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Bravo, Rodri-guez named Man of the Year runners-up

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Editorial trium-verate bids fare-well to faithful readers

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Brophy athletics end 2012 with three champi-onships

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Faculty and staff duke it out in an-nual Battle Royale

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Cooper named Man of the YearBy Brett A. Mejia ’13 & Jackson

Santy ’13THE ROUNDUP

Each year, among the group of graduating seniors from the Brophy student body there are always those who have left their mark on the community.

The Roundup’s Man of the Year award is given to one senior who has indeed proven that he embodies the key qualities of a man for others and has left his

own mark on the school.It is because of his positive

impact on Brophy that The Roundup selected Stephen Cooper ’12 as this year’s Man of the Year.

Cooper’s senior year has been nothing short of

eventful. Cooper went from spending extensive time in the hospital with two

collapsed lungs to conducting the Brophy Orchestra in the most recent band concert.

“Steve is one of my top leaders in the band program,” said Band Director Ms. Julie Thibodeaux. “He is the lead trumpet player in the Wind Ensemble and is one of our student conductors.”

Cooper said he lives his life day by day by being an honest and straightforward guy.

“We all have our different attributes and

background cultures, but in the end we’re all trying our best to be the best men we can be,” Cooper added of his classmates.

Cooper’s road to graduation started in the spring of 2008 when he began the application process for Brophy.

“The transfer to Brophy was pretty crazy for me,” Cooper said. “My parents actually initially

Lunch crews claim territory during

breaksBy Andrew J. Barnes ’12

and Kevin M. Cabano ’12THE ROUNDUP

Walking through the campus around noon, one will find no shortage

of students eating lunches and hanging out during lunch.

“The most special part about my group is that it’s open to everyone,” said Flavio Bravo ’12, who has sat in the middle knoll in the David Brown Mall since his freshman year.

The Mall, which consists of three grassy knolls, is mostly populated by seniors and it has been somewhat of a tradition that seniors hang out there during breaks.

“When I was a freshman, I used to look up to the seniors and they all used to sit around here (Mall area),” said Diego Valenzuela ’12. “I wanted to be like them.”

In the grassy knolls, students enjoy themselves by relaxing in the shade under the trees and chatting with each other.

“I like the south knoll because we have lots of space and we can play Frisbee and football,” said Jack Welty ’12. “And we still get to feel like a part of the whole Mall scene.”

Antonio Salas ’12 said he likes sitting in the north knoll because of the “great scenery” and how the area is like a “parabola-shaped vortex.”

East of the Mall is the “stoop,” the southernmost of two stairwells leading from the gym that face the Mall.

The stoop, despite its relatively small physical size, is home to two groups of students.

“We’re the real stoop,” said Matt Muller ’12, who belongs to the “south stoop.” “We’ve got Andy McCoy ’12.”

“It’s like a civil war,” said Matt Munhall ’12, who sits on the “north stoop.”

Outside of the mall area, there is a plethora of places where students eat lunch and hang out, including the Great

Hall, Student Activities Center and outside the Info Commons.

“I really enjoy the company,” said Kipp Charlton ’14, who sits inside of the Student Activity Center at lunch.

“Sometimes we have singing and karaoke lunchtime,” said Nick Wren ’12, whose group eats in the Plaza outside of Piper.

Patrick Dampare ’13 eats with his friends in the courtyard outside of the Info Commons, and has been since his freshman year.

Dampare said that “after we’re done eating, we just head in (to the Info

Commons) and work on homework or chill.”

In between Keating and Eller, students eat their lunches in Poet’s Alley.

Connor Lawston ’14 gave a simple reason as to why his group is together: “we like eating lunch.”

A large group of seniors hang out in the hallway outside of the Chapel, near Romley. “We started in the tree,” said Tarren Villaverde ’12, referring to a tree that used to provide a sort of bench for students in the grass near the Chapel.

Villaverde said that after the tree was

Student groups create diversity, comraderie across campusCliques exist at Brophy, but not

like moviesBy Alex Stanley ’12THE ROUNDUP

In movies, high school students tend to be classified into stereotypical cliques such as jocks, nerds, punks, etc.

Hollywood does tend to have a knack for exaggeration, but do some of their classifications ring true?

“Somewhat, but not to the extent that Hollywood makes it out to be,” said Trevor Skelton ’12. “There’s more interconnection at Brophy between cliques.”

He added that there are similar cliques as the ones portrayed in movies, but even more, like the one he is a part of.

Skelton considers himself to be in a clique, but not the typical type, as it is just a conglomeration of “random people.”

Chris Cannon ’12, a part of a different group, offered a different interpretation of how people categorize his friend group:

“I’m sure people classify maybe my group or other groups as like being ‘bros’ or always wearing a really ‘fratty’ look,” Cannon said.

And they do.Another senior, Jordan Bohannon

’12, listed the main senior cliques at Brophy: “the Stoop Kids,” “the Knoll Bros,” “the Information Commons Kids” and everyone else, who eats in

Photo illustration by Kevin Cabano ’12Student groups lay claim to specific areas of the Mall, many of which have been informally named.

See COOPER, Page 2

See CREWS, Page 3 See CLIQUES, Page 3

Steve Cooper ’12

recommended that I apply at Brophy and it wasn’t my idea and I wasn’t very adamant about it.”

Cooper said his reluctance all but vanished after he first stepped on the campus to shadow.

Soon enough, Cooper received his acceptance letter.

“My first day at Brophy was pretty traumatic,” Cooper said. “It’s such a big school; these big steeples and these big buildings, a cross and there is just so much going on that it’s intimidating. It’s a different environment and so at first I was really close to the experience.” Cooper said.

On his path to becoming a man for others, Cooper has been seen as a person with a gigantic heart and determination, especially by Brophy Assistant to the Assistant Principal for Ministry Mrs. Sue Hornbeck.

“Stephen is someone that you can count on,” Mrs. Hornbeck said. “He is sensitive to the feelings of others and their feelings always come before his.”

“He’ll make anyone around him feel like the most important person in the world,” Mrs. Hornbeck said.

Throughout his time at Brophy, Cooper has been involved in band and orchestra, campus ministry, Big Brothers and track.

“He to me is the perfect servant leader,” Mrs. Hornbeck said. “He works with his fellow band members in order to become better, he helps them come along and walk the path.”

Shortly after being admitted to the hospital earlier this year for collapsed

lungs, one of the first calls Cooper received was from Mrs. Hornbeck.

“When she called me, she reminded me of the story of the tortoise and the hare,” Cooper said.

“After his lungs collapsed, we all knew when he came back, that he was going to charge right out of the gates being the man that he is,” Mrs. Hornbeck said. “He hopped on that horse and he rushed back in to get back to school, get those

grades up and get back on top of things.”Ever since that call, Mrs. Hornbeck

gave Cooper the nickname “turtle” and it’s stuck ever since.

“Saint Ignatius said that deeds are greater than words and as we all have seen Stephen works hard on this campus, whether it’s through the music department, or leading Kairos or through the OFJ, his deeds speak for him,” Mrs. Hornbeck said.

“He is incredibly inquisitive and very scientific-minded,” said Cooper’s English teacher Ms. Lauren Karp.

“I definitely know that his mind works like a scientist,” Ms. Karp said. “If he doesn’t understand something, he wants to understand it and while other students will often share their opinions or ask questions for clarity.”

Cooper also has a funny side to him, as described by friend and carpool

companion, Nick Wren ’12. “Steve has a very highly matured sense

of humor that can only be appreciated by the quick and witty,” Wren said. “Steve acts twice his age, except for the car rides home with me when we share extreme guy time, so we can rant and vent after a long day. Not only is he a gentleman, but he is so talented as well, and it is really rare to be able to find a person with both of these characteristics.”

Cooper said he plans on continuing his Jesuit education next year by studying Pre-Med at Marquette University.

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Photo by Kevin Cabano ’12Steve Cooper ’12 poses for a photo as the Man of The Year at Brophy College Preparatory on April 23.

From COOPER, Page 1The Roundup

Man of the Year Selection Process

The preliminary pool of nominees for this award is created based on teacher recommendations. Fifty-nine students were nominated this year.

Once the list is compiled, seniors are then given the opportunity to vote for the senior they see as most deserving of the award.

The votes are then tallied by The Roundup staff and three finalists are chosen through extensive discussion in the newsroom.

Students seek out summer employment as vacation draws nearBy Jack Macias ’14 THE ROUNDUP

This summer, Brophy students will partake in a multitude of activities including summer school, sports, vacations and

immersion trips with family or Brophy.A topic for discussion lately has been summer

jobs.The Brophy student body as a whole is usually

regarded as a very active group of students, based

on the multitude of clubs, the sports students partake in and the rigorous academics.

Now, as summer approaches, school activites are being replaced with out-of-school employment.

In a random sampling of 20 students of all classes, 10 students said they were not participating in summer jobs, while eight said they were and two were not sure at the moment.

The class least likely to hold a summer job was the freshman class, with only one of five doing a summer job.

The senior class was the most likely with four out of every seven students surveyed partaking in a summer job.

The students that did not take part in jobs had a variety in the reason they were unable to do it.

The main reason cited was that they are unable to find the time because of sports, school or a combination of the two.

The next most common reason was vacation, whether it be an immersion trip or family vacations.

Several seniors needed college spending money,

pocket money or money to help pay for college while everyone else did it for separate reasons.

Grant Hickey ’14 said he will be using his money on “buying movies and other things for sports.”

But not all students are going to use the money for personal gain.

Some sophomores, juniors and seniors will use the money on cars, car insurance and much needed supplies, let it be for sports, or even computers.

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cut down, the group “migrated” into the covered outdoor hallway.

“We’re a very diverse group of people,” said Brad

Keller ’12.This diversity is present all over campus among

the various lunch groups.“We’ve got baseball players, lacrosse players,

football players, (but) kids don’t have to play sports to sit here,” said Jake Steffens ’12, speaking about his group in the Mall area.

Despite the diversity and different student

personalities, students say there is an atmosphere of welcome and inclusion in all of the groups.

“Everybody’s welcome,” Bravo said.

the Great Hall.When he cited the “Knoll Bros,” he

was speaking of Cannon’s immediate friends, who regularly sit on a grassy knoll in the Mall.

On the flip side, the group Bohannon classifies himself as, a “Stoop Kid,” Cannon and others would call the “Indie group.”

Instead of using classic Hollywood terms for cliques, these two said they saw difference in lunch groups.

“I think everybody gets into these cliques that they’ve had since junior or sophomore year that is kind of just where they sit and who they hang out with,” Cannon said.

In addition, they both pointed to a lack of hostility between groups, and that for

the most part friendships can be made outside of friend circles.

“I think that most people are friends with each other, but at lunch everybody divides up into cliques,” Cannon said of the geographic separation.

Underclassmen said they also feel the existence of cliques, but pointed to the same trends as upperclassmen.

