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A 30-year relationship comes to a close this year. The U.S. National Football League’s Pro Bowl, which has been played at Oahu’s

Aloha Stadium since 1980, will be played in Miami, Fla. in 2010. Nearly 50,000 fans

8 in order to celebrate this year’s edition of the annual NFC vs. AFC all-star game. This economically stimulating game, raking in as much as $28 million per year for Ha-waii, brought a bittersweet feeling this time around.

“I loved the Pro Bowl,” said Becky Ploeger, sophomore in art education from

was an amazing event thanks to Hawaii.”The Hawaii Tourism Authority and the NFL

have been working together to negotiate the future of the Pro Bowl. The NFL offered to play the Pro Bowl in Hawaii two out of the next four years, but was turned down because the Hawaii Tourism

games. The league countered with an offer to re-turn in 2011 and 2012, if the state pays $4 million a game and commits to upgrades of the stadium. The state already pays $4 million per game and has a 5-year $180 million renovation plan in place.

This year’s game was another impressive post-season game for wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals. Fitzgerald, who set multiple playoff records with his stellar play this past post-

season, was named MVP of

81 yards and two touchdowns to help the NFC take the win 30-21. One of the two recep-tions, considered the highlight catch of the game, came from Drew Brees on a 46-yard pass

“Watching Fitzgerald score time after time was my favorite part,” said Dane Fujiwara, junior in math education from Maui.

a touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to Tony

from Kerry Collins to Owen Daniels late in the second. The NFC took advantage of a decent re-

turn on the ensuing kickoff and Fitzgerald did the rest.

Though the game was full of intense plays, some students found the entertainment between halves the most thrilling.

“My favorite part was the half time show,” re-counted Margaret Sekona, undeclared freshman

performed together.”

Pro Bowl

leaving

Hawaii hurts

wallets and

morale

The juggernaut of BYU-Hawaii sports is back on campus. Perennial na-tional powerhouses, the

Seasider tennis teams hit the courts starting last week. The Seasider men open with a game on Feb. 5 playing against Gustavus Adolphus of St. Peter, Minn., in Laie. The Seasider women are scheduled to begin the season with a game against Grand Canyon as part of a six-day playing series in Phoenix, Ariz., beginning on Feb 10.

the NCAA Division II in the 1998-99 season and has since won nine

national championships, two for the men, seven for the women. “We are really shaping up,” said Justine Gal-lacci, freshman in exercise and sport

sciences from Washington. “[Our coach] really knows how to motivate us to work hard.”

Dr. David T. Porter, head coach of

both the men’s and women’s tennis teams, has accrued an unbelievable .972 win percentage since taking over the women’s program in 1992. Un-der his coaching, the Seasider wom-en have totaled 444 wins and only 13 losses in the past 16 seasons. Porter has also garnered a high match re-cord with the men’s team since 1984, totaling 546 wins and 115 losses for a .846 win record over 24 seasons.

“I’m interested to see what hap-pens,” said Todd Everette, sopho-more in biology from Hartford, Conn. “I’ve heard we have a really talented team and I think they should have some Seasider support. “The men’s team will also follow the women out to Phoenix during the six-day series.

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ABOVE: Fans hold a sign during the fourth quarter asking the NFL to keep the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. It has been here in the islands for the last 30 years. But the NFL wants the state of Hawaii to renovate the stadium before it brings the bowl back to Oahu. RIGHT: AFC running back Marshawn Lynch hangs on to the ball while being tackled dur-ing the NFL Pro Bowl football game played at Aloha Stadium on Feb. 7.

RIGHT: Romeo Ju-hasz lunges for a ball during a game. The men’s tennis team began competing last week on campus and the women’s team is scheduled to play this week on the mainland.

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Day- Those who like roses and teddy bears will not like this article. Performance

Series- Cerro Negro

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Obama- President’s Cabinet faces opposition due to tax evasion.

Food Fest- Big crowd cleans out clubs

EIL- Changes to the EIL program are expected to enhance learning. Text

message safety- A new alert system is introduced to BYUH.

ProBowl- 30 years and the last in Hawaii. Tennis- Men’s and women’s seasons begins.

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Flanguage is not English, functioning in a

staff of the English as an International Language (EIL) program is trying to change that.

transitioning from a skills-based approach to an integrated approach that, according to EIL direc-tor Mark Wolfersberger, will involve a complete curriculum change. Students formerly attended separate classes on speaking and listening, read-ing and writing, which did not allow them the op-portunities to take general education classes. Now, EIL classes are linked to GE classes, so English is a means to an end, instead of the end itself, said Wolfersberger.

He continued, saying that it is not unusual for -

able to communicate academically. He encouraged English speaking students to interact with EIL students academically instead of just exchanging pleasantries.

Another development in the EIL department is that of a distance learning program, headed by El-len Bunker. So far, 47 students have participated in online classes from countries like Cambodia,

struggles with distance learning is the lack of re-liable internet in some areas, so the courses have been organized so that only half of the work is done online. Resources that students need to access on Blackboard have been put on CDs to reduce re-quired Internet time.

Distance EIL courses are tailored to students who are close to the English language requirement, and help prepare them to use English in an aca-demic environment.

