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Conversation: Marco on 50 years as a priest News editor Jake Hennes sat down with the Rev. Michael Marchlewski, S.J. on Tuesday morning to discuss his time as a Jesuit priest. His 50 year anniversary was celebrated this past Sunday at the Jesuit Jubilee. They discussed his time at Jesuit schools, his early years of being a priest in Europe, and what challenges are faced by most priests. Jake Hennes: We celebrated the Jesuit Jubilee this past Sunday and you were celebrating 50 years in the priesthood. How did you feel during the ceremony where you were celebrated alongside all of those other priests?
The congregation sitting beneath the Arch at the Bicentennial Mass on the Arch grounds on Sep. 23.
Michael Marchlewski, S.J.: Well I went to high school with three of them, so there we are 63 years after graduating. The priesthood comes 13 years after you join the society. In 2004, I celebrated 50 photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott years as a Jesuit, but now it’s
50 years as a priest. I looked nostalgic being in the chapel, the same one I was in for four years, I could see Fr. Winter saying the Mass the old way. Bob O’ Toole and Mike Smith were right next to me along with other priests I knew, not from SLUH, but from the training. It was a very moving and emotional experience, especially when they sing that song at offertory, Take Lord, Receive. It is the Jesuit prayer that we take at last vows. So all of that, plus having my friend who is the Archbishop of Wales came in just for this. The provincial was there, as well as many other important priests came to celebrate. Those of us who were celebrating milestones represented around 850 years of service as priests. So yes, you asked how I felt and it is hard to put it into words. To articulate emotions is not
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SLUH to Arch Grounds for Bicentennial 200 hours of adoration for 200 years of SLUH Mass with other Jesuit Schools Steven Zak and Handley Hicks BY
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St. Louis University and St. Louis U. High celebrated their 200th anniversaries with a special outdoor Bicentennial Mass on the Gateway Arch grounds, the original site of both schools, at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Mass was an event mostly organized by SLU, but SLU invited SLUH students to participate in the Mass in a few roles, including singing in the choir and being a part of the entrance procession. SLU’s Campus Ministry took the lead in most of the planning for the Mass and celebration afterwards. SLUH Director of Campus Ministry Fr. Joseph Hill, S.J. was involved in the committee that has been planning events for the Bicentennial. “SLU has a committee on the celebrations and they came up with the idea of having a big Mass of the
whole community, SLU High and SLU college, on the Arch grounds,” said Hill. Even though SLU planned most of the Mass, they made sure to include SLUH since they both have the same origins. “Dr. Pestello, President of SLU, and Fr. Mercier, the Midwest Jesuit Provincial, were both very good to include SLUH in their overall comments of celebration for the evening,” said SLUH President David Laughlin. The Mass began with a specialized entrance procession where representatives from both schools brought forward banners to represent each school. The celebrant for the Mass was St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson, and the principal concelebrant was the Rev. Ronald Mercier, S.J. All of the other concelebrants were Jesuits from the Midwest. Several SLUH students,
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BY Paul Gillam and Kevin Dunne like senior Dominic Pan- STAFF, REPORTER cella, were able to sing in the everal members of the choir at the Mass. “It wasn’t too differSLUH community are in ent from singing with Var- the midst of planning 200 sity Chorus,” said Pancella. hours of Eucharistic adora“(Sophomore) John Prich- tion to take place in the SLUH ard and I ended up being the chapel in celebration and only SLUH students in the honor of the school’s 200 year choir but it was a lot of fun.” anniversary. SLUH’s Campus MinisThe idea to have a cumutry also tried to do its part lative 200 hours of Eucharisin helping make the Mass tic adoration came after one accessible to SLUH students. of the brainstorming sessions The week leading up to the last year that were attended Mass, Campus Ministry of- by a number of faculty and fered sign ups for free bus staff to collect ideas for ways rides to the Arch grounds, to celebrate SLUH’s bicentenbut they decided to cancel nial. the bus rides after a lack of “Once these other ideas, interest and instead part- such as the Mass with St. nered with SLU’s shuttle sys- Louis University and the tem to assist students inter- all-school day of service ested in attending the Mass. came into place, we thought, Most SLUH students ‘Maybe we should have some who attended were pleased prayer,’” said Director of with the Mass itself but Campus Ministry Joseph Hill, wished to have seen more S.J. “After all, the theme of the SLUH participation. bicentennial is ‘two centuries, “I was very bummed doubly blessed’ so we should
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on making this into a reality. The committee is divided into three subcommittees: a logistics committee, a music committee, and a publicity committee.
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Small crowds raise big questions Dick Wehner’s tweet draws attention to lack of attendance at sporting events. Page 2 Features
have some thanksgiving for all the many blessings that we have received over the past 200 years.” Hill is currently leading a team of students, faculty, and parents who are working
What’s a Billiken? We asked students and teachers about our famous mascott, and there’s more confusion than you might think. Page 2.
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Moran, the night owl SLUH is home to a fearful phantom that haunts the halls after school hours. Read about English teacher Rich Moran’s nighttime adventures. Page 3 news
What’s up with the temperatures? Why are some classes freezing and others very warm? Joe Rankin explains the reason for the varying temperatures in the school. Page 5
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Turnovers hurt football Football team continues to struggle putting offense and defense together and CBC takes advantage. Page 6 Sports
Soccer’s undefeated streak ends An opponent raised the middle finger as he passed the student section during the Varsity soccer game. It turned out to be a bad omen. Page 6
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September 28, 2017
SLUH sports struggle to draw a crowd; community takes notice BY James Pollard CORE STAFF
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tudents and faculty have been disappointed with the low number of students attending sporting events this year, especially football and soccer games, which have drawn larger crowds in previous years. Theology teacher and former AD Dick Wehner, having been contacted by several alumni disappointed with the low number of students at Friday night’s football game against CBC, took to Twitter on Sunday night to express his disappointment, tweeting: “So our biggest rivalry that spans nearly 100 years SLUH--CBC Football and BLUE CREW a no show for the game??? Really?? Voted Best Fans??” (@AD_Emeritus) Varsity quarterback Austin Hannah thought there was a good amount of people at the start of the game, but that as the game went on, students began to leave. “Obviously it’s great to have support at those games, and it’s a little disappointing
when you see people leave instead of supporting their SLUH brothers through that, because if they stay that could maybe give us some more confidence,” said Hannah. “But we all started to get down on ourselves and when people started leaving the game, we just lost even more hope. But I understand why people did it.” Regardless of when students began to leave, attendees of the game agreed that there were more CBC fans there than SLUH fans. “The ratio of SLUH kids to CBC kids seemed to be about 40 percent SLUH kids and 60 percent CBC kids,” said freshman George Francis. STUCO members say that the initial absence of Blue Crew was due to the fact that there was a soccer game at Soccer Park at 6:00 p.m. “I went to that football game but was not there on time because of the soccer game. I think that had something to do with it,” said STUCO Spirit Leader Sam Lockwood. “The soccer game ended at about the same time
that the first quarter had ended in the football game and by then the score was already 42-0 so I think that had a lot to do with it.” “I think part of the problem on Friday was miscommunication because of the scheduling with both the soccer and football game,” said STUCO Communication/ Publicity Officer Stephen Ocampo. “But I also think it is partly true. When the soccer team has faced big MCC schools, except for Chaminade, there have not been a lot of students there. I feel like football numbers have been down too.” Regardless of Friday night’s game, STUCO does not know what to attribute this overall decline in attendance to. “I don’t really know the reason why students aren’t going to games anymore, but I feel like ever since we were freshmen, sports attendance has been going down, more and more every year,” said Ocampo. “I don’t know if it’s a lack of spirit or values or what.” “I don’t think it’s one
thing. I think its a multitude of things that have caused it. An increase of homework and stuff like that,” said Lockwood. “We’re gonna get spirit up this year, mark my word.” Despite the uncertainty regarding the low attendance numbers, STUCO has several new ideas to increase the number of students at sporting events, from free food to prizes. “I’m going to be giving out free Jack in the Box ta-
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t’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a Billiken! But what exactly is a Billiken? A cloud of uncertainty surrounds the origins of St. Louis U. High’s unique mascot, and many different answers to the mystery of the Jr. Bill can be heard around the halls of SLUH. Historically, the Billiken is a “mythical good-luck figure who represents ‘things as they ought to be,’” according to Saint Louis University’s website. The Billiken’s face could be seen in different products across the country before it was used as the mascot at SLUH, as it was a popular figure nationwide. According to Saint Louis University’s website, “to buy a Billiken gives the purchaser luck, but to have one given to you is better luck.” Despite being widely popular before it was SLUH’s mascot, many members of the SLUH community are unaware of its significance.
