Guys and Dolls ready to show its cards; musical to premiere on Thursday Ben Kim City during the 1950s and tells the story of himself a lot and lives his life on his own.” Core Staff two gamblers and their female counterparts. Nerinx Hall junior Julia Sinks, who plays t. Louis U. High’s Dauphin Players The play focuses on these characters as Adelaide, feels her character’s frustration Swill put on their third production of they struggle to find true love. According to towards Detroit grow throughout the play the year, Guys and Dolls, under the direc- Schulte, the play shows “there is a lot about even though she’s “very much in love.” tion of fine arts teacher Joseph Schulte life as a gamble.” “She just really wants to get married, next weekend. According to Schulte, this Senior Jack Leahy plays Nathan Detroit, and she is fed up at this point,” said Sinks. is SLUH’s fourth production of the musi- the organizer of the city’s infamous illegal “But the one challenge about playing her is cal since 1967. craps game. He has also managed to remain she is kind of a Betty Boop character. She is “I chose this play because number one: engaged to Miss Adelaide, a singer at the lo- a little bit out there, flirty and ditzy, and I’m it is a show I like. Number two: it’s a show cal Hot Box nightclub, for 14 years despite a little bit more reserved in that sense.” I feel we have the wherewithal to do, and her efforts to tie the knot. As he continues with his antics, Detroit number three: it is a show I think the audience “I consider him to be a pretty self-cen- encounters another enthusiastic gambler, Sky will like. That’s basically it,” said Schulte. tered guy, along with being a procrastinator, Masterson, played by senior Mark Holzum, Based on a story by Damon Runyon, so he actually kind of fits me pretty well,” and inadvertently sets up the play’s second the play takes place mainly in New York said Leahy. “He is a guy who thinks about couple consisting of Masterson and Sarah see GENDER, 12 ANIS IEL D OUSE P D ATE Freshmen D F H U PHOTO BY ZAC BOESCH pick reps in first election Nick Fandos Reporter he class of 2012 elected its Student Council (STUCO) representatives yesterday.T 240 freshmen voted in the con- test that elected Justin Ramacciotti as so- cial representative, James Griffard as pas- toral representative, and Jack Witthaus as class president. Candidates submitted applications with their personal information and goals for each position. Last week’s primaries narrowed the Light pours into the Danis Field House as construction continues on the floor of field to two candidates per position, and the the new gymnasium. The outside of the structure now boasts a new layer remaining candidates gave speeches in the of brick. Construction will continue throughout the spring and summer until the Field House’s completion this fall. theater during a mandatory freshman class see ELECTION, 12 2 News February 6, 2009 NEWS FEATURE SLUH’s new Teachers use online neighbor, Sue Matt Bettonvilleassessment programs the Dinosaur rate and teach each other the material. Eric Lewis Core Staff “They can’t give answers, but they can Reporter he recent switch to the PowerSchool give methodologies,” said Russo. “And those t. Louis U. High’s friendly and often grading system is just one step that St. are fantastic conversations to have. That’s Ssymbiotic neighbor, the St. Louis Sci- LouisT U. High has taken to become more real, authentic learning.” ence Center, will be hosting “A T-Rex integrated with Internet technology. Many Baudendistel said that although this col- Named Sue” until April 12. SLUH classes have adopted the online laboration was an “unintended consequence” Discovered in 1990 by paleontologist student interface and assessment systems of his class’s WebAssign use, it has totally Sue Hendrickson, the 80 percent complete Moodle and WebAssign to free up class changed how students approach homework Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton still bears her time and encourage student interaction. in his classes. Baudendistel said he used to name and now graces the entrance of Chi- Moodle is an open source site adapted check homework daily, rarely seeing full cago’s Field Museum of Natural History. locally to SLUH’s courses that allows for participation, but online problems changed The replica that now stands in the Science online quizzes, writing assignments, teacher this. Center’s Exploradome is one of only three posts, and forums. Some teachers use WebAs- “It created a culture of students asking that were allowed to be cast. sign, a similar remote site that SLUH pays other students how to solve problems,” said Sue is the most complete Tyrannosau- for per student account. Baudendistel. “Groups of students gather