Payton Maher '13, Managing Editor

On the first day back of second semester in 2011, Mr. Max von Schlehenried arrived to take over from a teacher who left after first semester. Even though he taught physics, Mr. von Schlehenried has another profession which he has been practicing his whole life: musical compositions. While practicing piano when he was 12 years old, Mr. von Schlehenried found an interest...

On the first day of school, 2011, Brooks Oliver walked through the doors and prepared for his classes. This man, however, was no longer a student at Jesuit. He was one of the newest additions to Jesuit’s Alumni Service Corps, a program started two years ago. But teaching wasn’t his only contribution that he brought back to Jesuit. Having graduated in...

Having worked since the beginning of the second semester, the junior class of Jesuit has recently completed their Rube Goldberg project, one of the most important projects of the year. Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor who gained popularity for his complex mechanisms that rendered simple results. The history of the Rube Goldberg project started four...

Instructed by biology teacher Mrs. Jan Jones, the Medical Society students quickly don both their safety coats and rubber gloves. Carefully choosing the right surgical tools for the procedure, they begin the meticulous task of dissecting the body of a cat. Precisely creating an incision down the center of the cat with a scalpel, the students identify the digestive...

On December 6th, the freshman classes of Madame Marchand captured the aspects of Saint Nicholas Day, a special holiday in Northern Europe in the hearts of many European children, by celebrating an exciting Monday with candy-filled shoes outside the classroom door. Madame Marchand, reflecting on this special occasion, said, “It brings me back to my upbringing in Belgium because it...

Opening up a volume of a Scott Stamp Catalogue, Fr. C.A. Leininger, S.J.  peruses the densely filled pages of stamps and price values, identifying a certain group, or set, from his pile of unorganized stamps.After carefully soaking the set in water, he lays them face down on a newspaper, preserving the illustrations while removing them from the envelope they...

The blast of the starter’s gun has announced the start of the 2010 Jesuit Cross Country season. In recent years, many changes have occurred, some regarding workout intensity, others dealing with team bonding. There are many new plans, and no one is more energized and ready for the season than head coach Chris Lee. I had the chance to...

A pack of about 25 runners relentlessly lumber up a rocky, shrub-filled mountain. Breathing heavily, their legs trudge mechanically up the winding dirt trail. Though physically exhausted from the lack of oxygen in the high altitude terrain, their positive mentality strengthens and pushes them through the dusty path. No, they are not lost; they are members of the Jesuit...