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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Relay for Life: An exercise in resilience Fundraising for cancer research, 12 years in the making

By EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM Staff Writer

On Saturday, April 18, members of the SLU community gathered on the track at Hermann Stadium for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life.

In Relay’s 12th year of raising money and awareness for the fight against

cancer at SLU, the event had 1,670 participants and raised $167,346.64, which was around $25,000 more than the year before.

“Our Event Leadership Team worked so hard all year to plan this event, and it was so powerful to see all of that hard work pay off on Saturday,” said Relay co-chair Erin Steiner, who has been in-

volved with the organization since high school. “We made our focus sharing the mission of Relay For Life with the SLU community, and our team did an incredible job doing that all year long.”

The event was kicked off by the annual survivor lap.

Cancer survivors from the SLU community walked in one direction on the track

while their caregivers went in the opposite direction, meeting in the middle to release balloons, which allowed the rest of the participants to join in the first official lap.

For the duration of the 12-hour event, participants could continue to walk laps, watch the live entertainment of the various SLU perfor-

mance groups and purchase goods sold by the participating teams.

After the sun went down, the participants gathered in the stands again for the Luminaria ceremony.

“This is where we have the chance to reflect on why we See “Relay” on Page 3

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Jay Bryant: Presidentelect gearing to go

By PAUL BRUNKHORST Associate News Editor

Jay Bryant, the incoming SGA president for the 20152016 school year, has been busy as he readies himself for office, but he feels confident – both in his incoming leadership team and in the University administration.

“I feel great,” he said. “I’m really excited for our team … I’m excited about the future of the administration. I actually had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Brickhouse, the new provost, [recently]. A couple of students met with her, and she’s very open to new ideas, and she’s definitely a listening ear.”

Indeed, spring has been a busy time of the year for the upper echelons of SLU’s management. In early May, the University will release its strategic plan for the future, and Bryant sees this as an opportunity for student input to be heard.

Bryant said: “The question is: why should [students] care about the future SLU? And I think that that’s a huge role that SGA will have, saying ‘here’s how you can better SLU for the future Billikens and also how you can be a part of this process to improve SLU in general.’”

This being said, though Bryant sees SGA has having a big role to play in voicing student input during the strategic planning process, he thinks that his experiences outside of SGA have actually been beneficial to his future role as president. Tak-

ing a year off, after two years within the organization have, he said, given him the fresh perspective of an outsider; having been involved with a chartered student organization this year – Relay for Life – he has seen ways in which SGA can better communicate with CSOs – and all students.

“This year has really been eye-opening,” Bryant said. “I have diminished that SGA tunnel vision maybe that I formed freshman and sophomore year. Now I know more of the communication needs that students want from SGA and vice versa … because when I was in SGA it [was like] we know all this information and the senators know all of this information, and it’s not that it was confidential information. It’s just ‘how do we push this information out to all the students?’ And so, my eyes have been opened to communicating more, especially about the strategic plan.”

Bryant, a communication major and marketing minor, hopes that ultimately his experiences – both inside and outside of SGA – will help him land a job after his career at SLU comes to a close next May; he has no immediate plans for grad school. But he has cherished his time at SLU, and he sees great value in the University’s mission – particularly its stress on searching for truth.

The pursuit of truth, Bry-

From internment to independence: Holocaust survivor, ‘silent for sixty years,’ speaks

By MEREDITH HARGIS Staff Writer

On Monday, April 20, the Jewish Student Association invited SLU students and faculty to the Center for Global Citizenship to hear from Ben Fainer, a Holocaust survivor.

Born in Poland, Fainer was only nine years old when the Nazis uprooted him and his family. Fainer and his

father were taken to a labor survived. Mr. Fainer put it camp, while simply, “I was his mother young, so I For six years, in six made it.” He and siblings were taken to and his father different Auschwitz , were the only concentration never to be survivors out camps, each day of their 250 heard from again. For six he planned the life family memyears, in six he would live if he bers throughdifferent labor out Poland. survived. concentration Liberated by camps, each the 23rd dividay he planned sion of the US the life he would live if he Army, he was only 16 years

old and had a lot of life to live. The Nazis may have embittered his adolescence, but his life post-Holocaust broke out of its former darkness.

After being liberated, Fainer went to live with family in Dublin, where he met his wife, Susan. They moved to Canada, and eventually to

See “Survivor” on Page 3

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See “Bryant” on Page 3

Survivor: Ben Fainer, who worked in a Nazi labor camp during his childhood, was invited to speak at SLU by the university’s Jewish Student Association. His mother and his siblings were sent to Auschwitz when he was nine.

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Michelle Kwan Monday, April 27, 7:00 p. m. (CGC) skater will be on campus to speak on her success. both on and off the ice. She will also shed light on her activism off the ice, promoting healthy lifestyles and perseverance in the lives of others.

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Survivor: An appeal to youth for freedom

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footage from American solbelieve,” he said. Mr. Fainer diers, too. He published a learned acceptance of all rebook entitled “Silent for Sixligions while in the concenty Years.” Mr. Fainer believes tration camps. He noted that that telling the world what faiths should be welcomed happened is the duty of both for the comfort they provide those who to people. survived it, The curand those rent generawho wittion will be nessed the the last to reality of the exp er ience camps upon f irst-hand liberation. accounts of Determithe Holonation and caust.

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ing his memories. “It’s a joy to be here…it does my heart good,” Fainer said to the auSt. Louis in 1957. He became dience. For the majority of a citizen of the United States the evening he emphasized in 1962, and aimed to live the importance of facing the the life he dreamt of while in past in order the concento prevent tration camp its reoc. Today, at I hope you currence.

84 years old, he has seven beautiful, young “I hope you beautiful children and people don’t young peolives a comlet that happen ple don’t let fortable life, that happen again. retired from again,” Fainhis career as -Ben Fainer, er said. He a women’s talked about Holocaust survivor clothing deacknowlsigner. edging the Fainer ugly realities of the past, but began making appearances insisted that upholding hope only about six years ago. “I must be an objective of funever wanted to do this, I ture generations, as well. was very quiet,” the survivor Apart from speaking ensaid. But after 60 years, and gagements, Fainer also crethe death of his beloved wife ated a documentary with inwho always encouraged him terviews from survivors and to speak about his experiencliberators, which includes es, he decided to begin sharContinued from Page 1

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Bryant: Meet your leader Continued from Page 1

ant said when asked what When he is not giving advice he, as SGA president, interviews, meeting with would give to an incoming University administrators, freshman, “is so important or putting together his vifor every student to undersion for the future of SGA, stand: that they are in control Bryant enjoys much that St. of their own pursuit. And Louis has to offer. He’s a that means fan of Imo’s listening to pizza, and [Every student] is in both sides he enjoys control of their own of the argoing to the pursuit. And that gument. It symphony means disat the Powell means listening to agreeing Symphony both sides of with others Hall, which the argument. and findis just steps -Jay Bryant, ing comfrom SLU’s SGA president mon ground campus. and workAnd Brying through ant says that that conflict—and listening he feels very comfortable in to each other with both ears a bowtie. open. And so I think that “I love bowties,” he said plays into SGA as we are a “and I will never ever have governing body—listening a pre-tied bow tie—always to both sides … and making self-tied. I actually find bowsure that all voices are heard ties easier to tie … because through the different conyou don’t need to worry stituents that the senators about length.” represent.”

