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Volume 79, Issue 30

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Preparation for iPads includes training, policies

BY Sam STAFF

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n the wake of the iPad decision for St. Louis U. High, many teachers have been prepping for next year’s arrival of devices in the freshman and sophomore classes.

One such way is in application training, but other paths have been in the consideration of policies and the question of student orientation at the beginning of next year.

Director of Educational Technology Andrea Nunziante has been training freshman and sophomore teachers on the use of iPad applications such as Notability, Google Calendar, and other Google-affiliated applications.

“We felt that there was a need for the faculty to feel comfortable enough with applications that the freshmen and sophomores are going to be using, so that there is no hesitation in the classroom to use a certain app,” said Nunziante. “We basically want to bring them up to speed if necessary on the usage of Notability, Google Calendar, and so on.”

Nunziante has been talking to teachers of every department about the imple-

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mentation of iPads in the classroom.

Nunziante will also work all throughout the 2015-’16 school year with freshman and sophomore teachers and will be available during the summer as well.

“Right now, we just had a basic training introduction, but there’s going to be more extensive research with the teachers how to better use a certain application in the classroom and give them ideas,” said Nunziante.

One very important question about iPad implementation has been the policies that will be used in the classroom.

Freshmen and sophomores will not have physical planners next year, but will use Google Calendar. Juniors and seniors, however, will still have the paper assignment notebooks.

Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson has been working on technology policies and has researched other Jesuit schools’ policies already.

One specific way of looking towards next year is using the term “digital discipleship.”

Several points to address are questions like where iPads

BY Ethan REPORTER

Seniors Jackson Mayfield, Henry Konzen and Jack Potter bust a move on the prom dance floor last Friday.

SLUH to host 8th annual Festival of Miles

BY Cade Dernlan REPORTER

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lete in Need, to whom all of the money is donated. This year’s athlete is Brian Ott, a 16-year-old who attends Fort Zumwalt West. He has been battling cancer since the age of 3, but this has not stopped him from participating in sports. He plays hockey and manages Fort Zumwalt West’s football and basketball teams.

The meet, started by SLUH alum Ben Rosario, ’97, and Big River Running Company, got off its feet in 2008.

Originally, it was meant to be a one-time thing, designed in order to raise money for one of Rosario’s friends, Bridgette

Schutzmann, who had been injured in a car accident.

However, tragedy struck again the next year.

“The meet was going to be a one-time thing until that summer when Mike Rathmann, ’08 was paralyzed from the chest down in an accident with his friends.

We knew right away we needed to have the meet again and raise money for Mike.

Since then, the meet has become an annual event, and has become more and more successful with each passing year.

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Conversation

Kwapis, ’75, talks about new show Happyish

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n June 4, Saint Louis U. High’s track will once again play host to some of the fastest professional and high school athletes in the country. For the past eight years, SLUH has hosted the Festival of Miles, an elite track meet that features both male and female Olympic hopefuls, as well as some of the best high school and middle school runners that the region as well as the country, have to offer.

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Editor-in-chief Sam Fentress spoke with Ken Kwapis, ’75, who produced and directed the new half-hour comedy Happyish on Showtime. Kwapis, who helped launch The Office and The Bernie Mac Show, has directed episodes for a wide range of television shows that includes The Larry Sanders Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Parks and Recreation, and Outsourced. He has also directed films, including He’s Just Not That Into You and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. A Walk in the Woods, a film directed by Kwapis and starring Robert Redford, will premiere in September of this year.

Sam Fentress: Hi Mr. Kwapis, thanks for taking the time to speak with me. I have a few questions about your

Out of book discussions comes new club, STARS

new show Happyish. You directed the first three episodes of Happyish, a huge effort for the show. Prior to directing, though, you helped develop the show as the executive producer. Could you explain what your role was leading up to the production of the show?

Ken Kwapis: The writer Shalom Auslander approached me a couple years ago and said he wanted to develop a story based on his experiences in advertising.

He worked in advertising for approximately 15 years. When he started to describe what life is like in the contemporary world of advertising—we’re not talking about Mad Men, we’re talking about the contemporary world of advertising—I

Year in Review: A look at the top ten news and sports stories from the year on page 6.

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Opinion

Departing Faculty A review of James Burshek, S.J., Tim Kieras, S.J., Michael Marchlewski, S.J., and Scott Hessel. Page 7 Shakespeare Two seniors will join a group of Shakespeare enthusiasts to produce Much Ado About Nothing.

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College Scholarships The annual list of scholarships accepted by SLUH seniors.

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Perspective Leaving Prep News, leaving a mark on SLUH. Page 3

photos | Nolen Doorack and Patrick Enderle

Sports

Water polo moves toward State Water polo rolls over competition in early rounds of State competition; looks to capture title on Saturday. Page 9 Sports

Lacrosse Lacrosse prepares for a run at a State Championship, as it ends its regular season. Page 8

unior Brendan Underwood officially began his new club, the Student-Teacher Association for Racial Studying (STARS) last week. The club is the result of the extra credit reading group led by Underwood earlier this semester.

STARS is led by Underwood and theology teacher Danielle Harrison, who are acting as co-presidents in the student and teacher group.

The co-presidents hope to move students and teachers towards a more natural conversation on racial issues.

“The goal is to connect students and teachers more because I feel like there is a level of disconnect there,” said Underwood. “It needs to be a whole community attacking these problems, not just the teachers. The whole community needs to be educated together. That’s the point of the group.”

“That’s just one element of what the group is about: helping people get a better understanding of the issues through books and other information,” Underwood said.

“A lot of teachers are open to extra credit with hopes that more people will get involved.”

The group is currently focusing on two other elements besides the reading group discussions. The second element would be students discussing current events in the fight for racial equality as with recent events involving Mike Brown or Tamir Rice, both victims of police violence in the past year.

“We want to look at these problems as a group, as a community, so that we can bring in a larger spread of viewpoints and raise awareness in these issues,” said Underwood.

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INDEX Page 2 PN 80 KEEN Shakespeare Reflection

Continued from page 1 Page 3 Letters to the editors

iPad Commentary Reflection Page 4 Continued from page 1

PN 79 Credits Page 5 College scholarships Page 6 Year in review Page 7 Departing Faculty Page 8 Golf Lacrosse Volleyball Rugby Page 9 Water polo Inline Baseball

Continued from page 8 Page 10 Underclassmen sports Page 11 Baseball Track Minutes Calendar Page 12 Photo spread

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NEWS

Prep News Volume 79, Issue 30

May 15, 2015 photo | Sam Chechik

SLUH has helped KEEN grow over the years s St. Louis U. High has grown and expanded since 2007, Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN), a nonprofit organization that provides free one-to-one programs for children with severe disabilities, has grown with it.

SLUH and KEEN’s relationship started in 2007, when the organization approached then-facilities and rental liaison Patrick Zarrick about using SLUH’s campus for their programs.

“Previous to SLUH opening their doors and allowing us to come in and do the camps and do the programs with the kids, we used to have to use so much of our donor money to pay for facilities,” said KEEN executive director Julie Soffner.

Since then, KEEN has grown tremendously with the help of SLUH. Soffner estimated that the organization served maybe 50 kids and had about 75 volunteers in 2007, while today, the organization has roughly 200 kids and almost 450 volunteers.

“We were so limited on space and volunteers before we came to SLU High, we couldn’t serve all the kids we wanted,” said Soffner. “We couldn’t go out and do outreach because if people were interested, we didn’t have anywhere to go with them.”

As a result, KEEN has also been able to expand since 2007. As opposed to hosting only one athletic program at SLUH, KEEN now hosts two on every other Sunday in addition to KEENSings on Wednesdays.

“It’s a smaller group—we don’t get as many,” said theater teacher Kathryn Whitaker, who volunteers. “But it’s a lot of fun.”

Plans for two additional programs are in the works as well. History teacher and head swim coach Lindsey Ehret plans to get the team involved in KEENSwims, which is the only KEEN program that currently has a waiting list.

“It would be a good way

to foster sportsmanship and share our skills with kids who are interested,” said Ehret. “Swimming is such a fun thing for a lot of people, it would be great for our team to share that with others.”

KEEN has also set out to create KEENCheer, which would most likely take place during the Sunday athletic sessions.

“We are looking into having that starting in the fall, and it would run at the same time as the sports program, just in a different location,” said program coordinator Kristen Peters.

In addition to KEEN’s ongoing programs at SLUH, SLUH has also begun hosting KEENFest, which is the organization’s most profitable annual fundraiser.

“It’s like their Cashbah,” said Whitaker. “But it’s nothing as elaborate.”

This year, Mike Rathmann, ’08, will deliver the keynote speech. After graduating from SLUH, Rathmann planned on playing collegiate sports, but the summer after his senior year, he was involved in an accident that left him paralyzed.

“He has basically lived both lives, “ said Soffner. “He has been a young kid and a young person who had ability—he was able-bodied, he was healthy, he played sports—and now he is living a life of someone who is wheelchair-bound.”

“He can certainly speak to both lives in a way that most cannot,” said Zarrick.

His speech will emphasize his story and convey his experience as a quadriplegic.

“The reason I am so honored and thrilled to be giving the KEEN speech is that I believe I am able to understand the difficulties (the athletes) have to face, physically, mentally, and soulfully, every minute of their lives, because I continue to face them myself each day,” said Rathmann in an e-mail to the Prep News.

KEENFest will be June 5 in the Si Commons, and if any SLUH student would like to volunteer, learn more, or attend, visit keenstlouis.org.

that’s why it’s so hard for me to say goodbye, because to say goodbye to the U. High would mean saying goodbye to who I was. I’m no longer the timid acne-ridden freshman, as much as I might think it. I have outgrown SLUH, like your favorite shirt that suddenly becomes too small. But you don’t throw it away. On the contrary, you keep it with you, keeping it tucked away somewhere in the closet, a memoir of sorts, of the “good ‘ole days”.

People have told me multiple times this year that the best is yet to come, that these past four years will not be the best of my life. And they’re probably right. But try telling that to my heart. It doesn’t want to grow into a new shirt, but rather bask in the seren-

dipity that is senior year. But reality wins, pushing my heart across the stage of the Peabody and 400 miles away.

So when I walk across that stage on my 19th birthday, my heart will break. One part will move onto Evanston in the fall, ready for even more relationships that will eventually end. But the other half? It will stay at 4970 Oakland. It will stay in the band and chorus rooms. Freshman grammar tutorial. Morning prayer services. The theatre. The baseball fields in Forest Park.

It will stay on the couches of the Prep News office, in the ringing of the midnight bell, and the honking of the horns.

It’ll all be there, I won’t have to say goodbye to any of it.

And then maybe I won’t miss it so damn much.

BY Jack STAFF

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PN 80: The seven new editors (all rising seniors) of Prep News Volume 80 are as follows (left to right): Keith Thomas, sports editor; Ethan McIntyre, features editor; Nolen Doorack, news editor; Leo Heinz, editor-in-chief; Connor FitzGerald, news editor; Sam Heagney, features editor; and Tim Nile, sports editor.

Student-driven Much Ado About Nothing will be SLUH’s Summer Shakespeare

BY Sam STAFF

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ed and directed by experienced SLUH seniors Nate Cummings, Kevin Thomas, and Alex Greubel ’13, a group of 14 Shakespeare and theater enthusiasts have begun the hectic process of churning out another summer production.

