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Kesterson organizes day with no phones

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Encourages face-to-face interaction

SLUH Night features student speeches

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lthough some might have met the idea of a day without Twitter with incredulity, St. Louis U. High students survived a phoneless school day Wednesday after Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson called for it Tuesday afternoon.

1…2…3…LAUNCH! A catapult, built by the Robotics Club, sends a pumpkin into the autumn air last Thursday. See page 4.

Kesterson spent Tuesday’s lunch period in the Si Commons, one of three designated places where students are permitted to use their phones. Since the school instituted a new technology Visits to Cor Jesu, Kirkwood, Brebeuf policy that allows students to use their phones at school Process is considering devices, policies Based on experiences of recent alumni (see Prep News, Vol. 76, Issue 1), Kesterson has noticed that students have become BY Leo K. Heinz increasingly comfortable CORE STAFF plementation of one-to-one BY Jack Kiehl our students and at times our with spending the day outstyle education to larger insti- news editor school wants to check in with side of class on their phones. everal St. Louis U. High tutional level questions, such embers of a faculty all of the different constituenOn Tuesday, he confronted a and administration cies we’ve got,” said Navarro. teachers have been visit- as the facility space needed. lunch table where he noticed ing other high schools to look Department and classroom group who have been meet- “We want to try and make the problem. at their one-to-one programs level questions are also in- ing to discuss the experience sure their needs are being met “I came to a table where as part of preparing for to cluded to guide discussions of students of various sexual just like all students.” most of the guys at the table SLUH’s forthcoming one-to- with students and teachers. identities gave an hour-long The committee decided were not communicating” one technology mandate.

Art teacher Joan Bug- presentation at the Faculty the place to start was to talk with each other, said KesterVarious groups of fac- nitz, math teacher Beth Kis- In-Service day the week be- to gay alumni about their son. “So I started talking to ulty members have visited sel, science teacher Mary fore the exams. experiences. The committee them and asked this ques- Kirkwood, Cor Jesu, John Russo, and counselor Nina At the presentation earli- held two interview sessions tion very simply: if we didn’t Burroughs, and Brebeuf Je- See spent around three hours er this month, theology teach- with alumni. The first took have these (phones) for today, suit in Indianapolis. at Brebeuf on Monday, meet- er Diego Navarro, counselor place in May when the comwhat would you be doing?

The committee mem- ing with a freshman religion Mary Michalski, and English mittee met with three alumni One of the guys said, ‘We’d be bers use a questionnaire of class and a few teachers. They teacher Terry Quinn gave an from the class of 2013. In July, talking.’ So I said I just want around 40 talking points to were also given a tour of the overview of the group’s work the group met with alumni to see one day of no phones. guide their interviews and facilities. regarding students dealing from the class of 2014. The How are guys going to re- conversations during the visBrebeuf has a unique with sexual identity. committee asked questions spond, how are they going to its. The form covers the basics Bring Your Own TechnolNavarro proposed start- and encouraged the alumni to react, is it going to be that big of the school’s policy and imcontinued on page 5 ing the group after attending share their experiences. of a deal?” a Jesuit Secondary Education “We were trying to unKesterson announced Association (JSEA) Confer- derstand the experience of the no-phone day at the end of ence a year and a half ago students that were gay or Tuesday’s classes. He said part which included a workshop questioning their sexual idenof the inspiration came from about what Jesuit schools are tity, and, from a purely pasto“i-Free” days held in Campus doing to welcome gay stu- ral sense, how we can support Ministry, where students sacdents. Navarro brought back them,” said Quinn. rifice their devices for board the idea of forming a commitQuinn was impressed by games and conversation durtee to look at students deal- the students’ reports or gratiing time in the Campus Mining with LGBTQ (Lesbian, tude for the experiences at istry space (see Prep News, The desks at Brebeuf are moveable, allowing the teacher greater flexibility Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, SLUH. All of them, according Vol. 77, Issue 26). Kesterson to Quinn, felt supported by for various situations, like class discussions or group work. Queer/Questioning) issues.

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Opinion

Letter Social Studies teacher Bill Brown challenges students to clean up their act.

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Smash Bros. Smash Down Students face off in Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament.

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Joint Venture Sophomore Books The timeline behind the sopho- ACES and Staycation club team more English curriculum is re- up and visit Ferguson, Mo. vealed.

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Football’s Fiery Finish Varsity football upsets Kirkwood in final regular season game.

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XC Wins Borgia Varsity XC wins Borgia Invitational without top eight runners.

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bout 600 prospective grade-schoolers got a glimpse of what SLUH is all about at SLUH Night last Thursday in the Commons.

This year’s theme was “A World of Opportunities.”

SLUH Night consisted of performances by the varsity chorus and Jazz Band, talks by teachers and students, and speeches by Principal John Moran and President David Laughlin.

To open the night, the varsity chorus sang “Yonder Come Day,” conducted by chorus director Joe Koestner.

President David Laughlin followed up with an introduction and prayer before various faculty members spoke.

Theology teacher Danielle Harrison opened the talks by introducing the philosophies of St. Ignatius, followed by history teacher Tom Zinselmeyer, who discussed the life of Ignatius.

Physics teacher Paul Baudendistel explained, in complex mathematical terms, where a tennis ball would land if shot from a cannon on one side of the Commons.

Then, senior Eric Berg, junior Michael Hayes, and sophomore Daniel Wagner of the Robotics Club tried to shoot a tennis ball out of a cannon that they created from the switchboard side of the Commons to the Danis Lobby side, but Berg put too much pressure on the release, so the ball hit the ceiling, bouncing right back towards the cannon.

All the while, the grade school students were whispering with excitement and trying to see the cannon from the back during the preparation. Baudendistel made the connection of the SLUH cannon with Ignatius’ cannonball injury.

“It’s the theatrical part of it (the cannon launching) that they’re getting into, and then the kids stand up and they get to be a part of it,” said Admis-

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SLUH ARK

Twitter Recap Page 3 Letter Speech Orchestra Spellmeyer Page 4 Book Feature, Part II

Fall Fest

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unior Nick Messina, along with 57 other Jr. Bills, exchanged pens and pencils for a GameCube controller, battling in the first ever SLUH Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament last Thursday.

Messina has always been interested in the game and started the tournament to share his love with other Jr. Bills.

“I recently was exposed to high level competitive play, and it really inspired me,” said Messina. “I wanted to get people interested in the idea of playing each other and continually improving.”

The event was held in the Currigan room. Students brought and shared their own

controllers, consoles, and small TVs for the afternoon.

For a small entry fee of $5, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors all had had a chance at winning a hefty sum of cash with first place receiving 60 percent of the total amount, second place getting 30 percent, and third place getting 10 percent.

The room was heated as junior Luke Kammerer battled senior John Ratermann for the first place spot. Players from the varsity football team came to watch and cheer on their classmates to victory.

Kammerer held off Ratermann for first place victory to earn an astonishing $174.

Ratermann collected $87 and sophomore Sam Chechik finished third and took home

$29.

Though the tournament had a large number of freshmen, there was a good mix of all grades participating, which Messina was happy about.

“Through the years, we’ve had some great players graduate from SLUH,” said Messina. “Jimmy Hoffman, who graduated in 2013, plays with some of the top players in the nation. My goal is to get students interested in the game and maybe even continue to play (it) competitively in college.”

Messina plans to hold another tournament in each of the next three quarters after exams as well as starting a Melee club. Anyone interested in the club should email Messina.

Photo | Leo Heinz

Students gather to participate in the inaugural SLUH Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament.

Staycation and ACES team up again, this time to Ferguson

BY Connor CORE STAFF

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embers of St. Louis U. High’s Staycation Club and ACES travelled to the heavily discussed Ferguson, Mo. in order to see the town for themselves.

