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Six underclassmen travel to leadership summit

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n celebration of Pedro Arrupe, S.J., and his achievements in working for global social justice, six students and two chaperones from St. Louis U. High attended a national conference in Los Gatos, Calif. called the Arrupe Leaders Summit.

Campus Minister Dan Finucane and theology teacher Rob Garavaglia accompanied freshmen James Pollard and Delton Utsey and sophomores Sam Chechik, Caleb Holland, Blake Johnson, and Salvatore Vitellaro.

Eight schools attended the Summit: SLUH, Seattle Prep, Xavier College Prep (in Palm Desert), Verbum Dei, Bellarmine College Prep– Tacoma, Bellarmine College Prep–San Jose, Bishop O’Dowd High School, and Saint Ignatius High School.

In total, 39 students attended,

Students eagerly pile in cash for a collection for cancer at Friday’s Paint-It-Pink basketball game.

FRIDAY’S FACULTY MEETING Active shooter presenter Diversity discussions

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t last Friday’s faculty inservice day, the St. Louis U. High faculty listened to a presentation on active shooter readiness.

Brian Rossomanno, a former Marine and SWAT team member and a current St. Louis City police officer, gave the hour and a half presentation. Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson arranged the session as part of an ongoing review of SLUH’s emergency drills and procedures. Kesterson had heard of Rossomanno from his friend Dan Schulte, a St. Louis City police officer and son of Joe Schulte.

“This was a big part of (the ongoing process): to get

(Rossomanno) into the building and to talk to us about how to look at the building and our own offices and classrooms and how you would respond if something like this happened in our building,” said Kesterson.

Rossomanno’s presentation featured videos from the sites of active shootings, a Department of Homeland Security video on active shooter preparedness at an office building, alongside other advice, according to several teachers who were there. He proposed the “run, hide, or fight” method, which instructs people to take one of those actions in the situation of an active shooter.

“Your body will never

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art of Friday’s faculty inservice day focused on SLUH’s diversity training for faculty.

Junior Brendan Underwood led off the in-service day with a speech to the faculty about his experiences with racism at SLUH. The events in Ferguson prompted Underwood, a Ferguson resident, to read The Racial Contract by Charles Mills, who dicusses his political philosophy regarding the role of race in society. Underwood also invited history teacher Tom Zinselmeyer and English teacher Frank Kovarik to read the book.

“I really wanted to continue the conversation,” said

Underwood. “I didn’t want it to die with only reading this one book.”

After several discussions about the book, the three decided to have Underwood speak to the faculty.

“The opportunity to talk really excited me,” said Underwood. “They suggested it, but I really pushed for it. I want that to happen all over SLUH. I want teachers to offer a suggestion, but I want the students to push for it.”

“I think he respects the faculty a lot and has learned a lot from the faculty and wanted to share what he is learning,” said Kovarik.

“In the speech, my main points basically were my journey into diversity and

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the largest group to ever go to the Summit.

The Summit took place from Friday, Feb. 13, to Sunday, Feb. 15. After flying out at 7:05 a.m. on Friday, the group arrived in San Francisco’s SFO airport. From there, they visited Muir Woods before driving one hour out to Los Gatos, where the secluded Presentation Retreat Center is located.

On Friday evening, the group met the leaders of the Summit who worked for the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN): Chris Kerr, Kim Miller, Jimmy Menkhaus, Bill Hobbs, Kelly Miguens, Natalie Terry, and Jocelyn Sideco.

“A big piece of the Summit, really, is about the students, and it’s up to the students to be open and share their ideas and connect with one another in the greater Ignatian network,” said Miller.

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Director, Backer Award Winner, and Storyteller

Schulte (right) during a dress rehearsal of Oklahoma in 1976.

A look at Joe Schulte’s career at the closing of his final musical. See page 4.

Mission Week Schedule Monday

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Teacher Dodgeball

Mission Week Carnival

Mission Week Carnival

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Hypnotist

Back to the Future Mixer

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Big bucks in the Big Apple Econ teacher Kevin Foy takes upperclassmen on a journey through financial operations in New York City.

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On to greener pastures Chess falls in final match of the season; looks to next year.

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Order! Order!

Mock Trial adapts and overcomes for a shot at regionals.

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Imagining 18 With the closing convocation tonight, a short look back at Imagining 18 visioning process.

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Sports

Eyes on the prize After their 3-1 win over De Smet last night, hockey is one win away from returning to the Challenge Cup Championship.

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3, 2, NO! Basketball is downed by CBC’s last-second three pointer, 55-54.

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INDEX Page 2 I18 Timeline

Ignatian Business Leaders Chess Page 3 Continued from page 1

Mock Trial Page 4-5 Schulte Feature Page 6 Basketball

V & JV Hockey

C Basketball Blue Page 7 Racquetball

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NEWS

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Volume 79, Issue 21

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Opening Convocation

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Dreaming and brainstorming for potential 200-year-old SLUH “More workoriented,” per DuMont Finding areas of concentration

Timeline: Imagining 18

Opening ceremony, establishment of strategic planning process Speakers: Dr. Michael Thompson and Joseph O’Keefe, S.J.

Midpoint Convocation

Editor’s note: Below is a timeline of the five events that comprised the Imagining 18 strategic planning process, an effort to create a vision for SLUH in its 200th year.

Visioning Session

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Forming goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timebound: SMART goals Speakers: Doug Marcouiller, S.J., and Nick Stoneman

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Finalizing SMART goals and developing action steps Submitting SMART goals to Oversight Committee Speaker: Brad Gioia

IBL takes a bite out of the Big Apple NYC visit includes meetings with alums in finance Christian Stewart and Jack Sinay

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IBL students listen intently to Patrick Haskell, ’90, of Morgan Stanley.

work.”

After Morgan Stanley, the group went to Viking Global, which manages a hedge fund of $28 billion and has $22 billion in assets. There, they met with Tom Purcell, ’89, and Dan Weidle, ’99, who talked to them about their career paths.

The final company the group visited was Aries Capital, which provides loans to mid-size companies for a stake in equity. There they met alum Tim Lauer, ’95, who talked to them about Aries and his experiences in finance.

The final night the group spent in New York was at their hotel, Leo House, where they met with Jim Santel, ’08, Charlie Stolze, ’10, John Holden, ’06, and, Tyler Schenk, ’08, who talked to them about their college experiences as well as current jobs.

“I think these guys got eight or ten different examples of really fine individuals, who

aren’t just that way because of what they’ve done in business, but because of who they are as men, as husbands, fathers, and community volunteers,” said Laughlin.

“It was really cool to be able to connect with them,” said junior Truman Stephens.

“Especially since a lot of them came from the same background as us and are now living the dream in New York City.”

Finally, on Saturday, the trip came to an end as the group saw Chinatown, the New York Stock Exchange, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the 9/11 Memorial before returning home.

The idea for the trip originally came from Kimes, who brought it to the IBL and was the force behind many of the meetings with companies. As the trip was being planned, only sophomores and juniors were allowed to submit applications to go.

“It was mainly geared

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“A celebration of the whole process,” and a summary report of strategic direction Speakers: Dr. John J. DeGioia and Rev. Tim Scully, C.S.C.

Chess ends season on sour—but hopeful—note

BY John Burke and Leo Henken REPORTERS

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ight students from the Ignatian Business Leaders (IBL) traveled to New York City last Thursday through Saturday to visit five different company headquarters and meet with alumni who talked to them about the world of finance.

IBL moderator and AP Economics teacher Kevin Foy and Bret Kimes, father of junior Mick Kimes, chaperoned the trip.

The group first visited Bloomberg LP, a data and media company founded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, on Thursday.

While there, the group toured the headquarters and met Bloomberg network editor and radio host Tom Keene.

The group also visited the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to explore the trading floor and talk to employees about their involvement in the financial markets.

After the first day, the group went to see Jersey Boys on Broadway before President David Laughlin joined the group later that night.

On Friday, the group visited Morgan Stanley, a finance company that specializes in investment and global wealth management. The students talked to alum Pat Haskell, ’90, who paired them up with newly-hired employees to shadow.

