeing the film critics become part of the play. “It was confusing and that made me excited to know the explanation.”

Carolyn Gibby, a sophomore majoring in biochemistry from Michigan who did make up for the play, said, “It was a lot of fun. I feel like we got really close as a cast and that just made it more fun.

I think the whole production has gone very well and it was just such a great opportunity.”

Jessup and Cornelison agreed, “It was a better than we ever could’ve imagined… and the cast was amazing. They made our jobs easy,” said Cornelison.

Cornelison said the cast took the John Stafford play and made it their own through their own creativity and improvisation. “A lot of the ideas the cast came up with were fairly recent. They adopted things the last couple of weeks that really added a unique flavor to the production.”

Usher Benny Penuve, a senior from the Marshall Islands majoring in hospitality and tourism, said the stage was packed on the stairs. “People even tried to come buy tickets late at the actual show, but there wasn’t enough room for those who did have tickets much less more tickets to sell,” said Penuve.

Additional cast members not pictured on the right were Valorie Lafaele and Kirkham Dooley.

Top left: Benjamin Coffey, the real Inspector Hound, draws his pistol at Dannia Tan at the climax of the play.

Top right: Rikki Brady’s character embraces the flirtatious character Colten Roney portrays.

Bottom left: Carys Bott’s character threatens to kill Sullivan Quin’s character.

Bottom right: Joe Plicka stands with a foot on Spencer Grubbe after the first death in the mystery.

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Beyond speaking a second language Serving intercultural missions prepare RM for life and moving to Laie B Y DAN N A O SU M O

Learning a new language and living in a different culture has benefitted the lives of returned missionaries who served in foreign-speaking missions, according to four RMs who served in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Madagascar.

Fred Parker, assistant professor for business management, served his mission in the Hong Kong Mission from 1986 to 1988 and said, “Every mission is phenomenal.” He said his mission in Hong Kong gave him “the opportunity to know what it felt like to live as a minority.”

Parker said, “When we came to live here where there were mostly Polynesians, we took the time to express to our children our mission experiences. We helped them understand as long as they were loving and understanding, they would be welcomed.”

Parker said as a missionary he did not find it too difficult to learn the language. “You needed to learn things pretty quickly to buy food or find the restroom and other essential things. But I only became fluent at the end of my mission where I was dreaming and thinking in Cantonese,” said Parker.

Other than the language, Parker said he learned to love the Hong Kong culture and goes to a Chinatown everywhere they travel. “I try to have breakfast there and get the opportunity to speak to people there in Cantonese. Even if I am not as fluent as I used to be, it is still unusual for someone like me to speak Cantonese and it becomes a great missionary opportunity,” shared Parker.

He said he especially loves the food in Hong Kong and cooks Chinese food for his family. “Respect and family is very important there. I loved the way they interacted. Even if they didn’t have time for our message, they understood the importance of family. Their genealogy record keeps going back thousands of years,” said Parker.

Cathleen Parker, wife of Fred Parker, served her mission in the Japan Sendai Mission from 1991 to 1992. She said

her mission was difficult and her only convert was herself. “I did not see any baptisms, but I learned a lot of things from my mission and the culture,” she said.

“Eight weeks in the MTC and I thought I was doing great in the language. But when I got off the plane, it was a completely different story. It was like they spoke a completely different language than what I was taught,” she recounted. She said her head hurt because Japanese was the opposite from English with regards to subject and verb. “After around five months, it clicked and I understood it better,” she said.

Cathleen Parker said she learned to embrace the culture and has adopted a few characteristics of the culture.

“It was not a tradition in my home to not wear shoes in the house, but now I don’t like my children wearing shoes in the house,” said Parker. “We spend a lot of time eating Japanese food now.”

Parker shared how in the interview process to come to BYU-Hawaii, they were warned how they might experience culture shock. However, she said she was able to adapt to Hawaii because she was able to embrace a culture in Japan.

Keanu Lee Chip Sao, a sophomore studying computer science from Tahiti, served his mission in the Madagascar Antanarivo Mission from 2013-2015. He said although the Malagasy language and culture is not common, it had unexpectedly given him opportunities to help others.

“There is not a lot of material in learning the language.

Although it was similar to Tahitian, it was really difficult to understand the language,” said Sao. He shared how he was assigned to the southern part of Madagascar that had a different dialect. “There was no written material on the dialect and no one has done studies on the language. So I did.

I researched by reading materials and conversations and made a whole dictionary and grammar book on the dialect.

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Left: Lee Chip Sao created a dictionary for the dialect spoken in southern Madagascar, where he served his mission.

Right: Brian Erikson continues to appreciate the Korean culture he grew familiar with on his mission. Photos by Stop Khemthorn

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Sao said the comments of the locals disheartened him when he was still a novice of the language. “People would make fun of you if you do not speak the language.” Despite the struggles, he said he diligently studied the language.

“There was not really a time when I wanted to give up because I knew I had to continue learning.”

According to Sao, Madagascar is part of the African culture, which was a different experience for him. “No sisters are assigned to Madagascar because it is really hard and I had to learn how to live the African lifestyle,” said Sao.

Brian Erickson, a hospitality and tourism freshman from Utah, served his mission in Korea from 2014-2016 and said the experience has taught him the value of learning and motivated him to learn as much as he can. “In the beginning, I did not have the happiest attitude to learning a new language,” said Erickson. He said there were many instances when he wanted to give up because it was hard to learn an entirely new language.

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Although he said he is still not fluent in Korean, he finds it fun to learn the language. “I don’t tell myself to give up anymore. I take it as a challenge I know I can overcome,” said Erickson. “Now, I know it is achievable to learn something new and overwhelming.”

Being at BYUH, he said, makes it easy to maintain the culture and language he learned on his mission. “I’m part of the Korean Association on campus, and when I see them, I talk to them in Korean. I love the Korean culture and miss it everyday,” he continued.

He said he did not experience culture shock and loved the culture and food he was exposed to in Korea. “Learning the Korean culture and language is a bonus, especially in business. I’ve met many people who served in Korea and later became CEOs of Korean companies.”

CAMPUS COMMENT If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?

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Ray Obley, freshman accounting major from Samoa: “Fried chicken, ‘cause it’s my favorite. I can eat a lot of fried chicken, and I won’t get fat.”

Brandon Greer, senior accounting and business major from Washington, D.C.: “Ice cream, ‘cause it will just be happiness every time you eat it for the rest of your life. It might shorten your life, but you’ll be happy every time you eat, no matter what.”

