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Looking back on 2021, BYU–Hawaii students shared their favorite movies from the past year. Analei Peffer and Christal Jover said they enjoyed comedy, action and how more movies move past romantic love interests and instead have elements of brother and sisterly love.
Ember Christensen, a BYU–Hawaii Health Center physician, said it is “by divine intervention” President John Kauwe is at BYUH because he is a molecular biologist. He has been very proactive and good at following the guidelines outlined by the Center for Disease Control to keep the BYUH community safe, she added.
Olivia Neilson said tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial collateral ligament (MCL), meniscus and breaking her femur were heartbreaking but pivotal moments in her life because they put her on the path she needed to be on and allowed her to focus her life on God. Neilson added she was able to find happiness as she found new passions in weight lifting and social work.
After conducting research on one of the first female Ukrainian composers in Ukraine, founding her own online choir program and conducting choir online from Utah during the pandemic, Dr. Erica Glenn said she made her way to BYU–Hawaii.
Nicole Schade said Christmas music is “crucial in celebrating the holiday” because Christmas time is one of the best times of the year. No matter where someone is, Christmas music is shared and loved by all those who celebrate the holiday, she added.
Adrienne Hernaez, a 2020 BYU–Hawaii alumna from California, said she didn’t think she could make acting her career, but landing a supporting role in a movie made her believe her childhood dream was possible.
Brittany Hennis Harper said she makes her own stories come to life by creating video games. She and her husband, Stephen Harper, are currently working on “Novaborn,” a video game she said she created based on comics Stephen Harper wrote.
Singers and audience members were welcomed by the happy tunes of the BYU–Hawaii Street Band as they filed into the Cannon Activities Center. People were standing at their seats, dancing and clapping to the music while waiting for the BYUH choir concert entitled “Out of Darkness” to start. The lights slowly began to dim and revealed a small candle in each choir member’s hands as an audio compilation of different personal accounts of the pandemic played over the speakers, setting the tone for the night.
Shahil Kumar Mungamuri said although India is a vast and diverse country, the differences in culture, food, language and tradition add to its unification.
BYU–Hawaii students said using exciting and inspirational decorations can help students feel at home in a dorm room, but the key to feeling closer to home is getting to know their roommates.
From a sacred cliff where hundreds of soldiers lost their lives fighting for unity in the Hawaiian Islands to a haunted cave thought to be the home of a shark god that kills visitors, and from a palace that hosted a luau of more than 10,000 people to a healing temple that now connects volunteers to the ‘aina, Oahu is full of sacred places.
Whether students are interested in slightly spooky movies or Halloween classics, the BYU–Hawaii library has plenty of options to help them celebrate the season.
This story is heavily based on information provided by the “Case File Podcast”, or “Casefile”–an award-winning Australian crime podcast with an anonymous host. Any other sources used in the story will be stated.
From parades and Cosplay to solemn traditions to honor deceased family members, BYU–Hawaii students from around the world described what fall holidays they celebrate back home.
Kawena Murray described the scenery of Hawaii as a “work of art,” including its beautiful beaches and surf. Pilialoha Haverly expressed gratitude for being raised in a place where people “innately love and trust” each other. Mahinalani Pulotu said the ocean is her “biggest playground.”