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Students launch self-quarantined delivery for at-risk individuals ve rn i e c ova rru bi a s n e w s a s s is ta n t

Amid long grocery store entrance lines and aggressive shoppers, a Pepperdine senior came up with the idea for SQD, Ink., a nonprofit organization serving those in need during stay-athome measures.

Short for Self-Quarantined Delivery, SQD, Ink. provides a free grocery delivery service to elderly people or individuals with immunodeficiencies who need to self-quarantine because of COVID-19. Senior Petey DiCianni founded the organization March 20 and has since grown it to over 80 college student volunteers with communities in Malibu, Los Angeles, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City, Denver and Indianapolis.

“Students are constantly finding new ways to be productive with their time,” DiCianni said.

“Now that everyone is stuck inside, we’re trying to give students a new way to give back to the community, build their resume and do good for their elders.”

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courtesy of petey dicianni Running Errands | Junior Michele Marvin FaceTimes her client while searching for specifically requested items March 25.

The SQD, Ink. website allows interested volunteers to sign up for roles as grocery shoppers, social media coordinators or — if outside an active SQD, Ink. city — squad leaders. DiCianni said volunteers are required to not be in contact with high-risk people or be immunocompromised themselves.

Individuals who are over the age of 60, immunocompromised or displaying symptoms of COVID-19 can place a request for either a one-time or once-a-week

grocery order. Squad leaders are then responsible for connecting those in need with volunteers.

Clients pay volunteers for the cost of their groceries upon receiving them with cash or Venmo.

DiCianni said he attributes the nonprofit’s rapid growth to the power of social media and passionate individuals who leverage their personal networks.

“In Denver, we just had a girl start a squad maybe four days ago, DiCianni said. “She advertised it in her area on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. She has a squad of 12 people now.”

The nonprofit accepts donations, which fund the startup costs and provide a safety net in the event that a client does not repay a shopper for the cost of the groceries.

Origins of SQD, Ink. A Point Dume resident, DiCianni said he was inspired to start SQD, Ink. after independently doing a few grocery runs for the elderly in his community. He noticed a discrepancy in fear of the virus between his college-age peers and his older neighbors. “[As college students,] we’re bored and we want to be outside doing stuff,” DiCianni said. “So if we can just turn us being rebellious into a good thing where we spend our time volunteering and giving back, I think we are killing two birds with one stone.”

DiCianni recruited other Pepperdine students — Junior Michele Marvin and Senior Nina Hind — to help him do grocery runs. Soon he said he realized it was a scalable business model and connected SQD, Ink. with

other cities by the help of his friends.

Marvin, the organization’s director of operations and marketing, said she jumped at the opportunity to join when she first heard about SQD, Ink. “I thought it was a great way that we can help when we feel like we are helpless right now,” Marvin said. “A lot of jobs and internships are shut down, but I feel like being able to help will keep us on the right track and just looking toward a bigger goal.”

Looking Ahead DiCianni said he is collaborating with Pepperdine faculty and professors to grow the nonprofit into a more efficient operation.

The current model does not support a foundation that is scalable to every community in every city, he said.

With the help of computer science students, he said he hopes to develop a way to connect volunteers and clients without having a middleman, similar to Uber.

Marvin said she is working with professors to develop a method for background checking volunteers.

For now, DiCianni said he is focusing on the organization’s national expansion.

“We do see opportunities to branch out into different aspects of giving back, but also in a for profit way,” DiCianni said. “So as much as we’re working on SQD, Ink. to help our local communities, we’re also looking into different ideas to venture into career options for our volunteers and for our executive team.”

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Students adjust to studying at home Ky le M c c ab e a s s is tant new s edit or With American colleges and universities sending students home due to COVID-19, Pepperdine students and parents face a situation similar to that of the Woolsey Fire in 2018, when Pepperdine closed campus before the end of the first semester. But with no chance of having students return to campus this time around, the university transitioned to permanent online instruction.

During the Woolsey Fire, Pepperdine extended Thanksgiving break for over a week by canceling classes, and students returned to campus afterward. The coronavirus led the university to cancel two days of classes and send students home, but students did not eventually move back to campus.

Not all Pepperdine students have the Woolsey Fire experience, though. For freshmen like Sammie Wuensche and graphic artist Elizabeth Brummer, the COVID-19 pandemic is the first time they have had to pack up and leave mid-semester.

“I just miss being with

people,” Wuensche said. “I am an extrovert, and my favorite thing about Pepperdine is the people, and not being able to sit in a class with people who I love and talk about things that I’m passionate about [is the hardest part of online classes].”

Wuensche’s parents, Perrie and Randy Wuensche, said they had not considered the possibility that their daughter would have to come home early before the March 11 announcement.

“I was just sad for Sammie,” Perrie said. “All the information came out at once, [that] Pepperdine was closing and they were going to be online class, so I didn’t really think about the academic part of it at first. I just worried about Sammie’s emotional state.”

Although Pepperdine upperclassmen have experience with emergencies interrupting their learning, the transition to online classes is unprecedented, so all of Pepperdine is getting its first remote education experience.

Brummer said the hardest part of online classes has been finding motivation.

“I think having Zoom

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[lectures] is good because it forces me to go to class,” Brummer said. “[When] my teachers put PowerPoints on Courses or something, I really have to tell myself, ‘OK, you have to sit down and listen or take notes on these,’ because it’s too easy for me to put it off.”

Some classes transitioned online better than others.

Brummer said all of her classes transitioned smoothly, and they both said their Spanish classes made the move especially well. But Wuensche said her communications class stopped meeting, while her humanities class continues to meet on Zoom. “[With] my Hum[anities] 111 class — that’s my Elkins class — having to do a Zoom meeting with 135 people kind of sucks,” Wuensche said.

“It’s not ideal, because it’s a lot easier for me to zone out.”

Online learning does have its advantages, however.

Wuensche said she has found classes to be easier online, and Brummer said online classes provide flexibility.

“You can really make the whole system fit to you,” Brummer said. “If you want to be in your bed or if you

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Wuensche said where she does her work affects her efficiency. She and Brummer both like to vary their workspaces.

“There is this coffee shop that, all through high school, I always went there to study, so that’s where my brain associates with studying,” Wuensche said. “They’re still letting people sit outside the coffee shop, so sometimes I go there, because if I’m studying all my bed, a lot of times I just get really tired.

If it’s not a classroom, I can’t keep studying in one place or it stresses me out.”

Wuensche also visits her sister’s house for a change in environment, while Brummer prefers to move around her home.

“I live in Arizona, and it’s really sunny outside, so sometimes I’ll go outside and get some fresh air and read or get some work done there,” Brummer said. “Other times, I need to concentrate more.

I’ll go into my room. It’s like a

nice quiet space where I can focus.”

Workspaces are part of Wuensche and Brummer’s daily routines. Both women said that having some consistency in their routines helps them stay focused.

Brummer took over Pepperdine’s Instagram story April 2 to share her “Day in the life: quarantine edition.”

The story features her working out, taking notes on lectures and eating lunch.

“If I don’t [have a routine], I can fall into doing nothing easily,” Brummer said. “It’s been good to have a system going for me.”

Wuensche’s routine involves doing her hair and makeup every morning be-

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“I try not to wear shorts and a T-shirt every day because that puts me in a mood that isn’t most study-effective,” Wuensche said. “If I’m dressed more casually, then my mind is more relaxed. I can’t focus as well.”

Both of the freshmen’s routines involved doing non-academic activities to help them pass time while in quarantine. Wuensche rides her longboard or roller skates, plays with her family’s seven dogs, practices her guitar and reads the Bible. Brummer focuses on outdoor activities, like running or walking with her family.

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Optimize online education with interpersonal learning opportunities, science suggests l indsey sul livan a s si stant new s e dit or Since early March, over 300 American universities have canceled in-person instruction and moved completely to an online platform. While many students and professors continue to express challenges to remote learning, science offers some solutions.

A recent study found that both students and professors believe personalized learning experiences are key to successful online class.

Students learn best by engaging in discussion and interacting with their peers. Professors are able to optimize teaching by providing a safe space for students to take responsibility for their learning through problem solving.

Barbara Larson, a professor at Northeastern University who specializes in virtual work research, said Zoom is a great tool for virtual learning because it increases interpersonal communication.

“If you and I were on Zoom right now, we would have much more information about each other — not only who we are physically, but also our state of mind, to get more visual cues, nonverbal cues,” Larson said.

Larson attributed the science

Elizabeth Brummer | Artist behind this idea to the Construal Level Theory, a psychological theory studied in the context of virtual work in the past 15 years. The theory describes a psychological distance people experience in their minds between the abstract and the concrete.

