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Cooking up competition: SLUH Iron Chef 2
Vaping popularity rises among students Vape on campus to be handled same as alcohol and illegal substances BY Riley McEnery and Tommy Rogan NEWS EDITOR, REPORTER
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The participants of the Iron Chef competition on Monday. BY Steven Zak and Jacob Sprock STAFF, REPORTER
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ood and ice sculptures helped kick off the second annual Iron Chef event in the Field House on Monday, which raised over $1400 in donations for St. Patrick’s Center. Five teams participated, one for each grade level and a faculty team. Each of the student teams was led by a SLUH
alumni chef and the faculty team was led by Food Service Consultants chefs. The event attempted to incorporate some of the aspects of last year’s event to help entertain the students while they were watching the participants cook: food was sold; English teacher Adam Cruz served as the MC; and bread was thrown out by the people helping out with the event, a tradition that started
at last year’s event. The food was judged by principal Ian Gibbons, S.J., history teacher Erwin Claggett, senior Buck Chevalier, and junior Mikes Tritler. After tasting two dishes from each team, the judges declared the junior team the winner, followed by the faculty, sophomore, senior, and freshman teams. In accordance with this year’s theme of “The Com-
mon Good,” the administration agreed to an all-school assembly schedule to accommodate the Iron Chef Competition. This was done for two reasons: during last year’s competition there was not enough time for the judges to declare a winner, and because both the administration and Sustainability Club wanted everyone to share in the experience of cooking using only
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Alums in Houston take action, help Harvey victims BY Jack Schweizer EDITOR IN CHIEF
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hile America watched helplessly as Hurricane Harvey tore through Houston two weeks ago— unloading over 50 inches of rain, destroying thousands of homes, and killing at least 70 people—two alumni living in the area witnessed the storm and took action to help the victims. The two alumni—Bob Kalin, ’78, and Jerry Utterback, ’76—barely escaped damage to their own homes and saw the destruction occur first hand. According to Kalin, who has lived in Houston for over 30 years, hurricanes are not unusual for the city, which sits on the Gulf of Mexico. In 2001, the city saw Tropical Storm Allison; in 2008, it was
slammed with Hurricane Ike. But Harvey tops them all, said Kalin. “It was more than I thought it was going to be. This has definitely been the worst I’ve seen,” said Kalin. Leading up to the storm, Kalin took few precautions as he was not expecting any major problems. He secured his patio furniture in anticipation of the high winds and bought extra food from the grocery store. He recalled seeing empty shelves as people frantically bought bread and water—two staples during a storm. “You don’t know if you’re going to have electricity to cook and if you’re going to have refrigeration,” said Kalin. “I made sure I had food in my freezer and that was about it.” During the storm, Kalin watched as the water crept up
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Mission complete! SLUH meets $18K goal for hurricane victims BY Riley McEnery NEWS EDITOR
t. Louis U. High was able to reach its goal of raising $18,000 to donate to Jesuit schools in Houston affected by Hurricane Harvey through events hosted by STUCO and Campus Ministry on Friday, Sept. 8. Last week, SLUH president Dave Laughlin set a goal of raising $18,000 to give to the family of a student at either Strake Jesuit or Cristo Rey Jesuit who was displaced
by the hurricane to pay for that students tuition at either school. On Friday, students were given the opportunity to dress down for a suggested donation of five dollars. Through that collection alone, the SLUH community collected about $12,000. The freshman class led the way, winning the school-wide competition for bringing in the most money. “Freshmen obviously responded huge to this, and
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Spirit Week Spirit Week is next week and with a bit of the old and a bit of the new it promises to be SLUHpreme. Page 2 News
ith a sudden boom in popularity amongst teenagers, vaping and JUULing have reached the hallways of St. Louis U. High in the hands, pockets, wallets, and backpacks of many students. Vaping, which originated in 2003 but spiked in popularity in 2016 amongst high schoolers, is the inhaling of a vapor from an electric cigarette or vaporizer. A vaporizer is a device that uses an electric, rechargable battery to vaporize what’s called “ejuice,” a liquid mixture of propylene glycol, glycerin, water, nicotine, and some kind of flavoring. Vaporizers can come in different brands, shapes, and sizes. The most popular kind for high schoolers is a JUUL. The JUUL was designed as an alternative to smoking cigarettes, and uses “pods” of liquid ready to be vaporized at any time. Each pod contains an amount of nicotine equivalent to the amount found in one pack of cigarettes. Since the JUUL is battery powered and electronic, it never com-
pletely turns on or off, so it can be used quickly at almost any time. In Missouri, it is illegal for people under the age of 18 to purchase or use any kind of vaporizer, including the JUUL. Vaping has become an increasingly popular trend, not only in St. Louis, but also across the whole nation, including in New York, where SLUH principal Fr. Ian Gibbons previously worked as assisstant principal at Regis Jesuit high school. “We certainly dealt with this in New York, and it’s certainly an issue here, so I’m not surprised that it’s become a problem,” said Gibbons. “We acted very quickly at Regis to set a policy that’s the same really as here that smoking cigarettes and vaping are really the same procedural activity,” said Gibbons. This school year, there has been a significant increase in the usage of vaporizers and JUULs on campus, which violates SLUH’s restrictions of such activities on the campus and can result in serious disciplinary action by the school’s
New Clubs Six new clubs are highlighted after Activities Fair shows off all clubs. Page 2
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Pilgrimmage Students and faculty marched in solidarity from SLU’s campus to St. Alphonsus “Rock” Ligouri Catholic Church to raise awareness to the issue of racism . Page 5
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Ties, Baud Each and every one of physics teacher Paul Baudendistel’s 50 plus ties has a story. Page 3
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Cross country Varsity finishes fifth at Festival of Miles against tough competition from ten different states. Page 6
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Football Thriller against De Smet results in win for Jr. Bills as the two Jesuit schools come together to raise money for hurricane victims. Page 6
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Tailgate and football game raise money: $9,000 gifts to Strake, Cristo Rey (continued from page 1)
they get a dress down day tomorrow as well,” said Gibbons. Then, $3,443 was collected at the SLUH and De Smet football game that night, where members of STUCO and SLUH pastoral teams collected money as fans entered the football stadium. The two Jesuit schools worked together to raise the money. “It’s so nice when we can work together as Jesuit apostolates and jesuit schools for a common goal in supporting other Jesuit schools,” said campus minister Meg Beugg. Although the football game helped raise money, there weren’t as many students present as expected. “Numbers were low until maybe the second quarter, and then more guys came in,” said Gibbons. “It was not great attendance, which was a little disappointing.” Also, at 5:00 p.m. in De Smet’s chapel, a prayer service was held to pray for those affected by the hurricane in Houston. ASC English teacher Riley Dunn played piano and ASC theology teacher Dominic LaMantia sang for music at the prayer service. Senior pastoral team member Sean
tuition of two students who were displaced by the hurricane last week. A letter signed by Jack McGrail, student body president, Gibbons, and Laughlin will be sent with each gift on behalf of the student body. “I’m very grateful to our entire community,” said STUCO moderator Kate Toussaint. “It was a joint effort of Campus Ministry and STUCO and proved how strong we are when we photo | Joe Hillmeyer work together for the comSLUH and DeSmet freshmen in Tug-of-War during halftime of the football game last Friday. mon good. We can all be proud of being part of the Anderson read petitions at Week, so STUCO and pasThe Mother’s Club had each school in Houston, SLUH community.” the service as well. toral team members spoke its first official meeting of Strake and Cristo Rey, to Money was also do- to the press about the cause. the year to set goals into help pay for a part of the nated at a tailgate put on by “It was a real show of place, and Gibbons spoke at SLUH’s Tailgate Club out- brotherhood between the the meeting to get more doside of the football game, schools. I saw people from nations from the mothers. contributing to the $3,443 De Smet and SLUH working Also, donations at the collected that night. together to help the victims Family Mass this Sunday Raffles were also held of Hurricane Harvey,” said went to the cause. Friday during the school junior class co-vice presiWith all of these factors day at SLUH to raise mon- dent Alfie Arun. “I honestly put together, it was made ey that contributed to the felt humbled by the amount known Thursday morn$3,443. of money people gave to the ing that SLUH officially SLUH STUCO and pas- cause. Many people didn’t reached its goal of $18,000. toral team members took hesitate to drop money in “We were thinking it leadership roles in assisting my collection jar. I hope our was going to be three to four with the events on Friday. schools can work together weeks where we’d hit big at They ran the raffles, col- like this more and more.” first and then slowly build lected money at the door to The rest of the money up, but we did it in less of the game, helped with the that helped SLUH reach the a week and that’s amazing,” prayer service, and assisted $18,000 goal came from do- said Gibbons. “I’m really in the halftime events at the nations from parents and proud of SLUH–our comphoto | Sulli Wallisch football game. alumni, including a $1,000 mitment, the way that we Junior Alfrick Arun, (right) collecting money for Harvey The game itself was donation from one alum really jumped into this.” victims. also the KSDK Game of the alone. SLUH sent $9,000 to
