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BYBy JENNIJenni DED e JONGJong for most students yet. Most current duced in its place. The faculty also students will be bound to graduate voted to eventually put the Speech Although it'sit’s mostly dead, the under the core requirements that requirement back in as well, per­ old core curriculum isn'tisn’t dead yet. were in place when they entered haps with the addition of a Com­ The current core requirements the college as freshmen. munications department in the will remain in place for current "Students“Students can graduate under future. students until the new core is im­ either core," core,” said Foreman, "but “but With so much still up in the plemented, as planned, in the fall they would need to get the whole air, ~tudents students should be advised to 2006 semestersemester.. core, which might not be in place.”place." stick closely to the current core. In According to curriculum com­ Although the faculty approved Foreman'sForeman’s estimation, "Only“Only fresh­fresh- mittee chair Cliff Foreman, cur­ the new core curriculum, it will not folk should seriously consider the rent students will have the choice to be instituted until certain internal possibility of going over to the new graduate under the new core only issues araree resolved and the require-require­ core."core.” if they c~c%n fulfill all its requirements ments are finalized. According to A heavier warning was issued Brae Howard before they graduate. Since the newnew7 Foreman, the faculty is working to in a recent pre-registration memo Amanda Watanabe helps the chef at the Bowery homeless mens'mens’ core is still in the process of being reinstate the Inter-Cultural Expe- from the Office of Records: "Stu­ mission in New York City. · core is still in the process of being reinstate the Inter-Cultural Expe­ from the Office of Records: “Stu­ finalized, this is not a serious option rience, which had been removed, dents choosing to delay taking cer­ back into the new core, possibly tain core courses in hopes of new replacing the new "D" “D” (diversity) core requirements may result in de­ Team New·York: New York: requirement that had been intro-intro­ laying their graduation as well."well.” the Bowery Bowery Mission Mission The enlightened world BYBy CHARWTTEC harlotte OK.IEO kie gram for men (called Disciples) al-al­ real people with real interests,"interests,” she of E-resources The men who come to the lows them to work in the mission said. "One “One way to love them is to Bowery Mission like to sing about while taking Bible and career prep­ have fun with them."them.” Second in a series on ~echnologytechnology Jesus. "Savior, “Savior, Savior," Savior,” they belt aration classes. I see the Bowery as a rare place out, "hear “hear my humble cry! While The Mission is different things where people are unashamedly BYBy BuzzyBuzzy MAJAUSKASM ajauskas loaned quite a few articles when on others thou art calling, do not to different people. To those from vulnerable. The Disciples with I was researching my SIP. In fact, pass me by.”by." At 6:30 in the morn-morn­ Covenant who worked therether~ over whom we worked were very open The days of card catalogs are I requested so many, that towards ing it'sit’s hard to believe their enthu­enthu- Spring Break, it was where rela­ about their sins and their struggles long behind us. With the world of the end of my project a weary siasm. Spring Break at the Bowery tionships were built. While pre­ to overcome them. They made no wireless internet access finally rising Ethan Petitt asked me, 'Don't‘Don’t you this year taught fifteen Covenant paring food, folding clothing, and bones about having to rely on Je­ to the Castle in the Clouds, the pos­ think you have enough sources?"'sources?”’ students something about love for mopping floors, we interacted sus to live righteously. It was this sibilities for research are endless. Today, students can access full text Jesus. with people whose lives we never candor that allowed us to connect "It's“It’s mainly about accessibility,"accessibility,” articles online but also "check“check out"out” The mission serves its commu-commu­ thought we would understand. with these men because we realized said librarian John Holberg. "You “You books on the internet for four hours nity in two main ways. First it min-min­ Senior Nicole Alexander recalls that fundamentally, we all struggle can be researching in your dorm at a time. isters to homeless men and women . the good time everyone had when with sin. Through their lives, I saw room, the library, either on a ma­ While many students are al­ from the street by providing meals, a