January 24, 2013 Ke' Alaka'i

January 24, 2013

Ke Alaka i Volume 102: Issue 2

THE LEADER

Leaving a Legacy : After 20 years, Coach Navalta says goodbye 6

Honoring Hula: Dancers appreciate PCC’s first hula master 8

Chasing dreams: Students take trip of a lifetime to NYC 10

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Photo of the Week

January 24, 2013 • Volume 102: Issue 2 Editor-in-chief

Advisor

M a r i ssa E l d e r

L e e an n L amb e r t

Head Photographer

Art Director

M ei Y i n

Mic h ae l Gulde n

COPY EDITORs

VIDEO PRODUCTION

Martin Milius

A J Eddy Allie Gardin e r L in ds ey Ban c ro ft

PHOTOGRAPHERs

ART & GRAPHICS

M a t t M a cD o n a l d

Be c c a H aw s Ste ph an ie T s e Make n z ie H e ad Wh itn ey Yun Te r in a C h r is ty

MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISTS Lisa Tuttle, Jeff McLeod, Terina Christy, Sydney Odell, Clover Cheng, Stephany France, DylanSage Wilcox, Alec Barney, Ethan Toledo, Robinia Tan, Jennifer Herrera, Matt Bledsoe, Martin Milius

INTERNS M ei Y i n M a Vi s Ta g u ba

AD MANAGER Matth ew Ble ds o e

Photo of the week: Student chapters and clubs gathered in the Aloha Center on Jan. 15 through the 17 to recruit students to join their cause. Above: Students sign up for the Filipino Chapter. Photo by Matt MacDonald

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Women dance at the Moanikeala Hula Festival at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Jan. 19. Photo by Matt MacDonald

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[page 8] 2013 Moanikeala Hula Festival

[page 12] Get to know your Ke Alaka’i staf f

[page 14] Seasider softball planning to make a comeback this season

Share with us your photo of the week and we may feature it in our next issue. e-mail us at kealakai@byuh.edu

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The BYU-Hawaii Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams will face off against UH-Hilo at Hilo. The men will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the women will play at 5 p.m. Their next home games will be on Feb. 2. The Seasider teams will face off against Chaminade.

There will be a fireside at the Laie Hawaii Temple Visitor’s Center on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. The subject is “Jonny Lingo” and Laie.

There will also be a performance by a guest Hawaiian choir. For more information on the event, contact 808-293-9297.

There will be a Security Awareness Display in the Aloha Center mall on Jan. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Information on campus safety will be provided.

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QUOTES

“Obviously, it didn’t really help me out, but, you know, I didn’t really say anything. I was still speechless. I just found out everything that I believed to be my reality wasn’t actually reality at all.”

- Manti Te’o told Katie Couric about talking with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who Te’o says called him on Jan. 16 and confessed to engineering the hoax

“I went and looked up the definition of cheat. And the definition is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe. I didn’t view it that way. I viewed it as a level playing field.”

-Lance Armstrong told Oprah Winfrey in an interview about his experience blood doping, according to the Associated Press

NOTE WORTHY news headlines

Above: Construction continues on new hale buildings and a new multipurpose center.

Photo by Mei Yin

Flagship 2013: New buildings to be done this summer As far as construction is concerned, BYU-Hawaii campus is undergoing a massive face-lift as part of a 10-year master plan. “In the 10-year master plan, the major components are to refresh our campus, to get us new, good, high-quality facilities. No. 2 is to increase our student body and the conceptual approval has been given by the board of trustees of the Church Educational System of the university to double the size,” said Michael Johansson, director of Communications.

BYUH’s student body would potentially increase from 2,500 students to 5,000 students. With “5,000 students, [BYUH] is still a very small campus,” Johansson said, comparing it to Provo’s 30,000 students and BYU Idaho’s 15,000 students.

The increase of the student body will occur over a 10-year period. Along with student increases, building around campus must competed. “In 2013, we will see the completion of first buildings as part of this 10-year master plan.

The buildings that will be completed this year include two married student housing, four single student housing facilities, one single student apartment building and one multi-use building that will be used for academic and church purposes,” Johansson said. All seven buildings will be completed by summer.

