Prep News vol70.31

Inside this week’s Prep News...

Opinion: Chik bids farewell to the SLUH community, page 3 Feature: Aylward retires after 27 years of service, page 9 Reflection: Jones, ’09, reflects on Dallas Diversity conference, page 11

“If nothing else, value the truth” Volume LXX

St. Louis University High School, Friday, May 19, 2006

Issue 31

Looking back: Laughlin’s first year as president Sean Kickham, Christian Ronzio Core Staff

Editors’ note: The Prep News decided to check in with President David Laughlin to discuss his first year at St. Louis U. High.

The following are excerpts from two different interviews, which took place on Wednesday at 1:30 (sixth period) and Thursday during Activity Period.

Prep News: How has this past year gone, in terms of successes and failures, both for you personally and for St. Louis U. High?

David Laughlin: St. Louis U. High is a tremendous place. I’ve known that from the people I’ve known here for many years.

So, I think in many ways, what I’ve lived is a reality that I’ve probably heard about for a very long time. ...

... In many ways it is a very humbling and privileged experience, especially to someone totally new. ... But for the most part, I’d say it’s been about getting to meet the people and learn their traditions, and that’s been a real privilege, that’s been a real positive thing.

Certainly there’ve been ... struggles. I’m not expecting that to change next year, or any year in the future. Some of that’s being new. In terms of the specifics of St. Louis U. High, I may not be that much different from a freshman. Certainly I know the mission and the heart of what we’re doing as a Jesuit high school very, very well, but that doesn’t mean I know what it’s like to see the Blue Crew the first fall weekend.

So, in terms of struggles, I think the biggest struggle is asking of myself what we ask of our students, and that’s to be open to

STUCO holds last forum of year

Charlie Landis Core Staff

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he St. Louis U. High Student Council (STUCO) hosted its final quarterly forum of the year last Thursday in the Joseph Schulte Theater. Both the current STUCO officers as well as next year’s elected officers sat on the stage to host the forum.

The agenda included discussions of the changes made to the STUCO constitution, the school’s alcohol policy, and student involvement on committees.

The outgoing senior officers sat in the back, allowing the newly elected juniors to run most of the meeting. About 30-40 students were in attendance, as well as principal Mary Schenkenberg. Attendance was down from previous meetings because the forum was moved from Tuesday to Thursday last week and because of a fine arts field trip.

STUCO President-elect Paul Merrill opened the forum by outlining the new positions provided for by STUCO’s new

constitution. As opposed to this year, next year’s STUCO will have three representatives from each of the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes, as well as nine senior officer positions (to go along with homeroom representatives). Six of the senior positions will be “student body” positions, representing the entire school. The other three senior positions will report only to the senior class.

The six student body officers will delegate responsibilities to the class officers. Merrill said that one of the reasons for the constitution change was “to hold everyone accountable for what they are doing and to better streamline Student Council.”

One crowd member questioned the removal of one of the junior positions for next year, saying that it would take away experienced members from STUCO. Merrill responded, saying, “As a student council, we came up with the conclusion that the job (of governing the junior class) could be done with three people. We didn’t need

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growth, and to learn, and to listen; but that’s really important. In a place that’s such a fine institution as St. Louis U. High, perhaps the most important struggle I could have my first year is to be a good listener and to be respectful of the success that’s really in place here.

PN: What are the goals that SLUH has successfully achieved?

DL: I guess if I simplified it, I would want to talk about three branches of (success).

One would be the academic branch. In any number of ways, formally and informally, we’ve had an outstanding academic year not only with the number of students who have been recognized on objective achievements, but (also) just on the general focus in the building on learning.

The second branch that I would want

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Summer to see many V2K changes

Jim Santel Core Staff

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t. Louis U. High’s campus will continue to undergo changes as part of the Vision 2000 (V2K) construction program this summer. These changes will include a new student parking lot, which will result in several different parking procedures next school year.

The new parking lot is already partially completed; sophomores and juniors began parking on the lot off Berthold Avenue behind the Science Center on April 18. Currently, the segment of Berthold that separates this lot from the Science Center’s secondary lot is being torn up. This section will be replaced with more parking spaces, uniting

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News

Recycling program expansion breeds results “

Kevin Casey Reporter

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arth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart!”

These were the cries of the five Planeteers from the popular cartoon Captain Planet as they fought to save the world from the fiendish Eco-Villains. In more subtle ways, individuals and groups at St. Louis U. High have done their duty to protect the environment, by either promoting existing efforts or starting new recycling programs.

Since the beginning of the school year, efforts at SLUH to increase students’ participation in recycling paper, aluminum, and plastic have been taken up a notch. “We’ve had huge improvements,” said senior Cliff Leek. “We’ve come from doing nothing to doing as much as we can.” As a member of

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the AP Environmental Science class, Leek has played a key role in the recycling of paper.

The push for increased awareness of paper recycling was started by Environmental Action Club moderator Bill Anderson towards the beginning of the year when Abitibi Consolidated, Inc., threatened to remove their recycling dumpster from SLUH premises unless the school generated more paper waste. Since then the school has seen significant improvements. “There is less paper in the trash and more people putting it where it belongs,” commented Anderson.

From October 2005 to March 2006 about 5.093 tons (10,186 pounds) of paper were collected, averaging about 0.849 tons (1,698 pounds) a month.

Various students from different organizations collect the paper during homeroom

on Tuesdays and Fridays. From there it is taken to the paper-recycling bin, which is located off Berthold Avenue in the senior parking lot. Anyone is encouraged to drop off paper waste in it, as SLUH gets paid a small revenue for the total amount. “That’s not the reason why we’re doing it, though,” added Anderson.

In another area, SLUH’s already successful aluminum recycling incentive, headed by Science Club moderator Steve Kuensting, is still alive and flourishing. The club, which also helps with paper recycling, collects aluminum cans and empties the drainage buckets in the cafeteria recycling bins daily.

Kuensting takes the aluminum waste to the recycling center about every two to two and half weeks, averaging 60 to 100 pounds each collection. “There is a lot less cans in the

information that they hope MODOT would listen to in building the project,” Laughlin explained. “The decision will ultimately be MODOT’s decision.”

Cambridge’s study suggested that MODOT leave open two lanes in each direction at all times during construction. Original ideas by MODOT ranged from complete shutdown of the highway for several years during construction to closing the highway one overpass at a time, working from one end to the other. This proposal would allow some flow on the highway and avoid major congestion on all nearby side roads.

Information provided in Cambridge’s study showed foreseen rush-hour traffic capacity levels during construction as compared to current rush-hour statistics. According to the data, closing one lane would raise Highway 40’s capacity to 1.22 from a 1.00. A 1.00 rating means full capacity, with any number over 1.00 meaning the road is congested. According to the study, Highway 40 is St. Louis’ most congested road and the only major road over capacity on a regular basis; thus reconstruction seems a natural solution.

Closing one lane and synchronizing the lights on nearby roads that run parallel to the highway would be a detail of the proposed solution. Manchester and Clayton Roads, both of which run East-West, would remain

under full capacity if one lane were closed.

This means that much traffic could be rerouted to these two roads during construction without excessive traffic.

One suggested change already included in the tentative MODOT plans is the construction of an exit ramp at the Hampton exchange that would allow cars to exit the highway directly on to eastbound Oakland Avenue. The plan is to run a ramp underneath the Hampton overpass separately from the actual Hampton exchange. The current junction does not allow cars to turn left onto Oakland from Hampton.

The addition of that extra Hampton exit ramp shows how the Cambridge study looked not only at the East-West aspects of construction, but also at how the project would affect North-South routes that intersect with the highway.

“This Interstate-64 project is something that the city of St. Louis badly needs to have happen, and we want to be part of that solution, because in the end it’s the best thing for the metropolitan area,” Laughlin elaborated.

He went on to say that SLUH has been gathering data on how the project will affect SLUH, and “we’re gathering that information as part of our community to share it.”

Once construction begins, SLUH will be in constant communication with MoDOT

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SLUH to communicate with MODOT, student body Andrew Mueth Core Staff

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s both the city and county of St. Louis prepare to offer their recommendations regarding the upcoming reconstruction of Highway 40/Interstate 64, St. Louis U. High has been in communication with the city and plans to communicate with the SLUH community as the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) updates and eventually finalizes its plans.

According to President David Laughlin, SLUH has been working with Mayor Francis Slay’s office, “as part of the group in the city that hired the consultants, Cambridge Systematics, from Massachusetts to come look at this issue. So we joined with a lot of civic interests, businesses in the city of St. Louis to help study the impact of this (reconstruction).”

Cambridge Systematics are “transportation specialists,” according to the company’s website, www.camsys.com, who take on projects like the expansion of 40 and offer analysis and advice on planning and construction. The city of St. Louis commissioned the company to study the project, and Cambridge recently released its finished report to the mayor’s office, which then gave copies to other interest groups, including SLUH.

“Cambridge Systematics and the city of St. Louis are simply putting together

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Tim Chik bids farewell to the SLUH community Dear SLUH students, faculty, staff, and administration: In one sense, I can’t believe I’m actually writing this letter. The last letter to the Prep News that I wrote was in the fall of 1992, when I made a simple comment that I thought a Catholic school like SLUH ought not support a pro-abortion presidential candidate, such as Bill Clinton. [In the mock election that we held, I think that Clinton received more votes than President Bush (the elder).] My letter at that time (when I was still a 4’11”, 97-lb. freshman) sparked a firestorm of debate and discussion. I was introduced (quickly and vigorously) to the passion and intensity of an educational institution like St. Louis University High School.

While many years and many events have passed since that moment, some remains the same: I still fight for the unborn, I am still short, and there is still a wonderful, passionate, intense group of people here at SLUH who fight vigorously yet graciously for their respective points of view. It is one of the hallmarks of SLUH that continues to set it apart from other schools: people care about ideas here, because ideas matter. Ideas guide our actions, and actions reveal our ideas. For example, if we believe that every human being is created in the image of God and possesses infinite value, then that idea compels us to guard each other’s dignity and fight for

Commentary

Why is the Church so concerned about The Da Vinci Code?

Jim Santel Core Staff

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saw on the scrolling announcements that SLUH’s Sodality of Mary is planning to protest the opening of the movie The Da Vinci Code on Friday and Saturday at the Chase Park Plaza movie theater. Similar responses to the movie, based on the controversial novel of the same name by Dan Brown, are being planned

by Catholics across the country. While the Da Vinci Code has created several misconceptions about the Catholic Church, the prevalent Catholic response to the book as a direct attack upon the Church is a gross mischaracterization of the novel’s intent.

My parish’s pastor gave a sermon last weekend devoted entirely to the Da Vinci code. He acknowledged that the book is a work of fiction, but went on to say that “when fiction is presented as fact, it becomes nothing more than a lie.” There’s a gaping fallacy in this logic—the definition of the word “fiction.” The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines fiction as “something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically: an invented story.” The fiction author has the license to create whatever scenarios or ideas he or she wishes, protected by the disclaimer on the copyright page stating that “all of the characters and events in this book are fictitious,” etc.

Accusing a fiction writer of lying is a self-defeating assertion—fiction writers, by trade, deal with the unreal. The conspiracy theorists

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each one’s rights. If we believe that Jesus wants us to be men and women of character, then that means we must try to do so. This is the reason that I have wanted so much to influence young people: in order to shape the world that we live in, to be more and more like the Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus asked us to build.

Yet now I must move on from this great place and begin a new career. I am excited about the new opportunities in front of me, and I look forward to meeting the new challenges that will inevitably arise. I have taken a position with Drury Inns, and I am very excited about my new company, our business model, our commitment to people, and our potential for growth over the next decade.

However, I am terribly saddened that I must leave SLUH. I have been here for all of my adult life, and this is the only job that I have known. I have benefited from the sage wisdom of people like Dr. Bannister, Fr. Sheridan, Dcn. Jim Murphy, Thom Digman, Dick Wehner, Joe Schulte, Dr. Schenkenberg and Fr. Houlihan. I have witnessed brilliant teachers like Tom Becvar, Dr. Monahan, Mary Lee McConaghy, Jim Raterman, Jean Elliott, and Chuck Hussung.

I have been inspired by the passion of tremendous coaches like Jim Linhares, Tom Flanagan, Steve Nicollerat, and Gary Kornfeld,

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Sodality renounces association with Da Vinci protests

To our most respected administration, faculty, staff and fellow students: We would like to take this opportunity to comment on a recent event surrounding the Sodality of Our Lady. Firstly, the Sodality of Our Lady is an organization open to the entire SLUH community that meets every Thursday to pray the rosary and promote spiritual development in the SLUH community. We are very proud of the work we have done and the commitment we have given to this club in order to keep it alive at SLUH. Recently, we were honored for our participation at the awards ceremony. However, recently a slide was added to the scrolling announcements on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, stating that the Sodality would be participating in a rosary praying Friday after school outside a hotel in protest of Ron Howard’s new film The Da Vinci Code based of the novel of the same title. We feel this announcement is a threat to the respect we receive as well as to our credibility as students, and we would like to take advantage of this opportunity to clarify some of the details surrounding this event.

