Perspectives

  Dear President Benton, We at the Graphic have a proposition for you: We receive a refund for the price of our tuition in excess of what University of Washington students pay, and we promise we won’t raise hell. You see, wrapped into the $37,000 Pepperdine package was the implicit understanding that the weather during the academic year would deliver the kind of gratifying … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Save money and go to UW

Tiffany BrannonContributing Writer Many people have been talking about the case of Terri Schiavo. Schiavo, a woman who suffered brain damage in the early 90s after her heart stopped beating for 10 minutes thus preventing any oxygen from getting to her brain, is dying this week. She is not dying of her permanent condition; instead, she has been slowly starving to death after her … [Read more...] about Schiavo case has larger implications

Melissa OverbeckPerspectives Editor In a 2003 speech to the United Nations, President Bush identified one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time—a crisis that ravages lives around the world, yet somehow remains hidden from the public.“There’s another humanitarian crisis spreading, yet hidden from view,” Bush said. “Each year, human beings are bought, sold, or forced … [Read more...] about Americans enable human trafficking

Sam HedlundContributing Writer Just two weeks ago, the night many of us were celebrating St. Patrick’s’ Day, rebels in northern Uganda abducted between 40 and 50 children. By now it can be assumed that many have been beaten, raped or forced to torture and kill others as they are indoctrinated into the cult-like Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). If you have seen the documentary … [Read more...] about Children used in Ugandan war

BLAKE ELLISContributing Writer During the past week, Pepperdine’s financial aid department sent out letters informing recipients of Perkins loans that President Bush’s current budget proposal includes “the elimination of the Federal Perkins loan program.”  In addition, a pre-written letter of objection to this measure is included in the e-mail for submission to state … [Read more...] about Eliminating Perkins loans could stop tuition inflation