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“We look good” — Open House attracts 385

SLUH Dauphin Players bring radio thriller to stage photo | Leo Heinz

on water. The Dauphin Players have put a twist on this by placing the play inside of another play, one that focuses on the actors in the radio show. Each actor has an BY Sam Fentress individual character in the radio CORE STAFF show who is playing a separate in- “ e look good,” said junior dividual character in the play. Rick Garner of the stu“It’s a very different kind of dent tour guides, suited up and play for us,” said director Kathryn primed for a full afternoon of Whitaker. “And I like our students leading parents and prospecto be exposed to a wide variety of tive students around St. Louis U. playwrights and types of theatre.” High’s campus. “You can only get “It’s a period piece,” said so much information from high Nerinx senior Maggie Kickham. school nights. You can’t get a feel “Since radio was so big in the for the building and the commu1930’s, we thought we’d include nity without jumping right in and it.” meeting the people.” The second plot, about the Three hundred and eighty actors in the radio show, was un- five prospective students populatwritten and is mostly improvisa- ed the halls of SLUH last Sunday tion. at Open House, where students “(Whitaker) gave us the out- and faculty toured the multifariline of the place, threw us in there, ous aspects of the SLUH experiSenior Kevin Harris, as Ira, singing the 1930s hit, “Brother Can You Spare a Dime.” and said ‘Just start talking to each ence. BY Kevin Thomas different from the typical SLUH then broadcast to listeners via the other like you would if you were The number was only a slight REPORTER play. radio. The original play follows going to a job,” said junior Brian dip from last year’s 405, and not a he St. Louis U. High DauThe Water Engine, written by the struggles of a young inventor Seckfort. “It was really neat, be- concern, according to Director of phin players are putting on David Mamet, was originally a ra- at the 1934 World’s Fair in Chi- cause we built our lines around Admissions Anja Schmelter. The Water Engine this weekend, dio performance, intending to be cago as he tries to get a patent for what we did.” The 385 visitors consisted of though their production will be performed in a sound booth and his invention: an engine that runs continued on page 6 nine fifth graders, 47 sixth graders, 219 seventh graders, 108 eighth graders, and two ninth graders. Schmelter said having BY Adam Thorp ican Revolution, equating it with the largest chunk of students be EDITOR IN CHIEF photos | Leo Heinz the War for Independence and the seventh graders was a good sign, he six visioning groups that Civil Rights movement. an indication that they were hitmake up Imagining 18 re“When it comes to dreamting the right audience. convened Monday to move from ing big and imagining where Of the 385 visitors, 76 stuthe introductions of the open- we could be, he put out a lot of dents logged in with information ing convocation almost a month pretty progressive ideas—some of from past registration. Schmelter ago to beginning to arbitrate which would be really fascinating said that although some students dreams and ambitions. The pro- to see, and some of which might may have forgotten login inforcess, which aims to transform St. not work for St. Louis U. High— mation, it was good to have a Louis U. High as it approaches its but that’s okay. So, I thought he large majority of fresh faces at 200th anniversary, shed some of was a really excellent trendsetter Open House. the glamor of its inaugural gala for what we were trying to do,” “We had a really huge crush for a series of discussions which said principal and co-chair of the at the beginning, which is aweAssistant Director of Advance- group on Financial Modeling and some because it means we were ment Ben DuMont characterized Faculty Compensation John Mopeople’s first choice,” said Asas “more work-oriented.” ran. sistant Director of Admissions The groups were encouraged After the meeting, the six Adam Cruz. “We had families to pass over some of the intro- groups broke out to begin rough- Peter Hennessey (left) was elected freshman class vice president on Wednes- waiting for 30 minutes.” day; Sam Goedeker (right) was elected president. ductory information from the ly two hours of discussion. The Few structural changes were with his grade school STUCO, his made to this year’s Open House. previous meeting in favor of a previous set of meetings on Oct. BY Stephen Lumetta less-tethered discussion of what 10 and 11 aimed to introduce the NEWS EDITOR willingness to listen to the class, Because of general success and SLUH’s ideal would be in each of members of each group to each he Class of 2017 elected its and his desire for well-organized positive feedback from last year’s the focus areas. other and to where SLUH stood first Student Council (STU- activities. Hennessey offered his system, the tour route—which beThe group’s second meeting in their area of expertise. In this CO) officers Wednesday. Sam experience with his grade school gan with registration in the Danis opened with an hour-long speech set of meetings, groups moved to- Goedeker was elected president, STUCO as an indicator that he Field House and ended with minby Pat Bassett, a former president wards more active brainstorming. and Peter Hennessey was elected can lead, his ability to communi- gling in the Danis Lobby and Si of the National Association of In“The first meeting was very vice president. cate well, and his desire to make Commons—stayed the same. dependent Schools. Bassett spoke much about where we are right During activity period on class t-shirts. Although last year SLUH’s on trends in private education, now,” said Moran. “This last meet- Wednesday, candidates made While Goedeker and Hen- basketball team practiced in the including the emergence of the ing, in contrast, we were kind of speeches for the final election, nessey don’t have specific goals Field House for people to watch Internet. Bassett began by calling told to put all of those things from which was held at lunch. Goede- for the class, they want to listen to while they waited for an available the Internet the third great Amercontinued on page 7 ker emphasized his experience continued on page 7 continued on page 6

I-18 dreams at 2nd meeting Goedeker, Hennessey elected to lead Class of 2017

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College Planning Changes The junior college planning program has eliminated its two day class periods’ worth of instruction in January, earlier parent meeting added. Page 2 News Feature

Academy Award Alumnus Michael Beugg ’81 on his successful Hollywood career and his new movies, Labor Day and Draft Day. Page 4

New IT Hire Patrick McGraw comes to SLUH as Information Technology Support position after years in the corporate world. Page 5

Sports

Varsity football headed to quarters Varsity football upsets Ritenour after Wingo scores six touchdowns. Page 10 Triple threat leads SLUH to victory Robinson triplets propel SLUH past Chaminade, rocketing them into state quarterfinals. Page 11

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November 8, 2013

Homeless Drive wraps up St. Louis Winter Outreach and Xavier Winter Inn with warmth BY Thomas STAFF

photo | Adam Lux

Williams

wo weeks ago, the St. Louis U. High community was asked to grab their lightly used blankets, jackets, and other warm articles of clothing to help in reaching out to the St. Louis Winter Outreach and Xavier Winter Inn. The programs aim to help the homeless, providing clothing, blankets, and an offer of shelter for the night. The SLUH community is reaching out to help with the programs like they have done in years past. “I think the drive was a huge success,” said Campus Minister Simonie Anzalone. “Last year was the first time this drive was promoted as an all-school event. Everyone emptied their closets and we collected nearly 1,500 items.” Just one year later, SLUH collected more than half last year’s number. This year’s total came out to 785 items, with the most recent stats indicating a donation of 215 coats, 102 hats, 52 scarves, 78 pairs of gloves, 48 pairs of socks, 180 warm clothing items, and 110 blankets. Anzalone thinks last year was exceptionally high and anticipates the number of donated items in the future to be consistent with this year. Math teacher Dan Schuler has spearheaded the campaign for SLUH’s contribution to the programs. Teka Childress, a woman who was a big part of the Karen House Catholic Worker and is currently a social worker, started the program about ten years ago. Schuler talked about the night when Childress was motivated to start the program. “She was trying to work with some people who were homeless during winter. One night it was particularly cold, and she was really concerned about this one man,” said Schuler. “She got out at night trying to find and make sure he was okay. She couldn’t find him. It had turned out that he had died that night of the cold.” That night, Childress decided enough was enough. “She just thought ‘We need to stop this. We need to not let people die of freezing to death in this city, in this time period.’

BY Matt REPORTER

FitzGerald

or years, the St. Louis U. High counseling department has taken the first two English classes of the second semester to teach juniors about the college application process. Now, those two class periods of instruction have been eliminated, and the planning process for applying to college for juniors has been changed. In past years, after the two class periods’ worth of instruction, juniors would compile a list of colleges that interested them. In

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Two students bring up blankets in the procession at last week’s All Saints’ Day Mass.

So she started getting people together and trying to go out, drive around, and try to find out where people were staying on the streets and vacant buildings if they could and get them to shelters or get them blankets or food or whatever they might need to make it through the night,” said Schuler. “I’ve gone on Winter Outreach twice,” said senior Patrick Mooney. “It basically consists of helping out with the homeless drive: gathering the blankets, and taking them to where the charity keeps all of the coats and blankets.” Mooney also participated in the Service Learning Retreat. On the retreat, Mooney heard from a former homeless man and thought what he had to say was very eye opening. “It’s always jarring to see a homeless person and walk right by them, which is what I and most people generally do, and there is honestly not that much wrong with that,” said Mooney. “The guy who was formerly homeless told us to never give a homeless person money, which is contrary to what you feel like you should do.” “What you’re doing is enabling them to be homeless by giving them money because there are very good set programs in St. Louis to help homeless people pick themselves up from their condition,” said Mooney. “They

won’t do that if they get by doing what they’re doing—they won’t try to get better.” According to Campus Minister Meg Beugg, the blankets and quilts are used directly for Childress’s St. Louis Winter Outreach program. The jackets, coats, and a majority of the other donations go to Xavier Winter Inn. According to their website, Xavier Winter Inn is “part of a collaboration between several congregations and the St. Louis Winter Outreach Group to provide overflow emergency shelter for homeless men and women during the winter months when temperatures drop below 20 degrees.” “Our drive for the homeless is one of our three main drives of the year: the food drive, drive for the homeless, and adopt-a-family,” said Beugg. Beugg emphasized that even though this year’s donations were less than last year’s, it doesn’t mean the drive wasn’t a success. “We brought in less than last year, but we had an unbelievable response last year,” said Beugg. “We think people really did go look in their closets and basement so for three fourths of the school if they go look again next year, they’re not going to have as much.” Childress is the godmother of one of the student volunteers at

the program, senior Gabe Miller. While there are still going to be volunteers searching for homeless people, Miller says the focus is shifting more towards improving the experience of the shelter once they get there. “This year, I think the work is going to be more focused on making the experience of the shelter better, making sure there is enough room at shelters instead of people going out to find the homeless people,” said Miller. SLUH students are going to be working in the shelter, whereas in years past they have gone searching in the city. “This year it looks like we might be morphing into a little bit of a different experience where were actually going to be part of a group that is responsible one night a week for running an overnight shelter that the city is kind of running, but they are needing volunteers to staff it,” said Schuler. “The drive is collecting blankets, coats, hats, gloves, scarves, mittens—whatever to give to people on the streets in the event that they don’t want to come to a shelter for the night,” said Miller. The Winter Outreach starts December 1st. Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to ask or email Mr. Schuler or anyone in campus ministry.

