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Five new Marco’s office moved to Commons Four new classes to sophomores due to upcoming renovations be offered next year from NFLS Several new classes to make join SLUH use of Innovation Lab BY Sam Tarter and Carter Spence CORE STAFF , REPORTER
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t the beginning of the second semester, five Chinese exchange students started their tenure at St. Louis U. High. The students are from the Nanjing Foreign Language school. SLUH has had a close relationship with them since 1997, having hosted several students from their school for the second semester of each year. In recent years, the program has been expanded to allow the exchange students to stay with a host family, and apply to become full time students at SLUH, going through their junior and senior years and eventually graduating. “The big idea is to give them a chance to visit our school for a semester and experience the life of our school, and to be immersed in the culture of our city and their host families,” said Director of Global Education Robert Chura. “There’s a lot of real positive exchange between stu
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our new classes will be offered next school year at St. Louis U High: Applied Aviation Engineering, African American History, Intro to Construction Engineering, and Intro to Woodworking.
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Students in Fr. Marco’s new office. BY Ben Klevorn and Jacob Sprock
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he new year brings a change of location for the office of Rev. Michael Marchlewski, S.J. (better known as Fr. Marco), one of the most popular student hangout spots around St. Louis U. High. Previously located in the old cafeteria, Fr. Marco’s office was relocated to the southwest corner of the Si Commons. Nestled in the western continued on page 5 corner of the old cafeteria,
Fr. Marco’s office has provided students with a relaxing atmosphere to hang out during free periods, activity period, and lunch for the last six years. The hangout space, which also featured couches, was the ideal getaway for students looking to escape the stress of school. The reason for the migration of Fr. Marco’s office is to clear space in the old cafeteria, where construction on the J. Anthony ’57 and Donna M. Dill Center for Academic Success, a project from the
Go Forth capital campaign, is set to begin in the near future. The Center for Academic Success will become a one-stop shop containing first floor administrative offices, college counseling, and school counseling. Ever since the construction of the Commons in 2012, the old cafeteria has been underused and oftentimes left empty, making it the logical first space of the school to renovate. “Starting with part of the
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ment began the school graders responded that they year with an ambitious addition to the St. Louis U. High admissions process: the program aptly titled Shadow @ SLUH. Freshmen signed up in the fall to be on the list of hosts in order to give prospective students a glimpse of the Jr. Bill experience. Throughout the first semester and until today, prospective eighth grade students have been given the opportunity to shadow at SLUH. This program was initiated by the Admissions Department as a response to feedback from prospective students in previous years.
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Robotics The robotics team is getting into the nuts and bolts of getting buckets for their upcoming competition. Page 2 news
PowerSchool Crash Not so PowerSchool anymore! Teachers were without the important program when it crashed earlier this week. Page 4
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t. Louis U. High fathers and sons will gather in the Si Commons next Sunday, Jan. 26, for the annual Father Son Banquet hosted by the SLUH Fathers’ Club. The theme of the night is the importance of father figures and their impact on the lives of their sons. Headlining the event is New York Times best-selling author Wes Moore, who will speak about his experience growing up in the poverty art | Kyle McEnery
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Applied Aviation Engineering Science teacher Bradley Mueller will combine his interest in aviation with his passion for teaching to create a summer course geared to students with an interest in engineering. “There are a lot of guys interested in engineering but may have never thought about aerospace engineering or an aviation science so that would be the primary reason,” said Mueller. “Number two, the aviation industry is going to grow extensively in the next couple of years not only as commercial aircraft pilots are concerned but lots of electric flying aircraft are coming out and they are almost all based on engineering.” Mueller also hopes to share his experiences from working to get his pilot’s license with the students. “I’m getting my pilot’s license and in getting my pilot’s license I think there is a lot of opportunities to share my experience with students at a much lower cost,” said Mueller. The course will begin with an introduction to the history of aviation and then study biomimicry in the world today. They will then take the knowledge they have gained and transfer it into designing and flying a plane. Right now, the course is only open to rising seniors; if there are remaining spots available, the course will open up to rising juniors and sophomores with aviation experience. This course will be the first of its kind in St. Louis. “There is only really one other school that has a foundational aerospace course
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from my research and that is Ladue, but they are more theoretical stuff,” said Mueller. “This would actually be a super hands-on course where we actually build a plane.” Although aviation engineering is not for everyone, Mueller believes this course is beneficial for anyone interested in going into engineering. “I think there are a lot of guys who would like to do engineering, and maybe this isn’t the path for them, but it definitely includes a lot of skills you need for an engineering career,” said Mueller. Intro to Construction Engineering Director of Theatre Operations Tim Moore and Innovation Lab Director Jeff Schaefer will be teaming up this summer to teach an intensive two-week Construction Engineering course that will give students an introduction into the process of building. The course will be centered around a random project that is assigned to them by the facilities department. After a couple of days of learning about the construction process, like bidding and estimates, it will then be up to them to design and build the project. “I’d say that 80 to 90 percent of the course is just building whatever the school gives us,” said Moore. Moore and Schaefer want to offer a unique experience to mimic a job that might be seen in the real world. “SLUH produces a lot of engineers and a good amount of them go into civil engineering or structural engineering, and on that path to those jobs some end up in construction management or in construction engineering,” said Moore. “We thought this would be a super cool and fun way to get the students involved in a permanent bid and a small sampling into what that job looks like.” While Moore and Schae
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Robotics preps for “Infinite Recharge,” takes Foy revamps summer class alongside Glynn ’19 first steps towards FIRST competition
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ocial Studies department chair Kevin Foy’s entrepreneurial class is back after a year-long hiatus, and it is better than ever. In the summer of 2020, rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors will have the opportunity to enroll in the course with a key focus on entrepreneurship and business. The class is unlike Foy’s other economics classes and features a variety of aspects stemming from start-up business strategies to innovation. Recent graduate, Cam Glynn ‘19, will also be teaching the class. Foy and Glynn plan to cater to the plethora of students at Saint Louis U. High who have business ideas or want to start a business as adults. Foy has had a class related to business or finance in the summer for several years. The summer offering rotates each year between topics relating to business, entrepreneurship, and personal finance. Foy has taught this particular class on entrepreneurship twice. Still, Foy anticipates that the addition of Glynn, as well as the allnew Innovation Lab, will enhance the student experience. Foy hopes that the students will be able to use the tools and technologies in the iLab to create different businesses projects. “They will create services as well as products,” said Foy. “I focus on creating, and then trying it, and then realizing what went well and what didn’t, learning from your mistakes, changing it, doing it again.” “You’ve got all the resources you need to make a really great product with the Innovation Lab,” said Glynn. Foy also plans for the course to be heavily focused on group work and the ability to collaborate with fellow peers. “It will be a lot about communication, and communicating your ideas to other people,” said Foy. The class will also bring in professionals and experts in the field of business as well as draw upon many of the entrepreneurial resources in the St. Louis area, such as business pitch competitions. “I think the class is going to reward guys for being passionate and excited. It is going to give them a lot of different ways to look at how to solve problems and see how they can apply their own skills and passions to do cool stuff,” said Foy. In addition to the very interactive curriculum, the addition of Glynn as a teacher will add a whole new level to the student experience. Glynn is attend-
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ing the University of Southern California, where he is studying innovation, design, and entrepreneurship. Glynn first met Foy when attending meetings held by the Ignatian Business Leaders his freshman and sophomore years. Glynn’s relationship with Foy and his love of economics grew senior year. He enrolled in both of Foy’s AP Economics courses and ascended to a managerial role of IBL. Foy and Glynn are close, and Foy sees a lot of great qualities in Glynn. “He is creative, motivated, brilliant,” said Foy. “He really kinda understands what we are trying to do here. He is a dynamic guy. I think that the students will really get a kick out of working with him.” Glynn believes that the opportunities offered by his program at USC will equip him to successfully co-lead the course. “We have a makerspace built into our school building, and so I get to spend a lot of time there. I’ve gained a lot of knowledge when it comes to digital fabrication and taking ideas and building them into working prototypes and eventually finished products,” said Glynn. Glynn’s experience with the makerspace at his school has inspired him to integrate the iLab into the class. “People have ideas that they want to actually build out,” said Glynn. “I’ll hopefully be able to help them out myself or point them in the right direction to someone who has more expertise.” Glynn also has started his own small business, selling clothes and shoes. Five years have passed, and he has sold over 600 units. Glynn hopes this experience will inspire the students. “Hopefully, my experience will be relatable to high school students to help them realize that they can really go after their dreams and pursue them as real tangible things,” said Glynn. Although not all plans for the course have been solidified, Glynn has made his end goal for the class very clear. “The big thing I want to teach people is that they really have everything there for them in order to make any idea a reality,” said Glynn. “They don’t need to hold back or wait for the right time to do something because the right time really is the present.”
