The Roundup Edition 6 (May 2013)

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Wirth named ‘Man of the Year’

Pulling back the

Curtains

Senior Greg Wirth exudes humility, embodies Ignatian spirit

By Aakash Jain ’14 & Michael Ahearne ’14

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Drawing by Brett A. Mejia ’13

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any may read about Brophy’s sports standouts in the newspaper, or hear stories of students’ favorite teachers and hobbies.

Hundreds of students file through the food line in the Great Hall every day, and the campus is always clean for visitors.

But who is responsible for all of this?

This edition, The Roundup pulls back the curtains and looks behind the scenes at those who make Brophy what it is.

Chef Morten, staff start early in the kitchen Page 5

Inside

• Maintenance staff continues to improve campus behind the scenes See News, Page 5

• Sports Medicine trains to rehab athletes See Sports, Page 9

• Between band performances rehearsal key for best sound See Entertainment, Page 13

When Greg Wirth ’13, recipient of the The Roundup’s 2013 “Man of the Year” award, was asked to detail some of his experiences at Brophy, he said, “My story’s really not that interesting.”

His peers and teachers disagree. Alba-Rivera, Harris “If I had daughters who were named Man of the in high school, Greg is a guy that Year runners up See News, Page 3 I would let them date,” said Mr. Andy Schmidbauer ’88, who has known Wirth for four years.

“He is humble. He is kind. He is hard-working. He honestly thinks of others first. He has played a ton of sports, yet maintained great grades.”

Wirth played baseball, basketball and football for his three years at Brophy and then cut back to just baseball and football during his senior year.

Charlie Coppola ’13 met Wirth as a freshman on the baseball and basketball teams.

“Greg’s a man of great character,” Coppola said. “If there’s someone you want on your side it is Greg Wirth. He’s just a really loyal friend. You know he’s always going to be there for you. I don’t think anyone at Brophy can say that they don’t like Greg Wirth.”

Mr. Schmidbauer said he credits the Guatemala immersion trip as an experience that opened his eyes to Wirth’s sensitive side.

“He’s just a nice kind young man,” Mr. Schmidbauer said.

“The way that he jumped into the Guatemala immersion trip was amazing.”

Wirth said that the trip to Guatemala helped put his life in perspective.

“It’s a great trip,” Wirth said, when asked about the Guatemala immersion trip. “I’d recommend anyone to go on it. Just realizing how similar all those kids are to us was eyeopening. They’ve been put in such a different world. I often look back to those memories when I get caught up in the materialistic stuff around us that doesn’t really matter.”

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who live far from Brophy often face.

“I know Greg lives way over on the east Wirth was in Mr. Tom Danforth’s side, practically in New Mexico,” Mr. ’78 AP English 3 class during his junior Danforth said. “But he never offered year. up an excuse. He always did his work “Greg is a kid whose name comes and he always did it to the best of up time and again from his peers,” Mr. abilities. He’s a very hard worker.”

Danforth said. “They all think that When asked how he would like to he’s the nicest guy ... So many of his be remembered, Wirth said, “I want classmates look up to him.” people to know that God is the center Just talk to Wirth for a couple of my life. I’m not perfect. I’m not there minutes and it is evident that God plays yet, but I’m trying.” an important role in his life.

Wirth said he hopes to study “(Wirth is) very faithful. He’s engineering in college and aspires very serious about his faith and his to make a positive impact when he religion,” Mr. Danforth said. “Because graduates. of his faith, he knows that things are “I’d love to go back to the going to work out fine—the way they’re Guatemala kids and try to help them supposed to.” somehow,” Wirth said when asked Clarke Attaway ’13 has about the future. “But I haven’t really known Wirth since freshman year haven’t thought about it. I hope to build and said that he agrees that Wirth is a on my Catholic faith and continue to model for other students to aspire to be. work for the greater glory of God ...

“I think he’s a genuinely nice guy,” he Brophy has taught me to be myself and said. “He’s funny. He’s nice. He embodies always seek the truth.” everything that Brophy stands for.”

According to Mr. Danforth, Wirth Wirth, who lives in Mesa, has to is as inspiration for not only students, regularly make a long journey from his but the entire community. home to Brophy and back.

“He’s a good role model for me,” Mr. Mr. Danforth said that people often Danforth said. “In fact, he’s a good role don’t realize the difficulties that students model not just to the Brophy student

Photo by Kevin Valenzuela ’13 Greg Wirth ’13, 2013 Man of the Year at Brophy poses for a photo on April 18.

body but to the faculty as well.”

Editor’s Note: Each year, The Roundup names one student “Man of theYear” because of his commitment to Brophy’s Jesuit teachings.

This year’s “Man of the Year” selection process consisted of faculty nominations, senior voting and a final decision by The Roundup staff.

Masses require much preparation, behind the scenes work

By P. Erik Meyer ’14

THE ROUNDUP About once a month students file from campus across the parking lot to St. Francis Xavier Church to celebrate Mass.

In usually just more than an hour the religious celebration has happened like clockwork and students head back to classes.

What goes into planning that event for 1,300 students and more than 100 faculty and staff?

According to Mr. Chris Calderon S.J., student and faculty involvement organized through the Office of Faith and Justice is necessary to pulling off monthly Mass.

“It’s a lot of odds and ends. It’s a lot of team work, no one person does everything,” Mr. Calderon said. “If it wasn’t for all the collaboration it’d probably be the same thing over and over and over again. Whether it be students or faculty helping

out, or the various Jesuits, whether it be Brophy Jesuits or Jesuits we’ve invited, it allows something different amidst the tradition.”

Students in particular play behind the scenes roles.

“Students can get involved in a variety of ways and recognizing that some students are more willing to be vocal and seen and some not so much and some are familiar with and while others not so much, so I try to create opportunities that vary,” Mr. Calderon said. “Alter serving is a big help.

Reading either a first reading, second reading or prayer. Students can also help with ushering or we have the Grad at Grad banners at the beginning.”

Michael O’Gara ’14 serves as an alter server during most Masses.

“As an alter server, I help the priest out, with whatever he’s doing,” O’Gara said. “Whether or not the other alter servers are new, I’ll instruct them about what they’re doing. Really just anything

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that helps the priest do his job more effectively.”

Mr. Calderon said that he wants to base Masses around the students.

“The reason why we start with those banners in particular in addition to being the grad at grad is that we start our liturgy with you guys,” Mr. Calderon said. “The priest will come in, the Jesuits come in, but we start with you guys. This office tries to create prayer for you guys that means something and is worth something and it isn’t just an hour break from class, but an hour to encounter God in a wonderful way.”

For Mr. Calderon, his goal is to create a different experience each month that keeps students interested.

“The most difficult is that, I recognize you all as 14-18 year old young men, and so trying to create a space in St. Francis where you guys want to participate or feel comfortable participating, that’s my goal,” Mr. Calderon said. “Sometimes

it happens. Sometimes we get a great homily, sometimes the music is spot on but there are going to moments when you guys come into Mass after maybe pulling an all-nighter for a project or totally distracted for whatever reason I understand that.”

“That’s a difficulty, that’s a struggle,” he continued. “How do I hold onto your attention so it’s not just an obligation or not just going through the motions but really enjoying it because if prayer isn’t something you enjoy, then you don’t get as much out of it.”

For O’Gara Mass is more than just an opportunity to be seen by the student body.

“I think that it’s just participating more in the community and being involved,” O’Gara said. “A great aspect about Brophy is that it is a Catholic school and you can participate in religious activities and obviously Mass is one of those. I just enjoy participating in Mass and getting more out of it.”

Corrections

• In the article “Oleksaks’s carpentry creates business opportunity” in the April 2013 edition, The Roundup incorrectly spelled Steven Oleksak’s ’13 last name. The Roundup apologizes for the error.

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MIT-bound Alba-Rivera aspires to be ‘vulnerable’

By Aakash Jain ’14 & Michael Ahearne ’14

THE ROUNDUP With a bevy of offers from prestigious universities across the country, one of The Roundup’s “Man of the Year” runnersup Gabe Alba-Rivera ’13 plans to attend MIT this fall.

Alba-Rivera’s diverse interests include programming, video making, animation and robotics.

“When I came to Brophy freshman year, I followed the tendency of most students by signing up for a lot of different clubs, like math club, robotics and quiz bowl,” Alba-Rivera said. “I was just going through the motions. My big interest has always been robotics.

Sophomore year, I became more specialized and eventually became more focused on robotics.”

Brophy robotics moderator Mr. Andy Mazzolini’s eyes light up when asked about Alba-Rivera.

“Gabe is very interesting. He is very inquisitive,” Mr. Andy Mazzolini said.

“He is very much his own person. He gets very ultra-focused on one thing and works on it until it’s done. He also has a great sense of humor.”

Unlike most students, AlbaRivera took something he enjoyed and turned it into an opportunity to serve others.

“My junior year I heard about Loyola

Photo by Kevin Valenzuela ’13 Gabriel Alba-Rivera ’13, one of The Roundup’s Man of the Year runners-up, poses April 24.

Academy and learned about that program,” Alba-Rivera said. “I had this idea that it would be interesting to start a robotics team at Loyola. Michael

Sanchez (’13) and I talked to Ms. Kendra Krause and things just sort of snowballed from there.”

According to fellow robotics

student Kayvan Shamsa ’14, AlbaRivera’s work with the Loyola Academy is a reflection of his strong religious beliefs.

“I’d say Gabe is an extremely motivated individual, but I think what sets him apart is the spirituality with which he approaches his work,” Shamsa said.

“His faith plays an important role in his life and all of his actions correlate with this. For example, his work with the Loyola Academy exemplifies his desire to help others. Gabe is a kind, funny friend who approaches his life with a spiritual dedication that serves to better the lives of others.”

Alba-Rivera has been active on the spiritual side of things at Brophy, having led a Kairos retreat and attended the Ignatian Solidarity Trip.

“The Ignatian Solidarity Trip was really eye-opening,” Alba-Rivera said. “It was cool visiting a new place and also the issues that we talked about were just inspiring.”

Alba-Rivera has faced many obstacles in his life, but he said that his spirituality has helped him maintain hope.

“A lot of people don’t know this, but I lived a great part of my life in Mexico actually. The socio-economic situation was not great there. I had family troubles, which created a lot of instability in my life. When I finally settled in Phoenix, all the odds were against me,” AlbaRivera said.

“I didn’t really know the language.

My academic standards were subpar. Somehow I just never lost hope. I attribute that to my faith in God that I never lost hope. Even though things weren’t going my way, with hard work I believed I could push out of that.”

To Alba-Rivera, Brophy offered the opportunity of a fresh start.

“When I got into Brophy it was a big deal for me,” Alba-Rivera said. “I was below the academic standards, but Brophy provided this platter of healthy nurturing for that hope that I had and that burning desire to trudge on. Thanks to the opportunity I have been given here at Brophy, I feel like the playing field has sort of been leveled.”

