yep. you need a new cover. and a huge effing socket to get that front pulley off. backwards threads IIRC. do you have a manual?
if you feel like DIYing it, you could bend some flat metal and use spacers to keep it far enough out.
spacing the holes properly might prove difficult. it was for me when i made one.
i reccomend making a few out of cardboard first.
eitherway, it will not match the sex that 50Doro products are made out of , but i'm guessing as a college man; you have plenty of that