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Ben Young Photo Editor Photo by Ben Young Malibu is a surf town, or at the very least, Malibu used to be a surf town.  Truth be told, back in the day, Malibu was the surf town in California. It’s hard to imagine that today among the multi-million dollar castles and designer restaurants, the trendy boutiques and Bentleys. But if one looks hard enough, much of that heritage is … [Read more...] about Weekend surf destinations

Lindsay TuggleStaff Writer As a child, Shelly Ngo first understood the power of words on people’s perception while reading E.B. White’s children’s book “Charlotte’s Web.” If a spider could spin words into her web and convince people that a pig, “destined for bacon,” was “fantastic,” then Ngo herself could have the same impact someday. The director of Publications and … [Read more...] about World vision publications director thanks Pep prep

Dustin LongOverseas Columnist It’s Super Bowl Sunday in Heidelberg, Germany, one o’clock in the morning.  Outside there’s not a sign, but in Moore Haus, nine of us sit around a television with flickering reception of the American Armed Forces Network. Life is good here, and things are changing. Football has been making a major comeback in the past weeks, as well as season one … [Read more...] about Ape attacks Heidelberger

Ginna NguyenStaff Writer I’ve got a drummer. My very own musician. He is barefoot in the sand, shaggy-haired, hot body... yeah, that’s a nice drummer. He smiles at me as he plays out my rhythm on his drum. I don’t know his name. Perhaps he is a man I have yet to meet. Perhaps he is my best friend. Perhaps my drummer is God, composing the beats of my life.  Bum bum ba dum … [Read more...] about Dance to the beat of the bongo

Lindsay TuggleStaff Writer Hannah Rascher “Kamusta ka” is not a common greeting overheard here in Malibu. However, to freshman physical education major Hannah Rascher, it is very familiar. The greeting is in Cebuano, a dialect of Tagalog, the main language of the Philippines. Rascher learned much of this language, along with a variety of other things, while growing up with her … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd: Hannah Rascher