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Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 7 Page 8 COVENANT STUDENT AND BASKETBALL PRESIDENT COACH WRESTLE HUTCHINSON WITH PARALYZING by Austin Cantrell AUTOIMMUNE With the year coming to a DISORDER close and students busy with term papers, projects and final exams, student body by Molly Hulsey president Travis Hutchin- This Valentine’s Day, Cov- son is proud of the things he enant College’s Basketball has accomplished, the sen- Coach, Peter Wilkerson, ate he has led, and the future exchanged vows with fi- he sees for our student body. ancée Samantha Walton “I am so proud of before a crowd of 200-250 this year’s senate because visitors. About half were they rose to the challenges sitting; fifty to 100 others that I . and circumstances spilled into the hallway. presented to them.” All listened intent- Hutchinson feels ly to Wilkerson’s father as that his proudest achieve- he conducted the ceremo- grams the body’s defense that doesn’t recover.” How- The Wilkersons’ ments have been working ny, smiled as the couple system to ravage its own ever, after weeks of purée story has been much with senate to add student traded rings, and filed into nervous system. soup and an extensive needed encouragement representation for residents the adjacent room for a Ninety percent of physical, occupational, to the family and friends of the apartments, formally snack reception. GBS victims complete- and speech therapy reg- of Joel Elmore, a Cove- changing the senate posi- However, the wed- ly recover from the dis- imen at Siskin Hospital, nant senior and Colum- tion of secretary to com- ding had been far from order after antibodies these fears began to dissi- bia seminary hopeful who munications director, and what the couple and their transfusions and weeks pate. The couple consid- was also slammed with changing the job descrip- guests might have expect- of rehab treatment, but, ered reeling in their April the chilling symptoms of tions of residents hall pres- ed a month or even few if not treated in time, 30 wedding date to Valen- GBS on March 7. idents so they can focus weeks before: the ceremo- GBS can cripple the ner- tine’s Day—even though “It was very fast,” their energy on more than ny was held in a hospital vous, muscular, and car- Wilkerson, according to says Taylor Thornburg, just event planning. conference room where diorespiratory systems Mrs. Wilkerson, was still Elmore’s girlfriend and Hutchinson feels a usually agile Wilker- in a lethal combination. “in really bad shape.” Covenant senior. “With- that his best known contri- son kissed his bride while Wilkerson says “Samantha had in several hours, he was bution as president of the propped in a wheelchair. that his sudden drop into said that ‘this was one of paralyzed. I thought he’d student body has been to On February 2, paralysis “was a little the biggest challenges of had a stroke.” facilitate the current discus- Wilkerson visited his doc- scary to say the least.” our life—let’s do it togeth- Before spring sion of the Sabbath policy tor for what seemed to be His wife speaks of the in- er,’” says Wilkerson. “The break, Elmore had been on campus. just a mononucleosis in- tense pain she felt while vow says ‘in sickness and fighting off the remnants “We organized a fection, but by Wednesday, watching the disorder in health,’ but sickness of a flu and what his doc- committee that included February 3, he lost the devastate Wilkerson and comes first. So, let’s do it tor had diagnosed as a students and professors to ability to speak and move her constant fear that he together it sickness.” fledgling mono infection. talk about this issue and his limbs. Shortly after, wouldn’t wake up again. After the wedding, The Epstein-Barr virus have had some really great he became totally para- “It helps to keep Wilkerson slowly regained that causes mono (along discussions,” Hutchinson in mind that it isn’t forev- his footing and is now on with Hodgkin’s lympho- lyzed in Erlanger’s ER said. “The student hand- and was diagnosed with er. You’re not the one case the final track to recovery. ma and a variety of other that isn’t getting better, He is currently back at diseases) is often associ- book needs to be reviewed Guillain-Barré Syndrome when it comes to this issue. It (GBS)—a rare autoim- but your mind goes there: Covenant and continuing ated with GBS. mune disorder that pro- You will be the one case to work part-time. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FEMALE ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN AT COVENANT by McKenzie Barham in chapel were great, but the conversations we Covenant will be looking had at the luncheons af- to hire a woman to assist terward with each were Chaplain Grant Lowe in even better. ministering to the com- We talked openly munity. The position has and thoughtfully about officially been includedwhat it is like to be a wom- in the budget for next an in the current Christian Fall Semester and was cultural climate. I would announced at the faculty love to see more conversa- meeting last week. tions like that fostered on According to the campus. It’s one thing to chaplain, having a woman be a proponent of that as in the chapel department a man, but a woman would would contribute much to have unique insights and the campus, and that “the abilities on that front,” need is substantial.” said Lowe. The job descrip- Administration is lated to women’s ministry to speak in chapel but that The benefits then tion is still being creat- unsure of what the assis- on campus, one-on-one will not necessarily be part seemed obvious, but he ed, but a part of the posi- tant chaplain’s official title counseling, and will also of her job description.” took this year to evalu- tion will be to help create will be. Lowe mentioned be involved in overseeing The idea has been ate more critically and a culture where women’s that at other schools, like the discipleship coordina- in the works for a year now. his increased counseling issues are discussed con- Wheaton College, the po- tors program. When asked “Last year, at the fall board load confirmed it. “Since sistently within campus sition is called a Ministry about whether she would meeting, a board member I’ve been here, my per- conversations. Associate. The job descrip- be asked to speak in chap- asked me how I was doing sonal counseling with “The recent cha- tion will include devel- el, Lowe said: and if we needed a woman guys and girls has in- pels with Christy Gam- oping and implementing “She would be in the chapel department,” creased each year. brell and Ashley Baldwin programs specifically re- someone I would love have said Lowe. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 NEWS 02 unused revenue each year. Although Hutchin- son is looking forward to the president of the student HUTCHINSON next year and hopes that CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Thousands of dollars will son says he accomplished senate as a senior. Hutchin- be added annually to this everything he had planned senate “gets the kinks out” son is an economics major hasn’t been updated in over account with the intended for this year, he wishes of the new position of stu- and is excited to begin his ten years and doesn’t even purpose of providing “se- senate could have accom- dent apartment representa- time in the competitive mention Brock because it nior gift like” improvements plished the relatively minor tive because “there is always Unum Professional Devel- wasn’t built when this policy to the campus (Hutchinson goal of uploading the pa- something that comes up.” opment Program. was last reviewed.” suggested the fund could be perwork in the senate office He hopes that the The best advice Tra- Hutchinson believes used to purchase speakers to their online database in student apartments leader vis has ever received from he is more conservative on for the Blink or signs on the an effort to go paperless will build more tradition his time on Senate was from the Sabbath policy than oth- cross country trails). and maximize efficiency in down at the apartments. Matthew Pappas, a Cov- ers on senate, siding more Bureaucracy has their limited space. Every- His last message to the next enant alumni who served with those who want to been the most frustrating thing Senate currently does generation of senators is: two years as treasurer from update the current policy part of the job, according to gets uploaded to their pro- “dream big . beyond your 2012 -2014. instead of replacing it with Hutchinson. tected Google Drive. job description as a senator,” Pappas’ advice was a new focus. “I think Cove- Although he said Pushing senate hard and constantly push “the that a senator’s time in sen- nant does the Sabbath well,” they are necessary, the many and setting a high level of whole senate to dream big ate is not about leaving a he added.