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September 13, 2012

Patrolling Meramec

Campus Police with new Segway for increased patrol KAVAHN MANSOURI EDITOR IN CHIEF Through the quad, parking lots and back alleys of Meramec, Campus Police are no longer restricted by patrol car size. A new sheriff is in town in the form of a Campus Police Segway.

Campus Police can be seen rolling around Meramec on the new Segway, made available by the district to each of the STLCC campuses. The Segway is one of the steps being taken in the “green initiative” to strengthen the movement for a healthier campus. The Segway also provides a cost efficient way of patrolling the campus by police.

Campus Police Officer Ed Eucinsci said the Segway is a step in the right direction to making Meramec a “greener” campus.

“It’s part of our green initiative and it’s very good for our environment,” Eucinsci said. “I think it’s another asset we have to patrol our campuses and make it a safe environment.”

Campus Police Chief Paul Banta added the Segway will cut down on gasoline used by the campus squad cars.

Banta said the district plans to continue the “green initiative” by providing

electric and hybrid patrol cars.

“We will use less gasoline and it will help with the budget,” Banta said.

“It makes a greener campus. They’re all moves in the direction of being greener.”

The Segway’s accessibility provides officers a quicker way to navigate the campus; improving response times to disturbances according to Banta.

“You can get the cars in the quad but it’s a lot quicker with the Segway,” Banta said. “It’s going to improve our reaction time.”

Banta said the Segway provides officers with an easier way to do their jobs. W “On nights it will make it more speedy to check doors and get inside buildings,” Banta said. “We didn’t ask for them but they do have a use. It’s an alternative method of getting around campus without burning gasoline.”

Eucinsci said the Segway allows officers to respond to areas quickly that patrol cars cannot reach.

“Segway has a lot of good points to it; it’s a really effective way to move

PHOTO BY: NICK ROUSSEAU A STLCC-Meramec officer patrols campus on the new Segway.

around campus,” Eucinsci said. “I can get in places the automobile cannot and it helps us to patrol walkways and other areas that are not accessible by patrol car.”

Eucinsci said he feels the presence on

campus is heightened while patrolling on the Segway.

“It’s a very noticeable presence, especially when you’re two feet above everyone,” Eucinsci said.

Banta said while the Segway will improve the response time and presence of officers, it will also allow officers to reach out to students while patrolling.

“We’re all about trying to get to know the students,” Banta said. “It’s a great public relations tool because people will stop the officers and ask them ‘how do you like the Segway?’”

Eucinsci said students often approach him while he is patrolling the Segway.

“It’s very visible. People actually want to come up and talk to you, ask you questions. Although the most frequent question is ‘can I ride it?’” Eucinsci said.

Banta said he is concerned about parking lot safety for officers when using the Segway.

“The only thing I’m concerned about is the parking lots. People back out of their spots and don’t look,” Banta said.

“If you can’t see a car, how are you going to see a guy on a Segway.”

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NEWS September 13, 2012

Meyer steps down from Honor role Nielsen named temporary Honors Coordinator ASHLEY HIGGINBOTHAM NEWS EDITOR “This is what I would live for,” he said as he looks at the letter, “I’m proud of this.”

Former Honors Program Coordinator Eric Meyer reads a letter from a former student who thanked him for helping her get accepted into Washington University.

From starting out as a Meramec student, to obtaining the position of Honors Coordinator, Meyer after five years, is passing on the title and stepping down.

Meyer was responsible for contacting universities about scholarships, working with faculty members to make sure a variety of classes would be offered and advising students.

“It’s quite apparent that the administration on this campus wanted to dismantle the program,” Meyer said when asked why he decided to step down.

“I just couldn’t do it to the program and the students,” Meyer said.

Five out of the nine honors classes this semester were cancelled.

“The classes that were cancelled were because of low enrollment,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Andrew Langrehr.

Langrehr said that a class must have at least 15 students for it to stay. He said that when a class does not reach 15 students, the deans discuss if the class has any justification or a “need it to graduate” status.

For honors students, if they only needed one more class to graduate and it was cancelled, the administration will still approve that student can graduate with honors.

Meyer became Meramec’s coordinator in the fall of 2007. Since then the program has more than doubled it’s participants according to Meyer. He prided himself on making sure he put students first, and would spend his time with every honor student on campus.

ARCHIVED PHOTO BY: ALEX KENDALL Former Honors Program coordinator Eric Meyer in his office in the CN building. Meyer recently stepped down as a result of the ‘dismantling’ of the Honors Program.

