Ke Alaka'i - Sept. 10, 2015 Issue

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ON THE COVER: Food Fest featured meals and treats from around the world. Two girls representing the Japanese Student Association advertise their booth with a member of the Korean student association. The Gaming club made italian sodas. Photo by Lexie Arancibia CORRECTIONS:Thestory“FlexibleSemesters”intheAug.27issue shouldhavesaidthemonthlycostforafamilyis$205.Additionally, StudentMedicalBenefitisthenameforstudentinsurance.

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People partake in the huge shorebreak on the North Shore because of the series of hurricanes that have passed by Hawaii. Photo by Kirtland Jones

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The annual Food Fest lets people eat Navajo tacos and Indonesian desserts in the same setting

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Three BYUH sisters grow closer through trials

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Another look at ISIS through the lenses of the Book of Mormon, peacebuilding and political science

Students and leaders reflect on blessings of the Laie Temple Ted’s Bakery provides pastries to North Shore sweet-lovers for 28 years

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Students share why, how and where they run

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ighting ISIS has become ever more difficult because it is more than just a random terror organization, according to Major General Michael K. Nagata, special operations commander for the U.S. Military in the Middle East. “We have not defeated the idea. We do not even understand the idea,” he said, according to The New York Times.

This idea of what ISIS stands for has become more tangible through high-definition videos online. As stated by theatlantic.com, “Their state rejects peace as a matter of principle; hungers for genocide; its religious views make it constitutionally incapable of certain types of change, even if that change might ensure its survival; it considers itself a harbinger of – and headline player in – the imminent end of the world.”

Matthew Bowen, assistant professor of Religion, sees ISIS patterned after a much simpler idea. “That’s like 3 Nephi: 7. The Gadianton robbers are a group like that. ISIS very much is an organization founded to get gain.

They operate in the same guerilla tactics, trying to spread their influence through terror.”

According to Bowen, the roots go back even to the second generation of mankind. “Cain becomes Mahan, the Master of this great secret, ‘whereby I can murder and get gain.’ [These terror organizations] are patterned after this original secret combination of Cain.”

Reflecting on the situation in the Middle East, Dr. Michael Murdock, associate professor and department chair of Political Science, saw an interesting side effect of ISIS. “Holding Iraq together right now is ISIS. Iraq is a country that never should have existed. It was created by British imperialism. In order to

control that region, the British washed together lots of different people: Kurds, Sunnis, Shias.

ISIS is hated so much by Iraq that the different parties cooperate. A common enemy. My idea is if ISIS was gone we would be right back to the violence that we had in the time from the war.”

Bowen agreed with Murdock. “The people [in 3 Nephi 7] are separated through a lot of different things but they are all united in their hatred of this group. It’s much like that.”

Murdock continued to explain the political reality in the Middle East. He said, “You can either have a dictator or you have factionalism and war.You can’t have democracy. It doesn’t really work. The factions are so different.” He said democracy works in the United States because the people in political parties are mostly the same. “But there, the opposite party is Satan to you. The historical baggage is so thick, so heavy that people cannot tolerate the existence of the other. That’s why ISIS keeps executing people.” He said democracy cannot work among people with “that degree of intolerance. It’s just impossible. If the enemy (the other party) wins, you have an obligation to God to shoot them, to destroy them.You just cannot have democracy.”

Associate Professor Chad Ford, director of the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding, said, “Human beings have this basic need for security, meaning and identity, and whenever these needs are frustrated, they go outside of the norms to get them back. The military can’t solve those needs, and we have to be more creative in how we are satisfying the basic human needs of people.

There are people who say that peace comes not

through negotiation but through economic development. There is the idea that we can offer them a job, education, good schools, something that gives them hope.”

Bowen noted that “there is always hope for peace. It can only exist to the degree that people’s hearts aren’t hardened. I sense that in modern Islam there is a lot of goodwill and a lot of desire for peace, but there is also a lot of fear. The radical Islam exerts a disproportionate level of influence in Islam as a whole.

That’s unfortunate. People want to see their children grow old. That’s going to be one of the things that ultimately motivates people to seek peace. Most people united in that want to enjoy the company of their family.”

