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ON THE COVER: Two BYU-Hawaii alumnae Taylor Jarman and Taylor Rippy Monson start on organiation called Honey, to help break the silence around sexual assault. Photo courtesy of Taylor and Taylor from their website thetasteofhoney.org.
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Hale open house shows clean and open renovations
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Residents from Hales 4 and 6 move to Hales 3 and 5
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Student Adam Ah Mu makes photography his business
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BYUH alumnae start organization to help survivors of sexual violence
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Students compete with CrossFit
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Concert Choir members enjoyed preparing for concert
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Community bands together to help Laie Elementary School stay cool
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Glow Run 3K has participants of all ages
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Community weighs in on phasing out BYUH Athletics
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Salsa Orchestra aims to bring the music to those who wouldn’t seek it out
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New hales have computer labs and kitchens BY RACHEL REED
The nearly completed Hales 3 and 5 were open on Oct. 6 to show students what has been accomplished. Students walked through Hale 3 and saw the new lounge, computer labs, and rooms. The hales have been closed since 2014 for renovation, and construction was almost finished. The male students who move in will be able to enjoy a spacious courtyard, do homework in a computer lab on their own floor, and cook meals either in their unit or in a communal kitchen on their own floor. Each unit has three rooms, six beds, two bathrooms, two sinks, desks, and a kitchen with a refrigerator. Several students made comments about how spacious and clean these new hales are in comparison to the others. Carolyn Cooke, a sophomore studying social work from Maryland, said she and her friend Rachel Holcombe, a sophomore studying accounting from Illinois, lived in Hale 7 for a while and during their stay there, woke up every morning to construction and watched Hales 3 and 5 progress. “It’s cool that we are the first ones here at the birth of this place,” she said. “It’s going to hold a lot of memories and a lot of special experiences for a lot of people.” Some of the young men moving in, such as Toby Macabugao, a junior from California studying mathematics, are eager to use the available kitchens to make food and eat without going to the cafeteria. “I can finally cook my own food for once in my life,” he said. Seeing the new facilities, Holcombe said, “The kitchens are nicer. In the old hale, it was nasty and there were cockroaches everywhere.”
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Students also liked the additional rooms. “I like how in the lounge there’s a pool table,” said Ariel Klingfus, a freshman from California studying biomedical science. “And also I think it’s neat how they have a computer lab in their hale with printers.” Furthermore, the new hales have more natural ventilation and overhangs provide better shade for windows and help keep out rain under normal conditions, said Construction Director Robert Tippets. Some students noticed this. “It feels a lot cooler,” observed Macabugao. “A lot more open than Hale 6 in my opinion.” With an additional level added, an elevator was built into the hales. “The elevators are the bomb,” said Laie resident Neil Simram, who works for Housing maintenance services. “They’re faster and more efficient.” Paula Vakalahi, a senior studying information technology from Tonga and an resident advsior in the new hales, said the new buildings can create a fresh start for the men moving in. “There were bad habits that started in the old hales. So coming here is like a fresh start for everyone. As RAs, I guess it’s our job to make sure that happens,” he said. Laie resident Sioeli Lavulavu, who works in Housing maintenance services, said about the men moving in, “They’re blessed. It’s a lot better and there are more benefits. It’s a clean place to study.” Cooke added, “I think people will want to keep it clean and nice. When you’re living in a clean and nice place, it changes your whole life. I hope that’s what this hale brings.” She also said she hoped it would be a “place to bring the spirit into their lives.”
