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“If nothing else, value the truth”
Volume LXXIV
-Ugandan physics
teacher arrives, pg.2
-Basketball in Coaches
vs. Cancer classic, pg. 2
Opinion
Sports
-Perspective on the last
decade, p. 3
-Basketball wins
MICDS tournament,
pg. 5
St. Louis University High School, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
Issue 15
Junior White House retreat cancelled
Third cancelled at White House in two years
Conor Gearin
Core Staff
or the first time in five years, St. Louis
U. High Campus Ministry cancelled
the January junior White House retreat
due to a lack of student interest.
However, the cancellation follows a recent trend; last year, two of the four scheduled
junior White House retreats were cancelled.
This cancellation means that only one junior
White House retreat has taken place this
year. The other junior retreat program, the
student-led Kairos, still has 12 to 15 open
spots for its second retreat in April. Student
Council (STUCO) and Campus Ministry are
reevaluating their approaches to publicizing the retreat programs, especially White
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House.
According to Campus Ministry team
member Brian Gilmore, the second White
House retreat of the year was cancelled
because, after the retreat in November, only
one student signed up for the January date.
Despite the recent drop in participation,
Gilmore said that the White House retreats
have been a long-standing tradition for juniors at SLUH.
“(White House) is an awesome retreat.
It’s one of the oldest things we’ve done
around here. SLUH guys have been going
there for years and years and years,” Gilmore
said.
The three-day retreats take place at
White House Retreat Center, a Jesuit retreat
Our Lady of the Snow
photo by Ted Wight
house in south St. Louis County along the
Mississippi River.
“I thought they were tremendous retreats,” said English teacher James Raterman,
who has helped lead many White House
retreats in his 37 years at SLUH. He said
that he looked forward to participating in the
retreats, and believed that “a lot of students
benefitted from them.”
“It’s a beautiful facility,” Gilmore said.
“It’s probably the coolest setting any of our
retreats are in, so there’s a lot going for
(White House). We need to figure out how
to get people excited about it.”
“At first we thought it was a money kind
of thing,” said Junior Class Pastoral Officer
Phil Nahlik. The retreats cost students $100
see WHITE HOUSE, 8
Llanos, Meyer
win Model of
Justice Award
Nathan Rubbelke
Reporter
t. Louis U. High seniors Andrew Meyer and Luis Llanos were announced as
the winners of the Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Model of Justice Award right before
they departed for Christmas break. The
award, established by the Archdiocese of
St. Louis, recognizes students from the
archdiocese for their commitment to social service.
Meyer was nominated by the youth
minister of his parish, who felt that Meyer
was worthy of the award. At SLUH, Meyer
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The statue of Mary surrounded by 2 to 4 inches of snow after Thursday’s snow. The coldest teperatures in a
decade and timely snow forced the cancellation of classes Thursday.
see MODEL OF JUSTICE, 9
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News
Ugandan teacher visits ju- Basketball in
Coaches vs.
nior physics classes
Cancer classic
January 12, 2010
Volume 74, Issue 15
Eric Mueth
heading to the United States. While in his
Staff
fourth year teaching physics at St. Joseph’s
oarding an airplane for the first time, College in Gulu, Uganda, a government
Ugandan physics exchange teacher sponsored boarding school of 1200 boys,
Oryema interviewed for the
Odong Robert Oryema headed
opportunity and was one of
to the United States and St.
six chosen.
Louis U. High—his first time
“It was amazing. I could
away from Africa. Landing in
not believe something like
America brought more firsts
this could happen,” Oryema
for Oryema, such as ice skatsaid.
ing and seeing the Broadway
On the other side of the
musical Memphis while in
exchange, SLUH alumnus
New York City.
John McGee provided the op
Oryema has come to the
portunity for SLUH. McGee
United States through the orhad spent three summers in
ganization Invisible Children,
Uganda and, upon hearing
which began a teacher exchange
program in 2007 by sending Physics techer Robert Oryema about this program, urged
SLUH to apply. He notified
American teachers to Uganda
to team-teach with native teachers. After all SLUH physics teachers; Eric LaBoube
three years, Invisible Children decided to was the only to apply, in October.
let Ugandan teachers return the favor by
see ORYEMA, 9
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photo by Ted Wight
Table Tennis Club serves
annual Christmas tourney
Drew Dziedzic
Reporter
able tennis stars from the St. Louis
U. High community gathered in the
Commons early in the morning on Monday, Dec. 21, to compete in the sixth-annual SLUH Table Tennis Tournament. To
participate, students paid a $5 entrance
fee. Over 30 students, one of the highest
numbers ever in the tournament’s history,
entered this year.
“We had a good number of kids,” said
senior Andrew LaFaver, organizer of the
tournament. “The tournament itself ran
pretty smoothly with the bracket being put
together easily.”
In the morning, the participants were
divided among six tables, where they played
each other in a round-robin tournament to
receive a ranking for the afternoon’s playoffs. Each table was encouraged to play both
singles and doubles in order to have as much
play time as possible.
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Following the morning activities,
all competitors ate barbequed hot dogs,
bratwurst, and pulled pork cooked by Spanish
see TT TOURNEY, 8
photo by mr. matt sciuto
Sophomore Dan Tlapek returns a shot in the Christmas table tennis tournament.
Jack Witthaus
Reporter
yearly collegiate basketball tradition
since 1993, the Coaches vs. Cancer
basketball games have raised 50 million
for cancer research and for families affected by cancer, according to www.cancer.
org. Now, the event is in the high school
basketball mainstream and is storming
into the Chaifetz Arena along with former
Missouri basketball coach and founder of
Coaches vs. Cancer Norm Stewart on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
The seven games of the tournament will
feature 14 teams from Missouri, Illinois,
Alabama, and Tennessee.