Laser Tag and teacher trivia highlight Spirit Week activities
From hammocks to Christmas to Gaelic Football, students start new clubs
BY Sam Ortmann CORESTAFF
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pirit Week—a week full of fun, games, and raising school spirit—kicks off next week. The week includes a diverse array of activities to help encourage students to participate. “We have events scheduled all throughout the day instead of only activity periods and we’re also lowering the price for a lot of events so that everyone can participate,” said student body vice president Jack Callahan. Last year Student Council (STUCO) decided to give all the proceeds from Spirit Week to the St. Louis U. High Food Drive that was taking place near the same time. However, this will not be happening again this year because the Food Drive is not until later in the year. This year Spirit Week will continue traditions like songs during passing periods and daily dress down themes. However, STUCO is instituting a new week-long event, a Find the Billiken contest where students try to find a Billiken that has been hidden somewhere around the school. “I’m really excited for Spirit Week 2017 because I feel like our Student Council worked hard to create events that have never been done before during Spirit Week,” said student body president Jack McGrail. Due to a large number of Jesuit colleges visiting in the Si Comons during activity pe-
riod on Monday, there won’t be many exciting activities happening that day. However, a ping pong tournament will be held in the rec room and bashball games will be going on in the Danis Field House during activity period. The dress down theme is SLUHSA, or SLUH U.S.A. On Tuesday, dress as your favorite teacher day, the activities start to heat up. wiffle ball games will be held outside by the Wiffle Ball Club while teacher trivia will be held in the Commons. The trivia, called “Are You Smarter than a SLUH Teacher?” entails SLUH’s own trivia master,
cafeteria. In the Field House, 3v3 basketball will take place between different clubs, so if you want your club to participate, contact STUCO. Friday will host the largest number of activities, with events before, during, and after school. In the morning before school another round of trivia will be held in the Commons, and the students who can answer the questions the fastest get a king-sized candy bar. During activity period, an event called “King’s Day” will take place. STUCO will recognize all the contest champions throughout the
math teacher Craig Hannick, asking a panel of students and a panel of teachers different questions to see who can answer the most correctly. The team of teachers will be made up of volunteers selected by STUCO who will in turn select a group of all star students to represent the student body. On Wednesday, laser tag, happening during the week for the first time this year, will be held in the rec room during activity period and the dress down is mixer themed. STUCO asks to keep the clothing school appropriate. On Thursday, jersey themed dress down day, STUCO will host FIFA tournaments in the Commons and knee hockey in the old
week and crown them as the kings of SLUH. After school that day SLUH Fest will happen outside. Pizza and soda will be sold as a package deal with the tickets to the football game against CBC that night, and games will happen outside on the field by the Field House. Even though many of the events that will take place next week are new to Spirit Week, the mood will still be the same. “I’m looking forward to Spirit Week,” said freshman Anthony Adem. “It’ll be one of the first memorable moments I share with my new classmates and probably one of the most fun weeks of the entire school year.”
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lthough St. Louis U. High has over 90 different clubs, students continue to form new clubs that leave their own mark on the school. There are new additions planned for this year, ranging from clubs based on music to hammocks to Gaelic football. The diversity of the clubs shows students so many exciting areas of study, and fosters dialogue between students and faculty about topics they enjoy. Junior Gabe Lepak is the founder of the Music Club, which meets to listen to music of all genres and discuss bigger picture notions with the whole school community. “I was struck with the inspiration to create the club one night listening to the album Gameshow by Two Door Cinema Club,” said Lepak He brought up the idea of the club with several teachers, and now the club meets frequently during Activity Period. Often at these meetings the members “just chill and play music,” according to the founder. He envisioned this club as not being chained to a single music genre, which could cause less interest among the students and faculty. “Our goal is to give students an opportunity to talk about something they enjoy in a casual and friendly way,” said Lepak. “Music is such a diverse and widespread beast
that anyone, student or faculty, should be able to share their thoughts.” Another club new to SLUH is the Christmas Club, which looks forward to having a Christmas celebration every month. When club moderator Stephen Deves was asked by juniors Sam Guillemette and Thomas Molen to be the moderator, he wanted to support them in any way he could. “Typically, if students come to me passionate about something, I want to support that passion if I can,” said Deves. “Thomas and Sam love Christmas and live by the spirit of joy, cheer, and generosity that is often found during this season.” “We hope to promote the wearing of Christmas-themed sweaters on the 25th day of each month to remind people of the spirit of the season,” said Molen. The Hammock Club was started by current senior Joe Hillmeyer before summer began last year. The club is based on hiking to places and setting up their hammocks to take in the scenery. “I have been hammocking since last winter. Why hang alone when you can hang with your buds? We like to ask this question so it makes you think about the sense of community you can have by simply joining this club. What do we do? We hang around,” said founder Joe Hillmeyer. “It’s a great way to meet guys that like the outdoors and relaxing as much as you do. We had
over a hundred guys sign up at Activities Fair which I am really excited for.” Moderated by geometry teacher Frank Corley, the club hopes to take students away from the many stresses of SLUH to better connect with nature in a peaceful and relaxing setting. “I get a relaxing experience out of just hanging around with some buds. It’s a nice break from all the work that I have to deal with at SLUH,” said vice president Will Lake. “Mr. Corley, our moderator, is a true man of the outdoors. He was taking the lead on the summer biking trips so he’s a real outdoors guy who appreciates hammocking and things of that nature.” The Gaelic Football Club was started by a group of seniors after being inspired by their English class. “We wanted to start the club because during Irish Literature class we were watching stuff on the game. We got interested in it and played with a local team during their practice to learn the sport. We were thinking that since we loved the game there’d be other guys at SLUH that would be interested. The activities fair and our first meeting proved us right since there were a lot of guys interested,” said cocounder Dominic Watikins. The founders were able to understand the game quickly and set up lessons to help others learn. “Gaelic football is sort of
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Baudendistel: The man of many ties, each with its own story BY: Jake Hennes and Nathan P. Wild II
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nyone who has ever taken AP Physics 1 or crossed paths with physics teacher Paul Baudendistel may have noticed that he wears a necktie everyday. Every one of his ties has a story. Although Baudendistel originally started with a few ties, he now has enough to wear a different tie every day of the quarter without repeating. This comes to a total of nearly 60, but he claims that some are too similar looking, so he has narrowed his quarterly rotation stable of worthy ties to around 50. His idea to wear a tie every day originally came from fellow science teacher Charlie Busenhart during Baudendistel’s Alumni Service Corps year, 1994-’95. “I looked very young then, as ASC members usually do. Charlie Busenhart was department chair then and he was one of my favorite teachers when I was a student here. He wore a tie everyday and I thought that it would be good to do the same to set me apart from my students,” said Baudendistel. After getting into the
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routine during his first year, it became a habit that he has been glad to keep. “It grew to the point that I didn’t feel like I was going to work unless I put on a tie. So I wear one, even on dress down days, because I want to look professional,” said Baudendistel. The thing that sets Baudendistel apart from any other tie-wearing teacher is that each and every one of his ties
has been a gift. “I’m proud to say that I’ve never bought a tie,” said Baudendistel. His first ties were originally from his dad and older brothers, but as more people noticed his frequency in wearing them, his collection grew. “I think people saw that I wore ties and it was an obvious gift for people to give me. Some of my first gifted ties were given to me by Mr. Curdt, because he lived with me during my ASC year, and gave them to me at the end of the year. I believe my Charlie Chaplin tie was a Tim Curdt tie,” said Baudendistel. Although Baudendistel doesn’t have a single favorite, he has a few that stand out to him and he wears or has worn on different occasions. “Bob Banister, who was the principal here a couple of years ago, gave me some of his ties when he retired, including my school bus tie, which I wear at the beginning of every quarter because we are going to school,” said Baudendistel. Baudendistel believes his oddest tie is one that was a gift from two students a few years ago. “I had two students give
me a tie with their faces on it. I promised to wear it to their graduation, but I won’t wear that one normally because it’s a little too creepy,” said Baudendistel. To go along with some of his special occasion ties, Baud has a few that he will only wear once a year. “Greg Bantle was a former colleague who died a few years ago. He was the golf coach and around the time he left, somebody gave me a golf tie, so I wear it every year on the last day of school,” said Baudendistel.
