Pepperdine Graphic

  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

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

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

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

Ryan Breedyk & Noah GodwinContributing Writer & Assistant Sports Editor The clock is ticking for Pepperdine seniors, but especially for females.Most of us don’t know what’s next. We have no clue about what job we’ll take or even where we’ll live. All of us share in the pressures that come with knowing that in one month our leases will be up. But only the females at … [Read more...] about The senior  scramble won’t help you get rich