No. 24 April 12, 2012

The University News Celebrating 90 Years as a Student Voice of Saint Louis University Vol. XCI No. 24

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THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC The Fox celebrates the Titanic’s 100th anniversary >> ARTS

Family to get confirmed together >> RELIGION

Aspiring doctors face tougher test

Departments to stay open, Medical Colleges Admission Test set to expand subject matter for 2015 exam says board

By BRIAN BOYD

By KRISTEN MIANO Associate News Editor

The Academic Affairs Committee of the board of trustees reached a decision regarding the recommended closures of the Department of Counseling and Family Therapy and the Department of Public Policy on April 3. The board decided to retain both departments, but eliminated three programs from Counseling and Family Therapy and four from Public Policy.

“The department was retained, which was positive, but eliminating the programs was not,” said Chair of Public Policy Robert Cropf. “We had to recommend that those programs be eliminated in our response to the recommendation, however.”

The decision comes as a part of a review process that began in the fall of 2011.

The review is a part of the University’s strategic plan to improve the quality of the academic and research programs at Saint Louis University. According to the board, Counseling and Family Therapy and Public Policy were recommended for closure in February due to their relatively low enrollment and because they did poorly in the frame of the metrics set forth

by Vice President of Academic Affairs Manoj Patankar.

The announcement of the recommendation garnered a passionate response from not only the two departments, but also from the SLU Student Government Association. In the February 8 SGA meeting, the senate voted to pass a resolution asking the University to reconsider their recommendation to close the departments and conduct another review featuring more input from faculty, students and staff. In addition, they called for the departments to be evaluated by a different set of standards, namely one that took into account their relevance to the Jesuit mission.

In the February 10 board of trustees meeting, the board decided to postpone the decision regarding the departments until further research was conducted.

This research and the resulting deliberation lead to the decision to keep the two departments but close some programs within the two departments that were underperforming. The Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy and the Masters programs in both Family Therapy and Counseling were cut from the Department of Counseling and Family Therapy. “[The department] regrets that a seeming compromise was reached without recognizing that the Department’s Master’s degree program is a vitally important component of the Department and in providing the community with well-trained mental health practitioners,” said Chair of Counseling and Family Therapy, Craig Smith. “The practice degree for Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Marital & Family Therapists is the Master’s degree, comparable to the See “Board” on Page 3

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Aspiring doctors endure a grueling academic gauntlet throughout undergraduate studies. Challenging courses in biology, chemistry and physics compose a that is required alongside a student’s degree requirements. One stop along the journey to medical school looms over students from day one: The Medical College Admissions Test.

For the crop of incoming freshmen in the Pre-Med program that plan on attending medical school in the Fall of 2016, the notoriously difficult

standardized test will become even more challenging.

According to a press release by Kaplan, a prominent provider of standardized test preparation materials for students across the globe, the MCAT will expand its breadth of content and time requirements beginning in the Spring of 2015.

The Association of American Medical Colleges, the official governing body of all accredited medical schools in the United States, voted to approve the addition of advanced concepts in biochemistry, additional critical thinking questions, and new sections covering behavioral

and social sciences.

“These are beneficial and needed changes, as today’s medicine includes scientific advances that didn’t exist a generation ago, and today’s doctors serve an increasingly diverse population,” Amjed Saffarini, Kaplan Test Prep executive director of pre-health programs, said in a press release. “However, there’s no question the new MCAT will be more difficult than the current one.”

The additions will necessitate seven hours to complete the MCAT, as opposed to the current five and a half hours

Average MCAT Scores 2008 2009 2010 2011 30.9 30.8 31.1 31.1 Source: American Association of Medical Colleges

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Focus shifts to Majerus Majerus Career Stats - Years at SLU: 2007-2012 - Career Record at SLU: 95-69 - Winning Percentage: .579 - Conference Record at SLU: 44-36 - Record at Chaifetz Arena: 56-15 - Home Winning Percentage: .789 Shah (Yiqing Xia) / Senior Staff Photographer

Majerus granted permission to meet with Southern Methodist University

By CHARLES BOWLES Associate Sports Editor

Multiple news and media outlets, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, are reporting Athletic Director Chris May has given Majerus permission to talk to Southern Methodist University about their vacant men’s basketball head coaching position.

“He asked for and was granted permission to speak [to them],” May said to the St. Louis PostDispatch.

Majerus is coming off his best season at Saint Louis University, finishing 26-8 and getting SLU back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2000. Majerus defeated Memphis and was barely edged by Michigan State in the Round of 32.

Majerus is in the final year of his initial six-year contract, which he signed in 2007. Majerus’ salary for the final year of his contract is set at $1 million.

According to the Dallas Morning News, SMU is willing to give $2 million a year to Majerus. SMU is making a major transition from Conference USA to the Big East Conference in 2013.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Majerus is upset that the Billikens take few chartered flights, which means that the players usually fly commercial and end up staying in the opposing team’s city

for three days to play one road game. The team spent six days in Philadelphia on a two road game series playing St. Joseph’s and La Salle. Because the Billikens do not take many chartered flights, they miss more class.

Also according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Majerus reached into his own pocket to provide a suitable salary for at least one assistant coach and he personally funded a significant portion of the cost so SLU could have a preseason exhibition tour of Canada.

The announcement is also interesting due to some of Majerus’ comments at the NCAA tournament. After the loss to Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament, Majerus said he was coming back for the final year of his contract.

“Yeah, I would really like to come back. I’ve told the kids coming in,” Majerus said after the loss to Michigan State.

Majerus then followed this up with a comment talking about his time at Utah and the commitment he made to the student-athletes he recruited.

“I told all those kids at Utah I would stay, and I did. Urban Meyer and everybody else left Utah.

They tried to get out. I made commitments to kids.

I liked it. I was happy there, and I had good kids there,” Majerus said.

Another interesting observation comes from Yahoo sports writer Pat Forde’s article in December about Majerus at SLU. “Spend some time with Rick Majerus and you get the feeling he is at home here, or at least peace,” Forde said in December.

Forde explained that Majerus seems happy in St. Louis and explains that keeping Majerus around the build on SLU’s success is “paramount.”

The announcement has displayed students’ loyalty towards Majerus.

“Majerus is a very good coach for SLU,” freshman Jack Kardell said, “He has played such a big role in turning this program around and I would like to see him stay.”

“Majerus is an awesome coach,” Sophomore Pietro Boffeli said, “The team is will be good next season, I hope everything works out and that he stays.”

Tom Timmermann, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who covers SLU athletics, believes that it’s all in Majerus’ and SMU hands.

“My guess is he stays at SLU, but time will tell,” Timmermann said.

Only time will tell, but Majerus has to make the tough decision of possibly leaving a potential top 25 team with four returning starters or attempt to rebuild another basketball program in SMU.

Philosopher gives Last Lecture Gries to donate food Dr. William Charron discusses life, academia to Campus Kitchen

By MARTINA BOYTER

By BRIAN BOYD

Associate News Editor

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Dr. William Charron has spent 45 years teaching Philosophy at Saint Louis University. With topics ranging from Ethics to Modern Philosophy, he has imparted wisdom to students through his unique perspectives and sense of humor. On April 11, he gave a lecture titled “In My Beginning is My End” as part of the Last Lecture Series.

Charron detailed the development of his philosophical nature, which would turn out to be his calling. Charron was often ill as a child, and he said that because of his illnesses, he had a lot of time to think about philosophical questions while he recovered in bed.

“I would lay there in bed and look at the bedpost down there and my foot would hurt, but the bedpost wouldn’t.

I thought ‘Why doesn’t the bedpost hurt, why my foot?’,”

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William Charron of the Philosophy department presents his “Last Lecture” in the Busch Student Center on April 11.

Charron said.

Charron would also suffer fevers and hallucinations as a child, which played a role in his philosophical mindset.

“When my mom walked into the room I would hallucinate and her face would

distort. I got into the problem of perception--which one of these will I call real, and do we really perceive what is real and under what conditions,” Charron said. “Time became See “Lecture” on Page 3

Most of us have eyes larger than our stomachs. The result: wasting the equivalent of hundreds of adequate meals from campus dining halls.

The SGA Food Committee has initiated the Food Recovery Project in an effort to save leftover food from Griesedieck Dining Hall and donate it to where it is needed through means of a partnership with Campus Kitchen.

The idea of donating leftover food from on-campus locations developed at the end of last semester. Before spring break, Flats 3-7-4 Senator Krishi Peddada and Griesedieck Hall Senator and President-Elect Blake Exline worked with the Food Committee to meet and collaborate with Alpha Phi Omega, Billiken Dining Services and Campus Kitchen to discuss potential ways to make the proposal a reality.

Exline said, “All parties

were willing to work towards this mission and were excited about the possibly of helping out members of our community with the leftover food from Griesedieck.”

At present, Campus Kitchen is operating from Reinert Hall, allowing this dining location to already donate its leftover food because the two entities share a kitchen in Reinert.

Except for Griesedieck and Reinert, SLU’s food service locations on campus are a-lacarte service, offering a menu of items priced and ordered separately. This system yields much less food waste than at buffet style dining locations because food is not produced in such bulk.

Billiken Dining Chief Executive Chef Dan said that WashU has a similar donation service in place.

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Let Us Introduce You

Matt Shelly

Beta Alpha Psi president carries Jesuit Mission beyond graduation

By BRIAN BOYD News Editor

First year graduate student Matt Shelly came to Saint Louis University expecting to lay the foundation for a successful legal career. In the meantime, he had to pick a major.

After some deliberation at the end of his sophomore year, he settled on Accounting. Who knew that three years later he would be striving towards a master’s degree, serving as president for the University’s national business information organization, and interning at a prestigious accounting firm?

Shelly is nearing completion of his Masters of Accountancy degree in the John Cook School of Business. A Texas native, Shelly attended the Jesuit College Prepatory School of Dallas, where he enjoyed the opportunity to “not worry about what he had to wear, and instead just pull a shirt out of my closet.”

Shelly said he chose to attend SLU for, among other reasons, to continue his Jesuit education which he began in high school.

“The Jesuits are very dedicated to education, across the country and the world. They focus not just on academics, but developing you as a whole person and a well-rounded person, “ Shelly said. “My high school had a profile of a Jesuit person that they hoped we would become when we left the school. They want us to be well rounded people not only in textbooks, but in life.”

Shelly stayed active during his undergraduate years at SLU, participating in the Micah program and Beta Alpha Psi, SLU’s chapter of the national honors organization for Accounting, Finance and Information Technology students. Shelly said that although not required beyond freshman year, he stayed active in the Micah program and volunteered through his senior year.

“I really enjoyed the sense of community I had in high

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Wednesday, April 4

9:58 p.m. - Burglary Alarm DPSEP officers responded to a burglary alarm in Pere Marquette.

The alarm may have been set off by lightning and thunder in the area.

There were no problems to report.

The alarm was reset.

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school, so I wanted to see if I could find a group where I could have something similar,” Shelly said. “The Micahs are very community oriented and service oriented.”

Shelly said that he had always been good at math, and gravitated towards accounting. During his managerial accounting class sophomore year, he realized that he had a knack for the profession. He also said that the overlap between taxes and law drew him towards accounting.

