Gun Violence Escalating in Major U.S. Cities
Gun violence has critically injured thousands of people this year and taken the lives of many innocent citizens in major U.S. cities, leaving citizens wondering what we can do to prevent shootings in the...
Should the U.S. Help Ukraine More?
Over the last 80 years there have been many wars, with none being to the scale of World War II, but with the rise of war between Russia and Ukraine, students believe the United States has an obligation...
On Feb. 24, Russia officially began their invasion into Ukraine, initiating a war that has impacted people all over the world and one that is still ongoing almost a month later with no end in sight. This...
Russia Launches Invasion of Ukraine
Before the day began in Ukraine on Thursday, Russian forces unleashed attacks on the country from three sides, causing civilians to flee the area in any transportation available and triggering mass frustration...
Supply Chain Issues Threaten Holiday Season
Global supply chain issues have made holiday shopping more difficult for shoppers this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global supply chain negatively, creating less supply during a time...
Gas Prices At An All Time High
The fuel crisis has spread all over the country as gas prices are at an all-time high with the national average at $3.39 per gallon, putting a tremendous strain on working adults and college students alike. Gas...
Rising Gas Prices Hit Bucks Students in the Pocketbook
Mixed emotions surround the college community as gas prices rise to record levels. The oil companies around the world have been increasingly bumping up the price of oil, which is the main cause for...
Epic Poker Club Wants to Deal You In
Poker was banned in our high schools as it was a form of gambling, but now students can enjoy the fun and joy of the game that brings a lot of skill. Tim Youse is the executor of Epic Poker Club at...
Disability Pride Club Seeks New Members
All universities and colleges are diverse in so many ways. But this especially includes those who are ‘unique’, who may not feel safe in the surroundings at the college. But a great club to join is...
Veterans Club is Seeking Members
Did you know the Bucks County Community College has its very own Veterans Club? Well now you do. The club was started in 2013 and is still running today. The club’s goal is to unite like-minded...
This Bucks Student Takes Classes From the Bahamas
Normally whenever we hear about a nontraditional student it is when they go to a big state school, or a private university. However, Bucks has a couple of students that live outside of Pennsylvania or...
Meet Chris Seifert, Bucks’ New Engagement Coordinator
At the Newtown campus, Bucks has a new face emerging in the world of Student Life. Chris Seifert is the newest coordinator of Student Engagement and the Centurion was about to get in touch to learn his story as well as the plans and ideas he brings to the table to expand upon the current Student Life at the college. He is a seasoned individual in his field and is very excited to get to work and bring...
Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Frank Boston
The life of a Black physician and “unsung hero,” who started both a hospital and Ambulance Corp. in the 1930s – a man now being celebrated in a comic book – was explored in an online forum recently...
After her husband Joe died, Joan Campbell delayed his memorial service for several months until the monument to honor the grave of her father where her mother’s ashes were interred in Doylestown Cemetery...
Lane Johnson and Mental Health
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in five adults in the United States is living with mental illness. 42.5 million people reported struggling with some form of an anxiety disorder,...
Living History at the Gettysburg National 19th Century Baseball Event
The Gettysburg National 19th Century Baseball Festival was a free event meant to get the community involved and educated about vintage baseball at the Schroeder Family Farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,...
Practicing self-care in the pandemic
Self care, especially during a pandemic, is important for your mental and physical health. Having some good techniques may help you find more motivation to get out of bed and take care of yourself. I...
The History And Impact Of Black History Month
Black History Month is celebrated every year in February, but many of the people who celebrate it do not know its origins. Kevin Antoine, Chief Diversity Officer at Bucks, said that in 1926 a historian...
Newtown, PA – Impassioned words were met with resounding bursts of applause when students, former students, parents, and members of the public in the Council Rock School District (CRSD) spoke against...
Bucks hosted Gloria Lopez, Esq., former Fulbright Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa, at a celebration honoring Native Americans during November’s Native American Heritage...

Covid hit Bucks like an earthquake with repercussions and after shocks that we are still trying to assess. One day the parking lots were overflowing...

Remember when we were told to wear masks, sanitize everything and socially distance just for "...two weeks to flatten the curve..."? That was...

When the pandemic first hit, professors were given very little warning that they were about to spend more than a year teaching through their...

Some colleges are starting to mandate vaccinations for students. Bucks has not mandated the vaccine, and students seem to agree with that decision. According...