For the fourth year in a row, SLUH students will produce a Shakespeare show, Much Ado About Nothing, with the help of a cast of SLUH students, SLUH graduates, college students, and other St. Louis area high-schoolers.

The years of experience accumulated by the cast offer a bright outlook for the show.

Though he is a first time director, Greubal has acted in summer productions in the past.

“I don’t know how he is (as a director,) but I think he’s gonna be good. (The directors) work well together,” said junior Chris Weingart, who has acted in the past two productions.

The Shakespeare Society focuses on productions of Shakespeare because they are so rarely shown as high school theater productions, partially due to the complexity of the language. That’s why experience will be a key ingredient in the success of the production.

“The nice thing about them as directors is they really know Shakespeare and they can understand it. So, it really helps when you’re guiding actors through the language,” said Weingart.

Despite the heightened organization, the cast is al-

SLUH preps for 8th annual Festival of Miles (continued from page 1) At the center of every night is an attempt at sub-four -minute mile. Before the meet began, the last sub-four mile in Missouri had taken place in the 1960s. Since 2008, SLUH’s track has been the site of 16 sub-four miles, making it one of the fastest high school tracks in the country.

“The men’s professional mile is bringing back meet record holder and Rio Olympic hopeful Jordan McNamara,” said track and field coach Joe Porter, who is on the Board of Directors for the meet.

Dan Quigley, CBC class of 2007, will also be running.

He ran under four minutes last year, though not at the Festival of Miles.

Junior Dustan Davidson will be representing SLUH as he takes part in the high school mile.

“I am really excited to run against the top competition in the Midwest,” said Davidson.

As of right now, there will be high school athletes travelling from Arkansas, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois.

“Not too shabby!” tweeted Rosario.

Davidson, who currently holds an impressive PR of 4:14 in the mile, holds lofty ambition for the Festival of Miles.

“My goal is to run sub4:10,” said Davidson.

If he was to do so, Davidson would be nearing the High School All-Stars meet record of 4:05, set by Spencer Haik in 2014.

“I know that this year Dustan Davidson has a great chance to win the high school boys mile, which is a huge deal. I’d love to see the student body out to support him,” said Rosario.

With exciting races, a carnival atmosphere, and the opportunity to help a young athlete, this year’s Festival of Miles is a can’t miss party.

Tickets are $5, and the first race will begin at 6:30 p.m. on June 4.

ready prepared for the bumpy ride of scheduling over the summer. It’s always a challenge to work around everybody’s schedules. Dropouts also present themselves every year.

“There’s a lot of procrastination involved. For the actors the biggest thing is just the push to get your lines memorized. It really comes together very well,” said Weingart.

Nate Cummings, Thomas, and Mark Cummings began the process in fall when they chose the comedy for this year’s show.

“Typically we try to do a comedy because comedies are a lot more palatable for a high school crowd and they’re a lot easier to do. They don’t need as much props or as much of a set,” said Thomas. “With a

comedy you can be bad and that can be part of the joke that everything is bad.”

To assemble the diverse cast, members of the Shakespeare Society rely heavily on word of mouth and theater connections to drum up participation, but still struggle getting people to audition.

“We kind of have a group of people to pull from.

I normally try and pull from people who have done shows in the past,” said Cummings.

“So, it’s really kind of an eclectic group that we pull from.

We pull from whoever wants to do it. Then with SLUH students we say ‘whoever wants to audition, come and audition.’”

The hard work will culminate for shows on Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21, tentatively in the old cafeteria.

Opinion

Reflection Saying goodbye is hard but not impossible

BY Marty Johnson SPORTS EDITOR

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’ve never been good at or fond of goodbyes. When I was little, I used to cry whenever my grandparents would leave after coming to visit. I no longer cry, but the uneasy feeling that accompanied my tears still remains when I’m forced to say farewell. It’s hard to explain, really. One says goodbye in hopes, or even in expectation, of seeing that person again, but to me goodbyes have always seemed definitive, as if I let this person or place out of my mind, then I would never lay eyes on them again. It’s melodramatic and honestly I can’t stand that I’m this way.

Kiehl says it’s because I miss people more than it’s humanly possible to. He might have a point. Maybe I do miss people and things too much.

After all, it’s just a high school, right? That’s what most people, including my own mother, would say. But there’s something about SLUH. It’s not the nearly 200 years of tradition, the history of academic excellence, or even the Ignatian values of the school. I love these aspects of SLUH, but they aren’t why I’m having such a hard time leaving. Rather, my inability to let SLUH go is purely personal.

I’ve always had a hard time trying to understand why athletes like Brett Favre and Derek Jeter have such a hard time retiring. It makes sense to me now. It’s just really hard to walk away from something that you love so much, that has played such an integral part in your life.

I’ve experienced both my highest successes and my worst failures at SLUH. I grew up at SLUH. I think

OPINION

May 15, 2015

Prep News

Volume 79, Issue 30 Letters What does dancing together mean? Thank you to SLUH community May 14, 2015 To the editors, A letter to the editor in last week’s Prep News made an argument that Catholic teaching must be understood to prohibit people of the same sex from dancing romantically with each other. Given the writer’s education and position, I respect his opinion. Nevertheless, I think it important to make clear that it is an opinion and not, as he asserts, a fact. In its context—the question of whether SLUH should allow same-sex couples at dances—the argument fails to convince me for two reasons.

First, I’m not sure what the writer means by “romantic,” but his letter seems to imagine a different kind of high school dance from the ones I’ve chaperoned in my years at SLUH. While some couples may come looking for romance, my impression is that, for most, these events are social occasions where

the dancing is more celebratory than romantic. I’m not saying there aren’t plenty of “disordered desires” being expressed out there on the dance floor (by students of any sexual orientation). But most dancers seem to be there to relax and have a good time with their friends.

Secondly, even in situations where dancing is romantic, it does not follow that dancers are simply “acting on” or indulging their sexual desires for each other. I speak as someone who has spent much of the last fifteen years dancing the Argentine tango when I say that such an assumption offers too crude a notion of what dance is and how it works. Dancing does give expression to intense feelings that are sometimes hard to put into words, and those feelings can include desires of many sorts. But dancing also places these feelings within limits. At its best, dancing channels and re-orients desires toward the creation of something beautiful through movement.

At least, that has been my experience. And that experience has remained true for me in marriage. Dancing—together and with others—is an important part of life for my wife and me. When we read the writer’s analogy comparing a gay couple at a dance to a married man or woman dancing with someone who is not his or her spouse, we both said, what’s the big deal? We do that all the time.

In the end, what matters most in any dance is the intention the dancers bring to it. In this, the writer and I are very nearly in agreement. But I would argue that, whether the dancers are a man and a woman, two men, or two women, we who stand by and watch will never know what desires they are surrendering to and what desires they are simply surrendering.

How can I impact the lives of the best and brightest boys around? Why would my voice matter to them? I anxiously awaited to live into the answer of this perplexing question. My first impression of SLUH immediately dispelled any negative stereotypes that I carried. Mr. G smiled, offered a hug, and invited me through the Oakland Avenue doors.

I noticed his warm welcome and supportive outlook. In the coming weeks, I earned the privilege of learning how that positivity is cultivated in his classroom on a daily basis.

My very first day, I was able to teach a portion of the lesson.

Thanks to Mr. G’s generosity there was no time to falter or fear teaching. Each day thereafter, teachers and students generously invite me to say yes to new adventures. Working at SLUH truly allowed

me to immerse myself in the Terry Quinn culture of the school and disEnglish department cover a place of belonging in our community.

While teaching, I’m always afraid of messing up or explaining a concept in an unclear manner. Mr. Keevan has quelled my insecurities, “They

Commentary Sweating the details: a personal handbook for using technology

BY Sam Fentress EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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round a year ago this time, I wrote a commentary questioning SLUH’s decision to move to 1:1 technology. I was angry and upset, trying to understand why a school that cherishes collaborative and substantive education would fill its students’ hands with devices that tend to be divisive and shallow.

Admittedly, I still carry traces of that mentality. I still fret about students in the class of 2020 that will spend less time chatting in the Commons than playing Clash of Clans. But trying to adapt in an atmosphere of negativity will be difficult; I’m more aware now that using personal devices well will require a positive effort and an attitude of constructiveness on the part of the student—an attitude that be might be difficult in a world full of cynics and naysayers (people like me).

Say we have a two-part handbook that guides students in their use of personal devices. For SLUH students, part one of that handbook might focus on understanding the function and nature of their device. This starts with basic, intuitive information.

How do I control the volume?

Where do I download apps?

How can I make the screen brighter?

From there, the handbook moves on to questions that are more qualitative: What is the iPad good at doing? (Short-term browsing, viewing photos, running apps?) What are its limitations? (Typing extended documents, email, focused

work?) Finally, what is my relationship with this device?

How often do I use it? Does it easily distract me? Just how many hours can I stream House of Cards before I actually go insane?

That is the first part of the handbook. The second part of that handbook has nothing to do with the iPad itself. The second part of learning how to use the device is learning how to not use it, understanding when the world is trying to offer you its own “device”—its own lesson in biology or geometry or history.

An example: I spent spring break in London. Their National Gallery houses an astounding number of worldfamous paintings. I watched person after person walk up to Van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers—phone camera already propped at frame-level—snap a picture and walk away. They had forfeited an experience to take in the vivid texture and color of the paintings in exchange for an image they could have found online hundreds of miles away. The world offered them a different kind of device, and they ignored it.

The second part of the handbook also reminds students that the tools technology offers aren’t always the fullest way to an answer. I spent the first weeks of my last two summers in a biking class at SLUH. The class takes tours through a multitude of St. Louis cultural regions, riding to the Arch one day and to Jefferson Barracks another. Like many SLUH kids, I had little sense of geographic direction before learning to drive; even once I had my license, I’d simply turn to Google Maps.

But spending two weeks

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on a bike in the streets of the city changed things. By sweating my way from neighborhood to neighborhood, I developed my own mental Google Maps, a sense of where things are and how to get from one place to another.

I’m not going to pretend it was easy or that I could now perfectly route you from Macklind Avenue Deli to Queeny Park, but being present to the experience of biking over a long period of time gave me a permanent sense of place, and an enhanced appreciation for the place itself.

Our society does not incline us towards this kind of focused work. We continue to replace books with Sparknotes, news articles with top ten lists, marathons with 7-minute workouts. The second part of the handbook reminds students that to really appreciate and understand something, you need to get up close to it, notice it, sweat with it. Being a student—especially at a Jesuit school—is about learning how to notice.

And using a personal device well requires an understanding of the veils it raises between you and the real, physical world—a world that is eager to share an experience of learning. To an overwhelming extent, SLUH teachers and students are already very good at looking for opportunities to learn away from screens. But giving students another device to juggle will require of them an extra read-through of the second part of the handbook.

They’ll need to be reminded of the time when it becomes necessary to set the iPad down, put rubber to gravel, and take a full, energizing whiff of the fresh summer air.

won’t remember what you taught them, but they won’t forget you. You become their lesson.” His comment resonates with me as much now as it will well into the future.