“I think it’s more balanced out than other schools,” said Chase Skelton ’15. “People are nice enough to accept everyone at this school.”

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Man of the Year runner-up Bravo lives out Grad at GradBy Brett A. Mejia ’13

THE ROUNDUP

Being a leader at Brophy is just one aspect to what it means to become a Man for Others.

Flavio Bravo ’12, a 2012 runner-up for The Roundup’s Man of the Year Award, has gone above and beyond when it comes to helping the community, Brophy and his fellow Broncos.

When Bravo attended St. Francis Xavier for grades four through eight, he said he looked up at the Brophy tower every day, working harder and harder, so that he could one day become a Bronco.

“Brophy is only one aspect of my life,” Bravo said. “From my years at Brophy I have learned to try and be someone who tries to represent Brophy in all aspects.”

Recently, Bravo has been working with the city of Phoenix on political endeavors. He said he is working with councilmen for city district No. 1 and they are trying to fix the growing problems that are taking place in the city.

“I think there are problems that we don’t realize, being a private school, but the Phoenix Union High School District

and the high schools that surround us, there are extremely poor standards,” Bravo said.

Apart from conversing with the city of Phoenix about the current standard for schools in Arizona, Bravo has become president of the Aguila Youth Leadership Institute which prepares high school students from around the state go to college.

“When high school students are solely prepared to take the AIMS exam, but not the SAT or ACT, then there is no expectations for them to go onto college, no expectations for them to even graduate,” Bravo said.

Bravo’s other activities include: swim, dance, choir, being the Brophy mascot, giving the daily prayer and examen, leading retreats and much more.

“Flavio is very loyal and committed,” said Assistant Principal for Ministry Ms. Kim Baldwin. “He’s consistently stepped up to do anything in the OFJ. Whether we need an alter server or someone to do the examen or someone to lead a retreat or someone to show up on a Saturday to clean up after a Brophy event, Flavio is that guy.”

Photo by Alex Stanley ‘12Flavio Bravo ’12 poses for a portrait as co-runner up of Man of the Year on April 17 at Brophy College Preparatory. Bravo’s involvement around campus includes dressing up as the Bronco mascot, leading morning prayer and the afternoon examen and a plethora of other activities.

Under-the-radar Rodriguez voted Man of the Year runner-up by peersBy Jackson Santy ’13

THE ROUNDUP

Voted by a combination of Brophy faculty and peers, Manny Rodriguez ’12 has been selected as a runner-up for The Roundup’s Man of the Year award.

“I was surprised to be nominated,” Rodriguez said. “I didn’t think I was really well known around campus by teachers and other students.”

Rodriguez describes himself as reserved and quiet, but his impact at Brophy has been far from it.

“I’m fairly reserved and quiet, being nominated is probably one of my biggest accomplishments at Brophy, because it makes me realize that I have been noticed,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez has been noticed in large part because of his under-the-radar activities.

“I believe that small impacts can really make an difference at Brophy,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez’s road to Brophy was slightly more abrupt than most applicants.

“I learned about Brophy about two weeks before the application. I was more interested in Bioscience High School,” Rodriguez said.

Nevertheless, Rodriguez’s parents were adamant about him attending Brophy and upon his acceptance, enrolled him post haste.

Over the past four years, Rodriguez has been involved in Calc Club as well as an out of school Scholar Program where he is involved in multiple community service projects every month.

However, Rodriguez was first impacted after the Freshman Breakaway at Saint Vincent DePaul through his Understand Catholic Christianity class.

“What I saw that day influenced me and made me want to help those in need. It made me better,” Rodriguez said.

Along with that, Rodriguez described his other highlights at Brophy as his Sophomore Service Project, but what “cut the deepest” was Kairos.

“After my first Kairos, I became the happiest person ever,” Rodriguez said.

One teacher who had the opportunity to share his Karios experience with him was Mrs. Sue Hornbeck, who was his small group leader.

“Manny Rodriguez is my hero,” Mrs.

Hornbeck said, “He is such a man of character and I was blessed to have him in my Kairos group.”

“His heart is so big and any time he comes into a room his smile is so warm and welcoming,” Mrs. Hornbeck said. “He can melt the hardest of hearts.”

Photo by Kevin Valenzuela ’13Manny Rodriguez ’12 poses for a portrait as co-runner up of Man of the Year on April 24 at Brophy College Preparatory.

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Political clubs help students get involved in governmentBy Michael Ahearne ’14

THE ROUNDUP

Brophy is home to many clubs, ranging from the Key Club to the Dungeons and Dragons Club.

Brophy is also home to many students who enjoy politics, and the combination of extracurricular activities and political interest combines in the Teenage Republicans and the Young Democrats.

The Teenage Republicans club is moderated by Dr. Sam Ewing and led by club president Grant Gustafson ’13.

Dr. Ewing has been moderating the club for the past six years, but the club

has been around a lot longer than that.What Dr. Ewing said he enjoys most

about the club is that it gives people a chance to understand more about why they think the way they do and possibly even challenge that when it comes to politics.

Gustafson has been in the club for more than two years. The club meets about once a week and usually talks about politics and what is in the news.

“It’s just about staying aware and knowing what’s going on, especially because all the seniors now can vote. It’s our duty to know something about the candidates and something about the issues, and not just listen to one reporter’s view on it,” Gustafson said.

The club’s character varies from year to year depending on leadership. Sometimes the president of the club is energetic and really involved,

while some

are more laid back. Occasionally, they have debates with

Young Democrats club.Outside of school, the Teenage

Republicans help out with charitable projects and organizations such as Packages from Home, a group that sends packages to troops overseas.

The club also helps with projects such as when U.S. Sen. John McCain was running for president. The club went down to a phone bank and they met Sen. McCain.

They have also gone to the Arizona State House and helped to register voters.

The Young Democrats club is moderated by Mr. Tom Danforth ’78 and led by club co-presidents, Michael Scarborough ’12 and Carlos Mandeville ’12.

Mr. Danforth has been moderating the club for about the past 15 years, and helped to start the Young Democrats club.

Scarborough has been in the club since freshman year, and Mandeville was in the club freshman year, left, then came back junior year and they both share the presidency of the club.

Mr. Danforth said he started the Young Democrats after getting tired of hearing announcements on the PA about the Teenage Republicans meetings.

He gathered some of the students he had gotten to know through class and the Puebla trip to Mexico, and he started the Young Democrats club.

The club talks about legislation that is being presented and about the political world in general.

They are also working to promote the club around campus.

They work outside of school, doing a lot at the Democratic headquarters, working at phone banks calling voters to remind them about elections.

Club members said they also enjoy going to debates, meeting candidates and political officials, and going door to door to express their beliefs about certain candidates and elections.

Some Democrats have already started to get involved in the Obama campaign.

Even though they are part of different parties, members from each

club will occasionally visit the other. “I go to their meetings occasionally,

and it’s just fun to talk with them too,” Gustafson said. “They may have completely opposing views, but at least they care, and that’s one of the most important things to me, and that’s why I like them. I invite them to our meetings and I go to theirs because it’s nice because we all know what’s going on.”

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Shenanigans mark end of senior journeySpecial senior-only days, staged events par for the

courseBy Michael Moroney ’13

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In recent years, graduating classes at Brophy have tried to make their senior year more enjoyable and memorable by way of themed school days and pranks called “Senior Shenanigans.”

The class of 2012 is no different; students plan to savor their remaining time at Brophy by having fun.

“When you realize that you have three months left with the guys around you, there’s of course a sad feeling but there’s also a connection available that only shenanigans can really bring together and make real,” said Jobert Adan ’12.

The seniors, aided by Student Council, have planned shenanigans throughout the year, beginning with bringing stuffed animals on the day of the Mountain Pointe football game last fall.

In the last week of the first semester, a large group of seniors put up Christmas lights to spread Christmas cheer.

So far in the second semester, seniors have organized airport day, golf day and beach day.

Airport day was originally supposed to be rolling backpack day, a throwback to elementary school, but it evolved into airport day and students dressed as if they were about to board a flight.

On beach day, students risked receiving a JUG so they could wear flip flops and tank tops.

Many seniors, including Vijay Singh ’12, took part in all three themed days.

“I just tried my best to dress as funny as possible on all three days,” Singh said. “The best way for us seniors to remember our last year is by laughing and having fun.”

Most recently, seniors staged a flash mob-style freeze at the end of break April 18. The bell rang and every senior froze where they were for five minutes.

Adan, a Student Council member, is unsure of any future shenanigans by the seniors.

“I surely haven’t planned any for the future but someone else in the class might have,” he said. “Will there be more shenanigans that happen? My answer is yes, hopefully many.”

And of course, Student Council still has the extremely popular, school-wide light saber battle planned for May 4.

Former classes, especially the past three graduating classes, have inspired the class of 2012 to have as much fun as possible in their final year.

The class of 2009 hosted the first annual Brophy light saber duel. The class of 2010 had pet day and bird seed day. The class of 2011 had RC Car day, bro day and they planned an invisible war in the mall.

“I’ve always participated in the giant light saber fight, starting in my freshman year,” Singh said. “And I remember last year’s seniors going all out in their shenanigans.”

Adan said he hopes his own graduating class can live up to the expectations set by the previous graduating classes.

“There is a sense for every class to be the best class or at least out do the class before them,” Adan said. “There is also the sense of tradition that has been built by previous classes.”

Photo by Julian De Ocampo ’13Seniors kick back in the David Brown Mall as part of the Class of 2012’s Beach Day on April 3, 2012. Other Senior Theme Days have included Airport Day, Golf Day and Freeze Day.

Photos by Kevin Valenzuela ’13Michael Scarborough ’12 (left) and Grant Gustafson ’13 (right) pose for a photo on April 25, 2012. Scarborough and Gustafson are Presidents of the Young Democrats and Teen-age Republicans clubs respectively.

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OpinionsThe Roundup | May 2012

The Issue: Too many students in high school, and especially at a college prep school, seem only to care about grades.

Our Stance: Grades are important, but they are not the only reflective element of a good education.

Don’t be afraid to like school.These are the wise words of a

departing senior who only recently came upon this realization.

When looking at this subject, one must initially ask, “What is the point of an education?”

Its Latin roots roughly make out a meaning of “lead out of.”

One could take this to mean leading out of

ignorance, or perhaps leading out of the caves that humans lived in as cavemen.

Maybe it’s more simple and literal: Leading out of adolescence and into adulthood.

Either way, it is the striving for something greater than our natural, current human state.

In that sense, working solely for good grades does not fulfill that purpose.

Grades can be an indicator of what one has learned, but they are an incomplete system.

Surely, most students who actively take an interest in the subject matter will get decent grades, but too often it is easy to scrape by with an A without really actively learning anything.

Too often students have the attitude of learning just enough to get that A and nothing more.

This is the tough part of being a teacher, trying to get students to be as excited about the subject as they are.

Forcing students to think is key to a teacher’s job in getting students to delve into the material.

On the opposite end, really learning is a two-way street and it actually is important for students to think in class.

