Ke Alaka'i - Sept. 24, 2015 Issue

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Tiyarra Roanhorse

Corrects misconceptions about Native American culture

PAGE 15 FRESHLY POUNDED POI is part of Hawaiian cuisine

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Mexican Independence Day celebrated at the Caf

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Learn how to prevent and treat the common cold

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Languages can change a person’s life in more ways than expanding the pool of people they can talk to

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ONE organization seeks to end poverty and hunger

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Tiyarra Roanhorse keeps her Navajo traditions and her LDS faith

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Student Wills Nilsen has seen much of the world with his family

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Marathon on Oct. 17 to raise awareness for Parkinson’s Disease

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People ate fresh-pounded poi as part of Hawaiian Studies outreach project

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Women’s soccer ties UH-Hilo

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Grito de Delores

BY M EGAN C H URC H

Mexican music, food, and games were a few of the ways the Club Dining Facility, or the Caf, celebrated Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16.

The BYU-Hawaii Latin American Student Association hosted the night in collaboration with the Caf to provide the entertainment.

Katai Mariteragi, the Club Dining Facility supervisor and special events coordinator from the Cook Islands, said the association was invited to help put together the menu as well as the evening’s activities. Ianitza Torres, a senior in hospitality and tourism management from Mexico, said the menu the Latin American Student Association and the school decided on consisted of creamy chipotle chicken, alambre, and Mexican rice. Torres said she helped cook the meal.

Mariteragi explained the process of putting the event together.

She said, “Every year, we plan all of the events for the whole year and we send e-mails out to the students in charge of clubs, inviting them to have themed nights here at the Club.”

Throughout the evening, the association taught attendees how to dance the bachata and hosted various games like musical chairs and Loteria, a Latin version of Bingo. Member Alex Moreno, a freshman majoring in business management from Mexico, said the association took into consideration what has been done for fiesta events in past years. They also used decorative ornaments in order to give the Caf a little Latino flare. Those decorations, along with the dancing, were Mariteragi’s favorite part of the evening.

Moreno elaborated on the historical side of Mexican Independence Day, saying, “Everybody thinks Cinco de Mayo is the day of Mexican independence, but it’s really not. On Cinco de Mayo, Mexico won a huge battle with the French, but didn’t gain independence. They gained full independence from Spain during the night between the 15 and the 16 of September.”

Tania Ontiveros, president of the Latin American Student Association and senior studying exercise and sports science from Mexico, said she would’ve liked to see more interaction from the students.

Mariteragi said she loved seeing the smiles on the faces of students because these events are put on are for the students to enjoy and to bring them together. Madison Elms, vice president of events and careers and a sophomore studying international cultural studies from California, said, “My favorite part of the evening is seeing the club members and students come out of their boxes and comfort zones.”

Freshman Joshua Lewis, a business management major from Washington, attended the event and said, “I think it’s pretty cool. I like how it was decorated and everything they’ve done switches it up compared to normal nights, and it gives you a snapshot of another culture.”

Mariteragi said she was thankful to the Latin American Student Association for the opportunity to celebrate Mexican Independence Day and encourages other clubs to come celebrate their culture in the Club Dining Facility.

Walter Trevino and Jared Gonzales Leon perform in the Caf during the Mexican Independence Day celebration. Photo by Lexie Aranciba.

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CAUTION

BEWARE OF

THE COLD "Men need women so that they don't die from a cold.

Women need men so that they aren't killed by spiders."

- German saying

BY ERIC H AC H EN BERGER

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Find ways to de-stress. Everybody gets stressed, “There, you eat a certain kind of fish that has a ach year Americans catch more than 1 yes, but find ways to relax.” One example he billion cases of the common cold, making lot of healing qualities. A member suggested, the cold virus the most common infectious gave was to relax with friends after midterms. and also provided the fish for me. So I ate it Kader said a body is more likely to disease in the United States, as stated on mercola. and got better, though I can’t necessarily say succumb to a virus if it is not being taken care com. Colds account for more school absences that it was from the fish.” of in the first place. “If you are not eating right and missed work than any other illness, and are

Talking about alternative medicine, and getting the right nutrients, vitamins, and the No. 1 reason people visit their physicians, specifically the famous doTerra oils, Kader said, even though most physicians have little to offer in don’t rest enough, for sure your body is going “Some of those oils are certainly used in medito be stressed out and your immune system is the form of treatment. cine. Some of the medicine is derived from not going to be able to work as it should.You

