Perspectives

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

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