Bunker said they hope eventually that the dis-tance learning program will amount to 20 percent of classes at BYUH. She noted that adding these classes would be especially helpful for students on internships, as well as those on campus with sched-

At many universities in the United States, stu-dents receive no credit for English classes taken to

-ing students receive up to four credits for foreign language classes. Wolfersberger said that BYUH is one of the few schools that gives credit for these

students, who account for more than 40 percent of the student body.

C -cials hope that BYU-Hawaii’s campus will be more secure by the

this, security will test run a text--

day, Feb. 12, to spread urgent news and alerts to students, staff and faculty within seconds.

According to Roy Yamamo-to, the BYUH security director, preparation for this system be-gan over a year ago, when the campus staff began research-ing and comparing companies who offered similar services.

Network, is the same company that has been contracted by the Bank of Hawaii, Motorola, Vir-

needs.“For the last couple weeks,

we’ve been encouraging people to sign up,” said Yamamoto. “We

who are signed up for the system will receive a test message.”

Students can sign up for the service on myBYUH, under the phone numbers portion of their personal information. By simply adding their cell phone numbers and specifying them for emer-

takes less than a minute from a campus computer.

According to the Associated

the country, which have imple-mented similar systems, have reported predominant success, marred by only occasional hic-cups. Most recently, Jan. 22, stu-dents at the University of Florida were surprised and scared by an unauthorized individual’s use of the alert system to send a joke

got out of the cage.” Additional-ly, on the occasion of the recent

who were signed up for the up-

dates did not receive them until, in one case, two hours after the homicide had occurred.

However, BYUH students feel a need for such a system. “I think that’s a great idea,” said

-man from Oregon. She went on to state that it might be hard for students who don’t have phones. Yamamoto said that students can help by encouraging their friends to sign up, and by also spreading the word to students who don’t

-tions are received.

“It’ll be nice to have a quick-er way to hear that school’s been cancelled,” said Dustin Geddes, senior in accounting from Utah. “But if a tsunami hits, I’m going to listen for the big sirens, not for a text message.”

Yamamoto, “not just for big emergencies like shootings or accidents, but for small events like school closing. We won’t use it for non-emergency infor-mation.”

Students are encouraged to sign up for the service before

during the test, but they may sign up at any time. –BRETT EVANS–ALYSSA HERZINGER

EIL program innovates to reach more students, improve

English skills

Students support using text messaging to warn ohana of emergencies

ABOVE: Campus Security will test out a new text messaging emergency program on Feb. 12. Students, faculty and staff can sign up for the service by going to their myBYUH pages and update their personal information. RIGHT: Students inter-viewed say they support the new security measure.

“Wcampus-wide test Thursday [Feb. 12] and students who are signed up for the system will receive a test mes-sage.”

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Some people live for the satin-covered box-es of chocolate, red roses and teddy bears of Valentine’s Day. Those people will not enjoy this article. This is for those people

pleasure in participating in the love parade. Now, I’m not saying these cynics should hand

out black-frosted cookies in the shape of a broken heart, but an alternative to the general mushiness

bear, I’d barf,” said Janelle Cramer, senior in vo-cal performance from Alaska, and self-described as ecstatically engaged. “I like classy and roman-

Parker, junior in international business from Cali-fornia, thinks of V-Day as “a time to show the other person that they are appreciated and important.”

Alex Fahey, senior in history education from Georgia thinks Hallmark should back off. “I don’t like Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s too commer-cial. I don’t see the point in showing your love for someone just on one day,” continued Fahey. An-drea Smith, senior in social work from Utah, says she enjoys sappy love, but said of V-Day, “It sucks.

“They don’t date me.” Her solution to the day is one of the best I’ve heard yet; Smith will be spend-

ing Feb. 14 in the ocean with an oxygen tank and scuba gear.

Who needs a special someone when you can have everyone? Erika Dick, senior in international cultural studies from Iowa, said, “I like to pamper everyone on Valentine’s Day! Last year I made cookies and handed them out to everyone in the Aloha Center.”

So if the biggest commitments being made sound something like, “I’d like you to be my emer-gency contact person,” here are some ideas for the big day, by level of V-Day cynicism:

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Investing is beyond just a course. It has to be a passion. The club was just a cata-lyst,” said Cary Wasden, economics pro-fessor and faculty advisor for the newly created investment group on campus.

The investment group was created as Was-den responded to students who expressed inter-est in investments. “This gives the students a chance to take the knowledge they have gained and extend it. Our goal is to develop an early awareness in students’ minds how to invest, save and build wealth. They will do so by using skills and critical think-ing they learn at school.”

The class is totally extra curricular to students’ normal classes. When asked what he expected to get out of participating in the club, Dan Jones, junior in accounting said, “Even though I don’t have money now, I want to gain the analytical skills now so I can invest in the future. I want to learn as much as I can.”

The group is working on researching and investing real money. The transactions will be actual, and the money that is generated will then be reinvested into a scholarship fund.

The students will not be using their own

money but will be using capital made available through Wasden.

The group meets once a week, usually on Thursdays, and has stock analysis classes on Sat-urday mornings. So far the group has had meet-ings to narrow down the many investment pos-

Commodities, Private Equity, Developmental

Web 2.0. The students are expected to prepare reports that are up to Wall Street standard, said Wasden. “This

be something you can put on your resume,” he added.

The group will then re-

areas to invest within those themes. The group wants to focus on investing in themes, rather than individual companies. “Themes determine the world,” said Wasden.

