Volume 103: Issue 3

THE LEADER

May 16, 2013

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Years of service 5University honors faculty & staff

Latino culture 9Special night at the Cafe

We Are Samoa 10High school students compete

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Photo of the Week

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J-Geeks coming to campus forPerformance Ser ies concert

Tahitian fireknife dancer, Joseph Cadousteau, won the 2013 World Fireknife Championship at the 21st Annual World Fireknife Championships held at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Photo by Mei Yin.

A Kahuku High School student dances at the annual “We are Samoa” high school competition held at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Radford High School took first place this year. For more on the story, go to page 10. Photo by Mei Yin.

Malaysian wife, mother supports family and student husband

Cross Current concert honors jazz musician

Iron Man 3 hits theaters

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Table of Contents

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF aDVISOR

Leeann Lambert

Mei Yin Makenzie Head

HEaD PHOTOGRaPHER aRT DIRECTOR

COPY EDITORS

Dylan-Sage WilcoxTucker Gr imshawaustin MeldrumMakenzie Head

PHOTOGRaPHERS

Matt McDonaldEmily WaddellKyoko Hasegawa

aRT & GRaPHICS

Kyoko HasegawaMorgan bouwhuis

MuLTIMEDIa JOuRNaLISTS

Jeff McLeod, Clover Cheng, Dylan-Sage Wilcox, Robinia Tan, Jennifer Herrera, Matt bledsoe, Tucker Grimshaw, austin Meldrum, Homer Wol-man, Rebecca Sabalones, Keryna Monson

Mei YinMa Vis Taguba

INTERNS aD MaNaGER

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NOTE WORTHYnews headlines

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Ca-lif., holds a hearing about last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi,

Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8. Photo by AP.

The Ko’olauloa Bodyboarding As-sociation will be having a Surf Com-petition at Pounder’s Beach Park at 8 a.m. There is a $30 registration fee gets you a T-shirt, raffle and good, clean fun. The event will be held surf permitting either May 25, June 1 or June 8.

BYUHSA student activities will be sponsoring a Speed Dating event at 6 p.m. in the Aloha Center. Come and enjoy the fun. Plenty of food, fun and games. Standards will be enforced.

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BYU-Hawaii’s Women’s Organiza-tion will be having the last luncheon for 2012-2013 in the Aloha Ball-room. There will be a potluck as well as an Iron Chef activity. RSVP to kchristinechu@gmail.com by May 22 and let them know what you will bring.

Scandals put White House on the defensive

“I want people to see me as a hardwork-ing footballer - someone who, when he steps on the pitch, he gives everything he’s got. When I look back on my career that is how I look back on it and that is how I hope people have seen me.”- David Beckam said to BBC Sport on his retire-

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Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on May 15 released a trove of docu-ments related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following revelations that the agency targeted conservative political groups. “Americans have a right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it,” Obama said of the IRS actions. “I will not tolerate this kind of behavior at any agency, but especially at the IRS given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives.” The president said Acting IRS Com-missioner, Steven Miller, had resigned and vowed that more steps would be taken to hold those responsible accountable. Obama had addressed the IRS matter on May 13. He also repeatedly asserted he was waiting to find out if the reports were accurate, even though top IRS officials had already acknowledged the controver-sial actions. The White House asked Congress to revive a media shield law that would protect journalists from having to reveal information, a step seen as a response to the Justice Depart-ment’s widely criticized subpoenas of phone records from reporters and editors at The As-sociated Press.

Adding to narrative of a passive president were White House efforts to distance Obama from the IRS scandal, as well as the rev-elations that the Justice Department had secretly obtained work and personal phone records of journalists. “If Obama really learned about the latest IRS and AP secret subpoena scandals in the news, who exactly is running the ship at the White House?” said Republican National Com-mittee spokesman Kirsten Kukowski. The White House has publicly de-fended its handling of the controversies. Obama spokesman Jay Carney has insisted it would be “wholly inappropriate” for the president, in the case of the Justice Department matter, to weigh in on an active investigation, and in the case of the IRS controversy, to insert himself in the actions of an independent agency. David Axelrod, Obama’s longtime adviser, acknowledged the White House could have acted more aggressively and said in defense of Obama: “One virtue he has is that he takes a long-range view,” he said. “It’s easy to get whipped up by the frenzy, but it’s responsible to react to the facts. It has short-term liabilities, but in the long-run, it’s a quality you want in a president.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butter-fly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”-Maya Angelou, author of “I Know Why the Caged

Bird Sings”

“Young women need mothers and men-tors who exemplify virtuous woman-hood.”-Elaine S. Dalton, former General Young Women’s

President

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With a mission to improve university publicity and increase admissions, a new BYU-Hawaii pilot program is going to be launched in Japan this year. Kenichi

Kurokawa, a 2005 BYUH graduate from Japan who majored in information systems, has been appointed to be the Japanese recruiting representative. He is to run firesides in Japan aimed to assist future students registering for BYUH and increase the number of future students, he said. Kurokawa called his mission an “honor.” He said, “I cer-tainly want to see more Japanese students come to BYUH. I am an alumnus and this school has changed my life. I am a personal witness of it. I wish others can experience it too.” Everything began with the proposal of Michael Sudlow, who just retired as the assistant director of Admissions at BYUH. He sug-gested the university hire alumni to run a recruiting office in Asia on

BYU-Hawaii alumnus to run new recruiting office in Japan

behalf of BYUH, and Japan is first stop. In 2012, Sudlow visited Japan for a fireside and announced this experimental recruiting project. “I was looking for a BYUH graduate who was willing to do this as a part-time job. I’ve known Ken for a long time, and his enthusiasm fits this position,” Sudlow said. In the future, Kurokawa plans to hold a fireside cover-ing all 29 stakes in Japan. He said he will spend one weekend each month flying around Japan for firesides while still running his father’s consulting business at the same time. Since this recruiting representa-tive position is a renewable one-year contract, Kurokawa said, “If this works well, BYUH might consider hiring other recruiting representa-tives in other Asian countries.”

