Standing behind the Great Hall, you may be able to catch a glimpse of the peculiar shaped building at the bottom of the hill. If you squint hard enough, you might see a student or two standing behind their easel or drawing board. This building is the Lucas Art Workshop, and to much of the campus, it is a mystery.
Read moreFrance: Lessons from Abroad
Three weeks ago, on September 11, the Art Department held an exhibit on the second floor of the library. This gallery featured artwork from students who spent their semester in France last spring. While enjoying charcuterie snacks, Covenant students gathered to appreciate their friends’ artistic talent and hear about their experience and insights from studying abroad.
Read moreA Sympathy Card For Dad
When I make a sympathy card for Dad, I capture his memories. I study the picture. I listen to stories. But who is his friend? The friend who listened to my dad when he had to leave, and said, “I’m lovin’ on you.” This friend was a tall, muscular Navy man. They attended Covenant together. Because his friend served, he graduated later. He had a big laugh. He gave good hugs. He didn’t like photos. He was excellent at flag football. He lived on Catacombs. He was Dad’s RA. He was Dad’s roommate.
Read moreJazz on the Overlook Comic
Submission by Elise Cochran
“Cowboy Carter” Isnʼt Country
On Friday, March 29, Beyoncé released her “Cowboy Carter” album, and I was both excited and concerned. As someone who has grown up just outside the heart of country music, I wanted Beyoncé’s country album to be good but feared she did not know what she was getting into. When will I learn to never question Mama Yoncé’s work!?
Read moreIt’s Not Just Noise: Classical Music in this Age
I’ve been a music major for four years, and I’ve been involved in music for eleven, and I can say with certainty that music is very important in my life.
Read more“Dune: Part 2”: Dreams Come True
“LISAN AL GAIB! LISAN AL GAIB!”
In the chapel this past Inauguration day, students chanted loudly as Brad Voyles took up his weapon to engage in ritual combat against Derek Halverson to earn the office of president. Voyles saluted with his blade: “May thy knife chip and shatter” before the attack—
Read moreToo Close to Touch’s Final Goodbye
On Friday, March 8, 2024, Too Close to Touch released the most anticipated album of the last few years for the Metal and Hardcore scene. It was the first release from the lauded Kentucky hardcore group since 2020 when they released the four-volume series of EPs entitled “I’m Hard to Love, But So Are You,” and also serves as the band’s final goodbye to music, and to their beloved frontman Keaton Pierce, who died of pancreatitis in 2022. The album entitled “For Keeps” had been in the works since before Pierce’s death but had to be put on hold after his sudden death. The title of the album is a play on one of Pierce’s nicknames, based on his initials KP.
Read moreI am a Secret Keeper
My secrets are safe with me.
Read moreCovenant College's Seussical
The show was directed by Professor Claire Slavovsky of the theater department, and music direction was provided by Professor David Tahere of the music department. Costume designer Courtney McKenzie brought the iconic characters of the Seuss tales to life with her imaginative designs, blending whimsy and nostalgia.
Read moreBirmingham Track Meet
Somehow my feet led me to a pile of rubble
The skeleton of an old building
And I sat on a chipped concrete block and cried.
In between my tears I laughed at myself
Realizing how pathetic it must have looked
How melodramatic
That one bad mile
And the pain in my foot
Could contain so much fear
So much disappointment
So much shame.
Read moreLost & Found
I wandered for a while
Trying to find the lost and found,
And when I finally reached it,
I was miles underground.
Read moresonnet for a stranger
I missed you last week when you told me your name
Read moreWalter Slide: a Conversation with Cooper Twit
Walter Slide is a beloved Chattanooga rock group. Walter Slide is a band which transports its listeners to a place of contemplative bliss. The basslines are impossible not to dance to, and the lyrics are so funky that you have to work not to memorize them. Their songs are so melodic that it’s easy to be transported to another plane.
Read moreDaniel Holdridge Is Not Real
If everyone at Covenant College had simply done their research, this article would be entirely unnecessary. Unfortunately, the plebians of this campus need the facts spelled out for them. “Daniel” simply cannot be real.
Read morei. November
Creeps like lichen on limestone,
And a fresh wound is like a clean shave
Old sweater stained with new coffee, drugged
Caffeine, fluoxetine, nicotine, cucumber slices
ii. December
Read mirrors and look in books
Tell me where your favorite reflection is
Winter is when words win
I’d rather be written than reign
iii. January
New Years’ is exhaled: Camel smoke and cold-weather-hot-breath vapor
Crush the filter - more menthol that way
I cut my hair 3 times in as many months
I am afraid that when I learn to live, I won’t have time
iv. February
When the warm weather comes
I want my body back, action
Potential poetic melancholy is poisonous
And the pills don’t ever treat the pride
“Jesus and Birdsong”
I elect this morning
Not to step on the crusted leaves
My footfalls are silent
The melody remains in tact
Read moreChattanooga is Not a Port City
It doesn’t have an ocean to swim in. It has no sandy beaches to have bonfires on. It doesn’t have a big downtown music scene where there is something exciting to do every weekend night, and free shows every weeknight full of boisterous younglings.
Read moreHarry Potter's Evolution Through Adaptations
In a world of chaos, pain, disgust and overall disappointment, who wouldn’t want to go into an imaginary world where you can use magic? How are you to enter into this world of magic? What’s the portal? For some, a book, for others maybe TikTok, or musicals, or puppets.
Read moreAI and the Art of the Unfinished
When Generative AI first made its appearance, my thoughts were mixed—the more it appears the more I hate it. I am aware that “hate” is a very strong word, but it is the only one that matches the emotion that I feel towards Generative AI.
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