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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAMPUS LIFE

A day in the life of Ikaika Fowlke History major talks about his major’s monopoly on storytelling

20 fun facts about Sister Tanner Did you know she once was rescued from an elevator?

Embracing a prophetic vision President Tanner explains his duties as president of BYU-Hawaii

Sculptor Jan Fisher passes away Former BYUH professor leaves a legacy in bronze around the islands

Sewing Center in Aloha Center The Sewing Center moved to serve students more easily, say missionaries

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GROUP FIT Students gather to exercise in a judgement free zone

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STUDENT TRAVEL

The Kapalu Connection BYU-Hawaii students fulfill a prophecy made in a Vanuatu village

MONDAY No school because of Labor Day

World Wide Devotional for Young Adults broadcast in the CAC. The speaker is Apostle Quentin L. Cook

LIFESTYLE

Book Recommendations Students say they struggle to find books to read during leisure time

Italian Fettuccine recipe Dish combines ingredients from the ocean and the mountains

WORLD

Jill Stein leads the Green Party Political party pushes for environmental responsibility in government

SUNDAY National Macadamia Nut Day

Interning at a U.S. Embassy Lorzano says she is the 1st BYUH student to intern at the embassy in the Philippines

Marine Biology’s Saipan trip Students conducted research, collected specimens, and logged hours of diving

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SUNDAY 7-8 p.m.

FRIDAY Fall Formal at the Hale Aloha Luau from 8:30. p.m. Tickets are $5 at the Aloha Center Front Desk

SATURDAY 70th Annual Floral Parade winds from Ala Moana Park through Kalakaua Avenue to Kapiolani Park from 9 a.m. to noon.

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MONDAY-TUESDAY Blood Drive for the Blood Bank of Hawaii is on campus.

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THURSDAY-SATURDAY “The Real Inspector Hound” is showing in the Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

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Field House

Castle House Toveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Bridge House Compound House Bus Stop House

Light House Thugz Mansion

Polo House Alpha House

Red House

Casa De Chicas

Brewer Apartment

Gator House

Strain House

Jam House Fishbowl House

Fish House

Mango House Loft House

Nice House Pent House Pineapple House The Palms House

Dog House

Trampoline House

Monaco Manner

Kava House

Anae House

Boat House

Smith House

Chef House Stake House

Mac House

Moana Girls House Bikini House

Gecko Den

Fish Farm House

Off-Campus Housing Map A map showing the locations of certain off-campus houses with their nicknames. All of the information was gathered from various students and landlords. Illustration by Hailey Molina

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A-Frame Goat House

Tongan House

Kung House

Paradise Place

Quiet House

Buddha House

Hasselhoff House

GoldďŹ sh House

Tiger House

Shave Ice House

Canal House

Piranha House

Country Club House

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in this section A day in the life of history major Ikaika Fowlke

The Sewing Center has moved locations from the CAC to the Aloha Center

Sister Tanner shares 20 facts about herself

Student holds free Group Fit class to help students and community get in shape

President Tanner explains how he plans to embrace a prophetic vision for our school

Students talk about why they chose to come to BYUH

Sculptor and former BYUH Professor Jan Gordon Fisher passes away

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Ikaika Fowlke history

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Above: Ikaika Fowlke looks through a row of books on Chinese history. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

Ikaika Fowlke, a senior from Wyoming majoring in history, said his major is a lot more than just dates and events. “It’s more about making connections between different places and times. It’s about real human beings whose actions mattered and should not be forgotten, because what they’ve done has made us who we are today.”

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What made you decide to study this major? “I was always interested with history ever since I was a kid. One of my favorite classes in high school was American History. I loved learning about things such as the Great Depression and the 1920s. I decided to become a history major after I took a History 200 class here at BYU-Hawaii. I felt like, as a history major, I could do more and impact people more.”

Describe a typical day “I wake up at around 5:30 in the morning, go to the gym and work out, eat breakfast, have scripture study, go to work and then get to class. After class I do homework and get the reading done for class the next day. I try to have a whole day of research for my senior paper where I find sources and evidences.”

Number of people in the major What makes your major unique? “My History 490 professor said as history majors, we have a monopoly of storytelling. I think that’s what makes us unique. We are the guides who study the past and tell those stories to others. We are better storytellers than any other major.”

What do you want to do with it? “There is so much you can do with it. Eventually, I am hoping to get a Ph.D. so that one day I can become a history professor. I want to set up research so that my view of the world is broadened.”

“There are not that many of us. At one time, I think it was 40 students, but we are now around 20.”

Time spent in a day “My classes last 1.5 to 4.5 hours a day, and then it’s just homework and research. This takes most of my day because when writing a paper, it’s hard to find sources. For my paper, I chose an unconventional theme where most sources are written in Chinese. I need to find a translated version or a friend who can help translate it for me.”

Pros Favorite Class “I fell in love with the material in the History 364 class, which is about Northeastern Asia. We learned about Mongolians and local pirates who raided China. I never knew about it, which made me want to learn more. Plus, Dr. Murdock is gold as a teacher. The way he talked about history was really interesting, and I felt connected to the class. I knew it was something I could dive into for the rest of my life.”

“You get to understand why others act the way they do and appreciate others more and what they can do. I felt like I am able to understand Chinese people more when I read their history and what influenced their culture. Also, when you hear about the amazing things in history, you realize what you can do as a human being.”

Cons “There is lots of reading and research. It’s a really big time commitment. If you’re a really active person, you won’t be anymore because you will be sitting a lot.”

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C ampus L i fe Sister Tanner was the twelfth president of the General Young Women Organization for the LDS Church. Photo by Yukimi Kishi

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20 Fun Facts about Sister Tanner Susan Winder Tanner, along with President John Tanner, has been at BYUH since July 2015 and shared this information about herself B Y DAN N A O SU M O

1. She graduated from BYU with a degree in Humanities (English emphasis).

11. She always starts her day with prayer, scripture study and running.

2.Growing up, she wanted to be a mom and teacher.

12. Her favorite Halloween costume she wore was of a 1920s flapper girl.

3. She is the author of “Daughters in My Kingdom” (2011), a book about the history of the Relief Society.

13. Her favorite church songs are “I Need Thee Every Hour” and “He Sent His Son.”

4. She plays the piano, organ and ukulele. 5. She was called to be the 12th president of the church’s General Young Women Organization.

14. Favorite non-church song is “Aloha ‘Oe” because her grandparents served a mission in Hawaii as a young couple and the song was sung at their funeral. 15. She loves mountains and hiking.

6. Although she did not serve a mission as a young woman, she was able to serve with President Tanner in the Brazil Sao Paulo South mission as mission presidents.

16. Her favorite hike on Oahu is the Ka‘ena Point Trail hike because she got to see the Albatross Sanctuary and Hawaiian monk seals.

7. She is claustrophobic.

17. Her guilty pleasure is chocolate.

8. She had an experience where she was stuck in an elevator and President Tanner physically yanked the door open to get her out.

18. She loves to bake cookies and brownies.

9. Her favorite movies are “Chariots of Fire” and “Anne of Green Gables.” 10. Besides her children, her most prized possessions are the pieces of silverware her grandma gave to her each birthday.

19. The most interesting she has ever eaten was eel in China. 20. Her favorite quote is from Sister Eliza R. Snow, “When you are filled with the Spirit of God… that [Spirit] satisfies and fills up every longing of the human heart, and fills up every vacuum.”

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C ampus L i fe President Tanner says he sticks close to the history of BYU-Hawaii when planning its future. Photo by Stop Khemthorn

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Embracing a prophetic vision President and Sister Tanner share their hopes for BYUH to serve students from the Pacific B Y AL E X M AL D O N AD O

BYU-Hawaii’s President John S. Tanner said he is dedicated to preserving the history of the college by continuing to build upon it. To always keep the school’s heritage at the front of his mind, Tanner has decorated his office to be a panoramic display of what went into starting the university. The first thing one would notice upon entering his office is the clear view of the statue of George Q. Cannon and Jonathan H. Napela by the Cannon Activities Center just outside his window. There are also mementos scattered around his office, including a statue of Joseph Smith and a statue of a young David O. McKay with a lei over his shoulders. Tanner said it is President McKay’s prophetic dream most of all that he is trying to fulfill on the BYUH campus. Tanner explained, “[President McKay] had a founding vision for the university when he came to Laie as a young apostle. He saw this place as becoming a center for education where many cultures would come together, and they would be brought together as brothers and sisters, children of Heavenly Father.” Tanner said, “Pivoting focus to the Pacific” is one of the ways he tries to preserve that vision. “Sometimes we call it our target area, so we really reach out to the students in that area who will return to help develop the church and develop the world.” Tanner said BYUH has been sending representatives to countries all over Polynesia, northern Asia, and southeast Asia to visit and work with the leaders of the church and the official ministers of education. The main objective for their visits has been to work with the church leaders to identify potential students who are prepared to make the most of their time at BYUH, according to Tanner. “We want to identify students who have that commitment and disposition, and will take advantage of this school to bless their communities, countries, and families. We want people to come here and feel the spirit of aloha, love,

and charity. We will also prepare people to become leaders in the church internationally. We want them to be ambassadors for peace, and that requires being deeply grounded in the gospel,” Tanner continued. His wife, Susan W. Tanner, added, “[What we do] really does go back to the prophecies by President McKay. He said character is higher than intellect, and that’s been a big focus for President Tanner. We want everyone to have a first-rate education, but the character of our students is an absolutely critical part of their education. President McKay prophesied people from this institution would go and spread peace throughout the world through the means of the gospel, so those are our highest spiritual and education objectives.” Tanner quoted Apostle Marion G. Romney in saying, “This place will be a living laboratory where people would come and learn tolerance, and learn to live together and love people from different countries. We want people to come and take advantage of this intercultural, international education opportunity in a gospel setting.” Describing their daily lives, Sister Tanner said, “It’s a lot of meetings. He’s trying to coordinate with the various departments on campus. He’s coordinating academics, student life, facilities management, and the PCC.” Her husband added, “I often laugh because people always say, ‘Oh, you’re in Hawaii. How fun!’ And I tell them, ‘I don’t just sit around on the beach and drink piña coladas, you know.’ I love to swim in the ocean, but unfortunately my life gets taken up with lots of work.” Tanner said he often flies back and forth to the mainland for meetings with the presidents of the other church universities, along with the Board of Trustees. The Executive Committee is made up of Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Elder Jeffery R. Holland, Elder Donald L. Hallstrom, Sister Linda K. Burton, and Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson. According to Tanner, the meetings are held bimonthly. One is presided over by Elder

