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THE BAGPIPE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 14049 SCENIC HIGHWAY, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GA 30750 VOLUME 62.3 Meet Neely Goree Highschool Ref Assaulted Caracal Album Review Mountain Affair Review I’m A Christian, But We’ve got a replacement for Sam Highschool football players were They actually have a track called The Editor-In-Chief’s sister got We know you read Buzzfeed, Guthrie, and she can do cross- ordered to tackle a ref. Drama “Bang That.” third. Also, some other people but are you reading between the words without using Google. ensues. placed. lines? Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 CAMPUS PREVIEW BOARD OF WEEKEND TRUSTEES by AnnaKatherine Clarke On Oct. 1-3, between 160- 170 high schoolers came to MEETINGS preview Covenant College this past Campus Preview by Zach Jones Weekend—a lower atten- dance than previous years. The Covenant College Despite the lower turn- Board of Trustees—look- out, Director of Admis- ing to reevaluate the sions Scott Schindler still college’s policy on Ad- seemed confident because missions, Federal Fund- of the unusually high num- ing & Human Sexuali- ber of seniors. ty, Strategic Plan, and lowing the opening session cuss fiscal responsibility The Student Devel- on Thursday morning, the and integrity, approve the opment Committee meet “We have 114 se- more—returns to Look- niors and 48 juniors. On av- out Mountain Oct. 7 for Board of Trustees sepa- receipt of select contribu- in Kresge 201 to review rate into seven commit- tions, review plans and reports from the Chaplain erage, about 27-40% of the its fall meeting. seniors who preview end Twenty-four trust- tees, which meet on and policies related to receipt and the Vice President for near campus from 9:45 of gifts to the college, and Student Development, es- up enrolling at Covenant,” ees, nine trustee advisers, Schindler said. and four officers will spend a.m.-12:45 p.m. Students analyze the Advancement/ tablish and review policy are welcomed to sit in on Investment annual assess- that governs the student Because of Cove- Thursday and Friday re- nant’s 2015-2016 freshmen vising the college’s policies committee meetings. ment report. body, approve changes to The Academic Af- The Campus Plan- the student handbook, and transfer enrollment on several issues such as experienced a 5% drop, finance, admissions, aca- fairs committee meet in ning committee meet in oversee athletic policies, Carter 118 to approve Carter 131 this year to and review the Student the Admissions office has demics, athletics, and fed- been focusing on creating eral funding. significant changes in ac- oversee college policy re- Development annual as- ademic programs, inter- lating to use and mainte- sessment report. more strategic relationships Most board mem- with high school seniors. bers, some with their view and recommend new nance of college space, in- The Trustee De- faculty members, and sure the maintenance and velopment/Spiritual Life The seniors who attended spouses or families, ar- this year’s campus preview rive Wednesday evening. review the Academic Af- repairs of all properties committee meet in Brock fairs annual assessment in accord with allocated 221 to discuss issues, poli- weekend may be the fruit of The meeting itself will these efforts. commence Thursday report and the goals of resources, make recom- cies, and personnel within the academic department mendations to the board the Board itself. The goal of CPW morning with an opening is to give prospective stu- plenary (all-member) ses- for the year. on campus planning, and A plenary session The Admissions review the Facilities and will take place on Thurs- dents a glimpse of what a sion held at Grace Pres- typical year is like at Cov- byterian Church. committee meet at Grace Management annual as- day afternoon to discuss Presbyterian Church to sessment report. items for full board dis- enant. Although many The opening ses- previewers come with sion will begin with devo- review and evaluate the The Finance/Investment cussion. Issues of sexual College’s admissions mar- committee meet in Car- orientation, government their families, the Ad- tions and prayer by Rev. missions office encour- Lance Lewis, followed by keting plan and all other ter 131 to review CFO funding, and government admissions functions, go Dan Wykoff’s report, re- regulation—three wide- ages them to spend the opening remarks from night in the dorms to get both Chairman Dick over the Director of Ad- vise the annual college ly anticipated topics this missions’ report, and ana- budget and other finan- year—are expected to be a better feel of the cam- Bowser and President pus experience. In prepa- Derek Halvorson. New lyze the Admissions annu- cial goals, review and ap- covered at this session. al assessment report. prove personnel policies, A board-appointed ration, the Admissions faculty and staff will office sends out housing also be introduced at the The Advancement/ review and revise finan- special task force charged Investment committee cial aid policies and effec- with researching potential requests to to all the halls opening session. on campus, to see if there Immediately fol- will meet at Grace Pres- tiveness, and go over the byterian Church to dis- annual Financial report. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 VOLKSWAGEN SCANDAL by Molly Hulsey 40 times the harmful gas- es than the standard. Volkswagen, one of Chat- This intention- tanooga’s biggest em- ally deceptive measure ployers, is facing an emis- seems to be ironic for a sions scandal, exposed to company whose prima- the public Sept. 18, that ry advertising campaign could cost the company endorses sustainability up to $18 billion in fines. and low mileage. VW’s VW’s violation of diesel vehicles were pro- the EPA’s Clean Air Act moted as the green alter- was first discovered in native to regular sedans, May 2014 by scientists and in response, federal at West Virginia Univer- tax credits were provid- sity. The EPA began to ed to reward 2009 Jetta even cleaner.” the primary producer of breaking, while local gov- confront the automaker owners for making an In 2011, the Chat- the Passat and an upcom- ernments raised $219.2 throughout the past year, eco-friendly choice. tanooga plant was con- ing line of SUVs. million in expectation of but the scandal only bub- While investiga- structed as the paradigm As VW confronts approximately 1,500 jobs bled to the surface when tions were still ongoing, of VW’s new sustainable plummeting stocks, a slew it would bring to the area. VW validated that soft- Oliver Schmitt, VW’s U.S. stance and the primary of lawsuits, and the po- Thus far, it appears that ware inserted into diesel Head of Engineering and producer of “clean diesel” tential replacement of 11 the scandal has not neg- Passats, Beetles, Audi Environment, told NPR Passats. The plant is the million emission-gauging atively affected the city’s A3s, Jettas, and Golfs only in an article in Jan. 2015 only LEED Platinum- cer- software systems, Chat- economic powerhouse, reduced emissions to EPA that “Diesel is as clean as tified VW facility in the tanoogans have reason to and the new line will be standards during testing. the gasoline car today, and world, boasting a 66 acre fear repercussions. $358.2 released as originally Once the car runs normal- with the future emission solar-panel farm among million of the state’s tax planned. ly, however, these “defeat regulations that are com- other environmentally money was invested in City councilmember Car- systems” actually release ing up, they are getting friendly features, and is the facility at its ground- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NEWS 02 on campus and CPW was PREVIEW WEEKEND nearly canceled; however, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the Admissions staff was are current students who able to navigate the crisis. are interested in housing Schindler credits previewers. During CPW, the continued success of previewers are invited to CPW to the students and go to Mountain Affair, staff who make it possible. attend a theater produc- “We have a fantastic stu- tion, watch a film with dent employee force: our the campus community, student admissions rep- and visit classes. resentatives spend hours Covenant also calling and emailing pro- hosts an Academic Open spective students to see if House, where students they want to attend CPW. can talk to professors of Our grounds crew, facili- their areas of interest, ties crew, and events crew and prospective athletes spend countless hours can attend meetings with ensuring that the week- coaches throughout the end goes off without any weekend. issues. So it’s not just Ad- “We are always try- missions that plays a part ing to give our students in planning this weekend. a bigger view of campus It’s really a campus-wide over two days,” Schindler effort.” explained. In the spirit of Schindler and his showing the crazier as- ulating the “defeat soft- job security), an intern at team find professors will- pects of Covenant life, VOLKSWAGEN ware.” The Berlin plant Chattanooga’s VW plant, after Friday chapel The CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing to represent their de- has omitted an entire shift reports that employees partments at the Academ- Catacombs performs a ol Berzs, is confident that and stymied the hiring are “disappointed and ic Open House. skit on the lawn every Pre- the emissions scandal of new employees, while ashamed,” but the daily “For an hour and a view Weekend. This year, would not constrict Chat- CEO Martin Winterhorn function of the plant has half, prospective students the skit featured the ap- tanooga’s economy or the resigned on Sept.