The Pepperdine IT department urged students and staff to update software on all personal devices in response to recently revealed security vulnerabilities
Student Killed in Car Crash
Photo Courtesy of Facebook Pepperdine second-year Jake Brandon Harris died early Monday in San Pedro after his car crashed into a railing on the 110 Freeway and caught fire. The crash was reported around 2 a.m. Harris died at the scene, according to ABC7. Emergency crews did not find any passengers at the scene. The cause […]
Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?
Photos by Kayla Lee “I feel like now more than ever [the American flag] represents fighting for what is right and fighting for the justice of other people,” sophomore Peace Ikediuba said. Ikediuba was born in Nigeria, and her family moved to the United States when she was 3 to give her and her siblings […]
Fire Claims Building at Calamigos; Students Unharmed
Photo by Michaela Meyer Pepperdine students were evacuated from their Calamigos Ranch dorms early this morning as a fire destroyed one of the buildings on the property. The Gerson Club, a lounge area near the ranch’s upper pool, burned down completely. Students were evacuated at 4 a.m., on Monday and the fire was extinguished by […]
CVUSD Students ‘Brainwashed,’ Speaker Says
Photo by Cassandra Stephenson Parents and children in the public school system are being brainwashed, Michael Smith, Media and Communication Director for Daniel Chavez, told the Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated on Friday. In a talk titled, “Saving Our Children’s Minds: Fighting the Public School System,” Smith discussed his take on the politics behind the […]
CVUSD Board Passes English Core Literature Selection Policy
Photos and graphics by Cassandra Stephenson The CVUSD Board approved a policy Tuesday that will change the selection process for new books used in high school English classes. The policy now requires a committee of parents and community members to be a part of selecting core literature books for ninth through twelfth grade English classes. […]
Debate Intensifies as Proposed CVUSD Policy Approaches Vote
Images and graphics by Cassandra Stephenson More deliberation is in order as members of the Conejo Valley Unified School District board and teachers otenrepare to meet Monday to discuss a proposed policy on alternative literature assignments in English courses before it comes up for a vote Tuesday, Nov. 14. The policy amendment was originally intended […]
Pepperdine Encourages Students to be Smart With Cyber
Graphics by Kelly Rodriguez Pepperdine is ramping up its cybersecurity defenses as the issue of cyber attacks continues to hit close to home. “Some of the [community] members may think, ‘Pepperdine is small, who would want to target us anyway?’” Pepperdine Chief Information Officer Jonathan See said. “Our data tells us otherwise.” Pepperdine logged more […]
Artists Corner: Kendall McLeod
Photos Courtesy of Kendall McLeod Senior Kendall McLeod’s love of photography started as an aversion to raising livestock, the pastime of choice in her small Texas hometown. “I never really felt like that was my groove,” McLeod said. “I didn’t really feel like I fit in.” So McLeod bought her first camera in seventh grade, […]
Q&A With The Cast of The Interference
Photos Courtesy of Ron Hall Pepperdine Scotland is bringing their award-winning performance of The Interference to the Hollywood Fringe Festival next week. The show debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in April 2016, taking home a Broadway Baby Bobby award and the Scotsman Fringe First award. It made its U.S. debut in April at Smothers […]