Closed-note exams hold students back from learning skills they will need in their careers. All exams should be open-note to teach people how to be resourceful and find reliable information quickly, as well as to ease unnecessary anxiety.
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Students Stay Resolute on Resolutions
Resolutions made in the unknown of a new year. See what goals students are working toward as 2022 progresses.
Dean’s Office Announces “Credit/No Credit” Option for Students
Administration hears students’ petitions for academic accommodations, but some students still want more.
Staff Editorial: Rigid Attendance Policies Cause Students More Risk Than Reward
Pepperdine student absence policies have more impact on their lives than just in the classroom.
Remember Your Health During Finals
How to prioritize yourself during your finals while trying your best.
Put Grades Into Perspective
Art by Peau Porotesano College is an experience of a lifetime. Students from across the country and the world are thrown together to live in proximity while pursuing higher academics. Because of this closeness of peers, it is clear that a whole college education is not solely academic, but instead is academic in tandem with […]
SGA and Debate Team Respond to the 2nd Presidential Debate
Photos courtesy of Austin Welch, Jean Michel Habinez, Jeremiah Rondeau and Lindsey Rust Recently, SGA and the Debate Team held a viewing party for the second presidential debate. Afterward, every viewer voted in a mock election that included the questions “Who do you think won in the debate?” and “Who are you voting for?.” Several […]
The ‘bu Yorker
Art by Sacha Irick _________ Follow Sacha on Twitter: @sachachachaa
Professors Can Be Your Friends, Too
This is the season of tests and projects aka midterms. Either you have been studying for midterms or not studying for midterms or at least been hearing about people studying for midterms. The academic hammer has been flattening us all in some shape or form, and I know that I for one am exhausted. My […]
Roommates do affect success in college
A friend of mine from another university recently gave me an article that his behavioral economics teacher assigned to the class. When I opened up the file, my attention was drawn directly to the title, which introduced a term I had never really heard before: “Peer Effects and Alcohol Use among College Students.” Peer effects? […]
