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Conclusion: (re)centring labour, class, and race
Get PDFIn the conclusion, Picker underlines the heuristic value of the six chapters. He does so by comprehensively showing the ways in which labour organization, class formation, and racialization are articulated in the making of the urban areas under scrutiny. In dialogue with the volume’s Introduction, Picker first shows that Racialized Labour in Romania is an essential contribution that fills an important gap in the literature by squarely centring the labour-class-race complex. Subsequently, the author zooms out of Romanian localities to detect heuristic similarities between racialized urban dynamics in Romania and in other parts of the world, within contemporary unequal global trends. Further venues of research on the urban dimensions of the labour-class-race complex are then identified, and these include foci on intersectionality, religion, and more analyses of Central and Eastern European contexts from global perspectives
Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University
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Student callers
Health care
mission trips
The renovated
Rec Center
A professor’s
Irish discoveries
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FALL 2004 WINTER 2005
Welcome to a special issue of Universitas.
And welcome to outstanding views of our
two newest campus landmarks.
Although Saint Louis University is ever changing,
rarely does so much happen here during a six-month
period. In December we dedicated our new Edward
A. Doisy Research Center, and in April we opened
Chaifetz Arena — the two largest building projects
in our 190 years. (Read in-depth stories on both
buildings in this issue.)
When you add in our Simon Recreation Center ren-ovations,
our first on-campus commencement in 60
years and the record service hours accrued by members
of the SLU community, it’s hard not to feel a sense of
history in the making on Grand Boulevard these days.
Indeed, in a few years when we look back on the
openings of these unprecedented buildings, I’m cer-tain
that we will see them as clear turning points
— moments when Saint Louis University’s place in
the city, nation and world changed forever.
And although it’s easy to get caught up in what
these facilities will mean to our history, I think it’s
most important to keep our focus on the future.
In other words: We’ve built the structures; now
we’ve got to make sure they fulfill their promise. That
means new scientific discoveries, lifesaving treatments
and cures for disease at the Doisy Research Center.
It also means re-energized student life, tournament-winning
basketball and an even stronger presence in
SLU’s Midtown neighborhood at Chaifetz Arena.
In some ways, this next key step is more challenging
than constructing both buildings at the same time.
That’s because ensuring the promise of these stunning
facilities is the responsibility of everyone in the SLU
community — students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Sure, some will play bigger roles. I cannot, for exam-ple,
treat liver disease. Nor am I much of a free-throw
shooter. But I can be a supporter of the work, efforts
and energy that make these buildings so special.
I’m sure you can be, too.
You may not know how to operate a microscope, but
that doesn’t mean you can’t participate in the clinical
trials or help fund the innovative discoveries at the Do-isy
Research Center. And, even if you’ve never dribbled
a basketball in your life, you can come down to Chaifetz
Arena to catch a Billiken game or enjoy a concert.
Your days on campus may be over, but please know
that these are still your buildings. So I hope you’ll
make a point of coming down to visit them to see
how they have changed the landscape here at SLU.
Besides, the photos in this issue of Universitas are
good, but they can’t beat the real thing.
Hope to see you on campus soon.
Lawrence Biondi, S.J.,
President
President ’ s
Mes sage
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The dolphin pond near Ritter Hall.
Photo by Kevin Lowder
Building for
the Future
A first look at the
new Edward A.
Doisy Research
Center.
By Nancy Solomon
At
Last
An insider view of
Chaifetz Arena,
which opened in
April.
Photo by Steve Dolan Photo by Jim Visser
CONTENTS
DEPA RTMENTS
2 On Campus
Commencement at Chaifetz Service sets
records New medical school dean One
new ad campaign Ignatian Spirituality
Conference 50 years ago in Universitas
8 Billiken News
New athletic director Farewell to West
Pine Billikens meet the Cardinals
9 Advancement News
A conversation with Meg Connolly,
associate vice president for alumni relations.
39 Class Notes
Catch up with classmates.
44 In Memoriam
Remembering those members of the
SLU community who recently died.
46 Alumni Events
Find SLU alumni activities
wherever you live.
48 Perspective
The face of the MBA ads speaks out.
49 The Last Word
Letters to the editor
17
Callers I.D.’d
Meet the student
phoners who reach
out to alumni
every night.
By Laura Geiser
28
Higher Learning
SLU students
take their mission
of better health
around the world.
By Marie Dilg
32
Recreation
Destination
Simon Recreation
Center has been
expanded and
transformed.
By Alyssa Stahr
36
Dr. Thomas
Finan and the
Search for
the Medieval
Church
A SLU professor
digs into Ireland.
By Nick Sargent
35 Average miles per day registered on each of the center’s treadmills 42 Stationary bicycles in the center 1,500 Average number of patrons each day 534 Lockers in the center »
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At the expanded and
renovated Simon
Recreation Center
Students initiated into the Catholic faith
On April 20, the Saint Louis University community came together to welcome students
embracing the Catholic faith. University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., led the celebration,
known as the Sacraments of Initiation, during SLU’s 10 p.m. Sunday Mass.
