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News

360 families visit Open House

photo | Nolen Doorack

SLUH Night, Inside SLUH tours contribute to attendance drop

BY Sam STAFF

Kesterson tests week with no PA announcements

BY Leo Heinz and Jack Sinay CORE STAFF, STAFF

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LUH hosted its annual Open House last Sunday, a day for prospective students to get a glimpse of SLUH. Three hundred sixty families visited, down from last year’s 380 and 400 in 2012.

Director of Admissions Anja Schmelter supposes the decrease is because of the increase in SLUH Night attendees and the increase in number of eighth graders who participated in an Inside SLUH visit this year.

In the first hour and a half, 200 families were already at SLUH, and “the line never slowed down,” according to Assistant Director of Admissions Adam Cruz. The heavy early attendance shows that SLUH was among many grade school students’ first choices.

“Presumably, you go to the schools that you’re most interested in first,” said Schmelter. “That was a good

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Junior Nick Frein and senior Nick Perryman look at the Chinese program’s table at Open House.

sign.”

Schmelter saw a surge of seventh graders again this year.

“It seemed like a lot of seventh graders, and truthfully, that’s what you would want,” said Schmelter. “You wouldn’t want an eighth grader’s first time to be coming to SLUH to be Open House, when it’s in November and the applications are due in November. In an ideal world, we have younger kids coming

25 years later, El Salvador murders still resonate watercolor | Mr. Dan Finucane

as kind of a first introduction to SLUH.” Sophomore Adam Kleffner, one of the volunteer tour guides, said, “I was suprised about all the different ages of kids that attended, and most of them were interested and very engaged with the tour guides.”

As with every Open House, funny stories, or tourguidisms, as they’re called, emerged from the students. “(Assistant Principal for

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reshmen Jack McGrail and Teddy Gerard were elected president and vice president, respectively, of the freshman class yesterday afternoon.

The nine or ten candidates per position—a record high since Spanish teacher Kate Toussaint has been STUCO co-moderator—were cut down to three each after primary elections on Wednesday.

Director of Education Technology Andrea Nunziante suggested a new voting system for this year’s elec-

News

Take a trip down “OAKLAND Ave” Junior Alix Warner premiers his debut single and SLUH football anthem. Page 2

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McGrail, Gerard triumph in freshman STUCO election First Student Council election to use email voting

In the early hours of November 16, 1989, six Jesuits, a woman staying with them, and her daughter in San Salvador, El Salvador were brutally murdered by government soldiers, as part of the ongoing violence there. St. Louis U. High will commemorate the 25th anniversary of this horrific event a week from today with an All-School Mass in the Si Commons. Campus Ministry has also organized two weeks of prayer services to draw greater awareness and education of the event for the student body.

The Prep News sought to provide perspectives from around the SLUH community, namely Jesuits and other faculty members with recollections of the day and the days immediately following. While some of them weren’t on faculty here at the time, we still found their overall perspective striking. For more information, see the spread on page 5.

Mission) Jim Linhares told me he saw a tour guide taking people into the maintenance closet downstairs, and he said he was giving them a great perspective on JUG and on things like that, but that’s definitely not in the route,” said Cruz.

For the past few years, SLUH’s Open House has remained in the same format, as far as events and planning.

he St. Louis U. High PA system fell silent this week after Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson called for an indefinite halt to all PA announcements.

“Last week Mr. Becvar and I read so many announcements between activity period and after school and I said, you know what, I’m sick of hearing myself talk, we’re just going to do it. We’re not going to have announcements this week and we’re going to do it across the board, and we’re going to see how it goes,” said Kesterson.

Many have praised Kesterson for the change, noticing less hectic hallways and quieter homerooms.

“I honestly think it helps activity period get moving a lot faster, so that’s a plus,” said junior Steve Olwig.

“I’m a big fan,” said theology teacher Rob Garavaglia.

“I think it’s a lot more peaceful and not as disruptive.”

Others have been a bit

You reap what you sow The SLUH garden collects its abundant harvest for the fall season. Page 3

tions. Instead of the normal voting with the laptop carts during lunch, a Google survey was sent out to the freshman class so that they could vote on their devices and on SLUH’s computers. All votes were anonymous and each student could only vote once.

The process ran more smoothly, according to Toussaint.

“It was less work. Most of the freshmen voted in homeroom, so the freshman homeroom teachers were really helpful,” said Toussaint.

“They gave them time to use their devices, if they had it, to vote.”

The speeches were held in the F. Joseph Schulte Theater during activity period yesterday. The three presidential candidates were McGrail, Buck Chevalier, and Drew Kirchoff. The three vice

News

Monaghan migrates to Micronesia Former ASC teacher Shane Monaghan spending year teaching at a Jesuit school in Southeast Asia. Page 2 Opinion

Sexism and social media Students should be more thoughtful when posting on social networking sites. Page 3

presidential candidates were Gerard, Rodolfo Gomez, and Will Perryman.

“I was really happy with their speeches,” said Toussaint. “I thought they did a good job. They all had a good message. They were serious, but they also had some humor.”

McGrail discussed the legacy at SLUH, though he mentioned that Francis Scott Key’s poem “The Star-Spangled Banner” was published 200 years ago, and even felt gutsy enough to make an age comment towards English teacher Barbara Osburg, asking her if she remembered it.

On a more serious note, McGrail said, “It’s not just my vision that’s important, guys, it’s our vision. Leadership is a position earned, not given.”

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Sports

Football finale The Hawks clip the Jr. Bills 23-14 to end SLUH’s short playoff run.

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Sports

XC wins Sectionals Cross country finishes atop Sectionals for the 11th straight year and switches its focus to State.

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more hesitant, especially physical education teacher Patrick Zarrick, who was unable to deliver his muchanticipated and thoroughly delightful announcements regarding intramurals, though he remains hopeful that the platform for his whisper will eventually return.

“I was in the office when Dr. Kesterson decided to do it and I saw the pile of announcements he had.

I certainly understand his frustration, the teachers’ frustration. Having said that, I’ve been flattered by the number of students and faculty who’ve come up and said that they miss the intramurals announcements,” said Zarrick.

Kesterson has been considering the change for years, especially since students have other ways of receiving announcements, like email.

The TV monitors located throughout the building also display a running list of announcements and of students summoned to Kesterson’s or

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Freshman service in its senior year

BY Jack Kiehl NEWS EDITOR

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n January of 2011, nearly a month before the current senior class was even admitted to St. Louis U. High, the Community Service Program (CSP) made a proposal to the faculty for a program that would require a few hours of freshman service each semester.

Nearly four years later, the freshmen who made the first trips to Sts. Peter and Paul, Shalom House, or McCormack House are now seniors. By the end of the semester, nearly every current SLUH student will have participated in this program.

The idea for manda-

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INDEX Page 2 Warner Rap Monaghan

Chem Study

Open House cont.

Page 3 McCarthy letter

Jackson perspective

Thornberry Fish Garden Page 4 Continued from page 1 Page 5 Jesuit martyr spread Page 6 Soccer XC Swim Football Hockey Page 7 B Soccer

C Football

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XC Conversation

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Warner, ’16, releases “OAKLAND Ave,” a SLUH football anthem

BY Connor FitzGerald and Scotty Berger CORE STAFF, REPORTER

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unior Alix Sexton-Warner released a music video on Oct. 24 for his St. Louis U. High spirit-themed rap song, titled “OAKLAND Ave.” “It’s kind of its own beast,” said Warner of the song. “I didn’t expect it to get nearly as many views as it did or for it to have such a good reaction from the school.”

Warner’s position as a football manager influenced him to write the song. During production, Warner tried to get as many SLUH people involved as possible because he felt that the song was a testament to SLUH’s brotherhood and that the song would be a great thing for the team.

“I just wanted to make a song that the (football) guys could get hyped to,” said Warner. “Then word spread to other people about the song, and I thought of the video idea. It kind of became an anthem with the football guys; I

still hear some of them singing it in the hallways, which is cool.”

“It is unique to us, and that is cool,” said junior football player Michael Niese.

“Hearing a song made by your classmate that is about yourself and your teammates increases the sense of community and brotherhood on the team. It helps us bond.”

The song gained more notoriety after it was played at the height of Fall Ball. The ground shook from people jumping.

“I was actually pretty shy about the song at first,” said Warner. “All of my previous work had been really introverted, and this was a very extroverted kind of release. It was a real zero-to-a-hundred real quick situation.”

Warner’s other project, his mixtape, has been in the works since the beginning of this past summer, and he plans to release it in late spring of next year.

photo | courtesy of Alix Warner

NEWS November 7, 2014 Former ASC teacher Monaghan teaches history and theology on island of 5,000

BY Joe Fentress REPORTER

photo | courtesy of Shane Monaghan

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ormer St. Louis U. High Alum Service Corps (ASC) history teacher Shane Monaghan crossed the globe three months ago to teach history and theology to high school students in Micronesia.

