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St. Louis University High School | Friday, January 6, 2012
Commons dedication scheduled for February 8 BY John Webb CORE STAFF
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he days of cramped lunch periods in the cafeteria are finally coming to a close. With the installation of the all-glass wall along Berthold Ave. over Christmas break, the renovation of the Commons is nearing completion. The dedication will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and should be available for student use on the same day. The all-glass wall, the most striking contrast with the old Commons, went up largely without anyone to observe its construction. After the temporary wall was constructed behind it, a seven-man team built the wall over a period of six days between Christmas and New Year’s Day, with two days to put up the window frames and two and a half days to install the glass. Two windows have not yet arrived but will be placed once they come in. Across the way, the older windows will get new shades. “If it’s all done and brought together in the same week, the chance of losing pieces diminishes,” said Director of Facilities
Subcommittee discussing proposals BY Adam Thorp CORE STAFF
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A view from the new Commons, looking through the new all-glass wall onto the Danis Field House.
Joe Rankin on why the wall was constructed quickly. Couches will be placed to allow students to look out the glass wall. Two TVs will be hung near the couches as well, one on the
brick wall by the Danis Lobby and one on the wall across from it. Ninety six-foot diameter tables that can seat eight to ten people have been purchased, along with 1,400 blue chairs that can be used
not only for lunch but also for allschool Masses, complementing other versatile features of the new Commons . On the ground, large white continued on page 3
Sports Feature
Muscles, machines will feature in new summer courses
Schnur, ‘92, is inducted into Northwestern Hall of Fame
Robotics, strength and conditioning courses to debut
A Legacy of Victory BY Jack STAFF
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BY Joe Moran REPORTER
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inning seems to follow certain athletes. At St. Louis U. High, Steve Schnur, ‘92, never had a losing record as starting quarterback. After graduating, he didn’t stop winning, posting a .704 winning percentage (19-8) as Northwestern’s starting quarterback, still the best winning percentage among Northwestern quarterbacks. In 1995, Schnur’s Wildcats beat Notre Dame in what the Chicago Sun-Times called “The Upset of the Century,” and in 1995 and 1996 Schnur led Northwestern to two New Year’s Day bowls, including Northwestern’s first Rose Bowl (in 1995) since 1948. As a result of Schnur’s exploits, he will now be inducted into the Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame this February. Schnur will be one of five inductees to the Northwestern Hall of Fame next month. He learned that he would be inducted in De-
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Schnur during his senior season. Schnur was named Post-Dispatch player of the year that year.
cember, and a press release was issued later that month. Schnur and the other inductees will be inducted in a ceremony on Feb.17, and will also be honored during halftime of the Northwestern basketball game the next day. “It’s a great honor to be rec continued on page 7
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hile no new core classes will be added to the curriculum of St. Louis U. High next school year, there will be two new summer offerings: Weights, Strength, and Conditioning and Introduction to Robotics. Social Studies teacher Matt Buha will teach the new physical education course, which is centered around fitness in general. The main goal of the course is to have students “get involved and get into fitness (and) hopefully start something that will carry out into the next year or a longer time,” said Buha. The plan for the course is to be five days a week, and spend three of those days lifting weights to strengthen all of the body. The other two will focus on quickness, agility, and plyometrics, all ways to build speed. Buha said that the course
will also focus on technique, and “doing it the right way” when it comes to lifts. Also, each student will have an individualized routine to suit his goals and skills. The other class is Introduction to Robotics, taught by Computer Science teacher Steve Nicollerat. The class will be centered around either the Lego Mindstorms robots or Textrix robots. They are programmable to be able to accomplish tasks using a variety of interchangeable tools, such as infrared sensors to detect distance or color sensors to make it able to follow a line. They can also be reconstructed for each task. A robot standing on two feet can easily become one that rolls around on four wheels. The robots will be programmed in RobotC, a special language that is designed especially for students. Nicollerat said that the goal of the course is to “focus on computer science (through) hands on experience at building a robot and problem solving.” One prospective student, ju continued on page 7
News
Sports
TV in lobby aims to reduce announcements A flatscreen TV was installed outside of the main office and hopes to cut down on lengthy announcements. Page 2
Hockey makes push to playoffs Senior Dan Warnecke led the Jr. Bills to a 5-1 record over the break with a loss to division leader CBC. Page 7
Kainz fills vacuum in English department Stephen Kainz steps in to expand his teaching role to four classes of sophomore English in Bill George’s absence. Page 2
No rest for the wrestlers Wrestling fought their way through duel meets and the grueling Spartan tournament over Christmas break. Page 7
Feature
fter receiving information from an academic integrity survey conducted throughout the school in February, St. Louis University High School is nearing the end of the first phase of its examination of academic integrity in the school. The information from the survey was meant to gauge attitudes at SLUH towards issues of academic honesty. The results have been given to a subcommittee of SLUH’s Instructional Council. The three member group is looking over the data before presenting it to faculty during an inservice day next Friday. “Right now we’re in the process of going through it, breaking everything up and looking at things little by little,” said Cortney Schraut, a librarian member of the subcommittee. An all-day Instructional Council meeting on Jan. 26 may end with a more concrete proposal to present to the school. “My experience with the Instructional Council in the past is that when we’ve done these kinds of days, which we’ve done several times over the past couple of years, we often come out of the day with some sort of proposal. At some point after that day-long meeting there will at least be proposals that would either go out to students, to faculty, to administration, to parents, to try to get some feedback,” said Principal John Moran. The proposal will be the beginning of a process which may lead to changes in the next academic year. “Believe it or not, these are the months here, January and February, when we’re really trying to plan for the new year. So if there are changes in the Student Handbook or the Faculty Handbook, those need to be talked about, proposed, and decided upon in the next few months,” said Moran. A long period of research and reflection led to this point in the process. With the help of the Council for Academic Integ continued on page 7
Senior Project Spotlights During the month of January, Senior Project takes seniors to all walks of life, as they perform service and give back to the community. An inside look at three project sites. Page 2
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Prep News Volume 76, Issue 16
January 6, 2012
Senior Project Spotlights New television outside main office aims to cut back on announcements Classrooms, veterans, and BY Sam Fentress REPORTER
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f you walk by Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson’s office, you might be attracted to a new addition to his window, a 46’’ Samsung TV which has been installed to improve communication between students and administration. The TV, which was installed last Wednesday by John Haefele, Jonathan Dickmann, and Iain Foulds of the technology department, displays St. Louis U. Highrelated announcements, including upcoming events, photos from recent school events, and a list of students needed to report to Kesterson’s office. So far, the TV has been a successful addition, according to Kesterson. “It’s worked out great so far,” said Kesterson, who is pleased with the TV’s performance in the past few days, and is hopeful that it will continue. The main drive for the new announcement system came from SLUH’s administration. The technology department first purchased the TV over the summer and continued to work on the project throughout the first semester. “We wanted students to have a static place to look to see their names, if they needed to go down to the office, and we also wanted a place where Mr. Sciuto could upload photos more frequently,” said Haefele, who explained that having the TV would allow photos to be updated more frequently than paper bulletin boards, as well as reduce costs for printing photos. One of the initial ideas from the department was to add a scrolling announcement bar to TVs already in place around the
Flynn Park Elementary Flynn Park Elementary School is a public school in University City. Two seniors are assigned to each classroom, where they help the teachers by grading papers or organizing the classroom, or tutoring individual students that may be struggling. The seniors working there are Logan Welge, James Boeckmann, Mason Seuss, Ryan Merrifield, Chip Moloney, Joey Ferber, Reid Cavallini, Kevin Cahill, Will Meehan, DJ LaPoint, Matt Schoelch, and Michael Fitzmire. A new television fixture in SLUH’s central hallway will keep students informed on announcements and students called to the main office.
