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St. Louis University High School | Friday, September 8, 2017
SLUH responds to Harvey Dress down day, football game activities, and raffle all for $18,000 goal BY Riley McEnery and Daniel Dewan NEWS EDITOR, REPORTER
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n response to Hurricane Harvey and the damage that it has inflicted in Houston, a number of events will take place today to raise money for a communitywide goal of $18,000 to benefit families enrolled at Strake Jesuit and Cristo Rey Jesuit who have been displaced. The city of Houston has recently been devastated by Hurricane Harvey, which struck on Friday, Aug. 25. The flooding caused by the storm has proved to be the most trouble to Strake and Cristo Rey. Fortunately, there has not been significant damage done to the campuses themselves that can’t be repaired. “The campuses will be okay,” said SLUH principal Ian Gibbons, S.J., who used to work at Strake Jesuit in Houston. “The bigger concern and the devastation is with individual families. We have a number of families that had to evacuate completely from the area, but also families that didn’t have to evacuate but had to leave their homes.” As soon as news of the hurricane hit St. Louis, voices of concern grew around the SLUH community. “Certainly as the hurricane was hitting the coast and moving over and hitting Houston, so many of us were wondering what we could do to respond,” said campus minister Meg Beugg. SLUH president David Laughlin took on a leadership role in organizing a way to help the Jesuit schools in Houston, Strake and Cristo Rey. “My intent was to try to have us be involved in a coordinated community based response that we knew responded to specific needs at the schools there,” said SLUH president Dave Laughlin. “It may be that
others at SLUH are already doing some other things to help in Houston and that is great. In times of great need, people come forth and want to help.” SLUH’s goal is to take away the concerns of one family at either Strake or Cristo Rey that has been displaced by the hurricane by raising $18,000 to pay for the cost of tuition. Laughlin contacted the Executive Director of the Jesuit Schools Network to help make other Jesuit schools aware of the situation and how SLUH is responding. Laughlin’s objective in helping the victims of the hurricane from St. Louis is to form a community in response through the Jesuits. “I believe there is the pragmatic assistance we can provide from our collective resources and I believe we send a message of hope and solidarity as a brother Jesuit school,” said Laughlin. “In turn, perhaps some of our own students come to understand the network of Jesuit schools and its strength.” Helping in a situation like this is what the Jesuit bond that our schools share is all about, according to Gibbons. “We know with absolute certainty that if we were destroyed by a tornado, like what happened to Joplin a few years ago around here, Strake Jesuit would be one of the first standing up and saying ‘of course we’ll do this.’ Ultimately we wouldn’t be surprised by that,” said Gibbons. “When Strake Jesuit hears that SLUH is the first school standing up and saying ‘we are going to do this,’ they say ‘of course.’ It’s integral to who we are.” To begin forming a community-wide response, campus minister Nick Ehlman reached out to De Smet to join together to raise money for the schools in
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ACTIVITIES FAIR: Students and faculty gather outside the Danis Field House to sign up for clubs and sports.
Teachers kick off Fantasy Football League Ben Dattilo and Danny Favazza SPORTS EDITOR, REPORTER
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any students have a fantasy football league with their friends, but what many don’t know is that teachers at St. Louis U. High have a league of their own. The team owners are
mostly current SLUH teachers, but also include former SLUH basketball coach John Ross and Chaminade teacher Kevin Becvar. “We lost Mr. O’Keefe and Mr. Ehlman because they went on strike against the NFL when the Rams left,” said English teacher Adam
Cruz. The league consists of 10 teams now. Though many didn’t want the Rams to stay in St. Louis, O’Keefe, Ehlman, and Cruz were somew of the few supporters of the Rams. The teachers held their draft last Thursday, Aug. 31. Before the draft was held, each team had the chance to
keep two players from last year. The catch is that team owner lose their draft pick from one round below the round in which they selected that player last year. For example if a team owner drafted a player in the tenth round last year and he wants to keep
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DAVID JACKSON MEMORIAL: The bleachers and mezzanine of the Danis Field House were packed this past Saturday, Sept. 2 in the celebration of the life of David Jackson, ’16. Family, friends, and faculty members spoke at the memorial, including President David Laughlin and the Rev. Michael Marchlewiski, SJ. news Sports INDEX
9/11 reflection Senior Charles McGroarty visited the 9/11 memorial in New York and reflected on his time at the site. Page 3 News
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Metro Bus New bus system transports students to SLUH to provide easier access to the school for those that do not have the option to carpool. Page 4
AMDG First AMDG nearly draws over 100 parents. Page 5 Sports
Football SLUH football falls to the Chaminade after a promising first half, plagued by penalties. Page 6
Soccer SLUH soccer continues their winning streak against Glendale, Xavier, and Vianney while only letting up one goal in three games. Page 6
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RM Network Senior Richard Michalski has expanded his movie review YouTube channel to include seniors Sam Lockwood and Matthew Leritz in a new sports segment. Page 8
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Volume 82, Issue 3
S202 gets a makeover: classroom renovations Matthew Coplen and Peter Curdt
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he Science Department took the first steps of a future planning initiative by renovating biology teacher Tim O’Keefe’s classroom. The room is outfitted with brand new tables, each seating four students. The tables are equipped with two whiteboards for drawing diagrams and four high-seat, adjustable rolling chairs, providing much more space and ease for the students to work. The Science Department worked with Color Art Integrated Interior, whose designers are well informed on educational spaces and provide specialized skill to create effective learning environment. They also had help from architects from Hastings and Chivetta, and director of facilities Joe Rankin and his staff also contributed in working to prep the room for renevation over the summer. “The tables are nice because they are flexible and rotatable. We can change them into groups or rows in under a minute,” said O’Keefe. The room also has a new smart board and two flat screen TV’s that allow Mr. O’Keefe to project a PowerPoint, introductory work to start class, or for the students to use for their own class work and presentations. The technology does not stop there, as the room
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The Clavius Project—a service-based club that educates many urban middle schoolers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)—has more than quadrupled in size from its original nine schools and 85 students. However, many of their SLUH mentors graduated last year, leaving the club and moderator Jeff Pitts trying to rebuild and hoping to catch up with their demand. Named after Christopher Clavius, an influential German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer, the Clavius Project was founded in 2014 by Eric Berg, ’15, and aimed to educate middle schoolers in underserved areas of Saint Louis through the use of STEM. In addition to their more traditional tutoring in math and science, they also offer Lego Mindstorm robotics and instructions on rocketry, coding, advanced robotics, and quadcopters. “It’s important because it allows St. Louis U.
