Perspectives

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

Dr. DAN CALDWELLDistinguished Professor of Political Science I have worked for a Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1976. I have worked from the grassroots level as a precinct worker to serving on the Clinton-Gore transition team. I worked for the election of Bill Clinton in 1992 and again in 1996. But I do not support Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2007, and … [Read more...] about Obama: best choice to unite America

Staff editorial Exactly one year, nine months and 6 days ago, Pepperdine hired Vance Walberg to restore the men’s basketball team from the hopeless state that his predecessor, Paul Westphal, had let it reach.Four months and 23 days later, in September of 2006, the Graphic printed in this very spot of the paper that the hiring of Walberg “has the potential to become one of the … [Read more...] about Basketball not Pep’s only sport