Volume LXXXII, Issue XIII
St. Louis University High School | Friday, December 1, 2019
Campus Ministry starts weekly Spiritual Exercises
Retreat-o-rama: students attend five different retreats offered Thanksgiving week
BY James Pollard CORE STAFF
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ampus ministers at St. Louis U. High have begun spending one period every Wednesday praying an abridged version of the Spiritual Exercises together. Director of Campus Ministry Fr. Joseph Hill, S.J. proposed the idea during a meeting about Campus Ministry program and student formation. Campus ministers felt as though they needed to further experience the Spiritual Exercises in order to better set the spiritual goals they wanted for the student body. “We decided as a team that we need to be practicing what we are preaching,” said campus minister Simonie Anzalone. “We send our students out on retreats and we offer them prayer oppor-
tunities regularly, but often times we get wrapped up in the planning of that and aren’t actually doing that ourselves.” Campus Ministry used to have a team meeting once a week that would span two periods, but as of the week before Thanksgiving break/ retreat week, they have begun spending the first half of the meeting discussing the typical orders of business, with the second half dedicated to the Spiritual Exercises in the North American Martyrs chapel. “Personally, it was a very powerful experience,” said Anzalone. “Something that I haven’t had probably since I was on a silent retreat a couple of years ago. It was really fulfilling.” Hill asked the Rev. Anthony Wieck, S.J., a friend
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BY Steven Zak and Charlie McGroarty CORE STAFF, REPORTER
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ver 440 students, including over 50 leaders, participated in one of the seven retreats that were offered to help them grow closer to God and their classmates during the Thanksgiving break. The retreats included the service learning retreat, Kairos, Philia, two junior retreats, and the freshman retreat. The freshman retreat, which was held at SLUH, began Monday afternoon and ended on Tuesday. This was the third year in a row that the retreat was led by senior advisors to be one last formal celebration before the seniors leave at the semester. The freshmen spent the night at SLUH in rooms throughout the school that were decorated by the seniors. continued on page 4 The theme of the retreat,
A group of students on the Junior Retreat.
as it has been for a few years, was “Love Will Hold Us Together,” based on the song by Christian musician Matt Ma-
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her, and was used to introduce “It’s a springboard to freshmen to a prayerful expe- introduce the freshmen to a rience as they begin to form meaningful, prayerful experitheir spiritual bond. continued on page 5
Happy Thanksgiving: baby Ehlman comes home
Shakespeare competition: Cailteux overcomes theater curse
BY Jake Hennes NEWS EDITOR
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he holiday season started early for the Ehlman family this year when their son, Dominic Joseph, came home unsually early from Mercy Hospital on Nov. 21. Dominic was born prematurely, on Sept. 28, to campus minister and math teacher Nick Ehlman and his wife, and stayed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) until he was ready to come home. Dominic’s due date was not until Dec. 23, so he was 27 weeks and five days when he was born. He was born at 2 pounds and 10 ounces. Ehlman’s wife was 24 weeks and one day pregnant, when her water broke. This was on Sept. 3. “The data on births at that age are not all that great. The data on viability and whether babies can make it at 24 weeks is very hit and miss,” said Nick Ehlman. “Usually, you go into delivery very soon after your water breaks, whether it’s within a day or two or within a week. So the first time was a very
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stressful time for us because the baby could come at any moment.” The water-breaking started a stressful waiting game. “The plan, from the medical side of things, is that you go into the hospital and
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hope that you don’t go into labor. I didn’t know that that was even possible after your water broke, but apparently it is,” said Ehlman. The first few weeks in the hospital were very stressful. “She was on bed rest for basically a month at the
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Adopt-A-Family kicks off Adopt-A-Family drive begins this week, ringing in the true spirit of the Christmas season: generosity. Page 2 news
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Dominic Ehlman in the NICU at Mercy Hospital.
hospital before Dominic was even born and we are so grateful for all of the doctors and nurses who helped her and answered our questions,” said Ehlman. “When we first went into the hospital it was like can we make it to tomorrow? Then can we
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Parting gift?
Is a clock tower the best way for the Class of 2018 to give back to the school? Page 3
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Christmas on campus Wright, Collins, Figge, Fields, and more transform SLUH into Winter Wonderland in special celebration of the holidays and bicentennial. Page 4
make it to the next day? Can we make it a week? A lot of the medical team was saying that 28 weeks was a nice marker, so that was our goal. When it came down to it, we just called it close enough to 28 weeks for our own sanity.”
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even students participated in the annual National Shakespeare Competition put on by the English-Speaking Union of the United States, (ESUUS) with senior Sean Cailteux finishing in first place. Each student recited a monologue from a recommended list from the ESUUS that was between 15 and 20 lines in length. Cailteux will attend the local meet and then advance on to the national level if he wins locally. St. Louis U High has had previous success, with three students having attended the national competition since English teacher Chuck Hussung was approached by ESUUS in 2002. Hussung expects Cailteux to go far. “When Sean is performing there is so much energy driving through him,” said Hussung. “It always amazes me how much force he can bring to a character with his
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Jr. Bills dominate rival DeSmetand beat Fort Zumwalt West to improve their record to 6-0. Page 6.
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Raquetball plays Top Turkey The Racquetball team won the Winter Rollout tournament with senior Nick Patritti leading the way in the second division. Page 6.