French teacher Suzanne Renard, English teacher Frank Kovarik, junior Sam Heagney, sophomore Christian MooreEston, and freshman Damen Alexander traveled to Ferguson for lunch and to see the ongoing situation for themselves.

“We wanted to give the students a hands-on experience to try to show them that Ferguson was not a horrifying war zone, but instead was a unique part of Missouri with rich history,” said Kovarik.

The group first traveled to Cathy’s Kitchen in Ferguson for lunch, and after that walked along the old train tracks in downtown Ferguson that used to connect the area to downtown St. Louis.

Heavy rain changed the course of the trip. Instead of walking up and down downtown Ferguson, the group drove to and visited the Canfield Green Apartments, where Brown was shot.

“If not for the big pile of Teddy Bears, nothing about

Canfield would show that someone was shot there,” said Heagney. “The way Ferguson’s situation and its people are being covered lately, as a dangerous place, I think is foolish and unfair.”

At Cathy’s Kitchen, the group ran into Dr. Cornel West, a prominent AfricanAmerican prominent intellectual, who was strategizing with other protest leaders.

“He was there with a group of preachers,” said Renard. “He’s also a minister.

He and a dozen other preachers got arrested together in a civil disobedience action. He was there with the preachers and a group of kids that have been keeping the protest going night after night. It was a pretty sacred experience to see these people planning a way to fight the oppression they face. He was very warm and kind in greeting us all.”

As the group was walking the train tracks after leaving Cathy’s, they observed a vigil that was taking place near the Ferguson Fire Department.

The rain came down sideways before the group could go explore downtown Ferguson as they had planned.

“We did our usual Staycation thing, along with ACES,” said Renard. “We got

a good idea of the richness of the area and the diverseness of its housing. It is a nice community and a good place for people to live for the most part, and yet, as a culture, we have some major issues to deal with.”

“I try not to really take a side on the protests because I don’t know all the facts,” said Heagney. “But I could really see that the town is not dangerous at all like it is portrayed in the media; we saw only four protesters, and they were sitting in chairs. It was really cool to meet and speak with (West). I was a little surprised at how normal Ferguson was compared to how it’s being portrayed in the news.”

Both the students and the teachers who went seemed to find the entire trip beneficial in deepening their appreciation for and understanding of the Ferguson community.

“It was a transformational experience for myself, and (I) really hope that it planted a seed in the students, inspiring them to investigate on their own without fear,” said Kovarik.

Twitter Recap After the Prep News tweeted a photo of a 1996 headline announcing SLUH’s move onto the World Wide Web, alum Dave Matter, ’96, responded cheerily with a nod to Al Gore, the alleged “creator” of the internet.

Matter, who was a sports editor for the Prep News that year, has gone on to excel in sports journalism, achieving the Missouri Sportswriter of the Year earlier this year and even receiving a “verified” status on Twitter. Matter won the award for his oustanding work as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mizzou Athletics beat writer.

Several friends, journalists, and others took part in the conversation, right.

SLUH ARK brightens faces of SLUH

BY Leo Heinz and Mitchell Shorey CORE STAFF, REPORTER

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LUH ARK, or the Acts of Random Kindness club, moderated by Latin teacher Jennifer Ice, is making its name as one of the most unique new clubs for the 2014-15 year.

“One day I came home from school and I’d had a really bad day; I was kind of in the pits. I feel things happen for a reason. I checked my mail and there was this card, totally anonymous—and I still, to this day, don’t know where it came from—saying ‘Hope you’re having a great day, keep on smiling. You have a beautiful smile,’” said Ice. Inspired by the simple,

beautiful message, Ice immediately contacted several of her Latin students.

“Getting that little card on the day I needed it definitely brightened my day. I want to instill that value and love of people and making people smile on my students.

We’ve written anonymous notes to people who seemed like they’re having a bad day and also to people who are always happy. We wanted to express our gratitude to students who are always happy, positive, and radiate energy,” said Ice. Since the foundation of the club, ARK members have been active in the SLUH community. In addition to the letters they sent out, ARK mem-

bers were responsible for both the tray of free cookies on the second floor and the free hugs at the Activities Fair. They also ‘ARKed’ Campus Ministry, providing food and letters to the staff.

SLUH ARK is currently in the process of planning a much bigger event, on which Ice refused to provide any details except that it will affect a large number of people.

Ice would like to see SLUH ARK expand to nonLatin students but doesn’t want nonmembers to know who the current participants are. She did, however, reveal that there are around 20.

Those interested in joining the movement should contact Ice.

The Prep News would like to extend a shout-out to DJ Jack Godar of WCHC 88.1 at Holy Cross.

OPINION

October 24, 2014

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Letter

SLUH pride?

Students need to pick up their trash To the editors: I love SLUH. I am proud to teach at SLUH. I appreciate all of the numerous good things about our school. (I hope after five years you will allow me to include myself as part of SLUH.) I believe that the vast majority of students here feel as I do.

However, recently I have been embarrassed for all of us. Having been assigned to prefect the Commons during activity period, I have found myself picking up more and more trash and cleaning up more and more messes left by young men that I am confident are capable of picking up after themselves. It amazes me that such a small percentage of offending students can make the vast majority of stu-

dents look so bad.

I have tried in a good-natured way to solve this problem, but it has not worked. So I am moving to Defcon 2 and writing Prep News and hoping

“Such a small percentage of offending students can make the vast majority of students look so bad.”

-Bill Brown

that works. My request is simple and to the point, pick up your own trash and clean up your own mess. If a friend at your table does not pick theirs up, politely ask them to do so. I can assure you that you will feel better after doing this.

Sixty plus years on the planet have taught me that.

We have a beautiful campus and world class facilities, let’s all do our part to maintain the quality of those. Let’s all do the seemingly small things that really all add up to “SLUH Pride.” I have watched Mr. Kickham pick up paper in the hallway that he did not drop, I have seen Dr. Kesterson and Mr. Zinselmeyer do that as well. They have “SLUH Pride” and I admire them for it.

Like Dr. Martin Luther King, I too have a dream. It is that someday the Commons will look as nice after activity period as it did before it started. Please help me check this off my “Bucket list.”

Bill Brown Social Studies

So you think you can talk? Speech team in 3rd place after first meet

BY Philip REPORTER

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he St. Louis University High speech team attended the first Christian Interscholastic Speech meet of the 2014-’15 season at Priory this past Sunday. The team, with a mix of new members and seasoned veterans, competed with a number of schools from around St. Louis and finished third.

Moderator Kathryn Whitaker was happy with her group’s showing at the meet. With the school play You Can’t Take it With You premiering just two weeks before the first competition and Whitaker’s heavy involvement with the production, the team had a limited amount of time to prepare for the meet.

“We worked hard,” said Whitaker, who was satisfied with how the team did. “We

did well in the rankings, and we’re excited that we’ll have a full month to prepare for the next meet.”

In the speech competitions, the contestants are divided into rooms based on the category of speech they are giving. The team ranking is based on the contestant’s ranking in a room, meaning that being the first, second, or third best in the room earns points for the team. The hard work put in by the speech team paid off in a third place overall finish at the meet.

Freshman Pierce Hastings, who competed in Prose and in Duet Acting with junior Elliot Auch, had a great time at his first meet.

“Everything went great, and the meet was super fun,” said Pierce. “It was a really interesting experience seeing all the people from all the dif-

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ferent schools come together with a common passion.”

Sophomore Evan Gorman was also competing in his first speech meet in the Duet Improv category. In Duet Improv, duos walk into a room with no idea what scene they will be performing and choose a random piece of paper with a scene that they will act out.

“It could be both something really easy or something totally outlandish. One of the ones I had to do was ‘Finding the end of a rainbow’ so that was tough,” said Gorman.

The team is already preparing for its next meet at St. Joe on Nov. 23; finals will be held at SLUH on Feb. 8, in which the top seven finalists from each category will participate.

