Graphic by Nate Barton The Federal Communications Commission voted on Dec. 14, 2017 to repeal the net neutrality rules which were put in place in 2015 to keep broadband providers like Comcast and AT&T from blocking or charging extra for certain websites and content. But the battle for open internet isn't over yet. Internet access is a public utility and should be … [Read more...] about Fight For Net Neutrality
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Pepp IT To Students: Don’t Be Lured By Phishing Emails
Graphics by Cassandra Stephenson The Pepperdine Information Security Office confirmed an email sent to a Pepperdine account Feb. 8 posing as a notification from Pepperdine Central Authentication Service was in fact a fraudulent attempt to gain sensitive password information. But according to Pepperdine Chief Information Security Officer Kim Cary, this isn’t anything new. … [Read more...] about Pepp IT To Students: Don’t Be Lured By Phishing Emails
Pepperdine Encourages Students to be Smart With Cyber
Graphics by Kelly Rodriguez Pepperdine is ramping up its cybersecurity defenses as the issue of cyber attacks continues to hit close to home. “Some of the [community] members may think, ‘Pepperdine is small, who would want to target us anyway?’” Pepperdine Chief Information Officer Jonathan See said. “Our data tells us otherwise.” Pepperdine logged more than 2.3 … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Encourages Students to be Smart With Cyber
Old Ideas about Race Re-Surface with the Alt-Right Movement
Art by Peau PorotesanoThe Alternative Right Movement was born out of the internet only in the past year or so. Using online message boards to communicate with one another, these mostly young, White men, through memes and other methods, champion their platform: anti-multiculturalism, anti-immigration, anti-feminism and, perhaps more than anything else, anti-political … [Read more...] about Old Ideas about Race Re-Surface with the Alt-Right Movement
The Internet has Advanced our Language
Art by Sacha Irick I think we can all agree that technology is amazing and affects all of our lives. We have easy access to the entire world and all the knowledge in it (we mainly use it to watch cat videos, but that’s beside the point). The thing is, we’ve all heard that before. What I want to focus on is how technology, specifically the Internet, has affected our language, … [Read more...] about The Internet has Advanced our Language
