the bagpipeonline.comBAGPIPE VOL.57 NO.1 SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 Students hung up about hammock Still swingin’ rules pages 2 & 6 COVENANT ON CAMERAby Adrienne Belz premium” on taking care of stu- Ford explained that the theft
[email protected] dents. This latest installment follows problems at Covenant are bigger Covenant’s first new security the ScotsCard residential security than one might expect, and other camera system is up and running created a few years ago, the tornado administrators saw the installment with 22 video cameras keeping an and intruder drill system, and more as a proactive measure. eye on campus. evening security guards. “Covenant wants to take reason- Greg Ford, Safety and Security The system cost the school able precautions,” said President Coordinator, said that if nothing $22,000, Ford said, a figure that Niel Nielson. Nielson said he was else he wants the 22 new cameras had several students raising their surprised at the low cost of Cov- to act as a deterrent to theft. Most eyebrows. enant’s system compared to those of the cameras are nestled in nooks “Why are they spending of other schools, saying that he of the ceilings in residential main $22,000 on them when it feels like thought the bill would be five times entrances, but both gymnasium something we don’t need at all?” what it was. entry ways have them, and last week questioned Matthew Higgins, a Before acquiring the system, a few were hung in the Great Hall, junior from Signal Mountain, Tenn. safety and security staff studied how according to Ford.