By Will PhillipsPatriot Pages Editor-in-Chief

On Monday afternoon March 11, agroup of St. Catharine College stu-dents marched on the BooneAdministration building to protestwhat they see as inadequate communi-cation between college administrators

and the student body.The student group

included JessicaShelton, Miriah Cox,Kerry Sneed andJenna Niece, andalumnus JonathanEngstrom andCatherine Bohn. The

group was met on thebuilding’s steps bycollege PresidentWilliam Huston andExecutive VicePresident RogerMarcum. They werelater joined byCarlotta Brussells,

director of human resources, and JesseOsbourne, director of communications.

After a brief, occasionally heatedexchange, administrators suggestedthey meet inside the administrationbuilding at 2 p.m. to discuss the stu-dents’ grievances.

The students remained in the area

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PPAATRIOTTRIOT PPAGESAGESStudents’ protest seeks improved communication with administration

Dominican YoungAdults attend U.N.conference on women By Jessica SheltonPatriot Pages Staff Writer

The St. Catharine CollegeDominican Young Adults grouprecently traveled to the United Nationsin New York City to attend the 57thannual Commission on the Status ofWomen.

The commission was compiled ofrepresentatives from countries aroundthe world who gathered to speak onthe status of women and girls.

“We had the opportunity to sit in aroom full of powerful women, describ-ing the urgency for medical care fortheir women and girls, or theiradvancement in protecting them fromviolence,” SCC sophomore Randi JoFields said about the trip.

The students were accompanied byDr. Tara Tuttle and Mary Sue Barnett,former SCC campus minister.

In preparation for the excursion, theDYA members read the book (and

watched a PBS documentary about thebook) “Half the Sky” by SherylWuDunn and Nicholas Kristof. DYAmembers met at least once a month to

SCC communitymourns student’suntimely passingBy Will PhillipsPatriot Pages Editor-in-Chief

On Monday, March 11, theentire St.CatharineCollege fami-ly was rockedby the newsof the deathof studentRebecca“Becky”Otto.

Becky wasa student in the Psychology pro-gram, and was well-liked by herpeers.

“[It] was a true shock to meand the whole psychology

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REBECCA“BECKY” OTTO

WILLIAM HUSTON

ROGERMARCUM

SCC’s Dominican Young Adults group traveled recently to New York to attend theUnited Nations’ annual conference on women. From left, Kaitlyn Smith, ChelseaShanahan, Randi Jo Fields, Laura Stark, Mary Sue Barnett, Ohinba Ohin, AnjaArsenovic, Catherine Bohn, Starrisha Roberts, Jessica Shelton, JonathanEngstrom and Dr. Tara Tuttle.

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SPORTS

By Isaac RobinsonPatriot Pages Sports Editor

MEN’S BASKETBALL. ThePatriots men’s basketball team werenever able to get over the hump thisseason. The patriots finished theseason below even with a 13-14 (9-11 in conference play) record witha disappointing end in the firstround of the Mid-South ConferenceTournament to the hands ofPikeville College. With many play-ers on track to return, next seasonshould be a more promising one.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL.The Lady Patriots accomplishedsome great things this season.They were able to make it to theNAIA Tournament and had twoplayers receive All-American hon-ors (Janae Howard and ReillyPoirier). Going into conferenceplay the ladies were going strongbut stumbled in the latter half of theconference schedule; they were stillable to go out in the national tour-nament, a feat that should not gooverlooked. They finished with a19-12 record.

WOMEN’S BOWLING. TheSt. Catharine College women’sbowling team were able to accom-plish something that no other team

at St. Catharine has been able toachieve: a Mid-South ConferenceChampionship. Despite SCC nothaving a bowling program whenthey joined the Mid-SouthConference five years ago, it wasthe women bowlers who were ableto pull out the very first Mid-SouthChampionship in SCC history.

BASEBALL. On the baseballfield the St. Catharine Patriots areholding their own in the conferenceposting an impressive 33-16 recordoverall but have struggled in con-ference play with a 9-9 record.Their conference season ends onApril 20th against Shawnee State.Mid-South Conference Tournamentopening games are on April 25th.

SOFTBALL. The softballPatriots have struggled this season,holding a record of 19-23 and only9-15 in conference play. They wereable to pull off a big win against3rd place (in conference) ShawneeState on April 15, which helpedtheir cause immensely as they wereholding the 8th spot in the confer-ence and a spot in the conferencetournament heading into the game.

