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Norman Kaluhiokalani, commonly known as Coach K, first started working at BYU-Hawaii 40 years ago and has left a legacy of coaching for the cross country, soccer, and rugby teams that have played here. His last name, Kaluhiokalani, means in Hawaiian, “One who helps much for many without asking for any admiration.”Because of his passion for running in high school, Coach K decided he would “give it to other people so they could have a passion and continue running.” He said, “I liked that freedom of running. You could be your own individual or you could be part of a team.”Coach K was born in Kaneohe back when he said it was banana fields and cow pastures, but he didn’t intend to stay there. He joined the Navy for two years after he graduated from high school. After traveling the world, he came back because of his love for Hawaii and attended BYUH, with a major in physical education. He met his wife, Laverne, while he attended BYUH. The two both converted to the LDS Church. When asked why he joined, he said with a smile, “The church was true and we just knew it.” The couple got married in the Laie Temple in August of 1969. Coach K continued going to school but came back for a job teaching at BYUH in the Exercise and Sports Science. He has taught many classes over the years like community health, internship classes, referee and more. “You name it, I claim it,” he said with a laugh. “I’ve taught most classes in my area at BYU-Hawaii.”The cross-country team started again in the 1970s, and Coach K began coaching them. “It was an enjoyment of social life,” he said, “and it’s different from other sports. You get to meet the people, you get to meet the cultures, and when you go and you have a competition, you have a pretty good bunch of people with you.”Veronica Bellison, an exercise and sports science senior from California who ran in cross country, shared one thing she remembers from Coach K was lokahi: “He wants us to focus on athletics and our running, but also focus on our schoolwork and most importantly our spirit.” Ryan Belliston, a senior majoring in marketing from Ohio and a runner in Coach K’s cross country team, said he admired Coach K.One thing he enjoyed was how he liked to tell jokes, such as, “Make sure you bring the right shoes to practice, but also bring the left shoe,” and “Every step you take in the race makes it shorter.” Bellison also said, “I look up to Coach K because of his humility.” Coach K has had one motto that he has kept to through his time in the Navy, at school, and while teaching here: Whoever is captain of the ship, they are in charge. You follow one captain to do one thing, and when a new one comes in, you have to adapt to it.“My 40 years has gone by quick. I’ve enjoyed my work; enjoyed my students. I’ve had a lot of enjoyment in my life,” said Coach K. Coach K said about his students that he hoped “they can go on and improve the education that they got here and be better than me.”Uploaded March 25, 2015

Students listened to the finished projects of juniors Joshua Mason and Christopher Wiley in the McKay Auditorium on Thursday, March 19 during the Undergraduate Research Conference’s segment on musical composition.Mason, a junior from Oklahoma majoring in both music and psychology, told the story of how he originally had a much more complex version written to impress his professor. After much consideration, Mason and Dr. Bradshaw talked about how he could improve his skills. “We had a ‘Come to Jesus Moment,’ as he called it,” said Mason, “where he made sure I, as a composer, was composing music that I wanted to–what I thought that music should be.”Mason composed a duet for cello and viola called “The Rose Garden.” Mason was inspired by two main sources: a Julie Gardner Bray song entitled “Lady To The Flowers Go,” and the song “Kiss From A Rose” by Seal.Hannah Larsen, a freshman music major from Utah and violist for the duet, said, “I was extremely excited to be a part of it. We met together a few times to rehearse and Josh was patient with us as we learned how to play his composition.”“Part of it was an experiment,” said Mason about the duet choice, “but also because Dr. Bradshaw suggested it. I haven’t really done a duet before, and it’s something he does with all of his composition students; he has them write projects in sequential order.” Mason also spoke of working on a composition for a trio.Wiley composed a flute solo, “Exaggerated Bipolarity,” inspired by “Syrinx” by Claude Debussy. Woodwind instructor Larry Cook performed the song. Wiley said he deliberately wrote difficult rhythms played with different notes to create a motif. However, because Cook was unable to make the conference, a recording of Cook was played over the auditorium speakers.Wiley said, “I was trying to experiment with a style of music that I didn’t have much experience with—namely twentieth-century music. It was really successful. I’m really happy with how it turned out.” Mason later noted that he wished he could have seen Wiley’s music earlier so he could have applied similar ideas into his own.Uploaded March 25, 2015

