Art by Peau PorotesanoPepperdine students, like most college students, are more than a little familiar with standardized tests. The Pepperdine application requires that prospective students submit either SAT I or ACT scores, so it's pretty easy to assume all the people you pass on this campus have taken at least one. For those born and raised in the United States, the number … [Read more...] about Standardized Tests Track National Growth
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Shorten Political Campaign Lengths
Art by Peau PorotesanoPolitics may be a polarizing topic, but I think there is one thing that many can agree on: American presidential campaigns are too long. At this point, the election in still more than a month away, but we have been hearing about it for almost two years. Ted Cruz, the first candidate to announce his campaign, officially said he was running for office on … [Read more...] about Shorten Political Campaign Lengths
Standardized Tests Don’t Measure Intelligence or Ability
Art by Peau PorotesanoStandardized tests: You couldn't have gotten into Pepperdine without taking at least a few of them, and even before the dreaded SAT or ACT, there was a slew of standardized tests throughout primary and secondary school.But why?Standardized tests began in the U.S. "as the Industrial Revolution ... took school-age kids out of the farms and factories and put … [Read more...] about Standardized Tests Don’t Measure Intelligence or Ability
Staff Editorial: Policy Changed Without Transparency
Art by Peau PorotesanoFull disclosure: it took us several minutes to find excerpts from the student handbook online. We promise we weren't using dial-up. We live during an era in which a simple Google search of "Pepperdine student handbook" yields 25,500 results in 0.32 seconds, yet the Pepperdine administration hasn't informed students about a crucial change to the … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Policy Changed Without Transparency
Discuss Politics With Your Parents
Art/Graphic by Peau PorotesanoThe political climate in 2016 America demands that people fit into one of two extremes. As seen blatantly in this election, respectfully disagreeing with those in the other extreme is not an option nor, apparently, is listening to their point of view.I’m not condemning American politics from an all-righteous throne of political discourse. I'm … [Read more...] about Discuss Politics With Your Parents