Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
‘Do you paint your head?’
Ya gotta’ love Samoan semantics: Not too long ago a Samoan friend asked me, ua vali ea lou ulu? which more literally translated means, “do you paint your head?” The Samoan word, vali, however, can also mean makeup or dye — as in hair dye — so in a kinda’ Samoan way she was really […]
BYUH professor inspects ancient Egyptian sites
[Story and photos by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, March 10, 2005] BYU-Hawaii Religion and history professor Dr. Kerry Muhlestein recently returned from a three-week tour with the prestigious American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) that enhances his ability to teach Old Testament, the Pearl of Great Price, world civilization and […]
Pacific Pioneer: Aivao Leota
[Originally published in KALEO on April 3, 1997] Connections to Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii By Ipolani Thompson As a little child, even before starting school, I’ve always loved and appreciated journals and genealogy. Always! My mother, Vaiolini Leota Niko, was an excellent example of this for she was truly a record keeper. Her journals are […]
Rhetoric: Misunderstood, not just words
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in the BYU–Hawaii “electronic newsroom,” February 2, 2009] Clark Dr. Greg Clark, a BYU Provo professor and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities on exchange with BYU-Hawaii’s Dr. Ned Williams, said in the Honors colloquium on January 28 that the ancient art of rhetoric is “often […]