JENNIFER GUTIERREZStaff Writer Take a trip back to the 1940s, when St. Monica’s church in Santa Monica brought the first Roman Catholic Mass to Malibu. It was celebrated in the city courthouse until 1948, when Our Lady of Malibu church was founded. With Pepperdine’s arrival in Malibu, the church took a charge to minister to students. Today, it continues that mission. The … [Read more...] about Our Lady of Malibu ‘a more contemporary Catholic church’
Still potent, four years later
KELSEY MAYSLiving Editor Photo courtesy KelseyMays/ Living Editor For the first 600 miles, page 133 of the Acura owner’s manual states: “Avoid full-throttle starts and rapid acceleration.” And the odometer on this farm-fresh RSX reads 231. What a shame, to plod around with humdrum prudence in a machine capable of so much more. It’s the hot-rod Type-S model, too. Not to … [Read more...] about Still potent, four years later
“Guess Who” Bill deals with gaining fame while trying to please everyone
LAUREN HOBARStaff Writer I think I will try my hand at the art of celebrity article writing. His blue turtleneck hugged his illusive frame. His face seemed like a baby being born through a blue curtain, a delight. His eyebrows perched as Red Robin breasts, and his face supported a great sea of red hairs lapping around an archipelago of baldhead. A charming red goatee, like a … [Read more...] about “Guess Who” Bill deals with gaining fame while trying to please everyone
Excitement and fear wait beyond these doors
LAUREN MORTON-FARMERLondon Columnist When the July 7 terrorist bombings came to London, it shook me up. After all, it was just two months before 37 of us would start the biggest adventure of our college careers, and the nearest of those four explosions occured less than two miles north of our future home. Now, as I sit by an open window in my room on 56 Prince’s Gate, I … [Read more...] about Excitement and fear wait beyond these doors
Bring on the Segways
JOHN DENISTONStaff Writer The Princeton Review ranks Pepperdine as the most beautiful college campus in America, but daily pedestrian commutes may lead students to imagine an even more beautiful university – a Pepperdine without hills. This seemingly far-fetched notion of vaporizing the stair-stepping effort from our campus might become a reality thanks to a “human … [Read more...] about Bring on the Segways