The start of the new year always calls for new service opportunities. This January, students partook in various volunteer opportunities, and I asked Mr. Riemer, head of the Service Department, some questions about these events.
1.) What volunteer activities took place in January?
"We have numerous regular opportunities that we resumed after returning from the Christmas break, most notably Manna for...
Students may initially view the Ignatian Days organized by faculty as just another day off of school, but within the moodle page lies an imperative tool for reflection over the issues of drugs and alcohol. While the subject matter may be an uncomfortable issue to many, Ignatian principles of discernment require these aspects of our morality as Christians to...
Interested in environmental education, hunting, fishing and all things outdoors? Then Jesuit has just the club for you!
The Jesuit Wildlife Conservation Society is the latest student-founded club at Jesuit, and it is dedicated to promoting hunting, fishing, and conservation at school. The first meetings were conducted in January and are still going strong. Topics discussed so far include service...
Freshly brewed tea being ceremoniously poured and drank, dumplings preparing in a steamer, sweetened rice cakes being munched on by hungry students, and an assortment of other cultural foods rapidly being consumed, students gathered together to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The Jesuit Chinese Club has been putting on a Lunar New Year annually going on several years now in...
Blinding fluorescent lights reflect off the the dry pupils of the chess novice, as a loud cacophony of a ringing shakes the table. Blinking, the young jesuit boy’s mouth creases upward as he realizes he won.
Chess, considered a game for kings, came to Jesuit Dallas. The Chess tournament, which took place February 3, seeked out to find who would...
Maybe it's the thrill of victory. Maybe it's the love of rapid note-taking. Whatever the reason, one thing is clear: Jesuit debaters continue to succeed week after week.
This statement held true January 28th and February 4th as the Rangers qualified an impressive sixth team to state and secured a top ten finish against national competition.
The action began in late...
Jesuit participates in numerous international programs, but one of the most interesting of these programs--mostly because it takes place right in our own hallways--is the exchange student program.
The Peruvian exchange student program, run by Mrs. Maggard, recently invited ten students from a Jesuit school in Peru to attend Dallas Jesuit and live with a host family. It reached across...
The whole rugby locker room shakes before the game.  With music blaring, players shouting, and rugby balls flying around, the team feeds off of each other's focused energy before walking out on the field.  As kickoff approaches, the starting 15 binds in a circle under their defending goal post, surrounding their captain, Eric Miller.  Miller leads the team in a prayer, offers...
