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Campus & Community

Culture Night 2023: Unity through diversity

By Nichole Whiteley
April 20, 2023
Performers from various cultures share how Fiji Club welcomed them like family
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The celebration of life

By Nichole Whiteley
March 03, 2023
Students share the culture woven in and through Samoan and Tongan funerals
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A new religion course teaches about the other half of the restoration story – the women

By Nichole Whiteley
March 01, 2023
Rebekah Strain created a new religion course to teach about women’s contributions to the restoration and help them find their eternal potential.
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Foodland promotes a new program to reward their members

By Nichole Whiteley
February 07, 2023
Foodland customers that re-enroll or enroll for the first time in the new Maika’i Foodland membership will receive a $5 thank you gift card to Foodland and save money on over 1,000 items at Foodland by being a member.
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Seasider Stories

Fall 2022 Commencement Speaker Realizes Her Full Potential During Her Time at BYU–Hawaii

By Nichole Whiteley
December 08, 2022
Since being at Brigham Young University–Hawaii, "My confidence changed a lot because, in Myanmar, I had no confidence because we didn't get treated equally," said Cindy Shee, a senior from Myanmar majoring in social work. In contrast, she added, the environment at BYUH helped grow her confidence.
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Piloting your dreams

By Nichole Whiteley
December 02, 2022
A BYUH student looks forward to becoming a pilot as he perseveres through the challenge of living with a learning disability
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Shaka documentary team films Grand Hukilau held in Laie

By LeeAnn Lambert
August 23, 2022
People of all ages, from children to longtime local kupuna, lined the shore of Hukilau Beach in Laie on Saturday morning Aug. 20 when a traditional grand hukilau was filmed for a documentary on the origin of the shaka sign.
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Kahuku poke shack owner says he was taught by his grandfather to make poke

By Nichole Whiteley
July 01, 2022
When his eyes are closed, Ryan Ching said he can see a crystal-clear image of his grandfather: Ching is 5 years old, the baseball game is on and he is sitting on his grandpa’s lap playing with his chest hair and slapping his belly. Ching said he recalls pu pu platters, or trays of appetizers, on the table before them, which consist of pistachio nuts, boiled peanuts and the most important ingredient always present in his grandpa’s pu pu platter: poke.
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Campus & Community

Gender equality increasing for surfing in Hawaii, but not like the dominance women had when surfing began, local surfers say

By Nichole Whiteley
June 01, 2022
Sixty-two percent of college-aged students in a recent Instagram survey said they think of surfing as a male sport. Kinsey Hippolite, a resident of Kahuku, said the way to change this perception is for women to talk more about being surfers and support other female surfers. She said as women are proud to be surfers and bring it into the conversation, others will start to do the same, and people will begin to recognize surfing as a sport for both men and women.
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