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Hot Shots: Athletes Benefit From the Revolving Door of the NCAA Transfer Portal

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Transparency Item: This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. College athletics has been heavily changing since the implementation of the transfer portal in 2018. The “portal” allows for collegiate athletes of all levels to place their names into an online list to be recruited by other colleges in hopes of finding better teams, coaches, academics or overall college … [Read more...] about Hot Shots: Athletes Benefit From the Revolving Door of the NCAA Transfer Portal

Letter From Liza

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The creation of this magazine has been the biggest demonstration of love and dedication I have ever seen, and I hope with each turn of a page, you can feel that. I came to Pepperdine without a declared major or a vision of where my life would go as I entered adulthood. I found the journalism program my sophomore year and instantly fell in love, but it wasn’t until I … [Read more...] about Letter From Liza

Uprooted: How People Bring Home Wherever They Go

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People often think of home as a place — a physical comfort zone where one eats, sleeps and feels protected from the outside world. In reality, home is a concept with so much nuance; no one can attach an exclusive definition to it. Graziadio student and Horizon Scholar Dave Montoya grew up without a sense of home, moving around the foster-care system until he was 18 years … [Read more...] about Uprooted: How People Bring Home Wherever They Go

Redefining Adulting: Exploring What Adulthood Means

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Think of who you were 10 years ago. Close your eyes and visualize it. Think of how different you were — and the ways that you have stayed the same. Would your younger self be surprised at you now? Adulthood is a time of change. People find jobs, graduate, fall in love, deal with loss, feel joy and experience a myriad of other emotions. Adulthood can be scary — … [Read more...] about Redefining Adulting: Exploring What Adulthood Means