Spring 2013 - Mount Michael Benedictine School

Memorials & Tributes: December - March, 2013In Honor of Br. Mark Bern, O.S.B.Mr. Leon and Mrs. Reba BenschoterIn Memory of James Bianchi ‘83Mr. A.J. BianchiIn Memory of Nancy BradshawMs. Rita LeeMr. Larry JansenMr. Micke and Mrs. Marybeth BarmettlerMr. Ronald and Mrs. Ruth Ann PoppMrs. Patricia WatkinsMr. Gary and Mrs. Jessica GranerMr. Dana and Mrs. Patricia BradfordMrs. Jean McGillMr. Richard and Mrs. Cari TokheimMs. Deanne MackMr. Dan and Mrs. Linda ConnellMs. Joleen MillerIn Memory of Mary CupichDr. Richard and Mrs. Diana CupichIn Memory of Joshua ForstromMr. Robert and Mrs. Ann SmejkalIn Memory of Raymond J. GloebUnion Pacific RailroadMr. John StringerMr. Brian and Mrs. Marie LenzIn Memory of Madeline GreimMr. George and Mrs. Mary LiebentrittIn Honor of Harrison J. Hohman ‘15Mr. Frank and Mrs. Rosemary SkrupaIn Memory of Marlene E. JamrogMr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Connie JamrogIn Memory of Imelda KlutheMr. Marvin and Mrs. Dorothy RiefIn Memory of Melvin J. KnustKing and Brainard Sales AgencyIn Memory of Margaret LongacreMr. Gregory LongacreIn Memory of Jerome MichaelsenDr. Louis and Mrs. Jacqueline SojkaIn Memory of Tom MonaghanMr. Terrance and Mrs. Linda O’HareIn Memory of John D. MoylanD.A. Davidson & Co.In Memory of Dr. Howard PoepselHDR Engineering, Inc.Dr. John and Mrs. Mary MonsonMrs. Joyce WolffMrs. Patricia PoepselLeeds EnterprisesMs. Ann PyleMr. Timothy WagmanIn Honor of James P. SledgeMr. John and Mrs. Mary LarsonIn Memory of Peter F. SnawerdtMr. Peter and Mrs. Jeanne SnawerdtIn Memory of D.J. Sokol ‘99Mr. Gary and Mrs. Susan CraneIn Memory of Dolores D. StuhlmannMr. Richard and Mrs. Virginia OttesIn Honor of Abbot Raphael Walsh, OSBMr. Donald and Mrs. Adelaide ErftmierBenedictine ValuesServiceCommunityHospitalityModerationIntegrityIn Memory of Rev. Albert Massmann, O.S.B.Mrs. Mary Witt4

MOUNT MICHAEL BENEDICTINE SCHOOL DEANS LISTTHIRD QUARTER 2012-2013SENIORSJUNIORSFIRST HONORS SECOND HONORS FIRST HONORS SECOND HONORSMichael Budler JT Cronin John Beckman Nick BeckmanJohn Choi Andrew Karstrom Diego Berrueta-Ochoa Chris BiermanGabe Cohen Yoon Ho Kim Robin Britt Austin BloomquistPeter DeWald Joseph Kucirek Elijah Buckhold Jonathan CheungTony Gao Tommy Maliszewski Andrew Carpenter Ben ConnealyVinny Harvey Ji Hoon Park Spencer Connors Connor CoonHunter Hottovy David Wooten Jarrett Crnkovich Collin DonahueCory Keegan Cameron Engel Garrison EmsickBenet Kinghorn Will Ernst Jonathan HendricksMark Loeffelholz Jacob Eyth Preston HendricksConnor Moynihan Rowan Gruber Jared JamrogYun Sik Oh Alex Hynes Chanyong JeongElliot Prusa Charlie Jarosik Kyle SilkeGrant Ramm Eun Woo Jee David UwinganjiJacob Recker Ha Seul Jeoung Cooper WilsonNick ScheerKevin JewellRandy SpeerJimmy SteierSOPHOMORESAndrew JohannesThomas KalilMoon Sup KimJustin LytleJohn MikuliczMatthew OkaleboWill SleddensColin SvobodaJackson TaylorBlake Tomich-BattenScott TownsendGriffin WillerDavis WilsonPeter XuFRESHMENFIRST HONORS SECOND HONORS FIRST HONORS SECOND HONORSJonathan Alvine Ian Alfieri Matthew Amao Ben BenesCameron Bretsen Ryan Anderson Logan Baumberger Antony ChenDavid Choi Jacob Batenhorst Sam Bohart Kyle ColemanJonathan Collins Jacob Bragg Jacob Bova Paul DoughertyMarcus Cronin Andy Ernst Matthew Coghill Randall EsquivelGus deMayo Chase Goddard Jeremiah Connealy Michael FischerZachary Frevert Alex Hotovy Thomas D’Aquila Mason LewisJohn Gutsmiedl Oliver Jarosik Matthew Davis Jack MorrisseySam Heimerman Logan Kalkowski Tyler Degener Alexander RaikarHarrison Hohman Taesung Kim Maximilian deMayo Jacob RamaekersJin Seo Kim Dujin Lee Paul Forget Ryan ReidLogan Larson Ashton Legenza Kalle Haines Tony TangDun Fletcher Lin Conor Luff Nathan Hazard Sam Van HauteJared Mikuls Nhat Nguyen Jack Hitzemann Ryan WhitakerAndrew Pace Mick Steier Jacob HudsonYoung Joon Park Eric Sullivan Benjamin HynesZachrey Starman Adam Terasinski Zachary HytrekStefano Taranbtolo Nathan Thomas Dylan JohnsonLucas Tucker Thomas Wooten Jin Gue JungAndrew WhitakerChristian KellerConnor KenneyLuke KrajewskiNathan LaFaveLeo McGrathCase McNallyAaron MeyerAlex MiklasBrendan NicholasFIRST HONORS Alex Stoupa SECOND HONORS1. Minimum GPA of 3.5 Chongshi Sun 1. Minimum GPA of 3.02. Satisfactory Conduct Jackson Thompson 2. Satisfactory Conduct5

