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No full textScannedII040SabaH 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
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No full textScannedI004SabaH 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 099, Issue 003 (October 3, 2019)
No full textMislabeled as Volume XCVIV. 24 pagesVOL. XCVIV No. 3 / October 3, 2019
COVER Design by Rebecca LiVigni
UTHE UNIVERSITY NEWS
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BILLS
SLu students welcome
family and alumni back
for homecoming 2019
page 11 & 14
n 2016, SLU joined the Je-suits
USA Central and
Southern Province (UCS) in
launching an initiative to
confront a joint history of
involvement in the enslave-ment
of African Americans
that dates back to the founding of the
University.
The initiative, called the Slavery,
History, Memory and Reconciliation
Project (SHMR), seeks to uncover and
share a more complete picture of Je-suit
involvement in slavery, honor the
memories of those individuals held in
bondage and find a path toward rec-onciliation.
Early last month, President Fred
Pestello, P.h.D., wrote to update the
SLU community on the progress of the
project, announcing that researchers
believe they have successfully traced
several family lines to the present day.
The Jesuit UCS provincial superior
Ronald Mercier, S.J., has therefore be-gun
sending letters to those individ-uals
believed to be descendants with
the aim of sharing the inspiring sto-ries
of their ancestors.
While the SHMR project is not the
first effort to comprehensively inves-tigate
a history of involvement with
slavery, even among institutions of
higher education, the partnership be-tween
SLU and the Society of Jesus in
accomplishing these goals is some-thing
quite unique to the SHMR proj-ect.
This collaboration has increased
access to valuable documents and in-formation,
allowing the SHMR project
to make significant headway in putting
together a more complete picture of
Jesuit involvement with slavery.
The Society of Jesus, whose involve-ment
in the institution of slavery can
be traced back to the colonial era,
expanded into Missouri in 1823 and
brought with them six enslaved men
and women: Thomas and Mary Brown,
Moses and Nancy Queen and Isaac and
Susan Queen-Hawkins.
From there, the number of slaves
rose as new slaves were born and oth-ers
were purchased. According to the
project’s website, by 1831, there were
at least 26 individuals held in bondage
by the Jesuits.
In 1829, the Jesuits began operating
Saint Louis University. They trans-ferred
several enslaved people from
the St. Stanislaus Novitiate in Floris-sant,
where the majority were forced to
work, to St. Louis, where they did laun-dry,
cleaned, farmed and drove wagons.
There is a daunting array of obstacles
for researchers as they attempt to piece
together a complete historical picture.
To begin with, researchers must reckon
with a documentary record that is frag-mented
and often inconsistent. Slave-holders
often changed the names of the
enslaved individuals, and it was also
not uncommon for slaves to change
their names after emancipation.
Since 2016, faculty members, archi-vists
and researchers have worked tire-lessly
to overcome obstacles like these
and shed light on the untold stories
of the men and women who were en-slaved.
The project itself is based in St. Louis,
which means researchers work in close
collaboration with the Jesuit Archives
and Research Center. Utilizing receipts,
census records, letters and other docu-mentary
clues housed in the Jesuit Ar-chives,
Saint Louis University Archives
and Missouri State Archives, research-ers
have made significant progress un-covering
family history that has previ-ously
been obscured.
As Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., Vice Presi-dent
for Diversity and Community En-gagement
and SMHR project director
emphasized, this research is extraordi-narily
meaningful for the descendents
of those who were enslaved. “To give
people the knowledge of their family
stories is an incredibly important gift,”
and it is in giving this gift that Smith
finds the most personal fulfillment.