The next tie is only worn once a year as well- but out of caution. “I have a tie that is ‘May the mass times acceleration be with you’, but I only wear that once a year because it is physically incorrect. It should be net force, not force, and I have to fight against that misconception all of the time, so I don’t want to wear it too often. I wear it when I talk about Newton’s second law of motion,” said Baudendistel. His final once-a-year tie is worn for a special lab investigation. “I wear my lavender tie with little yellow chickens on it on the day of the Save the Egg investigation,” said Baudendistel. Although he has favorite student and teacher gifted ties, he especially loves the ones from his family. “Obviously the three or four that I have with my kids’ pictures on them are particularly meaningful and I can’t wait for them to be here, so I can wear those ties to embarrass them,” said Baudendistel. In order to increase his collection, he tells all of his classes that he is always looking to increase it. art | Daniel Klarsch
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“I say that current and former students are encouraged to buy their teachers gifts that will get used. For me, that happens to be a tie,” said Baudendistal. Senior Teddy Gerard decided to heed his advice when he saw a tie that he thought would add to the collection. “When I was in Washington, DC, I saw a tie shop and immediately thought of Mr. Baud. That is Mr. Baud’s thing. He always has a really interesting and fun tie. I knew that all of his ties were actually gifts and I wanted to give him something for being such a cool teacher. Also, I just wanted to see him wear it. When he wore it last year it felt like an honor that he was wearing my tie,” said Gerard.
Houston alums help with nursing home evacuations, clean-up effort (continued from page 1)
bucket out in the backyard and every time it would get towards the top I would empty it out,” said Kalin. “I ended up with 41 inches of rain—41 inches of rain in about a 28-hour time period.” “When the rain started coming down, I just had never seen that much rain that fast. It was coming down in sheets like I had never seen sheets of water,” said Utterback. Utterback had a similar experience. One night during the storm—with tornado sirens wailing every 30 minutes—his backyard pool flooded and came within inches of leaking into his house. But the worst part, said Utterback, was waiting in the darkness, uncertain of what he would find when the sun came up. “If you have a storm when it’s daylight you can see kind of what you’re dealing with. But when it’s at night, and it’s coming down that hard, you don’t know when you come up the next morning what you’re going to find,” said Utterback. “You don’t know if you’re going to walk out of your house and just have a lake all around you. So the unknown was probably the scariest part of it.” With a population of 6.5 million people, the city was too large to evacuate, said Kalin, in response to some online criticism about the way Houston handled the storm. Most of the flooding occurred after the storm had dissipated, as the creeks and
bayous which surround the city overflowed. To make matters worse, Houston is largely made up of concrete. Instead of being absorbed into the ground, the floodwater sat on top of Houston for days with nowhere to go, according to Utterback. After the hurricane had passed, Kalin walked outside and started taking pictures, astonished by the flooding. “All of the freeways were flooded and Houston is very freeway driven as far as getting around town,” said Kalin. “I mean imagine if (Highway) 40 was a river. That’s kind of what happened.” But the two alums didn’t just live through the storm; they took action to help others. After the floodwaters receded, Utterback worked for four straight days, helping victims whose homes had been destroyed by pulling out damaged furniture and other trash. First, he drove to a local church with some neighbors, and they organized a group of about 70 people. From there, they went to a nearby area called Siphurus, which was hit hard. It had 3 to 4 feet of flooding after a nearby creek flowed out of its banks. After police officers and the National Guard checked in the volunteer group and gave them permission to help, Utterback got to work. “The volunteers split up into groups of 7 or 8 people, and formed an assembly line to carry the trash from the houses to the street. Once
all the trash was removed from the house, the homeowners could begin cutting out drywall, and filing an application to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for aid,” said Utterback. “We would just go down the sides into the streets and ask people if they were willing to let us help them,” said Utterback. He later added,
that was important to them and in the panic they just didn’t think of even attempting,” said Utterback. “That’s the hardest thing: looking at people dealing with that kind of abandonment and loss.” Other people Utterback met were trying to be more optimistic about the situation, focusing on their family instead of their devastated
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Flood waters reach up to traffic lights in Houston.
“The biggest satisfaction I’ve gotten out of it is when just a complete stranger walks up and says thank you.” The hardest part of the experience for Utterback was encountering people who couldn’t bear to let go of some of their possessions which had been damaged during the storm. “You can stare at something that’s just completely rotted out and the people don’t want to let go of it because that was something
homes. “People literally lost everything but they felt so blessed … . And when you’re not harmed by it you just say I don’t know what I would do in that situation because I don’t know if I would have the fortitude to deal with some of those things that these people have so the only thing that I can do is to try to help them wherever they can.” The process has been emotionally and physically
draining. Even after four days of continuous work, Utterback is unsure whether their group even made a dent in the recovery effort. “It’s a challenge. And it’s nothing for me. I can’t imagine all the hardship and strife that those people go through, but even for the people that are helping, it’s hard to get back up and go back out there, because it’s just mental. It gets depressing, so you have to make sure you balance what you want to do versus what you can do,” said Utterback. As Vice President of Molina Healthcare, Kalin helped a more particular group of people: the elderly. Kalin oversees a variety of nursing homes, and tracks the people that his insurance company pays for. When he heard about the incoming hurricane, Kalin organized an evacuation for nearly 25 nursing homes, coordinating where each of the residents would go. He sent some off on six-hour bus rides to cities like Laredo, Dallas, and San Antonio. Some residents were evacuated by ambulance, and, as the flooding worsened, others had to be airlifted by the National Guard, who took 20 to 25 residents at a time. Kalin made phone calls and wrote emails to confirm that each resident had the proper medication, equipment, and caretakers at their new locations. He also has helped residents return home, but some still can’t reoccupy their buildings because they have sustained so much damage. “I went and toured a few
of them last week where they got anywhere from maybe 2 to 4 feet of water. One of the buildings had gotten 8 feet of water in it. So they’re having to gut the building out to the studs and having to rebuild it from the interior. So those folks won’t be returning anytime soon to those facilities.” While the city still has a lot of work to do until complete recovery, both Kalin and Utterback have been astonished by the amount of outreach and support from the Houston community. Kalin highlighted a local grocery store chain called ATV. “Right after the hurricane they did nothing but make white bread, and then they filled them in their grocery stores for 10 cents a loaf, just to help people recover and be able to get them back on their feet, with food in the house. So you look around and see these major businesses doing things like that,” said Kalin. While volunteering, Utterback met a man who had driven from Wisconsin, then bought a boat upon arriving for the sole purpose of trying to rescue people. The man did not know what he was going to do with the boat after the storm. “I was just stunned that people wouldn’t even think twice of doing something like that,” said Utterback. “You saw that all over the city.”
