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THE BAGPIPE THURSDAY, OCT 3, 2019 14049 SCENIC HIGHWAY, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GA 30750 VOLUME 67.6 Whistleblower Complaint Covenant Confessions Gen Z Soccer Prospects Short Fiction Contest Recent Film Remakes Democrats begin impeachment Controversy Watch out for these young athletes Two Covenant professors look for (and why they are all so bad) proceedings against President Contentious Instagram page shuts and their promising talent a new kind of Christian fiction Trump down Page 1 Page 1 Page 5 Page 6 Page 8 WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT LEADS TO IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY by Hannah Urban On September 19th, a whis- tleblower complaint emerged from a member of the intel- ligence community involv- ing President Trump. A whis- tleblower is someone from a company or government agen- cy who shares their knowledge of any wrongdoing in the form of fraud, corruption, or illegal activity within an organiza- tion. This particular complaint involves a phone call between Trump and Volodymyr Zelen- sky, the president of Ukraine. video still from Jack Dempsey, youtube.com A memorandum of the tele- phone conversation was re- leased on September 25th. It was not the exact same words as used originally. The White CLIMATE STRIKE IN CHATTANOOGA House warned that it is not a verbatim account. by Zoe Kiratzis downtown Chattanooga, approxi- tanooga which featured multiple and kpanlogo drums, and even and Ian Banks mately one hundred locals assem- speakers and activities. participated in some aerial danc- In the call, Trump encouraged bled in order to raise awareness of ing. Zelensky to investigate Dem- On Friday, September 20th, pro- the climate change crisis. Many Two Kenyan women offered pow- ocratic presidential candidate testers of all ages gathered in cit- came toting signs emblazoned erful testimonies about how the Just days after people around the Joe Biden for corruption. Ac- ies across the world as part of the with slogans such as, “Respect warming climate is affecting their world joined together to strike for cording to the memorandum of Youth Climate Strike. The strike your mother,” “There is no plan- homeland and the innovative action on climate change, the 2019 the call, Trump said, “There’s was catalyzed by Swedish envi- et B,” “Don’t be a fossil fool,” and solutions that their communities United Nations Climate Action a lot of talk about Biden’s son, ronmental activist Greta Thun- “The Future is Green.” Demon- were being forced to employ. Summit was held in New York that Biden stopped the prosecu- berg. It became a part of a global strators ranged from young chil- City. Thunberg made headlines tion and a lot of people want to movement that over 7.6 million dren to senior citizens, but the A McCallie student with the Nat- by taking a specially-designed find out about that, so whatev- people in 185 countries partici- majority were high school and ural Conservation Guild chal- racing sailboat which offered a er you can do with the attorney pated in, according to globalcli- college students. Eight students lenged the crowd on their com- zero emissions option for travel- general would be great.” matestrike.net. Thunberg drew from Covenant participated in placency and called for greater ing from Plymouth, England to international attention when she the strike, and one faculty mem- action. The Chattanooga Times participate in the summit. Before Trump’s personal lawyer Ru- began to protest the inaction of ber joined them. Free Press reported that Graham the United Nations, Thunberg de- dolph Giuliani was involved in the Swedish government on cli- Shults, a leader of Chattanooga livered an impassioned speech to persuading Kiev, Ukraine’s cap- mate change by skipping school The strike in Chattanooga bore Students Leading Change, also rows of world leaders. ital, to investigate matters that to demonstrate in front of the many similarities to the other called for greater action and de- would help Trump politically. Swedish parliament. Her actions strikes happening simultaneous- manded attention from adults Now, Thunberg is traveling across Government officials who han- have inspired responses from stu- ly across the United States and about the problems that the stu- North America before heading dle foreign policy connected dents all over the world, including the globe. Lauren Newman, the dents will have to live through. to Santiago, Chile. There, at the Trump’s willingness to support in Chattanooga. sustainability coordinator at the United Nations Climate Change Zelensky with Zelensky and his University of the South and part The strike wasn’t just speech- Conference, Thunberg will con- government’s readiness to pur- On the 20th, outside of the Ten- of the local Climate Reality Chap- es—protesters joined in chants, tinue to advocate for increased nessee Aquarium in the heart of ter, headed up the event in Chat- danced to the rhythmic djembe action on climate change. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 rise, sing, and pray together. “The CONTROVERSIAL ‘COVENANT DAY OF PRAYER EXTRAORDINAIRE sunrise service at Rock City is a longstanding tradition that began CONFESSIONS’ INSTAGRAM by Anna Rogers while he hasn’t been present for with the Psychology Department them all, Chaplain Lowe can pro- years back,” Lowe added. PAGE ERASED On September 25th, Covenant vide us with some insight into the had its biannual Day of Prayer. day itself. He shared with us some Lowe also said, “We have lately by Elias Ferenczy for creating the platform. It gave For most Covenant students, of the activities and events that tried to be thoughtful about pro- students the opportunity to say this means no school! And while happen on Day of Prayer, none viding structure and content into “The solution, end the page. Sim- what normally is secret or forbid- this is an added bonus of Day of more well-known that the sunrise the time at Rock City.” ple, uncomplicated.” -@cov_con- den, and the creators were curi- Prayer, it means much more than service at Rock City. Sleepy-eyed fessions ous to see its results. just a break from our academics. students gather together at Rock Now, I’m sure most of you are City at 7 a.m. to watch the sun- CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 This month, @cov_confessions, After running for a time, the page well aware of the meaning and the Instagram page that once was cleared by the administrators importance of Day of Prayer, and boasted an estimated 276 follow- themselves to resolve an ongoing I’m sure most of you have monk- ers—most of whom were Cove- conversation that resulted from like discipline that pushed you nant students—erased all posts, circling rumors and complaints into prayer from dawn until dusk. leaving students with conflicting about the direction of the page’s However, on the off chance you reactions. The account, which content by students and admin- need a refresher, here are a few posted “confessions” written and istration. Not only did rumors words from some of the Covenant submitted by anonymous stu- spread around campus, but com- community to help you out. dents, gained popularity and ig- plaints were expressed via direct nited controversy for its often message and anonymous submis- For our first guest, he kills animals questionable, negative content. sion as well. with his car, he has hair more vo- luminous than you can imagine, The account was founded on an- While the page may have had that’s right ladies and gentlemen, onymity of all parties. For this negative impacts, several stu- I’m talking about Chaplain Grant reason, the four account admin- dents praised it for its humor Lowe himself. Day of Prayer, af- istrators would not provide their fectionately known as DOP, has names, as they take responsibility CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 been around for decades, and photo by Eden Anyabwile NEWS 02 STUDENT SENATE UPDATE by Grant Kierpa broader topics. The Bagpipe had the opportunity Is there something you’d like to see to sit down and chat with both changed about Senate this year? the oldest and newest members of Student Senate. Erik Peeples Peeples: I would like to see Senate ’20 is now Student Body Presi- more connected to campus and dent after serving for two years I’d like to see Senate grow. Func- as Class President and last year as tionally, I want Student Senate to the Student Body Vice President. be more connected so we’re doing The other, Liz Daley ’23 from Co- these events called Minute with lumbia, SC, is the newly elected Senate where we’ll be going to Freshman Class President. Both each Resident Hall for about an had insights on what Senate has hour or so where we’ll be meet- been and what it can be in the fu- ing with RAs, collaborating with photo from covenantcollege.edu ture. them, sitting down in lobbies of each building to help make our- vision for this year is to make Sen- that it would help get me out of Freshman class you’d like to share? First question to the veteran, Erik: selves known. ate more united with the rest of my comfort zone. Then it quick- what are some things you’ve seen campus. We want to let everyone ly turned to [the thought that] Daley: I definitely want to make change on Senate in your four Structurally, we’re looking to add know that we are there for them, maybe this will be my place in the sure I listen well to the Freshmen years? a position to be a liaison to the and we support them. We aren’t community to serve. class and hear what they want Multicultural Program. Last year just some group of students that before I commit to anything sig- Peeples: When I got into Senate we felt the need to address the meet in isolation.

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