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With its release, Disney+ is poised for a battle over streaming supremacy with Netflix

By Michael Kraft
February 03, 2020
Amazon Prime and Hulu have both tried and failed to replace Netflix as the No. 1 streaming service. With the arrival of Disney+, students and faculty wonder if it will be Disney who knocks Netflix off its throne.
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Current and former BYU–Hawaii students reflect on their experiences with kimchi

By Michael Kraft
January 30, 2020
Kimchi’s flavor depends on how it is prepared, said Park Yerang a freshman from South Korea majoring in graphic design. She said the classic cabbage kimchi with red pepper has a spicy kick to it, even though the cabbage itself is cold. She said white kimchi is the opposite, because it does not have the peppers to give it spice, it has a pungent sour taste, which in combination with the fact it is also cold makes it nice to eat in the summer.
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Students with differing cultures explain how the importance of food unites them

By Michael Kraft
January 30, 2020
From sharing hot chocolate on a snowy day to preparing warm tamales, BYUH students from Europe, Africa and the U.S. say food is a means to uplift others and unite families and cultures.
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Kobe Bryant and daughter among nine killed in helicopter crash on Sunday morning

By Michael Kraft
January 26, 2020
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Maria-Onore were among nine people who were killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during a news conference. Bryant was 41 while his daughter Gianna was 13.
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Polynesian Football Hall of Fame celebrates Polynesian culture and honors seven players during enshrinement ceremony

By Michael Kraft
January 23, 2020
The seventh annual Polynesian Football Hall of Fame induction began with a blow of a conch shell as the Hall of Fame prepared to honor four new inductees and three players of the year.
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Executive Producer Elder Stephen Allen revisits Christmas classic, 'Mr. Krueger’s Christmas'

By Michael Kraft
January 21, 2020
Nearly 93 years after the release of the television special “Mr. Krueger’s Christmas,” Elder Stephen Allen, the director of the Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors' Center, who was also an executive producer on “Mr. Krueger’s Christmas,” reminisced, along with BYU–Hawaii students, about the film.
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Students and faculty say Dr. John Tsukayama's life experience makes him a special member of the BYU–Hawaii ohana

By Michael Kraft
December 06, 2019
Once the executive vice president of a security firm with 500 employees, Political Science Special Instructor Dr. John Tsukayama is one of the few members of the BYUH faculty who is not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Community members say carvings, reliefs and sculptures at the Laie Hawaii Temple tell histories and stories

By Michael Kraft
December 06, 2019
The Laie Hawaii Temple includes several pieces of art from the friezes near the top of the temple to the sculptures around it, and members of the Laie community said this art tells a story. Kap Te’o Tafiti, a carver, sculptor, performer and senior cultural ambassador at the Polynesian Cultural Center, said all the art he creates has a purpose. He said in regards to art, its purpose is to tell a story.
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Alumni make directorial and acting debut

By Michael Kraft
December 06, 2019
Although they left BYUH in 2006, Patty Srisuwan and her husband Chris Cowden’s legacy of filmmaking is still felt by students and faculty as the Cowdens prepare for their directorial and theatrical debut “Moments in Spacetime.”
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