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Giuntoli ’98 stars on NBC

photo | Sam Beckman

Anonymous letter prompts action

BY Adam Thorp CORE STAFF

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n the first scene of the NBC drama Grimm, police detective Nick Burkhardt, played by St. Louis University High alumni David Giuntoli, sees a woman’s face briefly contort into a monster’s, with the complexion of corpse and rotting teeth between locks of blond hair.

Giuntoli, ’98 stars in the new show, where he plays the scion of a long line of monster hunters learning about and accepting his legacy.

The show premiered last Friday at 8:00 p.m. and was seen by 6.56 million viewers, according to an estimate by Nielsen Company, making it the first-ranked in its time slot.

Giuntoli was not involved in extracurricular theater while at SLUH. He did, however, take continued on page 5

BY Joe Klein NEWS EDITOR

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John Lan Tran, S.J., presided over All Saints Day Mass in the Field House on Tuesday due to the ongoing construction of the Commons. Tran invited senior Chris Lynas and Athletic Director Dick Wehner to speak about the tradition of SLUH during the homily.

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District secured, football turns toward playoffs photo | Kyle Vogt

Reciever Stefan Sansone breaks free of a Lindbergh defender’s tackle in last Friday’s district-deciding win. Sansone scored a touchdown as the Jr. Bills pulled away late to win their sixth straight game, 35-21.

BY Ryan Dowd CORE STAFF

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n one of the greatest St. Louis sports weekends in living memory, before the Cardinals won Game 7, before Missouri upended Texas A&M, and before the Rams finally won a game, the St. Louis U. High football team (7-3), anchored by a solid defense and spurred by a versatile offense, defeated Lindbergh 35-21 to clinch the top spot in their district. The senior-laden Jr. Bills ride into

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their first playoff contest guns blazing.

Head coach Gary Kornfeld said, “When we were 1-3, a lot of clubs could have gotten their heads down but our kids didn’t. I told them, ‘This is a long journey, and we can make this whatever we want it to be.’ And to the credit of our senior class, we responded.”

Last Friday night was senior night, and the seniors indeed played their part. After snatching the lead with a 13-yard touch-

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down pass from senior Trevor McDonagh to senior Stefan Sansone, the Jr. Bills looked to have finally taken control with 4:31 left in the third quarter. But SLUH and Lindbergh continued to trade blows when, on the first play of their next drive, Lindbergh pulled an 86-yard flea flicker out of the hat, tying the game at 21.

That would be the last Lindbergh score however, as SLUH took the proverbial bull by the horns defensively and finally cap-

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Conversation of the Week Principal John Moran and Jack Witthaus discuss Red Sox lamentations and Cardinal exultations. Page 4 Students feel the burn of a championship Several SLUH seniros were pepper sprayed as they attempted to enter Busch Stadium last Friday night. Page 2

italized offensively.

Following stops by both defenses, SLUH got the ball back in its own end early in the fourth quarter. Looking to threaten the flats of the Lindbergh defense, McDonagh lofted the ball to senior Cameron Stubbs near the right sideline on a swing route.

Stubbs snatched the ball out of the air, made the first few men miss, and was off to the races. Stubbs cut across the field diagonally, Houdini-ing and bullying his way through tacklers and helped by great downfield blocking all the way to Lindbergh’s 7-yard line.

Senior wideout Mitch Klug said, “The ability we have to attack defenses from all over really keeps them off balance. It’s harder for them sit back in one coverage and play everything in front because we’re such a threat. Against us, the opposing defense has to be ready for that quick strike at any time, which can be hard for them.”

McDonagh and junior Andy Reik pummeled their way in on a sneak to grab the lead.

Lindbergh, now down 2821, tried to rally but threw interceptions on two consecutive possessions, to SLUH corners sophomore Raymond Wingo and Stubbs.

Although the offense went three-and-out after Wingo’s pick, Stubbs again put the fate of the game in his own hands. Stubbs continued on page 4

Soccer survives a scare, on to Chaminade Soccer keeps the playoff flame alive with late win, looks to band together. Page 6 Cross country headed towards finish line The team heads to State having won a trophy the last six seasons and hopes to continue after dominating Sectionals. Page 7

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ssistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson announced last Friday afternoon that students would be indefinitely banned from parking on Oakland Avenue in front of the Backer Memorial.

The policy change comes as a result of an event that took place last Friday morning, involving cars that were parked on Oakland.

During the day last Friday, someone brought Kesterson a note which had been left on their car. The note, which was not addressed to any specific person, criticized the driver for “blatant misuse of the sacred pact those of us who park on Oakland abide by,” and told them that they were leaving too much space in between their car and others parked on Oakland, therefore not allowing as many cars to park there. If they continued to park improperly, the note continued, there will be a “reconsideration of your priviledge (sic) to park on Oakland.”

The writer of the note remained anonymous, instead choosing to sign it “The Oakland Staff,” an entity which does not exist.

“What gives them the right to put that on anybody’s car, joke or not?” said Kesterson. “It came across in really poor taste, and it was upsetting.”

This new policy, according to Kesterson, is intended to pressure the letter’s writer into coming forward and taking responsibility for the letter. However, when the announcement was made Friday afternoon, no explanation was given for the change, leaving many students confused.

“It is kind of legitimate, because it did make (them) very upset,” said senior Ryan Burke, who regularly parked on Oakland. “I guess it’s the only thing they could do, because they didn’t know who did it and have no way of finding out.”

“I agree that people do leave too much space, but at the same time they didn’t need to leave a note. I don’t know if it’s right to punish everyone,” said senior Paul Bossung.

“It misrepresents what SLUH is, and who we are,” said senior Will Edwards, who regularly parked on Oakland before the continued on page 2

Club loss Matt Cooley mourns the swift rise and lonely fall of clubs at SLUH, particularly the Inventor’s club and its contemporaries.

Pages 4-5 Teachers lace up their running shoes Anne Grass, Donald Steingruby, and Brian Gilmore all participated in the Rock and Roll Marathon. Page 2

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Teachers Rock and Roll in marathon

BY Sam Fentress REPORTER

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everal St. Louis U. High staff ran in the St. Louis stop of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, which took place two Sundays ago, Oct. 23. Whether in the race or on the sidelines, members of the SLUH community found themselves part of the event.

“I had run six half-marathons before, and I had never run a full one,” said English teacher Anne Grass, who sees running as a good way to stay balanced and healthy.

“I always thought that crazy people did that, but here I am.”

After moving back to St. Louis, Grass decided that the marathon would be a good thing to set her mind to.

“My goal was to finish in five hours, and I finished in four hours and forty minutes, so I was happy about that,” said Grass.

The marathon, a 26.2 mile race, was hosted by the Rock ‘n’ Roll brand, which is owned by a sports marketing company called Competitor Group, Inc.. Competitor hosts various running and cycling events, including a series of Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathons throughout the United States.

The marathon was characterized by several events, including a local band at every mile, local cheerleading, and, in St. Louis, a special finish-line performance by pop-rock band Sugar Ray. The St. Louis course began downtown, weaved through St. Louis University, passed through several parks and eventually ended downtown on Market Street. “(The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon) has had a big impact nationwide, on the country. People like to run in this race, it’s well-organized, it’s as fun as a marathon can be,” said SLUH AP Psychology teacher Tom Kickham, who watched part of the race from the 12-mile mark.

Kickham was there when Grass ran by, and he gave her a warm encouragement.

