February 27, 2014 Ke Alaka'i Issue

February 27, 2014

Ke Alaka i Volume 106: Issue 7

THE LEADER

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LANGUAGE BYUHSA President Announced: New election process leads to new presidency 4

Hands on Language: Fluent ASL speaker shares his story 10

‘Thoroughly’ Enjoyable: School musical entertains sold out house 18

CULTURE

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To end the Marketing Week festivities, workshops with marketing professionals in Hawaii will be held in the Heber J. Grant Building from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Presentations by the finalists from the Idea Zoo competition will present at 3:30 and will be followed by a keynote address at 4:30 and a reception at 5:30 p.m.

Buses leave the Little Circle at 5 p.m. for the BYUHSA Ice Skating event at the Honolulu Ice Palace.

The event will be held from 6-9 p.m.

NOTE

WORTHY

News Headlines

‘Craigslist Killer’ claims to kill 20 Miranda Barbour, 19, from Sunbury, Penn., known for her alleged ‘Craigslist Killing’ was sent to Muncy’s State Correctional Institution for women, according to pennlive.com.

Barbour told the “Daily Item” she killed more than 20 people. While the claim she made hasn’t been verified, she said she can point them out on a map. BYU-Hawaii students said they were shocked by her story and her claims of being a mass murderer.

Barbour, with assistance from her husband, Elyette Barbour, 22, was accused of the murder of Terry Ferrara, 42, on Nov. 11.

According to Fox News, Barbour allegedly made a deal with Ferrara through Craigslist to sell sex for $100. When she went to meet Ferrara, her husband of three weeks reportedly held Ferrara’s neck to the car seat while she stabbed Ferrara about 20 times, dumped the body and then went out to eat, according

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and the bus will return at 10:15. The $15 ticket includes transportation, skate rentals, pizza and drink. Buy tickets at the Aloha Center Front Desk and bring your current BYUH ID. “Urban Hue” will be the theme of the Faculty Art Exhibit, which will be up from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Following the exhibit hours, BYUH faculty will perform in the McKay Auditorium.

All are invited. Please no food or drinks. Children under the age of 6 are discouraged. Admission is free.

to the Associated Press. Barbour said she had told Ferrara she was 16 years old. Barbour told the Daily Item, “I remember everything.

It’s like watching a movie.”

Adolfo Arellano, a sophomore studying political science from Mexico, said, “If you’re selling sex for money, then I wouldn’t be surprised that that happened, even though it shouldn’t.”

Barbour’s claim to have killed more people has yet to be verified. According to AP, Police Chief Steve Mazzeo said investigators are contacting police in other states, and so far, they have found no evidence.

Sonny Dean, Barbour’s father, told authorities she is a liar and not to be trusted, however, he said that another murder might have been possible.

Vlad Tropnikov, a sophomore studying communications from Russia, recalled his reaction when he first heard about the story: “I can’t believe that things like this happen in our world, but I hope that the Atonement of Jesus Christ could cover every single sin.”

Terumi Hagawa, a junior studying accounting from Japan, said about using Craigslist, “It’s scary to know. We need to be careful.”

- Rebec c a Sabalo n es

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The Week In

Quotes

“Brazil is happy to welcome the tourists that will arrive for the World Cup, but it is also ready to fight against sexual tourism” -President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil tweeted in response to the halt of World Cup products made

by Adidas using sex appeal to promote the World Cup taking place in Brazil.

“There are more than 200 special policemen who have been prepared to guard conservation areas and to enforce the law on protection of this species.”

-Sudirman Saad, director general for marine, coastal and small islands, said at a news conference held to announce a manta ray conservation in Indonesia, now the largest manta ray sanctuary.

“This is the new face of Russia — our Russia.”

-Dmitry Chernyshenki, head of the Sochi organiz-

ing committee, said after the costliest Olympics in history concluded Sunday, Feb. 23.

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Sarah Rie Querido poses with communication cans. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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Table of

CONTENTS [4]

BYUH’s newly elected presidency

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ASL Feature: Speaking without words

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Color Fest: All it was chalked up to be

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School Musical: T horoughly Moder n Millie

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BYUHSA announces

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ollowing the reformatted election process, the new student body presidency is set to begin its term this upcoming summer semester. Marc Gardner, a senior in social work from Australia, will be the new BYUHSA president while Kjestine Tatarata, a senior in business management from Denmark, will serve as vice president.

Instead of the traditional voting method, the election format was changed to more of a merit-based system. Candidates were required to include a letter of recommendation, be cleared by the Registrar and Office of Honor, and have a 3.0 grade point average or higher.

While students did not have the traditional opportunity to vote individually, representatives consisting of chapter presidents, academic club presidents, members of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, and other departments throughout the campus made up the voting panel. Candidates’ applications, interviews with the current BYUHSA presidency, and their forum performance ultimately determined the selected candidates.

my peers by resolving their concerns and linking services to students. My commitment and desire is to extend that service to all the student body. I am convinced that we have unlimited and untapped value existing in this school because of our cultural diversity. My goal and desire is that we can become more unified in purpose and action.

