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E ola olelo Hawaii
The Hawaiian language continues to be revitalized
through state initiatives and within BYUH
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My first camera
After getting her first camera,
a BYUH student turns a long-time
admiration for photography
into a passion for storytelling
and cultural preservation
of her Samoan heritage
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The healing lens
Three BYUH students share photography serves as a therapeutic outlet for self-expression, emotional processing and personal growth
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When words fail and pictures fade
BYUH student writers
and photographers ponder
the limitations of literature
and photography saying
by combining them, they
can tell compelling stories
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An authentic experience with film photography
Perfect imperfection, unique lighting
and the suspense of waiting to see
what gets developed, are why
photographers say they use film
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Putting things into perspective
Framing an image and a narrative
calls for a specific choice of perspective,
say student photographers and writer
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The art of finding balance
Graduation speaker, Rosalind Pedron says her success is rooted in the balance she found between academics, faith, family, community and motherhood
'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Cast members said “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, was a challenge and opportunity for them to hone their acting skills. The play was performed from March 12 to 14. According to the Associate Director Michaela Bayona, it was the last play that the director, Neil Freeman, and stage manager and production facilitator Craig Ferre would do together. “Neil is amazing – has these wonderful ideas,” said Bayona. “One of the best parts about working with him is how much he focuses on the language of the show. He figures out the language is what’s going to bring out the movements, which is something I hadn’t really seen before, but the way he executed it was a really great learning experience for me.”The play follows the story of two friends, Jack Worthington and Algernon Moncrieff and their love interests, Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. When the two men adopt the name Earnest and propose to two different women, characters meet, and confusion and laughter ensue. The students put a lot of effort into the play, practicing hard for five weeks before opening night. It is a BYUH tradition to put on a play during Winter Semester, whether classical or Shakespeare, but some veteran actors said “Earnest” was a challenge. Dannia Tan, a junior from Utah majoring in theater, who played Lady Bracknell, said, “This was probably the hardest one. I’ve done Shakespeare before, but it paled in comparison.”Cameron Abaroa, a senior from Arizona majoring in international cultural studies, who played Algernon Moncrieff, said about the language in the play, “It’s kind of what made this a very unique challenge because the language is so distinct. So much goes into actually speaking it.” Students and stage crew took the best from their performance. Abaroa, a veteran performer at BYUH, having performed in “Mary Poppins” a month before, said from his experience, “Having come from playing Mr. Banks to playing this person who doesn’t care about anything, it was a challenge, but it was an opportunity.” Michael Lau, a high school teacher from Kahuku who played the relatively serious Jack Worthington, was in the play to have one last show with Freeman and Ferre. Lau said he enjoyed it, but he added, “I actually think this role was super hard for me. I’ve always wanted to play Algernon. I’ve played a lot of silly roles, so it’s been really hard to get into character.” Uploaded March 19, 2015
Kekela Miller on Laie
Kekela Miller, kumu hula and lifetime resident of Laie, reminded those at the BYUH Women’s Organization Luncheon, of Laie as a historical sacred gathering place on March 12.“Laie: the place of refuge. Laie: a gathering place for all. Laie: the place to learn the culture,” Miller said.Miller began her presentation talking about Laie in the 1800s. “Think back to the 1800s; how barren this place was. It became a pu‘uhonua, a place of refuge and tall walls were built around Laie. So no wonder the prophets thought this would be a perfect place: it was already sacred.”She continued, “My family was here before the missionaries came. When they came, we knew it was what the kupunas had been talking about. They had said there will be a religion that comes that will bind families together forever.” Miller shared her testimony of LDS religion, emphasizing the temple. “Everyone who has come to this place has a responsibility to protect the white house, the kahale la’a, the temple.” Miller said there were already Christian religions on the island by the time the LDS missionaries came. Catholic and Protestants were around, and Miller said when Hawaiians came back from Honolulu, after converting to those churches. “They realized they were not allowed to do hula or speak Hawaiian. It