First of all, never, at any time prior to the posting of this announcement, were any of the Club Officers (Brett DeLaria, Will Hartzler and T.J. Keeley) notified that such an announcement would be posted. Aside from that, no procedure was followed to decide if we, as a club, would be willing to sponsor the said event.

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

May 19, 2006

Hubris-ridden STUCO chal- Homan, ’08, comments on lenges mighty Prep News death penalty

To the editors: The year is quickly coming to a close, and that can mean three, and only three, things: Barbeques, exams, and yes, bashball, the sport where boys become men (unless you’re a freshman, sorry), and the rest are sent home nursing broken dreams and that stinging feeling you get when a ball hits your face and your face feels huge and your eyes tear up. Yeah, it’s bad.

So this Friday, STUCO is hosting a little end of year day of fun with a barbeque, wiffleball, etc. You Prep News punks think you’re the cat’s pajamas with your fancy book learnin’ and catchy slogan, so here’s some truth you can go ahead and value: We, STUCO 07, challenge you to a bashball duel on that glorious patch of land called the upper field and we demand satisfaction. Yes, we will, we will ... rock you.

STUCO ’07 P.S. Want some more truth? How about FEMA and CERT certified LEVEL II stormspotter Mark J. Zinn ... he’s not third rate, unlike the Prep News.

MODOT

(from 2) as well as the student body, to let students and others know what junctions are closed when. Consultant to the President Robert Bannister explained that MODOT will need to “beef up communication with everybody,” and that SLUH will have to do the same on a local scale. One way to keep students informed will be through the school website.

“What we hope to do is use our school website. … We can use our website to direct information” to students and others, Laughlin said.

Laughlin does not think that the project will have an affect on admissions, but that SLUH will focus on “the communication of information, and then the quality of our program. Clearly the tradition for many, many generations of families, there’s been some sacrifice in getting here. … That’s part of who we are, because the quality of what we’re able to offer people is such that people are willing to make that trip.”

He continued, “(We will) communicate, and continue to build upon the very strong program that we have, and I think in the end that will be the reason that people come here, not because there was a highway construction.”

As part of the ongoing process of planning for this construction, SLUH has sent a representative (either Laughlin or Bannister) to four meetings hosted by the city about the Cambridge Systematics report. In addition to SLUH, according to Laughlin and Bannister, the Cardinals baseball team, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Zoo, the Science Center, and others all gave their own collected data to Cambridge to aid their studies. The final meeting, held Monday, “was the results of the findings that they make recommendations upon,” Laughlin said. Bannister commented that one meeting fo-

To the editors: I would like to address an issue that seems to me not as hotly discussed or debated in forums recently. The death penalty is an important topic in Christian social teaching. I was prompted to write this letter by Amnesty International’s report on the death penalty.

We as Christians must decide if the death penalty must be included in our belief in life. In Amnesty’s recent report, the United States remained fourth on the list of executions, with 60 in the year 2005 (Amnesty International Report on 2005 Death Penalty). What is most disturbing and what I would most like to address is not only the death penalty, but also the judiciary decision and the ways we execute.

In many states, it is legal to execute those who are mentally disabled and/or retarded. This constitutes an IQ of up to 70. Three of the six men executed in Missouri in 2005 had IQ’s below 80. We do not execute children who commit capital crimes because they are not yet mentally developed. Should it not also follow that we should not execute those who were hardly fully developed?

Secondly, I would like to discuss the most prominent form of execution: lethal injection. In lethal injection, four chemicals are used through long needles inserted into veins in the arm. First, a doctor injects a saline solution. Then, a curtain around the closed room is raised, making the execution a show. Sodium thiopental is then injected as an anesthetic. The executioner then injects pavulon, which paralyzes the muscle system and ends breathing. Potassium chloride then flows in to stop the heart. The anesthetic is meant so the receiver will not feel pain. However, the pavulon neutralizes the anesthetic. The person may not show it, but they feel all the pain of the potassium chloride. Any non-paralyzed person would scream and cry in pain. This method of execution is illegal to put animals down. In other words, we kill humans in a way it is illegal to kill an animal (www.deathpenaltyinfo.org). This hardly seems fair and humane.

I hope you will now question in your heart whether execution is moral and Christian-like or if it is murder and destruction of human life. If you would like to learn more, please visit the following websites: www.amnestyusa.org and www.deathpenaltyinfo.org.

Ken Homan ‘08 cused upon only the East-West aspect of the project, another was “what happens going North-South, as you cut across bridges and those sort of things.”

Laughlin is confident that the school is prepared for the project, and noted that it “has been planned for.”

MODOT plans to finalize its plans and start the project by February 2007, and will bid out the project by May 2007. An interactive map of the plans can be found online at www.TheNewI64. org, where, in addition to the map, are numerous details about the project.

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Sports

TQbills take down K-wood, Fort Zumwalt, advance to State Sam Stragand Reporter

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eading up to their state championship game yesterday, the Volleybills took care of business in their four district games and semifinal with little trouble in their quarterfinal game against Kirkwood.

The TQbills entered last Saturday’s District tournament as the No. 1 team in the area with a 22-2 record. The Killbills had to deal with a new pool format for Districts in which each team plays each other once and the best two records advance. In their pool, the Boschbills faced Fort Zumwalt South, Fox, Fort Zumwalt West, and Francis Howell Central.

In their first match, the “SeeYa”bills easily defeated Fort Zumwalt West, 19-10, 19-13, behind five kills and three aces from Brian Schneier.

Against a Fort Zumwalt South team that would qualify second in their pool for State, the Asicsbills had to catch the streaking Bulldogs twice. However, with seven kills each from juniors Rory Faust and Murphy

Troy, the TQbills won both games 19-14, 19-15.

In their first game against Francis Howell Central, the Killbills had little trouble outhitting the much smaller St. Charles team.

However, with a 17-13 lead in the second game, the Jr. Bills let their mistakes mount into a tied ball game at 17-17. Under the leadership of Kevin Heine, who provided a kill to regain the lead, the TQbills were able to win the game 19-17.

In their final match of the day, the Schneierbills experimented with younger players and different positions against an inexperienced Fox ball club. Even with many mistakes and errors, the Bills defeated Fox, 19-11, 19-12.

With a perfect 8-0 record in the number one pool, the Killbills gained the No. 1 seed in the state tournament that started on Wednesday.

Although they lost a game to No. 12 Kirkwood in the quarterfinals, the Jr. Bills got serious and won both their quarterfinal and

semifinal matches on Wednesday at Francis Howell to claim their place in Thursday’s championship game while Vianney struggled to beat CBC and qualify for the finals against the first-ranked TQbills.

In their first game against Kirkwood, the Networkbills showcased their talent with a 11-2 run to win the game 25-14. However, with their season on the precipice of ending, the Pioneers did not go easily. Behind great hitting and good hustle, Kirkwood took control of the second game after tying it at 14-14.

While the lead switched a couple more times, the inconsistent blocking, hitting, and serving of the Jr. Bills spelled their defeat against an increasingly confident and rowdy Kirkwood team, 25-22. Even with a noticeable change of attitude and great plays throughout the match, the TQbills could not extend their lead to more than a few points.

However, the depth and strength of the Killbills overcame their own shortcomings and an impressive performance from

sophomore Andrew Blackmon jumped his way into second place in the long jump.

Blackmon set a new personal record by almost a foot when he jumped 20’ 1/2” and advanced for sectionals.

SLUH’s day on the track started off on a great foot when Paul Chaney, Stephen Simmons and Ronnie Wingo went one, two, three in the 100-meter dash with times of 10.62, 10.77, and 10.90, respectively. This weekend was the first time SLUH has ever advanced three people in the 100. Chaney and Wingo also qualified in the 200, taking first (22.06) and third (23.45).

In the open distance event, Andy Bonner ran to second place in the 800 with a 2:03.83, and Dan Viox was right behind him, taking third with a 2:04.3. Viox also ran in the mile but fell one spot short of qualifying for sectionals. Ben Murphy-Buam, however, did advance in the mile when he took second place by running a 4:25.16. Murphy-Buam came back later to run in the 3200, where he ran a 9:43 for first place. Junior Matt Lawder followed Murphy-Baum to a second place with a time of 9:54.

The hurdles had one of its most outstanding days of the season by qualifying

four spots for sectionals. In the 110-meter hurdles, Eric Hunt took second place in 15.19, and Jordan Bushong edged into fourth place with a 15.83, beating fifth place by a mere one hundredth of a second to advance to sectionals. Hunt came back in the 300-meter hurdles for another second place finish in 39.44, and Simmons took third in a 41.32.

Another amazing sight was SLUH’s victory in every relay. In the 4x100, the team of juniors Dan Quinlan, Ryan Brennan, Kaelan Mayfield, and Wingo ran a 43.67, taking first place by only a hundredth of a second.

The 4x200 team of Joe Phillips, Brennan, Wingo, and Hunt captured victory with a 1:30.53. The 4x400 team of Brennan, Simmons, Hunt, and Chaney took another first place in a 3:27.79. The 4x800 team of Mike Santangelo, sophomore Mike McCafferty, Bonner, and Lawder also won first place with a time of 8:21.44.

SLUH easily ran away with the meet and qualified someone in all but four events.

Now the team looks to the sectional meet in Farmington this Saturday, where it hopes to advance as many runners as possible to the state meet in Jefferson City next Saturday.

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Track dominates at Districts, advances to Sectionals Matt Lawder Reporter

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he St. Louis U. High track team was looking to have a good day at districts, advance most of their competitors for sectionals, and score enough points to win. SLUH had a great day, dominating District 2 by scoring 191 points and walloping second-place Rockwood Summit (98) by almost a hundred points.

In districts, the top four spots in each event qualify for sectionals.

The day started off cloudy, bringing a bit of a chill onto the meet. Forbidden rain clouds stood on the horizon, but they never quite made it to the track. Field events began the day, and the throws squad started SLUH’s banner day.

Junior Niko Mafuli threw to first place in the shot put (54’ 2”) after which an unknown competitor muttered, “That is one intimidating guy.” Teammate Cliff Leek took third with a throw of 45 feet and 1 inch. Mafuli also went on to qualify in the discus, taking second on a 134’ throw.

The jump squad had one of its best individual performances of the year when

Sports

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Twellman, ’98, named World Luebbert, Doherty Cup alternate; feels disappointed compete at Deer Dan Everson and Josh Wolff (Johnson’s teammate on the Lake for State Core Staff Wizards) qualified for the U.S. team.

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aylor Twellman, ’98, has been named an alternate for the 2006 United States World Cup team. Unfortunately, however, he will not be traveling to Germany with the team.

Twellman, a forward for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer (MLS), said he competed for a roster spot against all American forwards playing for a soccer club in either America or elsewhere.

Tryouts for the position consisted of players’performance in international friendly matches and tournaments, dating back to just after the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

Forwards Brian Ching (of the Houston Dynamo of MLS), Eddie Johnson (of the Kansas City Wizards of MLS), former St. Louis University star Brian McBride (of Fulham FC of the English Premier League),

U.S. coach Bruce Arena informed the players of his decisions by e-mail on May 2. Twellman said he was excluded from the squad for “personal reasons.”

“I was very surprised, especially after the last four years I have had,” Twellman said in an e-mail. “The frustrating part of not playing in a World Cup (is that) it has cost me a work permit in England.” He explained that Everton and Leeds United (both of the English Premier League) had offered him chances to play overseas had he made the World Cup team.

Twellman discussed his future in soccer: “My plans now are to finish the season with New England and go from there.” He continued, “Who the coach is for 2010 will determine where I fit in (on the next World Cup squad). If Bruce Arena is head coach, then I don’t know. But if another coach is (in charge), then my chances are good.”

Frisbills defeat Lindbergh, rise to fifth place in pool play Matt Hubbard Staff

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he St. Louis U. High Ultimate Frisbee team took down Lindbergh last Saturday, 15-5, in pool play for fifth place in the St. Louis High School Ultimate League.

Though the clouds hung low in the sky, team coaches Eric Weiss, Brian Hubbard, and Eddie Jaeger commented, “It’s just a wonderful day to play a game of ultimate disc!”

They then serenaded the team with soulful Go-Go music during pre-game warm-ups.

The Ultimatebills traded off points until the score was 2-2. Then the Frizzbills busted out with a 6-0 run to bring the game to halftime. Tim Malecek threw four of the eight points scored by the Jr. Bills in the first half. Tim Huether threw for two points and caught two as well.

Half time was a sweet moment of respite for some very tired Czechoslovakianheathbarbills.

The second half proved to be no less

productive for Huether and Malecek. Huether threw for a point to junior Matt Hubbard and scored three of his own. Malecek assisted three more points to bring his total assists for the game up to eight. Dan Mueller, Hubbard, and junior Andrew Austermann scored two points each, while junior Patrick Kemp came down with three touchdowns.

After the game, the two teams mixed and played a short game of pickup.

