by Laura Taylor Over the years I have heard many grumblings about the parking situation here at Centre. I have witnessed drivers slowly go down lines of parking, the driver hopeful, keeping their head on a swivel, despite their slim chances of finding a parking space remotely close by on a Monday night. More recently, […]
Category: Opinions
The Disabled Experience at Centre College
by The Student Association for Social Justice and Equity (SASJE) Disabled students at Centre College struggle to be heard. Rather than reflecting on the college’s systemic prejudices, administration sweeps our stories under the rug, pretends they never happened, and allays complaints with the sweet promise, “We only want to have a dialogue with students.” Yet […]
Is Student Activism a Thing at Centre?
by Duffy Oakley All across the country this year, college campuses have been rife with protests, strikes, walk-outs and other student mobilizations. But you wouldn’t get that impression from looking at Centre. Aside from the occasional (and controversy-generating) sidewalk chalk, there has been relatively little visible activism on campus this year. By all appearances, Centre […]
Recycling: Easy Targets on Campus
by Teresa Curry In a recent ENS 230 field trip, students got to see the inner workings of Danville’s recycling center. We had the opportunity to help sort through the various types of plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and milk cartons on a conveyor belt. The experience itself was fascinating, as we were able to see […]
Does Centre Still Look Like Centre?
by Connor Parks Admit it. Whoever you are, you’ve had that inevitable moment strolling through campus, observing each building surrounding you, and thinking to yourself something along the lines of, “Why are they all so…different?” How can a form so robust and imposing as the Norton Center coexist with the smoother, more traditionally straightlaced lines […]
Wildcat (2023): A Review
by Logan Ward On Saturday, April 13, a group of Centre students (myself included) – who took the legendary Dr. Mark Lucas’ Flannery O’Connor course over CentreTerm – were treated to a dream opportunity: an advanced screening of the Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington, followed by a Q&A session with […]
Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine
by Olivia Barker Ariana Grande’s latest album, eternal sunshine, released on March 8th, represented an interesting step for the artist. The tracks on eternal sunshine seem to both embody Grande’s traditional pop roots while also delving into more soulful, reflective sounds in certain songs. Grande starts off the album with the nostalgic sounds of “intro […]
The RLO Story with Jess Sweitzer
by Daniel Covington Background: Monday was the final day of the housing lottery. As a continuation of our last story, we interviewed RLO and Jess Sweitzer in particular. “With over 20 years of residence life experience, Jess joined the Centre team in June 2023 as the Director of Residence Life & Housing. Raised in Guys […]
RLO vs. the Students
by Daniel Covington, Staff Writer It is housing lottery season again, folks, and everything is going just as planned with our great new housing system — except it’s not. We are halfway through the process and people are doing the best they can with their time slots, but this big change comes with many problems. […]
CentOnion: Centre Students Melt As They Desperately Await A/C
by McKenzie Snellgrove With temperatures rising and the sun finally coming out to greet the smiling faces of students barreling headfirst into finals, spring has officially sprung here at Centre College! However, a strange epidemic seems to be emerging out of the beautiful weather. While most students can be found sunning themselves on the lawn […]