On the evening of February 19, a piece of the ceiling in the Great Hall fell onto a student, knocking her to her knees.Freshman Michaela Lenk was standing in front of the fire place in the Great Hall, waiting in line for dinner, when she heard a loud sound and felt something hit her head. She fell to the ground and was quickly surrounded by a crowd.
Read moreIntroducing the Robotics Club, a Project Pioneered by Students
Seniors Abigail Gianis and Nick Kiratzis founded the Covenant Robotics Club during the summer of 2017. Gianis began recruiting members and gathering support at that time, and Senate approved the club at the beginning of the fall semester.
Read moreRookmaaker Jazz Scholarship Introduced
Covenant’s newest scholarship, the Rookmaaker Jazz Scholarship was introduced and celebrated on Monday, March 12, with a special chapel, a chapel luncheon, and a jazz concert.
Read moreStudent Senate Approves Proposal to Allow Painting of Walls
On February 21, Senior Resident Assistant of Ghetto, Nate Mackey, presented a proposal to Student Senate allowing halls to paint their walls. Senate discussed various details and potential issues with the proposal before unanimously voting to support the proposal in the future.
Read moreTVA Partnership
One of the benefits of Covenant College is its connections. The size of the school makes networking easy on campus and beyond. This reality extends even to Covenant alumni. Alumni who have entered the workforce oftentimes still seek to build relationships with current students to help them prepare for their exit from Covenant.
Read moreMarch For Our Lives
On Saturday, March 24, a mass of demonstrators flooded Washington D.C. An estimated one-hundred and eighty thousand students, parents, teachers and others marched for gun control laws. The movement, which has come to be known as “March for Our Lives,” has quickly risen to national significance to students, as well as politicians.
Read moreCovenant Offers Summer Institute
This summer, younger students will have the opportunity to learn from Covenant professors. For the first time, Covenant is offering a week-long summer institute for high school students.
Read moreFaith and International Development Conference
February 8-10, Dr. Mask led a group of eight Covenant students from the Community Development, Economics, and Biblical Studies departments to attend Calvin College’s thirteenth annual Faith and International Development Conference.
Read moreFirst Ever Hall Cup Game Show
On February 3, Covenant College hosted the first event of the Hall Cup. The Cup started off with a bang with the Hall Cup Game Show, hosted by Annie Minton and Alec Burris.
Read moreParkland Shooting Reinvigorates Ceaseless Debate on Gun Control, National Safety
On Wednesday, February 14, America was shocked by the all too familiar news that seventeen students were killed in a mass school shooting. Nikolas Cruz, nineteen years old, had gunned down these members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland, Florida) community with an AR-15 rifle.
Read moreOchs Highway Crash
One person is dead and two others were hospitalized after a crash on Ochs Highway on Saturday morning, February 17. News reporting outlet, WRCBtv, stated the crash occurred around 10:40 a.m.
Read moreWomen, Faith, and the Workplace
On Thursday, February 1, Rebekah Marr spoke at the women’s event entitled “Women, Faith, and the Workplace, A Dialogue on Current Events” which began at 7 p.m. in Hannah Bloomquist’s apartment. Around fifty female Covenant students came and enjoyed Niedlov’s cookies and a special blend of Goodman’s coffee made by women.
Read moreH8 the W8 But Love to Sk8
On a cold winter’s night, many Covenant College students showed up to Hamilton Skate Place decked out in denim, leather, neon, and all kinds of ‘80s garb. Groups of friends showed up as early as 10 p.m., huddled close together, waiting for sweet shelter from the cold and for sick pairs of roller skates. As the line outside grew longer, the anticipation grew higher as the time for the doors to open crept closer.
Read moreGrammy Awards Ceremony Slammed for Social and Political Negligence
The Grammys attract a large amount of attention every year — music lovers make their predictions for winners and anticipate their favorite artists faring well in the runnings. This year, however, the Grammys received intense negative criticism. Music websites, fans, and musicians themselves all voiced disappointment with the event for a number of reasons. The general consensus: the Grammys are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of social and political negligence.
Read moreChattanooga Women's March
On January 20, 2018, Chattanooga echoed with the chant of, “What do we want? Equality! When do we want it? Now!” Crowds gathered in Coolidge Park on that Saturday beginning at 11 a.m., and marching began at noon. The march stretched 1.99 miles from Coolidge all the way to Broad Street and back. Whether rain or shine, these people planned to march.
Read moreRes Publica Lectures
This year, the W.I.C. Lectures were renamed the Res Publica Lectures, but their mission to challenge the Covenant community remains the same.Dr. John Inazu taught three four-hour-long sessions (January 25-27) on confident pluralism, the idea that “we can and must live together peaceably in spite of deep and sometimes irresolvable differences.”
Read moreThe Flip Side of Gymnastics
“It is my honor and privilege to sentence you. You do not deserve to walk outside a prison ever again.” On Wednesday, January 24th, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s words rang out across the courtroom, condemning a former USA Gymnastics doctor to prison ranging from 45 to 175 years.
Read moreMLK Day Overview
Covenant students and faculty celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a new fashion this year and combined it with Day of Prayer.
Read moreDoc, I Have a Cold. Could I Get a Prescription for Marijuana?
According to the Tennessean, twenty-nine states in the US have legalized marijuana for medical purposes, and Tennessee may be the the thirtieth after two Republican state representatives brought forth legislation on January 18th this year.
Read moreCovenant Students Reflect on Race
As part of Covenant College’s first official “day-on” for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students Berto Dryden (‘18), Nyra Johnson (‘18), and Erik Peeples (‘20) shared their experience as black students at Covenant.
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