The President's Office hosted the conservative public intellectual Jordan Peterson in Firestone Fieldhouse on April 7.The event, part of the ongoing President's Speaker Series initiated during President Jim Gash's administration, drew around 2,600 attendees. Peterson's appearance consisted of a 30-minute lecture on Christian morality and a 45-minute conversation with … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Hosts Jordan Peterson at President’s Speaker Series
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Advice: Use Your Voice
Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic includes an advice column based on new topics and different writers’ thoughts. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer.Popular discourse and media have exhausted and overused the “division more than unity” and polarization narrative pertaining to differing political values and beliefs in the … [Read more...] about Advice: Use Your Voice
Opinion: Pepperdine Needs to Make Contraception More Accessible
Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. In a particularly challenging socio-political and cultural context surrounding reproductive rights in the United States and the globe, it is important to address the contraception issue at Pepperdine and advocate for … [Read more...] about Opinion: Pepperdine Needs to Make Contraception More Accessible
Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Perpetuates Environmental Injustice
Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer.In the past few months, there has been a significant increase in the everyday use of generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT and other large language models, according to website trackers. When using generative AI … [Read more...] about Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Perpetuates Environmental Injustice
Opinion: Pepperdine Needs to Change the Sexual Policy
Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. I am not unlike many other LGBTQ+ students at Pepperdine. Months before moving to Malibu, I told myself that as soon as I started college, I would finally come out of the closet as bisexual. I wanted to explore my … [Read more...] about Opinion: Pepperdine Needs to Change the Sexual Policy