“The common cold is a virus,” said plants. When there is an oil that makes you feel have to make sure you get rest, drink lots of David Kader, a medical assistant from Utah. “It better, then by all means, use it. But not at the liquids and eat right.” enters your cells and can cause symptoms like a risk of getting more ill. When you are using

The friendly culture of Hawaii could runny nose, sore throat, cough. It is picked up one and it doesn’t help, go to the doctor.” also contribute to the spread of the common from somewhere and spreads.“ cold, said Zerin Parker from Honolulu, a fresh Brooklyn Grossarth from Arizona, a man and undeclared major. “People [in Hawaii] freshmen majoring in business, said she tries to find out where she picked up her cold. “I actually are super open. ‘Come to my house. Here is my food.’ There are these cultural gatherings try to trace my steps. Who do I know who got me sick? Saturday I woke up and felt like I got hit where there are lots of people.” According to Parker, there is only one superior prevention: by a train. Everybody is getting sick right now “Wash your hands.” because we are not used to being around to so

Grossarth remembered, “My grandmany people in close quarters.”

Kader’s observation was similar. “When mother would say, ‘Gargle hydrogen peroxide.

Don’t drink it, because then you will die.’ I you are in a place where you have seasons, in fall never tried it because I was too scared.” and winter people will be inside more, so they

Kader said, “I would be careful with will share more germs. Here in Hawaii you have that. I mean, it will whiten your teeth. I would the wet season. When it rains you are inside and you are around people. That’s typically when you not gargle with [hydrogen peroxide]. Saltwater is a lot safer.” pick up a virus.”

“Avoid stress,” advised Kader further.

Parker remembered a time when “It has a really negative impact on your body. he was quite sick during his mission in Japan.

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The power of

s e g a u g n La Tearing down the Tower of Babel

BY ERIC H AC H EN BERGER

As a campus with native speakers of thinking because it’s easier. When I many different languages, BYUgo back to Taiwan though, I switch Hawaii is a place with opportunimy personality back.” ties to study and practice language.

He said what is funny Language is more than speech, said in one language is not funny in students and professors, as it influ- another. “Humor is like an equaences the speaker’s way tion. In English you have problem of thinking, actions and even per+ punchline = laugh. sonality.

“In Chinese it’s differ “Your personality might ent,” he continued. “I have to crack actually change a little bit,” said different jokes in order to make James Tueller, professor of History. people click and be likeable. I feel “My wife served in Spain on her like I switch to a different part of mission. When she met me, we sometimes talked in Spanish and she said, ‘You are different in Spanish.You are happier.You are more Español.’”

Tanner Cheel, a sophomore from Taiwan majoring in business education, speaks four languages: English, Mandarin, French, and Tawianese. “I use my language skills mostly for social benefits,” he said. “I can talk to a lot of people, make lots of friends and of course you can always impress people. I love it when people ask me about myself and I love talking about myself.”

Cheel continued, “I spent half of my childhood in the States, so I think like an American.

- Eric-Jon Marlowe I consciously chose that kind of

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There is a respect that comes when you try to learn a language. It

endears you to other people.

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my brain, too, in every language.

Learning is your personality too.”

Tueller also made a connection between language and culture. “It’s probably wrong, but people will say Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. It expresses an idea. People who live in their environment have a more accurate way to describe it.”

Tueller said the environment of the Hawaiian Islands is expressed better in Hawaiian than in English. “Hawaiian has many, many words to describe rain. Rain that falls swiftly, rain that is mist, rain that fills up the puddles, rain that produces a rainbow.”

Eric-Jon Marlowe, assistant professor in the Religious Education Department, said a miracle he sees at BYUH is when two people can speak to each other in a language in which neither one of them is very skilled. “I had [such a couple] in my ward. And now they are married. The key to communication there is that they want to understand the other person.

The gospel gives everybody a deep regard and respect and requires this degree of sensitivity.”

The gospel has been able to move forward despite differences

in language, said Marlowe. He said his success as missionary in Honduras came not because of his skill with Spanish, but because of his sincerity, goodness and desire allowed God’s miracles to work despite his weaknesses. “There is a respect that comes when you try to learn a language. It endears you to other people.”

Marlowe said, “God, in his wisdom, can do a lot with our effort, even if it’s small. He can make up the difference. Looking at the last 200 years of the gospel and the church rolling forward, language doesn’t seem to have been the big obstacle.”

