Davis Bittner '13

Mardi Gras, king cake, beads, Bourbon Street, gumbo, and jambalaya are all parts of the unique New Orleans culture that the Jesuit Rugby team got to experience this past weekend. Leaving last Friday, February 10th, the team embarked on the eight-hour trip as they anticipated their scheduled scrimmages with Jesuit New Orleans and Brother Martin.  After the trip, the...

It’s a bittersweet week knowing that the Super Bowl is tomorow.  While the game should be wildly exciting, it also means the last game of NFL season is here. It seems like just yesterday we were all unsure whether there would even be a season, and now the New York Giants and New England Patriots are facing off in...

For the first time so far in this year’s playoffs,  the home team finally lost a game as the Giants shocked the defending champion Packers with a dominating effort late Sunday. Equally as shocking, the Saints were beaten in San Francisco by an Alex Smith-to-Vernon Davis touchdown with nine seconds left in the game. The AFC games, however, went...

This NFL playoff season, for the third time since 1990, all division-winning teams survived to the divisional round of the playoffs. Although that usually makes for a predictable and easy wildcard round, this past weekend was anything but predictable: quarterback Tim Tebow once again magically led the Denver Broncos to another late win over the heavily favored Steelers, sealing...

As the NBA lockout continues, our thirst for basketball must be quenched by the thrilling game that is college basketball. In a sport that recently  has been highlighted by “one and done” players, this year should be refreshing in that many of last year’s star freshmen decided to return for their sophomore years. In fact 4 of the 5...

For all those out there who favor Chipotle’s burrito over Qdoba’s there can be only one excuse: they’ve never tried Qdoba. In my opinion Qdoba’s masterpiece beats Chipotle’s in every way. Whether it’s the choice of ingredients available – Qudoba has 2 more starting meat options than Chipotle, counting the vegetarian option – or their ability to wrap the giant...

For the 2nd straight year, the Texas Rangers have made it to the World Series. Unlike last year, where unusually strong starting pitching and Cliff Lee’s dominating performance spurred the Rangers to postseason success, this year, the Rangers’ shut-down bullpen and monstrous bats, especially the bat of Nelson Cruz, have led them to another World Series.  Their opponent this...

This past weekend, on October 8, 2011, the Jesuit Varsity Debate team finished 5th in the Southlake Carroll Debate Invitational. The team of sophomores Jackson Pyke and James Abbot, sophomore Jeff Melsheimer and junior Grant VanKirk, and the team of sophomore James Ferrara and junior Ryan Tan made it to the elimination rounds for the first time this season. “It...