HANNA CHUAssistant A&E Editor Although Ryan Wickers has to fight through traffic on Highway 101 for an hour and a half to reach his internship in Glendale, he believes his unpaid job is worth the gas and extra travel time, especially because it prepares him for life after graduation. “It’ll be on my resume,” Wickers said. His supervisor also told him that if he worked hard, … [Read more...] about Coffee and copies
Face in the crowd: Jenna Clapper
GINNA NGUYENStaff Writer Some may know Jenna Clapper by her smile. Others may have seen her familiar curly head sitting behind the tables of Amnesty International last year. She is the president of Pepperdine’s chapter, a member of the unofficial Girls Who Hate Running club, employee at the Housing office and intern at the California Wildlife Center. This recently married … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd: Jenna Clapper
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
Face in the crowd
MARY WISNIEWSKIAssistant Living Editor Some know her as Victoria, while others call her “Sus.” Still, others know her as Susan Wooten. Most would not know her as a Pepperdine junior who formerly wanted to be a nun and a Rockette. “I’ve always had a secret desire to be girly, but it never worked out for me,” Wooten said. “I’m kind of a semi-closeted science nerd.” To explore … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd
Our Lady of Malibu ‘a more contemporary Catholic church’
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’