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL’S DESKMichaeleen Spring 2013We havehighexpectationshere atMountMichaelBenedictine.6The 2012-2013 school year has been a veryrewarding and successful one. I would like torecap some of the great moments we have hadduring this year.• In closing out our 2012 school year, wewere pleased with the honors bestowed uponthe Class of 2012. We had twenty-seven (outof 58; 46.5% of the class) that were honored asAdvanced Placement (AP) scholars, AP scholarswith honor and AP scholars with distinction. Thisis an incredible achievement. Their performanceon AP exams last May was one of the best in thehistory of our school. The Class of 2012 also hada composite ACT average score of 27.6.• We began the 2012-2013 school yearwelcoming 221 boys onto the campus. Wehad eight new staff members joining us. Thesenew and vibrant teachers have brought theirexpertise and enthusiasm to Mount Michael. Allhave worked hard to challenge and instruct ourstudents.• We also started an Academic Decathloncourse under the direction of Mr. Dave Cormier.Mount Michael had not hosted an AD team sincethe 1980s.• One of our seniors, Paul Kujawa, scoreda perfect 36 on the ACT exam. Paul was one ofonly a handful of students in the state of Nebraskato earn this perfect score (last year only eight inthe state).• Paul and fellow senior John Choi werehonored as National Merit semifinalists. Lessthan 1% of high school seniors in the UnitedStates are selected for this honor. We congratulatethese two on such an honor and distinction.• Shortly after the school year beganwe were named as a National Blue RibbonSchool. Abbot Michael, Fr. Stephen Plankand Development/Advancement Director KimVolpone and I traveled to Washington, D.C.to receive this honor in November. This honorwas awarded to Mount Michael for being ahigh academic and achieving school. Besidescompleting a written application, five years ofACT test data also accompanied our submission.This was the first time Mount Michael hadapplied for this honor and it was recognizedimmediately. This is a huge testament to ourprogram, our students and our teachers.• On Friday, October 19th, theCross Country team won the Class B StateChampionship! Of our six team members thatran the race, four runners placed in the top ten!Congratulations to Coaches John Gathje and EricCrawford and the entire team for this fantasticachievement!• In late October and early November Mr.Eric Crawford, our Admissions Director, and Ivisited Asia. We visited Shanghai, Beijing, andSeoul. It was a very successful trip. We were ableto present to prospective families the story ofMount Michael Benedictine School. We alsomet with alumni and parents of current students.• Two of our runners on our State CrossCountry team were honored by the NebraskaCoaches Association: Thomas Kalil ‘14 wasnamed All-State/All Class and JT Cronin ‘13was also recognized by earning All-State ClassB honors for the second straight year.• Our Math team took second place inour division in the UNL Math Day competitionheld on November 15th. For the past severalyears, Mount Michael has finished in the toptwo positions in this competition. Studentsfrom all over the state of Nebraska participatedin this event.• In late November, six of our boys werehonored as Academic All-State; Griffin Willer,‘14 (Tennis), Thomas Kalil, ‘14(Cross Country),Chase Goddard, ‘15 (Football), Peter DeWald,‘13 (Tennis), Connor Moynihan, ‘13 (Football)and Jarrett Crnkovich, ‘14 (Cross Country).• Our soccer team was honored bythe National Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica with the 2011-12 High School TeamAcademic Award. The team had a combinedgrade point average of 3.57! This is veryimpressive. Only 144 boys’ teams in the UnitedStates earned this honor.• We had a group of young men attendthe March for Life in Washington, D.C.in January. This was the first time MountMichael sent a group of young men to representour school. Campus Minister Fr. Gregorioaccompanied the group; Michael Budler, ’13,Vinny Harvey, ’13, Andrew Karstrom, ’13, JoeyKucirek, ’13, Justin Lytle, ’14, and ConnorMoynihan, ’13.• Our Academic Decathlon team tookfirst place in their region. They went on tofinish second in state in the Small SchoolDivision! This is an incredible achievement,especially given the fact that this is the first yearfor Academic Decathlon. Congratulations toteacher and coach, Mr. Dave Cormier.• Our bowling team took the Class BRunner-Up honors at the state championships!Congratulations to Coach Dave Cormier andthe entire bowling team!• There were two Mount MichaelRobotics teams that qualified for the USNational Championship. Only 110 high schoolteams in the country qualified for this event!One of our teams also qualified for the WorldChampionship of VEX Robotics in Anaheim,CA in April.I want to thank all of our faculty andstaff for their work and dedication to our