E XODU S The move to the new hales BY ERIC H AC H EN BERGER
Moving more than 400 men in three days is no easy task, but with preparation, planning and the cooperation of all parties involved, the Oct. 7-9 transition to the newly remodeled Hales 3 and 5 went far more smoothly than Moses leading the Israelites to the promised land. “The check-in was the biggest thing my wife and I were worried about,” said Daniel Magstadt, a hale coordinator known as the Hale Dad, “because we had to move 400 plus boys in three days, which has never been done before.” He continued, “There was a lot of planning with the RAs and the Housing Office beforehand. What we didn’t want was chaos. We had everybody sign up for specific checkout times. So we check out five people every 10 minutes from 4-10 p.m.” “You can plan and prepare as much as you want,” said his wife, Britney Magstadt, “but you don’t know until it actually happens if it works.” It turns out it did work. “We stayed on schedule. Only a couple of people didn’t make their time,” she said. “The help of the trucks, Facilities Management and Housing Office were great. We had enough people here to help.” Her husband added, “The move became a unity-builder between all of the hales, the RAs and the Housing Office. That’s what this school is about: building, helping, strengthening, preparing. It’s awesome for the boys because they see their RAs moving all their stuff, although it’s not their job description. It’s an act of love and charity.” He said, “Everybody was really willing to help anybody. It didn’t matter whose stuff it was.” The lack of rain was a blessing, too. No Moses had to come to part the tennis courts, but “we would have if we had to,” Daniel Magstadt said with confidence. Fehi Taufa from Tonga, who works as the Crime Prevention Specialist for Campus Security, described the new hales as, “much bigger than before. Every unit has their own stove, a fridge, and a microwave. The windows are made of iron. They are very strong, so it’s hard to break in. There is a new apartment for the hale parents and an outside bathroom for everybody.” Prior to the move, people expressed concern about keeping the new hales pristine. “The biggest challenge is to keep the beauty of this hale,” said Taufa. He mentioned how Hales 3 and 5 were originally for the women, but now “the guys have the privilege of coming in new.” Before the renovation, “these hales were similar to Hale 4 and 6,” said Britney Magstadt, who noticed the women at the open house were “so jealous. One girl said, ‘Why don’t they move us in here and let the boys take our hales.’ So I thought, ‘If you could see what the boys are living in right now.’” Some women profited from the men moving as well because personal fridges are no longer allowed in the Hales 3 and 5. All the men who had mini fridges in Hales 4 and 6 had to sell them for a cheap price, said Daniel Magstadt. “The girls are definitely benefiting.”
Top: Students relax in the new courtyard between Hale 3 and 5. Center: Jashon Fabia shows off new iron windows. Bottom: The newest hales are three stories high but built on the foundations of the original hales. Photos by Hector Periquin OCTOBER 13, 2015
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Captured by WhoVillains BY BRIT T AN IE V O RW ALLER
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dam Ah Mu, a junior majoring in information technology, takes risks and braves heights to get the perfect photo. The city lights have always fascinated him, he said, which has inspired a lot of his photography. “I’ve always messed around photography and video making, but last year I started seriously getting into it.” Ah Mu was born in Auckland, New Zealand, lived there until he was 8 years old and then moved to Chicago to experience the city. Last December, Adam and his brother, Aaron, collaborated with their two best friends Jake Johnson and Mike Kim to create their own company called WhoVillains. According to Ah Mu, WhoVillains is a photo/video/graphic arts team. Adam and Aaron, who live in Chicago, are the main photographers. Kim is a graphic designer who lives in New York, and Johnson lives in Chicago as a sound engineer and video editor. The four friends decided to make a company as they were exploring Chicago at night, shooting pictures from the top of buildings. When they were looking at the photos, they thought it would be fun to have a company that can, according to Ah Mu, “facilitate people’s need for photography, video, graphic
design and create a street brand.” Although Ah Mu loves to photograph the city lights and amazing views in Hawaii, he said his favorite things to photograph are people. Ah Mu said, “If I could give a tip to anyone, I would tell them to just go out and have fun. Shoot from a lot of different angles and practice makes you better. I don’t like posed pictures but to get the raw emotion of someone in their element. When people look at my pictures, I want them to feel what I saw when I was taking that picture.” When he takes pictures of events, he said he tries to focus on what the people are looking at specifically in order to fully encompass the mood. One memorable shot for Ah Mu happened while he was walking underneath a bridge, photographing a group of homeless people. “Walking down, I stopped and saw this lady just laying on the sidewalk. She had absolutely nothing and was just asleep underneath this insanely busy interstate.” The bridge was packed with a bunch of homeless people who had nothing but one guy in particular caught Ah Mu’s eye. He was lying in the corner asleep on some old cardboard with barely anything and a Bible sitting
next to him. “This image really caught my eye because the setting seemed so desperate and sad and then there was this Bible that acted as a little sliver of hope. I think that it’s really powerful that there was so much darkness and then there’s a sliver of hope.” Of all the wild stories he has of trying to capture the perfect picture, Ah Mu said his favorite place he ever photographed was on top of a building in Chicago. “We found this building that was under construction, which was really tall, and decided to climb it late at night. As you’re going up each story, the building becomes less and less finished.” The weather in Chicago during the wintertime is very cold and Ah Mu said, “We were freezing cold, the wind was blowing and the building would start to shake. It was super sketchy, but once we got to the top, the view was absolutely unbelievable.” Ah Mu said he and his brother were close while growing up and being on top of the building made them feel as though they were little kids again. “When we were little, we were always going out and trying new things and getting into mischief, and now we’re doing the same stuff but we’re just older. When I’m out shooting, I feel alive.You disappear.”
