BY PEYTON POPP – STAFF WRITER Odds are you’ve heard of Shakespeare. He is a rather famous Elizabethan poet and playwright, and people generally associate his work with thee’s and thou’s and poofy pants with tights underneath. But if you go to Centre’s production of Twelfth Night, you won’t see a typical performance. The comedy […]
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Dr. Osanloo’s Recommended Reads for New Perspectives
BY CHLOE GAMES – STAFF WRITER A late spring snowfall hovered at the window of Dr. Osanloo’s office when she and I sat down to discuss literature. Aware that a month punctuated with campus forums and weighted conversations preceded our conversation, Dr. Osanloo, an Assistant Professor of English, offered a selection of books and films […]
A Wonderful Synergy: Centre’s Career Chats Discuss the Intersection of Art and Administration
BY KIT HAIST – STAFF WRITER The words “art” and “administration” might seem contradictory. Art is creative, thrives on spontaneous inspiration, and comes from the heart, whereas administration is logical, built around routine, and is purely cerebral. Centre College held an Arts Administration Career Chat on Tuesday April 10th with Ian Frank ‘04, a stage […]
Senior Spotlight: Where are they going?
BY EMMA PRESBERG – STAFF WRITER On May 20th, at 3:00pm, approximately 333 students will walk across the stage and receive their diploma. 79 seniors will complete majors in the Division I (humanities) field while 157 will complete Division II (social studies) majors. To top it off, 144 seniors will graduate with a major in […]
Centre College, We Aren’t Exempt
BY COLLEEN COYLE – STAFF WRITER It’s 12:45 PM and you’re in Crounse 312, you sit back in your chair as Dr.Tubb yells excitedly about accountant Robert Clive. You feel your phone buzz. As per usual, you ignore the buzz, it happens all the time, but then you notice that everyone’s phone has buzzed, not […]
Marching Forward: Celebrating Women on Centre’s Campus
BY COLLEEN COYLE – STAFF WRITER This article is a member of a series focused on Diversity at Centre College. Frequently, I find myself amazed at the opportunities I have had for female mentorship on Centre’s campus. I look around and think that surely campus has always been filled with powerful women who conduct groundbreaking […]
A White House Divided
BY ZAMIRAH HUSSAIN – STAFF WRITER At the end of February, Hope Hicks announced her resignation from White House Communications Director after three years of working under various titles for current President Donald Trump. Hicks is a former model turned public relations consultant. It was through her work as a consultant that she met Ivanka […]
Student Profile: Sebastian Duncan Offers an Original Perspective on an Enduring Genre
BY KIT HAIST – STAFF WRITER What’s the first word you think of when you hear the term “classical music?” Boring? Esoteric? Snobbish? Or do you think first of names of composers like Beethoven and Bach? A discussion with junior Sebastian Duncan ’19, provides a new perspective on the genre. Duncan’s beginning in music immediately […]
Faculty Recommended Reads: Dr. Fulfer Suggests Anne of Green Gables
BY KORE SEVERANCE – STAFF WRITER Dr. Kristen Fulfer, a new professor to the chemistry department, suggests reading Anne of Green Gables. “I’ve probably read it, like, 100 times!” Dr. Fulfer says the cover of her paperback copy is now gone and what remains is pages held together by glue and paperclips. She got her […]
Black Panther is a Triumph—and it’s Just the Beginning
BY EMMA PRESBERG – STAFF WRITER With a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and worldwide box office earnings of over one billion dollars, Black Panther and the Wakandan people have taken the world by storm and become an inspiration to people everywhere. As the next installation in the Avengers series, Marvel’s Black Panther is considered […]