Student Body President
Charlie Rice '11
Student Body Vice President
Michael Quint '11
Class of 2011
Senior president: J.P. Ackels, prom chairman
Senior vice president: Sullivan McCormick, homecoming chairman
Senior representative: Gabriel Fuentes, parliamentarian
Class of 2012
Junior president: Tim Nguyen, special projects
Junior vice president: Chris Wallace, special events
Junior representative: Mark Diaz-Arrastia, community relations
Class of 2013
Sophomore president: Basil Seif, homecoming
Sophomore vice president: Jeff Ackels, secretary
Sophomore representative: Dennis Kamara, treasurer
As we go through our day, we rarely stop to think about the idea of life. It seems to be something that simply is. Nobody questions or thinks about the love necessary to facilitate life or the great blessing that life is. The Jesuit Pro-Life club is trying to draw attention to this incredible gift by “focusing on a...
Sweat runs down my sand-crusted forehead, across my cheek, and finally lands in the Concrete mixture. With each shovel-full, my back winces as some Honduran boys and I move the pile of concrete to the left.
I understand enough Spanish to know when the Hondurans want to move the piles and where to put things, but usually I am at...
Similar to how Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers announced the African word “Ubuntu,” meaning “I am because we are” as the sole motto for the 2008 NBA Championship winning basketball team, the Jesuit Debate coaches, Dr. Tracy McFarland and Mr. Dan Lingel, have stressed the phrase “where we go one, we go all,” as the critical maxim for the...
“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” These famous words from NASA’s Apollo 13 mission to the moon have been quoted innumerably over the years. But what was Mission Control actually like that night? Luckily Jerry Woodfill, an enthusiastic man was glad to tell us.
Mr. Woodfill was in charge of the master alarm system for the Apollo 13 mission, the alarm...
Fifty meters above the Mindo Cloud forest, I fly through the air at 35 miles per hour, supported only by a harness and a carabineer. The metal cable screaming due to speed and friction, I soar over the foliage, never taking my eyes off the tangled branches that make up the rainforest canopy. After arriving safely at the next...
130 students, full of energy and anticipation, run onto the Santa Clara Academy field, eager to join their Jesuit and Ursuline mentors in a game of soccer, basketball, 4-square, and playground activities. The first day of the summer program begins, dedicated to providing these students an educational opportunity, to breaking the cycle of poverty within the Santa Clara community,...
Jesuit’s history is present, even 67 years later.
I stood resolute. Glaring at the menu board at the Wendy’s on Greenville. I tried deciding between the triple or double baconator. An amicable comment about my shirt roused me from my beef-induced reverie. “That’s quite a billboard you’ve got on that shirt,” an older, slightly bent but kindly gentleman remarked.
“Thanks… I...
