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The date was March 11, 2020, just another regular Jesuit Wednesday. As students sit quietly in their 8th-period class, Dr. Dion comes on the intercom, stopping all activity in the room. "Is what I think going to happen actually going to happen? Are the rumors true?" He announces a potential COVID-19 case with ties to Jesuit Dallas. As a result, the...
2015 marks the beginning of the new Peruvian foreign exchange program. Our Mexican exchange program, which will occur for the seventh consecutive year this spring, allows for six students of all grade levels to spend five weeks experiencing life at our campus. This year, however, five students traveled 3400 miles from Lima to Dallas for the first time. Mr. Perry,...
It’s a bittersweet May 15, 2020. My academic career at Jesuit has come to a close, barring AP exams next week. And now, planning end-of-the-year banquets and writing this article, my extracurricular career has begun to expire as well. This isn’t my last goodbye to the community, nor my last word as Editor of The Roundup, but it’s a...
The 2011-2012 school year has been, by almost every metric, a growth cycle for Jesuit’s retooled student newspaper, The Roundup. Our writing staff has grown threefold; a new crop of junior editors has brought lively attitudes and leadership skills to the table; junior editor Payton Maher gave the paper a brilliant feature series on Jesuit Dallas’ 1955 desegregation (found...
Last Sunday, January 23, Jesuit students squared off in the first day of the 2011 JBA season. With ten teams playing and three hours allotted for games, athletes from all teams left the gym exhausted.  This year features a couple new fixtures atop the leader board, with a surprisingly strong performance from the BC. With two former Jesuit basketball players...
HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic that stretches across nations everywhere. Over 1 million people in the United States alone live with HIV, with approximately 50,000 people diagnosed every year, and over 30,000 of these people living with HIV are diagnosed with the AIDS virus. Many organizations have been formed in order to support the endemic. These organizations raise money...
On April 25, 2023, the Jesuit community came together to celebrate the last all-school Mass of the year, specifically the last Mass for the senior class of 2023. Also, April 25th was also the feast day of St. Mark, the author of the Gospel of Mark. Finally, this Mass commemorated Jesuit priest Father Wally Sidney, who passed away five...
As you all know by now, the new President and Vice President of the Jesuit Student Council were elected into office just this past Tuesday, March 15.  Out of the entire school, only 480 students showed up to vote, representing 60% of eligible voters. Juniors Steven Mancillas and Evan Jackson won the election for the Student Council President and Vice President. When asked what...

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