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sluh.org/prepnewsSt. Louis University High School | Friday, January 15, 2016Volume LXXX, Issue XVII

Opinion

Letter defends PA prayers that advocated for the welcoming of Syrian refugees. Page 3

Balancing faith and politics

Sports

Despite missing players, SLUH racquetball handily defeats De Smet to improve to a perfect 6-0 record. Page 6

No losses, no problem

Sports

Junior Brandon McKissic hit a game-winning buzzer beater to push SLUH basketball past Vian-ney 55-53 last Friday night. Page 6

Buzzer beater benefits BillsNews

English teacher Frank Kovarik and seven juniors involved in Youth Leadership St. Louis learned about the Jewish religion and heard stories from Holo-caust survivors last week. Page 4

YLSL visits Holocaust Museum

news

This week, a combo of substitute teachers took over for English teacher Jennifer Carroll, who recently had a baby and went on maternity leave. Page 2

Freaky good, freaky fast subs

Opinion

A senior reflects on the moments of confusion, anger, and serenity he has had on his senior project in Honduras. Page 3

Confusion, anger, serenity

INDEX

3 Senior Project Reflection

Senior Project Spotlight

Letter

Crossword

5 Credits

6-7 Sports

8 PN Vault

Around the Hallways

Calendar

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BY Sam ChechikCORE STAFF

Pope Francis recently named St. Lou-is U. High alum Greg Burke, ’78, as

his Deputy Director of the Press Office of the Holy See in Rome, Italy.

Burke became the Pope’s num-ber two spokesman in December after spending almost 30 years in Rome. He now works immediately under the Di-rector of the Office, Rev. Federico Lom-bardi, S.J.

“Obviously, the visibility of the papacy, and certainly of Pope Francis, is a pretty tremendous thing, so to be responsible for all of the communica-tions therein is a big responsibility,” said SLUH’s President David Laughlin.

As the Deputy Director, Burke has many responsibilities. In addition to assisting Lombardi with his tasks and writing press releases, Burke also han-dles the internal and foreign ministry.

BY Joseph Reznikov and Andrew ModderCORE STAFF, STAFF

Two Chinese exchange students from the Nan-

jing Foreign Language School will be studying at St. Louis U. High as a part of the Chinese foreign exchange program, now in its 21st year.

The two students, who are going by the English names of Bella and Johnston, arrived at the beginning of the semester and are stay-ing with SLUH host families while in the United States. Bella is saying with the family of sophomore Nathan Todis-man, while Johnston is stay-ing with junior Alex Sosa.

Bella and Johnston will be studying at SLUH for the rest of the 2016 school year as a part of the sophomore class. They were chosen to come to SLUH because of their outstanding entrance exam scores, and their being two of the best English-speaking students in the city of Nan-jing. Though English is their second language, Chinese ex-change students have a histo-ry of being at the top of their English classes at SLUH.

“The majority of Chi-nese students begin to learn English in third grade,” said former Chinese teacher Ch-ing-Ling Tai, who is in charge of coordinating the exchange program. “Some even start in preschool.”

Bella and Johnston said that the friendliness of the SLUH community has helped them ease into their new school.

“I’m enjoying the life here,” said Bella. “People are really nice, so it hasn’t been that hard of a transition.”

“It’s a new experience that is very precious,” said Johnston. “I’ve met lots of new friends and it’s been a very good experience.”

Tai began teaching in 1987 and started the foreign exchange student program in 1994. The program was

TEARS: Nick Perryman, ’15, Sam Sextro, ’15, and Eric Pitlyk, ’15, lament the loss of the Rams at the Dome Tuesday night.photo | courtesy of Will Perryman

Burke works directly with journalists, which includes answering phone calls.

“There’s more to it because obvi-ously there’s a strategy: how do we want to get the message out, what’s the mes-sage we want to get out,” said Burke. “In a nutshell, it’s being there to respond to journalists and working on crafting the message.”

Another way that Burke gets in-volved in the media is helping to explain the pope’s orders—as when Pope Fran-cis asked for all European parishes to take in immigrants.

“When the pope does something like that—I mean, it often speaks for itself and that’s it—it doesn’t need a lot of explanation, but sometimes it does, sometimes we sort of have to walk peo-ple through it, and that’s what crafting the message is about,” said Burke.

Burke’s prior position as Senior Advisor of Communications was “simi-

lar to a Secretary of State in the U.S.,” he said. His biggest stories were on pa-pal elections and other big events, like Pope Saint John Paul II’s long illness and death and Pope Benedict XVI’s resigna-tion.

For Pope Francis’s Philadelphia visit in September, Burke traveled to New York City and appeared on many network television channels to provide commentary on the visit.

In 2001, Burke joined Fox News as its Italy, Rome, and the Vatican cor-respondent. During this time, he also traveled to many parts of Europe to cover stories; he’s visited Lebanon, Is-rael, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, London, Madrid, and many others.

“It’s interesting to see how things work out,” said Burke. “I think I had a lot more fun at Fox, just in terms of the job, but this job at the Vatican isn’t al-

organized for SLUH families to volunteer to act as the stu-dents’ host families while they spend their time in St. Louis. This year’s program, however, features a new component.

“This year, students have to pay for their own room and board,” said Tai. “They are un-der scholarship for tuition but they have to pay their own room and board.”

As SLUH’s relationship with the Nanjing Foreign Language school continues to develop, there are more and more opportunities for Chi-nese and American students alike to study in a foreign country.

Junior Lancer Li came to SLUH last year as a part of the foreign exchange program with the intent of leaving af-ter the semester to go back to China. However, after Li’s semester, the school began to talk about the idea of expand-ing the exchange program to a longer term. Li was so inter-ested in the program that he became a transfer student and is currently a junior at SLUH.

“During the first couple months I was enjoying myself and there was a lot of positive things happening—Kairos, the environment, friend-ships—and I realized that this is an ideal place to study and spend my next two years,” said Li.

Tai hopes that more stu-dents will take the route that Li took and choose to stay and study at SLUH for the rest of their high school careers.

“In the future, this will be the path after one year of a trial period: if students are satisfied and adjust well and the school is satisfied with their performance, then they can apply to be a transfer stu-dent,” said Tai.

Though this option is open to Johnston, it is not available to Bella.

“Because Nanjing is a co-ed school, the girls deserve equal opportunities as the

Chinese exchange students arrive from Nanjing Foreign Language School

Bella and Johnston join the class of 2018

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Burke, ’78, takes position at Vatican Press Office

Rams leave STL for LA; students mourn loss

BY Sam GoedekerREPORTER

People at SLUH reacted on Wednesday to the St.

Louis Rams moving back to LA. Twenty years ago the Los Angeles Rams became the St. Louis Rams, but on Tues-day they once again became the Los Angeles Rams. Stan Kroenke, the Rams owner, decided it would be more

profitable to move the Rams to Los Angeles, the biggest entertainment market in the country. Late Tuesday night, the 32 owners of the NFL decided, in a 30-2 vote, that the Rams would move back to LA. The San Diego Char-gers or Oakland Raiders will also have the option to move there.