This past year, Shelly was elected to serve as President of Beta Alpha Psi. He said that the organization stresses not only community among likeminded students, but also ethics and service.

“We really focus on those topics and it’s part of what service us, understanding the community and realizing that you are only one small piece and have a certain duty to the

rest of humanity to use whatever skills you may have to better the world,” Shelly said.

Shelly is currently an intern at CliftonLarsonAllen, a Certified Public Accounting firm. He said that balancing work with school and extracurriculars can be difficult, but his superiors at CliftonLarsonAllen have been extremely accomodating.

“They liked me because of my involvement and academics,” Shelly said. “So they don’t want to change who I am, but rather have me continue to be involved at SLU.” Among Shelly’s favorite accomplishments at SLU is his intramurals success.

“I’ve played a lot of intramurals, and got myself a job refereeing intramurals,” Shelly said. “I think I’ve been a part of four championship teams. I still have to pick up a t-shirt for my dodge ball championship.”

Sunday, April 8

5:52 p.m. - Fire Alarm A student was cooking food in the microwave and set off the fire alarm.

The student advised that the cooking hood over the stove had not worked in a couple of days. The RA was notified and stated that the faulty equipment would be removed.

The all clear was given by DPSEP, Maintenance and Residence Life.

Students were allowed re-entry.

Monday, April 9

8:45 p.m. - Sick Case DPSEP responded to a student who began to feel ill after swimming in the pool.

EMS #131 was contacted and responded. The student refused any further medical treatment. DPSEP escorted the student and his roommate to Reinert Hall.

Tuesday, April 10

10:10 a.m. - Auto Accident A delivery truck was entering the parking lot when the vehicle struck the awning which extended out from the west entrance.

Be a Responsible Billiken STOP. CALL. REPORT. 314-977-3000 witness.slu.edu dps.slu.edu

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over food from Griesedieck Hall to Campus Kitchen three times per week. Based on the demand of the dining hall, the amount of food preserved will vary.

Before donating food to Campus Kitchen, volunteers will take proper measures to ensure the quality of the food. All leftover food to be delivered will be refrigerated over night, setting it at the correct temperature to allow for students to walk the food over without it spoiling. The food will then be prepared into meals and donated to agencies and individuals in need.

Volunteer opportunities are available for all interested in transporting the leftovers from the rear of Griesedieck to Reinert. Volunteers could

walk or drive the food, based on preference.

Alpha Phi Omega, the coed service fraternity, is adopting the project as a “continu-

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With a few volunteers giving just an hour or two a week to this project, many mouths could be fed delicious food.

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ous” service site. This means that APO members make a commitment to volunteer with the project a specified number of times throughout the semester.

APO President Perry Cole

said, “With a few volunteers giving just an hour or two a week to this project, many mouths could be fed delicious food. It is not a hard task at all, and it is giving many people a service opportunity in their own dorm cafeteria.

This would not only make our campus more green by reducing food waste, but would also improve the livelihood of many in our community by feeding them more meals.”

Regardless of membership in APO, any interested students can contact Peddada at kpeddada@slu.edu to get involved. The program is anticipated to launch within the upcoming weeks.

Cole said, “What I like most about this project is that it makes sense. Why throw all of this delicious food away when we can feed so many starving mouths with it?”

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an issue too—the past is gone, the future isn’t here, it’s just the now. Then you get thinking, what is the now? Next you get thinking, ‘Gosh, there is no time.’ Then I learned you don’t talk to people about these stories.”

Charron said his father pressured him to figure out a career, but he remained undecided until his junior year of high school when he discovered Greek philosophers.

“I saw the questions they were asking and said, ‘Those are my questions!’ I had found my beloved,” Charron said. “I ran home and told my father that I wanted to be a philosopher. My father told me that there was no such thing anymore.”

Charron attended Benedictine College where he majored in Philosophy and also minored in Economics to, as he said, “throw [my father] off the scent”.

He applied to law schools and graduate schools, but also considered becoming a Navy pilot. The Navy didn’t have any pilot openings at the time, leading Charron to attend the University of De-

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Dr. William Charron intertwined topics in philosophy with his journey through life and professorship on April 11. troit for his master’s degree in Philosophy. After completing his master’s degree, he attended Marquette University and received his doctorate in Philosophy.

After receiving his doctorate, Charron was looking for a professorship. He said that the relationships between the board members of Jesuit philosophy departments gave him an opportunity to teach at

SLU. According to Charron, his doctorate thesis was on the esoteric ‘mind-body problem’. Ironically, SLU asked him to teach Modern Philosophy.

Charron’s lecture focused on his philosophical reflections of tradition. Inspired by the works T.S. Eliot, someone he said he admires, he recorded nine of his thoughts on tradition and its impact

on existence. He asserted that cultural tradition plays a prominent role in shaping human thoughts and feelings, and that tradition requires effort to perpetuate.

“To think of an individual with no profound cultural tradition shaping one’s feelings, thoughts, and manner of meeting the world is to think of a vacuous placeholder, a ‘hollow man’,” Charron said.

“The thinner the cultural tradition imbibed by an individual, the closer to mere animal agitation is one’s emotional life, one’s thoughts, and one’s conduct.

Aside from dedicating 45 years to SLU, Charron has served as the editor of The Modern Schoolman, a prominent quarterly journal of Philosophy, and has contributed to the study of subjects such as game theory and international and political philosophy.

At the end of the ceremony, Charron was given a plaque commemorating the evening by sophomore Ben Conover.

“A plaque doesn’t do justice at all to the contribution he has made to the community, to the impact he has had on his students, and the legacy he will leave behind when he leaves us,” Conover said.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month kicks off

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A display of paper people in the Quad represent the statistic stating that two-thirds of victims of sexual assualt knew their attacker before the incident. The display is apart of Sexual Assault Awareness Month which features a series of events dedicated to raising awarness about sexual assualt on college campuses.

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allotted to test-takers. The behavioral and social sciences section seeks to tests students’ knowledge regarding the behavioral and sociocultural concepts regarding health, drawing off of concepts in Biology, Sociology, Psychology and Statistics.

According to the AAMC, the changes will not only better prepare students for the medicine curriculum, but aid them in becoming better doctors.

“The new MCAT will be more difficult than the current one. The additional content will also be challenging for undergraduate pre-med programs that will need to

quickly ensure their curricula cover the expanded topics,” said Kaplan senior communication manager Russell Schaffer.

In a survey of 559 students who took the MCAT in January of 2012, Kaplan Test Prep found that pre-med students would not be deterred from their professional goals despite the more difficult MCAT. 92 percent of respondents said that if they had to face the additional content in the MCAT, they would still pursue a career in medicine.

Freshman Peter Iliya, a pre-med student, the curriculum is difficult, especially during the first year when students tackle courses commonly referred to as ‘weed out’ classes.

“I wouldn’t say it’s much of a difference in the difficulty of the class, but rather the workload,” said Iliya. “It’s different because of the weed out classes like Chemistry and Biology. But the amount of work that pre-med students have to do to stay on the right track [to medical school] is definitely higher than a lot of other majors.”

The intense coursework is matched by the intense admissions process for medical schools around the country.

In 2011, 43,919 students applied to medical school in the United States. Only 43 percent were accepted. The average grade point average for an accepted student in 2011 was 3.67, and the average MCAT score was 31.1 (out of 45).

Mission and Ministry Committee passes resolution ommendation by the Mission and Ministry Committee to allot space on the second floor of Wuller Hall to serve as a The April 11 meeting of the meeting, office and prayer Student Government Associa- space for various faith-based tion began with a presentation organizations on SLU’s camregarding the restructuring pus.

The resolution, which was of Saint Louis University’s iLtabled at the previous SGA ead program.

“It’s an old program, but meeting, was met with some a new version,” said Todd debate regarding whether Foley, assistant director of the this was an appropriate use of the space.

Student Involvement Center.

Though the SGA weekly The iLead program aims to inspire SLU students to strive mailer had called for the to make lasting change both student body to provide the within their community and committee with feedback within society. Pulling from on how the space should be the University’s Jesuit mis- used, the Mission and Minission, the program looks to try Committee only reached create servant leaders within out to faith-based groups as the student body with a sin- they had deemed an intercere commitment to service faith group space to be an impor tant by providaddition to ing them campus. with the “ I t ’ s skill set to It’s different when it’s d i f f e r e n t become when it’s agents of only presented in the only prechange. sented in T h e mailer versus directly the mailer new iLead talking to student groups v e r s u s program directly will oper- about it. talking to ate under student the same groups mission, about it,” but it will -Ben Raymond Village now also A p a r t have a certificate program aiming to fur- ments Senator Ben Raymond ther undergraduate service said.

There was also concern involvement.

The certificate is com- among the senators as to why prised of three components: it was necessary for senate iLead 101, iLead 201 and iL- to pass the resolution, as the allocation of the space would ead 301.

After the presentation, need to be evaluated by the a spot-funding bill for the administration regardless of women’s club softball team SGA recommendations. “[The process] is already in was brought before senate.

The team had received a bid motion,” said Vice President for their national tournament of Internal Affairs and author and was requesting additional of the resolution Scott Hessel. funds to cover their travel “The reason I didn’t withdraw costs and the cost of their the bill was so we could give hotel rooms for 13 members it a stronger background and of their team. Of the original show that the student body is $2,984.33 requested by the behind this.”

Despite the reservation of team, the SGA Finance Committee made a funding recom- some senators, the resolution mendation of $2,238.00, opt- passed.

The meeting ended with a ing to cover only 60 percent of the travel costs. Due to bill to seat the nine members the unforeseeable nature of of the new Wellness Fee Comthe event, SGA unanimously mittee. The members were eiopted to grant women’s club ther pulled from the previous softball the full recommended University wide committee or from an application process. amount.

Senate next brought up the SGA unanimously passed the resolution to approve a rec- bill.

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MSW for Licensed Clinical Social Workers.”

Public Policy recommended to the Committee to eliminate the Certificate of Geographical Information Studies, the Certificate of Organizational Development and the Masters in Urban Affairs.

All these programs were shut down with the addition of the Bachelors in Urban Affairs.

“These weren’t large programs. We had one student in GIS and one student in organizational development,” Croph said. “The programs cut were all our recommendation except for the Bachelor’s in Urban Affairs.”

Immediately following the announcement, the Academic Affairs Committee mandated that enrollment in any eliminated programs should cease and students enrolled in up-

coming semesters should be notified so they can make other arrangements.

“With the Vice President’s authorization, we interviewed and offered admission to students in early March. Students have been accepting admission and enrolling,” Smith said. “The department is not able to address this situation. We were told by the VP’s office that the Dean of Admissions was responsible for contacting those students and informing them of their options. We do not know what those options are.”

Students currently enrolled in the programs will be allowed to finish their degrees. In addition to the eliminated programs, the committee asked each department to develop proposals to restructure the programs they retained. Furthermore, the committee instructed that

each department should aim to improve both their enrollment numbers and financial plans. Failure to improve will result in the actual closing of the departments, according to the document detailing the final decision regarding the reorganization and reallocation released to the departments by Patankar.

Patankar could not be reached for comment as he is currently out of the country.

Academic Vice President of SGA, Patrick Grillot, says he is satisfied with the decision the board has made.

