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With TLC, Alumni form art gallery archives returns to committee Sam Chechik original purpose “ hat can we do to help BY CORE STAFF

BY Sam Heagney FEATURES EDITOR

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hen students venture into the second floor of the J-wing, they often peel to off to the right or left, ignoring the art gallery right in front of them. The art department hopes to turn that neglect into curiosity through the transition of J223 into a full-time art gallery.

The art department is still developing what the gallery will look like for the coming year. It will kick off with student artwork purchased by the school over the past 18 years. “(These student pieces) have been pushed around,” said Bugnitz. “We decided we wanted a home for them to be shown off.”

“I like students to know their art has a place,” said Rebholz.

The department has looked into opening the gallery for alumni to submit works or possibly holding a show of art produced exclusively by faculty members.

“It’s a way to bring it all together in a professional setting where it’s more easily accessible,” said Rebholz.

While describing her hopes for the gallery and its relationship to the rest of the school, Bugnitz referenced the inscription on the St. Louis Art Museum’s south facade, “Art still has truth; take refuge there,” expressing the hope that the room can be a place for students and faculty to find refuge amidst the hectic St. Louis U. High day and relax in the peaceful presence of art.

“I imagine the space would be an inspiration to students both in and out of art classes,” said Powers.

The transition from studio to gallery was also a crucial decision for the teachers because it provides them with a space to critique art. Critiquing has been difficult for teachers to oversee in years

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the school achieve its mission?”

Terry Donohue, ’63, posed this question to President David Laughlin after proposing the idea of creating an archive of St. Louis U. High materials.

Donohue formed a group of alumni from his class after their 50th reunion to create a gift to give back to the school that celebrates SLUH’s 200 year anniversary. Donahue recruited four other members from the class of ’63—Norm photo | Leo Heinz Thomas, Lee Schilligo, Ron After Friday nights win over Vianney, Kornfeld accpeted the game ball from longtime AD, Dick Wehner.

Horst, and Bob St. Vrain—to work on the archive. Another member of their class, Frank Pawloski, has helped compilBY Tim Nile and Keith Thomas ing most of the sports statisfirst football,” said Kornfeld. “I don’t eventually lost to McCluer North SPORTS EDITORS tics and information. remember a lot about it. I remember in the district tournament. In his “We are really looking n a sweltering September afterI was very happy that I got my first first season as head coach, Kornfeld to celebrate our tradition and noon in 1988, Gary Kornfeld win.” turned a losing team into a winning The 1988 football team was one one, leading the team to its best reexcellence for our bicentenstood on the sidelines of Bishop Dunial, so the genesis of the arBourg’s football field in his first footbuilt on excellence. Players like Mike cord in three years. chivists committee was with ball game as St. Louis U. High’s head Hohl, Doug Sansone, Greg Colombo, What Kornfeld brought to the several dedicated alumni who coach. His team beat the St. Mary’s Tom Johnston, and quarterback Tom table was a new approach to SLUH are very passionate about Dragons (St. Mary’s did not have a Purcell were at the core of Kornfeld’s football, an approach that would the high school,” said Direcfootball field at the time) 24-0. Kofirst SLUH team. eventually bring in the most wins in tor of Communications Ben rnfeld recently captured his 200th The team was more offenseSLUH history.

DuMont. “We’ve got a lot of and 201st wins at SLUH, making him based—compared to previous coach “Coach Kornfeld was just very good stories to tell, is what it the winningest football coach in the Paul Martel’s rigid defensive teams— energetic, had a lot of energy, a lot all comes down to. How can school’s history. His legacy has carried and that approach led the team from of enthusiasm,” said current teacher we tell the story of St. Louis on to the present day. a 2-8 record in 1987 to an 8-2 record Dan See, who was an assistant coach U. High in a way that really “I still have that football up, my in Kornfeld’s first year in ’88; the team continued on page 4 captures the tradition and excellence of the high school?

That’s really the mission.”

Informally nicknamed artwork | Ian Mulvihill and Joe Fentress the “Archivists Committee,” with hundreds of other run- Park, making it one of the the group has begun to gather ners, participants in the an- largest meets in the Midwest materials. nual festival wonder if they Region—the only high school Right now, the archivists will ever compete on such a meets that come even close to are gathering their archive massive stage again as they its size are the Missouri State materials from different parts look around and see the thou- Cross Country Championof the school, like closets sands of fans screaming and ships and the Nike Cross Nain the Ignatian Conference cheering them on. For some tionals competitions. To put it Room or in the basement. runners, the Festival works as in perspective, the 2014 Nike “This is all spread out all a preview of the State Cham- Cross Regionals Competition over the school,” said Hurst. pionship in November, but hosted 1,700 runners and the “But it’s also elsewhere,” for others it is simply a cel- Missouri State Championship said St. Vrain. “There’s a lot ebration of hard work and a typically sees 1,300 particiof St. Louis history, which inchance to enjoy the big-time pants. cludes the history, if not just atmosphere without the kneeWhen SLUH played formally of the school, but buckling pressure.

CBC in the state semifinal also a lot of the alumni who BY Ethan McIntyre and Festival will be held in a new The Festival, which has football game in 2014, there have done significant things.” Joseph Reznikov venue due to a permit dispute been put on for the last 10 were 4,000 people in attenFEATURES EDITOR AND STAFF There are three possible over Central Fields, the flow years, is the largest event dance. There are 4,000 athoutcomes from the archivists, he 10th Annual Forest of the region’s largest meet hosted by St. Louis U. High. letes scheduled to compete and they all have to do with Park Cross Country Fes- will not change.

It consistently draws more at the Festival, and planners putting something together tival will return to Forest Park Lining up on the than 4,000 participants and expect 6,000 fans—totaling continued on page 5 this weekend. Although the 100-meter long starting line thousands of fans to Forest continued on page 4 -

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Going clubbin’ Both new and old clubs grace the SLUH community, bringing attention to mathematics, feminism, robotics, and pro-life mindsets. Page 2 Opinion

On preparing for college One senior shares his anxieties and revelations about the application process after a college visit.

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’71 Buick Envy of Many Senior Connor Vogel shows off his transportation in the SLUH parking lot. Page 8 Sports

Kornfeld harvests 201th win SLUH beats Vianney 49-41 in a nail-biting bout as they eye the undefeated the Red Devils.

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Soccer team recipe for success Hat trick from Simon, goals from Dempster, Frein, Haman, Rudder propel SLUH to 7-2 win over St. Xavier. Page 6 Sports

Dustan, the Wind Senior Dustan Davidson shares his experience with running competitive cross country at SLUH. Page 7

INDEX Clubs and Organizations (2) Notebook, Letter (3) Platform, Policy (3) Credits (5) Sports (6-7) Calendar (8) Around the Hallways (8)

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September 11, 2015 CLUBS Math Club to focus on Robotics Club returns for third year, begins to competitions plan for build season

BY Matt Godar and Nick Gima REPORTERS

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n the past year, the SLUH Math club has evolved its focus to competitions.

Thanks to the work of math teachers Craig Hannick and Beth Kissel, the club moderators, members of the club will get to participate in several math competitions throughout the year. The goal of the club is to prepare for these competitions, and also to change students’ view and perspective on math to a more positive light.

“We are trying to get students interested in the sometimes subtle beauty of math,” said senior Nick Messina, a key component in the founding of the club last year.

The club’s resurgence began after Messina, senior Ian Hurford, and Benjamin James, ’15, participated in a competition run by math teacher Dan See, the former club moderator, in which they both qualified for the state meet. Once at the meet, Messina, Hurford, and James struggled with the more challenging questions, prompting Messina to seek out Hannick for help.

“Part of it was inspired by the AMC (American Mathematics Contest) that SLUH hosts every year, which was

really hard, and I wanted to do better,” said Messina.