Alba-Rivera said he is uncertain what he will do after college, though he plans to seek a career that somehow incorporates robotics.

“I want to make sure that wealth is never my focus,” Alba-Rivera said. “I know I want to start a business that is robotics-related and help the earth in some hopefully grand manner.”

When asked what he wants his legacy as a Brophy student to be, AlbaRivera responded: “I want to be remembered as someone who was vulnerable—someone who wasn’t afraid to take risks. I hope I can encourage people someday to step out of their comfort zones.”

Harris demonstrates commitment to leadership

By Aakash Jain ’14 & Michael Ahearne ’14

THE ROUNDUP When he discusses his community service endeavors or his recent night photography excursions, Matthew G. Harris ’13 speaks with culpably sincere enthusiasm and humility.

With evident passion, he describes the various roles he has played as a Brophy student: president of Best Buddies, Kairos leader, school ambassador and photographer.

When told that he had been chosen as a finalist for The Roundup’s “Man of the Year” Award, Harris said there are other candidates more deserving of the honor.

Humble. Responsible. Accepting.

These are the words that his peers and teachers use to describe him.

“He’s always been the kid that I’ve looked up to,” said Alexander Smith ’13, a close friend of Harris since elementary school. “I think he embodies everything that a ‘man for others’ should be.”

As a senior, Harris served as the president of Best Buddies, a club that helps students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

“We go over to a school called Gompers, which is a private school for kids with these disabilities, every other Friday,” Harris said. “We play games, do activities and do a lot of fun stuff over there. It’s a really neat club that’s meant to foster one-on-one relationships.”

According to Mrs. Karen Parise, moderator of Best Buddies, because

Photo by Kevin Valenzuela ’13 Matt Harris ’13, runners-up for The Roundup’s Man of the Year, poses for a photo April 25.

of Harris’s leadership the club has expanded greatly in the last year, having grown from eight to 33 members.

“It’s a difficult population to work

with,” Mrs. Parise said, referring to the students who are served by Best Buddies. “We provide peer friendship … Sometimes that is a tall task for a

teenager because the kids can be kind of scary. They’re difficult to interact with … You’re really out of your natural comfort … For a long time it’s been difficult to get kids into the club because of that. I don’t know how Matt does it. He brings people into the club and makes it a seamless transition.”

Harris has also been involved with the Red and White club.

“I work on the committee with Mr. (Mike) Ward and plan open house and do a lot of work with admissions,” Harris said. “That’s a really cool thing to be a part of and help run.”

Harris also served as a Kairos leader, an experience that not only assisted in his personal edification, but was also valuable to his fellow retreatants. “(Kairos) inspired me so much,” Harris said. “It was cool getting to work closely with six other kids in my group and see how Kairos affects them too.”

As one of the students in his group, Smith credits Harris as a powerful source of guidance during the retreat.

“His presence was probably the biggest life-changing thing that happened on Kairos,” Smith said. “I can’t really say much else because I don’t want to ruin it for anyone else who hasn’t been on Kairos but … He changed my life.”

One of Harris’s newfound passions is photography, an interest he discovered as a junior while taking a class with Mr. Mica Mulloy ’99.

“I think taking a picture is really only 50 percent of what I like about photography.

The other 50 percent for me is that I get to go out weeknights and weekends and explore Arizona,” Harris said. “It’s an adventure every time. Every picture has a story behind it.”

In particular, Harris recalled a trip to Sycamore Creek with friends as a memorable experience that his interest in photography facilitated.

“I remember one time I went to Sycamore Creek,” Harris said. “We got there a little bit before sunset so we could set up. And we did a star trail, which consists of 200 30-second photos all put together into one. Maybe it’s not the best picture that I’ve produced, but it’s the experience that I remember— something that I’ll look back on for years.”

Next year, Harris plans to study supply chain management at the Barrett program at ASU, a decision that he at least in part credits to his experiences at Brophy.

“Through my work at Brophy managing different leadership roles I decided I like logistics and that supply chain management would be a good fit for me,” Harris said.

Ultimately, Harris hopes to apply his education to giving back to his community.

“I want to be able to build a foundation to help fund kids’ scholarships to get an education because I think that fielding the leaders of tomorrow is the best thing for our economy,” Harris said. “I’ve been given this awesome gift to come to this amazing place and I’d like to pass that on to others.”

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Burr inspires students to look behind the lens

By Christian Guerithault ’14

THE ROUNDUP Brophy has promotional videos for almost everything these days, but who is really responsible for making these videos?

After graduating six years ago, Mr. Pete Burr ’07 is back at Brophy as the Digital Media Manager.

“I was originally hired to create content for both the school’s side and the president’s office side that would bring what the school does to a larger community. I think it’s done that with the YouTube page a little bit,” Mr. Burr said. “We have been able to reach bigger parts of the community and show them some of the wonderful stuff that Brophy does.”

Mr. Burr is one of the heads of Student Council this year, and after the departure of Mr. Tommy Smith, Mr. Burr was chosen to take all of Mr. Smith’s Video Production classes this semester.

“I am more of a full-time teacher this semester,” Mr. Burr said. “I have Leadership, three Video Production classes, one Advanced Video Production class and I coach freshman baseball.”

One of Mr. Burr’s students from Student Council, Peter McNeil ’14, had a lot of praise for Mr. Burr.

“Mr. Burr is very smart but not in an intimidating way. If ever I have a question, I want to ask him because he will tell me something straight and honest,” McNeil said. “I can also talk to him about important things in my life

Mr. Pete Burr ’07 helps a student during his video production class in Eller on April 22.

like sports, girls and the breakup of LCD Sound System. He can be your friend

and still retain his mature personality.”

Mr. Burr said he is a proud graduate of the University of Arizona, where he

things.

“I’m a big cyclist, whether that’s anything on a bike, usually mountain biking or road biking. I live close so I kind of do everything by bike,” Mr. Burr said.

“It’s kind of a blessing that anything video related is a hobby of mine too, it spills over and I love just capturing whatever I’m doing; I usually always have a camera on me,” Mr. Burr said.

McNeil said that Mr. Burr is a teacher who can relate to the students.

“Mr. Burr is an excellent guy,” McNeil said. “He is approachable and relatable. He is great to have on Student Council because he will give us ample space to construct crazy ideas for dances and promotions, but he will still work with all of us to achieve what we want, which he reminds us is the benefit of everyone’s Brophy experience.”

Mr. Burr has role models; he said he looks up to certain people in the world.

“The people that I look up to are people who make tough decisions when they know they’re going to be unpopular and know that they are going to have to deal with the misery that is that tough decision but they do it because they know it’s right,” Mr. Burr said.

Mr. Burr is only finishing up his second year as a Brophy faculty member, but he has already begun to make a lasting effect on students.

“Mr. Burr not only fills the necessity Photo by Roan Enright ’13 for a computer genius on campus, but as previously mentioned he’s an approachable guy and easily bridges the majored in media arts.

Mr. Burr does not just spend all of gap between the students and faculty,” his time on Brophy and work related McNeil said.

Admissions office searches for diverse qualities in applicants

By Brett A. Mejia ’13 & Roan Enright ’13

THE ROUNDUP With Director of Brophy Admissions Mr. Mike Ward’s 14th year of working in the Admissions office coming to a close, he recently wrapped up the decision process by sifting through 600 freshman applications and selecting the top 360 to 380 applicants for the class of 2017.

But it’s not just up to Mr. Ward to make the final decision on a student’s application; there is a committee that consists of four to five faculty members, each having a hand in selecting an applicant.

“Typically it is always going to be myself and Principal Mr. Bob Ryan and (we) have been the two consistent and we’ll invite teachers,” Mr. Ward said. “I want to get a counseling perspective, activities perspective and academic perspective.”

This committee, filled with Brophy faculty,

spends about a week going through the applications, looking at the students’ grades, national testing, four academic recommendations and the students’ interview.

“Part of our admissions process is to get the entire faculty involved in the process,” Mr. Ward said.

At the beginning of each school year, Mr. Ward and a Brophy student or two travel around the state to visit different public and private schools to try and recruit students to apply to Brophy.

“I will go anywhere that they (schools) will let me in,” Mr. Ward said.

Once a future student is interested in applying, they are faced with an application process that begins with their middle school GPA, down to their extracurricular activities.

“Like colleges, we look at a lot,” Mr. Ward said.

As a part of the admissions process, a major supplement is the Brophy entrance exam that each applicant must take in order to be considered.

Then applicants schedule an interview so that

faculty members can get a personal perspective of the applicant in a real world setting.

For Mr. Ward, he sees a student’s ability to control grades and GPA as being one of the most important factors because it something that a student has the option of making a high or low.

“If I have a really hard worker who gets A’s and B’s, who tends not to test particularly well I still like the fact he is really working hard,” Mr. Ward said.

Not only does the admission office look at an applicant’s background, but they also look into what that applicant is involved with.

“Give me a tuba player. I love to see a good tuba player as much as I like to see some guy run down the court or run down the field... I want diversity in what they do,” Mr. Ward said.

Incoming applicants also get the chance to shadow a freshman to see what life is like on a Jesuit high school campus. Students are able to experience a few of the classes that a typical freshman may take

and what some of the teachers’ personalities are like.

The admissions office not only looks at incoming freshman, but also students applying to transfer to Brophy their sophomore year.

“Typically if they didn’t get in its grades or testing, overall academic student factor, maybe it is a year of growth, maturity academically,” Mr. Ward said.

Senior Dominic Olmedo ’13 was a student who didn’t make it into Brophy his freshman year, but he reapplied sophomore year and was successful on his second attempt.

“I knew if I stayed persistent I might get lucky and get in and with Mr. Ward he saw my persistence that I really wanted to get in,” Olmedo said.

While the incoming class of 2017 begins their fall semester the Admissions Office will be gearing up for another wave of applications.

“We have more people who are applying than we have spaces for and that’s a good problem to have,” Mr. Ward said.

Disciplinary board aims to help students, reviews their actions

By Jack Macias ’14

THE ROUNDUP When a student gets in trouble that requires more than a Saturday JUG or even suspension, the student is brought before the disciplinary board.

The disciplinary board consists of the Dean Mr. Pat Higgins, Principal Mr. Bob Ryan and several teachers.

According to the student handbook,

“The purpose of the board is to review the student’s character and behavior as fully as possible and to make a recommendation to the Principal as to whether or not a student should be dismissed.”

“We want to do what is in the very best interest of each and every student, and there are times when the most loving thing to say to the boy that your actions are such that you need to pay significant consequences and one of these is, you

need to leave,” Mr. Ryan said.

Although the disciplinary board decides upon a suggested course of action, the principal always has the final say.

“If a student goes before the review board, we can look at their conduct report and see the types of incidents they’ve been involved in, we also get feedback from teachers,” Mr. Higgins said.