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Marked for Life: Fainer shows his tattoo to an audience member. It was given to him by the Nazis as a tracking number while he was at one of six work camps, including Auchwitz.

Relay: Walking laps, sending candles and hope skyward

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are here,” said co-chair Jay Bryant, who began participating in Relay as a third grader.

Luminarias are white paper bags that contain votive candles and are generally decorated and dedicated to someone who has been affected by cancer. During the ceremony, the bags are lined around the track, and the candles inside are lit.

“As we light the candles, we not only remember the loved ones who are no longer with us, but those who have survived,” said Bryant. “They are ‘lights of hope,’ which inspire us to keep fighting until there is a cure.”

The Luminaria ceremony also included a special tribute to Sarah Wielgos, a SLU student and Event Leadership Team member for Relay, who passed away from cancer in January 2015.

“Receiving ‘that’ phone call … is still hard for me to comprehend,” said Bryant.

“Although our Relay Event Leadership Team has suffered immensely by her passing, we’ve been even more motivated to make this year’s event special.”

The tribute included senior SLU student Garvaundo Hamilton singing a rendition of Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up.” “We wanted to make sure we could honor Sarah in a special way at Relay this year, and I think her presence and light was felt very strongly throughout the night,” said Steiner.

The ceremony also included speaker, Rhonda

Brown, who shared the story of her nine-year-old son, Joshua, and his fight against brain cancer. Joshua had been able to make a special connection with the Billikens men’s basketball team during the 2012-13 season, which included a trip to San Jose with the team for the NCAA tournament, before he passed away in June 2013.

After his passing, the Brown family founded Joshua’s Great Things Foundation to raise funds and awareness for pediatric brain cancer.

The participants were then invited to line the track and light candles, while names of those who have been affected by cancer were read and remembered.

“Standing shoulder-toshoulder with a friend, or a stranger, reflecting on how cancer has impacted so many lives reminds us that no one has to fight cancer alone,” said Bryant.

At around 5 a.m. on Sunday, the event came to an end with the closing ceremony, which included a final reveal of how much money had been raised for the event.

“When Jay and I stood on the field at closing ceremonies before the final reveal, we both agreed we were not even thinking about the total fundraising number because the feeling of community at the event was so overwhelmingly positive,” said Steiner.

Bryant agreed, saying, “I think it is easy to get caught up in the numbers … the people that Erin and I have met, from passionate students to inspiring cancer survivors, has been the best part of the experience.”

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All Information Provided by Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Monday, April 20

Tuesday, April 21

2:19 p.m. STEALING OVER $500

12:08 p.m. FIRE ALARM

ANONYMOUS ALMS: Unknown subject entered the church through the front doors, walked through the church into the back area and removed a cross on a staff (approx. 6 feet).

SLMPD responded and took report # 15-018998 (Stealing Over).

HELL’S KITCHEN: Smoke from residual food particles in the bottom of a heated oven activated a smoke detector. The room was cleared of smoke and the alarm reset. Saint Louis University Department of Housing and Residence Life was notified.

Monday, April 20

Tuesday, April 21

BACK FROM EXILE: Residence Life Pro Staff requested DPS assistance at Marchetti Towers East in reference to a banned subject in the building. The subject had entered Marchetti Towers East and proceeded onto the residential floors despite being previously notified of his restriction from residential facilities. The subject was formally warned that any further attempts to enter restricted SLU housing will result in arrest.

ROGUE RAIL: Juvenile visitor to the dog park was injured when the north gate located on Olive St. broke off its hinges and struck the male juvenile on the forehead and right knee area. Juvenile’s parents were on scene at time of incident and accompanied him to Cardinal Glennon Hospital for treatment. All were conveyed via EMS. Maintenance notified, and photos of damaged gate and injured juvenile were taken

7:31 p.m. ACCIDENTAL INJURY

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Monday, April 20

2:43 p.m. LOST PROPERTY

Tuesday, April 21

PURSE PRESERVED: Two hours after a SLU employee reported that she believed her purse had been stolen, she re-contacted DPS, stating she thought she left her purse in the 3rd floor Work Room, in Reinert Hall. DPS located the purse in the Work Room and returned same to the owner with all contents intact.

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SICK OF SCHOOL: Officers responded to a call regarding a student who had not been feeling well. Officers transported student to SLU ER. Pro Staff was notified.

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SAB concert: (Above) Alt-rock band The All-American Rejects performed their hit tracks at Chaifetz Arena, on April 16. (Below) Band member, Ritter, serenades the eager crowd.

By NATALIE RIOPELLE Staff Writer

The April 16 All-American Rejects concert at Chaifetz Arena transported the considerable crowd back to the mid-2000s – for many of us, the land of pubescent angst, dark nail polish and heavy, side-swept bangs.

Opening for the AllAmerican Rejects was Taylor Berrett, a young man with an amplified acoustic guitar and a pleasantly raw voice. After singing two original songs, including my personal favorite, “Those Days,” Berrett suffered the misfortune of a snapped guitar string. Attempting to tune down the guitar and play without the string until a stagehand offered to re-string it, Berrett took the mishap in stride, joking with the audience about how it was party to his “worst show ever.” The crowd laughed with him and cheered when he sang

an a cappella rendition of one of his songs (his voice was spectacularly in tune, to boot).

Berrett was calm and charismatic, ad-libbing an entire song when a concertgoer demanded he play Lynyrd Skynyrd’s infamously requested “Freebird.” After playing the Beatles’ “Blackbird” with his own jaunty twist, Berrett serenaded the crowd with more originals: “Village,” “To Save Her” and “Whole Heart,” from his debut album “Great Falls,” an album that is just as honest and smile-inducing as Berrett’s on-stage personality. Taylor Berrett is highly worth checking out, I promise.

Then the early 2000s arrived, with guns blazing, as the All-American Rejects (AAR) took the stage. The group immediately brought so much energy that the crowd stormed forward to claim some for itself (I may

or may not have almost fallen down multiple times, but that’s aside). Opening with “Dirty Little Secret,” AAR sounded just as we all remember: “rock” enough to be worshipped by angsty teens and just “pop” enough for their parents not to mind too much.

Band members Tyson Ritter (vocals/bass), Nick Wheeler (lead guitar), Mike Kennerty (rhythm guitar) and Chris Gaylor (drums) may have looked a little older than they did in 2008, but they didn’t act like they’d aged at all. Ritter, front-man and everyone’s former crush, didn’t seem to have changed much since we last obsessed over him – apart from longer hair and a wedding ring, of course (our middle school selves would have cried at the thought) – and he romped all over the stage like he’d just downed a sixpack of Red Bull.

Ritter and the band were

fountains of energy, even gallantly welcoming onto the stage a young lady celebrating her 21st birthday and singing her a love song. I don’t think Kennerty stopped headbanging for more than three minutes the entire night. The group played all of our other favorites, too – “Move Along,” “It Ends Tonight,” “Gives You Hell” – as well as many songs from their newest album, “Kids in the Street,” which was released in early 2013.

For many, middle school comprises the worst collection of years in their young lives, but AAR’s performance brought those days back with a surprising level of satisfaction – if AAR makes a comeback in popularity, my middle school self and I definitely would not mind.