Oaks, and the other by the First Presidency. Sister Tanner said, “It’s a privilege to be with the First Presidency, and it’s a privilege you don’t take lightly.You always want to be prepared and not waste their time because you know what kind of responsibilities are on their shoulders.” President Tanner said, “It’s remarkable to me how much care, attention, and time the brethren give to the church schools. Every faculty member who is hired is considered individually by name by the board. That means the First Presidency, two apostles, and other general authorities, read a little biography about every faculty member we recommend… [which] takes quite a long time.” “The reason I bring this up,” Tanner added, “is just to indicate that the brethren really care about all the church schools and especially the students. They want your experience to be a terrific one.” Norman Black, the vice president of Administration, said, “[President] and Sister Tanner dearly love the students and employees and care about each one of us. We are happy to have them continue a legacy of great presidents who have led this university.” President and Sister Tanner were married while attending BYU, shortly after President Tanner returned home from his first mission in Brazil. Together they have raised five children and have 20 grandchildren. After graduating from BYU, the Tanners spent six years studying at UC Berkeley, then moved to Tallahassee to teach at Florida State University. They then moved back to Utah and spent 30 years teaching at BYU, and eight more as administrators. Sister Tanner was called as the Young Women General President in 2002 and served until 2008. They then presided over the Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission from 2011-2014. Following that, President Tanner was called to serve in the General Sunday School Presidency. He was then asked by President Thomas S. Monson to be the president of BYUH starting July 27, 2015. S E P T E MB ER 2 0 1 6

C ampus L i fe Sculptor Jan Fisher, right, made this bronze of Ma Manuhi‘i, which sits next to the Laie Hawaii Temple. Ma Manuhi‘i was the “Hawaiian mother” of Joseph F. Smith during his mission in Hawaii. Photo by Yukimi Kishi

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Former art professor Jan Gordon Fisher passes away BYUH bronze sculptor’s legacy remains scattered among the islands B Y SAM O N E YU E N

Sculptor and BYUHawaii professor of 21 years Jan Gordon Fisher passed away July 20, 2016, leaving a legacy of artwork all around the islands. BYUH students and faculty said they remember him as a genuine artist and friend. Arguably, his most famous piece is the 9-foot bronze Duke Kahanamoku statue in downtown Waikiki, which he finished in 1990. The sculpture is seen by millions of people from all over the world. BYUH Japanese Professor Katsuhiro Kajiyama said of Fisher,, ““He is a pure artist. He thinks of everything in an aesthetic way. If it is art, he always discusses it, and the discussion prolongs, and gives a more critical opinion… I loved him, because he was such a person.” Talking about some of Fisher’s artwork in Maui that she and her family saw, Brandi Mayes said in a Facebook post about Fisher’s work, “Remarkable! Gifted doesn’t even describe the works we’ve seen!” Fisher’s bronze sculptures in Maui are all around the Grand Wailea Hotel. The sculptures include a spear fisherman, a mermaid, and trios of male and also female hula dancers.

Sherry McNabb-Holman wrote in a Facebook post, “I have never seen such lifelike sculptures before. What beautiful works of art he created. So sorry to hear of his passing. I can see he will be missed by so many, but he will live on through his beautiful artwork. The great thing about those sculptures is that people will get to see them and enjoy them on a daily basis for the first time in so many instances. And they will be amazed as I was.” Fisher also made the sculpture of Ma Manuhi‘i, the Hawaiian woman who took the teenage Joseph F. Smith under her wing while he was on his mission in the Hawaiian Islands. The statue rests beside the Laie Hawaii Temple grounds. Fisher confided in Kajiyama about a special experience he had when preparing to make the bronze sculpture of Manuhi‘i, said Kajiyama. When Fisher was pondering how to make the statue of the woman he couldn’t find any photos of her, and he didn’t want to make a generic Hawaiian face, said Kajiyama. So, he went with a prayerful heart to the temple. “A miracle happened,” related Kajiyama, as Fisher had told him. “He saw her fingers in the temple, then her face and whole body. ‘I was so inspired,’ he told me, almost in tears, and he started the statue.” Kajiyama said he and Fisher were close friends as they worked together as teachers at BYUH. “I was teaching art at that time. Ex-

changing ideas it was so much fun.” One of Fisher’s students, LeRoy Transfield, made two bronze sculptures at the Polynesian Cultural Center. One is a statue of Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the steel guitar, and the other is Hamana Kalili, who made the shaka sign famous. Transfield wrote on Facebook, “Jan was my teacher and a good friend. I often think of him. Sometimes in appreciation, sometimes to curse him :) but never a dull moment with that crazy guy. The longer I live the more I understand and appreciate him, his contradictions, crazy experiences and his unselfish generosity.” Another student, Douglas Larsen, wrote on Facebook about Fisher: “I remember working on a sculpture after class and talking about my brother suffering from addictions and bad friends, and wishing I could bring him to Hawaii. Jan Fisher handed me his credit card and said, ‘That’s a worthy cause. Go buy him a ticket and get him here.’ That probably saved my brother’s life. My brother is doing great 25 years later.” “Jan Gordon Fisher was born in 1938 in Westwood, Calif. He attended Brigham Young University on an art scholarship where he received a bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree. He continued his education at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., where he studied with the famous master, Antonio Prieto. His bronzes have won many awards and he was a member of the National Sculpture Society since 1991,” according to FineArt360.com S E P T E MB ER 2 0 1 6

C ampus L i fe Sister missionaries guide students learning to sew. Photo by David Preece

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The Sewing Center moves to new location Preparations are being made for the open house, though it is already open B Y L E SL I E O W U SU

The Sewing Center has moved from its location in the Cannon Activities Center to a more accessible and more spacious location in the Aloha Center, said the center’s staff. This new location will help both male and female students to dress modestly. Sister Linda Campbell, a senior missionary from Utah and a volunteer at the Sewing Center, said, “This new location is what is really unique about it. The students can see where it is. Before, a lot of the students had no idea where it was, or they could not find it.” She said with the new location in the Aloha Center, students can drop in and see if they need anything to be fixed or if they can fix it themselves. Sister Karla Robins, a senior missionary from Utah who volunteers at the Sewing Center, said, “First and foremost, we want the students to know that the Sewing Center is available. Also, it is not a sewing class. It is a helping service to aid the students with whatever they need and to help them do it themselves.” Robins added, “The goal is to show the students how to do it themselves. Lots of times, it is not possible because it is too complicated for a beginner; but if it is, we just help the student. And actually, there are almost as many men as women that come in.” The official mission statement of the Sewing Center, according to its website, is “to provide students and their spouses opportunities for learning by making available services and supplies to learn to become more self-reliant.” Campbell said, “Our focus is really on modesty. Students can add fabric to make things longer, fix holes, add sleeves, and

more. Many students will bring clothes they received from the Give and Take and bring it to the center to mend.” There are 10 volunteers and one student worker available to assist people at the Sewing Center. Students can learn to mend their clothing to meet the standards of the dress code, as well as learn basic sewing skills. Cambria Graves, a senior from Colorado studying international cultural studies, is the student worker for the Sewing Center. She said she used to be a teaching assistant for the sewing class, and prior to that she learned how to sew as a child from her mother. “I love working here. It is so fun. For the most part all I do is mending, working on hems, and helping students with whatever they need,” said Graves. She said the added space is good because “we now have a dressing room, and the windows bring in the bright sunlight. People are always in the Aloha Center.” “All of the people who work here are super friendly and they are really good at what they do. They are all senior sister missionaries, so they have experience.” Graves said the volunteers want students to feel comfortable and are always trying to make the center better for the students they serve. “The students are so grateful and overjoyed after finishing a project, they cannot thank us enough,” said Campbell. The Sewing Center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. It stays open three hours later on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 8 p.m. The open house for the Sewing Center will be held on Sept. 9, and all are invited to attend.

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Campus Life

GROUP FIT Students gather to exercise in a judgment-free zone S t u d e n t s g i ve b a c k t o B Y U - H aw a i i by o f f e r i n g f r e e e xe r c i s e c l a s s e s f o r t h o s e o f a l l s h a p e s a n d s i z e s BY KELSY S I M M O N S

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Lindi Young founded GROUP FIT. Photo by Stop Khemthorn.

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Students exercise in the class to start their own path to fitness. Photo by Stop Khemthorn

very Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m., BYU-Hawaii students of all shapes and sizes gather in front of the Old Gym to participate in an extracurricular, free, full-body group fitness class called Group Fit. The class is lead by Lindi Young, a senior from Kansas studying exercise sports science. The exercises participants do in Group Fit are a series of shorter, high-intensity workouts. Young designed it to be a full-body workout that uses minimal equipment. Young said she put the class together as a way to give back to BYUH. She said the purpose of the class is to provide a non-judgmental environment people can come to for exercise. “Whatever your goals may be, I hope I can start that for you,” she said. Members of the class are at different levels of fitness. During the hour-long class, students can be heard encouraging each other to push themselves and laughing at the various shapes of sweat stain on their clothes. Hannah Palmer, a senior studying biomedicine from Utah, said, “It’s almost like a family. When we are there, we are always 20

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encouraging each other and we are able to accomplish everything together. So even though we are at our different levels, we are accomplishing it together.” Of Young’s coaching skills, Palmer said, “Lindi pushes me through [the workout], and it hurts like crap doing it, but it feels amazing afterwards. She knows when your limit is. I feel like she can see everyone’s goal. She definitely pushes you but she doesn’t force you to go too far.” Vicki Hext, a senior from Arizona studying hospitality and tourism management, commented, “I played basketball in high school, so I’m really good when there is a coach telling me to go. I’m not great working out on my own.” Hext said she used to run on cardio machines, but when it came to strength training, it was easy for her to take a rest for “way too long.” After her first workout with the group, Hext said, “I feel like I won’t be able to walk up the stairs tomorrow…It’s a good feeling. It hurts so good. It’s pain, but it’s because you accomplished something.”

Weight loss and sore muscles aren’t the only benefits that come from consistent exercise. Palmer said Group Fit didn’t only tone her body, it also toned her mind. She said, “I feel I have a lot more energy throughout the day. I’m able to concentrate a lot more. Before I’d be lazy and have junk food all the time and it was hard for me to concentrate.” Palmer added that she used to only be able to read about two pages of her textbook before feeling restless and wanting to stop and walk around. “Exercising calms my body down, and I’m able to sit and relax and concentrate on what I’m doing.” For Young’s motivation, she said simply, “I want go on a hike and not feel winded. I want to be able to rock climb and my strength doesn’t give out.” Young added, “I think it’s really cool to do things with your body that you couldn’t do before and see that progression.” She said anyone can attend the class. “Come to the class if you want to make friends or you want to lose weight. If you want to make any type of change in your life, just come and it will be awesome.”

