The Covington Catholic Times Volume XXV-Issue II 1600 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Kentucky 41011 (859) 491-2247
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The Covington Catholic Times Volume XXV-Issue II 1600 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Kentucky 41011 (859) 491-2247 Page 2 Editorials Page 4 Faculty Life Page 8 Sports Page 10 Reviews Father-Son Day By: Daniel Sandfoss An event that is distinctive only to Cov Cath, Father- Son Day has rolled on in Colonel Country for decades, and this year on Sunday, September 23, the ball was kept rolling as the men and boys of CCH battled it out for Father-Son supremacy. The event began with a gathering in the gym where Father Mc- Dole delivered a great prayer service for the men before battle was to ensue. A briefing of the day’s events was given and then the congrega- tion dispersed as people went their different ways in search of events for the carnage to take place. At one end of Wooten Field a field goal competition took place where sons and fathers tested the strength and accuracy of their leg muscles. Next to that a soccer penalty kick-off was Alex Matos spikes the ball to gain a point for the sons. underway, and the age of the fathers proved to be the Achilles heel as many a goal was given up. Fathers re-asserted their dominance with the closest-to-the-hole golf match, and the sons showed signs of their youth and inexperience. The fathers proved that arm strength is no is- sue as they steam rolled their family predecessors. The sons came out on top as they took victories in both Ultimate Frisbee and volleyball. Again, the major downfall of the fathers appeared to be an age conten- tion partnered with a shortness of breath and a weakness of knees. After the dust had settled and the men of Cov Cath ceased to bat- tle, they took part in the chili cook-off and a look-a-like picture contest. Michael Groneck took home the first place prize in the cook-off, while John Huffman was a close second. Brian Gregg and Jim Hummeldorf shared the third place spot. Senior Nik Knipper and his father won the look-a-like contest in a commanding fashion. The night concluded with a series of gift card raffles and a hamburger cook-out. The masterminds behind the warfare now go back to the drawing boards to strategize new Kevin Boerger launches a balloon at the Bluebird. and innovative techniques to tackle the monstrosity that is “the children.” You Can’t Take it With You NDA/CCH Play By: Jimmy Stratman History was made the nights of October 18th, 19th, and 20th at the Notre Dame Academy Theatre. Audiences gasped and sat petrified with aghast expressions frozen on their faces as the NDA/CCH Drama Club performed George S. Kauffman’s comedy You Can’t Take It With You. The most provocative play that the Drama Club has ever put on was also one of the most successful shows since the Annie, filling the about 80% of the house all three nights that the show was running. The audience was livid with laughter and applause as Mrs. Sycamore (Katie Mauer) read off the insulting responses of Mrs. Kir- by (Maria Hehman) to the questions proposed to her during the family’s pre-dinner game, gasped with shock and awe as Mr. Kirby (Quenton Floyd) was hurled to the earth by Boris Kollekov (Eric Zim- mer), and nearly pissed themselves as Mr. Depina (Norb Wessels) made his entrance on stage in a short, Greek Toga that did not leave much of the less than desirable physique of the bald, chubby Mr. Depinna to the imagination. Needless to say the show was a huge hit with the audiences all three nights. The heartwarming tale of how two people from different worlds can come together through the power of love left members of the audience smiling every night. The set design for the show was, to say the least, grand. You Can’t Take It With You ranks high among the most elaborate sets in the history of the NDA/CCH Drama Club. Hours of laborious effort resulted in a completely enclosed set. The figurative “walls of the stage” became transformed into literal green and white walls that en- closed the actors in what truly seemed to be a 1930’s New York sub- urban house. The stage was littered with couches and chairs and ta- bles galore that brought the scene to life and broke down the “fourth wall”, letting the audience feel like they were really in the scene. Under the guidance of a new director and reenergized cast, the NDA/CCH Drama Club opened up the season strong with the funniest show in drama club history, and have set them- selves up for a very strong season. The next show will be A Sues- sified Christmas Carol running the first weekend of December. Editorials and News Page 2 The Death of Music By Daniel Sandfoss standard with his swinging jazz tunes and distinct vocals, while Aretha’s soul and powerful tones revitalized the rhythm and blues scene. Now-a- Since the beginning of time, man has used days the music has desensitized and became noises without any meaning music as a form of expression. Music is what moves us, and it shapes the way we think and act. Just Not all artists these days have as people are different, the genre of music differs gone to the can. Artists such from one group of people to another, as well as as The Black Keys, The Strokes, generation to generation. The greats range from and Michael Bublé show much Louis Armstrong’s soulful scat music all the way promise and give a dim light up to the rock and roll legends from Dublin known for what the future could en- as U2. Great musicians are few and far between, tail. The Black Keys and The and the list is diminishing as time continues. What happened to the great Strokes both sit at the top of styles and emotions that music carried with it back in the day? Where is the food chain with their blues the raw musical talent that artists once had, and why do we glorify these rock influences, while Bublé’s new “artists” and promote their “musical talent” by buying their records? jazz roots create an almost reincarnation of the great I understand that today’s society holds different values than were Frank Sinatra. Artists, such as held a while ago, but do we also hold a different standard for the junk that these, stick true to their val- we hear every day on the radio? Artists like The Beatles, with their smooth ues and do not give in to the pressure of society to conform to what the sounding rock and roll, changed the viewpoint of society, and completely mass media wants. They are their own individuals and remain true to altered how we view music. I am scared that we may allow artists such as themselves by not joining the distorted culture that we have today. Let Ke$ha and the rest of the pop scene to change our own society. We need to us pray that with their great examples of what it truly means to be an evaluate where we are as a society and where we want to go. Dubstep is a artist we can salvage what little we have left of our old musical views. new genre of music defined as electronic dance music with “tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, Plato once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings clipped samples, and occasional vocals”. The actual audio that comes out to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Music is is like an eight car pile-up inside an aluminum can factory. We let these what makes us who we are, and we are what our music makes us. If horrendous tunes damage the beautiful melodies that Frank Sinatra and we want to hold on to the values and culture that we once experi- Aretha Franklin graced us with so many years ago. Frank Sinatra set the enced, then we need to realize the “music” that we listen to everyday. The Future of America Clean Waters By: Joe Breen By: Corbin Maschinot As the 2012 presidential elections rapidly approach America, political propaganda, discussion, and debate start to become more Have you ever wanted to jump into a river but then decided not popular topics. Covington Catholic, known for being a prestigious and to because of the trash in it? There used to be a time when you did not intelligent school, is have to think about that, people would swim in any river, lake, or any drastically affected by body of water without wondering what trash could be in it? Is there a way politics and although we can go back to that time? Well, there is most of the students an environmental group in Chicago called are stereotyped as The Rozalia Project which has been using a submarine robot since the beginning of indifferent teenagers this year to clean Chicago’s waterways. that will not vote, they still have important The robot is small and only has one opinions and ideas claw, but the claw can lift up to a 70-pound that will determine object out of the water. The robot can also the future of America. go in water where it is too dangerous for To hear our fellow humans to clean up. The robot is electron- colonel’s beliefs, a ically charged so that means that it does political research not emit any harmful gases to the environ- survey was issued to ment.