Monaghan left for Micronesia in early August, taking four different flights for a total travel time of 26 hours.

Monaghan is teaching on the island of Yap, a tiny landmass smaller than the city of St. Louis. Planes only fly to the island twice a week, and the food that is available depends on what the boat brings in a few times a month. About 5,000 people live on the island.

“It is 80 degrees year round, so pants and long sleeves are not a thing, and the majority of people have never left the island,” said Monaghan in an email.

Monaghan teaches at Yap Catholic High School (YCHS), one of the very few schools in Micronesia.

Opened in 2011, YCHS is a challenging college preparatory school that is co-ed and run by Jesuits from the New

Monaghan, now bearded, poses with students outside Yap Catholic High School in Micronesia.

York Province. Their goal as a school is to develop the minds and souls of the students so that they can become men and women for others.

“I felt that it was an awesome opportunity to continue to support the Jesuit mission, see some of the world, and immerse myself in a new and unique culture,” said Monaghan.

Living thousands of miles away from home, Monaghan has faced some difficulties adjusting to living in Yap. “It is tough to be physically far away from friends and family,” said Monaghan.

“But the work I am doing here makes it all worth it.”

Despite the large differences in cultures and climates, the people of Yap are not so

different from the students here at SLUH. “The students that I work with are very motivated,” said Monaghan. “I know that my efforts are helping them accomplish their goal, which is to hopefully get into college in the United States.”

Monaghan will continue to teach at YCHS for the remainder of the school year.

Seniors lead study sessions for young chemists

BY Joe Slama REPORTER

D Juniors Cam Gunn and Alix Warner pose during the video.

Last Sunday’s Open House draws 360 (continued from page 1)

This year was no different, though there were few minor changes made to the original plans.

Open House began with families registering in the Danis Field House and being assigned to one or two of just under 200 tour guides by Cruz or Admissions Assistant Sterling Brown. From there, the students led the families on a tour of SLUH that ended with the slew of department tables in the Danis Lobby and co-curricular tables in the Si Commons.

Some of the highlights of the tour included band teacher Jeff Pottinger showing off the jazz band in the band room, the varsity chorus singing and dancing to “Fascinating Rhythm” in the chorus room, art teacher John Mueller showing off student art in the art wing, science teacher Mary Russo showing off genealogy, chemistry, and physics experiments in the science wing, and foreign language students doing activities in the language rooms.

A new addition to the Open House this year was an Admissions table in the Commons, which, according to Schmelter, really helped

because there was a buzz of parents and kids coming to the table after the tour to follow up about SLUH, though the strategic placement of the table right outside the Danis Lobby (where the end of the tour occurred) definitely had an effect.

Director of Environmental Services Dee Byrd had his maintenance team, led by Jeff Fields and Larry Harper, prepare the Commons with the Mother’s Club. Kathy Hylla of Food Service prepared lunch for the volunteers, and Campus Ministry organized a Mass before Open House.

Admissions Assistant Ann Murphy worked to calculate just how many tablecloths, sign holders, and signs were needed for the club tables.

Tour guides included Admissions Ambassadors, NHS members, and volunteers. Students from all grades were tour guides, and seniors Brian Smith, Hunter Schmidt, and Colin Voigt took over the work of training the tour guides by leading the training sessions during activity period.

Preparation for the tour guides started when they were given the tour manuals about a month before, and then the

o you get lost in chemical equations? Can’t remember the formula for dihydrogen monoxide? Fizzle out when asked to describe a combustible reaction? Well, science teacher Mary Russo has a solution for you. Recent chemistry study sessions have been helping students tell sulfates from sulfites.

At the beginning of October, Russo began holding study sessions in the old cafeteria after school on Mondays and Wednesdays for sophomores taking chemistry.

Russo initially presented the idea to seniors in her AP Chemistry class, who were to help staff the sessions.

Senior Andrew Hof coordinates the sessions, ensuring that enough other seniors are available to help the sophomores.

The idea occurred to Russo after she took over the AP course from chemistry teacher Charlie Busenhart. training sessions started after that.

Junior Tim Tierney, one of the National Honor Society (NHS) tour guides, said, “It was really neat to see a lot of prospective students show up and a lot of guys asking about (SLUH), just guys asking just questions like ‘What’s SLUH like?’ or ‘Why’d you come here?’ And to be able to answer it, it was kind of fun.”

“I thought there was great energy throughout the building,” said Schmelter. “It’s a day where everybody is really proud to be part of SLUH.”

“I noticed that we had this group of 35 guys or so who were currently immersed in a very rigorous chemistry curriculum who would be fantastic resources for our required sophomore course,” said Russo. “Chemistry is one of those things (and I’ve been teaching it for 15 years) that really is tough for guys.”

The idea to start study sessions was also influenced

by Russo’s personal experience.

“Chemistry was tough for me. I’m a hands-on, visual learner. It took me a few different classes in my chemistry experience to really appreciate what was going on, but I would pop into these study groups, and I would leave very frustrated,” said Russo.

“It wasn’t until very late in my academic career that I realized the power of group study.

You sit, and you wrangle with an issue, you get your questions down, and then you bring it to a group. The process of hashing it out in that

group is gonna bring you to a plane of understanding that you didn’t realize you get to on your own time.”

One benefit of the sessions, according to Russo, is that chemistry remains the same no matter which teacher a student has for class.

“There’s not a group for a certain teacher that’s down there,” said Russo. “The laws of chemistry and physics aren’t open to a whole lot of interpretation to a certain extent. It doesn’t matter what teacher you have. Can you name calcium chloride or not? Can you write its electron configuration or not? Can you use it in a chemical reaction or not? That is not different from teacher to teacher.”

The first study session was held on Monday, Oct. 6, and they have continued regularly since then, each lasting about an hour.

NHS tutors were ruled out for the sophomores, as those students are often not currently taking a chemistry

course; the time needed for them to brush up on course material would make their help inefficient. As Russo emphasizes, the sessions are not intended to be tutorials. Rather, students come to work through problems or questions from tests together and, when they get stuck, ask a senior for help.

Feedback about the sessions has been positive.

“My understanding definitely has been improving,” said sophomore Matt Book, who has attended every session held. “I feel like pretty much every time I go in there, I come out knowing what I did not know when I went in.”

“The stuff that I was tested on just makes a lot more sense now,” said sophomore Tommy Sevastianos, who has also been at each session. “Usually, I’ll just start my homework and then from that, if I have questions on it, then I can ask one of the guys that are there.”

Prep News

Volume 79, Issue 11 Credits Editor-in-Chief Sam Fentress News Editor Jack Kiehl Sports Editors Kevin Murphy Marty Johnson Core Staff Leo Heinz Keith Thomas Nolen Doorack

Connor FitzGerald Staff Sam Chechik Jack Sinay Charlie Mueth Reporters Joe Fentress Joe Slama Joe Godar Matt Godar Patrick Schuler Tim Nile

Sam Heagney Jack Miner Staff Artist Hap Burke Staff Photographer Patrick Enderle Moderator Mr. Steve Missey

OPINION

November 7, 2014

Prep News Volume 79, Issue 11

Letter

Sexist remarks on Twitter taint the name of all SLUH students

To the editors: I have sat through Dr. Kesterson’s lectures that tell us we need to watch what we say; I have dozed through the prayer services reminding us that our words can hurt. I never thought that those lectures and prayer services applied to me. “I only say those things as a joke. If people take it personally, that’s their own fault, and they need to be less sensitive.” That was always how I justified my rude and plainly inappropriate remarks.

There has been a recent uproar on Twitter over SLUH guys making blatantly sexist remarks. Though I am pretty sure that these insensitive tweets were meant as a joke, at least I hope, I was nevertheless appalled by nature of these “jokes.” The problem with making jokes of a sarcastic nature over a medium which

cannot convey tone became evident. What were intended as “jokes” brought pain to the people who did not go looking for it. Understandably so, they lashed out in retaliation, not pulling any punches.

What ensued was a mixed response by the SLUH community. On one hand, guys tried to calm the argument down, but on the other, a far greater number added to the disgusting frenzy of personal attacks by making jokes at the expense of the young women hurt by the jokes.

What I think the antagonizers failed to realize by making their “jokes” was that by doing so, they were sullying the name of all SLUH boys. I saw many tweets by both men and women, offended by these jokes, who, instead of going after the antagonizers directly, went after all of SLUH, gener-

alizing and stereotyping the school as misogynistic. After putting in three full years, and with only three quarters remaining in my time at this truly wonderful place, it saddens, scares, and angers me that the legacy my class and I will leave behind is one of insensitivity.

