St. Louis University High School | Friday, October 2, 2015
Volume LXXX, Issue VII
SLUH earns Blue Ribbon recognition One of 50 private high schools to receive designation BY Leo K. Heinz EDITOR IN CHIEF
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he United States Department of Education named St. Louis U. High a Blue Ribbon School for 2015 on Tuesday. The award has been given by the Department of Education for 33 years and to over 8,000 schools nationwide, according to a press release on the Department’s website. SLUH was recognized as an “Exemplary high performing school which (is) among (its) state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. Student subgroup performance and high school graduation rates are also at the highest levels.” “Every year, the U. S. Department of Education seeks out and celebrates great American schools, schools demonstrating that all students can achieve to high levels,” the Department’s website says. Principal John Moran began the process for applying for the award last September when he received an email from Dr. Kurt Nelson of the St. Louis Archdiocese’s department of Catholic education. Moran said that he had not considered applying for the award during any of his seven years here and has not heard any talk of it. “Shame on us for not recognizing the opportunity in years before,” he said. The process entailed compiling a “report on yourself ”—which contained demographic data, a 500-word summary of the school itself, curricular and co-curricular information, instructional methods, AP and standardized test scores, information on school climate and culture, and other statistics about the school. Secretary and registrar
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¡Viva la Papa! SLUH sends eight pilgrims to Philadelphia Journal account of engaging weekend BY Ethan McIntyre FEATURES EDITOR
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delegation of six students and two chaperones represented St. Louis U. High at the 2Philly4Francis event at St. Joseph’s Preparatory High School in northern Philadelphia. The event hosted delegations from 43 Jesuit high schools throughout North America. The group, which was chosen by Campus Ministry, included sophomores Jack Schweizer and Sean Anderson, juniors Andrew Hohenberger and Edward Gartner, and seniors Ethan McIntyre and Tim Nile. Campus Minister Meg Beugg and theology chair Diego Navarro attended the trip as chaperones. The delegation left St. Louis at 7:00 a.m. on a direct flight to Philadelphia. Once they landed in the city, the group walked about two miles to St. Joe’s. Since all of the streets had been shut down in anticipation of Pope Francis’ visit, public transportation was nearly unusable throughout the week, forcing the group to walk about 30 miles over the course of the weekend. A warm welcome awaited the group at the school. The mothers at St. Joe’s hand-
A caped Tim Nile and other pilgrims on the way to Pope Francis’ speech at Independence Mall in Philadephia.
photo | Ms. Meg Beugg
ed out soft pretzels from a local bakery and Rita’s Water Ice, a Philadelphia twist on Italian Ice. After unpacking, the group received a short tour of the building and then left for south Philly, where they visited Jim’s Steaks to get a legendary Philly cheesesteak. The rest of the night was spent getting to know students from the other schools
and celebrating Mass in the Gesu Church, the church connected to St. Joe’s. The group slept on a classroom floor with students from Creighton Prep in Nebraska and Fairfield Prep in Connecticut. The rest of the weekend consisted of breakout sessions and multiple encounters with Pope Francis.
Breakout Sessions While Pope Francis visited Washington D.C. and New York City, the 2Philly4Francis event kicked off in Philadelphia with keynote speakers and smaller breakout sessions led by both local and nationally-recognized speakers including Jesuit priests, local non-profit organizers, and nationally recognized journalists.
As we toured through the buildings of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in north Philadelphia, the tour guides pointed out the names of famous Jesuits, AMDG written on the walls, and even a world map of all the Jesuit schools. The tour guides encouraged us to find our own schools on the map and suddenly we felt more connected to a much
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Let there be LED lights: school starts to switch from incandescent BY Jack Casey REPORTER
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s part of becoming more energy efficient, SLUH has replaced the incandescent bulbs in the main chapel and the North American Martyrs chapel with LED lights, and plans to do the same to the hallways, most of the offices, the classrooms, and even some select places outside. The LED lights, in addition to their outstanding energy efficiency that requires at most about one tenth of the power the original incandescent fixtures depend on, don’t create temperature changes continued on page 5 to the indoors like the old
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fixtures. LED lights should mean less money is spent on heating and cooling the school building. The new bulbs also require less work to maintain, meaning that the current number of workers can maintain a larger campus. “It really goes back to the premise of spending money wisely and also understanding that we are not adding more people to do the exact same jobs we have been doing despite our campus getting larger,” said Director of Facilities Rankin. The new bulbs cost about three times what a regular bulb does, but the purchase
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Financial insight Alumni come back to discuss the financial industry with interested students on Monday. Page 3 News
Newest CSP site: Fusz Pavillion Students begin service at Jesuit nursing home at St. Louis University, writing biographies on the 29 Jesuit residents. Page 5
also bypasses the cost of renewing the ballast, which stabilizes the light fixtures and is normally $400 to replace. “Yes, it’s going to cost more money to switch out the bulb but we took into account all the money we will save with the energy consumption and also the time that we save since these particular bulbs that we use will actually last ten times longer,” said Rankin. This effort is being handled by Rankin and the entire maintenance staff at SLUH. Meetings are planned to discuss all the necessary changes for the bulbs and to give the
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Opinion
A papal pilgrimage After visiting Philadelphia, student was moved by the powerful messages and actions. Page 3 News
A good news account Director of Information Technology makes gathering good news easier with new email, goodnews@sluh.org. Page 2
Sports
Soccer held joinkless. CBC ended SLUH’s hopes for a perfect season last week. Page 3
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Football deflates Patriots SLUH downed Parkway South last Friday by a score of 42 to 3. Page 2
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INDEX 3 Letters Perspective Editorial Policy Correction 4 Papal visit 6-7 Sports 8 Calendar Around the Hallways Pick of the Lot
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NHS, Econobills combine for finance presentation BY John Michael Fitzgerald and Andrew Pluff
ital in St. Louis, and Matt Jermak, ’88, who is involved with small cap research at Irongate Capital in Chicago. “I am a huge believer in bringing alumni in to speak,” said Foy. “They are passionate and know things that many teachers don’t because they are actually in the industry.”
The speakers focused on the values they learned during their years here at SLUH, discussing the moral and ethical implications of the industry, the competitiveness, and how to look good for potential employers. They also questioned students on their interests in the financial industry.
