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What device?

Committee works to answer BY Sam Fentress EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

BANNED: This week marks the annual Banned Books Week celebrating the freedom to read. The library set up a display of banned books, including Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

Imagining 18 focuses on implementation planning

BY Jack Kiehl NEWS EDITOR

fter a year of visioning, St. Louis U. High’s Imagining 18 strategic planning focus has turned to planning for the implementation of ideas generated by the process. The closing convocation has been postponed to Feb. 20 to allow more time for planning. “Our goal is to take the discussion and goals of Imagining 18 and put them into real concrete plans,” said Principal John Moran. “Now is the month or so where we say, ‘We want to do this, how do we do this?’” The closing convocation was initially scheduled for Sept. 20. Starting last October, there have been four visioning sessions. “What we wanted was

to have time to come up with this implementation plan,” said Assistant Director of Advancement Ben DuMont. “What we realized was we weren’t giving ourselves enough time.” Over the past few months, six visioning groups have met to discuss ideas on how SLUH can be a model of academic achievement and faith formation to the nation and the world by SLUH’s 200th anniversary in 2018. The groups are 21st Century Curriculum, Campus Facilities/Sustainability, Campus Ministry/Jesuit Identity, Counseling Services, Financial Modeling/Faculty Compensation, and Global Education. Each group is co-chaired by a SLUH faculty member and an alumni. According to DuMont, members of the visioning process are now taking the ideas and looking at how to realize them. “We’re planning for the implementation … kind of like a plan of attack,” said DuMont.

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ll around St. Louis U. High, people are wondering: what device—or devices—will students get next year, and who will get them? That’s the question for the Device Committee, an exploratory faculty group who is meeting regularly from now until November to recommend an option to the administration. “There’s lots of right answers to this question,” said Principal John Moran. “I don’t know that there’s a wrong answer, but there’s better and worse.” The committee has two parts: SLUH’s Instructional Council (IC)—which consists

of department chairs and administrators—and a volunteer committee consisting of around 20 faculty members who have volunteered to be part of the devices discussion. The Instructional Council meets once a week for two periods to discuss academic issues; they are currently devoting most of their scheduled time to discuss and work on the device question. To better answer the question, the IC split into three groups. One group will spend time visiting other schools to study how they have implemented one-to-one technology. A group of six faculty members visited Cor Jesu on

rying to expand their reach among prospective students and families as well as alumni, St. Louis U. High’s advancement and admission offices joined together over the summer to construct a Blippar page hoping to engage their audiences more. Director of Strategic Planning Ben DuMont, who coordinates the design and publication of the annual president’s report, suggested the idea to Kathleen Parvis, the marketing and creative director at Midtown Printing. Midtown prints and designs SLUH’s school brochure, used primarily for admissions. The initial idea to use Blippar was suggested by Melissa Jones, the Director of Advancement. continued on page 4 “(We) decided that this

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Cummings in Assassins production Senior Nate Cummings performs in Assassins, opening this weekend at Ivory Theatre. Page 5

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SLUH wins battle of the Jesuits The Jr. Bills thump 0-4 De Smet in a win last Thursday. Page 6

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Fister to Friendly Farms Paul Fister, ’14, spends a gapyear in Iowa working on an organic farm, letter writing. Page 2

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image and then is pre-programmed by the customer (in this case SLUH) to do anything a smartphone or tablet can do, such as playing a video, displaying a page with links to features, loading an interactive game, or even opening a PDF file. The up-front flat fee for creating SLUH’s Blippar page was the education rate of $2,000, split between the Advancement office and the Admissions Department, since it is used in both this fall’s President’s Report and the new school brochure. Since Blippar is image specific, the content is entirely up to the buyer. SLUH’s image was constructed by Ben Banet, ’14, who had to stand on Schmelter’s van to get an

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The instructions on the inside of the Admissions Brochure on how to Blippar the cover.

would be a good thing to incorporate into this brochure because while it’s paper, it has the capability of coming to life through technology, which is something people like, and show them more even before they’re in front of a computer,” said director of admissions Anja Schmelter. Parvis designed the Blippar page using a combination of Adobe PhotoShop and InDesign, working with DuMont and Schmelter on the specific features and links. According to its website, “Blippar is the market-leading image-recognition and augmented reality platform with the power to bring the physical world to life via the camera of a smart device.” Put more directly, Blippar uses its image recognition software to scan a single

BY Charlie Mueth and Matt Godar

t. Louis U. High’s Backer Community Garden will officially become part of the Gateway Greening community garden system on Tuesday. A new sign will be installed in order to mark the garden as a part of a network of community and school gardens—over 250 in number—that extend throughout the city. “It was nice being recognized and being accepted into that group,” said science teacher Bill Anderson. Gateway Greening is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to community development through community gardening. Anderson also noted that, as a part of Gateway Greening, the garden now has more access to educational materials, workshops, seeds, and seedlings. “I think it’s going to open up more opportunities for those of us who want to expand,” said Nancy Landa, a neighbor who owns a plot in the garden. “I think it’s going to help with learning different techniques that will be a little more environmentally friendly.” “We had been wanting to get a garden for ten years,” said Anderson. “Once we got the land available and the garden established, then the next logical step was to get into Gateway Greening.” However, this is not the first interaction between SLUH and Gateway Greening. The Annual St. Louis Community Garden Summit has been held on the SLUH grounds the past two years. “It’s been a really good outreach for us, and a really good experience for the school,” said Anderson. As for the future, an educational sign for composting is in the works, along with

Admissions and advancement team up to create Blippar page

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Garden becomes part of Gateway Greening

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I18 building survey BY Sam Heagney REPORTER

s part of the Imagining 18 strategic thinking process to review the facilities of St. Louis U. High, four photographers from SLUH have taken on the task of surveying the school room by room. Juniors Nolen Doorack, Patrick Enderle, and Leo Heinz and sophomore Max Prosperi will collect data on each room. The photographers were asked to do the task in coordination with President Dave Laughlin and Hastings + Chivetta, a firm that specializes in architecture, planning, and engineering, and also consulted SLUH on the construction of both the Danis Field House and the Si Commons. The opportunity came about when Laughlin asked Hastings + Chivetta, if there was any chance students could be involved in the process. “Call it a quasi-internship or short term internship; can they be part of a little bit of what you do as an architectural firm when you coordinate our master facility review?” Laughlin said. These four were handpicked by Laughlin due to their photography experience. “They can help us with assessing the facility,” Laughlin said. “I went to the guys in the photography department simply because (Hastings +

