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Leland Berg Monday, November 3, 2025: I park my car just like any other day, but I notice many open senior parking spots. “Well I did arrive a few minutes earlier than usual,” I think to myself. I am sure as the day goes on I will see more of my classmates. The day went on and I sat in empty classrooms with the same question repeating in my head: did my classmates get infected with the senior flu? Or is it just some more senior shenanigans? Obviously, it is not unlikely for

By: James Scorthorn With the end of the fall sports season, the winter time comes around and so does the hockey season! It’s great to have a team to play on and a community to be with, which is one thing that KU provides. All of the players love being on KU, having a tightly knit group of people that both play as teammates and as friends.  KU, also known as Kalamazoo United, has a multitude of schools that combine to make the team. Hackett is obviously involved, but so is Lo

By: Leland Berg As October comes into full swing, the Halloween fright slowly creeps in like a dull fog. Scents of apple cider and sounds of bonfires crackling bring a sense of eeriness. You can’t talk about this spooky season without mentioning haunted houses. Haunted houses are a special multi-sensory experience that spikes your adrenaline with jump scares and actors dressed in horrifying costumes. The idea of a haunted house has been around for centuries with people enter

By: Patrick Doran   There's a special part of Halloween that brings the family together, just like decorating the Christmas tree. This special event is pumpkin carving. The history of pumpkin carving originated in Ireland. Within the country, the Gaelics and Celtics carved rooted plants like turnips in order to ward off evil spirits. The Gaelics are also where we get trick or treating from. It started from a Gaelic tradition called Samhain where people would go from house to

By David Verduzco The Hackett Theatre Program is excited to announce that their fall production will be Rip Van Winkle! There are many students that will be auditioning for this play hoping to get the various roles that they desire. The show is written by a senior, Parker Hosner. Although Parker has written the play, a teacher here, Mr. Rafferty will be the one directing it. Rip Van Winkle has an intriguing storyline . It is about a kind-hearted Dutch-American villager who, i

By: Leland Berg As the college football season kicks off, passion and hatred flow throughout rival schools as they get ready to play a game. A game that means just a little more to the students and players than any other game. There are many great rivalries within the college football landscape, but when talking about these epic rivalries it is hard to skip over The Red River Rivalry. The Red River Rivalry is a game played between Texas and Oklahoma, their first matchup datin

By: Gio Medina The Tea app is an app that lets girls judge male characters. It has gained a lot of popularity and allows them to either give them red flags or green flags, with red being bad and green being good. However, it's also leading to a lot of issues among friends. What began as just an app to exchange secrets has quickly turned into an app that starts drama amongst friends and even relationships.  The app lets people post about others, often without names, but everyo

By: Leland Berg After nearly forty years on ESPN’s College Gameday, Lee Corso has retired. He made his final appearance on August 30,...

By: Lilliana Arechiga  Many students are upset about the new dresscode claiming that it doesn’t make a difference and many people don’t...

By: Sam Finley Walking into Hackett Catholic Prep this school year, students may have seen a new face, Kevin White, or, as we students...

By: James Scothorn With a new school year, Hackett is doing things in a new way. With a problem last year of kids using the bathroom too...