school newsstudents every day. We have high expectations hereat Mount Michael Benedictine School. These wouldnot be realized without commitment and devotion.I also want to thank the members of our monasticcommunity. Six of our monks still work in theclassroom with the boys. Other members performsignificant and important duties related to the schooland abbey every day. We are blessed to have them. Ialso want to thank our parents for choosing MountMichael for their sons and for their support of all thatwe do. We would not be here if it were not for you. Ialso want to thank all of our friends and benefactors.We need your support, both financially and spiritually,to keep our doors open and the school operating.Thank you all!Have a great, relaxing and rewarding summer!God bless,David J. Peters, Ed.D.Mount Michael Benedictine School will be adding a necktie to the student dress code beginningthe 2013-2014 school year! Below is the selected tie that won the vote among a narrowing of threedifferent designs. Junior Zach Drahota put his creative skills to work and designed each tie for theselection process. Below is the winner for the upcoming school year. Also, you see the winner of thenew Alumnus tie, which will be sold out of the school bookstore or by going online to knightmart.com.winner!STUDENT tiewinner!ALUMNUS tie7

alumniSome years ago in my stint at the position offreshman dean, I solicited Abbot Theodore’s artisticabilities in helping me write and place a Latin quote abovethe entrance to the freshman dorm. Mens Sana in CorporeSano. It was placed there in the fall of 1991, when I waspreparing the dorm for the coming school year.I must admit that I knew many people in thefuture would ask what those words meant and whythey were placed there. I must also admit that I am notparticularly fond of Latin, although I did fairly well in thesix years of Latin classes I took here at Mount Michael—then St. John’s Seminary. The quote comes from a Romanpoet—Juvenal. However, the quote and theme of the quoteis used in John Knowles novels: A Separate Peace and thesequel Peace Breaks Out. A loose translation might golike this: A sound mind in a sound body – or a healthymind and a healthy body. I have always found a bit of St.Benedict’s notion of balance in this quote as well.Over the years of working and living at MountMichael, I have observed many, many young boys grow up– literally—boys becoming men! It is, indeed, somethingto behold! Truly, Mount Michael students have all theadvantage in the world to become fully developed humanbeings, developed in what one might think of as the wholeperson.Although I cannot say that he was the soleinspiration for me to get this Latin quote in place abovethe entrance to the freshman dorm, Ted Mikuls is a likelycandidate for the type of human being I had in mind inregard to: Mens Sans in Corpore Sano.Hailing from Red Oak, Iowa (in those days of theearly 80’s), Ted is the youngest of five boys and one sister.I remember him as a stout, dark-haired, and perhaps a bitmouthy and ornery boy—clearly – all boy.I am relatively sure it was his sophomore yearwhen I was coming from work in the garden and I metTed and a few of his friends walking on the road up toschool. Ted decided to be astute and proceeded to expoundon his knowledge of literary symbolism, especially inregard to literature of John Steinbeck. Although at thatmoment I interpreted Ted’s astuteness as ostentatious, Iwas soon to realize how talented this young mind reallywas. Really, all this boy needed was some direction,discipline and guidance.Ted excelled well in all fields of academia! Tedwas one of Abbot Michael’s protégé’s, as a math andscience