ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 In this week’s Prep News... Doc Murphy returns to U. High ...... 2 Pekingbills visit China...... 2 Ping pong tables donated to rec room ...... 4 Sophomores meet President Bush ...... 4 Footbills drop game 28-27 ...... 5 Water polo wins Patriot Tournament ...... 5 Soccer finishes week 0-1-1 (Night Beat, pg. 12)...... 6 XC sweeps McCluer North meet...... 6 Latin club elects ’04-’05 officers...... 8 “If nothing else, value the truth” Feature: Paul Chaney Sr. serves in Afghanistan ...... 11 VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 4 Opinions: CBC AD, Huether write about CBC conduct . . . . 3 Broadcast Club hopes for next Friday premiere Eric Durban and Brian Krebs Preparations for the Broadcast Club However, those who were interested Reporter and Core Staff began as early as the summer of 2003, in the club did not have to wait long. Last when the school summer, Schenkenberg, PHOTO BY ALEX SCIUTO ext Friday, St. Louis U. High’s wired the new TVs history teacher and current N newly-created Broadcast Club hopes along with those Broadcast Club modera- to debut in technicolor with its very first already existing. tor Tim O’Neil, and com- all-school broadcast. The show will be During the puter technician Tim broadcast on about 55 TVs scattered following school Rittenhouse visited a num- throughout the campus. year, ASC teacher ber of schools, including Principal Mary Schenkenberg sees Sean Conway, Nerinx Hall and Ladue the Broadcast Club as a solution to the hoping to launch High, to observe broad- “need for a better facilitation of commu- the Broadcast Broadcast Club members prepare to broadcast. casting facilities on other nication within the whole school.” Addi- Club, began to lay the foundation for the school campuses. Students recruited by tionally, Schenkenberg believes that the Broadcast Club by soliciting interest Conway joined the trips to give their in- capability for live broadcast “will give among students. Unfortunately, without put. (us) the opportunity to engage the entire the necessary equipment for the studio, Their careful research and delibera- school at the same time without having to Conway could not proceed to the next tion over the technology have manifested move a thousand people to the gym.” level. see KUHI, 8 Spirit Week provides Gas leak repaired entertainment for students in Currigan Room Dan Everson gious commissioner/color commentator Kyle Kloster Reporter Marty Wilhelm to dub him “Hot Dog Core Staff Nomad.” he annual SLUH Eating Contest The thrilling competition used a for- ast Thursday night, Laclede Gas Com- T proved to be an exciting opener to mat in which competitors had to finish 13 Lpany repaired a leak found in the gas Spirit Week 2004. While spectators in the hot dogs and four fewer buns (due to time line fueling a stove in St. Louis U. High’s bleachers celebrated Dirtball Day, the constraints), before starting on the half- Currigan Room. competitors went shirtless as they scarfed gallon of tomato juice. Whoever had the Laclede discovered several gas leaks down hot dogs and buns before chugging least tomato juice left when time was in the area, so they shut off the gas line tomato juice (a late switch from egg nog, called would be the winner. fueling SLUH and about fifty surround- which could not be purchased because it At the two-minute warning, a drink- ing houses. Laclede then dispatched in- is a seasonal beverage). ing duel between sophomore Ray Wagner spectors to use a “sniffer” to detect the Students used numerous strategies and Buchmeier began. The two leaned sources of the unwanted gas. After Laclede in the contest, including senior Joe over trash cans (just in case) while chug- finished its repairs, which the company Buchmeier’s plan to eat the hot dogs be- ging the juice as quickly as possible. In the paid for, it resumed the gas supply. fore finishing off the buns. Senior Bob end, Buchmeier emerged as the new SLUH Although Laclede declared the mat- Stretch’s strategy involved eating parts of Eating Contest champion. ter closed, SLUH maintenance workers hot dogs at a time, inspiring STUCO reli- On Tuesday, dance groups enter- further explored lines near the pipe that see BANANAS OF THE WORLD, 3 see PARDON ME, 11 2 SportsNews September 17, 2004 Doc Murphy to supervise library after school Timo Kim not enjoy his major, Murphy switched to a during his tenure as the freshman class Core Staff history major instead. He returned to SLUH moderator, coaching wrestling, and an- as a teacher in 1960, but continued his nouncing football games for the past 19 nowing him only as the phantasmal education, eventually earning a master’s years. Kannouncer at home football games, degree and Ph.D. in history from SLU. However, his most notable legacy St. Louis U. High students will now have Upon returning to SLUH, Murphy has provided Jr. Billikens with athletic a chance to see Deacon Jim Murphy mainly taught American History and Glo- entertainment and school spirit for gen- incarnate. Starting next week, Murphy bal History I and II. However, he also erations: around 1970, Murphy invented will supervise the library past the current taught classes such as P.E., Environmental the SLUH sport of bashball. Originally a closing time of 4:30 p.m. In addition to Science, and Descriptive Geometry, even- conditioning sport for wrestlers, bashball manning the front desk, Murphy will also tually joining every department except has since evolved from its tackling prede- be able to tutor and counsel students after Fine Arts and English. cessor to the safer touch format of today. school. For the eleven years prior to his retire- Murphy will stay in the library from Although largely unfamiliar to cur- ment in 2001, Murphy served as a counse- 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednes- rent students, Murphy’s relationship with lor. In 1991, he also was ordained a dea- days, and Thursdays, and the administra- SLUH has spanned over half a century. con. tion is currently trying to find someone to Murphy entered SLUH for the first time If not familiar with his name, SLUH staff the library on Monday and Friday. as a freshman in 1950, and graduated in students can at least relate to the impres- Of his return, Murphy said, “I feel pretty 1954. After graduation, Murphy entered sion that Murphy had left before his retire- excited... I’ve made a lot of good friends St. Louis University as an engineering ment. His accomplishments include de- among the faculty, and I thought this major, but after discovering that he did veloping the position of Senior Advisors might help people out.” Rec room adds ping pong, loses 5 cents Andrew Mueth monly at the noise of a dropped ball, students were not sure whether to stay Core Staff students yell the word, and the offender with tradition and yell “Nickel!” or to be has to pay the nearest faculty moderator a accurate and yell “Dime!” lthough the freshman may not be nickel. These offenses most commonly This year, according to rec room co- Aaware of them, upperclassmen who include a dropped ball or stick, trick shots, moderator