Some offenses may be grounds

for immediate dismissal, such as the consumption of alcohol or other narcotics while at Brophy or a school function.

“On the first offense that student is liable for dismissal from the school and would be placed before the disciplinary review board,” Mr. Higgins said.

If a student is caught using alcohol or drugs by the administration or by teachers, the student will face disciplinary actions, while if a student

refers himself or a teacher, friend or parent does, then the student will first be referred to the Student Assistance Program, where he will be given help.

“Depending on the type of issue with students that came through the review board, counseling can be one of the outcomes, not as a single piece, but to what is causing this student to do the actions that brought him before the review board,” Mr. Higgins said.

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Chef Morten, staff start early in the kitchen

By P.J. Binsfeld ’15

THE ROUNDUP For most students, their experience with the lunch line is to wait, grab food and go.

There is much more that goes on in that small room adjacent to the Great Hall that most students never see.

“There’s probably a lot of time and effort goes into Michaels but it really probably depends on what day it is and what they’re serving that day,” said Austin Cook ’15.

“I think that a lot of time and effort goes into Michaels, it’s just that it’s the same food every day,”

said Cole Becker ’16.

For starters, just off of that room is a kitchen much bigger than ones students will find at home.

There, Chef Kathleen Morten is busy working away.

Waking up at 4 a.m., she heads off to Brophy to start cooking.

At 6 a.m. she has started the grill and is working on breakfast. As breakfast is served, the food for break and lunch is started and is ready for the onslaught of students coming through.

“We serve approximately 1,000 people a day,” Chef Morten said. “I have three people in the kitchen, including myself, and we also serve the

faculty, and their meals are a little more complicated than what we serve the students.”

While the job is tough, she said there are good things she can take out of it.

“My favorite part of the job is interacting with the students and faculty,” Chef Morten said. “It brings me great joy to see everybody happy and having a great time here at Brophy. I was very apprehensive when I came here to help the account for M Culinary Concepts, but I think the students are exemplary. The young men are very kind, very nice and I’ve fallen in love with all of them.”

Not many people know the process of how pizza at lunch arrives in students’ hands.

“The food business is a really neat process,” Chef Morten said. “Obviously it comes from its origin, it comes in and my crew works really super hard and there’s many moving pieces that need to work together. We make pretty much everything from scratch. We come here at 5:30 or 6 in the morning to start cooking to have enough food for you guys at break and lunch. We have different vendors who supply us with food. I have a bread vendor, a drink vendor and a regular food vendor. I have to coordinate those on a daily basis to determine what you guys will have for a special and to have the same core items every time. We order it in and my team gets behind the line to cook it up for you.”

Maintenance staff continues to improve campus behind the scenes

By Alec Vick ’15

The Roundup The Brophy maintenance staff can be found anywhere on campus on any given day; whether it be setting up tables in the Great Hall or even leafblowing the McCain Colonnade.

“Our department is responsible for the 17 vehicles it owns, to keep them serviced, fueled, cleaned and ready for all clubs and teams to use seven days a week,” said Director of Facilities Mrs. Sherri Stephens. “We take care of three campuses, the main campus, the Brophy Sports Club, and the swim club – all maintenance and landscaping.”

“We also take care of the two houses that Brophy owns in the neighborhood, where Fr. Reese, Fr. Bishop, and traveling Jesuits stay in one and the Alumni Service Corps boys live in the other. We take care of all the fields, lining them for whichever sport is going on at the time,” Mrs. Stephens said. “We have a Google calendar for every field,

Photo by Julian De Ocampo ’13 Members of the maintenance staff pose for a picture in their work area.

building/room that we schedule for faculty and

staff to use, like the Great Hall, Black Box, Chapel,

baseball field, etc.”

Mrs. Stephens is also the liaison between the Brophy administration and the Michael’s Catering staff.

All the heat and air conditioning in the school is controlled from her computer, giving her an unending job.

Member of the maintenance staff Marc Radolinski has been with Brophy for 28 years now. He has set up 27, soon to be 28 graduations.

“Every day I have a different post…there’s always something that needs to be done,” Mr. Radolinski said. “There’s always setting up in the Great Hall, or getting ready for an event.”

The Great Hall is an ever changing place due to banquets, prayer services and just the common eating and gathering place that it is.

Students see the changes after they are made, but rarely see all that goes into making it happen.

“The students know we are here, and we’re just doing our (job),” said Mr. Radolinski.

Mr. Pionk ‘locks up castle,’ performs plethora of other duties

By Charles Louis Dominguez ’14

THE ROUNDUP If you’ve ever found yourself on Brophy’s campus after school, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen Mr. Eddie Pionk, a night maintenance worker, scrambling around campus in order to complete any number of tasks.

“It’s almost like a movie. You see the star, the celebrity, of the movie or a concert, like Taylor Swift performing, but you really don’t know about the roadie who sets up the stage,” Mr.

Pionk said. overseeing on-campus He first arrived at events, fixing any Brophy through working number of things and odd jobs with a friend of helping to ensure the his. He currently works classrooms are cleaned as night maintenance for each night. the school.

“I like to say I lock “I took over for the the castle at night,” Mr. night guy who was sick,” Pionk said.

Mr. Pionk said of how Night maintenance he came to this position. has proved itself to be a Mr. Eddie Pionk With this position, multi-faceted position.

Mr. Pionk has assumed “My job is a series of a variety of responsibilities, ranging multi-tasking… at my job, you have from locking up the school grounds, to be a high-level multi-tasker,” Mr.

Pionk said.

“There are a lot of tough parts of my job,” Mr. Pionk said.

Students campus-wide have developed a well-founded respect for Mr. Pionk’s willingness to attend to any matter at hand as well as other characteristics.

“Honestly, I think he’s one of the most reliable people here,” said Fred Oaxaca ’13. “He’s always here to help, and he’s hilarious as well.”

Still, with all of these responsibilities, Mr. Pionk said that the toughest part of his job is not ever being able to complete more than he would like to.

“I elevate myself every night, if that makes sense. I try to do more, I try to do this, I try to get everything done,” Mr. Pionk said.

Mr. Pionk shows great pride for the achievements of the maintenance department as a whole.

“I guess my main objective is to be a team-player and do my part in my department and for the school … we just do our part. The maintenance department is a well-oiled machine,” Mr. Pionk said.

Former residential hall Romley serves as traditional heart of campus

By Austin Norville ’15

THE ROUNDUP As one of the original buildings on campus and now home of administrative and business offices, the Romley building is the foundation and support that makes Brophy run.

The building that used to be the main Jesuit residence during the school’s early years has become the main office for principal, business offices and counselors.

Students will often visit the building to meet with their counselors or go to the business office, but there is much more that goes on in the building that students may not be aware of.

“The counseling department is divided into two groups, the college counselors and the guidance counselors,” said counselor Frank Antonioli.

“The guidance counselor’s perspective, our focus is really helping students maintain good grades, making sure their staying on track, focusing on personal issues and then beginning the process of thinking about college.”

Then there are college counselors.

“The college counselors focus on guiding the students through the process,” Mr. Antonioli said. “Looking at the list of colleges the student is looking at, coordinating the college night and then keeping on track with students that they are getting their transcripts submitted to the college.”

Mr. Antonioli said there is also a department for special needs for student that have tougher issues to deal with.This allows them to get personal one on one time with a counselor.

“Other things we do on the background, we do go to seminars, and we visit colleges throughout the

country,” Mr. Antonioli said.

Another perspective of Romley would be in the higher positions such as president.

“The best way to describe my job is to contrast it with Mr. Ryan,” said Brophy President Fr. Eddie Reese, S.J. “Mr. Ryan runs the school, my job is primarily in relation to the outside community, that means fundraising money, and working with the board of trustees and regents.”

Fr. Reese said he is in charge of all of the major decisions.

“On a daily basis, my day can be different all the time, often enough it is built around meetings I have with people from the outside or with parents we are asking to help support the school,” Fr. Reese said. “In a given day when I get here I’ll make a cup of coffee, let the dogs run around in the courtyard, check emails, and then it’s a series

of meetings usually, I always meet with Mr. Ryan once a week.”

Fr. Reese also describes the other president’s office positions.

“The president is me and under me is two people, Vice President Mrs. Adria Renke, and her primary job is to work in the outside community, and Mr. Ryan runs the day in and day out of the school.” Fr. Reese said. “Over me is the Board of Trustees, and their primary job is to hire and fire the president.”

According to Fr. Reese, Mr. Ryan runs the school and is responsible for most of the work load, such as hiring and firing teachers.

“The only thing I don’t like about being president, though I really enjoy being president a lot, is that I don’t get much contact with students,” Fr. Reese said.

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Editors share parting widsom Storytelling, journalism a vital process in modern society

Editor-in-Chief steps down from soapbox

By Jackson Santy ’13

CO EDITOR IN CHIEF

By Julian De Ocampo ’13

CO EDITOR IN CHIEF

“We have art in order to not die of truth,” Nietzsche wrote in the 19th century.

From my experience as a journalist, I’ll have to disagree with the venerable German philosopher.

Journalism is paradoxical in that it is both an art and a science. Just check out the nation’s top journalism schools and you’ll see that they’re torn between awarding Masters of Arts and Masters of Science degrees.

As an act of storytelling, journalism’s goal is to find the art behind the truth, to tease out the hidden nuances of beauty that live and breathe the same air as the rest of us.

We have journalism for the same reason we have all forms of culture: to explain ourselves and to coexist in the stories of others.

I’ve been working on The Roundup for three years now. It’s taken up countless hours of my life and probably prevented me from taking a few interesting electives that Brophy has to offer.

At first, it’s hard to imagine why a school newspaper would be so compelling to work on.

But the more I think about it, the more I believe that I made the right choice.

Seeing Brophy through the eyes of a student journalist is a unique perspective that opens so many new doors to the high school experience.

It’s a chance to network and meet people who you might never get the chance to talk to otherwise, and to create a portfolio of work that you can be proud of and stand beside.

The Roundup is getting to sit down with Principal Mr. Bob Ryan and ask him difficult questions about the school’s stance on religion and the freedom of speech.

The Roundup is getting to interview Director of Security Mr. John Buchanan in his office and find out about his passion for baking.

The Roundup is trying to articulate the complex ways rhythms clatter and guitars twang at Battle of the Bands each year.

In short, it’s the chance to crawl into the shoes of hundreds of different people and bring them to life on the page or screen.

Everyone in the Brophy community is capable of answering a few questions in front of a voice recorder. But not everyone is capable of taking those words and turning them into compelling prose.

Professionally, I’ve long questioned what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted a million careers without ever feeling like I was getting bored.

Then I realized that as a storyteller, you get to explore the best – and worst – of every profession for a living.

So yes, journalism is both a science and an art.

As a science, it requires precision and a commitment to truth. And as an art, it requires ingenuity, creativity and practice.

