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Snow Day, January 16, 2024. Photo taken by Nat Brown (Bagpipe) ‘26
The spring semester started off with a bang and has been a constant stream of disruptions and disasters since the first Sunday of the semester. Since that first Sunday, there have been two Carter fire alarms, a wind storm, an ice storm and a busted sprinkler in the Mac laundry room.
Read moreThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second largest country in Africa, has been in a state of war since 1996. Over the last 21 years, it is estimated that somewhere around six million lives have been taken. This harsh truth is indicative of great injustice.
Read moreThis story does not end with a technophilic moral. The lovely glowing radium on the shiny new watches did not represent the American dream, nor did it herald a new era of radioactive luxury. Instead, rich men grew richer, and the women making the watches grew sick and felt their bones soften as their gums bled and their teeth fell out. Radium was not a wonder molecule. It was poison, it was dangerous, and it was painted on the jewelry and skin and teeth of the unwitting before they even knew what it was.
Read moreOn Thursday, November 30, 2023, a longstanding tradition of Covenant College took place in the form of the Senior Social. Put on by Senior Class President Lucy Sicks and hosted at the Historic Church on Main Street, many members of the graduating class of 2024 gathered together to celebrate those who would be graduating in December. The night was a formal gathering where students gathered to play bingo, to recognize those graduating this December, and to hear a word of encouragement from President Brad Voyles.
Read moreThis year at Covenant College, we were privileged with another arrangement of cinematic performances from our friends in the Maclellan-Rhymer dormitory building. Every hall in the building created a short film over the course of this semester and presented it for the whole college on Saturday, November 11 in the chapel at 7:30 p.m. Every hall was also tasked with creating a movie poster for their hall’s movie.
Read moreOn Sunday, October 9, 2023, Claudia Goldin, Harvard University alumna, was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her research in the wage gap between men and women in the United States.
Read moreAt the beginning of this semester, Dr. Robert Erle Barham, associate professor of English, went on sabbatical. The purpose of sabbaticals is to free professors from certain kinds of academic work (in this case, teaching) so they can focus on other academic interests.
Read moreOn Tuesday, November 7, the International Studies Department had the privilege of having Covenant alumnus Luke Ragan come talk about disaster relief efforts on the other side of the world. Ragan, a 2021 graduate from Covenant, currently works as the Middle East and Disaster Relief Director for SERV International. He has spent the last two years living and working in the Middle East, captaining a Jordanian Ultimate Frisbee club team, and responding to disaster events in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe. Ragan came to give an overview of the work he has been doing overseas, answer questions about his work, as well as share some first-hand experiences in disaster-stricken countries.
Read moreAn interview with Sarah Erickson (‘17) about leading the Same-Sex Attraction Support group here at Covenant.
Read moreWill you be a senior, married or over the age of 25 next year? Congratulations! You qualify to live off-campus!
Read moreFor the first time in approximately twenty years, Covenant College’s core curriculum is being overhauled.
Read moreNext semester, Dr. Kelly Kapic, professor of biblical and theological studies, will be on sabbatical until the beginning of Spring 2025. To the dismay of students who love his classes, this unfortunately means no Kapic doctrine for a year. However, Kapic is excited for the work he will be doing during his time away.
Read moreAs students returned from Fall Break on Tuesday, October 17, they expected to have a quiet, relaxing evening before classes resumed the next morning. However, around 10:40 p.m., residents across campus were bewildered to find the water from their showers, faucets and drinking fountains abruptly slowing to a trickle.
Read moreOn October 12th, the Covenant College Community received an email stating that Dr. Brad Voyles had been unanimously elected to serve as the 7th president of Covenant College. Since the spring, when Dr. Derek Halvorson stepped down from the position, a search committee had been formed, completing a rigorous search process for Covenant College’s new president. After competing with several interviewees, Dr. Voyles was selected on October 12, 2023.
Read moreThe ability for women to serve on Covenant College’s Board of Trustees is a subject of great interest to many faculty members, staff and students. The voting members of the Board are men, per the PCA General Assembly’s guidelines that only ruling and teaching elders (male only positions within the denomination) can hold office.
Read moreThe campus got 36 new, higher-quality printers and copiers over Fall Break. A maintenance team will visit weekly to troubleshoot and prevent future issues so printer problems at Covenant can be a thing of the past.
Read moreA brief recounting of Sheila Blaylock’s life and love for her job and family.
Read moreProfessional Jiu-Jitsu instructor Ann Marie Bernitt wants to start a self-defense class at Covenant College.
Read moreThis summer, I read about the ecumenical movement in World War II. The ecumenical movement was an attempt to unify the churches in Europe to rise against the Nazi Church. It was also a greater theological movement to bring more unity to Christ’s church. This led me to visit different churches with family and friends. I visited Orthodox, Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal and some Presbyterian churches. By no means was this summer comprehensive; there is still so much more to see and learn.
Read moreThe 2024 United States presidential election is in just over a year, and talk of polls, debates, candidates and political issues are beginning to dominate the national news. For a majority of Covenant students, next November will be their first time voting in an election, as well as selecting their choice for President and Vice President.
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