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Volume LXXIV St. Louis University High School, FRiday, APRIL 9, 2010 ISSUE 25 Schmelter hired as new Cashbah Director of Admissions grosses Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Anja Schmelter Matt Bettonville U.S. Cardiovascular Editor in Chief Sales and Market- ith the recent hiring of Anja ing at Medtronic, $560,000 Schmelter as the new Director of Inc., in Minneapolis, Mike Lumetta AWdmissions for next year, a new infra- Minn., according to Core Staff structure for the St. Louis U. High admis- an e-mail that Prin- ashbah 2010, held on March 21, sions office is in place. However, aside cipal John Moran grossed $560,000 for St. Louis U. from the addition of new insights from sent to the faculty on HighC with a net profit of approximately Schmelter’s marketing background, the March 22 announc- $460,000. SLUH parents, teachers, alum- admissions process will largely remain the ing Schmelter’s hir- ni, and benefactors enjoyed the night, same as in past years. ing. which had the theme “Welcome Aboard: Raised in Puerto Rico and holding a Moran said that Anja Schmelter Cashbah 2010,” and contributed to the degree from the University of Notre Dame expanding the admissions team has “been a school’s scholarship fund. and a Master’s of Buisness Administration goal for a year and a half now.” Moran said Seven hundred fifty guests attended the from the University of Chicago, Schmelter he was surprised to find current Director of annual auction, organized by co-chairs Barb worked mainly in marketing until her move Admissions Craig Hannick managing the Bettonville and Claire Jablonski. According to St. Louis, most notably as Director of see ADMISSIONS, 15 to Bettonville, the attendance fell by about 75 people from last year, but the smaller crowd made the nautically decorated Commons feel Two Backer Awards given “a little bit more spacious.” Eric Lewis PHOTO COURTESY OF RAVETTA PHOTOGRAPHY and it recognizes alumni that fulfill Bettonville said, “Everybody was there Core Staff the ideal outlined by the Profile of to have a good time and to support SLUH, t. Louis U. High the Graduate at Graduation. and everybody seemed very enthusiastic President David In his introduction of Barnidge about it.” LaughlinS announced and Fleming, Laughlin said, “The the benefactors socialized in the Danis two Backer Award award is presented to those that Lobby and in the lavishly decorated Student recipients, Robert embody, in outstanding fashion, Commons, where nautical signal flags hung Barnidge, ’58, and the mission of our school, derived from the ceiling, and a sail stood behind the David Fleming, S.J., from the Jesuit ideal that a man is a auctioneer on the stage. ’52, during the senior free son of God who develops and Three hundred fifty volunteers also class Mass on Fri- utilizes his talents so that he has worked the night of the auction. The vol- day, March 19. Both more to give others, and does it all unteers were divided into 44 committees, recipients addressed for the greater glory of God.” ranging from the oral auction to decorations the senior class after- Laughlin, with the aid of Alumni to painted treasures committees. ward. Board President Robert Funke, “From my standpoint it just seemed like t h e B a c k e r Chair of the Board of Trustees everything was very smooth, just like it has Award, named in honor Tom Keeline, and Jesuit Superior been in the past,” said Bettonville. Robert Barnidge and David Fleming of George and Anna S.J. pose with their Backer Awards. Carl Heumann, S.J., chose the two “It was very well organized,” said Presi- Backer, who funded the recipients. The criteria for Backer dent David Laughlin. construction of SLUH’s current campus, is Award nominees include “service to their Corporate sponsorship increased 18 per- the highest honor SLUH offers an alumnus, see BACKER, 12 see CASHBAH, 11 April 9, 2010 2 Volume 74, Issue 25 News SLUH students build hous- Chill Room es in Reynosa, Mexico Ben Kim “(Mission: Mexico) has the excitement set to move News Editor of any spring break trip, but it has a personal, Drew Dziedzic group of 20 adults and 51 St. Louis spiritual, human connection that you prob- Staff A U. High students, along with students ably can’t find in your typical vacation,” t. Louis U. High’s Administration has from Cor Jesu, St. Joseph’s, and DeSmet, said senior Core Team co-leader Kevin converted the former Coaches’ Com- traveled to Reynosa, Mexico over spring S PHOTO COUMRTESueller.Y OF james fister mons, which is below the Robinson Li- break for Before leaving the United brary, into a Student Lounge. This new the annual States, the volunteers were split Student Lounge will eventually replace “Mission: into five groups of 14—ten the popular Chill Room, currently located M e x i c o ” students and four adults—to in the Jesuit wing. And whereas the Chill s e r v i c e build each house. SLUH built Room sheltered only seniors, the Student project. De- its houses around a brickyard in Lounge will be open to all classes. spite the the colonia. When not building “We are trying to explore other areas risk of Mex- during the day, the volunteers for students to hang out. With the closing ico’s violent interacted with the Mexican of the STUCO room and (the fact) that the drug cartels, families and played with the Chill Room is cramped, it seemed as (if) the group children. the students wanted a better place,” said managed to The purple team stands outside its completed house The construction process Assistant Principal for Student Affairs Brock build five with its new owners. was divided over four days. In Kesterson. houses for the poor in Reynosa’s colonia, order to build the houses, the workers leveled Kesterson also mentioned that the due to the city’s slum. the ground and placed cinder block bases for the small size of the Chill Room, it became see BUENO, 12 overheated and a fire hazard, which will not be an issue in the much larger Student Lounge. Juniors travel to Nanjing also, according to Chill Room modera- Matt Cooley PHOTO COURTESY OF TED WIGHT tor Michael Marchlewski, S.J., the students Reporter in the Chill Room were bothering the classes hile many students were tak- in the J-wing, especially during the NCAA ing exams and enjoying spring Tournament. break,W four juniors were experiencing “I’m happy to relieve these teachers life on the other side of the globe. Alex (in the J-wing),” said Marchlewski, who Childs, Jon Conley, Dan Raterman, and promises to still visit the new Student Lounge Ted Wight left for Nanjing, China on often. “And (the Student Lounge) will be March 20 and returned last Saturday. very spacious. It will be a lot more open. St. Louis U. High’s exchange program Much more accommodating.” with Nanjing Foreign Language School But current seniors have no reason to (NFLS) began in 1997, when two Chinese worry; the Chill Room will not close im- students spent the second semester at mediately. SLUH juniors Alex Childs, Jon Conley, Dan Raterman, and “The Chill Room will stay as is until the SLUH. The program has since expanded Ted Wight with their hosts. to accommodate four Chinese students next plane, only to have it sit on the runway (current) seniors are not here any longer,” annually. In 2008, SLUH sent its first group for another hour and a half before taking off promised Kesterson. of students to NFLS over spring break. for the 14.5-hour flight to Shanghai. They Kesterson plans on using the fourth SLUH students in junior and senior Chi- were picked up and driven south to Nanjing, quarter as a transition period, hoping to open nese classes with good grades and an interest arriving there at 11 p.m. Sunday. the new Student Lounge soon. The lounge in Chinese culture are eligible to make the For the next two weeks, they spent the will primarily serve as an extension of the trip. Each year, Chinese teacher Ching-Ling mornings in class at NFLS. One was a private cafeteria for this school year. It will have Tai distributes $2000 in scholarships among class in which SLUH students determined tables and a flat-screen television, which the four students to help defray the cost of the subject. was donated by the family of senior Ben and airfare. “We learned about anything we wanted. freshman Darrian Castro. The area will be The connecting flight from St. Louis The only catch was that the whole lesson was similar to the old Student Commons, which to Chicago on March 20 was delayed three taught in Chinese,” said Raterman. “I believe is located right next to the Commons. hours. The students scrambled to board the see CHINA, 13 see ICE BOX, 13 April 9, 2010 Opinion Volume 74, Issue 25 3 Le t t e r t o t h e Ed i t o r s Students should consider movies’ morality To the Editors: ing an important rating of their moral and thematic appropriateness Whether it’s a rock concert, a movie, or prime time TV, Ameri- for viewers of all ages, not just kids. can teens love few things more than to be entertained. As Catholic Their five ratings are pretty simple, ranging from “appropri- Christians, we should also recognize our responsibility to carefully ate for all ages” to “adults” to “morally offensive” – this last one scrutinize what we choose to see and hear. representing the bishops’ sternest recommendation against anyone SLUH students are rightly taught that they have a duty to form seeing the movie because too many of its elements support or pro- their conscience and live according to it. That applies not only in mote ideals and values we do not share as Catholics. Such films things like education and business and in our relationships with others. often depict gratuitous amounts of sex and violence. Many carry How we’re entertained is also a matter for our moral discernment. strongly unbalanced or anti-Catholic messages in condoning im- Movies, books, TV shows, video games are not exempt morsels of moral behaviors such as homosexuality, abortion, and sex outside daily living that we can consume without consequence. of marriage. Others glorify attitudes like moral relativism – “if I Notably absent from Michael Blair’s recent comparison of two think it’s OK, it’s OK.” new Hollywood films is any assessment of whether either is good Students at SLUH should know that Shutter Island, one of the or bad or indifferent in its moral character. two movies reviewed by Blair, has received a “morally offensive” Unfortunately, the motion picture industry’s ratings like R, rating by the USCCB. So while the film may achieve critical success, PG-13, etc. reflect mostly secular criteria regarding whether certain while it may be lauded by some as ‘good entertainment,’ discerning content is appropriate viewing – and it’s generally aimed only at Catholics should save their money and put it instead toward the protecting children. While this helps us Christians, it doesn’t go far better – meaning more morally acceptable – choices out there. enough. To read the Bishops’ complete review of Shutter Island, visit Thankfully, there is an extraordinary resource available for usccb.org and look for “News, Reviews, Video.” Then choose “Cur- people who care about evaluating the quality of a movie beyond its rent Movies.” artistic excellence, literary appeal, dramatic or comedic achievements, etc. