The Verdict

Yes…

to sledding with anything imaginable.

No…

to an icy death literally hanging over your head.

Faculty Quote

“Freud is sort of the wart on the rump of psychology.”

- Prof. Kevin Eames, History and Systems of Psychology

Song of the Week

Blitzen Trapper’s  “Silver Moon”

The former Covenant kids are back with a very autumn-flavored single, sounding like Bruce Springsteen on a good day in a better world. I like to think that if they had gone to Covenant with our current batch of students, they would’ve stuck around for more than a year…

Photo of the Week

Haiti Quake Kills 70K

In the wake of an earthquake which leveled much of its capital, Covenant students and professors urge support for what was already one of the world’s most impoverished nations.

A few days before she boarded a plane and returned to Covenant for her final semester, senior Alex Amicy visited the National Palace of Haiti in Port-au-Prince [...]

Book Review: Hendrik Hertzberg understands One Million

That's right, folks—Hendrik Hertzberg's new book has one million dots in it.

Few of us have ever taken the time to sit down and seriously ruminate over a word that has become a part of our daily lexicon—one million.

Okay, so that’s two words, but still, think for a second. Have you ever seen one million [...]

Leonard Cohen enters golden age at 75

Leonard Cohen performing in Asheville, NC.

When men stopped wearing fedoras to work, a golden age passed. When Leonard Cohen wore a fedora to work on Sunday night, he ushered in a golden age of his own.

Cohen, a highly esteemed and respected 75-year-old singer and songwriter, possesses a chiseled voice that lends itself to a [...]

Avett Brothers refine new studio sound

What does some heavily bearded dude named Rick Rubin stand to gain by having his fingerprints all over the latest disc from The Avett Brothers? Other than the inevitable cash haul, probably not that much considering that Rubin’s résumé as an established record production powerhouse includes collaboration with artists with names like [...]

U2 sells us a product we can’t even pretend to not like

Bono captivates audiences by singing into a steering wheel on a $15 million stage. What’s not to like?

Bringing new meaning to the word “showstopper,” the stage set-up for U2’s 360 Tour resembles something akin to a colossal robotic tarantula—complete with fog machines and a slew of multi-colored lights (not to mention the world’s first [...]