jazz band played in chapel one that the only way to live is in full chine or by wireless, and even off ready knowledgeable about the showers, clothing, and shelter. Sec- Sec­ night. recognition of my own brokenness campus."campus.” online goldmine of resources, some ond, its six-month residential pro-pro­ "I“I learned that the homeless are and need for Jesus. Without Him While Covenant has not had are still in the discovery process. I can'tcan’t live righteously, I can’tcan't help a lack of resources in the past, re­ Most students are familiar withjs­with Js- Faculty Quote of the Week the homeless, I can't can’t even relate search has been raised to a new level tor, the main database of full-text lovingly to my friends here at Cov­ since John Holberg partnered with periodicals, but not all know about enant. Jesus simply calls us to take Tad Evearitt of Information Tech­ Artstor, which provides virtual ac­ "You“You gotta have kids so one side of his double-yoke. nologies to rework and reorganize cess to a myriad of images. The day before we left New Internet resources to design the The library also features links you can do philosophy York, we heard Dr. Timothy Keller current system. Now, with 40,000 organized by academic discipline preach a sermon about knowing electronic books available through that connect to databases helpful experiments on them."them.” God. When we find our identity the catalog, electronic interlibrary to each major. According to Hol­ inJesus,in Jesus, he said, we neither feel su­ loan request forms, and 14,000 berg, "It's“It’s important to really con­ - Dr. Bill Davis, in CHOW II, March 1, explaining perior or inferior to others because electronic subscriptions, research nect the library to the curriculum."curriculum.” Kant'sKant’s distinction between the world as it feels and the our worth lies only in His work. has never been so comprehensive. Now students can also listen to mu­ world as it appears, using the example of young chil­ This means that w.ewe can love peo­ Gwen Macallister, a Covenant sic from Naxos Music Library as dren'sdren’s developmental phase of being fascinated with ple who are different from us-andus—and alum, commented, "I“I would have well, either for class or pleasure. their hands'hands’ ability to "grow"“grow” and "shrink"“shrink” when they those who are similar--insimilar—in the way loved the convenience of e-re­ e-re- "They're“They’re all good tools," tools,” said move them. „ „ ,. , . „ thatJesusthat Jesus has loved us. And that is sources, particularly the availability Holberg. "You“You just have to use the Collected by Jenni DeJong why the Bowery men sing. of full text articles. I interlibrary- tools appropriately."appropriately.” 2 WWEDNESDAY,ednesday, MARCHM arch 23,23,2005 2005 NEWS / OUTLOOK TTHEhe BBAGPIPEagpipe

and the like. ment is conventional. "That's“That’s a traditional “We"We want to widen the footprint of amount of time for a capital campaign,”campaign," Campus improvements up the campus rather than lengthen it,”it," Ran­ she saidsaid.. “It’s"It's not much more travel, just dolph said. more focused travel.”travel." New dorm construction to begin this summer The various building and improve­ Derek Halvorson, director for major ment projects coupled with tight funds gifts, added, “This"This would not be typical of mean tough decisions for the administra­ forty years ago. The face of academia has BBYy MMAXax BELZBelz ANDand EEMILYmily BBELZelz The new dormitory has a budget of $6.3 tion. For now, Covenant’sCovenant's focus is on end­ changed.”changed." million and will house between 140 and ing this fiscal year in the black. “We’ve"We've cut The residence hall could be completed With the envisioned construction of 150 students. Its design will be similar to operation funds as much as we can cut by the fall of 2006 at the earliest. Simulta­ two new buildings along Covenant’sCovenant's back the MacClellan-Rymer dorm. It will sit them,”them," said Duble. neously, $4 million Carter Hall renovations drive, the Advancement office hopes to west of campus behindbehindJackson Jackson Hall. The board members on the Advance­ will commence two floors at a time, mov­ stretch their dollars to create a new aes­ Board members expressed concern ment Committee hope for 100% financial ing the residents of the 4th and 5th floors thetic aura. about waterproof roofs because of build­ participation from the board for the capital to the new residence hall. As soon as the In a March 171 7 meeting with the board’sboard's ing leaks throughout the years on campus. campaign. “I"I think this is an opportunity top two floors return to their home