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Hispanic Heritage St. Louis celebrates culture and identity

By WOLF HOWARD News Editor

Emphasizing the transitional nature of the 2013 – 2014 academic year, Vidur Sharma, president of Saint Louis University’s Student Government Association, said that the biggest concern for SGA will be ensuring that students are heard on the upcoming issues.

“Our goal is to make sure that we have a voice, that students are continually represented throughout all these changes and that they have an influence throughout all these changes,” Sharma said.

“We came out of a year that’s pretty tough, it’s important that we continue on an upward trajectory.”

Sharma’s emphasis on change echoes a letter from Interim President Bill Kauffman, sent out to the SLU community on Monday.

In the letter Kauffman briefly outlined the administrational structure that have

By JESSICA WINTER Associate News Editor

As minority groups continue to grow in the US, so does the reason to celebrate them.

Last weekend, St. Louis partook in the appreciation of one of its smallest minority groups, Hispanics, at the Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival at Kiener Plaza.

The festival, hosted by the non-profit organization Hispanic Festival, Inc., encouraged all St. Louisans to help in celebrating the Hispanic culture and community. “[We aim to] share the rich and colorful Hispanic culture with the Greater St. Louis area,” said Elisa Bender, fundraiser development coordinator of Hispanic Festival, Inc. Saint Louis University’s own Hispanic-American Leadership Organization (HALO) also shares this goal, and the group was able to use this heritage celebration as their first outing for the year.

“The festival falls during Hispanic Heritage Month and is a great way to celebrate all Hispanic countries,” remarked HALO President Sara Paracha.

HALO functions as a support system for Hispanic students at SLU. Their mission is to promote Hispanic culture and awareness while helping both the university and the Greater St. Louis community.

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Rocketry Club: Up, up and away

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Hofstadter: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and renowned philosopher is set to speak at SLU on Sept. 20.

By WOLF HOWARD News Editor

Douglas Hofstadter, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and multi-disciplinary thinker, has been scheduled to speak at Saint Louis University on Sept. 20.

The event will be hosted

by SLU’s Philosophy Club and the group is ecstatic about the opportunity to host the man that club President Ben Conover called “one of our century’s preeminent thinkers.”

“It’s hard to beat a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who discovered one of the few fractals in Physics, discovered new things about triangles, composed his own music, and is an expert in translation,” Tim Schmitz, the club’s Vice President, said of the value of having Hofstadter appear on campus. “It is sort of like meeting your favorite athlete, if your favorite athlete played

12 sports and excelled at all of them.”

Hofstadter’s talk is titled “What is a strange loop and what is it like to be one?”

“The phrase ‘strange loop’ probably doesn’t mean much to the average person,” Schmitz said. “But Hofstadter’s love of analogies helps him convey this unique interpretation of consciousness and identity.”

While the title of his talk makes neither the topic nor the discipline of conversation readily apparent, Schmitz stated that Hofstadter tends to speak on ideas that span many disciplines.

“He’s made significant contributions to not just Philosophy, but also fields with major philosophical consequences, such as cognitive science, physics, mathematics, aesthetics, and artificial intelligence,” Schmitz said.

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Launching rockets is something that Brian Kovarik, vice president of the SLU Rocketry Club, loves to do.

“Once you see it, you’re addicted,” he said. “The rockets go so high, and they’re so energetic, you can’t not like it.” The Rocketry Club is one of SLU’s newest clubs, and it was formed to help people learn how to design and build rockets.

The club will be working on three projects this year that involve these rockets, according to Denana Vehab,

president of the club. In one, launching a quadrocopter, a the club will help its memtype of unmanned aerial vebers to design and build their hicle (UAV), from a 12-foot own rocket. These members rocket. The quadrocopter will then is a technolgain a Level ogy that has One High many uses.

The rockets go so Power Cer“We use tification, them in rehigh, and they’re which will connaisso energetic, you allow them sance, movto fly their ies, and to can’t not like it. own rockfilm anything ets. In anup high.

-Brian Kovarik, VP other projThere’s even of SLU Rocketry ect, the club some on will design campus that and build you can see movable fly around,” fins on a rocket. The third said Kovarik. “We could use and final project that the them to search after a natuclub is working on involves ral disaster or a forest fire, or

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for military applications.”

The military applications that Kovarik mentioned include the ability to save lives. According to Kovarik, the man who won the first Medal of Honor in Vietnam lost his life climbing a hill in order to communicate with airplanes and coordinate airstrikes. Nowadays, a rocket equipped with a quadrocopter would be able to do the same job without the cost of human life.

Because of the usefulness of rockets in launching quadrocopters and other UAV’s, many organizations See “Rocketry” on Page 2

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“If we made this a real priority, I think we could hold Assad and his abusers to account, as well as those on the rebel side.”

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Settlement dates to the 12th and 13th centuries

HALO Welcome Back Kick-Off Saturday, Sept. 14, 12:00-2:00 p.m.

(SLU Ruba) The Hispanic-American Leadership Organizaiton’s first event of the year will have music, food, sand volleyball and pool fun. Anyone interested in joining HALO is welcome to attend.

KSLU 24-Hour Broadcast

Friday, Sept. 13, 7:00 a.m. to Saturday, Sept. 14, 7:00 a.m.

(KSLU Studio) The SLU student-run radio station is hosting their annual 24hour broadcast. The studio broadcasts to their online stream for 24 hours. The day will feature games, food, live performances and a slew of DJs. Courtesy of Thomas Finan

Lough Key: Students walk around the outside of an ancient Gaelic Fortress in Ireland, discovered by Thomas Finan

By JACKIE STACHIW Contributor & JESSICA WINTER Associate News Editor

Over the summer, a group of SLU students accompanied History professor Thomas Finan to Northern Ireland where they discovered a Gaelic fortress.

The area was the location of a high-status lordship, the MacDermonts, and had been relatively untouched until Finan and his team came to the scene.

When asked on his reasons for coming to the area, Finan said he had been researching the general area for over a decade.

Katheryn Ruble, one of the students who accompanied Finan, remarked on the variety of tools that the

group was able to utilize.

“We were fortunate enough to be able to borrow some equipment from the University in Galway, thanks to Paul Naessens,” said Ruble.

Like many other students, Ruble had had no prior experience working with the equipment, but the handson experience allowed them to become familiar with it.

Students also said that the teachers were extremely enthusiastic about wanting them to truly learn the techniques of surveying. With the help of these instructors, the group soon came across an amazing find.

“While we had high expectations, we did not know what would turn up,” Finan commented.

The team found not only

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a Gaelic fortress, but many other pieces of history as well, such as roads and other small buildings that were once inhabited.

Not only was the discovery prosperous, but the experience as a whole was enjoyable for the group.

Despite the heat wave in Ireland, Finan reported that the trip was a fulfilling one.

He remarked that projects such as this feed his love for history and archeology, and that working hard alongside the students on a research project is one of the reasons why he does it.

With a successful trip like this, one cannot help but wonder what Finan and others will do now.

“Our first step is submitting our report to the Irish National Monuments Ser-

vice as part of our license to survey,” said Finan. “I’m also going to be presenting these results at a major conference on Gaelic Archaeology and Identity being held at the Clinton Center in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland in October.”

According to Finan, this presentation will then be published in a volume on later medieval Ireland.

That is not all for Finan, however. Because virtually nothing was known about the settlement, Finan and his colleague, Paul Naessens, hope to return to the site for the possibility of an excavation.

The trip was so successful that students like Ruble are considering traveling back to Ireland to enroll in an archeology master’s program.

Great Issues Committee: Ben Stein Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7:00 p.m.

(Wool Ballrooms) Economist, writer, lawyer, actor and social commentator Bill Stein is set to give a speech titled “What Does It All Mean for You? The Economic Meltdown: How It Happened and How You Can Survive It and Thrive.”

Puelo Scholarship Presentations Thursday, Sept. 19, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

(Sinquefeld Room) The seven students that received the 2013 Mev Puelo Scholarship are going to present on their experiences over the summer.

