HAWKS | HAWKS | HAWKS | HAWKS | HAWKS | HAWKS | HAWKS| HAWKS | Volume 2; Issue 3 January 24, 2012 Awk’s EYE By Morgan Manfre Building on Excellence Archbishop Hannan High School is rapidly growing each year as more and more students enroll to become a part of our Hannan family. Because so many under- classmen are so eager to become Hannan Hawks, Father Charles, Dr. H, and the Archdiocese have been working diligently to ac- commodate all of the incoming students. Even this year, with the addition of the current eighth grade class, the halls and class- rooms have become slightly cramped and with an even bigger incoming class more space is definitely a necessity. They have made plans for a new class-room building and also a brand new library. The new class-room building will consist of ten new classrooms, including a brand- new art studio. Also, the library will be a great new edition to the school. I bet Ms. Yates, our ex- ceptional librarian, is excited. The new library will have a lot of dif- ferent uses as well, it will be 6,700 square feet, it will have designated study areas for stu- dents, conference rooms for teachers to bring their classes for research and projects, and the lan- guage labs will be moved into the back wing of the library. Father Charles plans for the current library to be used as a multi-purpose room for class meetings and other activities. Another important addition to the school will be the ex- panded TV and production stu- dio for "Hawk Talk", our school's news channel, and other broadcasts. The expan- sion of Archbishop Hannan High School is an asset which will allow the student body to grow and improve. In addition to the new classrooms and library, Father Charles plans to have a new football field for our first home game of the 2012-2013 school year. The first home game will be five weeks into the football season. Our hardworking team and supportive fans deserve a field to call their own.
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Volume 2; Issue 3 January 24, 2012
Awk’s
EYE
By Morgan Manfre
Building on
Excellence
Archbishop Hannan High School
is rapidly growing each year as
more and more students enroll to
become a part of our Hannan
family.
Because so many under-
classmen are so eager to become
Hannan Hawks, Father Charles,
Dr. H, and the Archdiocese have
been working diligently to ac-
commodate all of the incoming
students. Even this year, with the
addition of the current eighth
grade class, the halls and class-
rooms have become slightly
cramped and with an even bigger
incoming class more space is
definitely a necessity. They have
made plans for a new class-room
building and also a brand new
library.
The new class-room
building will consist of ten new
classrooms, including a brand-
new art studio. Also, the library
will be a great new edition to the
school. I bet Ms. Yates, our ex-
ceptional librarian, is excited. The
new library will have a lot of dif-
ferent uses as well, it will be
6,700 square feet, it will have
designated study areas for stu-
dents, conference rooms for
teachers to bring their classes for
research and projects, and the lan-
guage labs will be moved into the
back wing of the library.
Father Charles plans for the
current library to be used as a
multi-purpose room for class
meetings and other activities.
Another important addition to
the school will be the ex-
panded TV and production stu-
dio for "Hawk Talk", our
school's news channel, and
other broadcasts. The expan-
sion of Archbishop Hannan
High School is an asset which
will allow the student body to
grow and improve.
In addition to the new
classrooms and library, Father
Charles plans to have a new
football field for our first home
game of the 2012-2013 school
year. The first home game will
be five weeks into the football
season. Our hardworking team
and supportive fans deserve a
field to call their own.
When online, it’s always good to be
cautious of what’s said because any-
one can see it.
When people are online actively
sharing their experiences and seeking
connections with other similar peo-
ple not only should they watch what
they say, but also be aware that they
don’t make themselves easy prey for
hackers. It’s important to be aware of
threats, and to maintain a healthy
skepticism in your online interac-
tions.
People should always be careful
about what they say online. As Presi-
dent Obama warned students in his
address to schools, “Be careful what
you post on Facebook. Whatever you
do, it will be pulled up again later
somewhere in your life.” As a gen-
eral rule, avoid from posting things
online that you will regret later.
Odds are good that someone, some-
day, will stumble across it, and it
may come back to haunt you. Don’t
ever post anything online that you
aren’t comfortable with everyone
seeing because eventually they
probably will.
