Jacob Reed '22

It was an early morning. Our group for the 2022 Italy Exchange Trip gathered at the DFW airport at about 7:00am. Myself, along with Jack Puorro, Avery Towns, Sam Pizza, George Horvat, Grant Richey, Tyler Pruitt, Travis Bruce, John Risinger, and Liam Placke were getting ready to spend the next two weeks traveling across Italy accompanied by Ms. Druebert...

We all stepped out of the LAX airport Thursday morning knowing there was no turning back. We'd be spending the next five days immersing ourselves in the impoverished neighborhood known as Skid Row, serving its community to the best of our abilities. Each member of the team had an idea of what to expect, but none of us were...

Salve! (Hello!) On March 6, 2021, Jesuit Latin students came together to take on the Area C Junior Classical League Latin Competition. Unfortunately, due to Covid, competitions could not be held in person, so it was moved to a virtual format. The Jesuit students competed in a number of categories including but not limited to Art, Mythology, History, and Geography. Competitors...

Set to open in April 2021, the Jesuit Natatorium has been a project in the making since early 2017. I decided to look at the new campus addition from an architectural standpoint. Through Mr. Alex Soich, Jesuit's Chief Financial Officer, I was able to ask the following questions of Jesuit's Architecture firm, HKS. Q: How long did the design process...

Article assisted by Blake Woodard '22, Associate Editor Does a dead language really benefit anyone in the 21st century? Ask any of Jesuit’s Latin students, and you will hear a resounding, “yes!” “How?” you might ask. The truth is, “Latin lives.”  “E Pluribus Unum” can be found on your dollar bills, and it means “Out of Many, One.” In Theology, we...

Apparently, during this time of staying at home, a lot of people have been making baked goods, especially bread. Look on any neighborhood website and you’ll see loads of cookies and homemade bread for sale. My family decided that we would attempt some bread-making, too. We settled on homemade sourdough. The Process The trick to making this bread is concocting something...

My whole life I’ve heard that, in bad times, you should always look for the silver lining. The Coronavirus pandemic has certainly caused bad times. We can’t attend school in person, major milestones in our lives have been canceled, and people can’t go to work outside of their homes. The people who do have to go to work outside...