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Perspectives
Staff Editorial: Lines leave students out of Convocation
Art by Sacha Irick Meet Sam. Sam is your average Pepperdine student. He is responsible, loves school and enjoys a good time. Sam’s problem is that like many other students, he has too much on his plate. Sam’s plate isn’t that sturdy and can’t hold too much stuff, and sometimes things tend to fall off. Sam hates it when this happens. Meet Jane. Jane is also your average … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Lines leave students out of Convocation
Smartphones sap our social smarts
Consider the familiar scene: Dozens of people in reverent silence with heads bowed and eyes glued to the tiny object in their hands. It seems like everybody has a smartphone these days. Everyone, that is, except a few who have, like me, clung to our phones of average intelligence. With all the convenience afforded to those whose phones have additional IQ points, it may seem … [Read more...] about Smartphones sap our social smarts
Rewind your online life
Impulsively, you click the send button. That moment is fleeting, but its impact is eternal. In days, hours, minutes or perhaps even seconds, you are plagued with a gut-wrenching pit in your stomach, a red flag convincing you of your senseless stupidity. This moment is one to which most people can relate — that instance when you thoughtlessly make an insincere yet hurtful … [Read more...] about Rewind your online life
Curiosity sips water on Mars
Art by Sacha Irick On July 21, 1969, the world sat in eager anticipation as Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, declaring to a worldwide audience of millions that it was “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Armstrong’s moonwalk captured the hope and anticipation of a generation after the U.S. and the Soviet Union had been locked … [Read more...] about Curiosity sips water on Mars