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College Athletics Win and Lose Big

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The Pepperdine University athletic department is composed of a few hundred student-athletes who compete in various sports, all with different financial means and expenses. The maintenance of Pepperdine Athletics costs a few million dollars per year, and each team has different financial resources. It is one of the largest costs Pepperdine undertakes per year. Pepperdine … [Read more...] about College Athletics Win and Lose Big

What’s in a Stat?: Quite a Lot, Actually

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Sports, and the athletes who play them, are associated with physical achievement — pushing their bodies to be faster, stronger and more skilled. But while tangible, raw physical talent will always be a big part of athletics, something else is now an equal part of an evolving sports world — numbers. There are obvious ways in which numbers affect sports. A team wins by scoring … [Read more...] about What’s in a Stat?: Quite a Lot, Actually

The Graphic at a Glance

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Infographic by Ali Levens Established in 1937, the same year as George Pepperdine College, the Graphic is committed to providing the community with accurate information and a public forum for discussion. From the number of stories published to the diversity of the staff, this is the Graphic by the numbers. ____________________ Follow the Graphic on Twitter: … [Read more...] about The Graphic at a Glance

Letter from the Editor

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Last semester, statements on the Freedom Wall brought discussions of LGBTQ+ discrimination on campus back into the spotlight. The Chick-fil-A controversy and SGA's inclusion resolution revealed to many in the Pepperdine community how other students and staff struggle where heterosexual cisgendered individuals haven’t experienced do not. Many at Pepperdine don't seek to … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor