A recent addition to the policy prohibits students from hanging hammocks in front of Carter Hall, referred to as “our ‘front yard’” in a campus-wide email.

In the continuing effort to enhance the face of Covenant’s campus, Student Development has begun emphasizing rules regarding the use of hammocks on school property, including the possibility of confiscation and fines. Most of the hammock policy isn’t new, but it has not been heavily enforced in the past.

The policy, which can be found in the Residence Hall Manual, includes a statement compelling students to take down their hammocks when not in use, as well as physical specifications for hanging them up.

A recent addition to the policy prohibits students from hanging hammocks in front of Carter Hall, referred to as “our ‘front yard’” in a campus-wide email.
In addition to the hammocks cropping up near Carter Hall, the grassy knoll in front of the Kresge Memorial Library (dubbed “the Crater”) has become a whirlpool of netting and nylon around the clock, and students can expect changes there as well.

Sophomore Mason Hodges views the hammocks as a welcoming gesture juxtaposed with the school’s motto displayed in Carter Circle. “I think [the hammocks] give outsiders a window into residence life,” he said. “It represents us accurately—‘in all things Christ preeminent,’ and we’re children at heart….We like to be in trees.”