One of the topics that came up was the false idea that it is necessary to be corrupt—an idea that stems from how the industry is displayed in today’s media. “Things today make it seem like to be successful in finance or business, you must be corrupt or have witnessed
corruption,” said Hogan. The speakers put a focus on how to stay moral when in ith the help of ecoan industry where the temptaBY Sam Chechik nomics teacher Kevin tion for corruption does seem CORE STAFF Foy and Assistant Principal to be so prominent, and said a for Mission Jim Linhares, St. key way to do this is through ere’s some good news! Louis U. High’s National HonThe Advancement team, education. They stated that in or Society started off its new the long run, being a moral along with Director of Inforspeaker series this school year continued on page 5 mation Technology Jon Dickby bringing in three alumni photo | courtesy of Dr. John Moran’s Twitter mann, has created a new St. businessmen to give students Louis U. High email address, insight into the financial ingoodnews@sluh.org, to gathdustry. Although no seniors er good news about alumni were able to attend the talk and student achievements. during activity period MonThe email isn’t for sendday due to a class meeting, ing out news, but it instead approximately 25 students atcollects it. Dickmann created tended, and an additional disit as a one-way feed to the cussion was held during juemail addresses of publishers. nior/senior lunch for seniors The email address is inwho missed out. tended to funnel good news to Junior Thomas Leeker publishers like the Prep News, has taken a special interest in Director of Communications the series this past year and Ben DuMont, and Director has stepped up to become one of Alumni Relations and Data of the main event organizers Joe Patke. Since DuMont for the series. manages the official SLUH “I didn’t know much website, the Alum Connect about finance, but I was excitwebsite, and the Imagining 18 ed to come and see these guys website, he is able to put good speak and learn a little about news about alumni and stuthe subject,” said Leeker. dents on all of those outlets. The speakers were Da“There’s so much good vid Hogan, ’88, who is now news at St. Louis U. High,” working as Vice President at said DuMont. “We were just Deutsche Bank in New York looking for a way to chanCity, Eddie Vigil, ’94, a portnel this good news to the apfolio manager for Argent Cap- (From Left) Jermak, Vigil, and Hogan during Monday’s National Honor Society speaker series. These alums returned to SLUH to propriate people so we can discuss their experiences in the financial sector and how to maintain integrity in the workplace. broadcast that to the wider community.” In the past, many people would just email Principal BY Aidan Moore homeroom M113 and sophoFreshman and sopho- mores took place this past grand championship. John Moran about their good REPORTER more homeroom M215 win- more homerooms have been Wednesday, with M215 beat“I’m hoping to have the news, but this email was spehe bashball season at St. ning their respective champi- facing off over the past couple ing M201 by a score of 5-4. grand champion play a faculty cifically made to be an easy Louis U. High for fresh- onships. The upperclassman weeks in the beloved SLUH The game ended with a stun- all-star team in bashball this way for people to know about men and sophomores has championships have yet to be game of bashball. The cham- ning two-point bash in the year. We’ve done that in bas- others’ news. pionship game for sopho- last ten seconds. ended recently, with freshman played. ketball but we haven’t done “I think it’s great just for “It was a big game-win- that in bash. So if I can get the convenience of people ning goal from (sophomore my colleagues to agree to play who have good news to share, Daniel) McMurran, it was I think that would be pretty and it’s one of those things crazy,” said STUCO Intramu- fun,” said Zarrick. that’s timeless,” said DuMont. rals Representative Sam Perry. Zarrick feels that intraPeople have already sent On Thursday during ac- murals this year have been in good news. Director of tivity period, freshman home- running much better than last College Counseling Kevin rooms J121 and M113 played year. Crimmins emailed about jufor the championship. It was a “The participation num- nior Xavier Ludwig’s refleclow-scoring game, and M113 bers are probably up at least tion in the Catholic Family won 2-1. Freshman Jalen 50 percent from where they Magazine and junior Chris White brought the win home were last year. I haven’t had to Ryan’s mother notified SLUH with a game-winning bash. do as many announcements; about her son’s promotion to Now that underclassman I’m reluctant to tie up the Eagle Scout ranking. bashball has come to a close, airways in the morning,” said “The email address is a the upperclassmen get their Zarrick. wonderful way to champion turn. The intramural rules are all of the achievements of the The whole intramurals driven by Zarrick’s ideals. young men and our alumni,” program is setting its sights Each homeroom competes, said Director of Advancement high on big ideas for the fu- requiring that everyone plays Melissa Jones. “As an alumture. Once the class champi- with two mandatory subs per nus said to me, ‘I know when onships are finished, the four half. I give to SLUH, I give to the Sophomore Kam Bowdry during Wednesday’s championship game. His photo | Brendan Voigt champions will play for the continued on page 5 world.’ And being able to anhomeroom, M201, fell to M215 by a score of 5-4. nounce these achievements is an important part of what we do.” STAFF, REPORTER
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Poetry Club recites at nursing home, plans for future BY Brendan REPORTER
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he St. Louis U. High Poetry Club, led by moderator and English teacher Chuck Hussung alongside president and senior Jake Lepak, offers members a chance to delve into poetry and to promote the culture of poetry through both discussions and events. One such event happened this past Tuesday. The club started off the year with a slam as six students participated in a service project at Royal Oaks Nursing and Rehab. Led by librarian Lynne Casey, seniors Elliot Auch and Lepak and freshmen Max Nuccio, Michael Drabelle, Gabe Lepak, and Joe Feder memorized poems and recited them
to the elderly dementia patients at the nursing home as part of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. The founder of the project, Gary Glazner, a wellknown poet from Brooklyn, travels across the country to nursing homes to recite poetry to patients suffering from memory loss. Glazner came to SLUH last year to help out the club with this same service and establish the program in the school. He works with the students to help them deliver their message to the patients in a memorable way. “It was a a lot of fun. The dementia patients really got into it. I thought it was great how we ended our time with
them by making a poem,” said freshman Gabe Lepak. Other than their meeting this week, the club also encourages all students to participate in the national Poetry Out Loud competition and puts together Jazz Poetry nights hosted at SLUH. Hussung said that the club wants to do at least one music and poetry event this year, as in previous years. Both events add to the club’s popularity; last year, Thomas Hogan, ’15, placed second in the regional Poetry Out Loud competition, and SLUH’s Tea Club collaborated with the Poetry Club for a meeting. The club hopes to continue to attract more students
with both fresh events and those that have been done before. Hussung plans for the group to have more collaboration with both colorful poetry readings and accompanying instruments more often, hoping to include a wider range of people and spark interest in newcomers. “There’s a Hopkins poem I’m hoping to create a musical accompaniment for if I can pull it off—a speaker, cello, drums, that’s what I have in mind,” said Hussung, optimistically, of the events he is planning for this year. —Connor FitzGerald contributed reporting.
