by Linley Mueller When I was looking at the courses for CentreTerm, I saw that there were so many interesting classes offered. Originally, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, but after seeing a class titled “Bone Rooms,” I knew I had found my choice. This class had the description, “Practice and Ethics in […]
Category: Opinions
What’s Cooking in Cowan?
by Hallie Gleeson Complaining about Cowan is a treasured Centre student pastime. We’ve talked about the bland food, the endless supply of off-season cantaloupe, and the freezer-burned ice cream… but since CentreTerm, these grievances have subsided. “I think I’ve just had my first-ever Cowan meal,” one student declared. “Before, I was just shoveling food into […]
The State of Disabled Housing at Centre College
by Anonymous What would you do if you couldn’t move your legs, yet you were stuck on the 3rd floor of your dorm with no elevator? Disabled students often experience difficulty here at Centre College: this is perhaps most true when it comes to accessible housing. Disabled students often have to fight for their housing […]
A Funny Little Obsession with Hatred: How One-Sided is the UK/UT Football Rivalry?
by Connor Parks (Multimedia Editor) and Elle Moses (Staff Writer) Connor: They hate me ‘round these parts. And the fact of the matter is, I saw none of it coming. Just a handful of months ago I sat wide-eyed in front of my laptop, tickets to the nearing UT/UK game on full display, wondering how […]
Don’t Forget the Call of Winter
by Olivia Barker, Arts & Leisure Editor and Staff Writer When the red and yellow evenings of October and November corrode into December and an unforgiving chill starts to creep along the edges of morning and night, the faces of Centre students seem to turn graver. The darkness comes sooner and goes later, the last […]
RateMyProfessors: Please Use It!
by Hallie Gleeson, Opinion Editor and Staff Writer As projects and essays and late-night study sessions pile up, take a short break and head on over to RateMyProfessors.com. You know that class you’ve been complaining about for an entire semester? Yep, it’s time to let it all out, and don’t hold anything back. Take to […]
When Does Christmas Start?
By Aelwen Iredale, Staff Writer As a former Hallmark employee, I know firsthand that some people have very strong opinions about when the Christmas season should start. Ornaments go up in June for our first release of decorations, and then the rest come in October. It is ridiculous the amount of times people have walked […]
Centre United… and Divided
by Olivia Barker, Arts & Leisure Editor and Staff Writer Currently, there are 575 students working on Centre’s campus. By the end of the year, this number will be near 700. With such a large margin of Centre’s students employed on campus, work-study has an incredible impact on Centre’s culture, seen by many students as […]
Yik Yak: Yea or Nay?
by Linley Mueller, Staff Writer There are many people on college campuses everywhere that are aware of the socializing app called “YikYak,” an anonymous forum where people from different communities can post and interact with each other. There are ways this app can be used for good. For example, friends can be made and people […]
Centre’s Outdoor Art Students
By Elena Rodrigues While making the trek between classes, many Centre students noticed a new addition to the greenery: art students! These art students can be seen standing between many of the academic buildings such as Crounse, Young, and Olin Hall. These are students from the figure drawing and landscape class, who are working on […]