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While having a multicultural university experience on the sunny shores of Hawaii is one reason people said they came to BYU-Hawaii, 12 students shared deeper, individual stories of how they came to Laie on the second day of Fall Semester. Reasons included wanting to major in the university’s international cultural studies program, personal inspiration they needed to come to BYUH, the opportunity to study at a LDS Church school, a convert’s desire to learn more about the LDS Church, and more. The interviews were conducted by students in the Communications 211 Media Writing class.

Williamson expressed her displeasure with the school’s decision to cut sports at the end of the 2016-17 academic year, but said she isn’t too heartbroken since she will be graduating before the program’s demise. While Williamson said she will get to enjoy the benefits of her scholarship for the remainder of her education, her younger sister, Taiana Williamson, who started as a freshman at BYUH this year, will not. Williamson will be graduating in three semesters, which she said is one semester later than it could have been because she only decided on her major last year.

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Elvin Laceda, a freshman in general biology from Pampanga, Philippines, said ever since he joined the LDS Church at age 11, he knew about the university. “So BYUH became my first option,” Laceda said, “became a dream.” Somewhere along the way, he lost sight of that dream and started school in the Philippines. However, he said when “I lost my scholarship back home, I remembered my goal of coming here to BYUH. Kind of like it’s my destiny to be here.” He added, “destiny happened because of my choices.” Getting to BYUH took effort, Laceda said. “My goal was to get into BYUH by myself. So I learned sign language and got a job. I also worked for the government, but that still wasn’t enough.” He ended up needing assistance to come to BYUH. “I was helped financially by one of the church leaders I met in my mission,” he said. Laceda said going to school here is helping him achieve his objectives. “One of my eternal goals is to gain excellent education and skills that I can use to serve my home country.” SEN IO R S OFT BA LL P L AY E R I S F I N I S H I N G U P H ER DEG REE A S S P O RT S AR E P H AS E D O U T

Makaela Williamson, a senior ICS major from California, said receiving a scholarship to play for the women’s softball team was her main reason for coming to BYUH . She also attributed much of her decision to Hawaii’s weather. She said, “I chose this school over Provo or Idaho because I don’t like the cold. I’m a California girl, and I love the beach and would love to spend more time at the beach than at the school.”

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Holly Lazelle, a freshman in cultural anthropology from Washington, said she knew since the eighth grade she wanted to study cultures and people around the world. Going to a LDS Church college was also in Lazelle’s plan, but she said she always pictured herself “in a big puffy coat” in college because she loves “Seattle-like weather” where it rains frequently and the temperature hovers in between 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, according to U.S. Climate Data website. However, when it came time for her to apply to colleges, she said she applied to BYU-Idaho and BYUH. “I never thought I would get into Hawaii when I didn’t hear back from it right away,” she said. When she got accepted, Lazelle said all her plans changed. She said she was overjoyed to be accepted to BYUH because of its excellent international cultural studies programs. This made the choice between the BYUs a little easier, she said. Lazelle did sacrifice her big coat for flip flops, but said she is liking the climate in Hawaii. “It has been a struggle, but worth it,” she said of her decision to come to BYUH, and added that the university experience has exceeded her expectations. F RE SH M AN P RE PARE S TO SE RVE L D S M I SSION

Michael McFarland, a freshman in business from Riverside, Calif., said his first semester of college at BYUH will be his last for two years because he plans on serving a mission in the upcoming months. This is McFarland’s first time in Hawaii, he said, and while he doesn’t know anyone yet but his sister, he said he is enjoying the peaceful, laid-back lifestyle Hawaii has to offer. In fact, he said the lifestyle in Continued on page 22 S E P T E MB ER 2 0 1 6

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Hawaii is what led him to coming here in the first place. Plus, his father suggested he come here before his mission. McFarland said he hopes to get a feel for college during the semester and gain real-world experience that will be valuable to him as he enters the mission field. He said he would like to go somewhere cold on his mission. While McFarland is studying business, he said he would like to pursue a career as a homicide detective. He was told by a friend that criminal justice degrees are a dime a dozen. If he does not succeed in finding a law enforcement career, McFarland added, he will at least have something good to fall back on with a business degree.

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Hannah Fullerton, a freshman in Pacific Island Studies from Arizona, said she came to BYUH even though most of her family went to BYU in Provo because Laie gave her a better opportunity to learn more languages and grow personally. “Overall, it fit every need I had and it was more laid -back than Provo,” she said. Fullerton’s second language is Japanese because her mother served a mission in Japan and taught her Japanese at home since she was young. She also speaks Korean, Chinese and is learning Polynesian languages. In Laie, “I got to speak all these languages all in one week,” Fullerton said. Over the years, she said she has made friends with people from SOPHO MORE NAT I V E AM E R I CAN S C H O L AR CO M E S other countries and started learning their languages. FOR C ULT U RA LLY R I C H E X P E R I E N C E Fullerton said in her junior year of high school, she met a Samoan Christian Secovy is a sophomore studying social work from Phoenix, guy and they ended up being the best of friends. She said she wants to Ariz., and is a member of the Navajo tribe attending BYUH through the learn to speak Samoan well and gain practical experience speaking other Native American Scholar program. Secovy said she wants everyone to languages too. Fullerton said she is also looking forward to working at know, “My name is pronounced like Kristine, but I go by Cody.” the Polynesian Cultural Center and understanding the stories and cul Before coming to Laie, Secovy played basketball for four years tures there. Additionally, she has an interest in the Indian culture and just and went to high school in Oregon for her last two years. She not only started learning Hindi last week. received the chance to participate in the Native American Scholar pro Ultimately, Fullerton said she would like to become educated gram here but also was awarded a scholarship to Michigan State to play enough to become a travel writer in the future. Besides her interest in basketball. She said she choose BYUH over Michigan State because of her languages and cultures, she said she is an artist and loves to paint and family. Growing up in a house with six sisters and one brother, she said draw tribal prints. her family encouraged her to go to BYUH to experience the culturally Fullerton’s LDS Church ancestors have connections to Laie and the rich environment Laie has to offer. Pacific as well. Her great great grandfather was one of the people who Even though Secovy does not play basketball at BYUH, she said she built the temple in Laie, she said, and his son was a mission president in may try out intramurals because she likes to try new things. Papeete, Tahiti, who spoke fluent Tahitian. He left behind journals and She said she is looking forward to this year at BYUH and is espebooks in Tahitian, and Fullerton said she has been trying to translate cially excited for her social welfare class. She said she chose to major in them. Because language has changed so much between 1950 and today, it is impossible for her, she said. However, he wrote a language guide and social work because “I’m interested in helping. I have met people who Fullerton has been using that to learn Tahitian and translate her family have been through a lot.” history. LA I E JUNIOR RET U R N S H O M E F R O M P R OVO

Anne McCarrey,a junior in political science and ICS from Laie, said she literally grew up on campus because her parents are pianists and music faculty at BYUH. During her senior year of high school, she said she attended concurrent classes at BYUH and earned college credit. McCarrey just transferred back to BYUH from BYU in Provo. She said she made the decision to attend BYUH because she really missed the atmosphere and environment of the campus. “There was nothing wrong with the people at BYU, but I just love that here you can pass by strangers and they’re friendly.You can always expect a smile or a wave from someone,” she said. McCarrey said she is starting her first semester here as a full-time student. This semester she wants to meet new people and make memories. “I’m looking forward to taking my mission prep class because I’m going to put my papers in when I turn 19 in November,” she added.

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Dalvin Kyle, a freshman majoring in biochemistry, said he came to BYUH from Samoa to start a new life for himself. “I wanted to be in a better environment than what I was in at the university in Samoa,” he said about his decision to come to Laie. With all of the different religions and thinking in Samoa, Kyle said, it is easy to become distracted and swayed by the “winds of doctrine” talked about in Ephesians 4:14. He said he felt coming to a school where not only there were good moral standards but also correct gospel principles would be a better place for him to do his secular learning. Now on campus, he said he is looking forward to “getting a good GPA and making my mother proud.” Kyle said he comes from a family where going on to receive additional education after high school is not common, and as the oldest of four siblings, he said he feels an obligaContinued on page 24

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tion to perform well in school. Adding pressure to his life this semester, Kyle will be pursuing of a 4.0 GPA to reap the rewarded of earning free tuition at BYUH. His advice to seniors in high school is to “pursue goals, study hard and have fun, but not too much fun.” Kyle said his grandfather, whom he looks up to, gave him wise counsel over the years including: “Don’t study hard. Study smart.” CA L IF ORNIA CONV E RT CAM E TO L E AR N M ORE A B OUT T HE CHU RC H

Alexis Bowles, a junior in social work from Fresno, Calif., said she was in the process of joining the church when she decided to come to BYUH. She said she thinks “BYUH is a perfect place to learn more of the church’s morals and values.” She got baptized on June 12, 2014, the summer before she came to BYUH. She said being here has been very different and confusing, especially the religion classes that have made her question a lot. However,

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she said she stayed and has learned a lot not only about secular learning but also spiritual topics. Throughout her stay here, she said she learned to love the people and the teachers and most specially the Aloha spirit. Bowles said while she has enjoyed the beauty of Hawaii through hikes and various activities, this semester she wants to focus on her career. “I want to figure out what to do after school,” she said. F RE SH M AN B I O -M E D M AJO R CO M E S TO LA IE FOR U. S. AN D L D S CO L L E GE E XP E RI E N CE

Falaseki Puta, a freshman majoring in bio-medicine from Tonga, said he came to BYUH because he wanted to go to college in the United States, BYUH is financially affordable, and it was an LDS university. His parents helped him make the decision to come to BYUH, he said, telling him it “would be a great opportunity and it was not too expensive.” Puta said he is looking forward to exploring Hawaii and getting straight As this semester.