“A lot of people today run marathons without a full respect for the distance,” said Kickham, “but when Ms. Grass approached the 12-mile mark, no pun intended, she was rockin’ and rollin’.”

Also cheering on Grass was English teacher Rich Moran, who provided some enthusiastic sup-

port.

“I waited there quite a while, and at first I thought it might not work,” said Moran, explaining that the chances of seeing Grass among the “mob” of runners was slim.

“It was like watching the Mississippi river float by and looking for one little log,” said Moran. “But because I was standing there with my bike, she saw the bike, and took the trouble to cut through the crowd of runners and say hello,” said Moran.

Another SLUH faculty participant was math teacher Donald Steingruby, who ran the optional half-marathon.

“It was one of the best experiences of my life. My goal was to run it under two hours, and I ran in an hour and 53 minutes,” said Steingruby. “I picked that number because I didn’t think I would be able to do it.” Steingruby had run a 15 kilometer race last winter, but otherwise had little running experience.

“I started training for it last summer, with my brother and two of my sisters. It was really a neat experience,” said Steingruby.

The event provided a different meaning to Brian Gilmore, who works and teaches in Campus Ministry at SLUH.

“This race was important to me because I was kind of having a tough time when my mom died last spring. This was a kind of goal that I could work toward.

It’s in some ways a symbolic kind of journey,” said Gilmore.

He added that the marathon meant more to him than running with music.

“This was more about a personal triumph for me than about the bands,” said Gilmore.

Grass said she agreed.

“There’s definitely a lot of reflection and spirituality in it for me, and that’s why I do it,” said Grass.

Although there may not have been current SLUH students running, senior Connor Stinehart’s band played as one of the milemarkers, and faculty runners noted students on the sidelines and former students in the race.

“I saw a lot of people from SLUH, and it was hard to recognize names, but I did recognize some faces of guys that I taught in the past that graduated, and some current students were there,” said Steingruby, who was pleased to see some familiar faces along the course.

“It kind of gives you an extra spring in your step,” he said. photo | courtesy of Ms. Anne Grass

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Students: no parking on Oakland (continued from page 1) prohibition. “It saddened me to know that somebody would do that. I hope that (they) aren’t too distraught about (the note). That was very rude about how they went about it.”

On Monday, the first day this new policy was in effect, three students still parked their cars on Oakland. When called to Kesterson’s office, they moved their cars to the student lot without argument. For the rest of the week, there have been no violations of the policy—no students have parked on Oakland.

The letter’s writer has not yet come forward to Kesterson, and there is not even a guarantee that it was written by a SLUH student.

Despite a desire by Kesterson to find the author, there has been no effort on part of the school to let students know that the letter is the reason for the new policy; the announcement last Friday offered no invitation for the author to come forward.

Kesterson has been questioning students who habitually parked on Oakland in the past, but no conclusions could be drawn from those conversations.

Until the author comes forward to Kesterson and this issue is resolved, the policy will stand.

“I don’t think every car that parks out there is involved in this.

Until I know who it is, that’s the way I’m going to deal with this.

If someone comes forward and takes responsibility for it, then we can go back to business as usual.

In the meantime, unfortunately, other people are going to have to deal with it, which is frustrating too,” said Kesterson.

Approximately ten to 12 cars can be parked on Oakland at any given time. Despite the fact that Oakland is a public street and anybody is free to park there, nearly everyone that parked on Oakland was a student or teacher at SLUH because of the nature of when those spots are filled up.

The prohibition will not be

enforced as much after school and on weekends, because demand for parking is lower at that time, and it would not be productive to investigate every car that parks there after hours, according to Kesterson.

Theology teacher Matt Sciuto is usually one of the first people to arrive at school, typically parking on Oakland by 6:15 a.m. Sciuto said that he has never observed any competition for or entitlement to parking spots on Oakland. A few years ago, a student left a similar anonymous note on Sciuto’s car, asking him to park his car closer up, which he promptly did.

“When it happened to me a couple years ago, I said, you have a point. So I just moved (my car) closer,” said Sciuto. “But I don’t like anybody who leaves anonymous notes. The way it was done was not the right way to do this.”

After discussing the issue with Director of Security Charlie Clark and security guard John Walsh, Kesterson began to explore designating the spots on Oakland as a visitor and faculty-only zone, even if the issue with the letter is resolved. According to Walsh, it is much more difficult to account for cars on Oakland, since SLUH’s security does not actively monitor that area.

With the spots on Oakland freed up from student usage, many visitors have been parking along the street; yesterday, a Father-Son Mass, a Mothers Club meeting, and many admissions tours led to the spots on Oakland filling up for most of the morning.

“It’s more efficient. It’s better for parents and visitors,” said Walsh.

However, no decisions have been made about a long-term parking solution. Those decisions will be made after the writer of the letter is identified and the situation resolved.

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Seniors pepper sprayed in mob outside World Series Game 7

BY Mitch STAFF

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utside Busch Stadium last Friday, some St. Louis U. High students at World Series Game 7 were showered with something more than confetti and beer: pepper spray.

“I just wanted to head down there and see the festivities and have some fun,” said senior James Griffard. He, along with a handful of other SLUH seniors, was crowded with many other Cardinals fans outside Gate 5 to be let in to the stadium.

“I heard in 2006 that they opened up the gates to the stadium,” said senior Tom Blood, “and let the crowd that was outside into the stadium late in the game so that they could all witness the last out of the World Series.”

As the innings progressed, the crowd grew more impatient.

“Things got really messy when the fireworks went off.

Of course there was a lot of celebration, but coupled with that celebration was a more intense drive to get in the stadium to see the celebration that the Cardinals were having,” said Blood.

Acording to senior Michael Williams, several college-aged people were violently shaking the gates back and forth when the confetti started falling. Williams was about two rows behind the wrought iron gate when it opened. “(The gate) didn’t fall over or break down, it just slid off its tracks to the point where the ushers couldn’t close it due to the fact that a huge stampede of fans was coming through it,” said Williams.

As soon as people poured

through the gate, police officers pulled out their pepper spray cans and sprayed the crowd.

“I was pushed forward, and about four feet from the entrance to the stadium I felt a liquid hit my face all over on my nose and my mouth and both eyes, and my eyes would not open,” said senior Danny Meehan. “I was blind for about a minute, and I hit the ground. I knew I had to get up because I didn’t want to get trampled, so I got up and I was stumbling around, opening my eyes in flashes, but then I’d have to close them again. The pain was pretty excruciating.”

Griffard fared a bit better than Meehan; he only got the pepper spray under his right eye and his mouth.

“For the first thirty seconds it felt like a lighter just held under

my eye,” said Griffard. “Probably for about 40 minutes it bothered me kinda bad, but then after that it subsided, but it was still irritating the whole night.”

The incident, however, was drowned in the massive celebration.

“It was a really confusing scene because there was so much elation around, but then you have all these people in this intense pain and suffering,” said Blood, who passed the officers relatively unscathed. “I saw some SLUH guys afterwards, and their faces were red, they were crying, there was mucus, you could tell that it was hard for them to just stand there because they were in so much pain,” he said.

Blood and Meehan never entered the stadium because of the spray, but Williams, one of the

first through the gates, got in before the officers took out the pepper spray.

“I got a text message from one of my buddies saying that one of his friends got pepper sprayed in the face,” said Williams. “We thought he was kidding, and then we started hearing these recurring stories that kids were getting pepper sprayed. I was just fortunate to be one of the first ones through.”

