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t. Louis U. High students joined peers from across the state in Jefferson City this past week for a three-day experience that gave them the chance to live the lives of our politicians. The Youth and Government Conference gave tons of experience working in many different areas of government, from the congressional to the executive to the judiciary branches. Students put a lot of hard work into each day, and found much success and enjoyment by the event’s conclusion. The purpose of Youth and Government is for students to learn the process of democracy. Moderator Sarah Becvar commented on the ways the students accomplish the mission of the club. “Students fulfill the goal of Youth snd Government
by participating in particular branches of government, and working in these branches by writing bills, presenting arguments in committee and potentially on the House and Senate floor, preparing civil cases, and trying those cases to name a few options,” said Becvar. Out of the total 689 that were in attendance, 60 students and five adults represented Saint Louis U. High. Due to the large number of attendance, there were two House of representatives and two Senates, which had never definitively occurred. In addition, the judicial branch had a normal civil case and a new court of appeals. The bus ride to Jefferson City on Thursday was delayed by an hour after the bus got a flat tire. After the issue was resolved, they hit the road, ate lunch, and arrived at the ho- PRINT SHOW: The art gallery opens with annual print show, which runs through Nov. 30. See
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eterans Day was this past Saturday, calling to mind images of service and sacrifice from members of the Armed Forces. For the holiday weekend, the U.S. Catholic magazine published a reflection by Peter Lucier, ’08, an alum and former Marine, over society’s relationship with veterans. Lucier served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantryman for 5 years, from 2008-2013. Lucier entered the Marine Corps after his senior year of high school. Since then, he’s traveled all over the world as a marine, from Guantanamo Bay to Spain, the Holy Land, Bahrain, and Afghanistan. Newspapers, magazines, and online websites that have published Lucier’s work include Foreign Pol-
icy, Task and Purpose, The War Horse, The Revealer, The Independent, and most recently, the U.S. Catholic magazine. Lucier was originally commissioned by an editor from U.S. Catholic to write a piece for Veterans Day weekend, similar to the reflection he wrote in September for The Revealer—a religious online magazine out of New York University— titled, “Not Your Messiah.” Both of the articles in the two magazines argue that society expects veterans to fulfill a priest-like role for America. He points to cable news and newspapers, which turn to veterans on questions of policy, politics, and American patriotism. But according to Lucier, veterans, based on their war experiences alone, are not equipped to answer such questions or act as moral judges.
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The idea for the article came from personal experience, as Lucier noticed more and more people deferring to him for answers on cultural issues like whether it’s appropriate to kneel during the National Anthem at football games, a controversy which has enveloped the NFL this season. In particular, Lucier highlighted an experience he had while studying at St. Louis University during the protests in Ferguson in response to the shooting death of Michael Brown. “During the protests in Ferguson, there was a large protest on the SLU campus as well and there was a big to do about some Black Lives Matter organizers and how they were treating the flag, and I noticed people were always looking to me as a veteran, as if I had some kind of revealed knowledge.
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Eleven students travel to Wall Street; meet with businesses James Pollard
Following Bloomberg, the group visited LeBaron Brown, a niche private equity firm, where they met with Jon Holden, ’06. Holden is handling LeBaron Brown’s finances and is running the business while it grows. They then went to Bank of America where they met with brothers Tim Mudd, ’03 and Michael Mudd, ’04. Tim is involved with equity sales and trading while Michael is involved
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leven juniors and seniors, accompanied by social studies teacher Kevin Foy, Vice President of Institutional Advancement Melissa Jones, and Brett Kimes, father of senior Mark Kimes, visited Wall Street last week on a fourday trip to New York City to meet with alumni in the field of business and learn about financial markets. The students attending were Teddy Washington, Jeffery Hampton, Justin Bruno, Jack Buerhing, Chip Holmes, Gavin Gassner, Ricky Browne, Drew Kirchoff, Luke Sansone, John Broun and Will Lake. Upon arriving, the group went from the airport to Bloomberg, a private software, media, and data company delivering business and market news, headquartered in Manhattan. There they got a tour of the building and learned about the Bloomberg continued on page 4 Terminal, an incredibly pow- Students on Wall Street. erful financial data tool.
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Former Marine’s reflection published in U.S. Catholic magazine ahead of Veterans Day BY Jack Schweizer EDITOR IN CHIEF
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Youth Leadership St. Louis Seven SLUH juniors have been chosen for the Youth Leadership St. Louis program, will tackle how to solve social justice issues. Page 3
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What is SLUH thankful for? SLUH students and faculty share what they’re thankful for this Thanksgiving season, ranging from the SLUH community to iced cookies. Page 3
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Hockey hoses down the hosers The SLUH varsity hockey team washes away Edwardsville and Vianney to improve to a 4-0 record while only allowing 2 goals. Page 6 Sports
XC goes to Nike Cross Nationals SLUH Varsity XC sneaks into NXN as St. Louis XC Club to finish third overall. Page 5
with research and analysis, and builds internal portfolios for Bank of America. From Bank of America the group visited with Tom Purcell, ’89, the former chief investment officer at Viking, a large hedge fund, who talked with the students about the history of economics and his own career, which currently involves operating Leg Trail Capitol, his own fund.
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ith modern-day technology spreading across the globe, several SLUH faculty members are hoping to find some ways to harness that power and further the learning experience here at Saint Louis U. High. Last week, Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares, Spanish teacher Magdalena Alvorado, math teacher Dan See, and theology teacher Jonathan Ott attended a Jesuit cohort regarding the expanse of our current technology programs including how we might use our technology to learn in different ways. The Technology Cohort took place in Dallas and was put on by the Jesuit Schools Network. These cohorts are put on regionally, and each has a common focus. In this case, the focus was on technology, so it was largely attended by those with experience in IT technology, administrators, and some teachers who were interested. While there, faculty members met up with some other teachers from Jesuit schools all across the country. There were about 40 people from 14 different Jesuit schools at the cohort. At the conference, they talked about how advancements could be made to the learning curriculum and overall process by using technology. “There was a lot of talk about … how to get teachers trained to use various elements of technology,” said Ott. Two speakers discussed technology and how it applies to adolescents and Jesuit high schools. The first speaker was a psychologist that discussed the adolescent brain and how it fits into the use of technology. Because it is not fully developed, the adolescent mind can run into a lot of problems concerning technology. “Given the unfinished nature of the adolescent brain and the extra vulnerability to stimulation and lack of focused attention, technology is especially troublesome,” said Linhares. “Technology, social media, and knowing how to
make boundaries and draw lines is important because this isn’t going to come naturally to the adolescent mind.” The speaker also focused on how teens “understand the world that they’re in and how to help them navigate that,” according to Ott. The second speaker was an entrepreneur who developed a successful software product called My Homework. He spoke about how schools are not exaclty teaching students to plan well through technology. Rather than just writing something into an iPad or computer, the speaker stressed breaking down tasks to work on long term projects. His software works to help adolescents do this, and works well with Canvas. He primarily aimed to get schools involved with teaching kids how to organize their work well using technology. “We’re doing that with the Upward Bound program, we’re doing that with our freshmen at orientation, and we have our new study skills folks in the library who are doing some work with this,” said Linhares. “But we probably need to be doing even more with this.” The majority of the cohort was then spent on developing ideas about leadership in technology, and how it applies to adolescent students. Four major topics included technology formation and boundaries for students, what devices are effective in the classroom and at school, who is taking charge of technology in Jesuit schools, and professional development to train teachers to use technological tools effectively. There won’t be any exact program or system of change immediately, but SLUH is planning on making some changes in the future concerning the use of technology for students in the school. “(We’re going to) be involved in discussions with other people about how we shape technology at SLUH moving forward,” says Ott. “We’ll certainly bring in some new ways to use technology like we haven’t before.”
