New Student Issue
Fall 2015
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Melting pot of the Pacific Ethnically diverse campus benefits student learning B Y MORG YNNE TO R A
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tudents at BYU-Hawaii said they appreciate the cultural and ethnic diversity of the student body because it changes their outlook on life and their way of thinking for the better. “It really changes the dynamic of the whole university,” said Dallen Kay, a sophomore majoring in communications from Oregon. “Just today I interacted with people from six different countries. And that’s just in passing. In the classroom is where I am so amazed at the different ideologies and cultural mix.” BYUH’s website states, “Its small campus is a unique laboratory of intercultural leadership development, where a diverse population of 2,500 students representing over 70 countries live, study, and work together.” BYUH is ranked No. 15 in the nation for ethnic diversity, with a student body composition high above the national average, according to collegefactual.com. Tucker Grimshaw, a BYUH graduate and an English 101 instructor from San Diego, Calif., said, “I love teaching students from all over the world… The classroom becomes a vibrant and sacred place because we are actually learning from everyone in the room.” Grimshaw added poignantly, “The students inspire me.” Rachel Leota, a freshman political science major from Australia, reflected on her experiences at home and how the classroom has always been a multicultural experience for her. The diversity at BYUH, “helps me see how different people learn and also how their individual culture affects their education,” added Leota. Kai Hughes, a junior majoring in international cultural studies from American Samoa, said, “It’s really a blessing to be around people who share the same culture as me and with the same goals of furthering our education.” Jeffrey Huang, a senior in international business management from Arizona, said, “I knew nothing about Pacific Rim cultures before coming here, and now I have learned so much regarding values and traditions. Even my perspective on my own culture has changed.” The College Board of Education outlined the benefits of a diverse student population, which include, “promoting cross-racial understanding, breaking down ra-
Above: Students of BYU-Hawaii represent various countries during the Flag Ceremony in February. Lower left: BYUH student Alison Reece talks with a potential employers at the Career Fair on March 5. Photos by Milani Ho
cial stereotypes, and promoting livelier and more enlightening classroom discussion.” Additionally, “a student’s diversity experience overall (including but not limited to racial and ethnic diversity) is associated with higher learning such as enhanced critical thinking skills, more involvement in community service, and a greater likelihood for retention and graduation.” Besides the ethnic diversity of BYUH, the university website reported most students, “speak two or more languages, including a number who have completed missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brought together, they contribute to a vibrant campus community, where warmth and the spirit of aloha prevail.” The prime event embracing the cultural diversity on campus is Culture Night, which lights up the Cannon Activities Center at for two nights during the end of Winter Semester. BYUHSA clubs will be highlighting their ways of dance, song, and cultural presentation.
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Kekela Miller celebrates Laie as a pu‘uhonua or place of refuge Laie has a unique culture that comes from a mix of Hawaiian and Mormonism BY SAM O N E YUEN
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Kekela Miller and her halau perform at the BYUH Women’s Luncheon. Photo by Jeff Collins
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ekela Miller, kumu hula and lifetime resident of Laie, reminded those at the BYUH Women’s Organization Luncheon, of Laie as a historical sacred gathering place on March 12. “Laie: the place of refuge. Laie: a gathering place for all. Laie: the place to learn the culture,” Miller said. Miller began her presentation talking about Laie in the 1800s. “Think back to the 1800s; how barren this place was. It became a pu‘uhonua, a place of refuge and tall walls were built around Laie. So no wonder the prophets thought this would be a perfect place: it was already sacred.” She continued, “My family was here before the missionaries came. When they came, we knew it was what the kupunas had been talking about. They had said there will be a religion that comes that will bind families together forever.” Miller shared her testimony of LDS religion, emphasizing the temple. “Everyone who has come to this place has a responsibility to protect the white house, the kahale la’a, the temple.” Miller said there were already Christian religions on the island by the time the LDS missionaries came. Catholic and Protestants were around, and Miller said when Hawaiians came back from Honolulu, after converting to those churches. “They realized they were not allowed to do hula or speak Hawaiian. It was different when the Mormons came,” she said. “They said, ‘Speak Hawaiian. Teach your culture. Practice hula.’”
People, Mormons and non-mormons alike, Miller said, flocked to Laie to “learn their cultures. All the hula masters came here. They would only teach you if you became a member of the church. Look at the Merry Monarch festival. All those kumu hula trace their hula genealogy to this small village.” Miller’s husband, Martin Miller, said to the assembled women, “I hope that, as women, you teach your children your culture and keep your culture alive as she has, and you won’t regret it. I know sometimes your culture gets in the way of church activities, but it is good. Keeps them out of jail.” Kekela added, “Hula, music, religion was a very big part of Laie.” She dances and teaches hula, and in her early life, her grandparents told her she would dance the hula. However, “my thing was always playing with the boys. Wrestling, surfing, racing, even boxing. Whatever the boys did, I wanted to do better. My grandparents had different ideas for me.” In addition to the impact Laie had on hula, Kekela said BYU-Hawaii was destined to be here. “I remember, when I went to Laie Elementary, the kupunas said ‘One day there will be a school bigger than the one we are in now.’ Lo and behold, David O. McKay came and founded the Church College of Hawaii. Who would have thought there was such big learning, and that it would be in this little town of Laie?” Kekela said the town of Laie is still a gathering place and that all cultures are
welcome - just as anyone was welcomed when Laie was a pu‘uhonua. “I hope you know what makes this place special. It is you. It is us. It is our kupuna. For me the aloha spirit lives on in you—whether you are Hawaiian or not—it is the light of Christ, and it is our sisterhood that bonds us together. We have different cultures and music and when we have oppositions it makes us stronger.” Hawaiian instruments, like ukulele, ipu, and uliuli were the centerpieces on the tables in the room. Kekela invited the audience to play along and contribute to the music as she sang. Then her halau came out and danced to two songs: “Puke’ele,” which is about a son’s gratitude to his mother and “Laie Nani,” an ode to Laie. Linda Black, who helped set up the event, said it was “a worthwhile and meaningful time we shared to create gratitude for this beautiful place.” RosaMaria Hurst, who has lived in Laie for more than 20 years, said, “It was beautiful. I think this is what we need to hear. We have been listening, but need to keep listening.You have come to learn the aloha spirit. I’m not from here, but I’ve learned that.” Kekela opened an invitation to anyone who wanted to learn hula. They meet every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Laie Elementary School Cafeteria, and it is free. “Hula is to be taught to everyone. Hula is from the heart,” she said.
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Neil Annandale Alumnus returns favor to advocate happiness working as a counselor for students BY S A M O NE YU EN
BYUH alumnus, Neil Annandale, wants everyone to know that they can receive help at the Counseling Center. Photo by Kelsie Carlson.
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former student has just returned to his alma mater as a counselor. Neil Annandale grew up in California and American Samoa before finding his passion for psychology (and his wife) during his undergraduate studies here at BYU-Hawaii. He received his master’s and doctorate at BYU in Provo in 2006 in counseling psychology and said he is very happy to now be with the Counseling Center on campus. Annandale said he and his wife, who graduated in 2000, always wanted to return to BYUH to work because they had a wonderful experience as students at the university. “I like being back here because it ties to the islands, and I value that. I like to learn about their culture. But, my Mormon culture is what defines me the most. I feel passionate about being a part of the David O. McKay prophecy. It is a big blessing to be part of that,” said Annandale. He said most students come in to the center for help with depression, anxiety or relationships. His training is not the type that can get rid of an issue completely. Rather, he said in his sessions, “We are exploring what it means to be happy. Is it possible to be happy with some anxiety and learn to manage it? We cannot always just get rid of it, but I hope to empower them to live the best life they can live with whatever it is. Counseling is to help folks see if they can be open to that way of viewing their issue.” Annandale said he tries his best to help the students who come to him, and he feels like it is a two-way process. “I’m interested in helping students who feel stuck with something. I can’t not be affected by my work. When I’m helping students, I feel that I’m constantly growing, and I’m learning a lot about myself,” he said, “about them, about what it means to be human and this earth life. It is so enriching. I really try to be helpful.” Annandale hopes his passion for psychology will inspire current students. “I tried a psychology class and, like the scriptures say, it felt right. It was interesting. I’m very thankful to hit on it in my undergrad and continued on. It is a blessing to feel like you are doing something you love.” He said he wants everyone to know they can receive help at the center. “Somehow we need to learn to connect to students in a way that they can understand what is done here and how can be helpful to them. “A – they may not know what we do here, and B – they may have a negative view of it or it may be stigmatized. So yes, our job is definitely to help students know more about [psychology] and how it can be helpful to them.” “When I got into this, I didn’t totally know everything I was getting into, but I grew to love it,” Annandale said.
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he shaka gesture is recognized across the world as a symbol of HaBeach, according to the Honolulu Star Bulletin. He would wave to waii. Students attending BYU-Hawaii said they understand it to be people with his mangled hand, and thus was born the shaka. a popular signifier for “hang loose,” “howzit,” “thank you,” and “right on.” From then on, the shaka began to catch on. One story is chilHowever, the origin of the shaka was in the community of Laie. dren would catch the sugar train to get a free ride to town. The children Jon Ako, a graduate in general music from Maui, said, “The would signal the shaka to each other, mimicking Kalili’s unique wave. shaka is one of our unique Hawaiian treasures. A lot of visitors to Hawaii “In the Pacific Islands, you saw tourists doing it. I knew it was call this ‘hang loose,’ but we here locals call this the shaka.” a Hawaiian thing,” added Tamisha Lesam, a freshman studying business Elijah Foster, a freshman studying finance from Washington management from Samoa. D.C., said the shaka is “a symbol for the Hawaiian lifestyle. It’s so relaxed Another way the shaka became popular was the famous hukilau It’s not loose’ shaka on the whole island, and that’s why people love ‘hang it here.You see it onit’s thethat was held in Laie, to raise funds for the LDS Church buildings. Kalili bumper stickers because it represents Hawaii.” would participate and would greet and say goodbye to visitors and tour All stories of the origin of the shaka begin with Hamana Kalili, ists with a wave. In photos of Kalili waving, three fingers would always be a local of Laie. According to the Honolulu Star Bulletin, he lost his three missing. middle fingers on his right hand to an accident at the old Kahuku Sugar There were other ways the shaka was spread through Kalili. He Mill in the 1940s. He fed sugar cane into the rollers at the mill, and his was also a member of the LDS Church, and one of his callings was to hand got stuck in them, causing him to lose his three fingers. direct the choir. People would greet him with the shaka. However, the Because he couldn’t work at the mill anymore, he worked as a term shaka did not originate from him. Not many know where the word security guard for the sugar train that ran between Ka’a’awa and Sunset came from, according to the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
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Next university president and wife announced to join BYUH ohana BY RACHEL REED
“Our hearts are so full, but it feels really right. We’ve done our best and we know the Tanners are going to be fabulous. We’re going to leave this wonderful place that really is a little bit of Zion.” - Margaret Wheelwright
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Top: Incoming President John Sears Tanner and his wife, Susan Tanner. Bottom: Elder Russell M. Nelson, Sister Margaret Wheelwright, and BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright. After completing their service here, the Wheelwrights will become the president and matron of the Boston Massachusetts Temple.
From left: Elder Donald L. Hallstrom, Elder Russell M. Nelson, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Margaret Wheelwright, and BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright. The apostles wave to the Cannon Activities Center crowd after the devotional. Photos by Monique Saenz
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lder Russell M. Nelson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and chair of the Executive Committee of the Board, introduced the next president of BYU-Hawaii as John Sears Tanner during the campus devotional on May 12. Tanner will be working with current BYUH President Steven C. Wheelwright over the next few months. He will then become the 10th president of BYUH on July 27. Students, faculty and community members said they felt uplifted by the event. Renee Ahuna Cabrinha, a wedding planner in Laie, said, “I cried through mostly all of it. I felt very blessed that I was able to be here. As soon as President Tanner began to speak, I received confirmation that he is truly called of God and I just couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. I’m looking forward to getting to know them better and supporting them.” Tanner has served as first counselor in the General Sunday School Presidency, chair of the English Department at BYU and academic vice president from 2004-2011. He has written BYU’s Educational AIMS, which serve as the university’s desired educational outcomes for all students. BYU’s website says these include spiritually strengthening, intellectually enlarging, character building, lifelong learning and service for all students. His wife, Susan, served as the Young Women’s General President from 2002 to 2008, according to Elder Nelson’s remarks. Tanner graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from BYU and earned doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980. He also served a mission in Brazil and later returned as a mission president there, according to his biographical information. Rumors were spreading around the school about a new president being announced, but some students were still taken back by the news. “For me, I was very surprised,” said Olivia Jong, a sophomore from South Korea studying international cultural studies in communication. “I thought I was going to graduate this school when President Wheelwright was serving here.”
Jong’s friend who sat next to her, Shine Kang, from South Korea, a sophomore studying international cultural studies, said, “I was so happy that we have a new president from BYU Provo.” Nicholas Grayson, a junior from Colorado studying applied mathematics, added, “That new president has a great smile. I just want to give him a hug.” Students showed appreciation for the work President Wheelwright and his wife have done for the school by singing “Aloha Oe” at the end of the devotional. President Wheelwright has been working for BYUH since 2007. Margaret Wheelwright said, “Our hearts are so full, but it feels really right. We’ve done our best and we know the Tanners are going to be fabulous. We’re going to leave this wonderful place that really is a little bit of Zion.” The church announced on May 16 the Wheelwrights will be returning to Boston to become the president and matron at the Boston Massachusetts Temple. Lei Cummings, a resident from Laie working with LDS Philanthropies, added, “I am excited. We’re grateful to President and Sister Wheelwright and for all they have done. I work with donors who help the university, so I know from the inside the other things he has been involved in. But I’m so excited to get to know the Tanners.” Katie Grayson, a junior from Texas studying international cultural studies in communications and peacebuilding, said, “I’m sure we’re all going to miss President Wheelwright, but it’s awesome that we’re getting somebody else and he seems like a great guy.” The devotional was centered on faith, and talks were given by the members of the Executive Committee of the Church Board of Education and the Board of Trustees including Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Twelve Apostles, Elder Donald L. Hallstrom of the Seventy, Sister Linda K. Burton, General President of the Relief Society, and Elder Paul V. Johnson of the Seventy and Church Commissioner of Education. Elder Nelson conducted the meeting and spoke as well. FALL 2015
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PAINT, PASSION, SUCCESS BY EM ILY H ALLS
Professor Jeff Merrill helps students see the bigger picture
I think trusting in yourself is true with whatever you do, even if it's not the arts... You're here to help your development and growth.