“I would make sure that they knew what classes they wanted to take, and where they wanted to transfer,” Meyer said.

Assistant professor of Economics, Eric Nielsen will assume the position temporarily for the fall semester.

“I believe that they will pick the permanent coordinator this spring,” Nielsen said.

“We hold an open search,” Langrehr said. “Which is when we look at different employees from different places.”

Nielsen said that he will put in an

application to hopefully achieve the title of honors coordinator.

“The honors program,” Nielsen said, “is a dynamic program that can grow with the needs of the students.”

If hired, Nielsen said he would not make blunt changes to the program, but “grow to meet the needs and wants of students.” He said he wants to make as little impact on changes as possible, but there will be special cases due to the abundance of cancelled classes. For example, a student needs nine honors credits in order to graduate. If the

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student only needed to complete one more course to graduate, and that class was cancelled, the student would more than likely be able to graduate with honors.

Seeing students graduate with honors was one of Meyer’s favorite moments as coordinator. His wall is filled with awards, and photos of himself with groups of graduates from each year he was a coordinator. Meyer will remain an Associate Professor of English for Meramec, and will “always talk to students about their future.”

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4 OPINIONS September 13, 2012

Devin’s Top

TEN

Top Ten signs you took the wrong class DEVIN KINLOCH STAFF WRITER

10. Teacher informs you that you will be experimenting with alcohol in lab.

You walk in the next day with a 30pack of Natty to see bottles of rubbing alcohol.

9. You notice the cover of your classmates’ notebooks, “calculus.”

Then look down at your own, “Cal Calcue Calculous.”

8. Everyone pulls out their copy of “The Scarlet Letter.” Yours is much shorter and reads “Sparknotes” across the top.

7. You take your roommate’s adderall just to stay awake in class.

5. So focused you stay in the room and take notes in the class after yours.

4. Your classmates actually use their laptops in class to take notes rather than to just log on facebook.

3. Your teacher asks you if you’re “LinkedIn.” You correct her, “Logged in?

No, I haven’t been on facebook all day.”

2. After the teacher informs you of how long your thesis must be, you go through the fonts searching for the largest one. Webdings will work RIGHT?

What happened to the magic of Meramec?

KAVAHN MANSOURI EDITOR IN CHIEF Year after year, cut after cut, students find themselves struggling to understand what Meramec as a campus stands for. Students come to school, go to class and more often then not, leave. Since the beginning, Meramec has offered its students a diverse campus life despite its commuter label. Not even a year ago the quad would be filled with students enjoying what the school had to offer, a community, while now the quad is often empty and lifeless. What happened to Meramec? When did we lose the Magic?

Over the years the campus has gone through a lot of changes. Through tight financial times, necessary budget cuts have been made to ensure the campus sustains itself. When do we stand up and debate what is necessary?

Almost three years ago when Vice President of Student Affairs Stephen Peterson was fired the campus went into an uproar. A year ago when Meramec sports were downsized and combined to district-wide teams we heard a dull roar from the community. Finally this year, when classes were cancelled students were left to face

the lines of Clark Hall, while honors courses were cut almost completely and teachers were forced to pick up last minute classes just to make semester load; we heard next to nothing.

Meramec is a special place. It always has been and always will be. But as the months go by the sparkle Meramec offers dims. The college continues to lose its shine through compromises, budgeting and business tactics. We, as students, are left to ponder when STLCC will draw the line. Is STLCC a business or a education system? Lately, it feels more like a business. So instead of cutting our already gouged departments, leaving our athletic fields in disrepair and giving the shaft to students, Meramec should take some steps in the right direction.

Fund athletics, give us our classes, revive our programs and allow our teachers the opportunity to instruct us.

STLCC does not have to be a corporation. This district used to be about the students.

Were things so bad back then that they needed to change?

What must be kept in mind is that financial hardships are the catalyst for

a lot of the change around campus. Necessary cuts are understandable, but where do the cuts stop? What departments will be left alone and which will face the cuts?

It is questions like these that must be asked and answered, and not only for Meramec, but nationally. The slashing of opportunity must end.

We could point the finger of blame in all directions, but at the end of the day there is no one to blame but ourselves.

As inhabitants of Meramec and students of STLCC we have the duty to ensure future students the same experience we were offered at Meramec. We have to be the people who stand up during Board of Trustee meetings, speak out at administrative forums to voice our concerns and say we are not going to take this anymore. Our classes have been cancelled, our sports abducted and our school spirit shape-shifted into a district-wide, poor excuse for a community feel.