“I think its important we assess academic programs and, while these decisions impact the students in those programs negatively, it also benefits the university community because it makes sure we are putting resources into programs that will be productive for students,” Grillot said.

Religion Briefs Theology department faculty members Tobias Winright and Ronald Mercier are recipients of the 2012 Faculty Excellence Awards.

Monthly Events Thursday, April 12 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Postgraduate Volunteer Fair Campus ministry is hosting an event to showcase different service organizations that provide service opportunities after graduation.

Sunday, April 15 9:00 p.m.

Sacraments of Initiation Confirmation will be taking place at St. Xavier College Church during Mass.

Tuesday, April 17 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Interfaith Symposium on Prison Ministry in the Anheuser Busch Auditorium in the John Cook School of Business.

Thursday, April 19 7:00 p.m.

“Religion and Politics: Election 2012” Symposium will be held in the Sinquefield Stateroom in DuBourg Hall.

Saturday, April 21 Mission Trip Reentry Retreat There will be a free retreat at the Manresa center for students who have recently returned from Spring BreakOut mission trips. Contact campus ministry for more information.

Saturday, April 28 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

FSA Cultural Showcase

Located in the Wool Ballrooms.

Saturday, May 5 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Contemplatives in Action: Social Analysis Saturday Located in the Dorothy Day room in the Eckelkamp Center for Campus Ministry.

If you would like to have an event included in this section, contact Alanah Nantell at religion@unewsonline. com.

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Confirmation: A family affair Four SLU siblings move toward full membership in the Catholic Church

By MAGGIE NEEDHAM Staff Writer

Most Catholics now receive the sacrament of Confirmation in early adolescence, but four members of the Lammert family are all getting confirmed together this Easter season through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program at SLU. Gerard, Chadd, Jared and Cindy, all students or graduates of SLU, have been preparing for their confirmation together since early September of this year though RCIA. Although all four Lammerts were baptized and raised Catholic, it was not until recently that they took the initiative to become full-fledged adult members of the Church.

Confirmation is a sacrament of initiation in the Catholic Church and marks the reception of the Holy Spirit in the confirmant, as well as a renewal and deepening of the vows first taken at baptism.

In confirmation, a member of the Church takes full adult responsibility for his or her relationship with Christ and the Church.

Back in junior high and high school, when most who are raised Catholic would be confirmed, the Lammerts were all busy children and teenagers.

Cindy cited sports as the main reason that she never got around to taking confirmation classes, and the others nodded in agreement.

When asked how they decided to be confirmed now, all looked to Jared, 20, and he became the spokesperson for the family.

Jared stated that when he came to SLU, he always enjoyed going to 9 p.m. Mass on Sundays with his friends and siblings.

At the end of last year, he saw the announcement

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The Lammert family speaks with Fr. Nick Smith (left) during their rehearsal on Sunday, April 8 at St. Xavier College Church. The sacraments of initiation will take place on April 15. for RCIA for the upcoming year, decided to finally go for confirmation, and convinced his siblings to do the same.

Going through the preparation for confirmation can be a moving experience for everyone, but even more so for the Lammerts, who had the privilege of going through it together.

“I feel like it’s been a stronger experience for us because we’re doing it together,” Cindy, 19, said.

“Stronger on a personal level.”

Jared agreed, saying he not only wanted to get confirmed but wanted to get confirmed with his siblings because “it would also be an important bonding

Students educated on five pillars of Islam pillar since there are people who are not able to fast, like young children and the elA panel of five students, derly. This exception extends each representing a pillar of to travelers, but travelers are Islam, sat in front of an eager required to make it up whenaudience in Busch Student ever they are able to. The Center, during Atlas week. fourth pillar, Zakat, meaning Imman Musa, a junior in the “increase in goodness” or College of Arts and Sciences “purify” in Arabic, was repand Muslim Student Associa- resented by Ziad Maqbool, a tion (MSA) Co-President wel- sophomore.

“Zakat is a certain fixed comed everyone attending proportion of the excess the event.

Fauzal Rahman, a junior in wealth, 2.5%, given to the the College of Arts and Sci- poor,” Maqbool explained.

“Excess wealth means the ences talked about the first portion of your wealth that pillar, the “Shahada.”

Rahman said “that (Sha- you haven’t used in a year” hada) means proclamation in Maqbool said. He also pointArabic, and by saying it you ed out that there are 8 specific enter the fold of Islam.” She categories (recipients) of Zakat. continued “It is a by explainway for soing what to not exactly the Praying is a way of ciety have disproclamation is to organizing our lives tinct classrather students atand giving breaks to es, interact with tending the event. our day. You will feel each other, broth“All you the difference once like erhood, and have to say establish sois I bear you tr y it. cial justice,” witness Maqbool that there -Junaid Yasin concluded. is no deThe fifth ity but God, and Muhammad is the Mes- and final pillar, represented by senger of God,” Rahman said. Aalia Rahman, a sophomore, Freshman Junaid Yasin is Pilgrimage to Mecca/ Hajj.

“If you have the means, represented the second pillar either physical or financial, -- the Prayer.

“We pray five times a day; then you are obligated to perstretched over the whole day. form Hajj/ Pilgrimage. But if One prayer at dawn, which is you are in loan or have debts, way before my eight am class, then it is not permissible to do another at midday, the third so until you are free of loans in the afternoon, the fourth at and debts,” Rahman said.

Musa thought hosting the sunset and the last at night.”

“Praying is a way of orga- event was important to Atlas nizing our lives, and giving Week and the SLU commubreaks to our day. You will nity.

“We were really happy to feel the difference once you be a part of the “Religion 101” try it,” Yasin said.

The third pillar, fasting, series hosted by IFA (Interwas represented by sopho- faith Alliance). We centered more Farrah Malik. The the event on the five pillars third pillar was explained because they compose the as abstaining from food and foundation of Islam. While drink, from dawn to dusk, for many students may have learned about the five pillars a month.

“This is a way for us to feel of Islam in their history or for the poor and also spiritu- theology classes, we wanted ally cleanse ourselves,” Malik to give a more personal view of how students actually live said.

Malik explained that there out these pillars in their daily are some exceptions to this lives,” Musa said.

experience for us as a family.”

When asked how they feel going into the ceremony, which is now only a little more than a week away, after so many months of preparation, they respond with only one word: “excited.”

Father Nick Smith is the RCIA coordinator for SLU and will be presiding over the Mass during which the rites of initiation will be celebrated.

Smith saw the benefits that the Lammerts have gotten from their experience together.

The RCIA group is supposed to form a community, so the candidates for confirmation can support each other as they prepare to enter the Catholic Church.

“I think when you’ve got your brothers and sisters going through the same thing, that’s going to cause a deeper sense of community to happen,” Smith said.

The Lammerts are getting support both from the RCIA community and from each other. He has seen this happening through the past months of preparation.

“Seeing other members of your family would be a sort of boost of faith.”

Catholics are used to hearing about confirmations around the Easter season, but rarely is it a whole family at once. Smith has only seen it happen once before.

“It was very unusual, especially here, in an

academic institution,” Smith said.

“But they all happened to go to the same school .... It’s rare but it’s happened before.”

Smith said the whole group in RCIA this year has been very committed and enthusiastic.

“It’s nice to see young people on fire with their faith,” he said.

“That’s the neatest thing about the program.”

The upcoming rites of initiation will be celebrated during the 9 p.m. Sunday Mass on April 15.

RCIA classes take place every year starting in September.

Announcements will be made at the beginning of next semester for those interested in being initiated into the Church.

‘Dead Man Walking’ inspiration visits SLU

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Nobel Peace Prize nominee and death penalty activist Sr. Helen Prejean came to SLU on Wednesday, March 28, to encourage the community to get involved with actively fighting the death penalty.

Matzah, Karpas and Maror Interfaith Hunger Awareness Seder comes to SLU

By ALANAH NANTELL Religion Editor

On April 2, the Busch Student Center Wool Ballrooms were occupied by students, faculty and community members breaking matzah, telling stories from the past and present, and sharing in prayer and community.

Several groups, including the Jewish Student Association and Interfaith Alliance, sponsored and hosted an interfaith Hunger Awareness Seder in honor of the beginning of Passover.

The Seder dinner is traditionally practiced as a commemoration of the Jewish people’s freedom from slavery in Egypt, but also a reminder of hardships in the past.

SLU’s Hunger Awareness Seder was also used as a “call to action” to both recognize hunger issues worldwide and take initiative to fight

hunger across the globe.

Father Paul Stark, vice president of Mission and Ministry, helped open the ceremony and called the dinner “a meal of heritage and history” while inviting all attendees to come together to pray and be in community with one another.

The dinner opened with scriptural quotes about the

need to help the hungry from many different religions including Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism and the Baha’i faith.

Rabbi Howard Kaplansky of the United Hebrew Congregation in St. Louis presided over the ceremony, throughly explaining each of the step of the 12 part meal.

Kaplansky emphasized the importance of participation, and each table spoke a reading together in unison in addition to taking part in eating and drinking together.

Freshman Katie Maslar

has always been interested in the Jewish religion, and took advantage of this opportunity to experience a Seder dinner.

Maslar not only appreciated the knowledge she receieved about the Jewish faith, but the community that she felt was present during the ceremony.

“They not only had a rabbi speak but a priest, so it was nice to have the different religions come together,” Maslar said.

“I was sitting with my Baptist friend, Catholic friend, and Jewish friend and it was just nice to share in a meal with one another,” she continued.

The dinner presented statistics about the country’s hungry, such as 1 in 6 people in the United States struggle to meet their dietary needs.

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‘Men and women for others’ all year long

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Many college students look forward to spring break as a time of relaxation at home or on the beach, but for many SLU students, this year’s spring break was a chance to travel and serve others through various mission trips.

Campus ministry sponsored nine spring breakout mission trips this year, traveling both domestically and internationally to places such as El Salvador, Appalachia and Navajo Nation. Some trips were open to all SLU students, and some trips were for specific groups, such as Greek Life or the John Cook Business School.

“I chose to go on a breakout trip because I wanted to make the most of my time off this spring,” said sophomore Claire Moll.

Moll decided to go abroad to El Salvador for her mission trip.

“I chose to go to El Salvador specifically because I study the politics and educational development of Latin America,” she said. “I was also interested in the El Salvador trip as it was not really a trip of service, but one of immersion.”

The trip to El Salvador trip was one that focused greatly on solidarity.Students were able to immerse themselves in the culture of the country and hear about the

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SLU students traveled domestically and internationally to take part in both service and cultural immersion projects.

Salvadorans’ experiences, including a 12-year war that took place during the 1980s.

“We traveled around the country talking to people who had lived through [the war] and were greatly affected by it,” Moll said.

Junior Maya Rao, who echoed a similar reason for going on a mission trip,

chose to stay in the U.S. with the trip to the Navajo Nation in Klagetoh, Ark. “I wanted to do something special with my spring break.

I wanted to get to know a different culture within the U.S.,” she said. “Native Americans are such a huge part of our history, and I wanted to get to know more about that.”

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not see the problem in our daily lives, it is difficult to understand the need that still faces many Americans,” the program stated.

The dinner not only spoke of justice on broad terms, but encouraged attendees to become educated and to also write letters to Congress to encourage funding for programs that fight hunger.

