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What’s in a Stat?: Quite a Lot, Actually

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Sports, and the athletes who play them, are associated with physical achievement — pushing their bodies to be faster, stronger and more skilled. But while tangible, raw physical talent will always be a big part of athletics, something else is now an equal part of an evolving sports world — numbers. There are obvious ways in which numbers affect sports. A team wins by scoring … [Read more...] about What’s in a Stat?: Quite a Lot, Actually

The Graphic at a Glance

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Infographic by Ali Levens Established in 1937, the same year as George Pepperdine College, the Graphic is committed to providing the community with accurate information and a public forum for discussion. From the number of stories published to the diversity of the staff, this is the Graphic by the numbers. ____________________ Follow the Graphic on Twitter: … [Read more...] about The Graphic at a Glance

Letter from the Editor

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Last semester, statements on the Freedom Wall brought discussions of LGBTQ+ discrimination on campus back into the spotlight. The Chick-fil-A controversy and SGA's inclusion resolution revealed to many in the Pepperdine community how other students and staff struggle where heterosexual cisgendered individuals haven’t experienced do not. Many at Pepperdine don't seek to … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor

‘Why Would You, a Queer Student, Come to Pepperdine?’

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Why would a queer student come to a university that Princeton Review had ranked in 2014 as one of the most unfriendly LGBTQ+ universities in the United States? Here are a few responses from queer students on why they made the decision to attend Pepperdine and what factors they considered when committing to this university. "I came to Pepperdine because I felt that out of all … [Read more...] about ‘Why Would You, a Queer Student, Come to Pepperdine?’