In closing, think twice before you post that tweet that is on the edge of being funny. Seriously ask yourself if your mother, sister, girlfriend, or future wife and daughter would approve of your joke.

Don’t be afraid to be that guy who challenges others’ beliefs because you think what they are saying is immoral. Do you really want SLUH’s name to call to mind intolerance and misogyny?

Jack McCarthy, ’15

Perspective

Senior says last goodbyes to XC As the sun disappeared behind the segmented dome of the Science Center, and its light refracted off of the pollutant-filled air, painting the sky hues of lavender and orange, I ran up the Hill with my fellow seniors.

Although the Hill is in plain sight, directly adjacent to the Kingshighway exit onto 40, almost no one has ventured up its crest; no one knows the secrets that it guards.

At the top of the hill, the grey road wraps around like a creeping vine, slowly choking and blinding the city from anything but Barnes Jewish and the silhouette of the Arch.

Weeds and beer cans dot the Hill, tarnishing its wildness, and proving that a few stragglers do occasionally wander up its heights. The Hill does not have the vivid polychromatic fullness of Monet’s impressionism, nor do the discarded beer cans and splotches of grass resemble Seurat’s pointillisms. Instead, it is plain and unremarkable.

The path up the hill is undesirable and steep, but much like the sport that my friends and I love so much, it is worth it. Once the wayward soul or lonely freshman surmounts it, they see beauty, they find art.

For at the top of the hill, on the opposite side of the smog

and the urbanization, lies its secret: Forest Park, laid out on the canvas of St. Louis by the very first Creator Himself.

Once we reached the top of the hill, the end of our journey together, the end of our career as cross country runners, we could see a visage of our past four years. We could see West Camp, where we had met up and begun our almost 4,500 miles of running; Central Fields, where so much pain from workouts had originated, the oaks, maples and sweetgums, whose leaves had been the currency of our runs; the trails that had been our nurturers.

As we stood there together, in the midst of the Planetarium’s pale magenta glow, our lives were laid before us on this canvas. We remembered how much we had changed, how much of an impact Porter, Flanagan, Gilmore (to name a few) and these trails and trees had had on us, and how although we have sculpted new lives for ourselves, they continued to be the support under our legs and the push behind our backs.

Not many will ever know the torture we went through everyday at practice, during a tempo or a fartlek, or the pain of burning for up to 25 minutes straight in a race,

but even fewer will know of the love formed by the thump thump of feet on Earth every day, the small but heavy strokes on its canvas.

Our legs still burned from our odyssey up the Hill, and we knew that our pain and accomplishments would soon be forgotten when we left, but we stood there thankful, grateful, reverent, for the life that had been given to us, and the Hills left to climb in the future.

Thank you Tommy Blackwell, Ryan Blechle, Jacob Colvis, Alexander Brewer, Jacob Cox, Matias Grignola, Matthew Fleming, Benjamin James, Mason Kruse, William Leingang, Paul Lieser, Lewis Kelley, Jack Kiehl, Nicholas Perryman, Charles Quinlivan, Andrew Hof, Michael Rupp, Jordan Sosa, Peter Volmert, Michael Walsh, Peter Soto, Ross Joseph Thompson, Andrew Welby, Ian Odendahl, Daniel Venker, Kevin Murphy, Jacob Marty, Thomas Hogan, Jack Gallagher, Garret Fox, Matthew Hennessey, Jacket Sullivan, and any of you I missed, for being a part of my family for even the briefest of times. TCP

-Shayn Jackson, ’15

art| Rollin Jackson

The cartoon does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Prep News or St. Louis U. High.

Garden tenders harvest sweet potatoes, carrots in first big crop

BY Charlie STAFF

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t’s harvest time for St. Louis U. High. Over the past few weeks, members of the community have taken part in the Backer Community Garden’s first-ever harvest.

With less than a week of harvesting remaining, the garden has amassed over 425 pounds of food, including 239 pounds of sweet potatoes and 33 pounds of carrots. Science teacher Bill Anderson has the production totals in order to make improvements for next season.

“We’re down to our last week of production, but I’ve been really pleased with it,” said Anderson. “I was really impressed and really amazed at what we were able to do this year. With a first-year garden, the soil is not usually established very well and you’re just

kind of learning the ropes, but I think we did a tremendous job.”

All of the food grown by SLUH has been donated to Community Service Project (CSP) for cooking.

“I think it went pretty good,” said Nancy Landa, who lives in the neighborhood and owns a plot in the garden. “All the beds were cleared and I think everything is getting ready to be prepped for winter so that next spring it will be a lot easier, and those beds should produce a lot more.”

Compost bins were added to the garden last Sunday.

Plant matter and the bodies of the harvested plants will be composted; the hope is that composting saves money on soil and is more environmentally friendly.

“It’s a nice addition to the garden,” said Anderson of the

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composting bins.

“For next season, with Gateway Greening being involved, I’m hoping that they will show us some other ways that will help us to produce more vegetables,” said Landa.

“I also hope that they will show us maybe some watersaving techniques.”

Over the next couple of weeks, Anderson plans to reorganize the beds. Anderson has also already ordered the seedlings for next season.

“We are already starting to plan ahead,” said Anderson. “We haven’t even finished this harvest, and we are getting ready for spring already, which is exciting.”

On Saturday, a cleanup of the garden will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anyone is welcome to help clean the garden and prepare it for next season.

Tending the tank: sophomore gets paid to take care of 3rd floor fish

photo | Kevin Murphy

BY Keith Thomas CORE STAFF

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here’s a 130-gallon fish tank on the J-Wing third floor that features green plants, blue pebbles, and 14 fish. Sophomore Christian Thornberry takes care of the tank, and SLUH is paying him to do it.

Thornberry is the only student at SLUH being paid during the school year by the school itself, and is on the official payroll for his work.

Thornberry was advised by his counselor, Ken McKenna, to check out the fish tank early in Thornberry’s freshman year after hearing about Thornberry’s hobby.

“I have been taking care of fish for about four years before I got the job at SLUH,” said Thornberry. “I have about six aquariums myself . . . and take care of three other aquariums outside of SLUH.” The job wasn’t just given to Thornberry though. He had to earn it. Vice President Joe Komos and Secretary to the President Kim Walsh had Thornberry draft a proposal, much like an outside business would.

“When I went up there I just kind of started showing my knowledge of the fish in the tank,” said Thornberry.

“After they saw that, they allowed me to write a proposal for a job and I got it.”

“He does a great job,” said Walsh. “He saves (the school) a lot more money than previous vendors.”

Like an outside contractor, Thornberry may buy additional fish or supplies for the tank. After an expense report is turned in, he is fully reimbursed for the supplies and fish. Thornberry has ordered an additional angelfish to the three already in the tank, as well as three assorted goldfish and an oceanic background to replace the black background that the tank currently has.

Sophomore Christian Thornberry works on the fish tank.

These new fish will be placed in the tank in the coming week.

Thornberry also feeds all of the fish. He has installed automatic feeders in the tank to regularly feed the fish when people are not around, and covered the basic yellow rocks with deep blue ones to better suit the fish and their environment.

Thornberry does monthly tank cleans, checks nitrate, nitrite, and pH levels in the water, and chooses fish for more color, all to help create a better environment for the fish.

An aquarium guide made

by Thornberry details every-

thing in the tank, ranging from the plecotonomus fish to great danios, along with water levels and ideal temperatures.

The idea of paying students, in theory, has been around for a long time at SLUH. A number of students participate in the work-study program, and some students receive as much as an average of about $40 an hour for financial assistance.

Thornberry plans to continue his work with the fish tank in his coming years at SLUH—including sometimes in the summer—and is looking to mentor a freshman to take over his duties when he graduates.

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Freshman Service, a part of the SLUH experience after four years photo | Nolen Doorack

Freshmen Nick Earickson and Cameron Dilworth prepare food to bring to Shalom House.

(continued from page 1) tory freshman service came from seniors, who, after doing Senior Projects, said they wished they had been exposed to more service at SLUH. Campus Ministers Simonie Anzalone and Nick Ehlman had helped design the programs in the months leading up to the start of the 201112 school year with the help of SLUH moms, who designed the menus. Campus Ministry also planned the first food drive that year, which was targeted towards ingredients for the recipes.

Campus Minister Meg Beugg joined the SLUH staff in the fall of 2011 at the beginning of the second quarter to help coordinate the freshman service program. Anzalone and Ehlman had led the project before Beugg’s hiring.

“I lucked out with walking into this really well-designed program,” said Beugg.

Though the program is reaching the midway point of its fourth year, the structure of Freshman Service has re-

mained largely unchanged.

One small change has involved student leadership with the service program.

Originally, the idea was that senior advisors would be the main leaders. In the past few years, however, some of the main helpers have been sophomores. The program leaves space for at least one older student to help the freshmen.

