Prepare for an extended stay-cation. Following the lead of many other colleges, Bucks County Community College is closing all three campuses due to the coronavirus outbreak and all classes will be taught online until at least the end of April. College President Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt made the announcement March 12. In a letter posted on the college's...

The Centurion continued its winning streak at the Student Keystone Press Awards with nine wins at this year’s competition. The Centurion took home wins in seven different categories. The student newspaper received four first-place wins. These first-place wins were in the “Ongoing News Coverage,” “Public Service/Enterprise Package,” “Sports...

“Even though I lost, I won.” This is how Bucks’ new Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Kevin Antoine reflects on his 1996 Congressional Run for the now dismantled fourth district of Mississippi. Antoine’s successes in emerging from that campaign are not only now part of American history, but helped him get to where he is now. While...

The college is considering laying off two professors in the music department due to  declining enrollment at Bucks. Bucks’ provost, Lisa G. Angelo, agreed to comment. According to Angelo, seniority does not protect professors from layoffs. “There are provisions in the faculty contract that allow, with enough notice, for any faculty member...

Governor Tom Wolf visited Riversid Junior/Senior High School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 4 to propose a $240 million scholarship program that would allow for more students to graduate college on time with less debt. The program will assist lower and middle-class students attending one of the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities...

With Valentines Day approaching, love is in the air here at Bucks County Community College. With many students planning on celebrating this love-filled holiday, you may be asking yourself, how are students able to juggle work, school, and a relationship? Bucks students gave their intake on how to maintain a relationship as a college student. Jamal...

Due to the closure of the parking lot on the west side of campus the stress of finding a close parking spot has increased for students at the Bucks Newtown Campus. Students who are unaware of the closed lot may be surprised to find their usual parking spot to be already occupied when they arrive to campus. The parking lot on the west side of campus...

After 18 hours of deliberation, the jury found Sean Kratz guilty of first-degree and second-degree murder for the death of Dean Finocchiaro and voluntary manslaughter for the deaths of Tom Meo and Mark Sturgis. Kratz was sentenced to life in prison for his role in these 2017 slayings that took place on a farm in Solebury Township. Kratz sentence announcement...

The federal student loan debt is at an all-time high of $1.6 trillion dollars while private student loan debt has reached $119 billion dollars and now policy makers are scrambling for a solution. According to a study by the Harvard Kennedy School, 57 percent of Americans view student debt as a problem for younger people. Rebecca Lang a 20-year-old...

Through the Intro to Environmental course at Bucks, students have begun to plant roughly 300 native trees and shrubs from Pennsylvania by the Covered Bridge Trail in Tyler State Park. Dr. Kathi Knight, a professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at Bucks planned the tree planting project. Knight explained that the tree planting project is part...