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Election Center Missouri Speaker Tim Jones speaks to students

81 percent of eligible seniors plan to vote

BY Brian Dugan SPORTS EDITOR

BY John Webb EDITOR IN CHIEF

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photos | Adam Lux

All Saints Day Mass above: Walley Sidney, S.J, DeSmet’s president, was the Mass’s celebrant. He spoke about the saints we experience in our everday life.

To the left: Junior Sam Krausz conducts SLUH’s chorus in devotional music.

Hussung leads a Kairos retreat for prisoners

BY Joel Ocampo REPORTER

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nglish teacher Chuck Hussung recently helped lead a special Prison Kairos retreat in Potosi, Mo. The Prison Kairos was held at the Potosi Correctional Center, a maximum security prison that currently houses most of Missouri’s capital punishment and life sentence inmates.

This October Prison Kairos marked the fifth Kairos that the Potossi prison has hosted. The prison hosts a Kairos retreat for its inmates every six months. This four day retreat, which draws from many of the same themes as a the student Kairos tailors the retreat to the unique experiences and backgrounds of prison inmates.

Although this Kairos prison program caters to a different group of people, the retreat is much like the student Kairos that is also held at SLUH. In a presentation at activ-

Feature Music-maker: McKenna and liturgical music

ity period on Monday, Hussung shared that when he first learned about the Prison Kairos through a friend from his church, “the response of the inmates sounded a lot like the response of the stu- BY Sam Fentress STAFF dents here.”

Although this was Mr. Hussung’s first time taking part in and “ e Not Afraid.” “Here I am, leading a Prison Kairos, Hussung Lord.” “One Bread, One is no stranger to the retreat itself. Body.” Whether you realize it or Hussung, who has served student not, these are scripture references Kairos retreats since Kairos 1 here that have more than likely found at SLUH, has been on Kairos re- their way into your life through treats since the retreat started liturgical music, specifically the here. Hussung said that part of tunes of the award-winning, plathis willingness to help lead this inum-selling group called the St. Prison Kairos was actually due to Louis Jesuits. In addition to the his many experiences with SLUH fact that their songs fill up a large Kairos retreats. portion of the Catholic hymnal, “I knew the retreat. It was the Jesuits have a special connecsomething I was familiar with tion to SLUH through counselor and something I cherished. I just Ken McKenna. thought I’ve got to do this,” HusFormed in the early 1970’s, sung said. the St. Louis Jesuits was comDespite sharing many of the prised of five St. Louis priestthemes and qualities of the stu- songwriters: Bub Dufford, S.J., continued on page 12 continued on page 6

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issouri Speaker of the House of Representatives Tim Jones (R), ’89, visited his alma mater on Monday night to talk to government teacher Bill Brown’s classes about the political process.

Jones, who attended Fordham University after graduating from St. Louis U. High, has served in the Missouri House of Representatives as a Republican from Missouri’s 89th district since 2007. By 2010, the Republicans in the House had elected him House majority floor leader, and in 2012 he became speaker of the house.

When Jones assumed the role of Speaker, Brown had simultaneously been running for school board in the Rockwood school district. As Brown thought ahead to his agenda for the 2012-’13 school year, he decided to pursue the opportunity to bring Jones back to SLUH for a night.

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he excitement generated by a presidential election that polls indicate is a virtual tie in the popular vote seems to be spilling over into senior hallway. A Prep News survey shows that seniors plan to vote in large numbers.

Of students polled who are eligible to vote, 81 percent registered in time to vote in Tuesday’s election. Of the 60 seniors who registered to vote in time, all of them plan to turn out to the polls to cast their votes this Tuesday.

To be eligible to vote, seniors had to turn 18 on or before Nov. 6 and had to register to vote by Oct. 10 in Missouri or Oct. 9 in continued on page 2

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Red and Blue Former Prep News head Nick Fandos ’11 covers election politics for the Harvard Crimson. Page 2 A date with the Devils Soccer armors up for do-or-die dual with Chaminade after going winless in MCC. Page 10

Sophomore Sam Gerbic in front of the online mock election ballot.

This photo was staged as a graphic for the Prep News.

Voting in SLUH’s mock election ends Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 5 pm. You can vote online by clicking on the link in Dr. Moran’s e-mail. Results will be broadcast Wednesday on the Prep News twitter account @sluhprepnews and will be posted online at sluh.org/prepnews.

By the light of the Tristar New and used Mercedes-Benz dealership moves to Oakland and Hampton, between Imo’s and Hardees. Page 6-7 Underclassmen get things done Freshmen win MCC in cross country; promising runners are ready for the next level. C football finishes 4-5 with lessons learned. Page 8-9

News

First Tuesday in November Special election pieces cover ballot issues, candidate, the position of the Church and voting participation of U. High seniors.

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Letter: Peanut Butter Justin McManemin hopes SLUH appreciates the opportunity presented by Project Peanut Butter Page 3

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NEWS

Prep News Volume 77, Issue 10

November 2, 2012

Fandos runs with the big dogs as he covers politics at Harvard paper

BY Stephen CORE STAFF

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ick Fandos, ’11, is covering big things these days: as a staff member of The Harvard Crimson, he is covering the ins and outs of the most-watched senate race in the country, between Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren (D) and incumbent Scott Brown (R) in Massachusetts, as well as politics in general.

The big race that Fandos is most closely covering for The Crimson is the Senate race between Warren and Brown, one of the closest in the country. Brown is the incumbent and was elected in a special election in 2010 to fill Ted Kennedy’s vacant seat.

According to Fandos, there’s a lot of excitement about the race, and the election in general, on the campus.

“You have a lot of people who

are politically active, whether it’s an election year or not,” said Fandos. “I’m told the enthusiasm for the presidential race is not what it was four years ago. That means that there are still tons of student volunteers who are going out canvassing every weekend. There are huge debate watch parties.”

Fandos says there are a couple reasons why people are really excited—more than normal— about the Senate race. One is that Massachusetts doesn’t normally have a lot of competitive Republicans running. When Brown won the special election in 2010, he was the first Republican Senator elected in Massachusetts since 1972.

Students are also excited about the Warren-Brown Senate race for another reason: Warren is a Harvard Law School professor. “(Warren) seems to relate photo | Nick Fandos

well to college students and has really made them a top priority in her campaign, not only in terms of her campaign platform, but in the physical organization of itself,” said Fandos. “A lot of Harvard students are interns for her, working for her campaign, organizing things on campus and in the Boston area.”

From a media standpoint, Fandos said that Warren holds the advantage over Brown.

“She is generally more willing to talk to the press and more open about things,” said Fandos, who also said Brown doesn’t call press conferences as often as Warren and tries to avoid the press and that Warren was easier to track down and have conversations with.

However, Brown holds some important advantages that Fandos has noted on the campaign trail.

“I think in general, on both sides, there is a disillusion in respect to Congress and the disfunctionality of Congress and not being able to cooperate and get things done, which is one of Scott Brown’s big selling points because he does have a very independent voting record. He’s proven that he is willing to reach across the aisle, probably not as much as he says he is, but still fairly moderate for a Republican,” said Fandos.

Fandos started his career as a journalist at SLUH, where he was editor in chief of the Prep News his senior year.

Interested in writing for The Crimson, Fandos went through what is known at Harvard as the “comp process.” Originally standing for “competition” but now “confidence,” the comp process initiates Harvard students into certain extra-curricular activities.

Fandos said that it is like trying out for a team.

Fandos spent his first semester at Harvard in the fall of 2011 going through the comp process—attending weekly seminars, writing eight news articles, and

writing a feature at the end of the semester. After he had completed the comp process, he was put on the staff of The Crimson.

“I think I certainly had a leg up, having all the experience I had in high school. Prep News prepared me really well to go through that comp process,” said Fandos.

In December of 2011 after completing the comp process, staff members on the newspaper applied and interviewed to cover certain topics during the new year. Fandos decided to apply for the elections beat, and he got it.

Part of the reason Fandos wanted to write about political races was because a few of the presidential candidates had Harvard connections: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, and Dr. Jill Stein (Green Party) all attended Harvard. However, he had never written about politics before, which allowed for some interesting planning and shaping of news coverage.

“I could make it what I wanted to make it. I kind of had to figure out, working with my editors, how we were going to cover this, what kind of things we were going to write about, how we were going to make the race our own,” said Fandos.

One of the local races that Fandos has covered is the Massachusetts 4th congressional district race between Joe Kennedy III (D) and Sean Bielat (R). The race is a relatively important one considering that the contested position is currently occupied by a big name on Capitol Hill, Barney Frank (D), who has been in the House of Representatives for over 30 years.

The race also has some significance to Harvard. Bielat earned a Master’s degree from Harvard, Kennedy, grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, went to Harvard Law School, and Frank attended Harvard for undergraduate and law school.

Despite writing for a school

Elizabeth Warren speaks to the press as Fandos gets a close-up picture.

newspaper, Fandos, for the most part, is treated like any other journalist in the army of media who follow politicians around on the campaign circuit.

“I think campaigns are going to treat organizations like the New York Times or NBC or the Wall Street Journal a little differently than they’re going to treat me,” said Fandos. “But I think what I’ve really been able to do, particularly with the Warren campaign—because I’ve had more contact with them which really builds up—(is create) a relationship with her press people and the campaign and kind of prove to them that, hey, I’m not some college journalist who’s here to write a couple stories about this. I’ve been out there at events, I’ve been at every debate, I’ve been at press conferences. I’ve got press credentials to go to all the debates. I’ll be there on election night.”

While covering the race, Fandos has gotten to know some professional journalists who are covering the race. One example is Katharine Seelye, the New York Times correspondent for the race whom he has befriended. Seelye has covered presidential elections for the past couple decades, and she currently is the deputy Boston bureau chief for the New York Times. Seelye ended up driving Fandos to a debate for the Warren-Brown election in Springfield, Massachsetts which he would have been othersise unable to attend, as it is two hours away.

“It was really cool just to get to talk about journalism and political reporting,” said Fandos.

At one particular debate, the Massachusetts congressional delegation was in attendance, and Fandos struck up a conversation with Frank. He subsequently interviewed Frank and wrote a Q & A style article for The Crimson’s weekly magazine, Fifteen Minutes.

The article was published yesterday.

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81 percent of eligible seniors plan to vote in Nov. 6 election (continued from page 1) Illinois.

According to census.gov, 49 percent of voters 18-24 turned out to vote in the 2008 election. Even though the Prep News survey only measured seniors’ intentions of voting rather than who will actually show up to the polls on election day, voting turnout among seniors will likely be significantly higher than the national average.

In a 2010 Prep News survey of voter turnout, 65 percent of seniors registered to vote in time for that year’s midterm election and 44 percent cast their votes on election day.

For most students interviewed, the presidential election is the main race that interests them.