Joseph Nguyen, “To honor the visit the Rec Room this year may notice foul language, or eating food in the pool tradition, we have gone back,” so that several significant changes “Nickel!” means a nickel again. PHOTO BY ALEX SCIUTO from last year. As many stu- The tradition of “Nickel!” is not dents’ favorite subterranean only long but also widespread. hangout, the rec room has a SLUH graduates and faculty have long history full of tradition reported hearing “Nickel!” yelled and fun, providing a place for in pool halls across the country. students to relax during activ- In addition to these legislative ity period and before and after changes, three new ping-pong school. The room contains 29 tables have been added to the rec pool tables, four bumper pool room. There have been ping pong tables, foosball and shuffle- tables in the rec room before, but board tables, a bubble hockey not for several years. table, the ancient, infamous The Turkcan family donated one labyrinth ball maze, and three of the tables to SLUH when they ping pong tables, which SLUH moved. Kevin Turkcan is cur- added this year. The room also Adolescent male humanoids engage in sport. rently a senior, and a member of has a concession stand and an eating area. area. the Chinese Club. Last year, he organized The familiar cry, “Nickel!” is per- Though offenses traditionally cost a a Chinese Club ping pong tournament haps the most infamous rec room tradi- nickel apiece, last year that was not the open to all students, but there were no tion, one that has been around as long as case. To cope with long-term inflation, tables to play on. This created numerous the rec room itself. At the sight or sound nickel offenses went up to costing a dime difficulties, because “We had to borrow of any offense in the room, most com- last year. However, chaos ensued when see DIME, 12 September 17, 2004 OpinionSports 3 COMMENTARY Tim Huether STUCO President Joe Eggleston expressed his disappointment at the ruling, as it takes away from SLUH’s and DeSmet’s spirit Sports Editor (which feature the only squads sporting paint), but no other n a meeting last Tuesday between MCC athletic directors, the schools. Iathletic directors decided that a rule adopted long ago will be Wehner echoed Eggleston’s sentiment; “I think (SLUH’s) reinforced: no MCC cheerleading squads will be allowed to paint and DeSmet’s cheerleaders bring a lot to our spirit, and I think themselves at sporting events held at other MCC schools. that some schools, in conference and out of conference, are The rule was first passed after a Running of the Bills, when envious of what that brings to the game and are willing to do scores of Jr. Bills painted themselves blue before running to CBC anything to discourage full participation by our cheerleaders and (at its previous location) for the CBC Tournament. Predictably, fans when we are at their venues.” when the game had finished, blue paint remained all over CBC’s Wehner continued, “When Blue Crew is in full throat and facilities. The ADs then adopted the rule to stop this type of our fans are pumped up, it definitely gives us a tremendous behavior, which purportedly detracts from the host venue more athletic advantage.” than it adds to the allure of the game. While I see the necessity of such a rule and believe the rule Although the ADs agreed to reinforce the rule last year, was well-intended, I think the enthusiasm that will be lost at SLUH’s athletic director, Dick Wehner, hadn’t let the Blue Crew games is invaluable. All Jr. Bills know what a fully active Blue know, so the painting of the Jr. Bills continued. However, after Crew can bring to a game. Our cheering crews should be our most DeSmet’s Maroon Platoon and our Blue Crew spilled some paint responsible members, and, if careful enough, should not get large at CBC during last week’s CBC Soccer Tournament, the AD’s amounts of paint on the facilites. I understand that fans should not brought it up again at last Tuesday’s meeting. be allowed to paint, and I understand the reasoning behind the No crew painted in blue will be allowed to attend athletic rule. I could even see a scenario in which a cheerleading squad events scheduled at Chaminade or CBC this year, or ever, that spills paint must go to the venue and clean it up later. although Wehner hopes to talk to DeSmet about letting our Blue However, the rule excessively takes away from school spirit. Crew and their Maroon Platoon paint themselves at each others’ Banning paint across the board with no exceptions is drastic and venues. unnecessary. BANANAS OF THE WORLD

LETTER TO THE (from 1) tained students clad in ugly shirts in the theater during activity EDITOR period. One group from each class competed, and theology teacher Michael Marchlewski, S.J., history teacher Jeff Harrison, To the administration, coaches, players, and fans of SLUH and S.J., dance teacher Janet Strzelec, and computer teacher Tim DeSmet: Rittenhouse judged the contestants. A freshman group composed of James Barton, Tyler Schenk, I want to truly apologize for an incident which happened at and Dan Behr danced to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” halftime of the SLUH-DeSmet soccer game during Saturday In the end, however, the freshmen were not smooth enough, and night’s game in the CBC Tournament. This is in reference to an were booed so extensively that STUCO forced them from the announcement made over the public address system telling a stage before the routine ended. group of students on the field “to stop acting like idiots,” after The sophomores came next and more than held their own, they were told to get off the field. This was completely inappro- performing to “Ninja Rap.” Murphy Troy was the energetic star, priate and uncalled for. For this I want to express my fullest doing ninja moves throughout the song, accompanied by Peter apology and will assure you that it will not be tolerated and will Zilka and Chris Place. not happen again. I take full responsibility for being the one who The junior group of Connor Cole, Matt Meiners, Matt Yoon, made the comment and assure you that it is something that will and Greg Mantych came out absurdly dressed, as an old pauper, never happen again. a cowboy riding an ostrich, a king of hearts, and a referee with a Again, please accept my apology and understand that I have large stomach. While these costumes entertained the crowd for a the utmost respect for your soccer coaches, soccer programs and while, uncoordinated and unimpressive dancing soon led to the your schools, and I truly regret the incident. juniors’ demise, as they too were booed from the stage. In the end, the seniors stole the show. After some technical Sincerely, difficulties, Nelly’s “Air Force Ones” came on and seniors Joe J. Scott Brown Eggleston, Phil Hof, and Tim Rodgers served everyone. The Director of Athletics, CBC see UNITE, 11 4 SportsNews September 17, 2004 FarEastBills trek to China, see Jash and Emma Jim Santel third century B.C. Chinese emperor, lo- More importantly, the bargaining allowed cated near Xi’an. the group to exercise its Chinese speaking Reporter During transit from Beijing to Xi’an, skills. According to Tai, many of the n June 12, 25 St. Louis U. High the group encountered its first and only Chinese locals were impressed with how Ostudents journeyed to China under serious hitch when senior Dustin Sump well her pupils could speak Mandarin the supervision of SLUH Chinese teacher almost missed the group’s flight. Another Chinese. “Some of (the locals) could not Dr. Ching-ling Tai, the recently retired passenger had accidentally taken his pass- speak as well as (the students) did in terms Bob Overkamp, and his wife Susan. The port and ticket onto the plane with him, of pronunciation,” said Tai. group visited eight of China’s largest cit- but “thankfully Mrs. Overkamp went on “I wanted them to have a firsthand ies: Beijing, Xi’an, Luoyang, Zhenzhou, the plane and got the ticket from (the experience of Chinese culture,” Tai said. Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Shang- passenger), and I was able to get on. It was “It was very shocking,” remembered hai. Over the course of the sixteen days, a little scary,” recalled Sump. senior Joe Eggleston, referring to the wide- the students visited many of China’s fa- Fortunately, the remainder of the trip spread poverty in China. In addition, mous landmarks, gained new insight into went on without any other serious inci- Eggleston gained an appreciation for or- China itself, and received excellent prac- dents. Tai stated emphatically that visit- dinary things. “Now, when I look at the tice speaking Chinese. ing the Nanjing Foreign Languages sky, I appreciate the blue sky, because of The planning of this trip was a School, SLUH’s sister school in Nanjing, the pollution (in China), there’s grey skies journey unto itself; the group was set to go was a high point for everyone. Here, they over there all of the time. You never saw in early 2003, but because of the SARS were reunited with Jash Guo and Emma a blue sky.” outbreak in China, Tai postponed the trip Liu, the Chinese exchange students who For his part, Sump returned on June until the end of the ’03-’04 school year. had attended SLUH for the second semes- 28 armed with newfound understanding Tai said that the students enjoyed ter last year. of China, its people, and its culture. climbing the Great Wall, which they dis- Tai said that she enjoyed seeing her “(China) is very different from the West. cussed with great anticipation. They also students bargaining with the locals in the China is definitely a place of a lot of enjoyed seeing the 6,000 terra cotta sol- markets, and like true Jr. Billikens, they energy, and a lot of excitement.” diers that guard the tomb of Shihuangdi, a found some “good buys,” she declared. Bush hobnobs with three sophomores in D.C. Students greet president as he disembarks Marine One Helicopter, the students, Charles Ullmann including the Capitol building, Washing- ton Monument, and the Lincoln Memo- standing in the rain, welcomed him and Reporter rial. soaked in this once-in-a-lifetime ver the summer, three sophomores Though they enjoyed all of these experience. Zinn recalled that after Bush Oflew to Washington, D.C., to get an things, the exited his helicopter onto the south lawn, insider tour of the capitol and meet the highlight of PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK ZINN he “joked President during their four-day their trip around with stay. Sophomores Ray Wagner, Mark was greet- us. He talked Zinn, and Nick Wilhelm were given the ing Presi- to Mrs. opportunity by Mrs. Ann Wagner, who is dent Bush Wagner—he the Co-chairwoman of the Republican and First knows her— National Committee and Ray’s mother, to Lady Laura and he called see Washington, D.C., through the eyes of Bush on her ‘Annie a politician. Ann provided the boys quar- Aug. 14 Girl.’” After- tering at the Executive Assistant’s town upon their wards, Bush house for their stay. return from thanked the After departing on Aug. 12, the stu- campaign- students and dents took a tour of the West Wing, visit- ing. As posed for a ing such rooms in the White House as the Bush de- picture with Oval Office and the press room. The s c e n d e d them. students also toured various landmarks from the The 43rd president of the United States with two Jr. Bills. September 17, 2004 SportsSports 5 Footbills lose thriller to Althoff, 28-27 Bryan Glaenzer the second quarter, junior running back ter. Reporter Stephen Simmons stepped forward and In the fourth quarter Simmons showed answered the call with his tell-tale speed again why he is a track star, sprinting 85 ast Friday on a beautiful fall night, on a 44-yard dash that ended in the end yards to a touchdown. Tragically, the ex- Lthe Jr. Bills lost a heartbreaking game zone. tra point was blocked by the Althoff de- to the Althoff Crusaders. The game PHOTO BY GREG FOX fense, a play that would come could have gone to either team and back to haunt the Jr. Bills. was decided in the final seconds. A minute and a half As senior captain Dave Klug said, later Althoff once again put in a it was a night of “missed touchdown to take a 28-27 lead. opportunites.” SLUH nearly scored in The night started off well. the final seconds of the game Quarterback Matt Behr threw a after Klug stripped the ball from dazzling 30-yard pass to senior an unwitting running back and John Warner, who then took it linebacker Bobby Schuster re- another 60 yards for a touchdown. covered the fumble. Sadly, noth- Althoff responded with the ing panned out for the Jr. Bills. next two touchdowns, however. Junior Paul Chaney (11) sprints upfield behind blocking from senior Curtis Rather than occupy Just as painfully, while the agrar- Hoette (80). themsleves with what ifs, the Jr. ian Crusaders were on offense, junior free However, Althoff countered five Bills chose to find the positives from the safety Eric Hunt broke and dislocated his minutes later, when quarterback Dale Fink game, such as Warner’s 102 yards receiv- ring finger on his right hand; he left the exerted himself with a one-yard pass for a ing and Simmons’s 221 yards rushing. game for x-rays at half, but will be back in touchdown. Tonight the Junior Bills take on the action tonight. Warner and senior Curtis SLUH showed its die-hard spirit when Chaminade Red Devils/Red Army/The Hoette filled in for the injured Hunt. Simmons pounded in a touchdown with CCP Red Menace at 7 p.m. at Chaminade. Five minutes and thirty seconds into only 48.9 seconds left in the second quar- Water polo goes 4-1 in two tournaments Greg Mantych goal in the first quarter, a Parkway South admitted senior goalie Rick Bettger, “so Reporter shot slipped past the Jr. Bills’ defense, we would have to play hard.” sending the team into the second quarter The game started out almost identi- n their eternal quest for the state title, with a murderous desire for revenge. cally to their meeting two days earlier Ithe St. Louis U. High water polo team Halfway into the second quarter, with an early Parkway South goal in the came out firing earlier this week in the Heafner sniped two consecutive goals. first quarter putting the Jr. Bills down 1-0. annual