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Lady Patriots finish 2013season with two earningAll-American honors

Thompson wins SCC MilitaryAppreciation Day 5K walk/runSTAFF REPORT

David Thompson was the firstmale runner to cross the finishline at the second annual St.Catharine College MilitaryAppreciate Day 5k walk/run.

Thompson completed the 5krun in 21 minutes and 42 sec-onds. The first female runner tocomplete the run was RobertaMeyer, who also finished in sec-ond place with a time of 23:14.

The top three finishers in otherage/gender categories include:

Female 12-and-under1. Laurel Brahm, 26:27.2. Brianna Mattingly, 39:06.6.3. Jasmine Benningfield,

39:06.7.

Female 18-to-24Carly Terrell finished first in

54:34.

Female 25-291. Jana Abell, 28:33. 2. Sheena Hager, 32:00.3. Sara Cannon, 34:14.

Female 30-341. Amanda Mattingly, 28:40. 2. Heather Marksbury, 29:00.3. Jessie Weis, 29:44.

Female 35-39.1. Jennifer Sievert, 28:34.2. Corie Followell, 40:23.

3. Jamie Mattingly, 47:50.

Female 40-441. Sharon Bach, 25:41.2. Catherine Marks, 37:47.3. Melissa Smith, 41:08.

Female 45-491. Karen Scout, 40:50.2. Myra Knopp, 43:58.3. Ann Thompson, 45:28.

Female 50-601. Karen Wilson, 33:34.2. Charlene Dodson, 35:46.3. Rita Rust, 46:23.

Female, 61-and-over1. Brenda Mattingly, 52:30.

Male 12-and-under1. Dalyn Mattingly, 33:14.

Male 13-171. Ben Dekle, 30:25.

Male 25-291. Macon Smith, 26:16.2. Clinton Pence, 39:29.3. Neil Payne, 51:51.

Male 30-341. Josh Riggs, 23:23. 2. Bobbie Mattingly, 24:00.3. Mike Medley, 26:18.

Male 35-391. Jeremy Mattingly, 25:05.2. Charles Ramey, 25:54.

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Kentucky, SCC can be proud of theaccomplishment of our women’s teams

March Madness and the collegebasketball season (both men andwomen’s) has officially ended and weKentuckians can once again hold ourheads high.

After a miraculous run to the endthe season by winning their last 16games, the Louisville Cardinals men’sbasketball team was crowned as thenational champions (and believes me,as a UK fan, this sentence hurt towrite).

There’s no denying that Louisville’srun was impressive and even more soit was good for the state to have back-to-back men’s basketball championscome out of Kentucky. But what mayhave been greater for the state this sea-son was in women’s college basketball.After the UK men’s team’s disappoint-ing season and first-round loss in theNIT, the women’s basketball programssimply had a better overall season thanthe men.

Here at St. Catharine College thereis absolutely no question that thewomen dominated the basketball scenethis season. After all is said and donefor the Lady Patriots, they ended withan incredibly successful season thatincluded an NAIA tournament berthand two NAIAAll-Americans (a firstfor the college since it joined theNAIA).

Elsewhere in the state, the LadyWildcats of UK finished the seasonwith a 30 and 6 record losing toUCONN in the Elite Eight of theNCAA tournament and the surprising

Louisville Lady Cards furthered theirsuccess by going to the championshipgame in the NCAA tournament .

Overall, I would have to give theslight edge to the women’s side of col-lege basketball for this season inKentucky. Yes the men’s side hadUofL crowned as NCAA champion;however the state’s only other NCAAmen’s team was Western KentuckyUniversity, which fell in the first round.In contrast, the women’s teams featurea runner-up and a team in the EliteEight, a history-making season for bothteams, along with the the historic sea-son of our own Lady Patriots.

The state of Kentucky has clearlyasserted its dominance in the collegebasketball world in both the men’s andthe women’s teams. Next season bothsides are looking once again at stellarseasons with UK and UofL being inthe Top 5 of some of the early pre-sea-son men’s basketball polls. Thewomen’s teams also look forward tostrong, competitive teams next season.

For a state that has no professionalsports and the closest city that does

being Cincinnati (who does not have apro basketball team), the successes ofour college basketball teams does won-ders for the commonwealth ofKentucky. As we all know, in theBluegrass State basketball is, andalways will be, king.

