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It’s late at night at a Jesuit football game. The gigantic crowd of students, teachers, parents, and family roar as the Rangers score the last touchdown of the game to win. The field and stands erupt in excitement and  famous Jesuit Fight Song begins. The Jesuit Ursuline Ranger Band is one of the most important teams at Jesuit. They bring the...
November 18-20, the Jesuit theater season began with Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Like all Jesuit theater shows, it was filled with both technical merit and acting talent, thanks to the long hours worked by the thriving technical theater workers, led by Mr. Brooks Oliver, the dedicated actors, director, and assistant directors. Over the past few years, the...
The Jesuit Dallas Museum's collection of paintings has been growing at high rates throughout this school year. From the Without a Face exhibition opening in November of last year to the new pieces donated to the museum by Madeleine Soich recently, Jesuit has many different artistic creations to display to the community. Generously given to the museum by the Smithsonian...
Last Thursday on January 16th, Jesuit was extremely blessed and lucky to be able to host the Laura Roosevelt and her new "Historic American Pop" collection. Laura Roosevelt, the great granddaughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, has spent 6 years creating this project filled with iconic historical photographs with textured and abstract backgrounds, adding a new meaning to some...
The morning ride to Jesuit often includes struggles to complete assignments, worry about a test or pondering interesting topics for lunch. But few students realize that their tuition at Jesuit not only includes a remarkable education, but also a free ticket to a treasured art collection throughout.  "The museum seems passive and part of the school," says The Roundup's Junior Editor...
The Jesuit Theater program has been growing and flourishing magnificently for the past couple of years. More money, more participants, more viewers, and greater hype over the Jesuit co-ed theater troop has come to define our acting program as one of the school's greatest successes. This year, however, more than just money has been put into the promising program. As...
INTRO With stunning cinematography, complex character development, and themes of moral ambiguity, Better Call Saul, the spin-off prequel to the popular TV show Breaking Bad, has been hailed as a masterpiece in its own right. The show follows Jimmy McGill, masterfully played by Bob Odenkirk, as the show tracks his descent from struggling lawyer to criminal lawyer and con-man Saul Goodman,...
Each and every day, students and faculty alike walk down hallways brimming with color and energy. Without a doubt, Jesuit wouldn’t quite be Jesuit without wonderful pieces of artwork and sculptures filling the walls and ceilings. Not too many high schools can say they have over 500 pieces of artwork nor could they say their school also acts as...

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