Luvu Tadulala, sophomore accounting major from Fiji: “Fruit salad, ‘cause I know that I’ll be healthy. If I’m stuck with it the rest of my life, at least I know I’m getting the things my body needs, and I’m going to live long.”

Jacob McGee, sophomore biochemistry major from California: “Sushi. It’s diverse: [Fried sushi], Korean sushi, barbecue sushi. With sushi you can chuck all kinds of stuff in there.You can cheat and put a huge piece of chicken in there.”

Minghan “Bunny” Lin, freshman hospitality and tourism management major from China: “Bread. Bread is the symbol of the body of Christ. When we come to church, we eat bread and water. If I eat bread, I can always remember Heavenly Father’s sacrifice for us.

It’s a symbol but it’s also good to eat.”

Ethan Oh, freshman finance major from Korea: “I’m going to choose my favorite one: peanut butter and jelly. It has everything. It’s salty and sweet, and it’s bread at the same time.You can control it a little bit for a more salty or sweet taste.”

Rob Angerbauer, freshman graphic design major from Texas: “Fried chicken, ‘cause it’s delicious! I love it. I could eat it every meal.”

Marcus Jan, freshman accounting major from China: “I love curry. When I was on my mission [in Sydney, Australia], I ate curry for two years. I don’t mind eating it for the rest of my life.

Thai curry, Indian curry, Japanese curry.”

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Volleyball Moms Two a t h l e t e s w h o h ave c h i l d r e n g i ve wo r d s of encouragement on balancing relationships, school, and extracurricular activities

BY PAT RICK CAM P B E L L

Leilani Adolpho is a full-time student athlete and mother. Photo by Monique Saenz

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Leilani Adolpho

Leilani Adolpho, a junior in exercise science elementary education who attended Kahuku High School, is married to Kaena Adolpho.

They live in Hauula with their three children: two daughters, Aleija (6) and Bria (3), and son Keoni( 5).

“I started playing volleyball for the first time when I was 8,” Adolpho said. “I learned on the beach and on grass courts because back then we couldn’t afford to get gym time, and then for the tournaments we would play on actual courts.”

Adolpho carried on the proud tradition of elite volleyball talent at Kahuku High when she was named to the Oahu Interscholastic Association Second Team Eastern Division I during her senior year. She received and accepted a scholarship offer from NCAA Division I Wright State University in Ohio.

“I played there for one year and then I came back home to Laie,” Adolpho said. “My husband and I are high school sweethearts.

We dated long distance when I left to play volleyball in Ohio. He was playing football at New Mexico State and I was at Wright State, but then we both came back and got married and had three kids.”

After they started their family, Adolpho said she never expected to play volleyball on the collegiate level again. “It had been over five years, and I had barely touched a ball. But then I ran into Coach Mona and she invited me to come back to try and play volleyball, and my husband said, ‘Yeah, why don’t you go?’ My response was, ‘Because I haven’t touched a ball in five years and I have three kids.’ But I went and tried out,” she said.

Teammate Lacy Lange joked, “On her first day back, she was lifting three times more than any of the other returning players.”

Adolpho gives the credit to her Crossfit training, one of her hobbies listed on her roster profile on the BYUH Athletics page.

“I kept going to practices and no one had said I was cut,” said Adolpho. “Then Coach Mona offered me a scholarship, and since then I’ve been blessed to play these two seasons.”

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ost collegiate athletes’ lives are dedicated to their sport, but for two of BYU-Hawaii’s starting players on the women’s volleyball team, being a mom matters much more.

“We really want to be moms first,” said Leilani Adolpho, a mother of three from Hauula majoring in exercise science secondary education.

“The things we as moms have to do, it’s crazy, but we do the crazy things to make it work because we really love our families and we love volleyball.”

Because of the grueling schedule of college sports, it is incredibly rare for a single member of a collegiate women’s volleyball team to be a mom, let alone two. But for Adolpho and Lacy Lange, a senior right side hitter from Nevada majoring in elementary education, it is part of the beauty of playing volleyball at BYUH.

“People on other teams find out we’re married and freak out,” said Lange, who just had her first child in December of last year.

“They find out we’re moms and they’re like, ‘What!?’”

Adolpho added, “We joke about it sometimes, but we literally think BYUH is the only place where you can have moms on a team and have it be a family environment.”

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Both women said their husbands help to make it possible to play collegiate volleyball and be moms at the same time.

Adopho said, “I really wouldn’t be able to do this without my husband and my family, because my husband works the night shift helping the kids with homework and making dinners while I practice, and then I take the mornings on, getting the kids ready to go to school. I’m just blessed and grateful for the husband I have who loves and supports me in doing something I love.”

Both ladies were adamant that without their husbands, their dreams of playing volleyball at this time in their lives would not be possible. Both husbands played or currently participate in collegiate athletics, one of the many things the two share in common. Adolpho’s husband, Kaena Adolpho, played football at New Mexico State. Lange’s husband, Corey Lange, is currently a shooting guard on the Seasiders men’s basketball team.

“We like our husbands’ competitive edge,” joked Adolpho.

Lange pointed out, “It helps that Corey is also on an athletic team here because he understands. He loves basketball and has a passion for the game and so he knows and understands better than anyone my love for volleyball.”

They said Head Coach Mona Ah-Hoy also

played a key role in making the possibility of being a mother and a volleyball player simultaneously a reality. Ah-Hoy was once in their same shoes herself.

“As a former student-athlete mom, I understand that trying to balance school, athletics, and being a mom can be tiring and challenging,” said Ah-Hoy. “Our team has a great admiration towards Leilani and Lacy and are very supportive. I personally have so much admiration for my student-athlete moms. To be able to juggle a life of being a student, athlete, and mother, I’m sure they would not have it any other way.”

Both athletes said Ah-Hoy’s experience and understanding makes them feel their motherhood is seen as a strength and not as a burden.

Ah-Hoy said she actually feels her player moms have an added balance to their lives and an extra drive to work for their children. “There is something about female athletes who return to sports after giving birth,” said Ah-Hoy. “They tend to come back with a new drive, energy, and maturity.”

On a recent team road trip to California for a volleyball tournament, Lange was unsure how her husband would be able to handle his fatherly duties plus school and basketball practice all on his own.

