By Rebecca LawsonContributing Writer A four-year-old girl sits in her bedroom at night, illuminated by the glow of the old television, dwarfed by the huge wooden console. On the screen, a lady named Vampira is the girl’s host to new worlds of fascination and wonder every night on the black and white screen. “Star Trek, Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone...all these things had a … [Read more...] about A writer is born
Life after Third Street
Micah KafkaPhoto Editor Every day of Boro Isailovski’s life suffered from a certain sameness. He’d sleep until late afternoon, watch a few movies, hit the town on his skateboard, and come home late. That was 16-year-old Isailovski’s life since moving to Santa Monica from Macedonia a few months earlier. Today would certainly be the same. He didn’t see the two smiling strangers … [Read more...] about Life after Third Street
Arguing her way to the top
By Kim OberhamerContributing Writer Cara Lynn sauntered to the front of the classroom. She wiped her clammy hands against her low-rise jeans as she felt a bead of sweat trickle down her spine. Her breath shortened and her stomach felt like it was knotted into a pretzel when she thought about speaking for nine whole minutes. That was Cara Lynn at her first Pepperdine debate … [Read more...] about Arguing her way to the top
My So-Called Life: So many things to so many people
By Joann GroffAssistant Sports Editor I bought a card at the beginning of the summer, even though I didn’t really understand its meaning. I was compelled to purchase this note card not for a picture, or its individual beauty — the piece of folded black paper was merely adorned with a quote in white type, and it was blank on the inside. I bought it because the quote came from … [Read more...] about My So-Called Life: So many things to so many people
Slice of Life: From poetry to problems with Turnout magazine
Pepperdine alums learn business and friendship don’t always mix.By Cory WhiteStaff Writer Will Johnson sits on the floor in front of his computer in his tiny Santa Monica apartment. Surrounded by dirty clothes, haphazard stacks of paper and random computer equipment, Johnson types a Web address into his computer’s browser. A Microsoft error screen pops up, with a message … [Read more...] about Slice of Life: From poetry to problems with Turnout magazine