The All-American Rejects gave the crowd some hell, and it loved every nostalgic minute of it.

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‘Kiln Project’ celebrates magazine release Lindell Strip entertains crowd after concert

By MAGGIE NEEDHAM Arts Editor

After students were finished rocking out to the AllAmerican Rejects, the night didn’t have to end there – and for many, it didn’t. An after-party at The Lindell Strip invited SLU students to continue their night of fun with a glow-themed party.

Industrial-strength black lights, white T-shirts, highlighters and glow sticks gave the party its theme, which turned the Coronado Ballroom into a night club for the day.

The numbers for the party were impressive: 1,100 people RSVP’d, and 1,800 showed up. The ballroom was at capacity nearly the entire time, letting only

one person in at a time as each one left, for four hours straight. The event was far more successful than even the organizers had anticipated, in terms of attendance and student response.

“I don’t think it was a fluke,” said Henry Phillips, one of the organizers, who works at The Lindell Strip.

“The area doesn’t really have a market for this kind of event.” He cited word of mouth, the Facebook event and the student desire for party venues as contributors to the mass attendance.

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On Tuesday night, “The Kiln Project” proudly released its annual issue of Saint Louis University’s only literary magazine. An online publication, the magazine publishes creative work by SLU students. Last year, the magazine was rebranded as “The Kiln Project” – previously “Kiln” – and launched an impressive, new, interactive website. This is the second publication since the re-launch.

The purpose of the online magazine is to provide a place for students to share their creative work. Including poetry, visual art, fiction and non-fiction, “The Kiln Project” assembles creative work into one publication. Faculty advisor Saher Alam says that the students involved in creating the magazine constitute a circle “where words aren’t placeholders, but have meaning attached to them.” The com-

pilation of ideas, images and experience of the project. experiences of the writers The process of putting words fill The Kiln Project with a to paper and then translatdepth that reveals its potening them to a visual presential for further growth as a tation that mixes the literashowcase of creative talents ture together exemplifies the on our campus. magic of creativity in all of The Spring 2015 issue’s its forms, which creates such theme is an infallible “ o n e i r i c ,” allure. meaning The re“to be in lease party [Kiln is a] microa dreamwas a chance community that like state.” for some of A large part the writers appreciates ... of “The to read their a range of good Kiln Projwork aloud writing. ect” was its and an opstop-motion portunity to -Saher Alam, Kiln film, which recognize faculty mentor fits together the winners the featured of the 2015 works into Montesi one visual story. As a collabAward: Brenda Suhan, for orative effort by the creators her short story “Still Life,” of the magazine, they hope and Erin Everson, for her that their film provides a poem “Dear Scout.” Featured “new type of literary experiin “Kiln,” Molly Carroll and ence.”

Andrew Southern read their The pieces together create short-stories, “Real” and a multidimensional dream, a “What to do When the Ashypnosis by the fascinating teroid Comes”; Emily Higsyllables and stanzas, which ginbotham read her nonfabricate the comprehensive fiction piece, “Finding Our

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Faith Again”; and Brenda Suhan and Anna Girgenti read their poems, “The American Dream” (one of Brenda’s three poems in “Kiln”) and “Water Snakes” (one of Anna’s five poems in “Kiln”).

The exciting news is that a student doesn’t have to be part of the English program at SLU to be featured in “The Kiln Project” or to be part of the panel that creates the online magazine.

This year, about 50 percent of all submitted pieces were selected to be a part of the project, and the creators hope that each year, more students will want to contribute.

Within the SLU community, there are many different communities that collectively create our campus life.

According to faculty advisor Saher Alam, “Kiln” exists as a “micro-community that appreciates … a range of good writing.” “Kiln” seems to be on its way to becoming a well-known and highly praised publication of Saint Louis University.

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Music The Kooks The Pageant April 30, 8 p.m.

Kaiser Chiefs The Pageant May 6, 8 p.m.

Matt and Kim St. Louis Symphony May 8, 8 p.m.

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SNL comedian: Vanessa Bayer performs stand-up comedy in the CGC on Sunday, April 19. The event was free for students and hosted by SLU’s Student Activities Board.

Coming fresh off a successful All-American Rejects concert, SLU’s Student Activities Board (SAB) ended the year with a night of comedy. Vanessa Bayer, now in her third season as a fulltime cast member on Saturday Night Live, came to SLU last Sunday to fill the CGC’s auditorium for a night of stand-up comedy.

As the night’s more than 450 attendants filed in, in a line that was, at times, out the building’s front doors, SLU’s own premiere comedy group, the SLU League of Laughter (LOL), warmed the crowd up with some of their trademark short-form improv games. After 20 minutes of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” style games, which featured an Old West-style confrontation at the Library Annex and a man who could only speak in verbs, the guest of the night came on for an

hour of stand-up.

Not afraid to lean on the roles that have brought her fame on NBC every Saturday night, Bayer’s act featured her famous Miley Cyrus impersonation – “Like, what even is a Billiken anyways?”

– as well as several of the accents that have made her one of the cast’s stronger character actors.

Bayer also shared a clip from her web series, “Sound Advice,” where she conducted a hilariously awkward interview with rapper Drake.

“I’m just wondering if you want to choose a name that’s a little more hip-hop or rap,” Bayer suggested. “Like Graham (Drake’s last name) Cracka? ... What about Drake Time? Like Break Time?”

She then encouraged him to join J-Date and ended the interview, upon learning that he had 14 million Twitter followers, sarcastically, adding “And you made up YOLO, right?”

The night also showed,

though, that celebrities are not perfect human beings.

Around two minutes into her act, Bayer asked for the one remaining spotlight to be turned off, not realizing until the end of her show that she could not be seen by people seated towards the back. A few of her jokes also hit on topics that may not always be well received in private, Jesuit institutions, such as abortion, and comments on racial issues were also met by larger degrees of silence.

However, while not every joke resulted in gut-busting laughter, a varied and entertaining set by Bayer provided laughs for all, and those lucky enough to make the meet and greet, or randomly run into Bayer in the hallways after the show, had the chance to take a picture with her. In the end, Sunday’s large attendance and A-list guest hopefully set the stage for many premiere comedians to visit SLU in the future.

Indie pop band lights up the Firebird Movies The Age of Adaline Chase Park Plaza Through April 30

Furious 7 Chase Park Plaza Through April 30

Woman in Gold Chase Park Plaza Through April 30

SLU Events SLU Food Truck Rally Carr Lane Street April 24, 11-1 p.m.

SLU Theatre “As You Like It” Xavier Theatre April 24, 8 p.m.

Faith and Justice Speaker Series College Church April 26, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

By NATALIE RIOPELLE Staff Writer

Alternative rock was the theme of Sunday evening at the Firebird club on Olive Street, with Vinyl Theatre, Grizfolk and headliner Smallpools performing.

Each of the three bands has its own distinct sound, each effective in its own right.

Concertgoers packed the relatively small Firebird and were receptive to all three of the evening’s groups, and their three different takes on alt-rock.