“Coach Mona offered to let me bring Braelyn on our team’s road trips because she

Left: Lacy Lange hits the ball during a game as Leilani Adolpho looks on. Center: Lacy Lange and husband, Corey, stand after his basketball game with their daughter, Braelyn. Right: Leilani Adolpho and her husband, Kaena, were high school sweethearts. Photos courtesy of Leilani Adolpho and Lacy Lange

knows what it is like to be away from your kids, ‘Oh, look at everything I have to do,’ but you just got to keep going.” and she knows what it would be like for my

During the tough times, Lange and Adolhusband to watch her on his own,” said Lange. pho depend on their family for the motivation

Additionally, it was Ah-Hoy who invited and support to continue to push forward in Adolpho to get back into collegiate volleyball their practices, studies, and home life. after five years of full-time motherhood. And Adolpho said, “That’s one thing that keeps it was Ah-Hoy’s personal experience that made me up at night when I get home from practice Adolpho feel comfortable with making the leap and I just want to go to sleep. I think ‘If I finish back into college-level volleyball. my homework now, then I will have the whole

“We like that our coach can relate to us weekend to be with my kids.’ So that’s what because she knows what it’s like to have a kid literally makes me go, ‘Okay, you have to do and play college sports,” said Adolpho. “She is sympathetic to us because she understands we this now so you can have time.’ Otherwise, I are moms. We’re tired. We’re busy. Sometimes wouldn’t have any time on the weekends for things won’t be perfect.” my family.”

However, both moms made it clear

Lange added when she is at practice she although it is a surreal and amazing experience usually thinks, “I better make this practice to play for the Seasiders, it is not always the worth it if I’m going to be spending time here easiest. Balancing family with an education and at the gym when I could be with my family. If collegiate athletics takes a lot of energy and I’m already here, then I might as well give it my makes both of them question their sanity every all.” once in awhile.

For those who are struggling to achieve their educational or career goals, or to those

“When I get home I’m like, ‘Why am I struggling with challenges that seem unconeven in school right now? Why am I in volquerable, both Lange and Adolpho said to leyball?’ I just want to be a mom,’”confessed Lange. remember in the end it will all be worth it.

Adolpho agreed and offered, “The hardest Adolpho said sometimes after a difficult part is time away from family, because as a practice, “I come home, and I’m so frustrated, and I’m crying to my husband.” But Adolpho mom even after practice it never ends.You just said he reminds her she is doing this for her have to go because if you stop, then you think,

family. This motivates her to “just work harder and take one day at a time, and it will pay off in the end.”

Lange agreed with Adolpho. Keeping the end in mind can give perspective during the rough times. She emphasized it is okay to rely on others.

“My little sister just moved out here to help watch our daughter,” Lange said. Her sister sacrificed a lot to move to Laie, Lange said, but her help makes a difference. “I know I couldn’t do it without her, without my family, and without my husband.”

Both women look forward to a time when they can be full-time moms. But they said the lessons they are learning now from pursuing their passion to play volleyball will be worth it, not only for them, but also for their families.

Adolpho concluded, “I want to set that example for my children that no matter what, even when you are however old and three kids later, you can still do something you love and be good at it.”

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Lacy Lange

Lacy Lange, a senior from Las Vegas majoring in elementary education, is married to Casey Lange. Their daughter, Braelyn, is 10 months old.

Lange began honing her volleyball skills at a young age. Her father played volleyball at the collegiate level and his skills were not lost on Lange.

“My dad coached volleyball all while I was growing up so I practiced with his teams, but I didn’t officially start playing with a team until I was 12.”

As a standout high school volleyball player, making first team all-conference and being voted team MVP, Lange knew she would receive an offer to play volleyball in college but wasn’t sure where to go.

“I was a senior in high school and I had already ruled out BYU-Hawaii because of the dorms. But one morning I woke up late in my senior year and said, ‘I want to go to BYUH.’ So my dad sent my film to a coach here he knew, and the next day they offered me a scholarship.”

After a year in the program, Lange started to settle in and began dating her future husband.

“Corey and I met my sophomore year here. We met through the Athletic Department since he was playing basketball. We talked for the first time in the training room, but we didn’t really officially start talking until the library and we hit it off. You know what they say: The rest is history.”

Lacy Lange gave birth to her daughter in December 2015, and returned to being a fulltime student athlete. Photo by Monique Saenz

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in this section International leaders and community members preserve the Maunawila Heiau

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Registering to vote is a few simple steps away for U.S. students.

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Parents learn how to advocate for education for their children with special needs

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Viliami Tolutau shares the stories his sculptures preserve in Hawaii and Tonga

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Emma Ernestburg, local LDS leader of Boy Scouts of America, passes away

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Caring for the past Students, community and inter national leaders u n i t e i n c o n s e r va t i o n o f H aw a i i a n h e i a u

BY KELSY S I M M O N S

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Community members and those who attended the International Union for Conservation of Nature join hands in a circle. Tevita Ka‘ili is in the brown shirt. Photo by Michael Ogasawara

fter worldwide conservationists came to Honolulu on Sept. 1, BYU-Hawaii students and professors reflected how regardless of individual differences in culture, people can unite in preserving each other’s sacred places.

Tevita Ka‘ili, chair of the BYUH Department of Cultures and Languages and international cultural studies anthropology professor, said, “We are human beings. We are part of the human race and we should care about each other’s culture and what is meaningful and important to them.”

One recent event that exemplified this was the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) conference held in Honolulu. “It has us feel like we are one race,” said Ka‘ili. More than 10,000 leaders of conservation efforts from 192 countries came to Honolulu for the conference, which made it “the largest such event ever,” according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser.

As part of the conference, delegates from about 30 different countries visited the Maunawila Heiau and Kahana fishponds to learn of Hawaii’s modern community’s success in conserving ancient Hawaiian sacred sites.

According to Ka‘ili, the Maunawila Heiau is an ancient Hawaiian temple, which was used for healing. It’s one of the last remaining heiau in the Ko‘olauloa District, which stretches from Ka‘a‘awa down to Waimea. There is one other that has been recently restored in Waimea, and those two are the sole survivors of the many that dotted Oahu anciently.

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At the IUCN event, Ka‘ili said, “We showed them what we are doing [as a conservation group] and what kind of partnership we have in the community.”

BYUH students have visited the Maunawila Heiau and worked with community members to maintain it, Ka‘ili said. They worked hard cleaning vegetation, pulling weeds and allowing naturally occurring medicinal herbs to grow.

