BRITTANY YEAROUTNews Assistant Student Government Asso-ciation members created committees to address student issues and spoke to a Public Safety representative about parking. This weekend SGA officials will hold a retreat with a surprise location for the senators and presidents. The committees all pertain to issues that SGA members said matter to students. They involve the … [Read more...] about SGA forms committees
Intelligent design theory under fire
Science professors, students debate merits of the study of evolution. JOE MANGANOStaff Writer A landmark trial is underway in Dover, Pa., that could have a major impact on the way biology is taught in the classroom. The trial is raising more than a few eyebrows at Pepperdine. In November, the Dover Area School District required ninth-grade biology teachers to read a … [Read more...] about Intelligent design theory under fire
Letters to the Editor
Staff editorial stereotypes Greek groups on campus Although I was once a first-year PNM (potential new member) who joined a sorority her first year, I tried to read the staff editorial with an open mind by accepting someone’s opinion that had not gone through recruitment or had a horrible recruitment experience. Those were the plausible explanations for the blatantly bitter … [Read more...] about Letters to the Editor
If friends insist on driving, take warning
GARRETT COMANStaff Writer So you made it through driver’s ed and you’ve been driving for a while, but do you still seem to have problems? They might manifest in a fender bender or two, or perhaps just that your passengers always seem to have a death grip on the grab handles and eyes glued to the road, or worse yet, always insist on driving when you reach for your keys. First, … [Read more...] about If friends insist on driving, take warning
Bush’s top list: Roberts, Miers and Barney
TROY SENIKContributing Writer It’s been only a few short weeks since then-Supreme Court nominee John Roberts raised the non-answer to a Zen art form, while somehow simultaneously proving himself smarter than each member of the U.S. Senate (and perhaps all of them combined). Now, however, high court fever is re-emerging (note: high court fever is essentially the same as regular … [Read more...] about Bush’s top list: Roberts, Miers and Barney