Academics

When Code is Too Slow

One of the challenges inherent to computer science is balancing the work done by the programmer in writing the code and the work done by the hardware in running the code. For instance, a programmer can write software to...

Interview with Future Pop Star Cam Crowley

Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Cam Crowley? Some of you may be asking, “Who is Cam Crowley?” Cam is a senior at Jesuit who produces music under the stage name, Bishop Ivy. You can find his music on...

The Jesuit One Acts: An Inside View

Those of us in Jesuit Stage and Film in the back corner of the school take quite a bit of pride in our work. There is a reason that we bombard all of our friends with requests to come...

How to Make Friends: Emergent behavior in C++

After I finished my last exam and went home for the break, I was sitting at home in front of my fireplace screensaver in my room, certainly enjoying the freedom, yet knowing something was missing. Suddenly, it hit me....

Italy Exchange 2018: First Stop America!

On October 27th, the Jesuit exchange program began the 2018-2019 Italian exchange program. On this night, 12 Italian students from the Istituto Leone XIII, a coed Jesuit school in Milan, finished their long 13 hour journey with one layover...

Mrs. Bruce’s Career in Digital Commerce

For many of the Jesuit students interested in computer science, a career in the industry is a very real possibility. Unfortunately, due to the complex and often confidential nature of these jobs, much of our understanding of them is...

Taking Notes from Disney’s Principled Shader

This is a render I made after researching Disney's rendering technology. Unlike previous renders I've made, everything in the scene, including lights, the clouds, the ivy, and the glass lantern is drawn by the same shader. This is possible...

TPSMEA 2018

The sun beating down on the field, an army of blue and black marching onto the side, the mystical amplified voice of the judge drowning out nature’s sound. On October 27th, the Jesuit Ursuline Ranger Band entered the stadium,...

Beautiful Pieces Make Significant Strides

After coming off successful performances from the Fall concert of Ursuline and Jesuit orchestra, Ursuline Open House, and the TMEA Region Orchestra, the musicians played remarkably. In the Fall Concert, a few of the pieces included the Eine Kleine...