Tons of Rams apparel could be seen around SLUH

on Wednesday, including the infamous SLUH Rams Club sweatshirts. Club moderator, English teacher, and lifelong fan Adam Cruz was wearing one.

“I was four years old when the Rams came to St. Louis and six when I became a season ticket holder. The Rams have always been a part of my life,” said Cruz.

On Tuesday night after

the news broke, two former Rams Club presidents, Nick Perryman and Sam Sextro of the class 2015, went down to the Edward Jones Dome and held a candlelight vigil in honor of the departing team. Multiple newscasts and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch covered this vigil. A Twitter video of the men at the vigil also went viral in St. Louis getting 69

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NEWSPrep News January 15, 20162

BY Joseph Reznikov and Zach HennesCORE STAFF, REPORTER

When you walk into Campus Ministry,

you might notice some cubes hanging from the archway of the entrance. The artwork, created by seniors Mehal Amin and Carter Griesedieck,

is the newest addition to stu-dent art displays around the hallways of St. Louis U. High.

Amin and Griesedieck created the art for their Ce-ramics II semester project. Because Amin and Griesedi-eck were the only two stu-dents in the class, ceramics teacher Sarah Rebholz was able to experiment a little bit.

“Ceramics II usually works with the wheel a lot and just does more advanced projects than Ceramics I,” said Rebholz. “But since Me-hal and Carter were my only students this past semester, I felt like this was a good op-portunity to break out of the mold of what I had been do-ing with larger classes and see

if we could do something a little different.”

After visiting the St. Louis Art Museum on a field trip in the first quarter, Reb-holz being to think that their final project could be to create a piece of installation artwork. This revelation was inspired by the metal tree sculpture outside of the Art Museum,

“Placebo” by Roxy Paine, as well as discussions the three had about different artists.

“Installation artwork is artwork people are interact-ing with,” Rebholz explained. “You can walk around it, un-der it, through it, or cause it to move.”

After throwing around several ideas about what sort of installation art they could make, the seniors decided they wanted to do something that would be representative of their senior class.

“They’ve spent the past three and a half years here, so this has been a really im-portant place for them,” said Rebholz. “They wanted some-thing that symbolized that.”

Each of the 79 black cubes hanging from the arch-way represents one of the se-nior project sites where the seniors are serving at through January.

“It wasn’t something that just all of a sudden hit us like ‘Ah, we should do this,’” said Griesedieck. “It was a process that evolved on its own. But it turned out pretty cool.”

Other than giving it a cool, sleek look, the cube shapes have no further mean-ing beyond pure aesthetics.

“The cubes we used were test cubes that were a smaller

example of what we were go-ing to do, but then we realized that they were really cool and decided to make a bunch of them,” said Griesedieck. “We were originally going to do like an evolution from cubes into spheres, but then we de-cided that the cubes looked better from an artistic stand-point. They just looked better aesthetically.”

Though Amin and Gries-edieck spent countless hours working on the project, Gries-edieck knows that the project wouldn’t have been possible without the aid of Rebholz.

“Ms. Rebholz could not have been more helpful with ideas and the actual making of the cubes,” said Griesedi-eck. “ I don’t think she could have been a better teacher as far as that project goes.”

Rebholz would like to continue doing projects like this in her ceramics classes, but it becomes much tougher with larger classes; she has 12 students in her class this se-mester.

“It’s something that adds another beautiful aspect to our school that students don’t see regularly,” said Rebholz. “It turned out really nicely and they should be proud of themselves.”

Students create installation artwork to represent Senior Project

BY Liam ConnollyREPORTER

The SLUH chess team played against a strong

John Burroughs School team this past Wednesday, and lost five boards to them.

“It was a devastating blow,” said coach Don Stein-gruby. “All the matches were good, the other team just had some good players. Chess is that way, it’s kind of a binary outcome.”

Senior Sergio Goodwin, who usually plays board one for the team, was away on the senior Kairos retreat.

“Sergio was not able to do battle with us and he’s usu-ally our board one guy, so ev-erybody played up a board,” said Steingruby.

Sophomore Will Schmitt

played board five as usual, but senior Michael Brennan switched with freshman Paul Gillam from board three to board four. Junior Will Kelly filled Goodwin’s place on board one, but board two was empty, so Steingruby brought in junior Joseph Reznikov.

“I’ve practiced with the chess team every once in a while since my freshman year, but I’ve never had the oppor-tunity to play with them in a match before,” said Reznikov. “It was a cool experience for me because I’ve always want-ed to play in a match.”

Kelly’s opponent was very skilled, and according to Kelly is waiting on confir-mation for being an Inter-national Master, which is a highly regarded title in the

Chess falls to Burroughs, looks to rebound against Grand Center

BY Galen Bacharier and Sam ChechikSTAFF, CORE STAFF

While English teacher Jennifer Carroll is on

maternity leave for the third quarter, English teacher and Assistant Director of Admis-sions Adam Cruz, librarian Lynne Casey, and learning consultant Fr. Bob Poirier, S.J., will be stepping in to take over Carroll’s freshman and junior English classes.

Carroll gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Lauren Josephine, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.

The third quarter Eng-lish curriculum includes an independent poetry proj-ect, watching a film version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, and studying Othello.

In freshman English, the third quarter began with a showing of O Brother, Where Art Thou? and entails only one text: Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.

Since he taught junior English last year, he has eas-ily and skillfully adapted to teaching the two extra classes. Cruz has taken over over two of Carroll’s junior English sec-tions.

“It’s kind of funny—with last year being my first year, and this year being my first year with sophomores, it’s like I’m going (at) things for the first time,” said Cruz. “Yester-day, I had my first moment of ‘Oh, I don’t need to meet with a mentor. I don’t need help;

I’ve got this.’”But the substitution role

doesn’t come without chal-lenges.

“Things are a little dif-ferent this year,” said Cruz. “I love junior year; I love the layout, but the third quarter would probably be most chal-lenging for me as a teacher, so of course that’s the one I got,” he said with a laugh.

Poirier, a ’65 graduate, is no stranger to teaching English, with a combined 20 years of teaching under his belt between both Rockhurst High School and Regis High School in Denver. He holds a Master’s degree in English from St. Louis University. Po-irier has taken the third and final junior English section for Carroll.

Despite his second-se-mester entry into the course, Poirier feels comfortable.

“(The juniors) have re-acted really well. It feels like I’ve been teaching since the beginning of last semester,” said Poirer. “Other than the fact that they don’t know me, it’s been pretty easy.”

After several weeks of observing and talking to ju-nior English teachers, includ-ing department chair Steve Missey, Carroll, and Chuck Hussung, Poirier has stuck to the standard format and cur-riculum.

“The English depart-ment, particularly the junior department, has a pretty intensive and well thought-out curriculum that is really

good,” he said. “So I’m plan-ning on continuing with that, because it’s been working at the school for so many years.”