Take, for example, math. If a student goes through all of their years of math solely memorizing steps to math problems, they might get a decent grade, but will be poorly prepared for higher levels of thinking and comprehension in future classes.

But if they think and rationalize through every step, they will actually understand the material and be prepared for their next levels of math.

Learning simply to earn a letter grade on a transcript can make school a tedious process. Learning solely for the purpose of learning makes school enjoyable.

It is no longer a chore, and going to class can be an interesting task.

Plus, actually understanding the material through and through will give any student a head start in college. And in life.

That is something that straight A’s cannot necessarily do.

Staff Editorial by Rohan Keith Andresen ’12 and Alex Stanley ’12

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Deemphasizing grades spawns real educationStaff Editorial

Tuning in to college hoops March 1 does not

create an expertSpring is in the air, St. Patrick’s Day

is around the corner and, above all, the madness is beginning as I walk into first period and notice everyone’s NCAA tournament brackets in hand.

As second period rolls the so called “bracketologists” from an hour before no longer enjoy college basketball as they watch their brackets bust.

Everyone from high school freshmen to the President of the United States seems to get into March Madness, even if they don’t know anything about college basketball.

According to Psychologytoday.com, “We love March Madness because it’s one of those events that play’s out the human condition – hard work,

competition, joy and sorrow.” We all start our brackets by

picking higher seeds, but as the weeks progress we end up rooting

for the Cinderella stories. We might not know

where schools such as Norfolk State or Lehigh even are, but we can’t seem to suppress the urge to cheer them on as they go up against household names like Duke and Missouri.

As someone who starts watching college basketball in November rather than March, I am usually pretty confident when I get into an argument with someone who is picking their winners based on coin-flips or mascots.

However, no matter how you attempt to pick your bracket it is hard to avoid bearing-down in an argument about March Madness and that is because for two weeks we all think we are “bracketologists.”

As the weeks progress and as students frequently

check the Hoopness.com rankings, the kids who supposedly had a top tier bracket now have to succumb to the scrutiny as they stare at the star next to their name meaning that they have been eliminated.

Once April rolls on and only the final matchup remains it seems that the number of college basketball fans decreases severely, because as much as people love competition, when you are no longer in one it becomes a far less interesting matter.

Now as the college basketball season winds down so does the interest for it. And even when it starts up again in November you can still count on not hearing about it until March.

Students think they are college basketball experts for 2 weeks

By Andrew Marini ’13

The Roundup

For many students around campus, keeping up with the latest Internet trends is a fulltime activity.

From chatting with strangers on Omegle, to cursing the stranger you are playing on 8 Ball Pool and now to browsing the newest post on Reddit, Internet fads come and go.

The popularity of each trend is influenced by many things. However, this need to stay up to date on the latest

ideas can make what you are playing more important than if you are actually having fun playing it.

To Michael Myers ’13, the ebb and flow of flash-in-the-pan games around Brophy becomes a sort of popularity

contest. “Kids download games

and play them just to seem cool. I don’t really get the

appeal,” Myers said.Instead of using these games for the

fun purposes they were intended for,

they are turning into status symbols. Things like Instagram, a popular

iPhone app that is to pictures what Twitter is to status updates, was first used by a few trendsetters and then became more widely used, according to Myers.

While the world is changing, and digital activities are becoming a central part of the teenage experience, using

them for the simple aim of looking cool or trendy just reifies the same problems

with all fads. To put it simply, it

creates a dichotomy between the “Haves” and the “Have nots.”

Taking the example of Instagram, an application until recently only available on the iPhone, makes those who do not

have iPhones feel less cool or forward

thinking. Because of the expensive nature of

iPhones, many students at Brophy cannot afford them. However, those who do should not laud the ability to use Instagram as something exclusive.

Instead, we should use digital applications as a way of enjoyment, not for trying to make others think you are cool.

Accepting the Internet as it is, and simply using it rather than materializing it can help curb the problems that can occur when certain people use devices and activities as status symbols.

Internet trends distract students from work, education

By Joseph Skoog ’13

The Roundup

Instead of using these games for the fun

purposes they were intended for, they are

turning into status symbols.

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Sorry, Brophy, it’s not you, it’s me.We had a really good thing going, but

it’s time to move on. There’s another school that I’ve gotten into as of late, Boston College.

I won’t forget all of the good times we’ve had: watching students welt each other with plastic lightsabers year after year, horrendously losing every intramural basketball game and playing FIFA in Mr. Mike Nelson’s ’97 room.

It seems that every single facet of our relationship has been what made it special, but

one thing stands out—the people.The people make this school what it

is. It is their belief that school does not just end at 2:45, their endless effort to provide students with activities and their striving to make this school a fun place to develop into a mature individual.

I have been enormously humbled in the presence of the faculty and students

here. I, myself, have changed much over

the years thanks to these people. I have become a much more mature

and thoughtful person, ready to face any challenge.

During the last four years, I have garnered enormous respect for Jesuit education, which has perhaps led me to choose a Jesuit university to attend next year.

The focus on educating the whole person and teaching students to think and actively participate in the world really struck a chord with me.

Lastly, one of the activities that I have most enjoyed is the reason why I am I writing this article—Journalism.

It’s been a fantastic outlet for me and I highly recommend it to anyone. I always look forward to

my period five, when I have Journalism. In this, I have learned valuable lessons, especially

that hard work and persistence pays off and that one should get involved with what they love.

Plus, Mr. Mica Mulloy ’99 is a fantastic advisor, and doesn’t get nearly enough credit for all of the work that he does.

I may be leaving and the Class of 2012 may be moving on, but I

know Brophy will carry on without us.A wise editor once said, “Stay classy, Brophy.”

Editor in Chief offers parting words before college

By Alex Stanley ’12

The Roundup

Brophy is a place where food must be sheltered from scavenging dogs.

It’s a place where JUGs are not something to be drunk from but rather something to fear, and a place where teenage boys become young men.

Countless times over my four years at Brophy my mother has told me the story of her experience at a “Get Acquainted Party” for freshman parents when she first heard Brophy President Fr. Eddie Reese, S.J. speak.

She tells me how Fr. Reese told the parents in attendance to give him their young boys and he would give them a man.

Although I have heard that story many times, I never really understood just

how true it was until I sat down to write this column.

I still remember my first day walking on campus, a timid freshman with little desire or ability to get outside his comfort zone and really grow.

Computer games were enticing, homework was monotonous and studying

was a waste of time. Not to mention the Grad at Grad principles and the other mottos thrown around

here. Those went right over my head.Fast forward four years and games still

call to me, begging me to play, homework still bogs me down and studying is still a drain. But now I’ve come to realize the meanings of the phrases like “Open to Growth,” “Intellectually Competent” and

“Man for Others” that are commonplace on our campus.

As a freshman I didn’t know how important it was to try new things, to open yourself up to different experiences and to get outside the box.

I was immature, I was timid and I was a boy.

Brophy changes all that. It calls its students to get outside their boxes and try new things.

This is no place for people who want to put in the least bit of effort possible and cruise along. Rather, this school is a place for people who want to give their all and genuinely grow physically, intellectually and spiritually.

I’ve found that there is nothing you find inside your comfort zone as rewarding as something out of it.

I never would have joined The Roundup without a desire to try new things, and

now I sit three years into my journalism career as a Co-Editor in Chief, having had the opportunity to work with some great men over the years.

I doubt I ever would had led Magis and Kairos retreats or mentored freshmen as a Big

Brother or volunteered outside of school without the lessons Brophy taught me about motivating myself to do more and try more.

But this isn’t about me and what I’ve done, it’s a call for action to all my fellow Broncos.

This school is a special place and like Fr. Reese said, it can make you a man, but you have to be open to the changes it can enact in you.

I encourage you all to get outside your comfort zone and if you already are, to stretch yourself just a little more and try even more new things.

The best way to become a Man for Others, to become Intellectually Competent or Open to Growth, moreover, the best way to be a Brophy Bronco, is to get out there and experience as much as you can.

It’s our experiences that shape who we are.

It’s our experiences that make us men.

Stepping outside comfort zone key to success at Brophy

By Ian C. Beck ’12

The Roundup

Question of the Month

By Jack Macias ’14THE ROUNDUP

What did you give up for Lent this year?

“I gave up annoying my brother.” –Tanner Nypen ’15

“Soda.” –Jonathan Zabasajja ’13

“I gave up video games.” –Trevor Skelton ’12

“I gave up Coca Cola.” –Phillip Rapa ’14

At the end of any adventure, people commonly remark on how quickly it went by.

My time at Brophy falls into this cliché.

As I think back on my past four years, I can only see a blurry slideshow of memories that have built me into the person I am today.

The experiences that I have had throughout my Brophy career have had a profound effect on me, and I cannot believe that in a short time I will have to say farewell to a place that I have come to call home.

Though I am excited to move on with the memories and knowledge that high school has inundated me with, I realize I am leaving a very

special place and an even more extraordinary community behind.

I am lucky enough to have the outlet of The Roundup to share how much Brophy means to me and how much I will miss it.

I hope that every other student will feel the same nostalgia when he imagines leaving this place behind.

The events and experiences we all partake in leave such different, yet profound imprints on our hearts.

I cannot stress enough the importance of taking advantage of every single thing Brophy offers.

Our school is so unique that it would be sinful for us to overlook some of the amazing things that we

will find nowhere else.The things that I have learned on my Magis,

Kairos, immersion trips, club activities and simply as an active member of the community will stay with me always.

The conversations with friends and esteemed faculty have helped me develop my opinions and have left me with an everlasting bank of memories that could keep me happy for the rest of my life.

The other day I found myself in an interesting situation. I was leaving a counselor’s appointment and heading back to class and the Mall was empty.

I used the silence and the serenity to take in the campus, to recall my last four years and the most memorable times of my life while at Brophy.

I do not believe that I could imagine a better place. So, as tradition goes, I would like to pass down

advice. Also, as tradition goes, advice tends to fall to the wayside, but I implore every freshman, sophomore and junior to at least consider what I have to say.

Your time at Brophy will be over faster than you know it. Time has a beautiful, yet terrible way of not slowing down for anyone or anything.

So I ask you all to take advantage of the community and opportunities that you have been given.

Try something new. Do a school event without your friends and meet new ones. Don’t lock yourself in the Information Commons studying; instead, go outside and take in our amazing campus filled with even more amazing friends.

Live each day at Brophy to the fullest, and do not take anything that you have been offered for granted.

Managing Editor: As my time as senior ends your time begins

By Rohan Keith Andresen ’12

The Roundup

I always look forward to my

period five, when I have Journalism.

I’ve found that there is nothing you find inside your comfort zone as rewarding as something out of it.

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” has been a polarizing issue since its inception.

Vehement supporters and ardent detractors have debated the statute’s merits since early 2009, and now the Supreme Court has joined the discussion.

In particular, it is considering a provision of the bill popularly known to as the “individual mandate,” which requires that every U.S. citizen purchase health insurance or face a penalty.