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promote students to launch rockets. In fact, NASA held its University Student Launch Initiative competition in 2012, and the formation of the club is rooted in competing in USLI. “There was a group of four students before me, who have all graduated now,” Kovarik said. “They were originally part of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics chapter here, but they wanted to put a UAV on a rocket.”

This ambition led those four students, who began planning in July 2011, to design and build a rocket

that could carry a UAV and This charter has allowed compete in the NASA comthe club to budget much petition. Within months, the more easily, leading to the club had begun to outgrow club’s ability to participate SLU’s Amerin different ican Insticompetitute of Aerotions.

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2012, the a NASA coclub, which op and find -Brian Kovarik, VP was looking work at the to gain charMarshall of SLU Rocketry ter, received Space Flight probationCenter. Of ary status, a status that all the four students who iniclubs looking to gain charter tially formed the club, two must go through. By Novemwent on to work at Boeing, ber of that same year, the while two became graduate club became fully chartered. students. Kovarik added that

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building these rockets allows for engineering students to apply what they learn in class. However, the club is open to all.

“We’re multidisciplinary,” said Kovarik. “We can use engineering students, business students, and anyone else. We can make use of everyone.”

Despite the various competitions and opportunities that club members have gained through their activities, Kovarik stated that the reason the club has been so successful is their common interest in rocketry.

“In the end, we just like blowing things up, and making things fly,” he said.

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Hofstadter: On SGA: Year of change, opportunity being and self “He’ll be interesting to intellectually active people in a number of fields besides philosophy.”

According to Conover, the discussion will focus on the issue of how self-reference, i.e. the concept of “I” or the self, functions in human consciousness. He stated that despite the potentially overwhelming concept matter, Hofstadter’s presentation should be engaging and accessible to many students.

“His style of speaking is highly entertaining so students should be ready to enjoy themselves and learn a great deal about the human self!” Conover said.

The author has written at length about the ideas to be presented in his talk. His 1979 book “Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid,” for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction in 1980, first introduced his ideas on human cognition and the concept of self.

He attempted to return to his original ideas with a more simplistic approach in his 2007 book “I Am a Strange Loop.”

The chance to host the renowned philosopher is a large step forward for the Philosophy Club, as the organization has aimed to maintain a more active presence on campus.

Last spring the club hosted its first undergraduate

conference, during which three philosophers from across the midwest presented keynote speeches.

The philosophy club executive board aims to continue the growth the group has seen over the past two years by hosting more speaking events. The organization is already planning a 2nd undergraduate conference in the spring of 2014 in addition to the new year-long event called The Philosophers of Science Speaking Series.

“The Philosophers of Science Speaker Series aims to bring in prominent thinkers whose work illuminates the intersection of philosophy and science in the hope of bringing students with diverse interests together for intellectually stimulating dialogue and education,” Conover said.

Hofstadter’s appearance will be the first in the series.

The Philosophy Club will also host the physicist and philosopher Jeffrey Bub as part of the series on Oct. 8.

According to Conover, the Speaker Series theme will change yearly according to the primary topics of interest to students.

In November the club will hold their annual Disputed Question, an event where eight undergraduate students respond to a question the club presents.

This year’s question is: “Should authority come from the majority?” w

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President: Vidur Sharma gives a speech at the SGA Inauguration, held on Sept. 11.

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followed from his appointment as Interim before promising to listen, collaborate and work hard on behalf of the faculty, staff and students at SLU. “I know there has been a great deal of change at [SLU] in recent months,” Kauffman said in his letter. “But through all of our changes, one thing has remained the same, and that is our Catholic, Jesuit mission. I know this job will not be without its challenges, but I take comfort — and strength — in knowing that you share my unwavering commitment to our mission.”Kauffman is scheduled to appear at the Sept. 25 SGA assembly.

said. “I look forward to playAs SGA President, Sharing the student role and the ma, in conjunction with student voice in that entire Ann Knezetec, SGA’s vice process. Generally speaking president of student develI have a very positive outlook opment, will serve as the on this year.” primary Sharma channels acknowlfor comThis is a big year edged the municating where we can make challenge of student conaccurately cerns with some big gains and representing the Board some big wins for the ideas of of Trustees, the entire university.

SGA’s 14,000 the adminisstudent contrative body -Vidur Sharma, stituents, but that will SGA President hopes to dehave the fivelop a more nal say in the robust sense next univerof general student opinion sity president among many through less formal channels other important issues. than surveys and assembly “This is a big year where meetings. we can make some big gains “One thing that we as an and some big wins for the executive board have comentire university,” Sharma

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mitted to doing is showing up to student events at least once a week,” he said. “I hope that as we form a senate that senate will do the same.”

Sharma noted the constant involvement of this year’s executive board in fall welcome events and how their attendance allowed them to get to know a large number of students.

He hopes that by attending events put on by SLU’s assorted student organizations SGA will get more information than surveys can provide.

“I hope that by reaching out into these student organizations that we are able to tap into what these students are thinking in a very relaxed scenario,” he said. “Surveys only go so far. You can get some good feedback by surveys but you can really get better feedback if you’re out there with those you represent.”

Outside of the search for a new president, Sharma listed the bidding process for SLU’s food contract, preparation for future housing concerns and internal development of SGA as the primary issues his executive board expects to contend with.

“Internally speaking, I think that we’re looking at figuring out how we can be a more effective body. And kind of looking and seeing how we compare to other SGAs at schools our size and other Jesuit universities.

And kind of looking at our own functions and looking at if we can make some improvements there as well.”

Heritage: HALO promotes cultural, historical education “The festival is great for getting a taste of many Hispanic countries’ food and culture, as not all are represented at SLU,” said Paracha.

The celebration, which lasted all weekend, had an estimated attendance of over 45,000 people. The festival allowed people to experience the differences between Hispanic countries.

“When most people think ‘Hispanic’ they think ‘Mexican’, but there are so many more Hispanic countries represented in the area besides Mexico,” said Bender. “[Our] purpose is to unite all Hispanics regardless of their social, economical and political background,” Bender stated.

Hispanic Festival, Inc. consists of Hispanic, Anglo-American and Afri-

can-American volunteers the Hispanic population that come from a variety of here at SLU is very small,” professional backgrounds. said Paracha. “That is why The organization is led by HALO is so important and is Haniny Hillberg, a native key in representing HispanBolivian. Bender reported ics at the university. Cultural that the festival this year was awareness in important in extremely successful. Since both work and school setits inceptings.” tion in 1994, Hispanic the event Festival, Inc. [Our] purpose is to has grown parallels from a one this sentiunite all Hispanics day celebrament, reregardless of their sotion with 10 porting that cial, economical and vendors to although the political background a weekend Hispanic celebration community -Elisa Bender, consisting is the largHispanic Fest. Coordinator of over 70 est minority vendors. group in the This growth US, this is in the festinot reflected val, however, remains to be in the city of St. Louis where reflected in other Hispanic the population is approxiaspects of St. Louis. mately 75,000. The organi“Hispanics make up zation attempts to increase roughly 2.7% of the populathese numbers through their tion here in St. Louis, [and] scholarship programs and

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the support they offer to families in need.

“SLU’s average percentage of Hispanic students is not at the national average right now,” said former HALO President Francisco Hohn. “Moreover, a lot of Hispanic students are not choosing to go into the science or medical fields- we’d like to see more Hispanic doctors, scientists, etc.”

The festival provides an opportunity for Hispanic community to be better represented and acknowledged, although Bender reports that the event is still a little under the radar.

For Paracha, the festival offered her authentic food and a taste away from home.

“It is important to bring cultural awareness to the community,” said Paracha.

“And no matter who you are, it is a great way to learn more about the world.”

9/11 mass held in the name of peace

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Mass in the Grass: Campus Ministry held a nightime mass at 9:00 on Sept. 11, 2013. The mass was held on the anniversary of 9/11 and was a response to the call from Pope Francis for day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East and throughout the world.

