Campus News

Jesuit Auditions a Success

If you happened to walk by the Lecture Hall last Wednesday, January 16, 2013, you might’ve seen many students nervously pacing with scripts in their hands reciting lines. You might’ve even heard some students singing together, trying to warm...

Medicine Needed for Trip to Guatemala

His fingers shaking, his muscles flexing, his eyeballs bulging out of their sockets, the student frantically picks up the last bottle of medicine at Walmart, finally achieving his last service credit for the year. But, is getting service credits...

Murder at Jesuit!

It was just a normal day for the students of “Forensics: Field Techniques,” about a week before mid-terms, when all of a sudden their teacher, Ms. Page, began coughing intensely in the middle of class. The students did not...

Is College Really Worth the Cost?

College is not just expensive; it is ridiculously expensive. The price of attending college, particularly four-year private institutions (with emphasis on the elite schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale and so on) and out-of-state public institutions, is outpacing both the...

Jesuit Debate- Carrying on a Tradition

While most sports, clubs and other Jesuit organizations place activity on hold over the icy 19 day break, the dedicated debate team remained in session, competing in 2 tournaments on January 4th and 5th. Jesuit debate made a very respectable...

A History of Jesuit Theatre

On the opening night of the Winter One Acts, January 9th, an exhibit commemorating a legacy that dates back to the founding years of Jesuit Dallas will be unveiled. To be displayed outside the new Jesuit Theater box office, on...

Juniors Launch Successful CPS Christmas Project

For over 15 years now, the junior classes of Jesuit have participated in a service project unlike many others in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  Led by Mr. McDaniel, the junior class guidance counselor, PALS annually orchestrates and executes this...

Meals on Wheels Lures More Jesuit Student Volunteers

Preparing the carefully assorted meals, Jesuit students and faculty volunteering for the Meals on Wheels program sought to follow Jesus’ example and feed the hungry. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Jesuit became host to yet another community service success. Serving...

A Roman Saturnalia Celebrated by the JCL

On Thursday, December 6th, students from both Jesuit and Hockaday and members of the Junior Classical League (JCL), attended the annual "Saturnalia" party in Hughes Hall. Historically, Saturnalia refers to the mid-December Roman holiday (later replaced by Christmas) celebrating the...