Category: Opinions
Campus needs more recycling options for students
By Michael Ahearne ’14 THE ROUNDUP With clubs such as the Environmentally Sustainable Club and classes of students who collect all of the recycling each week, students may think that we are totally environmentally friendly. That might not totally be the case though. I see an unequal ratio of trash cans to recycling bins at [...]
Storytelling, journalism a vital process in modern society
By Julian De Ocampo ’13 CO EDITOR IN CHIEF “We have art in order to not die of truth,” Nietzsche wrote in the 19th century. From my experience as a journalist, I’ll have to disagree with the venerable German philosopher. Journalism is paradoxical in that it is both an art and a science. Just check [...]
Editor-in-Chief steps down from soapbox
By Jackson Santy ’13 CO EDITOR IN CHIEF I’ve never been good with good-byes. It’s not that they make me sentimental or teary eyed—I’ve just never quite grasped the art of a farewell. But as it is customary for exiting editor-in-chiefs of The Roundup, the time has come to say it. However, I still have [...]
Extracurriculars best for personal edification
Staff Editorial The Issue: Brophy students often partake in a plethora of activities, athletics and AP classes. Our Stance: Student involvement is commendable but only if done for the right reasons. Throughout the college admissions process, one word recurs with startling frequency: holistic. Colleges like to boast that their selection criteria take a “well-rounded” approach, [...]
New Pope needs to tackle important, modern issues
By Austin Norville ’15 THE ROUNDUP With the resent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the swearing in of Pope Francis, there are myriad issues in the Catholic church needing to be addressed and fixed. After Pope Benedict XVI resigned, many questions were raised, and many became curious to why he resigned. He was the [...]
Brophy students immersed in Nicaraguan culture
By Jack Macias ’14 THE ROUNDUP During two weeks of July, eight of my fellow Brophy students and I went to Nicaragua through the Brophy BuildOn club. The BuildOn club’s primary reason for the immersion trip was to help build a school for children in an impoverished town called Bramadero. Getting off the plane and [...]
Gun control surges to forefront of student discussion
Nuanced approach needed to mitigate gun violence By Joe Skoog ’13 THE ROUNDUP Should we be comfortable around guns? No. As the debate rages on regarding regulations and laws prohibiting or allowing firearm ownership, we see that many misconceptions have been filtered into the discussion. In an article from the Wall Street Journal, a pro-gun [...]
Daily announcements are redundant, not especially helpful
By Charles Louis Dominguez ’14 THE ROUNDUP At approximately 11:10 a.m. each day, the intercom system awakens and everyone on Brophy’s campus is greeted with a very familiar catchphrase: Good morning, Broncos, please quiet down for today’s daily announcements. With the flurry of activities and happenings around campus, it makes sense that we take time [...]
Transportation inequity can be confronted in our everyday lives
By Joe Skoog ’13 THE ROUDUP Travel is seen as an integral part of the American Dream. Whether it be through family vacations consisting of long road trips in cramped conditions, or even driving to school, the idea of being able to travel easily is taken for granted by many, including Brophy students. Instead of [...]
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