Ethnic percentages in the city of St. Louis MultiRacial 2%

Asian/Pacific Islander 2%

American Indian 1%

Hispanic 3%

Black 18%

White 74%

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Preparing the city for Hispanic Heritage Month starting on Sept. 15, the Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival hit downtown this past weekend.

Sept. 6-8 Kiener plaza was filled with St. Louisans who came out to support and celebrate the beauty of Latino and Latina culture.

The largest Hispanic festival in the area, the plaza was filled with over 50

booths – from food vendors to artisanal craftmen selling their wares. The majority of the vendors, musicians and performers were greater St. Louis area citizens.

The main stage held dynamic performances from different Hispanic countries.

Dancers from Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil and Panama were amongst those featured.

Various musicians from the Andes, Mexico and Cuba graced the stage with salsa, mariachis, rock, folk and modern Latin pop music.

Along with scheduled

performances, Saturday specifically showcased a Hispanic heritage fashion show featuring the traditional dress of various countries.

Saturday also held a grand parade of Hispanic nations that marched through the city bearing flags of the various Hispanic countries found represented here in St. Louis. Citizens could join in the parade at will to support their countries, creating a beautiful display of Hispanic pride.

Food booths featured varied dishes from Argentina,

Belize, Mexico and more.

Authentic dishes not easy to come by (such as spinach and cheese empanadas, true nachos, crispy churros and chicharrones de harina) were being sold. This past weekend it was all lined up and served fresh by our Latino/ Latina neighbors.

Vendors sold jewelry, pottery, instruments and various other items from countries such as Bolivia, Guatemala

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Dancers: Performers at the 2013 Hispanic Festival share the unique traditions of their cultures on the main stage.

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Art Outside: A breath of fresh air for festivals

By MELENA ABIJAOUDE Staff Writer

Schlafly’s Art Outside Fair drew about 15,000 people this year. The three-day long, outdoor art display was accompanied by music, hamburgers and beer.

Going around speaking with the artists, it became apparent that the show was particularly enjoyable because of the variety of talent available, ranging from traditional painting to metal work and mixed media arts.

The first artist that drew my attention was Jimmy Lui, who has been participating in this show for the past five years. He is a potter, however, he has shifted from traditional standards with his take on teapots. A personal favorite of his is the teapot in the shape of a hopping bunny.

Interestingly, Jimmy has not always been a potter.

He had previously spent 30 years working in the field of electronics while living in China.

After retiring, he enrolled at Maryville University and began pottery classes. He went on to graduate from Fontbonne University. Since then, he has continued to explore his newfound passion and unique approach to this time-honored craft.

A few tents down, Jay Thompson’s gallery called Cat Works was on display.

It showcases digital graphics that take human poses and add cat faces to them.

Thompson began his work in animations, pursuing this after retiring.

He too has been a part of this art show for several years now, admitting that he is drawn to this particu-

lar event because of the energetic crowd as well as the low cost of the tents at $150 per day (compared to the $700 that the Saint Louis Art Show charges).

Continuing on, I encountered a particularly crowded tent. Once I saw the artist’s display I understood why.

Den Smith uses mixed media to create eye-catching 3-D wall pieces. He has been an artist all of his life but did not turn towards his 3-D work until he started sculpting. The frames he creates are both intricate and unique – incorporating wood, canvas and metal.

The centerpiece of the exhibit featured a captivating frame with a silhouette of a head. Behind the silhouette is the phrase “take me seriously” while beneath it there is a cut out of a bowtie which spins.

Unlike the previous artists, this was the first time Mark Hurd has participated in the Art Outside art fair.

Mark is a photographer inspired by Edward Hopper and as such, much of his work lends to dark hues of purple, blue and pink. One of his favorite subjects is the city of St. Louis itself, with a focus on an old urban elements.

The last two artists I spoke with were Lon Brauer and his wife Rudy Zapf. Lon Brauer made cigar box guitars which were first seen in the 1800s and consist of three piano strings, a wooden neck and a cigar box.

Brauer emanates a strong passion for his art and is quick to share a bit of history with all who view his See “Art” on Page 6

Hats off to LouFest 2013

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Smokey Robinson Friday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

The Sheldon Concert Hall Michael Bublé Saturday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.

Scottrade Center No Age Monday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

Billiken Club St. Louis Symphony in Forest Park Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m.

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While sitting down in the shade and enjoying some quality people watching, I saw m u c h m o r e t h a n what I had initially expected at LouFest.

Sure Molly Rippinger t h e r e w e r e Arts Editor plenty of dehydrated, drunk hipster types wearing various shades of plaid, beat-up Converse and skinny jean shorts, but there were also moms with strollers and dads wearing pressed Polos with boat shoes.

I saw girls donning cute fedoras, lil’ punk teenagers with Mohawks and women in big sun hats. And I’m convinced that only at LouFest could I go from saying, “checkmate” at the giant chessboard in the Kidz Zone to “cheers” in the Schlafly beer garden under a cool, leafy canopy right next to one of the stages.

LouFest was full of the seemingly un-similar, but then again so is St. Louis and that’s exactly what founder Brian Cohen wanted all along: a music festival that

reflected the unique quirks of our awesome city.

On Saturday the local boys of Kentucky Knife Fight made the hometown crowd proud with their unique punk-blues sound. Later in the afternoon the indie rock band, Ra Ra Riot (who came to the Billiken Club in 2009) didn’t seem to be phased by the blazing heat, and they got huge applause off the hits from their new album “Beta Love.”

Fitz and the Tantrums capped off the afternoon with an electric performance on the main stage. They showcased their latest album “More Than Just a Dream” to the delight of the crowd.

As the evening wore on the energy started to buzz with the clock ticking down to Wilco, just one of the big names to play this year’s event. The National warmed up the stage playing hits off of their latest album, “Trouble Will Find Me.” Despite the drizzle, Wilco was welcomed to LouFest by bellowing cheers in Forest Park. For 90 minutes, the band kept the crowd completely mesmerized by their famous folksy twang.

Lead guitarist and singer Jeff Tweedy received some of the loudest cheers when he mentioned how much

he loved playing so close to home in St. Louis.

Even though Saturday’s lineup was difficult to follow and Sunday’s weather didn’t exactly cooperate, the day turned out to be an incredible continuation of the 4th annual LouFest.

Things were kicked off by The Mowgli’s, whose alternative-rock sound had the fans quickly forgetting the soggy start to the morning.

Others to take the stage included Youngblood Hawke, Court Yard Hounds, Tef Poe, Local Natives, Icona Pop and Alabama Shakes.

The Killers were pumped to cap off LouFest 2013 in front of the massive crowd at the main stage. Their set included older favorites like “Mr. Brightside” and “All These Things That I’ve Done” as well as newer tracks from their current album.

Next year don’t just listen to the echoes of LouFest on campus. Early estimations have shown that over 30,000 people came out to Forest Park during the weekend and next year is sure to have a turn out just as big, if not bigger.

So make it a point to get your tickets early and see firsthand how this incredible music festival brings together the city.

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Catching classics at The Moolah: The Labyrinth Besides the two human acThe Moolah Theater and tors, the world of Labyrinth Lounge holds midnight is populated entirely by pupscreenings of classic films pets. Each puppet in the film, e ver y no matter its significance Friday to the plot, is intricately deand Sattailed. Every character has urday a distinct personality and it for only truly feels like they inhabit $3. The the world of Labyrinth.

