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Joel Lau

Joel Lau

Joel Lau

I see you've clicked on my name, so Hi! I am a senior and a part of the class of 2018, the best class ever. I am the Editor in Chief of the Eagle Eye, and this is my third year on the news team. I am a part of Science Olympiad, Model UN, HBA’s It’s Academic team, and a few more clubs. Outside of school, I am also a Boy Scout and I volunteer quite a bit through my church and other organizations. I took News Production because: 1. I’ve always had an interest in print, video, and photography media; 2. I've always felt that journalism is a much needed part of our society; and 3. I liked the way “Reporter Joel Lau” sounded. I plan to pursue a degree in Journalism and possibly a career in it also.

On Tuesday, October 13, many students entered the cafeteria to encounter a new addition to the lunch line: a salad bar. But the salad bar is not the only change to the meal plan, nor will it be the last. In fact, the salad bar is just one part of a larger effort to revamp …

On Thursday, September 17, right as the school bell rang, more than 100 HBA freshmen flooded out of their respective classrooms and rushed to the middle school campus to board the busses that would take them to their very first high school camp. Held at the Pu'u Kahea Conference Center in Waianae, the camp took …

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes to launch the largest attack on U.S. soil since the war of 1812. The casualty count amounted to 2996 total deaths. Fourteen years later, 9/11 is still strongly remembered and will be for many years to come. While most HBA students were too young to remember what …

Most Americans can name the current 2016 presidential nominee frontrunners—Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. With election season looming ahead, ubiquitous political advertisements have transformed them into household names. But these candidates are not the only contenders for the Oval office: Independent candidate Deez Nuts is also vying for the Presidency. When asked if he had …

If you're looking for a deep, slow paced, psychologically challenging film packed with controversial issues that will leave you questioning your childhood as you exit the theater, this movie is NOT for you. A revamped spy film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E is based on the 1960s TV series of the same name that is set …

Back in 1990, television was the norm, and newspaper and FM/AM radio—not Internet radio—were still going strong. Then came the Internet, and with it, the revolutionization of media. Today, the Internet is so widely used that it has become the primary way many people communicate. Everywhere you look, there is bound to be someone on …