Inhabitants of Meramec, stand up for your school.

This is our community. Stand up for Meramec, and I bet you will find that there is still a little magic left in this campus.

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OPINIONS September 13, 2012

AMERICA KICKS ASS

KAVAHN MANSOURI EDITOR IN CHIEF

War Horse

Oh America, you beautiful stallion you.

Galloping through the Great Plains, fording the harsh rivers of the Appalachians and racing towards freedom and liberty. This warhorse of a country is in every meaning of the word, kick ass. No one messes with America, and as Americans, no one messes with us.

Back in the day, America was the bad boy rebel on Earth. It did not take any other

countries bull and stomped out anybody who dissed it’s mad reputation. That is the amazing part of America’s history, America never took any business from anyone. When Britain got in our faces, what did we do? We threw their tea into a bay, went Rambo in the woods on them and sent them running for their ships.

No one messes with America because they do not want to get served up a nice platter of painful liberty. When our nations competitors walk into the late night diner called America, there are only two things on the menu… freedom and justice. And when our white wig wearing waiter serves up the meal, a free liberty punch to the kisser is on the house.

So next time someone gets in your face or pushes you around, remember that you are a patriot, and that as Americans you do not have to take any business from anyone.

Because where else in the world would you be able to deliver a roundhouse to someone’s face wearing American flag shorts? That is right… nowhere.

Climate Change

ILLUSTRATION BY: CORY MONTERO

WONDERS OF THE WEIRD

Average temperatures 1.4 around the world since 1880

“Sea level could rise

ENDYA GOLIDAY STAFF WRITER

Arctic Ice is quickly between 7 and 23 inches disappearing, and it is possible that they may have by century’s end” an ice-free summer by 2040

G a rb a g e Enth u s i s t

Human output of carbon dioxide is faster than plants & oceans can absorb.

These gases stay in the atmosphere for years making immdediate change difficult Natural disasters may become a norm around the globe and the expansion of deserts could cause food shortages

“More than a million species face extinction from disappearing habitat, changing ecosystems, and acidifying oceans.”

A report by the Ipcc* in April 2007 warned that climate change could cause food and water shortages and have large scale effects on wildlife *The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Information taken from National Geographic news

GRAPHIC BY: LILLY HUXHOLD

A global warning JOE MAKOTO STAFF WRITER This year, Greenland’s ice sheet melted at a pace unseen by modern science, meanwhile the Arctic’s sea ice extent is now at the lowest recorded during the satellite era.

Scientists warned about drastic ice loss as possibilities, but reality has overtaken their predictions.

In 1992 an international summit was held in Rio to address climate change and ecological sustainability.

Since then, the short term but politically important benefits of jobs and economic development have outweighed the difficult to appreciate benefits of long term climate stability. What we should do is recognize and accept this and move quickly on to mitigation.

Resilience to drought and water management are some of the biggest areas to consider. Farming accounts for over 80 percent of surface fresh water use in the United States. Farms

have used excess water because it is not profitable to conserve water in an era when it is so cheap.

There are alternatives. Farmers can build topsoil, which is composed of decayed carbon material and is known to retain moisture. In this time of low cost chemical fertilizer, topsoil is allowed to wash away, leaving the soil more prone to drought. Farmers can also use drip irrigation which applies water slowly and targeted to the root zone of plants through pipes. It has been known to reduce excess water consumption. However, it will require money and labor to install.

Moving toward new ways of farming will be difficult. Certainly, changing the landscape to retain and build topsoil and to properly utilize drip irrigation will take decades.

More than anything it will require

a shift in the most difficult thing to change - people’s minds.

Generations of farmers have become accustomed to cheap water and cheap fertilizers. It has worked for them, government programs have been built around these assumptions, and now consumers expect low prices.

Changing these expectations can either be planned for ahead of time, or reality will do it for us.

Today, reality is sending us a clear signal through the Arctic - that it is changing faster than we are.

This is why the mitigation must be started now before the effects become even more serious.

Adjusting to the effects of climate change will be an extremely difficult and long term task, but if done properly, future generations will enjoy an ample water supply, healthy soils and food.