school, which would allow students to watch TV, such as ESPN, in the cafeteria, while simultaneously checking announcements. “Until we get to that point, we didn’t need anything that fancy, we just needed to be able to show pictures, to show the schedule, to show the names of (students) called down,” said Haefele. Instead of opting for a complex video stream setup, the department, with the help of senior Matt Cooley, had the idea to have the TV display a simple web page that periodically updated its information. As part of the project, Haefele built an online system to track the announcements. Moving the system from paper to screen has other benefits, he says. “We actually have a place for teachers to go in and submit announcements, and Mr. Kesterson can go in and approve them,”
Haefele said. Several new electronic displays will be put up around the school when the new Commons is completed, probably sometime in the next month. “We’re looking at having another TV in the Library/Campus Ministry/Cafeteria area, and then we’ll have four screens in the new Commons, and we’ll also have one in the Danis Lobby as well,” said Haefele. He also said that a screen will be placed in the new reception area, in the renovated Commons. Another TV will be installed at the new reception desk in the lobby, which will display a modified version of the information currently displayed on the TV in Kesterson’s window. The TV will be geared toward incoming students and visitors, giving fun facts about the school and more welcoming content.
Kainz takes reins of two sophomore classes for departing George BY Stephen STAFF
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tephen Kainz, who has been teaching Bill George’s two sophomore English classes since October, will take on an additional two sophomore English classes when the second semester begins on Jan. 17. English teachers Sean O’Brien and Rich Moran will each pick up one section of Literature of Initiation, and Kainz will take over one of each of their sophomore sections. “When he (George) made it clear that he wouldn’t be able to stay, we asked Mr. Kainz to go full time,” said English department chair Terry Quinn. “He was an obvious choice because he has done such an admirable job stepping in to pick up Mr. George’s sophomore sections.” Before taking over George’s classes in the fall, Kainz had helped student-teach sophomore English to David Callon’s sophomore English sections in the second semester last year, so he is already familiar with the second semester curriculum. “I think he’s ready. He has perfect preparation for this sud-
language immersion
den assignment. He went to SLUH so he knows from long experience the methods and expectations of our department,” said Moran. “Moreover, he practice-taught exactly this sophomore second semester curriculum last year.” Kainz credits his fellow sophomore English teachers for helping him do the job that he has. “I have been working on my own for part of (my time here) but a lot of it has been done through collaboration with the other sophomore teachers. So so far … whether it’s Dr. Callon, Mr. O’Brien, Mr. Moran, Mr. Quinn— I’ve always tried to stay on the same page as one of them,” Kainz said. Kainz mentioned that he will be working mostly with Callon
during the second semester, and he continues to lavish praise on his colleagues. Meanwhile, Kainz’s future students are looking forward to having him in class in a few short weeks. “I’ve heard that he is pretty smart,” said sophomore Adam Holbrook. When asked if he thought there would be any problems with switching teachers mid-year, he replied, “Yes, maybe a bit. It’s still the same curriculum though.” “He has a natural calmness and poise that will serve him well in a sophomore classroom,” said Moran of Kainz.
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Many of the students that interact with the seniors look up to them. The seniors often moti-
Missouri Veterans Home The Missouri Veterans Home works to provide long-term skilled nursing care for veterans, along with timely benefits assistance and an honorable final resting place. Students working there spend time with elderly and disabled veterans, helping them move from room to room and simply being conversation partners. The seniors working there are Parker Schenk, Sean Rammaha, Ben Hilker, Luke Buckheit, and Jack Mimlitz. “It’s really fun,” said Mimlitz. “What you do is help them out, moving around from the kitchen to the parlor to their rooms, etc. But what’s really neat is that in the
St. Louis Language Immersion Schools The St. Louis Language Immersion Schools (SLLIS) are a pair of schools that currently teach foreign languages to children in Kindergarten through third grade and are adding a grade level every year to the school. The schools are made up of French and Spanish immersion classrooms, which share a building and have a total of 530 students. Seniors helping at the schools assist students reading in English and French or Spanish, because English is not the primary language of many of the teachers.
vate their students and encourage them to work hard in the classroom. “I can definitely tell that the students look up to us as role models and are excited to have us at Flynn Park,” said Welge. Only a few days in, the experience has begun giving them a new perspective on teaching and the classroom. “I definitely have an increased respect for teachers,” said Boeckman, who spends his time working with the first grade and monitoring recess. –Jack Kiehl
process, you get to talk to them. They always have really great stories. For example, there was a guy, Paul, who was shot down over Berlin in World War II.” One anecdote in particular that stood out to Mimlitz involved a man whom they often called “coach,” who was a medic during the Korean War and later went on to become a professional tennis player and played at Wimbledon. As for the general experience of working with veterans, Mimlitz has had positive things to say. “I really like it. I really wanted to work with vets, so it’s a good fit.” –Luke Reichold
as a teachers’ aide with roughly 20 third graders. He has been assisting the teachers in group activities, often reading passages in English to the students. Because students are required to speak their second language while in class, Reichold has been immersed in Spanish, which he hopes will help him improve his speaking ability. “Teachers speak at full speed, since their kids have been taking it since kindergarten. It’s their fourth year taking it as well as mine, so they’re on par with how I speak in AP Spanish,” said Reichold. “It’s pretty challenging. I expect to learn a lot of Spanish.”
