By JARED THOMPSON – STAFF WRITER Everyone has reached that slump. You’ve written a paper for every class, you’ve spent countless hours tucked away in one of Grace Doherty’s cubbies, and you’ve finally kicked midterms right in the teeth. Now you just want to relax and spend a bit of time thinking about something that isn’t […]
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In the Rotation: The Dangers of the One-Hit Wonder
By JOHN WYATT – NEWS SECTION EDITOR “Pop the molly, I’m sweating” has become a fun, loveable quotes among our generation that everyone seems to use. The phrase itself comes from southern rapper Trinidad James’s hit “All Gold Everything.” For five to six months after its release in the summer of 2012, the song could be […]
NCAA Fumbles Discipline and Player Likeness Issues
By MATT COX – SPORTS SECTION EDITOR Think about your favorite college athlete, if you wished to have a jersey with that player’s number on the front, how difficult would it be to find one? For example, say you are a Georgia Bulldogs fan and you wish to purchase a jersey featuring Heisman frontrunner Todd Gurley’s […]
Dangers of the Ebola Virus
By NICOLE POTTINGER – STAFF WRITER By now the Ebola virus is headlining across world news outlets, sparking fear and concern. Ebola has been a serious crisis for some time in West African countries, including Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. The media first brought Ebola to America’s attention when two Americans contracted the virus while working […]
LeBron James returns to his Throne in Cleveland
By JOHN WYATT – NEWS SECTION EDITOR For most National Basketball Association (NBA) fans, the summer can be either an incredibly boring time, or one of the most exciting depending on the various moves teams and players make. The summer truly is a time of change within the NBA. This summer in particular was one for […]
Women’s Soccer Aims for another SAA Title
By MICHELLE KIM – CENTO WRITER As the year progresses and the pressure heightens, Centre Women’s Soccer (CWS) remains focused throughout the grind of the season, winning seven out of the 12 games so far. Losing in double overtime to Sewanee University of the South last Saturday in a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat puts the team 0-2 […]
Centre Launches Rockefeller Scholars Program
By GRAY WHITSETT – OPINIONS SECTION EDITOR It’s a topic that’s on every parent’s mind–how will I be able to afford college for my child? “Here at Centre College we’ve taken steps to alleviate some of these concerns,” Dean of Student Life Randy “Savage” Hays. “Most people know that a strong majority of students are on some […]
Taking it Back to the Playground
By KINSEY HISLE – COPY CHIEF In the 1980s Regan was President, gasoline cost 97 cents a gallon, boom boxes blasted Michael Jackson, and Ferris Buller skipped school. During this time at Centre College, the men of Beta Theta Pi (Beta) and the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma (Kappa) co-hosted an annual Seesaw-A-Thon to raise […]
A Bad Apple: The Case Against Apple Products
By ADAM FALLUJI – STAFF WRITER When the first iPhone was introduced in 2007, it was marveled as a revolutionary piece of technology. Heralded as a product inspired by “thinking different,” the product was actually a combination of existing technologies. Mp3 players, handheld web-browsing devices, and high end phones had already been around for years. Apple’s […]
New studies show increased stimulant abuse among students
By JOHN WYATT – NEWS SECTION EDITOR It’s no secret that college is stressful. Every college student can tell you a story where they pulled an all-nighter to study for that “big test,” or a time where every class had a paper or test in the same week. Stress is just something that comes with going […]