was different when the Mormons came,” she said. “They said, ‘Speak Hawaiian. Teach your culture. Practice hula.’”People, Mormons and non-mormons alike, Miller said, flocked to Laie to “learn their cultures. All the hula masters came here. They would only teach you if you became a member of the church. Look at the Merry Monarch festival. All those kumu hula trace their hula genealogy to this small village.” Miller’s husband, Martin Miller, said to the assembled women, “I hope that, as women, you teach your children your culture and keep your culture alive as she has, and you won’t regret it. I know sometimes your culture gets in the way of church activities, but it is good. Keeps them out of jail.”Kekela added, “Hula, music, religion was a very big part of Laie.” She dances and teaches hula, and in her early life, her grandparents told her she would dance the hula. However, “my thing was always playing with the boys. Wrestling, surfing, racing, even boxing. Whatever the boys did, I wanted to do better. My grandparents had different ideas for me.”In addition to the impact Laie had on hula, Kekela said BYU-Hawaii was destined to be here. “I remember, when I went to Laie Elementary, the kupunas said ‘One day there will be a school bigger than the one we are in now.’ Lo and behold, David O. McKay came and founded the Church College of Hawaii. Who would have thought there was such big learning, and that it would be in this little town of Laie?”Kekela said the town of Laie is still a gathering place and that all cultures are welcome - just as anyone was welcomed when Laie was a pu‘uhonua. “I hope you know what makes this place special. It is you. It is us. It is our kupuna. For me the aloha spirit lives on in you—whether you are Hawaiian or not—it is the light of Christ, and it is our sisterhood that bonds us together. We have different cultures and music and when we have oppositions it makes us stronger.”Hawaiian instruments, like ukulele, ipu, and uliuli were the centerpieces on the tables in the room. Kekela invited the audience to play along and contribute to the music as she sang. Then her halau came out and danced to two songs: “Puke’ele,” which is about a son’s gratitude to his mother and “Laie Nani,” an ode to Laie.Linda Black, who helped set up the event, said it was “a worthwhile and meaningful time we shared to create gratitude for this beautiful place.”RosaMaria Hurst, who has lived in Laie for more than 20 years, said, “It was beautiful. I think this is what we need to hear. We have been listening, but need to keep listening. You have come to learn the aloha spirit. I’m not from here, but I’ve learned that.”Kekela opened an invitation to anyone who wanted to learn hula. They meet every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Laie Elementary School Cafeteria, and it is free. “Hula is to be taught to everyone. Hula is from the heart,” she said.Uploaded March 19, 2015
History of St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick’s Day began in Ireland but has become an American holiday associated with traditions of which people don’t know the origins. Students identify with Emily Thompson, a senior in graphic design from Arizona, who said she doesn’t know why it is really celebrated, though she does like to party on the holiday. “It was always my favorite holiday because it was a random holiday in the middle of March. Who doesn’t like a holiday in the middle of a no holiday season? I also love that it is a green dominated day. From the green utensils, to the green milk and meal, my mom made it a fun day.” History.com and Christian Science Monitor shared their wisdom on the peculiar and interesting fun facts of this holiday. St. Patrick was not even Irish, but English. He was born in the 5th Century to a family of aristocrats, and his parents were Roman citizens, says History.com. At the age of 16, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and enslaved. After six year of captivity working as a sheepherder, he returned back to England. While in captivity, he converted to Christianity. When he landed on the shores of England, he decided to go back to Ireland and work as a Christian missionary.St. Patrick’s color is actually blue, not green. St. Patrick was usually illustrated wearing blue, until the 17th Century when it changed because of Ireland’s association with green landscape. In this period, Ireland was nicknamed the “Emerald Isle,” says Christian Science Monitor.St. Patrick died on March 17, 461. He was forgotten until people started spreading myths about him. His popularity grew so much he was named a patron saint of Ireland. There was a legend he drove all the snakes from Ireland. This was not in a literal sense, since there is no history or scientific possibility of snakes being on the island. It was more of a symbol of St. Patrick cleansing the island of paganism, says History.com. Pinching people who are not wearing green is meant to remind a person leprechauns have the ability to pinch them, says Christian Science Monitor. A biology junior from Texas, Trinity Waddell said, “I’m not that Irish, but my favorite part of the day is the excuse to pinch people.”St. Patrick used the three leaves of the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. In the 18th Century, Christians in Ireland started to wear them as a way to show their pride. That tradition evolved into wearing green, says History.com.The tradition of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day actually started in the United States because the potato famine drove thousands of Irish people to come to America. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade was in 1762 in New York, says History.com.On St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, 40 pounds of green dye are used to turn the Chicago River green. Adam Ahmu, a junior from Chicago studying information technology, said “Visually, it is crazy. It is such a fun day since thousands of people come together and see a river turn green. What is there not to like?”There are 34.7 million Irish-Americans living in the United States. That’s more than seven times the population of Ireland, says History.com.Uploaded March 19, 2015
Latest Apple gadgets include watches and new MacBook
Earlier this March, Apple announced its newest line of gadgets that include the Apple Watch and a new upgrade to its previous line of Macbooks.The Apple Watch will come in three different editions: the Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Sport and the Apple Watch Edition, according to CNET. “The Apple Watches are a unique addition to the Apple line,” said Benjamin Holbrook, a sophomore in Pacific Island studies from California. The first of the three different watches shown by Apple is the Apple Watch Sport, which comes in an anodized aluminum case in either silver or “space gray,” as the Apple website describes it. The face of the Apple Watch Sport is built from strengthened Ion-X glass and has five different options for wristbands: white, blue, green, pink and black, according to the Apple website. This edition of the Apple Watch will begin at $349 for a 38mm face and $399 for the 42mm face.The second watch, plainly named the Apple Watch, comes in stainless steel or “space black” stainless steel cases with a sapphire crystal face and a variety of different bands, a link bracelet, three different leather bands, a Milanese loop and a band made from high-performance fluoroelastomer, a fluorocarbon-based synthetic rubber, Apple reported. “Even if I may not get one, I think it’s cool that there are different options and bands for each one,” said Elise Kemp, a sophomore from Virginia studying exercise and sport science. “Each one’s a little unique, just like us.”The Apple Watch will start off at $549 for 38mm and can reach $1,049 depending on which band is selected. The 42mm edition is $50 more in all aspects, CNET also reported.The third watch in the Apple Watch lineup is called the Apple Watch Edition and comes with an 18-karat gold case, which comes in either rose or yellow, with exquisitely designed wristbands and buckles. Apple announced the Apple Watch Edition would begin at $10,000 with options ranging all the way to $17,000.The Apple Watch will be launched in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, Germany and France, according to Apple.Each Apple Watch will have the capabilities to communicate with the host iPhone over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, which means the two devices can be connected anywhere and not just over Bluetooth range.CNET also reported each iPhone would download apps for the Apple Watch via the Apple Watch Store.Apple listed the Apple Watch’s battery life at around 18 hours and it will be available on Apr. 24.The new addition to the MacBook computer line is simply called the MacBook, rather than MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, according to Macworld UK.The Apple website lists the MacBook at 13.1mm thin and 2 pounds light, and will be available in three different colors: space gray, gold or silver. Additionally, the MacBook comes with a 12-inch LED-backlit Retina Display and up to 512 GB flash storage.Another feature included in the new MacBook is the new full-size keyboard that uses a new mechanism for each key, allowing for a more uniform and precise keystroke every time, according to Apple.“This looks like a great piece of technology,” said Alanna Norwood, an avid MacBook Pro user and junior from California studying biochemistry. “The simplicity of it will really sell it in my opinion.”One of the biggest and newest surprises Apple came out with is its single USB-C port. The port is used not only for transferring data but also charging the new device.“I’m not too sure how I feel about having only one port,” Norwood also added. “It just seems like Apple is taking too much away.”Apple also reported the MacBook has “all-day” battery life and can stay in use for a constant nine hours.The new MacBook will be available on April 10 starting at $1,299.Uploaded March 18, 2015.
Tips on eating healthy on a college budget