“We’re really pleased so far,” said Whitaker.

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Staff Sam “Falcon (Punch)” Chechik Jack “Koala Bear” Sinay Charlie “Care Bear” Mueth

Core Staff Leo “Delightful Puppy” Heinz Keith “Mr. O. Adam Cruz” Thomas

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unior Adam Wilson and freshman Alexander Siampos are headed for the Metro 8 district band, Wilson as first cellist and Siampos as ninth chair of the first violins.

Wilson and Siampos qualified for the band after successful auditions for their seats held at Fort Zumwalt East High School on Friday, Sept. 26.

Wilson and Siampos prepared excerpts from pieces selected by the district, including “The Unforgiven” by Metallica, and “October” by Eric Whitacre, along with certain scales. Both Wilson and Siampos began preparing for the auditions approximately one month in advance.

“Normally, I look at (the music) and sight-read,” said Wilson, who has played the cello since third grade. “Once you have an idea, YouTube is helpful, too. From sight-reading and listening to it, then I can go through and work on

Reporters Joe “Tim Kieras, S.J.” Godar Matt “Prairie Dog” Godar Tim “Alpaca” Nile Sam “Manatee” Heagney Joe “Bald Eagle” Fentress Joe “Cincinnatus” Slama Mitchell “Rabbit” Shorey

parts that need a bit more work, or the parts that may be a little bit harder.”

Siampos, who has been playing the violin for over nine years, practiced each piece multiple times in preparation, occasionally seeking advice from others.

As the audition drew closer, band director Jeff Pottinger listened to both students play, helping them fine-tune the pieces where necessary.

“I just come in at the end and listen to them and say, ‘Do this, do that, add a crescendo here and a crescendo there, fine-tune it a little bit.’

I check their tempo and make sure they’re basically polishing up the stuff they’ve already done,” said Pottinger.

On the day of auditions, the musicians, after checking in, played their rehearsed scales in one classroom, then headed into another to play their pieces.

Those who were successful at auditions received chairs in the band for the Metro 8

district concert. Metro 8 is one of many high school band districts in Missouri and is composed largely of St. Louis city private schools.

As ninth chair of the first violins, Siampos placed in the upper half of the violin group, above second violinists. Each group contains 16 violins.

“For Alexander, for a freshman to make it, is really cool, especially on violin; it’s very competitive on violin.

There’s a lot of students who do that, who play that instrument, who play it very, very well,” said Pottinger.

Wilson’s role as first cellist comes with many added responsibilities. He will likely be responsible for any cello solos during the concert. Additionally, he acts as an assistant to the band’s teacher for the cellos, answering questions and providing leadership when necessary.

The Metro 8 district band concert will be on Saturday, Nov. 8 at Fort Zumwalt East High School at 6 p.m.

All the King’s Men: Spellmeyer volunteers with Wagner campaign

BY Matt Godar and Will Farroll REPORTERS

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hen election day rolls around on November 4, congresswoman Ann Wagner will have her fingers crossed, hoping to be re-elected for her third and fourth terms. However, Wagner is also relying on help to win the 2014’s election, help that includes Saint Louis U. High senior Joe Spellmeyer, who is volunteering with Wagner’s campaign.

Spellmeyer initially learned about the opportunity through his AP Government

teacher, Bill Brown.

“I went and talked to him and he said that he knew some people in the Wagner campaign, and I figured it would be a good way for me to learn hands on,” said Spellmeyer.

“I figured this was a good way to both network with people who work in St. Louis politics and also get a behind the scenes look of how it all looks,” said Spellmeyer, who is interested in majoring in political science in college.

Spellmeyer has made three visits to the campaign office, each lasting around four hours, where he has

made phone calls and put together yard signs. He has also supported Wagner in parades.

“At the campaign office on Saturday, I called a total of 187 people. It was really interesting to see politics through another person’s lens,” said Spellmeyer.

“It’s not all run by the political action committees, it’s also citizens who care,” said Spellmeyer, “And that’s something that was really interesting for me, to see that all these people are helping out because they want to affect change in politics.”

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The St. Louis University High School Mothers’ Club is hosting its annual “SLUHTique” on Sunday, November 23rd from 11:00��������������������������������������������� a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event has over 65 vendors selling a variety of jewelry, home accessories, fashions and unique SLUH Jr. Billiken items. SLUHTique is free, open to the public and all proceeds support the Mothers’ Club, which benefits the SLUH students and the students of Loyola Academy. Located at the SLUH campus in the Si Commons.

Morning of Recollection The SLUH Fathers’ Club invites all SLUH Dads to join together in a Morning of Recollection on Sunday, Nov. 16th, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Fr. Jim Burshek, S.J. will lead our program which will include a large group reflection followed by a small group session. The program will conclude with Mass at 11:30 a.m. in the Chapel, followed by a light lunch. We hope you will be available to join us! Contact cleinauer@sluh.org to R.S.V.P.

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NEWS October 24, 2014 Fall Fest delivers food, fun, flying pumpkins

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(continued from page 1) said he wanted students to understand the importance of limiting screen activity and engaging other people in the building. Although he is still collecting feedback about the success of the day, the results seem positive.

“I saw heads up, I saw eyes up, I saw people laughing and still having a good time during those times, and I enjoyed that,” said Kesterson. “When I was down at the Commons … guys were engaged with each other and it was fantastic.”

Students have pointed out the irony of a phoneless day as the school prepares to

equip students with personal devices next year, which will surely increase the amount of time they spend in front of a screen.

Kesterson said that the concern with phones is that students are using them largely for non-educational purposes, whereas the devices will be intended for specific educational uses.

Kesterson said that he is still thinking about where to go from here, and raised the possibility of phoneless days once a week, once a month, or once a quarter.

“Every once in a while, to keep this on your conscious awareness is a good thing,” Kesterson said.

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sions Assistant Ann Murphy.

English teacher Barbara Osburg read a William Blake poem, and Jesuit superior Fr. Jim Burshek, S.J., led the Examen for the middle of the presentation. Spanish teacher Katherine Toussaint led a Kahoot! game and talked about

the languages that Ignatius knew throughout his life.

Math teacher Frank Corley used his iPad for a demonstration on pi and geometry.

Harrison closed the teacher segment by ending the presentation by relating the sub-

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Collected stories: a look at sophomore literature This graphic is part of a continuing look into the SLUH literature curriculum. Last issue, the Prep News examined the 5 books taught in the freshman English classes. This week, we continue with short stories and ideas behind the 7 books in the sophomore canon.

The sophomore year is in many ways a tour of literature, an attempt to engage students emotionally with different settings, styles, and genres of literature. They read books set in Ireland and Africa, they read plays, short stories, and autobiographies, and they look at corrupted senses of manhood ranging from the dastardly fall of Macbeth to the more contemporary brokenness in Glass Castle.

“Much of the literature of the sophomore year hangs together on the idea of emotional and spiritual engagement,” said teacher Rich Moran, who has had a great influence on the curriculum in his over 30 years in the department. “There’s that moment where there’s a choice between two different ways of experiencing life. One as a cool observer, and the other as somebody who is emotionally and spiritually engaged.

The tour also explores more modern literature than the freshman selection does, some unique to the suggestions of SLUH teachers.

“It’s been a characteristic of the department as long as I’ve been there, that the people who teach in the department are also readers, and they look for contemporary things that work,” said Moran.

Catcher in the Rye is the only book in the current curriculum that was in the curriculum when Moran started.

“It’s a compelling voice speaking to us in what seems to be spontaneously, as if it’s off-

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the-cuff. And yet when you look more closely at the book, it’s intricately designed. While it seems to be about a character whose life is completely disordered, at the center of his life is this wistfulness about the possibility of innocence in the world. He longs for goodness,” said Moran.

Before Moran came to SLUH, Catcher in the Rye was part of the junior curriculum. When former teacher Jim Raterman began to teach Catch-22, the department phased out Catcher and it became part of the sophomore curriculum.

