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 the VIA (Values in Action) Character Strengths and Virtues Test, one of the listed virtues is courage. I have taken this test in a few psychology courses, and while the ranking differs slightly every time, courage has always … [Read more...] about Opinion: Courage Takes Many Forms
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BSA Celebrates Black History Month With Talent Showcase
The Black Student Association (BSA) hosted a showcase highlighting Black students’ talents in the Howard A. White Center (HAWC) on Feb. 18. Various students performed poetry and songs on stage throughout the night. Junior Hailey Johnson, BSA social chair, hosted the show, and encouraged the audience to sing, dance, rap or perform poetry. The event boasted over twenty … [Read more...] about BSA Celebrates Black History Month With Talent Showcase
Opinion: Cringe is the Enemy of Great
Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. Conversations about cringe as a phenomenon in modern lingo are frequent, to the point of perhaps being redundant. However, there are many angles from which cringe can be approached, and it does encompass several emotions and … [Read more...] about Opinion: Cringe is the Enemy of Great
Good News: Art Is How Humanity Endures
I spent my childhood in places that do not exist, or rather, lost in thought in worlds my imagination would make up. Such imagination served as the foundation for my love of landscape paintings, and invigorated my nostalgia for the video game Skyrim and appreciation for the poems of my namesake, T.S. Eliot. Everybody has pieces of artwork they love. It is definitely the case … [Read more...] about Good News: Art Is How Humanity Endures
New Club Launching this Spring: Free Wheelchair Mission
Isabella Reyes, a junior Biology major, is working to start a club at Pepperdine highlighting a non-profit organization, Free Wheelchair Mission, to spread awareness about the project and her father's story. An estimated 80 million people in the world are in need of a wheelchair, according to Free Wheelchair Mission. In 1992, Hernan Reyes, Isabella's father, became one of … [Read more...] about New Club Launching this Spring: Free Wheelchair Mission
