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THE BAGPIPE MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018 14049 SCENIC HIGHWAY, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GA 30750 VOLUME 66.6 Faith and History David Blevins Three-Point Line “A Star is Born” Uni-ball Signo DX 0.38 Faculty members and history Sky News correspondent speaks The NBA considers incorporating Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Farewell to notetaking as you majors presented papers in history on the conflicts in Ireland and the a new challenge to the game to star in the successful remake of the know it conference at Calvin College European Union keep fans interested classic 1930s film Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 7 AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR EVA SCHLOSS TELLS HER STORY by Marie Bowen Not every day does a Ho- locaust survivor come to Chattanooga. Particularly one related to Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who was a victim of the Ho- locaust and who famous- ly kept a diary during her time hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam. On Sunday, October 14, 89-year-old Eva Schloss, one of the last living Nazi death camp sur- vivors, came to Chattanoo- photo by Anna Beth Corson ga to share about her sur- vival of Auschwitz. As her website evaschloss. DOES CHARTWELLS CHART WELL? com states, Schloss is “a Holocaust survivor, peace by Mallory Harmon started this year and will affected emotionally and go straight to corporate, to activist, international remain for the foreseeable practically by the student reach the staff here at Cov- speaker, teacher and a hu- Chartwells’ corporate office future. If students aren’t evaluations. enant. However, this emo- manitarian.” She has writ- is asking student opinion. involved in the well-loved ji-paneled system is not ten three books and shares A rating system has been sport of seeing how many Kurt Peper, the assistant di- the only student evaluation her story to audiences placed near the door of the frowny faces they can press rector of Chartwells at Cov- that Chartwells undergoes. around the world to spread Great Hall consisting of a as they pass by, they may enant, said employees “love Once a semester, Chart- her message promoting panel of smiley face buttons pause to ask themselves: feedback, even negative wells asks students to fill love and acceptance. headed by questions con- “How much of a voice do feedback. They respond out an iPad survey. cerning food and service. we actually have?” well to it.” But do the em- A native Austrian, Schloss The happy faces on the ployees will actually ever Every time Peper receives currently lives in London. panel are meant to gauge When asked how it feels see the evaluation results? survey results, he said they After interviewing with the high or moderate satisfac- to have students rank their are relayed to the staff Chattanooga Times Free tion, whereas the frowny service and food right in Ross Lochstampf, Chart- through meetings he con- Press, journalist Tyler Jett faces indicate discontent. front of them at every meal, wells chef, said he “doesn’t ducts. Cindy Duncan, a wrote that she stopped in The system was put there many Chartwells greeters at all expect” the reviews Chartwells greeter, notes Chattanooga for a few days two weeks before term said that they were un- of the rating system, which CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AN INTERVIEW WITH EMBLEM’S ABBI CAREY by Hannah Williams process of going back and forth trying to figure out Together with fellow senior songs and choreography Yoonjin Jung, Abbi Carey long distance, but I think took second place in Cov- it made us more excited! enant College’s Mountain We both love to dance, and Affair, an annual talent since it’s our senior year show, on October 5. The we wanted a cool memory two danced to popular hits to have in the books. and their quick, spot-on choreography brought an Q: How long did it take eruption of cheers and you to choreograph your applause from audience routine? members. In this interview, A: So, we can’t claim all Abbi gave The Bagpipe credit for the choreo. Some her own perspective on of it was from a couple photo by Anna Beth Corson the event, as well as some dance studios in Korea insight on the many hours that we found on YouTube. put the music together. and then we hit them again it feel when you realized of planning and practice They were One Million with choreo. It just felt you had won? that went into their perfor- and Alien dance studios. Q: What was your favorite super impactful, and like A: It was so cool for us! mance. We added some moves movement or combina- ‘Yeah, we’re here to burn Since it’s both our senior ourselves later when we tion in the routine and it down!’ Everyone went years, we really wanted to Q: When did you and were finally back together why? wild for that part, too. The just do something fun to- Yoonjin decide to try out at school. I would say it A: My personal favorites solo parts in the third song gether that we enjoyed. So, for Mountain Affair to- took us up to 60-70 hours were the moment that the (Keeping Your Head Up) Mountain Affair was that. gether and why? of work here and there to lights went down in the were also super fun. We worked really really A: We decided last semes- fully get the choreo down second song (The Middle), hard at it; we literally shed ter to do it. I was in Korea the way we wanted. Plus, and we switched outfits. Q: Congrats on your sec- at the time, so it was a fun add on about 12 hours to The lights came back up ond place win! How did CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NEWS 02 FAITH AND HISTORY CONFERENCE by Paige Hungar the window of the academic practice of history. On October 3, Dr. Jay Green, accompanied by six Cove- History majors Samuel West nant College students, de- (’19), Hannah O’Donnell parted from Mac Circle in a (’20), Paige Hungar (’20), and seven-passenger van and em- Jessica Florey (’20) presented barked upon a twelve-hour papers on the founding of the journey. The destination? The American republic, Cather- Conference on Faith and His- ine the Great, Vaclav Havel, tory. and Deborah Sampson, re- spectively. Jag Williams (’19), This conference, established a history and philosophy fifty years ago, is an affiliate of double major, spoke on the the larger American Histori- Victorian nude, while John cal Association. They publish Bush (’19) gave a paper about ries in 2016. conference included academ- litical hope, and many other a journal, called Fides et His- Hilary of Poitiers. ics who have spoken or will topics related to faith and his- toria, and exist to practice the In a panel on the civil rights be speaking at Covenant Col- tory. discipline of history as Chris- The next two days of the con- movement in the Mississippi lege, such as Dr. Otis Pickett tians by considering the rela- ference involved plenaries, Delta, Dr. Jackson present- and Jemar Tisby. Overall, attending the con- tionship of faith and history. paper presentations, and dis- ed a paper entitled “Seek the ference made quite an impact This group holds biennial cussions by historians and Welfare of the City Where I The theme of the conference on the attendees. meetings around the coun- educators from a variety of Have Sent You.” was, “History and the Search try. This year’s host was Cal- graduate, undergraduate, for Meaning,” so the plenary O’Donnell said, “It was a vin College in Grand Rapids, and high school programs, Dr. Green chaired a panel addresses explored this idea. great experience getting to Michigan. including Covenant’s Drs. of several papers about the The plenaries discussed ideas know my classmates better Elissa Weichbrodt and Alicia American Evangelical rela- such as engaging others with and gaining understanding The first day of the conference Jackson. tionship with the past. As the past, the art of living in in the field of history.” attracted student present- the outgoing president of relation to the past, relat- ers from seventeen different Dr. Weichbrodt’s paper was the conference from 2016 ing the church’s pattern with On the impact of the event, universities, including the six entitled, “The Artist as His- to 2018, Dr. Green also in- women to the conference, West said, “Attending the students from Covenant. Stu- torian: Carrie Mae Weems troduced the new president, and clergy sexual abuse. Oth- conference was an excellent dents had the opportunity and the Photographic Ar- Beth Allison Barr, Professor er topics explored were race, opportunity for us to grow, to present their papers, lis- chive.” Weichbrodt gave an of History at Baylor Univer- the environment, Christian- both by presenting our re- ten to other scholarship, and insightful chapel referencing sity. ity and social responsibility, search and by observing pro- ask and answer questions. Weems’ work in the Danger- pedagogy, Christianity and fessional historians.” This provided a glimpse into ous Ideas faculty lecture se- Additional presenters at the science, historiography, po- ABBI CAREY going for. Yoonjin was just been building up since the to get down, and we got our friendship a lot closer, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 reading one of her music middle of last semester discouraged a lot, but we too, which I hope to con- textbooks and saw the when it was just an idea did it in the end! I’m really tinue to do for a long time.