Guns and Letters: the Double Lives of Covenant Students in the Military
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BAGPIPEGNJ, \1 J] ! 1 1 l\ LINI , E.COMl ; '' 5050thth Commemoration Art: Seniors give to sculpture installation JANSSENJanssen FFIRTHirth necessary for installing the $30$30,000,000 project, which uses 6 concrete Next semester, Covenant arches overlaid with ceramic clay College will forever etch the to symbolize the first 6 days of memory its 5050thth anniversary into God'sGod’s creative act in Genesis 1, _ clay. with the viewer standing in Day Commissioned last year 7. min honor oof f the school'sschool’s "We“We were just trying to look accomplishment, at least part for something that seniors could Professor Kayb Carpenter’sCarpenter's get excited about,"about,” said Class sculpture project 1sis scheduled President Jennifer Brandon.Brandon. "I“I to occupy a place in front oof f the was -talking with Rebecca Dodson, Tuck Shoppe by Homecoming. and she suggested giving to the Working 16 to 20 hours a sculptures because the budget had week inm Carter Hall’sHall's North been cut and they were basically Studio, Carpenter is optimistic going to be sitting around until about her progress. "It's“It’s been an money was found to install experiment, and I'llI’ll be excited to them.”them." see them [the arches] finished,"finished,” But, as in previous years, she said. “It’s"It's always nice to see student interest min the seruorsenior what you'reyou’re working on come gift has exceeded their actual I into completion-thecompletion— the conception donations. As o f March 27, only l donations. As of March 27, only flower into reality."reality.” A professor $904.23 has been either pledged inm Covenant'sCovenant’s art department, or collected, leaving more than Carpenter 1sis carrying a full half oof f the required amount to be teaching load in addition to the raised with only a nionthmonth left in comm1ss10n.commission. the semester. Photos by Liz Tubergen The Class · ofo f 2006 wants to contribute $2,000 of the money See Sculpture, on page 3. Guns and letters: the double lives of Covenant students in the military BYBy EMILYE m ily BELZB elz saidsaid.. "But“But she'sshe’s really proud that Army reservist, was also recently Only a handful of Covenant Senior Noah Stephens, a I'mI’m a soldier."soldier.” Lott'sLott’s parents are deployed to eventually serve in · students are in the reserves or sergeant in the Army Reserves, is FreshmanFreshmanjoshJosh Lott has a strong missionaries in Indonesia, _where Iraq. On March 22, she was sent have once served in the military. also a veteran of Operation Iraqi handshake and set shoulders. he grew up, though they are to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Sophomore Thomas Prettyman, Freedom. While deployed on the Those hands and shoulders here currently on sabbatical. They will "She“ She had about a week to prepare a Marine veteran who worked Iraq/Kuwait border, he worked employed for writing and test-test be returning across the Pacific as everything;"everything;” said her roommate, min information systems, served within his unit as a heavy wheel / taking, will be building roads in their son crosses the Persian Gulf Carlie EvansEvans,, "to“to pack, mail stuff min the Iraq war in its initial mechanic from February 2004 to Iraq in months aheadahead.. this summer. home, and wrap up her classes."classes.” mvas10n.invasion. "When“When I joined, war February 2005. Lott, a Combat Construction In these last days of the An operating room was an unlikely scenario,"scenario,” he said. Over Christmas of 2001-2002, Engineer in the Army Reserves, semester, Covenant students are technician, Cunningham helps When he returned from Iraq, senior Joseph Hatcher served in will be deployed on June 19 to anxious about completing papers surgeons during procedures by his company marched through the Marines where he conducted eventually head to the desert and teststests.. - Meanwhile Lott 1sis passing instruments, retracting a town that showered them with reconnaissance patrols min places of Iraq. For about a month preparing to leave the familiar, the surgical site, and cleans confetti, cheers, and prayers. After Afghanistan. When the sun went or two he will be going through feeling both fear and anticipation up afterwards. She plans on 99/11, I 11, he says that peoplpeople_e would downdown,, he often· ate stew and bread extensive training,training, probably at for the upcoming mission. He will completing her courses from this walk up and say "Tharik“Thank you"you” with Afghani anti-Taliban forces. Fort Lewis in California. He will be searching for roadside bombs semester by correspondencecorrespondence,, and to him;him; though he confesses that The older Afghani guard at the not return to civilian life for at while patrolling and building will return to Covenant when she the Marine training conditions gate to thetheir_ir compound gave the least a year. roads in the fiery Sunni TriangleTriangle.. has completed her Middle East soldiers to be uncomfortable with "My“My mommom’s's not too happy,”happy," he Junior Emily CunninghamCunningham,, an tour of duty of fifteen months. individual attentionattention.. See Military, on page 2. 