NANCY SAFINICK & CONNIE HORTONHealth Columnists Does it seem like everyone else is doing fine, fitting in and making friends? Do you feel like the only one still feeling a little out-of-place, not quite settled or missing home? That’s the odd thing about homesickness: Although students often feel they are the exception this time of year, many freshmen are feeling … [Read more...] about First weeks often trigger homesickness
Faculty housing offers family-friendly community
ERIKA TUNGLANDStaff Writer The Perrins have more family reunions in a week than most Americans get in a year. That’s because they live across the street from each other. Robin Perrin lives with his family in the same block of condominiums as his cousin Tim Perrin and Tim’s family. Robin’s parents — Tim’s aunt and uncle — live on the same hillside. What a hillside it is: It’s … [Read more...] about Faculty housing offers family-friendly community
The ‘other’ world awaits
NATHAN RIXBuenos Aires Columnist “This is delightfully surreal!” exclaimed sophomore Jennifer Galvis while wandering the streets of a cosmopolitan city south of the equator. As the school year commences, Buenos Aires, Argentina greets Pepperdine students in the B.A. program with chilly temperatures. There’s both surging excitement and unpredictable novelty: Buenos Aires is an … [Read more...] about The ‘other’ world awaits
School Books: Online or Campus?
Kelsey MaysLiving Editor Restocking for new semester (Photo coutesy Anela Holck/ Assistant Photo Editor) Fernando Uribe lounges with his mother at a round table in the Oasis. A backward Waves baseball cap partially covers his curly dark hair, and a white T-shirt and jeans hang off his thin, dark-featured frame. He chats casually as his mother flips through sheets of registrar … [Read more...] about School Books: Online or Campus?
University Church offers community, convenience
Erin CherryStaff Writer University Church of Christ embodies a real sense of community, says Ken Durham, its minister since 1998. He likens the Church to early Christian believers who met in their homes in the First Century A.D. Durham’s preaching style is often conversational and although it focuses on Scripture, it rarely delves into highly liturgical matters, he … [Read more...] about University Church offers community, convenience