Perspectives

RACHEL JOHNSONStaff Writer Primary season pressed on for both Democrats and Republicans as they squared off yet again in Nevada last weekend. Though the primaries took place in the same state, they couldn’t have been any more different. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D—N.Y., won a close contest over Sen. Barack Obama, D—Ill., (John Edwards placed a distant third) while Mitt Romney was … [Read more...] about Voter demographics, candidate strategies add interest to primaries

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

MARC CHOQUETTEPerspectives Editor With all the boxing analogies thrown around in every “gloves off,” “fight to the death,” “rough and tumble,” “duke it out” presidential debate, it was Monday night’s Democratic “throwdown” that was closest to seeing some actual fisticuffs on stage. Most of this was thanks to CNN’s free-for-all debate format hosted by the too-timid-to-moderate … [Read more...] about CNN’s debate format causes fireworks

ELI SAYEGHStaff Writer The next time you order a double-double from In-N-Out Burger, you may literally be getting a double. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that milk and meat from cloned cattle, pigs and goats are safe to eat. With this decision, food producers, markets and restaurants have been given the green light to sell food products from cloned … [Read more...] about Consumers should have ‘cloned’ option