Applied to interpersonal communication, Larson said when someone has a higher level of construal — meaning the mental image they assign to someone else is more abstract — they are more likely to apply stereotypical thinking, making communication between them difficult.

The opposite is also true, Larson said. Zoom can be a helpful learning tool because students and professors are able to engage with each other visually, thus lowering their construal levels.

Larson said she encourages professors to engage with students by using the tools available to them in Zoom, thus stretching the boundaries of online learning rather than using it as a way to lecture with slides.

Breakout rooms, Larson said, are a great way to facilitate discussion within online classrooms, allowing students to learn by engaging with

one another.

Recent research has similar findings, with one study suggesting that social interaction is key to effective online learning. The study found that online interpersonal interaction relates positively to student grades.

Larson said one of the main ways people hinder themselves from finding success on online platforms like Zoom is by turning off their video capabilities.

“They’re not getting the full benefit of the social connection,” Larson said. “People just aren’t going to be able to connect with them or really understand, sort of, what is going on with them if they’re not sharing some kind of visual.”

Larson recommends students resist the urge to multitask and instead participate in online class with their video capabilities turned on. This provides other students as well as professors visual cues that would normally be available during in-person instruction.

“Remotely, it’s easier to drift,” Larson said. “I would say to really fight that.”

One way students can overcome this challenge, Larson said, is to center their minds before class and think about why they are there in the first place.

“Since the beginning of time, there have been people who have fought unbelievable odds in order to have the privilege of learning,” Larson said. “This is pretty minor compared to that, and I just say, really think of yourself as making this effort to overcome the odds, and to overcome the urge to multitask to get the full benefit of learning.”

Chris Heard, professor and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, said it is important to keep in mind that the current mode of online classes is not typical online instruction for Pepperdine.

Heard created “Keep on Teaching,” an emergency plan for remote teaching in the fall of 2018, after classes went remote for two weeks following the Woolsey Fire. The plan includes best practices and resources for faculty in the event of a temporary transition to online learning.

“We don’t want to give the impression that what we’re doing right now is the normal way that online classes operate,” Heard said.

“It’s really just, in an emergency situation, trying to maintain as much pedagogical continuity as possible, given this extreme change in venue that we have got going on.”

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In the wake of COVID-19, students, parents and teachers struggle with the new normal B r ianna W il l is s taf f w r i ter “You won’t break, you’re gonna get through this, you’re not gonna break.”

This is what Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) parent, Michelle Sharp, is telling herself throughout week three into remote learning. Sharp is a single mother of two boys — one in kindergarten and the other in fourth grade — and nowadays, she cannot even find time to bathe.

“I could not find the energy to take my clothes off and get in that bath,” Sharp said.

“I let the bathwater sit there. I couldn’t. I couldn’t.”

Sharp is just one LAUSD parent who is having to adjust their lifestyle after schools closed and switched to online learning.

All LAUSD campuses will now remain closed for the rest of the school year due to the growing pandemic of COVID-19. State Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond announced all California schools will not reopen for the rest of the school year in a press conference last Wednesday, according to ABC7 News.

Originally, schools closed starting March 16 for a twoweek period due to coronavirus concerns, but by March 23, LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner announced that schools will stay closed until May 1.

“I wish I could tell you it will all be back to normal sometime soon, but it does not look like that will be the case,” Beutner wrote in an update. “Schools will remain closed through May 1, and we will provide additional updates well before May 1 on what will come next.”

Now with schools closed for the remainder of the school year, teachers, students and parents like Sharp are having to adjust to a new normal.

A Day in the Sharp Household Sharp’s days now start off with her sons waking

her up. Her fourth grader, O’Jean Sharp, then gets on Zoom while her kindergartener, Carter Sharp, gets on his iPad for a session of Super Kids, an online interactive reading program. In the midst of helping them with their school work, she cooks breakfast, serves breakfast, then they eat and she has to clean up.

After breakfast, she helps the boys with their work again for another hour or two, and then they’re hungry again and want snacks.

“They are constantly hungry,” Sharp said. “We’ll go through a box of Capri Suns in tops, like, four hours a box.”

Next, there’s lunch.

“I don’t [typically] make lunch,” Sharp said.

But now she has to come up with creative ideas for what to cook for lunch, from hot dogs to homemade pizza.

After she serves, eats and cleans up lunch, the day is still not over. She continues to help with assignments to ensure they get turned in by the end of the school day.

“So literally from 9 a.m., to at least 3:30 p.m., it is just a rat race,” Sharp said.

Even after school work is turned in, Sharp cannot find a moment to relax by herself.

“Then Carter wants to do an arts and crafts project and he wants to bring me the glue gun and he’s like, let’s do this,” Sharp said.

After arts and crafts, it’s dinner time, and the process continues — and even after dinner, Sharp has not done anything for herself.

“This is when I know I have all this other stuff that I needed to do for me that I’m not getting done because I’m just too exhausted,” Sharp said.

Online Learning Concerns Sharp said the first day of online learning was productive, but as time went on, balancing her kids school work became more difficult.

“I felt like the teachers didn’t really have a grasp on how they were really going to do this,” Sharp said.

She said she understands

the teachers only had a few days to come up with how to do distance learning, but she feels like her children are getting too much work.

“I’m just fearful like it’s stressing the kids out,” Sharp said.

O’Jean Sharp said online learning is not going well.

“It’s just boring, and when my teachers post stuff, it’s just different from what we do in class like we usually do,” O’Jean Sharp said, “I’m just used to going to school and doing it.”

However, Sharp is concerned that her sons might fall behind, being out of school for nearly six months.

“I fear for them to still stay at the level academically that I know that they need to be at,” Sharp said.

She doesn’t know if O’Jean will be ready for fifth grade or if Carter will be ready for first grade. For Sharp, her child not being in a school setting is not helping children grow.

“When they’re in school, and all the activities that go along with school, recess and then lunch, and you know — the assemblies help them learn in so many different ways,” Sharp said.

Sharp said tries to incorporate physical education into their schedule but often doesn’t find time for it, and now she is in disbelief that schools are officially closed for the rest of the school year.

“I think now that we’re into, you know, a month and now being notified that it’s gonna be for good, you know, it’s just unreal and very stressful,” Sharp said.

It’s Not Easier for Teachers “Leading up to [March] 13th, I was antsy because I was hearing lots of different things from different people at different schools,” sixth grade teacher Molly Stoeckel said.

Stoeckel teaches at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Kayne Siart Campus, which is one of the 200 independently operated charter schools authorized by LAUSD. Students at Camino Nuevo did not have school March 13

when LAUSD schools transitioned to online learning, and this made it more difficult for teachers to communicate with their students.

“It was just a lot of uncertainty, like, what we were supposed to do, how would we reach our students, would we be on campus, what were the expectations, how long would we be out of school for and just a lot of things that we just didn’t know,” Stoeckel said. “And then, like, how would we tell our students, because they weren’t at school.”

Stoeckel has colleagues at other schools who had already talked about closing, so leading up to March 13, she tried to get a sense of whether her students would be adequately equipped to start online instruction.

“I took a poll of my students who had access to computers at home, and I knew that only two or three of my students wouldn’t be able to access online learning, so I put together packets for them to do for the next two weeks,” Stoeckel said.

Since LAUSD schools switched to remote learning starting the week of March 16, about 15,000 high school students have not done any school work, according to an update Buetner gave last week.

“I think it’s definitely access,” Stoeckel said.

Each school is responding to the pandemic differently.

“Some schools like Camino are pulling all of their computers together,” Stoeckel said. “We [just] don’t have enough computers to give all of the students who need them. So we’re prioritizing juniors and seniors in our high schools.”

For her own class, only 20 out of 30 students have turned in work consistently, and with spring break next week, she is going to count their work up to this point as extra credit and officially start online learning April 13, one month after schools closed.

“It just concerns me because it feels like it’s a month where some kids have been

Brianna Willis | Staff writer learning and I’ve been giving them feedback and grades and stuff like that,” Stoeckel said. “But then the kids who just are flying under the radar, I just worry about them — and making sure that they’re ready for seventh grade.”

Like Sharp, this has also been a huge shift for Stoeckel — going from a busy classroom to being alone at home.

“The first week for sure, if not like the first couple weeks, it was just — it was weird,” Stoeckel said. “I was anxious, and I was depressed because what people don’t think of is, like, I went from being in front of 30 people — 50 people total, all day, for eight hours — to by myself,” Stoeckel said.

She said she misses just sitting with her students and

talking with them.

“It’s a huge shift emotionally, socially and physically,” Stoeckel said.

Although she knows her students understand why they can’t be at school right now, it doesn’t make it any easier.

