“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go,” nineteenth-century Swiss author Herman Hesse wrote. Indeed, big picture transitions can be uncomfortable and painful, and few shifts are bigger than a young adult leaving the nest and going off to college.
On Sunday, Jesuit’s seniors began their proverbial farewell tour leading up to graduation...
Prom Seating 4-28 1:27pm
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The highlight of many seniors’s final years, prom, is looking...
This past Wednesday, April 4th, 2012, Jesuit juniors embarked on the time-honored tradition of going on the Junior Retreat, an event which many consider to be the highlight of their junior year.
The day contained several bonding exercises and other activities- led by members of PALS- that focus on their future leadership roles as seniors at Jesuit.
In one such activity,...
Last Wednesday, Apple introduced its upgrade to perhaps its most revolutionary product to date - the iPad. The original iPad, the iPad 2 and now the “new iPad,” as it has been referred to, have completely revolutionized the tablet market while also dominating it in sheer numbers and marker share. In fact, Apple sold 1 million iPad 2 units...
With spring break one day away, many Jesuit students are already mentally checked out from their day-to-day work at school. And with sandy beaches, placid lakes, and, most importantly, cozy beds on the near horizon, most students have stopped giving thought to the long-term developments of Jesuit. These are problems for our post-vacation selves, they reason.
Although they will also...
There was a time when one could circumvent the classrooms of Jesuit College Preparatory School without passing a single electronic device, save the occasional overhead projector. In this not-so-distant past, cell phones were a rarity on campus, and only the most dedicated programmers owned personal computers (PC’s).
These days of electronic disconnect are a thing of the past. According to...
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, Principal Tom Garrison participated in his second press conference with The Roundup to kick off the new semester. Questions varied from his experience as principal and second semester transitions to planned renovations of the school.
The press conference began with the topic of the start of the new semester, saying that admissions decisions are on...
On Thursday, January 12, 2012, Jesuit students filed in to the Terry Center throughout the day to participate in discussions on the topic of human rights at this year’s Issues Day. Issues Day is an annual event put on every January by the Jesuit social studies department. The event’s purpose is to educate students about current events on a...
