April 2, 2015 Ke Alakai Issue

April 2, 2015

KE ALAKA‘I Volume 110: Issue 11

THE LEADER

From the haka to the waltz

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curtains fall on one acts

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Get out the vote for byuhsa!

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KE ALAKA I April 2, 2015 • Volume 110: Issue 11 EDITORS-IN-CHIEF H o m e r Wo lm a n R eb e c c a S a b a lo n e s COPY EDITORS E m i ly H a l l s C a m ro n S t o c k f o rd MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISTS Alyssa Walhood Jessica Everette Matthew Roberts Trenton McCullough Morgynne Tora Rachel Reed Mackenzie McLeod Siyang Chen Alyssa Troyanek Alizabeth Apgood Max Betts PHOTOGRAPHERS Ke l s i e C a rl s o n M o n i c a R u b a lc ava Milani Ho

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ON THE COVER: Performers from the annual two-night BYU-Hawaii Culture Night pause for photos before going on stage. Photos and design by Hector Periquin KE ALAKA‘I

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THE WEEK IN QUOTES

“The Hokule‘a’s return from a triumphant journey to Tahiti and back in 1976 that quieted the critics and created a shift in the Hawaiian psyche: Hokule‘a had become an icon of Hawaiian competence.”— Randie Kamuela Fong, vice president of cultural affairs at Kamehameha Schools.

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Friday Social Dance Class hosts Gold and Green ball at 7 p.m. Pick up your free ticket at the EXS office in the Old Gym. Saturday The temple will be closed all day due to General Conference. The first session of conference airs live at 6 a.m. and the second at 10 a.m.

Tuesday First day of RJ Gualberto’s senior art exhibit opens at 6 p.m. at the McKay Auditorium.

“I plead with you, the state lawmakers--I don’t want this tax extension. We already have the highest taxes in the nation.” — Joey Brown, a student at University of Hawaii at Manoa said at town hall meeting discussing a tax extension for the railway being built on the leeward side of Oahu.

WORTHY

NEWS HEADLINES

Students: Donation to Red Cross shows who Mormons really are B Y J E S S I C A EV ERET T E

BYU-Hawaii students said they thought donating $1.8 million of the proceeds of the film “Meet the Mormons” to the American Red Presiding Bishop Gary E. Stevenson, of Cross shows the world who the people of the the LDS Church, presents a check to Cliff LDS Church really are.

Holtz, president of humanitarian services at the American Red Cross. Photo by Mormon

“Because of this long-standing relaNewsroom tionship [with the American Red Cross] it was decided that when ‘Meet the Mormons’ was released we would take the new proceeds of the Church has been an active partner not only in movie and give it to the American Red Cross,” Utah but also around the world. She said, ‘A said Presiding Bishop Gary E. Stevenson, who surprise this year from the Church was the presented the check as a representative of LDS donation of the net proceeds… We are so Charities to Cliff Holts, president of Humanithankful and grateful for that.’” tarian Services of the American Red Cross on

The church’s statement from the beMarch 19. ginning of the opening of the documentary said

Clair Beutler, from California and a the net box office proceeds would be donated sophomore in elementary education, said, “I to the American Red Cross, reported Mormon loved the movie and it is great to see our Newsroom. “Meet the Mormons” opened church continuing to show the media who we in theaters on Oct. 10, 2014 and “exceeded really are. I know the movie broke a lot of bad everyone’s expectations,” said Stevenson about Mormon stereotypes and I hope that this just the feature-length documentary. The total backs it up.”

U.S box office revenue was about $6 million,

According to Mormon Newsroom, reported Mormon Newsroom.

CEO and president of the American Red

Justin Kolilis, junior exercise and Cross, Gail J. McGrovern said the church has sports science major from Washington, said, responded with a great deal of people to help “As members, we believe in being charitable in the aftermath of many disasters all over and donating that money to the American Red the world.

Chloe Dean, a junior psychology ma- Cross was a great example to the world of who we are.” jor from California, saw “Meet the Mormons”

For about 100 years the LDS Church and said, like the movie, this is a great way for the church to show its positive demeanor in the and the Red Cross have been working together, reported Mormon Newsroom. “During World media. “Our church does a lot of great things War I, the women’s Relief Society of the of service for this world, and we normally church joined with the Red Cross as they pardon’t publicize about it,” Dean said. “By using ticipated in food production and conservation, the movie money, which brought a lot of good fund drives, sanitation, child welfare work and attention to the church, to donate to a good other service. The Relief Society also collabocause shows the nature of this church and rated with the Red Cross in the early 1900s its organization.” when more than 10,000 Relief Society sisters

Mormon Newsroom said, “Heidi completed Red Cross courses in home nursing, Ruster, chief executive officer of the Utah first aid and nutrition.” region of the Red Cross, remarked how the APRIL 2, 2015

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CULTURE

NIGHT

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Friday night live

Audience cheers throughout Day 1 of Culture Night B Y MORG YNNE TO R A A ND S A MON E I S OM

Culture Night 2015 opened March 27 with a chant by Ipo Pule, continued by Dawn Wasson, a kupuna in the community.