“If I could give a tip to anyone, I would tell them to just go out and have fun. Shoot from a lot of different angles and practice makes you better.” - Adam Ah Mu Website: whovillians.com Instagram: @whovillians @aahmu
Photographer Adam Ah Mu co-founded a multimedia company known as WhoVillains. Photo by Hector Periquin
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BYUH alumnae start organization aimed to educate about sexual violence BY H AILEY RASM USSEN
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Two former BYU-Hawaii students are gaining knew that we had to do something,” she said. momentum in spreading awareness of sexual “There’s something about hearing the experiassault through their organization called Honey. ence, the heartache, the despair, confusion, It has been featured on media outlets such as shame, come out of the mouth of somebody Good Things Utah, SLC Feminist, and NPR that you love,” Monson said in The SLC FemiUtah radio. nist’s article in August of 2015. Honey aims to stop the silence on Through Jarman’s skills in developing the subject of sexual assault by creating a their website, the more than 2,500 followcommunity where people who have experiers on social media channels, and the events they are organizing in Salt Lake City, Honey is enced sexual violence first hand can share growing rapidly and the two Taylors have plans their stories for others to read. The website to expand outside of Salt Lake City in 2016. reads, “We believe that in order for rape cul ture to be dismantled, we must, in the words of Lynne Hybels, ‘silence lies with truth… and never hesitate to let passion push us, conviction compel us, and righteous anger energize us.’” “Since sharing my truth, it has brought me a step closer to inner peace, acceptance, empowerment and relief,” said Nina, a Honey truth-sharer featured on their website, thetasteofhoney.org. Carianne Hirano, a senior from California studying TESOL, said, “With any trial you go through, talking about it with the right people at the right time can be healing.” The women behind Honey are Taylor Rippy Monson and Taylor Jarman. Monson graduated from BYUH in 2013 with a degree in intercultural studies and her co-founder Jarman attended BYUH for a Monson said, “It’s funny. We probably contacttime but is studying at BYU in Provo. Monson expressed, “Taylor and I have ed 100 blogs and other organizations asking if they’d be interested in featuring us,” but those been friends for years and have talked about organizations didn’t. Monson explained how everything under the sun with one another, Honey appeared in the media only through except for our personal experiences with asthose media outlets that reached out to them sault.” She continued, “It wasn’t until around independently, which was also the case with April of this year that we actually opened up this story in the Ke Alaka‘i. about what we had been through with our Although they both attended school respective assaults.” at BYUH at the same time, Monson and Jar Monson explained how from this man didn’t meet in person here. They became point on they were driven to act. “We just
connected via email and stayed in contact for nearly a year before they both ended up in Utah. Monson said, “I’m a Seasider. BYUH means the world to me—it helped me to become the person that I am today, and my degrees in intercultural peacebuilding and political science have absolutely been a support in my work with Honey.” Jarman received her associate degree in psychology at BYUH and said BYUH holds a very special place in her heart that will never be replaced. Monson said, “As a university, BYUH administrators, faculty and students have a responsibility to create a safe environment for all. The Honor Code is important, but we need to be realistic about the pervasiveness of sexual assault. I know people on campus from my time at BYUH who are working to change that, but the effort needs to be greater than a few individuals. It’s all of our issue.” Monson said statistically one in four women will be assaulted during college in the United States alone, and she believes it’s a mistake to think that just because BYUH is an LDS school, nothing bad happens. If students have been sexually assaulted, both Jarman and Monson want them to know they aren’t alone and they have people who love and support them. They expressed that “for some, the best thing to do is to first share what happened with a trusted loved one. For others, it’s to get in contact with a counselor or therapist right away.” Monson continued, “The Counseling Services on campus are a great resource for survivors of assault, and there are also a number of resources available island-wide, like the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children’s Sex Abuse Treatment Center and their 24-hour hotline that can be reached at 1-808-524-7273.”