Moolah I often caught myhas alself wondering how they ready achieved certain effects usscreened Michael ing just puppets. The pupg r e a t Schufreider pets move with such conf i l m s viction that it truly gives the s u c h impression that the puppets as Steven Spielberg’s 1975 are alive and moving on their blockbuster thriller Jaws and own accord. It’s a somewhat the Coen Brother’s cult comdisturbing effect, but also a edy hit The Big Lebowski. testament to Henson’s deft They will be screening a sleight of hand. different movie every weekFor most of the film, Labend until Oct. 25-26, which yrinth is highly entertainwill end with Bill Murray’s ing and the plot moves at a Ghostbusters. With restored brisk pace. New characters picture and sound, this is a and locations are constantly great way for movie lovers to introduced which serve to view their favorites how they highlight the absurdity and were supposed to be seen – complexity of the maze. The on the big screen. sets are wonderfully deThis past weekend was signed and lend the viewer the screening of Jim Hena tangible glimpse into the son’s fantasy-inspired tale world of Labyrinth.

Labyrinth (1986). Jim HenHowever, the one aspect son, who is most famous for of the film that works against his work on The Muppets, it are the musical numbers. departs from the lightheartThere are a handful of these ed affairs of Kermit the Frog littered about the film and and Miss Piggy to darker they were all by Bowie. subject matter in Labyrinth.

The songs are extremely Despite the stylistic forgettable and do not serve switch to a more sinister plot, any appreciaLabyrinth reble advancetains much ment in the of the humor Labyrinth plot. It feels that made like Bowie’s The Muppets songs never so enjoyable really fit withand makes for THE GOOD in the larger great escapist The plot and cinascope of the movie making. matography were awenarrative and Sarah (a some start to finish! that they were young Jenforced into the nifer ConTHE BAD film. nelly) is enBowie’s cheesy tunes As for the amored with human actors, fairly tales THE VERDICT Connelly does and seems to Definitely worth renting! a serviceable be trapped job but often in a bad one comes across herself.

She as whiny, has a cruel which can become irritatstepmother who tries to ing. Bowie on the other hand control her life and a father is a different story. His apwho doesn’t seem to care pearance in the movie just much about her. Angered screams 80s: big hair, flamthat she has to babysit her boyant costumes and spanbaby brother, Toby, again, dex. she wishes that he would be He is probably the only whisked away to the Land of person who could make this the Goblins. work, as his performance Unfortunately for her, does not come off as cheesy goblins lurking in her house or melodramatic. He really answer her plea and take the owns the role and does a baby away. Goblin King Jargreat job as King Jareth. eth (David Bowie) tells her I would highly recomthat if she wishes to retrieve mend you rent this movie. her brother, she must reach While it may be dated, the his castle by navigating a film tells an intriguing story labyrinth in 13 hours, or else with a memorable cast of Toby will be transformed characters. All Labyrinth into a goblin forever. asks you to do is sit back and Labyrinth is a unique film go along for the ride. You because it heavily relies on will not be disappointed. puppets to convey its story.

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work with an open mind.

He tells how the cigar box guitar was used when blues first started because the blues artist didn’t have the money for a guitar. These guitars are fretless and thus allow more notes to slide into each other.

Rudy Zapf, Brauer’s wife, creates mixed media or 3-D wall pieces. Her pieces are very interactive with various doors and windows that can be opened and closed to change the perspective of the art. The couple spends their free time in search of intriguing decorative pieces of all shapes and sizes that can serve to complement their work. Lon showed me one of his guitars that is made of a Wise Cigar Company box from 1802, which was a popular St. Louis company.

The majority of the artists that partook in this annual event are from the greater St. Louis area and many are active in the city’s rejuvenated art community.

The Art Outside show had a little something for everyone, from rain sticks, woodwork, jewelry and much more. There were also three tables for interactive art, jewelry making, painting and crafts. In addition to all of the unique works found throughout Art Outside, the food vendors and Schlafly beer was delicious and very reasonably priced.

Overall, this was yet another awesome event by the St. Louis art community!

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Art: Local artists showcased their unique works this weekend at Art Outside, with displays that included funky cigar box guitars (top) and beautiful 3-D window boxes (below).

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and Mexico just to name a few. Colorful hand-woven bags, hand-whittled wooden chess sets and homemade salsas were all for sale at affordable prices.

Local businesses such as Shop’n’Save, First Bank and Wells Fargo had booths as well as city organizations such as St. Louis Art Museum, STL Civil Rights Enforcement Agency and US Legal Solutions.

The purpose of this festival is not just enjoyment. It is a showcasing of Hispanic culture to the St. Louis community.

The annual event was hosted by Hispanic Festival Inc., a nonprofit organization that works to unite and bring cultural harmony in the greater St. Louis area.

The funds raised are used to finance scholarships distributed to college-bound students as well as underprivileged children and their families.

If you missed the event and wish to explore the various Hispanic cultures found on campus, SLU has its very own student led Hispanic organization.

HALO, or the Hispanic American Leadership Organization, is a campus Chartered Student Organization (CSO) committed to exposing SLU’s campus to Hispanic culture.

The organization is open to all students regardless of cultural backgrounds and functions as a great resource for those on campus who want to explore their own Hispanic culture or those who want new experiences.

tion will be FIERCE! The competition is comprised of veteran ICCs, as well as some newbies and local celebrities. Last year a few SLU students were even What do you get when in the running. The best part you mix a retro restaurant, about this intense competia few ferocious trash-talking tion is that all these delicious contenders and an ice cream ice cream concoctions will sundae? The perfect recipe be shared with the crowd. for none other than the There will be prizes, too. AcFountain on Locust’s second cording to general manager annual Scooperbowl! Ice Barb Schulz, “The second cream aficionados, grab your annual Scooperbowl will be spoons and bring your appean exciting event for everytite to watch it all go down one to attend!“ this Sunday, Sept. 15th from Drink specials will also 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. be featured. If you’re of age A $5 suggested donations and you’ve never had one the will be accepted at the door Fountain’s Ice Cream Marfor Doorways, a St. Louistinis, you’re in for a treat. based orThese adulg a n i z at i o n terated ice that procreams are vides affordThe second annual the perfect able, secure kick off to Scooperbowl will be housing and a night on an exciting event for services for the town, everyone to attend! people living or midday with HIV/ sweet tooth-Barb Schulz, Manager AIDS. s a t i s f i e r.

A limo They’ll make of dancyou feel like ing ladies a kid again. will arrive at the Fountain That’s what the Fountain to jump-start the jamboree. is all about: nostalgia. WalkComplete with fire eating, ing through the door at the the excitment never ends!

Fountain on Locust, you’ll The Fountain’s very own think it’s 1931. The checkIce Cream Captains (Allie ered floors and the frontVogler, Billy Watts, Eli Chi and-center counter lined and Willow Pastard) will with barstools make this compete in the following midtown marvel a classic categories: “Tower of Tersoda fountain. With the artror - tallest ice cream cone,” deco murals and the award“Most World’s Smallest in a winning bathrooms it’s no Minute,” “Free style - Most wonder this place is the most Artistic Creation” and “Most photographed restaurant in beautiful Banana Split.” VoSt. Louis. gler is feeling most confident Stop by the Fountain on about the latter category Sunday. Make some new saying, “No doubt, that’s memories, feeling like you’re mine.“ The competitor who in the “good ol’ days.” Enjoy scoops the fastest and most dairy delights and an antique precisely will be awarded the atmosphere. Help cheer a Scooperbowl title. Competiscooper on to victory!

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SLU releases 2013-14 basketball schedule

By BRIAN HAENCHEN Staff Writer

Saint Louis University unveiled its men’s basketball schedule for the upcoming 2013-14 season Tuesday morning. The Billikens will open the season at home on Friday, Nov. 8 against Southeast Missouri, with a trip to Rhode Island on Jan. 7 to open up Atlantic 10 Conference play.

“It’s an exciting [time of year] for a lot of reasons here at SLU,” coach Jim Crews said. “It was such a unique and special combination the past two years—I think what was happening last year was

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our players really fueled the fans and our fans really fueled our players, which made a tremendous atmosphere at Chaifetz.

“That’s what sports are supposed to be about. It’s about competition, but it’s also about having a good time and having fun with it. That was a really cool and neat combination and I think that’s really growing in the area. We’re excited about having that atmosphere.”

