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How BYU-Hawaii Students are Changing the World

Erin Hallstrom - *Editor's note: This is an excerpt from "From This Place." Read the full article in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of LDS Living magazine. At 12 years old, Salisha Allard didn’t know how to read. In April, she will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English from BYU–Hawaii. As a child, she says, “I hated everyone; I hated people.” Currently, Allard is the vice president of service in BYU–Hawaii’s student organization. If you met Allard today, the first thing you’d notice is her smile. It’s big—the kind of smile that lights up a room. She is happy and friendly with an easy...

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{Food Dish} What Happens When Normal People Try to Bake

Ashley Evanson - My mom’s birthday was last weekend and I wanted to bake her an amazing cake. I found this recipe for a salted caramel chocolate cake and set out to make a culinary masterpiece. Photo from Miss Lemonie. This is how my cake was supposed to look. Wrong. The recipe called for homemade caramel (this should have been my first clue that I was in over my head). My first attempt ended up tasting like a campfire. The second batch looked like evaporated milk. And round three came out as half caramel, half concrete.   Campfire caramel Concrete caramel Moving on, let’s...

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Dave Says: Girlfriend's Money Problems

LDS Living - Dear Dave, I’m fairly responsible with finances, but my girlfriend is in a terrible financial situation with a lot of credit card debt, an expensive car payment, and a big, fancy apartment. Plus, she just quit her job because she didn’t like it anymore. Now, she’s thinking about filing bankruptcy and thinks us moving in together will help solve her problems. If she can’t handle her finances on her own, what’s going to happen if we get together? Can you help? Dino Dear Dino, This is someone to keep dating, not marry right now or move in with, and see if...

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Dave Says: So, He Knows How to Manage Money?

LDS Living - Dear Dave, My husband likes to borrow money on fix-up projects around the house. He says he knows how to manage money, and will pay the loans back quickly. The other day, he came to me for money to make the payment on the latest loan he took out. Then, he started fussing at me when I didn’t have the money to make the payment. It’s not the first time this sort of thing has happened. How can I make it stop? Crystal Dear Crystal, This guy needs a swift kick in his rear end! He says he knows how to...

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Prioritizing Your Preparedness

Angie Sullivan - If you prioritize your preparedness, you will be able to cover the most important items first, and then move on to a more rounded supply. Here is a list of the priorities for preparedness. Water Storage - The first aspect of preparedness is water storage . If you are like me, you might have overlooked water storage at first. Did you know that your body can only survive a few short days without water before suffering internal damage? The human body is over 70 percent water and it is extremely vital to keep it hydrated. All the food storage in the...

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{A&E} Listen to This: Josh Wright

Kate Ensign-Lewis - If you haven’t heard of Josh Wright yet, it’s time to listen up. His performances of classic songs are astounding, but this talented young concert pianist has also started work on a CD of hymn arrangements—nothing new, I know, but he manages to bring something new to the game. Listen (and watch) his arrangement of “All Creatures of Our God and King.” I challenge you not to get a little misty eyed (though pictures of cute otters and sprawling landscapes always catch my breath a little): Not only does he compose beautiful arrangements of hymns alone, but he has taken a...

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Of Missionaries and Bicycles

Pacific Scoop - Veronica Irobeni is a bright star when it comes to facing fear. Courage is not defined as a lack of fear; it is facing one’s fear and going ahead in spite of it. She has overcome many intimidating barriers while completing 18 months of volunteer work as a missionary in New Zealand for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, frequently called Mormons. Irobeni says she was converted to the Church when her auntie asked her to “observe the members of the Church” in her home city of Honiara, Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. She says she did observe the...

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'One in a Million' feature spotlights Primary children

LDS Church News - Dispersed throughout the worldwide Church, they form a mosaic of youthful purity and faith. They are the children of Primary, about a million strong, and their stories are reflected in a new online feature offered by the Friend magazine at www.lds.org/friend. The feature celebrates the fact that each is a special child of God, said Jan Pinborough, assistant managing editor of the magazine. "Each segment is a 60-90 second video slide show featuring a child from somewhere in the world," she explained. For example, Danil in Ukraine tells of going with his family to attend the cornerstone ceremony portion of the...

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Learn, lead, build — BYU-Hawaii's influence felt across the globe

LDS Church News - Standing in a Sugarcane field in Laie, Hawaii, on Feb. 12, 1955, President David O. McKay founded the Church College of Hawaii. On that day he spoke of a vision he saw 34 years earlier when he witnessed a group of international school children participating in a flag ceremony at the Church school in Laie. President McKay recounted that he had seen in those children the ability of the gospel of Jesus Christ to unite all people. Then he spoke of the influence of the new school — which would later become Brigham Young University-Hawaii. "From this school, I'll tell you,...

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LDS computer programmer Ken Jennings now a trivia icon

Deseret News - Who is Ken Jennings? His is a name that echoes in the halls of game-show glory and trivia geekdom fame alike. It is the first "Jeopardy!" household name in decades. Who would have thought a Mormon computer programmer in Utah would turn into a pop-culture icon? Now, Jennings and another "Jeopardy!" master, Brad Rutter, will face off against Watson, the IBM supercomputer, beginning today in a three-day battle that pits human versus machine in the ultimate challenge of trivial knowledge. Trivial knowledge is what gave Jennings unexpected celebrity status after 74 consecutive "Jeopardy!" wins and more than $2.5 million in earnings....