By ADAM FALUJI – STAFF WRITER It’s Centre’s goal to provide a dedicated environment and diverse opportunities with hopes that the four years a student spends here are a transformative experience, that they graduate having achieved their maximum potential and are ready to change the world. To this end, a liberal arts education is stressed so […]
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Sandella’s Flatbread Café to replace Jazzman’s
By SARAH CORNETT – EDITOR-IN-CHIEF With each new year, Centre ushers in new changes and campus renovations. This fall, campus will receive one of the biggest changes since the construction of Brockman Commons. Over the summer, construction will begin to add Sandella’s Flatbread Café to the current Hall of Fame Café. Sandella’s is a café restaurant […]
Crisis in Ukraine: Dr. Hamm Explains, as Interviewed by Dr. Bosco
By Robert Bosco – Centre Faculty BOSCO: Dr. Hamm, thank you for taking the time to answer some of my questions. You are an expert in the Soviet and Post-Soviet periods, the Cold War, Eastern and Central European politics, and the Russian Revolution. You have authored multiple university press books, including one on Kiev, the capital […]
Centre Offers Summer Programming to High School Students
By Mary Burger – Staff Writer If you are from Kentucky, then you know that many high school students participate in the Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP), a program designed to provide high school students with a college experience the summer before their senior year of high school. But what if a high school student just wants […]
SGA Raises Questions Over Centre’s Smoking Policy
By Alec Hudson – Staff Writer Centre College has had a strange and often inconsistent policy in regard to tobacco smoking on campus. While the college tries to promote a healthy lifestyle for all students, it is one of the few college campuses in Kentucky that isn’t tobacco free. This poses a problem for the […]
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear named as the official Commencement Speaker
By Sarah Cornett – Editor-in-Chief This year, Centre’s Commencement speaker will be Kentucky’s own Governor Steve Beshear. Governor Beshear was first elected to the office in 2007 and is now serving in his second term after being re-elected in 2011. For both of his terms Governor Beshear’s platform has had a focus around a stronger Kentucky […]
Hoodie Allen/The King’s Dead to Headline 2014 Carnival
By Rachel West – Managing Editor Hoodie Allen and The King’s Dead will be coming to Centre College’s campus for this year’s Carnival celebrations. The band selection was revealed by Centre’s Student Activities Council (SAC), who are responsible for the Carnival festivities, today during Common Hour. The main act, Hoodie Allen, is an independent hip-hop artist […]
Centre looks to add a new Study-Away Program in Chicago
By: MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER Beginning this fall, Centre will have a new option for students who are interested in a study away option and want to experience life in Chicago. Although both involve internships, the Chicago program will be very different from the current Centre study -away program in Washington, D.C. Each student […]
Students design website to track U.S. Senate Race in Kentucky
By: LAURA HUMBLE – STAFF WRITER This past CentreTerm, several students designed and created a website, Commonwealth Duel, as part of visiting professor and host of KET’s “Kentucky Tonight” Bill Goodman’s class, “Politics and Journalism in the Age of Social Media.” The goal of the website is to cover the upcoming U.S. Senate race […]
Centre on pace with rising stress levels among college students
By: Derek Beaven – Staff writer It’s not easy being a college student. Between balancing the pressures of class, homework, part-time jobs, and social and familial duties, there isn’t much room for relaxation. Recent studies have shown that mental health among college students has become a pressing concern, and Centre is no exception. “We are […]