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Volume 82, Issue 13
Adopt-a-Family kicks off season of giving
Donated items in the old cafeteria. BY Noah Apprill-Sokol reporter
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hile Christmas trees and lights are beginning to sparkle on campus here at Saint Louis U. High, the true Christmas spirit of generosity is filling the air as students and mothers donate gifts to the Adopt a Family for Christmas Program this week. The Adopt a Family for Christmas Program, organized by St. Francis Community Services, an organization of Catholic Charity of St. Louis, is a program that works to provide comforts to immigrant families in the area and to relieve the stress of financial difficulties during the Christmas season. Donors adopt immigrant families that live around the St. Louis area and gather gifts of all types. From toiletries and kitchen utensils to toys and gift cards, all goods are given to the
whole family to enjoy. “When families end up in Saint Louis they often turn to Catholic Charities,” said campus minister Simonie Anzalone. “The many families served live in South City. They come and receive services, and a part of these services is the Adopt a Family program.” According to Meredith L. Rataj, the Site Director at St. Francis Community Southside Center, the program is “to give immigrant families a message of love.” “We provide a gift to every adult, maybe shirts or pants or sometimes a gift card. Children from ages 1318 receive that same gift and maybe a hat. Children from zero to 12 receive those things and a toy. We also provide diapers if they have a baby and bedding if they ask for it,” said Jorie O’Malley of the Mothers Club and a primary organizer
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of Adopt A Family here at SLUH. At SLUH, the Adopt a Family drive started at the beginning of this week and extends through next week. Each homeroom has been assigned a family and a list of gifts needed. Throughout the week, students have been bringing goods to the Old Cafeteria, where they are being organized by the Mothers Club. These goods will eventually be wrapped by students and mothers and transported to St. Francis Community Services in South City. “Adopt a Family is a welloiled machine because of the mothers,” said Anzalone. “It takes an army of SLUH mothers to do this.” Mary Alice Grady, a member of the Mothers Club and a primary organizer of the Adopt a Family efforts here at SLUH, said, “To see so many
people donate and so many people working and working with all of them, really shows the common cause–a greater good. It is that service part of faith.” The school has also held prayer services throughout the week to reflect upon the virtue of generosity and how we are called to be men for others. “I think (the sophomore pastoral team) did a good job about saying what to do and also what God wants us to do,” said freshman John Browdy. The school has adopted 49 families (around 223 people), and are expected to receive thousands of donations from the SLUH community. The Adopt a Family for Christmas Program is a primary way that SLUH is preparing to celebrate Christmas. “Advent is a time of preparation for ourselves, and by the efforts that we do, we are helping to prepare for the way for these families that they might be able to celebrate Christmas, and a preparation in our hearts, as this is a reminder of people who are in need and that it feels good to give,” said campus minister Meg Beugg. Gifts will be wrapped on Dec.11 and 12, and they will be loaded and delivered on Dec. 15. Students can sign up to load and deliver gifts after school on Friday, Dec.15 in X2Vol.
Chess opens season with 25-5 win BY Paul STAFF
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he St. Louis U. High chess team started off the season on Wednesday with a bang by beating Belleville West 25-5, making the team’s record for the season 1-0. SLUH won boards one, two, three, and five. Juniors Paul Gillam and John Marx played boards one and three respectively and sophomores Thomas Reilly and Kevin Stein on boards two and five respectively. Sophomore Branden May lost on board four. Senior Will Schmitt and junior Ben Keil played JV boards six and seven. Schmitt won his board while Keil lost. To score the match, board one is worth eight points, board two is worth seven points, board three is worth six points and so on. SLUH winning boards one, two, three, and five gave them a 25-point total. Unfortunately the JV boards do not count towards the final point total, so Schmitt’s win did not con-
sion that SLUH dominated Bellville West, each individual match would say differently. The score could have easily been 20-10 in favor of Belleville West. “I was worried that we would win boards three and five and lose everything else. We ended up winning a match that looked a lot more lopsided than it probably was. If we took an honest assessment of the match, it was much closer that the score indicated,” said Esswein. Although falling behind early on, Gillam and Reilly were able to turn their games around and take a positional advantage. They capitalized on the advantage for the win. Each had passed pawns— pawns that have no opposing pawns prohibiting their advance to the back rank, where they can promote—on both sides of the board, forcing their opponent’s king to guard one and allow the other pawn on the opposite side of the board to promote into a
Cailteux wins Shakespeare Competition (continued from page 1)
voice and with his body. I always enjoy his work and thought he did beautifully. I think he will represent us well at the local competition.” Cailteux performed Macbeth’s “To be thus is to be nothing” soliloquy from act three when Macbeth was struggling with paranoia about Banquo’s betrayal after his murder of King Duncan. “I chose Macbeth because part of the Shakespeare Competition is not only your ability to recite and perform but also your knowledge of the play, and I remember Macbeth rather well,” said Cailteux. “I only know a handful of Shakespeare plays Cailteux recites a soliloquy from MacBeth. really well and I’m not a big fan of Hamlet and I just did Romeo beth.” seniors Max Kriegshauser, Luke and Juliet and I really like MacThe other performers were Wilmes, Nick Parisi, juniors Liam John and Ethan Schmidt, and freshman Matthew Wilmes. The Wilmes brothers had several SLUH firsts for the competition this year. “There were couple of new, interesting things this year. We had brothers that were competing and that’s never happened before. The rules of the competition allow a man to play a woman’s part and vice versa but none of our SLUH guys have taken that option before. Today Luke Hussung announcing the next speaker. photo | Sulli Wallisch Wilmes played Gertrude from
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Hamlet and I think did a beautiful job. I thought he made the monologue seem like a woman’s speech and I could not tell you how he did it. He did it so delicately which made it seem so true and convincing,” said Hussung. Overall, Hussung thought all the students performed well. “I thought we had very high level performances this year,” said Hussung. “The judges found a lot of talent in these monologues and how to work that out was trickier than in some years.”
tribute the final score. Stein made his varsity chess debut and his win helped hammer home a win for the Bills. His queen and other pieces dominated the middle of the board very early in the game, allowing him to control the board for the rest of the match. He won when his opponent resigned. “First I was nervous about the time”—each player has one hour on the clock to complete the game—“but I soon realized that it wasn’t much of a factor and it turned out to be a good game,” said Stein. Chess coach Rich “Chesswein” Esswein was very pleased with the results of the match. “I was really happy. I was a little worried early on, but as the matches wore on, we really took charge down the stretch. Kevin Stein played his first match and played a very nice game. John Marx played another really good game,” said Esswein. Although the score of the match gives the impres-
queen. On board three, Marx played a tight cutthroat game, winning by a hefty advantage of two rooks and a bishop, and in a mere 45 minutes, finishing minutes behind Stein’s match. On board four, May’s opponent took one of his rooks towards the middle of the game and was able to exploit the one rook advantage by trading off pieces until he found an easy checkmate on the back rank. Gillam’s match took the longest, lasting one hour, 45 minutes. Next Wednesday, the team will travel way out yonder to the mysterious lands of Illinois to play Belleville East, which historically has an extremely strong team. In the past, SLUH has not had much success against them. “Coach Schmidt (the Bellville coach) is a fantastic coach. We know from playing them last year that they are a fantastic team. It’ll be a tough call,” said Esswein.
