Sheldon Fraley is the Editor-in-Chief of the Beacon. He is a senior at Pepperdine. He joined the newspaper because he saw a need for more intellectual diversity on campus. He is interested in writing about national, state, and local political issues as well as Op-Eds. He is a Pepperdine Global Fellow. He studied abroad in Washington DC. He is a strong supporter of freedom of speech and enjoys listening to different perspectives on important issues.