Counseling department kicks off college planning with family meeting, moves up junior process timeline BY Connor REPORTER

Scholar Bowl wins big versus Nerinx, Vianney

April or May, juniors would then have a student-parents-counselor meeting to talk about the application process. Now, these meetings have been moved up to January. “Part of the reason we changed our method from past years is that parents were seeing the first list of schools in April and May, leaving very little time for juniors to utilize their two days of excused absences for college visits,” said counselor Mary Michalski. “We are able to speak about the process and start the research into finding the right school earlier,

which can be very helpful.” The earlier parent meeting helps the juniors create a plan to visit the schools that interest them and find a front-runner earlier in the process. The students can use the information found in their junior year to decide which schools they want to do early applications for, or if they want to do early applications. “We just want the parents of our juniors to be aware of college and how close it really is in the future of their son. If they are aware earlier, they have more time to visit schools and decide which

schools they like,” said Michalski. The counseling department has not left the juniors and their families in the dark about the college application process. The counseling department had an informational session on Wednesday night for families of juniors about the college process. Also, the counseling department will still have its usual “Tips from the Pros” night on Feb. 25. This program features college admissions officers explaining the application process.

he Saint Louis U. High Scholar Bowl team faced Nerinx and Vianney at an Oct. 29 competition, and won both matches. Junior Varsity defeated Lutheran South by a large margin and Bishop Dubourg by way of forfeit. The varsity team beat Nerinx in the first match 250-100. The team also handled Vianney fairly easily, beating them 250180. Senior Adam Thorp was the leading individual scorer, with 13 questions answered, although the scoring was mostly equal overall. “We were pretty balanced in scoring, and a lot of people participated,” said senior Rob Hayes, a member of the varsity rotation. The JV team also found success, winning both of its matches with ease. The team crushed Lutheran South 360-30, while Bishop DuBourg forfeited the other match, since they were unable to attend. Sophomore Paul Daues led the JV team with seven answers overall. The event marked the beginning of league play, which will continue on until December. The league is split into two divisions, or conferences, of private schools. SLUH’s division includes Rosati Kain, Bishop DuBourg, Nerinx, Vianney, Cor Jesu, and Lutheran South. The championship match will take place at DeSmet on Dec. 10. “It’s kind of like our regular season, and year in and year out, we’re usually a power in our conference,” said Scholar Bowl moderator Frank Corley. Corley believes that the ultimate target is to win the league, and says that the teams usually come close to or hit the target. “That’s always our first goal, to win league … usually, though, we go undefeated or have one loss,” said Corley. The next Scholar Bowl meet will be next Tuesday, the second event of league play this year.

Zinselmeyer Baby Congratulations to Mr. Tom Zinselmeyer and his wife Erin on on the birth of a baby boy, John Thomas “Jack” Zinselmeyer, on October 21.

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Despite wet weather, Sustainabills plant in garden on Tuesday BY Stephen NEWS EDITOR

Lumetta

he St. Louis U. High Sustainability Committee and friends spent the Archbishop’s Day off on Tuesday getting their hands dirty by planting and laying down soil and leaf mulch in the Backer Garden. Despite wet weather and muddy conditions, several Sustainabills met at 10 a.m. as planned. One group of people prepared the area north of the fence and south of sidewalk for planting. There were many large rocks, so much time was devoted to removing the rocks. Meanwhile, a few other Sustainaills cleared the area to the east of the fence and west of the driveway. They removed rocks, put down rich soil, and laid a thick layer of leaf mulch over the soil. Nine fruit trees will be planted in this area soon: three cherry trees, three peach trees, and three apple trees. The trees are expected

photo | Mr. Bill Anderson

to arrive at SLUH anytime during the first two weeks of November. Before they’re planted, the area will be tilled to give the roots a better hold. After the trees are planted, woodchips will be spread around the trees to help provide nutrients and control weeds. “We can actually use the food–some of the stuff that has been planted–for Food Service Consultants, because it would be nice to have fresh food,” said sophomore Jack Perryman of using fruit from trees. As the day wore on, the group working north of the fence started to plant. All the plants were carefully chosen. “The intention was to make it as much native prairie-like” (as possible) said science teacher Bill Anderson. Plants included different coneflowers, milkweed, and feather reed, among others. The plants are also supposed to attract as much biodiversity as possible,

including birds, various insects, and pollinators. “It should be very beautiful but also functional in a lot of ways: functional in what it’s supposed to do–attract biodiversity. Functional in terms of education, giving us a chance to see those native plants, to see the insects, pollinators, and birds and everything else they attract,” said Anderson. It was also announced that at noon on Saturday Nov. 23, the Sustainability Committee will be having an opening ceremony for the Backer Garden. According to Chair of the Sustainability Committee Anne Marie Lodholz, there will be a “broad invitation” to other area high schools to attend the ceremony. The hope is that schools can network and share ideas about what they’re doing in their gardens. Honduran Fuel will cook different types of chili for the event and provide hot apple cider. The Sustainabills are also

Swim wins final dual meet, looks ahead BY Patrick REPORTER

Schuler

he St. Louis U. High swim team has looked very good as the season comes to a close. Last week, the Jr. Bills won dual meets against Chaminade and CBC, thus finishing the season having lost just one dual meet, to Parkway West earlier in the season. In the meet at Chaminade last Monday, Oct. 28, the team won despite missing senior captain Jack Brauer, who was sick. Chaminade had three standout swimmers who forced a few close races, but SLUH’s overall depth led them to an easy victory. “Overall it was a fun meet,” said assistant coach Kevin Moore. “There were some close races, but overall our depth helped us prevail.” SLUH also swam on Friday, Nov. 1, against CBC at Forest Park Community College. SLUH

won the meet easily, but no new state qualifying times came from the meet. SLUH is also tapering this week in preparation for their big meets coming up: the JV MCC’s, the Varsity MCC’s, and the State Championship. Usually a swim team tapers right before its most important meet, to stay in the pool, but also be rested for the meet. By cutting down the yardage in the pool, and wearing baggy shorts and shirts while they swim, swimmers add resistance. “We have three tapers going on right now,” commented Moore. “One for JV, one for varsity, and one for our guaranteed State swimmers.” Both junior Colin Derdeyn and senior Jack Brauer could still qualify in the 100 Freestyle. Saturday morning was the JV

MCC’s at Forest Park. This meet is the biggest of the year for the JV swimmers, and it includes all five MCC schools. SLUH won the meet handily, finishing with 552 points, 332 points ahead of second place CBC. SLUH won almost half of the total points given out in the entire meet. The Jr. Bills came in first and second in every individual event, and in most swept first through third. They took first in all three relays as well. The varsity team had the MICDS Invite at St. Peters Rec Plex on Saturday. The Jr. Bills tied with MICDS for first in the meet with 163 points. The varsity MCC’s are also this week. The prelims were Wednesday and the finals are today at Forest Park again. The varsity team won the meet last year and is looking forward to doing it again this year.

Racquetball looks to Nationals again BY Charlie REPORTER

Mueth

fter three consecutive national championships, St. Louis U. High’s racquetball team looks to win another national title. With six returning varsity players, the team is excited to begin the new season. Despite a 7-3 regular season record last year, the varsity squad still found a way to pull out a State Championship and, eventually, a National Championship. This year, head coach Joe Koestner hopes to go undefeated, win state, and have a shot at Nationals. “I think we have a really strong varsity team. We have a lot of returning juniors, so the team has experience, and I think we can win state, and we have a good shot at Nationals in Portland,” said junior and No. 3 seed Kevin Schneier. Because of a plethora of talented seniors playing at a higher level, SLUH received permission

to have two varsity teams. The Varsity-1 team features seniors Thomas Riganti, Alex Burbee, Jacob Abrahamian, Andrew Bollinger, and Gabe McCullough, and juniors Kevin Schneier, Brian Kissel, and Ike Simmon. “As a senior class, our goal is obviously to win nationals, but it would be extra special this year because we have a chance to be four-time national champs in four years,” said No. 2 seed Burbee. One of the team’s main rivals, Parkway West, lost seven of eight varsity players. Although the league’s competition looks to be a little weaker than last year, several growing programs threaten the team’s chances at another national championship. “I’m counting on having another undefeated season. We didn’t last year, but I think that we should be able to pull it off this season,” said Koestner. With only five seniors on the entire team last season, underclassmen gained more experience

playing at a higher level of competition. “Last year was kind of everyone’s first year on varsity. This year we have more seniors on the team, so I think we are better prepared for the regular season and State,” said Schneier. On Tuesday, the two varsity teams squared off against each other in their season opener. Although the Varsity-1 team swept Varsity-2, Varsity-2 competed at a high level. “They were not blowouts. There were pretty good showings from our second varsity. They are going to be a force to be contended with in the league too, which is good. It was a pretty good day for us, getting a good way to start, in that we got to see what people were going to be doing,” said Koestner. The Varsity-1 team’s second match will take place on Monday, Nov. 11 against Parkway North Central.