From this, the Math Club began to grow to the point of meeting weekly and spanning multiple grades.

“We had a good showing at the activities fair, and about 15 kids have shown up to each meeting so far,” said Hannick.

“We were surprised by the interest, and hope everybody continues to show up at all the meetings,” said Kissel.

The Math Club looks forward to the Forest Park Excellence in Mathematics contest, which will take place on Nov. 7. The contest costs seven dollars to enter, with a maximum of ten students from each high school. The two highest scoring seniors will be rewarded a $1,000 scholarship.

Another new development in the Math Club is the possibility of opening a new chapter of Mu Alpha Theta, the National High School and Two Year College Mathematics Society. The organization includes over 2200 schools, including multiple chapters in St. Louis. Mu Alpha Theta offers a large amount of scholarships, totaling over $300,000 in scholarships, grants, and awards.

Math Club meets every Thursday at activity period in room M205.

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obotics Club looks to finish a fully functioning vending machine and begin new projects before competition season rolls around come January.

A core group of Robobills is building a fullyfunction vending machine.

About a dozen members have worked on the project, which started in June of 2014. They are approaching completion with only a few more weeks of work.

“Physically, it is just bout done, but there is still some more work to do in the code,” said junior Will Albers.

The vending machine

is almost completely acrylic, allowing users to see the mechanical arm grab soda.

The bulk of the Robotics Club is returning members.

“It’s exciting to know that there is some stability in the group for the next few years,” said senior Michael Hayes.

For newer members, the club is exploring smaller projects. It’s important for the club to include those who are interested including those who may not be very experienced in robotics.

One potential project for newer members is the creation of quadracopters, or multi-rotor helicopters.

The Robotics Club’s workload varies with season.

When competition season in January is approaching, the group’s activities are structured and focused.

“The guys follow specific criteria for what to build,” said club moderator Tracy Lyons.

In the six weeks leading up to the competition, core members of the club will meet five days a week to build.

“Club members brainstorm cool projects that are challenging, but doable,” said club moderator Tracy Lyons.

“Then, they carry out the project themselves, following their own procedures as opposed to guidelines for a national contest.”

The group was founded in 2004, but activity dwindled

after several years. In 2013, Eric Berg, ’15, helped resurrect the club with Lyons as the moderator.

“Ms. Lyons brings a lot of expertize to the club, especially when we need help with calculations, and she does a lot of administrative tasks that are crucial to the day-to-day operations of the club,” said Michael Hayes.

The clubs welcomes new members regardless of experience.

“If you have an interest in building, wiring, and coding, then you should give robotics a try,” said Lyons.

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Junior Will Albers in the new robotics space last year. The current Robotics Club began two years ago, although there was a form in existence in 2004 before it tapered off.

SLUHTube collaborates with SLUH For Life continues fight SSN, makes Running of the against abortion Bills and Admissions videos

BY Andrew Pluff and Brendan Voigt REPORTERS

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LUHTube, St. Louis U. High’s official producer of videos, has kicked off the 2015-16 school year with the production of two videos.

The club’s newest video showcases the Running of the Bills and shows how the freshmen are immersed in our culture here at SLUH. The video gives the students involved an outside perspective of the festivities.

SLUHTube films various activities throughout the school year and compiles videos for clubs, sports, and other events. Last year, SLUHTube made videos on the faculty

years, and plans to go again this year.

“We got to see D.C. for a tudents for Life is begin- little bit,” Laughlin said, “But ning to plan speakers and discussions for the year and looks forward to pilgrimage to Washington D.C. in January.

The club’s purpose is to promote the culture of life. The club opposes abortion and stays up to date on any issues that threaten life. Meetings feature meaningful discussions on life issues and speakers who have had abortions in preparation for the annual pro-life march in Washington (we) also got to interact with D.C. U.S. Senator Blunt and discuss Junior Joe Laughlin, one life issues with him.” After the of the club’s leaders, has been march, there is a conference on the trip for the past two in Georgetown where a variBY P.J. Cox REPORTER

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the Mission Week hypnotist, and this summer they produced the new admissions videos.

The club has also done some recent collaborating with the up-and-coming

laboration in the area of live broadcasting.

The leadership of the club is changing as Tom Hillmeyer is taking over as STUCO’s Director of Technology. Junior Gaurav Nigam is ready to step up to help the club continue

SLUH Sports Network. The SLUH Sports Network pro- to grow and evolve. vides a live stream of the game “I’m really excited to and student commentary. start being more active with SLUHTube and SLUH Sports SLUHTube,” said Nigam.

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ety of speakers talk about different issues.

English teacher and moderator of the club David Callon is debating whether the group will leave on a Thursday rather than the usual Friday departure this year. It would give the guys more time to settle in, but would take up an extra day of school/Senior Project.

According to Laughlin, students who go on the trip tend to start going to meetings weekly. The club plans to attend vigils and people on death row this fall, as they have in the past.

Looking back on his previous trips and forward to this year’s, Laughlin said, “It’s all about changing the way of looking at things by promoting life and the culture of life.”

New club aimed at addressing sexism at SLUH takes root

BY Jimmy Bricker and Nolen Doorack STAFF, NEWS EDITOR

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handful of seniors came together to create SLUH for Gender Equality Club (SLUH4GE), which aims to confront sexism and educate the community on gender equality.

This summer, three separate SLUH seniors got in touch with campus minister and theology teacher Dan Finucane regarding sexism they have seen at SLUH and their hope of forming a club to both combat sexism and educate people on gender

equality. Finucane decided to become the moderator of the club.

Students were motivated to combat sexism from experience with it or through Finucane’s theology class, which dedicated weeks to illuminating how rampant the issues were inside and outside the hallways of SLUH. “We started SLUH4GE to address problems that we saw with sexism and gender inequality at SLUH,” said senior Nick Bentz. “Not a day goes by that I don’t hear a sexist remark made about a female teacher or teenage girl. There

also seems to be a pretty obvious disrespect toward female faculty and staff which has even gone as far as sexual harassment.”

The club hopes to break down the misconceptions SLUH students have regard ing the word feminism.

The first step towards furthering this cause was diagnosing the problem. Earlier in the year, the SLUH4GE club sent out a survey to students asking a broad list of questions. One of these was a free response question about the personal connotations “feminism” had to the writer/

responder. Results varied from false definitions of female domination to resounding support from those who had a more accurate version of feminism—gender equality.

“Can a man be a feminist? Most certainly,” said Finucane.

Feminism is about recognizing the inherent dignity that men and women have upon birth, something that should be second nature for those educated in a Catholic school.

Bentz gave his working definition of feminism as “the

support of women and men being socially, economically, and politically equal.”

To help students understand this definition, the club has cited showing documentaries and prayer services as goals for the future.

More immediate progress has been made with collaborations and meetings with similar clubs from Webster High School and St. Joseph’s Academy.

The goals of these meetings are to open dialogue, get the female perspective, talk about the broader issues affecting both local and

world communities, and to apply these outside ideas to SLUH, borrowing from more established groups to help SLUH4GE, still in its infancy, achieve greater success towards meeting its goals and reaching a broader audience.

“I ask of the students especially that they don’t discard what we are doing,” said Bentz. “Don’t shrug off the idea because of what you have heard; take a moment to ask a thought-provoking question, to start a conversation. All the leaders of the club are very open and happy to talk about this.”

OPINION

September 11, 2015

Notebook: Weekend trip diminishes college anxiety

BY Connor FitzGerald NEWS EDITOR

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here are you going to go to college?”

A lot of seniors, myself included, are overwhelmed— and oftentimes annoyed—by this seemingly simple question. I feel underprepared compared to the kids I know who have it all figured out when I say the predictable “I’m not really sure,” as if I’m supposed to have my whole life figured out because I’ve made it through three years of SLUH and I’m “all grown up.”

