BY ZAMIRAH HUSSAIN – STAFF WRITER Books can leave a very profound impact on a person’s life. A book you read as a 7-year old can evoke a sense of nostalgia and wonder ten years later. Literature and the arts is a way of exploring what you don’t know and what you’d like to know. My […]
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The Norton Center: An Artistic Hub in the Heart of Kentucky
BY MORGAN UNDERWOOD – STAFF WRITER Centre College, as we all know, is a little gem residing in the heart of central Kentucky, but Centre has a gem of its very own: the Norton Center for the Arts. Although located in the relatively remote community of Danville, Kentucky, the Norton Center is constantly filling its […]
Spotlight on: Alpha Phi Omega
BY STEWART COARD – STAFF WRITER While volunteering at Soups-on-Us one Saturday morning, sophomore David Kim noticed that a large portion of the student volunteers belonged to Centre’s co-ed service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega (APO). “I thought these people were pretty cool to be spending their weekend helping others,” Kim said. Inspired by their values, […]
DramaCentre Presents: Love 95 Times
BY EMILY INNES – ARTS AND LEISURE EDITOR DramaCentre’s most recent production, which took place this past weekend, is Love 95 Times, the program’s second FARM Theater collaboration project. The FARM theater company, located in New York, is designed to help early career (and usually female) playwrights get their shows on their feet. The playwright […]
Black History Month
BY ZAMIRAH HUSSAIN- ARTS AND LEISURE EDITOR In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian, author, and journalist, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). This organization later became the driving force behind the establishment of Black History Month. Originally “Negro History Week,” the leaders of the ASNLH chose the […]
Refugee Resettlement: Kentucky’s Stories
BY EMILY INNES – ARTS AND LEISURE EDITOR Last year, Centre College inaugurated the Creative Thinking Immersion Program (CTIP), a component of the Creative Centre initiative designed to have students create their own research projects with faculty mentorship and creative thinking and problem solving. Junior Emma Jackson and sophomore Hibah Siddiqui took an immediate interest […]
Artivism Festival: Timely, Profound, and Unforgettable.
BY GABRIELA CIPOLLA – ARTS & LEISURE EDITOR “To be an artist is to believe in life,” quotes artist Henry Moore. “And that’s the entire point of art,” senior environmental studies major, Mariah Harrod, states, “it inspires people to believe in something and gives their passion to others.” Harrod and her peers recently coordinated an […]
From Ministry to Computer Science: Dr. Tom Allen’s Journey to Centre College
BY GABRIELA CIPOLLA – ARTS & LEISURE EDITOR The path to academia is not always filled with professorial tweed and elbow patches from the beginning. At least, not for Tom Allen–Centre’s newest Computer Science professor. Dr. Allen recently completed his doctoral studies this past spring at the University of Kentucky, but his journey to Centre […]
Big View of a Little Rock
BY BECKY FULTON – STAFF WRITER Thus far, 2016 has been a year with many turbulent events, even including a few instances where the moon seems to be bigger in the night sky. Monday marked the peak of an unusually big and bright Moon, commonly referred to as a “supermoon,” appearing 30 percent bigger […]
A Dually Delectible Experience: Chocolate and Tea
BY JASON PINTO – STAFF WRITER Tea is an art shared by numerous cultures since the 3rd century C.E. Its preparation and consumption is a ritual that relaxes the body and mind and intrigues the senses with its combination of simplicity and aromatic complexity. Chocolate was invented in 1900 B.C.E. but is now widely […]