The Hawaiian Association featured the “kahiko style of dancing” as a way to commemorate and celebrate ancient tradition of hula, said Makana Rapozo, one of the student kumu for this year’s presentation. She said this specific style is hard to learn in the time allotted, but gauging by audience response, the Hawaiian Association opened Culture Night 2015 with a bang.

Taiwan continued the thread of more ancient tradition, with members using drums and bamboo poles in their performance. Taylor Yim, a junior in psychology from Indiana danced for Taiwan. He said,“I think the goal was to celebrate the culture of Taiwan and represent it and

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share with our friends here in Hawaii. A lot of hard work went into practicing and planning for it, but all of it was done with a spirit of ohana and unity, never leaving anyone without support. Out of the performances I was involved with this year, I definitely learned the most from my friends in Taiwan chapter.”

Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Cook Islands, and Latin America followed. The dancers of Latin America took the stage in black and red. Dancer Kelly Stevens, a sophomore in computer science from Oregon, said, “It was fun to learn more about their culture. They told us the moods of the different dances: The tango is more serious and bachata was more fun.” They had some costume problems they overcame, said Stevens. “We ordered dresses, but they didn’t come, so we just wore

Left to Right: Ethan Precourt dances for Hawaii; Joey Hernandez and Michelle Arellano dance for Latin America; Delgertsetseg Damdindorj poses with her daughter for Mongolia; Steffi Coronado leads the Indian performance; Avii Faalupega dances for Samoa.

Photos by Kelsie Carlson

black dresses. Everything came together.” The Africa performance came next, followed by India, China and Europe.

The European Association performed the waltz, and Hungarian folk dances. European Association President Bettina Fekete, a senior in business management from Hungary, said, “I was very proud of our dancers. They did a great job and we had fun performing at Culture Night.

Our group wasn’t as large as other associations, but I think our performance still looked good. The night was awesome! A little nerve-wracking because we had to go on stage sooner than originally planned, but it all worked out! I loved how the audience got involved and clapped along with us during the folk dance.”

The next performance, Malaysia and Singapore, also did a folk dance. They were followed by the Native American Association, which

featured hoop dancers and a stern chief at the head of a tribe. But the tribe members humorously played around when he wasn’t looking.

The night closed with the Samoan performance, but only after the crowd expressed its excitement through cheers and shouts. “Everyone always looks forward to Samoa, even though it’s not the host culture,” commented Ana Urie, a community member of Laie. “This year there were so many people participating and it as amazing to see the raw fluidity of the entire set.”

Culture Night kicked off the first night with a “different energy,” as described by Lela Taurean, a junior HTM major from Texas. “The pride and vigor of each group was so apparent and everything felt fresh and like it had never done before. At the same time, the ancestors were definitely present and performing with this kind of approval is unreal.”

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United in Diversity Culture Night leaves audience feeling cultural unity B Y RACHEL R EED

Members of students associations invited all students to join them, teaching them the significance of dances, making Culture Night unified and showing the unique diversity of BYU-Hawaii. The two-day Culture Night event brought audience members to their feet at the Cannon Activities Center as it concluded on Saturday, March 28.

The Korean Association opened the second night with the traditional arirang song and transitioned to a synchronized presentation of tae kwon do, ending with bouncing to a fast-

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paced pop song. The Korean Association made sure to include those not from Korea and make them feel welcome.

“I felt included because they always told instructions in Korean, and they would also translate into English,” said Desiree Moore, a senior from Utah studying elementary education. “They would purposely plan stuff that would help us understand, and instead of being exclusive, they told us to bring our friends.”

Each association prepared from the beginning of the semester to have a dance to

represent their culture. “It’s what defines us as Fijians. It’s our culture,” said Daniel Ravia, a junior from Fiji studying exercise and sports science, about the dance. “One thing we love to do is share our culture with other people.” Fiji and Hong Kong followed Korea.

Members of the Japanese Association shared their culture through a live action Super Smash Brothers battle, highlighting Pokémon, Mario Kart and other games the country is famous for creating. They also worked with each other to make a human tower.

“The tower is what we do in elementary school, which is why it was easy for us,” said Sumie Nagatani, a freshman studying hospitality and tourism management from Japan.

