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 […]
Category: Arts & Leisure
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 […]
Vagina Monologues takes campus by storm
By Alec Hudson – Staff Writer Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues has been a major cultural achievement for the feminist movement since its premiere in 1996. On Feb. 18 and 19, a group of Centre College students, with funding provided by CentrePlayers, put on two performances of the work to raise awareness about sexual violence […]
Centre senior interns at Paramount Theatre
By Laura Humble – Staff Writer Senior Martha Grace Burkey is on the fast track to success in the world of theatre. During CentreTerm, she participated in an internship at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, diving headfirst into post-college life in the theatre community. “I was the Arts Outreach and Education Intern, [where] I […]
Centre Singers
By Laura Humble – Staff Writer This past CentreTerm, the Centre Singers took a trip to Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, to tour the city and showcase their talent. “I chose [Barcelona] based on my desire to see the works of Velasquez, Goya, and Picasso in person,” H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of […]
Centre Bands Battle for the Top Spot
By ADAM FALLUJI – STAFF WRITER Centre Encore and the Student Activities Council’s Battle of the Bands gave musically-inclined students across campus a chance to perform in front of their peers. For those who haven’t been to CC After Dark before, there’s always food to eat, things to do, and plenty of Centre students in […]