“They got to see the guys trade millions of dollars, which is something not a lot of people get to do,” said Foy. “It was definitely my favorite place to go since we got to sit down individually with the traders,” said junior Adam Vonder Haar. “They really gave us their honest opinion on the company and their

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n a disappointing end to the season, the St. Louis U. High chess team lost its final match, 23-7 against Belleville East Wednesday afternoon.

Junior Sergio Goodwin lost on board one, sophomore Will Kelly won on board two, and senior Lewis Kelley lost on board three. Boards four and five had to be forfeited

by SLUH due to an absence of players.

Goodwin’s match went to grueling extremes, lasting for two hours until the hardfought match closed with a SLUH loss.

“We had three good matches,” said moderator Don Steingruby. “Will Kelly had a really good match, and Lewis Kelley did a good job in board three. It was worth the trip out there.”

Unfortunately, the team did not finish high enough in the standings this season to progress into the playoffs, but the team is still optimistic about the future.

This year was Steingruby’s first year as head of the SLUH chess team, and he is looking forward to next year’s

opportunities.

“We are losing a couple seniors, but we will have a good core back. Three guys are returning for sure, and hopefully we can run up some more support for the team,” said Steingruby. “I was just feeling my way through the first year, and now I have a better idea of what I see as the future of the team.”

Kelly is also looking forward to next season.

“I think we’re going to be better next year. I’ve been teaching (freshman) Anton Gudiswitz some moves” said Kelly. “Sergio Goodwin’s been reading some books, and so hopefully next year we will be more successful.”

The chess team is satisfied with its season, having finished with a record of 2-41, but hopes to improve next year.

“The season looked okay in comparison to last year,” said Kelly. “We definitely need to work on commitment by the players.”

Despite missing the playoffs, a few players hope to continue their season by participating as individuals in the state tournament in Columbia, Mo. on March 28.

toward juniors so they could use it for college,” said Foy. “Not only for applications, but also so they could get an idea of what they wanted to major in.”

After the eight students were chosen, they had to make presentations for each of the companies to prepare to ask insightful questions on the trip. photo | Will Kelly “The presentations prepared us more fully for it,” said Vonder Haar. “They really got us ready for each of the companies’ tours.”

Foy hopes to continue the trip in the future.

“It was just a great experience overall,” said Foy. “We had a good time, learned a lot, and got to see the hustle and bustle of New York.”

“I’m hoping that most juniors in the future who are interested in the business field are able to go,” said Stephens. Junior Sergio Goodwin stares at his board, trying to think of a “It was very helpful seeing move during his two-hour game. how everything works and the layout of it all.”

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February 20, 2015

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Underclassmen travel to CA for Arrupe Leadership Summit Mock (continued from page 1) Some of the main points she Trial suits explained were finding your “But, in terms of the informa- passion, inspiring others, and up for tion that was shared with the sharing your vision with other students as well, our hope is people. To do so, Miguens regionals that they were able to learn said that asking probing quesphoto | Sam Chechik

more about the values that drive their work, and also learn some tools and give them some things to think about how they’re to become effective leaders for justice.”

After brief introductions, the 60 people on the Summit gathered in the assembly hall for a preview of the weekend, which included icebreaker games for the students and an overview of the Summit themes: five traits from the book Student Leadership Challenge and four traits from the book Heroic Leadership.

Throughout the Summit, there were multiple sessions that modeled these qualities.

Session one, which concerned Modeling the Way through Self-Awareness, was led by Menkhaus, and his main points of interest were Experience, Reflection, and Values.

“To be a leader, we start by looking at our own experiences. As we reflect on those experiences, we pull out meaning and we create meaning from those. From there, we are able to develop our values,” said Menkaus.

On Saturday, session two dealt with Inspiring a Shared Vision through Heroism, and Miguens was the presenter.

tions about the brokenness of the world was in order.

Afterwards, the social justice round robin paired the schools up to discuss social justice issues in their school and try to find solutions based on what the other school has done with their program.

SLUH was paired with Bishop O’Dowd High School, a coed Jesuit school in Oakland, Calif.; students discussed fair trade, sustainability, feminism, and diversity in both schools.

“I think it was a great eye-opening experience to social justice that is different from a school environment.

I think it’s good that we get a chance to talk to other schools because it helps us grow as a school,” said Nathan Dejan, a junior of Saint Ignatius High School in San Francisco, Calif.

“Coming together in common values and goals brings our Jesuit comradery and our Jesuit missions and our Jesuit family together and makes it bigger with more joy and happiness.”

Between the sessions, the group participated in the Ultimate Leadership Challenge, where students used different materials to try and form bonds with others while also

Hypnosis, dancing, and burgers to bring vitality to MW2k15

BY Joe STAFF

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he halls of St. Louis U. High will explode with joy, laughter, charity, and fun next week. Taxis will zip through the turnaround. Bacon will sizzle. Jazz will serenade the night. Patriotism will reign. Shouts of “Kahoot!” will sound in the Commons at lunch. Good will face evil in an intragalactic struggle as cinematic delight fills projector screens. Lasers and dodgeballs will fly in the Field House. You don’t have to be math teacher Craig Hannick to piece together what all this means: Mission Week starts this Sunday!

The week of festivities to benefit three charitable causes will kick off with a SLUH Family Mass held in the chapel at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 20. A special collection for the Missions will be taken up at the offertory; the money will be given to Homeboy Industries, Catholic Charities’ Ferguson Aid Fund, and the Honduras Project.

The fun will continue in the Si Commons that evening with the premiere Billiken Cinema event at 7 p.m. with a showing of the James Gunn, ’84, blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy. The event is free, but a $5 donation at the door is highly recommended.

The heat will be on Monday during activity period with the ever-beloved teacher dodgeball match. A $3 donation is recommended for en-

trance to the event. To top off the fun, STUCO will be selling Bread Co. muffies during activity period.

The excitement will only accelerate on Tuesday with the first round of faculty and club booths at the Mission Week Carnival. Although in years past the carnival was held on a single day and resulted in an extended activity period, this year the events are split between Tuesday and Wednesday’s activity periods. Both days will be regular schedules, and different events with required or suggested donations will be featured each day.

“A lot of people ended up just going to the Commons and sitting down doing nothing, or just going (and) doing homework, and we thought we would be able to drive a lot more students to (go to the carnival) if we split it up so on the first day there’s some teachers (and) on the second day there’s different teachers, because that way we could get more teachers, get more events,” said STUCO Pastoral Officer Thomas Lally.

The Field House will be packed with booths, food, and games on both days. On Tuesday, Principal John Moran will once more shave the heads of students both willing and unwilling for the cause.

The day will also bring a halfcourt shot competition with junior Max Bredenkoetter, who achieved internet stardom last year after winning

BY John Michael Fitzgerald and Andrew Pluff REPORTERS

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Toni Carter of Bishop O’Dowd High School talks about sustainablity to SLUH students.

working towards a common goal.

“You wouldn’t imagine these simple games having a deeper meaning behind them,” said sophomore Blake Johnson. “I also like the fact that they make it such an important point to continue on this striving for social justice.

This is not something that is just contained in this weekend. It has to be continued in our communities and in our schools.”

After a Mass celebrated with Fr. George Quickley,

S.J., the group attended session three, where the theme was Challenge the Process through Ingenuity.

Led by Terry, this session gave lessons on two specific people who worked towards social and global justice, Sadako Sasaki and Xu Bing, while also teaching about questions that need to be asked when challenging the process and eliminating assumptions.

Miller started off the next morning by talking about how to stay connected to ISN even beyond the conference,

and how the schools need to report back on the issues they decided to tackle within their communities. With that said, Miller turned it over to Sideco, who spoke about how to Enable Others to Act by Encouraging the Heart through Love.

“When students leave, it’s just the beginning of the Summit,” said Miller. “That’s just a fruit of the Summit, and they just continue to grow in terms of networks. It’s not just individuals; it’s entire schools and communities.”

Diversity issues highlighted at meetings (continued from page 1) basically reflecting that it’s a journey for everybody,” said Underwood. “I emphasized that there has to be a better connection between the teachers and the students.”