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops website (usccb.org) Mary Lou Frank offers critical reviews of thousands of Hollywood movies – includ- House of Blue Leaves preview for freshmen Eric Lewis the 1960s through the events of the play. actually learned over my three years doing Core Staff Whitaker said of the play, “It’s a so- theater here at SLUH.” he St. Louis U. High Dauphin Players phisticated piece if you’re not used to seeing Kickham also said, “Maybe it will even will run a dress rehearsal preview of theater at all.” spark some interest and some of those kids TheT House of Blue Leaves at 12:45 p.m. In order to make the play more easily ac- will be encouraged to try out for shows as next Thursday in the Joseph Schulte The- cessible, Whitaker will speak on Wednesday well, because I didn’t know anything about ater for freshmen currently taking Fine to each of the classes attending the preview theater when I got involved, and I learned Arts Survey. The cast and director Kath- to introduce them to the play and provide his- so much. Maybe this can be the beginning ryn Whitaker will hold a question and an- torical background, including explanations of their learning experience.” swer session with the freshmen after the of allusions to contemporary figures such as Sophomore Ben Luczak, who plays the performance. Trigger or Kate Smith and the implications Little Nun in this production, agreed that the “This is the first time that we have done of Pope Paul VI’s visit. question and answer session will be help- this with the freshmen,” said Whitaker. “Many (freshmen) have never been ful. “Normally we take them to the Repertory to the theater before, or perhaps have only “I would tell the freshman to not be Theatre, but because of scheduling we were seen musical theater,” said Whitaker. “So to scared,” said Luczak. “Some people think, unable to, so we thought we could try doing see a dark comedy, particularly one that has ‘Well, I don’t have any talent,’ but you this: letting them see a final preview” of a social satire and all sorts of other things, I probably do, and you just don’t know it. SLUH play. felt I needed to contextualize things.” Mrs. Whitaker and probably (fellow SLUH The House of Blue Leaves is a social “It think it’s going to be interesting to director Joe) Schulte will find your talent and satire set in an apartment in Sunnyside, hear the questions that (the freshmen) do then you can be a good actor and be part of Queens, on the day of Pope Paul VI’s actual have to ask,” said senior Kevin Kickham, a show.” historical visit to New York City on October who plays the Head Nun in his final show The play premieres on Friday, April 16 at 4, 1965. The play observes the state of life of at SLUH. “Because I’m sure they’re a lot 7:30 p.m., and tickets are currently available a resident of that apartment, Artie Shaugh- of the questions I might have asked before for $5 at the box office outside the theater. nessy, played by senior Andrew Kresyman, I got involved in theater at SLUH, so I think and comments on American society during it will be interesting to see how much I’ve April 9, 2010 4 Volume 74, Issue 25 News Rick hired as Vice President Sophomores of Advancement participate in Patrick O’Leary parents, and other benefactors, is definitely Core Staff already present but that it could be greater. chemistry PHOTO BY NICK FANDOS hile the Advancement according to Rick, his Department staff has main roles will be fundrais- competition operatedW the department for ing and resource genera- tion. However, he especially Nate Heagney the past three years, there Staff was a perceived need for a stressed that the constituency development leader. John supports the school not just ix St. Louis U. High sophomores com- Rick, ’59, will assume the financially, but morally as Speted in the St. Louis Chapter of the position of Vice President well. He used Cashbah as an American Chemical Society (ACS) 2010 of Advancement, vacated by example, saying that Cashbah High School Chemistry Test. The test was Thom Digman in 2007. is not just about money, but split up into two days with one student according to Rick, as the is also about all of the people taking it on Friday, March 12 and the rest Vice President for Advance- who donate items and their on Saturday March 13. ment, he is responsible for time to help make Cashbah the students made their mark, bringing “overseeing and trying to lead a success. home a fifth place and two honorable men- the advancement of the school rick wants St. Louis U. tion awards. The participants were Christian in terms of building relation- High to have the resources to Probst, Christian Lukas, Matt Cooley, Sam be able to be the best prepara- Erlinger, Pieter Derdeyn, and Matt Neyer, ships with the high school’s Vice President of Advancement constituency.” He stressed John Rick tory school in the nation. He who were chosen for their excellent per- that the constituency, made up of alumni, see ADVANCE , 13 formance in their Accelerated Chemistry course. One hundred students from various Climbing Club ventures to high schools participated in the test, which contained questions ranging from basic vocabulary to stoichiometric calculations. the Buffalo River Valley The test is held every year in St. Louis Conor Gearin The group experienced weather troubles along with its counterpart, the AP Chemis- Core Staff the first day out, ending their first climbing try test, which is generally for high school ight St. Louis U. High students trav- excursion. After sighting ominous clouds seniors. However, SLUH had not competed eled on a joint venture with the Climb- while climbing Saturday evening, the group in the competition in recent years. ingE Club and Science Club over spring decided to pitch camp before the rain ar- The test contained 100 multiple choice break to the Buffalo River Valley of Ar- rived. questions. While the average score overall kansas. Four adults led them—Climbing “Right as we were setting up our tents, was only a 47, five of the six SLUH students Club moderator Dan See, Science Club it started to rain really hard. And then hail scored at least a 60. Cooley won fifth place, moderator Steve Kuensting, technology came,” said See. “It was pretty rough.” See while Neyer and Lukas finished in the top adviser Jon Dickmann, and Dan Szat- also said that a small creek beside the camp 15, garnering honorable mention. kowski, father of sophomore Joe. had begun to rise rapidly. Several other SLUH students achieved Arriving on Saturday, March 27 at the “Before we had even set up camp, our scores worthy of honorable mention, but Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, a camping and tents were all completely soaked,” said junior because of a tiebreaker question, they didn’t rock climbing facility, the group climbed Dan L’Ecuyer. He explained that the site receive the honor. and explored the area until the return trip was a bad campsite to begin with because Cooley, who said he was surprised when Monday morning. livestock from the ranch had littered the area he found out he had won fifth, said of the the Horseshoe Canyon Ranch was an with scat. test questions, “They weren’t too bad. There attractive climbing destination with over 300 The group opted to stay the night in were normal chemistry questions until about established climbs. a motel in Harrison, Ark., to dry out. The (the 60th question). After that I didn’t know “The ratings go from very easy to the group was refunded for its camping fees for (what) they were talking about so I just had hardest stuff you can possibly imagine in that night. to make an educated guess.” the world,” said See. “A lot of world-class The next day, the group decided to go Neyer agreed. He said, “I was kind of climbers have been going to this area to solve for a hike in Lost Valley State Park before surprised (to receive honorable mention) some of the more difficult problems.” see ROPES, 15 see SLOW STEP, 13 April 9, 2010 Sports Volume 74, Issue 25 5 Volleybills begin unbeaten, upset DeSmet Andrew Salamone the Jr. Bills coasted through their next been killing teams with our serve. We have Reporter two games with convincing wins against both been really solid all-around,” said senior he St. Louis U. High volleyball team Zumwalt South and Pattonville. In each of captain Travis Meyer. these games, SLUH’s attack was relentless, The Becvarbills traveled to Parkway started off its season with six wins, Photo by Mr. Matt Sciuto beatingT Mehlville, Chaminade, Zumwalt never even West Monday looking South, Pattonville, Parkway West, and giving the to extend their unde- nationally-ranked DeSmet. opponent feated record. But a win On March 23, the Volleybills began their a chance did not come as easily hunt for a State title against an overmatched to set up as expected. Although Mehlville team. It was all Jr. Bills as they