Sophomore Jack Perryman and freshman Chandler Love work in the garden.

hoping to launch a contest among area high schools, sponsored by Trex. Trex makes plastic lumber benches, partially out of plastic grocery bags that have been recycled. From November to April, area schools will compete and see who can collect the most pounds

of plastic bags per person and the winning school will get a Trex bench. “We’ll see where that goes. It will probably involve an educational piece at SLUH, like a campaign–sort of like our Christmas light drive,” said Lodholz.

Anonymous bullying hotline introduced BY Jack Kiehl CORE STAFF

or those that have seen bullying take place but didn’t want to say anything, the new Cyber Bully Hotline has been implemented by St. Louis U. High for anonymous reporting of bullying, violence, and crime. Students can call the hotline—brought to SLUH by Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson and run through the same company that puts out SLUH’s phone blasts—leave a voicemail or text to report something they have seen. The system relays the message to a school administrator who cannot see the phone number or identity of the caller. “This gives people a voice if they want to let us know what’s going on,” said Kesterson. “I can say in all honesty that it is anonymous.” The system checks for flag words to label messages as high priority and to alert administrators to emergency situations. Though the program is called the Cyber Bully Hotline, it is not just for reporting cyber bullying or bullying in person. “The cards say it’s a Cyber Bully Hotline but I see it as an any issues hotline,” said Kesterson.

Kesterson decided to implement the program after reading, doing research, and talking to people about the topic. Along with this year’s school theme of “Loving,” he wanted to do something to emphasize the issue with bullying. “It’s an issue that we’ve had to deal with here at school. My take on it is if we have any incidents of bullying, that’s too many. One is too many,” said Kesterson. Cards with the number and information on the program were given a few weeks ago to freshman and were handed out in homeroom to sophomores, juniors, and seniors this week, but the program has yet to be used. “I’m not sure what to expect, how it will be used,” said Kesterson. “I want to make sure that people understand this is something we take seriously and give people a way to reach out if they need to.” Information was also included the first quarter report cards mailings and in the counseling department newsletter. Kesterson hopes that publicizing the number raises awareness about issue. Anyone who sees something they would like to talk to someone about is encouraged to call the Cyber Bully Hotline at 314399-8259.

Clarification Art teacher John Mueller was mentioned in the article covering SLUH night (78.9) as having dressed as a pencil for his presentation on how pencils were used in his discipline. Because of space considerations, the article did not include the fact that Mueller generated the idea of pencils as the night’s theme.

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Feature Beugg, ‘81, talks upcoming film projects: Draft Day and Labor Day photo | courtesy of Meg Beugg

BY Keith Thomas CORE STAFF

n most days, picking up strangers on the side of the street and drafting a number one pick for a NFL team is unrealistic. These, however, are made a reality for Academy-Award winning producer, Michael Beugg, ’81, and his movies Labor Day and Draft Day, which are set to premiere in 2014. Labor Day features Titanic actress Kate Winslet and actor Josh Brolin. The project is scheduled to come out in late January. “The atmosphere on set ... had elements of being very friendly,” Beugg said. “Our real lead actor, besides Winslet and Brolin, was a 13-year old boy (Gattlin Griffith), and we spent a lot of time throwing footballs around with him.” The movie, which is based off of a novel of the same name, follows Adele (Winslet), a depressed single mother, and her son Henry clothes shopping when they suddenly come upon a bleeding man (Brolin). After debating, Adele and Henry decide to give the man a ride home. The man begins to tell stories, and Adele and Henry find out that he is an escaped convict from prison. The police search edges closer, and Adele and Henry’s options become more limited. Draft Day is a movie that follows the Cleveland Browns professional football team as it struggles to acquire the number one draft pick. Actors like Kevin Costner, Terry Crews, and Denis Leary are featured in the film, as well as actress Jennifer Garner. The filming itself was unique. “We spent three days filming in the actual NFL draft during the television programs in New York City at Radio City Music Hall,” Beugg said. “It was very difficult, because ESPN and the NFL Network were actually broadcasting the live event of the 2013 draft on the air to however many people

Michael Beugg with his sister, campus minister Meg Beugg, on the set of Draft Day.

watch it around the world. There was no ‘cut and let’s have another take,’ yet we were there amidst them trying to film our fictitious 2014 draft.” “We had to make sure that our equipment didn’t end up on camera, but we needed to use their set because it was well beyond our means to recreate the whole NFL draft setup.” Beugg has produced many other films, including the Academy-Award winning film Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You for Smoking, and Some People Call it a Slingblade, which he worked on with George Hickenlooper,’82. The short film eventually led to the Oscar-winning film, Slingblade.

Beugg, a St. Louis U. High graduate of 1981 and brother of campus minister Meg Beugg, said that the first step towards being a Hollywood producer began at SLUH. “The whole idea of taking on responsibilities, trying to organize things that weren’t crystal clear . . . ultimately I think that skill translates more to the movie industry than anything we did in the classroom,” said Beugg. Being an executive producer is not easy. The work requires countless hours of time and effort to make a film as perfect as it can be. “An average filming day: you would wake up at 5:30 in the morning, get to the set at 7:00 as

the equipment comes in to set up the first scene, and then a rehearsal and to start filming the scene, and that process is repeated perhaps 20 times throughout the day,” said Beugg. “Each individual shot has a different equipment setup associated with it, so some days you do five or six short scenes, or one long scene.” Beugg works for production studios like Paramount Pictures, and tries to work with many different people at the company effectively. “When you work with major production companies and movie studios, the people that work there are very experienced making big movies, and so they know exactly how they would like

to do it,” Beugg said. “If a movie studio is backing the movie, they feel that you should be able to do a great job for them.” At first, Beugg did not know what he wanted to be when he grew up. “I thought he was going to be a scientist,” said long-time St. Louis U. High chemistry teacher Charlie Busenhart. Beugg’s career took many unexpected turns, from working in the field of business to working with the government. “What you do learn at SLUH is how to be prepared for anything,” Beugg said. “I think that is certainly the lesson of my life.”

Faculty printer room chopped in two, more room for school servers BY Leo Heinz CORE STAFF

ne of St. Louis U. High’s smaller rooms—the second floor copy room across from the mathematics office—got even smaller over the summer to allow for a larger space for the main distribution frame (MDF) of Internet communications to reside. Director of Information Technology Jonathan Dickmann coordinated the project with help from Director of Facilities Joe Rankin. Rankin and the maintenance staff installed the wall and moved the door. Schaefer Electric was hired to assist Dickmann in moving the MDF. The previous location of the MDF was the cramped, ten feet by three feet hallway connecting M211 to the admission’s office, M212. The cramped space made it difficult to serve and maintain.

Heat problems also occurred due to the small, poorly ventilated space. The copy room still holds two copy machines, two laptop carts, and a printer. With the laptop carts being hard to maneuver, some teachers said that they have had to adjust to moving them in and out of the small space. The new sectioned off part of the room serves as the new hub for Internet communications across SLUH’s campus. As Dickmann explained, virtually all internet communication goes through that room at one point or another, with smaller intermediate distribution facilities (IDFs) in locations in the Jesuit Wing, Science wing, theatre, Field House, IT office, and theater. Dickmann hopes to undergo similar projects in the remaining parts of SLUH’s buildings next summer.

photo | Leo Heinz

The printing room across from the math office was recently downsized to make room for servers, shown above.

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Moran and Tai voyage overseas to sister school in Nanjing, China

photo | courtesy of David Laughlin BY Luke STAFF

Miller

rincipal John Moran and Chinese teacher Ching-Ling Tai traveled to Nanjing, China at the end of September to visit the Nanjing Foreign Language School, St. Louis U. High’s partner school for the foreign exchange program, to celebrate its 50th anniversary and its 20th year participating with SLUH. Moran and Tai went to celebrate but were also asked to give a presentation on the educational traits of America. “(Moran) gave a talk about the American schooling system,” said Tai. “He focused on the move from the traditional education system to a more interdisciplinary, career-oriented training.” SLUH was one of many schools from 18 countries invited to attend the ceremony and give

presentations. Schools from Britain, Canada, Germany, Spain and other countries came to give talks about the benefits of international study and the differences in their own educational systems. “During the ceremony, we were sitting in the VIP section, but I’m allergic to the sun so I got up to look around at all the shows,” said Tai. Among the presentations was a display featuring Rainy Zhao, Alex Chen, and Laswift Cao, last years SLUH’s exchange students, about their experience here. The display included several interviews with SLUH teachers and students. Talks have been taking place among the administration and between the two schools to invite exchange students to attend SLUH for the entire school year. Principal John Moran and Chinese teacher Ching-Ling Tai in Nanjing with former Jr. Bills Alex, Rainy, and Laswift.

McGraw fills tech gap after Foulds departs BY Paul J Fister STAFF ARTIST

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t. Louis U. High welcomed Patrick McGraw last Friday to the Information Technology Support position in the technology department, vacant since Iain Foulds departed earlier this year. McGraw, a native of St. Louis who moved out of Missouri before high school, is excited to be working at a high school. “I had to do some research when I looked at the job. SLU High, okay, what is that?” said McGraw. “I am a teacher by training, from quite some time ago, so I had to dig back in my brain and think about it.” McGraw studied mathematics in college at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with the intention of teaching math. When an opportunity arose at the end of his college career, he explained, he ended up in IT. “We were getting good at using mathematics on networking computers,” said McGraw. “A company was founded next door to my university called Wolfram Research, a brand new company that jumped out of the school, and I signed up ... and realized that what I called system administration was a lot more fun than teaching.” After working at Wolfram, McGraw moved back to St. Louis and worked in a variety of tech positions, including at Maritz, Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Mallinckrodt, and most recently at Cejka Search in Clayton. However, McGraw, thinking about his years of preparation to become a teacher, said that the corporate world did not satisfy. “It occurred to me that I missed the education environment,” McGraw explained. “Mostly that notion of ‘Let’s try something new, let’s build something new, and let’s learn about it and share about that’; I found a lot of that was missing in a lot of the corporate America.”