Little is known about Katsurba, the wife of Mahatma Gandhi, but on March 17, BYU- Hawaii students were able to learn about her from the play “Jagadamba,” written by Ramdas Bhatkal, performed in the McKay Auditorium. Yashodhara Deshpande Maitra, from Rochester, New York, portrayed the solo character of the one-woman play, telling stories from Kasturba’s view on how she handled the difficult situations she went through. The play has been shown in several places around the world, one being the home of Gandhi himself. Maitra said, “The Gandhi house wasn’t fancy. The sound system didn’t work, but it was the most incredible experience because on the far wall was a picture of Gandhi and behind me was a picture of Ba.” A review in the Times of India said this story is about the powerful character of Kasturba, a woman who was a freedom fighter, a daughter-in-law, a wife, woman, and a mother of children and an entire nation. Jagadamba itself means mother of the universe. Those who attended said they liked and learned from the play. “It was enlightening. It identified many different attributes,” said Dan Scott, a chemistry teacher at BYUH from Laie. “It reveals kind of the plus and minuses of the relationship that his decisions had onthe family.” Maitra performed in front of the audience with only a few props, telling the story of how Katsurba traveled to live in Africa with her husband as he worked for the rights of Indians there. The second act described their work in India, as she and Gandhi worked through nonviolent means for Indian rights. Audience members laughed when she said, “For the first time, Bapu asked a family member to stay out of jail,”and smiled when she sang “Lead, Kindly Light.”The play showed how Kasturba had to work very hard with her husband. Maitra said, “Gandhi said in his autobiography, ‘I learned satyagraha from you.’ Satyagraha literally means truth force. It means that the truth is on my side. You may put me in jail, you may punish me, but I will not lash out at you. I will stand for my principles and hope to convince you through nonviolent means. That’s how India’s independent struggles were based on, the principles of satyagraha.”Maitra began acting two years ago with no previous lessons, yet she portrayed the character well, said the Times of India. Rahul Maitra, an attorney from Kailua and also the actress’s son, said, “I had no idea about the acting, but she comes from a literary family, her mom, my grandmother, is a poet. So we grew up as really big readers. That was our family’s biggest passion, and I think that kind of morphed into the acting part of this.”Maitra also said she thought this play would be appreciated by other people. “I think this has a universal appeal. Every work of art leaves questions, leaves people thinking or disagreeing. That’s what a work of art should do. It should make you think. It should make you angry. It should make you want something.”Uploaded March 25, 2015

Businesses for bamboo, jewelry, and virtual reality headsets won thousands of dollars in the 2015 Empower Your Dreams competition. The competition came to a close on the evening of Thursday, March 19. The six of the 12 judges of the competition – Paul Anderson, Peter Hollens, Ryan Schafinger, Adam Sidwell, Scott Stiles, and Jeffrey Harmon – delivered speeches to help the young entrepreneurs succeed in their dreams and goals. Sidwell said, “You can’t be the person making all of the pies. Identify what needs to be done, what only you can do and find some sort of structure to lay responsibility on others for what you don’t need to do.”Following their words, the winners of the Crowdfunding competition were announced. WINNERSAlumni Category 1st: MYBOO2nd: Button Caps 3rd: Cloud Tale Honorable mention: Rice LoveWelster Tropia, BYUH alumni from the Philippines, won the first place prize of $3,000 with MYBOO with his product of bamboo bags made in the Philippines from a Filipino design. The bags, which come in various sizes, are “made by farmers in the Philippines during their off season for extra income. In the Philippines, extra income really helps. The farmers design them,” said Tropia. He said he entered the competition without expecting to win anything, much less first place. Tropia said he is pleased with the win, and he wants to use the money to make a greater variety of bags, and make them better and stronger. “I always wanted to start something that brought something from the Philippines to here,” he said.Unpublished Category 1st: Odinwear 2nd: Ele Swims 3rd: Aloha handmade tie Honorable mention: Thread WalletsYouTube star Peter Hollens said one of the most important things someone can do while starting a business, product, or brand, is to create value for people.The first place prize in the Unpublished category were the three creators of Odinwear, a virtual reality headset. Benjamin Errico, an senior in accounting from Las Vegas, Dillon Deffense, a senior in finance from Los Angeles, and Michael Nightingale, a senior in business management from Minnesota said they were drawn together by their interest in technology. Errico said they researched all the technology about virtual reality video and gaming. “We noticed that there was a segment that was missing in high quality headsets, so we took advantage of it,” said Errico.Deffense said, “If you look on Google, the closest competition would be cardboard boxes that you just drop on your head and put your phone into it. So there’s no real product already developed, but there’s already the applications that go before it. So we just created a product that was both high quality and low price.” The honorable mention in the Unpublished category is already being sold in the bookstore here on campus. Thread