VOLUME 48·
THE NEWSPAPER OF ST~ LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH
November 49 1983
SLUH PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL PROGRAM TO FIGHT DRUGS
Wednesday night "The Chemical People" , a two part
Television program focusing on the problems of teenage
drug and alcohol abuse ; began with its first segment,
entitled '~The Chemical Society." Viewing this program
througnt.out the nation were groups of-p~ople:aeseabled
in town hall meetings. who, following the program, dis- .
cussed ·the program's meanings and implications as these
applied to their community.
Using testimony from former
chemically dependent
youths , their ' parents , and experts , plus dramatizations
-~ by actors , the program covered
five areas, the ~first
being statistics . According to an extensive University
of Michigan survey , alcohol is the most widely used drug
among young people , as : over 93% of all high school seniors are estimated to have tried alcohol a·t some point.
Marijuana is a distant second with. 60% of &11 seniors
trying ·it, while stimulants , cocaine, and- hallucinog~nics
trail. One word best describes the problem these indicate ,
epidemic.
Part two of the program dealt with the "wall of denial" surrounding this epidemic. This "wall" is built up by
the inability to adm1 t that tt problem exists. The parents
interviewed admitted that they did not believe their
children could become chemically dependent, ignoring
obvious signs of . drug abuse. On the other 'end of the
spec tr4m .- the young p.eople interviewed tricked themselves
into believing they could ·never fall victim to drug o~
alcohol abuse.
But many young people do become chemically depen4ent ,
and the next phase of the prog ram dealt ~wi-~ their
physical costs . According t o this segment, four stages
exist in drug abuse : experimental use , more regular use,
daily preoccupation, and ·finally dependency. The main
point physically is , "you pay the price, and the younger
you are , the steeper the price."
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The next segment dealt with the blame parents assign
to others , and themselves for their child's problem . Many
parents blame others , especially schools , for their
son's or daughter's dependency , while others blame themselves for lQtting the problem start. But , according to
the final sQglilent, parents "should stop playing the
SEE CHEMICAL PEOPLE PAGE 4
NUMBER 10
NEW TRADITION AWARDS ALUMS
A new tradi.tion at St.
Louis U. High was born Wed.
as the first
ever Backer
Awards were given to three
alullJni who "best reflected
the .spirit of St. Louis U~
High." The rotunda at City
Hall provided
a
perfect setting to a memorable
evening.
After dinner, Mr. Owens
came to the podium to pre·sent the award recipients
to Fr. <llJmmii:lg&:. This year's·
recipients are
Dr. Matt
Backer '44, Mr. Carl Rossow '53 , and ..Mr. ·- Dauild
Schlafly '28 . These men .
were nominated not because
of their contribution ~ t o
SLUH·but because they were
"men for others."
Dr. Ma tt Backer is well
known throughout the::Uhited
States for his work. He ·has
SEE BACKER AWARDS PAGE 2
HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES
Wednesday the SLUH student body gathered in the gym
t o cheer the ir class reps
to victory in th~ 2nd annual goldfish eating contest . The tota ls are :
FRESHMEN: Chris Jerden , 17 ;
Dan Hi llman , 2; TOTAL 19
St3IORS : Kevin Blanton, l6 ;
~o~n Gol terman, 22 ; TOTAL 38 .
JUNIORS : Mike Pierl.e, 39 ;
Larry Sta te , 7; TOTAL 46
SOPHOMORES : John Pierle 9 31
SEE HOMECOMING PAGE 3
COUNSELOR' s CORNER
Financi al a i d i s mone y
than
f r om sources other
family cont ributions . Thi s
aid is meant to suppl ement
wha t t he family can cont ribut e t o the t ot a l cos t s
invol ved i n
att endi ng a
college or university.
The ·evaluati on of
t he
Financial Ai d For m or 'the
Family Financia l St a t ement
( t he s c hool deci de.s whicfu
form t hey 111ill accept ) deter mi nes ~he
fami ly contribution by the evaluati ng
ser vice t hey are us ing.
