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Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 36
No full textBosniak DiasporaIV36Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 35
No full textBosniak DiasporaIV35Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 52
No full textBosniak DiasporaV52Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 11
No full textBosniak DiasporaII11Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 15
No full textBosniak DiasporaII15Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Dijaspora Bošnjačka: Broj 16
No full textBosniak DiasporaII16Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was launched to share information and perspectives about the aggression toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people between 1992 and 1995, as well as to promote the values, traditions, and culture of Bosnian Muslims.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue
Sunrise
No full textScannedII053SabaH is a Bosnian-language weekly newspaper that was published in the United States between December 1997 and October 2014. It was founded in Astoria, NY. In 2006, publishing was relocated to St. Louis, MO, but the newspaper continued its national distribution. A typical issue contains about 50 pages and features bold headlines and many photos, with articles from both Bosnia- and US-based contributors. SabaH was established to help Bosnian immigrants deal with life in their new home and keep them informed of events in their war-torn country. Its name translates to 'sunrise', symbolizing the arrival of a new generation of Bosnian immigrants in the US.Click on the blue Maximize button in the top right corner of each image to browse the pages of an issue. This project was made possible by a generous donation from Susan Powers of St. Louis, MO. Digitization is ongoing
University News - Volume 098, Issue 014 (April 11, 2019)
No full text24 pages.VOL. XCVIII No. 14 / April 11, 2019
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By SAVANAH SEYER
Staff Writer
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SEXUAL
ASSAULT
AWARENESS
MONTH
SWEEPS SLU’S
CAMPUS
he month of April is
Sexual Assault Aware-ness
Month (SAAM).
During April, organi-zations
hold program-ming
and disperse in-formation
in order to
raise awareness of the issue of sexual
assault. Programming throughout the
month seeks to educate communities
about the importance of consent, and
to educate people about preventing
sexual violence in their own commu-nities.
Sexual assault is an increasingly
prevalent issue in every community.
According to the National Sexual Vio-lence
Resource Center, 1 in 5 women
and 1 in 71 men will be victims of sex-ual
assault at some point in their life.
At SLU, Campus Wellness has
been holding events throughout the
month to recognize Sexual Assault
Awareness Month, and has more events
and programs planned for the rest of
April and into the beginning of May.
SAAM is something that Campus Well-ness
has recognized for several years.
The events this year have included
“Speak About It,” an award-winning
presentation about sexual assault, a
trauma-healing yoga session and var-ious
workshops and exercises focused
on support for survivors of sexual and
gender violence, among other events.
Jodi Seals, assistant director
for health education and promotion at
SLU Campus Recreation, spoke to the
UNews about the importance of plan-ning
appropriate and impactful events
for SAAM.
“We wanted to make sure we
had something for everyone,” said
Seals. “We have presentations, creative
workshops, movement opportunities,
advocacy sessions and fun events to
engage students wherever they are at
in their experience with sexual assault
prevention.”
There are several SLU depart-ments
and on-campus student groups
that are involved with Campus Well-ness
to hold events for SAAM, such as
UNA, Billikens After Dark, Beta Theta
Pi and the Office of Institutional Eq-uity
and Diversity. Seals said that all
on-campus groups should get involved
in SAAM, because it is such an import-ant
issue that affects the SLU commu-nity.
“There isn’t a group that
shouldn’t be involved honestly,” said
Seals. “This is a community issue and
we all have a role to play in preventing
sexual violence. We try to make sure we
have a variety of opportunities for stu-dents
that may be at higher risk, but we
really want as many students as pos-sible
to engage in preventative strate-gies.”
As well as being an incredibly
important international issue, sexual
assault is prevalent on college campus-es
as well. According to the National
Sexual Violence Resource Center, 20-25
percent of female college students and
15 percent of male college students are
victims of sexual assault at some point
during their college experience. The
NSVRC also reports that more than 90
percent of victims on college campuses
do not report the assault.
Seals said that planning events
for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
are especially important because of in-formation
like this. She said that it was
incredibly important to make sure that
students and the college community
are able to talk about sexual assault
now, because the college years are
higher risk times for students to expe-rience
sexual assault.
As mentioned, sexual assault
affects all communities, and the Saint
Louis University community is no
different. A quick Google search can
prove that. There have been several
claims and reports of sexual assault
and harassment at SLU made in recent
months by students and staff alike.
In July of last year, a former
student pled guilty to assault. In the
same year, reports from female stu-dents
and faculty members at the Saint
Louis University Medical School were
revealed, claiming that there was a cul-ture
of sexual harassment within the
Medical School. SLU’s Office of Insti-tutional
Equity and Diversity investi-gated
the reports last year. Some of the
claims against doctors and officials in-cluded
in the report detailed how men
on the hiring committee would often
comment on the physical appearanc-es
of female candidates, even going as
far as to create a ballot so others could
vote. The hiring committee defended
this behavior as “a joke.” The investi-gation
found that the doctors were not
in violation of SLU’s harassment pol-icy.
In addition, last year several SLU
athletes on numerous teams were sus-pended,
and one expelled over allega-tions
of misconduct.
Of course, these are just a few
of the reports of sexual assault and
harassment that have been made sur-rounding
members of the SLU commu-nity,
but it is clear that sexual assault
and harassment are prevalent issues
on the Saint Louis University campus.
This is why Sexual Assault
Awareness Month and the program-ming
surrounding it is so important.
However, Seals hopes that the spot-light
on preventing sexual assault con-tinues
throughout the year.
“I hope people understand
that this is something we need to keep
talking about and not just during the
month of April,” said Seals. “I want
people to leave these programs and
start conversations with others about
how they can be part of the solution. To
feel empowered to do something even
if it seems small. I hope people see that
support and advocacy take many forms
but the most important thing we can
do is keep pushing forward for a safer
community free from sexual violence.”
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By CONOR DORN
Staff Writer
s Sexual As-sault
Prevention
month begins,
Campus Recre-ation
and Well-ness
has orga-nized
a number
of events to raise awareness for
victim support and campus re-sources
for sexual assault preven-tion.
On Wednesday, SLU’s Office
of Institutional Equity and Diver-sity
hosted a question and answer
session to shed light on how Ti-tle
IX cases are currently handled
and address concerns over the re-cently
proposed changes.
The Q&A was run by
Anna Kratky, the Title IX coor-dinator,
and her colleague Kim
Sahr, a Title IX equity officer. The
goal of the session was to pro-mote
transparency between the
SLU administration and the stu-dent
body over sensitive issues
related to disciplinary processes
for offenders and support systems
for victims.
Kratky began by laying
out a detailed summary of cur-rent
procedures for dealing with
sexual misconduct and discrim-ination,
including the types of
situations that Title IX handles,
the process by which survivors
can receive counseling and the
general procedure for investigat-ing
Title IX claims. Both Sahr and
Kratky emphasized the diligence
and care that characterizes the
Title IX proceedings and under-scored
the effectiveness of SLU’s
current process, making the pro-posed
Title IX amendments that
much more troubling.
The second half of the
session was devoted to a discus-sion
of the proposed amendments
to Title IX at the state and federal
level.
In 2018, U.S. Education
Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled
her plan for an overhaul of the
rules governing campus sexu-al
assault and Title IX response.