2009 and currently has over 40 active members. “Anyone can join and we invite others who want to just come and listen to do so. We are even open to suggestions,” said Wasden.

BYU-Hawaii is now participating in a nationwide survey along with 108 other universities. Students who participate in the survey will be eligible for prizes.

All students will receive an email Feb. 10, 2009

conducted in partnership with the National Clear-

“Students are encouraged to take the survey and

is going to take the survey and there will be lots of prizes,” said Helena Hannonen, BYUH professor

“This is a national survey and I hope that stu-dents are serious about taking the survey and care-fully answer the questions. Our data is dependent on student participation and the quality of respons-es. Students are building a better future for those who will come to campus later on by the way they respond. We take this study carefully and compare the results with others and use data to enhance our curriculum and programs in leadership,” said Han-

nonen.According to the email sent out to students,

“Participation is easy and just by completing the survey you will automatically be eligible for $5,000 in national prizes including drawings for

at $250, and 15 cards at $100. In addition, BYU-Hawaii will provide a special treat for each partici-pant, a drawing for 50 free T-shirts and a drawing

After completion of the survey, students will be prompted to print off their receipt of completion for redemption of prizes. Winners will be selected at random by the survey proctors.

The survey consists of a list of questions that

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ing of college student leadership development.”“This is a good chance for our school to see how

we are doing. Students here at BYU-Hawaii have a

The prophecy that she spoke about was given at BYU-Hawaii in 1955.”From this school, I’ll tell

be felt for good towards the establishment of peace internationally.”

As far as the students’ opinion of the leadership here on campus, Freddy Ng, senior in pre-profes-

the Church] helps reinforce the opportunity to be better leaders. Callings in the Church here enhance social and leadership skills.”

the 20-minute survey.

New group on campus to invest in its future

Individuals and teams of BYU-Hawaii students are currently putting together plans for their business ideas before the approaching Feb. 19

Business Plan Competition submittal deadline. What are the incentives for these students? Perhaps the $15,000 grand prize that is offered, or the other $35,000 in cash prizes for other business plan en-

-sand dollars will be handed out at the Business Plan Competition this year. There’s incentive for you.

The competition is part of the upcoming Confer-

of all majors to learn from a handpicked group of stimulating presenters on a variety of topics. The conference will teach practical ways to improve per-sonal health as a student, spirituality, sharpen your

-cial tips.

conference, the goal is to provide every student with the opportunity to learn life skills by walking with mentors. Often the best way to learn the key to suc-cess is to simply “rub shoulders” with a successful somebody. The Conference of Champions will set an ideally intimate venue for such “shoulder-rubbing” where each student is guaranteed to be uplifted.

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LEFT: A member of the Korean club walks around as a human billboard advertising the BBQ available at the club’s booth.

RIGHT: One of the Korean club chefs barbecues skewered chicken, which was then added to rice and papaya salad to make a plate sold at FoodFest for around $7.

BELOW: The massive amount of tickets collected by one of the clubs. Each of the tickets is worth 50 cents and helps pay for the activities and needs of each of the clubs.

BELOW RIGHT: A member of the Fiji club serving the traditional roti and curry.

LEFT: Members of the Latin club serve up meat and chicken tacos.

BELOW: Students littered the grass inside the Little Circle as they watched the newly added Rock Band contest.

Ole! Students clapped and danced to sounds of Spanish guitar, drums and singing of the Fresno-born Latin Jazz Band Cerro Ne-gro on Friday, Feb. 6. For many

took place in the Cannon Activities Center was the place to be.

“We played here three years ago and it was a good audience. We really enjoyed it,” said lead guitarist for the band, Dusty Brough, prior to the concert. The multicultural concert induced ap-

plause and shouts from the crowd as the three-man band showcased their skills through guitar, drum and vocal solos.

Lead singer and percussionist, John Martin, sang in Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese. “I don’t

We’re always trying to learn more.” To emphasize this, Martin added that he had also taken French in high school. He continued, “I try to be true to pro-nunciation and get the intent [of the song] right.”

-formed featured dancer Niki Coti from Kona, ar-

rayed in a brightly-colored Spanish-style dress. The Latin club also participated in a few songs,

is more aggressive and includes more passion in the movements, which at times are very sharp,” said Latin club dancer Felix Callejas, junior in international business management from El Salva-dor. He also said, “The music was amazing. They [Cerro Negro] can just jam and make up stuff and it sounds really good.”

People who attended the show were impressed by the band’s talent and the diversity of the songs. “If I was a Latina,” said Anna Smith, junior in art from Kentucky, “it would have taken me back to my roots. My parents speak Spanish and Portu-guese so we have this type of music in my house all the time.”

Diverse instruments were used during the show. Percussion instruments sounding like rain fall or thunder were used as well as whistling to make bird noises. The cümbüs, or Turkish banjo, was played for several songs sung in Arabic.

“Music is something of the present. It’s a pres-ent experience. It always changes each time I play, and that’s my favorite part about it,” said Brough. Cerro Negro is a band that really enjoys what they do. Martin said, “We love to travel and we love to share our music with other cultures and be im-pressed upon by other music as well.”

Flamencogroup bringsinternational feelABOVE: A member of the three-piece Latin music group Cerro Negro strums the strings of his guitar at a Performance Series concert on campus Feb. 6. The group has performed at BYUH before and members said they enjoyed interacting with the crowd who danced and clapped as the trio played and sang in several languages.

