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Controversial BCS Leads to Controversial Finish
January 10, 2011 • Nick Pelini, Online Editor
As another season of NCAA football culminates in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship tonight at 9:00 P.M., there has been no shortage of dispute about the top team. Auburn (1) will take on Oregon (2) tonight to determine a BCS champion but will that actually settle any debate? Sure,...
‘Gainst the Knights in PINK they Can’t Prevail
October 26, 2010 • Johanna Breiding
In June of this year, a few senior football players came to Athletic Director Mike DelMedico with a rather unusual request: they wanted to wear pink jerseys. The boys, led by seniors Riley Kramer and Nate Greczanik, had a noble reason for their bizarre appeal. Inspired by the Marcos de Niza Padres, a...
Les Misérables proves to be anything but miserable
May 17, 2010 • Marie Hofer
“Master of the house, doling out the charm ready with a handshake and an open palm.” A line from Master of the House, a song which captivated Les Mis’ audiences while charming them with the wit and passionate talent of the cast and crew. Every year in the spring the theater department puts...
Verteran English teacher Helen Trares to retire after 37 years
May 17, 2010 • Allison Jackson
If you’re going to do something, do it right. You might as well give it your all,” is the quote that Veteran English teacher Helen Trares lives by. After 37 years of teaching, 24 of which have been at Hoban, Trares has made the decision to retire. “I’m looking forward to doing some part time...
Edwards strikes the right chord in senior class officer elections
May 11, 2010 • Evan Luse
The 1990s was a period of flourishing technological advancement, but also one marred by disasters. But for junior Ben Edwards, the decade served as a platform of inspiration as he remastered the 90s hit “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind and transformed the billboard hit into a captivating campaign...
Third generation volunteer scores in the Touchdown Club
May 4, 2010 • Julian Smith
ATC, CYO and Special Olympics have more in common than just helping others- they also recently helped Hoban graduate Michael Kurtz ’08 win the George Boss Award Sunday, April 25 at Guy’s Party Center. Kurtz joins his mother Cathy Lancianese (2001 winner) and grandfather Frank Lancianese (2007 winner)...
War bird given new life by an old friend
April 27, 2010 • Jay Hillery
“Dad, they have one of your old birds…..no, it’s one from your squadron,” Ben Kovesci, son of technology director and Hoban sports management teacher Kim Kovesci, said. “It’s down at the pancake place that we used to go to. MAPS.” But for those who don’t...
The Last Song falls short but stills tugs at viewer’s heartstrings
April 22, 2010 • Danielle Hale and Marie Hofer
Life, he realized, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.” It is nothing new to hear “the movie was not as good as the book”. When a book becomes a movie,...
Religious protesters disgracefully cross moral line
March 23, 2010 • Marie Hofer
The ceremonial folding of the flag and a twenty-one gun salute are common dignified events at military funerals, but dispicable acts of hatred have tarnished some recent military funerals…all in the name of “god.” “They turned America over to fags; they’re bringing them home in...
5 Hottest Spring Break Destinations
March 23, 2010 • Alexander Salamon and Evan Shaub
Cancun, Mexico – Offers the Gulf of Mexico’s finest turquoise-blue water and white-sand beaches. Located in the Yucatan Peninsula region, it has a subtropical climate with average temperatures around 95º F. The tropical paradise offers activities including snorkeling, scuba diving, parachuting...
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