2 Thursday,THURSDAY, APRILApril 13,13,2006 2006 NEWS TTHEhe BBAGPIPEagpipe Sculpture, from page ir Admissions hits record number of A somewhat worried Brandon is encouraging her classmates to make a temporary sacrifice: applicants for fall “We’ve"We've still got a long way to go. Seniors are looking to graduate Admissions department goal for the fall 2005 semester. Arguably But, during the 2005 calendar and want to spend their money in BBYy ABBYA bby WWISMERism er andAND the fall is 310 to 320 new students. the most significant factprfactor in year, Covenant only received other ways, but if everyone gave RRICHARDichard FFEEROeero With smaller classes graduating the retention rate is the cost of support from 553 of 1,764 PCA just $10 we could get it.”it." and larger classes entering, the tuition. churches. In the PCA, General "Kayb's“Kayb’s work is going to be growth becomes more significant Jan Weaver in the Office of Assembly has estimated askings, huge,”huge," said art professor Jeff If Covenant students thought to campus life. Admissions said, · “"(A [A Covenant which are funds given from PCA Morton. “Anyone':i\nyone who supports preview weekend was crowded, Part of the increase in students education] should be seen as an churches to General Assembly this project is going to get a big they should think again. If is due to the hard work oof f the investment. My husband and I to distribute to PCA affiliated bang for their buck, because I things continue the way they admissions staff. Callers and both had to work very hard to institution such as Covenant think people will come to the have been going, another large admissions assistants like freshman come to Covenant. We paid back College, Covenant Seminary, college specifically to see it and freshman class will make its mark Christian Man, aid in the process our college loans the first ten years MTW, and Ridgehaven. While experience it.”it." at Covenant—Covenant-possibly possibly the biggest by contacting prospective students of our marriage. Was it easy, no, the askings per communicant Carpenter attributes the idea yet. This week the admissions and attempting to establish but I don’tdon't ever remember writing member of the PCA are roughly for the sculptures to the liter office passed l1020 020 applicants familiarity with the college. “We"We that check and thinking, 'Boy,‘Boy, $90, only $8.85 of that is supposed ary framework interpretation of for the first time in history. In want to befriend them as best we that was a waste ofo f hard earned to go to Covenant. Unfortunately, Genesis 1,l, which interprets the addition, 190 prospective students can,”can," Man said. money.’”money.'" many PCA churches don'tdon’t give passage more as a hymn than as have already sent in their three While the growth of the Most students probably don’tdon't their askings. Matthew Bryant, a scientifically accurate account. hundred dollar deposits, which student population is certainly realize that they can have an coordinator of church relations, “"Now Now I’mI'm not saying God didn’tdidn't is a significantly higher amount encouraging, there are some impact in changing Covenant’sCovenant's commented, “It"It is amazing the create everything in seven days, than this time last year. More concerns worth addressing. One retention rate through their own impact the church can have on but what I wanted to do worked deposits should continue to oof f these concerns is the retention churches. Currently, half of the college.”college." If all the churches better with this model [the(the liter flow into the Admissions office rate. At Covenant, 73% of Covenant’sCovenant's annual funds come gave their askings, tuition could ary framework interpretation],”interpretation]," in the next few months. The freshman from 2004 returned for from the support of PCA churches. be reduced very significantly.significandy. she said. In order for her vision to work, Military, from page -ir at the funeral, and promptly the large grassy area between turned him in. "Fellowship“Fellowship the Tuck Shoppe and Carter Marines raisins and cigarettes and here was weak compared to my Circle must be terraced using told stories about fighting against fellowship with non-Christians [in bulldozers.