The Witch: A Genuinely Horrifying Experience

The Witch, set in the early 1600’s, follows an exiled Puritan family as they set up their new home on the outskirts of the vast, forbidding woods. William (Ralph Ineson), along with his wife Katherine (Katie Dickie), their daughter Thomasin … Read More

Winter Pep Rally Booms and Busts

The Hudson Catholic Winter Pep Rally took place on Friday, February 5th. Let’s go over the best and worst moments of this season’s rally, the BOOMs and BUSTs.

The Team Chants

As a bowler, I must say that standing with … Read More

Senior Hawk Spotlight: Antonio Cruz

Q: Where were you born?

A: Brooklyn, New York

 Q: Where do you live now?

A: Bayonne, New Jersey

 Q: I heard you were a transfer student, what school did you previously attend?

A: I went to Marist High School … Read More

Shooting Hoops with St. Nick’s

Swish!

On Thursday, February 4, 2016, a few of the other basketball players and I took a trip to host a basketball clinic at St. Nicholas School, a local Catholic elementary school, as a way of celebrating Catholic Schools Week … Read More

Hola, NFL!

As the NFL expands, it racks up more profits and fans across the world. While 64% of Americans (roughly 204 million people) watch the NFL regularly, with 73% of viewers being male and 55% being female, an additional 202 million … Read More

‘Knockout’ Returns

A knockout isn’t always a good thing.

After a recent recurrence in Patterson, NJ, it seems that the gruesome knockout game may unfortunately be back. The “game” is played by kids betting each other to assault innocent citizens on the … Read More

1-800-HAWKLINEBLING: Hawk Advice Column

Great strides have been made to advance The Commentator’s readership. On December 14, 2015, Mr. Bongiorno and the newspaper’s staff created an online advice column: 1-800-HAWKLINEBLING. 

Readers can visit ask.fm/HAWKLINE and ask the staff any questions they have, whether it be … Read More

Ed Agresta Makes the Days Count

On Thursday, February 4, Hudson Catholic brought in guest speaker Ed Agresta to “get the dragon off the student body’s back.”

Ed Agresta works as a mental skills coach and motivational speaker educating young minds around the country. It was … Read More

Early Spring for Hudson!

Groundhog Antonio predicts an EARLY SPRING for Hudson Catholic! Let’s hope this famous rodent’s forecast is spot on!Read More

If You Can Pay, You Can Play: The Problem with Travel Baseball

During the summer of 2013, while playing for the Ramapo Rangers, I was introduced to the world of travel baseball. Our team was comprised of 12-15 players, each of whom had tried out and made the team. We were expected … Read More

A New Hope for a New Generation

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, one of the most emotionally thrilling and satisfying films of the year, follows new characters Poe, Finn, and Rey, on the quest of a lifetime. The characters all come from different places, yet all find … Read More

Opinion: The Worst Thing About Censorship Is ******* ********

These days people have a lot to say. Freedom of speech is the basis of our society and is a necessity for a democratic-republic to run as intended.

It is a right of the people that is slowly being taken … Read More

Opinion: The Threat of Global Warming

When earth’s temperatures rose just a few degrees over the course of a few thousand years, an ice age ended. The global climate is now projected to warm up a few more degrees, albeit, at an accelerated rate. While this … Read More

Opinion: Ready, Set, Christmas!

I’m starving, exhausted and highly aggravated. I do not know what color would look better on a Christmas tree nor do I know the difference between beige and cream. The only thing I can think about is if I will … Read More

Opinion: Terror Washes Over Africa as Boko Haram Strikes Again

The world has seen some turmoil before and after the attacks of Islamic terrorist group ISIS. With ISIS being the main target of the world, we tend to forget the up and rising terrorist groups forming.

Boko Haram, also called … Read More