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St. Louis University High School | Friday, January 16, 2015

Four new courses available next year

Dogs, jabberwockys run wild at Jazz Poetry

photo | Kevin Strader

New theology, English and social studies classes

BY Charlie Mueth and Adam Vonder Haar STAFF, REPORTER

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our new courses will be offered next year at St. Louis U. High: Dante and the Modern World, Church and Ministry, Business and Entrepreneurship, and History of St. Louis through Food and Architecture.

Dante and the Modern World

English teacher Terry Quinn has taught Dante’s Inferno in his Senior Poetry class over the past several years.

“A lot of times we get to the end of the Inferno— which is part one of the Divine Comedy—and students say, ‘We want to read the rest.’

Of course there’s not space for that in the poetry class,” said Quinn.

A few years ago, Quinn spent the summer in Italy studying Dante.

“I’ve fallen in love with his work, and I would love to share more of it with students,” said Quinn.

In a survey that all juniors took last week, many juniors expressed interest for

the class.

“There’s a lot of really positive response from students,” said Quinn. “There are probably more people interested in the class than what we’ll be able to accommodate.”

In the class, Quinn plans to cover the whole Divine Comedy. He also plans to look at modern writers’ responses to the Divine Comedy as well as art and music influenced by Dante.

With the introduction of the Dante course, Quinn will no longer teach the Inferno in Poetry.

“There’s lots of other things that I would love to The Terry Quinn-tet performs a tune at Tuesday’s Jazz-Poetry night. The night featured songs and poems, some simultaneously. do in that class that I haven’t had a chance to do in recent BY Jimmy Bricker and erator Chuck Hussung and in place of junior Matt Fink the Terry Quintet and Quinn’s years, so I don’t think it will Ethan McIntyre senior Shayn Jackson to Noah and senior Jake Nelson—the reading worked to emphasize REPORTERS be difficult to fill the hole,” Weber, ’14, and professional group, with junior Nick Mes- the power the two created said Quinn. group of poetry lov- poet Gary Glazner came up sina on guitar, Fentress on when twined, one expressing ers—students, teachers, to share pieces, both original piano, and Nic Pitti on sax, the wonder of jazz in the lanChurch and Ministry alumni, and experienced po- and previously published. guage of the poem, the other played skillfully.

Junior theology teacher ets—gathered in the Currigan In addition to the poetThe format highlighted exemplifying it.

Chris Keeven will be offering Room on Tuesday for a night ry, a student jazz combo, the the connection between poWeber, a freshman at the new senior theology elec- of jazz and poems sponsored Terry Quintet, supplied mu- etry and jazz, a major corner- Washington University and tive, Church and Ministry. by the St. Louis U. High Po- sic in between readings. With stone of St. Louis. Many of remembered well for his The course will be focused on etry Club. two substitute musicians—se- the poems, including one re- many shifting puns at the the structure of the Church Throughout the night, nior Isaac Martel on drums cited by Poetry teacher Terry assembly featuring Jennifer from how Pope Francis and which lasted around an hour, and sophomore Dominick Quinn, honed in on the styl- Bradbury last year, set the continued on page 4 speakers ranging from mod- Gherardini on bass, playing ings of jazz music. The jazz of continued on page 4

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Gunn’s Guardians picks up two Oscar nominations artwork | Dan Mudd

Director James Gunn, ’84, woke up to something nice this morning: two Oscar nominations for his summer blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy.

The film, which critics lauded for its fresh and funky take on the superhero flick, received Oscar nominations for Visual Effects and Makeup and Hairstyling. The film has picked up a multitude of awards and nominations from other groups, including the Writers Guild of America and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

See page 5 for a larger list of the films’ nominations.

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Poet Life Seniors unite art and service in poetry program for the elderly.

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Project Spotlight Seniors spread out to schools, retirement homes, and Yoro, Honduras for projects. Page 3

McDermott to speak at Father-Son

BY Sam Chechik and Will Balossi STAFF, REPORTER

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n a longstanding tradition at St. Louis U. High, the Father’s Club has organized the upcoming Father/Son Banquet, which will be held in the Si Commons on Jan. 25.

This year, the guest speaker is Bill McDermott, a well-known figure around St. Louis for his work in the field of sports, especially soccer.

McDermott is the husband of SLUH Learning Consultant Connie McDermott.

Affectionately nicknamed “Mr. Soccer” for his extensive experience as a player, fan, and announcer, McDermott has made great contributions to St. Louis University’s soccer program.

As a player, McDermott led his school to two national championships, in 1967 and

News

Christmas stories Tom Johnston, ’89, published Christmas story Lucky the Reindeer before holiday season. Page 5.

Sports

Wrestling pins down opponents Varsity wrestling wins big at the Vianney Tournament with several wrestlers placing in high positions. Page 6

1969. After graduating, McDermott moved on to the role of announcer for the team. At age 65, McDermott has been involved in his team for over 45 years.

McDermott has also announced the last 12 World Cups, since the 1970 one in Mexico, and has worked for several different networks, including ESPN, ABC, and XM Satellite Radio.

“With the timing of the World Cup, it is perfect to have Mr. Soccer come and speak to the school,” said Director of Annual Giving Jeff Cernicek who organizes the banquet.

While his career has made McDermott a renowned figure in St. Louis, the Father’s Club asked him to speak for more personal reasons than just soccer. He will talk about how he got to different places

Sports

MCC competition tough by Varsity basketball squad loses big MCC games to the CBC Cadets, 58-51, and the Chaminade Red Army, 77-65. Page 6 Opinion

Collaboration or cheating?

With the increase in student sharing of massive study guides, SLUH students and teachers should begin a discussion of academic integrity in these documents. Page 3

in his personal journey and go through his background in school and in St. Louis.

“We always try to find a speaker that is going to give a message not just in the sports industry. It’s a well-rounded message,” said Cernicek.

“I will be talking about journeys, and all the different types of journeys you guys as freshmen through seniors are on, and the one that I have taken,” said McDermott. “We don’t have much in common—me being substantially older than all of you guys at St. Louis U. High—but one thing we do have in common is we’re all on some sort of a journey.”

McDermott also hopes to give the fathers and sons some insights from his father that have affected his life. He called number one “Having a

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INDEX Page 2 Chess

Mock Trial Preview

Poetry for Life Page 3 Commentary

Senior Project Spotlight Page 4 Continued from page 1 Page 5 Johnston ’88 Writes Book

Guardians Nominations Page 6 Basketball Raquetball Wrestling Rifle Page 7 Continued from page 6

JV Hockey

Box Scores Page 8 Minutes

Politics Blog

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Volume 79, Issue 17

Chess falls to Burroughs in hard-fought battle Young Mock Trial prepares for first murder case photo | Max Prosperi

John Schwartz REPORTER

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Freshman Anton Gudiswitz thinks about his next move during a match against Burroughs.

BY John Burke REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High chess team lost a heartbreaker to John Burroughs on Wednesday, 17.5-12.5.

Freshman Anton Gudiswitz won on board four, and junior Miles Quigless won on board five. While junior Sergio Goodwin lost a tough game on board one and senior Conner Brinkman lost on board three. The toughest game was on board two, with sophomore Will Kelly pulling a tie with John Burroughs’s Jeremy Smith.