dorms, Advancement Committee, Vice President · Dale Lee from Facilities Management as­as- for the board to be a board,”board," said board the 2nd and 3rd floors will be moved to of Advancement Troy Duble unveiled sured the board that the red metal roof for member Jim Jolly. the new residence hall while their rooms two artistic renderings of the proposed the new dorm has a 50-year life. Giving for the campaign has been are refurbished. residence hall and academic building. Vice With a dorm down the hill from Carter highly stimulated by Dr. Nielson’sNielson's efforts “We"We need to get started on the Carter President of Finance Steve Randolph did Hall, a new entrance for students, staff, towards fundraising. Pat McLaughlin, project soon,"soon,” Randolph said. the same at the Facilities Oversight Com­ and faculty may be in the works. Opening speaking for the firm counseling Covenant Fundraising, renovation, and construc­ mittee meeting that same day. These im­ a driveway from Jupiter Road to the low on the campaign, the Timothy Group, in­ tion must come together seamlessly for provements are part of a $31 million capi­ road on the west side of campus would sisted that it will be necessary for Dr. Niel­ these improvements to take place. “Frank­"Frank­ tal campaign about to be launched. give access to all the main places on cam­ son to spend 50 percent of his time next ly, it’sit's going to be very difficult,”difficult," Duble According to Randolph, dorm con­ pus. Current construction plans will trans­ year raising money. confessed. "We're“We’re an adolescent college; if struction is the first priority. “We’d''We'd like to form the area into a boulevard, polishing Laura Pettit in the Office of Advance­ you grow too quickly, then the body’sbody's gan­ start on the dorm this summer,”summer," he said. its appearance with new lampposts, trees ment affirmed that such a time commit­commit- gly. The internals haven’thaven't caught up. "”

to confine the animals into hor­ Covenant students take top Earth care for Christians? rible living conditions (reducing the cost of production), to inject them spots in ballroom .competition with hormones (procuring a larger BYBy KKEITHeith RRILEYiley to everything else in the universe.”universe." net gain for the food industry), and BBYy SSTEPHANIEtephanie MMYERSyers American Rumba. Partain and Thus it follows, not only are things so forth? And a question of mere Whitney, who danced at the Amer­ Should Christians be con­ interconnected, but there is an­ self-interest: doesn’tdoesn't it strike us that Covenant’sCovenant's ballroom dance ican bronze level, took first place in cerned about the earth? Should other law in operation based upon such practices of the mass food team faced down the Big Ten in tango and foxtrot, and third place Christians love and appreciate and this, that of multiple effects. This is industries might actually be harm­ Ann Arbor and came back looking in waltz. They also placed fourth care deeply about the earth? Wow, to say that every action has a multi­ ful to our health and well-being? pretty good. in the international bronze waltz. what lovely thoughts I’mI'm already plicity of effects, much of which we Enough of that. Everything we do On February 25, three members Some ten schools were repre­ having. I’mI'm beginning to picture do not know or foresee, and some of has ecological effect. I have already of the team and Dr.JosephDr. Joseph Partain sented and 95 partnerships com­ one of six birds that I can identify, which we can’t.can't. However, there are said that, as Christians, we ought to traveled to Michigan for the colle­ peted.peted. Most partnerships came the robin (you know, the one with many that we can know, therefore know the earth in an intimate way. giate ballroom dance competition from Purdue University and the the red breast), its pecking an apple enabling us to adjust our ecological This does not mean that we have at the University of Michigan. University of Michigan, the two growing on an oak tree, and one actions so as to procure more good to be botanically knowledgeable as Freshmen Beth Morrow and schools best known for competi­ of the eight (!) flowers I know, the and less harm. Ecological actions, my “grabber”"grnbber" of an intro may have Andrew Strickenberg, and sopho­ tive ballroom dancing. The dance tulip (I love how it reminds me of what? We don’tdon't need to worry suggested. We are also to love the more Cara Whitney represented teams from University of Michi­ the 5 points of Calvinism...andCalvinism ... and the about these things, you may think. earth, to engage with it in a caring Covenant’sCovenant's newly