By AUDREY JENKINS – STAFF WRITER Kidal, Mali: Two French journalists were kidnapped and killed last Saturday in Northern Mali. According to a statement issued by the French government, veteran radio journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon of Radio French Internationale (RFI) were abducted by a group of armed men in a 4×4 following an…
By MONICA PENCE – CENTO WRITER Centre is “greening” its dining services with new composting and food waste management programs. Two new large composting vessels now sit behind the Campus Center near the dumpsters, and they have been filled daily with Cowan’s pre-consumer waste since Sept. 10. By chance, Sodexo, Centre’s food service provider, had…
By AUDREY JENKINS – STAFF WRITER Provo, Utah: In a society that highly values digital media sharing, we the people often find ourselves Instagraming everything from our cats to our cars. However, a new study from Brigham Young University has found compelling evidence that may make you think twice before Instagraming your next delicious meal. Instagraming…
By MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER Every year Centre is happy to welcome new faculty into the campus community. This year Alycia Tidrick joined the staff in the Student Life Office as the Director of Greek Life and New Student Orientation. Her job began in a whirlwind as she arrived on Aug. 19, just a…
By JOHN WYATT – STAFF WRITER Centre College students pride themselves on giving back to the Danville community. Organizations like CARE and Alpha Phi Omega, as well as the various Greek organizations, are constantly going out into the community and giving back through service. Centre’s After School Program has recently been recognized as an official campus…
By MARY BURGER – STAFF WRITER Environmental Studies was introduced as a major at Centre last year. The Environmental Studies (ENS) major begins and ends with an ENS specific course, but between ENS 210 (Introduction to Environmental Studies) and ENS 500 (Senior Seminar), students take a variety of interdisciplinary courses, such as history or philosophy….
By JEFFREY PODIS – CENTO WRITER On Friday, Oct. 4, the Centre Democrats hosted an event honoring a member of Centre’s Board of Trustees, Crit Luallen, a graduate of Centre and the former Auditor of the State of Kentucky. This is the second year such a dinner has been hosted and for both years, prominent…
Mary Burger – Staff Writer The current first-year class is proudly being proclaimed as the largest and most diverse yet to arrive on Centre’s campus. The college welcomed 378 new students this year, increasing enrollment to 1,375. But a lesser-known number is the amount of international students who arrived on campus. This year, Centre welcomed 27…
Audrey Jenkins – Staff Writer llendale, Michigan: Grand Valley State University removes campus wrecking ball in light of recent imitations of pop star Miley Cyrus’ explicit music video, “Wrecking Ball.” “We’ve became concerned…from a safety standpoint… Also, the structural integrity….So we’ve elected to remove the ball for now,” a Grand Valley college official said in…
John Wyatt – Staff Writer One of Centre’s biggest values is the idea of studying abroad. This is evident in the high percentage of students that study abroad at least once during their time at Centre College. Nearly 85% of students spend either a semester in popular locations such as Strasbourg, France, London, England, or…