The University usually initiates students once a year during the Easter season. This year, 11 SLU
students were initiated. Students had studied the Catholic faith in a program known as the Rite
of Christian Initiation of Adults since last fall. During their study, students learned about the
fundamentals of the Catholic faith and then made the decision to join the Church.
“This is one of the most rewarding spiritual exercises I am happy to do as a Jesuit priest,” Biondi said.
“As president of SLU, it’s gratifying to celebrate our students making a commitment to embrace the
Catholic faith by seeking voluntarily the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and first Eucharist.”
Earthquake Center draws
congressional attention
With members of the local media in tow,
U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan toured the
Saint Louis University Earthquake
Center in May. He met with SLU researchers
to discuss recent seismic activity in the Midwest.
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Science Committee, Carnahan also was inter-ested
in learning what Congress can do to ad-vance
earthquake research and reporting.
The center’s director Dr. Robert Herrmann
discussed SLU’s cutting-edge research, which is
furthering the understanding of the seismic
hazards facing the region. He also explained
SLU’s network of earthquake monitoring
devices and showed the congressman several
new machines that will be deployed into the
field after testing. The center keeps an eye on
the New Madrid Fault and seismic hot spots
in the central United States.
During his tour, Carnahan also saw the Uni-versity’s
very first earthquake monitoring de-vice,
originally installed in DuBourg Hall in
1909. SLU’s Earthquake Center was one of the
nation’s first and remains a leader in the field.
SLU community
gives back in big way
In 2007, more than 19,000 members of the Saint
Louis University community completed 836,550
service and volunteer hours. It’s the first time ser-vice
hours have surpassed the 800,000-hour mark.
Student service accounted for about 90 percent of last year’s hours. Nearly 10,000 students
contributed service through programs run by the office of community outreach, Alpha Phi
Omega service fraternity and other Greek organizations. Students also complete service projects
through their classes and internships as well as through spring break mission trips in the United
States and abroad. Faculty and staff completed nearly 100,000 hours, and more than 1,100
organizations were helped last year.
And this service work has not gone unnoticed. In February, SLU received national recogni-tion
for its outreach efforts when it was named to the President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. The award
is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning
and civic engagement.
Honorees for the award were chosen based on several factors, including innovativeness of
service projects and the percentage of student participation in service. At SLU, 96 percent of
students engage in some form of service during their time at the University.
U.S. News gives high marks
to SLU’s graduate programs
Saint Louis University’s health law program was ranked
No. 1 for the fifth consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s
“Best Graduate Schools 2009” issue, which hit stands in March.
The geriatrics program ranked No. 14, part-time MBA program
No. 16, occupational therapy No. 33, physical therapy No. 41,
social work No. 42, medicine No. 54, speech-language pathology
No. 60 and clinical psychology No. 92.
SLU Celebrates 2008 Commencement at Chaifetz Arena
Nearly 6,500 family and friends filled Saint Louis
University’s Chaifetz Arena May 17 to witness the
first class to celebrate commencement on campus
in 60 years.
SLU’s commencement outgrew on-campus venues in 1949,
when the event moved from West Pine Gym to Kiel Audito-rium,
where it remained for 30 years. Commencements then were held
in the Checkerdome and more recently at Scottrade Center.
University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., said he hoped that the
graduates would return to the new arena to attend basketball games,
homecoming events and even the graduations of their children.
“Regardless of when and why you return, class of 2008, I hope you
come back to Chaifetz Arena and remember it fondly as the place
where you ended one great journey and began another,” Biondi said.
FOX television network play-by-play announcer Joe Buck delivered
this year’s commencement address.
“What a thrill this is for me, a lifelong St. Louisan, to participate
in the first graduation ceremony in this beautiful new jewel, Chaifetz
Arena,” Buck said.
Before he offered the graduates some advice, Buck dedicated his com-mencement
address to Ryan Green, a physics major, who was sporting
a large mohawk. (Buck had spotted him before taking to the stage.)
The quip drew big laughs and applause from the capacity crowd.
The laughter kept coming as Buck declared that the honorary doc-torate
he was about to receive would allow him to perform routine
medical procedures.
“I am scheduled to handle my first angioplasty this afternoon,” he
said. “I’m restructuring (injured Cardinals pitcher) Mark Mulder’s
shoulder tomorrow morning and (struggling Cardinals reliever) Jason
Isringhausen’s psyche tomorrow night.”
Buck then got serious, sharing
his own success story. Family con-nections,
he said, gave him access
to the broadcasting booth — his
late father Jack Buck was a Hall-of-
Fame broadcaster and former voice
of the Cardinals. His father also delivered SLU’s commencement ad-dress
back in 1995. “I admit that I got in the door because of my last
name, but after I got rolling, either I was going to be good enough or
I wasn’t,” Buck told the graduates. “Either I could handle the pressure
or it would handle me.”