formed team at gan and Purdue University usu­ Dutch!), and I’mI'm picturing a sunset But, you see, that is very harmful manner. We know that God cares the largest, most competitive col­ ally dominate these top spots that and a cascading waterfall. Yeah, we thinking because that means by de­ about even the tiny sparrow (Luke legiate ballroom competition in the Covenant’sCovenant's dance team took in­ should care about this earth. fault harmful living. We cannot not 12:6). Do we have that same care nation. stead. The team looks forward Here’sHere's the deal: I’dI'd like to act ecologically. For example, take for all of his creatures? Though this was the first com­ to meeting these schools again on push us further than this. Biblical flipping the light switch on in the My friends, problems abound petition for all three students, and April 22 at Ohio State University stewardship of the earth means morning: where does that energy on this earth because of man. We only the second for Partain, the with partnerships competing at the more than liking God’sGod's creation. come from? The same can be asked have polluted the air and water. We partnerships did well. Beth Mor­ newcomer, American bronze, and It means knowing the earth in an of all the utilities on which our lives are filling up landfills, and we are row and Andrew Strickenburg took International bronze levels. intimate way. This means real­ “depend”,"depend", of which we seldom give not talking leaves and potato peel­ first place in the American tango, izing that we .are members of the a thought as to their source. (My, ings, we’rewe're talking plastics and Sty­ fox trot, and waltz in the newcom­ AADAMdam BELZBelz contributedCONTRIBUTED toTO creation. We have been fashioned my, my, what would Covenant Col­ rofoam, etc. The USA is the biggest ers bracket and also placed in the THIS REPORT.REPORI'. from the earth, we are sustained by lege do if we had to go a day With­~th­ offender of wastefulness and con­ the earth, and we will return to it. out videogames, the use of com­ tends for the least concern and care (And, we have the wonderful hope puters, and movies?) What about about the health of this globe. It’sIt's that we will experience a bodily res­ eating, another daily ecological not our streams that are losing their urrection.) So, we are constantly in act in which we take part? Where fish and filling up with the waste a position of taking from and giv­ does our food come from? How sludge from all the coffee plants ing to the earth. To get technical, was it produced? Was the land Americans use up: as far as we are this is the law of interconnected­ from which it came treated in a concerned that’sthat's Central America’sAmerica's ness in operation of which we are way that was damaging? Were the problem, not ours. So, in sum, we a part.part.John John Muir the naturalist put animals treated properly? But, you can do better and we should do this rather nicely, "Tug“Tug on anything may say, who cares about that, they better. Get informed. Do what you at all, and you’llyou'll find it connected get killed anyway! Oh, so it’sit's okay can. Do what you should. 3 Wednesday,WEDNESDAY, MMARCH arch 23,23,2005 2005 ARTS / OPINION TTHEhe BBAGPIPEagpipe Letter~Letters to CrooningCrooning through ththee Editor the chatter

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BBYy VVINCENTin c e n t HHOWARDo w a r d An unresponsive crowd has Though I have no doubt that got to be hard for any musician Wallace Anderson played the piv­ to handle, even one as modest as otal role in working out the college’scollege's When I first saw M. Ward he Ward. But if this Portland, Oregon difficulties with the Department of was opening for Rilo Kiley at Wash­ resident is looking for a reminder Education last year, for the Bagpipe ington D.C.’sD.C.'s Black Cat nightclub that he’she's not justjust another guy with to say that “he"he single-handedly res­ two summers ago. Anyone who’swho's a guitar, he need only notice the cued the school”school" (Feb. 16, 2005) is seen Jenny Lewis on stage knows growing number of top-notch mu­ to ignore the thousands of hours she and her Saddle Creek rockers sicians who’vewho've lined up to shake his the financial aid staff spent in go­ are a hard act to follow. Lewis’Lewis' vin­ hand (Conor Oberst, Jim James Merge Records ing through old files to gather the tage movie-star charm outdazzled of My Morning Jacket and Howe M.M.Ward Ward data needed for the college’scollege's report Ward—heWard--he wore a dingy Oxford, Gelb of Giant Sand, for starters). to the DOE. Let’sLet's not ignore the tattered blue jeans and a faded blue But when you