One piece of church history that supports this is the Japanese Book of Mormon. There have been three Japanese translations of Book of Mormon, according to Deseret News. Once in 1909, again in 1957, and the most contemporary one in 1995. These changes were necessary because of the evolving differences between written and spoken Japanese.

Marlowe said, “There is a lot of effort involved, but it seems that God can break down these barriers of language quite easily.”

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english 328 million speakers

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chinese 1.2 billion speakers

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

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BECOMING

Non-profit organization strives to end world hunger

BY KEV IN BRO W N

BYUH‘s ONE president, Rebecca Vigoren, has lead the student-members to the No. 1 position in the nation in a competition that ends Oct. 1. Photo courtesy of University of Communications

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Local ONE Chapter earns most points thus far in a national contest

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omprised of nearly 7 million members from all across the world, BYU-Hawaii students like Rebecca Vigoren, a junior from Washington studying peacebuilding, join the fight with ONE against world hunger. An international campaign and advocacy organization co-founded by U2’s Bono, ONE hopes to end extreme world hunger by the year 2030, according to its official website, www.one.org.

“The goal of ONE is to send a message to policy makers that we care, that we are paying attention to the decisions they are making, and we hold them accountable for the things they say,” she said. Vigoren is spearheading BYUH’s campus chapter of ONE, a chapter she said is perfect because of the international presence here on campus.

“A lot of our students have seen poverty first-hand.”

Vigoren said this will influence and motivate people, based on their personal poverty encounters, to step up and share the privileges they have here with others in different parts of the world. She said poverty is an issue people assume is someone else’s responsibility and that someone else will help.ONE works heavily to disprove that, she said.

Vigoren said most people around the world live on less than $1.25 a day, an amount she said need to be changed. “We are their voice, and we want everyone to know.”

Vigoren said she experienced poverty first-hand last year when she traveled to Ghana and taught kindergarten at a deaf school outside the capital city. “I saw a lot of eye-opening things.

“Most of those kids had nobody, were without means of going to school, even some without

houses, and I’m complaining that I don’t have Wi-Fi.”

Brendan Scott, a junior from Arizona studying political science, is the vice president of ONE at BYUH. Scott said he has seen poverty on his travels around the world and is preparing for a trip to Ukraine.

“I’ve been able to see extremely malnourished people due to their inability to get enough food. I’ve seen people who have had preventable diseases impact their lives significantly.You can’t experience something like that without having it do something to you. There is no reason why people should have to suffer that much, especially when there are politically viable and technically feasible ways of eliminating that extreme level of poverty.”

Scott said he has contemplated on what he perceives to be one of members of the church’s duties – helping the less fortunate.

“I take it very literally from the scriptures and modern-day prophets the call and responsibility that we have to build Zion. Zion will not come about when there is this kind of poverty.”

According to Scott, ONE is an organization that makes known the promises that aren’t being fulfilled by governments. It also raises public awareness of struggles people all around the world experience on a daily basis, something he wishes more students could be aware of. “I want people to try and empathize with people in these situations and feel some of the things that they are going through. It is my hope that this will then move people to do something about it,” Scott said.

To encourage its members to advocate for policies and raise public awareness, ONE Campus provides competitions all

around the country based on a point system. Campus chapters earn points by dedicating their time and efforts to post on social media and blog websites, publish articles, hold presentations, and collect signatures from advocates. As of Sept. 17, BYUH is leading the entire nation in the competition.

“We don’t ask for your money, just your voice,” stated Vigoren. She is confident the school will take the victory, as the competition carries on through Oct. 3 of this year. “We need volunteers at every level. Many skill sets is what it takes to collectively come together and make ONE big difference.”

ONE will be holding an event called “Light the Way” on Sept.29, in which it will address the 17 goals that the United Nations has established to end extreme poverty. The 30-minute event will include a representation and reading of each goal, a musical performance, and refreshments provided afterwards. Members of ONE BYUH want to send a message to the United Nations of their support and awareness of these 17 goals.

Diane Sheard, UK director of The ONE Campaign, said, “These new global goals are a major landmark in the effort to end extreme poverty by 2030. They set out a global contract for the world, where nobody lives in hunger or dies of preventable diseases. Campaigners from every corner of the planet have raised their voices to demand that world leaders sign up to a plan that will leave no one behind.”

To join the fight against world hunger and poverty, those interested in becoming a part of ONE should contact Vigoren at rvigoren@go.byuh.edu.

“We don’t ask for your money, just your voice.”

