Scott WithycombePerspectives Assistant After months of discussion, debate and, in some circles, outrage, the Dean of Seaver College finally announced the Reprioritization plan reflecting the demand for $1 million in cuts from the school's budget. The budget cuts required the dean to look at Seaver College programs and determine which were priorities and which would either … [Read more...] about How about cutting Convo?
College GOP and Young Dems in high gear for election
Republican students worked with others to organize on-campus debates and voter registration. Carissa MarshStaff Writer Since the beginning of this semester, the College Republicans have been gearing up for their campus campaign, forging their final attempts to get George W. Bush re-elected as president. The group has been involved in various aspects of the political and … [Read more...] about College GOP and Young Dems in high gear for election
Adulthood and drinking should start at 19
Brian Bushway Staff Writer It is time for a new perspective to take hold across the United States. Friday nights for those under the legal drinking age should no longer be thought of as the time to participate in wild drunken debauchery, but rather the time to act in civil disobedience. With every sip of a beer and swallow of a daiquiri, those of voting age should take refuge … [Read more...] about Adulthood and drinking should start at 19
Pepperdine battles the booze
Audrey ReedA&E Editor Ben Young / Photo Editor Some consider it a college rite of passage, others a terrible and possibly fatal way to spend a Friday night. Drinking on college campuses has caught the attention of the public and school administrators nationwide most recently through alcohol-related deaths of five college students. Also, last week was National Collegiate … [Read more...] about Pepperdine battles the booze
Why I’m voting for…
George W. Bush Scott WithycombePerspectives Assistant Anyone who rationally considers the most important issues in the election — the economy and national security —instantly realizes that President Bush should be re-elected. Bush took office just as the tech-market bubble was about to burst and shortly before the attacks of Sept.11, 2001, struck a crippling blow to the United … [Read more...] about Why I’m voting for…