Patriot Classic, hosted by Park- Going into the second half up 3-1, the The team knew they would have to retali- way South High School. The SpeedoBills PoloBills did not look back. ate with the same intensity as before. cleared out all competition, beating “We jumped into the lead,” said Less than 30 seconds into the second Lafayette 10-4 on Friday and Marquette Heafner, “because we had better ball han- quarter, Heafner planted a shot in the back (17-3) and Parkway South (4-1) on Satur- dlers. That’s what it comes down to.” of the goal to tie the score at 1-1. The game day. With the lead secured by a third quar- would remain tied until the second half. Aware that Lafayette and Marquette ter goal from senior Kevin O’Neill, the After a halftime rest, the PoloBills set would put up little resistance, SLUH team finished off the Patriots and their their gears on high, with Heafner pound- breezed through the first two rounds of tournament by winning 4-1. ing in back to back goals. The SpeedoBills the tournament. Senior co-captain Tim Immediately after finishing the Park- finally eliminated the Patriots 7-2 after Heafner scored five goals against way South tournament, the water polo fourth quarter goals from senior co-cap- Lafayette, and the entire team dominated team jumped into another one on Mon- tain Tim Szewczyk and junior Ben Favier. by scoring ten goals in the first half against day, the Varsity Conference Tournament. The water polo team has thrived this Marquette before the Mustangs could Seeded second in the tournment, behind year in the late periods of the game, score even a single goal. rival MICDS, the BaudBills played their whereas most teams grow fatigued. However, the team knew that its final first game against Parkway South. Hav- “Once we tire them out and convince opponent of the tournament, Parkway ing just beaten them two days earlier, the ourselves to play hard,” said Coach Paul South, would not be as easy to suppress. team had good expectations. Baudendistel, “we are as good as any After several failed SLUH attempts on “We all knew they were a good team,” see TREADS, 7 6 SportsNews September 17, 2004 Harrierbills dominate McCluer North Invite Henry Samson already show they are capable of reaching and Meier’s 17:07 captured 13th. “I’m the 17 minute barrier.” kicking it home,” said a bewildered Meier, Reporter Once again junior Ben Murphy-Baum “and suddenly I look to my left and barely ast Saturday, fresh off a blowout and senior Charlie Samson, along with see this huge head leaning me out at the Lopening race at First Capitol, the spotlight returnee senior Alex Muntges, line. But I knew it was Jonagan, so it was cross country team gained momentum covered the leaders through the first mile. all right.” by emerging victorious from a field that Although Samson eventually fell off the Junior Drew Kaiser also ran a superb consisted of well over 30 schools. A win pace, Muntges and Murphy-Baum each race, chopping 13 seconds off his previ- is a win, but it is even better when it provided strong finishes for the Bills, plac- ous race to finish in 17:15 for 15th place shows a team’s strength. St. Louis U. ing 5th and 6th with times of 16:42 and overall. Seniors Joe Carlson and Matt High finished with 52 points, 40 points 16:45, respectively. Dirnbeck ran together at 17:21 and 17:23, better than Parkway South’s second place Said Muntges, “I was just happy to be finishing sixth and seventh on the team, of 92. out in competition. This was really my respectively, and in 17th and 20th place Competing against a strong field first race in about a year, and it was good to overall. Samson, who had run with the that contained not only state cross coun- get the feel of anaerobic running for a leaders early, learned the price of a risk try champion Tim Cornell, but also the change.” the hard way: “My legs felt heavier than a 3200-meter track champion from Murphy-Baum echoed those words and junkyard vista cruiser.” Marquette, Garret Jeffries, SLUH ran added, “I’m hoping to go out fast next week The varsity team was not the only smart and finished hard. again at Rim Rock. Hopefully, I’ll be able group from SLUH that had a “spectacular Interestingly, this race allowed for to run a 16:30, give or take a few seconds.” day,” said head coach Jim Linhares. The nine varsity competitors from each team, These two have already shown enor- JV squad showed how tough they were by which worked out to SLUH’s advan- mous potential early in the season and will sweeping the race through seven posi- tage. As coach Tim Chik said, “We’re provide the foundation of the team’s tions. A CBC runner edged his way into deep. I’m excited because this team has strength come post season. 8th place, but otherwise, SLUH packed the best chance to win a race like state Junior Mike Jonagan and senior Dan 10 runners in the top 12 spots in the race— that we’ve had in a long time. I’m also Meier finished with admirable times as a feat which, up until that point, had been glad to see our numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 men well. Jonagan’s 17:06 earned 12th place see GO X-CRAZY, 7 Ronaldobills go 0-1-1 in scoreless week son, the doctors said that his leg will be the field on a breakaway. The Jr. Bill Andrew Schroeder stronger than it was before for next season. faithful praised the effort with chants of Reporter Along with Brooks’ absence, Brent “Holy moly, we love our goalie!” oming off a tough loss to CBC last Zang will be out for the next two games due Woods led the defense with a couple CThursday, the Jr. Bill soccer team to a groin injury. However, it doesn’t ap- more clutch saves, refusing to yield a looked to get back into the win column in pear to be too serious, and he should be goal. Time expired in the first half, and the both its final game of the CBC tourna- back on the field sometime next week. match was scoreless going into the break. ment against “the other Jesuit school” Last Saturday at the CBC tournament, Picking up in the second half right last Saturday and the match with Fort DeSmet came out firing in the first half where they left off, the Spartans resumed Zumwalt South on Tuesday. The games with a couple of quick shots on their first assaulting the SLUH backfield. Fortu- proved to be two tough matches as the possession. However, the Jr. Bills retali- nately, the Jr. Bills did not skip a beat Soccerbills tied DeSmet and lost to Fort ated by working the ball downfield and coming out of the half, and they were Zumwalt South. keeping it in DeSmet’s end of the field for ready for everything DeSmet had to The team’s misfortune continued the better part of the next ten minutes. They bring. The impenetrable forest of Woods Tuesday night when a freak accident took some rips at the net, but DeSmet’s stopped a two-on-one attack, then fol- resulted in sophomore forward Rusty tough defense and goalkeeping kept the Jr. lowed that up by punching a Spartan shot Brooks breaking his leg at practice. The Bills out of the net. up and over the goal with authority. team was playing a five-on-five game With about ten minutes left to play in Much like the first half, SLUH gradu- when another player fell on top of Brooks’ the first half, the tide began to turn. DeSmet ally moved the ball out of their zone and shin, which cracked under the weight. carried the ball into Jr. Bill territory and took their shots at the Spartan defense. But Brooks was taken to Children’s Hospital began to work on the U. High defense. they, like the Spartan offense, could not by ambulance and underwent surgery on Senior goalkeeper Wyatt Woods showed find the back of the net, and the defen- Wednesday to put a metal rod in his leg. off his agility with an amazing kick-save, sively-dominated match ended in a 0-0 Although Brooks is out for the sea- stopping a DeSmet forward streaking down see SOC ’EM, 7 September 17, 2004 Sports 7 SOC ’EM GO X-CRAZY

