Art by Sacha Irick Do you ever look up from your phone and see the sun a little lower and the people around you are different from when you last looked? If so, you’ve caught yourself in phone limbo. Our obsession with technology, with either video games or social networking, is dangerous. The effects can already be seen in younger generations, our siblings, our family … [Read more...] about Unplug Yourself to Engage Your World
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Death with Dignity Poses Ethical Questions
We’re always told to live life to the fullest because we never know when our final day will come. Knowing or choosing death is something beyond my comprehension. But not for Brittany Maynard. If you’re not familiar, Maynard has recently been in the news for having terminal brain cancer and deciding to end her own life through a process called “Death with … [Read more...] about Death with Dignity Poses Ethical Questions
Other Things to Worry about Besides Ebola
If you were a child born in Sierra Leone, there is an 18.2 percent chance that you will not live to blow out five candles on a birthday cake that you most likely do not have access to. That is three to four students in the average class size of 20 students at Pepperdine. If you were born as a woman In Liberia, there would be a one in 24 lifetime chance of you dying in … [Read more...] about Other Things to Worry about Besides Ebola
Terminate Your Old Prescriptions
Photo by Xander Hayes Abuse, water pollution and death. That’s what unused and expired prescription drugs sitting in the medicine cabinets of millions across the United States cause when not disposed of properly. Enter the Pill Terminator — here to save the lives of those it touches. An internationally renowned chemist in the United Kingdom, David Best, came up with the … [Read more...] about Terminate Your Old Prescriptions
Deceased landscape worker honored
Photo by Marisa Padilla Landscaping Services workers Juan Cueto Hernandez and Ignacio Alamillo were talking together on May 10, 2011, like they did every day. When the two became work partners, they developed a close friendship. Cueto teased Alamillo about the day’s midday soccer pickup match at the lacrosse field, a tradition between landscape workers. Alamillo wasn’t … [Read more...] about Deceased landscape worker honored