A photo series entitled “Beautiful Tibet” currently on display at SLUH.

Patrick McGraw filled a tech position left by Iain Foulds earlier this year.

After attending a college reunion last summer, McGraw realized that he missed the world of education. “I was amazed; this is the environment I used to be in, and so ‘I thought, the next time there’s an opening in a school, I’m gonna take it,’ said McGraw. The new member of the SLUH tech department is excited to be a part of this complex, magical, Apple-driven world. A lot of things of SLUH tech have fascinated him so far, including “the use of the cloud,” which he says eliminates a lot of headings that the IT system has to support, like having to use discs and thumbdrives. Also, he said, “iPads are mag-

ical.” McGraw experienced his first normal day for a staff member at SLUH on Thursday, after the Mass schedule last Friday and no classes on Monday and Tuesday, where he worked with IT director Jonathan Dickmann, on various problems throughout SLUH. “I explored the building more than I could ever remember,” he said. “I got lost at least three times. But I’m looking forward to getting into the grind of the normal day.” Otherwise, McGraw is thrilled to be a part of the SLUH community. “Thanks for the opportunity,” he said, “I’m looking forward to helping everyone.”

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ver the past couple weeks, St. Louis U. High has been graced with its own Great Wall of China, located across from the foreign language office. The wall is adorned with pictures of Tibetan culture and scenery. Chinese teacher Ching-Ling Tai noticed the picture display, titled “Beautiful Tibet,” on a visit to the St. Louis Modern Chinese School. She inquired about displaying the presentation at SLUH, and the school allowed her to borrow the pictures. Tai says she hopes to raise awareness of ethnic diversity in China. Tibet’s population is primarily made up of people from some of the 55 minority ethnic groups in China that make up

seven percent of China’s total population. The pictures display people of these minorities and their unique customs. “I’ve heard it said so many times, ‘You Chinese all look alike.’ But we really don’t,” said Tai. Tai also hopes to educate the student body about the current issues between the governments of China and the people of Tibet. Along with the display, she has invited professor Yingxue Zuo, the chair of the art department at Forest Park Community College, to speak next Tuesday, Nov. 12 during activity period in room 215c. Zuo recently returned from a visit to Tibet, and Tai believes he has valuable first hand experience with the problems in Tibet. The whole school is invited to listen to his presentation.

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Open House attracts 385 perspective students (continued from page 1) tour guide, the MSHSAA rules forbid the team from practicing until the official start of the season on Monday. Instead, band teacher Jeff Pottinger led the jazz band in song for the first two hours of the afternoon. “The band was great. Mr. Pottinger has really done wonders,” said Cruz. One sizeable addition to the tour was a host of science demonstrations for biology, chemistry, and physics, led by teacher Mary Russo and a band of energetic students. “We decided that an academic table is one way to go about letting people know what we do in the science department, but a lot of what we do is process-oriented,” said Russo. “We thought it might be helpful to show people some of the things rather than having them look through textbooks.” The demonstrations for biology and chemistry included an enzyme lab and acid-base titrations, respectively. For the physics demonstration, students reenacted a classic physics demonstration by lying on a bed of nails. All three demonstrations were coupled with scientific explanations from students. “(The students) did a great job,” said Russo. “They seemed really excited about it, so it was kind of neat to watch them flex their leadership muscles in that way.” “I thought the demonstrations were really well-received without being too much,” said Schmelter. Spreading SLUH’s gospel was an army of 227 student tour guides, trained by Cruz and armed with facts about SLUH. “They did a really good job,” said Cruz, who spent the day pairing tour guides with families in the Field House. Throughout the day, Cruz picked up on a few “tourguidisms,” misleading or mistaken facts about SLUH from the mouths of our own students. “Apparently we have a Senior Project in Fiji,” said Cruz. “The best quote of the day was when a family asked about the faculty-tostudent ratio, and the tour guide answered, ‘Well, there’s definitely a lot more students than faculty.’” “At the end of the day, (prospective students) get to hear

from me, they get to hear from Mrs. Schmelter, they get to hear from President Laughlin and our faculty,” said Principal John Moran. “They need to hear from (students). Parents often want to hear from the adults in the building, but sixth or seventh graders are going to listen to you guys a lot more than they’re going to listen to us.” With a host of admissions opportunities for prospective students throughout the year, drawing large crowds to Open House is less of a concern now than in the past. “What ultimately we’re tracking is how many sixth graders are in contact with St. Louis U. High, how many seventh graders, how many eighth graders,” said Moran. “How they’re in contact with St. Louis U. High really isn’t as important. There was a day and age where Open House was it. We open the doors, anybody who wants to check the place out comes in, and that’s their only chance. Now, you’ve got high school nights, you’ve got Inside SLUH tours, you’ve got SLUH Night, and Open House. The fact that the number is still that high for Open House with all those other opportunities to get in is a really good sign.” As always, the goal of the admissions event was to convey a positive feeling about the school. “I would say the most important thing is enthusiasm and energy,” said Schmelter. “If (prospective students) walk into a place like our school and (students) are all excited about being there, that’s a good thing. In fact, I felt this year that kids didn’t want to leave. I think part of it was that music was playing, it was pretty fun, there was no school the next day. Kids were happy to stick around, and I think that shows.” Even with the success of the day, one person’s world was just a little bit colder Sunday afternoon. Cruz missed his first Rams home game in nine years. “I had one tour guide stand next to me the entire time and give me updates,” said Cruz. “It was a close game, but I knew (the Rams) would blow it.” According to Schmelter, Moran, and Cruz, the day went smoothly with no noticeable bumps or problems. “We didn’t run out of cookies,” said Schmelter. photo | Nolen Doorack

A group of parents and prospective students watch senior Sam Beckmann present a chemistry demonstration at Open House last Sunday.

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Studio Production opens this weekend (continued from page 1) “One of the biggest things was trying to get into the idea that this is the 1930’s,” said senior Paul Fister. “It’s totally different. We have to understand how people talk and move.” To help the actors with the task of playing actors in the 1930’s, Whitaker would correct them on sitting too modernly, or on the way that they walked. The Dauphin Players are also required to stay in character for the entirety of the rehearsal and the play. “When rehearsals start at four o’clock,” said Fister, “We’re not Paul Fister, or Jake Bava, or Eliot Auch anymore. We’re Ian and Winston and Caesar, who are 1930’s actors in Chicago who are going to put on The Water Engine.” Whitaker joins the actors by getting in character herself, as the director of the radio show, and speaks to them as their characters. “It’s really different,” said Fister. “You have to be directed as someone else, and take notes as someone else. You act as a character as someone else. It’s very complex.” English teacher Chuck Hussung also contributed as dramaturge, whose main role is to research the time period and teach

the actors terminology to give The actors will be using them clearer ideas of the context. working microphones made in “We all have vague impres- the style of a microphone from sions of the thirties, but there’s the 1930’s on stage. There will be a lot we don’t know in our time, and as a company we want to not just in a vague way inhabit that era but try to get some more precise understanding of what it was like to live in Chicago in that time,” said Hussung. “And my job is to open some of those doors and bring facts or concepts to the company that will open things up to them, open up understanding.” Having helped with two other SLUH productions, Hussung is somewhat experienced, but the role of dramaturge in a partially-imElliot Auch (right) as Charles Lang, showing his water engi provised production brings new challenges. Hussung explained that while he surround sound, with speakers is more familiar with working in- placed behind the seating. side the script, The Water Engine “It’s interesting because it’s a requires its company to create studio production, which we noraround the script. mally wouldn’t use microphones

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for because it’s such an intimate setting,” said sound technician and English teacher John Kavanaugh. “But because it’s a radio play, Mrs. Whitaker definitely wanted

live organ music during the production, and sound effects will be produced live by the actors on stage. There is a sound effects table with props that the actors photo | Leo Heinz will use. “Radio dramas would have these sort of musical responses to things to heighten the excitement, the way a soundtrack does, to give emotional commentary on things,” said Hussung. “(Quinn) has a piano and an organ back there, and there are a couple of songs in the preshow he accompanies on the piano.” Quinn will not only provide music and effects for the play, but also remain on stage and interact with characters during the play. While normally accustomed to vocal coaching, ine to Thomas Fields (left) as Morton Gross. classical music clinics, and remaining it to be true to the experience of offstage for productions, this will being in a radio setting with ac- be a performance first for Quinn. tual real life working mics.” “For a straight play, often all Gerry Quinn will be doing your music’s recorded, and for a

musical you usually have musicians in the pit … but this is not a customary role for a musician,” said Hussung. To add more intensity to the already intense production, actors will be onstage the entire time, whether or not they’re speaking. “In most shows, you’ll walk on stage and be the center of a scene, and then you’ll be offstage,” said Seckfort. “In this show, you’re onstage the entire time. It’s hard to sustain energy and be totally focused when you’re onstage the entire time.” As with any show, the chemistry between actors is extremely important. “One of the main themes of the show is that all things are connected,” said Fister. “We try to find that connection between the actors; the student actors, as well as the 1930’s actors, and as well as the characters in The Water Engine. I think it’s turning out very well.” The show is tonight at 7:30, tomorrow night at 7:30, and Sunday afternoon at 2:00. Tickets cost $7 in advance, $10 at the door. -Additional reporting by Jacob Hilmes. For more on Hussung’s role as dramaturge, check out the Prep Noise interview at sluh.org/pulse

