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Healthy Habits: Would you just quit already?

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By Shanna Dusablon Life as a non-smoker in a smoker’s world: Your clothes and hair stink when you come home from a club. Your date has bad breath and kissing is like licking an ashtray. You listen to your roommate coughing all night long. You grew up in a family that smoke, now you suffer from asthma and allergies. You wonder how someone can be so addicted that they will … [Read more...] about Healthy Habits: Would you just quit already?

Mama Mia: Pep caught the wave of being polite

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By Kimiko Martinez  Pepperdine people are polite. Really. I’m not just trying to flex my alliteration. I’ve noticed in the last week or so how perfectly polite our students are. On the Graphic’s recent trip to Orlando for a journalism conference, one of the employees at a restaurant we visited commented that we were the nicest group of college students that they’d had in. … [Read more...] about Mama Mia: Pep caught the wave of being polite

T-Molbie gives students another choice

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Students have another option in cell phone service as wireless newcomer T-Mobile provides the same coverage as CingularBy Adam HoldridgeStaff Writer There was a time, not too long ago, that a cell phone was a privilege and a status symbol. And while the residents of Malibu may have been among the first people to use mobile phones, they may be among the last — at least in … [Read more...] about T-Molbie gives students another choice

Halloween history: From Celts to Saints

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By Amy FloromStaff Writer Halloween usually brings one thing to most people’s minds—the candy. However, this is not all there is to Halloween. This holiday began over 2,000 years ago when the Celtics celebrated their new year on Nov. 1. The night before, Oct. 31, they celebrated Samhain, when the ghosts and spirits of the dead were believed to return to Earth. To celebrate … [Read more...] about Halloween history: From Celts to Saints