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LUH hosted a book signing and discussion in the Si Commons Wednesday night for the New York Times bestseller “Bull in the Ring,” written by Joe Castellano, class of ’71. “Bull in the Ring” focuses on the 1970 football season and the trials and tribulations that occurred during the time. Although it reflects on the first and only SLUH state championship in football, the book captures the mood of the community and time period around it. “It is a football book but it’s surrounded by what it’s like to grow up in that time. It tells about the history the tradition of Sain Louis U. High and the struggles of young men growing up in that era. We hear a lot about Vietnam,” said theology teacher Dick Wehner. “You will feel the angst that these guys feel about the possibility that their friends or even they could be involved in the war. You will feel one of their classmates being called out and told that his brother was just killed.” The event was well attended by those who were included in the story, fans of the book, SLUH teachers, and alumni. “It was extremely wellattended. I was surprised at the number of women in attendance. A lot of alums of SLUH brought their wives because they themselves wanted to come,” said Wehner. “So it was really heartening to see those who had attended.” The night began at six with light food while those in attendance discussed their opinions on the book and shared stories about SLUH back in the day. President David Laughlin opened up the night with a speech and a prayer after the food. Castellano, teammates, opponents from the CBC team that SLUH had beat, other characters in the
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book, and coaches Gary Kornfeld and Mike Jones were on stage in the Commons to talk about SLUH. “I talked about my days with Paul Martel, the coach of the state championship team. I wasn’t with the team when they won it,” said former head football coach Gary Kornfeld. “When I came here in ’78 I spent nine years with Paul, so I talked about my years with him and how there’s a part of him that was with me in my coaching. One thing I learned about was being the man in charge. I was really thankful for him.” Many of those in attendance, including Wehner and Kornfeld, believed that all of those on stage were all genuine people
with a story worth sharing. “The cast of characters on the stage are all great people and I mean first class people. I got to know some of them through coaching, teaching their sons, daughters who played soccer with my daughter, or who I just knew professionally,” said Kornfeld. “The one thing they had in common was that they were all first class people and there was no doubt about that.” The night was mostly the stories and experiences given by those on stage about how the book and SLUH had touched their lives. “To actually see the interaction between the members in real life just reinforced every sense de-
scribed in the book of how they struggled to overcome the obstacles and rely on each other,” said athletic director Chris Muskopf. Castellano sold copies of his book at the event, and donated the money made that night to SLUH. “It was a neat night and a first class event. Joe Castellano is the humblest, kindest gentleman I know,” said Wehner. “It’s a great book written by an extremely sucessful person. Success means more than just money, he is very happy with what he has done with his life and using the gifts that he has given. He is truly a man for others.”
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ixteen faculty and members of the administration have been participating in the Civil Rights and Human Dignity Institute, aimed at exploring human dignity and the civil rights struggle in our country and to seek ways to implement their discoveries into the school. The group is led by Director of Equity and Inclusion Frank Kovarik. “What we’re studying is racial justice and racial equity. We’re trying to gain an understanding of the history of the civil rights struggle and think about how that applies to our school,” said Kovarik
“I think as an institution we need to continue to reflect on the problem of racism individually and institutionally and we need to inform ourselves about not only the historical nature of personal and institutional racism, but then also where we are at currently,” said Rob Garavaglia, a member of the group. The idea for the institute came last year’s schoolwide theme, ‘Human Dignity.’ Former theology teacher Danielle Harrison, who now teaches at Visitation Academy, suggested the idea to Kovarik. “Conversations around equity and inclusion can be very difficult and chal-
lenging and invigorating and transforming. Given our history in St. Louis, and at SLUH the past several years, I thought this institute would be a way to look at some great, thought-provoking material and see how to share that information in our classrooms, in our community. Civil Rights is not just something that happened 50 to 60 years ago and now it’s over—work continues to go on. The institute structure gave us an opportunity to engage in this conversation,” said Harrison. “It just occured to me that it was a great idea, so I wrote up the proposal and worked with the administration to craft it,” said Kovarik.
The institute began this past August and will continue into this coming summer. Unlike the other curriculum institutes, the Civil Rights and Human Dignity Institute will meet for over a year. “Because we are reading some longer books and it’s really about a process of self-reflections and the fact that it’s some pretty dense and challenging material, we are spending the course of a whole school year and into the summer on either end as a way to build in space for people to reflect and process and grow,” said Kovarik. The institute will have two different segments, book reading and listening to various speakers. The group
has already read the Martin Luther King Jr. book Where Do We Go From Here and is currently reading Fr. Brian Massingale’s Racial Justice in the Catholic Church. In the future, the group will read Derek Bell’s And We are Not Safe. The speaker series will take place towards the end of the year. Speakers include Jason Purnell, ’95, Michael McMillan, and Nicole Hudson. Purnell will speak about his book For the Sake of All, which addressed the disparities of public health by race in the St. Louis region and Hudson, St. Louis’s Deputy Mayor for Racial Equity and Priority Initiatives, will speak about the Ferguson
commission report that she helped to write. The group has high hopes. “I hope, and I think that this has already occurred, that we’ll create a sense of camaraderie and connection with each other,” said Kovarik. “I hope that we’ll develop a passion of racial equity at SLUH that we can spread to our colleagues, come up with a compelling vision about what racial equity at SLUH will look like, and that this will be the beginning and the continuation of the process of continual self-evaluation and improvement.”
