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Editor's Note

Michelle Zheng Editor-In-Chief Aloha everyone!

We are a little beyond halfway done with the semester, so it’s getting to that point where you want to give up or quit. However, you’ve already made it this far and you can make it through the rest.

Do whatever you need to do to recover after long nights of studying or a killer test. I personally like to hibernate for the next 24 hours. “You” come before your test or your grades. Make a tutoring appointment, study with a great group of friends, or just talk to someone to release that pressure. You don’t need to tackle the rest of the semester alone.

The Hoot is always looking for writers, artists and photographers, so if you want to try some new things before the semester is over (but don’t stress yourself), email us at thehoot@hawaii.edu or DM us at thehootnews on Instagram.

'Ōlelo No'eau - Hawaiian Proverb of the Month Hala na lā ‘ino o ka pōloli. (Gone are the stormy days of winter.)

—Mary Kawena Pukui

Troublesome days are over. Midterms are done and we are approaching the second half of our Spring 2020 semester. Look back on the progress you made earlier in this semester and look at where you are now. How do you feel knowing that you made it this far into 2020 on a good note, besides all the quizzes for your classes?

We made it through a storm of events and hurdled many situations. We can look forward to the next half of the semester and eventually look forward to summer break. For some UH West O’ahu students, the second half of their semester will be focused on finishing and making it to the commencement ceremony on May 9.

Look at the semester like the storm; it starts gradually with introductions into a new semester, then grows stronger with the lessons we learn every day with help from teachers and advisors. Next, we come to the point of the storm (semester) where we are tested on knowledge that we accumulated since day one of the semester.

Finally the storm slowly calms as we come to the second half and near the end.

-Anastazia McIntosh Kekua Gregory-McCormick

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Faculty Adviser David Putnam

On The Cover Cyber Silva, a sophomore Business major, particpates in the weekly Game Night activities at the Naulu Center.

Photo by Michelle Zheng

Table of Contents 'Olelo No'eau ........................................................3 Op-Ed: ASUHWO's Sydney Millerd ........................4 Op-Ed: Honoring the Past ....................................5 NSA Cyber Security ..............................................6 ULEAD ..................................................................7 Library Events ......................................................8 Kamitoku Ramen .................................................9 Lei-Making Workshop ..........................................9 Movie Review ....................................................10 Campus Life .......................................................11

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ASUHWO Senate Plans Multiple Initiatives

BY SYDNEY MILLERD

The Associated Students of the University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu (ASUHWO) Senate is UHWO’s undergraduate student government.

We work to represent the voice of students and bridge the gap between students and faculty, staff and administration to address student concerns and to enact positive change on campus and in the UH System.

Though students may not directly be a part of the ASUHWO Senate, they are still welcome to be a part of our mission for positive change at UHWO. To do so, Sydney Millerd students can connect with their student government representatives and can express student-related concerns and suggestions at our general meetings and “Tea Time with ASUHWO” tabling events.

General meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Naulu Center Conference Room.

“Tea Time with ASUHWO” tabling events are held on the second Monday and Tuesday of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the D-building breezeway.

With our new senators and continuing senators and caucus ambassadors, an array of initiatives are underway. These initiatives include: • Bringing climate change activists to speak at UHWO’s Earth Day event.

• Enhancing student mental health resources.

• Creating an African-American history course.

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Looking into increasing the availability of placement tests.

Enhancing student financial literacy.

Looking into creating more physical social science courses.

Educating students on how to write legislative testimony.

Continuing the cap and gown rental program for graduating seniors.

As school year 2019-2020 is nearing its end, the ASUHWO Spring 2020 General Election is coming up. Students can apply to run in the election by completing the online application form: http://bit.ly/ASUHWOGE2020. Applications are due by March 23 by 11:59 p.m. The online voting period will take place April 13-16.

Be sure to vote. Students elected will be members of the Senate for the 2020-2021 school year. This is an excellent opportunity to participate in positive change at UHWO and to enhance your leadership.

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Sydney Millerd, a senior from Waipahu majoring in Sustainable Community Food Systems and Political Science, is president of ASUHWO.