P e r s o n al B i o : I am 27 years old and currently studying a degree in social work. I have the desire to return home and continue where I left off working with refugees and immigrants who come to Australia for a better life. I was blessed to serve a mission in the Australia Melbourne West Mission from 2008 - 2010, which is my spiritual foundation that I continue to build on each day. One of my favorite things to do is take water photography.

QA

Why you want to serve in

BYUHSA?

I wish to use this value to become a more unified student body and I plan to do this by utilizing our existing chapter and club presidents who have so much to offer.

What ways you hope to improve BYUHSA to bless BYU Hawaii students?

I believe a leader is defined as M a r c G a r d n er someone who is hands on and actively inMajor: Social Work volved in serving others. This is exactly what Hometown: Sydney, Australia I am planning to do for this great university.

Graduating: December 2015 Serv ice Commit me n t : I want to be re- It will be my goal to ensure that all students membered for being a “hands on” leader who who attend BYUH will have the same life was active in serving the student body. As a changing experiences that I have had and seen others have. student, I have found it rewarding to serve

BYUHSA President

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Ke Alaka‘i

BYUHSA Vice President

Kj e s t i n e Tata r ata Major: Business Management, Human Resources and Organizational Behavior Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark Graduating: April 2015 S e r vi c e C o m m i t m e n t : My key goal is to improve the communication between departments and to make the daily processes students have to go through more effective and efficient. My aim is for students to have a great experience attending BYUH. P e r s o n a l B i o : I live at TVA with my lovely husband Tino, who is also a student here and is from Tahiti.

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Why you want to serve in BYUHSA? This is our home for three years. If I see something or hear of something that needs to be changed or updated, I want to be able to do something actively about it. Serving at the BYUHSA gives me that opportunity.

What ways you hope to improve BYUHSA to bless BYU Hawaii students?

My first goals will be to get a bike path for The Big Circle and to find the best way to improve the communication between departments here on campus. Safety is another project and I know there are going to be a lot of other things popping up during the next year. I believe that implementing electronic standard procedures for endorsements, add/drop forms, and such would be less time consuming for everyone. It is my hope to contribute making BYUH a better experience and make our voices heard.

What is your definition of leadership?

Leadership is defining a goal from the voice of many and being able to pursue it by setting an example and leading the way.

Is there any other information that you would want students to know about you as their student leaders?

I believe in always hearing someone out and gathering all facts before making a final decision, doing it right the first time.

-Gre g Erickson

Marc Gardner and Kjestine Tatarata were recently elected to the BYUHSA presidency.

Photos by Kelsie Carlson.

Jerome Harris, the Seasiders would extend the Seasider lead to 26 with 6 minutes left in the game. With the win secured, fan favorite Ethan Tsai came off the bench for the final three minutes to hit a big three pointer, giving the Seasiders a 103-77 lead with a minute left.

Tsai, a freshman guard from Taiwan, majoring in graphic design, said, “That last shot felt pretty amazing because you never know. You just never know if you’re going to make it, but the team supports you and when you make it, it’s a happy ending.”

The Seasiders’ next and final game of the regular season is on the road against Chaminade on Feb. 27.

dre medlock Makes it Rain on Senior night Seasiders honor lone senior with resounding win over Holy Names In the final home game of the regular season, the Seasiders honored their seniors on senior night by routing Holy Names 107-79 as Dre Medlock, the lone senior on this year’s squad, poured in a game-high 20 points in the win on Feb. 24. This marks the second-consecutive game scoring in triple digits for the Seasiders, including a 106-71 defeat of Fresno Pacific just two days prior. BYU-Hawaii now tallies a record of 14-11 overall, and 12-7 in conference play with just one game left remaining in the regular season before entering the PacWest Conference Tournament which begins March 6.

Against Holy Names, all 12 players that entered the game also made it on the scoreboard. Medlock led the game with 20 points, shooting 5-8 from the floor, but earned half of his numbers from the free throw line, hitting a flawless 10-10. Medlock also grabbed seven rebounds and two blocks.

Tyler Tuliau put up 17 points and both Cory Lange and Luke Aston scored 14 apiece. As a team, the Seasiders made 29 of 31 free throw attempts—an incredible 94 percent.

Medlock shined in the senior night spotlight, starting the game off with a monster dunk to begin his last home game as a Seasider. “I was really proud of Dre, going 10 for 10 from the free the line is unbelievable,” said Coach Ken Wagner about the senior.

“He worked really hard—He’s always been a hard worker—but to put in that effort and have a night like this is unbelievable. All the team was excited to see him [Dre] do well.”

