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An explanation of flexible semesters at BYUH

Archivist and former TV writer Matt Kester dishes on life in Hollywood

Sea turtles around Hawaii are protected by law

DonEliezer Baize is a college freshman when others his age are high school freshman

Flex dollars back on track

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a worldwide audience the future Japanese gen-

erations should not have to keep apologizing for World War II, reported the Associated Press.

“We must not let our children, grandchildren, and even further generations to come, who have nothing to do with that war, be predes-tined to apologize,” Abe said in the address given on Aug. 14, marking the 70th anniversary of the Japanese surrender. Nobuaki Suzuki, a senior from Japan studying business management, said, “We can-not live in the past. We can learn from it and move forward.” Reactions to his statement vary with positive and negative feedback. Xinhau, China’s state news agency, believed Abe statement ran short on sincerity. The Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs of the People’s Republic of China released a statement, which said, “Japan should have… made a sincere apology to the people of victim countries, and made a clean break with the past of militarist aggression...” Referring to Abe’s statement, Suzuki added, “It’s probably true, but he shouldn’t have said it that way. We know what we did. We know it was wrong. I can see and learn from the third person point of view. It doesn’t make sense for someone to keep apologizing if they weren’t even a part of it.” Brigham “Briggs” Madsen, a senior from California studying business manage-ment, agreed with Suzuki. “As an American, WWII is in the past,” he said. “If anyone is to be punished, it should have happened by now. Not that is should be forgotten, but still holding the Japanese people accountable doesn’t seem right to me.” Teresa Yi Ning Hwang, a senior from Taiwan studying international cultural stud-

ies, said her grandparents were taken under Japanese control during WWII. She believes the burden or guilt of the older generation shouldn’t be passed on to the younger. Hwang said, “It makes sense. He wants to release the guilt the younger generations have to carry.” However, she said instead of apologizing, the Japanese and other nations should work on learning the truth from the past. “Learn from history to avoid making the same mistake,” Hwang said. Although he did not issue an of-ficial apology, Prime Minister Abe expressed his “feelings of profound grief ” and “eternal, sincere condolences.” He added, “We Japanese, must squarely face the history of the past.” The full official text of the statement can be found at www.atimes.com. According to history.com, Japan of-ficially resigned from WWII on Aug. 15, 1945. Seven days after the Nagasaki nuclear bombing, the official peace treaty was signed on Sept. 2 on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The USS Missouri now sits in our backyard at Pearl Harbor. Emperor Hirohito proclaimed after surrendering, “We have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffer-ing what is insufferable.” Since then, Japanese Prime Ministers have offered their apologies and condolences to the United States and territories that Japan colonized during the war. After Abe’s state-ment, reports the Christian Science Monitor, Japanese Emperor Akihito gave “an expression of ‘deep remorse’ over the conflict on Aug. 15, in a departure from his annual script which could be seen as a subtle rebuke of Prime Min-ister Shinzo Abe.”

BYU-Hawaii students share mixed feelings

on Prime Minister’s address

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Prime minister Shinzo Abe said future genera-tions of Japanese should not carry the guilt of

their forefathers. Photo by AP

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With the flexible semester plan, students have more options when deciding which semesters to be enrolled as full time students and which to take off, explained Jennifer Lane, the associate Academic VP of Curriculum. With this plan, an individual will still be considered a student when not taking classes. There are important steps that international students need to take with visa requirements. The administration is working to find accessible options to make these technicalities easier to manage, said Lane.

For International Students

Mapping Your Semesters

To arrange for month Student Medical Benefits for students who aren’t enrolled in classes, they need to meet with Beth Martin in the Student Medical Benefits Office in Aloha Center Room 102. The school offers coverage for single students at $80 per month and families at $205 per month. This Student Medical Benefit is effective as long as they are in the United States. If leaving Hawaii, a copy of the BYU-Hawaii Student Medical Benefit card is needed. If stu-dents are leaving the USA, they do not need to pay the monthly rate, but they do need to show Martin proof they are going home.

To qualify for the flexible semester, interna-tional students need to be enrolled as a full time student for two consecutive semesters. After those two semesters, they have the op-tion to take a semester off. Having the Student Medical Benefit is part of visa requirements for international students, and they will be required to provide their own insurance if they take a semester off and stay in the United States. The Student Medical Benefit fee is included in tuition. The situation is similar if they get an internship in the United States. If international students are not enrolled in classes and are living in the United States, they must get their own insurance.