Ka‘ili said, “It has been four years since we have been doing this work in partnership with the community. And it’s giving really good public relations for BYUH because here are Mormon kids going over to take care of a religious site that doesn’t belong to them.”

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people think that is really cool.”

One of the students who served at the heiau is Lainy Barrick, a junior from Kentucky studying social work. She said about her experience: “I think learning about [ancient Hawaiian culture] enriches our experience. The Aloha spirit started a long time ago. To trace it back means to go back into the history. Part of that is the heiau because they were really important to the people.”

The Maunawila Heiau is now maintained with collaborated efforts from the community, BYUH students, and organizations like the Hau‘ula Community Association, Hawaiian Civic Club, and Hawaiian Island land trust.

Because the ceremony with the IUCN was a closed event, no current BYUH students were present, just alumni and BYUH staff members.

However, the international leaders still saw students’ efforts in preserving the sacred site.

Ka‘ili said the foreign representatives of the IUCN were all fighting battles in their own countries similar to the Hawaiian conservationist struggle. One example is the Native American’s struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Ka‘ili said, “The leaders who came are also trying to preserve from developers… They are trying to preserve sacred religious sites from old religions.”

Preserving the temples of old or dying religions is important to Ka‘ili. He said besides historical and anthropology benefits, “we [Mormons] have sacred sites that we would like to be respected. Even though we have different religious beliefs, we should still respect those sites.” He said he feels it is good to understand

Left: Oahu residents and visiting representatives from more than 30 nations help preserve the Maunawila Heiau. Right: Lono Logan talks about taro as a ho’okupu or offering, at the heiau.

Photos by Michael Ogasawara

what other people were doing hundreds of years ago on the island.

That view is shared by Sione Masima, a freshman from Tonga studying applied mathematics. He said, “It’s good to be aware of the people who are around so there is unity with everyone. So no one will do stuff that will upset anyone. We can all be on the same page.”

Ka‘ili said, “It’s much better than fighting … It’s good to see humans come together and share resources and share knowledge about what we do to maintain this diversity in the world. Even though we are different, we also are similar. It’s important to see the commonalities in humans.”

Students of BYUH have seized hold to that value of respect and reverence of commonalities. Barrick said, “I feel like [learning at the

heiau] has expanded my knowledge on ways to live and about other religions. To us, the church is everything; to the Hawaiians, their religion was everything.”

Ka‘ili encouraged students to practice understanding people while they are attending BYUH. He said, “BYUH is about this [unity].

David O. McKay’s vision is of this place, where you bring in people. Then those people go out and create peace internationally. But in order to do that we have to first create peace here at BYUH. Students have to really work and figure out how to relate to other cultures, learn to be understanding and [to be] forgiving, because we don’t always get along and we always have different views about things…Working and reconciling will help you outside of BYUH.”

“The leaders who came are also trying to preserve from developers...They are trying to preserve sacred religious sites from old religions.”

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Parents as Advocates for Change in Education Program aims to educate the community about disabilities B Y DAN N A O SU M O

BYU-Hawaii’s School of Education hosted its first annual PACE – Parents as Advocates for Change in Education symposium, to give the opportunity for community members to “gain knowledge about special education to benefit the school and home education of children with disabilities,” according to Dr. Barbara Hong, a program coordinator of SPED and PACE organizer.

The concept for this awareness was first brought up by Tuli Tevaga, a post-bachelor student of elementary special education at BYUH from Laie, because of her son, Legend. “I pursued this idea because of my child, who has autism,” said Tevaga.

She said after each school year ended for her son, she felt there needed to be more focus on students with special needs. “The purpose of this event was to empower people to know that there is more that can be done for these children, because they deserve more,” she added.

The theme of the event was “Knowledge is Power,” and Hong emphasized it was likely people knew someone with a challenge or disability in their workplaces, families and society. “We need to learn to accept that they have different challenges, talents and strengths.You will be surprised what you can gain from it and how creative, empathetic and sensitive they are,” said Hong.

The event involved nine seminars given by speakers who were professionals and specialists from the Hawaii Department of Education and organizations such as the Learning Disabilities Association of Hawaii (LDAH) and Hawaii International Dyslexia Association. Each seminar lasted 50 minutes and discussed topics involving Hawaii’s efforts in working with children with disabilities, the rights of their parents, and essential developmental milestones parents should know.

Rosie Rowe, an education and training coordinator from LDAH, said she helped sponsor the symposium

because “events like this help bring knowledge and awareness to prevent people from being fearful.”

Rowe said she has been organizing conferences for nine years and travelled to different islands of Hawaii to spread this knowledge. “I’ve seen how this helps families. I like how BYUH set this up because it is available near the communities and they feel comfortable. They can become more involved and become more passionate about what they learn.”

Rowe expressed hope that the participants will return each year to refresh their knowledge. “If you’re not involved on a regular basis, you will be left out.”

Participants in the event included parents, students and professionals. Marissa Jones, a junior studying art education from Arizona, said she felt a close connection to the event because her sister is deaf and has an Individualized Education Program (IEP). “I was excited to help out and attend the program because I know a lot of people who don’t know a lot about special education and how it can help kids be successful,” said Jones.

Jackie Jackson, a parent who registered for the event, travelled from her home in Kaneohe and said, “For a long time, I did not know much about what my child may be going through, but I have been trying to learn more about the system and find the needs and resources for what a special child might need.”

Maureen Mccomas, a Honolulu resident and parent, had attended many different conferences but was impressed by the “informative, simple, and organized workshops in the event,” she said. Her favorite part was how time was allocated for parents and others to ask questions to the distinguished speakers.

The event occurred on Aug. 27 from 7.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Future P.A.C.E events will be updated on its Facebook page, PACE BYUH.

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Remembering Emma Ernestburg Family, friends say decorated local Scout leader’s influence impacted generations

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Top left: Emma Ernestburg’s scouting mementos on display at her memorial service. Top right: Emma and her husband, Bill, in Scouting attire. Bottom left: Emma Ernestburg and her husband, Bill. Bottom right: Young Emma Ernestburg. Photos by LeeAnn Lambert

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emembered as an ardent advocate and local leader for the Boy Scouts of America, Emma Ernestburg’s relatives and friends characterized her as a woman who exemplified all aspects of the Scout Oath and Scout Law at her funeral service in Laie on Sept. 2.

