Photos Courtesy of Erin MillerOn Monday, Feb. 11, the same day as the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the Malibu campus, the Pepperdine Veritas Club is holding its annual forum on the meaning of Evangelicalism in the current world.The Pepperdine Veritas Club is looking forward to its annual forum, entitled "Evangelicalism: Love or Fear?" which will take place tonight at 7 in … [Read more...] about Pepp Veritas Forum Discusses Evangelicalism
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Support the Strike for Student Rights
For the first time in three decades, teachers across schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) went on strike in an effort to fight for the rights of their students through a revamping of their educational institutions. Classrooms all across LAUSD were directly impacted by this multi-day strike as schools struggled to find replacements for teachers and … [Read more...] about Support the Strike for Student Rights
Voices that Matter: The Third Annual Women’s March
Photos by Caroline EdwardsThousands of people flooded the streets of Downtown Los Angeles to participate in the third annual Women’s March.As Women’s Marches happened nationwide, Los Angeles was no different. Armed with posters of all colors, shapes and sizes, a sea of people of all ages, wearing pink hats, butterfly wings and sassy T-shirts joined together to make … [Read more...] about Voices that Matter: The Third Annual Women’s March
Stop the Censorship, Twitter
Art by Madeline DuvallTwitter is celebrated as a bastion of free speech. However, attempts to maintain the platform as a safe and open environment for expression may have actually backfired, creating the opposite result: censorship.It's no secret that President Trump loves his Twitter account. But not everyone is a fan of his often ill-advised tweets, as the protests that … [Read more...] about Stop the Censorship, Twitter
Stop Escalating, Start Negotiating
Art by Sybil ZhangSpain is dangerously close to civil war. Key politicians like Charles Puigdemont, first minister of Catalonia and leader of the independence movement, and Mariano Rajoy, Spain's conservative prime minister, need to seriously consider whether sticking to their extreme stances is worth the violence this path inevitably leads toward.Violence erupted Oct. 1, as … [Read more...] about Stop Escalating, Start Negotiating