Art by Chris ChenI grew up in a Christian home, which meant going to church every Sunday, listening to adults tell me what faith is and how to procure salvation. I learned about Jesus and his sacrifice in the New Testament. It’s always been around me, always been enforced through my parents’ decisions and the way they raised me. Eventually I chose to make Christian … [Read more...] about Faith Can Still Move Mountains
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Nam Knows Best: Take Me to Church or Nah
This is a religious article. Enter at your own risk. It was 10:05 a.m. on a Sunday and I didn’t go to church. Gasp — how can I consider myself a student at a Christian school? How dare I miss church! Rain down punishment from heaven upon my guilty, sacrilegious head. Everyone knows that if you don’t go to church on Sunday that God will surely find some way to mess up your … [Read more...] about Nam Knows Best: Take Me to Church or Nah
Pepperdine is a Christian University, Get Used to It
As a tutor on campus, one of the main complaints I hear is that religion should be taught independently of academics. Why do we need three classes on religion? Why did the Convocation speaker mention God? Three whole times? What is this, a reference to the Trinity or something? It is as if these complaints come from a place of not realizing that Pepperdine is affiliated with … [Read more...] about Pepperdine is a Christian University, Get Used to It
The Pressure: Race & Sex
As a black man, I can't be abstinent. Well, at least it seems that way. There is pressure to have sex. When I turn on music to get me through the day or get me from class to class, that fresh R&B crooner or hip-hop heavyweight — who looks like me or sounds like me or dresses like me — seemingly takes every opportunity to lace their lyrics with sexual connotations and … [Read more...] about The Pressure: Race & Sex
We can Defeat the Impossible
Las Vegas students do not graduate. That is an overgeneralization; nevertheless, in the 2009-2010 academic year, only 52 percent of black males graduated high school, according to the 2012 Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males. In 2011, the Nevada Report Card reported that only 59.34 percent of Las Vegas’ enrolled high school students graduated that … [Read more...] about We can Defeat the Impossible
