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...
On May 27, 2023, the Class of 2023 and their families and friends gathered in SMU’s Moody Coliseum for the graduation ceremony. Kevin Babu, The Roundup Managing Editor from 2022-23, graduated as the valedictorian of his class. Next year, Kevin Babu will attend the University of Texas at Austin, studying computer science.
MILITARY APPOINTEES
Sam White (Navy ROTC at Texas A&M)
This...
In the weeks leading up to Jan. 23, tensions between The Roundup and the varsity football team were high. Twitter was ablaze. Everybody was talking about one thing, and one thing only: the 2018 Expository Bowl.
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But, the football team saw to it that the football game would not be played in January, orchestrating an influenza outbreak in order to...
In the wake of the growing Coronavirus pandemic, we lost the opportunity to attend many precious events. Among the fallen was the 2019-2020 Roundup Banquet. The banquet, we usually announce the two Jesuit Seniors honored with the Durham Family award. This year took a slightly different route.
On Monday, August 31, 2020, during The Roundup's weekly staff meeting, I had...
April 4, 2017, was High School Journalism Day and eight junior and senior editors embarked on a journey to The Dallas Morning News Station to participate in the 26th Annual High School Journalism Day and Competition. The event hosted schools from around the Dallas metroplex, only one of which would win the coveted “Best Website” title. While disappointed to...
The Roundup celebrated its success over the 2018-2019 school year with its annual banquet last Wednesday, March 22.
Current staff writers, parents, siblings, past leadership members, and the club moderators arrived at the Jesuit cafeteria at 6:00 PM. The guests socialized for around thirty minutes before Editor-in-Chief Emmet Halm '19 opened by recognizing the special guests and Roundup alumni attending...
In a battle of writer vs. football player, not much would be expected in terms of true competition. But the senior varsity football squad would challenge that statement with an inspiring comeback from a 0-6 deficit that the skillful Roundup team put up in the first 5 minutes of competition in the 3rd Annual Expository Bowl.
The Roundup, led by...
Because school was closed Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the Expository Bowl has been postponed, and The Roundup is unable to announce a new date at this time.
We are in the process of rescheduling it and will announce a new date as soon as possible.
Honestly, The Roundup is the victim here. We put together a short video in which students...