The Seasiders continued to control the flow of the game, taking an 18-6 lead

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No. 22 DeAndre Medlock, the Seasiders lone senior, pushes through Holy Names defense. Photo by Kelsie Carlson.

with 13 minutes remaining before Holy Names made a quick comeback, hitting a pair three pointers and a lay-up to cut the Seasider lead to five. Both teams continued to trade baskets as the Seasiders closed out the half with six straight points, heading into the locker room with a 10-point lead, 44-34.

Robbie Mitchell got the second half started converting making three points the hard way, extending the Seasiders lead back to 13. Cory Lange finished an acrobatic three-point play, drawing the foul on a drive to the basket and converting the free throw.

Medlock continued to dominate the key, bringing his point total to 20 points, extending the lead to 71-55 with ten minutes remaining. Tyler Tuliau came off the bench with 10 points, helping his team maintain a 19-point lead, 78-59, with eight minutes remaining.

“Tonight was a good tune-up, because we want to go on a run and make the tournament” said Tuliau, the junior forward from Long Beach, Calif.

After a fast break slam-dunk by Ngatai and a pair of made free throws by

Lady Seasiders edge Holy names on senior night Senior Hooper scores career-high in final home game The Lady Seasiders sent senior Danna Lynn Hooper out with a big win in their last home game against Holy Names on Feb. 24.

Hooper had a career night scoring 30-points as the Lady Seasiders were able to battle back from a five-point halftime deficit to win the game 75-71.

“This was a super big win. It was great to get the win for Danna,” said freshman Guard Talyn Bevell from Cedar Hills, Utah studying business management. “She has been leading us into a great program.

We are going to start winning and be on top of the conference.”

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Brydgette Tatupu-Leopoldo added 17-points and Whitney Fieldsted was key for the Lady Seasiders leading the team with 16 rebounds.

“I have always been a rebounder and that is what coach brought me out here to do. So when I step on the court, it is my No. 1 priority,” said junior forward Whitney Fieldsted, a physical education major Senior Danna Hooper from Altamont, Utah.

The win comes after the Lady Seasiders dropped a double overtime game Saturday, Feb. 22 to Fresno Pacific, 85-79. With the

win, the Lady Seasiders improved to 3-21 overall, 3-16 in conference play.

After jumping down to an early lead, the Lady Seasiders cut down a 10-point lead to go into the half down by five. Tatupu-Leopoldo came out firing for the Lady Seasiders with a three-point shot to cut the lead down to two with 18 minutes remaining. Holy Names would respond by hitting back-to-back threes, extending the lead to six.

Tatupu-Leopoldo continued to have the hot hand hitting her second three-point of the half to cut the lead down to one with 15 minutes left. The Lady Seasiders continued to battle behind the play of Hooper and Abby Berrett to keep the game within three, 55-52.

CAREER WEEK ACTIVITIES MARCH 4TH

MARCH 5TH

Tuesday

Wednesday

10am - 2pm AC Mall & Outside Cafeteria

2:30pm- 3:20pm Amanda Turowski Center for Disease Control

Info Sessions

AC 155

2:30pm- 3:20pm Dr. Hannonen’s Class

Utah technology company , hiring across all majors (marketing, IT, sales, administrative, operations)

Kehaulani, Director of Cultural Services, Starwood Hotel & Resorts

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions MCK 153

5:15pm - 5:55pm

BYU Management Society Network ACR 155

International Student Chapter Career

9:00pm

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RESUME 6:00pm

Thailand Chapter ACR 135

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Professional Etiquette

Pacific Area HR Specialist Tonga, PNG, Australia, Fiji, Cook ACR 155

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Matthew Willden, Sr. HR Business Partner, FBA

3:30 - 4:30 pm

International Student Chapter Career

Thursday

Career Fair Pre-Registration

Info Sessions

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MARCH 6TH

7:00pm

TBA Japan Chapter

Latino Chapter

ACR 155

8:00pm Mahonri Subandriyo (IT) Indonesia Chapter ACR 155

9:30pm

Michelle Hippolite

CEO Ministry of Maori Development

ACR 155

ACR 133

Tahiti & Cook Island Chapter

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Fieldsted continued her strong play in the key scoring a basket to bring the game within one with eight minutes left. Marquessa Gilson put back an offensive rebound to tie the game at 56-56.

With two minutes remaining, Hooper continued her stellar night scoring back-to-back jump shots followed by a three-pointer to give the Lady Seasiders their first lead of the second half.

Hooper hit two clutch free throws with 30 seconds remaining to extend the lead back to four, securing the lead in the 75-71 win. “I thought we really wanted this one, especially for Danna, and it was great to finally win one on our home court,� said Abby Barrett, a freshman power forward from Magna, Utah, studying secondary education.