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Kenichi Kurokawa attended school at BYU-Hawaii and is now help-ing to recruit students for the university from his home country in

Japan. Photo by Matt MacDonald

Kurokawa prepares the future of BYUH

“I ’m appointed mainly for bYuH future students. I am physically in

Japan, so for every single question they can come to me.”

-Kenichi Kurokawa

If future students are interested in attending BYUH, Kuro-kawa’s job is to provide them with advice. He said, “I’m appointed mainly for BYUH future students. I am physically in Japan, so for every single question they can come to me. They can directly contact me via email, phone call, or face-to-face meetings after each fireside. I am also a representative of the SMYC (Special Multi-Stake Youth Conference) in Japan, so I will visit the youths and introduce them to BYUH.” Sharing the same mission along with the recruiting project, BYUH’s Japanese Chapter recently created the website http://byuh-japan.wix.com/index. Airi Tanaka, the current president of the Japan Media Committee, as well as being a university studies junior from Japan, said she hopes the site can provide some insights about BYUH for future students in Japan. “The site is very user friendly because it’s made by current BYUH students who have first-hand experience and all information is written in Japanese,” she said. A blog with photos and video, the site provides guidelines about application and topics regarding student life. For example, scholarships, meal plans, campus maps, and Q&As, etc. Issei Yamashita, an elementary education freshman from Japan, said he wished he had known about the recruiting project and the website when he applied for BYUH. “With these my life would have been much easier. The registration process was so difficult because everything is in English. We don’t use English that often in Japan. I’ve often had to check out everything in the dictionary. Cer-tainly I’ll tell my friends back home to look up the site and contact Ken for help,” said Yamashita. To contact Kenichi Kurokawa, email him at kenichi.kuro-kawa@byuh.edu.

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The administration honored several members of the BYUH ohana for their long and dedicated years of

service at the end of Winter Semester. Some of those honored were: •35years-PhilipBrunerandCharlene Keliiliki •30years-DavidPorter,EarlWyman, Keleise Taulogo, Marynelle Chew and Tessie Faustino •25years-LaurieAbregano,Lor-raine Matagi, Wesley Duke, Riley Moffat and Jouko Kokkonen The event showed recognition and gratitude for people who have dedicated years of their lives to the betterment of BYUH. Several of the honored faculty and staff shared their thoughts and feelings about receiving recogniztion. Marynelle Chew who has been at BYUH since 1982, commented on the chang-es she has seen during her time here. “The way that education has changed is astronomi-cal, the pace of it all. When I first came here,

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BYUH celebrates faculty and staff for years of dedicated service

there were no computers. Everything was done manually. All research was done manu-ally, and now with just one ‘click’ with one finger you have access to millions of books and articles. It’s just so incredible the access to information that we have,” said Chew. Chew’s feelings towards being able to work at a church college are deep and powerful. “It has been such a blessing to work here, where everyone has an underly-ing common value set and goals,” Chew said. She continued, “Everyone wants to help each other. That is so different from the real world. It is so wonderful to work in this atmosphere of the gospel, where it is the air that we breathe.” Keleise Taulogo has been work-ing for BYUH since February 1981. Taulogo remarked, “I have learned that the professors are truly faithful and caring people. They’re not here just to do a job but they really care about the students and about this school, and I am very proud of them. I have been through eight department chairs since I have been here and every single one of them re-ally focused hard on improving the English program.”

Thinking about the future, Taulogo said, “I am just about ready to retire, but I love my job and for all the years that I have worked here. I certainly love being here. I love the people that I work with. The profes-sors have a great sense of humor. They make the work fun. I love my job. I don’t think that I would want to go anywhere else.” Earl Wyman also commented, “In a summary statement, I cannot imagine any place on earth where I would find the stu-dents more enjoyable to be with. I just love the students. My colleagues are among the best. I just know that there are not any to be found that are better. They are dedicated. They are friendly. They are capable. They are committed and when people ask me about retiring, I cannot think of anything I would rather do than be with my students and col-leagues here at BYUH.” Lookingtothefuture,hesaid,“Icannot think of another place I would rather be, so I think that I will keep going as long as I can. And if I do that, life will be good.”

Earl Wyman said he can’t imagine a better place to find great students.

Marynelle Chew said it has been a blessing working at BYU-Hawaii.

Keleise Taulogo said BYUH professors are faithful and caring people.

Recipients say there’s no better place to be

Photos by Emily Waddell

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Rising New Zealand ‘Neoteric Maori moko’ band to perform at BYU-Hawaii

Photos courtesy JGeeks

The New Zealand comedy entertainment group, JGeeks, is expected to draw

roughly 2,000 spectators to their perormance on May 17 in the Cannon Activities Center. “People are going crazy. I mean we

have people from Maui flying out for this con-

cert. We even have a couple people coming over

from the mainland,” said Kei Riggens, a junior

majoring in vocal performance from Califor-

nia, who contacted the JGeeks for their gig to

perform at BYU-Hawaii. When Riggens and the

rest of Performance Series reached out to the

group, they said the group jumped at the chance

to perform in Hawaii. Since Performance Series

announced JGeeks was going to come to Hawaii,

the response has been overwhelmingly positive,

said Riggens.

“They are a bunch of Maori boys who

are sharing the Maori culture in a very energetic

and interesting way,” said Tivarn Tipoki, a fresh-

man majoring in social work from New Zealand.

“They also portray the mixing of the Maori

culture with the fashion and the trends of today.

People need to go and see the talent that they

will display and see how ‘geeked’ up they really

are,” he added.

