On the first day of AP World History, the wise Kbrom Yohannes mandated the first rule of the class as respect: respecting our classmates, respecting our teacher, and respecting the prompt. Respecting the prompt indirectly requires a level of respect for the entity that developed the prompt: the College Board. I’m thankful that AP exams are administered in May...
What do Demarco Murray, Dirk Nowitzki, and Colby Lewis have in common? They are each professional athletes with injuries preventing them from competing in their respective sports.
What separates these athletes besides their differing sports is their individual injury - Dirk's knee, Demarco's foot and Colby's elbow. Is the fact that each player has a very different injury an indication...
12:47, the clock reads. Your eyelids are faltering, exhausted from the hours you’ve spent studying for your math test tomorrow. Even after spending countless minutes going over the difference between the cosine and sine functions, you still manage to get the practice problems wrong, all the while your looming theology homework sits to the side, untouched, meaning that tonight is...
Apple's reign as America's most popular cell phone manufacturer has gone unchallenged for too long!
Two years ago, I decided I could no longer live the mainstream life.
Two years ago, I made the dramatic leap from the iPhone 5C to the Android S7.
As I was incompetent when it came to my new phone, there was definitely a little trauma the...
As I begin writing this, on the 27th of September, the day of the testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I am sitting at my bedroom after a day of catching snippets of the testimonies and hearing the whole depth and breadth of thoughts and opinions to be held. I...
Blue polos, tacky blazers, elaborate bowties, and a spacious courtyard. What comes to mind?
They walk the halls with confidence, lead your favorite clubs, and are the captains of our sports teams. They are the senior class. While the seniors may seem loud and intimidating, they are in fact, the opposite.
For this article, a few highly successful seniors shared their...
(SPOILERS FOR TOP GUN (1986))
Every year, the Editor-in-Chief of The Roundup writes a final farewell piece that entails his experiences with the newspaper. Top Gun: Maverick basically does the same thing, but replace The Roundup with Tom Cruise's filmography.
As many critics have noted, Top Gun: Maverick acknowledges that despite his death-defying stunts, Tom Cruise is getting old. The film works as an...
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.” (Virginia Woolf)
Ever since the school year began in late August, SAGE Dining Services has been making breakfast and lunch every day for Jesuit students and faculty. I was able to sit down and talk to the Executive Chef, Ryan Messina, and the SAGE Food Service...