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Volume 82, Issue 12 Selected juniors participate in Youth Leadership ‘Tis the season. Saint Louis; choose to discuss social issues What’s SLUH thankful Handley Hicks was mainly coordinated by system. ment. and the idea was headed up The group is made up for? “We heard from laweven juniors—Joe Man- by Sexton-Warner. yers, from judges, from for- of about 250 students from REPORTER
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tych, Antwine Willis, Jack Sullivan, Jack Ruyle, Max Mantych, Thomas Molen, and Austin SextonWarner—who are part of the Youth Leadership St. Louis program recently embarked on their year-long service project. The topic for their project, which has been chosen by the youth leaders at SLUH, is social justice. The group wants to pursue this issue mainly through surveys and events such as the Voices of SLUH event which took place early this year following the Stockley trial verdict. “It’s all still in the works … but we feel like SLUH is lacking social education and social knowledge,” said junior youth leader at SLUH Joe Mantych. “We feel there is a lot of ignorance concerning racism and sexism at SLUH.” The group feels like SLUH both lacks knowledge of what the social issues are in our school and our city, as well as what they need to do as young men to address it. “For example,” said Mantych, “when the Stockley verdict was released, a lot of people did not even know what it was.” Many students at SLUH are unaware of social issues around the St. Louis area which happen all the time. “People were wondering what was gonna happen about the case… and no one had any solutions at first,” said Mantych. The group does not want the SLUH community to think that they are trying to force an opinion on the community, but instead, to be learned in the area of social justice so that students can form an opinion. “If it’s your opinion that the verdict was right, or vice versa, that doesn’t matter,” said Mantych. “One issue we have at SLUH is that when people start sharing their ideas it can quickly turn into an argument.” The group does not want arguments or debates about what is the “right” opinion on issues. Rather, the group hopes to form an attitude in the school where students and faculty alike can freely share their opinions without fear of being cut down by their peers. The goal is healthy group discussions, fostered by positivity, to discuss and listen to each other’s thoughts in order to become more learned in the issue, not to determine a right or a wrong answer. One of the next steps the students at SLUH hope to take is to send out surveys to various homerooms to determine how the group can attack the issues in our school better. An example of an event in the near future is something similar to the Voices of SLUH, an event that happened shortly after the Stockley Case. The event
“I wanted to do this anyway… but it was kind of a coincidence that the Stockley case verdict happened to be announced when it did,” said Sexton-Warner, “Youth Leadership happened, and the idea for the forum popped into my mind, then the verdict, it just came together. We had the first assembly. So now we’re trying to do a survey to get feedback and see if people liked it.” The group heard a lot of positive feedback from the Voices of SLUH event, but they want to pay attention to what is said in the survey as critics of these events sometimes do not express their criticism openly.
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“We’re gonna move on from there and do more and more and more, because our goal is to get people talking and to find understanding,” said Sexton-Warner. Social justice will be primarily focused throughout the year, but Youth Leadership St. Louis’ focus encompasses more than just social justice. “Don’t take the first assembly as a representative of our only goal this year,” said Sexton-Warner. “We’re planning on doing multiple topics such as anxiety, the environment, global warming, etcetera.” The group hopes to involve different departments at SLUH so that the faculty’s voice is heard fully on these issues. “We hope, for example, that science could do an environmental discussion, history could do another injustice one, theology could do one on modern religion maybe … Campus Ministry could do one on the adopt-afamily drive … it’s endless,” said Max Mantych. Last Thursday, the group went to a St. Louis court to investigate the justice system in our city. They hoped to gain an inside view into the perspectives of the
mer prisoners, and victims of crimes,” said Joe Mantych. “I think as a whole it helped show us the flaws of the current judicial and prison system and how we, leaders of the youth in St. Louis, can help as a group to fix those issues.” This Saturday the group will have another meeting, a follow-up session to Thursday’s event at St. Louis University’s graduate law program’s campus. The meeting will focus more on the specifics of the judicial system and its policies. At the end of every second semester, a selected group of students are invited to apply for membership into the program. They
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are sent this invitation at the end of their sophomore year and the application process begins during the summer and is finalized towards the beginning of the students’ junior year. The students are chosen by a YLSL moderator at their respective schools. This year’s YLSL moderator at SLUH is math teacher Dan Schuler. He is new to the YLSL scene this year but is excited for what it has to offer as well as what has happened so far this year. Youth Leadership St. Louis is a program that works to develop young leaders in the St. Louis area. It brings together juniors from all over the greater metropolitan area of St. Louis. Students are chosen from public schools and private schools, religiously affiliated and non-religiously affiliated school alike. The main goal of the group is to learn about various issues throughout the year, primarily issues which are prominent in the St. Louis area, specifically ones that pose a significant problem. Prominent topics that are often discussed within the group, just to name a few, are social justice, poverty in our city, the criminal justice system(s), and the environ-
around the city. They learn about various issues in our city through informative field trips during the school week, which are always followed up by a intensive follow-up meeting to these sessions. Part of Youth Leadership St. Louis’s mission is to develop the students into leaders for the future. This is accomplished through the juniors learning about the various issues surrounding the St. Louis area by visiting various sites and campuses. The program also takes advantage of retreats to build up their character. The first retreat this year took place a few weeks after the new academic school year kicked off. The retreat started on Friday morning and lasted into early Saturday evening. The members of YLSL as a whole were split into two groups which met at two different metrolink locations. From there they bussed to Trout Lodge, a retreat center sponsored by the YMCA southwest of St. Louis. The first meeting for the group was a introductory session to give the juniors an idea of what the organization is all about. YLSL members from their respective schools met with their moderators at various locations around St. Louis City to explore various neighborhoods. The group explored various neighborhoods to come up with what they thought were the positives and negatives of those areas. The group explored for 2-3 hours before gathering to discuss their findings and give simple presentations on their day. Each group offered what they thought were the pros and cons of each neighborhood. Discussion followed the presentations on why the students thought this and why issues surrounding the neighborhoods matter. An important note about the program which the SLUH leaders found remarkable was the leadership of the adults who actually put together the events. “It’s really quite remarkable,” said Sexton-Warner, “if they do get paid it can’t be a lot. The leaders of this program definitely care a lot about us and our city. They work other jobs besides YLSL so that they can have families and such, but they dedicate most of their free time away from their day jobs (as well as taking off of their actual jobs certain days) to us and our city and I think it’s something to be praised.” The juniors chosen to be leaders are usually chosen by the teacher moderator at their school by consulting various sophomore or freshman teachers of prospective leaders. However, if a student would like to be considered, please talk to Mr. Schuler for consideration.
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urkey, football, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, parades, pilgrims, and community—all the things that typically come to mind when thinking about Thanksgiving. But around the St. Louis U. High community, Thanksgiving is more about appreciating the world around us. Many, like math teacher Craig Hannick, are grateful for the opportunities at SLUH. “I’m thankful for being a part of the SLUH community and all of the experiences I’ve had here,” said Hannick. “I look forward to the future of this school.” Others, like science teacher Tim O’Keefe and freshman Grant Sussman are specifically pleased about the people at SLUH. “I’m thankful for my Genetics students who make class fun everyday,” said
of my families, the Shocklee’s and the one in Columbia,” said freshman exchange student Winsmar Soto. “I’m really thankful for my son being born,” said art teacher Sean Powers, whose son was born this past June. In the theme of Thanksgiving, members of the SLUH community are appreciative for food and drink. “I’m most thankful for the iced cookies in the cafeteria. They warm my soul every day. Best $1.65 a man could spend,” said junior Jon Ferrari. “I love coffee,” said math teacher Stephen Deves. “I’m thankful that it allows me to be who I am.” Despite others being grateful for material things, many people in the SLUH community are just happy to get a break from the everyday school routine. “I’m glad it is almost Thanksgiving Break,” said sophomore Ryan Gunn.
