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History teacher Anne Marie Lodholz presents to the camera her hopes for a sustainable future at SLUH.

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t. Louis U. High’s upcoming strategic planning process, known as Imagining 18, is set to begin a week from today with the opening convocation and first vi-

Feature Struggling to get fair trade in athletics

BY Danny Schneller and Will Smith SPORTS EDITORS

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he St. Louis U. High Athletic Department’s attitude is shifting away from clothing made in sweatshops and turning toward American-made alternatives.

Last February, fair trade activist Jim Keady came for his second visit to SLUH to deliver a presentation about the injustices being committed by major clothing companies, specifically Nike, overseas.

“He gave a hell of a presentation,” said athletic director Dick Wehner. “He is a committed guy.

He doesn’t just talk the talk; he walks the walk.” continued on page 8

sioning session.

According to its website, Imagining 18 will analyze, brainstorm, and think creatively about SLUH’s future over a period of five sessions. The first session will begin on Friday evening and end

Saturday afternoon. Two visioning sessions will take place, on Monday: Nov. 4 and April 28.

There will be a midpoint convocation and visioning session beginning on Feb. 28 and ending the next afternoon. The closing con-

Pope makes waves with interview Rome. The interview was pubBY Stephen NEWS EDITOR

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lished in Jesuit magazines and journals across the world, including in America (the weekly American Jesuit magazine) in the U.S.

Editor’s Note: After reading Pope Francis’s interview in America, I decided to talk to people in the Who is Jorge Mario St. Louis U. High community who Bergoglio? would have interesting opinions of the interview. The Pope Francis “I do not know what might quotes are exbe the most fitting cerpts and do description. ... I am not represent a sinner. This is the the pope’s full most accurate defiinterview. A nition. It is not a link to the full figure of speech, a interview is literary genre. I am posted at the a sinner,” answered end of the arPope Francis, in his —Louie Hotop, n.S.J. ticle. interview.

“In some sensn Wednesday, Sept. 19, Pope es, it’s shocking. It’s shocking to Francis shocked Catholics hear the Pope say, ‘I’m a sinner’ and non-Catholics alike with an with such a humble tone. When interview that signaled a pos- Francis says it, you get a sense that sible move away from a focus on this isn’t a false humility. This is controversial teachings. The in- how he really views himself,” said terview was conducted over three Louie Hotop, ’09, who is currently sessions by Antonio Spadaro, S.J., a Jesuit novice. the editor of a Jesuit journal in continued on page 6

vocation will take place on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014.

There will be six visioning groups dedicated to taking the goal of the visioning process and applying it specifically to their areas.

The six groups include The 21st Century Curriculum, Campus Facilities/Sustainability, Campus Ministry/Jesuit Identity, Counseling Services, Financial Modeling/Faculty Compensation, and Global Education.

Each group is led by a faculty member and one business leader who has held various leadership positions, including CEOs and CFOs. The first visioning group, cochaired by accounting and consulting firm partner Joseph Schulte, ’86, and math teacher Dan See, is working to create a vision for SLUH’s curriculum for its 200th anniversary in 2018. The committee will be looking at SLUH’s current curriculum and what could be added or taken out, different approaches to teaching, and different delivery mechanisms.

One curriculum that the continued on page 5

Yearbook hits homeroom today

BY Daniel Lally and Patrick Schuler REPORTERS

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he 2012–2013 St. Louis U. High yearbook makes its debut this morning. The yearbook staff and moderator Jennifer Ice have worked countless hours writing and editing this 250- to 300-page yearbook.

“We worked very hard to make sure that there aren’t very many obvious mistakes,” said Ice, “I would be surprised if there are as many as there had been in the past.”

Similar to previous years, everything is in color and according to Ice, “the cover has a nice texture.”

Ice noted how much easier her second year as moderator was compared to her first.

“Last year ... we had a lot of kids falling through on what they said they would do, which was really disappointing and frustratcontinued on page 5

Bang the Drum Slowly: a history of band at SLUH

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Football drops third straight game Jr. Bills continue to struggle with loss at the hands of the Chaminade Red Devils.

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Soccer tops CBC but no title Beyond the coat check Soccerbills knock off CBC Cadets but fall Students need a role on visioning committo Chaminade in CYC tournament final tees as Imagining 18 plans to transform trying to defend their title from last year.

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Underclassmen Sports B soccer continues its undefeated streak with a win over Jeff City; freshman XC begins with third and fourth place finishes.

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t doesn’t take much research to see that the SLUH Independent Research Club (SIRC) has been a quite successful experiment thus far. Though the club was started last year, the club is 30 members strong. And some of its members have recently presented on their research to groups outside of the club.

Senior Ben Banet’s research project involves analyzing the lead concentrations of detritus in the streams of southern Missouri, in the Viburnum Trend lead mining district.

For his project, Banet gathered fallen leaves from the bottoms of streams (detritus), dried them out, and leached out the metals using nitric acid. Then the samples went to Cor Jesu, where students used a flame spectrometer to analyze the metals that were in the leaves.

Banet presented his research at one of Cor Jesu’s Chalk Talks, a meeting where students come together to talk about their research. SIRC moderator and science teacher Mary Russo and senior Leo Mitchell accompanied Banet to the Chalk Talk.

“It was a good way to practice presenting the research in front of other people,” Banet said.

Mitchell worked on enzymes over the summer at the St. Louis

The photo on the right is Cor Jesu’s flame spectrometer. The bottle contains a lead sample that Banet collected. The photo on the left is a pond below Brushy Creek Mine in southern Missouri. Banet collected a sample from the pond.

University (SLU) Biochemistry department. He is working on a presentation that he will show at one of Cor Jesu’s Chalk Talks next Sunday. Mitchell’s primary goal was to establish a protocol for purifying a certain enzyme so SLU can use it in their experiments. He said that he will probably go back to SLU next summer for another project.

Mitchell worked with Dr. William Sly and Dr. Abdul Waheed. He said that they were very good mentors, and he checked in

with them frequently though he worked independently in the lab.

Mitchell presented his information every Friday over the summer to show how his project was going.

The club meets several times a month in S302 during Activity Period to talk about their research in presentations. This Friday, Mitchell will present his data on enzymes, and during the next meeting in October, a guest speaker, Alex Tarter, ’13, will talk about the research he is doing in

Creighton’s physics department.

The members’ research projects are kind of like huge scientific data experiments. Russo said that part of the club is making the members aware of the research opportunities for projects that may not be at SLUH. “Part of it is getting together and dreaming a bit and talking a bit, and part of it is getting together and having guys who are currently at SLUH, either in our project or not in our project, doing good research,” Russo said.

Russo also said that the mission of the club is to help raise student awareness of research opportunities outside of SLUH. “Another reason for a club like this would be trying to corral the good work that students are already doing, and make guys aware of the opportunities they have for true authentic scientific research beyond what they are lucky enough to see in the Saint Louis U. High science curriculum,” said Russo.

Sustainability wall spouts sculpture

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tudents may notice something new on their routine lunch walk from the Si Commons. Flaky indigo foliage and “SLUH Sustainability” hangs over a wood-carved tree trunk on a wall outside of the Commons. Hanging off of a lower branch is a TV, with a slideshow displaying pictures of Sustainability events.

The sculpture was designed

by Andy Cross, who works in theatre tech and was asked by Sustainability Committee Chairwoman Anne-Marie Lodholz to design it. Although Lodholz originally wanted to make it out of recycled aluminum, she decided to use another material after Cross told her how expensive recycled

aluminum would be. They decided to go with luan, a type of wood that had been used by the school for other projects, such as school plays.

“It was all recycled or upcycled. It was extra wood that was from a set design,” said Lodholz.

The idea for the wall came from a conversation between Lodholz and Joe Rankin, the Director of Facilities at SLUH. “We were having a conversation in the cafeteria, and he said, ‘If you want this wall, we could make this the sustainability wall,’” said Lodholz.

Lodholz wants to keep adding to the wall and use some of the empty space to hang awards to students and teachers that have worked with the Committee.

“There’s a section of the wall that butts out … that’s where those names will be recognized.

We’ve been recognizing students that’ve been working towards Sustainability; we’ve been recognizing faculty members at the end of the year,” Lodholz said.

The wall was meant to publish information the committee gathers from live satellite streams and also help with education. The live stream from the satellites shows data of how much energy the school is using, from different parts of the school.

“We want to use it as an education piece,” said Lodholz. “A math class can analyze it, a science class can analyze it.”

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Seniors (Clockwise, from top left) Malik Turner, Scott Schaeffer, Matt Threats, and Peter Salsich take a break from dancing at Fall Ball.

The new sustainability wall outside the Si Commons.

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week from now, Imagining 18 will kick off with a grand convocation and its first set of “visioning” sessions. If students are present only on the sidelines of most of these issues—not involved beyond the coat check, say—this will be a disappointing beginning to a promising process.

According to Vice President for Strategic Planning John Rick, no students will initially be included on the six committees (visioning groups, in the project’s lingo) who will form the core of the “visioning” process.

