Authors Articles by Peter Loh '24
Peter Loh '24
Hello, I'm Peter Loh, Viewpoint Editor for the Roundup. I enjoy writing about geopolitics, culture, and current events. When not ruling the Viewpoint Section with an iron fist, I participate in Varsity Debate and Cross Country.
"I thought that this play represents the limits to duty, and when the tension between one's moral compass and obligations break, and our characters have to make a choice." These were the words used to describe Jesuit's recent play, A Few Good Men, by Jesuit's Theater Director Mr. Chris Patterson. The play, as described by a previous piece by newly...
"I'm just glad that I'm able to compete at state, and that I can enjoy what I've earned so far this season. I may be there alone but I know I run with my friends family, and God who are always there for me." - Henry Beckman, a Varsity Cross Country and Team Captain competing at the State of...
"In this world, a man himself is nothing. And there ain't no world but this one."
"You're wrong there top, I've seen another world. Sometimes I think it was just my imagination."
"Well, then you've seen things I never will. We're living in a world that is blowing itself to hell faster than everybody can arrange it... in a situation like...
It begins with a slow hum of the violin. A cello joins in the ensemble, and the pitch increases. A French horn bellows an opening call, inviting the listener to immerse themselves in this sea of sound. And then it comes to a halt - the soft murmuring of a piano interrupts the scene and transitions the listener into...
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I begin with a story. Two mothers come to a benevolent governing body, arguing their respective claims to the same child. Both plead their cases, recognizing that the keys of justice only reside in a higher power...
"Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirator as Genius," said former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
By 2004, Green Day, what one writer called "the elder statesmen for the punk rock genre" was in such a moment of desperation. True, they had rocked the world with their stellar Kerplunk, Dookie, Nimrod, and Warning albums, but they were running out of steam...
Ukraine's war with Russia has recently entered its 18th month, and the bloodletting continues on all fronts. But recently, Ukraine has launched a major counteroffensive with the hope of ending the war by the end of 2023. In Part 1 of the Roundup's Ukraine Counteroffensive Coverage, I posited my own analysis of the campaign. But in this article, I...
For the past 9 years, Jesuit has offered a summer U.S. government class designed to teach seniors US government course in early June. It may seem like just another summer school course, but in the final week of class, students travel to Washington D.C., in order to garner a unique perspective in America's government, civic participation, and service to...
