by Leigh Wingfeld An update on my attempts to switch to a flip phone: I continue to face struggles with issues of switching to a phone plan to support the Wi-Fi hotspot I need. However, I’ve continued to try to detach myself from my phone through various means. I’ve started purposely letting my phone battery […]
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Capitol to Campus: Foreign Policy, ICE, Pam Bondi
by Soren Ryan-Jensen & Daniel Covington What’s been going on in the US? Here’s the latest scoop. Changing foreign policy The Trump administration has been making quite a few changes to their foreign policy. The United States originally had a big hand in creating and financing NATO. Countries typically spend a percentage of GDP on […]
The “Problematic” Winter Storm of 2026
by Oliver Longenecker During the week of January 10-17th, 2026, the National Weather Service (NWS), Storm Prediction Center (SPC), and meteorologists began seeing a signal for a large, dangerous, and impactful winter storm for a large portion of the Central and Eastern U.S for period of January 22-25th. On Thursday, January 22nd, the SPC issued […]
Ira Glass & Jad Abumrad Visit Centre College
by Adam West & Daniel Covington Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad came to the Norton Center for the Arts on the 21st of February, 2026. Before the convocation, Glass and Abumrad had a talk back with students from an interview class and students from a variety of English based classes, including Dr. Peebles’ Cormac McCarthy […]
Bad Bunny and a Tale of Two Half-Time Shows
by Charlesie Robison The 60th annual Superbowl was held on February 8th this year, showcasing a face off between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, with a halftime show done by Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny. The halftime show itself was done as a love letter to America, not simply the country but […]
Ask Abe: Heavy Courseloader Looking to Summer
How do you Manage a Heavy Course Load? Well, it’s been quite a while since I had to borrow a book and take my time studying, but I will endeavor to do my best to help you. First, let me say that I’m very sorry for you. I know that at Centre we can’t always […]
The Cento in Print: Spring I 2026
The Wild Wild West: Why Centre College Needs an AI Policy More Than Ever
by Daniel Covington Background In the past semester, many Centre College students started to wonder if campus wide emails were being written by AI. Whether or not those emails are truly written by AI is beyond the scope of this article, but the fact is that people are questioning what the place of AI in […]
Tech Coddles Us: Inconvenience as a Necessity
by Leigh Wingfeld I think most people in this day and age, to some degree, have an unhealthy relationship with technology. Whether it be the busy mom constantly checking her phone for work calls, the grandpa who obsessively watches the news, the teenager who dooms scrolls on tik tok, and the Ipad toddler their time […]
Why is Mr. Beast on Survivor?
by Sam Cotthoff As I finished watching the Survivor season 49 finale, I was excited to hear about Survivor season 50. It’s mind boggling to me that TV shows run this long. General Hospital has had 63 seasons over sixty years, Sesame Street is in its 56th season in over sixty years, and Saturday Night […]