Johansson explained, “The big, big flagship event of 2013 for the university expansion is going to be the dedication of these buildings.” He continued, “This is a very physical and literal sign of the importance of education and developing what the mission of the university embodies which is learning, leading and building among the next generation of builders in the kingdom of God.”

David Lewis, vice president of Construction & Facilities Management, advised on the importance of fulfilling the school’s vision and focused his comments on how to use the buildings for good. He said, “Laie and BYUHawaii are a special place. Sometimes when we are close to something, we don’t realize how special this place is. The faculty, staff and administration need to effectively share a vision with the students that attending BYUHawaii is a privilege, ‘enter to learn, go forth to serve,’” he said.

“Be efficient in your time at BYUH. When you graduate and ‘return home,’ build your marriage, your family, your community, your business and the church with honor and passion. Fulfill President David O. McKay’s vision,” Lewis added.

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Laie Shopping Center gets makeover A new restaurant and more services

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he Laie Shopping Center is undergoing some big changes. Although the community lost the helpful laundromat and the Bank of Hawaii last year, it will gain 7 Brothers restaurant and the Pali Women’s Health Center in 2013.

Under the same ownership of Kahuku Grill, 7 Brothers hopes to bring delicious Kahuku Grill favorites and vegetarian selections to the Laie community. Richard Vierra, property manager at Hawaii Reserves Incorporated, said of the 7 Brothers restaurant, “Adding a healthy food alternative to the center gives patrons another choice and helps to promote a healthy lifestyle and food offering.”

The new ObGyn office of Dr. Susan Chapman is perceived to be a welcomed addition for expectant mothers in Laie.

“I’m sure it will be really convenient for all the TVA women because they don’t have to drive. A lot of them don’t have cars so I’m sure it will be helpful,” said Taylor Taniuchi, a senior in marketing from Japan.

Vierra of HRI said, “Adding a ObGyn provides a medical service that makes it quicker and safer for expectant mothers to visit a doctor to get pre and post natal care.”

Another potential vendor being considered to join the Laie community is a bike, moped, and other equipment rental and repair shop. This shop would be along the bike path, taking the place of the old surf shop next to Cackle Fresh. Vierra said, “We’re cautiously optimistic.” He’s also considering a healthy snack (smoothies, asai bowls, etc.) to supplement his offerings and take advantage of what he believes is a demand there.

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Tips for Textbooks Getting a better bang for your buck

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ollege students are scavenging online to find the best deals without having to pay top dollar for their required textbooks.

Students are avoiding long lines and big bills. Rachelle Kumar, an international cultural studies communications major from Laie, said, “First, I usually check the bookstore to see how expensive the books are, and usually they are ridiculously priced, and so I usually buy them online.”

Online resources are available to help students save money on books. BYUH students created a Facebook page to sell used books and various items at facebook.com/groups/buyandsellatbyuh. Recently a more organized website, byuhhub.com, has been circulating for students to buy and sell items more effectively.

“I recommend students to purchase secondhand books using Facebook,” said Matilda Cai, a business supply-chain major from Zhuhai, China. “In China, I used online sites before to buy books.

But here in America, I’ve only used BYUH sell your stuff site,” she added.

Spencer Tang, from Taiwan and majoring in accounting, said, “I use Facebook. I check it everyday and post what I need. My priority has been buying cheap books and so far I have been able to find them on Facebook.”

Kristen Hartley, an exercise and sports science major from Canada, said, “I compare prices between EBay and Amazon, and Amazon always seems to have cheaper books.” Hartley added that she never had a bad experience with buying books online. But other students such as John Lee, a computer science major from South Korea, said, “My friend had a bad experience, he bought a book online and it finally arrive when the semester ended . . . I prefer buying my books from Facebook or friends.”

Kate Kim, an ICS communications major from South Korea, said, “I buy my books on Amazon, but I would also recommend

Photos by Meimei Yin

bookstore.com. I find cheap books there too and Amazon is really good, but sometimes it takes really long to ship my book. It makes me really crazy.”