We have heard of peeping toms and fetish photographers, but have you ever heard of someone whose fascination with garbage leads him to hide in refuse trucks and film trash collectors at work? In Motala, Sweden the UPI have put out a report on a special kind of “enthusiast.” [“At one point he was lying hidden in a Dumpster full of trash that they were about to empty,” police spokesman Egon Persson said. “Sometimes he hangs on at the back of the truck, without the driver’s knowledge.

Sometimes he climbs up on the roof of the vehicle.” “He likes to lie on the roof of the truck and film the men at work,” said foreman Per Andersson. ] Yes, there is someone out there who is turned on by watching garbage men load their trucks full with bags of your rotten food and used tissues, losing themselves in heaps and heaps of discarded waste. What does this man do with the films depicting these men and their craft? What do they look like? Do they move in slow motion while ‘80s porn music plays?

What about the fact that he lies inside dumpsters and rides the back of garbage trucks? Is this fixation so inflamed with garbage passion that he does not mind risking his life because he just has to get that one shot?

When googling “trash fixation”, “garbage infatuation”, and every other variation of those two words you will find no name or term for this type of behavior and/or disorder. It is not something that people want to bring attention to, especially the type of attention that this man is getting from authorities and garbage men in Sweden (but, really, can you blame him for wanting to stay under the radar?) Many similar incidents with this man finally led to a police report being filed, thus informing all garbage drivers about the man’s activities so that they can remain vigilant; vigilant for the garbage pervert.

“This is a sick man,” foreman Andersson said. “He has an enormous interest in rubbish and our work.” I guess the saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” is not simply a figure of speech. It is literal and it stinks like hell.

6 INDEPTH September 13, 2012

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INDEPTH September 13, 2012

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8 ART&LIFE

September 13, 2012

Big Muddy Blues Festival

Every Labor Day weekend, Laclede’s Landing hosts the Big Muddy Blues Festival, a two-day, twenty-hour concert festival that features thirty blues bands from around the world. Now in its seventeenth year, the festival thrived with over 60,000 attendees ignoring the rainy weather conditions to hear some of the best blues, R&B, soul, gospel and grammy award-winning musicians the world has to offer such as Ana Popovic, Joe Louis Walker, Billy Peek and Doctor John. The musicians were hosted on three stages that surrounded Laclede’s Landing allowing concert goers the option to listen to any of the three bands playing at that time.

PHOTO BY Alex Kendall

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TOP: Aaron Kamm & The One Drops perform on the main stage. | Photo By: Alex Kendall MID LEFT: Dr. John finishes off the night on Sunday Sept. 2 |Photo By: Tegan Mazurek MID RIGHT: Bible Belt Sinners rock the Morgan Street Stage despite the rain. | Photo By: Alex Kendall BOTTOM LEFT: Marsha Evans excites the crowd during her performance. | Photo By: Ashley Higginbotham BOTTOM MID: Ana Popovic takes lead on guitar during her set on the Main Stage. | Photo By: Alex Kendall BOTTOM RIGHT: While Dr. John tickles the ivories, he is supported by his brass and instrumental players. | Photo By: Tegan Mazurek

10 ART&LIFE September 13, 2012

Upcoming Gallery Events Judy Thompson & Chuck Groth: New Work Oct. 4-26 Opening Reception: Oct. 4, 4:30-6:30pm The Art of Bill Vann: A Celebration Nov.8-Dec.5 Opening Reception: Nov. 8, 4:30-6:30pm Alumni Showcase II Jan.24-Feb.15 Opening Reception: Jan. 24-Feb. 15 Boardwalk: A Regional Juried Exhibition of Interior Design Feb.28-March 29 Opening Reception: Feb. 28, 4:30-6:30pm Juried Student Art Exhibition April 19-May 8 Opening Reception: April 19, 5:30-7:30pm (Awards at 6:00pm, refreshments following)

Faculty Art on display TAYLOR MENKE STAFF WRITER Black and white photographs, landscapes, emotionally charged sculptures and abstract paintings: examples of these artistic works and more can currently be found in the STLCC-Meramec Contemporary Art Gallery, where the Art Faculty Exhibition is taking place.

The exhibit is a collection of what Meramec’s faculty has to offer, brought together by a cohesive combination of hard work and skill. It features a variety of artistic works for admiration and even purchase, if you have an eye for art and the cash to support it. “[The exhibit] lets students see what excites their professors… the unexpected track a professor might be taking,” said Chuck Groth, a graphic design professor who contributed an acrylic painted landscape (name: “untitled”) rather than a display of digital designs. Art students may be surprised at the number of formats and artistic talents their professors may be keeping under the radar.