the last meeting aside—not that they’re not important—that our goal was to dream what the ideal model was for financial modeling.” “Before you get to that boredown level of detail, forget the current situation and dream. What are the things that you would love to see this place become? This time around, we let people get into that mode,” said Jim Linhares, Assistant Principal for Mission and co-chair of the Campus Facilities/Sustainability group. According to Moran, the Financial Modeling and Faculty Compensation group filled a board with proposals. Moran said many of the ideas at his group’s second meeting concerned ensuring SLUH’s financial stability. The group also spent time bridging the gap in terminology between the business world and the world of private education. Ideas proposed for this stage were meant to be preliminary and intentionally less connected to practical considerations. Campus Facilities and Sustainability group co-chair John Wilson, ’64, whose work involves overseeing the energy use of server farms, suggested that SLUH “ought to think about getting off the grid” according to President David Laughlin, and other members of the group suggested SLUH should consider adopting a zero-waste strategy. Counseling Services discussed the ideal relationship between counselors and students. Ideas mentioned included splitting college and personal counseling, increasing the counselor to student ratio and a teacher advisor for each student. Another proposal was made by outside expert Michael Thompson, a speaker at the opening convocation and expert on the emotional life of boys. “His dream was that at a (school) like SLUH with so many students in each class that every boy here (would be) well known and well cared for by an adult in the community,” said Dave Mouldon, co-chair of Counseling Services and a SLUH counselor. Each group was put into contact with an “outside expert” who was meant to provide outside perspective on the project, and some of these experts addressed

the groups at their second meeting. The Counseling Services group included a talk by one of its outside experts, Frank Sachs. A counselor at the Blake School and former president of the National Association for High School Admissions Counseling, Sachs gave a presentation to the group on “best practices” in counseling. Twentyfirst Century Curriculum had two speakers on STEM (ScienceTechnology-Engineering-Math) and STEAM (STEM with an art and design component). Several groups used their second “visioning session” to decide on the areas to focus on. The Global Education group agreed on seven initial areas of concentration at their second meeting, such as “mission/social justice” and “world language”; Facilities and Sustainability settled on four subcategories, from waste and food management to the “nuts and bolts” of the building; and Campus Ministry and Ignatian Identity settled on three or four definite “core values” out of a slate of 13. Twenty-first Century Curriculum worked to winnow 13 proposed areas of focus to a definite five; they plan to continue this task before their next meeting using an online sharing and discussion service called Hot Pad. Sustainability/Campus Facilities will also follow its meeting with online brainstorming on Google Docs and meetings of smaller groups focused on each of their areas of focus. Moran said that he hopes Financial Modeling and Faculty Compensation will continue its work with “offline” discussions and research. The Imagining 18 groups will gather for another visioning session on April 28. Several group chairs said they knew their topics had implications for other groups, and assumed that communication between groups will begin at some point in the year-long process, though they were not sure when that point will be. “Some of our role as a group is to be mindful that there may be financial impact from what other groups are discussing … We’re a little different in the way we function because we’re not just trying to come up with goals for ourselves,” said Moran.

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ideas and include everyone. “I feel like I can help everybody as a class, as a freshman class. (I can) incorporate everybody’s ideas and give them a voice in our STUCO,” said Goedeker. Hennessey said his goal was to “bring all the freshmen together, have us be a class with everyone knowing each other.” Co-moderator Kate Toussaint was happy with the process overall. “All the candidates did a really great job. Every guy that ran for the preliminaries was great, really

responsible, had great attitudes, seemed like really enthusiastic SLUH students.” said Toussaint. Besides helping put together class shirts, Goedeker’s and Hennessey’s responsibilities include organizing the freshman dance and educating the freshman homerooms about Mission Week. Toussaint said the two freshmen leaders will help with general STUCO events and learn from sophomores, juniors, and seniors in STUCO the answers to “what does it mean to be a leader at SLUH? What does it mean to be on STUCO?”

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JV soccer finishes 15-4 with 14 shutouts BY Dominick REPORTER

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dominant JV soccer team went 15-4 this season with an astounding 14 shutouts against opponents. “Numbers only tell part of the success of this year’s JV soccer team,” said head coach Tom McCarthy. “We played good team soccer. This group of juniors was also great at having fun at practices and games while still working hard every day to try and reach soccer excellence. It was a very enjoyable team to coach.” The team established authority on the field with a 52 to 6 scoring ratio for the entire season. “This is an honorable achievement and a true display of excellence,” said McCarthy. “Next year will be exciting and the team that I already know will be closer and used to playing with each other,” said junior John Ratermann. Many players are still bothered by the team’s two midseason losses against Vianney.

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“(The) Vianney (games) were some tricky games that we fell just short of,” said Ratermann. “But the season ended with a boom. We won all three games of the Suburban Tournament.” The junior varsity team showed many important skills throughout the season, including responsibility and leadership. “We are basically one big family and carried each other through the season,” said junior Will DelaRoche. “We lost a few close games we all wish we could have back, but overall we won the vast majority of our games and had a very successful season.” “The season was pretty solid,” said junior Ben DelaRoche. “Coach McCarthy is in my opinion the best coach at SLUH, and he knows how to keep a team organized and focused.” Like every team, the junior varsity team did have a few minor tensions, but everybody got through it. “Everyone had each other’s back,” said Ben DelaRoche.

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ith a final record of 16-1-1, B Soccer finished its season against Oakville High School in the CBC tournament with a 4-0 win. Lots of offensive production put the Jr. Bills up 3-0. Then, after sophomore Tim Tierney, who had not gotten much playing time all year, scored his first goal of the season, the team exploded in celebration. “We all wanted him to score

the entire year,” said sophomore goalie Luke Thibodeau. Tierney’s strike brought the whole bench to its feet in celebration. Early in the season, the squad defeated Chaminade, CBC, and Vianney to win the Chaminade tournament. Following that tournament, the group beat out-oftown rival Brebeuf Jesuit 2-1. The team then stretched its win streak to 13 by dominating most teams except for a close 2-1 win over Priory and 1-0 win over Rock

Bridge. Their win streak ended with a tie against O’Fallon. With the stands packed and the new mascot in attendance, the Jr. Bills were pounding shot after shot at the goal but could not find the back of the net as the game ended in a scoreless tie. “We really just missed a bunch of opportunities,” said sophomore Ian Hurford. Shortly after the draw, the Soccerbills suffered their only loss at the hands of Soldan High School’s varsity team. SLUH scored as time expired in the first half to go up 1-0, but shortly after the second half began Soldan knotted things up at one apiece with a deep strike. The strike was Thibodeau’s first goal allowed in the season. The game ended in penalty kicks, 4-2 in Soldan’s favor. “Losing in PKs is the toughest way to go,” said Hurford. The loss dropped the team into the consolation division, which it went on to win. The Jr. Bills outscored their opponents 42-3 throughout the season, dominating on all ends of the field. Coach Bob O’Connell said that it was business as usual for the B team, which typically dominates the league. The team did not trail once during the season. “I think everybody contributed in their own way,” said O’Connell. “The entire team came into their own and got a whole lot better than the beginning of the season,” Tierney said. With their success on the B team, the sophomores will have the chance to move up to JV and Varsity teams next year.

JV Swimming dominates MCC meet, sweeps every event against conference A freshman battles for the ball against a Vianney player BY Matt REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High C soccer team ruthlessly demolished the obstacles standing in its way and steamrolled to a one-loss season. “We had a very successful season this year, with only one loss,” said freshman Luke Sextro. Sextro was the starting right midfielder for the team, and was a constant contributor to the team’s offense. The Jr. Bills got the job done with a balance between the offense and defense, rather than relying heavily on one or the other. “We had a really solid back wall of four defenders that played a major part, and our offense kept putting goals in the back of the net,” said Sextro. Sextro attributes the team’s success to the chemistry between the players throughout the season. “We did pretty well together, and we bonded as a group, which translated out on the field,” said

Sextro. “Every team has something special, and ours was how close we were.” Head coach Tom Zinselmeyer agrees that the season was a success. However, Zinselmeyer credits the success to something different. “We did very well at playing in a good system, and there was a lot of goal scoring that was distributed evenly,” said Zinselmeyer. Zinselmeyer was happiest with the team’s play during the CBC tournament. “We played some of the best soccer out of the whole season in the CBC tournament, although we didn’t get the results we wanted.” The team’s only loss this season came in the CBC tournament at the hands of Oakville High School. “The hardest game of the season was Oakville, because they dropped down some guys that were extremely good,” said Zinselmeyer.

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his is the big one,” said JV swimming coach Kevin Moore last Friday, less than 24 hours before the St. Louis U. High JV swim team capped its season with a first place sweep in every event of the MCC meet. “It’s been great. It’s been a very good year,” said Moore. Moore’s statement prior to the team’s final meet—“I think we’re good”—proved to be a bit of an understatement. The JV SwimmerBills won all 12 events, even taking the first four spots in several relays. The team totaled 552 total points, eclipsing second place CBC’s 218. Standout swimmers included senior Nate Beckemeyer (first in four events) and freshmen Luke Smith (first in three), Sam Grasso (first in three) and Kyle Irvine (first in two). “Toward the beginning of the season we trained really well and hard,” said Irvine, who helped propel the team to wins in the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay. Beckemeyer, who joined the swim team for the first time this fall, excelled in the season finale

with solo wins in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle and team wins in the 200 Freestyle Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay. “I was glad that I had done so well personally, especially because I pretty much almost didn’t make the team,” said Beckemeyer. Swimmers credited Moore and new coach Joe Esposito for their success throughout the season. “Coach Esposito commands a lot of respect,” said Beckemeyer. “He’s supportive and helpful while at the same time being demanding, so that leads to people enjoying swimming and also improving greatly.” Swimmers and coaches agreed there was a higher level of team discipline than in previous years. “In general, there’s been a stronger commitment,” said Moore. “I think that comes from two things: I think the coach can command that a little bit, and also the kids just want to. We’ve had a couple kids skip practice, finding flimsy excuses, but very little. Compared to previous years it’s been very refreshing.” “The work ethic has been re-

ally good,” said Beckemeyer. “Our JV swim team has put in a lot of work.” Moore noted that the push for excellence at MCC’s may be a result of the meet being the season’s last. “It’s a fun meet because a lot of guys swim their best times by a lot. They realize, ‘This is it. This is the conference meet, I’m in the fast heat,’” said Moore. The JV squad also carries a significant amount of potential, according to Moore. “We have eight or ten freshmen who are all really good. It’s been very easy for the coaches because from the first day, you could tell we have a bunch of freshmen who are experienced. They know the mechanics of it—how practice works and all that. Obviously, they need to get a little bit stronger and work on technique, but they’re really good and very easy to work with,” said Moore. The team swam well throughout its season. Notable moments included taking first place overall at the Lindbergh Invitational and third at the Marquette Relays.

