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The Student News Site of Brophy College Preparatory

Brophy Roundup

The Student News Site of Brophy College Preparatory

Brophy Roundup

OPINIONS: The Circulation of the Penny: Is It Worth It?

Alex Kirshner March 15, 2018

By Reid Shniderman ’20 THE ROUNDUP The American penny is a large part of the United States’s currency, and its manufacturing cost is still growing. The penny was first put in production in 1793,...

OPINIONS: Kairos should not be required, but stressed as integral to student experience

Alex Kirshner March 14, 2018

By Michael Taszarek ’18 THE ROUNDUP Kairos, the retreat juniors and seniors, should continue to not be required, but encouraged even more. You may wonder why I am writing this article since Kairos...

OPINIONS: Faculty workshops brings harsh realities and a strong call to action

Alex Kirshner March 14, 2018

By Chris Agnone ’18 and Alex Kirshner ’18 THE ROUNDUP Brophy held its annual Summit workshop day on human trafficking on Wednesday, February 28th. The workshops played host to a plethora of extremely...

Opinion: Music is alive

Alex Kirshner March 7, 2018

By Cooper Parson ’20 THE ROUNDUP Music is currently having another golden period in artists and innovation. With the rise of rap and R&B as the most popular genres in music today, many incredible...

Opinion: Music as we knew it faces extinction

Alex Kirshner March 7, 2018

By Matthew Zacher ’18 THE ROUNDUP Music of the 20th century featured The Beatles, Rolling Stones, U2, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Billy Joel, The Temptations, The Eagles, Nirvana, and...

OPINIONS: Football took more than it gave

OPINIONS: Football took more than it gave

Josh Spano and Roundup January 31, 2018

Image Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons user Dschwen. By Andrew Jordan ’18 THE ROUNDUP I played football from my freshman year to my junior year and suffered back pain, neck pain, a fractured wrist and...

OPINIONS: Technology hampers sleep, damages productivity

Alex Kirshner January 24, 2018

By Spencer Inglett ’19 THE ROUNDUP Sleep is one of the most important habits of humans, providing us with energy to endure our days and recharges us after a long one. However, our generation’s continued...

OPINIONS: Oscars favor obscure films

Josh Spano and Roundup January 24, 2018

By Cooper Parson ’20 THE ROUNDUP The Oscars have become an award show that favors movies according to how obscure and “indie” they are rather than if they are actually good movies. In recent years,...

OPINIONS: Progression through school leads to insomnia, depression, stress

Alex Kirshner January 22, 2018

By Hayden Welty ’19 THE ROUNDUP Undeniably, a reasonable person cannot blame Brophy for single-handedly causing increased anxiety. However, if one looks at the results of a recent school survey, clear...

OPINIONS: Jeans should be on campus

Alex Kirshner January 22, 2018

By Collin McShane ’19 THE ROUNDUP Brophy should consider allowing jeans on campus because they’re convenient, warm and frankly there isn’t a whole lot of reason not to only have them. Despite...

OPINIONS: Should Brophy students be given the chance to take Sign Language

Alex Kirshner November 20, 2017

By Cooper Parson ’20 THE ROUNDUP Seeing as how Brophy offered Sign Language as an off-campus class for a select amount of students in the past, they should make the program available to everyone because...

Photo courtesy of Twitter.

OPINIONS: To tweet or not to tweet

Josh Spano and Roundup November 20, 2017

Photo courtesy of Twitter. President Trump uses Twitter on a daily bases to get his views across to his followers.   Frankie Pastor ’20 THE ROUNDUP On Jan. 20, President Trump not only became the...

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