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11:00am

Guest Lecturer ENTR Class Chapel 2 Rm 275

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Learning a New Language A bilingual introduction to l earning a foreign tongue

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Ana Mendoza and Jessica Mijangos both are fluent in English and Spanish. Photo by Monica Rubalcava

English

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on estudiantes que representan 75 países diferentes y con misioneros retornados de todos partes del mundo, BYU-Hawái es un lugar en donde uno se puede oír varios idiomas cada día. Para los que no han estado en otro país o que no han servido una misión usando un nuevo idioma, estudiantes tienen la oportunidad de aprender idiomas diferentes. Para mucha gente, al aprender un nuevo idioma es una meta que quiere lograr, “Al aprender un nuevo idioma se ve bien en un resume y me puede ayudar a conseguir un trabajo,” dijo Justin Childs, estudiante de primer ano en educación general, y de Sacramento, California.

ith students from 75 different countries and return missionaries that have served throughout the world, a student here at BYU-Hawaii can hear up to more that two or three different languages every day. For those who haven’t had the opportunity to live in another country or serve a mission speaking a new language, you have the great opportunity to learn a new language here. For many, learning a new language is a goal they strive to accomplish.

“Learning a new language looks good on a resume and can help me get a job,” said Justin Childs, a freshman studying general education from Sacramento, Calif.

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“Knowing another language can only help you,”said Childs, “So for those of you who want to learn a second or third language, here is some advice about how one can learn a new language.

“Al saber un nuevo idioma solo puede ayudarme,” dijo Childs. Para los que quieren poder hablar un segundo o tercero idioma, los siguientes consejos pueden ayudar.

There are many clubs at BYU-Hawaii, therefore if you want to learn a new language, the best thing you can do is join the club from that country. With this, you can begin to learn words and phrases from people who are from that country.

Hay varios clubes de estudiantes en BYU-Hawái donde los que desean aprender un nuevo idioma pueden unirse. Por ejemplo, el club de Brasil seria un buen lugar para practicar el Portugués. Así se puede empezar a aprender palabras y frases que usan la gente del país.

One of the most important things when learning a new language is to speak the language as much as possible. It is difficult because you will likely make a lot of mistakes, but remember that it is part of the process. Do not be afraid to make mistakes, the quicker you begin to talk and make mistakes, the quicker you will learn the language.

Una de las cosas mas importantes cuando uno se aprende un nuevo idioma es hablar en la idioma lo mas posible. Uno se va a cometer muchos errores pero es importante recordar que es parte del proceso.

No tenga miedo a cometer errores porque tan pronto que empieza a cometer errores, uno se aprende de sus errores.

There are many programs on the internet to learn new languages.

One can buy or download these programs and begin to learn. Other things you can do are to listen to music in the new language, learn a few words each day, or read books in the new language. “By reading good books it helps you to be familiar with the words and their meanings,” said Gabriela Gomez, a sophomore studying ICS from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

Hay muchos programas en el internet para aprender nuevos idiomas.

Uno se puede comprar o descargar una de estas programas y empezar a aprender. También el escuchar el música, el aprender algunas palabras cada día, y el leer libros en el nuevo idioma se ayuda mucho.

“Al leer buenos libros le ayuda a familiarizarse con las palabras y lo que significan,” dijo Gabriela Gómez, en su segundo ano de estudio de ICS de Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

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Baby Sign Language Infants begin communicating long before the y l earn to speak

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he use of sign language as a method of communication with young hearing children is proving to be effective in boosting literary skills, learning to speak and read more quickly, and increasing the child’s academic performance in school.

In an article from American Sign Language University by Oliver Wolcott, he explains how baby signing gained popularity after the release of the film “Meet the Fockers” in 2004. Although portrayed in a comic light, Wolcott asserts that the trend is filling the need mothers have to understand their childs’ wants and needs without the child “leaving their mothers guessing.”

For Melinda Kendall Pike, a BYU-Hawaii business graduate, utilizing baby sign language has made a world of difference in her home. Pike started implementing signs as soon as her daughter was born, and said that she understood her first sign when she was just six weeks old.

“We speak to her in simple, clear sentences and use sign language regularly,” said Pike.

Pike and her husband started using signs for words like “milk” and “more” so their daughter could “effectively communicate when she felt hungry, which helped eliminate a lot of meltdowns,” she said.

Now that her child is a toddler, Pike explained how using signing to communicate has helped reduce frustration that often comes from the inability of parents to understand what their child needs when they cry.

“We are able to better understand each other,” she said. “It takes consistency and praise.”

Pike encourages all parents and caregivers to use baby signing every time they say a phrase, allowing the child to repeat the sign and remember it next time they hear a word.

Psychologist Linda Acredolo, co-author of "Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk," explained to NBC that it’s important to speak the words you would want your baby to sign.

“Talking and signing together flood the baby with language," said Acredolo. "At 36 months, the [signing] babies in our

Baby sign language is a trend that helps infants communicate with their parents. Photos from Wikimedia

study were speaking, on average, the equivalent of non-signing 47 month olds.”

Opponents to the use of sign language in communicating with babies claim that it could potentially delay verbal communication. Dr. Lynn Mowbray Wegner, a pediatrician in North Carolina, and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, says this is simply not the case.