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Differences in opinions over modern day cigarettes (continued from page 1)
administration. “I’d say there’s been a noticeable increase,” said assistant principal for student life Brock Kesterson. “We’re only a few weeks into the school year and it’s been something I’ve had to deal with on a few different occasions already.” Because of the design of the JUUL, it’s fairly easy to sneak into school and use during school hours. It has a long and slender body with a small box-shaped pod attached to the end of it. With its small size and easy usability, the JUUL is easy to hide away and use quickly, which serves as a factor to the increase in use at SLUH this year. “It has less warning signs as far as being detected,” said Kesterson. “They’re so small and sleek, you can easily slide it away, it doesn’t give off the same scent as a cigarette or smoking pot would.” Besides being easy to sneak in, students have other motives for using their JUULs at school. “I think it’s the social aspect—people like to talk about it,” said senior Stephen Ocampo. “They get a sense of danger from doing it in a place where there’s risk involved.” “I think people do it partly to seem cool and partly because it feels good,” said senior Jack Luber.
Several students who reported that they have JUULed on school property shared that they enjoy the buzz that the JUUL gives them, and that it helps them relax in the midst of their stressful school day. Students have also mentioned the idea of creating a “JUUL lounge” for students above the age of 18. SLUH once had a senior smoking lounge with similar rules, so several students now believe that creating a lounge for JUULing will provide a relaxing place where they can JUUL with other seniors who enjoy it. Students also reported that such a lounge would help them relax between classes that often stress them out on a daily basis. For many students, the potential of addiction keeps them away from the JUULing trend at school. “At the point where you’re bringing it to a place where that’s not allowed and that you just have to have it, it’s a scary point,” said senior Pierce Hastings. “I think some kids get addicted to it, not only through nicotine, but also through just the act itself,” said Ocampo. “I know people that get addicted and have headaches if they don’t do it, so I wouldn’t want to do it,” said Luber. The greatest concern among many when consider-
ing the JUUL is the issue of health. “Vapors inflame mouth cells in ways that could potentially promote gum disease,” according to an article on research by Irfan Rahman, a toxicologist at the University of Rochester in New York. “Ecigarette vapors also make it hard for lung cells to repair damage.”
products are typically marketed in a way that makes them seem safe to use, deceiving many users, including high schoolers. “This is something that guys don’t see as a potential danger to their health in any way because of the way it’s marketed,” said Kesterson. “People think it’s probably an okay alternative to smoking
vaping or JUULing in the course currently, but could potentially change the curriculum to address this recent issue, according to medical director Scott Gilbert. “This is information that needs to get out there because I do think that the lack of knowledge and understanding of what JUULing and vap-
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The most dangerous health concern when considering vaping is the unknown, as the trend is fairly new. “To me, the curious thing is that there are so many unknowns that go along with it still,” said Kesterson. “I think it’s such a new thing that I don’t think people realize the potential ramifications of doing it.” Vaping and JUULing
which is how they market it.” Although many look past these health concerns, several students stay away from JUULing and vaping for that very reason. “I don’t want to contaminate my lungs. I don’t think it’s necessary,” said junior Liam John. Due to the lack of information, SLUH health classes do not include anything on
ing is all about is dangerous,” said Kesterson. As far as the school’s tolerance for JUULing and vaping on campus, SLUH has provided a policy to handle the situation for the time being. “Right now, we treat it the way we treat the alcohol and tobacco policy that’s in the handbook,” said Kesterson.
“St. Louis University High School recognizes the use of mood-altering chemicals as a significant health problem for many adolescents, resulting in negative effects on behavior, learning, and the total development of each individual,” according to SLUH’s student handbook. Some students believe that SLUH shouldn’t handle the JUULing problem the same way they address alcohol and drugs on campus. Students reported that JUULing is different because it just calms you down and you maintain control of yourself while using it. Even though JUULing and vaping is not illegal for students 18 or over, because of the negative effects that SLUH sees in the use of vaporizers or JUULs, the use of either on school grounds could potentially result in suspension, disciplinary probation, and possibly a review of a student’s continued enrollment. The possibility of expulsion would have to be judged by the principal. “It’s something that I think guys are getting involved in and not treating as seriously as they should be,” said Kesterson. “The school is not going to tolerate this, and we’re going to treat it seriously.”
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sustainable food. “The idea of the event was to showcase ideas of sustainable food in a sort of competitive way,” said Sustainability moderator and event director Anne Marie Lodholz. “We wanted students to think about what constituted healthy, sustainable, local food.” This year’s competition was originally intended to kick off to STUCO’s Spirit Week and Campus Ministry’s Drive for the Homeless. “Originally Iron Chef was planned to be a cooperative event between STUCO, Campus Ministry, and Sustainability to showcase ideas of food, what is sustainable food, to have fun, and to think of our local community,” said Lodholz. The Sustainability Club began planning the event last year using the same core group that was in charge of planning
and running the original. Juniors Sean McLaughlin and Gabe Lepak worked together over the summer planning out how the event would work. STUCO also got involved by selling raffle tickets and Ted Drewes frozen custard during the event. “Mrs. Lodholz approached us needing help with distributing ice cream and we said we would help out,” said STUCO student body president Jack McGrail. Along with Ted Drewes, food from Gioia’s Deli, Companion Bakery, Nourish, and Food Service Consultants was sold during the event. The Sustainability Club saw it as a way to raise money for the supplies and to donate to St. Patrick’s center. “All of the vendors were aware that their food and time were going to be donated to St. Patrick’s Center and they were excited to contribute,” said Lodholz.
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Freshman Ocean Okohson-Reb at the Iron Chef competition on Monday.
