MATTHEW PICCOLOStaff Writer Only a nut would aspire to the United States presidency. Americans constantly ridicule and criticize their commanders-in-chief while simultaneously expecting them to eradicate poverty and crime, secure peace in the Middle East and make Republicans and Democrats play nice. Most presidential hopefuls must be either power hungry or masochistic and thus … [Read more...] about Best candidates don’t want the job
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Graphic celebrates 70 years
LANDON PHILLIPS/Assistant Art Editor STAFF EDITORIAL In the case of the Graphic, the turning of time has brought the turning of many pages. The Graphic’s legacy began in 1937, when George Pepperdine first opened the doors to George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles. Since then, Pepperdine’s campus has moved and been given a new name, but its essence and the Christian mission … [Read more...] about Graphic celebrates 70 years
Colleges doing the dirty work
CURRY CHANDLERStaff Writer The Recording Industry Association of America has included some Pepperdine students as part of a new wave of threatening “early settlement” letters to campuses nationwide accusing them of illegally downloading music. It represents only the latest efforts in the organization’s continuing campaign of addressing the unauthorized distribution of music … [Read more...] about Colleges doing the dirty work
Ditch Gore for a more humane movement
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
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