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Melissa Hurtado

Experimental drugs save lives at great cost

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With a recent report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology predicting that cancer cases will increase from 1.6 million to 2.3 million by 2030, the story of 7-year-old Josh Hardy, who is in critical condition due to a virus, highlights an increasingly serious dilemma. Young Hardy was diagnosed with kidney cancer before he reached his first birthday, and now seven years … [Read more...] about Experimental drugs save lives at great cost

Acknowledge our planetary predicament

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There is so much noise — homework overload, social media and personal issues begging for our attention — that we never stop to smell the roses. But, why should you smell the roses? Because then you would’ve noticed that it was dry, or plump and expensive. Both tell-tale signs of the state-wide dilemma that’s been building for three years according to the … [Read more...] about Acknowledge our planetary predicament

Rodman should cut it out with his antics

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He’s making a fool of himself. He’s insensitive to Kenneth Bae’s family. He is upsetting people with his “goodwill” trips to North Korea — those are the types of taglines and comments being thrown around whenever the words Dennis Rodman or North Korea are mentioned. The Hall of Famer and retired professional basketball player, who spent 14 seasons in the NBA with the Detroit … [Read more...] about Rodman should cut it out with his antics

Fight on for the dream

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Dear fellow Pepperdine students: While I am not confined in a jail, like the one Martin Luther King Jr. sat in 51 years ago, the sentiments that were expressed in his famed “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” still ring true today.  It is because of this that I know that we, as a society, are still confined behind the perpetual bars of racism that King fought against. Even … [Read more...] about Fight on for the dream

Rodriguez coaches Team USA elite

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While other Malibuites flocked to the beaches, Baseball Head Coach and ‘92 Seaver alumnus Steve Rodriguez traveled east and went to work. Rodriguez has built himself a lengthy and accomplished biography full of accolades, honors and titles. He was the 2012 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year, made the cut for WCC’s Top 50 Athletes of All Time and has led the baseball … [Read more...] about Rodriguez coaches Team USA elite