As a descendent of slaves, Smith has
experienced firsthand the complica-
CONFRONTING SLU’S HISTORY WITH SLAVERY
02 NEWS
By CONOR DORN
Associate News Editor
tions that arise when attempting to
uncover personal ancestry. Smith ref-erenced
an 1870 wall that prevents
many individuals from tracing their
lineage past the 1870 census, as the
1870 census was the first to record the
black population. Before 1870, Smith
said, “people like my ancestors were
property” and, as a result, were de-nied
legal recognition. One of the aims
of the SHMR project has been to as-sist
those individuals descended from
slaves owned by the Missouri Mission
in overcoming this 1870 barrier, and
owing to the dedication of project re-searchers,
significant progress toward
this end has been made.
Though Smith is not descended from
slaves owned by the Missouri Mission,
his personal tie with the broader in-stitution
of slavery means this project
takes on special significance. Yet, he
approaches his work with no person-al
animosity. “This is not a project I
undertake with anger or any sense of
surprise. Rather, it is a labor of love for
all those who helped build this univer-sity.”
Indeed, it is this special admiration
for those enslaved people who helped
build SLU that fuels the SHMR project.
Smith pointed out, “None of us were
here when Bishop DuBourg founded
this university, but we remember his
name and work to honor what he did.
It’s only that we work to honor all the
people who built this university.”
Now that preliminary efforts have
been made in establishing contact
with descendents, the next step for
the project, according to Smith, is to
put together a working group that will
include students, faculty, alumni and
hopefully descendents of those who
were enslaved in order to collaborate
on an appropriate university response
that aligns with SLU’s values as a Jesuit
institution.
Students can expect an update in the
near future, as President Pestello’s last
community letter promised an update
before the end of fall term.
To learn more about the SHMR project,
visit the project’s website:
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(Left) Pictured here is Peter Queen, the first child born to an enslaved couple in the Missouri Mission, circa 1905.
(Right) St. Francis Xavier College Church, where black Catholics in St. Louis, including those enslaved by Jesuits
at St. Louis University, worshipped. (Photos Courtesy of the SHMR Project)
News 03
By SEYOON CHOI
Contributor
n the past two
weeks, two sep-arate
carjackings
at the Coronado
Place and Tow-ers
parking ga-rage
have raised
concerns about potentially inad-equate
safety measures.
On Wednesday, Sept. 18, at ap-proximately
9:30 p.m., two sus-pects
held a resident at gunpoint,
demanding the keys to his vehi-cle.
The two suspects have been
apprehended but the vehicle has
not yet been found.
The second incident unfolded
on Sunday, Sept. 22, at around
9:30 a.m., when three minors re-portedly
beat a female resident
with a cane and stole her vehicle.
Her car has since been returned
and the three individuals have
been arrested.
In response, Coronado Place
and Towers residents assembled
in the building’s lobby on Mon-day,
Sept. 23, to voice their con-cerns.
The meeting was led by an
apartment community manager,
Chad Littlejohn. Coronado res-idents,
as well as police officers
from SLU and Harris-Stowe State
University, were also in atten-dance.
The meeting began by outlining
several security improvements
such as: upgraded security cam-eras,
particularly in the parking
garage, as well as deploying addi-tional
security guards for surveil-lance
all around the premises.
Residents, however, grew frus-trated
with such measures and
voiced their fears, arguing that a
lack of communication is one is-sue
that must be addressed imme-diately.
“It’s frustrating because
we hear a very small amount of
what happened but it’s from SLU
which technically isn’t affiliated
with the apartment,” said Saman-tha
Moore, a first year Coronado
resident and senior at SLU. “Secu-rity
in the garage seems minimal,
I’ve noticed two cameras in the
roof and it’s not very well lit. It’s
scary,” she said.
The meeting allowed residents
to offer suggestions on what they
felt needed improvements, as
well as to demand Coronado staff
do more to minimize such crim-inal
activities in order to make
sure that residents feel safe and
informed.
“I don’t feel comfortable going
out alone which is really difficult
as a college student,” said Juels
White, who has been a Corona-do
resident for over a year. She
also states that “as of today, my
complaints haven’t even been an-swered.”
Harris-Stowe police Chief Wil-liams
stated that, “What we ex-perience
here isn’t unique to us.”