The New Zealand group adorn themselves in traditional Maori regalia, but perform contemporary and techno songs. Their genre of music is what they call “neo-

teric Maori moko.” “We want to represent Maori on an international scale,” JGeeks lead, Jermaine Leefsaidinanonlineinterview.“Wewanttotake all of the history, bring it forward, [and] putitinamainstreamcontext.”LeefwasaformerDisneyChannelandC4SelectLivepresenter.AlongwithLeef,JGeeks’othertwo members are Marino Taiatini and Eru Bennett-Paul. JGeeks claim to fame started at “New Zealand’s Got Talent” where the group performed a haka to dubstep for an open-ing number while dancing other hit songs like “Gangnam Style” into “Maori Style.” Their performance was done in front of a panel of judges. Rachel Hunter described their number as being “hot” and she was “so proud to be a New Zealander watching this performance.” Their style is a mix of electro-Nintendo pop groove. They are an avant-garde mix of bright colors, suit jackets, ties and high-top kicks, contrasted with neoteric Maori moko. The self-proclaimed “New Zealand’s #1 Entertainers” have been growing a fan base ever since their debut in “New Zealand’s Got Talent.” Supporters of the group say they have raw talent while opponents say their unorthodox way of portraying Maori

culture isn’t traditionally correct. Mandy Hee, a freshman majoring in biology from Kula, Maui, said, “I’ve seen some of their clips. I wish they were more serious about their culture because I find the Maori culture very interesting and that isn’t something to kid about. But if that is their way of making their culture popular, then what the heck.” Mitchell Rudolph, a senior majoring in Pacific Island Studies from New Zealand, said, “They’re entertaining. I’m more into tra-ditional stuff. When they do a proper haka, they look good. But it’s more of an entertain-ment group. They’re not my cup of tea.” Despite what critics say, Riggens said, “They all are really talented at their cultural dances and music. They’re gonna be singing. They’re gonna be dancing. They’re gonna be doing what they did on ‘New Zea-land’s Got Talent.’ They’re gonna be telling jokes. They’re gonna be bringing people on stage. It’ll definitely be an audience participa-tion show.” She assures the performance will be family friendly. It’ll have a little bit for everyone. “There’s all sorts of things that will happen that will be really cool,” Riggens added. The group will perform live in concert

in the CAC at 9 p.m. on May 17. Tickets for

community are $20, faculty tickets are $15, and

students are $10.

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Students showed off their musical talents for a chance to land a spot performing in a JGeeks preshow for the BYU-Hawaii Performance Series concert on May 17. The winners of the talent show were Instakookys, “Emily and the other guys,” as well as guitarist, Seth Young. These three groups will perform at the preshow of JGeeks. The impromptu talent show was held in the Aloha Center in front of about 20 students and staff. Students who signed up had talents that ranged from tap dancing to playing the electric guitar. Audience members could vote on their top three favorite perfor-mances of the night. The votes would be tallied and the declared winner would be able to perform in front of around 2,000 people in a preshow for the JGeeks concert. A panel of judges consisting of BYUH Performance Series Kei Riggens, a vocal major from California, as well as BYUHSA Vice President Raife Campbell, a finance major with a focus in supply chain from Australia, and Ben Hoff, a senior majoring music compo-

‘H’ Factor showcases student talentStudents compete for a chance to open at JGeeks’ concert

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“H” Factor contestants compete May 8 in the Aloha Center Mall to open for the JGeeks concert on campus May 17. Top right: Judges Kei Riggens, Raife Campbell and Ben Hoff give comments after the performances.. Photos by Matt MacDonald

sition from Colorado, gave feedback to the performers. “It was just a small crowd atmosphere,” Hoff said. “The people that came were great. I had the privilege to know every single one of the performers. It was just a matter of critiquing friends.” Among those who performed was “Emily and the other guys”whodidarenditionof“ComeoverLove.” Janae Wilkey, a senior majoring in music from Idaho per-formed a number from the Broadway show “Wicked,” entitled “Popu-lar.” BYUH’s dance group, Instakookys, appeared at the beginning of the show. One of the BYUHSA Student Activities Coordinators Spen-cer Dowd, a sophomore majoring in social work and peace building from Oregon, said, “We’ve never really done a mid-week activity.” He organized the event with the Performance Series. “And so, we didn’t know exactly what to expect. We had a good turnout. [We] had little technical difficulties. Overall we were pleased with how it came out.”

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With a proper work-out plan and commitment, students can stay fit for the summer, says students and the university conditioning coach. Joshua Remington, a senior in biology from California, spoke about what keeps him motivated to go to the gym. “I feel it is important to be fit. I want to be healthy and strong so I can do my physical activities like surfing and snowboarding. It’s a lifestyle for me. If I haven’t gone to the gym or been active, I feel like it’s a waste of my day. “It’s just become a habit for me, the first 3-to-6 months were really hard for me,” said Remington. When he started working out, he said he put in a lot of time before he saw physical changes in himself. However, Remington said, “Once you put the time in, it will become a habit and you’ll see the results.” Coach Anthony Clah, head strength and conditioning coach at BYUH, gave a practical break down on steps to take to work out and pitfalls to avoid. He said, “You should always start simple. If you have never lifted before, the machines are a great way to start. They isolate specific muscles and specific movements, and the machines are set up in such a way that you don’t injure yourself. “You want to use progression,” Clah said. “Start simple. Then you can move towards the more difficult levels of doing an exercise. The level of progression increases over time, and that is how you experience growth.”

