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Shining lights, good food, better dance moves all come together in one room. Pausing momentarily to laugh with joy at the sight of the room of dancing students, one young person then quickly resumes his rendition of the macarena, rejoining the festivities. On December 9th, Jesuit and Ursuline students helped to host the 9th annual Notre Dame Christmas dance. About 50...
October 29th marked the 73rd anniversary of the Jesuit-Ursuline Underclassmen Homecoming Dance, a celebration that has decorated Jesuit's history, though a jitterbug contest would seem out of place at Saturday's sock hop. Students endulged in a stunning Paris-like ambiance this year, as the Jesuit and Ursuline student councils treated the student body to a captivating French theme, graciously accompanied...
“This was a night to remember.” Such a powerful phrase to describe an amazing dance, such was the scene on October 29th when Jesuit Dallas hosted the annual Junior/Senior Homecoming Dance. The event took place in the Terry Center, with over 800 students in attendance. Jesuit’s student council organized the event, putting in countless hours to make the night the most fun...
You drive up to your date's front door. A large, colorful sign decorated with a pun lays in the backseat. Your heart is racing anxiously, as the agonizing thought of rejection comes into mind, but you are ready to take a chance on your date. Your hands clutch the steering wheel, eyes flickering back and forth. You finally turn off...
Hundreds of guys and girls flood the Terry Center, Sperry’s stomping on the floor, hands waving through the air, the faces of the freshmen lit with joy. Speakers boom with the sound of vibrant music. This is the typical setting of the Jesuit and Ursuline freshman mixer. On Saturday, August 29, 2015, Jesuit hosted the annual Freshman Mixer solely for...
In years past, juniors and seniors would congregate at the Infomart the Saturday after Jesuit’s homecoming football game for the annual homecoming dance, however, this year’s dance will be held on campus, instead of its traditional location.  This change in venue, while not seeming very groundbreaking, will greatly improve the overall state of homecoming. After “crunching the numbers,” they discovered...
The Roundup Podcast Ep. 4 - Stuco on Hoco On this episode: We go behind the scenes of homecoming and Ranger Day with Student Council President Lindsay Brown '18 and Vice President Reid Hatzmann '18. They speak about planning the homecoming dance and how it went (and about cleaning up trash...for a very long time). They also talk about Ranger Day...
Last week was prom, and I had mixed feelings. Here is Andrew Frank's review of Prom 2013. Music/DJ This is perhaps the most important aspect to prom– the music. Yes, yes, I know– people like complaining about the DJ or the music, but for me it really just didn't cut it. I liked the attempts to bring back some of the...

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