At 4:30 p.m., the St. Louis U. High Jr.
Bills (10-4) will square up against the Glenbrook North High School Spartans (11-2) in
a game that SLUH head coach John Ross
described as a “big time deal.” Glenbrook
North is the No. 17 team in Illinois, according to Ross.
“It’s pretty exciting,” senior captain
Tim Cooney said. “I have heard a lot about
their players, but we will try to shut them
down.”
The team features small forward Alex
Dragicevich, who has committed to the
University of Notre Dame.
The highlighted game of the event has
Missouri’s third-ranked Hazelwood Central
(9-1) taking on Tennessee’s first-ranked
Memphis Melrose (16-0). Game time is 7:30
p.m.
Tickets are $7 and can be purchased
through Ross or Athletic Director Dick
Wehner. Tickets will be sold today after
school. All seven games can be viewed with
the purchase of one ticket, and all proceeds
will benefit cancer research and families of
those with cancer.
“It’s a good cause,” said Ross. “It not
only raises money for cancer, but it also
raises awareness.”
SLUH’s next charity basketball game,
the annual Think Pink game, will be Friday
against Lafayette. Game time is 7:00 p.m.
in the Danis Field House.
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January 12, 2010
Opinion
Reflection
Volume 74, Issue 15
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A look back and forward from 2010
Nick Fandos
Features Editor
ere we are: January 2010. We made it. Half of the school
year is gone, and, more notably, another decade has passed,
taking the uneasiness of a new millennium with it.
But the decade did not slip off the stage without due notice. The
end of 2009 saw a flurry of reflections on the last ten years. Every
major media outlet offered its two cents about what the decade will
be remembered for. Most recalled fears of Y2K that ushered in the
new millennium ten years ago, and almost everyone remembered
September 11, 2001, when America was attacked on her own soil
and terrorism became real. Most attempts to summarize the 2000s
made sure to include the ensuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that
continue to reach new benchmarks of brutality. And of course the
“Great Recession” topped everyone’s list, with hurricanes and natural
disasters closely behind.
Aside from the political benchmarks of the last decade, technology and the great advances of that field were the stories that
most evaluations included as “life-altering.” The rise of personal
computers, cell phones, iPods, GPS, and social networking websites took the place of newspapers, network television, and good
old-fashioned CD players that defined the previous decades. The
way we communicate was radically changed in the last ten years,
though for most of our generation these changes were simply taken
in stride and seem perfectly natural.
I spent a lot of time during Christmas break reading these attempts to remember a decade that’s impact is yet to be determined.
I read as most media types struggled to name the decade, often
debating what its impact will really be. But as I read I noticed a
pretty clear trend. As much as I read about and remembered these
benchmark events from the last decade, or of the developments that
were supposed to have altered our lives irreversibly, I realized that
these aren’t the things that stand out to me or my generation from
the last ten years at all.
I was six years old in 2000. I remember parts of New Year’s
Eve that year quite vividly: my parents’ friends George and Sue
setting up a Disco ball and karaoke machine in our front hall and
showing off their hot new car, the PT Cruiser. But most of the night
I can’t remember because I was six when the decade came around,
and memories at that age are spotty. I am sixteen as it leaves, and
a lot of life has happened between those two very different shining
balls that bookend the 2000s—one spinning in my front hall as we
welcomed the new decade and a much larger one in Times Square
just a few days ago as we ushered it out.
I have heard people who lived through the Great Depression say
that life didn’t seem that abnormal to them even when the world’s
economy was in the direst of conditions. I never knew what to make
of this seemingly contradictory perspective, but now I suppose
that’s how I feel about the 2000s. In many respects, what was seen
as revolutionary or horrific seemed to take the back seat to the rest
of my life.
During the same years that the World Trade Center was attacked,
wars raged in the Middle East, technology revolutionized the way
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we live, the economy tanked twice, and we realized our planet’s
climate is in peril, my life went on. I learned to ride a bike and then
to drive a car. I rose through the class levels at one school, graduated
and moved onto another. I made friends and experienced death for
the first time. I began to sit with the adults at family dinners and
realized Christmas wasn’t all about gifts. I read funny books and
cried at powerful films. I learned a lot. I don’t mean to delegitimize
the significance of war and death, but for a boy coming of age, my
concerns were elsewhere.
This experience is pretty typical for my age group. Adults tend
to focus more on what are seen as significant public events, and
childhood lends itself to largely personal recognition. Adolescence
is the narrow gap where we can straddle both our own personal
worlds and the public one we will soon enter. It is the singular
place in time where we can recognize and begin to realize the full
extent of a conflicted world ahead without entering it, while still
emphasizing the significance of our personal one behind.
The view is by no means a pretty one. We were reminded as
recently as Christmas Day that the threats to our safety and well
being are still very real. Overall, there seems to be a consensus that
the last decade was a pretty miserable one. At the decade’s onset,
the nation was politically and economically stable, if not prosperous. Things are very different at we enter the 2010s and people are
largely unsure when this turmoil will end. But if we are to combat
these clear threats and hope for better days to come, we must take
full advantage of the lessons we have learned on our own and by
watching our parents’ generation. This is not an easy task.
New technology could foster clearer communication in an era
marred by misunderstanding, but it could also lead to a breakdown
in our will to reach out. Awareness of our world’s climate troubles
could allow us to reduce and conserve and bring about a much
cleaner planet, though we could ignore the threat of climate change
just as easily. Recognition that our economy is in shambles, and that
greediness is the main cause could inspire us to recognize that we
don’t need it all to lead happy, comfortable lives. But greed is very
tempting, and like generations before us, we may fall into the same
economic traps of boom and bust.
