I saw a garden in bloom
Where birds sang an everlasting chorus
Where streams shine under the moon
Pouring into the river of life around us
Read moreGMORK: An Inside Look into Covenant’s Budding Underground Punk Scene
It is seven thirty in the evening. Saturday, September 9, 2023. The sun is setting. Dusk is upon us. Sullivan Proctor, known by most as “Sully,” is clad in cow print denim cutoff shorts and brown cowboy boots. He directs Covenant College students on where to park their cars as he shows them the way to the Skeleton House, occupied by him and his Catacombs brethren.
Read more“Guts” by Olivia Rodrigo: A Catchy and Relatable Hit
“I broke a glass, I tripped and fell
I told secrets I shouldn't tell
I stumbled over all my words
I made it weird, I made it worse”
Read moreFall Out Boys' Hot Take On History
Fall Out Boy (FOB) wrote the second iteration to Billy Joel’s “We didn’t start the fire,” released June 28, 2023. In the original version, Billy Joel wrote lyrics that covered 40 years of history (from 1949 to 1989) in four minutes and 52 seconds. FOB covered around 34 years of history (from 1989 to 2023) with lyrics that filled three minutes and 36 seconds worth of space.
Read moreYou Are Significant, I Promise
I am a historian.
Read moreSuper Mario Brothers Movie, A Super Fun Time
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” by Illumination, is a fun, fast-paced adventure that serves to provide its audience a really good time. The movie doesn’t go very deep with its characters, story or themes, but that doesn’t inhibit it from being a satisfyingly entertaining and enjoyable experience.
Read moreScience Fiction vs Fantasy
A few weeks ago, a heated debate broke out in Dr. Barham’s Introduction to Literary Studies class: Are the Star Wars movies fantasy or science fiction?
Read moreI Watched All Of The Bond Movies Twice in Five Days: Here’s What I Thought
Growing up, like any kid, I had an interest in spies, so I was introduced to spy movies. I've seen most of the Bourne Identity movies, the Mission Impossible movies, and Spy Kids. Of these three sets of movies, only one of them was good, and it was not the two starring older white men (Spy Kids was the good one, if you don’t understand me).
Read moreSenior Music Majors Perform Capstone Recitals
This year the music department graduates two seniors: Anna Baum (‘23), who has a concentration in piano performance, and Parks Robinson (‘23), who has a concentration in composition. Even though both seniors put together recitals for their Capstone project, their concentrations called for dramatically different types of performances.
Read moreIt's Not for Everyone: A Review
A break from its normal programming, Covenant College’s theater department presented “It’s Not for Everyone,” on Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1. Written by Ray Lantrip and directed by Kara Start, “It’s Not for Everyone” is a play in one scene that examines the importance of an individual’s voice and work.
Read moreMusic Department Hosts Junior Recitals Featuring Sara Rogers, Isabelle Torokwa, and Abigail Cannon
The music department has recently presented two junior recitals: one featuring Sara Rogers (‘24), a mezzo-soprano, and the second as a joint effort between Abigail Cannon (‘24), violin, and Isabelle Torokwa (‘24), mezzo-soprano. Pianists Jenny Parker and Maddie Lee accompanied the three music majors. The recitals were considered “elective”; that is, the students chose to perform them even though they are not required to do so for their major.
Read moreThe Moth-Friend
As I wearily trudged out of the art studio, so late in the evening as to call it night, I came across a Luna moth, huddling against a glass door, in search of that ever-coveted light. He crept quietly into my hand. He knew I would bring him into the light. He and I were bosom friends, even if only for a brief time, and we spent that brief time recording memories.
Read moreHistory of Chattanooga Punk Rock Scene
Punk was initially fueled in an era much like the one we now face. It was a world sparking furious debates about inequality and justice. Life during national tension and horrid acts of terrorism left people in need of harmony and camaraderie. Punk does just this. Punk unites people from all walks of life regardless of your race, gender, or sexual orientation, bringing together fans and musicians alike and making the scene a family, rather than a face-off between strangers. Containing a diverse group of musicians and fans who share a love for fast and unapologetic music, punk accurately reflects the strange times we live in.
Read moreQ&A with Elissa Weichbrodt
Interview with Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
Read moreStar Studded: Covenant College’s Hello Dolly Production
The long-awaited musical production Hello! Dolly first made its appearance on stage in the beginning of February first, with its beautifully crafted canvas backdrop, hand painted by members of the art and theater departments, and then later with the rest of the set and props. The cast was jam-packed with amazing talent from across the departments, including many alumni who came back for the opportunity to star in this show. Hello! Dolly was directed by Professor Claire Slavovsky in the theater department, with music direction by Professor David Tahere in the music department, and costumes designed by Courtney McKenzie.
Read morePuss and Boots
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” by DreamWorks is a stellar work of animation and storytelling that came out of absolutely nowhere. As the sequel to the original Puss in Boots released in 2011, it surpassed all expectations and turned out to be a genuine masterpiece of a film that blows most other animated movies out of the water.
Read moreAvatar: The Way of Water
"Avatar: The Way of the Water" was supposed to be the next big hit, but for me, the three-hour twelve-minute film was underdeveloped in its storytelling and lackluster in its character development …. Don't get me wrong, the special effects were top-notch and the world of Pandora was as stunning as ever. However, the connection to characters in the first movie just did not carry over into this sequel. Jake Sully, the main character of the first movie transformed and created a bond with audiences and was built into an incredible character. Unfortunately, this second installment fails to give the beloved character any further development, depth or purposeful story; instead it offers only meaningless filler.
Read moreWinsten the Turtle
Should you take a stroll down to Jackson Pond, you might find a caravan of critters recently discovered by the biology department. A cousin of the desert tortoise, the Pumpkin turtles are native to the south and some valleys of the north in the Americas. They only come out for 2-5 months of the year to enjoy the fall festivities: drinking cider, snuggling in the fallen leaves, apple bobbing, and everything else (except pumpkin carving. That’s considered offensive).
Read moreThe Most Reluctant Convert
On the evening of Monday January 3, the English department hosted a showing of “The Most Reluctant Convert,” a film reprisal of C.S. Lewis’ partial autobiography “Surprised By Joy.” Students from across campus gathered in Sanderson 215 for a night of dining on popcorn with garlic salt, sipping earl grey tea and seeing the life of a great Christian writer portrayed on the “big screen.”
Read morePoetry
Title: Distance Wears a Blue Jacket
a leap
as i grip my blue dress
my white arms
sway above concrete steps
weathered
i am blue
i am wind
i am a creature of distance
for I covered it
with blue
Title: What is it Like to be Loved?
Flora
My body sways to nothing at all
This is lace
This is tea
Soon my face is cupped in warm hands
Debussy knew how that felt
Eyes gentle with blue water
The dusk that glazes the infatuating house pink
Conjures the kind of pantomime rapture that persuades me
Now I am flower-picking
The flowers whose colors are haunting