Through his love of art, Jeff Merrill is helping his students reach their greatest artistic potential. As a teacher of painting and drawing at BYU-Hawaii, Merrill’ said his love for visual art has blossomed throughout his life. “When I was little, I would get bored,and I would always gravitate towards art,” he said. “I would make little drawings or grab some watercolors and paint something. It’s always been part of my life.” Although art would have seemed like an obvious career choice, Merrill said he planned on going to school to become an orthodontist. However, after his mission, Merrill said he knew he wanted to strictly do art. Merrill went to BYU in Provo and graduated with a bachelor’s of fine arts in illustration. Shortly after graduating, Merrill started at a software company that produced educational software. “I started illustrating children’s books and interactive graphics for the games that are now on iPads,” Merrill explained. He then began to make the visual arts his career. “I was working as an illustrator at a place called the Waterford Institute in Provo, and I got into all sorts of things. I took a pottery class, so I learned all about making pots. I took an upholstery class, so I learned how to upholster furniture, and I also started building some furniture that we now have in our house,” Merrill said. As Merrill’s personal artistic style has developed throughout his career, he has tried not to put labels on his work. “I think my art is realistic,” he said. “I’m definitely a representational artist. I draw things. I draw people. I draw artists. It’s mainly still lifes, landscapes, traditional subject matter, but I try to do it in a way that has a little bit of an expressive quality to it so that it’s not super highly rendered.” He continued, “I like just enough visual interference in the painting strokes and things. It allows the viewer to bring something to it. I think I’m an expressive realist.” Merrill said he takes his passionate attitude and tries to instill it in his students. He teaches painting and drawing but desires for his students to learn more than just that. “I want them to see,” he explained. “That may sound really simple on the surface, but what it means is to learn to see through the eyes of an artist. It means an understanding of abstract principles of shapes and colors and lines and to see them for what they really are.” “If they can see, then they’re gonna be successful in whatever they do--whether it be graphic design, photography, sculpting, or whatever visual art thing they pursue--and that will be one of the most important things for them.” Merrill said he believes trusting in your own creativity and ideas will greatly benefit a student’s academic and social growth. “They need to let the understanding of how they see themselves as an artist influence their development so that they can grow and prosper on their own instead of having somebody feed them and tell them, ‘Oh, you should do this,’ or ‘Have you thought about this?’ Ultimately those ideas have to come from themselves,” he explained. “I think trusting in yourself is true with whatever you do, even if it’s not the arts.You’re in college to learn how to think and to analyze information and to use it to your advantage.You’re here to help your development and growth.” As an artist, Merrill said he draws his inspiration from other artistic fields. “The simplicity and the elegance of those who have mastered a skill come from a lot of hard work and toil and mistakes,”
Artist and professor, Jeff Merrill is pictured with some of his work. Photos by Kelsie Carlson
he explained. He was particularly inspired by one of his mission companions who was a concert pianist. “It was amazing to see that it wasn’t just flowing out of his fingers, but it was a culmination of the rhythm and all the things that I don’t understand about music, and it still looks amazing.” Merrill added, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When I see a painting that has a limited number of brush strokes, that means much more than a greater number of brush strokes. The whole painting is greater than all of those things individually.” Simplicity and ease are Merrill’s greatest motivators. Since he began teaching at BYUH three years ago, Merrill has won awards. As a consistent accepted applicant of the Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Merrill won first place in the Oil Painters of America Fall Online Showcase 2011 and 2013, and a Gold Medal Award in the Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition in 2014. “I think if I weren’t painting, I’d have to do something with my hands. I’ve always done things that have related to the arts,” Merrill said. FALL 2015
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Lillian Martino BY MATTHE W ROBE RTS
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he may seem like just another student on campus, but Lillian Martino is anything but your average college student. A freshman from Heber City, Utah, Lillian’s amazing story began when she was born into poverty in Buduburam, Ghana in 1996. She never knew her father, and her mother died shortly after her birth, leaving the orphaned infant in the care of her uncle. Martino grew up in severe poverty and battled malaria and malnutrition. Her uncle met a missionary couple and told them about a 3-year-old girl in desperate need of a family. After returning to Utah, this LDS missionary couple contacted their friends Tracy and Lois Martino and talked to them about adopting little Lillian. Through fervent prayers they felt that Lillian needed to be part of their family and began the challenging process of international adoption. Growing up in Utah was a blessing for her. “I think being adopted at such a young age helped me adjust to living in Utah. It was a great place to grow up and I just felt like a normal kid,” said Lillian. When she reached the age of 13, Lillian got the opportunity to go back to Ghana and meet her uncle and grandparents. “It was an amazing and unforgettable experience to meet my family and to see where I came from,” said Martino. After learning about her roots and seeing the conditions in Ghana, Lillian decided to get more involved and become an advocate for exploited and at-risk children in Ghana. In partnership with the Enslavement Prevention Alliance of
West Africa (EPAWA) Lillian organized her own non-profit foundation called Fahodie for Friends. “We help survivors of human trafficking, and we focus on protection, prevention, prosecution and partnership. We have a safe house set up in Ghana now and we strive to help these children become future leaders and help them recognize the problems of human trafficking,” said Martino. Since organizing Fahodie for Friends, Martino has returned to Ghana and seen some of the fruits of her labor. “It has been a humbling experience meeting and seeing these children who have gone through such horrific experiences and then have been able to follow their dreams or go to college. It has taught me a lot about them and myself,” said Martino. Last year Martino accepted an offer to come to BYU-Hawaii to play on the women’s soccer team. “Lilly is a great person and a great footballer, and we are excited for her to be on our team,” said Lady Seasider’s Head Coach Mark Davis. Though it was soccer that brought her to BYUH, upon learning of David O. McKay’s vision for this university, Martino received confirmation this was where she needed to be. Those who are interesting in learning more about Martino’s foundation and helping out can learn more at www.fahodieforfriends.org. Along with the website, Fahodie for Friends has a Facebook page, Fahodie for Friends-Freedom; a Twitter account, Fahodie for Friends; and an Instagram account: fahodie_friends.
We strive to help these children become future leaders and help them recognize the problems of human trafficking.
Martino works with her foundation, Fahodie for Friends, to help Ghanian children who are survivors of human trafficking. FALL 2015
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Masaki Yamanashi living with true aloha Japanese student moves many with his amiable charisma BY JO S HU A M A S O N
Masaki Yamanashi and Jaren Eckman grin broadly in front of the Laie Hawaii Temple. Photo by Jaren Eckman
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ince his first day on campus, Masaki Yamanashi has made it a point to make new friends. Daniel Lewis, Yamanashi’s roommate, said, “The first day I met him, we went to get lunch and it seriously took us half an hour because he was always introducing himself to everybody. I just thought, ‘This is so cool!’ So I thought the normal thing that everybody did around here to just introduce themselves to everybody. I probably have the best roommate I’ll ever have.” Yamanashi is a sophomore studying biology from Japan and is known for stories such as this one. He said his
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desire to be kind comes from early experiences in his life. Yamanashi said, “Many kids would form their own groups of friends, but I didn’t want to be a part of any one group because I wanted to meet new people. As we got older, some people didn’t like that I was always trying to meet new people so they would kind of make fun of me.” Yamanashi noted, “Sometimes I felt lonely. I decided that I didn’t want anybody to feel that way.” Yamanashi’s said his parents were his primary role models. He said, “My mother was very outgoing and my father was very kind. They would always make sure that I would focus on the Savior and help me to understand why I’m having trials and how to overcome them.” Yamanashi’s efforts to do good have received attention among BYU-Hawaii students. Fellow BYUH student Rosalie Vaka wrote on Yamanashi’s facebook, “I wish the world (or at least this campus) had more Masakis!” She wrote of a struggle she was having with carrying multiple items and her children when Yamanashi rushed to her aid. “For anyone that knows Masaki, helping others is embedded into who he is,” Vaka wrote. The post received 195 likes. One person posted anonymously to the BYUH Crushes Facebook page, “I absolutely adore Masaki! He is seriously the cutest, kindest and sweetest guy I know. I think all ladies will agree, Masaki is definitely husband material.” Even with all the adoration,Yamanashi said he doesn’t want attention for what he does. “The whole main purpose is not to be famous here. I just love people here. There’s so many wonderful people who say good things about me, but I always make sure that I won’t be prideful and try to focus on the Savior and what He wants me to do,” Yamanashi said. Tomonori Watanabe, a sophomore from Japan studying psychology, is an old friend of Yamanashi and said Yamanashi has always had a big heart. “He was just like he is right now when we were in Japan. He was always talking to everyone, saying hello to everyone, asking everyone’s names, forgetting their names and asking for their names again,” Watanabe said. Though he’s happy about the good he does, Yamanashi said he is struggling to find a balance between meeting new people and doing his homework.Yamanashi said, “Right now I’m prioritizing things because sometimes I tend to do so many good things that I almost forget to do things that I’m supposed to do as a student.”Yamanashi said he hopes to one day own an agriculture business in Japan to grow cheap, organic foods. Yamanashi said he wants his example not to reflect his life, but the Savior’s life. “By hearing my story, I want people to think about Christ not me. I want them to realize that they can keep going and not because of me but because of Heavenly Father. I’m a normal person. I’m not special. I’m just one person on campus. I want everyone to feel that they’re special,” said Yamanashi.