Rick assured the Prep News that there would be many opportunities for students to contribute ideas outside of these groups, including a feature on the Imagining 18 website that allows anybody to comment on the program (http:// imagining18.sluh.org/contact/).

The convocation a week from now will be staffed by students, whom Rick has encouraged to

share ideas with the assembled brainstormers. At a meeting of student volunteers for this convocation, Rick mentioned that a survey might be given out to students in response to a senior’s question about if students would be able to contribute ideas formally.

Rick said that the mix of alumni, parents, teachers, national education experts, and friends of the school who will make up the groups will be able to apply their experience in the world outside of SLUH in a way students cannot.

“They’re going to start out” said Rick, “with a much more sophisticated view of the big picture.”

What might be lost from this distance are the fine details of what a SLUH education is like now.

SLUH is different now than it was twenty years ago, even than it was five years ago, and students

Wilson receives cello honors at Honors Orchestra

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t. Louis U. High sophomore Adam Wilson received second chair honors at the St. Louis Metro District 8 Honors Orchestra auditions last Friday.

Wilson, a cellist and member of the SLUH Symphonic Band, placed second out of 20 total cellists at the auditions, held at Fort Zumwalt East. Metro 8 includes high school students from St. Louis and its surrounding suburban areas. Students were judged on rhythm, intonation, and musical scales.

Wilson and his fellow cellists received excerpts of two songs: “Blue Rythmico,” an upbeat song with fast play, and “American Hoedown,” a snappy, somewhat country tune for the string sections. Both songs were composed

by Metro 8 Orchestra clinician and Lee’s Summit West High School teacher Kurt Mosier.

“The songs that I played were more modern than something that Bach or Beethoven would play,” Wilson said.

SLUH band director Jeff Pottinger has only seen Wilson play a few times, but said that Wilson’s playing style is unique.

“When I think about Adam playing, the first thing that I think about is how ‘musical’ he plays,” Pottinger said. “There are a lot of kids who play technically sound, but (Adam), he just naturally does musical phrasing with emphasis in the right places.”

At last year’s audition, Wilson received third chair honors.

“I was happy how I did last year, because it is still a big accomplishment,” Wilson said.

This year at the auditions, however, Wilson received second chair honors.

“It’s all about practice. The better you prepare, the better you can perform,” Wilson said.

“He is a hard worker, and a great musician,” Pottinger said.

Rehearsals for the Metro 8 concert occur throughout October and November. Wilson and the rest of the orchestra will perform the final concert on Nov. 9 at Fort Zumwalt East.

“The cool thing when you make these groups, I think about music, is that you actually get to perform,” Pottinger said. “It’s just really cool.”

This week in PN history October 1, 1981 This week in SLUH history, the new Bell Horizon telephone system was installed at SLUH. Ma Bell (which is what the Bell system of companies was called) employee Cary Combs termed it “the latest in Bell technology.” The “computerized marvel” contained many fascinating features, such as three-way conference calls and a capacity of 79 stations, proving once again, they just don’t make technology like they used to.

can see this in a way even teachers cannot. Students can see the effects of technology in the classroom, and they’re quicker to pick up on that than teachers are. The process needs the sense of continuity and outside perspective that alumni can provide, but the decisions made in this process will be applied to the school as it is now.

There will always be an element of SLUH that is eternal, but nobody knows this SLUH-of-the-moment better than current students.

A survey is a fine way to get a broad view of student opinion, and a comment feature or onthe-spot interview may draw out helpful, if static anecdotes. Neither serve this function of giving an up-close and up-to-date perspective. The survey does not allow precise responses, or reactions to new ideas. Even a perfect survey risks being shuffled away in the reams of ideas and data that these committees will gather.

A student in a seat has the ability to advocate, taking this input and making his case.

Student presence does not make sense on every committee.

But on most, it would be valuable. Students who know how they use technology today, and can better imagine how it will be used tomorrow, ought to be present as the 21st Century Curriculum group looks at “supportive technology” for education. The Campus Facilities/Sustainability groups ought to hear from students who arrived at SLUH as the last of Vision 2000’s Danis Field House and Si Commons settled in before deciding how facilities need to move forward; and it is SLUH students who have aggressively and creatively pushed sustainability forward at SLUH, not alumni.

Give students a chance to contribute and even people with a steady faith in the value of a SLUH

education will be surprised by the thoughtfulness of their input. But if students are kept out, or limited to brief or peripheral ways in, the process will be poorer for it.

If you agree that students ought to have a seat at the table, consider contacting the strategic thinking committee through the “submit your ideas” feature on its website at http://imagining18. sluh.org/contact/.

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Feature SLUH melodies: a history of band, jazz, and music leadership St. Louis, SLUH tradition, none photo | Dauphin Yearbook

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ou need to know what we’re doing today, and you need to know what we did in the past—in all the arts,” says fine arts teacher Joe Schulte. More than any other department at SLUH, the band department has endured distinct eras—periods filled with musical success and innovation at SLUH. The nature of having one member lead an entire body of instrumentalists is that the result is molded dramatically by the characteristics of the teacher. Because of this, the history of SLUH’s band program is rich and diverse.

The program blew its first notes in the 1940s. After G. H. Hanley, S.J., “expressed his desire” to have a band program in the late 1930s, it took William Parsons, S.J., a mere 18 months to create a 65-piece band that played marching music at pep rallies, plays, and football games.

The band juggled leadership over the next five years; in 1943, Charles Mehok, S.J. took over the Backer High band from Parsons for two years and proved a successful leader until the band again changed hands and played under a “Mr. Irwin”, S.J., who led the group until 1946, when it crumbled from lack of initiative.

After a nervous two-year gap, Parsons returned to the school in 1948 to reconstruct the program, assembling freshmen and sophomores to build a more selfsustaining band. A year later Fred Grey took over the program and built on the foundation Parsons laid, although the program still lacked the student involvement it had earlier in the decade. Despite this, students were enthusiastic about the future of the band and its involvement with SLUH. A 1949 Prep News article noted that “The purple and yellow of C.B.C. seemed to turn to an envious green as the school band of St. Louis U. High stepped into the spotlight in its first appearance at a basketball game this year.”

By the late 1950s, the school was proud of its polished, successful music program. But the status quo would change with the arrival of a new dynasty. Then-principal Gerry Sheahan, S.J., made a few decisions critical to the formation of the modern SLUH band program. The first was to hire John Polizzi, who would go on to lead and strengthen the program for over a decade.

Milak directs the concert band in 1975 at a noon-rec concert.

The second was to award music scholarships. Scholarships brought in a multitude of dedicated music students in the late 1950s and early ’60s, giving the program enough manpower to divide itself into four factions: Beginners Band, Intermediate Band, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band. This was Sheahan’s move most implicative of SLUH’s modern band program.

“Since Gerry’s time, music in this school I think has consistently been fairly strong, and prior to that, in my view, it was fairly weak,” said Ralph Houlihan, S.J., who was a student under Sheahan. Houlihan noted also that Sheahan was essentially “the architect of the modern curriculum at St. Louis U. High,” having introduced French, Russian, and Chinese classes to SLUH in addition to Biology and the 1818 program. But Sheahan was one leader of a dual ambush on the program.

Under Polizzi, the bands flourished. Ten years of Prep News articles reveal his bands’ success in festivals, competitions, and even benefit concerts. In one such benefit concert, Polizzi’s players comprised more than half of a St. Louis “All Catholic High Band” directed at Rosati-Kain High School by Robert O’Brien, who at the time (Feb. 1960) was the director of Notre Dame’s band program.

In a music festival held by Fontbonne the same year, the top five awards were all given to members of the 21 students Polizzi entered. While the program flourished, a new facet of music education was emerging in colphoto | Dauphin Yearbook

John Polizzi, the band director from (year) to 1969, directs a group of singers and instrumentalists.

leges and high schools across the nation: jazz. According to a timeline documenting American Jazz education, the number of high school jazz bands between 1960 and 1970 grew from 5,000 to 15,000. By 1980, there were over 500,000 high school and college students involved in jazz. However, the new music would have to wait for the next generation to debut at SLUH. “(Polizzi) was not a person, to my knowledge, who had any kind of a jazz background. He was a classically trained trumpet player, a very good musician,” said Paul DeMarinis, ’67, who worked with Polizzi during his time at SLUH and is now the director of Jazz Studies at Webster University. “He was a classically trained trumpet player, a very good musician.” It wasn’t surprising, then, that SLUH’s concert band featured horns prominently.

“The concert band was essentially a wind symphony that has a lot of clarinets, trombones, and no strings,” said DeMarinis. “It was a typical concert band that played the kind of repertoire that you would expect: adaptations of classical pieces that were written for symphony orchestra and reduced and reorganized, pieces that were written that are hallmarks in the concert band or wind symphony literature, or pops material that were arranged for that particular instrumentation.”

Although the program was centralized and strong under Polizzi, its curriculum was not varied.

