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Sexual Assault Incidents Reveal Need for Increased Communication at Schools

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As the Pepperdine community has seen an increase in sexual assault reporting, an online survey of 45 students conducted in spring 2019 showed only 44% of students reported they knew the process of reporting a sexual assault.   There were two reports of rape and three reports of fondling in 2018, according to Pepperdine's 2018 Campus Safety and Fire Safety report. … [Read more...] about Sexual Assault Incidents Reveal Need for Increased Communication at Schools

A Look at Campus Safety Booths and How the Public has Circumvented Them

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Photo by Ella Gonzalez Renderings of John Tyler Drive, Seaver Drive and John Tyler and Seaver Drive, respectively.The Pepperdine University campus entrance booths stationed at John Tyler and Seaver Drive are familiar to anyone entering the school’s campus. However, outsiders’ ability to get onto campus – and what may be the ease with which the Department of … [Read more...] about A Look at Campus Safety Booths and How the Public has Circumvented Them

Caltrans Proposes Plan to Install Traffic Light at Malibu Seafood

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It may soon be easier to get to Malibu Seafood from the beach. Caltrans is proposing a plan to install a traffic signal in front of Malibu Seafood at Corral Canyon Beach to increase safety for pedestrians who commonly cross PCH to get to the popular seafood shack. After conducting a study, Caltrans found that 54 people cross the highway at the proposed location in just … [Read more...] about Caltrans Proposes Plan to Install Traffic Light at Malibu Seafood

Pepperdine Deals with the New Abnormal

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Photos by Kaelin MendezThe 72 hours following Nov. 8 seemed a never-ending nightmare, beginning with the senseless shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks. No sooner was the loss of Alaina Housley announced when word of the first flames of the Woolsey Fire reached campus, the Santa Ana winds pushing the blaze toward campus. Since Friday’s evacuations, … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Deals with the New Abnormal

Misinformation Plagues Pepperdine After Fire

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Photo courtesy of Buddy KennedyThe week of Nov. 5 was catastrophic. Even this word does not fully encapsulate what transpired or how the Pepperdine community has wrestled with the tragedies it has endured. Before students, faculty, staff and all of the Pepperdine community could fully process the aftermath of the Borderline shooting and the loss of freshman Alaina Housley, … [Read more...] about Misinformation Plagues Pepperdine After Fire