Casey, who has been working with English teacher Frank Kovarik in taking over Carroll’s only freshman sec-tion, is also using her librarian skills in her teaching,

Casey, who originally wanted to be an English teacher, received her M.L.S. (Master of Library Science) from Dominican University in Chicago and finished at the University of Missouri –  Co-lumbia; she later worked as a librarian for the Good Coun-sel High School in Chicago, an all-girls school.

“I feel like the librarian in me wants to bring in all these other resources to show them, and I’m finding photos to explain something—it’s the researcher in me, I guess,” said Casey. “It’s nice being in the library and having resources; I’ve got all the recordings, I’ve got different versions of the book, the first Folio.”

Casey works closely with Kovarik, and she listens in on Curdt’s and Kovarik’s classes almost every day. She also has a B.A. in English from Miz-zou and a secondary teaching certification from University of Missouri – St. Louis after-wards. She briefly taught at De Smet Jesuit High School and has traveled to Grenada (an island in the Caribbean) as a part of the Peace Corps to teach English, remedial read

Junior Will Kelly notes his opponent’s move before countering. SLUH fell 30-0.

chess world. Kelly was happy with how he played for how talented his opponent was.

“It was kind of like the ball was in the back left court. It’s like three in the key—you can’t stay in one area too long,” said Kelly.

Kelly says he has high hopes for the team’s future based on their players perfor-mances so far.

“I was watching the end of Paul Gillam’s game and he was playing like a board one player,” said Kelly. “I could not have been more proud of him in how he played.”

The team will be facing off against Grand Center Arts Academy away from home next week.

The installation in the archway at the entrance to Campus Ministy. The cubes were hung over Christmas break by Amin and Griesedieck.photo | Brendan Voigt

A Jesuit, a librarian, and a tour guide walk into an English class...

photo | Joseph Reznikov

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Prep NewsOPINIONJanuary 15, 2016 3

To the editor:

It is clear that the Syrian refugee crisis and the inter-

section of our faith and poli-tics are two very important issues—they are also two is-sues that elicit strong opinions from many sides. Without a doubt, it is challenging for people with differing opinions to engage in fruitful dialogue with each other and truly lis-ten to opposing viewpoints. But it is imperative that we meet that challenge and at-tempt to understand one an-other.

My aim here is to offer the Catholic Church’s position on the Syrian refugee crisis, speak briefly about the pro-cess taken in writing the Pax Christi prayers, and suggest a way of proceeding for ongoing conversation on the intersec-tion of faith and politics.

The crisis, prompted by civil war in Syria, the hor-rific occupation of ISIS, and the displacement of millions of Syrians is, without ques-tion, complex and multifac-eted. As a result, attempts at stemming the violence within Syria, driving back ISIS, and attempting to meet the dire needs of Syrian refugees re-quire a multi-pronged set of

solutions. It is clear that no one solution will bring an end to the violence in Syria or the refugee crisis.

The Catholic Church at many different levels—from Pope Francis to the US Con-ference of Catholic Bishops to Archbishop Carlson—has spoken out unequivocally in support of compassionate as-sistance to Syrian refugees in a myriad of ways, including prayer, monetary support, writing to members of Con-gress, and assisting with re-settlement here in the United States. Underlying all of this, the American bishops are clear that the US should con-tinue to accept Syrian refugees into our country. Back in Sep-tember, Pope Francis made a plea during a Sunday address for communities in Europe to welcome Syrian families into their parishes and religious communities; it would seem that such a plea would apply in our country as well.

Accompanying this sup-port is an understanding by the American bishops (in-cluding Archbishop Carlson) that the security and well be-ing of the American people must continue to be a top priority. The process for ob-

taining refugee status in the US is incredibly thorough and often takes anywhere from 18 months to over two years; the FBI, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security—as well as other in-telligence agencies—conduct a series of security screenings and background checks.

As a Catholic, Jesuit com-munity, this crisis invites us into deep prayer and reflec-tion. This is why Pax Christi decided to lead our commu-nity in prayer prior to Christ-mas. We attempted to write prayers that echoed the Cath-olic Church’s teaching and the call of the Gospel to love our neighbor as ourselves.

In order to clear up any misunderstanding about the prayer that was men-tioned in last week’s letter, we have decided to include the text of that prayer here: God, while some in so-ciety see Syrian refugees and think only of terrorist attacks and corruption, help us to see refugees from Syria not as problems to be dealt with, but as people with whom we can share your love, by providing solutions and welcoming them into our homes, especially in this season of giving. Joseph

and Mary were offered shelter in their desperate time; help us do the same for these refugees in our country.

We recognize that our interpretation of Church teaching and the Gospel may differ from others; addition-ally, we know that a variety of opinions exist on the role of prayer and Christian faith in the discussion of solutions to complex political issues.

Because of this, we be-lieve the best way of proceed-ing is for people in our com-munity to have an honest, informed conversation with one another about these mat-ters, especially during an elec-tion year that promises to be contentious.

In that spirit, we have in-vited Dr. Julie Hanlon Rubio, assistant professor of Chris-tian ethics at Saint Louis Uni-versity, to speak here at SLUH on the relationship between faith and politics. She will be speaking later this spring – the date will be forthcoming. We invite all who are inter-ested to come.

Mr. Dan FinucanePax Christi moderator

PA prayers explained, a call for conversationLetter

BY Matthew BookREPORTER

Bayless Elementary School “provides a caring, safe

and welcoming environment” for kids in grades K-5 in the most ethnically diverse school district per capita in Missouri. Forty-seven percent of stu-dents are language minority students and the student body is made up of a varied range of ethnicities, the single largest being Bosnian.

Ten seniors have spent the last two weeks helping out the teachers in the classroom by keeping students focused and well-behaved, and helping the teachers stay organized.

The general worry of se-niors going into Bayless was that they would be out of their normal comfort zone.

“I was expecting to expe-rience a lot of types of students that I wasn’t used to,” said Adam Vonder Haar. “I went to a Catholic grade school. Bay-less is underfunded and just doesn’t have a lot of resources”

Vonder Haar works in a fifth grade classroom as a teacher’s assistant.

“Honestly, I’m prob-ably closer to a student than a teacher,” said Vonder Haar. “I usually just to what she

tells me to do, usually it’s just working one-on-one with a student. There is also one stu-dent who has some behavioral issues so I work with him on that.”

Justice Binder works in the art room.

“Some kids, especially the younger ones, like to have a lot of help. I help them on their projects and give them some feedback, encouraging kids who don’t know what they’re doing and get distract-ed is a big part,” said Binder.

Both Binder and Vonder Haar were impressed with how relatable the students are to themselves and how easy they are to talk to and get along with.

“I thought that it would be difficult to have conversa-tions with them, but talking to them they seem just like what I was like when I was in fifth grade,” said Vonder Haar.

“I was worried that I wouldn’t really be able to help them that much,” said Bind-er. “Sometimes I’ll just say something little to them not really thinking that they will remember it and then they’ll remember me the next week and make a little gift for me in art class”.

