The Verdict

Yes…

to frolicking in various oceans during Spring Break.

No…

to being so worn out by Spring Break that you can no longer function.

Faculty Quote

“Ladies, if some guy ever tells you that God told him something that you have to do, tell him to get on a ship!”

- Prof. Pat Ralston, CHOW I, on Virgil’s Aeneid

The Verdict (01/29/09)

No… to the pine-scented air. We have had enough of the pine-scented air.

Yes… to playing tennis with the net down. Move over Bobby Frost, Billy C in the house!

Tasteless vandalism gives clever pranks a bad rap

Last year, a vandal drove Wallace Anderson’s golf cart off of a cliff near the soccer fields.

by Isaiah Smallman and Will Lutz
A few days ago, some students slipped into the Great Hall late at night and dumped grease and seasoning on the floors and counters and spread napkins around the eating area. Chartwells came in [...]

Despite tanking economy, scholarship money stands unchanged

Admissions representative Matt Brown speaks with a Scholarship Weekend attendee.

Covenant may be cutting expenses and tightening its budget as a result of the economic recession, but it will not decrease the amount of scholarship money given to students this year, said Dr. Jeff Hall, Vice President for Academic Affairs.
“The college believes that it needs to [...]

Thin film lab measures record low temperature

The inside of Dr. Broussard’s new Janis cryocooler, which recently recorded a temperature of less than 6.2 Kelvin.

When a cold front moved across Georgia last week, the Covenant weather station measured wind chills of nearly -20 degrees.
Think that’s cold? Try -449.
A few weeks ago, during a test of his new Janis cryocooler, Dr. Phill [...]

Debate team turns heads, surprises competition at first tournament

Freshman Rosemary Shelden and junior John Rogers at the Covenant Debate Society’s first tournament last Saturday in Virginia.

Covenant’s new Debate Society shocked opponents in their first tournament last Saturday at the Patrick Henry Communicator Classic in Purcelville, VA. With two students finishing in the top five and three students qualifying for the national tournament, the [...]