This most recent decennial census is asking some questions that go beyond the constitutional mandate of counting the country's population. Some people are taking offense as to the nature and wording of several questions on the form but even more puzzling is why they were deemed necessary to appear in the first place. Yet these facts may even be secondary considering that our … [Read more...] about Census questions discriminate offend
Bhargava saves Waves from a double sweep
On Tuesday Pepperdine's women's tennis team was swept at home by No. 10-ranked California 7-0. The Waves now ranked 51 had only one victory during the match that came in the No. 3 doubles game won by sophomore Andrea Oates and senior Tania Rice.The doubles victory won by Oates and Rice was a close game as the Pepperdine pair won by a tiebreaker 8-7. The Waves' other two doubles … [Read more...] about Bhargava saves Waves from a double sweep
Texas textbooks rewrite U.S. history
Last week the Texas Board of Education debated the statewide curricula most notably the social studies curriculum. These board members are elected officials— not experts or professional historians— though according to the March 12 issue of The New York Times "some members of the conservative bloc held themselves out as experts on certain topics."What upset people … [Read more...] about Texas textbooks rewrite U.S. history
Staff Editorial: Abolish prejudice starting with higher personal standards
Ours is the generation of change— the generation of tolerance of progress of love of a humanity blind to superficial divisions such as race gender socioeconomic status and so on. The hatred and inequity of days gone by have lost their hold on us. We are a united people at last.Sound vaguely familiar? Admittedly we do tend to extol the virtues of our forward-thinking … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Abolish prejudice starting with higher personal standards
Ballot finalized for SGA
After Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting President Greg Lee addressed a new set of faces: the candidates for next year's SGA officers and class presidents."Be very excited he told them. It is the most fun and stress and hard work that any of us have done and it has been so fruitful."A couple issues emerged as key points the candidates wish to address in the … [Read more...] about Ballot finalized for SGA