Some students, like sophomore Peter Herrmann, believe it to be some kind of animal. “It’s a made-up animal,” said Herrmann. “It is a made-up animal that has the face of a baby,” said freshman Andrew Smith. “It’s like a big white monkey,” said senior Sam Lockwood. Lockwood is not the only one to believe the Billiken to be a monkey. The nieces of SLUH principal Ian Gibbons, S.J. also saw a monkey-like appearance in our school’s mascot. Gibbons gave his two nieces each a SLUH eclipse t-shirt. “They liked it except for my little niece, who’s entering into middle school, who’s scared of it,” said Gibbons. Gibbons himself, along with some other SLUH faculty members and students, associates the Billiken with good luck. “My understanding of the Billiken is that it is a
form of a mythological elf that is a sign of good luck to some capacity,” said Gibbons. “It certainly has been good luck for SLUH over the years.” “I think it’s a magical creature who runs around and gives luck to us,” said freshman Andrew Trout. Even within the common belief that the Billiken is associated with luck, there are a lot of variations on how the Billiken originated, such as English teacher Kaitlin Southerly’s idea of the Billiken being part of a different culture. “I think it’s a Native American spirit type fixture,” said Southerly. “Like a figurine that would be present to represent some type of luck character.” Many in the community, like freshman Grant Sussman, embrace the mystery of the Billiken. “The Billiken is a symbol of our brotherhood here at SLUH,” said freshman Grant Sussman. “I think we can believe what it is individually.” This common thread of the unknown in terms of our school’s mascot creates an atmosphere of mystery throughout the community about the Billiken. “I like it because it’s unique. We’re very unique as a school, so we should have a unique mysterious mascot to go with the mystique that is SLU High,” said math teacher Craig Hannick. Others around the community would agree with Hannick’s assertion that the sense of uniqueness that the Billiken brings to the school makes it a great mascot. “It’s super unique,” said senior Will Perryman. artwork | Joseph Bytnar “When schools come from
some sort of incentive like ‘Sports Fan of the Fortnight’ or ‘Sports Fan of the Year,’ maybe with some prizes.” STUCO tested the free food idea during Tuesday’s soccer game against CBC and was pleased with the crowd’s reaction. “Throwing the bread into the crowd got people hyped,” said STUCO Vice President Will Perryman. STUCO is even considering utilizing new technological advancements to provide incentives for students to attend games. “Jack McGrail had a really great idea about using this app that uses GPS location where every time a student goes to a sporting event they’d get one point or something,” said Perryman. “So if we did that and offered prizes to whoever has the most points I think that would really increase participation.” After the poorly attended soccer game against CBC on Tuesday night, Perryman thinks that now “we know we’ve got a problem.”
SLUH fans at De Smet football game.
The mystery of the mascot: the Jr. Bill BY Riley McEnery NEWS EDITOR
cos to people that show up to games,” said Lockwood. “Everybody loves Jack in the Box tacos. They are the best tacos on the market and they’re not paying me to say this. I’m willing to spend some of my own money to try to increase the happiness of other students.” “We’re gonna bring some one-day old Jimmy John’s bread and start throwing it up into the stands,” said Ocampo. “And start making
out of town and play us in lacrosse they always ask what a Billiken is.” “I think it’s a mythical creature that makes our school way more unique than any other school in the St. Louis area,” said student body president Jack McGrail. “It’s a great mascot because it sits on its ass and smiles all day,” said Herrmann, referencing a joke made every year at SLUH Senior Follies comparing a SLUH senior to the Billiken. Along with the uncertainty about what exactly the Biliken is, there is also little information on why the Billiken was chosen as SLUH’s mascot. According to SLUH’s website, SLU football coach John Bender resembled the Billiken, and so it was decided to make it the school mascot, and hence the SLUH mascot as well. According to SLU’s website, “a cartoonist drew a caricature of the coach in the form of a Billiken and posted it in the window of a local drugstore.” This idea is not confirmed, nor is any other of why the Billiken was selected to be the mascot of SLU and SLUH. No matter what the consensus on the Billiken’s origins is, all can agree that it is a vital part of the tradition at SLUH. “I mess with it,” said Lockwood. “It’s traditional, and I think traditional things are cool. As Mr. Wehner would say, tradition never graduates. So I think the Billiken will never graduate. I don’t think we can change the mascot, that’d be some lame beep.”
Freshmen explore the city: Human Geography passports BY Ken Viehland and Noah Apprill-Sokol REPORTERS
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ake a trip with the freshmen around St. Louis! Freshmen at St. Louis U. High are now equipped with passports as a part of their new Human Geography course in an effort to increase cultural experiences in the St. Louis area for the students. The shift from Global History to Human Geography this year has brought numerous changes to the social studies curriculum for the freshmen, but the passports in particular stand out. The geography passports look like official passports, and will be for the freshmen to keep track of zip codes they have visited. When a student goes to an area of the city, he must write a reflection after noting the trip in his passport. The reflection should tell about what he did, what he learned, and how his experience connects to human geography in general. Each student needs a minimum of four trips, with at least one per quarter. Also required is a picture proving a student was actually at the sites he wrote about. Human Geography teacher Tom Zinselmeyer played a key part in implementing this new system. “We created this idea to guide kids to different areas of the region with the hopes of making them (the freshmen) familiar with those regions,” said Zinselmeyer.
“I remember vividly driving past many different high schools, many different neighborhoods, and many different school districts to come to SLUH down in the city. I remember this change of feel, and realizing the historic and welcoming feel this community has. That was first ‘aha’ moment for me, that these neighborhoods felt different.” Freshmen Zach Tomek and Anthony Adem agreed that the geography passports are an amazing idea. “I think that it is neat how we are supposed to go out to some places that we might not usually go to and see what they are about and why the locations are special,” said Tomek. “I like the idea because it gets you to places that you have never been,” said Adem. According to the Social Studies Department, these passports are just a first step in widening students’ experiences. “The passport is what we want to be the first step for expanding the view of a Saint Louis U. High student from wherever you came from to the whole world,” said Social Studies Department chair Kevin Foy. “That we, as Jesuit educated young men for others, want to be in a position to be for and with others, to be that influence, and to set this world on fire.”