Chivetta) told me the guys would have to have the ability to take pictures and I thought ‘Well, these guys do it all the time, then I just offered them the opportunity.’” The four photographers will survey classrooms, taking two photos of each. “The main idea of the project is to determine if classrooms are being used to the full potential, efficiency, and usability,” Enderle said. “(We’ll collect) information about each classroom, ranging from technological support like outlets, landlines, and materials to the type of air circulation in rooms to what kind and how many lights there are,” Doorack said. Their data will also be submitted with comments from teachers pertaining to their thoughts and complaints about the classrooms. Hastings + Chivetta will take this information to consult on the master facilities review process. The group began the process with a short session about its purpose in the project, as well as the history of SLUH’s building. “They’ll help us look at how we use the space today so that we can understand how we might change it for tomorrow as we think about new ideas and different ways of proceeding,” Laughlin explained.

Pozaric, ’85, chairs 2015 Fair St. Louis BY Sam STAFF

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ho is going to plan “America’s biggest birthday party” for the city of St. Louis? St. Louis U. High alum Steve Pozaric, ’85, has taken the position of General Chairman of Fair St. Louis, 2015, with overall responsibility of the planning of the Fair. Fair St. Louis 2015, a free annual event, will be held in Forest Park on Art Hill from July 2 through July 4. The Fair is put on with Forest Park Forever, the St. Louis Police and Fire Departments, and the Missouri Department of Transportation. For the Fair, Pozaric is planning to incorporate world-class entertainment, such as shows that include wakeboarding, water-skiing, and even the Flying Wallendas, a group that walks the high wire, along with firework shows every night. Pozaric has been involved with Fair St. Louis since 2010, when he started as part of the Physical Arrange-

ments Committee, which was in charge of the design, set-up, and take-down of the Fair. In 2011, he also served as Chairman of the Administrative Services Committee, helping with the legal work for the Fair. Since 2011, Pozaric has served as the General Counsel for Fair St. Louis. In 2012 and 2013, he was the Chairman of the Physical Arrangements Committee, and last year he was named Chair of Vending Management, a component of Physical Arrangements. When Fair St. Louis decided to return to all-volunteer leadership, some members of Fair St. Louis asked Pozaric to be General Chairman of the Fair. “Luckily enough, I have a really supportive wife and family, and a supportive partnership at Armstrong Teasdale that are giving me the leeway to do this,” said Pozaric. Pozaric spoke highly of SLUH, calling his time here a wonderful experience.

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The logo for Fair St. Louis.

“If I had sons, I would definitely know where they’re going to school,” said Pozaric. Pozaric said that the Jesuit principle “Men for Others” accurately depicts his decision to be a volunteer with his fellow alumni. “I think there is a volun-

teer spirit in trying to do stuff for the good of the greater community,” said Pozaric. “It should be viewed as one of those events that shows what we can do when we put our minds together and do something positive.”

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Fister finds opportunity for nature and letter writing at Friendly Farms BY Joe Godar REPORTER

on Organic Farms), which he eventually decided to join. ear the end of senior WWOOF is an organizayear, the typical high tion that provides a database school senior looks forward of organic farms around the to graduation, summer, and world and allows its memcollege the next fall. bers, WWOOFers, to see However, Paul Fister, details about the farms. The ’14, was not a typical senior. WWOOFer then contacts a While the rest of the class of farm of his/her choosing and 2014 went off to college, Fisoffers to work on the farm in ter packed up his things and exchange for room and board. moved to Friendly Farms, Fister also wanted the an organic farm in Iowa City time to make art. where he will spend the year Friendly Farms grows farming organic vegetables. vegetables, including pumpFister decided last spring kins, squash, kale, and tomato take a gap year this year. toes. “I had gone through the “The biggest moneywhole college admissions promaker is tomatoes. There are cess, and applied to colleges over 50 different varieties of and come spring time I was tomatoes here,” said Fister, kind of like, ‘Wow, I don’t reincluding slicers, saucers, and ally want to go to college next 22 types of cherry tomatoes. “The signature thing that we sell at Friendly Farms is photo | courtesy of Paul Fister pints of cherry tomatoes, so when you go to the local HyVee, you’ll find these assorted pints of cherry tomatoes.” Fister hasn’t spent all of his time picking and washing vegetables. He’s also spent a lot of his free time writing letters to friends and family on stationery that he made himself. “There’s few things that are nicer than receiving handwritten letters, and I thought, ‘How cool would it be to not only write a handwritten letter, but have it written on Above is a handmade piece of stationery, which Fister has been homemade stationery?’ So using to write letters to friends and family. before I left I acquired all my friends and family’s addresses and wrote them down in an

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year; I want to maybe take some time,’” said Fister. Even though Fister knew he didn’t want to go to college next year, he didn’t know what he wanted to do until his counselor, Ken McKenna, suggested a gap year. After he decided on taking a gap year, Fister only had a vague idea of what he wanted to do. “I wanted to, one: do some service, two: spend some time in nature, three: be able to pray, and four: be able to write letters to people, and this seemed like a great opportunity to do all of them,” said Fister. One of McKenna’s suggestions for Fister was a program known as WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities

Fister harvests honeycomb and performs maintenance on the apiary at Friendly Farms.

address book,” said Fister, who has written nearly 60 letters and counting at this point. So far, Friendly Farms

has been a great fit for Fister. “It has worked out. I was worried at first that I was gonna get out in the field and be like, ‘Ah, I’m a city boy;

I’m not used to this, what are plants?’ But I went out and I was like, ‘This is fun,’ and I love picking tomatoes,” said Fister.