In short, we have been given an opportunity at a pretty critical time to alter the mounting problems we will surely face in the
decades to come. But if we forget what we’ve learned in our own
personal as well as public experience, we will be bound to the same
mistakes of our forerunners. I guess that’s the beauty of adolescence.
Though we are beginning to realize these things, they are not yet
entrenched in our reality, and we still have a huge opportunity to
grow. We don’t have to know exactly what the 2000s meant yet,
but we will be twenty something when this decade ends—out of
school and firmly entrenched in the larger world. Looking back now,
in 2010, can only work to guide that growth where we will need it
most if we are to be prepared for our shot at better decades ahead.
Come hither masses! Join the ranks of the U.
High’s proudest tradition. Enrolling now.
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Sports
Bills bring home MICDS championship
January 12, 2010
Volume 74, Issue 15
Nate Heagney
Reporter
he St. Louis U. High basketball team
(10-4, 0-3 Metro Catholic Conference) experienced a busy Christmas break,
including a first-place finish in the MICDS
Christmas Tournament. Returning from
break, the team lost an emotional game
in front of a packed Danis Field House
against No. 3 ranked Chaminade.
The Christmas vacation started off on
the wrong foot for the Rossbills as they lost
to MCC rival Vianney. In the game, SLUH
fell behind early and, despite a rally by the
players off the bench, SLUH lost 63-50.
Mired in a two-game slump, the Jr. Bills
saw the MICDS Tournament as a chance
to right the ship and help the team reach
its potential. In the opening round against
Westminster, No. 3 seed SLUH certainly
looked like a team to be reckoned with as
they easily dispatched the Wildcats, 66-47,
to advance to the second round.
PHOTO BY TED WIGHT
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Michael Mayberger shoots the ball past Giovanni Ferrarra (33) in Monday’s 56-49 loss to Chaminade.
There, they met a tough foe in the Eagles
of Brentwood. SLUH jumped out to an early
24-11 lead after huge dunks from junior Mo
“The Show” Oginni and senior Andrew Ostapowicz. But the scrappy Brentwood squad
battled back by taking advantage of SLUH’s
turnovers and hitting shots. Brentwood held
a 58-50 advantage heading into the fourth
quarter.
Conversation of
the
But the Jr. Bills started forcing turnovers
to chip away at the deficit. Scott Milles hit
two big threes and the Jr. Bills tied the game
at 65. It was a back-and-forth game from
there until a layup from senior Jake Fechter
put SLUH ahead to stay.
Senior Tim Cooney and senior Mike
Mayberger iced the game with some clutch
free throws down the stretch. The final score
was 77-76 in a thrilling game.
Next, the CruzHeartsMillesbills took
on the No. 2 seed Whitfield and their
star forward, Julian Johnson. Both teams
came out aggressively, with SLUH getting
several buckets off of tenacious offensive
rebounds.
Meanwhile, Whitfield’s sole means of
scoring seemed to be Johnson’s driving to
the basket, using his size and quickness to get
past SLUH defenders. The Jr. Bills seemed to
play with a toughness that had been lacking
earlier in the season and managed to take a
Week
see BASKETBALL, 7
Three-season athlete Mitch Klug
Nate Heagney
Reporter
talked to sophomore Mitch Klug this
week about his experiences with sports
so far at SLUH and his plans for future
athletic endeavors. Klug is a three-sport
athlete who plays varsity football and
baseball as well as JV basketball. He was
recently named a first-team all-MCC receiver in football and is a promising part
of SLUH’s athletic future.
Nate Heagney: So Mitch, it must be hard
to balance playing three sports and still do
well in school.
Mitch Klug: Yeah, at the beginning of freshman year it was a really tough transitioning
into it, but I’ve kind of gotten it down now.
I just have to find time to do homework
during school.
NH: Do you sometimes wish you played
just one or two sports, allowing you to focus
more on those sports?
MK: I definitely think that if I put all my
time and focus into one sport I could do
better. Or maybe if I just played two sports
I could do better.
NH: I know it’s a little early, but do you have
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any plans for athletics after SLUH?
MK: My goal is to play sports in college, and
if I focus hard enough I think I can.
NH: Most people don’t have to worry about
this question, but which sport would you
play in college? You’ve had such success
at all of them.
MK: I really want to play baseball, but I
had a lot of fun playing football over the
past year and that has gotten me to consider
football a lot more. I’d like to play both if I
had the chance.
NH: What were your thoughts when you
found out you were first team All-MCC.
Surprised?
MK: I was kind of surprised. I thought I had
a chance at maybe first, second, or honorable mention, but when I found out I was
pretty excited.
NH: Was it tough being one of the few underclassmen on those varsity teams? How
did the upperclassmen treat you?
MK: Freshman year with baseball, after I
met the players, we became friends, and they
were really nice. Then, going into football,
I knew a lot of the guys on the team and
they were really nice and never gave me
any trouble.
NH: Last year, there were four other freshmen
who played varsity baseball, and this year
several sophomores played varsity football.
Did that make the transition easier?
MK: Yeah, definitely. I think if I had been
the only freshman or sophomore on the team,
it would’ve been fine, but it definitely helps
to have kids your age who you can hang
out with.
NH: Have you had to deal with any of the
recruiting process yet? Have any schools
contacted you?
MK: For baseball I have been invited to a
few showcase camps and later in January
I’ll be attending a camp with Purdue and
Louisville.
NH: What do you think your best sport is?
MK: Baseball, but with the amount of work
I’ve put in, football is catching up.