“It was weird, the pepper spray thing, because it was such a local thing. It happened to this one group of people, this one gate, and I was so surprised that most of the people didn’t even know about it,” Blood said. “It was just a really strange feeling, like a unique brand of loneliness.”

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Perspective

Thanks for courtesy to Victory lap: Game 6 at the Prep News photographers

BY Nate EDITOR

To the editors: On Tuesday, Nov. 1, we had a very busy day with pictures and Mass. First, I was speaking with one of the representatives from the photography company and he commented on how well-dressed our young men were for picture day. I couldn’t agree more. Everyone looked great, and I was impressed at how many students own suits!

I was even more impressed, but not surprised, that when the photographers were breaking down their equipment, they mentioned how many students offered to help and hold doors for them.

They stated that that “never happens” at any other schools they go to.

Good deeds do get noticed!

These compliments reflect what exceptional young men you are and that these small acts of kindness matter in everyday life. I appreciate your politeness to our photography company and for understanding the importance of looking your best on a Mass day.

Being a gentleman never goes out of style!

Cortney Schraut Librarian, Yearbook Co-Moderator

Commentary

Where are the robots of yesteryear?

BY Matt Cooley EDITOR IN CHIEF

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hear crickets chirping behind the door marked M-6 when I walk through SLUH’s long white basement hallway in the mornings. Literally— that’s not a figure of speech.

I looked inside recently.

Wooden boards and plastic pipes are piled up next to a set of shelves along one wall. Loose wires dangle from an assortment of dusty electrical devices on the other side of the room. Two metal frames on wheels have pistons sticking out at odd angles, the appendages to which they once connected apparently missing.

While clubs at SLUH start with enthusiastic students badgering freshmen to sign up at Activities Fair and colorful advertisements lining the halls, they die silently as members and moderators leave with no one to take their places. The Inventors’ Club was no exception.

I wasn’t around for the enthusiastic phase. The metal frames and most of the other ruins in M-6 are remnants of robots the club built for competitions in its heyday, several years ago. By the time I entered SLUH three years ago, the club met only sporadically.

Still, I have a few great memories from when the club was alive. We built a wooden slingshot, comprised of a triangular frame big enough to sit in with elastic bands to launch a tennis ball. We tinkered endlessly with the support braces for the legs, the material for the elastic straps, and the construction of the launching pocket in an ultimately futile attempt to fire the ball the length of the upper field.

I mourn the death of the Inventors’ Club mostly because of these memories. The thought that one more adjustment could have given the slingshot the firepower it needed will haunt me more than the image of dismembered robots in a dark basement.

But I’ve begun to think that the end of the club is a significant loss for SLUH, not just me.

I spoke to grade school kids about SLUH at a high school night presentation a few weeks

ago. After one of the sessions, a small kid with glasses walked into the mostly-empty room alone and timidly approached me.

“Um, excuse me,” he mumbled.

“Does SLUH have a Robotics Club?”

It was hard to follow up my “not anymore” with anything that student might have liked to hear.

Among clubs related to academics, SLUH has one Math Club which competes a few times per year versus four print publications, five foreign language clubs, and another handful related to politics and debate. I don’t think prospective students make decisions about schools based on the presence or absence of one club, but I wonder whether this imbalance makes a few of them hesitate.

Students who want to explore math, science, and engineering at SLUH outside of class do have niches here. The stage crew supports a community of students who like to build things with power tools, the Pulse survives on the initiative of several students who enjoy making the radio system work, and computer science classes have spawned many students who do computer programming informally. Probably the majority of students choose athletics or service instead of clubs related to academics. And, as I have experienced by working on the Prep News, doing something new and different offers opportunities for personal growth.

Still, I think some explicitly technical co-curricular would be a welcome addition. With its latest policy on cell phones and mobile devices, SLUH is hesitantly approaching the norms of the modern wired world. But I think we’re still conflicted about what to do with technology, because we see the real dangers in cell phones and social media. Through the Inventors’ Club, I saw the value of being more than just a consumer of technology. The slingshot was ours to design and its various deficiencies were ours to solve, and we had to work through trial and error to get it working. Most importantly, we got to know one another as people while we argued over designs and bolted together boards. That’s a welcome way of

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had tickets.

That’s the story I will tell my kids when they sit propped up on my knee, asking about the Cardinals’ historic run to the 2011 World Series. I had tickets, but I couldn’t go. Game 6 was on a Thursday night, the same night that the Prep News lays out and prepares the paper. There was no way I was getting out of the Prep News that night, so my ticket would have to go on to my little brother, who would get the chance to see his first World Series game.

Boy, did I miss a fun one.

The excitement of that game penetrated not only Busch Stadium but the entire city of St. Louis. When David Freese hit that walk-off home run, it was like you could hear a city of voices rise up and yell in triumph.

We did it—our town, our team.

More directly, I heard about seven yells of triumph, all coming from Mr. Mueller’s art room, where the Prep Newsians were gathered around the closest TV we could find. After listening to the game’s first couple of innings on the radio in our own office across the hall, guys started to trickle into the art room beginning in the bottom of the eighth.

When Neftali Feliz stepped onto

the mound, three outs away from ending our beloved Birds’ season, our entire staff was crowded around Mr. Mueller’s TV. It was a nerve-wracking, bond-building, finger-crossing, and sweat-inducing couple of innings we watched in there. The initial high of the improbable comeback to send the game into extra innings was almost immediately ended by Josh Hamilton’s two-run home run. Then, when it had seemed the Cardinals had used up all the playoff magic available, they dug into their reserves and pulled out another two-run comeback.

I got to watch these historic baseball moments surrounded by seven of my closest friends. I got to watch as Ryan Dowd and Jack Witthaus changed shirts seemingly every inning, hoping one look would spark the Cardinals’ luck (when we won it, I believe they settled on shirtless). I got to see guys who I would normally classify as anything but sports fans go crazy, go crazy. I not only got to watch with English teacher Mr. Missey, but I got to scream and groan and rejoice with him as we rallied our way to the championship. I got to run a victory lap around the halls of SLUH, unable to contain my excitement.

For some reason, the Cardi-

nals tap into a certain youthful, vulnerable exuberance in us that is often lost. And the World Series offered a chance to share in that exuberance—first with my fellow Prep Newsians, then with my classmates at school, then with what seemed like an entire city downtown on Friday night.

It breaks down our defenses and allows excitement to penetrate us. Sharing in that with people around you can be a mind-blowing experience.

Watching the game with the guys reminded me of the incredible camaraderie we share by getting to work on the Prep News.

While making the paper is an important process, it is that process, that time spent together with classmates that is just as special.

Watching the Cardinals game epitomized that bonding and in many ways brought depth and meaning to the hours we spend toiling away to make a paper every week.

So yes, I had tickets and yes, going to that game would have been an amazing experience. But if I couldn’t be in Busch, there’s no other place I’d rather have been than cheering with my friends in Mr. Mueller’s art room at 11:45 on a Thursday night.

cartoon | Tom Fields

Cartoons are the opinion of the artist and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Prep News or of St. Louis U. High.

experiencing technology when we feel powerless against the explosion of gadgets that are now in our pockets.

The landscape of clubs at SLUH is fluid as the students in the building cycle through their four years, and perhaps students’ interest in math, science, and engineering at the moment isn’t worth another co-curricular.