The coll ege then
subt r a cts the family contributi on f r om t he to t al cost
of a ttending
the s chool
(tuition , t r ansportation ,
r oom and boar d , books , personal expenses) .
for ms the
The college
financ i al ai d pnck<2ge based'
on this need. The package
usual ly consists of a combination of the fol l ovling:
gr ants , si mpl y gifts of money;
student
employmen~
provided
. by the sc~ool ;
a nd educational l oans , money
borrowed for
a speci f i c
l ength of timf] . at a low
nate of inter est.
· At 7 : 30 on Nov . 16 , a
to
mee ting vlill be hel d
fur ther expl ain the Fi nancial Aid process.
This woek ts college ~ r eps
ar e :
.
11/4 12:30 Cor nell Col lege
1:00 Rollins*
11/8 10: 00 Purdue*
11/7 12: 30 Cardinal Newman
11/9 8 : 30 J ohn Hopkins*
1 :30 U. of Rochester *
12:30 U. of Denyer
11/10. 1: 15 Ski dmore*:
11/11 11 :30 Notre Dame*
*Those i nteres t ed i n e:s- -e iog
these reps should co~taot
Mr s . Vega.
"
---Bob St ephen>.
Students i nt erest ed in
a
trip t o Europe f or
thi 8
summer should contact Hr ..
Azzara!!
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Recei ved : Nov. 2
Gentlemen:
~s pr esident of
the
nei ghbor hood associ ation I
bel a t edl y
would l ike t o
welc ome you t o our · ne i ghbor hood f or the
1983- 84
school year.
Thi s is the
firs t t i me that a pr esi dent
of the associa tion has a~­
dr essed the
SLUR s tudent
body and I hope thi s vJill
l ead t o better cooperati o~
anong the s tudent s and t he
ne i ghbor s .
\rJe ar e a stable but sr.~all
neighbor hood tha t i s eas ily
over whelmed by ~he numerous event s that SLUR hol ds .
Pi.RKI NG I S THE · NUMB~ ONE
COMPLAI NT O:F' THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
By t aki ng an extra
minut e t o check the school
parking l ots bef or e par king
on the s treet, you wi ll be
taking a big s t ep · t oward
helpi ng to
allevi ate t he
pr obl em . Dur i ng the s chool
days we have
i nst r ucted
the · neighbors
,.,ho cor&pl a i n about
par king
in
hoce ~ ,
f r ont of their
t o c heck for t he SLUR s t iclier on .the offendi ng car bef ore calling ~1r. Zinsel meyer. We r eali ze that livi ng
in close
pr oximi ty · to a
hi gh school ther e will always be s ome probl ems but
by s t ar t i ng a
di alog we
may be abl e to ·r cduce· pr obl ems t o a mi ni mum.
·I n c l osing , I ~oroumd like·
to ask you t o be consi dera t e of oux older r esi dent s ; :
reraember, t hey had t O' put
up "L-J i th your · f a ther · when
he at t ended SLUR.
Sincerel y ,
Char les Har entette
Presi dent
Boulevnrd Park/Forest Lawn
Neighborhood
Improvement
J:.ssoci a tion
The Royal Lichtenstein Cir~
cus ·is coming Honday. As a
r esult , there i s a 1 hr.. noon
r ec l ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ~ ! ! ! !
BACKER AWARDS CONTINUED
dedica t ed hi s l i f e t o t he
f i el d of medicine, a nd won
t he award for hi s medical
r esear ch and coMpassion.
He i s 3n admiral
i n t he
Medi cal Cor ps. a nd a member of many medi cal boards
i n the St. Louis ar ea.