student. Ted understood protégé, for it is French.Ted could draw. He has the eyes of an artist. He cansee things others cannot. Ted can photograph as a trueartist as well as write—oh my, the writing. I have realmsand realms of paper, filled with Ted’s stories. Ted was anathlete. Although enduring Killer Kane’s coaching tacticsTed Mikuls ‘86may have been trying at times, Ted was part of the statechampionship basketball team in the spring of 1985.Ted was not afraid to ask theological questions. He stilllikes to do that! The only area of discipline that I couldprobably stump Ted in is music. However, I am surethat he has done his share of karaoke!! Enough said!Of course, this young man was destined to earnadmittance into a good college. I believe his first choicewas Stanford. But for some reason Stanford passedhim by. That was the good fortune of Santa Clara, notso far away and still in California. Ted did so well atSanta Clara and on his M-CATS, that he had medicalschools fighting over him, offering “good deals” so thatthey could include such a mind among “their” ranks.Nebraska won out in this regard—even paying for all ofhis books for all of med-school.Before Ted settled into the regime of medschool,he decided to donate a year of service to MountMichael Benedictine School. Ted worked and lived withus here at Mount Michael, teaching, deaning, coaching,disciplining and whatever else we would throw his way.I remember how comforting it was in those days, (early90’s) to have someone so adept in so many areas to helpout. I might add that Abbot Michael has repeatedlysaid that if he ever needed a doctor, Ted would be onewhom he would trust with his life!Today Ted resides in Omaha. He teachesnow at the Nebraska Medical Center. He is a majorresearcher and travels a lot. A few years ago, hementored one of our alums thinking about the medicalprofession, Jeff Kucirek.Ted married a beautiful woman, Michelle8

from Friend, Nebraska. She is a physical therapistand hails from a farming family. So now Ted can evenboast about being on a combine in the corn fieldsof Nebraska. He has kidded his father-in-law aboutplanting all his land in sweet peas instead of corn andsoy beans. That is what one of Ted’s favorite characterscreated by Steinbeck (Peter Randall) did in Steinbeck’sshort story- The Harness.Ted continues to dabble in photography andart. He has a mini-gallery in his home now.We are hoping that some of Ted’s genestransferred to his son, Jared, who is a sophomore atMount Michael this year.Blessings to you always, Ted and family. Thankyou for all you have done and continue to do for us.Father John Hagemann, O.S.B.alumniMount Michael Alums as WritersFather John Hagemann, O.S.B.Recently I had a message from one of our alums of the class of 1983, Tom Searcy. Tom was letting me knowthat he had another book that was recently published. I, of course, congratulated him and then asked if hewould approve of this being mentioned in the Michaeleen. He agreed. I then also thought it would be nice tomention the other alums that we know are writing and have published literature. I might also mention that Iknow of a good number of them who are writing, but at this point have not published yet. Please understandthat I do not want to miss anyone. So if there are others out there whom I have missed or just do not know of,please let me know so that we can give you some recognition.Tom Searcy of the Class of 1983How to Close a Deal Like Warren Buffett: Lessons from the World’s Greatest DealmakerWhale Hunting: How to Land Big Sales and Transform Your CompanyHow to Master the RFP System Once and for All to Win Big BusinessWhale Hunters Wisdom: Mind of a HunterRyan Hendrickson of the Class of 1987Diplomacy and War at NATO: The Secretary General and Military Action After the Cold WarThe Clinton Wars: The Constitution, Congress and War PowersBrian Britt of the Class of 1982Biblical Curse and the Displacement of TraditionRobert Alter and the Bible as LiteratureKevin Kennedy of the Class of 1979Praise for Whale HuntingTOM SEARCY and Dr. BARBARA WEAVER SMITH are“ Whale Hunting is required reading for anyone who is going after the big fish in a market. Engaging,founders of The Whale Hunters practical, and well organized, it is simply the best book on major account selling