The tie was a very unique

game.

“I did not play very well.

I thought I played poorly, quite frankly,” said Kelly.

Kelly thought that he was beat, but pulled a unique tactic to try to end the match in the tie.

“The guy had Will Kelly beaten, and Will realized what was about to happen. He backed himself into the one spot on the board where he could get a draw,” said chess team moderator Don Steingruby.

However, the loss was a tough one. “I really thought we were going to win,” said Goodwin. “I really don’t think

we played our best.”

“It definitely wasn’t our A game,” said Kelly.

For the future, the team still has hope.

“We beat Metro earlier in the season, and I always thought of them as being one of the top three teams. I think we could still do pretty well,” said Goodwin.

Steingruby is also optimistic. “I’m hoping we can win out. I think we can,” he said.

Their most recent meet, however, is currently on the team’s mind.

“It was an epic battle,” said Steingruby.

“It’s a learning opportunity, and I think everyone had something that they think they can take home from this,” said Kelly. “It was definitely a disappointment in the fact that it was winnable.”

The chess team’s next meet is on the road against Clayton on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 4 p.m. They look to come back from their most recent defeat to beat Clayton, who currently stands in first place in SLUH’s conference.

If SLUH wins, they will take over first place.

POL contestants read poetry to elderly photo | courtesy of Mr. Chuck Hussung

s the Mock Trial squad looks toward its first competition against Marquette and Francis Howell North on Jan. 27, the whole team network has been hard at work.

This year’s case is a murder trial, a new enterprise for current team members, and the attorneys need to prepare for both the prosecution and defense since SLUH splits into two teams, each of which will take on a separate role. Members of the current SLUH Mock Trial team do not remember any past squads having had a murder case.

In the case, Devin Frost, co-owner of a restaurant known as Shallots, was murdered and stuffed in a cooler, and various suspects, including his business partner, are in question.

One SLUH team will be prosecuting the business partner, Will Freeman, against Francis Howell while the other team will defend him against Marquette.

Several real attorneys will help Mock Trial learn the rules of evidence while coaching the students. For competitors, it is important to ask good questions of witnesses and appeal well to the jury.

“The attorneys not only have to learn and think through what information they want to receive from each witness, but in order to make their argument they also have to learn the federal rules of evidence,” said Anne Marie Lodholz, moderator of the Mock Trial club.

Every student is assigned a role (witness or attorney), and needs to know all the

facts and responsibilities of that role. In order to prepare, the club spends a lot of time poring over scripts and memorizing characters.

“Everyone needs to know their character well because it is important to know the facts when being cross-examined,” said junior Patrick Broughton.

The prep work has been kicked into overdrive due to the club’s later-than-usual start.

“So to prepare, we’ve mostly been meeting to discuss the trial, show the rookies the ropes, as well as write scripts,” said junior and veteran member Jack Sinay. “However, there is also the task of finding a theme for the trial, preparing objections, and memorizing those scripts, all of which we’re still working on.”

On account of Lodholz’s maternity leave and the loss of past club leaders, the Mock Trial team had a tough time getting the ball rolling this year and have only been meeting since November.

“The loss of seniors the last three years has played a large part in our troubles,” said Sinay. “Those guys were incredible and knew how to get stuff done, not to mention were great in the courtroom.”

Mock Trial hopes to build off of last year’s tough loss in regionals. The first trial is Tuesday, Jan. 27 against Marquette and Francis Howell North at the Clayton courthouse, and both the squad and Lodholz encourage student attendance.

“Oh yeah, baby! It’ll be a fight, but hopefully each guy comes prepared and we end up victorious,” said Sinay. artwork | Hap Burke

Senior Jack Kiehl acts out the line, “The energy in a pair of shoes at rest/Is about the same as that of a clown/ Knocked flat by a sandbag,” by miming hitting junior Jake Lepak before heading to Royal Oaks.

BY Cade Dernlan REPORTER

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ary Glazner, a poet from Brooklyn, led St. Louis U. High’s Poetry Out Loud contestants to the Royal Oak Nursing and Rehab on Tuesday to spread the beauty of poetry.

The seven students travelled to the nursing home to

recite their poems to members of the nursing home.

Royal Oak houses people who have Alzheimers and other disabilities.

“When we first walked in, I was scared and not sure how to respond to the folks I met. But they really got into the poetry, and soon we did too,” said senior Poetry Out Loud Champion Thomas Ho-

gan.

“Mr. Glazner has been working with students and people with dementia for a long time, and has been doing it for Poetry Out Loud for a few years,” said English teacher and Poetry Out Loud organizer Chuck Hussung.

Some of the presenters added a new twist to their recitations in order to add excite-

ment for the inhabitants.

“Mr. Glazner had everyone make the sounds of waves and I conducted the volume,” said junior Ryan Hopkins, who recited “The Ocean” by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

“Our reason for being there was to engage people with Alzheimer’s and to entertain them. Poetry for Life is basically sharing poetry with

dementia patients and using it as a medium for connecting with them,” said Hogan.

“Mr. Glazner taught us strategies for expanding our performance outside the norm of Poetry Out Loud to involve other people in the room. For example, I could say a line and have everyone repeat it back, since echoic memory lasts long enough to recall the line even for people with memory loss.”

One moment that stood out for Hussung was when Glazner and a female resident joined together in song. Despite suffering from dementia, she was able to remember the lyrics with the help of Glazner.

Glazner also appealed to people’s tactile sense by passing around authentic features during his recitation of “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Hogan and Hopkins travelled with five other contestants from the Poetry Out Loud competition: juniors Elliot Auch and Jake Lepak and seniors Peter Volmert, Jack Kiehl, and Kevin Thomas.

Overall, the group’s view on the experience was positive .

“Poetry for Life has given me a greater appreciation of poetry as an art and the cultural applications it has,” said Hopkins.

“It has taught me something about sharing energy, joy, and ideas, with other people through words,” said Hogan. “Even if they don’t remember us, I hope they can remember the feeling of joy and knowing that they matter.”

OPINION

January 16, 2015

Prep News Volume 79, Issue 17

Commentary: Collaboration or cheating?

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Discussion needed to clarify issues of academic honesty

BY Leo K. Heinz CORE STAFF

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ince SLUH’s switch to Google Apps for Education, there has been a lot of talk and excitement about collaboration. The sharing features of Google Docs have made collaboration seem easier and, as we reported last week, many students create and share massive study guides around exam time.

This increased ease of sharing data has made the line between genuine collaboration and cheating increasingly murky, something that students and teachers should begin to consider, especially in the context of SLUH’s current Academic Honesty policy.

In this day of increasing technology, software, and instant communication, it is becoming easier to share data information and work.

In some cases, this is can be good—like when working together on a science lab report

or a group presentation. But togetherness is key, not merely working equal amounts or spending equal amounts of time but truly collaborating, sharing ideas and learning from one another.

But what happens when a student or group of students works on a study guide and then shares it with others?

This type of action makes plagiarism possible and makes the use of technology seem less like collaboration and more like corner-cutting and copying.

