Surprise visit for President Halvorson

Written by Bagpipe Staff | Friday, April 26th, 2013
Photo by Christina Schuman

On Monday, April 22, President Halvorson received a surprise visit from an old friend. Jack Hoekstra, Director of Development at Providence Christian College, came up to Covenant for a spontaneous visit to present Halvorson with his old Providence “Sea Beggars” jersey—complete with Halvorson’s Dutch-ified name, “Halvorsma,” stitched on the back. What’s a Sea Beggar? It’d [...]

Meet Student Senate – Part 1

Written by Bethany Daniels | Friday, April 19th, 2013
Photo by Christina Schuman

Campaigns were held, votes were tallied and next year’s Student Senate was elected. The Bagpipe got the chance to hear from the members and is pleased to introduce Student Senate for the 2013-2014 academic year. Junior Molly Anderson from St. Louis, MO – Student Body President What are you most looking forward to about being [...]

700 Block to become Center Park

Written by Mary Grace Stocker | Friday, April 12th, 2013

Early last week, Chattanooga leaders made the decision to turn an undeveloped section of Market Street into a food truck court and event space. Usually referred to as the 700 Block, the lot will be renamed Center Park and serve as a way to encourage further development in City Center. The newly designed pocket park [...]

Karen Angela Ellis

Written by Bethany Daniels | Friday, April 12th, 2013
Photo by Christiana Fitzpatrick

“If our identity comes from something on the same plane [as ourselves] then it can be taken away,” Karen Angela Ellis told the group of women from Covenant College and local churches on Saturday morning. “It’s only by knowing Christ that we can really know who we are.” This past Saturday, 70 women from Covenant [...]

Flying solo in Guild Wars 2

Written by Walter Somerville | Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Curse.com

Today I tamed a polar bear, scaled a crumbling sentry tower on a small island, and dove to the bottom of a lake where a group of friendly aquatic mole-people had made their home. Then I climbed out and killed a monstrous worm in the depths of a swamp. Guild Wars 2 is simply packed [...]

Foreman on sabbatical

Written by Bethany Daniels | Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
Photo by Annie Huntington

In the last twenty-seven years, English professor Dr. Clifford Foreman has taken only one sabbatical. This spring is his second, which he is using to work on his novel, The Trace. The Bagpipe sat down with Foreman to catch up on life away from teaching at Covenant and talk about his writing process. What is [...]

Chattanooga library makes waves

Written by Mary Grace Stocker | Friday, March 15th, 2013
Chamakers.com

Boom! 3D printing is in the house! The Chattanooga Public Library in partnership with the CO.LAB is presenting the city’s first 3D printing event, Maker Day: Thinking in 3D, on Saturday, March 16 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on The 4th Floor. People of all ages and interest levels will experience an explosion of [...]

Chick-fil-A opens new store on Brainerd Rd.

Written by Bethany Daniels | Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Chick-Fil-A

Imagine a day where no one is doing any homework or working. Instead, people are playing games in a parking lot, eating free chicken and waffle fries, and eagerly anticipating an exciting event. On Feb. 21, the grand opening of the Chick-fil-A on Brainerd Road delivered such a day to a crowd of over one [...]

Levi the Poet at Covenant

Written by Bethany Daniels | Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Photo by Christina Schuman

Realistic, repentant, and redemptive. These three words represent the mission of Christian spoken word artist known as Levi the Poet. The artist, Levi Macallister, performed in the lower level of Brock Hall on Saturday, Feb. 16. The Levi the Poet project began as a way for Levi to share his art, but has now become [...]

A day of student teaching

Written by Grace Humbles | Friday, February 15th, 2013
The Baltimore Sun

While the average Covenant student walks to class and the Great Hall, a number of education students will spend their days off the mountain in private and public schools, student teaching from the wee hours of the morning to late in the afternoon. The Bagpipe sat down with Adrienne McCrory to explore a day in [...]