(from 6) kick, and junior Tom Irvin throw-in (which (from 6) tie. serves as well as any corner kick.) inconceivable. They hope to count on Head coach Charlie Martel noted af- The only goal of the game was scored this depth this weekend as the second ter the game that it was “tough to get past by Fort Zumwalt South on one of their seven make the trip to Lawrence, Kansas, (the DeSmet defense).” He believed the few trips to the SLUH end of the field. leaving the rest to fight the field in the team played pretty well and that they got With about 5:30 left in the first half, a put- normal varsity and junior varsity races at “the result they expected” going into the back after a corner kick from the near side Sioux Passage. game. of the field was unfortunately punched The freshmen harriers also opened With the CBC tournament behind right to the feet of a Bulldog forward by up their season with a bang at McCluer them, the Fifabills got back to their regu- Woods. The goal seemed to deflate the Jr. North. Chris Murphy and Stephen lar season schedule with a game at home Bills, as they never recovered from the Schummacher placed in the top ten and against Fort Zumwalt South on Monday deficit. They appeared sluggish through- led the team to victory in the annually night. The Bulldogs were 4-0 coming into out the second half and only fired three competitive race. About the race, Chik the game and proved to be quite a test for shots in what became more of a midfield commented, “The freshmen were fun. the Soccerbills. battle. They went on to drop the game, 1- They’ve reloaded our gun for future years The Jr. Bills dominated almost the 0. with this win.” entire first half, led by senior midfielder Winless in their last three outings This weekend is unique for the cross Paul Eschen’s barrage of shots directed at with an overall record of 4-2-1, Martel country team. For the first time, the top the Bulldog goalie who, according to promised that “(The team) will work 14 runners will be traversing the state of Martel, was “by far the best we’ve seen through it.” Missouri to run at the Rim Rock Invita- this year.” The star Zumwalt South goal- Come out and support the Soccerbills tional in Lawrence, Kansas. This is a big keeper held SLUH scoreless and seemed as they look to get back on track this regional meet with a lot of fierce in-state to be a step ahead of the Jr. Bill forwards Saturday against St. Dominic at 7:00 p.m. and out-of-state competition. A good race as he sucked in almost every cross, corner in the SLUH Stadium. there will most certainly put the SLUH cross country program on a different level. TREADS Said Chik, “We’re all really excited to compete with the best teams in the (from 5) Red Devils snuck in two quick goals. region. But more importantly, we are one.” Unfortunately, the game ended be- ready. There is no reason to make the trip Also notable were the outstanding fore the Jr. Bills had a chance to avenge without having the intention to win the defensive efforts made by the team. these points and dropped the game, 9-6. race, which I believe is well within our “Holding a team like Parkway South “We really needed to play more ag- reach.” to so few goals is quite an accomplish- gressive,” claimed Baudendistel. “We While the top 14 are racing the flats ment,” said Szewczyk, “and a lot of that didn’t have enough patience on offense.” of Kansas, the rest of the team will be can be attributed to Rick’s goalkeeping.” The loss could be contributed to both tackling the hills at Sioux Passage, in- Bettger, playing the entire game, had offensive and defensive failures. cluding the infamous Manmaker. an amazing 18 saves in front of the net “I just don’t think we came ready to while only allowing two shots past him. play,” said Bettger. “The other team started Fr. Marco will address In the next round of tournament play, the game all fired up.” the Jr. Bills faced the competent However, Szewczyk offered optimis- the Sodality of Mary at Chaminade team. tic thoughts towards the future, saying, Chaminade took an early lead, scor- “We made defensive mistakes and let the beginning of their ing three unanswered goals in the second their good players shoot, but it is still the weekly Rosary on quarter to take a 5-2 lead into halftime. beginning of the season and we have a lot Throughout the second half, the two more to go.” Thursday, September 23, teams steadily exchanged goals, as any For all those interested in watching 2004. All are invited to Chaminade goal would be quickly an- an intense match in the water, come see swered with a SLUH shot. the SLUH water polo team continue its come to this important With one minute left in the fourth promising season when they face John quarter and Chaminade leading 7-6, the Burroughs this Saturday at Lafayette. meeting. 8 SportsNews September 17, 2004 Indecision 2004: Latin style Dustin Sump they were not allowed further influence LATIN CLUB from the candidates, since last year people Reporter LECTION ESULTS were going around changing their votes as E R ast Friday in the Cafeteria, SLUH’s different candidates bribed them to do so. Consuls (Presidents): LLatin Club had its traditional candy- “It reached the point it was beyond filled election to kick off the year’s events. chaos (and) we tried to prevent that,” said Andrew Conner In the back of the cafeteria, club members Doc McConaghy. Charles Ullmann elected two officers for each position, According to newly elected Quaestor which seniors largely filled. According to Greg Fox, it was “a lot less corrupt than in Praetors (Vice Presidents): moderator Mary Lee McConaghy, Ph. D., years past,” although Fox has a vested Andrew Schaeperkoetter “this year’s senior class is really powerful interest in making such a claim. Andrew Winkler in the club.” The Latin Club’s activities consist of The tradition of the candidates brib- its annual club T-shirt, organizing the Quaestors (Treasurers): ing voters, especially underclassman vot- club toga party with local girls’ schools, Greg Fox ers, continued, although changes in the and the climax of representing SLUH at Neil Barron process seemed to make the election less the Latin convention in Columbia Mis- corrupt. As in years past, the candidates souri in the spring. Aediles (Entertainment were allowed to attempt to sway voters’ A new feature this year will be the