I’m learning as I go that it is okay not to explain everything perfectly the first time. In fact, it is wonderful when students ask questions. The uncertainty becomes the basis for the most memorable class discussions and sparks much needed theological reflection.

Outside of the classroom, I am amazed with the potential of our students. Their insight and passion for seeking justice and walking humbly with God enriches our community. Whether it’s a hello from Ms. Erma, intense Pax Christi discussions, trying new teas with the Tea Club, conversations with foreign language instructors, listening to Masters of the art with 25+ years of experience, observing other classrooms, laughing with freshmen in homeroom, joining the Kairos team, or sharing personal experiences and future hopes with S.T.A.R.S. members—SLUH fosters growth that nurtures the spiritual and emotional well-being of us all.

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St. Louis U. High, you’re remarkable. I don’t believe in missing people. I only promise to stay connected and share my joy of finding God in all things as our Ignatian identity encourages. All of you played a part in taking me in and lifting me up. This compassion illustrates one example of a simple, everyday love I hope to emulate and share with the next community I join.

Thank you for teaching me to remember that who I am is always, always enough.

I will certainly remember the ways in which all of you imparted that lesson. There is no such thing as an easy answer. I hope that I have made a long-lasting impact in the few months I spent at SLUH, but I will never know for sure. Thank you for showing me your heart and your radical hospitality. I am grateful for your warm smiles, stories that add zest to each day, and a spirit that captures a contagious enthusiasm for life.

Cece Campbell Campbell was the teaching assistant for Mr. Rob Garavaglia during the second semester.

Reflection

You are now entering the archives: leaving the Prep News

BY Jack Kiehl NEWS EDITOR

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very Prep News staff member will at some point in his career go hunting through the archives. There are Prep Newsians I’ve known who lived there during their journalistic career at SLUH, looking for stories, looking for a bit of information about when a teacher came or the last time some significant event happened. You catch a glimpse of a SLUH without the Danis Field House, a SLUH before Laughlin’s presidency. You can go back to read about the fire in the chapel or even read an article on Joseph Schulte during his senior year at SLUH. It’s almost part of the job description: hunting through the archives.

And the archives are a scary place to look through.

You get to the Prep News server which houses scanned PDFs of issues dating back to 1959 courtesy of a past editor the same way you’d get to the yearbook server where thousands of pictures from every conceivable SLUH event get carefully organized. You can look back in time on that online database of photographs as well, and in some ways it’s an even more ethereal experience because you see events that took place just a few years ago but were shockingly different. A Prep News favorite is the 2005 Back to School Mixer where throngs of mixer goers wearing collared shirts and cargo shorts wait in line to get into the old gym.

Gadfly, as well, can give you a taste of the recent past.

I recommend that anyone, before they graduate, look at the first few Gadfly episodes

of their freshman year. A few weeks ago, I watched GADFLY TV 3.1 and was brought back to sitting in my homeroom watching this, confused.

Now, I see it and I get why Kent Kershenski is doing a Reading Rainbow segment with comic books. Later in the season, I understand the pun in the segment “The Things they Carrot.”

Working on the Prep News, I know a lot about SLUH past, present, and future. But reading old articles and even more seeing old photos and videos, I realize how much I don’t know about SLUH. I see the faces in the Gadfly segments even from when I was a freshman, and I realize I don’t know most of the people. There are teachers shown who I was aware of but would never recognize if I saw them on the street. That’s what’s scary, they are all a part of this strange SLUH that existed before your time.

The first time I walked into the Prep News office was early December of my freshman year. Sam Fentress, the editor in chief whose tenure ends with mine this week, brought me up. I was greeted by Matt Cooley and Joe Klein, the two that held Sam and my respective positions.

Sam helped me with my first article, a story about the Circus Club’s upcoming performance. Except for a few months, we were increasing our involvement on the paper, and now we’re finishing our time together.

I remember driving home one day after having written for a few weeks and telling my mom I wanted to be an editor like Matt and

Joe were when I was a senior. Three-and-a-half years, countless math assignments pushed back to the weekend, an ungodly amount of money spent on Seamus burgers and Al-Tarboush falafel, and here I am. For the past four years, this has been my life at school.

When I talk about the Prep News or SLUH, there’s a reciprocity, and often I’m talking about them both at the same time. The first thing I think of when I think “SLUH” is this newspaper and the Prep News is the part of SLUH I happened to find myself in.

So when I say “I love the Prep News” I’m saying I love the Prep News, everyone on the paper, SLUH, and everyone there. And when I say “I’m going to miss SLUH”, I’ll miss the teachers and my classmates and the building, but probably most of all, I’ll miss the Prep News.

And now it’s over. Last night, I will have sent the paper to the printer one final time. But unlike most weeks, I will not have been there this morning to count, stack, and deliver copies to each homeroom.

My classmates were posting their goodbyes and thank yous to SLUH after they finished classes last Monday or their last exams whenever those took place. I waited until now because I still had one final thing to do, I had to help put together the final Prep News. Now I’ve finished my time at the Prep News, and now I can say I’ve finished my time at SLUH. That’s weird for me to write because now I’m one of those people in the archives. continued on page 12

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are allowed, what will be the punishment for the device not being charged, when can it be used in the classroom, and what will be the appropriate use.

Kesterson also said that the mission statement is one key when looking into these specific questions.

“What are some of things that will fit into our mission?

What are our values?” asked Kesterson. “(It involves) some of the moral issues that we need to tackle there, and guys need to understand that.”

Kesterson also wants to look at the issue from a lens in the classroom. That’s why, throughout the year, multiple freshman teachers involved in the iPad pilot program have been having discussions with Kesterson.

These teachers will provide notes and experiences that have come from experiences in the classroom to compile information in order to create a unique policy that benefits SLUH’s technology program.

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A freshman in the iPad pilot program uses his device in English class last fall.

“Anytime we’ve dealt with electronic devices since I’ve been here, we’re always trying to evaluate and see

what works best,” said Kesterson. “There’s things we may put in place for next year that simply may not work and we

may have to change things; we’re constantly looking at what works and what doesn’t work.”

Underwood and Harrison start STARS club (continued from page 1)

The club also hopes to work in close contact with local public schools, some of which have a majority African American population. The program, although still in the works, would look build understanding between the two different environments.

“We want to break down those barriers,” said Underwood. “That would be a big change. We want to connect

these two communities.”

Underwood is currently in contact with a group called Cultural Leadership that has piloted many camps and programs that bring racial awareness to the St. Louis community’s future leaders-high school aged students. According to their website, Cultural Leadership helps give students “an increased awareness of their own and each other’s history, religion, and culture,

Prep News Editor-in-Chief Sam Fentress News Editor Jack Kiehl Sports Editor Marty Johnson Kevin Murphy Core Staff Nolen Doorack Connor FitzGerald Leo Heinz Keith Thomas Staff Sam Chechik Sam Heagney Charlie Mueth Tim Nile Jack Sinay Joe Slama Reporters Billy Balossi Scotty Berger Ben Bott Sam Bott Jimmy Bricker John Burke

Kwapis on the production of his new show Happyish

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and learn valuable skills for facilitating discussions, solving problems, and making change.”

Underwood encourages anyone to get involved with the group, which held its first meeting last week. The group is looking for students who are passionate about these issues and willing to dedicate themselves to making the SLUH community more educated.

Anyone who is interested in being an active member of the group or would like to participate in meetings should talk to or email Underwood or Harrison. Underwood and Harrison hope to build up the club and be ready to meet regularly when school resumes in the fall.

There will be an of the year meeting Monday, May 18 to discuss next year.

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found his stories alternately hilarious and horrifying, disturbing! I quickly said I’d love to help you develop this story.

Showtime showed the most interest, and they have remained stalwart in their support of the show.

As a producer, in addition to helping Shalom write the scripts (he wrote all ten of the first season scripts) as producer and director I cast the show with Shalom, I helped oversee the design of the sets, I helped pick the crew members. I interviewed the cinematographer, the editor. I directed four of the ten (episodes). I directed the first three, and I directed the season finale. I wanted to bring in some other directors partly because I needed to focus on post-production. So in addition to prepping the show as a producer, I oversee the editing of all the episodes, I oversee the music scoring, the sound mixing. In conjunction with many people, I’m not the big boss. I oversee the visual effects, the animation. I’ve been fortunate to be on the ground floor of several unique shows, and producing the material is as important to me as directing it.

SF: You’ve sat in the director’s chair for a wide range of TV programs— from Malcolm in the Middle to Freaks and Geeks to The Office. Has Happyish presented any new challenges or surprises to you as a director?

KK: Like The Bernie Mac Show and The Office, Happyish aspires to be an unconventional comedy. There’s as much drama in an episode of Happyish as there is comedy. It has a very dark point of view, but at the same time I think that it’s a very human story. It’s about the moment in a man’s life—in anyone’s life, really—where you start to feel irrelevant in your own life. That could be at age 20, it could be at age 40, it could be at age 60. Shalom likes to say that’s it not a series about a mid-life crisis; it’s a series about a life crisis. Feeling like you’re suddenly out of step is something that happens at no particular age. You could feel that way at 16.

Also I think what distinguishes this show from the other ones I’ve done is that it has a very free-wheeling style. The series goes off on tangents. There are surreal sidebars. It kind of plays by its own rules. I think that the fantasy scenes allow us to treat very weighty subjects in a way that’s sort of outrageous and fun. For instance, in episode two, Kathryn Hahn’s character Lee confronts her mother. Well, it’s not done in any naturalistic way; her mother takes the form of an Amazon package. What I love about the show is that at any moment it may suddenly leap into the world of fantasy.

SF: One of the best parts of the show is the chemistry between Steve Coogan

and Kathryn Hahn, both TV veterans. What important things have they brought to the show?

KK: The great thing about Kathryn and Steve is that they are, temperamentally, very different. Steve is cool, intellectual, reserved. Kathryn is passionate, wears her feelings on her sleeve, she’s a live wire. And yet they mesh together perfectly. One of the best things about the show is the way Shalom portrays their marriage is very different than what you’d usually find in a half-hour television comedy.

In most half-hour television comedies about family life, we usually find the married couple bickering at each other’s throat and in our series we wanted to portray husband and wife as a united front. They have a common enemy: an insane world.

But together they form a united front and take care of each other and in fact share a lot. They share opinions. So often comedies about marriage depend on the husband and wife constantly being in conflict. This is the opposite. We wanted to not go down that overly trod path.

SF: Happyish is a very current show, commenting on events and trends even within the last year. Did the show’s modernity affect the way you approached it as a director?

KK: There’s no question that in my experience as a director that things like social media have had a radical effect on how people see my work. Speaking as a film director, it seems more and more that the reason people go to movies is not a good advertising campaign, but something they read posted on Instagram. So social media has changed how I do my job. But like Thom Payne, I fear it, and I kind of shield myself from it at the same time. But it’s something I have to reckon with in my work. In the pilot episode of Happyish, Steve Coogan makes a joke about Pepto-Bismol having a Twitter feed, and in fact Pepto-Bismol does have a Twitter feed. As outrageous as we imagine it might be, the things we think are outrageous end up being quite real.

One of the things we have tried to do with the show is make sure it doesn’t feel farcical.

