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Don’t Fear the Clowns

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Graphic by Nate BartonA few weeks into the semester I overheard a conversation among my dormmates about the recent wave of "creepy clown" sightings which began this past summer. The details were somewhat exaggerated: The phrase "Clowns are murdering people left and right" was met with nods and shudders. While the facts may have been shuffled around, the general tone of the … [Read more...] about Don’t Fear the Clowns

G News 04.05.16

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This week on GNews: Student Affairs gets a new staff, we catch up with one of the new freshmen SGA senators, Pepperdine cross-country breaks records and we preview the California Avocado Festival in Carpinteria. All this and more on GNews! ______________ Follow Pepperdine Graphic on Twitter: @PeppGraphic Subscribe to G News on Youtube at Pepperdine Graphic … [Read more...] about G News 04.05.16

The (Far) Lesser of Two Evils

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Art by Peau PorotesanoWhile visiting Oslo this past summer, my family and I spent an afternoon in the Nobel Peace Center. The exhibitions told stories of human courage and nobility in the face of government oppression, from places like Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and China. We unanimously paid respect to these people and their acts of bravery, until we found among their pictures a … [Read more...] about The (Far) Lesser of Two Evils

Flaws and Strengths of the Oxford Comma

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Graphic by Nate Barton"Let's eat Grandpa," or, "Let's eat, Grandpa." Proper punctuation can save lives. But there's something you might've been doing wrong all along, and it may not be your fault. The Oxford comma is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as "an optional comma before the word 'and' at the end of a list." That being said, the word "optional" can be taken under loose … [Read more...] about Flaws and Strengths of the Oxford Comma