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For the past few years, Mrs. Ying Lu has been an integral member of the Jesuit community. Currently, Mrs. Lu teaches Mandarin and serves as a moderator of the Chinese Club. On January 29, 2023, she successfully completed her process of becoming a US citizen. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Ms. Lu about her path to citizenship.  How...

Despite extreme weather forcing Jesuit Dallas to close for nearly a week, the Chinese Club persisted with their plans to host a celebration for the Chinese New Year. On February 5, the Chinese Club hosted a Lunar New Year event to celebrate the beginning of the lunar cycle, allowing students to share in the festivities. The festivities included a...

On August 19, 2022, the entire school gathered in the Terry Center for a prayer service. However, this first day of school prayer service is different from those of other years. This year's prayer service signaled the first time an entire student body convened in the Terry Center in three years. This year's Profile of the Graduate theme is...

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....