Even though there are outrageous things said, if you were a fly on the wall in an advertising agency, you would hear people say things like, “You got to hand it to Osama bin Laden, the man knows branding!” It’s so disturbing, and yet it’s exactly the kind of thing you might hear in a meeting with a creative director at a top advertising agency.

SF: Anything else you’d like to say about the show?

KK: It’s great to be involved in a show that’s not afraid to tackle weighty issues.

Last night’s [Sunday’s] episode deals with the nature of God, mortality, and the insurance industry. These are issues that most half-hour comedies on television wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. So it’s nice to be working for a network, Showtime, that has encouraged us to go way out on a limb. That doesn’t often happen.

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College Update: Luke Twardowski will be attending Boston College in the fall.

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Top ten news stories of 2014-15

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BY Jack Kiehl NEWS EDITOR

November 7, 2014 - Kesterson tests week with no PA announcements The voice of Marla Maurer reading a long list with names of people who need to report to Dr. Kesterson’s office no longer began activity period after Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson called for an indefinite halt to all PA announcements.

“I said, you know what, I’m sick of hearing myself, we’re just going to do it. We’re not going to have announcements this week,” said Kesterson.

Students who need to pick up their found items or turn in a note from their parents now have to check the television monitors throughout the school to see if their name is on there.

Many students and teachers praised the change, noting a more peaceful atmoSeptember 11, 2014 - Senior sphere and a faster-starting Connor Lewis passes away activity period.

A silence filled the halls of St. Louis U. High after activity period on September 8 when President David Laughlin announced over the PA the sudden and unexpected death of senior Connor Lewis at the age of 17.

Classes were cancelled on Friday so members of the SLUH community could attend the funeral at Holy Trinity Parish.

Senior Tommy Espenschied, a few days after Lewis’ death, noted the reaction of his classmates.

“You’d see just little pockets of seniors being each other’s support system,” said Espenschied. “Sometimes the worst events bring us closer together.”

August 28 2014 - 2,856 gather at Chaifetz for Holy Spirit Mass As the school year opened, SLUH along with members of Loyola Academy, St. Louis University, and De Smet Jesuit High School gathered at the Chaifetz arena to celebrate the Mass of the Holy Spirit as the St. Louis Jesuit community. The Mass was presided over by Paul V. Stark, S.J. Classes were cancelled for the day, with homeroom beginning at 8:30. Students attended a prayer rally and breakfast in the Commons.

Afterwards, students were provided with lunch and had a chance to interact with students from other schools.

Attendees of the Mass also received red Mass of the Holy Spirit shirts.

December 5, 2014 - iPads required for freshmen and sophomores for 2015-2016 In an email to faculty and parents, Principal John Moran announced the oneto-one technology plan for SLUH’s future. Freshmen and sophomores will be required to have iPads while juniors and seniors will bring their own devices.

The recommendation came from a Device Committee made up of faculty and administrators who have looked at various devices following the announcement of SLUH getting one-to-one technology last February. Members of the committee spent three months before the decision exploring different options, often visiting other schools with various devices.

Next year, all freshmen and sophomores will have their own iPads. Juniors and seniors will have no device requirement, as the BYOD program will gradually be worked in. By the 2017-’18 school year, when the current freshmen are seniors, all students will have some kind of device.

February 12, 2015 - New Jesuit residence groundbreaking Construction began in March for a new SLUH Jesuit home, reflecting changes within the Society of Jesus and modern housing needs.

The two current Jesuit residences are located at 3 and 16 Lawn Avenue. The new house will be located at the western end of Wise Avenue, neighboring the Backer Community Garden. The two-story home will feature an elevator for handicap accessibility and a prominentlylocated home chapel as well as dining areas, offices, and public area for visitors.

The residence will be built to house eight and will be able to hold other members of the order besides SLUH Jesuits.

February 27, 2015 - Imagining 18 closes with convocation After a year-and-a-half long visioning process, Imagining 18—the strategic planning process for SLUH as it heads toward its 200th anniversary—drew to a close with an evening of celebration in the Si Commons.

At the convocation, Laughlin presented a vision for SLUH in the hopefully near-future that includes increased collaboration, a fouryear retreat program, and a World Learning Center, a two-floor information service, global education, and collaborative learning space.

SLUH would need to raise $70 million to make these dreams a reality.

April 1, 2015 - Faculty and staff attend diversity trainartwork | Shayn Jackson ing sessions In an effort to raise awareness of diversity and racism amongst faculty and staff, all faculty members (randomly selected in groups of 15 to 20) attended a three-hour session led by Amy Hunter, Director for Young Women’s Christian Association Racial Justice over the span of a few weeks.

Teachers found that the session and the ability to continue the conversation on diversity and racism beneficial.

“I thought the facilitator was very knowledgeable, very skilled. I was grateful for the colleagues I was there with,” said English teacher Terry Quinn.

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Hunter presented to the entire faculty at an in-service day in February and at the faculty retreat in April.

process. The college counseling department, which plans to work together with the current counseling office, intends to expand over the next few April 10, 2015 - Author of years.

Tattoos on the Heart visits SLUH Departing Fine Arts Faculty Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., auThis year marked the rethor of last year’s summer tirement or semi-retirement reading book Tattoos on the for three long-time members Heart: The Power of Bound- of the SLUH Fine Arts departless Compassion, told stories ment. about his work at Homeboy The winter production Industries, gang intervention, of The Music Man was Joseph and the power of kinship, Schulte’s final production at compassion, and conclusion. SLUH. Schulte has been at The day began with Mass SLUH for 65 years, coming said by Boyle, followed by a to SLUH in 1950 as a young presentation on Boyle’s work freshman and pretty much with gang members. never leaving, directing at That afternoon, Boyle least one show almost every met with members of the Can- year from the 1960s on. nonball Club to talk about voChoral director Joseph cation. He also gave another Koestner will go-part time presentation on his work to a starting in the 2015-16 school crowd of people from around year. Koestner has worked at the St. Louis area that night in SLUH since 1984 and has conthe Si Commons. ducted choruses ever since and coached the racquetball April 10, 2015 - Online state- team to 16 State Championment announces hiring of ships and 9 National ChamCrimmins as Director of pionships. Koestner will conCollege Counseling tinue to coach the racquetball An announcement com- team after going part-time. ing from SLUH’s Twitter acArt teacher John Mueller count announced the hiring will be retiring after 32 years. of Kevin Crimmins to the Famous for the color purple new position of Director of and cheesy pancakes, Meuller the College Counseling Of- was fundamental in growing fice. Crimmins, a De Smet the art department into what grad, currently serves as the it is today, as well as teaching Associate Director of Admis- thousands of students to go sions for the Master of Busi- back to the vanishing point, ness Administration Program befriending students and at Washington University. teachers alike and influencing The new position is one SLUH graduates to pursue caof the first goals to come out reers in art. of the Imagining 18 visioning

Top ten sports stories of 2014-15 artwork | Joe Fentress

Basketball (19-13) had its best season in years, winning its first District title in 22 years and reaching the Final Four for the first time in 33 years.

The hockey team had a fantastic season, finishing at 22-4-3 and taking home second place in the Challenge Cup Final against CBC Racquetball continued its national dominance, winning the National Championship for the fifth straight time.

Rene Knott, sports reporter for KSDK Channel 5, became beloved by the senior class this year, his head becoming a faux-mascot at many SLUH sports games throughout the year.

Cross country came up just short of its third straight State title, coming in second to Lafayette Ultimate frisbee had a great season. The team blew through

the State tournament, but eventually lost to De Smet in the title game.

After 30 years of excellence as SLUH’s Athletic Director, Dick Wehner will step down this summer. Wehner will continue to work at SLUH as a theology teacher.

Head basketball coach Erwin Claggett was selected as part of SLU’s all-century basketball team.

NBA Hall of Famer Ed McCauley, ’45, was also selected to the team.

In April, baseball coach Steve Nicollerat was inducted into the St. Louis Amatuer Baseball Hall of Fame. Under his leadership, the Jr. Bills have won 24 straight District titles.

Rugby came within two points of winning its frist State title losing 14-12 to the KC Jr. Blues this past weekend. The Jr. Bills finished ranked 28 in the nation, the highest in SLUH history.

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DEPARTING FACULTY

Burshek’s third term short, but a charm nonetheless

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his summer, theology teacher James Burshek, S.J., will depart from his third round of teaching at St. Louis U. High to teach theology for juniors at De Smet next year.

Burshek’s fourth time at SLUH (his first being his time here as a student), teaching both Faith to juniors and World Religions to seniors, has been a good one. He will serve at De Smet by teaching junior classes and helping with campus ministry.

“He was a man who is wise beyond proportion for his years,” said junior Jimmy Bricker. “He knows everything about everything but is very humble about it. His class is amazing because he brings in mind-blowing material and stuff that I thought came out of left field to be used to affirm different worldviews.”

Burshek originally taught at SLUH as a scholastic from 1970-1972 as both a Latin and a theology teacher, when the Latin rooms of yesteryear were situated where the English office of today is.

Burshek returned to SLUH in 1976 and stayed

until 1982, when he went to Regis High School in Denver, where he stayed until 2002.

He moved back to St. Louis in 2002 to work at White House Retreat House until this past year when he returned to SLUH. Burshek brought various types of media into class this year to truly emphasize the Jesuit creed of Finding God in All Things. This year, for example, he had his junior students write an essay about the lyrics of the Pink Floyd song, “Welcome to the Machine.”

“I don’t like to compartmentalize what’s religious and what’s not,” said Burshek. “I love almost all music, and I think there is a real at least spiritual, sometime religious, aspect of music. I figue it goes all the way back to the Greek artists and their idea of inspiration; it’s how the spirit gets inside of them and almost creates the work of art.

I guess I see in a lot of music a sign of—I mean I’d use the term God’s spirit—somehow there’s energy there, there’s excitement there, there’s beauty there. You hear the rhetoric of Finding God in All Things, and oftentimes we think it is only certain things. No, I think I have a much broader

view of where God is and where he can be found.”

He will remain the Jesuit Superior of the SLUH-De Smet Jesuit community and will continue to live on campus, though most of his time will be spent teaching four classes of junior theology at De Smet.

“Is it always hard to leave? Yeah, because you have relationships with people and, particularly, when you move some distance, it’s hard to keep those relationships. But I’d have to say that every time I’ve gone somewhere—this is going to sound overly religious, which doesn’t sound like me most of the time— I ended up being where I should have been; to put it in other words, I always ended up in a place where I found life and was really grateful.”

SLUH is a better place for Burshek’s having been here.

“Quite simply he is a Jesuit priest in all that that encompasses,” said history teacher Tom McCarthy. “He is an ordained priest of God, celebrates the sacraments, a Jesuit scholar, and a man on the move. It’s a real tribute that (the Jesuits) put themselves second; that’s pretty remarkable.”

aptain K, some call him.

That’s a fitting nickname for Latin teacher and Jesuit scholastic Tim Kieras, S.J. In his three years at St. Louis U. High, he’s crossed between the Theology and Foreign Language departments, flown to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. and World Youth Day in Brazil, and ferried his seniors through the waters of Vergil’s Aeneid. Now, having completed the regency stage of Jesuit formation, Kieras will move on next year to complete his theology studies at Boston College.