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apped by the Clayton and Findley Invitationals, the JV cross country team’s season has come to a close. The team finished with seven first place finishes, including the Forest Park XC Festival where they competed against 29 other schools. On Oct. 25, the JV team finished fourth in the Clayton Invitational, running only seniors in the race. “It’s nice to give seniors a last chance to run in a varsity race, or medal at the JV level,” said head coach Joe Porter. Because only seniors were racing, many moved up, taking their talent with them, to the varsity race. “I think that the JV team’s finish had a lot to do with the JV team’s seniors moving up,” said senior David Kasper. The JV runners performed well, but could not surpass solid teams from O’Fallon, Clayton, and Festus, who finished in first, second, and third, respectively. The O’Fallon team performed especially well, sweeping the first six places. Being the last race of the year, Findley was filled with anticipation and hype, surrounded by a Twitter page, @findleyxc13, created in April for the event. Because only the varsity team goes on to the state competition, Findley has

become the event that the JV racers look forward to and prepare for the whole season. The seven month buildup did not disappoint as the fans flocked to the race. “There were over 20 fans, which is really something for a cross country race.” said senior Patrick Oster. However, this year, after all of the buildup, other events threatened to spoil the race. During the last practice of the season, the day before Findley, Porter trusted the cross country team to practice alone while he was busy with parent teacher conferences. Nine seniors decided to take a swim in the pond across from the Muny. A Muny worker found the swimmers, and called SLUH to tell what they had done. The next day, before the race at Findley, Porter called all the seniors to a team meeting. He asked who had gone swimming the day before, and told them to turn in their bibs because they weren’t allowed to race. “I think they learned a good lesson,” said Porter. After the race, the seniors apologized. “It’s not appropriate for our team, but I think they handled the situation well. Their apology really meant something to me,” said senior Patrick Oster. Despite the seniors that were unable to race, the team

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still pulled off a first place finish. Because Findley is open to anyone who did not qualify for the District race, SLUH’s team got to compete against some talented runners that would usually run on varsity. Sophomore Dustan Davidson won the race, while juniors Garret Fox and Jacob Marty came in third and fourth, respectively. Throughout the year, Davidson has dominated the competition, winning first place finishes at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival, MCC Championships, and the Fleet Feet race along with another first place victory at Findley. Next year, he will be able to compete with the varsity team because the transfer rules only prevent him from competing for one year. Porter acknowledged the team’s leading runners as those who have worked their way up to become alternates for the State meet. This year’s alternates will be senior Jerry Amsler, Fox, Marty, and Davidson. Porter also acknowledged junior Jack Gallagher as a great performer, but he will most likely not be able to run as an alternate because he is injured. The team’s improvement throughout the season was a hallmark of this year’s JV team. “We saw guys improve and run their fastest times at the end of the year,” said Porter.

Junior Garret Fox leads a tight pack of JV runners during the Findley race.

JV football wins after team pulls together C XC ends with victories BY Joe Spellmeyer REPORTER

unior Varsity football concluded its season last Monday, finishing with a disappointing 1-7 record. Despite struggling throughout the year, the team improved towards the end of the season. “Our team really came together at the end of our season,” said junior Bo Chevalier, “which was shown by our win over Mehlville and close loss to Oakville.” Despite the team’s record, coaches and players alike are optimistic. “With JV football, you’ve got to look for something more than just a win-loss record,” said JV head coach Sterling Brown. “As

long as guys are progressing and improving, things are going in the right direction.” Sophomore team captain Jake Henty agrees with his coach’s view. photo | Jack Connaghan

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“It’s more about individual improvement than winning,” said Henty. This positive outlook is partly because of the Jr. Bills’ drastic improvement in their last two games. Thanks to hard work, the team pulled off an important 28-0 win against Mehlville. The game showcased an offense led by Henty and junior Mike Zawalski, and a defense that shut out the Panthers and scored a touchdown of its own on a key fumble recovery by junior Patrick Higgins. “A lot of team unity was built over the nine weeks that we were there,” said sophomore Jeff Cooley. For now, the JV Jr. Bills are confident that this unity and hard work will carry them through to playing varsity next year.

Wilson proud of 7-1 C football BY Jack Miner REPORTER

he C football team’s 7-1 record shows how well it performed as a unit; the team’s only loss was a D team game against CBC. Freshmen Mitch Batschlett, Henry Herzberg, and Michael Megown all agreed that it wasn’t the players’ efforts alone, but the coaches had a huge impact on the way they played and improved. Baschlett, the team’s starting quarterback, said, “Coach (Wilson) would always say ‘They’re going to hand you your lunch and you’re going to like it too.’” “The biggest goal of fresh-

man football is making sure the guys get better,” said Wilson. “One of the biggest compliments we got with this group was that they never gave up.” The team showed off its resilience against Lindbergh, the best competition of the year. Herzberg and Baschlett both agreed that this was their favorite moment of the season. “We really marched down the field as a team and won that one with under a minute to go,” Batschlett said. Wilson said that quick learners helped the teams. “Our guys picked things up so quickly,” stated Wilson. “We were able to use different schemes and do a lot of no-huddle, and as freshmen that’s

a huge accomplishment.” Another main goal of freshman football is to learn more about your friends and your school. “This was a team that had a lot of cohesiveness to it and were very helpful of one another,” said Wilson. Wilson was very proud of his team and said that the ultimate goal is always to see the freshmen dress out for varsity one day. “The more experience they have the better off they will be,” said Wilson of his 13 freshmen who were called up to varsity this year. “Just them dressing is something that is valuable, it’s priceless.”

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lthough the St. Louis U. High freshman cross country team started out off pace, it pulled through in the season’s most important races. Since the outset of the SLUH cross country season in August, the freshman squad has participated in six freshman exclusive races. After a slow start at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival, Paul Enke Invitational, and Parkway West Invitational, the team looked to finish strong as the final meets approached. “The highlights for the season would be MCCs and Findley,” said head coach Joe Porter. “Both are big meets on the schedule at the end of the season.” Freshmen Xavier Ludwig agreed when asked about this season’s goals. “Win MCCs and keep that freshman record going even though we couldn’t win every (race),” said Ludwig. In past years, the freshman team has always had success at the MCC meet. Running on their

home course in Forest Park, this year’s team did not disappoint. Ludwig and freshman Danny Meissner placed first and second respectively, leading the team to a first place victory. The following week, SLUH cross country trekked to Washington, Mo. to run in the annual Borgia Invitational. The race took place at the Big Driver Golf center at one of Missouri’s hardest cross country courses. After completing two miles on the driving range, racers endure running up a half-mile long hill. Meissner and freshmen Thomas Leeker and William Kelly stepped up to help SLUH claim second place overall. Last week, the Findley Invitational marked the end for 2013 Freshmen cross country. Hype around the meet this year was at an all-time high. The usually small cross country meet saw spectators lining the home stretch. In their last meet as freshmen, the team claimed first place. “The freshmen had a very strong season, and I look forward to seeing them develop over the next three years,” reflected Porter. photo | Leo Heinz

St. Louis U. High freshmen runners burst from the starting line.

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Junior heavy XC Bills stomp competition

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Despite player attack, Hockey Bills pull ahead Sam Sextro REPORTER

Varsity cross country runners bolt out of the starting line at the District meet on October 26. BY Michael REPORTER

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aint Louis U. High’s crosscountry team snatched plenty of victories over the last two weeks. Most recently, the varsity team battled for first at the Clayton Invitational, followed by Districts, and Sectionals. On Friday Oct. 25, all and only the seniors raced at the Clayton Invitational in downtown Clayton’s Shaw Park. The all-senior varsity squad included Jerry Amsler (15th), Peter Charles (18th), David Szatkowski (20th), Matt Thomas (31st), Brendan Keuss (55th), Alex Sextro (58th), and Michael Swan, who twisted his leg mid-race. In total, there were 149 racers in the varsity race. Outstanding new personal records were earned by Amsler (17:31), Charles (17:39), Szatkowski (17:44), and Thomas (18:05). The team earned a third place team score at Clayton, trailing Festus and Arcadia. Said Thomas, “Clayton was awesome. It was a different experience knowing that it was the last time we were going to run together as a class. We came in with a ‘Bang and Chill’ strategy. I think we followed through fairly well.” The day after the Clayton Invite, SLUH captured another District title. In addition to its pre-existing talent, the varsity had a home field advantage with the course being at Forest Park’s Cen-

tral Fields. Juniors Jack Sullivan (fifth), Shayn Jackson (sixth), Matthew Hennessey (seventh), and Thomas Hogan (eighth), sophomore Joe Butler (ninth), senior captain John Esswein (tenth), and junior Jack Gallagher (17th) participated in districts for SLUH. The team made a bold statement as all but one of SLUH’s runners went below 17 minutes, or is about 5:15 for each mile. Sullivan, Jackson, and Hennessey achieved National Elite status, earned by running a 5K under 16:30. Webster finished second with 21 points behind SLUH. “Our strategy was similar to MCC’s: run the first two miles at 5:10 pace, and then run our own race after that. We aimed to pack up and push forward together. The team followed through fairly well,” said Hennessey. Sectionals took place last Saturday, Nov. 2. Coach Joe Porter juggled the line up, replacing Esswein and Gallagher with senior captain Tom Rubio and junior Garret Fox. “Coach is saving me for State. My legs need some extra time to rest,” said Esswein in response to why he did not compete in Sectionals. The times at Sectionals were not as fast as Districts, but the outcome remained the same: SLUH took first. Rubio kicked his way to

fourth place overall, and finished with a 5K time of 16:32. Jackson (ninth), Hennessey (tenth), Sullivan (eleventh), Hogan (twelfth), and Fox (30th) worked together and completed the race in a tight pack. Butler (14th) ran 17:17, which is extremely fast for an underclassman. SLUH smoked the other seven teams with 42 points, well ahead of Francis Howell’s 88. “I’ve been waiting all year for my race and that was it. I’m feeling really fit for this weekend (the State meet) and I think as a team we’re going to surprise a lot of people, ” said Rubio. “State will be much more difficult to win than Sectionals because of the much wider field of athletes, and because we will actually face our greatest rivals in the competition for the title. We are packing up well like last year’s state team. Our one to five gap is the smallest it’s ever been, 24 seconds, so hopefully we can use that to our advantage,” said Hennessey. Butler, Hogan, Jackson, Sullivan, Hennessey, Esswein, and Rubio will be running at State. The backups are Gallagher, Fox, and Jacob Marty, in that order. SLUH has the odds in its favor, and the athletes will be racing to defend the last year’s first place title The State cross-country meet is tomorrow in Jefferson City.

