by Cole Hiller It’s the time of year that the weather is changing and the temperatures in classrooms and dorms feel uncomfortable. So, we at the Cento decided to do a poll over Instagram to see what students have to say about the temperature around campus. We took two polls to see if opinions changed […]
Category: Opinions
I Don’t Want to Live in Breck (And it’s Not Why You Think)
by Duffy Oakley As my final year living in Breckinridge Hall starts to come to a close, I might be forgiven for questioning why the housing gods always decide to curse me (having condemned me to Nasty Nev my first year). But instead, I am questioning why anyone at all lives in Breck. You might […]
The AI Video Onslaught: Age of Misinformation
by Soren Ryan-Jensen & Daniel Covington Generative AI has seen increasing use in the creation of video content, and as these programs become more sophisticated many now find it hard to distinguish an AI generated video from real footage. AI videos have been used to run scams, spread misinformation, and fill social media with generated […]
Technology as an Inconvenience: Portable Music Player: Potential Alternatives to Music Streaming
by Leigh Wingfeld An update on my attempts to switch to a flip phone: I continue to face struggles with issues of switching to a phone plan to support the Wi-Fi hotspot I need. However, I’ve continued to try to detach myself from my phone through various means. I’ve started purposely letting my phone battery […]
Tech Coddles Us: Inconvenience as a Necessity
by Leigh Wingfeld I think most people in this day and age, to some degree, have an unhealthy relationship with technology. Whether it be the busy mom constantly checking her phone for work calls, the grandpa who obsessively watches the news, the teenager who dooms scrolls on tik tok, and the Ipad toddler their time […]
Why is Mr. Beast on Survivor?
by Sam Cotthoff As I finished watching the Survivor season 49 finale, I was excited to hear about Survivor season 50. It’s mind boggling to me that TV shows run this long. General Hospital has had 63 seasons over sixty years, Sesame Street is in its 56th season in over sixty years, and Saturday Night […]
The Rat Race
by Anonymous Grad School. Jobs. Internships. Centreterm. Spring Semester. New Year’s Resolutions. It is the season of “new beginnings,” but it feels like I’m stuck in the same cycle that every season brings. During the New Year, you have to rebrand yourself for the spring. During the spring, you have to prepare for the summer. […]
Young Voters Speak Up: Democratic Wins of 2025
by Linley Mueller If you’re a college student watching American politics right now, it can feel like democracy is hanging by a thread. Between rising authoritarian rhetoric, attacks on institutions, and voting rights battles, the future of the country sometimes looks more uncertain than ever. But the 2025 elections offered something rare: good news. The […]
Shutdown Over: Disillusioned With the Dems
by Soren Ryan-Jensen As a voter who has consistently supported the Democratic Party since first becoming politically active, the ending of the government shutdown with the support from a number of democratic senators has cemented my disillusionment with the Democratic Party. If we had simply passed the budget to begin with, the blame for the […]
Ephraim McDowell: Hometown Hero?
by Duffy Oakley With the controversy around the newly installed John Marshall Harlan statue, it bears investigating the many other people commemorated on and around campus who have similarly contested legacies. In a series of Cento articles, I will strive to better inform the campus community about the figures who loom large at Centre and […]