NH: So, you’ve been pretty successful during your athletic career at SLUH. Are you
going to head to the soccer field next and
show your skills there?
MK: (laughs) No, I think narrowing it down
to one or two sports is next and then maybe
a little indoor soccer.
Sports
Wrestling struggles in holiday Spartan
January 12, 2010
Volume 74, Issue 15
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Mike Lumetta
Core Staff
he St. Louis U. High wrestling team
competed in the marathon tournament
of its season, the Spartan Tournament at
DeSmet. The Jr. Bills placed 11th in the
16-team tournament with 226 points, 452
behind champion Lafayette.
The Spartan kicked off Tuesday, Dec. 29
with the pool-play round. The GoCrazybills,
who were in one of the two pools at DeSmet,
dropped a 29-27 dual to Hazelwood Central
and a 71-3 dual to Lafayette before pulling
out a 45-24 win over Ladue. Junior Espen
Conley (145 lbs.) won a No. 1 seed for the
next round, a single-elimination bracket
between the two pools at DeSmet.
The single-elimination bracket whittled
down the eight wrestlers to four who would
advance to the championship bracket with the
top four from the other site at Westminster.
Sophomores Connor Edler (119) and
Joe Mungenast (160) and senior Alex Myers
(285) all dropped first-round matches, knocking them out of the tournament. First-round
victories guaranteed the seven other Jr. Bills
a spot in the championship bracket, as they
all ended up in a first- or third-seed match
in qualifying.
All three SLUH wrestlers who advanced
to the first-seed match in the qualifying
bracket on Wednesday faced off against
Lafayette wrestlers for the second time. At
140, senior Andrew Danter lost his rematch
against Kyle Black, who blocked most of
Danter’s shots and turned them into takedowns for the 11-4 victory. Conley, who had
decisioned Vince Farinella in the first round,
gave up more shots and lost for the first time
this year by a score of 11-8. Lafayette’s Andy
Early worked turns aggressively against
senior Peter Everson (171) to record a 17-2
tech-fall. The SLUH wrestlers went into the
championship brackets as No. 2 seeds.
Conley attributed the loss to Farinella’s
aggressive mentality. “When you don’t take
shots, you lose,” he said. “I didn’t press it
like I should have.”
With the exception of the three No. 2
seeds, SLUH suffered through a difficult first
round of the double-elimination championship bracket. Danter, Conley, and Everson
coasted to easy wins, but four other wrestlers
fell, three by pin, and got knocked into the
wrestleback bracket.
The wrestlers who lost in the first round
rebounded in the first round of wrestlebacks.
Sophomore Nick Danter (125) faced Matt
Estrada of Zumwalt South and scored a
combination of takedowns and back points
for a 12-3 win. Senior David Lopez (152)
pinned Westminster’s Drew Wackerle, and
senior Joel Geders (189) won 5-2 with a highcrotch single and a turk for nearfall. Junior
Brian Gass (215) finished the round off with
a pin of Lindbergh’s Jesse Maness.
In the semifinal, Andrew Danter squared
off with Lindbergh’s Michael Slyman. The
match started with both wrestlers executing good defense, but eventually Slyman
snapped Danter down for the takedown and
rode him out through the first period. Slyman
kept Danter down with his toughness on top
and secured the 5-0 victory with another
snapdown in the third period.
Conley earned a third and deciding
match against Farinella in the final with a
Sam Bufe
Reporter
he varsity hockey team went 4-1-1
over Christmas break, improving its
record to 9-3-2 for the season.
In their first game, SLUH beat Lafayette
3-2 with goals by freshman Remy Hoffmann,
senior Greg Place, and junior Ryan Reding,
respectively.
In the next game, the SLUH hockey fans
packed into Affton Ice Arena as the Jr. Bills
faced off with rival CBC. Earlier in the season, SLUH had defeated the heavily-favored
Cadets 2-1. But this time, CBC did exactly
that to SLUH. Although the Jr. Bills came
away with a loss, they still played well.
With five goals over Christmas break,
one of SLUH’s hottest scorers, sophomore
Dan Warnecke, voiced the opinions of many
of his comrades, saying, “The team only
decides to show up for three periods when
we play CB(C).”
One of the guys who tends to step up in
big games is junior goalie Justin Ragland.
Ragland said, “We all are ready to go against
CBC. Everyone’s got to step up like men,
not boys.”
But after a good effort against CBC,
the faithful SLUH fans were let down with
a disappointing 3-3 tie against Marquette, a
team that SLUH should have beaten. Once
again, the theme of the Jr. Bills not playing
to their fullest potential occurred. As junior
defenseman Pat Judge said, “The team didn’t
play as good as we could have. It should have
been a win.”
But from there, SLUH bounced back
in their next three games. First they gave
Vianney, who beat the U. High in their last
meeting on a devastating last-second goal,
a 5-1 lashing that included a hat trick from
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Hockey improves to 9-3-2 over break
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see HOCKEY, 6
JV Sports Updates
JV Wrestling
Last meet: Vianney Tournament, 6th place
Key wrestler: Sophomore Sean Rammaha
Next meet: vs. Chaminade 1/21
JV Hockey
Record: 9-2
Last game: 2-1 loss vs. Kirkwood
Key player: Sophomore Nick Breunig
Next game: vs. Webster 1/17
B Basketball
Record: 12-1
Last game: 48-45 loss vs. CBC
Key player: Sophomore Matt Clark
Next game: vs. Lafayette 1/15
-Compiled by Adam Cruz, Zach Everson,
and Daniel Schmitt
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Sports
Racquetball rules over the Red Devils
January 12, 2010
Volume 74, Issue 15
Brendan Giljum
Reporter
he Jr. Bill racquetball team continued
its season Tuesday against the Chaminade Red Devils after a long winter break
that included an extremely entertaining
and highly-attended alumni tournament
won by alumnus Joe Sharamitaro.