“I thought the faculty really appreciated his honesty,” said Zinselmeyer. “He did a terrific job as a student on wrestling with a lot of the bigger issues, and they commended him on the confidence needed to present on

some difficult things.”

SLUH also invited YWCA Director of Racial Justice Amy Hunter to speak at the in-service.

Hunter began the speech by explaining race and how it’s present. Then, she addressed the faculty’s plans for moving forward. Hunter stressed that diversity is a main part of the school’s culture. Later she allowed the faculty to ask questions and contribute their own ideas to the presentation.

“Everyone was very nice,” said Hunter. “They asked won-

derful questions. It’s obvious that the teachers at St. Louis University High are committed to the student population and looking for ways to be as supportive as possible for all of the student population.”

In a few months Hunter will be returning to SLUH to meet with smaller groups of faculty to discuss the school’s progress in diversity issues.

“The faculty and staff that I had an opportunity to talk to were pleased, and I am excited for our next step moving forward.”

Faculty looks at active shooter scenarios (continued from page 1)

go where your mind has not thought about before,” said math teacher Frank Corley quoting the speaker. Corley also described Rossomanno as a “good storyteller” and as “engaging.”

According to several of the teachers in attendance, the majority of Rossomanno’s presentation focused on the steps to be taken during an active shooter situation, although he did mention a few practical steps that could be taken around SLUH’s campus. These included the locking and monitoring of external doors and modifications to make classroom doors more easily locked. He even described his experience of walking into SLUH that day for the presentation: open doors and nice people.

The presentation as a continued on page 8 whole challenged teachers to

think of worst case scenarios, which made many uncomfortable.

“The whole time we’re listening—while we know it’s strange and uncomfortable— we also know that it’s not something that we’ve thought about enough around here and really do need to think about,” said Corley.

English teacher Chuck Hussung described the Department of Homeland security film as “informative,” but he was left with several questions.

“It was about people in an office building. And I could not easily translate what it was telling me to do to save myself to what I would do in a classroom. And I felt like we needed to see a Department of Homeland Security video about what teachers should do,” Hussung said.

“Part of it seemed designed to make the complex-

ity and intensity of that sort of circumstance vivid for us; it seemed designed to make sure we realized it’s hard to think in these circumstances and so forth,” Hussung said of the presentation.

Chris Pinné, S.J., who formerly taught in Colorado, which has seen multiple school shootings, said, “I thought he started out a bit harshly, if people are sensitive to scenes of massive killing. I know some people were upset with the graphicness.”

Though teachers expressed mixed reactions to the second of two lengthy in-service day presentations, Rossomanno certainly developed the discussion. Kesterson hopes to continue the conversation in the next few weeks starting with a meeting with Director of Security Charlie Clark.

fter a crushing loss last trial, St. Louis U. High’s Mock Trial team has been working vigorously to get back on the track to regionals in the upcoming trial against Villa Duchesne and Thomas Jefferson High School next Tuesday.

Prior to its last trial, SLUH’s team brought in new attorneys, who are now developing the vital skills of articulating points effectively.

“Lack of experience was definitely a challenge for us,” said Mock Trial moderator Anne Marie Lodholz. “Even with practice, you can’t fully anticipate what objections are going to be made, which is something the new members struggled with.”

“One of our veteran attorneys got sick prior to the match, so one of our new members had to step in,” said junior attorney Jack Sinay.

“With our team already being young, this just added more unpreparedness.”

Now that all of the members have participated in at least one trial, the opportunities to win are greater. They need four ballot wins out of six to win the trial and therefore advance on to regionals, which they’re in a better position to do.

“Now that everyone has had a chance to interact in a trial, we have a good foundation to build from,” said junior attorney Tim Sansone.

“We have a good flow down; we just need to focus on the mechanics.”

Team members must learn the specific things they need to improve upon in order to develop their skills.

“In the next trial, I would like to see strong openings and better anticipation of hearsay objections and what exceptions allow for them to get that hearsay in,” said Lodholz.

The team has a scrimmage trial scheduled this weekend against Cor Jesu and Nerinx. The scrimmage will be a fruitful experience for all those involved, while also giving the newer members a second experience in the courtroom.

CORRECTIONS In 79.19, the Prep News ran the names of all of the seniors who signed to play a sport in college next year. The Prep News forgot to recogninze senior Daniel Venker, who will be playing golf at Rhodes College in the fall.

In 79.20, the Prep News stated two incoming freshmen will be moving from Texas to Illinois. They will be moving to Missouri.

The Prep News regrets these errors.

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FEATURE

Prep News

February 20, 2015

Volume 79, Issue 21

BY Jack Kiehl NEWS EDITOR

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fter the cast of The Music Man had taken their final bows last Sunday, President David Laughlin walked onstage, broom in hand, sweeping the floor and singing “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together” in the style of The Carol Burnett Show’s closing theme. Laughlin pulled out three balls and, with a quick display of juggling, a few stories, and the help of a group impression of Joseph Schulte’s infamous laugh, he thanked the long-time math and theatre teacher at the closing of his last SLUH musical.

Schulte, who has been a part of St. Louis U. High for the past 65 years, is SLUH’s longest-tenured teacher, and well known for his mastery with juggling, his high-pitched cackle, and the SLUH theatre named the F. Joseph Schulte Theatre in his honor. The Music Man was his final musical, the last name on a long list of shows he directed with the Dauphin Players.

SLUH Material If Schulte’s life were like The Music Man, 1950 at SLUH could bear similarities to River City in 1912, when Professor Harold Hill arrives in town to change the lives of the townspeople. Only Schulte’s arrival wasn’t part of a con-job.

As Schulte neared the end of his time at St. Michael’s in Shrewsbury for grade school, a teacher told his parents he would be attending SLUH. “She said, ‘Other students that are like Joe that I’ve taught have gone to St. Louis U. High. So he’s SLUH material, he goes to SLUH,’” said Schulte.

When Schulte was in grade school, SLUH gave an entrance exam to prospective students.

“I took a test for all kinds of schools: St. Mary, CBC, Du Bourg,” said Schulte. “I got in so I came to St. Louis U. High.”

When he came to SLUH at the age of 12, Schulte was not eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Wells Fargo Wagon or organizing an illegal crap game onstage (though Guys and Dolls opened in 1950 and The Music Man was seven years from premiering); he was not an actor.

“I was basically a study nut,” he said.

But Schulte did enjoy theatre and would always attend the school’s shows. His junior year, he told his Latin teacher he was interested in theatre. His teacher, in turn, invited him to come down and work with the Dauphin Players.

That’s where Schulte’s work in the theatre began. He mostly worked as a tech person, helping to build sets and work with decorations.

Schulte graduated from SLUH in 1954 and attended St. Louis University for college, where he had a double major in theatre and mathematics. He did some acting while he was at SLU, but never really left the Backer Memorial. Not only did Schulte practice teaching at SLUH his senior year, but he continued to help out with the theatre. “(I started working at SLUH) the day after I graduated,” said Schulte. “Every day I would go to St. Louis University and then I would come here and build sets.”

Jack Sinay and Joe Slama contributed reporting

A look at Joe Schulte’s 65 years at SL A Section Ahead When Schulte became a fulltime teacher after graduating from SLU in 1958, he taught algebra and statistics. When he began teaching, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) had suggested that schools break away from the old-fashioned algebra, geometry, algebra/trigonometry, solid geometry schedule Schulte took when he was in high school to introduce a statistics course.

“I had a number of statistics courses in college so they said, ‘Why don’t you teach this class?’” said Schulte. “So I did.”

Throughout his time in the SLUH math department, Schulte rotated through a variety of classes.

Often times the rotation would work out so that he would have the same students for Algebra I, Algebra II/ Trigonometry, and then Calculus.

A few years into his teaching career, one of Schulte’s fellow teachers got sick.

“The principal said, ‘Joe, here’s the Calculus book, you’re now teaching it,” said Schulte.

His first year teaching Calculus, Schulte simply went through the book with his students, always trying to stay one section ahead.

In Schulte’s favorite story from that first year in Calculus, there was one night where he had to do the section the same night as his students. The next day, he asked his class if there were any problems they’d like to go over. One student raised his hand and asked to look at number 32.

