Most people who have heard of Jesuit Dallas recognize golfing legend Jordan Spieth. They may even remember the prestigious basketball and football programs, which continue to dominate year after year. But, if you were to ask these same people what students Nico Elizondo '18, Peter Papanicolaou '18 and, Joseph Pitman '16 all have in common, chances are, you would draw a...
It’s a bittersweet May 15, 2020. My academic career at Jesuit has come to a close, barring AP exams next week. And now, planning end-of-the-year banquets and writing this article, my extracurricular career has begun to expire as well. This isn’t my last goodbye to the community, nor my last word as Editor of The Roundup, but it’s a...
The 2011-2012 school year has been, by almost every metric, a growth cycle for Jesuit’s retooled student newspaper, The Roundup. Our writing staff has grown threefold; a new crop of junior editors has brought lively attitudes and leadership skills to the table; junior editor Payton Maher gave the paper a brilliant feature series on Jesuit Dallas’ 1955 desegregation (found...
In conjunction with reading the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell, the Honors English Seminar class visited the Jack Evans Police Headquarters on Lamar St. near downtown Dallas. Built in 2003, the new police headquarters houses 3,600 Dallas police officers who make up the 9th largest Police Department in the United States.
Our tour began in the Chief of Police’s office and...
After a slow but promising start to the season, the Rangers have caught fire this January. The non-district schedule for the rangers consisted of prominent opponents each week. The Rangers would drop a few games especially in the highly competitive Allen Holiday Invitational where they faced some of the most talented rosters in the DFW. This dry spell would...
HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic that stretches across nations everywhere. Over 1 million people in the United States alone live with HIV, with approximately 50,000 people diagnosed every year, and over 30,000 of these people living with HIV are diagnosed with the AIDS virus. Many organizations have been formed in order to support the endemic. These organizations raise money...
“Human trafficking, whether labor or sex trafficking, violates just about every human right and social justice issue.” –Ms. Katherine Guinn, Head of Not For Sale Club
Determined and full of vigor, Ms. Katherine Guinn and seven other members of the Not for Sale club, all passionate about the global issue of human trafficking, traveled to Sunnyvale, California to attend the...
On April 25, 2023, the Jesuit community came together to celebrate the last all-school Mass of the year, specifically the last Mass for the senior class of 2023. Also, April 25th was also the feast day of St. Mark, the author of the Gospel of Mark. Finally, this Mass commemorated Jesuit priest Father Wally Sidney, who passed away five...