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Year it entered the curriculum (approximately)

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mmediately after the second exam ended last Thursday, Student Council (STUCO) hosted Fall Fest— an event that included food, student bands, a pumpkinshooting catapult, and a washers tournament.

For the second consecutive year, Fall Fest was held in the field next to the Danis Field House.

Lunch was catered by Chris Cakes, who served hamburgers and hot dogs along with baked beans and chips. Fitz’s Root Beer was also included in the lunch.

“Chris Cakes always does such a good job with the food,” said STUCO moderator Katherine Toussaint. “I thought the food was really good.”

“It seemed like we had just the right amount of food,” said student body president Tommy Espenschied. “I thought the food worked out well.”

Various members of STUCO thought of the idea to have a pumpkin catapult at Fall Fest, in contrast to last year’s Fall Fest where students were only able to throw pumpkins. STUCO met with the Robotics Club at the very beginning of the year, and the Robotics Club agreed to build the catapult.

Senior Alex Beffa noted that although the job lasted the whole semester, the Robotics Club only worked on the catapult for 10 hours.

“It went together really fast,” said senior Will Heine.

“That’s what was really nice.”

At the beginning of Fall Fest, the club struggled to launch pumpkins because the pumpkins they were provided with were too small to be launched effectively. While Espenschied and sophomore Daniel Wagner left to buy larger pumpkins, the club shot off basketballs to keep the crowd entertained. Once Espenschied and Wagner returned with the larger pump-

Rich Moran first taught Things Fall Apart to sophomores in 1982; he had taught it before teaching at SLUH. The English department has used it intermittently over the past 30 years, teaching it for several years at a time before taking it out.

From left to right: Juniors Jack Perryman, Andrew St. John, Keith Thomas, and Stephen Olwig help themselves to hot dogs and hamburgers made by Chris Cakes last Thursday at Fall Fest.

kins, the club shot around 30 pumpkins successfully.

Toward the end of Fall Fest, the catapult collapsed because of too much weight on the wooden frame.

“I think we were all happy with how it worked out because we got enough shots and people were excited,” said senior Eric Berg.

“I thought that the Robotics Club did an awesome job with their pumpkin catapult,” said Toussaint. “I thought that it was a neat use of STUCO funds.”

After the launching was finished, STUCO members composted the pumpkin remains in the Community Garden.

In addition to food and pumpkin smashing, four student bands played—the Plywood Inspectors, Hong Kong Polytechnic, The Final Chapter, and 4 A.M. The washers tournament featured 16 teams of two, and the winners were juniors Ty Frederking and Will Minnick.

“Overall, I thought it was a good time,” said Espenschied. “It seemed like everybody had fun.”

“I thought it was great,” said Toussaint. “People had good spirits, and it was a nice

“I find the book to be remarkably, unbelievably even-handed in its willingness to examine the brutal practices that preceded the English colonization in Nigeria and the even more brutal practices that came with the colonists,” said Moran.

It also fits the theme of a misunderstood defition of manhood.

“It seems insightful about the ways men’s characters get warped by their need to demonstrate their manhood,” said Moran. Moran points out that there are also strong allusions to Macbeth.

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event.”

Close to 400 students attended Fall Fest, almost doubling last year’s total. Toussaint pointed out that a big reason for the great turnout was the weather.

“We were so happy with the way it turned out. We were thinking it was not going to be that cool,” said senior class president Jake Pizzitola. “This year’s Fall Fest was last year’s

on steroids. It went longer, more people came. Instead of just throwing pumpkins and hitting them, we had an actual catapult for them. Last year we only had one keg of root beer, but this year we had two which turned out to be a lot better because we ran out of root beer last year. I thought this year’s was better than last year’s.”

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Top: Junior Jack Zimmerman leads junior Nick Scheer (drums) and senior Mick Callahan (guitar).

Bottom: Senior Jake Nelson leads the Plywood Inspectors.

In 1989, English Journal ran a piece arguing that Athol Fugard’s 1982 play “Master Harold” ... and the boys “deserves a larger place in the highschool English curriculum.” SLUH film and English teacher Mark Cummings authored that

piece, having brought it to the curriculum a few years before.

The final thesis of his piece says that the book “does what all great literature does—unsparingly shows us our latent capacity for harmful action yet also gives us room to hope that we can learn the necessary steps to dance life like champions and to create ‘a world where accidents don’t happen.’”

Cummings was recently contacted by an English teacher who had read his article 25 years later and wanted advice on teaching it to highschoolers.

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Before teachers began teaching Macbeth in the late 80s, two other plays had filled the role. Neither Julius Caesar nor Henry IV, Part 1 could quite do what Macbeth did for sophomores.

“Macbeth works with sophomores in part

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their class.

“They had the experience of coming out to friends, to large portions of their senior class by the time they were seniors,” said Quinn. “It was gratifying to hear that there is a lot of safety here.”

However, many of the former students brought up the issue of heteronormativity, seeing heterosexuality as normal or standard. Many alumni reported the assumptions teachers, friends, and classmates often made. These assumptions included remarks like “someday when you get married” or “someday when you find the girl of your dreams.” “(It’s) making those kind of assumptions that everyone has the same experience of sexual desire,” said Quinn.

The group brought the idea of heteronormativity to

the attention of the faculty in the hopes of raising awareness about casual assumptions.

The committee has not met with any current students who are gay, as there could be legal and confidentiality issues surrounding those interviews.

However, Quinn said the group has not dismissed the idea of interviewing current students.

The discussions are not limited to homosexuality, but could apply to other sexualities and students questioning their sexual identity.

This is not the first time sexual identity, especially homosexuality, has been discussed. Around 2003, Quinn served on a committee that did a self-evaluation of SLUH that included looking at the experience of gay students.

The evaluation came a few years after the administration suspended the GayStraight Alliance pledge cam-

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paign, introduced in April 2001 during prayer services that encouraged students to fight homophobia. The controversy around the group and the pledge brought a string of letters both in support and opposition to the campaign to the Prep News. When Quinn served on the committee in the early 2000s, alumni from the GSA program were interviewed.

The committee has not decided what its next step is.

The group invited faculty to share their thoughts and experiences, and some people have expressed interest in working with the group.

Whatever the group does next, the discussions will continue.

The conversation going forward is what ways can we both be authentic towards being a Catholic school and meeting the needs of our students,” said Navarro.

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jects to aspects of Ignatius’ life and Jesuit education.

After the faculty demonstration, the Jazz Band played a few pieces before Principal John Moran took the stage to discuss the diversity and background of SLUH students.

He then introduced a new segment to the SLUH Night front: a presentation from the SLUH students.

Around 30 students, freshmen through seniors, were split into six groups of four or five for the presentation. Each group spoke to the crowd about the co-curriculars they were involved in.

During the students’ presentation, the Jazz Band and varsity chorus performed “When the Bills Go Marching In” and kept the beat going while the students spoke, singing the chorus during the transition from one group of students to another.

“The students segment was incredibly powerful in terms of showing what our school is all about,” said Di-

because there’s an action story element to it; there’s a certain appeal to a story that ends in a climactic fight. There’s something powerful about the idea of battle, and of course it’s a play that’s about internal battles as well as external,” said Quinn.

Quinn has a special connection to Macbeth, as his father was also a high school English teacher.

“Fun fact: I grew up grading Macbeth tests. I knew who Banquo was before I was in the 4th grade. It always reminds me of my dad and his old tests typed on an electric typewriter,” said Quinn.

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rector of Admissions Anja Schmelter.

“I think the audience really, really loves to hear from the boys, and I think the younger boys really admire you guys,” said Murphy.

The speeches were crafted in order to emphasize the diversity of the students’ interests.