Seniors Luke Reichold, Jean-Paul Angieri, Brian Hiller, Michael Hohl, Chris Lynas, Sakari McCullough, and Alex Sipe work at SLLIS. Most of them are assisting in French classrooms, while Reichold is the only one in a Spanish classroom.
When asked about his expectations for the rest of the month, Reichold said, “(I look forward to) a better understanding of how these kids’ lives are, socially getting to know every one of them, how they live, and think, and feel. I love some of these kids already.”
Reichold has been working
–Kieran Connolly
Sam Fentress, Thomas Riganti, and Joe Klein contributed reporting.
COMMONS
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Time lapse: the progression of the Commons construction
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Interior hallways
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Commons dedication, opening scheduled for February 8 (continued from page 1) tiles are beginning to be laid, already covering half the Commons. Amidst the white tile, a few smaller black tiles forming lines will stretch from one end of the Commons to the other. As part of the more modern look of the Commons, many sections of lowered ceiling known as “clouds� have been constructed. The clouds are white squares of the ceiling that are suspended several feet below the actual black ceiling. Each cloud has one light and many are dotted with sprinklers. In between the clouds, speakers and lights for the perma-
nent stage are already in place. Even when the Commons is divided into one-third and twothirds sections by the retractable wall, concession areas will be available on both sides. If the retractable wall is stored away in its closet, the only evidence of its existence will be the metal rail system it uses in between clouds. Outside the main entrance, a three-foot by three-foot pedestal is being constructed between the two sets of double doors to host the St. Ignatius statue. Immediately inside the doors, a six-foot by six-foot emblem, similar to the one in the Danis Lobby, awaits.
The emblem is complete with a fleur de lis that is bordered by rosettes and the letters forming AMDG at the corners. Unlike the emblem in the Danis Lobby, it will not have to be cordoned off and will be level with the surrounding white tile, allowing people to walk on it. The drywall in the cafeteria areas and maintenance room was completed about a month ago. Most of the cafeteria equipment has arrived and will be installed within the next couple of weeks. The new restrooms will be large compared to the rest of the school, with seven toilets. The
only major work remaining in the restrooms is the installation of mirrors and toilet paper dispensers. Now that work on the roof is complete, short bursts of noise that had briefly disturbed science wing classrooms should cease. The new thermal-plastic roof is
made of a combination of plastic and rubber, making it longer lasting than a plain rubber roof. The roof on the Field House is also a thermal-plastic roof. The project is still within its $4.6 to $4.7 million budget.
Editors: Matt Cooley, Joe Klein, Nate Heagney, Jack Witthaus, Ryan Dowd
4 Wrestling pins injuries, finishes fourth at Spartan Prep News
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BY Clark REPORTER
SPORTS
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he Jr. Bill wrestlers showed what St. Louis U. High wrestling is all about this winter break. Early morning practices, an injury-marred lineup, and tough competition added up to a tough but rewarding winter break for the Wrasslebills. SLUH held its first quad meet in the Danis Field House on Dec. 23, hosting Troy, Ft. Zumwalt East, and Ritenour. The team came away with wins in two of three dual meets, falling only to Troy, one of the more competitive wrestling schools in the area. The Bills struggled in their 51-19 loss to Troy, the team’s first dual of the day. Junior Nick Geiser came away with the team’s lone pin at 132 pounds. Sophomore 120 Sean Mulligan won an 11-3 major decision. Senior Sean Murphy won by forfeit at 182, and junior 220-pounder Sam Wilhelm fought to a 3-2 win. “I just need to trust myself and my shots,” said Wilhelm after the match, saying that he needs to focus more on offense. Though 20-7 on the season, Wilhelm has struggled to score points at times. Senior Joe Mungenast lost by only 4 points after he was unable to finish out a throw with 30 seconds left in the final period. Mungenast was evaluated after the match, and the ref would not allow him to finish out the day due to a possible concussion. A decisive 54-27 victory over Ft. Zumwalt East saw pins from sophomore Jim Onder at 138, senior Evan Chipley at 160, Wilhelm at 220, and junior Alec Abeln at heavyweight. The dual started off slow, with a SLUH loss at 182 followed by a bye to junior Daniel Boyce at 195, before Wilhelm and Abeln combined for back-to-back second round pins. Wilhelm pinned on a hard cross-face cradle off the whistle, while Abeln chose a more subtle approach, bulldozing his opponent as he tried for an escape, then finishing him off with a half-nelson. Losses at 106 and 126, along with two byes in between, were followed by a pin from Onder. Thrown to his back and down five points early, Onder worked a tough reversal and converted it to half for a pin. After losses at 145 and 152, Chipley came out wrestling hard, and pinned his opponent in a first period cradle. The final dual of the day for the Jr. Bills, a close 36-35 win, was highlighted by an exciting one-point victory from freshman 106-pounder Collin Arroyo as well as another set of back-toback pins from Abeln and Wilhelm. A Boyce loss at 190, likely due to an apparently injured elbow, was followed up by yet another cradle pin from Wilhelm, this time a mere 34 seconds into the match. Abeln also pinned in the first period, barely a minute in, throwing his opponent to his back and holding on for a pin. Arroyo won the next match 15-14. Tied 6-6 at the end of the second period, Arroyo dominated the third. An escape and three takedowns gave Arroyo a fourpoint cushion before he was taken
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Dan Jost on racquetball and nicknames BY Fritz Simmon Reporter
Sam Wilhelm grapples with his opponent in SLUH’s first quad meet. Wilhelm won 3-2.