Quote of the Week “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure ... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” -Theodore Roosevelt
OPINION Prep News 3 Letter Letter Letter Let’s have a grill-off Pope address deserves more respect Student in American culture, but some men whom I did not considTo the editors: Last week, I sat in amaze- students could care less about er particularly religious and To the editors: cause. Also, who doesn’t enjoy calls for ment listening to Pope Fran- showing the world who we they nevertheless found Pope From the desk of FMAC, grilled meat? return of cis’s address to Congress— are as Christians. They were Francis’s address powerful class of ’08, this is regardWe already created a amazed both by the profound missing out on the chance to and worthwhile. event—“FMAC Earth Ball ing your recent article about Facebook and inspirational words of the grow in their understanding Even with these reasons “SLUH’s first tailgate club.” Sanctioned Charity GrillOctober 2, 2015
pope and the lack of interest among my classmates. Several times, I was distracted by the numerous kids with their heads down, dozing off during an opportunity for intellectual enhancement. Guys were messing around on their phones and some even slept on the floor. Meanwhile, history was occurring right in front of their (closed) eyes. First of all, this is a huge religious occasion, leading Catholicism formally into our government. Pope Francis made many good points on how Christianity can be lived
of faith, of the Church’s stance on controversial issues, and of the way we can pursue the goals of social justice. Although some are not the religious type, this was truly a unique historical event that was worth paying attention to, solely because of its influence on Congress and many other Americans. The pope addressed many intimidating topics occurring in our world today, and we need to focus to develop solutions to those problems. He was also the first pope to ever address Congress. I spoke with several
to have paid attention, if one still disagrees, it comes down to a matter of respect. A head of state and of the Catholic Church, which I know many of us are a part of, deserves more acknowledgement than given him by us last Friday. I have noticed that this lack of respect is a trend that continues through Mass and even into the classroom. I would encourage everyone to be more courteous to all people, especially someone as outstanding as Pope Francis. Jacob Price, ’17
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There was an article from my time at SLUH in volume 72 issue 8 about the FMAC, or Fat Man Activities Club, which clearly states that we were the first tailgate club at SLUH, or, at the very least, pre-date the current one. Honest mistake made, but nonetheless, a mistake. I am actually contacting you on behalf of our club and fellow alumni, calling out the current tailgate club to a grill off. Proceeds go towards a charity of their choice. I feel like this would be a great way to unite alumni and current students for a good
Off ”—as a way for the current tailgate club to reach out to us. If this is something that they would like to move forward with, we, the FMAC, are always up for some good oldfashioned competition and SLUH spirit. We, the undersigned, FMAC: AJ Greiner, Kevin Downs, Peter Lucier, Chris Enger, Joe Reynolds, Andrew Alseth, DJ Seidel, Will Hartzler, Ben Maloney, Ben Ludwig, Ryan Myers, Brett Delaria, Sam Faszholz, and Chris Brown. Class of ’08 artwork | Ian Mulvihill
Pilgrimage inspires big questions BY Tim Nile SPORTS EDITOR
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was recently blessed with the opportunity to pilgrimage to Philadelphia to see the Pope and to participate in a culmination of 41 different Jesuit High Schools at St. Joseph’s Prep High School—a blessing that caused me to look inward. The spectacle of the weekend was Saturday night’s speech by Pope Francis at the Festival of Families in the Ben Franklin Parkway. After waiting for almost two hours in line, we ran to a jumbotron where we could see Pope Francis on stage. This time his words were followed by a British translator in English. This was a relief seeing that that afternoon’s speech in Independence Mall was not translated into English. I realized that Pope Francis was talking at the World Meeting of Families but it wasn’t until this moment that I made the connection that he would be talking about families. He explained that, “In a family there are indeed difficulties but those difficulties are overcome with love. Only love is able to overcome.” It wasn’t just my encounter of Pope Francis that had an effect on me that weekend. On Thursday night after our arrival, we heard Dr. Michael Gomez give a keynote talk about joy. Aware that 85 percent of students from St. Joe’s Prep go on to graduate college, while only 15 percent from the public school system in Philadelphia do, Gomez left his comfort zone, took action, and opened the Cristo Rey High School in Philadelphia which offers college and career-prep opportunities to students who can’t afford it. One year he was principal of two schools, St. Joe’s Prep and Cristo Rey, wrote his dissertation, and raised two young children. These actions are a true testament to not going
through the motions of everyday life. In his talk, Gomez said something that really shook me: What do I want to be forever? The third speaker who really made an impression on me was Sean O’Donnell, a hard-working and rule-following kid. When O’Donnell was 17, he was riding a motorcycle to school when a driver hit him and threw him onto a patch of rocks. Luckily he was wearing a helmet and had no brain damage, but the accident put him into a fourday coma and left him a T3 paraplegic. But the driver—whose fault it is that he has to live the rest of his life in a wheelchair, who caused him immense pain—is the first person he shows mercy to in his life. Multiple lawyers wanted to file lawsuits against her, but O’Donnell refused. These three men, these three talks, have led me to think about how I go through the motions in my life, the mercy that I show certain people and certain things in my life, and the families in my life and what they mean to me. Being a student at SLUH most likely means that we live a life of comfort. Gomez challenged me to think about how I am supposed to break out of that mold in our society. This keynote lead me to believe that there is more that I can do with my life than just go through the motions. I may not know how to do this now, but it is something that I know that I must work on. When it comes to mercy, what O’Donnell had to say made me believe that I can have a better outlook on my life. As many of my friends and most of my teachers know, my mother has struggled with cancer throughout my high school career. For the most part I have done okay with handling it, which isn’t to
say it’s been easy. Many times I think about my mother’s cancer and question God: why my Mom? why this serious of cancer? why is cancer even a thing? why do bad things happen to good people? This had led me to go through the motions of avoiding home and avoiding my parents. I do this because I can’t grip why cancer has made my mom suffer so much. What O’Donnell helped me realize is that using my energy in those negative ways is a waste of my energy and that I could be spending those thoughts and my energy for greater things, like helping my mom. Another application of where I should show mercy in my life is with my dad. Last fall when my Mom got sickI felt like I was left to take care of her by myself because he was overloaded with work and when he wasn’t working he was sleeping—sometimes for multiple days in a row. My dad and I haven’t gotten along for a very long time. And now Pope Francis was telling me to overcome these difficulties with love. How could I love a man who chose not to help out around the house when he could? It was very difficult, almost impossible, for me to respect him. My junior year was one of the, if not the most, hardest times of my life. I saw my dad as a jerk. This past spring and summer I was given an opportunity to reunite with my dad when he broke his leg. Still recovering, he spends almost all of his time at home due to his inability to work. Regardless of how he has tried to mend our relationship I have greatly struggled overcoming my feelings of anger towards him. I found myself unable to see him as anything but a jerk in my life. This trip has made me realize that I need to show
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PN 80 Editors Leo Heinz - editor-in-chief
Nolen Doorack - news editor Connor FitzGerald - news editor Sam Heagney - features editor
Tim Nile - sports editor Keith Thomas - sports editor Ethan McIntyre - features editor
To the editors: I recently learned about a dead SLUH tradition: Earth Ball. According to Mr. Baud, there was once a great sport known as Earth Ball, which is pretty much what it sounds like. Two teams stood on opposite ends of a field and tried to push a giant ball into the other team’s goal. This great sport would be played on SLUH holidays, like Fall Fest and during Spirit Week. I think it’s time we brought this back, because, let’s be honest, it sounds amazing. Imagine Mr. Zarrick’s inspirational speeches not only lighting fires in the hearts of Bashball players, but also spurring on soon to be Earth Ball champs to greatness. Imagine being the hero who gives the final push that sends the massive ball for the final goal. If interested in reviving this sport, scan the QR code below that will take you to a video of Earth Ball. Want this tradition to come back? You can help bring back the tradition by putting your name on my petition. Feel free to email me with your support. Here’s to the Earth Ball!