“I feel like it’s just a strange time to be a teacher,” Stoeckel said.

To Stoeckel, there is nothing like being in the classroom with students.

“I think nothing replaces having an in-person conversation with students,” Stoeckel said. “I spend a lot of time worrying about them and wondering if they’re OK how they’re doing with all of this.”

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PERSPECTIVES

STAFF LIST

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Staff Editorial: PGM Seniors Sign Off Pepperdine Graphic Media’s class of 2020 has had the pleasure of covering the Pepperdine community for the past four years. From Freedom Wall debates to the iconic Waves Weekend — from the tragic events of the Borderline Shooting and Woolsey Fire to the COVID-19 pandemic today — we have loved covering this community throughout the ups and downs.

Through our roles as reporters, writers, editors, designers, artists and photographers, we have been able to experience Pepperdine in intimate and unexpected ways. For our final farewell, we leave our readers with personal stories, advice and a heavy-hearted goodbye.

Although our time at Pepperdine has come to an end, the relationships we built are here to stay.

“One of my favorite things about Pepperdine is the closeknit community formed between students, faculty and staff members. I have also loved being able to study abroad multiple times and being a part of so many different student activities and organizations on campus such as Greek life, PGM and PAC, to name a few.

“I wish I would have made more time to have fun during my last year at Pepperdine. I think students tend to take on more responsibilities as they get older, such as leadership roles, internships and work opportunities, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still have fun! I wish I would have had more time to spend with friends and filled my time doing things that made me happy rather than overworking myself at times. Additionally, take advantage of all the resources you have now before it’s all gone!”

—Gianni Cocchella, Pixel and Senior Edition editor “Be intentional and make every day at Pepperdine count.

It wasn’t until I stopped to catch my breath and realized I was entering my senior year that I understood how much I had been putting off doing, thinking I had more time than I did. Say yes to more opportunities, try new foods, talk to the person sitting alone in the Caf. No matter what, it’ll make a great story someday.”

—Madeleine Carr, managing editor “First, Hanlon’s razor: always attribute unexpected behavior from others to stupidity rather

than malice. Second, choose to sleep at night over working; you’ll actually be able to do more productive work in the long run.

And finally, remember to be a student of life — read real books about what interests you on your own time, not just your textbooks for class.”

—James Moore, News editor “Prioritize people. It’s easy to get preoccupied with the immediacy of deadlines when you think you can hang out with people whenever, but my sweetest memories from these last four years all revolve around times I chose to invest in the friends and mentors around me. You leave the school with a diploma, but also with deep relationships that will carry you through the uncertainties, joys and struggles of post-grad.”

—Milan Loiacono, Photo editor “Try to be deliberate when you do things. Whether it’s hanging out with your friends or doing homework, actively choose to be doing that activity. It’ll help you get the most out of what you’re doing and really live in the moment. When you’re worried, pause and reflect — will it matter in a week? Just take life in small steps, and feel free to try new things. This is the perfect time to explore yourself and the world around you — take advantage of it.”

—Quinn, Special Edition editor “Don’t use the trays at the Caf. The two poles that are by the chapel gate can be removed if you need to drive onto Lower Dorm Row (which we call LDR).

We call Nature’s Edge “Nedge” and Celebration Chapel “Celly Chap.” If you stand in front of the Miller volleyball courts and yell, an echo goes through Seaside and around.

“When you have an excess of meal points, share with the upperclassmen, and one day, the favor will be returned to you.

Freely ye have received, freely ye shall give. Go to Jordan if you want your life changed. Walk around barefoot when it’s warm outside. Don’t study too much for GEs; they’re not worth it. Take a nap on Alumni Park.

“You can try to walk to the beach, but it’s better to drive.

If you think someone is cool or if you admire a professor, ask them to get coffee. Take the surfing class. Always be on the lookout for free Chick-fil-A. I hope you make it to Sawtelle —

Daikokuya’s spicy miso ramen, Volcano’s honey jasmine milk tea with mixed boba and Sushistop’s baked salmon roll are my personal favorites.

“If you are ever bored, drive onto campus through the poles next to the TAC; you’ll really feel alive. Swim in the ocean — it’s always going to be freezing, so just accept the numbing. The food, adventures and memories would be worth nothing if not for the people that I got to experience it all with. Not everyone’s going to be your best friend, but that’s a good thing, because that would be exhausting. Find your people.

Love them. Let them love you, challenge you, bring out the best in you and remind you that life is as good as you make it.”

—Allison Lee, Currents assistant editor “Trust that you will find your way. Not being in control of circumstances can be hard, and not knowing what you want out of life can be even harder. Pepperdine is a great place to grow into yourself, meet people and go wherever the tide brings you.

Once you do find what you love, run after it full force. Just know the path will not always be linear.

You can count on unexpected things to pop up and ruin your plans. But if we always knew what was coming, life wouldn’t be half as fun.”

—Vernie Covarrubias, News assistant “Don’t be afraid to take risks and put yourself out of your comfort zone. It is amazing what opportunities you will discover that you would never have been able to otherwise!”

—Caitlin Roark, Art assistant editor “It’s hard to say goodbye to a place that holds so many memories — a place that made you a better person. Never did I expect to be so changed during my time at Pepperdine. It’s funny because even from day one of NSO, I noticed how fast time was flying — and as year one turned into year four, it only seemed to go faster.

“As for advice for college, don’t become so focused on the small details that you lose the bigger picture. But also remember that the small moments are everything. Spend time with friends.

Overcommit as much as you can.

Give a million to 100% of the things you do. And love everyone. Because not only are these the years that will shape your

career — these are the years that will shape you.”

—Savannah Welch, Life and Arts editor “I am incredibly grateful to have studied next to the ocean for the past four years. Go there!

Take time to learn about the Malibu and Pepperdine community and integrate yourself into it where you feel best. This is the time to be adventurous, explore your curiosities, break a couple of rules and make some mistakes.

Give yourself grace; I know I still need to from time to time. For all the lessons, thank you, Malibu; thank you, Pepperdine; and thank you, Pepperdine Graphic Media!”

—Channa Steinmetz, executive editor “Don’t take the time you have at Pepperdine for granted. If there’s anything we can learn from having this semester cut short or from the uncertainty the coronavirus has brought into our lives right now, it’s that we are not guaranteed anything. Go enjoy the beauty of Malibu, explore different parts of Los Angeles, go out to dinner, invest in your relationships. Don’t feel bad about prioritizing these things over school; it’ll be these experiences and the people you do them with that you’ll remember for the rest of your life, not the grade you got on some random humanities test.

Make time to do things you love, but also to love yourself. There is beauty in figuring out who you are and cultivating your talents, so trust yourself and live your best life.”

—Kayiu Wong, Digital editor “College is the time to try everything and be perfectly OK admitting that you have no idea what you’re doing. My advice is to never stop trying until you’ve found that one thing makes you so passionate, you never want to stop talking about it. And once you’ve found it, do everything you can to make a career out of it. Passion motivates unlike any other and can cause hours of grueling work to feel like seconds. At the same time, it is too easy at Pepperdine to spread yourself too thin. Remember: time to relax and time with loved ones is just as valuable (if not more) than that paper you have to write. So work hard, find your passion, but also have fun and don’t be afraid to pause.”

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There is urgency with COVID-19, but what about the ongoing climate change crisis?

Caroline Sharpless Staff Writer Both COVID-19 and climate change threaten the livelihood of people around the planet. Billions are affected by the virus, and at least 86,000 have died. Over the remainder of our lives, climate change is expected to do the same — if not worse — damage.

Specifically, the climate crisis is estimated to push over 120 million into poverty over the next 10 years, according to the United Nations. Then, in 2030, the World Health Organization projects at least 250,000 people to start dying every year as a result of it.

Why won’t society respond to climate change with the same urgency as it is with COVID-19?

In response to the current pandemic, countries everywhere instituted strict restrictions, changed societal norms and funneled trillions of dollars toward the cause. Governments, businesses and individuals are being held accountable for the part they play in the spread of the disease.

Imagine if everyone put this same amount of effort into fighting climate change. New regulations could limit the amount of emissions put into the atmosphere. Social sacrifices among individuals, like cutting out meat and dairy, would put an end to one of the greatest contributors to the problem. Trillions of dollars could move the world to sustainable energy. As an issue projected to cost companies $1 trillion over the next five years and destroy millions of homes and lives, these solutions are relatively simple.

The United States’ delayed reactionary response to the coronavirus serves as a lesson that there needs to be a widespread, preventative effort to slow climate change before it reaches its worst.