I’ve found my own niche elsewhere. But in a far-fetched hope that someone might clear out the crickets in M-6, I told the kid at the high school night presentation that SLUH students can invent, or reinvent, clubs. All it really takes is someone with time and energy, willingness to endure trial and error, and interest in building something.

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Volume 76, Issue 10

November 4, 2011

Moran dons Cardinal red, supports Birds in World Series

BY Jack Witthaus ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

I took a walk with principal John Moran on Wednesday to talk to him about the Cardinals World Series victory, the shortcomings of his beloved Red Sox, and his Game 7 experience at Busch Stadium.

Jack Witthaus: What was it like, the Cardinals historic comeback and then Red Sox collapse. What was that like as a Red Sox fan? Was it hard to stomach?

John Moran: Well, the Cardinals actually made it a lot easier to stomach since I’m a big fan of both teams although I never like to see the Red Sox collapse. I’ve had a lifetime of experience of the Red Sox collapsing so it made it a little easier in that regard. As I’ve

told a lot of people for the past month, this isn’t even in the top five of the worst things that have happened to this team in my lifetime. There are certainly worse memories there. What people don’t realize is that at this point I’ve lived here for four years and I may be as big of a Cardinals fan as I am a Red Sox fan. I understand, I’m not a life-long Cardinals fan so that’s different. I don’t want to insult those folks who are lifelong Cardinals fans. But I was extremely excited to see them come back at the end of the season. I’ve actually been—not a season ticket holder—but I go to a dozen or so games a year for the Cardinals ever since I’ve been here. It’s fun to root for them.

JW: Well, I mean I certainly don’t think you appreciated some students singing “Tessie” in jest (after the Red Sox lost the wild card bid).

Scorching Jr. Bills win six straight, enter playoff (continued from page 1) returned the interception from around midfield all the way inside Lindbergh’s 5-yard line culminating with a valiant dive for the pylon. McDonagh and Reik again shoved their way in for a touchdown. The defense then shut Lindbergh out for the remaining five minutes.

McDonagh completed 10 of 20 passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns, one to Klug for 77-yards in the opening minute of the game. Klug led the team with four catches for 115 yards and continues to lead the team in catches and yardage over the first 10 games. Senior Terek Hawkins rushed for 137 yards on 22 carries and went over 1,000 yards for the season at 1, 006. Senior safety Paul Simon lead the defense with 15 total tackles.

Although the more maligned side of the ball for much of the early season, the defense has grown tremendously over the season, blossoming into an aggressive-hitting turnover machine over the six-game Jr. Bill win streak. Over the streak, the Jr. Bills have two shutouts and have allowed just under 16 points a game, compared to the 37 they allowed to their first four opponents.

Kornfeld said, “I always tell the kids to be athletes. If (the opposing team) lines up a certain way and hurts us, the first time, okay, (the opposing team) got us.

The second time we should be smart enough to stop it, and they are.”

Against DeSmet and Lindbergh, the Jr. Bill defense has shut out the opposing offense in the critical fourth quarter and has typically gotten better as the game goes on.

The key to the Jr. Bill offense this year, other than having a plethora of talented players, has been their ability to line up in an array of formations and sets and run the same plays effectively out of those sets. It stems from not only physical versatility but mental coordination on behalf of the offense players.

“We do so many things that people who play us have to make sure their kids even know how to line up right and what coverages they want to be in. It gives us a great advantage because we can be so multiple on offense,” said Kornfeld.

This past week against Lindbergh, The U-High offensive ran the spread, the two-tight end set, and the pro-set all within the same drive all multiple times, simply a versatility that gives that opposing defensive coordinators a severe headache.

The Jr. Bills host a 5-5 Oakville squad with nothing to lose tonight at 7. Oakville has lost to four teams—Lindbergh, Mehville, DeSmet, and Eureka–that SLUH has in turn defeated. Now that the Cardinals season has finally ended, SLUH students have no excuse not to cheer on a senior class that has given their fans exhilarating, entertaining moments for the past three years as they ride into state, six-shooters drawn for their last hoorah.

“Now that we’re in the middle of this run, we just try to enjoy it and make things happen that we’ll remember forever. When we’re out there, we play everything like it’s our last chance so that when the season eventually ends, we know that we left everything on the field,” said Klug.

Kornfeld said, “(The coaches) really like this team. I mean they’re fun to be around. This senior class is a great group of kids so we’re taking great joy in that we hope we get to be around them for several weeks longer, because they are fun to be around.

JM: Well, again, I have a lifetime of jest when it comes to their failures and collapses including what was the most dramatic collapse in World Series history until the Rangers were one strike away (from winning the World Series) twice. The Red Sox have only been one strike away once and choked on it.

JW: So you rooted for the Cardinals during the playoffs?

JM: Yes, I was at Game 7 (of the World Series). I was at Game 5 of the NLCS against the Brewers where they won. I was fortunate enough to be at Game 7 with my nephew to celebrate the victory.

JW: Was the Cardinals World Series celebration this year anywhere near Boston’s celebration in 2004?

JM: Well, when you don’t win in 86 years, there tends to be a much more pent-up anxiety. It’s not like the Cardinals, who have

A meeting for anyone interested in going on Mission: Appalachia will be held this Monday at 7 p.m. in 215C.

ter jersey?

JM: I do not own a Carpenter jersey. I do own several Cardinals baseball caps. The only jersey I own is actually Lou Brock’s, who is a player from my childhood and I was a fan of from a distance.

JW: (Pointing to my 2011 World Series hoodie) So you didn’t get any of this Cardinals swag?

JM: I got the (World Series) hat.

JW: So with the Cardinals success and the Red Sox failure, are you thinking about switching teams?

JM: I don’t need to switch.

I have the best of both worlds. I have a National League team and an American League team. I have the same for hockey as well.

JW: All right. Thank you very much, Dr. Moran.

JV Football rounds learning curve

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Quarterback Josh Keil scans his reads during a JV football game. Keil and the rest of his team struggled to a 2-8 record this year, though it did go 2-2 in conference play.

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n the words of sophomore free safety Chazz Carson, “We faced adversity.”

St. Louis U. High’s JV football team, which went 2-8 this season, did indeed face adversity, but several members of the team came away with a positive outlook.

“The last two games there was a lot of fight. There was less lying down if something bad happened,” said head coach Ben Farley.

“We had a lot of opportunities that we didn’t take advantage

of,” said sophomore center Adam Cooley. One of the main focuses of the team was making sure that mistakes were not made.

The team’s only two wins came mid-season against Vianney and Chaminade. The team suffered a tough 49-37 loss to DeSmet in the second to last game of the season. The team’s worst MCC game was against CBC, a crushing 56-20 loss.

Yet Farley remains optimistic. “They’ve taken a positive step, absolutely, from where they were in August,” he said.

Farley also said that this was only the second year of playing

football for many of the players, and there is a learning curve involved.

“I think (the season) was good even though we lost both of those games. As a team, we grew stronger,” said sophomore lineman Ryan Mauller.

Farley gives one simple piece of advice to his players: “Get in the weight room.” He mentioned that the varsity players are in the weight room, and it shows.

Overall, sophomore defensive end JJ Driscoll said it wasn’t that bad of a season.

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had this history of success year after year after year. It was certainly an amazing and impressive number of folks. As I was leaving the ballpark (Friday) night, I felt like there were as many people coming towards the ballpark to celebrate. And of course on Sunday, the parade numbers—I don’t remember the final number—but it was a pretty big celebration.