Rebecca Vigoren

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T I YA RRA ROA N H O R S E Bringing Native American Culture to Hawaii

BY RAC H EL REED

Roanhorse faithfully keeps Navajo Nation traditions alive while attending BYUH. Photo by Kelsie Carlson.

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Roanhorse said she was deeply affected he day begins at the break of dawn for Tiyarra when her grandfather passed away in 2011. “To Roanhorse, a sophomore studying exercise and me, it was really hard. He was a father figure in my sports science from the Navajo Nation in Northlife,” she said. Not long after, she and her mother east Arizona. She gets up and puts corn pollen on were in a car accident. Roanhorse said she walked her head and some in her mouth to be connected away while her mother was placed in the Intensive with God. A recent convert, she embraces both Care Unit. In the hospital, some elder missionaries her Latter-Day Saint beliefs and Native American stopped by to give her mother a blessing. “After beliefs. One of these beliefs is that, if she is out of that blessing she was able to walk, though they Native American land, she must perform this ritual said she would be paralyzed. She was able to say a so God is aware and recognizes her in a new land, couple words even though they said she won’t be such as Hawaii. able to talk again,” Roanhorse said. This helped her

Roanhorse, however, said the Navajo prepare to hear the sister missionaries when they Nation is more modern than most people would came to her door at Utah State University-Eastern think. “People think we still wear feathers. Their in Blanding, Utah. She was baptized in March 2014. concepts are different,” she said with a smile. She

Roanhorse said she wanted to come to also said some people think Native Americans still BYUH because she had been told Hawaii was a live in teepees and deerskins. “I explain to them the place you had to visit at least once in your lifetime. different tribes. I tell them about the languages... I She also heard the people were kind. She said her tell them Native Americans are protective of land people believe they are related to Hawaiians, like because that’s what they believe is most sacred.” distant cousins.

Roanhorse said she came to Hawaii “One of the old stories was that our through the Native American Scholar Program. Be- Mother created us and helped Heavenly Father crefore she came, she had a lot of questions of whether ate the Earth.

Her name was White Shell Woman. she should go on a mission, but then the scholar When she was done creating the land and the program was introduced. After applying to come people and making our Navajo tribe, they believe to BYU-Hawaii, she was afraid she would not be she descended here to Hawaii and settled on the accepted because she was a recent convert and had Hawaiian island, and here she remained,” said Roannot gone to Seminary or Institute. After receiving horse. an acceptance letter, Roanhorse said, “That was an

Roanhorse won’t go into the ocean out of answer to all my prayers and all my questions.” respect.

“In my culture, we believe in the big water.

Roanhorse’s roommate, Whitney Holley, We say the big water doesn’t know you, and it's not a freshman from Utah studying chemistry educayour place to have fun in it,” she said. Roanhorse tion, said Roanhorse seemed quiet at first. “She was said since it's the Hawaiian’s land and their ocean, nice, polite. It took a few days to get to know her. there is no problem with them having fun in it.

She’s like a big older sister that we know and love.

Ty Saganey, a senior studying social sciShe is joking and always there.” ence from the Navajo Nation, said about Roanhorse,

Raised by strict parents, Roanhorse said “She’s adding the chance for other cultures to know she was taught to observe traditional Navajo ritua culture, a minority of the minority.” Saganey als, such as waking up before dawn. Anybody who helped Roanhorse learn about the opportunities at woke up after dawn was considered a lazy person, BYUH and to apply to come here. according to Roanhorse. After she got up, she

Roanhorse said she carries corn pollen would feed the animals first because it was imporeverywhere she goes so she stays connected to her tant to take care of them before herself. land.

The Navajo land is marked by the four sacred

She said she grew up close to her grandmountains: Mount Blanca, Mount Taylor, San Franfather, who encouraged her to pursue an education cisco Peaks, and Mount Hesperus. and taught her to value her culture. She said she learned more about Heavenly Father through him, though she had not been converted at the time.

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Around the world in 18 years Wills Nilsen, the Laie Globetrotter

BY BRIT T AN IE V O RW ALLER

Not many people can say half the Swiss Guard job made it possible for us to live internationally and Roman armies were looking for them befor periods at a time.” His father has been the cause they were lost in the Vatican, or that their KFC manager in Asia and a national manager of little brother was almost eaten by a cheetah, but Pizza Hut in Australia.

William “Wills” Nilsen can.