down for two, and turned to give up three back points, affording his Ritenour opponent a one-point lead. With seconds left Arroyo managed a reversal, scoring two points and the victory. Sophomore 113 Brandon Bollinger followed with a halfnelson for a first period pin before Mulligan won with a 5-1 decision. Losses at 126, 132, 160, and 195 along with five forfeits, two to SLUH and three to Ritenour, finished out the dual, ending a successful home quad for the Bills. “Even without some of our senior leaders, the younger guys stepped up and won a couple tough dual meets,” said Geiser. SLUH took a two-day Christmas respite before returning to practice leading up to the Spartan Tournament at DeSmet, traditionally one of the toughest of the year. The Wrasslebills began the tournament at Hazlewood East, impressing in their first day of competition. SLUH finished first in their pool as Mulligan, Mungenast, Chipley, Murphy, and Wilhelm all went undefeated. Every wrestler advanced, except Geiser, who was wrestling on an injured knee. The first day of wrestling included three dual meets, followed by an eight-man bracket that ended early on the second day, adding up to six matches each for the wrestlers who advanced to wrestle the second day. The wrestlers were then seeded and placed into yet another eight man, double-elimination bracket, at which point SLUH was in fourth place as a team. Only Bollinger, Mungenast, and Wilhelm were able to win their quarterfinal matches, springing them into the semifinal round of the tournament while the rest of the team fell into the wrestleback bracket which still allowed a shot at a third place finish. Bollinger won a decisive 11-3 decision, while Mungenast pinned on a crossface cradle. Tied up 3-3 in the third, Wilhelm finished dramatically, throwing his opponent for a pin with 11 seconds left in the match. In the semifinal round, Bollinger fell 9-7 in a close match. Down 9-5 late into the third period, he managed to take down his opponent, earning himself two points. He then locked up a
cradle but couldn’t turn his opponent to his back before time ran out. Mungenast ran a cradle for a pin 40 seconds into his match, earning himself a spot in the tournament finals. Wilhelm fell in a tech-fall to a tough opponent. Though at one point following a reversal it looked like he might have had a chance to turn the match in his favor, he was reversed again and struggled to fight back. Bollinger and Wilhelm both fell into the second round of wrestlebacks. The first wrestleback round saw all but one wrestler advance to the second round. Sophomore 126 Joe Reichold pinned his opponent with a first period cradle. Chipley also pinned, and Abeln needed only 27 seconds to pin as well. In the second round of wrestlebacks, three wrestlers advanced to third place matches, while the rest of the team ended its tournament a bit earlier than they would have liked. Bollinger pinned his 113-pound opponent with a halfnelson just as the buzzer sounded the end of the match, earning himself an opportunity for a third place spot. Down 4-0 in the third period, Mulligan started out on top and turned his opponent for what appeared to be a pin, holding him on his back for almost 30 seconds, but struggled to satisfy the referee. He was only awarded three back points before time ran out, which wasn’t enough to win or even tie. Reichold again won with a first period cradle pin at 126, the second sophomore to advance to the medal round of the tournament, before Chipley and Boyce at 160 and 195, respectively, were knocked out of the tournament. Wilhelm also advanced at 220, easily winning a 7-3 decision. Abeln, though was unable to follow suit, and was pinned with nine seconds left in the first period. “I’m just taking it a week at a time, looking for the small improvements as the season goes on,” said Abeln. Bollinger and Reichold both fell in their third place matches, still wrestling to impressive fourth place finishes as sophomores and first year starters. “That’s definitely something
they can hang their hats on and be proud of,” said head coach Jon Ott. “It’s another step in the journey and they’re both gaining confidence. Reichold isn’t afraid of anybody, he just went out and wrestled his best.” Wilhelm wrestled an opponent who had defeated him by a major decision earlier in the day, this time losing only by a minor decision. “I was prepared for what he was going to do and I only made a few mistakes, but he capitalized on them,” Wilhelm said. Mungenast wrestled an impressive first place match, and a win earned him his first career tournament victory. The pin was Mungenast’s ninth in as many matches, all coming in the first period. “Joe was really confident,” said Ott. “It was the most complete tournament effort I’ve seen. He was completely dominant.” Mungenast allowed no points throughout the entire tournament. “I went in with a positive mindset and stuck to my core move: the cradle,” said Mungenast of the tournament as a whole. “Seeing the team do so well the first day helped that mindset, so I can credit my success mostly to the success of my teammates.” Despite injuries to senior captains Will Whitney and Nick Danter along with junior Jack Flotte, and wrestling with three open spots, the Jr. Bills finished fourth as a team for the tournament. Their absence afforded younger wrestlers, such as Bollinger and Reichold, an opportunity to step up, and both did so in impressive fashion. Danter and Whitney both returned to practice this week, though neither was able to immediately return to wrestling live. Each is hopeful to compete at Vianney this weekend. “I think if we keep this energy up, we’ll have a great Vianney tournament this weekend,” said Mungenast. Of course, it wouldn’t hurt to see the return of two of the team’s top wrestlers as well, but both are cautious to return too early, this being their senior season. SLUH will travel to Vianney for a one day tournament this Saturday at 9 a.m.
This week I pulled, Varsity 2 No. 6 seed Dan Jost out of Senior Project and asked him a couple questions about his racquetball season. Fritz Simmons: So Dan, everyone is dying to know where the infamous nickname “Joster” comes from? Dan Jost: I don’t really know how it came about. I think someone said it, and it just stuck. I also go by “D.J.”. Another nickname, compliments of Mr. Brown. FS: Ok D.J., I remember last year you saying it would be a dream of yours to play varsity racquetball. Now that you have accomplished that, what do you have to say? DJ: Well it’s fun to play varsity racquetball, but in all honesty I don’t think my skill level is up to par with all the other varsity athletes. I enjoy it though because it can be fun to say I’m part of the varsity squad. FS: Going along with that, how do you expect to do at State? DJ: Pretty good. I expect to win a couple games, but I don’t expect to win it all. FS: Do you have any pump up songs or pre-game rituals? DJ: Not really. I kinda just try to stay relaxed. It would probably be some jazz if I had to choose though. FS: So do you plan on pursuing a career in racquetball after high school? DJ: No, my career would be in either music or meteorology. FS: What about a professional basketball career now that your YouTube sensational hit “Amazing Backyard Shot” has gotten the whole schools’ attention? DJ: I think I want to be a YouTube sensation. That would be an awesome job. FS: So what’s your next big video? DJ: “Backyard Penalty Shot.” It’s already complete, I just have to upload it. FS: Many people say you are the heart and soul of this team. What do you say to those people? DJ: Definitely right. WIthout me there would be no cheering section. There would be no team morale. I think I liven. I make them have fun, relax, and just have a good time. FS: What is your favorite racquetball moment from your whole career? DJ: Last year in Nationals when I was really tired when I beat a kid from Kirkwood. Everyone was there to cheer me on, and that was something I will always remember. FS: Do you work out for racquetball at all? DJ: Nope. For my physical stature, I don’t think working out would do me much good. FS: Do you consider yourself as a leader on the team? DJ: I think our team as a whole is one unit. We all support each other. FS: What are your goals for the rest of the year? DJ: My main goal is to finish .500.