There has also been improvement in the procedures and menus.

With the menus, the idea is to make the food simple, interesting, and loaded with different jobs to involve as many as possible. “(It’s) a chance to gain some cooking skills along the way,” said Beugg.

Another shift has been the location of service. When the program first started, students went one semester to the senior assisted living facility McCormack House and the other semester to a homeless shelter—either Shalom house, a shelter for women, or Sts. Peter and Paul, a shelter for men. Over the past few years,

A week without announcements

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the Counseling office. For now, Kesterson expects students to check the monitors and show up in his office when they’re supposed to.

“You can accomplish what the PA announcement does through Kesterson’s emails and through the TV’s anyways,” said junior Jacob Longinette, who also admitted that he had forgotten a club meeting this week without a reminder.

The idea was also brought up in Imagining 18.

“I know that my Imagining 18 group had that as one of our objectives,” said theology teacher Allen Boedeker.

“I’m not sure if it did (come from Imagining 18), but that was something we had seriously requested.”

However, the exact protocol for how Kesterson can expect students to show up in his office is still being worked out. For example, if a student receives an announcement or is sought by Kesterson’s office anytime after 6th or 7th pe-

riod, Kesterson doesn’t expect them to check the monitors and visit his office before the end of the day.

On Wednesday morning, Kesterson emailed students who failed to visit his office the prior day, and he said a fair share of demerits have been doled out for tardiness in visiting his office.

“We’re still trying to navigate that,” said Kesterson.

There has also been speculation about whether or not Kesterson will continue to give his usual message of staying safe and not getting into trouble over the weekend today.

“I think he should,” said Olwig. “I think it’s necessary.”

“It’s very nice to hear,” said Longinette. “It’s a helpful reminder about where (we) go to school and what (we) represent.”

As for if there would be announcements next week, Kesterson said, “I don’t know.

My initial thought right now is no.”

the program has sent freshmen to Shalom House due to its close proximity and greater need, as well as increased opportunities for interaction.

“We like the opportunity (at Shalom House) that the students can share the meal with the women there, they can really have a conversation. That isn’t always possible at Sts. Peter and Paul,” said Beugg.

“At Shalom House most of the time is making the meal and serving the meal but what I’ve found is the most important thing is those boys being there as a presence,” said psychology teacher Tom Kickham, who came to SLUH in the program’s first year and helps out throughout the year with the program. “That’s the real gift a lot of the boys bring.”

The cooking for Shalom House also now takes place in the Currigan Room kitchen.

When the program started in 2011, many of the meals were prepared in the old cafeteria kitchen, which CSP shared with the Food Service staff

before the Si Commons was opened in February 2012.

“I did love that space because it had a big open countertop in the middle and you had different stations but we were all together,” said Beugg.

The benefit of the Currigan room is that equipment can be stored in the pantry, refrigerator, and freezer spaces. In the old cafeteria kitchen, all of the equipment had to be wheeled back and forth from Campus Ministry to the kitchen every day.

Though the structure is mostly the same, Beugg has noticed a change in student perception of the Freshman Service program.

“Students talked about, ‘Oh, now you’re making freshmen do service’ or ‘You’re making this mandatory service,’ sometimes saying this wasn’t going to work.

There was this idea that SLUH needed freedom to chose this. It turned out, no you can provide this opportunity and people are glad to do it,” said Beugg. “It’s become more a part of what you do (at SLUH).”

Beugg believes freshmen have been able to see the value of working in small groups and getting to know other students in their class.

“Freshman service has been great not only for exposure to service but also as a part of helping freshmen become more a part of the community,” said Beugg.

The program is scheduled in alphabetical order first semester so freshmen are with classmates in their homeroom. The schedule is randomly assigned second semester.

Beugg has also been impressed by the reflections shared by freshmen after they go on service. Many times students may rethink a precon-

ceived notion of the homeless or find a talent for cooking or interacting with the elderly.

“Originally, we thought getting out there and doing service is enough,” said Beugg.

“What has been a pleasant surprise is that not only are SLUH freshmen capable of getting out and doing it, they are capable of reflecting and drawing some connections.”

Much of the success of this program can be attributed to the help and support of the faculty. Throughout the year, SLUH teachers will help with service, sometimes going multiple times a semester. “(The faculty) has really embraced it and has been impressed in how it worked,” said Beugg.

Beugg has been looking forward to this year, as it is the first time seniors have experienced the program.

“When (senior advisors) talk to a freshman now, all of them are experiencing it themselves. It’s not something they hear about on senior advisor orientation, but it’s something they had experienced,” said Beugg.

One shared experience for many students was playing checkers with a woman at McCormack House, who passed away at the beginning of the school year.

“She was known as the very colorful checkers player.

Some say she made her own rules, some said she would cheat. That’s something that a lot of different people have experienced,” said Beugg.

There is, of course the question of what role freshman service has played.

In a Prep News article one semester into the program Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares was quoted as saying, “I hope in three or four years out, we see this was the beginning of more stu-

dents doing more service.”

The statistics for student service participation are murky. During the 2010-11 school year, around 470 students participated in service, with 270 of those students doing senior project. Last year, 150 sophomores, 50 juniors and all freshmen and seniors participated in service. So while the goal for freshmen service may have been year after its implementation, the raw data does not show an increase. The numbers do not take into account seniors or freshmen who did voluntary service. The numbers also don’t show whether Freshman Service was a factor in sophomore and junior service. National Honors Society and service for sophomore theology classes could also be taken into account.

For Beugg, however, the results are more qualitative over quantitative, for instance with reflections, or sharing service experiences. She also believes now, as opposed to four years ago, students are closer to having a love for serving others.

Kickham notices when he helps with Freshman Service how the comfort of students changes in such a short amount of time.

“It’s amazing how you can see people change in a matter of three hours, a lot of that has to do with developing a greater comfort in such a short period of time,” said Kickham.

Also qualitatively, Beugg is impressed by how Freshman Service has become a part of the SLUH experience.

“What are the big shared experiences of Freshman year? Certainly Direction Days, Running of the Bills, being with your senior advisors.

Freshman Service has become part of that,” said Beugg.

Freshmen elect McGrail, Gerard to lead class photos | Dominik Skroska

Gerard (left) and McGrail (right) give their speeches in the the Schulte Theatre during Activity Period yesterday.

(continued from page 1) “I really want to work alongside Teddy and help bridge the gap between STUCO and the class itself,” said McGrail.

Gerard talked about his commitment to SLUH and how his helpful and creative personality will make SLUH a better place for not just the freshman class, but for the SLUH community overall; he

wanted “to make the SLUH experience more fun for everyone involved in it.” Gerard also encouraged the pitching of ideas from the class, while also discussing some of his own, like involvement in

intramurals by talking with physical education teacher and mystical bashball intramurals announcer Patrick Zarrick.

“Overall, the plan is just to make the SLUH experience for our class even better than it already is, or than it could be. So, I think we’ll do a pretty good job making it more fun,” said Gerard.

This year, McGrail and Gerard are going to work with STUCO for Mission Week, the Freshman Class Dance, and whatever they want to work on for the betterment of the class. They will also work closely with freshman class moderator and English teacher Tim Curdt.

“They bring great energy and they’re enthusiastic. They seem like they’re ready to work,” said Toussaint.

FEATURE

November 7, 2014

Prep News Volume 78, Issue 11

Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador (continued from page one)

Spanish-born Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., was a philosopher who focused his work on human rights and uplifting the poor. He served at the UCA for over ten years. Ellacuria saw the civil war as a result of social injustices rather than the encroachment of communism.

Joaquin López y López, S.J. was the only native Salvadoran Jesuit. López y López studied in the United States and Spain. He brought back a passion for education to El Salvador and founded Fe y Alegria, a center for vocational training and education. He was one of the founders of the UCA. “Lolo was the main fundraiser and spirit behind the system,” said Marcouiller.

For decades, authoritarian governments controlled El Salvador. Political stability began to crumble in the 1970s, and a civil war between the Salvadoran military and a coalition of five guerrilla groups broke out in May of 1979.

The left-wing guerrilla groups fought against the standing military dictatorship. They were unhappy with the widening gap between the rich and the poor.

In a feudal-like system, a few dozen families owned much of the farmland in El Salvador. Campesinos, or peasants, worked the farm-land while the families reaped the economic benefits. Five guerrilla groups formed a coalition and sought agrarian reform.

The standing government in El Salvador was backed by the United States, which feared the spread of communism. The United States provided millions of dollars daily to the government and was responsible for training Sal-

vadoran soldiers at the School of Americas (SOA). Located in Fort Benning, Georgia, the SOA has trained thousands of Latin American soldiers in “commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics”(soaw.org) since 1946.