“I said, ‘Well, what do you think of that one?’ and he said ‘I couldn’t understand it,’” said Schulte. “I said, ‘Okay, I’ll tell you what, I didn’t understand it either, anybody out there got it?’”

Schulte recalls one hand raised from the back corner of the room.

“This fellow by the name of Steve said, ‘I have it Mr. Schulte.’

And I said, ‘Well, why don’t you put it on the board?’ And he says, ‘Well, I have three ways of attacking the problem, which way do you want?’ I said: ‘Just get it on the board!’”

For a while, Schulte also taught computer science classes. At first, computer science was in the math department, before SLUH even had a computer. They had key punches and they would punch holes in the cards with big machines. Schulte would carry the cards, careful to keep them in the right order, down to St. Louis University where they had a computer after school and pick them up the next day before his 2 p.m. class.

Schulte remembers when SLUH first got a computer. Since Schulte was teaching computer science classes, he went to the Cheshire Inn to hear a lecture on Computers in the Life of Your Students in the late ’70s or early ’80s. “(The lecturer) said, ‘In the life of your students, they will have a personal computer. It will be the size of a book. They will read the newspaper on it. They will do their banking on it. They will keep all kinds of information. Look where we are now. It’s everything that we do,” said Schulte.

Schulte was also a long-time chair of the math department, a position he held when Assistant Principal for Academics Tom Becvar was hired in 1973.

“He was definitely a great men-

tor to work with, to start with. I was always impressed by his multitalented approach to things. He would always bring theatre into this classroom and be able to work with a great teaching style from what he learned in the theatre,” said Becvar.

Becvar took some of Schulte’s teaching style back to his classroom.

“I always remember he said, ‘Enthusiasm for math is caught, not taught.’ If you’re not interested and showing that you’re interested then students aren’t interested too,” sad Becvar.

Girls in the Shows After Schulte became a fulltime faculty member, his work in the theatre department at SLUH became more involved. He helped produce the sets for Dial M for Murder in 1957 and No Time for Sergeants in 1959; he helped with Rising in the Moon in 1960 and was the technical director of The Andersonville Trial, among countless others.

In 1960 he became the co-moderator of the Dauphin Players and directed his first “full-fledged show” in 1963 with Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Pool, a play by William and James Goldman about a supply sergeant.

“At that particular time we had to do all-boy shows,” said Schulte.

“We did a lot of military things.”

The Jesuits at the time said that since SLUH was an all-boys school, the school could only put on allmale productions.

“Sometimes we’d be able to change a character from female to male. Sometimes a mother became a grandfather,” said Schulte. “We were breaking copyright laws but, you know; sometimes that happens.”

A few years later, the school asked Schulte if he wanted to do a musical; he replied that they needed girls to do a musical.

“They said, we have young Jesuits and we’re afraid these young Jesuits will see those young girls and run away,” Schulte said. “And so I said, ‘Well, I’m not a Jesuit so I don’t think I’m going to run away.”

The principal agreed to let Schulte bring girls into SLUH plays.

The first show Schulte did was The Fantasticks which featured one girl.

Then in 1968 Schulte directed Guys and Dolls, SLUH’s first big musical featuring girls.

Dennis Maher, ’68, who is currently a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, was in both The Fantasticks and Guys and Dolls. The Fantasticks was his first show with the Dauphin Players. “(The Fantasticks) is one of those shows that just keeps coming back and coming back; it’s a show I’ve done seven times as a performer and as a designer,” said Maher. “Guys and Dolls, we were all going out at that time with a wonderful group of people, many of whom went into the

Top, Schulte’s freshman class photo (top row, far right). Bottom left, Schul Bottom right, Schulte (left) in 1962.

(theatre) business.”

Maher played Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls at SLUH and got to carry Schulte’s son onstage during the cast bows for him to make his stage debut.

Since then, Schulte has directed the musical every year but one and has worked on countless other shows at SLUH and Ursuline (Schulte’s late wife, Judy, taught at Ursuline and from the ’70s to the ’90s the two schools would put on productions together), among others. The only year Schulte did not direct the musical was in 1971 when Jack Warner, S.J., a scholastic at the time, directed

Destry Rides Again.

Schulte has a quick answer for his favorite show.

“My favorite show is whatever I’m doing now,” he says. “Otherwise, why do it?”

He does, however, have a few shows he has worked on more than once during his lengthy career. This year’s production of The Music Man was the third time he had directed the show at SLUH. Last year’s Guys and Dolls was the fourth time he had worked on that show here.

“I have different memories about every one of those productions,” said Schulte. “I have certain

Above, Schulte receives the Backer Award, the highest award SLUH gives to its alumni, from President David Laughlin in 2010. Below, Schulte’s “Senior Spotlight” from the Prep News volume 17, issue 8.

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lte (sitting down) discussing senior Follies with Father Wayne in 1973.

actors, I remember how we solved a designing problem. … There’s a lot of memories.”

“It’s amazing, his memory of shows,” said theatre teacher Kathryn Whitaker.

There are shows that Schulte would have liked to do during his time at SLUH, shows like West Side Story and Chorus Line. But choosing the show depends on the actors, singers, and dancers in the Dauphin Players at the time.

“How does a football coach decide his offense? We’ve got to look at what talents we have,” said Schulte.

“You start saying what shows you would like to do and then we say what kind of talents we have.”

“I’ve been impressed with his overall vision,” said dance teacher Simonie Anzalone who has not only worked with Schulte on musicals since she came to SLUH, but also at the Muny when she was younger and in SLUH productions when she was in high school. “Every time he chooses a show he’s careful to think about the students we have.”

That vision also often includes bringing people who haven’t been in shows into the production.

“There’s always the stereotypical jock he’d bring into the show so they’d have that exposure before they graduate,” said Anzalone.

“He always finds a way to the students that are on the periphery.

He has a wonderful radar for reaching out to those people, for nurturing and bringing them into the fold,” said Whitaker.

Schulte has an ever-updating repertoire of shows. He sees seven shows a year at the Muny, where he worked as an assistant stage manager until two years ago, goes to New York regularly and sometimes will see seven shows a week. He also sees shows at colleges and community theatres.

“I had ideas of what shows would be fun to do,” said Schulte.

Apart from working in the main theatre productions, Schulte has also worked for years with Senior Follies and the Circus Club, which came out of a 1994 production of the musical Carnival!.

Free Burger and a Show Schulte is one of the most-celebrated members of the St. Louis U. High community. In Laughlin’s speech on Sunday night, he mentioned the countless ceremonies and dinners he’s attended in honor of Schulte. The Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri named him an outstanding high school teacher, and he was named the St. Louis Art and Education Council St. Louis Art Educator of the Year in 2006. Schulte was also awarded the Backer Award in 2010.

“It was just another surprise,” said Schulte.

A few months before the award ceremony, Laughlin called Schulte up to his office and told him about the award, citing his contributions to education at SLUH. “One day I was sitting in my office a couple of years ago and I was looking at this description (of the award),” Laughlin said on Sunday.

“It’s the highest honor we can give to our alumni. I asked, has Joe Schulte received this award? They said, not yet. I said, well he has now.”

Schulte was then presented with the award on April 30 at the allschool awards ceremony.

“I appreciate the fact that they believe I’ve done a good job. It’s always nice to have people pat you on the back,” said Schulte. “It’s like Father’s Day every day.”

In Laughlin’s speech for the Backer Award presentation, he mentioned the alumni whose lives had been touched by Schulte.

Schulte, who has worked with thousands of young men and women over the years, will continue to regularly travel around the country to meet with alumni.

“I used to tell my students, if you’re going to be in school in New York and you want a free burger some place, call me, we’ll go out for a burger and go to a show,” said Schulte.

“His traveling around to various alumni organizations is a way of bringing people back to the school,”

said Becvar.

Schulte’s influence on alumni has even landed him a cameo in a film. In the film The Low Life directed by the late George Hickenlooper, ’82, Schulte has a line in the first minute. “Did you have an appointment, sir?” he says.