By late June of this year, the Court’s nine justices will decide to either allow the “individual mandate” or will strike it down as unconstitutional. Its verdict has the potential to fundamentally change America, perhaps irreversibly.

The idea that government can use coercion to force people to purchase a product or service tyrannically encroaches upon citizens’ liberties. Instead of defending our freedoms, Congress has undermined them by radically redefining the rights that we were once told are “inalienable.”

More broadly, the recent health care reform as a whole ultimately attempts to encumber the

health care industry with even more convoluted regulations and bureaucracy.

Before the bill, the health care industry was already declining due to too much federal intervention. Some companies were making record profits while providing second-rate service to consumers, all thanks to government involvement. “Obamacare” just expedites the problem.

When the economist Milton Friedman studied health care in the U.S. and

published “Input and Output in Health Care” in 1992, he found that as the government became more and more involved in health care in the

20th century, expenditures of hospitals increased, while the quality of medical care actually decreased.

The economist Thomas DiLorenzo explained in a 2009 column, “This kind of result is generally true of all government bureaucracies because of the absence of any market feedback mechanism. Since there are no profits in an accounting sense, by definition, in government, there is no mechanism for rewarding good performance and penalizing bad performance … This is guaranteed to happen with health care socialism as well.”

Thus, not only is “Obamacare” ideologically

unacceptable, but when examined through the lens of economics, we also see that it can result only in a less healthy economy.

The amalgamation of trade and government inevitably leads to an economic system in which businesses find success not from satisfying consumers, but from an altogether different set of criteria based on complying with regulations and pleasing politicians, resulting in tremendous inefficiency.

Private companies have incentives to produce a desirable product or service because, if they are unable to, they will go out of business.

In contrast, government-run industries have no such direct consequences because they are assured a relatively constant stream of revenue from taxes.

The arguments justifying government-mandated universal health care are almost always the same as those used to defend welfare, tariffs and countless other government policies. They often fail to take into account what Henry Hazlitt called the “unseen effects” in has famous book “Economics in One Lesson.”

For example, some proponents of the newest health care changes justify them by arguing that they allow uninsured citizens to acquire health insurance in situations where it may otherwise be impossible to do so.

However, this is a potentially shortsighted perspective.

When money is taken from someone forcibly, it really is a zero-sum game. There is no creation of wealth in theft.

Thus, for every dollar that the government pumps into the health care system, that is one less dollar in the pocket of some tax-paying citizen.

Just because the government reallocates wealth from one demographic to another does not make the economy any more efficient or prosperous. In fact, it makes it less efficient and less prosperous because consumers are no longer able to spend a portion of their money as they see fit.

Morally speaking, charity is a far more ethical way to help someone get health insurance, compared to coerced subsidization through taxes.

Furthermore, free markets benefit the uninsured by increasing competition among insurance companies, reducing inefficient federal spending and generally strengthening the economy.

Thus, deregulation of the health care industry is the proper treatment for our nation’s ailments.

This means eliminating special government benefits for insurance companies, letting consumers make their own decisions and allowing voluntary exchanges to take place without hindrance from the

state.

Supreme Court weighs health care ‘individual mandate’

By Aakash Jain ’14

The Roundup

The Democratic and Republican parties’ domination of the U.S. political landscape has been an accepted reality for the preponderance of most Americans’ lives.

Such a model allows for little diversity in government representation, in spite of the persistent, occasionally influential, bids of perennial candidates.

Nonetheless, despite the clear shortcomings of a two-party system, voters have historically been presented with well-

defined ideological contrasts on Election Day, or at least had some sort of decision

to make beyond cynical party loyalties.

The upcoming presidential election however will fail miserably to uphold this already limited tradition.

This November, the incumbent President Barack Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney, despite their rigorous efforts to disprove

this reality, will campaign on platforms nearly identical to one another.

In fact, though they generate enthusiasm from relatively disparate demographics, the Democratic and Republican parties, aside from a few minor issues, very much stand in solidarity.

Romney’s stump speeches and debate performances exude criticisms of Obama and his policies, but he himself reflects most of his key tenets. Whether that is good or bad each individual may determine for himself.

Romney implemented socialized healthcare as governor of Massachusetts and supports “government-endorsed” business.

He defends selective taxation, a preemptive war with Iran, the Patriot Act and a cold war with Cuba. The list goes on and on.

Mainstream politics is unanimous in its absolute support for belligerent foreign policy, abundant spending and cumbersome federal intervention in the economy.

As a result of this ideological amalgamation, voters will rather unfortunately elect a president this November not based on his political platform but instead by the color of his tie or the strength of his rhetoric.

Andrew P. Napolitano, a fomer

political analyst for Fox News, addressed this issue in a recent column: “What if Democrats and Republicans were two wings of the same bird of prey? … What if no matter who won an election, government stayed the same? … What if both parties supported welfare, war, debt, bailouts and big government? … What if the biggest difference between most candidates was not substance but style?”

For better or for worse, Americans had better get used to the status quo because “change,” no matter how ardently we’re promised otherwise, is not in our near

future.

Democrats, Republicans espouse status quo in political landscape

By Aakash Jain ’14

The Roundup

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SportsThe Roundup | May 2012

Baseball finishes regular season with 19-7 recordBaseball musters 2 runs in loss

to Mountain PointeMountain Pointe 8

Brophy 2By Erik T. Masingill ’12/THE ROUNDUP

The Brophy baseball team scored their lowest amount of runs in a game this season with two as the Broncos lost their third road game 8-2 to Mountain Pointe Friday, March 30.

“A lot of times, we have ridden the emotion of our pitching,” said head coach Mr. Tom Succow. “And Michael Westra ’13, who we kind of consider maybe our No. 1 pitcher, just didn’t have it today.”

David Graybill ’12 led off the game with a homerun on the first pitch from the Pride that gave the Broncos an early 1-0 lead.

Mountain Pointe (10-7-1 Overall) answered in the bottom of the first with three runs scored off a two-RBI double and an error. The Pride led 3-1 after the first inning and held that lead throughout the game.

Baseball shuts out Ironwood giving up only 2 hits

Brophy 10Ironwood 0

By George A. Liddy ’14/THE ROUNDUP

The Broncos defeated the Ironwood Bald Eagles 10-0 Tuesday, April 3 behind Graybill’s two-hit, five inning shutout and a two homerun, four-RBI night by Chris Beall ’12.

Head baseball coach Mr. Succow said the team played “pretty well despite getting home from Monday night’s victory at Yuma Kofa at 10:30 and most of the guys going to bed at 11:30.”

Graybill did not give up a single hit in the first two innings, striking out three in the process.

“Dave Graybill gave us a lot of energy on the mound and Chris Beall led us at the plate with Emilio Torrez (’12) and we got some hits at the end … we needed to take care of business and we did that tonight, winning a pretty clean game,” Mr. Succow said.

Baseball overcomes deficit to defeat Hamilton

Brophy 9Hamilton 8

By P. Erik Meyer ’14/THE ROUNDUP

As the Broncos walked off the field at 10:15 p.m. following their three and a half hour long victory over Hamilton April 9, few players looked tired.

The Broncos had just completed an 11-inning comeback against a quality opponent.

“I thought the difference was we stayed in the game each pitch instead of giving in and giving away at bats,” Mr. Succow said when being asked about the turnaround. “I thought all the players played every pitch of the game and that was very important.”

In the top of the 11th, sophomore pitcher Ryan Castellani ’14 stepped in and shut down Hamilton, allowing one hit and no runs.

“Graybill responded with the two run homerun and got the game winning base hit in the 11th inning,” Mr. Succow said. “I think both teams missed opportunities but both teams kept grinding

it out and I thought it was a great game.” Baseball extends win streak to

5 games with 12-run victory over St. Mary’s

Brophy 14St. Mary’s 2

By George A. Liddy ’14/THE ROUNDUP

The Broncos only had five hits in the April 12 road game against St. Mary’s, but that was enough to score 14 runs in a win over their rival 14-2.

“St. Mary’s is 19-2 overall and 11-1 in the power point rankings … this was a good win over a quality team,” said head coach Mr. Succow.

Brophy scored three runs in the first with help from Graybill, who hit a leadoff triple, and Nick Jewett ’12, who hit a two-run homerun.

In the fifth inning, Brophy scored seven more runs, four of which scored on walks and another scored on a wild pitch.

The other two runs scored on St. Mary’s errors. Brophy scored three more runs off walks in the fifth.

St. Mary’s failed to score in the bottom of the inning leading to a 14-2 mercy-rule victory for the Broncos.

Brophy finishes off the Knights on back to back nights

Brophy 5St. Mary’s 4

By P. Erik Meyer ’14/THE ROUNDUP

The Broncos walked off the wind swept baseball diamond April 13 after beating the St. Mary’s Knights on back to back nights and the being the winners of six straight games.

In the top of the fourth inning, St. Mary’s scored four runs while the Broncos responded with one run in the bottom half.

“Connor Moore (’12) came up with a huge base hit to tie it and we had a lot of different guys contribute. Connor Messman (’12) has been catching this week because John Rapisarda (’12) our starting catcher for the last three years has been out with a little knee injury.”

Graybill pitched five and one third innings with

one strikeout, three walks and three earned runs while Isaiah Deutsch ’14 came in and pitched three and two thirds innings with one strikeout, one hit and no runs.

Baseball loses shootout to

Desert VistaDesert Vista 6

Brophy 5By Tyler J. Scott ’12/THE ROUNDUP

After a combined eight runs in the fifth inning, Brophy was edged out by Desert Vista 6-5 Monday, April 16.

“They put the ball in play; they made plays when they had to,” said head coach Mr. Succow. “They made plays, we didn’t make plays.”

The Broncos responded with four runs in the top of the fifth behind Beall and Jeff Clasen ’12, who both hit two-run homeruns to give Brophy a 4-2 lead.

The Thunder scored two runs on an RBI single and an error to regain the lead at 6-5 and eventually, the win.

Sports Online: Read complete game articles and analysis, and see more photos at roundup.brophyprep.org

Photo by Andrew Bender ’13Sean LaJeunesse ’12 throws out a Chandler baserunner on Feb. 9. The Broncos defeated Chandler at Opus Field 12-0.

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Hockey, Crew, Swimming and Golf state championships

highlight early accomplishments

By Erik T. Masingill ’12 & Michael Moroney ’13

THE ROUNDUP

FootballThis year’s Brophy football team finished the

regular season with a perfect 10-0 record and an overall record of 11-1.

The last team to have an undefeated regular season was the 1978 team.

The Broncos won their first playoff game over Mountain Pointe 28-3 Friday, Nov. 4, but lost to Basha 32-29 in the quarterfinals the following week Nov. 10.

For three consecutive years, the Broncos have reached the quarterfinals in the playoffs.

However, head coach Mr. Scooter Molander said the season concluded at the wrong time.