Prep News NEWS Volume 79, Issue 6 Kellerman joins SLUH community Photos of the Week to learn and help with vocations September 25, 2014

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hris Kellerman, a Jesuit Scholastic and philosophy student at Saint Louis University, has come to St. Louis U. High this fall to serve and learn. Kellerman is spending from 15 to 20 hours each week at SLUH. Kellerman observes classes taught by Jim Burshek S.J., a Jesuit since 1975. Later this semester, Burshek plans to allow Kellerman to teach lessons to his classes. “It’s always good to have people like him be able to sit in because you realize that a classroom is a wonderful place to be,” said Burshek. “He loves being there.” Kellerman has also made himself available to speak about discernment and prayer with students. He shares his own experiences while offering advice to students. “Having someone like Mr. Kellerman who is going through the process of formation is really cool, especially

when he’s working with so many students who are discerning,” said Campus Minister Nick Ehlman. Kellerman helps Ehlman lead and organize the Freshman Pastoral Team, and recently helped the team choose and arrange the music for their first class Mass. “As piano player and singer, he is extremely gifted,” said Ehlman. “He has been a big help already to us with liturgical music.” Kellerman also helps with Cannonball Club and plans on attending the Kairos retreat later in the year. “I love high school ministry,” said Kellerman. “I love being able to talk with young guys and tell them about the Jesuits and maybe finding out where God is asking them to go.” Originally from Arlington, Tex., Kellerman attended a public high school and enrolled at Texas Tech University. Kellerman struggled in his faith and eventually joined the Catholic student association.

“They helped me to refind my faith and grow in it,” said Kellerman. Because of the support he found in the association, Kellerman decided to study theology, and eventually earned a major in theology at the University of Dallas. Through prayer and conversation with Jesuits, Kellerman joined the novitiate. “My heart was set on fire to be a Jesuit,” said Kellerman. In his first years of formation, Kellerman was set in all different ministry contexts. He served at poor parishes, a prison, and a school in Belize. “With each new stage, I loved it more and more,” said Kellerman. “I loved the challenge, and I knew God was taking care of me.” Kellerman currently lives with 20 other Jesuits in formation at the Bellarmine House of Studies located on the campus of Saint Louis University.

COVER STORY: Latin teacher and Yearbook moderator Jennifer Ice gets ready to reveal the cover of this year’s Yearbook. Check next week’s Prep News for the subsequent photo. photo | Nolen Doorack

MENTAL BLOCK: Left, senior Fred Kemp molds a piece of pottery during a ceramic block period. Below, junior Daniel Jackson acts out a scene in French with veiled teacher Suzanne Renard.

Clubs Bocce club hopes to play weekly BY Gaurav Nigam and Michael Esson REPORTERS

he Bocce Club, founded by senior Will Ricken, has come to St. Louis U. High with plans to play year round. Bocce is a game that involves a small ball called a pallino, and eight larger balls called bocce. Ricken got involved in the sport because his uncle was part of the Italia America Bocce club.

Ricken says there were efforts to form a club two years ago but they fell through. Science teacher Megan Menne will serve as the moderator. “I know how to play and I enjoy it; a group of seniors wanted to start it and asked me to be moderator,” said Menne. The plans for this club are ambitious. The club plans to

meet once a week to play other schools at the Italia America Bocce club headquarters. “A lot of other schools play Bocce: St. Joe, Chaminade, Ursuline,” said Ricken. “We will play against other teams, both boys and girls, but we will also just have fun playing against each other,” said Menne.

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photo | Sam Chechik

En Garde! Students fence for fun BY Joseph Reznikov and John Burke REPORTERS

he Fencing Club is a new club formed this school year by junior Joe Zoellner and moderated by art teacher Joan Bugnitz. The club hopes to introduce fencing to any interested students. Zoellner has been fencing for five years in different clubs around St. Louis, but he got the idea to start the club last year. “I needed to do something,” said Zoellner. “I

thought I might as well just start something. It really took off from there.” As of now, the club has approximately 70 members, and Zoellner has lots of plans for the future. “For the first couple meetings, I want to just teach them how to fence,” Zoellner said. “As time goes on, we might have a few competitions or tournaments.” As of now, St. Louis U. High is the only high school in the St. Louis area that has a fencing club but that doesn’t

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stop Zoellner from having big plans for the future: he hopes to start competitions between schools across the St. Louis area. The club is meeting next Wednesday during activity period in the North American Martyrs’ Chapel conference room. The club is open to all interested in the sport. “My goal for this club is to make it a very small commitment, where you just show up when you have time,” said Zoellner.

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The Breakfast Club meets for its first outing yesterday in front of Chris’ Pancake & Dining .

Charlie Mueth Staff Gaurav Nigam Reporter Michael Esson Reporter Matt Godar Reporter Joseph Reznikov Reporter John Burke Reporter Joe Godar Reporter Sam Heagney Reporter Tim Nile Reporter Daniel Lally Reporter

Philip Cibulka Reporter Mitchell Shorey Reporter Hap Burke Staff Artist Giuseppe Vitellaro Staff Artist Patrick Enderle Staff Photographer Clark Warren Contributing Photographer Mr. Steve Missey Moderator

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Did You Know? Perhaps you’d like to know a little more about SLUH. You’ll find a slide of 12 facts, ranging from school profile information to SLUH history.

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This button will load the current admissions video, produced last year. This school video appeals to both prospective families, as well as alumni, according to Schmelter and DuMont. “We thought that the school video gives a good perspective,” said Schmelter.

Ben Banet ’14 created the central artwork by digitally stitching a 360 degree panorama and warping it in Photoshop

Take Photo of the Billiken: By touching this button, an image of the Billiken will appear annd you’ll be able take a photo with him imposed on your screen. Schmelter and DuMont got the idea by looking at Blippars of well-known companies, specifically the Wheaties’ campaign where a photo can be taken with Adrian Peterson.

View Scholarship Video: By clicking this button, the page will load the scholarship video featuring the voices of several students who have received scholarship or financial aid. The video premiered at last April’s Cashbah and was produced by SLUHTube.

Admissions info: A link to SLUH’s online admissions page.

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(continued from page 1) eye level, panoramic view of Ignatius in the turnaround. DuMont was looking for a way to engage the alumni audience with technology, something suggested in feedback from surveys in years past. “We were looking for a new, fun, dynamic, interactive way to engage our audience with technology,” said DuMont. The $1000 spent by the admissions team for the Blippar page would have most likely been used for an additional print advertisement. (For reference, a third of a page ad in St. Louis Magazine would have cost slightly more and an ad in the St. Louis Review would have cost considerably less.) According to Schmelter, the number of print ads bought by the admissions team has been falling in the

“It’s cool to see how face-to-face contact really can connect to technology through the printed media.” —Kathleen Parvis, Marketing and Creative Director at Midtown Priting, on the connection between the paper brochures and the application.

last several years. One of the reasons for the trend is a lack of data to support this use of money. “Another print ad is not going to engage my audience, but investing in something like this really could be a better use of our budget,” said Schmelter. With Blippar, the admissions team will use metrics on the number of people who Blipparized the image and the precise statistics of each individual feature or button. As of Tuesday, SLUH’s Blippar image had received 368 blipps and 120 unique blipps, which excludes those who have blipped the image multiple times from the same device. According to Parvis, geographical data will also be available, and could show the usage at a particular high school night, for example. “It will be useful to see what people are most interested in,” said Schmelter of

“We were looking for a new, fun, dynamic, interactive way to engage our audience with technology.…Everything on here supports admissions and advancement …There’s several different ways that we can incorporate it.”