“Mr. Schulte is my filmmaking mentor; he gave me a passion for drama when I had him for Dauphin and speech,” Hickenlooper said in an interview with the Prep News in 1996. “He’s a good actor.”

Hickenlooper, who passed away in 2010, was one of the many men and women who worked with Schulte and credited him as an influence.

“I know (Schulte) doesn’t know all the impact that he has had over the years. His influence goes all the way to God knows how many kids that did shows for him and that learned from him over the years,” said Maher. “I’m a teacher and most of the kids that I teach, all of whom are now teachers in the Dallas and Fort Worth school system, all of them have been taught by me and all of them have been taught Joe Schulte’s methods and techniques.”

Maher credits Schulte as one of the reasons he is where he is today.

“He’s the reason I’ve been in the theatre for 50 years, he’s the person that inspired me,” said Maher.

Ed Pisoni, ’61, also names Schulte as an influence. When Pisoni was a student and working with the Dauphin Players, Schulte was in charge of building scenery.

“I guess he must have been some sort of inspiration for me, because that’s my career,” said Pisoni.

“It was the first time that I was ever building anything.”

Pisoni went on to design sets for television, film, and theatre. He has a production designer credit for the television series, The Sopranos, and for films including The Verdict and Steel Magnolias.

There’s a large network of people whose lives and careers have been affected in some way by Schulte. Maher described the community of people of those who have been impacted by Schulte as a family. He mentioned a group of women who had been in Dauphin Players productions that get together to have dinner and call themselves “Joe’s Girls.”

“It’s an extended family of thousands that get together because of him,” said Maher.

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Schulte teaching in 1977.

the Circus Club until economics teacher Kevin Foy took over. Schulte will still work with alumni and continue to teach juggling to freshmen in the semester-long Fine Arts Survey class. Schulte also will continue to help with the Shakespeare Competition, Poetry Out Loud, and with the Speech Team.

“He enjoyed helping me to get better,” said senior Thomas Hogan on Sunday, when Schulte coached Hogan in Poetry Out Loud, where he recently came in second in the regional competition.

The legacy he has from his 65 years here—starting as a freshmen— isn’t something Schulte thinks much about.

“It’s what I do. Did I go out and say I’m going to build a legacy? No, I said I’m going to do what I do and enjoy it and have fun. You don’t go out and say, ‘I’m going to do some-

thing so that people remember me for the rest of my life,’” he said. “So they put my name on the theatre a number of years ago, who cares?

Sometimes when they name theatres after you, you’ve just been there a long time.”

And Schulte has been here a long time. Laughlin noted in his speech to present Schulte with the Backer Award that he has been a part of SLUH for nearly one third of the school’s history. And though The Music Man was Schulte’s final musical at SLUH, it is not the end of an era or the final page of a great legacy, it is, simply, his final musical. Schulte will still be around the halls of the Backer Memorial with his laugh and quick wit. He’ll still be talking to students and teachers, telling anecdotes about a play he did 50 years ago or an alum he saw in New York. That’s just what he does.

Legacy Now the curtain is down and the set struck. Schulte has directed his final musical in his namesake theatre.

“It’s time,” he said. “I mean, it’s gotta happen sometime. Mentally, I think I can do it, physically I get very tired.”

Schulte has had three knee replacements in recent years and now often uses a walker.

“There’s gotta be a time for everything. It’s not an easy decision, I’m not an in-quotations ‘quitter,’” he said. “This is the next step. I’m trying to work on transitions.”

The transition is something that’s not complete. In early 2010, Schulte announced in an email to faculty that he would be retiring from the classroom at the end of the 2009-’10 school year. The decision allowed for Schulte to have a less strenuous schedule but still be substitute, guest lecture, and work in the theatre. He continued to work with

Top left, an artist depiction of Schulte, Prep News volume 51, issue 23. Above, Schulte’s yearbook photo his first year teaching. Left, a news brief about a show Schulte directed at SLUH his freshman year in college.

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Prep News February 20, 2015 Shot through the heart: CBC wins on miracle three-pointer C Blue The fourth quarter, howMarty Johnson basketball ever, belonged to SLUH. The Jr. Bills started the last quarter overcomes he way the SLUH student of play on a 7-0 run, fueled by T section was celebrating, Barnes’s receiving a technical struggles, you would have thought that foul. McKissic took the game Mardi Gras had come four into his hands from there. He finishes days early. Sophomore Bran- scored on a layup and then don McKissic had just hit a came back on the next pos19-3 beautiful floater to give the St. session and drew a foul while Volume 79, Issue 21

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Louis U. High basketball team a 54-52 lead over MCC rival CBC with five seconds left in the game. By the time CBC inbounded the ball and called a timeout, there were only 2.5 seconds left, barely enough time to get a shot off.

“I thought we had the game won,” McKissic said.

CBC needed a miracle.

And a miracle the Cadets got. Cadet standout Jordan Barnes drilled an NBA-range 3 pointer with junior Matt Nester right in his face as time expired, to spoil the Jr. Bills comeback.

After a first half in which SLUH’s offense struggled to find a consistent rhythm, the team trailed CBC 29-18 going into the third quarter.

The CBC lead would swell to 13 before the Jr. Bills finally found their groove. With 3:13 left in quarter, the Jr. Bills cut the lead down to five, 37-32.

But the Cadets went on 7-0 run to end the quarter, topped

by Barnes hitting a fadaway jumper in the closing seconds, sending them into the last eight minutes down by twelve.

making the basket, giving SLUH a 46-44 lead after the three-point play with 4:55 left.

“We erased a 13-point lead in a quarter and were able to take the lead in the waning minutes,” said varsity coach Erwin Claggett. “But anytime you put yourself behind the eight ball like that anything can happen, and that’s what happened.”

The next couple of minutes would be a flurry, with the Jr. Bills taking slim leads, only to see CBC close the gap every time and then eventually win the game with Barnes’ shot.

“Everyone kind of knew that Jordan was going to take that shot,” senior Hunter Schmidt said. “Matt did a good job of guarding him: he was right in him and (Barnes) pulled up from an NBA 3-point range and hit a tough shot and credit to him for making that shot.”

The Jr. Bills didn’t dwell on the disappointing loss, though. They were back in the gym the next morning.

“They understand that this whole thing is a process,”

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D CBC’s Jordan Barnes takes the game-winning shot as time expires during last Friday’s game.

Claggett said. “The season is a journey. Beating CBC wasn’t the destination. The destination is districts and making some noise there.”

SLUH continued the journey to districts when it routed MICDS 73-32 on the road Tuesday night.

“We wanted to come out really aggressive and put them away early,” Nester said.

“We ended up not doing that.

But second half we came out and boosted the intensity and ended ip beating them by 40.”

The Jr. Bills outscored the Rams 30-8 in the third quarter, blowing the game wide open. Every player on the team saw time on the court and everyone scored a point.

Hockey battles De Smet to 3-1 win

SLUH shot a fantastic 60 percent from the field, while stifling MICDS to only 28 percent from the field.

“The energy level picked up in the third quarter,” Claggett said. We started flying around a bit, we were able to get out into transition.”

Leading the Jr. Bills in scoring for the second game in a row was McKissic with 20 points. He was perfect from three-point range, going four for four.

“I was trying to get a little redemption from Friday,” McKissic said. “We’re always slow after a loss so I wanted to get off to a quick start (with) lots of shots.”

The team can’t afford a

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he JV hockey team played in the state quarterfinal against Chaminade last Wednesday, Feb. 11.

The depth in the lineup was obvious from the beginning. With two freshmen, two sophomores, and a senior on the ice, the Jr. Bills got off to a great start.

“We had a lot of new guys this year who brought a lot of great skill and enSophomore Luke Gassett scores at the start of the 3rd period.

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he St. Louis U. High varsity hockey fought to a 3-1 victory against a defensively sound De Smet last night, creating chances through high pressure and taking advantage of mistakes.

The first period, although relatively uneventful, had SLUH enjoying the majority of the chances. The puck spent most of the time in SLUH’s offensive zone, but good defense and big hits kept either team from really developing its attacks.

