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Concussions and the uncertain future of football clock tower as class gift BY Jack Schweizer EDITOR IN CHIEF
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enior Jack Callahan knew something was wrong when he walked into school and stood staring at the lock on his locker. He couldn’t remember the combination. The reason for his sudden loss of memory convinced Callahan—a sophomore on the JV football team at the time—to leave the sport permanently: he had a concussion. “It scared me,” said Callahan, a returner on the special
teams, who collided, head to head, with one of the gunners while attempting to make a block after a CBC kickoff. “It’s unlike a broken hand where you just put a cast on it, and everyone’s hands kind of all look the same. But our brains are just so different. And there’s so much uncertainty still.” Indeed, questions and concerns from students and parents continue to loom over football—both professionally and at the high school level—
as new studies suggest that the sport could be harmful to the brain. Most recently, a study by Dr. Ann McFee, a neuropathologist at Boston University, found that out of 111 N.F.L. players, 110 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., a degenerative brain disease. While the study was not scientific because it lacked a control group, many still view it as a cause for alarm. Another study, which came out in September from
Boston University, found that children who play tackle football before the age of 12 could be at risk for cognitive and behavioral problems later on in life. In response to the studies, schools across the country are taking steps to address the safety concerns, including St. Louis U. High. “I think in the bigger picture across all of our sports, we are looking for ways to diminish our injury risk,” said
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T Junior Ishmael Woodard in a game at Vianney.
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Linhares visits Bellarmine Prep alums in California to explore STEM, renovations Handley Hicks, Peter Campbell REPORTERS
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ssistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares visited Bellarmine High School in San Jose, Calif. last week to look at STEM classes and other academic programs, and see the school’s recent renovations. Bellarmine High School is known for having an excellent robotics team, and a maker’s space to work on extensive projects. Linhares noted there is interest at SLUH in having a makers space. On top of the extensive
robotics program, Linhares was also impressed with the science program at Bellarmine. All students start with a science class called Physics Nine, which is an extensive hands on and lab-based physics program. From there students go on to Chemistry, Biology, APs, and other programs. This way of teaching provides students with an opportunity to get hands-on experience as freshman, versus taking the class later on in high school. Linhares also looked at
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some of the school’s recent renovations, and its spiritual formation program. Linhares is excited to share what he learned at Bellarmine. Linhares also connected with two former SLUH students who both now work for Google in the Silicon Valley area, one of whom is a software engineer who works to speed up the process of Google search. The other alumni, Rob Grothe, ’87, is an engineer on a project for Google “DNA Wet Lab in a Box.” If anything organic is put into one side of
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the lab, which is also the size of the average SLUH English teacher’s desk, the genome of that organic cell will come out the other side. Linhares talked with the two alums about what SLUH can do to help students be better problem-solvers and impact people as they move out into more independent learning. Linhares describle the trip as “drinking from a fire hose,” as he received extremely condensed information through a beaitifully chaotic expierence.
Opinion
Consider the police prospective too
Thoughts about wanting to join law enforcement based on personal connection. Read more on Page 3.
Sports
XC aces Sectionals Blue-bellied Jr. Bill cheerleaders jolt junior runner Chris Staley into 30th place for all seven Varsity runners to finish in the top 30 at Sectionals. Page 6.
he class of 2018 has decided to leave a symbol of the time they have spent at SLUH in a very tangible way: a clock tower. STUCO President Jack McGrail announced the plan to his class during activity period this past Monday. The clock will be a Howard Clock from the Verdin Clocks and Bells company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and will be customized to SLUH’s design. It will stand roughly 20 feet high and will cost almost $25,000. McGrail first mentioned the idea for a parting gift in his speech for freshman class president, though original idea was for an obelisk. “We realized that the obelisk didn’t fit as well with the architecture of SLUH and we like that the clock is a symbol of time. It represents the progression of time through
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the 200 years of SLUH history,” said McGrail. In order to come up with the plans for the clock, McGrail talked to some administrators, including President David Laughlin, to work with the idea of leaving something that represents time for the 200 years of SLUH history. The senior class will do almost all of the fundraising and work since it is their parting gift. “It’s been a lot of encouragement because this is an idea that (McGrail) came to us with. This is something that we could probably do pretty easily, but we want Jack to be able to own this idea, so we are really just trying to support him,” said Director of Annual Giving John Penilla. In order to come up with the design for the clock, McGrail walked around SLUH’s campus with Director of Facilities Joe Rankin and looked
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Prep News Volume 82, Issue 10
Linhares presents prolife talk to Men for Life
November 3, 2017
Students couple St. Louis culture with art class