“It was a very good year that ended too quickly,” Mr. Molander said. “I was really proud of our guys’ efforts in the offseason. We had a perfect season going, and we got upset in the quarterfinals 32-29. But I’ll always remember that season as a very special one, one in which I believe the guys really bonded well together and got back to playing Brophy football.”

Mr. Molander said the team also stood out from his other previous coached teams.

“I believe the explosiveness of the offense and the defense for that matter,” he said. “I think anytime your starters are not playing the second half because you’re blowing teams out, I mean that says we’re pretty good so I’ll remember those two things.”

GolfThe Brophy golf team brought home a second fall

state championship by winning the 2011 state golf championship.

The team ended the tournament with a score of 561, in front of Desert Vista and Hamilton.

Tyler Kertson ’13 finished first for the Brophy squad by scoring a 66 on the first day and a 69 on the second. He finished fifth overall in the tournament and was named to the All-Arizona team.

“Leading the team was a great experience,” Kertson said. “We had a great team and we were consistent so I think we really deserved it.”

SwimmingIn late November, the swim team won its 24th

consecutive state title after Chris Webb ’12 won the gold medal in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle and Mike Nelson ’12 won the 100 breaststroke for the second consecutive year.

“We have such a strong team. Our strength is that we brought 19 kids to state and most other schools score only three kids for state,” said head coach Mr. Pat O’Neill.

The Broncos won each of their dual meets through the 2011 season. Webb was also named the Arizona Boys High School Swimmer of the Year.

CrewAfter capturing the second consecutive crew

state championship with the Broncos, rower Matt Nelson ’12 said chances of success in the next few years are bright.

“We’ve been doing well,” he said. “We had a lot of sophomores and good juniors, and we have two or three seniors, so it’s going to be good in the next couple of years.”

Nelson said the recent success of the crew team has brought a new shed of light for the rowers.

“It’s definitely been a change of pace,” he said. “Normally, we’ve been rowing under a club team, and then to go to Brophy and then win the state championship, it’s been cool.”

WrestlingAfter six Broncos qualified for the competition,

Brophy’s wrestling squad finished 14th overall in the Division I state wrestling meet.

Marshall Varner ’13 finished second overall in the 152-pound weight class while Austin Schmidt ’12 finished sixth in the 145-pound class.

Also of note, head coach Mr. Brad Frank got his 200th dual meet victory this season on Jan. 18 with a win over South Mountain, Caesar Chavez and North.

BasketballSimilar to the football team, the basketball team

reached the quarterfinals in the playoffs before elimination.

The team finished with an overall record of 23-8. The Broncos entered the playoffs as a No. 9 seed, defeating No. 24 Cienega 62-34 and No. 8 Westview 73-64 before losing to the eventual state champion, No. 1 Corona 69-54.

Head coach Mr. Tony Fuller said the season’s results went beyond expectations.

“Great season; never a problem with anybody attitude-wise,” he said. “The guys played hard, they played together, they tried and won 23 games which no one thought we would do.”

“This was supposed to be a rebuilding year everybody thought, but we went 23-8, came in second place in our Thanksgiving tournament, we won our Christmas tournament and we made it to the elite 8 of Division I,” he said. “You can play a lot of seasons and not win 23 games, so I take my hat off to the group. I hate to lose these seniors because they did a magnificent job.”

Mr. Fuller said the seniors brought attention to the Brophy basketball program.

“I think Brophy has been known as a football school,” he said. “Football, swimming, tennis and not really known for being a basketball school. Now I go around different places in the Valley, and people talk about Brophy basketball, so that’s a credit to them. They kind have turned that tide a little bit.”

SoccerThe Brophy soccer team began the 2011-2012

season with a No. 2 national ranking, according to ESPN, a year after winning the state championship.

The Broncos finished the season with a record of 20-2-1, their only loss coming at the hands of

the Hamilton Huskies in the state championship. Brophy lost in double overtime 2-1.

“We played relentlessly the whole match, they just got lucky in the end,” said head coach Mr. Marc Kelly ’87. “I was really impressed with our effort.”

Riggs Lennon ’13 was named the Arizona Big Schools’ Player of the Year after breaking the Brophy scoring record with 51 goals.

HockeyAfter a 16-5-2 record season for the Broncos, the

team won its first state title in school history with a 5-2 victory over the Pinnacle Pioneers.

The Broncos entered the playoffs with their first ever No. 1 seeding. The team had 27 days in between their last game of the season and the first game of the playoffs.

However, the Broncos defeated Desert Vista 6-1 in the semifinals March 10 and Pinnacle the day after to hoist their first hockey championship.

“Despite the fact that we woke up at 6 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays every week, it was great because we worked hard, and it all paid off at the end of the season,” said Ryan Beneduce ’12 of the entire season.

Beneduce said the team’s third-place finish in Nationals was a fun ride aside from the ending.

“I feel like it (nationals) ended on a sour note, but the rest of the tournament was pretty good,” he said. “We killed a couple of teams 13-0, and I think it was a good way to end the season.”

Beneduce also said he wouldn’t mind seeing the team next year win their second consecutive state championship.

“Back-to-back state champs, go for it,” he said.

LacrosseAs of April 4, the lacrosse team is 11-0 in the

regular season with one outside loss to Regis Jesuit, Colorado.

The Broncos have allowed 28 goals in those 11 regular season games while scoring 165 goals.

They currently have the No. 1 seed for the playoffs, which were set to begin April 23.

The Broncos, though, have seven season games left before April 23.

“I think we’ve been successful so far,” said Nic Latham ’12. “We’ve played a lot smarter than we’ve had years in the past. We’ve got a good group of guys that are all working hard and want to play.”

The Broncos will attempt to win their second state championship in their past three seasons.

BaseballAs of April 26, the baseball team finished the

regular season with a 19-7 record and will play their first playoff game Tueday, May 1.

The Broncos also earned a first-round bye in the tournament.

Head coach Mr. Tom Succow said the season has been positive so far aside from the five losses and that the team is one of his top three all-time favorite of his coached teams.

“Love the members on the team,” he said. “I think it’s been a fun season. They’re a great group of kids

to be around, and I enjoy going to practice every day.”

Mr. Succow said the team has let a couple of potential wins slip away from them as well.

“I’m a little disappointed about the 13-5 (the team’s record at the time of the interview). The first Horizon game, we had an opportunity to win. I thought we should have won the first Sandra Day O’ Connor game.

“Those are two power-point games that I thought got away from us a little bit, but overall as of this morning, we’re first in our section in power-points, and we’re in the top eight or nine in power-points overall.”

Mr. Succow also said the Broncos face more difficult opponents in these last eight games.

“But our toughest part of our schedule in coming up,” he said. “We have Hamilton next Tuesday, couple games against St. Mary’s, and they’ve won 16 games.”

VolleyballThe Brophy volleyball team had multiple starters

return this season including Nick Benson ’12, Carson Westerfield ’12 and Jake Kufel ’13.

“Fortunately for us, all the guys we lost weren’t our best player or our leader, Nick Benson,” said head coach Mr. Tony Oldani. “He’s been remarkable since he’s been here.”

So far the Broncos have traveled to the Best of the West Tournament and an annual Las Vegas tournament, where they went 7-2 and placed second.

The Broncos also hosted the Brophy Invite on April 14-15 and placed third. The Gilbert Tigers won the tournament.

TennisA year after finishing second in the state

tournament, the Brophy tennis team returns many of its top players from last year’s team.

The Broncos have Hudson Blake ’13, Alexander Curtis ’12, Max Oppedahl ’12 and Logan Hall ’14 returning.

The Broncos will be without top player Kyle Chalmers ’13, who tore his ACL in a late-March match. Despite this loss, Brophy has already beaten last year’s state champion Salpointe.

“Losing Kyle is tough but I think myself and the other guys can help us go as far as we can in the state tournament,” Blake said.

TrackA year after the Brophy track team won their first

ever state championship, the team returns multiple record-breaking runners.

At the Chandler Rotary meet, both Devon Allen ’13 and Bobby Grant ’14 set new hurdles records.

Allen ran the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 13.62, good enough for an Arizona state record, and Grant ran the second best sophomore time in the U.S. for the 300-meter hurdles.

The Broncos will travel to Arcadia, Calif. for the Arcadia Invitational and then will compete in the state meet in late May.

2011-2012 sports year carries many achievements

Team finishes regular season unbeaten by in-state opponents

By Logan Hall ’14THE ROUNDUP

The Brophy Lacrosse team holds the No. 1 ranking in the state as of April 18.

The Broncos started off the season with a couple of losses, but coach Mr. Beau Pich said he puts a positive spin on losing.

“It will ultimately aid us in our development and allow us to work on some of our weaknesses,” Mr. Pich said.

After the team’s losses to , they were

able to turn around their start.Mr. Pich said he has been pleased with

how the team has been playing; however there is always room for improvement.

“I am pleased with our performance in recent wins; however we still have some things to tweak as we head into a tough part of our schedule,” he said.

Mr. Pich is optimistic for the playoffs and the team’s battle for another state championship, and said this will focus on the little things and being ready to play. The team won the state title the last two years.

Defensive midfielder Thomas Tait ’14 said he likes the look of the team, and

is excited to see how theywill perform. Tait said he enjoys the team; however

there are certain things that the group can work on.

“I want to see the team grow closer, and we could work on our communication a little bit more but other than that our team functions pretty well,” Tait said.

Lacrosse completes successful season with playoffs around corner

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Out of Left Field

Alex Chen ’14Tennis

Zach Cox ’13Hockey

Favorite Disney princess?

Michael Myers ’13

Lacrosse

Star Wars or Lord of the Rings?

Jake Faust ’12Football

“Star Wars.” Awesome cinematography plus

cheesy romance.

“Star Wars.”

“Lord of the Rings.”

“Lord of the Rings.”

Cinderella because I would only have to buy

one shoe for her.

Belle.

Mulan. She’s Asian. And awesome.

Sleeping Beauty.

Most overrated musical artist?

Lil B’/Basedgod.

Nickelback.

Katy Perry. Just ... ugh.

Lady Gaga.

Long Friday or C Schedule?

C Schedule.

Long Friday.

C Schedule. I despise long Fridays.

Long Fridays.

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Seniors set to take on different role in college

sportsBy Jonathan M. Gornet ’14

THE ROUNDUP

Senior athletes are spread around the Brophy campus and with graduation approaching their high school sport days

are numbered. Some seniors like Brock Ghelfi ’12

and Mack Regan ’12 said they are planning to play lacrosse for the college they attend in fall.

“I am planning on trying out for the Marquette lacrosse team next year,” Regan said in an email. “I love the sport and I love the camaraderie that lacrosse creates.”

Ghelfi plans to go to Bucknell College

because of the lacrosse program. “I was looking for the school with the

best possible combination of academics and athletics,” Ghelfi said in an email. “Bucknell has an exceptional lacrosse program and it is a good school.”

But Regan said he does not want to go to Marquette just because of lacrosse.