JW: So—favorite Cardinal player this year. Who’s it got to be?

JM: Boy that’s a tough one.

I’m a big Carpenter fan, which made Game 7 even more special to watch him do that. I think six innings and two runs in that situation—especially when you give up two runs in the first—that was pretty clutch. I thought the game against Philadelphia was really clutch. So he might be my favorite.

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(continued from page 5) finding who we are as a team and building on it for varsity,” said Driscoll.

Farley emphasized that the players came out of the season better than where they were in August.

“These guys fought back.

That’s something these guys can take with them,” he said.

Grimm is Guintoli’s first starring role (continued from page 1) some theater classes.

“I had him in acting class,” said theatre teacher Joe Schulte.

“And he was a positive, good student, and he seemed to enjoy what we were doing. He never did any shows for us, but he did do the Senior Follies.”

“I started taking improv classes, and took a scenes class with Mr. Schulte,” said Giuntoli.

“Though I never did any plays, I really had a blast doing the Senior Follies.”

Tom Schmidt, a friend of Giuntoli who graduated from SLUH in 1998 and attended Indiana University with him, remembered his tendency to perform outside of formal theater.

“He was always putting on little skits throughout high school and college,” said Schmidt. “In Spanish class he originally acted out some Ricky Martin bits that I think were very formative in his development. We were big Ricky Martin enthusiasts back in the day.”

English teacher Sean O’Brien also graduated from SLUH in 1998.

O’Brien said, “I remember him as very nice, friendly guy, someone you could say hi to in the halls—but there was no sense that he was going to go into acting.”

Giuntoli did not immediately pursue acting after graduation SLUH. He went to college for

International Business at Indiana University, and though he participated in some theater productions he took no drama classes.

His involvement in television began after college when, at age 22, he was a contestant on the MTV reality show Road Rules: South Pacific.

“The next time I saw him was Road Rules, the old MTV show where they would put people in a camper or Winnebago or something and send them of to exotic locales,” said O’Brien.

“He was in South Pacific.

I had never really watched the show until then and I was kind of curious—do they portray people as they really are, or is it some sort of constructed narrative? And he came across as a pretty levelheaded, really nice guy on the show, and it was cool to see that.”

After leaving that show, Giuntoli decided to head to Los Angeles to pursue acting full time.

“I graduated college, and you come to a point where you kind of have to make a decision as to if you want to take a chance or not,” said Giuntoli. “ I think I was 24, living in U. City with my mom, and I got in my car and just drove. I talked to my mom, and I said what should I do here and she said ‘What would you regret if you didn’t do?’ and I said ‘I want to act’ and she said ‘Go do it’.

Giuntoli’s time at SLUH helped him when the time came

for his first audition.

“Right when I got to LA, six (or) seven years ago, my first audition ever I received through email, and I was in St. Louis for Christmas. I called Joe Schulte to ask him to help me do this, audition and he put me on tape, so my first audition is me sitting there acting opposite Joe Schulte,” said Giuntoli.

Since then, Giuntoli has held roles such as reporter August Walden on the cosmetic surgery drama Nip/Tuck on FX, and a high school dean on the CW drama Privileged. Grimm is his first starring role.

Even though his acting experience at SLUH was limited, Giuntoli feels that some aspects of his Jesuit education at SLUH are still helpful to him today.

“Just yesterday, I was working with an actor who went to Gonzaga, another Jesuit college, and we spoke of the Jesuits and education, and how grateful we were to be around them and to be influenced by the Jesuits,” said Giuntoli. “What we both loved was the free thinking and the critical thinking that is taught in Jesuit institutions. I am more influenced by SLUH than any other place of learning I have attended.

It certainly put a work ethic into me that has only benefited me through life.”

Grimm’s second episode airs tonight at 8:00 at NBC.

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Oakville knocks top hat off Hockey Soccer stays alive with

BY Jack Witthaus ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

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4-3 shoutout defeat by Oakville knocked the St. Louis U. High hockey team out of the annual preseason Top Hat Tournament last Tuesday night and left the team with a stinging message of never to underestimate an opponent.

“I was more upset with the play of the team,” coach Charlie Busenhart said. “They underestimated these guys. We beat them handily before (on Oct. 4, 4-1) outshooting them something like 40 to 14. … (Oakville) is a good team. Maybe we will believe next time that they are a good team.”

After the initial puck drop, the Jr. Bills took an open shot on goal just seconds into the game.

Oakville goalie Zachary Jost stopped the shot. The potent offensive attack and the red hot Jost squared off for the rest of the night, with Jost stopping 35 of 38 shots due to SLUH’s combination of bad luck and missed opportunities.

“The offense had a lot of scoring opportunities. But (Jost) is a big guy, he’s quick, and he’s atheletic,” Busenhart said about the 6’1”, 160 pound goalie.

Frustrated in the first period, senior Dan Warnecke hooked an Oakville player and ended up in the sin bin with 1:11 left to go.

20 seconds into the power play, Oakville scored first on a nice wrist shot to the 3-hole, to the right of the goalie’s head.

Down 1-0, SLUH came out

of the bench huddle hungry for an equalizer. Junior Michael Cella delivered one of the biggest hits of the night seconds after the puck drop as the Jr. Bills ramped up their aggressiveness.

Senior Thomas Place held strong in goal behind the energized Jr. Bills and, after a rebound shot, came up with a beautiful butterfly save at 3:32.

The aggressive play boiled over with 7:32 left when, after a faceoff to the right side of the Oakville goal, a saved shot resulted in a few pushes and shoves from both sides. The players quickly formed a scrum in front of the net.

Oakville was charged with a penalty and Warnecke wasted no time capitalizing on the man advantage. Ten seconds into the power play, Warnecke snapped off a wrist shot to the left side of the goal that into the back of the net.

Warnecke scored again with seconds left in the second period, after the goalie couldn’t get a handle on his scorching shot.

While the goalie tried to cover up, the puck miraculously wormed its way into the net.

“It was a broken-down play,” Warnecke said. “I just kinda threw it at the net. I mean that’s a weak goal from the goalie’s perspective.

That should never go in... (But) I’ll take it.”

With the 2-1 lead, SLUH’s scoring wrapped up with 3.8 seconds left in the period on perhaps the most creative goal of the season. Junior Corey Quinn drew a

beautiful deke between his skates and then effortlessly slid a pass around an Oakville defender to junior Remy Hoffmann, who, following in pursuit just a few feet back, buried the shot. Hoffmann’s goal electrified the SLUH crowd going into the third period.

Oakville wasn’t fazed, however, and came out in the third period winning faceoffs. The Tigers tripled the number of shots they had for the entire evening. With 10:09 left, Oakville scored on a power play, and then with 5:02 left, Oakville’s bench pounded their sticks on the boards after the puck took flight in the crease and popped over Place’s pads.

After a 10-minute overtime wouldn’t solve the outcome, the game went into shootout. SLUH couldn’t muster any offensive firepower, though, and in the third round Oakville scored and skated away with the victory.

“The main thing for everyone to remember is that it’s a preseason tournament,” Busenhart said. “Our coaching philosophy is you give everyone a chance to prove themselves in the preseason and to establish where they’re going to be on the team. … Winning in the regular season is very, very important. Winning in the preseason is also important but it’s not the end all.