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Letter
Senior class gift should reflect school’s mission To the Editors, Our school year is now in full swing, as we approach the midpoint of our year, however; for the senior class, there can never be enough time to savor our time as Junior Billikens and the many gifts we have been granted as students here. It is completely natural, and I think obligatory, that we find a way to give back. However, I, and many others, do not believe the proposed clock tower is an appropriate parting gift from the Class of 2018. There is no better way to honor and give back to the U. High than to embody its central purpose and mission. The first paragraph of SLUH’s Mission Statement states, “We are a Catholic, Jesuit collegepreparatory school for young men, committed to our presence in the City of St. Louis and dedicated to building Christ’s kingdom of truth, justice, love and peace. We serve young men based on their ability to succeed, rather than their economic circumstances.” From this we can derive the commitment SLUH has to a greater vision for its students and the entire community. This is evidenced by a strong Community Service Program, Freshman Service Program, and especially the Senior Projects we will embark upon next month. As a Jesuit school, SLUH follows Ignatian ideals including, but not limited to, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, finding God in all things, and being men and women for and with others. We are neither passive nor isolated; rather, we are active in our school and local communities and beyond by
glorifying God and helping others live lives filled with human dignity, respect, and intrinsic value. It is important to note that nowhere does SLUH’s Mission Statement mention glorifying oneself. As SLUH students it should not be our end goal to focus on material successes. Whether it be how much money we make, power we have, or how other people perceive us, we cannot let these things bog down our potential to greater dignify others or glorify God. Certainly some of our class will achieve this material success in our lifetimes to a greater degree than others of us, but let us remember that “the world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever” (1 John 2:17). I believe installing a clock tower, especially one with every senior’s name engraved on a plaque at the base, is in direct contradiction with the humility SLUH students are called to have. In addition, I believe the price of $25,000 is excessive. It would certainly be an accomplishment to raise that much money, but is it right to spend it all on a single piece of decoration? Back in September our school community came together with the goal of raising $18,000 to pay a full year’s tuition to a student at Strake Jesuit High School in Houston after Hurricane Harvey. While a lot of funds were raised, we fell short of our goal as an entire school community. For the Senior Class alone to donate $7,000 more than this amount would be bothersome to me—to see us focus on how we can glorify ourselves more
than help others in a desperate situation. This is not to say that raising such a large sum of money should not be attempted. Rather, I wish this could go to a better cause that greater glorifies God and helps others. Some ideas would be to establish a special bicentennial scholarship fund, increase our school’s sustainability capabilities, donate a large sum to Loyola Academy to use at their discretion, or to aid the Centro San Yves Nutrition Center in Yoro, Honduras. There are many more ideas that could happen depending on what exactly the class wants to give, but I think it is essential that our plan find a way to show our love for God and others, the two greatest commandments Jesus taught us. Some may differ with this opinion, which is their right. I hope that every member of the class feels they have a say in what our gift will be, and that we can come to a general agreement together as a class over this topic. I consider it to be an absolute honor to be a part of the Class of 2018 because of its loving and generous members. As we reach our last few months as Jr. Billiken students, let us continue loving one another, and serving as the best example of the 200 years of brotherhood this great place has experienced. Matthew Stauder Class of 2018
Hack Club forms to teach programming BY Sam Tarter REPORTER
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he Hack Club, a group that is working to teach students how to accomplish goals through programming, has recently formed. “We are looking to teach people how to program in a way that benefits the community while also collaborating with others,” said senior Eric Schnelker, one of the copresidents of the club. “When most people think of hacking, they are thinking of malicious hacking such as hacking the government. Our main ob-
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jective is to help people learn about accomplishing goals in computer science.” Another objective of the club is to send students to Hack-A-Thons, conventions where people work in groups to try to solve a challenge that helps contribute to the world. “This past May we took a group of six people to Chicago and we created a website that helps veterans get back on their feet after they come back from war,” said Schnelker. Unlike other clubs around SLUH, the Hack Club is backed by a professional company in California that is
helping to guide them through this. The company has helped form 500 clubs across the country this year, and plans to continue spreading computer science education around the United States. Club moderator Dan See is trying to get students interested in creativity, problem solving, and collaboration of programming and web design. Overall, this new club is trying to spread ways of helping society through computer science, and creating a collaborative community of helpful hackers at SLUH.
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Greek expert presents to Latin classes in the Schulte Theater
Castile in Greek military gear. BY Handley REPORTER
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uest speaker Gamal Castile spoke to the Latin I, II and III classes, taught by Jennifer Ice and Rich Esswein, on Wednesday as a part of an in-school field trip. Castile spoke about his extensive collection of Greek weapons and armor from the classical period, specifically during the times of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Castile brought his collection to the Schulte Theater where he explained to the students what and why he collects. Castile was dressed in a plethora of armor for the students. Castile involved students in the presentation; students got to dress themselves in some of the armor which Castile brought. One of them was Gabe Lepak. “It was just really cool to view these ancient artifacts up close. Because we helped with the presentation we also had to load his truck, which was really cool,” said Lepak. Castile says that his collection started as a simple costume one Halloween when he dressed as a Spartan soldier. “After that it turned into an obsession,” said Castile, who now examines his collection with extreme precision. Castile likes to develop theories about the equipment and often presents it to historians or museums.
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For example, his passion for Greek history came from one of his courses in college, Classical Greek History. Castile now uses his owns funds to invest in the finding of artifacts and buys them himself. He also takes advantage of every opportunity to buy any equipment he can. For exam-
hobby. “It was interesting to learn about what the Greeks wore and to learn about their culture more,” said freshman Andrei Chura. “He was at the state Latin convention last year,” said Ice. “I got an informational brochure about him being
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Lepak (left) and Murphy (ground) during Wednesday’s presentation.
ple, the movie Alexander used a large amount of equipment from the classical period. After the production was over, Castile took advantage of the opportunity and bought all the leftover equipment. Castile started his years following college as a police officer, and then moved into teaching. Now he is a personal trainer and collects classical military equipment as a
a professional speaker. The reason why it would be really interesting is because in Latin II, a bulk of the information is about the Roman military. And because Latin and Greek are so similar, militarily speaking, I had my classes listen to him. Latin I will sort of get a preview for next year and Latin II and III will reinforce the concepts.”
photo | Jack Schweizer PRINT SHOW CLOSING: The alumni print show in the art gallery came to a close yesterday after being open for the month of November. Teachers and friends of the art department gathered at a closing ceremony last night.