Nilsen said he has visited more

As a child, Nilsen, a freshman most than 20 countries including Turkey, Zimbabwe, recently from Utah majoring in international Tanzania, India, China, Costa Rica, Guatemala, business, went on adventures all around the Mexico, France, Germany, Switzerland, globe. From hanging with kangaroos in AusSpain, England, Italy, Canada, Tasmania and tralia to skydiving at 10 years old, Nilsen said New Zealand. he was able to experience and see much of the

Nilsen said he was born in Singapore world at a very young age. and is the fourth of five children. With a big

Nilsen has lived in Australia, Singafamily, Nilsen said it wasn’t always easy to get pore, South Africa and the USA. He said, “I am along with everyone, but “the best thing about very grateful and fortunate to have been able to traveling is experiencing new cultures and being experience so many different cultures with my close with your family.” His parents took him family. My parents like to travel and my dad’s skydiving when he was 10 years old, and he

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bungee jumped at the age of 13 in Switzerland.

“Being able to experience so many different cultures and learning from so many different people, I was able to learn a lot about the world at a young age.” He said he learned how impoverished some parts of the world are and “how much better I had it when we moved back to America.”

Out of all the places he visited, Nilsen said his favorite trip was to Bali because there was wild country everywhere, it was not filled with tourists, and he was able to explore nature.

Nilsen recalled a lot of crazy stories from his adventures around the world, but one of his favorite memories happened in Tanzania.

“We were in Tanzania on a safari, and at the camp there was this friendly cheetah that people

Willis Nilsen hopes to continue to travel around the word to experience new cultures and adventures.

Photos by Hector Periquin

“Being able to experience so many different cultures, and learning from so many different people, I was able to learn a lot about the world at a young age.”

-Wills Nilsen could touch, even though it was wild. It hunted its own food, but our looking around the inside of the Vatican I decided to go outside and try to guide said the cheetah is nice if you move slowly around it and you find the car.” are calm.

Nilsen’s search was supposed to last five minutes, but after

“One morning my little brother, who was 5, was running three hours of being lost in Rome, he was faced with a tough decision. “I around the campfire singing songs and all of a sudden a flash of yellow went and ate gelato at an ice cream shop for three hours in hopes that came out of nowhere. Everyone at the campsite froze. The cheetah had my family would just magically find me there,” he said. After that time in run up to my brother eye to eye, not doing anything, just staring into his the ice cream shop, Nilsen returned to the Vatican to find a large party of eyes. It lowered its jaw, and everyone at the camp was just frozen with people searching for him in the parking lot. fear. Then out of nowhere our safari guide runs out and kicks the cheetah When he moved stateside to Ohio at age 16, he said he started in the stomach.” up his own company, Royal Rhinestones. He said they bedazzled shoes

Sometime after the safari trip, Nilsen and his family were and phone cases to sell. He then sold his share a year later to his partner touring the Vatican, where they were able to see the Sistine Chapel. It for $15,000. had been a long day for them after going on many tours, so young Nilsen Nilsen said his plan is to serve a mission, then come home and decided to lie down for a little bit. “start up a new business with my partner from Ohio after majoring in in “When I got up, my family was gone so I decided to go look for ternational business. After that the next country I want to visit is Iceland. them. I was 12 years old at the time, so I wasn’t very smart. So instead of I hope to keep traveling the world and experiencing new cultures.”

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Running FOR Parkinsons

BY H AILEY RASMU SSE N

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fun inspiring running or walking event called Moving Day is meant to spread awareness of Parkinson’s disease and to raise money, according to the National Parkinson’s Foundation website. The local Moving Day event this year is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17. As many as 1 million Americans have Parkinson’s disease, with 50,000 new cases diagnosed each year, according to the website. The money raised will go towards Parkinson’s disease education and outreach, cutting edge research, advancement of clinical care, and raising awareness of the disease.

Stephanie Cook, a Hauula resident, is a team leader for team Smiling Helix Sharing Smiles. When her mother was diagnosed with Parkinsons, her mother told Cook, “I guess I better find out everything I can about it, and see what I can do to help others.” Cook was also diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease five years ago and has continued in her mother’s footsteps in doing what she can to help others who are affected by this disease.

Karissa Maughn, a junior from Utah studying business management, attended Moving Day last year. “I was there to support Steph and there was a whole group of us that went for her.” She continued, “Steph is really important to the organization. Our group led the walk last year, and we walked around Honolulu with signs and T-shirts.”