“The brotherhood that I feel at Brophy is something that I want in my college,” Regan said. “So, the combination

between school spirit and the school being Jesuit, I feel, will create that brotherhood.”

The preparation that Brophy gave to the students for college is going to be helpful as well, Ghelfi said.

“I think one of the best things about Brophy is that the school teaches you how to be multidimensional,” Ghelfi said. “Every student is not only a full time student, but a large majority often have

sports, clubs and other commitments that they have to balance with their commitment to their academics.”

Other preparation Brophy has given students is valuable time management skills, Regan said.

“Brophy has taught me valuable time management skills that I don’t think I could’ve gotten anywhere else due to the large amount of work that I had to balance with my sport,” Regan said.

Senior athletes prepare for life after high school, collegiate sports

By Logan Hall ’14THE ROUNDUP

This year’s Brophy March Madness bracket contest was one filled with drama and controversy.

Hundreds of Brophy students entered the pool, but only one person correctly selected the Final Four. His name in the pool is “MrChile0821.”

All Brophy students were supposed to use their Brophy email for their username. So the question is: Who is MrChile0821?

Diego Maloney ’14 came forward as the man known as Mr. Chile.

Maloney, having held the first place position for the entire tournament leading up to the Final Four, knew that he had to come forward and reveal his true identity.

Maloney went to Mr. Pete Burr ’07, the Digital Media Manager and teacher in charge of the March Madness bracket, and asked if he would still be able to win the bracket even though he did not use his real name.

Mr. Burr, who was also curious who the real Mr. Chile was, was understanding of this mistake and allowed Maloney to still be eligible for victory.

“I was not disqualified. I talked to Mr. Burr and he gave me a hard time about the name issue, jokingly, and then he said it wouldn’t be a problem,” Maloney said.

Some students thought that Mr. Burr’s decision to allow Maloney to still be eligible was a mistake because he did not follow the proper protocol.

“I personally don’t think it is fair to allow him to remain in the pool,” said Chase McQueen ’14.

Despite some objection Maloney walked away as one of this year’s top finishers.

As for how Maloney made his

choices, he said that it was purely logic and strategy.

“Kentucky is Kentucky, simple as that,” Maloney said. “They are unstoppable. Ohio State has Jared Sullinger and Aaron Craft, and other solid starters that get the job done. They are on fire right now and will give Kentucky a run for their money in the National Championship. Kansas has Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor; Kansas is strong but not strong enough to win a national title, they are too spotty as a team. Louisville has Kyle Kuric, the Senior who makes others better and then there is Peyton Siva, the next Derrick Rose. Without

Peyton Siva they would have been blown away by Michigan St. and Draymond Green in the Sweet Sixteen.”

Maloney is a fan of college basketball and said he follows the sport quite religiously.

“I follow college basketball a lot actually. So, it was all strategy. Aside from being the only Brophy kid that picked the Final Four right this year, I also picked last year’s national champion, UConn,” Maloney said.

Maloney placed fifth in the end with 103 points. The winner, Austin McHenry ’12, edged him out in the end with 109 points.

‘Mr. Chile’ and the March Madness bracket bring drama to campus

By Chase Stevens ’12 THE ROUNDUP

For more than 15 years, head coach Mr. Tony Oldani has been a cornerstone of the Brophy volleyball team.

“I was an assistant coach from ’95-’98 and have been the head coach since the ’99 season,” Mr. Oldani said.

Oldani’s exposure to the sport started in his high school years.

“I began playing club volleyball and sand volleyball in high school and then played for the club team at the University of Illinois,” Oldani said. “It was during my senior year in college that I had the opportunity to run part of the Illinois volleyball camp and really fell in love with teaching the game,” he said.

His practices are run smoothly and efficiently.“We believe in getting in and getting the work

done,” Mr. Oldani said. Our practices are high rep, game-like situations that combine fitness development with skill and tactical training,” he

said.Mr. Oldani said he has

had many influences on his coaching style.

“One of the most significant influences on my coaching was Mark Granger, the former head basketball coach at Brophy… He never prescribed to ‘acting’ like a coach – he simply brought himself wholly into the gym,” Oldani said.

“I never saw him compromise his integrity for short-term success on the court,” he said.

For Mr. Oldani, victory isn’t everything. Volleyball has a much deeper meaning for him than spikes and points.

“It started because it was the sport that my sister, who was a year younger than me, was playing in

middle school. I would basically just practice with her,” Mr. Oldani said. “She was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the end of her sophomore year and passed away in October of her junior year. I really started playing seriously my junior year as a way to

keep her involved in the game and after her death, it served as my connection to her,” he said.

“That was 1987 and I haven’t stopped loving the game yet.”

This affects his coaching style and he said he attempts to pass this onto his players.

“My approach is to teach the players about love and passion through volleyball,” he said.

Mr. Oldani’s players said they appreciate his coaching prowess.

“Oldani is an awesome coach. He has a more laid back approach which makes the players feel more comfortable around him,” said Ryan Dowd ’12.

“He can get fiery too which makes us respect him as well,” Dowd added.

Dowd said that Mr. Oldani’s No.1 strength is “his consistency. We know he going to give us his all day in and day out. His passion for the sport and for our success does not fluctuate.”

Oldani’s love of volleyball demonstrated on, off court

Photo by Roan Enright ’13Varsity volleyball coach Mr. Tony Oldani talks to his team (Cooper Munhall ’14 left and Michael Bayley ’13 right) during their game against Desert Vista on April 23, 2012.

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Photos by Casey Weinstein ’13What do you get when you combine hard work, persistence, determination and run-ning? The Brophy track team. Brophy is a

host to one of the largest track teams in the state, with nearly 150 athletes on its roster. The track team won the 5A state champion-ship last year, and they are aiming to win it again this year. The state meet is slated for

May 9.

Setting the Pace

Below: A volunteer pulls the trigger on the pistol that signifies the beginning of every race.

Below: Conor Tobin ’13, right, begins to hand the baton to Marco de Leon ’13 in the varsity 4 x 100 meter relay.

Left: Devon Allen ’13, one of Brophy’s leading scorers, leaps over a hurdle in the 110 meter varsity high hurdles race.

Below Right: Mark Schillinger ’12 pole vaults and throws himself over the nearly 14 foot high pole.

Below Left: Patrick Dampare ’13 soars through the air after taking his final leap in the triple jump event.

EntertainmentThe Roundup | May 2012

Lone ‘Wolff’ photographer finds solace in snapshotsBy Josh Galvin ’13THE ROUNDUP

It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words.

But for Sam Wolff ’13, the value of his photographs runs much deeper, measured not in words but emotions.

“My interest began about five years ago when I stole my dad’s camera on a trip to Washington, D.C. but then it was rekindled in Mr. Mulloy’s beginning photo class in the summer of sophomore year,” Wolff said. “I started learning the technique that gave me the tools to take it to a different level.”

Wolff is currently a student in AP Photography, which covers a balance of mechanics and creative license.

The first semester is dedicated to creating a breadth portfolio, which challenges the students’ practical ability as they get a good feel for personal tastes.

“The assignments he would give us made you put yourself in a situation you wouldn’t normally be in … it forced me to experience certain things that you wouldn’t necessarily experience otherwise,” Wolff said.

However, in the second semester the concentration portfolio narrows the photographer’s focus to one specific style.

“I chose storytelling, which focuses less on the technical aspect and more on my ability to tell a story,” Wolff said. “It allows me to be more creative.”

Like other mediums of art, photography serves varying roles for different people. For Wolff, his photos create a comprehensive portfolio of his life at the present moment.

“The biggest thing I try to do is tell

a story with my photos as best I can,” Wolff said. “I prioritize what happens in the photo and what fashion it happens in over elements like composition and lighting.”

The collective memories expressed in his pictures allow him to catalogue his feelings and personal experiences.

“I try to take what I’m thinking in my head and make it tangible,” Wolff said.

A natural urge for any artist is to share their work and garner as much publicity as possible. But unlike other photographers, Wolff tends to keep his pictures mostly under wraps.

“I started with Flickr.com, but I don’t advertise my work … I wouldn’t put it on Facebook,” Wolff said.

However, he added that websites like flickr.com and 500px.com allow photographers to get their work out in the open with little effort.

Xavier student Hannah Roberts ’13 is one of the few people with exposure to most of Wolff ’s work.

“I’ve known Sam since our freshman year, and he’s been taking pictures ever since I can remember,” Roberts said. “His work is very autobiographical in a way, and I think each photo comes with its own unique perspective on life.”

Wolff uses photography not only to capture his thoughts in the present but to retain them in a visceral way for the future.

“Each picture really makes a statement about his character and the way his mind works,” Roberts said. “His thoughtfulness and his profound perspective on life are put on display in his photographs, whether he realizes it or not.”

“There are a lot of things I want to remember and have a tangible and

emotional connection with that time period rather than if I had just written it down,” Wolff said. “I print out a lot of them at my house and go through them and relive the moments associated with them.”

“It is a way for me to be able to reflect on stuff that’s happened in my life,” he added.

“It’s something more than just practice and a quality editing software,” Roberts said. “It’s a God given talent.”

Yet as in all endeavors, talents must be practiced and sharpened. For those who are interested in taking up photography, Wolff noted it takes more than pointing and shooting.

“Photography is the act of putting something brilliant in front of the lens,” he said.

“The camera only gets you so far.”

Photos by Sam Wolff ’13Above, a portrait of Hannah Roberts ’13, one of Wolff’s friends.Below, a photo from Wolff’s AP Studio Art portfolio.

Videographer Lowe immerses himself in photos, film, schoolBy Jackson Santy ’13

THE ROUNDUP

Throughout his time at Brophy, Brad Lowe ’12 has immersed himself more and more in campus activities.

Whether it’s playing on the varsity golf team for two years, working on Student Council or standing as Co-President of the Photo/Video Club alongside Sam Wolff ’13, Lowe has indeed engrossed himself in Brophy.

Among all the activities he participates in, there is one in particular that has stuck with him.

Lowe sparked his passion in videography reluctantly, early on during his junior year.

“I was in keyboard for first semester of junior year and I was just not very good at it,” Lowe said. “For some reason, I couldn’t play with both hands at the same time and the only class I could drop into was Video Production.”

“I really loved the class and I’ve done it ever since,” Lowe added.

Since then, Lowe has produced more 20 videos through his enrollment in Video Production and Advanced Video Production.

Lowe’s biggest achievement in videography was his recent self-made documentary “Fame vs. Talent: A History of Hip Hop.”

The idea sparked when Mr. Tommy Smith assigned his Advanced Video Production students their final project.

“The assignment was for students to concoct a five to eight minute video about anything we wanted,” Lowe said. “I had a lot of time.”

When the due date came, Lowe turned in his 35-minute documentary on the history of hip hop.

“The basic thesis of it was that hip hop has been seen as a genre that’s a degradation of society; I describe how the founding of hip hop was based around the ideals of peace, love, unity and having fun,” Lowe said.