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in this section BYU-Hawaii students fulfill prophecy about Vanuatu education

Psychology student, Rebecca Foster, interns in Peru, heading three projects

BYU-Hawaii senior returns from cultural festival tour in Europe

Recent graduates travel to France to help with refugee relief programs

Louell Lorzano paved the way for BYU-Hawaii students seeking an internship

The Marine Team collects specimens to help researchers in Saipan

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fter volunteering on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, Spencer Grubbe, a senior music major from Oregon, said, “The thing I learned most was how to be content with what I have. The kids down there don’t even know what phones, video games or the internet are. They have these little games in their yards they play with rocks and sticks. The adults could sit for hours and just talk to everyone. There was never a sense of disrespect or unkindness. “A lot of people in the United States seem to be more focused on getting to know everyone just enough and what they need to know, and not really seeing them for who they are and not perfecting their relationship with them,” said Grubbe. “In Vanuatu, they make the experience as genuine and complete as possible. They are really focused on the emotions and desires of the people.” H I STO RY

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According to village lore, the U.S. military recruited men from Tanna during World War II, an island from the nation of Vanuatu. The military agreed to offer protection during the war so the islanders would be safe. The people were forever grateful for the Americans’ service, and some of the chiefs in Tanna made a prophecy that one day Americans would return to their country to help their children just as the Americans did at that time. Maklen Kapalu, a BYU-Hawaii political science alumni and native citizen of Tanna, said she believes BYUH students were helping to fulfill this prophecy by volunteering for the Kapalu Connection. The Kapalu Connection is a non-profit organization that sends volunteers to teach in the schools of Tanna and help build stores and houses. Kapalu cofounded the organization with William Arnett, a music graduate from Arizona who served his mission in Vanuatu. A portion of the funds the volunteers pay goes to subsidize education costs and provide scholarships for children in Tanna. Arnett originally tried to start the business by himself but was unable to because he wasn’t a citizen. Kapalu helped him start the organization with the help of her uncle, who used to be prime minister of Vanuatu. Continued on page 28

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Kapalu said she wanted to help because it is the desire of the people of Tanna. “I’ve talked to many of the people, and they are ready to have [the volunteers] come and teach their children.” She said the government is corrupt and takes the money meant to be spent on education. Because of the corruption, some government officials have called her and asked her to contest the election and run for prime minister. Kapalu said she wants to run to help change the system. “I told them I will, once we are done working here to help Tanna,” she said. PRE PA RING T HE WAY

In order for the business to grow, Arnett sent volunteers in April to build houses for future volunteers. Kapalu’s family cleared out the trees on a part of their land so they could build houses and a shop. Two BYUH volunteers signed up: Alecsa Hendrick, a junior exercise sports science major from Georgia, and Drew Putnam, a business senior from Texas. On their way to Vanuatu, Hendrick and Putnam met a cyclone in Fiji. After a detour to Samoa and four days of delay because of flooding in Fiji, they finally arrived in Vanuatu. “When we finally got to Tanna, everything started to work out for us,” said Putnam. 28

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Because of the cyclone in Fiji and a cyclone that hit Vanuatu a year ago, Hendrick and Putnam also helped with a few rebuilding projects. “We put in water tank systems for rainwater collection and built concrete buildings for stronger protection against the hurricanes,” said Putnam. For future volunteers, Hendrick and Putnam helped the locals start building a house, a cafeteria, a shop, and a storage unit for the shop. They left for home after two months, and the villagers finished up all of the buildings just in time for the group of Kapalu Connection volunteer teachers in July. L I V I N G O N TH E I SL AN D

Half a dozen BYU-Hawaii students went in July for a month to teach in the schools. Arnett said he hoped the students weren’t as focused on their teaching as on learning from the people and their culture. The students lived in two parts of the island: Lenakel and Greenpoint. Spencer Grubbe, stayed in Greenpoint for most of the time and said, “It was a very tribal area. Money was not commonly used. Lots of people told us to just carry around a machete and cut down food off of trees whenever we were hungry. They didn’t

have running water. There was no electricity or easy access to manufactured goods.” Grubbe said Lenakel was more “developed. There was more technology and things going on.” Maklen Kapalu’s village, where the volunteers stayed, is located about a mile north of Lenakel in the jungle. In both areas, students said the people live off of the land, growing their own food in gardens or cutting it down from off of the trees. In Lanakel, Kapalu’s family prepared lunch and dinner for the students, which normally included rice, chicken or beef, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, and laplap, a national dish of Vanuatu made of breadfruit, taro or yam. The cost of this food was included in what the students had to pay to go on the trip. In Greenpoint, the students stayed in a house on the local LDS branch president’s property. Grubbe lived there with Hunter Middleton, a sophomore from Arizona studying entrepreneurship at Arizona State University. Middleton came on the trip because of a recommendation from Hyram Yarbro, a BYUH sophomore from Arizona studying peacebuilding and employee of the Kapalu Connection. The first couple of days in Greenpoint were “rough,” said Grubbe. “The first day when we got there, we went with some guys to go

Left: Children at the local Elementary School play outside during a 30-minute recess. Photo by Hyram Navigator Right: Hunter Middleton teaches 6th grade students. Photo by Josh Mason

get coconuts. Then, we went to a custom and sat around in a circle for the whole day. The next day, we went back and did more sitting, and by the end of that day we were just walking around to break the monotony.” Middleton confirmed, “Two days felt like a week.” Middleton said the biggest challenge was that no one spoke English in Greenpoint, whereas a few villagers spoke English in Lenakel. However, the national language, Bislama, contains some broken English words in it, so he said he felt like they “could get by.” Sarah Precourt, a junior from Massachusetts studying communications, said some of the challenges included adjusting to the food, the living situation, and trying to figure out the culture. Ciarra Butler, a senior from Arizona studying anthropology, stayed with Precourt in Lanakel and said it was difficult allowing the people to serve them. She said she felt like she should help out when they were building or preparing food, but the people didn’t want the volunteers to get hurt or dirty. Grubbe said he enjoyed the lack of cellular reception and the consequential disconnection with social media and the internet in general. He said they would spend their free time talking with the locals about their cultures and history.

Both Middleton and Grubbe agreed that they were grateful for their experiences. “It was really cool to get some ‘only Greenpoint’ experiences,’” said Middleton. THE PEOPLE

“They were so happy that we were there, they gave us food while we passed by. One guy stopped us and talked to us for a while, and then he told his son to go get some sugar cane for us.” Precourt said, “Coming here, I was scared I was going to do something that would offend them, but then getting here you realize there’s really nothing you can do to offend them except for very small things.”

Overall, the students said they were impressed by how nice and accommodating all the people were. Grubbe said, “The family we stayed with did our laundry, cooked us food, did our dishes, TE ACH I N G E XP E RI E N C ES and they wouldn’t let us help.” Butler said she loved how happy all the Precourt decided to stay in Lanakel to teach people were. “My life isn’t any better than at Isangel Central Primary School, one of the theirs because I’ve never seen anyone here unonly schools near Lanakel where students learn happy.” She added, “Most of them live in houses English. She said children understand English at made of palm trees. There are no roads… They a “pretty young age.” She said the hardest part thrive here with almost nothing. They have was teaching pronunciation. However, she said something we need, something we’re lacking.” some progress was made. “They became more The group also said they were surprised comfortable with the English. My first day, we by how friendly the people were when they had to slow down and take a lot more time.” found out the students were from America. “I Some of the difficulties included “correctdidn’t realize the people of Tanna really like ing some of the English problems people have Americans,” said Grubbe. when they’re typing or writing,” said Precourt. “Even though they knew we don’t speak “So they’ll be writing things, and they don’t Bislama, they still try to communicate with understand that a letter can completely change you,” Grubbe continued. “We got asked the a word sometimes. One time, there was a sixth same basic 10 English questions over and over grader who was supposed to be typing ‘thick again because it’s the only ones they knew.”

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bush on the mountain’ and they said ‘dick bush on the mountain.’ I saw that and stopped and tried so hard not to laugh because the kid had made such a huge mistake. I was trying to figure out what he was trying to say,” but then she noticed he had written the same wrong word “in all the sentences before too.” She said children in Tanna are just as like children in America. “They’re like normal American kids and are super energetic and excited to learn. They love having different teachers, whether we be from the States or from somewhere else.” Butler taught in a kindergarten where the students learn “the mother language.” She was impressed at how the little children learn to speak so many languages, including each individual village’s language. Middleton and Grubbe expressed difficulty teaching in the kindergarten at Greenpoint. The children spoke no English and after the first day of class, the teacher stopped showing up. They found the most effective way of teaching was to sing songs. They sang songs about the alphabet, days of the week, etc. SI G H T-S EEING

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They said their favorite was Mount Yasur, the world’s most consistently erupting volcano, according to the local tourist hub. Middleton said, “It was hard to believe we were watching it.You’re looking past the shooting lava and there’s the ocean and the sunset.” Precourt said, “If it was somewhere like America, they would stop you at the first checkpoint where you could see part of it.You [wouldn’t] see anything. I’ve been to the national park on the Big Island and you’re about a good mile away from the crater and just see smoke. [In Tanna,] you could see inside the crater.You could feel the sulfur.You could even taste the sulfur… that was not fun, especially when you’re trying to stay up and not get blown over by the wind because you’re bending over and choking because you’re dying. But besides that part, it was fun.” Grubbe said, “There are some experiences that you ... see in pictures and videos and think, ‘That’d be something cool to see.’ Then you go the world’s most consistently erupting volcano and you just see lava spraying up every 30 seconds. There’s nothing I can say to do the experience justice.” Butler paid to go to the volcano a second time. “I would do it again over and over. There’s just raw power.”

Middleton said it was “weird” because they were around other white people – tourists. “We were living here in Tanna and then we go to a tourist attraction where people are here just to visit and travel. It was kind of interesting seeing everyone so clean and… I don’t know… that part I wasn’t a big fan of, but the volcano itself was awesome.” Butler agreed, “It was kind of a disadvantage that it was in a tourism place rather than [a representation] of the true culture.” The group also visited a local attraction known as The Blue Hole, a cave only accessible by swimming underwater. Grubbe said, “I had seen pictures of [the Blue Hole] and just thought, ‘Cool, it’s a cave in the ocean.’ But then there’s so many different things to see – the waves, the sunlight, the very specific blue the water was…” Precourt said, “The Blue Hole was probably one of the coolest things for me because I’m an ocean person. To be able to swim and see all the different fish they had… swimming inside and seeing how blue it was… I was trying to describe it in my journal and realized I have no way of describing this. I couldn’t even describe the blue. It was this navy, aqua marine blue but even then it wasn’t those. It had turquoise and all these brilliant shades of blue.”