American Sign Language (ASL) presented the importance of its culture through hand-signing. Natalie DeMartini, a graduate in psychology from California, who danced with ASL, said, “It’s a great culture and we want to show how great deaf people are. The only way for the culture to grow is for hearing people to learn sign language.”

Korean, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan, Filipino, American Sign Language, Indonesia, Kiribati, Tahiti, New Zealand, Thailand, HipHop clubs performed on March 28, with Tonga ending the show, drawing screams of excitement from the audience.

Mele Fiefa, a junior from Tonga studying elementary education, said about everybody performing, “Even though we are a different color, we are still the same.You learn to respect.”

Left: Two dancers carry the Korean flag across the stage. Top to bottom: Julliet Arthur dances for New Zealand; Japan gave a loud performance; American Sign Language performers signed lyrics. Photos by Monica Rubalcava

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Original Aotearoa

New Zealand performs songs and dances composed and choreographed by students B Y MOR G Y N N E T OR A

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otearoa Association members presented a set of dances and songs written by students, leaving a performance on the stage that was an unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience for participants and audience members alike.

Before taking stage on Saturday evening, Tivarn Tipoki, Pacific Island studies major from New Zealand, told the association, “The songs you are all performing today will only be performed once.”

All of the songs performed by the Aotearoa Association were written and choreographed by Maori students in the chapter. The haka, as explained by Tipoki, “begins off by telling about our great ancestor Kupe who left Hawaii to begin a new journey in life in Aotearoa. Now we as

students too have left behind our comfort of our own homes, our families and our country (ies) to begin our new journey in life in these beautiful islands of Hawaii, by increasing our knowledge through education and through the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Tipoki continued, “We acknowledge the people of these islands for allowing us to be here, explaining the reason why we implemented kahiko movements into our haka.

Just as Kupe did, we will eventually return to our homeland, and to succeed in all things. It was a haka that told of our story today.”

Though Culture Night has proved itself to be a successful display of BYU-Hawaii campus diversity, “This year, something was different. I’m not sure if it was the students or just the overwhelming

spirit of celebration and pride, but this year blew my expectations out of the water,” said community member Alan Kauraka.

Sherelle Piwari, a junior EXS major from New Zealand, spoke on preparations for this unique performance, and said, “My role - I have a big mouth - was just to tell everyone what to do.”

Piwari spoke about the entire performance being a culmination of student talent, music composition and otherwise, and explained, “Because we had a lot of talent within the New Zealanders that were here, my goal was to utilize that talent and put them to work.” Piwari said she has never performed before.

“You’ve got three months of work put into 10 minutes, so it better have looked

good,” added Piwari. She explains it was such an emotional journey up to the point of stepping on stage that her main priority was that everyone felt comfortable and felt good about leaving this oncein-a-lifetime performance on the stage.

Piwari finished off by saying, “I grilled the group only because I wanted them to show up and do their best, to feel like they represented themselves with pride - and they did just that.”

The Cannon Activities Center was filled to the brim Friday and Saturday nights, March 27 and 28, with people in every available space to partake of the weekend’s festivities. Culture Night was also streamed online for those who were unable to come to the CAC.

Above: Tivarn Tipoki is one of the Aotearoa Association performers at Culture Night on March 28. Below: Members of the group perform a dance written especially for the event. Photos by Monica Rubalcava

Students in the acting 2 class perform short plays in the McKay Auditorium. Photos by Monica Rubalcava

Last One Standing Students participate in the last One Act plays

BY M O RGYN N E T O RA

Acting students performed plays with student directors in the McKay Auditorium as their final assignment for Dr. Craig Ferre’s drama class during a two-night event the week of March 23. Though attendance was surprisingly low, audience members expressed great enjoyment during each performance.

Ferre announced at the beginning of both evenings that this year’s One Act play event would be the last to come in the foreseeable future.

Aliya Qureshi, a freshman international relations major from Santa Barbara, Calif., performed in the one act play series as a student participant. “The great thing about Shakespeare is that he had an amazing sense of humor that is timeless,” said Qureshi, “so audiences past present and future are able to connect and understand his messages.”

“I love doing modernized (and I’ve done some future-ized) Shakespearean plays because of this, and the Shakespearean language adds to the beauty or humor of the show,’ she said.

Students from all walks of life came together in their drama class and chose plays to memorize and perform for their final project.

Since there were 10 women and one man, the students had to find plays with a majority female cast.

“I love seeing a majority women in plays. It give me a sense of empowerment,” said

Gina Velasquez, a sophomore accounting major from Santa Clara, Calif.

