Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer.On Feb. 26, Pepperdine's Student Government Association (SGA) discussed the campus narrative surrounding transparency about funds and the budget at their weekly scheduled meeting. Regardless of the transparency issues SGA is … [Read more...] about Opinion: SGA Culture at Pepperdine Needs A Change
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Weisman Museum Hosts Image Description Workshop
Weisman Museum welcomed Dr. Chad Duffy, assistant professor of English and director of the Social Action and Justice Colloquium, to discuss the importance of visual accessibility on Pepperdine's campus. Duffy began his informational session by sharing that, even though he is not an art professor, he is still fascinated by art and language. "I'm very interested in the way that … [Read more...] about Weisman Museum Hosts Image Description Workshop
Students, Community Members Work To Carry On Disability Awareness Week
This month, from March 11, to March 15, the Pepperdine community came together to organize the fourth annual Disability Awareness Week. Students, faculty and staff paired with the Office of Community Engagement and Service to prepare a week’s worth of events to spread knowledge about the disabled community at Pepperdine. March 11 - Captioning To start off the week's … [Read more...] about Students, Community Members Work To Carry On Disability Awareness Week
Opinion: Make Feminine Products More Accessible
Art by Amber ShinIn a society that over-stigmatizes menstruation, many of those who menstruate said they are left feeling anxious, vulnerable and fragile over something that is completely natural. Over 22 million women in the U.S. alone are living in poverty and lack resources to menstrual hygiene products — known as period poverty, according to Harvard Health. There is … [Read more...] about Opinion: Make Feminine Products More Accessible
‘Physically Impossible to Be in a Wheelchair’ — Community Members with Disabilities Face Obstacles to Success at Pepperdine
A collage of Graphic reporting regarding disability set against a photo of the Malibu campus under construction in the 1970s. Graphic by Ashley Mowreader Norvel Young and William Banowsky first beheld the land that would be Pepperdine's Malibu Campus on Sept. 19, 1967. 'It was beautiful, indeed, but very rugged," Banowsky wrote in his memoir, the Malibu Miracle. "It was … [Read more...] about ‘Physically Impossible to Be in a Wheelchair’ — Community Members with Disabilities Face Obstacles to Success at Pepperdine
