What is the Covenant College vision and journey all about? This question, although seemingly simple enough, is bound to get many different responses depending on who it is posed to. Members of the Bible department might say that the Covenant vision is to help students grow in their faith and become well-rounded theologians as they proceed into the world. Staff members in Student Development might say that Covenant’s goal is to help students learn how to build and live in lasting community with other believers and how to form lasting friendships.
The Passing of Justice Ginsburg and the Future of the Supreme Court
On September 18 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at age 87, due to pancreatic cancer. She had been fighting a variety of cancers for over 20 years. The public has grieved Ginsburg’s passing. Despite her occasionally divisive decisions during her time on the Supreme Court, people have mourned her death on both sides of the aisle.
Read moreCovenant Coffee Cartel: the New Pop-up Campus Cafe
Coffee has an amazing ability to bring people together. Whether with studying, conversing or simply enjoying a good latte, coffee produces community. Edoardo Santi ‘22 and Evan Zietlow ‘22 hope to join the Covenant community and contribute to it by providing quality coffee on campus through their business, the Coffee Cartel.
Read moreAtlanta Pastor Running for Georgia Senate Seat in Special Election
On December 31, 2019, Senior U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) announced resignation from his third term as senator. Isakson’s resignation initiated a special election to take place on November 3, 2020, featuring six Republican candidates, eight Democrats, one Libertarian, one from the Green Party and five Independents. Senators hold office for six-year terms. Senate elections take place every two years with one-third of seats up for contest, ensuring routine turnover in the Senate.
Read moreBack to School: How Local Schools are Dealing with the Pandemic
One of the biggest unknowns during the six months of quarantine and lockdown since March was whether schools would open in the fall. Ever since schools shut down in the spring and the world turned upside down, students have been looking forward to returning to school and finding some sense of normalcy. Now, after almost six months of academic break, students are facing a dramatic “summer slide,” which refers to the information students forget over the summer.
Policy Overview of Presidential Candidates
The two candidates in this year's presidential race are familiar faces: President Donald Trump is running for reelection as the Republican nominee, and he is running against Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who was Vice President from 2008-2016. As election day approaches, both candidates have released their plans for the next four years and are preparing for the first presidential debate on September 29. These are their stances on several major policy issues according to their campaign websites.
New Diving Service, Safety Regulations in the Great Hall
COVID-19 has changed a lot of things this semester, with the Great Hall being one of the most affected parts of campus life.
Unique Orientation Week for Class of 2024
The transition into freshman year is never easy. Did COVID-19 make it even harder? Or did the slower pace ease the freshmen’s adjustment onto campus? Move-in days for freshmen were from August 13-15. This allowed some of the freshmen to explore campus, spend time with parents and meet Orientation teams before jumping straight into O-Week. However, for the portion of freshmen who arrived August 15th they only experienced one meeting with their O-Team. All further O-Team meetings were optional.
Pursuing Unity through Conversations about Culture and Race
“Lord, forgive me for how I have not loved your bride,” Nesha Evans, the Associate Dean of Student Life, prayed as she closed out the first Conversations about Culture and Race held in the chapel. In this prayer, she encapsulated the heart of this new bi-weekly event put on by the Multicultural Program, to pursue unity within the Body of Christ where there has been pain, strife, and misunderstanding.
Student Senate Plans for an Interesting Semester
As the fall semester begins, full of unplanned chaos and difficult transitions back into academia, the students of Covenant College are definitely ready for some normalcy. Luckily, Student Senate is working hard to make sure Covenant students get to experience a taste of normal traditions.
Read moreLetter from the Editor
This semester has obviously not gone as planned. From classes online to canceled graduation to missing baseball season, we are all disappointed and grieving what for some of us was our last couple of months on the Mountain. Here at the Bagpipe, we have missed your contributions to our sections, funny professor quotes, and even
Read moreCreativity in Cooking
Currently, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding us every day. Our normally scheduled lives have changed, each of us with a different situation and a different story to tell. A lot of new hobbies are being born, whether it’s creating a new at-home workout routine, learning how to knit, or binge-watching a Netflix show that never seemed interesting before. One hobby that a lot of students couldn’t pursue before is cooking.
Read moreCity Hall Proposal
On Friday, August 17th, 2007, there was a fire in a grocery store located on Lookout Mountain about 15-20 feet away from the town’s city hall. It began towards the back of the store near a natural gas line. The gas line ruptured which caused the fire to burn out of control.
Read moreNew Honor Council
The new Honor Committee was proposed in the Fall of 2019 by the Academic Integrity Committee. It was formed due to a noticed increase in cheating and plagiarism over the past two years, in an attempt to improve accountability among peers.
Read moreThe Science of COVID-19
Dear Covenant community,
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread with almost unimaginable speed around the world, social media and the news have been filled with a raft of opinions, partial information, and misinformation.
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Hello, Covenant community -
In this bizarre time, the Bagpipe is dedicated to bringing the campus community together, even as we are away from our campus home.
Read moreVirginia Votes: Electoral Laws Affect Covenant Students
In 2016, over a hundred students gathered to watch the election in Carter Lobby. With the couches pulled into a semicircle, there was red and blue kool-aid offered as well as candies and informal political debate. As the night rounded out, it looked like Clinton would win the race. She had more popular votes, but as we all know, Trump won the electoral college.
Read moreCasey Fletcher: Behind the Scenes
Many Covenant students have favorite professors, as is evident in the thundering cheers during faculty chapel lectures. Other members of the Covenant staff (such people in Student Development, Safety and Security, or Facilities), while less public faces of the college, are no less loved.
Read moreShelve It: An Inside Look at the English Department
Author’s Note: With Spring Break just around the corner, the Bagpipe investigated the leisure reading of Covenant’s English professors—both out of curiosity and to uncover whether it is possible for an English professor to have a favorite book of all time.
Read moreThe 2020 Elections Are Approaching
Indeed— the 2020 elections are rapidly approaching, and will be upon us before we know it. But don’t worry, I’m not talking about the elections you’re thinking of, and they will hopefully be less controversial. These elections are for your Student Body Senators.
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