Senior Nick Wottowa is excited about the close presidential race.

“I was never interested in politics before, but now that I can vote, it’s much more interesting,”

said Wottowa. “I like how it’s so close. It’s so 50-50 right now with this race that you don’t know who’s going to win in the end. I’m still conflicted on who I’m going to vote for.”

Senior Sam Morris is interested mainly in the presidential race and said it is one of the main reasons he will vote.

For others, civic duty plays a motivating factor in driving them to the polls.

“It’s something that I’ve heard we should do. It’s our duty as a citizen,” said senior A.J. Cirillo, who cited discussions in history teacher Bill Brown’s AP Government and Politics class as a factor in motivating him to show up to his polling place.

Cirillo is currently undecided on his stance about Proposition B, a measure that would levy an additional tax on tobacco in Missouri.

“Since I’m going to be in college and more money would help

me, I’ve looked at it, but I know family members who smoke,” said Cirillo.

“I think it’s my duty as a citizen,” said senior Alex Mackin, who has looked into some of the ballot measures but plans to look into more by election day. “If I’m eligible to vote, I should vote. Everyone who is eligible should participate.”

Senior Scott McCartney said that he was mainly interested in the presidential election as opposed to local elections. McCartney plans to vote because he wants to make sure his voice is heard.

“As Mr. McCarthy said, you’re always going to have value in voting your entire lifespan because you get to make the difference in the U.S. and our policies and you really get to have a say in our government,” said senior Chris Favier.

Since he plans to become a doctor, Favier said that the chief issue drawing his to the polls was

to take a stance on the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.

Even though senior Sean Campbell isn’t particularly interested in any race or ballot initiatives, he still plans to vote anyway.

Campbell said that he didn’t believe either presidential candidate would be able to make a difference, but since he can vote, he wants to take advantage of it. Although he hasn’t looked into any of the propositions, he plans look into them before election day.

Of the seniors who didn’t register to vote, some were too busy or forgot to register while others chose to abstain from the political process altogether.

“Part of it was I didn’t really know when the deadline was,” said senior Kurt Thiemann, who had planned to vote if he had registered in time. “Around mid-October I thought I wanted to register but it turned out I had already missed the deadline by about a

week.”

If Thiemann had known about the deadline, he’s still not sure if he would have found the time to register in his busy schedule.

Senior Joey Coulson, voting in a less competitive Illinois presidential race, didn’t register in part because he doubted his vote would have mattered.

“I thought about it. It just wasn’t one of my top priorities so I didn’t get around to it. I was talking to my parents one night, I think during the second presidential debate, and I realized I didn’t register in time,” said Coulson, who doubts he would have voted even if he had registered in time.

“Honestly I don’t see how my opinion would have counted for much,” said Coulson.

The poll was conducted during homeroom on Tuesday. The Prep News collected responses from 235 seniors, or 89 percent of the senior class.

OPINION

November 2, 2012

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Letter People missed the point of Project Peanut Butter To the editors: As we all remember, this past Thursday we participated in an effort to raise money for Project Peanut Butter. This was a unique opportunity for us as a school to help toward a solution to the very real problem of malnutrition in our world, and I think that many of us were excited to participate.

However throughout the school that day, I had conversations with several people who had complaints about the event. Many of us complained that the cafeteria only sold peanut butter or cheese sandwiches that day, even at activity period, and at a “ludicrous” price of five dollars per meal. As I spoke further with people, many were happy to donate the five dollars to the cause but couldn’t

see why our regular lunch menu options had to be taken from us all through the day. Many of us complained that for what we were paying, it was unreasonable for us to be given only a sandwich and a carton of milk. I am writing to express my thoughts on some of these reactions.

My chief thought was that those of us that reacted in this way had in a small way missed the point of the event. Of course paying five dollars for that amount of food is a completely unfair trade.

It doesn’t make business sense.

But as SLUH guys, we need to look beyond all the facts and figures and get to the heart of what we do and why we do it. In truth, we weren’t buying a lunch; we were making a donation to a noble cause and were being given

food in return.

This raised the other complaint that many of us had: why were we given so little to eat? I believe that this small amount of food was the part of the event that was meant to benefit us. By eating only a portion of what most normally eat for lunch, we were able to get into the mindset and live the reality of the starving children we helping to feed.

Our charity is important, but equally important is educating ourselves about the gravity of our world’s problems in order to deepen our empathy and sense of calling to help. In reality, we were only even asked to get a small taste of the problem of malnutrition. We were only asked to be slightly uncomfortable for one meal of one day of our privileged

lives. We were not only asked to give, but to give until it hurt a little. We were asked to learn the sacrifice that should come with service.

During his talk, Dr. Manary discussed the story of the Good Samaritan. He noted that it was not “convenient” for the Samaritan to help the man on the road, but that fact that he helped anyway was what made his act so notable.

Of all the opportunities that we have been given to help the world around us at SLUH, Project Peanut Butter might have been the least convenient and most taxing for us as participants.

But if we are to claim the title of Men for Others, then I think that we should live up to this claim. Too often I think we are

actually men for ourselves, mindful of others. While this attitude is in itself good, I think it is time we took the next step and filled out the role of living lives devoted to others. This means that we must truly forget ourselves and our own comforts for at least a time and completely serve our fellow men and women in the world.

All in all, I think that Project Peanut Butter was a huge success, and I hope that it was an experience that not only benefitted those in need, but taught us something about the world we live in and the love we are called to give to those who are most in need of it.

Justin McManemin ‘13

Director of St. Louis Film Festival to discuss upcoming festival films at SLUH

BY Will STAFF

Smith

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hris Clark, the artistic director for the St. Louis International Film Festival will be visiting film classes at St. Louis U. High today to discuss films shown in the upcoming festival from Nov. 8 to Nov. 18.

Clark ’79 was a classmate of film teacher Mark Cummings.

Clark and Cummings met their freshman year at SLUH while taking the class that Cummings now teaches, Fundamentals of Film.

“I always enjoyed going to the movies when I was young, but my first film class at SLUH really opened my eyes to all the different types of films,” said Clark. “While growing up in south St. Louis I never saw a foreign film until freshman year in class.”

Clark is the artistic director for Cinema St. Louis, a company which promotes the art of cinema and expands the availability of cinema by presenting the St. Louis Film Festival. Clark spends his time traveling around the country to various film festivals

and selecting films he thinks are appropriate for the festival.

“I love the St. Louis Film Festival because St. Louis is a great city for film and it is rising all the time,” said Clark.

This is the twenty-first St. Louis Film Festival. This year, over 400 films from over 50 countries will be shown in 11 days throughout the metro area. The films in the festival are usually from the last three or four years, but the festival also shows archival films that have been recently restored.

For the St. Louis Film Festival, Clark is in charge of all narrative feature films while the documentary and short subjects categories are decided by the other two staff members.

“The way we choose films is objective, so our personal taste is a factor but we also have to take into account what movies will draw the biggest audiences,” said Clark. “We look and see if a film has won a bunch of awards, because even if I don’t like the film, other people think they are doing something right so we show those

films as well.”

“Chris has impeccable taste and he always makes excellent choices for the festival,” said Cummings. “The festival opened last year with The Artist and I knew after I saw it that is was going to win awards and it ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.”

During the classes on Friday, Clark will allow the students to pick films and then he will discuss them with the class. The students are handed a booklet the day before the visit with all the films in that year’s festival so they can have questions ready by the next day.

The classes usually only have time to discuss two or three films because of the limited time. Clark also sometimes brings a few trailers for new movies that will be at the festival, which he will also discuss with the class.

“I love the festival because it is a great way to see films you can’t see anywhere else, especially the big films that are up for Oscars,” said Cummings.

This week in Prep News history On this day, in 1996, SLUH constructed an exhibit in the library to celebrate the many published writers who are SLUH alumni. Some of the authors include Tom Dooley ’44 and Michael Harrington ’14.

Fandos covers Warren, Brown, and Stein for Harvard Crimson (continued from page 2) his stories, Fandos has to rely on a slightly different mix of sources compared to professional journalists with lots of resources available. But that’s all part of the learning process.

“For the most part, my sources are generally also kind of political consultants, political science professors, government professors, former candidates, other kinds of political insiders like that because I have been writing about politics for, say what, ten months?

I can’t fall back on my own history and expertise and writing as much as a correspondent at the Boston Globe who’s writing the same story as I am,” said Fandos.

Although Fandos is only a sophomore, he has written some unique stories that most people his age couldn’t even begin to

think about.

For example, Fandos is particularly proud of a profile he did on Kennedy, who was on campus for a speech. Fandos followed Kennedy around and walked with him as he toured his great-uncle, President John F. Kennedy’s bedroom and knocked on the door of his grandfather, Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s room in Winthrop House at Harvard where they were students in the 1940’s. John Kennedy’s room was preserved as a memorial to him.

But Fandos’ impressive stories don’t stop with Massachusetts politics. He is starting to take the plunge into presidential politics with two more stories. He wrote two Q & A stories on two different people close to the presidential candidates: Clayton Christensen is a Harvard business school pro-

fessor and good friend of Romney’s; Charles Ogletree was a professor of Obama’s at Harvard Law School, and they remain good friends.

Not only has Fandos written stories on people close to presidential candidates, he’s interviewed a couple past candidates and a current one as well. He’s interviewed popular third party candidate Ralph Nader for a story on the current Green Party nominee, Stein. Stein went to Harvard for undergraduate and Harvard Medical School.

Fandos did a story on 2012 Republican candidate Jon Huntsman, whose campaign struggled because of its more moderate positions. Huntsman came to Harvard in April and spoke frankly about a need to reform the government and the GOP.

While Fandos has done some incredible reporting and writing for The Crimson, a question still remains: how does he do it?

Unlike most journalists, Fandos is a full-time student and has to attend to his heavy course load.

While it’s certainly a struggle keeping up with everything, Fandos says it’s worth it.

“You don’t get a lot of sleep.

You drink a lot of coffee. There are moments when the newspaper comes before my schoolwork. You can ask (Prep News moderator) Steve Missey. I think I’ve emailed him at various points in the middle of the night, maybe four in the morning one night. You just do whatever you can to balance it out: oftentimes, it means not sleeping, it means not having any free time, it means not getting the exercise I’d like to get. But it’s a

choice, and I think it’s worth it,” said Fandos, explaining that Harvard students are expected to participate in extra-curriculars.

While his schedule is challenging and the load is demanding, Fandos enjoys writing for The Crimson. He says that there are some great privileges that go along with it, in addition to the experience.

“What’s really cool to me and what I think is pretty amazing … is that I can call up basically anyone or send an email to anyone and say, ‘I’m from The Harvard Crimson,’ and more likely than not, they’ll talk to me. There are very few places that someone my age would have the ability to do that, and that’s one of the things that’s been most exciting for me,” said Fandos.

