Art by Christine Nelson Tutoring a Spanish 152 student this semester, I realize how much I've forgotten — and how much I surprisingly remember — since completing my Hispanic Studies degree last spring. I sometimes won't immediately remember simple things, like the third-person plural preterite endings for verbs, but other things that I never realized I knew will come back … [Read more...] about Try to Remember
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G News 02.20.15
G News anchors Whitney Ashton and Shayla Girardin report on ZippieCookie, a special Pepperdine meal program, 50 Hours of Prayer, and the revival of the Judaic Cultural Awareness Club. http://youtu.be/7Wth6YpxTqI __________ Follow Whitney Ashton on Twitter: @Whit_Ashton Follow Shayla Girardin on Twitter: @shaylagthatsme Follow Sacha Irick on Twitter: @sachachachaa … [Read more...] about G News 02.20.15
Gamergate: Ideas Revisited
Art by Peau PorotesanoGamergate is a movement that was supposedly against the increasing gender complexity forming in the gaming medium. I previously, in an article I wrote last semester, called those who followed it misogynists who were resistant to the idea of games being more than just entertainment. However, since then, most news sources, even those dedicated to video games … [Read more...] about Gamergate: Ideas Revisited
In Defense of the Graphic
Photo by Whitney Irick For those wondering why it is necessary for the Graphic to cover stories such as student DUIs, let me explain. The Graphic covers news, which are stories deemed newsworthy by elements including timing, significance, proximity, prominence, conflict and human interest. Pepperdine is a small campus and dry one on top of that. So, when a serious car … [Read more...] about In Defense of the Graphic
G News 10.02.14
Hitting the campus gym for some personal training sessions? You might just spot a cougar atop the fountain on your way there. Anchors Whitney Ashton and Shayla Girardin have these stories and more on this week's G News. http://youtu.be/EWiALqrTZZE __________ Follow the Graphic on Twitter: @PeppGraphic … [Read more...] about G News 10.02.14