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S P R I N G 2018 KA HUE ANAHĀ JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH WRITING KAPI‘OLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of Student Publications S P R I N G 2018 KA HUE ANAHĀ JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH WRITING Kapi‘olani Community College 4303 Diamond Head Road Honolulu, HI 96816 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Works selected for publication were chosen TO FUTURE AUTHORS to reflect the ideas and quality of writing The KCC Board of Student Publications looks across a wide range of courses here at the forward to reading your work in subsequent College. The Faculty Writing Coordinator editions of Ka Hue Anahā Journal of Academic and the Review and Editing Staff would & Research Writing. It is your efforts that keep like to congratulate the authors whose this publication going, and your support and papers were selected for the Spring 2018 enthusiasm are sincerely appreciated. edition of Ka Hue Anahā Journal of Academic & Research Writing, and to acknowledge Remember to follow the College’s News & and encourage all students who submitted Updates (https://www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu) papers. We regret not being able to publish for information and calls for submissions. You all of the fine work submitted this semester. can also submit work anytime by contacting We hope that you will continue to write, the Board of Student Publications: https://www. and to engage with the Board of Student kapiolani.hawaii.edu/campus-life/student- Publications by submitting more work in publications the future. Furthermore, and with much appreciation, TO FACULTY we would like to extend a sincere thank you to the faculty, staff and administrators, Please encourage your students to read and without whose support these student voices critically analyse works published in Ka Hue would not be heard. Thank you for your Anahā, and to submit their own work for dedication and commitment to learning! possible publication. Kūlia i ka nu‘u: “Strive for the highest” PUBLICATION FACULTY WRITING ADVISOR ABOUT KA HUE ANAHĀ Normie Salvador Ka Hue Anahā Journal of Academic & Research Writing, published LAYOUT COORDINATOR by Kapi‘olani Community College’s Board of Student Elizabeth Nakoa Publications (BOSP), honors student writing from across the curriculum. Other BOSP publications celebrate student voices LAYOUT TEAM in more specific areas. Pueo o Kū Journal of Science, Technology, Stephan Bradley, Coleen Lochabay, Engineering and Mathematics publishes technical writing in Kimi Lung & Allyson Villanueva STEM fields, and Lē‘ahi Creative Arts Journal provides a venue for students’ creative writing and art. REVIEW COMMITTEE AND EDITING STAFF The name Ka Hue Anahā, was determined by Arts & Sciences Dawn Oshiro & David Uedoi Dean and Professor of Hawaiian Language Nāwa’a Napoleon, and translates as “The calabash of light” or “The wellspring SUPERVISOR of reflected light,” and is meant to reflect the diversity of Cheri Souza opinions and cultures our island state fosters, and also pays homage to the concept of ‘welcoming ideas from across the PUBLISHER curriculum’ previously engendered in a 2004-2006 publication Board Of Student Publications called Spectrum. Kapi‘olani Community College Ka hue – (n.) gourd, water calabash, any narrow-necked vessel for holding water. A way of connecting net sections by interlocking meshes. Anahā – (n.) a reflection of light. Please note: The views/claims that are presented in Ka Hue Anahā are those of the respective authors and are not meant to reflect the views or opinions of the UH System, B.O.R., the College, its administrators, faculty, staff, publishers, B.O.S.P. advisors, entities and subsidiaries. The BOSP solicited individual student authors’ and artists’ input about the ability to revise and edit student work; therefore, student work may have been copy-edited for clarity, length, and flow. The University of Hawai‘i is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and is committed to a policy of non- discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, arrest and court record, sexual orientation, or status as a covered veteran. © Kapi‘olani Community College. Students retain all publication rights to their work. TABLE OF CONTENTS 06 Polygamy in Early Islam 34 The Darkest Roast, By Leinad Arakaki Yet a Perfect Blend By Alexis Ella Matundan 11 Gender Roles and HIV By Katlin Cilliers 38 Kāneana Cave By Sabrina Oliveira 14 Bridesmaids By Sarah Hendrix 40 You Are Not Alone By Nataliya Panova 18 From a Woman’s Perspective: Adrienne Rich’s 42 An Approach to Tackle “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” the Trash Dilemma of the By Shevis Ishihara Philippines By Nadine Rapusas 20 ‘Umi A Liloa, Leadership of a Great King 46 Fish Out of Water: a Classic By Kristen Izumigawa Story Retold By Kiyomi Sanders 25 Uptown Girls By Sarah Kim 51 Artistic Freedom, A Fight for the Right to Express... 