Starting off the night with a bang, Vinyl Theatre took the stage with passion and immediately got down to the business of pumping up the audience, with “Shine On,” from their recently-released debut album, “Electrogram.” Band members Keegan Calmes (vocals/guitar), Chris Senner (keyboard), Nick Cesarz (drums) and Josh Pothier (bass) were all energetic, yet , perfectly in sync with one another in their bouncing chord progressions and tight harmonies. They spent

the night constantly jumping and smiling—it seemed like they were having the time of their lives—and that feeling, combined with their upbeat and edgy sound, made the crowd jump and smile with them. Their six-song set culminated with “Breaking Up My Bones,” a pounding single that features Calmes’ robust vocals and an infectious chorus, which made the crowd (and I) wonder why they were leaving the stage so soon.

Up next was Grizfolk, a five-man group that fused rock, folk, country and a hint of pop together, for quite a mix.

Finally, the night’s main event, Smallpools, came onstage to the adoring screams of the crowd. Their show was a blinding one, in the literal sense. It felt like all the lights in the St. Louis area were turned on inside the Firebird, flanked by the fog spilling out of machines beside the pounding speakers. It was dramatic, loud, and added to the ambiance. Fresh off of the release of their album “Lovetap!” Smallpools almost performed the en-

tire album, prefacing each with a story, explaining the song’s inspiration and creation. After each story, the band’s four members—Sean Scanlon (vocals), Mike Kamerman (guitar), Joseph Intile (bass) and Beau Kuther (drums)—dived into the song and lost themselves in the sound, interacting with the crowd in a musical trance. Scanlon acted as the band’s front man, chatting with members of the audience, even jumping down into the crowd and roaming around for a while, singing with a voice similar to David Bowie, but with much better tonality . Among the many songs they performed, I’d particularly recommend “9 to 5,” “Karaoke”(a crowdfavorite), “Lovetap!” “American Love” and “Dreaming.”

Needless to say, after listening to Vinyl Theatre, Grizfolk, and Smallpools, I left the Firebird on Sunday night a very happy concertgoer, with upbeat rock pumping through my head from three new, distinct bands, whom will undoubtedly continue to rock the music world.

Alanna Pachl / Staff Photographer

Smallpools concert: Band member, Sean Scanlon gives a passionate performance during a concert at The Firebird on Tuesday, April 21.

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said. “When we can provide a safe experience, when you can walk, why wouldn’t you?”

The event was also able to promote a DJ who is a SLU student, DJ Hurley, and give him an outlet with a large audience.

The organizers at The Lindell Strip organized the party to coincide with the All-American Rejects concert, although it was not officially affiliated with the university. They plan on hosting these parties once a semester, in the ballroom, to engage with the SLU community and provide a unique atmosphere.

“With our location, it’d be absurd for us not to be involved in student life,” said Phillips.

As an apartment building, The Lindell Strip wants students to live there, and they are also looking for student involvement in all aspects of their plans, which is where these parties come into play. The administrations sees having entertaining events as one of the benefits of being a housing complex.

Brainstorming and planning for next year’s party is already on the mind of the staff of The Lindell Strip.

The Lindell Strip is located on Lindell Boulevard, directly across from Morrissey Hall.

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Baseball extends win streak Defeats UMass and SIUE for 28-12 record Playing at home, the Bill i k e n baseball team continued its winning streak this week with a three-game sweep of Massachusetts, on April 17-18 and a 17-4 thrashing of SIUE on Wednesday, April 22.

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re cord to 28-12, with a 9-3 conference record.

SLU’s first game against Massachusetts on April 17, was notable for adding another win to senior pitcher Clay Smith’s win streak, which currently stands at 7-0 for the season. In addition to having the secondhighest career wins in school history with 22, Smith is currently 11th for single-season

victories. In fact, he is one of only 14 pitchers that remain undefeated in NCAA D-I baseball this season.

Smith contributed seven shutout innings against the Minutemen, with no walks and three strikeouts. His stint extended his 13 consecutive innings without allowing a run.

On the offensive side, junior infielder Josh Bunselmeyer got things started with a sacrifice fly in the first, giving the Billikens a 1-0 lead.

They maintained this score for four innings before adding five more runs in the sixth.

Senior outfielder Danny Murphy hit a three-run homer, his first of the season, while senior catcher Colton Frabasilio landed his 15th double of the season, bringing in two runners. Frabasilio now occupies SLU’s 15th spot in the record books for single-season doubles.

The Billikens carried their success into their doubleheader the next day with a pair of wins to complete the sweep. Junior Josh Moore led the defense from the mound in game one, throwing six strikeouts over his eight scoreless innings.

Sophomore Brett Shi-

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Softball sweeps La Salle; 1-1 vs. SEMO

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Batter: Freshman infielder Allie Macfarlane sets up to the plate. Macfarlane set the record for career RBIs, with 42.

By LAUREN TONDL Staff Writer

The Billiken softball team improved to 12-5 in the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season after sweeping La Salle in a three-game series this past weekend, April 18-19, at Billiken Sports Center.

After a tough loss to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on April 15, the sweep gives the Bills momentum to continue to power

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through the last two weeks of the regular season and into the conference tournament the first week of May. In the first game on April 18, the Explorers earned the first run of the game in the second inning, despite the Bills’ catcher tagging a runner out at home. SLU struck in the second, slipping in two unearned runs from freshman Alyssa Tarquinio and sophomore Hailey Weavers.

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manovsky finished the shutout in the ninth, retiring one batter and giving up only a single hit. Neither of the two lefties allowed a single walk during the game.

SLU’s sole run was courtesy of Murphy’s RBI single in the fourth, which gave the Billikens a 1-0 victory.

Game two promised more action offensively. The Billikens started strong when freshman outfielder Parker Sniatynski and Murphy successfully executed a double steal in the first inning, with Sniatynski taking second and Murphy stealing home, nabbing the run.

However, Massachusetts responded accordingly and the two teams traded runs in the early innings. By the end of the third inning, the game was tied up at 4-4. But, the Billikens managed to break away in the fourth with a seven-run rally. The Minutemen answered with three runs in the top of the fifth, but it was not enough to prevent SLU from tacking on two more, en route to a 13-7 victory.

Junior catcher Jake Henson had a strong showing at the plate, with two runs and an RBI in his 3-4 performance. Junior infielder Braxton Martinez went 2-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs, while Sniatynski earned a run and three RBIs. From the mound,

By VIVEK GORIJALA Staff Writer

SLU’s track and field team recorded two new school records and multiple personal records at its April 16-18, tournaments, as the team continued to work towards the Atlantic 10 Championships that will take place in on May 2, and May 3. The Saint Louis squad was split between three meets for the weekend, with parts of the team competing in the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays and part in the Bryan Clay Invitational, both located in California. The rest of the team traveled to Indiana State to take part in the

SLU kept the tie streak going in a scoreless game against Illinois-Chicago, at home, on The SLU men’s soccer team Saturday, April 11. began its spring exhibition SLU recently faced Saint season on Saturday, March Louis FC, on April 19, on 21, at home, against Xavier. a soaked home field. Grant The Musketeers scored early Owens put SLU on the board and went into the locker room in the 23rd minute, but Saint with a 1-0 lead at the half.

Louis FC equalized just before Junior defender Filip Pavisic halftime. found B o t h the back teams of the net battled early in for the the seclead with Today was a tough ond half no sucto tie the game between two cess, and game for good teams. We need the game the Bilended to be sharper with our likens. with a passing, but it was a Neit her score of t e a m good game and gave 1-1. could us good ideas on things “ To bre a k day was we need to work on down the a great o t h e r ’s moving forward. opportudefense, -SLU Head Coach nity for and the our guys Mike McGinty g a m e to play ended against in a 1-1 S a i n t draw.