According to the Academic Honesty policy in the Student Handbook, cheating can include “the lending or copying of homework or the use of cheat sheets or their possession in the testing room.”

But what about when cheat sheets are made online?

I think it’s time for the handbook policy to be updated to explicitly address the new gray area—the digital realm of

Google Drive.

Even students who use the documents as more ideafocused forums—rather than structured blocks of information—are probably committing plagiarism, according to the Handbook. “Plagiarism is the use of another’s words or ideas as if they were one’s own,” reads the Handbook.

Students who view documents in preparation for an essay exam usually incorporate something they read in the document into their essay, likely using another person’s idea and claiming it as their own.

Since some students will always seek to cut-corners and do the as little work as possible, a tweaking of the handbook policy will likely not have a large effect, so teachers and students must begin to have a discussion about the proper times to share Google Docs and a larger conversa-

Senior Project Spotlight Honduras photo | courtesy of Jack Sullivan

Babies abound: senior Jack Sullivan walks with a young girl at the Centro San Yves nutrition center.

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ienvenidos a Honduras! Seniors Andrew Fix, Matt Hennessey, Kevin Murphy, Evan Schulz, Jack Sullivan, and Giuseppe Vitellaro are continuing a rich SLUH tradition at the Centro San Yves nutrition center in Yoro, Honduras, home to malnourished children and children recovering from malnourishment.

The seniors departed St. Louis by plane on Tuesday, Dec. 30, under the leadership of Spanish teacher Charles Merriott. After stopping in Atlanta, they arrived in an airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The travelers then went by van to the city of Yoro in the department of Yoro, Honduras (a department, said Vitellaro, is similar to an American state).

“Even up until the day that I was packing, which was like a day or two before we left, I really didn’t think, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re leaving to go out of the country to do this project.’ It just didn’t really seem real; it didn’t seem like we were going to be going out and doing something like this. And then we got to the airport, and it was tropical heat, and we saw all these people there, and it was just crazy. It really hit me once we stepped out,” said Hennessey.

The group is divided up and living with three different families within walking distance of the building. Students usually spend mornings at the cen

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tion about what real collaboration involves—face-to-face conversation. The handbook states that “the burden for enforcing this code of honesty falls on both students and teachers.”

It might take various approaches to figure out precisely how to discourage this kind of copying and cheating. For example, in December, English teachers Steve Missey and Tim Curdt took the proactive approach of creating a group study document, or “Hive,” for both of their Junior Honors that served as an extension of the classroom allowing students to use the document as a resource in preparation for the exam.

Since the document functioned as an extension of the classroom, students could use ideas from the document in their own essay, as the handbook states, “Within the context of a specific class, a writer may ordinarily incor-

porate into his paper ideas discussed in that specific class without crediting the teacher or fellow-students. In that case, there is clearly no intent to disguise the intellectual debt.”

Teachers should also make it clear at the beginning of the year what collaboration means for students who might have a misconstrued concept of the term. Merriam-Webster defines “collaborate:” “to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.” This discussion can be included in beginning of the year reminders of SLUH’s academic honesty policy.

Students should try to meet in person to study, rather than meeting through the limited medium of a GoogleDoc. The handbook says it pretty nicely, “If one student seeks another’s assistance on an assignment, the assistance should be given in face-to-face instruction—not

Mullanphy

BY Jack Casey REPORTERS

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ix seniors have devoted their month of senior service to Mullanphy grade school, a public school in the Shaw neighborhood devoted to teaching mentally disabled children. Ben DelaRoche, Will DelaRoche, Elias Asres, Brendan Walters, Ian Odendahl, Rafael Robert, Nick Blaes, Jason Plyler, and David Burke have been working both one on one and in groups with the kids as they make their way through the day.

A normal day for these seniors includes an hour of eating breakfast with the kids, three hours of education, and a couple of hours for recess, lunch, and nap time. The day at the school ends with several hours devoted to playing with the kids and watching videos, according to Ben DelaRoche.

“At first I didn’t really know what it was like to be around anyone who had a mental disability,” said DelaRoche. “After the first few weeks I’ve become good friends with my kid, Raymond, who is really funny, but gets in trouble all the time and sits in time outs. He and I are like brothers now.”

DelaRoche also explained the challenges presented to him throughout this project.

“All the kids I work with are nonverbal, so when I’m talking to them, I’m not sure if they’re listening and I can’t tell if they understand because they can’t really say anything back to me.”

He has noticed the teachers do a very good job dealing with this, though, as he has a lot more respect and appreciation for the teachers who do everything they can to help the kids settle in for the day.

A memorable example DelaRoche mentioned involved one of the teachers. “He was working with a kid to try to make him talk and after a whole hour of just trying to get him to say ‘thank you,’ he finally did it and you could tell how much joy was on his face. It shows how much the teachers love the kids,” said DelaRoche.

DelaRoche has learned a lot during this project, but most importantly he has a new sense of appreciation.

“I never really would have thought about these teachers before,” said DelaRoche. “The relationships and love that they share with the kids is something amazing to see when they come in.

I hope that by the end of the month the kids will remember me for providing them with that same love.”

by passing written work from one student to another. The student who ignores this advice and makes his answers or work available to another shares responsibility and consequences if cheating occurs.”

Students could create separate study guides and then collaborate to discuss them both. Students should also realize that their responsibility is to learn and accept what that entails, especially working on assignments independently when asked to do so.

As teachers and students continue to use the fruits of Google, students and teachers should begin talking about GoogleDocs, academic integrity, and what effective and genuine collaboration looks like.

Let’s collaborate on that.

We can set up a Google Doc for everyone. Check your email.

St. Agnes

BY Jack STAFF

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eniors Hap Burke, Sam Fentress, Bo Chevalier, Brendan Komp, Andrew Gmelich, and Thomas Lally chose St. Agnes Retirement Home as their project site for January, but due to an outbreak of the flu, they are now working at St. Agnes Preschool.

The seniors began January by working with the elderly of St. Agnes, where they would arrive at 9 a.m. every morning. After their arrival, they would walk the halls and wheel people to Mass.

“Sometimes we’d stay for Mass, other times we’d go down and see if there was any more physical things that needed to be done, like taking down Christmas decorations or something,” said Komp.

After Mass, the seniors would help the elderly with their morning activity, which was sometimes an exercise class, but other times a chime choir, before having some free time. In that free time, the seniors would usually play board games with senior citizens or just talk to them before breaking for lunch.

“One of the things I did was watch a two-hour game of chess between Sam Fentress and one of the residents,” said Komp.

After lunch, the seniors would again have some more free time to connect with those at the site before the afternoon activity, which ranged from bingo to baking, to close out their day.

“It was pretty cool,” said Lally. “For baking, we got to eat a lot of cookies, so that was fun.”

However, after many residents were infected with the flu last week (five were hospitalized), the nursing home was quarantined on Friday and the seniors were sent home. The seniors also stayed at home on Monday before being reassigned to the preschool.

“The nuns at St. Agnes didn’t want to lose us because they need our help,” said Komp. “So this is just a temporary thing.”