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ELECTION

November 2, 2012

School refers to Archdiocese guidelines for mock election, speakers

BY Joe Kreienkamp CORE STAFF

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ith the election less than a week away, many people are scrambling to pick up reading materials about the candidates in order to make an informed decision when at the polls. At SLUH,

numerous students can be found in the hallways discussing political views.

Most students are familiar with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and have probably viewed the website at one time for a theology project.

However, during the election year, the Bishops offer opinions of Catholic issues that may be present in the election. One such resource is the “Political Process Guidelines for Parishes, School, and Agencies,” which applies directly to SLUH.

As stated on its introductory page, the “guide intends to inform priests, deacons, parishioners, agency administrators and staffs, educational administrators, faculties, and students as to the acceptable standards of Catholic Church involvement in the politi-

What’s on your ballot? The Prep News has you covered President and Vice President

Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R)

Missouri

US Senator

Claire McCaskill (D)

McCaskill, the incumbent, has run on a platform that highlights a moderate record, and she has pointed out her willingness to stand up to her own party on budgets and spending, ending earmarks, and supporting the Keystone XL pipeline. Before McCaskill was elected in 2006, she was the state auditor.

Todd Akin (R)

Akin, too, is running on a platform of standing up to his own party. He points out that he voted against the No Child Left Behind bill. He also has attacked McCaskill for supporting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and the stimulus package. Akin has represented Missouri’s 2nd congressional district since 2001.

US Representative 2nd District Glenn Koenen (D)

Koenen, who does not have political experience, has worked in the nonprofit world for most of his life. He is running on a platform of protecting the poor and vulnerable of society and his website says, “Only the federal government has the size and resources to maintain the safety net uniformly across the nation.”

Ann Wagner (R)

Wagner has served in several important positions over the years: chairwoman of the Missouri Republican Party, cochairman of the Republican National Committee during George W. Bush’s first term, and American ambassador to Luxembourg.

Wagner opposes Obamacare, supports spending cuts, and touts her experience with small business and in the corporate world.

US Representative 1st District Lacy Clay (D)

Clay has served in the House since 2001. He supports Obamacare, and Clay also supports government investment in infrastructure, clean energy and renewables, and credits for companies that invest in high unemployment areas.

Robyn Hamlin (R)

Hamlin ran against Clay in this same race in 2010 and lost.

As a small business owner, she supports lowering taxes. Hamlin also supports auditing the Federal Reserve and supports term limits.

Governor

Jay Nixon (D)

Nixon was elected governor in 2008. Nixon is running on economic and fiscal issues: he talks about balancing Missouri’s budget and maintaining the state’s AAA credit rating without raising taxes, lowering taxes on small businesses, and helping to bring more auto manufacturing jobs to Missouri. Nixon also says that Missouri’s unemployment rate is at its lowest level in four years.

Dave Spence (R)

deployed to Afghanistan. After he came home from Afghanistan, he practiced law and was elected as a state representative in 2008.

Kander has attacked a bill—HB 2109—that Schoeller sponsored.

HB 2109 would restrict absentee voting.

form as a delegate to the Democrat convention. Martin also promises that he’ll work hard to reduce violent crime, which has risen under Koster, if elected.

Shane Schoeller (R)

This amendment would allow the governor to appoint at least one more person to the Appellate Judicial Commission, which chooses nominees for the Missouri Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The amendment would also remove the requirement that the governor’s appointments be nonlawyers.

Schoeller was elected in 2006 as a state representative.

He is Speaker Pro Tem of the House, and he is now Speaker of the House due to a resignation.

Schoeller is running on a platform of protecting the integrity of elections, and he has promised to use the regulatory authority of Secretary of State to protect residents from scams and bad investments.

State Treasurer

Spence has never held elected office before, but he has plenty of experience in the business world.

At the age of 26 in 1985, Spence bought Alpha Plastics, which only had 15 employees at the time.

When Spence stepped down to run for governor, the company had more than 800 employees.

Spence says his business background will help him create jobs, and he points out signs of Missouri’s struggling economy under Nixon, such as Missouri’s consistently low job creation rate.

Clint Zweifel (D)

Lieutenant Governor

Cole McNary (R)

Susan Montee (D)

Montee served as state auditor from 2006 until 2010. She then served as the chairwoman of the Missouri Democratic Party and stepped down to run for lieutenant governor. Montee portrays herself as a staunch advocate for senior citizens, and she initiated several reports as an auditor on inadequate regulations for senior residential care in the Department of Health and Senior Services.

Peter Kinder (R)

Kinder was elected lieutenant governor in 2004 and was re-elected in 2008. He is helping lead the Missouri lawsuit against Obamacare. Like Montee, he fashions himself as a big supporter and defender of senior citizens: in 2003 in the state Senate, he sponsored the Elderly Protection Act of 2003. Kinder also supported the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund when it was created in 2005.

Secretary of State Jason Kander (D)

Kander enlisted in the Army Reserve after 9/11. In 2006, he was

Zweifel, the incumbent, was elected in 2008. He has said that his priorities include growing the economy, reducing unemployment, expanding access to an affordable college education, and running the state government efficiently. Zweifel helped push through legislation that allowed $1 billion to be lent through the recently-expanded Missouri Linked Deposit Program, which loans money to farmers and small business with low interest rates.

McNary was elected in 2008 as a state representative. Before, he worked in business and then taught math and physics at Vianney. As a state representative, McNary founded the Downsizing State Government Committee and has fought against large state budgets. McNary has attacked Zweifel for raising taxes, not taking up pension reform, and supporting Obamacare.

Attorney General Chris Koster (D)

Koster, originally a Republican, switched to the Democrats because of what he saw as extreme trends in conservative politics. Koster has cracked down on fraud in Medicaid, aggressively went after violators of workers’ rights laws, and has pushed for tougher laws to fight the spread of methamphetamines and urban crime. Koster has also led an investigation of 20 business accused of hiring illegal immigrants.

Ed Martin (R)

Ed Martin is running mainly on a platform that attacks Koster for failing to join other states’ attorneys general in suing Obamacare. Martin has also said that Koster has publicly voted in favor of an anti-2nd Amendment plat-

Constitutional Amendment No. 3

Proposition A

cal process.” Thus, the pamphlet should be used as a guide when the school decides actions that revolves around political matters.

In the 13-page document, the Archdiocese of St. Louis covers topics about the Church teachings on citizenship, the Church’s continued on page 8

crease the tax from $0.20 to $0.26 per $100.00 assessed value for the Library District.

St. Louis City

Public Administrator

Gerard Nester (D) Justin Edward Strohm (R)

Sheriff

Jim Murphy (D) Robert Vroman Sternberg (R)

City Treasurer

If this proposition passes, the City of St. Louis will have the option of regaining control of their police force instead of having the state control it. Proposition A will also establish a system of “procedures and requirements” for governing the monetary municipal police force and Proposition A will “prohibit retaliation” against any employee of the proposed municipal police force if that employee reports supposedly illegal conduct to a superior or government organization.

Tishaura Jones (D) Tim Bachmann (R)

Proposition B

Enyart says his top priority is the struggling economy. He said he represents manufacturing workers’ interests since he worked manufacturing jobs. Enyart says he’ll push to expand the New Markets Tax Credit Program to give even better tax breaks to manufacturers who create jobs in communities with high unemployment. Enyart wants to push for better coal facilities for southern Illinois and is in favor of hydraulic fracturing.

Proposition B asks for a tax of $0.0365 per cigarette and 25 percent of the manufacturer’s invoice price for roll-your-own tobacco.

The proposition would also levy a 15 percent tax for any other tobacco products. Tax proceeds would go to public school funding for K-12 education and the University of Missouri system.

Another portion of the proceeds would go to smoking cessation programs. The proposition also requires manufacturers to maintain a certain amount of money in their escrow accounts to “pay judgments or settlements.”

Proposition E

If this passes, the state government would not be allowed to establish a “state-based health insurance exchange” unless voters or the legislature specifically authorize it.

St. Louis County

Proposition S

This Special School District proposition increases property taxes by $0.19 per $100.00 of assessed value to an estimated $1.19 total District operating levy per $100.00 assessed value.

Proposition L

This St. Louis County Library property tax increase would in-

Proposition R

This would decrease the number of aldermen from 28 to 14 in 2022.

Illinois

US Representative 12th District William Enyart (D)

Jason Plummer (R)

Plummer wants to make the tax code simpler and transparent.

Plummer has also stated that he wants to actually cut the deficit instead of just slowing the growth of government. Plummer said he’ll work to reduce regulations on energy and agriculture.

Constitutional Amendment

If this passes, this would take effect on Jan. 9, 2013. It would require a three-fifths majority vote in any governing body—from the General Assembly down to local school districts—that seeks to increase a benefit under any public pension or retirement system.

—Compiled by Stephen Lumetta

ELECTION

November 2, 2012

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Koster, ’82, hopes for second term as Missouri attorney general

BY Jack Godar CORE STAFF

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hris Koster, ’82, has hit the campaign trail a couple of times, having been elected as Cass County Prosecutor, a Missouri state senator from 2004 to 2008, and the Attorney General of Missouri in 2008. Now, Koster is back on the campaign trail in a bid to win reelection as Attorney General of Missouri’s With the election coming up next week, Koster said that he felt he and his campaign team has done well on the trail, but he is looking forward to the campaign’s end.

“I think the campaign is going well,” Koster said. “Like anybody in this profession, I will be glad when the campaign comes to a close in six days and I can return

to work.”

During his campaign, Koster said that his most memorable experience came not in one of Missouri’s larger cities, but rather in the Iron County jail in Ironton.

“The jail that I had entered had been built in 1867, and, with the exception of the addition of two toilets, had not been updated since 1867,” Koster said. “It was as old and decrepit as it could possibly be and it was a real eyeopener to see such a facility that hadn’t been updated for almost 150 years.”

One of the key points he has campaigned on is his background in law enforcement. Koster, the first Attorney General of Missouri since Thomas Eagleton with a law enforcement background, was the prosecuting attorney for Cass

County from 1994 to 2004, when he ran for state senate.

“This is an office that is closely associated with law enforcement, has a great deal of interaction with law enforcement, and so having someone who is authentically of the law enforcement community serve in the role of attorney general is important both to sheriffs and police of the state, and to Missourians as a whole,” Koster said.

If he is reelected, Koster said he hopes to continue to work towards improving the quality of the lawyers in the AG offices, and overall law enforcement in Missouri, which he says is more difficult as government resources continue to dwindle.

“We’re always trying to increase the talent of lawyers who

work in the office, to continue to give better representation for the people, and a better sense of justice to the state,” Koster said. “But we are doing this with a smaller staff and smaller resources than previous administrations had to work with.”