L ouis “ To FC,” SLU day was head coach Mike McGinty a tough game between two said. “Both sides played well, good teams,” SLU head coach and it was a great experience Mike McGinty said. “We need for our guys to test themselves to be sharper with our passagainst professional players.” ing, but it was a good game The Billikens have tied all and gave us good ideas on four of their spring exhibition things we need to work on games so far. They will end moving forward.” their schedule on Saturday, The Billikens then travApril 25, at Tulsa. eled to Milwaukee on Sunday, March 29, to play Marquette, a See “Soccer” on Page 8 game that ended in a 1-1 draw.

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The Mt. SAC Relays saw sophomore Neal Fitzpatrick and senior Annika Gomell, who each ran in the men’s and women’s 5,000 meters, both set new school records. Fitzpatrick bettered his own previous record time by running the 5,000 meters in 14:23.31.

Gomell broke 2013 graduate Margo Richardson’s school record with a time of 16:13.74 in the event.

Meanwhile, at Indiana State, sophomore Hannah Rohde finished in fifth place in the 200 meters, recording a time of 25.02. Senior Jamee Holmes finished in third place in the women’s 800 meters

with a time of 2:12.68. Senior Madie Alexander recorded a time of 4:36.78, which was good for fifth place in the women’s 1,500 meters.

The women’s 4x100 relay team also posted a strong result at the Gibson Invitational.

The team, which consisted of sophomore Rachel Staab, Rohde, sophomore Maddie Bryan and freshman Mackenzie Bonk, finished fifth with a time of 48.15.

The men’s team at Indiana State also had several strong performances.

Sophomore Kyle Clinkingbeard crossed See “Track” on Page 8

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Split: The track team was split in three the weekend of April 16-18, with team members traveling to the Mt. SAC Relays, Bryan Clay Invitational and Indiana State.

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WHO TO CHEER: REBEKAH GREGORY Rebekah Gregory lost her leg as a result of the Boston Marathon bombing two years ago but would not let this event crush her spirits. Gregory crossed the finish line of this year’s marathon and collapsed with emotion, after running 3.2 miles on her prosthetic leg. Gregory later told reporters, “I’ve come a long way and I’m just going to keep going because there’s no stopping me.”

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A-10 track meet approaches

notched another run for the Billikens in the third, giving SLU a 3-1 lead.

SLU kept things alive in the fourth with a run from senior Lindsay Friedman. She walked, stole second and survived a double play to push the Billiken lead to 4-1.

La Salle worked its way back into the game in the top of the sixth inning, starting with an error from SLU’s third baseman. The Billikens finished out the sixth inning strong on offense, despite the error. Friedman singled to the pitcher and junior Elizabeth Everingham doubled to center field to score Friedman.

The Explorers remained at two runs in the top of the seventh, giving SLU the first win in the series 5-2.

In the second matchup later that afternoon, SLU came out swinging right off the bat with a double from sophomore Alex Nickel. As if this wasn’t enough, Friedman followed with a homerun to take the defining lead 2-0 over the Explorers.

La Salle picked up in the third inning with two singles and a double to get a lone run on the board, making the score 2-1 where it remained for the rest of the game.

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BY LEXIE VASOS, ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR WHO TO JEER: NFL SCHEDULE MAKERS The NFL recently released the 2015 NFL schedule, including matchups for the Thanksgiving games, which include Eagles vs. Lions, Panthers vs.

Cowboys, and Bears vs. Packers. Recently, the Bears-Packers rivalry has not been as thrilling as usual, so why make it the night game on one of the biggest days for football all year? Sleeping may be a better choice this year.

WHO TO FEAR: KYRIE IRVING Kyrie Irving has had an impressive season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, especially for someone who is supposedly playing in the shadow of LeBron James.

On April 20, Irving became the first player in NBA history to score 30 points in a postseason debut. His performance included five 3-pointers, one of which was a buzzer-beater to give the Cavaliers a 113-100 win over the Boston Celtics.

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freshman Luke Sommerfeld earned the win in relief. Sommerfeld pitched three scoreless innings, throwing four strikeouts while allowing one hit and no walks.

In Edwardsville, Illinois, on Wednesday, the Billikens tallied a season-high 17 runs against SIUE. SLU kicked off early with five runs in the second inning.

Martinez led off with a home run, his fourth of the year.

Following him was freshman shortstop Alex King, senior first baseman Mike Vigiliarolo, Frabasilio and Henson, who each contributed a single RBI. SIUE cut SLU’s lead to 5-3 in the fourth, but the Billikens responded the following inning with an impressive nine runs, the most in a single in-

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Baseball: Smith, Vigliarolo approaching school records ning this season. They earned the first run after four consecutive walks, followed by three RBI singles. Two Cougar errors and a two-run single by freshman catcher James Morisano completed the Billiken rally.

An RBI double from Morisano in the seventh gave SLU its tenth run. The Cougars added a single run to their count in the eighth, but it was not enough to turn the tide.

Two more runs in the final inning gave the Billikens a 17-4 victory.

For his performance against UMass, Murphy was named the A-10 Conference Player of the Week. This was his first weekly accolade and SLU’s eighth for the season.

Fresh off an injury, Murphy averaged .778 in the three-game series, with three runs, six RBIs, a double, a

steal and his first homer of the season.

Several other Billikens stand out. Vigliarolo is nearing several school records; he is one of 12 Billikens with 20 career home runs, second alltime with 53 career doubles, seventh in RBIs with 139 and secnond all-time with 256 career hits.

Meanwhile, on the mound, Smith’s career ERA of 2.95 is the fourth best in SLU history.

In addition, he boasts 23 career wins , the second most in school history, and 224 career strikeouts, the eighth most.

Conference play continues this upcoming weekend in the Bronx, New York, with a three-game series against Fordham. The Billikens will head to Charleston, Illinois, the following Tuesday, April 28, for a contest with Eastern Illinois.

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the line in sixth place by running the 400 meters in a time of 48.65. The men’s 4x400 relay team also placed, finishing in third with a time of 3:18.77.

The relay team consisted of Clinkingbeard, sophomore Nathan Hall, freshman Josh Freivogel and sophomore Griffin McCurren.

Sophomore Andrew Sloan, who ran the 800 meters at Indiana State, was enthusiastic about the Billikens’ form, and progress over the past few meets.

“This is the part of the season where you want to see everyone on the team peaking and hitting their top form. I think that this is exactly what our team is doing based on the number of PR’s and school records that we’ve broken in

the past couple of weeks,” Sloan said.

Next week, the Billikens will compete in the Drake Relays and Kip Janvrin Open, both of which begin on Thursday, April 23. The meets are located in Des Moines and Indianola, Iowa, respectively.

The following week will see the Billikens compete in the A-10 Conference Championships.

Sloan was optimistic about SLU’s chances at the upcoming week’s meets, as well as the A-10 Championships.

“I think that the team as a whole is in a good place when it comes to these final few weeks,” he said. “I think we can continue to improve our times next week, and then have a really good championship meet.”