Ford continued to say that the problems of insecurity cannot be permanently solved through military force. “We don’t spend the time or energy financially or academically or intellectually, figuring out how to help things go right instead of dealing with things when they go wrong. The problem with spending all of our time on things that go wrong is that they just continue to go wrong. The fixes are too temporary.”

Nonetheless, ISIS is different in many ways from other known terror groups. Their commitment seems to be “to returning civilization to a seventh-century legal environment, and ultimately to bringing about the apocalypse,” reports theatlantic.com.

“The Book of Mormon shows us,” said Bowen, “that those secret combinations did not just bring down one nation, but two.You’ve got two witnesses, the Gentile and the Israelite nation that are destroyed that way.”

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Indonesian desserts and Navajo tacos are on the menu at Food Fest

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YU-Hawaii and the community of Laie enjoyed one of the university’s most memorable traditions, Food Fest on Saturday, Sept. 5.

“I love Food Fest,” said Taylor Holman, a junior graphic design and peace building major from Mesa, Ariz. “I love seeing and experiencing all the different cultures. There are not a lot of universities were you can experience something like this. We are indeed very lucky.”

People gathered to the Little Circle to enjoy a night of food, music and culture as they had the chance to eat ethnic foods from a number of different countries.

A notable association that is in it’s second year here on campus was the Native American Association. Their cultural food, the Navajo taco and fry bread, attracted the attention of those who attended. “We decided on the Navajo taco since a majority of the Native Americans here on campus are Navajos,” said Tyler Saganey, a junior secondary education major from the Navajo nation.

Food historians credit the invention of fry bread to the thousands of Navajo who were forced off their land in the “Long Walk” to Arizona’s Fort Sumner in 1864. With the government only giving the Navajos rations of white flour, sugar, and lard, the

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people began to make fry bread, a tradition that stuck even when they returned to their reservation.

Due to the close proximity of the Navajo Reservation to Mexico and the extensive Spanish influence in Arizona the addition of beans, meat, and cheese followed suit and created what it now know as the Navajo taco.

While some associations shared dinner food, a few shared typical desserts consumed in their countries. The Indonesian Association featured a delicious combination of native desserts: martabak manis and roti bakar.

Club President Narendra Saputra Mongan, an information technology junior from Indonesia, said the martabak manis is an all-time Indonesian favorite. It is a folded pancake with chocolate, peanuts, vanilla, and cheese sandwiched in the middle.

Mongan said the roti bakar is a dessert commonly eaten with friends and family. It is similar to French toast but instead it is topped with chocolate, vanilla, nuts, and cheese.

For Indonesians, the mixture of sweet foods with cheese is a common theme in their dessert foods. “In Indonesia we like sweet food and love mixing it with cheese. Some people might think it is a bad mix, but it is really good,” said Mongan.

Photos by Lexie Arancibia and Hector Periquin

Triple Trouble in Hale 7 B Y L E I A N I BRO W N

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Tiffany, Ashley, and Erica Greer all have different plans, different stories, and different lives. But when it came to deciding on college, their answers matched seamlessly.

Natives to Virginia, the Greers come from a family of five children and two travel-impassioned parents. The Greer sisters said they knew BYU-Hawaii was the school for them. Erica Greer, the youngest sibling and twin to Ashley, is a freshman exercise science major with a minor in special education. “[My happiest moment was] finding out that I was going to college with my two sisters,” said Erica. “We were sitting at our house. We had applied for early admission, all of us, and it had been months since we’d heard...”

“My dad sat us down at the couch and was acting like we weren’t going to get in,” said Ashley Greer, a freshman accounting major and middle sister, “but then he tricked us and we all got in and we were all so happy.”

The sisters are no strangers to travel and foreign places. Growing up, they spent a lot of their time in the car, on road trips with their family, and eventually were able to visit all 50 states of America.

“We’re a very tight family,” said Tiffany Greer, the oldest sister, and a freshman studying education with a minor in social work. “Definitely the type of family I want to have some day.”

The three Greer sisters and their brother went on road trips as children. Now the sisters are freshmen at BYUH and their brother is scheduled to join them in Winter Semester. Photos courtesy of Greer family (top) and by Kelsie Carlson (bottom)

The three of them spend the majority of their weekends and meals together and said people always recognize they are related. “It’s actually kind of fun,” said Erica, “because we’ll walk by and people will ask us, ‘Are you twins? Are you triplets?’ People honestly stop us and tell us how we all look alike.”