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tor of what worked and what did not. Using a prepared PowerPoint slide show, he t. Louis U. High’s Assis- followed with the history of tant Principal for Mis- life on earth, explaining the sion Jim Linhares gave a pre- origins and age of life, and sentation to the SLUH Men eventually arrived at a small For Life Club during activ- mammal, the vole. ity period on Monday about Linhares compared and what it means to be pro-life contrasted humans and voles in the 21st century and how in order show that humans to overcome the challenges have a special place on this that the movement faces. planet. Even though humans The name of the presenta- and voles are very evolutiontion was “Creation, Pro- arily close and have similar creation, and Re-creation: DNA, our humanability to Grace and Challenge in connect and grow in emoBuilding a Culture of Life.” tional relationships seperLinhares was recently ates us from them. asked by his parish, St. PeBecause the length of ter’s in Kirkwood, to give the total presentation is a presentation in February about two and a half hours, A scatter of a few pieces Powers plans to showcase about the same topic. When Linhares was only able to the Men For Life Club mod- finish about a third of it. The Sam Tarter erator David Callon heard portion that he completed REPORTER to some very famous people about the presentation, he was the build up to the largin local and national history, tudents may have recog- such as famous boxer Sonny nized an interesting art Liston, famed AfricanAmeriproject going on in the J-Wing can teacher Julia Davis, and this week. A portion of the rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck wall in the hallway of the art Berry. But because this area studio now displays artwork is impoverished, and in some of different neighborhoods in cases violent, many people do not know about or visit this the city of Saint Louis. These projects were done area. Senior Sam Bergman, by Sean Powers’ 2D Design class, which tried to represent who visited the Soulard layering and texture while neighborhood, took inspiraalso providing viewers with tion from the French influan insight to specific neighborhoods that were not as well known. “The last couple of years I had been doing projects on the city of Saint Louis in general, so I would have Linhares during presentation during AP photo | Dr. David Callon them do a map of the entire asked Linhares if he would er, more central message. city. But this year I wanted to be able to give the presenta“What I want people to change the subject a bit, so I tion at SLUH as well. come to a deep appreciation had them do the particular “I thought, ‘wait a min- for is that what has arrived neighborhoods in the city,” ute, he should give that talk on the planet with human said Powers. “I wanted to pick here! SLUH guys would love beings is this astonishing, specific neighborhoods that to hear that kind of thing spiritual presence, which, if have a unique history, but at because they are the genera- you don’t look at it anew, you the same time are not very tion of people whom he is fail to appreciate how ex- well known amongst our stureally welcoming into this traordinary it is and the re- dents.” vision,” said Callon. sponsibility that comes with For instance, one of the SLUH is essentially the that,” said Linhares. main neighborhoods that guinea pig for Linhares to The presentation re- Powers selected was the Ville practice on. ceived a strong positive re- neighborhood, which is home The story behind this action from those who atpresentation, however, be- tended. gins well before Linhares “I loved the presentawas asked to present at St. tion. Mr. Linhares is not Peter’s. Linhares went as only one of the great minds a chaperone to the March at SLUH, but he is also one for Life with the Men for of the great practitioners of Life club in 2016, the year PowerPoint. He knows how that Washington D.C. was to create a real visual palshut down due to a bliz- ette on which he hangs every 1st chair flute - Bryce Van Bree zard. Because of the massive idea. If you ever need advice amounts of snow, many of on a PowerPoint, he is your Alternate bass clarinet - Josh Steffens the conferences that SLUH go-to guy,” said Callon. 3rd chair alto saxophone - Jakub was supposed to attend were “Our hope is that Gorzko cancelled, so Callon, the trip through this presentamoderator, had to come up tion from Mr. Linhares and 3rd chair trumpet - Justin Koesterer with alternative plans. One through future discussions 7th chair french horn - Brendan Luof those plans was asking and presentations similar to Linhares to give a short talk this one, we will continue to echtefeld during one of the nightly foster a pro-life generation 1st chair trombone - Thomas Curdt sessions about how the Pro- that can participate in civil 1st alternate trombone - Louis Barnes Life movement is present in discourse understanding the his own life. After the talk, points of a pro-life point of 2nd alternate trombone - Michael Callon asked Linhares if he view,” said Men for Life Club Krausz would be open to the possi- President Reed Milnor. 2nd chair bartione - Ben Dattilo bility of doing some sort of The rest of the presentapresentation at SLUH. tion will continue during acLinhares opened the tivity period on Wednesday, presentation by saying that Nov. 29. the presentation was prepared for adults, but he was hoping that the high school boys would be a good indicaSTAFF, REPORTER
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ences in this area. “Everything in Soulard is of French inspiration, since it was founded by the Frenchman Anton Soulard,” said Bergman. “For the project, I incorporated the Saints Peter and Paul Church because it not only looks good, but I know someone that was married there. I also included my own style of fleur-de-lis, since it is both important to Saint Louis and France.” Overall, this project was
not so much a new way of learning a new skill for art, as it was a way of connecting with the students and allowing them to take in something that may interest them or make them think differently about the history or culture of a specific neighborhood. “I wanted my students to, at the very least, research this neighborhood and actually learn something new from this about its history or culture,” said Powers.
