Hey, Colonels! My name is Grace Bertram and I am excited to announce my candidacy for SGA Speaker of House! My time as Speaker would begin my 5th term being an SGA representative, as I’ve served every semester I’ve been on campus. In this time, I have served on the Dining Services Committee and on […]
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Grant Spicer: Platform for Speaker of the House
Ladies and gentlemen of Centre College, I am very excited about my candidacy for Speaker of the House and I look forward to the opportunity to get to share with you my aspirations and love for this great college. My love for this school and everyone who is a part of it is the major […]
Erasing the Centre Bubble: Towards a More Empathetic Campus
BY COLLEEN COYLE – STAFF WRITER This article is a member of a series focused on Diversity at Centre College. On September 5, many Americans moved throughout their day, unaffected by the events unfolding at the White House, as Jeff Sessions announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. However, for […]
CentOnion: Master Plan Directors Announce Blueprints for Campus Parthenon
BY BRENNEN AMONETT – OPINIONS EDITOR The St. Louis-based architectural, planning and engineering firm, Hastings+Chivetta announced on Tuesday at a student forum the first campus improvement in the development of Centre College’s new master plan. A LEED Certified Parthenon will soon be an aesthetic fixture on campus with plans to complete the structure by the […]
Centre Service Day: New Hope Food Pantry
BY KORE SEVERANCE – STAFF WRITER On Saturday, September 23, STAND and the Bonner Program organized an event at New Hope Food Pantry, a non-profit organization with the purpose of providing food for Boyle county families, often serving over a thousand families per month. At the event, the building was cleaned and renovated to make […]
What is a Hackathon, Anyway?
BY PEYTON POPP – STAFF WRITER The word “Hackathon” seems a little iffy. It’s a combination of two words the average American probably doesn’t like very much: hack and marathon. Of course, hacking is commonly imagined as a devious dweeb dubiously hunched over a computer screen in his mother’s basement searching for ways to steal […]
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist Colson Whitehead Speaks at Centre College
BY ROOP PATEL – STAFF WRITER Renowned author Colson Whitehead delivered a convocation on October 2nd to discuss his award-winning sixth novel, The Underground Railroad. This year the First-Year Book Committee, comprised of six Centre College faculty, chose The Underground Railroad for the New Student Book Discussion. The novel follows Cora—a young slave on a […]
Honesty in Comedy: DramaCentre Brings The Odd Couple: Female Version to Campus
BY KIT HAIST – STAFF WRITER Even if you aren’t familiar with Neil Simon’s oeuvre, you’ve still probably heard the phrase “Odd Couple.” It’s a fairly simple concept. “It’s two people living together who are complete opposites,” said Jonathan Hunt ’18, director of The Odd Couple: Female Version. Simon’s original play about “complete opposites” follows […]
Centre Hosts Myanmar Art Exhibit in JVAC Through October 21
BY CHLOE GAMES – STAFF WRITER It is early autumn in Danville; leaves and cool temperatures are beginning to fall about the gnat-infested walkways of Centre College. For many students at Centre, fall is a time to wholeheartedly jump back into college life. As students become involved in their academic and social communities, the world […]
Repeal and Replace: The Third Time Is Not the Charm
BY KATHLEEN MURPHY – STAFF WRITER Another attempt at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act fell short last Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell withdrew the vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill after several senators refused to vote for it. Senators Rand Paul, John McCain and Susan Collins announced they would not vote for […]