any kind of the Jr. Bills dominated won the match in two games, 25-11 and offense. the first game by a score 25-19. Senior outside hitter Scot Metzger “ W e of 25-17, they had to led the balanced offensive attack of SLUH were able make a comeback in the with 11 kills. to spread second game to over- t h e n e x t d a y , t h e the ball come the Longhorns, I’mCuCuForCurcuruBills opened up Metro a r o u n d 26-24. Catholic Conference play against a scrappy a lot, so Despite the slight Chaminade team looking to pull off an upset. we were scare in the second But as expected, SLUH turned out to be too constantly game, the Volleybills much for them to handle, winning both games k e e p i n g Senior Kenny Seibert (left) lobs a point over the Spartan frontline. felt confident going into 25-19. Junior Zak Robben helped spread the teams guess- their game against rival ball around, recording 19 assists. ing. Our passing has been great, and we have see VOLLEY, 10 Discbills blow away Windy City competition Eric Mueth perfection, and SLUH led 7-0 at the half for another 15 minutes before cementing the Staff and won the game 13-2. victory 11-3. Despite the win, SLUH moved young St. Louis U. High Ultimate Game two for the Jr. Bills was an into a lower afternoon pool due to the length Frisbee team and headed to Naper- exhibition against the Notre Dame Univer- of the game. ville,A Illinois on March 19 for the Chicago sity B-team. A 1-0 lead was the extent of In pool J for the afternoon, the Jr. Bills Invite without eight players, most of them SLUH’s control before Notre Dame pulled faced Harry Jacobs, a school near Chicago. seniors. away. The Frisbeebills gave up 7 straight Jacobs were 0-2 coming into the game, but Upon arrival, the team faced bitter cold to the half, and lost the game 13-3. had a size advantage. The Discbills set a cup and snow. With the temperature hovering By this point in the day, many SLUH defense, and scored to lead 1-0. Jacobs came around 32 degrees, the snow melted and players were suffering from the elements back linking passes well, scoring four in a led to extremely muddy fields. Gusty wind of cold. Many had to sit out in order to row to take a 4-1 lead. added to the nightmarish weather. warm up and regain feeling in their feet The Barfightbills called a timeout and The team’s first opponent was Shel- and fingers. then rebounded to claim a 5-4 lead. SLUH and byville, from Indianapolis. SLUH played Game three for the Ultimatebills was Jacobs traded points until regulation ended a “cup” zone defense to force Shelbyville a marathon game against Monona Grove. with the game tied. Harry Jacobs took to make many throws. The plan worked to SLUH led 10-3 at the final point but fought see ULTIMATE, 10 JV Sports Updates JV Track JV Tennis Last meet: Northwest Relays, 1st place JV Lacrosse Record: 3-0 Key athletes: Sophomores Christian Lukas, Record: 9-0 Last game: 10-0 win vs. Vianney Darion Baker, Jamil Irvin-Muhammed, Cam- Last game: 4-3 win over MICDS Key players: Junior Jimmy Berger, sopho- eron Stubbs: 4x100, 4x200 meet records Key player: Freshman John Lawder more Matei Stefanescu Next meet: at U. City 4/10 Next game: vs. DeSmet 4/14 Next game: vs. DeSmet 4/9 B Baseball JV Volleyball JV Water Polo Record: 3-1 Record: 6-0 Record: 5-0 Last game: 21-0 win over Maplewood Last game: Win over DeSmet Last game: 14-2 win vs. Parkway Central Key player: Sophomore Blake Boyer, 3 Key player: Junior outside hitter Quinn Key player: Sophomore Justin Ramacciotti, hits Pazderka 2 goals, 3 assists Next game: at Affton 4/9 Next game: vs. Vianney 4/9 Next game: vs. DeSmet 4/10 -Compiled by Nathan Rubbelke, Dan Hogan, Trent Lulow, Jack Walsh, Drew Dziedzic, Justin Ramacciotti April 9, 2010 6 Volume 74, Issue 25 Sports Baseball starts hot, goes 6-1 over break Jake Fechter seemed to forget their gloves for the games as they committed six Reporter errors. The Bills coasted to an 11-1 victory. March 26 R H E Creighton Prep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 April 1 R H E SLUH 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 8 0 Ladue 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 SLUH 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 7 9 0 Game Recap: Junior Sasha Kuebel was brilliant on the mound, pitching six shut-out innings. He fanned six batters and only al- Recap: The offense had no trouble getting off to a quick start as lowed two hits on his way to the victory. Senior Clint Wobbe stole Kuebel blasted a two run home run to right field. RBIs from Lowry, the show with three hits and two RBIs. Sophomore Willie Floros sophomore Andrew Pitts, and Wobbe provided insurance for Osta- reached base three times and provided an RBI. powicz to secure his second win. Bertucci supplied solid relief for the last three innings and the Bills achieved their fifth win. March 27 R H E Loyola 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 April 6 R H E SLUH 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 Hancock 1 0 0 3 0 4 4 0 SLUH 4 3 6 3 0 16 12 0 Recap: After hitting a bit of a road bump in the second inning where he allowed one run, senior Andrew Ostapowicz recov- Recap: Pitts went two for two with four RBIs and Milles also added ered and pitched his way to a seven strikeout win. The offense two hits and two RBIs. Four pitchers contributed for the Jr. Bill provided help with RBI singles from seniors Alex Goedeker and staff as the Tigers proved no match for the Bills. The game ended Scott Milles. During a two-out, runner-on-second jam in the fifth after only five innings with a final score of 16-4. inning, a Loyola batter blasted a ball to center field. After setting his eyes on the ball, center fielder Griffin Lowry sprinted to his What’s Next: left and made a beautiful diving catch to save a run. Sophomore The Baseballbills have gotten off to an impressive 6-1 start. Head Mitch “Lights Out” Klug notched his first save. coach Steve Nicollerat is pleased with his team’s performance but knows that there are areas to improve. March 27 R H E “Fielding is an area our team can improve on. We must take Oak Park 1 2 0 0 7 3 13 13 0 our defense up one notch higher,” said Nicollerat. SLUH 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 4 Next on tap is the first conference game against DeSmet last night (see Nightbeat, below). Recap: The offense struggled against the Huskies from Oak Park, The MCC looks to be a very tough conference this year. Said putting up only five hits. The defense, usually the strong point and Nicollerat, “The conference will again be very competitive once backbone of SLUH’s team, committed several errors which did not again, and the team who combines solid pitching, timely hitting help senior starting pitcher Rob Bertucci. The Huskie bats were too and commits the fewest mistakes will come out on top.” , much to handle for numerous U.High pitchers as they blasted off The Bills play Friday against McCluer at 4:30 in Sheridan Sta- for ten runs in the last two innings to win comfortably, 13-3. dium. The PeteWheelerBills also host DuBourg on Saturday at 12:30. —Adam Cruz contributed reporting. March 30 R H E Maplewood RH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 SLUH 2 4 3 6 0 15 8 0 Baseball Nightbeat Recap: Against a weak Blue Devil team, the offense went off with The WonderBoybills (7-1) took on their first MCC opponent ten different players getting RBIs. Junior Elliot “Fishman” Fish of the season in the DeSmet Spartans last night. Junior hurler Sasha got the win, striking out five in only three innings of work. The Kuebel gave the Jr. Bills another gutsy performance on the mound. Bills justly showed the mercy rule to the Blue Devils and won The ace battled through an uncharacteristically bad defensive per- easily 15-0. formance by SLUH, throwing 7 innings and allowing one earned run in his first complete game of the season. March 31 R H E The Jr. Bill offense stayed white hot and gave SLUH an early De Soto 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 lead. A pair of two-run blasts by sophomore third baseman Mitch SLUH 3 4 0 3 1 11 8 0 Klug and senior shortstop Clint Wobbe accounted for four of the Jr. Bill’s five runs, in the 5-3 win. Recap: Kuebel picked up his second win of the year, going five The PopFisherbills finish up their busy week with a game innings and striking out nine batters. Wobbe, Kuebel, and Milles all against McCluer North this afternoon, and a noon double header hit triples and combind for eight of the eleven Jr. Bill runs. DeSoto against DuBourg and Cristo Rey from Chicago on Saturday. April 9, 2010 Sports Volume 74, Issue 25 7 Track bursts out of gate undefeated Nathan Rubbelke was the Distance Medley Relay (DMR). came from the pole vault squad, which in- Reporter DeSmet has traditionally stacked up the event cluded sophomores Christian Lukas, Daniel with their best runners, but this year coach Applebaum, and Kevin Lynch and senior hile some students were swimming Photo by Mr. Matt Sciuto in Cabo, skiing along the slopes of Tom Flanagan was hungry to Ted Varty. The team finished CWolorado, or hitting the golf ball around put the Bills back on top by an impressive second behind Hilton Head Island, the St. Louis U. High placing SLUH’s best in the pole vault power Chaminade Track team was busy around the St. Louis relay. and was the only other team area working hard and winning meets dur- junior Tim Rackers took to have all four jumpers clear ing spring break. the lead early in the relay the bar. The varsity track season kicked off on and senior Emmett Cookson, “The pole vault squad’s March 23 with the Metro Catholic Confer- junior Ben Emnett and senior second place finish was the ence (MCC) Relays held at SLUH. The Caleb Ford never looked back highlight of the meet for me,” meet started off great for the Porterbills as as they took first with a new said coach Joe Porter. the distance squad ran away with the gold meet record of 10:52.9, break- the Trackbills won the medal in the 4 x 1600 meter relay. ing DeSmet’s meet record meet with 118 points, with junior Joe Meier led off the race with from last season by over six DeSmet finishing second with the fastest split of 4:43 and was in second seconds. 