“In other words, (during the preseason) the coaches try to put together combinations that produce scoring lines. (It’s all about) creating good chemistry,” said Busenhart.

Despite losing record, C-Football improves chemistry and talent

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2-1 win against Webster

BY James REPORTER

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n 1994, before many of us were born, the MLB season was cancelled, Forrest Gump practically swept the Oscars, and, most importantly, the immortal peewee sports film Little Giants was released. Those of us with complete childhoods remember the heroics of Icebox, Spike, and head coach Danny O’Shea—heroics like those we hope for in our SLUH Soccerbills in the state tournament this year.

SLUH’s team certainly isn’t made up of rejects who were cut from CBC and DeSmet, but they definitely enter the state tournament as underdogs after a very rough regular season. If “Spike’s in peewee hell!” then the Jr. Bills are in high school soccer purgatory, stumbling into state without any rhythm to their game or any momentum. But the SLUH Jr. Bills “don’t belong under the bleachers,” and if they start to eat crunchy Cheetos instead of puffed, they could make a really great run in the state tournament.

“Spike don’t play with girls.”

On Monday, SLUH played their first game of Districts against Webster Groves, whom they beat 5-0 earlier in the season. The Jr. Bills controlled the ball for much of the very rowdy first half, but as usual couldn’t get that first goal, entering halftime still tied 0-0.

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he C-Football team’s season officially ended Oct. 20 with a 21-18 loss to Hazelwood West.

The team ended the season 4-5.

There were two big injuries: freshman Noah Hewlett at the start of the season and freshman PJ Johnson at mid-season.

Some of the key players were Andre Colvin, Bryan Edwards, quarterback Andrew Hunt, Parker Pence, and Spencer Chipley.

These were not the only players who stepped up, the whole team played a good season and also stepped up in key situations when they needed to.

Head coach Tom Wilson was pleased with their season. “They played hard, they tried to get better every game and they did, and that’s a major accomplishment in freshman football. To grow as a team, that’s a good season,” Wilson said.

Hunt was satisfied with their

performance and optimistic for next year. “I think we overall improved, despite all the injuries we seemed to have, and I look forward to seeing how we do next year as a team,” Hunt said.

Though it was not a winning season, the team’s chemistry improved and they became a better football team throughout the season. The team hopes to play the next season at a higher level.

“All in all, it was a good season,” said Wilson.

Five minutes into the second half, Webster scored off a corner kick to take a surprising lead, so then the frustrated Jr. Bills had to play catch-up. Over 25 minutes later SLUH still hadn’t tied the game, and time was running out.

Losing this game would mean elimination from the state tournament.

However, with 2:45 remaining in the game, senior captain Sam Steurer launched a shot on goal that was too hard for the goalie to handle. Junior Tony Bright crashed the net for an equalizing rebound goal that gave SLUH all the game’s unclaimed momentum.

Then, with the game drawing to a close, Bright again made an impact, drawing a sketchy penalty kick with only 45 seconds left in the game. Naturally, Steurer buried the penalty in the bottom corner, and SLUH narrowly escaped an upset defeat, winning 2-1.

“Everyone thinks we’re out, so hopefully we’re going to surprise some people,” senior Joey Ferber said.

SLUH plays Chaminade on Saturday for the District finals at noon. SLUH lost to the Red Devils during the regular season, 2-1.

Senior Ryan Merrifield said, “(Chaminade) is gonna come out strong, but so are we.”

Swimming races past CBC, on way to State

BY David REPORTER

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The C-Football team ended the season 4-5 with victories over MICDS, Vianney, Chaminade, and Normandy.

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he St. Louis U. High swim team had a very full weekend starting last Friday. The team swam in a dual meet against CBC and won by a landslide of 11670. The next morning, SLUH’s JV team swam at Chaminade in their final meet of the year, JV MCC’s, which SLUH also appears to have won handily though final scores are not yet in. And lastly, a select group of varsity swimmers competed in the MICDS invitational meet at the St. Peter’s Rec Plex that evening and placed third out of four teams.

Friday’s meet against CBC was also Senior Night, where the senior swimmers were recognized and greeted by a small reception afterwards. The team swept two events: the 50-yard freestyle, with senior captain Sam Erlinger, junior Chris Favier, and junior Nick Koors, and the 100-yard freestyle with senior captain Pieter

Derdeyn, Favier, and Koors.

Coach Rachel Grazak thought the highlight of the meet was 400 free relay, swum by the team’s captains, including diving captain senior Michael Barry along with senior Amir Paschal, Erlinger, and Derdeyn. The group came in with a time of 3:38.48, over two seconds faster than CBC’s second place team.

“It was really neat to see them win,” said Graczak.

The JV MCC’s that took place the following morning at Chaminade’s Athletictron were “phenomenal” according to Graczak.

Though the official results are not yet in, it was clear that SLUH really put their best foot forward for the JV team’s final event of the season.

“We dropped time in almost every race,” said Graczak, “and not just tenths, but whole seconds, sometimes three or four, cut off of times.” continued on page 8

Ragland, ’11, scores shutout in first college win Ole Miss freshman netminder Justin Ragland, ’11, captured history on Oct. 28 when in his first college hockey game he recorded a shutout over Memphis. The 10-0 blanking was the second in team history. Ragland stopped 15 shots and held strong during a 5-on-3 in the second period. Ragland started between the posts last year for the Jr. Bills and was one of the state’s top goaltenders.

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XC charges forward, a dark horse at State meet

BY Nate EDITOR

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or the past six seasons, the St. Louis U. High cross country team has earned the right to stand on the podium at the state meet.

Since 2005, the Jr. Billikens have been one of the top four teams in the state, earning them a trophy each year. It’s a long-tenured streak that means a lot to the program, and not one the team hopes to end anytime soon.

This Saturday, the Jr. Billikens will face off against the top cross country teams from around the state in Jefferson City. The team enters the meet coming off of a strong Sectionals performance last weekend in which the Jr. Bills took six of the first race’s first 13 spots.

But the team still enters State facing an uphill battle, with teams like Rock Bridge and Rockhurst fielding very strong squads. Assistant coach Tom Flanagan said the team has a good shot at competing for a state medal.

“We are definitely one of the teams that has a good chance of getting a trophy. But there’s probably six that could say that,” said Flanagan. “The good thing is that all we really need is for every guy to run a good solid race. We don’t need anybody to run out of their mind, we just have to have the

guys perform at a level they’re capable of.”

One guy who may have run more than a solid race at Sectionals was senior captain Nathan Rubbelke. Rubbelke has battled injuries for much of the year but came up big with a second place finish at Sectionals. Rubbelke said he really felt the need to get momentum going as the team approached the championship meet.

“It was huge. I knew coming off of a good race at the Clayton Invitational the week before that if I slung together another good race it would really boost my confidence for State,” said Rubbelke. “I want to be all-State this weekend, and one of the things coach Flanagan always says is that if you want to be all-State you’ve got to run like you’re all-State. So my mental philosophy was that I needed to run an all-State race at the sectional meet.”

Rubbelke was closely followed by another five SLUH runners, and the spread amongst the team’s top six was just under 40 seconds, a solid indication that the team was pushing each other as a pack, which Rubbelke said bodes well for State.

“If we run a 39-second spread at the State meet I think we’ll be in pretty good shape,” said Rubbelke.

SLUH was third at the State

meet last year, but returns very few runners from that team. Senior Michael McLaughlin is the only all-State returnee, and he said that it was a designation he hoped to keep this year.