Ultimately Buck handled the pressure and went on to become one
of the most respected names in sports broadcasting. During his career,
he has called some of the most memorable moments in recent sports
history. Hard work and relentless preparation propelled him to the
pinnacle of his profession, he said.
Buck also reminded the graduates that the real world is very dif-ferent
from college life. “Successful people don’t earn Bs. They don’t
get extensions for work assignments. And they can’t just turn off the
alarm because they don’t feel like going in.
“Do your best,” Buck said. “Have a plan and find out how great you
can be. I’m counting on you. This world needs you. Believe me.”
After the speech, Biondi conferred honorary degrees upon Buck,
Charles and Shirley Drury of Drury Inns Inc., and Build-A-Bear
Workshop founder Maxine Clark.
As the ceremony closed, Timothy McMahon, S.J., provincial of the
Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus, offered an invocation, call-ing
upon God to bless the graduates.
“Fill their minds with your love of knowledge, so that they will
be wise and prudent,” he prayed. “Touch their hearts, so that they
will overflow with compassion and love. Open their eyes, so that
they will recognize those who are lost and lonely. And keep them
close to you, so that one day they might share in your eternal life.”
— Clayton Berry
Buck delivers the commencement address.
Parks graduate Green.
Biondi baptizes freshman Brandon Murray.
Herrmann (left) and Carnahan.
Photos by Steve Dolan
Photo by Matt Schlanger, St. Louis Photo Group
Photo by Alyssa Stahr
Ads offer one view of SLU
In December, Saint Louis University unveiled a new marketing campaign
highlighting what makes the University unique and exceptional — teaching,
service and commitment to community. Designed to enhance SLU’s local
and regional image, the campaign informs people about what Saint Louis
University means to St. Louis. Through billboards, newspaper print ads, theater
program placements and radio spots, the ads reiterate the idea that “Saint
Louis University is the one.” Messages include:
Millions of lives changed. One Jesuit mission.
15 million addition
of the John and Lucy Cook Hall. In the fall of 2002 he returned to the
classroom. The award is named for the University’s first dean of women.
Dr. Rick Chaney, Madrid Campus vice provost and dean, has completed
his service there and will be returning to the faculty of the John Cook
School of Business, after taking a sabbatical in the fall semester. During
his 16-year tenure, Chaney helped increase enrollment, build a strong
academic foundation and create a complete campus environment for
students. Currently, SLU Madrid enrolls approximately 650 students each
semester — the maximum capacity for the campus. Frank Reale, S.J., vice
president for mission and ministry, is serving as interim vice provost while
a search is initiated for Chaney’s replacement.
More than 20 members of the SLU community will travel to Sydney
this summer to participate in World Youth Days, a week for the world’s
Catholic youth to come together to form friendships and gain a better
understanding of other countries, cultures and the Catholic faith. The
group will visit Australia July 10-26, and members will be posting their
experiences online as “virtual pilgrims” at worldyouthday.slu.edu.
Dr. James DuBois, director of SLU’s Center for Health Care Ethics, has
been elected as a representative on the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops’ National Advisory Council. DuBois, who is the Mäder
Professor of Health Care Ethics, will serve a four-year term representing
Eastern Catholic Churches from Region 15.
Michael Lauer is SLU’s new director of public safety. Prior to arriving
at SLU, Lauer spent 20 years with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police
Department. Lauer reports to Sam Simon, the former director of public
safety for the City of St. Louis and a 22-year veteran of the St. Louis
police department. This fall, Simon filled a new role at the University:
director of emergency preparedness. Combined, the pair boasts nearly
50 years of experience in the field. They once worked together in the
police department and are both graduates of the FBI National Academy.
Dr. John Watzke, chairman of the department of educational studies,
is the new interim dean of the College of Education and Public Service.
Watzke came to SLU last year from the Institute for Educational Initiatives
at the University of Notre Dame.
Marking a trend in nursing education that responds to the need for
nurses to know more, Saint Louis University School of Nursing is
launching a new online doctoral program for advance practice nurses.
Nurse practitioners who have their master’s degrees may apply for the
online doctor of nursing practice, which begins this fall. SLU’s program is
the only one in the St. Louis area and one of two in Missouri.
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At the expanded and
renovated Simon
Recreation center
Fair unites schools
in honoring King
Student leaders from Saint Louis
University and Harris-Stowe State
University organized a fair honoring
the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
in April. The Dream Keepers’ Fair was held
along Compton Avenue between the two
universities and commemorated the 40th
anniversary of King’s assassination.
The student governments of Harris-Stowe
and SLU formed the Dream Keepers Part-nership
last April to raise $10,000 for the Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
Project in Washington, D.C. Since then, stu-dent
governments from every college and uni-versity
in the St. Louis metropolitan area, as
well as a couple of young professional associa-tions,
have joined the effort. Collectively, they
call themselves the St. Louis Dream Keepers.
Medical professors named
to endowed positions
Two professors at the Saint Louis Univer-sity
School of Medicine recently have
added new titles to their credentials.