Senior Project SPotlight

Bayless Elementary

BY Ethan McIntyreFEATURES EDITOR

Having been in Honduras for two and a half weeks now, I have had

moments of serenity, confusion, and sometimes even anger. 

Serenity: when landing in San Pedro Sula on Dec. 29, my first im-pression was: “there is grass and trees at this airport. There isn’t a tree within two miles of our airport in St. Louis.” It’s truly a beautiful country. There is also something beautiful about hold-ing a child and looking off into the mountains at sunset that cannot be easily replicated. Seeing a mountain full of fog and a vast blue sky on the walk into the Center each day makes you feel more like you’re backpack-ing in Colorado than walking into work—it’s awe-inspiring. 

Confusion: there is no surprise

ReflectionSenior Project in Honduras

that going to a country where English isn’t the first language, where toilet pa-per doesn’t go in the toilet, and where all of the police carry semi-automatic weapons would be a little confusing to a visitor from the United States. However, as we start to acclimate to the “Honduran accent,” I have started to really cherish the simple conversa-tions with the people I meet. 

Anger: I am surprised at how an-gry I am some nights here. It hurts to lead a blind child (who lost his eye-sight because of vitamin deficiencies) to bed every night and watch him cry in frustration because he has gone an-other day without sight. It breaks my heart to set down a one-year-old baby already addicted to alcohol. Even some of the things I see outside of the Center make me angry. One night I met a girl who was about 15 who had

no aspirations for “Universidad” and who felt her only option for a better life was to deal drugs.

These last two and a half weeks have been an adventure, one in which I have learned to enjoy the little mo-ments. Instead of worrying about college applications, or what I’ll be doing later that night, I have been able to focus on the beautiful mo-ments that I encounter with the kids I help and the people I meet. I have allowed the serenity and peace to overcome the confusion and anger, and that has been the difference so far. To my five companions—Liam, Will, Joe, Austin, and David—thanks for going through the good and the bad with me. “With my brothers I am not alone.”

Clockwise from top right. Ethan McIntyre napping, Will Minnick entertaining the kids with bubbles, and no room for Liam Cler in the hammock.

photos | Giuseppe Vitellaro

January 15, 2016Prep News4 NEWS

BY Sam ChechikCORE STAFF

Seven juniors and English teacher Frank Kovarik—

moderator of SLUH’s Youth Leadership St. Louis (YLSL)—visited the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Cen-ter yesterday, participating in four key events.

First, they listened to four current Jewish high schoolers who are a part of a program run through the Military Child Education Co-alition called Student 2 Stu-dent, which “brings military-connected and civilian kids together” by “welcom(ing) incoming students to their new school, and help(ing) de-parting students prepare for their next school,” according to their website.

The students explained the different branches of Or-thodox, Reformed, and Con-servative Judaism as well as detailing the customs that en-compass the faith itself.

Besides going over the

BY Andrew Pluff and Ian MulvihillSTAFF, STAFF ARTIST

The St. Louis U. High Ro-botics team spent Sat-

urday learning about and brainstorming ideas for its upcoming competition.

The team has competed in one large competition each year since its inception three years ago. High school teams from around the area design and build robots to compete in a series of challenges, held each spring at Chaifetz Arena. The teams receive the details of the challenge in mid-Janu-ary and are required to build a robot designed to complete certain tasks. They have to fol-low certain parameters out-lined in a 111-page rule book each group receives. The rules stipulate that the robot has to cost less than $4,000 to build.

The kickoff event was this past weekend at Clayton High School. The heads of the First Robotics Competition (FRC) met with the compet-ing teams in order to give them this year’s challenge. The teams also watched a video displaying the challenge; this year’s challenge requires the robot to shoot a ball through a hole nearly eight feet off the ground and climb over ob-stacles, according to junior Daniel Wagner. The teams can also earn points by com-pleting certain tasks.

In the face of a new chal-lenge, the team is looking for-ward to getting started on its robot.

“This competition seems a lot more exciting than last year’s,” said junior Robbie Schaefer.

The team received a starter pack of parts given to every group by the organizers of the competition, and then

boys,” said Tai. “But, SLUH is an all boys school, so Bella couldn’t stay (beyond the se-mester). But, she could attend a different girls school around St. Louis if she was interested.”

Torah, how each of them choose to celebrate the Shab-bat (or Sabbath) with their families, and what Bar and Bat Mitzvahs include, the stu-dents delved into the more specific parts of their faith, like why Jews face a certain way in the synagogue, the Jewish life cycle (birth, mar-riage, death), and Israel’s his-tory and geography.

The second event was the Museum, which presented a thorough detailing on both perspectives of history—the stories of Nazism, Nazi pro-paganda, the Lodz Ghetto and Einsatzgruppen, Dr. Jo-sef Mengele, and the differ-ent types of camps, but it also provided unique sources on the Jewish side, with infor-mation on the underground Resistance, Kristallnacht (the “Night of Broken Glass”) as a turning point for Jews escap-ing Germany, and even things closer to home—like how 300 of the Holocaust survivors came to St. Louis to start busi-nesses and how the S.S. St.

Louis was outright rejected from the U.S. coast.

The third event was the story of a Holocaust survi-vor and a Warsaw Jew, Ra-chel Miller, who detailed the events of her life story and her family. Miller lost all of her immediate family, either to brutality in the camps (two brothers), the crematorium (mother and sister), or lethal injection (father). Miller her-self was barely saved twice: by her mother sending her to her aunt and again when her aunt bribed the woman who was going to turn her in. She also barely saved family photos before her entire house was looted.

“She had such a life full of pain, and she listed off so many bad things that hap-pened to her,” said junior Niles Bernabe. “The thing that most impacted me was that she still was willing to speak her story to us—just some random mil-lennials who have no idea of the kind of suffering that she went through and that means

YLSL juniors visit Holocaust Museuma lot to me.”

The final event was a simulation in which eight stu-dents were randomly selected and put in the back of the room while the other students had lunch. Adults told the students in the back to sit still, be quiet, and stare at a wall while other students could eat their lunches and have treats. The point of the process was to have three groups and cre-ate a group—the advocates—to stand up for the rights of those sitting in the corner—the targeted—while the privi-leged either didn’t know what was going on or knew and didn’t act.

“I think I should be more aware of discrimination or the oppression of other people or groups around me,” said Ber-nabe, who was in the advocate group.

The three groups shared their experiences from their specific scenarios and dis-cussed the reasoning behind it, the emotions involved, and the loose connections to the Holocaust.

“Well, I thought it was a very powerful experience on a number of different levels,” said Kovarik. “You had the broad scope perspective on the Holocaust through the museum, but then the event made it very personal in three different ways: by hearing from Jewish peers of the stu-dents who were a part of the day, current high school stu-dents who are Jewish talking about their lives. Of course, hearing the personal testi-mony of a Holocaust survi-vor was very profound and a kind of once in a lifetime opportunity, and then the simulation really gave stu-dents the chance to do some soul-searching and think on a very personal level about what the Holocaust meant for individuals.”