Maughn described how some supporters who had Parkinson’s disease had a “helper” so they could move around at the event. Carianne Hirano, a senior studying TESOL from California, said, “I think it's important to be aware of others and that takes time. Going to events, like the Parkinson's Moving Event, is an opportunity to be educated and to help spread awareness. You never know what may come for you in the future.You may be affected by Parkinson's somehow. Plus going to these events helps you to feel like you have accomplished something that is bigger than yourself.”

Students can join Stephanie’s team by: 1. Visiting www.npfmovingday.org 2. Click on the right side “find a team” 3. Enter in “Stephanie Cook” and search for her team 4. Click on the team 5. Click “join team” on the right side of the screen and register

Cook will also have a booth at the next Farmer’s Market, and you can sign up there as well.

At the Elks Lodge in Waikiki, on Thursday, Sept. 17, Dr. Melvin Yee, a neurologist, explained how Parkinson's disease affects the body. Stephanie Cook attends events such as these, she said, to keep updated on the research being done, in order to get closer to finding treatments. Yee suggested to exercise every day. “Patients who exercise the most do the best,” he said. “It is good for you for a lot of different things, and there are no negative side effects." Moving Day promotes the use of exercise as a solution to living with Parkinson's disease. It’s a day for everyone, whether they are directly affected by the disease or not, to support a local cause.

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Top: Hauula resident Stephanie Cook worked with BYU-Hawaii students last year, shown above, to raise awareness and money for Parkinson’s disease. The annual walk-run is called Moving Day and will take place this year on Oct. 17. Photos courtesy of Stephanie Cook

POI MAKING

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Students take turns pounding taro into poi. Photo by Andrea Marshall

Poi, which has been part of the native Hawaiian cuisine for centuries, comes from the underground plant stem, or corm, of the taro plant. The taro plant is the traditional Hawaiian staple, being one of the most nutritious starches on the planet, according to Polynesian Cultural Center’s website. Poi can be eaten and cooked in a number of ways. Some people like it with salt, sugar or even soy sauce.

Dr. Hiagi M. Wesley has been the director of the Hawaiian and Pacific Island Studies department or five years. He led the oncampus poi making demonstration for students and faculty on Sept.

17 at the barbecue pit outside of the Caf. The demonstration

was to showcase a native Hawaiian cuisine and bring together different cultures. “We wanted the intent to bring aloha to the campus,” said Wesley.

Anais Parker, a freshman majoring in biochemistry from Moanalua, said she grew up eating poi.

“I eat poi with anything. Everyone cooks theirs differently, but I like to pound mine and eat it with pig.” She came to the poi making demonstration to try some delicious food and watch her good friend, Kawika Wise, teach everyone how to make it.

Wise, a sophomore majoring in Hawaiian Studies from Kapaa in Kauai, was in charge of demonstrating the poi making where he taught a number of students the

techniques of poi making. He said he has eaten poi his entire life.

“I first pounded poi when I was in elementary school. My favorite thing to eat it with was Lau Lau pig.”

Wise said he starts making poi by boiling or steaming the taro for “a couple hours. If it’s not cooked enough, there are crystals that form and cause itchy throat.

You then clean off the outer skin and pound it to poi. I like to eat mine pounded, but that’s just because I grew up eating it like that.”

Eating taro was also a part of growing up in American Samoa, said Talaifua HoChing, a sophomore majoring in social

work. “Everyone cooks it differently. Like, in Hawaii they pound it, but I grew up eating taro, which is poi that’s not pounded.”

Her favorite way to eat poi is with rice. HoChing said a lot of the Samoan diet consists of starches, and taro is a major one.

The Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Student Association members said they were very happy students came to the poi making demonstration. “It was the very first time we have ever had an on-campus demonstration and we are very pleased with the turnout. We were very surprised but can’t wait to do this again and get more people to come,” said Wesley.

Do It Yourself The Polynesian Cultural Center’s website includes this information about poi.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Fresh poi, 1 bag (16 oz)

1. Place poi in large bowl.

2. Mix by hand, adding a little water at a time.

3. Continue mixing and adding water until of desire consistency.

4. To store in refrigerator add a thin layer of water over the poi to prevent it from drying out.

6. Steam for 20 minutes.

7. Remove and add cold water and mix to desired consistency.

5. If poi is hard, remove 8. Serve cold or at it from bag and place room temperature. in a baking pan, cover with clear wrap.