“Communication is communication,” Wegner told Victoria Clayton of NBC News. “Signing, gesturing, using communication boards and other assistive methods are all acceptable in the very young child who is trying to get his message across and understand what others say to him.”

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ROBERT KAHAWAII Sign langua ge uses the h ands and the heart

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Top: ASL tutor and ASL Club President, Robert Kahawaii, tutors an ASL student on campus. Bottom: Signing has its own culture, Kahawaii teaches his students, and it’s a useful skill for understanding people universally.Photos by Becca Gulden.

R and tutor - believes signing is more than obert Kahawaii - ASL Club president

just an alternative language. It’s a culture.

Laie native Robert Kahawaii, a senior in ICS, sat down for a one-on-one interview about sign language and how learning it has changed his life.

but also using your facial expressions and body language, so that’s what the culture really is. You’re conveying your identity through how you’re communicating. ASL culture is unique. All countries are different and so are their individual sign language cultures.

q: What types of challenges do signers q: When did you start signing? face? a: I didn’t grow up signing. I actually started a: Some of the challenges that signers, espejust about two years ago. I was born hearing, cially the deaf community, face is that people but when I was young, I became really sick are often intimidated. Signers are very emowith an extremely high fever that caused me tional and can be very aggressive with their to lose a lot of my hearing. Since I was 4 signing, so to a police officer they can look years old, I’ve had hearing aids and I maindangerous. There’s a real challenge within tained regular schooling. I really had no need the deaf community that there aren’t enough for sign language because I was really profi- advocates for them in such situations. There cient. It wasn’t until I got older that I needed are challenges where they are discriminata hearing aid, especially since my hearing is ed against because if their disability. We’ve getting worse as I grow older. Then, I began taken huge strides with the ADA (Americans taking the American Sign Language courses with Disabilities Act) law, but there are still here at BYUH. challenges for signers. q: Why did you decide to learn sign language? a: I was very interested in learning because it is something that would be very beneficial for me, especially as a hard-of-hearing person.

After my mission, I learned that my hearing is progressively getting worse, especially in my right ear. So since there is the possibility that it will just continue to decline, I wanted to learn ASL because I will probably rely on it a lot more in my future. I’m learning a lot more about the deaf community and deaf culture because it’s not just a language. It’s a culture too. q: What are some characteristics about signing and deaf culture? a: Actually, a lot of people don’t realize that sign language has a culture. Part of that culture requires being very involved in the conversation. You must be very animated in your expressions. Because in sign language, you can’t hide very much. You know what I mean? All of it is visual. It is using not just your hands to convey words and messages

q: What are your responsibilities as ASL Club president? a: I’ve been president for about a year and my responsibility is to provide students with meaningful experiences with sign language.

We accomplish that by hosting events where they can socialize with deaf community members. A big one is our gospel forum. We have people from campus and from town participate. Getting to interact with both deaf and non-deaf signers helps members to interact with them by feeling the culture and language from very real people who use it everyday. And that’s the goal of the club: to provide those types of opportunities. It’s one thing to learn the language, but it’s another to actually use it. As president, I also make sure everything runs smoothly. q: How are your experiences with being an ASL Tutor? a: ASL tutoring has been an awesome experience not only because I help students with their work in the ASL online classes, but it’s also an opportunity to help students

get assimilated to the university. A lot of my students are freshmen taking the 101 class and it’s a very different experience for them, wherever they’re coming from. Once I establish with a student that they can be comfortable, they realize that signing is really a process of learning to close your mouth and use your hands more. My students know that they have the support of their tutor— that I’m not there to criticize them, I’m there to help them improve their skills in sign language. That experience alone has been gratifying because I can teach my students the language and the culture, as well as the discipline of practicing and getting better. It helps them become better people. q: Where do you hope to go with ASL in your future? a: My current plans include goals to become an ASL instructor. There’s a lot that I want to do, but that title doesn’t capture everything. One of my goals is to create some sort of program for deaf children in education and provide them with positive role models to aspire to. I want to help a lot of deaf children who struggle with self-confidence or struggle with trying to visualize what they’re going to do with themselves in their future.

Maybe I’ll go to schools where there are deaf children and become a motivational speaker to reinforce their potential and capacity to perform what they want. Sign language has changed my life.... I’ve learned a lot, and one of the biggest things I learned is humility.

For me, I am unique because I am neither fully deaf nor fully hearing. I am in the middle, and I’ve been humbled to see how both sides are affected. There is no superior one, both are very important, essential, and alive in culture. It has humbled me to realize that deaf people are just as strong, just as vital, and just as dynamic in their language and culture. I’ve realized the impact that sign language has in communicating and in understanding people universally.

-Le slie owu su February 27, 2014

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anguage is always evolving and changing, and part of that evolution includes giving and receiving words from other languages.

Students and faculty at BYU-Hawaii talk about how languages around the world impact each other.