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Mike Doherty Reporter

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enior golfers Alex Luebbert and Mike Doherty made the trip to Springfield, Mo., with coach Greg Bantle to compete in the Missouri State Golf Championship last Monday and Tuesday. The two-day tournament was held at Deer Lake Golf Course, a par 71, 6,500-yard course.

The two players got the feel for the course during their practice round on Sunday.

Unlike the courses played so far this year for the Jr. Bills, Deer Lake was extremely firm and windy. The course also played easier off the tee with few out of bounds markers or hazards in play. However, approach shots were well guarded by bunkers and the firm green made it hard to get the ball close.

Luebbert teed off first on Monday. He played extremely well and made three birdies en route to a score of three over (74). After the day was over, Luebbert realized he was only a few strokes off the lead.

Doherty struggled in his first round, however, and shot an 80 with only one birdie on his card.

Day Two was much tougher than Day One as the tee boxes were moved back and the wind and rain came down. Both Jr. Bills played poorly and ended the day with twoday totals of 74, 80 and 80, 82.

“I was a lot of fun to play with the best golfers in Missouri. I wish I could have kept up my good play on Tuesday, but I’m happy with the way I played this week,” commented Luebbert after his round.

Connor McHenry of Jefferson City Helias shot an impressive five under (66) on Tuesday and won by two strokes over the rest of the field. In the team competition, Kansas City’s Rockhurst ran away with the title by ten strokes over Parkway South.

Overall, it was a good year for the Golfbills, highlighted by their second-place finish in Districts, a winning record of 6-4-2 and qualifying two golfers to state.

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Sports

STXbills end regular season S o u z a t o l e a d 13-5, ready for State next week four other Penncaptain Alex Brescia.

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The end of the regular season can only to State Reporter mean one thing for the Jr. Bills: playoffs. b i l l s

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ast week’s loss to DeSmet in the Fr. Marco Cup ended a very successful regular season for the St. Louis U. High lacrosse team. Although they did not break DeSmet’s victory streak against SLUH, the team accomplished a great deal for the SLUH program.

The team ended the regular season with a 13-5 record, much improved over last year’s 11-11 mark. The Jr. Bills also won their conference for the first time in a number of years with a victory over Lafayette two weeks ago. With this victory, the LAXbills secured a No. 2 seed entering the playoffs and gained a first-round bye to shoot them straight into the quarterfinals.

This marks the first year the team broke the top four and earned a first-round bye.

“We were successful this year because we play as a team. We don’t have any standout players, and our teamwork beats the teams that rely on one or two guys to do all the work. Our team plays together well,” noted

The team has reached the playoffs every year since its inception, but only reached the final four in 2001. This time around, the No.2bills only need one victory to reach yet another landmark for the SLUH lacrosse program by becoming the second team to make the final four. The only obstacle standing in their way will be determined by the winner of the Lafayette/Ladue match up. These two teams play on Thursday night to compete for a spot in the quarterfinals against SLUH.

The LAXbills squeaked out a victory earlier this year against the Lafayette Lancers with a last second goal to win the game 7-6.

“We beat them earlier this year, but we need to work hard to win again. If we work out a few problems with our offense and play like we did last time, we should win,” Brescia commented.

Last year Ladue gained some very skilled players and had a very impressive

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Vianney beats baseball; Districts start Justin Rottger Core Staff

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t was just one of those days for the St. Louis U. High baseball team last Thursday as they fell to rival Vianney for the second time this season.

After a big 2-0 shutout of CBC in their previous game, the Jr. Bills were looking for a huge lift going into district play. They would have to deal with crafty Vianney lefthander Josh Syberg, who was on the mound when the Golden Griffins won the state championship in 2004.

The Jr. Bills trailed early when the Vianney leadoff man reached on an error and then took second base when SLUH ace Tony Bertucci botched his pickoff throw to first. He scored on a one-out single to give Vianney a 1-0 lead.

The Golden Griffins sent 12 batters to the plate in the top of the second inning, scoring six total runs in the frame. SLUH committed three errors in the second inning.

Bertucci left after 1 2/3 innings, giving up

only one earned run. Vianney would tack on two more runs in the top of the seventh inning en route to a 9-1 victory.

The Jr. Bills finished the season at 1510 overall, with a disappointing 2-6 in the Metro Catholic Conference.

One cannot overlook the successes the Jr. Bills experienced this season. Bertucci walked only five batters in ten appearances, posting a 1.71 ERA. The team saw freshman Mike Bucchino break out as a dependable starter. Bucchino started six games with a 3-1 record and 1.58 ERA, giving up just six earned runs in 26 2/3 innings pitched.

SLUH says goodbye to 11 seniors this season: shortstop Mike Beal, third baseman Steve Beck, pitcher Tony Bertucci, pitcher Steve Gropler, catcher Brett Hartmann, shortstop Mike Mannhard, pitcher Tony Mattera, second baseman Dom Palumbo, outfielder Alex Primo, first baseman Nick Riganti, and designated hitter Jared Saeger.

The Jr. Bills will take on Ritenour in the District 6 championship this afternoon.

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s the quest for State on the individual level is secure for singles player junior Abe Souza, doubles teams Steve Hipkiss and David Lesko, and Steve Kainz and sophomore Andrew Nelson, the team continues to fight to be able to represent Varsity as a team at State. For this to happen, they will have had to win last night’s match versus Francis Howell North (see Nightbeat, p.17 for info).

So far this week, the Souzabills’ match was cancelled because of rain, so they played Tuesday versus McCluer, and Wednesday versus Parkway North.

On Tuesday, the Tennisbills used a six singles, three doubles set-up, yet did not have to use doubles’ scores at all because of outstanding wins on Nos. 1 through 6 singles.

SLUH impressively gave away only seven games out of 79 to McCluer to claim their victory.

Again on Wednesday, the Pennbills creamed their Parkway North opponents, winning on one through six singles, making doubles play unnecessary. Each match only handed over 0-2 games, making SLUH’s victory a landslide.

Because of their wins, Souza, Hipkiss, Lesko, Kainz, and Nelson move onto State as individuals without No.4 spot Kevin Howenstein because of a loss he incurred this week.

However, if the team wins against Francis Howell North, Howenstein and junior AJ Koller will advance with the others representing SLUH as a team . Come support the team next Thursday through Saturday in Springfield, Mo. for the State Tournament!

Announcement Varsity lacrosse will play a quarterfinal playoff game this Friday, May 19, in the stadium at 7:30.

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Underclassman Sports Wrap

JV Baseball Record: (11-6) Key players: pitchers Zach Milner, Chris Dreste, and Adam Belgeri; second baseman David Miller (0 Errors); catcher Ryan Myers Biggest game: 5-4 win over DeSmet in 10 innings after being down 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh with two outs.

Coach Scott Gilbert’s comments: “They were really a spirited group of players. They played with a lot of passion.”

C Baseball Record: 5-7 Key players: pitcher Joe Schwartze; outfielder Mick Dell’Orco; utility player Jeff Brand (pitcher, third, first baseman) Coach Charlie Clark’s comments: “We started off a little slow, but with each game we got better and better. I was very happy to see how we improved over such a short period of time.”

JV Volleyball Record: 23-0-2 Key players: Pete Hock, Tim Guntli, Mike Adams, John Swanston (All moved to Varsity for play-offs) Biggest accomplishment: Beat Vianney, CBC, and DeSmet to take first place in the DeSmet Classic (JV Tournament).

JV Track Biggest meets: First place in Varsity Webster Invitational, JV Conference Champions Key players: runners Dan Shaver, Mike Federer, Matt Fisher, Nathan Banet, and Mike McCafferty; jumper Bryan Fisher-Nutt;

thrower Chris Hoffman Coach Jim Linhares’ comments: “This has been a year of depth. In each of the events, we’ve got a program going.”

C Track Biggest accomplishment: first place at conference meet Key players: runners Ronnie Wingo, David Kuciejczyk-Kernan, Cliff David, John Clohisy; jumpers Nikko Sansone, Louie Hotop, Pat Lanter, and Brian Schwartze; thrower Kevin Grace Coach Tim Chik’s comments: “This is a quite talented freshman class. They have some good potential for the future.”

JV Lacrosse Record: 13-4 Key players: midfielder Jim Petty and Goalie Zach Schmuke Biggest win: over MICDS in the JV state tournament.

Coach David Kupper’s comments: “It was overall a very good season. We got better and better as the season progressed, and the (lacrosse) program as a whole is becoming stronger.”

JV Golf: Record: 2-6 Key players: Nick Maglasang, Alex Key, Ross Meyer, Joe Shrick Coach Greg Bantle’s comments: “The purpose of the JV team is to give guys a chance to play and then move up to varsity. You don’t worry so much about the record. I look for (freshmen) Maglasang and Key to lead the golf team the next three years.”

AP by the Numbers

Exams ordered – 783 (up from 750 last year) Total exams actually taken – 753 Total number of students that took an exam – 336 21 different subjects (up from 19 last year) Total cost to students - $62,646 (up from 58,000 last year) Largest group seated for a single exam – 109 for the AB/BC Calculus in the gym.

Smallest group – 2 for Computer Science AB According to Mr. Michalski, 212 pencils handed out Number of times a cell phone was temporarily confiscated – 350 (up from 30-40 last year)

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Developing the ‘life of the mind’: Steve Aylward

heads—if you teach history that way I think it’s boring. So, with the sophomores, you know, it’s a very elementary level of doing this, but I try to show them that there are a lot of interpretations, I sat in the first desk in my row with only five minutes left in Mr. that history isn’t all the same. Facts are facts … but interpretations Steve Aylward’s first Global II class of the year. My notebook al- make history sort of a puzzle, make it more interesting.”

Aylward’s Global II class and especially his Modern European ready had at least one full page of notes, if not more. Some students had given up in the midst of the deluge of historical analysis Mr. History class follow textbooks—but just barely. Aylward adds bits Aylward gave us in that first day, deciding that it couldn’t all be of information from wherever he can to give his students a fuller perspective of the time period, using excerpts to demonstrate the necessary, but I persevered.

But with only a few minutes left in class, Mr. Aylward explained mindset of the average poor Parisian just before the French Revoluthat what I had just heard, the Marxist interpretation, was only one tion, to show Marx’s point of view and intentions, to demonstrate of many different interpretations that one can gather from the sea the Battle of Verdun as a case study of World War I as a whole. The supplementation all comes together to of stagnant facts that is history. I felt give not a series of facts, but a perspeccheated, confused, disgruntled, and, tive on the history of the time period frankly, incredibly stupid. that cannot be transferred through a

Over the course of my two years mere textbook or Internet site. That’s in Aylward Space, I felt that way sevwhat makes his class so memorable to eral times. However, after realizing my his students. ignorance, I always came back with Perhaps senior Kyle Kloster put it a greater passion, a greater desire to best: “It’s not that he follows a textbook. learn and to make up the vast gaps in He teaches what he wants and (the my historical knowledge. And Mr. Aymaterial) happens to intersect with the lward always showed us a way out of textbook somewhat.” our ignorance, giving us insights on how Along with the theme of making history happened at all levels, both from students apply history, Aylward tries to the viewpoints of the elites and those of make them think critically about counthe average citizens. By the end of my Aylward experience I still felt stupid. History teacher Steve Aylward stands with senior Michael Jonagan tries’ different points of view, in part by assigning each student in his sophomore But it was a good, healthy stupid, one after Jonagan gave Aylward’s farewell speech. that made me realize that my stupidity was under my control, that I class a nation to represent in a model UN that convenes every Friday, could do something about it. And after every class, I definitely had culminating in a research paper about that student’s country.

Aylward said, “I guess a lot of people misunderstood this, but a desire to do something about it.

Ever since Atilla, Mr. Aylward’s famed feline friend, crash- my approach … is not the sort of standardized reading through a landed on the planet we mere human beings call Earth, he has text, but getting people involved in the U.N. That goes back to when been inspired to teach high schoolers, introducing them to all that I was practice teaching at Parkway Central Junior. They were using that approach and I adopted it. … I thought, have guys, appoint Aylwardism is.

Aylward came to SLUH in the fall of 1978, primarily teach- guys, assign them a country to represent. Most guys don’t really do ing Ancient History and World Cultures first before moving on to anything with it, I guess, but some do. Rather than just memorizWestern Civilization, and later Global History I and II and Modern ing facts, … have them act it out, think about it, the cultures and European History. Aylward also worked, along with former history countries’ point of view. To me that’s much more worthwhile than teacher Art Zinselmeyer, to change the social studies requirement doing the fact routine.”

Junior Jake Kessler said, “I think he was really good because he of freshmen and sophomores from Ancient History and World Cultures to Global I and II. Additionally, Aylward coached track did a lot of stuff in class as opposed to following strictly along the for one season and cross country for four seasons, and founded the book. He’s really good at illustrating, especially in foreign politics, SLUH chapter of Amnesty International, moderating the club for how all these countries related to each other and what exactly was most of the ’80s. More recently, Aylward moderated The Forum, going on.”

