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by Cento Staff A few months ago, the Cento dispensed a survey to gather student opinions on various campus concerns, such as housing, wages, Greek Life, campus safety, disability accommodations, and more. The survey gathered 77 respondents, representing approximately 5.5% of the student body. While these numbers are modest, we at the Cento nonetheless believe…
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by Aelwen Iredale Dry Stack and The Hub are Danville staples for the poor, caffeine-addicted students of Centre, especially for the ones who need to escape the confines of campus but don’t have the cars to do it. However, what do you do when one member of your friend group wants to go to Dry…
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by Connor Parks After an inaugural run last year, Summer Term at Centre is preparing to begin its second year of operation, with 11 courses (most with desirable tags) being offered across multiple disciplines. Last year, in preparation for this fresh program and a bold move in Centre’s history, I co-authored a facts and opinions…
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by Kayla Rogers Press Picking: Free Press in the United States “Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House Press Team. Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join–fear not–but we will also be offering the privilege to well-deserving outlets…
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by Hallie Gleeson What is the purpose of a liberal arts college education? That’s a question that your FYC class probably attempted to answer. (Maybe repeatedly.) Students arriving at Centre hail from many cities, many states, many countries. Each Colonel comes to Centre for a combination of reasons—perhaps to continue playing their favorite sport, to…
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Centre Theatre is working on a play called How to Save Ourselves. If you haven’t heard of it before, that’s because it is currently being created, through a collaboration Centre College has with a theater company up in New York. Dr. Goff is a theater professor at Centre and the director of this play. She…
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by Connor Parks February brought the unfortunate news that Centre Global Executive Director Adam Chen-Dedman would be stepping down from his post effective by the end of the month. By the time you’re reading this, we’ll already have lost a valuable member of our community, and the process of preparing a new director will be…
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by Hadley O’Bryan The Climate Clock counts down to the point where we reach irreversible damage. Five years remain. How can it get worse than this? You spend the morning of February 16th contacting loved ones to see if they and their homes survived the disaster. This has become commonplace for you. You did it…
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Dear Abe, how do I make friends if I didn’t rush? I feel left out! Don’t worry! I didn’t rush either. Running up a hill is kind of hard for an immobile metal statue like myself (if I was able to rush I would definitely have gone ΣΑΕ though). There are a few things to…
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by Connor Parks I never thought it would happen again either. Fifteen going on sixteen years since anything even remotely similar happened in the U.S, the global “gold standard” for flight safety. Sure, at times we had a stray incident with injuries or a sole fatality, but we had attained brilliance unheard of. One of…
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by Cento Staff One of the most important upcoming Centre College events is the SGA Debate, held this year on April 10th at 7:00pm in Newlin Hall. The SGA Debate always precedes the SGA Elections, which opens this year on April 11th, this Friday. The debate is a yearly occurrence jointly hosted by the Cento…
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By Linley Mueller and McKenzie Snellgrove When you walk into a frat party, what’s the first thing you see? For me, I see my friends! Of course, parties are also the place to pick up women! But, how do you get a woman to notice you? It’s hard to not be nervous, and we understand.…
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By Aelwen Iredale We’ve all heard of Rate My Professor and the ability to warn students off of professors due to difficulty, workload, and personality. However, no one thinks about the poor professors who are forced to deal with horrible students year after year. So, what can they do? How can they warn their fellow…
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By Aelwen Iredale Rush has finished. Bid Day is completed. Littles and Bigs and united in bonds of sisterhood that will last until the end of time. And sororities take that literally; they bind that bond in blood. Tell me, what do you know about sorority hazing? Nothing, right? Exactly. Fraternities are the crazy organizations…