Senior Emil Beckford said, “It was just really cool to see people with a lot of really diverse interests and how many opportunities we have here at SLUH.” “You guys come here with a specific passion you want to pursue, but other times you pursue that and other things that along the way you stumble upon and become really interested in,” said Schmelter.

To accommodate for that fact, the speeches were tailored to have the students show the bigger picture of SLUH, and the groups of five students that went up to the stage each time had a very different list of co-curriculars.

“They (the presenters) give you an example of what a

Before Collected Stories, sophomore teachers taught from a short stories collection called Points of View, which included O’Connor’s story “First Confessions.” In the late 80’s, Moran decided to use O’Connor’s Collected Stories in his

day at SLUH is like, but then you can also see all the clubs and other things you can get involved in,” said sophomore Peter Hennessey. “Each person has their own unique thing, and it’s not just school all the time.”

Moran ended the SLUH Night by thanking the attendees for coming and sending them home with cookies for the Cardinals game.

“I felt that there was a lot of energy in the room,” said Schmelter. “Nobody left until the end.”

The plans for SLUH Night started in spring of this year, but the very detailed planning time came during September. The planning for next year’s SLUH Night has already begun.

“Our main goal with an event like SLUH Night is to provide yet another opportunity to have prospective students and parents learn about our school,” said Schmelter.

“It was definitely a night that I was super proud to be a member of the SLUH community.”

world literature class.

Pleased with how it worked in that context, he used it with sophomores the following year.

“I like doing multiple stories across the same author because there’s a big advantage to being able to look across a bunch of stories and see how the artist works from story to story.”

Quinn pointed out that O’Connor’s stories, like many other of the sophomore books, deal with problematic father figures. “Certain selfimportant notions of masculinity get mocked in the Frank O’Connor stories,” said Quinn.

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ogy (BYOT) policy, where students are given the option of which device they use and bring to class. Prior to the visit, teachers were hesitant and fearful of such a policy.

“One of the things that I think that is scary to a lot of people is that a bring your own (policy) sometimes means the teacher has to know all of the types (of devices,)” said Kissel. “That kind of fear was put off to the side.

I think students are responsible for their machine and for knowing how to use it—that was a nice thing to see.”

“When you have a bring your own technology platform, the students take a certain amount of ownership of their devices,” said Russo.

The SLUH teachers were impressed by the flexibility in the classrooms. The desks are moveable, allowing the teacher greater flexibility for various situations, like class discussions or group work.

The large desks also provide space for the devices on the desk, making them not the primary focus.

“The device is not your direct focus, and I think that’s important,” said Kissel.

“Those desks, almost more than the devices, were making that collaboration possible.”

Classrooms at Brebeuf had a large projection screen as well as a TV screen where students could hook up their devices to project, mostly despite of their model of device.

A special kind of USB cable was interchangeable between types of devices, instead of the Apple TV set up at SLUH. Russo said the students did not express concerns about their devices being a distraction. Many students used their devices for note taking purposes, though they were at their own discretion as far as when and where to use the them. As part of the freshman curriculum, students are required to take a

Teacher Sean O’Brien values Plainsong for its messages about family.

“It refuses to say that there’s this perfect way to be a family,” said O’Brien.

“There’s this notion coming across that just having the components (of a family) isn’t enough; it’s

digital citizenship class which deals with aspects of their devices, but also relates to their honor code.

“That was so impressive.

I often wonder where we’re formally maybe doing that with our students, because we all do it in informal kinds of ways,” said Russo.

“I was almost surprised that much of our conversation went to the philosophy of using technology in the classroom—how the technology needs to be a supplement to the educational experience while it’s very much still about the collaboration taking place in the classroom, the conversations student to student and teacher to student and how technology is to add to that, not take away from that,” said Russo of their conversations with teachers.

Russo also noted that Brebeuf ’s library has a section for quiet study and a section for more more collaborative discussion.

“I often find that, having perfected (our) library recently, it’s a quiet study, so I wonder where do our students go to have those intellectual conversations?” said Russo.

Both Kissel and Russo noted the location of Brebeuf ’s technology department: the center of the building, making it more accessible.

English teacher Stephen Missey and Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares visited Kirkwood for several hours last Thursday. An assistant principal at Kirkwood, Michael Gavin, son of former SLUH English teacher Joe Gavin, organized their visit. They met with a group of sophomores for about 40 minutes, followed by short stints in and out of classes for two periods. Missey visited English and social studies classes, while Linhares observed science and math.

Kirkwood High School, as part of the larger Kirkwood School District policy, is oneto-one with iPad Minis. This

an investment, it’s an involvement.”

Moran began teaching the book on a suggestion from then-teacher Bill Noonan not long after it was published. He says the book deals with different takes on the “experiences enshrined in the sacraments.”

“The sacraments are focusing on these transformative moments in human life. The novel works by asking us to see the contrasts between moments when those are debased and ugly and moments when they’re transformed into something beautiful and sacred,” said Moran.

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“We’ve been looking for a long time to get a text written by a woman that told the story of a woman’s life, a girl’s life,” said Moran.

Glass Castle fits that criteria, and it also provides great models for

is their first year of the whole school having the devices; last year only the freshmen had the iPads.

From the conversation with students, Missey noted that the students liked “immediacy of access stuff,” such as receiving instant feedback on a quiz, checking grades in class, or pulling up information quickly in class. He said students most frequently mentioned using the iPads for note taking.

As far as drawbacks to the program, Missey said that the students thought the devices could be a distraction or a temptation. Overall, their largest grievance was with the lack of wi-fi reliability.

“We were really interested in hearing what students had to say about the benefits of the iPads and the drawbacks. We had a great group of kids; they were very thoughtful,” said Missey.

Missey noted the different feel between devices in a classroom.

“At Cor Jesu, every room you looked in had a laptop. Every desk you looked on, every kid had a laptop.

It is a dominant device. The iPads are not dominant,” said Missey. “People were using them in spots. It’s not an all the time thing. When you’re sitting in class, you don’t look around and see iPad.” From conversations, Missey sensed that teachers were happy since they had discretion as to when the devices were used in their classes.

“Teachers were really happy. Everybody I spoke to, they had absolute discretion about what they were doing with (the iPads),” said Missey.

Missey noted that the central location and large size of Kirkwood’s tech department, with a large staff, is something he believes SLUH will need to address.

“For us to do this for a whole building, it’s going to need a real look at how we

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the writing that sophomores do in class. Part of this comes through Walls’ uncomfortable narratives; sophomores write similar narratives during the first semester.

The book also spends a lot of time bringing vivid scenes to life.

“It’s so devoted to showing rather than telling. There are moments in the book where we want to shake Jeanette and say, ‘Don’t you see how these people are treating you?!’ She gives us the experience, and we have that reaction, and she never complains about how she’s treated,” said Moran.

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Oh baby! Jr. Bills rack up 500+ yards of offense, upset Kirkwood 38-35

BY Marty Johnson SPORTS EDITOR

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he St. Louis U. High football team refused to leave Ernest L. Lyons Memorial Field without a win. Thanks to heroics from their defense, the Jr. Bills held off the determined Pioneers on Friday night, 38-35.

Going into the game, the Jr. Bills knew that taking down the Pioneers would not be an easy task. Ranked the No. 4 large school in the area, the 7-0 Pioneers came into the game averaging 43 points a game while allowing just 19.

“We still thought that we could match up defensively,” said head coach Gary Kornfeld. “We knew that they were going to hurt us because they have talented kids. But we liked our matchup on the offensive side.”

A large reason for SLUH’s success came from the Jr. Bills’ ability to counter with their

Photo | Dominik Skroska

potent running back duo of sophomore Andrew Clair and senior Andre Colvin, who combined for a staggering 283 rushing yards on only 28 carries.

“That’s who we are,” Kornfeld said. “We’re a downhill running team.”

SLUH’s running game first put them on the board with 7:29 left in the first half, when Colvin ran the ball in from a yard out to tie the game at seven.