Next year, I’m planning to get that practice by

Photo by Alec Vick ’15 Editors-in-Chief Jackson Santy ’13 (front) and Julian De Ocampo ’13 (back) pose for a staff photo for the last time on April 16 after working together for three years.

studying journalism and English at one of the nation’s top journalism schools at the University of Southern California.

To be honest, I’m not really sure where I’m going to be in 20 years, but I’m hoping that storytelling will be in my future.

I mean, when you think about it, journalism is the chance to get paid, get out into the world, talk to amazing people and bear witness to the stories that make us tick.

I know it’s a rough and often maligned industry, but at its best, it’s one that is necessary, vital and inspiring.

“ ... Journalism’s goal is to find the art behind the truth, to tease out the hidden nuances of beauty that live and breathe the same air as the rest of us.”

“

—Julian De Ocampo ’13

I’ve never been good with good-byes.

It’s not that they make me sentimental or teary eyed—I’ve just never quite grasped the art of a farewell.

But as it is customary for exiting editor-inchiefs of The Roundup, the time has come to say it.

However, I still have at least 104 more words to do so.

If there’s one thing I can say while still on this soap box The Roundup has given me, it would be that we live in a world with way too little kindness.

So many of our lives are surrounded with negativity, self-absorption, apathy and just plain mean people.

This epidemic of nastiness can be tied into almost any issue that has plagued society.

Violence, ideological polarization, economic inequality—those issues and more all tie back to the fact that kindness sometimes seems almost nonexistent in our world today.

Small acts of kindness can change the world.

And you, you freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, can start at Brophy.

Sit next to someone who’s alone for lunch, or just say “hello” to them.You’d be surprised how much influence that one word and facial motion can have on somebody’s day.

Reach out and help someone who you’ve never met before pick up their dropped books.

Don’t treat your friends like commodities, value them and treat them with the dignity and generosity they show you.

Don’t be the last in class and the first to leave, stick around after the bell and help push in chairs instead of lining up at the door.

When you see a container of ranch dressing on the floor of the Great Hall, throw it away.

Smile at and thank the Michaels workers, the maintenance staff and the Romley administrators, they may not teach you what you need to get a five on your AP exams or how to get into Harvard, but they labor each and every day to provide 1,270 adolescent boys with food, keep Brophy a pristine and sound environment and make everything run smoothly inside these walls.

Don’t stand idly by when you see a student being bullied, either to his face or behind his back.

The most important thing: don’t do these acts for self-serving purposes; do them because you are a member of the community and on a larger scale, the human race.

You may not be able to end violence throughout the world or settle the neverending hostilities between parties of differing ideals or achieve economic utopia, but you will make somebody’s day, maybe even your own.

From day one of freshman year, Brophy preaches the motto “Men for Others,” but no matter how much they do so, it all comes down to how you choose to act for others.

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Staff Editorial

Extracurriculars best for personal edification The Issue: Brophy students often partake in a plethora of activities, athletics and AP classes.

Our Stance: Student involvement is commendable but only if done for the right reasons.

Throughout the college admissions process, one word recurs with startling frequency: holistic.

Colleges like to boast that their selection criteria take a “well-rounded” approach, likely in order to incentivize unsure students to apply.

But this pressure to be well-rounded has manifested itself through students who value breadth over depth.

These students try and dip their feet into every AP class, club and athletic opportunity available.

And while a small handful of students each year may find the workload to be a breeze, the rest are

spread so thin that they find themselves unable to reach real depth in any of their activities.

The extent of students’ academic and extracurricular activities is the hallmark of the Brophy experience and what makes this school great.

At the same time, this drive to be busy can be unhealthy if it is motivated by the wrong reasons.

Unfortunately, the desire to simply impress college admissions committees can be a strong incentive for students to take difficult academic course loads or seek leadership positions on campus.

In contrast, the underlying incentive for student involvement should be genuine passion.

If you’re going to be taking AP classes, make sure you at least have some sort of interest in learning the subject. Too many students who absolutely loathe certain subjects take classes and then spend

the majority of the year complaining about having to do work in that area.

The same goes for activities—we’ve heard plenty of students outright state that the reason they joined certain clubs was to pad their college resumes.

This is especially disconcerting for service-based clubs, since it makes it seem like recognition is the sole incentive for community service.

While some men of many talents may have both the time and the passion to explore their interests so widely, it’s worth it for everyone to take a second to examine how we spend our time and how deeply we really value these activities.

This is not to discourage students from doing many things, but rather to encourage them to do things because of genuine passion and interest.

In the end, chasing passions and learning what makes you tick will make your extracurricular life more satisfying, and college admissions are likely

to take note.

The true holistic students, such as the excellent men chosen for The Roundup’s Man of the Year Award, are those who understand themselves and the role that they are called to play in the community.

Instead of caving in to external pressures like reputation and college admissions, their drive and satisfaction come from within.

And that quality can, aside from being attractive to colleges, make better use of everyone’s time.

Staff editorial written by Julian De Ocampo ’13 and Aakash Jain ’14.

Staff editorials represent the view of The Roundup. Share your thoughts by e-mailing roundup@brophybroncos.org or leave comments online at roundup.brophyprep. org.

New Pope needs to tackle important modern issues

By Austin Norville ’15

The Roundup With the resent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the swearing in of Pope Francis, there are myriad issues in the Catholic Church needing to be addressed and fixed.

After Pope Benedict XVI resigned, many questions were raised, and many became curious to why he resigned.

He was the first Pope to resign in 600 years, and the second Pope to resign overall.

This led journalists to dig back through a history of abuse and scandals in the Church.

There has been a decrease of the number of active priests by about 30 percent since 1965, according to Catholicmoraltruth.com.

I believe the Catholic Church needs

to consider allowing priests to marry because that has become a major turn away for many considering becoming a priest.

Also there is the issue of women priests.

Nuns devote their lives to Christ and deserve to have the choice to reach a higher level of Holy Orders. This would increase the number of priests and strengthen the Christian church with more diverse views.

The Church is becoming more of a fiscal business than a religious organization. And greed has been an issue for hundreds of years.

Gay marriage has become a delicate international issue, especially in the United States, with strong support and opposition.

Many of those who do oppose it are against gay marriage because of where the Catholic Church stands on the issue and it has created a civil rights movement.

This movement should not just be ignored There also needs to be a greater focus on the issue of the shrinking Church.

The problem is in great need of being addressed to create new programs or

Question

of the Month

By Tanner Nypen ’15

THE ROUNDUP

What is the most interesting thing you are doing this summer?

Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the Popemobile during his inauguration mass at St. Peter’s Square on March 19, 2013 at the Vatican (Maurizio Brambatti/Ansa/Zuma Press/MCT).

changes to the very foundation of the Church to fit in with modern culture.

People today have different views than the early founders of the Church, which leads to many disputes and conflicts between people of the same faith.

“Going to the Philippines.”

–Matthew Macaspac ‘15

Many accuse the Catholic Church of abuse and sin, especially those in higher positions in the Church.

The Catholic Church is a powerful organization with about 1.2 billion members.

“Summer Loyola Project.”

–Austin Egler ‘16

“Being on a boat.”

–Raymond Barakat ‘13

There is no reason to assume the religion is on its final days, but as time changes the Catholic Church needs to keep up with time and focus on fixing the problems that have risen in it.

“Going to North Carolina.”

–Peter Bos ‘15

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Campus needs more recycling options for students

With clubs such as the Environmentally Many items such as cardboard, aluminum foil, Sustainable Club and classes of students who paper and plastics are all recyclable, yet when I collect all of the recycling each week, students may pass by a recycling bin and a trash can that are right think that we are totally environmentally next to each other, I will always see friendly. the trash can filled more That might not totally be with recyclables than the the case though. recycling bin itself.

I see an unequal ratio of Things such as fairly trash cans to recycling bins clean Michael’s food at Brophy, which I believe baskets and all of encourages more people to the drinks and cups throw away items that may be in Michael’s are also recyclable. recyclable.

By Michael Ahearne ’14 After going around campus Even left over food The Roundup and counting the number of waste can be recycled in trash cans and recycling bins one of the appropriate in the Great Hall, Plaza, outside the gym and Info compost bins in the Plaza.

Commons, the Mall, McCain Colonnade, Poet’s Some people may say that we have enough alley and outside of Piper, there are about 82 trash recycling bins and that we recycle enough. cans and 25 recycling bins.

It is true that in every classroom there is always

at least one recycling bin. There are also multiple recycling bins in the Info Commons and in Romley Hall. The octagon area of the mall actually has more recycle bins than trash cans.

But, I like to look at the more obscure places and the ratio of trash cans to recycling bins there.

For example, there no recycling bins in places like the McCain Colonnade.

In some other places, trash cans easily outnumber recycling bins.

Students will tend to just throw away items into the nearest bin and with more trash cans than recycling bins, they are more likely to reach a trash can first and just toss it in it.

Another part of the problem, though, may be that students either just don’t realize that the items that have are recyclable or they don’t care enough to recycle.

In that case, no amount of recycling bins will make a difference, but with a presence of a recycling bin

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next to every trash can, this can serve as a reminder to some students to recycle more, and may even encourage students who otherwise wouldn’t to recycle.

Also, clearly marking recycling bins and placing a reminder somewhere on the bins may also help students to think twice before throwing away that empty bottle or empty cardboard tray.

Finally, students need to become more aware of why they should recycle and what is recyclable.

To be clear, the responsibility for recycling falls on the consumer—students—but more options can only make that responsibility easier to meet.

To make more students aware, we could decrease the amount of trash cans to the point where there will be more recycling bins than trash cans, reversing the current ratio, encouraging students to recycle first then trash.

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Sports The Roundup | May 2013

Photo by Julian De Ocampo ’13 Mr. Chris White (right) teaches students Martin Nguyen ’13 (front left) and Holden Gerber ’13 (back left) about a sports medicine treatment May 1.

Sports Medicine trains to rehab athletes

By P. Erik Meyer ’14

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nyone attending a school sporting event may notice a group of students running up and down the sideline, refilling water bottles, hydrating athletes and applying ice packs to injuries.

These students are the members of the Sports Medicine class, a mostly behind-the-scenes group of athletic trainers in training.

Sports Medicine is a P.E. elective class consisting of about 20 to 30 students. It lasts one semester during seventh hour or students have the option to take the class during eighth hour after school “Students can take it any time from freshman to senior year, we have had students who have taken it every semester for four years and we have a lot of students who take it just one semester,” said head athletic trainer Mr. Chris White. “That’s one of the challenges as a teacher, I have to teach guys who are very experienced and guys who are brand new.”

The students learn about injury prevention, assessment and rehabilitation.

“Sports medicine is really an umbrella term for a

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lot of different things,” Mr. White said. “What we really do is athletic training.”

According to Mr. White, athletic training is different than a personal trainer; athletic training is a “licensed profession.”

“First semester Sports Medicine class is a little different than second semester,” Mr. White said. “They both deal with similar topics but first semester is a little more hands on and I call it competency based where they learn a lot of skills.