“It wasn’t really anything fancy for rehearsals. It’s in class so we had class time to work on it. We memorized our scripts, came to class, prayed a bunch, and then kind of just hoped it would work,” said participant Taimi Kennerley, a freshmen from Orem, Utah.

The BYU-Hawaii Theatre program requires its students to participate in plays and such in each classroom setting as part of a larger curriculum of growing in self-awareness, confidence, and animated and persuasive expression. According to the department’s website, “the Theatre Department produces four plays each year that are open to all students.

The plays are a variety of comedy and serious, classical and modern. One of these is always a musical produced with the Music Department.”

For those interested in these productions, there are talent awards given at the end of each prospective production.

“It was a night to remember. I loved seeing all the student talent on stage,” said Keturah Costello, freshman exercise and sports science major from Nikiski, Alaska.

For more information on the music and Theatre Department, visit music and theatre.byuh.edu and explore its event calendar.

The next department-sponsored event will be the Concert Choir performance on April 3 in the auditorium from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

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Three years to eternity

Lee Phillips & fiancé sacrifice time together for education

BY T REN T O N M C C ULLO UGH

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eing engaged for three years may seem like a challenge, but for Lee Phillips, a senior in Pacific Island studies from New Zealand, the wait has been worth it because it has allowed her to complete her education. She will graduate in June and on Aug. 8 she will marry her sweetheart and fiancé of three years in the New Zealand Temple.

Speaking of their time apart, Phillips said, “I just needed to do this to be able to live a good life. I was thinking of all of us. It was for my fiancé, me, and my family.” For Phillips and her family, education is a top priority.

“It was always just my mom, my older sister and I, and neither of them had the opportunity to go to college. They always knew that I would be the one who could get an education at the university,” said Phillips.

Phillips met her fiancé, Donny Ngwun, in New Zealand after she finished high school. They dated for some time while she was attending a university in New Zealand. She said things were going well, but she always felt BYU-Hawaii was where she belonged. She said her sister constantly reminded her of that.

After Phillips’ older sister had visited the BYUH campus, she knew that was where Lee needed to go. Phillips said, “She came home and just had a feeling that I needed to go to BYUH. So after we got engaged it was difficult for her. She thought I was hurting myself and the opportunities I could have at BYUH.”

Phillips, her fiancé, and her sister made a compromise. She would go to BYUH, but only after she was engaged. So, Phillips was engaged in August and left for

Hawaii that same month. Phillips said coming to a new country and school was very difficult, especially at the beginning.

She said she and her fiancé called each other on Skype and the phone, and she said having a common purpose and goal made it work. They have seen each other in person only three times since she has come to Hawaii.

She said, “The love that we have for each other has bloomed into something so strong nothing could break it, and nothing ever has. The love that we have is a diamond in the rough – rare, unheard of in days like these – but it’s there.You just have to look for it.”

Lily Tarawa, one of Phillips’ best friends who helped her along her journey, said, “I feel that her experience has helped her realize the great amount of potential that she has as a future advocate, teacher and leader.

Lee is headstrong, determined, vivacious and empowering and I am grateful for our friendship. I feel she made the right decision because she followed the basic steps of prayer, fasting and seeking guidance from the Lord.

Because the Lord was involved in this decision for her to come to school and be away from her family and fiancé for three years, she excelled in both areas of education and eternal perspective.”

Phillips said, “I wouldn’t change it. Being by yourself here you learn a lot about who you are and I was able to grow so much independently. I have had both temporal and spiritual blessing from being here and it has helped me to mature. These experiences will prepare me to better help my family.”

BYU-Hawaii student Lee Phillips came to Laie to go to school and was separated from her fiancé, Donny Ngwun, in New Zealand for three years. She graduates in June and gets married in August.

Photo courtesy of Lee Phillips

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From the people who brought you Twitter, Periscope is a free iOS and Android app that, “lets you watch and broadcast live video from around the world,” reports Yahoo Tech. From your smartphone, you can live-stream anything that is happening anywhere at any given time. Periscope can be viewed on your phone, tablet or computer and allows you to see anything that is currently happening on the app.

Raena Lopez, freshman elementary education major from Texas, said, “My mom would love it if I used this all the time, but I think I would use the app as an interactive way to see what’s up with my friends’ lives. They could live vicariously through me in Hawaii and I could live vicariously where and whatever my friends are doing. Seems kinda funny, but could be really cool.”

