The Visor

Racist radio talk show host abuses the right of free speech

September 11, 2010 • Allison Jackson, Copy Editor

Certain words are taboo in the English language. A Hoban student wouldn’t run past the central office screaming the F- word, wouldn’t dare curse under his or her breath at church and defi nitely wouldn’t do something as asinine as say the N-word 11 times on national radio. Well that is exactly...

Class of 2011 to leave its unique mark on the Hoban community

September 11, 2010 • Johanna Breiding, Managing Editor

Here we are class of 2011, senior year. It’s been quite a journey and even though it seems like we have plenty of high school left we really don’t. Less than a year to reap the benefi ts of an upper classmen, less than a year to prove ourselves as a worthy graduating class of Hoban. By the end of...

Go cold turkey with irritating habits during the school year

September 11, 2010 • Ben Edwards, Photo Editor

We are back – back to the diet of mushie cookies and french fries, studying hard and focusing on three little letters for the next 9 months: GPA. However, our peers are another important part of returning to school. Yes, my tone is sarcastic here but lately it seems that our fellow students have developed...

Unlikely source of happiness may be found through locker buddy

September 11, 2010 • Evan Luse, Editor-in-Chief

Slamming lockers, tones between classes, uncomfortable new school shirts and a heck of a lot of commotion…. oh yeah baby its the first day of school. Don’t let the panic of the first day get to you, just keep it nice and loosey goosey. Seriously though, summer seemed to have just started,...

Unknown struggles of a classmate inspire

May 27, 2010 • Jessica Contrera

Every day we wake up, we choose love, we choose life and we try – it’s too easy just to fall apart…” I can imagine no words better than these lyrics to describe someone who is my best friend, my inspiration, and upon our graduation, is the perfect role model for the Class of 2010: Shannon Davey. Before...

Thanks for the memories

May 13, 2010 • Marie Hofer

High school has taught much about life, including who I am. Five main aspects have helped to shape me into the person I have become: friends, teachers, trust, those I struggled to get along with and family. I honestly do not think I could have survived high school without my friends. They have taught...

Four years at Hoban have taught four lifetime lessons

May 12, 2010

The statement “high school flies by fast” has proven to be true. 24 days remain until graduation and the class of 2010 must prepare to say their goodbyes. As a freshman and even as a sophomore, I thought graduation would never come. I thought it was a distant event and I had a long time before I...

Spring sports fans: Give rubgy a chance

April 22, 2010 • Joe Easton

I admit, before about a month ago I had never been to a rugby game. All I knew was that rugby is kind of like football, at least from the physical contact perspective, but without pads and with extra kicking plays. I had heard rumors that several Hoban students were on some type of underground team affiliated...

Ohio execution pins legal system against Church teaching

March 26, 2010

Lawrence Reynolds Jr. killed his Cuyahoga Falls neighbor in 1994 and was charged with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, aggravated burglary and attempted rape of 67-year-old Loretta Foster. He was found guilty on all four counts and received the death penalty for the first count. His...

Wacky Olympic sports add dash of excitement to games

March 11, 2010 • Evan Luse

When you think about major sports you think about baseball, basketball and football—maybe hockey. But without a doubt the thought of “skeleton” does not cross your cranium. Skeleton is a sport known purely as an Olympic event. After a 50 meter head start, competitors race down an icy hill face...