ASUHWO Contact Info Office: C-216, in the Student Life Center (formally known as the Student Lounge) Phone: (808) 689-2940 Email: asuhwo@hawaii.edu Website: asuhwo.com

The ASUHWO Senate Four new senators were appointed this semester. The ASUHWO Senate is now comprised of the following members: President Sydney Millerd Interim Vice President Alyssa Cabingas Interim Secretary Paige Pagaduan Treasurer Gerald Mance Senior Class Senator Alyssa Neri Interim Junior Class Senator Caton Liang Sophomore Class Senator Brient Hutchinson Freshman Class Senator Cassandra Hardin Business Administration Senator Jenna Marie Marcos Interim Social Science Senator Aleena Mabuti Caucus Ambassadors Ramon Araujo Jr. and Cody Rex Liang, Hutchinson, Marcos and Mabuti are the newly appointed members of the Senate.

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Honoring the Past with an Interactive Museum Students from West O'ahu curate WWI and WWII exhibits to share what they have learned

BY ORIANA DANBY AND JAMES WARD In response to recent media coverage of when there was a brief threat of the U.S. destroying cultural sites in Iran, University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu students, led by Dr. Christy Mello, have come together to create an interactive museum exhibit that explores the topic of war and highlights its impacts on material culture, cultural sites, and identity.

In this collaboration, we hope to highlight the importance of cultural diversity and why the preservation of cultural identity through both cultural sites and artifacts matter. WWI and WWII informational posters are loaned out by the Smithsonian Museum, as well as selected artworks from the Honolulu Museum of Art’s (HoMA) lending collections, will be featured.

Two of Dr. Mello’s classes, ANTH/CM 378 Visual Depictions of the Human Experience and Media and ANTH 383 Museum Studies (an online course), are partDr. Christy Mello nering to develop and curate this exhibit, which opens on April 16.

In February, ANTH/CM 378 students traveled to the Lending Collection of HoMA to choose 12 artifacts to be featured in the exhibit.

The Collection provides educators with a selec-

tion of thousands of “tangible, portable artifacts and objects from regions around the world, including Hawaii and the Pacific,” according to HoMA’s website.

Students exLessons and Legacies plored ceramics, clothing, jewelry, textiles, tools and more, then shared photos and are currently voting on which artifacts to showcase. In conjunction, ANTH 383 students are developing a museum website that will make the resulting exhibit and its message available for online viewing audiences.

Photographs and images collected during field work, student-driven blog posts and topic-specific summaries will supplement the rich visuals of the exhibit and are a great follow up for any exhibit visitor. Together, the classes are deciding on the exact theme of the exhibit and the title, allowing the synergistic creative process to determine the final product.

Dr. Mello has ingeniously created learning opportunities on either side of the “velvet rope” in this exhibit. As a partnership between online and classroom students, the exhibits

Medicine and War

About the Exhibit The Museum Exhibit will be open to all on the second floor of the UH West Oahu Library from April 16-29. Students will host an opening event and hoike for ohana and friends, open to the public, from 5-7 p.m. on April 16. For more information, contact Dr. Christy Mello at melloc@hawaii.edu. design relies heavily on our strong communication skills and technological ability. Utilizing web-based architecture, students’ self-delegated exhibit duties encompass advertising and promoting the exhibit, creating descriptive signs for boards, researching context for the objects and posters, selecting books to complement the display, designing the online aspect of the exhibit and brainstorming ways to make the exhibit interactive.

In a truly auto-didactic moment, students are learning the value of collaboration in the face of the monumental effort that goes into curating any museum exhibit.

Students in Lessons and Legacies ANTH 383 online and ANTH/CM 378 are getting a “hands-on” education on how to analyze the multiple ways visitors interact and experience exhibits at museums, the importance of exhibit context, self portrayal and identity in media and how forms of media and visual expression are a powerful medium for how groups of people advance their views of reality.

See Honoring the Past, page 8

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NSA Hawaii Visits UHWO Cyber Security Coordination Center

The University of Hawaiiʻi – West Oʻahu Cyber Security Coordination Center and the National Security Agency Hawaiʻi continued their combined efforts toward growing the cyber workforce in Hawaii to better protect the state and national interests.