“Landscapes and light and sky,” Groth said of his work outside the classroom. “I get

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blown away by the depth.”

“Teachers in the arts realize that the particular discipline that they work within is integrated and influenced by a myriad of other sources,” said David Hanlon, photography professor and co-director of the gallery along with Professor Margaret Keller. His featured piece in the gallery is a photograph entitled Terminal, San Francisco Airport, which explores the relationship between people and their surroundings. “Teachers, therefore, are often very much interested in exploring an adjacent artistic material or approaches…everything that you can take in helps.”

The exhibit, which attracts art students looking for inspiration or a close-up view of artistic detail, the three-dimensional strokes of a paint brush, the curves of a statue, cracks in a work of clay, precedes the Juried Student Art Exhibition which begins in April. There are six art shows running this year on the Meramec campus, and each has something to offer students regardless of their major when it comes to broadening their imaginative capacity. Though visual art, like other mediums of human expression, is subjective, sometimes it is not clear where the meaning or educational merit lies, if indeed any was intended at all.

Rennie Behrend, who teaches Figure Drawing, has submitted an interesting and decidedly abstract piece to the gallery this year: the geometric, acrylic-onlinen Potholder #1. “I don’t know

[what it means]. I like the colors color and form,” Behrend said of the piece and other independent works. “It’s what I do.”

Behrend, like other contributors in the exhibitation, is selling Potholder #1 to anyone with the funds and interest available. Though his selling price is $2,000, other prices range from the college-student affordable (Momento of a Farm by Kathy Ladd, $50) to the amount only an art aficionado could appreciate or afford (The Beach

by Lizzy Martinez, $3,500).

Some items are not for sale at all.

Most visitors will not be looking to buy, however. They will be looking to observe, and to see the work of those who pass on their skills to younger artists.

“The Meramec Contemporary Art Gallery functions in several ways,” Professor Hanlon said.

“Students in our art programs can see in the Faculty Exhibition some ideas that their teachers are working with, often acting as a starting point in a discussion about approach, the use of certain materials and problemsolving approaches. Viewers who are not art majors can gain equally important insights…”

The Faculty art show is located at the very end of the Humanities hallway. Students will be greeted by a volunteer attendant just outside the gallery.

The exhibit runs until Sept.

21, Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Upcoming Sports and Campus Events Baseball vs Webster University

September 14, 3:00pm at GCS Stadium

Women’s Soccer vs Kakaskia College September 15, 4:00pm at Meramec

Constitution Day Celebration

September 17, 11:00am-1:00pm at SC Quad

Cancer Awareness Day

September 26, 10:00am-3:30pm at SC Quad

50th Anniversary Celebration

September 27, 11:00am-1:00pm at SC Quad

SPORTS September 13, 2012

Second time around

Archers’ Matt Leinberger has hopes of playing at Busch Stadium regularly, professionally

SPENCER GLEASON SPORTS EDITOR When the STLCC Archers lineup was posted in the visiting dugout at Busch Stadium, for their game against the Lewis and Clark Community College Trailblazers on Sept. 9, Archer infielder and freshman Matt Leinberger did not expect to see his name at the top of the lineup.

“I have never really been a lead-off hitter,” Leinberger said after the Archers 12-3 victory. “I have always been a middleof-the-order guy and I go over there and

PHOTO BY: DAVID KLOECKENER Tracey Naughton takes a picture of her son, Matt Leinberger, while he stands in the batter’s box at Busch Stadium during the Archers game against the Lewis and Clark Trailblazers on Sept. 9.

look at the lineup card and I am first. I got a hit which was even better. It was indescribable. I will never forget it.”

Leinberger’s infield single, which was stopped by the diving Trailblazers second baseman, began a three-run bottom of the first inning. As soon as Leinberger reached first base safely he heard a familiar voice in the stands and he felt at home.

“As soon as I got to first base,” Leinberger said, “I heard my mom yelling.

It never gets old. I love it. I love baseball.”

Leinberger’s mom, Tracey Naughton, believes in her son’s dream to play for the St. Louis Cardinals someday. It is a road that has been paved by several STLCC alumni and more recently by current Cardinals’ third baseman, David Freese.

“He is very passionate about baseball.

He has been doing this since he was able to walk,” Naughton said. “His dream is to play for the Cardinals one day and he will not stop until he has that dream. I believe he can do it.”

The Archers and Trailblazers game at Busch Stadium was Leinberger’s second time playing in the major league ballpark.

