Art by Christine Nelson Each time a national lottery prize reaches astronomical heights, a level of cold, hard cash that the vast majority of Americans will never attain — at least overnight, anyways — we seem to dream quite a bit more than we typically do. Newscasters on stations everywhere ask people on the street, “What would you do with the jackpot?” and invariably, … [Read more...] about So You Didn’t Win the Powerball — Now What?
Perspectives
Don’t Spend on Lotto Tickets
Art by Christine Nelson I honestly never had an interest in any sort of lottery participation until I had a group of six or seven college students storm my couch the night that the numbers were to be announced. They’d all purchased between one and seven lotto tickets, holding onto the gleaming shred of hope that maybe, just maybe, it would be them. This first experience … [Read more...] about Don’t Spend on Lotto Tickets
New Year’s Resolutions Allow Weakness
Art by Peau Porotesano Resolutions today are often the butt of a slew of jokes. On a certain level, it makes sense. It's less than a month into January, and according to the numbers from the Statistic Brain Research Institute's "New Years Resolution Statistics," only about 64 percent of individuals will keep their resolutions for longer than a month, and that number only … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions Allow Weakness
Re-evaluate Your Millennial Misconceptions
Art by Peau Porotesano It's the most notorious buzzword of the past decade, the moniker of a generation that is simultaneously characterized as startlingly innovative and impossibly overindulged: Millennials. Maybe you've heard of them? As the generation born between the early 1980s and 2000s, Millennials make up an overwhelming majority of Pepperdine's student … [Read more...] about Re-evaluate Your Millennial Misconceptions
Letter to the Editor
Editor’s Note: Opinions expressed in letters to the editor are those of the author, and publication in the Graphic in no way represent an endorsement of any opinions published. This space is provided to allow public response and commentary on articles and issues which are covered by the Graphic and important to its readership. Dear Pepperdine, Stop hiring contemptible and … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor