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SLUH responds to Church scandal Administration to review policies and procedures

BY Paul Gillam EDITOR IN CHIEF

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he recently published report by the Pennsylvania Grand Jury about the cover up of clerical sexual abuse has left the world in a daze and stammering for understanding. Catholic institutions across the nation, including St. Louis U. High, have been working tirelessly towards responses that show the necessity of caring for the victims, as well as showing those whose faith was shaken that they are safe and the Church is still good.

The initial and primary concern the report raises for the SLUH administration is to ensure that the students and greater SLUH community know that the school is a safe place for young people and to acknowledge the hurt of both the abused and the entirety of the Church.

In a statement that was published on the SLUH website, SLUH President Alan Carruthers said that “we at St. Louis University High were shocked and saddened by the recently released Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report. Our SLUH community wants to honor and recognize the pain that has been caused by elements of our Church and clergy. We are committed to the safety and protection of our students, and we are grateful for our Jesuit Province’s leadership in rebuilding trust and affirming accountability.”

“First of all, I want (SLUH students) to know that SLUH is a safe place.

That’s my primary concern,” said theology department chair Jon Ott. “We are a Catholic school, and sometimes I think that just like any group, like I was saying before, if one part of the church is hurting, the whole church is hurting. So maybe there is the temptation to view Catholic institutions with a greater degree of

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skepticism or to be wary, and so I want my students, like I always do, to feel like this is a place where it’s like a second home to them—a place that’s safe.”

Upon the release of the report, Carruthers issued an online response and also published letters from the Very Rev. Ronald A. Mercier, S.J., Provincial of the USA Central and Southern Province Jesuits; the Very Rev. Arturo Sosa, S.J., Superior General of the Jesuits; and Pope Francis. The letters and Carruthers’ response can be found of the SLUH website. Carruthers also sent his response and the letters to nearly 14,000 alumni and SLUH affiliates via email.

In an interview, Carruthers reinforced the idea that the necessary response is one of action.

“This has to be about action. This cannot be a passive response,” said Carruthers.

This action is in part taking place in the form of an exhaustive review of SLUH’s own policies and procedures concerning sexual abuse and sexual misconduct.

As soon as they were able, several administrators, including SLUH Principal Ian Gibbons, S.J., and Carruthers, as well as other members of SLUH’s leadership team, met to read the complete report and discuss the protocols that SLUH has in place and future responses involving both faculty and students.

“When the news came out, it was shock, horror, and a sense of ‘we have to do something,” said SLUH Principal Ian Gibbons, S.J..

“It has certainly caused us to redouble our efforts to look at our protocols, to make sure we’re communicating our expectations and our standards, as a school, as a place where primarily the young people in our charge

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DeBrecht retires after over a decade at SLUH

DeBrecht honoring a painting.

BY Ben Klevorn and PJ Butler

nance worker here at St. Louis U. High, Steve DeCORE STAFF, REPORTER Brecht retired from his pofter over a decade of sition last Friday. working as a mainteBefore he came to

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SLUH for over 30 years, Whealon taught members REPORTERS of the current faculty such s art teacher Joan Bug- as Fine Arts chair Kevin nitz, English teacher McKernan, ’01 and drawing Chuck Hussung, and math teacher Dan Schuler all take a leave of absence, retired St. Louis U. High faculty have excitedly come back to take over their classes. Their temporary replacements are Mary Whealon, Jim Raterman, and George Mills, respectively.

Whealon, a retired SLUH ceramics, drawing, and theology teacher, will be taking the place of Bugnitz as she spends the semester on sabbatical.

Bugnitz will be taking a sabbatical to pursue her personal art. While away for the first semester, she will be taking a printmaking class at UMSL, working on sculptural work, and other artistic teacher Sean Powers, ’05. activities.

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SLUH, DeBrecht worked at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Clayton. However, he did have connections to SLUH as his son was a graduate. After work, he would help out with the Fathers Club and Cashbah. In 2008, Director of Facilities Joe Rankin offered DeBrecht a job in the maintenance department, which he gladly accepted.

At SLUH, DeBrecht was often tasked with shutting off electricity, plumbing, carpentry, drywalling, and painting, among other things. While he did not consider heating and cooling to be among his top skills, he worked on them nonetheless.

“I applied them all (the skills) in different points in time, and there were some other little specialty ones like lock and key. I have done that, and of course digging holes out there in the ground for some project,” said DeBrecht.

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she knows the place and she’s familiar with the people, and she loves teaching,” said ceramics teacher Sarah Rebholz. “She digs working with

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nglish teacher Chuck Hussung has been a significant and comforting presence at St. Louis U. High, acting as a mentor to his freshmen and junior students, and playing Friar Lawrence in SLUH’s performance of Romeo and Juliet. Hussung has been a been a beacon of light at SLUH. Now, as Hussung cares for his wife, Marsha, who is suffering from a severe brain tumor, the SLUH community hopes to provide comfort for him.

On Jan. 16, an MRI showed that Hussung’s wife had a fast-growing brain tumor.

“She went from her symptoms to being in a wheelchair in three weeks,” said Hussung.

Continuing to teach until the summer, Hussung was aided by his fellow faculty members, who substitute-taught his classes and helped in other ways.

“Colleagues at school look for ways, not just to help me when I need it, but to anticipate what my needs were,” said Hussung.

Former English teacher Jim Raterman, ASC volunteer Justin Seaton, and librarian Lynne Casey have filled Hussung’s teaching duties.

“All three of these people are helping to cover my classes, and I am thrilled for students to get to spend time with them,” said Hussung. “I think it will be a blessing for them.”

Along with SLUH faculty members, Hussung’s friends and family spent time caring for his wife.

“From Easter till the end of school, every week, but one, we had someone come from out of town to help out at home,” said Hus-

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Olderman hopes to spark new changes in the Learning Center

BY William McCann and Ben Kleffner REPORTERS

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f you have time during a free period, and you dare head to the deepest darkest corner of the library, you may run into Claire Olderman, the bright new face in the Counseling Department and Learning Center. Whether you need help putting that planner to use, deciding between colleges, or just keeping a Gatorade cold for practice, she can help you out. Coinciding with her caring attitude and hospitable nature, Olderman keeps her door open, so feel free to stop by the new Learning Center for a quick chat.

As a communications major at John Carroll University in Ohio, Olderman did not know she wanted to be a counselor. After graduation from John Carroll in 2011, Olderman took a job as an admissions counselor at her alma mater.

“I worked as a tour guide in undergrad,” said Olderman on why she took the admissions counselor job. “I knew the people, I knew the job. I loved the job.”

After working at John

Carroll for a few years and only a few more semesters Maryville University, she will getting her masters degree before she earns her doctor- soon be able to help even in Counseling from Linden- ate in teacher leadership from more. wood University, Olderman took a school counselor job at St. John Vianney high school, where she worked for two years. In this role she helped students from freshman to senior year, as a school and college counselor. She decided she needed a switch in 2017, when she realized she wanted a bit more of a challenge.

“There’s 400 more kids (at SLUH),” said Olderman.

Olderman originally applied to work at SLUH as a school counselor, but all spots were filled. Still, SLUH decided they couldn’t let her slip away, and with the help of Jim Linhares, Olderman began working for the school at the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, filling a dual role as both learning coach and college counselor.

As a learning coach, Olderman will be helping students of all GPA ranges better hone some of their skills. Helping to cultivate more productive work ethic and more efficient time management skills are just a few things she has helped students with. With art | Jackson DuCharme

Seaton sits in Hussung’s seat during ASC year of service

BY Carter Fortman and Matt Friedrichs

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s the school year gets underway, Saint Louis U. High welcomes back Justin Seaton ‘13, to the English department as a part of the Alum Service Corps (ASC).

His background in journalism and travel brings a unique view as he looks to teach and learn during his time here at SLUH.

A St. Louis native hailing from the Hill, Seaton studied journalism, media, and Italian at St. Louis University.

After graduating in 2017, Seaton spent the better part of a year studying and living abroad in the regions of Ischia and Genoa, Italy.

Inspired by the great experiences he had with the ASC volunteers during his high school career, Seaton jumped on the opportunity to give back to the school that he learned so much from.

“I had kept in touch with the ASC Director over the years, and he hinted to me that numbers were kind of low this year and that someone had dropped out that was supposed to teach at SLU High and I told them I’d love to come back and teach at my former high school, intimidating as that might be” said Seaton.

Seaton did not apply the first time, but did apply the second time.

“I applied pretty late in the game, but after interviewing with Father Gibbons, Mr. Missey, and Mr. Curdt, I got

the job!”

While at SLUH, Seaton will take on the challenge of teaching Freshman English.

“We’re really excited to have his background in writing and English. He’s been open, eager about the work, and very focused on it,” said freshman English teacher Tim Curdt. Seaton teaches one section currently with Lynne Casey, one section by himself and will help English teacher Chuck Hussung take time off to be with his wife.

“With all the difficulties Mr. Hussung is having, he

ing to help expand SLUHTube during the year. “There is sort of a void now at SLUH, without Gadfly. I was heavily involved with the club when I was a student, as an editor of both the magazine and the show, but now it seems to have fallen out of vogue.” said Seaton. “I think that allows SLUHTube to go from just filming promotional stuff, to having a broad, student-driven, content-focused, club.”

Seaton is also using his experiences as a journalism major, a staff writer at SLU’s weekly newspaper, and a travel blogger to help with the Prep News as a teacher advisor.

“My background is in writing and journalism, so I’m happy to work with anyone who comes and talks to me,” said Seaton.

During this year of service, Seaton is expected to not just teach, but to learn and photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott grow as a teacher. asked me if I could support “I think that he is conhim, and I said I would love necting with students and will to support him,” said Seaton. continue to grow as a teacher “I never thought I’d be able over the year” said new Engto come back and help some- lish department chair Frank body who helped me so much, Kovarik. “He’ll definitely but I guess that is what a year learn a lot by teaching with of service is all about.”

Ms. Casey and Mr. Hussung.”

In addition to teaching, Seaton is grateful for the he will also fulfill some of the opportunity to teach, and traditional roles that ASC vol- hope to bring his unique skillunteers have done in the past. set to the classroom.

“It’s kind of an unwritten “If teaching is a great way rule, but all ASC volunteers to learn, than this is a great have to help work at football opportunity for me to learn” games, work with Freshman said Seaton. “I hope in teachservice, and monitor the pool ing my students writing and hall during activity period journalism that I can learn and after school,” said Seaton. things to take to my next job, One of things Seaton is whatever that might be.” most excited about is work-

“She has been a huge asset with an earnest enthusiasm and wise awareness of how to work with a school culture like SLUH based on her past valuable experiences in other schools,” said Learning Center director Tim Curdt. “She is off to a wonderful start and we couldn’t be happier with her work.”

As a college counselor, Olderman will assist the juniors as they begin the stressful and Herculean task of searching for colleges.

“We’re excited to have her on the team,” said Director of College Counseling Kevin Crimmins.

He plans to use this time to train Olderman for her work with the juniors by having her sit in on some senior meetings to help understand SLUH’s approach to the college process.

Around the school, Olderman has begun to become acquainted with her colleagues and with the student body. As a co-moderator of the yearbook, she’s started to form relationships and friendships within the SLUH community.

“Tay Wiley gave me a

fridge,” Olderman recalled. “I came back one day and there was a fridge in front of my door.”

After deeming her office “uncool,” junior Tay Wiley felt obliged to spice it up a little by donating his fridge from the former Gadfly room.

As part of her doctorate thesis, Olderman has plans to incorporate a new college search program starting freshman year. It would involve once a month meetings, which would cover different aspects of the college search process. She believes starting the search process early will alleviate student stress. Her research will begin with the current freshman class.

“I have heard it’s a bit of a challenge, but I’m willing to take that on,” Olderman said about her approach for this year’s Dauphin. She has already begun contact with interested students, and set up monthly deadlines so students won’t have to work too far into the summer.

“We are very blessed to have Ms. Olderman at SLUH!” said Curdt.

An ASC that doesn’t look like a student: Lucier joins SLUH English

BY Matthew Thibodeau and Nick Shelton

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fter five years of service in the Marine Corps, Peter Lucier, ’08, will continue to serve, now in a new way: as a member of the Alum Service Corps (ASC) assigned to St. Louis U. High.

Using his knowledge of reading and writing, and his distinctive experience in the world, Lucier will teach junior English, coach the wrestling team, work as an advisor for Prep News, and work with the freshman service project.

Raised in Dallas, Lucier became a Jr. Bill in 2004.

Lucier especially enjoyed his English classes, two of which were taught by current English teacher Steve Missey.

“He was not like any other student I had taught. Mr. Lucier wrote really brilliant essays which were perceptive and insightful and they were almost never like anybody else’s,” said Missey. “He was just an original thinker. Even

as a junior in high school, he had a voice in writing and a point of view on the things we were reading and on the world that was mature and thoughtful.”

After graduating from SLUH, Lucier enlisted in the Marine Corps and spent the next five years traveling the world in the service. Throughout his time in the service, he often revisited the stories he read while at SLUH. “I kept coming back to these stories that I learned here and loved here. They helped me make meaning out of the experiences I was having and the events in which I was participating,” said Lucier.

As a Marine, Lucier taught young infantrymen how to perform necessary actions in the context of the battlefield.

“I liked teaching young men how to shoot, how to call for fire, how to render first aid, how to treat gunshot victims, how to call in radio reports— how to be men of purpose and

photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott

men of action and mold them to be part of a community, a brotherhood,” said Lucier.

As an ASC volunteer, Lucier looks at his new position as an opportunity to help young men grow through stories. He wants to pass down an appreciation for stories, following the example that teachers displayed during his time at SLUH. “I wanted to (become an ASC) and work alongside the teachers that inspired me and were able to teach me.

I wanted to come back and work with Mr. Missey. He’s been an incredible mentor to me beyond my time at SLUH,” said Lucier.

Missey is equally excited to work with Lucier.

“I was totally thrilled to hear that Pete wanted to be in the ASC and was possibly going to be here, because he is a brilliant reader and writer and just a great person,” said Missey.

English department chair Frank Kovarik sees Lucier as a good fit in the junior English curriculum.

“I think junior (English) is a uniquely challenging course just because of the maturity level of the students, which is high, and their intellectual capacities. So, it offers its own unique challenges that I think Mr. Lucier is well suited for,” said Kovarik.

Prepared for the year ahead, Lucier is passionate about his role as an ASC volunteer, and is glad to be back at SLUH. “I love this place. I came back for a reason. It’s great to be back,” said Lucier.

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French students immerse themselves in France

BY Frank Barbieri REPORTER

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uniors Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bergman, Jack Billeaud and senior Dan Mahn traveled to France this summer for a St. Louis U. High foreign exchange program.

The program began at SLUH around five years ago by former French teacher Suzanne Renard, who connected with Nerinx Hall and Chaminade to participate in this program.

Current French teacher Kevan Morshed now runs the program; the number of students going on the trip has risen over the years.

Not only has SLUH sent students to France, but French students have been sent to St. Louis as well, usually around October.

The students spent their first two weeks in Chartres, a city about an hour south of Paris.

“It was a small town with a large town feel,” said Mahn. “We would walk everywhere, going to all kinds of corner shops and cafés.

The people there were incredibly nice and welcoming.”

The students took trips around Chartres to experience the different culture

and stayed with host families at night. One of these trips was an overnight trip off the northern coast of Normandy to a small island called Mont Saint Michel.

The island has a population of just 50 and has ancient roots, dating back to the eighth century.

Another day, the students got a taste of what going to school in France is like as they went to a school in Chartres for a day.

After spending two weeks in Chartres, the students made their way up to Paris, where they stayed in a hotel for a week. In Paris, they visited many tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower. They also ate at well-known restaurants and traveled to many different parts of the city.

The students gained confidence in their ability to speak French, and they also experienced firsthand what another culture was like and the value of getting a different perspective on life outside of the U.S. “I told them before they went, ‘the more you put into it the more you get out of it,’” said Morshed. “They took a risk which is something you don’t always experience in the classroom, and I’m very proud of them.”

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Schuler and Kilcline welcome first kid

AMDG: Introducing parents to Ignatian spirituality

BY Peter STAFF

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re your parents constantly wondering why they sent you to St. Louis U. High, and what you are getting out of the education they are paying for? Well if you are like most high schoolers, you probably do not want to explain the whole reason to them, which would take away from your precious time working on homework, studying, clubs, or participating in sports.

Instead, introduce them to AMDG at SLUH for parents, which allows parents to learn about Ignatian spirituality and practice what you should be practicing everyday at school: being men for others.

AMDG was started last year by Mary Burke, a mother of two recent alums, who started planning the event in the 2016-2017 school year. “(Burke) said she wished there were more things for parents to learn about Ignatian spirituality because a

lot of parents do not know about it,” said Campus Minister Meg Beugg, who helped Burke start the program.

“The mission of AMDG is for the Greater Glory of God and the spiritual health of our families. We gather to learn about the spirituality of St. Ignatius, growing closer to God and one another in faith and friendship,” said Patricia Feder, who is now the leader of the AMDG. Now that your parents are hooked, here are the specifics: AMDG events happen four times every year and begin with Mass, followed by a buffet supper, and finally, a presentation given by a guest speaker. The speaker will talk about the themes from the book, What is Ignatian Spirituality? by David Fleming, S.J., which is free through a link on the SLUH website.

“It is a great synopsis, and each chapter covers different aspects,” said Beugg.