If you think only your “friends” have
access to what you post, think again.
Not only can employees and colleges
see your writing online, but few peo-
ple realize that it can be a great
source of discovery and evidence for
cops, investigators, and lawyers.
There is so much that people can
learn from someone’s “profile page”
on an online network. Photos and
wall posts can give people a pretty
good idea of who you are, where you
are, and what you’re doing. “As
more and more students turn to web-
sites such as Facebook and MySpace
to chronicle their lives and socialize
with friends, they also are learning
That their words and pictures are
reaching way beyond the peers
for whom they were intended.”
Because of online postings, col-
lege, high school, and even mid-
dle school students across the
USA have been suspended or
expelled, thrown off athletic
teams, passed over for jobs and
even arrested. These sites are
where kids and adults are inno-
cently putting their reputations
and futures at risk.
When you write something
online, you have to keep in mind
who your audience is. More and
more these days we hear stories
of people who have forgotten
that their boss was part of their
network and have said things
online that have gotten them
fired. Earlier in 2010, research by
a job search website showed 53
percent of UK employers search
for their potential employees
online before hiring them. Your
next employer can access your
profile with a little help from
Google or a quick scan of the
most popular social media
Be Careful What You Say
sites. Four out of ten employ-
ers decided not to hire some-
one because of things
they’ve seen on social media
profiles. When you post
something online you have to
realize that you are opening
it up to everyone that is on
the web.
Editorials
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The club being focused on this
week is the Math-elites. The
Math-elites is a club for the stu-
dents at Hannan who enjoy math.
To be a part of the Math-elites
you do not necessarily have to be
good at math, just enjoy solving
math problems and equations.
Club member Bailey Lanier says
“I like Math-elites because you
go up against other people and do
really good, and you get to learn
lots of new stuff.” The Math-
elites meet once a month to pre-
pare and practice for different
competitions around the area.
By Taylor Bacas
Archbishop Hannan High
School held a memorial mass for
the deceased Archbishop Philip
Hannan. The memorial mass
took place on December 8, 2011.
All grades took part in the me-
morial mass for Archbishop Han-
nan. Father Charles Latour and
Archbishop Aymond held the
mass for this special occasion.
Many priests in the Archdiocese
of New Orleans, as well as from
other church parishes, took part
in the service for the much loved
Archbishop. A majority of the
students' families also joined in
the mass in honor for the day.
The mass was a beautiful experi-
ence to everyone who partici-
pated. The choir sang beautifully
during the service. Kate Jones
said, " It was rewarding to sing
for such a special occasion."
Amelie Germillion was asked, if
it felt emotional to sing in re-
membrance for someone so im-
portant to the school?
She responded, " I certainly had
Archbishop Hannan on my mind
the whole mass." Gale Benson,
wife of Tom Benson, attended
the mass in honor of Archbishop
Hannan. Hannan's close relatives,
such as his nephew along with
his wife, great nephew, caretaker,
and assistant took part in the
mass. It was a very heart warm-
ing and memorable mass.
Math-Elites
Memorial Mass
The Math-elites meet once a
month to prepare and practice for
different competitions around the
area. Competitions are really en-
joyable. Competitions are di-
vided into four categories, with
four students competing in each
category. Competitions are held
year round. The next local com-
petition is going to be held at
Catholic High School in Febru-
ary. If you find that you have an
interest in math and would like to
join the Math-elites, you can go
talk to Mrs. Brouillette in room
210.
Student Life
By Kaitlyn Tudela
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This year’s basketball
teams are much improved and is
looking for a spot in the playoffs.
The boys team bounced
back from their district opener
against Southern Lab beating
Kentwood Tuesday January 17th
at home. The team started off slow
only scoring 10 points in the first
quarter. After halftime, the team
pulled away with a 43-29 victory.