Support SLUH: A link to the online giving page.

—Ben DuMont, Director of Stategic Planning, on Advancement’s use of the app.

“I think for sure it’s another way to engage (the prospective students and families), a different way to offer an insight into our school…”

the advanced metrics received on Blippar’s usage. However, she has not done any further analysis of the data yet far. In the meantime, Schmelter is excited for the possibilities that lie ahead for Blippar, even if it’s a mere attention-grabber at a high school night. “I think for sure it’s another way to engage (prospective students and families), a different way to offer an insight into our school, because it’s a little different than if you’re turning pages than if you’re seeing a video and hearing actual students and teachers talk in the video,” said Schmelter. (A copy of SLUH’s Blippar image will be posted alongside the online edition of this article. Log on to www. sluh.org/prepnews)

—Anja Schmelter, Director of Admissions, on the use of Blippar for admissions.

Imagining 18 plans implementation (continued from page 1)

They are also working on prioritizing goals, looking at what can be done this year and what will be done in the next two to four years. “It’s still planning, but it’s in a more detailed fashion than just visioning,” said president David Laughlin. The SLUH faculty will help with planning for implementation over the course of three faculty in-service days over the next month. “(The faculty is) here every day, they know what’s going to work and how things can happen so they’re helping us with the implementation and planning,” said DuMont. Faculty have been divided into seven implementation groups: alumni outreach;

collaboration; Catholic Social Teaching; exchanges, immersions and global outreach; faculty spiritual development; food and nutrition; and learning skills. Upon the completion of the visioning process last spring, former Vice President for Strategic Planning John Rick, ’59, moved into a consulting role for St. Louis U. High. “During his time at SLUH, John has been a key contributor to the strategic initiatives,” said Laughlin in a statement. “He has been a tremendous asset to SLUH but we respect his decision to return to his consulting practice.” “I would like to thank the Board of Trustees, Da-

vid Laughlin, our President, members of the Advancement Department and the entire SLUH community for providing me with the opportunity and privilege to work at SLUH and wth all of its constituencies,” said Rick in a statement. At February’s closing convocation, all of the participants in Imagining 18 will meet and have a summary of what the plan for the next few years looks like. “We can report something substantive and something comprehensive not only to the Imagining 18 participants, but to the wider SLUH community,” said DuMont.

Device committee looks to answer one-to-one technology questions (continued from page 1) Tuesday to see how they handle devices. Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares was part of the visiting group. “We’re looking for how they made their decision (on what device or devices) and how long they’ve been living with it and what they are going to do differently or what they would have done differently so that we can profit best from the wisdom of these people who trialed something,” said Linhares.

During his time at Cor Jesu, Linhares spent time in a classroom where students used their devices. He also met with administrators and their Director of Technology to talk about how they handled the transition and made the decision to use their current device, a tablet-fusion made by Lenovo called the Yoga. Another group is working on writing surveys to gauge knowledge and opinions regarding devices among students, parents, and faculty.

“We want to write some surveys and see what our teachers’ and students’ and parents’ attitudes towards different devices are,” said Moran. A third group is researching how schools around the country have implemented devices in their schools. “Some of what that committee wants to do is run some research,” said Moran. “There are lots of articles written—what’s good, what’s useful, what could we be passing on to faculty that might be

helpful?” “My group is researching as far as, ‘What is the academic literature out there on devices?’” said history department chair Bob O’Connell. “We read (articles) and go through all this other stuff, and then tell the people, ‘Basically the literature all says this, these are the articles that say it the best, here are the pros, here are the cons.’” The committee will meet once every two weeks from now until late November, with a final meeting on the

25th. At that point, members of the committee will be ready to make recommendations to the administration about what device or devices the school should require of which students. Figuring that out will allow a second wave of committees to discuss the new one-to-one technology program during second semester, which will look to answer questions more specifically about the nature of such a program at SLUH. “Things like, ‘How might

this change our handbook?’ ‘How might this change the professional development that we do on our in-service days?’ ‘How might this change our technology team and staffing?’ These all seemed to come after deciding what it is that we’re doing,” said Moran. Part of the decision process is admitting that no device will work well in every classroom. “There is no perfect-fit device. If there was, we’d all be using it,” said Moran.

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Cummings to play attempted assassin in Sondheim musical photo | Patrick Enderle

The poster for Assassins, opening Friday, in film teacher Mark Cummings’s room. BY Kevin REPORTER

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heatre is a risky business to be in, and a very hard one to break into, but St. Louis U. High senior Nate Cummings has done it, getting cast in the November Theater Company’s production of Assassins at the Ivory Theatre. Written by Stephen Sondheim with music by John Weidman, Assassins is a musical put on in a carnival style that portrays the lives of all of the Presidential assassins and would be assassins in American history. Cummings plays John Hinckley, the man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan. “(Cummings) is going to be great,” said Jen Quinn, wife of English teacher Terry Quinn, who is the speaker for the cast and plays Squeaky Fromme, one of the two women who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. “He’s super creepy, which is great (because) John Hinckley is a super creepy dude.” Cummings has researched his character extensively by reading a book about Hinckley, and watching court

tapes of him. “Nate has done a lot of work,” said English teacher Mark Cummings, Nate’s father. “I bought him a book on Hinckley, and Mr. Tom Kickham bought a book on Charles Guiteau with something about the psychology of an assassin. And from what I’ve heard, the play is very historically accurate in terms of who these people were.” Mark Cummings heard about the open auditions via a Facebook post. Quinn, who is the representative of the cast, was one of the four members of the casting team. “As far as casting is concerned, he was the right choice,” said Quinn. “Looking at all the options, we were looking for someone that has characteristics and his talents and he was it. The fact that he was 18 was fine.” There certainly is a huge difference in the age and experience of the cast. Quinn said she believes the average age of the cast to be around mid thirties, meaning that most other cast members have more than twice the amount of experience as Cummings.

