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Staff Editorial: Dear HRL: I need a home, not an automated message

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Art by Sacha Irick George Bernard Shaw famously claimed that “the biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Housing and Residence Life recently received a personalized lesson in the results of such non-communication communication. Students received an email from HRL on Aug. 12 detailing changes in the housekeeping policy designed to eliminate … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Dear HRL: I need a home, not an automated message

HRL Reverses Changes to Housekeeping Policy

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Photo by Marisa Padilla Students received an email Aug. 12 from Housing and Residence Life that said there would be a change to the current housekeeping policy. The shift would’ve resulted in bathrooms and common spaces no longer being cleaned on a weekly basis and in students having to take their trash to the dumpsters as well as maintaining the cleanliness of their … [Read more...] about HRL Reverses Changes to Housekeeping Policy

Becoming Better Stewards of Our Bathroom Floors

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Photo by Marisa Padilla Since the infamous housing shortage last semester, Pepperdine’s Housing and Residence Life office has been a recipient to many angry calls and emails. On Aug. 12, the Housing Office wrote in an email that in order to respect the living space of students, housing will “no longer be emptying the trash or surface cleaning” apartments. Arguing that this … [Read more...] about Becoming Better Stewards of Our Bathroom Floors

HRL to look for new Associate Dean of Students

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Associate Dean of Students and Director of Housing and Residence Life Brian Dawson will be resigning from his position at the end of this semester in order to pursue jobs with more direct student relations, according to Dawson. A national search is being done with Dean of Students Mark Davis chairing the search committee, University Chaplain Sara Barton and associate deans of … [Read more...] about HRL to look for new Associate Dean of Students