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100 things to do outside your room

Photo by Elena Mozhvilo

BYUH students offer plenty of ideas for getting out of the house, including attending club activities and having a potluck meal with friends.

Hao-wen chih, a freshman from Lexington, Kentucky studying marine biology

1. Walk and chill at the Laie Hawaii Temple
2. Study in the library
3. Get a snack at the Seasider Cafe
4. Swim at Bikini beach
5. Play Pokemon Go
6. Get a job
7. Walk around Hukilau Marketplace
8. Go to open gym and play badminton
9. Play Frisbee on Saturday night
10. Attend club events

Daichi Manabe, a sophomore from Japan majoring in business management marketing

11. Surf at Castle Beach
12. Watch dolphins at Makua Beach
13. Go to Foodland for spicy poke
14. Get your haircut with a friend
15. Drive around the island
16. Go to 7/11 for a drink
17. Go to McDonald's and stress eat sugar
18. Learn jiu-jitsu on the grass
19. Go to L&L Barbecue
20. Run on the beach

Amella Pena, a junior from Draper, Utah majoring in peacebuilding

21. Go surfing at Puaena Beach
22. Snorkeling at Electric Beach
23. Hike Wiliwilinui
24. Meditate
25. Go to the gym to lift weights on machines
26. Mermaid dive in the ocean (dive down and come up like a mermaid)
27. Night swimming
28. Pick a destination to watercolor
29. Catch a frog when it rains
30. Play leapfrog across campus

Sophie Randall, a sophomore from Anchorage, Alaska majoring in peacebuilding

31. Making dribble castles (take wet sand and drizzle it into a pile)
32. Hike Laie Falls
33. Walk across the ocean to Goat Island
34. Take a nap in the sun
35. Open gym volleyball every night in the old gym
36. Climb a tree
37. Play tennis
38. Read a book on the beach
39. Walk on the beach
40. Write in your journal

Ada Palmer, an elementary education freshman from New York, Scarsdale

41. Pet campus cats
42. Go to the cafeteria
43. Go on a walk around campus
44. Go to class
45. Pick up your mail
46. Go to the beach
47. Go to church
48. Play board games
49. Go to guidance counseling
50. Get ice cream at the Seasider Cafe

Jezreel Gabut, a sophomore from the Philippines majoring in hospitality and tourism management

51. Go to C-store and buy ice cream
52. Get tutored at the HGB
53. Play basketball with your friends
54. Throw out your trash
55. Attend ward family home evening
56. Talk to a stranger and make a new friend
57. Play an instrument
58. Get groceries at Foodland
59. Group study at the library
60. Look for inspiration in nature

Audrey Pryde, a freshman from Twin Falls, Idaho majoring in biochemistry

61. Go ziplining at Kualoa
62. Paint palm trees in your sketchbook
63. Go swimming at the pool
64. Play intramural sports at the turf field
65. Go to the weekly devotional
66. Go to music concerts on campus
67. Get chips at Foodland
68. Find a shaded spot to read
69. Teach yourself how to play piano in the practice rooms at the CAC
70. Walk at night around campus with roommates

Modesta Terry, a junior from the Solomon Islands majoring in business management with a focus on human resources

71. Play basketball the CAC
72. Go to work
73. Watch movies outside with friends
74. Bike the bike path in the evening
75. Visit friends and family in Laie
76. Buy a meal at PCC
77. Stargazing behind Hale 10 and the baseball field
78. Babysit at TVA
79. Minister to your friends
80. Sunday potlucks outside the library

Hannah Meine, a freshman from Canada majoring in marine biology

81. Do homework at the Hukilau Marketplace under the pavilion
82. Do little acts of service throughout the day
83. Eat with someone new in the cafeteria
84. Go to the movie nights at the little theater
85. Go to the HUB and play board games
86. Play foosball in the lounge
87. Walk around campus and find the first open bench to study in a new area
88. Check out a movie and a movie room in the library to watch
89. Stick sticky notes on people's cars
90. Fly a kite

Emma Luna, a sophomore majoring in marine biology from Rio Rico, Arizona

91. Spend quality time with your unit mates in the common room
92. Do yoga
93. Have movie nights in the McKay courtyard
94. Have dance parties at the Hale pavilion
95. Meditate outside the library on the benches
96. Walk behind the campus
97. Go to give and take
98. Go to the swap meet in Honolulu
99. Watch the sunrise at Laie Point
100. Watch the sunset at Sunset beach