Fr. John Brown, S.J. was determined to relocate a possum that had sought refuge in a small tree in the Traditions Courtyard. When Morning Assembly was over on Friday, Oct. 11, Fr. Brown coaxed the critter out of the tree and chased it all the way to the front entrance of the auditorium on S. Solomon Street. There, the lumbering 20-pound nocturnal animal did what it is best known for — it played possum. This gave Fr. Brown an opportunity to grasp the only native North American marsupial by its tail and move it from harm’s way. “We released a happy and healthy male possom in a much larger tree where he will be safe,” said Fr. Brown, a native of Patasá, a town of some 250 Cajuns just south of Eunice, LA. Growing up on a crawfish/ rice/ wheat farm with his parents and 11 siblings, Fr. Brown learned at an early age to catch all sorts of God’s creatures.

(Photo courtesy of Mr. Matt Orillion ’98, Jesuit’s director of student activities.)

After taking a quick in-house jog, freshmen Jackson Melnyk blows bubbles in a blue liquid solution to test for levels of carbon dioxide during biology class taught by Ms. Holly Smith. Freshmen Matt Nguyen and J.P. Tujague watch the solution turn from blue to green.

Junior Trevor Laborde (left) and sophomore Arsis E’Etessam show off their recently purchased Jesuit-Holy Cross football t-shirts, which they will wear to the Great American Rivalry game between the two teams on Friday, Oct. 11. The special game day T-shirts cost $10 each and are on sale before school and during lunch in the Student Commons. Students can show their Blue Jay Spirit by wearing these Great American Rivalry t-shirts to school on Friday, which happens to be a Blue and White Day.

With 1st quarter exams scheduled next week, Blue Jays feel the inexorable pull of the Resource Center, where  knowledge is gleaned, answers are discovered, and confidence to do well on their tests is attained.

Freshman Matthew O’Neill — one of the assistant student managers for the Blue Jay varsity football team — is perfectly content flying solo with a deck of cards and deals himself a hand of solitaire during his free period on Monday in the Student Commons.

Juniors in Ms. Nilda Rivera’s Spanish IV class spent the last period on Friday telling jokes as an exercise to demonstrate the management of both English and Spanish. The original joke is a simple one in English, geared for kids 5-10 years-old. The challenge is to translate the joke into Spanish, retaining the nuances that make it funny. This is more difficult to pull off successfully because culture does not translate. The trio of jokers, from left, Nick Rosenson, Anthony Taffaro, and Josh de Boisblanc discovered that a thorough understanding of the language is the key to delivering an effective punch line.

Freshman Troy Reilly laughs in amazement at a magic card trick performed by Mr. Mike Dardant in Mrs.Kate Arthurs-Goldberg’s speech class. Mr. Dardant is the coach of Jesuit’s improv team, the J-Troupe. He visited speech classes today to introduce improvisational skills which are useful public speaking skills. J-Troupe auditions are being held Friday, Oct. 4, and Friday, Oct. 11 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium.

Sophomores Brady Stiller (left) and Nick Slay use the time afforded during a free period to conduct research in the Resource Center for a project that was assigned by Mr. Ron Rossi, longtime history teacher at Jesuit High School.