While others prefer to buy books online, Satoshi Iino, an accounting major from Japan, said, “I prefer not buying books online. I like paying with cash and so I buy my books from the ‘BYUH sell your stuff’ website or used books from other students. I was able to get all my books for this semester from this website.”

Students struggling to afford books may qualify for a BYUHawaii Book loan. An online application is available under the my.byuh. edu homepage. In order to be approved for this book loan, all outstanding university charges for any enrollment period must be paid in full and other restrictions may apply.

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felt in the years to come,” said Erica Wiles, a sophomore from Oregon studying exercise sports science. “His experience and knowledge of the game has made a big impact on my skills as a player, and taught me to focus on the now—don’t worry about what’s coming down the road.

“Coach Navalta was always positive and kept us laughing with his silly sense of humor. He not only made us better volleyball players, but better individuals as well. Navalta was always reminding us of the bigger picture. He continually helped us keep our fter over 25 years of coaching and priorities straight. If you put God first, do numerous awards, Coach Santiago Wilfred your best in your academics, and give your Navalta retired. The Lady Seasiders volleyball all on the court, success will follow,” Wiles team and all of BYU-Hawaii will miss his continued. leadership and counsel.

“I still remember my first year play Coach Navalta announced his reing at BYU-Hawaii. I didn’t know what to tirement at the BYUH Seasiders last game in do with myself because I knew that I would the national playoff semi-finals this past De- have to red-shirt because of my ACT scores cember after taking first place in the Pacific that I could not pass. I knew he was the naWest Conference. His career spanned from tion’s best coach as I sat in the first meeting August 1985 to December 2012. Navalta won and the first thing he told us was, ‘I want to eight NAIA National Championships with remind you, that the important thing that two Division II Championships at BYUH. you learn this season will be to strengthen He was honored as National Coach of the your testimony of Heavenly Father and Jesus Year in 1999 and 1996. Navalta won NAIA Christ.’ It started off my career at BYUH Regional Coach of the Year awards in 1996 right. I took that meeting as a defining moand 1997. ment for me as to how I was going to live

Navalta received the Coach of the my life as a volleyball player for this univerYear award for Division 2 conferences in sity,” said Melanie Manutai, a junior in EXS Louisville, Kentucky on Dec. 13, 2012, for from Honolulu. the second time since 1998.

“I ended up playing for two years,

In his acceptance speech for being chose to serve a mission and came back to named Coach of The Year, he offered gratiplay one more season with him, and I’m tude to all those who helped him throughout indeed grateful that I did. The triangle helped his coaching career. He thanked his Heavenly me to understand what true victory is all Father, his family, past and present players, about. There are many definitions for, ‘Going coaches, the BYUH student body, teachers, for the Gold’ at the top of that pyramid, and athletic directors, and even the bus drivers. he taught me that the most important part of

Some of the current volleyball play- that triangle is the bottom part of putting the ers were able to describe their experiences Lord first. with Navalta and what they have learned

“This past season, we all put the from his teachings.

Lord first, and we came home victorious. I

“Coach Navalta has contributed believe the Lord knew the real victories of so much to the volleyball program here at what to give us this season and that was the BYUH, and his influence will continue to be eternal friendship and feeling of ohana that

Navalta’s winning career Lady Seasiders share memories of the coach

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Top left: Coach Navalta and his wife.

we all felt as a team. He has affected many lives, and I am one of them. He taught me how to be a champion. He was my professor as well as my coach here at BYU-Hawaii, and I’m so grateful and honored to have played for such a prestigious and spiritually rich man,” Manutai added.

Courtney Skaggs, a senior in EXS from La Mesa, Calif., said, “I came to BYUH not as a recruit and did not think much about playing volleyball for the school. That is until I was in Coach Navalta’s volleyball class and he gave me an opportunity to play

Coach Navalta Bottom left: The Navalta family hold the regional trophy the Lady Seasiders won this year. Above: The coaches and the team celebrate in the locker room after winning the Regionals in Laie and learning they would go to the national championship round. Photos courtesy of Kenway Kua.

with and try out for the team. Ever since then, he has been a teacher, example, and a grandpa away from home. He is not a typical coach and I have never had a coach quite like Coach Navalta, but I can say that he was the best coach I have ever had. He has a brilliant mind and passion for the game of volleyball and knows how to get the best performance out of his athletes.

