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Student Development has implemented a new policy to “provide support” for Residence Assistants (RAs) as they regulate hall group chats to ensure conversations “contribute to a healthy residential community” (Student Handbook 26–27).
Imagine you are playing soccer in your hall with some friends on a Wednesday night. Your friend carelessly kicks the ball and it hits a sprinkler, which breaks and starts spraying water everywhere.
Indie pop star Lizzy McAlpine changed her tune this September when she released her newest album Angel.
Art does the miraculous work of displaying parts of the artist’s inner world on the canvas and reaching out through the creation to touch other’s inner worlds. Each brushstroke tells a story, and every streak and smear of paint adds layers to the universe stirring inside the walls of the frame. The cloth fabric of the canvas comes alive under the hands of the artist.
In almost every advertisement that Covenant puts out, there is one blaring theme: community. Admissions speaks constantly about the benefits of the hall structure and the great individual cultures that grow from this system. Hall culture is a strong attraction for many incoming students, and rightfully so. It certainly attracted me!
Day of Prayer, a day without classes and with multiple events encouraging prayer and rest, is a mainstay in the schedule of a Covenant semester. In the days leading up to it, many students can be heard expressing their wish that we had a day like Day of Prayer more often—free of classwork so that they can focus on rest, prayer, worship, and fellowship with other believers.
As October has begun, the air has started to cool, the leaves are turning brown, and students are relieved that fall has arrived. Off the tails of an incredible heatwave, Covenant College and the greater Chattanooga area is finally entering a new season that is sure to bring cooler times to come.
BEEP BEEP BEEP. You jolt awake, keenly aware of your surroundings. As you roll over to your left, memories from the last 24 hours wash over you. You remember setting this alarm only six hours ago, anticipating the early morning.
Starting in June of this past year, the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved new eligibility rules for student athletes. While this news may have gone unheard by many around the country, it is a massive change for the trajectory of college sports.
In the 2009–2010 academic year, Covenant Athletics began the transition from one sports governing body to another. The Scots moved from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.
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Duck, pork, bok choy, lap cheong, chicken feet, stir-fried chives, and bitter melon pickles. Each of these delicious dishes was prepared by Estelle Sellers, a Chinese woman in the local community. Sellers has hosted Mid- Autumn Festival dinners for Covenant’s Asian American and international students for eight years.