BY Luke Wilmes and Handlast Friday was spent unpackley Hicks STAFF, REPORTER ing the standards one by one. The teachers divided into groups and worked together freshman may have to unpack the standards, and walked into his English decide what each standard class last Friday bewildered meant. They later came toas to why his teacher was gether to discuss what they not there, and he might have had found. spent the rest of the day try“It’s good to be with coling to figure it out. Upper- leagues who are very bright classmen were thrilled with and see things that I don’t their free periods. Contrary see and understand things to popular belief, the English that I don’t understand. And Department did not just take I think for me it’s pretty ina four-day weekend to revise vigorating to see what kinds and edit their curriculum. of experiences we can make St. Louis U. High has for you guys as students. We recently started encouraging think we’re doing and giving departments to go off cam- you guys a lot of good stuff pus for an entire day to meet, but it’s exciting to see what we which gives the teachers a think we could do better,” said day-long meeting to tackle Missey. bigger issues or tasks. One of the gaps found in “The English Depart- the curriculum was the lack ment at SLUH is currently in of research and reading secthe process of asking itself, ondary sources like literary ‘What do we want students to journals. For example, readbe able to do and what should ing a distinguished essay or students know and under- interpretation of Romeo and stand after four years of SLUH Juliet and analyzing the article English?’” said English De- would count as reading and partment Chair Steve Missey. studying a secondary source. The department tackled The students would then use this question last year, and this information and research met to consider the National in their own understanding of Council of Teachers of Eng- Romeo and Juliet. lish (NCTE) standards. These Despite the sometimes are 12 standards which gen- tedious work and intense reerally state what students of flection, the day was appreciliterature should be able to ated by the English departdo and know after completing ment as a whole. twelfth grade. “It’s good to get all of “Since the 1970s, there us together and talk because has been a long history of in all the regular chaos of a SLUH English using AP Lit- school day, when everyone is erature and Composition involved in different things, standards, but it had been a we don’t always get to sit long time since we’d formally down and hash out why we’re looked at those standards or here and what our purpose tried to vertically align those is,” said English teacher Adam standards,” said Missey. Cruz. The NCTE standards are “It was a well-organized divided up into 12 categories and focused day. It allowed which are then divided into some space away from the day sub-categories. The depart- to day grind which allowed ment’s goal was to look at ev- us to think more strategically ery standard and decide what about essential questions that that standard really means are guiding our curriculum and what it would look like review process,” said English in SLUH English. Each stan- teacher Tim Curdt. dard has several strands and
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also sports a camera that allows O’Keefe to project onto the three screens in the room. “We can use it for doing a dissection or looking at DNA,” said O’Keefe. The room also has a brand new digital microscope that can have its images projected, an incubator, and technology that allows the students to amplify DNA and analyze it, creating the possibility of forensic labs. “We just want to make a better experience for the students and hopefully take some of that information we have here and expand it to the other science rooms,” said O’Keefe. These are the first renovations in the science wing since 1995, and with the upcoming bicentennial the
Science Department wanted an update on the rooms. “As the bicentennial approached, members of the Science Department wanted to reflect on the curriculum so they could best prepare their students,” said department chair Mary Russo said. This reflection led to a space analysis on better ways to utilize the rooms and divide between class discussion areas and lab areas. “Mr. Laughlin and other members of the Science Department looked at the cost and time it would take to renovate one science lab, which included new cabinets, furniture (swivel desks), and technology,” Russo said. The Science Department just wanted to test these new renovations in
one room for a year. So far, it has been a hit. Students seem to love the new design. “The two TV monitors on the left of the board allow Mr. O’Keefe to mirror his iPad screen,” said senior Nick Mattingly, a genetics student. “The chairs are very comfortable and the desks have a lot of space,” said senior Rodolfo Gomez, better accommodating the taller and larger upperclassmen. This may just be the first step to the new science wing renovations. “The Science Departments future planning initiative is also looking to carve out a seventh lab space because it only has one physics classroom for 300 physics students,” said Russo.
Clavius Project looks for future leaders BY Sam Ortmann and Ken Viehland
English Department heads out early to discuss curriculum
High students to work with and mentor young middle school students in the field of STEM,” said Pitts. “And education is the long-term solution for some students that find themselves in underserved areas of our city.” The program has increased to include over 600 middle school students from 34 different grade schools. Mentors also no longer come from SLUH alone, with other high school students coming from DeSmet, Rosati-Kain, Bishop-DuBourg, and Cor Jesu. However, they took a big hit after last year’s graduating class left, leaving them with substantially fewer mentors. Last year, Clavius teamed up with the National Honors Society in hopes of growing their student participation and to find leadership for the project. NHS moderators Mary Michalski and Chuck Hussung are big supporters of the club as it helps not only the middle schoolers in the program, but their NHS members too. “We’ve been working hard trying to promote the Clavius Project within
NHS because they’re great students, they’re great leaders, and there’s a service requirement,” said Michalski. “The service through Clavius fits in very perfectly with the service that’s required by the National Honors Society because we require a service of presence. That means you are working in direct contact with those that you’re serving and in this case that’s working with middle school students and building relationships with them. Plus it really helps the NHS members get their service done in a timely manner. The students go to the schools in Clavius every week and in a number of weeks their service is done.” However, SLUH students that participate in the Clavius Project don’t seem to do it for NHS service hours or their college resume, but instead because of the relationships they form with the grade schoolers. “Since the Clavius Project is all optional, all the kids there want to learn. That’s what I think is great,” said senior and Clavius member Tom Sommers.
“You’re there wanting to help them and they’re there wanting to learn. So there is this awesome dynamic of becoming good friends after the multiple times that you visit a school in a week. That’s really special to me.” Pitts also feels that the Clavius Project has a great impact not only on the middle schoolers, but also the SLUH students. “For SLUH guys it gives the opportunity to be a big brother to someone who desperately needs that,” said Pitts. “Seeing the impact the Clavius Project has on the lives of young men and women in difficult situations is reward enough, but add to that the great work our SLUH students do to brighten the lives of these young people. It’s what being a man for others is all about.” Anybody interested in serving in the Clavius Project should contact Pitts at jeffpitts58@gmail.com or talk to math teacher Tracy Lyons. The commitment is only one a day week for one hour after school.
Cummings returns
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English teacher Mark Cummings returned to SLUH at the beginning of the 2017/18 school year after a year of medical leave. For more on Cummings, look for the aricle in our next issue.
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Honey bees, baklava, and Grizzlies: students’ Labor Day adventures Senior: Nick Parisi
“This weekend my family and I went down to our farm where we have beehives. Our place is out by Hermann, Missouri,” said senior Nick Parisi. “We go out there a lot because we deer hunt out there too so we had to do some preparations for that. What we ended up doing was harvest the honey because it was time. It was our first time so we had to look a lot of it up. It was a really fun process. You take the comb out with all the wax and the honey with it. Using a knife you cut
down the front of it and you put it into a barrel that spins it around. The centripetal force lets all the honey fly out and it completely clears the whole thing out. Then you filter that in case wax came with it through a net. Then you can take the wax for candles and honey for food. The honey is delicious. Its super sweet because of our clover fields. Honey has specific tastes depending on what type of plants are nearby. We have a bunch of jars at home. It’s great.”