After Kirkwood scored with 42 seconds left in the half, it looked like the Pioneers would go into the locker room with the lead and momentum. But the Jr. Bills countered with a 52-yard run

by Colvin sprung by great downfield blocking to put the ball at the Pioneers’ 13-yard line.

Two plays later, with

continued on page 8 Sophomore Andrew Clair sprints upfield against Kirkwood last Friday night. SLUH will play Hazelwood West tonight in districts.

Soccer finishes regular season, win 4 out of 5 Swim eyes state crown BY

BY Connor CORE STAFF

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he St. Louis U. High varsity soccer team has been working to finish off the regular season off with a bang, winning four of five games in the past two weeks.

On Saturday the Jr. Bills fell to De Smet in a 2-1 loss at home following their wins at O’Fallon Township on Oct. 10 and against Parkway South Oct. 14 at SLUH. De Smet struck first, netting a shot from the right side of the box while senior Albert Reinwart was stuck on the left side.

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Senior goalie Albert Reinwart punches the ball out of the box against Eureka earlier this year.

Cross country V2 tops at Borgia; Districts next

BY Kevin Murphy SPORTS EDITOR

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he St. Louis U. High cross country team, excluding the top eight, took the long trek out to Washington, Mo. last weekend to compete in the Borgia Invitational.

Since the team runs its V2 group at this meet every year, the past races have led to lower placing races than what would be expected from the V1 group. This year, the team wanted to focus more on individual performance, and the runners knew that if they all ran their best race, they would have a good chance of winning the meet.

“We all got off to the kind of start we wanted to, and we all moved through well,” said sophomore Joe Laughlin. “I

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think that was one of the reasons we were so successful.”

Laughlin led the team with the top ten finish that he was looking for, running a quick 17:42. Sophomore William Kelly (18:01; 13th) and senior Garret Fox (18:03; 14th) came in together close behind Laughlin. After them, senior Jacob Marty (18:15; 19th) earned some important points for the team.

One of the main standout performances was from freshman Gunnar Himmich, who has been the top freshman runner for most of the year. Himmich finished with a time of 18:39, and took just enough places to bring home the win for SLUH. He finished in 32nd place, bringing the SLUH point total to 71, an

expected winning total in a varsity race.

“In previous years, we haven’t really won this race,” said Kelly. “The goal was to win the race and to get as many guys in the top 25 as we could.”

The varsity team beat generally good teams such as Whitfield (2nd; 82) and Ste. Genevieve (84). Winning the race brought confidence to the team, because they know that if someone in the top eight is unable to race, there are fast V2 runners ready to step up into their spots.

“I think it shows how hard that group has been working all year,” said head coach Joe Porter.

Porter was with the top eight on Saturday, and was fo-

cused on getting them ready for the end of the season. “(The top eight) did a lot of figure eights on Art Hill, and on Tuesday they did mile repeats and 800s, nothing really fancy, but at a fast pace,” said Porter. “In terms of preparing for districts, we aren’t.

The focus is in a couple of weeks.”

The team’s focus is on advancing past districts to Sectionals, and after that State.

We survive and advance,” said Porter. “You just want to make sure that you qualify and get through, and we feel like we have a very good shot at doing that.”

Next up for the team is the district meet in Forest Park tomorrow.

SLUH Team Scores

Varsity

Garret Fox (Sr.) 18:03 - 14th Jacob Marty (Sr.) 18:15 - 19th Gunnar Himich (Fr.) 18:39 - 32nd

Varsity - 1st - 71 points JV - 1st - 18 points Fr. - 1st - 32 points

Joe Laughlin (Soph.)

17:42 - 8th William Kelly (Soph.)

18:01 - 13th

he St. Louis U. High swim and dive team is closing out its season, with everything looking toward the State finals in a few weeks. Over the last week, the Jr. Billikens challenged in two meets, the Lindbergh Invite on Saturday and in their last dual meet against Chaminade.

The team came into Saturday as the defending champs, hoping to repeat this year; but that did not happen.

SLUH did take second overall though, losing to Marquette by almost a hundred points.

Despite the second place finish, the team was not super disappointed with the loss.

Senior captain Colin Derdeyn commented, “Being our last major invitational of the year before State, a number of people stepped up in their races. In particular, junior Michael Krause swam one of the quickest 50 Freestyles of the year for us.”

Krause is about a third of a second off a state time.

The Jr. Bills swam in their last dual meet of the year on Monday against MCC rival Chaminade. SLUH won the meet handily, although things were a bit odd as Chaminade used manual timers for times instead of touchpads. Despite some confusion, the Bills were able to put on a good performance.

“We definitely saw some terrific swims,” said senior Hap Burke. “Though perhaps we didn’t get all the times we wanted, I have faith that our hard work will pay off over the upcoming conference meets.”

Head coach Joe Esposito also commented that he was proud of the team for going undefeated in MCC play with a record of 8-2 overall.

Now that dual meets are over for the season, the MCC championships are next for both JV and varsity swimmers. JV MCCs will take place Saturday at noon, while varsity will have prelims Wednesday and finals Friday.

All races are at Forest Park.

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Hockey downed by CBC

BY Tim Nile REPORTER

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he Jr. Bill varsity hockey team suffered its first loss of the Webster Groves Top Hat Classic preseason tournament in the midst of several absent players, getting taken down by CBC in a 3-0 loss, but still advancing to the knockout stage of the tournament.

CBC had scored 18 goals in their first two games and allowed just two. The Jr. Bills had scored just five goals and allowed three. But the Jr. Bills were still missing their U16 AAA players for these games.

“We know we can beat them with all our players. We played well considering our missing players,“ said junior defenseman Andrew Ott.

The game got off to a heated start after a big hit by senior Ryan Krippene resulted in a boarding call and a two-ten call that put Krippene in the box for 12 minutes, though the team was only a man down for two.

After the penalty kill ended, junior goalie Joe Warnecke and the Jr. Bills’ defense showed strong defensive efforts, but allowed a goal with 7:23 left in the first.

The second period was yet another unsuccessful attempt to score. Trying to build momentum and boost morale, junior Patrick Pence threw a CBC player to the ice and was penalized with a two minute minor. Pence’s penalty was in vain, as the Cadets

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(continued from page 6) The Spartans found the net again in the 36th minute off a corner kick. From the right side corner, a De Smet player connected a header for the 2-0 lead.

Boerding rifled a shot past the De Smet goalie. 17 minutes into the second half to make the score 2-1.

But that was all the scoring, and De Smet won 2-1.

“We told the guys before the game that De Smet was really hot and has been playing really well recently,” said head coach Charlie Martel.

“We came out a little bit flat, and overall, we got outplayed.

We had chances to score, but we just couldn’t do that, and De Smet held us off. It was a disappointing loss.”

SLUH vowed not to let their second MCC loss of the season against De Smet lead to a third against CBC the next day. So the team, despite the injuries of Frein and senior Will DelaRoche, came out with all engines firing, which resulted in a 2-1 victory.

In the 16th minute, Boerding nearly had a shot in the box off a dangle-andpass play from senior captain Clark Conway, but the CBC goalie snatched the ball from Boerding before he could get

the shot off.

Eight minutes later, a cheeky attempt at a shot from sophomore Miles Horton near half field was grabbed by the Cadet goalie.

In the 35th minute, junior forward Peter Simon amazingly volleyed a corner from junior midfielder Will Minnick past the CBC goaltender to put SLUH ahead 1-0.

With 30 seconds left in the first half, the Cadets put two shots on net and a third off the post before the clock ran out.

Conway came out quickly in the second half, ringing a shot off of the football goal post above the net from a shot in the box in the third minute.

Eleven minutes later, Simon’s cross connected with Boerding’s head, but a CBC defender headed the ball out of its goal-bound path.