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BELOW: Members of the Hawaiian club are preparing food to serve their customers at Winter 2009 FoodFest. The Hawaiian club was just one of the 25 clubs serving food. Many of the clubs ran out of their food halfway through the night, which was one of the few negative comments to be heard about the event.

A larger than normal crowd may be the reason why so many clubs ran out of food at BYU-Hawaii’s latest

FoodFest, held Saturday, Feb.. 7, in the Little Circle. The general feeling among those who attended was the food was satisfactory, but by 7:30 p.m. the supply was not.

“The food was so good,” said Pa-tricia Beckwith, undeclared junior from South Korea. “There was a lot of diversity. Everyone looked like they were having a good time. The kids playing Rock Band were pretty cute. I was disappointed that some of the clubs ran out of food so fast. But it’s good for the clubs because they made lots of money.”

“There seemed to be a lot of community members there, and

they looked like they were enjoying themselves,” Beckwith added. “It’s great to see the community and the students coming together.”

Dan Jones, sophomore in ac-counting from Ogden, Utah, said, “I thought FoodFest was delicious. I got the Tahitian plate. They were very friendly and spoke to me in their native tongue. The food was way good.

“They had live entertainment,” he continued. “I thought Rock Band was fun to watch even if the bands weren’t that good. The only down-side was that it was too expensive. With the prices they had, I could real-ly only eat one thing. I wish they had smaller portions at a cheaper price so that I could try more things.”

Almost every club ran out of food

well before people were ready to stop buying. This was great for the clubs involved, but perhaps not so positive for people attending the activity.

“I was really disappointed,” said Malea Stanger, sophomore in biol-ogy from Hilo. “I waited in line for almost 30 minutes for a roti from the Fijian club, and when I got to the front, they said they didn’t have any food at all. They should have told all the people that were waiting that they didn’t have anything. I re-ally love roti so I was disappointed. I was surprised that everyone sold out so early.”

Not all the clubs, however, did as well as expected.

The Pre-Med club experienced a let-down with its sales: “It was our

Even though we sold out of every-thing, we didn’t make quite as much as we had hoped,” said Roxanne Miller, senior in biology from Cali-fornia, said. “But we have learned what to do next semester to make more money. Our problem was that we weren’t experienced with pricing and portions. But now we know that everyone likes spaghetti and meat-balls.”

Aside from the Pre-Med club’s disappointment, most of the clubs had great success.

Kari Sowler, junior in biology from Alberta, Canada, said she felt really positive about the Dental club’s success. “FoodFest was great for us. We sold out of everything and

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Jatropha curcas trees are uncultivated, poisonous trees that grow wild and un-til recently, their uses were limited and narrowly focused to obscurities such

linen. However, in January 2008, the seeds were

discovered by scientists at the former Daimler-Chrysler Corp. to contain up to 30 percent oil, which could be used to make diesel fuel.

“I’m all for alternate energy. We need to support research like this even more,” said Erika Dick, a senior in international cultural studies from Iowa.

My Dream Fuel, a company founded by brothers Paul and Mark Dalton, devotes itself to the research, protection, and cultivation of these plants. The plants, according to the company’s

Web site, do not compete with food products for space to grow, as the hardy jatropha tree is resilient to insects and virtually impervious to drought.

In addition, the seed’s oil content is four times higher than common biofuel source soy-bean oil and contains 10 times the oil of corn. Research undergone at Daimler-Chrysler indi-cated that the seed’s remnant stock also makes an excellent fertilizer or feedstock for biomass electricity plants.

“I’m excited to see if it works out,” said

Christian Evans, junior in biology from Colorado. “I only hope it has as good a chance as it sounds.”

With President Barack Obama’s

-ronmentally safe energy to run the nation, the jatropha seeds may take root among coal and gasoline as the United States’

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Stimulant drugs, previously used to treat

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Smart drugs replace caffeine as study enhancers

– BEN BUTTARS AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ABOVE and RIGHT: Caffeine pills used to be the drug of choice among people who want to stay awake - like college students. Recently prescrip-tion drug stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin, are being purchased on cam-puses as replacements.

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President Barack Obama still

two others to nominate as scandal and tax issues de-

lay completion of the President’s Cabinet. The cabinet designations by Obama were made earlier than al-most any other United States presi-dency in the past.

Senator Tom Daschle, who would have headed the Department of Health and Human Services, with-drew his name because of failure to pay more than $80,000 in past in-come taxes, and Nancy Killefer who was nominated as a government per-

due to tax problems. Governor Bill Richardson, who was secretary-des-ignate of commerce, was removed from nomination last month due

to an ongoing federal investigation of actions during his governance in New Mexico.

The investigation of Richardson is said to involve a California company that won business in New Mexico af-ter contributing to causes supported by Richardson. The Governor denies that any wrongdoing took place. Das-chle on the other hand came forth and withdrew himself in what some have called “the honorable thing to do.”

“We don’t have two sets of rules here,” Obama said. “The most im-portant thing, from my perspective, is making sure that the American peo-ple understand we don’t have two sets of rules here, that everybody has responsibilities. In this situation, I take responsibility for it.” Obama has yet

-ment of Health and Human Services position, but has since nominated for commerce secretary Republican Judd Gregg from New Hampshire. Gregg has a formidable resume in govern-ment experience, including that of Ranking Member of the Senate Bud-get Committee.