Sophomore: Freshman: Junior: Thomas Molen Mitchell Booher Luke Wagner
“The Greek festival was a little crowded because I went on Labor Day and it seemed like everyone else had the same idea. I got to see my friend Kara dance which was pretty interesting,” said junior Thom Molen. I got there at like 12:15 because my friend said that she was scheduled for 12:30 but it turns out it was at 12:00. I was kind of mad that I had to miss her dance solo. Afterwards, I just sat there with some pals. Kara, after she was done dancing, cut in line and got me a shish kabob. I devoured that shish kabob in like 30 sec-
“I went to Gateway Grizzlies game and threw toilet paper on the field. It’s a tradition that they do on the last game. It was super fun,” said sophomore Mitchell Booher.
onds. It was amazing. I had a baklava sundae which was pretty good. I really wanted a gyro but the line was the longest because everyone loves gyros. It’s okay. The gyro train is past me.”
Freshman: Carter Spence
“There’s a priest that “Last weekend I went we know and he has a to the Mizzou game and I cabin. His names Father watched history unfold John Osala and he worked upon my own eyes,” said in Springfield. He was my freshman Carter Spence. dad’s friend when he was “Drew Lock tied the SEC younger,” said freshman record for four touchLuke Wagner. “My dad downs in a single game and his brother actually and set the Mizzou single built the cabin. Now he’s game record. I went with in this place where older my mom, my dad, and people live. We go there my little sister. We have every single labor day. had season tickets for It’s a lot of fun. It’s a nice like ten years now. Labor time having a break from Day was just a day for us school because school is to recover from our travdraining and cumberels. some.” —Compiled by Nathan P. Wild II
PERSPECTIVE: McGroarty reflects on impact of 9/11 terrorist attack
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early 16 years ago, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City. What had once been the two giants of the New York skyline collapsed, killing nearly 3,000 people. Nearly everyone has a story of where they were when they heard about the attacks— at a convenience store, at work, at school—except for those of us who were too young to remember anything. I was two
years old when it happened. I have no idea where I was or what I was doing—I was a toddler after all. But the moment I saw the massive fountains and the black cubes that had been cut into the ground, I felt that sorrow, that fear, that emptiness. Even if I wasn’t old enough to remember, I still felt the loss that surrounded the 9/11 memorial. Beneath the memorial itself is the 9/11 museum, oc-
cupying what remained of the World Trade Center’s basement. My father and I paid the entrance fee, went through security, and made our way down the steel steps, leaving the noisy bells and whistles of the security machines for the somber silence of the exhibit. We passed twisted metal that had once held the World Trade Center up, a collage of missing persons posters—some very official and typeset, others scribbled hastily on loosleaf with a photo stapled to it—all of them heartbreaking. We heard voicemails from the passengers of the planes, all trying to get one last message to their loved ones. We walked down more stairs, into the heart of Ground Zero. My father and I walked alongside Survivors Staircase, a collection of stone stairs that led a few lucky hundred to survival. We passed what had once been the foundation for the north tower and stared at ten massive words, attached to the concrete wall and forged from the steel of the twin towers. Surrounded by nearly 600 pieces of blue canvas, each painted a different color of what the artist thought the sky was that day, were the words “No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” I might not have the memory of where I was that day, but I won’t forget what happened, no one will. The moment those planes hit the towers is etched into history the same way fountains are etched into the ground, the Michael J. Armstrong was a friend of McGroarty’s father who same way the victims’ names died in the 9/11 terrorist attack are etched in a circle around photo courtesy of Charlie McGroarty the memorial. We can never forget what happened on Sep-
tember 11, 2001. My father and I spent the next two hours walking in Ground Zero. We saw an 11-minute timelapse film of the construction of the museum. We walked through a three part exhibit of the event, split into a before, during, and after section. We saw recordings of news reports throughout the world and pieces of clothing, badges or even toys that survived the wreckage. We saw magazine covers, pieces of art and drawings, painted after the event, all showing an empty hole in New York City. I felt that emptiness as I walked through the museum. I realize now that in all of New York City, that was the one place where it was truly quiet. No one said a word, everyone just walked around, wiping their eyes with tissues or staring silently at a photograph. Even though the building had the word “museum” in its title, everyone treated it like a memorial. In all of New York, the 9/11 museum was the one place where people came: to mourn, to pay their respects, and to remember the terrible things that happened that day. Before our measly two hours were up, we walked into a square room, covered wall to wall with photos of the deceased. My dad pointed to one picture, a friend of his who worked in the World Trade Center. As he stared at the photo, I walked over to one of the tables which had an LED screen with a list of the victims and a phone next to it. I selected one of the names, picked up the phone and listened to the story of my dad’s friend, and listened as his sister remem-
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bered his laugh and smile. She will never forget. My dad will never forget. If you are ever in New York City for any reason, whether it be a college visit, seeing some relatives or maybe just to be a tourist, I urge you to go to the 9/11 memorial. Just stepping onto the black pavement and seeing the fountains is an experience that I can’t adequately put into words. It made me remember those who had fallen, but also see and experience how our country came together in light of such an awful tragedy. The memorial isn’t just a way to remember what hap-
pened on September 11, it’s a way to show how we as a nation came together, and not only remember those who were taken from us, but grew despite the pain and sorrow. It’s the perfect way to honor those who died, and also show those of us who were too young to remember how one single act of violence gave birth to something far more powerful and far more influential. It gave birth to one nation, one united country, working together to change the world. —Charlie McGroarty, ’18
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Jesuit brothers bond together to help Houston (continued from page 1)
Houston. Laughlin, Gibbons, Campus Ministry, and STUCO have worked together to create a number of events to raise money for the $18,000 goal. “We’re going to be holding a series of events to help raise awareness, but also, in a challenging and fun way, come together as a community, not just as a SLUH community, but as a Jesuit community in the area,” said Gibbons. First, students will be offered a dress down day on Friday at school with a suggested donation of five dollars. Students are highly encouraged to bring in more than the suggested five dollars to benefit the fundraiser and a competition between classes. Whichever class level brings in the most money in homeroom will get to participate in halftime events hosted by De Smet in that night’s football game between SLUH and De Smet. Members of SLUH’s pastoral teams as well as some students and teachers at De Smet will hold a prayer service in De Smet’s chapel at 5 p.m. to pray for those affected by the hurricane. After the prayer service, the SLUH Tailgate Club will host a tailgate before the varsity football game at 7 p.m. All the proceeds of the tailgate will go to the collection for the schools in Houston. At the gates to the game, STUCO and pastoral team members will be holding buckets for donations to
September 8, 2017
SLUH to host ‘Selective Sunday’ night for college search BY Johno REPORTER
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the collection. At halftime, a number of events hosted by De Smet to raise awareness will take place, and the grade level that wins that homeroom collection competition will have the opportunity to take the field. The game is also up for KSDK’s live broadcast of the week for high school sports. As of Thursday, SLUH vs. De Smet was up in the polls with about two-thirds of the vote in the closing hours of voting. A live broadcast from KSDK would also help significantly in spreading
awareness of the issues in Houston. Administrators believe that other Jesuit schools across the country will be doing similar work to raise money for Strake and Cristo Rey. “Our hope is, within very short order, we have 61 Jesuit schools throughout the country, so for 59 of them our hope is that they would be doing very similar things,” said Gibbons. There will still be more ways that SLUH will help Jesuit schools in Houston
in the future, according to Laughlin, but for now on such short notice, the school has done its best to help. “Not only do we take what we do for our own community very seriously—the formation of our young men and the power that you are going to bring to the world going forward—we’re also part of a much bigger network,” said Gibbons. “If we, as an institution, can’t take a leadership role in something like this, who will?”