At the preschool, the seniors arrive at the same time as before and begin by helping with snack time.

After snack time, the kids start class, which divides the seniors into classrooms where they watch over the kids and help with any activities.

“We’re pretty much like teacher aides, so our job is to make sure the kids are standing in lines or keeping their shoes on, nothing really too difficult,” said Lally.

Then, after the seniors follow the children outside for playtime, which lasts 10-15 minutes, they return to the classroom for lunch.

After lunch, the kids have a two-hour naptime, which the seniors use to prepare arts and crafts projects for the children. Then, as the seniors are leaving, the students go outside to enjoy another snack.

The seniors’ presence at the preschool won’t be lengthy. The plan is to return to the nursing home early next week, depending upon the rate of recovery of the St. Agnes residents.

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Poetry Club hosts night of jazz and poetry (continued from page 1)

standard of jazz accompaniment for the night by going first. He read “Dog” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. His smiling demeanor mimicked the pleasure of his audience, a feeling best described by English teacher Chuck Hussung as “free bliss.” At home in the relaxed, free verse of the poem, Weber grooved to the musical stylings of the Terry Quintet, snapping and dancing as an in-between to his reading, often threatening to knock the podium over with his energized sway. “(Weber was) well spoken, and with his poem and the groove of the music, it really felt like he was connecting with every member of the audience,” said Messina.

Glazner turned up the fun and ended the night with “The Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. Glazner, founder of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, traveled to St. Louis this week in order to participate in Poetry For Life, in which he joins Poetry Out Loud competitors as they travel to local

photos | Patrick Enderle

nursing homes to read poetry to the residents.

The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project organizes a variety of events and actions throughout the country that are beneficial to the awareness of Alzheimer’s as well as raising funds to help Alzheimer’s treatment. Glazner and the Project have published two books which put all of the proceeds into Alzheimer’s research. Glazner himself has been an advocate for patients of dementia through his appearances on NPR and NBC’s The Today Show.

Since dementia patients often recall specific lines of poetry from their childhood, Glazner and his fleet of poets, create methods to use poetry as an alternative way to connect with patients. They also began to see the positive effects—smiles, laughing, and dancing—that poetry and music could deliver.

In an attempt to make poetry a part of Alzheimer’s treatment, Glazner has even set up a website which trains

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From left: Noah Weber (‘14) returns for Jazz Poetry night and reads Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “Dog.” English teacher Chuck Hussung reads “Leaving” by Richard Wilbur.

people to use poetry and other arts such as music and dance to connect and effectively communicate with dementia patients. More information and Glazner’s books can be found on the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project website.

Possibly the greatest aspect of the evening was the absence of an agenda, allowing anyone who brought a

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the Magisterium run the Church to how local parishes operate.

Throughout the class, students will follow two doctrines, the Dogmatic constitution and pastoral doctrine of Vatican II, and their effects on the real world and church organization.

“We don’t really do a lot with Vatican Council II in any of the four years,” said Keeven. “When you look at how the Church believes and how we do what we do, and how the Church is structured in today’s day and age, the last 50 years is shaped entirely

by Vatican Council II, and we don’t talk about it at all.

The Church in the 1940’s was very different than it is today.

Why? Vatican Council II.” Keeven will draw from his experience of 12 years in Youth Ministry work with Catholic grade schools and a Catholic hospital. He plans to show students how local Catholic organizations work day to day.

“Hopefully it will inspire (students) to be active in church life,” said Keeven who hopes his students become active in Catholic organizations after leaving SLUH. Business/Entrepreneurship

“The fact that we have an awful lot of graduates go off to study business in college makes it seems like a class that people would be interested in taking” said AP Micro/Macroeconomics teacher Kevin Foy on offering a Business/ Entrepreneurship class at SLUH over the summer.

Through the course, which is available to rising juniors and seniors, students will be able to gain college credit through UMSL. The course will cover parts of all the popular business majors to give students who are interested in business an opportunity to find what they enjoy

learning.

“We will do a big unit on entrepreneurship and writing business plans … but we will also talk about management, we’ll talk about operations, we’ll talk about marketing and a little bit on finance and accounting,” said Foy. The class will be held on SLUH’s campus and will be three hour-long classes. These longer classes will allow Foy to possibly take field trips to see entrepreneurship in the real world and to teach topics in depth not possible in 45 minute periods.

“It opens up a lot of options for a different kind of learning, which I think lends itself particularly well to the business curriculum,” said Foy. Foy is also excited that this summer opportunity will prepare SLUH Ignatian Business Leaders (IBL) students to perform better in the Entrepreneurship Competitions, in which SLUH most recently placed 4th.

“All of the students in at least two of the teams ahead of us had already taken a full semester business class,” said Foy. “Now we will be on a level playing field.”

History of St. Louis through Food and Architecture

This summer, history teacher Anne Marie Lodholz will teach a hands-on local history course entitled History of St. Louis through Food and Architecture.

“I’ve wanted to do a local history for a long time,” said Lodholz. “I was inspired because I got a chance to go to a Gilder Lehrman seminar with Kenneth Jackson, an authoritative New York historian who did the Encyclopedia of New York History. And so he looks at New York during the Gilded Age—during the nineteenth century basically—and it’s sort of a walking tour. It’s awesome.”

McDermott will speak at Father-son banquet

Lodholz hopes to get students out of the classroom as much as possible. She plans to go to the Backer Community Garden on a regular basis and out into the community once a week for field trips.

“What makes history fun is when you can see it, when you can touch it, and when you can taste it,” said Lodholz.

“Within the confines of the regular school year, it’s really hard to get kids out of the classroom and to all of these places because our lives are just so busy.”

“The idea behind this was if we did a St. Louis history and you organized the local history around the different immigrant groups that come in, you could look at the ways in which these immigrant groups create communities—either incorporating others into their community or isolating others—and you could look at that through their food and through their architecture.”

The four week class will cover Native American, French, Spanish, English, Irish, German, Italian, African American, and Bosnian immigrant groups and their impact to the St. Louis area.

“There were some questions about it,” said Lodholz in regard to the reaction of the administration when she proposed the class. “I think people are still trying to figure out what kinds of courses are going to be offered in the summer.”

Other Changes

Other minor class changes include a name change for the Genetics class, which will now be called Microbiology and Genetics. However, the course will not change.

After meeting only in the summer for the past few years, P.E. teacher Patrick Zarrick’s yoga class will now be offered during the school year.

poem to get up and perform.

As the SLUH Poetry Club makes its way through its maiden year, they plan to have more chances for people to get some “free bliss” after a positive reaction from the audience of about 30, none of which quite knew what to expect from the evening.

Hussung hopes to expand the event, shooting for a

turnout that will have people waiting in the halls. Hussung also hopes that the return of the seniors from project will foster more events and meetings within the SLUH Poetry Club.

Students who are interested in joining should email moderators Chuck Hussung and Terry Quinn.

good work ethic” and number two “Make the right decision and do the right thing.”

The club hopes that McDermott will incorporate not only his background in sports, but his stories about his own family life and how much family means to him.

The McDermott family has had to endure more than their share of family struggles.

