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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.

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