From left: junior Mitch Batschelett and YLSL moderator Frank Kovarik watch Devy Goldburg present on the Einsatzgruppen.

photo | Sam Chechik

Tai is also interested in sending SLUH students to China; students have the op-portunity to go for two weeks over spring break.

“For SLUH students, I hope that they broaden their

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ventured back to SLUH to be-gin brainstorming. Because of the competitive nature of the event, team members were reluctant to share any of the details about their design. The team spent a rigorous two days debating the mechanics of their robot. Later they men-tioned that they had finalized a preliminary design and are ready to start the prototype phase and get a real model out on the floor.

“I think by the time we build a prototype we will have a pretty set idea,” said mod-erator Tracy Lyons. “Once we have one built we just need to work out the bugs.”

This is SLUH’s third year in the competition and the club believes this should knock off some of the worries inherent with a new experi-ence.

“We kind of know what to expect and how to work with other teams at the com-petition,” said Lyons. “This being our third year should make the competition itself a little smoother.”

The competition is scheduled for March 10-12 at Chaifetz Arena. Teams that qualify will move on to the next level of competition, held at The Edward Jones Dome.

The team is also prepar-ing for the Clavius Project Jamboree at SLUH on Jan. 23.

Held at SLUH, the Proj-ect Jamboree will feature grade schools demonstrating projects they have been work-ing on over the past semes-ter. The groups from grade schools will join students from multiple schools and the SLUH guys for a day of activi-ties centered around robotics and STEM.

Robobills prep for contest, Clavius Jamboree

vision and venture out and get acquainted with the exchange students and even go to some language designated country for a first-hand experience,” said Tai.

The trip application is

restricted to juniors and se-niors, and is based mainly on past Chinese performance. However, Chinese class re-quirement is necessary. Tai also offers a scholarship to further encourage students

Johnston and Bella with Ching-Ling Tai at Lambert Airport.Bella and Johnston with their host families, the Todismans and the Sosas.photos | Lancer li

who desire to go on the trip. “I hope that our students

in general would be brave to go out,” said Tai.

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ways fun but it’s always fasci-nating.”

During his time with Fox News, Burke traveled around 25 times with the previous two popes before Francis, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

Burke traces the roots of his journalism experience and proficiency in the English lan-guage back to his high school experience at SLUH.

When Burke was at SLUH he thoroughly enjoyed the English department, and fondly recalls former Eng-lish teacher Jim Raterman and Jesuit Scholastic Edward Oakes, who is now a Jesuit; both taught Burke English at SLUH. Raterman was the moderator of the Prep News before English department chair Steve Missey took the helm in 2000.

“I think in four years at SLUH, I probably wrote one article for the Prep News and that was it,” said Burke.

Burke remembers that his primary academic strength

was English and that despite his four years of SLUH Latin, he “regrets not having taken a modern language,” according to Burke.

“I think you sort of have a healthy ambition,” he said. “You try to do what you like doing, and I’ve always been able to do that. I think SLUH gave me a great base in terms of learning how to write, learning how to communi-cate, and public speaking as well.”

“Greg Burke is clearly a consummate communi-cations professional with a strong religious and spiritual foundation,” said Ben Du-Mont, SLUH’s Director of Communications. “What re-ally sets him apart is his abil-ity to connect everyday life and everyday people with the heart of Catholicism and to advance the Pope’s vision in a relevant and authentic man-ner.”

On Feb. 1, 2016, Burke will officially move up to his position of Deputy Director.

Burke, ’78, handles reporters for the Pope

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retweets and 137 likes. The last official Rams

Club meeting was held, on Wednesday in part because of Cruz.

“Really, I had junior Grant Hogan email me Tues-day night asking if he should wear Rams or funeral attire and it gave me the idea to get a club picture and it just kind of spiraled into a meeting from there,” said Cruz.

The club gathered in its usual dwelling of M116 for a picture and one more of its traditional hall-shaking “Let’s Go Rams” chants.

“The SLUH Rams Club made being a Rams fan so much fun it will be hard to lose both the team and the club,” said Hogan.

Many in the halls ex-pressed feeling betrayed.

“I am going to miss get-ting to go the games every year with my dad and grandpa,” said junior Jack Kelly. “Mainly I’m going to miss the support I had on Mondays with the sort of brotherhood the Rams Club had in supporting bad football.”

Despite losing the Rams, their fans will never lose the memories they made with their fathers, grandfathers, mothers, and friends on those Sunday afternoons when they should have been outside or doing homework. Instead, they were watching that ter-rible Rams football. We will always have those memories thanks to the St. Louis Rams, they will be missed.

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Rams Club’s last photo taken. photo | Ryan Cierpot

Down 1. Ancestor of the Elephant, extinct 2. This NFL team tried to move to LA next year (besides Rams and Chargers) 3. The original “Trix” Cereal Animal Mascot, before the rabbit 5. Evil brother of Mufasa in “Lion King” 6. Barophobia is the fear of what 8. Color of Billiard balls marked “1” 10. Ottawa’s NHL team 11. Official language of the Bahamas 12. Dies in every episode of “South Park” 16. This movie won Oscar for best picture in 2015 17. Element with chemical symbol “Ag” 19. F.B.I.’s motto: “Fidelity, Bravery, and ____” 21. The _____ hotel is the setting for Stephen King’s spooky novel, “The Shining” 26. Muhammad Ali’s real first name 28. Michelangelo’s most famous sculpture 29. A traditional Scottish skirt 30. “400” in Roman Numerals

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3. Highest grossing animated movie ever 4. The dog from the “Garfield” comics 7. Female protagonist in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” 9. The Statue of Liberty wears these on her feet 13. Board game: Chutes and _____ 14. Shakespeare play featuring characters Iago and Desde-mona 15. The plastic tip on the end of a shoelace 18. This nut is green on the inside and mentioned in the Bible 20. Capital of Hawaii 22. “Jake” wears these types of pants in State Farm commer-cials 23. The last name of the former host of “Celebrity Apprentice”, and GOP candidate 24. Female singer of “Hello” and “Rolling in the Deep” 25. Franklin Roosevelt’s middle name 27. Matt Murdoch’s secret super-hero identity 31. The most common first name out of every U.S. president 32. The car company behind Mustangs 33. Willy Wonka had this kind of factory

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News EditorsNolen “Buy jelly beans” DoorackConnor “Buy skinny jeans” FitzGerald

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BY Sam PerryREPORTER

A game that started dismally for SLUH ended in pandemoni-

um last Friday night as the Jr. Bills pulled off a massive comeback to beat MCC rival Vianney 55-53 on a buzzer-beater from junior Brandon McKissic.

The game started with Vian-ney sophomore standout Carte’Are

Gordon going to work in the post. Gordon was virtually untouchable as he got to the hoop and the free throw line with ease, and ended the quarter with 11 of Vianney’s 15 points. What luck the Jr. Bills did have in the first quarter came from fast breaks and off turnovers.

