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Imagine a typical Saturday morning at Jesuit. Vacant hallways, empty parking lots, dark classrooms, and sweet silence. Now throw that all out the window because on Saturday, October 3rd, Jesuit was packed with counselors, faculty, upperclassmen, and hundreds of noisy freshmen, all gathered together for the 2015 Freshmen Retreat. Unbeknownst to many, the Freshman Retreat actually began one and half...
200 starry-eyed middle schoolers from all over Dallas step onto the blessed 28 acres for the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance workshop on Saturday, October 10th. These students came along with 50 freshman debaters from all around Texas who came for a debate scrimmage, held in the afternoon by our debate team and staff. Excited to be in their...
College, the thought that lurks in the back of every high school student's mind. Questions like "What will I study?"and "Where will I go?" swarm around in the heads of teenagers across the nation, but possibly the most daunting question is "How will I pay for it?" It will come as a surprise to no one when I say that...
As Jordan Spieth continues to gain publicity, so does Jesuit. With the golf program getting stronger and stronger, there has been a demand for another coach to assist Coach Marino with the growing team. So this past summer, Jesuit hired Nate Dombrowski, Jesuit Alumnus and dental student, to help the team. Jesuit’s newest addition to the golf coaching staff graduated...
Tall shelves lined the average walls of a short-ceilinged room. "Googly eyes," "hot glue," "pipe cleaners," "acrylics;" the bins piled up as far as they reached. However, all lay dormant with the light switch off, patiently awaiting the children to brightly rush in with cheers of jubilation, an surge in artistic creativity. In addition, though inanimate, the materials emitted...
Many horrors in history, no matter how terrible, are often forgotten about in the flurry of progression in an ever-changing world. However, one of the most documented wars in history, World War II, has been remembered worldwide for over 70 years. The stories of the war are still being told by those that survived it, whether it be those...
The entire Jesuit campus hosted the annual "College Night" for prospective juniors and senior students on the evening of Sept. 22. The event featured representatives from over 240 universities spanning the country including everything from Harvard, Cornell, and Notre Dame, to all the United States Service Academies,  as well as smaller colleges such as Elon University, Hollins University, Union College, and...
Coach...Mentor...Leader...all these are titles that could describe our very own lacrosse coach: Chris Surran. Having accepted the head coaching position at Jesuit in 2007, every season since has been nothing but stellar, leading the team to five Texas High School Lacrosse League Final Fours (2010-2014). Although many people know the Jesuit lacrosse team around Texas, very few know the man that puts Jesuit...

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