Normally you would expect to see the senior courtyard filled with students lounging on the grass or throwing Frisbees. Conversations would fill the area with laughter. People would be bustling through as a shortcut to get food from the cafeteria. Groups would be gathered around the blue tables for lunch, and afterwards a game of competitive "soccer tennis" might...
Thursday marked the opening of the first-ever Bountiful Scholars Tournament, sponsored by The Roundup. According to the advertisement that was sent out for the tournament earlier this semester, "the tournament seeks to showcase the wit and literary interpretative powers of the contestants."
For this first round, scholars must analyze Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" and debate its meaning in...
It's a cold Friday in January, and Jesuit is on morning liturgy order. In the Terry Center, a special guest is presiding over mass and finishing up the day's gospel, the story of the paralytic whose friends lowered him through a roof to be healed by Jesus.
The last time he was here, back in 2015, he had simply walked...
Chances are if you were in class Monday afternoon, you were completely caught back by the surprising news of a school closure this Tuesday and Wednesday. “Jesuit Dallas will be closed Tuesday (1/23) and Wednesday (1/24) due to a high volume of flu-related illnesses.” After hearing this read aloud, you probably focused on having days off from school, but...
Intricate snowflakes lined the garnished hallways of Jesuit, with the reverberations of melodious tunes ringing throughout the night. Lights of all colors shone bright both on the outside of the school, and on the convivial dance floor. Diverse in many ways, Jesuit, Ursuline, and Notre Dame School students came together to enjoy a night full of refreshing treats, uncontrollable...
It's nighttime and the city lights dimly illuminate the mountains as the plane descends. Rushing through Customs, the officer stamps the student's passport to mark the beginning of their international journey. For seven days over Thanksgiving break, eleven adventuresome Jesuit students embarked on an exchange trip to Guadalajara, Mexico for the first time in nearly a decade. In Guadalajara,...
How does an I-day address social issues within our school and abroad?
I-days have been much improved since their debut last year, and on October 18th and November 15th, the Jesuit community took a day off to participate in the first two Ignatian Days (I-Day) of the year organized by the Jesuit faculty. This year, however, brought notable changes to the...
A mosh pit erupts in the Terry Center, a crowd of students aggressively dances to upbeat tunes, clad in shirts, ties, dresses, and... super-suits?
The occasion for such an unusually unbalanced dress code was this fall’s Junior/Senior Homecoming dance, an opportunity for seniors to dress up in their favorite costumes, while juniors had to break out the ole’ formal...