Work It OutHow to stay summer slim

Clah explained how to avoid injury. “The biggest problem that people have is their core section, which is the group of muscles that surround their waist, stomach, front part of their body and around to their back. If they can strengthen themselves in the core re-gion, then they can avoid almost every injury that they could possibly have in the weight room. Having a strong core doesn’t mean that you have a six pack or not. Just cause you have a six pack…core strength involves the muscles below that, the muscles that surround the spine and attach to the hip. Those are some of the more important muscles as far as core strengthening goes.” Dallas Porter, a senior in business from California, shared what keeps his workouts fresh and fun. “Keeping up with my friends keeps it fun,” he said. “To prevent injury, I work on stabilization and balance in most of my workouts.” To persons looking to start a fitness routine, Porter encour-aged them and said, “Nike has the perfect slogan. ‘Just do it.’ Just get into the gym regularly and make a habit of it and you will see results.” To stay involved in your workout plan and to avoid getting burnt out or hitting what some refer to as a plateau, Coach Clah rec-ommended, “If you have a hard time sticking to your workout. it is always best to lift with somebody ‘cause you motivate each other and you help each other out. There are a lot of ways to have variety when you work out and make it difficult and in some cases fun for some people who may think that lifting is a drag. There are ways to make it fun and exciting if that is what they want.”

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9mAy 16, 2013

TheLatinAmericanClubshareditsculturewithstudentsintheCafonMay7.Dancing,musicandLatinodishesweresharedwithallthat entered. Katai Mariteragi, special events coordinator at the Caf, stated this about the purpose of the event: “It is for us to teach them theLatinoculturethroughmusic,throughfood,andthroughdancing.HopefullythestudentswillhavetheopportunitytolearntheLatinoculture.” Priortotheevent,MariteragicalledmembersoftheLatinoClub and asked them what the food, decorations and entertainment should be so they could make the night a success. ThetwodishestheCafandLatinAmericanClubsharedwere tacos and chili verde. Chili verde is an authentic Mexican stew that uses tomatillos and green chilis, hence the name “chili verde” (verde is Spanish for the color green). AtraditionalLatinAmericandrinkcalledJamaica(remem-ber the “j” acts a an h) was shared. The Jamaica drink is hibiscus tea. It is served chilled and is sweet and satisfying, said Fernando Mena, a sophomore from Mexico in business management. Mandi Hess, a junior studying elementary education from California, had this to say about the food, “I liked the chili verde but not the tacos.” Another student Diana Ruiz from Mexico, agreed with - Tucker gr iMshaw

Hess. “I like the chili verde. It seems like the dish we have at home.” StudentslaughedanddancedtodifferentkindsofLatinmusic. Ruiz stated, “I like that they played real Mexican music and we were able to dance. It is a great way to celebrate the traditions of other cultures.” LatinAmericanstudentssaidtheywerehappytheirculturewas shared. Gabriella Gomez, a freshman studying ICS from Guate-mala, remarked, “What I like about the fiesta is that I can feel things ofmycountryorcultureclosetome,likeLatinfood,LatinmusicandmanyLatinthingsaroundus.” Towards the end of the night, students participated in the breaking of a piñata. A piñata is a paper container that is filled with candy or small toys. The object of the game is to break the piñata with a stick or bat of some sort. Traditionally the song, “Cantos para romper la piñata” is sung by those watching the person hit the piñata. At the caf they followed this tradition and students joined in the singing. Once the piñata was broken, students rushed for pieces of candy. Mariteragi said this about the event, “Some have never expe-riencedtheLatinculture.Welikeit.Weloveit,”and“hopefullytheylearn something from it.”

Latin American FiestaThe BYUH cafeteria celebrates Latin culture

Working with the Latin Ameri-can Club, the Caf put on a fiesta night on May 7 featuring tacos and chili verde to eat plus Latin music, dancing and they even had a traditional pinata. Photos by Matt Mac-Donald

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Radford High School students won the 21st annual “We Are Samoa” competition that was held at the

Polynesian Cultural Center on May 11. The festival, which was a part of the World Fire-Knife Championship, allowed high school students to participate in the Samoan culture. The Samoan community from all over the island got together to celebrate their Samoan heritage through a dance contest put on by several different high schools, as well as contests for speech mak-ing, coconut husking, fire-making, and basket weaving. “Most of them were born and raised in this country and they don’t have that anymor. Most of them won’t be able to visit the islands of Samoa, so far this is the very best I’ve seen and I want to recognize their instructors and the Polynesian Cultural Center because they’ve been inspired,” said Fatai Vaitu’u, one of the judges of the com-petition.

Al Carganilla, principle of Far-rington High School, said, “Their academics were kept up to date as they participated, and their energy was definitely up.” First, the audience got to experience the “taualuga,” which is a speech given by a tribe’s chief. The students were not allowed to use every day Samoan speech, but needed to use “chiefly language,” which included proverbs, scriptures, and other cultural dic-tion. After that, the races commenced for coconut husking, fire-making, basket weav-ing, and finally, the dance competition. The first place winnings of the dance contest was Radford High School, fol-lowed closely by the Kapolei and Farrington high schools, who were all given donations to their education funds: $400 were given to the third place winners, Farrington High School; $500 was given to Kapolei High School for second place; and a big trophy with $800 was given to Radford High School for first place. Fatai Vaitu’u Kaio said one of the things he was judging groups on was the traditional movements of the dancers. The dances displayed daily life in Samoa where they farm or go fishing. In addition, they wore traditional uniforms, which needed to include the mat, “siapo” or tapa cloth. This proud display of cultural tradition helped to remind the students of where they came from, said organizers. Vaya Seouna, one of the participat-ing students, said, “I feel fortunate to have grown up in Samoa. It has helped me to hold on to our cultural values.”

“We Are

Samoa”

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Competition celebrates Samoan culture

Top left and above: Kahuku High School students participated in the annual contest along with schools around Oahu. Photos by Mei Yin.

