BY CHANDLER GARLAND – STAFF WRITER Beginning on September 25, the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly held its 70th meeting. The meeting opened with speeches from several world leaders, including representatives from the United States, Russia, China, France, among others. These opening comments set the tone for the rest of the sessions and debates for […]
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Conway and Bevin square off in Gubernatorial Debate
BY JARED THOMPSON – NEWS SECTION EDITOR Earlier tonight, individuals from various parts of the state and nation filed into Newlin Hall to see Attorney General Jack Conway square off against Matt Bevin in the latest of a series of debates in the 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election. It goes without question that much was at […]
Homecoming Weekend 2015 promises big music acts, abundant athletic events
BY CATHERINE HINES – STAFF WRITER From class reunions to a swimming and diving Meet and alumni baseball game to ELO and Electric Light Orchestra Part II and Ben Sollee concerts, this Homecoming weekend promises to be exciting. Starting on Thursday evening and ending Sunday afternoon, there will be activities and events for both alumni and […]
Centre welcomes back alums as fellows: Part I
BY CATHERINE HINES – STAFF WRITER This year, Centre College has welcomed back several alums as fellows, where they will continue their professional development as working members of several of the College’s offices. Throughout the upcoming weeks, The Cento will chat with each of the new fellows about their new positions and how it feels […]
Student Judiciary report: new conduct policy, previous cases
BY SARA MORENCY The Student Judiciary is a group of juniors and seniors elected by the student body to uphold and maintain the highest degree of academic honesty and social policy. As page 95 in the student handbook reports, “The panel’s purpose is to determine responsibility or lack of responsibility and to recommend sanctions for […]
Assistant Professor Johann Van Niekerk joins music department
At the beginning of the academic year, Centre College welcomed Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Johann Van Niekerk to the music department to fill the position left open by H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Music Emeritus Dr. Barbara Hall after she retired last year. Dr. Hall spent 35 years teaching music […]
Offices change locations around campus
BY CATHERINE HINES – STAFF WRITER If you have wandered to Boles Hall expecting to find the finance office and have been met by the welcoming admissions staff, this is why: they swapped buildings. Over the summer, a great effort was put forth to switch almost 35 offices from Boles Hall to Horky House and […]
New semester sees new changes around campus
BY CATHERINE HINES – STAFF WRITER If you walk into the Facilities Management building on campus, you will see a large whiteboard with a list of 13 projects and the word “DONE” next to each in all capital letters. This summer proved to be quite busy for all those in the office as campus was […]
Fifth Sorority to be Added to Campus
BY SHRUTI SHANKAR RAM – STAFF WRITER It’s no secret that Centre College is proud of its Greek Community, recently ranked number eight on the Best College Reviews’ 50 Best Colleges for Greek Life in the country. Rumors began to circle last year that a new sorority may be joining Centre’s campus and students recently […]
First-Year Residence Halls to be Coeducational starting in fall 2015
BY MORGAN KING – STAFF WRITER For years now, Centre College used Nevin Hall as a first-year men’s residence hall, but soon that is all set to change. Beginning next fall, all first-year residences halls will be coeducational. This new model comes after many months of exploratory questions on what to do about the growing […]