Given Aylward’s background, one could expect no other apSLUH’s political newsletter. Aylward’s extracurricular contributions to SLUH are certainly diverse and numerous, but his teaching ability proach to a history class: “I believe in a multidisciplinary approach. I started off as a Classics major, a BA, MA, ABD (all but dissertation) highlighted his tenure.

On his teaching philosophy, Aylward said, “I don’t like pound- in the classics. Then I shifted over towards anthropology and history. ing facts into people’s heads. You have to learn a certain number of So I guess I always had this broad level, this broad multidisciplinary facts, but I guess my aim is to give students historical perspective, approach. Literature, history, archaeology, anthropology, all of these things, first in the ancient world, and then more of a general that’s probably No. 1. That’s so lacking in an American culture.”

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(from 9) anthropological approach, which I developed.”

But the ideals of Aylwardism were not merely expressed and lived out in the classroom. Indeed, over the course of his career, Aylward’s intellectualism, zeal for learning, love of teaching, and warmth affected many of his colleagues, within the social studies office and without.

Former AP US History teacher Danno Monahan came to SLUH in 1980, two years after Aylward, and the two sat near each other in the Social Studies office through four changes in office location.

Monahan said, “I realized terribly soon that we agreed on a lot of things, what makes a good history course—writing, interpreting primary sources—skills that we both thought important both in college and in life.”

Monahan continued, “Also, in his AP course, like mine, we wanted not just a course where people could (do well on AP), but also to give them a good college-level course. And he did that.”

Psychology teacher Brock Kesterson said, “I know we taught different subjects, but he’s very active in keeping his mind sharp and reading up on modern events and those type of things. So I really have tried to adopt that type of attitude towards psychology and trying to stay up on things that are going on and trying to relate those things to my class. And I really have done that.

“He brings me stuff and says ‘Did you see this? Did you hear this? Did you think about this? Did you read this?’ And those types of things, I can attribute that to him. He’s made me more aware about how to become more well read, and doing that helps me relate that stuff that the students aren’t getting in textbooks.”

Monahan stated that Aylward and he also shared knowledge and reading material: “Usually I was reading something in my field and he in his, which I think was a mark of a good teacher, to stay on top. … He gave his most to the curriculum.”

Rather than any particular moment or moments over the course of his career, Aylward looks at those times when he really felt that his students are ‘getting it’ as the most rewarding part of teaching, “You realize that in each class or each week at the particular time you feel that people are clicking into something. I’ve taught this stuff a number of years, but it still doesn’t seem stale to me, trying to get people to think, trying to make the material interesting. At least some guys think that history is relevant, and for some guys even enjoyable.”

Aylward also enjoys seeing the change of heart in some students from sophomore to senior year, “Sometimes you find guys that maybe didn’t even do all that well in terms of a grade (in my sophomore class) coming in (to my Modern Euro class, that’s rewarding). …

The way you teach and the way the class works together, they realize it’s not just boring memorization.”

History teacher Tom McCarthy related a story about Aylward from his time as a student, “I was a junior when Aylward came to SLUH, but I never had him as a teacher. He substituted one time for the Modern European History class and he ended up jugging the whole class. One of the guys was sleeping, and when Mr. Aylward noticed it he jugged him. And then somebody protested that he jugged him. When somebody said ‘Are you going to jug all of us?’

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he said ‘Yes,’ and proceeded to jug all of us.”

However, contrasting that initial harsh picture of Aylward, McCarthy has come to truly know the man as a colleague and friend. “He is an exceptional teacher. He’s one of the top five faculty members here at SLU High. We have grown so close together over the years just with conversations on teaching, history, politics, especially modern politics. He is a remarkable teacher for getting students to think and not memorize. I think that’s probably his best legacy here.”

McCarthy continued, “Aylward’s a professional, he’s highly competent, he cares incredibly about the students, and he also contributes greatly to a lot of behind the scenes things here. School policy formation, faculty meetings where things have to get done.

He raises very good questions, maybe the social conscience of the faculty in some respect.”

Overall, many came to see Aylward not just as a great teacher, but as someone who truly cares about his students and co-workers, someone who puts so much time and effort into all he does because he loves it so much.

Latin teacher Mary Lee McConaghy said, “He gave me an amazing amount of help and support first semester when my voice was so bad. He came in for weeks to one of my junior classes to help me. I didn’t ask. He just appeared and did all of that.

McConaghy and Aylward became especially close during their time here, especially because of Aylward’s background in the classics. McConaghy said, “I started the year after he did, so we were both starting at about the same time. … He was basically a Latin teacher wannabe, as many people are, so he has a big interest in that.”

Kesterson concluded, “Losing Doc and losing Mr. Aylward to me, the first thing that comes to my mind is intellectuals. Not to say that other people in our department aren’t intellectuals, but that’s the first thing that comes to mind. They have so much wisdom, so much experience whether it be through teaching or traveling or reading.”

“The collegiality of this department I think really hinged on him and Dr. Monahan. So losing those two guys is going to be something that’s really hard—to fill those guys’ shoes,” said Kesterson.

Before I knew it, I was trapped in Aylward Space that first year, and I couldn’t get enough, returning for a second dose this year.

Through numerous historical books, backwards-turned ties, and short-sleeve Oxford-cloth shirts, I grew immensely in my knowledge of history, writing ability, critical thinking skills, and love of history and politics. The historical perspective and critical mind I posses I largely owe to that man of history, through Hard Times and easy, as the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. (in spite of my desire to be the Turkish Ambassador), with Newsweek, The Economist, and the famed German map that hangs on his wall. I am very thankful for all that Aylwardism and Aylward Space were, are, and will be.

This summer, Mr. Aylward has already planned yet another trip to Scandinavia, and next year he will continue to work with the collegeboard and AP programs, and may also find work with the Citizens of Modern Transit. No matter, what, he will certainly be continuing to spread Aylwardism wherever he goes.

Reflection 11 Jones reflects on diversity after conference May 19, 2006

C. David Jones Special to the Prep News

On April 27, 2006, I boarded a plane to Dallas for the first ever national Jesuit conference on diversity.

The director of the conference, Mr. Michael Moretta, started the conference with a simple ten-person panel asking, “What is diversity, and what is diversity in our schools?” The first to answer was Jose, a senior at Jesuit Dallas and a cultural leader for the conference.

Five years before, he was a poor Mexican new to the United States.

Now at Jesuit Dallas, he is an honor student and the president of the Latino Student Union. He is also one of the key voices for the Latino community at Jesuit Dallas. Instead of sliding into the majority of whites at Jesuit Dallas, he stood out and became a leader for Latino Americans, because he loved his culture and was proud to show it.

Jose moved to the United States to have a better life, but now he is able to live a successful life as an American and still be a leader for the Latino community.

At the conference, I was able to meet Mr. David Cooks, a coach for the 1992 National Basketball Champion Duke Blue Devils and the director of diversity at Marquette University High School in Wisconsin. He is also paralyzed from the waist down. He was the first disabled person to graduate from Duke University with an MBA and the first alumnus to coach at Marquette University High School.

Because of his success, he was called a sellout by blacks who lived just blocks away from him. As a disabled African-American, he lives his life according to his rules, not the stereotypes pressed on him by our society.

As an African-American, you have to be an athlete and talk a certain way, or else you are considered a sellout, someone who hides from their culture. As an Asian, you have to be the smartest person in the school. In Saint Louis, why does West County have to be referred to as the place where rich people live? Why does North City have to be referred to as the crime-infested part of town? Why is that? Why do people have to follow a certain cliché? I am proud

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(from 3) who have used The Da Vinci Code as a launch pad for their ideas could be rebuffed by the Church by simply pointing to the fact that the book is a work of fiction, and as such, isn’t true.

Granted, The Da Vinci Code does contain certain elements of truth—the Opus Dei sect and references to Leonardo Da Vinci’s artwork, for example—but Brown included a full page in the front of the book to partition the truth from the fiction in his novel. Under the bold heading “FACT,” Brown relates basic facts about the Priory of Sion, Opus Dei, and the artwork mentioned in the book.

The final statement, which asserts that all descriptions of “secret rituals in the novel are true,” may lead to some raised eyebrows at the novel’s description of self-flagellation, but otherwise, Brown seems to be sensibly marking his territory. Nowhere in this page does Brown state as fact that Jesus Christ was married, or had a son, or any other of the book’s fictitious elements to which the Church

to: talk with a proper tone and dress preppy, listen to all kinds of music including rap, rock, and classical, play in the school band, and be friends with all different types of people. The athletic skills I lack I make up in my faith and intellect. I am proud to be an African-American.

Before I went to the conference, I thought that SLUH was a diversified place where the best and brightest among our city came.

After the conference, I believe that SLUH does not have the passion or the drive to be a diversified place. Schools such as Jesuit Dallas and St. Ignatius-San Francisco have more support from their fellow students and work hard to spread diversity. SLUH does not do that.

Jesuit Dallas and St. Ignatius- San Francisco are both in cities where there is more racial integration. St. Louis is a racially segregated city and SLUH reflects that. Most of the African-Americans come from North County, North City, and South City. Most of the white people come from the county. These racial and geographical divisions tend to persist among the student body.

At SLUH, there is such a drive to succeed in areas such as athletics, academics, and spirituality, that the area of diversity is swept away. There is not a real organization that handles diversity, except for ACES, which is known by people around the school as the black club.

ACES was not able to succeed this year because of the lack of support from the school and students within the school who were either too scared or did not know enough about ACES to join because ACES is all black. With three more years at SLUH, I want to change that notion and have ACES be an open group where people of all cultures and backgrounds can join and be accepted. To do that, we need the support of the school.

According to Mr. Cooks, “Diversity is Humanity.” We are bound in this world by our faith in Christ. My mom tells me every day that everybody at my school should be like a brother to each other.

After that first freshman orientation, we were all welcomed into the SLUH community as a family. If we were able to live in respect for each other, then SLUH, and the world, would be a better place to live. has taken umbrage.

Brown, obviously, is a fiction writer, whose goal is presumably to write and sell entertaining books, a goal that he has met and far surpassed with The Da Vinci Code. His intent, it seems to me, was not to undermine centuries of Catholic tradition. I imagine that Brown is a bit taken aback by the Church’s swift and harsh response to his novel. If anything, by urging the faithful to regard the book and movie with extreme caution, the Church is perpetuating the sensationalism surrounding the book and encouraging more readership.

In light of current issues facing our world, such as the genocide in Darfur, the resources that Catholics have put into protesting The Da Vinci Code (publication of pamphlets, organizing protests) seem frivolous. Which is worthier of our attention and energy: combating Tom Hanks’s latest movie, or the pursuit of social justice in our world?

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(from 1) to talk about would be the activities, the co-curricular branch of what we do. The breadth and depth of student involvement here, in everything from athletics to academic co-curriculars to creativity co-curriculars to really informal co-curriculars—hanging out in alumni park; that kind of a thing—I think we’ve had a real successful year. Again, in some instances (there is) a real objective achievement, like a water polo state championship, our volleyball team’s playing tonight in the state championship. Tennis is going along as well.

The third area is certainly spiritual and it’s the foundational area for the other two branches. And again, it’s studying faith through theology, it’s coming to understand God and Christ’s role in our life through daily prayer, reflection, retreat programs, sacraments, the different programs of the pastoral office, and it’s living that faith in service.

I certainly would say we had a succssful year in the spiritual focus of our school and how we try to make sure how that focus is presented to students.

PN: You described SLUH as a “community that cares so much about what its purpose is.” What is that purpose?

DL: ... If you and I got up from my desk right now and we walked down the hallway, we would walk past classrooms where guys are really paying attention. They are about the business of learning. If you went into a class prayer service, they’re certainly practicing their faith. If you went on a student retreat, you would see the focus for what that retreat is supposed to be about. ... If you went to any of our co-curriculars you see students pouring themselves into giving their best possible effort.

PN: Do you have any favorite memories or experiences that will stick with you from the past year?

DL: I think Ignatius would call them experiences of consolation, but they’re a confirmation of what we are to be about. ... To go on a Kairos retreat and learn personally the greatness of our students. … As president, I get to meet a lot of alumni, I get to meet a lot of parents and past parents. I can tell you that it is a very memorable experience to go to alumni reunions and hear people who have graduated here recently and people

News who’ve graduated here a long time ago talk with passion about what this school and the people did for their lives.

PN: Could you describe your first year here at SLUH in one word or one phrase?

DL: The word I would use is “striving.” I think the phrase I would use is “willing to lead.”

We strive in a lot of areas here. We’re not a passive group. We’re working at it, whether that’s faith or academics or activities or socially, this place is striving.

I think (that is) the hallmark of a Jesuit school ... I think the world continues to be so badly in need of people willing to be leaders, people willing to lead ethically, people of faith, people who are followers of Christ, who are willing to commit themselves to becoming leaders. I think this school does a good job of that.

PN: How did you deal with events over the past year; how did they turn out? The transition from Fr. Sheridan and V2K? DL: (Fr. Sheridan) was very gracious to me.

