Cameron Kerl '13

With the exception of Mexico and the Bahamas, I have never genuinely been outside the privileged first world, and even then I was ensconced within the pampered and tourist-friendly resorts and restaurants that are so radically different from the true landscape just miles away. In other words, I haven’t seen how the other half lives- or more accurately, the...

Students and their parents filled the Terry Center on August 14, 15, 16 and 21 for the inaugural iPad distribution nights at Jesuit.   While students did receive their new iPad 2s (16 GB, black) at the event, Mr. Knize, Assistant Principal of Student Affairs, and Mrs. Williams, Jesuit’s Head Educational Technologist, first gave presentations regarding the academic, social and security...

An event that takes places toward the end of the academic school year, convocation is designed to recognize students who have excelled in particular subjects, displayed a great passion for learning in a particular subject, demonstrated consistent service and leadership, or simply exemplified what it means to be a Jesuit student.  The ceremony certainly recognizes students where recognition is...

  As college tuition increases at approximately 8% per year, prices for higher education are increasingly “out of control,” as Forbes Online contributor Steve Odland notes.  Expounding on the costs of college, Gordon Wadsworth, author of The College Trap, states: “If the cost of college tuition was $10,000 in 1986, it would now cost the same student over $21,500 if...

The iPad 2 has already been deemed one of the best, if not the best, tablet available on the market since its release.  From the first generation iPad, the iPad 2 unveiled a brand new design, a more powerful processor, a camera and much more.  Now, the newest iPad once again changes the game in the technology world with...

Last Wednesday, Apple introduced its upgrade to perhaps its most revolutionary product to date - the iPad.  The original iPad, the iPad 2 and now the “new iPad,” as it has been referred to, have completely revolutionized the tablet market while also dominating it in sheer numbers and marker share.  In fact, Apple sold 1 million iPad 2 units...

Akuda Esin ’12 can lift nearly a ton in three lifts.  Esin had a more than impressive performance at the regional powerlifting meet on March 3, taking third place in the event. For those who are not familiar with powerlifting, here are the details.  Power-lifting competitions consist of three different lifts:  bench press, squat, and dead lift.  In the end,...

The American College Testing, also known as the ACT, is taken by millions of high school students each year.  Like the Standardized Aptitude Test (SAT), the ACT includes an “optional” writing section.  However, unlike the SAT, which provides test takers with a broad, overreaching essay question, the ACT presents the test taker with a contemporary issue at hand. The...