“I remember maybe one semester there was something akin to music appreciation that was offered. I don’t remember any hands-on music theory classes when I was there. It was really nuts and bolts, ‘This is how you spell chords,’ ‘This is how the clef works,’ and all that.”

According to DeMarinis, who was interested in pursuing jazz as a career after high school, there were only a handful of students in the mid-60s who were interested in playing jazz on a regular basis.

“There was a core group of us who were very interested in (playing jazz),” said DeMarinis.

“Numerically, there were maybe six or seven people who had the hunger for the music, and so we

would get together and attempt to play it … In terms of those of us who were really into jazz and wanted to make a career out of it—teaching it or playing—I don’t think there were any others besides myself.”

Polizzi carried the program into the late ’60s until it was taken over by Michael Harter, S.J., who led the program for two years before returning to his Jesuit studies. In the 1972-73 school year, the program fell into the hands of Ralph Renner, S.J. He was joined in 1974 and eventually replaced

by John “Jack” Milak, the face of the band program’s future.

“I hired John Milak,” said Houhilan, SLUH’s principal at the time. “He was a fantastic musician. He was a renaissance man ...

He could do almost anything well.

He was handy around the house.

He taught the Hebrew cantors the Hebrew chants. He could talk philosophy. He was a very bright guy, and very talented too.”

Milak, distinct in character and teaching style, sparked passionate reactions from his students. Tom Makarewicz, ’78, husband of French teacher Suzanne Renard, remembers Milak being somewhat mysterious when he first arrived at the school.

“Milak was just getting on the scene, and he was this cool jazz guy that we knew of, although he was so understated we couldn’t quite tell what he could do or not,” said Makarewicz. “He just really left it up to the students to figure things out and make their own music.”

“Milak was from New Jersey, so he wasn’t part of this whole

of that kind of stuff. We knew he was just a really good musician, and he had his doctorate in music (education). But he was so unassuming, you never would have guessed,” said Makarewicz.

Houhilan shared a story about Milak’s youth in which he placed second in a youth-music piano competition held by West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein, losing only to André Watts, who went on to be a highly-celebrated concert pianist.

Through Milak, opportunities for students began to spring up. Lessons from St. Louis Symphony members became available for students. Despite Milak’s intense appreciation for classical music, he wanted students to play what they liked to play. This personality was critical in the evolution of Milak’s biggest addition to the program, jazz.

Until the activity period was implemented, students’ free time came from a “noon rec” period.

During this time, the seedlings of the jazz band blossomed.

Out of Milak’s encouragement, and with the help of Renner, informal “jazz bands” appeared in the 1973-’74 school year. Although there were still no classes, regular jazz big bands— groups of 10-20 members that play a combination of written arrangements and solos—met with instructors for the first time.

“We had like half an hour at most in any one session to get together and do this,” said Makarewicz. “You couldn’t be sure who was going to show up, and not, because the students did it out of pure interest. But we had decent groups, we had full groups.”

Up until Milak, the band program had received considerable funding because the school received relatively free labor through the Jesuits. According to Makarewicz, the “Milak era” initially had to trim back financially and find ways to be frugal given the lack of funding. Because of this, it was a slow climb back to a strong program through the late ’70s and mid-80s.

By the time Makarewicz had returned in 1986 to teach, the band program was again in full bloom with Milak still at the helm. Jazz small group “combos” had begun to form, both formal and informal. Several “Lab bands”—introductory band classcontinued on page 6 photo | Dauphin Yearbook

A band yearbook photo from 1973.

Front row: D. Makarewicz, Baudentistel, Jerome Teonjes, Wikete, J. Lumetta, P. Missel Back row: Fr. (Ralph) Renner, DeRousse, Neyer, D. Ploof, C. Farrell, W. Hayes, P. Makarewicz.

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Imagining 18 envisioning a future for SLUH with six visioning groups (continued from page 1) group has been looking at in particular is STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

“There’s a big push with a shortage of engineers,” said See. “STEM is a general idea, its not a specific mandated curriculum. It has to do with different approaches to curriculum.”

According to See, the group will work on preparing students for not only the future but also the present.

“The world has changed dramatically in the past two decades, we really need to look at what we’re doing: does it serve our students not just as a college prep but further down the road preparing them for life and careers?” said See. See is not sure what changes will be made yet, but he thinks that in five years, several aspects of SLUH’s curriculum will be different.

The Campus Facilities and Sustainability visioning group, co-chaired by Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares and Cambay Telecom Group CEO John Wilson, ’64, will focus on making SLUH more sustainable and improving the school experience for students.Wilson has been leading a company which owns and operates internet farms.

Linhares says the group will look at buildings, grounds, curriculum, and food.

“I want to create a process where people can dream at first and then do the next steps of coalescing, down to things that are doable and ambitious in a five-toten-year frame,” said Linhares.

The group seems to have the most student involvement out of the six committees so far. On Tuesday, students and teachers had the chance to go on camera with the help of Gadfly and talk about what they hope SLUH will be like in the future.

“If they’re not running stu-

dent voices through their minds and remembering that this is about the students, then maybe we’re missing something,” said Linhares. “I trust those voices.

They’re awfully bright. They’re awfully creative. They’re awfully passionate. I’m optimistic that these voices are going to be heard and reflected in what goes on.”

Various ideas were proposed during the filming of the video, including ideas on transportation, food, waste, fair trade, water usage, and energy.

“I think it’s pretty cool because we get to have our voices heard and project our own dreams of what our school can be,” said sophomore Michael Hayes. “I think it’s a great opportunity to get ideas flowing.”

Wilson hopes the video will be played during the first meeting as part of the opening prayer.

The Campus Ministry and Jesuit Identity committee is cochaired by campus minister Nick Ehlman and John Wunderlich, ’66. According to the strategic planning website, this committee hopes to foster moral, intellectual, and spiritual growth. The committee hopes to do so by focusing on three sectors: faith and formation, service and justice, and curriculum.

“We’ve been talking about our big visions, big dreams of what campus ministry will look like, what Jesuit identity at SLUH will look like, and we’ve even been talking about theology curriculum,” said Ehlman.

The Global Education Committee, co-chaired by history teacher Tom Zinselmeyer and Michael McDonough, ’92, is focusing on global change and diversity with an emphasis on language, cultural enrichment, and global perspectives.

“Everything that we try to do will try to ask the questions ‘How will our 18-year-olds better integrate themselves into the global community?’” said Zinselmeyer.

Counselor Dave Mouldon

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Senior Michael Daugherty proposes an idea in Wednesday’s filming session for the Sustainability group.

and Joseph Wagner, ’85, are the co-chairs of the Counseling Services visioning group. The group is looking at how to expand the counseling program which includes college guidance, the fouryear personal service program, and individual student services that Learning Resource Coordinator Connie McDermott provides.

Like the 21st Century Curriculum group, the Counseling Services group is looking at where the department is succeeding and where there are gaps in the services.

According to Mouldon, the group hopes to expand services not just for students but also potentially for parents.

“Parents will benefit from additional services and programs (such as) more meetings for parents just in terms of dealing with their kids growing up,” said Mouldon.

While they will work on expanding services, Mouldon says the counseling department will still continue to have the individual contact with students they

provide.

Principal John Moran and former Chairman of AON Risk Services Thomas Danis, ’65, are the co-chairs of the Financial Modeling/Faculty Compensation group. The group will analyze financial modeling to work towards hiring the best educators, according to Imagining 18’s website.

Moran will be providing the committee with information on SLUH’s current financial structure with the help of Vice President of Administration Joe Komos. The group does not have any student involvement at the moment, but Moran says they are open-ended.

“We certainly will be mindful of students and their families as we assess the financial needs and opportunities for our school,” said Moran in an email.

Imagining 18 will also feature three keynote speakers. At the opening convocation on Friday, Michael Thompson, Ph.D. will speak. Thompson is a psychologist supervising at Belmont Hill School and has authored and co-authored multiple books on male development. The following

2012-13 Yearbook published (continued from page 1) ing.”

Because most of the work to meet the deadline takes place in early June, it is difficult to keep in touch with all members.

Ice is happy with the yearbook’s core group, which includes seniors Joe Slama and Peter Soto as well as sophomores Aidan Evans and Christopher Weingart, along with a few others. Senior Harold Wayne is the editor in chief of this year’s yearbook.

“Making the yearbook was a truly challenging task,” said Wayne. “We had a lot of trouble with finding reasonable deadlines and finding good staff members

morning, Fr. Joseph O’Keefe, S.J., who has done research on sustainable education institutions, will present to the committee.

Finally, at the Nov. 4 visioning session, Pat Basset, retired president of the National Association of Independent Schools, will give the keynote speech.

“It’s an exciting process. It’s one of those things where we’re just pulling together all kinds of people to contribute to the vision,” said See Although direct student involvement hasn’t been planned out in every committee, SLUH President Dave Laughlin remains hopeful that places for student representation could come up in future meetings.

“I’m not here to say that (student involvement) cannot happen,” said Laughlin. “I’m open to the criticism that I haven’t formally invited somebody from the student body into the process.