Even if you don’t have anything interesting to stream, “that’s part of the charm of an app like Periscope,” says Yahoo Tech. “Sometimes you’re going to be able to watch something amazing or historic; other times you’re going to watch someone eat ramen. It’s a crapshoot. And as more people join, the stuff to watch will certainly get better.” Whether it’s just a fad or in for the long run, perhaps Periscope could just be your new favorite way to see what is going on all around or in the next classroom. Even BYU-Hawaii students seem excited to try out the new app.

As a new instant and interactive way to stay intouch, students said they are excited for a new way to see what’s going on back home.

Nesha Brown, a sophomore ICS major from Texas, said, “Seeing a breaking news story live would be epic. I think though it would be a cooler way than Snapchat to see what my family and friends are up to.”

Along the same note, Aaron Belliston, a junior in exercise and sports science from Utah, agreed with Brown and said, “Sounds like another Snapchat. I’ll wait till my interesting friends download it so I can actually see something cool.”

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The

benefits of tai chi

A great alternative workout B Y SI YANG C HEN

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he New York Times recently reported various studies and researches done by medical centers in the United States showing the benefits of practicing Tai Chi Quan.

Tai chi is a gentle form of traditional Chinese martial arts that combines elements of kong fu, traditional Chinese medicine, and art. Its practicing pose looks like slow dancing. The most significant feature of tai chi is to require participants to use diaphragmatic breathing.

Will Kongaika, a sophomore majoring in finance from California, said, “I have done tai chi before. I think it is relaxing like yoga.”

Zachary Kenneth, a senior from England, shared his experiences with tai chi: “I was involved with tai chi before coming to BYU-Hawaii. My family also participated in martial arts including kong fu and tai chi. I had a good experience with practicing tai chi and kong fu. It made me more stronger and flexible. I would love to do more.”

Tsz Ki Ng, a freshman from Hong Kong, shared what she knows about tai chi: “My father is a tai chi participant. Several times, he joined the national tai chi competitions and achieved the ranks. He kept practicing it everyday for more than three years. At the beginning, he decided to learn because he read from a book that practicing tai chi can improve your brain and breathing. Later he took a few classes and then started to learn following a DVD all by himself.”

A study from last year published in National Center for Biotechnology Information showed tai chi participants’ brains had greater development in connectivity, decision-making, and attention than the people who had never done tai chi.

The study also found practicing tai chi can improve practitioners’ “balance, leg strength, cardiovascular endurance, pulse rate, muscular flexibility, sleep habits, immune system response, happiness, sense of self-worth, and ability to concentrate and multitask during cognitive tests,” reports the New York Times. It’s an effective workout for people of any age.

Ng said her father always encouraged her and her brother to learn tai chi as it is good for health. “My father said he earns more energy through practicing tai chi, and his brain became more clear and nimble. He also said Tai Chi Quan is part of Chinese traditional culture. Practicing it is also to help continue the culture.”

The director of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Tufts Medical Center in Boston said tai chi “can improve both physical and psycho-social health.”

However, as scientists haven’t done the research that compares the effectiveness of practicing tai chi with other activities, they can’t say yet whether tai chi has better benefits for people than other types of light-to-moderate exercise, like walking, yoga or weight training, said the New York Times.

Many low-cost classes for people who are interested in learning tai chi are offered by community centers and YMCAs nationwide in the United States. People can find the a program close to their location by visiting the American Tai Chi and Qigong Association’s website at americantaichi.net.

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Jian Wei Tandric Bench practices Tai Chi Quan. Photos by Milani Ho

Woman falsely accused, beaten to death B Y T REN T O N M C C ULLO UGH AN D AP

Farkhunda, executed by mob, brings women’s oppression to the lime light

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arkhunda was beaten to death by a Kabul, Afghanistan, mob on March 19. She had been arguing with a mullah about his practice of selling charms to women at a shrine. In the course of the argument, she was accused of burning the Quran and a crowd overheard and beat her to death.

Thousands marched through the Afghan capital March 24, demanding justice for the woman who was beaten to death by a mob after being falsely accused of burning the Quran.

Men and women of all ages carried banners bearing the bloodied face of Farkhunda, a 27-year-old religious scholar killed by the mob. Farkhunda, who went by one name like many Afghans, was beaten, run over with a car and burned before her body was thrown into the Kabul River.

Catherine Zant, a senior from Boston, Mass., studying psychology and peacebuilding, said, “Oppression against women throughout the third world is devastating.