minds, generally with sweets, before the club’s website which can be found at Officers): voters actually got the ballots. However, http://www.sluh.org/Latin_Club/ Henry Samson once students had their ballots in hand, Home.html. Mike Jonagan KUHI (from 1) grant. show would replace the scrolling an- themselves in the Broadcasting club’s new Since the school year started, O’Neil nouncements. home, M125. has worked hard at recruiting interested The broadcasts will be 5-7 minutes Work was done to M125 over the students and getting the room fully pre- long with various segments ranging from summer, the new home of KUHI-TV pared. On Saturday, Sept. 11, club mem- 30 seconds to 1 minute. Each broadcast Channel 39, to prepare the space for a bers met SLUH to get some work done on will have three main areas of coverage: studio. Because of the large amount of the studio. They spent several hours paint- news, special interest, and sports. During power needed for the equipment, three ing, organizing, and constructing to make each broadcast, taped segments will be new 15-amp circuits were installed. Out- the space resemble a T.V. studio. shown from events outside of school. lets were placed in the ceiling and light All this preparation is leading up to “During main events outside of school we racks were also installed on the ceiling. one thing: putting a broadcast onto the would like to have a camera crew there to Also, an outlet for the closed-captioning airwaves of SLUH. The first broadcast is get some footage,” said O’Neil. system was moved to the other side of the Sept. 24. However, if that doesn’t come to “Ideally, I would like to get it to the room because of its inconvenience in the fruition, they “will have something on by point where we are capable to putting out studio set-up. October,” according to O’Neil. They plan a show every day,” O’Neil said. “Ulti- During the summer months, the club initially to have a live broadcast on Mon- mately, it depends on how well the broad- used funds from a Vision 2000 allocation days during homeroom and put out a casts are received by the communities.” and a federal grant to purchase the needed taped show during activity period on Fri- The club will be selecting students equipment for the studio. They acquired days, to avoid interfering with the Prep today to fill the positions necessary to run an editing desktop, two digital cameras, News’ release in the morning. a good broadcast. tripods and dollies, a soundboard, lava- “We will need to put out a good Schenkenberg looks forward to the liere microphones, a handheld micro- broadcast on Fridays to gain an audience Broadcasting Club’s premiere Friday, say- phone, lighting, and various other neces- because students have other things going ing, “I think video is an interesting art. sary accessories. The total cost of the on during activity period,” said O’Neil. Media literacy and understanding how equipment was approximately $14,555, “We don’t want the broadcasts to become media speaks and what messages it’s con- with approximately $8,000 coming from a distraction to other matters that go on in veying is an important thing for young the Vision 2000 allocation and more than homeroom and activity period.” people today.” $6,000 used from the federal technology During the periods of broadcast, the September 17, 2004 FeatureSportsNews 9 Half a world away: Chaney in Afghanistan Alex Sciuto Along with commanding a group of 15 soldiers, Chaney com- Assistant Editor mands the Combat Service Support Battalion of the ANA. The Battalion contains 278 soldiers divided into five companies: Editor’s note: Quotes from Major Paul Chaney were taken from Medical, Transportation, Maintenance, Communications, and three sources: an e-mail interview conducted with Chaney and a Headquarters. one week and one month update, sent by Chaney to his family and The Combat Service Support Battalion is trying to form the friends, and forwarded to the Prep News. Chaney gave permis- ANA into a well-trained fighting unit. Because Afghanistan is sion for the Prep News to use quotes from his updates. still just beginning to form its military, Chaney’s main job has Between the once great King’s and Queen’s palaces on the been to begin to transform the ragtag soldiers into a fighting unit. outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan stands a Canadian military base “We have started out with the basics and will build upon that,” camp, Camp Julien. Within Camp Julien, in B-hut, a television Chaney said. flickers, displaying the third quarter of the St. Louis U. High Chaney’s battalion has many more responsibilities than football team’s first game against Parkway South. Major Paul training the ANA. The battalion also provides secondary protec- Chaney sits and watches his son, junior Paul Chaney Jr., tackle a tion for the palace of the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai. The Parkway South player, palace also functions as the helping SLUH to a 20-17 PHOTO COURTESY OF MAJ. PAUL CHANEY, USA headquarters for the ANA. win. Even though major fighting Chaney, who as a has mostly ceased, Afghani- civilian works for the stan is still a dangerous place. Glaxo Pharmaceutical On Aug. 13, a vehicle from Company, left St. Louis Chaney’s convoy broke down on June 11 for a 12- to in downtown Kabul. “It was a 18-month deployment in brief moment where all in- Afghanistan as part of the volved were tense,” Chaney Missouri Army National said. Guard. In Afghanistan, Chaney had good reason to Chaney serves as an be tense. In the first month he Embedded Team Trainer has been stationed in Afghani- for the Afghan National stan, one IED (Improvised Army (ANA), and he is Explosive Device) car bomb the team chief of the Mis- detonated very near the presi- Chaney (right) and his interpreter at 6600 feet in Afghanistan. souri Army National dential palace and Chaney’s Guard soldiers deployed with him. Besides Paul Jr., Chaney left other building. behind his wife, Susan, and his younger daugher, Peyton. Chaney needs to fear not only vehicles, but also land mines. When Chaney learned of his imminent departure to Afghani- Throughout Afghanistan, the former Soviet Union planted mil- stan, he bought a DVD burner so that, besides seeing videos of his lions of landmines. “Drivers know better than to steer off the family, he would be able to watch his son play football. “He really road,” he said. focuses on (Paul Jr.’s) sports,” Chaney’s wife Susan said. As of Three Afghan beggars have given Chaney a wealth of help today, Chaney has served 43 days of his year-long deployment. and information. “Our best intelligence source is whether the While his heart points to St. Louis, a series of flights and three Afghan beggars are in their designated locations daily. transfers brought Chaney to Afghanistan. But before Chaney, a Sources have told us if we reach downtown and do not see the 21-year veteran of the Guard, ever flew to Afghanistan, he first three guys that we see daily begging that something is up and for had to train at Camp Atterberry in Edinburgh, Indiana, 30 miles us to get the heck out of there.” south