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WHAT’S INSIDE
Knight Named Creighton’s New President
Matthew Dughick | Social Media Editor
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Students Participate in
the March for Life
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Kevin Jewell and the
Bluejays
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Review on American
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ing. Also “The Palace” was not called
He walked the same halls we walk
president, participated in Academic De“The Palace,” it was just knows as the
and studied in the same classrooms that
cathlon and was the layout editor for the
gym and almost all of the teachers were
we study in today. He was taught by
88-89 “The Mount.”
monks. The monks did everything around
Fr. Richard, just like all of us. Daniel
He also ran cross country, track and
Hendrickson S.J, who graduated in 1989, the building from teaching to cleaning,
participated in campus ministry with
from gardening to helping the students
was a typical Mount Michael student
Fr. Dan. As a freshman, his deans were
who has gone on to live a
Brother Luke and Abbott
remarkable life.
Michael, as a sophomore he
After long hours of
had Fr. Richard as a dean.
interviews, a background
Come junior and senior year
check and psychologihe experienced Bro. James
cal exams, Hendrickson
and Fr. Richard as deans.
was elected the new
““They had a very fun side
President of Creighton by
but we were kind of afraid of
the Board of Trustees on
Fr. Mike [Abbot Michael].”
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. He
Hendrickson said
officially begins his duHe managed to stay out of
ties on July 1 of this year.
trouble but did experience a
Henrickson was born
“Friday” his freshman and
in Fremont, Nebraska.
senior year. His punishment
He attended the summer
freshman year was washing
camp at Mount Michael
lockers on the top floor of
that was then called
the school. As a senior he got
“Camp St. John’s.” His
in trouble for slamming his
older brother Ryan, who
door in Bro. James’s face.
found Mount Michael on
During his high school caphoto courtesy of KETV.com reer he particularly enjoyed
his own, attended Mount
Michael in 1983, which Rev. Hendrickson smiles for the press.
attending Vespers and watchled Daniel and his twin
ing the monks as they went
spiritual life.
brother Scott to the school.
through their daily routine. “I would say
Not everything has changed, though.
“Camp St. Johns began our thirty year
that my brothers and I were fascinated
Basketball games were just as spirited
history with Mount Michael,” Hendrickwith the monks. We learned that they
back then as they are now; yell leaders
son said
could do regular work that positively afwore the striped pants even then. “Its a
Mount Michael itself has not changed
fected students’ lives.” Hendrickson said.
small gym so it would always be jam
much in the twenty-six years since
Although he became a Jesuit, Mount
packed,” Hendrickson said.
Hendrickson has been a student, but
Michael shaped Hendrickson both spiriHendrickson could be found playing
there are differences in student life. For
tually and academically.
the saxophone in the school band and
instance, computers were not as readily
walking around the campus on a normal
available as they are now so they took
day. He was chosen as the freshman class
typewriting lessons instead of keyboardcontinued on page 4
graphic by Thomas D’Aquila
January, 2015
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FEATURES
League of Legends Spawns at the mount
Leo McGrath | Staff Writer
If you ask someone what the most popular competitions in America are, they’ll
probably respond with football, basketball, baseball and others of the sort. But
you might get an answer you wouldn’t
expect: eSports. Many Mount Michael
students are interested is ESports, particularly the multiplayer online battle arena
(MOBA) game called League of Legends.
Though there are many students in each
class who regularly play the game, one
who stands out is junior Ryan Reid. “The
best League player in the school is probably Reid,” junior David Mordan said.
“He is at the highest tier.”
But before you go thinking he’s wasting his time on a useless hunk of code,
you should know that the winning team of
the 2014 championship won one million
dollars. In fact, the world championship is
often on Reid’s mind. “Its kind of a nice
daydream of mine rather than a pipedream
to go pro,” Reid said.
It might be a ‘daydream’ but Reid does
have skills. In the four years since he has
started playing, he has ascended the tiers
fast. He is now within the top thirteen per-
cent in North America, although, it hasn’t
exactly been easy for him.
“It was so hard that a while after I started I gave it up for a month,” Reid said.
“But after that I started playing again and
haven’t stopped since.”
And it has definitely shown. Teaming up
with his favorite champion-character Ahri,
he has a track record of about 1261 wins
to 1231 losses. He generally plays against
friends from Mount Michael, computer
processed enemies or even complete
strangers. There are teams of five on each
side, and the goal is to battle your way
through turrets and enemies to reach the
farthest into the opponent’s base, to a
point called the Nexus.
