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by Aelwen Iredale Between the 2024-25 school year and 2025-26 school year, Centre College introduced two new decoration policies which have begun to be enforced in our 2026-27 fall term. First, under the Damages section, all forms of decoration adhesives were banned aside from poster putty. Second, under the Housing Contract section, “No flags, banners,…
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by Adam West The Nevin Cat passed away after being hit by a car on April 14th. With the tragic passing of this campus icon, beloved by many for its good nature, it felt like something had to be said about the contribution of animals to a college campus. Many animals on a college campus…
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by Jenna Nicodemus and Simon Forsting The Cento recently conducted a Student Satisfaction Survey to represent student voices on various campus matters: housing, meal plans, public safety, Greek Life, accommodations, and more. A total of 127 respondents participated, which is exactly 50 more students than last year’s survey. This represents approximately 8% of the student…
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by Adam West Kane Anderson, Visiting Professor of Theater at Centre College, tragically passed away on February 27th at the age of 47. Kane, as he preferred to be known, was well known on campus for his dark humor and his incredible sense of fashion, which he claimed to do to make theater look more…
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By Linley Mueller Welcome back to the Queer Media Update! Today I will be discussing Lucy Bedroque’s new album titled c. Lucy Bedroque is a nonbinary rapper, singer, and producer whose music has developed through the online underground, taking influence from genres such as digicore, experimental hip-hop, and rage. Their newest album was released on…
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by Aelwen Iredale A sign by any other name would still be banned by Centre College. What is a sign, after all? A collection of words? Must there be a clear message? Well, it does not matter what your decoration is. At Centre College, every window display is a message. Take a lowly potted plant,…
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By Connor Parks And now, a special message for Centre students from Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. (Note: Due to Sen. McConnell’s impressive physical fitness and immensely muscular biceps, he was unable to physically write this statement and has employed the use of voice transcription technology. What follows is a fair and honest representation of his…
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By Taylor Dearborn Throughout the year, the students at Centre College may notice strange occurrences across campus. Whether it be lights flickering ominously in Weisiger Theatre or the phantom screeches of past experiments in Young, Centre’s grounds are abundant with all manner of cryptids and spectral activity. Most of Centre’s spooky stories are rather benign,…
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By Adam West Theater at Centre recently held a “7-11” play festival. This festival contained four short plays. But where did the plays come from? And why was it called “7-11?” Well. These plays were written, rehearsed, performed, and produced in only seven days and were meant to be only eleven minutes each. Students split…
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By Leigh Wingfeld In an elementary school classroom, the teacher dims the lights and puts on a youtube video providing a crash course in a subject. The videos were always fun, interesting and just the right length. This core childhood memory wouldn’t have been the same for many Centre students without John Green. John Green,…
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By Aelwen Iredale Beware, Centre College…Halloweekend approaches. This means the monsters of Centre will emerge, so you will have to be on your toes to keep from becoming monstrous yourself. First, remove all welcome signs from your doors. All you will do is let the vampires in with that invitation (Trust me, you all know…
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By Adam West Late last semester, Centre College moved away from their old Jenzabar system for student worker information to Workday. Centre had been using Jenzabar since the 1990s, and had been looking for a new system since at least 2007. All of the systems Centre looked at would have cost a lot of money,…
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By Linley Mueller Halloween is one of those holidays that I think can be difficult to celebrate in college. There is usually a lot of pressure to have the perfect costume, go to the perfect party, and somehow make the entire night feel like something out of a movie. However, I think Halloween can be…
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By Leigh Wingfeld I consider myself alternative, I think most people who know me would too. You may have an image of what this alternative may look like; maybe you’re picturing a person with a long black dress and black hair, or you could be picturing someone dressed in a bright sparkly suit. Alternative, while…