Recognizing the parallels between the Trump administration’s actions on these issues gives a sneak peek on what is yet to come if the U.S. does not change its strategy. In both instances, Trump is responsible for firing expert advisers, avoiding federal action and denying the gravity of the issue.

With COVID-19, it is clear these actions caused the stock market to plummet, the health care system to drown and widespread panic to sweep the nation.

State governments are literally bidding against each other to save

Madeline Duvall | Art Editor the lives of their own.

Instead of allowing history to repeat itself, the government needs to take climate change seriously. So far, it has done the opposite. President Donald Trump was deemed the worst president in history for our environment in a statement by nine environmental activist groups. Between pulling out of the Paris Agreement, loosening environmental regulations and calling climate change a hoax, the administration reversed previous progress made under the Obama presidency.

When lawmakers released the

Green New Deal, which argues that “a new national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II” is required to prepare for climate change, it was mocked by half of Congress. Rep. Rob Bishop even went as far as to eat a hamburger — which is a proven major contributor to climate change — while holding a press conference.

Similarly, people mocked early panickers of the coronavirus.

Some even called it a hoax, and it is safe to say they were gravely mistaken.

The planet cannot afford for

these mistakes to happen again.

The time of change that COVID-19 ensued is an opportunity to transition away from unsustainable practices. As the world slowly shifts back to normal, many industries, places and families will not be as they once were. The threat of climate change needs to be considered as systems are restructured.

This tragic pandemic forced people to come together to face a common goal: saving lives. It is important to remember that even though climate change is not yet causing wide-spread death in the way that this coronavirus is, it one day will. We need to collectively act now because stopping it will require more than simply social distancing.

Voting for politicians with cohesive climate plans, eating fewer animal products and shopping sustainably are all easy ways to do your part. Raise awareness by watching documentaries with friends, sharing articles with family members or volunteering for environmental organizations.

If you could go back in time to 10 years ago and change your lifestyle to prevent the severity of COVID-19’s impact, would you?

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This is the time to refocus on gratitude

Madeleine Carr Managing editor Entering my senior year, I had one goal in mind: make every day memorable.

As what I like to call a lazy extrovert — meaning I love being around other people, once you pull me out of the house — this posed a unique challenge. It meant resisting the urge to spend my free hours buried under blankets and instead seek out adventures with my close friends: finally hiking to the cross, going to the Getty Villa’s college night and seeing Lake Tahoe’s glassy waters.

No, it wasn’t easy fighting the impulse to prioritize sleep over experience, but

by March, it was my new normal.

When I found out March 11 that I would have to finish my college years studying from home — 2,500 miles away from my closest friends — I assumed my goal had become unattainable. How can I make memories when I can’t go more than a block from my house?

Despite the maelstrom of tragedy and fear swirling outside our windows and spilling into our news feeds, I have found reasons to be grateful for my new spin on a senior spring.

Had things gone as planned — had COVID-19 never cropped up — odds were I would have gone straight from graduation into an internship, job or preparation for grad school.

The chances of me landing anything close to home were slim to none, which means I wouldn’t have had much time with family.

But thanks to stay-athome orders, I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy watching new releases like Pixar’s “Onward” with my sisters.

Ally Armstrong | Assistant Art Editor I’ve been practicing French with my grandmother over breakfast. My parents and I have fun experimenting with quarantine recipes. I’m making memories that wouldn’t have been possible without this unprecedented moment in history.

This weird interlude in our lives has also given me the chance to develop an entirely new set of skills — a “quar-routine,” if you will.

After initially giving in to my lazy tendencies — there’s

definitely a me-sized indent in my bed from my Netflix binging — I eventually grew tired of being tired and instead forced myself to write out a few quarantine goals.

They’re all things I’ve told myself again and again I would do over summer breaks but never did: grow flexible enough to do a split, finish knitting the afghan I started a year and a half ago, come up with a sustainable workout regimen, understand the enigma that

is Reddit, learn the theme music from “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” on piano.

So now, instead of procrastinating homework by watching another episode of “Schitt’s Creek,” I stretch for 10 minutes, knit a row of my blanket or sit in front of the piano. Yes, it’s frustrating that none of my activities include late-night adventures with my friends, but sheltering in place is allowing me to be creative in accomplishing the goals that, quite frankly, would have most likely been put off until my retirement. (And we all know I wouldn’t have been able to risk doing a split then.)

Maybe, by the end of this whole thing, I watch my friends’ jaws drop when I pull off a split without ending up in the emergency room or can perform the annoyingly syncopated piece “He’s a Pirate.”

It’s easy to focus on the negative aspects to the disruptions to daily life

when we have nowhere else to turn for distractions. I still catch myself listing the things I won’t have for the time being: senior spring activities, planned road trips with friends, a hiring environment that isn’t virtually frozen by a pandemic. But then I’m reminded of the unique things I’ve gained already in these past weeks.

This isn’t to say that we should be glad for this pandemic because of the new perspective it has given us.

But since we can’t change the situation — outside of taking the proper precautions to flatten the curve — it’s important for us to reflect on the positives that are coming out of it, like our newfound sense of unity and bipartisanship across cities and states.

We are allowed to be sad about the sacrifices we are currently making, but don’t forget to look around and be grateful for what new abilities this time brings us.

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It’s more important than ever to form opinions

alexis scanlon staff writer In a time of political polarization, an increasing wealth gap and access to new information every minute, it seems that the world is too much to process. The safest and easiest thing to do is to detach from thinking about the world and not suffer the imminent consequences of knowledge and action.

Yet there are so many people around the world who need students to take a stance on injustice. Pepperdine students must recognize the privilege that comes with

education and have strong and informed opinions about the world around them.

Of course, the idea of having opinions about the whole world is a bit extreme and, quite frankly, impossible with how rapidly information comes and goes. But opinions create and push societal change.

The best place to start is to have an informed opinion, even if it begins with events that are more personal than global news. Be informed on why you bring a reusable cup to Starbucks to cut plastic versus continuing the cycle of waste because there is no care either way.

This is not to say that there is a need to become an expert in every field before you can hold a qualified opinion, but taking the time to learn about new things deepens the care for them.

There is value in holding strong opinions throughout personal life because people defend what they care about.

Opinions are the attitudes that people have toward the world that they perceive.

Once people have the base care for the opinions in their own lives, they must begin to look to current events.

Throughout the short lives that Pepperdine students have lived thus far, there has never been a more essential time to think critically about the world around them. With the privilege of education in classes, students are equipped to look at global injustice and form opinions about it.

The privilege to look at the wealth gap, the poverty rate, the oppression of women or the amount of food waste in the American food system and stand firm in an

opinion about these issues is one that many around the world are incapable of doing.

Who will stand up for those without a voice if there is no one to form an opinion about their oppression? Who will stand up for the degradation of the planet if there is no one to form an opinion about its treatment?

Whether students are learning to form an opinion on the type of food they like to eat best or on the detrimental effects of the Trump presidency on marginalized groups in society, they can start thinking critically to take a stance. There is no right or wrong way to begin the habit of forming an opinion, but start to think about how to be an actively opinionated member in society.

It is easier to not take a stance and sit in ignorance.

Standing firm in an opinion

Madeline Duvall | ArT Editor is difficult. You must know why you believe in something and why it is worth standing for. Yet there are so many people around the world and down the street that desperately need young, educated people to be willing to take a stance on injustice.

Take the risks. Utilize your education. Form an opinion.

Have perspectives.

If you’re interested in sharing your opinions, apply for the Graphic’s Perspectives section at pepperdine-graphic.com/ contact.

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Passing time in a pandemic: Students explore new interests L aur en C hiv er s Lif e & AR T S AS SI STA N T As students finish their semesters remotely due to Pepperdine’s switch to online classes, some students are now faced with ample downtime between classes and schoolwork. With extracurriculars and in-person socializing no longer an option, students are taking steps to find joy, peace and self-expression amidst the uncertainty.

Without access to fitness classes or art studios, students are finding creative ways to spend their free time.

Freshman Cassie Hewett has started practicing yoga — she especially enjoys YouTube yoga instructor Yoga With Adriene.

“In the morning, to not be so lazy, I work out and then do a little yoga,” Hewett said. “It’s nice and calming. I think I’m going to start doing the Zoom yoga that Pepperdine is offering.”

Other students are finding new ways to stay in shape during quarantine. Senior Alexa Birt has used exercise as an opportunity to get some fresh air to break up time spent indoors.

“I got back into running on this trail I used to run on really often, and I forgot how beautiful it is,” Birt said. “I’d like to start getting into those online workout videos, but I’m still building up the motivation.”

