On Saturday November 1, HBA’s varsity cross country girls and boys competed in the State Cross Country Championships at the Central Oahu Regional Park. The girls placed third in Division 2, and the boys placed fourth in the same division. To run at the State Championship, both teams first had to compete in the ILH …
The Beak is the new HBA Eagle Eye talk show where we discuss hot topics at HBA. In anticipation of the upcoming Winter Banquet, we present three episodes covering banquet advice. In this second episode, seniors Aaron Wilford, Danielle Toda, Sarah Yoo, and Jaryd Sugihara offer their tips and thoughts on Winter Banquet preparation, budgeting, …
The Beak is the new HBA Eagle Eye talk show where we discuss hot topics at HBA. In anticipation of the upcoming Winter Banquet, we present the first of three episodes covering banquet advice. In this first episode, seniors Aaron Wilford, Danielle Toda, Sarah Yoo, and Jaryd Sugihara offer their tips and thoughts on Winter Banquet dates and …
The Student Council organized the second annual Skatie Hawkins social on the evening of October 17 at Ice Palace in Salt Lake. Skatie Hawkins is a play on the traditional Sadie Hawkins dance, where roles are reversed and girls ask the boys to the dance. Many HBA girls took the opportunity to ask guys to the …
Students in their junior and senior years commonly take trips during school breaks around the country in search of their ideal college. This helps students in the application process and decision making. Visiting colleges in person is different from looking at a screen containing lone words and photo stills. Senior Jasha Onogi said, “The best …
In the age of YouTube and streaming services like Spotify, music album sales have crashed, with absolutely no platinum albums this year besides the Frozen soundtrack, which was released in 2013. When an album sells a million copies, it is certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. However, the only hope for a …
On Tuesday October 14, the HBA girls varsity volleyball team played their last home game in the regular season. The match proved to be an exciting one, with the Eagles playing against Punahou II, and both teams coming into the game undefeated. The Eagles did not make it past the second set, losing 17-25 and …
Thousands of girls have swooned at the sight of actor Dylan O’Brien in dingy clothes fighting off Grievers and getting sweaty in the hit box office movie The Maze Runner. Based on its novel, this dystopian thriller was released on September 19 and has since made over $85,000,000 in theaters. The story follows Thomas, one …
Basorexia - noun; the overwhelming desire to kiss someone. Ever heard that term before? It wasn’t until recently that I realized how horribly small my vocabulary is when it comes to obscure, technical terms for, well, everything. Words like ‘basorexia’ have been showing up all over social media sites like Tumblr and Instagram as fun, …
Students in the Writing for the Media class took a field trip via the public bus to Chinatown, and wrote about their journey and destination. These are their stories: Photographs of Chinatown by Mackenzie Cammack ('17), Jeremy Chang ('15), Jordyn Hartley ('17), Joel Lau ('18), Lauren Lee ('17), Brandon Miyasato ('17), Kristin Moniz ('18), and Megan …