~~ . Rossow i s a computer
s ci entist who now has his
home i n Commecticut, and i s
noted f or his strong pr olife stand. Al ong wi th his
three nat ur a l chi l dr en , he
and his wi f e , ·Ra chel, have
adopt ed
el even severe ~y
handi capped chil dren. The
fami l y was honor ed by Pr esident Rona ld Reagan
as
being the
~'Fami ly of the'
Year . " Recently , one guest
that Hr. Rossow ' s
noted
"love shi nes through i n hi s
enthu s i a sm for li fe. " 'H~y
s tudents got t o
meet 1'-ir.
Rossow a nd hi s f a nily yester day , a.s they t oured the
school buildi ng. \vl).en a sked how SLU R
coul d still
a ffect him whi l e i n Connecti cu t , Mr. Rossow r eplied
t hat
"the spirit of SLUH"- ~­
spre£1ds all over the world."
.Nr. Schl a fly
has a lso
dedi ca t ed hi s l i f e to the
service of other s .
His
i mpact has been. f elt i n hi s
a ttempt t o impr ove
the
qua l ity of education.
He
vms chair nan of t he .:> ?ar d
of Publi c ' Educ ati on f or 17
year and i n 1967 he became
the f irst ever l ay
boar d
chairman f or a
Uni ted
States Cathol i c Uni versi ty
when he became the cha:lrman of the bo.::.rd nt
St .
Loui s Uni versi ty.
After the
riwar ds were
gi~en, Fr. Cummi ngs
gave
a ·"Report t o the Co :'mWJ.i ty "
abou t the . present stat :.~ of
SLUR. It consi s t ed _of bot h
a physi cal a nd . ,· spirit ual
update of the
U. High ~s
growth.
PEPR/-tLLEYPEPRALLEYPE?RALLY
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SOME DAYS EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT; VARSITY TOPS MCCLUER
\'!hile the: rest of the school prepared for Homecominr;
with a eoldfish eatinG contest, Crazy C~othes Cont~st
and Blue-Vfuite Day, the Varsity fo ?tbal~ team tuned up
f or ita encounter with CBC by demolishing McCluer 39-6.
McCluer never had a chance against the f ar superior
Jr. Bills . On McCluer 's first possession_.a Matt Herzberg
led defense stand forc ed the Comets intQ punt fcrma tion.
However, Gil Beckemeier ·knocked the ball away from the
McCluer punter befor e he could kick it. Beckemeier then
recovered the ball in the end zone, and _SLUH had a 7-0
l ead with just ove r two minute s elapsed .
vfuen the Jr. Bill offense finally got on the field it
t oo found ltttle r esistance in the Comets.
Mike McAuliffe's 4 yard run m~de . the score 13-0. Soon a ft erwa rds,
Beckemeier cut off Frank J edlicka 's block and trotted
into the end zone for another TD. Then; on a halfback
pass , M.c li.~liffe ,seeing an open Hike Martii"\ hit him with
a perfect rainbow for yet another touchdown on a play
tha t gained a total of 47 yards. Before th e first half
wa s over, Martin wou~d again free himself from the Comet
s econdary and catch a 39 yard TD strike from Tom Ll ewel~
~yn.
At halftime , the Jr. Bills held an insurmountabl e
32-0 lead .
In t he second half the SLUH scrubs got some highlyawaited pl aying time and used that time well as they
managed an~~her score, a 3 ya rd David Works qua rterback
sneak behind a surging offensive iliine.
However, McCluer was abl e to ·a vert a shutout. Mike
J ones ran the ball in from the 9 yard line t o give ~the
Comets their only 6 points.
Tonight's game a t Busch Stadium against CBC will det e rmine the f ate of the Junior
Bil~s'
pl ayoff hopes.
A SLUH victory would a ssure a post-season berth. Game
time is 9cOO p.m.
---Greg Stohr
REGULAR SEASON ENDS WELL -
·.: ,..aT.he Varsity Soccer team
l ost to Vianney 2-0 and
then came back to defeat
Chaminade 3-1 this past
wee~, finishing the season
with an 11-6-5 record.
The match
at Vianney
wa s not)one full 6f excitement . The Griffins l eaped
out to an early l ead as a
loose ball in the penalty
a r ea was punched in~ by a
Vianney midfi elder.