refuse to rely on an with ease. On “Amnesia,”''Amnesia," Ward’sWard's Ward’sWard's affinity for haunting ambi­ work of those in that and other baseball cap riding low on his shy ambitious promotional campaign, sure strumming and gravelly war­ ence, feedback and speaker fuzz, offices without whom the college brown eyesey~s and dark scraggly curls. MTV 2 air-time, or a stunning ble mix with the muffled music of the album feels decidedly bright­ couldcoula not function. Still, his smoky croon and light­ stage-presence to get the word out, an antique Victrola containing the er than its recent predecessors. ning-fast finger-picking charmed it usually takes folks a while to catch ghosts of dead jazz singers and rag­ Ward’sWard's thematic concern with the PPAULa u l HHESSELINKe s s e l in k me harder than Rilo Kiley at the on. In the meantime, Ward will be time orchestras. Though he held faded era of independent AM ra­ PPROFESSORr o f e s s o r oOF f ENGLISHE n g l is h height of their set. Yet, judging by adding albums to his fine catalog of back the nostalgic haze, Ward kept dio stations is a welcome sign that the incessant chatter that filled this contemporary Americana classics. the dark Americana coming with he’she's far enough removed from the small smoky room, those under Any one of his three albums is sure “Transfiguration,”"Transfiguration," a tribute to his loss of O'BrienO ’Brien to focus on a more _ Ward’sWard's spell were few and far be­ to please fans of Ben Harper, John late friend, Vincent O'Brien.O’Brien. More removed subject. Still, it’sit's just like Letters to tween. And so he responded with a Fahey and everyone in between. sober and direct than its predeces­ Ward to lament such a loss with the editor rude gesture of his own. Six songs His latest effort is "Transistor“Transistor Ra­ sor, the album coupled mourn­ sweet lullabies. This time around, are welcome: into the set, Ward rose from his dio,”dio," out last month on Merge. ful sadness with the slow joy that though, his mellow shufflers and stool and shot a glare out over his Ward’sWard's last two albums, “End"End comes while learning to live with dusty rockers are splashed with ex­ "Transfiguration loss. With "Transistor," Ward dusts otic surf guitars and old time radio Send them by email to indifferent emo audience. "Noisy “Noisy of Amnesia”Amnesia" and “Transfiguration loss. With “Transistor,” Ward dusts otic surf guitars and old time radio [email protected],bagpipe(a'covenant.edu, with "Letter“Letter little buggers, ain’tain't ya?”ya?" he sneered of Vincent,”Vincent," established him as an off his same old Americana boots crackle. These touches seem right to the Editor" in the subject line. softly as he turned and left the stage inventive folk-rock craftsman able while setting his world-weary soles at home swimming through the with dignified resignation. Sadly, to transition from blistering barn­ to a freer, less burdened stride. thick pools of distortion that recall Or send letters to: few seemed to notice. stormers to fragile acoustic tunes Though its songs bear the touch of the darker moments of “Amnesia.”''Amnesia." The Bagpipe And, as always, Ward laces his lyri­lyri- Box 145,145,14049 14049 Scenic HighwayLook­Highway Look ------~ outoutMountain, Mountain, GA 30750. cal tunes with plenty of atmospher­ · ng ~or the Orpha S iccal guitar tunes withsolos, plenty once ofagain atmospher­ proving • Make letters topical and keep them FFundingu n d I for11 the orphansn himself~!1:!~;r ::l~~tan apto;:;ila!1~:::~:~ pupil of such six- under way impeded. An important ele­ services.”services." And faith-based organi­ string composers as Leo Kottke 2oowords.200 words. BBYy RRYANy a n VVROEGINDEWEYroegindewey ment of this act is that Jackson is zations, it can be argued, work most and the aforementioned Fahey. • Letters mapma.v be edited for clarityclarit_v and ment of this act is that Jackson is length. still able to be selective in his hir­ effectively when they are staffed by In a music business swayed •■ Letters should behe signed with fill!full name, This week the U.S. House of ing; thus he is able to compile a employees who are sincerely pas­ more by slickness and shine than class standing, and declared major, if Representatives will be debating staff that is made up entirely of sionate about the organization’sorganization's artful imperfection and subtlety, applicable. the Job Improvement TrainingTraining Act. Christians who can wholeheartedly core beliefs. the dominant pop sounds can If passed by Congress this legisla­ share the organization's organization’s goals. In Whether or not such a utilitar­ seem a lot like