Ostensibly aimed at reducing Ti-tle
IX expenditures, DeVos’ an-nouncement
has left Title IX ad-ministrators
across the country
questioning the effectiveness of
the sweeping changes.
As the amendments at
the federal level continue to be
reviewed, new bills have been
proposed in the Missouri House
and Senate, leading to similar
concerns over effectiveness. Sen-ate
Bill 259 and House Bill 573
both enumerate sweeping chang-es
to the way universities handle
sexual harassment and assault
claims, which many believe will
ultimately deter survivors from
reporting sexual assault.
Among other potentially
destructive changes, Kratky and
Sahr pointed to the lengthening
of the already long and traumatic
process, the addition of live, direct
cross-examinations and a new,
looser definition of consent as
the most harmful of the proposed
changes. In a statement issued by
Washington University, SB 259
and HB 573 were denounced as
affording more protection for the
accused in Missouri Title IX cases
than in any other state, leading to
a “process that would be re-trau-matizing
and re-victimizing.”
As of April 10, both bills
are nearing the end of the legisla-tive
process and a decision can be
expected in the next few weeks.
Kratky and Sahr and their col-leagues
in SLU’s Title IX office are
actively working to spread aware-ness
towards these potentially
detrimental changes, working
closely with University adminis-trators
and various student body
organizations.
Two more Q&A style
sessions have been scheduled
through the rest of Sexual Assault
Awareness Month, one on April 16
and one on April 17, for all those
interested in learning more about
the proposed regulations and
how they might make their voices
heard in the legislative process.
A
hile members
of the SLU com-munity
have
surely noticed
the overnight
disappearance
of O’Brien Hall, the spell of dem-olitions
on the North Campus is
set to continue with the leveling
of Pruellage Hall. These campus
developments, while coming on
rapidly, have actually been in the
works for years.
Dustin Montgomery,
SLU’s assistant director of con-struction
services, notes that
these demolitions are part of the
overall University Strategic Plan,
which calls for SLU to become “a
leader in just land use and re-sponsible
urban design.”
The first master planning
process in almost 30 years began
in 2016 with the goal of looking at
“how the overall priorities from
the University’s Strategic Plan
aligned with our facilities’ needs
in the next 10 to 20 years,” Mont-gomery
said.
The master plan process,
which is guided by a committee
of faculty, staff, students and ad-ministration,
aims at addressing
the immediate goals that were
laid out the University Strategic
Plan.
The University enlisted the aid
of the Hastings + Chivetta archi-tectural
firm to gather data on
“building condition, vehicular
and pedestrian circulation, space
and classroom utilization, ADA
accessibility needs and utility in-frastructure,
among other areas,”
according to SLU’s website.
Some projects of the
master plan will be familiar to
members of the SLU community.
The new residence halls, cross-walk
improvements along Grand
and the new Interdisciplinary
Science and Engineering Build-ing
currently under construction
were all part of the plan.
As for the future of these
projects and the recently leveled
areas, he states that “a new class-room
building is a priority of the
master plan, and demolition of
O’Brien and Pruellage will aid this
effort.”
The other areas cleared
on Laclede “will become addition-al
greenspace in the near-term,
but it’s possible that it could be
used for expanded student hous-ing
or other student needs in the
future,” said Montgomery.
With O’Brien Hall’s dem-olition
complete, Montgomery
expects for demolition of Pruel-lage
to start the week of April 15.
The demolition is pro-jected
to be completed by June.
W
By JACOB CUNNINGHAM
Contributor
Photo Courtesy of Riley Tovornik
DEMOLITION PROJECTS
CONTINUE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN
TITLE IX CHANGES
ON THE VERGE OF EXECUTION
LU is supporting sex-ual
assault awareness
month this April with
a variety of events
geared towards edu-cation
and awareness
of this widespread is-sue.
Events kicked off
last week and will last until the end
of the month, with SLU’s Breaking
Out Campaign particularly involved
in these efforts. Since 2016, the mis-sion
of Breaking Out, “to encourage
the act of healing through art and to
counter the culture of silence that
isolates survivors,” has grown into a
campus-wide call to action.
In the past, their campaign
centered around a photo series fea-turing
the stark realities of sexual
assault as survivors held posters, de-tailing
their individual stories. This
year, Breaking Out expanded upon
their photo campaign with the ad-dition
of several events throughout
April, including a new bystander
simulation program dubbed “Walk-ing
the Walk.” This program provides
a glimpse into the varying respons-es
and experiences that survivors go
through.
Rock Against Rape, another
event held this past week, brought
together various groups like KSLU
and other a capella groups on cam-pus
to spread awareness through
music. Events still to come through-out
this month include Denim Day,
a Lights Out Volleyball Tournament
with Billikens After Dark and Walk a
Mile in Her Shoes with Beta Theta Pi.
The quantity of events as well as the
collaboration of Breaking Out with
other organizations on campus is a
testament to the growing outreach
of the campaign as a whole to SLU’s
campus.
Colleen Watson, a sopho-more
studying psychology and the
Peer Education Director for the
Breaking Out Campaign, envisions
that through the campaign’s events
and programs, that “we can better
educate SLU’s campus and break the
silence that shames, blames and iso-lates
victims of sexual assault.”
She adds that “the goal of
the Breaking Out Campaign is to
end sexual violence; of course we do
not want this campaign to last for-ever,
but as this is an ongoing issue
that needs to be addressed we will
continue our efforts in increasing
awareness and education and sup-porting
and believing survivors.”
This issue is not only perti-nent
to all college students, but SLU
in particular. This institution is no
stranger to the issue of sexual assault
at hand. Just last year, three different
sexual assault cases were instigated
from across SLU’s campus; these in-
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By CAROLINE LIPSKI
Staff Writer
Photo
Courtesy of
Emma
Carmody
stances ranged from accusations of
abuse from athletes to SLU’s medical
school faculty.
Watson reiterates the rel-evance
of this chilling reality. “Our
campus has seen a lot of instances of
assault, even ones that the Univer-sity
does not publicly announce to
the students,” she said. “I personally
know so many people who have had
these experiences and continue to be
affected by it.”
“It happens more often than
you think,” said Kirsten Bourbon,
a sophomore studying psychology
and another active member of the
campaign, serving as the director of
events. She too hopes that their ef-forts
will one day eliminate the need
for the campaign at all.
Despite their shared dream
of one day not needing a campaign,
they both recognize its significance
today to our population. “Being in
college increases everyone’s likeli-hood
of experiencing sexual assault,
not just women,” said Watson.
The campaign brought the
issue centerstage to the SLU student
body while tabling in the BSC on
Monday. Alongside providing infor-mational
pieces about sexual assault
and proper consent, students had
the opportunity to write letters to
local legislation advocating for the
rights of survivors. These letters ad-dressed
concerns about the alarming
changes being proposed to current
legislature, of which would diminish
certain resources like counseling and
education available to survivors un-der
the current Title IX law.
Students also had the oppor-tunity
to fashion a t-shirt to commu-nicate
support for survivors and sex-ual
assault awareness. These shirts
will be put on public display as part
of the Clothesline Project Quilt Ini-tiative.