Amy Abraham, volunteer at Operation Food Search and St.

Louis resident, knows all too well how much hunger effects people in the community.

Abraham encourages everyone to get involved in donating to food shelters at all times of year because “hunger knows no timeline” and families are often left with less assistance in the summer months.

Abraham came to the Seder not only to talk about her organization’s efforts to fight hunger, but for a new experience. Abraham attends

a Seder annually, but this was her first time attending an interfaith one and called the experience “wonderful.”

“I learned an awful lot, not only about hunger, but tradition too,” Abraham said.

This Interfaith Seder was sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis, the Center for Service and Community Engagement, Interfaith Alliance, Jewish Student Association and the Interfaith Challenge.

The trip to Navajo Nation was a mixture of both service and solidarity. Students worked at various service sites throughout the week in addition to participating in traditional Navajo rituals.

Rao worked on a house for the majority of the week.

“They just don’t have very much at all,” Rao said.

flooring and replacing it with new floors, installing a new door, and painting.

Cultural immersion activities included a talking circle, a Navajo ritual that Rao stated was a “powerful experience of community and communion.”

They also attended Mass and Stations of the Cross.

As a Jesuit University, SLU encourages its students to serve others for the greater glory of God. Mission trips offer a unique way of carrying out that Jesuit ideal.

“I gained a new, more humble view on the world. The realities that people are living in El Salvador are so different from any of the realities in the U.S.,” Moll said.

“I gained a better understanding of my fellow human and the trials that he faces every day.”

Rao acquired an “awareness of realizing people have a severe lack of resources in the U.S.,” in addition to the technical skills she got on the trip, such as learning to use a power saw.

The Navajo people were so grateful to the SLU group, but Rao said that she was equally grateful that they were so welcoming to them and gave them such a wonderful spring break experience.

Campus ministry offers breakout mission trips every spring break, as well as an upcoming trip early this sum mer to Belize.

Atlas Week

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A panel speaks to the audience at the 51st meeting of St. Louis’ Dialogue Group of the World’s Religions and Philosophies.

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The St. Louis’ Dialogue Group of the World’s Religions and Philosophies conference presented representatives of a variety of religions, including Islam, Chinese Buddhism and Sikhism to discuss the role of women in their religions.

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Audience members look on as Helen Prejean delivers her speech condemning the death penalty at St. Xavier College Church.

When you grow up in parochial grade school, there’s a saying our teachers and priests love to Commentary use: Follow in Jesus’ footsteps.

We aim to do it in our words and in our deeds, and we ABBY KEEVEN even have charming bulletin boards with cut outs of feet going along a path. However, there’s quite a difference between theoretically following in Jesus’ footsteps and literally doing so.

In the last couple weeks, I’ve been privileged to have several visitors over here to this side of world while studying at SLU Madrid. One such group of welcomed visitors was my beloved family, and I was able to meet them in Rome for a week before flying back with them to show them my city of Madrid.

While in Rome, the history and the significance to us, as a family rooted in the Catholic faith, was immense.

Touring the Vatican, seeing the bones of St. Peter, and visiting places where some of the early Christians used to gather was incredible. I visited more churches in that trip than I’ve probably attended in all my life.

Yet, one thing stood out to me above the rest as the most powerful. Inside the Laterano Palace across from San Giovanni in Laterano, the official Papal seat, was my favorite of all the religiously significant places in Rome. Scala Santa, or Holy Staircase, was brought from the Holy Land to Rome in the fourth century at the urging of Constantine’s mother, St. Helena.

Beneath walnut overlay from the eighteenth century are the original white stone steps of Pontius Pilate’s palace.

The significance lies in the fact that Jesus Christ, on the day of his crucifixion, is said to have walked up and down those very steps to receive his conviction and sentencing to death.

Pilgrims from all around crowd at the base of the stairs to climb them on their knees.

It’s even possible to reach beneath the wooden covering over the steps and touch the stairs, and supposedly, the blood of Christ is still visible in some areas.

Once you reach the top, there sits the Santa Sanctorum, or the Holy of Holies – the previous private chapel of the Pope and place of many important of relics. The whole of it is truly amazing.

As Christians, living by the example of Christ is our goal.

On a personal level, this experience offered new meaning to the phrase I mentioned at the onset.

Ascending those stairs re-opened my eyes to the ever-attainable opportunity to follow Christ because of its literal application to me at the moment.

Yet, in terms of the bigger picture, there’s something to be said as well. It makes you wonder what it would be like if we treated everything on Earth as a place where Christ had walked – if we made an effort to venerate our world through our words and actions to praise God. With hopes of imitating him by respecting and loving our neighbors, what could happen? I’ll be honest. I think the world would be run more like it should be.

Now, this last tidbit is where I practice my spokeswoman abilities. Rome has yet to employ me to speak on their behalf, but I’m urging you: GO. See it all for yourself – Catholic or not – see the Vatican, the ancient ruins of the empire long gone, the art, or whatever else makes your heart beat faster and gives you a glimpse of the passion with which we’re meant to live.

In my experience there, and having seen a lot more than the headquarters of the Catholic Church during my week there, it’s a city with something everyone can embrace. If the churches or the history don’t excite you, the authentic Italian pizza certainly will.

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University’s sustainability efforts commendable, focus on education The new SLUstainability web page launched by Facilities Ser vices features a crane dropping the letter “L” onto the word “sustainability.” In their efforts to build sustainability into the campus culture, Saint Louis University and the Student Government Association have been making considerable strides together.

Living in a world of finite resources, it is the responsibility of ever y individual to make sure Earth’s resources are used efficiently. Sustainability is an effort we should already be implementing in our lifestyle.

Whether you reduce, reuse or recycle the resources you use, efforts to be frugal with our natural resources and attempts to renew them should be encouraged. SLU’s recent increased efforts in building support and programs to spread environmentallyfriendly practices on campus are praiseworthy.

What this institutional green movement does is instill a culture of education and collaboration in sustainability efforts of students. Students are encouraged to join in the University’s programs and be responsible citizens, as well.

The Masters of Sustainability degree was launched last year and is reported on

the website as “the most successful launch of any new graduate/professional degree at SLU since 2005.” This does not only encourage professional education in the field, but it shows SLU’s commitment to educating its students about the environment and ways of sustaining its resources. It encourages all of us to make an attempt to learn more about our environment.

While these programs are commendable, the University as well as students can initiate more small-scale training sessions and crash courses on sustainability for the general student body. SGA has done an outstanding job in keeping sustainability efforts among its main priorities. With its new sustainability mailer and effectuation of Recyclemania during March, SGA has made a point of directly addressing the student body to increase awareness and partake in campus-wide practice of conser vation and environmentalism.

We hope that SGA and the SLU administration will sustain this momentum and continue to build on its efforts to increase sustainability on campus in the coming years. We are also confident that students will respond with comparable concern and sense of responsibility for the environment.

Changes can make annual funding more efficient Annual funding and the appeals process are upon us. More than finals or midterms or even the beastly calamity that is graduation, these are the times that try students’ souls.

This time every year, the dreaded annual funding process dominates the senate chambers. The daunting process of distributing funds to Chartered Student Organizations fills the alreadypacked room with desperate pleas, ignored appeals, yawning senators and tired ears. In order to make life easier for all the students involved in this process, some improvements are in order.

First, considering how demanding this process is on the physical and mental state of the senators and executive board, it would be beneficial to spread out the appeals process over two days. Cramming the entire process into one long Saturday is unfair, both to the senators and the CSOs subject to budgetary decisions.

It is inevitable that by the second or third hour of the appeals, senators are tired and worn out. They lose focus and desire the end of the grind more and more. It is unfair to the senators to be subjected to such unreasonable expectations. They get increasingly impatient and irritable and lose professional-

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ism, and this is unfair to the CSOs that get the latter end of the process. Instead of the fresh and happy senators at the beginning, they have to make appeals to tired and battered ones.

If spread out over two days, the appeals process could be more efficient. Efficiency could be improved even more if the Finance Committee handled the process differently in the beginning.

It is important that while making the initial budget decisions, the Finance Committee be knowledgeable about the CSOs they are dealing with and make decisions according to the group’s mission.

These sorts of subjective considerations often come up during the appeals process, when more than 60 senators come in with their own agendas and beliefs. If the Finance Committee handles the harder decisions, senators can vote strictly on objective guidelines during the appeals process, and this will reduce much of the hubbub during appeals.

We hope these suggestions will make for a more efficient and fair appeals process.

Perhaps more efficiency can spare these senators and student leaders a frustrating long day trapped in stuffy chambers.

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News in brief: The euro, nuclear threat and corruption Think twice It seems like Spain is in an economic “spiral of death,” doomed to give up some of the social privileges that makes it such a unique Commentary country. Chased by the European Central Bank and other European countries to bring, once and for all, stability to its growing deficit and swimming against the Federico Garcia 20 percent unemLorca ployment rate, the government has no choice but to cut down on expenses, wherever they are.

For starters, President Mariano Rajoy has been talking with Finance Minister Luis de Guindos to engage in budget cuts of around 4 billion euros in education. If approved, this will translate to higher tuition rates.

For those unaware, the Spanish education system is heavily based on public schools, high schools and universities. Less government funding would mean more to pay from the citizens’ side. As of now, a student wishing to pursue studies in medicine would have to pay about $2,100 for their first year, or about $13,000 for the length of the program, which is six years. You can imagine why people don’t want the government cutting down on education.

The other big victim is the health care system. The jewel in the crown of the country, the health care system is enjoyed by everybody in Spain, whether it’s for a cold or a heart transplant. With the economic recession, however, the government is seeking to save up to 6 billion euros in health care for next year’s national budget. They can’t expect to find any hint of approval if they even dare to consider suppressing services, so I would bet the government will instead lower salaries or introduce cheaper third-party service providers. Whatever they do, the uproar in Spain has already started, and I don’t think they want it to go any further.

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sive club. To try to be a hipster, one would merely call to the front the very process of performative identity and prove The Hipster’s point about all of us “phonies.”

Maybe The Hipster makes us nervous because, deep down, we all can relate to this cultural outsider.

Who did not read “The Catcher in the Rye” and find some allegiance to Holden Caulfield? But instead of scratching all of the “Fuck You’s” around the city, The Hipster seems to inscribe--or rather spray-paint-more upon our sacred memorials to capitalism and common culture.

Indeed, there is something inherently contradictory about The Hipster. The movement itself seems to codify and commodify the very act of disassociation. But for some young folks, it remains the most honest expression of their selves. It is for these folks that I am writing.

Perhaps we mainstreamers should recognize the toil of The Hipster. There exists within some borderline-hipsters the desire to distance themselves from The Hipster movement, to make conscious decisions about what they will wear, what they might say, what music they will listen to and with whom they choose to associate in order to seem less Hipster. What could be more desperate and phony than that?

So this sub-cultural war between The Hipster and the mainstream is making homeless another group of persons who find they do not entirely fit nicely into either category.

Maybe they still like Arcade Fire, even after the band won a Grammy.

Maybe they quote Wes Anderson and “The Family Guy” in the same breath.

The subculture seems to respond to the glossy artificiality of other subcultural identities like The Bro, movements that seem to The Hipster to celebrate commodification, codification and objectification.