“The Cybersecurity Program within the Business Division at the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu has built a strong relationship with NSA Hawaiʻi, since the program earned designation by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education in 2016,” said Dr. Matthew A. Chapman, UHWO professor of Computer Science and Cybersecurity and head of the campusʻ cybersecurity program.

In early February, leaders of the state NSA office held an update at the CSCC that featured presentations by the center’s five student interns: Global Cyber Analyst Jarren Buendia, Cyber Vulnerabilities Analyst Warren Domingo, Cybersecurity Best Practices Analyst Guy Nguyen-Phuoc, Digital Forensics Analyst Brandon Chun and Cybersecurity of Industrial Control Systems Analyst Edgar Namoca.

According to UHWO, attendees included NSA Hawaiʻi Acting Deputy Director and Technical Director, Cybersecurity; Associate Intelligence Analysis Authority, Workforce Development; Technical Director, Discovery; Technical Director, Operations; Technical Director, Analytics & Tradecraft; Technical Director, Operations and Applied Research Mathema-

tician; and Training Program Manager, Operations and Senior Enlisted Leader of Operations Staff.

Presentations included “Potential Foreign Espionage: Saudi Arabia Against Jeff Bezos”

by Buendia, “Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Internet Explorer” by Domingo and “Managing Multiple Windows 10 Machines with Windows AdDr. Matthew A. Chapman min Center” by Nguyen-Phuoc. Chunʻs “JhoneRAT Malware Targets Arabic-Speaking Countries” and Namocaʻs “Schneider Electric Programmable Logic Controller Vulnerabilities” rounded out the weekly update.

Chapman said the “partnership benefits our students with summer internships, our graduates with jobs, and our state with a local, highly technical, cybersecurity workforce that best understands our unique culture and the unique cybersecurity challenges in Hawaii.”

He noted that UHWO students won the National Cyber League championship in 2016 and in 2018 against both undergraduate and graduate students across the United States.

“Our partnership also benefits both military and civilian employees of NSA Hawaii who enroll in our cybersecurity programs to complete their bachelor’s degree or complete individual courses to increase their technical and cyber skills,” he said.

UHWO Cyber Security Coordination Center student interns (from left) Warren Domingo, Guy Nguyen-Phuoc, Jarren Buendia, Edgar Namoca, and Brandon Chun at the CSCC. Photo Courtesy UHWO

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Anyone Can Be A Leader ULEAD 2020 features student leaders—and inspires new ones

BY MICHELLE ZHENG

The annual ULEAD (University Leadership Education for Advanced Development) conference on Feb. 7 ushered in another successful semester of student leaders at the University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu.

The daylong conference started with a kaiaulu (community building activity) where student leaders attending the conference discussed what it means to be a leader and what makes an “effective leader.” The ULEAD conference is organized by the Office of Student Life and Campus Center Board, featuring many current West Oahu student leaders and alumni.

Following the warmup, students were given LEI (leadership, excellence, inspiration) presentations by alumni Haji Corpuz and Rebecca CarinoAgustin.

Corpuz, a 2019 Creative Media graduate, talked about how he uses creativity and inspiration to further his career in the industry. His five-step advice: “Determine a goal, search for opportunities, learn wherever you can, ask questions and do your best.”

Rebecca Carino-Agustin, a 2015 Humanities (English) graduate, said that after not knowing what to do for a majority of her life, she decided to plant roots on the UHWO campus—and became a majorly influential person at the university.

Many events, such as the annual Splash Bash, was just an idea that a young Carino-Agustin brought up to the board. She took up leadership roles in The Hoot, No’eau Tutoring and Testing Center, Pueo Leadership, Humanities Club and SAFB (Student Activity Fee Board).

Even though she has graduated, Carino-Agustin continues to work for the school as an academic advisor. The lessons she gives, she says, is to “jump at any opportunity” and that “you don’t need a title to become a leader.”