Quilts comprised of t-shirts
from previous years are currently
exhibited in the CGC for students to
glean encouragement from.
The Breaking Out Campaign
offers a resource and a voice to all
students. The active role that this
campaign and other organizations
on campus have taken against sexu-al
assault reflects the ability for SLU
as a community to provide support
to those afflicted, as well as educate
each other on the topic relevant to
all of us.
Watson acknowledges the
power behind this campaign to truly
make a difference. “As we bring it to
more and more organizations, it will
slowly make a change here at SLU,”
she said. She hopes that students
will simply want to get involved and
learn more. “By simply talking to
their friends about what we do, that
creates conversation on this stigma-tizing
topic and creates awareness.”
BREAKING OUT OF THE
SILENCE
News 05
ast year, the
Center for Com-munity
Engage-ment
and Service
announced that
the end of Make
A Difference Day
was upon us. As
SLU students
mourned the loss of the beloved
event, the Center wasted no time
beginning a new project – the 1818
Grant Program.
In honor of SLU’s bicen-tennial
year in 2018, the Grant Pro-gram
provided 1,800 grants to 18
student and faculty groups that ap-plied
in early September. Although
the Center only expected 30 appli-cations,
54 groups hoping to make
a positive difference competed for
the grant. The final 18 groups se-lected
were chosen because of their
“wide… but also [their] deep im-pact,”
according to Bobby Wassel,
assistant director for service and
outreach of the Center.
On Saturday, the 18 groups
chosen in October were able to
showcase their projects to the SLU
community. Gathered in the Cen-ter
for Global Citizenship, parents,
faculty and fellow students walked
around the auditorium, speaking
with representatives from each
project that piqued their interest.
Abu Sari is one grant win-ner
who chose to use the funds to
move his pre-existing project to
another level. Sari works with Proj-ect
Downtown St. Louis, a program
that usually serves meals to the
homeless, which used their grant
money to purchase feminine prod-ucts
for low-income St. Louis wom-en.
When Sari and his team asked
their community what they needed
most, the answer was overwhelm-ingly
clean menstrual products to
use for their cycle every month.
As many SLU students
have decided to volunteer with the
Project, Sari stated that “it really
opened up the eyes of a lot of the
students to realize that there is
more that needs to be done in the
community than just coming here,
waking up, going to class and going
home.”
Freshman Ashlyn Southard
found the same results. Southard
created the Sibling Support Net-work,
which provides local schools
with kits to implement support
groups for students who have sib-lings
with disabilities – a group
that often also struggles with men-tal
illness.
Although Southard agrees
with Sari, she believes that the ef-fect
goes beyond students. South-ard
believes that the Grant also
“empowered the kids that I am
working with,” and that the im-pact
is “very widespread, not just
to the students who receive the
grant money but also to the people
they’re affecting.”
Similar to both projects,
Queer Closet is an organization
started last year that focuses on
another underserved community.
Sophomore Grayson Chamberlain,
president of the Queer Closet pro-gram,
began the project out of his
freshman year dorm. While he had
the original intention of helping to
dress boys going on dates, the pres-ent-
day Queer Closet has evolved
immensely.
Chamberlain stated that
the project’s entire incentive
changed when someone came to
him and said, “Hey, I think I’m
questioning my gender identity,
can I borrow some clothes?” After
that, the organization’s primary
goal switched to providing queer
people with the necessary resourc-es
to discover their identity.
Partnering with Prid-eSTL,
Queer Closet used its funds
to purchase clothes that are stored
in the Rainbow Office of the BSC.
Any student can come check out
clothes for a semester-long fee of
$4.
Chamberlain and his team
decided on this small fee because
“transitioning is extremely expen-sive
and also college is extremely
expensive.” The most important
factor of this project, according to
him, was to “help specifically my
trans brothers and sisters try to be
a little bit more comfortable with
themselves.”
Wassel believes that Queer
Closet is one example from the
grant winners that perfectly exem-plifies
what he and his team creat-ed
the project for.
“It’s neat to see students
take something and run with it,”
Wassel said about Queer Closet.
“But that one feels close to home
L
Photo Courtesy of
Riley Mack
On April 5 at 8:51 p.m., DPS offi-cers
were called Reinert Hall after
an RA detected the scent of mar-ijuana
in one of the dorms on the
second floor. After a search, the
officers confiscated two plastic
bags of the dope, a plastic bottle, a
six pack of alcoholic beverages and
a large bottle of vodka.
On April 6 at 5:30 a.m., a DPS
officer spotted a subject walking
between cars in the Ignacio Park-ing
Lot. When trying to make con-tact,
the subject yelled obscenities
before taking off running. A check
of the lot found no cars tampered
with but left behind was nine un-opened
bottles of liquor.
On April 7 at 7:29 p.m., a man
who attended the cheerleading
event at Chaifetz Arena exited
the building. He walked behind
his vehicle and began to urinate
when a DPS officer spotted him
and took him into custody. He
was released soon after.
By RILEY MACK
News Editor
because it’s helping SLU students
who are queer or transgender, may-be
they can come across feeling
more connected to the University
in some way.”
Ultimately, the people at
the showcase were able to expe-rience
the passion and creativity
that the SLU community possesses.
According to Wassel, his goal for
the day was to have students “leave
here knowledgeable about all the
cool things these students are do-ing
and also inspired to submit an
application for next year.”
However, the foremost
hope for the entirety of the 1818
Grant Program is that it will have
a lasting, positive impact on the
community and students– a feeling
shared by Wassel and the 18 groups
showcased.
DPS REPORTS
IDEAS BECOME REALITIES
AT 1818 GRANT SHOWCASE
06 Arts and life
s I walked down
a gravel road
with the tour
guide behind
the Saint Louis
Art Museum, the
first thing that
jumped out to me
was the bright yellow of the elec-tricity
unit surrounded by a wire
fence. Upon further examination, I
noticed a grey object about the size
of a
University News - Volume 099, Issue 001 (September 5, 2019)
No full textMislabeled at Volume XCVIV. 24 pages.VOL. XCVIV No. 1 / September 5th, 2019
COVER Design by ashlee kothenbeutel
UTHE UNIVERSITY NEWS
Students Discuss the SLU Bubble
inside pages: dineslu FAll hours and two new venues
t. Louis is considered
to be one of the most
dangerous cities in
America, according to
USA Today. In light of
the recent rise in crime
over the summer, especially against
minors, students have begun to ques-tion
their safety—even within the “SLU
Safety Bubble” that is boasted about to
new residents.
“I haven’t seen a lot of St. Louis for
myself, but I know that it’s pretty dan-gerous
and that there are a lot of crimes
around the city,” said Tara Buerke,
freshman, when asked if she thought
St. Louis to be a dangerous city.
Even before investigating the city,
many individuals have the same im-pression
of St. Louis and the dangers
that can come with residing in the
area. In some of the most dangerous
parts of the city, like College Hill and
Dutchtown, the per-capita crime rate is
34.21 per 1,000 residents and 40.01 per
1,000 residents respectively, according
to the St. Louis Crime Tracker.
Crimes in these neighborhoods, as
well as other areas of St. Louis, range
from property offenses, such as arson
and burglary, to more violent cases,
such as aggravated assault and homi-cide.