Incidents like the one in the article occur all

the time but receive no media attention. So,

The Interior Ministry said 28 people the fact that the story of Farkhunda’s death is have been arrested and 13 police officers being publicized and investigated is wonderful.” suspended as part of investigations. Also, the

Amrullah Saleh, a political leader spokesman for the Kabul police, Hashmat in Afghanistan and former director of the Stanikzai, was fired over comments he made intelligence service, the National Directorate on social media supporting Farkhunda’s killers. of Security, said the demonstrators sought to Stanikzai could not be reached for comment. make Farkhunda an icon of the struggle against Madison Hardisty, a junior from “injustice, mob court, street violence, violence California studying peacebuilding, took an against women, lawlessness, extremism,” and Arbinger approach in analyzing the incident. especially the injustice suffered by women.

“In cases of abuse, one party is seeing the other

“She is an example of probably what as an object. Generally, we’d like to think that has happened silently to many,” Saleh told the we’re good people, so when we do something Associated Press. “She drew a line with her that is contrary to that idea, we start to feel blood between those who want justice, rule of really guilty. In order to get rid of that feeling law, and those who are extreme in their views of guilt, we convince ourselves that the other and who breed in lawlessness.” party deserves it and we start to see them

Zant said, “I think there are two as an object. I think that this is something things that can do a lot to eradicate the injusthat happens amongst all people, but I think tices against women throughout the world. it’s very common in gender inequality, with Simply put, it is education and empowerment. women being seen as objects.”

The word empowerment is used so often it

“The problem is many women don’t has become somewhat cliché, but truly as even realize they are worth more,” said Zant. women stand up for themselves and tell the “Culturally, in areas of the world, gender roles world that they will no longer accept maltreatput women far below men. It is so widely ment, traditions and cultures that perpetuate accepted that women won’t question their these injustices, things will change. The Afghan husbands beating them. Women will be burned women who rallied after Farkhunda’s death are in the street and life will go on as usual. This is an excellent example of this.” why education is so vital.”

Women in a rally paint their faces red to symbolize the beating of Farkhunda. Photo by AP

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BYUHSA Candidates introduce themselves

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Candidate- Dallin Jared Leota

Candidate- Kayla Helm

Candidate- Nathaniel Breedlove

Dallin Jared Leota was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia at the age of 4. Born and raised in the LDS Church, he served in the New Zealand Wellington Mission from 2008 to 2010. He was sealed to his wife in the Brisbane Australia Temple in 2013, and they now have a son. “I love the Lord and pray that we may be instruments in his hands to do his work and achieve his purposes.”

Leota believes his leadership experiences would be valuable as BYUHSA president.

“My vocational leadership positions have been the following: Operations manager for a master franchise company in Australia, then moving on to be a call center manager within the same company. I seized the opportunity to be a projects manager for an electrical wholesaler where we dealt a lot with major electrical projects for new buildings and estates all around Sydney.

In the church, I have served as the Young Men’s president (and loved serving the young men), a ward mission leader and Stake Mission Preparation adviser. I currently serve now as the 1st counselor in the Bishopric for the Laie Married Student 3rd Ward with Bishop Michael Murdock. I strive to serve like the Savior and emulate his light through my actions.”

Moses 1:39 is his service statement.

“For behold, this is my work and glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”

“The Lord’s purposes should be our purposes.

May we strive to bring about God’s purposes through our service to him. Harrah for Israel!”

Kayla Helm, a ICS major from Las Vegas, hopes to build a home and community here at BYUH that will be meaningful to students. Helms strives to be an exemplary leader.

“I learned early on that the value of our endeavors are based on the character that is demonstrated both inwardly and outwardly. It is about learning humility, hard work, cooperation, and accountability under pressure. Value comes by sacrifices and leadership comes through courage and integrity. I have learned a lot about the campus and different departments through my time on the Student Advisory Council (SAC) and projects through the McKay Center. I have also been involved with NSO and participated in President Council’s Q & A sessions. My involvement has given me great appreciation and a passion for this school.

“A servant leader is one who is committed to bringing the best to the students by bring out the best in everyone. It is my goal to see this very community unified by including, improving, and arising in ways that will leave us walking away from here with qualities, experiences, and relationships we can cherish. I pledge to do by striving to maintain a presence on campus through the associations and projects of BYUHSA, class, church, and other school-related endeavors.

“I hold myself accountable to maintaining a diligent effort to develop channels that are conducive to unity through the resources of BYUHSA. We are a place that must be mindful of the needs of our diverse university through compassion. Let us be the leaders whose, “influence will be felt for good.” Let us be gold— genuine gold!”

Nathaniel Breedlove, BYUH student and entrepreneur, wants to spread the love.

“I was privileged to serve a mission in Moscow. While serving, my president suffered from a severe blood clot that resulted in his temporary departure to the U.S. In his absence my companion and I conducted all of the mission’s affairs including a mission-wide training meeting.