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n any given afternoon, a student wandering around the basement of St. Louis U. High can hear the sounds of students speaking quietly, metal banging on metal, or the whir of a saw running. That is the sound of SLUH’s robotics team working on its robot for its upcoming competition. In early January, FIRST Robotics Competition, an organization that hosts robotics tournaments across the globe, revealed to the world the game that teams would face in the main 2020 robotics competition. The theme for this year is called “Infinite Recharge.” The objective: to move foam balls from one side of the field to another and shoot them through various targets. While this objective may seem easy, it is actually very complicated and requires a complex robot. “This year is a little more challenging than the last couple of years have been,” said co-moderator Craig Hinders. “Part of it is that there are quite a few different aspects for this game and each aspect has its own unique challenge.” Even though the competition was just announced, and is still two months away, the team has already been hard at work designing a robot that can accomplish the task. “After the game reveal we decide what aspects of
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the game we want to focus on, and we decided to focus on the shooting mechanism,” said Hinders. The design process is just the first step in a multistep process. During the design process, the students develop ideas for how to make their robot operate efficiently and smoothly. After sketching their ideas on a whiteboard, they put their designs into CAD (computer aided design) which allows them to view their robot design in 3D. “CAD allows us to create a virtual model of what our robot will look like so we can do different simulations with it such as seeing if moving parts will interfere with other parts or do a simulated weight test to make sure a chassis is strong enough,” said junior Daniel Blittschau. After the design process is close to completion, the
leaders will determine what specialized parts they will need and then order them from a metal working shop that SLUH hires. Once the parts arrive, the actual construction process of the robot begins. During the building process, the team will try out and test brand new components that they are using for the first time. One of those new pieces of technology that will help SLUH robot to be more efficient is a new drive train called swerve drive. “Swerve drive allows the robot’s wheels to turn instead of having to turn the whole robot,” said Blittschau. “This will allow us to have greater speed and agility than in past years.” On March 13, SLUH, along with 48 area high schools, will compete in the St. Louis region competition. SLUH will be paired up with
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two other high school teams to compete in the tournament. During the competition they will be awarded points for various accomplishments, including shooting a ball through a target and being able to climb up an incline at the very end of the match. If SLUH’s alliance scores enough points and wins the competition they will then move on to the Midwest Regional competition held in Dallas later in the year. Even if they don’t win, the team members will still enjoy the process of building the robot and the community that they have formed. “Robotics is a great space to just be yourself,” said sophomore J.P. Torack. “It is a low risk environment that allows you to learn a lot of cool things within the STEAM field.”
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he St. Louis U. High chess team faced Metro on the road this week. Having started the year undefeated, the Jr. Bills wanted to keep the streak alive with another win. However, both top seniors Thomas Reilly and Garrett Seal were unable to participate in the match because they were on the Kairos Retreat. They left the team without their usual boards one and two players, so the team knew it would not be an easy match to win. The U. High started with sophomore Robert Mize on board one, senior Ben Gremaud on board two, sophomore Brody Nester on board three, senior Kevin Stein on board four, and freshman Michael Friedman on board five. This was Friedman’s first varsity match this year, but didn’t, calmly grabbing a victory on board five after capturing a material advantage in the opening. At board four, Stein captured several pawns to gain an advantage after the opening, and, after his opponent hung her queen, it was an easy victory.
On board three, Nester gained the advantage when his opponent was forced to sacrifice a minor piece in order to prevent checkmate, and Nester traded pieces and promoted a pawn to queen to win the game. On board two, Gremaud fought a very close battle. It was a drawn position going into an endgame involving a rook and several pawns, but Gremaud took advantage using his active king to promote a pawn to queen and find checkmate. “It was probably my best and most accurate game of the year,” said Gremaud. Mize’s game on board one was the last to finish. Although Mize usually plays on board three, he looked like a true board one in this match. “My opponent was probably better than me, and he definitely knew more opening theory, but I played the English, which is a very strong but uncommon opening that made for a very positional game that swung both ways throughout the match,” said Mize. Mize captured material due to his opponent’s un-
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willingness to trade queens, and with a large time and material advantage, Mize sealed the deal and completed the sweep. This sweep is especially extraordinary considering SLUH’s regular top two board players were not available for the match.
The U-High is now at a perfect 5-0, standing alone atop their division, with Belleville East at a close second with a record of 4-01. The Jr. Bills will look to keep winning when they take on John Burroughs next Wednesday at home.
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Senior Immersion: Guatemala BY John Wimmer and Joey Knese
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s the SLUH community began the uphill battle of returning to the busy routine of the school week, six members of the senior class were instead boarding a plane to Guatemala where, for the month of January, they will be serving school children in need. The seniors are contributing to the classes as much as their knowledge of Spanish will let them, and during lunch and recess, the seniors play soccer with the kids. After the day, the SLUH students eat dinner with the families of the kids at school. “Our impact is being a source of joy and energy for the kids more than trying to teach them anything related to their schoolwork,” said senior Joe Callahan. The seniors continue to reflect on the joy they see in the lives of these people immersed in such impoverished situations. “We continue to ask the same question,” said senior Noah Scott. “Why is it that these kids are so joyful when they have so little.” With this question in mind, the seniors were inspired to put even more of their hearts into their work. They aspired to be like the tias (aunts) who prepare dinner and organize the children’s homework.
“(The tias) truly dedicate their lives to the program and to the kids,” said Scott. “The tias also don’t make a huge salary receive any rewards for their work.” Senior Adam Mittendorf found that the time spent at the homes with the kids and their families to be some of the most impactful moments so far. “The students were more willing to open up to us in an environment where they may be felt more comfortable talking to us,” said Mittendorf. Despite the language barrier, the two parties were able to find common ground: soccer. “We were able to bond with each other more, washing and hanging clothes together and getting some good soccer practice in on the roof,” said Scott. “We were included as much as anyone else, getting passed to like we were part of the group.” The seniors’ trip may only be at the halfway point, but they have already learned many important messages from the children and the adults they have met while working. “We see in the tias and the teachers people who tie their lives to something transcendent, like love. We certainly have something to learn from these people, and this may point us in its direction,” said Scott.