Koster credits influences at SLUH such as theology teacher and athletic director Dick Wehner, who taught Koster both in grade school and at SLUH; Fr. Walter Holloran S.J., who taught Koster theology and philosophy; and his basketball coach, Joe Mimlitz, as teachers whom he looked up to at SLUH. He also said that the Jesuits left the importance of a great education, reading, and lifelong learning ingrained in him.

“There are philosophic issues where I agree with the Jesuits,

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Chris Koster’s senior picture from 1982.

some philosophic issues where I disagree with the Jesuits, but the Jesuits, more than any other group, taught me to think and taught me to learn, and for that I am forever grateful,” Koster said.

Voting with your conscience: bishops’ document informs voters Not a guide for voting; a statement on moral issue

BY Jack STAFF

T

Kiehl

he Catholic Bishops of the United States wrote Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship to share Catholic teaching on faith and conscience in politics in 2007. The document was re-proposed in September 2011 to offer not a guide for voting but an outline for American voters on moral issues such as abortion, health care, marriage, immigration, and war.

The main purpose of the document is to help Catholics examine their consciences as they evaluate political platforms.

“What you find in this document are guiding principles for making a good judgment,” said assistant principal for mission Jim Linhares. “The document is trying to have people be able to connect their faith to their responsibility as citizens and guide them in doing that in a responsible way.”

According to the document, the Catholic Church cannot be defined as liberal or conservative and should not stand as a guide to voters. Instead, the Church aims to work towards informing voters and providing resources to help form consciences. “(The Church) cannot and must not replace the State. Yet at the same time she cannot and must not remain on the sidelines and fight for justice,” said Pope Benedict XVI in Deus Caritas Est (no. 28), as quoted in the document.

While the Church is nonpartisan, the document states that Catholics should not “feel politically disenfranchised.” The bishops of America urge lay people to become involved in politics, whether by running for political office, working on campaigns, or taking concerns to officials. Minors are also encouraged to get involved in politics.

“Even those who cannot vote have the right to have their voices heard on issues that affect their lives and the common good,” the document states.

One concern for Catholics is what to do with a candidate who stands for an issue that opposes Catholic moral teaching.

According to Linhares, if you vote for said candidate, it should be because you hope that, while he or she supports an immoral issue, that candidate will be best in the long run for the common good.

“You have to think about what your idea was when you cast your vote,” said Linhares.

Catholics are urged by the Bishops’ Conference of the United States to consider the document in public and political life and to seriously consider every issue concerned in this election before making their vote.

ISSUES

Human Life

According to Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the issue of human life is one of the most important issues Catholics face this day. The issue of human life applies not just to abortion, but to cloning, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.

Abortion

The Catholic Church teaches the dignity of every person and that human life should be valued as sacred.

The document urges Catholics to “promote a culture of life by supporting laws and programs that encourage childbirth and adoption over abortion.”

Apart from an effort to end abortion, the Church also states that the Americans must address poverty and assist pregnant wom-

en and families.

War

Catholics are also urged by the Bishops of the United States to avoid the deliberate taking of human life by avoiding unnecessary combat and to make an effort to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction that harm civilians, while still holding support for those fighting for the United States.

“Our Church honors the commitment and sacrifice of those who serve in our nation’s armed forces, and also recognizes the moral right to conscientious objection to war in general, a particular war, or a military procedure,” states the document.

The Catholic Church teaches that nations should respond to terror, but must strive to find a peaceful solution, only turning to the military as a last resort.

Intentional Destruction of Human Life

The document states that the use of cloning and embryo destruction is wrong, even in the case of potential cures, even in cases of relieving burdens in the instances of assisted suicide and euthanasia, which the Church says should always be opposed.

Death Penalty

According to Forming Consciences, the death penalty is part of an unfair judicial system. The Church urges society to strive to end the death penalty as well as torture and unfair treatment in the United States and across the globe.

Family Life

Apart from the protection of human life, the document emphasizes on familial life by enforcing the definition of marriage, supporting a good education for all children, and protecting youth from harmful images.

Marriage

The Catholic Church teaches that marriage is defined by a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman, a definition that is a fundamental part of society necessary to the development of children.

“It should be defended and strengthened, not redefined or undermined by permitting samesex unions or other distortions of marriage,” according to the document.

Forming Consciences states that the Church should work to change policy on divorce, work, taxes, and immigration to keep families together. The Church supports fair wages, financial safety and support to help familial life.

Education

The church puts an emphasis on the protection of children in health and education. In terms of education, the document states that families should have the right to choose education, whether private or public, without facing discrimination. It urges that everyone should have the same rights in an educational setting.

Media

The Internet is a wonderful benefit to society, according to the document, and should be available to all students without the exposure to harmful material.

While the Church respects freedom of speech, the permission of offensive material is to be reduced and blocked from schools and libraries and parents must also work to protect children from inappropriate media.

Social Justice

One of the most pressing matters in the world today is social justice. Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship states that discrimination should be overcome and security should be available to all, especially in financial, religious, and medical issues.

Poverty

According to Forming Con-

sciences, families in need must be strengthened, trained, and assisted to help lift them out of poverty, healthcare should be affordable and accessible, and care should be provided to those dealing with diseases and addictions, and agriculture should be a top issue to ensure no one is hungry.

Catholics are urged to help support needs such as food and shelter and to help those weak and vulnerable.

Immigration

The document states that Catholics are required by the Gospel to help immigrants, regardless of documentation, especially immigrant children. The Church believes in working to fix a broken immigration system and that the United States should be a refuge for those fleeing oppression and persecution, while still maintaining border control and recognizing the law. “(The Church intends to) continue to oppose policies that reflect prejudice (and) hostility toward immigrants,” the document reads.

Discrimination

The document states that discrimination should continue to be combated, regardless of age, race, religion, sex, condition, or ethnicity. The Church supports the removal of educational and employment barriers and equal opportunity for all.

Environment

The Church takes a responsibility to care for the earth to ensure the protection of future generations. The document states that the United States should be a leader in sustainability and development in poor nations and efforts should be made to create alternative energy sources.

Catholics are called to address the change in climate and help poor nations in relieving the burden of “environmental blight, neglect, and recovery.”

6 Mercedes dealership replacing empty Fox 2 site at Oakland and Hampton NEWS

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BY Kieran STAFF

November 2, 2012

J. Connolly

T

he City of St. Louis lost its luxury Mercedes-Benz dealership when TriStar Imports abandoned its downtown location 15 years ago. Now, the dealership is coming back, not far from St. Louis U. High.

TriStar will be building its new location on the former site of KTVI (Channel 2) at Hampton and Oakland, mere blocks from SLUH. The dealership is moving from its current location in Ellisville, in West County, where it has been since 1997.

TriStar is receiving special funding from the City of St. Louis in the form of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which in this case grants the developers $2.3 million, which will be repaid by tax money the business generates in the future. The city’s TIF Commission has approved Tri-Star’s application, which now needs to be approved by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, the city’s lawmaking body.

The city proposed the TIF to develop the 3.26-acre former news channel headquarters, which the city categorized as “blighted,” citing deteriorating, unsafe buildings.

TriStar owner and president Tom Hennekes said that the move was also a practical decision. The

The empty Fox News building at Hampton and Oakland, pictured above, will be replaced by a Mercedes dealership. The site is down the street from SLUH.

new location’s most attractive feature is “the central location it provides to where our customer base is in the St. Louis metropolitan

area,” according to Hennekes.

Hennekes bought the dealership in 1995, when it was still located downtown on 2222 Market

Street, and was known as Boulevard Motors. Hennekes said that at the time, “there was a lot of expansion out in the West County

area, and it seemed like the place to be.”

The move to Ellisville turned continued on next page

One constant in McKenna’s life has been performing liturgical music photo | Ben Banet

During his time with the Jesuits, McKenna recorded on classic liturgical music albums.

(continued from page 1) John Foley, S.J., Tim Manion, S.J., Roc O’Connor, S.J., and Dan Schutte, S.J., although Manion and Schutte are no longer Jesuits. After recording their first few albums, the Jesuits came directly into St. Louis University’s community by using their choir to record their albums.

McKenna first heard about the St. Louis Jesuits in 1974, during the second stage of training to become a Jesuit, called novitiate, which he was spending in Kansas City. The Jesuits had recently produced their first album, Neither Silver nor Gold, a 46-song debut

record that includes the popular hymns “Sing a New Song Unto the Lord” and “Servant Song.”

As a part of novitiate, which is broken up into testing situations called “experiments,” McKenna was asked by his superiors to spend a summer with the St. Louis Jesuits.

“I was in the middle of Novitiate and (the seminary) said, ‘We want you to go to California with (the St. Louis Jesuits),” said McKenna. “They’re going to live at the theologate at Berkeley and spend the summer writing music. We want you to go along.”

McKenna agreed, and he

spent the summer writing music.

By the time the Jesuits were to the recording phase of their music, in late summer of 1975, they were writing vocal bass parts specifically for McKenna’s deep range.

In the meantime, McKenna enjoyed Berkeley life and made sure the fridges on site were always stocked with plenty of ice cream.

“Living in California was beautiful. It was just a beautiful summer and we were just supposed to pray and write during the day, and the (Jesuits) would come down and bring out a song, so I was the very first to hear the versions of (the songs) as they were coming out.”

The record produced from the sessions that summer, entitled Earthen Vessels, is the best-selling album of the St. Louis Jesuits and one of the best-selling liturgical music albums of all time, having sold over a million copies, earning it platinum status.

During the next six years, McKenna went on to record four more albums with the St. Louis Jesuits: A Dwelling Place (1976), Gentle Night (1977), Wood Hath Hope (1978), and Lord of Light (1981), the last of which included the song “Here I am, Lord,” one of the most popular church hymns and voted the number one “song that made a difference” in The Tablet, an international Catholic weekly review.

“Almost every song here became a classic. It’s in the Catholic minds, and it went even beyond the Catholic Church and even American. It’s been translated into Korean and Japanese, and it’s used in Protestant Churches too,” said McKenna.

McKenna emphasized its significance by relaying a funny

story.

“I called Catholic Supply to pick up a copy of the sheet music and they put me on hold, and the music they played was music with my voice on it; it’s like it’s still current, even though it’s classic stuff.”

McKenna believes that as the music is lyrically rooted in Scripture, it will probably last within the Catholic Church for a while.

To this day, McKenna feels that he and the music are both as distinct and musically profound as they were 30 years ago. “(The St. Louis Jesuits’ music) is so grounded in the scriptures that it feels right to me, because it’s not expressing an oversentimentality ever; it’s like a wellbalanced writing that doesn’t fall into just singing like “Jesus, I love you, I love you, I love you,” said McKenna, who feels that some of the popular music being played in the Catholic Church currently is not as direct as the St. Louis Jesuits’ music.