Honey aims to stop the silence on the subject of sexual assault by creating a community where people who have experienced sexual violence first hand can share their stories for others to read.
Taylor Jarman and Taylor Rippy Monson called their organization “Honey” because, “at its very best, honey is sweet, natural and pure. At its very worst, honey is messy, tenaciously viscous and even toxic. Honey, in all of its amber allure and exquisiteness, felt synonymous to sexuality.” Photo from thetasteofhoney.org OCTOBER 13, 2015
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A CROSSFIT COMMUNITY BYUH women compete in community competition BY RAC H EL REED
BYU-Hawaii students, Lindsey Ferrin, Hailey Page, and graduate Hayley Rice, competed in a CrossFit competition on Oct. 5 at Schofield Barracks in both group and individual races. Not knowing they were to compete until days before, they said they performed well enough to place seventh out of 21 groups. The women did not know until the afternoon of Oct. 4 they were going to compete but decided to do it. “It sounded like fun,” said Ferrin, a senior studying psychology from Oklahoma, “and then I started eating a ton of food to prepare for it.” CrossFit is a fitness regimen that was developed by Coach Greg Glassman, who trained athletes, celebrities and police in California, and is meant to gather people to workout together, according to CrossFit’s website. Its aim is to “forge a broad, general and inclusive fitness,” says the website. By not specializing in certain sports, it optimizes fitness through various workout movements. People who get involved in CrossFit learn how to move safely and effectively, what it means to be fit, and how to eat with good nutrition. In alignment with CrossFit’s community aspect of getting fit, competitions are held often. Rice, a graduate in biomedical science from Canada, said it may be competitive, but you are competing more against yourself. “You’re just pushing your own limits and seeing how far you can go.” Page, a senior studying exercise education from California, said she enjoys the challenging aspect of CrossFit, saying she thought she
was in shape before she started but realized how out of shape she was. “I thought I was strong, but when I started lifting weights, then I realized I could really be strong,” said Page. “It was kind of like passing a limit you didn’t know you had.” Page said in high school, people were worried about becoming skinny and thin, not wanting to get bulky from lifting weights. CrossFit changed that for her. “I realized two things: No. 1 you don’t really get bulky, and No. 2 it was amazing to feel strong. And feeling strong is definitely one of the coolest feelings.” Each one of the women said if someone was thinking about starting CrossFit, they should just do it. “Just start going and start doing it,” said Rice. “Everybody once was where you are starting now.” Ferrin said, “It's a competitive atmosphere but it's not the same thing everyday. It's always changing, and you are getting stronger and can see the benefits from it.” Ferrin said she started CrossFit after her boyfriend dared her in high school. She was a cross-country runner at the time, and he said that she would never survive a day in the gym. “So I went to prove him wrong and I never stopped going,” she said. Page started CrossFit the summer after her senior year in high school, participating in it on and off. “It's a fun community, and they are supportive whether you’re winning or losing. Rice started doing CrossFit because her fiancé was a CrossFit coach. “I started dating him and then I kind of got into it,” she said. Now she is looking forward to getting her own certification and to become a coach as well.