A recent trend has seen an expo-nential
growth in crimes against mi-nors
in St. Louis, specifically murder.
In response to the latest crime ep-idemic,
on August 26, 2019, St. Lou-is
authorities stated that they would
pay up to $100,000 in rewards for in-formation
leading to arrest. Since the
announcement of the reward, and
through the cooperation of authorities
and the public, multiple perpetrators
have been caught.
For many students that attend SLU,
including Buerke, these crimes are es-pecially
concerning. Denise Gomez,
sophomore, when asked if she felt safe
stepping outside of campus, replied,
“No, even more so in certain places.
For instance, walking near the metro
stop makes me more nervous [than]
walking near the Papa John’s.”
Though both Buerke and Gomez ex-pressed
discomfort and fear stepping
off of campus, when asked if they felt
safe on campus, they both were able
to respond with a confident nod of ap-proval.
Considering that these two dis-tinct
attitudes exist within a relatively
small geographic area, it demonstrates
the general student perception that
SLU’s campus is a secure, safe environ-ment.
This atmosphere is known as the SLU
“Safety Bubble.” This safety bubble
can be attributed to the diligence of
the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
When talking about this sense of secu-rity
that she feels on campus, Buerke
credits DPS: “I feel like this campus
has a lot of security for us, like the De-partment
of Public Safety [officers] and
cameras everywhere.”
SLU
“SAFETY
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By KLAUDIA WACHNIK
Contributor
(Emma Carmody / The University News)
In addition to providing 24/7 sur-veillance
by DPS officers, the Depart-ment
of Public Safety also seeks to arm
students with tactics to defend them-selves
from harm. Darryl Walker, As-sistant
Director of Public Safety, com-mented
on these programs: “We focus
on education, educating [by] training
and preventing with the different pro-grams
that we offer here at DPS... for
instance, the RAD (Rape Aggresion De-fense)
program, [and] we offer the Run
Hide Fight program.”
RAD is available to females only, and
Run Hide Fight is available to anyone.
The Department of Public Safety works
tirelessly to ensure the safety of ev-eryone
on the SLU campus, keeping
the “safety bubble” intact. “We remain
committed to ensuring the safety and
well-being of every member of the SLU
campus,” adds Walker.
Although DPS only patrols campus,
they work closely with the St. Louis Po-lice
Department to keep campus safe
and provide students with the infor-mation
they need to navigate danger-ous
situations.
Advice that Walker provides to the
entire campus community is that “it’s
important to remember that safety
isn’t just limited to DPS. We all have a
role to play. We ask that if anybody sees
anything suspicious, that they contact
DPS right away.”
A recent rise in crime
in the city has
students questioning
their safety — even on
SLU’s campus.
BEYOND THE
BUBBLE:
Going forward, the
University News will
examine what it means
to live inside the safe
environment of SLU’s
campus and what our
community is doing to
contribute in
positive ways to the
safety and overall
quality of life of the
communities around us.
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By SAVANAH SEYER
Staff Writer
n Friday, Aug.
23, it was an-nounced
in a
letter to busi-ness
staff and
students that
the Dean of the
Chaifetz School of Business Dr.
Mark Higgins would be stepping
down on Aug. 31. The memo did
not share any details of the Dean’s
decision, nor give any reasoning
as to why he would be stepping
down or why the decision was an-nounced
only a week in advance.
The letter was sent out by the
Interim Provost, Chester Gillis.
In the document, it stated that
Higgins would continue teach-ing
at the business school during
the fall semester and then would
take a year-long sabbatical start-ing
at the beginning of 2020.
During Higgins’ time at SLU, the
business school was the site of a
large amount of progress. This in-cluded
the most recent donations
from Dr. Richard Chaifetz and Rex
Sinquefield, which resulted in the
renaming of the school, as well as
the forming of centers and insti-tutes
for the study of entrepre-neurship
and economic research.
The letter about Higgins’ res-ignation
was emailed to the stu-dents
and faculty of the business
school, but at the time of this arti-cle’s
writing, those outside of the
business school were in the dark
about this new development. The
information was also not readily
available on SLU’s or the busi-ness
school’s website. The lack of
communication led to some con-fusion.
Aryan Sawlani, a member of
the Chaifetz School’s Dean’s
Student Advisory Board, a group
that works closely with the Dean
to address student concerns and
advise the direction of the school,
said that while normally they
would have received emails and
contacts at the beginning of the
semester, they had not received
any messages since April 2019.
Gillis stated in the letter that
he had been in contact with the
faculty and staff of the business
school and was planning on nam-ing
an Interim Dean soon, and
that a search committee would be
formed with the goal of hiring a
permanent Dean of the Chaifetz
School of Business.
This change in leadership comes
at a crucial time for the business
school, as visits from the Asso-ciation
to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business are planned
for 2020. This non-profit orga-nization
is in charge of the ac-creditation
of business schools
across the globe. Higgins is cur-rently
serving as the chair of the
AACSB Accounting Accreditation
Policy Committee and serves on
the Business Accreditation Pol-icy
Committee as well. These
Committees work to develop new
standards for the accreditation
of business schools. In finding a
new dean, Gillis stated that they
would “have to move urgently” in
order to make sure that the Hig-gin’s
successor is able to spend
enough time learning the ropes
and working with the students
and staff of the Chaifetz School of
Business, before the accreditation
visits began.
There are two assistant deans
and one associate dean that work
in the business school, and many
students expressed hopes that
one of their favorites, namely
Assistant Dean Debbie Barbeau,
would be stepping into the role.
While the SLU Communications
Department redirected the UN-ews
to Gillis’s statement, Mark
Higgins himself did not respond
to requests for comment.
Other business students, while
seemingly unconcerned about
Higgins’ particular stepping
down, seemed more concerned
about the state of SLU adminis-tration
in general.
“I really don’t like how we re-ceived
the news about getting an
Interim Dean in an email from the
Interim Provost,” said Seth Har-din,
a senior student of the busi-ness
school. “Does anyone at this
school have a real job?”
O
he moment
that students
stepped out of
their cars af-ter
long drives
from all over
the coun-try
with comically miniscule leg
room, they were immediately
pulled into a swarm of orange
shirts and leaders who energet-ically
welcomed them to SLU.
Hoping to alleviate the stress,
they immediately placed all of
their belongings in a big, black
cart. In the blink of an eye, they
were moved in. And through-out
all of the activities, fresh-men
were filled with reassurance
and joy that this was their new
home—all thanks to the tireless
efforts of the people in the bright
orange shirts.
On Aug. 22, the Oriflamme lead-ers
seamlessly moved in and wel-comed
the largest ever freshman
class in SLU’s history. However,
this task did not come easy. The
whole event took a lot of careful
planning and preparing to make
the experience a success. The
leaders put in hours of dancing,
chanting and learning diagrams
for car traffic so everything would
run as smoothly as possible. Ac-cording
to the leaders, all of those
long hours became worth it when
freshmen arrived on campus.
Nupur Chowdury, freshman,
said, “They did all of the heavy
lifting for me and took a lot of the
stress out of how many trips we
were going to have to make to our
car, and I’m really grateful.”