Corrections In Volume 80, Issue 6, sophomore Mathias Hostetler’s named was misspelled as Hostellar in the swimming article mentioning his qualifying for State. Rock Bridge was also misspelled as Rockbridge, and Hickman was misspelled as Highman.
Signed, Daniel Sitek
The Prep News regrets these errors.
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Journal from Philadelphia: the pope chute and papal Mass
The Gesu Church as students filed in for Reconciliation.
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larger community of Jesuit schools around the world, 43 of which were right there with us. On Thursday and Friday, there was a conference with three keynote speakers and almost 40 choices for breakout sessions. The sessions were a chance to learn and discuss some of Pope Francis’ favorite terms: joy, mercy, and encuentra, the Spanish word that means to fully meet someone. Following a breakout session, we got a chance to meet Ryan Reilly from The Huffington Post, who covered the Ferguson unrest last year. The discussion went more in depth about how the national news networks often tried to put Ferguson in a bad light, but that most of the people living in Ferguson are really nice and attempting to form a tight-knit community. Another thing we talked about is how the race issues that
in Reconciliation. There were about 15 ordained priests on the trip, so finding someone to talk to was pretty easy. For those who were waiting for the sacrament, there was even a chance to find a personal spot to pray somewhere in the church. One popular place to pray was up on the altar, where there Eucharistic Adoration was occurring. The church, which was beautiful to begin with, had an even more amazing view from behind the altar. The next morning, I mentioned that I had been moved by the experience of praying up on the altar and a vocation director told me that he could arrange for me to see churches from this perspective more often, hinting that it might be a sign that I should think about the priesthood. Independence Hall On Saturday, the group got tickets to an event at Independence Hall, the location of
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The Basilica of Philadephia featuring prayer knots.
came up in Ferguson are issues that affect the entire city of St. Louis, not just the people in Ferguson. It was a special conversation because it is close to home, but it was even more special because we got to share it with our Jesuit brothers at De Smet. Reconciliation The conclusion of the breakout portion of the trip was the chance to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation in the stunning Gesu Church on Friday night. While we walked into the church, most of the groups were tired after a packed day and more interested in sleep than they were
the Pope’s first public appearance in Philadelphia. We got our first glimpse of the pope as he drove to Independence Hall to deliver a speech about freedom. We waited almost five hours on the side of the road, unable to move because we needed to preserve our spots on the line. Luckily, we packed plenty of food, and most of us even caught up on the sleep that we had been missing from the past few days. Then, after hours of stillness and waiting, the crowd jumped to their feet and thousands of cameras were held up to capture the historic moment. Unfortunately, however, my first glimpse of Francis was ob-
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chute.” The pope chute was the nickname given to Benjamin Franklin Parkway during the pope’s visit because his two largest public appearances both occurred as he traveled down the Parkway in his “popemobile.” On Sunday, we headed to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the papal Mass. The Mass itself didn’t start until almost 4:00 p.m., but we left St. Joseph’s Prep at about 8:30 in the morning. After going through an extremely tightened security checkpoint where they took anything from flagpoles to apples, we were admitted into the general public entrance. The public entrance was too far away to see the altar for mass, so our best shot at seeing the pope that day would be to line up along the side of the Parkway and wait for him to drive by on the way to Mass. As we waited for almost
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Students pose in front of Independence Hall, awaiting the pope.
the parkway was completely worth it. Being a part of a large group of Jesuit students and teachers had many benefits. No benefit was greater, however, than sharing a Jesuit identity with Pope Francis. According to students from St. Joe’s Prep, some representatives yelled, “We are the Jesuit high schools,” to Pope Francis in Spanish. When the
The pope waving in his pope mobile. SLUH students were only a few yards away.
structed by a young woman’s iPad, which she held right up in my face as the pope approached. Still, I got to watch Francis kiss a baby and the emotions spreading through my body brought me nearly to tears—it was beautiful. “But finally the pope came into view and I saw him and all of my nerves and tensions that had been building up went away,” said sophomore Jack Schweizer. “I was filled with a peacefulness, and calmness. It was like I could breathe again. I could not take my eyes off of him. He was hypnotizing.” After waiting in a twohour line for security, the SLUH delegation got to hear an extra speech from the pope that most schools had decided to skip. We were lucky that night, because it was his best speech. “It wasn’t just the things he said, it was his facial expressions as he said them,” said Navarro. “Not only was he speaking challenging and hopeful words, he also had the emotional and spiritual bank account to back them up.” Pope Chute The group had a 6:00 a.m. (5 a.m. CT) wakeup call for breakfast. The papal Mass wasn’t till 4 p.m., but the group left more than 7 hours early so that they could reserve a spot along the “pope
seven hours, over a million other people began to line up with us. By noon, we were blocked in and unable to even sit. We spent the last three and a half hours standing crushed against the fence. Most of us were unable to even move our arms, because people would take our spots up against the fence. I was frustrated with the crowd, but at the same time it was beautiful to see the power and electricity of the crowd. At one point they even started the wave. Every golf cart or media bus that went by was applauded with the same intensity that Yadier Molina gets at a Cardinals game. At one point, a bus full of deacons got off the bus and they were treated like rock stars. Then it happened—the bomb-sniffing dogs were led down the street, the first sign that the pope was on his way. Then, from far off, we heard a loud cheer and we saw everyone grab cameras. He was coming. My heart raced as people surged forward from behind me. The cheers got louder and louder. Then I saw him and a yelp came out almost voluntarily. I lined up the camera to snap a pic to remember this day forever, but as he approached, I looked away from the camera, captured and completely in awe of his presence. His presence was amazing, and the seven hours of waiting along
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Pope heard this, he turned and blessed the crowd of students and teachers. Papal Mass After the Pope had driven through the “pope chute,” everyone ran to get a good view for the Mass. Programs filled with were passed around by volunteers, eager to finish their duties so that they could find a good spot for the Mass themselves. The Mass, which was just over two hours long included a first reading delivered in Spanish, a second reading delivered in Vietnamese, and a homily delivered by Pope Francis himself. The diversity of languages and music was symbolic of the World Meeting of Families, the official reason for the pope’s visit.