That doesn’t mean (that) it won’t happen. It just hasn’t been, at this point, part of what we’ve been planning.” photo | courtesy of Kyle Vogt

who actually wanted to do work.

The finished product is beautiful and it definitely makes all the work worth it.”

The books came in last week, but the staff did not want to give them out on a Monday, because it would have seemed “anticlimactic”, according to Ice. The group wanted to show a trailer to get everyone excited about the yearbook.

Overall, Ice is happy with this yearbook. “I do think that it looks delicious,” she commented. “We worked really hard on it so we’re really proud of it… I think the students will be really pleased to see how good it looks.”

Quote of the Week If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it -Herodotus The yearbook staff poses with the fearsome dinosaur of the Science Center.

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SLUH reactions to first Jesuit Pope’s provocative interview (continued from page 1)

“A lot of people get hung up on and wrecked on the message ‘know that you’re a sinner.’ It throws them back on their guilt, their inadequacy, their failure.

It’s one more reason for them not only for them not to love others, but to care for themselves. Paradoxically, what the pope is saying there is keep your eye on the fact that you’re a sinner, weak, and having failed because it will remind you to fly into the arms of God. It will remind you of your need, which God wants to meet,” said Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares.

Linhares said that this was an interesting response because Pope Francis is assuming a sophisticated audience. According to Linhares, most popes are careful in what they say to the global community because they want to be sure they have an adult audience before they go very in-depth.

Hotop said, “For Jesuits, it’s part of our identity.” He went on to say that the first week of the Spiritual Exercises had participants acknowledge that they were sinners and that they were loved

by God. Pope Francis was drawing from that theme in his answer.

The Society of Jesus

tion—it’s time for you to get out and go take the light to those who don’t have it yet,” said Linhares.

Another key aspect of the Society of Jesus is the principle of using discernment and reflection, especially in the Spiritual Exercises.

“The style of the Society is not shaped by discussion, but by discernment, which of course presupposes discussion as part of the process. The mystical dimension of discernment never defines its edges and does not complete the thought. The Jesuit must be a person whose thought is incomplete, in the sense of open-ended thinking,” said Pope Francis.

One notable aspect of the interview was that Pope Francis didn’t have complete answers to every question.

Many Vatican critics acknowledged this and praised the Pope’s humility. Speculation about the Pope’s discernment process has caused discussions about what kind of reform Francis will bring to the Vatican.

On whether changes could be coming to the Church in this context, Linhares said, “I don’t know.

There could be.

There will be if the logic of love demands them.”

“A Jesuit is a person who is not centered in himself. The Society itself also looks to a center outside itself; its center is Christ and his church,” said Pope Francis. “So if the Society centers itself in Christ and the church, it has two fundamental points of reference for its balance and for being able to live on the margins, on the frontier. If it looks too much in upon itself, it puts itself at the center as a very solid, very well ‘armed’ structure, but then it runs the risk of feeling safe and self-sufficient.”

Linhares was reminded that all humans need two types of moments: the congrats, good-onyou, you’re-safe moment and the moments that we’re reminded that we’re not safe.

“What Francis is saying is of course we need moments to be nurturers and to turn in amongst ourselves and find God in the small circle of family and comfort. But we can never forget, every day, people are dying.

People are dying of hunger. People are dying of things they don’t need to be dying of. … What he’s saying is, presuming that you’ve had the moment to be formed, to encounter God, to be loved, to get past yourself, to not be so hung up on all the scary stuff that you can’t deal with, presuming you’ve done all that—which is a huge assump-

must be ministers of mercy above vidual,” said Hotop.

“Nothing, absolutely nothall,” said Pope Francis. ing, should stand in the way of a “A person once asked me, in a person and their God. That nothprovocative manner, if I approved ing can stand in the way of how of homosexuality. I replied with another question: ‘Tell me: when God deals with this person. Not God looks at a gay person, does he even a priest, not even the hierendorse the existence of this person archy of the Church, nothing can with love, or reject and condemn stand in the way of God. That is a this person?’ We must always con- very Jesuit way of thinking,” said sider the person,” said Pope Fran- Hotop. “It is God, who is Creator, cis. who deals with his creatures. …

“We need to widen our view. Francis is very strong about that.

We need to talk about how we God deals directly with the intake care of peo- dividual. It is not the job of the ple,” said campus priest to interfere. As a young minister and the- Jesuit, I find that very inspiring, ology teacher Carl and I’m glad that he’s saying it to Heumann, S.J., the whole Church because this is reflecting on Pope a gift that the Society of Jesus has Francis’s message and has given to me personally in of focusing on my training, and I’m excited that people and not the Pope is relating that to the necessarily doc- wider community.” trine.

On whether changes could “We cannot be coming to the Church in this insist only on issues context, Linhares said, “I don’t related to abortion, know. There could be. There will gay marriage and be if the logic of love demands the use of contra- them.” ceptive methods.

This is not possible.

I have not spoken much about these things, and I was reprimanded for that. But when we speak about these “We must therefore investigate issues, we have to further the role of women in the talk about them church. We have to work harder in a context. The teaching of the to develop a profound theology church, for that matter, is clear, of the woman. Only by making and I am a son of the church, but this step will it be possible to betit is not necessary to talk about ter reflect on their function within these issues all the time,” said Pope the church. The feminine genius is Francis. needed wherever we make imporThe Pope went on to say that tant decisions. The challenge today each of the moral teachings of the is this: to think about the specific Church aren’t equal and equiva- place of women also in those places lent. where the authority of the church “Fortunately for me, as a is exercised for various areas of the young Jesuit, we are trained to church,” said Pope Francis. engage the individual: to meet the During this section, the individual where they are at and Pope was notably vague. He did not to judge them based on their not provide examples of how he identity, their sexual identity, planned to develop a theology of their religion, their gender, wher- and for women. ever,” said Hotop.

“I think that this section on Linhares women, in used a science some ways, example to get does frustrate his view of the me because Pope’s words of the vagueacross. ness. But also, “If there I think it’s supis a branchposed to frusing taxonomy trate me. Franof things that cis is clearly the Church showing that needs to deal he is a man with, down of discernhere on the ment and that end, here are he is working the answers to through this,” specific things said Hotop. like birth con“We often just trol or homowant answers. sexual marWe often just riage. These are want things to -Louie Hotop n.S.J ‘09 be definite.” real things and there is real “It sounds teaching there, like he’s saying but up the line that we need to from that branching taxonomy, have a better theology of women there are things like love, respect, so that in the future, we can ask listening, care, concern. What the these questions. I think he’s saypope is saying is if we don’t get ing we don’t, at this point, have those right, we won’t be able to the tools available to help us anexplain those (birth control or gay swer these questions. I think that’s marriage),” said Linhares. what it sounds like he’s saying. I’m “Ultimately, the only thing pretty sure he is deliberately vague that matters is God and the indi- there,” said Heumann, who added (continued at top of page)

The Church as a Field Hospital In this section, Pope Francis focused not on the Society of Jesus, but on the Church’s healing message and social issues, such as abortion, gay marriage, and contraception. It caused quite a stir in both the Catholic and secular media.

“I see clearly,” the Pope said, “that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle.

It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars!

You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else. Heal the wounds, heal the wounds. ... And you have to start from the ground up.”

“The church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules. The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you.

And the ministers of the church

“A Jesuit is a person who is not centered in himself.

The Society itself also looks to a center outside itself; its center is Christ and his church.”

— Pope Francis

Women in the life of the church

Francis is clearly showing that he is a man of discernment and that he is working through this.

We often just want answers. We often just want things to be definite.”

that the process of developing this theology would be a slow one.

“But then he also says clearly, ‘we have to get women in the circle of authority. When big decisions are being made, they’ve got to be at the table.’ That he puts out there in black and white,” said Linhares.

Pope Francis did not dictate answers. He made it clear that he is in a discernment process about how to guide the Church.

The full interview can be read here: http://www.americamagazine.org/pope-interview

SLUH band history (continued from page 4)

es that play a combination of classical and jazz music—also formed under Milak. In 1988, popular ska group MU330 (music class 330) originated in SLUH’s music program, which included current English teacher John Kavanaugh.

It wasn’t only rock stars that came out of SLUH’s music program, though.

Makarewicz played in a combo with pianist Rollo Dilworth, ’78, who has taught in various esteemed college jazz programs and composed music performed by the St. Louis Symphony Chorus.

In the ’90s, although little changed with the curriculum, student involvement was still strong, as was evident from a number of first place wins in jazz festivals around St. Louis. Two examples are the Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Jazz Festival and the International Guard Jazz Festival, at which SLUH placed first in 1993 and 1994, respectively. At the Guard Fest, five students took home individual awards for musical talent.

Milak continued to lead the band at SLUH until his death in 1999, making his SLUH career a total of 25 years.

Bryan Mueller, who had been assistant director under Milak, took the reins of the program which he led with the help of Joe Koestner and Gerald Quinn until the winter of last year, when Cody Henry, Joe Paule, and Tim Moore filled his various teaching roles.