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St. John the Baptist: St. Petersburg, Russia
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s the Class of 2020’s second week of Senior Project draws to a close, senior Cole Jansky reflects on his experience so far and looks forward to the weeks to come. Janksy is working at Neuwoehner High School, a school for students who are mentally or physically disabled. Neuwoehner High is a part of the Special School District for St. Louis County and a fairly common site for seniors. Seniors Peter Herrmann, Trey Lyons, and Kristian Malinich are also working at the site. Jansky chose the site looking to deepen his previous work helping those who are mentally and physically disabled. “I have already done a lot of service with younger kids that have mental disabilities,” said Jansky. “I wanted to challenge myself and go a little out of my comfort zone with kids my own age and older.” Jansky and the other seniors volunteering at Neuwoehner High noted that they are there very often, which helps keep things new.
am basically a teacher’s aide,” said Jansky. “We can do anything from retrieving papers from a printer to reading to kids to help them when they are working.” The purpose of this work is to help prepare the students of Neuwoehner for jobs and success in the real world. “At the end of the day, we go to an actual job where I help them gain experience and do things like clean college dorms at MBU (Missouri Baptist University),” said Jansky. With this site comes some expected challenges for volunteers. “A lot of kids have mood issues,” said Jansky. “I have to be very patient with them.” Aside from the challenges, Jansky is very glad to have chosen Neuwoehner High School as his site, citing the students as the highlights of his day there. “I really like hanging out with the students there and making them laugh or them making me laugh,” said Jansky.
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o Russia with love! For the fourth consecutive year, St. Louis U. High has sent a group of seniors to complete their Senior Project in St. Petersburg, Russia. For over a decade, Russian teacher Robert Chura has organized a summer exchange program with SLUH’s partner school in St. Petersburg, during which the students spend some of their time volunteering at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in the city suburb of Pushkin. It was here that Chura met Ulyana Blagodyr, a parishioner and teacher at Pushkin’s Special School 16, which serves children with behavioral and neurological conditions like autism and cerebral palsy. The two worked together to organize a project opportunity in Russia, which launched with two seniors in 2017. This year, seniors Kevin Bainter, Matt Friedrichs, and Chris Hartung were selected for the trip, and their service is being completed across three different sites. For their first week, they worked with the parish in Pushkin, where they spent time with the children of Venezuelan refugees and performed maintenance around the church itself. “I loved how rewarding it
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was to work with the refugee children,” said Hartung. “You could really see how much they were enjoying themselves, and that brought me a lot of joy.” For the remainder of their project, the students are traveling to Pushkin to work with kids at Special School 16, while also taking turns at the partner school in the city, where they are helping to teach elementary and high school English classes. “I like how welcoming the sites are,” said Bainter. “Everyone is so friendly and wants to get to know us. It feels like a community.” The students all spoke highly of the service and language opportunities offered by the trip. “Working at the chapel really opened my eyes to the difficulties of life as a refugee in Russia. It has broadened my perspective and broken some of my preconceived notions about Russians,” commented Hartung. “The kids are just so happy when we interact with them and give them positive attention,” said Bainter. “It made me realize how simple everyday interactions such as just listening to someone—even if you don’t understand what they’re saying—can have a major impact on a person’s day.”
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Upcoming Old Cafeteria renovations force re- PowerSchool crash causes tech trouble location of Fr. Marco’s office (continued from page 1)
didn’t know when someone else—another adult—was in there, so the place was left open and not always supervised,” said Gibbons. “If I had to leave for a doctor’s appointment or just for lunch, there was no one to supervise,” said Marco. “For now, we have supervision all the time. So now I can actually take a lunch break—I couldn’t do that before.” The new office is largely the same as it was in its previous location, although Marco is excited that the new space is cleaner and more spacious.
“It has many advantages,” said Marco. “It is much cleaner and accessible and roomier—a lot roomier.” Because the Commons is heavily used for both school and non-school functions, Director of Facilities Joe Rankin and his crew added wheels to the bottom of the couches, which allows for an easy removal of them from the Commons in case of an event. For many students, Fr. Marco’s room was a place to get away from the stress that comes with attending SLUH.
building that right now is way underutilized, the old cafeteria, it’s sort of like making the right chess moves,” said Principal Ian Gibbons, S.J. “You have to clear the board in order to make the attacks you’re trying to do, and until you get to that point you’re sort of stuck.” In addition to moving Fr. Marco’s office, the Archives Committee moved its collection of archives from the eastern corner of the old cafeteria to an apartment in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps house, located next to the Jesuit Residence. The administration considered several different relocation options—the loge, the theater lobby, the Field House, and the rec room— but ultimately settled on the Commons, a location that Gibbons believes has several advantages. “Of all the different places we looked at, this made the most sense,” said Gibbons. “It’s an area that’s accessible, that we can monitor, and it’s an area that Fr. Marco can help us make more available by having an adult presence.” Supervision in particular was a point of emphasis that was addressed by the administration through the relocation. Now that the office is located in an open setting as opposed to a secluded setting, supervising the space should be an easier task. “I think the sightlines and different groups who used it at different times, they The space where Fr. Marco’s used to be located.
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inaugural program. “I liked answering shadows’ questions because I could give them different insight as a student than someone who’s in an administrative position,” said freshman Freddy Laux. Freshman Michael Thang enjoyed having the chance to connect with shadows and pave the road to high school for them. Thang reflected on one particularly memorable experience where he was able to give advice on high school soccer as well as what to expect from classes. “I really like how I’m able to prepare the eighth graders and share my experience with them. I feel like I’m taking the role of a leader and helping out the school,” said Thang. Freshman host Brendan Schroeder appreciated that hosts were often paired, when possible, with prospective students who shared common interests. “I think the program was run well because of how well shadows were often matched to freshmen who shared the same interests or played the same sports,” said Schroeder.
“It gave each shadow something they could connect to with their host.” Because freshmen were in the shadows’ shoes not even a year ago and take classes that teach concepts not too difficult for eighth graders to understand, the admissions team felt that freshmen were the perfect hosts for eighth graders wanting a preview of their possible life at SLUH. “If we had a prospective student shadow an upperclassman, they would’ve been in a higher-level class that’s at least two years or older, and they wouldn’t have understood the content. To provide an authentic experience for an eighth grader to understand what it would be like as a first-semester freshman here, it was really important that we have freshman hosts,” said admissions team member Jennifer Thomas. Thomas stressed that shadowing freshmen wouldn’t perpetuate the myth that SLUH is too much to handle for prospective students that aren’t straightA students. Though it was somewhat of a risk for the school to entrust such an im-
portant job to freshmen in a new environment, Thomas and the admissions team were very impressed with how the freshmen did. “There is absolutely no way that our program would be the success that it is without the amazing positive attitude that freshmen hosts have had,” said Thomas. “How incredibly welcoming and nurturing they’ve been with our guests; (Shadow @SLUH) wouldn’t be what it is without them.” President Alan Carruthers felt that the addition of Shadow @ SLUH is important because it gives eighth graders, who are struggling to decide where they want to spend four of their most formative years, a better picture of themselves in SLUH that was not as clear in the previous admissions setup. “There are a lot of different things to do here. I think no matter who you are and where you’re from, that’s what attracts boys. But you have to get them in the building, and the shadow program allows that to happen,” said Carruthers.