Among the highlights on SLU’s 31-game schedule is a Dec. 1 matchup with Wichita State (a 2013 Final Four participant), the Cancun Challenge in Playa del Carmen in November, a late-December

trip to Vanderbilt and homeand-home series with A-10 newcomer George Mason and last year’s A-10 runnerup VCU. The Bills will play 14 teams that reached the postseason last year, including seven NCAA Tournament squads.

“From a coach’s standpoint, from a player’s standpoint, each and every team is a different challenge, different players, different systems of play, different parts of the season,” Crews explained.

There will also be a significant boost in television exposure for SLU who will participate in 14 nationallytelevised games this season, including four on ESPN or

ESPN 2, six on CBS Sports Network and four on NBC Sports Network. As was the case last season, the department of athletics is negotiating local TV deals to televise as many games as possible. “[The exposure] does help. When we’ve gone over national recruiting, we’re very well received,” Crews said. “People have certainly been very aware of Saint Louis for a myriad of reasons. Coach Majerus being one and that sad situation; number two, our guys played pretty well; and number three, I think they liked how See “Basketball” on Page 9

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WHO TO CHEER: 54-SHOT RALLY Rafael Nadal picked up his second U.S. Open title on Monday, but not without a challenge from world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. The four-set final was highlighted by a 54-shot rally in the second set that Djokovic won. Rafa’s 13th major puts him squarely in the greatest-of-all-time conversation with Roger Federer.

Volleyball pushes record to .500

By GRACE BONOMA Staff Writer

Billiken Volleyball began road contests this past weekend competing in the Comfort Inn Invitational at Morehead State. The Billikens started the tournament strong with their first sweep of the season defeating host Morehead, 3-0 (25-17, 2520, 25-15).

Sophomore Megan Gilbert led the Billikens in the first set hammering down

five kills with a .571 hitting efficiency. Freshman Danielle Rygelski also contributed four kills of her own. The Billikens went on to hold the Eagles to a .000 hitting percentage in the second set.

Freshman Mallory Dillon (six kills) and Danielle Rygelski (five kills) also helped secure the second set win.

The third set was paced by Rygelski’s six kills, she closed out the game with a matchSee “Tournament” on Page 8

By TONY TRAINA, Managing Editor WHO TO JEER: FALLON & TIMBERLAKE Their “Evolution of End-Zone Dancing” bit on Tuesday evening was mediocre at best. Although their “Manti Te’o on a Date” (left) was kind of funny, Hollywood’s favorite bromance failed to deliver on this one. Not since `NSync made a onesong appearance at the VMAs have I been so disappointed in Justin’s work.

WHO TO FEAR: U.S. SOCCER Guys, we just qualified, calm down.

We’re the world’s biggest (and best) sporting nation and we practically named a city after Landon Donovan and Co. for simply qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in 2014. Remember the 2010 World Cup? Remember when we lost to Ghana, a country roughly the size of Michigan?

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Scoreboard Men’s Soccer (3-1) Bearcat Soccer Classic Friday, September 6 Bills @ Cincinnati W 4-0 Sunday, September 8 Bills @ UNI W 1-0 (2OT) Wednesday, September 11 Bills @ Evansville L 1-2 (2OT)

Volleyball (3-3) Comfort Inn Invitational Friday, September 6 Bills @ Morehead State W 3-0 Sunday, September 8 Bills @ Montana State Bills @ IUPUI

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Tuesday, September 10 Bills @ SIU Carbondale L 3-0

Calendar Friday, Sept. 13 Volleyball 12:00 p.m vs. UNI 7:00 p.m vs. Miami (OH) Cross Country 4:30 p.m. Big River XC Festival St. Louis, MO Women’s Soccer 7:00 p.m. @ Iowa

Saturday, Sept. 14 Field Hockey 12:00 p.m @ Villanova (Kent, OH) Volleyball 12:00 p.m vs. Youngstown State 7:00 p.m vs. Bradley Men’s Soccer 7:00 p.m vs. Denver

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Mallory Dillon

Mallory Dillon, a freshman on the Saint Louis University volleyball team, is coming off a very noteworthy week. Dillon was named to the All-Tournament team following her strong performance at the Comfort Inn Invitational last weekned.

In addition, Dillion was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week. She paces the squad with a team high 80 kills. Dillion and the Billikens will look to build off this momentum as the season continues on Friday night.

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Spain: The men’s soccer team traveled to Spain over the summer to to compete against several spanish professional teams as well as do some sightseeing.

By CHARLES BOWLES Staff Writer

Training with Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos at Hermann Stadium, playing against semi-professional teams in Spain, watching Chelsea and two other professional teams train and seeing some of the best soccer in the world all in one offseason. The Saint Louis men’s soccer team was very busy this off-season as they went across the world and

some of world’s premiere soccer talent came to the university.

Although it might be cliché, the Saint Louis University men’s soccer team had an offseason to remember.

However, when you travel to Spain to play and observe professional teams and then have two of the biggest soccer clubs in the world come to your grounds, the cliché seems appropriate. This offseason, Chelsea FC from the Barclays Primer League and Real Madrid from La Liga in

Spain played against third division Spanish teams Agrupación Deportiva Colmenar Viejo and Atletìco Pìnto.

The team’s whirlwind of an offseason began in May when Chelsea came to Hermann Stadium to train for their exhibition match against Manchester City on May 23. The next day, the Billikens got to attend the open training session at Busch Stadium and were honored for last season’s Atlantic 10 soccer title.

“We got to shake hands

with the guys, be up close and personal and watch them train,” said senior goalkeeper Nick Shackelford.

“At the training we actually drive them back and forth from their locker room.

They posed for every picture… David Luiz (a Chelsea defender) were messing with the girls saying ‘Hey girls, girls’ like dancing on the golf carts and they told us to stop the golf carts and they signed autographs for everybody.”

However, the Bills could not stay for the match because they were heading for a plane bound of Madrid the next day. After a long flight, the team arrived in Madrid and immediately traveled to Ciudad de Futbol, the national team’s soccer stadium and got to train on their field. The same field that Iker Casillas, David Villa, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta and countless other famous Spanish soccer players have trained.

After the training session the team took in some culture. They traveled to Plaza Mayor, Cathedral de Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena where they attended a mid-afternoon Spanish mass and then went to a restaurant to watch the Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. However, this trip was about business and the team still had two games to prepare for in the next few days.

The next day the Bills played the first of their two games against Agrupación Deportiva Colmenar Viejo.

The Bills quickly took a 2-0 lead in the first 30 minutes of the game, but in the second the Spanish team scored twice and then in extra time scored on a very controversial call to claim a 3-2 victory against the Bills. After the disappointing loss, the team traveled to see Atletico Madrid, who had just won the Copa del Rey against inner city rival Real Madrid.

The team then traveled to Real Madrid’s home stadium, Estadio Santiago Bernebaéu.

They then went to Museo del Prado. The museum houses some of the greatest works of art in the world including works by: Francisco de Goya, Diego Velazquez and El Greco. After another day of sightseeing, the team prepared for its second game of the trip.

Before the game, the team saw Getafe, a Li Liga team, train and visited the newest building at SLU’s Madrid Campus, but then had to prepare for their final game against Atletìco Pìnto. The Bills took a 1-0 lead into halftime, but gave up four goals in the second half. However, the Bills responded with two second- half goals, but could not score a third goal to tie the game and lost 4-3.

After seeing another La Liga team train and some more sightseeing, the team returned to America.

“The trip to Spain was honestly a dream come true for me. Not once did I think I’d be in Spain playing ‘fútSee “Fútbol” on Page 9

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best 15 kills on a .367 attack percentage.

SLU continued to dominate the second day of play with a sweep of Montana State, 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 2520). The Billikens were unmatched on the defensive end.

Megan Gilbert added five total blocks, junior Nicole Sniffen and senior Jessica Jendryk also contributed four blocks of their own.

Sophomore Anna Church ran the back row pacing the Billiken defense with 23 digs.