Lindsey Ferrin started doing CrossFit in high school and has continued throughout her time at BYUH. Photos by Lexie Arancibia
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he BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir filled the McKay Auditorium with the sound of vocals on Oct. 9 during its Fall Semester concert. Directed by Michael Belnap, the choir opened with “Sing We and Chant It” followed by “Now is the Month of Maying” both by Thomas Morley. Then came “Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal” arranged by Alice Parker with solos from tenor Chris Cornelison and soprano Kaitlyn Bourne. The following piece, “What is it We Shall Hope For?” came from the 1977 work “The Redeemer” by Robert Cundick and Ralph Woodward. Cornelison, a junior English major from Hauula, talked about preparing for the performance. He said, “It’s a class, so we meet every day Monday through Friday and we have one additional hour of quartet practice.” For one of the songs, “Janger,” choir members also had to learn a dance. Cornelison said, “The dancing was done in the last couple of weeks. We found a Youtube video of a high school choir performing it and we watched the video in the band room a bunch of times to memorize the choreography.” Choir members Michael Potter, Terina Christy, and Kei Riggins put together the choreography for the number. Spencer Grubbe, a sophomore general music major from Oregon, said the concert felt like it came so much earlier than last year due to the change in scheduling. Former student, but current choir member Pononui Carbrinha from Hauula, felt the choir had less time to prepare than previous years but thought it did quite well for the time it had. Another piece entitled “Ubi Caritas,” arranged by Timothy Max, featured a solo from soprano Brittany Tanuvasa. Choir member, Bianne Helms, a junior vocal performance major from Laie, expressed why she loves being in choir after the concert. She explained, “It’s the way that
Chris Cornelison, a junior English major from Hauula, sings in the Concert Choir fall performance on Oct. 9. Photo by Kelsie Carlson
we can bring out the message in music so efficiently and so well.” For example, she talked about her favorite piece: “‘Ubi Caritas,’ even though it was in another language, it was in Latin, I could still understand that it was about hope.” Before the intermission the choir changed from traditional black and white dress into Aloha shirts and lava lavas. The choir then performed two pieces from Mark Haynes, “Walking Down That Glory Road” and “Go Down Moses.” Bass William Arnett and alto Valorie Lafaele performed solos during the latter piece. The choir opened the second part of its concert with “This is One of Those Moments” from the 1983 movie “Yentl,” arranged by Ronald Staheli with Lafaele as a soloist
along with soprano Kei Riggins. Also from Ronald Staheli, the choir performed “Sing a New Song Unto God” before it entertained the audience with “Janger,” a traditional Balinese song and dance arranged by Budi Susanto Yohanes. The Russian song “Borgoroditse Devo” by Sergi Rachmsninov followed the traditional Balinese song. Just as they did in devotional during the month of September, the choir performed “Create in Me” by John Purifoy, with a Dan Forrest arrangement of “How Great Thou Art” immediately following it. The choir then proceeded to close the evening with a piece performed in Swahili titled “Baba Yetu” from Christopher Tin featuring the solos of tenor Pononui Carbrinha and, once more, soprano Kaitlyn Bourne. OCTOBER 13, 2015
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BYUH volunteers, Enactus members and parents reduce the heat at Laie Elementary School
Sustainability Coordinator Les Harper, faculty member Jennifer Kajiyama, and BYU-Hawaii’s Enactus are working with the community to provide sustainable, practical solutions for cooling hot, muggy classrooms at Laie Elementary School. Kajiyama, a BYUH Political Science professor, said temperatures at the elementary school “soar” from 85 to 100 degrees. Days of high humidity, such as a 90 percent humidity, make classrooms feel like 121 degrees. Kajiyama said the portables especially don’t have the airflow like other classrooms, resulting in even higher temperatures. To verify these high temperatures, the BYUH Enactus team
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volunteers and others came into the school with an ultraviolet heat radar gun measuring the heat radiating from the walls and other surfaces. In some cases, the heat on the surfaces of walls and astro-turf grass measured 100 to 130 degrees. According to Kajiyama, children at Laie Elementary School have reported feeling dizzy during and after school, along with accounts of exhaustion, headaches, and sleepiness. In a video on youcaring.com/KeepLaieCool, a student said, “I’m sticky and wet. It’s hard to concentrate.” Another student added, “I have a headache and can’t pay attention.” Another student said, “I just want to go home and turn on the air conditioning.”
