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  For the Cordoba Initiative: Allison McCarty   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 … [Read more...] about A Graphic Face-Off: Disagreeing over the 'Ground Zero Mosque'

  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

  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

The Pepperdine men's water polo team opened their season this weekend in Malibu with multiple exhibition games as well as a season opener against Claremont McKenna. They started the day of play with an exhibition game against Golden West Junior College. Pepperdine demonstrated a strong defense and great team work as they scored five goals in the first quarter and did not allow … [Read more...] about Waves open play this weekend dominate season opener

Spice Girls music was blaring over the loud speaker Willy the Wave was bobbing up and down and the stadium was filling up which could only mean one thing; championship volleyball was on the way. The Pepperdine women's volleyball team took on the Missouri Tigers Saturday night for the Asics classic tournament championship- a match that for all intents and purposes lived up to … [Read more...] about Lady Waves fall to Mizzou at home