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O’Keefe. “I’m thankful for my education here at SLUH,” said Sussman. “It’s not only that I’m learning things every day, it’s that I’m getting to learn it with people my age and people I enjoy spending my time with.” Friendships are a commonplace for giving thanks, as many people around the school appreciate their friends and the people around them who bring light to their day. “I am thankful for friendships, both new and old, and for a time to relax from the stresses of school,” said junior Ben Blittschau. “I read recently that there are three things that’ll make a person happy, so anything that would make me happy, I would be grateful for,” said psychology teacher Tom Kickham. “Along with gratitude, there’s awe and mirth. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately, in particular about mirth—the people who can be playful, the people who can be fun. I’m thankful for anybody who engages in or displays mirth.” Members of the SLUH community are also thankful for members of their family that make their lives special. “I am thankful for my sister coming home. She’s been away at college, and I’m really excited to see her again,” said sophomore Nick Thompson. “I’m thankful for both
“I’m going to finally get eight hours of sleep tonight,” said math teacher Tracy Lyons who is also looking forward to break. “And I’m really thankful for that.” Some people are simply grateful for the little things in life. “I’m thankful for my fish,” said avid fishing lover Gunn. “I’m thankful for Jon Dickmann’s technological expertise,” said senior Matthew Bauer. “I’m thankful for my bed,” said junior Ali Ahmed. Many people appreciate things that are just down right weird. “I’m thankful for cats and their superpowers, especially their immunity to scorpion venom,” said senior Reed Goodin, who recently found out that cats cannot get stung by scorpions from English teacher Kaitlin Southerly. “I am thankful for Cones of Dunshire, the ‘made up’ game from Parks and Recreation, which I spent the summer building by myself and for the opportunity to play the complex game with my friends,” said senior Barclay Dale. “When you get to go to the bathroom after having to go really badly,” said freshman Dominic BenBen. “I’m thankful for that.”
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That night the students took a break from economics and went to a Blue Man Group performance at the Astor Place Theatre. Friday morning the group visited Morgan Stanley where they met with Pat Haskell, ’90, and learned about the trading of municipal bonds. “To see the employees do their work, listen to them on the phone when they’re making trades, to see how this investor’s capital is traded with this investor’s bonds—they get to watch that happen on the screen,” said Foy. “We got to sit right on the trade floor and go with young guys right out of college,” said senior Ricky Browne. “That was pretty cool.” From Morgan Stanley they went to Credit Suisse and met with Mitch Clegg, who explained the concept of asset-backed bonds to them. “Mortgages, car loans, student loans, credit cards,” said Foy, “He explained how that process works to take a whole bunch of small loans,
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jumble them together, and separate them into bonds, because all of this allows the cash to go where it needs to go.”
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The biggest surprise of the trip was the group’s visit to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The director of development there previously worked at Xavier
Alum piece says vets not priests
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They were looking for me to be an arbiter of what was and wasn’t patriotic and it was something I felt deeply uncomfortable with because I felt I didn’t have a monopoly on service or patriotism,” said Lucier in an hour-long, phone interview on Tuesday. In the article, Lucier also recounts his struggle with faith during the war. At first, Lucier, as a Catholic, framed his ideas about military service around the tenets of Christianity, particularly the idea of sacrificial love and redemptive suffering. These principles were intertwined with the Marine Corps’s values, which focussed on killing and succeeding in battle. But when Lucier arrived in Afghanistan, the Catholic ideas and military principles he grew up with were contradictory to everything he was seeing: violence, death, and bloodshed. “This was a place where people killed and died with-
out meaning, and without greater significance. They would try to blow us up, they planted bombs beneath our feet, and we would just aimlessly walk around and wait for them to shoot at us and try to shoot back,” said Lucier. He later added, “But here we were, doing the work we were supposed to be doing, as just part of this forever war, this war that didn’t end. And the ghosts of everyone who died there just kind of seemed to linger without it meaning anything and without any clear victory or certainly any moral victory. Christ victorious over death, nothing like that. So that was the breakdown on the faith side.” After losing faith for a few years, Lucier eventually came back to the church, drawn by the ancient words of the Mass he knew growing up. “But when things got really bad, when things were at their most difficult after
those experiences and I kind of stumbled my way back into a church and I heard the words again, they were immediately comforting, they were something that was familiar, that mantra-like quality of the Mass, they give things meaning again. And even though they had disappointed by experience, they ended up being the same starting place for me again,” said Lucier. Lucier plans to continue writing into the future. He hopes to pursue a graduate degree in Political Science in New York or Washington, D.C. You can find his piece at http://www.uscatholic.org/ articles/201711/catholicveteran-searches-meaningafter-war-31206.
High School. Foy and him have gotten to know each other through the Jr. Bills on Wall Street trip and he offered to give the Jr. Bills a private tour. They then met with Michael McDonagh, ’90, at JP Morgan and learned about supply change financing. Friday evening was spent at Xavier High School where the group met with six to eight young Jr. Bill alums, receiving advice on how to transition from college to business, among other things. “I always love the young alumni night,” said Foy. “To hear these guys in their twenties and seeing all of the great things that St. Louis U. High is doing is my perenniel favorite part of the trip. They’re constantly telling me, ‘I wish this had existed when I was at SLUH.’” Before boarding the plane on Saturday the group was able to go to the 9/11 memorial, visit Trinity Church— the site of the grave of Alexander Hamilton, creator of America’s bank —as well as visit Chinatown. “We got to practice our
economic skills in Chinatwon haggling for fake Rolexes,” said Foy, joking. Although their flight got delayed until about 11 p.m., the trip was successful, giving students an experience they could not have had elsewhere. “My biggest takeaway was that you don’t have to go to Harvard, you don’t have to go to Cornell, to work in finance,” said senior Drew Kirchoff. “It is also very important to build a network, and very important to reach
tel. The delegations then met around the capital and took a group photo. After getting back to the hotel, they met in their committee, which was made up of 20 smaller groups, each assigned a bill. The bills were debated not on the content, but the discourse it would generate. “In committee what you’re looking for is how much talk it can generate if it will go to the floor,” said senior Connor Worley. “We want more debate over how objectively good it is.” After committee votes on the bill, they sat in the ballroom as candidates for positions gave small speeches and fielded questions from the audience. Junior Sean O’Brien ran for and was elected the position of lieutenant governor and junior Kurtis Roethlisberger ran for attorney general. After the speeches, the night ended. The next day involved debating the bills on the house floor in the morning with breaks for lunch and a convention. The groups were split into two, with half being on the floor and the other half being in the hotel.
