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

$4,000,000: Covenant receives single largest gift ever from the estate of Lowell Andreas

Lowell Andreas died this past April. His estate gave Covenant a gift of $4 million.

After just receiving an unexpected $1 million foundation grant from an anonymous donor, Covenant College has received another huge financial gift—$4 million, from the estate of Lowell Andreas.

This is the single largest financial gift Covenant has ever received at [...]

A SIP to remember

It’s that time of year. All seniors seem to talk about right now are papers, papers, papers. 14-pagers, 20-pagers, MLA, Chicago, Turabian. And every time you invite a senior to accompany you on a spontaneous adventure, they dutifully play their most potent card: “I’ve got to work on my SIP.”

So, with the rest of us [...]

Glascock Elected Mayor of Lookout Mountain

After losing to current mayor Tommy Gifford by only 4 votes in 2005, Bill Glascock handily unseated the incumbent in last Tuesday’s Lookout Mountain mayoral election.

Mr. Glascock, a former city councilman, received 361 votes (57.5 percent) to Mr. Gifford’s 267 (42.5 percent).

“I congratulate Bill on his victory and I will do what I [...]

Cross country firestorm threatens to engulf Cedarville

Seniors Daniel Pick (left) and Enoch Elwell (right) finished within a minute of each other at the Stormy Petrel Invitational in Oglethorpe on October 24. Elwell captured 3rd place overall with a time of 28:21.

Historically, only once in the past decade has a team of Scots runners recorded a faster average 8K time than [...]

Editorial: Some thoughts regarding the Bagpipe Online and Thomas Holcombe’s article

Those of you who have visited the Bagpipe Online in the past week have probably noticed the flurry of comments posted on the article by Thomas Holcombe published in last week’s Bagpipe, “Life, Liberty, and Property—Getting back to the original ideals.” In light of the discussion that has transpired thus far on the website, I [...]