lol...OMG! addresses college students and social media
There’s no question in anyone’s mind that the Internet plays an exponentially increasing role in our day-to-day lives. With websites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube taking over our online time, the Internet is becoming increasingly more centered on social interaction. It is the potential fallout from this online social interaction that Matt Ivester’s book lol…OMG! focuses upon.
Centre reflects on poet, essayist Adrienne Rich’s legacy
Adrienne Rich was most well known for her poetry — she won several awards, including the National Medal of the Arts in 1997, which she famously refused in protest of the ending of funding to the National Endowment for the Arts. She was also an accomplished essayist who wrote much on the subject of sexuality as a social structure.
From an Island in the Ocean speaks to new writers
From an Island in the Ocean is quirky, fun, sarcastic, and an exceedingly critical novel. It has the boldness of a first novel and the style of that of a more experienced writer.
Centre alumnus to release The Cornbread Mafia
Centre alumnus James Higdon (’98) is about to release his first book, and the subject is one that is bound to raise interest and eyebrows from anyone who glances at the cover.
Poet Spotlight: Laura Zolman shares her inspirations
As a self-described memoirist and creative nonfiction writer, Laura has drawn on her own peculiar experiences — from being the youngest by several decades in a writing class to playing with her grandmother’s 17 cats — to create stories and poems all the more fun because they are true.
"The Images I Keep of People," by Laura Zolman
Laura Zolman shres her poetry with the Cento.
ADS defines words of 2010
As it does every year, the American Dialect Society (ADS) met this January to vote on nominations for the 2010 Words of the Year.
Weston shares socially-aware reads
Let’s face it: as students, we probably don’t leisure read all that much since our brains are overwhelmed with so much academia during the school year. It is our hope that these articles, written with the assistance of Centre professors, will inspire you to make some time for reading. It is much more than a book recommendation list; it is a chance to feature Centre professors and the books that have had an impact on their lives. Be on the lookout for additional recommendations in the library and in future issues of the Cento.
Weston’s new book explores Centre’s past
“Be scholars, be gentlemen, be Christians; all else is base ambition.” This quote, attributed to Centre’s John Yerkes, was the quote from which Beau Weston, professor of sociology, drew inspiration for his book on the history of the College, which will be released during homecoming this fall. The book, titled Centre College: Scholars, Gentlemen, and Christians, has been a project of Weston’s for about ten years.
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