Kajiyama and other concerned parents of children at Laie Elementary have reached out to local and state government officials for funding of air conditioning. However, other schools are doing the same across the islands, as the high heat problem is not just in Laie but exists throughout all of Hawaii. According to the Hawaii Department of Education, the cost to install AC at all DOE schools would be $1.7 billion, so alternatives are welcome. According to www.youcaring. com and Kajiyama, the coastal location of the school excludes Laie Elementary from being placed in Hawaii’s Department of Education (HDOE) heat abatement program priority list.
“We want to do our part to keep our school cool.” A M B R O S E R OB E R T S ON 8 YEA R S OL D
Community members and BYU-Hawaii students come together to make Laie Elementary a cooler place for students and teachers. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Kajiyama
Kajiyama also noted that 94 percent of schools in Hawaii do not have air conditioning. The high demand for financing and work to be done at other schools leaves the Laie community alone to find solutions for the heat problems. The growing concern of parents and faculty led Kajiyama to reach out to student organizations at BYUH and the Parent Teachers Association at Laie Elementary School. Harper, a leader of Enactus and Entrepreneur teacher, said the inspiration to finding “sufficient, costeffective, sustainable solutions,” came from a student from the Philippines who said they were able to stay cool at school even through temperatures are comparable and similar to Hawaii’s. Harper, at a gathering about 50 parents and teachers at Laie Elementary School, said, “We have manpower and great research… We have simple straightforward solutions. We won’t cool your rooms down to 69 degrees, but they will be comfortable. It’s not going to be an
overnight solution. It will be a room-byroom situation.” Solutions include adding insulation to walls and ceilings, building false walls and planting trees to shade classrooms. Depending on financing, future plans include building better infrastructure to hopefully prepare for air conditioning. Kajiyama and the community have helped build awareness of the project by starting a fund raising site. Keep Laie Elementary COOL on Facebook already has over 2,000 supporters and over $3,000 of funds. Every dollar is directly used for the elementary school. Students at Laie Elementary School have helped raise money to support cooling the school. Ambrose (8 years old) and Asher Robertson (6 years old), along with parents and grandparents, sold homegrown star fruit in cloudy rainy weather. After raising $90 to help the fund raiser, Ambrose Robertson said, “We want to do our part to keep our school cool.”
The funds have been put to good use. Volunteers from the community and students at BYUH have already “worked wonders,” said Kajiyama. “The whole 3rd grade is cooled and three of the six first-grade classrooms are cooled between 6-12 degrees. Before insulation the classrooms were 98 degrees and are now 86 degrees, 12 degrees cooler.” The ceiling temperatures also dropped by a dramatic 20 degrees. She said to cool the third grade, consisting of six classrooms, cost $2,800. This first phase cooled one-sixth of the elementary school rooms. In order to complete the rest of the school, more money will be needed. For those interested in helping by donating money or volunteering, contact Harper or Kajiyama. To donate, visit www. youcaring.com and then type Keep Laie Elementary COOL in the search box. Donations may be considered “tax exempt” and may qualify for a tax deduction. OCTOBER 13, 2015
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GLOW RUN BY H AILEY RASM U SSE N
At age 74, Elder Lawrence Flake, one of the mentors in the Laie Park YSA Ward serving a mission with his wife, ran in the Exercise and Sports Science Student Association’s first official race while sporting a glow-stick headband. “I forgot about this race. I already ran 6 miles this morning,” he said. David Sanders, the president of the EXS Student Association, said the run was inside the campus, beginning and ending in the Little Circle, which was filled with music, a tent, black lights, balloons and glow sticks. Kevin Miller, a BYUH alumni who helped put on the event, guided the runners to victory by leading them along the course on a bicycle covered in balloons. Sanders said he had hopes someone would show up wearing a panda suit. No pandas arrived, though there were students dressed in white and neon and there were even a few tutus. The EXS Student Association passed out glow sticks and decorated student’s faces with white face paint. Sanders said the EXS Student Association was formed about a year ago. This year it is more established and the membership was high enough that this running event could happen. Around 170 people, both students and non-students, participated. Jon Hooke, a BYUH alumni, came in first place, followed by Aaron Day, a freshman from California. After Day came Ben Wilson, a sophomore from Canada studying business finance. Wilson said he used this run to really push himself. “I had no idea how long a 3K is because I do not usually measure my distance or time,” he said. Leilani Fowlke, a senior from Wyoming studying biology, said, “The Glow Run was a good idea to get people to go do something instead of Netflix. It was a good way to come together as a university.” Mike Neilson, a senior from California majoring in accounting said, “It was great, and my hammies are now out of control.”