The Billikens fell short in the final match of the day dropping a 3-0 decision to tournament champion IUPUI, 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 2521). SLU battled back from a 20-14 deficit in the first set cutting the lead to three at 23-20. Unfortunately, their efforts were inconclusive as IUPUI went on to secure the

first set. The Billikens took control early in the second game holding the Jaguars at 13-10.

A SLU service error broke the run and led to four subsequent ties, the last at 20-20 before the Jags broke away.

Out of the break, the Billikens again took an early lead but the Jags ultimately prevailed closing out the final set 21-25.

The Billikens were paced by the efforts of Sophomore Meredith Boe who racked up 29 assists in the three set match. Anna Church (16 digs) and Erin Nakatsuka (13 digs) also aided in the Billikens efforts.

Freshman Mallory Dillon was awarded All-Tournament team plaudits for her efforts over the weekend.

Dillon recorded a team high 40 kills and .269 attack percentage in the nine sets of tournament play.

Dillon also collected At-

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2-8, the first weekly award of the season for the Billikens.

On the season, Dillon leads SLU with 80 kills and ranks 27th nationally with 4.21 kills per set, and she is also second on the team with 51

digs.

The Billikens continued road play this past week dropping a three set match in Carbondale, IL against SIUE, 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-19). Saint Louis returns to action this weekend with four matches at Chaifetz

Pavilion. Northern Iowa comes to town Friday for a noon match. The Billikens face Miami (Ohio) Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Billiken Challenge, and the tourney continues Saturday against Youngstown State (noon) and Bradley (7 p.m.).

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Men’s soccer off to 3-1 start Bills take two games at Bearcat Classic

By CHARLES BOWLES Staff Writer

After a blowout of Cincinnati and a double overtime match against Northern Illinois, the No. 6 ranked Billikens suffered a major upset at the hands of the Evansville Aces.Evansville midfielder Mark Gonzalez scored the golden goal in double overtime to hand the Billikens their first loss of the season.

The loss drops the Bills to an overall record of 3-1.

“We showed a lot of heart, character and determination today. We played with the winning mentality that we have been preaching,” said Head Coach Mike McGinty to Saint Louis Athletics after the victory against Northern Illinois.

The Billikens faced off against the Cincinnati Bearcats last Friday night and then competed against the Northern Illinois Huskies on Sunday morning.

The Bills asserted themselves in the Cincinnati game. The first of four Bills goals came when sophomore defender Julian Gieske headed in his first career goal off a Bills corner kick.

Several minutes later, David Graydon tacked another goal off a free kick. In the 42nd minute, senior forward

Adnan Gabeljic won the ball at midfield and charged down the field for the Bills third goal. In the second half, Francisco Vizcaino added to the scoring fest with his own header off a rebound for the Bills fourth and final goal of the game. However, the Bills next game would not be so easy.

The Northern Illinois Huskies did not go down without a long, drawn-out fight from the Bills. The teams had four shots each going into halftime, but neither side scored. The game turned in the 52nd minute when Northern Illinois’ James Stevenson received a red card which drew the Huskies side down to ten players on the field, but the Huskies keeper Andrew Galeser was having “a hell of a game” which included six saves.

The game stretched into overtime, but one frame was not enough to decide the match. The game went into a second overtime, and in the 105th minute, the Bills finally broke through. Alex Sweetin sent a ball to Robert Kristo who tapped it over to junior Kingsley Bryce who tapped it in for the golden goal and Bills victory.

“Kingsley got a goal just before the end of the second overtime,” said senior goal-

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SOCCER: Sophomore David Graydon scored one of the Billikens’ four goals against Cincinnati over the weekend as a part of the Bearcat Classic. keeper Nick Shackelford.

“We literally all just fell to the ground in exhaustion and gratitude.”

After a loss to Evansville on Wednesday, the Bills will return home for their next home match against the University of Denver. The Denver Pioneers were one of five teams that beat the Bills last season. They defeated the Bills at Denver in overtime

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2-1 on a golden goal by Denver’s Ryan Dodson.

After four games this season, the Pioneers are led in scoring by senior midfielder Cole Chapleski who has two goals and one assist so far this season.

Also, the man who handed the Bills one of their losses last season, Dodson, will be on the field for this game.

In four games this season,

Dodson has just one assist.

After the game against the University of Denver, the Bills will head back on the road to take on their first major challenge this season playing the No. 3 Connecticut Huskies.

The game against the University of Denver will be played at Hermann Stadium on Saturday, September. 14 at 7 p.m. central time.

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we played.”

After opening the season with two of its first three games on the road (vs.

SEMO, at SIUE, at SIU), SLU will close out the month of November with home games against Oral Roberts and Bowling Green, followed by the tournament round of the Cancun Challenge, which features matchups with Wisconsin and either Old Dominion or West Virginia.

Upon returning home, Saint Louis will play Wichita State on Dec. 1 in honor of former coach Rick Majerus, who passed away on Dec. 1, 2012. It will be the 61st meeting between the Billikens and Shockers, who were both members of the Missouri Valley Conference from 1945 through 1975.

SLU leads the all-time series

42-18.

Including the Wichita State game, SLU will play five of its six games in the month of December at Chaifetz Arena. Rockhurst, Wofford Indiana State and North Carolina A&T will all come to St. Louis. The Billikens will then travel to Valparaiso and Vanderbilt.

After a visit from Yale to ring in the New Year on Jan. 4, Saint Louis will begin its defense of the Atlantic 10 title with road games at Rhode Island and at Dayton (ESPN2). While the Rams may not be considered among the A-10 elite, they have given the Billikens fits over the years, winning seven of the last nine meetings, including all but one of the games in Kingston.

Much like last season, SLU’s conference slate is set up for the team to build mo-

mentum heading into the more “crucial” conference games. Case in point, following their games at URI and Dayton, the Billikens will face St. Bonaventure and Fordham at home, followed by a trip to Duquesne.

The Billikens’ season (or at least their final position in the A-10 standings) will likely come down to two three-game stretches. The first includes games at Saint Joseph’s, at La Salle and at home versus VCU, while the second features road games against VCU and UMass centered around senior night at home on March 5 against Dayton.

Richmond, George Washington (2/22) and Duquesne will also visit Chaifetz Arena, as will George Mason, with whom SLU has a home-andhome series.

bol’” said junior midfielder Kingsley Bryce. “I was fortunate enough to visit the city that I read about in books and learned about from TV One of my favorite moments during that trip was attending an Atlético Madrid game. It was the most eyeopening experience I have had in terms of being a fan of the game. I grew closer to my team in ways that I had not expected.”

After 10 amazing days for any soccer player, one would think that it couldn’t get any better, but the Bills off- season got even more incredible.

On August 8th and 9th, Real Madrid visited Saint Louis University to train for their match against Inter Milan at the Edward Jones Dome. Real Madrid has some of the most wellknown soccer talent in the world including Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos, Iker Casillas and many other well-known players. Members of both the men’s and women’s soccer team were able to spend time with Real Madrid.

For Shackelford, seeing Casillas, Real’s goalkeeper, was his favorite part of the whole experience. For Bryce, it was not a player, but a coach for Real Madrid that was his favorite person to meet.

“My favorite person to see by far was Zinedine Zidane.

I believe he is the greatest player to play the game, and meeting him was such an honor,” said Bryce.

The offseason was truly one to remember, but what lessons have been learned from all of this experience?

“That environment (in Spain) and being so far away from home and out of our element prepared us to go onto any college campus on the United States and feel confident,” said Shackelford.

The team will need that confidence as they go on the road to three very competitive soccer environments in Connecticut, Louisville and Virginia Commonwealth.

This offseason showed the Bills the effort and preparation that goes into playing professional soccer and the trip to Spain certainly left a major impression on them.

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Serious questions about Syria Nearly every SLU student has heard about the events occurring in Syria. Many students are starting to ask questions about a country that may soon see American military intervention, and many are still confused.

The situation in Syria is much too long to explain in one article, but to most students the most important question is whether the United States military will attack Syria and, if so, why.