“Attendees do not need to read the book by any

means, each speaker really just uses the book chapters as a quide,” Becky Slatin, who helps organize the AMDG program.

The AMDG parents are also invited to share their own thoughts and experiences over what they heard and read.

“Talking about your faith and growing in your faith is not just about listening to experts, but there is this wealth of knowledge already among the parents,” said Beugg. “This helps the parents relate their busy lives with trying to grow in relationship with God.” This time allows parents to become more familiar with the philosophy behind Jesuit education.

“When my son Will started at SLUH, currently a senior, my husband Michael and I did not really know much about Ignatius.

We knew the value of a Jesuit education because of its strong focus on social justice and the importance of

learning, but as we became more involved ourselves and would listen to what Will was learning we wanted to know more ourselves,” said Slatin. “AMDG has given us the opportunity and allowed us the chance to explore our own faith.”

This unique opportunity invites all SLUH parents in the SLUH community on a journey together to discover more about themselves and their faith.

Former President David Laughlin said what he admired most about the AMDG outreach, “was that it is a peer ministry of sorts, parents to parents. Not that any one of us is an expert, but we are all on this journey, pilgrimage together.”

The first meeting was last Thursday, Aug. 30, with the second one taking place on Oct. 4, featuring SLUH’s very own assistant principal Jim Linhares, who will be talking about the “Spiritual Life is a Pilgrimage.”

Foreign foods and familiar faces: The 2018 Taiwan trip

BY Sam Guillemette REPORTER

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arly June found Jr. Bills on the Chinese trip halfway across the world in a night market eating stinky tofu for the first time. For two weeks, a group of St. Louis U. High Chinese students and chaperones, led by Chinese teacher Yude Huang, traveled around Taiwan making incredible memories and stopping to see an old friend along the way.

The trip began in the city of Taipei where the group

cool experience because we got to practice our Chinese negotiating skills.”

When the students weren’t exploring the area around their hotel on their own, they went sightseeing around the city led by their friendly tour guide Sunny and the insider knowledge of Huang. Huang is a Taiwan native, so he was able to act almost as a second tour guide for the group, giving them advice on things like which foods to try.

“One of my favorite

ing fish, and they told me to have the fish eye,” said Perry.

“After a bit of reluctance, I bit into it, and there was a crunch, and the inside was gooey-traumatizing.”

After their time spent in Taipei, the group headed out to the countryside, where they stayed with host families for three days. While with the families, they visited multiple schools and even got to attend classes for one day. They spent the last day with the host families exploring their favorite spots

Math teacher Dan Schuler and his wife Katie Kilcline gave birth to their first child, Rowan John Kilcline Schuler. Weighing in at 9.3 pounds, Rowan was born at 5:30 am at Mercy hospital on Sept. 5.

Students at Chiang Kai-Shek memorial hall in Taiwan.

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stayed in CU Hotel Taipei.

The convenient location of the hotel allowed the students to explore the streets of Taipei in the evenings and experience the city’s rich culture, including bustling night markets. These shopping centers a host myriad of vendors with a wide variety of products and occupy what during the day is a regular street.

“They sell everything from food to fake designer clothes, pretty much everything you can imagine,” said senior Charlie Perry. “The night markets were a really

parts of the trip was having Mr. Huang say over and over ‘you have to try this, it’s famous,’” said history teacher and chaperone Lindsey Ehret. “It was really nice to have his insider’s view of the country.”

Food was a unique part of the trip, and students and chaperones alike were often encouraged to try delicacies out of their comfort zone, including things like tofu, scallop pancakes, bubble tea, bitter root soup, and, in Perry’s case, fish eye.

“At one of the meals with our host family, we were eat-

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around the area.

The host family program was a new addition to the Taiwan trip this year.

“It was cool to stay with host families because we got to experience how they live,” said senior Jimmy Wolfe. “It was interesting to see how different their schools are.”

Over the three days, the students developed a special bond with the families, and a few still keep in touch with their families through email.

One thing the students and chaperones loved about Taiwan was how hospitable the people were.

“People would bend over backwards to make you feel comfortable, and they would provide gifts for everyone,” remarked Ehret.

Another highlight of the trip for many was meeting up with former SLUH Chinese exchange student Anna Shi. Shi came to SLUH two years ago as a part of the exchange program with the Nanjing Foreign Language School, and became great friends with several students during her time here. Shi was in Taiwan to take the SAT at the time of the trip, so she arranged to meet up with the group and join them for five days. After an enthusiastic and much anticipated reuniting, she accompanied the group on the tour.

“She joined us for all the activities,” Wolfe said. “She rode on the bus with us and was my translator while she was with us.”

Students and teachers alike raved about the trip and said there was almost nothing that they could see needing improvement.

“It was the best part of my summer!” exclaimed Wolfe.

“I encourage everybody to pursue things in life like this trip that might seem challenging, and might test your comfort level, but it’s really rewarding because you have really great memories and you can connect with a large percentage of the population. Everybody was over the top generous with us, and it was a really welcoming environment, so I would recommend anybody taking Chinese try to go,” said Ehret.

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Appreciates experiences at SLUH and anticipates own projects: DeBrecht reflects (continued from page 1)

the wide variety of skills he learned due to the fact that SLUH was an older building, with new technologies throughout the campus.

“Being that was an older building, they also could use the skills in old technology, and that is one thing SLUH offered,” said DeBrecht. “Not only do they have old technology, but they also graduated into the newest and cutting edge technology, so you have this wide variety of skills you have in order to work there,

which is really nice.”

Although DeBrecht enjoyed SLUH, he believed it was his time to retire. He cited his age, 67, and health as reasons for retirement.

With all the work he has done with his hands, arthritis is a concern for him and his shoulder is not in ideal shape. He also has more free time to work on projects at his own house, which he has fallen behind on in recent years.

DeBrecht greatly enjoyed the nearly 11 years he spent at SLUH. He said he

will miss the great people and all the work and goal setting the maintenance department has done in his tenure.

“I would like to thank everybody on the staff and administration and all the teachers and people involved. I would just like to say that I am grateful that they have let me serve them all these years. It was a real pleasure and I am certainly going to miss everybody,” said DeBrecht.

Hussung to leave to care for wife (continued from page 1)

sung. “That set me free to come to school.”

Hussung spent last spring break caring for his wife, who had recently undergone surgery.

“The surgery happened not long before spring break, exam week, and Easter break,” said Hussung.

“When she needed my attention, there was not a lot of school going on.”

At the beginning of this school year, Hussung had organized a plan with the SLUH administration with the intent of continuing teaching, while also caring for his wife. Yet, last week on Sunday, Hussung’s wife

Retirees fill in for past colleagues ing, Whealon has erated the Prep News. significant knowlHussung needed teachedge and under- ers to sub in for him as he standing of art spends away to care for his materials. wife, and Raterman was ea“I hope that ger to help out his former the boys that I colleague and current friend. have in draw- Raterman will be filling in ing learn to draw, for Hussung until Hussung is and that they love able to return. it,” said Whealon.

The third retiree, Mills, “There’s a lot that is taking over for Schuler you can learn in while Schuler is on a two a semester, and week paternity leave. Mills, I hope that they who left SLUH in 2017, find it useful.” taught advanced geometry Former Eng- and statistics. Mills is very lish teacher Jim happy to return to SLUH for Raterman will be the short period. He will be taking over for covering Schuler’s three secHussung’s two tions of sophomore geometry photo | courtesy of Dauphin Yearbook sections of regu- and one section of probabilMary Whealon. lar junior English ity and statistics for seniors. (continued from page 1) classes. Raterman served as According to Mills, teaching after being gone for a teacher for over 40 years, SLUH feels the same as when six years.” introduced Catch-22 to the he left and he feels good to be Last semester, Whealon junior curriculum, and mod- back. subbed for Rebholz’s ceramic classes as she went on maternity leave, so she will be completing nearly a year back at SLUH after six years of retirement.

Whealon will be taking on two sections of Bugnitz’ drawing one classes during the year, while the third drawing class will be taught

by Powers. Bugnitz’s printmaking class has been moved to the second semester.

“I feel like it has energized me, and I feel like I have more energy than what I was doing at home, which is good,” said Whealon. “The boys I have here are wonderful, so I’m having a lot of fun.”

During Whealon’s time at SLUH, she taught ceramics for most of her career. While photo | courtesy of Dauphin Yearbook George Mills. it is very different from draw-

Jim Raterman.

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began having seizures; Hussung has decided to go on leave in order to take care of her. “(The seizures) have led to her being significantly weaker than she was before. It takes two caregivers to move her from the bed to the wheelchair or from the wheelchair to the van.

Suddenly, caring for her is much more demanding,” said Hussung.

“I realized that I had to request time to stay home and take care of her.”

While being assisted by his two sons, Hussung has remained his wife’s primary caretaker.