Williams also warned that “safe-ty
is everybody’s responsibility.”
He emphasized the importance
of transparency, communication
and collective community actions
for keeping the students safe.
I
n Monday,
Sept. 31,
Cafe Venta-na
opened up
their doors to
customers for
the last time
before the sudden closing of
their only location on West Pine.
After 11 years in business, they
have become a cornerstone of the
community for SLU students and
residents of the Central West End
neighborhood.
Cafe Ventana was known for
their breakfast and happy hour,
with many morning food-and-drink
options and occasional live
music in the evening. Their menu
had a unique New-Orleans style
to it—their famous beignets being
the star of the show with fruity,
savory or chocolatey toppings.
They announced their clo-sure
in a Facebook post on Sun-day,
Sept. 30, a day before they
shut down. “We are very sorry to
notify you that Cafe Ventana will
be closed until further notice to
regroup,” management wrote.
Hinting that they may reopen in
the future, they stated “it was an
incredible pleasure serving and
hanging out with all our valued
friends. We hope to be open again
soon to invite you all back for
great food, coffee and conversa-tion!”
Workers of the coffee shop
may have taken the hardest hit.
Employees were laid off on Sept.
31 without warning. Rachel Ryan,
who is a senior at SLU, was hired
just a month and a half prior as a
barista. She had just finished her
training and felt she was final-ly
settling in when her manager
called her into the shop to tell her
the Cafe was closing indefinitely
later that day.
According to Ryan, a number
of factors may have contributed
to the decision. “They were sell-ing
the place and the new owner
backed out at the last second”
she said, mentioning also that
one of the managers had recently
left. Ryan believes that it all boils
down to “a combination of lo-gistical
problems with really bad
timing,” she said.
Ryan states that she enjoyed
her time working there and will
miss it immensely. In her time
as a barista, she says “I usually
saw the same people come in and
order the same thing during my
shifts, it was part of a lot of peo-ple’s
routine.”
Cafe Ventana “had a homey
vibe that just made you feel com-fortable.
There are not a lot of
places like that” in the city, Ryan
said. “I think it was a staple in the
area and a lot of people will miss
it,” she states.
The Cafe was managed by In
Good Company LLC, a St. Louis
restaurant group who also owns
Cathedral Square Brewery, Dia-blitos
Cantina, Hendricks BBQ,
Moonshine Blues Bar and Sanc-tuaria,
all located around the city.
Efforts were made to speak to
In Good Company, LLC and Cafe
Ventana’s management, but no
immediate response was received.
O
By RILEY MACK
News Editor
(Riley Tovornik / The University News)
CAFE VENTANA’S SUDDEN
CLOSURE
(Riley Tovornik / The University News)
CRIME AT CORONADO
RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS
04 NEWS
By CAROLINE LIPSKI
Staff Writer
They say that
the best pres-ents
in life come
in small packag-es.
However, the
generous 500
million in order to steer our re-search
and academic efforts into
prominent fields like the health
sciences in order to be at the fore-front
of innovation and excel-lence.
The campaign has already
seen major support, with their
fundraising efforts totalling $98.7
million last year.
This achievement reflects the
character of many alumni and
other advocates of the university,
such as Trudy Busch Valentine.
It also shows their deep commit-ment
to SLU and its mission.
Jane Baum, Senior Director of
Development Health Sciences at
Saint Louis University, comments
on the importance of alumnae en-gagement
that, “Support from our
alumni, friends and community is
important for not only the nurs-ing
program, but the University
and the community. The school
will graduate our students, and
they will in turn go forth into our
community and abroad to share
their knowledge. By supporting
through the campaign, our Uni-versity
will attract the best and
brightest of faculty, staff and stu-dents.”
T
(Trenton Almgren-Davis / The University News)
SLU NURSING SCHOOL
RENAMED his past Mon-day,
Sept. 30,
friends, fam-ily
and facul-ty
gathered
in the Spring
Hall chapel
to remember
the life of Sam Gaskill. Those in
attendance recounted stories of
Gaskill and listened to music to
foster an atmosphere of remem-brance
for those who knew him.
