Over five years after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown began, mental health effects still linger. Pepperdine and other universities offer solutions for their students and faculty.

Judge Thomas Rubinson denied Alan Jackson’s, defense attorney for Fraser Michael Bohm, motion to dismiss the murder charges at the Van Nuys Courthouse on Sept. 5. The next pre-trial hearing is Jan. 14, also in Van Nuys.

In response to senior Pepperdine administrators censoring artwork at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art in early October, faculty from Seaver College’s Humanities and Teacher Education Division crafted and signed off on the release of an official statement. The Division wrote in support of the Fine Arts Division’s statement and urged administrators to uphold academic freedom.