“I am managing her

health care, and her social life, while still trying to give her experiences that are meaningful and fun,” said Hussung.

Hussung and his wife have appointments with doctors and therapists during the day, and they often receive visits from friends and family.

Hussung also plans to take his wife to a concert in October.

Hussung is very grateful for the support of the SLUH community.

“I have not ceased of thinking of them as my students,” said Hussung.

PN Puzzle

Across 1. What you see when you look out the window 5. The speed of an object over the speed of sound 10. Tailless primates native to Africa and SE Asia 11. Latin for gold 13. The principal parts in a duet or ensemble composition 15. Early church leader who accompanied St. Paul on his first two journeys 17. Someone who lives in the Middle East 18. An excited dog’s tail does this 21. Fingers and toes have these 22. The main character in “Kung Fu Panda” 23. The thing that sank the Titanic 26. Polish for “that” 27. Argon 28. A popular yellow form of transportation in New York City 29. A deer 30. Electronic Arts 31. A, but before a vowel 33. When something isn’t great, it’s just kinda this 35. High School Musical

37. The second most common English word 38. Polish for “that” 39. To raise up 41. The University of Buffalo 42. To go fast (dogs do this especially well) 44. Music Television 45. Dancing Queen singers 47. Milan soccer team 50. ______ your stuff 52. Tropical Moose sells these in cone form 53. The first two words of the national anthem 54. The time when the sun comes up Down 2. A rhythm of poetry that involves an unemphasized syllable followed by an emphasized syllable 3. An allergy pen 4. us 5. mom 6. Three letter word symbolizing Australia 7. When you’re uncomfortable, you do this 8. A traditional Hawaiian dance 9. Mistake 12. An early form of corn 13. A song by Lady Gaga as well as celebrity pho-

tographers 14. The two letter code for Iowa 16. A disgusting guy 18. A spider’s home 19. Stomach muscles that sometimes form a 6-pack 20. A high school diploma 24. A humped animal 25. To make fun of something 32. Vivid colorful lights in signs 33. people who like memes 34. the sewed end of clothing 35. Hepatitis A Virus 36. A pasture 37. Forrest Gump’s best friend 40. The two letter code for Vermont 43. A common male German name 46. To exist 48. Portuguese for “street” 49. Deoxyribonucleic acid 51. Shorthand for “thank you” 52. San Diego crossword | Kevin Dunne

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can be safe. We can’t educate, we can’t form anyone, unless they’re safe.”

In an effort to ensure a coordinated response to the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, the SLUH administration has reached out to other Jesuit institutions in the St. Louis area, as well as the Central and Southern Province. Carruthers, Gibbons, and other administrators

“If there’s nothing else that comes away from this, we have to be able to stop and listen, to truly hear the experiences of people, whether it’s seeing the report and being frustrated, angry, (or) worried, and to hear that and to truly listen to that.”

- Rev. Ian Gibbons, S.J. have been in contact with institutions, including Loyola Academy and De Smet Jesuit.

“The second part is to act and to uphold the protocols that we have in place, to communicate those with vigilance and to have no tolerance for deviation from the course of protecting those that we serve,” said Gibbons.

There are many policies within SLUH, the archdiocese of St. Louis, and the Central and Southern Province that aim to prevent abuse, many of which are very similar. All adults who work with minors in the St. Louis Archdiocese, including at SLUH, are required to complete the Protecting God’s Children course, presented by the National Catholic Risk Retention Group, Inc., that trains adults how to recognize potential abuse situations, and how to properly report them.

Jesuit faculty at SLUH must abide by both the policies of SLUH and the Central and Southern province. In addition, all faculty, by law, are mandated reporters, meaning they must, under all circumstances, report any abuse situations to higher authority and local law enforcement.

If an accusation were to be brought against any SLUH faculty or staff member, the first step of the administration would be to listen to the accuser and look into whether or not the basic facts of the accusation point simply to the possibility of the accusation being credible. This does not depend on if the accusation is undoubtedly credible, but rather if it is possible that the situation could have transpired. If it is confirmed the situation would have been possible, then local law enforcement would be contacted and the individual would be seperated from

the school. Administrators would also contact the Central and Southern Province.

After taking more than a week to review policies and procedures and formulate a more comprehensive response, an all faculty and staff meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 5 before the late-start school day began. The meeting took the place of previously scheduled department meetings, which were moved to Tuesday, Sept.

4, when a late start was added to the schedule to accommodate for them.

The meeting had six main components: a summary about the entire sexual abuse scandal that has transpired since the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report; a discussion of SLUH’s response; a reiteration of SLUH’s policies and procedures; an update on future SLUH responses and plans relating to the scandal; an address by a representative of the Central and Southern Province; and a question and answer opportunity.

Gibbons and Carruthers presented on the aspects concerning SLUH and the overview of the sexual abuse scandal situation while Deacon Phil Hengen, who is a licensed social worker and has worked for the Archdiocese of St. Louis and currently works for the Central and Southern Province in handling protection of children, gave an overview of how Archdiocesan policies have changed throughout past years and explained the policies and practices of the Central and Southern Province.

“I think people were appreciative that the school has called the meeting and making clear to everyone that this is important and that we intend to get out in front of it,” said Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares.

“It’s important to pull everybody together and we want to make sure everyone is hearing the same message,” said campus minister Meg Beugg.

The main idea that was reinforced was that this response is an ongoing process and will continue to unfold, and that this issue is an issue of culture that SLUH must address.

However, the discussions about school policies and procedures go beyond faculty and staff. Carruthers is in the process of meeting with school lawyers to examine SLUH’s current policies and procedures to ensure they are up to date and provide adequate protection to students as well as looking into whether or not they should be changed. Also with the lawyers, Carruthers will be examining records of any past sexual abuse situations that have occurred at SLUH to make certain they were handled appropriately and justly.

According to Carruthers and the Rev. Paul Sheridan, S.J., President Emeritus, no known credible accusations have been made since 2002,

when an alumnus accused Fr. Jack Campbell, S.J., of abusing him while he was a student at SLUH in the late 1960s and early 70s. At the time the alumnus came to Sheridan, there were several other accusations against Campbell. Eventually, a settlement of $185,000 was reached and paid by the Society of Jesus.

Despite the abuse happening nearly 35 years prior, Sheridan took it upon himself to review the at-the-time current policies and practices of the school, which had last been revised 11 years earlier in 1991, as well as inform students and alumni of the accusations. He invited the provincial to speak with media who gathered outside the school to cover protests by the survivor network of those abused by priests and arranged an all school assembly so he could address the situation with students.

Sheridan issued a letter to alumni in which he asked if any alums had been abused while at SLUH. Several alumni responded they had.

“We were forthright from the moment we could do it,” said Sheridan, who initially was not given permission by the alumnus to act on the accusations. “SLUH was so explicit and forthright in making the facts known to the public.”

Following the 2002 accusations, Sheridan made several changes within the school to help prevent future sexual abuse. Such changes included adding windows to every office and classroom, adding dividers between urinals in men’s restrooms, and changing policy so Jesuits could not drive any student unless there is another adult or multiple students in the car.

“There’s a whole series of policies that the school has inaugurated in my time and then subsequently have deepend,” said Sheridan.

According to Sheridan, the policies put in place have been effective in preventing sexual abuse from happening at SLUH. Sheridan, along with the many others in the school community, was devastated in 2002 when he learned that sexual abuse had taken place at SLUH. The new currentday reports have brought about much of that same devastation.

“I’m back to feeling so saddened because my work for 20 years has been taking care of abused children … so I saw the other side of it, where confidence and selfesteem were ripped away, where anger, subdued anger, was present and where the uncertainty of who they are in sense of identity was challenged,” said Sheridan.

In addition to an administrative response, SLUH theology teachers are looking at various ways of responding to the scandal within the classroom.

“The job of a theology teacher in a high school really is also kind of like a

catechist,” said Ott. “I’m not just trying to teach about theology and neither are my colleagues. We’re trying to present the church and the Gospel in a way that’s appealing and in a way that our students gravitate towards it and is life giving. And when stuff like this happens, it’s also sad on another level. It makes that task much harder to do.”

In a beginning of the year department meeting, one theology department member brought up the pending release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report.

After discussing possible responses, the department reached out to Gibbons for guidance on how to respond to students in class as well as a school-wide response. One of the fruits of these meetings was the idea of the importance of truth.

“As far as specifically discussing it in theology classes, one of the things that comes out of this is this value for truth and how vital it is to deal in the truth.

I think we’re all on the same page that the truth, no matter how ugly it is, is the most important thing to uphold,” said Ott. “I think the trust is very important,” said the Rev. Joseph Hill, S.J., theology teacher and Director of Campus Ministry. “We shouldn’t be hiding anything. We should be clear about what’s out there, you know, informing people on all the facts” At the moment, conversations about specific plans to address students in class are still taking place. One concern is the appropriate kind of discussion for the various grade levels.

