By Cameron M. Bray ’16 THE ROUNDUP Class time, dozens of screens illuminate the bright room. Some students working, some playing, all eyes glued to the screen, fascinated by it. This is Brophy’s reality. Technology is a prominent tool at Brophy and comes with many benefits. Juniors and seniors each have tablet PCs. Freshman and […]
By Aakash Jain ’14 THE ROUNDUP With two bachelor’s degrees in interpersonal communication and information technology, Mr. Mark Pettit had a diverse range of jobs before he came to Brophy to work in the technology department. “I was doing a lot of administrative work … I was also involved in customer service and … the […]
By Jeffrey J. Kimball Erdely ’14 THE ROUNDUP Brophy’s Technology Department is working in conjunction with PaperCut printing to make all printing procedures on campus a completely website-based process. The new process allows students to print from their tablets or iPads from anywhere on campus to printers in either Keating or the Information Commons. […]
By Aakash Jain ’14, Alec Vick ’15 & Brett Mejia ’13 THE ROUNDUP
By Logan Hall ’14
THE ROUNDUP
Incoming freshmen sat eagerly awaiting the okay to bust open their brand new iPads and learn how to use them Friday, August 10 in the Info Commons.
By Michael Ahearne ’14 THE ROUNDUP I pull my finger back on the screen, take aim and fire. I watch as my little bird flies across the screen hurling towards a group of pigs, surrounded by a wooden structure. This game is “Angry Birds.” This is just one of the hundreds of thousands of […]
By Ian Christopher Beck ’12
THE ROUNDUP
Teenagers indulge in a lot of things.
Depending on their personality it can be partying, sports, music, shopping or a litany of other opportunities.
“Go big or go home.”
“Do or die.”
“You’re either first or you’re last.”
Phrases like these seem to define recent times.
By Brett A. Mejia ’13
The Roundup
Stumbleupon, iPhones, television, video games—these are all forms of distraction from doing the day’s drudgery.
Distractions are what cause students to stay up late at night completing unfinished homework.
By Joe Skoog ’13
The Roundup
In recent years, many people have focused upon the seemingly endlessly expansive domain of social networking sites and the changes they create with social contact between young people.
Sites like Twitter and Facebook are marketed as furthering the teen “social experience,” but in many ways severely diminish our propensity for real social interactions.