The
game became very physical
and
players feom
bot~
sid~s
were often seen· ly- ·
ing on the ground. Vianney
got another goa l in the
s econd half to ice the game .
SLUR' s best scoring chance
came when
sweeper
Joe
Dueker bolt ed from
his
position up to the penalty
area , but his shot · went
wide.
Tuesday
night
the
Soccerbills f a ced the Chaminade Red Devils !n the
SLUH stadium.
Chaminade
took an early l ead as a
mi dfielder's pass someh9w
found its way into the goal
without being touched. The
Bills bounced back ten minu_tos l ater as _John Fletcher
worked ·his way
t.h~~W;l: .
HARRIERS STOP RUNNING
B- FOOTBJ'..LL COHTINUED
the Chaminade defense beChris Katsaras, 19; Tot al ;
Despite
becoming
tUb
fore driving the ball into
.the ·net to tie the score
first ~LUH team in 11 years
50 • ..
to o."dvance beyond the-Dis~
art·· Thursday came th e ona t 1-1.
trict mee t, the Cr oss Counly day of the year when it
As the half was drawing
is permissable
to wear
.t ry .. te-am. ;_fave . a disapJ:-ointo a close, the Bills were
jeans, Crazy Clother Day.
t.ing:.pe~!ormanc e· ·.l"Rst Sata warded a fre e kick just
The
totals of the el ection
urday a t the Sectional meet.
outside the Devil's pena re as follows :
The s etia({ finished last of
alty area. Chaminade formFreshmen:
Chris J erden
16 t~ams but f~c ed exceped a wall in order t~
(a lady of the evening) .
tionally strong competition.
block any shot towards the
So homores: Gavin Ciceric
Bri ght spots did show· with
goal and to try &uld force ·
dressed as a beau t y pagSophomore Rob Behm,
who
the Bills to convert to a
eant contestqnt)
finished 31 s t with a time
pass play. Paul Mataya ,
Juniors: Jeff Rya n & Greg
of 17:.09 and will adva nc e
however, skillfully guided
~1ackey (as ZZ-Top)
to the State meet to \··Jeffa shot past the wall •·fllid
Seniors:
Hickey
Carter
e rson City tomorr ow, and of
into the upper tight hand
(dr essed as a na tive AfriJunior Paul Alvord, who also
corner of the goal to give
can) .
r an in under 18 minutes.
SLUH a 2-1 halftime l ead.
---Hasik
. ---Schrader
In the
s econd half,
Chaminade turned to a pbys*A professional photographer will take Coronation f':'}::::.::oat$7.
SEE VARSITY SOCCER PAGM
***Va rsity soccer·vs. St . John's t oday a t 3:30 in the stadium--Round 1 of pl ayoffs !!!!!!!
CHEMICAL PEOPLE CONTINUED
blame game ,".and act to solve the problem. One concerned
person can make a di fference.
Next v1eek 1 s conclusion will deal lv:i.th the ~vays commu'nities can act to break down the problem to create manageable solutions.
On Wednesday about 60 concerned individuals came together in the SLUR library to v~ew and · discuss
t his
program. A panel cons isting of Monsignor Raterman of St.
Luke's Parish, SLUH senior Charles Reifsteck and hhis
mother, Chuclc Buck and Matt McCord of St. Mary's Health
Center, Jon LaBarge, a 1979 SLUR graduate, and Fr.
Halloran · S ;J., formerly a teacher at SLUR, led arid inEormal discussmon on the pertinent i ssue of chemical
depend:e\1cy.
The discussion began lvith Mrs. Reifstecl~ and Mr. Me Cord pra ising the program ·· for be i ng " very vrell put together." The panel agreed with this sent iment although
Fr. Halloran felt, " the stat ist ~.cs leave people, at
least this people, c o ld. They never affected me." Father
v7anted to see a more personal, direct approach.
