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UTHE UNIVERSITY NEWS
The UNews is proud to announce:
Abby Wambach
as the next speaker presented by GIC and SLU Athletics
January 28, 2020 - Wool Ballroom - 7 p.m.
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02 NEWS
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n Thursday, Nov. 21, SLU
hosted the 2019 Opus
Prize ceremony in the
Center for Global Citi-zenship.
Sister Catherine
Mutindi was announced
as the 2019 Opus Prize
Laureate, winning 1mil−lionforhercharity,BonPasteur.TheOpusPrizeisanannualawardthatrewardsfaithbasedhumanitarianserviceandleadership,recognizingthe“unsungheroeswhoareconqueringtheworld’smostpersistentsocialproblems.”Eachyear,theOpusPrizeFoundationcoordi−natessearcheffortsthatidentifyleadersandorganizationsstrivingtosolvesomeoftheworld’smostpressingproblems.TheOpusPrizeFoundationpartnerswithCatholicuniversitiesacrosstheUnitedStateswhohosttheprizeceremo−nyandalsoassistinresearchandeval−uationcapacitiestopinpointwherethePrizemoneywillbebestutilized.OnceSLUwaschosenasthepartneruniversity,expertstaskedwithfindingandresearch−ingpotentialcandidatessubmittednom−inationstoapanelofjurorswhowerese−lectedbySLU.StudentparticipationisakeyelementoftheOpusPrize.Fivestudents—soph−omoreCarlyManshum,seniorMargaretKirsch,seniorJordanGlassman,juniorPatrickJonesandseniorSuzyKickham—wereselectedasOpusPrizeAmbassa−dors,andinthatcapacityaccompaniedmembersoftheOpusPrizefoundationonfact−findingmissionstothecommunitiesoffinalists.Thisyear,threeOpusPrizefinaliststraveledtoSt.Louistosharetheirmis−ByCONORDORNAssociateNewsEditorSLUhostsOpusPrizeceremonyhonoringexceptionalhumanitarianeffortsworldwidesionswiththeSLUcommunityinantici−pationoftheawardceremony.ThethreefinalistswereMichaelFernandez−FreyofCarasconCausa,BrotherCharlesNu−wagabaoftheBannakaroliBrothersofSt.CharlesLwangaandSisterCatherineMutindiofBonPasteur.Mutindi,the2019OpusLaureateandrecipientofthe1 million prize, is
a member of Our Lady of Charity of the
Good Shepherd, an international organi-zation
of religious women dedicated to
providing ministry for vulnerable chil-dren
denied basic human rights through
exploitation and trafficking.
In 2012, Mutindi’s ministry took her to
Kolwezi, a city in the south of the Demo-cratic
Republic of Congo (DRC). Kolwezi
is an important mining center, contain-ing
materials that power the world’s dig-ital
devices, from smartphones to Tesla
cars. Specifically, the DRC is home to the
world’s largest cobalt deposits. Kolwlezi
is at the center of this industry, their re-sources
valued at 24billiondollars.Kolwezi’sminingindustryhascomeunderrepeatedinternationalscrutiny,especiallyinlightofa2016AmnestyIn−ternationalReportthatdetailedhorren−doushumanrightsviolations,includingchildlaborandsexualexploitation.Mutindi’sdevelopmentprogramseekstoassistvulnerablegroupsintheminingcommunitiesofKolwezi,specificallybystrengtheningchildprotectionsystems,increasingtheaccountabilityofminingcompanies,ensuringequitabledistribu−tionofresourcesandguaranteeingfoodsecurityandsteadyincometofamiliesintheminingcommunity.BonPasteursvisionis“aninclusiveanddemocraticCongolesesocietywheretherightsofgirls,womenandchildrenarerespected,protectedandpromoted.”BonPasteur’stheoryofchange,whichhasbeenrecognizedbylocalCon−golesegovernmentofficialsaswellasinternationalentitiesliketheUNandUNICEFasa“bestpracticeinitiative,”seekstoprovidealternativeandsustain−ablelivelihoodsoutsideofthemine.Itparticularlyattemptstoempowerchil−dreninminingcommunitiesthrougheducationeffortsandfostercommunitycohesionthatcanactasacheckonmin−ingcompanies.Fernandez−FreyandNuwagabaeachreceived100,000 for their organiza-tions.
