Publications Editor 24/25

Publication Editor Application 2024/2025

To apply for an editorship of the Bagpipe, Tartan, or Thorn you must complete this application and reference form. Please review the purpose statement (provided below) of your respective publication before applying.

Note: All Editor-in-Chief positions will officially be a part of The Planted program.

Publication Purpose Statements:

The Bagpipe:

The purpose of The Bagpipe is to serve as the student newspaper of Covenant College and an outlet for the staff of The Bagpipe to engage in learning. As such, it should always work for the greater good of the Covenant community, broadly defined, and to support the motto of the college, "In all things Christ preeminent." The Bagpipe is obliged to serve its constituency providing information, stimulating thought and encouraging debate, and advocating the improvement of the Covenant community. The Bagpipe can provide an experience where its staff can learn responsible Christian behavior and attempt to achieve journalistic excellence.

The Tartan:

The Tartan, official yearbook of the Student Association of Covenant College, is an avenue for creative visual production of photography and journalism. Its publication should reveal the many face of Covenant in order to provide an accurate accounting of each year's uniqueness. Additionally, it should seek to represent the positive aspects of the Covenant body and exemplify the purpose statement of the college; "In all things, Christ preeminent", in the manner that it is produced.

The Thorn:

The purpose statement of the Thorn is to give students an opportunity to use their God given creativity through the medium of art and participate in the work of building the kingdom of God by reforming their culture. We, at Covenant College, believe that art is an important arena for Christian activity; we fully support the existence of a student magazine publishing poems, stories, essays, drawings, photographs, and other artistic works of students and of other members of the community. We believe students should learn to develop their abilities as critics and editors, and support the relative autonomy of the editing and publishing of the literary magazine within structures established by the student government.