99 points. place when he passed the baton to senior The field events also On March 27, the varsity Casey Fitzgerald, who took the lead in his scored major points for the team entered its first big Sat- first lap. Seniors Bill Gabler and Emmett team when the triple jump urday meet of the season at Cookson maintained the lead as the team and long jump relays broke Washington University in the finished with a time of 19:24. meet records. Senior Andrew Gateway Invitational. The distance squad showed its promi- Schiebe and junior Brian Be- “With over three-fourths nence throughout the day. The 4 x 800 relay ment helped lead the triple Junior Ben Emnett takes the baton of our team being underclass- captured first, led by seniors Dave Fleming, jump as sophomore Cameron in the Distance Medley relay. men, this was a great opportu- Tyler Jennings, Ben Ford, and junior Alan Stubbs and Schiebe propelled the long jump nity to show our youth and give the young Ratermann with a time of 8:41.7. squad to the meet record. guys great experience,” said Porter. The most impressive race of the day The most surprising result of the day see TRACK, 16 Rugbybills smash their way to MCC wins Ryan Dowd As the first half continued, the Spartan ThreeCheerbills completed runs into Spartan Reporter forwards became increasingly fatigued. territory, culminating in tries by Tom Bobak, ooking to continue their St. Louis rug- The Scrumbills quickly swallowed every Brian Faron, and another by Koheneman. by dominance, the St. Louis U. High Spartan surge towards the SLUH goal with With the final whistle, the Jr. Bills completed RugbybillsL traveled to DeSmet on the a strong defensive line. The short deadlock a resounding 41-8 victory over DeSmet. Thursday before exam week and disman- was soon broken, however, with senior Corey Following the Spartan beat down, the tled the Spartans 41-8. The next week the Donovan’s try set up by a long run from Tony Rugbybills stared down a solid CBC team Jr. Bills met CBC in Forest Park, scratch- Medina. as the rain dampened the field. Born said, ing out an 8-7 victory. To deflate the Spartans’ spirit going into “(With the rain) we couldn’t be as creative on a beautiful day in DeSmet’s glori- halftime, Rob Koehneman snatched the ball on offense and it affected our kicking, which fied new football stadium, the Invictusbills from a scrum and single-handedly maneu- is a big part of our game.” proved to be the more athletic and funda- vered through the entire DeSmet defense for The Jr. Bills jumped out to a quick lead mentally sound team. Senior forward Dan a fifty yard score. This put the Jr. Bills up in the early stages of the first half on a penalty Kuehl’s try in the first minute of the game 22-8 leading at half. kick by Koheneman. Koheneman added a sent an immediate message to the scrambling During the second half the Spartans try to his stat sheet later in the first half to Spartans and gave the Jr. Bills the early played with more focus as possession of the give the Jr. Bills a 8-0 lead as the first half lead. ball evened out compared to the possession ended. Soon after, the Jr. Bills capitalized on domination by the Rugbybills in the first Though field conditions continued to DeSmet miscues as senior Zach “Hawaiian half. The Spartans continued to pound the worsen, the Invictusbills still dominated ball Punch” Gima blew through the DeSmet ball into the Trybills and continued to lose possession in the second half. Miscues and defense leaving bruised and beaten Spartans the ball at the hands of the Jr. Bills. fumbles kept the Jr. Bills from capitalizing in his wake. Unlike their counterparts, the see RUGBY, 10 April 9, 2010 8 Volume 74, Issue 25 SPORTS Lax 4-2, falls to MICDS Tennis beats Andrew Kastner Hawklets. SLUH wrapped up the last of their Staff spring break games with a dominating 10-4 Priory, Cham- he St. Louis U. High lacrosse team victory over Parkway Central. started off its season in a way befit- SLUH went into the MICDS game inade tingT its status as returning state champions prepared, with both teams seemingly Alex Paino with impressive victories over Christian evenly matched. Though the Rams drew first Reporter Bros. Memphis, Photo by Mr. Matt Sciuto blood by netting he St. Louis U. High tennis team start- Vianney, and Co- the contest’s first ed off its season with a match against lumbia Hickman, goal, senior Wal- PrioryT on the Wednesday before spring winning 6-5, 16-2, ter Reilly replied break. SLUH fared well against a team and 14-4, respec- for SLUH with a that ESPN Rise magazine called a “break- tively. These wins skillful dodge and out team,” by winning handily, 5-2. showcased the Jr. left-handed goal of Junior Greg “The Doctor” Marifian was Bills’ defensive his own. first to finish, winning his No. 1 singles match talent, as well as SLUH senior d- quickly at a score of 6-1, 6-0. At No. 2 singles, some offensive pole Sean Meagher senior Joe Murphy-Baum was quick to fol- muscle, especially also had two huge low, winning 6-2, 6-0. Sophomore Cameron prevalent in the drives in the first Trachsel won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. At wins against Vian- quarter, running the No. 4 singles, senior Alex Paino won the first ney and Hickman. ball up most of the set 6-1 and went on to win a more difficult though they Walter Reilly fires a left-handed shot for a goal against field and deep into second set in a tiebreaker 9-7. MICDS. faced difficulty against the Rams’ territory. the No. 1 doubles team of senior Rockhurst, SLUH kept them to the closest Senior Rich Mehan had a big play of his Brandon Eversgerd and sophomore Tony margin they have faced in their past three own, dodging past his defender and firing Ghazarian had a rough opening match, los- games, losing only 6-2 to the undefeated see LAX, 14 ing 6-1, 6-0. Junior Gill Plitt and freshman David Mayhall opened up their respective varsity careers at No. 2 doubles with a solid Water polo drops two, gears victory, winning 6-2, 6-0. Also in their first varsity match, sophomores Peter Windler up for DeSmet and Tommy Berra fell 6-4, 6-3 to their Priory opponents. Freshman Michael Essma also Kurt Piening & Alistair Vierod the familiar faces of Lindbergh. After a well- played in a long and hard-fought exhibition Reporters executed defensive game, the H20Polobills singles match, which he lost 6-4, 6-4. he varsity water polo team traveled pulled out a 6-1 victory to put them in the on Monday of this week, the team head- to the Midwest Classic tournament finals of the tournament. ed to MICDS for what everyone expected inT Chicago to face off against some of the Unfortuantely, they met Mundelein once to be a tough match, especially considering best teams in the Midwest Region. again. After three quarters of hard work, the the team had not played together since spring Over spring break, the Physicsbills Jr. Bills were trailing 7-3. However, in a last break had started. managed to win the first game against Co- ditch effort, the team rallied to almost tie the Unfortunately, MICDS handed the Sam- nant with relative ease, scoring 17 goals to game, but fell 7-6. prasbills their first loss of the season at 6-1. Conant’s two, but hit a roadblock against Senior co-captain Dan Pike said, “The However, the match was much closer than Mundelein. Although the Baudbills put up a trip was a lot of fun and showed us what 6-1 appears, as four of the matches went to valiant effort the first quarter, they fell behind we were capable of. We pushed through the tiebreakers, and three of them decided the and did not manage to capitalize on key of- triple header and, in the second half of the match. fensive advantages despite sophomore Sam finals game, we showed how well we can Marifian played a tough opponent at No. Erlinger’s dogged offensive determination, play when we’re determined to win.” 1 singles, and ultimately won in a third set losing 8-6. the two losses to Mundelein are the super tiebreaker 10-7 after splitting the first In the third game of the night, the only losses that SLUH varsity water polo two sets. Murphy-Baum got out to a rough Speedobills managed to pull off their second has suffered in the past three years. start at two singles, losing a close first set, win against York, fighting tirelessly in a back once back in Missouri with a few days’ but then bounced back to quickly win the and forth game for a 12-10 victory. rest, the Speedobills took on the Lafayette second set. Unfortunately, Murphy-Baum the next day, after a much-needed rest, Lancers. SLUH came out ready to prove lost 10-7 in another super tiebreaker third the STLPowerHousebills faced off against see POLO, 14 see TENNIS, 14 April 9, 2010 Feature Volume 74, Issue 25 9 From the Press Box: A game in the life of a baseball manager Adam Cruz for the game scribbled in bullet point form York” after a win, “Three Little Birds” by Sports Editor (Delay steal? Catcher’s arm?). In the end, Bob Marley after a loss). All 26 players have Editor’s Note: During the Tuesday, March he decides against it. 30 second clips for their walk-up songs, 30 baseball game against Maplewood, I “You can’t really decipher it very easily,” though Schneier picked the songs for the followed senior and two-year manager said Schneier. “Plus, if the coach sees that two freshman (outfielder Joey Rund takes the John Schneier to see the game through a stuff, it really wouldn’t be a huge shock.” plate to the menacing beat of “Milkshake” manager’s eyes, and find what Schneier and With the lineup card finished, Schneier while pitcher Brian Howard gets loose to his fellow managers–juniors Photo by Nate Heagney Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen”). Next John Milner, Joe Shaver, and to the song list is a ripped piece Kevin Lueck—do. of notebook paper listing the s the baseball team best names of opponents in takes batting practice the past 5 or so years (Cannon beforeA the game, and as the Huge, Chaminade outfielder, visiting