Perspectives

You know it’s a rough economy when the innovative companies that used to make life difficult for their competitors are themselves falling quickly upon hard times. Netflix was the butt of more than a few jokes in the tech and entertainment industries this week when it announced that it was splitting its services into two companies, retaining the Netflix name for Web streaming … [Read more...] about Netflix split makes long-term sense

Twitter has finally sucked me in. Now that I’m preoccupied by distracting headlines 24/7, I can only hope that the increasingly depressing news cycle will inspire me to take action more times than it will discourage me. One tweet from the Graphic on June 20 particularly irked me, and it had nothing to do with the economy or latest offensive sound bite from the current … [Read more...] about Feminism still needed to combat sexist attitudes

On Friday, Aug. 26, during her return to campus for her junior year, 20-year-old Sarah Brady lost control of her car, crashed and died. The next day, and for the remainder of that week, the Graphic reported on her death and the grief of the Pepperdine community. Along with dozens of other news organizations around the nation that reported the story, the Graphic also ran a photo … [Read more...] about We seek balance and sensitivity in time of tragedy

Last week I thought about the famine in Somalia for the first time in weeks. Googling it, I discovered a BBC News article from Sept. 5 detailing a U.N. report which warned that as many as 750,000 Somalis could die from starvation in the coming four months. Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times began an article published Sept. 15 with the following question: “Is the world … [Read more...] about US cable news leaves viewers ignorant

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. ... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” — C.S. Lewis A couple months ago, I mentioned to a long-time friend, Tyler from back home, that I had gone on a weekend-long mission trip to San Felipe, Mexico, with a group from Pepperdine during my spring break. We built a … [Read more...] about Know whom you serve