Mr. Keefe then asked the panel, "Do you think the
program \vas t oo low- key, and will have trouble motivating
people for that reason?'' Mr. Buck repl i ed t hat 11 for one
hour the program contained l'ots of i nformation, and
therefore had to keep lovJ-key." A parent in t he audience
felt the shovr \vas low·-key, because, "the action shouldbe
left to us. :'
The dis cussion then turned to the drug pr ob lem at SLUR.
Mrs . Reifsteck related her horror whe n she discovered
through the chemical dependency s urve y las t year how
many parents tvere denyi ng the existence of any problem.
Jon LaBarge remembered that drugs ~vere a n all day thing
for him v1hen he was at SLUH, but h e has a "feeling harder drugs aren't as prevelant, but alcohol .~ still i s, and
that's a problem." Charlie Reifsteck echoed Mr. LaBarge
saying , 11Alcohol is the b i g thing. It's the only way."
One s t uden t felt alcohol a buse \·las so ~1idespread be ..
cause of peer pressure. But Charl i e Reifs.teck 'countered
this stat ement saying, ''Peer pressure is a sad excuse
~o1hich is
only goct' t he first or second t imes ••• after
that you dr inlc because you want to." Mr. l>fcCord suggested a s t udent should 11 surround himself w·ith people who
think not drinking i s okay." Fina lly, Mons ignor Raterman
suggested s tudent s 11 fight peer pre ss ure with peer pressure."
.The second phase of "The Chemical Peop le 11 will be
shown next tvednesday at 7 pm. All interested are encouraged t o see Mr. Zinse l meyer .
--Bob Stephen
VARSITY SOCCER CONT 'D
leal game and tried to
rough up the Bi lls. This
tac tic had l i ttle success
as the Bil ls
were . us ing
a ne~v system of f our defenders, four midfielders,
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VARSITY SOCCER CONT'D
and two fonvards. The 'Bills
closed .o ut the game
when
John Fletcher · got his second goal to ens •.rre SLUH' s
victory at 3-1.
--Tom Kelly
BEE 1 S RISE TO OCCASION
an
uneventful
- After
three ? uarters, the B Footbills pulled o ut a 15-8
v i ctory over McCluer Hi th
an
i nspired performance
fro~ the
offens i ve backfield and defens i ve l ine.
Throughout the first h alf
and th:i.rd q uarter tpe Bills
discovered v1ays to m:i.ss
scoring chances near the
i''icCluer goal line usually
g i ving the ball up on 4tll
and short yardage. The McCluer Stars scored early
the game after they intercepted a John Denk poss,
but
the Jr. Bi ll
de~
. 'fense shut down any scoring chances \·J ith emotional
play fro m Bill O'Sulli van
and Andy Ti tone. Late i n
t he 4th q uarter the Bills ··
finally put points on the
board behind John Denk 1 s
c:uarterback sneak , but they
v1e re st i ll down 8-6 with
under 5 minutes left. Coa~
~hc;rs Na}"
61ld Sc·iuto haf.
Ti tone go for the t wo po int
convers i on. F inding h o les
up the mHldle bl oc l~ed, And y
Tit<ime bounced o uts ide co 1l i ding he lme t
to heln~t
vlith one McCluer defender
and· carrying another i n to
the end zone. ~-Ji th the score
tied 3- 8 , the Jr. Bi ll's
defense stopped any of Mc Cluers hopes to win the
game with the bomb .
r1cCluer gave the ball
back to the Bi lls with less
tha n 2 minute s left to operate wi th good field pos i 'tion . At the most crit ica l
po i nt in the game, J ohn
Denk rolled out of a broken
pass play arid found Cris
Katsaras ~vho 'made a one
handed catch wh i ch stopped
the clock and gave the BBi lls it s sco r ing chance.
Fith 30 seconds · · ~e ft ·
Andy Titon'e rambled in fo.r
t he v7inn i ng t ouchdovm . The
fi na l game i s against ·c BC
at CBC tomorrmv a t 10 : 00 .
--Matt · DeGree££
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