In 2008 one of McDermott’s three daughters passed away at the age of 24 due to a heart problem she had carried from birth.

This tragedy inspired the parish of Immacolata to dedicate the annual 3rd grade basketball tournament to McDermott’s daughter and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

From the Archives:

Above: a Prep News clipping from a jazz-poetry night in the 1962.

Left: An article detailing SLUH’s first jazz-poetry night, in 1961.

Below: A group of musicians rehearsing for a jazz-poetry night in 1964.

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Guardians of the Galaxy nominations Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars)

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Writers Guild of America

Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Visual Effects

Best Adapted Screenplay

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Best Action Movie Best Actor in an Action Movie Best Actress in an Action Movie Best Makeup

British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Special Visual Effects

James Gunn speaks to film students during a visit in 2011.

Quiz bowl goes 7-2 at De Smet but misses spot in championship pool photo | courtesy of Nick Perryman

BY Liam Heffernan and Joe Slama REPORTER, STAFF

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espite hard-fought factual battles, the St. Louis U. High varsity Scholar Bowl team suffered defeat in the championship bracket at the De Smet tournament on Saturday.

In the first part of the tournament, the team won five of six matches, putting it in the running for the championship bracket. But MICDS and Saxony Lutheran had also won five matches and had also racked up more points than the SLUH squad. As a result, SLUH dropped into the consolation bracket.

In the consolation bracket, SLUH first lost to Rockbridge. In the second match, they conquered De Smet 445150, and in the final game, they secured a two-game win streak and an overall seven wins by defeating Helias 390120.

“We actually did really well,” said junior Allen Duncan. “Before they announced

From left: junior Paul Daues, senior Conner Brinkmann, senior Nick Perryman, junior Duncan Allen.

the top four, we had only suffered one loss. We thought we were going to make it into the top four. We just missed the cutoff.”

Although the team did not make it into the championship pool, still did very well and also worked together as a team. According to Allen and Steingruby, the team was well versed in many subjects and was able to cover the wide ar-

ray of questions asked.

“I would say we have a very balanced team. It’s not always one guy getting the answers,” said Steingruby.

Steingruby would like to have one or two more tournaments for the SLUH Scholar Bowl team to be involved in, possibly in April. He is still waiting on a response from the players.

photo | Ted Wight

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-ter playing with the kids who live there until lunch. Honduran women who work at the center prepare meals that are typically ground up in a blender for the children.

After bathtime for the kids, the volunteers leave the center around 1:00 p.m. to eat lunch with their host families or at a cafe and may visit a store for the center before returning at 3:30, when the children are waking up from naps. Playtime continues until an early dinner at 4 or 4:30 and second bath before bed at 6. Evenings are free, and the seniors typically meet up at one host family’s house to hang out, talk, discuss project, or journal about their experiences.

“We are working in a nutrition center, versus a school or daycare or anything like that, which means all the kids that we work with are malnourished, or they were at at least one point malnourished before they came to the center,” said Vitellaro. “It’s not like they’re a skeleton. Most of the

kids are relatively healthy.”

The project is also living up thus far to its reputation as a dynamic site, and the seniors have had many exciting experiences with the residents.

“We’ve had one kid take his first steps alone. I’ve heard a couple first words from kids.

The progress that they’ve made in the short time we’ve been here has had the biggest impact on me,” said Murphy.

“There was this one girl, Isis (pronounced Ees-ees) who, when we first got there, would scream and not let anyone touch her,” said Sullivan.

“If you asked if you could hold her she would shake her head, or made any sort of motion toward her she would totally back off. (Merriott) had said it was probably because she wasn’t used to that sort of love and care in her own home, which is really sad. Now flash to today, where she runs to us when we get there to hold her, and she’s always laughing and smiling. One by one, she would let us hold her.”

The seniors are currently on a three-day break from

their work to tour Honduras’s top tourist attraction, ruins from the Mayan civilization in Copán. During their tour on Thursday, they saw United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández. Schulz attempted to say “Hello” to Ki-moon in Korean. When Ki-moon asked him in English, “Do you speak Korean?”, Schulz responded in Spanish, “No, lo siento,” meaning, “No, I’m sorry.”

The site may be unique; however, the Senior Project mission of connecting to diverse kinds of people remains very much the same.

“This sort of thing has always been two-dimensional, and personally, I didn’t see these people as human beings,” said Schulz. “They’re always ‘the Honduran children,’ and that’s not a human title.

It’s very one-dimensional. But once you are here, it becomes a reality and you’re able to touch it, and it touches you.”

A five year wait: Johnston ‘89 publishes Christmas children’s book

BY Sam STAFF

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om Johnston, ’89, published his first work, Lucky the Reindeer, after five years of waiting. Johnston released his book, a prequel to the Rudolph story, just as Christmas season arrived.

Like most of Johnston’s story, the inspiration for Lucky the Reindeer was unusual.

“At 3 o’clock in the morning I woke up out of a dead sleep, pulled out a pen and paper and started writing this idea down,” Johnston said.

That idea developed into the book, “Lucky the Reindeer.” Johnston, who designs and equips commercial fitness

centers for a living, made 50 copies and distributed them to friends as Christmas presents in 2009, three months after writing it. Soon after, Johnston’s friends contacted him and insisted that he got the book published.

“People came to me and my wife saying ‘you need to get this published,’” Johnston said. “So my wife decided to run with this.”

Johnston’s experience with publishing was also unique. Without any idea about the process, Johnston’s wife, Sharon, took the book to a publisher, Mascot Books, who picked up the book immediately and paired John-

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ston with illustrator Preston Asevedo. The publisher’s finally finished the book in time for Christmas of 2014.

In his writing, Johnston aimed to focus on the true meaning of Christmas.

“The storyline is a very positive message. It’s almost all but lost in time with kids when it comes to Christmas. It gets back to the true meaning of Christmas. It’s about helping others and putting others before us,” Johnston said.

Johnston’s interest in books began as a student at SLUH. “My interest in reading books really bloomed while I was a student, and it started

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with my English teacher Mr. Moran. He opened my eyes to the amazing world of literature,” Johnston said.

The book found fair success after release in 2014. In the first year it sold several thousand copies. A bulk of the sales were in Kirkwood, where Johnston lives, and Webster.

Johnston never anticipated his idea to turn into such a success.

“It’s caught me off guard, but it’s been an amazing blessing,” Johnston said.

Although it took five years for the book to get pub- in 2014, what you see in the lished, Johnston has kept the book, is what was written at 3 words the same. o’clock in 2009,” Johnston said.

“What was published Johnston’s book is 25

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The inside cover of Johnston’s book, which was published in 2014.

pages of text and illustrations.

The book is available online and at certain retailers in St. Louis for $14.95.

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Growing pains: Basketball falls to to CBC, Chaminade photo | Patrick Enderle

BY Marty Johnson SPORTS EDITOR

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he MCC is one of the city’s most talented and challenging conferences. The St. Louis U. High basketball team learned this fact first hand this week, losing games to CBC and Chaminade, dropping their conference record to 3-2.