Many of Gaskill’s friends and ac-quaintances
wore tie-dye, a nod
to Gaskill’s love for the pattern.
Members of the Communica-tions
and Theological Studies
departments shared their experi-ences
and offered time for reflec-tion
on Gaskill’s life. In speaking
about him, a common theme was
the positive light that Gaskill
had brought to the lives of those
around him.
Gaskill, who passed away on
Sunday, Sept. 1, graduated from
Saint Louis University’s College
of Arts and Sciences in the spring
of 2019, with a major in commu-nication
and a minor in political
science. While at SLU, Gaskill was
inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, the
National Communication Associ-ation
Honor Society. He was also
a news writer for the University
News.
Gaskill’s love of St. Louis and
people was evident throughout
the memorial service, and his
passion for social justice and the
SLU mission was present in all he
did.
Dan V. Kozlowski, Ph.D., As-sociate
Professor and Interim
Department Chair for the Depart-ment
of Communication at SLU,
noted Gaskill’s passion and im-pact
he had on those he met.
“Sam was a terrific student who
was well liked by his teachers and
his classmates. He was earnest
and thoughtful and was commit-ted
to making the world a more
just and equitable place,” Ko-zowski
stated.
Gaskill’s desire for communi-ty
engagement and social justice
led him to discover a passion for
teaching after he graduated.
In his obituary in the Daily
Memphian, Gaskill was said to
have discovered this calling af-ter
“he was accepted into the
San Antonio cohort of Teach for
America and spent four weeks at
the TFA Institute at the Universi-ty
of Houston.”
This time at Teach for America
inspired Gaskill to “spend sever-al
years giving back by teaching
young people,” according to the
Daily Memphian.
In a statement on SLU’s web-site,
the University announced
the memorial service and stat-ed
that “the University commu-nity
continues to mourn Sam’s
passing and extends its deep-est
sympathies to his family and
friends.” Students struggling with
his passing are encouraged to vis-it
the University Counseling Cen-ter
on the second floor of Wuller
Hall or call 314-977-8255 (TALK)
if they or someone they know is
in crisis.
Whether it be in Spring Hall
chapel or his hometown of Mem-phis,
his life of service and dedi-cation
to people will not be for-gotten.
“In lieu of flowers, the family re-quests
that donations be sent to
the Memphis Humane Society,
MIFA or Just City,” stated the bot-tom
of his obituary in the Daily
Memphian. Even in death, Gas-kill’s
legacy of giving lives on.
T
By JACOB CUNNINGHAM
Staff Writer
REMEMBERING
SAM
GASKILL
Photo Courtesy of Gaskill Family
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t is no secret that
SLU is under-taking
a number
of development
projects both on
and off campus.
One of the most
recent projects the University is
part of involves redeveloping a part
of Midtown. Gate District West,
which is the neighborhood hous-ing
most of SLU’s medical campus,
is the main site of this redevelop-ment
initiative.
SLU partnered with SSM Health
to form the Saint Louis Midtown
Redevelopment Corporation,
which is the main overseer of all
redevelopment or new construc-tion
in the 400-acre area that in-cludes
Gate District West. The Re-development
Corporation’s goal is
to promote the development of the
Midtown area surrounding SLU.
The Corporation has partnered
with the Gate District West Neigh-borhood
Association to develop
lots located to the east of the Med-ical
Campus. The project, while
closely linked to SLU, is actually
being led by the Neighborhood As-sociation
itself. The Neighborhood
Association has asked for develop-er
proposals for the lot, which they
are planning to receive in Novem-ber.
SLU will then sell to the groups
whose proposals are accepted.