SPIKE BALL TOURNAMENT B Y MATTH EW R O B ER TS
BYUH students get stoked on new sport
Students huddled under the bright lights of the Little Circle in October to battle it out at the BYU-Hawaii Intramural Spikeball Tournament. This marks the second Spikeball Tournament put on by Intramurals. This year, after two hours of intense, heated competition, OJ Evans and Tyler Murdoch claimed first place. “We realized that it was becoming a popular sport, and we decided that it could be a sport that gets a lot of people involved out here,” said senior Ryan Belliston, a Intramural worker and business major from Loveland, Ohio. Spikeball is a relatively new sport that is gaining popularity throughout the country and here on campus. Played on the beach, on grass, or any smooth surface, Spikeball combines elements of volleyball and four-square in an intense two-against-two competition. Teams of two face each other across a round Spikeball net in the middle. A round baseball-sized plastic ball is served from one team to the other by hitting the ball on the net to the opposing team. The opposing team then has three touches to hit the ball back to the other team. Once the ball is served, players are free to move wherever they want. The object of the game is to hit the ball into the net so that the other team cannot return it. “Spikeball is such an exhilarating sport,” said Spencer Burr, a freshman studying business from Salt Lake City, Utah. “It combines power with finesse in a fast-paced game. I like it because you can play anywhere and with pretty much anyone.” Twelve teams played in a round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the playoffs. “The tournament was way fun and I know the more people hear about it the bigger and better the tournaments will get,” said Lou Arne, a junior studying graphic design major from Draper, Utah. “There was a great combination of people who are just starting and people who have been playing for awhile.” BYU-Hawaii intramurals will be holding additional Spikeball tournament in the future. Students can sign up in teams of two: all male, all female, or mixed. Intramurals offers a variety of activities students can participate in throughout the school year.
Student concentrates mid-swing during a game of Spikeball. Photo by Milani Ho
Above: A Spikeball player charges the net. Bottom: Matthew Roberts grabs a hospital pass out of the air to make the play. Photos by Milani Ho
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fter more than 25 years of resting in the BYU-Hawaii Archives, one of two first-generation casts in the world of the famed frieze, “The Gates of Paradise” by Renaissance sculptor Ghiberti, have been brought out and examined in hopes of putting them on display to be appreciated and studied. Professors Brandon Truscott, Phillip McArthur, Matt Kester; Service Missionary and former BYU Art Professor Sharon Gray; and Associate Director of the BYU Art Museum Ed Lind were present in the little-known art gallery on campus for the uncrating of most of the panels, in a “historic moment,” as Lind called it. They donned black gloves and took some of the wooden planks off to inspect the nearly 3-footsquare panels. McArthur said, “This is a treasure we don’t want to be hidden. We want it to be preserved and taken care of, and for students to learn from them and the story perpetuated.” Jan Fisher, former BYUH art faculty member, was touring Florence, Italy in the late 1970s when floods hit the city of Florence and
the Italian government took the original doors off the baptistery, where they had been since 1452, to preserve them. Somehow, Fisher managed to convince them to let him make a plaster mold of them, and he called the university for funds, explained Kester, and immediately shipped them to Hawaii, where they have been sitting in the Archives ever since. “The original intent was to cast them in bronze, but we were forbidden from doing that by the Italian government, so they’ve largely stayed up here,” said Kester. “They became an oddity. A strange, fortuitous, incredible, priceless piece of Renaissance art. That’s the funniest part about this to me.” Some discoloration was evident, and there was much discussion about the relative details of the plaster between Lind, Gray, Truscott and McArthur. Lind said, “Now we have to consider three things. How much did the original panels deteriorate? How well did they cast? How well has it preserved? The important thing is there is good detail and they are worthy to study. It’s amazing they are here.”
The art experts will try to determine what will be done with these valuable casts. Gray said, “I feel they need a place to be displayed where they can be protected in a climate-controlled display area. It is imperative that these plasters be preserved and accessible to students, faculty and the public.” What will happen to the casts remains to be seen. “It would take months and months to guild them. They would be stunning,” said Lind. Gray added, “The potential for a positive solution is exhilarating. It’s a conversation at this point.” McArthur said the doors are “considered a turning point of the Renaissance,” because, according to Lind, it was “a moment when art history changed. Before, [artists] weren’t matching the perspective of figures to architecture. Ghiberti did. For 50 years of his life, he was working on these doors.” Lind continued, “They are extremely significant historically and aesthetically.”
BYUH and BYU faculty, along with a service missionary who is a former art professor and museum curator, open crates containing plaster casts on in campus art repository. The casts are a replica of “The Gates of Paradise” by Renaissance sculptor Ghiberti. Photos by Hector Periquin
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STUDENT MEDICAL BENEFIT All Students registered with 12 credits and at least one on campus class per semester are automatically enrolled in the BYUH-Hawaii Student Medical Benefit (SMB) with no additional charge. However, if you are an international student, married, and with dependent(s); you are required to add all your dependent(s) to your Student Medical Benefit. You can do this by going to Aloha center room 102 and adding your dependents via enrollment forms at the beginning of your first semester at BYU-Hawaii. There is a minimal fee of $500.00 per semester for adding all your dependents to your SMB. For more information on the Student Medical Benefit, please go to our website at http://healthcenter.byuh.edu/ and click on student health handbooks.
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If done on Oahu are qualified to have the Student Medical Benefit (SMB); but Internships done outside Oahu are not qualified to have the SMB.
Domestic students may waive the SMB. You can come to the SMB office located at the Aloha center room 102 to fill-up the waiver form.
If you discontinue or fall below 12 credits you will be terminated from the student medical benefit.
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When you take a semester break, you will not be qualified to have SMB.
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Outlining the Process RWC teaches students fundamentals of research writing B Y JA R ED R O B ER TS
More than 25 students quietly shuffled into McKay 101 for the Reading and Writing Center’s (RWC’s) weekly writing workshop. “Our goal for the night is to help people effectively write research papers,” said Kevin Peterson, a junior from Laie studying music. Peterson, along with coworker Tara Kahawaii, a junior from California studying math education led the workshop. The workshops are a part of an initiative to help students become better learners and writers, and this week’s workshop focused on effectively writing research papers. “When you write your research paper, you’re going to need a topic first,” Kahawaii stated as she began to write the steps on the chalkboard. As the night progressed, Kahawaii and Peterson took turns explaining additional steps that students can follow in order to have a solid research paper. “It’s always good to research before forming a thesis so that way you aren’t lost,” Peterson clearly advised the students. After explaining the foundation of a research paper, which includes the topic, research question and research, Kahawaii took the floor and began to teach students about organizing research and information for a paper. “Using a web, or diagram will really help you write more consistent,” Kahawaii stated. She said organizing sources and having good and reliable information can give research papers much more power. After sitting and listening for 30 minutes, the students were given the opportunity to participate in a group activity about organization and creating research papers. As the students began to move from one side of the room to the other, Peterson and Kahawaii handed out instructions for the group activity. Students were given five strips of paper, each with a different sentence written on them. The goal of the activity was to have students organize them into one fluid outline with a spot for the thesis, three spots for the details and one for the conclusion. “Tonight I was able to learn the full importance of an outline. I’ve never been good at them, but now I feel like I am,” said Remington Schultz, a sophomore from Utah studying business. a ll Il lu
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S.W.A.T.T (Special Waste Action and Technology Team) is making a big impact in the goal of sustainability on campus. Three principles are at the core of this effort are reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Reduce
Most drinking fountains on campus have a fill station where people can refill their water bottles. Instead of continuously buying new water bottles, people can reuse the ones they already have. Les Harper, sustainability coordinator at BYUH, said the fill stations have significantly reduced the amount of drinking bottles that would have been used—and thrown away. “In total, the fill stations have been used over 100,000 times. That could potentially be 100,000 drinking bottles. It’s a program that’s gone basically unnoticed by most,” Harper added.