Mueller was an experienced pep band leader and brought in many excellent clinicians to work with students over the years. Henry and Paule did not return this year, but Moore continues to teach the freshman band class.

As for jazz, it is safe to say the curriculum will continue to evolve over the years, as the only constant thing in jazz is change.

“It is the American art form, and it is known throughout the world,” said Makarewicz. “It is the least we can do as a country to educate our youth in this uniquely American art form which is revered around the world … I’ve been in the business world for 25 years, and I’ve learned how to carry myself as a professional in the business world largely because of music and performing. It equips you with so much and it’s very transferable. There’s no question in my mind that it’s a valuable thing—not just the music program but all the arts programs.”

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Farces from the 40’s, 50’s bring the past to life in a confrontational collumn

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BY Jacob Hilmes FEATURES EDITOR

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n the early years of the Prep News, staff and editors experimented with distinct sections that covered various aspects of student life on a routine basis. In addition to a flurry of news and sports articles, columns such as From the Sidelines –a commentary on sports and “matters of general interest”– and Senior Spotlight –a small homage to the eldest upperclassmen– highlighted certain characteristics of St. Louis U. High. As the paper progressed, other columns emerged: “As We See it”, “Sullly’s Sidelines”, “What Not”, and other features that faded and reappeared through the decades.

One peculiar segment named “Along the Corridors” featured a hodgepodge of student activities, jokes, and personal teases organized in brief paragraphs. On first glance, the selection seems odd, ranging from teachers aflame to rifle misfires. One entry mentions the opening of the senior smoking room and has the title “First Fag?”, a British slang term for cigarette, capturing standards of 1940s life that would seem rude and inappropriate now.

The medley of reporters required for this endeavor made the column a platform for many voices: a strange, interesting, and often funny form of collective journalism.

“It seems to me it was really a potpourri, a mixture of different issues, different activities, different programs and that sort of thing.

I think we just looked for something that was a little different,” said Thomas Rauch, ’49.

Rauch served as Editor of the University Prep News, the name of the Prep News in its early volumes. Rauch held the top leadership position, and although he did not directly control “Along the Corridors,” he remembers it as a well-received segment.

“I think it was read generally,” said Rauch. “We covered so many different subjects, and I think most students were either involved in the activities, whether athletic or otherwise, or they were interested in what was going on in various areas.”

“Along the Corridors” depended completely on the student body. This was no problem, however, as editors often cut submissions due to an overflow of students eager to put their story or name in print.

“We just said, you know, ‘Drop it off,’” said Harold Erbs, ’50, also an Editor of the University Prep News. “In other words, if you had a story or something about it, you just slip it to one of the newsmembers or drop it in the mailbox for the Prep News. And it worked fine; people were happy to put something in, particularly if they were teasing somebody or a friend.”

Students from all walks of life contributed to the paper: the class clowns, stage actors, literary crusaders, and often the average Jr. Bill.

In the upcoming weeks, the Prep News will attempt to revive the segment, calling for any and all students interested in contributing to the fresh column to stand up and offer their voice. A 15-man student task force will kickstart the revival with the publication of an original “Along the Corridors” column on Oct. 25.

Until then, any student of any class is encouraged to contact the Prep News or come to the Prep News office if they are interested in contributing to “Along the Corridors.”

1949-1950: Volume 13

The following entries are from Volumes 2 and 12 of the University Prep News and were written by a broad range of anonymous St. Louis U. High students of the 1940s Hunting Human Game …

When Marty “Hair-Trigger” Brennan goes hunting there’s bound to be some chips flying -- one-sixteenth of an inch above Jim Donavan’s cranium. Explains Marty, “Gosh! I didn’t know the gun was loaded.” Jim’s comments -CENSORED.

Dee-Bold Statements … Fr. W. Diebold, S.J. interrupted his 3A English class long enough to shout, “Nervous breakdowns mean you’re working! Medalie, get a nervous breakdown!”

Orchids to Neal Flanagan for a great job of ad libbing the first half of the play.

Monty Wooleyites: How do they do it? ... that’s not hair on those angelic Sophs’ chins . . . that’s not a beard? . . . “Lettuce” know just what you are growing . . . Don McIntyre, John Whealen and John Wood

Coming and Past Events… Steve George officially inaugurated “Senior Cat Day” last Thursday with that pair of … gad! what were they … you name ‘em and you can have ‘em … Don’t forget, tomorrow is “Vest Day” in honor of our favorite Rail Rider, Frank ChoCho, the “Vest”, Farrelley.

The New Look Pete Fons, after extensive calculations, followed by a quick reference to his slide rule, figured that the new eight ounce bottle of Pepsi-Cola, now on sale in the cafeteria, isn’t worth a nickel… Eddie Gibbons was very much surprised when Pete handed him three cents and four mills. Ye Gads, young man, what nerve!

1948-1949: Volume 12

1946-1947: Volume 10

Faculty Folly...Father Preusch began setting up his equipment, and as he did so, he explained: “Now when I heat this test tube containing mercury in the bottom and glass particles on top, over the burner, the glass particles will begin to hop frantically around.”

He did so, using a piece of paper as a light background so that his expectant pupils might see. And sure enough the little particles began to race around. The warmth of the students interest turned to white heat, for not only were the glass particles racing madly about, but so was Father Preusch… the paper he was using for a shield had caught fire and the flames were licking hungrily around his fingers.

Nothing Much… This space is for the “nothing” we have to write about the sophs.

Do’in what comes naturally: When Mr. Heiser innocently asked Bill Hooper in 4C if he had raised his arm, he was greeted with the snarl, “Naw, it grew there naturally!”

1940-1941: Volume 3

1956-1957: Volume 20

Forgotten Man: William Sharos of IB is a Greek by birth, aspires to aviation, thinks Hitler is a menace, and school’s a headache. He has no special plans for the summer but is looking forward to his freedom. Admires love over all human emotions and likes “Medevial” history.

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Changing attitudes on fair trade clothing at SLUH (continued from page 1) Many at the U. High had never realized the extent to which Nike and companies like it mistreated their employees, and with this newfound knowledge, some people have begun a real push for fair trade clothing within the SLUH community.

As defined on the official Fair Trade USA website, Fair Trade is a global trade model which ensures that products have been produced in an ethical manner, meaning that those who worked in production have been justly compensated.

According to earlier Prep News reporting last March, many SLUH coaches believed that fair trade clothing was relatively unattainable for the SLUH community. Now however, the perspective has shifted a bit.

“I’ve had emails sent to me, which included the fair trade companies, and I’ve sent that email out to all the coaches,” said Wehner.

In the past few months more coaches and teams who are looking for new uniforms have come to see sweatshop-free clothing as a more viable option.

Spurred by the school’s conversations about sweatshop labor, Tom Zinselmeyer, the man in charge of selecting uniforms for the coming baseball season, has decided to order clothing manufactured by Majestic Athletic.

Majestic is a company that makes all of its clothing in the United States. It is not, however, on the fair trade list which is created by Fair Trade USA. The switch that Zinselmeyer made with the baseball team is very similar to the switch that wrestling coach Jon Ott made with his wrestling team last winter. Ott decided to order all of wrestling’s apparel through another company which manufactures all of its products in America called Eagle USA because he disagreed with the things that companies like Nike were doing in the factories

overseas.

“I thought this was something small we could do to at least show that we weren’t participating in something that would be against the mission of the school,” said Ott. Both wrestling and baseball have chosen uniforms produced in America, where there are strictly enforced labor regulations, instead of overseas, where companies have immorally exploited their workers in the past.

Eagle USA and Majestic are not, however, up to the labor standards required by Fair Trade USA for them to be officially labeled fair trade.

Because Fair Trade USA requires companies to stand up to such high levels of scrutiny, companies that have been certified by them are the ideal. Regardless, American-made products still represent a move away from companies which make use of sweatshops in other countries.

Although he has taken great

care in considering and passing along all fair trade options that have been given to him, Wehner feels as if he is caught in a difficult position by the push for fair trade clothing.

“As athletic director, I need to pay attention to (fair trade),” said Wehner. “But, I also need to be a good steward for the school’s money.”

In addition to these teams that have already made the switch away from sweatshops, there are several teams which still have not made a decision on this year’s uniforms.

Among these are teams like tennis and volleyball, which buy their own uniforms every year.

Last year, the tennis team had a fair trade option proposed, but when the votes were counted, the Nike option won. There will be another fair trade option suggested to the team again this year.

Some of the teams that still wear sweatshop apparel have coaches that are willing to consid-

er a switch to fair trade. Among these coaches is head soccer coach Charlie Martel. Martel has expressed an interest in a transition that could be made by the entire athletic department toward apparel that is more in line with SLUH’s Jesuit mission of social justice.

“I’ve suggested that we try and have all the teams do it,” said Martel. “What I would like to see first is what options are available.”

So far this school year, fair trade products have been a popular topic of discussion, both within SLUH and across the nation. The Prep News will continue to report on the role of fair trade clothing within SLUH throughout the coming school year.