Some major specific classes aren’t offered every semester and there are prerequisite classes that need to be taken in order to take others. Jen-nifer Lane, the associate Academic VP of Cur-riculum, suggested to “look carefully at your map and see when your major specific classes are available.” Martha Christensen, Academic adviser for the Business Department, said, “If students come in and know what they want to do, it would take five minutes to map out their graduation.” She also mentioned how students can email her and she can do it on her own without them if they know what they want. According to Christensen, it’s a relatively easy thing to get done. The academic advisers can help arrange schedules to put students on track to graduate. Lane also suggested looking at the online catalog to see when courses are offered.

Student MedicalBenefits for International Students

Flexible SemestersBY HA I LEY RASMUSSEN

The new semester schedule offers flexibility for students but international students need to con-sider how taking time off could affect their visas and health insurance. Photo from archives

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Matt Kester said about his writing for TV experience, “Don’t try to change Hol-lywood, and don’t let Hollywood change you.” Photo by Monique Saenz

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Dr. Matthew Kester, library archivist and assis-tant professor of History at BYU-Hawaii, spent a semester sabbatical in Hollywood last year as a writer for the TV show “Forever” shown on ABC.

QHow did a History professor end up in Hollywood?

AI was actually born in Hollywood. In fact, from my office window at the studio I could see St. Joseph's Hospital, where I was born. As far as writing TV and movies, I have always enjoyed writing short stories as a bit of a break from academic writing. I also have a close childhood friend who is a fantastic screenwriter, has written for some of the biggest shows on television, has sold movies, knows the industry as well as anyone out there and has been very suc-cessful. He actually read my dissertation and said I should try writing a movie. So I did, and it wasn't very good. Then I tried my hand at writing a TV pilot, and it actually turned out pretty good. That script got me a manager and an agent, and it eventually sold to Warner Bros. television, but it was never produced.

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What got you interested in TV writing?My parents, especially my mom, are big movie buffs. I also taught in the film studies department at the University of California Santa Barbara while I was in graduate school. I was a TA for courses on film narrative, film theory and TV history, and I ended up teaching two film genre courses while I was there. As far as writing goes, I just really enjoy it. I wish I had a lot more time to spend on it. It’s a great creative outlet, and it’s fun getting into the heads of your characters and telling their stories.

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What were some of the difficulties in working in the TV writing industry?It’s an incredibly competitive industry, and it requires a lot of hard work. The hours are long, and the writer’s room–although very, very fun–can also be an intense and emotional environment. In television, writers also get to produce their own episodes, meaning you are on set with the director during shooting, answering questions about character, story, and the script in general. Being on set is a different animal. There are a lot of personalities to manage, and it can be very stressful. But it is also a challenge, which makes it a lot of fun. You are getting to see your words on the page come to life. You’re making television.

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What were some of your favorite things from the experience?I enjoyed all parts of the job–the writer’s room, produc-ing on set, and most importantly, writing the scripts. I got to see Judd Hirsch and Cuba Gooding Jr. say lines that I wrote, and I have always been a big fans of both of them, so that was great.

What advice would you give to students interested in the TV writing industry?Learn story, learn character, and write what you know. Find your voice and stick with it. Find time to write– the hardest part. Have fun with it. Don’t try to change Hollywood, and don’t let Hollywood change you. When you get there, treat everyone the same, from the famous number one actor on the call sheet to the guy sweeping the sets. You are all working together to make something that entertains people, and you are lucky to be doing it.

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What advice do you have for history majors that are wondering what to do with their degree?Q

AYou can do whatever you want with a history degree. Before I went to grad school I was working as marketing manager for IBM computers. If you’ve done our job, you know how to research, you know how to write, you know how to critically analyze a variety of source material and draw defensible conclusions based on available evidence. You are comfortable speaking and presenting in front of people. You have a broad base of historical knowledge that has given you insights into human behavior in a variety of spheres–economic, political, social, and so on. You are well prepared for graduate work in a variety of disciplines. If you have honed those skills, know how to work hard, and if can articulate all of that to a potential employer, I think the sky is the limit for you.