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A program that has received more notice for reuse is Give ‘N’ Take. “We literally take old stuff, add value to it, and make it possible for other people to use it instead of
“It saves the Church and students about 1/3 of a million dollars,” Les Harper said of BYU-Hawaii Give ‘N’ Take. Photo by Trenton McCullough
throwing it away,” said Gabrielle Sabalones, a senior from Indiana majoring in ICS. Sabalones works first-hand with the materials that come and go from Give ‘N’ Take. “In the past month, we gave away 4,233 items,” Sabalones said. Give ‘N’ Take is not designed to save the school money, but “it saves the church and students about 1/3 of a million dollars,” Harper said.
Recycle
The school collects paper, newspaper, cardboard and sometimes metal to recycle. Carlos Speranza, the sustainable program manager and pest control supervisor, said recycling these materials saves the garbage truck two trips to the landfill each week. “The trash guy used to go to the landfill six times a week. Now he goes only four times a week,” Speranza said. “He goes three times for free because we are a non-
profit company. The other three times we had to pay $300, so we save $600 a week.” The garbage collector used to take a lot more plant debris to Honolulu as well. Leaves can be recycled into mulch to be used to grow more plants. Harper said, “Between the PCC and BYUH, we are always having to trim back trees and palms, to make the campus beautiful and safe. So we have resurrected a tub grinder. It’s a great, big, massive piece of equipment for grinding up the branches, and mulch comes out the other end.” The tub grinder saves all of these materials from having to be wasted and transported.
Awareness/Involvement
Speranza said students can help the sustainability workers by “putting the materials in the right bin.” Speranza said the recycle bins end up with trash in them,
even though they are specifically labeled for cardboard only. “Just follow the signs and sort the material where it belongs,” Speranza advised. Harper added students can alert Facilities Management if there are places that aren’t being properly serviced. As part of their effort to help people become more aware of the recycling and sustainability programs on campus, the Facilities Management team also makes laundry detergent. The program is called Soap for Savings. “We’re not doing it to be nice. We’re doing it as an awareness program to say ‘Hey, we’ve done really well in recycling and this is why we’re giving you the soap’,” Harper said. The materials used to make a gallon of soap costs only $1, and one gallon can wash 16 loads of laundry, said Speranza.
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It is normal for universities around the country to offer a wide variety of classes that are unique to that campus, and BYU-Hawaii is no exception. Due to its unique location and staff, the university offers a variety of courses that might not be found in other universities. These classes, however, sometimes fall off the radar of some students, making them hidden gems. Here are just a few of the unique classes offered on this campus, classes that are unique, interesting and fun. Senior exercise and sports science major McKenzie Evans, from Utah, took the touch rugby class because she “thought it would be fun to play rugby with some Polynesians who knew the game.” At the end of the semester, Evans found herself more than satisfied with her experience and spoke highly of the class, “I would for sure recommend this class to others. Brother Mahoni is a great teacher.You get to learn and play rugby every morning, and most importantly it is way fun.”
Exercise and sports classes: The university offers a wide variety of fun exercise and sport classes. This includes some of the usual team sports such as: soccer, basketball, and volleyball, but there are also some classes for individual sports such as: golf, racquetball, and tennis. But then there are also a few classes that one might not find on another campus, such as surfing and touch rugby.
Terrorism: Taught by Dr. Brian Houghton usually during the winter semester, this class is for sure a different class from the other Political Science classes. The class teaches the history and types of terrorism and the conflicts surrounding it. Probably the most exciting and unique thing about the class is that as a final project, students are grouped together and assigned to create and plan a terrorist attack of their own. For those of you hoping to expand your knowledge and take a different sort of class, this one is a great option.
History of Surfing: The class, history of surfing, taught by Dr. Isaiah Walker during the summer semester, is not your regular history class. “It was informal but informative. We watched surf flicks and went surfing, but we also read about Hawaiian legends and places and events in Hawaiian history,” said senior English major Alyssa Walhood, from Oregon. “It was an amazing class that more people should take in order to learn about Hawaii, understand the history of their white privilege, and gain more respect for the people and spirit of Hawaii.”
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Brian Houghton smiles in his office. Photo by Trenton McCullough
Pentagon to professorship BYU-Hawaii professor brings real-world counter terrorism experience to the classroom B Y TR ENTO N M CCU LLO U G H
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rom a young age, Political Science Professor Brian Houghton said he experienced the effects of terrorism firsthand. Those experiences triggered his desire to pursue a career in counter terrorism, a field in which he spent over 20 years. Houghton’s father was in the military, which brought teenaged Houghton and his family to live in Germany. During this time the radical left-wing terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, was just beginning raids through Germany. Houghton personally witnessed several Red Army Faction attacks while living there and again when he returned to serve a full-time mission for the church. From that point, “I knew I was going to work in the field of counter terrorism. I was going to play a role in stopping these acts,” said Houghton. Reed Segura, a junior political science major from California, said, “Some professors speak of theories that others have tested. But with Dr. H., many of the theories he teaches his students have been explored and tested by himself in a setting outside academia. It’s fascinating when you learn from someone who has experienced, rather than philosophized. It gives validity to what they have to say.” Upon finishing his degree at BYU in international relations, he pursued a master’s degree from The G.W. University in International Affairs. Houghton sought out G. W. University because it had the most professors who specialized in political violence and terrorism. At the time, the field of counter terrorism was fairly new, and there was no emphasis for those wanting to study it, so Houghton and his professors created one. After completing his degree, Houghton worked as a research associate at the S.A.L.C. as a defense contractor. Houghton said, “My job was to work on futuristic war
games for the Pentagon. It was a great job.” While there, Houghton predicted through his research how large U.S. forces would fight smaller insurgencies, which is what we see today. “That is something I am really proud of,” said Houghton. “We got it right. It was in the ‘90s before Iraq or 9/11 and we were able to predict how these wars would be fought. I was then able to work with other intelligence agencies in supporting policy changes to combat these smaller groups that the U.S. would be fighting.” He continued, “A lot of the things I see today are suggestions I brought up or talked about 20 years ago. It just takes the military a long time to make changes.” Houghton worked in numerous capacities during the last 20 years, including director of Research on the Oklahoma bombing site, cofounder of the Terrorism Research Center, and others. He still continues to travel the globe to give trainings for local law enforcement and military who are fighting terrorism in their home countries for the U.S. State Department. Houghton confessed that after 9/11, the rigors of travel were wearing on him. One day, “A friend told me of a one-year visiting professor job at BYUH and I took it. I had every intention of going back to the State Department, but after one year, I was hooked,” he said. “Working with the students here is addictive. That is why I stayed. There is just a good group of really talented young people.” Kamille Foster, freshman in political science from Idaho, said, “I think it’s awesome how he uses his real world experiences to teach us. He has firsthand knowledge of most of the things he teaches. It’s not like he reads what he teaches us. He’s done what he teaches us.” Houghton attributes his success to the extra things he did while he was in school and offers students some advice for a successful career: “You have to do something to differentiate yourselves. Do a meaningful internship, get a good job while you’re here. Join a club, start your own nonprofit, just do things that will make you unique.” He continued, “Everyone will graduate from here with a degree, but what are you doing to make yourself special? Follow your passions. Get all the education you need for your desired field, then show how you are applying your education in the real world.” Houghton teaches an anti-terrorism class on campus and uses many of the same slides and techniques in his class as he did for his trainings with the State Department.