After returning home to Texas, freshman Kelli Brick-

Courtesy of kelli brickner Staying in Shape | Kelli Brickner (middle) plays a game of Frisbee with her siblings. Since leaving Pepperdine and returning to her home in Texas, Brickner said she enjoys getting fresh air and spending time with her family. ner has found spending time outside with her family to be one of her favorite activities.

With five siblings together in their family home, playing Frisbee in their local park has been a way to spend time together.

“In this time of such uncertainty, it is so important physically and mentally to get outside and find different ways to avoid feelings of boredom and restlessness,” Brickner said.

“With five kids at home who are all on their own schedules during the day, it really has become a way for the seven of us to take time to intentionally be together, laugh at each other, run around — and we stay six feet apart the whole time.”

Freshman Brandon Rubsamen said in addition to eating lots of ice cream, biking is one of his most enjoyable quarantine activities.

“Besides keeping Ben & Jerry’s in business and homework and Zoom, I’ve taken up biking again,” Rubsamen said.

“I’ve found it’s a great way to take a break from the house, from family, and from all the crazy coronavirus stuff.”

From painting to songwriting, students are additionally exploring their artistic abilities during the quarantine.

Currently in Santa Barbara, freshman Haley Hoidal practices embroidery to pass the time.

“I was bored one day and saw that I have a lot of string,”

Hoidal said. “I grabbed some string and tried [embroidery].

I looked up some videos on YouTube — it’s really fun just to practice designs on a cloth.”

Between classes, junior Kara Tyler uses her watercolor skills to reflect and meditate while at home.

“I’ve been working on staying creative during this time, which I think has helped me adjust greatly,” Tyler said.

“Leaning into my hobbies — like writing, painting and yoga — has helped me maintain a sense of normalcy in the midst of all these changes and chaos.”

Freshman Addie Whiten rediscovered her passion for video games after returning to her home in Dallas, Texas.

“When I was growing up, I played video games for so many hours each week on my PlayStation 2 and my Nintendo DS,” Whiten said. “As I got older, I had less time for it and just kind of grew out of it. Now I’ve got so much time, and it’s a perfect way to turn my brain off for a while and just have fun.”

YouTube and Pinterest are just a few of the platforms students can explore activities to try out while stuck inside. For inspiration on how to fill time during the transition back home, check out @PepperdineRISE’s Instagram page for daily tips about staying active, staying social and taking time for self-care.

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Shelter-in-place order hits local businesses and student employees Nic o le Witt Staf f Writ e r C AR O L INE SHARPLESS Staf f Write r Pepperdine students are witnessing first-hand how a national emergency can affect business operations. Employees, including students, are out of work as it remains unclear when businesses will return to regular operations.

“It’s kind of madness,” junior Jacqueline Schott said of COVID-19’s impact on her workplace, OLLO. “We’re not really sure when things will go back to normal.”

Located only a few minutes from campus, OLLO is a sit-down restaurant that offers locally-sourced California cuisine.

Schott worked as an OLLO hostess for seven months and was present when Gov. Gavin Newsom gave the order to move all restaurants to takeout orders only.

“The one manager that was working was pacing trying to figure out what to do,” Schott said.

At first, OLLO decided to fill takeout orders but had to greatly reduce their staff.

“Obviously all the college kids were like ‘Yeah, you can let us go’ because there are other full-time employees who need the money more,” Schott said.

After only one day, Schott said OLLO managers realized relying on takeout orders would not be enough to sustain the restaurant.

“OLLO is really a tourist spot,” Schott said. “Most of our business is generated from people visiting Malibu.”

Without tourists, OLLO has decided to close indefinitely. Where does this leave their student employees?

Schott said managers encouraged the employees to file for unemployment.

Meanwhile, some of OLLO’s employees and loyal customers tried to help the employees hit hardest by this crisis.

“The restaurant has been really sweet to some of the people who work in the

[kitchen] since this really is their only source of income,” Schott said. “They’ve been getting donations from other OLLO workers and people who go there often to give to those families.”

Schott is not the only student whose job is being disrupted by COVID-19. Just weeks ago, junior Joe Zintz was working at the front desk of SoulCycle, a fitness company that offers indoor cycling classes. There were 12 to 14 other employees who worked alongside Zintz at the Calabasas location. He said SoulCycle shut down after Mayor Eric Garcetti’s announcement mandating all gyms and fitness studios to temporarily close in LA. Beforehand, Zintz said SoulCycle employees were taking as many precautionary measures as possible to keep business open.

“Before the shutdown, there was mandatory cleaning every hour to try to stop the spread of the virus,” Zintz said.

Zintz said while SoulCycle was already very clean, employees reinforced the company’s cleanliness and will probably continue to do so in the future. He added that, in order to protect its employees, SoulCycle has paid them for two weeks after the shutdown. Unable to work, Zintz has moved home to Iowa for the time being. As for the future of SoulCycle, it still is up in the air.

“I’m not sure what’s going to happen,” Zintz said. “Moving forward, there may be new precautions put in place.”

Junior Addy Hardin, executive director of the nonprofit organization Harmonize, is also being forced to adapt to this new reality. Hardin and her team, along with several other Pepperdine students, spent the last seven months planning their main event, Harmony 2020, a live show featuring musical performances by students at Christian universities across the country.

“Harmony is essentially Songfest on a bigger scale,” Hardin said. “Pepperdine’s sister schools all hold their own music competitions like Songfest and then the winners all come together to perform in

Q&A: Senior Spotlight Katie O’Malley GRACE WOOD L i f e & ar t s C O PY E D I T O R Before Pepperdine shut down its campuses due to COVID-19 concerns, senior Communication and Hispanic Studies double major Katie O’Malley could be found running for the track team, studying, hanging out with fellow Pi Phis and spending time at the beach with friends.

Now, O’Malley lives in quarantine with 20 other students at Calamigos Ranch in what’s commonly called “The Big House.”

She spoke with the Graphic about her Pepperdine experience, lessons she’s learned along the way and how she’s adjusting to life during the pandemic.

Your senior year track season came to an abrupt end. How have you been adapting to life without your sport?

Katie O’Malley: That was probably the biggest heartbreak of this entire [ordeal]. I’ve been running track for 12 years, so to have it end the way that it did is really unsatisfactory. But what is encouraging is that I know I can run forever. [I’m] grieving what is lost but also exploring new areas of passion and new ways that I can succeed or excel. I’ve been playing ultimate frisbee with my roommates and learning how to throw and catch because it gives me something new to do.

What has it been like living in quarantine with 20 other people?

KO: I realize I have it a lot better than most — I’m not alone.

[I’m] really just growing closer to the people who are around me. We’ve been doing core workouts together every day, we started doing yoga, we have ultimate frisbee or volleyball games … we just do little things to make sure that we’re spending time together and working through this time.

How did serving as Pi Phi’s vice president of member development improve your leadership skills?

Courtesy of joe zintz SoulCycle Shutdown | For 11 months, Joe Zintz (right) worked at Soul Cycle’s Calabasas location where he worked alongside a dozen other employees. our show.”

Unfortunately for Harmonize, a live show is not compliant with the state’s shelter-in-place order.

“It was interesting because we actually received the email saying school was canceled during our weekly Harmonize meeting,” Hardin said. “It was a total stab in the heart because we felt like all of our hard work was for nothing.”

Hardin and her team originally decided to cancel the event, but later realized they could produce a virtual show instead. Now Harmony 2020 streamed on their Facebook page April 4.

“At the end of the day, some positives have come from this,” Hardin said. “We can now reach more people and offer it to them for free.”

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KO: Being on [the Executive Board], you’re working with a lot of other girls. You really have to learn to listen and humble yourself but also know when it’s appropriate to say what you’re thinking. I think that’s probably more how a job would function or how the real world would be like.

Do you have any advice for a Pepperdine freshman?

KO: My encouragement would be to allow Pepperdine to mold you and change you over the years. I think that’s such an important process of growth — to allow yourself to be totally broken down and [to question] everything you thought was certain. And if you are a person of faith, Pepperdine provides such a great space for you to have that as a rock in the midst of going through that process of being broken down.

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Film review: ‘Emma’ serves as a delightful, yet cautionary tale c ar o line shar pless staf f w r i ter Watch out Jane Austen fanatics, rom-com lovers and worshippers of “Clueless” — the timeless tale of a high-society snob is back again. The latest version of Austen’s 1815 comedy, “Emma,” stands out from past film adaptations for its dreamlike nature, quirky performances and eloquent style.

For those who wanted to see this film in theaters but couldn’t due to social distancing recommendations, “Emma” is now available for streaming on all major platforms including iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, FandangoNow and Google Play.