He had prepared an awful lot to assist in that transition. ... It was nice to be able to spend some time with Fr. Paul and to listen to him and get a good sense of the direction, of the momentum of the school. ... (V2K’s) part of the transition. To learn both the history, the current status, and the future of pieces of Vision 2000 is certainly a major piece of what I needed to learn. ... So, I feel good about my knowledge of Vision 2000.

PN: Drug testing?

DL:The issue was, has been, and continues to be alcohol and drug use among high school students and what do schools do to educate, deter, enforce, help shape lives around that issue. ... The issue to me is not drug testing, the issue is drug and alcohol consumption.

That being said, I think we also have an approach which we feel good about. ... It’s a very important topic because we care about our students.

Ours is probably more individualized, it is certainly much quieter in that regard. I don’t think our standard is any different. I think there is a lot that happens at our school that people don’t know about because we’re dealing with individuals and we’re dealing with families.

PN: Carjacking and neighborhood is-

May 19, 2006 sues?

DL: The first thing I would like to say is that my overwhelming experience with all of our neighbors, not just the neighborhood, but including the neighborhood, has been very positive. As people living together in an area we have to do a lot of sharing and listening in order to make things work.

I think it prompted some of our neighbors to reflect again on the requests the school had and I did address them directly at that time and that is very much still in process. And I’m hopeful that before long we’ll be able to provide another deterrent with a gate for that alley.

PN: North Central evaluation?

DL: Our self-study received some of the highest praise that I’ve seen a self-study receive from accrediting teams. I was very impressed with how the self-study connected itself to the foundational documents and philosophies of who we are as a Jesuit school. ... The depth of what was here was a really impressive thing to do.

PN: During an interview with Tim Huether at the beginning of the year, you stated, “I’m not sure I’m at a point to say, ‘Well this would be better here,’ because every school has its own culture, its own history, and its own reasons for how programs evolve. Now having said that, I can be a person who forms opinions, and I think that I’m careful to do that slowly and with great humility. But I think that six months from now I would probably give you a different answer and say, ‘Well here are things that I think we could add to what is already a terrific program.’”

What is the culture, traditions, and history of SLUH as you have learned it and what opinions do you have now that can better our school?

DL: The quotes are coming back to haunt me, huh, Sean?

I still very much remain in the process of being a person who listens and learns and an institution of this magnitude, you couldn’t possibly get to know every tradition or peice of its culture in a six- or eight-month or ten-month period of time. ... You might note that I asked a group of people to go look at a freshman retreat that has been used in some Jesuit high schools. I think that the retreat

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Top Ten: A Prep News year in review Timo Kim Editor

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rep News Top Ten News Stories of the Year (in chronological order):

“Community mourns death of Cahill, ’05” (Issue 1: Aug. 26, 2005)

On August 7, 2005, Chris Cahill, a recent graduate of the class of 2005, committed suicide. Many of his classmates and other members of the SLUH community attended a remembrance Mass of the Resurrection on Aug. 8 and Cahill’s funeral Mass on Aug. 13.

In particular they remembered his energy, enthusiasm, and creative talent. Since then, the school has discussed suicide counseling and awareness through organizations such as the counseling department and the Student Advisory Committee.

“V2K, spirituality, service: SLUH changed under Sheridan” (Issue 5: Sept.

23, 2005)

Midway through the 2004-2005 school year, former President Paul Sheridan, S.J., announced that he would be leaving St. Louis U. High to become the president at Bellarmine Prep in San Jose. Reflecting on his tenure as president, teachers and administrators noted his considerable achievements in fostering the spiritual element in Jesuit education through the community service and campus ministry programs and improving the campus, from Vision 2000 construction to lower class sizes.

“MODOT proposes three-year shutdown of 40” (Issue 10: Nov. 4, 2005)

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced that it was considering completely closing down Highway 40, the main arterial highway in St. Louis, for remodeling.

Although administrators anticipated little effect on admissions applications, they did express concerns about congestion resulting from the diverted traffic. Since then, MODOT has decided to leave one express lane open, extending from West County into the city but without any entry or exit points except at the beginning and end of the lane.

“Reduce, reuse, definitely recycle: SLUH re-evaluates paper recycling program” (Issue 13: Dec. 2, 2005)

Faced with the possibility of losing the paper recycling service provided by Abitibi Consolidated, Inc., a coalition of teachers, students, and administrators revived SLUH’s feeble recycling attempts. The blue and black recycling bins became a ubiquitous sight around the school and SLUH successfully staved off recycling starvation. The program has expanded greatly, and now SLUH also offers plastic recycling in the cafeteria, courtesy of senior Tony Meyer.

“Graduation changed to Sunday, May 28: Senior-led movement changes date from May 27” (Issue 16: Jan. 6, 2006)

For years the graduation date has conflicted with baseball sectionals and the state track meet, forcing many seniors to choose between their desire to attend the graduation ceremony and their desire to compete with their team. This year, the senior class worked together with administrators to shift the graduation date to allow the entire class to walk together.

“Changes considered for eligibility policy” (Issue 20: Feb. 10, 2006)

Citing concerns about the effectiveness of the then-current academic ineligibility policy, the administration formed a committee to revise the policy. The policy suspended any student from extracurricular activities if he received an F in the class or had a GPA below 2.0, although the student could still participate in practices and attend games. A proposal at the end of the year would have the same criteria for ineligibility but would have administrators, the student’s counselor, and the student’s parents work together to create a plan to help the student improve his grades.

“SLUH mourns death of a legend, Richard Bailey, S.J.” (Issue 22: Feb. 24, 2006)

Father Richard Bailey, S.J., had served at SLUH from 1960 to 1990, influencing faculty, administrators, and alumni as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, president, and

Jesuit superior. In recalling his time at SLUH, teachers remembered his compassion, his dedication, and his erratic, death-defying driving technique. Bailey’s influence on SLUH endures in the three programs he founded: Cashbah, Senior Project, and the Alumni Service Corps. “‘Not just a label’: three gay SLUH students” (Issue 26: April 7, 2006)

At this year’s Student Council Forums, students have asked about how the administration has ministered to homosexual students. This feature brought out the voice of some of SLUH’s gay students to examine the experiences of gay students at SLUH. As one student said, “We’re just more conditioned to see (straight) as normal and (gay) as abnormal. (Acceptance) is about breaking down those barriers.”

“Houlihan, Cummings carjacked in SLUH alley” (Issue 28: April 28, 2006)

On the night of April 22, a masked assailant carjacked two SLUH Jesuits in the alley east of SLUH. Their car was later found slightly damaged and out of gas in North County, but the perpetrator has not yet been found. This event further intensified SLUH’s desire to put an electric gate up on the alley entrance on Oakland Avenue, which the school has been discussing with the neighborhood for several months.

“Spring Fling mixer marred by punches” (Issue 28: April 28, 2006)

This year’s Spring Fling mixer saw better tickets but worse behavior, as the mixer was marked by a fight and several punches throughout the night, all involving non-SLUH students. Previously, poor behavior has been attributed to the notorious crowding at SLUH mixers, so the fact that 800 or so fewer people attended this year has baffled attempts to establish a reason and an appropriate solution. Because of this mixer, STUCO is considering having SLUH mixers open only to females and SLUH students.

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PN 70 takes last bow, PN 71 ready to roll

Missey is quite impressed with the staff’s present freshman writers. He said, “Casey is a graceful writer (with) a lot of poise. …

Same with Mackowiak …they’ve got a nice fter 31 incredible issues, the editors understanding of what’s going on.” of volume 70 will be passing the pen.

The major issue of next year’s staff will Next year’s staff will consist of six edibe overcoming the absence of an editor-intors, who will be buttressed by four corechief postion. staffers.

Missey continued, “The

Junior Charlie Landis challenge for this staff and sophomore Jim Santel will be taking over a rewill be news editors next ally big role that requires year. This comes as only leadership, initiative and the second time in the aggressiveness of a certain Missey administration that kind; I think that’s gohe’s named a sophomore to ing be the hard for them. be an editor the following The writing: they’ve got. year. However, Missey is They’ve proven themconfident Santel is up for selves. They’re going to the challenge.

(From left) Feature Editors Sean Kickham and Andrew Mueth, Sports Editor Scott Mueller, be terrific writers. They’ve News Editors Jim Santel and Charlie Landis, and Photography Editor Matt Hubbard.

Missey said, “Jim with members from every class except the proven they can go out and take a big story…

(Santel) is so ready. He’s got the respect of the incoming freshman, will be successful.

I have no worries about the reporting for staff, the respect of his peers, the respect of Junior Christian Ronzio, sophomore Dan next year.”

Missey cited Kickham’s article the adults in the community. He’s an awesome Everson, and freshmen Kevin Casey and on George’s liver transplant and Landis and writer. He has this intuitive understanding at Pete Mackowiak will round out the fab four Mueller’s work on the Fr. Bailey article. all times it seems of the context of a story. core staff.

He just gets the story. It’s in his blood. …

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attention to and that could make really neat features.”

Missey said of Mueth, “Andrew (Mueth) is just eager. I think he’ll be willing to go out and just get stories, so it will be interesting to see how he develops into the role.”

Missey is also confident his core staff,

photo by Seth Clampett

He’s got it from day one.”

Junior Scott Mueller will head things in the sports department. Missey said, “Scott loves sports. He’s shown that he has the determination to make sure that week after week important things are happening. He’s maybe the most focused on that next level of the process of the paper. So, I think he’ll make a fine sports editor.”

Junior Matt Hubbard will serve as the paper’s photography editor. Although Hubbard wasn’t added to core staff until second semester of this year, Missey is confident of his success at his new post.

Missey said, “That’s a late interest. If you have a photography editor, you can focus on having great photographs in the paper. Matt really got interested in it and carved out a space for himself.”

It will take two men to fill the post of retiring features editor Seth Clampett. Juniors Andrew Mueth and Sean Kickham will be writing as co-features editors.

Missey said, “People were saying that Sean (Kickham) is a really great listener and he draws a lot out of people and that’s a great thing for a features writer. … I think … he’ll see things that other people aren’t paying

SLUH bids farewell to Xie and Yi Scott Mueller Core Staff

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t. Louis U. High Chinese exchange sophomores Michael Xie and Lisa Yi are preparing to return to China on May 28. The two sophomores have spent nearly a semester at SLUH and have made many new friends during their visit.

Yi told one story about how she was being picked up by her host parent. The host parent saw her walking down the hallway and was surprised to see how many people Yi already knew. “Everyone is very friendly.

Everyone says ‘hi’ to you,” Yi commented.

Xie said, “All the SLUH teachers are really nice. They give me a lot of help with the language and the subject. I think all the students are really nice, too. We have really fun classes.”

One of Xie’s favorite classes was Barb Osburg’s English class. Often times she would allow him to talk about China. “(One time) we used the whole period to talk about the New Year and different things in China.

Also, she gave me a chance to talk about the Chinese characters,” Xie said.

Yi’s favorite memory was the choral concert. “I loved the chorus concert. It was pretty sweet,” said Yi. “I enjoy chorus a lot.” Her favorite song was “The Word of God.”

Chinese teacher Ching-ling Tai said, “They are all top students. So, you can’t say one is better than the other or worse than the other.”

One thing Tai is looking into adding next year is some form of health insurance for the students, because according to Tai when Yi was sick, it turned into a “big mess.”

Tai hopes to expand the exchange program to send SLUH students to Nanjing Foreign Language School over Spring Break and the surrounding weeks.

Yi concluded, “I feel very comfortable at SLUH ... had the most fun in school here.”

Xie summed up his experience here saying, “Overall, it was really great.”

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Herman (ASC) leaves for Houston Williamson off to next year, including the establishment of three Christian Ronzio new positions of Senior Class RepresentaReporter Amherst for Latin tives.

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lum Service Corps (ASC) teacher Mike Herman is preparing to leave after next week. In just one year at St. Louis U. High, Herman participated in and left his mark on countless activities, from Student Council (STUCO) to coaching to retreats.

“I really just wanted to get to know the students,” remarked Herman, “whether it was on retreat or at athletics or anything else, I wanted to support the activities in any way I could.”

Even before the school year began, Herman was already helping out with STUCO, and he eventually became the co-moderator.

Within STUCO, Herman was instrumental to the forming of the House of Governors, a STUCO-run organization designed to boost inter-club communication. Also, he helped rewrite parts of the STUCO constitution for

Herman also taught AP Psychology with Kesterson as well as anatomy with Tim O’Keefe. “I loved my classes this year. It was a lot of fun. I got to talk about things that I love all day, and again, the students were great,” said Herman.

In the fall, Herman served as the assistant coach of the B soccer team under history teacher Bob O’Connell. O’Connell said, “He was really good to have around.

He was a good coach and really had a great relationship with all of the players. I was happy to have him.”

In the fall, Herman will enter the university of Texas at Austin’s medical school in Houston. “I don’t know what my specialty will be yet,” remarked Herman, “but I have always been interested in pediatrics or oncology, which are two of the things I looked at during undergrad.”

