On January 6 and 7, 2012, Jesuit Debate sent two teams to compete in the Plano East debate tournament. The first team, made up of James Mantil ’12 and Ryan Tan ’13, came into the tournament with zero state points out of the 10 needed to qualify for the state tournament. The other team, consisting of James Ferrara ’14...
Earlier this year, three seniors who wanted to make a difference in the Jesuit community approached Coach Andrew Civello, assistant golf and tennis coach as well as freshman health educator, to moderate their Anglers’ Club, which is dedicated to learning to fish and appreciating the fishing experience.
Elated by the opportunity, Coach Civello recognized that “the Jesuit seniors are taking...
“Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen...that's it,” Junior Andrew Frank muttered, counting the number of bags of trash he and the rest of the For the Love of the Lake Club (FTLOTL) had pulled from the lake that day. Cole Fincher '13, who shares the duties of club president with Frank, proudly took in the club’s work that day at White Rock...
The average Jesuit student writes three to four research papers in his career, with each paper taking around a week of solid work. Junior Payton Maher’s series on Jesuit integration in the 1950’s, written exclusively for The Roundup, entailed a much deeper and more comprehensive research process than a garden-variety research paper.
So comprehensive is his work, in fact, that...
We’ve all experienced it: that day at the beginning of freshman year, when herds of wide-eyed Jesuit newcomers flock into the cafeteria to find innumerable, brightly decorated tables manned by squawking club moderators lobbying for attention, incessantly insisting that the freshmen sign up for their club.
Of course, the ping pong club table is always surrounded by freshmen eager to...
If you ventured inside the new three story athletic building, then you’ve seen an enthusiastic man yelling across the room at the dozens of athletes as he pushes them to a higher level of physical fitness, a facet of the profile of the Jesuit Graduate at Graduation. The man who does so is Coach Jeremy Weeks, the newly appointed...
The lights dim, and as the projector whirrs and flickers to life, the audience begins to silence themselves. Whispers echo throughout the room in anticipation. As the music begins and titles roll across the screen, everyone seated and anxious, magic fills the room. Welcome to the world of cinema.
This past October of 2011, a group of Jesuit students equally...
Well the Pro-Life Club’s 2012 Fifa ’12 XBOX 360 Tournament got off to a great start on Thursday, December 15, 2011. As soon as the last bell for December Assessments rang, students started reporting to the block of rooms from B112 to B119 to find out when and where they would be showcasing their Fifa skills. Much anticipation, as...