Head coach Joe Koestner placed a
handicap on his team in its match against
Chaminade, only allowing serves to the
forehand of the opposition. Even with this
deficit, the match against the Red Army was
over from the get-go as the WeWantStatebills
completely dismantled their opponents,
sweeping them 7-0 with three of their seven
points coming from forfeit victories and improving their record to 5-1 on the season.
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HOCKEY
(from 5)
Warnecke.
In the next game, SLUH beat Priory
3-1despite not playing their best. Freshman
Chase Berger, who was recently featured in
a St. Louis Sports magazine and scored the
game’s best goal, said that he was “disappointed at how close the game was.”
SLUH’s final game of the break was
a big 2-0 win at Kirkwood’s home pond.
The Jr. Bills played well, and the team was
generally content with its play.
Berger said of the game, “We battled
through missing some key players and came
out of it with a win, thanks to scoring phenom,
Kurt Eisele.”
Later, junior defenseman Jackson Hoffmann did his best to sum up the team’s play
over the break: “We’re a really good team
with potential to go far. But we just don’t
play like it all the time.”
First up for the Senior“Serve”icebills
was senior No. 1 seed Mark Kissel, who may
have set a record for fastest match ever, stifling his opponent Chris Matteo and winning
15-0,15-3 in a little over twenty minutes.
Senior No. 3 seed Matt Hencken also
kept the fire alive by wrapping up his match
with an impressive 15-1,15-5 victory over
Jack Schmitt.
Coming in at the No. 4 spot was senior
Joe Ebel, who did not have his best stuff but
yet still dominated his foe Andy Koeger by
the same score as Hencken, 15-1,15-5.
“He played down to his opponent’s level
and was still significantly better,” said junior
doubles player Nick Schmidt.
Last up for the Jr. Bills was senior No.
2 seed Brendan Giljum, who, like the rest of
his team, controlled almost every aspect of
the game and rolled to a 15-2, 15-4 victory
over Red Devil Louie Howe.
Junior Joe Murray and senior Pete Harris at the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds had forfeit
wins along with Schmidt and senior Michael
Meyer at doubles. However, Team Schmeyer
played an exhibition match against Tony
Loyet and Matteo of Chaminade and won
15-13, 15-9.
The HomeStretchbills’ next game is a
crucial one against the DeSmet Spartans on
Thursday, Jan. 14 at Vetta Concord at 3:30
p.m. DeSmet and SLUH are currently tied
for first place in the league so the winner of
this game may determine the winner of the
league.
Dinner and Silent Auction
at Gio’s Ristorante & Bar
701 Market St., Ste 100
www.giosdowntown.com
Proceeds to fund the educational needs of
Geoff and Charlie Behr, sons of Joe Behr.
February 6, 2010
Open Bar 6:00 p.m.
Dinner 7:00 p.m.
$60 per person
For questions, please contact Bob and Ellen Stretch, (314) 845-0269
CARTOON BY ROBERT LUX
C Sports Updates
C Wrestling
Record: 3-2
Last meet: win vs. Kirkwood
Key wrestler: Jack Flotte
Next meet: Fox Tournament 1/16
C (Blue) Basketball
Record: 3-3
Last game: 26-23 win vs. DeSmet
Key player: Anthony Heumann
Next game: at Riverview Gardens 1/21
C (White) Basketball
Record: 9-0
Last game: 35-34 win vs. DeSmet
Key player: Matt Clohisy, 9 pts.
Next game: Chaminade Tournament 1/15
C Hockey
Record: 3-5-2
Last game: 3-0 loss vs. Eureka
Key player: Drew Brunts
Next game: vs. St. Charles West 1/17
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33-28 lead into half.
The third quarter was marked by physical play on both sides. SLUH executed their
offense very well but could not stop Johnson
and the game remained tight. The Jr. Bills
fell behind, but then six straight Mayberger
points gave SLUH back the lead. Whitfield
whittled it back down, but Milles hit a halfcourt jumper to put SLUH up 50-45 with
one quarter left to play.
For the second straight game, the fourth
quarter belonged to SLUH. Sparked by their
tough defense, the Jr. Bills created fast-break
opportunities that led to easy baskets and
stretched their lead to double digits, then held
on for the 75-65 victory. Cooney led the team
with 18 points and Mayberger added 14 to
pace the Jr. Bills, who managed to overcome
Johnson’s 39 points.
“Personally, him scoring 39, I don’t really care. He could score 100 points, but if we
win I don’t really care,” said Mayberger.
The win set the Jr. Billikens up for
a championship matchup with defending
tournament champion Jennings. Jennings
TWO!
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19-11 major decision over a Zumwalt South
opponent in the semifinal. He returned to
work on takedowns in preparation for the
final, hitting singles, doubles, and snapdowns
in the victory.
SLUH did not fare so well in the second round of wrestlebacks, as Nick Danter,
Lopez, and Geders all lost. Andrew Danter,
however, would advance to the third-place
match with a 6-2 win over Parkway North’s
Phil Carter. Danter hit a low single and peaked
out behind for the go-ahead takedown in the
match.
Wrestling for third place, Andrew Danter
faced the Hazelwood Central 140, whom he
had beaten in the pool-play round. The match
stayed fairly even throughout, but Danter’s
opponent gained a one-point edge with an
escape to start the third period. Danter could
not score for the rest of the period and took
fourth with the 4-3 loss.