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Warnecke scores team-high 18th goal, hockey captures 5 of 6 BY Justin REPORTER
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t. Louis U. High students may have been on Christmas Break, free from all schoolwork and enjoying a chance to spend time with family and friends. But the Jr. Bills hockey team was in force over break, hardly getting a chance to rest, playing six games and winning five of them. The first night of break, the Jr. Bills celebrated Christmas a little early, completely dominating Marquette in a 9-2 win. Senior Dan Warnecke netted a hat trick, senior Trent Lulow added two goals, and juniors Nick Walters and Michael Cella and senior John Fogerty also scored. On Monday, Dec. 19, the Jr. Bills squared off against the division leading CBC Cadets whom the Jr. Bills handily beat earlier in the year, 5-1, only adding to the hype leading up to the game. The Jr. Bills came out slow, and the Cadets raced out to a 3-0 lead. SLUH never recovered, and lost 3-1. Warnecke had the goal with the assist from Lulow and junior Tommy Croghan. “We played well,” said coach Charlie Busenhart. “A few changes on our part to be more aggressive at the beginning of each game would help toward creating a win.” The Jr. Bills will play the Cadets for the third and final time in the regular season on Jan. 20. If the Jr. Bills win the rest of their
Senior captain Dan Warnecke advances with the puck in a 3-1 loss against the CBC Cadets. Warnecke scored the Jr. Bills’ only goal in the game after CBC had already opened a three-goal lead.
games, they will earn the top seed in the Mid-States hockey playoffs. Looking to recover from that brutal loss to CBC, the Jr. Bills took on another quality opponent in Chaminade. SLUH started the game a little differently this time, as Busenhart had hoped, opening a 2-0 lead from Warnecke and junior Stephen Lordo. However, the tides changed suddenly, as Chaminade netted
three unanswered goals with less than six minutes to play before Warnecke answered, scoring his fifth goal of the break. With the game on the line and wanting to minimize risk, Chaminade sent the puck into the Bills’ zone, hoping time would expire. As the Red Devils were changing lines, the Jr. Bills raced up the ice, and Warnecke was hoping to send Chaminade home disappointed.
Warnecke’s shot was saved, but junior superstar Chase Berger salvaged a needed bounceback when he scored on the rebound from Warnecke’s shot. The Jr. Bills finished off break with wins against Lafayette (6-2), MICDS (7-4), and Kirkwood (61). The MICDS victory was more dominant than the score indicated, as the Bills outshot the Rams, 58-12.
Notable players over break include Warnecke, who now has 18 goals and 13 assists in 13 games played. In addition to his two goals, Lulow also had four assists over break. Walters said, “We’re playing great hockey right now. We’re scoring goals and our defense and goaltending has been great.” Lordo attributes the success to the balance among the lines. “We’ve gotten scoring from all of our lines. Making us a threat to score each shift,” said Lordo. The Jr. Bills’ current regular season record stands at 13-2-1. The Jr. Bills’ next game is next Friday against DeSmet for the coveted Jesuit Cup. After SLUH won 4-0 in the teams’ first meeting, the Spartans scored late in the game to steal a tie from the Jr. Bills the last time around. Busenhart said, “We won the Cup last year and intend to keep it.” Now riding a four-game winning streak, the Jr. Bills have high expectations for the season. This could finally be that special season, and the possibility of winning SLUH’s first hockey title is fresh in the minds of the players. “I look forward to winning SLUH’s first two state titles before my time here is over,” said Lordo. Walters added, “The goal is the state championship; anything else is a disappointment.”
Basketball struggles with offense while Clark out Team still looking for first MCC win
BY Brian REPORTER
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rom game to game this season, the St. Louis U. High basketball team (8-7 overall, 0-3 MCC) has struggled to find a way to consistently make shots. Now, as senior guard and leading scorer Matt Clark recovers from an ankle sprain suffered in the third-place game of the MICDS tournament over Christmas break, the team is becoming more desperate to find some hot hands. As conference play kicks into gear, it will be more important for the Jr. Bills to make shots if they hope to keep up with the strong teams that Vianney, DeSmet, and CBC have fielded this year. On Dec. 16, the Jr. Bills went to DeSmet to take on their Jesuit rivals, and hoped to pull off an upset. Such hopes took an early hit, though DeSmet had other plans. Hindered by a less than stellar 31 percent shooting percentage over the course of the game, the Jr. Bills failed to get anything going offensively. They dug themselves into a deep hole by halftime, trailing the Spartans 34-14 following two consecutive seven-point quarters to start the game. Defensively, SLUH successfully stuck to its game plan of keeping the layup-happy DeSmet team out of the lane. Unfortunately, the Spartans played as if they favored the deep shot, shooting
10 of 16 from beyond the threepoint arc. “They didn’t get many layups, and usually they’re a team that gets a lot of layups,” said coach John Ross. “But they just hit everything else.” Despite a competitive second half, DeSmet’s timely shooting proved to be too much for a struggling SLUH team to handle, and they dropped their second MCC game of the year, 66-42. The team looks to build on its second half performance to try to take one back from the Spartans when the teams meet next. After the DeSmet beatdown, the Jr. Bills bounced back with a 69-46 victory over DuBourg. “I think now, knowing what we did in the second half, we might be better prepared next time we play them to at least give them more of a game,” said Ross. Following the loss to DeSmet, SLUH took fourth place at the MICDS Holiday Tournament, with victories against Brentwood and Duchesne before disappointing losses to Lutheran North and Parkway South. On Tuesday night, SLUH faced Vianney in their third MCC game of the season. Clark was forced to miss the game because of his injury, but sophomore Chris Booker, called up for the MICDS tournament before Clark’s injury, helped fill his role off the bench. Led by senior guard L.J.
Hernandez, the Jr. Bills came out with high energy and refused to let the Griffins pull too far ahead throughout a good portion of the first half. However, SLUH hit a lull with about two minutes left in the half and saw Vianney go on a nine-point run to take a 33-18 lead into halftime. Despite the deficit, SLUH continued to fight for tough baskets, not letting Vianney take their pride. Booker grabbed two tough rebounds and put both of them back up for layups, one of which ended up being an old-fashioned three-point play. Hernandez finished the night with ten points, and sophomore Austin Sottile fought hard all night to help fill the void left by Clark, managing a respectable seven points. However, Vianney successfully matched nearly every shot that SLUH made, as no one for the Jr. Bills could find a way to stop the Griffins’ 6-foot-10 senior center George Suggs, who posted 18 points to lead Vianney to a 6846 victory. “We can play at a high level, but we need to sustain a high level,” said Hernandez. “I think that’s the key to high school basketball: sustaining longer than the other team. Vianney’s a great team, and they sustained longer than we did, and I think that’s why they were able to win.” “Obviously you can’t win games based on effort, but we had
photo | Mr. Matt Sciuto
Senior Jack Kelley goes up for a shot against DuBourg. SLUH won 69-46.
great effort,” added senior forward Daniel Schmidt. SLUH hopes to get Clark back on Friday night as the Jr.
Bills take on the Chaminade Red Devils in the Danis Field House and hope to get their first MCC win in two seasons.