“The (St. Louis Jesuit music) is a little more reserved, but there’s deep underlying passion about justice and commitment; it’s a depth that doesn’t wear its —well, I like clichés—it doesn’t wear its emotions on its sleeve,” said McKenna.

McKenna also believes that there is an element of deep truth in the music that isn’t necessarily present in other music.

“I can put amazing emotion into ‘One Bread, One Body’, and it’s always new when I do it,” said McKenna. “And I’m amazed by it.

I’m saying, ‘Isn’t this one of the most ‘done’ songs?’ Yet I think when I do it, it’s with an energy that makes it fresh, because it is an amazing song. Whereas some of these other songs just seem

like they’re lighter, more outward, gushy passion, but I have a harder time putting myself into it.”

Ultimately, McKenna says he will continue to play the St. Louis Jesuit music, something he has been doing at SLUH during his time here as a counselor and liturgical musician.

“There are people with maybe better voices, and there are people who play their instruments better, but I don’t know that there are people that put enough of it together with conviction, which is something that the church and the world needs and I personally need to do,” said McKenna.

“I need to express myself in that way, so I’m grateful that there is music I can connect with.”

McKenna was born in St. Louis in 1953 and had his first musical experiences singing Latin with his dad’s choir at the family’s parish in Florissant. McKenna says there was constantly music and singing in his house, which contributed to his love of songs and melodies. In elementary school McKenna joined the boys’ choir, and after graduating from grade school, he first became interested in instruments.

At the time, there wasn’t an excess of money within his family, and therefore instruments were not on the list of the things to buy.

McKenna avoided the financial obstacle by joining his freshman class’s guitar group at his high school, St. Louis Preparatory Seminary North. Since Vatican II had recently been instituted, there was a lot of music being written for their group to play. Since the group was paid to play at Masses, they started a bank account into which they would deposit money continued on next page

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n panorama | Ben Banet

of TriStar’s customers started coming from further east—from more affluent areas such as Clayton, Webster Groves, Kirkwood, and the city’s Central West End

neighborhood.

“It’s not that there aren’t any customers near the current Ellisville location,” said Hennekes.

However, the increased de-

(continued from previous page) and later withdraw it to go out to dinner at the end of the year.

“There was a kind of excitement about it,” said McKenna.

“We sang with harmonies and guitar, and it was almost like a mini rock culture. There was a celebrity thing about it—but we loved to perform and we were helping the parishes.”

In the midst of this, though, McKenna was undergoing a vocal transformation.

“I would say something happened that was kind of critical here,” said McKenna. “After sophomore year, my voice took this deep dive. I grew to be six feet, and I thought I had lost my voice and I could no longer sing.

I found out, actually, that I just had a different voice,” said McKenna, explaining that his voice had dropped to a level at which he didn’t fit the vocal range of most songs.

At the time, McKenna was still using school guitars; in fact, McKenna did not buy his own guitar until his freshman year of college. After he graduated from high school, McKenna got his first job cutting grass at Calvary Cemetery and saved up to buy an acoustic Alvarez guitar.

McKenna continued through the seminary in college. Because of things going on at the seminary at the time, though, McKenna decided to make a switch to the Jesuits.

Within the Jesuit community in the early ’70s, McKenna encountered a large amount of new music being written. McKenna began singing in an 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday mornings at the Fusz Memorial Chapel on SLU’s cam-

pus. At the time, since the music and community was bursting at the seams, McKenna remembers the Masses always being very full, if not overflowing.

“There was no place to sit. It was body to body, all during great music, and I thought at the time: ‘I love this music, and (the community) loves me doing this music too.”

Because of the dense crowds, the Masses were moved to SLU’s College Church, where SLUH has held its Mass of the Holy Spirit the past two years.

At this point, McKenna entered novitiate, in which he ventured to Berkeley with the St. Louis Jesuits. After Berkeley, McKenna spent the rest of his Novitiate in Honduras and elsewhere, eventually completing his training and going on to take his vows at Fusz Memorial Chapel.

By the time he had returned to St. Louis, the Jesuits at SLU had formed a large choir formed of seminarians and lay people.

“And I came back, and I kind of had this celebrity status. (People at SLU) knew, Ken McKenna is coming to join us this year,” said McKenna.

During his time in Jesuit training, McKenna had been playing music at Mass almost every day. In 1977, for personal reasons McKenna did not wish to discuss, he left the Jesuits. McKenna stayed in the area though, by getting a job as a Campus Policeman so he could finish paying for his Philosophy degree.

“I was stationed at the dorm from midnight to eight in the morning and I would bring my guitar and play and the (students) would bring me cookies. It was very nice,” said McKenna.

Once he had completed his studies, McKenna pursued another area of vocal training by taking opera lessons at the University of St. Louis in Missouri (UMSL).

In the meantime, McKenna was loading trucks at UPS from midnight to four in the morning.

In 1979, McKenna got a call from Villa Duchesne high school asking if he would teach theology, forcing him to make a decision.

“I thought, ‘Wow’. (The job) would be new, and it would be working in the daytime,” said McKenna. “My voice teacher said, ‘You either sing or you teach. You can’t do both professionally’. So I thought, ‘Well I think I’ve got to do this’.”

After teaching for a year at Villa, McKenna worked in Campus Ministry at SLU for a year, In 1981, McKenna married his wife Becky, whom he had met after leaving the Jesuits.

“I was out of there for about two or three years; I was actually thinking, ‘Maybe there’s no person that really wants to live with me, maybe I should think about going back (to the Jesuits)’, and then I met her,” said McKenna.

“She was an alto and I was a bass, and we sat next to each other and we flirted a bit in the choir.”

McKenna eventually came to SLUH in 1988; he had been working for a psychiatrist doing therapy, but SLUH gave him an opportunity to do two things he wanted to do: finish his dissertation and bring daily music back into his life, both of which he was unable to do often outside of work. The rest is history: McKenna has been counseling here ever since, in addition to providing and nurturing liturgical music at SLUH.

mand has come from the inner ring suburbs and the city itself.

Hennekes hopes that the dealership’s prominent location

along bustling Interstate 64 might generate additional sales.

With recommendations from Mercedes-Benz officials, the dealership started planning over a year ago. The biggest concern, Hennekes said, was holding onto TriStar’s current base of customers despite the move. Hennekes expects to keep its current employees and hire more to work the new location.

The new dealership will be considerably different from the current one “(The site is) more of an urban location, so the building will be right up on the street, and also multi-storied,” said Hennekes.

There will be a parking deck for customers as well.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the new location will also incorporate the Mercedes company’s recommended “autohaus look.” The new site will be two stories tall with lots of glass. Work will start with the demolition of the old buildings in April, and the dealership is expected to open by the end of 2013.

Hennekes said that most Mercedes-Benz dealerships are suburban, although he named Manhattan and Chicago as exceptions. Although much smaller by comparison, St. Louis will join such cities when TriStar returns.

Missouri Speaker of the House and alumnus Tim Jones, ’89, speaks at SLUH (continued from page 1) how he became interested in politics and how the state government functions. Despite his Republican party affiliation, he worked around difficult questions from students to try to provide fairly non-partisan answers. Brown thought Jones did well to respect his bipartisan request.

“I spend a lot of time in class trying to stay non-partisan,” Brown said. “I thought he did a pretty good job of trying to keep talking about the concept of bipartisanship, whether he practices it or not.”

Students agreed that as Jones spoke about bipartisan relations, lobbying, and state versus federal government, he kept from espousing Republican ideals, sticking the vision that Brown had hoped for.

“He was pretty bipartisan, which was nice,” senior Jack Flotte said. “He had a lot of good info about the government and let people challenge him.”

“You hear a lot about government from the outside, but it was very interesting to get a perspective from the inside, from Speaker Jones,” said senior Connor Jordan.

Brown was very proud of

the questions students offered up to Jones, which dealt with issues ranging from the economy to education reform to lobbying policies.

“I thought the students were excellent,” Brown said. “And (Jones) even remarked on that.

When you’re in front of a crowd, you can tell whether the crowd’s paying attention to you or whether they’re ready for you to stop.

At no point did I get the feeling that people were squirming in their seat.”

Overall, Brown was pleased with Jones’ explanation of how the state government functions and with his compliance to Brown’s request to speak from a non-partisan standpoint. He also lauded his students for showing such an interest in a non-mandatory lecture. About 30 students shoed up to the speech, and about half of the students were in Brown’s government classes.

“I was very, very impressed with the fact that for an hour and a half 30 young men of high school age, most of whom are unable to vote, actually sat there—and—I felt like—were very engaged and very attentive to what was going on,” Brown said.

A short limerick You turned this paper to the right So you could read what I here write So I hope you don’t too much mind When you finish up and find That the right and write don’t rhyme, quite.

By Adam Thorp

out well at the time, but the demographics have changed over the last 15 years.

Hennekes noticed that beginning in 2005 and 2006, more

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C Football scraps through 4-5 season photo | Sam Gerbig

A freshman football player sprints down the field with the ball in hand, avoiding a pack of Red Devils.

BY Keith REPORTER

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oach Tom Wilson and the C football team had a season based around growth and skills development. Overall, Wilson was pleased with the team’s season.

Wilson and the team endured both triumph and despair throughout the 4-5 season. Wilson said that the team’s best wins were over Metro Catholic Conference rivals Vianney and Chaminade. The Jr. Bills beat Vianney by

a score of 34-6, and they pounded the Red Devils in a shutout.

“We completely dominated on both sides of the ball (in the Vianney and Chaminade games),” Wilson noted.

“We had our ups and downs, but we are just getting used to each other. I bet next season will be way better as far as our record goes,” said offensive lineman Andrew Murphy of the season.

Although the team had dominant wins, it also struggled. In its final three games (all non-confer-

ence), the team scored a total of 37 points. Their opponents were Lafayette, Oakville, and Ritenour.

The Jr. Bills had travelled to Oakville on Oct. 22 to face off against the Tigers in a crucial non-conference game, hoping to solidify a winning record. The scores were back and forth until the second half, when the Tigers scored 27 unanswered points against SLUH. The loss knocked the Jr. Bills’ record back to 4-4.

“The Ritenour game itself was a unique game because it was a game in which all elements changed about halfway through the game,” Wilson said.

The Huskies jumped out to an early lead in the first half with the Jr. Bills committing two turnovers. However, it was a defensive battle throughout the rest of the game with both Ritenour and SLUH’s defenses holding the line to allow zero points scored in the second half. Ritenour eventually won 18-0.

Freshman Alec Keil said that the team had played well only for two or three quarters of a game, but that the other quarters were where the team fell apart.

Nonetheless, Wilson and the Jr. Bills have seen the bright side of things, and they are optimistic about next year.

Archdiocese document guides school (continued from page 4) role in the political process, the Church’s view on partisan political activity, and similar instances that deal with voting.