“But the thing I will remember the most about Coach Navalta is the framework of success that he instilled in teams year after year. That framework was founded first on

the gospel of Jesus Christ, next came our academics, and after those two were taken care of, we were able to focus and be successful on the court. The experiences I have had and the spirit I have felt the past three years of playing for Coach Navalta are invaluable and will never be forgotten.

“Coach is very humble and often overlooked, but his success on the court over the years and more importantly his success of molding and influencing women for decades will never be forgotten. I love Coach and I cannot be more thankful to have learned and

grown in the time I have been a player for him.”

Coach Navalta’s passion for the gospel and love for people is evident from his team’s remarks. In the closing words of his speech, Navalta said, “I leave two thoughts with you that have helped me throughout my coaching career and life: one, supreme effort in things spiritual influences infinite success; two, spiritual victories are more important than physical victories. May the Lord be good to us all now and forever.”

- Alec Bar ney

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Hips sway in honor of first kumu hula at 23rd annual Moanikeala Hula Festival

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ith their flowing pa’u skirts and bright smiling faces, hula dancers from all over the island showcased local halaus and also included some from Japan and Russia in the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Moanikeala Hula Festival on Jan. 19. The event was in honor of the PCC’s first hula master, Sally Moanikeala Wood Naluai.

Victoria “Sunday Girl” Mariteragi, a niece of Aunty Sally and a retired teacher from Kahuku High School, was the originator of the festival and a judge along with Aloha Deleary, the “original Miss Aloha Hula,” and Puanani Alama, a long-time hula practitioner.

Mariteragi shared her memories of her aunt. “Aunty Sally taught me to be ready to dance at any time - whether you hear the song or not, at a luau, at a community effort, at a pageant, or at any place. When the song started, you can get up and dance,” she said.

She first started the hula festival with her younger sister, Ellen Gay Dela Rosa.

“It took a while, but I think Ellen Gay and I did our best and this festival is about sharing, loving one another and having a good time,” Mariteragi said addressing the audience.

“And today as the keiki and the kaikamahine and the kane perform for you, we would also like to let you know that this is my way of letting Aunty Sally know that her legacy continues on,” she added.

There were 11 older women who danced in the competition part of the festival.

Lorraine Vincent, a kupuna dancer with Hula Halau o Kawananakoa from Keaukaha on Big Island, said, “We just love the aloha feeling that [the festival] shares with us,” as well as dancing and participating in the festival.

Halau o Kawananakoa consists of only kupuna. The oldest dancer in their troupe is in her late 70s. Joann Loa, the kupuna solo-

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Far left: Experienced hula dancers set the example for the younger generations. Top left and right: Girls start early showcasing their hula routines.

Bottom left: Cy Bridges presents an award made from the old Hawaiian Village at PCC. Bottom right: One of the festival’s founders, Sunday Mariteragi, dances with some of her former hula students at the 23rd annual Moanikeala Hula Festival in the Pacific theater at the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Photos by Matt MacDonald

ist and a sister to Vincent, said she dances “to continue the love of hula.”

Harry Brown, one of the Moanikeala Festival emcees, said, “About 10 years ago, when the festival first started, we went into a strict format of exhibition and participation.”

He continued, “This year we do have a small portion of this hula festival that will be a competition. The competition portion will only be featuring soloists. Not any kind of soloist - kupuna soloists.”

Michelle Coley, a sophomore in elementary education from North Carolina, commented on her experiences during the event.

“It was my first [hula festival], and I was very happy to see it. I really want to go to the next

one because no matter where the dancers were from, or how old they were, they treated each other with respect and friendliness because they were connected through dance.”

Jehonna Bilan, a sophomore in elementary education from Hong Kong, also said, “I thought it was a refreshing sight to see people from different age groups perform and celebrate hula as a big part of Hawaiian culture. I’m impressed with the keiki as they know their hula so well. I find it amazing how the practice of hula has not died out through generations, and it’s still alive up to these days.”

