SHANNON KELLYEditor in Chief “‘Planet in Peril,’ unbearable heat, sea levels rising, resource shortage, countless polar bears drowning, danger, disaster. And it’s all because of people – careless, wasteful, ill-intentioned humans.’” Welcome to the modern environmentalists’ doomsayers diatribe. It’s Al Gore’s language and apparently it holds enough clout to elicit Academy … [Read more...] about Ditch Gore for a more humane movement
Perspectives
Unfair to cut homeless fund
ALEXIS SEBRINGPerspectives Assistant Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found a loophole in Proposition 63, a plan that helps provide assistance to the mentally ill, and now approximately 4,700 homeless mentally ill adults will be released to the streets again. Schwarzenegger cut $55 million from the homeless mentally ill and allocated it to the program for the mentally ill children. … [Read more...] about Unfair to cut homeless fund
Criticism for Oprah unwarranted
RACHEL JOHNSONAssistant Perspectives Editor Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls didn’t need any more setbacks. When Winfrey began discussing the the plan to build the school in South Africa, she was criticized for wanting to spend money abroad instead of using it to combat problems at home in the United States. Now Winfrey’s school is under scrutiny again, as … [Read more...] about Criticism for Oprah unwarranted
Enough parking, no patience
LANDON PHILLIPS/Assistant Art Editor STAFF EDITORIAL One ticket. Two ticket. Three ticket. Four. Counting on-campus parking tickets in Dr. Seuss fashion has become somewhat of a norm for several Pepperdine students these days. We’d like to think some may be a result of a Public Safety officer’s boredom, but usually students know they deserve them. Many students respond to the … [Read more...] about Enough parking, no patience
Making a difference starts in the States
SARAH SCHERFFPhoto Editor A young Hispanic 12-year-old carries his AK-47 to the street corner, takes aim, and guns down a black man he doesn't like because they are not the same ethnicity. A mile away a young mother and her child, both HIV positive, shiver in bed starving and hopeless, unable to afford or even access medications necessary to prolong their lives. In the same … [Read more...] about Making a difference starts in the States