This past weekend changed my perception of the question, though. I traveled up north with my sister and a friend to Bowdoin College on Friday and, after that, Middlebury College to find out whether or not I could picture myself there next fall.

Rest was something we didn’t get a lot of, and despite my sleepiness, I enjoyed staying on the move. We took lots of pit stops along the way to both schools. In Maine, for example, on the way up to Bowdoin, my sister drove me and my friend to a small food truck at Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse, which is about ten minutes south of Portland and an hour south of Bowdoin. At this food truck, we enjoyed fresh Maine lobster rolls and blueberry sodas and took in the rocky coast and salty breeze.

The Bowdoin tour settled my stomach a little bit; the students around the campus

seemed not too different than me, which was comforting, to say the least. I saw the other prospective students in the same position as me—eager to eat up every detail they could about the school, yet nervous to ask questions.

We woke up early again for the Middlebury tour as we had a three-hour drive from York, the beach town in Maine where my sister lives.

As we drove on the tree-lined, two-lane Route 7 through the Green Mountains of Vermont, my ears continually popping, I imagined the scene as fall blooms, and I could see myself there next year.

It was just a little moment that could be meaningless to someone else, but it meant a lot to me, and that was one of the moments that changed my view of the college process and recurring question. The trip to Middlebury and the tour itself made the school jump off the page for me; it was suddenly more than just the brochure I took home. My experience put memories of Middlebury’s student-built, carbon neutral Solar Decathlon house where only pictures existed before.

I did the same with Middlebury’s surroundings as I did Bowdoin’s: I grabbed lunch in Burlington, Vermont during their busy Labor Day celebration, with spaces ranging from the hippies playing cardboard instruments to artisanal chocolate makers.

These experiences, both the tours and the area explorations, are an important part of

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the process for me; it helps me get a sense of the world that I could be joining.

On our way back to Boston, my sister took us through some of the schools in the city—Boston College (her alma mater), Boston University, Harvard University, and MIT—all of which are fairly different institutions, ranging in size from MIT’s 11,000 students to BU’s 30,000. I saw the difference between small (Bowdoin’s under-2,000 student population) and large schools, and both reeled me in. This weekend taught me that I am not so much seeking a certain type of place, but one where I feel at home.

Ultimately, though, I’m beginning to believe that no matter what college I attend, whether large or small, I will enjoy my experience as long as I want to. The application process is a worthwhile period of my life that I get to experience only once. The stress and overwhelming frustration surrounding the process evolved into a mindset of excited opportunity. After a long talk with my sister on the ride to Middlebury (my friend asleep in the back seat) about her story of application worry, her rejection from her number one school, and her happiness nonetheless, I’m much more willing to talk about my college plans now, whereas one week ago I would have cringed or looked down at my feet if asked about them.

After seeing kids scrambling like me to figure out

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their lives at both the Middlebury and Bowdoin tours, I’m also much less worried after this weekend about comparing myself to others. Now when I see others around me fully prepared or done with their application process, I say good for them when in the past I would have cursed myself for not being as prepared as they are. The college application process seems to me now a new and exciting reflection of what the past three years of my life have looked like and what my future will look like, not a looming cloud that will decide my entire future.

The idea of applying to college (and addressing the same question from nearly every adult I see) is different now than it was one week ago.

This trip made me comfortable being in the same boat of indecision as most everyone I know, and moving at my own speed. It’s no longer haunting me; I hold it now as a chance to make the first real big decision I’ve made during my life.

It’s an adventure, an opportunity to have a meaningful conversation about my life and my interests, to get to know others and myself better.

I feel better about the idea that I won’t truly be sure where I’m going to be for the next four years of my life until I know, which I’m sure is an unsatisfying answer to all the adults asking, but then again it’s my journey, not theirs.

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On the June 2015 ACT testing date, seniors Ian Hurford and Lucas Kammerer achieved perfect scores of 36. The two join a group of 33 other SLUH students in the last ten years to score a 36.

What did you eat the morning of?

Ian Hurford

Lucas Kammerer

“A bagel.”

“I probably ate a poptart– something quick. I’d much rather sleep more than have a complicated breakfast”

What did you do to prepare?

Where did you take the test?

“Books and practice tests”

“Hazelwood East”

“English”

“Time management.”

“Absolutely nothing.”

“Rockwood”

“Science”

“Bring a watch.”

Least favorite section?

Tips for other test-takers?

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Letter: Guided Examen sometimes helpful To the editors: I have been keeping up with the discussion of the Examen in the letters to the editors at the Prep News, and I would like to start by saying I, like Mr. Finucane, am extremely happy that these conversations are occurring.

I sometimes feared that the Examen had simply become a two minute nap before sixth period, one that usually just makes students more tired at the beginning of class (I know this from experience), but seeing these conversations reminds me that the Examen is so much more than that, and for many students it is cherished time during the busy school day.

Throughout the past month that I have spent at the Jesuit Novitiate of the United Central and Southern Province (St. Louis’s province), I have learned quite a bit about the Society of Jesus, and especially the importance of prayer that Ignatius mentions in The Constitutions.

While it may be personal preference, I find guided Examens to be very helpful in staying focused during my prayer. I can understand that the repetitive nature of the guided Examens at SLUH can be distracting, even annoying at times, but I have come to cherish guided Examens.

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novices leads us in a guided Examen to replace one of our private Examens. These tend to be my best Examens, partly because I am constantly reminded to stay focused and my mind doesn’t wander as much, but also because these examens have a different focus every week. For example, last week the Examen was focused on our relationships with the people around us. We were asked to look into how we interacted with people we liked and disliked and how God worked through us in those relationships or how we rejected God’s help.

I’m not suggesting that every Examen should be guided, but there is a real benefit in having guided Examens.

Perhaps now that most students better understand the Examen and it becomes a personal prayer time, there could be one Examen each week that focuses on a different aspect of our lives.

Even if a guided Examen doesn’t become a regular part of the week, all students should strive to make the most of the Examen as it allows us to better recognize God’s presence in our lives and reminds us to remember God in our every thought, word, and action.

Kevin Murphy, nSJ Class of 2015

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FEATURES

Semptember 11, 2015

Kornfeld runs combine for plentiful harvest bundle of wins (continued from page 1)

for Kornfeld’s first season at the helm of the SLUH football program. “He was a lot of fun to work with, it just seemed liked he was always in a good mood. He was really good with me, just patiently teaching me some of the ideas that he was trying to implement in the program. He really was trying to change the way we did things, especially offen-

to look to find a coach,” said former athletic director Dick Wehner. “We didn’t even open it up; we knew we had someone special on staff, and that was Gary.”

The game of football has changed in many aspects over the years.

“Back when I first started in this business, and nine of those years were with coach

Kornfeld in his office after taking over for Paul Martel in 1988.

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sively.”

Kornfeld’s career didn’t start in the head coaching position—he started under Martel, who won 200 games in his tenure as football head coach at SLUH. Kornfeld came from Perryville, Missouri, where he coached the high school team. In the following weeks after leaving Perryville, Kornfeld was at Duffy Daugherty’s Coach of the Year clinic in downtown St. Louis when his college coach talked to Martel, who told Kornfeld of an opening at SLUH in the physical education department.

“That’s when I met Paul (Martel),” said Kornfeld. “He told me get your application in and do this and do that. I was with Paul for nine years.

Great nine years. I think the biggest thing that I learned from Paul is that you need change. You can’t keep doing the same thing over and over.

He would always make sure that he was at the forefront of what was new in the football business. And in my tenure— my 27 years—there has been so much new.”

When Martel stepped down, the choice for the next football coach was simple.

“We didn’t even have

Martel, football was a little bit more simplified,” said Kornfeld. “Most of the schools there was either two or three offenses they were running, most of the schools there was two defenses they were running. It has become more diversified, more sophisticated.”