of Indianapolis. Leaving St. Louis on June 11, Chaney Chaney gave one of the three beggars a one dollar bill, trained for two months in Indiana, learning about basic soldier equivalent to 47 to 50 afghanis. “When it only costs $2 AF to ride skills such as marksmanship, navigation, and nuclear, biological, the bus or $10 AF for some food etc... then I know that we made and chemical training, as well as skills specific to his mission his day and hopefully maintained our safety,” Chaney said. training the ANA. Living in Afghanistan has given Chaney a different view of After Atterberry, he traveled to Germany, then to Kyrgyzstan. life than what he was used to in the United States. Chaney called From Kyrgyzstan, Chaney flew for two hours in a C-130 military the ANA’s barracks “far worse than any urban neglected ghetto plane before finally landing at Kabul International Airport on that I have ever seen.” Of Kabul, Chaney said, “It is the worst Aug. 9. sanitary conditions I have ever seen.” Duties in Afghanistan keep Chaney busy on the ground. see HERO, 10 10 FeatureSportsNews September 17, 2004 HERO around the world could experience the pain and suffering of the (from 9) people of Afghanistan, then we would have more people that Although similarities between St. Louis and Kabul are few, would be grateful for what they do have, especially in America.” Chaney noticed the importance For Chaney’s wife of religion as a common char- PHOTO COURTESY OF MAJ. PAUL CHANEY, USA Susan, having her husband acteristic. Both Afghanistan halfway across the world and St. Louis take religion very in a war-torn country has seriously, Chaney said. Cul- been very difficult. “The tural differences are the great- day (Paul) received the est impediment for communi- orders, my world fell cation with Afghanis, accord- apart,” Susan said. Even ing to Chaney. “The language though Chaney served in barrier is not what I am refer- Operation Desert Storm, ring to. Within different cul- the situation for his sec- tures there are norms and be- ond extended deployment liefs in ways of doing things,” is very different. In 1990, Chaney said. Susan was still attending One of the positive aspects college. “I didn’t have the of the United States’ commit- responsibilities I have ment to Afghanistan is the in- now,” Susan said. Also crease in the standard of living Chaney spent only nine of Afghanis. “I have seen months in Saudi Arabia. schools completed, I have seen Major Chaney’s living area. He will stay in Afghani- medical teams deploy into the stan for a minimum of a desert and set up clinics to help the people that don’t have access year, and possibly 18 months. to these services,” he said. Because of the emphasis on rebuild- “(Susan) has been taking this pretty well. She knows she has ing, Chaney thinks that most Afghanis appreciate the American to fill in. She’s been doing a very good job,” Paul Jr. said. presence. “The (United States) military understands that our role The biggest difference between Desert Storm and Afghani- is to rebuild them into a self-reliant (state) able to defeat terrorists stan must be that the Chaneys now have two children, Paul Jr. and that seek to destroy the framework that is being established.” their daughter Peyton. While progress continues in Afghani- “I remember coming home from stan, Chaney sees two main obstacles to PHOTO COURTESY OF MAJ. PAUL CHANEY, USA school last May, and he told me (about establishing democracy there. For strong his leaving), and I just went into the democracy, Afghanistan needs stable elec- house and thought about it. I just went tions—the next one is slated for October into the house and thought about how it 9—and an economic base to foster busi- would be different with him gone,” ness and education. Paul Jr. said. While Chaney has been busy in Af- “When he left I thought about it pretty ghanistan, he has also focused much of his much every day, but now I talk to him thoughts and time on his family. “(Being constantly, and it’s not so bad.” Ac- separated from my family) is one of the cording to his mom, Paul Jr. has been hardest things I have had to deal with in my taking the change very well. With his life.... To compare the difficulty, I would father in Afghanistan, Paul has taken on say it is as hard as learning trigonometry in Major Chaney’s living area. more responsibilities, and has grown the first grade,” Chaney said. To ease the separation, Chaney has more mature. “I try to make sure e-mailed his family every day and, less regularly, used satellite everything’s all right around the house,” Paul said. phones to talk with his family. For Paul, SLUH football games are the events where he most A seeming contradiction, separation from his family and acutely notices his father’s absence. Standing behind the home friends has brought him much closer to his family and friends. bench on the track, pressed up against the yellow nylon rope, “Without the support of family and friends, this journey would Chaney would watch the games and cheer on his son. “Every time seem like an eternity,” Chaney said. Not only has the deployment I came off the field, he had advice for me,” Paul said. brought Chaney closer to his family, but also to God. “It has “When he left, my respect for him grew. He knew what he strengthened my faith and belief in God and makes me proud to had to do. I always thought he was a hero, but he really is one,” be an American where I have opportunities that currently do not said Paul Jr. September 17, 2004 SportsNews 11 UNITE PARDON ME (from 3) (from 1) punctuation mark to the performance came was cut off; the second freshman, Pat when Chris Cahill appeared from behind Probst earned a standing ovation and 29.7 fed the leaky stove in the Currigan Room. the curtain, mid-song, dressed in a hot points. The workers attached devices to several pink jump suit. Cahill proceeded to A sophomore quintet put on the worst gas pipes so that any escaping fluid would moonwalk and breakdance for the re- show of the day to the theme from create visible bubbles on the detector. mainder of the song, and stole the show. “Arthur.” Barton noted that the group These devices alerted maintenance em- Spirit Week continued on Wednes- would have been stoned if they had sung ployees to several small leaks in the same day with the Crazy Dress contest. Stu- the way they did 2,000 years ago. pipe that fueled the problematic stove. dents from all classes took their turns to An a capella performance by junior The employees also checked SLUH’s demonstrate their creativity up on stage in Mike Moramarco followed. The crowd cafeteria, but they found no holes. the theater. Judges eliminated two of the disliked the unaccompanied performance Once the maintenance workers dis- four class champions (picked by the judges at first, but the boos turned to cheers as he covered the seepages, they had Corrigan, and the students) in the second round. In sang a rendition of “Alleluia.” Despite a the company that was already installing a the finals, SLUH’s craziest dresser was few wisecracks from the judges, the solo new HVAC unit to heat and cool the received Jesuit wing, begin a project that would PHOTO BY TIMO KIM 2 4 . 6 reinforce the tube that carries gas through points. the basement and to the stove in the The Currigan Room. highlight The project involved inserting cop- of the per lining inside the current gas tubes competi- before sealing the joints by soldering tion in- them with silver on Monday. Corrigan v o l v e d started and finished Wednesday morn- juniors ing. The gas line in that section of SLUH, M a t t which fueled the stove and friers in the Wacker, Currigan room and a gas drier in the