Dr. Mark Varvares (Med ’86), chairman of
the department of otolaryngology –
head and
neck surgery, is the inaugural holder of the
Donald and Marlene Jerome Endowed Chair
in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
The chair is named for Dr. Donald Lee Jerome,
(Med ’61) of Swansea, Ill., and his wife, Marlene. Jerome, a strong supporter of the School of
Medicine, was in private practice as an otolaryngologist in Belleville for 33 years before retir-ing.
Varvares also is director of the Saint Louis University Cancer Center and is conducting
research on head and neck surgical oncology.
Dr. Arthur Labovitz, director of the division of cardiology, is the inaugural Jack Ford Shelby
Endowed Professor in Cardiology. The professorship is named for Jack Ford Shelby, chairman
emeritus of Camie-Campbell Inc., former chairman of the board of the St. Louis Heart As-sociation
and a longtime benefactor of the School of Medicine. Labovitz is director of SLU’s
cardiac imaging laboratory and participates in many research studies that are supported by
the National Institutes of Health and private industry. Over the years, he has made significant
contributions to the diagnosis and management of cardiac disease.
Varvares Labovitz
Doctorow to receive Literary Award
The Saint Louis University Library Associates have selected author E.L. Doctorow as the
recipient of the 2008 Saint Louis Literary Award. A recognized novelist, playwright,
lecturer and essayist, Doctorow’s works include Welcome to Hard Times, The Book of
Daniel, Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The Waterworks and City of God.
In a career that spans more than three decades, Doctorow’s honors include a National Book
Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards and the presiden-tially
conferred National Humanities Medal.
Now in its 41st year, the Saint Louis Literary Award has been presented to a distinguished list
of literary figures, including Joyce Carol Oates, Saul Bellow, Arthur Miller and John Updike.
The award will be presented Thursday, Oct. 23, in the Anheuser-Busch Auditorium of John and
Lucy Cook Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
New School of Medicine dean named
On April 1, Dr. Philip O. Alderson took the reins as dean of Saint Louis
University School of Medicine. Alderson most recently was the chairman of
the department of radiology at Columbia University and director of radiology
service at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia. He also was the James
Picker Professor of Radiology at the
Mathematical programming modeling for joint order batching, sequencing and picker routing problems in manual order picking systems
No full textThis article aims to introduce mathematical programming models for the joint order batching and picker routing problem (JOBPRP) and the joint order batching, sequencing and routing problem (JOBSPRP). For this purpose, we present formulations for the traveled distance and travel time between picking positions in low-level and high-level picker-to-part systems (2D and 3D warehouses) and single-block and multiple-block warehouses. Likewise, we formulate Steiner traveling salesman problem (STSP) models considering multiple pickers, heterogeneous picking vehicles, multiple objectives and due windows. We calculate the number of binary variables, continuous variables and constraints for the proposed models, in order to show the complexity of solving these order picking problems using exact solution methods. As a result, we introduce several mathematical models for manual order picking systems, which could serve as references for researchers interested in finding optimal or high-quality solutions to joint order picking problems, considering realistic warehouse and distribution center environments. © 2019 The Author
Developing urban waste management in Brazil with waste picker organizations
No full textFERGUTZ, Oscar. DIAS, Sonia. MITLIN, Diana. Developing urban waste management in Brazil with waste picker organizations in Environment and Urbanization, October 2011, vol. 23, n°2, p.597-608 Abstract by the author: "In Brazil’s large cities, more than half a million people survive by collecting and selling solid waste. Most face very poor working conditions and have very low incomes as the intermediaries to whom they sell pay low prices. Their activities are even considered illegal in s..