ISAACROBINSON

SportsEditor

3. Jake Ackers, 28:05.

Male 40-441. Brett Martin, 24:30.2. John Kaufield, 27:31.3. Chad Hood, 28:06.

Male 45-491. Robert Hillerich, 24:32.2. Phil Chatigny, 34:56.

Male 50-601. Harper Smith, 23:42.2. Martin McDonald, 25:20.3. Timothy Mattingly, 26:37.

Male 61-and-over1. Otha Allen, 27:11.2. Ambrose Wilson, 30:12.3. Gordon Webb, 50:40.

Team competitionIn the team competition, Team

Hatton finished first in 27:26.Team Golden Girls finished sec-ond in 46:06 and Team LEBGroup finished third in 55:18.

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Patriot Pages Staff & Credits

Editor-in-Chief: Will Phillips.

Sports Editor: Isaac Robinson

Entertainment Editor Dalton Rogers.

Staff Writer: Jessica Shelton.

Advisors to the Patriot Pages include

Laura Satterly, faculty advisor;

Ticha Chikuni, administrative

advisor; and Jim Brooks, consultant.

Photo credits: Jesse Osbourne.

Comments, questions, editorial sub-missions and letters to the editor

may be sent to:patriotpages@yahoo.com.

David Thompson was overall win-ner of the 5k event with a time of21 minutes and 42 seconds. Photoby Jesse Osbourne.

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SCC faculty, staff & students honored at annual Purple & Gold Awards

St. Catharine College community mourns student’s untimely passing

STAFF REPORT

St. Catharine College students,staff and faculty were honored April17 at the annual Purple & Goldawards. Congratulations to all thewinners.

Elizabeth Alcorn - OutstandingAcademic Achievement in the Associate ofArts in Business Award.

Dante Anderson - Darrel W. RichardsonPsychiatric Nursing Excellence Award.

Matthew Bloom - DistinguishedManagement Student Award.

Crystal Brady - OutstandingAchievement in the Associate of Arts inBusiness Award.

Daniel Byrd - Graduate School PioneerClass Award.

Lauren “Brooke” Caldwell - ShirleyMiddleton Clinical Excellence in Associateof Science in Radiography Award..

James Carroll - Outstanding Student inCriminal Justice Award.

Sarah Castillo - Best Practice inPharmacy Technology Award.

Amanda Chesser - Graduate SchoolPioneer Class Award.

Tim Churchill - Graduate SchoolPioneer Class Award.

Porshia Clark - Outstanding Student inPhilosophy & Religious Studies Award.

Amanda Conrad - Outstanding Student

in Honors Program.Terry Davis - Outstanding Student in the

Bachelor of Science in Sports LeadershipProgram Award

Hans Desir - Graduate School PioneerClass Award.

Dr. Tom Dodge - Graduate SchoolPioneer Class Award.

Kelsey Downs - D.U.S.K.Professionalism Award in the Associate ofScience in Sonography.

Margaret Mary Duvall - Dr. Sarah JaneMontgomery Excellence in Nursing Award.

Pilar Espinosa - Student Ambassador ofthe Year.

Joan Gardner - Outstanding Student inthe Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts/SocialSciences Award.

Austin Gibson - Excellence in Creative

Writing Award.Hagan Goldey - Outstanding Student in

the Bachelor of Science in Biology.Paige Hassman - Student Envoy of the

Year and Outstanding Student in theCommunity & Regional StudiesDepartment.

David S. Haydon - Outstanding Studentin the Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts.

Megan Hazelip - Work Study Student ofthe Year.

Carlos Hernandez - Male Athlete of theYear.

Diane Hopper - Graduate SchoolPioneer Class Award.

Sylvia Horlander - Graduate SchoolPioneer Class Award.

Janae Howard - Female Athlete of theYear.

Sarah Hutchins - Clinical Excellence inSurgical Technology Award.

Drew Ison - Resident Assistant of theYear.

Marlene Kasama - DistinguishedManagement Graduate Award.

Kristen Kelty - Outstanding Student inthe Bachelor of Arts in LiberalArts/Humanities Award.

Amanda Knopp - Student of the Year.Jillian Leake - Prescription for Success

in Pharmacy Technology Award.Candace Littlejohn - Most Promising

Education in Field Work Award.Billy Lundy - Outstanding Contribution

to rtl3 Program Award.Stuart Mattingly - Academic

Achievement in Associate of Arts inRadiography Award.