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OPINION
November 3, 2017
Prep News Volume 82, Issue 10
Letter to the editors
Gratitude for hard work and the hard way The Jesuits, in my experience, have never been known for encouraging the easy way. Want to become a Jesuit priest? All you have to do is make your way across the country with nothing but the clothes on your back and $20. Then live a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience for twelve more years. Then maybe you can be ordained. Jesuits are tough. It’s a quality they’ve inherited from their founder – that crazy Spaniard who insisted his followers serve God by giving of themselves without counting the cost, by toiling without seeking rest. St. Ignatius, much like the priests and teachers who follow in his tradition, held his students to the highest of standards, the most difficult of which might be found at the very beginning of The Spiritual Exercises. “Let it be supposed,” he says,” that every good Christian is to be more ready to save his neighbor’s proposition than to condemn it.” In a culture that praises hot takes and polarization, the Ignatian Presupposition is not easy to uphold. In my attitude toward the Bicentennial Day of Service, I, like many of my colleagues, missed the mark. With about 150 exams and papers still left to grade, I was less than ecstatic about the prospect of spending most of my day supervising sophomores participate in what one colleague identified as “charity, not real service.” I verbalized my cynical suspicion that this was nothing more than a glorified P.R. stunt when, in response to having my photo taken as I emerged from the I-64 tunnel into Forest Park, I muttered to a nearby coworker, “You can’t do service around here without a thousand photographers to prove it!” But, within a few minutes, we were working. And
as the piles of tree limbs and honeysuckle bushes gave way to an open hillside (and thousands of lost driving range balls), my cynicism gave way, as well. One group of freshmen, in particular, caught my eye. While most of their peers worked at a sustained, yet leisurely pace, these boys attacked the weeds and brush alongside Clayton Ave. with purpose and intensity and sweat. As a few of them were unloading a pile of logs and branches by the dumpster at the bottom of the hill, I complimented their effort. They responded with a sincere smile and a “Thanks, Mr. Ott” and then got right back to work. This particular group was clearly inspired, and, as I watched them march back up the sidewalk in pursuit of another pile of brush, I started to understand why. Heading back toward me, toting a huge load of honeysuckle, was their senior advisor. This particular senior is the captain and leading goalscorer on the varsity soccer team that, just the previous evening, had notched an overtime victory to continue on in the district tournament. According to prevailing stereotypes, he should have skipped the day of service, or at least approached it with an air of detachment or superiority. Instead, he was literally in the weeds, modeling for his freshmen what it means to toil and not to seek for rest. In that moment, my cynicism gave way to a sense of reverence, consolation, and gratitude that should not have surprised me as much as it did. After all, it was hardly the first time I experienced this feeling while working at SLUH. It’s the same feeling I had the day before teaching my first classes in August of 2005, when my new coworkers and I closed our week of teachers’ meetings with a
beautiful celebration of the Mass. I felt it again around 2:00AM on April 21 of this year. My five day-old baby girl was screaming from her cradle at the foot of our bed. My wife, Erin, who was sleep-deprived and exhausted and had just fed Maggie an hour earlier, stumbled to her feet and, fighting back tears, muttered, “I don’t know if I can do this.” In one of my proudest moments, I got up, offered whatever words of encouragement I could think of, changed a diaper, and sat and talked with my wife as she nursed our baby. Then I stayed up to rock and soothe Maggie for the next two hours while Erin caught up on some much-needed and well-deserved sleep. I was able to do so without worrying about how I would get through four classes that day because SLUH allowed me to stay home during those crucial first two weeks after my baby’s birth, and words cannot describe how helpful that was to my wife, my daughter, and our family. SLUH might not perfectly fulfill its mission statement everywhere and at all times, but it has offered me enough servant-leader students, enough beginningof-the-school-year Masses, enough two-week paternity leaves to warrant my presupposition of its goodness. Each of us who is fortunate enough to work or attend school here belongs to an authentically pro-life community that truly is “dedicated to building Christ’s kingdom of truth, justice, love, and peace.” To see this, sometimes we must intentionally step outside of our comfortable clouds of cynicism. And that, like the Jesuit way, is difficult. But those who are willing to undertake that difficult task are sure to be blessed with a reward well worth the effort: a clear view of a beautiful SLUH. — Mr. Jon Ott Theology
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Perspective Consider the police perspective too Steven Zak CORE STAFF
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s my time at SLUH has been coming to a close I have begun to think about where I will be going for college, and what my career might be after college. One career that I have been thinking about pursuing is one in law enforcement. Though, I have begun to second guess my desire to join the ranks of law enforcement mainly because the consequences and criticism officers have to face in cases like the one involving officer Jason Stockley. When an officer shoots and kills a person that they are pursuing, there are two sides that form automatically. One is that the officer is completely justified in his actions and the other that the officer is guilty and should face justice for his actions. In reality, there are
no sides to a case. The officer is generally doing what he or she has to do to go back home to his or her family, and it is always upsetting when a human being dies. But it seems to me that as a school, SLUH often focuses on the viewpoint that the officer is guilty for his actions without properly examining the situation. When we see an officer involved incident, we may only catch a small glimpse of it or hear only bits and pieces about it through the media, but we can never truly know what an officer or suspect is doing or feeling in a situation unless we are in that situation or have been in one similar to it. We can always look at a situation with perfect 20/20 hindsight. This allows us an oportunity that people in the heat of the moment do not have: to see clearly what is go-
ing on and to know the outcome. No officer ever goes to work wanting to shoot or kill someone. It is terrible for the person who gets shot or dies as well as for the officer who has to live the rest of his or her life with the fact that they have shot or killed someone. Even if we do not agree with and question an officer’s decision, we should still try to respect the decision and keep both viewpoints in our mind. If we are unable to keep both viewpoints in our mind and people automatically assume that an officer is guilty without fully knowing the circumstances, it is my belief that people will reconsider pursuing a career in law enforcement as the risks involved would greatly outweigh the rewards—keeping communities safe.
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Chris Muskopf, the athletic director. With football, most of the change has been gradual, evolving over the years as more and more scientific research comes out. Besides staying up to date on the latest data, the football program has incorporated a variety of techniques to try to prevent and treat concussions. During the 1980s and 90s, the SLUH football program has always tried to reduce as much contact as possible during practices, according to retired head coach Gary Kornfeld, who started as assistant coach in 1979 before becoming the head coach in 1988. Kornfeld didn’t know about the science behind concussions at the time. He simply didn’t want his players to get injured during practice. “I was probably the minority on this. We did not do a lot of hitting in practice, ever. I wanted to make sure our kids were ready to play on game day,” said Kornfeld. Over the years, as more
late. According to Muskopf, most new versions of the robot were built and shipped to N.F.L. teams before they could come to SLUH. The robot is versatile during practices, sometimes running routes as a wide receiver, other times working with the defensive backs and linebackers defending a crossing route. “Instead of having people tackling each other during practice, you’re tackling the dummy which can’t get injured,” said senior Sam Evans, a linebacker. “I personally prefer to tackle real life humans, but it’s fun.” Like all other sports at SLUH, football coaches are also required by the state to watch an informational video about concussions created by the national federation of high schools during each preseason coaches’ meeting. The information in the video is comparable to learning about CPR, according to Muskopf. The video informs and equips coaches on how to handle concussions throughout the season.