Wallets are simplistic in design, meant to hold a few credit cards or even small amounts of cash and can be worn on a key chain. “I like my thread wallet. It is minimalistic, but it works,” said William Powell, a computer science major from South Carolina.Published category1st: Apollo Pieces 2nd: Kapalu Connections3rd: Wizards DuelHonorable mention: Native EdgeBio-medical senior CJ Dadivas and psychology junior Soram Yun created the paracord jewelry business Apollo Pieces to “mesh family history with pop-culture fashion,” said Dadivas. The family history is the military affiliation that made both his and Yun’s family travel, he said. They both had an interest in fashion. “There was nothing on the market that would fit me,” said Dadivas about jewelry, “and one day my dad asked me if I wanted to make a bracelet.” They said they decided to enter the contest two days before it started. “We didn’t expect to get anything. We feel super blessed and grateful for the opportunity,” said Dadivas. They already have orders for 250 bracelets. Yun said they marketed through blogs, giving a link to their Kickstarter. “In that way we got a lot of random costumers from all over this world,” she said.Dadivas said 6 to 9 feet of paracord, which has a load capacity of 550 pounds, is woven into the jewelry. It can be used as “key chains, fire starters or for an emergency,” and have custom molded beads made of rhodium, pewter, brass or 18 karat gold.There are five points that are critical for business, according to videographer Paul Anderson of the Piano Guys: 1. Don’t be selfish: Do something for someone else. You can focus on helping someone else with the proceeds. 2. Take risks and work: Don’t be afraid to fail. Jump into something with both feet. 3. Go for it: Don’t listen to people who say it can’t be done. 4. Think outside the box: Dream big. Do the opposite of what everyone else is doing. 5. Believe in yourself: People all have gifts that they have been given. Enhance your gifts and help others with them.William Arnett III and Maklen Kapalu, the second-place winners of the published category, Kapalu Connection “Houses of Hope” have plans to accomplish the following goals, as pulled from their website: “Houses of Hope will work with local community leaders to build houses in remote regions of Vanuatu that will be rented by the Port-Vila Mission for their missionaries. Houses of Hope, after receiving the rental income, will send a portion of rent monies to local schools to supplement the payment of a teacher, supplies, or physical facilities. Houses of Hope will make it possible for missionaries to proselyte and perform humanitarian work in remote areas.”Arnett and Kapalu are accomplishing the first item of Anderson’s business guide: Not being selfish. They are building houses to help missionaries and the local community grow and learn. Kapalu Connection has been using social media, such as Facebook messenger, to help spread the word of their project.Uploaded March 25, 2015

Sunday School General President of the LDS Church Tad Callister was honored at the BYU Management Society “Fire and Ice” Gala. In his remarks, Callister said leaders of high integrity are needed more than ever in today’s world. Callister said a good leader will, “Offer the least criticism and the most praise necessary to correct behavior.”The gala featured a dinner, student performances, and remarks from Callister. Hosted by Mathew Olson, a junior in business management from Utah, and Josiah Moimoi, a juniorin accounting from Fiji, the gala celebrated the leadership of Callister. Moimoi said, “The goal was to inspire others to become leaders.”The BYU Management Society presented Callister with an Excellence in Service Award. After receiving the award, Callister shared five key principles of leadership: 1. Do your homework and then seek the will of the Lord. 2. Have high but loving expectations. 3. Lead with love and kindness. 4. Develop leadership tools available by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. 5. Be optimistic.Dancers from the Maori Village performed a Kapa Haka, a traditional greeting in New Zealand, and a haka sent shockwaves through the room. Performer Jacob Keung, a senior in business management, said, “It was a honor for me to portray my culture, especially because he had lived in New Zealand for three years.”Callister served as a counselor and then president of the Pacific Area from 2009 until 2011 when he was called as General Sunday School President. Senior Doug Bush, a supply chain major from California, said, “It was my pleasure to have the opportunity to compliment the extravaganza and celebration of the giant of the man Tad Callister is.” Bush sang “I, Don Quixote” from the musical, “Man of the Mancha.”Helena Hannonen, a business professor and one of the main organizers of the event, said she hoped by hosting the gala students would be able to hold similar events in their home country. Uploaded March 25, 2015