“I think we also have to be concerned for the developmental stages of the students. I think seniors are ready to discuss this in a way that is different than in a way freshmen are ready to discuss it,” said Ott. “It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t discuss it with freshmen, but it just means that the types of conversations and maybe the amount of time allotted to them will be different depending on which classes.”

Despite the wariness of the age difference and developmental stages, this will not hinder future discussions.

Similar to the Theology Department, Campus Ministry is still in the process of formulating tangible responses.

“We in Campus Ministry want to support the faith formation of our students and if they’re having struggles, we’re going to try to help counsel that,” said Hill.

At the moment, one proposal is to address the student body during the All Saints Day Mass on Nov. 1.

Campus Ministry would help facilitate the planning of the Mass.

In addition to the All Saints Day Mass, the Senior Pastoral Team is pursuing the idea of facilitating a forum of sorts for students to gather together and learn more of the facts of the

sexual abuse scandal, and then talk about the effects that the scandal has had on them. This idea came from several team members who had heard about the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report and the scandal in homilies and other places, but did not know what actually happened.

“At Mass, every week it seems like they’re talking about scandal, and they never define what scandal is and they never really talk about it. If they talk about what’s actually going on and inform people, they are more likely not to know wrong information and they won’t jump to conclusions about issues that they don’t understand,” said Senior Pastoral Team member Alfie Arun.

One common goal that every administrator and faculty member has in the upcoming weeks is to ensure that students lean on their faith rather than dispose of it.

“When students are grappling with it, I think that’s a good thing,” said Ott.

“That’s what we’re all called to do is to face those questions that our faith brings up that are not easy to answer and to really struggle with those is a good thing.”

- Jon Ott

“What would be worse is if students just didn’t care.”

In addition, they want students to realize that the church is the whole community of believers, not just the clergy, and that Catholics have a responsibility to constantly push for the betterment of it.

“The church is not defined by the actions of some men, even of some leaders.

It’s much much greater than that,” said Hill. “The Jesuits came into existence when there was a lot of corruption in the church as well in the 16th century. Saint Peter Faber, when he went to Germany, he wrote a letter back to Ignatius—it is a very famous letter—saying that the primary problem that the church in Germany has is the waywardness of clergy. Immorality, basically. He says that if we could sort out the moral problems, the doctrinal problems would go away.

That’s how he interpreted that. Maybe we’re kind of in the same kind of time. Maybe it’s some of these moral problems that are more problematic, the moral corruption.

Pope Benedict said, when he responded to it, that this is the corruption that happened inside the church and we have to change, we have to be converted and we have to be transformed.”

“We’re an imperfect

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church that I believe is gradually being brought closer and closer to what we’re supposed to be,” said Ott. “So that’s a process that involves a lot of mistakes and missteps and what we can do as members of that church is figure out how we can do the best we can to right those mistakes and pursue truths.”

Ultimately, the administration and faculty want students to know they should feel safe approaching an administrator or faculty member and that the administration and faculty are working to be witnesses of faith in dark times.

“Know that we are going to be very clear and deliberate in our response and that at any point, they should have zero resistance in approaching someone they trust if they have questions (or) concerns,” said Gibbons. “If they want to really just have someone to talk to, to process what does this all mean, what’s going on, any sort of questions they have, there should really be zero hesitancy.”

“I hope that we’re a kind of school, a kind of community, where we can give (students) a witness that is reassuring enough for you to know that your faith is worth living and that your confidence in those of us who lead and those of us who encourage you to keep the faith are worth following,” said Linhares.

“I want students to understand, that this is a safe place filled with adults who love them and adults that they can go to regardless if something bad has happened to them,” said Ott. “I want them to be able to simultaneously acknowledge the failures of our church as our people and the leadership of that church while also, instead of saying ‘because the church has failed in this regard, I’m out; see you later,’ to respond in saying ‘so this is how our church has failed, what can I do as part of our church to help it heal.’”

Readers are encouraged by the administration and faculty to read the letters written by Carruthers, Ron Mercier, S.J., Father General Arturo Sosa, S.J., and Pope Francis. They can be found on the SLUH website. To stay updated on issues pertaining to the clerical sexual abuse scandal, readers can go to https://juxtacrucem.wixsite. com/jxcr, a website created

by Joe Slama, ’15.

Students and alumni who think they may have been abused in the past are encouraged by both SLUH and the Society of Jesuits to contact both Carruthers at acarruthers@sluh.org and Carol Brescia, Coordinator of Pastoral Support and Outreach for the Central and Southern Province, at (314) 361-7765 or UCSOutreach@ jesuits.org.

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he St. Louis U. High Swim and Dive team got off to an explosive start this past Friday, accumulating six state qualifying times and 18 season best times, adding up to a decisive victory against opponents Francis Howell Central, 135-49.

The meet started strongly, with senior captain duo Joe Feder and Daniel Fink churning out the first state cuts of the season in the 200 Freestyle, posting times of 1:48.52 and 1:50.49 respectively. During the diving portion of the meet, which is placed halfway through the swimming events to give the swimmers an opportunity to rest, juniors Gabe and Max Manalang narrowly missed out on the point cutoff for the state meet, but each boasted a dramatic increase from their scores in the season opener, with Gabe rising from 202.4 to 224.2 and Max soaring from a 180.55 to a 219.4. Both divers look to qualify for state.

After the swimming resumed, spectators were treated to the closest race of the evening, when junior Josh Brown and freshman Jonas Hostetler were separated by just nine-hundredths of a second. When they lunged into the wall, Brown outtouched Hostetler for victory in the 100 Butterfly. Fink grabbed another state cut in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:52.70, obliterating the cut by twelve seconds, and narrowly missing his personal best by one second, which he swam at the 2017 State Championship Finals.

Immediately after Fink’s race, Feder led off the 200 Freestyle Relay squad, which included Hostetler, sophomore Eli Butters, and junior Andrew Zimmermann, and took a state cut the 50 Freestyle. Although the relay as a whole missed its cut by .51 seconds, Feder’s leadoff leg was counted as an individual state qualification time because the leader of a relay uses a “flat start,” a start where the athlete must have both hands and both feet on the starting block and must be started by an official, as in any other individual event.

Shortly after the 200-Free Relay, freshman Cooper Scharff had his opportunity to qualify for state in the 100-Backstroke, and easily seized it, dropping two seconds from the Blue and White Intrasquad meet and settling down at 56.45. In the final race of the night, the 400 Freestyle Relay team of Fink, Scharff, Feder, and senior captain Will Slatin conjured a 3:27.24, achieving the state cut by nearly two seconds, with each member having already swum three

of luck this week. In games against Glendale (Springfield), St. Xavier (Ky.), and Gibault (Il.), the Jr. Bills ended all three games in every possible way with a win, loss, and tie respectively.

Bounces against their favor, penalties, and shots deflecting off the crossbar cursed the squad in their efforts to improve their record.

The week’s events began on Friday evening when the boys played against the Glendale Falcons from Springfield, Mo. The game had a rocky start, when in the first five minutes, a throw-in was settled inches away from the net and tapped in by the opposing team, sending the ball over junior goalkeeper John Mungenast’s head. The Falcons took a 1-0 lead, but the Jr. Bills bounced back quickly.

“Once we settled in against Glendale after a rough start, it felt like a game we should win,” said

Junior Charles Neuwirth against Glendale.

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senior Michael Drabelle.

The team began to dominate and came close to scoring many times, most significantly when junior Ethan Joly was unable to convert a shot from the left side of the box, and when junior Tate Grearson was unable to put a shot away from inside the box.

But with just ten minutes left, Charles Neuwirth managed to send a shot to

the bottom left corner to make the score 1-1 and send it into overtime.

“We stayed in their half for most of (the game), especially once we tied the game and had all the momentum,” said Drabelle.

In overtime, the Jr. Bills continued to put the pressure on Glendale with the help of some great saves by goalkeeper Peter Herrmann, and an array of shots from

minute, which the team just missed. The difference from Rackers’ to Scott’s time was 1:02.

Junior Joe Callahan also had a good day setting his personal best time, finishing just four seconds behind the top 30, at 34th. Freshman Grant Brawley followed right behind Callahan, finishing 36th, just ten seconds behind the top 30. Brawley also set his personal best.

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and compete,” said Rackers.

“We still need to improve on the gap. We want our gap to be closer to 45 seconds. In order to compete in a higher level and win those higher level races, we need to close that gap.”

Meanwhile, Porter is looking to improve even further.

“In particular our two to three gap was larger than we wanted and we can’t have those big of gaps. There are

Kramer and Daniel Hogan both ran in the B/C division last Saturday and both put up impressive numbers.

Kramer finished fourth overall running a 17:20.12 three-mile and will be competing this weekend at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival (FPXC) for the varsity team along with Hogan, who ran a 17:24.13 threemile.