Donovan McCutheon - Resident Studentof the Year.

Ariel Meyers - Excellence in SurgicalTechnology.

Alicia Hale O’Cull - Graduate SchoolPioneer Class Award.

Lindsay Pace - D.U.S.K.Professionalism Award in the Associate ofScience in Sonography.

Reilly Poirier - Outstanding Student inthe Department of Natural Sciences Award.

Starrisha Roberts - Most PromisingEducation in Interdisciplinary EarlyChildhood Education Award.

Jessica Shelton - Excellence in EnglishAward.

Kaitlyn Smith - St. Martin de PorresAward for Psychology & Social Justice.

Adam Smith - Most Well-RoundedStudent in Criminal Justice Award.

Jaclyn Spaulding- Most PromisingEducator in Elementary School EducationAward.

Stephanie Testa - Graduate SchoolPioneer Class Award.

Laura Turner - Outstanding Student inStudio Arts Award.

Stephanie Wilcheck - Wilhelm WundtAward for Scientific Contribution inPsychology.

Dr. Harry Toder - Faculty Member ofthe Year.

Carlotta Brussell - Staff Member of theYear.

Amanda Knopp receives the Student of theYear Award from Dean of Students TichaChikuni.

department,” Whitney Wright, one

of Becky’s friends, wrote in an e-

mail to the Patriot Pages.

“She was an amazing person

with a very unique way of makingpeople smile and she will truly bemissed by all that she knew.”

Otto was 36 and lived inLebanon.

She was born June 6, 1976, in

Marion County. She was a formeremployee of TGKY.

Survivors include her husband,Lee William Otto, II, of Lebanon;one daughter, Breanna Claywell ofLebanon; her mother and stepfa-

ther, Madeline Campbell Claywell

and J.R. Wiley, both of Versailles;

her father, Don Richard Claywell

of London; and one sister, Matosha

Claywell, of London.

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of the administration building and dis-cussed their grievances and the issuesfacing the college. Many of the stu-dents said they didn’t believe theirvoice was being heard by the collegeadministration.

When asked what they felt was atfault for the recent cuts in workforce,one student said, “It seems we tried togrow too fast. We moved away fromour ethics. That’s why we don’t have acampus minister.”

This sentiment echoed a thoughtthat many students have been voicedover the past few months: that the con-struction costs of the Emily W.Hundley Library is at least partially toblame for the college’s recent econom-ic struggles. In an interview published

by the Patriot Pages last semester,President Huston said the library’s con-struction costs were separate from thecollege’s operating budget, and had norole in the need to reduce expenses.

During the wait for the meetingwith administrators, the students werejoined by additional students, includingKaitlyn Smith, SGA vice president,Amanda Knopp, Shauna Stone, andKelbie Spencer.

When asked about the goal of themeeting, one student expressed opti-mism. “This meeting today is going toestablish a respectable medium toaddress the miscommunication we allfeel.”

Just after 2 p.m., SGA PresidentStarr Roberts called nine of the waitingstudents to join administrators in theMartha Layne Collins conference

room. The two-hour meeting touchedon a range of topics, including thedeparture of Dr. Vicki Guthrie, the for-mer dean of students. Several studentsbecame emotional discussing herdeparture, which many learned abouton their return to campus after SpringBreak or over social media. PresidentHuston expressed appreciation forGuthrie’s years of service at the collegeand her dedication to the students.

Students expressed what they see asthe lack of communication between thecollege administration and the students,particularly in regard to the departureof dismissal of college employees thisacademic year.

By the end of the two-hour meet-ing, President Huston offered to takeaction to address the perceived lack ofcommunication, and stated he will

send a monthly email to the studentbody and provide an overview of whatthe administration is doing and thechanges that are taking place.

The meeting ended on good terms,with both sides agreeing to meet againin the future.

In a later interview, PresidentHuston said he was “welcoming theopportunity to come together and dis-cuss the concerns at hand. Often thereis misinformation, untrue informationor sometimes true information and itjust takes sitting down and having anopen dialogue to clarify issues at hand.

“I have never had a situation thatbetter communication did not improvethe outcomes,” he said. “My office hasalways endorsed an open door philoso-phy and will continue to be that way inthe future.”

discuss the stories in “Half the Sky”and plan for the conference.

This primary theme of this year’scommission was elimination and pre-vention of all forms of violence againstwomen and girls. The general assem-bly met for morning and afternoon ses-sions during the two-week span of thecommission.