For his first two years, Kieras primarily taught theology classes, with one section of Latin each year. However, the departure of former Latin teacher Jim Gioia to Cor Jesu in May of last year necessitated that Kieras become a fulltime member of the Foreign Language department this year, teaching two sections of sophomores and seniors each.

“It was very impressive that he went to AP boot camp to be able to teach the AP course,” said Greek teacher Mary Lee McConaghy. “I think that spoke volumes about how dedicated he is to teaching.”

“I always look forward to when a class can take on a life of its own,” said Kieras. “Maybe it goes a little bit different than I planned, but when it’s not just me trying to go ac-

Tim Kieras, S.J., walks at the 2015 March for Life.

cording to my own idea, but when the students are participating.”

A trademark of Kieras’ classes are his “tangents,” in which he dedicates a portion of class time to discussions in subjects related to the course material, often touching on philosophy and the history of Western civilization.

“He tries to make the learning experience really enjoyable,” said senior Thomas Lally. “We’ve had some really great tangents.”

“I’ve been really excited to have him because he’s funny and he’s quirky,” said sophomore Edward Gartner.

“He talks about things going on in his life and things from his personal experience.”

Despite the ultimate un-

Hessel to depart for graduate school photo | Leo Heinz English

Marco to do community outreach photo | Patrick Enderle

Fr. Marco, S.J., greets senior Andre Colvin at a basketball game.

BY William Balossi and Jimmy Bricker

theology class next year, as the longstanding teacher is set to REPORTERS migrate to greener pastures, any SLUH students relinquishing the opportunity will miss the humor of to engage future freshman a Michael Marchlewski, S.J. classes for a role with the big

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man upstairs.

Just about everyone in the school knows of Father Marco, as he is known. He is an ever present fixture in the J-wing, imbuing the school with a lighthearted character that has influenced SLUH classes for the past 11 years.

Marchlewski is ending a 48-year teaching career.

Despite having no official title, Marchlewski described his new role as “assistant to the president for spiritual outreach to the students, parents, and alumni,” or, less seriously as a “rent-a-priest.”

“There’s an awful lot that Father Marco does that’s just wonderful and great that I think people dont see, whether its sacramental ministry, support of teams activities, clubs, retreats, and all things of that nature parent outreach alumni outreach,” said Presi-

certainty that comes with life as a member of the Society of Jesus, Kieras does hope to teach in a college or Jesuit high school someday.

“I would love to be a professor in a college, I would love to teach in a Jesuit high school, of course,” he said. “I really want to say Mass, hear confessions. Those are things that are really important to me.”

He also hopes to gain experience in spiritual direction.

“I think the Spiritual Exercises are one of the key things that Jesuits do,” said Kieras. “I can imagine myself as a teacher, maybe doing some writing of my own, but then having a lot of ministry with spiritual direction and pastoral work.”

Scott Hessel participates in the Faculty Karaoke.

BY John Michael Fitzgerald

ven though he is a De Smet alumnus, English teacher Scott Hessel has surely become part of the tradition and community here at St. Louis U. High.

As an ASC volunteer last year, Hessel taught two sophomore English classes. Along with teaching, he led various freshman service projects, assisted with Prep News, was involved in Pax Christi, and went on Mission Appalachia.

“Scott is simply a remark-

able, hard-working human being,” said English teacher Rich Moran, who mentored Hessel during his ASC year.

“He has steady reserves of confidence that allow him to open up questions and search for answers.”

After finishing his time as an ASC volunteer at SLUH, Hessel was offered a temporary position at SLUH teaching English to fill in for Jennifer Carroll, on maternity leave first semester, and David Callon, on sabbatical second semester.

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Without classes to teach and papers to grade, he can focus on and expand activities he was previously juggling, such as funeral services, help-

ing the Mother’s Club, distributing his candy, and hearing confessions Although he is excited to see what the future holds, Marchlewski expressed his re-

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teacher this year, Hessel taught all four grades, teaching freshman and juniors first semester, and sophomores and seniors second semester.

“I think that the study of both English and theology is trying to come to an understanding of some idea of what it means to be human,” said Hessel. “Teaching for the last two years has allowed for me to pure over some great works and experience them in greater depth.”

While teaching, Hessel delved into works, ranging from Catcher in the Rye to Plainsong, to Ernest Hemingway’s short stories.

“Mr. Hessel really understood how to comprehend different works and communicate it in a way that challenges you and makes sense,” said junior Vinny Bartholomew.

This fall, Hessel will return to St. Louis University graduate school to earn his Master’s degree in English.

While there, he will also be working as a teaching assistant, and will be teaching a freshman composition course.

“I’ve been able to watch Scott grow and learn in so many ways since he first came to SLUH,” said Moran. “We will sadly be losing a deeply thoughtful, reflective, and intelligent man.” gret in being moved upstairs.

“I will miss teaching,” he said. “I will miss jugging people, picking on people; the power and the glory.”

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Volume 79, Issue 30

May 15, 2015

Rugby captures second place at state, moves up to 28th in the nation

BY Keith Thomas CORE STAFF

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he final whistle blew, and the only thing that separated the SLUH rugby team from its first state championship in program history was a mere two points. After rolling through Park Hill and Eureka, SLUH placed second at the state tournament, losing 1412 to the Kansas City Jr. Blues in the final.

Before the final, SLUH faced off against the Park Hill Trojans, a low-seeded team from the Kansas City region.

The Jr. Bills dominated Park Hill, pinning the Trojans in their defensive half for the entirety of the game. Senior captain Drew Mudd led the team with a pair of tries, and the Jr. Bills advanced to the semifinals by a score of 31-0.

“We weren’t surprised by our domination of Park Hill,” said Mudd. “I think that as a

photo | Patrick Enderle

team we expected that type of score line.”

The semifinal matchup pitted the Jr. Bills against Eureka, SLUH’s rugby rival. Earlier in the year, the Jr. Bills shut out the Wildcats 26-0. SLUH’s dominance was no different in this second matchup.

Junior John Zetzman’s try set the tone for the game.

Zetzman picked off a Eureka back line pass, ran 60 meters, and touched the ball down for a try. Eureka’s defense fell apart after the try, and the Jr. Bills advanced to the state final by a score of 27-6.

Within the first ten minutes of the State Final, junior Chris Campbell broke the Kansas City line for the first score of the game and a 7-0 Jr. Bill lead.

“Mudd and (senior Max) Kavy did most of the work

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Sophomore Luke Sextro jumps in anger during the state final against the KC Junior Blues last week. SLUH lost 14-12.

Venker excels at Sectionals, golf punches State ticket to Sedalia photo | Kevin Murphy

Senior Dan Venker takes a shot from the fairway. The team placed second at Sectionals.

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he St. Louis U. High Jr. Bills punched their ticket to the varsity golf State Tournament by placing second at the Sectional Tournament at Aberdeen Golf Club this past Monday.

The team battled rain and wind all day but still prevailed, shooting a 316, one behind Poplar Bluff ’s 315.

But, because both the first and second place teams qualify, the Jr. Bills slipped in along with Popular Bluff. SLUH beat Chaminade by a mere three strokes to solidify their second place finish.

“The practice round definitely helped to pick the right clubs and make the right choices before the actual round, but it was tough because the conditions were way worse during the actual tournament,” said sophomore Max Twardowski. “On the front nine it rained a little bit and was really windy, and on the back the rain started to pick up which made the conditions even tougher.”

“It was super windy and wet,” said freshman Jack Wachter. “On Wednesday at

our practice round everything was rolling out and we were able to hit the ball a lot farther, but on Monday we had to adjust.”

The team was led, as it has been all year, by seniors Dan Venker (74) and Alex Ciaramitaro (76). But, the strong second place finish wouldn’t have been possible without the exceptional play of Wachter, who pumped out a 6-over-par 78 in the tough conditions.

“Wachter was super clutch,” said coach Scott Gilbert. “He definitely sealed the deal for us. For a freshman to shoot 78, is just special.”

Even though he had some early round nerves, Wachter overcame the weather, got his round under control, and shot exceptionally well.

“It was a little nerveracking on the first tee, but other than that everything went smoothly,” said Wachter, who had shot 77 during their practice round on Wednesday.

“All day I hit good approach shots and gave myself the opportunity to shoot well.”

Venker and Ciaramitaro, who were both on varsity their freshman year, have re-

ally put the young team on their backs and have had extremely impressive seasons.

Both are going to play in college, Venker at Rhodes and Ciaramitaro at Bradley. Their consistency has been what has led SLUH to such a successful season thus far.

“They’ve been on fire all year,” said Twardowski.

“They’ve medalled in pretty much every match and have just played really well all season.”

“It’s gotten to the point where you know they’re going to score low, because they’ve done it so much. So whatever Wachter, Max, and I do kind of determines how the tournaments go,” said Berger.

“If two of us three are able to shoot well, we know we could have a really good tournament.”

Venker and Ciaramitaro are the only players for SLUH who have any State Tournament experience, with the two having gone to the tournament last year where the team placed fourth. With their young firepower, the team is looking to improve on that

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Lacrosse winds down regular season

BY John Michael Fitzgerald REPORTER

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fter battling for the last two months, the St. Louis U. High lacrosse team (12-5) is nearly at the end of regular season play and will be transitioning into quarterfinals next week.

“I think our success this season comes from a lot of hard work during practices,” said junior goalie Jack Perryman. “We get pushed pretty hard, but the intensity and difficulty of our practices translate into our ability to win games.”

The effort has resulted in big wins against in state rival CBC and especially against De Smet in the Father Marco Cup, which was SLUH’s first

Cup win in four years.

Throughout the season injuries have hurt the team.

Senior midfielder Noah Hewlett pulled his calf muscle before the first game, junior defenseman Anthony Sansone suffered a concussion in the first game, senior defenseman and captain Hunter Schmidt recently partially tore his MCL, and sophomore attackman Will Farroll injured his ribs.

“Our seniors and underclassmen have really had to rise up to the task of filling these spots, and did just that,” said junior midfielder Patrick Broughton. “Our defense has been solid all year, keeping the scoring down to a minimal and allowing for us to create a highly productive of-

fensive attack.”

Since April 16, the Jr. Bills have gone on a six-game winning streak, most recently beating Ladue 9-6 and Webster 7-4.

The team will be taking on Marquette here at SLUH for its last regular season game of the year tonight at 7:00 p.m.

Quarterfinals will begin next week at World Wide Technology Soccer Park, with team scheduling still to be determined.

“We will need a lot of fan support these next two weeks,” said senior Hunter Schmidt. “I want the U-High nation out there in full force come time for our state run.”

Volleyball wins on Senior Night, foiled by De Smet once again

BY Leo Henken Reporter he SLUH varsity volleyball team ended its regular season this week with two rivalry MCC matchups against Vianney and De Smet.

The Volleybills ended Vianney’s undefeated season Tuesday evening with a wild game on SLUH’s Senior Night.

Vianney entered the Danis Field House 29-0, but that was soon to change. The Volleybills won 28-26, 20-25, 25-23.

The first set was dominated by the Jr. Bills, with a string of kills by senior Brendan Komp and junior Paul Henken. Vianney made a comeback after being down 20-17 late in the set, but the back and forth game ended with SLUH winning 28-26.