Clonotypic Analysis of CMV-Specific CD4+ T Cells in Human and Nonhuman Primates
Get PDFCytoameglovirus (CMV) is a complex pathogen with the ability to persist in a host via mechanisms of immune evasion. CD4+ T cells are known to play a role in maintaining life-long immunity against CMV; however, the cellular requirements for establishing and maintaining protection against CMV disease have not been characterized. The objective of this work was to understand the nature of a protective CD4+ T cell memory response in primates using CMV as a model viral pathogen. First, we characterized the clonotypic hierarchy of an established CMV-specific CD4+ memory T cell response in human subjects and Rhesus macaques (RM). In both we found that long-term CD4+ memory responses to CMV are characterized by highly skewed clonotypic hierarchies, and these hierarchies remained stable over the months examined. We then used the RM model to elucidate the evolution of the CMV-specific CD4+ clonotypic hierarchy during and after primary infection. The clonotypic composition of an emerging CMV-specific response during a primary infection was strikingly diverse. Third, we reinfected the RM and found that reinfection with CMV recruited new clonotypes into the response, further increasing clonotypic complexity. Taken together, these data indicate the CMV-specific CD4+ T cell response undergoes an evolution during primary and secondary infection and includes the generation of a large initial repertoire, followed by selection of a few dominant clonotypes. In chronic infection, stable oligoclonal hierarchies predominate, suggesting that long-term surveillance for CMV reactivation or reinfection is mediated by a small number of clones, which are maintained at higher frequency. Having found these large single clonotype responses to CMV, we examined T cell receptor (TCR) activation requirements at the level of single clonotypes. We found that single clonotypes have heterogeneous activation thresholds and the activation thresholds for elaborating IL-2 and IFN-gama differed. Finally, we found that the threshold heterogeneity within a clonotype was independent of CD27 expression
Physical space and mental barriers in Russian emigrants experience ("The Mushroom Picker" by Zinovyi Zynyck)
Get PDFTaking into account the novel The Mushroom Picker there are a lot of kinds of the word "frontier". Their meaning depends on a question: what we would like to express using them. Not only does the Russian author write about space bor-ders between countries but he considers mental barriers as well. In his opinion, the latter ones are drastically more dangerous because they often lead to arguments and even wars between nations which have no knowledge and understanding of different cultures. The main character of the novel shows the reader both Soviet and English reality. The capital cities of these countries - Moscow and London - are presented critically. The citizens of both countries do not trust each other, and do not even try to know anything about different conditions in which they live. The protagonists are proud only of their own culture and his-tory, and do not respect other nations. There are not any spiritual values, friend-ship and agreement among people. In this way The Mushroom Picker turned to be very pessimistic
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Raze phase: new dorm
under way, on schedule
For many Saint Louis
University students, com-ing
back from winter break
offered many of the usual
sights: cars buzzing up and
down Grand Boulevard,
students walking to and
from class
and count-less
beauti-ful
details
that campus
offers. How-ever,
some
returned to
quite a sur-prise:
Over
break, SLU started construc-tion
by Beracha Hall.
A new, eight-story,
153,000-square-foot, 450-
bed residence hall for first-and
second-year students
has finally begun. According
to David Florek, the Direc-tor
of Facilities Planning and
Construction, the current
work taking place is the site
preparation stage. This in-cludes
removing trees and
sculptures and closing the
Gonzaga parking lot to serve
as a construction staging
area.
Despite the cold condi-tions,
pre-construction is
going well, and no issues
have been reported.
Florek added, “While
this project has an aggres-sive
con-struction
schedule,
we always
welcome a
challenge,
and we are
confident
that by
w o r k i n g
with our construction part-ners
we will be able to com-plete
the project on time and
on budget as we have with
past projects.”
However, to many stu-dents,
the construction
came as a surprise. Sopho-more
Kelsey McClure said,
“I had no idea that a new
residence hall was being
By JACQUI STACHIW
Staff Writer
See “Construction” on Page 3
I think SLU is only
going to continue to
grow. “ “- Preet Thiara,
Freshman
2014 marked the 100th
anniversary of Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Eastern Mis-souri,
and to mark this mile-stone
— and usher in a new
era — BBBSEMO’s St. Louis
office held a public reception
on Wednesday, Jan. 21 to
introduce a new history dis-play,
dubbed the Centennial
Collection, that its leaders
say commemorates both the
agency’s history and the his-tory
of the building in which
it is housed. BBBSEMO offi-cials
said it took time during
much of 2014 to do research
and compile photo records
for the Centennial Collec-tion.
“The end result is the Cen-tennial
Collection, a set of
agency historic documents,
photos and other memora-bilia
that are
d i s p l a y e d
prominently
on the walls
of the St.
Louis of-fice’s
first
floor,” BBB-SEMO
said
in a news re-lease.
T h e
Centennial
Colle ction
includes documents per-taining
to the history of Big
Brothers Big Sisters itself,
but also to the organization’s
physical headquarters on the
corner of Grand Boulevard
and Olive Street — only a
couple of blocks from the
Saint Louis
Uni v e r s i t y
campus. The
history of
the head-q
u a r t e r s
— the old
Woolworth
building —
is important,
BBBSEMO
says, because
it is a history
rife with in-stances
of ordinary St. Lou-isans
making a stand for civil
rights and social equality for
all—something BBBSEMO
sees as intimately tied to its
mission.
“It is absolutely a sig-nificant
part of history we
had to cover,” BBBSEMO
President and CEO Becky
James-Hatter said in the
news release, referencing the
importance of the Centen-nial
Collection’s inclusion
of photographs detailing
the headquarters’ history.
“It is important to acknowl-edge
the history of a build-ing
where now all people are
welcome and embraced.”
Centennial Collection
Big Brothers Big Sisters opens history wall;
SLU grad student’s actions showcased
Service showcase: The BBBSEMO display features former SLU grad student Irene Williams, pictured.
Emma Kelley / Staff Photographer
See “Bigs” on Page 3
By PAUL BRUNKHORST
Associate News Editor
It is absolutely a
history we had to
cover “ “ -Becky James-Hatter,
President & CEO of Big
Brothers Big Sisters
Ryan Quinn / Photo Editor
Detour: Construction taking place for new residence
halls creates a few blockages around campus, such as
on this Laclede Avenue sidewalk.
MLS Draft card
Bryce, Kingsley
Kristo, Robert
Lee, Raymond
Manning, Anthony On Nov. 28, 1959, a small, Midwestern,
Jesuit school won the inaugural NCAA
men’s soccer national championship.