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Gina Jeppson, a junior from California majoring in exercise and sports science, helped facilitate the event. She said, “What’s more fun than the Glow Run? Flake said, “I actually passed a couple people. I set a new PR [personal record] for slowness!” He continued, “I’m the oldest person here.” He and his wife said he ran a marathon this past July. He trained by working his way up to 26.2 miles. Flake explained how, one evening, he got to mile 20 and thought, “I don’t want to do this again,” and so he ran the last 6.2 miles. Sister Flake said, “He didn’t get back that night until 2 a.m.” He explained how at the end of his marathon the last thing he wanted to do was to walk up those stairs at TVA. Instead, he laid down on the grass and fell asleep outside.
“The glow run was a good idea to get people to go do something instead of Netflix. It was a good way to come together as a university.” L EI L A N I F O W L K E, S EN I O R
Intramurals still to replace
Athletics BY ERIC H AC H EN BERGER
When the announcement to dissolve the athletic teams was made in March 2014, reactions were widely varied. Now, over a year later, the threeyear, fade-out phase is ongoing despite rumors saying otherwise. Michael Johanson, the University Communications director, spoke of a new future and a new program to best serve all students. “As the intercollegiate athletics goes away in the next two years, we look forward to developing what is going to be a very robust and inclusive recreational activities program. It is going to be based on the foundation of fitness, fellowship, fairness, and fun. The difference is, it will include all our students instead of a select few. All who want to be engaged in a team sport will be able to compete.” Reacting to the rumors saying the sport teams might be prevented from dissolving, Johanson said, “The position is the same as it was a year and a half ago. We are grateful for the athletes, [but] we are entering a new chapter.” For the present time, the athletic teams will continue competing as before. “Athletics is part of the college and high school experience,” said Spencer Shamo, Sports Information director from Utah working for the athletics teams. He said he doesn’t pay attention to the phasing out. “We just give our best and continue to do our job. The players are sad about it, but they are not going to play less hard. We can’t control the university’s decisions.” Nonetheless among the student body the skepticism remains. Kestlie Reid, a sophomore majoring in biology from Utah, playing for the women soccer team, said one reason for the change was the assumption of “the sports program being a waste of money and not bringing enough income.” Reid said this is untrue. “We are living off less money than some of the single sports at BYU in Provo.”