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Butler said it was beautiful. “It wasn’t as outwardly fantastic as the volcano but it was kind of a quiet assurance of beauty and power of the water,” she said. “Seeing the volcano and the blue hole was the pinnacle of all earthly power. It was fire and water, the mecca of the earth,” said Butler. “If you want to learn how small you really are in a world of big forces, come to Tanna.” The group also visited the Great Banyan Tree, which according to the local tourist organization, is the largest banyan tree in the world. KI ND OF TOU RIS M

The students said they loved being able to experience the culture and live like the people, rather than stay in a hotel. Precourt said, “We got to live with one of the chiefs and his family in their village. We got to hear straight from their mouths about the stories, the culture, their food, and all the things they’ve experienced first hand. It’s better than just having it on a PowerPoint on a slide being taught from a teacher who’s never been there and got it from a textbook.” Butler said she has a “love-hate relationship” with tourism. “It brings money and jobs to a place, but I don’t think you’ll ever get the

pure, raw culture or get the same empathy for people through tourism. When you really live with the people and you have the same dirt in your fingernails and you drink the same water and you eat the same food that came out of their garden that they tilled with their own hands, you just gain a certain understanding.” “You almost feel like this is your home,” Butler continued. “When you live with the people, you do what they do, and you spend time with them, I think you gain more raw human feeling on every level, be it good and bad. There are more struggles, but I think you learn more about people and about yourself instead of just throwing money into a country and leaving with less money.” LO O K I NG B ACK

Relieved after a month of constant stress of managing all the people involved in the Kapalu Connection, Arnett said he appreciates the lesson he gets when he visits the people. “You don’t need anything to be happy. [You only need] a family and the gospel, or at least some belief. Life is to be enjoyed and not worried about.You need to try to be good, to do good and to love the earth, God, and everyone around you. Sounds kind of hippie, but it’s true.”

All of the students said they think more students should go. Butler said there is something for everyone in Vanuatu. “This program is very new, so I don’t know what it will be like in the future, but I do strongly think that there’s something here for everyone. Just in our group alone, there are people who love soccer, who love music, who love teaching, who love people, who love the ocean. There’s something for all of us to find ownership for and a place. If you’re looking for adventure, Tanna’s a great place to come. If you’re looking for tourism, come for a week.” All of the students said future volunteers should bring comfort food. “Bring cheese if you want,” said Middleton. The students constantly spoke about all the different kinds of foods they missed, noticing that most of the foods contained cheese. Middelton also said, “Honestly, you don’t need to pack a lot of clothes. Just be ready to wear the same pairs of clothes over and over again, because that’s what the people here do. You don’t need to change. No one judges you for the clothes you wear.You don’t have to look pretty. This is jungle; it’s the bush.” Butler concluded,“Just come and make it what you want it to be, because it’s possible.”

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Esther Candari spent her summer touring across Europe, dancing and teaching about the Hawaiian culture to thousands of folk festival attendees as part of a larger festival organization. Candari, an art major from Kaneohe, was the only BYU-Hawaii student in her dance team of four, but one of the members, James Ahuna, is a former Kaneohe branch president of Candari’s. The group’s three-week adventure took the members from Germany to Portugal and everywhere in between, Candari shared. Almost every day, she and her three compatriots taught basic hula and Hawaiian songs to locals at festival-sponsored workshops before dancing in front of 100-700 people on stage. They also performed in parades with an excess of 20,000 spectators, meaning they danced for a population bigger than all of Laie, Kahuku, Hau‘ula, and Ka‘a‘awa combined, according to Google demographics. When describing the festivals, Candari said, “Everyone would share their music, their dances, and their food. It was like no borders existed.” Cristina Collazos, a BYU grad from California, was a performing member in Candari’s troupe and said, “I really think that music and dance really speaks to people’s hearts and breaks down any language barrier. It’s truly beautiful.” Candari said the festivals would go on until 11 p.m., only to be followed by all of the performers gathering together for food and dance parties. “We didn’t usually get back until 2 or 3 in the morning, but we didn’t usually have to go anywhere until noon the next day, so it was fine,” Candari recalled. The organization that hosted this melting pot of culture was the International Council

of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts, or CIOFF for short. Candari explained the organization’s members cover all the attending CIOFF members’ room and board, transportation, give them a local tour guide, and provide a small amount of spending money each day. The only cost to the dancers is their airfare and the costumes they bring with them. Though sharing her heritage with European locals was her primary objective, Candari said her favorite aspect of the tour was getting to interact with all the other performers from around the world. “In Holland, we got really close to the mariachi band,” Candari explained. “It was really cool because somebody would start playing music, one of us would start playing ukulele, and everybody else would just join in. We would have Croatians, Mexicans, Bulgarians, and they would all bring their instruments over and we would have these massive jam sessions all the time.” Another group Candari’s band of Hawaiian/American representatives grew close to was the Russian group from Kamchatka, who Candari described as “Russian Eskimos.” She said, “They looked Korean, spoke Russian, but dressed like Native Americans. It was really confusing.” “We could really only communicate with them using Google translate,” Candari said. A humorous misunderstanding happened when the two groups were trying to trade contact information. “One of the guys came up to Cristina and I, and said, ‘After dinner, you, me, undress.’ What he was trying to say was, ‘after dinner, can we trade addresses?” Sam Alva, one of the members of Candari’s crew, shared his favorite memory from the trip: “The human connection you felt with

people from all over the world was amazing. An example being when this really awesome Portuguese teenager came over excitedly after our performance to say how much he liked the Hawaiian group. “I ended up talking with him for most of the rest of the show and we became instant friends. I had to run to perform in the finale and left in a hurry but regretted that I hadn’t left any contact info or anything. Much to my joy, our friend, Luis, found us again at our last show and we made sure to become Facebook friends and take a picture before I left, which he even made his profile picture,” said Alva. “This is just one of many similar interactions we had with new friends from all over the world. There was this sense of treasuring the time we had together. When that connection is made, it is one of the best feelings in the world.” Alva is a recent music and dance theatre BYU graduate from Texas, and has worked with James Ahuna in his “Living Legends” touring group. Candari said she and her team generally had one or two days per week when they weren’t dancing or running workshops where they could go sight-seeing and play tourist. She said her favorite place she visited was the Portuguese town of Porto. “It was my favorite because it was super picturesque. It looked like something out of a movie,” Candari explained. “Everywhere you turned was a gorgeous view. It wasn’t where you walk down the main street and that’s all that’s pretty; here you can walk down the side streets and it’s still pretty. Everything was just gorgeous.” Another town Candari highlighted was Barcelos, Portugal, which built a stage overtop a flowing river for the jubilee’s arrival.

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Spending Spring at an embassy Louell Lorzano paves the way for BYUH students seeking an internship B Y AL E X M AL D O N AD O

Senior political science student Louell Lorzano said she spent Spring Semester working as the first intern from BYU-Hawaii at the United States embassy in Manila, Philippines. Once there, Lorzano described her responsibilities as, “[Going] to different Filipino colleges, mostly in metro Manila, and [encouraging] students to study in the USA.” Lorzano said her opportunity came in part from her friend, E.J. Hernandez, a BYUH alumnus. Hernandez said he had been invited to a dinner at the embassy, and Lorzano saw the subsequent Facebook posts and asked him to use his connections to get her an intern position. Hernandez agreed, and recommended she try to get on with the embassy’s education program. After being granted a position, Lorzano said she was tasked to work with Education USA, a network of more than 400 international student advising centers in more than 170 countries, according to its official website. Hernandez said, “When students come to BYUH, I want them to have leadership experience. When they go out, they need to protect the BYUH name. What I did with Lulu is I told her [the internship] is a real serious concern, and we need to show these employers that we are a good school; a school of leaders.’” Hernandez said he coached Lorzano and worked alongside her when contacting the embassy officials to make sure she got the position. He helped ensure she knew how to conduct herself to ensure she was the best possible representation of BYUH. Lorzano said her regular tasks included hosting forums at the universities and bringing students back to the embassy to teach about the advantages of attending an American college as opposed to a Filipino one. Lorzano explained how if two people showed up to a job interview, one with a degree from an American university and the other with a Filipino degree, the

applicant who studied in United States would most likely be the one hired. “I think the highlight of my internship was introducing students to our school and answering questions about Mormon education,” Lorzano said. She said people often asked, “Are Mormons Christians?” She would say the name of Jesus Christ is in the church’s title. Another frequently asked question was what separated an LDS college from other universities. Lorzano said she always mentioned BYUH’s Honor Code and the Word of Wisdom, and the students were amazed BYUH has such a policy. After she had explained the policies to the students, Lorzano said, “[They would] realize that not having those harmful substance is really beneficial to your health.” The Philippines face an obstacle Lorzano referred to as the brain-drain effect. Lorzano explained, “Part of the brain-drain effect is we have a lot of students who come [to BYUH] to gain an education, and they have all of these opportunities open for them. Then after they graduate, they don’t go back to their countries. “When a student leaves and doesn’t come back, their potential to become a leader in his or her country is being thrown away. He can potentially be a leader or be very influential in their country, but for one reason or another, will decide to stay in the United States.” Speaking as a Filipino BYUH student, Lorzano continued, “It would be more beneficial for us if we went back [to the Philippines] because the people want us to show and pay forward all the things we learned in such an advanced university.” The brain-drain effect is in direct opposition to BYUH President John S. Tanner’s goal for the students from that region to return home and become leaders and officials, both publicly and within the church. Lorzano said it is looking like interns from BYUH at the Manila embassy are here

to stay after the impression she left. Her first successor, Ruth Tibungcog, has already arrived at the embassy to serve in a different department. Tibungcog, a junior from the Philippines studying psychology, said she is working in the immigration department and helps create travel visas for Filipino travelers. Tibungcog said she spends a lot of her time inside the embassy itself, which she describes as “very overwhelming to be inside of,” with very thick walls and is especially security minded. “Before I can enter our office, I have to put in this code for the door in order for it to unlock,” Tibungcog said. “People here take their jobs seriously but are fun to be with.” According to Tibungcog, interns at the embassy are few and far between. “Availability of any of the positions will be based on a need basis,” she shared. “Usually they only have one intern per department.” Because of the different departments at the embassy, there are internships available for many different majors, according to Lorzano. Lorzano explained her main desired outcome of the internship was to get a job. However, when she went to apply for a full-time position after her internship had come to an end, she was informed she would need at least two years’ experience before they would bring her on board. Fortunately, she said she is allowed to count her internship as part of that in-field time. Lorzano said she had an unforgettable experience on her last day at the embassy when she talked to Phillip Goldberg, the United States ambassador. She said what stood out most among his remarks was when he told her she had a lot ahead of her in life, and she needed to take advantage of her opportunity to study in the United States. After Lorzano graduates in Fall Semester 2016, she said she plans to return to the Philippines and study to become a lawyer. S E P T E MB ER 2 0 1 6

