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Leiani Brown

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BYUH students express concern over possible mind-reading technologies

By Leiani Brown
October 05, 2015
Recent research published by the University of Washington shows that technologies with the ability to read another human's thoughts may be in the foreseeable future, causing some BYU–Hawaii students to worry about potential implications.
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Local YSA Stake serves Kahuku Elderly Hauoli Hale

By Leiani Brown
October 02, 2015
Marked by the signature yellow vests with the Mormon Helping Hands logo, students from the on-campus Laie YSA 1st Stake met for the second consecutive month to do a Saturday morning service project–this time at the Kahuku Elderly Hauoli Hale–where students cleaned and wiped windows and screens for those in need.
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Jami Harvey: Native American scholar

By Leiani Brown
September 24, 2015
She was the first young woman in her branch to serve a mission in 20 years, the only high school student in all of Utah chosen to participate in a summer academy in Massachusetts, and was most recently selected by LDS Philanthropies as an ambassador. But most know Jami Harvey, sophomore biology major from the Navajo Nation at Montezuma Creek, Utah, for her kind smile and helping hands.
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LDS Church releases 12-step addiction recovery videos

By Leiani Brown
September 24, 2015
Scenes of a young woman passed out in the midst of empty pill containers, a pleading husband being pushed away by his stunned and heartbroken wife, and many other harrowing visuals recently appeared in a series of videos released by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called “12 Steps to Change.”
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Twin sisters come to BYUH together after a less-than easy childhood

By Leiani Brown
September 17, 2015
After 18 years of never spending longer than a day apart or an hour angry at each other, Mackenzie and Morgan Casper begin their first semester at BYU–Hawaii with the realization that separation quickly approaches them.
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Students struggle with homesickness

By Leiani Brown
September 17, 2015
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.
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Students study habits vary from taking breaks or not, studying in the library verses outside

By Leiani Brown
September 16, 2015
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.
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Campus Comment: What is your most awkward moment?

By Leiani Brown
September 11, 2015
Landon Gold, a sophomore from California majoring in marine biology said, “My ex-girlfriend’s parents insisted I come to their daughter’s mission homecoming while I was on vacation with my then girlfriend.”
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New academic advisor brings Laie roots and clinical experience to the job

By Leiani Brown
September 08, 2015
With roots to both Laie and a BYU education ingrained in her repertoire of social work and passion for helping people, Losaline Hafoka completes her first few months as new Academic Advisor for art, English, and music with success and hopes for the future.
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