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LIZ ABENDStaff Writer In 2005, Pepperdine’s Alumni Affairs and Relations Office conducted the most comprehensive survey in its history to learn more about alumni’s current connections with the university and how to meet their needs. More than 30,000 emails and 10,000 letters were sent. Now, that the results are in coordinators across the university have come together to make … [Read more...] about Alumni survey reports high level of affinity 

CHRIS SEGALNews Editor The hardest thing for a journalist or a newspaper, like the Graphic, to say is “we were wrong.” That being said take a look below this column and read our corrections from past issues. The Graphic has a written policy to run corrections in our effort to report on the Pepperdine community as accurately as possible. Media scholar D. Charles Whitney wrote, … [Read more...] about Mistakes bring credibility

KARLA NISHIZAKIstaff writer The city of Malibu is preparing residents for the case of a tsunami by creating a preparedness plan, informing citizens of the chances and consequences of such a disaster.   “We’re one of the first cities to do this on the coast,” said Brad Davis, coordinator of emergency preparedness at Malibu City Hall about the city's tsunami report. The report … [Read more...] about Malibu plans for disaster

JANELLE STRAWSBURGStaff Writer After two years of discussion, the university is still without a new ethics statement, Provost and committee member Darryl Tippens said. A committee of university administrators will revise the final draft before the end of the term, when it will then be handed over to President Andrew K. Benton and the Board of Regents, Tippens said. Tippens, … [Read more...] about Broader ethics statement still being pursued  

ALICIA YOUNGStaff Writer Within five minutes, the population in Elkins Auditorium grew from a few lonely students to more than 300. The reason? Patricia Heaton. As the honorary chair of Feminists for Life of America, Heaton spent Monday night presenting a bi-partisan discussion on abortion to an audience of Pepperdine students seeking Convo- credit and a chance to hear a … [Read more...] about Pro-life TV mom discusses abortion