Over the next two decades, Saint
Louis University would dominate the field of
college soccer, with 10 national titles (the most
in NCAA history) in 15 years. The country’s
first college soccer dynasty would eventually
produce over a dozen professional players,
including national stars such as Tim Ream,
Brad Davis and Brian McBride.
And now, in 2015, four more names
will be added to the Billiken legacy: Bryce,
Manning, Lee, and Kristo.
Four
Billikens
selected
See “MLS” on Page 7
Casey Waughn / Managing Editor
2 JANUARY 22, 2015 NEWS
Events Calendar
Sustainability Conference
Friday, Jan. 23, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(Il Monastero)
“Linking Research and Practice: Equi-table
Economic Growth and Sustain-able
Water Infrastructure”
General admission 10 (includes lunch and
snacks)
History Lecture
Friday, Jan. 23, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
(Center for Global Citizenship, 124A)
History professor Daniel L. Schlafly
will present “Bridging Cultures: Jesu-its
from the ‘Russian’ Society in Early
19th Century America.”
Biggest Loser Competition
The MOVE Committee is sponsoring
its third annual weight-loss competi-tion
until May 4. Prizes will be given
to those who lose the greatest per-centage
of body weight.
SLU’s Student Govern-ment
Association held its
first Senate meeting of the
year Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Proceedings began with
Dr. Daniel F. Mahoney, Dean
of the College of Education,
Health and Human Services
at Kent State University, who
is one of the candidates for
the position of provost. Ma-honey’s
preliminary remark
centered on the impact SLU
creates. “When I looked at
the values of this institution
and what is the focus, it’s
really focused on having an
impact,” he said.
Born and raised in New
Jersey, Mahoney attended
Virginia Tech, where he got
involved in student govern-ment.
Following graduation,
he worked in the Virginia
governor’s office before sub-stitute
teaching and coach-ing
at the high school and
college levels. After earning
his Ph.D., he served in vari-ous
administrative positions.
Questions succeeded
Mahoney’s remarks. When
asked what he hoped to
bring to and improve at SLU,
he expressed a desire to go
out and listen to faculty on
necessary changes. Citing
the University’s Strategic
Plan, he said: “Most of the
things that you’re focused
on…all of those things are
things I believe in and want
to focus on.”
When one senator
evoked SLU’s Jesuit tradi-tion
in relation to Mahoney’s
state university background,
Mahoney reiterated his
commitment to impact and
referenced SLU’s mission.
“When I left accounting and
I left college athletics,” he
said, “the thing that always
drove me was I didn’t feel I
was having much of an im-pact.
When I look at the Je-suit
mission, to me, the word
impact just keeps coming
back in multiple different
ways.”
One of the final questions
addressed the Common
Core curriculum. Mahoney
said he was “flexible” on the
issue. “What I liked about it
was there are certain themes
that should run through all
the class. To me, what was
most important was there
were certain things that we
wanted to come out of that
Common Core experience.”
SGA’s next order of busi-ness
was the distribution of
its Upperclassmen Schol-arship.
The five recipients
“have demonstrated ex-ceptional
involvement and
service to the University
community”: seniors Jimmy
Canning (Parks), Ellie Cash
(Education & Public Ser-vice),
Tiara Harrison (Cook),
Veronica Lowe (Nursing)
and Kate Sulkowski (Doisy
Health Sciences).
Jaisel Patel, Vice President
of Finance, subsequently
discussed Annual Fund-ing
Directives for fiscal year
2016.
Election Commissioner
Liz Stark disbursed packets
for upcoming SGA elec-tions.
She and her team have
planned three information
sessions for students that
will address SGA’s functions,
available positions, eligibility
requirements and advertise-ment
methods.
Bills and resolutions oc-cupied
the remainder of
the night’s session. The first
called for the induction of
seven new senators to the
ranks of SGA. The bill passed
and the inductees took the
SGA oath of office.
Landon Brownfield, Di-versity
Leadership Cabi-net
member, proposed two
resolutions. The first would
establish a committee that
would ensure inclusive
housing policies pertaining
to transgender and gender
non-conforming students.
Brownfield sought recogni-tion
of the “complexity of
our neighbors’ identities” so
that SLU might “embrace the
diversity of these identities”.
Mike Degnan, senator to
the College for Public Health
& Social Justice, commend-ed
Brownfield for his efforts,
saying, “This is a big step for
the University.”
Brownfield’s second reso-lution
was to appropriate
existing areas for the devel-opment
of gender-neutral
restrooms.
The session concluded
with remarks from SGA’s
executive board. SGA presi-dent
Ann Knezetic, prior to
adjournment, reminded the
assembled senate of elec-tion
protocol for the coming
weeks.
SGA tackles new semester, agenda
Provost candidate, elections, gender inclusion among subjects
Paul Brunkhorst / Associate News Editor
By TIM WILHELM
News Editor
In session: Dr. Daniel F. Mahoney, candidate for the provost position, speaks to SGA.
