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

Promising solution to 20-year-old sewer dispute finally surfaces

One of the Krupski subdivision sewer pumps, located on DCWSA property.

BY KATE HARRISON AND ZACH MCELRATH

Every year, Covenant College spends about $60,000 operating deteriorating sewer lines which carry sewage from the Krupski Loop residential neighborhood, located a few minutes south of the college along Scenic Highway. Covenant is currently working with the city of [...]

Voyles Promoted to Vice President: Promotion marks an end to administrative musical chairs

As of November 5, Brad Voyles is now Vice President for Student Development/Dean of Students. As a VP, Voyles will maintain his responsibilities as Dean, along with the added obligations required by his new position.

“It just makes sense for him to be a senior part of the administration,” said President Niel Nielson, who [...]

Federalized student loans poised to become a lot more federal

A bill recently passed in the House should result in cheaper student loans, but heavier consequences for default.

While students bat opinions back and forth about the government’s involvement in health care, many are unaware of a bill on Senate’s table that could dramatically affect how their student loans work.

The bill, H.R. 3221, passed in [...]

Sunday dinners make a comeback: Students delighted with change, but Chartwells student workers wary of new schedule

For the first time in four years, students migrated to the Great Hall this past Sunday night for dinner. About 400 students showed up and ate from a reduced menu, which included pizza, pasta, and salad.

The school used to offer Sunday dinners until 2006, when they decided to cut the meal to [...]

Facebook dents the gradebooks: Covenant students publish research on Facebook and academic performance

Senior Claudia Canales (left) and junior Brooke Wilbanks (right) collaborated with senior Anna Yeoman to publish a paper documenting the relationship between Facebook usage and academic performance.

Each day across the globe over 60 billion minutes–that’s 11,416 years–are spent on Facebook. A website with those kinds of numbers can’t be passed off as a hobby [...]