Perspectives

When the camera flashed to the various teams that just learned they had been invited to the NCAA basketball tournament, the players were all smiles, jumping up in celebration. Including our Pepperdine Waves. All but one team: Gonzaga. When the CBS cameras showed the Spokane team there were boos and frowns. Coach Mark Few was scowling. Gonzaga, it seems, didn’t like its No. 6 … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial:  Feel sorry for the Zags? Think again

By Randall MaddoxContributing Writer In her article in the Feb. 21 Graphic, Dr. Marilyn Misch argues against acceptance of homosexuality.  I am compelled to respond, for it seems to me that these arguments derive from faulty premises and loaded terms, and they misrepresent or ignore altogether the tough questions we must consider concerning the matter.  The entire foundation … [Read more...] about Finding answers on a journey of faith

By James RiswickAssistant Opinions Editor Things were really looking good for baseball for a while. An incredible World Series was capped off with a nail-biting, come-from-behind victory in Game 7 by the Arizona Diamondbacks to defeat the all-powerful New York Yankees. It looked like baseball was finally recapturing the hearts of the many fans put off by the 1994 strike. … [Read more...] about Why Selig dropped the ball: Terrible timing and poor aim

By Rudabeh ShahbaziStaff Writer Recently, President Bush clumped together the three very different countries of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the “axis of evil.” Using a religious term, such as evil, that stirs emotions is much more powerful in political denunciation than rational discourse. Sadly, Bush seems intent on antagonizing and isolating these regimes rather than … [Read more...] about Truth and propaganda don’t mix well

Pepperdine students and their cars have a special relationship. Unlike the situation at many of the major universities around the country, here in Malibu there’s very little reachable by foot, and the public transportation offered by the university is limited, to say the least. If students have something they really need, or something they really want to do, chances are they … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Hold on, this might be a little bumpy