Against CBC, SLUH came out and did exactly what an upset-minded team must do: get out to an early lead. Two early three-pointers by sophomore Davion Nash combined with CBC’s making only one field goal in the first five and half minutes of play fueled the Jr. Bills to a 14-3 lead with 2:37 left in the first.

The Cadets, however,

photo (below) | Leo Heinz

woke up and went on an 8-4 run to end the quarter, but thanks to sophomore Brandon McKissic’s three-pointer as time expired, SLUH had a 18-11 lead after the first quarter.

“We knew they were going to make a run, but I don’t think we handled it right when they made their run,” head coach Erwin Claggett.

After several scoreless minutes to start the second quarter, the two teams began to exchange three-pointers, with senior small forward Spencer Stapf hitting one for SLUH, and the Cadets getting two threes from their outstanding junior point guard Jordan Barnes. Barnes’ second three-pointer put CBC ahead

Wrestling pins Vianney tourney

BY Mick Callahan REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High wrestling squad continued its recent success this past weekend with a dominant win at the St. John Vianney High School Wrestling Tournament.

The Jr. Billikens dominated in almost every weight class from 106 to 285 with five different wrestlers winning their brackets, including junior Justice Binder (106), and seniors Collin Arroyo (132), Rafael Robert (170), Mick Callahan (182), and Max Kavy (285).

Two other wrestlers finished second (seniors Sigmund Gusdorf and John Sims) and two wrestlers finished fourth (juniors Ben Schulte and Henry Mungenast).

The team was also aided by the help of freshmen Jack Dalton, Rory Butler, and Jack Bunn, who all participated in their first-ever varsity tournament.

“Henry was the (Outstanding Wrestler) in my book,” said Robert. “He teched”—victory of fifteen points or more—“a good wrestler in round one and kept pushing through to the

third place match, even with a hurt shoulder.”

“I think Justice Binder’s performance stood out to me.

He was coming off a concussion and being out for a little under a month, and he performed at a high level which was really impressive,” said Kavy.

The team finished 60 points ahead of second place Sumner High.

This victory came on the heels of a very strong week for the team, which went 3-1 in dual meets prior to the tournament, confirming the team is hitting a hot streak. Both Kavy and Robert credit the recent success to a week-long break over the holidays followed by what has now been three hard-working weeks of practice with everyone putting a full effort in.

After a full week of practice and no meets, the Jr. Bills will travel to Fenton tomorrow morning for a challenging all-day tournament at Rockwood Summit. Opposing teams include Rockwood Summit, Washington, Pacific, Cape Central, Ozark, and Class 1 powerhouse Whitfield.

Above, sophomore Brandon McKissic takes a shot against Chaminade last night. Below, sophomore Davion Nash goes up for a lay-up in last week’s game against CBC.

21-19, but SLUH battled back to tie the game at 23 going into halftime.

SLUH kept their momentum rolling into the second half, going on a 5-0 run to

start. But Barnes, who would finish with a game-high 28 points, drained a three-pointer with 3:30 left in the quarter, giving the Cadets a 30-28 lead. Barnes was 7 for 9 from

three-point range. No other CBC player made a threepoint shot.

The Jr. Billikens trailed until sophomore guard Davion Nash drilled a three-pointer as time expired, making the score 39-38 in SLUH’s favor.

Sophomore BJ Wilson threw down a nasty onehanded slam to start the last quarter of play, causing the SLUH student section to erupt. The team was feeling it. The fans were feeling it. A win that would give SLUH a 4-0 record in MCC play was within reach.

But then Jordan Barnes happened. The Cadet guard would score seven points down the stretch, including two crucial free throws. The score finished CBC 58, SLUH 51. Barnes really was the difference maker in the game.

Without Barnes, CBC made just 9 of 37 shots from the field (24 percent).

What also hurt the Jr. Bills was the absence of the Jackson twins, who violated team rules; together, they combine for nearly seven points a game. Claggett believes that in the end, it comes down to the players.

“Being close isn’t good enough, we have to find a way to win,” Claggett said.

The Jr. Bills received another blow early this week, with Nash and fellow sophomore Koray Gilbert also being sidelined.

“We lose a lot,” Claggett said of the absence of four players for last night’s game agsint Chaminade. “A bunch of scoring. A lots of experi-

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Lally qualifies for Junior Olympics

BY Alex Wang REPORTER

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wo members of the St. Louis U. High rifle team headed to Kansas City on Jan. 3 for the Missouri Residential State Meet for individuals, sponsored by USA Shooting the organization from which Olympic shooters are selected. This match is how people qualify for the National Junior Olympics (in Colorado Springs, Cola. at the Olympic Training Center) in April.

Team captain Thomas Lally finished first at the meet and junior Sean Wohlstadter finished second.

Lally shot a 568/600 and Wohlstadter a 538/600.

As state champion on Saturday, Lally has automatically qualified for the National Ju-

nior Olympics in Colorado Springs.

Matches under USA Shooting are distinctly different from the matches that the team usually competes in.

These matches are composed of prone, standing, and kneeling, commonly referred to as 3-position shooting. USA Shooting rules match up with the international rules for Olympic and World Cup Air Rifle Shooting, where shooters shoot 60 shots standing.

“I shot well,” Lally said.

“Even though I had a really bad shot at the beginning and got angry, I was able to overcome that obstacle and continue shooting well to win the match. The meet was important for me to know that I can still do well even after a bad

start.”

However, this isn’t the last USA Shooting meet for the Riflebills. Senior and Illinoisan Matt Bates will be competing in his home state’s qualifier on Sunday, Jan. 25, in Kankakee Ill. Then, USA Shooting picks the next top 50 male competitors in order to have what will ideally be the top 100 young male shooters in the United States in their Junior Olympics. Shooters who do not automatically qualify in the initial state competition can earn a spot by being in the top 50 of the nation in a second competition. The team’s next meet is Saturday at 10 a.m. in Highland, Ill.

McCauley, ’45, Claggett SLU All Century Ed McCauley, ’45, and current head basketball coach Erwin Claggett were honored earlier this week by being selected to SLU’s All Century Team. McCauley is a member of the NBA Hall of Fame and Claggett scored 1,910 points in his four seasons for the Billikens.

R-ball pulls out 7-0 win v.

DeSmet Undefeated despite injuries

BY Joseph REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High varsity racquetball team continued its season-long tear this past Tuesday, shutting out the rival De Smet Spartans 7-0 for their fifth shutout of the season. The team is undefeated with a 6-0 record.

With some big injuries at both the varsity-1 and varsity-2 levels, all of the players have needed to step up to fill in the holes in the roster, and junior Tim Juergens has done just that. The match against De Smet was only Juergens’ second match on varsity-1, but that didn’t stop him from beating his opponent handily, 15-3, 15-13.

“I was a little nervous but since it was my second match it wasn’t too bad,” said Jurgens. “I was hitting some really good shots in the first game which was a great confidence booster for me.”

Head coach Joseph Koestner is excited by the way Juergens has played recently and applauds all the hard work he has done to get to this spot.

“Tim has improved his play incredibly over the last month and it’s really pretty amazing. He started the season on JV3, but because he showed the coaches that he is a strong player and because of a couple injuries, he was able to climb up the ranks into the position he is in now,” said Koestner. “Tim has done a great job stepping up and adjusting which is great for me to see as a coach.”

