Art by Samantha Miller With a little under a month left in the spring 2022 semester and students receiving notifications about final exams and assignments on a daily basis, it is easy for them to become overwhelmed. With every day being a due date, pausing to rest is necessary for students to reach their highest potential. Students deserve a break after pushing themselves to … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Find Balance in Students’ Performance
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Opinion: Pepp Provides Disappointing Dining
Art by Samantha Miller It's a Friday night, and a Pepperdine student is without a car on campus. Their mini-fridge has been empty for weeks, yet they open it to look for a glimmer of hope. Maybe that hope is a box of leftovers that has been jailed in between frigid walls for a week. Perhaps a half-eaten Howdy's burrito? Nope. All they can find are just a few plastic containers … [Read more...] about Opinion: Pepp Provides Disappointing Dining
Opinion: Mask Mandates Should Return
Art by Vivian Hsia California dropped its mask mandate Feb. 16 and L.A. County dropped its mandate Feb. 25. Pepperdine followed suit March 7, making masks optional on the Malibu campus. In all three cases, authorities cited falling COVID-19 infection numbers as the main reason.Dropping mask mandates is grossly reckless behavior, which will lead to the further spread of … [Read more...] about Opinion: Mask Mandates Should Return
Opinion: Students Must Realize the Usefulness of Rate My Professors
Art by Samantha Miller Rate My Professors is “the highest-trafficked site for quickly researching and rating professors, colleges and universities across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom,” according to its site.For college students, it is the gateway to planning a successful semester, because a good professor can make or break a class. Therefore, how … [Read more...] about Opinion: Students Must Realize the Usefulness of Rate My Professors
Opinion: ‘Coming Out’ — Optional or Obligatory?
Art by Samantha Miller Gallup, a global analytics firm, released data showcasing that as of February 2021, an estimate of 5.6% of the U.S. population identifies themselves as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. In the same research, Gallup concluded that about one in six adults in Generation Z considers themselves LGBTQ+. Society, in general, seems to be more accepting of the … [Read more...] about Opinion: ‘Coming Out’ — Optional or Obligatory?