Danter said that he needs to mentally
expand his repertoire of moves and prepare
to hit more of them in matches. “I think I
have to have confidence that I’ve practiced
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quickly jumped out to a 5-0 lead but the Jr.
Bills battled back behind the gutsy play of
senior Mike Butler. Cooney continued his hot
streak as he sliced to the basket on several
nice drives for a 30-25 halftime lead.
Both teams played fairly evenly in the
third quarter, and a Fechter layup put the
Jr. Bills up eight heading into to the final
period.
The SLUH D picked it up in the fourth
quarter, limiting Jennings to only two points
en route to a fairly easy championship, 51-34.
Both Mayberger and Cooney were named to
the all-tournament team.
“We handled adversity pretty well,
especially in the Brentwood game. This
was the perfect tournament to win in a good
part of the season. It’s good to go into your
conference schedule on a four-game winning
streak,” said Mayberger.
The Rossbills rode this hot streak into
a key MCC matchup with defending state
champion Chaminade and superstar junior
Brad Beal.
The game started well for the Bills,
who took a 13-9 lead after the first quarter
despite missing several close shots. Turnovers doomed the Jr. Bills in the second
quarter as they coughed up possession after
possession and allowed Chaminade to take a
26-20 halftime lead. Despite being down, the
Jr. Bills had done a decent job on Beal and
were creating opportunities for themselves,
but suffered from mental errors.
The Red Devils outscored SLUH by five
in the third quarter to push their advantage to
40-29 and looked ready to bury the Jr. Bills,
but Chaminade tempers flared and SLUH got
several points off of technical and intentional
fouls. A thunderous dunk by Oginni brought
the Bills to within four, but they could get
no closer as Chaminade converted at the
free-throw line down the stretch.
“I think we played really well (in the
Chaminade game). A few bad breaks, Brad
Beal getting to the free-throw line, and just
not making shots is really what it came down
to. But, I think we played really well overall,”
said Mayberger.
The Jr. Bills showed some improvement
but once again came up short in an MCC
game.
the moves enough that I can hit them in
matches instead of sticking with just a few
that I’m comfortable with,” he said.
Conley and Farinella took the mat together in the 145-pound final for the third time
in two days. Conley went out with a renewed
emphasis on offense and succeeded in taking
Farinella to the mat, but Farinella did not
allow him to secure the takedown. Instead,
Farinella forced Conley into scrambles,
which Farinella won. In the second period,
Farinella locked up a cradle and pinned
Conley, the pin being only Conley’s second
loss of the season and one of very few pins
he has surrendered in his three-year career.
Head coach Jon Ott said that Conley has
exhibited an even more rigorous work ethic
in the practice room following the tournament. “Since the Spartan, he seems to be a
little bit more intense,” Ott said.
Conley said that the losses and second
place spur him on rather than discourage
him. “It definitely motivates you,” he said.
“When you get kind of get in a groove of
winning, it takes a little bit out of you.”
Everson also had a rematch in his final,
his third against Early. Although Everson
came out looking for takedowns, Early
fended them off and returned with a shot of
his own. Though Everson managed to sprawl,
Early peaked out, scored, and worked turns
much as he had in their previous matches.
He pinned Everson on a half in the second
period.
Everson said that he wants to work with
assistant coach Patrick Byrne, a former state
champion at Parkway South, so that he can
improve against wrestlers like Early. “As
soon as Coach Byrne comes back, I’m going
to say, ‘Just go nuts on me. Let me figure out
how to beat someone that’s as good as you
are,’” Everson said.
Ott said that the team needs to work
on developing a plan of attack before they
wrestle. “In practice this week, we’ve been
working on finding three moves from each
position that we’re good at, that we feel
comfortable with,” he said.
SLUH wrestled at the Vianney Tournament last Saturday and will compete next
in the Rockwood Summit Tournament this
Saturday.
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each.
In response to this theory, junior STUCO
officers publicized that SLUH had money set
aside for students who could not afford to
go on retreat. However, student interest did
not increase.
“I don’t know if we did a good enough
job of publicizing,” said Gilmore of Campus
Ministry’s efforts to inform juniors about the
retreats. Specifically, he said that students
need to know the difference between junior
retreats and the mandatory freshman and
sophomore retreats.
Nahlik echoed Gilmore, saying that
many juniors had some negative feelings
about the mandatory sophomore retreat. He
explained that the sophomore retreat format
was new last year and the current juniors
attended during its trial phase, before some
issues were resolved
“I think a lot of people thought junior
retreat was going to be like that,” Nahlik
said.
However, the majority of students that
went on the White House retreat in November
had positive experiences.
“It was an incredible time,” said junior
Kevin Buettner. He said that the retreat
gave him a chance to reflect and to learn
more about his classmates. He also praised
the abundance of food and the amount of
student-led activity.
A recent Junior Roundtable discussion chaired by STUCO and junior class
moderator Mary Russo discussed current
junior class topics, including low retreat
attendance. The assembled juniors brought
up how White House needs to be publicized
better by STUCO and Campus Ministry but
also by students who went on the retreat.
They suggested that people who went on
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teacher Greg Bantle, moderator of the Table
Tennis Club.
After the delicious barbeque, the playoffs began. The tournament’s design was to
have the No. 1 seed to play the No. 6 seed
from another table. A participant advanced
onto the next round if he won his match.
But if a player lost his match, he entered a
second division, which acted as a consolation
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White House should promote the retreat to
others.
Nahlik also said that Kairos has a more
visible presence in the school. People that
went on Kairos wear Jerusalem crosses as
necklaces and often promote the retreat.
The Roundtable suggested that people who
attended White House ought to have a similar
token of their experience like the Jerusalem
cross to make other students curious about
the retreat.