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he Fall Formal held at Turtle Bay Resort entertained hundreds of students with food, karaoke, and dancing. Nathan McKinney of Student Leadership, Activities & Service (SLAS) said the preparation that went into this year’s formal was unique compared to prior formals.

McKinney headed the planning of the formal, and said he was glad students enjoyed it. McKinney said, “I was told by several students that this was the best Fall Formal they had been to in the past three years.

That was the best news I had ever heard after spending so much time planning and worrying about the evening.”

McKinney and SLAS only had about a month and a half to prepare a venue, deejay, karaoke, dinner, and much more.

Sarah Mitchell, an undeclared freshman from Alabama, said attendees had the option of choosing between two different environments.

“I liked how calm it was outside. I was able to get both worlds with the nature and stars and then the party inside.” She added she wished the deejay would have had more of a selection with different beats. But still, “It was great,” she said.

Past formals have been held in the month of November, but due to changes in the school calendar, this year’s was held in the middle of September. The formal was unique not only because of the earlier date but also it may have been hard for some students to find dates within a month and a half.

McKinney said, “It got a pretty positive turn out for dinner tickets. Due to the quick semester and ratio of male to females, we realized that more people could not find dates or feel comfortable finding dates so fast in a semester. Typically we would have it in November giving it a solid two or more months for planning and selling of tickets.”

Heiva Gauthier, a sophomore from Tahiti studying business management, said he was happy about the atmosphere of the dinner and dance. “I thought the place was great. I first thought it was going to be really small, but everything was spacious,” he said. “It was nice to go to the dinner. Everything was fancy. They set your table up for you, the food was good, enough to make you satisfied, and it was fun to dress up in fancy clothes and fancy dresses… I also liked the idea for the couples pictures with the sunset backdrop.”

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Mitchell described her experience with a story. She said, “My date wanted to go up to the front of the dance floor. He planned to fake propose and stop the whole dance. It was our first date.” When her date told her his plans and that it was a joke, she said she refused. When asked if she would say yes at a later time, she replied, “Later maybe… Justin Anderson was really sad about not being able to pull off the joke.”

Gauthier also enjoyed dancing the night away, and said the nicely dressed people were a little more subdued. Describing his experience on the dance floor, Gauthier said, “It was a super formal dance, and people were more reserved and less insane on the stage, but some of them were going pretty crazy.”

During the dance, dance circles formed, leaving space for solo performances in the center of the dance floor. Mitchell noted one person with great dancing abilities was Eric Hachenberger. She said, “He is probably the best dancer of all time… he was the craziest on the dance floor.”

Hachenberger, an undeclared freshman from Austria, said, “My sister did hip-hop and she showed me some moves. But I think you just need to let go and go hard. It’s like working out.” He added the music was, “quite decent and people just didn’t stop dancing. The vibe was great.”

Hachenberger explained it got to a point where no one would dance with him because he was too sweaty. “My shirt was so soaked in sweat that after a while I couldn’t possibly pair dance anymore. In the car back to campus, people tried to not touch me although the car was packed. But the dance was absolutely worth it.” He jokingly added, “I wished there were more dances… I guess we just need to get more Europeans here.”

McKinney said they chose to have it at Turtle Bay Resort because it is close enough for students to drive easily but far enough away to feel like they got out of Laie. McKinney also added, “We are trying to do something most students wouldn’t get the chance to do but still be reasonable with the money.”

B Y ER I K W I N EG A R

Above: Dressed up for the Fall Ball, BYUH students pose for a group picture at Turtle Bay Resort. Below: Polariods were decoratively hung up to represent the theme Silhouettes in the Sunset. Photos by Lexie Aranciba

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Natalie Reynolds converted a penalty kick to give the BYU-Hawaii women’s soccer team the 1-1 tie against the visiting University of Hawaii-Hilo Vulcans on Saturday, Sept. 18 at the BYUH soccer field.

Reynolds’ equalizing penalty kick goal came late in regulation after Hilo was charged with the foul in the box. Reynolds, an undeclared freshman from Utah, showed poise as she stepped up to take the penalty kick. She said, “I was not nervous going up to take the penalty kick. I knew my team needed the goal and I was confident I was going to score it.”

The first half was a back-and-forth game between the two teams as neither was able to really dominate the game. The Lady Seasiders took seven shots in the first half but were unable to get any on target.

They were fortunate, however, to go into the half tied at 0-0 after a miscommunication between the defense and the keeper left Hilo with a clear shot on goal in the box. Fortunately for the Lady Seasiders, the shot was high and off target.