Throughout Syria’s two-year-long civil war, President Obama and his administration have been extremely cautious about being bogged down into yet another conflict in the Middle East. For most of the civil war, the U.S. has only promised nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels.

However, two chemical weapon attacks by the Syrian government on rebel soldiers and civilians alike have dramatically changed Obama’s calculus. Obama had stated that the use of chemical weapons would constitute the crossing of a “red line,” and would require a more serious American response.

The more serious American response was sending light weapons to Syrian rebels and then, after the more serious chemical weapon attack a couple weeks ago, a possible military strike.

After contemplating an attack without

congressional approval, Obama eventually decided to put his faith in a deeply divided congress that has thwarted many of Obama’s domestic policy initiatives.

However, it is possible that congress will approve of a limited strike lasting no more than 90 days, in which no American soldiers will be on the ground. Also, Obama has stated numerous times that the military strikes are not meant to turn the tide of a civil war that has favored the Syrian government in recent months.

The two primary reasons that a military strike is a viable option for many lawmakers and the president are to destroy the Syrian government’s capability to use chemical weapons on rebels and civilians in the future and to show Iran that the United States is serious about preventing the proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons.

The Geneva Protocol prohibited the use of chemical weapons after the extensive use of these devastating and unpredictable weapons in World War I. Over the years this prohibition has become a widely established international norm.

Chemical weapons are considered a weapon of mass destruction and its prohibition is vehemently protected by nearly every nation in the world.

The other reason the U.S. may choose

to attack Syria is to send a message that the U.S. will not hesitate to attack Iran if it continues to develop its nuclear arsenal.

Over the years, Iran has repeatedly stated it would destroy Israel with these nuclear weapons, which is untenable for the U.S. Therefore, attacking Syria would show Iran its resolve in a similar situation.

While the results of such an endeavor may prove fruitless, Obama may have found a way out of military action with the introduction of a new plan supported by Russia (Syria’s main ally), in which Syria would allow UN appropriation and eventual destruction of Syria’s chemical weapon stockpile.

These are the reasons that the U.S. may attack Syria, but the administration and congressmen promoting them have had a difficult time convincing the public of the viability of an attack. 58 percent of Americans don’t support a strike, and their reasons are just as important. Americans don’t think that an attack will help the Syrian rebels, it will cost too much money that could be spent at home, and are weary of getting dragged into another war in the Middle East.

It’s time Obama and congress stop promoting their own reasons for yet another military intervention and begin listening to their citizens.

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Are you ready for some football?

The NFL season started Thursday night to a masterful display by one of the game’s best, Peyton Manning, who threw for seven (yes seven) touchdown passes.

For the NFL though, the beginning of the season was a welcome relief after a summer replete with unpopular rule changes, a very expensive concussion suit and a scandal with ESPN over some investigative journalism.

The first two rule changes that brought quite a bit of criticism were rules further limiting touchdown celebrations. Over the years, many celebrations have become prohibited because they somehow detract from the integrity of the sport. The most recent changes require an unsportsman-like-conduct penalty to be called anytime someone spikes or spins a ball after a touchdown. The second change was not allowing players to have custom facemasks unless they have a condition, like an eye or neck injury in the past.

This is wrong for two reasons: first, these helmets are an expression of a player’s creativity in a sport where players are not easily recognizable. The second reason is that these facemasks protect players from hands getting inside their facemasks and poking or gouging eyes (which does happen), but the NFL will only allow it after a player has already been hurt.

With growing intensity over the past few years, past NFL players have been complaining that the NFL has misled them about the dangers of concussions and promoted a culture of players getting back on the field before they were healed, which has de-

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railed the lives of many past players with depression, dementia and Alzheimer’s. This criticism reached a climax this summer when 4,500 players filed a lawsuit against the NFL. Eventually the players and NFL settled for $765 million. “This agreement lets us help those who need it most and continue our work to make the game safer for current and future players,” NFL executive vice president Jeffrey Pash said in a statement. He added: “We thought it was critical to get more help to players and families who deserve it rather than spend many years and millions of dollars on litigation.”

In recent years, the NFL has made safety a greater priority.

However, it also seems that the league is intent on not bringing up the past anymore than it has to after the concussion suit garnered significant fanfare and criticism. ESPN had considered making a documentary about concussions in the NFL with PBS’s “Frontline,” which would bring many players’ pain and experiences to the forefront of American society. However, after a meeting between the chief executives of ESPN and NFL, ESPN dropped its involvement, leading many to believe that the NFL pressured ESPN into its decision. The two companies have a lucrative television contract in place, so perhaps the NFL used the contract as leverage to force ESPN’s hand.

After a summer of so much controversy and scandal, the NFL, and many of its fans are looking forward to talking about the actual games and performances.

Keep throwing touchdowns, Peyton.

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THUMBS DOWN: SLU, No. 101

The latest U.S. News & World Report Rankings are out, and SLU has fallen again. It checks in at No. 101, down from No. 96 last year. This leaves it tied with the likes of the University of Nebraska and Iowa State University, and four spots behind the University of Missouri.

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SLU, not Wash. U. say that SLU should wake up ing top students from high tomorrow morning aspiring school. Speaking of Fordto be Wash. U.; it shouldn’t. ham, the valedictorian of No one likes the way they inmy high school was offered undate naïve high schoolers a full-tuition scholarship to with glossy advertisements study there; she also interand brochures anyway. viewed for the full-tuition SLU has a unique characPresidential Scholarship at teristic that its friends across SLU, but didn’t receive it. town can never come close to Lacking a Presidenduplicating: its Jesuit identitial Scholarship, the largty, its Jesuit mission. It maniest merit award available fests itself in the thousands at SLU is $16,000, meaning of hours of service students SLU’s $36,000 tuition is still do, in having the fourth-largprohibitively more expenest Relay for Life event in the sive than the average state country and in the core curuniversity. Anecdotes don’t riculum students take here. make the trend, but SLU lost But, SLU must take steps to a promising alumna (and introduce its unique mission future donor) to a “peer into a wider s t i t u t i o n” audience. r a n k e d A unisome 40 versity can p l a c e s This means inoffer the higher in spiring students best educaU.S. News’ that are here to tion in the rankings of go into the world world, but national reif no one search uniand make an else knows, versities. impact and not does it reFifteen settling for a cozy ally matpercent of ter? It’s a the vaunted life in Kirkwood. quaint noU.S. News tion to say Best Colit doesn’t, lege Rankthat one ings is should learn for the sake of “student selectivity,” namely knowledge, but colleges are standardized test scores, acalso in the business of proceptance rates, and the high ducing viable job applicants. school rank of incoming stuI love SLU, but I want people dents. around the country to unSo how does SLU score derstand why. on these measures? Let’s Try as it might to tout the again use Fordham as a baprecipitous rise in its endowrometer, a peer institution ment and physical improveranked right where SLU ments on campus, a rise in would presumably like to rankings from No. 101 to be, No. 58. SLU’s acceptance say, No. 50 (where peer Jesurate for 2012 was 63 percent; it institution, Fordham UniFordham’s was 43 percent. versity hangs out) is about Fordham’s standardized test the people at the University, scores fair marginally better primarily the students. than SLU’s.

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“You mean Wash. U.?”

The question plagued me all summer. In the office, at parties and meet and greets, waiting in line at the g ro cer y store.

A n y where you go, a n y where in this Tony Traina country, you’re inevitably asked where you go to school. It might as well be your last name.

I spent my summer in Washington, D.C., where people actually refer to the Midwest as “flyover country,” and sometimes ask if St. Louis is in Minnesota. My introductory exchanges usually went something like this: “Tony, I go to Saint Louis University.”

“You mean Wash. U.?”

“Um, no.”

Except for a few guys who remembered SLU’s brief foray into March Madness the last couple years, SLU was a general unknown. More than a commentary about the Midwest’s unassuming position on the national landscape, this is a critique of SLU’s lack of a national identity.