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“Sleep no more! Moran doth murder sleep” BY Nathan Wild and Matt Dorsey FEATURES EDITOR, REPORTER
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nglish teacher Rich Moran is known for being the Sisyphus moderator and for his witty emails—and for being a night owl who plans, works, and grades in the English office into the wee hours of the night. Moran finds his home’s proximity to SLUH a major help to his late nights. Most of the afternoons, he takes care of his granddaughter and then walks across the street to finish up that night’s work. “I live in the neighborhood so it’s easy to come work here where there are fewer distractions. This is easier for me because I often walk here and walk home. It’s often a kind of peaceful thing to leave in the evening. I find it easier to get some things done when nobody else is around,” said Moran. “It’s like a quiet study place and there’s no competition for the use of the copying machines.” There are as many reasons for Moran’s being here late as there are debates on whether “A&P” is comic or ironic. However, what engulfs most of his after school time is carefully reading over essays. “I’m here correcting papers, preparing for class, reading the text. The main thing that keeps me here is essays. It takes an infinite amount of time and by that I mean the amount of time I was in class was always a small proportion and most essays can take 20 to 25 minutes apiece on,” said Moran. “If you’re teaching full time you get 100 students and 100 essays in, which you have to figure how you are going to find 40 hours, and that’s if you’re just grinding through them. In fact, it’s hard concentrating so it can take even more time. “ Contrary to the classic English teacher stereotype, Moran does not spend so much time on his students’ essays because of the pleasure derived from correcting
grammatical errors. Rather, he believes that his time put into reading his essays is a great way to prepare students to share their opinions in the world. “I have told many students that the major source of misery in my life is reading essays,” said Moran. “I believe in it and that it’s important work but it just takes a lot of time. I’m hoping the effect is that everyone that goes to the school learns from me or my colleagues how to think critically and how to connect opinions to evidence, which seems like a major issue in the world.” Another reason that keeps Moran motivated to pace through the essays is the ability to better connect with each student and understand them as an individual. “I find that when I read a student’s paper I better know the guys I’m spending time with in class. I know how to play the instrument better,” said Moran. “Teaching a group of students is like learning how to play the clarinet, then the saxophone. You’ve got to learn something new about each instrument. Every year, the group of students is different but I have gotten more comfortable as the years have gone by.” For almost 20 years when Moran taught Reading and Writing Fiction, he would host a Fictathon, a fiction-writing marathon in the writing lab or computer room. Students could stay as late as they wanted, joining Moran until midnight typing up their papers. “Originally, the idea was to make the school’s computers available more to everyone, but eventually it seemed more about celebrating some esprit de corps in the group,” said Moran. “We often had some sort of food for the event: salami, cheese, and Italian bread from the Hill, a huge pot of chili, and a couple of times, a roasted turkey. If the servings did include salami, the classroom would reek of garlic the next morning. If chili, the
room would feature a redolence of the digestive process.” The students would join Moran in his late night tradition of Cardinal baseball and were present for the ups and downs of his life. “The Fictathon often had a shadow session in the hallway, where some of us would linger listening to a radio. My
and conversations with others he does not run into during the regular school hours. “I have gotten to know the custodians that are here in the evening and it’s a really nice part about being here. Michael is the guard in the parking lot but also checks to make sure everything is secure in here late at night, so we have gotten
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most painful Fictathon memory goes back to a mid-October Fictathon when Tony Womack and Dr. Southerly’s Diamondbacks drove the Cardinals from the playoffs with a walkoff hit,” said Moran. “We then returned to M204 to drown our sorrows in the similes for excruciation.” Staying late has also given Moran the ability to converse with others in a slower paced, more lax setting, outside of the short chats and the high speed thrills in the crowded hallways during passing periods. “The encounters you have with people are more unrushed and more civilized than they are during the day when everyone is rushing past everybody else because they have stuff to do,” said Moran. Moran is one of several SLUH faculty members who lurk the halls late at night and finds pleasure in his encounters
to know each other,” said Moran. Topics of Moran’s discussions can vary from philosophical questions about life to common questions about a shared love of music genres. “There are times when Larry, Gene, and some of the guys who clean up the rooms and I just talk about some stuff together. The talks were very philosophical,” said Moran. “Larry and I especially talk about how we see the world. We would also talk a lot about jobs and music. It’s a really nice part about being here in the evening. Gene has a great collection of music: opera and jazz. We share music with each other. It’s neat.” Staying late requires creativity to combat boredom, thus Moran and several others who stay late create many ways to keep the vacant hallways of SLUH alive in the night.
“There are other teachers like Mr. Deves, Dr. Callon, and Mr. Kavanaugh who are often here in the evening and we sometimes startle each other. I have tried to scare Mr. Deves several times. I think I’ve done it. I think I’ve won. I would knock on the window and just say whatever came to me in the moment. I guess it was like ‘RAWR.’” “Mr. Moran and I are often here late and it was not uncommon for him to bang on the math office window when I expect nobody to be there. I’m working away and you can’t really see well through the window at night because it’s dark in the hallway,” said math teacher Stephen Deves. “All of a sudden, I’ll just hear a bang and jump out of my chair. He did this six times last year before I caught on that he was trying to scare me.” Moran’s reign of terror has not gone unnoticed however, and he has had his fair share of frights. “There was one time I was driving down Kingshighway and he was walking. I was pulling up at a stoplight and I screamed at him, so he figured that was retaliation for all the times he got me. I have never scared him in the building, though. He’s usually the culprit,” said Deves. Moran has also found staying late at night a better way to come into contact with students he might not have otherwise run into outside of the classrooms. “There was a funny moment three years ago at about six in the evening when all was quiet. I was walking down the senior hallway southbound about to get to the center corridor when a group of guys came around the hall chasing each other and a student collided into me full speed and knocked me down,” said Moran. “We were both kind of startled at what happened. Other than occasionally subbing for a class with him in it, it was the only contact that I had
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with that student, but it was strong physical contact.” Late nights for Moran are not just simply filled with essay after essay, as he finds breaks outside of scaring Mr. Deves or his conversations with the custodial staff. “I used to play basketball on Thursday nights when the gym was where the Commons is now. A group of about eight of us would play,” said Moran. “Some were faculty, some friends of mine. I wasn’t a good player, I just love to play basketball. We would play for a couple of hours at night. Unlike Flick Webb, I never got 38 points in a home game. The ball didn’t love me.” After many years of staying after, Moran has been able to witness some strange activities that will usually not occur during regular school hours. “A long time ago we had a teacher, Father Pieper, who used to rollerskate in the halls at night, so you’d just hear a guy skating around. He did it for exercise. This was back when the Jesuits actually lived in the school. He must have been 65 or so when I first came to teach. I was in the faculty office one night and heard this sound and it would keep occurring. I peeked out the door and there was Pieper rolling around at a pretty good pace, sharp turns around the corner. It was pretty cool to see,” said Moran. With the absence of Peiper came the loss of whimsical wheeling in the hallway until Moran decided to bring the joy rides back. “Sometimes I ride my bike from a coffee shop over here and like Father Pieper, I ride my bike down the hallways, not for exercise but just to get from one place to another,” said Moran. “It’s a lot of fun to ride a bike down a hallway at night when nobody is around.”