The sisters all live in Hale 7, with their rooms directly aligned from the top floor to the bottom. “It is so much fun having them here because you’re never really alone,” said Erica.

“I like it because you’re never homesick,” said Ashley.

But there are some downsides, said Ashley. “One of the disadvantages is never leaving home because of the annoyances of living with each other are always still there,” she said.

“At some points, you know, I just want to be by myself, have my me time,” said Tiffany. “But sometimes it’s nice when I’m feeling really crappy, I just need to talk to my sisters, and I can go straight down to their rooms!”

Tiffany has plans to get her master’s degree in family and consumer sciences education, “get married, have kids, live a happy life, and travel the world.”

Ashley said family road trips are one of her favorite parts about growing up a Greer sister, and especially loved it when her older brother,

Brandon, was in the car. “He just made it so much more fun because he’s a crazy guy and makes us laugh a lot,” she said. He gets home from his mission on the Sept. 15 and plans to attend BYUH starting Winter Semester.

Ashley is planning on getting her master’s degree in accounting and maybe becoming a Zumba instructor on the side. “I want to have lots and lots of children and be strong in the gospel and be happy and serve a mission.”

After an difficult issue in her childhood, her twin and youngest sister, Erica also said they revere the power of a tight-knit family and being strong in the gospel.

“I had a hearing issue. I had fluid behind my ears so I couldn’t hear very well, which caused me to not be able to talk very well,” said Erica. “And so socially I was behind. I wasn’t able to make friends because I couldn’t communicate and eventually I went to a doctor, and they figured out what it was and they drained it. Then I had to go to speech therapy and group therapy to learn how to make friends and to keep up and everything.”

Erica said her mom was the one who helped her through it all.

“My sisters were in school, but my mom was the one who would work on the cards with me, and she was the one that helped put me in therapy and she did her best to communicate with me,” she said. “Ashley usually always got what I was saying though because I couldn’t really talk but she would get my messages.”

From this experience and later opportunities in which she was able to work with children with disabilities, Erica chose her future career path. “It makes me want to work with kids,” she said. “I want to get my master’s degree in occupational therapy, and I want to minor in special education and hopefully end up working at a hospital or at a school with kids with disabilities or with people in general and helping them get better and heal.”

Despite their different plans and goals, the three sisters all agreed that when hard times come, there are two things they can rely on.

“I think that keeping Heavenly Father and the gospel in mind, everything else will follow,” said Erica.

“Going on a mission was definitely the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my whole entire life,” said Tiffany. “And I came home after six months because I got really sick and something that really helped me through that was my family. My parents were so supportive...and my family was there for me when I got really sick with depression. I was in misery and I was in this huge pit and I just felt like there was no way out.

Being able to get help and being able to overcome it took a lot. I’m still overcoming it, but I didn’t let it push me back anymore. I clung to the gospel, the iron rod, and kept pushing forward through everything and Jesus Christ definitely helped me with that.”

Ashley said, “I am also so grateful for the gospel and also for my parents and their ability to have us all three here and soon four. I think it’s great having sisters here. Wouldn’t have it any other way.”

HOUSE of the FATHER

Reflecting on the blessings of the temple B Y ERI C H A C H E N B E R G E R

“The blessings of the temple are priceless,” said President Thomas S. Monson in April of 2015.

“As we enter through the doors of the temple, we leave behind us the distractions and confusion of the world. There is rest for our souls and a respite from the cares of our lives.”

Keith T. Pierce, the first counselor in the Laie Temple presidency, said, “I come in here at 3:30 in the morning to unlock the doors, and when I get here, I always say to my wife: ‘It’s just the three of us.’ That’s exactly what it is. I feel His presence. He is here, all the time. Have you ever noticed when you walk in the door, how you suddenly can’t think of anything else? You have cares outside in the world and they don’t matter anymore. Why do you think that is? The reason is it’s a familiar spirit.

We recognize that spirit inside of us. We long for that spirit. When we left that spirit when we came down to earth, we don’t have the spirit of the Lord to be with us constantly. We walk in here and it’s like walking back home.”