SLUH students during Tuesday’s Dance Off. Z a c h basement, had to remain closed during W e i s s , the repairs. Because of the availability of picked by applause. Brian Hartwig, Mike Bannister, and Dan Corrigan’s service, the Currigan Room Atheltic Director Dick Wehner, so- Winkler in a thrilling serenade to math lacked fuel for significantly less time cial studies teacher Brock Kesterson, math teacher Kate Thaman. The crowd re- than it would have under normal condi- teacher Kate Thaman, and art teacher John warded the stellar performance with a tions. Zarrick has not yet received the Mueller had a veritible plethora of outra- huge standing ovation. The judges were cost of the repairs. geously crazy costumes and outfits to also impressed, save Barton, who took off Neither Laclede nor SLUH employ- choose from. Among others, the judges points for objectification of women, giv- ees ever identified a cause, but Mainte- liked freshman Duct Tape Man, sopho- ing the juniors 31 points. nance Director Ray Manker suggested more Tights Man, junior Dan Finucane as The seniors had a lot to live up to that “when people work down there they Post-It note man, and senior Mark Zurline from the start after the juniors left the cause a lot of vibration on the boards. as Mr. Wehner’s 8th grade son. In the end, stage. Unfortunately, a duet by Erik Maybe that led to the leaks.” the Nerd won his second title in a row with Sardina and Marty Wilhelm, who went He also suggested another cause may Post-It Note man coming in a close sec- shirtless, picked up only 22.5 points plus have been that the pipes were just old. No ond. boos from the disappointed audience. side effects from the leaks have surfaced Junior Billy Idol was the Spirit Week The juniors took the Jr. Billy Idol yet, and Manker claimed, “We don’t know event of the day on Thursday. Students competition with an exaggerated score of how long (the pipes) were leaking.” from each class took their turns on stage, 57.25 points, but many Jr. Bills are won- He then asserted, “It was never dan- earning (or in one case losing) points from dering how many of those points are only gerous. They were just pinhole leaks it the four celebrity judges, Father “Rap- because of Thaman. was such a minute amount of gas that you per” Michael Marchlewski, S.J., and teach- Spirit Week 2004 will come to a couldn’t smell anything.” ers Joseph Koestner, Dave “John Elway” close today with the always exciting Wet Barton, and Dick Wehner. Billies competition. While the school takes Word o’ the Day STUCO selected two freshmen out part in Blue and White Day, only two occipital—of a cranial bone that of the four who signed up to compete. The students from each class will take part in forms the lower posterior part of the audience booed the first singer until he the popular event. skull. 12 SportsNewsDeej September 17, 2004 by Andrew Mueth Calendar Sept. 10-Sept. 17 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 JV Soc. @ CBC JV Tourn, 4:00 Schedule R Schedule R B FB @ Northwest, 5:00 Fr. Class Liturgy TAP Training Thor Pizza College Visits: So. Bonus Rdg. College Visits: Southeast Missouri State Univ. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Morehouse College @ 8:30 a.m. (sign Bellermine Univ. Schedule B(1) U. Of Dayton up in counselling office to attend) Young Reps. V FB @ Chaminade, 7:00 Furman U. Fr. Eng. Tutorial Lehigh U. JV Soc. vs. Chaminade, 4:00 College Visits (Sign Up in Counselling Spirit Week: Blue and White Day (School McKendree Coll. Office to Attend): U. of Missouri, St. Louis Colors) Swarthmore College(8 a.m.) Tator Tots, Pizza and Lil Charlies Valparaiso U. @ Jr/Sr Lunch: Sign Up in Counselling Office: Availia U. Olin Coll. of Engineering @ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Benedictine Coll. 10:30 V Soc vs. St. Dominic, 7 p.m. Boston Coll. Williams Coll. @ 11:15 JV/B XC Rim Rock Classic @ Kansas Illinois Wesleyan U. B FB vs. Beaumont, 4:00 University Seasoned Fries, Chicken Bites with Fries C FB @ DuBourg, 4:30 B Soc vs. St. Dominic, 5 p.m. Fiestadas, Crispitos and Burritos C Soc vs. St. Dominic, 3 p.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 V WP Conf. Tourn. @MICDS/Rec Plex Schedule B(2) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 College Visits (Sign Up in Counselling Schedule R MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Office to Attend; @ Jr/Sr Lunch): Mother/Son Liturgy, 7:30 a.m. Schedule R Culver-Stockton Coll. College Visits (Sign up in Counselling Fr. Eng. Tutorial Seton Hall U. Office to Attend): College Visits: Sewanee: University of the South Bucknell U. @ 1:30 Jesuit Coll. Fair (Danis Lobby;AP) V Soc @ O’Fallon, Ill., 7:00 V Soc. vs. Parkway South, Time TBA Sign Up in Counselling Office: JV Soc. @ CBC JV Tourn, 4:00 V/JV WP @ Kirkwood, 4/5:00 St. Mary’s Univ.-Minnesota @ B Soc @ O’Fallon, Ill., 4:30 B Soc. vs. Parkway South @ Forest Park, Jr/Sr Lunch C XC @ Hazelwood East C Invit. 4:00 Southern Methodist Univ. Mini Pizzas, Steakum Sandwiches C Soc. @ Granite City, 4:30 Pretzel, Sandwich by the Inch DIME PN Nightbeat izing that it was the type of table that “you (from 2) The Soccerbills (4-3-1) lost last night to portable tables, and find ways to transport can play with, and it won’t fall apart,” the Francis Howell North 2-1 in two them to and from school,” said Laurie family donated it to SLUH, “to make it overtimes, dropping their record to 0-3-1 Turkcan, Kevin’s mom. “It was very dif- easier for the Chinese club to hold tour- in their last four games. ficult to arrange,” she said of the tourna- naments down the road, and for students North ended the game with 50.1 sec- ment. just to play with.” onds left in the second overtime on a When the Turkcan family moved over SLUH received two other tables from disputed goal. A Howell player centered the summer, they decided to donate their “anonymous donors” according to Fa- the ball to two forwards, who were wide sturdy table to SLUH. “(Our family) had cilities Director Patrick Zarrick. The three open in front of the net, and they ripped a big (ping pong) table, but when we got tables are now part of the fun that defines the ball past senior keeper Wyatt Woods. a pool table, we sort of pushed that to the the SLUH Rec Room. Head coach Charlie Martel received a red side and (forgot about it),” she said. Real- card after adamantly arguing the play SLUH Family Mass was offsides. Woods played a great game despite the two goals, with two huge saves on great Howell North shots. Sunday, Sept. 26, 9:30 a.m. in the Chapel —reported by Andrew Schroeder