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Eliot Cox

Staff Editorial: Variety is the Key to Finishing Out Strong

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Everything in college is a momentum game. Papers and projects are easier when one is in the constructive zone of their mind. Classes and days go by quicker when they are packed and frenetic. Pulling ourselves out of the pace does a bit of good every time, though. We welcome respites during the semester where we can breathe and gain perspective. But, if we’re out of the … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Variety is the Key to Finishing Out Strong

Students Learn About Mindfulness at RISE Summit

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Pepperdine students and staff gathered in the Light House for the Resilience-Informed Skills Education (RISE) Summit on Feb. 19. An annual event, this year the Summit included a meal, a raffle and a talk from Shauna Shapiro, a clinical psychologist, professor and author.The RISE Summit is split between two sessions: one at lunch and the other at dinner.The lunch session of the … [Read more...] about Students Learn About Mindfulness at RISE Summit

Good News: Art Is How Humanity Endures

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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

Album Review: Tyler the Creator’s ‘Chromakopia’ is Authentically Fantastic

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Transparency item: A review provides an informed and opinionated critique. These informed critiques are published to make a recommendation to readers. This review is the opinion of the writer. "Do I keep the light on or do I gracefully bow?" — thus ends the first track of Tyler Okonma’s, better known by his stage name Tyler, the Creator, seventh studio album "Chromakopia." … [Read more...] about Album Review: Tyler the Creator’s ‘Chromakopia’ is Authentically Fantastic

Opinion: Borderline and Woolsey Will Never Be Forgotten

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Transparency Item: This is a personal essay written by a current student who was a member of various communities affected by both the Woolsey Fire and the Borderline Shooting. This is the personal experience, opinion and perspective of the writer. I am going to try to explain what happened that night 6 years ago in the way only a 15-year-old teenager, lounging on a couch next … [Read more...] about Opinion: Borderline and Woolsey Will Never Be Forgotten