The 43 available lots will be
sold to develop new residential
housing in the area. The neighbor-hood
association will be reviewing
the proposals, which will include
design and material plans for the
new constructions. The request for
proposals, or the RFP, has stated
that the “new homes should be two
stories and match the characteris-tics
of the existing historic homes
on the streets,” according to a piece
in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Gate District West has
worked for a considerable amount
of time on bringing new develop-ment
projects to the area. In 2017,
the Neighborhood Association was
re-established, and the Saint Louis
Midtown Redevelopment Corpora-tion
has worked with Alderwoman
Marlene Davis of the 19th ward to
usher in new development to the
Midtown area.
Brooks Goedeker, the Executive
Director of the Corporation, used
to work with the Washington Uni-versity
Development Corporation
in the Grove and Central West End
areas. He said that the new project
in Midtown is “flipping the script”
on how development projects have
tended to work in the past.
“Usually we would buy out slum-lords
or properties, decide what
types of development would be
good for that area and then take
it to the residents and ask if they
thought it was okay,” said Goede-ker.
“This time we are having the
neighborhood association make
the decisions from the beginning.”
Godeker said that many of the
residents that live in close prox-imity
to the lots have lived there
most of their lives. Allowing them
to take charge of who is coming
into their neighborhood and devel-oping
properties is one of the main
advantages of this project.
As well as working with the lo-cal
neighborhood association com-mittees,
the Saint Louis Midtown
Redevelopment Corp has a Citi-zens
Advisory Committee, made
up of local residents and business
representatives. The Corporation
is also working with the Chaifetz
School of Business affiliate orga-nization
Habitat for Neighborhood
Business, which works primarily to
help “minority entrepreneurs real-ize
their dream to own and operate
a business in economically chal-lenged
neighborhoods.”
Goedeker stated that the goal of
the University and the Redevelop-ment
Corporation is to help “stabi-lize
the neighborhood,” instead of
expansion of the University. Along
with the new residential develop-ments,
the Saint Louis Midtown
Redevelopment Corporation has
a vision for the Midtown area as a
whole to make it more inviting for
St. Louis residents.
The Corporation is working
with other developers in order to
encourage new property develop-ment
in the Midtown area. Projects
such as the City Foundry STL proj-ect,
the Armory District project and
a new Westin Hotel project are just
a few of the larger plans underway
in Midtown overseen by the Corpo-ration.
“One of the main objectives is
to bring in retail services, as well as
restaurants, bars, things like that,”
said Goedeker. “Grand Avenue ac-tually
has the highest bus ridership
of any street in the area,” but the
city is unable to capitalize on it due
to a lack of businesses.
“While the development of Mid-town
is good for this area, it is also
going to be good for the whole city,
having a place where the North,
South, East and West sides of St.
Louis can converge,” Goedeker
said.
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News 05
Map Courtesy of STL Today
At 8:22 p.m on 10/1, two students
were trapped on a Griesedieck Hall
elevator. Maintenance responded,
but were unsuccessful in freeing
the students. The St. Louis Fire
Department responded and were
able to free the two students. The
two students were not injured in
the incident and refused University
counseling
At 7:32 p.m on 10/1, DPS was in-formed
of a student who had been
sexually assaulted at the off cam-pus
residence of an individual she
met online. The incident occurred
a week and a half before being
reported to DPS, and the student
opted not to contact police or talk
with a University counselor. SLU’s
Title IX office will follow up with
the student and offer support.
At 2:03 a.m. on 9/27, DPS re-ceived
a call from a former
student, whose ex-boyfriend en-tered
the apartment uninvited
through the second floor win-dow.
DPS arrived at the scene
shortly after, and the suspect
was detained on the scene and
issued a trespass warning.
By SAVANAH SEYER
Staff Writer
DPS REPORTS
SLU SEEKS TO DEVELOP LOTS
EAST OF HOSPITAL
06 Arts and life
Located in the Bil-liken’s
Lair in Fusz
Hall, Garbanzo had
its official grand
opening on Mon-day,
Sept. 23, 2019.
After much antic-ipatio