he college counseling department will be hosting its first ever “Selective Sunday” on Sunday, Sept. 17. This event seeks to educate SLUH students and parents about the factors considered in the world of highly selective college admissions, and gives them a chance to hear this information directly from “those who are in the conference rooms for hours, days and weeks on end making those difficult decisions,” according to college counselor Kate Kindbom. Kindbom is the cornerstone creator and organizer of the event, which she says is a play on the NCAA’s “Selection Sunday” that she couldn’t pass up. The event capitalizes on a concentration of college representatives who will be gathered in the St. Louis area for college fairs. Two representatives will speak at the event: Keldrick Stephens of Vanderbilt University and LeShane Saddler of Notre Dame. Stephens has worked in the admissions offices at both Morehouse College in Atlanta and at Vanderbilt University, where he works with prospective Vanderbilt students from the states of Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri. As such, he will be the person who presents SLUH applicants to the Vanderbilt admissions committee. Saddler works with prospective Notre Dame students
from the states of Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Tennessee, and he helps prospective students from Africa navigate the international process. Both schools admit less than 50 percent of their applicant pool, a figure fewer than 60 colleges match. And, according to collegedata.com, Notre Dame admitted 21 percent of 17,901 applicants during the regular decision cycle and Vanderbilt admitted only 12 percent of 31,464 applicants during their regular decision cycle, putting both schools in the category of “most competitive.” The admissions process into these types of schools goes further than grades and test scores. Kindbom stresses that things like course selection, the quality of your high school, recommendations, essays, answers to supplemental short answer questions, and intangibles like entrepreneurial, athletic, artistic or dramatic talent all come into play as these decisions are being made. The goal of this event is to “demystify the process while at the same time helping people understand all the factors involved,” said Kindbom. The event is open to any sophomore, junior, or senior and their parents intersted in the world of highly selective admissions from industry insiders. The event will take place in the theatre on Sunday, Sept. 17 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
West County bus offers ride service Hill becomes director of Campus Ministry BY Nick Prainito REPORTER
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f walking, biking, driving, or carpooling does not work, then St. Louis U. High students now have another way to get to and from school: the new shuttle bus system, which makes three stops each morning and afternoon to cater to students in the Town and Country, Weldon Spring, and Dardenne Prairie areas of metro St. Louis. The shuttle was founded in response to a survey emailed to all families last March by then-principal Craig Hannick. As a result of the survey, SLUH decided to implement the bus service, sending out a letter in June to school families with details about it. In the letter, Hannick noted that admissions assistant Ann Murphy would take the lead for the beginning of the school year. The service is being provided by St. Louis Transportation. SLUH decided to hire them because they have experience with the school’s in athletic transportation, in addition to their affordability.
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Currently, six students take the bus, but Murphy hopes that there will be more in the future. “We’ll promote it through our admissions website,” said Murphy, also adding that it would be featured at SLUH night in October. “I think the sky’s sort of the limit,” said Murphy about expanding the service. She also mentioned the possibility of adding another bus if more students from St. Charles sign up.
“Not a lot of people live in my area, so I can’t find people to carpool with easily,” said freshman Maurice Safar. Safar wishes that the bus could pick up students from school earlier than 5:45 p.m., but “besides that it’s pretty great,” said Safar. As outlined in Hannick’s letter, the bus service costs $825 a year, but there are also single semester options.
he Rev. Joseph Hill, S.J. is the new director of Campus Ministry, a position formerly held by math teacher Nick Ehlman. The departure of Dan Finucane at the end of last year caused some shifting around in Campus Ministry. Ehlman moved into Finucane’s role as director of immersion trips, and Hill stepped in as the director of Campus Ministry. As the director of Campus Ministry, Hill will be helping out with retreats, prayer services, and immersion trips, and will be overseeing Campus Ministry and the work that they do. Also, Hill is planning to help out with the Junior Pastoral Team, as a way for him to interact with students more often. “I’m excited to help the students grow in their relationship with Christ and come to a deeper understanding of what their call is
in the world,” said Hill. Last year, Hill worked for the administration at SLUH, overlooking student activities and teacher evaluations. This is not Hill’s first time working in Campus Ministry, however. Hill also worked in Campus Ministry in Louisana.
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The main goal for Hill and the rest of Campus Ministry is to create a four-year spiritual formation program for the students. In this program, they want to see how the students grow in their
spiritual life, service, and moral life throughout their time at SLUH. “We’re hoping to integrate that with the Theology Department. As the Theology Department is looking at its curriculum and what are its overarching goals, so we’re hoping to be able to work together with them,” said Hill. For the 200th anniversary of SLUH, Campus Ministry is looking to organize 200 total hours of consecutive Eucharistic Adoration this school year. An event like this will require a lot of student participation and will even require overnight retreats in order to cover all the hours. Overall, Hill is looking forward to his new position in Campus Ministry. “It’s going to be a great year,” said Hill. “We’ve got our bicentennial year, we’ve got some big events organized like the Bicentennial Day of Service and the Common Good Day.”
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Kovarik and Clagget team-up for Equity and Inclusion program BY Pierce Hastings and Joe Lux REPORTERS
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nglish teacher Frank Kovarik and U.S. history teacher Erwin Claggett have taken new roles this year: Kovarik was named Director of Equity and Inclusion, and Clagget the Assistant Director of Equity and Inclusion. The two are working to make sure that SLUH is a welcoming home for students of all backgrounds. “It’s kind of a reimagining of the Director of Diversity,” Kovarik said of his new position. “And the idea is that equity is about fairness and giving all students at the school the things they need to be successful. And then inclusion is the idea of welcoming in all students with the same level of warmth and openness so that we have a diverse student body. It’s not just about having diversity, but also about creating an environment where a diverse student population can thrive.”