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Ehlman’s baby Dominic doing well; up to normal baby weight (continued from page 1)
Compared to other babies born prematurely, Dominic was very healthy. He didn’t have any extensive surgeries and needed only oxygen. “We were really lucky from the get-go and then he was able to just keep growing. He was able to grow out of the different things. He became less dependent on oxygen and they were eventually able to take him out of the Isolette, a heat and humidity controlled environment,” said Ehlman. Because Dominic was doing so well, he was able to go home earlier than originally expected. “When he first got there, we kept hearing that babies usually stay in the NICU until their due date if they are doing well,” said Ehlman. “After a week or so, they said that he would probably be able to come home in between St. Nick’s Day and Christmas, but he just kept improving.” When he left the hospital, Dominic was 5 pounds and 13 ounces, but he has continued to gain weight. Because he was premature, there are some procedures the Ehlmans had to continue until they saw his pediatrician that they didn’t have to do for their daughter, Natalie. For example, they had to take his temperature every three hours when they changed him and fed him, and continue to weigh him every day to make sure that he is gaining weight appropriately. The Ehlmans also have to take different precautions and live a little more secluded lifestyle to make sure that he stays healthy. This includes
taking precautions to make sure that their whole family stays healthy including not being around others and keeping the house a little warmer. “We had to be extremely careful about anybody who’s sick. While we might have been conscious of that right when Natalie was born, we have to be hyper-vigilant about it for a while. We don’t want any risk of him getting sick. We had our extended family make sure they had their flu shot and my wife and I try to stay away from a lot of people, especially anyone who’s sick, to avoid spreading anything. Our biggest change is that Natalie goes to daycare, which is like a haven for illness at this time of year, so we had to take her out of daycare to make sure that she doesn’t get sick,” said Ehlman. The family saw the doctor on Monday and were told that he was healthy and that they could wean off weighing him and no longer had to take his temperature all of the time. He is very close to a healthy baby weight, even though he is about three weeks from his due date yet. Right now, he is about 6 pounds 11 ounces. Their daughter was born at full term and she was 6 pounds 13 ounces, so he is at normal baby weight now. “It’s been a long road, but we are obviously so grateful for the outcome that he has had and eternally grateful for the hundreds of people who have helped us out,” said Ehlman. Having been through the stresses of having a child in the NICU has given Ehlman
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Corley and Hussung escort 13 sophomores to Chicago BY Kevin Sembrot and Matthew Mays REPORTERS
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group of 13 sophomores went to Chicago over Thanksgiving break. Inspired by the fact that there were no retreats or events for the sophomore class during Thanksgiving break, math teacher and sophomore class moderator Frank Corley and English teacher Chuck Hussung started the trip to Chicago. “The freshmen have their
Dominic at home.
a new perspective. “We know that there are a lot of folks who have similar situations to this and are not as lucky. In some cases, we saw those other families in the NICU and those babies. This one baby had three surgeries in one day. So obviously we didn’t want all of this for Dominic and my wife, but given all of this, we are very lucky that this is the path that we went down,” said Ehlman. “There is definitely a sense of compassion and empathy towards families who aren’t as lucky. Also, there is a sense of recognition for people going through hard things. There were so many people that were able to help us. One thing that I want to do moving forward is to try to recognize
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ledge.” The group ate in Little Italy and Greektown, two places known for their rich culture and food. “It was really fun to go to places like the Art Museum and the Sears Tower, but one of the highlights of the trip to me was the Greek dinner Sunday night. The waiters were nice, the food was good, and everybody seemed to have a good time,” Corley noted. The group also attended Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
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how I can help be a support to people moving through hard times. Obviously our close friends and family helped a ton, but we had people that we didn’t even know or were not that close to offering to help or bringing us food and that was really impactful.” Although they are still incredibly busy now, Ehlman hopes that things continue to improve and calm down. “There is obviously still a lot to process as we are still living through this, but maybe by next summer when everything is hopefully calm and back to normal I will have some time to process and digest this whole situation,” said Ehlman.
18. The common mode of nonchalant transportation by land animals. 21. The Chinese word for the life force. 22. An adjective for anything relating to the planet we live on.
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Sophomores at the Mary Bartelme Park in Chicago.
retreat on Monday and Tuesday, the juniors are on the White House retreat, the seniors are either on freshman retreat or Kairos, and there really isn’t much for the sophomores to do,” said Corley. The group toured many of Chicago’s great attractions, including the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Science and Industry, and the Willis Tower. “My favorite was the Willis Tower,” said sophomore Nicholas Dalaviras, who was a member of the group. “We went at night and it was very cool seeing the city from the
on Sunday. “When we went to Mass at old St. Pat’s, afterwards the priest talked to us. That made it special and we felt that it was cool that even in such a big church and a big city, they singled us out and welcomed us to Chicago,” said Corley. The trip was very successful in building friendships and teaching the students the rich history of Chicago. “It was very successful and memorable and I encourage freshmen to think about it next year,” added Corley.
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6. A multicolored bird with many feathers. 8. Humans share more than 99% of their genes with an ______. 9. A common term for the biological family Felidae.
10. Over a million identifiable animals and plants live in the ______, with the potential of over 9 million more yet to be identified. 13. Elephants are known for having the largest ______ of any animal on
the planet. 14. The Jurassic ______ lasted for 56 million years. 15. An ox-like antelope that inhabits the eastern and southern regions of Africa. 16. A ______ ate my baby!
1. A basic unit of biological nomenclature. 2. All living and nonliving things are made up of ______. 3. ______ constrictor. A type of snake known for its squeezing power. 4. A female horse. 5. A long, slender sea creature known for its shocking capabilities. 7. Fluffy animals known for eating eucalyptus leaves. 11. The breed of a small hound that is similar in appearance to a larger foxhound (Sam Lockwood’s favorite dog). 12. The official Ohio state tree. 15. The rain percentage in Africa over the years can be shown on ______. 17. The Greek goddess of rainbows. 19. Animals close to either the North or South are likely to be entrapped in ______. 20. Noah’s ______.
