The BYU-Hawaii Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams started their 2014 season last week as the No. 2 women beat both Whitman University 9-0 and Claremont McKenna College 8-1, while the No. 18 men took on Division 1 opponent Sacramento State but fell short losing 5-2. The women’s team is hopeful this year will be even more successful than last year’s Conference Championship and 2nd place finish in the National Tournament. This year the team is led by veterans, Marika Kobayashi, a senior from Hiratsuke, Japan; senior Sasha Ulbrictova; and junior Marietta Tuionetoa, a political science major from Palo Alto, Calif. The women started the season off on the right foot, dominating their first two matches, losing only one set.Kobayashi and Tuionetoa were impressive in both singles and doubles matches, winning their singles matches handily and helping the team complete the sweep of their opponent in all doubles matches. Ulbrictova and doubles partner, Jade Griffin, from Mooroolbark, Australia, also had a great start to their 2014 season sweeping the doubles in both matches of the year. “We weren’t real sure how we were going to perform, but we did much better than we thought. We have a good mix of returners and new recruits so we feel like a solid team this year,” said Tuionetoa.The 2014 season should be an exciting one as the women will try and win the National Championship for the first time since the team won it in 2007. “We are a young team this year, but I am hopeful that the younger players will come along and we will make the National Tournament,” said Coach David Porter. The men’s team is led by returning All-Pac West 1st and 2nd team members Yevhen Zakharov, a senior from Lviv, Ukraine; senior Martin Chojnacki from Swinoujscie, Poland; and Wei-Feng Lee, a sophomore from Taiwan. The Seasider men took on Division I opponent Sacramento State to start their 2014 campaign. Both Chojnacki and Feng Lee won their singles matches, but it wasn’t enough as the men fell to Sacramento State 5-2. “It went good. I felt a little weird being back after two and a half years of not playing tennis, but I thought it went pretty good,” said Taylor de Hoyas, a sophomore history education major from Pleasant Grove, Utah, who just returned from an LDS mission.The #18 ranked Seasiders will have their work cut out for them this year, as the PacWest conference is full of talent. Including BYUH, there are four teams in the conference ranked in the top 25 in the nation. “The conference is very good and hopefully we have all our players eligible and healthy when we play those teams,” said Coach Porter. The Seasiders are eager for the challenge the difficult conference provides and are optimistic about their chances of bringing home the conference title. “Our goal is to make it to nationals this year. We are still waiting on a few players to become eligible which will help make our team really good this year,” said de Hoyas.

England beat Tonga 20-18 in a controversial Rugby League World Cup 2017 semi-final match held in Auckland, New Zealand on Nov. 25. Tongans expressed anger as they claimed referee Matt Cecchin ignored double-checking video footage to see if Andrew Fifita, a member of the Tonga team, had made a knock on in the last second of the game, which was the key to determine which team actually won.

The BYU-Hawaii Enactus chapter started the semester hosting an opening social and BBQ that inspired the 100+ students in attendance on Wed., Sept. 10. Enactus is a national organization that empowers college students to use their education to look outside themselves and make a difference in the world. The BYUH chapter of Enactus has already gained national recognition. In April 2013, the BYUH chapter placed second in the USA National Enactus Competition.

Longtime assistant Gabriel Roberts was named BYU–Hawaii men's basketball head coach May 3 becoming the fifth coach in the Seasiders' 38-year history, and that same day Brad Jones was announced as BYUH’s seventh athletic director, says BYUH Sport Information. Roberts and Jones both succeed legendary Seasider Coach and Athletics Director Ken Wagner.

Students shared how social distancing brought on by COVID-19 helped people see the importance of family, friends and social situations. They said they learned to spend quality time through online sites while building stronger relationships with God.

Kimberly Tetabwa Tokanang, a junior political science major who hails from Beru Island, Kiribati, is the Kiribati Club choreographer. She said the more modern second half of their Culture Night performance involved movements that came from fishing, their national bird, the frigate bird, and other dance styles. However, she explained in Kiribati culture, they keep these different kinds of dances separate.

Eritai Kateibwi, a Fall 2016 business alumnus, has set out to save his home country Kiribati, which is being overrun by flooding, by preventing crops from being submerged through a hydroponics farming water system he learned through BYU-Hawaii’s Sustainable World Action and Technology Team. “He is literally saving his island nation,” said Les Harper, director of S.W.A.T.T.

The Afro World Club members said they wanted to utilize the power of film to convey the stark reality of oppression against blacks and to honor the strength within those who have fought against prejudice, like central historical figure Harriet Tubman. The club showed the film "Harriet" during a Film Forum on Feb. 19 in the Little Theater.

Locals in Hawaii use SPAM’s slightly spiced, salty flavor in everything from breakfast scrambles with eggs to a sushi-like concoction made with rice and a seaweed wrap known as a musubi (moosue-bee).