On the one-year anniversary of of the shutdown of Bucks County Community College's three campuses due to the Covid pandemic, the Centurion staff...

For the past nine years, Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt has served as Bucks’ president. During this time, the college has faced no shortage of challenges,...

With the college facing a $5.5 million budget deficit, Bucks President Stephanie Shanblatt on March 5 sent a memo to faculty and staff announcing...

2020 was a year for all of us to remember as one of the worst of our generation. A world filled with sickness, corruption, and conflict across...

The 2020 presidential election was one of the most important elections in American history, and young voters helped sway the vote in Joe Biden’s...

After a chaotic election, Joe Biden has taken office as the 46th president. Shortly after being sworn in, he signed 15 executive orders, undoing...
How COVID-19 & California’s Wildfires are Affecting Produce
October 29, 2020
The high heat levels tearing through California, along with the horrendous impact of COVID-19 has flipped produce departments upside down. Not only in the area, but other departments around the world are suffering due to the decline in product and incline in demand. Social distancing has forced factories and production out of business. COVID-19 has taken the world by...
Trump Downplays Covid-19, Then Catches It
October 29, 2020
The only thing scarier than an aggressive, deadly disease is that disease impacting a powerful group of people. According to the New York Times, there have been 8.32 million COVID-19 cases in the United States resulting in 221,000 deaths. While a pandemic this deadly seems like it would call for obvious solutions, it instead has sparked very controversial discussions. President...
Movie Theatres Suffer During COVID-19
Kayla Gidzinski, Centurion Staff
October 29, 2020
Over the last several months, the Coronavirus pandemic has put several companies out of businesses, especially theatres across America. Earlier this month, Regal Cinemas shut their doors down for the second time since the pandemic, leaving 536 theaters empty once again. Over 45,000 people could lose their jobs as there’s no timetable for when Regal will reopen. Movie...
April 30, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0knWuE3hi0&feature=youtu.be
Coping With Sexual Violence: A Bucks Student’s Story
April 26, 2018
Knock it off. It Needs to End. Now.
April 26, 2018
Bucks Student Faces Creeps on Campus
April 26, 2018
April 30, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBociiv4r_M&feature=youtu.be
April 30, 2018
“March For Our Lives” Protest Draws Huge Attendance from Bucks County and Across America
March 29, 2018
Central Bucks Students Protest Gun Violence
March 20, 2018
- Man gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park in second attack this year June 29, 2022A 34-year-old man is recovering after he was charged at and brutally gored by a bison when he and his family got too close for comfort at Yellowstone National Park.
- Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion June 29, 2022The Supreme Court's ruling has set off a travel scramble in parts of the U.S.
- R&B hitmaker R. Kelly due in court for sex abuse sentencing June 29, 2022R. Kelly is being sentenced in a sex trafficking case.
- Trump White House attorney disputes Hutchinson's testimony about handwritten note June 29, 2022A former Trump White House lawyer is disputing ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony that she penned a handwritten note regarding the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
- Ben Crump joins legal team of Black man injured while in police custody June 29, 2022Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has joined the legal team of Richard Cox, a Black man who was injured while being transported by New Haven police.
- Ukraine's president: Russia has become 'a terrorist' state June 29, 2022Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russia of becoming “a terrorist” state carrying out “daily terrorist acts” and is urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations
- Ukraine's president: Russia has become 'a terrorist' state June 29, 2022Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russia of becoming “a terrorist” state carrying out “daily terrorist acts” and is urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations
- Police: Carbon monoxide killed 3 tourists at Bahamas resort June 29, 2022Police in the Bahamas say that carbon monoxide poisoning killed three U.S. tourists found dead at a resort in May
- New indictments returned in Texas against convicted murderer June 29, 2022New capital murder indictments have been returned against a convicted murderer from the Dallas area whom authorities now allege is responsible for 22 deaths
- New indictments returned in Texas against convicted murderer June 29, 2022New capital murder indictments have been returned against a convicted murderer from the Dallas area whom authorities now allege is responsible for 22 deaths
- FTC sues Walmart for scammers' use of money transfer unit June 29, 2022The Federal Trade Commission says it has sued Walmart for allowing its money transfer services to be used by scam artists who the agency says fleeced hundreds of millions of dollars from consumers
- FTC sues Walmart for scammers' use of money transfer unit June 29, 2022The Federal Trade Commission says it has sued Walmart for allowing its money transfer services to be used by scam artists who the agency says fleeced hundreds of millions of dollars from consumers
- Dramatic details you may have missed in Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing June 28, 2022Cassidy Hutchinson offered the committee a firsthand account of what was happening in the White House before, during and after the Capitol riot.
- California land taken from Black couple returned to heirs June 28, 2022The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has returned ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s
- California land taken from Black couple returned to heirs June 28, 2022The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has returned ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s
- Attorney: Officer shot man 5 times, paused, shot him again June 28, 2022Attorneys for the mother of a dead North Carolina man say body-camera footage shows a police officer shot the unarmed man five times after a chase, paused to call dispatch, and then shot him again
- WATCH: Gosling tries to keep up with family June 28, 2022A determined little gosling was almost left behind when it couldn't keep up with the rest of the group.
- WATCH: Bear surprises couple on their wedding anniversary June 28, 2022A couple got an unexpected surprise while celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in Tennessee.
- Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years June 28, 2022Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday after she was convicted in December on sex trafficking charges.
- Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years June 28, 2022Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday after she was convicted in December on sex trafficking charges.
Chase Zemitis, Centurion Staff
May 4, 2022
As this year’s NBA regular season came to an end, the Philadelphia 76ers found themselves in what seems to be a commanding position to make a serious run at a league championship. For...
May 3, 2022
Softball season has officially started at Bucks, and even though we are now a club team and lost our first match, this is what you must look forward to this season. The...
April 13, 2022
After an extended offseason, baseball and the Philadelphia Phillies are back. The Phillies have made some major signings this offseason, but will it be enough to make the...
March 9, 2022
The MLB has been in a “lockout” for nearly three months. The lockout began when 30 owners all voted in support of the Lockout. A lockout is when the team owners are...
The names Venus and Serena Williams are synonymous with tennis and excellence. The accolades of these amazing woman are known to most people. Filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus...
Sony's Marvel universe has kicked off its 2022 slate of feature films with “Morbius,” starring Jared Leto as the titular Dr. Michael Morbius. The film, which has experienced...
On March 27 of this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held its annual awards show to celebrate the best films released between March 1 and Dec. 31, 2021. This...
Since the pandemic has subsided a little bit, have you been to the movies? Or have you waited for the movies to come out on your favorite streaming service? When asked...