6 Junior Varsity Racquetball pinches a promising start SPORTS
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BY Thomas STAFF
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pproaching the midpoint in their seasons, St. Louis U. High’s four JV racquetball teams have all made adjustments to put more wins on the board in the second half of the season but have had trouble against rival Parkway West. The JV 1-1 team stands undefeated at 5-0. Sophomores Alex Burbee, Thomas Riganti, and Drew Bollinger and junior Scott Szewczyk make up the singles spots, with sophomores Gabriel McCullough and Jacob Abrahamian competing in doubles. The first match of the season against DeSmet gave the Jr. Bills a close call, but they pulled out a 3-2 win. The team has won 20 out of 25 matches this season, placing them second in the league only to Parkway West, whom they play Thursday, Jan. 19. Bollinger said, “If we all pull it together, we should have a pretty good chance at beating them.” The Jr. Bills executed their first sweep of the season, beating Parkway Central 5-0 to notch their fifth win. Also competing in the first JV league is the JV 1-2 team. Freshmen Brian Kissel, Kevin Schneier, Andrew Patke, and Mitchell Henning compete in the singles po-
sitions, with brothers Tony and Teddy Esswein playing doubles. Head coach Joe Koestner usually puts a group of the best freshmen on the JV 1-2 team in order to give them experience playing higher level players. The stiff competition is strongly reflected in their 1-4 record. “We were getting beat really bad at the beginning” of the season, said Kissel. “We’re starting to compete. You learn through playing better people and you get more experience.” The JV 2-1 team is led by sophomore captain Robert Hayes, followed by junior Alex Reitz, sophomore Andy Ney, and junior Sam Martel. The team stands at 3-1, its only loss coming to Parkway West’s JV 2-1 team. “We had a couple games go into tiebreakers, and we just weren’t able to close them out,” said Hayes on their loss to Parkway West. With their toughest match behind them, Hayes said, “I think we should be able to handle our schedule.” SLUH’s JV 2-2 team had a slow start to the season but bounced back with a victory over CBC on Wednesday, with a key tiebreaker win by sophomore Jacob Workman. The victory improved the team’s record to 2-2. Sophomore Chris Graman
1/5 L 2-3 vs. Vianney
JV 2-2 Racquetball (2-2) 1/4 W 4-1 vs. CBC
C Basketball blue (7-2) 12/16 W 48–29 @ DeSmet 12/19 W 57–39 vs Vianney 12/20 L 50–55vs CBC 1/3 W 42-33 @ Vianney
C Basketball white (5-3)
12/16 L 29–30 (ot) vs DeSmet 12/19 W 45–19@ DuBourg 12/20 L 37–53 vs CBC Sophomore Jacob Abrahamian swats at a ball for the JV 1-1 team.
follows Workman at the second seed, with junior Sam Bieg and sohpmores Adam Nestle and Ian Lewchenko rounding out the bottom third, fourth, and fifth seeds. According to Graman, get-
ting the primary serve in is a key to their recent success. The teams hopes to achieve a .500 or better record by the end of the season.
JV Wrestling looking ahead to Vianney tourney
C Wrestling thwarts MCC, snags winning record
BY Michael REPORTER
BY Matthew REPORTER
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V wrestling began with a fast start this year, winning 11 of their first 15 matches, placing well in the Parkway South tournament, and winning decisive matches against MCC rivals CBC and Vianney. The team is anchored by junior captain Justin McManemin and three other core juniors, but has a fair amount of young talent, starting eight sophomores and three freshmen, including standout Max Cavy. The team started the season with convincing wins over Windsor (48-10) and Parkway South (63-6), but dropped two in a row through the course of the Parkway South Patriot tournament to Jackson (20-15) and Francis Howell North (42-30). The Jr. Bills rebounded with two straight wins against Mehlvile (60-0) and Columbia-Hickman (58-18) to round off the Parkway South Tournament with a 4-2 record good for third place. The JV wrestlers continued their win streak with decisive
wins over Kirkwood (46-22) and MCC rival CBC (42-36). A week later, the team took on a powerhouse Vianney team and narrowly won 42-36. Over the winter break the wrestling team continued working overtime with wins over Ritenour, Fort Zumwalt East, Windsor, and DeSoto, but eventually ended its long winning streak with two straight losses to Eureka and Rockwood Summit. The Jr. Bills will soon face two of their toughest challenges of the season yet: the Vianney Tournament and MCC tournament. Coach Sean O’Brien feels optimistic about the remainder of the season, even with injuries to key wrestlers and the loss of other wrestlers who have filled varsity positions. O’Brien said, “The team has been developing very well throughout the season.” Junior Keith Schumacher’s outlook for the MCC tournament is optimistic. “We have swept the last two years, and I think we are even better now,” he said. “So I think we could win.”
3rd Team Michael McLaughlin
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B team basketball (8-2)
12/16 L 51-55 @ DeSmet 12/19 W 48-26 @ DuBourg 1/02 W 42-25 vs McCluer 1/03 SLUH 24 Vianney 60 The Jr. Bills fall to a very strong Vianney team for only their second loss of the season.
1/04 SLUH 59 Althoff 50 Andrew Slaughter led the Some of the wrestlers have potent Jr. Bill offense with seen other strengths of the team. he freshman wrestling team Freshman Collin Arroyo a 20-point game, as the (3-1) started its season off said in an email, “We rely on each B-Squad bounced back with great power, traveling to Ha- other, and we cooperate and act as from a tough loss. Walen
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zelwood West and earning its first win of the season. With its first win under its belt, the team traveled to Kirkwood, where the Jr. Bills put up a great fight but suffered their first loss. After the loss, however, the team rallied for two consecutive MCC wins, against Vianney and CBC. Freshman Max Kavy is undefeated in all of his matches. The team has demonstrated strength and quickness on the mats and hones in skills in practice under head coach Tim Curdt and assistant coaches Don Steingruby and Sean O’Brien. Curdt sees great potential in the wrestlers, pointing to strengths such as their aggressiveness and their quickness to adapting to new drills in practice. “I feel like I can see them using the things we drill in practice right in the next match,” said Curdt.
one team in all of our meets.” Freshman Mick Callahan said, “The biggest thing I’ve seen as the team has progressed is our heart and faith in each other to do well, praising each other for every win and even losses.” The team will wrestle in a tournament this weekend at Windsor High School and next weekend at Fox High School. It hopes to go undefeated in the MCC this year. Callahan’s greatest goal for the whole team would be “to win the MCC tourney in three weeks and bring home the title for the freshmen.”