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Wieck, S.J. leads Campus Ministry in Spiritual Excercises (continued from page 1)
of his recently missioned at White House Retreat Center, to guide the team. “I decided that it would be good to have someone from outside to come in and help guide us,” said Hill. “We are just in the first steps, the intro.” The campus ministers have not held regular group
prayer sessions like this in recent years. “We are just trying to deepen our spiritual formation, deepen our relationship with Christ so that we can be better ministers to the students,” said Hill. “That is the goal.”
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ter’s staff. As Wright continued to add more decorations, he believes a friendly competition developed between the SLUH grounds crew and the crew at the Science Center. “The more lights we put up, the more they started putting in their trees, so it’s kind of a nice little competition,” said Wright, chuckling. Wright plans to continue decorating into December,
The view on Oakland Ave. BY Jack Schweizer EDITOR IN CHIEF
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hile there may not be any snow on the ground, the St. Louis U. High campus has transformed into a winter wonderland in recent weeks, with blue and silver Christmas decorations featured around the building in celebration of the school’s 200-year anniversary. Gene Wright, the school
and plans to add lights on the monument underneath the scoreboard and surrounding the nativity scene, which is soon to be assembled in front of the Field House. “We do this for the students to enjoy and that’s a part of it, and we get joy out of it when you guys are happy,” said Wright.
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grounds superintendent, and assistant groundskeeper Mark Collins, started decorating the campus shortly after Halloween. Director of maintenance Rick Figge and director of environmental services Jeff Fields also helped with the exterior design. While SLUH decorates the campus for Christmas every year, Wright thought that incorporating extra deco-
rations—in blue and silver colors to match the school’s colors, as part of a winter wonderland theme—would be a unique way to celebrate both the holiday season and the school’s bicentennial. There’s a variety of decorations, both in shape and size, interspersed all throughout the school. They range from blue and white lights woven into the shrubs along
the Oakland entrance—with some strands forming the number “200”— to a rope of tinsel wrapped along the metal bannister outside the upper field, to silver wreaths, bells, and ornaments hanging from the light poles in the back entrance, just to name a few. The multi-colored lights in the trees lining the entrance next to the Science Center are A snowflake on an upper field lamp. courtesy of the Science Cen-
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Service learning retreat: “Homeless people are just regular people.” (continued from page 1)
ence in order to set the tone of the community and kinship with one other, and faith in God, that happens in an active vibrant way at school,” said freshman moderator Tim Curdt. The junior retreat was split up into two groups due to the larger number of students—over 60—that participated since juniors are now required to go on a retreat. Both groups left Monday afternoon and returned to SLUH on Wednesday. One group went to the White House retreat center in South County and the other went to Toddhall retreat center in Columbia, Ill. “I liked the retreat because of the free time we were given to spend time with the other members of the retreat,” said junior Matt Hayes. “It felt more relaxed and enjoyable.” The senior Kairos retreat had 36 students participate, in-
Tuesday and Wednesday. The retreat was hosted by ACES and focused around the central theme of finding your voice. Former theology teacher Danielle Harrison headlined the speakers and talked about her experiences as a minority at Visitation and not fitting in as a student, and how she has been able to find her voice there now as a teacher. “The Philia retreat was a time to bond with my brothers at SLUH,” said senior Airest
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cluding seven student leaders. The retreatants left Sunday afternoon and returned to SLUH Wednesday night. The retreat was held at King’s House retreat center in Belleville. The retreatants overall enjoyed the
Andrew Lally (center) with his group at Freshmen Retreat.
Wilson. “It’s a good time to talk about our experience at SLUH and the different experiences we have about race, both good and bad. This year we had the greatest amount of white students at the retreat which I thought was cool because it shows the support they have for their minority classmates because they put themselves in a situation where they are now the minority.”
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retreat, with many claiming that it was their favorite retreat. “Kairos was my favorite retreat at SLUH because it helped me grow closer to my brothers in my class as I learned more about them and
myself,” said senior Joe Weber. “I did not expect to learn new things about some of my classmates but the openness during the retreat helped me get to know them in a new light.” The service learning retreat gave the 14 retreatants a chance to experience what life is like for the homeless. photo | Jack Schweizer The retreatants left on Sunday Nov.19 and went downtown Jack FitzPatrick (left) with his group on Freshmen Retreat. to areas with heavy homeless populations so they could give out care packages that the students made. The second day the group split up with half going to Midtown Ministries and the other half going to Bridge Bread. There was only one issue with the retreat as one of the people that was supposed to meet the group could not make it because she was sick. “I learned that homeless people are just regular people that are trying to get through life,” said senior Damen Alexander. Over 40 students participated in the Philia retreat, Students on the Junior Retreat.photo | courtesy of Mr. Jeff Pottinger photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott held at the Pallottine retreat center in North County on
SLUH hockey feasts during Thanksgiving break; Racquetball bounces back over break; wins Rollout dismantles De Smet and Fort Zumwalt West tournament
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n a preview for future rivalry games, De Smet hockey went down 8-0 due to downright destruction delivered by the dominant St. Louis U. High offense. The Jr. Bills kept rolling over Thanksgiving break, adding victories over Fort Zumwalt West and De Smet to improve their regular season record to 6-0. The Jr. Bills offense struggled to find an early breakthrough against the Spartans on Saturday, seemingly slow from leftover turkey. SLUH controlled the puck for most of the period, but junior goalie Brendan Rasch was forced to stop a few De Smet breakaways. The Jr. Bills’ first big chance came on a power play midway through the first period, but the offense was stifled and all scoring looked to be at a stalemate for the period until junior Henry Wagner made a statement with six seconds left. After some slick passing to put the puck in front of net, Wagner poked the puck home through the goalie’s five-hole, bringing excitement to the SLUH stands just before the break. To spark the explosion of SLUH scoring in the second period, junior Christian Berger sniped past the goalie’s glove side on a break, dou-
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bling SLUH’s lead with 14:06 left in the period. Shortly after the goal, SLUH gifted De Smet a golden five-on-three opportunity for over a minnute with senior Louie Perotti going to the box with 12:25 left and the sophomore Bob Lockwood joining him. Rasch resisted though, keeping the Spartans out to kill off the advantage. Just after returning to full strength, senior Joe Winkelmann struck twine on a break, increasing the Jr. Bill
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lead to 3-0 with 9:21 left in the second. Junior Gabe Schwartz joined the goal party on a feed from Winkelmann right in front of net, a one-timer stick side. This forced De Smet to try to stop the momentum by calling a timeout with 6:50 left in the period. De Smet came back out after the timeout and the players on both sides started to give a few extra shoves after the whistle, seemingly frustrated by the score. To add insult to injury,
Lockwood broke through the De Smet defense to feed Winkelmann for his second of the night, a bar down snipe with 3:25 left. Only 22 seconds later, senior Kevin Einig tipped in a shot by Lockwood, the fifth goal in the second period to make it 6-0. In third period, Berger scored his second of the night with 11:11 to go, during the famous ‘Hot, Juicy Berger’ cheer, and seniors Nick Corker and Trevor White connect-
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ooking to repeat its success from last year, the St. Louis U. High varsity rifle team opens up its season this Saturday. With no seniors returning to the varsity team this year, several juniors have taken lead. After their season culminated with a trip to regionals last season, the team looks to build and send more members to the national tournaments. The varsity squad will shoot in 12 matches this season beginning this weekend. On Saturday the team is primarily against Iroquois West High School of Illinois as well as a couple other schools. According to head coach Will Bresnahan, the most important match will be the Missouri 3-position Championship, held in Ozark, Mo. Bresnahan noted that this match, what serves as the Missouri high school rifle championship, is key because if the team scores well overall there, it will qualify for the National Championship. “Only the top 54 teams in the country qualify. The 201617 team did not qualify and that has made the boys even
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more determined,” said Bresnahan. Making the National Championship is the main goal for the team this year, and juniors. Hayden Steingruby, Jack Doyle, and Adam Stemmler are stepping up to lead the group this season. “I expect them to lead the team to once again qualify for the National Championship,” said Bresnahan.