The life of a Black physician and “unsung hero,” who started both a hospital and Ambulance Corp. in the 1930s – a man now being celebrated...

Bucks hosted Gloria Lopez, Esq., former Fulbright Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa, at a celebration honoring...

PA State Senator Steven Santarsiero and Kevin Antoine Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) officer at Bucks County Community College...
April 27, 2017
San Francisco will become the first city in the United States to offer free community college to its residents, while New York will soon offer tuition-free public universities. The...
April 27, 2017
From the outside, it appears that Gianna Rato, a freshman business major at Bucks and a first-generation college student, has the world at her fingertips. Between a scholarship...
April 27, 2017
As children grow up, their parents and teachers tell them to go to school for 13 years, earn a high school degree, then go to college for four years and graduate. After all,...
Shannon Harrar, Centurion Staff
April 27, 2017
Tatiana Orr, an 18-year-old, second-semester music major, is a full-time student at Bucks, as well as a full-time employee at Ann’s Choice retirement community. The...
Vincent Barreras, Centurion Staff
April 27, 2017
Pell Grants and other college programs may lose money as President Donald J. Trump outlined his 2018 budget proposal. According to the budget, while Pell Grants will...
The Struggles of Community College
April 27, 2017
Jahmeelah Wilson , Centurion Staff
April 22, 2016
Hydraulic Fracturing also referred to as “fracking” is a technique used to extract natural gas, and has become equal with all things gas drilling. It involves shooting...
Lauren Savana, Centurion Staff
April 22, 2016
As I sit down at the bar I wait just a mere moment for the whirlwind that is Jane Keyes, the owner of this bar, the restaurant above it, and the houses surrounding it, to...
Lauren Savana, Centurion Staff
April 22, 2016
Over the past century there has been a radical and unprecedented decline in the populations of honeybees. Bees are a vital organism as the primary pollinator of native plants...
The Paris Agreement: Collective climate control
April 22, 2016