It is that time of the year again and spring is upon us.
The time that its starts warming up and heavy jackets are no longer needed; the time when students begin to look forward to a much needed spring break.
The second semester of senior year can mean a number of things.
This is not a genuine laptop, nor is this is a supersized iPhone.
The Apple iPad is completely new to the precipitous platform where all great technological advances have stood.
To be released in March, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller claims that the iPad “is going to change the way we do the things we do, everyday.”
“I use Facebook every day,” typed Greg Ali ’12 and Christopher Frame ’12 in an interview conducted on the social networking site.
“It allows for communication in a way I’ve never experienced before,” Ali added.
According to the Web site “All Facebook,” Facebook users, now in the 400 millions, share five times more than they did six months ago, bringing the average status amount to 12 per week.
It is nighttime on campus as students in Mass dress pour out of the chapel.
On this night, Feb. 2, the students were not at an evening Mass, they were inducted into the National Honors Society, an honor in the Brophy community.
There are 87 inductees this year, bringing the club total to around 200.
After a Brophy varsity basketball win over the Desert Vista Thunder, Brophy’s annual Hoopcoming was the place to be on a Friday night.
Despite light rain during the evening, students from throughout the Valley poured in to the David Graham Plaza and Harper Great Hall on Jan. 22 at around 9 p.m. to have a good time.
According to an e-mail sent out the day before Hoopcoming by Assistant Principle for Student Activities Mr. Jeff Glosser, more than 1,500 people were expected to attend the event, and more than 1,200 people had already confirmed their attendance on Facebook, one day before the event.
Almost half of America’s teenagers have had some encounter with drug-related substances upon reaching senior year, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The NIDA found 47.4 percent of seniors say they have used some type of illicit drug in their lifetime.
Out of this number 42.6 percent is marijuana.
In the near future the student body will find something different on campus; something small, but nonetheless important.
Brophy and Michaels plan to completely eliminate the use of Styrofoam cups in exchange for new, recyclable cups in an effort to become more sustainable; a change that should occur by the inception of this year’s Summit, Feb. 22.
Two years ago, Mrs. Karen Parise approached Brophy Principal Mr. Bob Ryan about taking on the position of student assistance counselor, a position that hitherto had not existed.
Mrs. Parise, who has a Master’s Degree in Counseling and is a licensed therapist, had worked as a college and academic counselor at Brophy since 1999.
Mr. Ryan took her suggestion and last school year Mrs. Parise became the student assistance counselor.
It’s Nov. 24, the day before Brophy’s long awaited Thanksgiving Break, and students are buzzing about the newest edition of the paper.
But it’s not The Roundup—it’s a one-page, front-to-back edition of The Wrangler.
“The Wrangler is a satirical publication meant to respectfully spread humor through fake news stories,” said Matt Munhall ’12, a writer for The Wrangler.
Mr. John Damaso ’97 is one of The Wrangler’s faculty advisers.
Brophy varsity football Defensive Coordinator Mr. Gary Galante is more than the tough specimen who lives in the basement of Loyola Hall.
In his youth, his life revolved heavily around the small church where his father was a minister. There he would sing with his family.