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T he endangered turtles on Oahu sun on the sand as a way to maintain their body temperature, said Roger Goodwill, professor of Biology at BYU-Hawaii. “Turtles usually go onto the beach to warm up in the sun because they are

cold-blooded animals,” said Goodwill. “If their bodies get too cold, their limbs will grow slow, so they need to warm up and maintain their temperature range. When people harass them, they go back into the water, limiting the time they have to warm up.” Goodwill added if they are harassed excessively, it could hurt them psy-chologically. The threatened green sea turtle and the endangered hawksbill sea turtle can be seen on Hawaii’s shores, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). Hawaii has placed protective laws concerning the turtles, placing them underneath the endangered species act, which protects all aquatic life, wildlife, and native Hawaiian plants, according to the Hawaii Revised Statutes (195D). This states no one should touch, feed, disturb or harass the turtles without a valid permit. Turtles can also get fibropapilloma tumors when people touch them or are exposed to pollutants. “I think it has to do with the bacteria on the hands. Humans can spread diseases to turtles,” said Michelle Bennett, a senior studying marine biol-ogy from Arizona. The tumors can grow on the turtle’s skin, internal organs, mouth and eyes, according to turtle.org. “We’re the one’s going into their space,” said Annie Racker, a sophomore studying hospitality and tourism management from Utah. “We shouldn’t be the ones messing with them and everything. They’re not damaging us. We shouldn’t touch them. Let them live their own life.” Katie Niedererr, a sophomore studying marine biology from Pennsylvania, said, “For one thing, it is the law. We live in Hawaii and turtles are very important part of Hawaii. They are an important part of the culture.” When baby turtles hatch, they orient themselves toward the light and crawl. This is a problem when there are city or car lights to disorient them, accord-ing to Goodwill, because it can cause them to go the opposite way, which can be very bad. “So we need to protect those breeding beaches,” said Goodwill. “We need to be careful of lights around those breeding beaches during hatching time. They usually hatch at night.” Another threat is sea birds also eat new turtles. “Last semester I would see [turtles] three or four times a week,” said Racker. “There’s a beach when you pass Waimea. We call it turtle beach because we always see turtles there.” Turtles are threatened by other human-related things, including illegal harvest, destruction of nesting or feeding areas, incidental capture or recreational fisheries, getting hit by boats, or trash in the ocean, according to Hawaii 24/7. If you see a turtle hurt, call the NOAA hotline (808)-725-5730 during regular office hours. After office hours, call pager numbers (808)-288-5685 or 288-0023, according to DLNR, or you could go to the NOAA sea turtle reporting website.

Experts say turtles health can be affected by human interactionBY RACHEL REED

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BYU-Hawaii alumnus Jeffrey McLeod swims with a turtle at Shark’s Cove at a safe distance. Photo by Kelsie Carlson

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Kahuku kid wants to start adulthood at graduate schoolBY JARED ROBERTS

SKIPPINGHIGH

SCHOOL

“I’m everybody’s little brother. I know so many people, almost double the

amount of people that I knew.”

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DonEliezer Baize took high school courses while in middle school and was able to skip high school and start college at

15. Photos by Hector Periquin

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Skipping high schoolAt the young age of 15, BYU-Hawaii student DonEliezer Baize, was named one of the bright-est middle school students receiving the honor late last year at a national Talent Search awards ceremony by the John Hopkins University Cen-ter for Talented Youth. Baize graduated from Kahuku Intermediate School and he started his first semester of college this fall. Baize started taking college readiness assessments and standardized tests such as the ACT (American College Testing) when he was 5 years old. He remembers taking them quite of-ten and improving his score through the years. As a child, Baize tried to keep his social life and intellect at “the same level.” “Elementary and middle school was fun, I had a lot of friends and knew almost everybody,” added Baize. Continuing onto middle school only allowed Baize to challenge himself even more. At the young age of 12, he registered

himself for the official ACT test with other high-school-aged students. As a seventh-grader, Baize was enrolled in two high school level courses, algebra and geometry. In eighth-grade, he continued on to take algebra 2 and trigo-nometry. His combined ACT score and heavily loaded middle school transcript allowed him to skip all four years of high school and gain admission into BYUH. Baize said being here has “been so fun.” He said, “I’m everybody’s little brother. I know so many people, almost double the amount of people that I knew.” Baize acknowl-edges he now has two groups of friends: his high school pals and his college buddies. Carson Hancock, a sophomore at Ka-huku High from Sunset, has been friends with Don since he was 5. He said Don is still super social despite being smart. “Every time I’m with him he always says, ‘Hi’ to people,” said Hancock. “He always asks how they’re doing.” Hancock believes Baize’s dad was a big influence. He said, “I think his dad kind of pushed him into being smart by doing all these

extracurricular things. He was already person-able from the start.” The bright, young student’s expecta-tions of college were nothing too grandiose. “I didn’t really plan too far ahead,” said Baize. “I basically made goals monthly, and when I kept achieving those goals, it just led me here.” The hardest thing for Baize is the transition from the middle school workload to the college workload. “After coming out of middle school, it’s a lot more tiring getting all the work done. I just try to stay up at night and finish all my homework.” Baize’s biggest motivation to succeed is his desire to go to graduate school by the time he is 18 years old, a goal that seems not so farfetched for the young college student. “I just try to maintain a steady 4.0 grade point aver-age, push myself to go to grad school and get straight A’s.” He also acknowledges his parents as a great help to get him to where he is today.