Fernandez-Frey is the founder and
director of Caras con Causa, a non-gov-ernmental
organization that works to
alleviate poverty and improve living
conditions for families in Puerto Rico,
specifically the Cataño area and Guay-nabo.
Fernandez-Frey and Caras con Causa
pursue strategies for improvement in-clude
a variety of education and sustain-ability
initiatives in pursuit of “a better
future for Puerto Rico.” They are com-mitted
to pursuing the empowerment of
children through education, restoring
the wetlands after the destruction of
Hurricane Maria and organizing com-munities
to protect themselves against
the destruction of their homes by the
government.
Nuwagaba heads a primary school in
the Kibera slum, Africa’s largest slum in
Nairobi, Kenya as a member of the Ban-nakaroli
Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga,
an order of priests committed to educa-tion
and evangelization. The Bannakar-oli
Brothers oversee twenty-one primary
schools, seven secondary schools, ten
vocational schools and two orphanages.
His work as director of a primary
school in the Kibera slum serves 280 stu-dents
and 260 young people and is heav-ily
centered around vocational training.
These vocational programs fight poverty
by training individuals for success in di-verse
professions, including programs in
“motor vehicle maintenance, hairdress-ing
and beauty, hospitality and comput-er
technology.”
The award ceremony, which was held
in the Center for Global Citizenship, was
broadcast nationally and gave each fi-nalist
a chance to address the SLU com-munity.
Each of the finalists ultimately
fulfilled the Opus Prize Foundation’s
commitment to challenge college stu-dents
to think globally and live inspired
lives of service.
SISTER
CATHERINE
MUTINDI
WINS 1MILLIONOPUSPRIZENews03ByCAROLINELIPSKIStaffWriterccordingtore−centrankingsby“Entrepreneur”magazine,SLUhasoneofthemostsuccessfulprogramsforen−trepreneurshipstudiesinhighereducation,asitsgraduatepro−gramrankedatNo.20andunder−graduateprogramrankedatNo.33onthelist.SLU’slegacyofentrepreneur−shipacademiaanddeepconnec−tiontotheburgeoningSt.Louisstart−upcommunityisevidentinsideandoutsidetheclassroom,wherestudentsarechallengedtodevelopandputentrepreneurialmindsetstouse.Senior,andaspiringentre−preneur,NathanHeldhasbeenpartofSLU’sentrepreneurshipprogramsincehisfreshmanyear.Inadditiontoitsgreatreputation,thequalityoffacultyisanotheraspectoftheprogramthatstandsouttohim.“Ilikethatentrepreneurshipisalittlebroaderandgivesyouastudyofalldisciplinesofbusiness.IlikeSLU’sprogramespecially,aswehavesomegreatfacultyandarerankedhighly,”hesaid.FacultyinthedepartmentincludeprofessorJeromeKatz,Ph.D.,whoholdstheRobertH.BrockhausEndowedChairinEn−trepreneurship.Hehasbeenin−volvedwithSLU’sentrepreneur−shipprogramforover30yearsandperformsresearchinmanyentrepreneurialarenas,includingglobalstartupidentificationandeducationalopportunities.Hisownentrepreneurialen−deavorsandprofessionalexperi−enceslaidthefoundationforhistextbook“EntrepreneurialSmallBusiness,”whichheutilizesinthecoursesheteachesatSLU.Itisalsoincludednationallywithinhighereducationentrepreneur−shipcurriculums.“Thebookisregardedasun−usuallyhandsonandpracticalforanacademictextbook...Thesto−riesI’veheardfromthecommu−nityandthestoriescreatedbyourSLUstudententrepreneursbe−comethevignettesandcasestud−iesstudentsallovertheworld(thereareinternationalandChi−neseversionsofthetext)learnaboutandfrom,”hecommented.Theprogram’semphasisonhands−onlearningextendstothewealthofresourcesofferedtostudentsoutsidetheclassroom.TheChaifetzSchoolofBusinessalsoputsonannualstudentcom−petitionssuchasthePureIdeaGenerator,RealElevatorPitchandPitchandCatchcontests,inwhichstudentshavetheoppor−tunitytodevelopandpitchtheirideaswhilebeingexposedtooth−erentrepreneursintheSt.Louiscommunity.“StudentshavecometoSLUfortheentrepreneurshippro−gramfromallovertheworld,andwhentheyseewhatagreatstartup−supportingcommunitySt.Louisis,theydecidetostayhere.Duringanygivenyear,we’llhaveover300localentrepreneursinourclassesasspeakers,judgesandmentors,andthatconnectstownandgowninallsortsofben−eficialways.ManySLUalumnihavegoneontodeveloptheirideasintocor−porate,socialandindependentbusinessventures,includingSLUtrusteeandbenefactorDr.Rich−ardA.Chaifetz.ChaifetzistheFounder,ChairmanandCEOofComPsychCorporation,thelarg−estemployeewellnessprogramtoday,aswellasChaifetzGroup,aprivateinvestmentfirm.Hehassincedonated15 million to
launch the Chaifetz Center for
Entrepreneurship and to support
SLU’s business school, which has
been named in his honor.