C football wins first two games by big margins photo | Nate Henty

A freshman football player rushes down the field in a game against Vianney.

BY Jack Miner REPORTER

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n their first two games, against Timberland and Vianney, the Jr.

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Billiken C football team showed off its talent, winning 41-7 over Timberland and 42-0 over Vianney, going undefeated so far this

season.

“I think the competition will get tougher as the season goes on,” said head coach Tom Wilson.

Credits Staff Leo “Cheesy Pancakes” Heinz Keith “Corn” Thomas

Staff Artists Paul “Leslie Knope” Fister Tom “Tofarkey Giggles” Fields

News Editor Stephen “Adam’s Russian Portrait” Lumetta

Reporters Matt “The depression that comes with my arrival” Godar Daniel “Lally Pops” Lally Patrick “Ben Sonic” Schuler Sam “Communism” Chechik Mike “My favorite belly” Daugherty Marty “The Declaration of Independence” Johnson Luke “Stacks on Stacks” Miller Jack “Coal” Miner Thomas “Moral relativism” Williams Adam “Milk Steak” Vonder Haar Mar “Foeds” Lonsway Matt “Whipped Cream” Thomas Mike “The ‘Luk’ in ‘Potluk’” Sit

Staff Photographer Ben “S’more Marshmallows” Banet

Sports Editor Danny “Kevin Thomas’ Look” Schneller Features Editor Jacob “Moist” Hilmes Core Staff Jack “2chainz cookbook” Godar Thomas “The Goods” Riganti Sam “Controversy” Fentress Jack “My award-winning smile” Kiehl

their teammates,” said Wilson.

“The real prize is me getting to watch them dress out for one of those Friday night games.”

Both freshman quarterback Mitch Batschlett and freshman wide receiver Andrew Grassi said that starting on varsity is the long term goal. However, for Batschlett that goal isn’t too far away as he will be on the varsity team beginning this week.

“My new goal is to be a three -year starter,” he explained.

Both players look forward to traveling to DeSmet for their game this Friday at 7p.m.

“Of course we want to go undefeated, but that’s not everything,” Grassi said. “The biggest goal is learning how to play football better, how to play better as a team, and to listen to our coaches because they have a lot of wise things to say.”

“What to bring to the Prep News potluck”

Editor-in-Chief Adam “Meeting House Spaghetti” Thorp

Web and Sports Editor Will “My homie, Jaden” Smith

With six games in the next three weeks, Wilson says it is very important for those players who don’t start to be able to come in and make plays. Wilson stated that having such a large team really plays to their advantage, and having players who can fill in when there are injuries really helps out.

Another reason the team has had such success so far is the complexity of the offense. According to Wilson, big weapons such as freshmen Andrew Clair and Davion Nash have greatly increased their success.

“We spread the ball around to all the guys,” said Wilson of his offense. “They pick up everything so fast, which makes our offense so much more versatile.”

Wilson is heavily focused on C football’s role in creating better football players. “It’s not all the wins and losses but more about getting to learn the game and

Contributing Photographers Jack “Magnets” Connaghan Chris “Ransom” Jones Mr. Joe “Cuppa Joe” Porter Adam “Whiskers” Lux Jared “Cheese” Buss Patrick “Wings of Fire” Enderle Kyle “Hummer” Vogt Nate “Trash” Herty Advisor Mr. Scott “Cereal” Hessel Moderator Mr. Steve “Jim Santel” Missey

The above is a cartoon from Prep News volume 76, issue 9. Though it is two years old, it applies to today’s dress down day. Cartoons do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Prep News or of St. Louis U. High.

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C soccer jumps to 7-1 start, still looks to improve in MCC play

photo | Jack Connaghan

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Freshman XC roundup

BY Matt Thomas and Michael Daugherty REPORTERS

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A freshman moves the ball up the field.

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Williams

ith a strong record of 7-12, the St. Louis University High C soccer team is off to a great start this season, particularly against Metro Catholic Conference (MCC) schools.

“I think the kids are playing well ... I think (they) are getting more and more comfortable being at SLUH and playing here at SLUH,” said coach Tom Zinselmeyer on the team’s development.

The team kicked off the season with a 5-1 win against DeSmet, and has won three MCC games.

“Our first (game) was pretty cool because it was the first time we were playing with each other and we were able to get five goals,”

said freshmen goalie Klaus Preusser, who started the first half of the game.

Freshman fullback Brandon Trusler attributes the team’s success to good chemistry.

“We’ve gotten to know each other pretty fast, and we’ve been having a good season so far, but we still have some improvements to work on,” said Trusler.

“I think the season is going pretty good. I think our team really combines together and I think we work well together,” said Preusser. “We have our ups and downs but overall I think it’s been a great season so far.”

Continual improvement and development are part of Zinselmeyer’s long-term plans for the team. According to Zinselmeyer,

the players are beginning to understand how to play in a system, and how to play with a purpose.

“Honestly, our goal is to be better tomorrow than we are today,” said Zinselmeyer. “I want them to develop an understanding that sports allow an opportunity to succeed as well as to struggle and that’s okay––that’s why we play sports. It’s not to win; it’s really to learn what it takes to succeed through preparation and planning and that struggle is absolutely necessary and normal.

Overcoming struggle, that’s what sports are all about.”

The team will face DeSmet next Wednesday at DeSmet at 4 p.m.

ow a little over halfway through its season, the freshman cross country team has had a slow start but is picking up pace as it looks forward to the Metro Catholic Conference meet.

The team has participated in four races this season. The first was the Fleet Feet Invitational on Aug. 29 at Parkway Central, where the freshman team ran alongside upperclassmen in a JV race which was shortened because of excessive heat.

Due to a MSHSAA rule requiring cross country runners to have had 14 practices before their first race, freshmen joining the team after soccer cuts were not allowed to run.

On Sept. 14, the C cross country team ran in its freshman exclusive race at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival. As this race was early in the season, it was only a 3K rather than the normal 5K so that freshmen who are new to the sport can ease into it. Led

by Xavier Ludwig, who finished third, the team ended up taking third place overall.

In the Paul Enke Invitational, the freshmen faced their first 5K on the course nicknamed “Man-

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Maker” for its grueling hill that runners must climb twice. Freshmen William Kelly (13th place overall) and Adam Uhlenbrock (20th) helped the team claim fourth place overall.

This past weekend, the freshmen again raced alongside the JV team at Jefferson Barracks in the Hancock Invitational, contributing to a third place finish.

“We like where they’re at,” said head coach Joe Porter. “It’s a good start. Hopefully they’ll continue to improve at the rate they’re going.”

When asked what goals the freshmen team has for the remainder of the season, freshman Danny Meissner said simply: “Win MCCs.” Porter and the freshmen seem to agree with Meissner.

“It’s always a really big meet,” said Porter. “It’s time for them to be a team and see if they can go after DeSmet, who they lost to at the beginning of the season.”

“There are lots of areas we can improve before MCCs but I think were making good progress,” said freshman Christian Boxdorfer.

This Saturday the C team will be running in the Parkway West Invitational at Living Word Church at 10 a.m.

B soccer tops Jefferson City, remains undefeated through eight games photo | Patrick Enderle

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Sophomore Jack Dempster settles the ball against Jefferson City

BY Luke Miller REPORTER

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t. Louis U. High’s B soccer team won its most recent regular season game last Tuesday against Jefferson City, 2-0.

This win was the latest in the B team’s undefeated season. They have won eight straight games since the beginning of the season.

Sophomores Will Minnick and Trey Haman scored the goals against Jeff City.

With another win in the column, the team celebrated its victories but remained focused on the future.

“I think we’ve only given up one or two goals the whole season,” said B coach Bob O’Connell.

“Everybody on the team contrib-

This crossword is from Volume 13 (1949-1950) of the University Prep News.

utes to the team; we all get the win. We’re getting better every game. It’s a fun year but we still have the rest of the season ahead of us so we have to keep at it—stay focused.”

With the team’s success comes more opportunities to learn and improve. They have been getting more consistent in their ability to control the game.

“At the beginning of the season we were struggling to make opportunities happen,” said sophomore forward Derek Rieke.

“Now we’re better able to work as a team and put the game in our favor.”

B team’s next match comes on Monday at 4 p.m. against Chaminade.

Hey STUCO! If you’re still up for that bashball game with your extremely packed schedule, let us know. Big hands and profound Communists will overtake dance mismanagers. Enjoy your pride flag!

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After title loss to Red Devils, Soccerbills struggle to produce in first half

BY Danny Schneller SPORTS EDITOR

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he last week has been full of ups and downs for St. Louis U. High’s varsity soccer team with wins over CBC and Duchesne and losses to Chaminade and Jefferson City.

After knocking off Lindbergh 5-4 to win their pool last Friday, the Soccerbills found themselves in the semifinals of this year’s CYC Tournament on Saturday, eventually ousting the CBC Cadets by a score of 4-3.

