Thursday, December 19, 2024

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This Summer, nine members of our faculty and staff are walking a route in Spain with sites related to the life of St. Ignatius. The following post by Mr. Paul Kolker '03 is the thirteenth in a series of their reflections. "Crunch, crunch, crunch," came the familiar refrain from the mixture of dirt, rocks, and loose gravel underneath my dust...
On Sunday, February 5, Adrian Wojnarowski confirms that the Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks will be sending away Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, an unprotected 2029 first-round pick, and a second-round pick in 2027 and 2029 to the Nets in exchange for Irving and Markieff Morris. Kyrie Irving, who has been averaging 27...
Democratic Presidential Candidates The midterms are over, a new Congress has been elected with a Democratic majority in the House and a Republican majority in the Senate and all this happened close to the Kavanaugh confirmations which left a conservative majority in the Supreme Court. This leaves two-thirds of the government in the hands of the Republican party and while...
A pair of deserted felt loafers. A firefighter's helmet. A rusty police badge. A cap soaked with murky dust. Warped steel fragments twisting upwards. These objects appear commonplace, scattered haphazardly around New York City. Within their tattered exteriors lie an abundance of memories, frozen in time behind display cases. On Friday September 11th, 2015, several retired first responders and close...
The beginning of the 2021-2022 football season has just begun. Our beloved Dallas Cowboys have blown the minds of the football world with astonishing progress these past 7 weeks. The big blue stars of Texas have been a very unsuccessful team in the National Football League for years, even decades. The last time the team won a Super Bowl...
The 1947 season was the worst Jesuit ever played in its history, amounting to only two wins and four losses. Despite their new coach, Ed Maher, and various strategic implements, the Rangers would still require better forms of leadership, charisma, and passion before they could rise up and face their opponents on equal terms. 1948 proved to be a more...
“If Ukraine can’t gain dramatically on the battlefield, the question inevitably arises as to whether it is time for a negotiated stop to the fighting. is expensive, we’re running low on munitions, we’ve got other contingencies around the world to prepare for.” So said Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, back in April amidst widespread optimism...
Coming into the 2022-2023 NBA season, the Dallas Mavericks were ranked 8th in the ESPN rankings. With a +2000 title odds, the Mavericks were predicted by everyone to be a very strong team this season. With their last year run to the conference finals and getting a massive addition through Christian Wood, the Mavericks are a legitimate contender for...

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