the line,” said head athletic trainer Kim Bruhn. “I think now though with a lot of the protocols we have set up over the last several years, we’re diminishing a lot of that, we’re not returning kids right away, we’re making sure that they’re fully healed before putting them back out there, and I think in the long road, I think that will make a big difference in the overall health down the road when they get older.” Some schools, however, have decided to go even further than just concussion prevention protocol and treatment. Some have shut down their tackle football programs entirely after the studies came out, while others have been forced to close because of a shortage of players, many of whom are switching to other sports to avoid concussions, according to the New York Times. While Muskopf does not yet see any evidence that would make him consider ending football at SLUH, he does believe the number of players on the football teams
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studies came out, the low contact practices were proven beneficial for the health of the athletes. Now, any contact during practice happens on a Monday and decreases leading up to Friday, which is game day. With fewer opportunities to hit during practice, the football teams have started using alternative methods to teach tackling. The football program recently adopted tackling donuts, which are leather padded foam circles that roll across the field like a penny, while players try to tackle them. “The notion is, you’re tackling a moving target because you put your one arm through the donut and the other arm around, and then you tackle it,” said Muskopf. “You’re falling on something that’s made of foam. You’re not hitting another person. You’re not risking helmet to helmet or some other physical contact with another person.” To further reduce contact, the football teams also purchased a tackling robot, which is essentially a foam dummy that sits ontop of an RC car. The robot arrived this past September, a few months
Athletes are also involved in the concussion protocol. All are required to take a baseline impact concussion test at the start of the season, when they know they’re not suffering from a concussion. The test asks a variety of questions, establishing a person’s intelligence when they’re mentally functioning at 100 percent. During the season, if athletes believe they have sustained a concussion, they will retake the test and compare it to the original results, or baseline, when they took it the first time. The test is supposed to help students gauge where they’re at in the concussion recovery process. If the test reveals that a student does have a concussion, they start the progression back to physical activity. The player will work their way from low to high demanding physical activity, typically starting with walking, then running, and finishing with full practices. Some, however, don’t always self report their concussions, or try to return to the sport before they’ve fully recovered. “A little bit is concerning, as far as a lot of them returning to play too soon and causing permanent damage down
will continue to diminish the future, as the public perception of football declines. Muskopf is currently preparing for a future in which the football team is dramatically smaller. “I think that’s an issue that football across the board is going to face. And right now we can support three teams. Will we be able to do that in five years? I don’t know,” said Muskopf. “And so certainly those are discussions we’re having as a department and a football program to try to plan for. What if we have three teams and our opponents don’t? What if they only have two? How are we going to provide competition experiences for all three of our teams? We’re starting to have conversations addressing those what if ’s, and seeing what we can try to plan for,” said Muskopf. In regards to this year’s freshman football team, which was slightly smaller than normal, Muskopf said it’s too early to tell whether it was a result from the studies. And Muskopf pushed back against the negative public perception of football, saying that students get concussions in every sport. Instead, he argues that the benefits that come from football greatly
outweigh any risk of injuries. “I certainly believe that the notions of teamwork and physical exercise and social and intellectual development that we advocate for through participation in athletics— those rewards, currently, greatly outweigh the risk of injury for any of our sports. Again, 10 years from now, are we saying that same thing? I’m not sure. But I think based on the path that we’ve put ourselves on with the prevention and the treatment, I think we’ve got a good shot to put ourselves in good positions 10 years from now as well as where we are right now,” said Muskopf. With seven different sports at SLUH and 19 concussions reported so far this year, 11 of them came from football. But in the 2016-2017 season, football reported only three concussions out of 23 total; they were outnumbered by rugby, which reported 8 concussions. In 2015-16, 14 concussions came from football, out of 37 total. And in the 2014-2015 season, lacrosse reported the most concussions, 10, while football reported four concussions out of 32 total. “My last three years, I don’t think we had one kid concussed on all three years combined on the varsity level,” said Kornfeld. He also added, “I think because the NFL, colleges, high school, because they brought this to life, and it’s in the forefront, and they’re talking about it trying to make it safer, I think sometimes people think it’s the number one sport where they’re having (concussions), but as far as percentage wise, I’d have to look at the studies, but there are some other sports right there with football as far as concussions are concerned,” said Kornfeld. Senior Sam Evans, a varsity linebacker who committed to Cornell University, said the studies concerned him but wouldn’t stop him from playing football. “I would be lying if I said I didn’t have a couple of worries,” said Evans. “But it’s just something I’ve done for so long, it’s just a sort of like a part of me I guess.” Evans was diagnosed with a concussion last year, after he was blindsided and knocked to the ground during a game. “I don’t actually remember the play, really,” said Evans. “So like supposedly I started talking about McDonald’s but I’m not sure. The one thing I do know is that I could recite my name, and I remember getting, I wasn’t pulled off the field, but I remember missing a block.” He added, “I felt pretty fine immediately afterwards, but when I dipped my head down it felt like blood was rushing to my head I think. And then I just started to get a little disoriented.” While the incident was scary, Evans does not believe playing football at the high school level poses any serious or lasting threat to one’s health.
