Perspectives

Staff Editorial Pepperdine prides itself on its campus diversity, supporting students from varied ethnic and economic backgrounds. The university, though it is affiliated with the Church of Christ, has welcomed students from varying religious and political backgrounds to campus, presumably to enrich campus life with fresh opinions and ideas. But in at least one arena, … [Read more...] about Admin shuns GLEE, alienates club

Marc ChoquettePerspectives Editor Despite the overall success of our athletics program, Pepperdine has always been known for the one sport that puts small schools like ours on the map: Basketball. Circumstances have changed, however, over the past few years. Our struggling basketballers are in a period of transition, leaving an athletic void to be filled. What’s changed is that … [Read more...] about Volleyball is the new basketball

Jim CohenStaff Writer An investigative report by the Washington Post reveals America’s top military medical facility, Washington D.C.’s Walter Reed Army Hospital, has failed to live up to its promise of offering the best care to our nation’s wounded servicemen and women.The report details the anguish of hundreds of soldiers receiving medical rehabilitation treatment from the … [Read more...] about Bush responsible for decrepit hospital conditions

Mia SullivanStaff Writer Widening the 405 Freeway to add carpool lanes through Sepulveda Pass has been discussed since 2003. Although the project is scheduled to begin in 2009, because it has taken the California Transportation Commission (CTC) until now to find the funds. Who knows how long it will take the government to put this plan into action, let alone finish it. It could … [Read more...] about Carpool won’t solve West Side traffic issues

Jim CohenStaff Writer With the recent heated debate in Congress over the future of U.S. military involvement in Iraq, it seems easy to forget 27,000 American troops and another 21,000 NATO troops remain fighting in the forgotten war of Afghanistan.More than five years after the U.S. military successfully attacked the Taliban government of Afghanistan for hiding and harboring … [Read more...] about Iraq debacle diverts attention away from war in Afghanistan