Powers hopes to interest and inspire students with St. Louis mural BY Sam Ortmann CORE STAFF
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rt teacher Sean Powers is painting a mural of Saint Louis. An oil painter by trade, he wanted to make more St. Louis U. High students interested in that form of art. “It’s been my experience that a lot of students in my art classes got to see a lot of finished products from their students or professionals or me but they not never got to see the process of a particular work of art,” said Powers. “So I want people to be interested. I want people to come in this room and be like, ‘Wow that looks really fun. I would like to do painting.’ Because I didn’t see a whole lot of that here.” Powers decided to focus the piece on St. Louis IX, King of France, because he wanted to celebrate SLUH’s 200th anniversary and represent the city of St. Louis. “I decided to do St. Louis for two reasons,” said Powers. “I wanted to celebrate the 200th
anniversary of SLUH and I thought that would be good subject matter. Secondly we don’t have any artwork around SLUH depicting St. Louis, king of France, other than the statue outside the freshman wing, but there’s no paintings of St. Louis
so I thought this would be a good opportunity to do that.” The painting itself is only in its beginning stages. Powers has currently only completed the underpainting, a method that involves of painting a darker layer con-
sisting of the desired image in one color and then filling out the real colors on top of that. He has not decided on what colors he will use yet but thinks he will keep it mostly monochromatic browns and golds and maybe adding
contrasting splashes of blue. Powers feels that painting has gone well so far and credits that to all the time he spent planning before he even picked up a brush. “The longer you spend designing a painting and the
more you know what you want to do before you start actually painting it the better it turns out,” said Powers. “By spending the first few weeks of school just designing this as a drawing and then on my computer made it better.” His also wants his work to have a deeper meaning. The theme, “St. Louis pray for us”, reflects both prayer with the saints and unity in prayer. Two rough brown lines currently represent the Missouri and the Mississippi Rivers in a large area of blank canvas that will eventually become the St. Louis metropolitan area. The idea is to create an image of oneness throughout the painting. “I wanted it to be this idea of praying with the saints but I also wanted to convey this idea of ‘hey St. Louis, let’s pray together, let’s be one, let’s be united,’” said Powers. “That’s why we have art. It’s to engage our culture and engage one another and to find meaning photo | Riley McEnery through abstraction.”
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Marco recalls living around the world as a Jesuit (continued from page 1)
JH: Back to your job at SLUH, what has been the most rewarding part since you’ve been here?
easy, except that I was choked up during many parts of the Mass. Seeing my family out there in the congregation was also really nice. JH: What have been some of your most memorable experiences that you have been able to have because you are a Jesuit? MM: My first assignment was in England. I did my theology training and I was ordained in Brussels, Belgium in ’67, so 50 years ago on July 29. I went to Petersfield, England, a small little market town, and I replaced the priest there for two weeks. I had never been to England before, but I met many people with great personalities. I met Mr. Alec Guinness, Obi-Wan Kenobe, you’ve heard of him, well that’s who it was. He was at the parish and invited me to his home. You see, this collar opens a lot of doors. That was a very memorable experience. The fact that here I am, a foreigner who can’t speak the proper British English, yet I was accepted because I was a priest and newly ordained and preaching. That was the beginning of a great adventure because you go all over as a priest. I went to England, to Notre Dame in Paris, and to Madrid to say Mass in Spanish. I am always baptizing, hearing confessions three hours every Sunday at the Cathedral. I’m 81 years old, going on 82, but the priesthood knows no limits, even in a wheelchair you could talk to people, hear their confessions, and say Mass as Fr. Pinne did. I can’t begin to tell you the extraordinary fulfilling moments that I’ve experienced. You don’t need talent or brilliance or eloquence to be alter Christus, therefore another Christ, and to take care of the flock wherever
Fr. Marco celebrating morning Mass.
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JH: Over the 50 years that JH: Have there been any you’ve been a priest, what other trips or situations that kinds of challenges have you were particularly memorable faced? that you have gotten to be a part of because you were a MM: The main challenges to priest? being a priest are the emotional drain of being with MM: Well that is everywhere people. You are not like a you go as a priest. In Madrid doctor who patches them up. I taught and said Mass for You are getting into the very Spaniards and Americans soul of people. You hear their who were there, so in Span- inner secrets. You go to their ish and English. I’ve been bedside and see them die. to small parishes in France, You hold their hand and pray that if you were a priest and with them. It is an emotional knew the language, not like drain, not physical. It sucks a native, you were able to say out your heart and you want Mass, hear confessions, and to do so much, but the frustalk to people. You can make tration is that you can’t give a tremendous impact on ev- them answers. People come erybody that you talk to. and ask me questions. The Catholic Church is I am not a marriage very universal. I have been counselor. I’m not a shrink. up to the French-speaking All I can do is sit and listen part of Canada and have and say how can I help. And said Mass up there. In fact I how you help is by listening did my nephew’s wedding in and opening up and saying I French in Montreal, Canada. am here for you. Many marThe priesthood is a univer- ried people and older people sal solvent. You can go any- have nobody to talk to about where. They don’t look upon their problems, so they talk you as an American or a for- to a priest. eigner. You’re a priest. So it All you have to do is cuts across and through all of affirm people that they are the barriers we normally put good. They are valued. They on people due to nationality are important. If you don’t or color or accent or educa- believe me, look at the cross. tion or lack thereof. John 3:16. He so loved the
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world, not hated the world, that he sent us his only son to die for sinners. It is overwhelming just to tell people that good news. Of course there is frustration when many people simply do not respond, but Jesus had some of the very same frustrations. I’m sure that every priest is frustrated when we don’t see them accepting the good news. I’ll say something about the priesthood. It’s like a good French wine that gets better with age. There are fermentations. One is health. I used to run about two miles a day, but five years ago the ankle went and now I walk about with a boot. Also, morally speaking, when you go to new starts, there are bouts of loneliness if you don’t know anybody yet in a particular place. The only way to make it through is through the gospels. We have no significant other, so we must dedicate our lives to the Church in order to become fulfilled. Also, the Vitamin D that I get from the sunshine that you boys produce keeps me going. If I walk over here to talk to a boy, any kind of depression escapes me. I see that all pains that come with old age are worth it.
MM: Teaching. I taught here from 2004-2014. I had taught 48 years at that time and the provincial said, ‘Father we want to change your mission. You will no longer be in the classroom. Mr. Laughlin wants you here all the time to be with the kids.’ They want a priest here who can talk to people. I’m here from before eight to three and sometimes more. Alumni, teachers, and kids come in and not always to see me. In fact they often stop in and say, ‘I’ll be back’. I think they feel that they report to me as an old grandpa. So this has been a memorable change in my life as a teacher. Now I am teaching, but not in the classroom. I had Mass today and the prayer services this week. What people don’t understand in our life is that the community is not the frat house over there with seven people, it’s everybody. We get to know the kids and the parents and they spoil us rotten. We could live in an old shack and have the same effect. So, it has been a great rewarding experience where I call home and will remain until they haul me out to say goodbye. JH: Do you have a favorite memory from your time teaching? MM: A favorite memory, wow. Seeing some of the boys who have graduated from here and De Smet and doing their weddings and seeing them mature from kids into married men is very special. Also, seeing them go into the seminary and the Order is very special. It is like a parent seeing their child achieve greatness, not in the financial world or educational world,
but as men of God. The holiness of life that I’ve seen has been incredible. You realize that you might be an old, cracked, leaky pipe, but you give the undiluted, unconditional grace, passion, and mercy of Jesus Christ. So when I see you guys come back, I think that I’ve done a good job. Recently, I have a group from the class of ’71, ’81, ’91 who I meet with once a month and we have Mass and speak about spiritual things. These are men who are busy with their jobs and families, but they have time to continue their religious pursuit of the Lord Jesus Christ and wanting him to be more of a part of their lives, not less. Many send their kids here for that same training and that’s how I know that I’ve succeeded. They could be trained anywhere, but their parents chose here for the spiritual investment that we give them. JH: So, you’ve been in the priesthood for 50 years, have you noticed or seen any significant changes and what are those changes? MM: Oh yes, things have changed and I think for the better. I think our emphasis in theology is a lot more personal, our relationship with the Lord himself. I see the quality of the men joining the Society and the Diocese to be improving. One out of three people at Kenrick Seminary is either from SLUH or De Smet. We need good priests, bishops, and popes. So yes, I see an improvement in the training of our own Jesuits through spirituality. Although it is a smaller number, we take quality over quantity nowadays.