The last time the team went to the National Championship was in the summer of 2016. To achieve their goal of reaching nationals, hard work lies ahead for the group. “We are going to be doing a lot of work on perfecting our shot plans and making sure that every single shot is executed exactly the same way,” said Steingruby.
Another aspect of the sport lies in mental preparation and concentration. “We are going to be doing a lot of work on our mental game by making sure we stay focused and calm under pressure,” said Steingruby. As match results are largely based on individual performance, varsity shooter and junior Anthony Rizzo stressed the importance of practice. “It’s individual practice results are individual, we practice Tuesdays and Thursdays on whatever we feel that we need working on, and then Wednesdays we shoot practice matches,” said Rizzo. Rifle matches are scored on a points system. Each competitor takes 20 shots in three different styles: standing, kneeling, and prone. Each shot can score up to ten points, for a possible 600 points for an individual in the competition. “We will need to shoot a team score of 2280 to qualify automatically. That requires each one of us to shoot around a 570 out of 600,” said Steingruby.
river of great racquetball and wins flooded the SLUH racquetball team over the past two weekends, lifting morale and skill for the whole team. The team won first in the Winter Rollout and then six out of the eight matches at the Lindbergh meet to get the varsity 1 team its first win of the season. SLUH won the boys team trophy for first place at the Winter Rollout. The Winter Rollout is an annual tournament that consists of teaching opportunities, matches against new players, and the chance to see the greatest racquetball players face off headto-head. The Jr. Bills have won a total of 14 team wins out of the 16 years the tournament has been running. Senior Nick Patritti placed first in the second division, defeating sophomore Andrew Porterfield in the finals. In the fifth division, junior Eli Saadi beat Parkway West’s Nio Hulen in the finals 5-11, 11-3, 11-4. Finally, to wrap up the tournament, sophomore teammates Peter LaBarge and Kyle Zoellner faced off for the sixth division championship. LaBarge won 11-7, 11-8. The Jr. Bills had Thankgiving break off until the Friday after Thanksgiving, where some members participated in the Top Turkey Tournament, an annual tournament put on by SLUH. The tournament is a round robin format on nine courts. Each court has an adult player, one of whom was Chris Schulze, ’17. Then, the high schoolers play each adult. The student with the most points scored wins the trophy for the students, and the adult with the least amount of points scored on him is the winner.
Senior James Storgion finished seven points behind Kirkwood’s John Dowell. On Tuesday, the varsity 1 and JV1-1 teams took on Lindbergh. Both SLUH teams came out on top. No. 1 seed James Storgion took on one of his major competitors, Lukas Bell. The two fought for each point. The first game went to Bell, 15-7. Storgion took time to breathe and listen to advice between games, then won the second game 15-5. Both players were tired going into the tie-breaker which Bell ended up winning 11-8. No. 2 seed junior Matt Hayes beat Eric Swenson 153, 15-1. No. 3 seed senior Adam Hanson beat Lindbergh’s Julian Polizzi to continue his undefeated streak, 15-1, 15-8. No. 4 seed senior Steven Zak took an easy win against Jacob Dairaghi, 15-3, 15-1. No. 5 seed senior Nick Patritti beat Alex Briegleb. Patritti won the first game 15-1, but in his second game, already being up 14-5, he allowed Briegleb to get 14 before closing the match out, 15-14. “The match was intense,” said Hayes. “Patritti kept playing hard until the match was over, and he ended up getting the win.” Junior Ryan Lieser forfeited his match against Gus Ortwerth for the second loss of the meet. The doubles team of sophomores Nick Schulze and Andrew Porterfield beat teammates Will Theodore and Quinn Jones 15-7, 15-5. The team will be taking on the SLUH varsity 2 team on Tuesday Dec. 5. The varsity 1 and 2 players will also be playing in the Top Seed Tournament this weekend against all the other top seeds in St. Louis.
Senior James Storgion on Tuesday.
