Election season starts to heat up SHANNON URTNOWSKINews Editor As Super Tuesday and other state primary elections approach, results in past electoral events like the Iowa Caucus are becoming little but statistics that will affect the outcome of the 2008 Presidential Election results. However, to a few members of the Pepperdine community who had the opportunity to attend the … [Read more...] about ROXANA ASTEMBORSKI & MATT BUSH/Art Editor & Assistant Art Editor
ROXANA ASTEMBORSKI/Art & Design Editor
Frenzy over camping in Malibu hits fever pitch MARC CHOQUETTEPerspectives Editor One of the first signs many see upon driving into Malibu is not just the “27 Miles of Scenic Beauty,” but also the less-noticeable warning of “no camping within city limits.” That sign actually refers to camping in non-permitted areas and for those wishing to sleep in their vehicles. Camping is, in … [Read more...] about ROXANA ASTEMBORSKI/Art & Design Editor
Elections covered abroad portray different perspective
RYAN HAGENStaff Writer As the presidential candidates fight for placement on the airwaves and the pages of domestic newspapers, Europe has been viewing the primary season from a different angle. Developments receive front page coverage in major international newspapers, which tend to put events in more of a world context than American papers, but information passes through a … [Read more...] about Elections covered abroad portray different perspective
Talk gets ‘juicy’ on new online forum
GLORIA SHELLERContributing Writer With the addition of Pepperdine to JuicyCampus.com, students have hit an all-time low. The gossip Web site, founded in October 2007, has only a small list of other pathetic gossip-loving schools including Duke, Loyola Marymount, UCLA and USC. It’s absurd to think that Pepperdine students, who supposedly lead lives of purpose, service and … [Read more...] about Talk gets ‘juicy’ on new online forum
What democrats and republicans are saying about health care
TODD BOULDINVisting Asst. Professor of Relgion and Social Science 1. What issues are involved in the debate about health care reform? The essential issue in the health care debate is whether health care insurance is a universal right that should belong to all Americans, and if so, whether it is the role of the federal government to guarantee universal access or coverage. … [Read more...] about What democrats and republicans are saying about health care