11mAy 16, 2013

Juneffer Sabashan Goh said the first time she met her husband, Ian Martin Idang,

wasataLDSChurchserviceinMalaysiawhen he was an investigator and he surpris-ingly asked her for her phone number. “He told me that he said a prayer to date a girl that he meets at the church, even though at that time he was still not a memberoftheLDSChurch,”saidGoh. They were married on Nov. 24, 2005, and now the 28-year-old wife and mother has accompanied her husband to BYU-Hawaii to further his education. Goh said she takes care of her husband, their children, and the household while he was busy studying and working. After getting married, Goh said she had a couple of dilemmas as a result from their union, which was the resentment of her mother-in-law plus her marriage to a well-known man like Ian made people in their village jealous of her position. She said villagers “started to gossip about me and how I used a love potion to make my hus-band fall in love with me. Back in Malaysia, people still believe in superstitions, so they thought I used black magic to make Ian fall in love with me.” Despite their difficulties, Goh said she and her husband continued to have faith and never missed a day of church. They also always prayed to Heavenly Father for com-fort and guidance, she said. So when they did not have their parent’s financial, as well - roB in ia Tan

as the pregnancy of their first child, Billery, she said they turned to Heavenly Father as a guide for their future. Likeanyothernewlyweds,theytoohave their own troubles and misunderstand-ings, she said. Facing these hardships, Goh said she often cried and asked Heavenly Fa-ther, “Why do I have to be faced with this, and why do I have this kind of trouble?” But she also said, “I have never regretted my marriage because I loved my kids and husband so much. I think that the most important thing is if you love yourself, you will love others too.” Talking about his relationship with Goh, Idang said, “I appreciate my wife for her support in my studies. She has raised my kids as how I want my kids to be. Whenever I face a problem, she will be there to make me happy. She always loves me as who I am. I love her very much.” Following, the birth of their firstborn child, Goh said she was excited but also scared because having a child increased their expenses. But she said they are happy to have children even though it has been challenge for them. Now they have four children, and Goh described each of them as being unique in their own ways. The oldest child is 7-year-old Billery who Goh said is a bit spoiled and sensitive, while Whitney, 5, is more independent because she is the second oldest. The next child, Hyrum, 4, is stubborn since he is a boy, and lastly, her

“calm baby” Zoey is only 7 months old. Goh said she learned through her mother that the key to teaching children “is to be patient. You cannot force your kid to learn something. You have to see how they accept the lesson because the kids don’t like to be forced when you teach them. You teach with love and patience.” She continued, “So I am always listening to them. If you want a child to be a good person in the future, you have to learn from them too.” As a mother, Goh said she wanted to have a close relationship with her chil-dren. She feels breastfeeding her children is important to build a relationship with them from the time they are born. “I want to stay close with them, and if you breastfeed them, you feel closer,” she said and have more cuddling time with them. She also likes to play with her children she said because if she doesn’t play with them, she will have a hard time understanding them.

Forging a Family of

FaithThrough thick and thin,

Juneffer Sabashan Goh has learned the importance of family

Originally from Malyasia, Juneffer Sabashan Goh embraces her daughter. She supports her husband, Ian Martin Idang, who is a BYU-Hawaii student, and takes care of their four children. Photo by Kyoko Hasegawa

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Michael Sudlow retired from BYU-Hawaii at the end of April after

working on campus for 14 years. He was the Assistant Director of Admissions, which title was formerly called Director of International Recruiting & Admissions. He is well known among Asian students because he was the person who evaluated their BYUH applica-tions. “I was hired to increase interna-tional students, with my main focus being in Asia,” said Sudlow. “When I was first hired back in 1999, there were only 840 Asian students in BYUH. Now in 2013 there are 1201. You might be interested to know that in 2006, BYUH had 1225 Asian students, which was

more than students from the United States, including Hawaii.” His footsteps have covered areas all over Asia from North Mongolia to South Indonesia. Sudlow recalled how he was hired. “In 1999, President Eric B. Shumway (For-mer president of BYUH) was asked by Elder Henry B. Eyring to increase the number of Asian student in BYUH. The timing was so coincidental that I had written a letter to Pres. Shumway with my resume. He called me and asked if there was a job involved business in Asia that I would be interested in. I dreamed of working at BYUH, so it has been a dream comes true,” he said. “When students promise to return home [after graduation], but they break that

Sudlow retires after serving BYUH students for more than a decade

promise, it is my biggest disappointment in this job,” he said. “They have no idea how much the church needs them in their home country. My hope is that all students who come here can return home to help their family, country, and church.” Sudlowcontinued,“TheLordasksstudents to build Zion in their countries. If students stay in the U.S., it doesn’t help to build Zion. If BYUH graduates return to their country, they can be the fellow country-men and leaders within their country. They can make a difference.” LeavingHawaiiforanewlife,Sudlow said that he will work as Director of theEnglishLanguageandCultureInstituteatLinn-BentonCommunityCollegeinAlbany,Oregon. “I used to own that Institute, but I sold it to Roger Shinkle; the current Direc-tor of the Institute. Now I will work for him. The situation is switched,” he said with a laugh. “We are going to have a special BYUH preparation course in the school. Maybe I will serve a senior mission with my wife too.” Sudlow left an advice to BYUH stu-dents and said, “Prepare better English skills, so you can be more successful when coming to BYUH. Make friends from other countries. Get out of your comfort zone. If you feel you are not useful, go out and make a friend. Don’t hang out only with your own people.” Airi Tanaka, a university studies junior from Japan, said, “Brother Sudlow is a good friend of mine. He is so kind and funny. I went to a fireside of his when I was in high school. It was back into 2010 in Osaka, Japan. I got interested in BYUH after hearing his introduction. I am grateful for what he has done for Asian students.” “Thank you very much Brother Sudlow,” said Ho Yee Au-Young, a psychol-ogy senior from Hong Kong. “I don’t know him personally but without him a lot of us [Asian students] cannot come to BYUH. I’m grateful for what he’d done for us. I hope wherever he goes, he will carry on the work of helping Asian students.”

