Over 300 Seaver students gathered in Mullin Town Square on Nov. 8 for a Diwali celebration hosted by the Indian Student Association. The annual ISA event, a celebration of the Hindu festival of lights, began around 6 p.m. A DJ blasted Bollywood music as the large multiethnic group of students arrived at the event. Lamp posts were wrapped with bright white string lights, … [Read more...] about Students Across Faiths Celebrate Diwali On Campus
Movie Review: ‘Anora’ is Equal Parts Hilarious and Sincerely Beautiful
Transparency item: A review provides an informed and opinionated critique. These informed critiques are published to make a recommendation to readers. This review is the opinion of the writer. “Anora” is many things, but like its titular character, it can’t be neatly defined. One moment, it’s an ultra-steamy rom-com, and the next, a no-holds-barred screwball comedy, before … [Read more...] about Movie Review: ‘Anora’ is Equal Parts Hilarious and Sincerely Beautiful
Movie Review: ‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ Foils The Wrong Genre
Transparency item: A review provides an informed and opinionated critique. These informed critiques are published to make a recommendation to readers. This review is the opinion of the writer. On the one hand, “Joker: Folie á Deux” doesn’t gravely suffer from most of the original film’s biggest flaws: overbearing pretentiousness, ham-fisted themes and an unoriginal premise … [Read more...] about Movie Review: ‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ Foils The Wrong Genre
Audiences Howl with Laughter at Pepperdine Improv Troupe Show
Keeping in tune with annual tradition, Pepperdine Improv Troupe brought nonstop laughter to students and their families alike at this year’s Waves Weekend alumni show, held in Elkins Auditorium on Oct. 5.The troupe’s director of improv Isabel Klein (’19) hosted the comedy show, guiding 11 current troupe members and seven troupe alumni through various … [Read more...] about Audiences Howl with Laughter at Pepperdine Improv Troupe Show
Students Probe Loneliness, Confront Whimsicality in ‘Lost Girl’
Departing from Neverland is like disappointedly waking up from a perfect dream for Wendy Darling in “Lost Girl.” The Pepperdine Theatre Department’s latest production opened Tuesday in Lindhurst Theatre and played nightly at 7:30 p.m., through Saturday, Sept. 28, which also included a 2 p.m. matinée showing.Set in the world of Peter Pan, the tender … [Read more...] about Students Probe Loneliness, Confront Whimsicality in ‘Lost Girl’
