Queen Elizabeth II of England became the longest reigning monarch in British history on Sept. 9, having reigned one day longer than her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years and 7 months, according to the Associated Press.

The Native American Scholar Program is giving Native American students the opportunity to come to school through tribe grants and funds and leave debt free, said recipients. This program is similar to the IWORK program at BYU–Hawaii.

For most students attending BYU–Hawaii, the land and setting they call “home” is thousands of miles away, and frequency of communication between student and family or friends varies along with severity of homesickness.

Whether it's at the library, on the outside tables, or nowhere at all, studying and college are inseparable and each student's version is slightly different from the next.

Sione Tukuafe, a senior from Tonga studying information technology, said, “I found out I was allergic to soy sauce when I took an allergy test.”

Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who allegedly shot and killed Cecil the Lion while hunting in Zimbabwe in July, has returned to work as of Sept. 8, and a group of protesters were right there with him.

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on Feb. 6, 1840 by Great Britain and the Maori tribes in New Zealand. Students and community members were able to learn about the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi from Dr. Frank Hippolite at the legal studies forum held in the HGB on Sept. 10, which helps “students in legal studies to have appreciation of legal issues from other jurisdictions, because equality and justice are cross cultural concerns,” according to Dr. Hippolite.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a worldwide audience future Japanese generations should not have to keep apologizing for World War II, reported the Associated Press. “We must not let our children, grandchildren, and even further generations to come, who have nothing to do with that war, be predestined to apologize,” Abe said in the address given on Aug. 14, marking the 70th anniversary of the Japanese surrender.

Male students at BYU–Hawaii interested in dating female students feel they have to move fast because of rumors surrounding the retention of female students.