“It’s definitely scary, but I think as long as you do the right tackling techniques, as long as you do that, you should basically, at least at this level, you should be fine at least from what I’ve seen.” Senior Austin Hannah, the varsity quarterback this past year, shared a similar sentiment. Hannah, who has been playing football since second grade, has never had a concussion.When asked about the studies, he pointed to the risk of injury from other sports. “I think it’s something that you could get doing almost anything else. You could be like picking up your pencil and sit under your desk and smack your head on the back of your desk, and it’s like the same type of impact as you’re getting hit in football. And there’s obviously exceptions to that like I said, but I think it comes with a lot of things other than football as well.” Senior Sean Bender, who started playing football in third grade, has only had three concussions in his career as an athlete. He said he owed most of his health success from Unequal padding—a helmet insert or cushion, made out of Kevlar, meant to prevent head injuries. After buying the padding his freshman year, Bender has not had a single concussion. “I’ll take a big hit or something, and I won’t have a headache afterwards or anything like that, and I really think it’s helped me and saved me from a few concussions. And I think, honestly, if I didn’t have it, I probably would have a few concussions just because of the amount of hits that I do take,” said Bender. DJ Sansone, a junior and defensive end on the varsity football team, said he was diagnosed with a concussion in September after he was blindsided during a game against CBC. He went to doctor Eric Nepute, recommended by the current head football coach Mike Jones, and returned to play two weeks later. “(Nepute) was resetting my neck and stuff, letting fluid drain from my head, giving me different sorts of IVs filled with all these different types of vitamins and everything, and I think it really sped up the process. I was out for two weeks, and then I played the rest of the season.” Sansone had no fears going back into play, and argued there’s a greater risk of injury for players who aren’t fully committed when they return after a concussion. “Coach Wilson used to always tell us when we were freshman football players, that if you’re scared of getting hurt than you will get hurt,” said Sansone. “Because if you’re running around, nervous to get hit, and you get hit, I mean there’s a pretty good chance you’re going to be hurt from that.” However, concussions may not be as serious as these recent studies suggest, according to Dr. Chris Randolph, the chief neurologist at Loyola University Chicago School of
Medicine. Randolph worked on the medical staff for the Chicago Bears for seven years as the team neuropsychologist. He said there are many misconceptions surrounding football and concussions, and criticized the recent studies by Boston University. “[Boston University] said oh these are normal findings. The problem with that is there are no controls. We don’t know that it’s related to concussions. We don’t know that it’s related to repetitive head injuries. And we also don’t know very importantly whether or not it means anything because there’s all sorts of tau proteins in the brain, some of which are bad and cause degeneration, some of which are neutral, and some of which they actually benefit,” said Randolph, referencing the claim by Boston University that the Tau protein found in the brain was responsible for the degenerative brain disease known as CTE. Randolph also argued that, in general, retired professional football players are much healthier than the rest of the population in their age demographic. “The mortality rates, the all cause death rates for retired NFL players, are about half that of what you would expect of men of their demographic background. That means as a group they’re half as likely to die of anything of men of their demographic background. Their suicide rate is 40 percent of what you would expect. So they’re much physically healthier and mentally healthier of men in their demographic background in general.” Concussions are also widely misunderstood. A concussion is an injury to the brain that alters mental status or causes other symptoms, according to Randolph. There’s no evidence that one concussion or ten concussions results in any immediate, short term damage. “It’s an incontrovertible fact that no controlled study has ever been able to measure any long term effect, correlating to a concussion, in a controlled fashion,” said Randolph. Despite the dispute between Randolph and the neurologists at Boston University, the question of how SLUH should continue to address concussions remains present for the football program. “You could Google concussion recovery and probably come up with 40 different things, and some may be legitimate and some may be trying to make money and claim that they’re legitimate. But it’s up to our trainers and our administration to be in touch with other schools in the state, in the nation, and those people who are on the medical committees for the state association and the national federation to constantly be evaluating,” said Muskopf.
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at the architecture of the campus. He then talked to some classmates about coming up with a design. “I asked Matthew Thomas, Michael Esson, and Ian Shocklee if they would each do a design of the clock and Matthew brought in this beautiful design, but it was too expensive, so I asked him to design one that was more of a post clock style, so that it would be more affordable. We are not using exactly his design, but a lot of the element from his design are on the clock,” said McGrail. The clock will most likely sit on a limestone base that will contain the names of all of the members of the senior class, though details arent fi-
nal yet. Just as the design has changed a few times, so has the location for the clock. Plans now call for the clock to be on the side of the Field House by the path that goes to the Jesuit residence. “It is a good location because the clock will have four faces. One will be facing where anybody walking up the turnaround will see it and see how much time they have left to get to homeroom. Another will be facing the doors to the Field House. The third will be facing the Jesuit residence, with the fourth facing the St. Ignatius statue. It is a kind of cornerstone of four different spots and will be easily viewable from multiple different spots,” said McGrail.
In order to pay for the project, McGrail asked his classmates to donate whatever they could, even putting a wooden box in the Main Office so that seniors could donate whenever and whatever they want. McGrail hopes to have the fundraising nearly complete by Christmas. McGrail has thought of multiple different fundraising ideas to help fund the clock, along with the money that he hopes will be raised from donations by the seniors. The manufacturing and installation of the clock will take roughly 60 days, and the goal is to complete it in the spring of 2018. “The goal for installation is by April 21. This is the day of the bicentennial Mass, and
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it would be really cool to have it in place by then. If not, the latest goal is by the class’ graduation,” said STUCO moderator Katherine Toussaint. Administrators are excited about the idea and hope that it will catch on. “We have been really excited that the senior class wants to donate something back to SLUH. That they want to be invested emotionally and financially in the school is pretty cool,” said Penilla. “One of the benefits to this project is the hope that more graduating classes and students will want to find a way to give back in years to come in the form of a parting gift.”