The second quarter contin-ued to be much of the same story as Gordon continued to assert his

presence, this time on the defen-sive end as he blocked shot after shot. Luckily for SLUH, sophomore Mikey Sanders played an outstand-ing second quarter as he went three for three from beyond the arc to keep the game close despite numer-ous miscues.

“Everything,” responded coach Erwin Claggett about what went wrong the first half. “Matt and

Brandon were missing shots that they normally hit in their sleep.”

The boys began to heat up in the second half, inspired by a rau-cous student section on the floor. The Jr. Bills ended up with nine steals in the game, and forced nu-merous other turnovers.

“We had to make some adjust-ments to speed the tempo up … and I think that got them going a little

bit faster than they wanted to,” said Claggett about his team’s change in defensive strategy at the beginning of the third quarter.

The Jr. Bills began to hit a few more shots as the game progressed, and as the game sped up and Vian-ney wore down, Gordon got into foul trouble, freeing up the lane for the Jr. Bills to attack. Vianney scored only nine points in the third quarter while Gordon sat out most of the quarter with four fouls. The Jr. Bills continued to press and end-ed the quarter trailing by just three, 40-37.

With the momentum already swinging in the Jr. Bills’ direc-tion, SLUH took the lead for the first time since the first quarter on a Mikey Sanders off-the-dribble three-pointer from the top of the arc that sent the crowd into a frenzy. Sanders would end the game with 19 points on five threes.

“Heart, we played with a lot of heart tonight,” responded Sanders when asked about what inspired his team’s comeback.

The game continued to be close as the teams traded buckets down the stretch with neither team able to pull away.

“Brandon is our closer to-night. Let’s see what he does,” said senior Sergio Goodwin as McKissic walked the ball up the court with just over 20 seconds remaining.

McKissic did not disappoint. With about six seconds on the clock, he took the ball hard towards the right block, but instead of fin-ishing for the layup, he opted to take the stepback jumper, which he

Buzzer-beater lifts basketball to comeback victory over Vianney

photo | Brendan Voigt Junior Brandon McKissic after hitting the winning basket in Friday’s victory over Vianney.

BY Tim NileSPORTS EDITOR

The St. Louis U High hockey team did some-

thing last night that they haven’t done all season: lost to someone other than CBC. De Smet snuck by the Jr. Bills 1-0; the team rebounded the next night against Lindbergh, win-ning 3-0.

The Jr. Bills opened against De Smet in their typi-cal fashion: a lot of Jr. Bill shots but no goals. De Smet, however, found the back of the net with 4:59 left in the period.

The rest of the game in-cluded tough work from the Jr. Bills, who out-shot De Smet 30-15 for the game.

“They scored early on sort of a fluke goal, and then we couldn’t recover from it,” said senior captain Connor FitzGerald. “We had a lot of shots but couldn’t score. That’s been one of our problems all year—we can’t finish.”

“We worked hard,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick. “It’s hard to say much bad about our effort. We worked

hard and we just couldn’t score. I’d rather have it hap-pen in the regular season than in the playoffs.”

The game marked the re-turn of senior captain Scotty Berger, who had previously been out with a broken arm.

“We didn’t have the grit that we needed,” said Berger. “It was a learning lesson for us that we needed to take it more seriously and work harder.”

The Jr. Bills called a time-out with 1:39 left in the game and pulled their goalie, but couldn’t manage a goal.

“We’ve been having trou-ble scoring goals and that is something we need to work on,” said Fitzpatrick.

The team faced the Lind-bergh Flyers the next night at Webster Groves Ice Rink.

Even though the game had a different outcome than the one against De Smet, the Jr. Bills were still slow to score. Even when a Lindbergh dou-ble minor gave SLUH a four-minute power play, the Jr. Bills were unable to capitalize.

“We weren’t really using our set power play, we were

just still rolling the lines,” said Fitzpatrick. “That may have had something to do with it. We got to do a better job at putting the puck in the net and finishing our chances. It’s going to bite us if we don’t get

it done.”At the end of the first pe-

riod there was still no score despite the Jr. Bills outshoot-ing the Flyers 9-2.

“We were still kind of in that funk in the first pe-

Hockey rebounds after loss to De Smet with victory over Lindbergh

riod,” said Berger. “We came around, realized what needed to happen, and took care of business.”

At the end of the second period, with FitzGerald off for hooking, the Flyers had a

wide-open net opportunity to score. The Jr. Bills rebounded the puck, took it to the other end, and freshman Henry Wagner scored the Jr. Bills’ first goal of the game off an as-sist from senior captain Steve Lockwood.

Freshman Brendan Rasch took over for senior Joe Warnecke in goal starting in the third period—Rasch’s varsity debut. He handled the pressure throughout the third period.

“The kid’s got good skill, good positioning, and he’s been well coached,” said Fitzpatrick. “We figured Dan Hirlinger has been hurt a little bit and Joe’s been hurt a little bit, so we were trying to get Brendan in there and get him eligible for playoffs.”

The third period featured goals by junior Liam Knobbe and senior Jonah Schwartz. The Jr. Bills defeated the Fly-ers 3-0.

The next game is next Friday, Jan. 22 against CBC at Affton at 8 p.m.

photo | Dominik SkroskaFreshman Christian Berger in last Thursday’s game against Lindbergh.

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Volume 80, Issue 17 January 15, 2016

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BY Jake LepakREPORTER

The St. Louis U. High varsity wrestlers visited

Lindbergh Blvd. last weekend to take part in the 49th annual Vianney Tournament. The Jr. Bills joined seven other teams in a very competitive tourna-ment, and ended the weekend with some pretty positive re-sults, taking fifth place with 44.5 points. Seniors Justice Binder and Henry Mungenast led the charge for the Jr. Bills. Binder placed second in the 106-pound weight class; Mun-genast pinned every competi-tor he faced in the first period and finished first at 172.

“I felt I did ok, but I could’ve done better,” Binder said. “We still have work to do and we have to review a lot to keep us aware of bad hab-its and fix our recurring acci-dents.”

Mungenast had one of his best tournaments of his wres-

tling career. He pinned each of his opponents in under two minutes, an impressive ac-complishment, especially in a tournament.

“I had great opportuni-ties to succeed and I took ad-vantage of them,” Mungenast said.

Juniors Danny Trittler and Alex Hymes also contrib-uted to the Jr. Bills’ success in the tournament. Trittler secured a second place finish at 145, despite having recently returned to full intensity prac-tices.

“I feel like I did well in the tournament. Not as good as I would have liked but still good,” Trittler said.

One of the big surprises of the tournament was Hymes, who finished first at 195.

“Going into the tour-nament, I was coming off a match in which I got pinned fairly quickly by a kid from CBC,” said Hymes. “I didn’t

want that to happen again, so in the tournament, I went out there trying to be a bit smarter about the kinds of positions I was getting myself into.”

Hymes certainly did that, with one of his wins com-ing from a thrilling overtime match where he pinned his senior opponent.

“I guess it feels good to have done as well as I did in the tournament. I hope I can use the victory to give me more confidence in my abili-ties as we move toward the end of the season.”

