Life & Times
The Bronze Arms: A Series of Convocations
October 13, 2026
Sept 24., Centenary Professors Dr. Zunick, Dr. Rietveld and Dr. Lawrence began presenting a series of convocations relating their fields to “The Bronze Arms,” a collection of poetry focusing on memory and identity. The author of the book, Richie Hoffman, will be receiving the Corrington Award on Oct. 26. Designed for first-years taking TREK 115, the convocations center on three different ideas: how the book relates to memories and our sense of self, how it relates to art and the survival of myths, and matter and what we can learn from it.
Magale Library Reduces Hours
September 26, 2026
The cover for Rage Against the Machine’s “The Battle of Los
Angeles” (1999). The album is described as rap metal and
funk metal.
During Fall 2025 finals, the Centenary English Department’s Instagram account, @centenaryenglish, posted study playlists that each English professor put together of music that they listened to while they were in their undergraduate programs along with photos of them from that time period.
Taking inspiration from those posts, the Conglomerate has collected from four English professors specific albums along with explanations of the albums they chose and some advice for Centenary’s current students that they wish they knew while they were in their undergraduate programs.
Dr. Matthew Blasi attended St. Petersburg College in Clearwater, Florida, from 2005 to 2006 and the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, from 2006 to 2008 as an English major.
When asked to pick an album to represent his time at college, Blasi settled on Rage Against the Machine’s “The Battle of Los Angeles.”
