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Midterms

Staff Editorial: Dear Pepperdine, Give Us A Break

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Art by Samantha Miller Hey Pepperdine, your students are tired. We’ve been through midterm after midterm — why can’t we just have a break? A real one. It’s not fair that most universities have a full week for fall break, and more three-day weekends. Pepperdine students have to struggle without either of those. Pepperdine's Thanksgiving break needs expansion or alteration … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Dear Pepperdine, Give Us A Break

Staff Editorial: Fall Festivities Are Lacking

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There are horrors in Payson. Mullin Town Square has become a ghost town. No, it's not Halloween thrills making campus spooky — it’s midterm season. Exams bring more fear and fright instead of the ominous presence of the fall months. Pepperdine becomes a winter wonderland for Christmas, but the only indication of fall on campus is the arrival of pumpkin spice lattes at … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Fall Festivities Are Lacking

Students Find Benefits in the Quiet World of ASMR

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Art by Brian ZhouASMR or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is the relaxing stimulant many young adults use for scalp prickling sensations, with triggers such as whispering, tapping, crackling and more. Some Pepperdine students who feel close to the ASMR community urge to destigmatize the "abnormal" element surrounding what helps them study, relax and focus. The average age … [Read more...] about Students Find Benefits in the Quiet World of ASMR

The ’Bu Yorker: HALFWAY THROUGH

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Art editor Madeline Duvall writes and illustrates The ‘Bu Yorker, a weekly comic series for the Graphic. The ‘Bu Yorker is part comedy, part encouragement, part ramblings of a madwoman and part New Yorker spoof. Madeline hopes that you, her dedicated fans, will — in addition to devouring her creative genius — also take time to read the articles in the Graphic in between those … [Read more...] about The ’Bu Yorker: HALFWAY THROUGH

Opinion: Proctortrack Invades Students’ Privacy

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Art by Ally ArmstrongTo ensure students maintain academic integrity in their online classes, Pepperdine is utilizing the exam proctoring service Proctortrack, a system created by Verificient Technologies Inc. The system monitors students through their cameras and screens as they take tests and quizzes. Proctortrack is a danger to students not because of its invasive … [Read more...] about Opinion: Proctortrack Invades Students’ Privacy