By: Alec Hudson – Staff Writer Brazil is on the move. With the first match of the 2014 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup coming in less than four months, the nation is scrambling to ensure that the facilities are prepared and that the infrastructure is working. At the same time, they are […]
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The Play by Play: Finding unity in sports
By: CJ Donald – Columnist This semester, I am one of twenty-one students enrolled in Dr. Rick Axtell’s Religion 340 course entitled “Studies in Ethics: Poverty and Homelessness.” The course challenges stereotypes and strengthens social conscience in a variety of ways, the most striking of which includes an overnight stay in a homeless shelter. In […]
Centre Women’s Lacrosse has earned respect
By: Alex Mulhall – CENTO WRITER The Centre Women’s Lacrosse team is geared up and ready to take a big step forward in 2014. The team, which had its first season only three short years ago in 2011, reached the finals of the inaugural Southern Athletic Association (SAA) tournament last year, losing in a heartbreaker to […]
Men’s Basketball to host first round of NCAA
By: CJ Donald – Columnist After a 23-win season that brought the Centre College Colonels (23-4; 13-1 SAA) a Southern Athletic Association Tournament Championship, Centre Men’s Basketball earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. On Thurs., March 6 at 7 p.m., the Colonels host the LaGrange (Ga.) Panthers in Alumni Gymnasium for Round […]
Women’s Basketball finishes the 2014 season strong
By RACHEL WEST – MANAGING EDITOR In the end, it wasn’t the season that the Centre College Women’s Basketball team had envisioned, but it was a good one all the same. The team’s season ended on Sun., March 2, when they fell 79-60 to Rhodes College in a hard-fought final game of the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) […]
The Gray Area: Learning to accept the imperfections of CentreTerm
By GRAY WHITSETT – COLUMNIST I have only lived through two CentreTerms in my time at Centre College — one focused on religion and politics, the other spent in India. These two courses were arguably the most influential classes I’ve taken in my student career and experiences I value with love and pride. I hesitate to […]
Misrepresentation of the Millenials: Slighted by Media
By RACHEL WEST – MANAGING EDITOR Yahoo wants to tell us “Why Millennials Will Never Be Happy.” Time calls millennials the “Me Me Me Generation” who “are lazy, entitled narcissists.” A Slate article purports that millennials “can’t think for themselves.” The New York Times asks us, “Do Millennials Stand a Chance in the Real World?” (Spoiler […]
Restoring voting rights to ex-felons
By ALEC HUDSON – STAFF WRITER Are we a forgiving society? Many would argue that we are: for American society is one of countless stories of dispossessed people committing errors of judgment that lead them through hardship only to redeem themselves through hard work or good deeds. But this forgiveness has its limits in our state. […]
The Editorial Board: Examining the Social Greek System
By EDITORAL BOARD Editor’s Note: The Editorial Board of the Cento is composed of members of the staff and does not reflect the opinions of any one individual on the staff. The Editorial Board represents the voice of the Cento. At Centre, the Greek system has a rich history and presence with almost exactly 50 […]
Detox the Stress: Learning to cope without being busy
By AUDREY JENKINS – STAFF WRITER You’re busy. Don’t bother denying it, because we all know it’s true. I can taste it in the Cowan coffee you gulp down like water to stay awake during your afternoon classes. I can see it in the bags under your eyes as you scribble yet another club meeting into […]