This comical look into opulent 19th-century society is full of familiar faces — especially for fans of period pieces. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy (“Peaky Blinders”), Johnny Flynn (“Les Misérables”), Mia Goth (“A Cure for Wellness”), Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”), Callum Turner (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes

of Grindelwald”), Tanya Reynolds (“Sex Education”) and Bill Nighy (“Love Actually”), this film is sure to dazzle viewers.

The actors achieve the perfect balance of subtlety and exaggeration, making the film worthy of its placement in the comedy genre. Their expressions and movements bring Austen’s eccentric characters to life in a way that allows everyone — even those who aren’t inclined to 19th-century humor — to join in on the laughs.

Set in the English countryside, “Emma” transforms the typical Jane Austen setting into a vibrant, colorful, enchanting dream. Between the cotton-candy blue walls and the bubble-gum pink dresses, the screen almost always resembles an Easter basket explosion — in the best possible way. In comparison, the characters’ surroundings in previous adaptations like “Emma” (1996) starring Gwyneth Paltrow or “Clueless” (1996) — the story of “Emma” set in present-day —

look dim, dull and dusty.

It is only fitting that the titular character, Emma Woodhouse, lives in a glorified dollhouse since she spends the entire film treating her peers like dolls in her own game. Without intending to be malicious, she meddles in the lives of those around her simply because she has nothing better to do.

Austen’s satirical depiction of wealth exposes the frivolous nature of upper-class citizens.

The story follows Emma as she remedies her boredom by using her own popularity to increase the social status of a friend.

The series of events that follow bolster the idea that privileged people too often make decisions without fulling understanding the consequences.

Despite Emma’s judgmental, selfish and manipulative behavior, her positive intentions are undeniable. Viewers and readers alike love Emma because she is a confident yet coy protagonist who is not afraid to show how clever she is. Her

Courtesy of focus features Love Knows | Box office record-breaker, “Emma,” brings a new flair to Jane Austen’s beloved story. The bright composition and dreamlike sequences are sure to dazzle viewers. strong-willed attitude is commendable considering how little freedom women had during the 19th century.

Even though the story of “Emma” is over 200 years old, its key messages are still relevant today. Carriages, courting and corsets may no longer be in style, but class systems still

remain a cornerstone of society.

If anything, “Emma” is a lesson that self-transformation is possible. It is never too late to treat others with respect, kindness and dignity regardless of their background, wealth or popularity.

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Virtual community tethers social-distancing restrictions nic o l e witt staf f w rit e r When President Gash announced the university’s decision to implement remote classes, it left on-campus organizations with the burning question — what’s next?

One effective way on-campus organizations are coordinating virtual meetings is through the app Discord. The app was initially used on campus by the gaming community, particularly Pepperdine esports. Now, the Pepperdine Community Server on the app includes content such as mental health posts, international program chats, game rooms and prayer walls.

Everyone from ICC and the Board to the Student Health Center to Greek Life and on and on has joined, promoted and started hosting informative channels, events and discussions on the platform.

Grace Ramsey, team manager of the pepperdine esports program “It’s a hub to get information from all the different departments around campus,” Director of Campus Recreation Robb Bolton said. “There’s no need to scroll through different webpages or all the different social media accounts. It’s all in one place.”

Junior Grace Ramsey, team manager of the Pepperdine esports program, built the Pepperdine Community Discord Server, an online community now comprised of nearly 400 students, faculty and staff.

While this group has only been around for two weeks, Bolton and Ramsey foresee this platform continuing beyond social distancing. Bolton acknowledged that the current crisis has given Pepperdine the opportunity to create something that otherwise would not have existed.

“This has been a challenge we’ve been looking to solve, since I’ve been at Pepperdine, of how to get students engaged and get them in a centralized community with all the information they need,” Bolton said. “We’ve never had the focus and need to do it before, but this has forced us to do it.”

Ramsey said almost all Student Affairs and related departments have joined Discord.

“Everyone from ICC and the Board to the Student Health Center to Greek Life and on and on has joined, promoted and started hosting informative channels, events and discussions on the platform,” Ramsey said.

Bolton said they are coming up with innovative ways to represent certain divisions on Discord. He said the Coordinator of Fitness and Wellbeing, Amanda Knight, has been online every day, posting engaging updates such as free workouts you can do from home. He added that Outdoor Recreation is posting virtual tours of locations around the world, providing users the opportunity to travel from the comfort of their homes.

Outdoor Recreation is additionally bringing intramural sports online with a variety of virtual sports teams. There is currently an Intramural esports league for the video game series NBA 2K. Pepperdine Student Activities is currently hosting an intramural competition through April 17, where users can upload their best sports-related trick shots for a chance to win a $50 gift card.

Junior Tiffany Hall, vice president of publicity of Inter-Club Council (ICC), said she thinks it is imperative to conserve on-campus club communities. ICC is one of the many organizations taking part in the interactive program.

“We here at ICC are trying to provide any help necessary to ensure the continuance of these on-campus families,” Hall said.

Student Organizations Coordinator Sabrina Willison said ICC has additionally transitioned their workshops online.

While it is valuable to build an online community for clubs, Willison said, not everyone will want to continue club responsibilities remotely.

“Pepperdine staff does realize that not everyone is in a place where they want to continue what they’re doing on campus, but we’re just providing them another platform if they want to get involved,” Willison said.

Senior Emily Tran, a member of the Pepperdine Student Programming Board, said they will continue to stream events via Discord. The Board has hosted several trivia nights with up to 40 participants playing remotely.

“We’re still planning virtual coffeehouses, trivia nights and more,” Tran said.

“I believe we’re having trivia night almost every Thursday.”

Bolton said users can check Discord’s bulletin board where monthly events, like the Board’s coffee houses, will be posted.

Photos Courtesy of Grace Ramsey Super Smash Team | Pepperdine esports Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team poses at their first official tournament at Dreamhack Anaheim.

The team participated in the event just weeks before the cancellation of all in-person classes.

Coordinating Community | Grace Ramsey started on Discord by building a server for the Pepperdine esports program, which created an effective way for gamers to connect digitally.

They later created the server that the Pepperdine community uses.

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Distancing with Discord | This screenshot of the Discord app shows its general layout and features. When students sign up, they are guided through a “start here” page, which will then proHe also hinted at special programming vide them access to the entire for seniors in the upcoming weeks to ac- community’s posts. knowledge them, as many did not get the chance to say goodbye.

On April 8 at 6 p.m., PST, Student Activities is hosting a “Chat Night” with two Pepperdine alumni. They will discuss their experience at Pepperdine, life after college and answering questions from students. Check out @PepperdineStuActs on Instagram for more information.

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Lahey plans to return for fifth year kar l w int er s por ts edi tor The nation’s best women’s tennis player is coming back for more.

After an NCAA singles quarterfinal appearance as a freshman, runner-up finish as a sophomore and 26–1 singles record as a senior, Ashley Lahey told The Graphic she plans to don the blue and orange for a fifth year.

“Once the option was given that I could come back, and I thought about it, I realized what an amazing opportunity that would be to get to be here for one more year,” Lahey said. “I think that I’ve just continued to get better throughout my years at Pepperdine, because this place is such a good place for me to train.”

A senior at only 20 years old, Lahey will graduate from Pepperdine in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine. Through her first three years, she had a 3.93 GPA. She now plans to return to Malibu for the 2020–2021 academic year and pursue the NCAA team and singles championships, which have thus far evaded her.

Once the NCAA canceled all spring sports March 12, Lahey was emotional but said she planned to move on with her life and professional career.

“I didn’t know if I would come back when I first heard about everything because, in my mind, I had been planning on what I was going to do afterward for so long,” Lahey said. “I had already start-

courtesy of Ricky Davis | Pepperdine Athletics Slide to the Right | Lahey stretches for a forehand during the Oracle/ITA Masters tournament final at Malibu Racquet Club in October 2019. Lahey won the tournament and the victory began a string of singles tournament titles for Lahey in an undefeated fall season.

ali levens | Page designer ed to think about it and was excited about it and everything. Not that I didn’t want to come back — it was such a quick change of everything.”

Lahey was the No. 1-ranked player in the country for the majority of the fall and spring seasons and won three consecutive tournaments in the fall. Women’s Tennis was ranked No. 13 in the nation (and climbing) when their season ended as a result of COVID-19.

After March 12, Lahey had accepted that her decorated career as a Wave was over. Then, on March 18, the NCAA announced “eligibility relief is appropriate for all Division I student-athletes who participated in spring sports.”

The wheels began to turn in Lahey’s head. She may be able to return.

On March 30, the NCAA clarified its initial announcement. All spring sports stu-

dent-athletes would receive an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility.

NCAA rules usually limit collegiate athletes to four seasons of competition in a five-year period, but now this period would be extended.