“One of my biggest fears was that they were going to treat him like a kid,” said Mark Cummings. “But they haven’t, they’ve treated him like an adult, they’ve been encouraging and welcoming of what he brings to it. They’re looking out for him, it’s really good.” “It’s definitely different,” said Quinn. “It adds a different dynamic because we have to make sure we’re taking into consideration that Nate’s 18.” “It really is amazing to see people who have dedicated their lives to this craft,” said Cummings. “And it’s not just humbling, it’s a really good learning experience.” Age and experience weren’t the only hurdles Cummings had to get over to be in this musical, he also had to overcome the challenging transition from high school theatre to professional theatre. “It’s a lot more organized on every single level,” said Cummings. “It’s a job. And compared to high school theatre, not knocking high school theatre, it’s just a lot more organized. Mark Cummings noted that it will be the first time that Nate will be getting professionally reviewed. “More likely than not, he’s going to get reviewed for the first time,” said Cummings. “He’ll get multiple reviews from adults.” Nate also worried that he would have trouble balancing a professional play and school work, but he has not had any real problems with it due to the well organized and structured practices. “I was worried about (balancing the two),” said Cummings. “That it would be really, really hard, but the rehearsals have not started right after school so I have time to go home and do homework. So I’ve been able to stay on top of my classes, more or less.” The musical opens tonight and will play all weekend with shows at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, with the same schedule for the following weekend. The final show will be on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. General admission is $25, with ticket prices dropping to $15 for anyone who brings either their student ID or faculty ID.

Assassins Showtimes September 26, 2014 - Doors: 7:30/Show: 8:00 October 3, 2014 - Doors: 7:30/Show: 8:00 September 27, 2014 - Doors: 1:30/Show: 2:00 October 4, 2014 - Doors: 1:30/Show: 2:00 September 27, 2014 - Doors: 7:30/Show: 8:00 October 4, 2014 - Doors: 7:30/Show: 8:00 September 28, 2014 - Doors: 1:30/Show: 2:00 Ocotber 5, 2014 - Doors: 1:30/Show: 2:00 graphic | courtesy of Nate Cummings

Costello spends summer at St. Peter Claver School in Colombia BY Sam Heagney REPORTER

hen senior Jack Costello approached Spanish teacher Myriam Aliste last year to ask about summer opportunities to improve his Spanish, he wasn’t expecting the chance to learn at St. Peter Claver School in Bucaramanga, Colombia. “It caught me by surprise,” Costello explained. St. Peter Claver, a Jesuit school, is part of an exchange program which sends students from Colombia to SLUH for a semester every year. Costello stayed with former SLUH exchange student Diego Soto Gonzalez. Costello is only the third student ever to make the exchange from SLUH to Colombia. “Most people are scared of Colombia because they only know it from the news,” said Costello. “They don’t realize how similar it is to here.” Costello arrived in Colombia three days before the Columbian school year began

in early June. “I wasn’t nervous because I was so intrigued by everything around me,” said Costello. “It helped that there was a big group of people waiting for me at the airport, it made me feel important.” For the next three weeks Costello focused on school, where most students and teachers didn’t know English. He took all of his classes, except Spanish Literature, in the same room with the same classmates from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. but enjoyed an hour and a half long lunch period. “The different schedule was one of the biggest differences for me,” Costello said. “I never actually got it down.” Although his intention was to learn Spanish, Costello studied a variety of subjects while in Colombia. Around the house, Costello helped with chores and cleaned up. Every night he would wait with the family for the host father to arrive home so they could eat dinner together.

When asked how people acted towards him, Costello replied, “I wasn’t treated like an outsider. The family really brought me in like their own kid.” Although Costello went to Colombia for the educational opportunity, he also enjoyed a week off of school to tour the city. “The food was great, even the McDonald’s was better,” he said. Aliste was so encouraged by Costello’s success that she asked him to speak to her classes. Costello opened his presentations by saying, “It’s a really great experience that you can’t get anywhere else,” before diving into the details. During his presentation, Costello pointed out that the best way to learn was “to be ready to make mistakes.” “I really want to go back next year, I loved it that much,” said Costello. “I’d have to pay again, but it’s worth it.”

Intramurals begins with bashball, hopes for repopularization

photo | Clark Warren

Freshman Matt Bauer throws the ball in a bashball game last Wednesday. BY Daniel Lally and Philip starting off with bashball, as Cibulka usual, but we’re also planning REPORTERS on doing basketball in the he 2014- ’15 intramural winter and flag football in the season has kicked off this spring.” year with the freshmen batHoras has also been tling it out in a bashball tour- working with P.E. teacher nament over the past couple Patrick Zarrick on a possible of weeks. FIFA or Madden tournament. After an uneventful Horas is working dili2013-’14 season, STUCO In- gently to repopularize intratramural Representative Gabe murals in hopes that all SLUH Horas is excited to watch how students will be able to parthis year turns out. ticipate in some sort of sport. “We have a lot of new “I don’t play any sports at things planned for this year SLUH,” Horas said. “But I love that have never been done to play and watch sports. And before,” Horas said. “We are I think that it’s important for

everyone to have the chance to do so.” Freshmen see intramurals as a way to get to know their new classmates. Freshman Andrew Lally said, “Intramurals really helped me meet a lot of new people that I hadn’t gotten a chance to meet yet and for us to bond as a class.” “Winning is definitely fun too,” said freshman Jacob Gremaud.

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Volume 79, Issue 6

September 25, 2014

XC runs Football tramples rival De Smet, breaks records in process toward Jack Sinay Palatine he St. Louis U. High footT ball team crushed winless Invite De Smet 49-7 under Thursday BY STAFF

photo | Patrick Enderle

night lights last week, breaking two school records and achieving a milestone in the process. Action started early as senior linebacker Bryan Edwards intercepted a pass in the first two minutes of the game and ran it back for a touchdown. “We felt like if we could stop their first few running plays they had, they would try to pass it, so I just dropped in my zone and tried to make a play,” said Edwards. “That just got the train rolling,” said junior lineman Chris Stahl. “Everybody was high-energy after that.” “It gave us a confidence and a momentum to go into the next defensive series and get a stop,” said Edwards. But the Jr. Bills were far from stopping, as junior running back Daniel Isom punched in another touchdown with 2:14 left in the first quarter, for a 14-0 lead. At the start of the second quarter, junior wide receiver David Jackson joined in with his first touchdown of the day, snatching a pass from sophomore quarterback Mitch Batschelett. “David Jackson looked good with that reception,” said head coach Gary Kornfeld. “Mitch Batschelett also threw that ball extremely well.” However, De Smet didn’t go away easily, as senior Jack

