by Abhishek “Abe” Basnet Zenophilia (Xenophilia), or love of the outsider. Also a core tenet of the Delta Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau here at Centre. So far into my time at Centre, I’ve had times when I felt like an outsider who simply didn’t belong. The American landscape can feel very daunting to navigate […]
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The Power of a Liberal Arts Education
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 […]
Centre Theatre: How To Save Ourselves
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 […]
Study Abroad Director Leaves to Study Abroad
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 […]
The Next Five Years
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 […]
Ask Abe: I Feel Left Out!
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 […]
Sit Back, Relax, Enjoy the Flight: Reassuring Fliers
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 […]
SGA Presidential Debate: Candidate Overview
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 […]
The CENTO Way to Pick Up Girls
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. […]
Rate My Students
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 […]