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“Equity and inclusion isn’t about addressing minority concerns,” Claggett said. “It’s about the whole student body, about how we can all see our differences, but at the same time see how much we’re alike, and how we can grow together.” One of the programs started by Kovarik and Claggett this year is the Bills to Men program, meant to reach out to freshmen of color to help support them
in the SLUH community. “It’s meant to extend an extra level of welcome to them to help them connect with faculty and upperclassmen and each other just so they feel an extra level of support in this school which is still primarily white in its student body,” Kovarik said. “There’ll be an event each quarter, and there’ll be a series of things. There’ll be an alum who’ll speak. We’ll have lunch together. And
there will be a variety of activities to orient the students to some of the programs the school has to offer, to get them connected with each other, to let them hear advice from upperclassmen, and to get them to start building bonds with each other.” While the Bills to Men program is focused mainly on welcoming students based on race, Kovarik and Claggett said that equity and inclusion are about all of the differences in the student body. “We want to get to where, of course we see color when we see people, but at the same time, we just see people,” Claggett said. “We all come from different backgrounds. We all have different beliefs and different ways of doing things and different thought processes. But I think at this school we are united by one thing, and that’s that we’re a school of Christ.” The two also said that although they are the ones heading the initiative, the
Over 100 parents attend first AMDG meeting
entire school is also involved with creating a community of equity and inclusion. “I’m very excited,” Kovarik said. “I view equity and inclusion not as just the domain of one office in the building or one group of
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people in the building, but it’s really the job of the entire school. And so I’m excited to work with my colleagues to think about ways to serve all of our students better and better.” —Reed Milnor contributed reporting.
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Parents at the Ignatian Spirituality meeting last Thursday.
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ver 100 St. Louis U. High parents gathered last Thursday night for AMDG, a new program that introduces parents to Ignatian Spirituality. The idea for AMDG came from last years Mother’s Club pastoral representative Mary Burke, mother of senior John Burke. “The goal was to get parents to learn as much Ignatian spirituality as possible and to learn what their sons are also learning at SLUH,” said Burke. As a part of the initiative, last February all incoming freshman parents received the book What is Ignatian Spirituality? by David L. Fleming, S.J. Each meeting this year will be based on one of chapters of the book and then followed by two reflec-
tions: one made by a professional in Ignatian Spirituality and the other by a parent. The Rev. Christopher Collins, S.J. of SLU came and gave a reflection during the first meeting. “He was very knowledgeable and accessible,” said campus minister Meg Beugg. ADMG will have three more meetings: in November, January, and March. The speakers will be the Rev. David Meconi, S.J., SLUH President David Laughlin, and departed theology teacher Danielle Harrison. “I think it is a great opportunity for spiritual enrichment while your son is here and it gives the parents a chance to connect with the kids on a faith level,” said Beugg. “I thought it was terrific to come together as parents praying,” said senior parent Carol Wilmes.
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Across 1. A speed boost 4. You’d go to the dentist if you had this 8. Book genre 9. Campfire snack 10. Raw seafood 11. What Jesus spoke in 12. A group of eight 14. A photo 18. 12 Across minus three
20. A sum of money given by the government 23. Surface and cross sectional 24. Loaded with potassium 25. To just get by 26. A metal of multiple elements
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1. Bunches of hair or fur 2. Skipped on water 3. To combine with oxygen 4. The top layer of the rainforest 5. Topless hat 6. Carpenter’s “backpack” 7. Same height on both sides 13. Lion’s head, goat’s body, serpent’s tail
15. A deep pink 16. The 14th amendment made all people ________ 17. Sturdy 19. Popular electric car 21. Something declared invalid like a divorce 22. Behind, derriere, backside
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Sports September 8, 2017
Soccer creates win streak leading into CBC Tournament with MCC rivals
Second most penalty yards in history punishes football Nathan Langhauser SPORTS EDITOR
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Senior Billy Hughes winds up for a kick against a Vianney player in Wednesday’s game.
Stephen Ocampo and Jack Callahan with a win over the Glendale CORE STAFF, REPORTER Falcons from Springfield, Mo. ada bing bada boom! The “We felt that against St. Louis U. High varsity Gibault we let up,” said sesoccer team continued its nior captain Cam Verzino. undefeated start to the sea- “So in order to have success son with three wins this past we needed to stay focused week, to improve to 7-0-1. throughout the whole 80 SLUH started the week with minutes and not let off the a close 1-0 win over Glen- gas.” dale Springfield, followed by Because of injury, senior a crushing 3-1 win over St. Jack Nikodem replaced seXavier (Ky.), and ending with nior captain Stephen Lavigne a blowout 4-0 tournament in the starting lineup, filling win over the returning cham- in at left back and moving sepions of the CBC tourna- nior Peter Kickham to midment, the Vianney Griffins. field. After the tie against “(Jack) stepped up,” said Gibault the previous week, head coach Charlie Martel. the Jr. Bills bounced back “He has been really really
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solid. He’s done everything we’ve asked him to do. Nobody gets by him.” In the first half, it was a defensive showcase on both sides as the score was tied 0-0 heading into halftime. “It was our best defensive half we’ve played all season,” said senior goalie Dan Frein. Halfway through the second half the Jr. Bills finally struck. Kickham found a hole in the Falcons’ defense and scored the only goal of the night after being set up by senior captain Pietro Nicastro. “They really motivated us to step up on offense,” said Kickham.
photo | Dominik Skroska
The battle continued, and with only three minutes left in the game, the Falcons broke away from the Jr. Bills’ defenders for an open shot that senior goalie Alec Meissner stuffed with a full extension save to secure the 1-0 victory over Glendale. “We just did what we needed to do and stop them from scoring,” said Verzino. The next day, the Jr. Bills hosted yet another out of town team, the St. Xavier Tigers from Louisville. Because of problems outside the classroom, the Tigers had five senior players who did not dress for the
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ith the stands packed for alumni appreciation night at the stadium and a rivalry matchup, Chaminade defeated SLUH last Friday night for the fifth straight time, behind an impressive running game, 35-14. The Friday night lights matchup was broadcast live as the Bommarito Prep Zone Game of the Week on KSDK and included sponsors Charter and Hot 104.1 radio station. The team also hosted an alumni tailgate before the game to recognize alumni support and their play for SLUH in the past. “We are trying to get as many people as we can involved with what we are doing,” said head coach Mike Jones. “The kids deserve it and these people want to support us.” The Jr. Bills hurt themselves with penalties right from the start, helping Chaminade advance to midfield on their first drive. One penalty gave away a first down on fourth and one. The Red Devils rushed their way down the field to get an early touchdown, with a lead of 7-0 in under four minutes. Chaminade’s run offense came out strong, running straight through the SLUH defense with a bruising running back. The Red Devils found the end zone again on a big run from the 24-yard line, quickly doubling their lead, 14-0. Senior A.J. Hardin scored on a 71-yard screen
pass, getting some key blocks in front including one from usually a defensive player, senior Kam Bowdry, and finding a hole, bursting through the Red Devil defense to race for the end zone. The explosive score brought the Jr. Bills back within a touchdown, 14-7, with 2:32 left in the first quarter. “I was happy for A.J., scoring his first touchdown, especially on a big play, making people miss,” said Scott. “He looked pretty good out there.” “We have to play our best guys as much we can, and Kam is a very talented both defensive and offensive lineman, so we thought playing on some offensive snaps would make us better,” said Jones. “We also have to realize that we can’t over utilize him, but we have to get him on the field as much as we can.” To start the second quarter, the SLUH defense finally found a way to stop the Chaminade offense, as Hardin intercepted a pass on fourth down. With a sparked offense and a big 28-yard run by senior Jared Scott, the Jr. Bills marched out to midfield and Chaminade used a timeout with 10:44 left in the half to try to slow SLUH down. The timeout proved ineffective as SLUH continued their drive, running some unconventional plays like the wildcat offense, but fizzled out just outside of field goal range, unable to convert on fourth down.