So perhaps we can learn a bit from The Hipster, for he/she too is the culturally homeless, so afraid that she/he is a fraud of the verge of being found out that she/he chooses a life of cultural nomadism… or whatever.

When the U. S. Constitution was first written, the idea of three separate branches of government, each having a “check” on the Commentary power of another branch and their own power “balanced” by another, was revolutionary.

And, for more than two hundred years, it has worked well as a Vinnie Schneider means to effectively distribute power throughout the government. One may say that this elegant system is a source of American pride, a defining feature of our political identity.

Therefore, political leanings aside, President Barack Obama’s continued intimidation of the justices of the Supreme Court is a matter that should give every American pause.

I am not certain if Obama’s behavior is a result of disrespect for or ignorance of the Constitution (a document which he swore under oath to preserve, protect and defend), but either scenario does not look good for the president.

The intimidation in question occurred during the recent Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of the Affordable Healthcare Act (commonly referred to as “Obamacare”), during which President Obama stated that for the Court to overturn the law would be “an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically-elected Congress.”

There are, of course, several things wrong with this statement.

The first and most obvious is that Obamacare was not passed by a “strong majority,” but was rather a close vote of 219 to 212, with all Republicans and even 34 Democrats opposing the law.

The second problem is Obama’s remark that such an overturning of legislation would be “unprecedented,” which it would not be. A principal responsibility of the Supreme Court has been to overturn unconstitutional legislation since 1803, as established by Marbury v. Madison, in which Chief Justice John Marshall’s court declared a portion of the Judiciary Act of 1789 to be unconstitutional and therefore invalid.

In his opinion, Marshall wrote, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.” It is quite shocking, then, that former law professor Barack Obama (who specialized in constitutional law, no less, at the University of Chicago) would make the statements he did.

While these inconsistencies may be, at least, surprising, it is the underlying message that should be inferred from Obama’s remarks that are truly alarming. Is he trying to somehow undermine the constitutionally granted power of the Supreme Court? Does he believe that the justices should not interfere with the dealings of Congress? Or is his pride in the legislation that he had a pivotal role in influencing simply clouding his judgment? If the answer is yes to any of the above, then that is just simply not what our country is about.

Many on the left have made the somewhat less ignorant claim that the overturning of Obamacare would be judicial activism. But this claim is also unsound. Judicial activism is something quite different. To use an equally controversial example, let us examine the case of Roe v.

Wade, which established a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.

Again, one’s moral, spiritual or social views of abortion aside, Roe v.

Wade made no sense from a legal standpoint. There is nothing whatsoever in the Constitution which could possibly be construed as granting a right to abortions for women.

The Constitution does, however, affirm that any power not granted to the federal government is reserved as a power for the state governments. Regardless of which side the abortion debate one falls on, anyone with a cursory understanding of the Constitution can agree that, since the issue of reproductive rights is not attributed to the federal government, it must be left up to the decision of the individual states.

This is not what happened, and the Supreme Court’s ruling effectively legalized abortion.

This is judicial activism — the Supreme Court involving itself in issues over which they have no authority, and doing so with a clear partisan motivation.

Reviewing legislation in terms of its constitutionality is not judicial activism; in fact it is exactly what the Supreme Court is supposed to be doing. I hate to break that sad news to President Obama, but I also must demand from my president that he fulfill the responsibilities of his office. And that he would, please, read the Constitution.

TJ Keeley is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Vinnie Schneider is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Analysts are very interested in a new development in the way power is balanced at a European level. Where there used to be a twoheaded body of power flowing from France and Germany, it seems as if the French side is fading more and more every week.

It is unquestionable that Germany overcame worldwide recession far better than any other country in Europe. It is not so obvious that this would drive France to fall silent and rather jealous of Germany. We can find proof of this in the recent campaigns for the presidential elections next month in France avoiding any direct reference to European politics. Plans and proposals are off the table right now, as far as presidential candidates are concerned.

Some argue that French intervention is a necessary force to keep Europe from simply becoming an extension of Germany. Not that this would be bad, but it is true that sometimes German elitism and strict economic policies can backfire and give far worse results than a mixed

approached using more “relaxed” techniques that give some slack to the population. Not everybody is cut to work in an ordered and efficient matter, you know.

Moving east, we find ourselves with Tehran and their conviction that upsetting western powers with their nuclear program is in their best interests. Even though they claim that nuclear facilities will only be used to produce electric energy, they go ahead and stockpile on 20 percent enriched uranium bars and build protected underground facilities. So much for their not-meant-forwar nuclear plans.

The U.S. and its Gulf allies don’t fall short on mistakes, either. It is either Iran giving up nuclear energy or a preventive military strike. There is no point in arguing what will happen if such a war happens, just because the U.S. would be involved and it still has some of the biggest guns.

Just to prove this fact, last weekend Americans conducted sea-air military exercises in the Gulf with its allies, obviously both a showoff of

black powder muscle and a warning for Iran.

Don’t you think it would be a pity to finish without mentioning China?

It just so happens that a very influential leader has been arrested under charges of abuse and corruption. Mr. Bo Xilai’s downfall started the day Wang Lijun, police chief of Chongqing, sought refuge in the American consulate of the area. This revealed far more than any authority could have foreseen. Even worse, it shows cracks in the otherwise impeccable Chinese government.

Where some thought there was only unity and consensus, there is a war for power. This could harm China’s economic interests not only because of internal inefficiencies but because they are showing to the world that even their own nationals don’t trust their own authorities and rather prefer to run seeking the help of Americans.

Federico Garcia Lorca is a senior in Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology.

Bars host a considerable share of St. Louis’ dangerous reputation If you like being in a good mood, I would not recommend watching the news.

Finishing a day of class and Commentary work last week, I turned on the television. The evening news was on a network station, and I found myself immediately depressed.

All the stories Doug Anstoetter seemed to be about violence — a man shot his wife, a 6-year-old was shot in a drive by in north St. Louis, a multicasualty school shooting occurred in Oakland, Ca. It was just an average Thursday and so many terrible things were happening.

There have been several years in the recent past in which St. Louis has been labeled the most dangerous city in the world. Statistically, this is not far from the truth. There are a lot of murders in our city every year.

Who really knows the root causes of these atrocities? I won’t attempt to comment on crime prevention or gun control.

Most of the violence I’ve witnessed involves dumb drunk guys at bars. So, let’s talk about that.

With all the war and violence already soiling our city, country and planet, it’s ridiculous that we would contribute to it. Ever seen a bar fight? Generally it has something to do with injured pride and copious amounts of alcohol. One guy hits on another’s girlfriend. A drink is inadvertently spilled. Someone’s white shoe gets scuffed (I actually saw this happen).

They always progress the same way. First insults are exchanged — name-calling and hypotheses about the inferior masculinity of the rival.

In the absence of a sensible friend or bouncer, sometimes physical violence will occur right there in the bar. Otherwise, things are usually taken outside. There, a few drunken punches are thrown, someone gets a black eye, occasionally an arrest is made, and no one has any fun.

Watch a National Geographic special about gorillas. You’ll see approximately the same behavior. Intoxicated meatheads bear a striking resemblance to silverbacks beating their chests.

Alcohol tends to revert otherwise civilized men back to their baser, primal instincts. They become territorial, unreasonable animals bent on asserting their own male dominance.

Isn’t it reason and compromise that

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make us the most intelligent animals on the planet? Without a doubt, alcohol neutralizes the part of the brain that regulates our inhibitions. With those inhibitions gone, wouldn’t it be better to sing a song, dance like a fool or spend entirely too much money on shots for everyone?

I’m not saying there are not things worth fighting for. Certainly there are. However, it’s rarely a reason of any significance that causes late night altercations between college students.

My main worry is that the same buffoons who are shoving each other over a spilled drink are going to be the future leaders of world. These are not the people we want heading a corporation, teaching our children or leading our armed forces. With today’s technology, the decisions of a handful of powerful men could literally lead to the apocalypse. I don’t want the guy at the bar who is fighting over injured pride to ever be the one capable of ordering a missile launch.

SLU is a Catholic, Jesuit University. Don’t you ever think Christ might have been serious about that whole love your enemy/turn the other cheek thing? Now of course the entire student body is not Christian.

That being said, pretty much every major religion and every code of ethics has some kind of guiding principle similar to the golden rule. The standard “treat others as you wish to be treated” is usually engrained early on in our lives. It’s disgraceful, therefore, that SLU students should ever be the cause of violence in any capacity.

When you’re out at the bars or at a party and the booze is flowing, remember to have a thick skin. Some things just need to be let go. I understand hurt pride. I understand the desire to intimidate and impress, but it does not need to be done with a show of force. If guys especially would take themselves a little less seriously, I think we could avoid a lot of the meaningless violence that goes on around our school and even our city. We’re humans. We’re very smart.

Even if you’re drinking, remember there are lots of nonviolent ways to solve problems. Author Isaac Asimov wrote in one of his novels, “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” When I see two blearyeyed muscle men bearing their teeth outside of Humps on a Friday night, I cannot help but agree.

Alcohol tends to revert other wise civilized men back to their baser, primal instincts.

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Doug Anstoetter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Why Hipsters make us nervous Who are these young people in scraggily beards, in jeans a bit too tight, contemplatively throwing back Pabst Blue Ribbon, and lisCommentary tening to bands you have never heard of?

This species, called “The Hipster,” is no new phenomenon, but a near-universal disdain for this subculTJ Keeley ture is gathering steam.

What is a hipster? On a strictly taxonomical level, persons in their 20s and 30s who perform flagrant counter-cultural progressive and independent thinking bear this distinction. Yet The Hipster often is stereotyped as a suburban, privileged, middle-to-upper-middle class, educated liberal with an interest in experimental, obscure and difficult art, with a disdain for popular culture, an unhealthy love of irony and a sincere indifference, characterized by a shrug of the shoulders, a tilt of the head, a roll of the eyes or a “whatever” mumble.

The lethal combination of indifference and irony rob The Hipster from any ability to collectively organize and launch an imperialistic attack on our culture. So why do we have such distaste for these people?

OK. Maybe not these people. Maybe we are merely annoyed by their aesthetic and style. It seems like The Hipster makes the mainstream folks uneasy about their own cultural position. The Hipster quickly dismisses any notion of a “guilty pleasure,” and seems to discard his/her own favorite bands, brands or film directors as soon as they become over-exposed.

This near-nihilism must be exhausting, for The Hipster subculture subsists on secrecy.

As soon as we all discover that their love of PBR is in fact an ironic reference to Dennis Hopper’s Frank Booth in “Blue Velvet,” then PBR may begin to taste like the watereddown pilsner it really is.

I wonder if The Hipster makes us nervous precisely because he/she protests our mainstream culture so successfully. It seems like an exclu-

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MUSIC Friday, April 13 3 to 10 p.m.

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Titanic sets sail and begins its maiden voyage

Lookout Frederick Fleet spots an iceberg dead ahead and iceberg strikes Titanic on starboard side of her bow

Water pours in and rises to 14 feet in the ship

Orders are given to uncover the lifeboats

Lifeboats begin to be loaded with women and children first

The last lifeboat leaves the ship with over 1,500 people left on board

Titanic is fully submerged in water

First lifeboat is picked up by the Carpathia

Saturday, April 14 7 to 10 p.m.