Maplewood Blue anyone?). The rest of the board Devils unload the bus, Sur- is dotted with old line-up cards, vivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” a list of duties, a list of baseball sounds throughout Sheridan trivia questions for the third Stadium. With the song’s inning, and Sports Illustrated end, the St. Louis U. High pictures. basebills, led by coach For the rest of the af- Steve Nicollerat, head over ternoon until game time, the to stretch. Senior manager managers just hang out and John Schneier changes the kill time. Milner and Leuck song to “Centerfield” and take grounders and pop-ups heads out to meet Nicollerat. Manager’s-eye view: Sheridan Stadium from the press box. with injured sophomore Paul His game day has now begun. delievers the four lineup cards: one to Maple- Simon and coaches Tom Zinselmeyer and After receiving four separate line-up wood, one to Nicollerat, one for junior John Ryan Wessels while the team loosens up. cards from Nicollerat, Schneier heads back Milner and the pressbox, and one to the ump. Meanwhile, Schneier talks to the players. to the press box to tackle arguably his most Before he leaves the box, Schneier grabs two “Everyone’s usually pretty loose,” said challenging task of the day: fixing the errors game balls for the coach and takes them out Schneier. “I’m probably the most nervous of on the lineup card before giving it off to the of their packaging paper. them all.” other team’s coach. “Seventy-two dollars a dozen,” said minutes before game time, after the “There are at least 3 or 4 mistakes a Schneier. “You’d be surprised how many managers have returned to the pressbox, card, and in non-conference or non-district of these we have to go buy during the year. there is a mini-panic as junior manager Joe games it’s even worse,” said Schenier. On We even had to go buy one in the middle of Shaver, who has the scorebook and controls today’s card, with some guys seeing their the Crieghton Prep game.” the scoreboard, still has yet to arrive. How- first varsity action, there are an astounding While Schneier does his duty, Milner ever, the umpires are also tardy, allowing eleven mistakes concerning name spelling (4 and junior Kevin Lueck show me around the Shaver to arrive and get settled in plenty of of the 9 starters’ last names were misspelled), manager’s sanctuary, the press box. The desk time. Schneier heads down to the dugout to numbers (senior Rob Bertucci had a different they sit at is cluttered with papers, discarded take score, Milner and Shaver sit to announce number in the lineup card than he did on the seed shells, and a cracked helmet that holds and run the scoreboard, respectively, and roster at the bottom of the page), and posi- hundreds of free parking passes. On the Lueck pulls up next to the P.A.. The umpire tions (two starting pitchers were listed). In far right is the microphone where Milner calls play ball, and the game has begun for addition, to the delight of Schneier and the announces the game and Public Address both the players and the managers. other managers, junior third basemen Mark system for which walk up music is played once the game has begun, to Lueck’s Jaskowiak’s name was spelled differently by Lueck. tune of “Call On Me,” the managers fall into four times on the card. on the right wall of the box is the a groove and the action of the game, for both Before heading over to the Maplewood “Manager’s Bulletin Board,” equipped with them and the players, goes on with relative dugout, Schneier debates whether to tear off overlapping papers tacked over one another. ease. Lueck, Milner, Shaver, and I stay in the top right corner of the card. On the top One is the list of music for the year (89 songs) the pressbox for the whole game, giving right corner is a list of SLUH stratagems with specific instructions (“New York, New see MANAGERS, 10 April 9, 2010 10 Volume 74, Issue 25 Sports Managers RUGBY (from 9) (from 7) our own private color commentary along of flavor to his play-by-play and announces on this advantage as neither team could string with Milner’s play-by-play. We are joined the at-bat of Chad “Lights-Out” Carson, to together much offense in the second half. by Simon and Howard, who tape the at-bats laughter of player and fans alike. “We just didn’t come to play, and penal- for the coaches to watch after the game, and “Usually, Coach wants us to keep the ties really hurt us,” said Born. periodically Schneier, who shows up every commentary pretty serious and straight for- The gap closed when the Cadets scored inning with a different excuse or another to ward,” said Milner. “But we can still pick and a late try with just minutes remaining. Now come up and plunge into the seeds. choose our battles and have some fun.” only up by one point, the Jr. Bills held the The boredom of the respective manage- Meanwhile, on the field, SLUH closes ball the rest of the game negating any chance rial jobs that began with the games is broken up their 15-0 thrashing of Maplewood. In for a late comeback from the Cadets. up at pre-planned times. When either team the top of the final inning, the managers, The victory brought their overall record switches pitchers and goes to the bullpen, along with Simon, sweep and clean up the to 7-1-1. Milner puts his cell phone tone next to the press box of seed shells, scratch paper, and Born said, “Our play was definitely microphone and announces a “Cingular discarded Gatorade bottles. the difference (when comparing the two Wireless Call to the Bullpen.” In the second The game ends on a strike ‘em out— games).” inning, I am given the privledge of announc- throw ‘em out, and the triumphant Jr. Bills Prevalent in both games however, was ing the daily trivia question (who was the begin to line up for the post-game hand- the steady Jr. Bill defense. The Jr. Bills have rookie on deck when Bobby Thompson hit shakes. The managers do not partake, instead allowed more than ten points only twice this the “shot heard round the world” in 1948?). In assisting Lueck with the final task of the season. “We have a lot of strong guys, and the fourth, Lueck announces Metro Catholic day. we’re quick to set up on defense and quick Conference results of the past weekend. And Start spreading the news, to get to the ball,” said Born. in the fifth, when the 27th and final player I’m leaving today The team will compete in a tournament on the roster comes to bat, Milner puts a bit I want to be a part of it— this Saturday and Sunday at Creve Coeur New York, New York. Park. ULtimate VollEY (from 5) advantage early in sudden death and nearly at Buder Park on March 24. The Callahanbills (from 5) won the game, but a player dropped the win- controlled the game from the beginning, DeSmet. ning point in the end zone. SLUH won the scoring six quick goals on the way to a 15-4 Although many of the St. Louis vol- game soon after thanks to a catch under heavy victory. leyball experts picked the Spartans to finish coverage by sophomore J.P. Larice —leaving On April 6, SLUH went back into action ahead of SLUH before the season, the Jr. him with a severe bloody nose. after Spring break against CBC in a league Bills surprised their opponent and controlled “When we cranked up the intensity, game at Stroup field. The Barfightbills the entire game Wednesday, their first match we were able to crawl out of (the 4-1) hole came out taking a quick 1-0 lead, but CBC against DeSmet since losing to them in last using good defense and steady offense, and responded with one of their own. From then year’s state semifinals. we came out with the win,” said coach Eric on, it was duck soup for SLUH. Long pulls led In front of a decent sized crowd, the Weiss. to quick D’s and scores for the Jr. Bills. OhMyGioia!bills put on a show. They domi- The Jr. Bills went undefeated for the high “I loved to see the speed we were play- nated the match from start to finish and did school bracket, 4-0. They headed into Sunday ing with on defense,” said Weiss. “We were not let DeSmet take the lead once. in the Championship bracket as winners of doing a good job of staying on the force side In the first game, SLUH jumped out to the morning pool G and the afternoon pool of our players.” a quick lead and never let up winning the J. The Ultimatebills never looked back game 25-17. Although the second game was But Sunday did not pan out as the team and prevailed 15-2, an improvement from closer, the Jr. Bills were always in control hoped. The games for the day were cancelled an 11-4 victory over CBC previously. and won 25-21. because the muddy fields could not be used The SLUH Ultimate Frisbee team still “Against DeSmet, we did what we had as a parking lot anymore. SLUH finished in sports an undefeated record of 7-0 (2-0 SLUJ) been doing all year. We showed a lot of a five-way tie for 7th in standings based the heading into tough weekend play against intensity and we played really well together off the previous day’s play. Francis Howell Central and Vashon. as a team,” said Metzger. It feels really good Going undefeated in the high school especially after getting embarrassed by them portion of the tournament improved their in our own gym last year.” overall record to 5-0 (1-0 in SLUJ). tonight, the BusterBaxterBills will face Back in St. Louis, the team faced a new the Vianney Golden Griffins at home at 5:00 Lafayette High School team in an exhibition p.m. April 9, 2010 News Volume 74, Issue 2511 Wellness Club presentation cancelled John Sachs a police officer. It would have focused on Junior Greg Scheetz, president of the Reporter the legal punishments for drug and alcohol Wellness Club, said, “A special schedule he Wellness Club assembly originally abuse. would not have been ideal with the circum- Tset for the first day back from spring The assembly was cancelled for sev- stances.” break was cancelled. The change was an- eral reasons, including time constraints and While the assembly will not be resched- nounced via automated phone call and all concerns over a lack of students. The funeral uled this year due to time constraints in a