But as Martel taught him, Kornfeld has always changed how he has coached. Depending on the layout of his team, Kornfeld builds on the strengths of the players.

“He was always the guy who was trying to learn the latest newest things,” said See, referencing Kornfeld’s coaching style. “I’ve seen his offenses and his defenses progress and change over the years.”

Kornfeld attributes part of his monumental success to his coaching staff.

“The one thing about me is that I’ve surrounded myself with great people. I’ve got a great staff,” said Kornfeld.

“I’ve always had great offensive minds on my coaching staff ... as well as great defensive minds.”

Kornfeld gave credit to many former players who have come back to help coach at SLUH. He mentioned Stephen Simmons, a running back and defensive

back coach who played at Northwestern. He also credited track star Eric Hunt, who went on to Brown University and returned to help coach receivers and safeties, and Jake Corrigan, who coaches the linebackers. Offensive and defensive lines assistant Kyle Schnettgoecke, who played with Kornfeld’s son at the University of Illinois, came to

photo | Dauphin Yearbook

SLUH to help line coach John Diffley.

“When he has an opening he looks at alumni who have played football for him, first and foremost, because that’s really, really worked for him and I think it’s added years onto his career,” said Wehner. “I think these young guys have rejuvenated Mr. Kornfeld. I think without the young guys he would have retired five years ago.”

Team trainer Tony Egan has been with Kornfeld for 26 years.

“Starting out, coach and I always had a good understanding of each other and really our relationship has grown into one of the great friendships of my life,” said Egan. “It has always been an honor and a privilege to be part of coach Kornfeld’s staff.”

Not only does Kornfeld pride himself on his coaching staff, but also in his family and the families of his assistant coaches.

“I always did things with my kids,” said Kornfeld. “I always tell my staff, do not ever forget your family. And if there is a time when we have to scout a game on Saturday and someone has a son or daughter playing a soccer game then

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more than double the amount of people at the football game.

“There are so many teams from all over the region, and so many exciting competitors at the meet,” said senior Joe Butler, who will be running the Festival for his fourth and final time this year.

The Festival started out relatively small, but through 10 years of excellent race management, it has grown into a massive event.

The Festival was born when a large local meet at McCluer North High school was cancelled in 2004 and about 35 teams needed a new place to compete. Coaches Jim Linhares and Joe Porter used prior connections with Big River Running Company, a local running shoe store and race

timing company, to set up the first race on Forest Park’s Central Fields in 2006. Since then, the race has gained popularity and the course on Central Fields has even hosted the National Cross Country Championships.

The element most unique to the Festival, however, is its atmosphere, which can be enjoyed by runners and fans at every level of competition.

Whether it is the highest division of varsity, or a middle school race, every race has an announcer keeping track of the leader, and, since there are usually about 10,000 people at the Festival to watch the races, each race has an endless line of fans cheering for their schools.

“It’s exciting when you go to the starting line and there

are thousands of people lined up along the course cheering and screaming,” said Butler.

The fans aren’t the only source of excitement, though.

“We try to make it more about atmosphere,” said Porter. “No other meet that I know of has a sound system with music blaring, or an announcer announcing the leaders’ names.”

Another fun activity that the Festival features is that each and every winner, no matter what division, is interviewed when they cross the finish line—something especially exciting for the younger runners.

The event also draws large running sponsors to Forest Park to market their products. It is not rare to see a Saucony truck giving out

someone else would go pick it up. We’ve always taken care of one another.”

While Kornfeld’s children—two sons and a daughter—played college sports for nine years straight, his staff would pick up those games for him. Now, those roles are reversed. Kornfeld’s focus on familial importance is why so many hold him in high regard.

“Both of my boys, Michael and Thomas, attended St. Louis U High and both played football for Coach Kornfeld,” said Egan. “So in many ways it’s not about my experience but my family’s experience. It’s about everyone that has come through the program. Whether you’re a player, or a coach, or a parent, you’re part of that family down there and I think coach Kornfeld would be the first one to tell you it’s all about all the different people who have played or somewhat participated in the achievements of the program. It’s a real family atmosphere.”

Kornfeld had several other coaching opportunities over his 27-year tenure at SLUH, but has never left the friendly confines of Oakland Avenue.

“I had my opportunities to go back to my alma mater Southeast Missouri State, and I had a couple of other opportunities,” said Kornfeld. “I didn’t want that lifestyle. I’m a St. Louis guy and my wife is a St. Louis gal. I didn’t want to move my family every three or four years. I didn’t want that. I enjoy the environment that I’m in here. I’m surrounded by great kids ... I’m in a wonderful place.”

Despite the amount of time that has passed, Kornfeld still remembers players from his first team at SLUH. He still keeps in touch with them today, as he does with many of his former players.

“Tom Purcell was my first quarterback,” said Kornfeld. “Tommy Purcell was a heck of a leader for us and did a great job. Tommy was a heck of a quarterback. He’s in New York and does real well, he’s into finances. He’s very successful. He comes back once a year for a game and I have his

son on the sidelines.”

“Tommy Johnston, who put together the weight room, was one of my captains on that team,” added Kornfeld.

“He was at our 200th victory and 201st victory. I still see Tommy, he lives in Kirkwood.”

But as Kornfeld reflects on his success over the years, his humility shows.

“I’ve never been a numbers guy,” said Kornfeld. “My goal was never to get 200, my goal was each week I wanted to get better with the club I had and that’s the way I still continue to do it, because if you look ahead you’re going to be disappointed. Just take the task at hand and deal with it and then move on to the next club.”

Kornfeld’s success can be attributed to many things, but two in particular are his planning and his attention to detail.

“All the success Gary has had has been through a lot of hard work and planning,” said Egan. “I’m always impressed with the amount of preparation that he and his coaching staff put into each and every game and the discipline he instills in the players. He practices things like snapping the ball over the punter’s head. In looking back at his success it’s about a lot of planning and focus on details and I see that every game.”

“When you do the right

free gear to fans and athletes, only adding to the excitement of the day. SLUH has worked with Saucony for the last two years, and this is the largest event that the company sponsors.

The atmosphere is constantly evolving; the board and the official sponsors are constantly dreaming up new ways to make the meet exciting.

“We’ve even had photo booths in the past. Whatever we can get our sponsors to come up with and be creative with,” said Porter. “We actually looked into contracting a company to have a drone follow the lead pack and take video. We’re willing to spend more money so that people will have a good experience.”

Another enhancement of atmosphere in the Festi-

val is the presence of an official “athlete’s village,” which is often absent in smaller meets where teams spread out around the course to set up their tents. At the festival, teams all set up in one place.

This is the same setup used in the State Championship meet.

“It’s similar to the State atmosphere, but it’s less pressure, and you can enjoy the atmosphere more,” said Butler.

The event has quickly become one of the premiere meets in the region, drawing teams from nine different states, including Illinois and Wisconsin, and 126 different high schools.

After nine years at Central Fields, the Festival’s location has been moved to Aviation Field for this year’s meet.

The location of the Festival was forced to change be-

things day after day and year after year and you stick to that you know you’re not guaranteed success but your chances of success go up,” said See. “That’s a hard thing to do to stick to your plan and stick with your values and keep those things as part of your program’s culture. He’s survived a lot of changes in football, in the program, in the coaching staff, and the student body for years and years.”

It is no doubt that Kornfeld has succeeded and will continue to succeed on the sidelines, but his legacy is more than just a man with a headset and a navy blue football cap.

“For me it was a very positive experience, you know I was a young teacher, a new guy here,” said See. “I always respected the way he treated players, the way he treated officials. He cared about people in the midst of all the chaos in trying to win and all that was something that always came through.”

“He cares for everyone in the program, from the freshman who can’t even button his chinstrap to the senior who goes on to play division one football,” said Wehner.