In the final week before the presidential election of 2012, several politically-themed events have taken place at SLUH. During the activities, SLUH dealt with situations that were covered in the guide.

According to the political process guidelines, a politician may make an appearance at a parish, school, or agency event. However, the document also mentions that the candidate must speak “as an expert or public figure.” When Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones spoke to the students in Bill Brown’s AP Government class on Monday night, for instance, he was not a candidate asking for a vote, but rather an expert who was willing to share information about the way that the government runs. The Church wants all events to maintain “a non-partisan atmosphere.”

Principal John Moran intends to follow the guidelines of the document to the best of SLUH’s ability. The attendance of the speaker on Monday night was no exception.

“We are thinking about this document along with our own course requirements and needs and what we are trying to do.

I think the spirit of the document… is that we make clear that we are not endorsing any one candidate. The candidates who have come onto campus have been supplemental to our curriculum,” says Moran.

The attendance of the speakers at SLUH has not been the only event to occur to promote political discussion. On October 25, Moran sent an email to the student body inviting them to vote in the My Voice National Student Mock Election, sponsored by the Pearson Foundation.

The Archdiocese of Saint Louis discourages mock elections because of concerns about potentially partisan outcomes, perhaps giving the impression that a school is endorsing a candidate. In holding a mock election at SLUH, Moran decided SLUH wasn’t violating the document. Moran believes that the mock election was not pointed at endorsing any one candidate, but rather educating students for the future.

“Three quarters of our community won’t be voting in this election. Three quarters of the school we are preparing to vote for the next time around, or even the next time around. We are educating them about the political process. It’s a good opportunity to educate students about how this all works,” says Moran.

For people in the SLUH community who are not voting, the details about the elections and ballots may be unknown. The mock election allowed for students to see a ballot.

“I loved the fact that students got to look at a mock election ballot that included five candidates for president. Isn’t that interesting? It seemed like it was just two to me. If you weren’t paying attention or you didn’t get a chance to see that ballot, I don’t know if students would be aware of that,”

said Moran.

Furthermore, both the speaker and the supplementary documents about the mock election are used to educate students and encourage interest. “(The mock election and speakers) draw extra attention to our political science courses or our social studies courses where those themes are covered or our theology courses where these issues about morality are covered.

So it’s a good educational opportunity in that regard. But ultimately, the school itself is here to educate and compare, not advocate or promote any one particular candidate over another,” says Moran.

Assistant principal for mission Jim Linhares believes that there is something special about the political process. Linhares encourages the spirit of politics in the school. His belief is that a greater interest in the election issues may be beneficial even to those who can’t vote.

“I’d like to see us embracing the political system and really kind of celebrating and encouraging it,” said Linhares.

Linhares also pointed out that the Church does not endorse a certain candidate, but rather asks the voter to consider a list of issues and make a decision. Regardless of how much information the voters take away with them, it is ultimately up to them to vote for whom they feel protects the Church values. Linhares hopes that the elections and speakers inform students and prepare them when they vote.

November 2, 2012

JV Swimming leaves rest of MCC in its wake

BY Joe Shaughnessy REPORTER

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here was no stopping the JV swim team in its final swim meet of the season. The JV swimmers, who have been improving at an electric pace all year, put forth their best effort in order to perform a great feat: achieving first place in every single event at the JV MCCs. The JV MCC’s are the culmination of the swim season for junior varsity swimmers. It is their chance to show every coach, parent, and varsity swimmer how diligently they have been working all season. Not only is this meet of great importance to all JV swimmers, but this year the meet was hosted by SLUH, which raised the stakes immensely.

Although the swimmers may have been much more nervous than they usually were for a regular season meet, they did not show it. Around half of the races were seeded in SLUH’s favor, and quite a few of the swimmers swam their personal bests in order to take first place in their race, which helped the team cap off the sweep.

Coaches Kevin Moore and Rachel Graczak were extremely proud of their team; there was a direct correlation between how hard the swimmers practiced and how well they swam in their races.

The swimmers were in high spirits due to the winning effort.

Sophomore Eric Caselton said, “I kind of felt like a shark out there.”

Caselton won three events; two of which he was not seeded to win. Senior Jacob Daugherty broke a meet record in the 100yard backstroke. These are just two of the many great performances that afternoon from the JV squad.

Junior Ryan Bub said, “Everyone showed up prepared and ready to swim hard. We had a lot of guys who dropped times. Overall it was a great meet for us.”

As great a joy as the JV MCCs were for the team, they were all saddened by the fact that this was their last meet together this season. That meet marked the 2012 JV swim season as a huge success.

B Soccer battles through a competitive 6-4-7 season

BY Marty REPORTER

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he B-team soccerbills finished the season with a 6-4-7 record. The team happily finished with a win, after back to back losses in penalty kicks to Oakville and DeSmet knocked them from a chance to win the CBC tournament.

The team finished its season with a 3-0 win over Duschene at the CBC Tournament on Wednesday. Joe Jasso, Peter Simon, and Eric Helfrich all scored in the team’s final game.

The biggest problem for Bteam soccer this year was finding the back of the net. In four of their seven draws this season, the Soccerbills didn’t score any goals, and in the rest they only scored one goal per game.

“Tying was our biggest problem and in the CBC tournament games had to be decided, and we were unlucky in the PK results,” sophomore defender John Ratermann said.

Lack of scoring really hurt the team late in the season, as the Jr. Bills went just 2-2-5 in their final nine games. One possible reason for the Soccerbills’ scoring trouble was the fact that they lost defender Alex Ciaramatiro and striker Dennis Kluba to Scott Gallagher’s Academy team.

In addition, goal-scoring threat Clark Conway was promoted to the varsity squad, where he is second on the team in goals with eight.

“We lost a lot of talent in the midfield and up top,” striker Eric Helfrich said.

“We just couldn’t find the right combination.”

Helfrich led the team with six goals.

Although the Soccerbills didn’t win as many games as they had hoped, they were competitive in every game they played.

Of their four loses, three were decided by only one goal.

“We had chances to win every game,” said midfielder Will DelaRoche Another positive was the contributions added by the three freshmen on the team: Will Minnick, Alec Solverud, and Peter Simon.

“At first they weren’t quite used to high school soccer, but they adjusted quickly,” DelaRoche added.

“There was some tension at first,” Helfrich said. “But they quickly became part of the team.”

Next year, the B-team players will hope to represent their school on the varsity squad and hopefully find their goal scoring prowess once again.

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he 2012 SLUH varsity hockey team is ready to get its season underway with a cast of talented returning players from last year’s playoff run to the State championship. Under new head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick, the team expects another state title run this year with the experience of the returning players leading the way.

The program’s only coach in its 41-year history, Charlie Busenhart, retired after the 2011-12 season, leaving Fitzpatrick with big shoes to fill. The players feel, however, that Fitzpatrick is up to the challenge.

“He definitely brings a respect factor to the table,” said junior goalie Brendan Haselhorst of Fitzpatrick’s coaching style.

With the experienced upperclassmen leading the way, and the underclassmen trying to make their mark on the varsity level, the team is ready to start a successful season.

The squad began the year in the Top Hat preseason tournament at Webster Groves, a chance for the players to get the feel of each other on the ice and the coaches to scout out opponents they will face during the regular season.

In the first game of the new season, SLUH shut out Francis Howell Central, 9-0. After a 4-4 draw with Lindberg the Jr. Bills lost 4-0 to last year’s State champion, CBC. The team struggled to put shots on goal against CBC

The SLUH goalie struggles to make a save against seasoned sled-hockey veterans.

as they were stifled by the Cadets’ defense.

SLUH quickly bounced back with an impressive showing against MCC rival DeSmet, winning 5-1 and advancing to the semifinals. The team faced CBC again in the semifinals, but again struggled to score, losing 3-1 to the favored Cadets.

Another one of the SLUH hockey team’s preseason activities was a service project, in which the team did a fundraiser to support the St. Louis Blues’ sled hockey team. SLUH squared off against the Blues sled team, whose players have no legs and skate on the ice on sleds, propelling themselves with metal picks on the ends of

their hockey sticks.

“It was really an eye-opening experience,” said Haselhorst.

“It really helps you realize what you’ve got, and not to take it for granted.”

The Blues’ sled hockey team showed off its talent, beating SLUH 15-3.

The team is getting prepared

Freshmen XC wins MCC meet, drops only one race photo | Austin Strifler

Freshman Cade Dernlan and Rockhurst competitor stride side-by-side in the heat of the race.

BY Jack Sinay REPORTER

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he freshman cross country team has ended yet another successful year by winning the MCC conference again. At the conference meet in the beginning of October, the team was able to pull ahead and win against its primary opponent this year, DeSmet.

“The guys were easily able to excel above the rest of the conference for the win,” said coach Joe Porter.

The team lost only once, falling to Jefferson City High School in their second meet (of seven).

Their only loss came at the Paul Enke Invitational where Porter had Joe Butler and Billy Balossi,

two of the team’s best runners, compete as upperclassmen. The team was disappointed to finish second in the field of thirteen.

They eventually avenged their loss by beating Jeff City in their sixth meet of the year at Borgia High School in Washington, Missouri.

“Every time we race, it’s an opportunity to learn,” said Porter.

Injuries had not greatly plagued the team of 26, with the exception of a stress fracture that sidelines Balossi midseason.

“We just have a few guys with some aches and pains,” said Porter.

Porter attributed much of the team’s success to the squad’s key runners. One of the team’s main goals was to develop the freshmen as runners for years to come.

Many of Porter’s top runners did just that.

Porter mentioned Butler, Balossi, David Stolz, Ethan McIntyre, Dominic Rainwater, and Austin Klarsch as key contributors throughout the year. Butler added Sam Farell to this list as well.

Many of the runners Porter mentioned ran as upperclassman in a few meets, including the Paul Enke Invitational.

Porter plans to hold many workouts starting after Thanksgiving during the offseason.

“Cross country is not a sport in which you get to rest for nine months in between the seasons,” he said.

Porter also said that some of the runners are going to run in the Nike Cross National Regional Meet.

“The sky’s the limit for these guys as long as they can stay busy throughout the offseason,” he said.

to start a successful regular season under Fitzpatrick’s guidance and leadership. The squad’s first regular season game comes against Francis Howell on Monday night at 9:15 at Affton Ice Rink.