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Psychology student interns in Peru Rebecca Foster taught workshops on domestic violence and helped children with speech and literacy B Y L E SL I E O W U SU

During a six-week internship in Cajamarca, Peru, Rebecca Foster, a senior majoring in psychology from California, provided service addressing domestic violence, literacy, and speech therapy. Cajamarca is a rural city in the Northern Andes, she said, and the volunteers performed a variety of service projects. Foster said she was the group leader of three projects. During her first week there, she said she got acquainted with the different projects her team was working on. “I worked with my supervisor down there and we were able to find other resources.” This is how she found her three projects. “We worked with the Peace Corps to set up a project so that I could teach workshops on domestic violence at a women’s center. I had to prepare a lesson each week based on the schedule. “Each week I make a handout for the woman in charge. It would address the topic we were going to teach that day. I tried to use a lot of pictures because some of the women were illiterate, so pictures helped them understand. I did all of this in Spanish. At the end of the week, I would write up weekly reports and send it to the main office,” she said. Foster said the second project she set up was for a school exclusively focused on the education of children with special needs. “We provided classroom assistance because the teachers we were assisting did not have a ton of resources to help the kids. We helped the kids with their literacy. We taught them how to write their name and would read to them. We bought new books for them as well, so that they would have things to read,” she stated. Foster said she developed personal relationships with all of the children she worked

with, as she also visited them in their homes with their families. Her third project included providing speech therapy at a special needs home for children whose parents worked during the day or were orphans. Foster said, “I am not trained in speech pathology at all, but I know speech pathologists. We decided to work with the center and I asked my friends who do speech therapy for advice on what to do. We taught based on their needs. So I had to make sure that it lined up with their language goals.” Foster served as a full-time missionary in El Salvador. “Being able to go and speak Spanish again was really rewarding. I loved that so much. It took me a week or two to adjust back to speaking Spanish and I still feel like I can always improve. I was able to gain some fluency back,” she said. The search for the right internship took some time, said Foster, because she had specific things she was looking to do. “Initially, I was planning to volunteer for a different organization in Lima, but when I looked more into it, I was not satisfied with the program. I wanted to do an internship where I worked all day, pursued different interests, and created my own projects,” she said. She said the criteria she was looking for matched up with an organization called Help International. “I saw flyers around school. During the Career Fair, I met a representative from the organization.” After researching more, she said she found Help International was opening an internship in Peru working with special needs, which is exactly what she wanted to do. Foster’s group consisted of 12-16 volunteers. “We made a good team. We would eat dinner together every night and that helped

us to bond well as a team. We worked hard together. We also had team building activities every week,” she said. The group was also able to visit the world-famous Machu Piccu. She continued, “Make sure what you are doing is sustainable so that it will help over time. Embrace the culture.” Foster said a majority of visitors get culture shock when they get to Peru, but an open mind is the only way of learning from different lifestyles. The idea to do an internship came during an English class she was enrolled in last year. Dr. Ban Phung, an assistant professor at BYUHawaii, asked his students, “What is your next step?” Foster added, “That is when I thought about the seven-week break in the summer. I wanted to do something like an internship because I could not schedule it into my semesters. I had been thinking about it previously, but his class sparked my desire to really pursue it and I started looking into different ones.” She said these events guided her to find the path where she could take her next steps. “I liked the way that Help International is set up. Based on the needs of the people, you can create your own projects.You design and set it up. Then you lead that project and have other volunteers help. This allows an openness to pursing projects that are based on the people’s needs,” said Foster. “Being able to wake up every day, go prepare and teach lessons, and interact and serve people was so worthwhile. By the end, I did not want to leave. I was not ready to leave. That feeling you have when you focus on serving others is almost addicting,” said Foster. She said she loved the people because of their selflessness and sense of humor. S E P T E MB ER 2 0 1 6

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Top: Rebecca Sabalones went to France to volunteer in refugee camps. Middle: Victoria Jaques in one of the camps. Below: Refugee camps house people waiting for papers to allow them to enter England. Photos courtesy of Rebecca Sabalones

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Alumnae ser ve in refugee camps Recent graduates travel to France to help out with refugee relief programs B Y AL E X M AL D O N AD O

Two BYUH alumnae set off to serve refugees in Europe this past summer after being inspired by a talk given in General Conference about the current refugee crisis. “These people are vulnerable,” recent ICS grad Rebecca Sabalones said, “They have no nation and no government to back them up. They have very few people on their side who can help them.” Sabalones, who is from Indiana, spent four days serving with her friend Victoria Jaques, an English major graduate from England, in two secluded refugee camps in the forests of France. While there, the two distributed food and clothing donated by local businesses and grocery stores, cleaned up trash around the camps, and met refugees from all over Africa and the Middle East. Jaques said, “The most important thing I would want people to know about the refugee situation in France is the negative portrayals of refugees in the media is not a fair representation. While we were there we heard a lot of negativity from various sources about refugees being violent; but it’s important that people stay open minded. “Everyone we encountered was seeking peace, and we were always treated with respect and kindness by all of the refugees. We also witnessed that, although they were essentially stuck, they were still incredibly resourceful and wanting to progress.” According to Sabalones, the exact locations of the camps are being kept hidden from the public because the refugees have been targeted in the past by French citizens who don’t want them in their country. Sabalones described the process of getting to the first camp in Dunkerque as: “We got off at a stop our friends had gotten off at the day before, and then they told us to go wait for this old white van near the stop.

“We go to the location they told us to go and there are like 15 people waiting; a couple of volunteers, but most of them refugees. It was pretty sketchy, but we were just going on faith, you know? Then the white van comes and it’s old and beat up, but it’s driven by a friendly white woman. We just got on without really knowing where we were going and not really knowing French or anything else. Bada-bing, we’re there.” Sabalones then spoke about getting to the other camp in Calais, “Once we get to the Calais camp, it was like stepping into a third-world country.” Sabalones described “the Calais Jungle” after her time there. “The entire thing is laid with rocks, dirt and mud. It’s cold there even in the summer, but many were only wearing slippers, T-shirts, and shorts,” she said. She continued, “There are no proper houses; most live in tents while the nicest dwellings there are made of thin wood boards and tarps. Some of the refugees have been there long enough that they have made small shops and restaurants. Those are the biggest ‘buildings’ there, but they are still made of the same [materials].” She also mentioned the refugees can only use port-a-potties for latrines. The Calais Jungle is home to 7,300 refugees as of July, according to BBC. Dunkerque sits about 25 miles east of the Calais Jungle and is home to about 3,000 refugees, according to Al Jazeera. Jaques added, “The mood in the camps were pretty oppressive because litter was everywhere and the fences make you feel somewhat contained. However, I think there was a feeling of resilience there too; many people try to focus on where they want to go next.” Sabalones said some of the refugees have been in the camps for several months, with a select few who have been there for longer than a year. She explained the refugees are waiting

for a chance to either get their papers to enter the United Kingdom or to sneak out and try to enter England illegally. Many who try the latter option leave the camps on trucks almost every night, Sabalones added. Sabalones said it is also fairly common practice for western women to visit the camps, where refugee men will pay 6,000-8,000 pounds for her hand in marriage so he can apply for his immigration papers. The organizations that got Sabalones and Jaques into the camps are Utopia 56 and L’Auberge des Migrants. Utopia 56’s website says, “Our goal is to mobilize and manage volunteers to help refugees concentrated in northern France. We work in cooperation with all the organizations working on this territory for a while and willing to collaborate. We organize about 2,700 volunteer work days a month and count 3,000 members.” To volunteer at either of these organization, visit www.utopia56.com/en or the L’Auberge des Migrants Facebook page. The LDS Church’s website, iwasastranger.lds.org, is dedicated to helping people get involved with offering aid in the refugee effort. Sabalones offered a word of advice, “Don’t believe everything you’re told [about refugees] and find out for yourself. If we had listened to the some of the bigger voices in our lives, we wouldn’t have had these opportunities or have met these people.....There is a plan and design for our lives and it is up to you to take it. Live without regret and allow love and understanding to take over fearful thoughts. Reach out!” In Elder Patrick Kearon’s general conference talk, “Refuge from the Storm,” he promised, “Meeting refugee families and hearing their stories with your own ears, and not from a screen or newspaper, will change you. Real friendships will develop and will foster compassion and successful integration.” S E P T E MB ER 2 0 1 6

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Saipan T h e M a r i n e Te a m c o l l e c t s s p e c i m e n s to help professionals fur ther their research BY J OS H MA S O N

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Student takes a photo of Bird Island, a sanctuary for animal life. Photo by Tey Wilson

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The Marine Team members says they must observe oceanic currents and conditions before they dive to collect specimens. Photo by Tey Wilson

BYU-Hawaii students from the Marine Team traveled to Saipan on June 14 to survey marine invertebrate biodiversity in the area. Michelle Bennett, a recent graduate from Arizona who studied marine biology, said marine invertebrate biodiversity refers to “marine life but specifically things like snails, jellyfish, crabs, shrimp, anything without a backbone kind of thing.” Bennett, who also went on last year’s trip in 2015, said researching marine invertebrate biodiversity is important “because the ocean provides one in three breaths you take. Invertebrates are the sources of food for top predators, including humans. The ocean is a complex ecosystem that can usually manage itself, but with human influence, things get out of whack easily.” Without marine invertebrates, the entire ecosystem could collapse and damage even the humans’ environment, said Bennett. Dr. Roger Goodwill, professor of marine biology who specializes in marine invertebrate biodiversity, organizes the trips to Saipan each year to help students gain “real world experience.” He summarized what the group does on the trip: “We walk the reef, snorkel, dive, photograph, relax, stuff gets brought back here,

we try to identify it, and we send stuff out to experts to get it identified.” Benjamin Ho, a senior from Hong Kong studying general biology, went for the first time and said the workload was heavy. He said, “Sometimes you go in the morning at 7 a.m. and you will be doing lab work until about 4 p.m. Sometimes you have to stay up to catch up on the things you didn’t finish the day before.” Goodwill said, “They work about 60 hours a week. They sometimes work from 7 in the morning to midnight.” He said members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration once gave a presentation to students and said, “We work long hours. We work from 7:30 in the morning until 9:30 at night.” Goodwill pointed out, “These are paid professionals doing exactly what we’re doing… that’s very impressive to other people who are going to take them on as interns or jobs down the line because somebody had enough confidence in them to put out a block of money for them to work.” In addition to gaining real life experience, “I’m required to do some research and publish it, so the trip helps me with that,” said Goodwill. “For some students, it works as well

if the project is narrowly defined because some of them will go back in Saipan with me in November to present in a conference. I have two or three right now who might go in November.” According to Goodwill, the team often receives special requests. “Because we’ve been doing it for a long time, people have started recognizing us at experts. Both the local government and the Fed will come to me and say, ‘Gosh, we want to know about invasive species, but in order to do that we need to know what was here before.’ The data we collect helps other professionals solve the problems they have.” Goodwill said their research “tells fish and wildlife people what is there. Additionally, if you’re looking at the science of it, it’s kind of hard to manage if you don’t know what’s there. Do you know if the reef is getting better or getting worse? Are the populations going down or going up?” He said some fish and wildlife establishments have requested photos from the group for slideshows in their lobbies. There are real-world applications to their work.“About two or three years ago, the local fishery guy there said, ‘Something’s stinging our tourists. Do you know what it is?’” Goodwill said they discovered it was the box jelly. Continued on page 46