The second half was similar for both teams and both looked to find the break through. The break through came in the 60th minute as the Vulcan’s Kahri Golden found some space 30 yards from goal and sent a shot off the crossbar and into the net, giving the Vulcans the 1-0 lead.

After Reynolds equalized 8 minutes later, neither team was able to find the back of the net again and the game went into overtime. “I am really proud of the team today and the fact we fought back to get the goal and pushed the game into overtime. Of course we wanted the win but we showed some real character today,” said senior Tiffani Rice, a psychology major from California.

With fatigue setting in, neither team was able to break the deadlock as the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

The tie gives the Lady Seasiders their first result of the season as they improve to 0-2-1. The Lady Seasiders will be back in action as they face Division I opponent University of Hawaii-Manoa on Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in Honolulu for their final preseason game before starting conference play. “We know Hawaii will be a tough opponent, but it will give us a great opportunity to really push ourselves before we start conference,” said Head Coach Mark Davis.

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Natalie Reynolds’ penalty kick gave the Lady Seasider women’s soccer team a necessary point to tie UH Hilo in a match played on Sept. 18 at home. Photo by Monique Saenz.

Brotherhood builds team unity, says men’s soccer coach Team finishes higher in standing each year since 2012

BY E RIK WINE GAR

Since 2012, the men’s soccer team has won the most amounts of games in BYU-Hawaii’s history and is poised for a great year according to Head Coach Mark Davis. Davis, who has been head coach since 2013, said, “Every year I have been head coach, we have had the best season in school history, and we did it again last year finishing at second place.”

Coach Davis, who was named PacWest Coach of the Year in 2013, has helped the Seasiders achieve back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in school history in just his first two seasons, according to the BYUH sports website.

Davis continued, “We have had backto-back winning seasons in 2013 and 2014. We finished 2nd place in our conference, and the year before that we finished at 3rd place.”

Players have noticed the change and have actively helped in the turnaround. When asked about the team’s expectations for the year, Clayton Kearl, a senior studying business management from Utah and a midfielder, said enthusiastically, “Conference championship.

100 percent. I want that ring baby.” Kearl said he feels the change is because of “a winning coaching staff, with winning players, and winning attitude.”

Midfielder Peter Puertas, a sophomore marketing major from Utah, who was on the 2012 team before his mission, described what he thought the biggest change has been. “I

think the atmosphere and the program is more professional. Our coach wants what is best for us and he works hard for it. The atmosphere brings more unity between all of us,” said Puertas.

Coach Davis said the key to the turnaround is the change of culture and improvements in recruiting. “We have created a culture of ownership, being there for one another and making the team more of a family. Secondly, plain and simple, we have been bringing in some top-quality players from all over the western United States, and from all over the country with a couple of international players here and there.”

BYUH plays in the PacWest Conference, which includes top teams Azusa Pacific, Fresno Pacific and Cal Baptist. Conference play hasn’t started yet and the Seasiders are sitting a 2-2 record with one of their losses coming from nationally ranked Northwest Nazarene earlier in September.

In a 4-1 victory over Chaminade, forward Jacob McRae set school records and won the PacWest Conference’s Player of the Week award. According to pacwest.com, McRae recorded one of BYUH’s best offensive performances in program history with a record of three goals, including its first hat trick since 2009.

To create this winning culture, Coach Davis said the team has taken part of a new

tradition based off of one from North Carolina State’s basketball team. Every year, the basketball team cuts down the nets off the hoops and celebrates before the season starts as a representation of the team winning the NCAA tournament.

The Seasiders have adopted their own version. Coach Davis said, “We have done this since 2012. We’ll go and bring in a whole bunch of soda, bring in a conference championship trophy, like one of the tennis team’s 100 trophies, use that trophy and celebrate like we just won the conference championship.” Davis continued, “We basically act as if we had been there before. We act like champions for four minutes and have a blast.”

According to Davis, the greatest characteristics of the 2015 team are the brotherhood and camaraderie. “We pride ourselves on being really tough, playing with a lot of grit, and winning every 50/50 ball.”

He said the team’s spirituality separates them from other teams as well. He said, “We are also trying to make sure we are not just building great student athletes, we are helping develop great priesthood leaders.” The team starts every game with a spiritual thought and prayer.

Puertas said the team wants the student body to come watch the games this season.

He said, “When students come, it’s more fun.

We have more confidence and I would love to do a dance for everyone when I score.”

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