school email. of Sherry Mathews, mother of Greg ‘10 short fourth quarter, the Wellness Club and junior Patrick Smith, Co-President of and Bryan ‘12, was scheduled for the same the administration hope to make time for the Wellness Club, said, “The assembly day and many students were expected to be it early next year. Assistant Principal for was originally geared to be an anti-drug and absent. Student Affairs Brock Kesterson said, “It’s alcohol speaker series.” The assembly was The assembly would have required a something that’s always going to be relevant. to be led by three speakers: Bill Meehan, a special schedule, and with the added confu- So it’s something that we’re working to put lawyer and father of sophomore Will Meehan, sion of a new class rotation on the first day on the schedule early next year.” Judge Jim Sullivan, and Michael Betz, ‘97, back from spring break, the decision was “We’re trying to build up for next year,” CASHBAH made to cancel the assembly. said Scheetz. (from 1) cent from last year to $70,000. Sixteen gold alumni to fill the void. bill—have not arrived. But, according to sponsors contributed $3,000 with 15 silver “They (Anheuser-Busch), in the past, Pilliod, costs should total around $100,000, sponsors adding $1,500 apiece. Cashbah also have provided a lot of items, and this year and the Advancement Office estimates that relied heavily on PHOTO BY MR. MATT SCIUTO we had to work a lot Cashbah’s net income should fall within the individual dona- harder to acquire allotted part of the school’s budget. tions, which con- items for sale,” said “As a school, we budget for the auction tributed $150,000 Pilliod. what we think we’re going to make. … We through parties, Top items in- were on target for what we had budgeted for homerooms, and cluded a St. Louis this year’s Cashbah,” said Pilliod. other outlets, ac- Cardinals helmet Laughlin felt that the economy did not cording to Associ- signed by Albert affect the auction. “We’re certainly not insu- ate Vice President Pujols, sold for lated from (the effects of the economy), but for Advancement $3,300; a Yadier overall, I think people were tremendously Robyn Pilliod. Molina jersey, sold generous,” he said. Parent chair for $2,300; tickets All proceeds from Cashbah go to the Bob Schenk, ’81, to the St. Louis Canisius Fund, which provides scholarships and alumni chair regional of the to students academically qualified but finan- Mike Brand, ’73, NCAA basketball cially unable to attend SLUH. served as am- tournament, sold “That’s where it’s always gone, to the bassadors for the for $1,400; and Canisius Fund, to support boys that need auction, solicit- Cardinals-Cubs assistance in attending SLUH, which in our ing many of the tickets, which sold economy today is becoming more and more donations from for $3,200. important because we want to maintain our corporations and additionally, the diverse student population,” said Pilliod. individuals. parking spots in the Laughlin said of the auction, “We ob- H o w e v e r, Oakland lot went tained the resources that we were certainly SLUH had to ac- to juniors Jackson hoping to and needed to in terms of running count for one ma- Hoffmann and Sam the school and offering the kind of financial jor loss of spon- Purcell for $3,000 assistance.” sorship from last apiece. Laughlin said that he wished to thank A patron of Cashbah peruses the Silent Auction items. year. Because of the $460,000 SLUH’s benefactors and concluded, “We’re new ownership, Anheuser-Busch did not total represents a profit approximately a tremendously blessed place, and it was a donate nearly as many items as in previous $100,000 less than last year’s. However, great evening.” years. Despite the drop, organizers eventu- the exact figure is yet unknown because ally compiled enough donated items from some bills—including the largest, the food April 9, 2010 12 Volume 74, Issue 25 News BACKER (from 1) the second award winner honored at the “Primarily it had to do with the health family, their church, and their fellow man, Mass, Fleming, entered the Society of Jesus of the two men that were recognized,” said contributions to their business or profession, immediately after graduating from SLUH. Laughlin of the decision to change the venue leadership in civic or social work, and pro- After his ordination to the priesthood in 1965, to a senior class Mass. “Both men are fight- motion of intellectual or cultural pursuits,” he published Draw Me Into Your Friendship ing cancer. Both men are being treated rather according to Laughlin. (1978), a translation of the spiritual writ- aggressively, and just in my discussions with Barnidge became involved in banking ings of Ignatius of Loyola. Heumann uses them and talking to folks internally here (at after earning an undergraduate degree in another of Fleming’s books, entitled What SLUH), I wanted to take the advantage of psychology from St. Louis University and is Ignatian Spirituality?, to teach his senior doing it (at the senior class Mass).” a Master’s of Business Administration from Spirituality and Prayer class. Fleming served “I received a lot of positive comments Washington University in St. Louis. He then as provincial in the Missouri Province from that maybe seniors are best prepared to hear helped found St. Louis-based investment firm 1979 to 1985 and is now internationally rec- those types of reflections given the fact that A. G. Edwards. At a local level, he has served ognized as an eminent authority on Ignatian they’re looking to leave the school,” said as his parish’s school board president and spirituality. Laughlin in support of this year’s proceed- men’s club president. Other organizations At its inception in 1983, the Backer ings. Barnidge has aided include the St. Vincent Award was announced at a dinner in the Laughlin predicts that, barring a similar de Paul Society and Catholic Charities. In rotunda at City Hall. The current practice situation with another Backer Award winner addition to fathering five SLUH alumni, of announcing the recipients of the Backer in questionable health, the recent tradition Barnidge also regularly volunteered at Award at the Awards Assembly and having of announcing the award at the all-school Loyola Academy when his health allowed. recipients address the student body began a Awards Assembly will resume. BUENO decade later. (from 2) language barrier.” experience for many of the students. the foundation. They then laid a bottom frame Participants noted that the colonia “It was a good experience. You just get and a wooden floor before raising the walls. residents had a close and happy community to see a lot of the poor people and how they After a corrugated tin roof was placed, the despite living in extreme poverty. According live and the circumstances they have to deal builders trimmed the doors and windows into to Bieber, the people of the colonia live atop with,” said senior Casey Fitzgerald. the walls. The groups finished by providing a landfill. “It was a really great experience to the houses with furniture, cooking supplies, “They live in complete poverty. But if help the families while learning from their and toiletries, along with other necessities. you negated all material possessions and simplistic lifestyle,” said senior Core Team Each house has floor dimensions of 20 feet just look at the person, you would be pretty member Quin Thames. by 12 feet. On the fourth day of the project, surprised because the people are really happy. Fister also added that Mission: Mexico is the volunteer groups dedicated the houses And they are completely open to other people unique in that it forces a volunteer to always to the families. and willing to love,” said Mueller. be aware of the project and the people. “The majority of these people have never according to Bieber, the Mexican drug “You are living where you are working,” had a doorknob or a lock,” said Mission: cartels’ long history of violence was again said Fister. “You can’t escape it, which I think Mexico coordinator Simonie Bieber. “So an area of concern for participants, parents, is instrumental. You can’t forget it.” when they put the keys in, they don’t know and SLUH. In order to stay updated with The Ashbys have run SA out of New how to use the lock. And then they go in and the situation in Mexico, Bieber had weekly Braunfels, Texas since 1992. According experience the house for the first time.” updates from the Roland and Carolyn Ashby, to its website, SA’s “vision is to mobilize though there was a language barrier for the founders of SA, starting in February. the Body of Christ and create a network most students, many found ways to interact After analyzing the factors, Bieber decided of believers through strategic alliances to with the people of the colonia, especially Reynosa was safe enough for the project. promote missionary outreach resulting in the children. To help with communication, “It is basically a trust issue,” said Bieber. world evangelism.” The website says that Strategic Alliance (SA), the organizer of She mentioned that searching “St. Louis building homes for the poor is one way to Mission: Mexico, provided workers, many violence” on the Internet would provide a fulfill this goal. This year was the fifth year of whom spoke Spanish and often acted as bleak image of St. Louis, suggesting that SLUH has traveled to Reynosa, and SLUH translators. Reynosa is not unique in its violence. volunteers have now built a total of 20 houses, “Something as simple as tossing a ball or According to Bieber, during the trip, two according to Bieber. giving them a high-five or something goes a drug cartels fought each other in Rio Bravo, a “I think it is wonderful work that we do long way, “ said Mueller. “There is going to city 20 miles to the south Reynosa. The vol- down there. I think that every time we go, be a universal language that you discover.” unteers were unaffected by the incident. we leave a little piece of ourselves down “You could just go down the road, play “We never saw anything and we were there and take back a piece of the wonderful, soccer