“I think coach Kornfeld has had a hand in giving a positive vibe to these boys who’ve gone on to be very successful in life. That’s always been his hallmark. I don’t think he’s missed a beat.” photo | Dauphin Yearbook

Kornfeld at practice in his first season as head coach, 1988.

cause LouFest is taking place on the same weekend. Loufest has traditionally been held on the weekend after Labor Day, while the Festival has been held on the second week of September. This year, however, those two dates happen to be at the same time.

The decision to move the location of the meet was the result of city contracts, park permits, meetings with the mayor’s office, and LouFest lobbyists. SLUH President David Laughlin represented SLUH in many of the meetings with the mayor’s office and LouFest lobbyists.

C3 Presents, the company that manages some of the country’s biggest music festivals including Loufest, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits, won the permit and will be

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Stundent work to be featured in art gallery

Forest Park XC Festival loses permit to Loufest

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past due to the lack of space.

Now Bugnitz, Rebholz, and Powers can take their classes into the gallery to view other students’ art work and offer advice from a different viewpoint.

“It’s really helpful to take a step back at both your peers’ and your own work,” said Rebholz.

To prepare for the transition, the teachers have been hard at work. Since the summer, they’ve been moving items into storage to clear out the room. The teachers have also been scrubbing the walls to remove traces of chalk and charcoal from previous years.

Bugnitz and Rebholz spent time over the summer framing all of the student pieces. The frames they used were purchased using money donated from the Nahlik family, whose five sons attended SLUH, four years ago. Former art teacher John Mueller and Bugnitz started using that money to frame pictures, but didn’t finish the process then.

“We wanted to use the money for something that would benefit the community and last beyond new equipment or technology,” said Bugnitz.

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The art department recently decided to use the art gallery year round for displays.

“(The gallery) will require constant upkeep that we are more than ready to do,” said Rebholz.

The teachers are still looking for furniture to populate the room and make it more inviting to students and teachers looking to do work quietly. If the search for furniture is fruitful enough, the department envisions entire classes using it for a period here or there as a break from the classrooms.

“I really enjoy the open-

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that formally presents the history of the school where everyone can access it.

The first option is a hardbound book, similar to a “coffee table” type book that would be offered for sale.

The second possibility is a high quality video that would be posted on the SLUH website and YouTube and would offer personal stories and experiences from students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni.

The third opportunity is the most expansive, as it involves transforming one part of the school into “an electronic, living museum,” as Donohue puts it. In a perfect world, SLUH could house these archives, perhaps in one room or several places on the campus. Similar to the Commons timeline, this interactive museum would include a variety of artifacts.

“It’s a dream,” said Donohue. “It’s a living testimony to what the school is all about.”

This third idea is the archivists’ favorite, as it would create opportunities to update the archives far past the bicentennial.

“We want the absolute best, but the reality is: what’s it cost?” said Thomas. “And how do we go about doing that?”

The group has contacted the director of the Central United States Jesuit Archives in order to find the best way to accumulate, store, and manage the archives. They have also visited St. Louis University’s libraries and the St. Louis Mercantile Library for additional research.

“Basically, all of this stuff needs to be preserved,”

said Schilligo. “If we don’t do something to preserve it, it’s going to be lost and future classes won’t have this history there to see.”

Alumni are also able to contribute to this project in many ways, including sending information about themselves or any artifacts that hold historical significance for SLUH. “We’re trying to find more stories of not just people who were famous, but who did significant things in that ‘men for others’ category,” said St. Vrain.

“It’s important for all of us,” said Laughlin of the project. “This is a school with a really rich history, so to be able to capture that in a way that’s meaningful and organized when we really haven’t done that as much before, I think will be a great thing.”

The group has been meeting regularly on Thursdays.

In the spring of 2016 the archivists will start to put together a formal plan from one (or more) of those three possible outcomes.

“Things are evolving, and young guys will take this directions we aren’t even envisioning,” said St. Vrain. “The idea is that we can start something and others build on it.”

“You can keep constantly feeding these things with the living history of the school, and it keeps the bond alive— that to me is what this school is all about,” said Donohue.

“It’s all about a band of brothers.”

ness of the gallery,” said Powers.

In the past, the room has been used as a classroom for most of the school year and converted back into a gallery for the end-of-the-year art show. Because of a drop in the number of Ceramics students, ceramics teacher Sarah Rebholz took on an extra Engineering Graphics class which freed up new arrival Sean Powers to take on one of art teacher Joan Bugnitz’s Drawing 1 classes that had previ-

ously met in that room.

The room was originally designed as an art gallery, but because of spatial issues in the art wing, it was converted into a classroom full of drawing horses and plastic fruits for years. The conversion back could lead to issues with Bugnitz’s classes, but it’s a risk the art department felt was totally outweighed by the benefits.

“It’s gonna be hard losing a classroom, but it’s something I felt we had to do,” said Bugnitz.

hosting the music festival on Central Fields, a quarter mile from Aviation Field.

SLUH was given the option of hosting the Festival at Aviation Field, the archery range, or around Bull Lake— the lake around the side of the planetarium. LouFest also gave up 300 parking spots to the Festival, which will help out drastically because of the thousands of people that will be there.

“Though we’d rather be at Central Fields, we were able to put together a pretty nice course on Aviation Field,” said Porter. “People are going to like it; it’s a little more scenic though it is a little bit tougher with a couple nice hills. It’s plenty wide for the most part which is nice.”

In the past, there have been two divisions in each race—a more competitive and less competitive. But, because of the number of athletes as well as the size of the course, the Festival has decided to add a third division. The divisions are green, gold, and white, with green being the top division, gold being the middle, and white being the bottom.

All of the SLUH runners will be racing in the green division.

There are 15 races in total, including an open 5K race; a boys and girls college division; boys and girls high school varsity; boys and girls high school JV; boys and girls high school freshmen; and boys and girls middle school.

The Festival would not be possible if it weren’t for Joshua Carron, Head of Urban Forestry, who has helped maintain and trim trees along the course; Alan Jankowski, Head of Maintenance for all city parks, who cut the acres of grass and helped fix poor footing; and the SLUH cross country coaching staff, who have worked hard to fix issues with footing as well as designing the new course.

The 2015 Forest Park Cross Country Festival takes place on Aviation Field in Forest Park tomorrow. The JV 5K race is at 10:05 a.m., the varsity 5K is at 1:20 p.m., and the freshman boys race at 2:15.

Go to fpxc.com to get more information about parking, the times for the other races, and results.

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Undefeated varsity soccer continues dominating play

BY Keith Thomas SPORTS EDITOR

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fter outscoring opponents 12-3 in the last week, the soccer team is clearly the top team in the area, and there is even speculation about its being the best team in the nation.

The dominant week began last Friday, with the Jr. Bills traveling to Jefferson City to take on the Jays. The game was arguably the toughest for the Jr. Bills so far: with a long bus ride to the state capital.

Despite overall team fatigue, the Jr. Bills pulled away with a 1-0 win thanks to senior Matt Jansen’s goal.

“It was really hot, and the grass was long,” said head coach Charlie Martel. “(Assistant coach) Charlie (Clark) came up to me and said, ‘This is just a puzzle they’re going to have to solve,’ and eventually they did and we got the goal.”

After arriving back in St. Louis late Friday night, the Jr. Bills turned around to face St. Xavier from Louisville. The game was a scoring bonanza for SLUH. After being fouled in the 18-yard box to draw a penalty kick early in the match, senior Jack Dempster gave SLUH an early 1-0 lead. Senior captain Matt Frein also netted a goal after slipping through several St. X defenders and SLUH led 2-0.

This game, however, was all about senior Peter Simon.

Simon’s first two goals were lofty chip shots over the St. X goalkeeper, and he added a third later in the game to complete his hat trick.