Junior Joe Gardner said a large amount of
hype about Kairos from students and alumni
who attended it may have drawn students
away from White House. Gardner said that
while Kairos has a corps of promoters close
to the age of juniors, the only times he heard
about White House were in the announcements.
“Everyone always says Kairos is the
greatest … nobody’s talked about White
House,” he said.
In order to get more students to go on
White House, Gardner suggested that if
students wrote reflections about their experiences of the retreat and distributed them,
juniors might have a better idea of what to
expect in a White House retreat. He said that
a peer perspective on the retreat is key.
Russo said that a year ago, SLUH
scheduled another Kairos retreat and another
White House retreat (see Vol. 73, No. 9).
“(Campus ministry) had juniors who
wanted to go on retreat and weren’t able to,
especially on Kairos,” Gilmore said then.
“Kairos would fill up like crazy,” Russo
said.
She said that it did not bother her which
retreat juniors went on, so long as they were
participating in some retreat. This year,
however, even the popular Kairos retreats
have open spots, and Russo said that she
and others are trying to figure out why this
is so.
As for the cause of the low numbers,
Gilmore pointed out that the current junior
class is the smallest in recent years, but thinks
that other factors also contributed.
Junior Jake Chisholm said that he and
many other juniors feel like they don’t have
enough time for retreats because of other
obligations such as Work Grant and sports
programs. He said that juniors are either
worried about time, “or they are too lazy to
sign up.” Chisholm said the retreats were
publicized well enough, through announcements and teachers promoting retreats during
class.
The juniors who attended the Roundtable
pointed out many benefits of going on retreat,
such as developing relationships, taking time
to reflect on one’s role in life, and stepping
outside of the routine of normal life for a
little while. However, the juniors wondered
if the spiritual aspect of retreats may deter
people.
“People might be intimidated by a
spiritual retreat,” said Nahlik. However, he
said that White House retreats do not have
an intense spiritual focus and include a lot
of time for spending time with friends.
Regardless of why juniors are not signing
up for either retreat program, though, “we
need guys to go on retreat,” said Russo. She
referenced the Prep News’ conversation with
Archbishop Robert Carlson (see Vol. 74, No..
14) in which Carlson stressed the need for
growing individuals to “know who they are,
and they have to be clear about what their
values are.” Russo endorsed the capability
of junior retreats to do such things, pointing
out that former SLUH president Tom Cummings, S.J., made his decision to become a
priest while on a White House retreat.
“It was a turning point in my life,” said
Cummings, explaining that the retreat gave
him an opportunity to confront things in his
life that he had been avoiding.
bracket.
“The second tournament gave (someone
who might) not be an expert a chance to
play,” said Bantle.
Sophomore John Jedlicka became the
Table Tennis Tournament champion after
defeating sophomore Joe Jedlicka, his twin
brother.
“I was completely shocked because
going into it, I had no chance,” said John
Jedlicka. “I didn’t think I was going to win
it at all. It was luck! I’m not going to lie, it
was complete luck.”
Overall, the tournament, which lasted
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., received praise from
all participants.
“It was great,” said Bantle. “We plan to
do it again next year!”
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ORYEMA
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The program was set for the first three
weeks of January, and when the organization
looked at SLUH’s schedule they initially
declined because of exams and lack of school
days. Later, Invisible Children decided to
reconsider and chose the school because
of its similarities to Oryema’s school, St.
Joseph’s College, and because it would
expose Oryema to technologies that are not
available to him in Uganda.
“I was so surprised that of all places, the
first place I left for was the United States,”
Oryema said.
Oryema reached the United States on
Dec. 30 after a 27-hour flight, landing in
New York where he met LaBoube and the
cold. Oryema saw snow for the first time and
had to adjust from over 100 degree weather
to freezing temperatures. Oryema had four
days of orientation, and then headed to St.
Louis.
Oryema has gradually adjusted to SLUH.
He said that one class he teaches at home
exceeds 100 students who have to cram into
a room not much larger than a typical SLUH
classroom. He said that it’s difficult to teach
practically, and that the only option is to just
lecture.
“Technology is not there, we do not
have computers,” Oryema said. The only
computers are in the headmaster’s office and
none are available to teachers or students. He
added that because it’s so crowded, there is no
space for student group activities or labs.
LaBoube said that his teaching material
has not really changed with the addition of
Oryema to his classes, although he is helping
to choose the activities.
“Sharing the planning forces me to give
rationales for why I do what I do,” LaBoube
said.
Without senior classes, LaBoube says
more time and planning go into each class.
During classes LaBoube
and Oryema teach together, switching off
presenting the material.
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“It’s neat to stand back and watch
somebody else present the information
that ordinarily I would be presenting,” said
LaBoube.
Students seemed to enjoy the change
and have adapted to his accent and teaching method. Junior physics student Hayden
Day said, “He went through all the steps on
how to find every solution to the problem. I
didn’t have to search for what to take notes
on because everything he wrote was noteworthy.”
Oryema will continue to team-teach with
LaBoube until Jan. 26, when he will leave
for New York, and shortly after head home
to Uganda. But for now, Oryema will continue to experience firsts in his life through
this incredible program and life-changing
opportunity.
MODEL OF JUSTICE
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has made the Mission Mexico trip twice and volunteers with Kids
Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN). Meyer also participated with Project
Life, served the poor at St. Vincent de Paul’s soup kitchen, and has
participated in various other service projects during his high school
time with his youth group.
Llanos, the other award winner from SLUH, has been a four
year member with the Association for Cultural Enrichment at SLUH
(ACES) and Student Council (STUCO). Llanos said much of his
service work has come during his time with ACES. He is also a
member of the Big Brother program through CSP.