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Swept: Freshman Connor Lehmann takes the mound against UMass. The Billikens swept the Minutemen in a three-game series, which took place from April 17-18.

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Freshman infielder Allie Macfarlane drove in three runs on Sunday, April 19, against La Salle. This performance put Macfarlane in the record books as Saint Louis’ single-season record holder for RBIs at 42.

She surpassed the previous record of 41 RBIs set in 2009 by Nicki Jost. An impressive 30 of Macfarlane’s RBIs occurred with two outs. Her first RBI of the game came off a first-inning sacrifice fly.

Macfarlane later had a two-run single in the second to give SLU a 5-1 victory over its conference opponent.

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Singles from Lore and sophomore Emma Buckles couldn’t formulate anything in the fourth, and two singles from La Salle yielded no result in the fifth inning. Another La Salle attempt to answer with two singles proved unsuccessful, as the Billiken defense held strong throughout the game.

The following day saw the Billikens with a chance to take the whole series.

In the next day’s match up, La Salle got the first crack with two singles that resulted in a run in the top of the first.

But the Bills were not about to allow the Explorers back in for breath. Two doubles from Nickel and Everingham, and a single from Lore put La Salle back in the hole as SLU took the lead, 3-1.

Three more singles in the third by Buckles, Nickel and freshman Allie Macfarlane gave the Bills two more runs and a 5-1 lead over the lost Explorers. Neither team allowed any more runs in the course of the game, and a rain cancellation brought the game to a close.

A big weekend for the Bills as a team resulted in an even bigger weekend for a few individuals. Macfarlane broke the single-season RBI record with 42-it was previously 41-with two weeks before the season close. Junior Laney Kneib brought up the rear of the Billiken defense on the mound, recording her sixth save of the season, another Billiken record.

Most recently, the Billikens faced Southeast Missouri State (SEMO) in a double

header on April 22, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In the twin bill, SLU was victorious in the first game 6-3. However, SLU was edged in the second game by a lone run, 5-4.

The squad did manage to tie a school season for record for home runs in the first game and surpass it in the second.

With five homers between the two games, the Billikens now have 48 this season.

With just seven games left in the season-two away conference series and a home non-conference match-the Billikens are looking ahead to successful post-season play with one of the strongest starts in program history. The women take on Saint Joseph’s in Philadelphia this weekend, April 25-26, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday.

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al Cup Championship.

“Jair is a winner and leader In the offseason, the Bilwho will make our defense likens have added three more even stronger next season,” transfers to their roster: Vince McGinty said. “He was a fanCicciarelli, Jair Hernandez tastic captain for Jefferson and Carson Gray.

College and Coach Ricardo Cicciarelli will finish out Garza. He has the right perhis collegiate career at SLU sonality and mindset to be an after spending three years at impact player for us here at Notre Dame. The 6-foot-2SLU.” inch forward tallied six goals Gray is another transfer, in 2013 while helping the Irish from Illinois Central College. capture the NCAA title. He The Peoria, Illinois, native will was named third-team Allbe enrolling at SLU as a junior ACC that with year and t w o started years the fiof eliVInce is a proven goal nal 19 gibility games of scorer and national beginthe seaning champion. son. In in the 2014, he fall.

-SLU Head Coach had two A s Mike McGinty goals and a forhelped ward Notre at IlD a m e linois advance Central, Gray was named a to the third round of the first-team National Junior NCAA Tournament.

College Athletic Association “Vince is a proven goal (NJCAA) All-American last scorer and a national chamseason, ranking fourth in the pion,” McGinty said. “We releague with 26 goals in 19 cruited him from Scott Galgames. He led his team to a lagher out of high school, and 17-3 record.

I’m excited he has decided to “Carson is a proven goal play his final season here at scorer who we found at our SLU.” January ID camp,” McGinty Hernandez played two said. “He has had great success seasons at Jefferson College at the junior college level, and in Hillsboro, Missouri, on we expect him to help us next defense and has two years of year in the attack.” eligibility. Prior to Jefferson, The players are part of a Hernandez prepped for one promising group of 13 newyear at Earl Wooster High comers for next season. The School in Reno, Nevada, Billikens have previously and played club for School announced the addition of in Reno, Nevada, and played nine freshmen and one more club for Sagebrush United transfer. At the time of the Red SC. His club team was announcement, CollegeSocranked third in the nation in cerNews.com ranked SLU’s 2012. In 2011, he helped Sageclass as number 19 in the brush United win the Nationcountry.

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Win for photography and for Ferguson but there has been a greater focus on contracting work out over more efficient staff members.

A copy editor for the Post-Dispatch, a staff member who edits for style, flow, spelling and grammar, told several editors of the UNews that staff writers have been increasingly encouraged to copy edit their own articles, which can often lead to mistakes. Additionally, writers are often asked to take photos of the events they are covering. While there are obvious benefits for a respective paper to reduce the size of its staff, several editors agreed that specialization of these positions is often useful for creating well-rounded articles.

What’s most concerning is that these changes are seemingly made to compete with the advent of civilian journalists, live streamers and amateur photographers, who can publish content almost immediately. There are certainly cases in which these folks can be useful. In the case of the Ferguson protests, live tweets from figures such as Deray Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie provided a perspective of the protests often missed by mainstream news reporters. Their tweets and large Twitter followings caused them to be named to Fortune magazine’s “50 greatest world leaders” list.

We believe in an approach in which anyone can post their opinions, reports or photographs, but it is also important that these individuals have something to which they can be compared. That is where professional journalism and photography come in.

It is when the professional journalists trade efficiency for specialization and trade speed for verified sources that newspapers begin to defy their own principles and begin to follow societal trends. As the Pulitzer Prize shows, sometimes it takes a combination of both in order to succeed. The movement surrounding Ferguson, the Post-Dispatch and journalism are all better because of these award-winning photos.

Slowly growing sick of sequels

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On Monday, the photography staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for its coverage of the death of Michael Brown and the events in Ferguson that followed. The 19 photos submitted for the Pulitzer depict mourners of Brown, protesters, vandalism and the police’s heavily militarized response.

In comparison to the news coverage of the events surrounding Ferguson, where individuals across the political spectrum criticized the Post-Dispatch of bias one either side, the photos depicted an agency, good and bad, of each cast of characters in a visceral and captivating way. One editor argued that the pictures presented allowed the Ferguson movement to frame the discussion of resistance, exemplified by the iconic photo of Edward Crawford throwing back a tear gas canister fired by a police officer.

After the prize was awarded, David Carson, a staff photographer of 15 years, stated, “We won a Pulitzer for something that began with the loss of somebody’s life. It has caused so much trauma in our community, but I’m proud of the way we responded as a staff to document those events and show people what was going on in their backyard.”

We, as an editorial board, are concerned that comments by a staff photographer like Carson may become increasingly rare, as many papers have had to reduce their staffs because of the changing landscape in journalism.

There are few examples of events so momentous and ongoing to require nearly constant coverage as the events of Ferguson have. These events have certainly necessitated a staff photographer, but some papers, including the Chicago Tribune, have cut their staff photographers, opting to contract freelance photographers instead.

According to University News Photo Editor Ryan Quinn, the quality of the photos the paper produces has clearly declined,

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“Star Wars” films was really needed, but all agreed that we would watch the first film when it came out. However, it did set off a larger discussion about a trend in Hollywood to milk popular films for all they are worth.