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Left to Right: Brandon Truscott designs a print as part of his handlettering class; Truscott won a national design competition this past semester. Photo by Brandon Truscott
Designing for the Future PRINT Magazine awards Truscott for hand-lettered poster BY SAM O N E YUEN
BYU-Hawaii graphic design Professor Brandon Truscott’s poster for his class’s ART 333 Type Face Cards exhibit, was one of 25 winners of Print Celebrates Design, a national design competition hosted by PRINT magazine. Truscott said he hopes beginners in the graphic design field will see his win is an example of opportunities available in the graphic design community. Print Celebrates Design is “a design competition for your cards, gifts & invitations,” according to Amanda Aszman, who posted the winners on PRINT magazine’s website. The judge for the competition was the creative director at Etsy, Randy J Hunt. Etsy is a peer-to-peer online market for hand-made goods. Hunt founded design studio Citizen Scholar and wrote Product Design for the Web and designs prints. Prior to becoming creative director at Etsy, he was recognized as Print New Visual Artist in 2009,” wrote Aszman. Truscott said he hopes his recognition this will help not only students, but also those getting certificates or those who are interested in design “realize that they
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can be competitive at a national level even if they feel they are from a small place. Even though things we do in class start as small, simple projects, they can be a gateway, if you approach it correctly, to national recognition. Anyone, student or otherwise, can use something like this as an opportunity to open doors.” “We often think, ‘This is a tough world with all this competition,’ but when I’ve met people, peers at conferences, they are just like you. They do the same things you do when they create stuff and are generally pretty friendly in sharing techniques,” said Truscott. Every semester that Truscott teaches an ART 333 class, he said one of the topics is about script and hand letterings. His class designed typography chalk signs with a playing card theme and exhibited them in late October 2014. He designed the advertising poster for the exhibit as the ace of spades, which ultimately won in Print Celebrates Design. “I was looking at the backs of cards, and the fronts, through several different decks. I based the letter forms on two typefaces:
Rand Holub’s Gillot 291 became the basis of Intertype›s Monterey. I modified every little thing as I drew it out,” said Truscott. He said, “I encourage my students to be active online. Opportunities are rapidly increasing in design.” Many of those opportunities come because of digitization and the Internet. “You can get more exposure and connect with a greater audience. So, I submitted mine to be an example.” There are 3 million annual visits to the public gallery on printmag.com. For a student that is just starting their career, an award like this can be very advantageous. “It is something you can put on your resume or be a talking point in an interview. Someone might see some of your work they like, click on it, and contact you. It’s all about gaining exposure, which can lead to other things,” said Truscott, who has personal experience with getting work through such exposure. “People regularly contact me through my website, and ask me to design things” such as book covers, retail display, logos, and T-shirts.
Videos wow judges BY JO SH UA M ASO N
Great Ideas Video Competition showcases student ideas through video
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Clockwise: Guest judge David Archuleta sings during a fireside at the Cannon Activities Center; James Astle and Austin Meldrum win first place in the service category of the Great Ideas Video Competition; Audience members await the final videos at the PCC Imax Theater. Photos by Milani Ho.
Students showed off their creative video skills in the Great Ideas Video Competition. Judges featured singer David Archuleta, filmmaker Devin Graham,YouTube sensations Tiffany Alvord and Stuart Edge, and Spencer Taggart of LDS Business College as guest judges. The conference, hosted by the BYUH Entrepreneurship program, was held on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 in the PCC’s Imax Theater. Participants submitted videos of their great ideas into four different categories: nonstudent, product, service and social. First place winners of their category won $3,000 and will have their videos featured on one of the judge’s social media pages. James Astle, a senior studying graphic design from Los Angeles, and Austin Meldrum, a senior studying communications from Colorado, won the service category with their video “Box Marketing.” Astle said, “The conference was like a film festival culmination of really awesome videos from students from all around campus. It was a great way to see the talents of all the people at BYUH and what they have in mind to try to make the world better.” Megan Smee, a recent graduate of BYUH and employee of University Communications, won the non-student category with her video titled “Ms. Tree Pants,” which promotes her product of the same title. Jeff Collins and Leonid Hatch’s video “Guitar Drum” won first place in the product category for their attachable guitar drum. Taylor Steele’s video “Keep Our Bees” called attention to dwindling honey bee numbers and
won first place in the social category. Spencer Taggart, director of marketing and social media at LDSBC, said, “The students crushed it. I laughed and cried. They touched some heartstrings with their videos and that’s what social media is all about: building relationships. The fact they were able to tell a story with their product, service or cause and let us know why they’re passionate about this makes a difference. It’s something online consumers want to share.” Paul Wilson, a teacher of digital entrepreneurship, discussed the idea of having Mormon Internet celebrities judging the conference with Devin Graham back in March. Wilson said, “It never was our intention to make a statement to the community or world with this competition. Instead, we invited these particularly judges because they understood the power of social media and film. We particularly selected judges who did not fit the ‘typical’ business mold. We had two musicians, a comedian and a videographer. We wanted our students to know that it is possible to pursue a dream and find success in it.” Judge Stuart Edge said, “As a filmmaker, I’m always exposed to so many types of film and a lot of times it’s super high end quality. What impressed me was seeing so many different styles and realizing the people that made these are all here; it made it more personal.” Jason Earl, academic director of the Willes Center, said bringing the guest
judges here was a miracle. “When we first put the proposal together in July for the new social media format of the Great Ideas Conference, it was taken all the way to the Church Board of Education. Each speaker was reviewed by the board members, including their biography and work (i.e., videos, songs, social media presence). The real miracle here is that you need a team to pull something like this together and everyone focused on providing the best experience possible for our students. The icing on the cake was having David Archuleta here to meet the students.” Wilson said, “Seeing the quality of short business films the students created was the most powerful experience from the competition. It amazed me just how far many of them went to create the story they wanted the audience to see.” According to Wilson, the entrepreneurship program is already preparing for the next competition. “We have already had a debriefing on how we can make next year’s video competition better,” said Wilson. “However, the competition is just a leader into next semester’s Empower Your Dreams competition, which will be around crowd funding (Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, and the likes). Short business films will be at the heart of what we will be doing, so I am excited to see what these students can bring.”