“Once I moved here to Hawaii, I got a job at American Savings Bank where I was able to meet so many of you. While working as a teller, I later started a cleaning company. This led to my experience removing and stacking over half a million dollars’ worth of granite on the temple here in Laie.

“I am positive that my mission experiences and my successes in entrepreneurship have prepared me for this opportunity to serve.

As student body president, I will represent the students, the school, and the church with the utmost integrity and professionalism

“As the ninth of 12 kids, I get what it’s like to come from a big family. Ours here at BYUH is just a little bit bigger, and both have taught me how to work as a team and love others without reserve.

“I’ve lived across the world from Costa Rica to Russia. As I continue my adventure here on the island, I’m excited to be a part of the important work we do.”

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Meet the candidates on Thursday and Friday, April 2 and 3, at booths in the Aloha Center Mall. Voting will be done online on Monday and Tuesday, April 6 and 7.

Checkout the Student Bulletin for more info from BYUHSA. Photos by Hector Periquin

96 and Counting: Calvin Newby draws closer to his goal of visiting 100 temples B Y RAC HEL R EED

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alvin Newby, a retired military veteran from Idaho, was diagnosed with liposarcoma, a rare cancer of the connective tissues, in 2010 at the age of 53. Because of this, he decided to speed up his efforts to finish his lifelong goal of visiting and doing ordinances in 100 different temples.

Joan Newby, a supervisor at a doctor’s office and Calvin’s wife of 35 years, said, “President Hinckley announced in the late ‘90s that by the year 2000 they would have over 100 temples operating. We were in Washington at the military base, and he turned to me and said, ‘That’s what I want to do. I want to visit 100 temples.’”

Calvin and Joan had gone to temples close to wherever they moved for the military, and went on trips to be near a temple. Joan said, “We feel like since his diagnosis, it escalated our goal.

We did think that we would go to more temples in our golden years and try to get as many as we could in our lifetime. That was before we had a timeline.” In four and a half years, their number of temples attended jumped from 43 to 95.

Calvin said his favorite temple is the Washington D.C. Temple but he also enjoyed the Laie Hawaii Temple. “It was so magnificent because we had the ocean there, which is a beauty of its own,” he said. “The sweet smell of the flowers, the ocean breeze, and the murals inside - it was beautiful on the outside and the inside too.”

Family and friends have accompanied Newby to visit new temples. “It’s been an experience.

I’ve had two missionary companions go with me because I lost a lot of use in my left leg so

Carston Feigleson, a I can’t carry bags, and I’ve fallen senior from Utah studying a few times and they need to help business management, said, “I me. I’ve got the wheelchair and think that when people encounter they got the baggage,” said Calvin. these difficult times in their life

Jeff Blake, a military they really reflect on what they veteran living in New Mexico and want to do the most and what they close friend of Calvin’s, was able to travel to 16 temples on a 17-day want to achieve before they die.”

“This is very important trip in October 2013. “The temple was closed on Sunday and Monday, to him and it’s cool that he’s going out and achieving that,” so some days we did at least two said Hiu Wong, a senior studying temples, and none in Utah,” said international cultural studies from Blake with pride.

Hong Kong. “I think that he has

Calvin added, “The a desire and a purpose and it’s people in the temple were so doable. It’s not about how long it willing to work with us. When is, but how he spent his life and some of them found out what we that means something.” were doing, they came out and

Calvin and his family talked to us. Some of them were set up a Facebook account, Calvin crying because of the thought that I had cancer, that I would be dying, – 100 temples, keeping friends and family updated on temples and that I was going to do 100 visited. Calvin has visited as many temples before I passed away.” temples as personal funds could

Calvin’s son, Skyler allow. He has visited more temples Newby, took his father to the by donations given through a Ogden Temple in Utah. Reflecting fundraiser on Newby’s page on his dad’s goal, he said, “I at youcaring.com. Newby and think with all he’s been through his family are planning a trip to and what he strives to do, it just Europe and visit temples there to amazes me. Instead of being selfish, he does God’s will instead. reach his goal. They plan to have their 100th temple be the Payson, It amazes me he puts God first Utah Temple when it opens in when he has so little left with June, and they will be surrounded his independence. He’s willing by friends and family. to strive and go as far as he can and serve God to the very end. It The Newby family is united in their goal of amazes me how selfless he is.” helping their dad visit 100 temples.

Photos courtesy of Calvin Newby

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MARCH MADNESS

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Wildcats shoot for perfect season as Spartans rise to the occasion

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fter what has become a typical month of March Madness, full of upsets and intense games, the Final Four is set. Three of the teams in the Final Four (Wisconsin, Duke and Kentucky) are all No. 1 seeds and come as no surprise to anyone. The fourth team, Michigan State, has been this year’s Cinderella team.