Jamfest Benefit Concert for Karen House: Trotting Bear, Fire Kite and Vintage Years The Billiken Club Admission is free, but a donation to Karen House is encouraged Saturday, April 14 7 p.m.

Webster University Springfest Concert: Reel Big Fish Grant Gymnasium Tickets are $15 Tuesday, April 17 Doors open at 7 p.m.

Show begins at 8 p.m.

Willie Nelson with The Pernikoff Brothers The Pageant There will be a $2 minor surcharge at the door

THEATER Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15 Times vary by day, complete schedule is available online A Titanic Centennial Weekend: “Last Dinner on the Titanic” Sponsored by the Fox and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission

MOVIES Friday, April 13 & Saturday, April 14 Midnight Tivoli Midnight Movies: “Spaceballs” and “Battle Royale” The Tivoli Theatre Tickets are $8

OTHER Thursday, April 12 9:15 to 10 p.m.

The Billiken Series of Pop Culture Blast Thru The Past: ‘70s The Billiken Club Trivia from “The Brady Bunch,” “That 70s Show,” and more Saturday, April 14 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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This upcoming weekend will be a historic one: It’s the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.

To commemorate the historical event, The Fabulous Fox Theatre and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission are presenting “A Titanic Centennial Weekend.”

The itinerary comprises three events that will thrust the attendees back to the time the Titanic sailed, during the Edwardian era.

On Friday, April 13, guests will attend a champagne reception with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Bixby’s Restaurant, located inside the Missouri History Museum.

The museum will display an exhibit of Titanic-related artifacts and will offer a viewing of the film “A Night to Remember.”

This 1958 film provides a straightforward, stark examination of the sinking of the Titanic, sans fictional subplots and love triangles. The film viewing costs $10, but a $50 ticket will grant admission to the reception as well as the film viewing.

The main event will take place on Saturday, April 14, in the form of a recreation of “The Last Dinner on the Titanic” at The Fabulous Fox Theatre. Attendees are encouraged to dress in the style of the periods. For men, a waistcoat and necktie will suffice — for women, a large hat and corset are “fitting.”

Guests arriving at the theater will receive a boarding pass and an envelope with the name and historical biography of an actual First Class passenger. Then, they will be greeted by cocktails and hors d’oeuvres typical of the Edwardian era in the theater’s Grand Lobby. All the while, musicians will play music popular in 1912.

Moving to the dinner portion of the night, the luxurious 11-course meal will be served on the stage. The First Class menu and other details have been meticulously researched to replicate the 11-course meal and nine accompanying wines served a century ago.

Between courses, musicians will entertain guests with music played on the ship that night. According to a media release, “Guests will be able to view images of the

ship and its passengers and hear stories told by the Titanic’s most notable luminaries about the ship, their personal remembrances, and its courageous passengers and crew.”

John Jacob Astor, the “unsinkable” Molly Brown, Benjamin Guggenheim, Captain Edward John Smith and Isadore and Ida Strauss are among these passengers.

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Amidst lavish, extravagant affairs such as an 11-course dinner and musical serenades, it is all too easy to become engrossed in the culture of an antiqued era.

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lump sum of $500 per person.

Profits will benefit the Fox Performing Arts Foundation, which, according to the release, “fosters and promotes the performing arts in the St. Louis metropolitan area encouraging audiences of all ages and from all walks of life to discover the joy and won-

der of live performances.”

As the grand finale, on Sunday, April 15, the day of the disastrous sinking, a champagne brunch will be held at the Piper Palm House.

Though the house has been completely renovated, it retains the title of the oldest standing greenhouse west of the Mississippi River.

Located in Tower Grove Park, the exotic plants, coupled with the architectural design — high ceilings and large windows — will resemble the Titanic’s Veranda Café.

Like Saturday’s dinner experience, the champagne brunch served on Sunday will also recreate a First Class menu served on the RMS Titanic.

For brunch, the delectable menu includes smoked salmon, lamb chops, sirloin steak, haddock and desserts, among other foods.

This event costs $45.

The Fox Theatre and the Convention and Visitors Commission have made great efforts to draw guests from outside of St. Louis to visit the city for the commemorative weekend.

Lodging at the 1920s-style The Cheshire, lodging and

transportation to and from each event makes visiting the city an easy and convenient reality.

The story of the RMS Titanic would not be a household name if it were not for James Cameron’s 1997 film, “Titanic.” Upon release, “Titanic” captivated audiences in America and abroad, winning 11 Oscars in 1998, including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Effects and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.

Amidst lavish, extravagant affairs such as an 11-course dinner and musical serenades, it is all too easy to become engrossed in the culture of an antiqued era. Usually, this would be considered materialistic or excessive.

But when it comes to the RMS Titanic, celebrating the ship’s legacy and remembering April 15, 1912, when more than 1,500 people lost their lives, acknowledging the ship’s wealth and the paradox of the sinking of an “unsinkable ship,” such accommodations should be both acceptable and encouraged.

For more information on “A Titanic Centennial Weekend” events, or to purchase tickets, visit fabulousfox.com.

‘Ship of dreams’: Award-winner makes 3-D debut For the centennial celebration of the voyage of the RMS Titanic, James Cameron’s h e a r t swelling Film Review masterp i e c e , originally released in 1997, was re-released in select theaters — this time Gina Cassaro in 3-D. “T itanic” is remembered for many things — the sentimental romance between Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet), the lengthy runtime of more than three hours and the tear-jerking dialogue in the final scenes as Jack and Rose wait for the rescue boats to return for them. But the powerful images of the lavish, legendary boat plummeting to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean within hours as its passengers fight for survival are surely aspects of the film that cannot be easily forgotten.

It seems undeniable that Cameron relies a great deal on spectacle to tell the story of “Titanic.” So the question becomes: Is that spectacle better in 3-D? Digitally retouched and then enhanced with 3-D technology, “Titanic” — years after the original became the second-highest grossing movie of all time — was re-

released in IMAX and Real D 3-D theaters on Friday, April 6. “Titanic” is not being offered in theaters with an option for a 2-D viewing at regular ticket price. Therefore, viewers must cough up the extra change for a 3D ticket in order to see the film, but to some, it may not be worth the steep ticket prices.

Seeing “Titanic” in its newest form is a truly chilling experience; however, possibly, credit for this need not be given to the 3-D technology. As a college student born in 1989, I was just 8 years old when “Titanic” was first released, and, because it is not much of a children’s movie, I did not have the privilege of viewing the film in theaters.

Years later, it is truly a gift to be given a second opportunity to watch the film on the colossal screens in the cinema. The story does not hit home quite as much when told from a 19-inch Toshiba.

With the entrancing background music by Celine Dion and the soft sound of ocean waves filling the theater, it is difficult not to get completely sucked into the world of the RMS Titanic and the love affair between Jack and Rose.

Audiences see these memorable characters with much more clarity, with even the actors’ pores and stray hairs visible. It is almost impossible to leave this world even for a second with distractions from a talking neighbor, the beep-

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star in James Cameron’s 1997 masterpiece “Titanic,” re-released April 6. ing of a cell phone, or to get lost in thoughts of an impending to-do list.

The film is totally encompassing and completely entrancing, offering the full effect of what audiences expect.

However, more often than not, it was difficult to find the 3-D aspects of the film.

There were segments, chiefly the shots with a great deal of depth, that definitely stood out as 3-D, and the effect was an amazing addition to a previously blasé spectacle.

The opening scene is filled with people loading onto the RMS Titanic for departure; lice inspections are being carried out, and we are first introduced to Rose and her family.

Cameron did a fabulous job at capturing the attention of the audience right away, because this scene is very captivating with a third dimension, thanks to the depth of the crowd shots.

Sure, the film looked fabulously re-touched, but 3-D? Not so much. “Titanic” is definitely worth seeing, especially for those, like myself, who may have been too young to catch the original viewing in theaters.

Don’t let the ship sail again before experiencing the story of the RMS Titanic in theaters because the story has never been so powerfu l — whether to the credit of the 3-D technology or not.

Courtesy of titanicmovie.com

Titanic

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THE GOOD

Striking digital enhancements, much better than the original.

THE BAD

Ticket prices for IMAX and Real D 3-D tickets.

No 2-D cheaper option.

THE VERDICT

A chilling, touching and very expensive story.

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Karmin to headline SAB Spring Fest Free giveaways, life-size Angry Birds complete event schedule

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Hidden Treasures

By CASSIE ROHLIK and LINDSAY NOESEN Columnists

The historic Soulard neighborhood is home to many treasures, most of which are considered “hot spots” for those who are 21 and over. Recently, we found a treasure that persons of any age can enjoy — lucky you!

The place? Blues City Deli.

First opening its doors in 2004, this delicious deli has become well known around Soulard. The sandwich shop is nuzzled in a residential area without any other businesses around. And just because the store is disguised by houses does not mean you will have to search very hard to find it.

The line of excited and hungry customers, which often times is so long it goes out the door and down the block, will be the telltale sign that you are in the right spot. The doors open at 11 a.m., but oftentimes the line will start around 10:30 a.m.

While waiting in line, let your eyes wander. The walls are full of photographs and artifacts of local and big name musicians. See if you can find Charley Patton, Eric Clapton or BB King! Blues City was sure to incorporate another important aspect of St. Louis culture: Blues hockey.

Photos of players and games are dispersed throughout the restaurant, with my favorite artifact in the bathroom, of all places.

This photo is of the first Blues hockey game played in St. Louis against the Minnesota North Stars (yeah Texas, NORTH Stars).

The arrangement of chairs inside encourages people to sit down next to strangers and potentially walk away with a new group of friends.

Vinnie, the owner, has tried hard to make BCD a community, from seating to his “thank ya, baby” spoken to each customer after placing an order.

If you happen to drop by Blues City Deli on a Thursday or Saturday night, you will have the pleasure of listening to local bands serenade you while you wait in line and dine on delicious deli sandwiches. Musicians normally start at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and 1 p.m. on Saturdays.

If you are looking for a quieter place to relax and enjoy the company of a friend, grab a seat outside.

The sleepy neighborhood around Blues City Deli will be a great backdrop for a night of good conversation and quality time.

Though the photographs and live music are important contributing factors to this unique deli, their famous “Po’ Boy” sandwiches steal the show. Almost any combination of deli meat — brought over from the Hill!

— vegetables and cheese can be loaded into the hoagie-style bun.

Feel free to get your creative juices flowing when you step up to the front of the line.

If you do not feel like making any important life decisions, i.e., what you want on your sandwich, then choose one of the suggestions on the board — after all, there are more than 20 different options!

Sandwiches that resemble the classic pulled pork, French dip or Reuben are all possibilities, but keep in mind these are no ordinary sandwiches.

If that doesn’t get your mouth watering, try one of their “1904 World’s Fair Chili Dogs” topped with a secret chili recipe, cheese and onions. Even you hot dog snobs from Chicago will have little to complain about after this hot dog tantalizes your taste buds.

Blues Cities’ fresh ingredients and comfortable atmosphere make this a deli a MUST before you head home for the summer.