as political commentators in print and video media, but the majority of participants held government positions. These positions range from being a representative, Speaker of the House, and even Governor, which was held by senior Brian Tretter. “Serving as the 69th Youth Governor was such a great experience. I got to choose a staff for the Governor’s Cabinet and was able to pass bills into law, oversee the different branches, and speak at the joint sessions. It was a great way to end my last year at YAG,” said Tretter. Among those who represented SLUH in formal positions, there were also students who had bills signed into law. “Liam Heffernan and I did a bill that passed the house and the Senate that Brian Tretter signed into law. It was pretty neat,” said Worley. After the day had passed, a mixer was held that night were the members of YAG could mingle with members from other schools. On the concluding day, a final legislative session was held followed by a final lunch. The students then all piled onto the bus to return. Reflecting on her expe-
out to people. People want to help you so you might as well reach out.” “St. Louis has a fair number of people in this industry because of TD Ameritrade, Wells Fargo, Edward Jones,” said Foy. “Those firms are here, but we don’t typically know what is happening. While St. Louis is a pretty significant city in terms of what happens financially, it certainly does not exist to the scale that exists in New York.”
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Micah See and Riley Gray at YAG.
a really nice three days. The SLUH students represented us well and were a part of passing bills in both Houses. Everyone put in good work and it made for a successful conference.” “It was a great it was a great convention as it usually is. Saint Louis U. High always has a great showing,” said Youth and Government moderator Craig Hannick. “The boys prepared well and delivered their cases and bills in an involving and engaging way.” Senior Joe Watkins made it a point to say that the Youth and Government program is a once in a lifetime experience. He also noted how it’s a great option for anybody interested in the field. “Youth and Government taught me life skills that you can’t learn anywhere else. I would definitely recommend it,” said Watkins. Tretter concurred. “Just meeting new people and saying hi, that’s why I love the Youth and Government program. It teaches you how to be a better leader, a better communicator, and a better citizen. I’d always recommend the program, I know it’s done a lot for me,” said Tretter.
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Scholar Bowl starts season; sophomores and seniors off to undefeated start BY Kevin Hickey REPORTER
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he St. Louis University High Scholar Bowl team began its season on Nov. 7 with strong victories and a few losses. SLUH, known for its great academics, has historically done well in the Scholar Bowl, and that trend doesn’t seem to be stopping. The first match of the season was at St. Mary’s on Nov. 7, and featured undefeated runs from the sophomore and senior teams. The junior team won two out of its three games, losing in a close game against Nerinx Hall High School. The freshman team, similarly, lost only one of its games to the SLUH sophomores, in a competitive game with a score of 270-170. Earlier this week, SLUH continued its strong performance at Rosati Kain. The seniors and sophomores continued their undefeated streaks, featuring a dominating victory with the sophomores against St. Mary’s with a score of 350-40. The freshman team took two victories from Lutheran South and Rosati Kain, but lost in a highly competitive game against Cor Jesu.
Scholar Bowl is similar to other trivia games like Jeopardy, but has major differences with them. The games can feature a wide range of questions, with a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60. Topics vary, from basic history facts to theoretical physics to literary characters who put things in barrels. Scholar Bowl is moderated by Latin teacher Jennifer Ice and theology teacher Dominic LaMantia. Ice, while stating that much of her decision to join was influenced by the school’s need for a moderator, cited her interest in the program in her knowledge of useless facts and her enjoyment of Scholar Bowl in high school. “I’m the queen of useless knowledge. But the knowledge in Scholar Bowl isn’t really useless; it’s part of the curriculum,” Ice said. LaMantia, a SLUH alumnus, participated in Scholar Bowl during his time in high school, much like Ice. He thoroughly enjoyed the competitions. “I wanted to give the current SLUH students a chance to enjoy something that was al-
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ways a good time for me,” said LaMantia. This year is the first year in which LaMantia has helped moderate the club. He, despite only moderating two matches so far, said that he would certainly
like to continue to work for it. The season will continue for several more weeks, going into mid-to late December. In the spring, full day bracket-style tournaments will continue to keep the club active.
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1. NFL team with the most super bowl wins 6. Can’t get stung by a scorpion 8. National Football _____ 9. Palmer, Schwarzenegger 10. Former Knicks basketball player who took the nation by storm 11. Dull pain after playing a game 12. Football player who can score 1 or 3 points 13. Wide receiver for the NFL
team with the most wins 15. Artist Post ______ is known for his song about famous basketball player Iverson. 17. Team who has rookie sensation Leonard Fournette 20. Bats are made of this 21. Richard Sherman is known for his exorbitant ______ 22. Sebastian Janikowski’s home country’s currency 23. Basketball or Hockey position 24. Hall of fame Cardinal 25. Distant cousin of spider,
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2. Male hawk or falcon used in falconry 3. Scoring two under par on a hole 4. Patriot wide receiver who tore his ACL this season 5. A poorly hit golf shot or field goal 6. The shape of vuvuzelas 7. The symbol over Spanish soccer player Saúl Ñíguez’s last name is called a ______ 14. City of the team who won
There are 20 rounds in a typical game, each round having up to three questions. The round begins with a tossup where the first team to buzz in gets to answer the question. If the team gets the question right, two
more questions will be added to the round in which the winner of the tossup will always get to answer first. However, the answer to the tossup question becomes clearer as the question continues. This gradual increase in clarity makes an early answer risky, as later parts of the question could remove any confusion on what the correct response is. The bonus questions will only be available if a team answers the tossup correctly, meaning that if both teams answer incorrectly, a large number of points will be denied to both teams. Bonuses are the only parts of a round in which teammates can consult each other on the answer. There are, at a maximum, four players present at any given time, however substitutions are allowed after the first ten rounds of a match. The next match will be on Nov. 28 and, if the current trend of success continues, may feature additional victories from SLUH’s teams. This trend may lead SLUH to the league’s championships, and likely will continue into this spring’s tournaments.
the world series this year 15. African country that qualified for World Cup after twenty year absence. 16. Anything but Russell Westbrook’s number 18. The tip of the shoe; from Phineas and Ferb 19. After a game, the player ______ 20. Failure to knock them all down in bowling
Hockey dominates to start season; has only given up two goals Fall of Ben Dattilo, the Doc Danny Favazza Dynasty: undefeated. The St. RBall meet SteamtillLouisdefeated U. High hockey Edwardsville streak ends 6-1 on Saturday and Vianney 6-0 on Monday to improve to at 76 4-0 on the season. The Jr. Bills SPORTS EDITOR, REPORTER
have allowed just two goals so far. The Jr. Bills squared off against Edwardsville on Saturday at Affton for the second time this season. SLUH beat Edwardsville 8-0 in the semifinals of the Top Hat Tournament. The Jr. Bills scored twice within the first five minutes. The first goal was by senior Matthew Hohl who blasted the puck between the goalie’s legs, and the second goal was by junior Henry Wagner. The first penalty of the game was committed by Edwardsville which gave SLUH their first opportunity on the power play. It didn’t take long for junior Justin Jacoby to find the back of the net and convert on their first power play of the game. Jacoby scored another just before the end of the period to put the Jr. Bills up 4-0. SLUH had 20 shots on goal while the stifling Jr. Bill defense allowed just two shots. Edwardsville scored two minutes into the second period, the first goal the defense allowed in the regular season. Sophomore Jack Hazelton picked up a two minute minor with two minutes left in the second to give Edwardsville
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Junior Gabe Schwartz (left) and senior Joe Winkelmann (right) on the ice at Queeny Park Ice Rink.
