KATIE CLARYLiving Editor The relaxing, dirt road through Big Sycamore Canyon should be a staple in any trail-runner’s diet. Perfect for thoughtful long runs and easy mountain biking, the out-and-back trip can be as long as you make it. The eight miles of unpaved fire-road winding from Sycamore Canyon campground at Point Mugu State Park to Satwiwa Park near Newbury Park are … [Read more...] about Trail of the week: Sycamore Canyon a perfect start for beginning trail runners
Face in the crowd
LINDSAY TUGGLEStaff Writer Many Pepperdine students can say that they have pride in where they come from. But few people love their hometown as much as junior Liz Wells loves St. Louis. The advertising major, who one day hopes to write for an advertising company in London, is not afraid to show her adoration for the city she hails from and its professional baseball team, the … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd
Pepperdine alum gives post-graduation hope
CARISSA MARSHStaff Writer If you had asked Farhad Fozounmayeh what he would be doing after college graduation, he might have envisioned a job in the field of advertising. But even Fozounmayeh couldn’t imagine that he would be working for the largest and most recognized magazine publisher in the world. Fozounmayeh graduated from Pepperdine in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in … [Read more...] about Pepperdine alum gives post-graduation hope
Funk up your life: Drinking tea for the soul
GINNA NGUYENStaff Writer While I must say I love the chapel, it is on the second floor of the Payson Library that I have found my spiritual haven, in a bamboo and wooden building hidden from the hustle and bustle of college life. I walk up the stairs and the aroma of incense works its way into my mind, clearing it of any troublesome thoughts. I enter into the tearoom and am … [Read more...] about Funk up your life: Drinking tea for the soul
Entering ‘The New World’
Mary WisniewskiAssistant A&E Editor Terrence Mealick’s “The New World” is a new world in itself. Scenes cut quickly from shot to shot, and dialogue is limited due to language barriers between the English and the Native Americans. However, these limitations make a strong movie by revealing what it may be like to go somewhere one has never gone before — a little confusing and … [Read more...] about Entering ‘The New World’