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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 Daniel Covington Background During the end of April, several news outlets reported on yet another story of insider trading. This time it was something more remarkable than usual. A man named Gannon Ken Van Dyke involved with Operation Absolute Resolve, otherwise known as the raid on Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro, allegedly “bet a total…
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by Anonymous In my four years at Centre, I have experienced changes both big and small, for better and worse, necessary and unnecessary. Some of these changes are recent, like the switch to Workday. Others are older, like the switch to Parkhurst dining, for which my year was the first to experience it. Many of…
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by Leigh Wingfeld Within the past year or so, I’ve noticed that GLP-1’s, such as Ozempic and Wegovy have become more prevalent in mainstream media. You can’t look at social media, streaming or live TV without seeing advertisements for GLP-1’s or GLP “friendly” products. GLP-1’s are an incredible scientific discovery used to treat obesity and…
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by Jamie Krapf Everyone has likely heard of a pyramid scheme before, or in recent memory maybe heard the word “Ponzi Scheme.” These are terms that sadly have stayed more than their fair share in the public consciousness. Contrary to popular belief, these are not the same thing—but rather similar. I’ll be breaking down the…
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by Charlesie Robison Wednesday night, I was given the privilege of being able to see Centre Theatre’s newest show Witch before their official opening April 16th, 2026. And I am so happy to say that this show has now squeezed its way into my top five shows I have seen in my three years at…
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by Soren Ryan-Jensen Does the “Centre Commitment” ring a bell? If you’re not a senior or a junior, you may be forgiven for not knowing, as the term has disappeared from the student handbook. To quote the 2023-2024 student handbook in which it last appeared: “The Centre Commitment guarantees students who meet the College’s academic…
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by Soren Ryan-Jensen For the uninitiated, CentreWorks is an office of the college which was founded in 2020 to provide a space for Centre students to work directly with the local community. CentreWorks also refers to the space on the third floor of 236 West Main Street, which used to be accessible to students. Unfortunately,…
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Dear Abe, What does a hot-girl summer look like to you? Well for me, summer is full of standing here watching the summer semester students come and go. And I believe there is nothing more “hot-girl” than when a student pursues their passions. And it’s not just the girls, either! Anyone can do it! Nothing…
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by Aelwen Iredale Attention, Centre students! As finals approach, Admin wants the Cento to relay changes to the finals schedule to the student body as a whole. In particular: how your finals will be formatted. Depending on your subject matter, you may be expected to conduct a new form of exam. Forget about written exams,…
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by Leigh Wingfeld Ever since the installation of the John Marshall Harlan (JMH) Statue, I’ve been noticing some disturbing patterns developing on this campus. Everything just seems to be going wrong! Murphy’s law has been putting in some work; truly anything that can go wrong has gone wrong. We’ve had crazy weather, losses, and other…