Following the messages from former students, current UHWO student leaders discussed what they learned from conferences they attended on the Mainland. The Campus Center Board (CCB) attended ACUI (Association of College Unions International) Reno where the members learned that being an ally “isn’t a title you can bestow upon yourself; you

Former UHWO student Hadji Corpuz was among the key speakers at ULEAD 2020.

Attendees of the 2020 ULEAD conference.

have to take an active role in creating a safe space for those you wish to help.” For example, the CCB members say that introducing yourself with your preferred pronouns could help alleviate the pressure of someone else bringing it up.

The conference concluded with a presentation by the ASUHWO (Associated Students of the University of West Oahu) Senate. The senators talked about the Student Government Association conference they attended in St Louis and emphasized the importance of mental health in leadership and in yourself, saying: “You can’t serve others until you take care of yourself.”

The annual ULEAD conference is open to all students. For more information, contact the Office of Student Life at slwo@hawaii.edu or 689-2942.

Rebecca Carino-Agustin recounted how she got involved in multiple organizations during her days at UH West O'ahu.

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Honoring the Past

As students of these two courses, we are learning the importance of context and respecting the material culture that belongs to others, as well as about the importance of sacred places and cultural sites and how these are all a part of one’s cultural identity. Our classes are exploring how to display artifacts respectfully

and not out of context. We are working through which objects in the collections can support the cohesive story we are telling about the impact of war as the class develops a specific theme and name for the exhibit. Supplemental material and interactive activities will support the message we are conveying through the ex-

hibit.

Students are even exploring the possibility of not using the collections as they learn about different ethical considerations, and so we are working hard towards creating a meaningful story that honors different cultures.

Oriana Danby

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James Ward

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Oriana Danby is an ANTH/CM 378 student at UH West O'ahu and James Ward is an ANTH 383 student.

Medicine and War

Library Events MARCH 23 Talk Story with Chris Caravalho of Mana Comics. 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m., secondfloor exhibition area. Super-size sole?

Mighty moke? Sistah shark? Talk story with Mana Comics’ creator and see how you can start writing your own comics.

MARCH 30 Talk Story with Scott Kikkawa. 3:30-4:45 p.m., second-floor exhibition area. Join the Japanese-American local author as he talks about his book “Kona Winds,” a detective series set in post-war Honolulu Honolulu Brass Quintet (Chamber Music Hawaii). 7-9 p.m., first floor. The music will start at 7 p.m., and tickets are free with a valid student ID. The theme of this concert will be “Brass Through the Looking Glass.”

APRIL 20-25 National Library Week. Take the Annual Library Survey to be entered into a drawing for a gift card, which will be announced soon. Visit the library’s website for more information on the survey.

APRIL 23 University Strings. 6:30-8 p.m., first floor.

APRIL 23 University Chorus. 7-8:30 p.m., first floor.

Closures The library will be closed on the following days: March 16-21 (Spring Break) March 26 (Kuhio Day) April 10 (Good Friday)

Puzzled Over Citing Sources?

Check out the library’s guide, which explains citations and their basic elements, while giving concrete examples of how to properly build citations, and how to weave in-text citations into a paper. It also serves as a jumping-off point to other useful citation resources (generators, managers, Purdue OWL, etc.). Go to guides.westoahu. hawaii.edu/citing

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Kamitoku Ramen: New restaurant opens at UH West O’ahu

BY MICHELLE ZHENG A new eatery, Kamitoku Ramen, has opened in the school’s cafeteria. Serving ramen on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the ramen shop is spicing up the menu at UH West O’ahu.

Kamitoku Ramen, which originally started in Japan, has been serving noodles in Shirokiya at Ala Moana. When it came time to expand, they decided to come to UH West Oahu.

The menu has a broad selection of ramen noodles, beefy rice bowls and side dishes such

as gyoza and fried rice. The prices range from a filling regular-sized bowl for $8 to $10, or a mini for $5 to $7.

Manager Riki Maru says that the most popular is order No. 1, Beefy Wild. His personal favorite, he says, is No. 2, Beefy Lite because it is the most traditional style of noodles with 60 years of history.