Second semester is a little more curricular based, a little more content based.They are very very similar though. We have had guys like Martin Nguyen ’13 who has taken the class multiple times, he’s a really experienced veteran.”

Nguyen and other Sports Medicine students are not just limited to the classroom though.

“First semester, it was all day for me,” Nguyen said. “Usually on Fridays, it was from about 2:30 til 9. Football Fridays were all me. I’d always have my gauze out and wrap, so I was ready to go.”

Sports Medicine students often take time out of their schedules to attend sporting events and help Mr. White.

“Usually they work two to three events for each sports season and that’s really just to get them to

help, because there is a lot of labor involved, but also to get an understanding of what it takes to medically cover an event,” Mr. White said. “I just want to give kids an experience where they can learn about sports injury care and some of them are interested in pursuing it as a career, some of them take it to get out of P.E. or weight training.”

Football games require the most work for Mr. White and the sports medicine staff.

“It’s a lot of labor; they set up and take down.

They are really there to assist the athletic trainer in medical care and maybe wrapping an ice bag on someone, but just to be part of that experience,” Mr. White said. “If there is an emergency, they can help whether it is stabilizing an athlete, they can be directly involved in emergency action plan. They may be intimately involved or just a spectator.”

In recent years, national regulations have limited how involved students can be.

“Students used to work very intimately with teams, but the National Athletic Trainer Association said that students really cannot be doing anything independently,” Mr. White said. “I didn’t want to put students in the position where a coach would ask them to make a decision.”

National restrictions have not limited how Mr.

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White involves students though.

“They learn hands on skills on how to evaluate an injury, how to apply first aid, how to administer modalities, ultra sound, electrical stim, all the treatment modalities,” Mr. White said. “They are not going to do that independently from me.”

Nguyen and other students are able to act independently when the treatments they are performing do not require a license.

“My favorite responsibility was water boy, just getting water, but that was a joy,” Nguyen said.

“Ankle taping was another big one, and blood duty, I only did football, but that was ok because there were a lot of scratches and stuff.”

For those in the stands, the sports medicine staff may seem like they are just water boys, but really they are an integral part of the athletic program.

“These kids, a lot of them, no glory, they’re pushing water, they do a lot of things. They work hard and really are important to the success of our athletic program,” Mr. White said.

For Nguyen, no recognition is needed.

“It’s exciting, I really like sports med because it is really hands on, which is fun. It felt like a responsibility, which was new,” Nguyen said.

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Photo by Spencer Lund ’13 Brophy pitcher Ryan Castellani ’14 pitches against Deer Valley on March 13.

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Baseball redeems loss to St. Mary’s in nail-biter Brophy 3 St. Mary’s 2

By Nick May ’13

THE ROUNDUP Connor Messman ’13 went 2-4 on the night with a solo home run and a double to lead the Broncos offense to a win over St.Mary’s Friday, April 12.

“I just tried to hit the ball hard tonight,” Messman said. “I feel good about my performance.”

Messman was quick to praise his team’s effort. “We fought hard tonight.

They rallied back to tie the game but we were able to come out with a win.

I’m happy about how the team performed,” Messman said.

Coach Mr. Pat Higgins commended Messman for his offensive display against a solid St.Mary’s team.

“It was a great hustle play by Messman that turned a single into a double,” Mr.Higgins said.

The team was able to rely on Steven Oleksak’s ’13 pitching as he had only two earned runs, six hits and three

strike outs for a total of 75 pitches in six innings of work.

“Steven pitched well out there tonight.

Had another great performance,” Messman said.

Mr. Higgins also said the Oleksak’s performance helped the team win.

“I think Steven pitched a great game out there tonight,” Mr.Higgins said.

“Really solid performance by him.”

Nolan Weinstein ’14 was 2-4 on the night and he got what went on to be the game winning hit as he drove in Messman from second base with a single to right field.

The team lost on the previous night to St.Mary’s but was able to turn it around for a major win in the hunt for the playoffs.

“It’s a huge win,” Mr. Higgins said.

“We are only the third team to beat St.Mary’s this year so its a massive win for us. This win allows us to possibly crack the top 10 teams in state.”

The Broncos moved to 16-8 on the season with this win.

Photo by Michael Abert ’15 Brophy defeated St. Mary’s 3-2 April 12. Here a Brophy varsity baseball batter makes contact April 15 against Desert Vista.

Hockey ends season ranked 7th in the nation, caps off runner-up playoff run

By Connor Bradshaw Van Lier Ribbink ’13

THE ROUNDUP The last time Brophy varsity hockey was on the ice was after a crushing overtime defeat in the state championship game against Pinnacle.

However their season didn’t end there.

Two weeks following the defeat, the team traveled to Florida to compete against the top teams in the nation, which would be the last chance for seniors

to play in a Brophy uniform.

“The loss made me realize that nationals was the last chance I had to play Brophy hockey and competitive hockey at such a high level,” said assistant captain Spencer Smith ’13. “I wanted to go out playing the sport I love on top.”

Last year the team finished with a best ever national ranking of third in the country but this year the opposing teams were especially talented.

“The competition was strong this year, there are some great teams playing but in every game we

were contenders,” said captain Tanner Touhy ’13.

According to Smith, the goal of the tournament was simple: win.

“The goal was to play Brophy hockey, which means we needed to be extra grindy and for the most part we were,” Smith said.

The team started off strong winning their first few games by multiple goals including a hat trick performance by Touhy but fell short against the defending national champs, Regis Jesuit.

“Regis was an incredibly well balanced team,”

Touhy said. “It was a physical game, one kid was carried off in a stretcher, but they got the best of us in the end.”

The team finished with a national ranking of No. 7.

“I think the legacy we leave behind is a very close team that was one of the most dominant teams in Brophy hockey history,” Smith said. “Tanner and I have together scored close to 150 points, which is a great individual accomplishment, but as a team I couldn’t be happier with our finish.”

Productive season thus far leads Track and Field towards state meet Team ranked in the top five of the state with postseason on the horizon

By P. Erik Meyer ’14

THE ROUNDUP The track and field team has set a number of state and school records thus far this season.

Cole Walsh ’13 set the school record in the pole vault, Devon Allen ’13 set the state record in the 110m hurdles and the 4x400m relay team set a school record.

The squad is not only setting records, but is also performing consistently in the top five in the state.

“We’ve had a great season so far. We right now, with just a few weeks to go, have the second best sprint times in the state in the 100m, 200m and 400m, and the best hurdle times in the state with the 110m hurdles and the 300m

hurdles,” said Mr. Kalkman. “In the 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay we are the best in the state and in the 4x800m we are top five in the state as well. With distance, Jack Rubenzer ’13 in the 800m is top five in the state, and Marco Ruiz ’13, running the two mile, is top five in the state. In pole vault, Cole Walsh is second best in the state.”

The track and field coach also said the team has depth on the roster.

“As a team, we’ve had our deepest team ever here at Brophy, starting with a bunch of guys interested, with more than 150 guys,” Mr. Kalkman said.

Mr. Kalkman also said that he was pleased with the performance of the freshmen team, who placed third in the Freshmen Showcase April 20.

Early in the season the team faced some adversity with injuries to top performers.

“It started off a little rough, Devon sprained an ankle, Clarence (Clark ’13) was out with soccer, Marco broke

his toe. So really it was me, Cole Walsh Mount Sac Invitational over the weekend and a couple other kids carrying the team of April 19. in the meets,” said “We placed third “There are about five top at Mount Sac sprinter Bobby Grant ’14. “Since Division I schools in track out of about 400 then all the kids and field that can all have teams from all have come back a great day on Saturday across the country, and we’ve come on it’s a pretty big May 11 to win it, and we meet,” Grant said. pretty strong.” are one of the five.”

Despite the “We’re looking —Mr. Bill Kalkman early obstacles pretty good right Mr. Kalkman now as a team and was pleased were scaring a lot with his team’s of teams out there performance. with how much “Going back to talent we have.” the attitude of With the state most of our guys, championship we have not had any issues come up in around the corner, the team has not lost any of our categories,” Mr. Kalkman focus despite the end of the school year said. “The throwers have been a really in sight, Mr. Kalkman said. good group, the pole vaulters and the “The work ethic of the seniors and jumpers.” the maintained consistent enthusiasm Recently, the team traveled to throughout the senior class. Spring Sacramento, Calif., to participate in the sport of their senior year, when a lot of

other things are being blown off, their concentration has been really good,” Mr. Kalkman said. “It’s hard for seniors to really follow through with a spring sport. Everyone else is checking out, but they can’t check out for another three weeks.”

To prepare for the race, Grant said, “Mentally preparing, I have all the physical attributes to help me do well in the meet. I need to figure out how to run in my own lane and run my own race instead trying of race everyone else.”

The state track and field meet will commence May 8 and 11, at Mesa Community College.

“There are about five top Division I schools in track and field that can all have a great day on Saturday, May 11 to win it, and we are one of the five,” Mr. Kalkman said. “You’ve got to show up and race at the state meet, and again there are five teams that have a lot of athletes and a lot of events. That’s how the state track meet works.”

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Volleyball team set up for playoff competition Mr. Chambers

cooks recipe for athletic success, multi-faceted Brophy career

By Charles Louis Dominguez ’14

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Photo by P. Erik Meyer ’14 Brophy volleyball practices in the Robson Gym on May 1 in preparation for the playoffs.

Team consists of unique players, skillsets different than previous years

By Christian Guerithault ’14

THE ROUNDUP With a regular season record of 13-1 as of April 23, the Brophy volleyball team looks to the state playoffs.

“Our practices tend to be as game-like as possible,” said head coach Mr. Tony Oldani.

“Usually our practice will start with a warmup, then we’ll move into some skill specific drill depending on who our opponent is, and probably the last hour of our practice will be some type of modified game.”

This year’s squad is not like that of previous years; Mr. Oldani said the team is evolving.

“We used to be a program that was probably 80 percent students whose primary sport was not volleyball. Our preseason was how do you take the

football, soccer and basketball guys who are going to play volleyball, technically up to speed in terms of all the skills that they would need to know?”

Mr. Oldani said. “Now our team has evolved to where of the 14 guys, 11 of them play volleyball year round.”

Mr. Oldani said the volleyball team has multiple “most talented” players, as well as a team leader.

“Our three most talented players are Ryne Benson ’15, Adam Lincoln ’13 and Billy Andrew ’14, those are our talent guys, but probably the leader of the team is Scott Mueller ’13,” Mr. Oldani said.

Despite having a 13-1 regular season record, the volleyball team will say they do have their flaws.

“We sometimes lack the communication and intensity that we need when playing other tough teams,” Lincoln said. “We are doing pretty well, though we could have done better in the two tournaments we have attended.”

The volleyball team finished third out of 32 teams in their first tournament, and they finished fifth out of 44 teams in their second tournament.