“A huge part of the energy gained was in the first set,” said junior Alec Keil. “We had a huge kill by Komp on the first point of the match.”

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With stand-out junior Shawn Hughes out for the next week on an injured back, Keil took up the absence. He certainly rose to the occasion, with an average of 2.3 hitting options coming off of his passes, even with one of the toughest servers in the area, Vianney’s Grant Carder, on the other side of the net. Carder leads the area in points scored off of serves, but was held to only three aces in the match.

The second set was played much like the first. The Jr. Bills battled on the court through the whole set, but the Griffins pulled away to take the set 25-20.

“We started off kind of flat, and I think that is what caused us to lose that (set),” said Keil.

The third set filled the fan-packed Field House with intense excitement as the momentum of the set went back and forth between the Jr. Bills

and the Griffins. Ultimately, the SLUH squad won off of a block from junior Paul Henken.

“It was our energy and motivation that helped us finish that match out,” said Keil.

The Jr. Bills went to De Smet Wednesday night to take on the Spartans, but unfortunately left with a loss.

The Jr. Bills finished the season with a 28-4 overall record. The team will enter districts as third seed overall in the state. The Jr. Bills will be taking on Francis Howell, Kirkwood, and Northwest High this Saturday in the Danis Field House.

The team looks to take its energy from the past week into the state bracket. With the past two seasons ending in disappointing semifinal losses, the Jr. Bills are eager to compete in the 2015 State Tournament over the next two weeks.

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May 15, 2015

Prep News Volume 79, Issue 12

Baseball caps off regular season with 8-1 win over Breese Central photo | Patrick Enderle

BY Dominic REPORTER

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he St. Louis University High baseball team capped off the regular season with a solid win against Illinois foe Breese Central.

Despite stumbling on Tuesday against Parkway South and having trouble on offense, the Bills turned it on Wednesday against the Cougars for an 8-1 win on Senior Night. Senior Bryan Nolan had another strong start as he went the distance while striking out a pair and giving up one earned run on five hits.

Unlike the game before, A SLUH batter knocks the ball into play. Bryan Nolan’s dominant pitching led the Bills to a 5-1 lead over Breese Central (IL). The Jr. Bills finished with a regular season record of 14-8.

the Bills had the bats ready early, as senior Corey Renaud singled home senior Nathan Schweppe to give the Bills an early 1-0 lead.

A sacrifice bunt by senior Michael LaDriere in the fourth gave the Bills a 2-0 lead, and another run was added after Nathan Schweppe singled home Jacob Safarian.

In the sixth inning, four straight doubles by LaDriere, Donovan Ditto, Schweppe, and Keaton King led the Bills to a five-run inning.

Nolan gave up one in the top of the seventh, but sophomore Adam Kleffner had a great backhand grab to get the

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final out.

Schweppe finished with three hits, two runs, and two RBIs, while King contributed three runs as well.

The Bills finished the year with a regular season record of 14-8 as they head into the postseason.

“It’s an odd feeling knowing that this was our last game as seniors, as we started our season here and now end it in Sheridan Stadium,” said Nolan.

The Bills await their opponent as playoff seeding and other teams’ seasons conclude.

H2O Polo closes in on State title

photo | Kevin Murphy

Inline inches toward State final

BY Ethan REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High varsity Inline hockey team has advanced to the second round of the Missouri Inline Hockey Association (MOIHA) playoffs. The team wore its newly rebranded jerseys for an 11-5 scoring clinic against Fort Zumwalt North, the top-seeded team in the playoffs.

The team clinched a playoff spot in the last game of the season, cutting it as close as possible, tied for eighth in the standings with Parkway West but advancing to the playoffs due to a positive goal differential.

For juniors and seniors involved with the club during the State Championship season of 2013, the narrow margin of survival is not something new to the program. In 2013, Chase Berger ’13 led the team to victory in the last game of the regular season in order to secure the eighth playoff spot. He went on to mow through the remaining three playoff games and bring the team the State Cup.

“Now that those younger guys are upperclassmen, they have the opportunity to go through this experience again and walk away with two championships,” said head coach Tim O’Neil.

O’Neil believes that the team has benefitted from a unique playoff bracket. Unlike ice hockey, the playoff system is single elimination. This has played in the Jr. Bills’ favor since they are playing the elite teams of the MOIHA. O’Neil’s theory held true as the Jr. Bills defeated a Fort Zumwalt North program that was riding an 11-game win streak. The game was proof that a full bench and the presence of coach O’Neil’s playoff beard were all the club needed to topple an elite team. With nine skaters and senior goalie Ben Keeven playing what could have been his last game in net, the club shined brightly in a tough first round matchup.

Junior Steve Lockwood earned five points. Only sophomore Luke Gassett earned more with a total of six points

on the night. The pair have come from radically different hockey backgrounds, but have joined forces to become the backbone of the inline program this spring.

After the first round win, SLUH plays De Smet, the No. 2 playoff seed. De Smet was responsible for knocking the Jr. Bills out of the playoffs last year and went on to win the State title. This loss left a chip on the shoulder of the returning players who are eager to get some revenge.

The second round matchup against De Smet is slotted for 6 pm this Saturday at Matteson Square Garden.

JV Update The Junior Varsity team lost its last game against Seckman by a score of 5-2 and was knocked out of playoff contention, despite a huge power play goal from sophomore Joe Donato in the first period.

“The team was grinding all season. We had very few players rostered. We fought to the end and we’re looking forward to a big rebound season next year,” said Donato.

fore, they will play a practice round Sunday afternoon to prepare for the two-day State Tournament. Even though they don’t really know what to expect, the Jr. Bills are still confident in their abilities to perform well.

“It’s not a long course and all five of us have a good short game. So as long as we get the ball in the fairway and give ourselves opportunities to score, we have a chance to do really well,” said Wachter.

SLUH will be competing against eight other teams in the State Tournament. Even though they’re not very familiar with the course, Gilbert isn’t worried about his team.

“The guys are really good at playing the course once and still getting to know them well,” said Gilbert. “So fourth place is definitely within our reach, we just all need to come out ready to play.”

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“The goal from the beginning of the year was to get to State and it’s awesome that we’ve achieved it, so now I hope we have a chance to win it,” said Wachter.

The team will travel to Sedalia Country Club on Sunday, about a three-hour drive from Oakland Avenue. Because most of SLUH’s players haven’t played the course be-

C baseball rallies to finish 11-9-1

BY Billy Balossi and Cade Dernlan REPORTERS

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he SLUH C baseball team endured a season of ups and downs as they sought to come together as a cohesive unit. With a record of 11-91, the team struggled to find winning ways early on. However, after a rough patch near the end of April, the group of freshmen have finally become a team.

SLUH started off the season with a 16-5 loss to Eureka,

but the team rebounded well, winning the next game 6-1 against Fox. For the rest of the month of April, the team broke into a five-game win streak. In defeating MCC rivals Chaminade and CBC, the team provided some much-needed momentum for the upcoming congested fixture list.

However, the young squad suffered tough losses to DeSmet and Marquette amidst a four-game losing streak.

“We lost to De Smet it was a pretty good loss, because it was a really close game, we should have won,” said pitcher Matt Bauer.

Throughout the season, the team struggled to find patches of form and to determine a winning formula.

“Mental focus, fielding, and mental authority when we are hitting balls as well as dropping pop ups have all been issues for us,” said freshman manager Max Kriegshauser.

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Junior Dan Walsh and other Jr. Bills defend againt Ft. Zumwalt West, en route to a 23-2 win.

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he varsity water polo season has been nothing but success so far, but the season has yet to close. Winning its first two games in the State tournament, the team looks ahead to the State Championship.

In its first game of the State tournament, the topseeded Jr. Bills easily defeated No. 17 seed Fort Zumwalt West 23-2. All field players scored while senior captain Colin Derdeyn did not dress out for the game. Derdeyn hurt his hip flexor and took some time off to rest it for the more important games.

The Jr. Bills quickly and easily went up big, so Fort Zumwalt decided to have some fun with their last game of the season starting in the third quarter. Some of their antics included kicking the ball to each other and submarining the ball at half, only to come up and attempt shooting at the goal.

“It was kind of frustrating,” said junior Dan Walsh.

“I don’t know why they did it, I feel like it would be embarrassing for them, to not even play. It was frustrating for the team to watch them fool around.”

“There’s having fun,” said head coach Paul Baudendistel, “and there’s having fun at the expense of the competition, and I think it might have been more towards the latter.”

The team was able to push aside the fun that Fort Zumwalt West wanted to have and defeated their next opponent, Parkway North, 25-2.

The team didn’t have trouble

keeping possession. Every player who saw time had at least one steal, and by the end of the game, the Jr. Bills were stealing the ball just to keep it away from Parkway North and run down the clock.

With control of possession came control of offense.

The Jr. Bills didn’t hold anything back, scoring on nine straight possessions in the first quarter alone.

“I think we’ve played well so far,” said senior goalie Arthur Larson. “If we keep up a good defense, I think we will do well to continue.”

“We’ve played a couple teams that were overmatched,” said Baudendistel “The scores are a little skewed because we’re at a point in the season where we need to be getting ready for these final two games. So (against Parkway North) was let’s take the shackles off, let’s counterattack.”

Derdeyn was able to make a return in the game against the Vikings, but junior Thomas O’Brien took his place on the bench with a rolled ankle.

“I’m going to tape up the ankle and hope it gets better,” said O’Brien.

For the 30th year in a row the team advances to the final four and will play MICDS tonight at the Rec Plex in St. Peters at 7 p.m.

“The mantra is that it’s always hard to beat a good team three times,” said Baud.

“We’ve played MICDS twice, so that’s hard. There’s complacency, there’s the opportunity for the coaching staffs to figure things out about the other teams, so our focus is tomor-

row’s game. If we’re fortunate enough to play on Saturday then we will see some different styles of play.”

“We need to keep a level head going throughout the whole tournament,” said Eric Caselton,“because we’ve beaten every team by double digits.”

On Thursday, the team had its last practice and had a team Mass in the North American Martyrs chapel during activity period with the JV team. The team is also preparing in other ways for the rest of its season.

“I’m going to get to bed early, get a lot of rest, we’re going to eat ribs that Luke Twardowski has offered to cook us up,” said Caselton.

The team has high hopes for Friday night. If they beat MICDS they will play the winner of the LindberghLafayette game in the State Championship.

“Saturday should be a good game,” said Larson. “Everyone should try and come out to support. It’s going to be our only pretty good game this season. It would be nice if we could get some fans.”

If all goes as planned and the Jr. Bills defeat MICDS Friday night, they will return to the St. Peters Rec Plex Saturday night and play for the water polo State Championship at 7:00 p.m.

“Our ultimate goal is not to win State. It’s to be the best team that we can be,” said Walsh. “We want to win State, but looking to the next two games I think we’re going to work hard and give it all we have to play the best we can in the situation.”

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Prep News Volume 79, Issue 30

JV volleyball ends nearly perfect

BY Jake Swyers REPORTER

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he JV volleyball team dominated the entire season and finished on a high note on Wednesday with a win against De Smet. Besides the teaam’s two losses, to Marquette and Vianney, the JV team crushed its opponents, including high-level teams like De Smet and Lafayette.