President Obama has been frus-trated by the amount of attention given to these faulty cabinet nomi-nees over the economic crisis at hand. In a recent interview with ABC news he said, “We can’t afford glitch-es, because right now, what I should be spending time talking to you about is how we’re going to put three to four million people back to work.”

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– CHRIS DEAN & THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE: President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., right, walk to the stage. The president announced Gregg as his selection for commerce secretary, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington.

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President Barack Obama still

two others to nominate as scandal and tax issues de-

lay completion of the President’s Cabinet. The cabinet designations by Obama were made earlier than al-most any other United States presi-dency in the past.

Senator Tom Daschle, who would have headed the Department of Health and Human Services, with-drew his name because of failure to pay more than $80,000 in past in-come taxes, and Nancy Killefer who was nominated as a government per-

due to tax problems. Governor Bill Richardson, who was secretary-des-ignate of commerce, was removed from nomination last month due

to an ongoing federal investigation of actions during his governance in New Mexico.

The investigation of Richardson is said to involve a California company that won business in New Mexico af-ter contributing to causes supported by Richardson. The Governor denies that any wrongdoing took place. Das-chle on the other hand came forth and withdrew himself in what some have called “the honorable thing to do.”

“We don’t have two sets of rules here,” Obama said. “The most im-portant thing, from my perspective, is making sure that the American peo-ple understand we don’t have two sets of rules here, that everybody has responsibilities. In this situation, I take responsibility for it.” Obama has yet

-ment of Health and Human Services position, but has since nominated for commerce secretary Republican Judd Gregg from New Hampshire. Gregg has a formidable resume in govern-ment experience, including that of Ranking Member of the Senate Bud-get Committee.

President Obama has been frus-trated by the amount of attention given to these faulty cabinet nomi-nees over the economic crisis at hand. In a recent interview with ABC news he said, “We can’t afford glitch-es, because right now, what I should be spending time talking to you about is how we’re going to put three to four million people back to work.”

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BELOW: Members of the Hawaiian club are preparing food to serve their customers at Winter 2009 FoodFest. The Hawaiian club was just one of the 25 clubs serving food. Many of the clubs ran out of their food halfway through the night, which was one of the few negative comments to be heard about the event.

A larger than normal crowd may be the reason why so many clubs ran out of food at BYU-Hawaii’s latest

FoodFest, held Saturday, Feb.. 7, in the Little Circle. The general feeling among those who attended was the food was satisfactory, but by 7:30 p.m. the supply was not.

“The food was so good,” said Pa-tricia Beckwith, undeclared junior from South Korea. “There was a lot of diversity. Everyone looked like they were having a good time. The kids playing Rock Band were pretty cute. I was disappointed that some of the clubs ran out of food so fast. But it’s good for the clubs because they made lots of money.”

“There seemed to be a lot of community members there, and

they looked like they were enjoying themselves,” Beckwith added. “It’s great to see the community and the students coming together.”

Dan Jones, sophomore in ac-counting from Ogden, Utah, said, “I thought FoodFest was delicious. I got the Tahitian plate. They were very friendly and spoke to me in their native tongue. The food was way good.

“They had live entertainment,” he continued. “I thought Rock Band was fun to watch even if the bands weren’t that good. The only down-side was that it was too expensive. With the prices they had, I could real-ly only eat one thing. I wish they had smaller portions at a cheaper price so that I could try more things.”

Almost every club ran out of food

well before people were ready to stop buying. This was great for the clubs involved, but perhaps not so positive for people attending the activity.

“I was really disappointed,” said Malea Stanger, sophomore in biol-ogy from Hilo. “I waited in line for almost 30 minutes for a roti from the Fijian club, and when I got to the front, they said they didn’t have any food at all. They should have told all the people that were waiting that they didn’t have anything. I re-ally love roti so I was disappointed. I was surprised that everyone sold out so early.”

Not all the clubs, however, did as well as expected.

The Pre-Med club experienced a let-down with its sales: “It was our

Even though we sold out of every-thing, we didn’t make quite as much as we had hoped,” said Roxanne Miller, senior in biology from Cali-fornia, said. “But we have learned what to do next semester to make more money. Our problem was that we weren’t experienced with pricing and portions. But now we know that everyone likes spaghetti and meat-balls.”

Aside from the Pre-Med club’s disappointment, most of the clubs had great success.

Kari Sowler, junior in biology from Alberta, Canada, said she felt really positive about the Dental club’s success. “FoodFest was great for us. We sold out of everything and

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Jatropha curcas trees are uncultivated, poisonous trees that grow wild and un-til recently, their uses were limited and narrowly focused to obscurities such

linen. However, in January 2008, the seeds were

discovered by scientists at the former Daimler-Chrysler Corp. to contain up to 30 percent oil, which could be used to make diesel fuel.

“I’m all for alternate energy. We need to support research like this even more,” said Erika Dick, a senior in international cultural studies from Iowa.

My Dream Fuel, a company founded by brothers Paul and Mark Dalton, devotes itself to the research, protection, and cultivation of these plants. The plants, according to the company’s

Web site, do not compete with food products for space to grow, as the hardy jatropha tree is resilient to insects and virtually impervious to drought.

In addition, the seed’s oil content is four times higher than common biofuel source soy-bean oil and contains 10 times the oil of corn. Research undergone at Daimler-Chrysler indi-cated that the seed’s remnant stock also makes an excellent fertilizer or feedstock for biomass electricity plants.