In addition to the main meetings,non-governmental organizations pro-vided panels and discussion on keyissues throughout the world. Thesepanels covered a wide variety of issues

and offered the DYA students anopportunity to select a topic of theirpreference.

“I think that the most interestingbreakout session was the one on elimi-nation of violence on women with dis-abilities,” senior Starrisha Roberts said.“This really opened my eyes to the factthat these women are overlooked andabused.”

To help pay the costs of the trip, theDYA held numerous fund-raisingevents. Dr. Becky Meadows performedin concert as her alter ego Foxx, con-tributing proceeds from ticket sales tothe DYA. Cynthia Cain, owner of The

Little Red Hen, also contributed a por-tion of profits to the group. DYA alsoreceived generous donations fromSGA, the Springfield Rotary Club, andSCC President William Huston.

“We are extremely thankful for thedonations and the investment into ourfutures,” SCC graduate CatherineBohn said. “This truly was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I know that ithas forever impacted my life.”

Bohn noted that few colleges sendas large a group as the one that repre-sented SCC.

“I don’t think that there’s everbeen a college that sent more than four

students, so nine students and threeadvisors is pretty impressive,” shesaid.

On returning from the trip, DYAmembers gave a presentation about thetrip as one of the the college’s celebra-tion of Women’s History Month, andheld a screening of the documentary“It’s a Girl.”

“Our goal now is to take this newknowledge and share it with the com-munity, wherever that may be,” gradu-ate Anja Aresenovic said. “We carrythe stories of these women with us,and I look forward to incorporatingthis into my future.”

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ENTERTAINMENT6 PATRIOT PAGES APRIL 2013

‘Iron Fists’: Long on action, but short on plot developmentThe Man with the Iron

Fists

Directed by: RZAStarring: RZA, Russell Crowe andLucy Liu

“The Man with the Iron Fists” isa film that has aspirations of being“so bad it’s good,” but only suc-ceeds at beingbad. Written,directed by andstarring hip-hoplegend RZA (ofthe Wu-TangClan) and “pre-sented by”QuentinTarantino, “IronFists” is a campykung-fu homage in the vein ofTarantino’s own “Kill Bill.” But,the movie simply doesn’t work.RZA, who also composed thesoundtrack (which was, unsurpris-ingly, the highlight of the movie),directs with all the subtlety of acruise missile, and acts with all theenthusiasm of a corpse. The ram-shackle plot flies from one head-scratching scene to the next, andthe excessive use of narration andquick edits make the movie feellike a 90-minute trailer. And on topof all that, the film mostly fails atbeing funny. Fortunately, RussellCrowe’s laid-back performance asan opium-addicted English soldieradds some entertainment value and,it must be said, the fight choreogra-

phy was quite impressive. Still, Idon’t understand how a movie thattries so hard at being trashy funcould end up being so dull. I readthat the film was originally 4 hourslong, and was trimmed to 90 min-utes by the producers. I have toask: why couldn’t they have cut thewhole thing?

Grade: D

Killing Them Softly

Directed by: Andrew DominikStarring: Brad Pitt, RichardJenkins and Ray Liotta

While it’s on,“Killing ThemSoftly” seems tobe a great movie.It’s presentedwith style andpanache, isloaded withthrilling set-pieces and boasts an all-star cast.But now, about an hour afterwatching the movie, I am at a lossto describe it. Its plot brings newmeaning to the word “minimalist,”following Brad Pitt’s hitman pro-tagonist as he hunts down twomafia underlings who botched arobbery. Occasionally, RichardJenkins shows up to argue withPitt, then he leaves, and Pitt killssomeone. Repeat cycle.

Writer/director Andrew Dominikis a master of style, giving theaudience some tremendous sus-pense sequences (particularly the

opening robbery itself) and fillinghis script with witty Tarantino-isms. Unfortunately, there isn’treally much substance to “KillingThem Softly,” and the plot justrolls from one scene to the next,with seemingly no thread betweenthem. The movie seems to begoing for some political messageabout the similarities betweenorganized crime and politics, butit’s revealed in such a half-bakedway that it’s hard to tell. (Anexample would be: Pitt assassinatessomeone. The camera cuts toGeorge W. Bush on a TV set.) Onthe positive side, there really aresome great performances here, par-ticularly Scoot McNairy as one ofthe robbers and Ray Liotta as agangster who finds himself onPitt’s bad side. This is what hap-pens when you saddle a great castand a skillful director with amediocre script.