As if the five opposing champions
weren’t enough, they all spawn mindless minions who do nothing but follow
the three pre-set paths and attack the
other team. That doesn’t even include the
considerable amount of limited time game
modes, such as ultra rapid fire and dominion. With 123 champions, four maps,
and all the different games, it’s amazing
to think that anyone could go far into the
game, especially when you see how many competitive attitude,” says Reid, “not to
people play it.
say I don’t like the gameplay, but the comEveryday, League is played by 27 milpetitiveness is a big factor.”
lion people across the globe, with upwards
Despite its popularity, you see more
of seven milpeople attendlion playing
ing the Mount
at once, and
Michael basketaround 67
ball games rather
million people
than watching
logging on evsomeone play a
ery month. To
video game. But
put that into
the virtual world
perspective,
is definitely gainduring the
ing its popularity
most crowded
at the Mount as
hours, League
well, and in the
can have four
future there could
times the
even be a pospopulation
sibility of having
photo by Thomas D’Aquila
of Nebraska
championships at
Junior Ryan Reid is one of the stand-outs in the
playing at the Mount Michael community for League of Legends. the school. And
same time and
with virtual sports
the amount of
starting to become
people who play at least once every thirty
as big of a deal as real ones, there is no
days is nearly the same as the amount
doubt that League of Legends and ESports
of people who live in Thailand. “I think
in general, are on the rise.
that the game is so popular because of its
Interview with Creighton President - Continued from Front Page
Academically, he ended up studying at
five different colleges, obtaining a bachelor of arts, a doctorate of philosophy in
education, a double major in psychology
and theology, and multiple others, totalling 15 years of work.
For undergraduate, Hendrickson attended Marquette University, a jesuit
college. “I did not know I was stepping
into something that had so much history.”
Hendrickson said
During his freshman year at Marquette
six Jesuits were working as teachers at
the campus of Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”. The Jesuit
priests were murdered in San Salvador
because they were deemed radicals.
This was one of two events that shaped
Hendrickson’s decision to become a Jesuit. The second was the Mass of the Holy
Spirit at Marquette.
This mass is a traditional Jesuit celebration at the beginning of the school
year. He still recalls the banners being
walked in and the music. Specifically, he
remembers the roughly 90 Jesuit priests
processing in and it was then he knew he
Two years later, Hendrickson began his
“wanted to be in that
journey to become a
group.”
Jesuit. The first step is
After graduating
fairly unique, but is an
from Marquette with a
important one.
bachelor of arts degree,
“It is pretty crazy
he returned to Mount
because we are given
Michael in 1993 as as$35.00 and a one way
sistant dean for Fr. Stebus ticket and we are
phen. While deaning he
sent off for six weeks
taught senior theology
traveling.”
with Fr. Louis, who
During this experibecame a close personal
ence he lived off the
friend.
kindness of others. He
“The support and
would get a ticket to
understanding that
San Francisco and live
began many years ago
there for two weeks,
in the classroom setting
working at Saint Anhas grown over time to
thony’s Soup Kitchen.
include our particular
The soup kitchen gave
photo by Father Hendrickson
religious vocations, to
him a ticket to Phoenix
our priestly ministries, Rev. Hendricksons, Creighton President, where he met a man
looks to teach others what he has learned
to our educational misthat allowed him to ride
from Mount Michael.
sions, to our families
one of his motorcycles
and to so much more. I appreciate and
down to the Grand Canyon. The man
value our relationship,” Fr. Louis said.
eventually paid for him to travel to Louis-
ville to go to a monastery near there. Two
airport workers drove him to the Trappist
monastery after they heard him asking
people for a ride.
After the pilgrimage, he spent a year as a
missionary at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota driving a school bus
for the students on the reservation and
teaching a theology class in the school.
During his time with the Jesuits, Hendrickson has visited Central America,
South America, India, Africa, Western Europe, Mexico, The Dominican Republic,
and Haiti. During his time in East Africa
in 2007, he contracted malaria twice.
In 2006, he was ordained a priest at St.
John’s Church at Creighton University.
Hendrickson says that “Mount Michael
teaches students how to grow up and make
an impact on peoples’ lives.” Hendrickson
was a Mount Michael student that listened
to what God was telling him and took
advantage of all the experiences that were
presented to him. He is a true testament
that Mount Michael can help students
achieve goals that seem far fetched.