Not only did they do the heavy
lifting, but they also planned tons
of other activities to help fresh-men
become adjusted to SLU and
learn more about what it has to
offer. Spirit competitions, square
dancing and tours were some
ways they taught the freshmen
what SLU is really about.
“I do it for the first year students.
I love being a resource to people,”
said Liv Lindstrom, a senior who
has been an Oriflamme leader for
the past three years. The effort
that the leaders put in to make
them feel at home, whether it be
through dance parties or group
discussions, may be moments
that new students take with them
for the next four years.
Lindstrom said, “It was super
sad knowing that this was my last
time moving in the first year stu-dent
class, but it also makes me
excited for the new wave of Ori-flamme
leaders to come up,” as
she reflected on the experience as
“bittersweet.”
Chowdury continued, saying,
“We have their numbers now so
if we have any questions, we can
ask, and it’s nice to have someone
to look up to and depend on if we
really need it.”
All-in-all, the true success of the
Oriflamme leaders is that they be-came
not only mentors to the new
members of the SLU community,
but also friends.
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By LEAH GEORGE
Contributor
ORIFLAMME MOVES IN
LARGEST CLASS IN HISTORY
Photo Courtesy of Nick Bernard
B-SCHOOL DEAN
SUDDENLY STEPS DOWN
Billiken can sport
more colors than
just blue or white, as
proven by the recent
success of SLU’s sus-tainability
initiative.
Green Billikens, a
club focused on pro-moting
sustainability around cam-pus,
leads this initiative by advocat-ing
for green practices and educating
the student body about the environ-ment.
By putting on fun and engag-ing
events like SLUstainability week,
RecycleMania, the Green Game,
E-waste drive and Shredmania, they
spread awareness about the impor-tance
of leading a sustainable life.
The success of this group inspired
further efforts geared towards sus-tainability,
including the founding
of SGA’s newest addition, the Sus-tainability
Committee (SusCo for
short), by recent graduate Douglas
Fritz. Now, thanks to the combined
efforts of both Green Billikens and
the SusCo, SLU has committed to
purchasing 125 million kilowatts of
renewable energy certificates, which
will be used to power the entire main
campus.
This development builds upon
previous initiatives to introduce re-newable
energy to campus. Last year,
SLU successfully offset all electrici-ty
consumed in residence halls with
renewable energy from local wind
farms. With SLU being the first in-stitution
in Missouri to make this
level of commitment to green prac-tices,
the achievement garnered
national attention from the EPA as
the school attained Green Power
Partnership status. Student support
fueled the accomplishment, with
over 80 percent of the student body
voting in favor of the conversion to
a renewable energy system for resi-dence
halls—even if it meant paying
a higher price.
While Fritz is proud of the enthu-siasm
of SLU students to make cam-pus
more sustainable, he recognizes
the importance of even more drastic
change. “It means we have achieved
the bare minimum in reducing our
carbon footprint from electricity, but
that there is a lot more to do. Our
mission calls us to be for and with
others in the service of humanity. We
are bound by that mission to do more
than just the bare minimum for our
future, the future of our institution
and the future of our planet.”
Laura Beilsmith, a senior studying
public health, is another leader for
the initiative. She currently serves as
BLUE BILLS
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By CAROLINE LIPSKI
Staff Writer
(Emma Carmody / The University News)
the president of Green Billikens and
is a member of the SusCo.
She is also proud of the efforts of
her fellow Billikens. “You’re paying
a little bit more to invest in making
more renewable energy so its more
robust in the future,” noting how im-portant
it is that “the campus is re-ally
into the idea of making it more
environmentally sustainable.”
The Sustainability Initiative as a
whole was spearheaded by students
in response to the Magis Operation-al
Excellence program, which was
launched by SLU in February 2016.
This program resulted in the elimi-nation
of several organizations, aca-demic
programs and other positions
in response to the crushing deficit at
the time. One of the organizations
cut was the Office of Sustainability,
which was the lifeblood of SLU’s sus-tainability
efforts.
Fritz comments that, “since the
University felt that sustainability
was not a strategic priority, the stu-dents
would have to lead by example
to show them why it should be. Thus,
SusCo and this initiative/survey was
born”.
The success of these student-led
efforts speak to the impact stu-dents
can have on the environment
through their own individual actions
and choices.
Fritz advised: “If I were to say one
thing about sustainability, I’d say
that being aware is really important.
So reading those really sad news ar-ticles
about how the polar bears are
dying, forcing yourself to read those
kind of things to really understand
what’s going on, and then under-standing
that the coffee cup that you
just tried throwing in the recycling
bin actually can’t be recycled. Un-derstanding
how those things work
and just being aware of what you’re
doing that you could improve is real-ly
important.”
Beilsmith is hopeful that through
further education and promotion of
the mission of Green Billikens and
SGA’s Sustainability Committee, fel-low
Billikens will become inspired
to continue to push themselves and
SLU to not only practice, but even
produce green energy.
“This is a step in the right direction,
but it is not the end goal. The end
goal would be to have a wind farm
here on campus, and to make our
own renewable energy, and to actu-ally
be self-sufficient in that way,”
she said.
ast Thursday,
Aug. 29, SLU stu-dents,
faculty and
alumni gathered
at St. Francis
Xavier College
Church to cele-brate
the Mass of the Holy Spirit.
Classes that fell between 11 a.m.
and 12:15 p.m. were cancelled to
ensure that all could attend the lit-urgy.
The pews in College Church
were packed to the brim, in large
part due to the welcoming of the
largest class of freshmen in SLU’s
history.
Rev. Christopher Collins, S.J., the
Assistant to the President for Mis-sion
and Identity, presided over the
mass, and Rev. David Suwalsky, S.J.,
chair of the Theology Department,
delivered the homily.
Catholic high schools and uni-versities
throughout the world
celebrate a Mass of the Holy Spirit
as an opportunity to pray for guid-ance
and favor for the upcoming
academic year. The Mass has been
a tradition at Jesuit academic insti-tutions
since it was first celebrated
in 1548 at the University of Messi-na
in Sicily, the first Jesuit school.
The tradition took root quick-ly,
and by the time St. Ignatius of
Loyola died in 1556, there were
thirty-five Jesuit institutions, each
celebrating a Mass of the Holy
Spirit to open the academic year.
Today, the tradition is still going
strong, with no signs of slowing
down—especially, it seems, at SLU.
Father John LaRocca, S.J., of Xavi-er
University in Cincinnati, writes
that the Mass of the Holy Spir-it
boils down to “asking the Holy
Spirit to be with all of the universi-ty
community: All who learn here,
all who teach here, all who work
here to be able to see the presence
of God in the world and within the
subject matter we deal with.”
The Mass of the Holy Spirit is an
important opportunity to be re-minded
of SLU’s core mission as a
Jesuit institution of higher learn-
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“All who learn here,
all who teach here,
all who work here
to be able to see the
presence of God in
the world and within
the subject matter we
deal with.”
(Trenton Almgren-Davis / University News)
On 9/3, a student reported that he
left his bicycle locked to a bike rack
on the south side of Ritter Hall
between 11:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
When he returned, his bike had a
broken spoke and flat tire. DPS of-ficers
could not determine how the
damage occurred.