After goals from seniors Trey Haman and Sam Rudder, the Jr. Bills had a 7-2 win.

Simon’s ability to take shots from improbable angles

Swimming takes third out of 11

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Senior Peter Simon scoring the first goal Saturday against St. Xavier. He is the leading scorer for SLUH this season.

has helped the Jr. Bills immensely this year, first against Chaminade, then against Gibault, and now against St. Xavier. He leads SLUH in both goals and assists.

From stats alone, Simon is SLUH’s best player. Simon’s chances, however, could not have been created without the help of SLUH’s overpowering midfield, led by Frein and senior captain Will Minnick.

“Pete reminds me of a player we had on a state championship team, Joe Germanese,” Martel said. “He’s really fast, and he’s physical. He has a rocket for a shot, and is just an ideal forward. He’s really, really dangerous.”

“The hat trick, for me, was really special,” Simon

said. “It was the first time I have ever gotten a hat trick. I wouldn’t have gotten it without the way our team set me up, and I’m glad I was able to finish.”

After a few days of rest and practice, the team faced off against MCC counterpart Vianney in the CBC Tournament. Vianney controlled play in the first half, getting the ball down to the ground, passing the ball efficiently, and outworking SLUH on most fronts.

Minnick and Dempster managed to squeak goals past the Vianney keeper before the first half ’s end, however, and the Jr. Bills led 2-0 despite struggling to maintain possession.

“We were very fortunate to be up by two goals at the half,” Martel said. “That was our worst half of the year. We were not mentally prepared to start that game.”

The second half was a different story.

After a fiery speech from Clark, the Jr. Bills came out in the second half tackling harder than before and beating Vianney to many balls. The Jr. Bills had several chances, and senior Sam Perry quickly knocked a ball into the side netting, putting SLUH ahead 3-0. Rudder continued his hot streak off the bench, adding a final goal to put SLUH up by four.

Vianney’s only goal came from a penalty kick after se-

nior goalkeeper Ty Frederking challenged a Vianney striker for the ball, violently knocking the striker over with his momentum.

“Even though they may not have been pretty games, we still found a way to win and come out on top,” Simon said.

“We got their heads right at halftime and basically told them what’s at stake,” Martel said. “We told them ‘You guys can win every game if you come in with the right attitude.’ You can’t always be on top of your game, but even when we’re not, we’re still winning.”

The team’s next game is Tuesday at Webster Groves at 5:00 p.m.

he St. Louis U. High swim and dive team competed in the Marquette Relays this past Saturday at Marquette High School, taking third out of 11 schools. The team then continued its success at Parkway South on Tuesday, winning handily.

The meet started off with the diving competition.

SLUH’s three divers fared well, especially against some very good competitors they had seen last year.

“We did well at Marquette,” said senior diver Thomas O’Brien. “It was our first time facing competition and we took a very respectable fourth which was only behind teams that had a state qualifier.”

The swimming portion of meet started out with a big performance by the Jr. BIlls in the 200 freestyle relay. The relay team of seniors Michael Krause, Chris Kreienkamp, Patrick Schuler, and Mark Franz placed third in the event, but more importantly earned a state cut and finished just .02 seconds behind Rock Bridge, who took second.

“Marquette was a good first meet to make a few State cuts in,” said Krause. “Our 200 free relay (had) a good time gap.”

Another big State cut for the Jr. Bills was in the 400 freestyle relay. Senior Dan Walsh, sophomore Barclay Dale, freshman Joe Feder, and Krause all locked up a State time, each one swimming his leg under 52 seconds. The re-

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SLUH survives Vianney shootout behind Clair’s three TDs, wins 49-41 photo | Leo Heinz

Senior Daniel Isom evading a tackle Friday night at Vianney. The Jr. Bills advanced to 3-0, defeating Vianney 49-41.

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t was 4th and 1 near the Jr. Bill 30-yard line, SLUH ball.

With 2:15 left on the clock, Vianney took its last timeout, forcing SLUH to go for the first down or to punt. As soon as junior Izaiah Thompson snapped the ball, junior quarterback Mitch Batschelett was already running at full speed

through the line. He fell on the pile after just two yards and jumped up immediately to celebrate the first down.

Batschelett said, “It was definitely a really exciting moment.”

After a few quarterback kneels, SLUH had earned a 49-41 victory over Vianney to go 3-0 on the season, and give head coach Gary Korn-

feld 201 wins on his career—a SLUH football record.

SLUH entered the game knowing that Vianney was going to be the biggest offensive threat up to this point in the season. With a slim 49-41 victory, SLUH played its closest game of the season and allowed more points to the Griffins than it had allowed to both Hillsboro and Lutheran

North combined.

SLUH opened the first quarter scoring with 5:36 on the clock on a 51-yard pass to senior captain wide receiver Daniel Isom. Three minutes later, junior standout Andrew Clair ran nine yards to put the Jr. Bills up 14-0 going into the second quarter. Clair would eventually run for 179 yards on 21 attempts, notching 3

TDs as well.

Vianney found the end zone for the first time with 7:51 left in the second quarter. SLUH answered with two of its own, however, on a 22yard run by Daniel Isom and a 63-yard pass from Batschelett to junior Tony Adams just 23 seconds before half. Going into the locker room, SLUH had a comfortable lead of 287.

The third quarter was back and forth, with a Vianney TD followed by a 4-yard touchdown run by Andrew Clair followed by another Vianney touchdown. Clair posted the final touchdown of the third quarter with a 78yard run to break into the end zone to make the score 42-21 SLUH. The only touchdown for SLUH in the fourth quarter came from special teams on a 95-yard kickoff return by Adams. The SLUH offense, however, could not generate any scoring. The offense turned the ball over three times in the second half, on two fumbles and one interception. One of the fumbles was by junior running back Davion Nash, who tore his ACL during the play, sidelining him for the remainder of the season.

In the fourth quarter Vianney rallied, taking advantage of SLUH’s defense en route to its most productive quarter with 3 TDs. “You got to give some of the blame to the offense—we turned the ball over offensively,” Kornfeld said. “And some of it was that we were getting wore out (on defense). It was a hot, miserable night, and that just goes to show how much our kids hung in there and stayed with it because when we needed the one yard, we got it.”

“The whole offensive line had done a great job the entire game, and I knew that they would really give me a good push to get that first down, so I had a lot of confidence in my team and everybody to help me get that first down,” Batschelett said of the crucial fourth down play.

Batschelett finished the night 7 for 11 passing, good for 190 yards and 2 TDs; he also threw an interception.

Vianney’s quarterback, sophomore Tionne Harris, ended with 302 yards passing, with freshman wide receiver Cam Coleman receiving for 174 yards and senior running back Devin Marty rushing for

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XC Senior Spotlight: Dustan Davidson

BY Joseph STAFF

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unning has always been a passion for senior Dustan Davidson, and he’s ready to leave it all out on the course for his last year on the St. Louis U. High cross country and track teams.

Davidson’s running career began when he started to run competitively in middle school.

“After I started running competitively, I began to realize I had some talent for it,” said Davidson. “So I just continued to practice and work hard and that’s how I got to where I am now.”

Davidson transferred to SLUH from O’Fallon Township High School after his freshman year. Per MSHSAA rules, a student is not allowed to play varsity sports at their new school the year after they transfer, so Davidson was not part of the varsity cross country or track teams his sopho-

more year.

Not letting the rule set him back, Davidson continued to work hard and train with the JV teams. His hard work showed during meets, when he began to set personal record after personal record.

“I’ve tried to work my hardest and it’s been paying off,” said Davidson. “My PR’s I’m proudest of are 4:12 in the mile and 1:51 in the 800-meter.”

Davidson made the varsity track and cross country teams his junior year and placed second in state in the 800-meter race.

Besides running for SLUH, Davidson also competes individually at colleges for some extra competition.