28 How Does the Use of Yourself? “I” Language Influence By Sora Shimabukuro Communication in Friendship? 56 The Risks of GMO: Generally By Daniel Laufenberg Misinformed Opinions By Rey D.E. Urbano 31 The Introduction to Magic: the Gathering 60 Editor’s Note By Kenneth Lim POLYGAMY IN EARLY ISLAM LEINAD ARAKAKI REL 209: Understanding Islam enturies ago, while on an annual month of been, and in some places continues to be practiced solitude a pious Arabian man in his early around the world for various reasons. Historically C forties by the name of Muhammad was some of these, according to Vallely, are believed to be abruptly awaken by an angel named Gabriel. After due to agrarian societal needs where large families being strongly persuaded to recite, he was given the were desired to help with subsistence farming. Other first verses of what would later become the Qur’an, reasons include increased infant mortality rates and found in Sura 96. How did such a humble beginning the need for heirs, loss of life due to wars followed of revelation to one man, who was later recognized as by the need to quickly and effectively repopulate a Prophet, grow to become the world’s second largest the society, forming military and political alliances, religion today, as well as the fastest growing, with an and to display wealth and status. Historically then estimated 1.6 billion followers? While it is believed polygamy had clear strategic purposes, and we can there are several key factors that could have played start to see possible reasons why and how this would a role in this, one clearly seems to be the practice of benefit a new and rising religion. polygamy, or more specifically polygyny—in which a man has multiple wives. Polygamy then appears As mentioned earlier, Islam began in the midst of to be a strategic and key factor in the protection and a people that were already well established, with advancement of early Islam, which ultimately helped deep roots in their own beliefs and customs. Among foster its resulting success. these was the practice of polytheism, the very thing Muhammad’s new message spoke against. For the Islam was birthed in the heart of pre-Islamic Arabia, first three years following his initial encounter amidst polytheists who were already well into these revelations were shared quietly, building up a practicing polygyny, in addition to “several forms of steady following until Muhammad was eventually marriage” according to Omran (15). Polygamy then instructed by God to share it publicly (Aslan 42–43). was by no means a new concept when it later became But again, religious and cultural roots run deep, and practiced by Muhammad and his followers. It has this message that spoke against some of their primary 6 | KA HUE ANAHĀ Journal of Academic and Research Writing beliefs and customs was not well received, and was of Islam. In Medina however the circumstances and in fact actively persecuted. While Islam did win times were quite different. Here the message had some significant converts and continued to grow, the become better established, accepted, and Muhammad, general lack of support and persecution hindered now an even more mature man and astute leader, had the Muslims from freely and fully engaging in their clear plans and goals in moving Islam forward. He beliefs, eventually leading to the great Hijra. This had strategies. was a pilgrimage that would lead them to a new land, Medina, where things would take a significant turn The Prophet already understood the strength of allies for the blooming religion. and family solidarity back in Mecca, as was the way of the Quraysh, and as he himself came under the Medina from the start provided a more conducive protection of his uncle and guardian Abu Talib, at the environment for Islam, allowing for the clear rise of Islam (Bogle 7–8). Following the deaths of his establishment, growth, and strengthening of the beloved wife and uncle, his main sources of support religion through the umma, new converts, instituting and protection, it became quite clear that he and his the first masjid, and through its political and military followers would have to seek a new base and allies aspects, among other things. This was due in part to elsewhere (Williams 69). It was also around this time, the fact that the residents of Yathrib, soon to be known just before the Hijra, that the Muslims were given as Medina, had themselves extended an invitation to the very significant ‘game-changing’ command from the Prophet, “...to live among them and arbitrate the God allowing them to fight for the cause of Islam. differences that had led to constant unrest and some Prior to this command Muhammad, “...had simply violence” (Bogle 10). Here, he and his followers found been ordered to call men to God, endure insult, and themselves in a more welcoming environment.

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