Through SLU’s entrepreneur-ship
program, Katz believes that
“We prepare a world of SLU en-trepreneurs
for the world of en-trepreneurship.”
A
esuits have al-ways
been called
to advocate for
those living on
the margins of
society. On Nov.
16–18, a group of students prac-ticed
this advocacy in Washington
D.C. as part of the Ignatian Fami-ly
Teach-In for Justice, the largest
Catholic social justice conference
in the country.
Before making the trip to D.C.,
however, students put in a lot
of time and effort to make sure
that they were well-informed on
whichever one of the three poli-cy
issues they were focusing on:
criminal justice, immigration
justice or environmental justice.
These issues drew passionate stu-dents
from across campus, with
the groups comprised of students
majoring in entrepreneurship,
occupational therapy, political
science, international business,
theology and many others.
While these policy issues reso-nate
with many SLU students, ev-eryone
chose their advocacy topic
for different reasons. Sophomore
Katie Velazquez, who advocat-ed
for immigration justice, is a
first-generation born U.S. citizen
and Mexican American. She has
grown up hearing the struggles
of her family members who im-migrated
here and wanted to use
the opportunities she has been
given at SLU to work to change a
system that has drastically affect-ed
her family and loved ones. Se-nior
Brandon Smith, on the other
hand, advocated for environmen-tal
justice. He felt that it was his
responsibility to use his financial
and academic privilege to be a
voice for those whose voices have
been stifled or who have a harder
time getting their opinions heard.
Each of these three groups
researched bills that are current-ly
in congressional proceedings
in order to participate in the IFTJ
Public Witness and Advocacy Day.
This preparation included weekly
meetings, many hours of research
and a mock advocacy day. The ex-tensive
research that each group
did on these bills allowed them
to intelligently and holistically
present their findings to repre-sentatives.
Three months of work led up to
the actual Ignatian Family Teach-
In for Justice, where each group
met with staffers and even Repre-sentative
William Lacy Clay from
Missouri’s first district to present
their research on their respective
policy issue. Representative Clay
even agreed to co-sponsoring one
of the criminal justice team’s bills
and offering his support to many
others. While advocacy can seem
like a daunting task, it is a vital
part of democracy and the Jesu-it
mission. Through the Ignatian
Family Teach-In for Justice, SLU
students got the opportunity to
be part of this Jesuit tradition and
are confident that their actions
made a difference to give a voice
to the voiceless.
J
By EMMA CARMODY
Editor-in-Chief
Photo Courtesy of Juhi Nayak
STUDENTS PRACTICE JESUIT
ADVOCACY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
SLU’S ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM
AMONG TOP IN THE NATION
04 News
By SAVANAH SEYER
Staff Writer
his fall, SLU’s
School for Pro-fessional
Stud-ies
introduced
the Brewing Sci-ence
and Opera-tions
Certificate
program, a one-of-a-kind pro-gram
that teaches students about
the ins and outs of beer produc-tion.
The University is partnered
with the St. Louis Brewers Heri-tage
Foundation to design a spe-cial
structure for the program. It
is made up of six courses that fo-cus
on educating students about
all aspects of the brewing process
including: Brewing Essentials,
Brewing and Beer Styles, Condi-tioning/
Packaging and Distribu-tion,
Biochemistry of Brewing,
Flavor/Quality Control and Sen-sory
Evaluation and Brewery Op-erations
and Accounting.
Faculty includes industry vet-erans
and professional brewers
from around the St. Louis Area.
The students learn about brewing
their own beer and the details of
running a brewery. Part of what
makes this program unique is the
support from local breweries in
the St. Louis area.