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Cruz-Brown rivarly inspires trash talk with week one matchup (continued from page 6)
that player last year. For example if a team owner drafted a player in the tenth round last year and he wants to keep him, he loses his ninth round pick. The best keeper pick of the year was by Assistant Pricnipal for Student Life Brock Kesterson, who choose to keep David Johnson in the ninth round in exchange for his eight round pick. He picked up Johnson in the eleventh round two years ago and has kept him ever since. Each team drafted 17 players. They need to start one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, two flex players (a running back or a wide receiver), one kicker, one defense, and seven players on the bench. “My philosophy as a first place and third place winner is you can’t have enough running backs,” said Cruz. “The sleeper picks I look for are number one wide receivers from bad teams.” Sleeper picks are players who either aren’t projected to have a good year, but end up doing really well, or are on bad teams and people overlook
them because of their team. Cruz and history teacher Sterling Brown have had a rivalry since Cruz joined the league two years ago. The two play against each other in week one every year and both are confident they will win, though Cruz is a lot more confident than Brown, after coming off a
team and he’s probably going to be the worst team in the league,” said Cruz. Each new year presents a randomness that seems to always target the people who talk the most trash and players on their team either get injured or have a bad year. Those who don’t know much about football
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third place finish. “I think Adam Cruz’s team is going to be pretty bad,” said Brown. “He’s going to take a loss week one.” “My team name was Sterling Brown’s Team, so every year people may think Mr. Brown’s team is good, but it’s a misconception because it’s my
still have a chance at winning their fantasy football league. Science teacher Kent Kershenski drafted many Buffalo Bills players last year since it is his favorite team. The Bills have the longest playoff drought in any major professional sport and haven’t won a Super Bowl ever.
“Mr. Kershenski’s team might actually be pretty good. He decided not to draft a bunch of Bills players this year,” said Brown. Brown’s favorite team is
the Giants, who are projected to have a good season this year, but Eli Manning will once again hold the offense back and they will fail to make the playoffs. Six teams make the play-
offs every year and the four teams who don’t are put in the consolation bracket. The winner of the consolation bracket is awarded next year’s first round pick.
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September 8, 2017
Prep News Volume 82, Issue 3
Cross country finishes third against tough compeitition Soccer shuts down in Illinois; anticipates Forest Park XC Festival Vianney, 4-0 Matthew Quinlan CORE STAFF
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n Saturday, Sept. 2, the St. Louis U. High varsity cross country team participated in its first meet of the year. The team placed third in the Granite City Invitational against tough competition. “We knew there were four very good teams in the meet that had returned a lot of their team from the previous year,” said head coach Joe Porter. “Edwardsville, Chatham Glenwood, O’Fallon, and us. We felt like those four teams were separate from the field.” The team’s third place finish was led by junior Patrick Hetlage, who finished ninth with a three-mile time of 15:21:26, that converted to a five-kilometer time of 15.55, a personal record. Hetlage was followed by senior captain Paul Burka, who finished 11th with a three-mile time of 15:23:94, and a personal re-
cord 5K time of 15:57. The coaches had been stressing controlling gaps between finishes for this meet, and have been for the season in general. “We were looking at the gaps. In our first Alumni Race there was a gap between Noah Scott and Adam Mittendorf, and they ended up finishing together,” said Porter. “We said to keep that under 25 seconds and they were next to each other, and then Chris Staley was within six seconds of that, which was another surprise as well.” Hetlage and Burka also managed to finish within two seconds of one another. This being the first race of the season, many of the runners were also able to take chances that they would normally not be able to take during the rest of the season. “Again it was our first race, and we tell them ‘Hey, if you want to take a risk, take
a risk. If we make a mistake, we learn from it’,” said Porter. “We’re at that point in the season where we can focus on learning from our mistakes and racing tougher and getting ready for the festival this week, and going to Chicago in two and a half weeks.” “It was the first race, and I feel like as a team we did really well overall,” said senior captain Matt Gunn. “That is what we were really shooting for.” The team is continuing to build on the work and dedication put in by many runners, especially underclassmen, over the summer. “It really is though a testament to the guys that have been running varsity, guys like Matt (Gunn), guys that have kinda been around the team and we’ve kind of worked on building a culture that had a lot of work to do in the summer, and that’s why we see guys like Mittendorf
and Staley having these bigger improvements, and it has a lot to do with how hard they were working,” said Porter. The team looks ahead to this Saturday, when it will host the XC Festival in Forest Park, one of the largest meets in the Midwest with 4,160 runners registered in the high school division and over 4,500 middle school and college runners. These runners come from around 200 teams, around 120 schools, and seven states. “It’s something that we take a lot of pride in, and it has an anticipated attendance of 10,000 people, which is definitely what Dave Laughlin calls ‘the largest event that SLUH holds,’ and when you look at it that way, it really is,” said Porter.
Soccer Nightbeat The Jr. Bills rolled to 2-0 in the CBC tournament after a shutout 3-0 victory over the CBC Cadets last night. Despite CBC being previously ranked No. 1 in the state prior to the tournament, the Jr. Bills dominated the game, putting up a solid defensive front while pushing a run-and-gun offense. The Jr. Bills came out with the early lead as senior William Rudder scored within the first eight minutes of the game. Later in the half, Rudder scored again, pushing SLUH to a 2-0 lead before halftime. In the second half, SLUH had a strong defensive showing as they allowed only a few shots on goal, and senior Alec Meissner stopped anything that came his way. Late in the game, senior Pietro Nicastro scored a goal to, stifle any hope of a CBC comeback. -compiled by Stephen Ocampo
Senior Peter Kickham has scored four goals in the past week, propelling the Jr. Bills to wins against Glendale from Springfield, St. Xavier from Louisville, and Vianney.