“The biggest thing is to prepare mentally, you

have to know what you’re going up against and be ready to push yourself and your teammates,” Lincoln said. “We are a smart, talented team.

We have a lot of experience and are a physically powerful group.”

When it comes to team chemistry, Lincoln said he knows its importance.

“It keeps people from pointing fingers when things go wrong,” Lincoln said. “Our team is lucky to have great chemistry, we are a great group of guys and we get along pretty well.”

Mr. Oldani said this year’s volleyball team is an “unbelievably dynamic team.”

“There are not many teams on our campus that I think are as entertaining as our volleyball team,” Mr. Oldani said. “If somebody comes to a game, they are not going to leave disappointed saying, ‘I don’t know why I wasted that hour there,’ we have incredibly gifted athletes, and incredibly personable, respectful young men. If a fan came to the game they would see a group of guys working hard, but also a group of guys that were having a lot of fun interacting with each other.”

Lacrosse players strive for perfection in weekly practices Team uses practice to focus on fundamentals, strategy

By Tanner Nypen ’15

THE ROUNDUP During the lacrosse season the public usually only hears about the games.

But there are many hours behind the scences that lead up to those games.

During the lacrosse season, players and coaches meet for their daily practices for about two hours.

Being a member of the team takes a lot of time.

They practice Monday to Saturday and get the day off on Sunday.

“Typically it would be structured as 15 minute warm up and stretch,

goalies will get warmed up during game. that time,” said lacrosse coach Mr. “What you usually do is have a Zach Widbin. real heavy “What you usually do is practice three “Then we go to stick work have a real heavy practice days before of some kind three days before the game, the game, two or other drill two days before the game days before the for another 15 we have a heavy practice game we have a minutes, and but have it focused on our heavy practice typically some but have it opponent, and the last day sort of positional focused on our i n s t r u c t i o n before a game we have a opponent, and real light practice.” and a drill that the last day —Mr. Zach Widbin reinforces that before a game instruction.” we have a real Players will light practice,” usually finish Mr. Widbin practices with a said. simulated match The team also of six on six or other simulation of puts this practice mind set up in to an actual game. the post season games.

The practice schedule can also “Hopefully if we make the state change depending on an upcoming championship game this year we will

have a full week just to prepare for that game,” Mr. Widbin said.

Coaches might also change the practices after a game as well.

“The day after a game, depending on how hard we were pushed, if it was a tough game we might even give practice off,” Mr. Widbin said.

“If not we would typically be a little bit lighter on the legs.”

Austin Berry ’15, who plays lacrosse for the junior varsity team, also said his practice after a game depends on that game’s outcome.

“Whether we win or lose our practices after a game are usually focused on what we did wrong in our game,” Berry said. “The hardest thing about my practices is when defensive coach Scott Heideman runs us at the end.”

Through Biology, numerous freshmen are introduced to Mr. John Chambers at the start of their Brophy career.

Oftentimes, they know him simply as an instructor or only hear murmurings of his role as athletic director.

Although he’s a fixture on campus, plenty of students still know him merely as a science teacher, as opposed to the multi-faceted faculty member his profile proves him to be.

“In Brophy athletics, I oversee 11 freshman, varsity and JV sports and four club activities,” Mr. Chambers said. “I oversee the coaches, the games, practices, budgets and all the other activities that are involved in putting a sport together.”

He first came to Brophy in 1969 through a desire to teach and coach. At the time, he taught history and coached football, basketball and baseball.

He has held multiple positions since, including Dean of Students.

Currently, Mr. Chambers teaches two periods of Biology in addition to overseeing the whole of the athletics program.

“I think that all of our sports are in good shape,” Mr. Chambers said. “They’re doing things the right way, which I think is a model for all the different schools that we contact.”

“Probably the most difficult part is dealing with problems sometimes with coaches and athletes and coaches and parents,” Mr. Chambers said.

Still, he said he finds great reward in working with coaches and athletes alike.

“For the most part, it’s a positive experience… the most rewarding part is actually working with the different coaches, seeing them develop their teams and programs the proper way… also, obviously, dealing with athletes,” Mr. Chambers said. “That’s the most rewarding, to see them develop from their freshman year to their senior year – some even going farther on.”

In addition to teaching Biology and watching over athletics, Mr. Chambers also moderates the Gourmet Cooking Club. For him, cooking is an interest that extends past the scope of Brophy.

“Cooking’s a joy for me; it’s something that maybe I’d like to pursue as I leave Brophy and retire,” Mr. Chambers said. “That’s one of the options I’m looking at.”

Mr. Chambers doesn’t limit himself to one type of cooking and says he finds joy in experimenting with recipes and seeing how different ingredients can change outcomes.

“I like to try new recipes,” Mr. Chambers said.

“Whenever I see a recipe on TV or find it in a book or magazine, I like to try it, just explore and see how it works – see if it tastes the same or make it taste different; that’s kind of the way I like to work.”

Many students on campus said they have been influenced by Mr. Chambers.

“I liked Mr. Chambers because he puts his heart into what he does and really cares about his students and athletes,” said Brendan Bohannon ’14.

Others had positive things to say of their experiences in his class.

“I enjoyed his class freshmen year and his leadership is inspirational,” said Mark Jendrisak ’14. “He’s a humble man who evoked my interest in biology.”

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Senior shortstop Coppola looks toward TCU Horned Frog career Senior wraps up 4 years of Bronco baseball

By Connor Bradshaw Van Lier Ribbink ’13

THE ROUNDUP Finding motivation is a key ingredient in order for any athlete to achieve success, but it wasn’t hard for Charlie Coppola ’13 to find motivation before the 2013 season.

It will be, after all, his final season wearing Brophy’s colors on a baseball diamond.

Coppola has been a recognizable face around the athletic community due to his participation in both varsity baseball and basketball “I’ve been playing baseball for 13 years now but it’s been my primary sport for only two years,” Coppola said.

Coppola’s first taste of varsity baseball came as a sophomore when he was allowed to dress for varsity games following a season playing junior varsity.

The following year he became a full member of the varsity baseball team.

“I’ve played with Charlie for around 10 years now and I’ve watched him grow as a player,” said long time teammate Connor Messman ’13.

“He’s crazy committed to whatever team he plays on and constantly works to get better, which he’s proven he has.”

Now on varsity Coppola has had one goal of winning a state title, but that goal was cut short last season when Chaparral beat Brophy in the state championship game due to a walk off home run.

“All summer my teammates and I talked about

Photo by Spencer Lund ’13 Charlie Coppola ’13 (left) and Ryan Grotjohn ’13 (right) turn a double play in Brophy’s Varsity baseball game against Mountain Pointe on March 26.

that game and the upcoming season. It’s made us work hard to improve every day since last May,”

Coppola said.

Coppola, who will be playing for Texas Christian

University next fall, is leading that improvement as the Broncos have won 10 of their last 12 games.

Tennis enters playoffs with No. 1 seed, leaves as champions

By Michael Moroney ’13

THE ROUNDUP The Broncos tennis team entered the first round state playoff matchup as the top seed in Division I and walked away sweeping the tournament.

They played against No. 16 Westview Tuesday, April 23.

The squad finished the season with a 13-1 record, with their only loss being a 5-4 defeat against Mesa Mountain View.

However, head coach Mr. Bill Woods only used one of his top three players in

the matchup.

“We are definitely ready, it’s what we’ve been preparing for all year,” said Kyle Chalmers ’13. “It helps that we won state last year and the team has experience.”

The Broncos have home court advantage through the second round because they achieved the top seed.

“First things first, I think we all want to win the team tournament first, but I’m also trying for an individual title,” said Hudson Blake ’13.

Blake and Chalmers had been the Broncos’ top two ranked players since

the beginning of the season.

Blake entered the Division I Singles State Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the state and Chalmers is seeded at No. 3.

“Hudson and I have always played off each other, trying to compete and improve at all times,” Chalmers said.

“This year it really pushed us and now we are both trying to win a state title.”

There are only a total of eight singles players competing in the state tournament and the quarterfinals were set to begin Friday, April 26.

Brophy is also represented in the

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Division I Doubles State Tournament with David Akin ’15 and Michael Cowan ’15 qualified as the No. 7 seed.

The duo played a doubles team from Mesquite in the first round.

Throughout the season, the Broncos faced top ranked Arizona and out-ofstate schools. For example, Brophy defeated No. 4 Desert Mountain 8-1 in a March 20 match. Brophy competed in the California Tennis Classic and finished No. 5 out of 117 teams in the early March tournament.

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Over a one week period, the Broncos swept the tennis state championship circuit. Blake captured the singles state title April 27 while his teammates Akin and Cowan won the doubles state title the same day.

The following weekend, Saturday, May 4, the Brophy tennis team won its second Division I title in as many years.

The Broncos defeated the Salpointe Lancers 5-0.

The team did not allow any playoff opponent to win a single set as they won their four matches by a score of 5-0.

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Practice makes perfect Between the performances, rehearsal key for best sound

By Charles Louis Dominguez ’14

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A

cross Brophy’s campus, students foster creativity through a hodgepodge of means; everyone is encouraged to.

The campus houses several musical ensembles that put on seemingly countless performances throughout the course of a school year.

Whether it be a seasonal band concert, Open House, the power breakfast or Weapons of Mass Percussion’s “Stomp” concert, the music program regularly displays its talent to members of the community.

As a member of the band program, I can say that the work that goes in to putting together these performances often proves excruciating.

Director of Bands Mrs. Julie Thibodeaux is at the helm of several groups, including Pep Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Big Band, Jazz Ensemble, Weapons of Mass Percussion, Jazz Combo, Brass Ensemble and the Stomp cast.

She works as a manager in addition to a director, helping to organize every performance churned out by these groups.

The preparations for each performance boil down to two key facets: teamwork and practice.

Everyone within every ensemble, regardless of role, is important to determining the final outcome of a performance, Mrs. Thibodeaux said.

“Almost every person has a different part than everyone else and the sum of all of those parts together is what makes it beautiful,” she said.

Photo by Sam Wolff ’13 Brophy and Xavier band students perform in the Black Box on Oct. 2.

Practice is “everything” to a performance, Mrs. Thibodeaux said.

“The ensemble is all about working together…because it only takes one thing – one wrong note, one wrong tempo, one wrong intonation, one wrong entrance for it all to be wrong,” Mrs. Thibodeaux said.

Practice is important to what happens at rehearsals, but rehearsals ultimately determine what ends up happening on stage.

“In the rehearsal the idea is that all of the individuals have learned

and practiced their part so that the team can put it all together,” Mrs. Thibodeaux said. “(W)e then put all of the sections together and work on the music; dynamics, attacks and releases, articulations, blend and balance, listening across the ensemble to make sure that every part is there, but that the balance is such that the melody is always heard and supported by all the other parts.”

Despite the difficulties of trusting students to prepare their parts and organizing flyers and rehearsals, Mrs.