out there. SomeoneThe Defenders (TV series)® , a sales and businessprocess development company dedicated to strategiesonce said that confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and bringing the mayonnaise. Whalefor rapid business growth. Building on Searcy’s experiencein leading four companies through acceleratedHunting gives you the tools to pursue big deals with that kind of confidence.”growth sales and revenue and Smith’s background in—Keith R. McFarland, author of The BreakthroughCompany: How Everyday Companies BecomeThe Assassination managing the culture of growth, of they Richard help their clients Nixongrow quickly by engaging their entire company in sellingExtraordinary Performersand delivering big deals with large companies.“ I meet with the leaders of thousands of entrepreneurial companies every year from around theworld. Every one of them is looking for ways to grow faster, smarter. The straightforward WhaleSam the ManHunting system gives companies a road map for landing the elusive anchor accounts—the bigCurfewJacket Design: Paul DiNovoFront Cover Photograph (Businessman): © Guy Vanderelst/Getty ImagesCharles Collins Back Cover Photograph (Whale): © Jason Todd/Photonica/Getty of Images the Class of 1985The Silver SeedSoren’s DeedThis book includes free downloadable sales forms.Go to www.thewhalehunters.comto access these useful tools.Author Photographs: Bass Photo Co. Inc., Indianapolisaccounts that let them get to the next level of people, services, and revenue. Searcy and Smithhave put the key principles together to learn how, with the power of the remarkable story of theInuit whale hunt. This is an entrepreneur’s must-read!”—Dr. Tom Hill, coauthor of the bestsellingChicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s SoulThis book includes free downloadable sales forms.Go to www.thewhalehunters.com to access these useful tools.SearcySmithwhale huntingHow toLand BigSales andTransformYour CompanywhaleHOW TO Land Big Sales Transform Your CompanyandhuntingTom SearcyBarbara Weaver Smith$24.95 USA/$29.99 CANFor thousands of years, the Inuit people of thefrozen North have risked life and limb to hunt thebiggest game on earth—the mighty whale. Theyendure treacherous seas, frigid temperatures, anddeadly ice floes for days at a time in order to catch theseelusive and massive mammals. Why risk so much whenthey could have fish and caribou so much more easily?Because a single whale can provide a village with foodand oil to last an entire year.Would you hunt small game day-in and day-out, whenyou could hunt the biggest prize of them all every year?It’s the same in the sales business; small fish willkeep you fed, but landing each whale-size account canfill your corporate belly for years. Hunting the biggest,most profitable deals is no easy task, and if your targetescapes, you’ll lose time and resources. But the payoff isalmost always worth your risk and effort.Whale Hunting provides a clear, step-based model forsuccessfully finding, landing, and harvesting whalesizeaccounts—the kinds of accounts that transformyour business. For small and mid-market companiesespecially, whale hunting can mean the differencebetween merely surviving and thriving spectacularly. Butyou have to be smart, and you have to be prepared. Thisrevolutionary, one-of-a-kind sales guide will show youhow to:• Scout your best prospects, learn all you can aboutthem, and get their attention• Hunt your whale using a cross-functional team ofexperts throughout the process of selling and closingthe deal• Harvest new accounts by delivering superior serviceand setting the stage for future long-term businessWhale Hunting isn’t a theoretical or experimental takeon sales, but a proven, practical system that has earned$2 billion in new sales for the authors and their clients.The secret to success in today’s fast-moving corporateenvironment is to find and land the biggest creaturesin the sea. Why spend all your time reeling in smallaccounts, when you could land big accounts regularlyand predictably?9

Abbot Michael pays a visit to a number of Alumniwho have made their home in sunny CaliforniaPriya Sopori & Eric Emmanuel ‘70, together withtheir two little boysTim Huss ‘06, Tim Vail ‘68 & Nick Evans ‘01Jason Tanko ‘91Zach ‘79 & Elizabeth NelsonJono Matt ‘06 & Nik Ridder ‘00 Jim Lyons ‘96 & Stephanie Lyons with theirnew precious baby girl10