Although from a state university background, he expressed interest in Jesuit education.
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As a part of this commemo-ration
of the building’s his-tory
— and its significance
in the civil rights movement
— the Centennial Collection
display will include a num-ber
of photographs of Irene
Williams, a SLU graduate
student in the 1950s who
helped desegregate busi-nesses
in St. Louis, including
the Woolworth store.
“Irene Williams was an
African-American student
in speech and language
therapy at St. Louis Univer-sity
when she helped CORE
(Committee of Racial Equal-ity)
to integrate eating es-tablishments
near the uni-versity,”
said Vivian Gibson,
Senior Director of Volunteer
Recruitment at Big Brothers
Big Sisters in an email.
According to Gibson and
a book on the topic of non-violent
civil protest, “Victory
Without Violence” by Mary
Kimbrough, in 1953, Wil-liams
went to Woolworth’s
every Wednesday, sat on an
assigned stool near the back
of the store and waited to be
served. It was two months
before workers behind the
counter offered her service.
After being served, she was
eventually told by the Wool-worth’s
manager that she
was no longer limited to her
seat in the back of the store;
she could sit anywhere.
“[Irene] sat there alone
until all were welcome to sit
and eat freely,” the BBBSE-MO
statement said.
In addition to Irene’s lega-cy,
BBBSEMO and SLU have
a good relationship, said
Mary Jane Daum, Senior Di-rector
of Communications
at Big Brothers Big Sisters.
“We have other connec-tions
as far as SLU goes be-cause
[SLU’s] student base
volunteers to serve as Big
Brothers and Big Sisters,
so we appreciate that, and
[SLU’s] commitment and fo-cus
to service,” she said.
“I think that from my ob-servations
students at SLU
feel like this is their commu-nity
while they’re here, and
they want to give back, so we
certainly appreciate that.”
But for BBBSEMO, the
story of Irene Williams fits
particularly well with their
mission, and its commemo-ration
as part of the Centen-nial
Collection is a testament
to its goal of being an inclu-sive
organization.
Wednesday’s gathering,
the BBBSEMO statement
said, “honor[ed] the thou-sands
who have made the
impossible possible for chil-dren
of the community.”
Continued from Page 1
Bigs: Honoring a former SLU grad student
Big Brothers Big Sisters: The organization enjoys a good relationship with SLU.
Courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters
Construction: Work
begins in earnest
built. It is quite a shock to
come back from break and
see all the construction and
closed pathways.” She, like
many, see the construction
has a sign of SLU’s continued
growth, despite the inconve-niences
of closed walkways.
Florek also agreed. In re-cent
years,
SLU has
complete d
a number
of projects
designed to
enhance the
on-campus
experience
for students.
These in-clude
reno-vations
to
Pius Library,
the Center
for Global
C i t i z e n -
ship and the
Ed u c at i o n
Union at the
Medical Center.
Currently, around 90 per-cent
of first-year students
live on campus. Construc-tion
projects like these and
the renovations to the Gries-edieck
Complex are not only
designed to raise the percent
of freshman living on cam-pus,
but to boost the sopho-more
numbers as well.
“I think the housing proj-ects
that are being planned
will not only improve cam-pus
life for our students, but
will also strengthen our sta-tus
as one of the country’s
premier urban campuses,”
said Florek.
Indeed, this year’s fresh-men,
the class of 2018, is the
third-largest class in school
history, marking a turning
point for SLU. SLU’s ranking
and prestige only climbs as
the years go on.
“I think
SLU is only
going to
continue to
grow from
this point.
There is
no turning
back. As the
enrollment
n u m b e r s
continue to
i n c r e a s e ,
the need
for on cam-pus
housing
will grow as
well,” said
f r e s hma n
Preet Thi-ara.
She, like most of the
freshman class, is optimis-tic
about the future. A new
president, a new residence
hall and a new era seem to be
where the school is headed.
While the residence hall
may not be complete until
2016, the excitement will
last throughout the year. The
inconveniences of construc-tion
and walking around
seem minor to the bright fu-ture
that SLU faces.
Continued from Page 1
I think the housing
projects that are be-ing
planned [...]will
also strengthen our
status as one of the
country’s premier
urban campuses
“
“ -David Florek, Dir. of
Facilities Planning
and Construction
Centennial Display: Big Brothers Big Sisters spent many months collecting pictures and artifacts for the display.
Be a Responsible Billiken
STOP. CALL. REPORT.
314-977-3000
witness.slu.edu
dps.slu.edu
All Information Provided by
Department of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness
Monday, Jan 5.
2:48 p.m.-Accidental Injury
Bad “Break”: A SLU employee
advised DPS she injured her right
arm when she tripped and fell
near the 3rd floor break room.
EMS was contacted, arrived and
transported the employee to
SLUH-ER for treatment.
Friday, Jan 9
7:34 a.m.- Informational
At least they got pictures: A
water leak was discovered in the
kitchen behind an interior wall.
