Editor’s Note: PGM staff members decide on the topic of a Staff Ed together. The staff as a whole provides opinions and content included in this Staff Ed to provide thoughts about and shed light on solutions for happenings at Pepperdine. Imagine walking to your dorm — hands full of groceries, backpack on, huffing and puffing. If you’ve done this recently, it … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Student IDs Should Be in Apple Wallet
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First-year Housing Advisors Enhance Student Experiences
Housing and Residence Life at Pepperdine allows students to have a living experience on campus throughout their time here in Malibu. However, the in-house Resident Advisors and Spiritual Life Advisors who reside in first-year housing find themselves with vastly different roles in comparison to other HRL members, students said. The role of an RA is to … [Read more...] about First-year Housing Advisors Enhance Student Experiences
Staff Editorial: Not Just Answers, The Truth
Art by Autumn Hardwick Some of the best — and most frequently misquoted — movie lines of all time are from Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise's courtroom spat in A Few Good Men. "You want answers?" Nicholson asks coyly. "I want the truth," Cruise demands. "You can't handle the truth!" Nicholson shouts back. As student journalists, the Graphic staff looks for answers. We hunt high … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Not Just Answers, The Truth
History of the Freedom Wall
Design by Ali Levens | File Photos In describing the purpose of the Freedom Wall, Seaver Dean Michael Feltner wrote the following in an email to the Graphic: "Speech and expression can be messy and difficult, but they cannot be impugned on a campus devoted to discerning truth, especially God’s truth. By providing a location for free expression and critical reflection on ideas … [Read more...] about History of the Freedom Wall
On-Campus Housing Numbers Break Records as HRL Finds Ways to Adapt
Towers RAs and SLAs take a picture during HRL training in summer 2021. With the largest number of students in Pepperdine history living on campus, sophomore RA Timothy Jackson said building community is HRL's top priority. Photo courtesy of Timothy JacksonPepperdine is housing a record-setting 2,500 students on the Malibu campus for the fall 2021 semester, leaving Housing and … [Read more...] about On-Campus Housing Numbers Break Records as HRL Finds Ways to Adapt