Even the most unique and quirky halls at Covenant evolve. But over the last few years, students say they believe Covenant’s hall life has seen more drastic changes than normal.

Multiple Resident Assistants were recently assigned halls they had no connection with. Traditional pranks from halls like the Catacombs and Ghetto have been banned. Meanwhile, Carter looks ahead to more renovation, and students are curious what the Residence Life committee’s goals are.

The Bagpipe decided to look at three particular concerns to students: Resident Assistant assignments, hall renovations, and the approach to hall traditions and pranks.

RA ASSIGNMENTS
In a meeting on Nov. 11, Student Senate voiced concerns to the Associate Dean of Student Life, Emily Ford, about complaints from students about RA assignments. According to Student Body President Alex Anderson, many students felt that RA candidates who were plugged in on particular halls were being swapped with other candidates who, in turn, had close connections with their own halls.…

RENOVATIONS
As halls in Carter are fixed up and freshly painted, some residents are worried that hall personality will be renovated too. Second Central used to have a large mural of their hall emblem, The Duke, painted on their walls “Now with the renovations, they’re all gone. 2C is just a blank wall,” Connis said…

PRANKS
Three years ago, Ghetto held a “beach day” during preview weekend where men from the hall were running around the chapel lawn in swimsuits and Speedos. The whole hall was put on probation…