A group of Jesuits from the Central American Province founded the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) El Salvador in 1965 as part of a network of Catholic universities in Central America. The UCA, located in urban San Salvador, was the first private university in El Salvador. The founding Jesuits saw education as a way to uplift Salvadorans from political oppression.

During the civil war of the 80s, the UCA became a hub of outcry against the government. Jesuits including Ignacio Ellacuría and Ignacio Martín-Baró used the UCA as a stage to project dissatisfaction with the government and a call for change.

“These are our brothers. (The military) thought, by killing them, it would silence the Jesuits. More Jesuits around the country signed up to fill their spots than there were spots to fill.

These are guys not unlike myself or other Jesuits.

They are with people trying to teach the truth, and sometimes the truth makes people nervous because it might mean their piece of the pie will grow smaller.”

—Fr. Chris Pinné, S.J.

After what was perceived to be fraudulent voting in 1989, the guerrilla groups moved toward the urban cities and took the offense on November 11th of that year.

The US-supported military felt threatened by the UCA and the approaching guerrilla groups. The military carried out a reconnaissance mission two days later, searching the Jesuit residence for weapons and evidence that the UCA trained guerrillas. Although the soldiers found nothing, they returned three days later to massacre the outspoken Jesuits.

Early in the morning of the 16th, the El Salvador soldiers marched the Jesuits, Elba Ramos, their cook, and her daughter Celina out to the garden where they were forced to lie on the ground to be shot. The soldiers intended to leave no witnesses and shot each victim in the head three times, symbolically splattering the brains of the intellectuals.

Word of the massacre reached Jesuit provinces and international media outlets the next day.

At SLUH, reaction to the news was mixed. A day of prayer and reflection was held two weeks after the murders.

The national controversy of the continued funding provided by the United States to El Salvador and other Latin American countries to combat the spread of communism was reflected in the SLUH student body. Current Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares who was a theology teacher at the time, described the political makeup of the student body around SLUH as “a conservative kind of ethos.”

The week of the day of prayer and reflection, two students wrote letters to the Prep News, one asking for more information about the martyrs, another criticizing the day for focusing too much on the government of El Salvador, rather than the Jesuits themselves.

“Whenever I give a retreat, I still use that incident as something to remind us about what it may mean to be a Christian or a Catholic. To really do it right, you may end up being considered dangerous by some people. So often, we just want to fit in. Maybe sometimes we need to be a little more dangerous, take the risk and say, ‘People may not like this or people may be upset, but I cannot not say this.’ (It requires) a certain amount of boldness, particularly when people are being hurt, which was really the situation in Salvador, to be willing to speak and say, ‘This is not right.’

—Fr. Jim Burshek, S.J.

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Juan Ramón Moreno, S.J. joined the Jesuit novitiate and was almost immediately sent from Spain to El Salvador. Not only did Moreno work and teach in El Salvador, but he also helped found a center for Ignatian spirituality in Panama.

After moving from Spain and studying in Ecuador, Amando López, S.J. began to teach in El Salvador. He moved to teach at the Central American University in Nicaragua where he served families suffering under the Somoza regime. Lopez returned to the UCA as a theology and philosophy professor. “People from both sides of the conflict found him to be a trustworthy companion and friend and came to him seeking advice in confidence,” said Marcouiller.

In 1989, current superior of the SLUH Jesuit community Fr. Jim Burshek, S.J. was the Executive Assistant to the Provincial of the Missouri Province. On the morning of November 16, he received a phone call from El Salvador. He would be one of the first in the United States to hear of the atrocity.

Here is his account of the morning:

Ignacio Martín Baró, S.J. was sent from Spain to El Salvador at the age of 25. He worked as a psychologist at the UCA and founded the University Institute of Public Opinion. This offered a platform to share attitudes and thoughts of the people of El Salvador.

Elba’s fifteen year-old daughter Celina Ramos had just finished her first year in high school before the massacre.

Two of her three siblings had died before. “Her protective love for her daughter never wavered,” said Marcouiller. watercolors | Mr. Dan Finucane

“It was about seven o’clock in the morning, and I was the Executive Assistant to the provincial over on West Pine, and we were supposed to have a staff meeting. We were at breakfast and the phone rang. I picked up the phone and in broken Spanish a guy from the UCA called up said, ‘They’re killing us.’ And that was the first up here we had heard of it pretty much. And they called us because we’re the province connection up here, we’ve had a relationship with them and so if there’s anything going on, they usually call us, and I got the call. It was only as we talked that it became clear what some of the details were that morning. So that’s where I

was. And what they wanted us to do was to try to be a liaison between the State Department and the situation was down there. Some of the information was actually going through my office and trying to get information up to Washington, at least from our concerns. So most of that day was spent in the office on phones, first of all trying get clear what happened in Salvador to the guys to get help and getting that into some hands up in D.C., because the concern back then was that the military involved in the killing had been trained at the School of the Americas by the U.S. At first, I didn’t understand. We didn’t know what was going on.”

“I think they should be a strong symbol for us of education. They took their learning and university work and applied it to what was going on in their culture and were killed for it. Our education can be more than just academic games. It can be used to work toward the transformation of society.

“The idea of blowing up the brains of these intellectuals … The Jesuits didn’t withdraw; they turned the UCA into a place where everything funneled into the preferential option of the people. It’s a marvelous place. This was supposed to get the Jesuits to back down. The message wasn’t lost.”

—Fr. Carl Heumann, S.J.

—Ms. Suzanne Renard

Information used in writing the biographies came from The Center for Justice and Accountability and We Live One World.

Quotes from Fr. Doug Marcouiller came from an interview by Chad Carson (weliveoneworld.org).

Segundo Montes, S.J. joined the Jesuits in Spain and was assigned to teach and serve in El Salvador. Montes was a social psychologist who looked at the problem of dislocation of families in El Salvador. “The kids loved him and found him a warm and welcoming person,” said Marcouiller.

Julia Elba Ramos worked during the harvest season on a coffee plantation. When the plantation owner was kidnapped and killed, she and her husband moved. The Jesuits offered Elba work as the cook for the residence.

“Elba was a wonderful, lively, funny woman,” said Marcouiller.

Sports

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Prep News November 7, 2014 Swimming dives into State meet XC takes last step to State race

Volume 79, Issue 11

BY Kevin Murphy SPORTS EDITOR

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he St. Louis U. High varsity cross country team won its last race on the road to state last Saturday, beating out an aggressive Rock Bridge team, 31-41.

Leading the team once again was senior Matthew Hennessey, who ran with Webster’s top runner Tyler

Lawson and senior teammate Thomas Hogan.

The team also ran the complete State team for the first time this season. Injury, sickness, and rest weeks have been the cause of the mixing of the varsity runners.

“It was good to see them all on the line at the same time,” said head coach Joe Porter.

The team ran a tough race, having to deal with the Rock Bridge runners throwing elbows and trying to get in the runners’ heads.

Hennessey won his third race of the season, finishing only ten seconds slower than his personal record with a time of 16:03.

“Matthew looked very dominant in that race and I photo | Kevin Murphy was really excited with the way he ran,” said Porter.

Hogan finished in third behind Lawson with a time of 16:10. The rest of the Jr. Bill team came in within four seconds of each other. Junior Joe Butler (9th; 16:38), who didn’t run in last week’s district race due to sickness, led the pack to the finish. Seniors Jack Gallagher (10th; 16:39) and Shayn Jackson (11th; 16:40) and junior Dustan Davidson (12th; 16:41) followed right behind Butler, and senior Jack Sullivan (15th; 16:42), who didn’t run in Districts due to injuries to his IT band, was separated from this group by only two places.

“We’ve been focusing on the one-to-five gap, and it was 36 seconds, which is good,” said Porter. “And one-to-seven being 38 seconds is really

From left to right: Davidson, Butler, and Hennessey lead the race.

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nior captain Colin Derdeyn.

Derdeyn is seeded fifth in the 50-yard Freestyle and eighth in the 100 Freestyle. Andrews is seeded second in the 200 Freestyle and fifth in the 500 Free.

SLUH is seeded second in the 200 Medley Relay and fifth in the 400 Free Relay.

“MCCs displayed our team’s strength in freestyle and depth, as we won every freestyle event and every relay,” said Derdeyn. “We hope to make a similar impact at the state meet.”

Derdeyn said his goal at the beginning of the season was to win the 50 after taking ninth last year.

photo | Patrick Enderle

Junior Michael Krause was also pleased with the team’s performance. “Our medley relay has a really good shot of doing well. We’re seeded second in the state behind Rockhurst. No one else is very close, so it will be a good race.”

Overall, the team is looking to build on last year’s eighth-place finish.

“Given our hard work this season and our strong entry time, we are poised to make a significant mark at the meet,” said Derdeyn. “My original goal for the season was to be a top five team in the state, but now I have no doubt we can finish in the top two.”