This year also marks a couple of milestones. The Polynesian Cultural Center

celebrates its 50th year and the most anticipated hula festival in the islands. The Merrie Monarch hula festival, the premier annual hula competition, also makes 50 years this year.

“For us, here at the Polynesian Cultural Center, it’s our 50th, our golden anniversary. This year is the 50th anniversary for the premier hula event in the world and that is the Merrie Monarch festival,” noted Cy Bridges, another emcee and a long-time PCC expert in Hawaiian culture. The awards given at the festival were made from PCC’s old Hawaiian Village. The Hawaiian Village has been rebuilt and expanded.

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From Kamehameha Highway to Wall St. NYC Career Connect, an experience of a lifetime

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areer Services, along with Professor Cary Wasden, arranged for 14 BYUH students to travel over 6,000 miles to New York to complete the Chartered Financial Analyst level one examination and to learn about career opportunities in finance.

The CFA is a credentialed program that is respected around the world in the investment community. The students embarking on this trip spent months preparing and hours studying the material in order to be ready for the lengthy two-part exam. Professor Wasden said, “My expectations for students were that they would gain a vision for career and life opportunities that are out there in the finance world. And we knocked the cover off the ball. It was an experience the will never be able to be replicated, in regards to the quality of people that we met and the time that they spent with us, it was an amazing trip.”

In addition to the exam, Professor Wasden arranged for students to meet with several influential and successful people that have been working on Wall Street for many years. Cary Wasden spent most of his career as an equity analyst, even being ranked one of the top analysts in the world. Due to his reputation and friendships in New York he was able to arrange these meetings.

Students were able to spend one on one time with David Neeleman, founder and former CEO of Jet blue; Jim Quigley, former 10

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CEO of Deloitte, the largest financial services firm in the world; and Brian Blair, an Equity analyst and frequent guest on Bloomberg TV and other networks. The students met with a dozen other men form companies such as Wells Fargo, Citi Group, Moody’s, and Goldman Sachs.

David Dooley, an advisor in Career Services, said, “The Career Connect to New York provided our students with valuable insights in the realities of working as a finance analyst. Students were exposed to some rather harsh realities—tough hiring competition, exceptionally long hours, extremely competitive work environments and very unstable job security. They also saw the upsides—high salaries, long-term financial stability, and an awesome city to work in. Professor Wasden used his considerable network to set up our students with an agenda that was fairly remarkable. Students met with some of the most successful people and organizations on Wall Street as well as some of the most influential business leaders in the world. If we were to pay the normal consulting fees per hour of time students spent with them it would have cost upwards of $250,000.”

Ryan Chaffin, a senior from Orangevale, Calif., majoring in business management finance, participated in the trip. He said, “Cary [Wasden] provided a really unique and phenomenal experience.

Meeting with current and past leaders of major global organizations

not only showed us students that you can be a devout Latterday Saint and still have a remarkable career and influence on the world for better, but it also educated us on what we must accomplish and how we must develop ourselves now. This experience helped me gain a clearer focus of my goals, and the steps I need to take now to accomplish them.�

The highlight of the trip for many was walking the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and enjoying a four-star lunch hosted by the vice president of the NYSE. It was a unique experience for the students to see what could be theirs with a little hard work and dedication.

Results from the exams will be released the week of Jan. 21, fingers crossed that all of the students were able to succeed and become chartered members of the CFA. -Matt B ledsoe

Above: Matt Bledsoe poses for a photo in NYC. Left: 14 BYUH students, Career Services staff and Cary Wasden document their trip to Wall Street and the stock exchange.

The group traveled to New York for the Certified Financial Analyst level one exam. Photos courtesy of Daniel Dooley

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Some Ke Alaka‘i staff members share their experiences and insights about life and work so readers can know them better.

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Sydney Odell

is a multimedia journalist at Ke Alaka‘i as well as a senior majoring in communications from Washington.

She described herself as a transparent person. “I don’t like to be politically correct. I just want to be real and honest. But it is not always easy,” she said. “I try to write in a traditional style with an open-minded prospective. I don’t want to encourage any stereotypes.

