by Connor Parks This was it, the one we’d waited for since early last semester before being postponed had finally arrived! The ability to host Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. as this year’s instalment of the Press Distinguished Lecture Series was an incredible honour for the Centre community, and judging by the crowd size, perhaps […]
Category: Features
The Girls and Ghouls of Breck
by Hallie Gleeson and Aelwen Iredale Late last semester, as email inboxes filled with reminders to sign up for shuttles to the airport and rubrics for final projects, we received a particularly unfortunate notification: we had been placed into the last time slot for the housing lottery–both of us in our roommate pair shared the […]
Colonel’s Quarters: A Totally Trustworthy Guide to Centre’s Housing
by Anonymous Dear young colonel, Welcome to the fighting grounds where you’ll forge yourself into an academic weapon. Here, you’ll build yourself up, find allies, and climb the ranks from teeny-tiny first year to only-sorta-stressed senior. It’s somewhat disconcerting and frightening to arrive at a new place, meet new people, and learn new things. I […]
Did You Know? Darth Vader Visited Centre
by Adam West On the ninth of September, James Earl Jones passed away at the age of 93. James Earl Jones appeared in movies including The Sandlot, The Hunt for Red October, Field of Dreams, and Coming to America, although he is most known for voicing characters like the infinitely wise Mufasa in The Lion […]
The Year in Retrospective
by Daniel Covington and Abigail Rollins Looking back on another great but challenging year at Centre College, we are here to remember all of the academic year’s greatest moments! Champions Hall: Long-awaited and encompassing a 50-million-dollar budget, Champions Hall finally opened—and to much praise! The building’s opening is preceded by that of the clock tower […]
Summer Term: Perspectives and Facts
by Connor Parks and Soren Ryan-Jensen With the rollout of the 2024 Summer Term program, Centre students have a new opportunity over their summer break: a five-week period where students can live on or off campus and complete a single class. For $3,900, or $2,340 if you live off-campus, students can take classes which may […]
All You Need To Know About Title IX
by Soren Ryan-Jensen There are many offices on campus, but the Title IX office is one that doesn’t get talked about often. Despite this, Title IX is a very useful resource on campus that should be discussed, particularly because there are often confusion or questions regarding how to access the department, what it can provide, […]
Recycling: Easy Targets on Campus
by Teresa Curry In a recent ENS 230 field trip, students got to see the inner workings of Danville’s recycling center. We had the opportunity to help sort through the various types of plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and milk cartons on a conveyor belt. The experience itself was fascinating, as we were able to see […]
Does Centre Still Look Like Centre?
by Connor Parks Admit it. Whoever you are, you’ve had that inevitable moment strolling through campus, observing each building surrounding you, and thinking to yourself something along the lines of, “Why are they all so…different?” How can a form so robust and imposing as the Norton Center coexist with the smoother, more traditionally straightlaced lines […]
The Event of a Lifetime: Solar Eclipse
by Aelwen Iredale, Hallie Gleeson, and Noah Calhoun On April 8th, a normally boring Monday became exciting. Through our 9:10 classes, we remained on edge and kept glancing at the clock. We were itching to leave for the experience of a lifetime—a total solar eclipse. The moment the clock hit 10:10, we raced from our […]