Zach Hale from the Big Island, a freshman in business said about the temple,

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Sara Black ponders the scriptures at the Laie Hawaii Temple.

Photo by Kelsie Carlson

“We are going to our father’s house. We are going home, going to be in His presence. That is important enough in itself. Since I have been here, I have gone to the temple at least two or three times a week. And I have only been alone once. We just send out a text, ‘We are going to the temple this day, this time. Wanna come?’”

Hao Tian Ye, a freshman majoring in business from China, recalled going to the temple on the first night he arrived here. The closest temple in his home country is a fourhour plane ride away in Hong Kong. “I just wanted to find the location. I feel the temple has become part of my life. It’s not something you go there and you finish it, but more you go there and receive some revelation. I want to find something there.”

Contemplating the blessings of living within walking distance to the temple, Parker Lovett, a junior in English from California, remembered his mission in Italy, where the Rome temple is awaiting its dedication in 2016, according to lds.org. Lovett said, “Only about 20 percent of the active members of Italy attend

the temple regularly. For most of them, it’s a trip of several days. With the completion of the Rome temple, it will draw people from all over to it. Not only from Italy and the islands, but also from, for example, Albania. The temple in Rome, the center of Catholicism, is an evidence of the church’s growth.”

Vonn Logan, the first counselor in the YSA 2nd Stake, lives in Laie. “We are going to the centennial anniversary,” he said. “The temple was built in the middle of nowhere if you look at some of the early photos of it.

There are sugarcane fields that surrounded it.”

Logan added, “I want you to notice how many students are there at the temple as patrons and also as workers. From the 2nd Stake, we have over 100 who are currently called as workers. I think that’s amazing – on top of work, on top of play, on top of study. And that’s just from one stake.”

Logan continued, “The sacrifices that we make now are different than our ancestors.

Their sacrifices were perhaps easier to measure – by the blisters on [their] feet and the scars on [their] backs. The sacrifices that we are called to today are the sacrifices away from distractions. Each generation has a different cause.

Ours is no less important than those before us although completely different in nature. So the spirit of our sacrifice in our stake, on campus and in our hearts is just as powerful today as it was.”

Pierce said, “Every generation has its purpose. When I was born, there were 11 temples on the earth. I married in the 13th temple ever built in this dispensation. Now we have about 150 temples worldwide.”

President Monson continued, “As we attend the temple, there can come to us a dimension of spirituality and a feeling of peace which will transcend any other feeling which could come into the human heart. We will grasp the true meaning of the words of the Savior when He said: ‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. … Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid’.”

Pierce also noted, “I never go to the temple without learning something new. We will arrive at a point where we want to go back as soon as we can, so we can learn more.

You need this spirit. I think the temple adds strength. When you go to the temple, hopefully as often as you can, you will get added strength.

So when the perils and the tough times come, you will have this strength drawn from the temple. There is great strength in here.”

TED’S BAKERY

An interview with Felipe Repollo Jr.

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elipe Repollo Jr. has been baking at Ted’s Bakery for more than 15 years and has become quite familiar with the history of his workplace.

“Ted’s father, Takemitsu Nakamura, purchased this land in 1956 and started up his own small market called Sunset Beach Store. It was quite a change from the agricultural fields his family had been used to.” Repollo explained how in 1987 Ted decided to change things up a bit. It all started from a competition Ted attended at a hotel in Waikiki.

“Ted brought one of his most famous creations to that event, the Chocolate Haupia Cream Pie. He won the event hands down,” he said. The Chocolate Haupia Cream Pie has become the most popular item Ted’s Bakery has to offer. It was what brought fame to the bakery.

“When I go to Ted’s Bakery, I always go for the macadamia nut cream pie. I never stray from that,” said Siniteke Fotu, a senior studying ICS from Tonga.

“Most people come into our bakery and the first thing they look for is the chocolate haupia,” stated Repollo. “It’s funny to watch the Japanese come in and eat it. They go crazy for it because they love it.”

Repollo said Ted’s Bakery bakes about 900 pies daily. But over the holidays, it is a different story. To keep up with the demand, more than 7,000 pies are baked for holidays, such as Memorial Day, and around 11,000 pies are baked during Thanksgiving and Christmas time.