Fall Sports All-Metro Cross Country
Underclassman sports updates JV 1-2 Racquetball (1-5)
UNDERCLASSMAN WRESTLING
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1st Team Michael Barry 3rd Team Amir Pashcal
Football
1st Team Stefan Sansone Daniel Tlapek 3rd Team Mitch Klug
JV Hockey
12/26 W 7-0 @ Chaminade 12/27 L 5-4 @ Seckman 12/27 L 8-3 @ DeSmet 12/28 W 5-3 @ Vianney 12/31 W 3-0 vs Francis Howell
JVD hockey
12/31 W 6-3 vs Mehlville 1/01 W 3-2 vs Rockwood Summit
Hockey Nightbeat The Jr. Bills tied Chaminade 3-3 last night at Queeny Park. Senior captain Dan Warnecke, junior Corey Quinn, and junior Stephen Lordo each scored. SLUH desperately fought for the victory toward the end of the game, causing a skirmish with the other team. The Jr. Bills face DeSmet at 9:30 next Friday at Queeny. —compiled by Justin Sinay
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As quarterback, Schnur led SLUH, Northwestern to victory (continued from page 1) ognized as one of the top people in the Northwestern football program,” Schnur said. Prior to his career at Northwestern, Schnur started under center for three years at SLUH, from 1989 to 1991. When Schnur was a sophomore in 1989, head football coach Gary Kornfeld was only in his second year as head coach. That year, Kornfeld took a risk and started Schnur at quarterback despite Schnur’s youth. “It was early on in his career, and he took a chance on me,” said Schnur. “We learned together.” Kornfeld decided to start Schnur because, in addition to Schnur’s talent as a runner and a passer, his intangibles were evident, even as a sophomore. “His leadership was unbelievable,” Kornfeld said. That year, Schnur struggled statistically, throwing for only 697 yards, but he still led the team to a 5-5 record. In 1990, his junior year, Schnur improved greatly, passing for 1,539 yards, then a school record, and 22 total touchdowns, 14 passing and 8 rushing. The team also improved, finishing 6-4, and earning an honorable mention in the Post-Dispatch polls. In 1991, Schnur crushed his own passing yards record in his senior year, throwing for 2,211 yards and adding 22 touchdowns. He also led the Jr. Bills to the State Championship Game that year, where they lost to Jefferson City. After his career at SLUH, Schnur attended Northwestern. According to Schnur, he had never heard about Northwestern until Kornfeld told Schnur about the school when Schnur was in the cafeteria.
photo | courtesy of the 1992 Dauphin Yearbook
Steve Schnur mid-play in his senior year. Schnur brought his dynamic quarterbacking from SLUH to Northwestern University, cementing his induction in that school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
When Schnur enrolled at Northwestern, the school had not had a winning football team since 1971, and hadn’t been to a bowl game since its Rose Bowl win in 1948. “They were horrible,” said Schnur. His freshman and sophomore years, Northwestern continued its tradition of futility. Schnur was a backup quarterback, and threw for six touchdowns and 14 interceptions. In five starts, he was 0-5. Then, in 1995, Schnur’s junior year, head coach Gary Barnett named him the starter and the team took off. Led by Schnur, running back Darnell Autry, and All-American linebacker Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern—which
was ranked as high as third in the nation—compiled a record of 102, including the upset over Notre Dame. After the upset, Notre Dame stopped playing Northwestern annually, as they had been doing for four years. The Fighting Irish still have not played Northwestern since. The Wildcats also won the Big Ten conference championship, earning the Rose Bowl berth. Though Northwestern lost to USC 41-32, playing in the “Granddaddy of Them All” is one of Schnur’s best moments at Northwestern. “(The Rose Bowl) is everything you can imagine watching it on TV,” Schnur said. “The atmosphere was gorgeous, the field
was awesome, the mountains in the background, the sun is going down. It’s just awesome.” In 1996, Northwestern repeated as Big Ten champs, though it was not a season for fans with weak hearts. The team had five games where the margin of victory was within four points, earning the team the nickname of “Cardiac Cats”. The “Cardiac Cats” finished with a 9-3 record, earning a berth in the Citrus Bowl, where they lost to Peyton Manning and the Tennessee Volunteers, 48-28. Schnur had the best season of his collegiate career, throwing for 17 touchdowns. He was also named consensus first team AllBig Ten quarterback, and was a semifinalist for the Johnny Unitas
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Golden Arm and Davey O’Brien awards, given to the best senior quarterback and best quarterback, respectively. “It seemed like every game was a fourth quarter comeback,” said Schnur. “Leading gamewinnning drives is a lot of fun for a quarterback.” So far, Schnur’s numbers have stood the test of time, and he is in the top ten in many categories among Northwestern quarterbacks, including passing yardage, completions, and passing touchdowns. Despite Schnur’s success as a college quarterback, he attributes his induction into the Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame to the prominence of the quarterback position, and his teammates. “The only reason I’m being recognized in the Hall of Fame is because I was on a great team, and I happen to play the position that gets a lot of notoriety,” Schnur said. Though Schnur, who is a Senior Vice President at Duke Realty, now lives in Chicago, he still stays connected with SLUH through a SLUH alumni group in Chicago. He also attends alumni events in St. Louis, such as class reunions. Schnur is still close with Kornfeld as well. “Steve and I still stay in contact,” Kornfeld said. “We still talk and text each other.” “He went from being a great coach for me to being a great friend,” Schnur said. Schnur credits SLUH for preparing him for his future, on and off the field. “(SLUH) prepared me, not only athletically, but also mentally and spiritually,” Schnur said. “It was a great experience.”
photo | Ben Hilker
Summer classes introduced (continued from page 1) nior Alex Martinosky, said that he is interested in the robotics class because it is “a really cool topic that will be fun to do.”
The class will meet June 1114 with three hours per class, and then on eight select Wednesdays during the school year for two hours after school.
Group to present Academic Integrity Survey data soon Social studies teacher Ben Farley gives a speech at the Senior Project Missioning Ceremony, held on December 16.
This Week in SLUH History January 18, 1991
Students and faculty were surveyed regarding their reaction to the then-ongoing Persian Gulf War. A majority of both faculty and staff as well as students supported the military actions of the United States, with 56 percent of faculty approving and 79 percent of students. Also included in the survey was a question asking about willingness to serve in the U.S. military forces. Thirty-seven percent of students said they were “willing” to serve while only 17 percent said they’d be “unwilling.” For faculty, 28 percent answered “willing” and 30 percent said they would be “unwilling.”
