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Students Speak of Identity

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"Who am I?" and "How do I define myself?" are both questions that students strive to answer. When it comes to students who often walk the line between two different cultures, these questions can be even more difficult to define. In a time period in both Pepperdine and American history that has put religious and racial crises and scandals front and center, these students often … [Read more...] about Students Speak of Identity

Pepperdine Students, Faculty and Alumni Serve Refugees

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Photos by Zach LeWearing a silver necklace that reads "Amelia" in Arabic, senior Amelia Dal Pra said the necklace was made by her friend Alawi, an Iraqi refugee who she met while studying abroad in Jordan with Pepperdine last summer."My time with my refugee friends that I made there humanized the situation and made it a lot more real for me," said Dal Pra, who has contributed … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Students, Faculty and Alumni Serve Refugees

Plastic Surgery: It’s Not Always Black and White

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Photo by Zach Le (Editor's Note: Some names have been changed in this story.)Health, vanity, quality of life — the reasons people get plastic surgery seem endless. But at Pepperdine's Seaver campus, a climate of necessity grounds two students who chose plastic surgery for reasons that didn't necessarily speak to the stigma that such procedures have for being merely for … [Read more...] about Plastic Surgery: It’s Not Always Black and White