Lead climbers Luke Baker and Riley Wright ascend Corpse Wall in the Santa Monica Mountains Oct. 9. Photos by Ali Levens When Homo sapiens walked the great green Earth thousands of years ago, they were not alone. Early humans evolved to become social creatures — but in a different way from what is practiced today. Together early humans lived in the wilderness and … [Read more...] about Homo sapiens in Their Natural Environment
Seaver Students Speak up About an Online-Only Semester
Graphic by Ali Levens Seaver students are scrambling to figure out their futures, following President Jim Gash’s July 22 announcement regarding remote instruction for the fall 2020 semester. The move to remote learning comes after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced restrictions preventing K–12 schools from having in-person classes in counties most affected by the … [Read more...] about Seaver Students Speak up About an Online-Only Semester
Pepperdine Removes Planned Parenthood Link from Resources List
Graphic by Ali Levens Following an alert from an anti-abortion organization, Pepperdine University officials removed Planned Parenthood as a resource from the Pepperdine Resource, Youth Diversion and Education (PRYDE) website. Students for Life Action reached out May 27 via letter requesting Pepperdine’s administration, along with other Christian-affiliated colleges and … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Removes Planned Parenthood Link from Resources List
The SAM: Splitting the Difference Between Romantic and Sexual Orientations
Art by Ally Armstrong A boy and girl fall in love. They have a whirlwind marriage and have three children to round out the family. In this case, which is a heavily-exampled stereotype in the media, romance and sexual attraction are two peas in a pod — never to be seen as separate identities.The LGBTQ+ community offers an alternative idea: the Split Attraction Model, or … [Read more...] about The SAM: Splitting the Difference Between Romantic and Sexual Orientations
Olivia Robinson: Learning From Literature
Photo by Milan LoiaconoTwo years ago, a Pepperdine sophomore sat nestled in the crooks of Payson Library, nose buried deep in “Ain’t I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism” — bell hooks' feminist theory. The author's words have the reader on an intellectual precipice, grasping at hooks' concepts and surrounding herself with the powerful rhetoric she had … [Read more...] about Olivia Robinson: Learning From Literature