Born in Honolulu on Oct. 19, 1937, Ernestburg’s parents were Jacob Kaleikini and Siliua Kaleikini Apana. Ernestburg passed away on Aug. 17, 2016, after living in Laie for just more than 50 years, said her daughter, Leialoha Mataalii, and worked not only in Scouting but also taught and coached swimming at the BYU-Hawaii pool and taught piano lessons. She was also a valiant Laie Hawaii Temple worker who, while she was on her way to the hospital, had her grandsons call the temple president to inform him she wouldn’t be able to make her shift that day, said her stake president, Kingsley Ah You.

Ernestburg and her husband, Uncle Bill, have seven children, 28 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and four great-greatgrandchildren.

The whole family grew up in Scouting, said Mataalii, during her mother’s services at the Laie Hawaii North Stake Center. She said her mom treated all her children, even the daughters, like Boy Scouts.

Mataalii said she remembers raising chicks in their yard in Laie for Scout fundraisers. They got the chicks from Laie’s Cackle Fresh Egg Farm. They would raise the chickens, kill and pluck them, and then barbecue them.

“I thought that’s how [everyone] made hulihuli chicken,” Mataalii said jokingly.

She said her mother spent 55 years in Scouting, had four grandsons who became Eagle Scouts, and was an example of someone who truly lived the Scout Oath. Ernestburg was the recipient of several prestigious BSA awards: the Silver Beaver, the Silver Fawn and the Silver Antelope.

Dressed in her Scout uniform and her arm raised in the three-finger Scout salute, fellow local Scout leader Ivona Mills began her talk at Ernestburg’s services by repeating the Scout Oath: “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to

obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”

Friends and family filled the chapel and cultural hall, and several people, including Ernestburg’s husband Bill, came dressed in their Scout uniforms, tan shirts and olive green pants, because Ernestburg asked them to wear them, said Mills.

Mills also talked about how Ernestburg exemplified the Scout Law, which is: “A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent,” according to the BSA website.

For example, Mills said Ernestburg was loyal to the LDS Church, teaching seminary for many years and playing the organ for countless gatherings. She was loyal to The United States, teaching respect for the flag and standing for the national anthem. In fact, American flags often ringed the property of Ernestburg’s home, which is across the street from the stake center, and Mills said if you ever needed anything red, white and blue, Ernestburg had it.

She was loyal to Scouting and especially the local council, Mills said. She was a diligent fundraiser, Mills said, and would hand out donation envelopes to people and then stand next to them waiting for their donations. “She made sure Laie North Stake and the Laie 7th Ward were the highest contributors,” Mills said.

But Ernestburg was willing contribute herself, often paying for whole tables at Scouting award dinners, Mills said, and then giving away the tickets so others could attend.

“I am honored to be asked to share in her life celebration,” Mills said. “She was a friend to everybody…I hope I can become even a quarter of what she was.”

Mills asked those who were in attendance at the service to stand if Ernestburg had influenced their lives, and about one-third of the congregation stood. Max Purcell, a member of the Laie Hawaii North Stake presidency and longtime friend, said of her, “Everybody here has an Aunty Emma story.” He added, “I know her influence will be felt for many generations.”

Purcell shared a story about how LDS Apostle

Spencer W. Kimball came to visit Laie and ended up eating char siu chicken at the Ernestburg home.Years later Ernestburg met Elder Kimball again and asked him if he remembered her. Purcell said he responded, “I can never forget you, Aunty Emma. It was the first time I ever ate red chicken.”

Her bishop, Viliamu Toilolo, said as she got older, they told her they were going to release her from her responsibilities but she said no. “That’s the first time I ever heard someone said no to being released,” he said.

From the 1960-80s, Mataalii said her mother put together a 7th Ward Swimming Team to compete in church athletics in the stake and in the region. “She would build her team and also build people,” Mataalii said.

Ernestburg reactivated ward members in the process, Mataalii said, and assessed people’s individual strengths for the different swim events.

“She would had a person in each event to make sure she got the most points,” her daughter recalled. Ernestburg ran her practices like swim meets, she said, and her father would help out shooting the starting gun for the different races. However, her father would have to swim in an event as well, and would hand off the starting gun to someone else, get in the pool, swim his race, and then resume his starting responsibilities. Her mom would swim in events too.

Ah You said he remembers learning to swim and learning lifesaving techniques from Aunty Emma. “She challenged us and helped us,” he said. Ernestburg did all of the things she did with her husband, Uncle Bill, at her side, Au You said. “There is never a time I can recall not seeing them together serving.”

Ah You added, “She calls me one of her boys. She helped me to grow into the man I need to be for my family.” Ah You said he has tried to dedicate himself to his calling because of her example.

“The Ernestburgs’ diligence has built this community,” Ah You said, and now the responsibility to care for the youth of the community has moved on to others, including those the Ernestburgs have influenced for over half a century.

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1. Make sure you have a valid driver’s license or state ID and social security number. If you do not have either of these, a special form may be filled out, which will ask for a current photo ID and proof of residence, such as a bill or bank statement.

7. If you would like to receive a mail in ballot, enter your address under “Ballot Mailing Address.”

2. Go to http://olvr.hawaii.gov/

8. Click finish

3. Click on the green button that says “StartHere.”

9. You will receive a postcard in the mail confirming that you are registered to vote before the election.You can also call (808)-4538683 to confirm the status of your registration.

4. Fill out the “Identification Information” form.You will need to provide your full name, driver’s license or state ID number, social security number, birthdate, and gender.

5. Click “Next” in the bottom right hand corner.

6. You will be directed to a page that displays all your information.

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10. If you have not requested a mail in ballot, make sure you go to the Hau’ula Elementary School cafeteria or the Kahuku High School cafeteria between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.. Bring a valid state ID or driver’s license!

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1. Registering to vote in your home state, while away, can be done online.

7. The first page of the document will provide the address you need to mail the form to.

2. Go to https://www.vote.org/ absentee-ballot/

8. Make sure to send the form as soon as possible, or at least seven days before the election. The sooner, the better.

3. Fill out the information, and make sure the address you enter is the address on your state ID or license and not your Hawaii address.

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6. Print the document, and fill it out completely.

9. You will receive a ballot in the mail. Fill out the ballot completely, and enclose it in the provided envelope.

10. Send it to the same address you send your initial application to.

11. Your ballot needs to be in by the time the polls close on Election Day.

Voting: A civic duty Professors urge students to take political action in an educated way, Ke Alaka‘i provides registration instructions

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U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 29 traditionally have the lowest voter turnout of any demographic, according to National Public Radio. This begs the question as to whether or not universities, including BYU-Hawaii, should encourage students to vote and take an active role in voter registration.

