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Authors Articles by Tom Whitaker '17

Tom Whitaker '17

Tom Whitaker '17
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Boarding the team's inaugural flight to the out-of-state race, the Jesuit cycling team soared thousands of feet in the air, instead of their usual two wheels on the ground. The team traveled to the Valley of the Sun race weekend, consisting of a time trial, road race, and criterium, on February 12-14 respectively in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Wednesday The...
"For you were made from dust, and to dust you shall return..." Genesis 3:19 Unlike a normal Wednesday at Jesuit College Preparatory School, the students, faculty, and guests all solemnly filed into the Terry Center to celebrate the Mass of Ash Wednesday on the 10th of February. Father Leise SJ started the Mass by telling the audience how “It’s funny, you know....
“There were once these two olives hanging from this tree. One olive fell off the tree and onto the ground. The olive in the tree shouted to the other olive,”Are you okay???” And the olive on the ground yelled back,” OLLLLL-LLLLLLIIIIIIVVVVEEEE!”” Mr. Burrell kicked off the prayer service with this lighthearted joke on Friday, February 5th. The prayer service...
“BEEP BEEP BEEP” the incessant alarm clock blares into the ears of Jake Ingram ‘17 at the way-too-early hour of 4:30 am on Saturday, February 6th. He determinedly hopped out of bed and into his car, his mind focusing on his goal for the day: win the scholastic road race at the Cedar Hill Race Festival. Ingram and the...
Will Aberger '17 sits eagerly in the Terry Center, waiting to celebrate the first school Mass of 2016.  Surrounded by Jesuit students, he looks down the center aisle to see Fr. Wally Sidney, S.J. lead the procession to the altar, followed by Mr. Lugo and Fr. Liese.  The Jesuit faculty, students, and friends in attendance celebrated the first Friday of...
Her legs burning from the incredibly high-intensity race, Lauren Stephens of Team TIBCO Silicon Valley Bank looks up from her handlebars to see the over 100 person field full of the best cyclists from around the globe at the 2015 Women's Cycling World Championships in Richmond, VA last September, Stephens representing the United States of America at the race....
Gazing out over the calm waters of the Lewisville Aquatic Center, swimmers from across Texas take their marks for one of the biggest meets of the season. The starting gun shot echoes throughout the building and the swimmers leap as far and as fast as they can into the cold waters below. The Jesuit swimming and diving team competed...
On December 8, 2015, every available Jesuit student strolled into the Terry Center to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, one of the ten Holy Days of Obligation. Father Ron Boudreaux began the Mass by addressing one of the biggest misconceptions that most Catholics still believe: the Immaculate Conception does not celebrate the conception of Jesus Christ, our Lord...

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