Martha Samuel, right, of Springdale performs the song “Totor Iumin Mejatoto,” meaning “living exciti

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Martha Samuel, right, of Springdale performs the song “Totor Iumin Mejatoto,” meaning “living excitingly in the atmosphere today,” along with members of the First Marshallese Full Gospel Church Choir during a kickoff event for NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s themed semester on The Marshall Islands in Bentonville. Jessica A. Schwartz of Columbia University presented a lecture entitled “Radiation Sounds: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences” at the event. The next event in the themed semester will be Bikini Atoll Commemoration Day on Feb. 28 at the college.