“I’m excited to see if it works out,” said

Christian Evans, junior in biology from Colorado. “I only hope it has as good a chance as it sounds.”

With President Barack Obama’s

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LEFT: A member of the Korean club walks around as a human billboard advertising the BBQ available at the club’s booth.

RIGHT: One of the Korean club chefs barbecues skewered chicken, which was then added to rice and papaya salad to make a plate sold at FoodFest for around $7.

BELOW: The massive amount of tickets collected by one of the clubs. Each of the tickets is worth 50 cents and helps pay for the activities and needs of each of the clubs.

BELOW RIGHT: A member of the Fiji club serving the traditional roti and curry.

LEFT: Members of the Latin club serve up meat and chicken tacos.

BELOW: Students littered the grass inside the Little Circle as they watched the newly added Rock Band contest.

Ole! Students clapped and danced to sounds of Spanish guitar, drums and singing of the Fresno-born Latin Jazz Band Cerro Ne-gro on Friday, Feb. 6. For many

took place in the Cannon Activities Center was the place to be.

“We played here three years ago and it was a good audience. We really enjoyed it,” said lead guitarist for the band, Dusty Brough, prior to the concert. The multicultural concert induced ap-

plause and shouts from the crowd as the three-man band showcased their skills through guitar, drum and vocal solos.

Lead singer and percussionist, John Martin, sang in Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese. “I don’t

We’re always trying to learn more.” To emphasize this, Martin added that he had also taken French in high school. He continued, “I try to be true to pro-nunciation and get the intent [of the song] right.”

-formed featured dancer Niki Coti from Kona, ar-

rayed in a brightly-colored Spanish-style dress. The Latin club also participated in a few songs,

is more aggressive and includes more passion in the movements, which at times are very sharp,” said Latin club dancer Felix Callejas, junior in international business management from El Salva-dor. He also said, “The music was amazing. They [Cerro Negro] can just jam and make up stuff and it sounds really good.”

People who attended the show were impressed by the band’s talent and the diversity of the songs. “If I was a Latina,” said Anna Smith, junior in art from Kentucky, “it would have taken me back to my roots. My parents speak Spanish and Portu-guese so we have this type of music in my house all the time.”

Diverse instruments were used during the show. Percussion instruments sounding like rain fall or thunder were used as well as whistling to make bird noises. The cümbüs, or Turkish banjo, was played for several songs sung in Arabic.

“Music is something of the present. It’s a pres-ent experience. It always changes each time I play, and that’s my favorite part about it,” said Brough. Cerro Negro is a band that really enjoys what they do. Martin said, “We love to travel and we love to share our music with other cultures and be im-pressed upon by other music as well.”

Flamencogroup bringsinternational feelABOVE: A member of the three-piece Latin music group Cerro Negro strums the strings of his guitar at a Performance Series concert on campus Feb. 6. The group has performed at BYUH before and members said they enjoyed interacting with the crowd who danced and clapped as the trio played and sang in several languages.

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pleasure in participating in the love parade. Now, I’m not saying these cynics should hand

out black-frosted cookies in the shape of a broken heart, but an alternative to the general mushiness

bear, I’d barf,” said Janelle Cramer, senior in vo-cal performance from Alaska, and self-described as ecstatically engaged. “I like classy and roman-

Parker, junior in international business from Cali-fornia, thinks of V-Day as “a time to show the other person that they are appreciated and important.”

Alex Fahey, senior in history education from Georgia thinks Hallmark should back off. “I don’t like Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s too commer-cial. I don’t see the point in showing your love for someone just on one day,” continued Fahey. An-drea Smith, senior in social work from Utah, says she enjoys sappy love, but said of V-Day, “It sucks.

“They don’t date me.” Her solution to the day is one of the best I’ve heard yet; Smith will be spend-

ing Feb. 14 in the ocean with an oxygen tank and scuba gear.

Who needs a special someone when you can have everyone? Erika Dick, senior in international cultural studies from Iowa, said, “I like to pamper everyone on Valentine’s Day! Last year I made cookies and handed them out to everyone in the Aloha Center.”

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Investing is beyond just a course. It has to be a passion. The club was just a cata-lyst,” said Cary Wasden, economics pro-fessor and faculty advisor for the newly created investment group on campus.

The investment group was created as Was-den responded to students who expressed inter-est in investments. “This gives the students a chance to take the knowledge they have gained and extend it. Our goal is to develop an early awareness in students’ minds how to invest, save and build wealth. They will do so by using skills and critical think-ing they learn at school.”

The class is totally extra curricular to students’ normal classes. When asked what he expected to get out of participating in the club, Dan Jones, junior in accounting said, “Even though I don’t have money now, I want to gain the analytical skills now so I can invest in the future. I want to learn as much as I can.”

The group is working on researching and investing real money. The transactions will be actual, and the money that is generated will then be reinvested into a scholarship fund.

The students will not be using their own

money but will be using capital made available through Wasden.

The group meets once a week, usually on Thursdays, and has stock analysis classes on Sat-urday mornings. So far the group has had meet-ings to narrow down the many investment pos-

Commodities, Private Equity, Developmental

Web 2.0. The students are expected to prepare reports that are up to Wall Street standard, said Wasden. “This

be something you can put on your resume,” he added.