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Science Department goes off campus to talk curriculum Steven Zak CORE STAFF
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very academic department has been taking time to review and evaluate their curriculum. Even though there are extra late start schedules this year for departments to meet, many departments do not find them to be enough time, which is why they are taking part in the off campus department days. Going off campus also gives departments less of a distraction when trying to develop and enhance curriculum. Even though the science department is working with renovating many of their classrooms, they focused on their curriculum, something that they have been working on developing for several years. “A guaranteed and viable curriculum that’s mission-based 22. Famous constellation is some of the most important work we do,” said department 23. Annie, Oliver, and head Mary Russo. “Our curricuLouis were this. 24. “You are ____ news”- lum work has been an ongoing process.” Donald Trump The day was started with a 25. One who besets brainstorming session where the Down department looked for where they should focus on and be re2. Melman minded of throughout the day. 3. Multiple female relaSome of the themes were wontives der and awe of science, how to 4. Sailboat on ice make the curriculum fun and 5. The _____ girls. enjoyable even for non-science 6. Job on the farm people, and how to foster a good 7. River in Europe 14. The opposite is a lunar learning culture. The department also comone pleted a study of 17 schools 15. Old cartoon about around the country to find out 2020 16. What lactose-intoler- if the current requirements of ant people are allergic to biology, chemistry, and physics were still college prep courses 18. Spanish word for for most schools. female friend “We came to a conclusion 19. What your head does that a required experience of when it gets hit biology, chemistry, and physics 20. The Home ____. is still college prep,” said Russo. “It’s more good news of the good work we have already been doing.” The department then broke
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into small groups comprised of a mix of biology, chemistry, and physics teachers which focused on philosophy and the department goals, which ultimately influences their course goals. This is something they had been unable to do at their regular department meetings during late starts. “I don’t remember the last time we had a substantive discussion about our department philosophy or course goals, so I think it was overdue and certainly not finished,” said Baudendistel. “We have a lot more work we need to do.” After small groups, they split into their specific area of study; biology, chemistry, or physics. In these groups, they focused on their curriculum and the required experience that each person recieves in the class. The department finally focused on having electives that would reach only some students versus looking at their required experiences that would reach everyone. “It would be a neat elective for 25 or 30 students, but we had to ask ourselves, ‘is that a required experience that reaches everyone?’,” said Russo. In reflecting over the meeting, Baudendistel was very pleased with how it turned out. “It was definitely stuff that would not have happened during department time here at school,” said Baudendistel. “We certainly needed to go off campus for it.” While the science department was absent, the counseling department had a chance to talk to sophomores and juniors. The college counselors talked to sophomores about starting the college process while the personal counselors talked to the juniors about dealing with stress.
Gibbon’s Halloween ginger candy
15. Activity in the circus club 17. Voting slip 20. Betting cubes 21. Not hers but...
Halloween jokes; SLUH teacher edition 1. Q: What is a cat’s favorite dessert? —courtesy Mr. Don Steingruby 2. Q: What was the optimistic vampire’s favorite drink? —courtesy Ms. Tracy Lyons 3. Q: What is a math teacher’s two favorite parts of a book? —courtesy Mr. Dan Becvar
5. Q: What do you call a teacher who farts in the closet? —courtesy Mr. John Kavanaugh and Mr. Tim Curdt 6. Q: What do you call a batman who quits the Church? —courtesty Mr. Dan Schuler 7. Q: What did the guy say that had two houses fall on him? —courtesy Mr. Tom Kick-
4. Q (part 1): Why did Mary fall off the ham swing? (part 2): Knock knock. Who’s there?— courtesy Mr. John Ott
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8. Q: ¿Cómo se escribe nariz en inglés? — courtesy Sra. Kate Toussaint
See answers on page 8
Fr. Ian Gibbons, S.J. has his own special take on Halloween. SLUH’s principal snuck some Indonesian ginger candy into the Main Office’s candy bowl this Halloween. The candy gets students to squirm, as its strong ginger flavor hits them hard. According to Gibbons, this hijinx is more of a trick than a treat for passing students on the holiday.
Cross country continues crushing competition; takes first in Sectionals by 43 points to qualifiy for State meet in Jefferson City point to point on the course and made sure the runners knew that the brute force of SLUH was behind them. Led by the self-proclaimed “cheer captain,” junior Jack Buehring, the army stormed through Central. At one point, the boys lay waiting in ambush for Staley. They pounced, and Staley, somewhat either scared or inspired, bounded forward, passing five runners, causing
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ee! Fie! Foe! Fum! The St. Louis U. High cross country team is on the run and can taste the glory of a state title as the Jr. Bills qualified for the State meet for the 25th year in a row, being crowned champions of their Sectional this past Saturday.
Taking place at Parkway Central High School, the Sectional meet is the final step in the road to the State Championship meet in Jefferson City, and the top four teams in the race qualify for state. Despite the goal of simply qualifying, the team came out thirsting for sweet victory in the 38 degree weather. Junior Patrick Hetlage led the team with a third place finish, in 16:35. He was followed by senior Paul Burka, who finished fourth (16:43), and junior Reed Milnor, who finished fifth (16:49). Following the top three were sophomore Adam Mittendorf, who finished seventh with a time of 16:51; sophomore Lucas Rackers, who finished 15th (17:01); sophomore Noah Scott who
Varsity cross country during Sectionals last Saturday.
finished 19th (17:07); and junior Chris Staley, who finished 30th (17:20). With great races from each of the runners, SLUH was the only school to have all seven of their runners place in the top 30 and place as medalists. Mittendorf, Rackers, Scott, and Staley all achieved personal records for their 5K times at the Sectional race. Even if the seven would have run for different schools, they still all would have qualified as individuals
for the state meet. “We knew that Chandler from Hickman would take it out as fast as he could, but we were content with that and decided not to play those cards a week before state, especially in a race that was only about qualifying. We formed and kept the chase pack, that pack that trailed (Chandler),” said head coach Joe Porter. These finishes earned the team a champion spot with a score of 33, 43 points
more roaring from the fans. Forging forward from this fantastic feast of physical finesse, the varsity cross country team will take on the top 15 teams in the state, hoping to capture the State title for the first time since 2013 this Saturday at 12:30 at Oak Hills Golf course in Jefferson City.
photo | Mr James Hetlege
better than runner-up Rock Bridge and 48 points better than the third place finisher, Jefferson City. The Sectional meet was also the spawn site for the arrival of the infamous Blue Army. As the team started getting ready at the line, a brigade of boisterous boys stripped off their shirts in the 30 degree weather and bathed their bodies in blue paint. As the bitter wind bounced off the blue paint, the blue battalion ran from
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Hockey comes out firing; offense overpowers competition in Top Hat preseason tournament with 40 goals in six games er. When all of us are there, nobody can skate with us.” “Accountability in the locker room and all the players are more serious are the differences this year compared to past years,” said Winkelmann. Winkelmann led the team with seven goals throughout the tournament, including a five goal game against Webster Groves. “This hockey isn’t our best,” said Winkelmann. “We continue to get better and better every game we play.”
