How do you really nab the job and pay you deserve? Follow these tips for salary success.By Nadine BoisnierContributing Writer Enjoy the time you have left in school because soon you will start having to be a grown up, or at least make decisions like one. Why not be fully prepared, so that after graduation you’ll feel confident in the investment choices you make when getting … [Read more...] about Money Matters: Making the most of your 401k
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
Get a Job: Career center helps students find jobs
By Christy ForemanStaff Writer Someone once asked a soap salesman why, if his product was so good, was there still so much dirt in the world. The soap salesman replied that it doesn’t matter that he has the best soap in the world available to people. What matters is that people must then use it in order for them to be clean. The same can be said for the multitude of wonderful … [Read more...] about Get a Job: Career center helps students find jobs
Why they protest
By Michael TravisEditor in Chief “It’s courage to stand up for what you believe in.” —Victoria Cunningham, Code Pink coordinator A few weeks ago, a firestorm of controversy surrounded one college athlete who chose to voice her opposition to war with Iraq in what seemed to be the smallest of ways — turning her back on the American flag during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It … [Read more...] about Why they protest