On July 24, while students were either actually finishing their summer homework or prolonging their procrastination, the 2014 Comic-Con International: San Diego opened its doors to nerds and fans from around the world. Comic-Con is a four day convention where entertainment and comic franchises promote themselves through workshops, merchandise, special screenings, and panels featuring producers, directors, and actors. The …
HBA students were welcomed back to school with an all-school assembly. During the assembly, scheduled as the first period of the day, new teachers were introduced and speeches were given by vice principal Ryan Frontiera, student body president Jantzen Nakai, and senior class president Danielle Toda. Frontiera called on students to "take care of themselves", "take …
The power to vote for the student council gives students the ability to choose who they want to be their leaders. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and there are many factors that influence students’ votes. These factors can range from the grade level of the candidate, the candidate’s actual speech, to the favors …
The 2014-2015 student council was announced with sophomore Jantzen Nakai as President, junior Joshua Kishaba as Vice President, junior Rylie Sumimoto as Corresponding Secretary, junior Sydney Lau as Recording Secretary, and sophomore Isabel Wiemken as Treasurer. Many of this year’s candidates acknowledged the 2013-2014 class council's work, and promised to uphold this year’s standard in …
The 2014-2015 Student Body election results are in. After hearing what the candidates had to say at a special assembly on Tuesday, students voted for who they saw fit to run the next student council. PRESIDENT Jantzen Nakai ('16) VICE PRESIDENT Joshua Kishaba ('15) CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Rylie Sumimoto ('15) RECORDING SECRETARY Sydney Lau ('15) TREASURER …
Over spring break, I finally had the chance to watch Disney’s animated movie Frozen. Since its release onto silver screens back in November 2013, the Oscar winning movie has become the highest grossing animated film of all time. As of early April, it had earned $1.097 billion in the box office and continues to draw …
Cleaning is not the exactly the best part about camp but nonetheless must be done. On the last day of camp, my cabin was assigned to clean the front porch of the Big House. As half of my cabin mates cleaned the cabin, the other half, including me, went to clean the porch. As we …
Here is my rundown of the top five worst pop songs that came out in 2013. The following list is based on two criteria: the message or influence of the song, and the overall musicality. 5. "Harlem Shake" by Baauer and "The Fox" by Ylvis. These two songs tied for fifth because they both started …
Spirit Week hustle and bustle continues with Era Day and a brand new activity. On day two of Spirit Week 2014, students dressed up accordingly to the an era assigned to their grade. Seventh graders had Romans, eighth graders had Western, and freshmen had the Great Depression. In the end, the seniors (Pirates), juniors (Egyptians), …
The book will almost always be better than the movie; however, the movie version of Catching Fire lives up to its book pretty well. Catching Fire is the second part of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The overall story is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in District 12, the poorest and lowest …