“I think Granite City was a great meet. We showed people we could go out there

things we need to keep in mind moving forward but we should be excited that we beat some good teams like Edwardsville,” said Porter.

Looking ahead to this weekend, SLUH hosts 197 teams in FPXC, which will take place on Aviation Fields.

It is by far the biggest meet of the season. Porter and the rest of the SLUH cross country coaches spend the week of the race constantly preparing for it, whether making the course, getting other

OT because we knew had the momentum,” said Herrmann “We could easily finish them off with a goal.”

The end came when the Glendale keeper had a bad touch after securing the ball from the Jr. Bills’ offense.

Drabelle received the best present on his 18th birthday—the ball on a silver platter at his feet. He finished the game with a chip over the goalie’s head.

“I was just shocked the goalie hit it right to me,” said Drabelle. “Once I had it, I knew I couldn’t miss, and I’m still relieved I didn’t.”

The win was not only the first win for the team, but head coach Bob O’Connell’s first win as the varsity head coach.

“I’m going to be honest, I thought it would feel different, I’ve won games before,” said O’Connell. “I’m happy for the kids, because I know

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Cross Country narrowly defeats competition at Granite City; eyes on first place for FPXC

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he gun sounds, then all is quiet. Then massive hooves clomping on the ground grow louder and louder. The boys in white fly by, led by junior Lukas Rackers and senior Patrick Hetlage.

The Jr. Bills took their XC talents to Granite City at Wilson Park last weekend, and took first place for varsity and JV in their first race of the season. Varsity came out big, finishing first among 38 teams from across the Midwest. All seven of the varsity runners came in the top 40 and under 16:45.00, and the top five all were awarded medals.

SLUH set three specific goals coming into the meet according to head coach Joe Porter. The first goal was to place two varsity runners in the top seven which was accomplished with Rackers and Hetlage placing 3 and 4. Rackers ran a 15:24.00 three-mile and Hetlage finished just seconds later with a time of 15:25.08.

The second goal was to put five runners in the top 30. This was accomplished as senior Chris Staley ran a 16:12.55, senior Reed Milnor ran a 16:26.06, and junior Noah Scott ran a 16:30.32.

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commodities ready, etc.

This race also has a major difference in the size of the teams ultimately changing the strategy of the race.

In most races, teams can run only up to seven runers in varsity races, but at FPXC, teams can run up to nine in the varsity. Even though this gives teams an opportunity to race more guys, it also makes the lineup for JV different causing the 10th runner on the team to have to move up and have a great race in JV. To make it even more difficult, some teams will only run seven in varsity, causing SLUH to need their Nos. 10 and 11 runners to stay with other team’s 8 and 9 guys to compete and potentially win.

Despite this slight disadvantage, SLUH believes they can show their great depth in both the varsity and junior varsity level at FPXC. “Knowing that we have another guy right there to fill in when someone goes down is exciting because we have that depth,” said Porter.

The team also is coming off a bounce week this week, where there is no hard workout and all the runs are reduced. This strategy is key to not overworking the runners early on in the season, leaving them feeling more fresh for FPXC. “Coming off a bounce week, I really hope that we

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Rough start in football sparks late comeback in loss to Ladue

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laying Ladue High School at Kirkwood last week and looking for their first win of the young season, the St. Louis U. High football team was met with a frustrating 14-6 loss.

Though the defense put together a strong performance for the greater part of the evening, turnovers and missed opportunities plagued the Jr. Bill offense.

SLUH started the evening with the ball after Ladue elected to kick off, but the offense—led by junior quarterback Milo Wilson–went 3-and-out, and had to punt.

After a solid return of 39 yards, Ladue started their offensive game on SLUH’s 26yard line. After a mixture of passes and runs, a completion to a wide-open receiver in the middle of the field and an easy stroll into the Jr. Bill end zone put the Rams on top early, 7-0.

On the ensuing kickoff, the Jr. Billiken offense was stumped yet again. The run game, which carried SLUH two weeks ago against Battle High School, was completely stuffed by Ladue’s gap-control defense. Passes fell incomplete and many were close to being picked off. The Jr. Bills were forced to punt again with three minutes left in the first quarter.

“The running game was a big part of the offense, because it develops the passing game.

As the game went along, yes the running game had its effect, but most of our big plays were passing,” said junior running back Kellen Porter.

Starting on their second drive of the night, the Rams slowly but surely marched downfield. The quarter ended with the ball on the SLUH 40-yard line, and the second quarter began with a 25-yard completion. With a 10-yard pass to the corner of the SLUH end zone and an extra point, the Rams led 14-0 with 11 minutes in the half remaining. The team looked taken aback by the sudden deficit they were facing, and it showed on the sidelines.

“The team acted as if we were down by a lot. It felt like we were down 28-0 on the sideline when really we were only down two touchdowns,” said senior quarterback Steven Mack.

From that point forward, SLUH maintained a lockdown defensive performance.

“On the defensive side, of course, we want to establish the line of scrimmage ... where

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Play Fair. Play Hard. Play: Baudendistel on 16 years of varsity water polo Justin Koesterer Sports Editor The following is a conversation between sports editor Justin Koesterer and water polo coach Paul Baudendistel, who reflects on his 16-year career as SLU High varsity water polo coach.

This is an abridged version of the conversation. The full conversation is available on the Prep News Website.

Justin Koesterer: When was it that you actually made the decision? I know you briefed the players last Thursday, but was (the decision) after this year specifically?

Paul Baudendistel: This isn’t new. I’ve thought about this

John Penilla, varsity coach

First and foremost, I’m just grateful for his friendship and also everything he’s taught me; how to coach, how to be professional at SLUH, and how to be a dad. I really look up to him in so many different ways, and I think that that’s his gift to the SLUH community. every year for close to a decade now; I have high expectations for my teams and that takes its toll on me. A few years ago, Lafayette had a good team, a top four team, and I had their coach asking me how I put up with this every year. Coaching was easy when we were a .500 team; now everybody expects us to win and it’s hard. So I really appreciate that he articulated that, but I know that stress, even though it’s self-imposed, is still stress. This has been going on for a while, so that’s only part of it. And so is the time and energy it takes to plan all of the practices and coach games and renew team culture every year; it takes time.

JK: So you were talking about stress. Is stress the only thing that makes the difference between a .500 coach and a winning coach?

PB: Talented players, number one. No, I mean this program, like other programs in this school, racquetball being one of the most obvious ones, volleyball, and non-sports things, like Dauphin Players, and Prep News, you as freshmen come in and see this standard and re-

alize that those are the expectations for this program, whatever it is. It’s a little self-sustaining; it doesn’t just happen by chance. It takes work to get to that point, and it takes work for students and teachers to keep things at that level, but, it is easy in the sense that it tells the freshmen and sophomores, ‘hey, this is what it’s supposed to look like,’ they can see what it’s supposed to look like.

JK: Let’s switch to in the pool.

What are you favorite three moments from in the pool?

PB: 1989 was my first time winning a state championship as a player. And senior year, you’re going to remember that year more than any other year. But that was SLUH’s first undefeated water polo team. Yeah, it was cool to be a part of. Now I’ve reached a point where one of the captains on that team, I’m now teaching his son this year, and I’m coaching his son on water polo … but that was a great moment. …

Coaching-wise, I remember stuff from when I was JV coach but when I was varsity coach, the first time I won was in 2005. 2005 was the first season that I remember, and I remember saying it to the team, ‘I don’t care what happens in this last tournament, because I know that we’ve worked as hard as we can and we’ve prepared as best as we could have, and we’ll just see what happens.’

I remember one of the captains, Mark Abram (‘03), really bought into the ‘one game at a time’ thing. So our first round game would be against such and such, and I would remember, his mom told me this story later: She asked him, ‘After you win that, when do you play next?’, and he wouldn’t tell her.

He would tell her, ‘No, this is our next game and we’re going to do our best and see what happens.’

So the first year that I really felt like I didn’t care whether or not we won because we had prepared our best was the first year we won. That was awesome.

And that team definitely played above their individual ability. They had some terrific players, two or three very good players, but overall they were better as a team than they were as individuals. So that was a really cool moment. …

After that, you know, playing in that switch of seasons to the spring allowed us to start playing the Chicago teams.

There are about 25 varsity teams in St. Louis, there are about 90 in Chicago. You can just imagine having almost four times as many teams. The level of play is really good. …

The first time we played Fenwick specifically, which was

Baud in 2013.

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one of the top teams, was 2011.

And we weren’t ready, for that kind of competition. We got blitzed, and it was a great learning experience, and the second time we played them, it was either in 2010 or 2011, we just sold out in terms of, ‘We’re not going to play a lot of offense and focus Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Totals

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on our defense, and we ended up losing by one. It was awesome.

We had the ball with a few seconds left and a chance to score.

Even in one year, we made an adjustment to how we played, and we were able to compete at that level.

