LANDON PHILLIPS/Cartoonist STAFF EDITORIAL You might not know where it is. You might not know with whom to speak once there. You might not even know that it exists. However, the Seaver College Career Center, located in the Tyler Campus Center, is a valuable Pepperdine resource waiting to be tapped by a number of students. One of the center’s central aims is to connect students … [Read more...] about Career Center can aid tuition blues
Perspectives
The demise of face-to-face communication
MARC CHOQUETTEPerspectives Editor One thing I’ve noticed around campus in our tech-happy culture is how much we have come to rely on technology for everyday activities that in the past were done in a more intimate — dare I say humanistic — fashion. The examples are countless: the primary form of communication between students and faculty is now through e-mail, whereas it once … [Read more...] about The demise of face-to-face communication
MATTHEW BUSH/Assistant Art & Design Editor
SGA responds to Juicy Campus decision ANDY CANALESSGA President True leadership unites people from all walks of life behind meaningful causes. This belief guides the way the Student Government Association (SGA) exercises its responsibility and power. Whether it is bringing the community together to raise $1,000 for the Fire Relief Fund or partnering with Democrats, Republicans … [Read more...] about MATTHEW BUSH/Assistant Art & Design Editor
‘Change’ not just a political buzz word
ERIK HAYDENContributor The political catchword of the season, “change,” harkens back to the idealistic eras in American society — the roaring twenties or the early sixties. Today’s ethos is forward-looking, yet deeply touches a yearning desire of Americans to rid themselves of narrow-minded political punditry, attack ads, amorphous presidential candidates and fabricated … [Read more...] about ‘Change’ not just a political buzz word
American society at 21st-century crossroads
STEPHEN EDSONContributor We teeter and test our balance just beyond the turn of a century, one that holds for the world great technological, economic and social shifts. The technological implications of the future are fairly straightforward: efficiency, fewer brain synapses (see “Idiocracy”), and the eventual eugenics. Economically, we live in an increasingly competitive global … [Read more...] about American society at 21st-century crossroads