background chatter ·tiontion would guarantee government-government­ fact, Jackson hopes to expand his ian rebuttal effectively silences ap­ at a smoky nightclub.f!ightclub. ListenLlsten hard The Bagpipe funded religious organizations the ministry into Tennessee and Ala­ peals to theth~ separation of church enough, though, and you may just ability to hire employees based on bama, other states which already and state, there is a more urgent hear the sweet voice of a true song­ EESTABLISHEDstablished inIN 1955 their religious affiliation, a free­ guarantee faith-based organiza­ matter with regards to government writer rising above the drone of AADAMdam BELZBelz dom which already exists in many tions the license to hire based on funding about which we Christians those noisy little buggers. Editor in Chief dom which already exists in many tions the license to hire based on states. religious preference. should be concerned. It regards the LAURALaura KAUFMANNKaufmann Associate Editor Mercy’sMercy's Chosen Children, a While such a freedom seems Church’sChurch's responsibility to the poor. ANNA KAUFMANN News Desk Christian adoptive organization, essential to such faith-based orga­ When Rod Jackson spoke in JENNI DEJONG News provides a local example of what nizations as Mercy’sMercy's Chosen Chil­ chapel a couple weeks ago, he ar­ TAMI MONTGOMERY Faith & Reason such a bill would protect. Last year, dren, the Job Improvement Act is ticulated a vision to expand Mer­ VINCENT HOWARD Arts cy's Chosen Children by raising a RYANVROEGINDEWEYRYAN VROEGINDEWEY Outlook this ministry signed a faith-based not without opposition. Most chal­ cy’s Chosen Children by raising a Corrections EVAN DONOVAN Layout contract with the state of Georgia, lengers believe that it is a danger­ million dollars by next year. At this ADAM PORCELLA Layout making Mercy’sMercy's Chosen Children ous move to allow faith-based orga­ point in the chapel talk, how many In the article entitled "Art “Art BRAEBRAEHOWARD HOWARD Photo HEIDI KAUFMANN . Copy Desk a state-funded placement agency. nizations the ability to discriminate of us felt like rolling our eyes and and music on tap...”tap... " in the last According to Director Rod Jack­ while they are backed by state saying "I“I knew this was coming—coming-­ issue, Kayb Carpenter's Carpenter’s com­com• of rebuttal that is used another request for money." To my mission was stated as $20,000. CLIFFC u ff FOREMANForeman son, presently about 85 percent of money. One rebuttal that is used another request for money.” To my mission was stated as $20,000. Faculty Advisor the organization’sorganization's funding comes against this contention is based on shame, I did. How do we Christians That figure is incorrect; since it This is a Covenant College student publication from the state. a pragmatic outlook: in the words respond so callously to requests for represents the estimated cost of The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect backing, Mr. Jackson, "The success-rate money that will minister to widows the entire project. Carepenter’sCarepenter's thosethose of the College nor thethe student body. Despite state financial backing, of Mr. Jackson, “The success-rate money that will minister to widows however,however,Jackson Jackson confirms that the is so much higher when faith-based commission is only $7,000. 14049 Scenic Highway • Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 See MERCY, page 4. 14049 Scenic Highway• Lookout Mountain, GA 30750. ministry’sministry's Christian goals arejure in no ministries are performing social WEDNESDAY,W ednesday, MARCHM arch 23,23,2005 2005 FAITH & REASON THET he BAGPIPEBagpipe 4 Chapel UsingUsing your religionreligion Spotlight BYBy LAURALaura KAUFMANNKaufm ann their particular institution deals Riley never mentions Covenant, with issues such as homosexuality, though she talks extensively about The "missionary“missionary generation"generation” is feminism, drinking, and politics. Wheaton and Calvin Calvin.. Her view Author of God upon us. What is it, exactly? . But it doesn't doesn’t stop there. Those of these schools and the others According to Naomi Schae- Schae­ who want to know why Thomas mentioned is positive. These stu­ on the Quad fer Riley in her recently published Aquinas is strictly academic academic,, how dents ar aree desirable, hardworking hardworking,, book God on the Qy,ad:Quad: How Religi,ousReligious Baylor welcomes an ecumenical upstanding, intelligent, and spiri­ coming next Colleges and the Missionary Generation student body, and what kind of art tually focused young people. She Are Changing America, it is 1 1.3.3 mil­mil- Bob