“We were a little tentative in the beginning, a little nervous,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick. “We have a fairly young team, and for a lot of

guys it was their first time playing in the semifinals, and I think it showed.”

Throughout the period, the Jr. Bills began to settle in to their normal rhythm. Toward the end of the period SLUH tried to develop the attack, and spent more time in the offensive zone looking for opportunities to tap in outside the crease, but they were consistently thwarted by De Smet crowding the goal line.

The defense was held together by a couple of highquality saves by junior goalie Joe Warnecke.

SLUH’s offense continued to dominate at the start of the second period. Sophomore Liam Knobbe was denied two great opportunities on rebounds after a shot by

slow start tonight as it hosts top-ranked Chaminade on senior night.

“They know that they won’t be afforded that luxury against Chaminade if they get down by that much in the first half, so I think they’ll be ready to go,” Claggett said.

Schmidt has high hopes for his last regular season home game.

“Senior Night is going to be awesome, and I’m going to try to enjoy every minute of it,” Schmidt said.

A win tonight won’t completely take away the sting from last Friday night, but it’ll definitely help.

ergy,” said sophomore Luke Sextro.

After an interference call on sophomore Blake Riley, the Jr. Bills bounced right back with a goal from freshman Steven Pawlaw with four and a half minutes left in the first. The goal was assisted by freshman Nicholas Corker.

The rest of the first period was relatively quiet other than a penalty on junior

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senior Tommy Espenschied.

“I thought we came out with a lot more energy in the first couple minutes of the second period,” said junior goalie Joe Warnecke. “They came out kind of flat footed.”

In the middle part of the period, De Smet had a number of good chances right in front of the goal. But stellar saves by Warnecke, including a breakaway save and a huge diving save that kept De Smet from taking advantage of an open-goal chance, kept the game scoreless.

Close scares in front of the SLUH net encouraged the team to go back to its first-period groove once again. After a few minutes of continued pressure in the offensive zone and a few good shots saved

by the De Smet goalie—notably a one-on-one opportunity almost converted by junior Connor FitzGerald and sophomore Louis Garavaglia received a cross-ice pass from FitzGerald and slotted away the puck for an easy finish, putting the Jr. Bills up 1-0 with only 1:58 left in the second period.

SLUH didn’t lose their rhythm.

Only 52 seconds into the third period, sophomore Luke Gassett took quick advantage of sloppy defense by De Smet, and buried the puck for a 2-0 lead.

“We really stuck together at the start of the third,” said Warnecke. “We didn’t get selfish and got the goal.”

From there it was mainly

smooth sailing, as SLUH laid off the pressure and attempted to slow down the game to a more comfortable pace. This continued for the next seven minutes, with neither team getting any real opportunities to score.

“We definitely needed to protect the house after getting the 2-0 lead,” said Schwartz.

“Winning 3-0 isn’t as important (as getting the win).”

But SLUH’s play was at times too relaxed. A three-onone chance for DeSmet with just over six minutes to play resulted in another big save from Warnecke. But De Smet kept up the pressure, and after a scramble in front of the net, scored to pull within one with 5:53 left in the game.

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espite struggles with chemistry early on, the St. Louis U. High C Basketball Blue team ended the season successfully, winning 19 and losing just three games, all close.

“At the beginning, we didn’t really know that much about each other,” said freshman Sean Bender. “Over the season, we became a group of brothers. We dedicated ourselves to each other in practice and games. The team developed hugely from the first practice to the last game.”

The team played in two tournaments over the course of the season, and although they placed third in both tournaments, the losses were seen as teaching moments that allowed the team to further develop throughout the season.

This was especially true when they lost to Kirkwood in double overtime by two points. The Jr. Bills were able to rebound from that loss and turn it into an away win against Kirkwood shortly after.

“The first Kirkwood game was the biggest (learning opportunity),” said freshman Drew Killmer. “We had control of the game the whole time, but we made a lot of crucial mistakes at the end of the game and we lost in overtime.”

The same happened against McCluer North early on in the season.

“I think the game against McCluer North in the Oakville tournament was a big learning experience,” said freshman Matt Leritz.

“It was a very close game, all throughout, and we ended up losing by one on missed lastsecond free throws, so it reminded us how important the little things are.”

After these losses, the team was able to redeem its loss against Kirkwood, at Kirkwood. The crowd didn’t get to them, and they won the game handily.

“That was really nice (to win), because we learned from mistakes,” said Killmer.

This turnaround was the nature of the team: quick to correct mistakes and move on from downfalls.

“We performed really well in the crucial moments of that game because we learned really well from one game to another game,” said freshman Ryan Kennedy.

The team also showed its determination in the first game against CBC, which started out very poorly.

“In the first quarter they went up 13-2,” said Leritz.

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Mark Becker and one penalty on Chaminade.

Early in the second period, sophomore Jack Kelly got the momentum going again with an even-strength goal to make it 2-0 SLUH. The next five minutes of the second period consisted of four power plays, one penalty was on Pawlaw, who got two minutes for cross checking. With three minutes left in the second, Sextro made it 3-0 on a power play goal assisted by freshman Jack Wachter.

The third period was made up of four Chaminade

penalties as well as two for SLUH. The Chaminade defensemen showed off its feisty side and attempted to pick a fight with sophomore Nolan Corker and Riley, but they weren’t able to affect the team’s composure. The game ended 3-0 in SLUH’s favor.

However, the Jr. Bills’ glory was followed by a heartbreaking 3-2 loss in the semifinal game last Sunday.

SLUH scored first on a goal by sophomore Ryan Cierpiot, but the momentum quickly shifted over to the De Smet side when De Smet scored on a two-on-one breakaway against sophomore

Getting to know: Racquetball players

BY Joseph REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High racquetball team completed an astounding 10-0 season this year, and is playing in the State Tournament this Saturday at Vetta Concord. The Jr. Bills have won State the last four years and are looking to continue that trend this year. Here is a summary of the varsity athletes and their accomplishments this year: Kevin Schneier (Sr.) No. 1 seed: Schneier holds a 10-0 record heading into the State Tournament and is ranked as the top player in the state of Missouri. In Schneier’s 10 matches—each being best two out of three games—he has a 20-0 game record and never forced a match into a tiebreaker, an immensely impressive feat at any seed.

Schneier won State last year as a No. 3 seed and the previous year as a No. 6 and is looking to complete the threepeat. He’s very confident in himself and in the team.

Schneier’s first match Saturday is at 1:50 p.m.

Brian Kissel (Sr.) No. 2 seed: Senior Brian Kissel has had to play some extremely tough competition this year, with the No. 2 seed being extremely competitive. Even amongst the tough competition, Kissel ended the regular season with a 9-1 record and is the second-ranked player for his seed. Kissel won State last year playing doubles and is looking to complete the back-to-back victories. His first match for the tournament this year is at 1:50 p.m.

Ben Buescher (Sr.) No. 3 seed: Buescher has also had a good season, matching Kissel’s 9-1 record. He’s had the same level tough competition that Kissel had to face and struggled a little throughout the season, but still completed an impressive season, with his game record being 18-4. Buescher’s first match is at 1:00 p.m.

Mike Warfield (Sr.) No. 4 seed: Senior Mike Warfield did a great job this season and was very consistent for the Jr. Bills, being one of the strongest players this year. He, like Schneier, had a 10-0 match record as well as a 20-0 game record, an extremely impressive feat.

Warfield’s first match Saturday is at 12:10 p.m.

Chris Schulze (Soph.) No. 5 seed: Sophomore stud Schulze has met and exceeded all expectations this year. The only underclassman on Varsity-1, Schulze has played very well, ending the regular season with a 10-0 match record. Schulze is excited for his opportunity at the State Tournament and his teammate junior doubles player Charlie Mueth is excited to see how Schulze performs.

“Chris has been really consistent all year and has improved a ton over the course of the year and I think he definitely has the potential to win State, even though he is a sophomore,” Mueth said.

Schulze’s first match is at 11:20 a.m. Saturday morning.

Tim Juergens (Jr.) No. 6 seed: Juergens joined the Varsity-1 team in January after Ike Simmon tore his ACL and MCL. Juergens’ play never wavered, and he completed an undefeated 6-0 record after joining the team. His first match is 10:30 a.m.