their first power play opportunity of the game, but they quickly committed a penalty themselves to even things back out. Neither team could capitalize on their time on the power play, and the second period ended 4-1. The third period was uneventful until Wagner netted his second goal of the game with five minutes left. Then, with a minute left in the game, junior Ian Carden scored to make the final score 6-1. The Jr. Bills outshot Edwardsville 40-9 for the game, making junior goalie Dylan Bak’s night easy. “We added a lot more
guys and it’s based on depth,” said Hohl. “I think we have a solid three defensive pairs and I don’t see many guys in the league that are going to be able to score that many goals on us especially because of our goaltenders.” The second game of the week was against the Vianney Griffins on Monday at Affton. SLUH got off to a slow start in the first period until they got a break. After Vianney took a minor penalty, junior Gabe Schwartz netted his first of the night with a goal on the power play to put SLUH up 1-0. Seniors Kevin Einig and
Jack Wachter both committed a penalty in the first period but Vianney was unable to capitalize. Throughout the first period there were many hard hits and extracurricular activity after the whistle. “They came out hitting us and they were the first to push us around,” said senior Steven Pawlow. “So our character as a team was tested and coach settled us down after the first period because we were just running trying to hit everyone. As soon as we got back to our game we were able to take care of business.” At the start of the second,
photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott
sophomore Bob Lockwood was given a two minute minor and Vianney was once again on the power play. But the Jr. Bills’ defense shut down the power play and Vianney was not able to score a goal on the man advantage. Later in the second, Vianney committed a penalty giving SLUH a power play. Unlike the first period, the Jr. Bills were not able to score on the man advantage. With 3:32 left in the second period, Schwartz netted his second of the night and was eyeing a hat trick. The hard hits led to Ha-
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Cross country wraps up season at NXN meet; finishes 3rd Nathan Langhauser, Matthew Quinlan
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hey’re not dead yet! Inspired by Monty Python, the St. Louis U. High cross country team continued its season at the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional last Saturday at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. The meet hosted high school teams from five states: Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Indiana. The team could not be officially coached by head coach Joe Porter, nor run under the SLUH name, though teams were restricted to runners from the same high school. To get around this rule, Jr. Bill runners ran as the St. Louis XC Club, coached by Jerry Burka, father of senior Paul Burka, and James Hetlage, father of junior Patrick Hetlage. Despite being restricted from coaching, Porter made the trip to Terre Haute strictly as a fan, cheering on the SLUH runners. Fourteen SLUH runners made the trip, with a variety of classes represented. There were 952 finishers that had
photo | Mr. James Hetlage
Junior Reed Milnor (left), senior Paul Burka (middle), and junior Patrick Hetlage (right) in the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional meet last Saturday.
to be split alphabetically into two separate races. The team was placed in the high school open division and finished third overall. “It was a much better race than I thought we had at state the week before,” said Porter. “It was a much bigger
race than what we were used to and some high level competition,” said sophomore Noah Scott. “Seeing this success in a race like NXN is good for a group that is really young like us because I think some of the trouble we had at the state race was we weren’t used to running and having
success in a big field. Having that in this race is really good looking forward to next year.” Sophomore Adam Mittendorf and Burka led the Jr. Bills, finishing within a split second of each other at 16:22, taking 11th and 12th place overall respectively. “It was a good thing for
a sophomore to be our lead guy,” said Porter. Hetlage (16:34) followed close behind in the chase pack and sophomores Lucas Rackers (16:51), Scott (17:02), and Garrett Seal (17:51) and junior Reed Milnor (16:52) rounded out the top seven places for the St. Louis XC Club. “I was happy that I could run a PR in my last cross country race, and I was impressed at how well Adam Mittendorf ran,” said Burka. “The team as a whole ran great too, we averaged 16:36 for the first five guys, faster than all but one guy last year.” “It was really good to race in a varsity caliber race,” said freshman John Hogan who finished with a time of 18:22, leading the freshmen that made the trip. “It was good to get some experience.” The team also hosted Hogan’s older brother Michael, a senior at CBC who trained with the team during the week and ran as an individual runner because CBC did not send a team to the meet. “It was a fun dynamic,”
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he varsity one squad took its first team loss in over seven years, to Parkway West last week, thus ending the streak of 76 consecutive meet wins. Parkway has been one of the Jr. Bills’ main competitors, especially when it comes to nationals. At the racquetball banquet last year, it was announced that the coach who started the program, Joe Koestner, was stepping down from the varsity head coach position. He decided to pass his long-term position down to his right hand man Robert Hoffman. Director of Facilities Patrick Zarrick also stepped down from his position as the racquetball director. He passed his title down to math teacher Stephen Deves. The racquetball team also acquired a new coach who has worked with SLUH players individually prior to this year. His name is John Kleinschmidt. He worked a great deal with the varsity team last year and especially with doubles, resulting in his employment with the team. Against Parkway West, No. 1 seed and returning senior James Storgion played Johnny Greenberg, taking Greenberg to three games before losing 14-15, 15-4, 8-11. “We had a tough break, and we were a little rusty,” said Storgion. “We were too confident.” No. 2 seed junior Matt Hayes began his third season of varsity with a loss against Parkway’s Mark Duffie, the returning No. 2 seed. Both players fought hard, but Hayes fell 9-15, 12-15. No. 3 seed and senior Adam Hanson won by forfeit to Jason Sauer, the previous No. 1 seed for Parkway. Senior Steven Zak started his match off neck and neck with Kyle Anderson at the No.4 seed. The first match ended 14-15 with Anderson winning. Zak then suffered a back injury and lost his match 6-15 because he could not keep up. Senior Nick Patritti was the only player to win his match not by forfeit. He played Logan Marx at the No.5 seed. Marx was Patritti’s seed for Parkway’s JV1 last year, so Patritti was familiar with how Marx played as well as his weaknesses. All this resulted in a 15-14, 15-8 win for
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Patritti to start off his season. “I had played him last year once, and lost to him, but I knew his play style really well,” said Patritti. “After that, I was saucing everything.” No. 6 seed junior Ryan Lieser lost to Andrew Lofgren, 1-15, 7-15. The doubles team of sophomores Nick Schulze and Andrew Porterfield won by forfeit.
