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

CASSIE ROBERTSONStaff Writer “I’m so tired” is probably the most frequently heard complaint on campus. Most people know the source of the problem and know how to fix it. But students all brush it off as a permanent inconvenience, because unless they all went home on permanent hiatus from college, they would never get enough sleep.  The second hit after typing in “Lack of … [Read more...] about Too many students sleepless in Malibu