Lahey’s decision was nearly made.

“When I first heard, I was still thinking, maybe it’s time for the next chapter,” Lahey said. “But now that I look back, I really think I could learn a lot more in one more year here, so I’m super excited.”

When she considered her rapport with Waves Head Coach Per Nilsson, and Nilsson realized that Lahey could compete against professionals during the fall season, Lahey was sold.

“We have a really good relationship; [Nilsson is] an amazing coach for me, and the assistant coaches as well

— we get along very well,” Lahey said. “They said that they would do whatever they could to allow me to get a schedule that I can build my ranking with and that they could take me to pro tournaments in the fall.”

The NCAA’s March 30 decisions also relaxed scholarship limits and roster sizes to accommodate for potential returning seniors. Pepperdine Women’s Tennis has eight full scholarships to distribute, so potential new freshmen should not prevent Lahey or fellow senior, fifthyear graduate Jessica Failla, to return if they so choose.

Failla has not yet made a decision, but Lahey said she wants to be in Malibu.

“This is the best place for me to be training-wise — the best environment for me to be in,” Lahey said. “So if I can still play pro and get to train here, then it’s the best possible solution.”

The NCAA did not lay out specific guidelines about how seniors could return.

The way in which schools decide to distribute scholarship money will be up to the school itself, so not every school will be able to accommodate all seniors who would like to return, or at least not with the same amount of scholarship money as previously received.

Lahey said she will maintain the academic requirements to remain an NCAA student-athlete, whether that means taking online classes or perhaps a certificate pro-

gram at the Caruso School of Law. As the hiatus from organized practice and competition continues, Lahey and her teammates are separated from their sport and each other, but they are staying active.

“In tennis, you just put tons of miles on your body, so if you’re not training for anything, it’s not really necessary to be practicing on court,” Lahey said. “We can still do other things to stay in shape and continue to eat healthy and keep our bodies from falling apart — but it makes sense to just use this time as time to do other things because there’s never going to be another time where tennis is canceled for three months.”

Though the NCAA rule changes and potential to play professional tournaments in the fall helped Lahey to make her decision, she emphasized that she wanted to make an effort to return to Pepperdine regardless.

“I would really, really want to come back like even if it wasn’t the perfect situation,” Lahey said. “I love my team here. I love the coaches, my friends here, my church family, everything — it’s just an amazing place for me to be.

I feel extremely blessed to have an opportunity to come back for one more year. I don’t feel like I’m ready to leave.”

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M. Basketball player received death threats from sports bettor in 2019 kar l w inter s por ts edi tor aust in hall staf f w r i te r An unnamed Pepperdine Men’s Basketball player received four disturbing direct messages via Instagram during the 2019 West Coast Conference (WCC) basketball tournament.

The messages, sent March 9, 2019, threatened to decapitate the player and his family, told the player that he would be stabbed and killed as he slept and instructed him to watch his back.

The messages came from the Instagram handle @b82hs9, which Benjamin Tucker Patz of New York, known as “Parlay Patz” in sports betting circles, allegedly operated.

A criminal complaint filed in Florida detailed several other instances of Patz using anonymous social media accounts to threaten and offend professional and collegiate athletes.

The complaint was filed Feb. 24, and ESPN covered the story March 4.

In sports betting, a parlay is a set of cumulative series of bets that the bettor can group together across different situations, games or sports.

Winnings acquired from each transaction are used as stake for the next bets in the lineup. The less favorable of odds translates to the highest amount of winnings, but one loss

busts the parlay entirely.

Coast Conference were immediateOn the day that the messages ly informed. The Las Vegas Police were sent, the Pepperdine men up- Department as well as Pepperdine’s set San Francisco 89–72 in the quar- Department of Public Safety providterfinals of the WCC Tournament, ed immediate support and within the Waves’ third win in as many hours the source of the threats was days. Then-sophomore Colbey Ross identified. We are thankful to the scored 26 points to lead the Waves Las Vegas Police and our own Dethat day, while freshman Kessler partment of Public Safety for their Edwards and senior Eric Cooper Jr. assistance.” scored 14 and 13, respectively.

FBI Special Agent Daniel Nowak The 21–9 Dons came into the submitted an affidavit with the game as an eight-point favorite over criminal complaint, supporting the the 15–17 Waves on Bovada, BetOn- charge of “transmitting threats in inline and the rest of the sports books terstate or foreign commerce.” This listed on Oddsshark.com. At the end violation would carry a maximum of the first half, it was the Waves that sentence of five years in federal were up by eight and beating the prison if convicted, according to the spread by a significant margin.

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The Dons came back to make it The affidavit also mentions 15 a two-score game with 13:32 left be- different Instagram direct messages fore Ross scored 21 of his 26 points sent to six different Major League in the second half and added nine Baseball players or their wives and assists. Pepperdine not only covered girlfriends throughout July 2019. but blew San Francisco out, ending Each message contained violent whatever four, five or eight-team death threats directed at the players parlay that Patz bet on that night. and their families, and at least one The criminal complaint named message also contained a racial slur. the Pepperdine player “C.R.” The messages were transmitted Pepperdine Athletics sent The from accounts that the FBI traced to Graphic the following statement re- Patz, using subpoenas and tracing garding Patz’ threats to the Pepper- Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. dine student-athlete: “Last year at The affidavit continues to list the WCC Basketball Championship more threats sent from Patz’s acali levens staff in writer in Las Vegas, a member of our men’s |counts 2019 to professional and basketball team received threats collegiate athletes, some of which against he and his family. The safety mention corresponding gambling of our student-athletes is our high- activity or money that Patz lost in est priority and officials of the West bets, which he allegedly blamed on

ali levens | Page designer the athletes he messaged.

Based on the initials in the affidavit, some of the athletes Patz threatened likely included Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, Josh Donaldson and Freddy Galvis.

Patz found prominence in the betting community after making $1,136,434 dollars from Nov. 1 to Dec. 8 of 2019. His most outrageous bet included a 13-game parlay with odds of +4675 to win. A $7,000 wager hit, and he walked away with $326,000 in one night.

Patz is 23 years old and was a col-

lege student at Columbia University in New York City, according to a December 2019 article on ActionNetwork.com.

Patz turned himself in to a federal marshal March 5 and appeared in a federal courthouse in Tampa, Florida, for an initial hearing regarding the charges the same day, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s office confirmed to The Action Network.

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Blank banners: high school programs adjust to spring sports cancellations aust in hall s taf f w r i ter The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) released a statement Friday confirming the cancellation of all high school spring sports. While the decision affects every one of the state’s baseball, softball, lacrosse, men’s volleyball, water polo and track and field teams, to name a few, some of the local high schools quickly adjusted to the changes before hearing that the season was lost.

Many teams at Westlake High School, Calabasas High School and Oaks Christian School met over Zoom with coaches and trainers for athome workouts. Football, a fall sport that meets extensively over the summer, is finding similar ways to stay active along with watching film provided by their coaching staff. The same schools are optimistic that while the season is officially canceled, there might be a way for the teams to meet collectively for a final time.

“This was going to be the senior’s culmination of playing their sport for at least five, six or seven years,” Westlake Athletic Director Brad Katz said. “We talked about when the quarantine is lifted, doing one game per sport. It would be for the seniors to wear their uniform again and step on the field one last time.”

Westlake Holding on for Summer The 2019–2020 school year marked Katz’ fourth year as athletic director at Westlake. As news broke in early March about COVID-19 concerns, he remembers meeting with local athletic directors before the cancellation of classes and sports took place.

“We had a meeting March 11 to talk about what the school’s next step should be,” Katz said. “Just two days later, we get a directive that the school couldn’t meet in groups more than 250. We were anticipating having a few weeks to figure out what we’re going as far as remote learning and with sports. But a few days after, our last A.D. meeting, they shut us down.

And we’ve been scrambling ever since.”

Before the cancellation, Katz said although he and his staff knew parts of the season being salvaged were slim, they did what they could to keep the students active while in quarantine.

“We technically didn’t ax the spring sports quite yet,” Katz said. “We’re not allowed on the campus for practice with our kids, and we’re not allowed to train or anything like that. I had a Zoom meeting with all the coaches last week to talk about different ways to keep your kids doing something physical around the house or front yard.”

Katz also talked about the spring sports that were off to great starts and were hit the hardest through the cancellation.

“Our lacrosse teams are unreal, both boys and girls,” Katz said. “Softball was really good, and baseball was getting better as well. Boys’ volleyball was also promising, so across the board, the spring sports are getting the short end of the stick.”

Men’s and women’s lacrosse will finish with a 7–0

and 5–2 record, respectively.