“It was the first match of the season, and there’s a lot of time to improve,” said Deves. He continued with optimism, “We play Parkway again for the last match of the season, so we can see how we progressed.” With the rough start to the season, the team has to focus on high percentage shots and ceiling balls in order to maintain control of the court. The JV1-1 squad faced
Parkway as well with a win of four matches to one. This weekend, the teams will be playing in the annual Rollout Tournament which is required for all the players. The competition is usually harder than the regular season. After the break, on Nov. 28, the JV1-1 and varsity guys will be taking on Lindbergh’s teams.
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At the JV level, injuries set in, but still produced a stellar lineup. The team won the MCC meet, the Borgia Invitational, and Juniors Jack Buehring and Chuck Perry provided good options to fill the last varsity spots, running in the low 17:30’s for their season records. Sophomores Mitchell Booher, Joe Callahan, and Garrett Seal also looked poised to make a run for the last varsity spots for next season, having run under 18:00 throughout the season. The freshmen, like almost every SLUH Freshman cross country team, can be best described as nothing short of dominant. In all of their races throughout the season, they were only defeated as a team three times, only ever taking second. The freshmen class offers Daniel Hogan as a candidate to take the last varsity spot next season. Hogan broke 18 minutes at the time trial on the track ealier this season.
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said Porter. “We called him our one day senior transfer.” This race provided the up and coming varsity team, consisting of the six underclassmen runners from this season and other promising underclassmen runners, the chance to make a lasting statement to end the 2017 cross country season and foreshadow the
2018 season. “I think that the freshman and sophomore classes are really strong and made a good statement about the future of our cross country team at the meet,” said Hogan. SLUH cross country looks to have a majority of their varsity runners returning next season, as Burka was the only senior varsity runner.
“I have a lot of faith in the guys next year, to train hard, learn from their mistakes, and have a good season,” said Burka. “It was a nice way for Paul to end his SLUH career and great experience for the returning varsity group,” said Porter.
Sophomore Adam Mittendorf competed in the NXN meet in Terre Haut, Indiana, and led the St. Louis XC Team, consisting of SLUH runners, to a 3rd place finish with a time of 16:22 and an individual 11th place finish. art | Ian Shocklee
Gaelic Football plays in inaugural game against local club Matthew Wilmes REPORTER
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he Irish spirit of St. Louis U. High was unleashed Wednesday night during the first ever Gaelic football match on SLUH turf, against the Irishmen of Saint Louis. The SLUH Gaelic football team, founded this year by seniors Luke Wilmes, Andrew Lally, and Dominic Watkins, had its first scrimmage against the St. Louis Gaelic Athletic Club (STL GAC) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the SLUH football turf. The game was coordinated by Wilmes, who plays for the Happy Apples team on STL GAC. “We’ve been practicing for weeks, and no other school has a team, so I figured the best
way the SLUH team could get some competition would be against the actual Saint Louis teams,” said Wilmes. The SLUH team was a little nervous, but very excited to play with and against STL GAC. “I felt a little nervous, but overall really good and excited,” said Lally. The SLUH team quickly realized that their speed and agility were no match for the experienced players from STL GAC. “We came into the first half playing soccer and dribbling the ball on the ground,” said Wilmes. “They just scooped it up from the ground and pounded down the points.” “We quickly realized that
it’s not all about scoring in the goal but that we should always try to score over the bar if the opportunity arose,” said junior Justin Lombard. The first half ended with a score of 2-9 (15 points) STL GAC to 0-1 (one point) SLUH, with junior Joe Mantych scoring SLUH’s only point. “It was a bit overwhelming losing by a lot, but our team made up for the loss in high spirit and energy, but it certainly doesn’t feel bad to be SLUH’s all-time leading scorer in Gaelic football,” said Mantych. For the second half the two teams traded players so that the less experienced SLUH players could play alongside the pros. “The scrimmage was re-
The SLUH Gaelic football team and the St. Louis Gaelic Athletic Club after their game on Wednesday.
ally fun. Participating in a game with pros was great. It gave me a model of how the game is actually played, and I think it’ll help me as I continue to learn how to play,” said senior Kevin Murati. “It was awesome to play with experienced players as many gave us tips on how to improve and how to become a better team,” said Lombard. “Being able to play with people who have been playing for years and know the sport was very exciting for me,” said freshman Nick Storer. Although the SLUH Gaelic football team didn’t come out of the game with a win, they gained valuable experience and insight on playing the beautiful game of Gaelic football.
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Sophomore Adam Mittendorf last Saturday.
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zelton and a Vianney skater exchanging pushes which quickly escalated into throwing punches. The rest of the players on the ice went to either back up their teammate or help break up the fight. After everyone was separated, most of the players on the ice were put into the penalty box and Wachter was in the box for a penalty he committed before the fight. “I think we got better keeping our cool as the game progressed,” said head coach Jack Behan. “We showed the composure needed to win games like this one.” “We’re probably the best team in the league, every team is going to give us their best shot, and we have a lot more skill than them so they’re going to take it to the physical play,” said Wachter. “That’s what they’re going to turn to. It rattled us a bit in the first period, but we came together and got the job done.” Vianney was on the power play for the fourth time tonight but that didn’t stop SLUH from scoring. Schwartz was able to score his third goal of the night to complete the hat trick and put the Jr. Bills up 3-0 at the end of the second period. In the third period senior Louie Perotti netted his first of the night to extend the lead. Vianney committed two photo | Mr. Jeff Wilmes
more penalties in the third period giving SLUH ample amounts of time on the power play and they didn’t waste it. On the second penalty, Einig scored his first goal of the night. Before the game ended, Wachter netted his first goal of the night to make the final score 6-0. Junior Brendan Rasch got the start in net and posted another shutout. He hasn’t allowed a goal throughout the Top Hat Tournament and regular season. “Our special teams were very good. In games where the opponent tries to be physical with you, the need to win the battle of special teams is crucial,” said Behan. “With two power play goals and one shorthanded goal, we dominated special team play.” The Jr. Bills were 2 for 5 on the power play and 4 on 4 on the penalty kill. “Every game we challenge the players to improve,” said Behan. “Small things from the game that needs improvement will be addressed this week in practice.” The next game is tonight against Fort Zumwalt West at Affton at 9:45, where the Jr. Bills look to go 5-0 on the season.