Maintenance was contacted,
arrived and shut off the water.
Pictures were taken of the leak.
7:36 a.m.-Informational
More water problems: Water
was found leaking behind a wall
of an IT closet. Maintenance
was contacted, arrived and
shut off. The building manager
and IT were notified of the leak.
Pictures were taken.
3:27 p.m.-Informational
Always address your pack-ages:
A SLU employee received
a package, between December
24, 2014 and January 9, 2015,
from a person unknown to him.
The package was opened by
DPS. It contained a letter from
the sender and numberous
articles concerning the recent
events in Ferguson, MO. The
employee retained possession of
the package.
THE SLU SCOOP
Tuesday, Jan 13
1:17 p.m. Informational
What a dope: An Aramark
employee discovered drug
paraphernalia in the first floor
bathroom. DPS was contacted,
arrived and secured the item in
the evidence section of DPS.
Saturday, Jan 17.
No time given-Recovered
Handgun
Tickets to the gun show:
During the concert a fight was
reported back stage between
one of the artists and the
show promoters. When DPS
arrived the fighting had ceased
and no apparent combatants
were identified. A loaded 9mm
handgun was located on the
floor where the fight had taken
place. No one claimed ownership
of the gun, and it was recovered
by Officer Polley, who turned it
over to Interim Asst. Director
Darryl Walker. Walker contacted
SLMPD. Police Office Pryor,
DSN 3602, responded and
took possession of the weapon,
reported under SLMPD complaint
#15-2692.
Emma Kelley / Staff Photographer
Ryan Quinn / Photo Editor
Campus Changes: This Spring Street entrance to cam-pus,
near Fusz Hall, is no longer accessible.
Last week, when Saint
Louis University President
Fred Pestello sent a univer-sitywide
email, SLU actively
began its search for a per-son
to fill the new position
created out of the accords
reached in October between
members of Occupy SLU
and the administration: As-sistant
to the President for
Diversity and Community
Engagement.
“[The job] is being adver-tised
now on the University’s
website,” said Father Richard
Buhler, S.J., Rector of the
Jesuit Hall community and
chair of the search commit-tee
for the new position.
Buhler leads a search
committee that consists of
Kent Porterfield, Vice Presi-dent
of Student Develop-ment,
as well as a number
of other University rep-resentatives,
from alumni
relations to the College of
Public Health and Social
Justice. Several students are
also present on the commit-tee,
including a member of
the Black Student Alliance
and Mikaela Romo, the Vice
President for Diversity and
Social Justice for the Student
Government Association.
But, Romo says, all stu-dent
input is valuable.
“The administration, staff,
and faculty are always want-ing
and needing student in-put.
After the selection of
the candidate, it will be one
of his or her responsibilities
to work closely with SLU
students,” she said. “SGA
plans on being one of the
greatest avenues for students
to accomplish this kind of
collaboration.”
The Assistant to the
President for Diversity and
Community Engagement is
a position created from the
13 “Clock Tower Accords”
reached between SLU stu-dent
demonstrators and the
administration in October.
And, for University officials,
it is a position rife with op-portunity.
“We, who are Saint Louis
University,” said Pestello in
the email, “have the oppor-tunity
to lead, to be beacons
of truth and champions for
social justice.”
SLU searches for candidate
New position for diversity and community engagement
October: Protesters carry ‘Don’t shoot’ signs during the first night of protests and
talk about the future of the SLU sit-in.
Ryan Quinn / Photo Editor
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Associate News Editor
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astronomer
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46 Appear
48 Oomph
50 Ganders
51 Youngster
52 Nettle rash
53
54 Greek cheese
55 Form of ether
56 Met solo
57 Poker variety
59 Standard
60 Favoring
Across
1 Newborn
5 Garbage barge
9 Cleanser
13 Military facilities
14 Earthen pot
15 Division word
16 Mollusk habitations
18 French couturier
19 Little piggies
20 Towel embroidery
21 Split to unite
22 Shack
23 Persian spirit
24 Baker’s need
25 Grazing locale
26 Walking stick
28 Stitch up
31 Rhino relative
34 1975 Wimbledon
winner
35 Achy
36 Diving ventilator
38 Lofty in style
40 Dwarf buffalo
41 Catch sight of
43 Stares
44 Knock
45 Scheme
46 Canny
47 Freudian topics
49 Curved molding
51 Chinese tea
54 Disgusted
56 Sheltered, at sea
57 Gangster’s blade
58 Son of Seth
59 Type of strike
61 Race track tipster
62 Goals
63 Schoolbag item
64 Choir voice
65 Hellzapoppin’
actress Martha
66 Chances
Down
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2 Strong point
3 Wagers
4 Compass pt.
5 Judicious
6 Clergymen
7 Auto pioneer
8 Used to be
9 Move laterally
10 Meal starter, at
times
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12 Sweat source
13 Not just one
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21 Apple picker
23
24 Unique person
25 Turkish money
27 Sailor’s cry
29 River to Donegal
Bay
30 Marries
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