Tagalog, one of the major languages of the Philippines, has incorporated words that come from other languages. Native Tagalog speakers Michelle Ortea, a senior in business management and Gabrielle Retuta, a sophomore in human resources, both said they have a lot of words from Spanish, like “tsismis,” which means gossip.

However, in modern Spanish, gossip is “chismes.” They also use the Chinese word “susi,” for “key” and said a lot of their sayings are Japanese.

In Japanese, “pan” is the word for bread, but it came into the Japanese language through Portuguese. Japanese seniors Mika Okada in HTM and Saki Suyama in TESOL explained how they have a lot of English words everyone uses as Japanese, like sutoroberii (strawberry) and painapuru (pineapple).

English Department Professor Ned Williams said, “Language survives because of politics and economics, by who has the money.

English almost died, but now you can see it in so many other languages. English is a language that relies heavily on borrowed words and is flexible enough to permit other words to operate within itself.”

English has been affected by other languages like French, Latin and Greek, according to Williams. The Oxford English Dictionary details the origins of words, and says that “Deja vu,” “ballet,” “rendezvous” and “special” all originate from French.

The words that seep into other languages tend to connected to business and government. This explains why English, Japanese and Hindi can be found in the Thai language. “I know we have some Hindi and English words, like ‘free.’ We don’t have any other words to describe free. So, it’s just ‘free.’ And we use ‘bento’ from Japanese as the word for lunch-box,” said Suthi Siriphan, an ICS Communication senior from Thailand.

Perhaps the best example of absorptive language is Hawaiian pidgin. Danielle Javier-Hodge, a senior in elementary education Ke Alaka‘i

Kuliaikanu’u Pickard, Javier Herrera, Jessica Mijangos, Chun Hong Wong Chuck and Ana Mendoza share words in their native languages. Photo by Monica Rubalcava

from Kalihi, said, “‘Pau’ is Hawaiian for finished or done. I say it all the time. ‘Kau kau’ is for when people want to eat. I’m pretty sure it’s Chinese even if it gets mistaken for Hawaiian. For me, [pidgin] is mostly English words, but it sounds different. To me and all my friends, it’s like we are speaking English but others don’t think we are.”

-Samone Isom

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LANGuAGE Tree S

tudents at BYU-Hawai’i speak many different languages, and most of them come from similar language roots. Here’s a look at how some are related, according to Jack Lynch at Rutgers University, Brigham Young University, Unilang.org.

Proto-IndoEuropean

Indo-Iranian

1. Indic

a. Sanskrit I. Bengali II. Hindi

2. Iranian

a. Avestan

b. Old Persian

I. Middle Persian

i. Farsi

ii. Kurdish Helleni c 1. Greek

Celtic

1. Manx 2. Irish 3. Scottish 4. Welsh

1. Latin a. French b. Romanian c. Spanish d. Catalan e. Portuguese f. Italian

Italic

Altaic

Western Altaic 1. Mongolian

2. Turkic a. Turkish b. Khazak c. Uzbek d. Tadjik e. Chuvas

1. Tunguz 2. Korean 3. Japanese

Eastern Altaic

Germanic

Austronesian

Sino-Tibetan

Formosan (Taiwan) Malayo-Polynesian

1. Eastern

a. East Fijian-Polynesian I. Polynesian

i. Nuclear (a). Samoan (b). Rarotongan (c). Hawaiian (d). Maori (e). Rapanui

ii. Tongan II. Fijian

2. Western

a. Tagalog (Philippines) b. Malagasy c. Malay

1. North Germanic

a. Old Norse I. Norwegian II. Icelandic

b. Swedish

2. West Germanic

a. Anglo-Frisian Balto-slavic

I. Old English

1. Polish

2. Serbo-Croatian

i. Middle English (French influence)

3. Russian

(a) Modern English

II. Old Frisian i. Frisian

b. Old Dutch I. Middle Dutch Moe Taula, Senior in Elementary Education

i. Flemish from Western Samoa

ii. Dutch

iii. Afrikaans

c. Old High German

I. Middle High German

i. German Su Kuan Chung,

ii. Yiddish Freshman in Psychology

Sinitic

1. Yue (Cantonese) 2. Mandarin

Lehi Falepapalangi, Freshman in Psychology from Tonga

Troy Abdullahi, Junior in Political Science from Nigeria

from Tawian

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Color Fest Dancin’ a way the blues in dozens of hues

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o amount of rain could have stopped students from having a good time at the Color Fest Dance held on Friday, Feb 21. The event, hosted by BYUHSA, SAC, and the Fijian Chapter, had a great turn out as hundreds of people came out to the Little Circle to party with chalk.

Dances are a rather common occurrence, but the colored chalk throwing has roots in the traditional Hindu celebration, called Holi. Every spring, the Holi festival of colors is held in Hindu communities to celebrate the triumph of good over and evil. This festival signifies the ending of winter and beginning of spring.

