New Year Brings New SLUH Experience for Freshmen Seniors
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Volume LXXXV, Issue XIV St. Louis University High School | Friday, January 22, 2021 sluh.org/prep-news New year and new Dauphin Players go digital: wraps up PERSPECTIVE distancing rules change filming for Spoon River Anthology Where do we routines of student-athletes go from here? BY Luke Altier vidual who is positive for more Sports Editor than 15 minutes. Instead, we Chaos or chose to require those testing ith SLUH’s recent to learn in a virtual environ- Community Wfull in-person return, ment 48 hours prior to a test testing protocols have been and while awaiting the test BY Sam Tarter changed to adjust to the new result in order to prevent the Features Editor three-foot distancing stan- potential quarantines.” dard. The new policy, revealed “Imagine having to call the t’s the name of my favor- in Principal Ian Gibbons’s parents of 30 students to tell Iite Solange song, the title most recent Parent Connect them that even though their of a book in Mr. Powers’ art email on Jan. 17, stated that son had nothing to do with room, and it was the inspira- “any student who gets test- (the positive result), they will tion for my 2D-Design mock ed—through athletics or for be out for 14 days because one movie poster. Out of all the another reason—will attend kid in their class tested posi- philosophies and questions classes in a virtual environ- tive,” said Gibbons. that Martin Luther King Jr. ment for the 48 hours prior With the new year starting, asked throughout his lifetime, to the test (if possible) and SLUH changed its distancing one still stands out to me, and photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott SLUH crew films senior Albert Harrold. until the test result has been rules from six feet to three now more than ever, needs to revealed.” Of all the students feet, something that had been be broadcast across the entire BY Nathan Rich and Mi- no likelihood for the kind of by Edgar Lee Masters called at SLUH, this new policy is in the works for a long time. nation: “Where Do We Go chael Robinson production that we would Spoon River Anthology. The affecting student-athletes the “We have looked at the From Here: Chaos or Com- Core staff, reporter normally produce,” said co- monologues, spoken by dead most, as they are mandated to three feet recommendation munity?” director Kathryn Whitaker. souls and set at the turn of the be tested every two weeks. for schools a number of times It is often said that a new or years, SLUH students “We really wanted to make 20th century, was a big change “It is not the rules that have in the past seven months,” said year is a time for new changes Fhave shared their passion sure whatever we did was for the theatre department, changed, it is our classroom Gibbons. “In June and early and new possibilities, and yet, for acting with large audi- as safe as we could possibly especially coming off last spacing that has changed. July, we spent a lot of time my short life of 18 years has ences stuffed into the Schulte make it for the students and year’s classic ensemble piece: There are pretty much two researching this, and we ulti- been marked each and ev- Theater. Last week, though, for ourselves.” Chicago. Rehearsals were options,” said Athletic Direc- mately decided to stick with ery year with some form of in the age of Covid-19, the It truly presented a chal- much different this year too. tor Chris Muskopf. “You can six feet until we had experi- nationwide tragedy, and has cast of Spoon River Anthology lenge. With no room onstage In place of in-person rehears- either allow those in the test- ence with reopening campus. often felt like a never-ending read their lines into a lifeless for a socially-distanced en- als, students prepared for ing process to attend classes We decided to try three feet cycle of suffering and hatred camera. But the passion still semble and no known plays their roles entirely on Zoom, knowing that if anyone tests in late November before the for the Black community. In remained. that involved mask-wearing, which had surprising benefits. positive, it will create the need big spike occurred earlier that the fall of 2014, it was Mi- “We started talking about the theatre department re- “It (was) collaborative,” for a 14-day close contact ex- m ont h .” chael Brown Jr. and the Fer- this in the summer because sorted to a collection of said co-director Kevin McK- posure quarantine for anyone The change from guson riots. In 2015, it was a we knew that there was really monologue prose written continued on page 5 seated within 6 feet of the indi- continued on page 7 50-year-old Walter Scott in South Carolina. In 2016, it was Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, New year brings new Seniors hear from experts during Louisiana. A video was later resurfaced of a 2017 shoot- SLUH experience for Grande Week, add finishing ing of father Mikel McIntyre in Sacramento County, Calif. freshmen touches to projects Once again in Sacramento County, in 2018, 22-year-old BY Carter J. Fortman and “I like it a lot more; it’s much BY Noah Apprill-Sokol for a topic, or provide help for learning more about the topic Stephon Clark was killed in John Posey more preferable,” said Browdy. and Roarke Unrau a problem they are passionate that the seniors had chosen his grandmother’s backyard Editor-in-Chief, reporter “I like it way more than before.” News Editor, Staff about. earlier in the year. when police mistook his However, not all students “We decided that design- “Everyone who chose, cellphone for a gun. In 2019, he SLUH campus returned think that this coming back full eniors participated in ing a safe, meaningful project say the death penalty, had Atatiana Jefferson was killed Tto full capacity on Jan. time was a good idea. Fresh- SGrande Week, a week full alternative would be better an outside speaker, and this inside her home in front of her 11, the first since March 2020. man Christian Nosacka still has of speakers and programming than doing nothing at all,” one was especially cool,” said eight-year-old nephew. And While it was a welcome return concerns about having students to help seniors as they finalize said Campus Minister Brian Anzalone, “This speaker con- in 2020, a year already full of for many SLUH students, for the back full-time as opposed to the their Grande Projects for next Gilmore. “Thus, we worked nected with someone who is death, loss, and destruction, freshmen, it was the first time in hybrid schedule. Friday. very hard on it, dedicating on death row, in a phone call. the methods of death and their SLUH career they had seen “Moving into full time, what The Grande Project is an much of our professional and So the students actually got to motives by the police were the other half of their class. worked with half the school, adapted form of Senior Proj- personal time to it.” talk to, and ask questions to the most lethal and terrible of “I really enjoy being around might not, now that it’s full,” ect. This year, because many Each day of Grande Week someone on death row.” my memory: Rayshard Brooks other men that show qualities of said Nosacka. agencies were closed for health featured something different “I thought it was interest- was killed for falling asleep in kindness, fun, and intelligence,” Many freshmen are also and safety reasons, the seniors for seniors to help them de- ing to hear the story and the his car in a fast food drive- said freshman Dylan Freeman. pleased that the brotherhood stayed at SLUH and made a velop the three aspects of the thoughts of Lyle (the person thru lane; George Floyd was Freshman Ignatius Cohort they were promised may soon Grande Project in the form project: topic, audience, and on death row),” said senior choked to death for suspected President Tim Browdy prefers come to fruition. of a video, essay, podcast or medium. Tyler Ridgway. “I think the use of a counterfeit $20 bill by the schedule change over the “Last semester, these fresh- other form of communica- Tuesday started off the interview helped me to recog- an officer kneeling on his neck last semester. continued on page 4 tion to help raise awareness week and was a day focused on continued on page 4 continued on page 4 The weekly student INDEX news news Sports newspaper of F. Corley Returns: French Teacher Basketball 2 News St. Louis University Corley returns to the classroom after Ilirjana Arapi steps in to teach French Basketball moves to 4-4 with latest High School 3 Entertainment sabbatical, showcases art in J-wing gal- following Moreshed’s departure and wins vs. Vianney and Normandy. The 4970 Oakland Ave. lery. despite her abrupt start; she’s excited team looks ahead to a tough Saturday 4 News/Perspective St. Louis, MO 63110 Page 2 to begin. Page 5 matchup vs. 10-2 Eureka. 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