This year’s Iron Chef Competition decided to partner with the St. Patrick’s Center, specifically their culinary program. “They have a culinary program where they train people who are homeless to have skills that will make them more useful in a job,” said Lodholz. “We were able to raise money to support the St. Patrick’s Program in their quest to help the homeless find jobs. This year’s event featured alumni chefs from around the country to help with each team. The freshman team was led by chef Alex Feldmeier, ’04, the champion from last year’s event. The team consisted of Tristan Muskopf, Giovanni Loftis, and Ocean Okohson-Reb. “I loved to help out and share the ideas of sustainability with everyone,” said Feldmeier. “Even though we didn’t win I’m glad my team was able to learn a lot.” “We cooked a corn pudding for our first meal and our second meal was chili, cornbread, and some kettle corn,” said Muskopf. “I loved all of it. It was so much fun.” The senior team was led by chef Chris Leahy, ’95, and consisted of Rob Garner, Charlie McGroarty, and Jacob Johnson. “I liked helping out and cooking for the students,” said Leahy. “I thought it was an honor to be invited back here from all the alumni.” “The first thing we cooked was a corn and to-
mato salad with bacon vinaigrette and the second dish we made was pork with a corn purée topped with peppers and corn bits,” said Garner. “It was pretty cool working with Chris, especially since he was taught by Gordon Ramsay.” The sophomore team was led by chef Brendan Kirby, ’99, and consisted of Harrison Petty, Sirius Song, and Bryce Van Bree. “I’ll take any chance to come back here,” said Kirby. “Working with the sophomores was great. They were super helpful.” “We cooked tacos with a melon slaw, salad with a vinaigrette and anchovies, and a polenta with shards tomatoes and a pesto covered bread,” said Petty. “The whole thing was so fun but my favorite part was the initial dash to grab the ingredients.” The faculty team was led by chefs John Buchanan and Scott Philips of Foodservice Consultants and consisted of President David Laughlin, theology teacher Dick Wehner, and art teacher Sean Powers. “Our first course was an eggplant breaded and wrapped around sautéed fresh vegetables and the second course was a pork tenderloin wrapped around fresh sausage, mushroom, corn, and topped with candied bacon and corn with spouts on top,” said Laughlin. “I was really glad to have been a part of watching and helping.” “My favorite dish was the faculty’s second dish,” said Claggett. “I’m a meat and
cheese type of guy so I really liked that.” The junior team was led by chef Brian Doherty, ’99, and consisted of Darion Mullins, Jonathan Gillooly, and Jeff Young. “It really sounded like a cool event that I wanted to participate in,” said Doherty. “Seeing all of the students and their energy was cool to see.” “My team cooked a corn bisque with bread and tomatoes, followed by corn hash with brussel sprouts, pork, and bacon jelly for the second course,” said Gillooly. “My favorite part was waiting for the secret ingredient to be unveiled.” Added to the festivities of the Iron Chef event was an ice sculpture, carved during the event by Sean Leahy, ’01, of Austin, Texas. The idea for an ice sculpture was suggested by Chris Leahy, Sean’s brother. The ice sculpture, based on the event’s harvest theme, featured a Billiken wearing a chef ’s hat with the words IRON CHEF carved in front. It is currently housed in the freezer in the kitchen but will be auctioned off with the proceeds being used to help cover the cost of the event. Although the particicants enjoyed Iron Chef, many students who watched had a more negative reaction. Most were upset by the fact that they were required to attend the event. After last year’s event was optional, many students thought they would have a longer activity period to work ahead on their homework.
“I didn’t like how they didn’t tell us that we wouldn’t have our activity period that day,” said senior Andrew Lally. “I thought it was going to be optional like last year’s Iron Chef so I could’ve worked on homework.” “I don’t think I should be forced go see an Iron Chef,” said senior Joe Watkins. “If I wanted to go I would do it by my own volition.” “I didn’t really like the event,” said freshman Franco Schmidt. “I didn’t like having to watch them cook.” “I thought it was a waste of time,” said sophomore Cooper Swiecicki. “I didn’t like how we had to wait around for 15 minutes while they set up for the event.” The ice sculpture and food sold to raise money for St. Patrick’s Center were huge hits, however. “The food was one of my favorite parts of the event, especially the Ted Drewes they were selling,” said Lally. “I think some of it was a little pricey but at least it went to a good cause.” “Eating the Ted Drewes was the highlight of the event for me,” said Schmidt. “I do wish they would have had free food though.” The cost of the event was approximately $2000 to put on and has so far raised $1100 to cover the expenses. $600 worth of the food from the event was donated to St. Patrick’s Center as was over $830 by Gioia’s Deli, Companion Bakery, Nourish, and Food Service Consultants for a total of over $1400 in donations.
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A Cloud of Witnesses: a walk for social justice Pierce Hastings REPORTER
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everal students and faculty members from St. Louis U. High participated in a justice pilgrimage on Saturday that focused on building relationships across racial lines in St. Louis through prayer and action. The pilgrimage, named “A Cloud of Witnesses,” started at the Joseph G. Lipic Clock Tower on Saint Louis University’s campus. From there, the route continued on to Vandeventer Avenue and eventually ended on Grand Boulevard at St. Alphonsus “Rock” Ligouri Catholic Church. Over 200 walkers stopped at several sites along the way and listened to speakers chosen by the North City Deanery, the organizer of the pilgrimage. Speakers ranged from the co-founders of Good Life Growing, an urban agriculture and development company, to pastors from local parishes like St. Teresa & Bridget Catholic Church. One speaker in particular, Circuit Judge Jimmie M. Edwards, moved art teacher Sean Powers. “He presented about starting this charter school, Innovative Concept Acade-
my. He said, ‘I am putting too many 14 year-olds in prison and not giving enough of them opportunities.’ So, it was inspiring to hear that he just said ‘I am gonna start a school’ and got the help of a bunch of religious congregations and religious sisters to help serve teachers. He asked
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started his school with children who were expelled in grade school. Astonished by the fact that a student was even expelled at that age, I was proud that someone was able to help.” As well as learning about justice initiatives and programs local St. Louis residents have started, participants in the pilgrimage also learned about the injustices in North City. “It was a real learning experience,” said senior Dominic Pancella. “I don’t know that much about North City. I’ve lived deep in South City my whole life.” Although some students participated in the pilgrimage this year, Powers hopes that attendance increases in following years. “As long as it continues to happen, we need to see more kids go to that. You get to learn about the city, its gephoto | Joe Hillmeyer | art Joe Bytnar ography, its culture, and the faith at work in areas of the Cummings during his American Literature class. the superintendent for all city that otherwise people the worst students in the en- wouldn’t ever experience,” tire district, 30 of them, and said Powers. BY Ben Klevorn and Maurice Safar opened up a school. Now the grind again. STAFF, REPORTER school has about 500 people “I’m getting used to basiin it,” said Powers. e’s back! English teacher cally how the job works. There Junior Liam John also Mark Cummings has re- are some things that are new found Edwards’ work imturned from medical leave to like entering grades on Canpressive and important, sayteach again at St. Louis U. Hi vas. It’s totally unfamiliar to ing, “Judge Jimmie said he gh. me,” said Cummings. “I literBecause the student and ally haven’t graded something teacher schedules were final- in two years. “ ized before Cummings an“It’s been a little rough nounced his return to SLUH, because I’ve been out, but he is teaching one senior Eng- yeah it’s been a good transilish class, American Litera- tion back. I like the energy ture, in the first semester, and again. I was by myself for two he is scheduled to teach two years getting bored with myclasses in the second semes- self,” said Cummings. ter: Satire and American Film “I’ve really enjoyed Mr. Genres. Cummings’ class so far this “We are glad that Mr. year. He tells funny stories and Cummings has been able to has a great spirit that makes return from medical leave,” for an exciting class. Mr. said English department chair Cummings brings his heart Steve Missey. into class every day,” said seBecause he has been out nior Allen Shorey. for two years, Cummings has had to start from scratch in some aspects, especially Canvas and iPads. It has taken him time to get used to the
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Soccer blanks MCC in CBC Tournament wins Stephen Ocampo and Jack Callahan CORE STAFF, REPORTER
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owza! The St. Louis U. High soccer team (100-1) was crowned the 2017 CBC Tournament champions after a 2-0 win over Jesuit rival De Smet last Saturday and the team followed it up with a close, heated 1-0 win over Webster Groves on Tuesday. The Jr. Bills found themselves matched up against the De Smet Spartans in the CBC Tournament finals last Saturday. Coming into the matchup, the Jr. Bills had two decisive victories over MCC opponents Vianney and CBC, and had not let up a single goal, so SLUH remained confident. “We knew that they beat CBC, so we knew they were going to be pretty tough,” said senior Jack Steffel. “But we knew we could handle them. They weren’t special, and we weren’t worried.” The game started off with the same fast-paced offensive
The soccer team with the CBC Tournament first place trophy.