Grade: B-

Zero Dark Thirty

Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow

Starring: Jessica Chastain, JasonClarke and Joel Edgerton

Four years after the tremendous“The Hurt Locker,” KathrynBigelow returns with another mod-ern militarythriller, this onefocusing on thehunt for Osamabin Laden.“Zero DarkThirty” followsMaya (JessicaChastain), ayoung CIArecruit whoseentire career revolves around cap-turing bin Laden. The movie startsoff in police procedural mode, fol-lowing Maya as she slowly cracksthe case, and ends in a thrillingaction climax where bin Laden iskilled in a compound raid. (I’mnot spoiling anything. After all, weall know how this ends, right?)The movie is filmed in an almostdocumentary style, thrusting us intothe daily activities of our protago-nist, which often consist of disturb-ing torture scenes. This movie isprobably destined to go down incontroversy, but it is undoubtedlyfilmed and acted well, with ashockingly realistic script to boot.Whether you agree with themovie’s message or not, there’s nodenying that “Zero Dark Thirty”delivers that message with forceand intelligence.

Grade: A

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DALTONROGERS

MovieCritic

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Argo

Directed by: Ben AffleckStarring: Ben Affleck, BryanCranston and Alan Arkin

Director/star Ben Affleck contin-ues his career resurgence with“Argo,” a dramatization of 1979’sIran hostage crisis. Affleck stars asTony Mendez, the CIA agent whohad the brilliant idea to use a fakemovie as a coverto rescue thehostages. BryanCranston alsoappears asAffleck’s boss,and JohnGoodman andAlan Arkin roundout the cast asfilmmakers who get pulled into themission. “Argo” is old-school film-making at its finest, with no gratu-itous explosions or shaky-camshootouts. It builds a great deal ofgenuine suspense, and Affleckdemonstrates almost Hitchcockianskill in the art of audience manipu-lation. The movie also works as asatire of the film business, withArkin’s grumpy producer character(who, by the way, didn’t actuallyexist) getting in some great lines.But is it just me or is Affleck stillnot a very good actor? In a filmloaded with entertaining perform-ances, Affleck’s acting style couldbest be described as the “Grow abeard and look stoic” method. Allthat aside, “Argo” is still a tremen-dous movie, and is one of those rare

Best Picture winners that actuallydeserved to win.

Grade: A-

John Dies at the End

Directed by: Don CoscarelliStarring: Chase Williamson, RobMayes and Paul Giamatti

Horror legend Don Coscarelli’snew film, an adaption of DavidWong’s cult hit novel, “John Dies atthe End,” is a true cinematic oddity.This fascinatingfreakshow followstwo losers(including the ill-fated John of thetitle) who go intobusiness as ama-teur exorcists.

Throughoutthe movie, theyfight giantdemonic slugs, hallucinate on a drugcalled “soy sauce,” and play in apunk band called Three Arm Sally(their big hit is called “CamelHolocaust,” by the way). The film,while not an entirely faithful adapta-tion, manages to successfully repli-cate the book’s surreal wackiness,and the result is one of the strangestmovies you’re likely to ever see.The cast, comprised mostly ofunknowns, does well for the mostpart, and Rob Mayes’ (as John) over-the-top theatrics almost send themovie into slapstick territory. “JohnDies” is bound to disgust some view-ers, but for those with a strong stom-ach, it can be a ton of fun. Just don’tforget to bring your barf bag.

Grade: B+

Professor’s alter ego takesstage to raise money for DYABy Dalton RogersPatriot Pages Entertainment Editor

On Friday, March 22, countryand classic rock artist “Foxx”(whom most of us know as Dr.Becky Meadows) took the stage atthe Bardstown American Legion.She performed a mixture of originalsongs and some classic hits, includ-

ing “Fever,” “Walkin’AfterMidnight” and “Rock and Roll AllNite”.

Proceeds from the event will beused to help fund future activities ofthe Dominican Young Adults.

Thanks a lot to Dr. Meadows, aswell as her supporting act, theMajik Jack Band, for providingeverybody with a good show.