Coming into the tournament as a fourth seed, Michigan State has shocked the nation, and the team’s coach, by making the Final Four.

“I’d like to tell you that I thought this year we were good enough to get to a Final Four, but I’d be lying to you,” said Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo.

“This year has been a great year for March Madness,” said David Urbina, a senior business major from Gilbert, Ariz. “As per usual,the tournament has been full of intense games and upsets.”

The road to the Final Four has not been easy for Michigan State. They upset the No. 2 seed University of Virginia and No. 3 seed Oklahoma, before facing No. 4 seed Louisville in the Elite Eight. Against Louisville, Michigan State needed an overtime in order to pull of the upset and send themselves into the Final Four. “Everybody doubted us. Everybody had us down and out. We just kept strong. We believe in ourselves,” said Michigan State junior guard Denzel Valentine.

Beside the Cinderella story of the Michigan State Spartans, there are some other interesting stories going into the Final Four matchups. The Wisconsin Badgers look to avenge their Final Four loss last year to Kentucky by spoiling the Wildcats’ undefeated season. After their narrow victory over Notre Dame, the Wildcats improved their record to 38-0. Kentucky now finds themselves at the brink of making history by becoming the first undefeated NCAA champion in 39 years, according to ESPN. They will, however, have to get through Wisconsin, who will be looking to upset the Wildcats’ undefeated season.

With Duke’s victory over Gonzaga in the Elite Eight, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski reached the Final Four for the 12th time, tying coaching legend John Legend for the most in NCAA Basketball Division I history. Duke will now have to face the upstart and upsetminded Michigan State.

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Above Michigan State beat Louisville on March 29 in overtime to make it into the Final Four. Kentucky beat Notre Dame on March 28 to secure it a spot in the Final Four. Photos by AP

Soccer brings the goal of unity to BYUH

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Students come together for a friendly game of soccer. Photo by Trenton McCullough

B for people to interact, play and enjoy each YU-Hawaii has created an environment

other’s cultures through sports. Every Saturday in March and April there are “free play” intramural soccer games for students to enjoy.

The soccer field at BYUH is a place where passion for the sport and cultures from around the world mix to create the beauty of soccer. “Soccer sees no race, religion, socioeconomic status and prejudice. Maybe that’s why everyone likes playing together. On the field we’re all equals,” said Ezra Tupou a junior from Australia.

Nathan McKinney, the intramural student lead, and junior from California study-

ing hospitality and tourism management, said, “Soccer is a popular sport here on campus. We get a really good mix of people from all over the world who just love the sport.”

“Ever since I was little, soccer was one of my favorite things to do,” said Max Hannemann, a sophomore studying business from Oahu. “I come back and play every Saturday because scoring a goal is the best feeling I have felt in sports. And with all the stress of school, it’s good to run around and get out all that energy.”

For some, playing soccer on Saturdays helps students from the same country and region to unite and enjoy the sport they love.

Tupou said, “It’s like the World Cup. Every four years the world’s countries gather in unison for a sport they love. Without knowing, the implications caused are unity through sport.

Every Saturday we have the chance of replicating that same spirit with different cultures.

Many students come to play who are from all around the world. They are coming together playing on the same team and building school, community and global cohesion.”

Intramural soccer runs Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. to noon. The tournament will start on April 11 at 9 a.m. Check in with the intramural staff to pick up a roster.

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campus comment What are your plans for the summer?

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Rae Robinson - Junior Painting - Arizona “I am going to Fiji in the rural area to teach kids art and other subjects. It’s an internship with the educational department.”

Tarryn Russon - Junior Psychology - California “I am going to Samoa with the Psychology Department on campus to gather data on Samoan depression. I’m also going on a trip to Australia and New Zealand with my friends to adventure and explore those countries!”

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Jordan Eror - Senior EXS - Kailua “I am going on a surf trip to Bali and an internship for physical therapy somewhere in the USA.”

Doug Bush - Senior Business - California “My family are I are going to go on a genealogical trip to Europe. We are going to hit up Scotland, England, Ireland, Norway, and Denmark to see all the sites where we are from.”

Lindsay Kelly - Senior EXS - Oregon “For my EXS internship, I am going to Haiti for three weeks to help orphanages. We are going to do doing sports activities and fun games with the youth.”

Sala McCarthy-Stonex - Freshman Political Science - Laie “I’ve always wanted to go to Japan and Korea. I have friends that I’ve met here from Korea I’m going to stay with and in Japan it’s pretty much going to be a free-for-all.”

Photos by Hector Periquin & Jeff Collins