On 9/3 at 3:52 p.m., a patient was
agitated, and began yelling and
displaying aggressive behavior
towards the doctors at the SLU-Care
Hospital. He claimed it was
because doctors were running late
for his appointment. The doctors
attempted to treat the patient but
had to stop because of his contin-uous
belligerent behavior. The pa-tient
was escorted off the property
and is not allowed back.
On 9/3 between 9:00 a.m. and
1:30 p.m., a student’s vehicle
was damaged by an unknown
person. The bumper sustained
scuff marks and scratches, but
the student declined to file a
report with the St. Louis Police.
By CONOR DORN
Associate News Editor
DPS REPORTS
ing. Suwalsky’s homily called
attention to SLU’s mission in the
“pursuit of truth for the greater
glory of God and for the service
of humanity.” Suwalsky reflected
on the teachings of St. Ignatius,
praying for spiritual and intellec-tual
guidance and an abundance
of joy, laughter and consolation.
The tradition is carried out with
a spirit of inclusivity and frater-nity,
and is meant to bind togeth-er
a campus filled with students
of diverse religious and cultural
backgrounds. As is the case with
all liturgies celebrated at College
Church, the mass was offered in
an atmosphere of unity and in-terconnectedness.
The Mass of
the Holy Spirit is meant to tran-scend
differences and unify the
SLU community as we anticipate
the new year.
To emphasize this sense
of campus-wide solidarity, the
Mass opened with a student pro-cession
meant to showcase the
diversity of talent present at St.
Louis University. Representa-tives
from student governing
bodies like SGA, RHA, Greek Life,
Learning Communities, Student
Cultural Groups and Student
Faith Groups marched down the
center aisle in a wonderful dis-play
of all that SLU has to offer.
MASS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
06 Arts and life
he long-awaited re-lease
of Taylor Swift’s
seventh studio album,
“Lover” was met with
relief and excitement.
Swift’s sixth album
“reputation,” released
in late 2017, was significantly darker
than her previous albums, leaving fans
wondering what Swift’s next move
would be. Per usual, they were not dis-appointed.
Compared to reputation,
Lover sounds like driving with the win-dows
down on a sunny day, evoking a
feeling of hope and renewal. Featur-ing
eighteen tracks, this album is the
longest Swift has ever released and
the first under her new record label,
Republic Records, where she owns the
rights to her new music.
Lover achieves what Swift’s fifth al-bum,
1989, wanted to accomplish with
its upbeat undertones and full send
into pop. The sound she experimented
with in 1989 sounds unfinished com-pared
to the smart lyrics, pop synths
that tie one track to the next, and new
instruments never prominently heard
on previous albums. The album sounds
more cohesive than any of her previous
works, yet each track is distinct enough
to recognize within the first few sec-onds
of each song.
Standouts on the record include
“Cruel Summer,” “Lover,” “I Think
He Knows,” “Paper Rings,” “Cornelia
Street,” “Death By A Thousand Cuts,”
and “False God.” The weakest track
is “The Archer;” yet it still appeals to
many of Swift’s deep cuts fans, who
may be searching for hidden gems in
her albums.
“Cruel Summer” is a passionate ode
to a summer romance that bounces in
and out of major and minor chord pro-gressions,
giving it a unique and lay-ered
sound. Swift isn’t done with the
mystery and agony of a new, uncertain
relationship as she sings, “what doesn’t
kill me makes me want you more.”
Title track and love song “Lover” is
where Swift coos about the kind of love
she never wants to let go of. “Can we
T
always be this close?” she sings in the
chorus. “Lover” pays homage to the
sweet love songs Swift released earlier
in her career with a lilting bridge and
clever songwriting.
Track five on every Taylor Swift al-bum
is notorious for being the heart-breaker
of the album. Some past track
fives include, “White Horse” (Fearless),
“All Too Well” (Red), “Delicate” (rep-utation),
and now “The Archer.” “The
Archer” is a song about the anxiety of a
new relationship when you don’t know
if the other person sees the real you. It
echoes the same feelings of “Delicate,”
reputation’s fifth track, in a more ma-ture
way. Compared to the rest of the
album, however, “The Archer” is one of
Swift’s weaker tracks. It deviates from
the upbeat tone of the rest of Lover.
The lyrics are far more abstract than
the
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The First Two Centuries
A 200-year timeline of Saint Louis University
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Always at the Frontier
An excerpt from the official bicentennial book
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Major gift to the business school ///
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/// Prospect Yards /// Gift for nursing
scholarships /// Literary Award to Sondheim
42 Class Notes
43 Alumni Spotlight
Eric Moraczewski (CSB ’04)
46 In Memoriam
48 Feedback
49 The Last Look
Our beloved University is worthy of celebration —
both for the memorable achievements of our shared
past and for the many impressive ways in which we
live our mission today.
We began this past academic year with the
bicentennial Mass. As we planned it, I believed that it would be
remembered as one of the very best moments in our history. An
email I received from a parent of one of our students confirmed that
to me. He said, “As I sat at the 200th anniversary Mass, with its
gorgeous backdrop and significant history, I was brought to
tears by the humbling appreciation that my daughter could
attend a university like SLU.” This gratitude for SLU and our his-tory
set the tone.
More recently, as part of our bicentennial celebration, we hosted
the Saint Louis Climate Summit and brought together world-re-nowned
speakers Cardinal Peter Turkson, Dr. Mario Molina, Carl
Pope and Bill Nye to examine a path forward for our planet. (Read
more on page 5.)
The Climate Summit was born out of the desire to respond to
Pope Francis’ call to care for all of creation, especially our environ-ment,
in his encyclical Laudato Si’. Chaired by SLU’s own Dr. Jack
Fishman (Grad A&S ’74, ’77) and David Webb (A&S, CSB ’97, Grad
’12), and planned with support from Dr. Peter Raven and trustee
Trudy Busch Valentine (Nurs ’80), the summit attracted meteorol-ogists;
government leaders; experts in climate science, ecology and
sustainable development; students; and engaged St. Louisans for
three days of discussion.
In affirmation of this summit, I received a letter from Cardinal
Pietro Parolin, who is the secretary of state for the Vatican. In the
letter, Cardinal Parolin quotes Pope Francis’ prayer that, “This gath-ering
may serve to inform society more effectively on the issue of
climate change and encourage the University community ‘to pro-mote
best practice, to stimulate creativity in seeking new solutions
and to encourage individual or group initiatives.’”
In addition to these and other impressive events and academic
programs, our bicentennial has inspired an outpouring of support
from our community. Our stakeholders are demonstrating their
belief in the importance of our work by investing in SLU. We are
in the midst of the single greatest fundraising year in SLU history.
Further, we are confident we will end this year at more than twice
our previous all-time total.
This February, trustee Dr. Richard Chaifetz (A&S ’75) and Jill
Chaifetz made a transformational gift of 27 million.
Their latest gift is intended to grow SLU’s nationally ranked entre-preneurship
center and provide resources for other programs in the
newly named Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business. (Read more
on page 2.)