Soccer falls late to Chaminade

couldn’t really put a full drive together,” said senior offensive photo | Kevin Murphy he St. Louis U. High foottackle Max Kavy. ball team did everything Throughout the season, it could to claw its way out of a the Jr. Bills have shown the 17-point deficit, but ultimateability to score on defense and ly saw its season end at the special teams and they did hands of Hazelwood Central so again against the Hawks. on Saturday in a 23-14 loss.

With two minutes left in the Entering Saturday’s third, and the Hawks punting game, the Jr. Bills knew that deep in their territory, SLUH they had an uphill battle in blocked the punt. Sophomore front of them. The Hawks Davion Nash scooped up the hadn’t allowed a point since ball and returned it 14 yards Oct. 4 against Hazelwood for the touchdown to cut the East and had scored fewer Central lead to three. than 20 points only once in “We dug ourselves a the season. hole, and we came back,” head After Central quartercoach Gary Kornfeld said. back Mike Glass lofted a “I definitely think Da38-yard touchdown pass to vion’s punt return was a turnXavier Sneed to make the ing point,” senior offensive game 17-0 with 8:26 to go in lineman Aaron Kilgore said. the first half, it seemed as if “That really brought some fire Junior Sam Perry calls for a through a through-ball from senior Clark Conway against CCP. SLUH might go quietly to the to us.”

BY Connor FitzGerald Hawks.

Unfortunately for the CORE STAFF into a much faster, more ag- score at two as the clock ran However, the deficit Jr. Bills, the Hawks’ offense gresssive SLUH attack in the out. seemed to energize, not dehe soccer team’s season second half. Senior Elliot “To be so close and let flate, the Jr. Bills. With under continued on page 7 ended in the District fi- Boerding’s cross-goal shot it slip away was devastating,” five minutes remaining in the nals Saturday with a 3-2 loss put SLUH up 2-1 in the 45th said senior Will DelaRoche. minute.

“All of our hard work seemed photo | Dominik Skroska to Chaminade in overtime.

The team had stopped SLUH’s plan after getting to vanish in a second.”

McCluer North in the first a lead was to play sound deHaving expended almost round of District 8-1, but fense. They did just that, until all of their energy in the first Chaminade proved too great the 71st minute when senior two halves, the players had a foe one week later in the fi- goalie Albert Reinwart’s back- little left in the tank for the nals. ward-jumping save caused 15-minute golden-goal overChaminade had four many to think that he landed time period. great scoring chances early; in the goal.

Chaminade started off they scored on their fourth, Meanwhile, SLUH kept overtime aggressively on ofon a Jacob Pesek header off pressuring offensively. Simon fense, placing two shots on of a corner kick in the 16th nearly extended the lead to SLUH’s net before the fourth minute. two when his shot off of a pass minute, when Chaminade seSLUH was resilient, from junior Sam Perry nar- nior Kenny Massa slid a ball though. In the 35th minute, rowly missed the Chaminade past Reinwart after working senior captain Clark Conway net wide. his way through the SLUH headed the ball past ChamiDespite their effort, box to end the game and nade goalie Zach Pogue to SLUH’s second-half shutout SLUH’s season. tie the score at one going into ended in the 79th minute as “They were courageous,” halftime.

Chaminade’s AJ Anthon fin- said head coach Charlie MarThe momentum from ished the third rebound off of SLUH’s defense wraps up Hazelwood Central player in their 23-14 loss last Saturday.

Conway’s goal translated a free kick by Pesek, tying the continued on page 7

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half, the offense found success, methodically driving down the field and cutting the Central lead to 10 with a one-yard run by quarterback Mitch Batschelett.

Senior Bryan Edwards gave the Jr. Bills even more momentum, sacking Glass on third and goal to prevent the Hawks from scoring just before halftime.

SLUH’s defense rode this momentum for the rest of the game, allowing Central just one touchdown in the second half.

“I thought we rallied pretty good in the second half after a pretty mediocre first half,” said senior running back Andre Colvin.

Despite receiving good field position a couple of times in the third quarter, the Jr. Bills’ offense struggled to sustain drives against the stout Central defense.

“We were trying to put together a drive, but we

BY Patrick REPORTER

he varsity swim team finished its last week of practices in preparation for the MSHSAA State Championships today and tomorrow.

SLUH is sending 16 swimmers total to state this year, the fourth most of any team in the state.

The JV team is finished with its season, and the only swimmers still practicing are the swimmers participating in the state meet and alternates continued on page 7 for the three relays.

SLUH is looking forward to some key swims from junior Justin Andrews and se-

Football down early, loses to Hawks

BY Marty Johnson SPORTS EDITOR

Senior Colin Derdeyn swims to a win in the 50 Free at MCC finals.

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7 Hockey wins first game handily, 10-4 B soccer becomes a unit, ends at 8-3-3 SPORTS

November 7, 2014

Prep News

Volume 79, Issue 11

photo | Kevin Murphy

Junior Steve Lockwood stick handles against Timberland.

Tim Nile reporter BY

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he St. Louis U. High hockey team bounced back from its loss to CBC in the preseason tournament semifinals with a high-scoring 10-4 win over the WentzvilleTimberland Wolves in their regular season opener.

The team knew that Timberland had a few good players, but “they won’t be able to compete with us line after line after line,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick.

The team started the season with an addition to the uniform; each player wore a sticker on his helmet memorializing Connor Lewis.

“The team dedicated the season to him, so we win for him,” said junior captain Steve

Lockwood.

After the Zamboni cleared the ice and the teams warmed up, the puck was dropped, and in 35 seconds the Jr. Bills had their first goal.

Sophomore forward John Sieckhaus scored the team’s first regular season goal, knocking the goal off its pegs at the same time.

A tripping penalty on junior captain Patrick Pence enabled Timberland to score their first goal on the power play with 10:21 left in the first period.

Then, with 34 seconds left in the period, the Wolves scored their second goal, for a 2-1 lead.

Sophomore Luke Gassett scored an unassisted goal 1:35 into the second period to tie the game.

“There must have been a gas leak on the ice,” joked junior Joey Pinkowski in reaction to Gassett’s goal.

Shortly after that the Jr. Bills had their third goal when senior Danny Tarlas scored to give the Jr. Bills the lead.

Less than a minute later, Lockwood took the puck coast to coast, scoring five-hole with 8:21 left in the period.

Timberland scored with 7:21 to go to cut the Jr. Bills’ lead to 4-3.

A tripping penalty called on Timberland put the Jr. Bills on a power play. Gassett juked a defender and passed it to wide open senior captain Tommy Espenschied, who scored easily for a two-goal lead with 4:20 left in the second period.

Timberland scored their final goal of the night with 37 seconds left in the second period. But there was enough time for Lockwood to lock up the win and score his second goal of the night with 3.2 seconds left, finalizing the score for two periods at 6-4.

“First period we were really bad, and second period we came out and scored a ton of goals and we just kept scoring and shut them down,” said Lockwood.

The team’s depth showed throughout the second and third periods. Timberland players started to tire, while the Jr. Bills were relentless in their goal-scoring.

Goals by Pence, Sieckhaus, Lockwood—his third of the night—and sophomore Louis Garavaglia made the final score 10-4.

The Jr. Bills’ next game is tonight at 9:30 at St. Peter’s Rec Plex against the Francis Howell Central Spartans.

C football surprises with 8-2 record

BY Sam Heagney and Jack Casey REPORTERS

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he C football team wrapped up its season last week with an 8-2 record.

Although the season ended with a loss to Kirkwood, the Jr. Bills finished the year atop the Metro Catholic Conference for the second straight year, this time in a three-way tie with CBC and De Smet.

The team’s success came through unique circumstances: only 39 players were on the roster. The last two seasons the C team had 55 players, but the team had a low turnout this year.

“When we saw this group at camp we were worried and thought it would be a rough year, but they really outperformed their expectations,” said coach Adam Cruz.

“One of the advantages to having a small team is they got along really well. It was a tight-knit and fun group,” Cruz said.

The Jr. Bills began the season on a 4-0 tear and outscored their opponents 16326 in those games.

“We took advantage of a soft schedule,” Cruz said.

However, their run came to a halt against a tough De

Smet team in a 24-13 loss at De Smet.

“It was one of those days where the kids’ concentration wasn’t there and things spiraled,” Cruz said.

After the loss, the team was having a poor practice, so the coaches took the opportunity to turn things around.

“We weren’t having too good of practices, so one day our coach told us that he had had enough so we heard a speech and the players expressed how they felt and we all started playing better,” freshman Daniel Terry said.

“It was a real wake up moment for the team,” said freshman Kameron Bowdry.

“They learned about the loss and that helped them in the future,” said coach Tom Wilson.