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The Marine Team surveyed thousands of specimens and Michelle Bennett explains some information about them. Clockwise from top left: The flatworm, a common species with two flaps of flesh that can unfold down the middle of its body; the blue sea star, a very common invertebrate in the shallows; the bubble shell; and the red pencil urchin. Photos by Tey Wilson

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Tavailau Lueli, a senior from Samoa studying marine biology, swims directly into the “spotlight” of Spotlight Cave, a blue hole where light shines through from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. everyday. Photo by Tey Wilson

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The team collected samples from the coral reefs, but Dr. Roger Goodwill says the reefs aren’t damaged because they take only a few samples of each species. Over the years, he says their work in Saipan has been used by researchers and even government agencies. Photo by Tey Wilson

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“It’s not just a ‘make do’ thing that they’re doing just to sign up for credit. These are professional requests,” said Goodwill. “Not uncommonly do I get e-mails from students who said they got a job because they went to Saipan,” said Goodwill. “It helps with experience for their resume. A lot of them go in with minimal diving experience and they come out very experienced. They get day, night, shore, boat, shallow, sandy, rocky… They come out with experience in underwater photography. They come out with experience in the laboratory.” During this year’s trip, the group collected almost 3,000 specimens. Goodwill said their work does not damage the reef. “You’re only getting one or two of any one species. In terms of damaging the reef or declining the population, you’re not even coming close to it,” he said. “Collectively it’s a big number but we only have [one to three of each species]. It’s not like we have 3,000 of one species.” Samantha Malinconico, a senior from Oregon studying marine biology, said, “Dr. Goodwill really prepared us well to go. The collecting and photographing was very similar to 46

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things we do with the marine team. Everyone pitched in to help each other when they could. I think everyone learned about teamwork.” She said she felt she gained more experience as a diver and saw a shark in the wild for the first time. Their efforts have proven useful. Goodwill said, “We always collect stuff we haven’t seen before. We always see new stuff. We got a salp, which works like a jet engine. Jet engines suck air in the front and shoves it out the back. A salp sucks water in their front and shoves it out their back, and that’s the way it moves around. It’s transparent.You can’t even photograph it.” In order for students to see the salp, the team put green food coloring on it to make it visible. Goodwill also said the students took between 20,000 and 30,000 photos for their research. Some of the photos are sent to taxonomic experts so the species they’ve discovered can be identified. Goodwill said they have found some undiscovered species in prior years. In addition to their research, students said they enjoyed experiencing the culture. Malinconico said she was most impressed by the

members of the LDS Church there. “We were there for stake conference that first Sunday and there were technical difficulties, but no one left, and no one complained. The next week we met an investigator who was there with the missionaries. There was so much faith in that little branch.” Ho said, “I loved it there. It was really simple, like the lifestyle and stuff...You don’t have to worry about how you look.You just have to focus more on yourself and your family.” Goodwill said planning the trip is always difficult because of a lack of funds. “You can imagine flying a whole team to Saipan, a hotel, ground transportation.You have to hire a dive guide that keeps you out of trouble, knows where and when you can get in and not. It’d be nice if we had an endowment because I can never tell students early on if we’re going.” He said the program lost funding from an external organization that funded them in previous years, but luckily “the dean of the college came up with $12,000. And we get funding through student associateships. We were wellfunded this last year. We had $20,000 total, $2,000 per student.”

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in this section Students recommend books to read for fun during spare time

Ben Papeo from Italy shows how to make a creamy pasta dish, Fettuccine Maremonti

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Leka Mausia reads in the library. Photo by Lexie Kapeliela

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Book recommendations Students say they struggle to find captivating books to read in their spare time B Y KATI E B AK

BYU-Hawaii students said they struggle to find time to read outside of class, and often find it difficult to select a captivating leisure book they consider worth their limited free time. Itmol Chankum Tong, an undeclared freshman from Samoa, said she doesn’t read much because nothing really hooks her. The only book series she enjoyed reading “cover to cover is the Twilight series, because it was surprisingly motivating and exciting to continue reading.” Tong’s difficulty in finding the right book could be because more than 3 million books were published in 2010, according to Bowker, a company involved in publishing. This means more than 8,000 books per day are added to bookshelves. However, avid reader Julian Gutierrez, an undecided freshman from the Philippines, said it isn’t hard to find good reading material. He even has his own process for selecting a worthwhile book. “First, I accept book recommendations by friends,” he said. “Second, I search the author. If they are a good author, chances are they have more good books. Sometimes I even look at book summaries or by ratings of book publishing companies.” To serve students like Tong who want to find good reads but don’t know where to go, Ke Alaka‘i has collected selections from students to comprise a fall leisure reading list.

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By J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, the book sold 2 million copies after its first two days of sales. This book is a stage play based off of the J.K. Rowling series. The plot fast forwards from the original series and takes place when Harry is a father of three trying to move beyond his troubled and complicated magical past. The Reckoners By Brandon Sanderson, this series takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where various people receive superhero capabilities. Gutierrez said the “series is capturing and has an amazing plot along with many plot twists.” The first book is called “Steelheart.” Temeraire Series By Naomi Novak, this alternate history series features dragons who fight, fly, and discuss philosophy with human companions. They fight in the Napoleonic Wars of Europe, and readers get to see how historic battles would have unfolded with the addition of dragon aerial corps to the infantry and navy. “His Majesty’s Dragon” is the first book of the series.

After You By Jojo Moyes, this is the sequel to The New York Times Best-seller “Me Before You” which was recently adapted for the big screen. It is the story of Louisa Clarke’s life after her trusted love and confidant, Will Trayner, passes away. Sheyanne Root, a sophomore studying social work from Oregon, called it a “must read.” 3 Weeks with my Brother By Michael Earl Sparks and Nicholas Sparks, this memoir reflects on the three-week trip around the world taken by award winning romance novelist Nicholas Sparks and his brother. Tyler Pisciotta, a biomed sophomore from Nevada, highly recommended this book because it is “well written and gives insight to Spark’s life.” Pisciotta said his liking for romance began after reading “Water for Elephants.” To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee, this Pulitzer Prize winning novel is classified as “classic American literature,” according to goodreads.com. Kaai Yuen, a community member from Hau‘ula, said, “I was forced to read it in school, but I ended up falling in love with the book” because of how talented the writer was in every aspect of the book.

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Recipe: Fettuccine Maremonti B e n Pa p e o s h ow c a s e s t h i s I t a l i a n d i s h t h a t b r i n g s t o g e t h e r ingredients from the ocean and mountains BY KAT E P EAR S O N

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Recent alumnus Ben Papeo from Sardinia, Italy, demonstrated how to cook “fettuccine maremonti,” or “pasta piselli, panna i funghi,” meaning pasta, peas, cream and mushrooms. The dish is named maremonti because it brings together ingredients from the mountains (monti) and the ocean (mare). Papeo explained pasta is the staple in Italy and there are tons of varieties, differing from region to region. Italians also eat “lots and lots of appetizers,” he added. Photo by Stop Khemthorn

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Adding salt is the secret to cooking pasta. According to Papeo, “the pasta should taste of something when you cook it, otherwise when it’s served it will still taste of nothing.” He said achieving al dente texture requires the cook to keep checking it while it cooks because there is only a 1-2-minute difference between it being too hard or too soft. Al dente is Italian for “to the tooth,” and the pasta should still be firm to the bite. Photo by Stop Khemthorn.

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Ingredients 1 pound (400 grams) Fettuccine pasta 6 oz. mushrooms 2 cups (400 grams) frozen peas half an onion 4 cloves garlic 6 oz. cooked shrimp 1 pint (473 ml) heavy whipping cream a handful of Parmesan cheese (grated) a few tablespoons olive oil salt and pepper

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Bring a pot of water to boil and add a few pinches of salt. Rinse and finely chop mushrooms – cut off stems so they cook quicker. Slice and dice onion; peel and chop garlic cloves. Heat 2-3 tablespoons of oil in a large frying pan and add onion, garlic and mushrooms. Cook for 5-10 minutes, or until golden. Add the fettuccine to the pot of boiling water and cook on high for 12-15 minutes. Stir pasta occasionally to prevent it from sticking to the pot. Test during cooking to check if it is soft enough. *For al dente style, noodles should be neither too hard nor too soft. When the fettuccine is ready, drain the water out then rinse noodles with cold water to break the cooking time and set to one side. Boil the peas in a small pot of water and add a pinch of salt. Cook for 5-6 min. In a large pan, heat the cream and add salt and pepper to taste. Allow to boil and thicken. Remove shells from the shrimp and heat in pan with mushrooms, onion and garlic. Drain and add the peas, then mix together. Stir Parmesan cheese into the cream then combine with the shrimp and other ingredients. Last, add the fettuccine pasta to the pan and mix all ingredients together. Sprinkle a generous helping of Parmesan cheese on top and plate up!