or baseball,” said senior Core Team not affected in the area we were in,” said loving, and inviting people that we encoun- Co-leader James Fister. “You could play Beiber. tered,” said Bieber. with the kids even though there was a huge Mission: Mexico provided a rewarding April 9, 2010 CHINA News Volume 74, Issue 2513 (from 2) they spent most of the time enjoying the to talk to my host brother about because he most of us understood anywhere from 30 to places of everyday Chinese life, including was interested in different things other than 40 percent of that.” shopping at the city center, walking around me.” The students also visited English at a park, singing karaoke, and visiting the childs had a considerably easier time, classes. local Starbucks. because he stayed with Ares Wang, who “(The English classes were) something “We learned about student culture in had stayed at his house while at SLUH last we were actually good at,” said Conley. “And China—the life of a student—so that was year. it was kind of fun to talk to the kids and see pretty interesting,” said Childs. “They were fun … we got along really cultural differences.” chinese families hosted each student, well,” he said. The students spent their afternoons tour- a practice which occasionally proved chal- Tai said the cultural exchange program ing Nanjing with their guides: Eddie Chen, lenging. benefits both SLUH students and their Chi- who visited SLUH as an exchange student “The hardest part was just being kind of nese hosts. “When they’re living with host in 2008, and two helpers at NFLS’s foreign stuck with a random family that I didn’t know families, not only (are they) receiving the language office. They visited a site of his- or have any experience with,” said Conley. influence of Chinese culture, they influence torical interest, the mausoleum of Chinese “The parents didn’t speak English, so that the host family with lots of American history nationalist leader Sun Yatsen. However, was kind of hard. I never really knew what and culture,” she said. “It’s bilateral culture ICE BOX exchange.” (from 2) student-focused area that will include a new ful, but there are some things you only share “I’m in the process of working with Mr. cafeteria. with your close friends,” said senior Tony Rankin on (the Student Lounge). … The Also, Marchlewski hopes that future Minnick. room itself is ready, it’s just configuring the plans will include an individual lounge for “It’s like being an old great uncle,” said room. Taking the small step to converting each grade. Marchlewski, who sits in on many of the the lunch to there. It’s an ongoing thing,” “If there are all seniors in the lounge, students’ conversations in the Chill Room. said Kesterson. a freshman won’t stay there. Each grade “They have their own conversations, and un- next school year, the Chill Room will should have a place to throw rosaries at each less they address me, I don’t get involved.” be permanently closed and be converted into other. … Just kidding,” said Marchlewski, He believes that teacher prefects will have an office for the Admissions Department. laughing. little effect on the atmosphere of the new The Student Lounge will then reflect as for now, Kesterson is going to see Student Lounge. more of the Chill Room’s atmosphere by how things go in the Student Lounge. One “If we are going to put (lunch tables) having couches and chairs for students to major point of contention within the student in there, yeah, there will be proctors there, relax in. community is the placing of a faculty supervi- like there are normally for lunch. But dur- “It’s bridging the gap into using that sor in the Student Lounge because the Chill ing the day, we are going to have to feel it space,” said Kesterson, who intends to use Room is usually unsupervised. out. We are going to have to see how many the new Student Lounge as the first step in “There’s a limit to the conversation that students hang out there, and see when it redesigning the current Commons into a new will be going on if there is a faculty member needs supervision,” responded Kesterson, in there. It’s not like we are being disrespect- mentioning that the size of the crowds will ADVANCE influence his decision. (from 4) rick went into marketing for four years SLOW STEP wants SLUH to be looked to as a model for before attending the Yale Divinity School the formation of the whole individual, from for a degree in theology. He then became (from 4) the spirit to the mind. He stressed that the the Assistant Master of one of Yale’s 12 un- since I didn’t understand the last half of the greater the pool of resources is, the better dergraduate schools, the Jonathan Edwards test. But I guess a lot of other people didn’t education and formation each boy enrolled School. either.” at SLUH receives. after fundraising at Brooks School in The ACS will hold a dinner later this Rick grew up in St. Louis, where he Hanover, Mass. for two years, he moved to month to honor the the top 15 participants, attended grade school at St. Gabriel and Harvard for 12 years, where he designed and who placed or received honorable men- graduated from SLUH in 1959. He attended jointly headed their capital fund drive. tion. Washington University for his undergradu- Rick has spent the last 15 to 20 years Overall, Cooley appreciated the com- ate degree and earned his MBA from the working as a fundraising consultant. petition experience. “I think it was a good University of Virginia. Rick joked that he rick said he is looking forward to experience. It was kind of just taking a test, turned down Harvard because the University working at SLUH because it is a “unique but it is something that I could have an op- of Virginia had many former Harvard faculty opportunity to partner with an institution portunity to take in the advanced division in members without the parking problems that and help that institution live into its greatest the future,” he said. are ever-present in Cambridge. potential.” April 9, 2010 14 Volume 74, Issue 25 Sports Lax Tennis After halftime, however, the margin (from 8) widened significantly as MICDS foiled (from 8) off a close shot that senior MICDS goalie SLUH’s many shots on goal, with Potter set. Trachsel played an up-and-down match Bryce Potter barely managed to save. saving 18 shots. Though it had been close at No. 3 singles, winning the first set quickly Though both teams fired a few more shots, for most of the game, the Rams pulled away 6-2 against a very talented opponent, only the score remained tied as the second quarter with a few goals due to passing and openings to lose the second set 6-0. rolled in. and a five-goal streak that took the game to Like Murphy-Baum, Trachsel also lost The second quarter started off with a 8-2 late into the fourth quarter. in a third set super tiebreaker, 10-5. Paino quick pass and goal by MICDS on the crease. SLUH refused to give up, though, and did not fare so well at No. 4 singles, losing Though SLUH led a few charges and con- Schoessel fixed the Jr. Bills’ offensive prob- quickly 6-0, 6-1. tinued to fire off more shots, MICDS’ crisp lems with a goal with 1:48 to play. Soon after, No. 1 doubles team of Eversgerd and passing and ability to find openings gave them SLUH managed to capitalize on a penalty on Ghazarian had a much stronger showing another goal despite SLUH senior goalie MICDS, scoring the final goal of the game at MICDS, where they rallied back from a Connor Blanquart’s many saves. in a man-up situation, making the contest a quick first set loss to bring the second set the Jr. Bills attack remained unlucky but 8-4 final and bringing SLUH’s season record to a tiebreaker. Like several of their team- skillful throughout the quarter, firing off more to 4-2. mates, however, they were unable to win in than five unsuccessful shots while holding Despite the disappointing loss, SLUH the tiebreaker and fell 7-5. on to possession of the ball throughout. will continue to play competitively in the top Junior Alex Childs and Mayhall played Despite resistance, SLUH junior An- half of the conference as they prepare for the together at No. 2 doubles and lost a tough drew Schoessel led a field-long charge and Marco Cup versus DeSmet next Wednesday match 6-2, 6-3. Plitt and Essma fell at No. bounced the ball past Potter to make the at SLUH. Come watch one of SLUH’s best 3 doubles, as did Berra and Windler in their score 3-2 in favor of the Rams at half. games of the year and catch the fever that exhibition match. is U. High Lacrosse. the Federerbills headed out to Chami- POLO nade Wednesday to play the first of their Metro Catholic Conference (MCC) matches. (from 8) through the third quarter when Goeddel and The team won a hard-fought match 5-2 and that a few losses would not diminish their senior co-captain Rob Golterman went on put the team in a good position for the MCC driv, managing to net six unanswered goals a scoring streak. With this new added mo- tournament. in the first quarter. At the other end of the mentum, the Baudbills managed to shut the Marifian won handily at No. 1 singles, as pool, goalies Pat Archer and Jake Chisholm Colts out for the rest of the game, leading did Murphy-Baum at No. 2 singles. Shortly managed 12 saves each to counteract the to a precarious 9-5 win. afterward, Trachsel won his match at No. 3 season high 24 shots stopped by the Lancers. “We didn’t play up to our potential, singles, which clinched the victory for the Great offensive work by junior John Lewis, we just let them control the first part of the team. Plitt filled in at No. 4 singles and lost Erlinger, senior Dan Goeddel, and Pike as- game because they wanted it more than us. his match after a close first set. sured a 16-5 victory to raise team morale We really need to come out strong against Eversgerd and Mayhall played together after a very disheartening tournament. MICDS and DeSmet in the coming games,” at No. 1 doubles where they lost a long and o n W e d n e s d a y , t h e said senior Dan Schmidt. close match after losing the first set 7-5. FivePeatforState?bills faced off