This is now the seventh installment of “Star Wars,” rivaling the “Harry Potter” film adaptations (eight) and slightly beating out the combined “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” trilogies (six).

There have been five “Spider-Man” movies in the past 12 years; there have been 10 Marvel films in the past six years, and two more debut this year. J. K. Rowling, the author of the “Harry Potter” series, is now adapting an offshoot of her series, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” for three more films. We are inundated with book adaptations, series and sequels, and it is almost overwhelming; our only respite is that most of these films are well done.

This deluge of series and sequels has us wondering: Is there still room in the industry for creative, new films? Will there be a new, non-adapted story that is worthy of being made into a sequel?

Some editors were impressed with new films, such as “Birdman” and “The Imitation Game,” which depicted the stories of new characters. In “Birdman,” it was a former actor disillusioned with Hollywood. In “Imitation Game,” it was a brilliant and closeted gay mathematician who helped turn the tide of World War II in favor of the British. However, in the case of “Imitation Game,” the conservatism of Hollywood had its influence, as a dramatic suicide – death by cyanide-laced apple – was only mentioned briefly, and without detail, in an epilogue.

But then again, who can blame Hollywood for its conservatism? Hollywood conservatism has resulted in huge profits. While some people may continue to wish for biopics of anybody but white men, and others will look to increasingly popular TV series such as “Dr. Who,” “Game of Thrones,” “House of Cards” and “Breaking Bad,” many of us will be content to continue to watch a second “Avengers” movie, an offshoot of “Harry Potter” and, yes, a seventh “Star Wars” film.

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In two teaser trailers these past few months, “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” has garnered more than 100 million YouTube views in its effort to build up excitement before the franchise returns to the silver screen in December.

“Episode VII” is set three decades after the end of the sixth film and will contain many characters from the original trilogy, including Luke and Leia Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca.

Director J.J. Abrams has been asked to revamp the beloved franchise to much fan anticipation, but there is also some hesitance.

“Star Wars” has proven to be extremely popular for a number of reasons, including its intergenerational appeal and its reputation as being on the cutting edge of new cinematography, but George Lucas, the original director of the films, is being seen in some circles as cashing in based on his past success with the franchise by selling the rights to Disney in 2012.

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MLK Scholarship needs ‘magis’ Who we choose A critique of an important SLU scholarship tion? How well can you write munity and transportation. a scholarship essay? Where Without any aid, a complex is your resume? Let us see naturally emerges where stutwo letters of recommendadents feel that they have to tion. Also, do you have the choose between fighting for minimum 3.0 GPA? the right cause and studyClearly how a candidate ing for the right grades – not looks is preferred over who, to mention financing cost where, and what the candiof attendance the right way. date has been or is about.

End-of-the-year-reception For a scholarship that is supaccolades do not come with posed to prioritize social jusincreased funding to suptice, one would expect more port ongoing efforts. than a scholarship essay.

The MLK Scholarship Once scholars join MLK, remains a program without they are not held to any level funding and focus required of accountability for conto encourage radical social tinuing social justice, and justice work. The only difmany current scholars take ference between MLK and advantage of that. When more highly incentivized there was programs an unprecis its social edented ocjustice purcupation of pose.

SLU’s camFor expus, there ample, the Once scholars was never Presidential join MLK, they any sign of Scholarare not held organized ship – which leadership a w a r d s to any level of from our full tuition accountability MLK schol($38,700) ars. and a comfor continuing Finding munity prosocial justice out who is gram that responsible provides up for the treto $1,200 mendous for scholar’s apathy that projects week may – asks for lead to some sort of acexemplary academic and countability. There are no disciplinary standing, but measures in place to ensure nothing in terms of social that MLK scholars are at the justice standing. Meanwhile, forefront in carrying out Dr. MLK recipients receive an King’s ideals; Ferguson was average amount of $24,000 just another predictable opa year. portunity missed.

The disparities between The real work of MLK MLK and Presidential scholscholars is praised, but ofarships suggest that if you ten not backed by incentive. get good grades you will be Incentives must integrate honored, but if you are fightthe real work with student ing for change, you are more life by providing assistance disposable. The social justice that will overcome simple component of MLK is rootlimitations: retention, comed in our university mission’s

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St. Ignatius of Loyola emphasized the purpose of human existence as to “praise, revere a n d serve God,” or “Ad majorem Dei glor i a m .”

Related to this Latin Jonathan Pulphus p h r a s e is the w o r d “magis,” which means “do better.” Magis matters in university settings to students as they better themselves on their journey to graduate, but it also matters to committee members who create rules for and oversee social justice scholarships.

Many saw the opening up of the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship beyond incoming freshmen as an indication signaling an end of its problematic tradition and as an opportunity. That current SLU students would not be rewarded for radical social justice work under a scholarship that incentivizes social justice work may indicate a symptomatic issue inherent to the MLK Scholarship.

The MLK does not prioritize radical social justice work, but its optics. Radical social justice is advocacy in service of institutional change –, not advocacy in service of perceived change.

The criteria for an MLK scholar needs a recalibration towards its supposed social justice tenets. The current requirements basically read as such: Are you a freshman, sophomore or junior SLU student? Can you fill out this MLK scholarship applica-

“service of humanity” just as much as the intellectual “pursuit of truth.” Can you imagine if we valued social justice as we did academics?

MLK continues to struggle with issues of diversity.

Part of this rests in the fact that SLU does not appeal to black students for reasons stated below. This year, MLK received only two black scholars for its incoming freshmen class. In the St. Louis American, I write extensively about how the purpose of a scholarship in the name and honor of an activist who rallied for black uplift cannot be fulfilled without its recipients being majority black. That is because black students who are affected by racial oppression are best equipped to move the meter forward in terms of racial social justice. Therefore, we need to look for and support them.

Some of their struggles include having significant communal space replaced by a majority white SGA and being relegated to a closet in the Center for Global Citizenship; being tokenized or asked to “speak for” our race by often-well-intentioned white professors, on a predominately white campus, located in a nearly half-black St. Louis (49.2% 2010 census); and forgiving racist insults by unassuming white Billikens. Meanwhile, black student percentages at SLU remain at six percent. This is an issue for MLK because it has failed to live in the tradition left by its parent, the Calloway scholarship, which was established to recruit black students.

MLK Committee and Saint Louis University: We need “magis.”

Is the St. Louis Cardinals’ Taveras patch appropriate? far more common; the honHopes for his future were or has since been extended sky high. His death was a to managers, owners, team big blow to the Cardinals doctors and announcers, organization, and while it is among others. right to feel saddened by it, In January, the St. Louis it seems wrong to many to Cardinals announced that memorialize a player whose the team would wear “OT drunk driving killed not only 18” memorial patches this himself, but his girlfriend, as season to honor Óscar Tavwell. eras, the 22-year-old outThis is not the first time fielder who died in an Oct. the Cardinals have honored 26 car crash in his native a player who died in a drunkDominican Republic. driving accident. On April Out of context, this might 29, 2007, Cardinals pitcher seem like simply another Josh Hancock was killed afinstance of a team honorter crashing his truck into a ing a deceased player, but as tow truck on Highway 64/40 with many things in life, the in St. Louis. Hancock’s BAC context here is important. was .157 – nearly twice MisThe car crash that resulted souri’s legal limit of .08. No in Taveras’ death — and the one else was killed in the acdeath of his 18-year-old girlcident. The Cardinals honfriend, Edilia Arvelo — was ored Hancock with a “32” caused bememorial cause he was patch for the intoxicated. rest of the Ta v e r a s ’ 2007 season.

