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February 2012 Edition 4
Masculinity, gender to take center stage Brophy, Xavier alumni, students weigh effects of single-sex education
Inside:
Special Edition
Summit on Human Dignity starts Feb. 27
By Lauren D’Souza XCP ’14 & Julian De Ocampo ’13
THE ROUNDUP From morning until the ring of the last bell, Brophy is almost like any other public high school in the most basic essence. While the nuances might be different, Brophy is, on the surface level, ultimately a normal prep school where students arrive each day to learn the skills they need to prepare them for higher education and beyond. And the school is equipped with everything to make sure that happens: the latest technology, competent faculty, well-furnished classrooms and an always-eager student body. The only thing missing? Girls. Save for the occasional female either passing through campus or attending one of several co-ed classes, it’s almost always readily apparent that Brophy remains largely an all-male institution during the day. But at 2:45 pm, the school undergoes a daily transformation that turns everything on its head. As boys stream out of their classes, girls from Xavier College Prep stream onto the campus, nearly always clad in their signature plaid skirts and white polos. Within 10 minutes of dismissal,
• Summit aims to examine gender issues See Page 7 • Brophy and Xavier students debate masculinity vs. femininity See Page 7 • Summit committee draws speakers from around nation See Page 8 • Gender equality possible in the workplace See Page 9
Photo illustration by Kevin Cabano ’12 How do members of the opposite sex affect education? Studies and student opinions vary.
Brophy – which has the distinction of being the only all-male secondary institution in the state that is neither a special education school nor a juvenile detention center – essentially turns into a co-ed environment. Dozens upon dozens of Xavier students make the daily exodus away from their female-only campus with the hopes of meeting male friends. In the same respect, Xavier is a traditional Catholic high school. With its strict uniform guidelines, rigorous curriculum and spiritual activities, Xavier is a typical Catholic preparatory school. Xavier, like Brophy, also prides itself
on being the only all-female high school in the state. Similarly, the final bell at 2:45 marks the time when boys from the neighboring all-male school come flooding into Xavier’s campus.
Studies show negative effects Of course, the idea of single-sex schools is nothing new – secondary and higher education institutions have historically used both the co-education and single-sex education models for centuries. Studies have been conducted on the effects that single-sex environments can have on the development of teenagers of both genders, including
•Summit to be met with maturity, positive action See Page 9
one conducted by London University’s Institute for Education that revealed single-sex schools showed negative effects for boys and positive effects for girls. According to The Guardian UK, boys who attended all-male institutions in the late ’50s and early ’60s were significantly more prone to depression and divorce. Meanwhile, women who attended all-female institutions often excelled academically while still maintaining the same martial success rate as their co-ed companions.
• Gender relations at Summit’s center See Page 10 • Women face difficulties in advancing the political sphere See Page 10 • Conflicting ideologies and gender inequality calls for society’s reflection See Page 10
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City stats show 7th St., Indian School most dangerous intersection near campus Only 5 fatalities reported since 2006 By Josh Galvin ’13 & Brett A. Mejia ’13
THE ROUNDUP There are few things scarier to a student driver than an accident. Lives are endangered, insurance rates soar and a permanent black mark appears on a newly acquired
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license. Yet according to Brophy Security Director Mr. John Buchanan, Brophy student drivers continue to impress him. “Our students do very well in their driving; they’re very courteous,” Mr. Buchanan said. Before becoming the head of campus security, Mr. Buchanan worked as a Phoenix police officer for 32 years, 10 of which were as an accident investigator at the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy.
“There’s always a few (students) that we get reports on that cut through private property and block traffic and drive in a discourteous way, but as for the overall picture: very courteous drivers,” Mr. Buchanan said. Phoenix Police statistics echo Mr. Buchanan’s belief. Public records from the Safety & Neighborhood Traffic Section of the Phoenix Street Transportation Department show that there have been 1,493 accidents at the12 major intersections within one
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mile of Brophy from 2006 to 2010. Only five of these have been fatal. According to the Insurance Institute for High Safety, 33,808 people died in motor vehicle collisions in 2009, the most recent statistics available. The IIHS reported of those fatalities, 3,466 were teens between 13 and 19. Two out of three teenagers killed in a vehicle collision in 2009 were male. See TRAFFIC, Page 4
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