Photo by Cory Wyman ’16 – Outgoing Co-Editor In Chief Cameron Bray ’16 poses for a photo in Mr. Mica Mulloy’s room as The Roundup staff works in the background. By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP This is the last edition of The Roundup I will ever produce as a student. Words cannot fully express […]
By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP It seems that the classic, post-9/11 debate of security versus privacy has come to boil once again. Relying on the “All Writs Act of 1789,” Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym of the Federal District Court for the District of Central California ordered Feb. 15 the technology company Apple to […]
Photo Courtesy of Tribune News Service – Matt Damon in “The Martian.” ‘The Martian’ excites with strong plot, acting “The Martian”—starring Matt Damon 8.5 out of 10 By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP Based off the 2011 novel of the same name, “The Martian” is both an astonishing science-fiction film and an uplifting tale […]
Photo by Krishna Murugan ’16 – Students in Number Theory work together on their in class assignment. Number Theory is a class for students on an accelerated math curriculum. By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP This year, the Math department created Number Theory as a brand-new course available to students studying the highest levels […]
Photo Illustration by Bryce Owen The Issue: Universities like George Washington University are eliminating standardized testing requirements for their admissions process. Our Stance: Standardized testing should be optional and should play less of a role in college admissions. Although standardized test scores certainly help colleges sift through the thousands of applications they receive a year, […]
By Anthony Cardellini ’17 & Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP George Washington University, a school of about 25,000 students located in Washington D.C., announced July 27 that it had dropped its testing requirements for freshman admissions. High school applications can still submit SAT or ACT scores if they want, but it’s not a mandatory […]
Photos by Mr. Paul Fisko and Cameron Bray ’16 — Several students traveled to Spain over the summer By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP Our pilgrimage across Spain began July 10 when we reached Azpeitia, a city in the Basque Country near where St. Ignatius of Loyola was born. When we reached the convent […]
Photo by CameronBray ’16 — Mr. Matt Hooten teaches an AP U.S. History class Feb. 23rd in Brophy Hall. Some convervatives across the country want to ban the class because they say it is “revisionist” and “anti American.” By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP It seems that AP U.S. History has become the most […]
By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP Capital punishment has to be one of mankind’s oldest institutions, dating back to the earliest civilizations thousands of years ago. The death penalty not only violates basic human dignity, but it also fails to deter crime. Moreover, the death penalty is impossible to administer humanely and, as recent […]
By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP Sadly, the United States has not had a particularly proud history when it comes to prisons and its correctional system, and we see this awful trend continue today. During the country’s early history, U.S. prison inmates faced unspeakably horrendous and miserable conditions, to say the least. “Corruption was […]