Heading into Saturday’s game, the Jr. Billikens had played CBC twice already. In their first meeting, the two teams tied 1-1, with both goals coming on a header. In their second contest, the Cadets edged out the Jr. Bills in penalty kicks after senior Tommy Hill volleyed in a stunning equalizer to put SLUH back in the game.

As usual, the game on Saturday was emotionally charged.

Fourteen minutes into the game, the Cadets jumped out to an early lead, but the game was tied as senior forward Sam Chevalier headed in a corner from senior midfielder Tony Doellefeld.

Going into halftime, the game was still tied at 1-1. After CBC took a 2-1 lead early in the second half, the Jr. Bills rallied back to take a 4-2 lead, riding the tide of a Clark Conway boot into the top of the goal and two more goals knocked in by Chevalier to

photo | Jared Buss

complete his hat trick.

Before the end of the game, CBC would knock in another goal off of a deflected penalty kick but eventually fell 4-3 to the Jr. Billikens. “(The semifinal) was probably one of the best games of the season,” said junior midfielder Kyle Schnell. “We just kept calm and did everything we were supposed to. We passed it around and didn’t get flustered by anything.

We were finishing our chances that game, and that’s why we won.”

After their dynamic defeat of the Cadets, SLUH only had to conquer Chaminade to retain their CYC title.

In the first half of the final, the Jr. Bills came out flat. Thirteen minutes into the first half, the Red Devils scored the opening goal of the game off of a rebounded free kick to put the Soccerbills down 1-0. Chaminade struck again ten minutes later to boost their lead to 2-0.

Although their level of play improved vastly in the second half, the Jr. Bills were not able to stage a comeback against the Red Devils and lost 2-0.

“We were playing better, but every time (Chaminade) touched the ball, they booted it sixty yards down the field,” said head coach Charlie Martel. “So, we had to try to carry it back down the field every time.”

Needless to say, the Soccerbills were a bit frustrated after photo | Jared Buss

Junior Gram Tolish flies down the field.

Swimbills stroke past MICDS

BY Adam REPORTER

Senior Eddie Howe edges past a defender.

coming so close to defending their title and not being able to do so. However, their outlook is not all negative.

“Yeah, it was disappointing not to win it all, but at the same time, I think you could take a lot of positives from it,” said senior captain and forward Andrew Slaughter. “We beat a lot of good teams, and we played really well.

Towards the end, I think a lot of guys got really worn down. We had seven games in eight days heading into Jeff City on Tuesday.

It’ll be good to get some time off.”

On Monday, the Jr. Bills routed the Pioneers of Duchesne High. They dominated throughout the game, but, again, they were not able to finish in the first half.

The Jr. Bills struggled to get off the ground Tuesday night as they took on the Jays of Jefferson City. Three minutes into the game, SLUH let up a goal that would eventually cost them the game.

Although they had almost 15 shots throughout the game, they were never able to put a goal on the board. So despite the fact that they only had one good chance to score, the Jays went home with a victory.

Although Tuesday night’s loss was hard, Martel still believes in his team.

“I’m really proud of them,” said Martel. “They’ve been working really hard. They’re fun to be around, and I know they’re going to figure it out.”

photo | Ben Banet

Hockey Begins Season

Vonder Haar

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n Tuesday, Oct. 1, St. Louis U. High’s varsity swim team had its seventh meet of the season.

SLUH faced off against MICDS, who has had a poor season so far because of the loss of some of their talented swimmers last year.

The meet was at SLUH’s home pool, Forest Park Community College. Senior Luke Sloan qualified again for state in the 100-meter freestyle this Tuesday, having already qualified at the COMO meet in Columbia two weeks ago.

Along with Sloan’s victory, the team re-qualified in both the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay.

SLUH won the meet 103-82.

“We were all pretty confident going into the meet,” said senior captain Matt Marcouiller.

He attributed the team’s success this year to the new coach,

A few minutes into the second half, Slaughter threaded the needle with a free kick that sailed over the head of Duchesne’s keeper, putting SLUH on the board and some wind in the sails of his teammates. Minutes later, senior Tony Abbacchi tacked on SLUH’s second and final goal of the evening.

Martel and some of his players seemed a bit perturbed by the Soccerbills’ tendency to come out slow in the first halves of their games.

“We need to improve on keeping a high level of play the whole time instead of just moving up to it,” said Schnell. “We play great in practice, but when it comes to the games, it just doesn’t click sometimes.”

On Tuesday night, the St. Louis U. High varsity hockey team had its first game of the school year against the Lancers from Lutheran South in this year’s Top Hat Tournament, which is a round robin tournament where the top team from each of the four pools goes on to play in the semifinal. The Jr. Billikens routed the Lancers 7-1, with freshman Blake Riley and sophomore Patrick Pence each scoring twice.

-Danny Schneller and Jack Godar Senior Luke Sloan butterflies down the lane at yesterday’s meet.

Joe Esposito.

Marcouiller said that the team is “better than last year” and that they are “a lot more focused than last year.”

Esposito has been known to have a high intensity coaching style. Marcouiller confirmed this coaching style, saying, “our new coach is working us harder than last year.”

SLUH also placed second in the DeSmet Invitational this past Saturday.

Due to the recent success and state qualifications, Esposito said he will reward this dedication and hard work with a few swimming practices where they will enjoy a water polo scrimmage.

“We are going to have a solid team for state,” said sophomore varsity swimmer Dan Walsh.

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Despite a late comeback, Chaminade bests football Billikens 26-21

BY Mar Lonsway REPORTER

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t has been a grim first half of the season for the Jr. Bills football team, whomost recently fell to the Red Devils of Chaminade 26-21, dropping a third consecutive game.

Star St. Louis U. High running back senior Raymond Wingo was the first to put a mark on the scoreboard last Friday evening. The senior captain tore through the devilish defense for a 21-yard touchdown just three minutes into the first quarter. Junior placekicker Jake Cox, who saw his first start on the varsity squad, successfully converted the extra point.

Chaminade was quick to counter for the first of four consecutive scoring drives against the Jr. Bills. Chaminade halfback Dominique Bobo led the onslaught, ultimately dashing over the SLUH end zone for a nineyard carry. Chaminade placekicker and quarterback Thomas Martin, however, failed to chip the ball through the uprights.

On the Devils’ next drive, Martin connected with Chaminade freshman Reginald Crawford for a 17-yard score. After the touchdown, SLUH stopped Bobo on the two-point conversion at-

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tempt.

Chaminade’s special teams continued to suffer throughout the evening, making only two of the five points during their conversion plays.

SLUH, on the other hand, scored every point after touchdowns for the first time this season.

“It feels great to get them out of the way,” said Cox. “I think I’ll be a lot more comfortable playing against DeSmet.”

After the failed run, Chaminade took to the sky once again, as junior Mark Gorman caught a pass for a 10-yard touchdown.

Martin also scored the extra point for the first time of the evening.

For Chaminade’s last scoring drive of the game, Bobo squeezed through SLUH’s secondary for a three-yard touchdown. The Red Devils led the game 26-7 at half.

“The first half we were struggling on both sides of the ball,” said junior offensive lineman Christian Stewart. “The second half, I think everything started coming together, and it was a lot better.”

With a revamped approach to the game after halftime, SLUH proved much more dominant than Chaminade in the second

Raymond Wingo breaks a tackle against Chaminade.

half. Senior quarterback Sam Sykora threw to Wingo for a 28yard touchdown, the longest scoring play of the evening.

Then, with just over three minutes left in the final quarter, SLUH senior fullback Michael Hall rushed for a six-yard touch-

down to put SLUH within five.

SLUH’s offense wasn’t the only aspect of the team that prospered during the second half.

SLUH’s defense held Chaminade scoreless in the second half as well. Senior linebacker TJ Daniels led the defense with 11 tackles

while weak side linebacker, Hall, was second at ten. Sophomore David Jackson and senior Marcus Ramspott each recovered a forced fumble, putting SLUH in position to score during their final drives.

The team will travel to DeSmet for its final MCC game tonight at 7 p.m.

Crossing plains of Illinois, cross country grabs sixth at Palatine

BY Michael REPORTER

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photo | Mr. Joe Porter

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ome members of the crosscountry team wrestled with the tough hills in Jefferson Barracks at the Hancock Invitational this week while the top 14 runners traveled to Chicago for the Palatine Invitational.

Head coach Joe Porter and assistant coach Tom Flanagan took the top 14 XCbills to Chicago.

Among the varsity Palatine racers, SLUH sent junior Shayn Jackson (19th; medalist), junior Matt Hennessey (33rd), junior Jack Sullivan (52nd), senior captains Tom Rubio (54th) and John Esswein (67th), sophomore Joe Butler (81st), and junior Thomas Hogan (102nd). Varsity took sixth place overall out of 30 teams, just one place shy of receiving a plaque.

The JV team was led by medalists sophomore Dustan Davidson (8th) and junior Garret Fox (14th).

Stellar times came from all of the SLUH Palatine athletes, but notably Jackson (15:35), Davidson (16:25), and Rubio (15:56).

