By CHAD CARTER – STAFF WRITER School has begun again, and a new class of seniors begins to realize they are nearly finished with their education on Centre’s campus. For many seniors, this means that a deadly disease will soon strike: senioritis. But while that epidemic sweeps campus, another will surely follow. Nostalgia has already started […]
Category: Opinions
Student and Faculty Parking: What’s the Plan?
By MASON McCLAY – STAFF WRITER Centre’s campus is often applauded for its nearly constant renovation of facilities, from the eagerness and openness to altering the quality of some spaces (Sandella’s), to some of the more unique additions to campus (Religious Life and Contemplation Room). The standard of constructing a campus suited to the needs and […]
EXObition: An Extended Look at Extended Orientation
By JARED THOMPSON – STAFF WRITER Every year, somewhere in the neighborhood of 320 first-year Centre students run the gauntlet of Extended Orientation (EXO), a “class” that meets once weekly with various members of Centre’s staff to cover a plethora of topics that will help students make a successful transition into college. This year, Extended Orientation is […]
Centre College Ranked #1 College in Boyle County
By GRAY WHITSETT – OPINIONS SECTION EDITOR “There’s a little college down in Kentucky which in 60 years has graduated more men who have acquired prominence and fame than has Princeton in her 150 years.” – Woodrow Wilson So goes the quote that has kept the “little college down in Kentucky” flaming for decades. Centre College, […]
Title IX and Haven Spark Conversations on Campus
By LAURA HUMBLE – STAFF WRITER Centre has made a recent profound change in their policy regarding sexual misconduct, a change that impacts every student on this campus, but one that many are not aware of. “We want to send a clear and unmistakable statement against sexual misconduct of all kinds, especially sexual violence. We focused […]
So What’s the Big Deal About Calling Them Freshmen?
By MORGAN KING – STAFF WRITER It is a struggle that Centre students have faced since the moment they have moved into their first dorm room. At Centre, and many other colleges across the nation, the students’ first year is not marked by the typical term “freshman” but instead embrace the more general name of “first-year.” […]
Will Work for Experience: Woes of Desperate Interns
BY SARAH CORNETT – EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Each year, students across the nation begin the crucial and chaotic hunt for the perfect internship. If they’re smart, the search begins in the early fall. Several hours are spent scouring through internship directories and databases, organization’s websites, and emails to find a few hundred possibilities. By the winter break they’ve […]
The Gray Area: The Final Shade of Gray
BY GRAY WHITSETT – COLUMNIST We critique, I believe, because we feel. If there is no connection, no emotional investment, there stands no motivation to lift a finger, whether to help or to hurt. Those who don’t bother to care don’t bother to do much of anything. But I also believe we must consistently doubt it. Framed […]
Combating the Censorship of Journalism
By RACHEL WEST – MANAGING EDITOR In a twenty-first century world, it can seem like access to information is immediate. When a starlet causes a scandal, it’s on the Internet in seconds. When a breaking news story comes in, you get an alert on your iPhone telling you all about it. Information, and thus the media, […]
Some transparency needed in regard to Centre’s private investments
BY ALEC HUDSON – STAFF WRITER One of the negative aspects of going to a private liberal arts college is that the school’s endowment is not transparent. Though students and staff are allowed to meet and discuss the endowment with members of the Board of Trustees, the official documents and investments of the endowment are kept […]