Troll to leave after 25 years of service Troll was close friend of Cummings, Thornton

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ong time St. Louis U. High employee Karen Troll will leave SLUH at the end of this year. After arriving in December 1981, she has spent 25 years at SLUH working under four different presidents, helping with the Mother’s Club and Cashbah, staffing the bookstore, and currently working as a librarian.

Tom Cummings, S.J., hired Troll as the Secretary to the President in 1981. Troll worked under Cummings for four years and the pair became good friends.

“I hired her for her sense of practicality, wit, and humor. … She single-handedly handled the alumni annual fund, Cashbah gift-giving, and the first ever EEE capital campaign,” Cummings said. He also highlighted her cleverness, her great sense of precision for detail, and her unflappable spirit.

As Secretary to the President, she served for ten years under four different presidents —Cummings, James Baker, S.J., Leo Dres-

sel, S.J., and Robert Costello, S.J. She also donated a good amount of time over 15 years to working with the Mother’s Club, particularly with Cashbah.

She also worked as the Director of Auxiliary Services and ordered textbooks for the school. Troll spent her last years at SLUH working in the library.

Troll loved her time spent at SLUH and the people and friends she met while she was here. “When I first started working here, we had fun, especially with Fr. Cummings in charge. We got work done, but we enjoyed it.”

Troll developed a particularly close friendship with Brother Tom Thornton while in Cummings’ office.

“A lot of the time if you went into my office, you would see Br. Thornton on the ground laughing,” explained Troll.

Thornton, Cummings, and Troll also took a particular liking for Thornton’s dog, Doxie. Troll frequently took the role of principal caretaker of the two mascots of the school—Thornton and Doxie.

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agister. The Purple Dragon. The Krusher. All of these titles have become synonymous with Ryan Williamson, Latin teacher extraordinaire, during his one-year tenure as a teacher at St. Louis U. High, which will come to a close next week after he proctors exams.

Williamson returned to his alma mater this year after attending Xavier University in Cincinnati for four years, where he majored in history and classics. He taught one sophomore Latin class during the first semester and added a freshman class for the second semester.

“Teaching was a little hard, but I know that this has been a great opportunity for me to start off my career,” remarked Williamson.

Beloved by his students, Magister’s amiable personality, witty sense of humor, and extensive knowledge of the Latin language earned him the respect of many at SLUH.

Besides teaching two Latin classes, Williamson assumed many odd jobs and tasks this year. He operated the switchboard for a few days when Kim Gohl suffered a stroke, helped with the North Central Evaluation (see issue 28, page 2), worked in the rec room, and even served as Principal Mary Schenkenberg’s secretary for a time.

Williamson, who originally planned to become a history teacher, will move on to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and become one of its 1,339 faculty members as a Latin teacher next year. He will remain at the university for two years as part of its undergraduate program to obtain his master’s degree.

Magister stressed that his experience this year has been a positive one. “It’s been great having help from Magistra (Latin teacher Mary Lee McConaghy) with teaching. I’ve probably learned as much about teaching this year as I will in the next two.” He later noted, “This kind of firsthand experience is invaluable to me. Everything I’ve learned this year will definitely help me in the next few years when I will be teaching college freshmen.”

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(from 1) more (positions), so we took away one junior and added one sophomore and freshman position.” Merrill also noted that “The secretary/treasurer position this year didn’t really do that much, so (STUCO) decided that three people can get it done.”

Sophomore Jim Santel said that he didn’t believe there was enough student involvement in the changing of the constitution.

ASC teacher and assistant STUCO moderator Mike Herman responded, “For the amount of small changes that were made in the constitution, there was a tremendous amount of input that came from every aspect.”

Herman also said that the changing of the constitution was a “fluid process.”

Another crowd member raised the issue of whether underclassmen would be able to vote for the student body officer positions in the future. Merrill said, “This year it would have been (hard) because in order to have (school wide elections) we need to have a school assembly.”

STUCO moderator Brock Kesterson did say that school wide elections are a possibility, but a schoolwide assembly as well as campaigns would have to be organized in order for that to occur. Kesterson said, “In the future, that’s the idea. ... (STUCO) represents the (entire) school, (so) everybody should vote on it. Time didn’t allow for that this year, but it’s definitely something we plan on doing in the future.”

Vice President elect and current junior class pastoral officer Chris deBettencourt suggested that the junior class narrow down the field of student body officer candidates to two before the final school wide vote in order to combat a popularity vote among the underclassmen. Herman suggested that having the votes of the junior class count as two so that they have more say could also be a possibility for a school wide election.

Kesterson commented on the overall discussion of changing the election format, saying, “If there’s a problem, and we find that this structure is something that is completely worthless, and nobody likes it and it doesn’t work for the school, then we’re willing to change. That’s the idea.”

Senior Timo Kim then commented on the lack of student involvement and participation in the changing of the constitution, saying, “It seems kind of odd to me that a

News student government body would change its constitution using input from faculty when it’s a student body organization, not a faculty organization.”

Herman responded to Kim, saying, “The students were involved. The faculty, I think, offered the history perspective. You guys are only here for four years. The faculty that were involved (in the change) have been here a lot longer, and they gave us the insight.

They didn’t play any role in changing it. If STUCO didn’t like the changes, they weren’t going to be made. The faculty in this case provided a small insight to what they saw.

All the STUCO guys voted on it, and that’s how (the change) happened.”

Kim also asked whether there would be a more formal process in the future for changes in the constitution. Kesterson noted that a formal process was followed in order to change the constitution, because a 2/3 vote of STUCO members was required and received at a formal STUCO meeting.

Senior Pastoral Officer Dan Finucane also noted that by electing the Student Council, the student body did have a say in the changes of the constitution, because STUCO represents the student body. He also said that the changes to the constitution were “minor structure changes,” and that very few students have actually read the new constitution anyway.

Herman noted that “all the rules were followed” in the constitution change.

Junior Jack Hart defended the new constitution, saying, “I like it a lot.”

DeBettencourt then moved the forum to the second item on the agenda: SLUH’s policy on alcohol. DeBettencourt said that the main questions over SLUH’s policy have come from its treatment of its misrepresentation on the Internet (specifically on Facebook). DeBettencourt, directing his question to Schenkenberg, asked what kind of punishment would occur if a student were to be pictured with alcohol, or if alcohol were to be blurred out of a picture with a student on the Internet. Schenkenberg did not answer, suggesting instead that the letter concerning Internet misrepresentation released to parents last January be read again, and that STUCO meet with Assistant Principal for student affairs H. Eric Clark.

DeBettencourt also suggested that changes be made to the Parent-Student Hand-

May 19, 2006 book concerning alcohol on the Internet.

Schenkenberg said, “I’d be happy to talk with Mr. Clark about that.”

Senior Cliff Leek questioned another part of the alcohol policy, the seemingly vague wording of the punishments described in the Parent-Student Handbook. “I think we need to have a more defined punishment for (alcohol abuse) because when you have (weak wording) it results in different students being punished in different ways, which is unjust in my opinion,” Leek said.

DeBettencourt said that different punishments for different students are appropriate, because there are “different levels” of infractions that can occur, and it would be unfair to punish every student in the same way for less serious offenses.

Another crowd member said that he thought the school’s alcohol policy for athletics was also weak, citing that a first offense for baseball will result in a two-game suspension, and a first offense for track only results in a one-meet suspension. The student said that a more harsh first offense for athletics would help to prevent a first infraction.

Merrill said later, “I think (the policy) is fine,” but he also said that Athletic Director Dick Wehner, not Mr. Clark, makes the decisions about athletic punishments.

The question of the use of breathalyzers at school events also arose. A student suggested that breathalysers should be used more publicly to act as a deterrent. Merrill said, “I think we should (breathalyze) more publicly. I think at Sno Ball we did everyone, and I think that was good. Maybe it’s harder to do at the mixers, but if we do it once every so often, I think people will (stop).”

Herman noted that, “No SLUH guys have been a problem” so far at mixers and dances with regard to alcohol abuse.

Sports Officer Connor Cole ran the third portion of the forum, which discussed the topic of student involvement on committees.

Similar to the criticism of STUCO for the lack of student involvement in the constitution change, the administration has also been questioned for the lack of a legitimate student perspective on some of its committees.

Cole said that he would like to “expand student input” on some committees.

Schenkenberg said that the administration is in the process of selecting a junior

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(from 5) Kirkwood for a victory, 25-20, in the third game.

While the victory came with teamwork, junior Rory Faust’s incredible performance at the net with 17 kills in the three games represented one of the best individual efforts of the season.

Just a few hours later, the TQbills returned to the court against MCC rival DeSmet. Like the Pioneers earlier, the Spartans at first played at a higher level than in previous meetings.

While the “SeeYa”bills kept a small lead throughout the game behind the play of Heine and others, the Spartans never went away. However, after a timeout at 20-18, the Killbills took care of business, 25-22.

The second game held a very different experience for SLUH because the Spartans had begun to tire and wear out after two straight matches. With eight kills in two games for Murphy Troy and six aces from Brian Schneier, the TQbills took the game, 25-14, and the match 2-0, for a place in the finals.

For the second-ranked Vianney Griffins, the day moved in the opposite direction.

After an easy quarterfinal victory over Fort Zumwalt South, Vianney ran head on into a inspired CBC team who had just upset thirdranked Oakville in the quarterfinals. The teams split the first two games with sloppy performances. While the room swayed to CBC’s favor, Vianney’s size eventually overcame their large amount of errors to claim a place against SLUH in the finals.

(from 7) regular season, going 13-2. However, Ladue only played one team that qualified for the playoffs this year and remains untested.

“Ladue was successful in the regular season, but if we play our game we can beat them,” said Brescia.

If the Jr. Bills win the first playoff game, they will face the winner of the CBC/ MICDS game. MICDS gained a first round bye while CBC defeated Blue Valley West to advance to the quarters. SLUH struggled against the Rams and lost 8-1 at MICDS.

The Jr. Bills defeated the Cadets on a soggy, rainy day 6-4 and nearly destroyed CBC’s playoff hopes.

However, the Cadets defeated none other than MICDS to land a playoff berth. This quarterfinal match will pit the two against each other again and the winner will reach the semifinal. It’s important to note that MICDS is the two-time defending state champions.

At this point it’s too difficult to tell who will make the state finals, but all SLUH needs to do is win the next two games, and they will find themselves there. The success of this year’s lacrosse team would not have been possible without the support of the school as well as some particular individuals. The school

TROLL

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In her 25 years at SLUH, Troll has experienced the deaths of people close to her.

The death of Thornton, struck her particularly hard.

Troll looks forward to the future. She responded sarcastically, “For about one month, I plan on sleeping until noon, then I want to spend some quality time with my dog and cat. After that, I’ll come down (to SLUH) and laugh at all the people who are still working. After that, I’ll putter.”

Cummings concluded, “She really was a hidden treasure. She worked behind the scenes, keeping things going with no hooplah.”

allowed the team to practice on the SLUH stadium field and use all the helpful resources accompanying it. Likewise, all three teams (freshman, JV, and varsity) were allowed to play their home games on the field.

The entire lacrosse program would also like to thank moderator Mark Tychonievich for his dedication and help throughout the year by acting as the team’s SLUH representative. He attended all the home games and made sure everything was organized so the team could play without other distractions.

The team would also like to thank twoyear head varsity manager/statistician Corey May for attending all the games and keeping important statistical information.

The quarterfinal match against Lafayette/Ladue will take place Friday at 7:30 on the SLUH stadium. The team needs fans to come out and offer their support for a very important game.

“We are going for a State Championship this year. That’s all we want,” said Brescia.

If SLUH wins, the tentative date for the semifinals is May 24 at Washington University at either 6:00 or 8:00. The State finals are scheduled for May 27 at Washington University at 1:00 p.m.

photo by Seth Clampett

PN Nightbeat:

Volleyball’s Heartbreaking loss to

Vianney 25-23, 20-25, 27-29

The Jr. Bills lost in the championship match against Vianney in three closely contested games last night. From the start, both teams played in their best forms of the season. In the first game, behind the leadership of senior co-captains Kevin Heine, Dave Bosch, Joe Holloran, Joel Westwood (7, above), and Brian Schneier, the TQbills won 25-23. However, from the start of the second game the Jr. Bills stayed a few points behind the Griffins.

Even with freshman John Swanston stepping up to play setter, the Griffins’ consistent defense and hitting kept the Jr. Bills at bay 25-20. For many people, the tie-breaking third game represented some of the best volleyball they had ever witnessed. After trading leads throughout the game, the Griffins built at 24-21 lead. However, with a kill from Heine, a Vianney error, and a block from junior Murphy Troy (11, above), the Jr. Bills pulled the game to a 24-24 tie. While the Jr. Bills continued to play hard, the bounces went Vianney’s way for a 29-27 victory in the state championship. The Jr. Bills finished second in State with a 28-3 final record.

—compiled by Sam Stragand

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(from 3) so many others who regularly give their time for the sake of the students. I have enjoyed the friendships of my colleagues and will miss our regular banter, especially with those who began with me back in 2000. I will miss the daily goodness of the maintenance and custodial staff. I will fondly recall kind words from all our secretaries. I have been shaped by the holiness of our Jesuits and formed by the goodness of all my theology colleagues.