Jamfest concert to raise money for Karen House

By ZENITA THOMAS Staff Writer

On Saturday, April 14, the Micah Program and the Doerr Center for Social Justice Education and Research will co-sponsor the Jamfest Benefit Concert for Karen House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality.

This fundraising event is an opportunity to raise money for a shelter in North City that provides a safe haven for women and children in need.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from the concert will go to Karen House.

“SLU has had a long history with Karen House,” said Sheila Donnelly, a senior Micah and social work practicum student at the Doerr Center. “We want to continue to maintain this relationship.”

The Doerr Center decided to co-sponsor this event with the Micah Program in an effort to advocate social justice within the St. Louis community, and to explore the social issues of economic justice, poverty and racial justice and cultural diversity. In addition, the Doerr Center hopes to educate SLU students about the field of social work, and to emphasize the reward of giving back to the community.

During their time at SLU, many members of the Micah Program have volunteered at Karen House and provided tutoring and childcare services.

“This is my first main project as a Micah Intern,” said Adrienne Edson, a senior Micah. “It is exciting to be a part of the head team for this benefit concert because it is a worthy cause.”

Edson and Donnelly said that they are in the process of finalizing the plans for the Jamfest Benefit Concert.

“As the event planners for this event, we wanted to help promote reputable local bands in the process of fundraising,” Edson said. “The biggest draw for this event is the music, as well as the en-

joyment and participation in the fundraiser.”

Edson hopes that Jamfest will appeal to broad audience.

“I have noticed that our previous fundraising events largely attract the Micah population, so we want local bands to perform in order to bring in people who are not even SLU students, like St. Louis community members,” Edson said.

Entertainment will include three bands: Trotting Bear, Fire Kite and Vintage Years.

Trotting Bear, a folk-band from St. Louis, has played in local shows at Off Broadway and Cicero’s. Trotting Bear’s acoustic sound and soft melodies highlight a classic folk influence.

Fire Kite, a local St. Louis band, is a three-member group that is connected to Karen House. Like Vintage Years, Fire Kite has an upbeat sound.

Vintage Years is the headliner for the concert. Vintage Years, a group of six members, is growing in popularity on 88.1 KDHX. This band has an upbeat, high-energy sound which ranges from genres of pop, alternative indie rock, soul and Motown music.

“We prefer local bands that have a social justice theme in their music to correlate with this event,” Edson said.

The collaboration of the Micah Program and the Doerr Center allows these organizations to work together to achieve a common goal — promoting social justice.

“Our vision for the Jamfest Benefit Concert is that we will have a great concert where people would enjoy each other’s company in a fun and relaxing environment,” Donnelly said.

The Jamfest Benefit Concert will take place on Saturday, April 14 from 7 to 10 p.m.

In lieu of an admission fee, there is a suggested donation of $5. This event will be held at The Billiken Club in the Busch Student Center.

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The University’s first-ever Spring Festival is scheduled for Friday, April 13, and boasts a plethora of activities and events in the quad and on Griesedieck parking lot.

The Student Activities Board has made many alterations to what was formerly the Spring Fever concert, most notably by adopting a different name and focusing the event into a single day rather than a weeklong event.

The new name -– bearing resemblance to St. Louis’ summer event, LouFest -– is the result of an open call on SLUConnection for students to send in suggestions for the festival’s name.

The decision to have Spring Fest all in one day is intended to allow more of the student body get involved and enjoy all that the festival has to offer.

“With Spring Fever, not everyone could always make it to every event we sponsored throughout the week,” said SAB Vice President of Public Relations Eddie Stephens.

“Now that everything is going on all at once on a Friday afternoon, students will be able to take full advantage of what SAB has put together for them.”

Spring Fest will run from 3 to 10 p.m. and be featured entirely outdoors. Chartered Student Organizations will have booths set up throughout the quad with games, food and other activities.

“It will really be a good representation of the entire SLU Courtesy of Complex Management Group / Epic Records community and everything we as a student body have to Karmin, a two-piece pop band, will headline Student Activities Board’s Spring Fest on Friday, April 13. Karmin will be joined by Super Mash Bros. and Gregory and the Gargoyles. offer,” Stephens said.

Amongst the games and activities available for student most of the day, and there will piece, will also be headlining. CSOs with various focuses enjoyment will be a life-sized also be some “fun giveaways,” Gregory and the Gargoyles, a and interests, with the intenSt. Louis cover band, will also tion of properly representing Angry Birds setup, complete according to Thieben.

There will also be music in be playing earlier in the after- the interests of as many SLU with a giant slingshot and a students as possible. Thieben blown-up Angry Birds roost- the Griesedieck parking lot. noon.

Entrance is free for students This set-up is a departure described the board as “a reer.

“I think people will really with an ID and $5 for anyone from last year’s performance ally diverse group of people.”

by Motion City Soundtrack The board talked about enjoy chilling out in the quad,” else hoping to attend.

Head- and Cartel, held in Chaifetz possible acts and then came SAB Presil i n i n g Arena. Performances were to a consensus and put the dent Christie will be moved outside with the inten- lineup together. In between Thieben said.

Karmin, tion of providing a different musical acts, student perforIn addition ris- atmosphere for the festival, mances will be held on a secto the activities It will really be a good a ing two- making it feel less like “just ond stage. in the quad, Scheduled to appear are Billiken Din- representation of the p i e c e another concert.”

The music promises to be Bare Naked Statues, Being Services entire SLU community pop band recently very dance-oriented and en- yond All Reason and Xquiwill be hosting a meal swipe and ever ything we as a featured joyable to a large amount of zit. Thieben is excited to have on Sat- students, which reportedly SLU students perform alongnight in the student body have to u r d a y was SAB’s intention. side the major bands. quad from 4:30 offer.

Night The lineup is focused on “I’m sure I’ll have a really to 7 p.m.

L i v e . bands that will play songs that great time,” said Mike Mc“Students K a r m i n students probably already Fadden, a junior in the Parks will receive -Eddie Stephens o f t e n know, but in a different and College of Engineering, Avia[a specific] amount of tokens for a swipe, covers songs, but also has perhaps more party-inclined tion & Technology.

More information about and you use that on food,” original songs they will likely way. play.

“It’s very fun. People can’t Spring Fest can be found on Thieben said.

Super Mash Bros., the say that it’s not their type of the SAB website, sab.slu.edu, The food is reported to be ballpark-themed, and other popular duo known for their music,” Thieben said of Super and the SAB Twitter account, @SLUSAB. A Facebook event CSOs will have food available “mash-ups,” taking pieces of Mash Bros.

The musical acts were cho- page has also been created for purchase. KSLU will be various songs and combinplaying music in the quad for ing them into one coherent sen by a board comprising and is available online.

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The high school gang is back for a ‘Reunion’ The Stifmaster is back, along with the rest of the gang as “American Reunion” hits the big screen Film Review for the fourth installment in the nowclassic series.

Ever ybody’s b a c k for one Richard Pugh last high school “hurrah,” and, knowing this cast of characters, there will certainly be lots of laughs along way.

For those who are not familiar with “American Pie,” the films revolve around five friends: Jim, Oz, Kevin, Finch and Stifler. Perhaps the most iconic figure of the series is Eugene Levy, who plays the father of Jim in all four films, as well as the spin-off series “American Pie Presents.”

In the original movies, the friends were awkward high schoolers, each desperate to lose their virginity before graduation.

Now they have grown up, gotten married and tried to make it in the world. As they all return for their high school reunion, they discover that they might not be as “over” high school as they thought.

This film was designed to appease both die-hard fans and those who are just hopping on the wagon. While there are several inside jokes from the previous three films, they only enhanced the film, allowing the first-time viewer

a great moral lesson or high intellectual level, but that isn’t the point.

It is always amazing to see how many people are astonished by the crude nature of films such as “American Pie.” Did these critics not see the trailer? Have they not heard of the other three films?

Obviously this film is not for everyone. It takes full advantage of its “R” rating and promotes many things that aren’t exactly wholesome.

In addition, many people still find the word “poop” funny. Just because these films take advantage of some easy laughs doesn’t mean that they are useless.

There comes a time when everyone needs to unwind a little and just let their mind turn to mush with a simple, funny film like “American Reunion.”

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Jason Biggs (center) and Seann William Scott (far right) reunite in the fourth film in the “American Pie” series. to keep up and understand why “American Pie” has been so popular.

Considering that this is the fourth film in the series, it would be easy to assume that it would be a cheap gimmick for laughs. Thankfully, that is not the case, as the film had some very creative moments and did not rely on as many crude jokes as the past films

have. Yet, the series continues to rely on sexuality as the basis of its humor and is not the most mature of films.

Many critics will be quick to pen “American Reunion” as merely several lines of crude jokes about breasts, drinking and sex. They might dismiss this film as an abomination.

True, this film is not a masterpiece and does not have

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THE GOOD

Eugene Levy steals the show, like he always does.

THE BAD

Immature, uncreative at times and has been done before.

THE VERDICT

Rowdy, raunchy and just downright ridiculous.

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Billikens struggle after 13-game winning streak

NCAA Sports Forum

Team has lost five out of last seven games, including sweep by St. Joseph’s

Sophomore Grace Bonoma (volleyball), sophomore Christian Briggs (men’s soccer), and sophomore Naya Owusu (women’s track and field) have been selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA National Career in Sports Forum on June 7-10 in Indianapolis. The three Billikens will be given the opportunity to gain exposure to athletic careers such as coaching, administration and sports entertainment.

Holdmeyer’s Week Senior track and field star Brian Holdmeyer was named the Atlantic 10 Conference coPerformer of the Week by the league office last Monday, April 2. Holdmeyer broke the school record in the 10,000-meter run at Washington University’s Invitational March 30-31. His time of 30:27.29 is not only the best in school history, but also in the A-10 this year.

BILLIKEN SCOREBOARD

Men’s Baseball

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vs. Saint Joseph’s

By ALEXANDER KOZICH Staff Writer

Coming off a series win over the Dayton Flyers, the Billiken baseball team took on the Saint Joseph’s Hawks over the Easter Holiday for a three game set on Thursday, April 5, Friday, April 6, and Saturday, April 7.

All three games resulted in a loss for the Billikens and dropped their season record to 21-10 with a pedestrian 5-4 in A-10 Conference play.

After a great start to the season, including an incredible 13-game win streak, the Billikens have seemed to cool off a bit.

In the first game of the series, the Billikens fell 3-2 in a 13-inning affair highlighted by a wild pitch by SLU pitcher Nick Bates, which allowed St. Joseph pinch runner Tim Craig to score the winning run for the Hawks in the top of the thirteenth.

The Billikens had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the inning but Matt Adomowicz was thrown out at home plate trying to score from first on a double by C.J. Rose.

Alex Alemann started for the Billikens and threw a quality 6.1 innings giving up two runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking none before turning the ball over to the bullpen.

James Norwood threw 2.2 innings in relief for the Billikens allowing one run on one hit.

The Billikens also used Travis Parker who gave them 3.2 innings of shutout baseball with five strikeouts.

In the second game of the series the Billikens put themselves into a hole early giving up 3 runs in the first and added one each in the fifth and sixth to make it 5-0 before the Billikens could even get on the board.

The Billikens were able to get two runs back in the bottom of the seventh, however. The ninth inning was one of drama as the Billikens attempted to mount a comeback that ultimately fell short.