Jennifer Kajiyama, an adjunct professor of political science at BYUH, thinks voting should be internally motivated, but BYUH could help provide resources. “I don’t think that it’s necessarily the school’s responsibility. I think that individuals should be motivated to do so. The school could make voter registration forms available and provide absentee ballots for students who are away from home.”

Dr. Troy Smith, associate professor of political science, believes civic engagement should be motivated by a citizen’s desire to participate. “The school has lots of responsibilities. Civics is not one of them. One of the distinguishing features of Americans has been their willingness to participate in organizations that serve the common good. Things regarding to elections are one of those organizations. This is a responsibility of the citizens, and it’s something they should be willing to take on.”

Students, however, think there is a correlation between the low numbers of voter registration and the lack of readily available information. “There hasn’t been anything done to promote voter registration to my knowledge,” said Katie Lawson, a sophomore graphic design major from California. “There should be a poster that tells students how to vote. I don’t know how to vote, even though I’m eligible. I just don’t know how.”

Ulemj Munkh-Erdene, a sophomore mathematics education major from California, said, “I’m personally not registered to vote. The school hasn’t really done anything to register kids. There should be a booth that helps you register to vote because I don’t

know where to go. There isn’t enough information provided by the school.”

Rulon Olmstead, a junior math major from Utah, also doesn’t think that participating in the democratic process has been encouraged. “I am registered to vote, but the school didn’t encourage me at all. I don’t think they have done anything to get us to vote or to register us to vote. I think that they announced the primaries once in the Student Bulletin, but that was the only thing to my knowledge.”

The 2014 election had the lowest voter turnout for voters between the ages of 18-29, according to The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. The Center reported that only 19.2 percent of the youth demographic cast a ballot in the last election. According to NPR, Millennials make up the same percentage of the electorate as Baby Boomers, but don’t have the same amount of influence because of low voter turnout.

In regards to voter apathy among young voters, Smith said, “There has always been a voter apathy problem among youth. All the politicians who run expecting youth turn out to make the difference have been disappointed. It takes time to realize the importance of politics, duty, and responsibility. Most youth aren’t ready for that and haven’t learned those lessons.”

Kajiyama stated, “This election is really unique. I don’t think there is apathy, but I think students feel like there are no options.

I want to encourage students to learn and study the issues. It’s important to figure out what your political values are and pick a candidate who represents those values. I don’t think that students are apathetic, they just aren’t aware of what their political beliefs are. They just need to be exposed to politics and learn how the system works.”

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Sculpting to preserve history A r t i s t ’s wo r k c e l e b r a t e s t h e h i s t o r y o f H aw a i i a n d a l s o t h e L D S C h u r c h i n To n g a

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BYU-Hawaii sculpting professor Viliami Tolutau stands in front of his sculptures of King Kamehameha IV, and his son Prince Albert. They are on display in the International Marketplace. Photo by Monique Saenz

Tolutau, a BYU-Hawaii sculpture professor from Tonga, said he helped create the monument to LDS missionary work in Tonga. He said it took the collaboration of an architect, a carpenter, Area Authorities and members of the Quorum of the Seventy. BYUH students from Tonga and seven LDS stakes in Tonga danced during the celebratory festival.

Presiding at the celebration was President Russell M. Nelson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Also in attendance was Elder John H. Groberg of the Seventy, a former missionary and mission president in Tonga. The film, “The Other Side of Heaven,” is based off his story. Elder Groberg, acquainted with the royal family since he was a young missionary, hosted the king and queen at several events and thanked them for allowing freedom of religion in the kingdom and for their support of the centennial.

Also nine of the 11 living mission presidents attended the celebration. Among them was Eric B. Shumway, former president of BYUH, who edited a book for the centennial, “Tongan Saints, Legacy of Faith.” Shumway is also known as “Faivaola,” his chiefly title that was given to him since his early missionary days in 1959. He gave the opening remarks at the gathering. Retired BYUH faculty member and a former Tonga Mission president, Isileli T. Kongaika was also at the celebration.

Tolutau’s bronze relief, that is part of the monument, is of the 1891 King Siaosi Tuku’aho, who is the great-grandfather of the present-day king of Tonga. The relief, which is a sculpture coming out of the flat surface, rests on one of the six sides of the monument. The other sides have plaques telling the story of the establishment of the LDS church in Tonga.

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Tolutau said, “Siaosi Tuku’aho was key to the establishment of the LDS Church in Tonga.

He helped the missionaries obtain a plot of land to build a school where they taught the children of Tongan families. Eventually, parents would come to them with an interest in learning about the gospel. The king’s son attended this school once it was built, but it wasn’t until years later that someone from the royal family was baptized.

“Tupou Moheofo was the first member baptized from the royal family, and there is a plaque for her on the monument. King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u, the present-day king and queen of Tonga, are both descendants of lady Tupou Moheofo. Tolutau said even though they are not members, they came to the celebration because their great-grandmother was baptized in the LDS Church.

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many years before the Book of Mormon was translated into the Tongan language. But, from the beginning, there has been a constant stream of missionaries of great faith here in Tonga.”

According to the Church News, His Majesty King George Tupou VI unveiled the monument in Tonga on Aug. 8 that recognizes the landing and welcome of the first Mormon missionaries to Tonga in 1891.

Tolutau said, “I think the king was touched. I believe he realized how instrumental his ancestors were in paving the way for the church.” Tolutau said he feels the bond between the church and the Royalty of Tonga has been strengthened through this celebration.

Tolutau said King Tupou VI’s son is a member of the church and he is an ordinance worker in the Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple. Tolutau said he goes by his name without his title while working inside the temple.

The monument tells the story of missionary work in Tonga, and Tolutau said he hopes

the story will be remembered and shared. It has a base with six sides, with each side dedicated to different people who played a significant role in the establishment of the church.

On the top of the monument is a kali, or a wooden pillow, with the word “uho” written underneath it.

Tolutau explained that uho is a Tongan word that is synonymous with an umbilical cord and the pith of a tree, which is the core of a tree. It conveys the idea of nutrients being passed from the supplier to the receiver.

Tolutau said he wants ancestral knowledge to be passed on to people. He said the way this is done is through parents, mothers particularly, spending time with their children as they fall asleep and tell them lessons and stories of the past. He said this is why the Tongan pillow tops the monument.