“People know about us,” said Repollo. “Some days the line goes all the way out of the bakery and into the street. We get a lot of surfers from all over the world when the competitions start.”

Jeff Mellor, a freshman from Washington studying bio-medical sciences, said at Ted’s Bakery looks can be deceiving. “When you first

arrive, it looks like a gas station. However, as soon as you walk in, it opens up into a really unique bakery and restaurant.”

When asked what type of food he prefers, Mellor replied, “I always go for the chocolate and peanut butter pie. It’s really good.”

Repollo said, “We try new things all of the time; we know if it’s good by how many people buy it. Most of the time it works.”

Repollo sometimes creates dishes in the kitchen, and he is very proud of his secret macaroni salad recipe. “Because we like to experiment, there are always new flavors of pie coming out. When Ted’s first opened we had only four types of pies. Now look at how many we have.”

Ted’s Bakery pies can be found at most grocery store chains on the island, including all locations of Foodland on the island.

Ted’s Bakery even ships to the other islands. In fact, demand has increased so much that employees at the bakery are looking at ways to increase their business by taking it overseas.

“Those living on the mainland will soon have the option to get Ted’s pies as well. We are looking into shipping options that will carry our bakery items safely over the ocean,” stated Repollo. “We tried just putting it in a normal UPS box just for a test trial.You can imagine how that turned out.”

Ted’s Bakery offers not only pies, but also a lot of pastry items. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner plates are also served throughout the day.

Some of Repollo’s favorite dishes are the omelets. Ted’s Bakery offers four different types of omelets including the Denver Omelet and the Portuguese Omelet.

Felipe Repollo Jr. makes the treats sold at Ted’s Bakery. Photos by Hector Periquin.

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We Run LAIE On your mark. Get set. Go!

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There is no sport humans are better fitted to than running, as observed by the German science magazine geo.de. According to geo.de, it is the most widespread sport worldwide, due to obvious reasons: one can start right away and without a coach or any special equipment beside shoes. Even that is debatable with the advent of barefoot running.

“I decided to just try running,” said Shemaina Jory Miller, senior in International Peacebuilding from California, “and at first I just hated it. I wasn’t used to running. I just thought it was so hot. Then one year I just kept running during the summer, came back for the cross country and I was good. That was the first time it hit me. Running is something you don’t have to have any natural skill or talent for. You don’t have to be born a runner, but if you could put in the effort and diligence, you can be as fast as you want. That’s what I love about running. It totally is what you make it.”

Janelle Farley, a physical education teacher on campus said, “I always tell people here to run with a friend. You are together, you talk and you don’t even realize that you are running. You motivate each other.”

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Miller continued, “Sometimes I just don’t want to get up. As with everything else in life, it’s just about having the bigger perspective. If I focus on what is happening right that second, then I will never get out the door because all I want in that second is to sleep.

“But if I focus on what I want in the future, whether I want to feel a certain way or run a cer-

“Running is something you don’t have to have any natural skill or talent for.

You don’t have to be born a runner, but if you could put in the effort and diligence, you can be as fast as you want.”

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tain time, then it’s easy. That’s why I want to do a marathon. That’s my vision, what keeps me motivated to go out every day.”

Alexandra Athans, a junior majoring in elementary education from Laie, said about

running, “It helps to get stress and lives of students and local families. anger off. I like that you can just “The number of families who run forever. Run and run and run. exercise here has really gone up.

Unless your knees blow out, It’s nice and safe. It’s out in the I guess. country.You have multi-families

“I like exercising. My living with each other and if there motivation is not to be fat, to stay is a family who exercises, you healthy,” she said. Athans’ mother know the other families too.” passed away at the age of 30

While the bike path has because of her unhealthy lifestyle. given people in the community “So running motivates me to stay place to exercise, Athans warns healthy and make sure that I am with the reopening of McDonald’s not lazy and don’t have the same in Laie, “Everybody is going to get disease my mum had.” fat again. Seriously, when the last

Miller said she likes to McDonald’s shut down, everybody run alone “because it’s kind of how started eating organics, vegetables I meditate. I love to run to places. or started to run or take Zumba.