BYU-Hawaii’s Enactus team celebrates winning the 2015 national Championship. Photo courtesy of Enactus
Ivory Coast project leads BYUH to win Enactus team named U.S. champions at National Expo and heads to World Cup B Y T R E N T ON MC C U L L OUGH AN D LEEAN N LAM BERT
BYU-Hawaii Enactus members took home top honors and were crowned champions at the 2015 United States National Enactus Expo on April 16, receiving a $10,000 prize. Beating out 177 other college teams after being among the national finalists the last several years, the BYUH team will move on to compete along with 35 other countries at the World Cup Competition Oct. 14-16 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sery Kone, BYUH Enactus president, said, “The BYUH team shared an amazing team spirit and one common goal of sharing our stories and best practices with others. That is what was different this year and that is what helped to lead us to win.” BYUH’s Enactus team created projects to empower residents of the Ivory Coast, the home country of Kone. “The team inspired women to become entrepreneurs through micro financing and taught cacao farmers to pollinate crops through beekeeping to increase their production and income,” says a press release about the win. Team member Peder McOmber, a senior from California studying history, said, “The results were extraordinary and proved to be more than just a project. There was cultural impact recorded and our projects didn't just show action on our part, but also from those we worked with in Africa.” Enactus is “part of an international nonprofit organization that brings together student, academic and business leaders who are committed to improving the world through entrepreneurial action,” it says. “Guided by business experts and academic advisors at 1,700 universities in 36 countries, the 70,500 student leaders of Enactus create and implement entrepreneurial projects each year impacting more than 1,950,000 people.” The three-day competition has college Enactus teams making live multimedia presentations describing their projects “to panels of business
leaders in an effort to convince them that they have created a sustainable impact economically, socially or environmentally,” the press release says. Students also “interviewed for jobs and internships at a two-day Career Fair where recruiters competed aggressively from this extraordinary pool of talent and in many cases offered jobs on the spot.” The competition creates a platform for university students to share their ideas to other students and businessmen and women around from around the nation. All the presentations demonstrated how each team is helping others around the world. “It wasn’t so much about the competition, but more about an opportunity to share experiences. Everyone there wants to help others and create a sustainable project. We are all collaborating and working to get better. Each team has something to learn from the others. That was a special part of the competition for me,” said Kone. Throughout the whole process the team members said they felt inspired and directed by Heavenly Father. The projects themselves, the way they were planned and executed, and the presentation all came as the team focused on helping others and doing the Lord’s will. “Its more a feeling of gratitude,” said Kone, referring to the win. “I don’t think we did something special. I think we had an opportunity to represent the church and school with our projects on a national level and we all saw the Lord’s hand through out all of the project and competition. We know and understand where the blessing and success is coming from.” According to Kone, BYUH has been participating in Encatus for almost 20 years and those before have helped to pave the way for this year’s victory. “I just want to make sure that advisers, students, and previous team members all share in the victory that happened this year,” said Kone. Alex Perwich, president of Enactus United States said, “The accomplishments of the BYUH team, the 177 other teams that competed this week, and hundreds of other active Enactus teams around the country underscore the fact that participation in Enactus provides university students with the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in their communities, while gaining the experience, skills and contacts necessary to build a successful career." With the win at Nationals in St. Louis, BYUH will now represent the United States as one of 36 countries at the 2015 Enactus World Cup in October in Johannesburg, South Africa. “I have to admit it is a little funny: a small boy from Africa will now be part of a team to go to represent the United States at a World Cup competition in Africa. I think it is a beautiful thing. These kinds of opportunities can only happen in the U.S.,” said Kone. FALL 2015
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hether you’re graduating soon, looking for a career, or still trying to figure out your major, the Career Fair offered students opportunities to check out their options and make some networking connections. “I’m not really sure what jobs are out there,” said Alison Reece, a sophomore in hospitality and tourism management from Utah. “Coming to the Career Fair gives me a good focus on my studies and that way I can have an end goal or idea of what I want to do with my major. I think the school should have more career fairs to give us more of an opportunity to see what’s out there and more employers could come.” Reece wandered through the Ballroom, stopping at booths with other students interested in the various fields and futures they are pursuing. Most booths touted big banners, Famous Amos cookies, and free pens to get students’ attention, but it was the recruiters and experts who had the most to offer students with their advice for the future. Matt Alex, Willamette University recruiter and admission counselor, told students about graduate schools. “I always say it’s all about their career goals – if a student’s career goals will be aided by going straight into grad school, then great. Let’s do it. If they want to explore for a while? Figure it out, then work for a little while.” Alex said more schooling is an investment in time and money for students and their wallets. “While undergrad is generally something still for everybody and is good for career investment, grad school is a big investment, and you want to be sure it’s going to aid you in your career pursuits.” As a plug for Willamette University, he added, “We don’t require work experience, so it’s totally fine if a student wants to come right from undergrad.” He continued, “We really want good students academically, obviously. We want students who have been involved in some aspect. We do want to see students with team experience, leadership experience, maybe an internship, and something that’s going to show they are going to be working well on a team. Our students are going to be working with real clients on real projects and we want to know they can handle it.” Employers also flocked to the Ballroom to recruit and inform students about their opportunities outside of academics. Places like the National Security Agency and Starwood Hotels and Resorts gave students an opportunity to chat, pass out business cards, and take home information for future job opportunities. The State of Hawaii was represented with a booth covered in pamphlets, stickers, and pens, but it was its environmental conservation volunteer program that caught the eye of Ike Smith, an undeclared freshman from Singapore. “Can people just sign up to volunteer for helping out?” he asked. The representative behind the booth smile and passed Smith a flier. “Yes. We send kids out with employees into the field to get experience in the ocean and on the land cleaning and preserving it. Sometimes you’ll be in an office but not much.” Opportunities like the Career Fair give students a chance to find experience, volunteer work, internships, jobs, or just see what the world has to offer.
Above: BYUH Career advisors are ready to guide students. Below: Honolulu Police Department representatives have informational booth. Photos by Monica Rubalcava
How to get along with housemates and roommates B Y S I YANG CHEN & PHO TO B Y T R E N T ON MC C U L L OU G H
At BYU-Hawaii, almost everyone has to live with another person, sometimes even several people. As you are living in the same room, knowing how to get along well with each other is important. It sometimes can be difficult, especially since BYUH is a multicultural campus with students from different countries, backgrounds and cultures. If people don’t get along, it may evolve into conflicts. Universities go to great lengths to help roommates get along, reports U.S. News & World Report. Here are four tips to getting along with your roommate it gathered from colleges across America. 1. Don’t let problems pile up. No matter how well you might get along with someone, their idiosyncrasies might start to grate your nerves. If they have a habit that annoys you, or there’s a more serious problem, have an honest conversation, experts say, or risk unleashing a tirade near semester’s end. “The first one to know about a roommate conflict should be the roommate,” says David Tuttle, interim vice president of student affairs at Trinity University, in San Antonio. “Students often hold onto stuff and blurt it all out when things get to be too much.” 2. You don’t have to be best friends. There are a lucky few who form lifelong bonds with their roommate, but according to college housing officials, it’s not the norm. The only expectations you should have of your roommate are they respect you and the living space. Anything beyond that is a gift, not a mandate. 3. Compromise. Be prepared to compromise, housing officials say. A steady give and take between you and your roommate will ease the tensions that can arise in a shared room. “It is about sharing and coming up with workable compromises that both you and your roommate are comfortable with,” says Rick Moreci, director of housing services at Chicago’s DePaul University. “Compromise does not have to mean sacrifice. It means working together with your roommate to determine the rules for your new living arrangement that you can both be comfortable with.” 4. Set rules. Though it may be awkward at first, having a frank conversation with your roommate in the first few days in an effort to set some rules will prove to be helpful long term. Whether it be about cleaning the room, listening to music or having friends over, letting your roommate know what might make you uncomfortable is important. BYUH students also shared their tips for living with roommates.
