GEOFFREY MARTIN / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

As campus antics go, the stunt that a bunch of island kids — all students at Yale University — dreamed up Feb. 10 has some obvious drawbacks. The high in New Haven, Conn., that day was 30 degrees. Nevertheless, the keiki o ka aina threw off their jackets and a few went barefoot to pose island style ankle-deep in snow holding the Hawaii state flag.

From left are Chris Lee, Kento Tanaka, Michael Wong, Jacob Ly, Tomoe Mizutani, Sarah Oyatomari, Alexa Anderson-Rupp, Makana Williams, Liam Arnade-Colwill, Stephanie Spear and Lindsey Combs. According to Bruce Combs, Lindsey’s father, a witness to the photo shoot asked the group, “What are you getting hazed for?”