tempo that the Jr. Bills had shown all tournament, and featured multiple shots on goal by seniors Will Rudder and Peter Kickham. With two minutes left in the first half, the Jr. Bills finally put a tally on the board when a De Smet player headed the ball into his own net after a
cross from Rudder, who was credited with the goal. “It was definitely an earned goal because we had hard pressure on them the whole half,” said senior Dan Frein. On the defensive side of the ball, the Jr. Bills looked as
Cross country hosts Forest Park XC Festival; places fifth overall Matthew Quinlan and Justin Koesterer CORE STAFF, REPORTER
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t. Louis U. High hosted the 11th Annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival last Saturday, an event that featured over 4,500 runners and 200 teams on all levels and from ten different states. The SLUH varsity team finished fifth with a score of 152 in the Varsity Green Division, which is the most competitive of the three divisions (the other two being Gold and White). The team finished behind Rockhurst, Blue Springs, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Lafayette. Lafayette was the only St. Louis area team that finished ahead of the Jr. Bills. “As far as competition went, it was really good,” said junior captain Patrick Hetlage, “There were a lot of
teams we are going to be racing at state, and some of the top teams from other states like Kansas and Illinois, to name a few.” The fifth place finish was led by senior captain Paul Burka, who placed 13th with a time of 16:35. Burka was followed by Hetlage, who placed 15th with a time of 16:42. “Throughout the race we sort of took turns leading and in doing so, we pushed each other to move up and not settle in too much,” said Burka, “I think all the top seven runners are really competitive and that helps the seventh guy stay with the sixth and so on. That has really been our focus this year, running in groups for workouts so you can practice the pack mentality and transfer it to racing.”
Milnor (3226), Burka (3192), Hetlege (3208) at Forest Park race.
The next runner was junior Reed Milnor, who finished 20th with a time of 16:50, which was a personal record. After Milnor came sophomores Noah Scott, Adam Mittendorf, Lucas Rackers, and Mitchell Booher. “We’re a young team,” said head coach Joe Porter. “So we’re gonna have some learning curves ahead of us, but we’re pretty happy with where we’re at.” Despite these strong finishes from the sophomore runners, the varsity team did take a hit as junior Chris Staley, who was one of the starting seven, was unable to finish the race due to illness on the course. “Staley ended up in the medical tent, so he didn’t finish,” said Porter. “When I
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dominant as ever with senior Jack Nikodem locking up the Spartans’ leading scorer, Avi Wesseh. Frustrated, the De Smet player shoved Nikodem when going for the ball, leading to a yellow card to start the second half. When subbing out, Wesseh punched the
bench. “We knew that they were kind of hotheads, so we knew that we had to keep our composure, and if we could keep our composure, we would be able to tear them apart and break them down,” said Steffel. Halfway through the second half, SLUH found the back of the net again when senior Ethan Buss dribbled it past the goalie for his first goal of the season and a 2-0 lead. “Most people wouldn’t have pressured the way he did,” said Steffel. “But it paid off because he had a goal.” With just a minute left, the Spartans finally had a chance to score when a De Smet player found an open shot on goal, but senior Alec Meissner came in for the save, securing the 2-0 victory. With this win, the Jr. Bills were crowned the CBC Tournament champions, going an undefeated 3-0 versus their MCC opponents. SLUH totaled 9 goals in the three
games while holding their opponents scoreless to earn the most points by any SLUH team in the tournament in the past 25 years. “I’ve never shut out all three opponents in a CBC tournament,” said head coach Charles Martel. “We’ve won it before, but it’s always been pretty close, but this year has been dominant.” Three days later, the team headed to Selma Field to face off against the Webster Groves Statesmen. Playing on Webster’s smaller grass field and in front of a large, noisy fan section, the Jr. Bills found themselves in unfamiliar territory. “Coming into it, it was a very hostile environment,” said Steffel. “We weren’t used to the grass field. It was kind of bumpy and uneven.” “Their fans are always insane,” said senior Ray Goedeker. “They take that game like it’s their state final.” Their unfamiliarity
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ponents with field position without having to work for it. Junior kicker Joseph Gilmore did finish the night perfect on extra points, going four for four. In the second quarter, De Smet held most of the possession, slowly making their way down to the SLUH red zone, with positive plays by De Smet being cancelled out by tackles behind the line of scrimmage. De Smet’s quarterback, junior Nate Martens, effectively slipped out of the pocket many times, running for big gains while the Jr. Bills were in coverage. From the
SDK’s Game of the Week. Take Two. Last Friday night, St. Louis U. High football traveled to rival De Smet for a tough road test on a night surrounded by media to help raise money for Hurricane Harvey victims. The Jr. Bills won the game in the last minute of regulation, stunning the Spartans 28-24 in a bounce back from the loss to Chaminade to improve their record to 2-2. Throughout the first quarter, penalty flags were exchanged on both sides, making the beginning of the game abnormally long. “We have to do a better job of avoiding pre-snap penalties,” said head coach Mike Jones. “We are still working on it. Every Saturday and continued on page 7 Monday, we do extra running for however many penalties we had, and we will continue to do that until they are eliminated.” De Smet scored first, on a quarterback keeper with 2:55 left in the first quarter, to go up 7-0. A pass interference and unsportsmanlike penalty helped SLUH move into the red zone, and then Jared Scott split the defense for a 15-yard touchdown to tie the score 7-7 with 1:48 to go in the first quarter, a swift reply to De Smet’s long drive. The Jr. Billiken kicking game had its troubles throughout the game, failing to convert yet another field goal attempt in the first quarter. Kickoffs have also been photo | Mr. James Hetlege relatively short, helping op- Senior Sean Bender last Friday.
SLUH 21-yard line, Martens threw a touchdown pass over the top of the Jr. Bill defender, but the play was called back due to holding on an offensive lineman. Eventually Martens snuck the ball in from the 1-yard line to put De Smet up 14-7 with 42 seconds left in the half. “He scrambled well, and is a very good football player,” said Jones. “So what we try to do is make sure that we have someone eyeing the quarterback, and sometimes we did really well, other times we didn’t.”
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myself, Peter (Kickham), and Louis (Vacca) can really connect with him and really get him scoring even more,” said Goedeker. With the lead, the Jr. Bills were able to play a more defensive style, leading to tensions flaring from the Statesmen. The Statesmen started playing more physically, but the Jr. Bills matched their energy with aggressiveness of their own, leading to a number of fouls on both ends. “We knew we could match their physicality because we could match their
size,” said Frein. Within the last few minutes of the game, the Statesmen found themselves with a few chances to tie the game up, but Meissner formed a brick wall, stopping any chance they had for his fourth straight shutout. This wing kept the Jr. Bills undefeated through 11 games, and the team lacks any sign of slowing down. “We need to not let off the gas pedal, stay motivated, and play every game like it’s our last and try to beat every team 10-0,” said Steffel.
