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With internet sites like Craig's list and Ebay online shopping has been growing by the day. However one thing that also continues to grow is the danger of fraud. Online shopping predators are getting smarter and consumers and sellers need to prepare themselves.Changing the GameOne of the ways fraud is occurring in the online marketplace is buyers sending the sellers fake … [Read more...] about Fraud Investigation

Five students are proving that academic achievements can extend beyond the Malibu campus. Juniors Andrew Clark Andrew Forcehimes Brian Hamm Devon Bryson and senior Alan Reynolds published articles in academic journals or are presenting their papers at national symposiums this month.Many of these students said undergraduate research can propel students into a career."It's a … [Read more...] about Students' achievements gain national recognition

America prides itself on the widespread air of social tolerance generated by the melting-pot dynamic and yet somehow Proposition 8 has passed in California. Much credit for this landmark of intolerance goes to those religious institutions that donated millions of dollars in support of it.Those institutions which have in the past preached the inferiority of women the barbarity … [Read more...] about Prop 8 delays inevitable human rights

To say that recent economic news has been grim would be an understatement of Monty Python proportion. One doesn't need to look far to find a myriad of references to depression recession and "these tough economic times." Yes gloom is in the air and modern pessimism flourishes. The fatalistic media is fanning the flames. And yet about a week ago a glimmer of hope shone through … [Read more...] about Optimism conquers economy

Few meals are as dismal as Saturday night dinner at the Pepperdine Waves Café. Presumably because most students flee campus on the weekends the food distributor Sodexo has the prerogative to slop down a smorgasbord of unappetizing items and call it a buffet. Technically a burger cooked six hours before its served is still a burger; however without a serious case of the … [Read more...] about Sodexo serves stale menu