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MARC CHOQUETTEOnline Content Manager There is a strange, unexpected twist in the news media that comes with candidates announcing that they’re running for president two years before Election Day, and we are just now beginning to learn of it. The optimists would have predicted this drawn-out process to be beneficiary, in that reporters have more time to carefully hash out where … [Read more...] about Media distracts voters from real issues

SHANNON URTNOWSKIThe Current Editor Global AIDS and extreme poverty are affecting the world’s poorest countries. Although  people can’t solve this problem alone, one organization is bringing college students together and  Pepperdine is one for the fight. The ONE Campaign, which aims to help fight curable diseases like malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis in countries such as Africa, … [Read more...] about ONE campaign reaches campus

LISA PORTERStaff Writer The Pepperdine tutoring program at Camp David Gonzales is in danger of being replaced because it does not meet the requirements to receive federal funding. The “Time to Read” literacy program matches inmates at Camp David Gonzales with Pepperdine students who help them learn to read. However, because the program has not been sanctioned by the federal … [Read more...] about Camp David faces federal funding losses

MARC CHOQUETTEOnline Content Manager Is it just me, or is everyone and everything (including the Graphic, see A1) trying to go “green?” It seems that many corporations in the United States have realized that throwing around the “green” label means that the other kind of green will be lining their pockets soon thereafter, whether or not they are actually environmentally … [Read more...] about ‘Green’ idea gone too far