BY SEBASTIAN DUNCAN – STAFF WRITER With less than a week remaining until the 2016 US Presidential Election kicks off, many people might find the amount of information being released about the election to be overwhelming and superfluous. However, in the past couple of weeks a new factor has entered the presidential election, and although […]
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Finding Grace in Food Insecurity: The Mission of Grace Cafe
BY EMILY INNES – STAFF WRITER Grace Café opened in July 2015 as a mission-focused restaurant aimed to combat food insecurity in the Danville community and surrounding area. Owner Rochelle Bayless first learned about the “pay what you can” restaurant model after seeing Jon Bon Jovi discuss his New Jersey café on an episode of […]
Farming Up Fall Fun
BY JASON PINTO – STAFF WRITER The fall season has arrived, and there is no better way to immerse yourself in the true spirit of the harvest than by visiting a pumpkin patch. Devine’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Harrodsburg is a prime spot for snagging a nice pumpkin, watching children get lost in […]
Centre Vs. Transylvania: Fall Recap
BY BENJAMIN HADLOCK – SPORTS EDITOR As changing colors, cool weather, and large sweaters take their hold over Centre’s campus, many student athletes gear up for the most important competitions of their season. The fall sports teams are getting ready for their conference tournaments where they seek to prove themselves as the best in the Southern […]
The Pinto Bean: Nellie Burton’s is Uninspired, Overpriced
BY JASON PINTO – STAFF WRITER AND FOOD CRITIC Jason Pinto continues his culinary exploration of the surrounding Danville area. This week’s adventure take’s him to ‘Nellie Burton’s Restaurant and Steakhouse’. One afternoon this semester as I was making a visit to Jane Barleycorn’s, I saw a new establishment next door – a steakhouse and […]
Not Immune: Political Protest on the Playing Field
BY: COLLEEN COYLE – STAFF WRITER The year 2016 has been clouded by divisive politics during the vitriolic presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald J. Trump. However, the bitter competition between the two nominees stems largely from broader issues America is facing and will continue beyond election day. No aspect of American life […]
Senior Day: Remembering Four Great Years
BY MARINA BURKE – STAFF WRITER We hear it all the time: Why Division III? Being a student athlete at a school such as Centre poses its fair share of trials, but at the end of the day most athletes wouldn’t trade it for the world. Each fall, Centre’s emphasis on personal, caring, and inclusive […]
How “Making America Great Again” Could Make Trump Less Wealthy
BY RACHAEL BLANDAU – OPINIONS EDITOR In September, Donald Trump committed a campaign sin: he punked the media. With an announcement that Trump would be having a news conference to divulge “big news,” the media watched an empty podium for an hour as the candidate arrived late for his press conference. Then, when he finally […]
CentrePoint Podcast: Sharing the Best of Centre
BY COLLEEN COYLE – STAFF WRITER Podcasts have exploded in popularity over the past five years, as news organizations rapidly adapt to the market by developing their own news podcasts. Centre is the most recent intellectual source to join this new venture in news media and idea sharing, with its very own CentrePoint Podcast. Dr. […]
CentOnion: Centre to Host 2016 Vice Presidential Cage Brawl
BY BRENNEN AMONETT – STAFF WRITER The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) revealed a new partnership with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) today, announcing the first ever Vice Presidential Fight-to-the-Death Cage Brawl. This event is set to take place at Centre College on October 13th, 2016, and will be the fourth of now five general election […]