In the 25th minute, Reinwart saved the SLUH lead with a huge diving save, but in the 29th, a long shot by the Cadets from the left side of the field went past Reinwart and into the net, tying the score at one.

Simon responded with a high cross in the 32nd that senior Andrew Patke headed into the net for the final goal, resulting in SLUH’s 2-1 win.

“We really did a great

Box Scores C Football vs. Lafayette (10/16)

(Left): Senior Ben DelaRoche gets past a sliding St. Dominic defender earlier in the season.

On Monday, SLUH honored DelaRoche and the rest of the seniors on the team with senior night.

job of rebounding,” said Martel. “We were really flying around, and we looked great, which was good because CBC looked great. Thankfully, we got that late goal by Andrew; that was the difference. It was a great soccer game.”

“It felt great to get back on top of the leaderboard after the loss to De Smet,” said Simon. “I’m glad that Patke could get that header in the net and push us through to beat our big rivals, CBC. The center mid(fielder)s really stepped up and did a great job

Borgia Invitational JV Freshman

Cade Dernlan (Jr.) 18:48 - 1st 1 2 3 4 F Jacob Colvis (Sr.) SLUH 6 6 0 7 19 18:59 - 2nd Lafayette 7 0 3 0 10 Brad Gale (Jr.) 19:12 - 3rd Offense: Tommy Blackwell (Sr.) RB Jay Scott 2 TD runs 19:24 - 5th Defense: DT Kameron Bowdry 10 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF Thomas Leeker (Soph.)

19:35 - 7th

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1 2 3 4 F SLUH 7 7 7 0 21 Kirkwood 6 0 14 6 26

Offense: RB Daniel Terry TD run Defense: CB Daniel McMurran 2 INT

JV Football vs. Kirkwood (10/20)

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in the absence of (Frein).”

Tuesday, the team made mincemeat of the Fort Zumwalt South Bulldogs, who previously had an eleven-game winning streak, winning 4-0.

The Jr. Bills first found the net when Patke finished on a penalty kick with 20 seconds left in the half after being fouled in the Bulldog box, making the score at half 1-0.

Boerding added a goal in the 15th minute of the second half when he fired a low shot into the right of the Fort Zumwalt South net.

C Soccer

Matt Gunn 19:05 - 4th Rory Butler 19:34 - 5th Paul Burka 19:48 - 6th Declan Tajkowski 19:48 - 7th Joe Watkins 20:28 - 10th

JV Soccer

vs. St. Mary’s (10/15) vs. Chaminade (10/11) W 5-1 W 1-0 vs.

P. Central (10/17) vs. Eureka (10/13) W 4-0 W 3-0 vs. Ft. Zumwalt S. (10/21) vs. CBC (10/18) W 5-1 L 1-0 vs. Webster Groves (10/22) vs. Troy (10/20) W 3-0 W 10-0 vs. P. North (10/22) W 4-0

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SLUH 0 7 6 7 20 Kirkwood 0 14 14 7 34 (continued from page 7) Offense: Cam Gunn 2 rec TDs Jeff Cooley TD pass Defense: Chris Campbell 2 Forced fumbles

Box Tops key for NHS Alex Wang would like to remind all NHS members “Don’t forget the box tops!”

scored during the power play with 2:16 left in the second period.

The third period saw an increase in physicality and tempers but still no score from the Jr. Bills. With 4:15 left the, Cadets scored their third and final goal. Two minutes later a large fight erupted but was quickly broken up by the referees.

The Jr. Bills are also missing injured juniors Joey

Pinkowski and Connor FitzGerald. Pinkowski fractured his scaphoid, a small bone in the wrist, over the summer, and had surgery to repair the bone on Wednesday. He will be out for about three months. FitzGerald injured his tibia in a club game and will be out for another month.

“Knowing we only had five defensemen play, I could see they were tired. I thought

Four minutes later, Martel started subbing in a lot of seniors for their Senior Night and last regular season game at SLUH. Martel’s decision paid off in the 34th when senior forward Rocco Vienhage trickled a ball past the Zumwalt goalie to make the score 3-0.

“It was relieving (to) score that goal on Senior Night because I knew that the game was going to be one of the last of my life,” said Vienhage. “I felt obligated to end my career on a good note and

scoring that goal was exactly that.”

Six minutes later, junior forward Sam Perry put a shot past the Bulldog goalie, after a whiff that faked out the Zumwalt defender, to make the final score 4-0.

The Soccerbills also defeated O’Fallon Township 4-0 two Fridays ago and Parkway South 1-0 last Tuesday.

The Jr. Bills will face McCluer North for Districts this Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Swimming ends 2014 season on high note (continued from page 6)

Going into the weekend JV meet, Esposito is looking forward to some good performances.

“SLUH is the reigning champion and is the favorite to win again,” said Esposito. “They are a strong squad of swimmers led by Luke Twardowski and Patrick Schuler.”

This week during practices, JV and some varsity swimmers have begun tapering.

Tapering is basically adding more rest to sets with not as much intensity to make sure every swimmer is fresh and healthy for the meets.

One last meet that SLUH varsity will also compete in over the weekend, their last meet of the season before MCCs, is the MICDS Invite.

Although this is not a very big meet with only four participating teams, SLUH is hoping for some good results.

“SLUH will focus on a few races as we will hopefully qualify a few more swimmers for the state meet,” said Esposito.

Overall the team is ready for the upcoming meets and is looking to show off the hard work during practice in races.

Mass for Mental Illness and Suicide A Mass in honor of those recovering from mental illness or those who have lost a loved one to suicide will be held on Oct. 30 at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in south St. Louis. The Mass was brought to the attention of the SLUH community by Mary Wilper, mother of senior Joel, in hopes that the Mass will serve to minister to those affected by the passing of senior Connor Lewis. All are welcome to attend to pray for those who have taken their own lives or who struggle with thoughts of suicide.

Hockey Nightbeat

Last night, the St. Louis U. High hockey team bounced back from their loss against CBC with a 4-1 win against Rockwood Summit in the Webster Top Hat Preseason Tournament. Sophomore Louis Garavaglia and seniors Brendan Walters, AJ Bowman, and Tommy Espenschied all scored for the Jr. Bills. SLUH outshot Rockwood 44-9. they did well with all things considered,” said Pinkowski.

Last night, the varsity team beat Rockwood Summit 4-1 in the first stage of the

knockout round. The varsity team plays next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the semifinals in a repeat match against CBC.

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Thursday, October 16

The first ever Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament was held in the Currigan Room, with junior Luke Kammerer taking first, senior John Ratermann taking second, and sophomore Sam Chechik taking third. See page 2 of this week’s Prep News.

Students and facult put on the annual SLUH Night for prospective grade school students and their families.

Around 30 SLUH students spoke, and some faculty members presented SLUH to the students. See page 1 of this week’s Prep News.

Friday, October 17 Minute of the Week:

Last Friday, Oct. 17, the Outdoor Adventure Club led a bike ride on the iconic Berryman Trail near Potosi, Mo. The weather was perfect, the fall color magnificent and the trail was in surprisingly good shape despite all of the recent rain. Led by sophomore Mitchell Stephens and senior Matias Grignola, the group took a challenging trail with a varied mix of rolling hills and

Minutes a dicey technicality of rocks and roots. Five hours and 20 miles later, all had felt like they had put in a good day’s work amidst the backdrop of brilliant fall color.

Nov. 4, sign-ups for the 40 Days for Life, the next ProLife apologetics meeting on Nov. 11, and a guest speaker from the Vitae foundation on Nov. 13.

