On April 24th at 6 pm, Devin Bureau ’22 hosted a concert at First Baptist Church in Shreveport featuring the works of two extraordinary female composers from the 20th Century. His concert entitled “An Evening with The Boulangers” featured works from Lili and Nadia Boulanger, two sisters who were well-established musicians in France.

April 9, 2022 was a day full of sunny skies, an ever-present breeze, and BSU’s Family Reunion. Centenary’s Black Student Union (BSU) are known for offering a welcoming invite for a range of events to the whole student body—the invitation for their Family Reunion.

On Sunday, April 17th, the Centenary College Choir held its yearly tradition of hosting the Easter Sunrise Service in the Shell. It was a cool morning, the sun not yet up, when the service began.

Midterm elections are happening this year in November, which means that it is time to start making your voting plan for the midterm elections and any elections before them. If you’ve never registered to vote, then let this article be your starting point!

Welcome to Issue 7 of The Conglomerate! We never thought this day would come! Or that, if it did, we would long be another defunct student media organization and a broken website.

Friends, Romans, First-Years, lend me your ears; I come to give you a warning, not to scare you. Practice your public speaking skills for the 2022 Centenary Annual Research Conference is upon us.

As we finally start to warm up and get attacked by the pollen outside, spring is finally here with one more month left in the semester. And with the spring comes the biggest week of the semester — that isn’t called finals week.

March 2022 has been an eventful month globally, from International Women’s Day to the Worm Moon to tragedy hitting a new high in Ukraine. To commemorate the month, here are an assortment of 10 photos in no particular order of importance or chronography that are essential to fully comprehending what has occurred in March 2022.

Peter and the Starcatcher opened up to the Centenary Community on March 15th and 16th. It was met with thunderous applause as students watched orphans, pirates, mermaids, and starcatchers run around the stage putting on the story of how Peter Pan became Peter Pan.

The Meadows Museum of Art in Shreveport, Louisiana, takes residence in the far corner of Centenary’s campus looming over the admissions building. Amongst its constantly rotating collection of art is one owned by two individuals native to the state.

It was almost impossible to not hear about Russia invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Many of us have seen updates about Russia and Ukraine, and we may have even done some basic research on the history between these two countries, but in order to gain more clarity on why Russia invaded Ukraine and what the possible future could be as a result of this conflict, I conducted an interview with Dr. Donahoe and Dr. Fulwider, two professors here at Centenary.

Centenary’s Model Arab League (MAL) team has had a successful run at two conferences this year. From February 12-13, 2022, the team competed in Houston’s Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce Regional Conference, and from March 18-20, 2022, they went all the way to Spartanburg, South Carolina for the Southeast Regional Model Arab League (SERMAL) Conference.

One of Centenary’s most anticipated events during the school year is Spring Fling, a week full of activities and events put on by the Centenary Activities Board (CAB). Spring Fling 2022 was held during the week of March 14-18 and had the chosen theme of “Camp Catahoula.”

As we enter the month of March, we also enter Women’s History Month. This month is a celebration of the contributions women have made to history and society.

When the Meadows Museum opened in 1975, it was home to 350 works of art, ranging from watercolors to drawings to painting. These pieces were all done by French artist Jean Despujoles, who based them on his time in Indochina.

As someone who grew up Christian but not a Catholic, I have always been aware of Mardi Gras and some of its history, but how do the celebrations we see in Louisiana today compare to its origins in early Roman Catholicism. Mardi Gras originated when Christianity was introduced to the Roman Empire.

When the Cline dormitory gets brought up, many Centenary students would be able to give some description of the building – an open courtyard, a New Orleans style accented with a water fountain, eight people to a suite, etc. A similar characteristic that is closely tied to Cline’s name has been the Fishbowl.

Two years ago, around this time, prom season was slowly coming in the air in high school. I was two months out from my senior prom, and my friends and I were planning on the perfect last hoorah.

Je viens du sud de la Louisiane et j’étudie le français à Centenary. Tous les étudiants de Centenary savent qu’il faut faire un cours de ‘communauté.’

Amongst everything happening around the world, the anticipation of the start of one of the largest global events is starting to rise.