BY SARAH HOLLOWAY – STAFF WRITER November is a foreboding month for college students as term papers, presentations, and final exams loom just around the corner. The brief respite of Thanksgiving break often isn’t enough to curtail the campus-wide increase in stress and anxiety as the dreaded final week of the semester approaches. For many […]
Category: Opinions
Are health concerns really driving proposed changes to campus smoking policy?
BY SARAH HOLLOWAY – STAFF WRITER Toward the end of October, the Student Government Association (SGA) held a Town Hall forum in Young 113 to discuss potential changes to the campus smoking policy. Currently, the policy states that smoking in buildings and near their entrances is prohibited. The proposed revision is to ban smoking on […]
Militant Social Justice Warrior Spends Fabulous Day at Keeneland Racecourse
BY GRAY WHITSETT – OPINIONS EDITOR As is custom during the fall and spring semesters at Centre College, students make the trek to Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, the unwanted stepsister of the world famous Kentucky Churchill Downs. Though never quite warm enough, weekends at Keeneland become the battleground for students displaying the wealth they desperately […]
Skip the headdress, grab a broomstick: Cultural appropriation and Halloween
BY SHRUTI RAM – STAFF WRITER Halloween: the season of pumpkin-spiced-everything, candy, and racially insensitive costumes. On the quest to find a costume that’s “funny” or “sexy” enough, some people cross a fine line when they appropriate other cultures into their costumes. This can be done in several different ways. There are blatantly racist costumes, […]
Global Affairs at Centre: Should the International Studies major Require more religion courses?
BY SARAH HOLLOWAY – STAFF WRITER In this year’s September issue of America, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the importance of an understanding of religion and global affairs. “I often say that if I headed back to college today, I would major in comparative religions rather than political science. That is because religious […]
Between Party Lines: The trials of an independent candidate
BY RACHAEL BLANDAU – STAFF WRITER In a move that has become common in the current age of partisan politics, Centre’s gubernatorial debate left out one man that has become a recent contender in the race for governor—Drew Curtis. While this move is not altogether shocking, it does bring up the question: why can’t a […]
Bringing Reality T.V. to Politics: The commercialization of presidential debates
BY SARAH HOLLOWAY – STAFF WRITER Last month, Fox News broke records with their coverage of “Round One” of the Republican Primary debates with 25.1 million viewers tuning in every minute, making it the highest-rated non-sports program in cable history. Compared to the primary debates of 2012, which attracted a few million at best, the […]
Fitness Favoritism: Student-athletes before students
BY SARAH HOLLOWAY – STAFF WRITER Many Centre students have been in an uproar in light of recent developments concerning the popular Combo-Mix Aerobics class. The turmoil began when a campus-wide email was sent out stating that the class had been moved out of the Sutcliffe aerobics studio and into the small racquetball court in […]
Belligerent Alumnus Angered Nevin Hall No Longer Moral Wasteland
BY GRAY WHITSETT – OPINIONS EDITOR Citing glorious days of untold vandalism, flame runs, and endemic stench, Centre College graduate and veteran of Nevin Hall William Withers was outraged this homecoming weekend to find the building he once called home inhabited by men and women alike. “I’m livid,” the 1981 graduate said, after shot-gunning his […]
A new ‘Odyssey’ for journalism?
BY RACHAEL BLANDAU – STAFF WRITER This year, Centre was given its branch of The Odyssey, an online publication created by the students, for the students. Thus started our “Odyssey” into college students’ and millennials’ new favorite Buzzfeed-esque website. While their stories are relatable, they are not intended to be much more than a commentary […]