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Michael Sudlow plans to work as a Director of the English Laguage and Culture Institute at Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon after working for 14 years at BYUH. Photo by

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hopes of being able to help in any way they could. There are many people in need right now and any contribution helps,” said Tina Tinam, a senior in social work from Micronesia.

BYU-Hawaii students dance the night away for a good cause. “All money collected on entrance fees will be donated to the

2013 Earthquake Relief Funds for Sichuan, China” said Claire Yuan a freshman undeclared and a member of Chinese chapter club from Canada. The BYUHSA sponsored dance hosted by the Chinese Chapter and the Badminton Club was held Friday 10 May 2013 till midnight. “The dance was a success. We were able to raise a good amount of money to donate to the relief of the disastrous earth-quake,” said Yuan. An earthquake in Sichuan province killed some 200 people, injured more than 11,000 and left nearly two dozen missing, mostly in the rural communities around Ya’an city on April 22, along the same fault line where a devastating quake to the north killed more than 70,000 people in Sichuan and neighboring areas five years ago in one of China’s worst natural disasters. “I am so glad to hear that club chapters are eager to help any way they can. Chinese Chapter and the Badminton Club are will-ing to sacrifice money for their own social club activities to give back to those in need… It was such an exciting and fun dance,” said Tyler Watkins, a freshman in ICS communications from Arizona. “When I heard a dance was being held to raise funds for this cause, I invited all my friends and told them about it. A lot of them came to help raise funds and having fun was just a plus. Some couldn’t stay for the dance, but they came to purchase a ticket in the

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Shake for the Quake Summer dance raises funds for China earthquake relief

Students raise money for victims of China earthquake. Photos by Mei Yin

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Crosscurrent Concert:an even ing w iTh dave BruBeck ’s cool Jazz

BYU-HawaiistudentsandLaiecommunitymembershadtheop-portunity to hear the Crosscurrent concert themed “Adventures

in Time: A Dave Brubeck Tribute”. Over 200 people were attracted to McKay Auditorium to enjoy the May 10 performance. AriaEen,amusicseniorfromLasVegas,aswellasabigfan of Crosscurrent, said, “I love Crosscurrent, and I love to see how talented our professors are. They collaborated with each other so well. I am grateful that they share their talents with BYU-Hawaii students.” The concert was officially opened up with the Mission Im-possible theme song: “An Impossibly Incredible Mashup”. Ezra Ksa-trya, a piano performance senior from Indonesia, was invited as the student guest pianist for the concert. Another spotlight of the event was John Henry Nichols, an award winning contemporary visual artist from Hauula. Along with a performance of the jazz piece “Take Five,” Nichols drew a water-inked painting while he was swinging. David Kammerer, an associate professor of music, hosted the event as well as contributing vocals for the concert. He thanked the audience for coming and hoped the audiences could get to know more about the music of Dave Brubeck (1920-2012), an American jazz pianist and composer who passed away in December 2012. With the

goal to make it a creative concert, said Kammerer, “We invited Ezra Ksatrya and John Nichols to do a remix of music and visual art. We want to help people to understand Dave Brubeck’s cool jazz.” Prior to the concert, an incident with David Yamazaki’s instrument almost kept the guitar player from performing. But Ya-masaki said, “Everything just worked out and I got to play with my instrument. I hope the audiences enjoyed the performance.” Yamazaki feels that music is an instrument to happiness. “Even if it has been a touchy day, it can be a good day with music,” he said. Besides teaching English, Randal Allred is also a member of ‘South Wind,’ another musical band in BYUH, which is made out of faculty members. “Whoever didn’t come to the concert, they’re wasting time on whatever else they are doing,” said Allred. “This guys [Crosscurrent] are hot and they love Jazz. Jazz is the only art form that originated from the United States.” Crosscurrent was founded in 2009 as the BYU-Hawai‘i Fac-ulty World Improv Ensemble. They seek to explore the world’s rich improvisatory traditions while providing collaborative performance op-portunities for BYUH students and associates, says the official website http://crosscurrent-byuh.blogspot.com/

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Top: Associate Professor of Music David Kammerer hosts and performs with musicians at the CrossCurrent Concert held in the McKay Audi-torium on May 10. Bottom: Concert performers share their talents both in music and art. Photos courtesy of BYUH Communications

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BYU-Hawaii students from a variety of majors visited Fiji for a Career Connect excursion along with Career Services faculty and

university professors in March and April. Nine BYUH students majoring in ICS, pacific island stud-ies,TESOL,politicalscience,accounting,andbusinessvisitedFijitodevelop their personal job networks from April 14 to 21. Wiliam Naumanga, Program Manager of Career Services, called it a “100% successful Career Connect.” He said, “All agencies that we visited were willing to accept our students for an internship. They sent us thank you emails to express appreciation for our visit. We made a good reputation for BYUH.” During the career connect to Fiji, the team visited a variety of companies including United Nation Women, Pacific Center for Peacebuilding, Political & Treaties Division, Fiji Hotel Association, and Ministry of Education, etc. Two students in the crew are current-ly having their internships in Fiji and four students were promised for an offering next summer. “The excursion has been organized to establish connec-tions but also to explore placement opportunities for internships and employment. We educate students to become leaders in their own countries and that is what we are facilitating right now,” said Naumanga to a Fiji Sun newspaper entitled Hawaii Fijian students on career visit. Naumanga said students were actively working to “convert their education to career.” He said, “It is a world of networking. There are lots of employment opportunities in the pacific for pacific students. But do you understand the market? Do you have any per-sonal connection in the market? This is what career connect is for.”