As students at BYU-Hawaii, there is one area that presents us with a great challenge; eating healthy. Students like Marc Gardner, a social work major from Australia, and Israel Wanoa, a sophomore in ICS from New Zealand, shared they know it is pretty hard to eat healthy as a college student. College just seems to put a lot of roadblocks for healthy eating that include super-tight budgets, lack of cooking tools and kitchen amenities, and extremely busy schedules.Michael Potter, a junior music major from Laie, lives off campus and says he buys foods like rice and tuna in bulk to save money. “I have to find different ways to eat tuna or I get bored with it,” he said.Josh Lowery, a senior biology major from Canada, said he finds it hard to eat healthy because it is too expensive and foods like soda and chips are cheap, fast, and easy.Emily Valerio, a freshman in biology from Nevada, and friend Marissa Stagg, sophomore biology major from Utah, both agree that the school café has limited healthy options. They also said that the Caf should have more fruit and veggies everyday, all day. Stagg said, “The Caf has a salad bar but it’s not like a healthy salad bar. For me, salads have spinach, romaine lettuce, more other greens.”Alecsa Hendrick, a freshman exercise sports science major from Georgia said that she has to consciously make the effort to eat healthy. “In the Caf I don’t eat red meat and make sure to eat a lot of protein like peanut butter, also I pick the vegetarian option in the Caf.”Here is a list from the well-being website Stay Healthy-Be Happy.com, supplemented by BYUH-specific tips. 1. Make a list. Keep a piece of paper the fridge so when you’re running low on something, you can write it down immediately! For the tech savvy, smartphones have list-making apps you can get for free.2. Stick to your list. Unless it’s an essential, don’t buy it.3. Buy in bulk. You might not eat 5 lbs. of chicken this week, but you can buy it and portion it out. Separate servings into separate plastic bags, storing a week’s portions in the fridge and anything you won’t eat in the next few days in the freezer.4. Buy “plain” foods: You can do anything with chicken or tofu. Bake it, broil it, sear it in a pan, boil it, or season it. Other plain foods to buy are eggs, oats, rice, etc. Add cinnamon, vanilla or natural sweeteners.5. Don’t buy junk food. If you don’t buy it, you can’t eat it. Plus, it’s a waste of money and calories.6. Sugar cereals aren’t worth it. Sugary cereals will not keep you full, so you end up spending a lot of money with little gain. 7. Use savings cards. Examples are like Costco and Foodland’s Maika’i card. 8. Pre-packaged snacks are a waste. Again, this is where buying in bulk is cheaper. Rather than buying 100-calorie packs, make your own! All you need is a baggie — which can be reused.9. Drink water. Forget the sports drinks and other prepared beverages, plus soda is expensive.10. Make your own food! When cooking, make extra to freeze and consume later.11. Coupons, coupons, coupons! Go online for additional coupons12. Go to the supermarket. Avoid convenience stores and gas stations. They are often overpriced and the product isn’t usually as fresh. Try Tamura’s in Hauula, some of their food is cheaper than Foodland’s.13. In the Caf. LIMIT YOURSELF TO ONLY THE GOOD OPTIONSEven though being on a meal plan means you can eat at the campus cafeteria anytime you want, you are still faced with limited options. The key to eating healthily on a meal plan is making the right choices. 14. Give yourself a realistic budget, and stick to it. If you’ve tried this and haven’t been successful, try shopping with cash only; you can’t spend it if you don’t have it.15. Generics are just as good. Compare the ingredients on some of your favorite products with the generic versions. Odds are, the ingredients will be identical but the prices will vary.16. Beans are cheap. Canned bean are inexpensive, but dried beans are even cheaper. All you have to do is soak them over night. 17. Tupperware. It’s reusable and great for meal prep. 18. Potlucks & Cooking with Friends. At a potluck, everybody brings a dish to share, which means you get a lot of variety without spending a lot. Plus, you hang out in great company.19. The golden rule: DON’T GO SHOPPING HUNGRY! You’ll buy a lot more than you intended to because you’ll want to eat it right then and there. Uploaded March 13, 2015
Women basketball's record-winning season comes to an end
The No. 23 BYU-Hawaii men’s basketball team won the PacWest Championship title, beating No. 19 California Baptist, 84-79, on Saturday, March 7, in Irvine, Calif. Along with the championship, the Seasiders clinched a birth to the NCAA Regional tournament. This is first time since 2011 the Seasiders have played in the NCAA Regional tournament. The Seasiders were led by senior point guard Robbie Mitchell, who scored 18 points along with four steals and four rebounds. Senior guard Pablo Coro scored 14 points, while Danny Berger and Scott Friel each added 11 points apiece. Despite being down by one at half, the Seasiders went on a 17-0 point run, led by nine points by Berger. With a 53-39 lead the Seasiders had to battle to maintain their lead, as Cal. Baptist tried their best to regain the lead. Clutch free throwing would prove to be the difference for the Seasiders, as they went 17 of 18 from the free throw line down the stretch to get the victory. Prior to the championship game, the Seasiders avenged two of their regular season loses against Point Loma and Dixie State. Against Dixie State, junior forward Friel had a dominating performance scoring a career-high 31 points, to lead the Seasiders to a definitive 98-75 