Still, Reid sees the need for improvement. Talking about promoting sport events, she brought up the issue of students simply not attending. “If you can get a good student section cheering, you can get a crowd going. That’s fun. That’s part of the atmosphere. It comes together as this awesome feeling of pride as, ‘This is my school!’ But we do not have this here.” Johanson talked about BYUH’s unique needs because of its international student body. “All of our activities should serve our students. Our student body is very diverse. We have the most internationally diverse campus in the United States. Half of our students come from [somewhere else]. So we have a lot of our students who don’t know anything about, for example, basketball or tennis, because it’s not something they grew up with. We have to come up with a program that takes that into consideration, and not one that is just a U.S. based athletics program, which is what we had.” Johanson drew the example of someone who never had played tennis. “You wouldn’t be good enough to join the tennis team, but now you could join an activity program.” Or he or she could join a team with different levels of beginner, intermediate or advanced skills. “It hurts to not have an athletics program,” he said, “but I can also see the greater good in opening a more open and focused program.” Shamo commented on the goals of the Athletics program. “We as Athletics want to represent the university and how it is changing lives and the diversity here. We have athletes from New Zealand, the different Pacific islands, from Asia … We try to do our best fund raising. Our budget is the second lowest in the entire Pacific West, but we are one of the most competitive teams. We make our money go further than any other university. We continue to push and try to not drain the university’s resources.”
The current plan to fade sports out and replace them with a strong intramural program is still set to continue, said Michael Johanson. Photos by Monique Saenz
OCTOBER 13, 2015
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Salsa Orchestra brings grooves to BYU-Hawaii BY LE IANI BROWN
Calista Capuccio, Spencer Grubbe and Kei Riggins sing and dance during the performance on Oct. 6, adding even more energy to the already high-energy show. Photo by Monique Saenz
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usicians banded together by a collective appreciation for the music of Latin America and Brazil recently marched on stage, clad in black dress shirts, red ties, and a vibrant energy that carried throughout BYU-Hawaii's Salsa Orchestra concert. Professor of percussion music, Darren Duerden founded the Salsa Orchestra in 2006 after repeated recruiting for a big band jazz ensemble became too demanding. He said this semester’s group of musicians impressed him. “The rhythm section players are as good as we've ever had,” said Duerden, “and that shows up in the underpinning of the group, and a lot of them are very tight. We have some very special players and good quality singers.” The concert began when all the members of the band had formed a line on stage, each playing various percussive instruments and rocking their bodies in rhythm with the music. A single musician--senior Kevin Peterson from Laie--soloed on his orange, plastic trombone. The group played five instrumental songs, featuring solos from every instrument section. Colored background lights contributed to the mood of the songs, and an overall constant bouncing feel kept the atmosphere lively and the audience engaged. Duerden said it is this aspect of appealing to the energy of the listeners that encouraged him to create an orchestra centered on this particular genre. “I like to play audience-friendly music,” he said. “Most people in the audience never go to hear a salsa orchestra play here. What we do is strip the ugliness and get to the core of the music itself. We want the BYUH audience to be able to enjoy music that they otherwise
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wouldn't be able to enjoy because there can be a lot of baggage that comes with salsa music.” The sixth song they performed, “Yo Me Llamo Cumbia,” was of a style of music from Colombia that incorporates African, Indigenous, and European cultures. It marked the beginning of the vocalized portion of the performance. “We played the Cumbia piece, which we've never done before, in honor of our drum set player from Colombia,” said Duerden. “He’s the best drummer we’ve ever had here, and so I thought it’d be fun to play the type of music inspired by his country.” Also in the mix was the premiere of piano player, and junior studying music and psychology from Oklahoma, Josh Mason's original composition “Como Las Estrellas,” a piece he said was, “inspired by the Argentine tango and Spanish flamenco.” Kuyo Ulii, a freshman from Laie studying art, joined the orchestra this semester playing baritone saxophone. “It’s a lot more fun than high school band,” said Ulii. “It's really fun because it’s a new style of music that I’ve never played before, but I’m glad I joined. I especially liked the Cumbia piece because there are lots of different rhythms and I just felt like dancing the whole time.” Dr. David Kammerer, who has played trumpet since age 10, was asked to join in on a few songs, and thought the concert upheld previous standards. “The Salsa Orchestra always does an amazing job,” said Kammerer. “The thing I like about it is that we have music majors and other majors coming together. To me that’s really gratifying.” Salsa Orchestra is offered Fall and Winter Semesters and is planning to do a tour in Kauai in February.