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“Fiji is a hub for region agency,” Naumanga explained. He cited from an official in Ministry of Education who said if students return with a BYUH degree, they would have no problem in finding a job in Fiji. “Most officials sound very optimistic about the future in the Pacific. Fiji is getting a new constitution. They promise to provide more opportunities for indigenous Fijian and indo Fijian. It is a posi-tive step in the right direction for Fiji. Students are happy to be part of the change,” explained Naumanga. Haniteterani Isimeli, an elementary education junior from Fiji, went on Career Connect to Fiji with the concern that her U.S. college degree might not be accepted in Fiji. However, “I was surprised with the positive responses that we received from every company that we visited,” she said. Assured an internship offering with Ministry of education, Isimeli was also promised to be funded to start a preschool in Ro-tuma, where she is originally from. “I realized there is a lot of work related to peacebuilding, climate change, education, mediators, etc in Fiji. I'm grateful for the opportunity that I had to participate with the Fiji Career Connect and grateful for our leaders Brother Niumaga and Dr. Wesley.”

BYU-Hawaii student career

visit to Fiji

Nine BYU-Hawaii students participate in the Career Connect in Figi to explore and find job opportunities.

Photos courtesy of Career Services.

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BYUH Students and faculty gathered with anticipation waiting to catch a glimpse of a forecasted solar eclipse, only to find viewing conditions to be less than favorable. The solar eclipse, which took place on May 9, was seen in a few parts of the world, and Hawaii was the only state that was able to get the opportunity to the see it. Students were invited to see the eclipse. Benjamin Jordan, Physics professor at BYU explained the anomaly would be visible to students from 2:23 until 5:00. But the eclipse was hard to see later in the day due to a cloudy day. The best viewwasearlierinthedaysaidUraiaLevaci,aseniorinsocialworkfrom Fiji. “I was able to see the eclipse earlier before it got cloudy and I got a good look at it, it was awesome.” The annular solar eclipse was best seen in remote parts of Western Australia, where the moon covered most of the sun. “A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is directly between the Earth and the sun, so that the moon’s shadow falls on Earth. This always happens during the new moon phase. If you live within the area covered by the moon’s shadow, you will see the sun partially or fully blocked from view” said Dr. Michael Weber, Professor of Physics at BYUH. “On average, solar eclipses occur 2-3 times per year world-wide; thus they are rare. In addition, it is only during a total solar eclipse which occurs about every 1.5 years that scientists can see the sun’s corona ‘the outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere’. If a total solar eclipse occurs during normal daylight hours, for a few minutes the sky darkens enough so that the planets and bright stars actually become visible,” said Dr. Weber.

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Solar E lipse

A partial solar eclipse is seen in Sydney, Australia (Middle) and Bali, Indonesia (Top and Bottom).

Photos by AP

Hawaii spectators let down by stormy skies

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In a tragic turn of events, a bride-to-be and four others died in a stretch limousine that caught on fire in San Mateo, Calif. on May 6. “It’s even sadder since the bride to be was just about to cel-ebrate her crowning moment. It ended in such a tragic turn of events. It’s probably really hard for the family to see a positive to this,” said Constance Flake, a sophomore majoring in marine biology from Washington D.C. Flames sparked in the rear of the vehicle while it was cross-ing the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, 20 miles south of San Francisco, late Saturday night. The limo was headed from Oakland to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City. Fojas’ sister, Rosalyn Bersamin, told the San Francisco Chronicle that after a night out on the town, the bride and her friends were headed to the Crowne Plaza to party with her husband. The limo carried nine female passengers, four of the pas-sengers survived, five others died in the fire, including the bride, Neriza Fojas. The survivors were taken to nearby hospitals where they were treated for smoke inhalation and burns. Orville Brown, the limo driver, also survived the fire. “As smoke thickened in the passenger compartment, Brown pulled the white stretch limo to a stop on a bridge over San Francisco Bay and started pulling women out through the partition that sepa-rated him from his passengers,” reports the Associated Press. Brown was alerted to the fire when one of the passengers yelled that there was smoke. Mistaking the distorted words through the limo’s partition for wanting to smoke, he disregarded the pleas for help until the limo erupted into an inferno. “My guess would be they were trying to get away from the fire and use that window opening as an escape route,” San Mateo County Coroner, Robert Foucrault told reporters. When investigators looked into the cause of the limo’s fire, if there was a criminal motive behind it, Foucrault said, “We don’t believe there is.”

Raw video of the tragic event was caught on a cell phone by apasserby.“Hetoldme,‘Man,itwassofast.’Brown’sbrother,LewisBrown Jr. related his brother’s shocked reaction to the fire, ‘I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.’” “We got out by the grace of God. I just wish that I could have done more,” Brown, the limo driver, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s something you never imagine will happen. It’s a lim-ousine ride - it’s supposed to be a joyous thing.” Brown was the only one to escape unhurt. The cause of the limo’s fire is still under investigation.

Top: This frame grab taken from video provided by Roxana and Carlos Guzman shows the Limo on fire on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in San Francisco. Bottom: San Mateo County coroner Robert

Foucrault speaks at a news conference at the California Highway Patrol headquarters in Redwood City, Calif.

Photos by AP

Limo fire kills 5bride-to-be lost in tragic accident

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The Food and Drug Administration ap-proved the sale of contraceptives over the counter for girls and women as

young as 15 years old. The measure, which is to take effect immediately, allows popular contraceptives be available without a doctor’s note. BYU-Hawaii students and staff gave their reactions to the FDA’s decision. “Filtered through my personal belief, as well as my medical background, I think [contraception] needs to be discussed withthekidsandtheirparents,”saidLienaTyau, a nurse at BYU-Hawaii’s Health Cen-ter. “It needs to be explored and understood,” she added. “This move comes just weeks after [U.S. District Judge Edward Korman] in Brooklyn, New York, ordered the FDA to make the morning-after birth control pill available to women of any age, without a pre-scription,”CNN’sElizabethLandauwroteinan article. The emergency contraception, Plan B One-Step, could sit on drugstore shelves next to condoms, spermicides or other women’s health products — but to make the purchase, buyers must prove they’re 15 or older at the cash register. The Associated Press reports, “Loweringtheagelimit‘mayreducedelaysfor some young women but it does nothing to address the significant barriers that far too

