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A Graphic Face-Off: For the Cordoba Initiative

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  One of these things is not like the other: the Al-Qaeda terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the moderate Muslims who want to build a community center in Manhattan.  Conflating the two isn't just bigoted— it's dangerous.     As tensions escalate between supporters and opponents of the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque a wave of … [Read more...] about A Graphic Face-Off: For the Cordoba Initiative

A Graphic Face-Off: Against the Cordoba Initiative

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  Nine years ago on Sept. 112001 radical Islamic terrorists hijacked four airplanes and murdered nearly 3000 innocent people marking the worst terrorist attack on the United States in history.   The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center rapidly transformed into an inferno with trapped fathers and mothers calling their children in tears to say their last … [Read more...] about A Graphic Face-Off: Against the Cordoba Initiative

Reality TV: Lowering moral standards

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  From "Big Brother" to "Survivor to shows like The Bachelor Jersey Shore" and "The Real Housewives of (insert your city here) the quality of our television shows has greatly diminished. Ironically, what these reality" shows present to us does not seem to correspond with reality at all. For me it begs the question "What happened to the sitcom?"   There used to be a … [Read more...] about Reality TV: Lowering moral standards

Pep steps forward into service tradition

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  For the past 22 years the new fall semester has been ushered in with Pepperdine's traditional Step Forward Day. As a day to serve others and consider what has been given freely to oneself Step Forward Day is meant to serve as a reminder to Pepperdine students and faculty to give back to the community. Student-founded in 1988 the Pepperdine Volunteer Center (PVC) has … [Read more...] about Pep steps forward into service tradition