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Staff Editorial: Censorship Goes Against the Core of Journalism

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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. In the wake of a censorship controversy surrounding the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, conversation around censorship has proliferated … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Censorship Goes Against the Core of Journalism

Pepperdine Students Consider the Benefits and Detriments of Long-distance Relationships

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Senior Sabrina Kuo and her boyfriend Dylan Coleman pose in the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah during their limited time together in July 2021. Kuo said that long distance is definitely worth it. Photo courtesy of Sabrina Kuo It’s 9 a.m. A cell phone rings, jolting sophomore Logan Ludwig awake to begin the day in Malibu. Across the world in Florence, his girlfriend, … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Students Consider the Benefits and Detriments of Long-distance Relationships

Opinion: One Best Friend Is Limiting

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Art by Sarah RietzTransparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer.Having one best friend allows you to have someone you can trust, rely on and confide in. However, limiting yourself to only one best friend can be detrimental to your personal growth and social development. In … [Read more...] about Opinion: One Best Friend Is Limiting

Stop Escalating, Start Negotiating

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Art by Sybil ZhangSpain is dangerously close to civil war. Key politicians like Charles Puigdemont, first minister of Catalonia and leader of the independence movement, and Mariano Rajoy, Spain's conservative prime minister, need to seriously consider whether sticking to their extreme stances is worth the violence this path inevitably leads toward.Violence erupted Oct. 1, as … [Read more...] about Stop Escalating, Start Negotiating

There’s No Place Like College

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Graphic by Nate BartonI'll never forget going home for Thanksgiving break after my first semester of college. As a Colorado transplant, I was one of the few students in my graduating class who moved farther than two hours away, let alone went out of state for college. Needless to say, my first visit back home was, in a word, weird. Since then, I've learned that the saying … [Read more...] about There’s No Place Like College