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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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How do I learn what events are happening? I feel like I just don’t know where to look. Well, I’ve always found that there is too much happening on Centre’s campus. Frankly, it becomes overwhelming. And, unfortunately, as a statue, I can’t attend many events, but I’m not sure I know what I’d pick or…
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by Cento Staff On October 17th, 4:15pm, a statue of the Supreme Court Justice and Centre alumnus John Marshall Harlan, class of 1850, was unveiled in Rogers Plaza to kick off Homecoming weekend. This statue was designed and sculpted by Ed Hamilton, the renowned Louisville artist who also sculpted the Abraham Lincolin statue in front…
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by Duffy Oakley Bowing to Trump’s pressure, Kentucky agreed to strip immigrant students of in-state tuition. Students are fighting back. Undocumented students at all of Kentucky’s colleges and universities are at risk of losing in-state tuition rates under a federal lawsuit filed this summer by the Trump administration. The Council on Postsecondary Education, the Governor-appointed…
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by Leigh Wingfeld Tariffs have been a hot topic in the Capitol since President Trump’s inauguration. With rapid changes in tariff policy over the last 6 months, there has been considerable confusion about what a tariff is and its purpose. The Trump Administration claims that “conditions reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade…
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by Hallie Gleeson Last semester, Dr. Fulfer took her first sabbatical. A sabbatical is a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher or other worker for study or travel, traditionally one year for every seven years worked. Typically, professors work on projects such as research or writing a book, take on a visiting…
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by Abhishek “Abe” Basnet “May you live in interesting times.” These are words that I hope will not come to pass for anybody who is reading this. It took two “interesting” days— September 8 and 9 —to change the face of Nepal figuratively and literally. Institutions that took decades in the making were wiped away…
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by Anonymous Welcome back to campus, Centre. I know we’re all excited for the school year to start, but before we get too worried about classes that we already have exams and papers in, we need to create the right tone for the year, and the best way to do so is with a decorated…
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by Connor Parks I guess you could say I’m sort of a fanatic for the New York Times crossword. By the time you read this, my daily streak will have reached over 825 days, and I have no plans of stopping anytime soon. And what can I say? It’s a great way to entertain yourself…
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by Anonymous My first two years at Centre were hard, especially as someone struggling with my mental health. I was lonely, depressed, and it really affected me in my classes. I would skip class, not do my homework, and spend most of my time curled up in my bed thinking about how embarrassed I was…