Katie ClaryLiving Editor Venturing onto notoriously accident-prone Pacific Coast Highway is always a gamble in a car, but last week I realized for cyclists, it is closer to Russian Roulette. Friday afternoon, my roommate and I headed out for a bike ride, braving the hazards of fast-moving traffic to enjoy what is for us and many road cyclists a favorite recreational sport. The … [Read more...] about Cyclists face danger on PCH
Staff Editorial: Save money and go to UW
Dear President Benton, We at the Graphic have a proposition for you: We receive a refund for the price of our tuition in excess of what University of Washington students pay, and we promise we won’t raise hell. You see, wrapped into the $37,000 Pepperdine package was the implicit understanding that the weather during the academic year would deliver the kind of gratifying … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Save money and go to UW
Americans enable human trafficking
Melissa OverbeckPerspectives Editor In a 2003 speech to the United Nations, President Bush identified one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time—a crisis that ravages lives around the world, yet somehow remains hidden from the public.“There’s another humanitarian crisis spreading, yet hidden from view,” Bush said. “Each year, human beings are bought, sold, or forced … [Read more...] about Americans enable human trafficking
Children used in Ugandan war
Sam HedlundContributing Writer Just two weeks ago, the night many of us were celebrating St. Patrick’s’ Day, rebels in northern Uganda abducted between 40 and 50 children. By now it can be assumed that many have been beaten, raped or forced to torture and kill others as they are indoctrinated into the cult-like Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). If you have seen the documentary … [Read more...] about Children used in Ugandan war
Focus on quality not quantity
Jessica BlackstockStaff Writer Seeing as how this is the last Graphic of the year, the pressure was mounting as to what should be the last “investigative” piece of the year. The options were plentiful. They ranged from “does anyone but me think it is sad that seven of the SGA spots were won as write-ins” or “the tenure scandals that are rocking Pepperdine” to more important … [Read more...] about Focus on quality not quantity