According to Mitch Turner, a
Brewing Science program faculty
member and the Sales Director
of the Beer, Wine and Craft Spir-its
Portfolio at Major Brands, this
program is truly unlike any other.
“There has never been a program
like this, especially not in St. Lou-is
and really not across the na-tion,”
said Turner. “If you were
ever interested in making beer,
either recreationally or profes-sionally,
this is the place to start.
Few programs have this type of
local support and allow this kind
of interaction [with local brewer-ies].”
During the first course, which
was taught by Turner, the main
project required each student
to brew their own batch of beer.
Turner said that the enthusiasm
and engagement from students
made the class extra special for
him.
“We would get very in depth
about all types of different topics,
including brewing operations to
discussions about why a brewer
might prefer cans versus bottles,”
said Turner.
The brewing industry is a
large part of the St. Louis econo-my,
with over 70 breweries in the
larger St. Louis Metro area alone,
according to Troika Brodsky, the
director of the program. Many
of these breweries work with the
program by allowing students
to tour their facilities and learn
a little about what makes them
successful. As part of the class,
students have visited St. Louis
breweries like Urban Chestnut, 4
Hands, BrewHub Tap Room, Ste-ampunk
Brewery, AB-InBev and
Schlafly, just to name a few.
The program’s connection
to the St. Louis brewing market
goes far beyond tours as well.
The faculty and advisory board of
the program is made up of pro-fessionals
who have careers in
the brewing industry, with repre-sentation
from Anheuser-Busch,
Third Wheel Brewing, Schlafly
Beer, Square One Brewery & Dis-tillery,
Second Shift Brewing and
Major Brands Distributing. This
kind of faculty experience and
guidance for students is a part
of what makes the program so
T
bby Wambach,
the two-time
Olympic gold
medalist and
FIFA World
Cup Champion,
is coming to SLU on Jan. 28, 2020
in the Wool Ballroom at 7 p.m. as
the next speaker for the Great Is-sues
Committee in collaboration
with SLU Athletics Department.
Her accolades include the 2016
ESPYS Icon award, 2011 AP Fe-male
Athlete of the Year and
6-time winner of U.S. Soccer Fe-male
Athlete of the Year.
In addition to her extensive
career highlights, Wambach is
known for her equal rights ac-tivism
as a speaker on topics re-lated
to leadership development
for women in the workplace, in-spiration,
family and health and
wellness. At SLU, she’ll discuss
her experience as a female and
a member of the LGBTQ+ com-munity
while being an athlete as
well as the unique challenges she
faced in finding acceptance and
accessing equal opportunities.
In 2018, Wambach spoke
at the Barnard Commencement
Ceremony and called the female
graduates her “wolfpack.” She
said in the speech, “If I could go
back and tell myself one thing,
it would be this: Abby, you were
never Little Red Riding Hood,
you were always the wolf.” Her
words of female empowerment
and leadership throughout life’s
setbacks resonated with the au-dience
and soon went viral. The
speech’s commentary on stand-ing
up for equal pay and demands
for what women deserve became
even more relevant in the wake of
the 2019 U.S. Women’s National
Soccer Team’s lawsuit against the
United States Soccer Federation
for “purposeful gender discrimi-nation.”
The viral speech inspired
her newest book, entitled “Wolf-pack:
How to Come Together, Un-leash
Our Power, and Change the
Game,” published in April 2019.
Her first book, “Forward: A
Memoir,” traced her childhood
beginnings on the boys’ soccer
team to becoming the highest
all-time international goal scorer
for male and female soccer play-ers.
Her resilient and courageous
journey earned her the title of
“badass” from President Obama
after winning the 2015 World Cup
Championship.
SLU students look forward
to hearing from another power-ful
women after GIC’s last female
speaker, Monica Lewinsky.
A
By REBECCA LiVIGNI
Managing Editor
Photo Courtesy of Abby Wambach
ABBY WAMBACH CHOSEN AS
NEXT GIC SPEAKER
NEW BREWING SCIENCE
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News 05
uring March of
1940, the United
States Surgeon
General Thomas
Parren Jr. sent
letters out to
medical schools
across the coun-try
in an effort to look for poten-tial
sponsors for a general hospital.