“I know that that seems like small thing, but it was so cool for me to be around so many people that spoke a language I didn’t understand, as it made me realize how different this gathering was from home.” Fr. Jim Martin We had slept more on the streets of Philadelphia than we had in our own sleeping bags that weekend. We were exhausted from two days of following the pope around the city, hoping to get a ten second glimpse of such a revolutionary figure. As we wound down and prepared to depart the next morning, an announcement came on in the building. There would be a guest speaker, Fr. James Martin, S.J., who would deliver a bonus keynote that recapped the whole experience. Fr. Martin was the “resident chaplain” on The Colbert Report, is currently an editor of America magazine, and spent the entire day commentating on the papal Mass for CNN. As we headed to the dining hall, there were a lot of mixed emotions. Those who didn’t know Martin groaned, hesitant to endure another long speech and eager to get some sleep. Those who knew him were excitedly mentioning his jokes from the Colbert Report or talking about the homework assignment written by him that they had been forced to read for theology class. Martin put the whole weekend together for us. He mentioned how lucky we were to be at such a large group of Jesuits and told some cool stories about his discernment, but mostly he talked about the amazing power of Pope Francis. Martin even went as far as to say that someday we will tell our kids that we had been blessed by a saint, alluding to his belief that Francis, who had given many blessings to
The police motorcade preceding the pope. photo | Ethan McIntyre
“At each speech, a large number of the attendees were Hispanic, and they would always applaud and cheer at something Pope Francis said before I would be able to read the words on the screen,” said sophomore Sean Anderson.
us throughout the weekend, would be a saint in the near future. This was an amazing idea—that we had just witnessed a saint—preaching in the United States in what may be his only visit to the United States during his papacy.
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aint Louis U. High’s Community Service Program began service at a new site this Tuesday, adding one more option to the already diverse list of sites SLUH students have the option to work at. Seniors Jack Perryman and Scott Vogel were joined by junior Blake Johnson this week as the three began service at CSP’s newest site. The newest site is Fusz Pavilion, a full time nursing home for Jesuits. The three students that visited began an extensive, if not daunting, rapport building exercise. The SLUH students will be recording the histories, then writing biographies of the 29 aging Jesuits. The project shouldn’t seem too daunting, though. Lighthearted games of checkers and Scrabble will fill break periods. Theology teacher Dan Finucane, along with the
director at Fusz Pavilion, Father French, were the driving forces behind the idea. ”It’s something that the director, Father French, really wants to see. He wants to just compile histories because you know you’ve got these guys who are like 80, 85, 90 years old and they’ve done some really incredible things in the Society,” said Finucane. Finucane, who graduated from SLUH in 2006, completed his senior service project at the Fusz Pavilion. The month he spent there as a student was a very special one for him, and he wanted to give current SLUH students the opportunity to have just as meaningful experiences there as well. “I thought it would be good to start something, to start building that relationship again,” said Finucane. Junior Blake Johnson thoroughly enjoyed his first day of service on SLU’s campus. He talked to a 92 year old
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group a chance to communicate with Graybar, a corporation, based in Clayton, Missouri which distributes electrical, communication, and data networking products. The maintenance staff plans to change the bigger lights in the school after most of the smaller projects are completed. “Some of those ten foot bulbs are being looked at now
but we also have to understand we may do a full renovation to the whole area,” said Rankin. “So we don’t want to invest an enormous amount of money changing out every one of the fixtures if the rate of return on investment is not going to be met before we do a major renovation.” For now, the main priority focuses on smaller goals of saving money and helping the environment.
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“Campaign Slogan” Editor in Chief Leo “Do Simple Better” Heinz
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Jesuit named Fr. John Stochl, who told Johnson many stories about both himself and his work. From his first day of talking to Stochl alone, Johnson learned of his missionary work as an English teacher in Belize, followed by 59 years of prison volunteer work. “(It) was a rewarding experience. I had been feeling
pretty stressed, but that conversation helped me to relax and enjoy life as it comes,” said Johnson. Finucane is looking for more students to participate in the weekly venture. Those that commit, however, should be willing to go on a weekly basis. “When you are building
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a relationship with somebody it’s good to see them weekly, especially with men who are older and somewhat forgetful,” said Finucane. Those interested should email Finucane, or stop on by the Campus Ministry offices (continued from page 1) Rita Mulligan compiled the to sign up. 14-page report, to which department chairs and assistant principals contributed relart | Joe Fentress evant information. The “lengthy” report was meant to say “who we are and what we do,” according to Moran, who noted that SLUH was notified last spring about becoming a finalist in the program. Moran believes that the award serves as a way of spreading SLUH’s reputation as an excellent academic school. “In the building, I think we know what a great place this is. Anytime we get the opportunity to let the world know what a great place this is, I think we should take it.” he said. “It’s a nice affirmation for us and the faculty and the work that we do. We’re a fantastic school with or without the award. The award to me is a highlighter on the fantastic things that happen.” SLUH is one of three Missouri high schools to re(continued from page 3) ceive the recognition this mercy towards my dad and year; Nerinx high school in that love is the only thing that Webster Groves and New Hacan heal the animosity I hold ven high school in New Haven against him. were also recognized. Whether it was the pilSLUH’s president Dagrimage as a whole or just vid Laughlin will travel to those few simple words Fran- Washington D.C. in early cis had to say about fami- November for the ceremony lies, I came to realize that I and to receive the award. As was being a typical arrogant a condition for receiving the and stubborn teenager. I am award, SLUH will not be able blessed with two loving par- to apply for the award again ents who are constantly reach- for five years. Two hundred ing out and showing their love eighty five public schools and for me but I tend to run away 49 other private schools also from them at any chance I get. received recognition. I have a dad who provides for my family and could spend his money on anything he pleases but instead allows me to go to ily as a whole. It won’t be easy the school that I love. and I don’t know how I will do In that moment I felt it, but I know that it will have Pope Francis was calling me to start with forgiveness and it to repair my relationship with will end with love. my father and with my fam-
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businessman will take you further than being a corrupt one. Hogan mentioned that as you go on, making solid sales that benefit others will bring the best possible business results. Hogan noted that, if students took nothing else from the talk, “remember to try to surround yourself with smarter people (who will) push you to become better at what you are doing.” Amongst many new movements being made by SLUH’s National Honor Society, the speaker series, introduced this past school year,
has been one of the most notable. In the past, the group has brought in significant figures including Nick Fandos ’11, the former managing editor of the Harvard Crimson, Connor Gearin ’11 who talked about his scientific research as an undergrad at Truman State, as well as a few others. “As a group we should have something to give to the school, not just as individuals but actually as a whole,” said English teacher and NHS moderator Chuck Hussung. “I think that bringing in these (alumni) speakers makes the school a much more vibrant place.”