I have found spots all over Laie, I guarantee you, right when that like favorite trees in the mountains opens, so many people are going or in the corners of beaches. It to be fat – including myself. I love helps me to sift through all my McDonald’s.” thoughts and emotions. Maybe

Miller sees the future it’s spiritual, a way for me to just with a brighter view. She said breath. I love to get up early and once people try running, they will watch the sunrise.” find out if they like it. “There is

Miller said when she is not just one way to run.You can really frustrated, she goes running. run on the trails.You can run for “It has become such a coping a few minutes and stop and walk. mechanism for everything. WhenYou can run the bike path,” she ever there is something wrong, I said. “It’s like that with any kind of just have to run.” She said after exercise.You don’t know until you running she “can look at the situatry. I think a lot of people are just tion at a different light.” too afraid to try.”

Farley observed that

Geo.de further reported since the bike path between Laie that because endurance is the and Kahuku has been completed, foundation for almost all disciit has made a difference in the plines, running is the basis for

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: www.GEO.de

HEEL STRIKE

MIDDLE STRIKE

TRAINING PLAN FOR BEGINNERS

many sports. Those who want to move gently and are looking for a balance can find alternatives in Nordic walking, hiking, trail running or aqua-jogging.

Amartuvshin Batbaatar, a sophomore majoring in accounting from Mongolia, said running “prevents heart attacks and is a good exercise for bones and lungs.” Batbaatar said about an article by dailymail.co.uk about running, it says, “The weight bearing effects from running makes it one of the best bone strengthening activities.” Batbaatar said, “If you run a lot, you won’t get tired after you exercise.”

Farley added, “There are quite a few who don’t like to run outside.

So we have the gym, and they buy treadmills. [Although] running is not for everyone, there are people who thought they never ever would run. It just starts off gradually. People bring their spouses, their friends and I even have seen a lady bring her child in a stroller and they run. They have these groups. People like to be together in these groups.”

Farley said running can lead to desires to run in biathlons, triathlons, marathons and Spartan Runs. “People see pictures of that on Facebook,” she said, and media helps build interest in running activities. Farley said people see their friends participating in these kinds of activities and they think if “she can do it, I can do it.”

Student runners say it takes effort to begin running, but people won’t know if they like it, if they don’t try it.

Photo by Kelsie Carlson

PROPER FOOT STRIKE

TRAINING PLAN FOR ADANCED RUNNERS

WEEKS 1-2

WEEKS 1-2

Day 1: 30 minutes speed walking, Day 2: 10 minutes speed walking 5x 1 minute running with 2 minute walking breaks.

5 minute walking.

Day 1: 7 miles running Day 2: 5 miles running, 4 x 2 minute sprints followed by jogging.

Day 3: 7 miles running, relaxed.

WEEKS 3-4

Day 1: 10 minutes speed walking, 5 x 2 minutes running with a walking break for 3 minutes.

Day 2: 10 minutes speed walking, 5 x 3 minutes running with a walking break for 2 minutes.

WEEKS 5-6

Day 1: 4 x 5 minutes running with a walking break for 3 minutes.

Day 2: 4 x 5 minutes running with a walking break for 3 minutes.

Day 3: 3 x 8 minutes running with a walking break for 3 minutes.

WEEKS 7

Day 1: 2 x 15 minutes running with a walking break for 2 minutes.

Day 2: 5 minutes walking, 20 minutes running, 5 minutes walking.

Day 3: 30 minutes running.

WEEKS 8

Day 1: 4 x 5 minutes running with a walking break for 3 minutes.

Day 2: 4 x 5 minutes running with a walking break for 3 minutes.

Day 3: 3 x 8 minutes running with a walking break for 3 minutes

WEEKS 3-4

Day 1: 7 miles running Day 2: 7 miles running, 5x 3 minute sprints followed by jogging.

Day 3: 7 miles running, relaxed.

WEEKS 5-6

Day 1: 7 miles running Day 2: 7 miles running, 5x 3 minute sprints followed by jogging.

Day 3: 9 miles running, 5x 3 minute sprints followed by jogging.

Day 4: 10 miles running WEEKS 7

Day 1: 7 miles running Day 2: 7 miles running, 4x 4 minute sprints followed by jogging.

Day 3: 9 miles running, 5x 3 minute sprints followed by jogging.