many women of all ages will still find if they arrive at the drugstore without identification,’ said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.” According to the FDA’s new deci-sion, Plan B, a commonly used birth control, will now have labels on them to reflect that proof of age is required to purchase it, and it cannot be sold where age cannot be verified. “While we fully support this expan-sion of access to birth control, we continue to believe that the administration should lift all unnecessary restrictions to emergency contraception, consistent with the prevailing science and medicine,” said Planned Parent-hood Federation of America President, Cecile Richards in a statement on Tuesday, April 30. Amanda Hee, a sophomore study-ing pre-professional biology from Maui said, “I think it’s good in a way, because it prevents a pregnancy that a couple doesn’t want, but I also don’t approve of it because it could be killing a life that could come into the world. If the couple doesn’t plan to have a baby, then there shouldn’t be a ‘Plan-B,’ they should just be careful in the first place.” “It’s a responsibility for parents to be involved in making those big life deci-sions,” Tyau said. “We need to be there to educate them,” she added.

MORNING AFTER PILLFDA approves over-the-counter sale of contraceptives to girls as young as 15

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New film released breaks the box office

Iron Man 3 racked in $174.1 million in the opening weekend at the box office, as local viewers gave Marvel’s third installment of the Iron Man series positive reviews. Filmmaker Rachel Romney, a senior from Arizona, said, “I thought it was really entertaining. The plot was a little cliché, but enjoyable. The script was really witty and the jokes were top notch.” According to Rotten Tomatoes, the critics gave the block-buster a 7.8 out of 10, while the audience gave an 83% approval rating. Even with the mediocre reviews from critics, according to The Guardian, “After four days, Iron Man 3 was running just 13% behind The Avengers at the same stage of its UK run, suggesting that the film would finish a lot closer to the superhero team-up than to either of the earlier Iron Man movies Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) face off as Killian sets off a string of bombings to scare the American people and see his lifelong project come to life. Between sarcastic quips by Stark and the intense fighting between Killian’s crew and Ironman, the movie kept the audience on the edge of their seats. Alexis Wood, a senior in social work from Oregon, said, “The movie was good. It was a perfect combination of action and hu-mor. The acting was top notch. Robert Downey Jr. makes the movie. He is Iron Man.” Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald gave the movie a 2.5/4. He said, “Just like he does with those crummy Sherlock Holmes movies, Downey elevates this rather flimsy material with his sheer presence.” Ann Hornaday, a critic from the Washington Post, gave Iron Man 3 a lack luster review. She said, “From its anxious protago-nist and the battered metal sheaths he dons to save the world to the clattering, fiery mayhem that ensues with metronomic predictability, Iron Man 3 is less a movie than a final war whoop let loose before utter exhaustion sets in.”

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The pictures show a scene of Robert Downey Jr. with co star Gweneth in the Iron Man 3 film. These images released to AP by

Disney-Marvel Studios

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BYU-Hawaii students debated and cheered for their teammates during a BYUHSA-

sponsored Jeopardy quiz show on May 1 in the Aloha Center Ballroom. In fact, partici-pants even shouted the wrong answer to hin-der the other team from answering questions correctly. Students from outside the ballroom also joined the event when the cheering and good-natured debating attracted them into the room. To test the student’s knowledge about the university, BYUHSA organized the Jeopardy quiz show with the theme “Do you know your school?” “The purpose of this event, BYU-Hawaii Jeopardy, is to increase our students awareness of BYUHSA and what we are doing, and also to help students know about the school better,” said Yuya Kitahara, a senior majoring in ICS from Japan. “At the beginning, there were not many people here so I was afraid that we wouldn’t get that many people. But it turned out really good. I think quite a few people had a good time,” Kitahara said, which was BYUHSA’s goal for the event. At the start of the evening, students were then given a brief introduction about the game from the emcee and BYUHSA Vice President Raife Campbell who later separated the students into two teams called Mana and Jr.ss. The questions in the quiz were put into five categories, which were, BYUHSA building, BYUHSA, Honor Code, interna-tional, and miscellaneous. After choosing the category they wished to answer, the teams also chose ques-

Top: Raife Campbell hosts BYUHSA’s Jeopardy quiz night on May 1 in the Aloha Center Ballroom. Above left: Students on one of the two teams high five each other after getting

a question right. Above right: Students were divided into two teams called Mana and Jr. ss and earned money for the questions they answered correctly. Photos by Kyoko Hasegawa

tions ranging from $100 to $500 with $100 being the easiest and $500 the most difficult.When the competition began, team Jr.ss was in the lead with their correct answering of a Daily Double question, which doubled the price on the question they have chosen. But later on, team Mana caught up earning $2,900, while Jr.ss had $2,500. However, for the final Jeopardy question, Campbell consulted with each team and they agreed to stake all of their money on the final question, which was: What are the three objectives of the university and their meaning? Team Jr.ss was selected first to an-swer the final question but lost when it had one wrong answer. In the end, team Mana won and each member was rewarded with a key chain as their prize. Before leaving, they were all served root beer floats as refresh-

ments. Andre Obata, a senior majoring in ICS from Brazil, said he found about about this event from her girlfriend, Kyoko Hasegawa, a senior in graphic design from Japan. Obata said the Jeopardy quiz was a fun event and also an interesting way “to get to know a little bit about the school.” Jansen Karaitiana, a senior in el-ementaryeducationfromLasVegas,wasoneof the five students who correctly answered the bonus questions in the Jeopardy quiz. She said, “I found out about this activity through a text from BYUH and then I won a prize for the jGeeks so I’m very happy about that.” The comedy singing group from New Zealand, jGeeks, is performing on cam-pus May 17 in the Cannon Activities Center.

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BYUH Jeopardy Students challenge their

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