Charlie Mueth (Jr.) and Andy Warfield (Sr.), Doubles: Mueth and Warfield have gotten really comfortable with each other over the year and that’s displayed in their 10-0 match record and 20-0 game record. They’ve also had to face some immense competition over the year with some very close games. Mueth is confident in himself and his partner and is excited to see how they’ll play at State. Their first match is at 12:10 p.m. on Saturday.

JV Basketball Box Scores SLUH vs. CBC (2/13) 1 2 3 4 F SLUH 19 8 14 10 51 CBC 24 11 4 13 52

SLUH vs. MICDS (2/17) 1 2 3 4 F SLUH 7 8 2 13 30 MICDS 12 11 8 12 43

defenseman Kurt Lindhorst.

“He couldn’t have played it any better,” said Cierpiot.

Starting off the third period, freshman Kevin Einig put one in the net that was quickly called back by the referee, who blew the whistle before the shot. Later in the period, Perotti was sent to the box for slashing and De Smet scored on the ensuing power play to make the score 2-1. Soon after this goal, Riley was sent to the box for roughing and Nolan Corker joined him shortly after on a penalty for cross-checking. De Smet scored on the five-on-three and made it 3-1 with minutes

left in the third.

“We grinded until the very end,” said Lindhorst.

Lindhorst scored with just a few seconds remaining, but it wasn’t enough.

“We were obviously the better team,” said Cierpiot.

“But we had too many dumb penalties, which led to power play goals for De Smet.”

“We had a few too many turnovers in our own zone, but I’m proud of the boys,” said Lindhorst.

“Our goal was to be the best we could be and to grow as a team,” said Sextro. “And we definitely did that.”

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De Smet kept SLUH on their heels in the waning minutes of the game, and pulled their goalie with a minute left.

But sophomore John Sieckhaus scored on a fluke clearance of the board that trickled into the goal, ending De Smet’s chance of a comeback.

“We battled, and we never quit and I’m proud of the kids again,” said Fitzpatrick.

The Jr. Bills hope to bring their A-game to the second semifinal game tomorrow against De Smet at the Hardee’s Iceplex at 8:30 p.m.

“If we play our game, move the puck, and play with speed, we’re going to win. It’s going to be close and it’s going to be a battle. It’s nothing really new, just doing better at what we already do,” said Fitzpatrick.

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controlling gameplay, such as freshman Billy Brooks.

“Billy ran the offense for us,” said Killmer. “He got us all under control.”

Leritz and Sean Bender were the team’s big men, offering many options for passing and points down low.

On defense, guard and forward Jared Scott led the team, providing a firm foundation for the attack.

“Jared was our best defensive player,” said Killmer.

“We would always put him in at the end of the games to lock up the best (opponents).”

“I wouldn’t say that we had guys that stood out as allstars,” said McCall. “We play and preach a lot of team ball, from time to time in different games we had different leaders, which is more than what we could ask for as opposed to one guy stepping up all the time. We had quite a few of the guys stepping up in different games, learning to be leaders as the season progressed.”

“But then we came back on a 15-1 run, and we kept the lead almost the entire game and ended up winning it.”

“We had quite a bit of development (throughout the season),” said head coach Spencer McCall. “Our guards developed well, they became better ball handlers, better shooters, better attackers, and in the offense our big guys were about the same. They learned a lot of post play, how to make moves in and out of the post, how to pass the ball out of the post. There was a lot of development that went on.”

The team focused its play mainly on working together and not singling out any particular player as an all-star.

This style of play allowed for much better game-play and therefore gave them the edge over many of their competitors.

There were a few players that did have big impacts with

Wehner honored with sportsmanship award On Friday night’s basketball game against CBC, SLUH athletic director Dick Wehner was honored by the IAABO and IAAFO for his 42 years of outstanding service.

Both organization’s sportmanship awards were named after Wehner.

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Blessed with raw talent, C basketball white ends season with a record of 15-4

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he Jr. Bill C Basketball White team, similar to its Blue counterparts, finished its first SLUH season with a strong 15-4 record.

The team’s first lost came in the third game of the season against Timberland, 5046. Although the team would have rather won, the loss provided a valuable lesson.

“The team didn’t really understand the aspect of what it took to win as a team,” said head coach Sterling Brown. “A lot of these guys could go out and play one-on-one against anyone we’ve played against and beat them, but as a team— being able to play five-on-five basketball—they weren’t buying into that thought process yet.”

The team’s high intensity made the difference early in the season, and the team began to develop a unique style of play towards the end of season.

“We got up and down the court a lot,” said Brown. “We had a really fast-paced team.”

From the base talent of

the group, the team was able to begin to build from individual talent into a successful team.

“They grew a lot from the beginning of the year, which is something that I really look for in any team that I’m coaching,” said Brown. “Especially when you’re coaching a lower level team, it’s all about the development and where they end up.”

The team had a lot of work to do in order to start working and playing well together.

The team’s peak performance, according to Brown, was the game against Chaminade on Jan. 16, when Brown started players that usually started on the bench. Despite having the first team on the bench, SLUH still won handily, 39-28.

“The guys that typically played a lot were extremely supportive of their teammates; you could tell that they actually cared for each other,” said Brown. “They got to see their teammates be successful.”

As the team learned to

work together, players were able to work more on tactical play, while continuing to focus on the fundamentals of the game.

“Defensively, we learned how to start guarding people a lot better,” said Brown. “We had a couple of guys who started playing solid defense and more of a team style of basketball.”

Freshman guard Jack Callahan was a leader on defense.

“Callahan was probably our best overall defender,” said Brown. “He was unique because he didn’t only care about playing defense in games. He played a big role for us in practice, helping prepare guys for what they would see in games.”

Another star defender was Sam Evans, who played center for the team.

“Sam Evans is another player who, without question, battled every day,” said Brown. “He’s a guy who rarely came off the floor, rebounded, blocked shots, and he got smarter as the year went along how to play good solid de-

fense without getting himself in foul trouble.”

The team was led offensively by freshman AJ Hardin, who played point guard and was also one of the captains.

“He was helpful in (setting up) stuff, as well as stepping up at big moments when we needed it,” said Brown. “(We benefited) from points from him and from what he facilitated to other people.”

The team, although having a few strong offensive players, wasn’t a one-person effort; every player in the starting five was a lead scorer in at least one game. This depth and ability to attack allowed for much success.

“With the system that we run, we want the ball to get into multiple guys’ hands and give multiple guys opportunities to produce,” said Brown.

“We had the most gifted team offensively that I’ve coached.

They found ways to score.”

The ability to score in tight situations also allowed the White team to entertain with a few last-second shots that sent games to overtime

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B-DAYS

Prep News Volume 79, Issue 21

Thursday, February 12

Yearbook continued to churn out pages.

Eight students from Ignatian Business Leaders (IBL) boarded a plane headed to New York City for a trip to Wall Street. See page 2 of this week’s Prep News.

The Dauphin Players premiered director Joe Schulte’s final SLUH production, The Music Man. The show ran until Sunday.

Friday, February 13

celled due to weather.

Tuesday, February 17

Mock Trial had an impromptu meeting after school where they continued to comb over objections and scripts.

Wednesday, February 18

Chris Pinné, S.J. celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass.

Out of respect and reflection, students entered the Si Commons in silence.

Science department chair Mary Russo, along with several AP Chemistry students, held Chem Study in S302 after school to discuss the energetics of phase changes.

Six SLUH students with two chaperones set out for Los Gatos, California, for the Arrupe Leaders Summit.

See page 1 of this week’s Prep Thursday, February 19 News.

The Staycation Club Sunday, February 15 met in 218C to put finishing Mock Trial met to prac- touches on planning for the tice scripts and polish objec- their trip to Midtown/Grand tions.

Arts Center this Friday after school.

Monday, February 16 Senior Follies writers Father-Son Rec Night convened in M215. was canceled due to weather.