Thibodeaux said there are rewards for all the preparation.

“The most rewarding part of preparation is that moment when the students get it – that moment when everything just falls into place and it gives you goose bumps,” Mrs. Thibodeaux said. “All of the time that (was) spent in rehearsals then becomes worth it.”

Oftentimes, students have their own personal steps to take in order to be ready for a performance.

“I usually re-tape my trumpet, so it doesn’t fall apart while I’m playing,”

said Jared Boyle ’15, a member of Jazz Band, Weapons of Mass Percussion and the Stomp cast. “We come together and combine the different parts so they can gel.”

Carter Santini ’15 has his own method for readying himself mentally.

“When it comes to mental preparation for a gig or something, it starts an hour beforehand where I’m listening to music that’s inspired me and remembering past performances, always striving to be better,” Santini said. “90 percent of music is in the mind.”

Long awaited ‘Bankrupt’ creates procession to preceding chart-topper album Phoenix—“Bankrupt!”

8.5 out of 10

By Jackson Santy ’13

THE ROUNDUP In 2009, the French indie-pop group Phoenix stormed on the music scene with their album “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.”

Featuring notable songs such as “Liztomania,” “Lasso” and their most well-known track “1901,”

Phoenix began their climb to fame.

The band is notable for its combination of synthesized dance-pop and glam rock.

Four years later, the band is releasing their fourth album “Bankrupt!” that should solidify the place in the music world they made with “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.”

Recently and prior to the release of “Bankrupt!” I was lucky enough to attend Phoenix’s concert here in town.

Playing songs from previous albums, full of the energy they are known so well for, the band also featured a selection of songs from their new album.

The album’s leading track, “Entertainment,” is

this album’s “1901;” it is sure to get the most airplay and notoriety.

Otherwise the album lacks other instant hits.

Or for those who don’t understand the comparison, “Entertainment” is the track that listeners in the future will remember the album for, thus what “1901” was for the former album.

But is this lacking such a bad thing?

Just because it lacks chart toppers, doesn’t mean the remaining content is abysmal.

“Bankrupt!” is consistent and cohesive, laying out a balanced array of tracks, none of which surpass each other.

The album is warm and familiar to longtime fans

of the band, not straying away from their distinct style but still adding freshness.

While listening to the album as well as seeing them perform live, one word kept swimming in my head as the tracks progressed—fun.

It’s as simple as that.

“Bankrupt!” is fun music, it’s music that you hear at a laid back party or in a commercial that peaks your interest and leaves you not with a dire craving but a quiet sensation to want to listen to more.

“Bankrupt!” receives an 8.5 because of its smooth succession of “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” and it’s song -to- song consistency.

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English teacher Smith loves good music, Nick Jr. Teachers Pet: Mr. Steve Smith ’96

By P.J. Binsfeld ’15

THE ROUNDUP Mr. Reithman’s question from March’s “Teacher’s Pet”: If you had a different major in college, what would the impact on your life be?

I wouldn’t be teaching at Brophy because I did start off with an engineering major. And so I would be an engineer somewhere and thus that would be a sad, sad life for me, and so I’m really happy I changed my major to English, and that’s a great question, Mr. Reithman.

To keep in this month’s theme, what are some things you do behind the scenes for Brophy?

I’m not certain that everybody knows I do the Work Study program here, I know that people know that I teach English. I also coach both cross country and track, and I also want to give a shout out to the Vinyl Appreciation club, which I moderate. They’re a group of awesome guys who meet every Thursday and we talk music and listen to records.

Who was your favorite teacher when you were at Brophy as a student?

Well, some of the teachers who are still here would be Mr. Danforth and I had Mr. Woods as my coach, but easily my favorite, who people would all know, is Fr. Olivier, S.J. He was my religion teacher freshman year. I’ll never forget how kind he was to me and those students and it is something that has absolutely affected my life; just to be kind like him is something that has absolutely affected my life.

What inspired you to be a teacher at Brophy?

I didn’t originally set out to necessarily teach at Brophy; that just kind of worked out. I taught four or five years before at public school. A lot of it goes back to the “man for others” that everybody talks about and we all learn about. I just thought teaching was a great way to have a career and consistently help people and since I’m a Brophy grad, I’ve learned all of this at Brophy and I’ve always wanted to put myself out there as a man for others and someone who is committed to helping out his fellow man, and I thought teaching would be a great way to have a career but also be consistently helping people.

What kinds of things do you do on your weekends?

All I do is kid stuff. I watch a lot of Nick Jr., I go to parks a lot with my little kids. I’ve really forgotten what I used to do with my life before having kids;

I really couldn’t tell you what I would do on a normal weekend. I have a three year old who wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and by the time I get up with him and get him his chocolate milk and watch Nick Jr. with him, and then I switch over to my other kid and we play chess or my daughter and we read books or go to the park or go to the library; it’s all kid’s stuff until about 8 p.m. then I might read a book or watch a few minutes of Netflix, then I’m basically done about 9.

What’s your favorite Nick Jr. show?

Well, we have “Dora”, “Diego”,” Team Umi Zumi”, and then really boring ones like “Franklin and Little Bill”; sorry Little Bill, but you’re not exciting. But I like “Backyardigans”. Backyardigans is my favorite because they have decent music and have cool people on those episodes like Alicia Keys. She played an alien.

I hear that you like music. What kind of music are you listening to as of now?

Tonight, which is March 28th, I’m going to Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel, and I’m not going with Charles (Dominguez ’14) and Roan (Enright ’13), but we’re all going to be there together, although I’m going to give them their personal space and they’ll give me my personal space, but we will say hello to each other. I don’t

know what you’d call it; I hate saying Indie, but just anything that’s good. I swear, it could be Latin Fusion Jazz or Americana or Indie or Country. If it’s good, I’d love to listen to it.

What’s your all-time favorite band?

My all-time favorite band, actually it’s kind of crazy because I’m going to see him tonight, and it’s Neutral Milk Hotel.

I just think that they are brilliant. It’s his solo show, but I think I’d put him up as No. 1. There are so many good ones, but I think I’d barely inch him up above maybe the Beatles or maybe Radiohead.

I just love him and he’s going to be in concert tonight, so it’s going to be awesome and I never go to concerts, I swear I haven’t been out in years.

I heard a rumor that you own every single album ever made. Is that true or false?

That would be cool, but that’s not true. Where did this rumor come from? I’d like to challenge this rumor here. I do not, but I do enjoy that there’s something in humans that we still need to collect things. So I don’t know if music will go wholly digital ever where we have everything on our computer.

I still want to hold on to a record or a CD or a tape or something, so I do enjoy collecting vinyl records. I also think it’s important for me to support the bands.

Many people just download music, so I

enjoy supporting the bands that way so that they are making some money off their art.

As a Brophy teacher now, do you think you can go to your reunion?

I’ve never gone to my reunions. I have a 20 coming up soon, but I don’t think I’ll go to it because high school is awesome, but when you survive it and get outside of it, you think, “Holy cow, that was a stressful time in my life.” And it’s like this big ball of stress when you go back to reunions and I don’t know if I want to feel those feelings again.

But I’ll have to report back to you if I go to my 20. I specifically didn’t go to my 10 because I didn’t think people, at that point, would be bald enough or fat enough. So maybe the 20-year people will be bald enough. But I’ve almost disassociated myself from student life as I walk around as a teacher. Like my first year here, I walked around re-creating my steps as a student, but I think I’m past that now.

Would you like to pose a question for the next edition of Teacher’s Pet? Would you rather live in a world without your favorite food or live in a world where you have to eat your favorite food three meals a day, every day for your entire life? P.S.: What’s your favorite food?

Star studded Summer movie lineup packed with sequels, prequels

By Jackson Santy ’13

THE ROUNDUP When we think of words synonymous with summer, we think sunshine, the beach and lazy.

Similarly, lazy is the word that comes to mind when I think of this summer’s movie lineup.

Aside from a few exceptions, it seems every movie advertised as the “can’t miss hit of the summer” is a sequel, prequel or revamp.

Summer releases are becoming two-hour, unoriginal explosion fests with overused plot lines and actors.

While some appear to a certain degree promising, others not so much.

Iron Man 3 Tony Stark is back and more epic than ever.

Unless you’re Christopher Nolan, director of the Dark Knight trilogy, a third (or even a second) consecutive superhero blockbuster is hard to pull off without being unoriginal, repetitive or just sloppy.

However, “Iron Man 3” looks to be promising.

Will it be as good as Nolan’s masterful trilogy?

No. Will it satisfy viewers’ hunger for explosions,

strong plotline and the Tony Stark wit that actor Robert Downey Jr. has captured so well?

Absolutely.

While I can’t say that “Iron Man 3” is the one movie you absolutely can’t miss this summer, I can say that it’s worth the time.

The Hangover Part III Now hold on, I know the conclusion we are all jumping to is that director Todd Phillips is trying to sell us a ticket to the same movie for a third time.

“The Hangover Part II” was a poor follow-up to its predecessor “The Hangover,” duplicating the plot and borderline offending my intelligence as an audience member, as if Phillips assumed that I would fall for a cheap copy and pasted sequel.

Believe it or not “The Hangover Part III” hopes to fix the mistake Part II made.

The original gang is back, as well as a few more characters (played by notable actors), and have made their return to Las Vegas.

The film offers the slapstick, potty humor that the series is known for, as well as a fresh new plot that won’t leave audience members feeling ripped off.

Man of Steel I’m still trying to forget “Superman Returns.”

There’s no guarantee, but I am optimistic that

“Man of Steel” will help me abandon the memories of the abominable 2006 prequel.

Director Zack Snyder (“Watchmen” and “300”) brings his dark and edgy anti-hero element, creating a completely new perspective of Superman.

“Man of Steel” isn’t a guaranteed summer recordbreaking blockbuster but it will gather crowds and is likely to entertain but not wow.

The Wolverine Only Hugh Jackman could make the graceful transition from Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” back to his role as Wolverine in the X-Men series.

Following “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” the initial spin-off from the original X-Men franchise, “The Wolverine” should impress audiences.

The film takes a new turn from the franchise from which it was birthed and adds director James Mangold, known for such films as “Girl, Interrupted,” “Walk the Line,” and “3:10 to Yuma.”

Although he is new to the superhero genre, based on his previous works, Mangold can bring the grit and edge that Wolverine is known for.

World War Z Based on the cult-followed novel, this $125 million movie is the summer blockbuster we all wait for every year.

However “World War Z” is not the shoot ’em up, Michael Bay-esque film we all expect a summer blockbuster to be.

The film takes a dystopian perspective and hopes to have a quality storyline to accompany its stylistic visuals.

However, due to the book’s unique narrative, it may be difficult to adapt into a quality story for the big screen.

The book reads like a United Nations report and operates without a concrete lead protagonist.

Still, I have faith in the project and believe that “World War Z” will impress audiences worldwide.