“My goal personally is to repeat and be all-State twice,” said McLaughlin. “Team’s goal is to win it, of course. You’ve got to go hard. And if not, which we probably won’t, it’s to get second. And if not that third, and so on and so forth.”

Expectations like those of McLaughlin play an interesting role in how the team looks at State this year. Rock Bridge is the clear favorite to repeat, so unlike last season, SLUH is not tying its hopes down to a State championship. In fact, while SLUH knows it has the talent for a good performance at state, it is not aiming for any particular spot. Flanagan said the team just wants to run its best race and see where the chips lie afterwards.

“There were years where we’d go up there thinking, ‘If we have a great race we might have a chance to do this.’ This year’s not like that.

This group of guys, they just need to go up there and run the race that they are capable of running, a good solid race. We’ll be alright.

And if that’s not enough, then the other teams would’ve had to run

awfully well,” said Flanagan.

Rubbelke agreed, saying the team would not be downcast with a poor race, but added that continuing SLUH’s trophy streak meant a lot to the squad.

“If it doesn’t happen I don’t think we’ll be heartbroken. But we want a trophy, we want to bring home some hardware. I think we’re ready for it. I think it’s another day at the office. Last year I got too nervous before the state meet, but I don’t think those nerves are a problem for us this year,” said Rubbelke.

The team has had juniors like Joe Archer, Matt Nicholson, Tom Laughlin, and Michael Dowd step up big this year and will need a big performance from them. Senior Joe Esswein ran very well early during the season, but was SLUH’s last runner during the sectional meet. The team needs Esswein to return back to his peak form for a trophy performance.

Flanagan is optimistic that the runners can step up and have a big race.

“I’m confident that they can answer the bell on Saturday, and that they can run well,” said Flanagan. “They had a great workout on Tuesday. You know, they are some of the best runners in the state.”

JV Soccer kicks their way to a remarkable year

BY Brian REPORTER

Dugan

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he junior varsity soccer players at St. Louis U. High have carried on SLUH’s winning tradition in mighty fashion: 15 of the team’s 20 members have suffered only one loss over the previous two years of SLUH soccer between last year’s C- and B-teams and this year’s 19-1 JV campaign.

Junior Matt Horas said this success has helped make the game a good time.

“It’s been really fun playing with everyone over the past couple years, and winning all of those games has added to the excitement,” said Horas.

SLUH’s only loss of the season came against DeSmet on Sept.

29, a 1-0 loss that marked the only time the team was behind all season.

Despite this one blemish, the Jr. Bills bounced back to win their remaining eight games and boast two tournament championships: the Hillsboro Varsity Tournament in mid-September and the Suburban Junior Varsity Tournament two weeks ago.

At the Hillsboro Tournament, SLUH faced off against Perryville’s varsity squad in a hardfought final. SLUH took an early lead thanks to junior Joey Fisher’s goal, a bender into the far corner from just outside the box to open up the game’s scoring.

Perryville put up a fight to later tie the score at one, but SLUH ultimately prevailed, 4-1, behind a trifecta of late goals.

Their victory in the Hillsboro tournament championship completed the Jr. Bills’ terrorization of their early and mid-season opponents, as the second half of

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The alwaysfriendly Joe Esswein

BY Daniel Schmidt reporter

I sat down with senior cross country captain Joe Esswein to discuss the state race this Saturday.

Daniel Schmidt: Where are you guys racing this weekend?

Joe Esswein: Oak Hills Golf Course in Jeff City. Our race is 12:05 p.m.

DS: As a captain, what do you feel your responsibilities are heading into a state race?

JE: Keeping everybody relaxed and excited. Helping them enjoy the moment. Especially the day before the race, you want to keep guys calm and not too excited.

DS: Where are you guys at as a team heading into the race?

JE: We’re excited because we’re kind of going under the radar.

There’s one team who is really expected to win, and if they don’t, then something really weird would’ve happened. But as far as second and third place go, we could cause some damage.

DS: Where did “Hungry for more” come from? It’s been all over some of the cross country guys’ twitters.

JE: (Laughs) Earlier this summer, our favorite runner Ryan Hall tweeted that he had just gotten done watching his wife run on the track, and he was now “Hungry for More.” Me and Nathan (Rubbelke) thought it was hilarious, and we’ve been using it ever since.

DS: Do you or anyone else on the team ever say anything to an opponent when you pass them?

JE: Every now and then if I’m friends with the person. With teammates, you always try to offer them words of encouragement to keep going.

DS: Does the team have any post-season plans?

Junior Jack Thompson knifes his way upfield. The JV soccer squad went 19-1 on the season.

their schedule pitted them against some stronger teams, particularly CBC and DeSmet.

Other than their one loss versus the Spartans, the JV’s MCC challengers posed no real threat once the opening whistle blew.

SLUH disposed of CBC’s B-team and JV team, each by a score of 2-0.

One and a half weeks after taking down CBC’s JV, the Jr. Bills welcomed DeSmet onto their home field. In a game that SLUH primarily controlled, DeSmet squandered their few chances to finish. Twice in the game, they shot rockets off the post.

Those two shots ended up being the difference in the game, as ju-

nior captain Dan Buehler scored the two goals to lead the Bills to a 2-0 victory. Not even DeSmet could contain the red-hot JV team again, as Fisher pointed out.

“We really played well together and realized that when we were at our best, no one on our schedule could stop us,” said Fisher.

Entering the final stretch of the season, the Jr. Bills began play in the Suburban Tournament during exam week. Their first game was scheduled against Webster Groves, but rain cancelled the meeting. They then played Francis Howell to a 1-0 victory, thanks to a beautiful free kick that junior captain Andrew Robinson bent

over the wall and just over the goalie’s hands into the top left corner from about 25 yards out.

The following day, SLUH took down Oakville to capture the tournament crown.

On the final day of the season, the Jr. Bills trekked to O’Fallon, Mo., to take on Fort Zumwalt West. SLUH punished FZW for five goals, ending the season with a stellar performance and capping a dominant season.

“I think we showed a lot of development as a team and as individuals as the year went on. It was an enjoyable and successful season. You can’t ask for much more,” said Robinson.

JE: The Nike Regional Meet in Terra Haute, Indiana. You get a lot of free stuff, and we get to hang out at our coach’s house since he lives there. We get free food, and he has a home theatre. Until we win a bunch of state titles in a row, it just gives us an opportunity for a relaxed race, and for me to race one more time.

DS: Do you have any plans to race in college?

JE: I actually got a call from a college coach last night, but we’ll see.

If I get into Notre Dame, then no.

If I go to a small D-I school or a D-III, then probably yes.

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POWER OF THE PEN

Tech department fights spam battle Zimbra redesign is intended to ward off international spammers.

BY Donnie REPORTER

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he shiny new blue Zimbra email login page is the St. Louis U. High technology department’s latest weapon against spammers.

In recent weeks, overseas spammers attacked a number of St. Louis U. High faculty members’ Zimbra accounts. The spammers created a site that imitated a generic Zimbra login page, then sent emails encouraging faculty to update their account information by entering their usernames and passwords on the fake site.

Tricked by the visual similarity, a few faculty members fell for the trap, giving the foreign site access to their accounts.