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NHS meeting On Wednesday during Activity Period, the National Honor Society held its second quarter meeting in the theater, and took a club picture on the steps of the Danis Field House. The meeting concerned service hours for seniors and getting volunteers for SLUHtique. Seniors in NHS will need to submit nine hours of Service of Presence by Dec. 8. The other nine hours will be counted in Senior Project. Service hours for everyone else and the seniors’ hours for SLUH and Involvement will be due in April of 2018. Gadfly Gadfly, the satirical media club, came out with their first episode of the year last Friday, kicking off their 9th season. The episode featured the vape conflict at SLUH with comedic interventions of David Callon, the club moderator. To watch the episode, go to
Friday, November 17
Regular Schedule Loyola Santa Shop Collection AP Junior Class Mass University of California, L.A. Snack—Turnovers Lunch Special—Toasted Ravioli Vegetarian—Tuna 9:45PM V Hockey vs. Ft. Zumwalt West
MrGadflyTV on YouTube. Linhares podcast Assistant Principal Jim Linhares has begun a podcast series called INSIGNIS. His first one consisted of an interview with improv teacher Kevin McKernan. In the podcast, McKernan talks about his experience as a teacher, the legends of Joe Schulte, and failures at SLUH. To listen to the podcast, visit the SLUH website. Adam Larson jazz visit Adam Larson, a clinician and popular jazz saxaphonist based in New York, visited the jazz bands yesterday, for an in-school field trip. Larson, who visited SLUH last year as well, offered the bands his four points of criteria for practicing: tone, technique, vocabulary, and tunes. After listening to the jazz band play “Embraceable You,” a jazz piece the group is working on for
Saturday, November 18 4:30PM Alumni Remembrance Mass the winter concert, Larson critiqued and advised the band. He also reflected on his own experiences as a jazz musician growing up, and he answered questions about jazz. Medical Careers Club On Tuesday, Nov. 12, 34 members of the Medical Careers club toured Saint Louis University’s medical facilities and undergraduate campus. The group left after homeroom on a bus to SLU Medical Center at Grand and Chouteau. At the Medical Campus, they toured Physical and Occupational Therapy labs, as well as fully functional Nursing facilities with A.I. test subjects. Af-
ter listening to advice on being in the medical field from SLUH alum Dr. Bill Fogerty, the group bussed over to SLU’s main undergraduate campus. Once at the main campus, members received admissions tours of SLU’s campus and presentations from an undergraduate admissions officer and Pre-Health Department representative with an emphasis on Pre-Med at SLU. Following the presentations, the group enjoyed an all-youcan-eat buffet in a brand new dining hall on SLU’s card. —compiled by Liam John, Luke Wilmes, Jack Schweizer
Print show in gallery features alums BY Ben Klevorn and Kevin Hickey STAFF, REPORTER
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he first annual print show is running in the art gallery until Nov. 30, and showcases various prints made by St. Louis U. High alumni and current students. Printmaking—a type of artwork in which ink is transferred to other materials by printing—has been taught at St. Louis U. High by art teacher Joan Bugnitz for over 20 years. However, this is the first time that a show has been
solely dedicated to printmaking. The gallery features a diverse arsenal of prints. Some come in black and white, some come in color, and they differ in size. Senior Sean Anderson is the only current student at SLUH; every other piece was done by alumni from SLUH, some even dating back to the 1990s. Every piece, however, has personal relevance to the artist. Also featured in the show
News Editors Jake “lil peep” Hennes Riley “alienated scorpions” McEnery Features Editor Nathan “’hero cats” P. Wild II
Core Staff Matthew “geodudes” Quinlan Stephen “LiAngelo’s freedom” Ocampo James “the theatre” Pollard
Monday, November 20
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Senior Kairos 81 Service Learning Retreat Junior Retreat Freshman Retreat
Tuesday, November 21 Senior Kairos 81 Junior Retreat Freshman Retreat Philia Retreat 4:30PM C Blue Basketball vs. Oakville
Wednesday, November 22 Senior Kairos 81 Junior Retreat Philia Retreat
Friday, November 24 6:00PM Reunion senior at SLUH, cited two key features which influenced his interest in the event: the sharing of his work and the mark he leaves on the school. “As an artist, it always feels great to be able to share your artwork with others. It’s also amazing to see my work side by side with prints from
ever, in order to preserve the unique stories or experienced shown by the print, the specific technologies used to make that specific print are often destroyed. Many will have a marking to show how many of that print exist in total. While SLUH as a whole is known for its academics and its united community, the art gallery highlights the creative spirit of its students. The event preserves the experiences and feelings depicted in the artwork for years to come. “It’s about community,” said Bugnitz. “It’s the idea of running many copies of them and being able to share them among others that I like a lot.” Bugnitz and Rebholz decided which prints would be
Volume 82, Issue 12 Sports Editors Nathan “Vicki from TFOP” Langhauser Ben “the ball family” Dattilo
Senior Kairos 81 Service Learning Retreat 11:00AM SLUHtique 7:55PM JV Hockey vs. Chaminade
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is a display case summarizing the process of different forms of printmaking, including woodblock print, solar etching, intaglio print, lithography, chine colle’, embossing, linoleum print, collagraph, and reduction linocut, all of which yield different styles. Tools used to make the prints are also on display. “Most things here have a personal relevance. They are very personal. They are not just copied out of books, so they are all original in design,”
said Bugnitz. Gabriel Miller’s, ’14, piece, which featues a basket with wheat and is colored green and brown, was the piece chosen to be on the postcard to advertise the art show. It is a linoleum reduction piece. Printmaking in general is a very community-oriented form of art. Because of the methods used to produce prints, they are able to be reproduced fairly easily. How-
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Steven “the Cardinals” Zak Sam “college visits” Ortmann Staff Luke “Gaelic Football > Rugby” Wilmes Paul “Webassign” Gillam Ben “okonkwo’s yamz” Klevorn Justin “Sunday nite hitting” Koesterer
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alumni because I feel like I’m a part of history now,” said Anderson. A closing reception for the show will be held on Nov. 30 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the art gallery. The gallery is open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. All students are welcome to visit.
displayed. Ultimately, they chose the best prints and the ones that went together nicely. Although the attendance hasn’t been what Bugnitz and fellow art teacher Sarah Rebholz hoped for, they are quite pleased with the show. “Faculty have come up, but there haven’t been many classes come up. Sometimes teachers will bring their history or English class to write about a specific piece, but they haven’t come up yet,” said Bugnitz. “We didn’t have an opening reception for this show, so we’re planning on having a closing reception. We hope people come to that and take on the artwork,” said Rebholz. Senior Sean Anderson, a
Credits
“What’cha thankful for?” Art Director Joe “snapchat groupchats” Bytnar Staff Artists John “Canvas” Burke Jackson “iPad pros” Ducharme Staff Photographer Joe “clocktowers” Hillmeyer
Reporters Liam “Lebron James” John Handley “kolin king” Hicks Jacob “senior advisors” Sprock Matt “Billy” Mays Ken “Blackhawks” Viehland Danny “Soundcloud rappers“ Favazza
Contributing Artists Ian “BK nugs” Shocklee Patrick “St. Monica’s” Dwyer Kyle “dad jokes” McEnery Moderator Mr. Steve “guy who wrote “Old Ironsides” poem analysis” Missey