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Joseph Parks '16

College Football Preview

Even when college football is predictable, it's unpredictable. Last season, with the featuring of the inaugural College Football Playoff, all four of the teams that made the playoffs began the season in the top five of the AP Poll. However, as usual, the way the season played out was...

Remarkable First Film Festival

In the school’s first year of offering an organized film class, Jesuit also introduced an inaugural film festival. Few people expected such high quality films and judges as the ones that were attracted. However, the judges’ task was far from easy. Not only did they have to whittle down a...

New Volleyball Team Finishes Second in State Championship

With 18 varsity sports already available, it was difficult to think that Jesuit could add yet another. It was also difficult to believe that this team would place second in the State Championship, but it did just that. Just two weeks before the first tournament, Athletic Director Steve Koch instituted...

Track and Field Finishes Impressive Season, Wins Fourth Consecutive District Title

The goal had been clear since day one: win District. However, this ambition was not taken lightly. It was enforced by the track and field seniors, who were anxiously anticipating a fourth straight district championship, one for every year they attended Jesuit. Before they could bask in the glory of...

Early Season Track and Field Recap

Returning home from the Texas A&M Invitational, Coach Doug Robinson and the Jesuit Track and Field Team experienced a roller coaster of a season. After participating in the Trojan Invitational and the Texas Tech Indoor Meet, the athletes received an unexpected respite in March as two meets were cancelled due...

Engineering Society Explores UT Southwestern

On Wednesday, March 25th, members of the Jesuit Engineering Society ventured over to the UT Southwestern Medical School as part of a field trip sponsored by the STARS, or Student Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern, program. Students were granted the opportunity to listen to two guest lectures, both...

March Madness Preview

Sport is best known for producing “Where were you when ______?” moments. Where were you when Christian Laettner hit a game-winning buzzer beater against Kentucky? Where were you when VCU completed an improbable Final Four run? Even recently, where were you when Dayton’s Vee Sanford scored a layup to...

Jesuit Track Faces Tough Competition at A&M Meet

While most students spent their Christmas break catching up on sleep or traveling on vacation, the members of the Jesuit Track Team were hard at work, preparing for the first meet of the season. An extremely competitive and challenging competition, the Texas A&M High School Indoor Classic gathers a broad...

Reconciliation Week

In an era of smart phones and tablets, one might think that the Catholic Church would try to keep up with the latest innovations. However, at least in regards to the sacrament of Reconciliation, the Church encourages face to face interaction, removing the barrier of  anonymity that we rely on so much in...