Last Saturday, the JV squad won six straight matches, including beating Vianney in the finals to win the De Smet high school JV tournament.

The day was long as the players arrived around eight

in the morning and didn’t leave until after five o’clock.

Head coach Dan Becvar noted how proud he was of the team’s effort throughout that grueling day.

“The tournament on Saturday was extremely impressive to watch,” said Becvar.

“We made some pretty good JV teams play on their heels.”

“When we get into our game, we play with an energy that makes the team look unstoppable. We have definitely proven that our offense is a great facet to our game,” said sophomore setter Sam Grasso.

Becvar also praised the team’s skill throughout the entire season. The leading

JV hitters, sophomores Brian Pudlo and Jake Swyers and freshman Jack McGrail, kept their opponents on their toes.

“There wasn’t just one option on offense the other teams could focus on. We spread the offense really well,” said Becvar.

These hitters were led by freshman setter Ryan Whalen.

Overall, Becvar was very pleased with the entire team.

“This has been a really fun team to coach,” continued Becvar. “It has been one of the most talented JV teams we have had at SLUH. The future of SLUH volleyball is definitely bright.”

JV H2O polo has perfect season

BY Timothy STAFF

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utscoring their opponents 356-36, the JV water polo squad has had an ordinary, dominant, and perfect season.

This week the Jr. Bills set out on their district championships. The team won its first two games, 17-0 against Chaminade, and 13-1 against Marquette. These two wins slated the team to play Ladue Thursday evening in the District Championship.

“Every year is a different set of challenges because it’s different people,” said head coach John Penilla. “So there’s always challenges working with different personalities and different skill levels, but the end result is usually all the same.”

The Jr. Bills have not lost to any other school. They have played in two tournaments—the Chaminade JV

Invitational and the Ladue JV Invitational—and took first place at both. In both tournaments the team had a chance to play against itself. In the Chaminade Invite, the sophomores and freshmen played, and the sophomores came out on top 9-6.

Another opportunity arose when Pattonville forfeited in the Ladue Invite and the team was able to scrimmage itself, and this time the freshman beat the sophomores 5-4.

“The freshman class is a good class,” said sophomore Kyle Irvine. “They went out in that game determined and the sophomores weren’t determined. But combined we are a unit.”

The Jr. Bills are undefeated in regular season matches and struggle to find suitable competition.

“It’s always a challenge to keep them focused in the face of limited competition,” said

Penilla. “Helping them understand that their goal isn’t to be a good JV water polo player or to be undefeated on JV but to be the best water polo player that they can be.”

“I see our squad as a school of wild fish,” said Irvine. “We stick together, we work hard together, and as a unit and we win.”

The team thrives under the leadership of Penilla, who coached JV water polo to near perfect seasons for nine years.

“He’s a great guy, great coach, really knows what’s happening,” said sophomore Brandon Trusler. “He’s a father to me, and a father to the team. Whenever I say goodbye to him, he always says ‘God Bless.’”

And he is not going to give in. Next season Penilla and the JV water polo squad will be back at it, looking to dominate St. Louis area JV water polo.

Rugby falls to Jr. Blues 14-12 photo | Patrick Enderle

Sam Sextro consoles Drew Mudd after SLUH’s 14-12 loss.

(continued from page 8) getting the ball close to the try zone,” said Campbell. “I just took advantage of that position and ran the ball hard into the defense.”

The Jr. Blues countered almost immediately on the ensuing kickoff. After a questionable knock-on call, the Jr. Blues pinned SLUH deep within their 22-meter line.

Kansas City won the scrum, and poked through the SLUH defense to tie the game at seven.

The Jr. Blues would strike once more right before the

end of the half, leading 14-7 at halftime.

“At half I knew we were playing the best team we had faced all season,” said senior Elliot Boerding. “They moved the ball well and defended very well.”

Both teams fought for position throughout the second half. After a misplaced kick from the Jr. Blues, SLUH was awarded a 22-meter drop kick. Mudd quickly grabbed the ball and kicked the ball as it bounced around Kansas City’s players. Mudd retrieved the ball and kicked it again, this time deep into Kansas

City’s territory. Mudd outran the Jr. Blues’ defense and touched the ball down for a try.

But sophomore Luke Sextro’s conversion went wide right, leaving the Jr. Bills with a two-point deficit at 14-12.

For the last few minutes of the match, the Jr. Bills struggled to avoid penalties, the most common being offsides in the rucks. Two tries seemed to have been called back for no apparent explanation, so the score remained the same. After the two controversial calls, and the Jr. Blues illegally playing with sixteen players on the field late in the second half, the final whistle blew, with the Jr. Bills losing 14-12.

“We came out in the second half hard, but the penalties kept us from getting any momentum and stopped us from scoring two or three times,” said Mudd. “We had the game and let it slip through our hands.”

The Jr. Bills finished the season 12-3, with two of those losses coming at the hands of the Jr. Blues, who also beat SLUH 10-3 in the Jr. Bills’ first game of the season.

Despite the loss, the Jr. Bills moved to No. 28 nationally in the single school rankings. The new ranking is the highest for SLUH in the

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C volleyball ends 10-2 Out of gas: Nathan Langhauser game didn’t go so well for the Ultimate Jr. Bills though. he freshman volleyball “We lost our focus and loses to T team finished its season just didn’t communicate well with wins over MCC rivals on the court,” said Matt CoDe Smet in Vianney and De Smet this plen. “A lot of our little errors week for a final record of 10-2. added up and came back to title game “I wish we could have haunt us that game,” BY REPORTER

that first Vianney match back,” said Evan Corzine.

“If we would have won that match, our goals for the season would have been accomplished.”

Players greatly improved as they began to run specialized plays for each position and brought their own energy to the court. The players grew in skill, focus, and determination in both practices and games, learning what it takes to win against tough teams.

“It was amazing to see the development of my teammates, especially those of us going from playing our first organized volleyball game all the way to the end of the season,” said Brian Tretter. “We really came together towards the end of the season and got that big win against Vianney.”

On Tuesday the Jr. Bills played Vianney and got off to a hot start, eventually overpowering the Griffins by a score of 25-14. The second

The second game went the Griffins’ way, 25-20. The third game was back and forth, point after point, although not as intense as the first match at Vianney. SLUH was able to pull out the 25-22 win to win the match 2-1.

Wednesday the C Team had its last game against De Smet, winning 25-14, 27-25 thanks to a strong serving run of 13 points from Sean Anderson in the first game to get the team started and strong hitting all around.

“We’ve definitely developed this season both as friends and as a team,” said freshman Thomas Curdt.

“They all have potential in this program and I hope that they all go out and join other clubs and continue to get better, work hard, and grow as volleyball players before next season starts up again,” said varsity coach Jeff Cheak.

JV tennis finishes 11-2-1

BY Joe Fentress REPORTER

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he Saint Louis U. High JV tennis team finished its season with a stellar record of 11-2-1 , closing out with a win against Whitfield last Tuesday.

The team breezed through the first 12 matches of the season with 10 wins and two ties: one against Kirkwood and one against Westminster. The team also defeated all of its MCC rivals.

“It seemed like from top to bottom everybody was much more talented than last year,” said head JV coach Steve Dingus. “I think that was a big thing.”

“We really had a good lineup going once everyone found their doubles partner that they started playing with consistently,” said junior Joe Bingaman.

The first tie was against Westminster, which could have been a result of all the sophomores and a few seniors taking part at the sophomore retreat.

“If we had all our sophomores it would’ve been an easy win,” said junior Liam Cler.

Throughout their 14game season, the team lost only once, to Priory, who defeated SLUH 7-2. “I think it

was a really great match and I hope we play them again next year,” said Cler. “It was one out of two or three matches where I felt like I had a serious competition.”

“Honestly, I don’t think the score reflects how we did because most of the games were pretty close,” said Bingaman. “Three of our losses went to tiebreakers.”

The team ended its season with a 7-0 shutout against Whitfield last Tuesday.

“It was a really great match to wrap up the season,” said Bingaman. “All the doubles teams did really well and it was a great example of JV’s season.”

Despite the team’s success, players still look forward to improving and preparing for next year’s season.

“Next year, I think we need to find our doubles partners earlier and get into more concrete order for the year so that every day we know what court to go to with whom right away off the bat,” said Bingaman.

“I think as a team we need to work on communication,” said Cler. “One problem was we switched around our doubles teams too often and so there wasn’t a lot of connection between doubles

JV water polo wins it all Thursday night the JV water polo squad dominated in the District Tournament Championship and program’s history, after first cracking the national rankings earlier this season.

The team plans to participate in the Forest Park Summer Sevens League, as well as a potential joint team with

other St. Louis schools during the fall sports season. SLUH will welcome back over 20 juniors, with Zetzman, Campbell, and Pete Genovese leading the charge.

BY Patrick Enderle STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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he St. Louis U. High Ultimate frisbee team took second place at the State Tournament last weekend, falling short of a state title with a loss to defending champion De Smet.

The Jr. Bills kicked off the tournament seeking redemption after losing to De Smet in the championship last year 10-9. Unlike last year’s close championship game, fatigue and injuries kept SLUH from playing top quality frisbee, losing the game 15-1.

Entering pool play on Saturday with a 7-1 regular season record, the team easily won its round robin games, winning all four games on Saturday. The team faced more difficulty in games against De Smet JV and Kirkwood varsity.

After the team won the quarterfinal 13-8 on Sunday against De Smet’s JV team, they rested to play Kirkwood, whom they had beaten 15-6 earlier in the year. The Jr. Bills expected to conserve energy against the relentless Pioneers, but instead were forced to keep their starters in most of the game.

Last year in the semifinals, everyone on the team saw balanced playing time which allowed the starters to rest before the championship, but the team did not have that luxury this year. The team pushed forward, and earned a spot in the championship game against De Smet.

Unfortunately, their rigorous schedule of seven games in a span of two days led to many injuries with little time to recover in between games.

“Some of the leaders on the team were exhausted and couldn’t step up like they did throughout the year,” said senior Matt Barron.

Along with exhaustion, many key members of the team were hit with cramps and muscle fatigue, including Barron, who played with a pulled groin.

Barron said that the game against Kirkwood was the downfall due to the rigorous pace of the game.

“Stamina-wise, De Smet just had greater endurance,” said senior Peter Volmert. “If we would have trained a bit more physically, I feel like we could have done a better job of containing their offense.”

The tournament wraps up the team’s impressive season, with its only losses coming from De Smet.

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Prep News Volume 79, Issue 30

Friday, May 15 Friday, May 8

Moderator of the Sophomore Pastoral Team Brian Gilmore announced the two members to travel to Philadelphia this September to see Pope Francis: Andy Hohenberger and Edward Gartner.

They also planned their pizza party for next week.

Linda Li, one of the Chinese exchange students, presented her musical talent during activity period in the commons. Li had studied Guzheng, the Chinese zither, for many years. The performance had a great reception.

Monday, May 11

The chorus put on one of its largest events ever in the fine arts concert, the last concert to be conducted by longtime choral director Joseph Koestner. The two-hour cho-

ral performance was followed by the dance concert.

ACES met to discuss the high and low points of the clubs year and to deliberate on leadership roles for next year.