His first time came earlier this summer when he played in the second annual Smiles League Coaches’ Choice High School

PHOTO BY: ASHLEY HIGGINBOTHAM Matt Leinberger takes his lead off of first base after leading off the bottom of the first inning with a single. Leinberger came around to score the Archer’s, and game’s, first run en route to a 12-3 victory over the Lewis and Clark Trailblazers.

Seniors All-Star Game on June 16. It was a game in which local high school baseball coaches voted for the players to participate.

Thirty-four seniors played in all.

Leinberger’s high school senior all-star appearance followed a St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals game. Following the game Leinberger met the idol of his nine-year-old sister and former Meramec baseball player, David Freese.

“He got his picture [with him],” Naughton said. “David Freese even signed a baseball for his sister. That was pretty

cool.”

The spectacle parents have of watching their kid play at Busch Stadium is something few will ever know. As parents are the biggest fans of their kids, the real treat for them is seeing their kids’ dreams take one step closer toward reality.

“It is awesome,” Naughton said. “This is a dream come true. Matt said that when he stepped out there for the first time, to play twice on the field [at Busch Stadium], it is just amazing.”

12 SPORTS September 13, 2012

Under the lights

Archers play college-style baseball in a major league ballpark SPENCER GLEASON SPORTS EDITOR

Lefthanded pitcher, Chris Kirkpatrick, winds up against the Lewis and Clark Trailblazers.

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Archer infielder, Brandon Zuffall, looks out at Busch Stadium from the on-deck circle.

An Archer takes a swing at a pitch against the Trailblazers pitcher. The Archers had a lineup that had 52 names.

An Archer heads toward second base. The Archers played small-ball, taking advantage of miscues in the field by the Trailblazers.

An Archer takes his lead from third base.

The Archers scored three runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings, each.

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When the STLCC Archers and Lewis and Clark Community College Trailblazers took the field at Busch Stadium on Sept. 9, the home plate was still peppered with dust from St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter’s slide in the bottom of the tenth, to win their game 5-4 over the Milwaukee Brewers. The batter’s box still had remnants of where Cardinal outfielders’ Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday had dug in, in the bottom of their first inning and hit homeruns to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead. It would not be the only time three runs were scored in the bottom of a first inning that day.

As the 6:05 p.m. first pitch-start time drew closer, the temperature evened off at 74 degrees. Under a cloudless sky the Archers scampered out to their positions, just as the big leaguers do.

“I still say the biggest moment is when

you walk out the gate and you find yourself on a major league field and in uniform. It does not happen too often,” Archers head coach, Tony Dattoli said. “It is a good time for the guys and to see them. They have a gleam in their eyes. That is why we do it. So they get a chance to be out there.

That is what it is about.”

When the Archers dug in the batter’s box, in their half of the first inning, infielder Matt Leinberger led off with an infield hit to the Trailblazers’ second baseman. Leinberger came around to score the game’s first run and the first of three runs the Archers would score in their bottom half of the first inning, en route to a 12-3 victory over the Trailblazers.

Leinberger’s mother, Tracey Naughton, sat in the second row beside the third base dugout as she watched her son play in his first college baseball game

at Busch Stadium.

“He scored the very first run of the season and I have it on video,” Naughton said.

The Archers scored three runs four times, in four different innings, while only allowing the Trailblazers to cross home plate three times; twice in the fourth inning and once in the top of the eighth.

The victory gave Dattoli and STLCC a three game winning streak against the Trailblazers at Busch Stadium, beating them in 2010 and 2011 as well. “[When] you get an opportunity to get out to an early lead, it relieves a lot of tension. Obviously, the biggest thing is that you are on this stage and you do not want to go down shorthanded or play from behind,” Dattoli said. “The fact that we were able to pitch a good first inning and come out and score right away, that

alleviates a lot of pressure off of the guys.

This game is so mental that if they can play relaxed, then good things happen.”

The eight-inning game concluded once time expired after two-and-a-half hours.

It included 75 position players between the two teams and 24 pitchers. Each roster was emptied so every player could step foot onto Busch Stadium’s baseball diamond and play to the St. Louis city skyline.

An Archers victory was icing on the cake.

“It is nice to be able to keep the streak alive and get the guys to come out here.

They played well,” Dattoli said after the win. “We had some quality at-bats. We threw the ball really well and made some nice plays on the field. It is always good to come out here at Busch Stadium and get a win.”