As part of the celebration and festivities, a showcase performance for the king was held on Aug. 14. Some of the participants included

Left: Viliami Tolutau explains the significance of each sculpture in Honolulu at the International Marketplace. Center: A monument erected to display the significance of the LDS Church in Tonga and the missionary efforts in the area. Photo courtesy of Viliami Tolutau. Right: Tolutau’s grandson, Toa Aupiu, was the model for the statue of young Hawaiian Prince Albert and stands next to the statue in the same pose. Photos by Monique Saenz

Tongan students attending BYUH and associated with the Polynesian Cultural Center, who performed the dances of other cultures of the South Pacific.

A seven-stake dance festival, held in the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium, was held on Aug. 15. Nearly 3,000 young performers streamed onto the field in a seemingly endless procession, each attired in a brilliant hand-sewn costume. They formed a giant “LDS,” and then a “100” and released balloons. As they performed, their collective wholesomeness was touching to many, reported the LDS Church News.

Feasting followed the performances. As Elder Douglas J. Martin, a member of the Quorum of the Seventy, observed, “It is not a good year to be a pig in Tonga.”

Elder Groberg said, “In most of the world, people love others if they are loved. But here in Tonga, they love everybody.”

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Tolutau’s wife, Sheila Tolutau, from Alaska and a nurse at Kahuku Medical Center, said her husband was asked to make a sculpture for the “re-envisioned International Marketplace” in downtown Honolulu. Some might remember this part of downtown as a mini swap meet.

“They gutted it and built a three-floor structure for high-end shopping and dining catering to tourists,” said Sheila Tolutau. Business Wire stated it now holds a world-class lineup of restaurants and retailers.

“A percentage of the profits made from the businesses that occupy that space goes to the Queen’s Medical Center,” said Sheila Tolutau. She said there is an area on the ground floor called the Queen’s Court where her husband’s sculptures of Queen Emma, King Kamehameha IV and their little son,Prince Albert, are found. Viliami Tolutau said he made the king without a beard to portray how young he was when he passed away. “The quality of

healthcare in Hawaii was so poor and the king pressed this issue until he died at an early age,” said Sheila Tolutau. Viliami Tolutau said the king is depicted petitioning passersby to support advancement in healthcare in Hawaii.

Viliami Tolutau said since Queen Emma’s husband and son died before she did, he installed them in different places in the Queen’s Court. The king and the prince are located next to each other on one side of the stage while Queen Emma stands on the opposite side.

He said the queen appears to be more serious because she was the one who took responsibility for pressing the issue for better healthcare in Hawaii. A part of her efforts resulted in the establishment of the Queen’s Medical Center.

Viliami Tolutau made the ceramic sculptures for each of his bronze forms at BYUH, and his grandson,Toa Aupiu, was the model for Prince Albert.

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Sculptor Viliami Tolutau and his wife, Sheila Tolutau, stand in front of the sculpture of Queen Emma at the grand opening of the International Marketplace in Honolulu. Queen Emma established Queen’s Medical Center in 1859. Photo by Monique Saenz

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Tom and Tara McBride: Crossfit Jerusalem A l ove a n d d evo t i o n t ow a r d C r o s s f i t a n d a d e s i r e t o s e r ve s e n d s B Y U - H aw a i i c o u p l e t o Je r u s a l e m

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Tom and Tara workout together. “We’re heavily involved in Crossfit and the lifestyle of it.

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om and Tara McBride, a Canadian couple, spent seven weeks during the summer in Jerusalem participating in a Crossfit internship. They said they enjoyed the neutral ground the gym brought for people from different walks of life, and they grew as coaches.

Tom McBride is a BYU-Hawaii alumnus who graduated with a business degree with a finance track. His wife, Tara, is a senior majoring in exercise sports science. They are both from Alberta, Canada, and have enjoyed receiving an education here at BYUH.

Tom said, “Living here and experiencing all the different cultures and different teachers from all over the world in such a tight-knit community has really been the best experience as a college student. It’s been so amazing.

You get experiences here you don’t really get anywhere else in the world.”

Tara said apart from being an EXS major, she had already been heavily involved with exercise and sports for as long as she could remember. “I was just thinking about what I should do for an internship because graduation is coming up. So one night, I was just sitting

down and the idea came to me to contact boxes.” She said a “box” is what a Crossfit gym is called.

Tara said she went on to contact boxes in locations all around the world; including Morocco, Australia, England, Wales, Scotland, New York, New Zealand, and Jerusalem.

Tom said, “Part of the challenge of figuring out school is asking ourselves, ‘What the heck do we love?’ And for us, it’s always come back to health and fitness.”

Tara said she had the opportunity to be coached by Mike Burgener, a Senior International Weightlifting and Olympic coach. She also has a weightlifting certificate and placed 12th in the world for weightlifting.

“There’s a Crossfit gym in Kahuku that we both co-own and work at. So I’m constantly coaching and being involved, not just here at BYUH, but in the community as well. We’ve both competed in all of the Crossfit competitions, both local and worldwide. We’re heavily involved in Crossfit and the lifestyle of it. We love it!” Tara said.

Tom and Tara both had unconventional beginnings in getting involved with Crossfit.

Tara said, “I had never lifted weights or anything before but I was always really active. Triathlons, racing, surfing, all sports.You name it, I play it.”

Their origins in Crossfit started in Canada while they were living there for a year while Tom was working. “We went to all the gyms in the city we were near and participated in all the free trials that were offered. After a while, we ran out of gyms. So we thought ‘Ugh, okay we’ll try Crossfit,’” said Tara.

Tom said they enjoyed the environment: “No one was wearing headphones. There were no mirrors. No one got their phones out.”

Tara said they did the workout and it kicked their butts. “We both felt pretty fit going in, and it destroyed us. We fell in love with it right away. We went back the next day and people remembered our names. From that day we were hooked. So [that sense of community] started in Canada, and it hasn’t changed coming here to Hawaii.”

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Tom and Tara McBride demonstrate some workout techniques they learned and use in their Crossfit programs.

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an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. She was also interested because of the history of Jerusalem.

Tara said, “Obviously, Israel is a heavily religious area.You’ve got people with faiths in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and they’re all living together. Unfortunately, there is some conflict. But what’s awesome about Crossfit Jerusalem is the neutral ground for all of those religions to come and work out together without any judgment, without any conflict, and obviously with respect between everybody.”

