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When you're a timid freshman entering the halls of Jesuit, it seems that you have 'four long years' to make the most of your Jesuit experience. And, in accord with this, most seniors leave their indelible mark on the 28. Though the Junior Convocation is coveted as the one with the most scholarship money with it, Senior Convocation serves as...
Around 400 Jesuit students wait patiently as names are called. Their classmates walk up to the front of the Terry Center and shake hands with Mr. Garrison and Mr. Earsing. On Tuesday, May 17th, the underclassmen convocation took place. Attending his very first convocation as a Jesuit student, freshman Seth Burrow believed that, "the convocation was a really cool experience....
Tim Host was just a humble counselor at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas with a love of Pez. He was a beloved, integral part of admissions as he helped freshmen acclimate to life at Jesuit. He was...until he was murdered in cold blood. Crack teams of forensics agents were tasked with bringing any liable parties to justice. The investigators, seniors in Mrs. Stefanie...
“Men for Others.” That’s what you commonly hear when you think about Jesuit and what you hear during prayer services. But what you probably don’t know is the full extent of the maxim, and what it means exactly. Jesuit’s motto is actually, “Men and Women for and with Others,” but what does it mean to be men for and...
We’ve reached May, the last month of the school year. Students prepare for exams and finish final projects. Spring athletics compete in playoffs, and the seniors prepare to continue to the next stage of their education. May also marks Jesuit’s awards season, as the last weeks are filled with convocations that honor the students. However, there are many people responsible...
The day was May 17th; the morning saw the underclassmen convocation and with it the slew of awards and competition among classmates. The evening also saw awards, but of a different kind. The 3rd annual The Roundup Banquet took place in the very same building as the convocation that occurred just hours before, and with the recognition of hard-working writers...
As the year is coming to a close, many graduating students are spending their last days at Jesuit. Unfortunately, Jesuit’s very own Mr. David McGowan '69 will mark his last day as a teacher, a job he held at Jesuit for 25 years. "He embodies that wise man archetype," fellow English co-chair Dr. Degen commented, someone "who gives people a...
The tall young man fully extends his right arm to the top of the brown pegboard, stabilized by four large brackets to the base of the machine. As he reaches full extension, still shorter than the peg board, the student tenses his right calf, straightens his right ankle by stiffening his toes and rotates on the ball of his...

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