Jones houses on i_ts its campus writes, "The“The schools'schools’ religious mis­ Wednesday lion graduates from seven hundred should pick up this book. sions provided spiritual solace, and . religious colleges in the United Paradoxically, the missionary though secular colleges certainly StatesStates.. These graduates are invad-invad­ generation is growing more akin held a wide variety of religious serser­: BYBy HEIDIH eidi KAUFMANNKaufm ann ing American culture with commit-commit­ to its secular neighbors while re­ vices, there is a particular kind of ment to ethical standards, cultural maining distinctly different · from solidarity and, perhaps perhaps,, comfort, Covenant iiss opening its chapel Naomi Schaeffer Riley prowess, and intellectual backbone. them. For instance, feminist ideas created when everyone on a cam­ doors to journalist, author, and The pietistic disposition of their are much more accepted at reli­ pus is praying to the same God for agnostic Naomi Schaefer Riley Riley.. tion"tion” and "What“What Would Jesus Do grandparents’grandparents' generation no Ion- lon­ gious colleges than they used to be. the same thing."thing.” Perhaps Covenant Riley will be speaking in chapel on at Harvard?"Harvard?” ger persists, but neither do these The numbers are startling. 13.1 13.1% % will be included in a revised edi­ Wednesday, March 30. She will Riley is an adjunct fellow at the students accept the more rebellious of women at secular colleges sur­ tion of the book after Riley speaks also be speaking at Books & Coffee Ethics and Public Policy Center in practices of their hippie predeces-predeces­ veyed agreed that "the“the activities of here next week. She will spend time at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, March 29 Washington DC. sors. Enrollment in these religious married women areare best confined with students as she did at these at the Chattz Coffee House. She has been the recipient of the colleges increased by 60% between to the home and family,"family,” compared other institutions, and, if she finds Riley is of Jewish background Phillips FoundationJournalismFoundation Journalism Fel­ 1990 and 2002, compared to to 17.3% at religious non-Catholic us every bit as unique and driven and lives in BrooklynBrooklyn,, NY, but she lowship, the Intercollegiate Studies schools at the secular and private schools. Less than one half of one as the others, her theories will gain calls herself an agnostic. Since InstituteJournalismInstitute Journalism Fellowship, the levels whose student bodies grew percent of all interviewed wanted strength. As part of the missionary graduating from Harvard magna Claremont Institute Publius Fel­ mildly. As Riley writes, "If “If the . to be fulltime homemakers. On generation, we are a vital force in cum laude in 1998, she has worked lowship, and the Charles G. Koch perpetuation of liberty depends the other hand, sexual promiscuity, shaping our country'scountry’s future. as assistant editor of Commentary, Fellowship. on the continued propagation of though a minor issue at religious as well as an editorial intern at the Riley has recently written a virtues like integrity, loyalty, cour- cour­ colleges, is not nearly as rampant as Wall Street Journal editorial page book entitled "God“God on the Quad: age, charity, and self-restraint, then on secular campuses. These kinds MERCY,fromMERCY, from page 3. and the National .Review. How Religious Colleges and the America'sAmerica’s religious colleges will be of statistics, according to Riley, Riley is the editor of the new Missionary Generation are Chang­ a vital component in this c911ntry'scountry’s show that this generation'sgeneration’s students and orphans? Perhaps it is because, journal In Character and a con­ ing America,"America,” which was published future."future.” are both pursuing and maintaining as the Church, we have lost our tributing writer at The American by St. Martin's Martin’s Press in January The book is essential reading a healthy view of culture when they sense of responsibility responsibility' to care for Enterprise. She is a frequent con­ 2005. She has received grants for for anyone interested in the role graduate. Given the recent elec­ the poor. tributor to the Wall StreetJournal,Street Journal, this book project from the Tem­ of religious higher education in tions, religious colleges are affect­ In 2001 Christianity Today re­ the Boston Globe, and the Na­ pleton Foundation, the Randolph America. Riley highlights six col- col­ ing politics as well --— most of them ported that "Protestants“Protestants gave only tional Review. Review'. Her articles have Foundation, the