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Senior Peter Kickham last Friday.
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game. Instead, the Tigers relied on a number of younger players to fill their slots. “They were a lot smaller than we were,” said Verzino. “So we had to play physical and that’s what we did.” Immediately after the kickoff, the Jr. Bills showed their physicality, shooting over six shots on goal within the first 20 minutes. Then in the 21st minute, Nicastro shot a rocket past the goalie off of an assist from senior Will Rudder. As the game continued, the Tigers became the aggressors. With just six minutes left in the half, the Tigers tied the game, and two minutes later, had a chance to grab the lead with a good shot on goal, but Meissner dove across the net to make the save. “We started off pretty hot,” said Kickham, “but we get too comfortable.” Heading into halftime, Martel expressed his disapproval, telling the team to get its act together and for the captains to give a speech. “I didn’t say much, but I guess I made myself pretty clear that they had to play better,” said Martel. “What they did the last 15 minutes of the first half was completely unacceptable.” After halftime, the Jr. Bills looked like a completely different team as they controlled the ball for the majority of the half and scored twice to give them the 3-1 victory over the Tigers. The CBC tournament officially began on Tuesday and SLUH’s first test was the then-undefeated Vianney Griffins. Though the Griffins came in ranked above the Jr. Bills, SLUH took a lead three
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minutes in when Kickham launched a free kick to the left side of the net to give the Bills a 1-0 lead they would not relinquish. “I’ve put a lot of work into free kicks,” said Kickham. “It was just muscle memory from there and putting the ball in the net.” Later into the first half, Kickham scored yet another goal as he went left side again on the goalie. “Ever since Peter got moved to the midfield, he’s really produced a spark and got the offense going,” said senior Jack FitzPatrick. “And I think we really needed that.” “His offensive mindset has been really paying off for us,” said Verzino. “He was dangerous the whole game for us.” In the second half after back-to-back goals by the Bills to make the lead 4-0, many of the starters got a much-needed rest, allowing a variety of players to see the field as they helped coast to the victory. “Anytime a coach can clear their bench and put everybody in, that’s a good night,” said Martel. “And anytime you beat Vianney 4-0, that’s an even better night.” However, the Jr. Bills are still not satisfied as they set their eyes on becoming the CBC tournament champions. “It’s going to be a really good test to see where we stand in St. Louis and Missouri,” said Kickham. The Jr. Bills’ next game is tomorrow night at 5:00 p.m. versus De Smet at CBC. See Nightbeat for results of last night’s game against CBC.
photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott
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“I know coach Kornfeld ran (the wildcat) when he was here, and we wanted to bring back some of the stuff he was doing, because they were some good ideas,” said Jones. Hannah threw an interception with 2:59 left when senior Daniel McMurran couldn’t find the lofting pass and the Chaminade safety picked it off with ease. The Jr. Bills’ defense found its foothold in the second quarter, holding Chaminade’s offense in their own half on three consecutive drives, helping the offense gain good field position. “We settled down, we came out too excited for the game,” said Jones. “We have to play with passion, but a controlled passion.” A huge run by Scott brought the Jr. Bills within striking distance late in the
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“For me, it was my running back coach telling me to stay focused, stay confident and believe in the process that led to success,” said Scott. Another SLUH penalty pushed the offense back before a pass interference in the end zone by Chaminade brought SLUH to the 5-yard line. Avoiding the rush, Hannah found his brother, sophomore Brendan Hannah, wide open, for a score to tie the game 14-14 with 17 seconds left in the half. On their opening drive of the second half, Chaminade brought the ball down inside the SLUH 10 on a big pass play to their tight end. The Red Devils then went back to their reliable run offense, punching in a touchdown with 8:08 left in the quarter to regain the lead, 21-14. “We started the second
half slow like we started the first and we weren’t able to get our momentum back,” said Hannah. Penalties hurt the Jr. Bills offense once again, negating a big gain on a pass to Hardin. The offense stalled out on their first three drives, giving Chaminade good field position. “(Chaminade) adjusted and we didn’t adjust to their adjustments, so they made us pay for it,” said Hardin. “We cannot allow ourselves to be penalized the way that we were,” said Jones. “If the officials find penalties early, they are going to continue to hit you with them. As coaches we have to make sure our guys are prepared.” On the final drive of the third quarter, Chaminade brought the ball down inside the SLUH 5-yard line and on fourth down, rushed for a cru-
cial first down. On the subsequent play, the Red Devils ran again and scored to extend their lead to 28-14. A personal foul penalty brought back a big return off a punt by Hardin halfway through the fourth quarter. The Jr. Bills were able to gain back the lost yardage, but yet another penalty pushed them back more. Still, SLUH found itself creeping into Chaminade territory and senior Daniel Terry brought the ball inside the Red Devil 10-yard line with a 32-yard catch and run. But on the following play, Hannah was intercepted on a pass over the middle, which the Red Devils returned to midfield. Chaminade marched down the field for a score to make it 35-14, putting away the Jr. Bills for good. An unsportsmanlike penalty out of frustration pushed back a
Sophomore Kellen Porter runs with the photo | Dominik Skroska ball against Chaminade.
good return on the kickoff by sophomore Kellen Porter. “Chaminade was a big game for a lot of guys and we got too emotional,” said Jones. Scott tallied 112 yards on 19 carries for the evening. Hannah passed for 247 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. Hardin, the
catalyst of the SLUH offense against Chaminade, finished the night with 133 receiving yards, one touchdown, and one interception on the defensive side of the ball. “A.J. made plays when they needed to be made. He did a great job,” said Hannah.
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September 8, 2017
Volume 82, Issue 3
Around the Hallways Activities Fair Clubs advertised to students on Thursday in the annual Activities Fair, attempting to bring in underclassmen and new upperclassmen. Each club had its own table and sign-up sheet where interested students could write their email to be put on the list. Active members of each club were also present to promote the clubs. Honduras starts sales The students going to the Children’s Nutrition Center in Yoro, Honduras for their Senior Project in January have
begun officially raising money with the famous Ted Drewes ice cream. The frosty treat saw its first sale this Wednesday, with the students selling the leftovers during the Activities Fair on Thursday. They plan to alternate weeks selling Pretzel Boy’s and Ted Drewes on Wednesdays throughout the year. Seniors activity period theology meeting Seniors attended a seminar given by Assistant Principal for Admissions Jim Linhares during activity period, giving them a free period dur-
Friday, September 8 ing their regularly scheduled theology class period. Linhares discussed vocation and Ignatian discernment, connecting to topics currently being covered in seniors’ Christian Life Choices class. President’s Ambassadors Code “D” President’s Ambassadors will have their first meeting this week to discuss the schedule for the year. New members will receive their name badges, and all Ambassadors will get a 200th Anniversary lapel pin.