Sophomore Pastoral Monday, October 20 Team liturgical musicians and Thomas à Kempis Club singers practiced their songs snacked on chips while hav- for the class Mass today. ing the new members explain why they joined and returning Wednesday, October 22 members discuss why they English teacher Chuck wanted to come back for year Hussung led a meeting for the two of discussing The Imita- Poetry Out Loud and Shaketion of Christ. speare competitions, on Dec. Rams Club celebrated 2 and 9, respectively, where the victory over the Seahawks. students could start looking They named John Fassel the for poems and monologues MVP. with the websites he shared Liturgical musicians and with them. singers from the Sophomore SLUH Politics jumped Pastoral Team practiced their from subject to subject around songs for the class Mass today. the room, discussing racial inequalities, crime rates, wars Tuesday, October 21 on drugs, and birth control.

Senior Pastoral Team Medical Careers Club read and discussed the read- planned for elections for leadings for their next class Mass ership positions and ordering on Nov. 7, and senior Brian t-shirts, and they also talked Smith gave a talk about the about medical events that unkind verbal culture at members did this past sumSLUH. mer. Then, they discussed Students for Life planned ideas for medical-related opfor the Pro-Life Chalking on portunities next summer.

Thursday, October 23

The Sophomore Pastoral Team liturgical musicians and singers practiced for the class Mass today.

Pax Christi discussed the plans for this year and decided that fair trade and death penalty were the two most important issues. Some members volunteered to write reflections on the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador. They planned to pass out postcards emphasizing immigration reform to the seniors on Monday and to the sophomores on Tuesday, Jan. 13.

A mystical voice infiltrated the SLUH airwaves to conclude the activity period announcements, though many quickly identified the whisper as belonging to physical education instructor Patrick Zarrick, designating the start of sophomore bashball tournament finals to “justify one’s existence.”

—compiled by Sam Chechik, Leo Heinz, and Emanuel Parker.

Football will face Hazelwood West tonight at 7

Photo | Dominik Skroska

(continued from page 6) five seconds left, sophomore quarterback Mitch Batschelett threw a beautiful fade pass to junior David Jackson in the end zone, to tie the game at 14.

“I thought Mitch played a heck of a game,” Kornfeld said. “He just did some great things.”

In the second half, the offense continued to roll, giving the Jr. Bills the lead 24-21 with 4:10 left in the third quarter on a 43-yard touchdown pass to Clair.

The defense buckled down, too. With the Pioneers driving and in the red zone, senior cornerback Perri Johnson intercepted Kirkwood quarterback Connor Scott in the end zone to give the ball and momentum to the offense.

“The quarterback was trying to throw to (Amonte Mason),” Johnson said. “He overthrew him and I was there to make a play on the ball.”

The offense didn’t waste the gift. On the first play of the drive, Clair dusted the Pioneers’ defense for 80 yards and a touchdown.

“It felt good,” Clair said.

“We got a great push from the line.”

Up ten points with ten minutes left in the game, the Jr. Bills didn’t stop coming because neither did Kirkwood.

The Pioneers cut SLUH’s lead to three with 7:47 left, much to the delight of a sold-out crowd.

“They packed the house,” Kornfeld said. “It was like a playoff-type atmosphere.”

However, the Jr. Bills gave their fans reason for celebration two minutes later when Batschelett dumped a fourth down pass to senior Bryan Edwards, who rumbled to the end zone to give SLUH its tenpoint lead back.

Friday, October 24

Schedule R

Drive for the Homeless (through Wednesday) Junior Ring Orders AP Sophomore Class Mass

Marquette University (WI)—M108

Sarah Lawrence University (NY)—M114

Southern Illinois U.—Carbondale— M112

Snack—Pizza Sticks 3:45pm V2, JV XC @ Clayton Invitational Lunch Special—Pasta Bar Vegetarian—Macaroni and Cheese 7pm V Football vs. Hazelwood West (District Quaterfinal)

Saturday, October 25 Cross Country District (V XC) ACT Fall Ball 10:30am B Soccer @ CBC Sophomore Tournament Championship 12pm JV Swim @ MCC JV Meet 2pm V Soccer vs. McCluer North (District) 3pm TASK Fall Festival 7pm V Swim @ MICDS Meet

Monday, October 27

Half Day Schedule Half Day Schedule—Parent-Teacher Conferences Junior White House (through Wednesday) 4;30pm JV Football @ Lafayette 4:30pm TASK Bowling

Tuesday, October 28

No Classes—Faculty In-Service 5:30pm TASK Family Fitness

Wednesday, October 29

Schedule R AP Activity Period Mass

University of Central Missouri (MO)—M114

Lake Forest College (IL)—M112

Loyola University—Chicago (IL)—M110

St. Louis College of Pharmacy (MO)—M108

Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)—M106

Snack—Texas Sweet Pretzel 4:00pm V Swim @ MCC Meet 4:30pm JV, C XC @ Findley JV/C Invitational 6:30pm TASK Volleyball 7:00pm Teens and Technology: Responsible Use Lunch Special—Hand Breaded Chicken Strips Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese

Thursday, October 30

Schedule R

Harmony Prayer Service AP McKendree University (IL)—M108

Regis University (CO)—M110

Snack—Cinnamon Rolls 4:00pm V Swim @ MCC Meet 6:30pm TASK Drama Lunch Special—Brunch for Lunch Vegetarian—Stir Fry From left to right: Andrew Clair, Bryan Edwards, and Max Kavy celebrate after a play in the 38-35 win against Kirkwood.

But Kirkwood showed yet again why they were undefeated. After scoring a touchdown with just over three minutes to play, the Pioneer defense, which had been porous all night long, clamped down, forcing SLUH to punt.

With time winding down, the Pioneer offense drove deep into SLUH territory.

But good teams find a way to win. And the Jr. Bills found a way.

With the ball at SLUH’s 23-yard line, Kirkwood’s Wil Hadler ran a slant route toward the middle of the field.

Hadler initially caught the ball, but Johnson came up and popped the ball out. Junior Daniel Isom, coming across the middle in man coverage, made an amazing dive to intercept the ball before it hit the ground. Isom’s pick sealed the Jr. Bills’ sixth win of the season.

“It felt amazing,” Colvin said. “Just the win overall, was crazy.”

Kornfeld told his team to enjoy the win.

“I was excited for the kids because it’s great to get a reward like that,” Kornfeld said.

“They put the time in.”

While the team enjoyed the win over the weekend, on Monday it was back to practice as usual. SLUH will host Hazelwood West Friday night in the first round of the State playoffs.

Despite a record of 2-7, the Hawks are no pushovers.

Two weeks ago, they played Hazelwood Central, the second seed behind CBC in SLUH’s district, and lost just 14-0 after Central scored twice the last five minutes of

the game.

Should the Jr. Bills beat the Hawks, they would most likely play Hazelwood Central and then CBC. But they aren’t getting ahead of themselves.

“It’s week by week,” said senior offensive lineman Aaron Kilgore. “We had a good game, but we can’t tell ourselves that. We have to keep working hard.”

And if the Jr. Bills continue to take it week by week, just as they have for the entire season, then they could be enjoying Friday nights for several more weeks to come.

Friday, October 31

Schedule R Halloween Drive for the Homeless Delivery Mix-It-Up Lunch Picture Retake Day V Football @ District Football Semifinal V Swim @ MCC Meet AP Junior Class Mass

Princeton Footnotes A Cappella

Snack­—Curly Fries Lunch Special—Meatball Sandwich Vegetarian—Macaroni and Cheese calendar | Sam Chechik

Prep News Sports Player of the Week Andrew Clair #23, Running back (So.)

Teacher Tech Visits (continued from page 5)

staff and place our tech department. That became quite clear,” said Missey.

Judging from his walk around the Kirkwood halls, Missey said, “I would say they looked like good high school classrooms. People were

working hard at what they’re working hard with. In the brief glimpse I got, I didn’t see anything super tech-heavy.”

In the next few weeks, committee members hope to make visits to MICDS as well as Nerinx.

Against an undefeated Kirkwood team, Clair amassed 216 yards of total offense with two touchdowns as the Jr. Bills upset the Pioneers 38-35.