Phillips Founda­ leges and universities in the first six are located in Red states (those 2.5 percent of their 1998 after-tax also appeared in The New York tion, and the John M. Olin Foun­ chapters - Brigham Young (Mor-(Mor­ states that voted Republican), and income to churches, a three-decade Times, The Los Angeles Times, the dationdation.. mon), Bob Jones (Fundamentalist), the Blue state schools enroll many decline of 19 percent.”percent." Although Chronicle of Higher Education, Students will not. not want _tci to miss Notre Dame (Catholic), Thomas students hailing from Red States. the report may be a bit dated, it is the Weekly Standard, the New Re­ this exciting opportµnity opportunity to hear Aquinas (Catholic), Yeshiva (Jew- (Jew­ However, there'sthere’s more to the story doubtful that this downward trend public, Commentary, Crisis, the someone from the "outside"“outside” speak ish), and Baylor (Baptist) - all of on political views, as you will read in giving has reversed itselfitself. Public/Interest,Pub:t:·c Interest, and First Things. to us about ideas extremely relevant which together cross a wide breadth in the chapter entitled "Where“Where are It is indeed my hope that the Job SomSome of the articles she has written to us who are a part of the mission­ of faiths faiths.. She interviews students, the Protests? Political Activism at Improvement Training Act passes inclinclude de "The“The Missionary Genera- ary generation. faculty and administration on how Religious Colleges."Colleges.” so that Christian organizations may be empowered and unimpeded to work in their lives, and thank him proclaim Christ through word and Break on impact: Huanta, Peru for his blessings. Such an attitude deed. Yet, at the same time I fear of thankfulness from those whose that such a move would encourage material resources were sparse ·a trend that is already moving with STAFFStaff REPORTReport side of a local police station, and burn. "Their “Their lives reflected the life was a lesson in humility for us. heavy momentum—complacencymorrientum--complacency Senior Nathaniel Gutierrez for the rest of the week the guys and death importance they placed The emphasis the believers with the fact that other spheres of led a group of twenty-one to his worked on adding onto a church on their faith, specifically in their there placed on relationships was society show more compassion for parents'parents’ mission work in Huanta, building in Huanta, while the girls involvement with their discipleship something we will remember for the poor tl1anthan the Church does. Peru. The group, led by Guti­ painted the insid~inside of the orphan­ groups. No one seemed too proud a long time. Developing their re­ We at Covenant have one errez, Charlie Dey, and Alicia age begun by the Gutierrezes. to admit they needed one another, lationships with Christ and with kind of compassion down pretty Skrivan, worked at Nathaniel’sNathaniel's For many of us, the most strik­ and they spoke seriously about 'ac­ each other formed the center of good. We feel for oppressed people home in Huanta, a small city lo­ ing thing about Huanta was the countability and true Christian fel­ their lives, a principle they learned groups around thethe.world world and dedi­ cated between Lima and Cusco. faith of the Christians there. Their lowship."lowship.” from studying the gospels, trying cate our lives to one day go to Af­ · While we planned to begin con­ joy and passion for the Gospel was One highlight was getting to sit to imitate the way of life Jesus es­ rica. What we need is a compassion struction on a church site for a unlike anything we had experi­ in on. on Mr. Gutierrez's Gutierrez’s weekly dis­ tablished in his relationship with . that cannot be compartmentalized mission work in the mountains enced before. They exuded tireless cipleship group. All people present his disciples. For a short time, we to the classroom or to some future near Huanta, we ended up work­ energy for service. were overflowing with excitement were allowed to fellowship with chapter of life: a compassion that ing on several projects within the "The“The Christians in Huanta, about the Gospel and thanksgiving them in work, play,play; and worship, feels for the poor at the foot of the city itsel(itself. Our first day was spent Peru were decisively unashamed of for what Jesus was doing in their an experience which no doubt mountain, and one that gives of working together to paint the in-in­ the Gospel," Gospel,” said Courtney Ray-Ray­ lives. All were eager to share his made a lasting impression. ourselves--andourselves—and our pocketbooks-- pocketbooks— '------'------~ right now.