The Rev. Alphonse Schwitalla S.J.,
dean of SLU’s School of Medicine at
the time, answered the call for help
and began to assemble a crew of
medical directors for what would be
known as the 70th General Hospital.
The hospital did not actually be-gin
serving soldiers until after the
United States entered the war on
Dec. 7th, 1941. Deployment for the
hospital began in Algeria in North
Africa from September 1943 until
November of 1944 and then was
moved to Italy in December of 1944
until its formal deactivation on Oct.
25, 1945. “This whole notion of a
sponsorship, I don’t think we had
ever done it before,’’ John Waide,
Archivist Emeritus and Outreach
Coordinator for Pius XII Library,
said of the new role SLU’s School
of Medicine had found itself in.
SLU’s School of Medicine as-sembled
a capable crew to direct
and serve the hospital, with one of
their most notable members being
the Rev. Harry B. Crimmins S.J.,
25th President of SLU, who stepped
down from his position as presi-dent
in order to serve as a chaplain,
or religious leader, for the unit,
preceding Schwitalla. He initiat-ed
the promotion of, and worked
closely alongside, Dr. Curtis H.
Lohr, who was a former superin-tendent
of the St Louis County
Hospital and became the Director
of the 70th General Hospital and
Chief of Medical Service on March
26, 1942, preceding Dr. Goronwy O.
Broun Sr. and Dr. Frank J. Tainter.
“The school was responsible
for providing the medical staff.
They didn’t have every doctor [and]
nurse, but they were responsible
for the leadership and for the pri-mary
physicians and nurses at the
hospital,’’ said Waide when reflect-ing
on the what the sponsorship of
the hospital by SLU provided to it.
Not necessarily every nurse and/
or physician that SLU’s School of
Medicine appointed to the hospital
were from SLU, but many were from
the greater St. Louis community.
Robert “Bob” Dole, Repub-lican
senator from Kansas who ran
against Bill Clinton for presidency
in 1996, was cared for by the 70th
General Hospital in Italy after fac-ing
an arm injury during the war.
Dr. Sam Morrenda, a 1939 grad-uate
of SLU School of Medicine,
was a doctor at the 70th Gener-al
Hospital and treated Dole. On
West Pine Boulevard that year,
Dole held a campaign rally and
met with Morrenda again with the
help of Waide. “Dr. Morrenda told
me later [that] Dole was very ap-preciative
of the care that he re-ceived
at the hospital,” said Waide.
Daniel Ken Inouye, a senator
from Hawaii, was injured during
the war, resulting in an amputat-ed
right arm and was also treat-ed
by the 70th General Hospital.
Inouye sent a letter to one of the
reunions of the 70th General Hos-pital,
thanking them for their care.
After the deactivation of the
70th General Hospital on Oct. 25,
1945, Crimmins remained in Eu-rope
briefly while other members
of the hospital returned home.
Crimmins stayed in the army and
was a confessor and chaplain to
several German officers who were
on trial for war crimes at the time,
most notably General Anton Dos-tler,
who was the Commander of
the 75th German Army Corps. In
1946, Crimmins left the Army and
returned home. “Morrenda said
something about Crimmins being
D
Illustration Courtesy of
Grace Dunlavy
On Dec. 3 at 1:15 p.m. in
Griesedieck Hall, a student became
trapped in an elevator after the
inner doors failed to open. SLU
maintenance staff responded to
the scene and were able to free the
student, who sustained no injuries.
On Dec 3 at 3:19 p.m., DPS officers
responded to a call from Hotel
Ignacio after an alleged physical
altercation by two hotel guests.
Officers mediated the dispute and
escorted the two off the property.
Both guests declined SLMPD and
medical services.
On Dec 3 at 12:55 a.m., DPS re-ceived
a call from a student who
was walking westbound on La-clede
when he was approached
by an unknown male who asked
him for his laptop. The student
fled the scene to the safety of his
apartment and called DPS. The
suspect remains unidentified.
By KLAUDIA WACHNIK
Staff Writer
so important to the men and wom-en
in the unit because he [was]
such a source of hope and inspi-ration,”
commented Waide on the
legacy and contribution of Crim-mins
to the 70th General Hospital.
Although the 70th General
Hospital isn’t often mentioned
when learning about the history
of SLU and its School of Medicine,
it impacted the lives of those who
served in the U.S. Army during
World War II. The legacy of the
men and women who served at
the 70th General Hospital will
be re
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