So far, the change has not been popular among students. Sophomore Brendan Stein feels similarly about the room. “I would go to Fr. Marco’s for Activity Period and then for my free period and then also because I had junior/senior lunch,” he said. “The old office was kind of in the center of everything. Now it’s far away. It’s pretty sad, like, coming on the first day and you see the empty room with no couches.”
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here was a little tech trouble Wednesday morning at St. Louis U. High as PowerSchool crashed for multiple teachers, making it difficult to take attendance and impossible to update grades. The crash was caused by a series of automated attacks on PowerSchool from a botnet program. Used since second semester of 2009, PowerSchool has been a tool in every SLUH teacher’s kit, keeping track of student grades, attendance, school records, and general student information. Over that period of time, there have been no instances where it has been attacked like it was on Wednesday, according to Director of Information Technology Jonathan Dickmann. The crash was caused by a botnet, which moves from site to site looking for vulnerable, unpatched aspects of that site to dig into. “Imagine I’m talking at a really fast pace for five minutes straight, and you try to talk in between my pauses and sentences,” said System Administrator Jeremy Griggs. “That’s basically what was happening.” The bot attacked from multiple addresses to squeeze in as much code as possible. “We were getting hit in the same area from a whole bunch of different addresses,” said Griggs. Although the effecphoto | Luke Duffy
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tiveness of the attack is a new thing, it is not the first time PowerSchool has been probed for weaknesses. “We get probed all the time,” said Dickmann. “I mean, any website you run gets probed all the time for weaknesses and vulnerabilities. This is just another instance of that.” The newest update of PowerSchool was what caused the problem. The tech office had noticed a couple of issues a month or two before the attack but had not been able to identify whether it was a problem on the SLUH end or was something to do with the website itself. “It was whenever we would shut out our connection between the outside world and PowerSchool that it would stop, so we looked very carefully at the traffic coming into our school,” said Griggs. That ended up being where they found the problem. “But as far as we’re aware and from everything we’ve been able to tell, there was not a compromise, so it’s not really a hack,” said Griggs. Even if there had been a compromise, it would be a simple fix: identify the accounts the bot got into and then reset the passwords. The tech office made sure to completely block the attackers that were identified, restricting their access to the site so that the bot cannot attack again.
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stricken inner city of Baltimore without his father, who died when he was young. Despite his rough childhood, Moore went on to attend both Johns Hopkins University and Oxford University and became a Rhodes Scholar. Moore’s personal story is an inspiring account of rising above adversity to achieve success. In his 2010 best seller, The Other Wes Moore, Moore analyzes the lives of two Baltimore teens, both named Wes Moore, who have similar childhoods yet grow up to be strikingly different: him, a successful scholar, the other Wes Moore a convicted murderer. Moore’s book focuses heavily on topics of privilege, gratitude, and graciousness as well as the factors that lead to a successful life in a challenging world. “His perspectives, they remind me a lot of a SLUH student who’s been given remarkable opportunities … yet appreciates that not all people get those opportunities,” said President of the Fathers’ Club Rich Ledbetter. “Wes Moore’s mission is to make a difference in the world and I think
that aligns with what our young men are asked to consider.” “He’s a perfect voice for this year’s theme of doing justice,” added principal Ian Gibbons, S.J., “We have very compartmentalized relationships at SLUH and in the world, a speaker like Wes Moore can help break up lots of divisions in our school and in our relationships as a whole” SLUH seniors are already familiar with The Other Wes Moore, which was a popular summer reading book in 2016. “When you ask the seniors about reading (Moore’s novel), they remember the book, they loved the book and it had an impact on their lives,” said Ledbetter. “We had a chance to bring in Wes Moore for the banquet and it just seemed like a perfect way for them to celebrate their four years at SLUH.” Moore’s novel is also important because it speaks to the importance of having a strong father figure, something that Ledbetter knows many SLUH students do not have. “Even saying ‘Father Son
Banquet’ makes me feel a little uncomfortable because I know that there are students at SLUH whose dads are not present in their lives,” said Ledbetter. As a result, the Fathers Club is encouraging all students to come to the event and to bring an important adult in their lives, even if its not their father. Ledbetter hopes that in welcoming everyone, SLUH students will be made aware of their incredible opportunities. “There are people in our community who are struggling and don’t have dads present and we want everyone to know that they are welcome,” said Ledbetter. “Let’s all look around and pay attention to the people in our community who don’t have all the gifts that we have.” Students and fathers who are interested in attending can register for the event and find more information on the Fathers Club website. “It is going to be an incredibly special night at St. Louis U. High. I urge everyone to go online and register,” said Ledbetter.
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fer see an advantage to having experience with construction prior to the course, they stress that experience is not necessary and the course is open to anyone willing to put in the effort. “My approach to everything is that if you don’t have the specific experience, don’t just rule it out,” said Schaefer. “If you’re interested in the class then at least come to talk to one of us.” Intro to Woodworking Moore and Schaefer will team up once again during the next school year to teach a woodworking class. The class is focused on giving students a foundation in the useful area of woodworking by making various projects ranging anywhere from toys to furniture. “The beginning projects
will be small and as the skills develop, we will use that as a guiding force for the class,” said Schaefer. “It is ever-evolving. The abilities and skillsets of students will play a huge part in deciding the course moving forward.” “We’re still trying to build the bones of what this class is going to be like day to day,” said Moore. “We’re still getting it figured out.” The course hopes to take advantage of Schaefer’s new shop in the Innovation Lab and Moore’s shop in the theatre. The course comes as schools around the country are cutting most of their shop classes due to budget restraints. Moore and Schaefer hope to keep the spirit of woodworking alive through this course and pass down valuable woodworking skills to their students.
“We have a fully outfitted shop in the Innovation Lab in order to do that type of work,” said Schaefer. “The abilities that Mr. Moore and I have in our trades are already construction and woodworking and we see how much they have helped us and so we are trying to convey that to the next generation.” African American History History teacher Erwin Claggett will be teaching a new course on African American History next school year. Claggett’s class comes as a response to requests from students to dive deeper into the subject than what they learned in U.S. History and to complement similar classes like the senior English elective African American Voices. “It seems like it would be a good time, especially with our school’s evolution
with equity and inclusion. It seemed like a great opportunity to enhance our history curriculum,” said Claggett. Claggett’s class will start around the Reconstruction era and go all the way up to the present day. They will study the political, economic, and social experiences of African Americans while discussing their experiences and contributions to society. “People get misconstrued and think that African American history is totally different from U.S. history when, in actuality, it is the same, but it’s just some of the history has been forgotten, neglected or just not even talked about,” said Claggett. “ I am excited about learning more myself and also teaching it.”