Imagining 18 volunteers A Mock Trial scrim- gathered in 215C with Mrs. mage against Nerinx Hall and Webb. They were given ina homeschooled team at the structions to get to the comClayton Courthouse was can- mons by 3:40 and were told to

Friday, February 20

wear white shirts, bow ties, khaki or black pants, and non-tennis shoes.

Pax Christi listened as the students and teachers who went on the Arrupe Leaders Summit reflected on their experiences. They also created a plan of action for talking to the female teachers at SLUH and asking for their

stories on student disrespect and discipline in their classes.

At the NHS Speaker Series, SLUH graduate Dr. Tim White, a professor of political science from Xavier University, spoke about the politics of Northern Ireland.

—Compiled by Sam Chechik, Klaus Preusser, Joseph Reznikov, and Joe Slama. photo | Patrick Enderle

Dr. Tim White visited SLUH yesterday as part of the NHS Speaker Series. Dr. White explored the history of Ireland and its historical sites. His project focused on the national identity of the Irish and how it has transformed during the course of its history.

‘What if we just made an outrageous amount of bacon?’ (continued from page 3) $100 in SLUH’s contest at the Paint It Pink game. Abe Lincoln will join the fun as social studies teacher Tom McCarthy dresses as the famous president and offers cupcakes to visitors. The math department will confuse and perplex students with a puzzlemania contest. Up in the dance studio, seniors Cameron Leopold and Tre’Veion Alexander will offer hip-hop lessons. Campus Ministry will also host Rave Jenga, which promises to descend into utter madness.

During the carnival, STUCO will be selling White Castle burgers.

As Moran continues his shearing during Wednesday’s period, STUCO will host a musical chairs match on the floor of the Field House. The chaos will be balanced by class as social studies teacher AnneMarie Lodholz offers a cheese tasting. Far away on the top floor of the science wing, that department will once again

amaze with chromatic chemical magic and objects frozen by liquid nitrogen in S302.

Just like everything else, even Mission Week gets better with bacon. Before school on Wednesday morning, a bacon breakfast will be offered in the Commons. For every dollar paid, you will receive two mouth-watering slices of bacon.

“One night, I was like, ‘What do kids love? Kids love bacon! What if we just made an outrageous amount of bacon?’” said senior class president Jake Pizzitola.

Wednesday evening will feature the second Jazz Poetry Night of the year, “Bills at the Bistro,” in the Commons at 7 p.m. Entrance to the event will once again be free with a $5 donation recommended.

The night will showcase the glorious return of the Terry Quintet jazz group, composed of junior guitarist Nick Messina, junior percussionist Matt Fink, senior bassist Jake Nelson, senior pianist Sam Fen-

Photo of the Week

February 20, 2015

tress, and senior saxophonist Nic Pitti. Music will alternate with poetry recitations by talented students such as seniors Kevin Thomas, Shayn Jackson, and Fentress. Jackson will recite his original piece “Heart of My City.” Classy food and beverages will be provided by the Tea Club.

Pancakes will soar through the air and syrup will drizzle starting at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday at the traditional pancake breakfast catered by Chris Cakes. The fun will take a twist during the assembly period later that day (an M Schedule) with the arrival of hypnotist Doug Thompson in the Field House. Juniors and seniors attending will have the opportunity to be hypnotized at the cost of a donation.

Generosity will turn aggressive on Saturday afternoon with the student dodgeball tournament in the Field House from 1 to 3 p.m. Teams of five may enter for a fee of $10.

The week will reach its

photo | Nolen Doorack

A painter fills in the roots of the fleur-de-lis in a new sustainabilitythemed painting outside the north entrance to the commons.

climax on Saturday night in the annual Mission Week mixer. The celebration will mark Marty McFly’s bungled arrival in the 3rd millennium with a Back to the Future theme, though no hoverboards will be present. The music choices will reflect changing time periods, working upwards chronologically from classic hits to modern songs throughout the dance. The gates to the Field House will open at 7 p.m. Once again, female dance-goers will be able to purchase tickets online.

The events throughout the week will be amped up by music and a relaxed dress code. During passing periods, student body president Tommy Espenschied will blast students’ song requests through the PA system. Song requests are still open for $5 a tune.

Each day of the week will also be a dress-out day in line with various themes. Monday is Mission Week Monday; students are encouraged to wear Mission Week or Homeboy Industries apparel that day.

SLUH will hit the beach on Tropical Tuesday, a theme sure to make an athletic director’s head spin with delight. Pride and patriotism will flood the school during Wednesday’s USA theme. Thursday will, in line with the pancake and sausage breakfast, signal the return of the ever-loved Lumberjack Thursday. And on Friday, the mixer’s Back to the Future theme will travel into the past; on that day, students are encouraged to either dress as a character from the films or in historic attire. A dressout pass for the week will be $10 or $3 a day.

Other all-week events will include lunchtime matches of Kahoot! ($1 per student to enter), Jenga with library books, and raffles for various gift cards. The Switchbar will

Schedule R V Wrestling @ Wrestling State Championship Mix-It-Up Lunch AP Snack—Bosco Sticks 5:00pm Strategic Thinking Closing Convocation 7:00pm V Basketball vs. Chaminade Lunch Special—Bosco Sticks

Vegetarian—Cheese Pizza

Saturday, February 21 V Hockey @ Challenge Cup Semifinal V Wrestling @ Wrestling State Championship 9:20am TASK Tiles

Sunday, February 22 Mission Week (through Friday) NIE Missouri and New Orleans Province Retreat in KC (through Tuesday) 10:00am Family Mass 12:00pm KEEN 7:00pm Billiken Cinema: Guardians of the Galaxy Monday, February 23 Schedule R Teacher Dodgeball Cor Jesu Bake Sale AP Snack—Cinnamon Rolls and Apple Turnovers 7:00pm Mission Appalachia Meeting #2 Lunch Special—Steak and Cheese

Vegetarian—Penne Pasta Tuesday, February 24 Schedule R Mission Week Carnival Class of 2019 Orientation AP Snack—Chicken Rings 8:00am NAEP Test for Seniors (First Two Periods) 5:30pm TASK Cooking Lunch Special—Hand Breaded Tenders

Vegetarian—Garden Burger Wednesday, February 25 Schedule R Mission Week Carnival AP Snack—Mini Tacos 5:30pm TASK Kickball 6:30pm Introduction to Canadian Universities Lunch Special—Taco Bar

Vegetarian—Macaroni and Cheese

Thursday, February 26

Mass Schedule Choral Clinic Mission Week Hypnotist 6:30am Pancake Breakfast AP Snack—Pizza Sticks 5:00pm Mother’s Club Evening of Recollection 5:30pm TASK Floor Hockey Lunch Special—Toasted Ravioli

Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese

Friday, February 27

Freshman Retreat 5:30pm B Basketball @ Vianney 7:00pm V Basketball @ Vianney

Half Day Schedule

calendar | Sam Chechik

C Basketball White ends winning season (continued from page 7) or won games throughout the season.

“We had four losses on the year, two of them in overtime, one of them by one point and the other by six points, and that was the second game of the season,” said Brown. “So, as a team, battling and fighting was very apparent. When we did the things we were able to do late in the games, it separated ourselves from other teams.”

also make a daily return at the old switchboard as Gadfly sells beverages in exchange for donations. The crowning joy of the daily Mission Week perks will be the introduction of the SLUHBER Taxi Service, which will ferry weary, sleepy, and chilly students from Drury Plaza to the top of the turnaround for $1 from 7 to 7:35 a.m. each day.

This year, the proceeds from the week will go towards three charities: the Honduras Project on an international

Despite the talent that players had coming into the season, the wins came from a strong core of leaders on the team that pushed the team to victory.

“I had a really good group of leaders,” said Brown.

“And it wasn’t just captains and it wasn’t just people that get the title, but it was other people inside the team as well that stepped up and were willing to do what was right.”

level, Homeboy Industries on a national level, and the Catholic Charities Ferguson Aid Fund on a local level. Rather than assign each grade level to a specific charity, STUCO will be dividing the week’s profits equally between the three causes in order to prevent disparities between how much each organization is given.

Pack your wallets now, and get ready for a great first full week of Lent spent helping others through bacon, dress outs, and liquid nitrogen!