Rebekah Strain created a new religion course to teach about women’s contributions to the restoration and help them find their eternal potential.

Pu’uhonua o Wai’anae is a vital refuge for the houseless on Oahu’s west coast

Most people know Thanksgiving as the holiday of gratitude, where families can gather together and reconnect with one another, explained Dr. Kelli Mosteller, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Cultural Heritage Center director on the Potawatomi Nation website. However, she said the Indigenous population of America does not view Thanksgiving as such. On the website, Mosteller said, “[Thanksgiving] just disregards (the centuries of brutality) against Native Americans and chooses to take this one tiny snapshot, and in the world of social media, it puts all the pretty filters on it so that it doesn’t look the way it truly did.”

They are known to stay in the air for up to two months without landing because their wings aren't waterproof so they are unable to land on water

We have now successfully passed the halfway point of this Winter 2022 Semester. As many of us have been stressed out about midterms, barely making it out of bed and into class (or maybe it’s just me), studying and doing homework into the late hours of the night, it is important to take time to relax. Going to the beach, spending time in nature, hanging out with friends and perusing the latest issue of the Ke Alaka‘i magazine are ways I wind down and get my mind off of school for a moment or two. I hope that you, our readers, take time to do something similar.

If you are learning how to surf, here are some tips from Janna Irons in an Outside Magazine online article titled, “A Beginner’s Guide to Surfing."

The spirits of ancient warriors previously tasked with protecting Hawaiian chiefs, known as the night marchers, can still be spotted in Laie and other places in the Hawaiian Islands, says the To-Hawaii website.

In a video from the Food Network titled “How Hershey’s Kisses Are Made” Jody Cook, the director of product publicity at the Hershey company said Hershey’s Kisses got the “kiss” name because of “the smooch sound the machine makes as the kiss is deposited onto the conveyor belt.”

As the editor-in-chief for the Ke Alaka‘i, I have a unique opportunity to spend many devoted and intentional hours with the articles we produce. The stories we tell at the magazine are uplifting and inspiring to me, and I often say I have the best job in the world. For this issue, we decided to focus on the second part of the University’s motto, “go forth to serve.” Here, we highlight individuals in the BYU–Hawaii community who have dedicated their time to serving others and have consecrated their lives to serving God.