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“(Inclusiveness) is one thing I’m adamant about; I feel very strongly that the philosophy behind intramurals is that everybody plays. This isn’t for the select few that are very gifted athletically,” said Zarrick. “If a young man wants to play in intramurals,
he will get in to help support his homeroom and be part of the fun.” Perry hopes that in the future there will be another ping pong tourney, a basketball tournament, and possibly a touch football tournament in the spring.
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Mothers’ Club Card Party EAT, PLAY, SHOP SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 11 AM TO 2:30 PM Come enjoy an afternoon of cards, conversation, crafts, lunch, raffle items, white elephant, attendance prizes and more! Join a table or put together your own. Proceeds benefit our boys. Go to www. sluh.org/parents/mothersclub/card_party for more details.
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Varsity football pummels Parkway South to move to 5-1 BY Chris REPORTER
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n a night perfect for football, the Jr. Bills handily defeated the Parkway South Patriots last Friday, 42-3. SLUH dominated the respected Patriot defense and held the Patriot offense to just one score, behind what seemed to be the smallest crowd of the season. Junior Andrew Clair started the scoring off with a 9-yard TD run just five minutes into the game. Later in the quarter, Parkway South left senior David Jackson, SLUH’s greatest threat at wide receiver, wide open, and junior quarterback Mitch Batschelett hit him for a 54yard touchdown pass. Batschelett punched in a 1-yard run in the second quarter for a TD, and Parkway South put up their only points of the game in that same quarter with a 28-yard field goal with only 19 seconds remaining. SLUH entered the half with a comfortable 21-3 lead. In the third quarter, Batschelett once again connected with Jackson, this time on a 23-yard TD pass. Clair rushed for two more touchdowns; he ended the night with an impressive 187 yards and three TDs on 20 carries. Batschelett was 10 of 13 pass-
One of junior Tony Adams’ three interceptions on Friday night. Adams leads the team with five on the year.
ing for 218 yards and two touchdowns. The defensive player of the game was undoubtedly junior Tony Adams, who had three interceptions. With a team-high five interceptions on the year, Adams is tied for second place in the area. Though the Jr. Bills of-
fense put up a lot of points, it also turned the ball over four times on two interceptions (one as a Hail Mary at the end of the first half) and two fumbles. What upset head coach Gary Kornfeld even more than the turnovers, however, were the penalties. Against De
Smet the week before, SLUH had 8 penalties. Though the team dropped that number to seven, Kornfeld was still upset. “To be as good as we can be, we have to limit both (of them). We have to limit turnovers and we have to limit our penalties,” said Kornfeld.
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“Our 15-yard penalties bother me more than our turnovers because (on) our turnovers we were trying to make plays; (to fix) our 15-yard penalties, we’ve just got to play smarter,” said Kornfeld. What perhaps is most concerning about the penalties and turnovers is how they
could have an effect on future games. Tonight, SLUH takes on the No. 1 team in the area, CBC. “Any wtime you have the opportunity to play a team as good as CBC is, it’s fun to see if we can match them,” said senior captain Michael Niese. “We’re ready and excited for the challenge.” The Cadets have not lost a game since Nov. 16, 2013, and will surely prey on stray passes and unintended fumbles. “We’ll prepare for them just like we do anybody else,” Kornfeld said. “This game’s no different than the game we played last Friday or the Friday before.” The game between CBC (6-0) and SLUH (5-1) will start at 7:00 p.m. tonight at SLUH. CBC is the final MCC opponent for SLUH until playoffs, so the team is expecting a big crowd. “It’s a great opportunity for us to go up against a team that has proven themselves to be the best in state and probably the best around the Midwest,” said Kornfeld. “They have an outstanding ballclub, and our kids are looking forward to the challenge.”
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he St. Louis U. High swim team competed at the COMO Invitational at the Mizzou Aquatic Center against the top teams in the state this past weekend, including last year’s State Champions, Rockhurst. Overall, though, the meet did not go as well as the Jr. Bills had hoped, they finished 17th out of 26 teams. After arriving at 5:50 a.m. at SLUH to ride the bus, the Jr. Bills began prelims around 9 a.m.; the top 24 fastest times qualified for the evening races. SLUH entered two teams in the meet, SLUH A and SLUH B. Freshman Joe Feder stood out in the meet, making state in the 200-yard freestyle by about a half second. Feder also swam a very good leg of the 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay, dropping time in both. Sophomores Jack Laux and Brendan Moore both swam their best times in the 100-yard breaststroke. The top swimmer of the meet, according to head coach Lindsey Ehret, was sophomore Barclay Dale, who turned in his best 100 backstroke time, 56.37. “He really focused his energy on each swim and pushed through the fatigue of the day to turn out great performances in all his events,” said Ehret. Dale’s backstroke time would put him at the 15th in the state this year. He also
dropped time in the 100 freestyle. “To look up at the board and see that I dropped four tenths of a second was unreal,” Dale said. “I felt very confident in how I performed but also know what I can work on to ensure a top 16 time at state.” “For this point in the season, I think our performance at COMO this Saturday was decent,” Ehret said. “Traveling for a meet of this caliber presents challenges and opportunities: an early morning, a long day of waiting to swim, and the prelim (and) final format means some guys had to swim everything twice, which all challenged the team.” “We were missing one of our best swimmers, senior Michael Krause, so he would have bumped us up,” said senior Chris Kreienkamp. “I’m not really disappointed because we got to swim in the best pool in the state and we did have people drop time even if we didn’t do too well in finals.” The Jr. Bills learned a lot at COMO about their stroke techniques and what they need to improve in at practice. Swimmers have the next few weeks fairly free and will focus on improving their details of races in practice to get a few more state cuts. Practices will focus more on sprinting and fine-tuning each stroke. The team’s next meet is tonight, 4:00 p.m., at Forest Park against Rockwood Summit.
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Senior Peter Simon (7) scored in last night’s 7-0 win against Priory. Simon has had three goals in the past three games. BY Keith Thomas SPORTS EDITOR
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here was one goal, then another, then two more after that, as fierce rival CBC poured it on in the semifinals of the Bob Guelker CYC Tournament. The 4-0 loss was the first for SLUH this year. The team managed to go 1-1 in the past week—defeating Oakville—to maintain a nearly perfect record. Earlier in the tournament, the team played Oakville for a chance at the semifinal. Similar to how Jefferson City and Duchesne have played SLUH, Oakville took a defensive approach to SLUH’s relentless offense, packing nearly all 11 players in their own defensive half.