The group will then re-

areas to invest within those themes. The group wants to focus on investing in themes, rather than individual companies. “Themes determine the world,” said Wasden.

2009 and currently has over 40 active members. “Anyone can join and we invite others who want to just come and listen to do so. We are even open to suggestions,” said Wasden.

BYU-Hawaii is now participating in a nationwide survey along with 108 other universities. Students who participate in the survey will be eligible for prizes.

All students will receive an email Feb. 10, 2009

conducted in partnership with the National Clear-

“Students are encouraged to take the survey and

is going to take the survey and there will be lots of prizes,” said Helena Hannonen, BYUH professor

“This is a national survey and I hope that stu-dents are serious about taking the survey and care-fully answer the questions. Our data is dependent on student participation and the quality of respons-es. Students are building a better future for those who will come to campus later on by the way they respond. We take this study carefully and compare the results with others and use data to enhance our curriculum and programs in leadership,” said Han-

nonen.According to the email sent out to students,

“Participation is easy and just by completing the survey you will automatically be eligible for $5,000 in national prizes including drawings for

at $250, and 15 cards at $100. In addition, BYU-Hawaii will provide a special treat for each partici-pant, a drawing for 50 free T-shirts and a drawing

After completion of the survey, students will be prompted to print off their receipt of completion for redemption of prizes. Winners will be selected at random by the survey proctors.

The survey consists of a list of questions that

will help evaluate the level of leadership at BYU---

ing of college student leadership development.”“This is a good chance for our school to see how

we are doing. Students here at BYU-Hawaii have a

The prophecy that she spoke about was given at BYU-Hawaii in 1955.”From this school, I’ll tell

be felt for good towards the establishment of peace internationally.”

As far as the students’ opinion of the leadership here on campus, Freddy Ng, senior in pre-profes-

the Church] helps reinforce the opportunity to be better leaders. Callings in the Church here enhance social and leadership skills.”

the 20-minute survey.

New group on campus to invest in its future

Individuals and teams of BYU-Hawaii students are currently putting together plans for their business ideas before the approaching Feb. 19

Business Plan Competition submittal deadline. What are the incentives for these students? Perhaps the $15,000 grand prize that is offered, or the other $35,000 in cash prizes for other business plan en-

-sand dollars will be handed out at the Business Plan Competition this year. There’s incentive for you.

The competition is part of the upcoming Confer-

of all majors to learn from a handpicked group of stimulating presenters on a variety of topics. The conference will teach practical ways to improve per-sonal health as a student, spirituality, sharpen your

-cial tips.

conference, the goal is to provide every student with the opportunity to learn life skills by walking with mentors. Often the best way to learn the key to suc-cess is to simply “rub shoulders” with a successful somebody. The Conference of Champions will set an ideally intimate venue for such “shoulder-rubbing” where each student is guaranteed to be uplifted.

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Day- Those who like roses and teddy bears will not like this article. Performance

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Obama- President’s Cabinet faces opposition due to tax evasion.

Food Fest- Big crowd cleans out clubs

EIL- Changes to the EIL program are expected to enhance learning. Text

message safety- A new alert system is introduced to BYUH.

ProBowl- 30 years and the last in Hawaii. Tennis- Men’s and women’s seasons begins.

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Flanguage is not English, functioning in a

staff of the English as an International Language (EIL) program is trying to change that.

transitioning from a skills-based approach to an integrated approach that, according to EIL direc-tor Mark Wolfersberger, will involve a complete curriculum change. Students formerly attended separate classes on speaking and listening, read-ing and writing, which did not allow them the op-portunities to take general education classes. Now, EIL classes are linked to GE classes, so English is a means to an end, instead of the end itself, said Wolfersberger.

He continued, saying that it is not unusual for -

able to communicate academically. He encouraged English speaking students to interact with EIL students academically instead of just exchanging pleasantries.

Another development in the EIL department is that of a distance learning program, headed by El-len Bunker. So far, 47 students have participated in online classes from countries like Cambodia,

struggles with distance learning is the lack of re-liable internet in some areas, so the courses have been organized so that only half of the work is done online. Resources that students need to access on Blackboard have been put on CDs to reduce re-quired Internet time.

Distance EIL courses are tailored to students who are close to the English language requirement, and help prepare them to use English in an aca-demic environment.

Bunker said they hope eventually that the dis-tance learning program will amount to 20 percent of classes at BYUH. She noted that adding these classes would be especially helpful for students on internships, as well as those on campus with sched-

At many universities in the United States, stu-dents receive no credit for English classes taken to

-ing students receive up to four credits for foreign language classes. Wolfersberger said that BYUH is one of the few schools that gives credit for these

students, who account for more than 40 percent of the student body.

C -cials hope that BYU-Hawaii’s campus will be more secure by the

this, security will test run a text--

day, Feb. 12, to spread urgent news and alerts to students, staff and faculty within seconds.

According to Roy Yamamo-to, the BYUH security director, preparation for this system be-gan over a year ago, when the campus staff began research-ing and comparing companies who offered similar services.

Network, is the same company that has been contracted by the Bank of Hawaii, Motorola, Vir-

needs.“For the last couple weeks,

we’ve been encouraging people to sign up,” said Yamamoto. “We

who are signed up for the system will receive a test message.”

Students can sign up for the service on myBYUH, under the phone numbers portion of their personal information. By simply adding their cell phone numbers and specifying them for emer-

takes less than a minute from a campus computer.