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Volume 82, Issue 13 Wrestling opens season with disappointing loss; Hockey heads into tough weekend looking to looks to improve over stay hot; three games in four days (continued from page 6) last season Cole Jansky was given his first ately ejected by a referee. The Jr. Bills have a dif-
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he St. Louis U. High wrestling team took on Hazelwood West for the first dual meet of the season on Tuesday. Despite a disappointing loss of 52-22, juniors John Murphy and Jake Pineda and sophomore Kevin Flack all came away with wins. “The first match went well. I see a lot of potential for our team to grow this season, especially now that we have a bigger group of guys” said Pineda. “I’m not disappointed or upset that we lost the first duel, but I am happy that we came away with a few wins. I think everyone in the first match recognized some things that need to be worked on.” “I think that with the majority of our team being sophomores or juniors, we have a really good opportunity to learn from our mistakes this past week and allow for more growth and exciting new opportunities for our young team.” said head coach Rob Nahlik. “ I think the future
of the team this season looks bright.” As has been the case in previous years, team size continues to be a disadvantage for the varsity team. With only 13 wrestlers on varsity, and so many near each other in terms of weight, it has been difficult to fill out the roster, since only one person from each weight class can compete, allowing for larger, opposing teams to take byes and therefore team points away from SLUH. As for the future of the team, they hope to help some of the younger wrestlers be able to move up to open varsity spots, get them more matches, and not have to give up so many team points along the way. All levels will wrestle Hillsboro this Wednesday, Dec. 6. Freshman and JV head to Windsor for a tournament on Thursday, and JV and varsity will compete in their first quad-meet of the year against Jackson, Poplar Bluff, and Mehlville next Friday night.
ed with 5:34 left to end the night at 8-0 Jr. Bills. “In the three years previous that I’ve played for SLUH, I don’t think we’ve beat a team like De Smet that badly, it’s awesome,” said Winkelmann. This meeting was the first of four between the Jesuit schools this regular season. “I don’t really see them having too much confidence in the next games that we play them,” said Winkelmann. “It’s always good to play a team that is kind of down, they’ll be fighting an uphill battle every time they play us.” “We take rivalry games very seriously,” said head coach Jack Behan. “We added an additional practice last week to shore up some areas in our game that needed attention. Our players were prepared and extremely hungry.” The Jr. Bills bested Fort Zumwalt West on Nov. 17, again showing off their highpowered offense and shutdown defense. Since Rasch was not available for the game, sophomore
start of the season on varsity. Halfway through the first period, the Jr. Bill offense annouced its presence with Perotti coming off the bench and immediately receiving a pass from senior Jack Wachter, slotting the puck home past the goalie’s glove side. Fort Zumwalt struggled to possess the puck in the offensive zone. The only option to relieve themselves of the constant SLUH offensive pressure was to ice the puck. Later in the first period, senior Chip Holmes slammed home a rebound to put SLUH up 2-0. The period ended with SLUH applying a lot of pressure on Fort Zumwalt’s goalie. With the Jr. Bills on the power play at the start of the second period, Holmes gave a beautiful pass to Einig, who buried it. Holmes later found himself in front of the net again, scoring his second of the night to increase the lead to 4-0. Shortly after the goal, a fan standing behind the goal started to yell at a Fort Zumwalt player and was immedi-
Right after the ejection, Fort Zumwalt had a breakaway and the shot was tipped by Jansky, but the puck still slipped past him making the score 4-1. Freshman Matt Warnecke committed a penalty later in the period, putting the SLUH penalty kill to the test. SLUH still controlled the puck though and senior Matt Hohl rocketed a shot off the Fort Zumwalt goalie and Winkelmann cleaned up the trash, netting a shorthanded goal. SLUH added three more goals, from Pawlow, Winkelmann, and Hohl, and Fort Zumwalt added another goal to end the second period 8-2. Goals by Einig and Warnecke ended the game 10-2, and the Jr. Bills outshot Fort Zumwalt 56-11 on the night. Two goals is the most the Jr. Bills have given up in a game. “Our defense has been dominant,” said Behan. “They shut down teams and they are all gifted offensively. We play an aggressive style that best utilizes their amazing skills.”
ficult schedule this weekend, playing three games in four days. “This is our most difficult weekend of the season,” said Behan. “We will be missing 15 players Saturday and numerous others on Friday and Monday with Elite team conflicts. We have been gearing our JV players for this weekend as they will carry a huge responsibility in these games.” “There are a lot of nonclub players that will be able to hold it down for us and hopefully get the win,” said Winkelmann, referring to the Kirkwood game. The first game is Friday against Lindbergh, the second is Saturday against Kirkwood, and the third is Monday against Oakville. “In the Post-Dispatch (Kirkwood has) been saying that they are pretty confident,” said Winkelmann. “We can’t really worry too much about that, let them feel how they want to feel and we will take care of that with our play on Saturday.”
“We have a lot of young guys on the team who have never played varsity basketball, so not only are we trying to help them on the court,” said Leritz, “but we are trying
to set a good example for the years to come.” “We want to set an example of how varsity basketball plays, and we want to lay the foundation of how SLUH
basketball plays and continue the winning culture,” said Ratterman. “I’m looking forward to leading this team as a senior and continuing the success and legacy of winning that we are used to doing and playing for David (Jackson),” said senior captain AJ Hardin. Although the team consists of many new faces, the expectations for the Jr. Bills stay the same. “We set the bar really high for ourselves so we want to come away with a district championship and see what we can do from there,” said Leritz. Two weeks ago, the Jr. Bills previewed what is to come with two huge scrimmage wins against Soldan and McCluer, but despite
the victories in the exhibition matches, the team looks to improve before they head into the regular season. “It definitely felt good to see that we won the games, but we didn’t play our best,” said junior Tripp Dolan. “It just means we can get better, and we have a lot of room to grow.” The team looks to continue its success and will travel to Kansas City Dec. 7 to play its first regular season game against Wooddale High School from Memphis, Tenn. “This year we are considered the underdogs, so nobody is thinking SLUH is going to be a powerhouse in St. Louis, and we’re excited to prove them wrong,” said Ratterman.