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he St. Louis U. High varsity hockey team started the season off strong, taking the Top Hat preseason tournament championship for the thrid straight year against Oakville, 6-0 on Thursday, Oct. 26.
Boasting a powerful offense, the Jr. Bills outshot their opponents 212-72 and outscored them 40-1 throughout the tournament. In the round robin part of the tournament, SLUH beat Kirkwood 6-1, Webster Groves 13-0, and CBC 4-0 before beating Chaminade 3-0 in the quarterfinals. Against Edwardsville in the semifinals, the outstanding SLUH defense didn’t allow a shot until midway through the third period, and they won 8-0. The Jr. Bills faced off against Oakville on Thursday, Oct. 26. The first period was action packed with many shots by both teams, but neither team could net a goal. Early in the the second period, sophomore Bob Lockwood scored the first goal of the game, opening the floodgates for the Jr. Bills. Senior Steven Pawlow netted his own goal quickly
Senior Joe Winkelmann against CBC in the Top Hat tournamnet.
following Lockwood’s and put the Jr. Bills up 2-0. In the third period, the Jr. Bills put on a scoring onslaught, scoring 4 goals to close out the game. The first of the goals came early in the period when junior Christian Berger set up senior Joe Winkelmann for an easy goal. Berger put up a point of his own just a few minutes
later with a hard slap shot on a Jr. Bill power play, giving SLUH a 4-0 lead over the Tigers. While the Jr. Bills were short-handed, Pawlow returned the favor back to Corker, setting him up on a two-on-one for an easy goal. As the game came to a close, senior Chip Holmes sauced a beautiful pass to sophomore Jack Hazelton as he snuck one past the goalie
photo | Joe Hillmeyer
to end the game 6-0 for the Jr. Bills. Junior goalie Brendan Rasch put up his fourth consecutive shutout and fifth of the tournament with 17 saves on the night. Rasch has only let in one goal this year on 72 shots. “We saw how good our team could be,” said senior Jack Wachter. “It showed how well we can play togeth-
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“We need to play a game hard from start to finish,” said Wachter. “We have a really close knit group of guys this year,” said senior assistant captain Matthew Hohl. “The seniors especially know what’s at stake and I feel that all the other players have bought in to the same goal.” SLUH hockey will start the regular season against Westminster this Saturday at 7:30 at Kirkwood.
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Swim and Dive State Meet St. Peters Rec Plex Prelims: Today at 5:00 p.m. Diving: Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. Finals: Tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.
After breezing through the regular season, ending undefeated in dual meets and finishing strong at invitationals, the Jr. Bills look to take the Swim and Dive State title in Class 2, facing competition like Marquette, De Smet and Kirkwood. SLUH is sending 21 athletes to the meet: 18 qualifiers and three alternates. JV Soccer: 12-3-6 Second place in Hillsboro varsity tournament First place in S.L.L. JV tournament Undefeated after Sept. 16 loss in PK’s to Cape Central in Hillsboro varsity tournament. Key Statistics: SLUH Swim and Dive team seniors.
photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott
C Soccer: 21-1-2
Michael Drabelle leading scorer with eleven goals Max Mantych and Alfie Arun led the team with five assists each
“Our team did really well. We tied Ladue early in the season and then
John Mungenast: nine shutouts, one combined with John Mersinger
we beat them 3-0 later in the season. It was a great way to be social and met some of my best friends here,” said freshman Michael Heinlein. “How we came together as a team was very good because we went the entire season with good results,” said freshman Alex Harang.
Goals For: 51 Goals Against: 22 Key Quotes: “We did a lot better than last year. Last year we were divided, but this year we came together as a team,” said junior Sean Cody.
“The season went great. It was a really special group of kids and I say
“I think it was a huge improvement from last year. We tried a lot hard-
that in terms of athletic talent, soccer talent, and just being a great group
er and we played hard the full 70 minutes. We got really close in the Hills-
of guys to work with everyday,” said head coach Brock Kesterson.
borough tournament only losing in the finals in penalty kicks,” said junior Alvin Alaphat.
C Football: 1-7
“I think the numbers can speak for themselves. What the numbers
Key Statistics:
don’t show is how much work they put in. These guys came together un-
Bobby Conroy FB/LB: 4 TDs rushing, 3 sacks
like the year before. We were able to compete against MCC schools,” said
Keenan Williams RB/CB: 3 TDs rushing, 2 INT
head coach Tom McCarthy.
Jack McClelland QB: 4 TD passes, 1 TD rushing Luke Ratermann WR: 2 TD receptions Key Quotes: “It was tough year, we learned a lot. We did get better as the year went on. It was a good learning experience. These guys are going to do a lot for the program. It’s tough to win one game and call it a success, but they never quit and they always kept going. That speaks a lot to the character of the players,” said head coach Adam Cruz. “I think the season went okay and we came together as a team. It helped me get to know a lot of people and helped me get involved with SLUH,” said freshman Will Johnson.
Head coach Tom McCarthy with JV Soccer players.