This time last year the boys were 3
-10 and have improved their record
to 5-8 this year and are averaging
an additional 13 points from last
year. Mike Hess, the junior power
forward, is leading the team in
scoring with 20 points per game
and leads the team in three point-
ers with 7 of them. Mike has such
an impact on the team that when
asked what was one of the team's
strengths this year Mason Bennett
said, "Mike Hess." The senior
point guard tossing the rock
around, Brandon Kiem, is behind
Mike with 12 points per game.
On the flip side, the girls
have a record of 9-10 and are look-
ing for a playoff spot as well. The
girls have tripled their winning
ways ending in a 3-23 record last
year. Kirsten Howell explained
how the team are making changes
for this years team. "We have been
practicing every chance we get and
are learning new plays."
Both teams are making ma-
jor improvements quickly are pay-
ing off in an obvious way.
Michael Hess, junior power forward,
takes off for the tip off to begin the
first district game of the 2011-2012
season. The Hawks would lose this
game 84-43 at Southern Lab. Photo
credit: Deanna Hollander
Rachel Lepere, freshman point guard,
takes the ball down the court against
Southern Lab in their first district
game. The Lady Hawks would go on
to be defeated 83-19. Photo credit:
Deanna Hollander
By Zack Castelluccio
Sunday, February
12th at 4PM
At the Covington
Looking Good
Sports
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The girls are in their second year of district play and are looking to take the district trophy home this
year.
The girls have an impress record and are standing at 9-5-3 in the middle of the season. This year the
girls won their first Hannan Classic tournament at Coquille, beating Pope John Paul 1-0 in a shootout. Jordanne
Vilcan blocked the last kick to secure Hannan's first victory at the Hannan Classic. Emily Marcotte is leading
the girls in total goals this season with six and Gina is right behind Emily with five goals. Emily Butzman
broke a record with the longest shot scored in school history with a 45 yard goal. When asked how Emily felt
about the record she said she was very excited.
The boy soccer are in their first year and are looking to continue to rebuild the program.
In the first year of boys soccer, the team consisted of all underclassmen. Although the team is looking
forward to next year and having four upperclassmen, all juniors, they put four wins under their belt this year.
Austin Burgess, one of the four juniors of next year, felt very excited in his first year. The team's final record
was 4-8-2.
Soccer
Caroline Frank, sophomore center mid, jumps up and through the St. Charles defender to head butt the ball away. The Lady Hawks
drafted the St. Charles Comets 2-1 in a hard fought game. Photo credit: Debbie Hocevar
Kicking it to the Top By Zack Castelluccio
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College Versus High School By Demi Schilleci
Are you nervous about the
transition from high school to col-
lege? The difficulty of the transi-
tion between high school and col-
lege vaires on the student and
how well the student can accept
responsibility, and lastly how well
they adjust to the change of en-
viornment. When Christina Tor-
res was asked how her transition
from high school to her first se-
mester of college went, she said,
“The transition from high school
to college was really tough in the
beginning. In high school, the
teachers spoon fed us and cared if
we were failing the class. Our
parents always made sure we did
the homework and passed tests.
We were not independent. In col-
lege it feels like we are thrown
into a situation we have never
faced before. We are forced to be
independent and learn to do
things on our own; you have to
learn to balance a social and aca-
demic life. Your parents are not
there to tell you what to do.” To
add to that, high school classes
are much different than college
classes. In high school, classes
normally range from 20 to 30 stu-
dents and personal attention from
teachers is present. On the other
hand, college is completely differ-
ent, classes range from 20 to 900
students, making the material
harder to understand, due to the
higher volumn of student pres-
ence. Christina explained how the
college classes are different by
saying, “The teachers do not
care if you show up to class or
not because they are not re-
sponsible for your make up
willing to answer questions like in
high school but if you don’t under-
stand the material the first time
around you have to teach yourself
or get a tutor. High school teachers
are more lenient with their students
and give you time if you miss an
assignment the day it was due.
However, professors in college will
just give you a zero.”
Although college requires
more responsibility, there is room
for freedom. In college living with-
out parents, paying bills, and bal-
ancing a social and academic life
prepares for life after graduating.
