Photos Courtesy of Jeffrey Schultz Pepperdine Professor Jeffrey Schultz prefaced his first poem with a warning about its length and an epigraph from George W. Bush. Schultz read from his National Poetry Series winning poetry collection, Civil Twilight, in the Surfboard Room in Payson Library on Oct. 3. Schultz, a professor of Creative Writing, English and Great Books, … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Professor Reads From Prize-winning Collection
Hand in Hand Program Continues Building Bridges
Photos by Isaac Randel For five years, Pepperdine students and young adults with special needs have worked hand in hand to foster a sense of community in Malibu. The Pepperdine Volunteer Center joined with local Malibu charity Hand in Hand last Thursday and kicked off its first meeting of the school year at the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue. The program, which aims … [Read more...] about Hand in Hand Program Continues Building Bridges
Shakespeare Takes a Bow at Griffith Park
Photo by Isaac Randel The Independent Shakespeare Company in Los Angeles concluded the annual Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival with its final showing of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona," on Sunday. The Old Zoo in Griffith Park hosted the free performance. The play, one of Shakespeare's earliest, was the second to be performed by the company this summer, following … [Read more...] about Shakespeare Takes a Bow at Griffith Park
Yale Professor Compares Trump and Historical Tyranny
Image Courtesy of Penguin Random HouseThe election of Donald Trump last November marked a monumental change in American politics, as is argued in the book "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder, Housum Professor of History at Yale University, published Feb. 28. This change, Snyder writes, bears unsettling resemblances to the beginnings of authoritarian movements in the 20th … [Read more...] about Yale Professor Compares Trump and Historical Tyranny
Yemen Raid Continues Alarming Precedent
Art by Peau PorotesanoThe first military action authorized by President Donald Trump, a military raid on an al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula compound in Yemen, resulted in the deaths of NAVY Seal William "Ryan" Owens and an unknown number of "civilian non-combatants," which "may include children," according to Luis Martinez's article, "US Military Determines Civilians 'Likely … [Read more...] about Yemen Raid Continues Alarming Precedent