Football records

Individual Records Broken Points Scored in season 152, Raymond Wingo (2012) Old Record: 122, Stan Gardner (1980) and Ronnie Wingo (2008) ������������������������������ Most Touchdowns Scored in sea� son 25, Raymond Wingo (2012) Old Record: 20, Stan Gardner (1980) and Ronnie Wingo (2008) Rushing Touchdowns in season 20, Raymond Wingo (2012) Old Record: 19, Mark Kornfeld (1999) Kickoff Return Yardage in game 175, Raymond Wingo vs. Lafayette (2012) Old Record: 155, Stefan Sansone vs. DeSmet (2011) Most Kickoff Returns for a Touch� down, season: 4, Raymond Wingo (2012) Old Record: 1, by many players Highest Yards-per-Kickoff Return Average, season (min. 10 ret): 32.8 Raymond Wingo (2012) (19 for 624 yards) Old Record: 29.6, Jason Wagoner (1991) (11 returns for 326 yards)

Individual Records Tied Most Touchdowns Scored, game: 7, Raymond Wingo (2012) and Ronnie Wingo (2008) Most Rushing Touchdowns Scored, game: 6, Raymond Wingo (2012) and Ronnie Wingo (2008) —compiled by Frank Pawloski

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District system pits Bills against Chaminade—again

BY Justin Sinay reporter

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he last time the St. Louis U. High varsity soccer team won a State title was 2003. That year, the Jr. Bills defeated MCC rival Chaminade for their third State championship. It’s been a long nine years since SLUH has brought home a State title. What’s even stranger is that the Jr. Bills and the Red Devils—consistently top teams in the area—have met in the past three District finals, while teams with sub-.500 records battled last night in another District championship.

Head coach Charlie Martel said, “Is there any way that we don’t have to play Chaminade in the District final every year? I’m sure their coach is thinking the same about us.”

Martel thinks the Missouri State High School Athletic Association should use a system like the NCAA Basketball Tournament, where the best teams don’t face other top teams until the later rounds.

“I would like to see the state be a little more aware of this problem,” said Martel. “I don’t think this system is fair. Seed the tournament.”

Unfortunately not all things are fair, and the Jr. Bills find themselves gearing up for another epic battle with Chaminade at their stadium tomorrow at noon for a District championship and a spot in Sectionals. In their first meeting the Red Devils’ hopes of an undefeated season and a number one ranking nationally were dashed thanks to three goals from senior captain Zach Hoffman.

The Jr. Bills went on to win the

CYC Tournament.

Senior captain Tony Bright said, “We’re hoping to get the same support we did (that night).

It really helped.”

On their senior day on Oct. 20, the Red Devils got an overtime goal to avoid another loss at the hands of SLUH, keeping Hoffman under control with double and triple teams.

Hoffman said, “I’m going to have to do something different and get through that.”

Martel played seven different wingers in Tuesday’s District semifinal, a 5-0 win over Ritenour, “to get Zach some help.”

Martel added, “Based on the way we’re playing, if we get one (goal), we’re gonna win.”

There will be no more meetings this season between these two teams after tomorrow. One will advance to Sectionals and the other will begin a long off-season full of regret.

Martel said, “We’re attacking their four backs. That’s their weakness. We’re trying to get the ball out wide and have more room to operate.”

Chaminade has played their way to a 20-2 record with the area’s leader in game-winning goals, Tommy Barlow. Rising as high as second in the country, the Red Devils have blown out MCC opponents DeSmet (7-2) and Vianney (4-0) on their way to winning the league title this season.

Bright said, “(Barlow and Jordan Bay) like to play balls over the top and to their feet, and they’re really good.”

Martel added, “Their ability to counter-attack on a turnover is deadly. That is the greatest threat.”

AquaBills qualify for state, look to capture MCC title

The Jr. Bills have earned an 11-8 record this season. While they’ve competed in every game against CBC and the Red Devils, SLUH has gone winless in MCC league play. The Jr. Bills have played nationally-ranked competition five times this season, and their goal differential in those games is zero.

Bright said, “We really get ourselves jacked up to play those games. We come out with more intensity.”

In addition to this season, the SLUH-Chaminade games have been historically razor thin. In 2010 on their way to a State semifinal appearance, Hoffman’s older brother Richie scored in overtime to give SLUH the District championship. Last year, the Jr. Bills were ranked ninth nationally in the preseason but lost 3-2 in a crazy contest for the District final.

Hoffman said, “If we finish our chances I think we’ll win.”

For the last time this season SLUH will square off against Chaminade. The posters around school couldn’t put it better: everything is on the line. Win or go home. The Blue Crew is calling for a black out.

Hoffman said, “I’m hoping we have a lot of SLUH students to cheer us on and help us get the job done.”

Martel said, “I expect the whole school to be there. We make sure there’s room. We can put three to four guys on the bench and we’ll go from there. It really makes a difference.”

The game will take place at Chaminade tomorrow at noon.

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BY Justin REPORTER

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he Saint Louis U. High swim team performed at one of the highest levels they have all year this past week when varsity swimming competed in a tri-meet with MICDS and Ft. Zumwalt West.

Ft. Zumwalt is a team that the Jr. Bills only get to see once a year, and their speed is often hard to predict. This year, they were extremely quick, but not quick enough for the Jr. Bills, who won the tri-meet.

One of the highlights of the meet included a very quick race from senior Nick Koors that just missed the State cut.

The high point of the meet however, was freshman Justin Andrews’ 500-yard freestyle, where he shattered the previous SLUH record, posting a record four minutes and 54 seconds, which is also a season-best time for him.

“My hard work has really paid off,” Andrews said. “I’m proud that I made a mark on this team. I’m proud to represent this school, and hopefully this is the first of many records.”

The Jr. Bills also had an excellent prelim round for their conference meet. The MCC is very strong this year, but that didn’t stop nearly every swimmer from

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swimming fast enough to make it into the finals tonight.

Although there were no relays in the meet, there were some highlights, including Andrews’ top-seed time for the 200 freestyle, senior Tom Critchfield’s lightning quick 200 freestyle, and junior Jack Brauer’s 100 butterfly where he clocked in at 1:02. Koors finally got the State cut he’s been looking for in the 100 freestyle with a 50.06. Koors is also seeded second overall in the meet, with a great chance at winning the race.

“I was really excited to make State in the 100 free the other day, and I’m really excited to see how we do in MCCs on Friday. I am confident that we can get either first or second if we give it all we’ve got,” said Koors.

As the Jr. Bills finish the week with their conference meet, they keep the State meet in the back of their heads, making sure they do their best in MCCs, but at the same time remembering that the toughest competition is yet to come. The Jr. Bills all hope to bring back the MCC title to SLUH. In addition, they hope to repeat, if not better, last year’s sixth place in the State finish.

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XC dominates sectionals, looks for State championship this weekend

BY Brian REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High cross country team continued its march towards State this weekend with a dominating victory at Sectionals in Forest Park. The victory leaves the Jr. Bills poised to win a trophy at State after just missing out last year for the first time in six previous appearances.

This year’s team has much higher aspirations than just a top five finish, having set their sights firmly on the Class 4 State Championship this Saturday in Jefferson City. In order to reach the State meet, the team first had to qualify through Sectionals, but did so comfortably. The team replicated their District score of 30 points in a larger, more competitive field.

Senior captain Matt Nicholson again led the way with a strong 16:01 second place finish.

Nicholson again lost out to Nick Stewart of McCluer North, an allState runner last year, again after losing to him at Districts the week before. Nicholson did beat Dillon Williams of Webster Groves by 14 seconds, whom he also finished behind at Districts. Head coach Joe Porter was pleased with Nicholson’s individual performance.

“We are really happy with the way Nicholson ran,” said Porter.

“Nick Stewart is a guy that can finish in the top five (at State) on the right day, and Matt was with him until 300 meters to go. He covered a lot of the moves that he didn’t cover in Districts.”

“Being able to run with Nick Stewart for basically the whole race is something to build on for State,” said Nicholson. “He placed 18th last year so it’s a good spot for me to be in.”

Junior Tom Rubio ran another strong race to be the team’s two-man with a time of 16:19.

Rubio said that the caliber of runners in front of him simplified his

Senior Tom Laughlin powers past opponents as he climbs the course’s rolling terrain.

race pace.

“My goal was to stay with Matt and Nick Stewart and Dillon (Williams) for as long as I could,” he said. “At the third mile I took the lead, but that didn’t last long.

From there, I just made sure to keep fourth place and I finished well.”

Senior captain Joe Archer stepped up to regain the third spot on the team with a time of 16:33 and a seventh place overall finish. Sophomores Matthew Hennessey and Shayn Jackson followed Archer, ensuring that the team put all five of its scoring runners in the top 11. Hennessey and Jackson ran 16:41 and 16:42 respectively. Senior Tom Laugh-

lin and sophomore Jack Sullivan rounded out the top seven.

Some concerns were raised after the race over a possible injury to Hennessey, who was seen with a walking boot earlier in the week, but Porter was quick to assuage any fears.

He said, “We’re not worried at all. He’s fine. It’s all preventative. He’s ready to roll and very fit.”

The team now heads to Jefferson City with a squad filled with both experience and inexperience. Seniors Matt Nicholson, Joe Archer, and Tom Laughlin have all raced at State before, as has Rubio. Sophomores Hennessey, Jackson, and Sullivan will be rac-

ing at state for the first time and are expected to play key roles in the team’s bid for the title.

Because of the team’s youth, Porter stressed a “relaxed mindset” and that the team’s goals will be the same as they have been all year, as State is “just another race.”

“It’s a mix of being serious about State but not taking it too seriously,” said Nicholson. “Tom (Laughlin) summed it up with his ‘Fruity Pebbles’ comment. If you think too much about the race, you go crazy and you won’t race well. It’s a happy medium where we are thinking about it but not over-thinking it.”

The class 4 title is generally expected to be a wide open race,

with no clear favorite. SLUH, Rock Bridge, West Plains, and Blue Springs are all expected to compete for the title. Coach Porter is more concerned with his own team’s performance than the team’s three rivals.

“We can’t really control how they race,” Porter said. “We can control how we race, so that’s going to be our focus is continuing to do the same things we’ve been doing: keeping our gaps close, keeping our packs real tight and making sure we can find each other in the race.”

The Class 4 Boys’ final will take place at 9:35 a.m. Saturday at Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City.

Football finishes up and down season with loss to Ritenour

BY Will Greiner REPORTER

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overed in mud and drenched in sweat, the Jr. Billikens played under the lights Friday night for the last time this season. The Billikens fought hard on the gridiron against the Ritenour Huskies, but due to some untimely mistakes and Ritenour’s stellar play, the Footbills lost in the first round of the playoffs.

“All the players were hyped before the game and we played our hearts out,” said senior captain Matthew Hinkebein. “We just needed to come out with a little more firepower in a game like that.”

Riding a two-game win streak into Friday evening, the Jr. Bills looked to continue their success on the ground against the No. 5 seed Huskies in a game that seemed to be a fairly even matchup on paper. Adding to the fact that both the offense and defense had been efficient last week against Oakville, many felt the Bills could make a playoff run for the second year in a row.

Unfortunately, it just wasn’t

in the cards.