Students definitely embraced the spirit of celebration. At the dance they were able to let loose and blow off some steam after midterms with popcorn, Otter Pops, and 500 pounds of colored chalk.

According to the Fijian Chapter, the dance was a grand success. Vice President of the Fijian Chapter, Peniette Seru, a senior majoring in computer science from Fiji, put a lot of effort into planning the event.

Seru said, “The event was great. The turnout was way more than our expected goal. We would definitely love to plan another dance like this one, as it was a night to remember.”

Raife Campbell, BYUHSA vice president and a senior in business management from Australia, said, “I hope that students got an experience that helped them to have fun and get away from the stress of work. We wanted them to focus on something different.

That’s why we hold these events, and that’s why we try to make them extra special, because we want them specifically to have a good environment, a good experience, and a good time.”

Savvi Jensen, a freshman in hospitality and tourism management from Seattle, Wash., said, “I didn’t really want to go, but my friends dragged me and I’m so glad they did. Dancing and throwing chalk was so much fun, the energy was out of control and now I have a shirt to remember the night.”

-L e slie Ow usu

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BYU-Hawaii students do not let the rain deter them from dancing through clouds of chalk in the Little Circle.

Photos by Kelsie Carlson

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Guessing Gestures

Someone crossing their arms in America appears defensive, closed off, or in a bad mood, and it is rude to do during a conversation.

BYUH students tell how body language is interpreted through cultural lens

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t BYU-Hawaii, the diversity of our student body allows for unique communication situations students might not experience anywhere else. Such diversity can often lead to encounters of miscommunication due to different interpretations of body language.

Cultures comprehend the meanings of non-verbal signals differently, therefore the gestures that mean something to you, could actually mean something completely different to another person.

Putting your thumb and index finger together may mean “OK” in some cultures, but in others that is a disrespectful and inappropriate gesture.

Benjamin Garcia, a sophomore in exercise sports science from Mexico, said, “When I first got here, I had a lot of awkward encounters because greeting is a lot different in Mexico, but now I’ve learned to be more formal when meeting strangers and acquaintances”.

Body language reveals a lot about the feelings and intentions of the person you are talking to and vice versa. To Americans, keeping eye contact with the person you are conversing with is important to show that you are engaged, but in many Asian countries, direct eye contact is seen as rude to those in authority or to one’s elders.

In many cultures, the gestures you do in public differ from the ones you would do in private. Christine Yao, a sophomore in elementary education from China explained, “Sometimes I see people doing things in public that are offensive and my culture would only do it in the privacy of a home. I don’t get offended because I know that the culture here is different.”

Bright Izekor, a senior in biochemistry from Nigeria, said, “I won’t be offended for something done here in America that is offensive in Africa.” Izekor also said, “It is all about embracing culture.

There are many diverse cultures on campus, you just have to adapt to learning and accepting all types.”

In Africa, the left hand is seen as unclean, therefore taking, giving, eating, waving, or shaking with your left hand should never happen.

In the United States extending your index and middle finger with your palm facing you simply stands for peace, but in European culture that exact gesture is equivalent to being “flipped off.”

In many Asian cultures, sitting with your ankle resting on your other knee is rude to do in public.

-L e slie Ow usu

Greeting someone with a handshake is normal, but in Latin culture if someone touches your elbow it means that they are hitting on you.

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Ke Alaka‘i

Hawaiians say the “shaka” is a gesture, much like a friendly wave, used to represent the Aloha spirit and expressing friendship. However, non-islanders may mistake this sign for the “call me” gesture.

Students communicate emotions, greetings, and sometimes insults with body language that can be easily misunderstood. Photos by Kelsie Carlson

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KATE HANSEn Dancing her way through Sochi

fter arriving in Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Kate Hansen, a 21 year-old luger from La Canada, Calif., and BYU Provo student, became an Internet sensation with her warm-up routine. Hansen started catching the eye of the media with her pre-race preparations. Her warm-up consisted of dancing to pop superstar Beyoncé songs blasting in her headphones.

Hansen qualified for the Olympics after winning the World Cup singles luge race in January, the first American to win the World Cup in almost 17 years, says AP. She then headed to Sochi where she took her talents, and dance moves to the Olympics in hopes of bringing home a medal.

When asked about her pre-race routine and why her warm-up consisted of a dance-off with herself, she answered,

“She [Beyoncé] just gets me fierce and I get stoked. I’ve got good mojo on.” Her dance moves provided good enough “mojo” to get her to Sochi, competing for a gold medal.

Although she placed 10th in the singles luge race, she seemed to grab more attention than the gold medalists as cameras followed her around the Olympics. Her prerace videos hit YouTube and went viral.

“I didn’t even know what ‘luge’ was until I saw this chick on TV at the Olympics dancing all over the place. She was all over; YouTube, Facebook, TV, even on the Jimmy Kimmel show. It was crazy, she’s rad” said Aaron Jessee, a junior from San Clemente, Calif.

