The Jesuit Ranger football team and The Roundup squared off in the game of the century this past Friday in the second annual Expository Bowl. The game was a thriller for the thousands of fans who showed up, and it proved to be a nail-biter that came down to the last second. On the back of their quarterback and Sports...
Will Aberger '17 sits eagerly in the Terry Center, waiting to celebrate the first school Mass of 2016. Surrounded by Jesuit students, he looks down the center aisle to see Fr. Wally Sidney, S.J. lead the procession to the altar, followed by Mr. Lugo and Fr. Liese. The Jesuit faculty, students, and friends in attendance celebrated the first Friday of...
There’s always that one present under the tree. You know the one. It’s got that special reflective sheen all the way around the rectangular box, and a wide red ribbon trimmed in gold foil. You eyeballed it the first day it magically appeared under the tree in your living room. When you get up in the morning and slink...
When thinking of the structural integrity of a toothpick, the first thing that comes to mind is their tendency to break easily. Hence the phrase “snap like a toothpick” means to effortlessly break something, such as when a frustrated slugger breaks a baseball bat over his knee. It seems unlikely, therefore, that a bridge built solely of toothpicks could...
Hundreds of gloves and hats spread across the floor as juniors from Jesuit rummage through each and every one of them.
Through the first two weeks of December, all juniors were asked to bring in as many hats and gloves as they could. Incentivized by service hours, almost every junior contributed a pair or two of gloves and hats. PALS member...
The Atypical Jobs of Typical People- Part II: Bill DeOre '65
What if you offended people for a living? While that may not be on the job description for an editorial cartoonist, it certainly comes with the territory. Bill DeOre, who graduated from Jesuit in 1965, knows better than most the trials and tribulations such cartoonists have to overcome. After all, he was...
Close Up, a nonprofit, bipartisan organization that gives high school students a firsthand look at democracy and the federal government in Washington D.C., asserts their mission as to “inform, inspire, and empower young people to exercise the rights and accept the responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.” Every summer, thirty-six rising Seniors travel to the nation’s capital to be...
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