Day 4: 12 miles running WEEKS 8

Day 1: 7 miles running Day 2: 7 miles running, 5x 2 minute sprints followed by jogging.

Day 3: 9 miles running, relaxed.

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Cutting edge B Y H AI L EY R A S M U S S EN

Students say their hair is who they are Several students and local community members offer their services to cut and style hair at BYU-Hawaii. “A person’s hairstyle says a lot about their personal style, lifestyle or even priorities,” said Vicki Hext, a senior graduating in hospitality and tourism management from Arizona. “You can say a lot of different things with your hair,” she continued, “and it is the only accessory you wear every day.”

Brooklyn Grossharth, a freshman from Arizona majoring in business management, attended cosmetology school for two years and received her license in July of this year, but said she is “pretty new to the game.”

She said she liked doing her own hair while growing up, and the idea of helping others feel good about themselves was very appealing.

Grossharth explained how she attended East Valley Institute of Technology, a vocational school in Arizona, at the same time she was attending high school. She usually had long days, starting with seminary, cosmetology school for four hours, then high school for

three hours, and then two hours of sports after school. Eventually she gave up tennis to focus more on cosmetology school, where she would spend eight to nine hours per day. “It was physically and emotionally taxing being on my feet 12 hours per day. I did it to better myself as a stylist and I feel very comfortable with what I’m doing now,” said Grossharth.

Skills USA is a competition for high school age students who don’t have their license yet in the field they are studying. For the competition, Grossharth had to do an updo, a haircut for a guy, one for a woman, and one for a woman with just a razor. She also had to take a written exam along with an oral exam. Overall, there were 55 competitors, and whomever placed first went to the national championship.

All of the winners from the state competition this year were from her school.

For participating in the competition, Grossharth received additional training on pivot point cutting. She explained, “Usually it would cost money to be trained by someone outside of my school to teach additional techniques.” She said she appreciates the new skill sets she has because of her participation in the

Kickin’ it like freshmen New freshmen soccer players seek unity B Y H A I L E Y R A S MU S S E N

The women Seasiders soccer team plays on its home field. Photo from University Communications

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competition. When asked if there was something she wanted to say to all BYUH students, she said, “Come see me!”

Amber Blair, a senior studying elementary education and music from Utah, gets her curly hair from her dad’s side of the family. To style her hair she uses coconut oil.

She started using it this semester after talking to a Trader Joe’s cashier who had “amazing curls” and used it to style her hair. Her roommate Kendall Pefley, a senior in intercultural studies from California, said ,“It’s so curly. She can twist and turn it however she wants and it will just stay there which is kind of the type of person she is. She has so much going on and does so many things for others and no matter how you twist her, she’s still so awesome.”

Calista Cappuccio, a sophomore from Arizona majoring in vocal performance, said she has had long hair ever since 7th grade. She got her bangs cut and said it was awful. She said, “I have never liked a haircut I have gotten.

A lot of people have short hair where I am from because it’s so hot.”

Capuccio said long hair is “surprisingly low maintenance.” She washes it and trims it regularly and likes how it looks. “I don’t understand bangs,” she explained. “People who have them are tucking them behind their ears every 5 seconds.” She said her best friend cuts hair back at home and she never let her cut more than 2 inches off.

BROOKLYN GROSSHARTH Experience: Arizona cosmetology license; placed third in a state wide competition; few months’ experience Cost: Guys $5 Girls $10 Contact: Call or text 480-395-8111 Location: in front of Hale 7 KARISSA MAUGHAN Experience: Cosmetology License; 4 years experience; does eyelashes Cost: $10-$15 guys and girls or cookies/dinner.

