Monday, August 27, 2007

Petition to Covenant Administration

dozens upon dozens of Covenant alum have been posting about the schools recent change in policy toward the oversight of the student newspaper, The Bagpipe. a petition to president nielson was drafted and is being signed. i signed it. if you are concerned with freedom of the press, academic freedom, and institutional trust within the Christian community of Covenant College, then i would recommend that you sign this document as well. the petition is specifically from alum and current students of the college. in order to sign it, you must log in, using the password "freedom" and click on "edit post" at the top of the next page. scroll down and add your name, graduation year, and email address (not using the "@" symbol) to the list. im not sure what, if any, affect this will have on the administrations decision regarding the oversight of The Bagpipe, but it sure is a lot more productive than bemoaning the current state of our institution.

2 comments:

David said...

scotch,
Have you tried enlisting James Wildeman on this?

scotch said...

im not sure as to whether or not the wild man is in on this- but i know many faculty, with varying openness, have opposed the administrations decision. im not on campus regularly anymore,so i have not had the chance to talk to many profs about the issue. i hope to do that in the weeks to come.