By REBECCA FULTON – CENTO WRITER Currently, Centre College’s comprehensive fee for the 2014 – 2015 academic year is $46,440. This number is considered to be high in comparison to other colleges and universities in Kentucky, but have you ever wondered where all that money goes? Centre students have their own ideas of how their money […]
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Revamped Centre Ambassadors Add Personal Touch to Tours
By NICOLE POTTINGER – STAFF WRITER On any given day you may find a group of perspective students walking around campus in one several tours given during in the week. The Centre Admissions Office relies heavily on the help of students to recruit visitors to the college. There is a good chance each person on this […]
Student Judiciary Report for 2014-2015
By MONICA FITCH – STUDENT JUDICIARY SECRETARY The Student Government Association requires a summary of cases be published in The Cento at the beginning of each fall semester. In the 2013-2014 academic year, the Student Judiciary heard three cases, one social and two academic. The Student Judiciary hears cases throughout the year of misconduct on campus, and […]
Grissom Scholars to Arrive On Campus Next Fall, Will Represent First Generation of College Students
By MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER Beginning in the fall semester of 2015, Centre College will welcome the first ten students of a new program known as the Grissom Scholars. “The Grissom Scholars Program is an exciting new scholarship program that Marlene and J. David Grissom have established at Centre,” Vice President for College Relations Dr. […]
Who is ISIS?: Faculty and Students React to the Extremist Group
By JARED THOMPSON – STAFF WRITER In recent weeks following the beheadings of two american journalists and one British aid worker , a jihadist group colloquially referred to as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) burst itself onto the global scene. This sudden emergence raises more questions about ISIS than answers, leading to chronic […]
New Faculty Members Bring Diverse Backgrounds to the Classroom
By MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER This year, Centre College welcomed 14 new faculty members to campus. The student to faculty ratio is now reported as 10:1, a number that reflects the individual attention promised by a school of this caliber. These professors have a variety of interests, backgrounds, and areas of academic expertise and are […]
Centre PAWS provides stress relief through working with animals
By MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER Without a doubt, the best days on Centre’s campus are ones when puppies and kittens come. The excitement and joy can be felt all across campus as students find stress relief through playing with the animals, reminding us of the pets we left back home. Sadly, the puppies and kittens […]
Examining food labels: The meaning behind labels for animal meat
By SANDRA JABLONSKI – CENTRE STUDENT Animal products these days are covered with tons of different labels that have implications about how the product was produced and the welfare of that animal during its life. These labels are intentionally vague so that the consumer can come to their own conclusions about what the labels are actually […]
Library hosts Edible Books Contest as part of National Library Week
By MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER If you visited the library this past Thursday, April 24, you may have noticed a number of tables with interesting food items on them. This was the Edible Book Contest, part of National Library Week. The Edible Book Contest gave students and faculty/staff a chance to be creative and as […]
“Refocused” Strategic Plan promises to ensure bright future
By JOHN WYATT – NEWS EDITOR Centre College has continually been one of the leading institutions for learning, not just among Kentucky schools, but liberal arts colleges nationwide. Everything from Centre’s high alumni support rate to a graduation rate of nearly 87 percent – the highest in the state and one of the highest in the […]