BYU–Hawaii Mongolian students made a 46-foot-long banner in September they said to save their tradition and language by supporting the protest in Inner Mongolia as the Chinese government plans to ban the language from schools.

Pressure from finals and uncertainties about the future are similar to the pressures that change the shape of rocks, shared Sister Amy S. Jaggi at the first mask-free BYU–Hawaii commencement ceremony since the pandemic began.

A longtime campus filmmaker and BYU–Hawaii retiree Glenn Alan Gee Keong Kau was remembered at his memorial service on May 2 by family and friends for his notorious dry wit, his love of films and filmmaking, his love of good food, but mostly for his love for his ohana and the people he interacted with over the 30-plus years he worked at the university.

The 2018 Culture Night emcees Eli Harris and Rebecca Rodrigues, members of the Seaside Jesters Comedy Troupe, faced a backlash following their debut performance Friday night. According to the two, the duo received threats after their jokes were perceived by some community members and students as racist or culturally insensitive, though not all of the criticisms were threats of violence.

The BYU-Hawaii Media Production Center has started a new music video series to give students the chance to share their musical abilities through high-quality production video.

Gerome Romero said his native language is Tagalog, but he also knows Pangasinan, which is the dialect of his parents who are from the northern Philippines. In addition, he said he can speak English, Spanish, Haitian Creole and basic Mandarin.

Since its restoration, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints and its members have been depicted in a variety of media. From haunting political cartoons of the 1880s to the sing-song, happy-go-lucky missionaries of the “Book of Mormon” musical, stereotypes of the Church are still prevalent. Students and a communications professor shared how stereotypes form because of fear or lack of understanding and how incorrect perceptions have personally affected them.

Junior Chenoa Francis said she felt “genuinely seen” when President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency called Black lives matter an “eternal truth” that should be universally accepted. Oaks made the statement on Oct. 27, 2020, at a devotional at BYU in Provo. The following year, in 2021, the celebration of the emancipation, or freedom, of slaves in the United States, a day known as “Juneteenth,” became a federal holiday, which Francis added also helped her to feel seen.

It is estimated by the National Eating Disorders Association that about 23 to 32 percent of college females and 8 to 25 percent of college males struggle with some form of eating disorder or body dysmorphia. And experts warn those numbers will increase.