I want to open readers’ mind and help them to realize people have more similarities than differences.”

Disagreement is one of the hardships a journalist needs to face, said Odell. “Opinion can be rational and irrational. My goal is to build relationships with people who have different viewpoints than mine.” By meeting different people, said Odell, she is able to know the different sides of issues.

Odell and other multimedia journalists are trying a new project. “We are doing a weekly radio broadcast with topics related to BYU-Hawaii and the community,” she said.

“For the test week, we did a broadcast about feminism. It was very interesting to sit there with different layers and viewpoints about what a woman is as well as the benefits and disadvantages to be a woman. We hope to move on to other issues, like homosexuality, interracial marriage, divorce, and miscarriage…. just talk about issues that are actually happening, but students fear to talk about,” Odell added.

Martin Milius

is one of the copy editors in Ke Alaka‘i and also a senior majoring in international cultural studies from Colorado.

As a copy editor, he said his job is to make sure “the articles are easy to read, enjoyable, understandable, clear, informative, and fun.”

When he was asked to describe his relationship with his coworkers, he said, “They are my friends and my partners. Without them, there is no Ke Alaka‘i.”

Milius believes confidence is the most important element in the field of journalism. He explained, “A journalist needs to speak with anyone about anything. They need to able to ask difficult questions in order to cover interesting stories.”

“I would like to see the student body seeing us as their voice,” said Milius. He continued, “I hope Ke Alaka‘i can build bridges between the departments and the students. I want to help people learn what is happening around their community and [school].” to

Dylan-Sage Wilcox

is another multimedia journalist in BYUH’s news center. He is a freshman majoring in English from Hawaii. Wilcox said a journalist is like a storyteller. “My mission is to retell the story with the best of my ability,” said Wilcox.

Enjoying the fact that BYUH has great diversity, Wilcox said he is able to tell stories about different people from different cultures.

“It is enlightening to write their stories. I have a passion for writing and even a bigger passion for people. I just love meeting new people,” he said.

“It is important we learn how to accurately portray a story, so the story would not be altered.” He said journalist need to tell the truth. “Look at how people tell stories out there. They manipulate the story for money instead of truth.

It scares people and they lose faith in journalism.”

Wilcox shared his secret for interviewing people.

“When I talk to the right people with the right topic, they will give me good quotes for the article....People have an easy time talking when they are interested in topics they are emotionally attached to. But I guess the most important thing is to talk to people like they are your friend.”

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Baked Potato Recipe Oftentimes, students complain that they want to eat healthy, but they don’t have time to prepare good food. With the wise use of an oven, students can prepare a tasty and healthy meal in a matter of minutes.

Serves: 2 people Time: 50 minutes Reference: Mother’s recipe Ingredients: 3 medium potatoes / 2 large potatoes 1 tomato Ground beef 3 Tablespoons Seasonings: Garlic salt 1 Tablespoon Sesame oil / olive oil 1 Tablespoon Lime juice / Tobasco 1 Tablespoon Hot sauce / chili pepper powder 1 teaspoon Basil / Italian seasoning half teaspoon

Steps: Pre-heat the oven for to 300 degrees Slice potatoes Slice tomato Fry the ground beef with salt and black pepper Put tinfoil on an oven-safe container Put chopped tomato in the container Mix chopped potato with all seasonings, then put it on top of tomato Sprinkle the cooked ground beef on top of potato Wrap the potato mixture well with tinfoil, until it is completely covered, which should look like a big silver block.

Put it in the oven and cook for 40 minutes in 300 degree for a small oven / 400 degree for a big oven *Watch out when you open the foil wrap after it’s cooked. You might burn your hand from the steam that will come out when you open up the foil.

-Clover Cheng

A baked potato is quick and easy to make.

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Softball Comeback Season Preparing for a

Top: Whitley Haimin gets ready to take the plate this season. Bottom: Tiffanee Frampton hopes to pitch the Seasiders to a successful season. Photo courtesy of Josh Riboldi

The BYUH women’s softball team looks to improve from the previous year with a new coach, new program and new faces.