The Jr. Bills recovered with wins at Parkway South and against CBC. “The CBC game was a big win,” Wilson said.

“We played our best game all year; the CBC game was a really good team win,” Cruz said.

The team continued with a victory at Lafayette.

“It was a good tough win.

We really grinded it out, but they hit pretty hard,” Cruz

said.

The win came at a cost, though. The defense lost three of its key starters—Ian Shockley, Trevor Jones, and Sean Binder—to injuries.

Those injuries came into play in the final game of the season against Kirkwood. The Jr. Bills built up a 14-0 lead, but lost 26-21.

Although the season finished with a defeat, the team was in high spirits. Five players—Kameron Bowdry, Ricky Browne, Michael Llewellyn, Jared Scott, and Daniel Terry—earned themselves spots on the varsity when the season was over.

A crop of two way players on both the offense and defense served as a foundation.

“Those guys were warriors for us. They battled,” Cruz said.

The Jr. Bills were led on the defensive side by a strong line, anchored by on middle linebacker Jared Scott.

“Scott was the heart and soul of our defense, we ran everything through him,” Cruz said.

Scott also played a crucial role at running back.

“Offensively he was a stud; if we even needed a couple yards we went to Scott,” Cruz said.

BY Jack Miner REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High B soccer team ended its season on a good note, finishing with a regular season record of 8-3-3.

“The team played well,” said head coach Tom Zinselmeyer. “It was fun to watch them get to that pinnacle of performance.”

The freshmen who made the team had no difficulty playing alongside sophomores throughout the season. In fact several freshmen played key roles in the teams’ success.

“Getting to see the freshmen play, interact, and contribute with a sophomore

team,” said Zinselmeyer, “and seeing it all come together against CBC was a really cool thing to watch.”

“Guys like Will Rudder, Pietro Nicastro, and Kurt Schumacher all contributed to the team’s success,” said Zinselmeyer.

Communication was key for the Jr. Bills and was something they had mastered by the end of the year. Without good communication, they wouldn’t have been able to accomplish their goal for the year.

“Our goal was just to connect passes,” said freshman forward Will Rudder.

The last game of the

year against CBC was a hardfought battle by the Jr. Bills but still resulted in a 1-0 loss.

“It was physical,” said sophomore Donovan Ditto, “one of the most hard fought games of the year.”

“We lost, but it was still one of our best games of the year,” said midfielder Nicastro.

Learning to communicate, pass the ball with control, and to finish chances allowed the team to earn eight solid wins over the course of the year.

“The effort was there and they played to the fullest of their potential,” said Zinselmeyer.

CCP too much for SLUH in OT (continued from page 6)

tel. “I was impressed. We told them after the game that we knew they gave everything that they had, that they left everything on the field. I was really proud of them.”

“I think like our record implies, we had a very strong year,” said Frein. “We won big games and tournaments. Unfortunately though, we weren’t able to accomplish our goal of winning a State title. We did all we could to prepare for Chaminade and in the end,

came up a little short, but that’s the cruelty of the game sometimes.”

Despite the disappointment of this loss, Martel looks toward next season with optimism and hopes of beefing up the schedule because of the team’s promise.

“I think we have a really solid senior class next year,” said Martel. “I’m excited. It was one of the best records in the history of the program, and they were on top of the state for five weeks. They did

a great job.”

“As always, our goal will be to win State,” said Frein.

“We have a lot of returners and believe that we can accomplish this feat. The other MCC schools should be strong like they always are next year, so we’re going to have to work hard in the offseason to get better individually.”

“We’ll be hungry,” said Perry. “I can guarantee that.

We’ll be motivated, and we’ll be ready to go.”

XC looks for third straight title (continued from page 6) good.”

Sullivan kept up with the front pack for the majority of the first part of the race until he slipped on the worn course, causing him to fall and lose momentum.

Otherwise, the team ran a solid race, and wants to focus on moving the three-toseven man gap closer to the one and two runners.

As the team approaches the last race of the year, tactics have remained the same as

they have been all year.

“We’re just getting ready to run another race like we have all season,” said Porter. “Like (former XC coach Jim) Linhares said, ‘It’s another day at the office.’”

The team is hoping that each runner has his best race.

“You can’t really say you want to beat this team or beat that team because you can’t control how they race, you can only control how you race,” said Porter. “Our goal is to go out there and give it our best

effort and see what happens.”

“Our main goal for state is to run as a tight pack,” said Sullivan. “We are all very fit and capable of running together and running fast. We just need to go into it confidently.”

The race starts at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, and will be run at Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City. STUCO plans to bus students down on Saturday morning.

Football shows grit, but to no avail

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came alive. Starting from their own 12-yard line, the Hawks manufactured a five-minute, 88-yard drive to score a backbreaking touchdown. Central’s converted several third and fourth down situations on the drive.

Down 11, SLUH attempted to cut the lead. The offense moved the ball well, converting a crucial fourth down and 11 to keep the chains moving. But being down by two possessions with under five minutes to play caused the Jr. Bills to attack through the air almost constantly. This approach ultimately led to an interception with 2:24 left in the game. Central ran out the clock from there, punching their ticket to face CBC tonight at CBC. In spite of the outcome,

Kornfeld was extremely happy with his team.

“I was proud of our kids,” Kornfeld said. “They left everything out on the field. They just kept battling and battling.”

Senior captain and defensive captain Spencer Chipley also praised the defense for its effort.

“I was really happy with the defense because we stuck to the game plan,” Chipley said. “We got a little bit of help from receivers dropping balls and bad passes. We really settled down and did our jobs.

We shut them down for nearly all of the second half.”

For the seniors, it was their last time playing in a Jr. Bills uniform. Many of them pointed to the great team chemistry and sense of family that they will miss the most.

“We developed a bond as

a team and I haven’t had that since freshmen year,” Colvin said.

While this season ended in disappointment, next season looks bright for SLUH. “For the most part, we still have a very young team,” Kornfeld said. “We’re looking to reload and come back and give it another go next year.”

The Jr. Bills will look for its young nucleus of skill players, such as David and Daniel Jackson, Daniel Isom, Andrew Clair, and Tony Adams, all to step up next year.

“I’m excited to play with the people who I’ve been with the past four years and to watch the people under me get better,” Daniel Jackson said.

-Charlie Mueth contributed reporting

Two-way lineman Kameron Bowdry reinforced the line.

“Bowdry was probably our best player. Teams had to scheme their whole game towards him.” Cruz said.

Another instrumental

player on both ends was Daniel Terry, whom Cruz dubbed “Mr. Consistency.”

On the offensive end, wide receiver AJ Harden was a pivotal piece. “We always tried to design things in the offense to get the ball in AJ’s hands,”

Cruz said.

“We had a very good season. I was very pleased with these guys the way they battled and learned from their mistakes. I’m looking forward to seeing them in the future,” Wilson said.

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VICTORY SAUCE

Prep News Volume 79, Issue 11

Friday, November 7 photo | Patrick Enderle

Senior Sam Gerbic is prepped before he donates blood. The drive collected 87 usable units.

Friday, October 31

Manchester Fr. Tom Santen.

Latin Club held a brief prayer service for Carin Allen, a Rolla Latin teacher who passed away recently.

Sophomore Pastoral Team discussed the all-school Martyrs’ Mass and the prayer service which some team members participated in on Tuesday, Nov. 3. They also chose roles for the all-school Martyrs’ Mass and talked about a Vocation Essay Contest and potential service projects.

Yearbook congregated in art teacher John Mueller’s room to sort through photos.

Tuesday, November 4

Monday, November 3

There was no school due to the Faculty Retreat.

The day featured talks on the theme of presence from English teacher David Callon, ceramics teacher Sarah Rebholz, and pastor of St. Joseph’s-

November 7, 2014

Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson began the no PA announcements week. See the article on page 1 of this week’s Prep News.

Students and teachers longed for the quietly majestic tone of physical education teacher Patrick Zarrick’s voice.

Devastated, Zarrick kept his head up. He said, “On the one sense, I miss being able to share that energy school wide, but on the other, I’ve still been able to reach my effective audience.”

The Senior Pastoral Team gathered together at lunch with Ralph Houlihan, S.J., to finalize plans for their class Mass on Friday as well as discuss the upcoming Mass for the Jesuit Salvadoran martyrs.

The November Campus

Ministry Newsletter was released detailing upcoming campus ministry events and highlights from October, including the successful Drive for the Homeless and Junior White House Retreat.

The library put out a riddle “worthy of Sherlock Holmes.” The riddle was: “I come in pairs/One blade when idle/But up two, three when bared. / From India to the library, here I lie/Come and find me. I dare you to try.”

Those who answered correctly won a prize.