Since then, those have been some really good games, and

PB: Well, I don’t think its unparalleled. Our racquetball program, our rifle team, you know, we’ve had this kind of success in cross country, volleyball; baseball has won how many district championships in a row.

I think it’s first of all the players.

Second of all its their talent and Goals For 255 283 269 268 332 364 423 277 377 379 363 462 490 391 384 341 5658

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Avg. Against 4.7 5.0 5.5 5.2 4.2 3.5 4.3 6.3 4.6 5.4 6.1 6.0 2.7 2.8 4.4 3.7 4.7

their willingness to commit to it. Again, I think a big part of it is having those standards there, and having people see those standards and it’s just this natural expectation that this is what is expected of you in the offseason and this is what is expected out of you during the season.

There is no substitute for that;

John Burke, ‘18

Coach Baud was the most influential man to my water polo and educational career. ... He was the best coach I ever had, and a model on how to be a man for others outside of school. He told us he was our “coach first, friend second,” but I disagree. A friend is one who wants the best for another. A friend is one who cries with you after a tough loss and celebrates with you after a win. Coach Baud was a friend. now we’re going .500 against them, we’re 6-6 against them.

That’s awesome. They’re the standard for Chicago, and recently, we’ve been the standard for St. Louis, and it’s really cool to have that affirmed that that level of play here is comparable to the level of play there.

JK: You’ve sort of answered this over the past few questions, but what do you think are some of the reasons for your unparalleled success in water polo?

you can’t artificially create that; there has to be that leading by example, somebody has to take the reins and go with it, and then everybody else can fall in line.

JK: I know you will still be coaching JV next year, but what kind of a coach do you want to be remembered as?

PB: One that’s still going to be coaching. You know, my philosophy of education is that everybody lives up to what is expected of them and as a coach I would

Underclassmen Briefs B Football 9/4 - Ladue SLUH 6 7 0 7 F: 20 Ladue 8 0 12 6 F: 26 Phil Bone, 1 int Luke Johnston, 3 total TD Andre Tucker, 110 yards rushing C Soccer 9/4 - Vianney SLUH 0 0 F:0 Vianney 0 0 F:0

9/5 - Priory SLUH 3 1 F:4 Priory 0 1 F:1 Connor McCullar, 2 goals B Soccer 9/3 - De Smet SLUH 1 0 F:1 De Smet 1 1 F:2 Johnny Grimes, 1 goal 9/4 - Oakville SLUH 4 0 F:4 Oakville 0 0 F:0

Johnny Grimes, 1 goal Harrison Beardsley, 1 goal Micheal Hiblovic, 1 goal JV Soccer 9/4 - Gibault SLUH 2 3 F:5 Gibault 0 0 F:0 Andy Mujezinovic, 1 goal Amar Mujezinovic, 1 goal Juan Hernandez, 1 goal Adam Boll, 1 goal Thomas Reilly, 1 goal

B/C Cross-Country 9/1 GCXC Invitational 3 mile 4th Ryan Kramer, 17:20.12 6th John Hogan, 17:24.13 11th Reid Jackson, 17:38.16 13th Hayden Rutledge, 17:43.45 23rd Baker Pashea, 18:05.59 68th Noah Apprill-Sokol, 19:37.38 81st Eli Dernlan 20:05.12 —compiled by Jimmy Stanley, Jack Hazelton, and Nick LaPresta

that that’s been my philosophy too. I set high expectations for myself and the team in terms of preparedness and focus and commitment every day.

I’ve had a number of players like John Burke, who graduated last year, Sam Ehrlinger ’12.

I could list dozens of guys, but people see the end product and they say, ‘Oh, well of course that guy’s good.’ No, you don’t see how much work he put into it over four or six years. Yeah, they end up looking good, but there were a lot of sacrifices along the way.

I guess that’s true of this program, as well. I think there’s definitely a perception at these other schools that we just roll out the balls and we’re terrific at water polo. I, again, could list dozens of guys, who, if they were at a different program, they wouldn’t be anywhere near the player that he is here, because of the environment that demanded a lot of them, and they weren’t necessarily natural athletes, but they worked at it, and maximized their potential.

JK: While you did teach a lot of game lessons to your players, what did you hope to teach in the game that was not necessarily about the game; what lessons bigger than the game do you hope to teach them?

PB: We had a parent a couple years ago at the water polo banquet say something like, ‘We all know that this is meaningless, all these sports are meaningless, not just water polo; but the lessons learned from sports couldn’t be more meaningful.’

So things like working hard to achieve a goal, teamwork, and openness to growth.

I don’t think there’s any one lesson. I think it’s another part of the SLUH mission. I think everything we talk about, whether it’s men for others; I don’t want to cheapen other things by throwing those words in there.

Ultimately, it’s not the water polo. I think it’s mostly what you take away from it.

Most of our guys are done after high school, some of them play club in college, some of them play Division I NCAA polo, but it’s giving people a purpose while they’re here. Contributing towards a bigger goal than themselves and sacrificing for that. I don’t think any of that’s related to water polo. I don’t even think that it’s related to sports.

Prep News, Dauphin Players, or Yearbook, anything can be that as long as the expectations are high enough. There’s enough buying in from students and faculty towards it.

JK: So you were speaking about the mission, how the sports were just an extension of the school’s mission; where do you find God

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in water polo?

PB: Yeah, that’s a great question; I wasn’t ready for that one.

Number one, I guess, is relationships. If we are to be building up Christ’s Kingdom on earth, I think that fundamentally has to be interactions between people.

And again, if I’ve helped some people learn some coping skills for dealing with others, or learning how to present themselves to others in a way that can get everybody on board and in the same direction, whether the goal is winning a water polo game or not.

Again, I don’t want to overstate it, but I don’t want to understate it either. Saving a city, a divided city that we live

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Baud last spring.

in. They’re the same lessons.

They’re the same people skills and you’ve got to work hard and you’ve got to do your part, you’ve got to trust other people to do their part, you’ve got to have open lines. It can’t be about ego. So I would say for the big picture, finding God in terms of relationships between people and also finding out about ourselves, and what we’re capable of as individuals.

Of course, winning feels great and losing hurts. One of my favorite moments from every season in the last few years is we sit down before the last couple games and talk. This is a quote from coach Penilla from years ago. He said, ‘If we haven’t prepared you to lose, we haven’t prepared you.” So we do one visualization exercise about what happens if we win state and what happens in the immediate aftermath, and if we lose state, and what happens in the immediate aftermath. And this is straight from Jim Linhares, but I’ve said it to my teams when we’ve lost big games before, ‘It hurts because we care.” It hurts because we risk and we try, and that’s a godly thing to have a passion for something. I absolutely feel like God’s plan for me was and is to coach water polo, and for most of the players it must have been in God’s plan to participate.

Soccer Nightbeat Last night, the St. Louis U. High varsity soccer team defeated the Webster “Selma Street Elite” Statesmen, 1-0. The lone goal was scored by sophomore Tilahun Murphy, his first of the season.

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teams are having a hard time running the ball,” said head coach Mike Jones on the team’s defensive plans for the season.

SLUH began their third offensive drive deep in their own territory after bobbling the kickoff. A few plays later, Wilson was picked off and Ladue was in prime scoring position, starting at the SLUH 32.

The Rams took the ball to the goal line but fumbled and the Jr. Bills recovered. After a series of short runs, SLUH found themselves trying a difficult 4th down conversion from Ladue’s 30-yard line, but an incompletion led to a turnover on downs.

The Jr. Bills got another chance with a minute left in the half. With the ball on their own 33, they began their drive, but Wilson threw another interception. However, even with the ball deep in SLUH territory, Ladue failed to capitalize, and the half ended with the Rams ahead 14-0.

“We all said, ‘do your job’ because if you do your job, the team will do their job, and then, step-by-step, we can come back,” said senior quarterback Steve Mack about the locker room speech during halftime.

goal to end their first drive of the third quarter, SLUH gained possession of the ball on their own 26-yard line with nine minutes remaining. This time, penalties killed the Rams’ defensive effort, with the Jr. Bills gaining 35 offensive yards on penalties alone. That, coupled with two long passes from Wilson to senior Nick Lang and junior Brendan Hannah, led the Jr. Billikens to the end zone for the only time that night. Senior kicker Joe Gilmore kicked what looked to everyone in the stands like a clean extra point, but the referees disagreed, much to the disdain of the loyal SLUH supporters that came to Kirkwood. Ladue led 14-6 after the missed kick.

The fourth quarter began with a SLUH interception in good territory by Hannah.

SLUH marched downfield once more, but Wilson was picked off for the fourth time on the Ladue 8-yard line with ten minutes left in the game, putting a halt to SLUH’s best chance to tie the game.

A scare came late in the fourth quarter. With about six minutes left in the game, and the ball in Ladue territory, Wilson carried the ball to the right sideline of the field, but failed

Rams defender. Though the tackle was clean, Wilson was injured and taken off the field, and Mack played out the rest of the game.