Having competed at events at the University of Missouri, Arkansas, and Vanderbilt, he’s been able to experience many different levels of competition over his high school running career.

Last Saturday, the SLUH

cross country team had a 5K time trial; Davidson placed first with a time of 16:01, a 5K PR. “For the first mile I was running with Joe (Butler) which was good because it always helps to have someone to run with,” said Davidson. “But later I was by myself, which made it kind of difficult. But I’m still pretty happy with my time even though I know I can run faster.”

Davidson and his teammates have created a strong bond through their years of running together and they push each other to perform better.

“We’re all pretty great friends. I love running workouts with these guys,” said Davidson. “It’s always good to have someone push you in a workout and we do that for each other.”

Davidson’s hard work is obvious and inspiring to the other members of the cross country team.

“Anyone on the team can sense that he has a real passion for running,” said junior Joe Laughlin.

Nevertheless, Davidson is excited for the opportunities that this year is going to bring him and the whole SLUH cross country team.

“I think right now we’re definitely looking like a top five team at state, which is exciting,” said Davidson. “I watch guys like Will Kelley and Joe Laughlin always working hard and contributing a lot to our team. We’re all putting in a lot of miles, so I’m excited to see how this year ends up,” said Davidson.

Davidson’s love for running stems from his dad, who ran Division I in college at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Davidson committed to run at the University of Illinois this past Friday.

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V cross country has started their season off strong as a dedicated group of underclassmen found success at the O’Fallon Futures Invitational, earning 10 medals and dominating a field of top Illinois programs.

The two-mile O’Fallon meet was shortened from the original three miles because of 90-plus degree heat, but the SLUH team still finished strong. Ten of SLUH’s top 14

medaled. Notable, besides the dedication, was the unity the team showed.

“I thought the strongest aspect of both the freshman and sophomore races was the pack running near the front of the race,” said head coach Joe Porter. “In the freshman race, after Hetlage, we had a nice pack of Milnor, Buehring, Poag, Perry, Christie, and Dwyer. In the sophomore race, we had a great pack as well with Burka, Tajkowski, Himich, Gunn, and Watkins.”

Senior runner Joe Butler

was also impressed with the group dynamic that he felt led to SLUH’s success.

“I think they are doing well, we saw a lot of the guys do very well at the O’Fallon Futures meet,” said Butler.

“They ran in packs, which is great because they have a teammate to run with. That’s how the SLUH team has done so well over the years, so it’s great to see the JV team continue that history.”

The cross country team has had a lot of success in the past, racking up two state

titles and one second place finish in recent years.

When asked how he plans to continue this legacy and follow the team’s new motto, “Defend the Tradition,” Porter said, “Our tradition is that we strive to chase excellence.

We all have different abilities, but we strive to get the best of what God has given us. That is how we defend the tradition.”

The SLUH JV and freshman teams race tomorrow at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival.

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lay finished second in the race behind Rock Bridge.

“There was some good competition this year at Marquette relays, especially from Rock Bridge and Marquette,” said head coach Lindsey Ehret. “The high competition did push our relays (which) result(ed) in two more state cuts (and) several of our relays also finished in the top three.”

One of the last key swims for the Jr. Bills was by sophomore Nick Mattingly in the 100 backstroke. Mattingly dropped significant time in the event, which brought him much closer to a State time.

The relay team, which also included Dale and Feder, took second in the race.

“I went out strong and

tried to keep my pace. I was really proud of my time,” Mattingly said.

The Jr. Bills placed third behind Rock Bridge and Marquette, but they were only 10 points behind Marquette.

In Tuesday’s win against Parkway South, the Jr. Bills gave some of their younger swimmers experience in meets.

“Parkway South meet was a chance for swimmers to swim events they usually don’t,” said Ehret. ”We’re continuing to meet one of our team goals of being undefeated in dual meets.”

Diving also had a good meet at South, with junior Andrew Gammon taking first and O’Brien taking second.

“At (Parkway South), I improved on my score,” O’Brien said. “I’m shooting for state, but it’s gonna be a long time before I make it.”

The team’s next meet is today at Forest Park Community College against MCC rival De Smet.

There is a little added rivalry to this meet as well, since ex-SLUH head coach Joe Esposito will be coaching for De Smet on the other side of the deck.

“We hope to get a few more cuts on Friday against De Smet,” Krause said. “But more importantly, we want put up a win against our old coach.”

Soccer tops CBC 3-1 The St. Louis U. High varsity soccer team advanced to the championship of the CBC Tournament last night by defeating host CBC 3-1. Senior Jack Dempster had the highlight of the night, scoring a goal from nearly 30 yards out. Midfielder Matt Lesko controlled play in the midfield, earning a beautiful assist on senior Trey Haman’s goal. Senior Sam Rudder continued his hot streak, extending his goal streak to three games.

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Junior Andrew Clair at Friday’s game. He ran for 179 yards.

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171 yards.

Though SLUH’s defense let up six touchdowns and so many yards to so few players, several players on the Jr. Bill side had standout performances. Senior captain Anthony Sansone led the way on defense with 10 tackles and senior captain Daniel Jackson recovered a fumble and returned it for 46 yards.

SLUH takes on the 10thranked Chaminade Red Devils (3-0) tonight at 7:00 p.m. at SLUH. Chaminade features several explosive skill players as well as a physical offensive line.

“This might be the best Chaminade ball club I’ve seen in a lot of years and they’ve had some good ones,” said Kornfeld.

Game Briefs —JV Soccer—

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Key Stat: Sophomore Running back Billy Brooks had a 70-yard touchdown run.

Scoring: Jacob Gremaud

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Key Quote: “We had great possession for most of the game and it helped us to play with less pressure,” said junior captain and goalie Klaus Preusser.

Next game: 9/14/15 at De Scoring: Will Perryman and Smet at 4:30 P.M. Nick Dimmitt.

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Next game: 9/14/15 at Web- Next game: 9/15/15 vs Miller ster Groves at 5:00 P.M. Career at 4:30 P.M. —Andrew Modder contrib- —Keith Thomas contributed reporting. uted reporting.

—C Soccer (3-4-1)— had hoped in the first half and Key Quote: “The effort was we got down 2-0 at halftime,” there, we passed and played said coach Brock Kesterson. the ball well. We had enough 9/9/15 chances we just couldn’t finish Key Quote: “We lost the first SLUH 2 the ball,” said freshman Colin 1 Rhoads. game (to Chaminade) 2-1, we Opponent felt we were pretty competitive. So we went out to their Scoring: Andrew Menker and Next game: 9/12/15 at De place and the result was not Louis Vacca.

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Around the Hallways Glass panel of Commons shattered over weekend A large panel of the Si Commons was shattered over Labor Day Weekend and was discovered Tuesday by work crews. A crew from the company that installed the glass in the Commons, which opened in 2012, is supposed to access the damage today, said Director of Facilities Joe Rankin who did not know how the incident happened. He said that he assumed it was a ball, not an intentional act. photo | Brendan Voigt

Class photo composite moved, replaced The Composite of the photos of graduating classes since 1925 has been moved to the Danis Lobby, outside of the Joseph Schulte theater. The new composite cost around $4,500 and was paid for by donations from the Mothers’ Club and the Alumni Mothers’ Club, according to Connie Leinauer,

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who works in the advancement office.

She said that it has space to accommodate 34 more class pictures.

Two 2015 graduates earn perfect scores on Greek exam The National Greek Exam will be taken for the 16th year in a row, this coming March. Last year, out of the 20 students who took the exam, 13 received some type of award. Peter Volmert and Joe Slama achieved perfect scores making it the first year in which SLUH attained more than one purple ribbon.