Contact: Facebook Location: her house or she can come to you

VICKI HEXT Experience: 2 + years of experience; Paul Mitchell school Cost: Guys $15 Girls $20 Contact: Facebook or 928-241-3697 Location: her house on Naniloa Loop SARA JOHNSON Experience: 4 years experience; runs a full ser- vice salon;Certified Permanent Makeup Artist and Cosmetologist Cost: Guys $10 Girls $15-25 Contact: 801-989-2384 Location: 55-133 Kulanui St., Laie

TIVARN TIPOKI Experience: 4 years Cost: $10 for guys only Contact: Facebook Location: TVA G135 ANA DE LA FUENTE Experience: Almost 5 years of experience; colors hair; does facial waxing and ear piercings Cost: Guys $16-18 Girls $18-19 Contact: 808-293-2223 Location: Haircut Store, Laie Shopping Center MZ. ZYNFIA Experience: 5 years experience; Cosmotology License in State of Hawaii; Forte-Bridal Updo’s/ Fantasy Hair & Makeup/Sassy Bob Cuts for the ladies Cost: $15 trims/$20 layered cuts/$25 specialty cuts (Bobs & Pixies). Girls only Contact: Facebook Location: House Calls & In Home Services KENJI SATO Experience: 4 years Cost: $10 for guys only Contact: Facebook Location: “I come to you.”

From left to right: Karissa Maughan, Kenji Sato, and Brooklyn Grossharth offer haircuts to students. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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ith their first season as college soccer players underway, the freshman soccer players said they have grown in unity as a team.

Freshman Ekaterina Herrod, from Utah, expressed her excitement for the season and how grateful she is to “have an atmosphere where the people have the same faith. Just being in a good atmosphere where I don’t have to be constantly fighting for my beliefs is a huge thing.”

Herrod never thought of playing college ball until she started her high school soccer career when she made it a goal to play soccer at BYU-Hawaii. “Looking back, it’s crazy to think that I’m here playing a college sport in Hawaii at a faith-building school where we are more focused on being better individuals, not just as soccer players but being the best person that we can be,” said Herrod.

The team is welcoming 12 incoming freshman players this season. “The dynamic of all freshmen is really cool,” said Herrod, “because we all come in with the same mindset of working hard, so we help each other stay focused.”

Herrod said the bond between the girls has been one of the biggest strengths of the team. “We all have similar goals and mindset,” said Herrod, “not just on the field but in life. Everyone comes in wanting to go to practice and wanting to do better and be the best.”

With such a strong bond between the team, Roxane Dennis, a freshman majoring in elementary education from Missouri, said the teammates have all adopted the mindset that “everyone is in it to win

it.” Dennis said she has been planning on playing soccer at BYUH since a very young age. Dennis said one of her favorite things about playing here is “some schools don’t have the opportunity we have. We see each other everyday for practice, but we also see each other on the weekends for church. We’ve bonded so much because we’re together so much.”

The emphasis on team bonding has been critical for this preseason. Dennis said, “Team bonding is as important as practice. If you have 12 great players who don’t have a bond, you will lose the ball every time because there will be no communication. Bonding has definitely brought us together as a team because we know how each other plays, so when we are on the field, it’s easier for us to communicate.”

Daryl Kaufusi, a freshman with an undecided major from Utah, expressed her enthusiasm for the upcoming season. “The pre-season was so much fun, and the environment of the team is really awesome,” said Kaufusi. “Everyone gets along really well and we all have fun with each other.”

With their official season started, Kaufusi said, “We all push each other and go really hard in practice. We stay focused so during our games we can be calm.” During every practice Kaufusi said Head Coach Mark Davis makes sure to tell the girls to “stay dialed in and focused. Be ready and keep your composure.”

Look for their upcoming home game against Hawai’i Hilo on Saturday, Sept. 12 at noon.

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Dorothy Chiu, a freshman from Hong Kong majoring in art, said, “I said ‘Hi,’ to someone, but they didn’t say ‘Hi,’ back.”

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CAMPUS COMMENT

Clarissa Weser, a freshman from Utah majoring in EXS, said, “I fell in a random mud puddle surrounded by guy friends.”

Landon Gold, a sophomore from California majoring in marine biology, said, “My ex-girlfriend’s parents insisted that I come to their daughter’s mission homecoming while I was on vacation with my then girlfriend.”

Jacob McGee, a sophomore from California majoring in biochemistry, said, “My most awkward moment would be encountering a stranger in the wrong bathroom…”

encounter?

Gertie Bulaong, a freshman from the Philippines majoring in international cultural studies, said, “Trying to go around the Honor Code, but failed.”

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Rachel Fears, a freshman from California majoring in molecular biology, said, “I fell off my bike after crashing into a curb in front of a bunch of people.”

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