Art by Peau Porotesano “We now live in a global village of our own making. It doesn’t necessarily mean harmony and peace and quiet but it does mean huge involvement in everyone else’s affairs.” Marshall McLuhan I have a dream. A fairly specific dream for Pepperdine. Almost exactly 50 years ago to the day (April 12, 1967), I had lunch with Martin Luther King, Jr. … [Read more...] about Create a ‘Global Village’ at Pepperdine
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Put Grades Into Perspective
Art by Peau PorotesanoCollege is an experience of a lifetime. Students from across the country and the world are thrown together to live in proximity while pursuing higher academics. Because of this closeness of peers, it is clear that a whole college education is not solely academic, but instead is academic in tandem with social and extracurricular educations. It is important, … [Read more...] about Put Grades Into Perspective
Remakes Give New Life to Old Movies
Art by Sybil ZhangDisney's live action "Beauty and the Beast" opened March 17 and reignited the debate about remakes. As unpopular as this stance may be, I unabashedly love remakes because they bring new life and perspective to old classics.I'm the type of person who will watch the same movie over and over again and never get bored. Once a story catches my interest, I'm not … [Read more...] about Remakes Give New Life to Old Movies
Sensitivity Shrouds Virtue
Art by Sybil ZhangThe United States is in the throes of a decades-long identity crisis. No place is this more apparent than the American university. Ironically, in an effort to placate calls for tolerance, administrators continue to stifle the free exchange of ideas. They are, in effect, teaching their students to be “nice,” at the expense of virtue.Major changes in … [Read more...] about Sensitivity Shrouds Virtue
Move in, Mountain lion!
Graphic by Nate BartonMuch to the dismay of the student body, the notorious mountain lion that briefly called Pepperdine home has not been seen on campus since the beginning of February. While all good things must come to an end, and the mountain lion had to leave, Pepperdine should maintain its legacy by making it the school's unofficial mascot for sporting events. Willie the … [Read more...] about Move in, Mountain lion!
