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Life After Death, Whatever That Means

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Art by Samantha Miller Embrace death to truly start living. That's the counterintuitive take-away Sociology Professor Charles Hall leaves students with in his upper-division sociology course on death and dying. Death isn't the cheeriest subject, but Hall didn't mince his words and isn't one to shy away from difficult conversations. Hall's class strives to break down … [Read more...] about Life After Death, Whatever That Means

Opinion: Selflessness and Empathy Must Overpower Desensitization to Bad News

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Americans will remember 2020 as an election year like no other. Against historical precedent, the Republican-led senate spitefully confirmed a Supreme Court Justice days before the election, a candidate refused to say he'd facilitate a peaceful transfer of power should he lose and U.S. agencies found evidence of multiple countries attempting to interfere with election results. … [Read more...] about Opinion: Selflessness and Empathy Must Overpower Desensitization to Bad News

School of Public Policy Mourns First-Year Student Floyd Black

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Photo courtesy of Pepperdine School of Public Policy Floyd Black, a School of Public Policy first-year student, died Monday Sept. 28. Black died unexpectedly for reasons unrelated to COVID-19, according to the School of Public Policy. The University expressed its condolences to Black's friends and family and mourned the loss of Black in a Sept. 29 Public Relations … [Read more...] about School of Public Policy Mourns First-Year Student Floyd Black

There Is Urgency With COVID-19, but What About Climate Change?

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Art by Madeline DuvallBoth COVID-19 and climate change threaten the livelihood of people around the planet. Billions are affected by the virus, and at least 86,000 have died. Over the remainder of our lives, climate change is expected to do the same — if not worse — damage.Specifically, the climate crisis is estimated to push over 120 million into poverty over the … [Read more...] about There Is Urgency With COVID-19, but What About Climate Change?