“My dad is really good at math and my mom really was just there to help me adjust with everything,” said Baize.

DonEliezer Baize took the ACT several times to chal-lenge himself. Despite his intellectual achievements,

Baize’s friends say he is personable. Photo by Hector Periquin

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Flex dollar glitches are fixedAfter a week and a half of inconsistency with the brand-new system for flex dollars, students and workers are celebrating the fact the new system is up and running. “It was a technical problem,” said Dan Loveridge, Food Services database specialist who started working three weeks ago. “The biggest problem was we totally switched the whole vendor. We’d been with the old vendor for 14 years and we switched to a new vendor, and when you do something like that, there’s always going to be some kind of problem.” In addition to the meals served in the cafeteria, students with a campus meal plan have a set amount of flex dollars built into their account that can be used both at the Farmer's Market and the Seasider. Those with the Silver Meal Plan have $200 flex dollars for Fall, Winter, and Spring Semesters, and $100 for summer. In contrast, students with the Gold and Gold Plus Meal Plans have $75 and $125 (respectively) for the three semesters, with $25 and $75 for the summer. Flex dollars were set up to work on day one of the new Fall 2015 Semester, but both workers and students quickly saw it was not as simple as that. “What was hard is that it would work for some people’s ac-counts and not for other people’s accounts,” said Loveridge. “But we had somebody from Skywire, the new vendor, come out and he basically fixed all the issues.” Students primarily use their flex dollars at the Seasider, and in the weeks since the start of the semester, complaints streamed into the Food Services Department. “I’m new at this job. I want to make sure

people can use their money. So yeah, it’s really frustrating when some-body in front of you is able to use it and somebody behind you isn’t,” said Loveridge. “We were trying to make it work and there were just little things going wrong. So sometimes we’d say we would close it when it wasn't working and sometimes we would just say we were going to try it and see if it works.” It was also frustrating for the employees working the cash registers. “This system was very hard to work with,” said Sunny Yang, a supervisor at the Seasider. “The previous system was more user-friendly. With this one you have to press a lot of buttons just to do one order, but it works much better now.” Yang said she sometimes had to improvise. If the system wasn’t working, she would take down the student’s name, the items they wanted and send it to the accounting office to register it in the student’s account. “I would just apologize and try different ways to see if it would work,” said Yang. Currently the flex dollars are working, and students can use them at the Seasider and Farmer's Market. “Flex dollars are helpful because you can purchase food and take it back to your dorm to eat later,” said Ashley Newson, a freshman majoring in elementary education from Nevada. “It is a good alternative to eating at the Caf.” To those who complained, she said, “I think they should give it another shot.”

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Danielle Simpson hands cashier Jessica Loo her student ID card to buy food with her flex dollars. Photos by Lexi Arancibia.

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Kulanui Street to get make-over

O ver the coming months, locals and students alike will have a different view as they enter campus. Hawaii Re-serves, Inc., a land management company that owns and

manages properties of the LDS Church, announced plans in June to renovate Kulanui Street, one of Laie’s most congested streets. Due to its heavy use, concerns of safety by the public have resulted in planned improvements, says HRI information. According to hawaiireserves.com, the project will include these following improvements:• Increase the vehicle travel way to 24 feet•Add 6 feet to each side of the street for bike lanes• Change perpendicular parking to parallel parking along the street• Install trees and irrigation along the street to beautify the streetscape “Kulanui Street is one of the major collector streets in Laie and is used by residents, students and visitors travelling in cars and on bikes,” said Eric Beaver, president of HRI. Beaver went on to explain current Kulanui Street condi-tions are not ideal for heavy traffic use, bikers, or pedestrians. He also stated the current perpendicular parking is unsafe as it hinders the field of vision of pedestrians wishing to cross the street, and [perpendicular parking] is not an ideal streetscape. “The planned upgrades will increase safety along the street and help beautify the area,” he said.