John Burke and Joe Feder terfly), and senior Barclay REPORTERS Dale (100 Butterfly and 100 Freestyle). For his new state he St. Louis U. High times and four first place swim and dive team finishes, Dale was named faced off against De Smet for Swimmer of the Meet. a Jesuit showdown on Friday “It was great to be able and the Jr. Bills swept the to swim against Hostetler,” board, taking first in every said Dale. “We pushed each event and winning the meet other to state cuts.” by over 100 points. While the De Smet meet “Despite a hard few was taking place, the MHdays of practice earlier, the SHAA ruling on the swim team performed well,” said suits came in. It was declared coach Lindsey Ehret. that the swim suits are techThe meet featured some nically illegal, but SLUH has impressive time drops from been granted a one-year exjunior Daniel Fink in the 50 ception. Whether or not this and 100 Freestyle, freshman means that AMDG must Eli Butters in the 100 Free- eventually be removed from style, and sophomore Jordan all SLUH uniforms is curSmith in the 200 Freestyle. rently unknown. The team also added This week marks the several individual state qual- official halfway point of the ifications from junior Joe season. Feder (500 Freestyle), senior “At the season midMathias Hostetler (100 But- point, I’m very happy that
we’re halfway to our goal of 10 individual state qualifiers,” said Ehret. “Hopefully we pick up a few more this weekend.” The team is looking forward to the De Smet Invitational this Saturday at the St. Peter’s Rec Plex. At this meet, teams from St. Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City will provide ample competition to propel the Jr. Bills toward more state qualifications. The meet will begin at 3 p.m. “Swimming is a sport of intensity,” said former captain and team cheerleader Kyle Irvine,’17. “The great white shark isn’t a docile beast. Our goal for this weekend is to be like the great white, devouring the inferior schools of minnows that show up to the De Smet Invite.”
showed as the game started off slow for both teams, with both having limited scoring chances. “I think the fans keep the team hyped up and we weren’t able to match their energy in the first half,” said Frein. In the second half, however, Rudder found the end of a corner kick from Kickham to put the Jr. Bills up 1-0 with 24 minutes left in the game. It marked Rudder’s fifth straight game scoring a goal. “Rudder is on fire, and it’s really great, and I hope that
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saw him at a mile and a half he was still our five man, but the heat got him. Hydration is an issue when you race that late in the day, and we had our guys doing lots of different things throughout the day.” The JV team also posted a seventh place finish and a score of 216. Senior John Thomas led the SLUH pack with a 20th place finish and a time of 18:35. The freshman team also raced at the Festival, but they ran a 3K race compared to the standard 5K. They finished third overall with a score of 116, and with freshman Ryan Kramer leading the way with a time of 11 minutes flat. With 10,000 people streaming into Forest Park to participate in the Festival, sponsored by Big River Running Company and Saucony, many SLUH runners and parents volunteered to set up, sell concessions, and clean up after the meet.
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“We couldn’t do it without over 100 volunteers to put this event on,” said Porter, “and even then our JV guys picked up a lot of the slack, working as course marshalls and concession stand workers and doing all kinds of fun things like that.” Another unique facet of the atmosphere at the Festival was SLUH’s presence on the MoMileSplit Snapchat account. MoMileSplit is the official timekeeper of all races in Missouri, as well as the corroborators of all rankings for high school cross country teams. As SLUH was the host for the meet, senior Matt Gunn and juniors Charlie Perry and Justin Koesterer had the opportunity to takeover the Snapchat account for MoMileSplit, posting various pictures of the course, interviews with runners, and videos of the races. “I’m not gonna lie, it was pretty stressful making sure I got coverage of all the races,”
said Perry, “It did really help me to see all the different teams from across the state and see the competition. The biggest highlight of it though was interviewig Tori Finley after her race. She’s from Blue Springs in Kansas City and she’s like the best female runner in Missouri.” Though the results of the race may have been a little disappointing, the weekend proved to be very fruitful for the young varsity team, allowing them to prepare for future races. “I think the guys would say that they’re a little disappointed in the race, but it wasn’t a bad one, we just know the way that we’re going to progress and get better, which is what we’re trying to do, to progress and get better,” said Porter. The team’s next meet is the Hazelwood Central Invite, which takes place at Sioux Passage Park in Hazelwood on Saturday morning.
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(continued from page 6) On the ensuing kickoff, sophomore Kellen Porter weaved his way through traffic and all the way to the house, tying the score just before halftime, 14-14. “I saw the hole and I knew Kellen was going to hit it hard and he used his speed and made a play,” said Scott. “That was a big lift for the team and he really put us on his back during that play.” Just before the halftime horn, De Smet kicker Joseph Zarrick (the son of Patrick Zarrick) kicked a field goal to put De Smet up 17-14. During halftime, Incarnate Word’s Nightline Dance Team performed to help raise money for efforts to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey. On the field, SLUH and De Smet freshmen competed in a tug-of-war; each side won one pull before the final deciding tug. With a lot of fan support on both sides, De Smet defeated the Jr. Bills. On their first drive of the second half, the Jr. Bills grinded the ball down into the De Smet red zone, and Porter punched in a 14-yard run to put SLUH in the lead for the first time, 21-17 with 3:12 to go in the third quarter. Within a minute of SLUH’s touchdown, De Smet jumped back into the lead with a 59-yard touchdown that made the score 24-21. Giving up the big plays has been an unhealing wound for the Jr. Bills this season. “It’s all about concentration,” said Jones. “Our eye discipline wasn’t very good. Most of the time when the big plays hit, it’s not because you physically can’t do it, it’s some discipline that you’re not practicing.” After some slow offense, an interception by senior Liam Armstrong provided a spark, with Scott then running the ball for a huge gain on the very next play to bring the Jr. Bills within striking distance. “Liam stepped up when we needed him the most,” said senior A.J. Hardin. “When you see a guy like Liam making plays, you can’t help but feel happy for him,” said Scott. “He put in a lot of work to be where he is at now.” Forced to fourth down, SLUH decided to go for it and was saved by a roughing the passer penalty against De Smet, which set up the offense on the 9-yard line. But a false
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start pushed the Jr. Bills back, and the offense stalled. Feeling the pressure of the De Smet rush on fourth down senior quarterback Austin Hannah threw an interception while looking for the end zone. “De Smet has always been a fun and exciting game, so I think people were a little nervous,” said Hannah. “We got into the red zone, but then we had pre-snap penalties that pushed us back so then we weren’t able to score.” Offensive lineman Dan Sharp (Jr.) returned for his first game back from injury and the inexperience showed, with him jumping early a few times. Working the ball downfield behind the rushes of Porter, SLUH also got help from a face mask penalty on De Smet, but a holding penalty negated a touchdown rush by Porter. With less than a minute to go and a feeling of desperation, SLUH brought the ball to the 5-yard line with 47 seconds left. An illegal participation penalty on the Jr. Bills put them back to the 10 for first and goal. On the following play, the offensive line opened up a hole for the freight train of Scott to pass through and score, giving SLUH the 28-24 lead with 42 seconds left. De Smet worked the ball out to midfield through some passing plays, getting out of bounds to stop the clock each time. SLUH forced De Smet to fourth down after some incomplete passes, but the Spartans converted with eight seconds left. De Smet was forced to its final play with two seconds left, calling their final timeout. SLUH broke up the final pass attempt at the goal
line, putting the game to rest in favor of the Jr. Bills, 28-24. “A little too close for comfort,” said senior Sean Bender. “We played sloppy.” Bender led the defensive effort with six tackles and two sacks. “Every Thursday we do a two-minute drill, for both the offense and the defense,” said Jones. “We also have our Prevent Defense, and at the end of the game, they executed the defense perfectly. It was a great example of working on something during the week and seeing it work during a game.” SLUH’s offense worked mostly through the run game, with Scott finishing the game with 20 carries for 142 yards and two touchdowns. Porter and senior Daniel Terry combined for 62 yards out of the backfield and Porter tacked on a rushing touchdown. The passing attack was put on the backburner for the evening, only gaining 65 yards. De Smet dominated possession of the game, making the Jr. Bills defense see just over 35 minutes of action compared to 15 minutes on offense. Tonight SLUH travels to Jefferson City for a marquee matchup against the Jays, a team that blanked the Jr. Bills last year, 26-0. “I know they are going to be a well-coached and tough team. It’ll be a tough environment to work in,” said Jones. “Jeff City has a great tradition. Everyone in Jeff City will be at that game.” Jefferson City is a tentime Missouri State champion football program.
