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Student council president grateful for Banglabash participation

March 11, 2010

Hoban, you are Banglamazing. With Banglabash ending yesterday, I could not help but to use this space to say thank you to everyone who participated in one of the most successful Banglabashes Hoban has ever seen. This year, student participation in Banglabash skyrocketed. You may have noticed this from...

Mexico immersion proves abundance does not equal happiness

March 11, 2010 • Joe Easton

As a skinny white guy growing up in Wadsworth, I have very rarely been a minority in society. However, I spent the long Valentine’s Day weekend with 13 other students and a couple of teachers doing just that in a poor town in northern Mexico. In February of 2009, I visited the small suburb of La Luz,...

Digital networks lead to downfall of sincerity in relationships

February 18, 2010 • Alexander Salamon

OMG! OK, I have the greatest story to tell you! .” One hundred texts later, you say “Bye,” and you are left with an empty, unsatisfied feeling with the “conversation,” you just had. The fact is that texting seems to be overtaking what used to be cordial conversation. Texting and social networking...

MTV show asks an important life question

February 16, 2010 • Amy Yakubowski

What do you want to do before you die? It’s a simple question and MTV’s The Buried Life is answering it. When commercials for the new reality show were leaked on TV, I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t too interested. After seeing other reality shows like Jersey Shore or The Real World, D.C. I...

Columnist gives final word on heated political debate

January 25, 2010 • Nikki Bowser

“You, miss, are sickeningly unAmerican. You should be ashamed of yourself.” This is one of my favorite quotes from hobanvisor.com. It is not from a column or a news story; it is a comment posted anonymously in response to a recent column I wrote for the Visor. Anonymous, I’m confused. Should...

Fallen sports stars blot out bright image of professional athletes

January 22, 2010 • Evan Luse

I went to the fridge the other night, leaned in and looked for a Gatorade. I took that cold first sip and realized something: Tiger Woods’ face was nowhere to be found. In fact, Tiger has seemed to disappear from the face of the Earth all together. The only time I see those pearly white teeth of his...

Race issues overshadow message in latest Disney film

January 21, 2010 • Jessica Contrea

Look mommy, I’m a princess!” Let’s face it, nearly every girl, my tom-boy child self included, grew up idolizing princesses. It was hard not to, with the popularity of the eight Disney Princesses, a market estimated at $4 billion per year. Well, a new princess has been added to the mix and is making...

Columnist sees no hope in President Obama, unhappy with change

December 15, 2009 • Nikki Bowser

President Barack Obama never fails to disappoint me. I have continually been shocked by extravagant, short-term promises, most of which have yet to be fulfilled, and I cannot help but consider him to be a hypocritical liar. He promised to decrease the unemployment rate and help small businesses, and...

Tiger Woods scandal is lesson for any would be cheater

December 15, 2009 • Joe Easton

Tiger Woods’ abundantly successful career literally came to a crashing halt shortly after Thanksgiving. The billionaire golfer crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a tree near his house at 2:25 AM on Friday, Nov. 27– triggering the start of what is surely to be a thorn in his side for the rest of...

Friday the 13th superstition rooted in chilling historical truths

November 14, 2009 • Evan Luse

Halloween night may be gone, but for many the scariest day on our calendar remains: Friday the 13th. But where does all this superstition come from about this chilling day? Does it come from a blockbuster movie titled Friday the 13th with a mask-wearing murderer named Jason? Oh no my friends, this day...