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said senior captain Matt Leritz. With such a young core, he St. Louis U. High bas- the six returning seniors look ketball team’s jumpers forward to stepping up as are right around the corner as leaders this year. the team heads into the regular season next week with a new young core led by their veteran seniors. Last year, the team ended with an impressive 21-7 record, but lost to Chaminade in the district finals. After losing seven seniors last year, including MCC player of the year Brandon McKissic, the team has brought in seven underclassmen looking to fill their shoes. “It’s a different group,” said senior Sam Ratterman. “It’s going to be a different team this year, and I’m excited to see how it plays out.” “They’re developing well so far; they’re hard working, and it seems that they will do whatever they can to win,” REPORTER, CORE STAFF
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Underclassman Briefs C-Blue Basketball Tuesday 11/28 SLUH 44 U. City 38 C-White Basketball Timberland/Liberty Tournament Wednesday 11/29 SLUH 40 Troy 25 Thursday 11/30 SLUH 23 Liberty 30
Senior Kevin Einig currently leads SLUH varsity hockey with 27 points in 12 games played, including nine goals and a team-leading 18 assists. photo | courtesy of SLUH Yearbook art
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JV Hockey Sunday 11/19 SLUH 2 Chaminade 1 Sunday 11/26 SLUH 1 Marquette 1
JV1-1 Racquetball Tuesday 11/28 SLUH 5 Lindbergh 0 Individual Results Miner 15-5, 14-15, 117; Pavlisin 15-3, 15-5; Gund 15-10, 15-4; Juergens 15-10, 15-4; John and Nelson (doubles) 15-1, 15-4 JV1-2 Racquetball Thursday 11/30 SLUH 5 Lafayette 0 JV2-1 Racquetball Tuesday 11/28 SLUH 2 Lindbergh 3 -compiled by Nathan Langhauser
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Medical Careers Club speaker Dr. Robert Butler, DDS, and father of sophomore PJ Butler, came to St. Louis U. High this past Wednesday, speaking to the Medical Careers Club about dentistry during activity period. As a dentist with a practice in Webster Groves
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tography, choreography, and set design. Schmidt and psychology teacher Tom Kickham, the moderator of the club, wanted SLUH students, in particular, to see the show because alum Michael Beugg, ’81 was the executive producer. They plan on showing another film next week.
period. They rolled up in their food truck and parked in the cul de sac next to the St. Ignatius statue; numerous students made the trek outside to buy goods out of the truck. STUCO moderator Kate Toussaint invited the bakery to come to SLUH. Toussaint learned about the group from Clock tower meeting Led by STUCO president Jack McGrail, a meeting of roughly 30 seniors filled room 215c on Monday to talk and answer questions about the clock tower, the class of 2018’s gift to SLUH. The clock tower, symbolizing the 200 years since SLUH was founded, will cost $25,000 and was declared as the senior class gift nearly a month ago. Since then, students have had numerous questions about the specifics of the clock tower, with some expressing concern over whether the gift itself was appropriate. Even though photo | Miguel Cadiz Dr. Robert Butler at presentation. McGrail answered numerous and chairman of the board of counselor Nina See, who met questions at the meeting, the directors for Delta Dental, a the founder of Bridge Bread large dental carrier, Butler an- at the first annual Sr. Antona swered numerous questions Ebo Social Justice conference about dentistry. With 33 years in downtown St. Louis, along of experience, Butler talked with campus minister Meg about what he does as a den- Beugg. See went on the trip tist on a daily basis, including with her daughter, who spoke the benefits and challenges on a panel at the event; she involved in his career. He also also went to bring social justalked about dental school, tice ideas back to SLUH, and addressing the requirements Bridge Bread was one of those and classes associated with ideas. the field, and the internships available for students after La La Land film Water main break at SLUH. school. The film club hosted a showing of La La Land in M106 strong interest and debate has Bridge Bread food truck this past Wednesday. Ethan convinced McGrail to form a Bridge Bread, a not-for-profit Schmidt, a junior and presi- clock tower committee, which bakery which hires people dent of club, chose La La he plans on forming over then who are homeless, visited Land, which won numerous next several weeks to work out St. Louis U. High this past oscars and a Grammy last any disagreements about the Wednesday during activity year, for it’s terrific cinema- gift.
Water main break A water main broke after school on Thursday, closing the lane closest to the football field at the bottom of the turnaround. There were four spouts of water bursting up from the pipe that caused the lane closure and an inch of water in the surrounding area. “You got a main pipe that runs under the street and the building that delivers all your water. This pipe has been old for a while and got some cracks in it. So, we got to dig up the street about six feet down and then cut the old pipe out and put the new one in,” said Richard Anderson, a worker for the Saint Louis Water Department. “We have to shut down the water main down first so we can stop the water from coming up. We work until twelve. We work 16 hours so hopefully we can get it done before then. If not, we have another crew who can come in and finish up. Hopefully this will be done by the end of the night. It all depends on
Regular Schedule
Adopt-a-Family Drive AP Senior Class Mass Immaculate Conception Liturgical Choir Practice Snack—Pepperoni Bosco Lunch Special—Meatball Sandwich Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese 9:45PM V Hockey vs. Lindbergh Saturday, December 2 No School Breakfast with Santa Loyola Christmas Party 8:40PM B Hockey @ Fox White 9:15PM V Hockey @ Kirkwood
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9:30AM Alumni Board Mass and Brunch 12:00PM KEEN 9:10PM V Hockey vs. Fox Monday, December 4 Regular Schedule Adopt-a-Family AP Senior Graduation Orders Snack—Mini Corn Dogs Lunch Special—Chick-Fil-A Vegetarian—Fish 4:30PM B Basketball @ Northwest 7:00PM V Hockey @ Oakville Tuesday, December 5 Regular Schedule Adopt-a-Family Confessions AP Senior Project Meeting Snack—Mini Tacos Lunch Special—Chinese Vegetarian—Penne Pasta 7:00PM Jazz Concert
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Late Start Schedule Adopt-a-Family Confessions Lunch Special—Spicy Chicken Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger 3:15PM Choral Concert Dress Rehearsal 5:00PM C/JV/V Wrestling v. Hillsboro Thursday, December 7 Regular Schedule Adopt-a-Family Confessions 8:00AM Loyola Santa Shoppe AP Freshman FA Survey Rehearsal Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—Papa John’s Pizza Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese 4:15PM C Basketball @ Hazelwood Central 4:30PM C/JV Wrestling @ Windsor 7:00PM V Basketball @ Blue Springs 8:15PM JV Hockey @ DeSmet Friday, December 8 Mass Schedule Adopt-a-Family Lunch Special—Chicken Rings Vegetarian—Garden Burger calendar | Liam John
SLUH Tweet of the Week: SLUH Fathers’ Club @sluhdads “SLUH Dads and Sons at St. Vincent’s - Men for Others!
BASHBALL FINALS: Next week, senior homeroom M122 will take on the victors of the freshman v. juniors game today.
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