Students for Life had previously planned to chalk the sidewalks with pro-life messages, but because of inclement weather, had to postpone that to a later date. Instead, they met and discussed plans for the year and current pro-life issues.

Wednesday, November 5

The semi-annual SLUH Blood Drive was held in the old cafeteria. The drive was run through Mercy Health System with the help of Student Council and collected 87 usable units.

SLUH-PAC met to discuss the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Junior Bashball Intramurals started with the first two matches happening during activity period in the Danis Field House.

Thursday, November 6

The Science Olympiad met during activity period.

The Bocce Club encountered great tragedy as they won one and lost three of their matches.

Freshman Pastoral Team talked about the upcoming prayer service and the all-school Mass. They also split into different groups to discuss the music and liturgy of the upcoming freshman class Mass.

The Poetry Club gathered for a period of poetry.

Instead of planning poems ahead, moderator Chuck Hussung asked attendees to bring in one poem with the hopes of hearing as many as possible.

The club also discussed future plans for an evening of poetry and jazz.

Pax Christi members discussed the impact of the prayer service regarding the Jesuit El Salvadoran martyrs and the upcoming Grand Jury announcement regarding Officer Darren Wilson’s shooting of teenager Mike Brown.

Freshmen voted for their class president and vice president in the STUCO elections after hearing the six total candidates’ speeches in the Schulte Theater during activity period. For more information, see article on page 1 of this week’s Prep News.

—compiled by Sam Chechik, Liam Heffernan, Leo Heinz, Jack Kiehl, Joseph Reznikov, and Joe Slama.

Schedule R V Swim @ Swim State Championship Begin Tech/Nov. Studio (through Wednesday) Mix-It-Up Lunch AP Senior Class Mass

Xavier University (OH)—M110

Snack—Bosco Pretzel 9:30pm V Hockey @ Francis Howell Central Lunch Special—Chicken Bacon Ranch Vegetarian—Buttered Noodles

Saturday, November 8 Cross Country State Championship V Swim @ Swim State Championships

Sunday, November 9 12pm

KEEN

Monday, November 10

Schedule R

AP LaSalle University (PA)—M106

Western Illinois University (IL)—M108

Snack—Spicy Chicken Rings 4:30pm TASK Bowling 6pm Advisory Committee Meeting 6:30pm V Hockey vs. Kirkwood Lunch Special—Chicken Quesadilla Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese

Tuesday, November 11

Schedule R AP Snack—Onion Rings 5:30pm TASK Family Fitness 7pm Mission Appalachia Interest Meeting Lunch Special—Hand-Breaded Chicken Strips Vegetarian—Penne Pasta

Wednesday, November 12

Schedule R AP Activity Period Mass (Heumann)

Snack—Mini Corn Dogs 12pm National Russian Contest (Periods 5-7) 6:30pm TASK Volleyball Lunch Special—Chinese Bar Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger

Thursday, November 13

Schedule R AP Southeast Missouri State University (MO)— M114

Spring Hill College (AL)— M112

Westminister University (MO)—M116

Snack—Chicken Giggles

BY Kevin Murphy Jack: That’s easy, a banana and ing to hurt so bad.” I always remember thinking through- 6:30pm TASK Dramaw SPORTS EDITOR a bagel toasted with peanut remind myself that I am a out the race at all, I was just Lunch Special—Chicken Bites As the State cross country race butter, and now I have begun child of God and I can do all in the zone. But normally dur- Vegetarian—Pasta

Conversation

Jackson, Sullivan, Hennessey discuss third state run approaches, the runners are preparing for the physical and mental challenges that they will face. In order to better understand what goes into preparing for and running in the race, I sat down with seniors Matthew Hennessey, Shayn Jackson, and Jack Sullivan, who have run together since freshman year.

They are preparing for their third and final State meet and are the most experienced runners on the team with regards to important races.

What are your goals for State: personal and team?

Shayn Jackson: Personally, my goals are to be All-State, and to be the number one SLUH person so I can get an interview. For the team we want to at least have all of us run our best races and have a tight pack.

Matthew Hennessey: I second the “best race for each person” part. I wouldn’t be that sad if we didn’t get first as long as I knew that we all race well.

Jack Sullivan: I would be really sad at first, but then I would be like “You know, we all had our best day.” I hope we run as a pack really well, because we haven’t been doing that very well.

to drink kale smoothies too.

I’ll snack on nuts throughout the day too.

Matthew: I just have an English muffin with peanut butter and a banana.

Shayn: I usually just copy Jack.

Before the race, what tricks or techniques do use to get you into the racing mindset?

Shayn: I listen to some Taylor Swift.

Jack: I try to breathe deeply, and I walk around with my arms thrust into the air above my head, taking deep breaths.

Then I also will take a lot of lunges and try to open my lungs. And I rub my stomach. On warm-ups, I try to keep the mood light and joke around.

Matthew: I don’t like to think about the race too much, I like to focus on something else.

Do you have any superstitions?

Jack: Fruity Pebbles.

Shayn: I don’t talk to girls until after the race because I feel like they are going to distract me.

Before big races like State, what goes through your mind? What do you think You guys have a lot of experi- about? ence with cross country rac- Shayn: Strangely it’s never ing, so what is your ideal pre- like, “Oh, I hope we win this,” race meal? it’s usually, “Oh, this is go-

things through Christ, which strengthens me.

Matthew: I just think “Breathe, remember to breathe.” And don’t overdo it at the beginning. I worry a lot about going out too hard and not finishing strong.

Jack: I normally get so nervous, and thinking about it now I’m even nervous, just because you’re just waiting. “Can we start this already?” And it’s very frightening.

ing races when I hit the wall, I have a brief moment where I’m like, “I want to quit. Let’s just stop.” But then I’m like, “Ugh, so close.”

Matthew: I think it’s only 15 minutes of pain, and 15 minutes in the bigger span of life is nothing.

When you cross the finish line, what’s on your mind?

Shayn: Fall. I don’t care anymore I’m just gonna lie here, you can’t move me.

What’s your idea of the Jack: Fall. It’s the worst. No it’s worst-case scenario during a actually the best but you’re in race, or the worst thing that so much pain, the pain doesn’t could happen? stop when I finish.

Jack: Falling.

Matthew: I’m done.

Shayn: Falling is really bad.

Going out too fast and dying, Do you want people to come too, but falling is just the end- surround you? all-be-all.

Matthew: No. Matthew: Getting spiked has Shayn: I don’t care, they can always been my nightmare, do whatever they want. especially tripping and getting Jack: Maybe like five minutes spiked. after I finish.

Shayn: Last year at State, Jack When the gun is shot, what and I (in tandem, ’cause we goes through your mind? boys in tandem), we collapsed Shayn: Nothing. after the line. And this lady, Jack: Nothing. she was like, “C’mon, c’mon Matthew: Go. get up!” And we were just like “Nope.” And then she looked During the race, when you at us weird, and we just looked feel like you’ve hit the wall, up at her. And then my uncle how do you get through that? came over and he carried us.

Shayn: I mean, usually it’s Jack: I hate as soon as you within the last 50 meters so I finish races because the one think, “Oh, it’s just right there, thing you want to do is to sit so I can get it.” down or lean over something Jack: Last year I don’t even and that’s what they don’t let

Friday, November 14

Schedule M AP Jesuit Martyrs’ All School Mass (Heumann)

Snack—Mini Tacos 6pm TASK Social Club 7:30pm Studio Production Lunch Special—Bosco Pizza Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese calendar | Sam Chechik

you do. They make you keep Ears and Firehouse Hill. It’s walking which is the hardest just a fun course. And since it’s thing. on a golf course, there is, like, no grass.

What do you use to refuel?

Jack: The one part I hate, Shayn: I’m never thirsty af- though, is after going up Fireter State; that’s weird that I’ve house Hill, which is the big never been thirsty. hill, and it’s towards the end Matthew: I like a little bit of of the race when you crest the water but I usually just pour hill and you come down and most of it on myself. you have a little hill and it’s so hard. And then it’s 800 to How do you feel about the go and you can see the finish State course? and it feels close because you Shayn: I love it. That’s my fa- can see it, but in reality it is so vorite course. It’s the most far away. interesting course. You can’t Shayn: I hate how you turn really say that it’s really hilly the corner and you think that or really flat, there is just so it’s the final stretch. And I’ll much uniqueness about it. always start kicking but then Jack: It is really hilly, though. I’ll pass the mat that marks Matthew: It’s more-so at the the three mile, so I have 200 end though, I don’t feel like it’s to go from here. And usually as much at the beginning. during the State race I am Jack: It’s just so much packed always in the zone, I don’t feel into one mile at the end. anything. But every time I get Shayn: The Bunny Ears are to that fricken mat, my mind really fun, plus there are so wakes up again and I feel all many fun names like Bunny the pain.