Tuesday, May 12

Students gathered to say goodbye to the Chinese foreign exchange students Lancer and Linda Li. They enjoyed food and looked back on all the memories that they made over the course of the semester.

Wednesday, May 13

Staycation Club met to plan their last adventure of the year, a surprise adventure, planned for tomorrow.

Junior Pastoral Team held a pizza party for the final meeting of the year.

Thursday, May 14

Math teacher Frank Corley’s Summer Biking Course met to discuss the course and how it will run.

Medical Careers Club met to hand out t-shirts and discuss their upcoming adventure at Barnes Jewish hospital. The club will go behind the scenes at the hospital and visit their Emergency Medicine, Surgical Services, Cardiac Cath./Imaging lab and hopefully the school of Medicine as Well. The trip will leave SLUH at 9:30 a.m. and should be done around 1:00 p.m.

Freshman Pastoral Team had their end of the year pizza party and reflected on all the things that they did over the course of the year.

Students in IBL met with Mr. Tom Danis, ’65, to discuss his life and experiences with

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he St. Louis U. High JV baseball team finished the season on a high note, mercy-ruling its last two opponents, De Smet and Parkway West. The Jr. Bills finished four games above .500, with a record of 12-8. The team had two remaining games scheduled against De Smet and Ladue, but the contests were rained out.

“It sucks we had to end on two rain delays, but our last game it was nice to beat Parkway West,” said sophomore left fielder Drew Bazzell.

Bazzell, along with fellow sophomores designated hitter Nick Peccola and catcher Louis Garavaglia, led the Jr. Bills’ offense, each hitting over .350 for the season. On the mound, sophomore Mitchell Stephens was the team’s ace, leading the team in wins and innings pitched.

The team had its share of ups and downs during the season, enjoying a five-game winning streak during which SLUH outscored its opponents 39-13, but also struggling against MCC competition, posting a 2-5 record.

“I think we all would

have loved if we could have went 4-4 in the MCC,” said Garavaglia.

The games were all competitive, exemplified by the fact that the Jr. Bills actually outscored their MCC competition 32-25.

Despite the struggle in their conference, the future looks bright for the varsity team, with a young core like Bazzell, Peccola, Garavaglia, and Stephens leading the underclassmen charge next year.

“I think there is a good future for varsity,” sophomore Chris Thornberry said. “We have a lot of talent from both

V Golf @ Golf State Championship (through Tuesday)

—Compiled by Sam Chechik, V Tennis @ Tennis Individual Sectional (through Joseph Reznikov, and Joe Sla- Wednesday) ma.

Wednesday, May 20

Exam Schedule Second Semester Exams (through Friday) the JV team and varsity. We have talent across every position and many players who are determined to get better over the summer and offseason.”

But moving onto the next level or not, the players know that their season’s success is in large part thanks to the team’s two coaches, head coach Nick Ehlman and assistant coach Adam Cruz. “(The coaches) stayed positive when we weren’t playing very good, and really helped us all get better throughout the season,” said Garavaglia.

Track captures yet another MCC title

BY Cade Dernlan REPORTER

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he Saint Louis U. High varsity track team captured yet another MCC title last Thursday night, claiming first place for the eighth time in nine years. SLUH’s closest competitor was CBC, who finished 15 points behind.

SLUH’s JV placed second, after losing a tight meet to CBC, who finished with 125 points, just eight points ahead of SLUH’s 117.

With MCC’s now behind them, the varsity track team looks forward to Districts on May 16 at Seckman High School.

Standout performances from senior Matthew Hennessey in the 3200-meter run

and the varsity team’s 4 x 800 highlighted an impressive showing from the distance squad. Hennessey finished in second with a time of 10:12.8, missing out on first by just .4 seconds. Senior Jack Sullivan followed in third place with a time of 10:15.6.

The 4 x 800 squad finished 30 seconds ahead of the next team, De Smet, with an impressive 8:29.

“We won handily, and it was good for us all to get more action before districts starts,” said junior Joe Butler, who ran the third leg for the team.

The JV 4 x 800 team also ran well, winning the JV race, and losing only to SLUH and De Smet’s varsity teams.

“It was good for us to see that we were so competitive

with other team’s varsities.

That’s pretty cool,” said junior Jake Lepak.

Junior Dustan Davidson dominated the 1600, placing first and winning by five seconds over the nearest competitor, a runner from CBC. After running a 4:43 mile, Davidson ended the meet by anchoring the first place 4 x 400 relay, which finished in 3:28.

Junior Adam Cross placed third in the shot put, throwing 40’ 0”, just seven inches off of his personal record. He also competed admirably in discus, throwing 113’ 08” and placing second.

Finally, in the sprints, Juniors Daniel Isom and Robert Caldwell both placed second in their signature events. Isom ran 39.3 in 300 hurdles, set-

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risk investment. Mr. Danis V Volleyball @ Volleyball District Tournament (through Saturday) is one of the members of the V Baseball @ Baseball District Tournament family who allowed SLUH to

(through May 23) make many facility improve- AP EXAMS: AM: Microeconomics / PM: Latin ments. He retired as Chair- Mix-It-Up Lunch man of AON Risk Services, AP Snack—Chicken Giggles the fourth largest insurance 5:00pm JV Lacrosse vs. Marquette brokerage in the world.

Pax Christi had a col- 7:00pm V Lacrosse vs. Marquette laborated movie showing with 7:00pm Student Film Festival Nerinx Hall about sexism in Lunch Special—Toasted Ravioli America and the movie Miss Vegetarian—Pasta Representation was shown, with pizza. The movie explores Saturday, May 16 the under-representation of V Tennis @ Tennis Individual District Tournament women in positions of power V Track @ Track and Field District Meet and influence in America, and V Water Polo @ V Water Polo Championship Tournament challenges the media’s limited portrayal of what it means to Monday, May 18 Regular Schedule be a powerful woman.

V Volleyball @ Volleyball Quarterfinals (through Tuesday)

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Thursday, May 21 V Volleyball @ Volleyball Semifinal

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Friday, May 22

Exam Schedule V Volleyball @ Volleyball State Championship 7:00pm V Lacrosse @ Lacrosse Quarterfinal

Saturday, May 23 V Track @ Track and Field Sectional 5:00pm Graduation Mass and Dinner

Sunday, May 23 1:00pm Graduation

Tuesday, May 26 Junior Kairos Retreat (through Friday) V Lacrosse @ Lacrosse Semifinals (through Wednesday) V Baseball @ Baseball Sectional 10:00am Grades Due

Thursday, May 28

ting a new personal record by nearly three seconds and plac- V Baseball @ Baseball Quarterfinal V Tennis @ Tennis Team State Championship ing second. Caldwell ran 11.4 in the 100-meter dash, and Friday, May 29 also placed second.

In the 4 x 200, sopho- V Lacrosse @ Lacrosse State Championship V Tennis @ Tennis Individual State Championship more Tony Adams injured his (through Saturday) hamstring 120 meters from V Track @ Track and Field State Championship (through the finish line but was able to Saturday) hold off CBC for the win.

“Conference was a great team day,” said Porter. “We Sunday, May 31 won each of the relays on the 12:00pm KEEN varsity level.”

After a good run out Monday, June 1 against their MCC rivals, JV Freshman Computer Fundamentals (through July 24) ended its season while varsity Freshman Summer School (through June 25) got primed for the District Championships.

Districts Thursday, June 4 are this Saturday morning at V Baseball @ Baseball State Championship (through June Seckman High School.

6)

Sunday, June 7 12:00pm KEEN

C Baseball overcomes struggles, finds success (continued from page 9) For a largely inexperienced group of players, the fundamentals have held the team back from a breakout season.

Despite the setbacks early on in the season, the team saw improved performances, if not the desired results.

“When we take the catches, make the plays, and get

the hits we tend to win,” said Kriegshauser.”

The team strung together several strong wins throughout the season, most notably against Webster Groves, Chaminade, and Westminster, beating out each team by a wide margin. These results can be attributed to the plays of captains Jack Callahan, Griffin Lester, and Teddy

Washington. Also crucial to the season’s success was the strong group of core pitchers including Lester, Washington, and Bower.

“I think we have potential. Many of our players were called up at the beginning of the year and we hope to have them back next year,” said Bauer.

Monday, June 8 Freshman Health (through July 24) Summer Enrichment (through July 2) Summer Theology (through July 10)

Saturday, June 13 ACT

Saturday, June 27 Athletic Dead Period (through July 5)

Sunday, June 28 12:00pm KEEN

Saturday, August 1 Senior Advisor Retreat

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You are now entering the archives: leaving the Prep News (continued from page 3)

I’ll be the mysterious character in the Prep News office underclassmen may hear tidbits about, I’ll be a name gradually fewer people will recognize around the building. They may see photos of me in the yearbook archives. They won’t see me in any Gadfly episodes because I’ve never been featured in one (should I be bitter about that?).

And that’s upsetting in some ways but because of the Prep News, there’s something exciting there. I’ll exist in a weird way like the editors that have gone before me, in the archives. I’ll be the name that pops up every week from 2011 to 2015. I’ll be the name behind the articles for when someone needs information about Imagining 18, I’ll be the name behind the article someone may read trying to

find information about Mr. Joe Schulte, I’ll be the name someone will—unfortunately, and hopefully this never again comes up—have to look to if they have to write about the death of a classmate. This may come across as arrogant, but it’s a fact about the Prep News.

I looked back to the work of Timo Kim and Patrick Meek, Jim Santel and Nick Fandos and, as natural cycle of this paper, Prep Newsians of the future will, at least in some small way, look back to mine.

Graduating from SLUH and, in effect, leaving the Prep News is sad but it’s also a good thing because my mark is still here, hidden in metal cabinets of yellowing archives and on the SLUH server. Like Kevin Schneier, whose name will forever be on the HinckHereford plaque outside the main office, or Aaron Kilgore,

Photos From The Year

whose painting of Dante’s Inferno in Mr. Quinn’s room sits boldly in the back, or any of my other classmates who are leaving some mark at SLUH. We’re gone, but you won’t easily get rid of us.

So, to the Prep News editor, staff member, or reporter reading this 15 years from now: I don’t know what’s different about SLUH now, maybe you’re reading this on your iPads in a Global Learning Center in space. Maybe you’re looking at this because 2030 Jack did something amazing (or horrible—who knows?) or maybe you’re just browsing.

Whatever the circumstances that brought you here, Hello from 2015. There’s a lot of uncertainty between us, but I do know one thing: whatever your involvement in the Prep News is, thank you. You really are a part of something great.

Top left: Crosses were placed in front of the Si Commons in November to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Jesuit martyrs.

Top right: At his last art show before retiring, art teacher John Mueller embraces a grateful student.

Middle right: President David Laughlin (center) joined by various donors and Jesuits broke ground on a new Jesuit residence in March.

Below middle right: SLUH basketball shortly after capturing its first district title in 22 years. Brandon McKissic (center) made a floater with just seconds left.

Middle left: A man carries a cross in the streets of Ferguson, MO. Near right: Dick Wehner served his last year as AD. He was presented in a football jersey in the fall.

Far right: Ron Mercier, S.J., said the homily at the Mass of the Holy Spirit at Chaifetz Arena in August.

photos | Nolen Doorack, Sam Fentress, Leo Heinz