Grant Nelson started the inning for the Billikens with a single to center field.

Jerry Mancuso then moved him to second on a ground out. Following a single by Senior Conner Gandossy that scored Nelson, C.J. Rose drew a walk to put runners on the corners for Junior Mike Levine.

Levine cracked the second pitch he saw but the Hawks

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3-2

@ Dayton

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2-3

@ Dayton

The Billikens let their emotions show during a pitching change on Saturday, April 7 against St. Joseph’s. After a strong start to the season, the Bills have lost five out of their last seven games and fell to 21-10 overall this season. center fielder was able to make the grab with his back to the wall to squash the comeback attempt and end the game.

In the finale of the series the Billikens were blasted by the Hawks 10-4 on the back of an 8-run fourth inning that saw the Billikens use four pitchers to try and stop the Hawks assault.

The Hawks added their final two runs in the sev-

Staff Writer

After four years of digging, the men’s club volleyball team paved their way into the competition at the 2012 NCVF Volleyball National Championships in Kansas City, Mo. The team, which was ranked No. 4 in the nation for Division II, competed against 48 other schools across the nation.

The club volleyball team advanced to the national semifinals, ultimately losing to the Air Force Academy in the national semifinals.

“It has definitely been a season of ups and downs

for us. We started off very strong, then we were plagued by injuries and some sicknesses. Thankfully we came together and finished third in the country to wrap up club volleyball for seven of us,” senior Patrick Siebert said.

The team had an extremely successful season, as they won three major volleyball tournaments. In October 2011, the team defeated Truman State to claim the ShowMe Invitational Championship.

The Bills won in two sets, 28-26 and 25-21. The team then claimed another championship in November as the team won the 5th Annual Bil-

strong position going into the national championship.

The team went 5-1 in pool play, losing only their first match to Emory University.

However, they won five straight matches defeating teams like Bucknell, SUNYCortland, Stevens Tech, UWPlatteville and Ohio Northern.

After this record in pool play, SLU advanced to the gold bracket. The team faced UW-Eau Claire and defeated them in two sets.

SLU then went on to face Sonoma State and defeated them two sets to one set. After defeating Sonoma State, SLU advanced to the national

semifinals.

In the national semifinals, SLU was defeated by Air Force Academy, two sets to one set. The club volleyball ended their season No. 3 in the nation.

The club volleyball team has had an extremely successful season with the success in tournament and on a national stage.

“It has really been an amazing ride for this team,” Collins said.

While this season came up short of winning a national championship in Division II, it speaks to the quality of our club athletics programs at SLU.

Bills take two against St. Bonnies, split Dayton

6-1

By JOSEPH CACCHIONE Sports Editor

@ Dayton Women’s Tennis

3-4 @ Xavier

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liken Classic.

They defeated Nebraska in the finals in two sets, 25-22 and 25-19.

Finally, just before the national championship, the Billikens claimed their third tournament title as they won the Midwest Plains Volleyball Conference Champions for the second straight year defeating Missouri S & T in finals.

Seven seniors lead this year’s club volleyball team.

The team had five all-conference players and the conference MVP. Tommy Devitt and Siebert took 2nd Team All-National Honors. The team was in a

Softball wins three out of four games

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“Our team needs to revert back to playing the way we know how to play. We need to come out with a lot of energy and competitiveness like we had during our winning streak,” added Nelson.

The Billikens will try to do just that on Wednesday, April 11 when they will travel to SIUE for one game to Xavier to open a three game set starting on Friday April 13 and continuing on to April 15.

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threw seven shutout innings, striking out eight while not allowing a walk. In total the Billikens used seven pitchers in the game.

Nelson was the main spotlight for the Billikens, going 5-11 in the series due to his new approach at the plate.

“I was more aggressive early in the count and I did not miss the fastballs in the zone that were thrown to me,” said Nelson.

Club volleyball finishes third at national championship

Men’s Tennis

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enth.

The Billikens were only able to break through when Coach Darin Hendrickson sent in the reserve players in the eight.

The Bills were able to tally 4 runs after the change but it wasn’t nearly enough to overcome the deficit.

For the second straight game the Billikens were unable to solve the Hawks starting pitching as Alex Pracher

>>Club Volleyball

By CHARLES BOWLES

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Shah (Yuqing Xia)/ Senior Staff Photographer

7-0 Courtesy of Billiken Media Relations

@ Dayton

Kelcie Matesa pitches her way to victory against St. Bonaventure with five strong innings.

The Billikens (17-19, 4-4 A-10) snapped a two-game losing streak with a sweep over St. Bonaventure, and then split a double header against Dayton over the Easter break.

SLU took the first game against St. Bonnies 5-1, then won a rain shortened game 4-1 later that evenings.

Against Dayton, the Bills took the first game 3-2, then lost the second game by the same score.

Hannah Huebbe threw seven innings of three-hit softball, giving up just one run and striking out eight bat-

ters, stifling any threat from the Bonnies in the first game.

The Bills scored all of their runs in the fourth inning, with third baseman Rachel Faletto going 2-3 with two RBIs. In game two, Kelcie Matesa also gave up just three hits and one unearned run in her five innings.

Laura Bohning went 2-2 with a double and an RBI and Alyson Brand recorded three hits and an RBI to spark the Billiken’s offense.

In game one against the Flyers, Huebbe took the hill again and continued where she left off, giving up just two runs on five hits in her complete game effort.

Bohning had another big game offensively, hitting a 3-run homerun. Her homerun was one of the Billikens’ two hits.

Matesa pitched effectively in game two, however Dayton’s Alysha Isaacson pitched a just a little better. Matesa gave threw 6.1 innings of five-hit softball, giving up 3 runs (two of them unearned).

Faletto recorded the Billiken’s two RBIs with her 2-run homer in the sixth inning.

The Bills head to New York two play a two-game series against the Fordham Rams on Friday, April 13 and 14 to continue their Atlantic 10 Conference play.

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>> Soccer

Spring exhibition: Men’s soccer team draws against Creighton

Women drop game, to face two more teams

By CHARLES BOWLES Associate Sports Editor

It might have been April Fool’s Day, but there was no fooling around as the men’s soccer team forced a draw against the previous national semifinalist Creighton, 2-2, at Hermann Stadium.

“Last year, Creighton advanced to the national semifinals and allowed only five goals all season, so this result proves we are heading in the right direction,” Head Coach Mike McGinty said to Saint Louis Athletics.

Creighton jumped out on an early 1-0 lead, which they held going into halftime.

However, the second half was a different story.

In the 60th minute, Jon

Roeckle’s shot deflected off the Bluejays’ defender into the back of the net.

This was Roeckle’s second goal of the spring exhibition season. In the 80th minute, off a Roeckle corner kick, forward Robbie Kristo headed the ball into the net.

SLU had the brief 2-1 lead, but the Bluejays answered a few minutes later to ensure the draw and come out of Hermann Stadium unscathed.

On the women’s side, the Bills played Missouri at Hermann Stadium on April 3. The women’s soccer team under new Head Coach Kat Mertz lost 2-0 against in-state rival Missouri.

The score was tied at 0-0 until the last 15 minutes of the game, when Missouri scored

two goals thanks to the Tigers’ Dominique Richardson and Alyssa Diggs.

“I thought it was a tale of two halves. The first half we were a little bit on our heels.

Mizzou is a great side--always athletic, very skilled. They put us under pressure in the first half,” Mertz said to soccerstl.net.

“Second half, I think we took a breath. We started to connect the pass, and we realized that we could stretch them on the flanks. We had a lot of opportunities created on the flanks, which was nice, and our girls gained some confidence with this game.”

They will play two more games against Washington (Mo.) and Arkansas to complete their spring exhibition.

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Senior Chad Vandegriffe charges with the ball towards the net during the 2011 season. The Bills are playing exhibition games to prepare themselves for the regular season in the fall.

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Tennis team loses against Xavier and dominates against Dayton Billikens prepare for the upcoming Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament against Fordham

By JOSEPH CACCHIONE Sports Editor

Both the men and women’s tennis teams lost a heartbreaking meet against Xavier but won convincingly again Dayton over Easter Break.

The men (7-12) lost to Xavier 6-1 but beat Dayton 6-1. Sophomore Vuk Poledica won the only match for SLU against Xavier after dropping the opening set 6-4, but winning the second set 6-1 and winning the super-tiebreaker to claim the overall victory.

Poledica continued his dominance by winning anoth-

er singles match (6-3, 3-6, 105) against Dayton, and paired up with junior Drew Feder to record a victory (8-2) in doubles play.

“I think doubles played a big part against Dayton,” said Poledica “The [number one] doubles match was quite a thriller but Joe (Flanagan) and Bobby (Kidera) saved a couple of match points and pulled it off. After that we had the momentum, the pressure was on them and we were super confident going into singles.”

“I would contribute our victory to a great week of prac-

tice leading up to the match,” added Feder.

Kidera was the third Billiken to win both a singles and doubles match against Dayton, winning in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

Sophomore Patrick Kella also recorded a victory in the number six singles spot, dropping the first set 3-6, but winning the second 6-4 and the super-tiebreaker 10-7.

The women (11-9) fared slightly better against Xavier, being edged 6-4, but completely dominated Dayton, sweeping them 7-0 and did not lose a set.

Who to

Who to

CHEER

JEER

Cardinals’ Long Ball

Courtesy of Bleacher Report

Early in the season the Cardinals have hit more home runs than any team in baseball. Coming into Thursday, Albert Pujols has exactly as many home runs as me. I worked out twice last week, but that’s still not very impressive.

Bobby Petrino

Junior Mia Elmore and senior Jenny Nalepa won both of their doubles matches, 8-3 against Xavier and 8-2 against Dayton. Elmore continued her success by dominating Dayton’s Claire McNulty 6-2, 6-4.

“We all were very motivated to beat Dayton this weekend, especially after a 4-3 loss against Xavier the night before,” said Elmore.

Sophomore Madeline Jolly was very impressive against Dayton, not losing a game against Georgia Lammers (60, 6-0). These two meets were the last regular season events

for the Billikens and served as the final tune up for the Atlantic 10 tournament this weekend.

The number nine seeded men’s team faces off against the No. 8 seeded Fordham Rams on Friday, April 13 at 8:00am with the winning moving on to play No. 1 seeded Charlotte.

This will be the first meeting this season between these two teams, but Feder and Poledica are prepared for the challenge.

“We are preparing the same as any other weekend match, trying to get the most

out of every practice to get us ready,” said Feder.

“We are all in good shape, all are healthy and we’re all peaking at the right time,” added Poledica.

The women’s team opponent has not been determined yet, but the Billikens are ready for whichever opponent they face.

“We are practicing extra hard both on the court and in the weight room. We are staying on top of our school work, sleep schedule, and nutrition in order to put us in the best position to win,” said a confident Elmore.

Who to

FEAR Courtesy of USA Today

The Arkansas head coach was fired after he crashed his motorcycle while riding it with his 25-year-old mistress. Arkansas bloggers haven’t been this riled up since the state discovered the internet last year.

San Jose Sharks

Courtesy of sharks.nhl.com

The Blues swept the season series against their first round opponent, but you know what they say about playoff hockey, “Anything can happen.” People say that, right?

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