And finally, I have been overwhelmingly blessed by my teammates in Pastoral Ministry: Matt Stewart, Colleen Rockers, Fr. Harrison, and Becky Ferrigni. They each bring such dedication and commitment to what they do, and each have such a care and concern for the students of St. Louis U. High.

I feel honored to have been able to minister side by side with such great people.

Most of all, I will miss you, the students of the U. High. I will miss my theology students and their wacky questions from the “Sex Box” on Faith Fridays, I will miss my pro-lifers, who are so committed to such a wonderful cause, and I will miss terribly our trips to Washington, D.C. What a gift is was to be able to prayerfully witness alongside each of you to the importance of life, from womb to tomb. I will miss the Kairos retreats, and the unbelievable leaders, young men like David Rhoads, Dan Finucane, and Andrew

News Schroeder, among so many others. I will miss the faithful ones, those who come to every Fast Friday, daily Mass, and offer to lead prayer services and lead service trips. Your faith simply knocks my socks off. I will miss the League of Believers (Vitale, Sullivan, Broom, the McBrides, Schmidt, Finucane, Corbella, Place, and all the rest) and their intensity for faith, their hunger for the truth, and their commitment to community. I pray that they may always seek their faith with greathearted zeal.

I will miss all the students in some way, but I will particularly miss the runners of the school. Something happens to people when they run a lot (besides losing weight) – they form a bond of friendship that can’t quite be explained. It is a shared suffering or a common acceptance of pain (like the Billiken workout) that leads to powerful unity. We have shared tragedy and triumph, sorrow and exaltation. To all my boys, I won’t forget the experience of coaching you, nor the connection that we shared as human agents in this great drama. You made it a joy to coach at St. Louis University High School.

One final word for my wife, Stacey Elizabeth: Stacey has supported me through thick and thin and I am indebted to her beyond words. Without her support and love, I would not have been able to do what I have done for SLUH over these past 6 years. I

George returns to school photo by Matt Hubbard

English teacher Bill George returned to school yesterday. George has been out since his liver transplant a month ago.

Surgeons gave George permission to resume driving on Wednesday.

Doctors will monitor his progression over the next year, but George says everything is “going in the right direction.”

He says that now he is just trying to get stronger through more and more exercise each day.

May 19, 2006 am lucky to have her as my wife, and I am grateful that she is such a wonderful mother to our children.

I hope that St. Louis University High School remains the incredible academic institution for which it is so well known, but I PRAY that St. Louis University High School maintains its focus on what is most important: the development of a personal faith in Jesus, and a community that lovingly supports one another in building the Kingdom. May all of you truly become men of God and men for others.

Sincerely, Mr. Tim Chik

Recycling

(from 2) waste stream,” said Kuensting.

Money earned for turning the cans in goes to the Science Club, and, with each pound of cans now worth about 75 cents, the club earns a lot of money. They use the money to buy club equipment, such as water purifiers, compasses, backpacks, and a used GPS device.

About four weeks ago, senior Tony Meyer set up boxes in the cafeteria to collect plastic bottles for recycling. “I decided you don’t have to be part of an organization to help the environment. You can do your own thing,” Meyer explained.

He got the idea from doing work grant in the cafeteria everyday and seeing bottles in the trash. “I noticed the amount of bottles thrown away, found some boxes, and there you go,” Meyer said. Every Friday he takes about two full trash bags with him to be recycled at his home. He doesn’t get any money for it but gets to help out the environment for free. Meyer, who will be graduating, said that plastic bottle recycling will be assimilated into the rest of SLUH’s program next year, along with aluminum and paper.

Meyer continued, “If you estimate about 25 to 30 plastic bottles a day, multiply that by the number of school days in a year, and times that by the four years of being in high school and not recycling, you get a lot of wasted bottles.

“By everyone taking two extra seconds to put their waste in the right containers, we’re heading in the right direction,” summed up Leek. Without a doubt, Captain Planet would be proud.

News

May 19, 2006

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aldermen for the placement of a stop sign at the intersection of Wise and Macklind.

Zarrick said that both the neighboring Forest Park Community College and the Humane Society have been “very supportive” of the idea.

The gate that currently stands on Berthold Avenue near the southwest corner of the football stadium by the concession stand will be replaced with a more ornate design. “(The gate) will clearly say, ‘this is the entrance to St. Louis U. High,’” Zarrick said. The administration has been meeting with architects this week to review possible A: Circulator B: Turnaround C: Main Entrance Gate D: Science Center designs for the gate.

Primary Lot (student parking prohibited) Additionally, a wroughtroughly 670 spaces in the new student lot, not iron fence will replace the current chain-link including handicapped spaces. The parking one lining the southern edge of the football complex will be used jointly with the Sci- stadium, “to unite the campus’s architecture,” ence Center; however, SLUH students will Zarrick said. not be able to park on the Science Center’s The segment of Berthold east of this new primary lot. entrance gate will be turned into a four-lane

Access to Berthold from Macklind will road. A walkway will be installed along the no longer be available, and Zarrick said that street’s southern edge for pedestrians, and there are plans to place a gate at the west end a turnaround will be added at the eastern of the Berthold parking lot. This gate will end of this segment of road, in front of the be used only in “overflow” situations, when entrance to the gymnasium. This turnaround many people want to leave the lot at one time, will replace the faculty lot off of Oakland and will not be used by SLUH students on a Avenue as the school’s primary pick-up and daily basis. drop-off area.

To increase safety for both drivers and The senior parking lot, which sits across pedestrians in the new parking area, a cir- Berthold from the gym, will be demolished culator will be placed where the segment of and replaced with a recreational “green Berthold currently being torn up lies. Accord- space,” which Zarrick said will be the equivaing to Zarrick, the circulator is a “Hershey’s lent of 1.5-2 practice fields. Zarrick added kiss” shaped concrete median which will that there is some debate over whether the regulate the flow of traffic coming west on green space should be one continuous field Berthold. Science Center patrons will drive or should be terraced. along the north side of the circulator and Finally, as an added security meainto the Science Center’s lots, while SLUH sure, Zarrick said that a 16-foot high fence students will continue along the circulator will “probably” be placed along the campus’s and into the parking lots south of Berthold. southern perimeter behind the soccer and (see diagram). baseball stadiums.

Students will no longer exit the campus Zarrick said that at this time, no cost by driving up the SLUH/Science Center figures are available for this summer’s dedriveway to Oakland Avenue; instead, Di- velopments, which should all be complete d rector of Security Charlie Clark has recom- before school resumes on August 21, largely mended that students exit the parking lot because the school is currently in the process to the south, via East Avenue, taking Wise of receiving bids from various contracting Avenue west to Macklind Avenue. Zarrick companies. said that the school will soon lobby the city’s (from 1) the sophomore/junior lot with the Science Center’s. According to Director of Facilities Patrick Zarrick, this section should be paved before the current school year expires.

Zarrick said that once the entire parking complex is completed, SLUH will have

Photo Illustration by Kyle Kloster

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(from 16) to be on the academic affairs committee.

However, she also said, “I don’t know how appropriate it is on some committees for students to be present.”

Cole suggested that students be involved in the selection of new courses and curriculum changes, as well as the selection of the summer reading books.

After the floor was opened for general questions, sophomore Will Hartzler lambasted STUCO for not making a master calendar of events of all SLUH clubs as they had promised to do. To solve the problem, Hartzler boldly stood up and revealed his own self-made master calendar and handed it to Schenkenberg.

Junior Ben Brooks then voiced his concern over the general arrogance and bullying that goes on in school, but his comments were cut short as the bell rang, ending STUCO’s fourth quarterly forum.

“I thought it went really well,” Merrill said.

Announcements

This year, SLUH placed first in our region (consisting of several Midwestern states) and seventh in the nation in the Physics Bowl competition. This year, more than 6180 students from more than 280 high schools participated

Junior Dave Shahin placed first in our region and tied for 25th in the nation. Fellow juniors Tim Ryan and Rob Perkins tied for second in our region and tied for 41st in the nation.

2006 Father/Son Golf Tournament

(Sponsored by the Fathers’ Club) When: Sat. June 17, 2006 Where: Norman J. Probstein Golf Course

(Forest Park) Registration: 7:00 a.m.

Shotgun Start: 7:30 a.m.

(Four-Man Scramble) For a registration form, please visit the SLUH website--www.sluh.org Send in your registration A.S.A.P.! (We can only accommodate the first 192 golfers) SLUH students Josh Dripps and Zack Stein participated in the second annual card party and raised $800 for St. Louis Variety charity on March 31. Variety serves children with physical and mental disabilities in the St. Louis region.

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FRIDAY, MAY 19

Schedule R Pizza Sticks, Chicken Rings

MONDAY, MAY 22 Schedule R Senior Grades due

TUESDAY, MAY 23 Schedule H 12:15 Dismissal

Calendar

Staff Appreciation Dinner

THURSDAY, MAY 25

English & Math Exams NHS Used Book Sale, 11:30-12:30pm V BB Sectional Game, Time & Place TBA V TN State Tournament thru 5/27

FRIDAY, MAY 26

Foreign Language & Social Studies

Exams

Science & Theology Exams NHS Used Book Sale, 7-8am & 11:30-

12:30pm Graduation Mass & Dinner V TRK State Championship thru 5/27 @

(from 3) Therefore, saying that the “Sodality will be participating in” anything would be illogical and a misrepresentation of ourselves and our club. What apparently did happen was that our club’s moderator published the said announcement without consulting any of the club members.

Many church officials are encouraging Catholics to avoid or be cautious in approaching the film, but Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia in a column published in the April 27 issue of The Catholic Standard & Times, Philadelphia’s archdiocesan newspaper, said, “It is pure fiction and the novel is identified as such. Unfortunately, too many people believe the story.” Many other popular films employ plots of fiction, but derive no complex unless the viewer actually believes it. Imagine the problems that would arise if everyone actually believed that Star Wars was non-fiction. Furthermore, in a letter to Catholics in his diocese, Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli of Wilmington, Delaware, said: “Many have found The Da Vinci Code

entertaining. Others have found it offensive.

Sadly, some have found it believable. For them, the book may inflame prejudice or precipitate a crisis of faith, because if one takes The Da Vinci Code at face value, one could conclude that everything the church has taught about Christ is a lie.” He added, “Neither book nor film should cause you to be discouraged or lose heart. In the Catholic Church, the glory of God has been and continues to be revealed fully and in truth for Christ’s faithful people.”

The bottom line is, if one views The Da Vinci Code as a method of entertainment (as I, T.J. Keeley, probably will be Friday evening) because the puzzles are fascinating, Ron Howard’s direction is inspiring, or one loves Tom Hanks (and who doesn’t), what sin are we committing? What great schism will occur in the church? Where the problem lies is in the conception of this material as fact. Any faith that is shaken by this film or its novel was not strong faith to begin with.

What this film probably will prompt the American public to do is to ask questions, to

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24

SODALITY

Prep News Eveningbeats

Tennis

Last night the Sousabills swept sectional competiton versus their Francis Howell North opponents.

Each individual player lost at most two games. Because the team won on Nos. 1 through 6 singles, the varsitybills had no need for doubles competition and will now advance to State as a team.

Baseball

The Basebills shellacked their first opponent of district play, Normandy, last night, 9-1. They will take on Ritenour in the District 6 championship this afternoon at 4:30. If the Jr. Bills win their district, they will meet the winner of District 5 (either Chaminade, Gateway, Kirkwood, Roosevelt, or Webster Groves) in the Stadium at St. Louis U. High on May 25.

May 19, 2006 May 19 - Aug. 21

Lincoln University, Time TBA ENJOY YOUR SUMMER VACATION

SUNDAY, MAY 27

Graduation at Powell Hall, 1pm Senior Lock-In

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 Grades Due, 10am

MONDAY, AUGUST 21

Classes Resume Thank you all for your readership, and for making this year as great as it was!

—the staff of PN 70 stir debate, and to seek the truth as answers to their questions. As Mr. Chik stressed in prayer service of Tuesday, “Seek the truth,” and the truth lies in the Word. The Word is the gift from God to His people. Remember Jesus Christ once said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Light. No one comes to the Father, but through me.” If we search in all the right places for truth, there truth we will find. It is important as our development as humans to seek the truth and to find the truth. As our Prep News states on the front of every issue, “If nothing else, value the truth.” Finally, we would like to remind you that this is not a Sodality sponsored event and that in order to read the book, search under “Brown, Dan,” in the fiction section.

Yours in Christ, Bretton DeLaria, T. William Hartzler and T.J. Keeley

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(from 12) program for freshmen is something that we could look at, because we know that there’s a good one out there, and because it’s a way of building on Direction Days, which are excellent here. ... I think a retreat in that first year is an important thing to pursue, which I will do. Now, I won’t do it without trying to make sure that it respects the culture of SLUH. ...

You can start with Direction Days; senior advisors are wonderful traditions. Senior Follies which I went to for the first time is an outstanding tradition. Senior service projects ... the manner in which it’s done here is tremendous. It’s a great tradition.”

