By DEREK BEAVEN & JOHN WYATT – STAFF WRITER & NEWS EDITOR As college students, a large portion of our music comes from either what’s playing in the frat houses or what Pandora plays while we try to study. It can be hard to find the time to scour the Internet for all the good music […]
Category: Arts & Leisure
Extreme Makeover: Dorm Room Edition
By: LAURA HUMBLE – STAFF WRITER Making your dorm room at college feel like a homey, comfortable space isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Cinderblock walls, fluorescent lighting, and questionable neighbors are just a few of the aspects of dorm living that can make it less than enjoyable. But if you can’t get rid of these things, […]
Crystalizing Moments with D.H. McNabb
By AUDREY JENKINS – STAFF WRITER When he first stepped onto Centre’s campus in the fall of 1998, Florida native D.H. McNabb ’02 wanted to be a veterinarian or a naturalist. “I didn’t come to Centre with the intent of majoring in glass. I don’t think a lot of things make sense until after you’ve done […]
Alvin Ailey Dance Company at the Norton Center
By ADAM FALLUJI – STAFF WRITER One of the Norton Center’s most highly anticipated performances of the year was the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Founded by Alvin Ailey in 1958 in New York, the dance group is known internationally as the U.S.’s “Cultural Ambassador to the World.” After growing up in Texas during a […]
Rethink Recycling at the Community Arts Center
By: Adam Falluji – Staff Writer It’s often said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. With its new exhibit, Rethink Recycling, Danville’s Community Arts Center seeks to show that nothing is truly trash and that objects considered entirely useless can be reinvented into something unexpected with the right vision. We live in a […]
Centre Alumna designs Set for spring production of Macbeth
By: Laura Humble – Staff Writer Centre’s campus is abuzz with anticipation for the spring showing of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The Drama Department is pulling out all the stops this spring by bringing in Centre alumna Krit Robinson ’09 to design the set. Robinson currently lives and works in New York and has been communicating with […]
Music Lessons provide new opportunities to students
By: Audrey Jenkins – Staff Writer For many Centre students, listening to music is a daily activity, seemingly as necessary as breathing or eating. And for a dedicated faction of Centre students, listening to music is simply not enough — they have also chosen to devote a portion of their daily lives to making the […]
24-Hour Play Festival starts new campus tradition
By: Mary Burger – Staff Writer Many Centre students have experienced the infamous all-nighter, complete with books, papers, and the highly necessary snacks and caffeine. Centre Players recently experienced a new kind of all-nighter – one that doesn’t end at class time. From Fri., Feb. 28, to Sat., March 1, students participated in the 24-Hour […]
In the rotation: Review of ScHoolboy Q’s Oxymoron
By: Derek Beaven (Staff Writer) and John Wyatt (News Editor) It’s difficult to say that ScHoolboy Q and his bucket hat have been in Kendrick Lamar’s shadow, but it’s even more difficult to say that TDE became a household name for reasons other than Good Kid M.A.A.D City. ScHoolboy Q debuted in 2011 with Setbacks, […]
Snapshots Abroad: A CentreTerm study abroad photo journal
By Sarah Cornett – Editor-In-Chief It is no surprise that with 85 percent of all students studying abroad at least once, Centre’s study abroad programs are growing. This past CentreTerm semester though, it seemed like the trips grew even more in number and in exotic location. In fact, this year the trips appeared to reach […]