by Kayla Rogers Press Picking: Free Press in the United States “Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House Press Team. Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join–fear not–but we will also be offering the privilege to well-deserving outlets […]
Category: Opinions
The State of Freedom of Expression at Centre
by Sasha Haunz, Turner Roach, Jenna Haines, Kira Pusateri, and Xavier Hayden “Go F*nd Yourself, Planned Parenthood!” These words were blatantly stated on an eye-catching poster that was strategically placed outside of the Campus Center in November. The anti-choice stance of the Students for Life America organization sparked immediate criticism from within the Centre community. […]
Title IX: An Investigation
by Cole Hiller Cases of sexual assault and rape are unfortunately relevant on campus. Safety when going out is very important, and the general student population is aware of how to stay safe and recognize when someone else is in an unsafe situation. On an institutional level, there is the Title IX office which is […]
What Can Democrats Do?
by Perry Nadreau On Tuesday, President Trump gave his first address to Congress since beginning his second term. While the address was more of a campaign rally than anything substantive, the highlight of the night for me was Al Green, a Democrat representative from Texas, standing up and protesting the removal of Medicare and […]
The Power of a Liberal Arts Education
by Hallie Gleeson What is the purpose of a liberal arts college education? That’s a question that your FYC class probably attempted to answer. (Maybe repeatedly.) Students arriving at Centre hail from many cities, many states, many countries. Each Colonel comes to Centre for a combination of reasons—perhaps to continue playing their favorite sport, to […]
The Next Five Years
by Hadley O’Bryan The Climate Clock counts down to the point where we reach irreversible damage. Five years remain. How can it get worse than this? You spend the morning of February 16th contacting loved ones to see if they and their homes survived the disaster. This has become commonplace for you. You did it […]
Sit Back, Relax, Enjoy the Flight: Reassuring Fliers
by Connor Parks I never thought it would happen again either. Fifteen going on sixteen years since anything even remotely similar happened in the U.S, the global “gold standard” for flight safety. Sure, at times we had a stray incident with injuries or a sole fatality, but we had attained brilliance unheard of. One of […]
Capitol to Campus: Political News You Need to Know
by Kayla Rogers This section of The Cento is intended to bring politics news, from Kentucky’s local politics to national politics in the United States. However, some truly remarkable events have occurred on the international stage as of late and I believe it would be a disservice to leave these events off your radar: These […]
If I Were A Billionaire…
by Hallie Gleeson Scan today’s top headlines and you’ll spot a half-dozen references to Zuckerburg, Musk, Bezos, and the like. Barely a day goes by where we don’t hear about the goings-on of the 0.01%. We joke, we groan, and sometimes we even admire — after all, most of them are self-made, or have at […]
Centre’s Inadequate Snow Clearings
By Daniel Covington For the past few weeks, weather around Centre’s campus has been as bad as it could be. To start the CentreTerm semester, there was an unprecedented snow storm that led to an ultra-rare Centre College snow day. As a result, students returned to campus later than usual, citing the dangers on the […]