Last year, the women’s softball team finished in 9th place with an 11-24 overall record and 6-23 in conference. “BYUH does not mean mediocre. It means excellence. We’ve got to build this program here and figure out how to win,” said Coach Dave George.

The team is excited about what they can do this spring after impressive performances during fall scrimmages. Tiffanee Frampton, a senior from Gilbert, Ariz., talked of the team’s potential for this season, “I think we’ll do well. We have great potential. We’re young and have a lot more passion than the other teams.”

The new coach, Dave George, has worked hard to bring in new recruits to help the Lady Seasiders build the new era of BYUH softball. After losing two starters, due to the age change for women LDS missionaries, the recruiting process fell into place to bring this group of girls together.

“There have been miracles. Unbelievable occurrences have happened where everyone has a fine thread here. It’s been an amazing story,” said George.

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transfer from Utah, said she can feel a difference on the BYUH softball team. “I came for school, but things fell into place and here I am. The team is more family oriented. It’s about friendships built to last forever, not just a competitive environment.”

Team manager and former player Aroha Allen, a junior from California, related, “I think they will do better than last year, improving year by year with a new coach and a new program. With fresh new faces, the competition won’t know what is coming.”

Coach George brings a new energy and excitement to the team. George comes with 32 years of coaching experience.

During those years, he coached All-Americans and led his teams to top 10 nationally rankings. George brought on Assistant Coach Lominga Latu to help instill the new program and attitude.

Latu said, “I’m excited about being here around this group. More important than good talent is coming together as a team. Together everyone achieves more. If they buy into Coach George, they will do well.”

The Seasiders will start their season with the Kona Tournament on Feb. 1 then come home to Laie to face St. Martin’s on Feb. 5. Come support the Lady Seasiders in opening the new era of BYUH softball.

- J eff McLeod

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Fiscal Bill

Fiscal Cliff includes more than just tax legislation The U.S. federal government passed a fiscal cliff bill at the first of January although it was packed with special interest tax breaks. It has allowed across-the-board spending cuts and tax breaks in hopes of allowing some people and organizations to have more money in their pockets, spend more and lower the U.S. high deficit.

According to CBS news, the fiscal cliff law passed so quickly, many in Congress never realized it was full of special interest tax breaks making the bill “filled with pork.” Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, who voted “No” on the bill, says many House members felt blindsided by tax breaks that were never publicly debated. “Absolutely it is filled with pork,” Issa said. “And it is pork particularly because they couldn’t get these through any other way except by throwing them into a bill like this.”

Here are a few of the tax breaks packed into this bill:

• Race speed owners, such as NASCAR, are allowed to speed up their tax deductions;

• Hollywood receives a tax right off of about $20 million whenever a TV show or movie is filmed in an economically depressed area of the United States;

• A subsidy is given for rum made in Puerto Rico;

• There’s a tax break if you train a mine rescue worker, and a tax credit for every kilowatt of energy produced by wind power.

The fiscal cliff bill was passed to reduce the U.S. deficit, but it “added $74 billion in spending through changes in the tax law,” reports CBS news.

“The issue with these middle-of-the-night tax breaks is that for many in Congress who had sworn off pork barrel spending, these represent a new level of pork. Supporters of the tax provisions say they will create jobs,” says CBS news.

Dan Houser of the International Speedway Corporation, the owner of NASCAR, says faster tax write-offs will lead

to more investment in tracks and stadiums. “It’s not a tax break.

What it is doing is creating shovel-ready capital investment in communities that desperately need jobs,” Houser said.

According to Businessinsider.com, “President Barack Obama called the bill a ‘first step’ toward deficit reduction...by raising $620 billion in revenue from the wealthiest households.”

BYUH Political Science Professor Troy Smith said, “The U.S. Congress has been called the most deliberate body, and recent events raise serious questions about the validity of that statement. Congress is no longer spending time considering bills in community and having the required three readings on a bill before it’s passed. Instead, leadership is deciding the content of bills and pushing it through, giving members minutes to review a bill of thousands of pages before deciding to vote.”