Face to Face – Equality –Thinking from Vatican IIAfter writing my last article onVatican II, I have thought about thechanges of Vatican II a lot. I feel compelledto continue the topic of Vatican II as weprogress in this Year of Faith.For this article I would like to answerthe question: How did Vatican II actuallyaffect my spiritual life?First, I think it is appropriate toexplain my choice of vocabulary and why Iam using such a word. The word is: ponder. Ithink that there are times when we just thinkthat something which comes out of Romereally touches us, but in reality it has little todo with our spiritual lives.I must admit that I have ponderedabout my past to try to be honest about howVatican II really had something to do withmy spiritual life. So, I have really pondered,not just thought about, this question.My first response would have to be aphrase: face to face. When Vatican II pulledaltars out from the wall and actually had thecelebrant face the congregation, somethinghappened to me. When Vatican II set up thepossibility of going to confession face to face,something happened to me. When VaticanII actually invited people in the congregationto face each other and give a sign of peace toanother person, something happened to me.So what is that “something” thathappened to me? That something wouldbe the creation of relationship in a spiritualworld. A relationship means communication.A relationship means looking into another’sface. A relationship means the possibilityor choice of being honest and true or noncommittaland even dishonest and false. Arelationship means that engagement is anecessary thing—engagement not only withGod but with others as well.So I would have to admit thatthese elements of Vatican II caused me tobecome engaged in prayer, the Eucharist,the sacraments, in retreats, in spiritualconferences, etc. like I had not been before. Iremember being taught in theology that as acelebrant, I needed to engage those to whomI am ministering. In other words, I neededto look in their faces, touch them at times,give a firm and hearty handshake, and evenhug people at appropriate times. All of thiswould be a part of what Vatican II did tome.The second idea that came to me inregard to what Vatican II did to me wouldinvolve the word: equality. Vatican IIstressed that we as Christians are all calledto holiness—all of us. Anyone could be holyand saintly—absolutely anyone! That meantthat a common farmer or insignificantlaborer could be as holy as a very educatedand religiously trained man or woman.Education and rank in the Church did notnecessarily mean that those are the onlypeople who could attain holiness. Becausewe are all created in the image and likenessof God as human beings, we all thereforeare called to holiness. And so all peoplehave the potential to attain that holiness, nomatter what their state in life may be. Weare all the People of God! I learned that thereligiously professed and clergy members ofthe Church are not necessarily any better orholier than lay people – married or single!That, admittedly, was a real eye-opener forme when I was young.The third and last words would be aninfinitive: to think. Vatican II was just thebeginning of this for me. But I will alwaysremember my Catechism of elementaryschool. There is something wonderful aboutthe Socratic Method of questions. But theCatechism always had answers--answers toall the questions.I came to understand that sometimesit is just not all that black and white inthe spiritual life—that there is actually anarea that we might call: gray. And that theanswer to many spiritual and theologicalquestions could be answered in differentwords and ways and still be the correctanswer, or even that the question could notbe answered!As a teacher, one of the greatestcompliments that I always thought a studentcould pay a teacher would be a commentlike: “Your class really made me think.” Ofcourse trying to draw students into thinkingdoes mean asking questions, but it alsodemands listening on the behalf of bothteacher and student.Nonetheless, I can honestly say thata lot of Vatican II moved me in the directionof thinking about spiritual things and asking14

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