Known as the “guys” who make music with just the piano and cello, the Piano Guys’ pianist and songwriter, Jon Schmidt, and videographer Paul Anderson joined Peter Hollens, a self-made YouTube a cappella sensation, to answer some questions for BYU-Hawaii. For this article, Jon Schmidt’s answers will be noted by JS, Paul Anderson’s as PA, and Peter Hollens’ as PH.Q: What are your impressions of Empower Your Dreams and how, as musicians and YouTubers, do you fit into this?JS: Such a cool event. I’m super impressed of what is happening. I think [BYUH students] are really blessed to have this opportunity. It’s a huge opportunity. It merges real life with education. It just kind of blew me away.PH: I think the innovation within the higher education system needs to go this route. Otherwise, the tuition doesn’t make any sense. You need to have this kind of experience, in my opinion, and all the verticals for me to be able to tell my son to fork out all the money to go to college because it is really expensive and this kind of thing actually provides true value. It’s awesome to be a part of this.Q: How would you say your experiences qualify you as judges?PA: I think each of us has been in the field of raising money to keep our business going. We understand that model. We know what it is like. We know what you have to do to keep the customers or fans happy, and what to do to create a product that will last a while that people will continue to enjoy. JS: I totally relate to what they are trying to do. It is very relatable to being entrepreneurial as an independent artist, inventing something and trying to market it.PH: I would say that anyone who has found success on YouTube as a musician and has a kind of longevity at all really learns how to run a business, how to brand yourself, how to innovate constantly, and that’s what these kids are really going to have to do if they are going to succeed at their business.Q: What would you say are the skills students should be trying to acquire and pick up if they want to be successful? Are these things that you can learn in the classroom or should they be spending more time somewhere else? PA: Well I think it is good to learn in the classroom. I didn’t go to college, but I wish I would have learned some things before going out in the world, because I spent a lot of money experimenting on things myself. The biggest thing I would say for them is to just go out and do it, to just start something, even if it is wrong or doesn’t work, just do it.PH: I would also say that anyone who even thinks they want to do anything has to learn social media, branding and how to market yourself. You have to present yourself in digital means just like you do in an interview physically. You need to have that same element but in a digital way.PA: People need to stay authentic to who they are. There is a lot of people who go out there and choose something to make money, and even if it does make money, they don’t find happiness—the happiness that comes along if they were to stay true to themselves. If you stay true to yourself, there is long-term happiness and money will come with it.PH: Money has to be the by-product, not the reason for doing anything.Q: What project has been your favorite so far?PA: It’s hard to say; it seems like every project we do is our favorite. We just did one recently where Jon and Steve (the cellist) dressed up in the 17th Century and also the 1970s to mix the two genres of music with the song ‘I Want You Back’ by The Jackson 5. It was hard to take them seriously on set because they looked so goofy, but it was just so fun.PH: From what we do with constantly creating and constantly thinking of the next thing so as soon as you release it, it’s like ‘Okay, what is next?’ It’s one of things I dislike most about my job – that I never have time to relish in the creation of something that I’ve put hundreds of hours into.JS: It’s like asking ‘Who is your favorite child?’Q: Any last words of advice for BYUH students?JS: The world is so full of opportunity right now… The world is wide open and we are right at the beginning of it. Right now you’ve got crowdfunding that is young. Do it now when stuff is new.PH: Just start. If you have an idea, do it. Be an innovator. If you love something, create it. There are online tutorials for everything. I taught myself how to do everything. I just did it; you can do it.PA: Everyone has a gift. Find out what your gift is, because there is something you can do. I always wanted to be a musician but I’m not that great of one. Now I have surrounded myself with awesome musicians so I get to experience that and I can help them with my gifts.Uploaded March 25, 2015

The worst tropical storm in 13 years hit Vanuatu and New Zealand on March 13, 2015. Weather.com reports the level five Cyclone Pam could be the worst storm in the island chain’s history. With winds as high as 165 mph, much of the country was completely flattened. Deseret News reported approximately 90 percent of Vanuatu’s buildings had been damaged in the storm. “It’s really bad,” said Carlos Rem, a sophomore studying psychology from Fiji, whose brother and sister both served LDS missions in Vanuatu. “One of my teachers knows someone in Vanuatu, and he has tried to get a hold of him since the storm but still hasn’t heard back,” Rem said. “It’s scary.” Deseret News reported Vanuatu Port Vila Mission President Larry Brewer tried to contact missionaries to see if they were unharmed, but power lines were down making communication a problem. Seven days after the initial storm, he made contact with the 11 missionaries serving on the island of Tanna. “I have a friend serving in Tanna,” said senior Litia Adam from Australia, majoring in Pacific Island Studies. All missionaries in both the Vanuatu and surrounding missions have been accounted for and are being aided, according to Deseret News.The church sent a small plane