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about how St. Louis U had a lot of representation in the procession but SLUH did not,” said junior Dalton Ennis. Hill contributes the lack of SLUH student presence to the time of the event. “We tried to promote it as much as possible but Saturday at 5:30 is a tough sell,” said Hill. Many people liked the events after the Mass, which included food trucks, fireworks, a concert, and other performances. “There was a circus performance which I really liked,” said Reddy. “There were some food trucks, one of which was the Lion’s Choice food truck which I particularly enjoyed.” Even though this is the only event planned between both SLUH and SLU, there are several events SLUH has planned to celebrate the Bicentennial. “We have a day of ser-
vice Oct. 20 and we will have our own celebration in April,” said Laughlin. “My favorite part of the Mass is the real presence of our Lord coming to be with
us once again,” said Laugh- many people these 200 years lin. “It was a tremendous that have shaped our commoment of 5000 to 6000 munity.” people to gather for Mass and to pause and consider God’s great work through so
The stage that was set up on the riverbank for the Bicentennial Mass.
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The goal of the event is not just to have silent adoration. Hill hopes to have times of quiet music and times of praise and worship, as well as silence. “Hopefully we are able to create a prayerful atmosphere that people can benefit from,” said Hill. Currently the Mother’s Club has Eucharistic adoration open during Advent and Lent that totals about 60 to 70 hours. The committee would like to add on to that, and also have adoration available during the rest of the school year. Beginning during the second quarter, Hill hopes to have two hours of Eucharistic adoration after school every Friday so that students can stop in for any amount of time that suits them. One difficulty of having the adoration periods right after school is that parents may not be able come and participate, so the option of evening adoration is being photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott looked into. Another goal is
to have two 24 hour periods of continuous adoration, one during freshman retreat and one at the beginning of Holy Week. “I think it is so important for us give thanks to God. That is really fundamental to our faith,” said Hill. “We have to recognize the blessings we have already received and give thanks for them.” Every member of the SLUH community is encouraged to sign up for a slot of adoration once openings are available. “Obviously we wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for God. We owe so much to Him for blessing our school, so to be able to spend time for us and be present with the body of Christ right in our midst is a good thing for our community,” said campus minister Meg Beugg. If any student, parent, or teacher is interested in being a part of the planning process, they can contact Hill.
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Too much of a good thing: AC freezes students Luke Wilmes and Ben Klevorn BY
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hen you walk in the doors of St. Louis U. High on a hot August or September day, you can expect a wave of frosty air conditioning to cool your skin. The chilly classrooms keep many students wide awake in class. The transformation of students walking up from the parking lot in Polos to putting on jackets and sweaters in the school building demonstrates the immense power of the SLUH air conditioning system. However, some rooms stay warm and cozy. How does this magic machine work? All of the air conditioning is going right over our heads and we don’t even know it. On the roof of the school is an army of AC units working hard to frost your hair. For the J-Wing, there is one chilling unit that pumps cold air through ceilings and floors to cool down the third floor and the art and theology classrooms. The main school building has six AC units, the library has five; there are two on the Commons, two brand new units on the science wing, and nine above the theater, band, and chorus rooms. Classrooms don’t have their own AC units, so rooms can’t control their own temperature. School temperatures are maintained through the Trane Tracer System, a program that measures and sends temperature and atmospheric conditions to Director of
Maintenance Rick Figge. “The Trane Tracer system is a system on which we can put certain setpoints to control certain areas’ temperatures in certain buildings,” said Director of Facilities Joe Rankin. “As soon as it detects a difference in temperature by one or two degrees, it pumps more cool air into that area.” Some newer units adjust themselves, like the Danis Field House units and Si Commons units. Others require manual editing by Figge. But even with the Trane Tracer System, the Facility and Maintenance staff rely mostly on personal feedback from students and teachers about the temperature of the school. “We cannot be in every place at every time, so if we have a teacher, faculty member, or student say, ‘Mr.
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Rankin, why is this particular room 85 degrees all the time,’ we wouldn’t necessarily know that because we aren’t there all the time,” said Rankin. Students and faculty have noticed that many classrooms feel significantly different than others. “For me, S302 is the coldest classroom I know of. Every day it is freezing in there,” said sophomore Miguel Cadiz. “I don’t think my classroom is cold. That is why I turn the fans on. Keep in mind boys sit in class snuggled up in their half zips, and I am up movin’ and groovin’, stylin’ and high profilin’,”’ said theology teacher Dick Wehner. For the most part, there are two main reasons for some rooms being colder than others. One is that the newer an AC system, the more efficient
the machine is, making the room colder. The AC system was implemented in 1994, so the original system is now 23 years old. There is a big contrast between the productivity of a 23-year old unit and the productivity of a brand new unit. The second is that many classrooms have re-routed vents and chutes for the cool air to direct excess air away from the room. The AC units work in special ways and are meant to produce set amounts of air in certain amounts of time. Simply blocking the airflow would cause backflow into the unit and cause damage to the machine, which could cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. Instead, the facilities and maintenance staff go up into the ceiling and redirect the airflow into another area. This causes one area to become warmer while making the other doubly chilly. The positioning of the units also plays a role in which rooms are colder. M101 and S302 are both right underneath AC units, so naturally this would make them colder than a room 30 yards away. Environmental factors like humidity also play a role in air quality. The tortuous humidity and heat of Saint Louis could easily plague students and faculty well into late September. But thanks to Rankin, his staff, and our AC friends on the roof, SLUH students can keep chilling in the classroom.
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NPR, KSHE 95, and Rocket League: students start new clubs based on interests BY Brian Tretter and Kevin Hickey REPORTERS
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ne of the selling points of SLUH is its diversity of clubs with over 90 total, including the KSHE 95 Fan Club, NPR Club, and the Rocket League Club. Any small group of dedicated students and a single faculty moderator to form a club themselves The KSHE 95 Fan Club made its debut last Friday when they hosted rock music trivia during junior/senior lunch. The founder, junior Thom Molen, started the club out of his passion for the infamous radio station. On Friday, Molen MC-ed the game of guessing rock n roll songs and gave prizes to the first person with correct title and artist of the song. KSHE 95 is not only St. Louis’ number one radio station, but also its oldest. The station is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and Molen wants to pay tribute to his favorite radio station. “It’s a club for people who like rock n roll and like to listen to rock n roll together,” Molen said. Molen has many more visions for the club. “We plan to make rock playlists for students to listen to and organize groups to attend local KSHE concerts,” Molen said. The first outing is this Saturday at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre for the KSHE 50th anniversary show featuring The Doors, ZZ Top, Collective Soul, and Sammy Hagar. Another addition to SLUH’s long list of clubs is the NPR Club, created by senior Pierce Hastings in collaboration with math teacher Craig
Hannick. According to Hastings, NPR Club was created based off an observation that justice clubs would often have discussions started or based off of NPR articles. “I realized that there could just be a separate club where we could discuss NPR and look at current events through the NPR lens,” Hastings said. He stated that the format would involve sending out a podcast from NPR’s “We Live Here” or “1A” podcasts. These primarily discuss social justice issues like race relations, class issues, and free speech. After listening to podcasts, the club will have discussions that include but are not limited to these issues. These discussions will involve the formulation of questions, and maybe even involve TED Talks based off of the topics. The major idea of the club is to provide, in Hastings’ words, “a forum for people who are really passionate for public radio and are willing to discuss the state of journalism.” Hastings says that he uses NPR as a lens to view the world, and that NPR Club is a place for other people who do as well. The third new club created this year is the Rocket League Club, a place for people to play the popular game from which the club gets its name. Rocket League is a vehicular soccer video game that, as of now, is one of the most popular games on the gaming platform Steam. The focus of the game is to drive rocket-boosted cars around a domed soccer pitch, jumping into the air and attempting to score a goal.