The Cartoxicol. . . I am dinals’ deciogy report against Taveras sion to wear showed that this memohis bloodreceiving rial patch, alcohol the “hero” which has content was been worn .287 – more treatment, given in every than five his decision to game this times the drive drunk . . . season, has Dominican divided CarR e p u b l i c ’s dinals fans, legal limit of and base.05 – yet the ball fans in main focus general, into has instead two distinct been on his accomplishgroups: proponents of the ments as a player, or, rather, patch, who say that it is more what he might have accomfor those left behind than for plished, had his career not Taveras and that it does not been cut so short. validate his actions, and opTaveras was considered ponents, who say the patch one of the league’s top prosignores or belittles the cirpects before he made his cumstances surrounding his MLB debut on May 31, 2014. death.

In his rookie season, he apTaveras had many friends peared in 80 games, batted within the Cardinals organi.239, knocked in 22 RBIs, zation, and they all deserve scored 18 runs, and hit three to go through the grieving home runs.

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On Dec. 31, 1972, a plane carrying aid packages for the earthquake-affected people of Nic arag ua cra she d into the Atlantic Ocean, almost as soon as it took offa result of overJoshua Connelly loading.

Killed in the crash was Major League Baseball (MLB) player Roberto Clemente, a right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who was accompanying the relief packages, to ensure the packages were actually received by those who needed it. Clemente was a 15-time All-Star, a 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, a two-time World Series champion, a one-time National League MVP and the 11th player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.

He was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.

Clemente’s death led to the first memorial patch for a deceased player. During the 1973 season, the Pirates wore a “21” uniform patch to honor Clemente, who wore the number 21 when he played for Pittsburgh.

Though it was unprecedented at the time, honoring Clemente with a memorial patch made sense. He was one of the best MLB players of his time; he was involved in a lot of charity work in Puerto Rico, Latin America and the Caribbean; and he died while he was still playing. In the 40-plus years since Clemente’s death, the memorial patch has become

process, but I am against Taveras receiving the “hero” treatment, given his decision to drive drunk, costing him and his girlfriend their lives.

This is what I find inappropriate about the personalized patch.

I believe a black armband would have been a better choice for the organization; it would have provided a symbolic, legitimate outlet for player and fan mourning, without directly honoring a player whose reckless decision resulted in two premature deaths.

Before Clemente’s “21” patch, a black, impersonal armband was the tradition for deaths in baseball for nearly 70 years, dating back to the early 1900s. A decision by the Cardinals to wear an armband, instead of a personalized patch, likely would have had fewer opponents. It also would have helped had the club opted to sponsor an anti-drunk driving campaign after Taveras’ death to highlight the dangers of driving while intoxicated.

Though the Cardinals have already made the decision to wear the “OT 18” patch this season, the conversation about the appropriateness of the gesture is an important one to have.

Hopefully, organizations placed in similar situations in the future will thoroughly consider the message they are sending by memorializing a player whose death was caused by his own reckless actions. Context matters, and is apparent in Taveras’ case. It’s completely natural to mourn his passing, and even to wonder how great he might have been, as long as one doesn’t treat him like a hero and ignore the poor decisions he made.

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During Atlas Week, I had the pleasure of watching a film titled “The Last Conquistad o r .”

In this film, p r e sented by SLU ’s Anthropology Club, Ryan McKinley the city of El Paso, Texas, commissioned a statue to honor Juan de Oñate, a Spanish conquistador who was credited for bringing Spanish culture and Catholicism to the Southwest United States, and was responsible for the massacre of 800 Acoma Pueblo Indians and the enslavement of hundreds more.

Maurus Chino, a member of the Acoma tribe and a prominent figure in the film, prefaced the film with a history of colonialism, imperialism and genocide of American Indians. He stated that the relatively recent efforts to honor the history of these conquistadors or other prominent colonial figures illustrates the privilege of the white and white-passing Hispanic members who paid so much ($2 million) to honor a man that is so reviled

by Native Americans in the community. In his closing statement before the film, he said, “You can tell how healthy a community is by looking at the heroes they choose to honor.”

Ultimately, the 40-foot statue was raised in El Paso, rising above both the community members who paid for and politically backed its construction and the members who protested its construction. For the backers of this project, the construction may seem to be a victory, but it should not be conceived as a defeat for the protesters.

The protesters challenged a one-sided history, challenged the convictions of the city council, the financial backers and the artist of the monument. Most importantly, these American Indian protesters justly reminded the wealthier community members that they are still here to fight for recognition and respect.

At SLU, the presence of American Indians on this land is largely forgotten.

Most students at SLU will never take a class that discusses the history of American Indians, their activism or their contributions to modern society. Most SLU students will never meet someone who identifies as an American Indian; with only 12 undergraduate students who identify as such, it’s a near certainty.

This University sends, likely unintentionally, a message that American Indians

don’t exist, except, of course, in front of Fusz Hall, where a statue of Pierre-Jean De Smet S.J., a Christian cross in his raised hand, is shown preaching over, presumably, a Lakota chief and brave.

In addition to the cross, De Smet stands high above the kneeling and bowed Indians.

Whether the historical De Smet was a genuine friend of American Indians or a willing cog sent to convince the Lakota to sign the 1868 Fort Laramie treaty, a treaty which the U.S. government had no intention of fulfilling, is a debate beyond my research; hopefully scholars at SLU can illuminate his past.

Nonetheless, if De Smet was a friend of the Indians, then this is surely not what is depicted by this statue. The statue of De Smet depicts a history of colonialism, imperialism, racism and of Christian and white supremacy.

This statue of De Smet is the clearest message that this University sends regarding American Indians, past and present. This message to American Indians is simple: “You do not belong here if you do not submit to our culture and our religion.”

That is clearly not the message we want to send.

In fact, in the recent town hall with President Pestello, he noted that high-level discussions were being had on the statue. So the question becomes how we can turn that negative message into a positive one? The removal of the statue is only one step.

As the protests surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner have shown us, just because racist policies are off the books doesn’t mean that racism is no longer practiced.

The removal of the statue would only remove the negative messaging this university unintentionally sends. If the statue is removed, additional actions are needed to counteract the negative messaging that statue has conveyed for 60 years.

Some ways we can do that are replacing the statue of De Smet with artwork by an American Indian artist, recruiting American Indian faculty, staff and students, and revisiting the curriculum of the social sciences to properly acknowledge historical injustice and the contributions of American Indians to American society.

These are only a few ways in which this university could become more inclusive to American Indians.

As students, we can aid in those projects. I’ve been told from faculty and staff for four years that “students have the power,” and it took until last semester for me to believe it. It is up to us to determine the health of our community, and to choose wisely the heroes we choose to honor.

Courtesy of Mark Scott Abeln / Flickr

De Smet Statue: The demeaning and widely-reviled statue sends a negative message to American Indians and requires a more comprehensive intervention than solely its removal, argues the author.

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