Save a contingent of students from Texas and California, SLU is generally a regional university, holding particular sway in Catholic communities in St. Louis and Chicago. Listen, I live a state over (in Indiana), and no one took particular notice of the Billikens until Rick Majerus arrived on campus six years ago. This isn’t to

though is SLU’s six-year graduation rate: it sits at 71 percent, compared to Fordham’s 78 percent; this number makes up 16 percent of U.S. News’ ranking methodology.

While SLU has increased the size of their student body by 16 percent over the last five years, Fordham has increased theirs by just 4 percent, opting to become more selective instead of increasing the size of their incoming classes as application numbers increase.

SLU doesn’t need to strive for the selectivity of a top-20 university. Indeed, a school need not be in the upper echelon to make a name for itself: the University of Missouri’s journalism school is renowned across the nation.

Purdue University’s engineering programs are the envy of every school this side of M.I.T. SLU must focus its dedication on attracting the nation’s top talent, wherever it may be. This means generous merit scholarships for elite high school students, an honors program that offers more than free T-shirts, and turning more applications away. This means inspiring students that are here to go into the world and make an impact and not settling for a cozy life in Kirkwood.

SLU must make an effort to differentiate itself from the Marquettes, Daytons, and Xaviers of the world. It has the richest history, most beautiful campus, and best city and professors of the bunch; it’s time to let the world know.

Tony Traina is the managing editor of The UNews.

Be active at SLU You are already paying for it free and abundant access to get a workout in or see a the newspapers located in great speaker or comedian. the blue bins. Next, students Subsequently, it would be pay a technology fee ($100 extremely difficult to find per year) to ensure proper someone on campus that Wi-Fi capabilities. Additionhas never benefited from ally, students pay a student these fees; everyone has at union fee ($100 per year) least used the Wi-Fi brought for the use and capabilities about through the student of the BSC and a wellness technology fee. fee ($180 per year) for the Yes, the fees are high, but use of the Simon Rec. Lastly, take advantage of them and students pay an athletic fee they can actually be a won($30 per year) for free entry derful bargain. Go to six to all sporting events. Total, basketball games and that a SLU student graduating $30 is a steal — not to menin four years will pay about tion your school spirit will $2,100 extra for this list of be healthy. Work out at the benefits.

Rec three times a week and At first glance these fees suddenly $90 a semester is seem exorbitant, and learna great deal, with the bonus ing about of staving these fees off college for the first weight gain. time might Join one Take advantage generate of the hunsome frusdreds of of these perks tration and clubs on as much as your anger. You campus and studies will almight say to attend just low. Be as active a friend, “I one SAB and don’t use the Great Issues as you can and Rec! I run Committee use these fees to o u t s i d e ”…

(GIC) event your benefit. ”I’m not a semester interested and that $50 in joining is amazingly a club”…“I cheap, espedon’t have time with my difcially if it helps finance a cool ficult major”… etc. All of club trip. these complaints end with Perhaps, most importantthe big question: “Why ly, some of my best friendshould I have to pay those ships at SLU were made extra fees for stuff I don’t through club sports, intrause?” murals and other student

First, most of these organizations. In the long fees were student-implerun, what is $2,000 over the mented by past student course of four years when it governments after feedback has been integral in helping and demand from fellow you make friends who will students. And, let’s be honshare your interests for a est, you’re never too busy lifetime? to attend a club meeting, Yet, sadly we all know

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If you are a student who missed out on the ample opportunities to score free food and SLU g e a r this past week, d o n’t worrythe next free slice of pizza, carton Tim Keogh of Ted Drewes or Billiken t-shirt is never too far away. In truth, SLU does a wonderful job of offering student perks. It’s a university where all it takes is a school ID to rock climb at the impressive Simon Rec Center, attend an upcoming Lumineers concert, enter an arena ticketless to cheer on an elite Bills team, join student organizations like the fencing club, or, if feeling inactive, read a free paper copy of The New York Times on a cozy couch in the BSC. Yet amidst these perks is a sobering truth: the word “free” is relative. Not many students realize we’re paying extra for all of this; most of it is not included in academic tuition.

Academic tuition for the 2013-2014 school year is $36,090. Yet, on top of tuition, students pay approximately an extra $525 per year for student perks. Students pay a student activity fee ($110 per year) for funding of speakers and concerts as well as subsidizing each club’s activities, trips and recruitment freebies. Students pay a student readership fee ($5 per year) for the

people at SLU that, for whatever reason, definitely haven’t received their money’s worth. In addition to gaining the proverbial freshman 15 and wasting the rich information, friendships, entertainment and laughter these groups and places generate, it is important for them to recognize they are wasting an additional fouryear investment that totals over $2,000 by the time they graduate.

If the desire to meet new people, go to interesting events or seek out activities you’re interested in hasn’t moved you to become active and use what SLU has to offer, I hope the revelation of these extra fees will motivate you.

My message is basic: take advantage of these perks as much as your studies will allow. Be as active as you can and use these fees to your benefit. You’ll realize you will receive a great return.

It is never too late to join an organization or clear your schedule for the next big speaker.

This year, let’s fill Chaifetz Arena at every basketball game , have standing room only at GIC events, take advantage of those newspaper bins and build on the already-strong club presence at SLU. Don’t let your academics slip, but don’t compromise your networking or college experience either.

It’s a new semester; be as active as you can and don’t just merely subsidize other students’ fun.

Tim Keogh is a senior in A&S

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Solace of Solitude At the start of another school year, it is hard for most people not to miss summer and the free meals and good friendship s t h a t c o m e w i t h spending some quality time w i t h m o m Paul Brunkhorst and dad.

This being said, the transition back to SLU, where things are less familiar than at home, can be difficult. Returning to school is exciting and enjoyable, but there is one aspect of being in college that is often overlooked: university life can be lonely. While there are times when students accept that the weekend is a great time to catch up on schoolwork, a social side still lurks in every undergrad, causing anxiety on those weekend nights when no social plans are in sight and there is no desire to hit the books. In these situations, many students turn to some form of social media. While TV, Facebook, Twitter and other types of digital communication offer temporary reprieve from these bouts of solitude, they also harbor the possibility of increasing feelings of being left out and stranded on the social fringe. Seeing what your friends are up to is fun, but it also has the potential to add to the notion of feeling lost amongst your peers.

College can be both socially stimulating and alienating.

But this is only in appearance, because loneliness is all about perspective.

One big question asked in the college admissions process is: “where do you want your school to be?” And in this country, the possibilities are numerous. From rural to suburban to urban, colleges maintain that location is everything. Some advocate the “coziness” of the small town locale while others profess to the economic advantages of being just outside the big city. But here at SLU, being in the middle of a major met-

ropolitan area gives students a distinct advantage in that dwelling in the city makes it easier to watch the world unfold. In a big city it is more easily apparent that loneliness is relative.

If you are having a hard time getting used to being back and once again fending for yourself, both physically and socially, take a step off of campus and get away from this secluded world of college.

Release yourself from Facebook and social media.

Don’t worry that you don’t have any pictures to post from the weekend. Instead, find peace and reassurance in what is going on in the city around you. College isn’t everything, there’s a whole world of people out there living their lives. Take comfort in the solidarity of the human struggle. It doesn’t have to be difficult: a mom shopping with her kids at Schnuck’s, people waiting for the bus, a busy commuter getting coffee at Starbucks before work. In his book Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, Thomas Merton writes about an experience he had on a street corner. In Louisville, on leave from his Trappist Monastery in rural Kentucky to see a doctor, the monk is standing amidst the hustle and bustles of the city when he realizes that: “I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I love all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers. It was like awaking from a dream of separateness, of spurious self-isolation in a special world, the world of renunciation and supposed holiness.”

So here you are, thrown back into the exciting but often discomforting life of college. But ignore Facebook for a little bit and observe the world. You don’t have to be Thomas Merton, but comfort can be found in humanity being itself.

Paul Brunkhorst is a sophomore in A&S

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