Hansen even made it onto the “Jimmy Kimmel Show” after being the victim of a prank engineered by talk show host, Jimmy

Kimmel that included a wolf wondering the halls of the Olympic athletes’ hotel rooms.

Although a little unorthodox, Hansen said, “It’s how I roll,” responding to the media questions about her dancing. With the experience of the 2014 Winter Olympics under her belt, Kate looks to continue her success as a luger and improve at the young age of 21. She intends on developing into a gold medal athlete, looking to bring home the hardware in 2018. Before the next Olympics, she will return to BYU Provo to study and develop as a student and athlete.

Having never heard of Kate Hansen before, Hannah Higginson, a sophomore from Huntington Beach, Calif., said, “All I know is that girl can twerk. You gotta respect it.”

- Be n Halve rs on Below: Kate Hansen suits up for the singles luge in Sochi, where she gained attention for her pre-race dance moves. Photos

by AP.

february 27, 2014

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thoroughly modern

millie

Left: Christopher Cornelison, who played Jimmy Smith, was thoroughly into his kiss with Millie Dillmount, played by Eric Brady. Middle: Sarah Christensen set the mood with jazzy tunes and glamorous period costumes as Muzzy Van Hossmeer. Photos by Kelsie Carlson and Becca Gulden

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Thoroughly Enter taining!

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he McKay Auditorium was full of laughter for three nights while BYU-Hawaii performed “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” The musical is set in 1922 New York City. According to Director Craig Ferre, it was the most ambitious and successful musical they’ve had in twenty years.

“It was a great crowd.

They kept laughing in some parts and we were like, ‘they’re not supposed to laugh that much’,” said Sarah Christensen who played Muzzy, the wildly popular songstress who acts as a voice of guidance to Millie. Kit Nadado, a senior in English and TESOL from the Philippines who watched the show Friday night said, “It was really funny! And the songs were really good! It is hard to sing and move around at the same time. I liked the type-writer tap dance scene, like organized chaos.”

While the main actors have backgrounds in singing, they found learning the choreography difficult. “Dancing was really hard, but it was really awesome. Shaun was patient with us. It was pretty intense,” said Christopher Cornelison who played Jimmy Smith, the male lead who falls in love with Millie Dillmount.

Shaun Parry, adjunct instructor of music and peace-building, has done musical theater on Broadway for years, and choreographed the entire play. “Everything about the show must move towards the development of characters or carry the plot. That’s the driving factor behind all the choreography,” he said. Parry researched the dancing of the period to ensure that everything fit in with the 1920s.

Parry taught the cast tap, the Charleston, and the Turkey Trot in addition to lifts and flips. Parry said it was a challenge to create choreography that would look professional but still be within the abilities of non-professional dancers. “We really pushed them to do things they never thought they could do. Even in the week before, they couldn’t do the lifts up to tempo.

I knew that’s how it would be,

that we would be a little behind just as we got on stage and in costume. But as we ran it over and over right before, I knew it would solidify and tighten up, and they did. Right on the music. Bam. Perfect. Beautiful. I’m really proud of them,” he said.

The cast rehearsed for about a month. “It was very grueling. But, it always comes together better than anyone thinks it will. We become a family for the six weeks, because it is all our free time. During the last week it’s four or five hours of practice every night, but it’s not hard here,” said William Arnett III, who played the role of Trevor Graydon, the boss Millie hopes to snag as a rich husband.

“The cast is hilarious.

We just break out into song.

Everyone here is so talented,” said Sierra Phillips, who played the strict typist overseer of Miss Flannery.

-S am o n e Is o m

Above: The cast dances on stage. Top: Tiffany Nef received a standing ovation for her perfectly played Miss Meers, an American actress/villain in a Chinese disguise. Photos by Kelsie Carlson and Becca Gulden february 27, 2014

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Campus Comment

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What i s th e b e s t th i n g abo ut b e i n g a p a r t o f a m u l ti c u l tu r a l s tu d e n t b od y ?

Jordan Bivings, freshman in business management from Colorado Springs, Colo.: “The best thing is hearing everyone’s different stories and where everyone is from.”

Sarah Miyasaki, undeclared freshman from Laie, Hawaii: “It’s fun to experience other cultures.”

Kary Tsai, junior in biology from Taiwan: “Everyone is more understanding of other cultures and they are able to understand other people’s behaviors better.”

Elias Ramos, senior in IT from Mexico City, Mexico: “As you learn about the other cultures, you find common ground within your own culture. You find uniqueness in your own culture, but you learn how much we all have in common.”

Kathleen Hawes, freshman in fine arts from the Philippines: “Everyone is different, but everyone accepts you for who you are. I can totally be myself, and no one will judge me for it.”

Zoram Gallarto, senior in computer science from Mexico City, Mexico: “Everyone shares what they think and no one has the same idea. You always learn something new.”

Ke Alaka‘i

-Emily Halls