Kamitoku Ramen is located in the Campus Center Cafeteria. Students can place their order the same way as they do for Da Spot.

The ramen is popular. Photo Courtesy UHWO on Twitter

Beefy Wild regular-sized bowl of ramen for $8.83

Dmu Devoux (left) and Kamitoku’s Arvin Aquino work the counter.

Lei-Making Workshop Set for Naulu Center Students, faculty and staff at UH West O’ahu can learn to make lei at the 'Aina-to-'Opu Workshop on April 7 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Naulu Center's Ho'onanea Lounge.

The workshop will be led

by Ka'iulani Akamine from the

No'eau Center. Plant materials will be harvested from the campus garden and also foraged from elsewhere.

The event is the third of a series of three 'Aina-to-'Opu workshops.

To RSVP or for more information, email tasiay@hawaii.edu.

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Movie Review

'To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'

BY BETHANY GALLARDE

Two days before Valentine’s Day, Netflix released “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” the sequel to its hit original movie “To All the Boys I Loved Before”. Both movies are an adaptation from the books by Jenny Han.

As someone who read the books and watched the movies, I had some high expectations between the love triangle of Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor), Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo), and John Ambrose McClaren (Jordan Fisher) when I went into the movie.

The movie, which was released exclusively on Netflix on Feb. 12, is enjoyable just like its predecessor, with some hiccups that some sequels face. It entertained me the entire time in the viewing process.

However, as someone who read the books before the movie, the movie changes a lot of things from the book that I thought would have made it better. Plenty of elements that made me excited for the sequel that came from the books were never adapted, which did hinder my love for the movie.

Despite this, it did not take away any enjoyment as a movie in general.

The characters were portrayed wonderfully. My biggest compliments go to Fisher for his portrayal of John Ambrose who made me fall for said character all over again. Then, of course, Condor and Centineo who continued to play their characters wonderfully. However, I felt that this version of Lara Jean did not have the same charm that the first movie had.

There is no huge flaw that is worth a bad rating for the movie, but it does not mean I don’t have some nitpicks from reading the book first. Well, any flaws that weren’t created from the first movie anyway.

One of the biggest nitpicks is the love triangle between Peter and John Ambrose. In the books, it gave the reader a dilemma on who you wanted Lara Jean to be with, and you felt

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what Lara Jean went through. The movie created this sense of which boy would you pick and you need to stay with that team even if you liked both boys. It is almost a tamer and calmer version of “Twilight’s” Team Edward vs. Team Jacob.

The production of the movie deserves to be something meant to be in theaters. The cinematography and costume design with certain scenes are especially well done, which I wish I could talk about in detail but it would spoil the viewing experience.

Overall, as an adaptation from the original material to the movie, I need to give it two love letters out of five. However, as a movie itself, I need to give it a four out of five love letters.

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By Michelle Zheng

Midterms have approached; check out how these students tackled the stressful tests?

CHEYNA HESS

AMBER RIBUCA

NOAH TOMAS

JUNIOR EDUCATION

SOPHOMORE CREATIVE MEDIA

SOPHOMORE CREATIVE MEDIA

“Schedule your time wisely so you have enough time to study. Break it up into parts if you have to.”

“Study for an hour, take a 50-minute break, then study again. Don't stress.”

“Keep work organized, keep your notes simplistic and focus on the main ideas.”

MICHAEL COVENTRY

CASEY OVERLY

JUSTIN SHIMAZU

SENIOR HISTORY

JUNIOR BUSINESS

SOPHOMORE MATH

“If you chew gum while you study and you chew the same flavor of gum while you take your test, you will be able to remember better.”

“Don't stress, it's probably not as bad as you think it's gonna be. Also come to the No'eau Center to study.”

“I think the most important thing is being able to manage your time. Plan out how you're gonna pass your midterms for every class.”

FUN AND GAMES PHOTOS BY MICHELLE ZHENG

Students gather for “Game Night” at the Naulu Center to play games and spend time with their mentors in conjunction with Pueo Leadership.

Game Night is offered every Thursday at the Center from 3-7 p.m. and students can enjoy Nintendo, board games and more fun activities.