Saira Aslam, a business management major from Lahore, Pakistan, said, “I think it’s a great thing because it encourages showbiz to focus on the environment by highlighting the social issue or areas that are normally ignored. Filming movies or documentaries in economical depressed areas of the U.S. would make people realize about what is really going on in some areas of the U.S.” - Jennifer Herrera and AP

January 24, 2013

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Divine Providence

been thrown into the water and drowned.

The women and children floated in the small raft they had crafted while the men stood with bare feet on the coral reef in waist-high water. In two days, they traveled along the

Woods and Andersen were in reef to a deserted island where the inhabitHawaii because they were following the ants stayed for two months, living off of route of the Julia Ann. After the survivors turtle meat and crabs. were in Tahiti, “they eventually made it to Captain Pond thought that waiting Honolulu,” said Woods. “So we want to do to be found was not an option, and instead In hoping to tell the story of the only ship research in filming in these different places, decided to attempt to row to Bora Bora, a of LDS Church immigrants wrecked with and I’m interested in the passenger list in 400-mile journey east in tradewinds, which loss of life and address the theme of divine the Hawaii state archives and journals that blew from east to west. When Captain Pond providence, filmmakers Fred Woods and are in BYU-Hawaii. We’re just wanting to and nine other men departed, the wind blew Martin Andersen from Utah, presented capture the bigger picture of the Pacific in their favor. They rowed for three days and the story, their research, and a teaser of a migration,” he said. three nights, and on the fourth day, they movie “A Divine Providence: The Wreck

Andersen and Woods were very could see their destination. However, a strong and Rescue of the Julia Ann,” on Jan. 19 thorough with what they covered in their storm came, throwing them off course and in BYU-Hawaii’s Little Theater. The BYUH research. Andersen mentioned they didn’t blowing them away from the island.

Religion Department and The Mormon Pa- only want to know how many people were

From there, Captain Pond was able cific Historical Society sponsored the event. on the ship but they also wanted to know to secure rescue for the passengers and the

“We wanted to get across the who was there, what they were there for crew, and after some time in Tahiti, those on theme of divine providence that the hand of and what brought them to the place. Woods the Julia Ann eventually were able to make it God was indeed among the Saints as they loves making documentaries because of the to America. made efforts to gather to Zion in the 19th chance to paint a picture and show a story “We might see it as a tragedy that Century,” Woods said. as well as tell it. of all these ships, here’s one that sunk, and

Woods gave the background and

The Julia Ann was a ship that five lives were taken. And a lot of people history behind the story of the Julia Ann, transported immigrants from Australia would say that’s the story,” said Andersen, including the history of the church and to America. She had previously made a “That’s part of the story, but the story is missionary work in Australia. Andersen told successful voyage in 1854, transporting a about the 51 survived and why did they about the creation of the film, their reason number of LDS immigrants to San Francissurvived.” for coming to Hawaii to do some research, co. Her second voyage departed on Sept. 7,

The film is scheduled to be reand then presented a 7-minute teaser trailer 1855, and was set for San Pedro, Calif. On leased sometime later in 2013. that featured illustrations of the story and the boat were 56 passengers, exactly half

excerpts from journals of the passengers.

- eT HAN toledo of which were LDS immigrants. On the eve “We have a story that is true [and] ning Oct. 3, 26 days after their departure, that has never been told,” said Andersen. the saints were singing “The Gallant Ship is “There are many times you rehash things Under Weigh,” a W. W. Phelps tune which over, but I haven’t heard this out there yet, they had sung also at the time of and it’s a great story that should be.” their departure. At that time, the

Andersen said he was excited Julia Ann struck a coral reef, and they had the opportunity to be the ones the captain knew almost immedito introduce people to the Julia Ann tale. ately that there was no saving the “Professor Woods alerted me to [the story] ship. a couple years ago as one of the stories that The immigrants evacuated the we wanted to do, and I actually approached ship, and by 11, they were clear of the now him this summer, saying, ‘This is the story sunken boat. Five of the immigrants had we need to do next.’”

Story of LDS shipwrecked immigrants documented in film

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