BY Kevin Murphy SPORTS EDITOR

about getting it to him,” said Perez. Athletic Director Dick Wehner tweeted that night, “SLUH [has] been playing football since 1916 —Chris tian Perez is the first SLUH Freshman to throw a Touchdown pass in the 98 year history of U. High.” “Coach really set me up well to be successful for this game,” said Perez. “(He) really had my back.” The 4-1 Jr. Bills now shift their focus to a Parkway South team who is 3-2 this year.

n order to race a wider variety of teams, the St. Louis U. High varsity cross country team will be traveling to Palatine, Ill. tomorrow to race in the Palatine Invitational. Head coach Joe Porter views this as an opportunity to race many new teams that they haven’t seen since the event last year. “Most of Illinois’s top 25 (will be there), minus the first four schools,” said Porter. “There are 28 schools from Illinois, and four out-of-state schools; we’re one of them.” The other three out-ofstate teams are from Ohio and Kentucky, so there are no other Missouri teams. It will be a chance for the team to race without having to compare results to the predicted results of this year’s State race. The runners can really focus on running with each other instead of running against other teams. “That’s the reason we like it,” said Porter. “We are trying to get a look at some different competition and it’s good to practice staying in a hotel overnight,” which is what the team will be doing before the State meet. At last year’s Palatine Invitational, the team placed

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Sophomore BJ Wilson runs the football up the field against De Smet last Thursday night. The Jr. Bills won 49-7.

Czajkowski caught a 25-yard touchdown pass to make the score 21-7 with 8:43 left in the second quarter. It was De Smet’s first touchdown in their last three games and their only one on the night. That seemed to rally the Jr. Bills, who scored another four touchdowns in the next nine minutes to finish off the quarter. Edwards had a second pick six and a rushing touchdown, and Jackson caught another touchdown pass. “I just went out, caught the ball as usual, and it opened up as I scored,” said

Jackson, who finished the night with 120 yards and two touchdowns on six catches. With a running clock in the second half, SLUH got their subs some playing time. “They played hard, they played tough, but they didn’t play long,” said Kornfeld. Several school records were brought down with De Smet that night, including one by Edwards for most pick sixes by a single player in a game, with two. “Those two pick sixes were just tremendous,” said Kornfeld. “He was clicking on all cylinders.”

SLUH also broke the school record for points in a quarter, with 35 in the second quarter. “We just got what we needed to get done, done,” said Stahl. Jackson said, “We just followed the scheme that we planned for, and it worked.” Nearly lost amidst all the records was the first freshman touchdown pass in SLUH varsity football history as Christian Perez lobbed a beauty to Edwards with 2:14 left in the first half. “Bryan ran the perfect route, and I was just worried

Revenge is sweet: soccer defeats St. Dominic photo

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Swimming surprised by Longhorns, takes 2nd at De Smet Invite BY Tim Nile REPORTER

Junior captain Matt Frein crosses a ball in on goal against Kirkwood on Tuesday afternoon. BY Connor CORE STAFF

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ouncing back is second nature, winning is first. The Jr. Bills followed their loss against Vianney last week with a 5-1 win against St. Dominic and a 2-1 win against Kirkwood in the first game of the CYC Tournament. “St. Dominic was definitely a game that we needed to win because we lost to

them last year,” said junior captain Matt Frein. The Jr. Bills wanted revenge for their 3-1 loss to the Crusaders last season. Most of the first half was played in the middle of the field; neither team had many notable goal chances after senior captain Clark Conway fired a shot just wide of the Crusader net in the 5th minute.

Conway found the back of the net in the 28th minute with a quick dribble into the box and a hard shot. The first half ended 1-0 in SLUH’s favor. Head coach Charlie Martel fired the team up during the halftime, again reminding the players about their result against St. Dominic last season. What Martel said

worked; the Jr. Bills dominated the second half, scoring four goals and finishing with a 5-1 win. Martel even subbed in most of the team during the second half, something he had previously been unable to do due to the heavy competition of the CBC tourney and the other games last week. In the 10th minute, senior captain Gram Tolish

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he St. Louis U. High swim and dive team lost to Parkway West last Thursday, 100-85. And over the weekend, the team split into two squads to compete in the De Smet Invitational at the St. Peter’s Rec Plex, where SLUH Blue came in second behind Rockhurst and SLUH White came in sixth. Though the Parkway West meet was filled with dropped times, the team suffered its first dual-meet loss of the season in an upset by the Longhorns. “We just lost all of the close races; we swam everyone in the meet and we came short on just about every short race,” said head coach Joe Esposito. The relay teams looked quite strong, but the individual events were the cause of its downfall. The team had only two first place finishes— senior captain Colin Derdeyn in the 50-yard Freestyle and junior Dan Walsh in the 200 Individual Medley. “I swam well; I had a good lead coming off the third turn and that drove me to my victory,” said Walsh

when asked about his first place finish. With senior Ike Simmon scoring only 1.4 points below first place, with a score of 211.5, diving ended up being another upset. Kier Verhoff had a strong fourth place finish with a score of 191.2 and Evan Schulz placed sixth with a score of 152.9. Despite placing second to Rockhurst in the De Smet Invitational at the Rec Plex in St. Peters this past Saturday, the Jr. Bills had reason to celebrate. The team was projected to lose by almost 300 points, but SLUH only lost 571-466, a 105-point deficit. “I feel like the guys are working incredibly hard, and that’s the proof of how hard we’re working, top to bottom a great team effort,” said Esposito. Among the many highlights was junior sensation Justin Andrews taking first overall in the 200 Free, smashing the competition by over four seconds. “I was very happy with my swim,” said Andrews. “My time was good for this part in the season and I beat my biggest rival, Colin Nill from

