This summer, from July 25th to July 30th ten Jesuit students competed in the National Junior Classical League (JCL) convention in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The students who competed includes Tres Gordon '23, Michael Hasenfratz '25, Flyn Hughs '25, Greg Kimatian '25, Miguel Mancilla '25, Nestor Resendiz '25, Thomas Westerman '25, Ben Woodard '25, and Ryan Zito...
During the summer, Jesuit Dallas sends groups of students on service, academic, or religious trips domestically and internationally. Some of these trips include the marine biology trip to various environmentally diverse regions, like Hawaii or the Cayman Islands. But there are also trips oriented toward service to others, such as the annual summer service immersion trips to Monterrey Mexico,...
America's musical history has long been influenced by one instrument. Whether jazz, folk, country, bluegrass or even some Rock-and-Roll albums, the banjo has been ingrained into American culture. In this article, I examine where the banjo came from and how it still influences our culture today.
Akonting: Original Banjo
The banjo was born probably around 6000 years ago in ancient Africa....
On August 16, 2022, Liz Cheney, the sole House Representative of Wyoming, delivered a speech to supporters. In this speech, Cheney conceded her primary GOP House race to pro-Trump rival Harriet Hageman. This surrender signals the eighth House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in 2021 to be out of Congress by January 2023.
2nd Impeachment of...
In the early 1900s, the sport of boxing was in its archaic age. Lack of regulation and oversight made boxing an extremely dangerous and unglamorous job. Rampant racism also made it difficult for black fighters to earn fair shots at boxing championships or earn wages as high as their white counterparts.
It was in this unfulfilling, lawless, and cruel world...
The Jesuit Dallas Museum (JDM) achieved accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national standard of recognition possible for a museum. Alliance peer reviewers gave JDM particular commendations for demonstrating “the stellar job of engaging with its core audience of high school students and their parents, alumni, and faculty.” Accreditation signifies a museum’s quality and credibility to the entire museum community, to...
In the past few weeks, China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), vitriolically announced that it would “not sit by idly” and promised to fire upon escorting US fighters if necessary. Upon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taipei visit, dozens of Chinese fighter jets swiftly intruded Taiwan’s air defense zone. However, this military deployment was not the first to have...
(SPOILERS FOR TOP GUN (1986))
Every year, the Editor-in-Chief of The Roundup writes a final farewell piece that entails his experiences with the newspaper. Top Gun: Maverick basically does the same thing, but replace The Roundup with Tom Cruise's filmography.
As many critics have noted, Top Gun: Maverick acknowledges that despite his death-defying stunts, Tom Cruise is getting old. The film works as an...