“The page you went to looked not like the current Zimbra login screen but like an older version of it, so people going there would think, ‘Oh, here’s my login and my email’ and they’d submit their username and password, receive a message that an error happened and (instructions to) reboot, and they’d think nothing of

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it, where in the meantime (the spammers) would then proceed (armed with the user’s) username and password, then log in, and typically send thousands of emails,” said Director of Information Technology Jonathan Dickmann.

Once the SLUH email accounts started sending out massive volumes of spam email to the Internet, various authorities which work to block spam took notice. Some of the emails the hijacked accounts sent were intercepted, and SLUH was automatically placed on several blacklists of known spam senders. Being blacklisted made it difficult for SLUH to send some legitimate email.

“The account was used to send to a honey pot site, which is used to detect spam, so we got flagged on a number of different spam blacklists, and then we couldn’t send out email to a number of different hosts because they thought we were spammers,” said Dickmann. “Until then, some of our mails were getting delayed or bounced because we got put on a blacklist.”

The technology department was able to get SLUH removed from the blacklists before any serious problems came up, although the blocked email wasn’t noticed immediately. “(Blacklists) are not hard to get cleared off of, but it takes a while to re-

alize, ‘hey, these emails we were sending aren’t actually getting anywhere,’” said Dickmann.

In order to help prevent students and staff from being deluded by Zimbra impostors, Dickmann and computer support specialist John Haefele made some adjustments to SLUH’s Zimbra login page to make it harder to impersonate. The page now has a distinctive blue color with a Junior Billiken logo, the current date, and the daily school schedule and activities.

“Because they’re now changing their attacks to look like Zimbra, we changed our Zimbra to make it something that would be very hard to duplicate,” said Dickmann.

According to Dickmann spam is a persistent problem so the best thing students and faculty can do to avoid having their email compromised is to never respond to an email asking for their usernames and passwords.

Members of the technology department have a policy of personally signing any email relating to SLUH’s technology, including Zimbra accounts.

“The ideal solution is that people can tell the difference between (spam and legitimate email) and they stop sending their passwords to other places,” said Dickmann.

to compete in the MICDS Invitational meet.

“It was a much smaller squad because we could only enter two people per event, which also meant only two relays,” said Graczak.

The team placed third place out of the four teams that participated.

“I think we were just tired. It was a really long weekend with the CBC meet the day before and some of the varsity guys getting up early to cheer on JV,” answered Graczak.

Despite the disappointing loss at the invitational, the SLUH swim team has had a successful weekend and hopes that their streak of success will continue to a victory at MCC’s.

Racquetball seeks to defend title The experienced varsity squad prepares for competitive league play.

BY Fritz Simmon REPORTER

T

he defending National and State Champion Jr. Bills get their 20112012 racquetball season rolling this Friday against the DeSmet Spartans.

The Jr. Bills are ready and excited for the new season to get underway.

With four returning varsity players, St. Louis U. High enters the season as state favorites and national contenders once again.

The big difference for SLUH this year is that they have two varsity teams. Each varsity has eight players; the first six play singles and the last two play doubles.

The first varsity team consists of senior Joe Koch, seniors and returning state champions and na-

tional champions Rob Laurentius and Fritz Simmon, state champion Jack Mohrmann, and juniors and national champions Lorenzo Crim and A.J. Cirillo.

The team is rounded off by the best doubles team the school has seen in years in Luke Hagerty and Ryan Shea. Hagerty, left-handed, and Shea, right-handed, will be able to hit mostly forehand shots, giving them an advantage in their matches.

The team will be led by twelvetime state champion and five time national champion coach Joe Koestner.

Koestner said, “We have a doublebarreled shotgun of two varsity teams with a crop of seniors that refuse to be beaten. Our team has worked hard all fall and are psyched and ready to take on DeSmet.”

The second varsity consists entirely of seniors. Will Powers, Jeremy Compton, Michael Fotouhi, Kevin Landgraf, Jack Sellman, and Dan Jost make up the singles divisions, followed by doubles team Paul Harris

calendar | compiled by Stephen Lumetta

Friday, November 4

Schedule R President’s Coat Drive (all week) V Swim @ MCC Championships (at Chaminade) B Soccer @ CBC Tournament AP ROTC Program—M112

Lake Forest College—M114

Senior Graduation Order Announcements

Sustainability Committee Meeting

Junior Ring Order Make-up

Freshman Tutorial

Snack—Mozz Sticks 2:15pm University of Denver (Sign up in Naviance) 7pm V Football vs. Oakville Lunch Special—Chicken Strips

Healthy—Philly Cheese Steak

Saturday, November 5 V, JV XC @ State Meet B Soccer @ CBC Tournament 12pm V Soccer @ Districts @ Chaminade

Sunday, November 6 11:30 am Open House

7:45 pm JV Hockey vs. FHC @ St. Peter’s Rec Plex North

Monday, November 7 No Classes: Faculty In-Service 5pm NIE Overnight Retreat 6:45pm V Hockey vs. FHC @ St. Peter’s Rec Plex South

Tuesday, November 8 No Classes: Faculty Retreat V Soccer @ Sectionals

Wednesday, November 9 AP

Lunch

Schedule R

Junior Class Mass Pizza Sticks Special—Sloppy Joes Healthy—Soft Taco-Chicken

Thursday, November 10

Swimming races past CBC, on way to State (continued from page 6) Over the course of the meet, there were a total of 40 improved times, many of them resulting in victories.

Several swimmers carried the team to victory in points, including junior Jacob Daugherty, junior Cullen Tripp, sophomore David Greaves, sophomore Joe Shaughnessy, sophomore Jack Brauer, junior Nick Hunsaker, freshman Andrew Irvine, and senior Peter Myers. Referred to as the “superstars of JV MCCs” by Graczak, they placed first in many of the races that ultimately resulted in SLUH’s apparent victory.

Later that Saturday evening, a group of varsity swimmers made the long trip out to the St. Peter’s Rec Plex

November 4, 2011

and Stephen Nelson.

Jost said, “I think the team has a lot of depth and will have a good season.”

They will be led by first-year varsity coach Patrick Zarrick, who coached SLUH last year. These two teams will face off against each other once on Dec. 1.

The league looks to be much more competitive this year, with new teams Parkway Central and CBC joining SLUH, DeSmet, Parkway West, Kirkwood, and Vianney.

“We’ll have some tough games this year, but we have the talent to succeed in league play,” said Mohrmann.

Morhmann and the rest of the team have their goals set high. For most of the players, they have already experienced a state and national championship. For the seniors, they want to do it again. They all know that with the new competition and Nationals in Portland, Oregon, their goal of repeating state and national championships will be very hard to achieve.

AP

Lunch

Sustainability Committee Meeting Freshman Tutorial Snack—Bosco Sticks Special—Papa John’s Pizza Healthy—Breakfast for Lunch

Friday, November 11

Schedule R

Schedule R

V Swim @ State Meet @ the Rec Plex AP Snack—Mini Tacos 7pm V Football Quarterfinal 9:30pm V Hockey vs. Vianney @ South County (Kennedy) Lunch Special—Chicken Bites

Healthy—Soup in Bread Bowl

Congratulations!

Congratulations to science teacher Megan Nelson and dance teacher Simonie Bieber. Nelson married her husband, Mike Menne, on Oct. 29 at St. Norbert’s Church in Florissant, and will now be known as Megan Menne. Bieber recently got engaged to her boyfriend, Mike Anzalone.

photo | John Webb

The Prep News Rally Squirrel paid a visit to the art wing bathroom around 7 p.m. last night. He said he has more free time now that baseball season is over.