Thank you to each of our alumni who have contributed to this
historic fundraising year. Your gifts support innovation, academic
excellence, scholarship and informed medicine. They will invigo-rate
Saint Louis University, and reflect your confidence in our plan
for the future.
The very near future holds two outstanding opportunities for
all of us to come together to celebrate SLU’s first two centuries. I
hope you will join us for a Grand Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 29,
during our special bicentennial Homecoming and Family Weekend.
This evening will feature live music, food and fun activities for all
ages. And on Thursday, Nov. 15, I invite you to a 200th birthday
celebration featuring a private concert by the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra at Chaifetz Arena.
As we all celebrate this historic milestone, our University is part-nering
in shaping the direction of our region, and we are doing
wonderful work in the classroom, in the laboratory, in the hospi-tal
and in the community. Your support during our past and in the
present is vital to our future. While you read, I hope you’ll learn
new facts about your alma mater, reminisce about your time here and
be inspired by the stories of those who shaped our beloved institu-tion.
I would be delighted to hear your reflections.
May God bless you, and may God continue to bless Saint Louis
University.
Dr. Fred P. Pestello
President
This special issue of Universitas takes you on a journey though Saint Louis
University’s past. The timeline, book excerpt, faculty memories and photos that you
will find on the following pages all serve to remind you of SLU’s noble history.
UNIVERSI TAS 2 SUMMER 2018 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSIT Y 3 BICENTENNIAL
Chaifetz Family Gift Leads to
Business School’s New Name
In February, SLU trustee Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz (A&S ’75)
and his wife, Jill Chaifetz, increased their giving to Saint
Louis University to 15 million to the
business school. In 2007, the couple provided the lead gift
of 12 million that enabled the construction of Chaifetz
Arena.
To honor this new, generous contribution, the University
has renamed its business school the Richard A. Chaifetz
School of Business and the school’s entrepreneurship
center the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship.
SLU students, faculty and staff members turned out to
thank Chaifetz during a special reception on Feb. 22.
In his remarks, Chaifetz briefly told the story of how former
SLU President Paul Reinert, S.J., allowed him to remain
at SLU when financial issues threatened his ability to stay.
Chaifetz promised Reinert that he would pay back his
tuition — and that he would pay back the University in an
even bigger way in the future.
“This allows me to give back to a school I love, am
passionate about and want to make even greater,” Chaifetz
told the large crowd. “I want to hear the Chaifetz School
of Business mentioned in the same breath as other great
business schools.”
The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business has seven
programs nationally ranked by U.S. News and World
Report — three undergraduate and four graduate —
including the country’s No. 9-ranked undergraduate
entrepreneurship program.
Chaifetz is a world-renowned entrepreneur and business
leader, who in 1984 founded ComPsych Corp., today the
world’s largest provider of employee assistance programs,
behavioral health and wellness services. The company, of
which he remains founder, chairman and CEO, provides
services to more than 100 million individuals and 45,000
organizations in more than 160 countries. He also is
founder and chairman of the private investment firm
Chaifetz Group. He has been a member of SLU’s board of
trustees since 2007 and was an inaugural member of the
business school’s Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame.
ON C AMPUS
PHOTOS BY STEVE DOLAN
Chaifetz addresses the crowd.
Chaifetz (left) and SLU President Dr. Fred P. Pestello
talk with students at the February event.
Guests gathered in the in the Shanahan
Atrium of Cook Hall listen to Chaifetz.
UNIVERSI TAS 4 SUMMER 2018 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSIT Y 5 BICENTENNIAL
2018 Commencement
Celebrates the Bicentennial
With SLU’s bicentennial in mind, the University
began a new tradition at the May 19 com-mencement
ceremony at Chaifetz Arena as members
of its Class of 1968 — now called Golden Billikens
— led the entry procession and received special
recognition. Golden Billikens will be honored at
University commencements going forward.
In another nod to the bicentennial, SLU reintro-duced
its “Varsity Song,” which was written in 1909
and had not been performed at commencement
since the 1960s. (See the original on page 19.) It was
updated by Dr. Aaron Johnson, assistant professor of
music, and sung by the University’s Mastersingers.
More than 2,100 students graduated this spring.
This year’s commencement speaker was Ronald
Mercier, S.J., provincial of the Jesuits’ U.S. Central
and Southern Province. He received an honorary
doctor of divinity from the University. Also honored
with honorary degrees during the ceremony were
two SLU alumni, former U.S. Congressman William
“Bill” Lacy Clay Sr. (A&S ’53) and former St. Louis
Mayor Francis G. Slay (Law ’80).
The student speaker from the graduating class was
new law alumna Sarah Tomlinson. University archi-vist
emeritus John Waide (A&S ’73) was the mace
bearer.
Climate
Summit Draws
Thousands
Saint Louis University
brought toge t her
some of the most author-itative
minds in climate
science, ecology and sus-tainable
development
for the 2018 Saint Louis
Cl imate Summi t thi s
April.
A highlight of SLU’s
yearlong bicentennial
celebration, the three-day summit was inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical
Laudato Si’ that called attention to humankind’s responsibility to care for the earth
in the wake of climate change.
Nearly 2,300 students, faculty and members of the St. Louis community attended
the summit’s keynote address at Chaifetz Arena. The speakers were Carl Pope,
former executive director of the Sierra Club and co-author of Climate of Hope: How
Cities, Businesses and Citizens Can Save the Planet, and Bill Nye “The Science Guy,”
well-known science educator and advocate.
The summit featured experts from around the world, including Cardinal Peter
Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Dr.
Mario Molina, 1995 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry; recipients of various
United Nations Environmental Awards; and members of the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences, the primary scientific advisory council to the pope.
Panelists presented about food security, water availability, rising sea levels, busi-ness
issues related to climate change and more. More than 220 people attended the
academic portion of the summit, which was shared worldwide online.
The summit was organized by
Dr. Jack Fishman (Grad A&S ’74, ’77),
professor of earth and atmospheric
sciences and director of SLU’s Center
for Environmental Sciences, and David
Webb (A&S, CSB ’97, Grad ’12), director
of SLU’s Emerson Leadership Business
Institute. Dr. Peter Raven, president
emeritus of the Missouri Botanical
Garden, and Trudy Busch Valentine
(Nurs ’80), a SLU trustee, were key
members of the planning team.
During February and March, SLU competed in the annual
nationwide RecycleMania competition, an eight-week
event that raises awareness about campus sustainability.
8th year
participating in RecycleMania
331,762 lbs.
of single-stream recycling collected by SLU
86,267 lbs.
of electronics collected during
the E-Waste Drive
4th place
in the national electronic
recycling competition
25,721 lbs.
of old documents shredded and
recycled during ShredMania event
443,750 lbs.
total diverted from landfills
by SLU this RecycleMania
IN ADDITION TO THE CLIMATE SUMMIT, HERE ARE A FEW
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS SPRING’S BICENTENNIAL EVENTS:
O N C A M P U S
BY THE NUMBERS
RecycleMania
Students volunteer at March’s
E-Waste Drive, part of the national
RecycleMania competition.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Nye (left) and Pope give the keynote address at Chaifetz Arena.