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XC reps Mo. at Palatine

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sixth overall and would like to improve this year. “We’d like to be in the top five,” said Porter. “But it’s still seven weeks away from when we want to run our best race, so we are still looking more for style of racing: what’s our best style, what are our best tactics, and trying to gain some information in what are our strengths and weaknesses as a team.” The varsity team includes seniors Matthew Hennessey, Jack Sullivan, Shayn Jackson, Thomas Hogan, and Jack Gallagher and juniors Dustan Davidson and Billy Balossi. “Our goal is to compete

strongly with some of the other fast teams that will be there,” said Hogan. “(After) the Forest Park race we are going to be especially focused on having a tight front pack.” The team’s goal is to lower the one-to-five man gap from 38 seconds to 30 seconds. Junior Joe Butler, who usually runs varsity, will instead be running in the JV race at Palatine. Also running on the JV level are senior Garret Fox, juniors Jake Lepak, Cade Dernlan, and Ethan MacIntyre, and sophomores Joe Laughlin and William Kelly. “We’re going to try to stick together as a pack, an-

compete well against the tough teams,” said Laughlin. “The JV race from this meet is very competitive,” said Porter. “The JV race at Palatine is a lot like a varsity race here in Missouri.” The predominantly young JV team is focused on gaining experience in an extremely fast race. The team leaves for Palatine tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., and will take a charter bus for the four-and-a-half hour drive, instead of the usual team vans. Junior Peter Simon shoots from inside the box in Thursday’s game against Kirkwood.

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Rockhurst.” Derdeyn placed first in the 50 Freestyle and started his 400 Free Relay in an impressive 48.71 seconds, a time that is currently ranked top four in state. In order to boost morale after losing two consecutive meets, senior Peter Brooks grew his mustache out. “I think it’s been a drawback honestly because everyone’s scared of me now,” said Brooks. “It either has done that or it has made everyone happy and realize that swim-

mers are great.” The Jr. Bills won a trimeet on Tuesday against Lafayette and Oakville, outscoring the competition 145-135 and 145-45 respectively. Lafayette brought good competition to the meet, placing first in almost every individual event, but the Bills brought depth and their superb relay skills. “It’s a tri-meet; things are going to get weird,” said senior captain Hap Burke. At this point in the season, all three relay teams

(200 Medley, 200 Free, and 400 Free) have qualified for State, and are all ranked in the top five of State. Derdeyn and Andrews are the only two individuals qualified for State; Derdeyn is qualified in the 50 and 100 Freestyle and Andrews in the 200 and 500 Freestyle events. Both are ranked top four in the State in their events. The Jr. Bills swim next at the Como Invite at the University of Missouri Aquatic Center this Saturday.

JV Soccer vs B Vianney (9/24) W 3-0 Goals: Trey Haman (3)

JV Soccer vs Mehlville (9/22) W3-1 Goals: Danny Barry (2), Derek Rieke

Prep News Sports Player of the Week Christian Perez #14, Quarterback (fr.) In last week’s 49-7 win over De Smet, Perez became the first freshman to throw a touchdown pass in a varsity game. SLUH has been playing football since

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worked his magic on the wing, placing an awesome cross in the perfect spot for senior forward Elliot Boerding to head the ball in for a 2-0 lead. After a defensive hiccup in the 14th minute allowed the Crusaders to put it within one, the Jr. Bills played the rest of the game on the upswing. Junior Matt Jansen, senior Will DelaRoche, and sophomore Miles Horton all scored for SLUH after the Crusaders’ goal. “We had been having trouble possessing the ball before that game,” said Frein. “But I think our passing was as good as it’s been all year against St. Dominic.” The Jr. Bills started their defense of the CYC Tourney title on Tuesday at SLUH against Kirkwood. The game started with quick opportunities for both teams. In the first minute, SLUH had a corner kick, and in the second, Kirkwood had a breakaway that narrowly missed the SLUH net.

The Jr. Bills made it on the scoreboard in the 7th minute. Frein dribbled down the right wing toward the top right of the 18-yard box and placed a cross right on Boerding’s head, who then pushed the ball into the top right of the Pioneers’ net. The next big opportunity for the Jr. Bills came in the 21st minute when DelaRoche’s cross to Boerding went just past him. In the 26th minute, junior Will Minnick’s corner led to a header by senior Joe Jasso. Jasso’s header was settled by junior Peter Simon, whose shot then went bar down to give the Jr. Bills a 2-0 lead over the Pioneers. Kirkwood struck back in the 35th minute, leaving the score 2-1 SLUH. The second half started and ended with lots of chances for SLUH, but no goals. The closest chances both came in the 16th minute when Frein’s shot was deflected by a Pioneer defender, leading to a

SLUH corner. Minnick took the corner, which connected with Jasso’s head but went just over the bar. “The games have been going smoothly as of late,” said senior Rocco Vienhage. “After winning some big games, we have been riding the momentum of a few big wins and things are coming together nicely.” “We started strong with two early goals,” said Frein of the Kirkwood game. “We let them back in the game late in the first half with their goal, but in the second half we dominated the run of play and created many chances that unfortunately weren’t finished, but I’m glad we got the win.” The Jr. Bills played Oakville last night; see Nightbeat for results. The Jr. Bills continue their defense of the CYC title this afternoon at Soccer Park at 4:15 p.m. against Belleville West.

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“They throw the football like crazy,” said Kornfeld. “This will probably be the most throwing ball club we will face all year.”

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Offense FB/LB Jay Scott 3 total TD, 2 sacks LB/RB Jack Callahan rushing TD Defense Callahan: fumb rec for TD Scott: 2 sacks

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De Smet 6 0 0 0 6 Offense WR Cam Gunn 75 yd TD rec QB Austin Hannah 70 yd TD run WR Brent Smith 20 yd TD rec Defense OLB Roman Lipinski Safety DE Isaiah Thomas fumble rec

“We feel like we’ve got a can pretty much handle these really good scheme of how our guys up front,” said Jackson. offense is and we have really The game is at Parkway good balance between passing South at 7:00 p.m. Friday. and rushing, so we feel like we

C Football vs De Smet (9/18) 1 2 3 4 F SLUH 13 0 0 0 13 De Smet 0 6 6 12 24 Offense RB/LB Jay Scott 80 yd TD run

Soccer Nightbeat The Jr. Bills routed Oakville 7-0 in the CYC Tournament last night. Peter Simon, Matt Frein, Clark Conway, John Ratermann, Andrew Patke, Matt Jansen, and Miles Horton all scored for SLUH.

