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So how did you spend your summer? Inspecting the intestines of fruit flies? Analyzing the effects of vaccines? Digging for a solution to cancer?   Actually, three Jesuit students, Patrick Arraj '14, Trevor Johnson '14, and Mason Amelotte '14, respectively, accomplished just the above. Participants of the STARS program at UT Southwestern, a nationally renowned medical school with multiple nobel laureates,...
A lone, sharp clap echoes throughout the empty halls of Jesuit. After a moment's pause, another rings out, along with another pair of hands colliding. More start to join in a slightly faster rhythm, gaining speed and intensity. Soon a bellowing voice begins to count one to three. The Jesuit JCL students erupt in a day-ending Jesuit yell. The...
2011 Student Body Presidential Primary Election: 349 total votes cast, 1 vote voided 43% of the Student Body voted 48% of the Freshmen voted 35% of Sophomores voted 43% of the Juniors voted Candidates for Student Body President/Vice Number of Votes Received Percentage of Votes Received Patrick Chester / Anthony Catalano 98 28.08% Tim Nguyen / Chris Wallace 158 45.27% Scott Weiss / Christian Bartholomew 93 26.65%
Music is universally valued, bringing people together, entertaining them, livening their spirits. For thousands of years, humans have been drawn to the wonder of a good rhythm and beat, realizing the innate value. Through performance or instruction, with a guitar or drum, music has great power and, moreover, a great potential for good. The opportunity to share music with...
This past weekend, on October 8, 2011, the Jesuit Varsity Debate team finished 5th in the Southlake Carroll Debate Invitational. The team of sophomores Jackson Pyke and James Abbot, sophomore Jeff Melsheimer and junior Grant VanKirk, and the team of sophomore James Ferrara and junior Ryan Tan made it to the elimination rounds for the first time this season. “It...
Jesuit Dallas Debate recently kicked off the 2018-2019 season with a series of stellar performances. The Rangers dominated at various early-season national tournaments, including Grapevine, St. Marks, and New Trier. Grapevine One of the very first tournaments of debate nationwide, the annual Grapevine tournament, always boasts an array of tough teams - mostly traveling from Texas and surrounding states. This year...
"Mr. Hennings is truly an astonishing man. He emulates a leader through all of his actions. Whether it’s serving his country, playing in a football game, or working for charity, he exemplifies the perfect leader. He’s the type of man everyone should aspire to be, and it truly was a privilege to hear him speak." - John Pritchard '17 At the beginning...
If you listened to the chorus of modern society today, the Latin language seems too archaic, a fossil of a bygone age of Caesars, gladiators, and crimson-colored Roman legions marching on the Appian Way, to be of any use. "It's a dead language," many will quip, "I don't see the point in studying it." But these critics couldn't be...

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