Perspectives

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

STAFF EDITORIAL Personal responsibility is supposed to be something a student refines in college. The recent decision to ban the Web site Juicycampus.com from the campus Internet network runs contrary to the idea of personal responsibility.The role of the Student Government Association is not to dictate what content is appropriate for the rest of the student body, and it is not … [Read more...] about SGA decision on Web site troubling

STEPHANIE TANIZARAssistant Perspectives Editor LimeWire. BitTorrent. Napster. Half a century ago, these names would have been nothing but gobbledygook. Today, they are virtually recognized worldwide as popular “peer-to-peer” (P2P) or file sharing software, most commonly used to share music. Downloading songs from a P2P network, however, is illegal. The music industry has begun … [Read more...] about RIAA in the right with fight againstfile sharing

LANCE MCNEILContributor For almost four years, I’ve pondered Pepperdine’s selection of majors and arrived at one conclusion: some are more difficult than others.  We need to acknowledge and account for the varying difficulty of different majors. I propose that Seaver College adopt a ‘strength of schedule’ provision when calculating academic awards, such as Dean’s List and … [Read more...] about Academic ‘strength of schedule’ needed

MIA SULLIVANPerspectives Assistant Many people point to excessive defense spending as the cause for our mounting national debt. What some forget, however, is that excessive healthcare spending is also eating away at our nation’s economy. In 2007, U.S. state and local governments spent $864.2 billion on healthcare and $681.2 billion on defense. According to an article in the New … [Read more...] about Clinton’s plan won’t heal healthcare crisis