“Coaching turned out to be a little bit of a challenge. Orthodox Jews study for a minimum of 40 hours a week. So they’re sitting and not doing anything with their bodies. We were dealing with people who almost never use their bodies.”

Tara said, “And at the same time, coaching is very hands-on. In many of the members’ faiths, [members of the] opposite sex were not allowed to touch each other. As a coach, it’s very useful to show people and move people

in certain specific ways, and when you can’t actually move somebody, it becomes difficult.

If they don’t understand you, and obviously if they only speak Hebrew or Arabic, and I only speak English, communication can be challenging. It definitely helped us grow as coaches.”

Tom and Tara said they also helped by teaching fitness classes, doing personal training, and aiding in projects to help spiff up the gym.

“We helped with the platforms and painting the buildings and everything like that. We also helped clean,” Tara said.

During their time there, Tom and Tara said they were able to visit the Red Sea, Egypt, the old city, the garden tomb, the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Temptation, the pools of Bethesda, Galilee, Capernaum, and Jericho. Tom said, “Seeing the sites I’ve read and heard about my whole life was incredible.

Tara said, “Looking over old Jerusalem and having those thoughts come into your mind

like, ‘Whoa, Jesus stood here and wept over the city,’ or to think about how Lehi and his family lived here before fleeing, it was amazing. That country is just so beautiful. Everything about it.”

Tom added, “We were there during Ramadan, a month of fasting for Muslims, and so we were in Palestine in the homes of religious Muslims experiencing their traditions.” He continued, “You could tell they are just trying to be good to God and live the best life they can.”

Now that they are back at BYUH, Tom and Tara are continuing to share their love of Crossfit with others. Tom said, “We’re looking into hosting a fittest at BYUH competition. I think a lot of people just don’t even know we are there or they don’t know what Crossfit is.”

The McBrides say the best way to explain Crossfit is just for people to come in and try it.

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Recipe: Pork and Chicken Adobo A d a m A l o c s h a r e s h ow t o m a ke a m e a t y F i l i p i n o f avo r i t e

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Adam Aloc, a junior business management and hospitality major from Bicol in the Philippines, teaches his family’s adobo recipe. Adobo is a dish derived from the Spanish, but adapted to satisfy the Filipino pallet, according to Aloc. Photo by Stop Khemthorn

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Adam Aloc said the people of the Philippines use a lot of vinegar and salt to preserve their food and have developed a taste for the salty as a result. He said the preservation techniques are what transformed the once Spanish dish into a distinctly Filipino meal. Aloc recommended picking meat with lots of fat because the juices and flavor get absorbed into the fat. He also encouraged people to have as much broth in their bowl as they can. He said a lot of the flavor comes from the broth and that’s one of the traits that sets apart good adobo from bad adobo. Photo by Stop Khemthorn

Ingredients Three chicken breasts 4-5 lbs of frozen pork About ½ cup white vinegar About ½ - ¾ cup soy sauce Half an onion (sliced) Seven small cloves of garlic (chopped) Two potatoes (diced) One lemon (halved)

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Instructions 1. Thaw the pork and chicken. Boil them together with about a half inch of water covering

the bottom of the pot for 30 minutes. Be sure to cover the pot as the meat boils.

2. Lower the temperature to medium heat and let it cook for 30 more minutes.

3. Put the heat on high and add the remaining ingredients to the mixture, stirring thoroughly

throughout.

4. Once it’s all together, put the heat back down to medium and let it cook until the potatoes are soft.

5. Once the potatoes are soft enough to easily put a fork through, taste the broth and determine if it needs any more soy sauce or vinegar. If it isn’t salty enough, add more soy sauce.

If it needs more vinegar, squeeze half the lemon into the pot.

6. Pour into a bowl and enjoy.

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Just Ser ve LDS website like a “Facebook of service,” says Laie YSA 1st Stake leader B Y H YRAM YARB RO

BYU-Hawaii church leaders are working to encourage service Serve program in 2014, members across the world have been opportunities within the Laie community through the Just Serve taking steps to improve the interface, create localized projects, website organized by the LDS Church. By using the website’s ca- and make a difference in the lives of community members. pabilities, students will be able to propose, plan, and volunteer

Elder Sessions, director of the Just Serve program in the for service events happening nearby.

Laie YSA 2nd Stake, said, “It is an initiative that was created over

Music Professor Scott McCarrey, bishop of the Laie YSA the last five to six years that has been designed to bless people 8th Ward, said, “The church offers more opportunities to draw not of our faith, and to reach out to organizations and let them us into service. The focus is just to go out and serve without know that we have every intention of blessing all people. Any necessarily trying to promote the church, which I believe is a time you have an opportunity to be involved in making somebig part of the gospel.You just serve because that’s what you do.” one’s life easier, it is a mutually beneficial arrangement whereby

The Just Serve program is an initiative put together by the everybody wins.”

LDS Church in order to help members connect with ways to

To get involved, individuals can register and view projects help people in the community. Prior to development, church at JustServe.org. In addition to volunteering, individuals can leaders noticed a trend in the service sector. Service projects identify community needs, submit projects for approval, and were completed within the church, but the majority were learn more about organizations hosting events. Mataia said, typically organized for members of the ward. President Dennis “JustServe.org is like the Facebook of service, or so the goal Mataia, 2nd counselor of the Laie YSA 1st Stake, said, “We [did] is. The purpose of every stake committee is to enter service a lot of service, but it was service within the members of the projects in [the system], and then tell members of the Stake church. As far as serving outside of the church, other churches that there are projects.You don’t have to contact anyone or set [were] much better than us.” anything up; everything is laid out for you. It’s a search engine

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which demolished for projects. [You] can go online, pick the projects they want, areas of the Gulf Coast in the United States, Louisiana mission find the details and who to contact, and then go and do it.” presidents encouraged missionaries to serve people rather than

Bishops are encouraging students to begin interacting with proselyte. The results after six months were encouraging. “They the website and actively looking for opportunities to serve in saw a huge change: people were a lot more receptive to the the community. Bishop McCarrey said, “As a campus bishop, I gospel. The mission presidents looked back and said, ‘Well, we really like how it draws people together. I think that when we just served,’” said Mataia. serve together, we enjoy the time spent and being with each

The church began looking for ways to improve the service other.You can’t help but feel the spirit.” opportunities within community wards. After releasing the Just

To register, go to www.justserve.org.

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