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in this section The Green Party nominates Jill Stein as its presidential nominee

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Jill Stein leads the Green Party T h e Pa r t y e m p h a s i z e s e nv i r o n m e n t a l i s m and social justice BY A LEX MAL D O N AD O

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Jill Stein speaks at a rally promoting her presidential campaign. Photo by AP

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he Green Party of the United States is having its strongest run towards the White House ever with approximately 3.5 percent of the popular vote falling upon the party’s candidate, Jill Stein, according to the political news website The Hill. This is the second time Stein has spurred her party’s popularity to new heights. Her first was when she won 0.36 percent of the nation’s heart when she ran in the 2012 Election, which was the most votes any female presidential candidate had ever received in the general election until that election, according to greenpartywatch.org and jill2016.com, Stein’s official campaign page. Her official campaign website reads, “Jill was born in Chicago and raised in Highland Park, Illinois. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1973, and from Harvard Medical School in 1979.” After finishing her education, Stein practiced medicine for a number of years before eventually aligning herself with the Green Party. The Green Party is a progressive political group driven by environmentalism and is built around what it refers to as “The Four Pillars” and “The Ten Key Values.” The Green Party is often considered an alternative voting choice by Americans, such as Jared Wilbur from Sandy, Utah. Wilbur said, “If both parties are producing unsatisfactory candidates for many citizens, voting for independent parties like the Greens can let politicians know that they need to retool their platforms if they want to retain their power.” The party’s website,gp.org, says everything the Greens do is based upon the Four Pillars, which are peace, ecology, social justice, and democracy. The Ten Key Values are as follows, according to the Party’s website: 1. Grassroots democracy- the Green Party intends to work on increasing public participation at every level of government and to ensure public representatives are fully accountable to the people who elect them. 2. Social Justice and Equal Opportunity- “All persons should have the rights and opportunity to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment.” 3. Ecological Wisdom- Protect the environment by, “[practicing] agriculture which replenishes the soil; move to an energy efficient 56

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economy; and live in ways that respect the integrity of natural systems. 4. Non-Violence- “It is essential that we develop effective alternatives to society’s current patterns of violence. We will work to demilitarize, and eliminate weapons of mass destruction, without being naive about the intentions of other governments.” 5. Decentralization- “Centralization of wealth and power contributes to social and economic injustice, environmental destruction, and militarization. Therefore, we support a restructuring of social, political and economic institutions away from a system which is controlled by and mostly benefits the powerful few, to a democratic, less bureaucratic system. 6. Community-based economics- “Restructure our patterns of income distribution to reflect the wealth created by those outside the formal monetary economy: those who take responsibility for parenting, housekeeping, home gardens, community volunteer work, etc. Restrict the size and concentrated power of corporations without discouraging superior efficiency or technological innovation.” 7. Feminism and gender equality- Reduce the feeling of being in a “social system based on male domination” and help create a society where both genders are seen as equals. 8. Respect for diversity- The Green Party believes it is important to value cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity, and to promote the development of respectful relationships across these lines 9. Personal and global responsibility- The party seeks to encourage people to “improve their personal well-being and, at the same time, to enhance ecological balance and social harmony.” 10. Future focus and sustainability- The party intends to put focus in long term plans to reduce waste and how waste is managed. People and organizations will be held accountable for the waste they produce to ensure quality of life for everyone in the future. One setback hit the Green Party on Aug. 5, when a federal judge tossed out a lawsuit made by the third party that would allow both Stein and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson a seat in the televised presidential debates, as reported by the Washington Post. There is a rule that a candidate must have at least 15 percent in the polls in order to join the televised presidential debates, said the Post.

Neither Gary Johnson nor Jill Stein have hit that number, and while their lawsuit argues the rule is a threat to the First Amendment, U.S District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer saw the argument as invalid. “Plaintiffs’ alleged injuries are wholly speculative and are dependent entirely on media coverage decisions,” wrote Collyer. “The alleged injuries — failure to receive media coverage and to garner votes, federal matching funds, and campaign contributions — were caused by the lack of popular support of the candidates and their parties sufficient to attract media attention.” In response to this, Ron Nielson, the campaign manager for Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, said, “We are exploring our options, with the firm resolve that this case and the larger issue of fair debates are too important to simply allow such an arbitrary dismissal.” David Weigel of the Washington Post contributed, “The legal setback does not eliminate the third parties’ options for debate access, but it displays how long their odds are. In the relatively short history of televised presidential debates, only one third-party candidate ever shared a stage with the Democrat and Republican. That was in 1992, when businessman Ross Perot appeared and occasionally shined in faceoffs with George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.” Lorenzo San, one of Stein’s supporters, posted on her official Facebook page, “I know you are thinking Jill Stein will never win, but hey! In Italy, everyone kept saying ‘The Five Star Movement will never win. They are populist and say unrealistic things.’ Well, they have become the first party for popular vote and have exposed the under-table arrangements between the supposedly ‘left’ party and ‘right’ party. That’s what America also needs, a third major party. A new voice that reveals the corruptions of the Republican and Democratic Parties.” Myles Chance, another supporter of Stein’s posted on Facebook, “While I still want to believe there’s hope for Jill in this election, I think we’re going to have to wait till next time for America to go green.”

4 Pillars of Green Party

PEACE

Our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long wars and worldwide military presence are immoral and unsustainable. Our military budget must be cut dramatically.

ECO LOGY

The human cost of climate change is too high. We need to get off fossil fuels and on to renewable energy.

S O C I AL

D E M OC R ACY

Falling wages and rising bills are hitting most of us, and the most vulnerable are hit the hardest. We demand a living wage and a real safety net.

We demand public financing of elections, open debates, and more representative voting systems.

JU ST I C E

These four pillars are the basis on which the Green Party stands. Their Ten Key Values are all based on these four ideas and provide their supporters an alternative to the two-party system of today. According to ballotpedia.com, there are 248,189 members of the Green Party as of the 2014 elections. Information from www.gp.org.

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World

The number of people suffering from hunger is greater than the population of the U.S., Canada and European Union combined

Almost 200 million children under the age of 5 in developing regions are underweight for their age

200 million 7 countries are home to 58% of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hungry: India, China, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Tanzania

179 million infants in the least developed countries are not protected from diseases by routine immunization

179 million 161 million children do not attend primary school

161 million 2.7 million newborns worldwide die within their first month of life Almost 3 billion people lack access to toilets and almost 1 billion lack access to clean drinking water RIP 2.7 million

3 billion

3.2 million children under the age of 15 currently live with HIV

3.2 million

1 billion All information by the Borgen Project

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The Borgen Project is dedicated to ending world poverty B Y SAM O N E YU E N

Ending global poverty through U.S foreign policy is the mission of the non-profit organization The Borgen Project. It was formed in 2003 in Seattle, Wash., by Clint Borgen after his time working in refugee camps during the Kosovo War in 1999 inspired him, says the website. The organization focuses on four major advocacies: Global Food Security; food aid reform; newborn, child and mother survival; and access to clean water, sanitation and power, according to its website. Youngwon Shine Kang-Dauphin, a recent BYU-Hawaii graduate of international cultural studies from South Korea, is the political affairs intern for The Borgen Project. She said she has always wanted to help people, which led her to this internship. “I felt a strong inspiration to serve the world’s poor,” she said. “It was my dream since high school because I had an opportunity to help children who had lost their parents. When I looked at this website, I thought I can do it.” She said her duties include meeting with members of the state’s Congress or their staff to ask them to support poverty-reduction legislation. She also educates other individuals on how to contact their members of Congress to do the same thing. Kang-Dauphin said, “As a Korean, I am so impressed about U.S governmental systems because it is easy and fast to contact U.S Congressional leaders to discuss global issues. It helped me to break political boundaries, and I was able to realize that each individual, regardless of gender, culture, religion, or race, has a strong voice to downsize global poverty or deal with any other issues.” Anyone can call, email, or mail a letter to members of Congress, Kang-Dauphin said. Someone who wants to be civically involved can find who their two U.S. Senators and one Representative are, add the given numbers to their own phone’s contact list, and call weekly.

Emailing weekly also works. The Borgen Project website explains how effective this can be. “Once a week, the report will send to the political leader with a tally of how many people called in favor or opposed to each issue and bill. The political leader and key staffs will view the call report and use that information to determine which bills to support,” it says. The caller should say their name and which bill they are calling to support. “This step takes only 30 seconds, but its influence to the world’s poor is strong and the world can be changed through positive law enforcement,” it says. Kang-Dauphin said her intern duties also include representing The Borgen Project at various business, political, and community events with messages in order to help people build global awareness. She said she also does fund-raising. Anyone can donate to The Borgen Project by going to http://borgenproject.org/youngwon-kang-dauphins-fundraising-campaign, which is Kang-Dauphin’s fund-raising site for Hawaii. There, people can read more about her experiences and eliminating poverty. Kang-Dauphin said, “As a BYUH graduate student, it is a great experience to go forth to serve based on what I learned at the school. As a daughter of God, it is meaningful to soften souls of those who suffer from poverty of heart and food insecurity.” The Borgen Project website addresses some common ideas that dissuade people from donating, such as: “Why should I donate to organizations when the government already spends enough money on foreign aid?” The website answers, “Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. government only spends less than 1 percent of the total federal budget on aid, according to the National Priorities Project, and both the government and its citizens could be doing more to support those in need.”

“‘How do I know that my donation actually goes to people in need?’” the site says. “Although this is a reasonable concern, sites like Charity Navigator and GiveWell make it easy to view the effectiveness, transparency and honesty of various organizations. It is also important to check if organizations have received the GuideStar Exchange Seal, which rates an organization on its commitment to transparency.” “‘It is better to provide people in developing countries with specific goods rather than money they can easily misuse.’ This particular belief seems to defer a lot of people from supporting an organization. It’s a stereotypical belief that recipients will use money to purchase alcohol or tobacco, and the World Bank sought to prove this wasn’t the case by studying how cash transfers affected the purchase of those two ‘temptation goods.’ According to this World Bank report, cash transfers reduced the amount spent on alcohol and tobacco in about 36 of the 44 estimates conducted.” The Borgen Project mentioned, “Americans drastically overestimate the level of funding going to assisting the world’s poor and consequently there hasn’t been public outrage over the miniscule funding levels. On average, Americans believe 25 percent of the federal budget goes to foreign aid, and ironically think it should be ‘slashed’ to only 10 percent. In reality, less than 1 percent of the federal budget goes to foreign aid.” That 1 percent does help, it says. Areas such as health, food, democracy and self-governance, sustainability & the environment, economic growth and financial independence, and education, have seen positive improvement throughout the world, according to The Borgen Project. “I really hope Americans vote for the next president, because that’s the way to deal with global issues,” Kang-Dauphin said. “The next president is really important for the world.” S E P T E MB ER 2 0 1 6

Marine biology students did research in Saipan. Story on pages 40-46. Photo by Tey Wilson