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COVENANT’S THE CRANE TRACK TEAM by McKenzie Barham by Amber Glecier If you haven’t noticed by When Katie Stanford came now, there’s a large crane to Covenant College four on campus next to Carter and a half years ago to Hall. coach cross country, she The crane arrived had a vision for starting a on Monday, Feb. 15, and track and field program at over the next few weeks Covenant, but it wasn’t un- will install twenty-four til September that the first pieces needed to complete proposal for that vision was the Carter tower, includ- approved by the college. ing the center tower walls, Covenant has had a and lower and upper cren- Cross Country team since ellations. The tower is the its move to Lookout Moun- final step in the first phase tain in 1965 and over the of the Carter Renovation. operation of the weather. so grateful for everyone— love the College have giv- past five decades, students, “Overall, the proj- “At this point in individuals and whole en $12,201,416 just for coaches, and administra- ect is progressing well,” the project, we have come halls—who have offered us the Carter Hall project. tors have all expressed in- said David Northcutt, to expect the unexpected. a place to crash through- Incredible.” terest in adding a track and campus architect. “As with We learned a lot in the first out the day. In light of all “We’re confidentfield team, but nothing had any project of this size and phase that we are able to the recent events hap- the Lord will provide the ever come of it. complexity, there will be implement in the current pening in Carter and on rest of the funding in the Prior to Stanford, challenges along the way. and future phases. As a campus, stressing about a months ahead,” Wykoff no coach pushed as hard The concrete repairs at safety measure, the crane crane seems so trivial and said. “With a project of this as her to start a track and the top of the tower have does not operate in winds temporary,” said Woodrow. size, scope, cost, and com- field program here at Cove- delayed its completion but above 20 mph. We have al- “I’m just hoping I plexity, we’ve been delight- nant. The process took over it is exciting to see the top ready experienced delays remember that when my ed that there have been one and a half years from beginning to take shape.” last week due to the wind,” alarm goes off at seven in no significant setbacks. submitting the proposal to Carter Circle and said Northcutt. the morning for the next The weather is a constant the actual approval and an- parts of Brock Garden are Covenant stu- two weeks!” challenge but overall, the nouncement of a team. barricaded while the crane dents living in the north The Carter Hall project is still on track and The original pro- is on campus and pedestri- portion of Carter have renovation project will moving steadily along.” posal was submitted with an traffic has been tempo- their own challenges, as cost $19.4 million—63 per- Wykoff said thefour phases in order to start rarily redirected through they are required to leave cent of which ($12,201,416) school would appreciate a team. Phase 1 was the ad- the Overlook to the front their rooms when the has already been raised students praying for the dition of long and middle of Brock Hall. crane begins work at 8:30 through donations alone, residents of Carter Hall, distance runners. Phase 2 A temporary en- a.m. and are not allowed according to chief finan- safety of the construction was adding sprinters to the trance from the Lobby to back in until it is finished. cial officer Dan Wykoff. works, wisdom for the ad- team and an assistant sprint the Great Hall has also Gracie Woodrow, a sopho- “I hope that stu- ministration (particularly coach. The plan for Phase been created, since the more on Fourth North, is dents are delighted to for David Northcutt and 3 was adding field events, North Hall on the main trying to make the best of know this. Think about it: his team), and success for and finally Phase 4 would floor is closed. a bad situation. people with means (great the fundraising efforts led be building a track on Cov- Northcutt said that “It certainly is and small) loved the idea by Jeff Sandhoff, Vice Pres- enant’s campus. the completion date is tar- inconvenient having to of an art building, so they ident for Advancement. Currently, phase 1 geted for early March, but move out of your room ev- funded all $2.2 million of and 2 were combined with that will depend on the co- ery morning, but I’ve been its cost. And those who CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 half-smile. However, as a STUDENTS CALL FOR GREATER Christian, Wheeler con- cluded that strengthen- LGBT AWARENESS ON CAMPUS ing her relationship with God was more crucial than by Molly Hulsey Wheeler wrestled staying with CJ. with the revelation, but de- “I broke up with For student “Lyndsey cided not to leave the rela- her because I did not want Wheeler,”* Covenant’s tionship on the account of to be with a female any- tight-knit dating culture Destinie’s sex. Wheeler lat- more and if it was pleasing and satirized reputation er dated a biological male, for my Father, if that was as “the marriage mill on but it was a time marked what he really wanted me the hill” elicits a gauntlet by toxic, controlling be- to do, then I would,” she of challenges beyond the havior and Wheeler’s feel- said. “Since then, I have usual breakup or relation- ings of forced attraction. been pleading and beg- al conflict: Wheeler has Wheeler seemed ging for God to change grappled with same-sex to finally achieve emotion- the way I see people or the attraction since at least al equilibrium while dat- way I feel, and it’s been a inadvertent jokes among does not feel that students middle school. ing her brother’s female struggle. But now, there students. Fears, or even as intentionally ostracize When Wheeler was friend, CJ, but personal are some guys that I find Wheeler stated, the “para- LGBT cohorts, but, ac- growing up, she gradual- moral questions during attractive and sometimes noia,” of being discovered cording to Stevens, “there ly realized that she didn’t her first semester at Cov- I do think about being in by classmates and the ad- is still such a stigma and have crushes on boys like enant compelled Wheeler relationships with guys.” ministration have often shame” attached to the is- the other girls, but one to part ways with her. Wheeler and sev- built protective hedges sues. boy, Justin, was an ex- “I just didn’t like eral others on campus even higher. “We feel seclud- ception. However, three guys. They weren’t attrac- have expressed the ex- “Ryan Stevens,”* a ed, we feel lonely. People months into the relation- tive, but with her, she was treme isolation they feel student who experiences make jokes and there is ship, Justin revealed to everything: she was hot, while tussling with LGBT transgender desires, said nothing we can say about Wheeler than his name she was sweet, she was attraction and desires— that “the biggest frustra- it,” said Wheeler. “We can’t was actually Destinie, and crazy— which is my favor- particularly when these tion is a lack of awareness.” say ‘hey, man, maybe you he was a girl. ite,” said Wheeler with a issues are the subject of He, along with Wheeler, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NEWS 02 teams have 15 minutes to nant’s team doesn’t have DEBATE TEAM prepare at the beginning, the same advantages and then the teams take some other schools do, GOES TO D.C. turns presenting their ar- they have still benefited guments and refuting the from learning to think on by Hannah Harris arguments of the other their feet and clearly ex- side. press ideas. Last weekend, Cove- After the debate “It’s an incredible nant’s debate team of ten ends, the judges decide life skill to have,”says students took 4th place the winner. Morgan Barney, a mem- out of 12 colleges in the Covenant’s team, which ber of the team. Values and Capitalism is actually a club, is typ- And participating Debate competition in ically an underdog at de- in the club comes with Washington, D.C. after bate tournaments. Many its own kind of perks. Af- debating on a wide range of the colleges they com- ter completing their last of topics ranging from pete against, such as Pep- round on Saturday, the the Trans-Pacific Part- perdine University and team had the chance to nership to the Syrian ref- Colorado Christian Uni- do some sightseeing and ugee Crisis.