Brophy Roundup

Puebla trip offers education and experience

Roundup • August 2, 2010

We went to Puebla planning to do community service work, but many of us never thought through the work we did and the people we met, we would learn about culture and realize how truly lucky and blessed we are. On July 4 16 incoming juniors accompanied by three teachers set off to Cholula, Mexico for 10 days; thankfully, I was fortunate enough to be one of the 16 students. The town we stayed in, Cholula, is a small city in the state of Puebla, and is located two hours south of Mexico City.

Roundup reporter travels to El Salvador

Roundup • June 7, 2010

Roundup reporter Ulises Araiza '11 recently traveled to El Salvador with Brophy's annual summer immersion trip. Read his blog postings from the trip here.

Senior year in danger of destruction due to delinquency

Roundup • May 12, 2010

Underclassmen, have you looked forward to becoming a senior and wielding ultimate authority over those younger than you? You may never get the chance. Those who have happened to read the New York Times magazine lately or seen the relevant article will already know what I’m talking about – consideration has been given to the erasure of senior year.

Outgoing editor encourages students to seize the day

Roundup • May 12, 2010

As I sit at my computer, clacking away at the keyboard while my bright lamp illuminates a few items on my desk (red pen, reporter’s notebook and recorder) I am reminded of the many times I have been in this deadline situation. However, this time is different. This is my last edition in as Editor in Chief, the last time I will be pressured by the infamous deadline and perhaps the final words I will ever publish in The Roundup. I don’t mean to be melodramatic and count “lasts”; it’s just interesting how journalism can correlate to life in general.

Departing editor offers graduated wisdom

Roundup • May 12, 2010

As the year comes to a close once again, another group of seniors departs from Brophy. Unfortunately, it is my class’ time to leave Brophy, and the administrators were right when, what seems just like yesterday, they said that Brophy would be the fastest four years of our lives. I still can’t fully grasp the idea that this “group of seniors” is my class; the guys I have gotten to know so well during my time here.

Class of ’11 needs to step up to seniority

Roundup • May 12, 2010

While many Brophy students wonder what handbook-defying shenanigans the seniors in the class of 2010 will orchestrate next, a concerned minority frets about something with bigger implications than a Saturday JUG: Can the class of 2011 effectively assume the gap in leadership, school spirit and unity that will be left by the departing seniors? If there existed somewhere within the depths of Romley Hall a CIA-like dossier documenting the activities of each class, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the class of 2011’s would be the thickest. Yet despite our past wrongdoings, we are now being afforded a superb opportunity to emerge from any temporary reputation and create for our class a lasting and unique legacy.

Summer break right around the corner now

Roundup • May 12, 2010

Attention all students: Summer vacation is not too far away. The days of seemingly endless school days and countless hours of homework are soon to be over—at least for a short time. If you are taking summer school, then you may face homework filled afternoons but definitely not like those of the regular school year. With one or maybe two classes, there will still be free time in the summer and after summer school there is still a month of school-less-ness.

Tradition stifles society’s development

Roundup • May 12, 2010

The world continues to change constantly. This is something that is obviously going to happen as time moves on, so why should we live with “tradition” in mind? The expansion of culture has created a different world, but not necessarily one that can be considered “anti-traditional.”

Tradition keeps morals strong

Roundup • May 12, 2010

Our world has lost many of the things that kept people good and their morals strong. We have fallen into a new, racier age. Many of us have lost the strong values that made our country so good and civilized. Tradition has fallen out of popularity and has been replaced by new personas.

Brophy experience supports changes of faith and mind

Roundup • May 12, 2010

As people begin their explorations of high school, they are exposed to many new people and ideas. This can lead to serious re-considerations in a person’s mode of thinking. This is especially true at a school like Brophy, which encourages us to think and discover new ideas. According to a Roundup poll of 70 students, about 21 percent of seniors had changed their faith over their four years.

Students react to Arizona SB1070, immigration reform

Roundup • May 2, 2010

Brophy students and faculty took part in a lunch time protest of Senate Bill 1070 April 29. What do you think about Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and the changes to immigration law? Vote in the poll below and leave your comments.

Contemporary dancing seen as tasteless by some, tasteful by others

Roundup • April 13, 2010

Music has been around since the beginning of mankind, and like us, has evolved over time. Along with music, the way we dance has gone into new dimensions. In the Middle Ages, it was risqué for a man and woman who were not committed to each other to hold hands. Some 700 years later not only do we hold hands with complete strangers but we dance in ways that many label as “provocative.” How was it that we got from the days of the harpsichord to fast electronic beats and apple bottom jeans?