Quantum Puzzle #512
crossword | Mr. Paul Baudendistel
ACROSS 1. State of 7-Down 5. One of the senses 10. Extreme of the Mohs scale 14. Slang for “That is very unlikely” 15. The “razor” attributed to this theologian is correctly expressed as, “Entities should not be multiplied without necessity” ... unlike this puzzle 16. Puts together 17. Prefix meaning half, used when describing Hercules or Percy Jackson 18. Where Toby Flenderson works 19. Weakest tide 20. Having super vision, via a prediction of quantum mechanics different from this puzzle’s theme 23. More slippery, as roads 26. Engraving on a cotton gin? 30. Type of school or testament 31. Cute, in internet
language 36. Jesus 37. Winter wear 39. Snippets of video 40. “My bad” 41. Rate related to water or employees 44. Change, as a garment 47. Jurassic Park and Toy Story were landmarks for this 48. Actress Thompson, Marvel’s Valkyrie 52. Sometimes this is this 53. Command from an actor to a director 55. Type of case or door 56. Org. for Woods and woods 57. Culturally appropriate name for the family of fictional crime boss Tony 59. Growth mindset adverb 60. Ending for most adverbs 61. Michael Girsch, not John Mozeliak anymore 62. _____ Sun 66. Having a personality
quirk 68. What a dirty child needs 73. Where Bastian reads The Neverending Story, and where George Bluth lives 74. Computer memory 75. Hot winter drink 76. Zebra color 77. Foreign examples 78. Description of kettle corn
10. Shovel and pail at the beach, say 11. Sweet thing 12. They suggest certain amounts of calories and food content 13. Way of taking samples (abbr.) 21. St. John Vianney, Curé of _____ 22. Receding tide 23. Abbreviation for a large legal entity 24. Green manager? 25. Female red storm 27. A personal identity 28. Leave behind 29. Ways to gain knowledge about people 32. Halloween mo. 33. Mug or drinking horn 34. Kia’s best model 35. Kitchen and bath remodeling store on Manchester 38. Nearly three 40. What Reno 911! has 42. RN workplace 43. When Pat Maroon scored 44. It’s going up 45. Strong, straight support 46. Line leader? 49. One who keeps quiet 50. Have a date with 51. Exemplar of communication 53. Cute, in Shakespearean language 54. Maj. for many SLUH grads 57. Driving problem 58. Apple computers 62. Something called 63. Hawk, Falcon, or Brave (abbr.) 64. Arguing sometimes occurs here 65. University in the northeast founded in the 1800’s 66. Metal found in veins 67. They’re quicker than e-mail 69. Fashion accessory 70. Elastic band for a knee 71. Human appendage 72. It’s often pictured with a farmer
DOWN 1. Male person 2. Legal ending 3. Drive 4. Where royalty starts in chess 5. from Queen of Katwe: “Sometimes the place you are used _____ not the place you belong.” 6. Teen terror 7. Infamous animal, and a hint for the shaded squares 8. Button that resets a The shaded squares offer digital scale twice the fun. 9. One of these awards is displayed in the Danis lobby
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dents. The reciprocal of this is that a group of our students get to stay at their school for a two-week period during spring break (four of our students will do that). The whole idea is for people of different cultures and backgrounds and from different parts of the world to come together and share some common experiences, which contributes to a better cultural understanding and the ability to see things from another person’s perspective. We hope to enrich the environments of both schools,” added Chura. Hosting the Chinese exchange students for the semester is no easy task. In addition to strengthening their knowledge of the Chinese language, the host students try their best to assimilate the exchange students into American culture—including the food. “My siblings and I always play music when we’re in the car with Neal and or Terri,” said host student freshman Campbell Cornett. “The first real meal we made when Neal arrived was toasted ravioli. We wanted him to experience specifically St. Louis culture, so afterwards we took him to Ted Drewes and he really enjoyed it.” “Food at SLUH is great. With various choices, it is easy for students like me from different backgrounds to find their favorite food. I do enjoy it a lot. The time in the cafeteria is part of my best time in SLUH,” said exchange student Nuo Paul Xu. The host students are also learning valuable lessons about Chinese culture, too. One of the exchange students, Terri, has introduced Cornett to many new tasty foods. “Whenever we take Terri to the market he always shows us different foods that are good that we should try, and when we buy them they are always very good,” Cornett said. The challenge of traveling across the world into a foreign culture with a unique language for four months may seem daunting, but the exchange students—and the host families—have responded well to the difficult task. “The card with ‘Welcome Paul’ on the door of my room and Chinese food makes me feel like being at home. Since they are interested in Chinese culture, it’s always been a great time to discuss about different cultures with each other. What they have done for me definitely goes beyond my description words,” said Xu. “Learning here in SLUH is really challenging because of the challenges from both academic tasks and learning in English rather than Chinese. It will definitely take me some time to get adapted to the school life here,” Xu added. “I have been preparing for the classes in America for quite a long time. The role that teachers play is more like
the directors, showing you the direction of discovering rather than simply giving you knowledge. All my classmates are helpful. I have learned a lot from them.” The experience has also increased the cultural understanding and language skills of students from both schools. “From the classes at SLUH, I’ve started to master the learning skills including self-reading, developing your own argument based on the given documents. With these learning skills, I am becoming confident to fully participate in discussions in class which is a little hard for a newcomer,” Xu said. “I’m looking forward to the immersion in a brand new foreign environment. Studying with English, which is not my first language, usually takes twice as much time as I used to spend. It is a new start for me to study in SLUH. I need to establish the relationships with my teachers and my classmates in English.” “Being able to speak in Chinese with the students has made me a way better Chinese student. Coming from a school that has dorms, I always spent time there talking to the Chinese students. I believe it is the best way to learn the language,” said Cornett. While being immersed in a new culture, the exchange students also hope to share some of their own culture with the entire SLUH community through the celebration of the Chinese New Year. “Of course, as a Chinese student, I want to spread my own culture here in SLUH,” said Xu. “The Chinese New Year is coming. We exchange students from China want to cooperate with Mr. Huang to plan for the New Year Celebration. Meanwhile, we are also spreading Chinese culture through daily classes. By showing the contemporary situation in China, we are trying our best to demonstrate the real China.” The exchange program has been a huge learning experience for the Chinese and American students, with a unique chance to experience a different culture. “I think as Americans we often see things that are different as strange or wrong, and for our kids to see that sometimes being different is for a reason, and there are a lot of good things to be gained from understanding why and how cultures are different,” said Chura.