The film begins with several music videos playing in chronological order, going from DJ Kool Herc spinning records, to Grand Wizzard Theodore creating the record scratch, all the way to Eminem’s “Not Afraid.”

“I pulled together a lot of interviews off of different sites that have focused more on both the origins of Hip Hop and where it stands today by

comparing and contrasting the different aspects of the changing culture,” Lowe said.

After putting it all together, Lowe wrote out a 17-page script, which he narrated over the film.

“Along with collected online interviews, I also spoke with several students about their take on the genre and tested their knowledge on it,” Lowe said.

The documentary debuted at the Fine Arts Extravaganza last November.

Brophy Student Council moderator and fellow videographer Mr. Pete Burr ’07 has had the opportunity to both teach and learn from Lowe over the past year.

“He’s a very driven, methodical individual who knows what he wants,” Mr. Burr said. “It’s obvious to see that there’s a greater purpose for Brad, as he’s consistently following it and getting after it.”

“I’ve seen things that he’s done and it’s motivated me, giving me a new take on how I can go after

things,” Mr. Burr added. According to Mr. Burr, Lowe’s style is

wonderful to watch.“His style is more of a classical filmmaking

style with narratives,” Mr. Burr said. “I’ve seen thing that he’s done and it’s motivated me.”

Lowe and Mr. Burr both said that videography is much more “under the radar” compared to photography and drawing, especially at events like the Fine Arts Extravaganza.

“Videography is definitely a different take on art; it’s an easy way to slow things down for people to see all the incredible things that

are happening around us in a world that moves so fast,” Lowe said. “It’s really cool to be able to take something and allow everybody to see it.”

Lowe is attending Texas Christian University next year, pursuing a dual major in English and film.

“It’s really cool to be able to take something and allow everybody to see it.”

—Brad Lowe ’12

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Online this month: Movie, music and video game reviews roundup.brophyprep.org

Artsy coach Kelly dishes about soccer, housing project

Mr. Marc Kelly ’87By Alex Stanley ’12THE ROUNDUP

Mr. Fisko’s question from March 2012 “Teacher’s Pet”: What is your brain food?

School appropriate? I’d say cookies, why not? I don’t want to do cupcakes.

Where were you born?I was born in Philadelphia.And you went to Brophy, right?Yes.What was Brophy like when you

went to school?Brophy had two buildings and a gym. Where the mall is now, there was black

top pavement with basketball hoops. No gates. No lawns. There was a pool

where Keating and Eller are now.

And there was a scary locker room that was adjacent to the pool.

Where’d you go to college?

Gonzaga.Did you like it?Yup, played four years of soccer

there—I loved Gonzaga. I haven’t been back there since; I’ll need to go back. It became a much better school after I left, let’s put it that way.

What is the craziest thing that has happened to you as a student or faculty member at Brophy?

This year is a huge disappointment in our soccer team losing in quadruple overtime in the state championship.

That was certainly an insane ending to the season.

That was one of the most difficult things—I’m still trying to deal with that.

In regards to soccer, we’ve had a number of really amazing comebacks, including one where we were losing three goals to zero with 13 minutes left in the first round of state against Mountain Ridge. We came back to score four goals to win it.

Also, I’ve been on some great immersion trips. Seeing New Orleans while it was underwater was certainly crazy and sad.

Do you have any relation to the astronaut Mark Kelly?

I’ve been called a space cadet, and I like Space Mouse sometimes. But, I don’t have any relation to him as far as I know. Somewhere down the line I’m sure we’re related, because of the last name.

Have you been following Jurgen Klinsmann and the U.S. Men’s National Team?

Yes. He is starting to do well.

Do you think you could take Klinsmann’s job as head coach?

Yes. He’s German; he doesn’t know anything about anything. I’m just kidding. I would never want Jurgen Klinsmann’s job—what a mess.

But, I’m happy to see that he is actually doing well. His real test will come for the qualification for the World Cup.

Is your house perchance made out of clay?

When I bought my house about seven or eight years ago, I completely ripped out the interior walls. So, I have a number of walls that are made of clay—they are murals.

There’s a huge one in my bathroom. It takes up an entire wall—about 12 feet tall.

My house is a work in progress, but every part of it has some artistic aspect to it, which makes it difficult to finish. In essence it will never be finished. Therein

lies my personal agony.Which do you prefer: longboard

or bicycle?Wow! I like the longboard better. It’s kind of a workout and you can get

kind of gnarly on the longboard. I like the ability to carve.

The bike drives itself—all you have to do it pedal. With you longboard, you have to balance, carve, grind on stuff—frighten old ladies. You know, whatever you got to do.

How can students earn an A in one of your classes?

Cookies. Obviously, getting an A in one of my classes is very difficult. So, they’ve got to really work hard for that A. That’s a joke, but you’ve got to keep it classy in the studio for sure.

Pose a question for the next teacher interviewed.

What did you want to be when you were young?

‘GasBuddy’ app powers smartphones with cheap prices for driversBy Brett Mejia ’13THE ROUNDUP

As gas prices soar to almost $4 per gallon in Arizona, the price at the pump is once again becoming a widespread pandemic in the United States.

While the debate about whether the days of $2 per gallon gas are gone forever continues, there is an app that will help you save money every time you fill up.

Recently reviewed by NPR, GasBuddy for the iPhone is a free app, and is one of many of its kind

that can be downloaded for various smartphones.Since I have to drive about 20 miles every day to

Brophy, I chose to see if I could find some cheap gas with the help of this app.

According to GasBuddy.com, the state that has the most expensive gas average in the United States is Hawaii with an average of about $4.50 per gallon, while Arizona has an average of $3.90 per gallon.

As I launched GasBuddy, a big green button appeared on the screen reading “Find Gas Near Me.”

I simply tapped the green fuel pump button and an array of gas stations and prices near me appeared on my screen.

On the main page there are two options: a list of

the gas stations and a map that physically shows you where the stations are located.

The list of stations and prices can also be sorted by nearest to the user and cheapest price.

During my test to see how accurate the app was, I visited five different gas stations that were located in Ahwatukee, Chandler and Northern Phoenix.

As I clicked on the gas station that I thought seemed the cheapest, $3.89, I saw that there was an option to get directions to the station. It is a nice little feature that helped me figure out where I needed to go quickly.

Out of the five I visited, four had accurate prices and the inaccurate one was only off by two cents.

When I tapped on the gas station that was inaccurate, I saw the different listings of prices for gas and diesel and next to each price read the words “Update.”

I tapped on this feature and I found that I was able to update the current price so that other users would have a more accurate read out.

This is a cool feature because it allows users to constantly update GasBuddy so that prices are on the mark every day.

Overall, apps like GasBuddy make smartphones a more useful tool because while it helps you find cheap gas, it also lets users help make the app better by making the app as accurate as possible.

‘Hunger Games’ adaptation abounds in storyline despite slow progressionBy Jackson Santy ’13

THE ROUNDUP

The Hunger Games—Starring: Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson

8.5 out of 10In 2006, the release of the epic, action-packed

novel “The Hunger Games” created a pandemic among teen and adult readers alike.

Upon its release, the book printed 50,000 copies, which eventually jolted up twice to 200,000 copies.

By Feb. 11, 2010, “The Hunger Games” sold 800,000 copies.

Today, the book still remains on The New York Times best seller list and the newly released film adaptation sits atop the box office top five.

Set in Panem, a futuristic dystopian society located in the ruins of what used to be North America, a renowned event known as the Hunger Games are held annually.

The hierarchies in the “Capitol” select a boy and girl from the 12 districts of Panem to fight to the death on live television.

After her younger sister is selected via lottery to represent her district, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her sister’s place.

Leading up to the games, Katniss is introduced to many new faces, some friends, others foes.

When word came out early last year that a movie was being made for “The Hunger Games,” like every other avid fan, I was overwhelmed with ecstasy.

This announcement also spurred many of those who had not read the book to hop on the bandwagon in time for the film’s release.

However, despite my ecstasy, I still held on to some skepticism.

At one point or another, we have all been deflated by on-screen productions of our favorite books, as they’ve left us walking out of the theatre nauseated.

Nevertheless, after seeing “The Hunger Games,” every morsel of skepticism I had once held vanished in an instant.

The film itself was entertaining to both followers of the books and newcomers alike.

Something that deterred many viewers was the fact that the movie’s run time was just less than two and a half hours, most of which was plot and character development.

Despite the slow progression, it was thrilling and the acting was better than expected.

Director Gary Ross (“Seabiscuit” and “Big”) captures the raw yet not too distasteful violence, intense emotion and ambitious viewpoint that the book intended.

The film, to my amazement, skipped no major details from the book and even kept in many minute ones, something that many adaptation directors have failed to do.

It goes without saying that the lead, newcomer actress Jennifer Lawrence, is on the path to a long and prosperous career in Hollywood.

The beginning of Lawrence’s feature film career

has been particularly unique compared to the myriad 20-something’s that share the same field.

Lawrence has portrayed herself as a strong, independent female protagonist not only as “The Hunger Games’” Katniss Everdeen but also in her Oscar nominated role for 2010’s “Winter’s Bone.”

Lawrence has tactfully avoided becoming an ogled sex symbol like Megan Fox or Mila Kunis.

No disrespect to Ms. Fox or Ms. Kunis.Whether or not you read the books, “The Hunger

Games” should not be missed while in theatres. I look forward to the future release of the on-

screen versions of the books sequels, “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay,” which are slated to hit the big screen over the next couple years.

Photo courtesy of Lionsgate/MCT CampusKatniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth) in “The Hunger Games”

Teacher’s Pet

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Above left: Students use buckets as makeshift drums during the “Stomp” performance.

Above right: Jacob Ward ’12 belts out a solo on his sax-aphone during the Brophy Jazz Band performance.

Right: Jazz Band members Manuel Siguenza ’12, Ty Verdugo ’14, Van Cummerford ’14, Daniel Barsetti-Nerland ’12, Parker

Jones ’12, Keaton Leander ’13, Ian Dominguez ’12 and Jacob Ward ’12 perform in the Blackbox.

Stomp! Photos by Kevin Valenzuela ’13Brophy’s Jazz bands performed in the Blackbox Theater March 27. The concert featured small and large group performances, including Brophy’s own rendition of a “Stomp” drumline.

Using a variety of household objects, Brophy percussion ensemble members perform a rendition of the Broadway show “Stomp.”

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Hooten

Clarke

Broyles

Walsh

Widbin

Kelly

Danforth

Guffey

Clarke

Broyles

Widbin

Danforth

Broyles

Danforth

Ramsey

Cordova

Oldani

Alpaugh

Calderon

Bear the Dog

Dr. deLannoy

Dr. Ewing

Ramsey

Alpaugh

Bear

Alpaugh

Bear

Danforth Alpaugh

Victor: Alpaugh

Dr. deLannoy

A multilingual battle forces the competitors to square off in the hopes that one will be “el campion.” Ramsey uses his unrelenting strength and “pavoneo” to easily lift his desk above his head with one hand. So enamored by his muscles and stories of insane cross-fit training, Cordova concedes. Ramsey advances.