Following a spectacular 47yard outside run by junior Raymond Wingo with 10:53 left in the first quarter, the Jr. Bills looked to dominate the game.

But following the U. High score, Ritenour went on to compile three consecutive touchdowns, including two short runs and a 33-yard touchdown pass fron Ritenour QB Terrence Hollins-White to wide receiver Crishawn Torrey.

“As I said going into the game, this was probably the best Ritenour team I have seen in my time coaching, and they definitely proved me right on Friday,” said head coach Gary Kornfeld.

With only one more Jr. Billiken touchdown scored in the first half (by Hinkebein), SLUH found themselves with their backs against the wall, down 28-14 at half.

But that did not stop the relentless Jr. Bills. Following some inspiring speeches at the half from team captains, the U-High left everything on the field and would not allow another offen-

sive touchdown for the rest of the game.

However, the Jr. Bills continued to sputter on offense and could not convert drives into points.

The nail in the coffin came for the Jr. Bills in the third quarter when Ritenour’s DeAndre Johnson returned an interception for a touchdown to increase Ritenour’s lead to 35-14, the game’s final score.

“I know that there is only one team that gets to end their season on a win, but it still hurts having your last game being a loss like this,” said Hinkebein.

“It’s too bad that it had to end like this. I am going to miss bonding with my teammates,” added senior captain Nick Granberry.

The Jr. Bills struggled against the Ritenour defense on Friday as the Bills managed to only put together 259 total yards of offense, 190 yards rushing and 69 yards receiving. The only thing that seemed to work for the offense on Friday was Wingo, who ran for 155 yards with one touchdown on 21 attempts.

On the defensive end of the ball the Jr. Bills managed to find some rhythm towards the end of the game, but it was too little too late for the sinking Jr. Bills after allowing 28 points in the first half.

The defense recorded 75 tackles on the night, led by senior captain Matthew Hinkebein with ten.

As for the class of 2013 seniors, Friday marked the last time that they will ever put on the helmet and pads for the U. High and turned out to be a saddening end

to their SLUH careers.

“It’s always tough saying goodbye,” Kornfeld said. “You work with these guys for so long and have watched them develop into the players that they are today. It really is tough. But that’s just athletics.”

“This was a very successful season for me and the team,” added Granberry. “I learned a lot, and even learned some lessons that I will carry on with me for the rest of my life.”

photo | John Kissel

Seniors Ryan Trenter and Luke Mammen support fellow senior Joel Ocampo as he donates blood during last week’s blood drive.

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Doc Murphy exits press box after 43 years

BY Clark DeWoskin SPORTS EDITOR

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fter 43 years in the announcer’s booth at St. Louis U. High football games, Jim Murphy has finally handed off the microphone. “Doc” Murphy, longtime PA announcer for the Jr. Billiken football team, chose not to return to the press box this year.

“I sent him the schedule like I always do,” said athletic director Dick Wehner.

But this year, Murph decided it was time to hang up the microphone and stepped down from the position he had filled since 1968.

“He always told me, ‘When I don’t think I can do SLUH justice, and do a great job, I will step down’,” said Wehner.

Murphy graduated from SLUH in 1954, but returned to the school only six years later in 1960 to teach and coach for 41 years. Murphy retired from teaching in 2001. Murphy spent 21 years coaching in the SLUH football program, and 26 in the wrestling program, including 21 as varsity head coach.

“The St. Louis U. High football program has been such an important part of my life almost back to when I entered as a freshman,” said Murphy. “In fact, maybe even further than that.”

Murphy, along with storied varsity hockey coach Charlie Busenhart, helped to found SLUH’s hockey program in 1970.

“He coached football and wrestling when I was here, but I will re-

member him more as a mentor, not only to the students but a mentor also to a lot of new faculty,” said Wehner. “He was always very kind, very considerate, very patient, very helpful.”

Murphy began announcing football games in 1968 when thenSLUH athletic administrator, Philip Kellett, S.J., asked him if he would work the PA. At the time SLUH played home football games at O’Fallon Tech, now Gateway Tech High School.

“My goal was always to give the essential information in the fewest words possible, concisely,” said Murphy. He cited his omission of the player’s number in his calls as evidence. Murphy referred to them only by name.

Murphy cited the music that was played from inside the press box as something that had become difficult for him to work with.

“I’m an old guy,” he said. “I felt like I could no longer do it with having to compete with that music. I told Coach Wehner that he’s the boss … he said that’s what the coach and the players and the parents wanted. I’m just here to serve the football program and the athletic program.”

Murphy isn’t overly disappointed in having to give up the job.

“Well, you know, I had done that for 41 years,” said Murphy. “At some point you gotta say, ‘That’s long enough.’ I’ve had my turn and I don’t mind turning it over to somebody else.”

Murphy has been replaced by Bill Shapiro, who also announces NCAA basketball for the Missouri Valley Conference. He is also the PA announcer for Washington University football and basketball and was strongly considered for a PA job with the St. Louis Rams. Shapiro has also filled in for SLUH football when Murphy was unavailable on Friday nights in the past.

Wehner knew Shapiro as a basketball referee and attended Missouri Valley Conference games that Shapiro had announced.

“I knew I had to get somebody in the bullpen. I knew (Murphy) wouldn’t be doing this forever. I was shocked he did it as long as he did,” said Wehner. “Shapiro said, ‘Well Dick, if anything I would consider it an honor to do SLUH football games .. but only when Doc Murphy’s done.”

Murphy was honored before the football team’s Oct. 12 home game with a number 54 jersey, to represent the year he graduated from SLUH, and a plaque saluting his “undying loyalty” to the school.

Ordained a deacon in 1991, Murphy continues to play that role at St. Dominic Savio parish in Affton.

“I am grateful for the opportunities and I am certainly grateful for the recognition I have been given this year, especially by Coach Wehner,” said Murphy. “That was very special recognition and I appreciate that greatly. Mainly my attitude is gratitude.”

November 2, 2012

Friday, November 2 Gayle Rogan from SLU visits 1818 Classes AP Amherst College—M112 4pm V Swim MCC Finals 5:30pm All Souls Mass 7pm V Football District Playoff Lunch Special—Chicken Strips Healthy—Grilled Chicken Dippers

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Saturday, November 3 V XC State Championship Meet @ Jefferson City, MO 12pm V Soccer District Tournament Championship @ Chaminade

Sunday, November 4 11:30pm Open House

Monday, November 5 No Classes Mother’s Club Coat Drive (through Nov. 6) 9:15pm V Hockey vs. Francis Howell

Tuesday, November 6 V Soccer Sectional playoff AP University of Missouri-St. Louis—M112 Lunch Special—Pepperoni Bosco

Healthy—Chicken & Dumplings

Wednesday, November 7 AP Junior Ring Order Make-up

Freshman English Tutorial

Creighton University—M112

Illinois Wesleyan University—M114 Lunch Special—Philly Cheese Steak

Healthy—Philly Cheese Steak

Thursday, November 8 AP Junior Class Mass

Kalamazoo College—M112 5pm NIE Overnight @ MAC Lunch Special—Papa Johns Pizza

Healthy—Pulled Pork on Wheat Bun

Friday, November 9

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Faculty retreat V Swim State Meet

Saturday, November 10

Prisoners experience Kairos retreat with Hussung (continued from page 1) dent Kairos, the prison Kairos also had some unique features tailored to theinmates’ experiences of the inmates. One unique feature about the prison Kairos is the quality and amount of food served.

“Food there is supposed to be high quality and lots of it, and it’s supposed to be emblematic of God’s love,” said Hussung The food helps to symbolize God’s abundant and everlasting love. The high quality home-cooked food that is available to the retreat participants throughout the day for the whole retreat means a lot to the inmates, who are more used to three scheduled meals consisting of mass-produced, processed food.

Coming back from the retreat, Hussung also felt that his experiences there would help to enhance his experience as a SLUH Kairos leader in the future.

After participating in the prison Kairos, the inmates are encouraged to live the message of the retreat through various services offered after the retreat. After the retreat, the inmates who participated in the prison Kairos are invited to weekly Pray and Shares where the participants meet to pray and to share their experiences with one another.

Along with the weekly meet-

ings, the inmates are invited to monthly reunions with past retreat participants.

Finally, the prison Kairos alums are invited to help serve in future Kairos retreats by helping to serve the food in other retreats.

Although Hussung says that he would not be able to lead another prison retreat because the amount of time required to help lead would conflict with his school schedule, he encourages any SLUH alum or parent to consider taking part in leading this retreat.

The prison Kairos was started and is sponsored by Kairos Prison Ministry International, which promotes transforming the lives of and instilling a sense of Christian love in the inmates who participate in the Kairos prison retreat.

The Kairos Prison Ministry International hosts different types of Kairos retreats for prison inmates.

Their different retreats include the Kairos Inside, which is the standard four-day retreat for inmates; the Kairos Outside, which is a retreat for the female family members of the various incarcerated inmates; and the Kairos Torch, which is a retreat that focuses on incarcerated young people ages 25 and younger.

Mothers Club

Theatre Tech Week (through Nov. 15) V Soccer Playoffs V Swim State Meet (through Nov. 10) 8:45pm V Hockey @ Webster Groves

Sunday, November 11 10am Mass of Thanksgiving 11am KEEN

Monday, November 12

Schedule R AP Adopt-A-Family Rep Meeting

Regis University—M112 6pm Advisory Committee for Student Affairs Meeting 8pm V Hockey @ Chaminade Lunch Special—Brunch for Lunch

Healthy—French Toast Sticks

Tuesday, November 13

Schedule R AP Sophomore Bonus Reading Test

Freshman English Tutorial

Mission Appalachia Informational Meeting

Purdue University—M112

Xavier University—M114 Lunch Special—Country Fried Steak

Healthy—Country Fried Steak Mr. Mueller is unrelated to the following message, but he sure did get your attention.

The Mothers Club will be hosting its SLUHtique Holiday Gift Boutique on Sunday, December 2 from 11:30 to 3:30 in the Si Commons. The event is open to the public with free parking. Vendors, unique SLUH items, and raffles will be offered. Some of the items include SLUH jewelry, a Billiken stamp, and Billiken trashcans.

See more at the website: www.sluh.org/parents/mothersclub/sluhtique

Wednesday, November 14 Faculty-In-Service Heidi Hayes Jacobs Presentation

Thursday, November 15 Lunch Special—Mini Tacos

Healthy—Baked Lemon Pepper Tilapia

Friday, November 16 Schedule R Ignatian Teach-In V Soccer State Semifinal AP Senior Class Mass 7:30 Dauphin Players Production 8pm V Hockey @ Affton Ice Rink Lunch Special—Chicken Cheese Crispitos

Healthy—Sweet & Sour Chicken

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calendar | compiled by Jack Kiehl