Perspectives

MIA SULLIVANStaff Writer On April 8, Malibu residents will have the opportunity to vote for candidates to fill three seats on the city council. There are five candidates. The major issues will be environmental concerns, including ocean water quality and the imminent risks of overdevelopment. Incumbent Pamela Conley Ulich, who has served on the council for the past four years, … [Read more...] about City Council race hits homestretch

RYAN SAWTELLEContributor All too often, people support certain mantras without ever questioning the premise or substance of that belief. They do so out of ignorance or ulterior motives. For instance, many people believe poverty causes crime. If this is the case, wealth then must cause virtue. This obviously isn’t the case, so why do so many people go without questioning this … [Read more...] about Flawed goals: the folly of environmentalists

STEPHANIE TANIZARAssistant Perspectives Editor In 1997, South Coast Today ran an article about Misha Defonseca, a then-64 year-old Holocaust survivor and book author. When she passed a dead animal on the street, she stopped her car to reverently move the corpse to the side of the road. The carcasses reminded her of the dead children she had seen. Nearly 11 years, a lawsuit and … [Read more...] about Holocaust fake ill serves true survivors

Staff Editorial Campus always seems to look a bit different when students arrive back on campus after a break. Usually this involves some sort of upgrade to campus infrastructure, a change to the inventory at Waves Café or a new landscaping project that has been completed to help re-enforce our aesthetic bragging rights. But the addition around campus following this year’s … [Read more...] about New TV screens raise questions