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  • Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine

    by Olivia Barker Ariana Grande’s latest album, eternal sunshine, released on March 8th, represented an interesting step for the artist. The tracks on eternal sunshine seem to both embody Grande’s traditional pop roots while also delving into more soulful, reflective sounds in certain songs. Grande starts off the album with the nostalgic sounds of “intro…

  • The RLO Story with Jess Sweitzer

    by Daniel Covington Background: Monday was the final day of the housing lottery. As a continuation of our last story, we interviewed RLO and Jess Sweitzer in particular.  “With over 20 years of residence life experience, Jess joined the Centre team in June 2023 as the Director of Residence Life & Housing. Raised in Guys…

  • RLO vs. the Students

    by Daniel Covington, Staff Writer It is housing lottery season again, folks, and everything is going just as planned with our great new housing system — except it’s not.  We are halfway through the process and people are doing the best they can with their time slots, but this big change comes with many problems….

  • Mysterious Convocation Cancellation: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

    by Connor Parks For all those confused about the circumstances regarding next week’s highly awaited Henry Louis Gates Jr. Convocation, slated to be this year’s Press Distinguished Lecture, there’s both good and bad news. Unfortunately, though not yet publicly announced to Centre’s student body, it has been confirmed that the event will no longer be…

  • The New Housing System: A Recap

    by Soren Ryan-Jensen Housing! Once again, the mad dash to figure out roommates and what dorms to aim for has begun. As some may remember, your position in the housing lottery used to be determined by seniority, gender, and randomness. This year, however, the system is different. If you’re unfamiliar with the housing lottery at…

  • The Inside Scoop on the Crosswalk Demon of New Quad

    by McKenzie Snellgrove Any Centre student who has been anywhere near New Quad in the past few weeks has inevitably come in contact with the raspy and alarming voice emanating from the crosswalk signal. As soon as students press the button to cross, they are met with a grating “WAIT!” soon followed by a loud…

  • DPS Golf Cart Implicated in Hit-and-Run

    by Aelwen Iredale Attention, Centre Students! Over the weekend, a DPS golf cart was commandeered by a yet-to-be-identified, reckless individual. As a poor student attempted to cross the street from the freshman dorms, the thief—outrunning DPS—hit the student. Without waiting for the student to recover, the driver sped off, ending their theft in a hit-and-run….

  • Centre’s Vanished Finances: A Saga

    by Connor Park “Bellarmine?….Yeah, it’s Milton…..Listen, we’ve got some issues down here….” You didn’t really expect to be able to use all those Flex Dollars, did you? To students, it was portrayed as a clerical error—a minor technical mishap that resulted in each of us blessed with enough “special little treat” money to fill Herrington…

  • Student Orchestra Head-Banger!

    by Linley Mueller The Centre Symphony Orchestra has just performed their last concert of the year! It was a great representation of the vast genres that are involved in the world of music. There was more variety in this concert than the average playlist, and the show was truly entertaining. The orchestra started off by…

  • The Hydra Moodle Update

    by Hallie Gleeson It’s late at night, you’ve drained three Einstein coffees, and your eyes are blurry from staring at the blue light of your screen. The clock ticks closer to midnight. You feverishly add the finishing touches to your paper, and at last triumphantly put your finished document into Moodle. You click submit. The…

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