in rus Rex fossil ever discovered and was a Chemistry teacher Mary Russo and various places … to talk about how to solve globally-lauded find. Biology teacher Ste- physics teacher Paul Baudendistel, both of physics problems.” ven Kuensting said he was excited to have whom use WebAssign for sets of homework WebAssign and Moodle both facilitate a chance to view the remains, even if they problems, said that no two students have this idea sharing through forums as well, were just plaster models. identical assignments due to WebAssign’s where teachers can supervise conversation “Over 80 percent is a replica of the real randomization of the numbers used in each about chemistry problems, consumerism, or deal,” he said after explaining that many di- problem. This prevents students from sharing politics, depending on the course. nosaur displays are imagined because usually answers so that they instead have to collabo- Moodle offers an interface for teachers only scattered parts of a skeleton are found. see TECHNO, 11 Kuensting is planning to take his junior and senior field biology classes to see Sue in the “Think Pink” combats cancer spring. Eric Mueth “Things like Sue can tell us what things cancer and participate in the Coaches vs. Can- were like in the past,” said Kuensting of the Reporter cer Suits and Sneakers Awareness Weekend. exhibit’s educational value. “A life-sized arsity basketball head coaches of St. The organization suggested many thematic replica of something that lived 65 million Louis U. High and of Jefferson City ideas including the “Think Pink” theme that V years ago is a sight to behold.” High joined Division I coaches all across STUCO eventually chose. STUCO made Admission into the Science Center is America in wearing suits and sneak- pink T-shirts and held a raffle for a retro free to all, but to see Sue, adults must pay ers last Friday to bring awareness to the SLUH basketball warm-up suit. $6 and children $5. fight against cancer. The Student Council STUCO promoted the event for nearly (STUCO) held their “Think Pink” fund- two weeks and sold an estimated 300 shirts raiser at the game. to students, parents, and fans during these The event was sponsored by Coaches two weeks and at the basketball game. Those vs. Cancer, a cancer-fighting conglomera- with the SLUH basketball “think pink” T- SENIOR MO M tion formed by the American Cancer Society shirts enjoyed free admission to the game. and the National Association of Basketball STUCO moderator David Barton said AKE ALE Coaches, which was founded by former that the event raised over $1,200 from both B S Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart. the raffle and the T-shirts. Did someone say “Puppy Chow?” The foundation normally fundraises with “It was a huge success. I couldn’t thank The senior moms will hold a bake Division I basketball teams but has recently STUCO anymore,” said Ross. Ross also said sale outside the cafeteria on compiled a list of high schools to help fight that the Coaches vs. Cancer representatives Tuesday, Feb. 10, and cancer. on site were “impressed with the spirit,” of Wednesday, Feb. 11. Coaches vs. Cancer contacted SLUH the SLUH student section. head coach John Ross to help fundraise for see ROSA, 11 February 6, 2009 Opinion 3 LETTER TO T H E ED ITORS Plainsong ToPurcell, the Editors: ’04, discusses , pornography After reading the article on Plainsong from the January 23 issue to do just that: think freely. of Prep News and the many letters in response the following week, Pornography, as defined by Karol Wotyla inLove and Respon- I feel as if an important part, if not crux, of the argument has been sibility, is “a marked tendency to accentuate the sexual element left without much discussion. I would like to present the issue that when reproducing the human body … with the object of inducing I believe needs to be discussed in relation to the sexually explicit the reader or viewer to believe that sexual values are the only real scenes which are depicted in the book. values of the person, and that love is nothing more than the experi- Throughout most of the letters last week, the greatest concern ence, the individual or shared, of those values alone” (San Francisco: seemed to be with an intellectual freedom which would be threatened Ignatius Press, 1981, pg. 192). The problem as he presents it is not with a supposed ban on books, equated with removing Plainsong from that pornography shows too much of the woman or the act but that the curriculum if it were decided that such material is not healthy. it shows too little. The truth of the person demands that we look, A ban on this book seemed to have been equated with a ban on free think, and act towards and about her recognizing that she has her thinking.