In addition to Humanities 111 with Sonia Sorrell the convocation requirement is the great equalizer among Seaver students. Few can petition their way out of the half-credit addition to each semester's schedule and many see it as nothing more than a chore or a box to check each week. Convocation has noticeably improved this year as the Convocation office seems to be focused on … [Read more...] about Professors pave the way for Convocation
Perspectives
Broken dreams: reform the Greeks
Around the same time every year what sounds like a funeral dirge proceeds around the freshman residence halls. Women are in mourning. It's a funeral in a way a funeral for broken dreams. Freshmen women were just told what sorority they were placed in and there is disappointment. Another perspective: freshmen men in a fraternity are given alcohol. Someone refuses but is told by … [Read more...] about Broken dreams: reform the Greeks
Interrobang packs a punch?!
We would like to begin this column with a side note. Based on our two previous columns one might assume we stand for all of the traditional rules and conventions of English. Our defense of the subjunctive and our denunciation of excessive dashing might make one think we're a bit conservative when it comes to grammar. In this column we're going to prove that we are not the Sarah … [Read more...] about Interrobang packs a punch?!
Men contribute to beauty battle
I'm going to let you into the inner sanctum of my soul for a moment. I will let you peer into the vulnerable part of me that I do not often let others see. Pay close attention as I reveal an experience to you that causes me a little embarrassment frustration and plays into my insecurities. While at the gym recently a fellow Pepperdine student made the comment that … [Read more...] about Men contribute to beauty battle
Excessive -ing -es prose to bits
Excessive dashing is wretched — the unholy destruction of modern English. In fact employing too many dashes transforms — modern English — into — postmodern English. Sentences that once flowed logically and succinctly suddenly break — for no reason. Language becomes an indecipherable pastiche of random phrases — separated by dashes. … [Read more...] about Excessive -ing -es prose to bits