Last Thursday, May 3, two members of the theology and science departments, Stephen Pitts, S.J. and Todd Gruninger, addressed a very pressing modern issue: the duality of science and religion. In the presentation they had the audience questioning the basic underlying belief in both scientific reason and Catholic faith through a series of clever analogies and mind games.
Mr. Pitts,...
At Jesuit few things are more popular and successful than intramural sports. Almost every Jesuit student competes in one at some point in his career, and no single sport is bigger than basketball. Every year, the Jesuit Basketball Association gathers the school’s best basketball players who don’t play school basketball and play a full season capped off by playoffs....
Upon entering Jesuit College Preparatory, seeing the Hall of Honors walls adorned with composites from the inaugural class of 1943 to the most recent class of 2011, listening to academic banter from the clusters of blazer-and-oxford clad students, feeling the intensity of one of the most competitive academic environments in all of Texas, one’s first impression is not of...
Arriving in front of Jesuit on Monday, April 30, 2012, he uttered a single word: “Wow.” This was not merely an annual return to Jesuit to reminisce about the past. This was the first time Charles Edmond ’58, the first African-American student to graduate from Jesuit, had stepped foot on either the original Oak Lawn campus or the current...
The National Spanish Examination is an online, standard assessment tool for students in grades six through twelve, given voluntarily by over 3800 teachers throughout the United States “to measure proficiency and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language,” explains the NSE’s mission statement.
From 1957 until 2005, the National Spanish Examinations were administered in a paper and pencil format;...
Jesuit prides itself on maintaining a level of excellence in all fields of competition. Most of the time, this means that Ranger athletes give it their all on the field or court. But last week, Jesuit’s competitive advantage was not found on an athletic field; rather, Jesuit competitors made it happen on college classroom desks.
On April 21 and 22,...
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...
For the past two weeks the Pro-Life Club diligently tried to collect diapers during 1st period. To raise attention for the cause, they advertised all around the school via announcements and even a prayer service. Despite their hard work, the result was not as successful as it was in previous years.
“It wasn’t very good this year,” commented Eric Maras...