SLUH takes down MCC rival De Smet, ties Marquette BY Blake Obert and Julien Jensen SPORTS EDITOR, STAFF
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he Jr. Bills rebounded from a mediocre stretch over break with a dominating 3-0 win over De Smet last Friday, but did not follow suit in their 2-2 tie with Marquette on Monday. On Friday against De Smet, freshman Mario DiMaggio tallied the first goal early in the second period, senior Tyler Lindhorst found net early in the third period, and senior Patrick Simoncic put the nail in the coffin with 1:32 left in the third. It was an aggressive matchup and both teams had their fair share of penalties. De Smet and SLUH both recorded six penalties, with SLUH taking four of them in a row in the second and third periods. De Smet spent six minutes in the box in the first period and SLUH did the same in the second. “We know there is a mutual disliking between us and De Smet so we just wanted to put them in their place,” said Simoncic. The shot totals remained close despite the difference on the scoreboard, as the Jr. Bills only outshot the Spartans 2118, and were even outshot by the Spartans in the second 9-7. Senior goalie Cole Jansky secured the shutout with the help of a strong defense in front of him. “We kept them from scoring despite the many penalties we took because of our defensemen,” said Jansky. “We were
photo | Matthew Leight
Junior Joey Perotti against De Smet.
able to keep our play smart and simple as well as get the puck out quick. We also had great forechecking to keep the play in their zone and strong backchecking to stop any quick rushes De Smet had.” The Jr. Bills have now won both rematches of last year’s Challenge Cup final. “I think our goaltender, Cole Jansky, was key to our success,” said coach Jack Behan. “He gave us confidence in our game. Our willingness to go
hard to the net was rewarded with all three goals coming off hard plays in front.” The Jr. Bills tied Marquette 2-2 on Monday. SLUH started the game hot, putting up 18 shots in the first period. Sophomore John Loretta scored five minutes into the game with the help of some nifty passes from freshman Henry Serafin and sophomore Max Sextro. Marquette opened the second with a bang, scoring in
the opening seconds to tie the game at 1-1. After the goal, the Jr. Bills were given three power plays on two minor penalties and one misconduct penalty called on Marquette players. Despite the multiple opportunities, SLUH managed only eight shots in the period and failed to regain the lead. “It’s been our issue all year. We’ve played very well but at times haven’t been rewarded for our efforts. Particularly unfortunate was we accidentally
scored on ourselves as a player tried to glove down the puck and it ended up going into our net,” said Behan. Marquette took the lead five minutes into the third and looked to secure the upset. But senior Alex Beville extinguished those dreams. With seven minutes left, Beville received a pass from Simoncic, but was tripped. He immediately got up and made a move to get past a defender, juked out the goalie, and dumped the puck in the net for the tying goal. SLUH’s offense was on fire, putting up 39 shots, but could only score twice. “All the tough luck that we’ve had all year and we still are in a good spot. The parity in our division this year is amazing,” said Behan. “Our next two games next week will determine our fate. We can end up anywhere from second to seventh place based on how we do. Hope our seventh man is there in force both games as the guys respond to their support,” said Behan. The Jr. Bills final two games of the season are on Thursday January 23 at 8:45 p.m against Kirkwood and Friday January 25 at 8:25 p.m. against Lafayette. Both the games will be played at Affton. “It has been a grind of a season and we just need a couple of wins and then the fun part of the year begins,” said Simoncic.
Racquetball participates in Pinchshot Blizzard Tournament, players individually participate to gain experience BY Kyle McEnery CORE STAFF
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aint Louis U. High’s varsity racquetball team may not have had a match this week, but that did not stop the Jr. Bills from getting quality playing time in. Over the past weekend, the team participated in the Pinchshot Blizzard Tournament, giving each player an opportunity to play opponents of different skill levels. SLUH’s No. 1 seed Nick Schulze (Sr.) and No. 2 seed Andrew Porterfield (Sr.) were the only players to play in the Men’s A bracket. Schulze won first his match by forfeit, and then lost to Lafayette’s William Sherman; 15-10, 15-7, Sherman went on to win the Men’s A bracket. From there, Schulze entered the consolation bracket, where he beat Kirkwood’s Liam Justin 111, 11-9 and Mizzou student and Lindbergh alumn Alex Briegleb 11-1, 11-3 to claim the consolation bracket championship.
“I played alright in my first game but not my best and since it was against a really good opponent I lost and was put into consolation,” said Schulze. “(The competition was) definitely not as good as my first opponent but they were still decent players.” Porterfield successfully won his first match against Kirkwood’s Brendan Justin 15-7, 15-8 and went on to play Missouri State’s Mike Torbet. Torbet defeated Porterfield 15-11, 15-1 and would go on to face Sherman in the finals. No. 3 seed Tommy Phillips (Sr.) faced some familiar competition during his time in the tournament as he only played other SLUH players. In his first match, Philips beat senior Kyle McEnery 15-11, 1511. In the following match, Phillips lost a showdown with SLUH’s No. 4 seed Kyle Zoellner (Sr.), 15-5, 15-5. Zoellner also faced a series of familiar players. Before his match against Phillips, Zoellner battled
his doubles partner, senior John Hilker, and defeated him in a back and forth match 15-11, 15-14. Following his match against Phillips, Zoellner and No. 6 seed Danny Juergens (Jr.) had a long and tough fight in which Zoellner eventually came out on top, winning 5-15, 15-14, 11-2. From there, Zoellner would go to the championship match against Timothy Garvey, who ended up defeating Zoellner 15-11, 1513 in a tough match. “The finals game was definitely my toughest match,” said Zoellner. “It was against an older player so he played differently than the other younger people I play against. I had to change my play a bit and he was also really good.” No. 5 seed Oliver Allen (Jr.) faced Garvey in the semifinals after he had won his first three matches. Allen beat Lindbergh’s Jack Fredrickson 15-8,15-4 in his first match. Allen then beat Johnathan Prichard, 15-4, 15-12 and SLUH sopho-
more Jared Thornberry 157, 15-14. Allen’s next match would be his downfall as he lost to Garvey in the semis, 15-6, 15-13. Juergens beat Larayette’s Aiden Dozier, 15-7, 15-4, Thomas Bottchen, 11-15, 15-11, 11-9, and Parkway’s Nio Hulen in a tiebreaker 15-11, 9-15, 111, before losing in the semis against Zoellner. Doubles partners Hilker and Prichard had the opportunity to play singles instead of working as a pair for the tournament.
Prichard won his first match against Jon Moore 15-7, 15-8 before losing to Allen. Hilker defeated Lafayette’s Charlie Buren 15-1, 15-1 in his first match before losing to finalist Zoellner. “This tournament was my best tournament so far this year,” said Hilker. “I was making the shots, making good decisions, and all against very good competition.” The team’s next match is on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at Vetta West.
art | Bob Devoll
Basketball falls to Chami due to lack of size Jimmy Stanley SPORTS EDITOR
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t. Louis U. High varsity basketball fell to 6-7 after a tough loss to MCC rival Chaminade last Friday. With a stark lack of size compared to Chaminade, SLUH recovered just 33 percent of offensive rebounds and allowed 40 points in the paint. Although they suffered the loss, the Jr. Bills showed signs of improvement through unselfishness which pronounced itself through a reduced number of turnovers. The gym was packed for the Friday night MCC showdown. With MCC rivals CBC and De Smet facing off at the same time as SLUH and Chaminade, it was an important game for the Jr. Bills to step up and show St. Louis who they were. They did just that, but not in the way you would expect. SLUH started off firing on all cylinders on offense, with sophomore Jaden McClain scoring two easy layups within the first few minutes. On the other side of the ball, though, SLUH’s big men were unable to stop Chaminade’s size in the paint. “With our lack of size, rebounding was beginning to be a problem. Boxing out and crashing is what gets us boards as an undersized team, so that’s what we tried to do,” said sophomore Luke Johnston. They were unable to shut down the inside for Chaminade’s 6’ 8” big man, and ended up down two points at the end of the first quarter after a Chaminade buzzerbeater three-pointer. The second quarter was a shooting struggle for SLUH, as the Jr. Bills shot just 23 percent, while Chaminade kept their percentage in the mid-fifties as they did in the first quarter. “It’s very challenging when you’re facing experienced Division 1 guards who can really shoot it. We wanted to really focus in on these guys and I thought we did a good job of limiting their guards’ scoring opportunities, but their young forward kind of hurt us inside,” said head coach Erwin Claggett. SLUH was down 11 at the end of the second quarter. “At the half we talked about ball security and executing offensively. We wanted (to talk) about gang rebounding and fighting harder in the paint,” said Claggett.