Former and current SLUH faculty celebrated at the Jesuit Jubilee Fr. Carl Heumann, S.J. celebrated 25 years in the priesthood. photo | Mr. Matt Scuito crossword | Barclay Dale
Across 1. Movie by Illumination Studies 4. A ceiling window 8. A continuous coil or curve 9. Slender hands 10. Dog sound 11. Tributes to the deceased 13. Relating to interrupted breathing 15. SLUH Soccer Captain 17. A “cool” vegetable
20. SLUH Chorus teacher 21. A card deck suit 23. Amateur, beginner 24. Winter requirement for heating of car windows 25. Beauty pageant reward
6. Sweet cake topping 7. Drive for the Homeless item 12. Telescope focusing element 14. Picasso, Dali, Cézanne 16. Snow White’s friends 18. Not over Down 19. Symbol of junior class 2. Unplanned, impro- brotherhood vised, spontaneous 22. Known for “The Ra3. Long necked animal ven” 4. Ointment, cream 5. Singer in the Alps
Fr. Michael Marchlewski, S.J. celebrated 50 years in the priesthood. photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott
Cross country’s top 14 travel to Chicago for Palatine Turnovers punish Invitational; jump nine places from last year’s performance football against CBC
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ll aboard! A split crosscountry team traveled down two different courses against tough competition from in and out of the state, as the top 14 varsity runners raced at the Palatine Invitational in Chicago and the rest of the team raced at the Hancock Invitational at Jefferson Barracks. The top 14 runners on the team ventured up to Palatine, Ill., a northwestern suburb of Chicago, to race in the Palatine Invitational that took place on Sep. 23. The runners left school after first period on Friday, and after arriving in Chicago, they ate dinner and planned on how they would be racing the next day. On Saturday morning, the Varsity 1 squad raced first, and placed 12th out of the 29 teams that participated in the meet. “We were trying to be top ten, but we were five points away,” said head coach Joe Porter. “330 was tenth place, and we were 335, so we were right there where our goal was. We also had the goal of having five guys in the top 100, and our fifth guy was 105th.” The biggest opponent the team had to overcome
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Junior Patrick Hetlege at Palatine Invitational
though was the heat. The city of Chicago broke a record that weekend, with the most consecutive days (6) where the temperature was over 90 degrees. Naturally this posed a significant obstacle to the runners. “The heat was definitely a factor, but not only physically, but mentally as well.” said senior Paul Burka, “Since we knew it was hot we knew that we couldn’t be able to run a personal record. We also had started to tire physically
before the gun even went off.” Despite the heat and tough competition, the team still managed to average 16:06 for the three mile race, which when converted to a 5K pace, was 16:40. “We wanted to average a time of 15:30, but the course was about 30 seconds slower than it has historically been, and a lot of that was the heat,” said Porter. The team also managed to improve on the gaps between individual racers, most
notably between the number one man, senior Paul Burka, and the number five man, sophomore Adam Mittendorf. “Our one to five at Granite City was 45 seconds, and 1:09 at the Festival. now we’re back to 45 seconds which is a good sign as we move forward,” said Porter The team also raced a JV team at Palatine, which was made up of many runners on the Varsity 2 squad. They end-
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Soccer handed first losses of season, against Kirkwood and CBC
Seniors Cam Verzino and Alec Meissner at Soccer Park last Friday.
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krrrrrt! This past week, the Kirkwood Pioneers and CBC Cadets put the brakes on the St. Louis U. High soccer team’s undefeated run. The 1-0 semifinal loss to the Pioneers this past Friday not only knocked the team out of the Bob Guelker CYC Tournament, but handed the Jr. Bills their first loss of the season. The following Tuesday, the Jr. Bills could not bounce back in a 3-1 loss against the
Cadets. The Pioneers came in with an 11-1-1 record—the only blemishes came from a loss to Ladue, another semifinalist in the tournament, and a tie to CBC. After scoring 13 goals in three games in roundrobins, the Jr. Bills hoped to continue their dominant play. “We knew it would be a tough battle because they only had one loss of the season,” said senior Dan Frein. “But we had a good first three games of the tournament so I think we were confident com-
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ing into the game.” Early in the game, both teams seemed evenly matched as they found limited chances to score. Midway through the first, though, the Pioneers were awarded a free kick on their half. After a hard kick towards the goal, players of both teams were in a frenzy in pursuit of the ball, but Kirkwood’s Cam Saunders located it right in front of the net to chip it in, giving the Pioneers a 1-0 lead. In celebration of the goal, Saunders ran in front
of the SLUH student section, shushed the crowd, and raised both middle fingers up as he ran towards center field. “It definitely showed the gap of class between SLUH and Kirkwood,” said senior keeper Alec Meissner. “It was a stupid thing for him to do since he got suspended the next game. I don’t think he was thinking in the moment.” For the rest of the game, the Jr. Bills looked dominant as they controlled possession and tried to tie up the game, but many shots were either off target or the Kirkwood keeper saved everything that came his way. “I think we played well and dominated most of the game. However, when we created chances, we didn’t put them into the back of the net,” said captain Will Rudder. “They had two chances the whole game and found the goal. That’s soccer sometimes. That’s just the way it goes sometimes.” “Was I disappointed? Yeah,” said head coach Charles Martel. “Because I thought we could have beat them, no doubt about that.” With this loss, the Jr. Bills’ undefeated streak ends at 15 games, but they still remain hopeful as they head to-
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rior to the scheduled seven o’clock kickoff Friday night, St. Louis U. High President David Laughlin and Christian Brothers College High School President Michael Jordan took a moment to honor “the other” in the community. Both presidents expressed the desire for solidarity in Christ between the two rivals amidst the unrest throughout the metro area. They asked their communities to forget about their differences and come together in order to bring real change. Straight from the kickoff, the Cadets reasserted their differences, nearly scoring a touchdown that was called back because the returner had barely stepped out of bounds near midfield. From there CBC drove the ball into the Jr. Bills red zone with a mix of throwing and running. From the SLUH eight-yard line, CBC quarterback junior Brett Gabbert completed a pass to the sideline for a touchdown and a 7-0 Cadet lead within two minutes. The CBC defense applied pressure quickly, blocking a punt to gain great field position at the SLUH 18, taking advantage of the sluggish SLUH offense. “We weren’t consistent with our drives,” said senior lineman Sam Evans. “We kept getting behind the chains.” On the subsequent play, a pass straight down the middle of the SLUH defense to junior tight end Carson Buddemeyer increased the CBC lead to 14-0 with 7:06 left in the first quarter. On their next drive, the SLUH offense was pushed back to a long third and 17. After a short completion to junior Nick Lang, the CBC secondary forced a fumble and senior Lonell Boyd Jr. ran
for a touchdown to make the score 21-0 within seven minutes. “We have to do a better job, coaching-wise, of emphasizing the importance of ball security,” said head coach Mike Jones. The SLUH run game came out strong, as seniors Jared Scott and Daniel Terry consistently took handoffs through the tackles. However, the passing game was limited to just 70 yards on 13 attempts, making the run plays less effective. “With them shutting down the pass game, it’s hard when they only have to focus on one element of the offense,” said Evans. The Cadets scored again on a 60-yard touchdown pass just before the end of the first quarter to make it 28-0 CBC. To open the second quarter, SLUH got the ball moving on a big pass play. Looking for another big completion down the field, senior quarterback Austin Hannah let the ball fly, but Boyd Jr picked it off before it could reach its target and weaved his way through traffic to the house, increasing the lead to 35-0. “It’s hard enough to beat a team that is average when you make those mistakes, but against a good team, it snowballed,” said Jones. The second quarter slowed down, as CBC held possession and ran a lot of time off the clock. For a 41yard touchdown pass Gabbert lobbed the ball deep, finding his receiver in the end zone with 2:45 left in the half. Throughout the game, the Jr. Bills had a tough time pressuring Gabbert—the team did not record a sack— giving him time to make decisions in the pocket. “Their line was really impressive,” said senior Sean Bender, who led SLUH with
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wards playoffs. “I think it’s probably a good thing our undefeated streak came to an end. It brought us back to the ground kind of,” said Rudder. “Now we know that we have to work harder and approach every game like it’s our last.” “Every good team has to lose once,” said Frein. “Even the U. Conn women’s basketball team.” After the loss to the Pioneers, the Jr. Bills looked for redemption on Tuesday when they faced off against the Cadets. Earlier in the season, the Jr. Bills had defeated CBC in the CBC tournament, 3-0. This game, however, CBC came back for revenge. “When you beat them the first time they’re going to come prepared the second time,” said Martel. Early on, the Cadets looked like a completely different team than the one the Jr. Bills played, creating many chances to score. Towards the
end of the first half, one of CBC captains, Jack Edwards, dribbled through the Jr. Bills defense to score off the right post. “It was a rough game. The atmosphere around the game didn’t feel like we were playing a soccer game; it was all dead,” said Meissner. “Everyone on the field, when there’s no real atmosphere, it’s hard to amp yourself up.” CBC’s dominance continued through the second half as they allowed zero shots on goal while scoring back to back goals off breakaways. With the 3-0 lead, the Cadets were able to play a more defensive style, halting any Jr. Bill attempt to score. “They countered well and I don’t think we were ready for it. I don’t think we’ve seen a dynamic attack like CBC’s all year,” said Rudder. “They made some adjustments from last game and they worked. They never allowed us to play our game.” “We didn’t play consis-
tently for the full 80 minutes; they won a lot of 50-50 balls, they ran at us in the second half, and I think they just played better,” said Martel. The Jr. Bills’ lone goal came from senior captain Cam Verzino, who scored on a set piece with eleven seconds left in the game to end the game 3-1. “They wanted it more than we did. It’s as simple as that,” said Rudder. Despite the losses, the team emphasized the lack of school spirit at the games. “I mean (STUCO) gave out tacos. I don’t know what else we need as motivation,” said Frein. SLUH hits the road this Saturday to take on St. Dominic, the No. 3 small school soccer team according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “We can’t take them lightly. They’re a good team,” said junior Alex Lehmann. “We need to bounce back and go on a winning streak again.”