New desks in M216 and M218 Both M216 and M218 recently got new desks to replace the old, multi-colored beauties with oblong desks that have a glossy wood finish, connected to the seat by metal supports. The seatbacks are fixed, so students will no longer have to contort their spine in order to comfortably lean back in their chair. —Compiled by Pierce Hastings and Nathan P. Wild II
Regular Schedule
AP Sophomore Class Mass Code D—President’s Ambassadors Westminster College Snack—Mozzarella Stick Lunch Special—Philly Cheesesteak Vegetarian—Mashed Potatoes 4:00 PM Swimming vs. De Smet 7:00 PM V Football @ De Smet No Classes
Saturday, September 9
C/JV/V Cross Country Invitational @ Forest Park 5:00PM V Soccer @ CBCHS
Sunday, September 10
No Classes
9:30 AM Family Mass
Monday, September 11
9:45 AM Iron Chef 2 AP Snack—Cinnamon Rolls Lunch Special—Chick-fil-A Vegetarian—Garden Burger University of Missouri Kansas City Truman State University 4:30 PM C Football @ De Smet JV Football vs. De Smet explicit movies when he was and told me that he was think- teams because I have a vast
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Senior Michalski’s RM Network expands to add sports segment
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fter a successful year of posting movie reviews to Twitter and YouTube, senior Richard Michalski decided to expand into a YouTube channel, the RM Network, which includes a new sports segment. Michalski originally started writing movie reviews and posting them on to Twitter, but he decided, in February, to expand to a YouTube channel to more easily carry out his vision of creating a discussion platform for movies centered around his reviews. “I really like that it’s a platform for people to talk about what they like. I was always hoping for it to become into a larger discussion based on my review, which can happen in the comment section,” said Michalski. The channel has grown and Michalski has done over 40 reviews for TV shows and movies. “We try to hit all of the big movies that come out. Yesterday I saw “IT” and we will be making a review for it. I really want to see what people think of new movies and TV shows,” said Michalski. Michalski believes that his love of movies stems from the possible censorship from more
younger. “When I was a kid, I was the firstborn, so my parents took a lot of extra caution to make sure I wasn’t seeing a lot of bad things. By the time the rest of my siblings came along, I was kind of on my own in terms of movies, so the floodgates just opened up,” said Michalski. This past summer, Michalski had the idea to continue conversation into another section of entertainment; sports. He wanted there to be somewhere for sports-loving people to debate, since his network already had an area for movies and TV shows. “Once I had started the channel, the plan was to make it something bigger and I was just waiting for a little bit of growth before I really started expanding,” said Michalski. “Although I don’t know a lick about the sports, other people do and like to talk about it, so that is where I came up with the idea for the sports talk show, RSPN.” Knowing that he would need more help to run another part of the network, Michalski decided to reach out to senior Matt Leritz to help lead the sports segment. “Rich called me about it
ing about adding something different to the RM Network. He asked me if I would be willing to help lead RSPN,” said Leritz. Leritz, while trying to find somebody to be his co-host, considered what he wanted in a co-host: enthusiasm and a love for sports. He decided on senior Sam Lockwood to help run the segment. “I joined because I’m a big sports guy and I really like talking about it with the boys. It seemed like a good idea at the time and after two episodes I can say that it was, in fact, a good idea,” said Lockwood. The 30-minute segments try to hit on major topics in all sports, while mainly sticking to basketball, football, and baseball due to popularity and knowledge. “We talk about what is currently happening in the world of sports, whether it be trades, new contracts, scandals, or anything like that. The type of sport doesn’t really matter. We just like to discuss the big news,” said Leritz. Lockwood and Leritz each have their favorite teams and sports to talk about. “Although we try not to be biased and only talk about one team, I like to talk about Philly
knowledge of Philly sports. It comes from where I’m from,” said Lockwood. According to Leritz, the show is usually just good discussion, but there are occasionally times that get very passionate and heated. “One time, Sam and I got into a very heated debate about the Kyrie Irving trade to the Celtics and whether that would benefit the Celtics or not,” said Leritz. In the future, they are looking to expand and have more guests on the show to get more viewpoints and different insights. “As we shoot more episodes, we hope to get more guests on the show because the more guests we have, the more points of view we have, and the more interesting it becomes. So far, we have had Ben Cox on in the second episode and we are trying to get Andrew Schwartz to come on for a segment in the coming weeks,” said Leritz. Aside from movie reviews and the sports segment, the RM Network has designed a shirt and has partnered with Sleek Supply Co. The network helps advertise on their Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
UNDERCLASSMEN BRIEFS
Saturday 9/2
B Soccer vs De Smet
B Soccer vs Helias, Jefferson City
SLUH 2
SLUH 6
De Smet 1
Helias, Jefferson City
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Monday 9/4
Wednesday 9/6 C Soccer vs Chaminade
B Soccer vs Jefferson City
SLUH 2
SLUH 1
Chaminade 0 Thursday 9/7
Chaminade 1 Tuesday 9/5
C Soccer vs Edwardsville
JV Soccer vs Rockwood Summit
SLUH 0
SLUH 2
Edwardsville 0
B Soccer vs Vianney
Rockwood Summit
5
C Football vs Chaminade
SLUH 4
SLUH 20
Vianney 2
Chaminade 45
JV Soccer vs CBC
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SLUH 2 CBC 2
Tuesday, September 12
Regular Schedule
AP Illinois College University of San Diego Loyola University of Maryland Snack—Pepperoni Bosco Stick Lunch Special—Taco Bar Vegetarian—Grilled Veggie 4:15 PM C Soccer @ Ladue 5th Grade Center 4:30 PM JV Soccer @ Hillsboro 5:00 PM V Soccer @ Webster Groves
Wednesday, September 13 Regular Schedule AP University of Miami Wake Forest University Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—Spicy Chicken Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger 4:30 PM JV Soccer @ Bayless 7:00 PM Immersion Trip Meeting
Thursday, September 14
Regular Schedule
AP St. Louis College of Pharmacy University of Iowa Snack—Chicken Bites Lunch Special—Bellacino’s Pizza Vegetarian—Pasta Miami University, Oxford Georgetown University Missouri University of Science and Technology 4:00 PM B Soccer @ Vianney 4:15 PM Swimming vs. Parkway West C Soccer vs. Hazelwood West 6:00 PM V Soccer @ Vianney
Friday, September 15
Regular Schedule
AP Junior Class Mass New York University Columbia University Berry College University of Mary Snack—Chicken Rings Lunch Special—Pasta Bar Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese 4:30PM JV Soccer @ Hillsboro 7:00PM V Football @ Jefferson City calendar | Liam John
SLUH Tweet of the Week: Varsity Soccer @sluhvsoccer “We. Are. Student. Athletes. #grind #getyobreadright”