Letter from the Team

Letter from the Team

Apr 25, 2024
At the beginning of the fall 2023 semester, a group of six students set out to report on the topic of youth climate anxiety in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. This group includes six Journalism students and each of us is part of at least one of our student newsrooms: the Graphic and NewsWaves […]
Impending Doom: Youth Face Anxiety as The Planet Warms

Impending Doom: Youth Face Anxiety as The Planet Warms

Apr 25, 2024
Fear. Anxiety. Impending doom. College students at Pepperdine University said they feel these things when they think of the words natural disaster and climate change — leading to a condition scientists call climate anxiety. Climate anxiety is a heightened emotional distress or worry in response to changes in the climate, according to the National Library […]

life & ARTs

Saddle Up for Beyoncé’s Emotive Rodeo in ‘COWBOY CARTER’

Saddle Up for Beyoncé’s Emotive Rodeo in ‘COWBOY CARTER’

Apr 24, 2024
“This ain’t a country album. This is a Beyoncé album,” Beyoncé said before releasing her new album, COWBOY CARTER, on March 29. The album is an innovative manifestation of artistic evolution through the influence of country, bluegrass and Americana, a sound that is new for the singer but familiar to her Texan roots.
Sea N’ Soul Surf Manager Fosters Community with Coffee, Surfing

Sea N’ Soul Surf Manager Fosters Community with Coffee, Surfing

Apr 24, 2024
Sea N’ Soul Surf, a popular surf and coffee shop across from Zuma Beach, is a place for the Malibu community to shop, drink coffee and come together. Sea N’ Soul manager Rachel Liakos shares the bigger purpose behind her role at the shop.
Tattoos Serve as Expression of Self, Family

Tattoos Serve as Expression of Self, Family

Apr 24, 2024
For many, tattoos are a meaningful way to display something personal and beyond what meets the eye. Students share the deeper than surface-level meanings behind their tattoos.
Remembering Our Girls

On October 17, 2023, Pepperdine grieved the loss of four seniors — Deslyn Williams, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Niamh Rolston, who lost their lives in a deadly PCH crash. The Graphic remembered their lives with a special print edition dedicated to ‘Our Girls.’