against the The Speedobills are set to take on Ghazarian and Childs won their match to- determined Parkway Central Colts. SLUH MICDS tonight and DeSmet tomorrow at gether at No. 2 doubles after losing the first played a poor first half, trailing by two goals the Rec Plex. DeSmet is currently ranked set but fighting back to win the second set for the first time to a Missouri team all year. ahead of SLUH in the coaches poll. Coach and super tiebreaker third set. A combination of poor communication, bad Paul Baudendistel said, “By Tuesday we meanwhile, Berra and Windler cruised passing, and the inability to finish led the Jr. will know if we’re the fourth best team in to an easy 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 3 doubles. Bills to trail the Colts until about halfway the area or the best.” Essma also played in an exhibition singles match, which he won 8-4. The Nadalbills played Vianney last night C Sports Updates and will take on their MCC archrival DeSmet C Track Last game: 8-6 win over Parkway West nd tomorrow in what is sure to be a close match Last meet: Northwest Relays, 2 place Key player: 2B Tony Bright, 3 run triple between the top two teams in the MCC. Key athletes: David Arredondo, Alex Mc- Next game: at DeSmet 4/9 Neil, Alex Groesch, Joe Hancock, 4x400 C Lacrosse nd relay, 2 place Record: 8-0 Next meet: Hazelwood West Relays 4/13 Last game: 3-2 win over Parkway West C Baseball Key player: Teddy Jones, GW goal Record: 7-0 Next game: vs. DeSmet 4/14 -Compiled by Nathan Rubbelke, Adam Cruz, Joe Essig April 9, 2010 News Volume 74, Issue 2515 ADMISSIONS Tennis (from 1) However, that admissions vision might an incoming freshman admitted to the Class admissions process alone for a school as be shifting, according to Moran. With private of 2014, Schmelter “has been through this large as SLUH. Hannick will continue to be schools across the St. Louis area closing, process from the other side.” a part of the admissions team but will now Moran said that the “feeder markets” for “I was sold on the school before I ap- also teach a precalculus class in addition to SLUH students may shrink in the future. In plied for the position,” said Schmelter. She his current AP Calculus BC class. order to continue to attract high-caliber stu- also said that seeing the process as a parent From the applicant side, next year’s dents, Moran said that the SLUH admissions helped her see the merits and shortcomings admissions process will look similar to this department may expand its programs for of SLUH admissions, and that she had ideas year’s, including continued use of the online reaching out to students at schools outside the for improving communication with applicant application. However, Schmelter will take parochial system. Schmelter’s experience in families. over admissions management, while Han- marketing, specifically her time at Medtronic, nick will continue to work with data and distinguished her to fill this role. Catch-22 Quote of application processing as before. Schmelter “My marketing background will help the Week and Hannick will split time giving tours to to educate prospective families on the value prospective students. of a SLUH education,” said Schmelter. “We “He had decided to live forever “I will be in charge of the admissions want to invite bright young men to embrace or die in the attempt.” process from vision to implementation,” said the SLUH challenge.” -Joseph Heller Schmelter of her role next year. Moran also said that, as mother of David, ROPES (from 4) returning to Horsehoe Canyon Ranch. Once the rain finally passed on, the group began climbing again. When they prepared to climb, the group discovered that one of the three climbing ropes was too frayed to use. Nonetheless, expe- rienced climbers See and Dickmann scaled the 40- to 60-foot cliffs and monitored the ropes while students took their turns. Everyone Forecast printed with permission of the climbed but Kuensting and Szatkowski, who opted to let the students National Weather Service. have more opportunities to try the cliffs. St. Louis, MO Weather Service Office “They did very well,” said See of the students’ climbing. “We Phone: 636-441-8467 basically set up an easy and a medium climb. It seemed to me (the Compiled by Nick Fandos and Conor students) found the climbs to be not too challenging.” Because they Gearin lacked a third rope, See and Dickmann did not set up a third—more difficult—climb. The group tackled ascents rated between 5.6 and 5.9 on the Yosemite Decimal System. The rating system starts at 5.0, and the hardest climb ever accomplished was rated a 5.15. See said that the scale is akin to logarithmic scales—such as the Richter scale for earthquake magnitude—because each step on the scale is drastically harder than the previous one. Outdoor climbing poses different challenges than climbing gyms. “It’s more difficult than an indoor climb because you have to figure out things for yourself,” said L’Ecuyer of outdoor climbing. Climbing gyms have established handholds and tips for which route to take. However, L’Ecuyer said that almost everyone was able to handle the climbs, though some took longer than others. The group camped Sunday at the Steel Creek Campground. “It’s a great campground on the Buffalo River,” said Kuensting of the site. “The Science Club found it many years ago, and it’s still a really nice place—real gorgeous scenery.” after waking the next morning, the students, weary from the climbing, decided to explore their scenic, springtime campsite in- stead of setting up the ropes again. The group began the drive back to St. Louis around 10 a.m. that morning. April 9, 2010 16 Volume 74, Issue 25 T-Ball by Patrick O’Leary Calendar April 9 -April 16 Friday, April 9 BASE vs. Chaminade 4:30pm AP Snack—Waffle Fries Schedule R TENN @ John Burroughs 4pm Lunch: Special—Toasted Ravioli STUCO Executive Preliminary Elections GOLF vs. Vianney 3:30pm Healthy—Multi Grain Cheese Pizza Mom Prom JV TENN vs. John Burroughs 4pm So. Class Mass AP JV GOLF @ Vianney 3:30pm Thursday, April 15 VBALL vs. Vianney 6pm AP Snack—Beef Taquitos Schedule R BASE vs. McCluer 4:30pm Lunch: Special—Mini Corn Dogs Jesuit Schools Diversity Conference POLO vs. MICDS 5pm Healthy—Turkey on Ciabatta So. Bonus Reading AP TENN vs. DeSmet 4pm Fine Arts In-House Field Trip 12:30pm INLN vs. Celtics 10pm Tuesday, April 13 VBALL vs. Francis Howell 6pm JV VBALL vs. Vianney 5pm Schedule E POLO @ DeSmet Invitational C BASE @ DeSmet 4:30pm Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30pm GOLF @ DeSmet 3:30pm AP Snack—Mozzarella Sticks POLO vs. Parkway North 5pm JV VBALL vs. Francis Howell 5pm Lunch: Special—Crispitos/Burritos TENN @ Parkway West 4pm AP Snack—Cinnamon Rolls Healthy—BBQ Burger JV POLO vs. DeSmet 4pm Lunch: Special—Meatball Sandwich B/C TRK @ Hazelwood West Relays 4pm Healthy—Baked Mostaciolli Saturday, April 10 C BASE vs. Eureka 6pm So. Class Dance AP Snack—Beef Taquitos Friday, April 16 ACT 8am Lunch: Special—Chicken Rings Schedule R Father-Son Community Service 8am Healthy—Pulled Pork on Wheat Bun Jesuit Schools Diversity Conference TRK @ U. City Invitational 9am STUCO Sr. Class Speeches BASE vs. Chicago Cristo Rey 2pm Wednesday, April 14 Fr. Class Mass AP POLO @ DeSmet 1:15pm Schedule L TRK @ Kansas Relays JV POLO @ DeSmet B 11am STUCO Sr. Class Preliminary Elections LAX vs. Eureka 6pm JV POLO @ DeSmet 12pm VBALL @ Marquette 5:30pm TENN vs. McCluer North 4pm C INLN @ Northwest 8:30pm LAX vs. DeSmet 6pm INLN vs. Northwest 8pm GOLF vs. CBC 3:30pm JV LAX vs. Eureka 4:15pm Sunday, April 11 TENN vs. CBC 4pm C BASE @ SLUH Tourney 4:30pm CSP Retreat JV VBALL @ Marquette 4:30pm C INLN vs. Oakville 11pm JV LAX vs. DeSmet 4:15pm Dauphin Players Production 7:30pm Monday, April 12 JV GOLF @ CBC 3:30pm AP Snack—Pepperoni Boscos Schedule R JV/C TRK @ DeSmet 4pm Lunch: Special—Brunch for Lunch CSP Retreat C LAX vs. DeSmet 4:30pm Healthy—Soup in a Bread Bowl STUCO Executive Speeches and Election TRACK (from 7) shot put with a mark of 47 feet. Senior Mike nearly every event to help propel the team The JoePoIVbills looked impressive in Dryden threw 45’1” for 3rd place. Cross to victory. the meet, showing a wide variety of talent in also finished second in the discus, hitting “We scored in 15 of 19 events, that’s nearly every event as they picked up points 132’01”. how you win a big meet like Gateway. You in 15 of the 19 events. “We are hoping to get points out of the have to spread out the points, that is what once again the distance squad was the throwers at the state meet,” added Porter. it’s going to take to win the State meet along highlight. Caleb Ford ran an impressive 1600 Emmett Cookson had the race of his with some luck,” said Porter. race as he finished in first place in 4:23. life, running a 9:40 in the 3200, breaking the The varsity-2 team competed last “I like to think of my race like cool, qualifying standard of 9:42.7, which would Wednesday at the Webster Groves Invi- chilled chocolate milk, delicious and refresh- possibly allow three SLUH runners to enter tational, finishing fourth of 12 teams and ing. Starts out good and now I want to taste the District meet. Cookson had a cold in the defeating DeSmet’s top varsity team. more,” said Ford. days leading up to the meet but stayed posi- The varsity team will be back at it tomor- nick Seckfort also won a tight race in tive. row at the U. City Invitational. As sprinting 800 meters. Seckfort pulled away with a win “My goal was to hit 72 (seconds per coach Chris Scott likes to say, “They will be in an impressive early-season time of 1:57.03, lap), which is 9:40 pace. I really just wanted popping off and exploding on people.” Watch showing why he is the State favorite for the to break the standard,” said Cookson. the explosion as the Jr. Bills try to blaze past event. The sprinting squad had a solid day. the competition. The meet begins at 9 a.m. The throwing squad had an impressive While they did not finish in the top three and will end around 5 p.m day as junior Alex Cross finished first in the of any event, they did accumulate points in