Oakville jumped out to a 1-0 lead early in the first half. After senior goalkeeper Ty Frederking came off of his line to save a ball, Oakville chipped the ball over Frederking’s head, putting SLUH in an early hole. “Ty was being really aggressive, and I salute him for that,” said head coach Charlie Martel. “But it didn’t work out, and they chipped (the ball) over the top and put it in the goal. That was our mistake.” “They came out flying and came ready to play, and they got the first goal which is always a bit scary,” said captain Peter Simon. Senior Jack Dempster, however, helped dig SLUH
out of that hole. Dempster’s first chance was created by Simon’s throwin, with Dempster placing the ball just inside the net to knot the game up at one. Dempster, who has contributed quality play on both sides of the ball this year, kept the momentum going for SLUH early in the second half. After an Oakville foul, Dempster was given a free kick near the top of the penalty arc. Dempster took the free kick and calmly placed the ball into the lower left corner of the net, for a 2-1 lead. A goal from Simon put an end to Oakville’s hopes, and SLUH won its division in the tournament with the 3-1 victory. “We were playing the ball
from side to side and trying to get the ball to the end lines,” said Martel. “Eventually, we got something going and won the game.” “I thought we played well,” said captain Matt Frein. “You never know with schools like them, but I’m just glad that we came out and got the job done.” After defeating Oakville, SLUH faced the biggest competition of the CYC tournament yet: CBC. With loud fan sections for both teams, the game was an exciting one for the first few minutes, with each team creating scoring chances right off the bat. CBC struck first off a breakaway in the first half. As it would turn out, the goal
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XC unable to defend Palatine title BY Joseph STAFF
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Senior Matt Jansen’s goal against Priory last night.
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would set the tone for the rest of the game, with CBC dominating nearly every aspect of play from possession to finishing shots. Senior Jack Bersett had a chance against the constricting CBC defense, but shot the ball into CBC keeper Johnny Huber’s chest. “They surprised us,” said Martel. “I think if we’d have gotten that goal, it would have been a totally different game.” Shortly after Bersett’s shot, CBC sent the ball down the field and knocked in another goal before the half, and
the Cadets led the Jr. Billikens by two. Unlike several other contests this year, SLUH wasn’t able to turn the tide in the second half. CBC stifled hopes for a SLUH win with a third goal early in the second, the ball bending around Frederking’s fingertips. CBC led 3-0, and the hopes of SLUH fans declined, several of whom fell silent for the remainder of the game. After the fourth goal from CBC, the game was all but over. By the time Huber saved Dempster’s head ball
late in the second half, CBC secured its victory by a score of 4-0. “I thought (CBC) played really well,” said Martel. “I’ve never seen a team, for a long time, move the ball like that. They were really dynamic, and it wasn’t our night.” “They came out thirsty for revenge and we just didn’t have the motivation they did,” said Frein. “I thought they played as good as they could play and we had a bad night.” “We still have to put this game in perspective,” said senior midfielder Matt Lesko.
“We’re still 14-1 and in the top spot in Missouri.” SLUH hits the road today en route to Louisville, Ky. for friendlies against Trinity and Floyd Central. Trinity is a nationally-ranked team this year, so SLUH has been preparing in this idle week to ready themselves for the tough test ahead. “Trinity is a really good team,” said Martel. “It’s gonna be a really tough game, but I’m hoping we can eke out a good 2-1, 3-0 win. I think we’re capable of doing that.”
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he St. Louis U. High varsity cross country team competed in the annual Palatine Invitational in Palatine, Ill. and placed 25 out of 31 after a disappointing race. SLUH was unable to defend their first place victory in the Invitational last year. “We looked in pretty good position at the first mile, but the second mile was rough,” said Head Coach Joe Porter. “We struggled, and it just wasn’t a good day for us.” The team’s goal for the gap between the first runner and the fifth runner is around a minute or less, but the team struggled to reach that goal at Palatine. The gap between the one and two runners on Saturday was a minute, which is one factor the team needs to work on. Senior Dustan Davidson came in first place for SLUH. Davidson’s time was a little below average compared to the rest of his races, and he knows that he and his team need to continue to work hard to improve. “I don’t really know why we didn’t run well. Sometimes you just have a bad day,” said Davidson. “We ran a good workout on Tuesday, and we just didn’t perform to the best of our abilities on Saturday.” One bright spot thus far this year for SLUH has been the performance of the freshmen. SLUH took freshmen Patrick Hetlage, Reed Milnor, and Jack Buehring with them to Palatine, which has never happened before in the six years that SLUH has been attending. Though they all ran in the JV race at Palatine, the freshmen were able to get some good experience being around the older guys on the
varsity team. “Giving them the time to shine early is really nice,” said Porter. “This is one of the best groups of freshmen that we’ve had in a long time.” The team left Friday after watching Pope Francis’ address to Congress in homeroom, and arrived at the course around 2:00 p.m. Having competed in the event for the last six years, the team has gotten to know the course fairly well. Porter likes to get there Friday afternoon so that the team can run it two or three times before the race the next morning. “It’s a pretty flat course compared to what the guys are used to, so it can be a pretty fast race,” said Porter. Though the team didn’t run as well hoped at Palatine, there is still a lot of valuable training time before the state meet in six weeks. “We just have to work and focus,” said Davidson. “We definitely have enough time to improve by state, and we’re confident that coach Porter can get us ready.” In order to get other runners more race experience, Porter decided Davidson would not be racing in the team’s upcoming Parkway West meet this weekend. Because Davidson will be taking the weekend off, he’s going to be able focus more on his training—something that will be very valuable for him. “I need to continue focusing on the workouts,” said Davidson. “I’ve been dieting pretty well lately and since I’m taking the Parkway West race off, I’ll be able to train more for conference the next week,” Varsity, JV, B, and the C teams will all race tomorrow in the Parkway West Invitational at Living Word Church at 9:00 a.m.
Scoring: Nick Baumer, Jacob Kircher, Matt Grady, Chris Doehring.
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Around the Hallways Annual President’s report mailed out Over 16,000 copies of the annual report were mailed out to parents, faculty, and alumni last week, arriving at homes over the weekend or early this week. The report— which features letters from President David Laughlin, Board of Trustees Chairman Mark Wilhelm, and Director of Advancement Melissa Jones—was compiled by Ben DuMont, Director of Communications, and Joe Patke, Director of Alumni Relations and Data. Fourth annual golf tournament raises over $200,000 Seventeen groups of five each played in the tournament, held at The Bogey Club. Tom O’Toole ,’75 and the president of the USGA, won the shootout, winning a new car. Since 2012, the tournament has raised over $800,000.