he HockeyBills started off their regular season with a bang, taking down last year’s Wickenheiser Cup Champions, Wentzville Holt, by a whopping 7-0. “There was a lot of excitement coming with the first game. We didn’t let it get to us. We came out fast and played hard all the way until the finish,” said sophomore forward Connor FitzGerald. After a strong first period of five straight goals, it was clear the game was going to get chippy. Halfway through the second period, sophomore Scott Berger left the game with a knee injury resulting from a late, headhunting hit from a Holt player. The Bills kept their composure, however, going on to score a sixth goal shortly after. Several students in the SLUH section experienced a close call late in the second period as a member of Holt fired a shot at the student section, striking senior Sean McLaughlin in the face. Sophomore forward Patrick Pence said, “Well it was quite disrespectful to the game of hockey and if he had real courage he would have shot it at our bench, but I enjoy our fans getting into the opposing team’s head. They should keep it up.”

“The fans won us that game with their commitment to cheering and their encouragement through their dedication to the team,” said junior winger Tommy Espenschied, who had one goal on the night. The Jr. Bills also had a strong preseason in the annual Top Hat Tournament, defeating rivals DeSmet, Oakville, Kirkwood, and Lutheran South before falling 5-1 to Oakville in the semifinals. On the bright side, the loss may help the team avoid the Top Hat curse, teams from recent years who have won the tournament have failed to win the Challenge Cup. Oakville went on to the finals only to be defeated by CBC, this year’s Top Hat Tournament champions. The team has also received new sweaters for the 2013-‘14 season, sporting the new rebranded logo along with navy, white, and grey colors. Although many are against the change and upset with the lack of the traditional Carolina blue color and Jr. Bill on the front, the new design seems to be slowly growing on some. The HockeyBills are once again looking upon another promising season and face the Chaminade Red Devils next Monday 6:30 p.m. at Queeny Rec Complex. photo | Ben Banet

A varsity hockey player skates past the defender in a game against Oakville.

Varsity football upsets Ritenour to advance to state quarterfinals. BY Mar Lonsway REPORTER

espite dropping the last game of the regular season against the Oakville Tigers, the St. Louis U. High football team (3-5) defeated the Ritenour Huskies (72) in its first postseason meeting, taming the canines with a 42-28 victory. After the perplexing 27-20 loss to Oakville, the Jr. Bills faced a familiar situation they encountered one year ago: a decisive game against Ritenour, the team that knocked them out of the 2012 playoffs. Unlike last year, SLUH ended this night on top by riding senior running back Raymond Wingo to six touchdowns against Ritenour. Wingo started the night with a 59-yard scoring reception from senior quarterback Sam Sykora early in the first quarter. On the ensuing Husky drive,

Wingo, playing cornerback, intercepted the Husky quarterback for a 28-yard pick six. “The linemen did great,” said Wingo. “I give all the credit to the linemen, I wouldn’t have done it without them ... they made all the right holes, I just had to follow my blocks.” Down by 14 points, Ritenour was quick to retaliate by scoring on the next two drives. The Huskies’ Devin Alexander made his way into SLUH’s end zone with a stout one-yard burst. But Ritenour missed the PAT. After, Marvin Miller connected with Alexander for a short six-yard touchdown the Huskies attempted the two-point conversion, but SLUH’s defense made the stop to stay up 14-12. The first half of the game ended when Wingo drove into the end zone for his first rushing touchdown of the evening for a

21-12 halftime lead. Making this game even more critical for the Jr. Bills, the St. Louis Rams, backed by the National Football League, sponsored the SLUH-Ritenour game as a the High School Game of the Week. In a fan poll conducted by the Rams prior to the meeting, roughly 72 percent of voters predicted Ritenour to take the game. In the upset win SLUH boasted over the Huskies, the Jr. Bills took home the reward: a $2000 grant to SLUH’s football program. Along with the grant, SLUH head coach Gary Kornfeld was deemed St. Louis Rams coach of the week. After halftime, Wingo scored the three remaining touchdowns. When the game ended, Wingo had run 13 plays for 176 yards equating about 13.5 yards per carry. His rushing stats were greater than three times that of the Husky runners, who together gained an

average of 4.6 yards on each run. Wingo’s playmaking ability can also be adequately attributed to SLUH’s offensive line that protected both Wingo and Sykora. “The other part of it too, is that there are eleven guys out there, and whenever anything good happens, it’s never just because of one person,” said offensive coordinator Robert Chura. “It’s because everyone’s all pulling in the same direction … it’s all 11 guys just doing their job.” Junior placekicker Jake Cox also displayed an impressive outing. Cox quietly scored every extra point following Wingo’s touchdowns, providing for SLUH another advantage over Ritenour, who failed to kick any points throughout the night. If the offense hadn’t provided a large enough threat to the Huskies, SLUH’s defense also forced four turnovers, including Wingo’s

pick six. Racking up one fumble recovery and three interceptions, SLUH’s defense proved just as dominant as the offense. Junior linebacker Bryan Edwards led the team with 16 tackles and one interception. “Our defense is doing real well,” said Wingo. “Four turnovers to score; if our offense just keeps scoring, and our defense keeps doing what they do, we’ll be good.” This road win advanced SLUH to play against CBC (8-2) tonight in the state quarterfinal State championship. The Cadets out-played the Billikens 31-6 just two months ago, but with SLUH’s upset win carrying momentum into this week’s matchup, SLUH will look for a similar outcome as they head west to play the Cadets on their home turf at 7:00.

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Robinsons propel SLUH into soccer quarterfinals with 1-0 win BY Danny Schneller SPORTS EDITOR

hanks to timely scoring ability from senior forward Luke Robinson and his brother Jack’s acrobatic goalkeeping abilities, the St. Louis U. High varsity soccer team won a fiercely contested District final against Chaminade, 1-0. Chaminade’s squad this year was well-organized defensively and relied heavily on counterpunching goals for their offense. The Jr. Bills had gone 0-2 in their games against Chaminade so far this season, including an overtime loss last week and a 2-0 defeat in the final of this year’s CYC tournament. However, they were optimistic going into last night’s game. Head coach Charlie Martel was confident that SLUH’s defense would hold strong, but said that their offensive finishing ability was his main point of concern. “We’re going to have to control the midfield,” said Martel. “That’s the key for either team. But we’re playing our best soccer right now, so I think we’ll be fine. We just need to get the goals when we have the opportunities.” The District Final is often the crux of SLUH’s soccer season, as it frequently puts them up against Chaminade who consistently has high-powered soccer teams. So after building up to last night’s game for the entire season, the coaching staff knew they had to send their boys out inspired. “Coach got us really pumped up before the game,” said senior forward Luke Robinson. “We watched a couple inspirational videos, and we were just feeling it before the game. We were just buzzing and doing our thing.” The Soccerbills may even have been a bit too pumped up

coming into last night’s game, showing a few high-pressure jitters in the few minutes of the game. But, 15 minutes into the first half, Luke Robinson got a throwin from senior defenseman Tim Manuel, juggled it over a defender, and put it into the back of the net. After he scored, Robinson experienced a brief moment of confusion. “When I scored, I saw it go in, but everyone was standing still afterward,” said Robinson. “So I kind of went slowly behind the goalie while I was waiting to read everyone, but then, they all started going crazy so it felt really nice running back afterward.” In the three minutes following Luke’s goal, his brother Jack had two acrobatic saves to keep SLUH ahead, just managing to punch the ball over the top of the goal. Martel attributed the Jr. Bills’ victory to Jack’s big saves, saying that Chaminade could very easily have had two or three goals had he not had a keeper like Robinson in goal. Robinson attributed his ability to make all four of his big saves to the types of shots he saw. “I was just seeing the ball well,” said Jack. “All of the defenders were in the right places so I was able to see it. All of the shots were coming from a high angle, they didn’t hit too many too low through traffic, so it was pretty easy to see those. The balls in the air luckily stayed out of the lights, so I was able to get to those. It was just one of those nights that everything clicked for me.” During the game, Jack was having some trouble with his hands. After the game, his right middle finger was extremely swollen and may have been dis-

located. Also while the game was being played he jammed an index finger and “had to pop it out like when you cork your finger.” Jack was elated to have his first District win under his belt. “This was my third year on varsity, and that was my first district win,” said Jack. “We’ve always lost to Chaminade who have always had a really good team, and it was just awesome to beat them finally. We lost to them twice during the season, and we definitely owed them one back. We should’ve won the other ones, but we got it when it counted.” Last week, the Soccerbills took on the Red Devils in their final regular season MCC game of the year. Heading into their game against the Red Devils, the Jr. Bills were 15-6-1 on the season. They had faced Chaminade in the finals of the CYC tournament at the end of September and lost 2-0 after a great run to the final. With twelve minutes left in the first half of this bout, the Red Devils snuck a goal past senior goalkeeper Jack Robinson to take a 1-0 lead. Coming out swinging after halftime, the Jr. Bills used their excellent passing skills to create an opportunity for senior captain Andrew Slaughter to even the game up, an opportunity that he seized. Though SLUH dominated the second half, neither team scored during the rest of the second half, sending the Jr. Bills into overtime. Very soon after the first overtime period began, the Red Devils scored their golden goal, leaving the Jr. Bills winless in regular season games against MCC opponents. Despite the loss, the Jr. Bills came out of this game with a very positive attitude. “Our coaches told us that

