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Graduate School of Education and Psychology Reacts to Yik Yak Comments

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In light of the recent racist comments on Yik Yak, a group of faculty members from the Graduate School of Education and Psychology sent a letter to the Graphic addressing the incidents. READ: BSA, ICC and Administration React to Yik Yak December 8, 2015 Dear Pepperdine Community: In light of the recent events surrounding the racial comments made on Yik Yak, we … [Read more...] about Graduate School of Education and Psychology Reacts to Yik Yak Comments

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 Responds to “Driving While Black” Comments

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Pepperdine University released a statement to the Graphic Friday evening to address the controversy surrounding President Andrew K. Benton's statement that university students and staff had been the victims of racial profiling by LA County Sheriff's deputies and unjust traffic stops. Benton made the remarks Monday night in an address to the university community regarding … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Responds to “Driving While Black” Comments

President Benton Addresses Racism, Discrimination

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Photos by Danielle Romeo On the heels of a student-led protest regarding race and diversity on campus, President Andrew K. Benton addressed a packed crowd Monday night in Smothers Theatre. Benton’s speech covered a multitude of subjects related to race, but focused on areas in which Pepperdine can make improvements. The student protest on Nov. 13 was in part sparked by a … [Read more...] about President Benton Addresses Racism, Discrimination

Yik Yak’s Anonymity Threatens Colleges’ Peace of Mind

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Art by Brooke MuschottThe recent scare at the University of Missouri has prompted students at multiple college campuses across the country, including Pepperdine, to advocate for the banning of the app Yik Yak. You may be familiar with this anonymous location-based app, on which people can post whatever they want to the feed for their surrounding area. The app has been at the … [Read more...] about Yik Yak’s Anonymity Threatens Colleges’ Peace of Mind