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multiple speakers and participated in breakout sessions where they brainstormed how to effectively run a blood drive. The Medical Careers Club will help STUCO run the blood drive this year and run the drive next year.
Damon did a fantastic job as Mark Watney and the movie, for the most part, stayed true to the book, which was a pleasant surprise,” said senior Several students attend pre- Nick Messina, who was part view of “Martian” of the committee that selected SLUH students and the book for the summer allteachers traveled to Ronnie’s school reading. Theater on Tuesday to view an advanced screening of The Webster University brings Martian, the movie adaptation Chinese performers to SLUH of the all-school reading book Presented by the Conby Andy Weir. In addition to fucius Institute at Webster SLUH’s contribution to the University, the Wind from the sellout crowd, the theater was Grassland included multiple packed with journalists, with Chinese performers in the Si five rows in the back of the Commons on Thursday night. room reserved for the press. The performance included “I thought that the movie was a variety of acts like choirs, very well put together. Matt dancers, and even two kids
Medical Careers Club attends Blood Drive Training Two members of the Medical Careers Club, junior Joseph Reznikov and sophomore Nathan Lu, traveled with moderator Tim O’Keefe to the St. Louis Rams Training Academy in Chesterfield on Tuesday to attend the second annual Red Cross High School Blood Drive Workshop. The group listened to Two Mongolian musicans last night in the Si Commons.
who scattered and solved Rubix cubes in minutes. Around 150 people attended the event. Br. Guy Consolmagno Skypes in for Astrophysics As the newly appointed Director of the Vatican Observatory, Consolmagno Skyped students in science teacher Megan Menne’s astrophysics classes and theology teacher Chris Keeven’s theology classes Wednesday at activity period. The students asked him questions about science intermingling with faith and extraterrestrial life. —Sam Chechik, Leo Heinz, Nicholas Messina, and Joe Reznikov.
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Pick of the Lot: a throwback to the 1970s
Regular Schedule
Mix-It-Up Lunch AP Freshman Class Mass Medical Careers Club Speaker Amherst College (MA)—M110 Kansas State University—M112 College of Pharmacy (MO)—M108 Truman State University (MO)—M106 Snack—Chicken Rings Lunch Special—Philly Cheeseteak Vegetarian—Garden Burger 3:00pm Meeting Four – Principle and Foundation in Daily Life 4:00pm Class of ’65 Reunion (through Sunday) 4:00pm Swimming vs. Rockwood Summit @ Forest Park C Soccer vs. CBC @ SLUH 7:00pm V Football vs. CBC @ SLUH
Saturday, October 3 7:45am Pope Francis House 10:00am Cross Country @ Parkway South Invitational 11:00am V Soccer vs. Trinity @ Louisville
Sunday, October 4 CISL Speech
Monday, October 5
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Year Three Pre-tenure Fall Seminar AP Freshman Advisement NIE First Quarter Meeting Grinnell College (IA)—Counseling Office Snack—Turnovers Lunch Special—Chick-fil-A Vegetarian—Spinach Pasta 4:00pm C Soccer vs. De Smet @ SLUH 4:30pm C Football vs. CBC JV Football vs. CBC @ SLUH Regular Schedule Tuesday, October 6 AP Occidental College (CA)—M110 Southeast Missouri State College—M114 Snack—Mini Corn Dogs Lunch Franklin & Marshall (PA)—Mr. Crimmins’ Office Vegetarian— Black Bean Burger Special—Quesadillas 6:00pm Sophomore Parent Meeting 4:00pm JV Soccer vs. De Smet @ SLUH 5:00pm B Soccer vs. Columbia Rock Bridge 6:45pm V Soccer vs. Columbia Rock Bridge
Wednesday, October 7 AP Lunch
Regular Schedule Medical Careers Club Speaker Senior Retreat Sign-Ups McKendree University (IL)—M112 Snack—Chicken Rings The College of Wooster (OH)—M116 Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese Special—Hand-Breaded Tenders
4:30pm D Football vs. CBC @ SLUH 5:00pm JV Soccer vs. CBC 8:50pm V Hockey vs. Rockwood Summit @ Webster Groves Regular Schedule Thursday, October 8 AP Chorus Practice John Hopkins University (MD)—M110 Rockhurst University (MO)—M112 Snack—Mini Tacos Lunch Vegetarian—Quesadilla Special—Papa John’s 4:15pm Swimming vs. Parkway Central @ Forest Park Senior Dan Schu with his 1971 Ford F100. BY Matthew REPORTER
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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 these cars is senior Dan Schu’s 1971 Ford F100. While there are other pick-up trucks in St. Louis U. High’s parking lot, this one gives off a much different vibe with its relatively low ride and crème-colored paint. You can almost picture it driving down a rural dirt road with corn fields on either side and a sunny blue sky overhead. In reality, corn fields probably were not in this truck’s past. Schu says that his dad bought it online from a
rancher in Colorado. His dad wanted an older truck that he and Schu could work on. “New engines just don’t make sense to me or my dad. Buying an older one, he could teach me about it,” said Schu. The car was in such great shape that not much work was needed. All Schu and his dad did was work on the engine and carburetor, add a new radio, and reupholster the seats. The engine they worked on was an inline 6 cylinder that Ford claimed originally produced 170 horsepower. When the truck was made, Ford was known for being, let’s say, optimistic in its power ratings. For example, the 1966 Shelby GT390 Mustang claimed 325 horses, but in actuality had closer to 250. Nevertheless, 170 hp, or even
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slightly less, is pretty good for a car from the time, and it can still out-muscle some modern cars. Schu says he wouldn’t mind some of the luxuries that modern cars would have; the F100 has heating but lacks air conditioning, power steering, power brakes and has a bare bones manual transmission. When asked if there was anything that he did not like about his truck, Schu said, “Honestly, when I first got it the list could go on for a long time, but it’s grown on me. I really like it now. The thing that I like least is the fact that it’s got no AC.”
The nostalgic feel has a lot of appeal for Schu. “I’ve gotten used to the feel of the older, rougher truck and I’ve grown to like the older look. I’d prefer mine over a new
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truck,” said Schu. “People will stop me and be like ‘Hey, nice truck man’ and I feel like that’s something that you wouldn’t get in a new car.” The Ford F Series is a series of full-size pickup trucks that have been sold continuously since 1948, and in that 77-year span, more than 28 million F Series have been sold. The most popular variant the, F-150, has been the
best selling vehicle in America for the past 32 years and the best selling pickup for 43 years, one is sold every 34 seconds in America alone. \ The F series is now in its 13th generation following a total redesign in 2014. The predecessor to this incredible winning streak surely deserves to be this week’s Prep News Pick of the Lot.