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Show Student works at center Young University-Hawaii Campus. Rippen, a 1988 graduate of Bountiful Boun-tiful High, is a sophomore at BYU-Hawaii BYU-Hawaii majoring in music and dance. Almost 50 percent of the Center's 1,000 employees are BYU-Hawaii students. Since the Center opened in late 1963, over 15,000 BYU-Hawaii students have worked with more than 18 million visitors to help finance their education. edu-cation. About one million visitors a year presently visit the Polynesian Cultural Center. BOUNTIFULMicheUe Rippen, daughter of Steve and Marva Rippen, of Bountiful is working at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii. The Center is Hawaii's most popular paid attraction. It is a nonprofit non-profit organization sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints. For more than 26 years the Center has been dedicated to help preserve the cultural heritage of Polynesia while providing jobs and scholarships for hundreds of students at the adjoining Brigham |