“I was ready. During practice, I always got plenty of reps, so I knew that if the time came, I would be ready,” said Mack.

He heard the student section chanting his name, and the support of his teammates helped him feel comfortable on the field on such late notice.

However, his only play resulted in a deflected fourth down pass, and Ladue won, improving to 2-0 on the season.

Friday night, the Jr. Bills face De Smet at 7 p.m. at SLUH, hoping to gain their first win of the fall. The Spartans are 2-0 for the season and won last Friday against Rock Bridge, 35-17.

Following this game, SLUH plays Jefferson City at home next Friday, and then travels to CBC in two weeks to face the Cadets in their second MCC matchup. Starting at quarterback will be Brendan Hannah. However, the Jr. Bills strategy for the season is to just focus on the weekly matchup.

“We play one game at a time,” commented Jones.

Lack of luck plagues soccer in loss; improvement shows in play (continued from page 6)

how important winning is to the kids. I really believe that these games are just preparation for something in October. I really believe that.”

Celebration from the night before did not last long. At 10 a.m. the next morning, after a fan-packed tailgate, the Jr. Billikens took the field once again, this time against the St. Xavier Tigers of Louisville, Ky. The Jr. Bills, once again, got off to a slow start. The Tigers managed to score after running past the Jr. Bills’ defense and putting the ball away in the bottom left corner.

SLUH remained scoreless through the first half, despite junior Ryan Klostermann nearly scoring, and energy remained low throughout the rest of the half.

“Even though we were down 1-0, our morale was still pretty high,” said junior Kevin Stein “We were looking forward to the second half.”

That appeared to be true as the team came out hard in the second half, but a penalty in the box led St. Xavier to shoot a penalty shot and send the ball into the left side of the net.

Things only got worse as the Tigers once again scored off of a rip to the top corner on a penalty kick to make the score 3-0.

Herrmann was subbed out and replaced by junior Jake McCullar as time ran out, and the Jr. Bills were unable to avoid the shutout.

“St. X was a tough test,”

said Drabelle. “We really struggled to contain their forwards, and when we attacked, we couldn’t create enough good opportunities.”

With a weekend full of rest and the rough shutout against St. Xavier’s behind them, the Jr. Bills hoped to pick up their second win across the river in the Land of Lincoln against the Gibault Hawks.

“We wanted to go into this game with the mentality that we went in to the St. Xavier game’s second half,” said Stein.

Herrmann got the call to start in goal again and played the entire game.

His performance in recent games and continuous hard work throughout all 80 minutes of play at a time has been rewarded with more starts in goal.

“Peter has played very good lately and I think I still have two very good goalies,” said head coach Bob O’Connell.

“It’s a great feeling knowing that the entire team supports and has faith in you to keep the slate clean,” said Herrmann.

Despite a header from senior Alex Johnson that went off the crossbar, the defense on both sides of the pitch was solid as the score heading into half was all tied up at zero.

“We felt like we were playing okay,” said Stein.

“We were shocked it was still tied.”

In the second half, Gibault struck first by tapping and passing past the

defense and shooting the ball just past Herrmann’s fingertips.

However, senior Louis Vacca sent a laser to the back of the twine in the 17th minute to even up the score. The Jr. Bills attacked with more shots, but between the crossbar and the goalie making some spectacular saves, the game ended in a tie.

“Gibault was definitely a game we should’ve won,” said Drabelle. “We had all the chances we could ask for and played pretty well, but got extremely unlucky. It was a performance we were proud of, despite being disappointed in the result.”

After a week going 1-11, the boys are starting to improve play as they create a better team chemistry and are hungry for more wins.

“We gotta continue to defend, we gotta continue to win in the midfield,” said O’Connell. “We’ll play similar types of teams next week and we just gotta continue to win the midfield, work on our positioning, our shape…

I’m really proud of the back four.”

The team plays Rock Bridge (Columbia) tomorrow at SLUH at 10:30 a.m. and then starts the CBC Tournament with games against De Smet on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m., and then against Vianney on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. All tournament games will be played at CBC. “Captain Lehmann has us hungry for some good footy dubs,” said Herrmann.

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Friday, September 7

Regular Schedule 7:20AM F/C Friday Mass with Son AP Senior Class Meeting

Sophomore Class Mass

Rhodes College

Kansas State University

Snack—Chicken Rings (continued from page 6) can come out and have a big Lunch Special—Country Fried Steak Vegetarian—Garden Burger race, feeling a little fresher than we usually do,” com- 4:30PM JV Soccer vs Fort Zumwalt West 5:45PM Father Son Pregame Football Party mented Hogan.

7:00PM V Football vs Desmet SLUH comes into the weekend trying to send a big message to Rockhurst High School and prove they are big competitors in Missouri this year. Last year, Rockhurst beat SLUH at both the JV and varsity level, and with Neuqua Valley posing as a new threat in this race, it will be a huge challenge.

Still, the team remains extremely hopeful for is what is to come this weekend.

“I think that it is possible for the varsity to win the meet,” said Rackers. “Don’t tread on SLUH”

Swimming freshmen show off talent; voices ring around pool (continued from page 6)

events earlier in the meet.

“Again, I think it was a shock to some people how fast these meets move,” said head coach Lindsey Ehret. “We’ve got to recover and perform at the end of the meet.”

Aside from the several state qualifying swims, the most exciting part of the meet was witnessing several freshmen rise to the occasion of their first dual meet, shaving time off of their personal bests. Among the most notable time drops in this group were Dennis McDaniel, who dropped over three seconds in the 50 Freestyle; Jack Figge, who dropped over two seconds in the 50 Free; and Connor Buehring, who was named Swimmer of the Meet for his four second drop in the 100 Free, and an outstanding backstroke leg in the 200 Medley Relay. “(Connor) has really stood out in terms of always trying hard in practice and never swimming slow,” said Ehret.

Although the U. High has ways to go in terms of their goal to qualify 17 individuals for state, the team has made it a priority to be the loudest team on deck. Each time a Jr. Bill was swimming, a fellow team member was behind their lane cheering. During diving, the team sat at the edge of the pool deck to shout encouragement to the divers after each dive.

After such a dominant opening meet, the team is eager to face its next opponents.

“As minnows swimming down our path to sharkhood, we have taken our first chomp of victory,” said junior Sean Santoni. “And we’re hungry for more.”

The Swimbills are looking to satiate their appetite at the Ladue Invitational tomorrow at 11 in the Ladue Horton Watkins Natatorium, and in their dual meet against CBC next Tuesday at Forest Park.

Saturday, September 8

ACT 9:00AM V, JV, C Cross Country Invitational @ Forest Park 10:30AM V Soccer vs Rock Bridge 11:00AM Swimming & Diving vs Ladue 12:30PM B Soccer vs Rock Bridge

Sunday, September 9

9:30AM Family Mass & Breakfast 12:00PM KEEN

Monday, September 10

Regular Schedule PACE Visit AP Fire Drill

University of Missouri St. Louis

Furman University

Babson College

Loyola Marymount University

Duke University

Tufts University

Snack—Mini Corn Dogs Lunch Special—Chicken Quesadilla Vegetarian—Burrito 4:30PM B Football @ De Smet Tuesday, September 11 Regular Schedule PACE Visit AP Tornado and Lockdown Drills

Boston University

Lehigh University

University of Kentucky

Roanoke College

Snack—Mac & Cheese Bites Lunch Special—Taco Bar

Vegetarian—Olive Oil Pasta

Northeastern University

Truman State University 4:00PM C Soccer vs Edwardsville 4:00PM Swimming & Diving vs CBC 5:00PM V Soccer vs De Smet (CBC Tournament) 6:30PM Financial Aid 101

Wednesday, September 12

Regular Schedule

PACE Visit AP Sophomore Liturgical Choir Rehearsal

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Columbia University

Westminster College

University of Central Missouri

Williams College

Knox College

Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—SLUH Special Sandwich

Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger 4:00PM C Soccer vs Chaminade 7:00PM Immersion Trip Info Meeting

Thursday, September 13

Regular Schedule PACE Visit AP Sophomore Liturgical Choir Rehearsal

Boston College

New York University

Snack—Bosco Stick Lunch Special—Papa John’s Pizza

Vegetarian—Sweet Potatoes

Grinnell College 4:00PM JV Soccer vs CBC 5:00PM V Soccer vs St. John Vianney (CBC Tournament) 6:00PM M/C Craft Workshop for Card Party 7:00PM Open Mic Friday, September 14 Regular Schedule Math Department Day AP Sophomore Class Mass

Union College New York

Drake University

Snack—Chicken Rings Lunch Special—Country Fried Steak

Vegetarian—Garden Burger 4:00PM Swimming & Diving vs De Smet 7:00PM V Football vs Jefferson City

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