“I felt we did good for most of our team being first year players. We did a good job of sticking together as a team and not quitting on each other. It gave me a lot of friends I wouldn’t have if I didn’t play football,” said freshman Joey Knese.
photo | Jonel Olar
JV Football: 1-2 “With a lot of players hurt, we only had three games. A short roster of 16 players, and no quarterbacks made games tough. We won one game by a lot, and the coaches were good,” senior Evan Corzine. B Soccer: 15-4-4 “I think the season went really well overall. We started off pretty strong, despite some injuries we finished the season well,” said sophomore Ryan Taaffe. “We had a great season. We really bonded together as a team. Beating Vianney despite losing our best player during the game,” said sophomore
Head coach Adam Cruz with the C Football team.
photo | Mr. Matt Scuito
Thomas Reilly.
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Friday, November 3
Late Start Schedule AP Snack—Mozzarella Cheese Stick Lunch Special—Chicken Rings Vegetarian—Garden Burger 5:00PM Swimming MSHSAA Prelims @ St. Peter’s
Around the Hallways
Jr. Ring orders The juniors turned in their Junior Ring order forms on Monday and Tuesday. Representatives from Jostens were in the old cafeteria during Activity Period to help the students pick out their correct ring sizes and turn in their order forms. Seniors were also able to make adjustments to their rings while the Jostens representatives were present. Parent-teacher conferences SLUH had a half day on Thursday because the teachers had parent-teacher conferences. They took place in
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the Commons and library and went from 1:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. This was an opportunity for parents to meet with teachers to speak about the students’ progress thus far into the school year. Dinner as provided for all of the teachers present. SLUH had a late school in order to help all of start today, as teachers were the Catholic students and faculty fulfill their holy day of required to stay late. obligation commitment. The Rev. Ralph Houlihan, S.J., preAll Saints Day Mass The SLUH community cel- sided, with the entire SLUH ebrated Mass on All Saints Jesuit community present. The Day to celebrate the lives of Mass featured readings from venerated and non-venerat- Revelation and John. Before ed saints. The Mass was all Mass, several members of the
Saturday, November 4 Ignatian Family Teach-In—Washington D.C. 9:00AM MSHSAA Diving Finals @ St. Peter’s 12:30PM V State Cross Country Meet @ Oak Hills 3:00PM MSHSAA Swimming Finals @ St. Peter’s
Sunday, November 5
sophomore, junior, and senior pastoral teams processed down the center aisle with posters of several saints, including St. Josephine Bakhita and St. Pope John Paul II. —Compiled by Kevin Dunne, Paul Gilliam, and Luke Wilmes
Ignatian Family Teach-In—Washington D.C. 10:00AM Open House Mass 11:30AM Open House
Monday, November 6
No School—Faculty Ignatian Family Teach-In—Washington D.C. 6:00PM Alumni Phon-a-thons
Tuesday, November 7
Regular Schedule Loyola Santa Shop Collection AP Freshman Liturgical Musicians Snack—Mini Tacos Lunch Special—Taco Bar Vegetarian—Quesadilla
Wednesday, November 8 AP Lunch
Regular Schedule Loyola Santa Shop Collection Freshman Liturgical Musicians Snack—Chicken Rings Special—Spicy Chicken Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger
6:00PM Alumni Phon-a-thons
Thursday, November 9
photo | Joe Hillmeyer
photo | Sulli Wallisch
Regular Schedule Loyola Santa Shop Collection AP Freshman Liturgical Musicians Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—Papa John’s Pizza Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese Central Methodist University University of Central Missouri 6:30PM Junior Level Meeting
Friday, November 10 AP Lunch
Regular Schedule
Loyola Santa Shop Collection Freshman Class Mass Harris-Stowe State University Snack—Onion Rings Special—Pasta Bar Vegetarian—Olive Oil Pasta calendar | Liam John
photo | Sulli Wallisch
photo | Joe Hillmeyer
Art gallery
Photos of the All Saints Day Mass Top left: Father Houlihan at the beginning of Mass Bottom left: Deacon Boedecker leads procession Top right: Sophomore Brandon May Bottom right: Presentation of the saints
Halloween fun; answers to teacher jokes 1. Micecream 2. B Positive 3. ProLOG and EpiLOG 4. (part 1) because she had no arms (part 2) not Mary
5. Private Tutor 6. Christian Bale 7. You’re killin’ me, homes 8. No sé. ¡Correcto!
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Volume 82, Issue 10 Editor in Chief Jack “scyther” Schweizer News Editors Jake “jigglypuff ” Hennes Riley “ekans” McEnery Features Editor Nathan “exodia the forbidden one” P. Wild II Sports Editors Nathan “victoribell” Langhauser Ben “geodude” Datillo
Impressions: An Alumni Print Show Art Gallery Oct. 16 through Nov. 30
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Credits
“What’s your favorite Pokemon?”
Core Staff Stephen “vapeoreon” J. Ocampo I James “oddish” Pollard Matthew “brock” Quinlan Steven “mr. mime“ Zak Sam “snorlax” Ortmann
Staff Artists John “lapras” Burke Jackson “kabutops” Ducharme
Staff Paul “Jesus” Gillam Luke “pikachu” Wilmes Ben “clefairy” Klevorn Justin “ginger” Koesterer
Reporters Liam “lebron” John Jake “KINGdra” Trunko Ben “mewtwo” Cox Joe “articuno” Feder Sam “mudkip” Tarter Handley “farfetch’d” Hicks Peter “tentacruel” Campbell
Art Director Joe “machoke” Bytnar
Staff Photographer Joe “ho-oh” Hillmeyer
Ali “primape“ Hamed Contributing Artists Tommy “metapod” Rogan Sam “lickitung” Kutz Crossword Creator Daniel “cubone“ Klarsche Moderator Mr. Steve “blue eyes white dragon” Missey