By HAYLEY HOFFMAN – MANAGING EDITOR Looking for a way to fill your new-found free time (or avoid your family) over break? The Cento has compiled a list of must-see TV shows for any dedicated viewer to binge-watch this winter. 1. How to Get Away with Murder ABC’s newest drama How to Get Away with […]
Category: Features
Faculty sees dip in class attendance after these four games are released
Time management is an ongoing struggle for everyone at Centre. Between classes, extra-curricular activities, and social lives, it’s hard to find time to just relax. Gamers though, somehow manage to find that hour or three to play our favorite video games, sometimes foregoing a night out or that reading our professor assigned in class last […]
Dr. Chris Haskett on Life, Death, and Composting
By ADAM FALLUJI – STAFF WRITER Centre professors have amassed years of insight and experience that they readily offer to those who seek them out. This makes getting to know your professors not only advantageous, but an essential component of what the Centre experience truly has to offer. To this end I decided to talk to […]
The unofficial rules that every Centre student lives by
By MORGAN KING – STAFF WRITER At Centre, we are all aware that there are some unofficial rules that exist on campus that seem quite ridiculous to any other college student. Many might find it absurd that we make a point not to step on the Centre Seal, for example. These unofficial rules might be second-nature […]
The ten things you didn’t know about playing soccer
By MASON McCLAY – STAFF WRITER Soccer, the sport of the gods, has eluded my skillset for years. And in light of the praise and attention the soccer players are getting, for their incredible victories, I have decided to “kick” out of my bubble of fear of all things team-oriented and delve into my inner Soccerates. […]
Creating Frankenstein: Lab Experiments gone wrong
By CHADWICK CARTER – STAFF WRITER It’s the standard, general-education science experience—the lab. Three long hours of careful manipulation of variables are all spent to try to produce the exact same results as the rest of the class. Occasionally, though, the monotony is broken by something more exciting—and accident. Mistakes in the laboratory have the potential […]
A Girl, her Guitar, and the Records
By HAYLEY HOFFMAN – MANAGING EDITOR Junior Jeri Howell has turned a childhood passion into a career as a professional musician and performer. Traveling all around the state, Howell has played at a variety of venues, from Frankfort’s Grand Theater to local coffee shops. Howell has been performing for as long as she can remember. […]
Four Years Full of Melodies
By MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER Music is an essential part of life. Listening to a song can change one’s mood or lead to a reflective meditation. The number of Music majors on campus is small, but an even smaller percentage choose to focus on the most natural of instruments—the voice. When students declare a […]
A Time for Squiggles and Poses
By THOMAS SACCENTE – STAFF WRITER Midterms at Centre College can be a stressful time for even the best of students. Weeks of reading, studying, and writing all come down to this: a series of thorough, lengthy, and often difficult exams that ultimately play a huge role in determining one’s grade for a given class. […]
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 […]