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She's walking toward me. Her pace quickens. She reaches for something — it's me. She was not interested in conversation. She just wanted a hug. I got the standard "Hi how are you?" then watched her disappear into the mist. She could have just as easily said "You're a piece of meat that I just want to parasitically latch onto." I was left feeling used and walked away with … [Read more...] about Pepperdine's touch issue: Hug abuse

There are some facts we have to deal with: Facebook is here to stay and it has already had a profound impact on how we view relationships with our peers. Concepts like "facebooking" and "liking" have become fixtures not just in our pop culture but in our personal lives. Facebook is likely to evolve into the ID badge of the future branding your online presence anywhere you go … [Read more...] about Facebook might be killing your happiness

At the end of last year Pepperdine's School of Public Policy's Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership has been in the news for the release of a report on the current state of education spending in California. The project is an expansion of an earlier study published in June 2010 entitled "An Analysis of K-12 Education Expenditures in California: FY … [Read more...] about SPP highlights CA's education budget

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