Awards

May 19, 2006

Class of 2006 Scholarship Awards - By Student

The scholarships listed below were reported to the Counseling Department by seniors who presented written documentation of their award(s). The list is current as of 5/17/06.

KEY: a: Academic ath: Athletic d: Diversity j: Jesuit School l: Leadership s: Service t: Talent (art, music, theater) *: Scholarship accepted by student

Abram, Mark--University of Dayton (a)* Ackerman, Ricky--Centre College (a)*, Marquette University (a, j), Rhodes College (a), St. Louis University (a), Xavier University (a) Affholder, Brock--Indiana University Bloomington (a), Texas Christian University (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Aiazzi, Matt--University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Alessi, Anthony--University of Dayton (a) Ampleman, Alex--Creighton University (a), Fairfield University (a), Rockhurst University (a), University of Dayton (a), Xavier University (a)* Ampleman, Matt--Centre College (a), Kenyon College (a), Knox College (a), Miami University - Oxford Campus (a), Washington University in St. Louis (a)* Anderson, Ben--Truman State University (a)*, University of Missouri - Columbia (a), Valparaiso University (a) Appelbaum, Nick--Loyola Marymount University (j)* Austermann, Devin--Loyola University of Chicago (j), Spring Hill College (j)*, Truman State University (a), University of Tulsa (a) Azar, Stephen--Marquette University (a), Miami University Oxford Campus (a)*, Texas Christian University (a), University of Dayton (a), University of Kansas (a) Bannister, Mike--Loyola University of Chicago (a), Marquette University (a), St. Louis University (a), University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Bauman, John--Clemson University (a), Creighton University (a, j), St. Louis University (a), Tulane University (a), University of Dayton (a), University of Tulsa (a)*, Valparaiso University (a) Bauwens, Rob--Knox College (a, t)* Bell, Tony--Truman State University (a, l)* Berndsen, Zack--Creighton University (a), DePauw University (a)*, Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), St. Louis University (a), Truman State University (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Bertucci, Tony--Cornell University (ath)*, Creighton University (a), Florida Institute of Technology (a), St. Louis University (a), Tulane University (a), University of Dayton (a), University of

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Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (a) Boff, Evan--Miami University - Oxford Campus (a), Southern Methodist University (a)* Bonner, Andy--United States Air Force Academy (a)* Boone, Phil--Washington University in St. Louis (a)* Brescia, Alex--Catholic University of America (a), Georgetown University (a), Indiana University Bloomington (a), Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Marquette University (a, j, l), St. Louis University (a), University of Notre Dame (a)* Broom, Michael--University of Dayton (a), Valparaiso University (a) Burnworth, J.C.--Johnson & Wales University (a)*, Nicholls State University (a) Bushmeyer, Chris--Bradley University (a), University of Dayton (a, d)*, University of Missouri - Columbia (d) Bushong, Jordan--Loyola University of Chicago (j) Christopher, Nathan--Truman State University (a)* Clampett, Seth--American University (a), Fordham University (a), Georgetown University (a), New York University (a)* Cole, Connor--University of Dayton (a) Cole, Isaiah--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Cummings, Sam--St. Louis University (a)* Cunningham, Jack--Bradley University (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)*, Webster University (a) Dennis, Nick--University of Missouri - Columbia (a), University of Missouri - Rolla (a)* Doherty, Michael--Truman State University (a)*, University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Edmundson, Bryan--University of Dayton (a)* Eilers, Mike--Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Miami University - Oxford Campus (a)*, Xavier University (a) Engelbrecht, Joshua--St. Louis University (a) Esslinger, Jason--Creighton University (a, j), Indiana University Bloomington (a), St. Louis University (a) Farley, Ben--St. Louis University (a), University of Notre Dame (a)*, University of Tulsa (a), Xavier University (a, j) Favazza, Richard--Truman State University (a) Favier, Ben--University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Favignano, Andy--Marquette University (a, j), St. Louis University (a)* Finucane, Dan--St. Louis University (a)* Fitzgerald, Austin--University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Gaia, Charlie--St. Louis University (a)* Garvey, Timothy--Truman State University (a), University of Dayton (a) Geisman, Ben--Marquette University (a, j, s), University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)*, University of Tulsa (a) Glaser, Tim--Truman State University (a) Going, Wes--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Grady, Max--Bradley University (a), University of Missouri - Rolla (a) Griesenauer, Doug--University of Tulsa (a)*

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Class of 2006 Scholarship Awards - By Student

Gropler, Steven--University of Dayton (a) Guilfoy, Mike--Creighton University (a, l, s), Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Marquette University (a, j), St. Louis University (a), University of Tulsa (a)* Hadler, David--Marquette University (a, j), University of Missouri - Columbia (a), University of Missouri - Rolla (a)* Hagen, Killian--Trinity University (a)* Hartmann, Brett--Valparaiso University (a)* Hartwig, Brian--United States Air Force Academy (a)*, University of Dayton (a) Heck, Joe--St. Louis University (a) Heine, Kevin--Ohio State University - Columbus Campus (a, ath)* Hennelly, Jamie--Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Miami University - Oxford Campus (a), St. Louis University (a) Hennicke, Mike--Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Marquette University (a, j)*, St. Louis University Hess, Carl--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Hipkiss, Steve--Illinois Institute of Technology (a), Truman State University (a)* Hoffmann, Chris--St. Mary’s University (a)*, Truman State University (a) Hogan, Max--Truman State University (a), University of Tulsa (a)* Holden, Jonathan--Truman State University (a)* Holloran, Joe--University of Dayton (a) Howenstein, Kevin--Creighton University (a, j), Marquette University (a, j, s), Miami University - Oxford Campus (a) Huether, Tim--Truman State University (l), University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Hunt, Eric--Brown University (ath)* Jacobs, Nicholas--Central Missouri State University (a), Truman State University (a), Webster University (a)* Jansen, Tim--University of Missouri - Rolla (a)* Jennewein, Chris--St. Louis University (a), Xavier University (a) Jonagan, Michael--Regis University (a, j) Jones, Tony--St. Louis University (a)*, University of Missouri - Rolla (a) Kainz, Steve--Truman State University (a)* Kaiser, Drew--University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a), Xavier University (a)* Kelly, David--Knox College (a), Marquette University (a, j), Rhodes College (a), Xavier University (a)* Kloster, Kyle--Bard College (a), Fordham University (a)*, Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Washington University in St. Louis (a) Kohnen, Paul--Bradley University (a)* Kostecki, Geran--Washington University in St. Louis (a)* Krebs, Brian--Loyola University of Chicago (a), University of Dayton (a), Trinity University (a) Kruse, Tony--St. Louis University (a)* Laurentius, Mike--University of Missouri - Rolla (a)* Lawless, Shane--Truman State University (a, l)* Layton, Neil--University of Missouri - Columbia (a)*, University of Missouri - Rolla (a) Layton, Sean--University of Missouri - Columbia (a), University of Missouri - Rolla (a)* Leek, Cliff--Willamette University (a)* Lesko, David--Truman State University (a) Livergood, Rob--Truman State University (a)*, University of Dayton

May 19, 2006

(a) Ludwig, Matt--United States Air Force Academy (a)*, University of Missouri - Rolla (a) Luebbert, Alex--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Luecking, Drew--University of Missouri - Rolla (a), Washington University in St. Louis (a)* Malecek, Tim--University of Missouri - Columbia (a), Valparaiso University (a) Mannhard, Michael--University of Dayton (a) Mantych, Greg--Marquette University (a, j), Santa Clara University (j), St. Louis University (a), Texas Christian University (a), University of Denver (a), University of San Diego (a), University of Southern California (a) Margherio, Patrick--University of Dayton (a) Marincel, Dan--University of Missouri - Rolla (a)* Mattera, Tony--Spring Hill College (j)* May, Corey--Indiana University Bloomington (a)*, Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Tulane University (a), University of Dayton (a) McCarthy, Mike--Truman State University (a)* Meagher, Danny--Truman State University (a)* Meier, Zach--Truman State University (a)* Meyer, Cory--Knox College (a), Rockhurst University (a), St. Louis University (a, j), University of Tulsa (a), Westminster College (a, t)* Meyer, Tony--Hendrix College (a), Knox College (a)*, St. Louis University (a), Truman State University (a) Miller, Andrew--Rockhurst University (a), St. Louis University (a)*, University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Miller, Geoff--Truman State University (a), Wartburg College (a)* Mitchell, David--Case Western Reserve University (a), Grinnell College (a), Illinois Wesleyan University (a), Kenyon College (a), Knox College (a), St. Olaf College (a)*, Truman State University (a), University of Tulsa (a) Mohs, Clint--Truman State University (a)* Moramarco, Mike--Knox College (a, t), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Mudd, David--Truman State University (a), University of Missouri - Rolla (a)* Mulligan, Shane--Creighton University (j), Loyola University of Chicago (j), St. Louis University*, University of Dayton (a) Murphy-Baum, Ben--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Nahlik, Louis--Central Missouri State University (a)* Niehaus, Nick--Case Western Reserve University (a), Tulane University (a), Washington University in St. Louis (a)* Niese, David--Truman State University (a)*, University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Odem, Brian--Marquette University (a, ath)* Orbe, Jeff--St. Louis University (a)* Pickering, Dan--University of Tulsa (a)* Powell, Philip--Knox College (a), Truman State University (a)* Purcell, Mike--Truman State University (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Rathmann, Jimmy--University of Dayton (a) Reynolds, Dan--Creighton University (a)*, John Carroll University (a), Marquette University (a, j), St. Louis University (a), Xavier University (a) Reynolds, Jeremy--Lafayette College (a), Marquette University (a), Miami University - Oxford Campus (a), Northeastern University (a), St. Louis University (a), University of Dayton (a), University of Notre

May 19, 2006

Class of 2006 Scholarship Awards - By Student

Dame (a)*, University of Tulsa (a) Rice, Scott--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Richardson, Kevin--Rockhurst University (a), St. Louis University (a), Truman State University (a)*, Xavier University (a, j) Riganti, Nick--Spring Hill College (a, j)*, University of Dayton (a) Rockers, Josh--Millikin University (a, t)*, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (t), Southwest Missouri State University (t) Roehr, Jeremy--Kansas State University (a), Truman State University (a), University of Kansas (a)* Ruemker, Nick--United States Air Force Academy (a)* Rusch, Jason--University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Santangelo, Mike--Truman State University (a)*, University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Scariot, Jim--Creighton University (a, j)*, Fontbonne University (a) Schaefer, Jim--Loyola Marymount University (a, j)*, Marquette University (a, j), Southern Methodist University (a), University of Dayton (a), University of Miami (a) Schisler, Tim--Purdue University (a), University of Kansas (a)* Schlote, Ben--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Schmidt, Tim--Marquette University (a, j), Rockhurst University (a), St. Louis University (a), Xavier University (a, j)* Schneier, Brian--Loyola University of Chicago (a, j), Ohio State University - Columbus Campus (a), University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Schranck, Chris--University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Seltzer, Tim--Columbia College Chicago (a)* Sharp, Mark--Quincy University (a), St. Norbert College (a) Shaver, Dan--Truman State University (a) Shimizu, Taro--Case Western Reserve University (a), Knox College (a), University of Missouri - Rolla (a), Washington University in St. Louis (a)* Shostrand, John--University of Dayton (a) Starnes, Matt--Marquette University (a, j), Southern Methodist University (a), Texas Christian University (a), University of Miami (a)* Steitz, David--Indiana University Bloomington (a), Loyola University of Chicago (j), St. Louis University (a)* Stewart, Dan--University of Colorado at Boulder (a)*, University of Dayton (a) Stragand, Sam--American University (a), Beloit College (a), College of Wooster (a), Grinnell College (a)*, Kenyon College (a), Knox College (a) Szewczyk, Eddie--Loyola University New Orleans (a, j), Penn State Dubois Campus (a)*, St. Louis University (a, t), The Pennsylvania State University - University Park (a) Thies, Mark--University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Turco, Patrick--Truman State University (a)* Turnbough, Will--Truman State University (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Venker, Stephen--University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Verhoff, Brandon--University of Dayton (a), University of Missouri - Columbia (a) Walsh, Matt--University of Missouri - Columbia (a), Webster University (a)* Weiss, Zach--Marquette University (a, j), University of Dayton (a, ath)* Welch, Patrick--Marquette University (a)*

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Westwood, Joel--Vanderbilt University (a)* Wheeland, Danny--University of Dayton (a) Wilmsmeyer, Matt--Creighton University (a), Illinois Institute of Technology (a)*, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (a), University of Tulsa (a) Wingbermuehle, Nick--Knox College (a), Truman State University (a) Winker, Thad--Xavier University (a, j)* Winkler, Dan--St. Louis University (a, j), University of Missouri - Columbia (a)* Wotawa, Joe--Truman State University (a)*, University of Dayton (a) Wulf, Brian--University of Alabama (a)* Zelaya, Patrick--University of Missouri - Columbia (a)