Hymes isn’t ready to call this season a success just yet, however. He still has many goals and moves he wants to work on for the remainder of the season.

“One goal I have for my-self is to improve the offensive side of my wrestling. I feel like doing that would put me in a better position to control more matches as opposed to

just reacting to whatever my opponent does,” said Hymes.

After such a positive weekend for these upperclass-men, the team hopes for posi-tive momentum heading into the next few meets down the road.

“I feel like this tourna-ment will give the team a lot of momentum going on,” Trittler said. “Now that we know we can win some of these tough matches, it definitely raises the team morale.”

“It allowed some guys to get some varsity wins and build up confidence,” Munge-nast said. “It builds up confi-dence for another tough tour-nament this weekend.”

The Jr. Bills will take their talents to the Rockwood dis-trict this weekend to partici-pate in the Rockwood Summit Tournament.

Mungenast, Binder, Trittler, Hymes lead team in Vianney tourney

hit to put SLUH up 55-53 with 1.4 seconds remaining. The student section stormed the court, but had to quickly get back into the stands.

“It was just nice to beat Vianney an MCC rival,” said McKissic. “It shows that we are ready to compete for the MCC title.”

McKissic ended with 18 points and two steals.

Vianney’s last-ditch effort was unsuccessful and the Jr. Bills ran to the student section

to celebrate.“I learned that we can

pull out a game. We haven’t had a close game and won it yet,” said junior B.J. Wilson when asked what he learned about his team from that game.

The Jr. Bills play next Monday against Hazelwood Central, led by Xavier Snead, who has committed to play basketball at Kansas State next year and is averaging just over 20 points per game.

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R-Ball beats De Smet, remains unbeaten

photo |Brendan VoigtSenior David Jackson against Vianney on Friday.

C Basketball Blue1/8/16SLUH 28Vianney 37

Key stat: Freshman Andrew Nest-er led the team with 8 points.

1/12/16SLUH 35Parkway W. 25

Key stat: Maceo Cummings was the team’s leading scorer with 11 points.

Key quote: “They weren’t our best games, but the guys never stopped pushing,” said head coach Chuck Mc-Call.

Next contest: 1/16-1/21 Oakville Tournament.

C Basketball White

1/11/16SLUH 34Ladue 19

Key stat: Darion Mullins led the Jr. Bills offense throughout the game.

1/14/16SLUH 50Westminister 46

Key quote: “Darion really stepped up for us this week. He made the big plays when we needed them,” said head coach Sterling Brown.

Next contest: 1/16-1/18 Chami-nade Tournament.

JV Basketball1/8/16SLUH 52Vianney 56

Key quote: “We started off the first quarter with a 10-nothing score, but we lost the momentum toward the end and couldn’t come back,” said Nico Schmelter.

JV Hockey Blue1/10/16SLUH 3De Smet 1

Key stat: Freshman Gabe Schwartz finished off the game with a goal and an assist.

Key quote: “We started off a little slow, but it turned up towards the end,” said junior Nolan Corker.

Next contest: 1/24 vs. De Smet.

JV Hockey White1/10/16SLUH 4Chaminade 3

Key stat: Sophomore Kevin Einig netted the winning goal with 8 seconds left.

Key quote: “We came out pretty strong, but kind of laid off and let them back into the game and it almost cost us the game,” junior Andrew Modder.

1/12/16SLUH 5Timberland 2

Key stat: Junior Joe Koetting fin-ished up the night with a pair of goals and an assist.

Key quote: “Midway through the second period we let in two straight goals, but turned it on in the third and closed the game out,” said Modder.

Next contest: 1/24 vs. Vianney.

JV RacquetballJV 2-1

1/7/16SLUH 5Parkway W. 0

Key stat: Sophomore Andrew Lal-ly won a tight tiebreaker to bring home the 5-0 sweep.

Next contest: 1/19 vs. De Smet.

JV 2-21/7/16SLUH 3De Smet 1

Key stat: Junior Robert Esswein rallied to win in a tiebreak, giving the team a 3-1 win.

Next contest: 1/22 vs. Chaminade.

—Underclassmen Sport Report—

BY Andrew Modder STAFF

The St. Louis U. High varsi-ty racquetball team wiped

the floor with Jesuit rival De Smet last night with a domi-nating 4-0 shutout victory.

The 4-0 triumph result-ed from victories by junior Chris Schulze and seniors John Correa, Charlie Mueth, and Rich Helfrey. The three other matches that were sup-posed to be played are being rescheduled due to SLUH players attending Kairos and a De Smet player’s absence. However, these matches have no importance to the overall outcome since SLUH has al-ready won four matches out of seven total.

No. 1 seed Schulze con-tinued his perfect overall record this season, winning handily against De Smet’s Alex Weber 15-2, 15-7.

Schulze hit lots of sharp and smart shots through-out the match, especially his pinches, which frequently caught Weber off guard. Schulze dominated the pace of the game, controlling his opponent’s play, which led to mistakes and, eventually, an easy win.

“I’m still hoping to win State and do as well as I can at Nationals,” said Schulze. “Hopefully I can win a few games (at Nationals) and get All-American.”

The second victory, claimed by Correa, the No. 3 seed, came against the Spar-tans’ James Murphy, who gave him a fair challenge, winning the first game 15-7.

“He caught me off guard and it seemed like everything was going his way,” said Cor-rea. “I struggled to regain ground in that game since all of his serves were really good.”

The second game, how-ever, was much different from the first, as Correa got his composure back and started to control the game, winning 15-8 to force a tiebreaker.

“After the first game, Doc really helped me calm down and assess my opponent,” said Correa. “I was able to place the ball better and hit smarter shots because of that.”

Correa throttled Murphy in the tiebreaker to close out

the match with an 11-1 win.“I’m in a good place right

now because I’ve been able to pull out victories in the tough matches,” said Correa.

The third SLUH success came from Mueth, the No. 4 seed, who went toe-to-toe with Danny Cirillo, whom he had beaten earlier in the sea-son.

Mueth started out very strong with everything go-ing his way, winning the first game 15-10, dominating the game and controlling the pace of play.

In the second game, how-ever, Cirillo stepped up and made it a bit more difficult on Mueth, snatching an early 10-5 lead.

“He really sped up the pace of the game and I was scrambling more than the first game,” said Mueth. “I was kind of thrown off by his un-orthodox playing style.”

After Cirillo opened the lead up to 13-7, Mueth took his second timeout to com-pose himself, then finished the match on an 8-1 run to win the second game 15-14.

“I’d say that like three-fourths of my match I was playing the best racquet-ball I’ve played all year,” said Mueth. “Hopefully I can elim-inate bad stretches of games like I had in the second game, but I know I have what it takes to win.”

The fourth and final tri-umph for the Jr. Bills came from Helfrey, the No. 6 seed, who defeated Adam Gordon handily, 15-14, 15-7.

“I won, but I played bad-ly,” said Helfrey. “I’m a little sick so that made playing a bit harder.”

SLUH’s defeat of De Smet moves them to 6-0 for the regular season with just three matches to go.

