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By Maya MinwaryAssistant Lifestyles Editor While most students spend their freshman year trying to adjust to college life, Molly Oster was traveling all over the United States as the manager of the men’s basketball team. Now a sophomore, Oster is gearing up to travel with the team again. In addition to keeping busy with pre-season basketball practices and her studies, Oster is … [Read more...] about FaceInTheCrowd: Molly Oster 

By Travis WeberStaff Correspondent HEIDELBERG--To see the sun shining through the trees of the Black Forest, houses and vineyards lining the Rhine River and snow settling on the Swiss Alps is to see pure majesty. To hear a prayer in German, a love song in French and a word of encouragement in Spanish is to hear the sounds of humanity. To be captivated by the works of Dali, El … [Read more...] about Global Gab: Overseas experience teaching me to love more deeply

By Kimiko Martinez It seems like a majority of students on campus just don’t get it. I know it sounds cliché and motherly, but you really ought to enjoy these years. As I see this semester of the Graphic come to a close, I’m realizing how quickly time passes by and its simply a struggle to get through the day-to-day grind. But if you don’t find your solitude and joy during … [Read more...] about Mama Mia: You people just don’t understand

Sexual assault victims are fighting the age-old stigma of shame and guilt placed on them by going public and breaking the barrier of anonymity.By DeNae ThomasStaff Writer When California teenagers Tamara Brooks and Jacqueline Marris came on NBC’s “Today” program this summer to tell of their abduction and escape from a drunken kidnapper in Lancaster, Calif., they said they … [Read more...] about Shattering the stereotypes of rape victims

Pep alum Darwin Horn's book recounts memorable moments and tales of terrorBy J. Douglas StevensStaff Writer “One learns very quickly in this business to expect the unexpected.”  These were the words of retired Secret Service agent and Pepperdine alum Darwin Horn, who, long before Alqueda and Taliban were part of our everyday vocabulary, experienced a taste of terror in the … [Read more...] about Secret agent declassified