victory. “I love the way our guys played,” said Head Coach Ken Wagner in an interview with BYUH Athletics. “I always tell Scott he’s our MVP because he’s just a tough, hard-nosed player.” Along with Friel, the Seasiders got big contributions from Ian Harward, Justin Yamzon, Cory Lange, and Jordan Stone; all who finished with double-digit scoring. In the first round of the tournament, the Seasiders faced Point Loma Nazarene University. The Seasiders went into the half up by nine 37-28, but after a big second half, including a 14-2 run, the Seasiders pushed their lead to 26 points. Taking the opportunity to rest their starters, BYUH’s bench cruised to a 74-49 win. After the tournament, Friel was named tournament MVP, while Berger and Harward were named to the all-tournament team. The Seasiders were selected to the No. 2 seed for the NCAA Regional tournament and will face Seattle Pacific on March 13 in California. The Seasiders faced Seattle Pacific in preseason and won easily 87-61.Uploaded March 12, 2015
Men's Basketball team wins PacWest championship
The No. 23 BYU-Hawaii men’s basketball team won the PacWest Championship title, beating No. 19 California Baptist, 84-79, on Saturday, March 7, in Irvine, Calif. Along with the championship, the Seasiders clinched a birth to the NCAA Regional tournament. This is first time since 2011 the Seasiders have played in the NCAA Regional tournament. The Seasiders were led by senior point guard Robbie Mitchell, who scored 18 points along with four steals and four rebounds. Senior guard Pablo Coro scored 14 points, while Danny Berger and Scott Friel each added 11 points apiece. Despite being down by one at half, the Seasiders went on a 17-0 point run, led by nine points by Berger. With a 53-39 lead the Seasiders had to battle to maintain their lead, as Cal. Baptist tried their best to regain the lead. Clutch free throwing would prove to be the difference for the Seasiders, as they went 17 of 18 from the free throw line down the stretch to get the victory. Prior to the championship game, the Seasiders avenged two of their regular season loses against Point Loma and Dixie State. Against Dixie State, junior forward Friel had a dominating performance scoring a career-high 31 points, to lead the Seasiders to a definitive 98-75 victory. “I love the way our guys played,” said Head Coach Ken Wagner in an interview with BYUH Athletics. “I always tell Scott he’s our MVP because he’s just a tough, hard-nosed player.” Along with Friel, the Seasiders got big contributions from Ian Harward, Justin Yamzon, Cory Lange, and Jordan Stone; all who finished with double-digit scoring. In the first round of the tournament, the Seasiders faced Point Loma Nazarene University. The Seasiders went into the half up by nine 37-28, but after a big second half, including a 14-2 run, the Seasiders pushed their lead to 26 points. Taking the opportunity to rest their starters, BYUH’s bench cruised to a 74-49 win. After the tournament, Friel was named tournament MVP, while Berger and Harward were named to the all-tournament team. The Seasiders were selected to the No. 2 seed for the NCAA Regional tournament and will face Seattle Pacific on March 13 in California. The Seasiders faced Seattle Pacific in preseason and won easily 87-61.Uploaded March 12, 2015
For the love of bees
With a love of beekeeping and surfing, BYU-Hawaii seniors Andrew Monahan and Lewis Wearne are pursuing their dream of creating a eco-friendly business with a product called Stinger Surf Wax. The surf wax is made from all natural beeswax, organic coconut oil and wrapped with recycled paper, and made into the iconic shape of a hexagon, to represent the honeycomb.Both Monahan and Wearne have entered the annual BYUH Empower Your Dreams competition. On their Kickstarter page, they tell about their surf wax and their plan to build beehives. On the page, there are links to videos, which explain the current problem of dying bees. “A lot of people don’t know right now there is a problem in the world where there is a decolonization of beehives, and they are disappearing and dying,” said Monahan, a business supply chain major originally from Pennsylvania. They also hope to build hives to counteract the problem. “On a world scale, I don’t see it making a huge difference immediately. It’s small steps and they count. The worst thing you could do is nothing,” Monahan added.“Honey bees, wild and domestic, perform about 80 percent of pollination worldwide. Seventy out of the top 100 human food crops are pollinated by bees,” according to Greenpeace, USA. “We need bees to survive,” said Karsten Griffin, a senior studying biomedical science from California and Monahan’s housemate at friend. “One way to maintain their population is to cultivate new hives, which is the social entrepreneurship side of the project.” Wearne and Monahan said they were inspired to create the surf wax when Monahan, a self-proclaimed honey addict, brought some beeswax back from volunteering from the beehives behind the school. Using leftover wax that his boss Les Harper gave him, he experimented making candles, until Griffin suggested creating surf wax. “Honestly, it just sounded like a good idea – surf wax made on the North Shore made from North Shore bees for North Shore