Juergens was called up to varsity-1 after senior Ike Simmon tore his ACL on a recent skiing trip. Though Simmon is gone, senior and No. 3 seed Ben Buescher still feels confident about the team and its future.

“Ike’s injury definitely hurts,” said Buescher, “but Tim has played exceptionally well since he has been called up so I’m not too worried.”

Beyond Juergens, the rest of the SLUH team also played well against De Smet.

“Overall, I was happy with the performance of our guys,” said Koestner. “After the matches we always discuss as a team how the match went and things we need to improve on, and there were some very constructive comments made by players about the play of teammates and how they can improve.”

Buescher was especially impressed and pleased with the performance of the doubles team of junior Charlie Mueth and senior Andrew

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Basketball hammers tough gut, falters in second half against CBC

photo | Patrick Enderle

Despite injuries, racquetball on top (continued from page 6)

Freshman Mikey Sanders takes a shot against Chaminade Thursday in the second period.

(continued from page 6) ence because they’ve been in 12 games so far. It’s going to be a big adjustment, but it’s just like the rest of the season, we’ll have to deal with it.”

To compensate for the loss of the players, Claggett brought sophomores Andrew Clair and Anthony Hughes up from the JV team. Claggett believed that the new additions would be ready.

“The good thing is that they’re prepared, they know what they expect of them,” Claggett said. “They’re capable.”

Early on last night, however, it seemed as if Chaminade would run away with the game. In front of a capacity crowd that included

North Carolina’s head coach Roy Williams, the Red Devils raced to a 6-0 lead. CCP’s Jayson Tatum, who is considered to be one of the top-ranked prospects in the country for his age, fueled this run with several points early.

But thanks to the play of sophomore shooting guard Brandon McKissic and junior point gaurd Matt Nester, SLUH was able to staunch the bleeding and pull within four points at the end of the first quarter.

The second half was much like the first. CCP blitzed the Jr. Bills defense, scoring seven quick points. However, after a timeout called by Claggett, SLUH found their rhythm and, led by McKissic’s 15 first half points, only trailed the Red Devils 33-32 at half.

“I think we played pretty good defense in the first half,” Nester said. “We held Jayson in the first half.”

But things fell apart in the third quarter. A combination of tight refereeing and sloppy defense led to the Jr. Bills committing six fouls in the first two and half minutes, putting CCP in the bonus for the rest of the game.

“We had a lapse on defense in the second half,” McKissic said. “On defense we didn’t get back and they had wide open shots.”

“To their credit they got to the free throw line and we didn’t,” Claggett said. That’s how the third quarter went.”

The result was a 12-point Red Devil lead at the end of the third quarter.

The Jr. Bills never gave

up the fight though, despite having Schmidt and sophomore BJ Wilson fouling out.

Senior Spencer Stapf hit a flurry of three-pointers in the closing minutes to finish with 13 points and make the final score 77-65.

“Our kids play hard, they don’t know any other way,” Claggett said.

After the game, Claggett wasn’t making any excuses due to the absence of four of his players.

“I think we have more than enough to win, even with the people who showed up,” Claggett said.

“We lost,” Schmidt said.

“We have to do better.”

The Jr. Bills are back in action Monday afternoon when they host Hazelwood Central at four o’clock.

JV hockey looks toward playoff with strong focus Team remains 9-1-1 with solid defense.

BY Jack Miner REPORTER

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he junior varsity hockey team has gotten off to a roaring 9-1-1 start. Freshmen players especially have helped put the puck in the back of the net consistently all year.

“I’ve been really satisfied with how the first half of the season has gone,” said sophomore defenseman Kurt Lindhorst. “We’ve had lots of support from both freshmen and older guys.”

“I can’t complain too much,” said sophomore left winger Blake Riley. “We only have one loss.”

“We’ve had solid defense and great goaltending,” said sophomore center Peter Hoff-

meister.

On Sunday Jan. 1, the Jr. Bills won their game against Kirkwood 4-1. Kirkwood’s strong goalkeeping kept the team to a slow start, but eventually the boys fired up and started putting the puck in the back of the net.

The team as a whole was determined to get the winning back on track after falling to Vianney.

“It was a huge improvement from the loss against Vianney,” said Riley. “We came back ready to play and got it done.”

Being one of the smaller teams out there, the Jr. Bills take pride in outworking the other teams and pressuring

the puck.

“We truly are the grindshow,” said Kelly. “Beating CBC 5-0 early this year gave a big boost to the season.

“It’s been a real grind all year,” said Hoffmeister. “We’re all starting to look more like Ryan Reaves and Steve Ott out there. I love it.”

“We eat, breathe, and sleep grind,” said sophomore right winger Luke Sextro. “The grind show is in our souls.”

“We have to stay focused,” said Kelly. “No one wants a repeat of the stunning loss to Eureka in the playoffs last year.”

The Jr. Bills faced off against the Chaminade Red Devils Sunday, Jan. 10.

“We got in their heads early off with our power plays,” said Kelly.

A breakaway goal from sophomore Nolan Corker got the Jr. Bills rolling. Corker’s

goal was followed by goals from freshmen Nicholas Corker and Joseph Winkelmann. The game ended 3-1 in SLUH’s favor. The Jr. Bills were able to roll over Chaminade, shifting in all four lines.

“It was a dominating performance,” said Lindhorst.

“If we play more consistent throughout the entire game, we’ll be right where we want to be at the end of the year,” said Lindhorst.

“We just need to start scoring more,” said Hoffmeister. “We’ve had some close calls against teams when it should not have been close.”

“We can’t let big wins get to our heads,” said Sextro.

“That’s when we start slacking off.”

SLUH’s next game is this Sunday at 9 p.m. against Fort Zumwalt West at Queeny Park Ice Rink.

Friday Night Ice SLUH Hockey will play De Smet tonight at Affton tonight at 9:30pm.

Warfield against the Spartans.

“I was really impressed with the doubles team,” said Buescher. “Their communication keeps getting better and better and it’s really cool for me to watch.”

Buescher also had a strong game himself, defeating his opponent 15-14, 15-2.

Buescher was able to overcome a rocky start, which very much pleased Koestner.

“Buescher was not playing his best in his first game, but was able to settle down after I had a talk with him and he really stepped his play up and crushed him in the second game,” said Koester. “The ability to adjust your play in the heat of the moment is a real talent and that is one thing we definitely strive for. And our guys are really good at that, and Ben definitely showed that through his match.”

Though Buescher played well, he was very critical of his performance against the Spartans.

“I had a rocky stretch in the first game,” said Buescher. “I wasn’t hitting it hard enough and the kid was fast and getting to all my shots with ease, so I had to make that adjustment and speed up my shots. After that, I ended up being pretty successful.”

Juergens was able to watch some of Buescher’s game and was impressed.

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“Ben played really well.

He started off kind of rough, but then got it together and didn’t let up. It’s definitely really cool for me to see all the seniors play well. I’ve learned a ton from just watching Ben and the others play,” said Juergens.