(Chaminade) was one of our best games,” said senior center midfielder Tony Doellefeld. “I thought we were in control the whole time. We were strong through the midfield. We had pretty good chances; we just couldn’t put them away.” Knowing that Chaminade would most likely be SLUH’s opponent in the District final, Martel reflected on their chances in the possible do-or-die game. “I feel good about it,” said Martel. “I think we’re maintaining a high level of play. I think we’re there now. Every time we go out and play now, it looks good; it looks like soccer. It’s that very high level of play that we’re at right now. We have great ideas. We’re moving the ball well. Our only problem is timely scoring.” In their last regular season game of the year, the Soccerbills took on Parkway South’s Patriots. The game ended in a 4-0 rout. Martel cited South’s lack of all three of their senior captains as an aiding factor, but he applauded his team on a well-fought game to prepare themselves for the State playoffs. Those playoffs began this past Tuesday night when the Huskies of Ritenour High ventured onto SLUH’s turf for the first round of Districts. From the starting whistle, the Soccerbills dominated the Huskies like a musher dominates his sleddogs. In the first half, the Jr. Bills had eight strong chances to take the lead, including a speedy drive up the field from Ed Howe and four shots that were on or over the crossbar. Despite all of these chances, neither team was able to score in the first half. Martel expressed a bit of frustration with his team’s inability to finish chances early in the game. “We have to quit putting the ball over the top of the goal,” said

Martel. “We had a couple of sitters and a couple nice crosses that should’ve been one-timed in. We have to give ourselves a chance. I thought it could’ve been 4-0 at half. Instead, it gets interesting because Ritenour is thinking ‘Oh gosh, we’re tied with SLUH at half,’ and they work even harder.” The first goal came ten minutes into the second half, when one of Doellefeld’s corner kicks connected with the head of senior Luke Nash to put SLUH in the lead. Shortly after the first goal was knocked in, a second quickly followed. Senior Sam Chevalier created an opportunity for himself and launched a rocket of a shot past the Ritenour goalie to give the Soccerbills a decisive 2-0 lead. After struggling to get his team to play consistent soccer throughout the year, Martel was ecstatic to have his team play such a consistent game last night. “I’m feeling sky-high,” said Martel immediately after the game. “This was sort of a vindication for these guy, not just because it was Chaminade but scoring a timely goal like we’ve been talking about all year and just being consistent throughout the whole game. We put it all together, and I’m really proud of them and really happy.” After moving forward in the playoffs with this high-flying victory, the Soccerbills will move on to the next round of the playoffs next Tuesday night, they will face CBC, who beat Marquette, who were ranked first in the area by stlhighschoolsports.com, in PKs last night. The Jr. Bills have gone 1-1-1 against CBC so far this year and would really appreciate a big fan base as they attempt to make it into the State semifinals. photo | Nolen Doorack

St. Louis U. High packs the stands in the do-or-die Chaminade showdown. After the players shook hands, the fans stormed the field.

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Friday, October 25 Film Club gathered to watch the fantasy anime film Spirited Away. Monday, October 28 ACES met to discuss a possible ACES/SoIL/STUCO mixer at the end of the school year in May. They meet every Monday. Tea Club talked about building bonds of brotherhood, and hosted a stats party where many of the members did statistics homework. Thomas À Kempis Club met for its first meeting to discuss the mission of the club, which is to strengthen students’ relationship with God by reading The Imitation of Christ, written by Thomas à Kempis. Thursday, October 31 People interested in competing in golf this spring met to discuss the program and plans for a winter workout program. Freshman Pastoral Team met at lunch to start planning for their second class Mass. They chose the theme “defending our faith”. Friday, November 1 At a lightly attended meeting,

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Minutes three Literature Club members discussed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest up to the end of Section Two. Senior Noah Weber decided at the meeting to use a Google product to host a discussion online, to accommodate people who could not make the meeting. The group meets again today to discuss section three. Film Club gathered to watch the seasonally appropriate horror classic Halloween. Yearbook met to distribute sports assignments and choose the photos for sports threads. Homerooms should be expecting a survey in the next few weeks regarding the cover of next year’s yearbook. Wednesday, November 6 Scholar Bowl planned for a tournament at Ladue tomorrow for underclassmen and inexperienced competitors, and for league competitions the next two Tuesdays at Cor Jesu and then Nerinx. The team decided not to attend the World Quest competition where SLUH was a runnerup last year. In the hopper for coming months are tournaments at Rock Bridge and North County. Chess Club met to plan for its first meet Monday and posted promotional posters around the school

Senior Michael Sit resigned from his position as NHS president, citing the interference of his other commitments with his NHS duties. NHS vicepresident and Junior Eric Berg replaced Sit as president as of 8:00 p.m. In an e-mail to members of NHS, Sit wrote “It has been a short but exciting ride as your president,” and urged members to “respect” Berg in his new role as president. Thursday, November 7 Since Thursday was “SLUH Day of Life,” Eucharistic Adoration was held in the Ignatian Martyrs’ Chapel at activity period, and a quiet period of reflection was held during lunch to pray for an end to every threat to human life from birth to natural death. Juniors Alex Beffa and Eric Berg have started a SLUH Robotics Club that already has 15 members. “We are developing a team because we are a group of aspiring engineers interested in robotics,” Berg said. Moderators for the club are Theatre tech teacher Tim Moore, computer teachers Steve Nicollerat and Dan See, theology teacher Diego Navarro, and math teachers Tracy Lyons and Frank Corley. Their next meeting is Nov. 13 during Activity Period in room M206.

Classifieds artwork | Paul Fister

artwork | Paul Fister

Schedule R V Football @ Districts 7:20am Father-Son Mass AP Junior Class Mass Truman State University–M108 University of Missouri–M106 Snack–Mini tacos 4pm V Swim @ MCC Finals 7:30pm Dauphin Players Production of Water Engine Lunch special–Californian Chicken Wraps Vegetarian–Cheese

Saturday, November 9 Varsity Cross Country @ The State Championship 7:30pm Dauphin Players Production of Water Engine

Sunday, November 10 9:30am Mass of Donor Thanksgiving in the Chapel 1pm Parent Network Speaker Series and Mass 2pm Dauphin Players Production of Water Engine

Monday, November 11 AP 6:30pm

Lindenwood University–M108 Snack–Nachos Supreme V Hockey vs. Chaminade Lunch Special–Taco Bar Vegetarian–Creamy Alfredo

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Tuesday, November 12 AP 7pm

Schedule R Missouri University of Science and Technology Snack–Chicken Rings Mission Appalachia Informational Meeting Lunch Special–Handbreaded Strips Vegetarian–Cheesey Margherita Pizza

Wednesday, November 13 AP

Schedule R

University of Central Missouri Snack–Mini Tacos Lunch Special–Mexican Bar Vegetarian–Fried Rice

Thursday, November 14

Schedule R

V Soccer @ State Quarterfinal 8:55am National Russian Contest AP Loyola University–Chicago–M110 Marquette University–M108 Southeast Missouri State University–M114 Snack–Bosco Stick Lunch Special–Papa John’s Vegetarian–Pasta

Friday, November 15

Schedule R

V Football @ District Championship V Swim @ State Championship AP Senior Class Mass Snack–Turnovers 12:50pm Xavier University–M106 8pm V Hockey vs. Vianney Lunch Special–Toasted Ravioli Vegetarian–Buttered Noodles —compiled by Leo Heinz

Sisyphus Winter Edition

artwork | Jack Thompson

The deadlines approach for submitting to the Winter ’14 Sisyphus, SLUH’s magazine of Art & Literature. Sisyphus is now in its thirty-sixth year of publishing literature (stories, poems, and personal essays) and artwork (prints, drawings, and photos) from and for the SLUH community.

artwork | Keith Thomas

After three weeks of competing in a Confucius Institute Language contest with students from 46 countries in China, senior Tristan Finazzo returned to the United States Monday evening. He came in second place, only 0.7 percent away from first place, competing with more than 300 high school students from 46 countries. Finazzo lost ten pounds while in China but won a full scholarship. The scholarship includes international airfare, tuition, dormitory fee, living expenses, and health insurance. Full story in next week’s PN.

Literary submissions are due by Jan. 6. You may submit your work by attaching a document to an e-mail directed to either of the magazine’s moderators, Frank Kovarik or Rich Moran. They will make sure that the literary editors review the submissions anonymously. You may also submit your manuscript to the black Sisyphus box, which you’ll find perched just inside the western door to the English office. If you submit by paper, please write only the title on the manuscript, and then write the title(s) and your own name on a separate sheet of paper that you also deposit into the Sisyphus box. Artwork is due no later than Monday, January 13. It can also be attached to a file and sent directly to one of the moderators or to Patrick Conrey, the art editor who shepherds the art submissions. Or you can deliver the art work to David Greaves or Patrick Conrey or either of the moderators in the English office. Or you may, I think, politely ask Ms. J. Bugnitz or Mr. J. Mueller to set aside your work for submission to Sisyphus.

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Artwork featured on the cover of the Winter 2013 edition of Sisyphus.

Peter Volmert received first Alternate French Horn, Gabriel Newsham received third chair Clarinet, Matthew Fink received first chair Timpani, and Robert Hayes received first chair Trumpet.