Softball was also off to a 6–0 start with baseball at 5–4 in a tough preseason schedule.

Boys volleyball, coming off a CIF Southern Section Championship loss last season, was off to a 3–1 start.

As part of the Marmonte League, Katz shared his vision for what the spring sport-wide senior day might look like.

“We have five teams in our league, and we would set it up so everybody played one team from there,” Katz said.

“We’d pay for umpires or referees to come out and make it as real as we can. And we’d so something like this for the athletes to say that it was a better ending than the alternative.”

After a 9–3 season from the Warriors’ football team in 2017 and a 7–4 outing in 2018, the team took a step back last season, going 2–9 in Head Coach Tim Kirksey’s fourth season. While the record isn’t impressive, it is slightly deceiving, as Westlake had 12 freshman and sophomore starters and bring back a lot of their contributors on both sides of the ball. Katz said Kirksey and the rest of the staff are doing what they can to get the players ready for their potential summer practice.

“The football team is doing Zoom workouts with our trainer five days a week from noon to one o’clock,” Katz said. “And they’re all things that you can do in your garage. They’re also watching film regularly and looking at schemes for next year. May 4 is our tentative date to come back to school and also look to our fall sports, but if those sports can’t meet until June or July, we’ll have some changes to make.”

Westlake’s hopeful date is no longer May 4 as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that all schools will remain closed for the rest of the year.

Oaks Christian Takes a Step Back From Routine Success Jan Hethcock has been the Athletic Director at Oaks Christian since the school opened its doors in 2000.

During his tenure, Hethcock has overseen 49 CIF Southern Section Championships, 165 league titles (including six straight in football in the early 2000s), a Gatorade National Player of the Year and 15 students turn pro.

Hethcock said he is constantly checking in with all of his active coaches.

“I am staying in contact with all of my spring coaches and having them send out emails to all of their athletes every week,” Hethcock said.

“And they’re just as much emails of encouragement.

We’re having our coaches send them videos to keep them in shape even though we’re not coming back. We still want that activity with them.”

Hethcock also mentioned what’s being done for the faculty as the school is fully online.

“We split up our entire enrollment among different groups of teachers,” Hethcock said. “Our staff that is paid hourly will continue to get paid. Our coaches will continue to get paid. Both have a certain number of parents that they’re calling every week to check-in. My grandson is in 10th grade at

austin hall | Staff writer Oaks, and he’s now doing online classes Monday through Friday, six-and-a-half hours per day.”

Hethcock also talked about the spring sports that are losing out on what could have been an incredible season.

“Softball [8–2] was looking really strong this year,” Hethcock said. “This hammers the seniors; I just feel awful for them. I went with them to a tournament in Utah where they went 4–1 and hit 17 home runs in that stretch. Baseball [5–3–1] wasn’t our strongest team but had excellent talent.

Boys’ Lacrosse [3–3] played some tough teams in the preseason and were going to be high-caliber. The same goes for Boys’ Golf, who we were confident would be top-3 in the state.”

Despite the lost seasons for all Oaks Christian spring sports, Hethcock said it doesn’t alter the vision that he has for his team’s year in and year out.

“The championships really don’t matter to me,” Hethcock said. “What’s important for me is how the coaches are dealing with our kids. It’s ‘Are our coaches bringing Christ into the program? Is there prayer at the practices?’ Not all of our students are believers — the same goes for a place like Pepperdine. Kids don’t just come here because it’s Christian but because it has great academics, great arts and great athletics. Regardless, we’re a Christ-centered school and represent that any way that we can.”

Calabasas Athletes Losing Last Chance for College Offers Martin Freel is the assistant principal at Calabasas High School and works closely with athletics. COVID-19 started to affect the schools in early March, and Freel recounted how shocking of a situation it was for him and

the rest of the school.

“It was the first time any of us had dealt with anything close to that,” Freel said. “We knew we were going to have to start canceling games. The last thing we wanted was to ruin the seasons for our seniors.”

Freel also said the cancellation is hurting individual players as well, like the Coyotes’ star pitcher Jackson Lapiner.

“He would’ve been a really good player for us,” Freel said. “He definitely had a chance of getting drafted. His senior season is gone now, and he hasn’t played a lot because of injury. He had interest from UCSB [Santa Barbara] but didn’t get the offer that he wanted, and with this, his chances of getting drafted are zero.”

Freel mentioned that Calabasas, in Marmonte League with Westlake, was the only school that was open to pushing the season back instead of canceling it outright.

“Calabasas was a little bit unique because we were still willing to play games in May and June,” Freel said.

“We wanted to extend even if that meant having to go deep into the summer. But the rest of our teams in our league all voted to cancel the season. We can’t be a oneteam league, so we just had nobody to play.”

Freel also detailed the teams that he regrets not being able to see this spring.

“I feel the worst about softball [8–2],” Freel said. “We had a really good chance of winning league again this year. I definitely feel bad for our girls’ track team. We had three athletes in our track team who are all Division I. I know one, in particular, wanted an offer from USC or UCLA — something close to home — but now won’t get it.”

In the Marmonte League, the six schools are Calabasas, Oaks Christian, West-

lake, Newbury Park High School, Thousand Oaks High School as well as Agoura High School, who was in the league from 1990–2018 and returns after one year in Coastal Canyon League.

As Calabasas and Agoura are the only teams in Marmonte that are part of Las Virgenes Unified School District, Freel said he has been in contact with the school about meeting over the summer to properly send off the seniors.

“The two high schools have a pretty good rivalry against each other,” Freel said. “I’ve been talking to their assistant principal about if there’s any chance to do a one-off day in June of Calabasas versus Agoura in every sport. And we would make sure that it was safe — we definitely wouldn’t want to be the only schools doing something like it.”

Freel shared his message that he had for all Calabasas spring coaches.

“I told my coaches that there has never been a better time to put together highlight tapes for the kids,” Freel said.

“We can really be putting out messages to college coaches. You better believe that they’re watching film right now, so put some stuff on tape to send out and really get going.”

CIF’s Role

Behind-The-Scenes

Rob Wigod is the Commissioner of Athletics for the CIF Southern Section.

This year marked his ninth as commissioner and 20th working for the Southern Section, overseeing 563 schools.

Wigod explained the developments of COVID-19 from the CIF’s perspective.

“We all agree that the day the NBA was suspended was when everything changed,” Wigod said. “From there, it started to fall like dominoes

with the NCAA Tournament and NCAA’s spring sports. So we started looking at different scenarios on if there was a way we could make section championships happen in the Southern Section. Within four or five days, everything was taken off the board.”

Wigod also mentioned the questions he was getting from dozens of schools.

“People were asking if CIF will shut everything down, or if we will mandate to keep everything open,” Wigod said. “And that’s not the role that CIF plays. These are schools under the control of the school’s administration.

We don’t have direct supervision of those students. It becomes a local control issue.”

Part of CIF’s statement from Friday involved the sit-out period for transfer athletes. Normally, transfers who don’t move their residence have a sit-out period that covers about one-third of the season regardless of sport. Wigod said because the spring seasons are now void, they won’t be penalized for not completing the sitout period and will be immediately eligible next season, even if they transfer again.

Wigod also discussed potential plans for the football season and the rest of fall sports.

“If we can’t meet till let’s say Aug. 1, that will severely affect our fall sports,” Wigod said. “For football, our section championships wrap up Thanksgiving weekend. But if we were to push it back one week, two weeks or even three weeks, that’s where things could get difficult. But on the other hand, kids aren’t graduating, and the school year isn’t over. There are things that we could salvage.”

A worst-case scenario for CIF is fall sports being shut down. Wigod said how much of a hit this will be for the money that CIF is accustomed to making.

“I don’t even want to think what this will do to us financially,” Wigod said. “We’re a non-profit needing to raise $4.8 million from zero without government funding or taxpayer money. And no football championships in the Southern Section would be a devastating blow.”

Wigod said the money CIF makes extends much further than ticket sales but lays in its football contract with Fox Sports West.

“They’ve been our TV partner for 20 years,” Wigod said. “Our contract was up this year, and we were set to negotiate a new one. And Fox has the Angels, Clippers and the Ducks. Now all of those are gone. How can Fox Sports in any way, shape or form discuss a contract with us right now? It’s completely on hold.”

If the quarantine ends over the summer, Wigod said CIF is all for a potential meetup between league teams.

“I’m completely supportive of it,” Wigod said. “We know that there is a strong desire to get one game in for a senior day to celebrate them and get some closure to this particular season.

Whenever it’s safe and acceptable for people to gather — it’s, again, one of those local control types of things.

It’s fully up to the schools; they don’t have to go through us, and we would love them to accomplish that.”

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