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kickoffs, sophomore Kellen it’s us against them and their four tackles. “Our defense Porter averaged just over 20 fans. It’s a different focus that wasn’t used to that because yards per return on five re- we have to find a way to get at the offenses we have played turns, a promising sign for the home.” did not have lines as big as future of special teams. Vianney is ranked No. 1 CBC’s.” Because CBC scored in the state, and reigning Class The second half moved quickly and often, their of- 5 state champions. quickly with a running clock. fense was barely on the field, “If everyone does their The Cadets tacked on an- totaling just under 15 minutes jobs, we will do well against other touchdown in the third of possession time compared Vianney,” said Evans. quarter with a short run from to SLUH’s 33 minutes. “We can’t turn the ball Friday night, the Jr. Bills over, we have to tackle well, junior running back Bryan Bradford. look to continue their road they run the ball extremely On SLUH’s fourth quar- win streak against a tough well, and we have to execute ter drives, the Jr. Bills found Vianney team. SLUH is 3-0 on offense,” said Jones. room to run, slowly driving on the road and 0-3 at home, Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Vianup the field. A pass interfer- unusual for most teams. ney. ence penalty on an attempt at “We are a lot more fo“We want to get to the the end zone with 5:45 helped cused I believe,” said Jones best record we can, which is SLUH get within striking of road games. “We are going 6-3, but first we have to get to distance. Down on the goal into an environment where 4-3,” said Jones. line, Terry punched the ball in from short, making the score 49-7 late in the fourth quarter. Terry racked up 77 all-purpose yards on catches and runs, including his touchdown. The only other productive rusher was Scott, with 78 yards on 17 carries. CBC struck back quickly on a 75-yard touchdown rush, with the clock running down before the extra point was attempted. The game ended was the second medalist of the 55-7 CBC. day. SLUH’s defense was unThe team will take on able to force a punt, but on SLUH defenders last Friday agianst CBC. photo | Dominik Skroska some of the best competition in the St. Louis area at the Parkway West Invitational on Head soccer coach Charlie Martel achieved Saturday.
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ed up finishing ninth out of the 25 teams, which was a very surprising result for the team. Sophomore Joe Callahan led the team to such a good finish, with a 3-mile time of 17:14, which when converted to a 5K time, ended up being 17:53. As the top 14 on the team travelled to Chicago, the rest of the cross country team stayed in St. Louis, and raced at the 55th Annual Hancock Invitational at Jefferson Barracks Park. They faced some of the best competition from the St. Louis area, including teams like Parkway West, which was formerly the No. 1 team in the state, Kirkwood, and Lafayette. “We ran pretty well,” said assistant coach Tom Flanagan. “Everyone was under 20 minutes and (junior) Jack Sommers was our first guy, came in 52nd.” The team also faced difficulties from as a result of the heat, and the natural difficulty of the course at Jefferson Barracks, a hilly course with an especially daunting hill within a couple hundred meters of the finish line.
The varsity team at Hancock managed to finish 11th, led by Sommers with a time of 18:39. Sommers was followed by senior John Thomas, who finished with a time of 18:47. The entire varsity team averaged a minute faster than in 2016. “For us, we ran about a minute faster per guy,” said Porter. “Last year’s average time was 20:02 and this year all seven guys were under 20 minutes, and they averaged 19:07, which again shows our depth.” The JV and freshman teams also raced at Hancock. The JV team finished 9th, led by sophomore Garrett Seal, who finished 19th with a time of 19:07, and was the first SLUH runner to medal at Hancock since 2013. The freshman team also showed out, being crowned meet champions with a score of 74, which resulted in a tie between SLUH and Lafayette, which was broken by SLUH’s sixth finisher Noah ApprillSokol, who beat out Lafayette’s six-man. The freshmen were led by Reid Jackson, who finished ninth with a time of 19:57 and
Sophomore Joe Callahan led the JV cross country team to a 9th place team finish against varsity-caliber teams. He was first among SLUH JV runners at the Palatine Invitational, with a 33rd individual overall finish at 17:14 for three miles, competing with elite Illinois runners, akin to Missouri varsity runners. art | Ian Shocklee
his 500th win on Sept. 5. The milestone
victory came against St. John Vianney at the CBC tournament by a score of 4-0. See next week’s issue for the full article.
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Sophomore Joe Callahan last Saturday.
he disappointing season for C football continued with a blowout loss Monday to CBC, that dropped the team to 1-4 on the season. It is safe to say that this is not the season the football team had in mind. After finding itself on the wrong end of a 20-0 game, the team lost to fellow MCC competitors De Smet 36-0, and the following week Chaminade, 45-20. The Jr. Bills picked up their first win against Bayless in a close 21-19 victory. art | Kyle McEnery The Cadets dominated from the start en route to a 48-0 victory. They set the tone early, with a quick fumble return for a touchdown, a long touchdown pass, and an 85yard touchdown run. The Cadets held a 35-0 lead at the half, and tacked on a pair of touchdowns in the second half. Head coach Adam Cruz isn’t letting the record fool him, however. Playing teams with more experience together, he doesn’t expect the record to be perfect. “For freshmen it’s not so much about the wins and losses,” Cruz said. “We’re playing teams that not only have people who have played bephoto | Mr. James Hetlage fore, but have played together. That’s tough to overcome.”
