By IRINI BROM – CENTO WRITER Sometimes it’s just not your choice: your grades aren’t where you want them to be, your finances at the time don’t really permit it, or it’s just not a good fit into your already hectic life. Sometimes it is your choice: you’re not sure which organization to join, […]
Category: Opinions
Letter From the Editor: A final love letter to print
By SARAH CORNETT – EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dear Cento Readers: This past October marked 126 years since the first Editor-in-Chief Lucien V. Rule (Class of 1893) founded The Cento. At the beginning, The Cento was nothing more than a few booklet-style pages of announcements and ads for the general student body. Over the next few decades, however, […]
Editorial Board: Call for Senior Week discussion
Editorial Board On Feb. 12, Kendrick Durham emailed the senior class with a tersely titled email: “Important Announcement Regarding Senior Week.” In the body of the email, Durham briefly explained changes made to the Senior Week guest policy, namely, that no guests could stay during Senior Week. Durham bluntly states: “It has been determined that […]
Experts Discover Abraham Lincoln Conceived at Centre
By GRAY WHITSETT – OPINIONS SECTION EDITOR In a stunning new historical development, Centre College administrative experts have determined, independent of the modern academic community, that the sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was conceived on what are now the footsteps of Old Centre. President Lincoln, known for his leadership during the American […]
Boko Haram Acts of Terror and Violence Increase
By JARED THOMPSON – NEWS SECTION EDITOR In recent months, and particularly since the beginning of 2015, the threat of Boko Haram has magnified to a previously unparalleled height. Headlines of various massacres and attacks have dotted cable news headlines with worrying frequency, leaving viewers asking the reasonable question “What is being done about the […]
Editorial Board: New information on Senior Week Discussion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD On February 13, every member of the senior class received an email notifying them of a policy change regarding senior week activities. Citing chronic damages and misconduct, Kendrick Durham, speaking on behalf of the Student Life Office, explained that seniors would no longer be allowed to have guests during senior week. Angered […]
An Eye for an Eye: ISIS and Jordan’s Response
By ADAM JOHNSON – CENTO WRITER ISIS is considered to be a blight on the Middle East, a blight that has origins in one of the world’s largest religions. Fortunately, that origin is baffling for many who follow Islam personally. The problem is radicalism, and the country of Jordan was one of the most recent […]
To Rush or Not to Rush
By IRINI BROM – CENTO WRITER The decision to rush or not to rush is one that seems to weigh heavily on the minds of most first-years that cross the threshold into Centre’s campus. The Centre College Greek Community graciously pushes the process of formal recruitment back an entire semester with the hopes of alleviating some […]
CentreTerm provides new learning opportunities for students
By CHADWICK CARTER – STAFF WRITER For much of the year, students at Centre divide their time between school, social life, athletics, and occasionally, sleep. Apparently it’s quite stressful. In the fall and spring semesters, the average student takes four academic classes. This means, within a given day, the already-cluttered student brain is forced to […]
The benefits of taking a gap year
By MICHELLE KIM – CENTO WRITER There is a common misconception in our society that faster is better. For this reason, elementary and middle school students skip grade levels, high school students take the most AP classes to opt out of college courses, and college students take the most amount of credits possible, all in […]