Art by Cara TangEditor’s Note: PGM staff members decide on the topic of a Staff Editorial together. The staff as a whole provides opinions and content included in this Staff Editorial to provide thoughts about and shed light on solutions for happenings at Pepperdine.Being a Pepperdine student comes with the privilege of living in the picturesque city of Malibu. It can be … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Malibu Weathers Challenges Together
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Advice: Use Your Voice
Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic includes an advice column based on new topics and different writers’ thoughts. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer.Popular discourse and media have exhausted and overused the “division more than unity” and polarization narrative pertaining to differing political values and beliefs in the … [Read more...] about Advice: Use Your Voice
Opinion: Pepperdine Must Make Menstrual Products Free and Accessible
Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer.Editor’s Note: Cassandra Barron, the writer and reporter of this story, is co-president of Pepperdine Feminist Club. As someone who menstruates, I have experienced the afternoon-destroying moment of realizing I do not have … [Read more...] about Opinion: Pepperdine Must Make Menstrual Products Free and Accessible
SGA Passes Climate Action Plan Resolution
On March 12, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a Climate Action Plan Resolution. Senior Class President Walden Hicks and Sophomore Class President Zayd Salahieh proposed Resolution #08-25 Pepperdine Climate Action Plan to the SGA Senate.After preliminary discussion and overview for the weekly SGA meeting, President Myers Mentzer called for the authors of the … [Read more...] about SGA Passes Climate Action Plan Resolution
Opinion: Psychology Myths Still Exist Despite Growing Awareness
Transparency Item: The Perspectives Section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. The field of psychology has garnered a significant amount of public interest since the mid-20th century, with new theories taking over each decade, and I find it helpful as a psychology student to pay attention to current … [Read more...] about Opinion: Psychology Myths Still Exist Despite Growing Awareness