Currently, the freshman team has only a handful of players who have played with prior experience. One of those is Bobby Conroy, whom Cruz said has been a great leader for the team. Even with the poor start, Cruz has high hopes for his squad moving forward—not just this year, but as the years progress. Certain players have really caught his and opposing teams’ coaches eyes. Left tackle Zach Stevenson and left guard Jackson Liebrock, playing with no prior experience, have been outstanding for the team. “Coaches after games will always tell me, ‘That left side on offense is great.’ That’s huge. Having guys with no experience playing this well is a big plus,” said Cruz. Freshman Andrew Trout kept a positive attitude going forward with the season. “We’re still working to bond together and grow as a team,” said Trout. “We’ve struggled to communicate and that’s something we need to be better at to play at the level we want.” The C football team will look to bounce back at Vianney next Monday at 4:30. Similar to SLUH, the Vianney C football team has struggled, to the tune of a 1-3 record.
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Kesterson to recognize “good things” Last Friday, Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson announced a new program designed to reward “good things going on” around the student body. “There’s guys who do a lot of really great things here on a regular basis,” said Kesterson. The achievements could be athletics related, like “scoring a touchdown in a football game,” or simple—as Kesterson said,
Floretta, where she talked about her job—a nurse anesthetist —to club members. “She discussed anesthesiology in general and... also talked about what her daily schedule is like when she is at the hospital,” said moderator Tim O’Keefe, “The students in attendance really enjoyed the entire presentation.” The idea was generated after O’Keefe had Floretta’s son, Adam, in his biology class last year. Also a recent graduate of SLUH is
Guest speaker Marie Floretta speaks to the medical carrers club.
“unnoticed” activities— such as picking up trash or finding a lost wallet. The students will be selected after Kesterson consults with other faculty members, on a week-by-week basis. Medical Careers Club speaker Last Tuesday during activity period, the Medical Careers Club hosted Marie
photo | Miguel Cadiz
“studying to become a nurse anesthetist at St. Louis U. and he is really enjoying the program,” said O’Keefe, which helped spark interest. Kesterson restricts access to locker room A recent spree of theft in the locker room has prompted Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson to lock the door
Art Retreat returns 6:00PM Reunion Mass 7:00PM V Football @ Vianney
Saturday, September 30 B/C/JV/V Cross Country Invitational @ Parkway West 10:00AM C Soccer @ St. Dominic 11:15AM B Soccer @ St. Dominic 1:00PM V Soccer @ St. Dominic
Sunday, October 1 9:30AM Reunion Mass
Monday, October 2
down the hall from the switchboard until the school can install a camera in that location. The decision comes after numerous students have reported stolen wallets and cash. Kesterson refused to comment on the exact number of students who have had their possessions stolen. But Kesterson did share that one student recalled walking into the locker room to find his bag had been rummaged through. “While crime in the locker room is not uncommon, it would be abnormal if it continued at this rate,” said Kesterson. Except for the door down from the switchboard, cameras already sit at each of the entrances and exits to the locker room. Federal law prohibits cameras from being placed inside. By restricting access to the door down from the switchboard, students are now forced to use alternative entrances, where they can be recorded by cameras. The increase in crime has some students worried
Underclassmen Briefs
Saturday 9/22
C Soccer vs Vianney
Tuesday 9/26
C Soccer vs CBC
about leaving possessions there, while other students are outraged over the theft. Eventually, Kesterson hopes to make the locker room accessible by key card access only—similar to unlocking a hotel room door—which would give him a complete list of all students in the locker room at all times. Upper Field made Wright The field has been undergoing repairment concerning the grass. With reunion weekend at hand, Gene Wright, Grounds Superintendent, has begun work on the upper field. Wright has been aerating, seeding, and fertilizing the area in order to make it look its best for the upcoming class reunion. This is the opportune time to be filling in grass patches.
Tuesday 9/26 B Soccer vs CBC
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Key Stat: Freshman goalie Johnny Key Stat: Freshmen Jack Rudder,
Key Stat: Freshman Tilahun Murphy
Barr played striker for the game, and Johnny Grimes, and Casimir Mac-
scored both goals to shut out CBC.
Gruder each scored a goal.
Volume 82, Issue 5 Editor in Chief Jack “the Play Pen” Schweizer News Editors Jake “Honduras, actually” Hennes Riley “Honduras...wait” McEnery Features Editor Nathan “Honduras...wait” P. Wild II Sports Editors Nathan “Hannick’s office” Langhauser Ben “Chaco factory” Datillo
Credits
“Where’s your backup Senior Project site?”
Core Staff James “The White House” Pollard Stephen “Nerinx” Ocampo Matthew “Pewter City Gym” Quinlan Sam “Whatever Ocampo puts” Ortmann Staff Luke “Trump Tower” Wilmes Steven “Wrigley Field” Zak Paul “Saint Richard’s” Gillam Ben “Wherever my mom can drive” Klevorn Art Director Joe “Gold’s Gym” Bytnar
Staff Artists John “The English Channel” Burke Jackson “Apple factory” Ducharme Staff Photographer Joe “The hammockmobile” Hillmeyer Reporters Handley “Bama” Hicks Jack “De Smet” Callahan Kevin “Google” Hickey Noah “The A&P” ApprillSokol Kevin “The NYT” Dunne Brian “Saint Joe” Tretter Ken “Scottrade Center”
Pre-Tenure AP Freshman Liturgical Musicians Rehearsal Pomona college Santa Clara University Snack—Chicken Bites Lunch Special—Brunch for Lunch Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese 4:00PM C Soccer vs. De Smet 4:30PM JV Football vs. Vianney C Football @ Vianney Tuesday, October 3 Regular Schedule Pre-Tenure AP Freshman Liturgical Musicians Rehearsal Creighton University UMSL Snack—Mini Taco Lunch Special—Chinese Vegetarian—Olive Oil Pasta Marian University 4:00PM JV Soccer vs. De Smet Swimming @ Parkway South 5:30PM B Soccer vs. O’Fallon 7:00PM V Soccer vs. O’Fallon
Wednesday, October 4
Late Start Schedule
Drive for the Homeless AP Sophomore Class Retreat Meeting Lunch Special—Spicy Chicken Bacon Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger Grinnell College Lake Forest College 3:30PM NIE Meeting 4:00PM JV Soccer @ CBCHS 5:30PM C Soccer @ CBCHS Regular Schedule Thursday, October 5
Friday, October 6
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Regular Schedule
Drive for the Homeless AP Freshman Class Meeting—STUCO Elections Compiled by—Jack Sch- Snack—Pizza Stick weizer, Nick Prainito, and Lunch Special—Domino’s Pizza Jacob Sprock Vegetarian—Sweet Potatoes 4:15PM Swimming @ Parkway Central 4:30PM C Soccer @ Fort Zumwalt South 6:30PM FAFSA night
got his second goal of the season.
No Classes
Friday, September 29
Around the Hallways
September 28, 2017
Viehland Matthew “A Sisyphean hill” Dorsey Justin “Sunday Nite Hitting” Koesterer Carter “J220” Spence Liam “CBC” John Jake “St. Mary’s” Trunko Contributing Artists Tommy “North Korea” Rogan Kyle “Home” McEnery Joe “Corporate” Lux Matthew “Canvas” Thomas Charles “Nap factory” McGroarty Moderator Mr. Steve “The Math Office”
Regular Schedule
Drive for the Homeless AP Freshman Class Mass Dean College Snack—Mozzarella Cheese Sticks Lunch Special—Philly Cheesesteak Vegetarian—Mashed Potatoes 6:00PM V Soccer @ Peoria Class of ‘67 Reunion Mass—50 Years 7:00PM V Football @ Rock Bridge
calendar | Liam John
SLUH tweet of the week: SLUH varsity hockey @SLUHHockey “Varsity Hockey vs. Hockey Cheerleaders. Varsity is now 0-1! Cheerleaders dominate! #bowling #VarsityCheerleaderMixer”