Koestner also attributes Buescher’s and the rest of the seniors’ recent success to a very strange source—their Senior Project.

“Because the seniors have Senior Project, they are able to get to the matches before the rest of the team which gives them some time to warm up, relax, and prepare. I think it has really helped their performances,” said Koestner.

SLUH’s next match is next Tues, Jan. 20 at Vetta Concord at 3:30 against the Cadets of CBC. SLUH has been successful against the Cadets recently, so Koestner the players are confident going in.

“CBC will be competitive in a few seeds, but they aren’t as deep as we are, so that definitely hurts them,” said Koestner.

Buescher agreed with his coach. “CBC hasn’t been too much competition for us in the past and I don’t think we have too much to worry about, honestly. But we all still need to play well.”

SLUH is also competing in the Gary Hendren Invitational next Saturday, Jan. 24 also at Vetta Concord.

C Basketball Box Scores White 1 2 3 4 F SLUH 15 Westminster 9

11 11

25 1

8 9

59 30

Blue 1 2 3 4 F SLUH 16 12 6 8 42 Ladue 13 10 13 6 45

1 2 3 4 F SLUH 15 14 7 18 54 CBC 10 13 10 11 44

1 2 3 4 F SLUH 11 18 9 18 56 P. West 12 4 14 7 37

Quote of the Week

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Friday, January 16

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Schedule R

Senior Kairos Retreat AP Junior Class Mass 4pm C Blue Basketball @ Chaminade

C White Basketball @ Chaminade

C Wrestling vs. Vianney 5:30pm B Basketblll vs. Chaminade 9:30pm V Hockey vs. De Smet

Saturday, January 17 C White Basketball @ Chaminade Tournament C Blue Basketball @ Oakville Tournament 9am C Wrestling @ Fox Tournament

V Wrestling @ Rockwood Summit Tournament

Monday, January 19

No Classes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—No Classes Junior White House Retreat (through Wednesday) Senior Pallottine Retreat (through Wednesday) C White Basketball @ Chaminade Tournament AP Snack— 4pm V Basketball vs. Hazelwood Central 8pm V Hockey vs. Chaminade

Tuesday, January 20

No Classes

Faculty Inservice 8:45pm V Hockey vs. Vianney

Wednesday, January 21 Nick Fandos, ’11, spoke yesterday during Activity Period about his experiences in journalism during both his time at SLUH and as an editor of The Harvard Crimson. Fandos has interned for The St. Louis Beacon and POLITICO and will work for The New York Times this summer.

Friday, January 9

Sophomore Pastoral Team discussed ideas for a sophomore prayer service on Feb. 10 and a class Mass on March 4. They elected leaders for the prayer service and volunteers to write Scripture reflections for the Lent prayer book.

Monday, January 12

Thomas à Kempis Club read the start of Book II of The Imitation of Christ.

Chem Study studied the art that is Chemistry in S302 after school.

Science teacher Tim O’Keefe and Vice President Sean Kelso led the Medical Careers Club in discussing a multitude of topics including club t-shirts, Mizzou minimed school, Wash-U minimed, and the Brain Bee. They also watched an eye surgery, as O’Keefe had recently had

the same surgery to remove a cataract in his eye.

The Cannonball Club munched on goldfish and chips after school in the Campus Ministry conference room while enjoying a presentation composed by Chris Kellerman, S.J about the difference between Religious and Diocesan life.

ACES made plans for morning prayer associated with Black History Month.

They also discussed an article from the Post-Dispatch about a recent meeting of the Ferguson Commission that focused on the experiences of young people.

Tuesday, January 13

Students for Life congregated on the couches in Campus Ministry to discuss the upcoming March for Life and the logistics of how the March

will work. Students who haven’t been on the March before listened and asked questions to students who have been before.

Mock Trial held a meeting to continue preparing for their trial in two weeks. The topics focused on reciting scripts, developing themes for each side of the case, and preparing objections.

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March for Life trip (through Saturday) 4pm C Blue Basketball vs. CBC 5:15pm C White Basketball vs. CBC

Thursday, January 22

Maplewood Loop today, Jan. Admissions Meeting C Blue Basketball @ Oakville Tournament 16.

Thursday, January 15

Freshman Pastoral Team planned and assigned roles for their class Mass next Friday, Jan. 23 while enjoying lunch in Campus Ministry.

Nick Fandos, ’11, came back and visited SLUH to discuss his work as managing editor of the Harvard Crimson newspaper as well as internships he did while at Harvard.

Pax Christi reflected on this past Tuesday’s prayer service and discussed how it went. They talked about immigration reform and Congress’s response to Obama’s executive action against immigration.

The Chess Team lost a home tournament against John Burroughs 17.5-12.5.

A group met to discuss the upcoming Arrupe Leaders Summit conference in Los Gatos, Calif. on Feb 13-15.

They discussed being inspired after the conference is over and bringing leadership back to SLUH. —Compiled by Sam Chechik, Staycation Club planned Emanuel Parker, and Joseph logistics for their trip to the Reznikov.

SLUH Politics Club runs new blog

V Basketball @ Chik-fil-A Classic at Belleville East High School (through Saturday) AP Sophomore Scheduling meeting 4pm C White Basketball vs. McCluer 5:15pm B Basketball vs. McCluer 6pm Reunion Planning Dinner

Friday, January 23 AP Freshman Class Mass 1818 Registration for Juniors 4pm C Wrestling vs. DeSmet 6pm V Wrestling @ MICDS Tournament 9:45pm V Hockey vs. CBC

son, and Rams football: all are featured on Politicus Et Bonis Tracto, the SLUH Politics Club blog that made its debut in early December.

The SLUH Politics Club meets weekly to talk about different political issues with a wide range of topics. The meetings are moderated by math teacher Frank Corley, and though each meeting focuses on a single topic, discussion is not limited.

Senior Nick Perryman has been running the group, and is the blog’s main author.

The title of the blog, Politicus Et Bonis Tracto, translates to “Politics and Good Debate,” the ultimate mission of the club.

Perryman writes that the SLUH Politics Club allows members to “break down barriers of party lines and realize we are more alike than we think, we hold sacred American ideals, and that we all want to make the world a

and do things that we wouldn’t senior Jake Cox will discuss ryman encourages anyone to able to do (during the meet- the social media aftermath of write for the blog. ings),” said Perryman. “It allows for a new avenue of speaking and discussion.” photo | Patrick Enderle The blog has grown at a surprising rate. A post entitled “Ferguson & the Broken Windows Theory” has surpassed 400 views, as well as being shared on Twitter 21 times by various users.

Politicus Et Bonis Tracto will not limit itself just to St. Louis issues. Perryman plans to launch a blog series entitled “16 in ’16” to profile information on 16 potential presidential candidates for the 2016 presidential election.

The blog also includes a post about why the Jesuits run Congress, stating that “if the Jesuits were their own religion, they would have more of a share in Congress than Methodists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Jews The Notre Dame Orchestra put on a performance at SLUH on … it would be the third largest Saturday. religious group in Congress.”

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Wednesday, January 28 11am

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Thursday, January 29 Seniors Return

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Friday, January 30

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