The Way, Way Back I had to put at least one independent film on this list.

“The Way,Way Back” brings something that so few summer films have anymore—heart.

Not chick-flick, Channing Tatum loves Rachel McAdams heart, but genuine non-Hallmark heart.

This teen coming of age story with a notable cast for an independent film gives a break to those who are sick of seeing things blowup and rattling their eardrums from all the gunfire and intergalactic battles they’ll see in the other theatres.

Biopic ‘42’ grips audience through story of American hero Jackie Robinson ‘42’ - starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford 8.5 out of 10

By Andrew Marini ’13

THE ROUNDUP The movie “42” tells the story of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman), the first African American athlete to break the race barrier and play in an all-white

baseball league.

Wasting no time getting to the point the film opens with Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), the general manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers sitting in an office announcing to his staff that he will be breaking the color barrier by signing the first African-American player into white baseball. Instantly met with skepticism, Rickey decides to sign Jackie Robinson to his minor league team.

Robinson is all for the idea and knows

he is in for a tough road ahead full of racism, violence and a complete life change.

The film, although a baseball movie, isn’t full of lengthy baseball scenes rather just the occasional gripping highlight of Robinson making a great play or dealing with hardship on the field. A great storyline is that of watching his teammates slowly start to accept him, from refusing to shower with him early on to eventually getting in physical

confrontations on his behalf.

Racism was running high in the 1940s and the film captivates that especially when the team travels to more prejudice filled states. Robinson, with the help of Rickey, adopts a peaceful style of dealing with things by consistently turning the other cheek when wronged.

One scene almost sums up the whole problem with racism when a boy goes to a baseball game with his father to watch Robinson play, but as his father starts to

chant inappropriate racist comments the son eventually joins in showing just how influential parents were on their children’s view towards others.

The only knock I would have on this film would be a critique of the director for choppiness amongst scenes.

In the end “42” is a captivating film that anyone, sports fan or not, would enjoy seeing and one that does a great job of telling the story of one of America’s most respected and greatest heroes.

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Unrein

Agliano

Burying Agliano’s bike with compost, Stickney avoids a battle with the upstart religion teacher.

Stickney advances, while Agliano calls his friend for a ride to school.

Stickney Mulloy Murphy descends into the desert outpost valley that was Mulloy’s old newspaper stomping grounds: Bullhead City.

Distraught by boredom and attracted by the casino lights across the Colorado River, Murphy concedes and spends the rest of the day trying to find something fun to do in neighboring Laughlin, Nev.

Stickney Teacher against teacher has become former-student against teacher. The Roundup realizes it is the maverick of firsts.

The match begins with Stickney joyfully recounting to Mulloy all of the mean things he said to the Mulloy parents during the fateful 1998 ParentTeacher Conference that shaped Mulloy’s relationship with Stickney. Unperturbed, Mulloy edited this battle so that he wins and gets payback for that one weekend of being grounded his junior year. (Editor’s note: He’s censoring us. Please help.)

Mulloy

Murphy Mason

Math vs Philosophy.

The rational Mason uses her mathematical mastery to prove that knowledge does truly create power, and they are not co-productive.

Valadao then retires to contemplate existence.

Mason advances.

She knows karate. A sure win, right? Everyone loves an upset, including The Roundup. Cordova advances.

Cordova

Widbin

Victor: Cordova

Cordova

Magikarp

Mulloy

This battle erupts between Mulloy and Cordova in The Roundup’s newsroom.

All the way on the third floor of Eller, Mulloy is able to build a barricade of old Roundup’s to repel the Cordovan onslaught.

Unluckily for Mulloy, Cordova’s sheer force of will and high energy is able to propel him through the stacks of typo-free printed word and destroy Mulloy’s camera collection. So distraught over his vintage film related loss, Mulloy concedes, finding solace in the wonderful and immersive world of Photoshop.

Mason

Valadao

Thinking he has the athletic upper hand, Widbin initiates the battle by inviting Cordova to the lacrosse field.

Unbeknownst to the overly-confident Widbin, Cordova was a member of the Bolivian National Lacrosse team.

Widbin lets up goal after goal as Cordova flies across the field with the speed of a Bolivian eagle. Widbin concedes out of fear and exhaustion.

Cordova advances.

Karp

Cordova

Cordova Buchanan In a twist of fate, the Spanish speaking wild man has come face to face with a man who loves order, control and most importantly, carpooling.

Cordova decides to stage this battle on his home turf of Bolivia. Unfortunately for Cordova, Buchanan once went undercover to solve an international crime case in Bolivia in the early 1980s.

Because of the John McClainesque reputation that Buchanan has around Bolivia, Cordova is scared. The fight initially erupts in one of Bolvia’s famous lithium mines. Cordova uses his piercing scream to make the lithium fall down from the cave ceiling. Unperturbed, Buchanan dodges the falling ore, but drops his taser. In a wave of metallurgical inspiration, Cordova uses his bilingual strength to call up on “El Tío,” the spirit owner of the Bolivian mountains, to cause a rock slide and end Buchanan’s run by sealing the entrance of the mine. This spurs a new ABC detective drama, “Caved In,” where Buchanan plays a down -on-his-luck detective looking for a way out of tough situations.

Tune in at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Mondays.

Staging this battle in the parking lot, Buchanan uses his knowledge of speed bumps and traffic cones to attack the wild Magikarp. So confident with his seemingly definite win, Buchanan does not have time to notice that Magikarp has evolved in to Gyarados. This turns out to be a terrible time for Gyarados to attack, as Buchanan still has his previously concealed taser. His electric type attack eliminates Gyarados.

Buchanan advances.

Using his giant slide rule and TI-84 graphing calculator, Reithman is able to turn Ms. Karp into the Pokémon Magikarp.

Despite thinking that a fish out of water would be harmless and easy to eliminate, Ms. Magikarp uses Swift Swim to get away. Reithmann decides retirement is preferable to catching an imaginary role-playing game character and walks away into the sunset.

It is a wild Magikarp.

And it advances.

Reithmann

Karp Oldani

The Roundup noticed that for some reason Mr. Oldani has never gone far in the Battle Royale. We fear change. Reithmann advances.

Reithmann Buchanan

Buchanan Buchanan

Karp proposes that Unrein face her in a Mock Trial court to determine the victor.

After Unrein shouts a series of stereotypical court movie cliches such as “This whole court room’s out of order” and “You can’t handle the truth,” he is forced to concede and admit to 12 crimes he did not commit.

Karp advances, but #FreeUnrein started trending on Twitter.

Luring O’Neill in with freshly made baked goods, Buchanan locks O’Neill in his office. Buchanan then alerts his Phoenix Police buddies that there is an intruder in his office. Buchanan’s got connections.

The police are not surprised by O’Neill’s situation since there are many welldocumented instances where Buchanan was able to thwart criminals with scones alone.

Buchanan advances.

Cordova is the new champion.

O’Neill 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.

This battle pits two Brophy veterans against each other.

Having taught Buchanan the ways of security and parking lot management, Olivier bows out, knowing that Buchanan, his student, has truly become the master.

Olivier O’Neill The oldest of the Williams clan faces off against a storied swimming coach. Seriously, these are great storylines. O’Neill brings Williams to the Brophy Pool to face off on his home turf. So sure of his cross country speed, Williams charges at O’Neill. Unfortunately for Williams, there is a life guard on duty and he is kicked out of the pool area for running.

O’Neill advances.

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The Roundup

Xavier

Gator

Theresa Mulhern ’13

By Andrew Marini ’13

THE ROUNDUP To start off can I get your name and grade?

Theresa and I am a senior.

So why did you decide to do this interview?

You told me I had no choice.

Oh yeah, OK. So summer is coming up, going anywhere exciting?

Yeah I’m going somewhere new and exciting, aka Coronado.

So you enjoy the beach?

Yeah, the ocean is one of my favorite things.

Do you enjoy sea animals?

Well, dolphins are cool but sharks freak me out.

Are you excited for college next year?

Yes! The change of scenery and being

By Alec Vick ’15

The Roundup

YourDailyMedia.com This site offers a Tumblr like home page with links to different daily stories.

These stories range from informative articles on political matters to funny, and comically entertaining sources.

For example, if I had not visited the site, I would not know that April 10 was national grilled cheese day.The site gives many example of amazing and creative grilled cheeses.

This page has the qualities of a Tumblr and a Reddit mix, where anyone can post, but rather than being like Reddit, it can be both informative and fun.

This page could be very time consuming on any given day, because new content is always being posted to keep the masses entertained.

KnowHow2Go.org

College preparation can be easily forgotten among the calamity of high school, yet it is important in your effort to be accepted to your top rated college. On knowhow2go.org they have specialized sections for each level of high school student.

This site gives each grade preparation tips and shows what colleges will be looking for in each year. Along with the tips, this website offers links to many scholarship-giving websites in order to better fund your college experience and

independent will be amazing. I’m also stoked for the Muggle Studies classes.

Where are you going if I may ask?

Arizona State Oh. Well, this is awkward. I’m not a fan of theirs, you could say.

Yeah, I know, sorry. Can I ask where you’re going?

I didn’t know you were doing the interview.

Sorry.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I have no idea really, something I enjoy I hope.

Well that’s a rock solid plan.

Can I leave yet?

Yes just one more question: original or Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos?

Neither, I’m not a fan of Doritos.

Well then you’re the only person on the planet who feels that way.

might even enlarge your select list of colleges.

It allows you to explore how your specific interests can help get you into your dream school, along with an option for a personal online mentor to talk to for any help you might need from an actual person.

Geoquake.com/ drivingsimulator/earth

Google Earth offers a feature where on any part of the planet users have the option to fly two types of airplanes around the earth.

When this site is opened, a rectangle with a small red car will pop up at the top of the screen with instructions underneath on how to “drive the car.”

Also underneath the small window is a search bar, in which you can enter any place or address and the car will transport right to it much like that plane in Google Earth. One of the things that seperates this from Google Earth is the 3D element incorporated into the driving experience. Almost all buildings in Phoenix, for example, are available in 3D form and a drive through downtown feels as if you’re in the actual car.

A useful feature of this application is that it offers real world practice without real world consequence of a crash.

Apart from its helpful features it’s also a fun way to de-stress after a hard day of classes, or something interesting to do on a summer day.

Words from the Wise ...

“Mr. Widbin, have you ever arm wrestled a student?”

-Joe Trog ’13

“Yes I have. Robotics retreat--it was like cherry picking.”

“Is the test today on the computer?”

-Mike McCullough ’14

“No, it’s on Postmodernism.”

-Mr. Lane McShane `82

-Mr. Zach Widbin

“I do not like the tickles.”

-Mr. Neil Murphy ’06

“Feel free to jettison into deep space like the burial of Mr. Spock in ‘The Wrath of Khan.’”

-Mr. Chad Unrein

Have you heard any wise words lately? Send them to The Roundup at roundup@brophybroncos.org