PHOTO BY SIMON NGUYEN
INTERCULTURAL ORIGINS
OF ST. LOUIS AND THE
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST,
1800-1840
This conference examined
themes including the
international influences
present in early St. Louis,
and the expansion of the
St. Louis region.
WOMEN AT SLU:
THE STRUGGLE FOR
KNOWLEDGE, POWER AND
LEGACY
This symposium discussed
both the challenges and
opportunities women
confront as female
students, staff and faculty
at SLU.
FROM SELMA TO ST. LOUIS:
THEOLOGY OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR., AND THE
PURSUIT OF JUSTICE 50
YEARS LATER
This public symposium
offered performances and
reflections on King’s legacy
of liberation and justice.
PHOTO BY SIMON NGUYEN
Turkson (left) and Molina
Confetti and streamers were released at the
end of the ceremony in Chaifetz Arena.
Graduates’ caps Honorary degree recipients (from left) Slay, Mercier and Clay
Doisy College of Health Sciences graduates
PHOTOS BY STEVE DOLAN
UNIVERSI TAS 6 SUMMER 2018 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSIT Y 7 BICENTENNIAL
SLU, St. Louis
Archdiocese
Sign Agreement
to Enrich
Seminarian
Education
St. Louis Archbishop
Robert J. Carlson and
SLU President Dr. Fred P.
Pestello signed an agree-ment
in April that brings
the Kenr ick-Glennon
Seminary undergraduate
program fully into SLU’s College of Philosophy and Letters, which oversees pro-grams
for students training for the priesthood and ministry.
Currently, seminarians take their first two years of undergraduate classes at
SLU and finish their education at the seminary, receiving a degree from Kenrick-
Glennon Seminary. Under the new agreement, seminarians will receive a Bachelor
of Arts degree in philosophy from SLU, taking classes taught both at SLU and at the
seminary. The program changes will be implemented for the 2018-19 school year.
The seminarians will be able to explore other disciplines while at SLU. Carlson
said he hoped that many would take advantage of the language arts and minor in
Spanish, as the archdiocese has a growing Spanish-speaking population.
Graduate Programs Earn High
U.S. News Rankings
The health law program in the Saint Louis
University School of Law has been named the
best in the nation by health law scholars for the
14th year, according to the 2019 U.S. News &
World Report “Best Graduate School” rankings.
The Center for Health Law Studies has been
listed as a top program since the rankings were
first published.
Four programs in the Richard A. Chaifetz
School of Business were ranked in the top
30 this year, including entrepreneurship,
international business, supply chain
management and accounting.
SLU School of Nursing’s master’s program
ranked among the top 50 out of more than 500
nursing graduate programs in the country.
1 Health Law
12 Entrepreneurship
13 International Business
15 Supply Chain Management
28 Accounting
28 Part-time Law
50 Best Nursing Programs – Master’s
51 Best Medical Programs – Primary Care
66 Best Nursing Programs – Doctor of Nursing Practice
70 Best Medical Programs – Research
88 Best Law Programs
163 Part-time MBA
194 Top Education Programs
Atlas Week Celebrates SLU’s Global Connections
The 2018 Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week — “From Broken Walls,
We Build Bridges: Out of Conflict Rises Community” — paid special
attention to the ways that SLU students, faculty and staff members have
forged connections beyond campus to improve the world.
The week featured panels, presentations, film screenings, a soccer
tournament, and other opportunities to experience the myriad cultures
that make up the SLU community.
A highlight was the keynote address by brothers Fred and Milton
Ochieng’. Fred is pursuing cardiovascular medicine fellowship training
at Saint Louis University; Milton is a gastroenterologist with the BJC
Medical Group at Progress West Hospital. They spoke of their paths
from their Kenyan community Lwala to medical school in the United
States and beyond. The pair was orphaned and has used their medical
educations to give back to Lwala through the creation of a community
health clinic network.
The week culminated with the traditional Parade of Nations and the
Billiken World Festival.
Ring Award Winner Dr. Lauren Arnold,
associate professor of epidemiology in the College for Public
Health and Social Justice, is the most recent recipient of the
Nancy McNeir Ring Award, given by SLU’s chapter of Alpha
Sigma Nu to a faculty member who has displayed a special
dedication to students. Arnold addressed graduates during
Midyear Commencement in December. In her address, she
reminded the graduates to find joy in their decisions and to
find good mentors
Newly Named “Prospect Yards” District Connects SLU’s
North and South Campuses
In March, members of the Saint Louis University family, SSM Health and the
community cast nearly 6,000 votes to name St. Louis’ newest district. The win-ning
name? Prospect Yards.
The 150-acre district connects SLU’s north and south campuses and is bordered
by Laclede Avenue, Chouteau Avenue, Grand Boulevard and Vandeventer and Spring
avenues. The district lies within Midtown in the same way that Cortex is part of
St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood and the Loop is part of University City.
Prospect Yards includes projects such as the construction of the City Foundry STL
and an Element by Westin hotel, as well as redevelopment of the Armory building.
The name reflects the area’s early 20th-century roots, when the area west of
Grand was known as the “Prospect Industrial District,” one of 17 industrial districts
in the city and home to an extensive rail yard and many businesses.
The umbrella developer for the larger, 400-acre area is St. Louis Midtown
Redevelopment Corporation, which is owned by Saint Louis University and
SSM Health.
Stephen Sondheim Named 2018
St. Louis Literary Award Recipient
The Saint Louis University Library Associates
selected Stephen Sondheim, one of the most
eminent lyricists and composers of the modern era,
to receive the 2018 St. Louis Literary Award. He is
the first musical lyricist to win the award since its
inception in 1967. Sondheim will come to SLU in
October to accept the award.
In a career spanning 70 years, Sondheim has writ-ten
the lyrics, music or both for some of the most
iconic plays in the history of American theater,
including West Side Story, Into the Woods, Sunday in the
Park with George, Sweeney Todd and Gypsy.
The award ceremony and conversation with the
author, who will be interviewed by Muny artistic
director Michael Isaacson (A&S ’86, Grad CSB ’96),
is planned for Oct. 4. For more information, visit
lib.slu.edu/about/associates.
Med School Residency
Program Receives Highest
Accreditation Status
The Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education, the accrediting body for
medical residencies and fellowships, granted the
School of Medicine continued accreditation, its high-est
accreditation status. The status took effect Jan.
24, after a site visit earlier in the month.
SLU is the sponsoring institution for 65 residency
and fellowship programs at six area hospitals and
many other clinical sites.
8.4 Million Gift to Nursing School
Abequest gift totaling $8.4 million will allow the
School of Nursing to create the Dr. and Mrs.
Robert C. Hoppe Endowed Scholarship. The gift
— the largest in the School of Nursing’s history and
among the largest in SLU’s history — was made by the
estate of Mary K. Hoppe (Nurs ’51, Grad Nurs ’59).
“The Hoppes’ generosity in providing educational
assistance for students will live eternally through the
lives of the scholarship recipients and the countless
numbers of patients each student touches,” Nursing
Dean Dr. Teri Murray (Nurs ’79, Grad Nurs ’93, Grad
Ed ’97) said.
The nursing school plans to honor Hoppe and her
husband, Dr. Robert Hoppe (Med ’51), at its 90th
anniversary celebration this fall.
Dois