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Family Mass Last Sunday, students and their families gathered in the Chapel for Mass at 9:30, Fr. Ian Gibbons said mass. There was a collection for Honduras during Mass and light refreshments were provided afterwards in the Commons. Senior Matthew Stauder also gave a reflection about the immersion trip meeting on Wednesday and his experience on the immersion trip in Camden, N.J.
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C/JV/V2 Cross Country Invitational @ Paul Enke JV Soccer Tournament @ Hillsboro 10:00AM C Football vs. Jefferson City 1:00PM JV Football vs. Jefferson City 3:00PM De Smet Swimming Invitational @ St. Peters Rec-Plex Regular Schedule Monday, September 18
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Freshman Bashball Wednesday during activity period freshman homeroom J124 beat M109 2-1, while M113 defeated J121 3-1 in the Field House. Thursday also had matches, with J128 defeating M107 and M103 beating J123. Two more matches will take place during activity Dr. Geoff Miller Dr. Geoff Miller met with period Friday, M105 vs J124 current SLUH students on and M113 vs J127. Tuesday to discuss their SLUH experiences. He fo- Ursuline High School Night cused on three questions: Last Tuesday Admissions Di-
rector Adam Cruz and Admissions Ambassadors Jack Callahan and Jack McGrail hosted SLUH High School Night at Ursuline Academy. This week they unveiled a new High School Night format titled “Do You Know SLUH?” a gameshow based format showcasing SLUH trivia, with the winner taking home a SLUH T-shirt prize.
agenda and goals. Mother’s Club The Mother’s Club held its first meeting Wednesday in the Commons. The meeting was called “Moms and Margaritas,” as a margarita machine that had been donated by a past mother was used to serve refreshments. Nearly 300 mothers arrived to meet one another, socialize, learn about the Mother’s Club, and Young Conservatives sign up for volunteer opportuThe Young Conservatives held nities. Fr. Gibbons also spoke their initial meeting this week that evening. in the theatre. Hot fries were provided as a welcome to new — Compiled by Nathan P. Wild or interested students. Club II and Charlie McGroarty leaders discussed the year’s
New clubs show off student creativity (continued from page 2) like a hybrid sport between rugby, basketball, and soccer,” said Watkins. “It has certain rules like you can carry the ball with your hands so it is kind of like bashball. It’s not like physical checking like hockey but you see shoulder to shoulder hitting which can get pretty physical. The objective is how you score in football and soccer. There’s a field goal that you can score over the net, drop kick it in the net, or kick it in the net for points.” The club plans to order jerseys, set practices, and play games against each other on the fields of SLUH. They hope that other high schools will be interested in the sport and create teams of their own to create an official league. Joining in the theme of sports is the Wiffle Ball Club, founded by junior John McCabe, who wants to share a fun and stress-relieving experience with others.
Friday, September 15 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
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Immersion Trip Meeting Students who wanted to go on immersion trips this year during spring break attended a meeting Wednesday evening. Students received information about the Appalachia, Jerusalem Farm, Kino Border Initiative and Romero Center Immersion Trips. Parents were also invited to learn more information about the trips and how successful the trips have been for previous students.
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“The reason we started the club was to get kids to intermingle playing a friendly game of wiffle ball to get your mind off of school,” said founder John McCabe. “We are trying to meet every Wednesday to mess around a little bit and have some fun playing an unusual sport but one everyone grew up playing. We went to Mr. Cruz because we knew he was a part of the baseball team and we figured he’s a pretty chill guy so he’d match the persona that we are going for.” The Art Club was founded by sophomore Logan Florida and is moderated by art teacher Sean Powers to bring together the artists of SLUH. “I want to support the Art Club so that beginning artists can have more opportunities to learn about art and for advanced artists to go further in depth with their artistic focus,” said Powers. The founders of the Piano
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Club hope to gather those who enjoy playing the instrument and the possibility of teaching the instrument to others. “This club will be a combination of teaching and listening to others playing piano. Members will be advancing their piano skills through the teaching of various teachers at school, possibly professional piano players, and other students. Members will also listen to recordings to become inspired and will then work on the pieces they are inspired to play,” said founder Bryce Van Bree. The club was founded after a suggestion by band teacher Jeff Pottinger about recognizeing the unnoticed talents of many students. “Miguel and I decided to start this club because Mr. Pottinger wanted us to, and there are so many piano players at SLUH who don’t get to really participate in a music class or club, so we want to provide
that for them,” said Van Bree. Everyone is welcome, teachers and students. You do not have to know how to play piano. If you just want to learn how, then you can come as well. A portion of the club will be listening to piano music of all types, but mostly classical.” The club also hopes to make frequent trips to listen to professional pianists at the Saint Louis Symphony. Also, at the end of each semester, a concert will be held for all pianists of SLUH. The club will meet about once every other week, hopefully occurring on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays. The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26 in the band room. “ It will enhance students’ time at SLUH by providing a means to which they can be musically expressive and active through one of the most common instruments, the piano,” said Van Bree.
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Spirit Week Starts AP Jesuit College Fair University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Dayton Vanderbilt University Catholic University of America Illinois Institute of Technology Samford University Loyola Marymount University Snack—Chicken Rings Lunch Special—Steak and Cheese Vegetarian—Pasta 4:00PM Senior Pictures 5:00PM V Soccer vs. St. Mary’s Regular Schedule Tuesday, September 19 AP Trinity University Ohio Wesleyan University Texas Christian University Union College (New York) DePaul University Northeastern University Indiana Tech Snack—Mini Corn Dogs Lunch Special—Chinese Vegetarian—Turkey Burger Drexel University St. Mary’s University of San Antonio University of Denver Rhodes College Otterbein University University of Alabama William Jewell College 4:00PM Senior Pictures C Soccer @ CBCHS 4:15PM Swimming @ MICDS 6:00PM V Soccer @ Soccer Park JV Soccer @ Collinsville Notre Dame Admissions Presentation Wednesday, September 20 Regular Schedule AP Cookie sale University of Colorado at Boulder Oklahoma City University DePauw University University of Missouri Columbia Earlham College Brescia University Belmont University Snack—Turnovers Lunch Special—Spicy Chicken Vegetarian—Garden Burger 4:00PM Senior Pictures 5:00PM NIE Evening with the Jesuit Community
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AP Cookie sale Seton Hall University Durham University Bradley University Knox College University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cornell College Kansas State University Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—Domino’s Pizza Vegetarian—Pasta Southern Methodist University Elon University Wabash College University of Dallas Northwestern University Case Western Reserve University University of Illinois at Chicago 4:00PM C Football @ Bayless 7:45PM V Soccer @ Soccer Park Regular Schedule Friday, September 22 AP University of Arkansas Drake University University of Evansville University of Mississippi Iowa State University Lunch Special—Pasta Bar Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese 4:00PM C Soccer @ Vianney 5:00PM V Football vs. CBCHS calendar | Liam John