In comparison, high school is worry
free and for the most part there is
not as much responsibility as there
is in college. Christina followed up
her interview saying, “I find college
more enjoyable because I am inde-
pendent. The instructors tlak and
treat you like an adult. They respect
you as long as they respect them.
Even though there is more responsi-
bility in college, you learn so many
new things and meet new people
everyday. I am able to balance my
social life from school and that
makes my college experience much
more enjoyable. If you are able to
prioritize, college will not be as
hard as people say.” Altogether,
college and high school are meant
to be an enjoyable learning experi-
ence and should be treasured.
Academics
By Andrew Moorman
Everyone at Archbishop
Hannan High School would
like to congratulate the
Black Friar Players for a
very successful opening
night of their second produc-
tion “A Tuna Christmas.”
It’s Christmas time in the
small town of Greater Tuna,
Texas. There is one little
problem though everyone’s
Christmas decorations are
getting stolen by the Christ-
mas Phantom. The phantom
even had the audacity to take
live sheep from the manger
out of one of the citizen’s
yard.
“Tuna Christmas” is
a follow up from the very
comical classic “Greater
Tuna.” Now you may be
wondering, “Why a Christ-
mas play in January?” It’s
very easy! Everything is big-
ger in Texas so instead of 12
days of Christmas there are
24 days. The play was per-
fectly put together and the
actors had so much passion
and truly enjoyed every sec-
ond while on the stage.
There wasn’t a person in the
audience who wasn’t laugh-
ing the entire time. It defi-
antly would keep the atten-
tion of any audience mem-
ber whether they were nine
or 90. The play was written
extremely well but it would-
have been nothing if it was-
n’t for the actors. There are
only a few actors actually in
the production, yet there are
11 characters in the whole
play. This results in men
playing women and women
playing men, the confusion adds
to the wackiness.
Now on to the characters
themselves. Honestly, there
couldn’t have been a better cast.
The joy and passion for the play
literally radiated from the stage
and they all had a smile on their
faces the whole time up there.
Whether it was Emily Richard-
son playing the stressed out
mom, Joey White playing the
radio announcer/an elderly
woman, or Katie Albares playing
an old woman shooting blue jays,
the laughs kept on rolling. Dur-
ing an interview with Emily
Richardson the question, “You
were nearly flawless on stage; do
you ever get nervous? Emily re-
plied, “So nervous. It's actually
waiting backstage that's the
worst, and once you get on stage
you calm down a little bit be-
cause you're trying to focus on
your lines and you stop thinking
about all the things that could go
wrong. But yeah, it's definitely
still nerve wracking.” When she
was also asked what her favorite
part about the play, she answered
“Probably the practices. Most of
the time we were laughing, so it
makes you not stress out about
certain things you mess up on.”
Later we got an interview from
Emile Delaureal, who played a
nervous wreck of a
“Louisianaian”. When asked
what his favorite part about per-
forming was, he replied plain and
simple; “I just like to make peo-
ple laugh. I loved seeing their
smiles the first night.”
So let’s wrap this thing
up shall we? This will be short
and sweet. This play was proba-
bly one of the best plays to be
seen and yet it is only Hannan’s
second play. There are defiantly
some future Broadway’s actors
on that stage; major talent was
displayed. Everyone who per-
formed that night just demanded
attention. If there is a rating scale
of one to ten for this play I would
have to rate it a 12. I am not say-
ing this because my friends were
in it or even because I go to Han-
nan, I am saying this because it
was a phenomenal play. There
wasn’t a moment the entire time
where I lost interest or wasn’t
cracking up till my stomach hurt.
Honestly I beg Mr. Rodriguez for
an encore and tell him he should
set up more chairs for more audi-
ence members. So if you do ful-
fill my wish Mr. Rodriguez…
when can I buy my ticket?
“It Was a Hit; It Was; It Was, It Was”
Entertainment
Joey White and Katie Albares act as elderly women
singing and shooting blue jays on their front yard.