The Verdict

Yes…

to a sixteen page Bagpipe, and sixteen days until summer.

No…

to anything resembling term papers or exams.

Faculty Quote

“I’m not sure if mules can be male or female. But I’m not really familiar with mule genitalia.”

-Prof. Tim Morris, Contemporary Biology

“My parents told me not to do anything to a girl that I wouldn’t want done to my sister.  So that pretty much ended my dating career.”

- Prof. Toni Chiareli, Intro to Sociology

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 [...]

Book Review: Z is Not for Zombie

If you were judging by the title, The Lost City of Z by David Grann sounds like a mad-zombie thriller. But Grann’s account of Col. Percy Fawcett’s obsessive exploration of the Amazon offers a deft mix of adventure, mystery, history, and biography that’s hard to find (and even harder to put down).

If [...]

Tar Nation

North Carolina rolls in NCAA

by James Harrison (with Nate Drexler)

Sorry, Michiganders (and those of you who taught at Calvin and for some reason feel like you have an allegiance to Michigan teams… which is pretty much every other professor at Covenant).
It was never meant to be. I know that your team worked hard, and that [...]