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 […]
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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 […]
How Trump’s Executive Orders Impact Campus: A Panel With Centre Staff
By Kayla Rogers On the first day of the Spring semester, staff members from across campus came together to hold a panel discussion for students on the recent executive orders and how they will impact campus. Nathan Whitlock, the Interim Director of the Office of Civic and Community Engagement, hosted the event as part of […]
Centre College Housing Quality: Is the Price Right?
by Kayla Rogers As a residential college with almost everyone living on campus, along with the difficulties of obtaining off-campus housing/status, one would think that our dorms would be much better than what we have. Housing comprises a significant chunk of our tuition, tallying at $6,970 for the 2024-2025 school year. Centre’s policy of having […]
Die Hard: The Most Christmas-y Movie Ever?
by Aelwen Iredale What makes a Christmas movie a Christmas movie? Is it the snow, the time of year, the message of love and happy endings? Peace-on-Earth and all that? Or is it just the Christmas carols, gingerbread houses, and lights decked out throughout every set? As a former Hallmark employee, I know all about […]