(continued from page 1) rity, with whom the survey was conducted, SLUH has examined other school’s policies on cheating, plagiarism, and other issues of academic integrity. Many schools have tried to confront the issue with honor codes and rule changes. Schraut said, “One school actually had—(and) I don’t want people to think I’m for this—a place on the website where if you had seen someone cheating you could report that anonymously. (The policies of different schools) really run the gamut.” Dr. Donald McCabe, founder of the Center for Academic Integrity, said, “There was one Catholic high school in the Midwest,
not Missouri but in the Midwest, that decided to implement an honor code. They had me resurvey them after two years, which I argued with them was too quick to see any impact, and although there wasn’t tremendous impact, it was positive.” The group is also looking inward to get context for how academic integrity can best be fostered at SLUH. “As opposed to just doing this in a vacuum, (we need to) make sure what we say in our mission statement is also consistent with what we say in our academic integrity policy and the way in which our policy is carried out,” said Principal John Moran.
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Friday, January 6 JV/V Wrestling @ Vianney Tournament AP Creighton University—M115 Snack—Mini Tacos 4pm C Basketball (Blue) vs. Chaminade 5:30pm B Basketball vs. Chaminade 7pm V Basketball vs. Chaminade Lunch Special—Chicken Nuggets Healthy—Chicken Parmesan
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1pm Jazz Concert 7:45pm JV Hockey vs. Eureka @ Fenton Forum
Monday, January 9 Snack—Mozzerella Sticks C Basketball (Blue) vs. DeSmet C Basketball (White) vs. DeSmet Senior Project Reflection
Kairos 53 8:05am Science Exam 9:40am Rosary 9:50am English Exam
Kairos 53 Sr. Pallotine Retreat 8:05am Theology Exam 8:30am Admissions Committee Meeting 9:50am Math Exam 11:50am Film Exam
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Exam Schedule Kairos 53 Sr. Pallotine Retreat 8:05am Foreign Language Exam 8:30am Admissions Committee Meeting 9:50am Social Studies Exam No Classes Faculty In-Service Kairos 53 Sr. Pallotine Retreat 4pm C Basketball (White) vs. Kirkwood 9:30pm V Hockey vs. DeSmet @ Queeny Rec Plex
Saturday, January 14 Scholar Bowl Tournament 9am C Wrestling @ Fox Tournament V Wrestling @ Rockwood Summit Tournament 10am C Basketball (White) vs. Duchesne @ Chaminade 1am C Basketball (White) vs. TBA @ Chaminade 2:45pm JV Hockey vs. Seckman @ Queeny Rec Plex
Sunday, January 15 9pm
Monday, January 16
No Classes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day C Basketball (White) @ Chaminade Tournament
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Friday, January 13
Sunday, January 8
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Thursday, January 12
Saturday, January 7
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Wednesday, January 11
January 6, 2012
JV Hockey vs. DeSmet @ Affton Ice Rink
Second Semester Begins Junior College Planning (English Classes) AP Rosary Snack—Pepperoni Boscos 4:30pm C Basketball (Blue) @ Lafayette Lunch Special—Chicken Wraps Healthy—Chicken Parmesan
Wednesday, January 18 Grades Due at 10am Junior College Planning (English Classes) AP Snack—Waffle Fries 4pm C Basketball (White) vs. Vianney 5:30pm B Basketball @ Webster Groves 7pm V Basketball @ Webster Groves Lunch Special—Meatball Sandwich Healthy—Pizza Calzone
Thursday, January 20 Mother’s Club Day of Recollection AP Snack—Bosco Sticks 6pm C/JV/V Wrestling vs. Chaminade Lunch Special—Papa Johns Healthy—Baked Mostaciolli
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Schedule R College of the Holy Cross—M115 Snack—Cheese Garlic Bread V Wrestling @ MICDS Tournament V Hockey vs. CBC @ Affton Ice Rink Special—Chicken Rings Healthy—Baked Meatloaf calendar | compiled by Stephen Lumetta
Ping pong tournament honors Bantle
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editor in chief Matt “Jack Godar” Cooley news editor Joe “Dirk Chivers ” Klein editor Nate “Roberto Clemente” Heagney sports editors Jack “Preacher Roe” Witthaus Ryan “Steve the Pirate” Dowd core staff Nathan “Tom Flanagan” Rubbelke John “Captain Kidd” Webb Adam “Sir Francis Drake” Thorp Senior Matt Schoelch prepares his return during the ping pong tournament honoring Greg Bantle on Dec. 19. BY Joel Ocampo REPORTER
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hile much of SLUH was deserted during the first week of winter break, the Danis Field House was still bustling with activity as the annual Table Tennis Tournament was held on Monday, Dec. 19. Seniors Joe and John Jedlicka, Matt Schoelch, and their new moderator, theology teacher Diego Navarro, organized the tournament in honor of the table tennis club’s past moderator and dedicated table tennis enthusiast, former Spanish teacher Greg Bantle. Bantle organized the previous winter tournaments for a number of years and is remembered for spending many activity periods downstairs in the rec room mentoring students in the
sport of table tennis. The 81 competitors were a dramatic increase from the usual 30 competitors from previous years. The tournament was broken into two brackets, one for the experienced players and another for more recreational players. The tournament was formatted much like an NCAA tournament bracket, with practice matches before the start of the tournament. While players competed, the day was filled with food and prizes and some Pappy’s BBQ. At the end of the competitive and “grueling” tournament, as Schoelch described it, freshman Andrew Peterson walked away as the champion. As this year’s champion, Peterson will have his name engraved on the table tennis plaque,
which has been absent for the past three years. The current club presidents plan to bring back the tradition and add the names of the three previous champions and Peterson’s. When asked about any hopes or plans for the tournament in future years, Joe Jedlicka said he hoped to find underclassmen to manage next year’s tournament, saying, “It’s more about fun than work.” Jedlicka emphasized that although it took a lot of effort to organize the tournament, all the work was worth it in order to commemorate Profe Bantle. Navarro concluded, “All the people who came and played in memory of him or to just enjoy the game was all really a tribute to him.”
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Michael “Sextus Pompilius” Mimlitz Matt “Stenka Raisin” Whelan Kieran “Rahmah ibn Jabir alJalahimah” Connolly Joel “Black Bart” Ocampo Clark “Black Caesar” DeWoskin staff photographer Ben “Capt. Jack Sparrow” Banet contributing photographers: Mr. Matt “Ann Bonny” Sciuto Austin “Ann Bonn” Strifler Benjamin “Ann Fulford” Hilker John “Ann Cormac” Kissel Sam “thepiratebay.org” Beckman staff artist Greg “Blackbeard” Fister editors emeritus Nick “Jeff Suppan” Fandos Conor “Admiral Benbow” Gearin Patrick “Keira Knightley” O’ Leary Mike “Long John Silver” Lumetta moderator Steve “Kent Tekulve” Missey