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Nance comeback and Perry match highlight tri, quad meets in past week Luke Altier and Leo Wagner
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Sophomore Alex Nance against Ritenour.
physical battle between the two was aggressive and only escalated when the Ritenour wrestler shoved Perry off of him when they were both out of bounds. Perry, fighting with grit and toughness, made it tough on the bottom for the Ritenour wrestler. “I just went out there, didn’t think about it and worked with what I knew,” said Perry. “I really just tried to hit my double leg and win the third period.” Sophomore Alex Nance, filling in for a sick Auggie Lodholz, wrestled in the 160-pound weight class in his varsity debut. Amazingly, he managed to endure and outlast a mix of illegal moves and sweeps from his opponent and eventually came back from down 10 points to get the pin for the win in the third period. “That was a great win,” said junior Logan Neumann. “He deserves a lot of respect for that win.” Neumann wrestled a dominant match, pinning his opponent merely 1:47 into the first period. Following suit, junior Bobby Conroy continued his streak of dominance, pinning his Ritenour opponent 1:16 into the first period. To finish the dual with Ritenour, senior Kevin Flack had a bye, sealing the commanding 4227 victory for the Jr. Bills in the first half of the meet. After Ritenour, SLUH faced Priory, a team with a smaller roster, similar to that of SLUH’s. The dual between the two schools was much shorter, as only four matches were wrestled and byes between the two teams made up for a large share of the points. In the end, SLUH’s upper weight classes managed to seal the victory. Sophomore Cayden Owens (182) and Flack (195) pinned their opponents to
secure the 36-33 win. The team hosted its next meet on Tuesday, going up against Bishop DuBourg, St. Mary’s, and the Missouri School for the Blind. In terms of roster size, SLUH found themselves in the advantage, with St. Mary’s having the only comparable roster of the groups. To kick off the meet, the team beat DuBourg 4821. Against the Cavaliers, the Jr. Billikens only had a few matches, with Coovert, Wagner, Onder, Perry, Conroy, and Flack all receiving byes, which boosted SLUH’s point total by 36, giving them the edge they needed to win. Lodholz (160) and Neumann (170) were the only two to wrestle, and they produced similar results. Lodholz dominated his opponent, pinning him just 39 seconds into the match. Neumann followed suit, the only difference being that his pin occurred early in the third period. Nonetheless, the combination of the team’s byes and the unstoppable forces of Lodholz and Neumann locked in the win. After DuBourg, the Jr. Bills wrestled against the Missouri School for the Blind. Only two matches took place, the first being Coovert’s win by a minor decision and the second being a pin for the win by sophomore Jacob Marison. “It was really nice to see those kids out competing and not letting their disability stop them from participating in athletics,” said Wagner. The final matchup of the night was against St. Mary’s, which ended up being the longest and toughest. They lost in a close battle, and despite the fact that the team didn’t win as a whole, there were some great indi-
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vidual performances from the SLUH wrestlers. At the start, both Coovert and Wagner were pinned late in the second period of their matches. “It was rough because I had just gotten some momentum from blocking/ stuffing some of my opponent’s shots,” said Wagner. Onder rose up and pinned his opponent, looking great on the mats after receiving only byes for the previous two meets. “I pinned him with the cradle,” said Onder. “It felt pretty good to get out there again and just do what I’ve been practicing and having a good time.” Following Onder’s pin, Perry won by minor decision, and Lodholz, Neumann, and Conroy all had swift first-period pins. So, despite the loss, there were a lot of good matches against St. Mary’s. The team is looking ahead to some of the most crucial tournaments of the season: the 141 Rumble Tournament this Saturday and the MCC Tournament next Wednesday. At the MCC Tournament, SLUH wrestlers will match up against possible future district opponents from Chaminade and De Smet. Looking further into the calendar, the biggest date of the wrestling season is approaching fast, as there is less than a month before Districts. “Everybody has been drilling extra hard in practice to get ready,” said Wagner. “Our coaches push us each step of the way.”
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attling through the heart of their season, St. Louis U. High’s varsity wrestling team won both of its meets this week. The Jr. Bills beat Priory 36-33 and blew out Ritenour 42-27 in a trimeet last Thursday. SLUH followed that up with a strong showing in a packed quad meet, beating Bishop DuBourg and the Missouri School for the Blind and falling to St. Mary’s in a narrow 42-34 loss. Last Thursday, the varsity team was prepared to host a quad-meet against Ritenour, Priory, and MICDS, but MICDS had only two available wrestlers so they dropped out, turning the event into a tri-meet. After watching a long set of matches between Priory and Ritenour, the warmup had worn off, and SLUH’s wrestlers warmed up again in preparation to wrestle against Ritenour. SLUH set the tone early. Junior Will Coovert (126 pounds) pinned his opponent early in the second period, firing the team up. Junior Leo Wagner’s opponent was not quite what he expected. “The kid had a really unique physique; he was over six foot and really skinny and was still somehow in the 132-pound weight class,” said Wagner. Despite his adversary’s intimidating size, Wagner pinned him halfway through the second period. “I just made sure to keep my distance from him to ensure that he couldn’t use his length to his advantage,” said Wagner. “When tied up, I made sure to keep control of his wrists. I was able to block some of his shots, which gave me some more confidence to take some shots of my own. I hit some quick double legs and was able to work some turns to eventually get him on his back.” Junior Cam Perry (152) fought with everything he had until the clock hit zero, losing by minor decision in a tension-filled battle. The SLUH bench was on its feet and fired up for the entirety of the match, as Perry and his opponent were aggressively trying to set up shots against each other. The
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The third quarter was a ride. SLUH outscored Chaminade 23-22, as sophomore Luke Johnston hit three three-pointers in a row to keep SLUH in the game with the explosive Chaminade offense, but SLUH found themselves in foul trouble early in the half, sending Chaminade to the line for the bonus in just the third quarter. Finding themselves down 10, going into the fourth quarter, the Jr. Bills had some ground to cover before the game was over “Being down 10, I knew that we could hang with these guys and beat them. The team gave a lot of good effort, but unfortunately, we couldn’t get the stops we needed and gave up too many points,” said Johnston. SLUH was unable to stop the Chaminade rebounding, and the rotation of SLUH’s
big men, including junior Luke Ratterman, sophomore Kevin Hogan, and freshman Zach Ortwerth, was not enough to hold off the points in the paint. “We have to provide more assistance for our forwards by our guards. They have to dig down on the post and recover back to their man. On offense, we have to bring the other team away from the basket and make their forwards chase us,” said Claggett. SLUH fell 77-63 after a tough fought game. SLUH committed just 11 turnovers, a massive improvement from games past, but the Jr. Bills shot just 36.9 percent from the field, which led to their demise. SLUH will face De Smet tonight in the Danis Field House at 7:30. The Jr. Bills are looking to improve to 7-7 on the year.
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Basketball Preview Varsity basketball will face off against MCC rival De Smet Jesuit tonight at 7:30 in the Danis Field House. There will be a tailgate held in the turnaround beginning at 6:15.