As the battle ensues in the middle of scheduling season, Oldani’s mind is barely on his face-off against the young upstart Alpaugh. Alpaugh’s youthful swagger inspires him to steal all of Oldani’s Blackhawks sweaters and replace them with those of their bitter rival, the Detroit Red Wings. Oldani is driven insane with anger and disbelief. Alpaugh advances.

In the first ever Jesuit vs. Dog match in Battle Royale history, Calderon tempts Bear with an offer of an unattended lunchbox in the mall. Unscathed, Bear traps Calderon in his lair with collected contents of every lunch he has ever stolen. Unable to escape the sheer number of Twix Bars, Calderon concedes. Bear advances (tail wagging).

Dr. deLannoy starts off by scheduling their match at the top of Camelback Mountain well aware that his incredible rock climbing skills will prove advantageous. Half way up Dr. Ewing decides to stop for a Mountain Dew when he hears an echo “get off my mountain.” Terrified, Dr. Ewing drops his green beverage on his suit. Dr. deLannoy advances.

Still planning his post-victory PowerPoint in celebration of his historic run to the finals last year, Hooten is tricked into a cross-hallway battle with Clarke. Clarke rips a water fountain out heaving it toward his podium. Stunned by her scrappiness and inability to follow his pre-battle notes, Hooten is unable to respond to what he deemed “South Carolina-like” behavior. Clarke advances.

Walsh pulls a fast one, informing Broyles that his Gospels in Action class has been replaced by Home Economics. This only serves as fuel for a social justice fire burning inside Broyles. He screams in Spanish, blasting Walsh into the hallway. The blow takes Walsh out of action just long enough for Broyles to be named winner of round one.

After long deliberation, experimentation and tests using the Hadron Particle Collider, Widbin deduces that sharp things are most effective at puncturing bike tires. With his newfound knowledge, Widbin outfits his lacrosse balls with spikes and fires them furiously at Kelly’s black cruiser, rendering the bike indefensible.

This match pits everyone’s favorite social studies teacher against the mysterious young buck Danforth. Staging the battle in Danforth’s secretive lair, the dark horse catches Guffey off guard with his wry humor and phantom-like demeanor. In a moment of honesty rarely seen in a Battle Royale, Danforth informs Guffey of his true mission: To battle the one they call Tim Broyles. Captivated by his resolve Guffey concedes.

Training in what seems to be a duplicate of the “Rocky IV” montage, Alpaugh is ready for his match against Ramsey. Arriving at the college football field where Ramsey once produced solid numbers, Alpaugh is surprised that his opponent is nowhere to be seen. Alpaugh’s strategy of advertising showings of “Apocalypto,” and Steve Young football highlights, were enough to keep Ramsey away from this potentially destructive match. Alpaugh advances while Ramsey enjoys classic San Francisco 49ers moments.

Bear’s quiet resolve and loyalty serve him well this round. Challenging Bear to a lab-off, Dr. deLannoy expects a quick victory due to Bear’s lack of opposable thumbs and inability to do the necessary calculations for the titration he has in store. What Dr. Pete didn’t count on was Bear’s complete disregard for lab safety techniques. Using his tail as a battering ram of joy, Bear knocks down the lab equipment/scuba gear, plunging the room into chaos. Dr. deLannoy, so frightened by the potential of swimming without his gear, speeds out of the parking lot in search of replacement equipment and/or Erlenmeyer flasks. Bear, asleep in the middle of the room at this point, wakes to find himself advancing to the next round.

The eternal struggle between West Virginia and El Salvador rises in this match between Clarke and Broyles. Hearing rumblings of a mysterious challenger awaiting him, Broyles kicks his solidarity into high gear. Playing Dave Matthews Band on his speakers, Clarke is unable to handle the figurative weight of their powerful lyrics. She is forced to concede, and reconsider her affinity towards DMB. Broyles advances, his head bobbing to the dulcet tones of modern rock emanating from his classroom.

Hot on the heels of his emotional heart to heart with Guffey, Danforth continues his crusade. The battle begins with Widbin firing totally chill lacrosse shots towards Danforth’s head. Danforth seeks refuge in his very own “Fortress of Solitude”: his white Hummer. Thankful that he had the bulletproof glass installed “just in case,” Danforth is immune to the rubber missiles bouncing off his car. Widbin, heartbroken, is forced to admit defeat.

Alpaugh, ever the trickster, uses his smarts again in his match against Bear. Attacking Bear’s only weakness, Alpaugh preemptively steals every lunch on campus. Losing the source of his power/shiny fur coat, Bear curls up in a ball. Too depressed to get up, Bear is only able to be moved hours later by the playful nudging of a certain puppy named Waffles. Gloating over his domination of the lesser-minded dog, Alpaugh continues his Cinderella run to the finals.

Broyles, the night before the battle is scheduled, sneaks into Danforth’s room and steals his red pen. Danforth is left in a frenzied state the entire day, having to use only black ink. As revenge, Danforth manages to barricade Broyles into his own room with the “Scarlet Letter” essays he never gave back. Broyles, with the might of the El Salvadoran people coursing through his veins, shape shifts into Oscar Romero, and smashes the barricade. The two circle each other, Broyles in the form of Romero and Danforth in his rolling chair. Danforth, in a final act of victory, ties together his college pendants and uses them as a scholastic slingshot for his massive library of Princeton Review books. Crushed by the weight of promises to raise one’s score by up to 400 points, Broyles concedes.

This finals match pits opposites against each other. On one side, there is the dark and brooding Danforth, still gloating over the defeat of his Eller second floor nemesis. On the other, Caleb Alpaugh: cold, calculating and robot-like. Alpaugh’s calculations and preparations lead him to decide the way to take down this mysterious Danforth character was to remove his Ring of Power: his Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee. Danforth, so tired out from his momentous earlier battles, is unable to keep up with Alpaugh’s youthful vigor and caffeination. Danforth begs for mercy, but Alpaugh feels no sadness at the thought of eliminating Danforth. In what is a somewhat anti-climactic end for a battle billed with such potential, Danforth makes Alpaugh a deal. If he lets him live, Danforth will concede the match and will write him a “totally killer rec letter” postdated to 2007, and the coup de grace, let him drive the Hummer for two weeks. Unable to turn down this proposition, Alpaugh lets Danforth walk away. Danforth surrenders, red pen in hand. Alpaugh is crowned the winner of the Battle Royale.

Editor’s Note: The annual Battle Royale staged each May is intended to be a satirical and humorous look at what may happen if the faculty did indeed compete in a tournament of wit and strength. The Roundup thanks all participants for their permission.

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The Artist’s Corner

Words from the Wise ...

Have you heard any wise words lately? Email The Roundup at [email protected].

XavierGatorBy Josh Galvin ’13THE ROUNDUP

For official Roundup purposes, please state your name and year.

Morgan Kelley, and I’m a senior.First thing after graduating?I’ll probably hang out with my friends until

the end of May, and then I have an internship in Boston for Doble Engineering for chemical engineering.

That’s pretty far away. Are you sick of Arizona?

Well I’m staying in state for college, so no I like it.

Have you read The Hunger Games?Yes, I love them, I’ve read the whole series.So, Peeta or Gale? Peeta, cause towards the end of the series Gale

is –No spoilers!Okay! I think Peeta’s just sweeter and he’s

better for Katniss because they’ve been through more together.

But Gale is her hunting partner, and she identifies with him…

… that’s true.If you were chosen as a tribute, what

would be your strategy?I think I would try to run and outlast everyone

because I’m pretty fast.Not one of the nameless first day

victims?No, I’d be out of there.So you are …I’m 18.And are you going to vote in the

upcoming election?Yes, probably Republican.Have you been following the health

care plan?No, I should, but I haven’t .Well, this will be the last Xavier Gator

for the entire school year. Can you lead the readers out with a strong, memorable quote?

Um… like what?Anything.Any ideas?I’m the reporter here.Okay, good luck to everyone in life. Don’t

forget where you came from and where you’ll go.

“Good luck in life.” Memorable indeed.

By Chase Stevens ’12THE ROUNDUP

http://www.reactiongifs.com/

Have you ever seen something so stupid on the internet that words could not describe it?

Reactiongifs.com allows you to accurately communicate your contempt and disgust towards said idiocy.

The website is a collections of reactions from various forms of media, from TV shows to movies, that allow you to express your emotions in ways not formerly possible on the Internet.

They do this by using a form of digital image called a “GIF.” A “GIF” is a short animation without sound that repeats itself.

Many gifs on the site are from pop culture, ranging from “The Office” to Clint Eastwood.

You can take these moving pictures and use them however you see fit.

So the next time your friend posts something odd on facebook, instead of just telling him that he’s weird, you can instead show Ice Cube looking confused and disappointed at him.

http://procatinator.com/

If there’s one thing Brophy students are good at, it’s procrastination.

Procatinator.com is the ultimate tool for procrastination. Specifically designed for such purposes, the website pairs an animation of a cat doing a silly thing with an even sillier song.

The site is simple yet effective. What it lacks in complexity is made up for in pure entertainment value.

There’s something about cats specifically that makes this site that much better. Prodoginator or Probirdinator wouldn’t be able to captivate audiences in the same way that Procatinator does.

While gifs of cats on their own are both amazing and bountiful on the Internet, the added music makes Procatinator really stand out among a sea of cats.

The overall ease of finding another cat and music combination, added with the design of the interface and overall aesthetic make procatinator one of the best tools to not do work.

“Yes, I just made ‘Tony the Tiger’ into a verb.”

-Mr. Mica Mulloy ’99

“There are three guaranteed things in life: death and that Boston College and Vanderbilt will choke when the game’s on the line.”

-Mr. Chris Agliano on March Madness brackets

“I love NASCAR!”

-Mr. Zach Widbin

“Hey baby you’re dead.”

-Mrs. Hollie Haycock on Aeneas and Dido meeting in the Underworld

“I just want to let you all know if this were “The Hunger Games” I wouldn’t hesitate to eliminate all of you”

-Rohan Andresen ’12 addressing the staff of The Roundup

“Alex is just weird weird whereas Rohan is like dangerous weird.”

-Chase Stevens ’12 talking about the sanity of Alex Stanley ’12 and

Rohan Andresen ’12

“My dad just caught me watching a YouTube video of the greatest moments from ‘Dawson’s Creek.’ Probably the worst thing that can happen to a father-son relationship.”

- Michael Scarborough ’12

“Mr. Mulloy can your dog give us any words from the wise?”

-Joe Skoog ’13

“Waking up and checking Twitter is our generation’s ‘reading the

newspaper.’”

-Tweet from Men’s Humor

Top stencil by Aaron Oleson ’13

Bottom watercolor by Kyle Sourbeer ’15

To submit work to the Artist’s Corner, email [email protected]