The Graphic asked seniors to reflect on their time at Pepperdine by answering the prompt: During your time at Pepperdine, how have you experienced Pepperdine change culturally, academically or otherwise? What is your opinion about these changes? Do you have faith in the future of Pepperdine? The following are their responses. Matthew Sedlock, Biology Over my four years at … [Read more...] about Seniors write reflections on Pepperdine
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Pepperdine Community Remembers Borderline and Woolsey on the Second Anniversary
The weekend of Nov. 7–9 marked the two-year anniversary of the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks and the Woolsey Fire. The Pepperdine community, though spread across the world due to COVID-19, came together to remember the shooting and fire's implications on themselves, the community and others. ____________________ We learned the answers to two … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Community Remembers Borderline and Woolsey on the Second Anniversary
Pepperdine’s New Reality — Trauma Revisited
Stages of recovery from trauma as described by Judith Herman. Photo courtesy of Centers for Innovation in Health, Mental Health and Social Services. The one-year anniversary of the Borderline Shooting and Woolsey Fire will have an impact on not just victims but also students and others present during the traumatic events, once again reminding them of events they may have … [Read more...] about Pepperdine’s New Reality — Trauma Revisited
A Senior’s Side of the Story
Photo courtesy of Michael Kruel | Students sheltering in place in Payson Library look out the window at Pepperdine's Malibu campus on November 10, 2018, the morning after the Woolsey Fire surrounded the university. As I write this, I am sitting in the back corner of the library near the fireplace in one of the chairs where I slept during the shelter-in-place last year. Looking … [Read more...] about A Senior’s Side of the Story