Marina Leyluai, a returned missionary who is majoring in biology from Utah, gave her suggestions: 1. Respect your roommates and housemates property. “One major pet peeve is when someone touches your stuff without asking. This is important to me because you don’t want to feel like your roommate is going through your stuff, snooping, even stealing. You want to feel a sense of security in your own room.” 2. Embrace each other’s differences. “This is huge because everyone does everything differently than you do. Sometimes you just need to accept that they do certain things differently and go with it. Don’t take things personally if they do it differently.” 3. Choose to be happy. “Like President Uchtdorf said, ‘Let us all resolve to be happy regardless of our circumstances.’ It is more fun to be around people, especially roommates, who are happier and more grateful. So being happy is important.” Taryn Skahill, a sophomore from Texas majoring in TESOL, shared her opinions: 1. Get to know them. “Ask them where they are from and what they like to do. Just asking them simple questions about their day will help you get along better.” 2. Serve them. “Simple, random acts of kindness can be meaningful and really brighten someone’s day.” Taco Chiang, a senior from Hong Kong majoring in elementary education, gave her ideas: 1. Talk with them on your own initiative. “By talking with them, you can show you are kind to others.Your heart will open to accept others and others will also get the feeling that you are friendly to them.” 2. Have meals together. “When you have roommates or housemates who are from different countries, one way to approach them and get closer is to share with them the food you cook or have potluck together. Nobody doesn’t like eating or tasting new food.You can also learn their countries’ culture features from tasting their food.” 3. Hang out with them. “Ask them to go shopping together, go to the beach, take a walk, etc. Just find a chance and hang out with them. By playing together, you will getting closer with each other and know more about each other, like their characteristic and hobbies.”
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Bicycle wheels, heels, and automobiles Making the most of your choice of transportation on the North Shore BY GREG ERIC KSO N
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The oldest and most original mode of transportation can sometimes be the best. If you are headed to the beach, shopping center, or anywhere else in Laie, walking will get the job done. The shopping center is only .5 miles away from campus, which means walking is convenient. The Polynesian Cultural Center and beach access points are also a short walk away. Many students and community members choose to walk or run the Malaekahana bike path parallel to Kamehameha Highway between Laie and Kahuku. The path is three miles round-trip with picturesque views of the mountains and open fields near Laie.
Although not everyone is fortunate to own a car, there are still several ways to drive around the island. Hertz has four cars located on campus that are available to rent. Also, the BYUH facebook page is a good place to find students willing to carpool or rent out their car for the day. Brit Conley a BYUH graduate from Utah, recalled the pros and cons of owning a vehicle and said, “While it was nice to own my own car, I was always responsible for driving my friends places and paying for the maintenance and gas expenses. It was good because I could have a job at Turtle Bay, so I felt the pros outweighed the cons.”
Bus For only $2.50 round-trip using a transfer slip, the bus is a great way to get around the North Shore. Bus stops line Kamehameha Highway, including nearby stops next to Foodland, temple beach, and the PCC. The bus comes every hour and can take you almost anywhere on the Island. While the travel time will vary depending on your final destination, be sure to leave plenty of time to get to where you are going. Whether you are planning a day trip to Waikiki, or just want to enjoy Waimea for a few hours, the bus will get you there. For bus schedules and stops, check google maps or thebus.org.
Bike Even though bikes are generally quicker than walking, they sometimes require constant maintenance. The frequent rain and trade winds can make bikes rusty. Likewise, loose gravel and unpaved paths in Laie can leave you looking for a replacement tube. Luckily, Ace Hardware in the Laie Shopping Center has everything you need to get your bike back in working condition. Tires can be filled up for free near the physical plant behind the Old Gym and the Tennis Courts, and The Give ‘N’ Take has a program of teaching students bicycle repair and construction. A lock or a chain is a
must. Even if you are just going inside for a few minutes, make sure you lock up your bike to avoid theft. Kelsey Badger, a BYUH graduate from Washington, remembers the convenience of having a bike in Laie. “It’s easy to get around places with a bike.You can get to campus or Foodland in just a couple of minutes. It is even a good workout when you ride to Kahuku or Hauula. The only bad thing is when it breaks or you get caught out in the rain.” Longboards and skateboards are great for navi-
Other gating around campus and fun to ride. However, don’t ride them or bikes on the sidewalks on campus. Island Transporter provides a shuttle to and from the Honolulu Airport called the Coconut Express. It costs $50 a person plus tax at the beginning and ending of semesters. Pick-ups after 10 p.m. cost more. If you want to book a flight home with a discount, there is even a travel agency located in the Snow Administration Building. The Travel Office is open during regular business hours.
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click for google map 1. Aloha Center The Seasider - This is the place to grab something to eat on campus and includes a grill, stir fry station, deli, ice cream and the Sea Store that sells packed foods to go. The Hub - If you need a place to hang out and have fun, this is the place to go. There’s video gaming, bowling, pool, food and more. Office of Honor - Stop in the office and get a smile and some candy as a reminder to live the Code! BYUHSA offices - Here you’ll find the student service organization and student leaders. BYUHSA puts on events for students and also works with the administration to provide student input into decisions about campus life. Computer Lab Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3. Career Services The Career Center is located to the right of the Cafeteria’s main entrance. Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 808-675-3533
3. Club Dining/Cafeteria Monday to Friday 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Fast Sunday 3:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. 808-675-3573
5. Cannon Activities Center Meet here for devotionals, games and special events. Band Room/Choir Room Men’s and Women’s Locker Room and Cage - Here you check out gym clothes and sports equipment.
7. Counseling Services Counseling Services is to support students in achieving personal growth and to assist them in resolving psychological and social problems that hinder their progress in life. Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 808-675-3518
8. David O. McKay Auditorium Come see musicals, performances, art shows, and more. This is the place to be fulfilled by the performing and visual arts.
8. Language Center Catering to international students, the Language center provides materials ease language learning. Mondays and Wednesdays 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursday noon to 10 p.m. Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. 808-675-3638
9. Reading/Writing Center Located at McKay 199, offering tutorials, workshops, citation assistance, and helpful handouts.
Monday & Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday 9:20 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. (closed Tuesday for devotional), 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 808-675-3629
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College of Language, Culture & Arts 9 English Department 40 History Department 9 Music and Theatre Department 9 Visual Arts Department 9 Intercultural Studies & World Languages 9 David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding
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Make copies and create projects Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 808-675-3870
If you need a Macintosh computer to do Web design, or computer graphics visit the Media Lab, left of the library entrance. Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
26. Administration Building This building houses both BYUH and Polynesian Cultural Center offices. It’s two buildings connected by a common courtyard. The eastern half contains Financial Services, Financial Aid, the Cashier’s Desk and the PCC Employment Office on the ground floor. Upstairs are the PCC offices and Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators (DMBA). The ground floor of the western building is full of need-to-know offices, including but not limited to: Admissions, the Registrar’s Office, and Student Employment and Travel. The top floor houses the President’s Office and other administrative departments. Student Employment: 808-675-3749 International Student Services: 808-675-3516 Travel Services: 808-675-3950 Financial Services: 808-675-3378 Educational Outreach: 808-675-3780
28. Fitness Center Weight Room and Aerobic Room Monday, Wednesday, Friday 5 a.m. to 8:40 a.m., 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. closing on Monday at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 5 a.m. to 10 a.m., noon to 3 p.m., 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. 808-675-3715
Located across the street from the Little Theater and next to the campus Construction offices, the Health Center is where injured or physically unwell students may go to obtain appropriate treatments. New Students are required to take a TB test in the Health Center upon arrival on campus. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8 a.m. to noon, 2-4:30 p.m. Wednesday 8 a.m. to noon, 1-4 p.m. (for pregnant patients only) 808-675-3510 after hours: 808-675-3911
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The Library is where it’s at and also provides a range of services. University Archives, Copy Center, Reference Desks and Media Services are all inside those library doors. http://library.byuh.edu/library Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to midnight Friday 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Call for hours - recorded weekly 808-675-3391
34. Print Services Print Services is in the second Facilities Management building, just past the gate and to the right of the gas pumps. Enter through our bright pink front door. You can’t miss it! printservices@byuh.edu Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 808-675-3461
Last call for test! Please pick up at least 1/2 hour before closing, doors will close at that time. For finals, please check online. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 808-675-3536 FALL 2015
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