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Henry Ainsworth '16

Part-time dragon slayer, part-time figment of your imagination and full time Jesuit Roundup writer. Those words describe Henry Ainsworth, a Junior at #JezNation. Henry only speaks in the third person and enjoys writing bio's for his online newspaper.

Social Justice Club Guest Speaker: Karl Oswald

Many horrors in history, no matter how terrible, are often forgotten about in the flurry of progression in an ever-changing world. However, one of the most documented wars in history, World War II, has been remembered worldwide for over 70 years. The stories of the war are still being...

Lecture Hall Renovation

Over the past two years there has been a transition in the Arts Department from the old monicker "Jesuit Theater" to "Jesuit Stage and Film." Along with the change in name came a vast change in funding, funding that led to the purchase of elite film shooting and editing...

Jesuit Alma Mater, A History

The Jesuit Dallas Alma Mater's origins have been a subject of myth around the school for many years. The occasional murmur appears, though is quelled by waves of haters unwilling to believe. However, in order to find its origins we must look at our own: 1942, the year that...

A Tragedy in a Different Light

"Freedom of speech suggests that you can say whatever you think and that you stand next to your ideas that you defend. The others cannot agree with you but, if what you say doesn’t affect the life of others, you are still free to express yourself." - Marianne Demarolle, a...

Dolores Mission Trip: Worthwhile Discomfort

A handful of students flew to Los Angeles, California to participate in the Dolores Mission Trip. These select few students slept on the floor and spent all day dedicating themselves to serving the community. The trip is one of the few domestic immersion trips that Jesuit Dallas sponsors and is also...

Nickelback’s No Fixed Address Review

SPOILER ALERT: No Fixed Address by Nickelback is awful. For all of the die-hard Nickelback fans out there, this new album is comprised of 11 songs that sound identical. This album sinks so low that it features an equally irrelevant artist, Flo Rida, for one song "Got Me Runnin'...

Winners and Losers at ACL music festival

These past two weekends, Austin's Zilker Park hosted the Austin City Limits Music Festival with 130+ bands in attendance. Many big names in the music business made appearances, but every band was given a chance on one of the 7 stages around the 46 acre plot of land. Some...

Peace Day Dallas

On Saturday, September 21st, 2014, downtown Dallas held the Peace Day Dallas Awareness Walk. It ran from 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., beginning and ending at the Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance. Peace Day Dallas consisted of walking around the downtown area, directed by an audio guide...

“Amaditions”

Hands and legs shake while standing outside the theater. All eyes watch the door as you wait for instructions to enter. The door swings open, and you receive the signal to proceed to the stage and begin your audition. "Confidence is key, don't let your nerves show," advises Nicholas Dart '16. Shuffling...