According to the Associated

the country, which have imple-mented similar systems, have reported predominant success, marred by only occasional hic-cups. Most recently, Jan. 22, stu-dents at the University of Florida were surprised and scared by an unauthorized individual’s use of the alert system to send a joke

got out of the cage.” Additional-ly, on the occasion of the recent

who were signed up for the up-

dates did not receive them until, in one case, two hours after the homicide had occurred.

However, BYUH students feel a need for such a system. “I think that’s a great idea,” said

-man from Oregon. She went on to state that it might be hard for students who don’t have phones. Yamamoto said that students can help by encouraging their friends to sign up, and by also spreading the word to students who don’t

-tions are received.

“It’ll be nice to have a quick-er way to hear that school’s been cancelled,” said Dustin Geddes, senior in accounting from Utah. “But if a tsunami hits, I’m going to listen for the big sirens, not for a text message.”

Yamamoto, “not just for big emergencies like shootings or accidents, but for small events like school closing. We won’t use it for non-emergency infor-mation.”

Students are encouraged to sign up for the service before

during the test, but they may sign up at any time. –BRETT EVANS–ALYSSA HERZINGER

EIL program innovates to reach more students, improve

English skills

Students support using text messaging to warn ohana of emergencies

ABOVE: Campus Security will test out a new text messaging emergency program on Feb. 12. Students, faculty and staff can sign up for the service by going to their myBYUH pages and update their personal information. RIGHT: Students inter-viewed say they support the new security measure.

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A 30-year relationship comes to a close this year. The U.S. National Football League’s Pro Bowl, which has been played at Oahu’s

Aloha Stadium since 1980, will be played in Miami, Fla. in 2010. Nearly 50,000 fans

8 in order to celebrate this year’s edition of the annual NFC vs. AFC all-star game. This economically stimulating game, raking in as much as $28 million per year for Ha-waii, brought a bittersweet feeling this time around.

“I loved the Pro Bowl,” said Becky Ploeger, sophomore in art education from

was an amazing event thanks to Hawaii.”The Hawaii Tourism Authority and the NFL

have been working together to negotiate the future of the Pro Bowl. The NFL offered to play the Pro Bowl in Hawaii two out of the next four years, but was turned down because the Hawaii Tourism

games. The league countered with an offer to re-turn in 2011 and 2012, if the state pays $4 million a game and commits to upgrades of the stadium. The state already pays $4 million per game and has a 5-year $180 million renovation plan in place.

This year’s game was another impressive post-season game for wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals. Fitzgerald, who set multiple playoff records with his stellar play this past post-

season, was named MVP of

81 yards and two touchdowns to help the NFC take the win 30-21. One of the two recep-tions, considered the highlight catch of the game, came from Drew Brees on a 46-yard pass

“Watching Fitzgerald score time after time was my favorite part,” said Dane Fujiwara, junior in math education from Maui.

a touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to Tony

from Kerry Collins to Owen Daniels late in the second. The NFC took advantage of a decent re-

turn on the ensuing kickoff and Fitzgerald did the rest.

Though the game was full of intense plays, some students found the entertainment between halves the most thrilling.

“My favorite part was the half time show,” re-counted Margaret Sekona, undeclared freshman

performed together.”

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wallets and

morale

The juggernaut of BYU-Hawaii sports is back on campus. Perennial na-tional powerhouses, the

Seasider tennis teams hit the courts starting last week. The Seasider men open with a game on Feb. 5 playing against Gustavus Adolphus of St. Peter, Minn., in Laie. The Seasider women are scheduled to begin the season with a game against Grand Canyon as part of a six-day playing series in Phoenix, Ariz., beginning on Feb 10.

the NCAA Division II in the 1998-99 season and has since won nine

national championships, two for the men, seven for the women. “We are really shaping up,” said Justine Gal-lacci, freshman in exercise and sport

sciences from Washington. “[Our coach] really knows how to motivate us to work hard.”

Dr. David T. Porter, head coach of

both the men’s and women’s tennis teams, has accrued an unbelievable .972 win percentage since taking over the women’s program in 1992. Un-der his coaching, the Seasider wom-en have totaled 444 wins and only 13 losses in the past 16 seasons. Porter has also garnered a high match re-cord with the men’s team since 1984, totaling 546 wins and 115 losses for a .846 win record over 24 seasons.

“I’m interested to see what hap-pens,” said Todd Everette, sopho-more in biology from Hartford, Conn. “I’ve heard we have a really talented team and I think they should have some Seasider support. “The men’s team will also follow the women out to Phoenix during the six-day series.

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– BEN BUTTARS

ABOVE: Fans hold a sign during the fourth quarter asking the NFL to keep the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. It has been here in the islands for the last 30 years. But the NFL wants the state of Hawaii to renovate the stadium before it brings the bowl back to Oahu. RIGHT: AFC running back Marshawn Lynch hangs on to the ball while being tackled dur-ing the NFL Pro Bowl football game played at Aloha Stadium on Feb. 7.

RIGHT: Romeo Ju-hasz lunges for a ball during a game. The men’s tennis team began competing last week on campus and the women’s team is scheduled to play this week on the mainland.

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woes

!ll it out, get a prizeValentine’s Day

or singles awareness day?

Foodfestclubs cleaned out

• The Leader • February 12, 2009 • http://kealakai.byuh.edu •