surfers,” said Griffin.Wearne, a business finance major from Arizona with a passion for surfing, got together with Monahan and created the surf wax. After trial and error, Wearne said, “Now we’re getting it down.” The two encourage people to participate in their Kickstarter so they can create organic, quality wax and build beehives.The duo has spread the word on social media such as Instagram and Twitter (@stingersurf) and have gotten responses from all over the world. “We already have people up on Instagram and social media who want to buy it,” said Monahan with a smile. He added, “Some people are finding us and offering their services.” “We’ve sold to a couple friends here without even trying, but we got our first large distributor in England, and they’re going to buy 50 bars a month,” said Monahan. “If you count Kickstarter, we’ve sold over $5,000 worth of stuff,” said Monahan. “It’s kind of cool because we started it with five bars, just trying them out for ourselves, not really planning on making them until after our Kickstarter...Now we can’t start making them fast enough,” said Wearne with a grin.The friends hope this project is only the beginning of their journey. “I feel like a lot of people enter into the competition for the money aspect just to get some free money,” said Wearne. “We really want to start a business and regardless of if we win, we’re still going to pursue Stinger Surf and try to start a business.”The two hope to expand their business into an innovative surf brand with other products for snowboarding and skating, and a natural clothing line. But before that, they have to do well and finish school. “Even if they just back a dollar, we will give them a shout out in a video on the Point, and then we’ll jump off the Point,” said Monahan. “If we get 1,000 backers with one dollar, we plan to do this wearing bee suits, and if we get 3,000 total backers, we’re going to make ourselves a human catapult and we’re going to launch ourselves wearing bee costumes.”Wearne added, “Stay tuned.”Uploaded March 12, 2015
Spice up your FHE with these activities
Making Family Home Evenings entertaining and creative in college gives students something to look forward to on Monday nights. Justin Cardiff, a senior from Georgia studying business finance, said he tries to magnify his calling of FHE Committee president. “The activities are number one to making a good FHE. It’s all about planning. It is one of the few callings where your job is to have fun.” Cardiff said the secret is making it simple and fun, with a quick preparation time. Here is a list compiled from BYU-Hawaii students and Pinterest to spice up FHE. 1. Simultaneously launch towards the middle of the gym around four people lying on their stomachs on skateboards with a rope attached. Their goal is to capture as many balls/balloons as possible with a laundry basket. Continue launching, until all the balls/balloons are gone. Materials: skateboards, laundry baskets, balls/balloons.2. Slip 'N’ Slide Kickball. It’s just like kickball, but instead of running to the bases, you have slip 'n' slides connecting them. The bases are kiddy pools. Materials: stakes, tarp, soap, hose, kiddy pools. 3. Photo scavenger hunt. Split into teams. Include a list of odd/ funny/ nearly impossible tasks to photograph with your group. At the end, create a slideshow and laugh.4. Reserve the Little Circle for $35 dollars for your ward and they will turn the lights on. Play volleyball, soccer, capture the flag, LARP (Live action role play) sword fighting, and anything else. 5. Pudding Pictionary. Instead of drawing with pens, draw with your fingers using pudding.6. Human Foosball. Get long PVC pipes and assign 3 to 4 people to each pole. Have 4-6 rows of people alternating the team. No one can use their hands and they can only move side to side to try to kick a soccer ball into their goal.7. Whose secret is it? Everyone writes something that no one in the room knows about them on an index card. All the cards are gathered and three people are called up at a time. One of three person’s card is chosen and all three of them see it. Their goal is to convince the audience that it is their card by coming up with a story to explain the card. The audience then votes.8. Muggle Quidditch. Materials: 6 hula-hoops attached to pvc pipes (goals), 15 players (one player is the snitch and has a sock with a small ball in it, 14 brooms, 1 foam soccer ball (quaffle), 4 foam balls (bludgers), 1 referee. The snitch is allowed to go outside the limits of the playing field as the two seekers try to find him.Other Ideas with less explanation:1. Blind date activity 2. Speed Dating3. Scripture Chase4. Movie Making Competition 5. Dance lessons at FHE 6. Non-talent, talent show 7. Minute to win it games8. BonFire 9. Go fishing or Crabbing 10. Pig Roast11. Music Night 12. Egg drop competition13. Catapult Competition14. Games from different cultures 15. Water Balloon fight/ toss16. Service activities 17. Glow in the Dark Dodgeball 18. Beach day19. Kissing Rugby 20. Paper Airplane competition21. Art Night22. Bachelor23. Karaoke24. Lip sync battle25. Murder in the dark26. Sardines27. Adult “Don’t touch the lava”28. Color Chalk fight29. Take personality tests30. Three legged dance offUploaded March 12, 2015