As the time ticks down to zero, the nervous and sweaty Jesuit student catches the pass and fires a shot from a few feet behind the three point line, praying that it goes in, hoping this will be his big break. As the shot soars through the air, the players freeze, watching the Spalding ball clinch the win with...
With numerous essays, multiple tests a week, and the pressure of crafting that ideal college resume, many argue that junior year is the most difficult year of a student’s Jesuit career. While the course-load can be often difficult to manage and sometimes overwhelming, some students are able to take this time of challenge as an opportunity to flourish, both...
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 really what the medicine drive is all about?
The 2013 Jesuit Medicine Drive has come along and Ms. Jan Jones and...
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 showing at the tournaments, gaining 3 top 5 finishes as well as giving Jesuit its first state-qualifying team so far...
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 deity Saturn.
The JCL version of Saturnalia didn't include the celebration of Saturn, but was filled with plenty of great food,...
Putting the finishing touches on their electronic marvels, the students prepare to maneuver their Lego robot onto the playing field and through the obstacles. Having prepared 8 weeks for this notorious competition, students from many schools come together as a group to outplay and outperform their competitors.
Judged by their Robot Design, Robot Performance, Project, and Core Values, the students...
And the winner is…….Michael Scott. As the Presidential election came to a close, the peaking interest in the Jesuit community, specifically the freshmen, is about their new class president, Michael Scott, elected October 30, 2012.
The freshmen presidential candidates had to go through several steps in order to run in the election. First, each had to fill out an application and...
Last Friday, November 9, 2012, Jesuit sent its three novice and six Varsity debate teams to Hockaday for the first tournament of the season.
In general, the tournament went well according to Dr. Tracy McFarland, one of the coaches of the debate team. She was especially pleased with the performance of the first year debaters because they performed despite the...
