Art by Brooke Muschott Rewind to 1, 2, 3, 4 or even 5 years ago when you were sitting in front of a computer screen on a Saturday night, one desk lamp illuminating the corner of your room. You were writing your college apps. You were applying to Pepperdine. You were writing your typical supplement essays, and Pepperdine asked you what you would bring to the diversity in a … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Defeat the Pepperdine stereotype
Perspectives
My Right to Lunacy
“You could be nice about this,” his friend sneered. “Accidents happen, you know?” I had just accused him of breaking my phone and I was outnumbered. One young woman to a group of young men. I am here to talk about the fact that as a woman, I am expected to “be nice” when “accidents happen” when it is socially acceptable for a man to aggressively interrogate in order to … [Read more...] about My Right to Lunacy
My uncle’s cooler than yours
Art by Sacha Irick Why the “big bad wolf” isn’t really that bad at all Lately the world has been attacking the United States for its military involvement in foreign regions. Although critics have made many reasonable arguments against U.S. military expansion, s citizen of a country that hosts a United States military base, I have a few things to say against the … [Read more...] about My uncle’s cooler than yours
Twitter dawns in Tehran
Iran’s new president may be charting a new course Amid the political posturing and rattling of sabers, which threatened to boil over in the Middle East over news of alleged sarin gas attacks in Syria, a surprising series of tweets from Iran overcame the latent hostility. As President Barack Obama called for military action against the Bashar al-Assad regime, media outlets … [Read more...] about Twitter dawns in Tehran
Calling all Freshmen!
Let’s talk about the freshman 15. I’m not talking about entering high school as a 15-year-old. Doesn’t that seem like forever ago? I’m talking about that dreaded concept of weight gain during the first year of university. The phenomenon sounds something like this: Freshmen experience a 15-pound weight gain during the first semester of college and then work the next several … [Read more...] about Calling all Freshmen!