the day after contact was made with the missionaries on Tanna, sending food and materials to help those who were suffering due to the traumatic and extensive damage. The church’s plane will be used to transport the 11 missionaries back to Port Vila. Members and non-members alike have gathered in meeting houses all around Vanuatu, where the church has provided food and is assisting in rebuilding the community. Mormon Helping Hands in New Zealand have put together 2,000 food boxes to send to Vanuatu. The boxes will be flown to Vanuatu throughout the week to help the families recovering from the storm, reports Deseret News. On March 20, Pacific Area President of the Church, Elder Kevin W. Pearson, gave an update on the storm’s victims, saying, “It is deeply reassuring to hear reports that people are calm, working to recover and rebuild, and are helping their neighbors. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are absolutely committed to walk alongside our brothers and sisters in Vanuatu as they grieve, recover and rebuild. We are here for the long haul.” He said thus far, reports are showing there have been no fatalities among the members of the church. Uploaded March 25, 2015

Renaissance man Eurica California is known for frequenting the BYU-Hawaii library on a daily basis for the past three years. The man behind the ponytail, known as Cal, said he spends his days inventing, researching, surfing, videoing, and pursuing country music, using the library as a way to work on his research and invention patent applications. Since 1996, California has been, “developing incubators for babies before they are ready to breathe air,” describing it as his life’s work. “I noticed a lack of concern and technological advancement in that field. I started from scratch and have created several patents that have been issued.” He said his latest patent deals with non-destructive means of ectopic pregnancy management. He said it takes a lot of self-discipline and drive to complete these patents. “Without an engineering or medical degree, I immersed myself in the research until I became fluent in it.” With his research completed in the UCLA biomedical library before arriving in Hawaii, he said he used a lot of time here at BYUH copying drawings in the multimedia lab. California is not a member of the LDS Church, but he has not missed a devotional for the past couple of years. “I noticed the library was closed at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays. Initially, I just went to the shopping center, but then I started to go. I find them very interesting.” He said he also went to the Laie Temple open house and was amazed by the Celestial Room.California appreciates much of what the BYUH and Laie community has to offer, but it’s his presence in the Joseph F. Smith Library that makes him so well-known around the town. “I like that it is quiet in the library. People dress modestly so it’s not distracting as well. I didn’t notice it before until I came here. I have never been in a cleavage-free world. It is a nice difference. I think it makes people calmer because if you don’t lose your own self-respect, then you’re not going to complain about other people not respecting you. Another nice thing is that no one smokes here.”Born and raised in southern California, Cal said he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995 studying art. He said he came to Hawaii 10 years ago to visit his brother in Kauai, and fell in love with the place, deciding to stay. In regards to his move to Laie, he said, “I didn’t know about the library at BYUH, but I was originally using the public library in Waialua. Since they were starting to have Furlough Fridays, the librarian suggested this library. Travis Overley, a former student, showed me around the campus three years ago. I was going to do farming in Laie, so it was easy to relocate. I come in the library in the morning and leave around five, depending on how much work I have.”Maria Fonoimoana Feagai, manager of the Academic Multimedia Lab, met California when he was a frequent user. “Because we are open to the community, I make it a point to say hello to everyone on campus. I had seen him in Laie with a suburban and a surfboard, and then he came into the Copy Center often. I always see him studying and working in the library.” Other than his patent research, California said he just bought a GoPro and is experimenting with video. He also said he is currently learning about country music and has the goal of traveling in the states. One of his hobbies also includes space exploration. “I recently got an article published in Advances in Space Research. It’s about getting water from the moon, and I ended up sending it into NASA.”Being passionate about human rights, California said, “sometimes I help prisoners with their legal work. I am helping a federal prisoner persecuted for performing a religious ceremony. I’d rather go surfing, but you have to use your free time to help people.” John Olszowka, a retired BYUH faculty member, said he met Cal one Sunday and has become acquainted with him. He said Cal “is with the Union, and has been seeking work as a finisher, meaning doing interior trim work.”A man of many skill sets, California said his main goal is for his incubators to be used. “I’ve devoted so much of my life to it. Some of my other personal goals include getting married and having children as well.”Uploaded March 25, 2015