“I think we’re in a re-ally good spot right now,” said Correa. “Our practices are getting more intense and we all have really high expecta-tions going into Nationals.”

The team continues its undefeated quest against Lindbergh on Jan. 26 at the Missouri Athletic Club at 3:30 p.m. —Joe Boyce contributed re-porting.

Hockey routs Vianney Thursday night

The Jr. Bills controlled the pace of the gamse in their bout with Vianney last night. Junior Liam Knobbe led the offense with three goals and sophomore Joe Winkelmann, junior Luke Gassett, and senior Jonah Schwartz fol-lowed with two goals each. The Bills won easily by a final score of 10-2. —Nick Gima

Upcoming Varsity Games—Wrestling @ Rockwood Summit

on Saturday

—Basketball @ Hazlewood Central

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Friday, January 15AP Junior Class MassSnack—Chicken Rings

Lunch Special—Toasted Ravioli Vegetarian—Mashed Potatoes

Schedule R

Saturday, January 16B Basketball @ CBC TournamentC Wrestling @ Fox TournamentV Wrestling @ Rockwood Summit Tournament

10:00pm C White Basketball @ Chaminade Tournament10:15pm C Blue Basketball @ Oakville Tournament

Sunday, January 17Junior White House Retreat (until January 20)Senior Pallottine Retreat (until January 20)C White Basketball @ Chaminade TournamentV Basketball @ Hazelwood Central (MLK Shootout)

Monday, January 18No Classes- Martin Luther King DayJunior White House Retreat (until January 20)Senior Pallottine Retreat (until January 20)C White Basketball @ Chaminade TournamentV Basketball @ Hazelwood Central (MLK Shootout)

Tuesday, January 19No Classes- Faculty Day4:00pm C White Basketball vs. CBC5:30pm C Blue Basketball vs. CBC7:00pm B Basketball vs. CBC

Wednesday, January 20AP Snack—Mini Corn Dogs

Lunch Special—Country Fried Steak Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger

Schedule R

Thursday, Janurary 218:30am Admissions Committee Meeting

AP Sophomore Scheduling MeetingSnack—Bosco Sticks

Lunch Special—Papa John’s Pizza Vegetarian— Pasta

B Blue Basketball @ Oakville Tournament4:00pm C Wrestling vs. Rockwood Summit4:00pm C White Basketball vs. McCluer5:30pm B Basketball vs. McCluer6:00pm Reunion Planning Meeting @ Si Commons7:30pm V Basketball vs. Belleville West @ Belleville East Tournament

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Friday, January 228:30am Admissions Committee Meeting

AP Freshman Class Mass Junior 1818 Registration Snack—Chicken Bites

Lunch Special—Shrimp and Fries Vegetarian— Grilled Cheese

4:00pm C White Basketball vs. Chaminade @ SLUH5:15pm C Blue Basketball vs. Chaminade @ SLUH6:30pm B Basketball vs. Chaminade @ SLUH7:30pm V Basketball vs. Belleville East @ Belleville East Tournament9:45pm V Hockey vs. CBC @ Affton Ice Rink

Schedule R

Friday, January 294:15pm C Blue Basketball vs. Webster Groves 5:30pm B Basketball vs. Webster Groves 7:30pm V Basketball vs. Webster Groves

Schedule R

Monday, January 254:00pm C White Basketball vs. MICDS @ SLUH7:40pm JV White Hockey vs. Oakville @ Hardee’s Ice Plex8:55pm JV Blue Hockey vs. Kirkwood @ Hardee’s Ice Plex

Schedule R

Thursday, January 28Seniors Return from Project

6:00pm V/JV/C Wrestling vs. DeSmet & Chaminade

Schedule R

Saturday January 238:00am Clavius Robotics Jamboree8:00pm V Basketball vs. Althoff @ Belleville East Tournament9:30pm V Hockey vs. Rockwood Summit @ Brentwood Ice Arena

Wednesday, January 2711:00pm Mother’s Club Board Meeting

Schedule R

Sunday, January 247:45pm JV Blue Hockey vs. DeSmet Maroon @ Affton Ice Rink9:00pm JV White Hockey vs.Vianney @ Affton Ice Rink

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Tuesday, January 264:15pm B Basketball vs. Parkway West4:30pm C Blue Basketball vs. McCluer North @ SLUH6:00pm V Basketball vs. McCluer North @ SLUH

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Six years ago this week, a 7.0 mag-nitude earthquake devastated Haiti. St. Louis U. High helped the struggling nation in more ways than one. STUCO raised $4,700 for Haiti through the Je-

Newborn children for Toussaint and CarrollAugustus Edwin Toussaint arrived on Friday,

Jan. 1, 2016, at eight pounds and six ounces to Span-ish teacher Kate Toussaint and her husband An-drew. Lauren Josephine Carroll was born to English teacher Jennifer Carroll and her husband Matt on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 at nine pounds, 10 oz, and 21.75 inches. The Prep News and SLUH community extends its warmest congratulations to the families!

Juniors night of pizza, ping pong, and Space JamThe junior class held its second Junior Fun

Night before the SLUH v. Vianney basketball game last Friday night. Many juniors came to enjoy pizza, a ping pong tournament, and the showing of Space Jam, all included with the price of the basketball ticket at just $8. The night was a success according to junior class VP Peter Hennessey, who hopes even more juniors can come in the future. A third junior Night will likely be held in the Spring.

Senior project reflection night heldCampus ministers Nick Ehlman and Brian

Gilmore led a 20-minute reflection in the chapel Monday night before seniors dispersed into class-rooms for longer, more in-depth discussions. Gilm-ore read part of a reflection from his journal from 2002, when he worked at a retirement home for his project. The classroom discussions were led by fac-ulty advisors. The seniors return to school in roughly two weeks, on Thursday, Jan. 28.

Mock Trial prepares for upcoming seasonJunior varsity and varsity mock trial scrim-

maged against Cor Jesu this past weekend, and plans to scrimmage this upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Eagleton Courthouse. Varsity’s first pre-liminary trial is next Thursday against Parkway Cen-tral while Northwest Academy, whom junior varsity was originally supposed to square off against, fore-feited, resulting in a 3-0 win for SLUH.

—Leo Heinz, Sam Chechik, Jack Sinay.

correctionAn article last week about the football field’s

forthcoming new turf incorrectly identified Joe Ko-mos as Director of Alumni Relations and Data. He is actually the Vice President of Administration. The Prep News regrets this error.

From the Pn Vault The earthquake in Haitisuit Refugee Services (JRS), and held a prayer service. Alumni did their part as well, as Dr. Ted Dubuque, ’45, con-tinued his work as a surgeon at Hopital Sacre Couer. This hospital was found-

ed by Dubuque and the late Carlos Re-ese, ’45, and played an enormous part in the recovery of the people of Haiti; both of the former students’ families also volunteer at the facility. Dubuque

also has his own foundation, Center for the Rural Development of Milot (CRUDEM) that sends volunteers to the hospital.—compiled by Galen Bacharier

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