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Thursday, September 25

Minutes Friday, September 19

Yearbook met to discuss cover design. Editor-in-Chief Joe Slama has been working on completing the ladder, the order of pages. Rams Club prepared for the game against Dallas. They inducted Cory Harkey into the Fan Club Hall of Fame and introduced the fan club trailer to those in attendance. Arbor Day Club held a leadership meeting for the officers. Physical education teacher Patrick Zarrick breathed life into Intramurals with a PA voice that mesmerized all who could hear. The sophomores gathered in the chapel for their sophomore class Mass, the first class Mass of the year. Sophomores were encouraged to wear their Mass of the Holy Spirit shirts. The Sophomore Pastoral

photo | Nolen Doorack

members continued work on the vending machine’s claw and programming as the freshmen constructed a catapult for Fall Fest next month. Tuesday, September 23

The Senior Pastoral Team convened at lunch to hear from Ignatian Solidarity executive director Chris Kerr as well as discuss theme ideas for their upcoming class Mass.

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he Staycation Club, dedicated to traveling and visiting cultural spots in St. Louis as well as restaurants and festivals, visited what moderator Suzanne Renard said is one of its regular haunts: Crown Candy. The group also decided to explore signs of the progress of the artistic community’s revitalization of the near north side. Members noticed several little pocket parks that had been created in areas where there had previously been nothing but trash, as well as

Schedule R Mix-It-Up Lunch AP Junior Class Mass University of Kentucky (KY)—M110 Washington University of St. Louis (MO)—M112 Snack—Mini Corn Dogs 4pm Vianney (C Soccer) 4:15pm Belleville West @ CYC Tournament (V Soccer) Lunch Special—Papa John’s Pizza Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger

Friday, September 26

No Classes—Faculty In-Service Reunion Weekend (through Saturday) Begin Tech Week/Dry Tech (through Thursday) 4:30pm Granite City (C Soccer) 6pm CYC Tournament Semifinal (V Soccer) Wednesday, September 24 7pm @ Parkway South (V Football) Yearbook veteran staffers

met to review the final yearbook product and discuss the trailer plans for next week. The Junior Pastoral Team discussed the outcome to the city of Ferguson to help Team brainstormed for the of the class Mass and made at the new Ferguson Com- theme for an upcoming prayer final preparations for the ser- munity Center by sorting service that it will be leading. vice project in Ferguson. and loading canned food and celebrated Mass together at —compiled by Sam Chechik, Saturday, September 20 Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Leo Heinz, and Joe Slama. Members of the Sophomore Pastoral Team, along Monday, September 22 with some faculty, journeyed Experienced Robotics

Tea Club moderator Rob Garavaglia serves tea at a meeting Tuesday.

Staycation visits Crown Candy, pocket parks BY Mitchell REPORTER

September 25, 2014

a newly-established free lending library. “It’s the little things that are so thrilling,” said Renard. “What we found on our trip was an underground counterculture in an age of superficial overstimulation.” Renard strongly believes that the people of St. Louis don’t have to wait around for something exciting to happen, and that beautiful things can be created amongst us if we embrace our community and creativity. Renard was amazed that so many people signed up to make these sorts of trips with-

out any idea of where they’re really going until the day of a trip. Renard is also heartened that the SLUH community is willing to embrace the togetherness which cultural exploration can bring. “Staycation is a state of mind, and the newer members had the perfect Staycation mentality,” said Renard. Staycation had been planning a bigger trip this October to visit old-town Ferguson and the farmer’s market. But now, in light of the recent events, which Renard feels are of major historical significance, the group will also visit

Garden part of Gateway Greening

the area around the Canfield Apartments neighborhood. The group also hopes to collaborate with ACES for the remainder of the event’s planning. “We want to explore Ferguson for what it is, not what the media portrays it as,” said sophomore Trevor Scott. Staycation welcomes people who are open and willing to embrace the possibility of a connection with the people around them through the culture of St. Louis.

Saturday, September 27 9am 9am 10am 10am 8pm

@ Hancock Invitational (V3, JV, C XC) @ Palatine Invitational (V, V2 XC) ACES Car Wash @ COMO Invitational (V Swim) CYC Tournament Championship (V Soccer)

Monday, September 29 AP Senior Project Meeting Snack—Mini Tacos 12:50pm Carleton College (MN)—M106 Drury University (MO)—M108 4:30pm @ Parkway South (C Football) 4:30pm Parkway South (JV Football) 5:45pm @ Seckman (JV Soccer) Lunch Special—Chinese Special Vegetarian—Lo Mein

Tuesday, September 30

Schedule R AP NHS Meeting University of Notre Dame (IN)—M110 Snack—Bosco Sticks 4:15pm Eureka (B Soccer) 6pm Eureka (V Soccer) Lunch Special—Homemade Pizza Vegetarian—Turkey Burger

Wednesday, October 1

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Schedule R

AP Activity Period Mass (Houlihan) Bradley University (IL)—M106 Syracuse University (NY)—M108 Texas Christian University (TX)—M110 William Jewell College (MO)—M112 Snack—Nacho Bar 4:30pm Granite City (JV Soccer) Lunch Special—Taco Bar Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger

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AP Babson College (MA)—M110 St. Louis University (MO)—M112 Snack—Cinnamon Rolls 12:50pm New York University (NY)—M108 4pm @ Rockwood Summit (V Swim) 4:15pm @ St. Louis Priory (B Soccer) 4:30pm Mehlville (C Soccer) 6pm @ St. Louis Priory (V Soccer) Lunch Special—Pasta Bar Vegetarian—Pasta

Friday, October 3

Senior Parker Pence totes weeds in SLUH’s community garden during an AP Environmental Science class outing.

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The Gateway Greening Logo, courtesy of Mr. Bill Anderson.

student art projects like bird and butterfly baths. Also, Tim Moore, head of the Theater Tech crew, is constructing benches for the garden. Anderson is pleased with the garden’s progress and wants it to continue. “I’d like to make sure that it stays stable and expands,”

said Anderson. “I’d like to see some more neighborhood involvement. We need to get some trees eventually.” “I’m hoping that more residents will become involved,” said Landa. “I’m hoping that Gateway Greening coming in will excite or influence other residents to take part in that.”

Schedule R Mix-It-Up Lunch AP Freshman Class Mass University of Kansas (KS)—M110 Snack—Curly Fries 12:50pm University of Rochester (NY)—M108 7pm @ CBC (V Football) 7:30pm Dauphin Players Lunch Special—Country-Fried Steak Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese calendar | Sam Chechik

Correction In the article about Dave Steward’s presentation at SLUH in last week’s issue of the Prep News misidentified the name of Steward’s company. He is the founder of World Wide Technology. The Prep News regrets this error.