Admissions department releases brochure, has first high school night Freshly arriving from Modern Litho last week, the new admissions brochure, entitled “SLUH Unlimited” made its way around the school. Director of Admissions Anja Schmelter headed this annual publication, and it played a critical part in the first high school night of the year at Ursuline Academy on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Senior Patrick Schuler and junior Sam Chechik presented after Schmelter showed the new admissions video.

Principal John Moran welcomes baby girl Sonia Bellavance Moran was born at 10:06 a.m. on Monday, Sept.

7. She weighed six pounds, 13 ounces,

Regular Schedule 9:00 am Mother’s Club Craft Workshop AP Sophomore Class Mass Case Western Reserve University (OH)—M112 and measured 20 inches at birth. Mo- Rhodes College (TN)—M114 ran will most likely return for a part University of Denver (CO)—M108 of the school day on Monday, Sept. 14.

Loyola University Maryland (MD)—M106 photo | Dr. John Moran

Wake Forest University (NC)—M110

Snack—Mozzarella Cheese Sticks Lunch Special—Fried Chicken

Vegetarian—Mashed Potatoes Regular Schedule Monday, September 14

Food Drive still thousands of points away from goal After achieving last year’s staggering number of points in the Food Drive, an estimated 24,000, SLUH is still around 3,000 points behind of their 10,000-point goal this year.

In order to bridge the gap, Campus Minister Simonie Anzalone has sent out multiple all-school emails coupled with morning and afternoon announcements. During Thursday at activity period, many homerooms competed in the Can Castle Contest, but the overall winner was freshman homeroom M107. The overall class winner was the junior class.

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keep rust off the floor pans, and installed a TA Stage 1 Performance intake.

“As far as performance goes, everything that creates horsepower right now on it is aftermarket,” said Vogel.

Vogel’s inspiration came from his dad’s 1971 Chevelle he bought when he was 18.

“My passion for the car, and the reason why I like (my) car was just developed as a process over the years of being around (my dad’s) car,” said Vogel.

That body style he re-

Mother’s Club Honduran Project (through Friday) AP Admissions Committee Planning Session

Florida Southern University (FL)—M106

Knox College (IL)—M108

Loyola Marymount University (CA)—M110

University of Mississippi (MS)—M118

Oklahoma City University (OK)—M116

Texas Christian University (TX)—M112

Wofford College (SC)—M114

Snack—Bosco Sticks 5:00 pm NIE Evening with Jesuit Community Lunch Special—Chick-fil-A

Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese

Tuesday, September 15

Block Schedule Lunch Cornell College (IA)­—(Counsel. Conf. Room)

University of S&T (MO)—M106

Valparaiso University (IN)—M108

Middlebury College (VT)—M110

Purdue University (IN)—M112

Special—Brunch for Life Vegetarian—Pasta

Wednesday, September 16

8:00am Lunch

—Leo Heinz, Nolen Doorack, Sam

Chechik, and Jack Casey.

Pick of the Lot: Vogel’s 1971 Buick Skylark

BY Matthew REPORTER

September 11, 2015

ferred to is the GM A-Body that was introduced to General Motors muscle cars in 1968. It allowed each of the four divisions of GM to fit in their largest engines; Buick’s was a 455 cubic inch V-8.

Remember that Buicks weren’t always cars for your grandparents; in 1987 the Buick Grand National/GNX was the fastest U.S. production car ever.

Although the car has some serious power, Vogel claims he drives the speed limit.

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The only thing seemingly negative about the car is the gas mileage. It gets the same mpg as it does number of cylinders: eight.

That one vice is made up for by so many virtues. It looks great, sounds great, and the seats are ten times more comfortable than a modern seat, according to Vogel. Surely one of the biggest is that the Skylark is truly a piece of classic Americana. It is also the Prep News Pick of the Lot.

own in the student parking lot you typically see used, early-to mid 2000’s sedans and SUVs. There are, however, cars that break the doldrums of the lot. One of them is a 1971 Buick Skylark owned by senior Connor Vogel. It’s hard to miss with its metallic blue paint and Buick 350 5.7L V-8 engine that pumps its exhaust through a set of aftermarket exhaust pipes, making it arguably the loudest car on the lot.

Vogel has owned the car since he was 15, when he and his dad came across what he describes as a once in a lifetime deal. The car was in great shape, with its previous two owners having put only about 80,000 miles on it.

They bought it with all original bodywork and paint.

“It is all 44 years old; straight from the factory” said Vogel.

Despite the great condition of the car, Vogel still made some additions; he had the front seat reupholstered, he put a disc brake conversion kit on it, added new suspension, wheels and tires, repaint- Senior Connor Vogel with his 1971 Buick Skylark in the SLUH parking lot. ed the underside of the car to

Block Schedule Faculty In-Service University of Alabama (AL)—M106 Bellarmine University (KY)—M114 Boston College (MA)—M110 Illinois College (IL)—M116 Illinois Wesleyan University (IL)—M108 Special—Chicken Club Wraps Vegetarian—Garden Burger

photo | Matthew Book

Regular Schedule

AP JET Tour (13 Jesuit College Reps)—Si Commons Lunch Davidson College (NC)—M108

University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign (IL)—M106

Sarah Lawrence College (NY)—Coun. Conf.

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Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville (MD)—M114

Villanova University (PA)—M116 7:00pm University of Notre Dame (IN) Information

Event in Si Commons Lunch Special—Domino’s Pizza

Vegetarian—Cheese Pizza

Friday, September 18

Half Day Schedule 9:00 am Mother’s Club Craft Workshop AP Sophomore Class Mass

Case Western Reserve University (OH)—M112

Rhodes College (TN)—M114)

University of Denver (CO)—M108

Loyola University Maryland (MD)—M106

Wake Forest University (NC)—M110

Athletics

Friday, September 11

4:00 pm Swimming vs. De Smet 7:00 pm V Football vs. Chaminade @ SLUH

Saturday, September 12 10:00am C Soccer @ De Smet 10:05am JV Cross Country @ Forest Park Festival 1:20pm V Cross Country @ Forest Park Festival 2:15pm C Cross Country @ Forest Park Festival 5:00pm V Soccer vs. De Smet @ CBC Tournament

Monday, September 14 4:30pm JV Football vs. Chaminade @ SLUH 5:00pm B Soccer @ Webster Groves

Tuesday, September 15

STARS Book Club

Corrections

The Students and Teachers Association for Racial Studies (STARS) seeks to bring students and teachers together to address the hard and soul-draining issue of racism. STARS plans to facilitate book club meetings for one book each semester. This semester, STARS invites everyone to read The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley. STARS plans to break up the book with five book club meetings on the following dates: October 22 October 29 November 12 November 19 December 10

Last week’s article about the St. Louis University Art Museum exhibit incorrectly stated that St. Louis U. High is in possession of the original George Caleb Bingham painting worth $20-$40 million. SLUH is in possession of a lithograph—an artist made copy—of the painting instead, which is the version on loan to the St. Louis Art Museum.

An article last week about C Soccer’s 5-1 win over Priory incorrectly reported that Charlie Steenberge gave up the goal to Priory. John Mersinger played and gave up the goal on a penalty kick.

The Prep News regrets these mistakes.

4:00pm C Soccer vs. Mehlville @ SLUH 4:30pm C Football vs. Miller Career Academy @ SLUH 5:00pm V Soccer @ Webster Groves

Wednesday, September 16 5:40pm JV Soccer vs. Maplewood-Richmond Heights @

Hillsboro Tournament

Thursday, September 17 4:00pm

4:30pm 6:15pm 7:20pm

Swimming vs. Parkway West C Soccer vs. Bayless @ SLUH B Soccer @ Vianney V Soccer @ Vianney JV Soccer vs. DeSoto @ Hillsboro Tournament

Friday, September 18 4:00pm JV Soccer vs. Festus @ Hillsboro Tournament 7:00pm V Football @ De Smet

calendars | Sam Chechik