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Whitney Irick

The Cost of My Skyline: A Reflection on Shanghai

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Answering where I call home is always tricky. As I say “Shanghai,” rhyming it with an American vernacular to “Slang-high,” I grimace and anticipate the shock. “Wow, your English is really amazing,” is usually the first response. Following a series of “Wow, were you adopted?” or “Did you come here when you were really young?” I finish the song and dance of explaining that … [Read more...] about The Cost of My Skyline: A Reflection on Shanghai

Until the Pink Ribbon, I Wasn’t Aware of Breast Cancer

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I was not aware breast cancer existed until I saw your pink ribbon. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month just came to an end, we say goodbye to Halloween and pink ribbon paraphernalia. Pink merchandise, along with no-shave November, the ice-bucket challenge and a host of other forms of activism that generate a visceral response from the public, as I see it, create and sustain a … [Read more...] about Until the Pink Ribbon, I Wasn’t Aware of Breast Cancer

Other Things to Worry about Besides Ebola

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If you were a child born in Sierra Leone, there is an 18.2 percent chance that you will not live to blow out five candles on a birthday cake that you most likely do not have access to. That is three to four students in the average class size of 20 students at Pepperdine. If you were born as a woman In Liberia, there would be a one in 24 lifetime chance of you dying in … [Read more...] about Other Things to Worry about Besides Ebola

Graphic Wins Four Awards

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Photo by Marisa Padilla Sacha Irick, Alexander Hayes and Mariella Rudi took home four Pacemakers at the 2014 Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association Conference on Nov. 1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Sacha Irick won third place in the comic panel/strip category at the 2014 ACP cartooning awards. This is the Graphic's first-ever nomination and win in the … [Read more...] about Graphic Wins Four Awards