by Charlesie Robison During the 2024-2025 Centre year, there was a Study Abroad showcase held in Weisiger Theatre which detailed not only the different options for Centre students during the 2025-2026 season, but also how the selection process is done for applied students. They explained that they look for four things in each applicant: their […]
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Students, Admin, World: Revive This Dead Campus
by Jenna Nicodemus During my freshman orientation, I distinctly remember the day that upperclassmen moved back onto campus. Before that day, orientation felt almost like summer camp: too busy on grounds far too large for too few people. When the upperclassmen came, the campus suddenly felt alive. Buzzing. Halfway through my first semester, this impression […]
Name On The Plaque: AC and the Alumni
by Anonymous About a week ago, I walked into my morning class in Young Hall dreading the hour to come. Not because of the class itself (though I was definitely regretting taking something so outside my major), but because I knew that, by the time class dismissed, I’d be soaked in sweat and hating life, […]
Cowan’s No Exit Sign and How Meal Plans Fail
by Cole Hiller It’s a very common occurrence on campus that people sneak into Cowan without swiping their meal. This is a problem for Centre, so in response, they added a sign on Cowan’s exit insisting that the door is an exit only. On top of that, they made it so that friends can no […]
Is Benedict Cumberbatch Ableist?
The Drama Column – A Column Dedicated to Beating a Dead Horse. Analyzing old scandals and celebrity boycotts, and presenting the facts to finally determine… Was the cancellation deserved? Written by The Discordian In the 2011 Royal National Theatre’s smash-hit production of Frankenstein, Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller alternated roles between the Creature and […]
The Overton Window: What It Is and How to Shift Neutral Again
by Leigh Wingfeld The Overton Window is a model for understanding what is, and more importantly, what isn’t, acceptable in politics. Inside the Overton Window sits what is considered “socially acceptable”, with the centre being what is made into policy. Outside of the window sits what are considered radical and unthinkable ideas. What is contained […]
Why are Centre’s Building Temperatures so Uncomfortable?
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 […]
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 […]