In 1914, H.G. Wells, a science fiction writer, predicted World War I was going to be, “The war to end all war.” While war has not yet ceased, Rick Hampton, a journalist at USA Today, says WWI was “the beginning of the end” because it decreased the number of wars between nations.

When President Sidney J. Bassett returned to graduate school in his 50s, he said he felt he did not belong in many ways. In his first online class, he shared he was discouraged, embarrassed and his confidence was shot from everyone ignoring and talking over him. He explained he later realized that he had been on mute the entire time. He unmuted, waited his turn, then jumped in to be heard. “It wasn’t profound in any way, but at that moment, I chose to belong.”

In 2011, academics and authors David Pulsipher and Patrick Mason both attended an academic conference on the subject of the Mormon perspective on war and peace. Pulsipher said it was when they went out to get yogurt that he proposed writing a book about how the restored gospel supports peace efforts. The finished work “Proclaim Peace: The Restoration’s Answer to an Age of Conflict” was the centerpiece of the Proclaim Peace Academic Conference held at BYU–Hawaii’s campus and sponsored by the Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

Afro World Club and Papua New Guinea Club host opening social dance

Applause and cheers erupted in the Canon Activities Center when introductory videos played before each club’s performance during Culture Night. Students and audience members said the videos represented their cultures well. Staff of the Media Production Center [MPC] explained it was a big project which took about 20 videographers to accomplish.

Born in the middle of the Liberian Civil War, Alphanso Appleton said his childhood was spent on the run, displaced and separated from family. As a young adult, he shared he held his baby girl as she died.

BYU–Hawaii students said social media seems to be decapacitating their ability to study.

Elder John W. Welch, a former BYU in Provo law professor best known for discovering chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, delivered a forum in conjunction with BYU–Hawaii's Religious Freedom and Human Dignity Initiative on Wednesday, March 16. He spoke about spreading religious freedom awareness locally.

Find out about refugees, says activist, and then use your unique talents and abilities to help them