by Linley Mueller and Leigh Wingfeld In June 2025, people across the U.S. and beyond took to the streets for what became known as the No Kings Protests. Organizers said these were made to show mass resistance against the authoritarian policies and corruption of Donald Trump’s second administration. The phrase “No Kings” quickly turned into […]
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Hoax Bomb Threat Disrupts Centre College, Among Others
by Cento staff Yesterday evening, on November 21st 2025, Centre College received a “a bomb threat with no specified location,” according to the alert sent out to campus. Students were notified campus-wide at 9:40 PM and told to shelter in place at their dorm halls, but students were being evacuated from buildings before this alert […]
John Marshall Harlan: The Man, The Statue, The Protest
by Cento Staff On October 17th, 4:15pm, a statue of the Supreme Court Justice and Centre alumnus John Marshall Harlan, class of 1850, was unveiled in Rogers Plaza to kick off Homecoming weekend. This statue was designed and sculpted by Ed Hamilton, the renowned Louisville artist who also sculpted the Abraham Lincolin statue in front […]
Capitol to Campus: Immigrant Students Stripped of Tuition
by Duffy Oakley Bowing to Trump’s pressure, Kentucky agreed to strip immigrant students of in-state tuition. Students are fighting back. Undocumented students at all of Kentucky’s colleges and universities are at risk of losing in-state tuition rates under a federal lawsuit filed this summer by the Trump administration. The Council on Postsecondary Education, the Governor-appointed […]
Tariff to Table
by Leigh Wingfeld Tariffs have been a hot topic in the Capitol since President Trump’s inauguration. With rapid changes in tariff policy over the last 6 months, there has been considerable confusion about what a tariff is and its purpose. The Trump Administration claims that “conditions reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade […]
For The Gen Z, By The Gen Z, Of The Gen Z: An Account Of What’s Happening In Nepal
by Abhishek “Abe” Basnet “May you live in interesting times.” These are words that I hope will not come to pass for anybody who is reading this. It took two “interesting” days— September 8 and 9 —to change the face of Nepal figuratively and literally. Institutions that took decades in the making were wiped away […]
Snow? Tornadoes? Ice? Warm Temps? What will our weather look like this winter season?
by Oliver Longenecker How often do you check the weather? Everyday? Occasionally? When you’re figuring out what outfit to wear? To see if a practice or game will get canceled? Well, the vast majority of people don’t check it at all. Now, depending on where you live, you may not need to; maybe it’s always […]
SGA 24-25: What We Did
by Carter Smith and Kasey Montgomery As we reach the end of the 2024-2025 academic year at Centre College, here are some things that your Student Government Association has focused on addressing this year. This year, SGA provided $140,000 to approximately 70 student organizations and $112,000 to the Student Activities Council (SAC) to promote a […]
Admin and Student: A Difference of Two Surveys
by Daniel Covington, edited by Jenna Nicodemus In early spring, Centre had several surveys floating around, mainly the college’s Student Experience survey as well as some others targeting specific offices. On April 16 2025, Barbara LoMonaco presented the results of the college student experience survey in an SGA meeting. However, on May 6th, Cento staff […]
Did You Play 20 Questions With Us? Here’s What We Found
by Cento Staff A few months ago, the Cento dispensed a survey to gather student opinions on various campus concerns, such as housing, wages, Greek Life, campus safety, disability accommodations, and more. The survey gathered 77 respondents, representing approximately 5.5% of the student body. While these numbers are modest, we at the Cento nonetheless believe […]