By Henry Bowers
For decades, spying on another team has been as much a part of baseball’s gamesmanship as hard slides and brushback fastballs. However, the Boston Red Sox have recently added a modern twist: they used an Apple watch to gain an advantage over their opponents. Continue reading Hilbert Hot Take: Red Sox Spying
By Cletus Tepas and Luke Toney
Hilbert College Media Camp received a tour of the studios of WKBW-TV in Buffalo on Wednesday, July 19. A short film by Cletus Tepas and Luke Toney. Original Music by Toney.
Two — and possibly three — tornadoes struck Western New York on Thursday. Our staff raced into action to survey the damage and interview witnesses. Continue reading Storm Photos
By: The Staff of the Summer Scribe
It was almost one in the afternoon and the members of Hilbert College’s Media Camp had returned from a field trip to the Edward M. Cotter Fireboat. The camp is a one-week day camp for aspiring print, video, and photojournalists. They had spent the day writing, taking videos and photos, and interviewing. Now that they were back, they decided to participate in a camp tradition–ghost hunting in Hilbert’s the Swann Auditorium. Continue reading Ghost Story
By Hannah Johnston
Two tornadoes touched down in Western NY on Thursday, causing severe damage in Hamburg, Orchard Park, and other surrounding areas. According to WKBW-TV, thousands of customers lost power. Downed trees and power lines led to road closures in the Southtowns. Continue reading Two Tornadoes Hit Western New York
By Drew Dees, Lucy Piscitelli, and Alex Shapiro
The fireboat Edward M. Cotter is a National Historic Landmark, commemorating history and service to Buffalo, NY. This week, Hilbert College Media Camp’s student journalists and counselors learned about that history on a private tour of the ship. Continue reading Aboard the Cotter, Floating History
By Hope Artis
Few find being in an unstable job position “irrelevant.” However, acting US Attorney James P. Kennedy has found himself in situation where he feels he cannot lose: whether President Trump keeps him on or fires him. Continue reading Serving Western New York, for Now
By Jenah Schwabel
HAMBURG – Finals week is upon us. For many Hilbert students, that means added stress – the worries of a long semester piled into the last few days of work and exams. Continue reading Keep calm and study on
By Jenah Schwabel
Nothing warms the hearts of others, like the random acts of kindness. Six students who are a part of the Hilbert Franciscan class were assigned a project to teach their class the meaning of compassion and how it is a part of our everyday lives. Compassion is one of the eight values the college strongly stands by. Continue reading Sending Love into the Universe
(Photo Credit: Father Jud Weiksnar)
Hilbert College — Campus Ministry hosted Agape Latte Tuesday, April 4, in the Lower Level Campus Center. Agape Latte is a program that runs at multiple colleges throughout the country, bringing people together for fellowship, baked goods and coffee. The event then has a speaker talk about their faith journey and personal life, it’s a chance for the community to connect on a deeper level and to have deeper conversations about life than what normally occurs.
Mary Ann Hobar, an associate professor and Assistant Chair of the Forensics Science Division at Hilbert, was the speaker, her talk was titled, “When Life Throws You a Curve.” She spoke of her aspirations, since being a little girl, of joining the police force and her struggle and dedication to fulfill her dream. She described a conversation with her parents, “They did not want me to enter the police force and were happy when I was accepted into Veterinary School.” But she decided not to go, she stayed close to her family and decided to repursue her dream of joining the police force.
Her main reason for staying home was because of her family, they were supportive and loving, they were the foundation of her life. She was successful and was accepted into the Police Academy, after opening the acceptance letter her father told her, “Your smile was worth everything in the world.” But then life threw Hoby a curve, her father suddenly died.
Hobar, nicknamed Hoby, decided against going to the academy and instead chose to stay with her mom. This was a hard time for Holby and her mother, but they persevered. And Hoby was offered a local job on the police force. This allowed her to stay with her mom and work her dream job. She worked herself up through the ranks and retired as a lieutenant of the Orchard Park Police Department.
As her time was coming to a close, working for the police department, Hoby picked up teaching a couple of criminal justice classes at Hilbert. Students loved that she had real world experience in the field, and she was asked to come back each semester. Then she was approached and accepted the new role of Head of the Forensics Science Division at Hilbert, it is currently a very successful part of the Hilbert curriculum that has blossomed under the guidance of Hoby.
Agape Latte was a fun, engaging and insightful program. Campus ministry is planning to host similar events during the upcoming fall semester.
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