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Get ready: Waves Send Tides of Change

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Racial discrimination across the country places a long overdue call to action upon Pepperdine as a community. The Pepperdine bubble has had enough. Hate speech and threats motivated by racism aggravated the insular experience of our Malibu lives. People began to confront racism in Ferguson, then in Baltimore and in Charleston. Soon enough, racism was confronted by college … [Read more...] about Get ready: Waves Send Tides of Change

Pepperdine students protest in solidarity with Mizzou

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Some 100 students, dressed in black, entered the Waves Cafe after 11 a.m. on Friday to peacefully participate in a sit-in. The demonstration was to show solidarity with University of Missouri students who are protesting racism and to promote the protest's hashtag on social media: #wavesagainstignorance. Junior Anthony Sanford, one of the organizers of the protest, said … [Read more...] about Pepperdine students protest in solidarity with Mizzou

Die-in Peaceful Protest

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Photos by Sylvia Hartley Wednesday, Jan. 14 was the day that Pepperdine students and faculty lay down in solidarity. Wednesday, Jan. 14 was the day that some Waves took part in responding to the issues brought up by the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. It was the first Die-In Pepperdine has seen. For first-year School of Law student Brittany Hughes specifically, Jan. … [Read more...] about Die-in Peaceful Protest

Lawsuit Prompts LGBT Protest

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Photos by Matt Benton Pepperdine students took part in a protest regarding the lawsuit filed by ex-Pepperdine women’s basketball players Layana White and Haley Videckis that occurred on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 5. Students gathered to communicate the importance of equality in love for all people. The protest was inspired by the current lawsuit between a former … [Read more...] about Lawsuit Prompts LGBT Protest