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Unable to return home for the holidays, international students share plans for their on-campus Christmases

By Levi Fuaga
December 08, 2021
The epitome of the Christmas season is spending time with loved ones, said Lionel Funaki, a freshman from Tonga majoring in information technology. Funaki said he could not visit his family for the holidays due to COVID-19 restrictions and closed borders.
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Comfort characters are a sign of above-average empathy, according to some studies

By Levi Fuaga
December 08, 2021
Embracing a fictional character, often called a “comfort character,” allows people to feel at ease with themselves, explained Elias Hopkin, a senior from Ohio majoring in TESOL.
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Students and community members take a stroll in learning about mental health and mental illnesses

By Levi Fuaga
November 29, 2021
The day before Halloween, nearly 300 students, faculty and community members, wearing red, gathered together at the BYU–Hawaii Flag circle. They came to participate in the Mental Health Awareness Walk put on by the BYUH Counseling and Disability Services and Dr. Eric Orr, assistant professor Faculty of Sciences, Counseling Services.
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Members of Polynesian clubs enjoy an ‘enchanted evening’ on a red carpet of their own to celebrate in-person school and Fall 2021 graduates

By Levi Fuaga
November 23, 2021
Lights and greenery adorned the Cannon Activities Center on Nov. 12, transforming the ordinary gymnasium into a forest-like dance floor. Wearing tuxedos and formal dresses, students attended a gala dubbed “an enchanted evening,” complete with a red carpet and elaborate photo backdrops.
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Humanities major says she creates and sells her own abstract art to express herself and destress

By Levi Fuaga
November 23, 2021
Alex Mortenson said one night while she and Sierra Cox were talking about homework assignments, she told Cox, “When you do lots of homework, your brain begins to leak out of your ears.” That night, Mortensen said Cox painted a portrait of a person’s brain leaking out of their ears.
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BYUH Professor Joe Plicka says creative writing is all about helping others notice what is usually taken for granted

By Levi Fuaga
November 23, 2021
A year originally devoted to studying death became a celebration of life explained Joe Plicka, assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts & Letters, at a faculty forum on Sept. 9.
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Anthropology professor says trials are temporary, but God’s blessings are eternal

By Levi Fuaga
November 12, 2021
BYU-Hawaii Professor Eve Koller expressed how she felt divine reassurance while losing her newborn son after just six hours of life.
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The Seaside Ragtime Band entertains with 100-year-old silent film and music

By Levi Fuaga
November 11, 2021
People of all ages gathered in the McKay Auditorium awaiting music of a different time period. The lights darkened, but the lights were shining on the Seaside Ragtime Band. The moment Darren Duerden struck his xylophone, silence prevailed in the auditorium as the band’s fun and fast-paced musicians played tunes from the 1920s.
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Campus Comments: What is a mantra you live by?

By Levi Fuaga
November 11, 2021
Yash Naiker, a junior from Malaysia majoring in political science, said he lives by the saying, “Do better than what you did yesterday.” He shared there’s a tendency for people to compare themselves to others and forget to work to improve their own well-being. As a college student, he said his mantra helps him improve himself and his work ethic. “Being a student is hard. I don’t think it’s easy. So knowing this [mantra], it pushes me in the right direction ... to become a better person and a better student.”
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