By Dalton RogersPatriot Pages Entertainment Editor

The newest presentation of theSCC Drama Club is a productionof Ron Bernas’s “A Little MurderNever Hurt Anybody,” a slapstickcomedy/murder mystery sure tohave you laughing in the aisles.It follows Matthew, a bored,wealthy man who longs to kill hiswife, and Julia, his wife, whoalways manages to be a few stepsahead of him. There’s also aclueless detective, a butler who isnot what he seems, and a seriesof mysterious deaths.

Performances are set for 7p.m. Friday, April 26 andSaturday, April 27, with a 2 p.m.matinee showing on Sunday,

April 28. All performances willbe in Angelic Hall in Lebanon’sCentre Square. Tickets are $10,and are available at the door.

Cast of ‘A Little Murder NeverHurt Anybody’

Matthew Perry: Will Phillips Julia Perry: Jenna Niece Bunny Perry: Tana Hatton Donald: Duward Straub Buttram: Bob Akin Detective Plotnik: Dr. David

Wallace Stage Manager: Kaitlyn Smith Director: Dr. Becky Lee

MeadowsAssistant Director: Bob Akin

SCC Drama Club presents ‘A LittleMurder Never Hurt Anybody’

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OPINION8 PATRIOT PAGES APRIL 2013

It can be difficult to keep a positiveoutlook during these troubling times

I want to begin, as always, bythanking you for taking the time out ofwhat I’m sure is a busy end-of-the-yearschedule to read this issue of the PatriotPages. Normally, I would take this timeto recruit or advertise. However, Iwon’t belittle the severity of this year’shardships by doing that.

We are approaching the end of ayear that has been more than tumul-tuous. Between the layoffs of ourfriends on campus, the voluntary resig-nation of others, and the death of a stu-dent and peer, there have been veryfew bright spots. I have spoken tomany of you about the college’s situa-tion at various points, and without fail,everyone I’ve spoken to has been frus-trated, sad, angry, or some combinationof all three.

Beyond our little campus, we haveseen the difficulties that we face as anation, with the recent bombing attackin Boston, and the massive explosionin Waco. This has been not only a diffi-cult year, but a difficult week.

I cannot promise you that it will geteasier. However, I can, and will tell youthat we here at the Patriot Pages feelyour pain. As fellow students, we know

what how much it hurts to watch peo-ple that we know and love leave thisschool, more than one in tears. As fel-low Americans, we know what it’sbeen like to watch the systematic attackof one of our nation’s greatest cities.And as fellow human beings, we standwith you when things get difficult, orstorm clouds darken our skies.

This is the final Patriot Pages of thissemester, and we may face more trou-bles in the coming year ahead. In alllikelihood, things will get worse beforethey get better. However. we also sharea sense of optimism with a belief in theold adage, it is always darkest beforethe dawn.

WILLPHILLIPS

Patriot PagesEditor-in-Chief

Resettling of America conferencedraws more than 300 to SCC campusBy Will PhillipsPatriot Pages Editor-in-Chief

On Saturday, April 6, St.Catharine welcomed several promi-nent figures to the Resettling ofAmerica conference. The confer-ence was aimed at celebrating,reacting, and responding to WendellBerry’s book The Unsettling ofAmerica: Culture and Agriculture.

The college welcomed over 300visitors, including speakers and sev-eral notable individuals. One of thehighlights of the day was the filmedinterview between veteran andrespected interiewer Bill Moyersand Wendell Berry. The simple factthat Bill Moyers came to St.Catharine speaks volumes about the

importance of the Berry program tonot only the school, but the nation.

In addition to Moyers and Berry,Bill McKibben, once called byTIME magazine “the planet’s bestgreen journalist,” spoke at lunch,regarding climate change and otherissues.

After lunch, a panel of severalkey figures was organized called,“What will it take to resettleAmerica?”

Award-winning journalist AlanGuebert also joined the conferenceto present a list of 12 things thatwould “resettle” America. In addi-tion to the list of noted speakers,Wendell Berry spoke, as well asJohn M. Berry, Jr., Mary Berry, andWes Jackson.

Journalist Bill Moyers, left, interviews Kentucky author, farmer, and conservation-ist Wendell Berry at St. Catharine Hall on April 6 as part of the Resettling ofAmerican conference. Moyers’ interview with Berry will air later on his publict tele-vision program “Moyers & Company.”

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The Patriot Pages, SCC’s student-created newspaper, is looking for students whohave a passion for college life and are willing to share their talents with fellow stu-

dents, faculty and staff. No experience necessary! For more information on how to be a part of the Patriot Pages in this fall, contact the

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