Of the weekend at Palatine, Jackson stated, “The course was so flat. I liked it a lot because the flatness made it easy. The number one team in the nation was in that race and on top of that, Illinois teams just tend to be faster a lot of the time, so it was extremely competitive. Our strategy was just going out fast and not racing scared but instead racing confidently. We got separated a lot during the race.

I didn’t see any other teamates until after we were done, so that is something we need to work on.

An exhausted varsity cross country team assembled during the Palatine Invitational, where the team placed sixth out of 30 competing teams.

All of the other cross country runners spiked up for the Hancock Invitational. Despite the Fall Ball festivities preceding the race, the team fought just as hard at the meet. The Jeff Barracks course had a number of challenging hills that the XCbills had to conquer.

Without Porter and Flanagan at the Hancock Invite, coaches Chris Scott and Brian Gilmore advised the team.

The third-string varsity, which consisted of senior captain Jerry Amsler (75th), junior Nick Booth (77th), sophomore Ethan McIntyre (82nd), sophmore Nolen Doorack (83rd), sophomore Jake Lepak (88th), sophomore Pete Genovese (92nd), and junior Ryan Blechle (94th), competed in the varsity race for SLUH. Amsler represented the captains and the seniors well, finishing first for the SLUH competitors with a time of 18:51.

The varsity team showed how well they worked together, finishing within five places of each other.

“The fact that four of our five scorers finished within 10 seconds really shows how well we can work as a team,” McIntyre said. “Running in a group of navy is a lot easier than trying to run with people you don’t know. Since most of the guys that ran varsity in this race are usually running JV, I think this just shows why we have had so much success in the JV division this year.”

When asked about the other teams competing in the varsity race, Doorack said, “Everyone seemed like a good team compared to our V3 squad. West Plains sure looked good out there and also Lafayette was kicking butt.”

SLUH placed thirteenth out of 18 for the varsity race on Sat-

urday.

The seniors dominated the junior varsity race at the Hancock Invite. The top seven SLUH finishers for the race consisted of seniors Peter Charles (8th medalist), David Szatkowski (14th; medalist), Brendan Keuss (26th), Matt Thomas (29th), Peter Mungenast (30th), Alex Sextro (32nd), and Michael Sit (33rd).

Charles hauled the team with an impressive time of 18:30 (a new personal record), and Szatkowski raced an 18:44 (a new personal record for him as well) for his first 5K of the season.

“I really relished outkicking a group of five Kirkwood racers,” said Szatkowski. “I knew I was towards the front, and that they were in a position to win with five guys towards the front, so I decided to pass them, and it happened.

It felt great,” Szatkowski said.

With the combined effort

from the seniors, SLUH finished third place overall in the junior varsity race. Despite the late night from Fall Ball, the SLUH athletes had to arrive to the meet ready to go at 6:30 am on Saturday.

“The course was pretty tough,” said senior Michael Kasper. “There were some rockin hills.”

Every hill was a battle for the athletes at Jeff Barracks. One hill in particular was deemed “surprise hill” because it is an extremely big incline at the end of a sharp turn with lots of loose gravel.

“Surprise hill was still a surprise even after seeing it before the race. Its placement is right after two mile, making it a killer,” said Doorack.

The team has a meet this Saturday at Parkway West.

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Friday, October 4

Graphic of the Week graphic | Luke Miller

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7:20am Father-Son Mass in Chapel AP Freshman Class Mass

Creighton University—M110

Snack—Chicken Giggles 7pm V Football @ DeSmet Lunch Special—Hot Roast Beef & Cheese on French

Vegetarian—Cheese Pizza

Saturday, October 5

Schedule R 10am C XC, JV XC, and V XC @ Parkway West Invitational

Varsity Swimming @ Hickman Quad

Sunday, October 6 12pm

Schedule R

KEEN

Monday, October 7 AP

4pm 4:30pm

Lunch

Schedule R

Bradley University—M110 Saint Anselm College—M112 Saint Louis University—M114 Snack—Chicken Giggles B Soccer @ Chaminade JV Football @ DeSmet C Football @ CBC Special—Hand Carved Turkey Breast Vegetarian—Veggie Flatbread

Tuesday, October 8

Schedule R AP Sophomore Class Mass

Freshmen Advisement

Rice University—M110

Snack—Curly Fries 12:45pm University of Notre Dame—M112 Lunch Special—Bacon Cheese Quesadilla Chicken Crispito

Vegetarian—Cheesy Vegetable

Wednesday, October 9 AP

4pm

Lunch

Minutes “Chura’s Churros” and “New Teacher Interviews” are two features of Gadfly TV’s first episode of the school year, released yesterday. Also featured is Theology teacher Rob Garavaglia leading a march of students across the Upper Field in a bathrobe earlier this week.

photo | Adam Lux

Croquet Club plays a game of croquet on Thursday during Activity Period

Pax Christi met on Thursday on the front lawn on Oakland avenue.

Moderator Rob Garavaglia led a prayer about St. Francis. Afterwards, they met and discussed the upcoming prayer service and blanket drive, as well as talking to other groups at Saint Louis U. High on the issue of fair trade. Garavaglia also mentioned the Immigration Walk this weekend starting at Tower Grove Park. Math teacher Dan Schuler updated the group on the Winter Outreach program, which the donations in the upcoming blanket drive will help.

The Latin Club met Wednesday to nominate officers for elections. Students are running for the positions of consul, praetor, aedile, quaestor, postmaster general, and assistant to the queen. The election will be held on Oct. 10.

Students for Life met Wednesday to hear a presentation from Pax Christi members about their fair trade

proposal to the Imagining 18 visioning group for Campus Ministry and Jesuit Identity (members of both groups discussed the issue of workers’ living conditions and the treatment of women). Members of Students for Life and moderator David Callon voted to support the proposal. Also discussed briefly was the Oct. 23 Day of Life. The group hopes to plan some type of liturgy during activity period as well as other events throughout the week.

At a meeting Wednesday, Staycation planned an exploration on Oct. 16 to downtown St. Louis around the City Garden area or, depending on the weather, the St. Louis Art Museum. Students interested in attending are encouraged to see Mrs. Renard in room 218c.

On Wednesday, the Mock Trial team discussed this year’s case, which was released last Thursday. In this year’s trial, a prison guard brutally assaulted by two inmates nicknamed “Skippy” and “Teardrop” sues the county that administered the jail for negligence. Based on the number of interested students, Mock Trial will once again run two teams this year.

The Literature Club talked about the role of sex and American archetypes in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at their second meeting on the book after school on Tuesday. Senior Sam Beckmann solicited literary quotes for a planned Literature Club t-shirt at the close of the meeting. A meeting during Activity Period today will wrap up the book’s first section.

SLUH-Political Action Committee discussed the government shutdown and the implementation of Obamacare at a meeting Tuesday. An informal poll at the meeting showed that a majority of students present at

Schedule R Gettysburg College—M106 University of Missouri–Columbia—M104 Snack—Bosco Sticks JV Soccer @ Bayless C Soccer @ DeSmet Special—Hand Breaded Chicken Strips Vegetarian—Pasta Broccoli Bake

Thursday, October 10 the meeting blamed Congressional Republicans rather than President Barack Obama for the shutdown.

During Monday’s senior class meeting, Campus Minister Nick Ehlman explained the process of signing up for a senior project site. He walked through the process of politely making an appointment with a site, and the role of the faculty advisors at each step. He briefly outlined the schedule and rules for attendance during Senior Project. He recommended seniors pick sites that they are not sure they will be comfortable with.

ACES met Monday to discuss their event for the week: organizing prayer services for sophomore, junior, and senior classes this week. The prayer service focused on ACES’ dedication to making SLUH a more loving and tolerant place. Frank Kovarik, moderator of ACES, thought the prayer services went great and were a great success. The other topic brought up was the possibility of ACES, with the help of Student Council, hosting a mixer at SLUH to raise money for charity. ACES members are currently in talks with different Student Council members about the details. They hope to hold the mixer right before school lets out for winter break.

Anime Club met last Friday to watch Howl’s Moving Castle, an anime movie written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The movie was about love, war, magic, and the antics of some not-so-normal people in a not-sonormal world.

—Reports by Sam Chechik, Michael Daugherty, Adam Thorp, Marty Johnson, Jack Kiehl, Leo Heinz, and Jack Godar

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5pm 6pm 7pm Lunch

Latin Club Elections Illinois Wesleyan University—M106 Babson College—M104 XC @ the MCC Championship B Soccer @ Priory C Soccer @ Seckman Varsity Soccer @ Priory Music Concert Special—Papa John’s Vegetarian—Cheese Pizza

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calendar | compiled by Leo Heinz

Podcast drawing | Paul Fister

From the collective minds and voices of Prep News members Paul Fister, Jacob Hilmes, and Sam Fentress comes the very first Prep News Podcast: The Prep Noise. Reflect on the echoes of Spirit Week as students and staff represent Music Monday, Activities Fair, and Wet Billies. Go to www.sluh.org/ pulse, then ‘shows’, and give it a listen.