Addressing some of the safety issues associated with Kulanui Street, Lindsey Marchant, a junior studying international cultural studies from Oregon, said the road is dangerous for those riding their bikes to campus. “There’s not enough space on the road to ride my bike, so I have to ride on the sidewalk and dodge lots of people. Plus, the addition of trees will make the street more beauti-ful.” Last week representatives from HRI went door-to-door on Kulanui Street passing out informational notices to all residents living there. Since the City and County of Honolulu will be repav-ing all of Laie’s roadways, concerns about parking and traffic have become an issue. HRI information warns of temporary inconve-niences. For those student and residents who have cars, HRI has asked residents to park on adjacent side streets or on their own properties to make way for construction crews. The Temple Gar-dens parking lot will be left open 24/7 as an overflow parking lot if needed. Since 1993, HRI has managed more than 7,000 acres of land here in Laie, helping build and preserve its history by numer-ous infrastructure projects. HRI is a member of the Envision Laie team, a group comprised of local residents and stakeholders of land in the Koolau Loa Region. Information on future Laie develop-ments or projects underway, can be found at envisionlaie.com.

Blueprints for the layout of Kulanui Street after it is renovated. Provided by Envision Laie website

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“Lokahi” is a Hawaiian word the BYU-Hawaii cross-country team uses to remind themselves to bal-ance their spirit, mind, and body because they all affect each other. Carston Feigleson, a senior and team captain studying math and business from Utah, ex-plained how “Lokahi” symbolizes balance that can be applied to all aspects of life. He explained being a well-balanced individual is the best way to succeed. The runners are athletes, but for some on the team, being an athlete is a part of their family’s culture. Team captain Jessica Jor-rocks, a junior from Idaho study-ing exercise and sport science, said,

“Every runner has a different story. Ego doesn’t matter when you run as a team in college. We celebrate in other’s success.”

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Alyssa Woo, a junior majoring in biology from Nevada, said training for the season started during the summer with the women’s coach working them up to running 35 to 40 miles a week. They run mostly 5k’s and a few 6k’s when they compete against other schools, she said. The girl’s and guy’s team meet together before practice, Woo added, but they train sepa-rately. Jorrocks stated, “Adren-aline is a funny thing. If someone starts off running their first mile in 4:50, you know they’re not going to race well. Adrenaline affects you and it’s important that runners learn how to harness their adrenaline so they don’t burn out.” During practice the run-ners are competitive, but there’s something about putting on the

BYUH jersey and competing as a team that adds unity and adrena-line. Amanda Turnbull, a sophomore from Utah studying social work, explained, “When I have adrenaline before the race, I have to be dancing. When the gun goes off, I get a boost of it. During the race it’s the highest when I see people I know cheering me on and when I’m running with one of my teammates. The overall atmo-sphere gives me more adrenaline.” Running for practice is a different story, said team mem-bers. Jorrocks said,“Running on the trails is more of an experi-ence. It is peaceful and serene.” They run through fields, the for-ests, and they come to the top of peaks on several of their practice trails.

Fiegleson said he has learned the value of pain manage-ment. “When you put your body through pain so frequently, you train it to embrace it and push through. You can apply this to anything, hard trials in life, finals, or workouts.” Feigleson is the only returning runner from last year’s men’s team, and Dallin Olander, a sophomore from Washington studying accounting, is a post-mis-sion returning runner to the team. Olander said, “We are going to be contenders for the national championship this year. You gotta dream big.” Feigleson expressed how there’s a real strong sense of teamwork this year. He said he is confident they will do well because of their commitment to the team.

Finding balance, harnessing adrenaline

The 2015 BYUH Men’s Cross Country team. Photo by University Communications

Members of this year’s women’s cross country team take a team photo in preparation of their upcoming season. Photo courtesy of BYUH Sports Information

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Fall FormalThe BYU-Hawaii Student Events team will be hosting this year’s Fall Formal on Friday, Sept. 18 at the Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku. “The theme is ‘Silhouettes in the Sunset,’” said Student Events Supervisor Nathan McKinney, a senior from California studying hospital-ity and tourism management. “We wanted students to remember that we’re in paradise.” Ticket prices for the formal begin at $25 for a single ticket to dance and $35 for a single ticket, which includes the dance and dinner. Prices for couples begin at $45 for just dancing and $55 for dancing and dinner. Ticket prices will increase by $10 the first week of September and every week after until the dance. “By the time the formal comes around, tickets will have in-creased by $30, so get them now while you can,” said McKinney.The dance is mainly for BYUH students but young single adults with an active YSA card are able to go after an interview. “I’m excited to go. It’s at Turtle Bay so it should be fun. I’ve only heard good things about the past dances,” said Megan Goodman, a senior from Utah studying psychology. DJ Sumi booked for the event is the same DJ that has been booked for the past two Student Event dances, according to McKinney. Student Events is looking into providing bus transportation for an additional $5. However, details have not been released about depar-ture times. Dinner for the event will be catered by Turtle Bay and around 700 young adults are expected to be present.

BY JARED ROBERTS

Fall Formal will be held at Turtle Bay Resort. Photo courtesy of SLAS