Meyer and Llanos were informed about winning the award on
the last day of school before break, Friday, Dec. 18. Meyer said he
was called to Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson’s
office after the Senior Project commissioning ceremony. Nervous
at first, Meyer was relieved to learn the reason he was called to the
office.
“It was a shock because I had forgotten I was nominated,”
Meyer said. “It’s really cool to be honored like this.”
Llanos echoed Meyer’s surprise at winning the award, and said,
“I am excited to have this award. Hopefully, I can continue with my
(service) work in the future,” said Llanos.
On Sunday Jan. 17, both award winners will receive the Model
of Justice Award from Archbishop Robert Carlson with a Mass and
reception at the Cathedral Basilica.
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Volume 74, Issue 15
by Patrick O’Leary
Tuesday, January 12
Schedule H
Senior Kairos Retreat (thru 1/15)
JV1 RACQ @ Parkway West 3:30pm
(Vetta Sports-Concord)
Wednesday, January 13
Schedule X
Pallotine Retreat
Reunion Planning 6pm
Thursday, January 14
Schedule X
Kairos Retreat
Pallotine Retreat
RACQ vs. DeSmet 3:30pm (Vetta Sports
Concord)
JV1 RACQ vs. Kirkwood 3:30pm (Vetta
Sports-Concord)
JV2 RACQ vs. DeSmet 3:30pm (Vetta
Sports-Concord)
JV2 RACQ @ Parkway West 3:30pm
(Bally Total Fitness)
Friday, January 15
Schedule X
Kairos Retreat
Pallotine Retreat
BBALL @ Lafayette 7pm
B BBALL @ Lafayette 5:30pm
C-W BBALL vs. Chaminade 4pm
Fr. Hagan Missouri Hall
of Fame Enshrinement
Ceremony
I
n recognition of his work as St. Louis
U. High’s rifle team coach, including
five national championships, the late
Martin Hagan, S.J., will be enshrined
in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on
Jan. 31. The event starts at noon with a
reception at the Hall of Fame Museum,
followed by another reception at 5:00
p.m. at the University Plaza Convention Center. The event will end with a
banquet for the actual ceremony at 6:00
p.m. Jack LaBarge, SLUH ’60, will give
a speech at the banquet about his experiences with Hagan . Anyone interested in
attending may purchase tickets through
the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on its
website, mosportshalloffame.com.
Life to the Lees
Calendar
Saturday, January 16
BBALL vs. Glenbrook North 4:30pm
HOC vs. Oakville 9:45pm (Affton)
WRES @ Summit Tourney 9am
C-W BBALL @ Chaminade Tourney
C WRES @ Fox Tourney 9am
Sunday, January 17
STUCO Mid-year Retreat
Monday, January 18
No School—MLK Day
STUCO Mid-year Retreat
HOC @ Chaminade 8:15pm (Queeny
Park)
C-W BBALL @ Chaminade Tourney
Tuesday, January 19
No School—Faculty In-Service
BBALL vs. Ladue 6pm
B BBALL vs. Ladue 4:30pm
Wednesday, January 20
Schedule R
Underclassmen Grades Due
Junior College Planning Meeting
JV2 RACQ @ DeSmet 3:30pm (West
County Health & Fitness)
ACES/PAL Sessions 5:30pm
AP Snack—Apple Strudel Sticks
Lunch: Special—Steak and Cheese
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Jan. 12 - Jan. 22
Healthy—Baked Pork Chops
Thursday, January 21
Schedule R (No Activity Period)
Jazzuit Diversity Presentations 8:55pm
Junior College Planning Meeting
Mother’s Club Day of Recollection 9am
WRES @ Chaminade 6pm
V/JV/C WRES vs. Chaminade 6pm
RACQ @ Parkway Central 3:30pm (Vetta
Sports-Concord)
JV1 RACQ vs. DeSmet 3:30pm (Jewish
Community Center)
JV2 RACQ vs. Parkway West 3:30pm
(Vetta Sports-Concord)
C-B BBALL @ Riverview Gardens
4:30pm
AP Snack—Jumbo Pretzels
Lunch: Special—Chicken Wraps
Healthy—Chicken Parmesean
Friday, January 22
Schedule R
BBALL @ CBC 7pm
HOC @ DeSmet 9:30pm
WRES @ MICDS Tourney
B BBALL @ CBC 5:30pm
C-B BBALL @ CBC 4pm
AP Snack—Mozzarella Sticks
Lunch: Special—Chicken Bites
Healthy—Roasted Turkey
Nicollerat chosen
Jazz Diversity
Series Continues for induction to
he next installment of the Jazz Diver- MHSBCA Hall of
T
sity Series, class discussions, will begin on Jan. 21 with the freshman class disFame
cussion. English teacher Barbara Osburg
will lead, focusing on the topic “Where in
the World is Jazz?” The discussion will
take approximately an hour and a half
during second period and activity period.
Sophomores will have their discussion on
Jan. 26 with English teacher Frank Kovarik. Juniors will follow the next day,
Jan. 27, led by history teacher Anne Marie Lodholz and seniors will come last on
Feb. 9, led by Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares. For more information
see Vol. 74, No. 12.
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fter 30 years as head varsity baseball coach at SLUH, Steve Nicollerat has been chosen as an inductee in this
year’s Missouri High School Baseball
Coaches Association (MHSBCA) Hall
of Fame class. In his tenure at SLUH,
Nicollerat has experienced great successes both on and off the baseball field.
The induction ceremony will take place
at the MHSBCA annual convention in
Jefferson City on Saturday Jan. 23. Look
for a full article in the next issue of the
Prep News.