Underclassman Briefs B Basketball (6-6) 1/10-Chaminade SLUH 10 9 Chaminade 33 30 1/13-Duchesne SLUH 28 27 Duchesne 13 18 Jack Christanell: 12 pts Patrick Mooney: 12 pts 1/14-Chaminade SLUH 14 25 Chaminade 28 18 Jack Christanell: 12 pts Gus Tettamble: 10 pts
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C Basketball White (4-5) 1/9-Chaminade SLUH 23 12 35 Chaminade 14 10 24 Dillion Ramella: 11 pts, 5 rebounds Ken Klaid: 10 pts, 10 rebounds
C Basketball Blue (9-4) 1/8-Webster Groves 39 SLUH 24 27 51 46 Webster Groves 13 8 21 Conner McMullen: 12 pts Trey Phillips: 8 pts, 4 rebounds
1/9-Chaminade SLUH 16 33 49 Chaminade 18 25 43 Ryan Kellog: 12 pts, 6 rebounds Cal Kreuter: 11 pts, 2 assists
1/14-Ladue SLUH 14 28 42 Ladue 14 17 31 Oliver Floresca: 11 pts, 9 rebounds Trey Phillips: 6 pts, 6 rebounds
1/13-Mehlville SLUH 24 25 49 Mehlville 27 10 37 —compiled by Louis Cornett Grant Skube: 12 pts, 3 rebounds Conner McMullen: 10 pts, 6 rebounds
Senior Cole Jansky versus De Smet.
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QUINQUAGENARY
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January 17, 2019
Calendar What’s that thing?
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Friday, January 17
Outside of the Rifle Team and a few especially enlightened students, not many people know that nestled in the corner of the rifle room is a locker room that doubles as a lounge for the rifle team. There is ample space for storage of equipment and clothing and two couches for lounging and relaxing. Though this space is not available to students during the school day, the room is an asset for the team that calls it home. photo | Nicholas Dalaviras
Regular Schedule 4:30PM Basketball (C-Team White) vs De Smet 6:00PM Basketball (B-Team) vs De Smet 7:30PM Basketball (V) vs De Smet
Saturday, January 18 141 Wrestling Rumble (V) @ Chaminade Basketball Tournament (C-Team White) @ Fox Tournament (C Wrestling - CANCELED) 10:30AM Freshman Rifle/MO CMP Championship MO 10:30AM Varsity Rifle/MO CMP Championship
Sunday, January 19 7:15PM SLUH JV White Ice Hockey vs Fox
Monday, January 20 @ Chaminade Basketball Tournament (C-Team White) MLK Basketball Event Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 21
SLUHSERS: EPISODE FOURTEEN
3:30PM Varsity 2 Racquetball vs Lindbergh 4:00PM Basketball (C-Team White) vs Chaminade 5:30PM Basketball vs Chaminade (C-Team Blue)
Wednesday, January 22
Regular Schedule 3:00PM Freshman Rifle/Washington HS STL League Match 4:00PM Varsity 1 Racquetball vs Lafayette 4:30PM MCC Wrestling Tournament (JV/V)
Thursday, January 23
Regular Schedule
MMEA Jazz Band 5:00PM @ Ft. Zumwalt South Basketball (C-Team Blue) 6:15PM @ Ft. Zumwalt South Basketball (B-Team) 8:45PM SLUH Varsity Ice Hockey vs Kirkwood
Friday, January 24
Regular Schedule 2:00PM Eric Lewis Wrestling Tournament 8:25PM SLUH Varsity Ice Hockey vs Lafayette 10:05PM SLUH JV White Ice Hockey vs CBC
Saturday, January 25
Regular Schedule
O’Fallon Township Wrestling Tournament @ Varsity Rifle/Moberly HS 7:00AM Eric Lewis Wrestling Tournament
Sunday, January 26
Regular Schedule 2:00PM Ice Hockey (B Team) vs Francis Howell 8:00PM SLUH JV White Ice Hockey vs Vianney JV Black 9:15PM SLUH JV Blue Ice Hockey vs Rockwood Summit
Monday, January 27
Regular Schedule 5:00PM Basketball (C-Team White) vs Belleville East 6:30PM Basketball (B-Team) vs Belleville East 7:00PM SLUH JV Blue Ice Hockey vs Francis Howell JV Gold 8:10PM SLUH JV White Ice Hockey vs Francis Howell JV Blue
Tuesday, January 28
Regular Schedule 3:30PM Varsity 1 Racquetball vs Parkway West 3:30PM Varsity 2 Racquetball vs Vianney 4:00PM @ Cahokia Basketball (C-Team Blue) 5:30PM @ Cahokia Basketball (B-Team) 7:00PM @ Cahokia Basketball (V)
Prep News Volume 84, Issue 16 Editor in Chief Johno “Disappearing” Jackson News Editors Nicholas “Stealing the Moon” Dalaviras Ben “PN Fun Facts” Klevorn Sports Editors Blake “Shlurping Kickstarts” Obert Jimmy “Being Cute” Stanley Visual Editor Jackson “Smashing Clipboards” DuCharme Core Staff Luke “Streaming TNF” Altier Mitchell “Mumble Rapping” Booher Bob “Charming Smiles” Devoll
Carter “Canvassing” Fortman Braden “Getting Food” Kramer Peter “Timer Pics” LaBarge Kyle “Standing Awkwardly” McEnery Victor “Big Game Friday Night” Stefanescu Sam “Seeing Without His Glasses” Tarter Michael “Tweeting” Trower Staff Matt “Making Puzzles!!!” Friedrichs Michael “Being Quirky” Gordon Julien “Color Coordinating” Jensen Joe “Shopping” Studt Staff Artists Nick “Making TikToks” Koenig
Credits
“What is your superpower?” Harrison “Being Visual Editor” Petty
Leo “Saxophone” Wagner John ”Necromancy” Wimmer
Reporters Noah “Extreme Sledding” Apprill-Sokol Fitz “Somehow Being on Credits” Cain Nick “Tomato Soup” Campbell Louis “Calligraphy” Cornett Luke “Balloon Animals” Duffy Jack “Wikipedia Racing” Feise Jack “Underwater Basket Weaving” Figge Ben “Chess” Gremaud Nathan “Stockbroking” Rich Joey “Training Mice to Sing” Knese Jack “Laser Hair Removal” Rosenstengel Jack “Tying a Tie” Rybak Carter “Seeing Cats Multiple Times” Spence Jacob “Omnipotence” Sprock
Contributing Photographers Matthew “Photography” Leight Mrs. Cathy “Chemistry” Chott Moderator Mr. Steve “Drinking Coffee” Missey
Thursday, January 30
Mass Schedule 3:30PM JV2-2 Racquetball vs Kirkwood B 5:00PM @ DeSmet Basketball (C-Team White) 6:30PM @ DeSmet Basketball (C-Team Blue)
Friday, January 31
Regular Schedule 4:00PM JV1-2 Racquetball vs Chaminade B calendar | Jack Rybak
SLUH tweet of the week: PACES MEETING
@sluhjrbills “Great meeting tonight with our Parent Association for Cultural Enrichment at SLUH (PACES). We’re grateful for their leadership in assisting our efforts in the areas of #diversity, #equity and #inclusion.”